Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore: Sent 2B-SS Eider Torres, OF Val Majewski and OF Adam Stern outright to Norfolk (IL).
Boston: Sent LHP Daniel Haigwood outright to Pawtucket (IL).
Detroit: Named Dick Egan special asst. to GM, Jim Olander major league scout and Scott Pleis national crosschecker.
N.Y. Yankees: Joe Torre will not return as manager.
Texas: C Guillermo Quiroz refused an outright assignment and became a free agent.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati: C Ryan Jorgensen cleared waivers, refused an outright assignment and became a free agent. Re-signed Mark Berry, 3B coach; Billy Hatcher, 1B coach; Brook Jacoby, hitting coach; Dick Pole, pitching coach; and Mike Stefanski, bullpen catcher, for the 2008 season. Tom Hume, bullpen coach, will not be offered contract and Pat Kelly, bench coach, has been reassigned within organization.
Houston: Sent C Hector Gimenez and OF Mike Rodriguez outright to Round Rock (PCL).
Milwaukee: Named Sally Andrist VP/human resources and office management and Joe Zidanic VP/controller.
Washington: INF D’Angelo Jimenez, OF Alex Escobar and LHP Micah Bowie have elected minor league free agency.
Basketball
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Denver: Signed G Mike Wilks.
PREMIER BASKETBALL LEAGUE
Jacksonville: Named Mike Gillespie coach.
Football
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
St. Louis: Signed WR Travis Taylor.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Columbus: Loaned C Zenon Konopka to Syracuse (AHL). Sent G Dan LaCosta to from Elmira (ECHL) to Syracuse.
Philadelphia: Recalled F Stefan Ruzicka from Philadelphia (AHL).
Pittsburgh: Sent G John Curry to Las Vegas (ECHL).
St. Louis: Sent G Hannu Toivonen to Peoria (AHL).
Vancouver: Recalled F Mason Raymond from Manitoba (AHL).
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
New England: Signed MF Shalrie Joseph and D Jay Heaps to extensions.
College
Northeast Conference: Bryant will join conference in 2012.
Michigan: Sophomore F Kendric Price is leaving men’s basketball program.
Missouri: Suspended senior F Darryl Butterfield indefinitely from basketball team for violating team rules.
Wisconsin: Men’s basketball senior G Michael Flowers has been granted temporary leave of absence for medical reasons
Oral commitment
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Oregon: Josh Crittle, C/F, Hales Franciscan.
