Baseball
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
MLB: Suspended N.Y. Mets C Paul Lo Duca 2 games and fined him for actions after being ejected June 23 against Oakland.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Los Angeles: Assigned OF Greg Porter from Arkansas (Texas) to Salt Lake (PCL) and LHP Brad Beck from Arkansas to Rancho Cucamonga (Cal).
Oakland: Placed RHP Kiko Calero on 15-day DL. Optioned INF Kevin Melillo to Sacramento (PCL). Recalled LHP Dallas Braden and RHP Ruddy Lugo from Sacramento.
Texas: Recalled RHP Scott Feldman from Oklahoma (PCL). Placed RHP Vicente Padilla on 15-day DL, retroactive to June 22.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Milwaukee: LF-1B Matt LaPorta agreed to terms.
New York: Signed INF Tyler Vaughn and INF Jose Alvarez.
Philadelphia: Signed INF Tyler Mach, SS Jesus-Villegas-Andino and LHP Jacob Diekman.
Pittsburgh: Activated RHP John Wasdin from 15-day DL.
St. Louis: Placed LHP Tyler Johnson on 15-day DL.
San Diego: Signed OF Daniel Payne, RHP Jeremy Hefner, C Emmanuel Quiles, 3B Justin Baum, OF Angel Mercado and RHP Dylan Axelrod.
Washington: Purchased contract of INF D’Angelo Jimenez from Columbus (IL).
NORTHERN LEAGUE
GARY: Released LHP Cole Stipovich.
Basketball
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Detroit: G Chauncey Billups opted out of final year of contract, making him an unrestricted free agent.
Football
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
BEARS: Released DT Tank Johnson. Signed DB Nathan Vasher to a 5-year extension through 2012.
Hockey
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Dallas: Made qualifying offers to RW Marius Holtet, LW Jussi Jokinen, D Vadim Khomitski, RW Junior Lessard, C Joel Lundqvist, RW Antti Miettinen and C Mike Ribeiro.
Florida: Signed G Craig Anderson for 2 years. Made qualifying offers to RW Rob Globke, D Steve Montador, D Noah Welch, C Stephen Weiss, C Kamil Kreps and C Janis Sprukts.
Nashville: Signed G Pekka Rinne for 2 years. Traded F Brandon Segal to Anaheim for future considerations.
Toronto: Signed F Simon Gamache for 2 years. Re-signed D Jay Harrison.
Horse Racing
Ntra: Named Vicki Baumgardner chief financial officer.
Philadelphia Park: Suspended jockey Victor Molina for 30 days, retroactive to June 19, and fined him $1,000 for kicking his horse in stomach before June 18 race.
SWIMMING
U.S. Swimming: Named Karen Linhart media specialist.
Colleges
California: Promoted Lindsay Gottlieb to women’s associate basketball coach.
Georgia Tech: Named Dean Buchan assistant athletic director for media relations.
Rice: Named Brent Scott men’s assistant basketball coach.
St. Xavier: Signed defender Don Serio of Brother Rice to letter of intent for soccer.
SMU: Named Lauren Longbotham women’s tennis coach.
