BASKETBALL
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
BULLS: Exercised 4th-year options on G Ben Gordon, F Luol Deng and F Viktor Khryapa.
Cleveland: Waived G Stephen Graham.
Miami: Waived G Antonio Burks, G Daniel Horton.
Minnesota: Exercised 3rd-year option on G Rashad McCants.
FOOTBALL
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Cleveland: Maurice Carthon, off. coordinator, has resigned. Placed DB Gary Baxter on IR. Signed DB Mike Hawkins.
San Diego: Signed LB Akbar Gbaja-Biamila to 2-year deal. Waived LB Nick Speegle.
San Francisco: Signed K Shaun Suisham to practice squad.
HOCKEY
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Atlanta: Activated D Braydon Coburn and assigned him to AHL Wolves.
Boston: Returned C Nate Thompson to AHL Providence.
Columbus: Sent C Mark Hartigan to AHL Syracuse.
Montreal: Reassigned F Maxim Lapierre to AHL Hamilton.
N.Y. Islanders: Sent D Chris Campoli to AHL Bridgeport.
Pittsburgh: Recalled C Maxime Talbot from AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
San Jose: Recalled D Doug Murray from AHL Worcester.
AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
WOLVES: Signed G Frederic Cloutier.
LACROSSE
NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE
Shamrox: Signed F Mat Giles and F Jason Clark.
COLLEGE
Connecticut: Suspended football G Donald Thomas 2 games.
Mississippi: Dismissed LB Garry Pack from football team. Suspended DL Hayward Howard, DL LaMark Armour, LB LeRon King and LB Robert Russell from the football team. FB Quentin Taylor has quit team.
New Mexico State: Suspended F Tyrone Nelson from men’s basketball team indefinitely.
SE Louisiana: Dennis Roland, football coach, has taken medical leave of absence. Named Michael Lucas interim coach.
ORAL COMMITMENT
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Brown: Garrett Leffelman, G/F, St. Joseph.
