BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston: RHP Mike Timlin agreed to 1-year deal.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
CUBS: Named Paul Weaver special assistant to GM.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSN.
Denver: Waived G Anthony Carter and G Antoine Hood.
New Orleans: Exercised 2007-08 option on G Chris Paul.
New York: Exercised 2007-08 options on F-C Channing Frye, F David Lee and G Nate Robinson. Waived F Elton Brown, F Nikoloz Tskitishvili, G Milone Clark and C Paul Miller. Signed C Kelvin Cato.
Orlando: Waived G-F Jackie Manuel and F Kasib Powell.
Sacramento (WNBA): Coach John Whisenant resigned. Will remain GM.
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Houston: Signed OL Scott Jackson.
Oakland: Reinstated WR Jerry Porter after NFLPA dropped appeal of 4-game suspension. Team reduced suspension to 2 games.
Tampa Bay: Placed CB Brian Kelly on IR. Signed DE Jovan Haye. Released WR Chad Lucas.
ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE
RUSH: Signed L Marques Sullivan for 1 year.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Columbus: Traded F Eric Boguniecki to N.Y. Islanders for D Ryan Caldwell and assigned Caldwell to Syracuse (AHL).
Phoenix: Placed G Mike Morrison on waivers
COLLEGE
Colorado: Men’s basketball coach Ricardo Patton resigned, effective at end of season.
ORAL COMMITMENT
FOOTBALL
Northern Illinois: Landon Cox, WR, TF North.
