Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
White Sox: Acquired OF Carlos Quentin from Arizona for 1B Chris Carter. Designated LHP Heath Phillips for assignment.
Boston: Named Raquel Ferreira director of minor league operations, Jared Porter coordinator of professional scouting, and David Howard special assistant to the general manager.
N.Y. Yankees: Signed C Jose Molina for 2 years. Designated INF Andy Phillips for assignment.
Tampa Bay: Traded OF Elijah Dukes to Washington for LHP Glenn Gibson.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
L.A. Dodgers: Signed RHP Robert Boothe to minor league contract.
St. Louis: Named John Abbamondi assistant general manager.
Basketball
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Boston: Assigned G Gabe Pruitt to Utah (NBADL).
Utah: Signed coach Jerry Sloan to extension through 2008-09.
Football
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Baltimore: Placed QB Steve McNair on IR. Signed K Rhys Lloyd from practice squad.
Green Bay: Named Mark Murphy president and CEO.
Hockey
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
NHL: Suspended F Scott Nichol 5 games for incident involving Montreal D Patrice Brisebois in Saturday’s game. Suspended Philadelphia F Riley Cote 3 games for being assessed match penalty for attempt to injure during Saturday’s game against Dallas.
Atlanta: Reassigned D Scott Lehman from Gwinnett (ECHL) to Wolves.
Columbus: Recalled LW Joakim Lindstrom from Syracuse (AHL). Assigned G Tomas Popperle to Syracuse.
Dallas: Activated D Mattias Norstrom from IR. Placed RW Jere Lehtinen on IR, retroactive to Nov. 21.
Montreal: Recalled G Jaroslav Halak from Hamilton (AHL).
Lacrosse
NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE
Colorado: Signed D Tom Ethington for 2 years and F Matt Brown for 1 year.
College
Illinois State: Named Mark Newton assistant director of marketing.
Northwestern: Defensive coordinator Greg Colby will not return.
UCLA: Fired football coach Karl Dorrell.
UNLV: Co-defensive coordinator Kurt Barber resigned.
LETTERS OF INTENT
BASEBALL
Notre Dame: P-OF Steve Sabatino (Lockport), P Ryan Richter (South Bend, Ind.), P Dustin Ispas (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.), P Joe Spano (Verona, N.J.), P Will Hudgins (Richmond, Va.), OF Alex Robinson (Dallas), OF Leighton Cooper (Ft. Washington, Md.), IF Tommy Chase (Cohasset, Mass.).
