Baseball
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
MLB: Suspended umpire Mike Winters for remainder of regular season because of his confrontation with San Diego OF Milton Bradley during a Sept. 23 game.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati: Activated INF Jerry Gil from 60-day DL. Transferred OF Ryan Freel from 15-day to 60-day DL.
Florida: Named Jim Beattie bullpen coach for rest of season.
NORTHERN LEAGUE
Schaumburg Flyers: Released RHP Brandon Culp, RHP Tyler Adamczyk, C Mike Landry and OF Bryce Morrison.
Basketball
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
NBA: Named Bernie Fryer assistant director of officials and crew chief coordinator. Announced the retirement of F Corliss Williamson to become men’s assistant basketball coach at Arkansas Baptist College.
Minnesota: Signed C John Edwards.
Football
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
BEARS: Signed CB Ade Jimoh. Released P Dirk Johnson.
Buffalo: Placed OL Jason Whittle on injured reserve. Signed LB Kevin Harrison. Signed DE Orien Harris and QB Gibran Hamdan to practice squad. Released QB Kevin Eakin and OL Nevin McCaskill from practice squad.
Carolina: Signed QB Quinton Porter to the practice squad. Released RB Alex Haynes from practice squad.
Cincinnati: Signed CB Blue Adams for 2 years. Waived CB Keiwan Ratliff.
Tennessee: Signed WR Biren Ealy and TE Jamie Petrowski to practice squad. Waived P Glenn Pakulak and RB Quinton Ganther from practice squad.
Hockey
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Atlanta: Assigned D Karel Pilar to Chicago (AHL).
Boston: Assigned D Matt Lashoff to Providence (AHL).
N.Y. Rangers: Assigned G Miika Wiikman, D Michael Sauer, F Dane Byers, F Francis Lessard and F Lauri Korpikoski to Hartford (AHL).
Colleges
Tennessee: Suspended men’s basketball F Duke Crews indefinitely for violating team rules.
