Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansas City: Trey Hillman, manager, agreed to terms on multiyear contract.
Toronto: Promoted Marc Tramuta to national crosschecker.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Milwaukee: Will not exercise 2008 option on 3B Corey Koskie, making him eligible for free agency.
Basketball
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
BULLS: Exercised 2008-09 options on F Tyrus Thomas and G Thabo Sefolosha.
NBA: Suspended Dallas F Josh Howard two games without pay for his involvement in altercation with Sacramento C Brad Miller in Oct. 16 game.
San Antonio: Waived G Anthony Lever-Pedroza.
Football
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Buffalo: Placed WR Peerless Price on injured reserve. Released QB Craig Nall. Signed WR Justin Jenkins and QB Gibran Hamdan from practice squad.
Miami: Signed DT Anthony Bryant from practice squad of Baltimore Ravens.
Hockey
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Atlanta: Placed G Kari Lehtonen on injured reserve. Recalled G Ondrej Pavelec from Wolves (AHL). Assigned G Dan Turple from Gwinett (ECHL) to Wolves.
Detroit: Assigned C Darren Helm to Grand Rapids (AHL).
Edmonton: Assigned C Rob Schremp to Springfield (AHL). Recalled LW Jean-Francois Jacques from Springfield.
Ottawa: Assigned D Matt Carkner to Binghamton (AHL).
San Jose: Announced 2-year affiliation agreement with Worcester (AHL) and Phoenix (ECHL).
Soccer
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
New York: Announced retirement of G Ronald Waterreus, effective at end of season.
College
Illinois-Chicago: Dismissed men’s basketball F Billy Baptist for violation of team rules.
Indiana-Southeast: Named Wiley Brown men’s basketball coach.
Pepperdine: Dismissed men’s basketball senior G Kingsley Costain from school for violation of university policy.
