BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Seattle: Placed RHP Sean White on 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Jon Huber from Tacoma (PCL).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
CUBS: Activated RHP Juan Mateo from 15-day DL and optioned him to Peoria (MWL).
Cincinnati: Optioned LHP Bobby Livington to Louisville (IL). Purchased contract of RHP Marcus McBeth from Louisville.
L.A. Dodgers: Optioned INF Andy LaRoche to Las Vegas (PCL). Recalled LHP Hong-Chih Kuo from Las Vegas.
BASKETBALL
AMERICAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
ABA: Granted expansion team to Hawaii to begin play in 2007-08.
Hawaii: Announced nickname will be Hurricanes. Named Andrew Moss team president and Ira Harge Jr. vice president.
SOFTBALL
NATIONAL PRO FASTPITCH
Philadelphia: Signed RHP Stacy Birk (Illinois State).
COLLEGE
Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference: Changed name to Conference Carolinas and made Converse College full member.
