BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston: Exercised 2008 options on RHP Julian Tavarez and RHP Tim Wakefield. Acquired OF Sean Danielson from St. Louis to complete trade that sent RHP Joel Pineiro to Cardinals.
Kansas City: Claimed RHP Colby Lewis off waivers from Oakland.
N.Y. Yankees: Exercised 2008 option on OF Bobby Abreu.
Seattle: Declined 2008 options on OF Jose Guillen and RHP Chris Reitsma.
Tampa Bay: RHP Shawn Camp and INF Jorge Velandia refused outright assignments and elected to become free agents.
Toronto: OF Matt Stairs agreed to 2-year deal.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Florida: Named Mark Wiley pitching coach.
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
New England: Placed RM Sammy Morris on IR.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Los Angeles: Placed F Kyle Calder on IR, retroactive to Oct. 31.
N.Y. Islanders: Signed coach Al Arbour for 1 day.
Ottawa: Re-signed F Jason Spezza to 7-year extension.
COLLEGE
Saint Louis: Extended contract of women’s basketball coach Yeshimbra Gray-Miller through 2011-12.
Tennessee: Dismissed sophomore TB LaMarcus Coker from football team for undisclosed reasons.
ORAL COMMITMENT
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Quincy: Tyler Thompson, F, West Aurora
