BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota: OF Craig Monroe agreed to 1-yr deal.
Oakland: Sent LHP Jay Marshall to Sacramento (PCL). LHP Ryan Wing and IF Brooks Conrad agreed to minor league deals.
Tampa Bay: Named Joe Alvarez manager and Jared Sandberg coach for Hudson Valley (NYPL); Ben Oglivie coach for Montgomery (SL); Jim Morrison manager and Brady Williams coach for Vero Beach (FSL); and Matt Quatraro manager, Ozzie Timmons coach and Nick Medina trainer for Columbus (SAL).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Colorado: RHP Aaron Cook agreed to 4-yr deal.
Milwaukee: Sent OF Laynce Nix to Nashville (PCL). C Eric Munson agreed to 1-yr deal. Named Chris Hook P coach of Huntsville (SL) and Jim Lett hitting coach of West Virginia (SAL). Designated RHP Matt Wise for assignment.
Washington: C Paul Lo Duca agreed to 1-yr deal.
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
BEARS: Signed DT Jimmy Kennedy.
NFL: Suspended Tampa Bay TE Jerramy Stevens 1 game, fined an additional game check for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy.
Atlanta: Bobby Petrino, coach, resigned to become football coach at Arkansas.
Dallas: Signed CB Alan Ball.
Green Bay: Put DT Johnny Jolly on IR. Signed DT Alfred Malone to and released TE James Adkisson from practice squad.
Seattle: Signed C Jeff Robinson.
HOCKEY
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Carolina: Named Tom Barrasso goaltending coach. Named Greg Stefan coach for Plymouth (OHL).
Columbus: Returned LW Joakim Lindstrom and C Derek MacKenzie to Syracuse (AHL).
Edmonton: Activated D Sheldon Souray. D Mathieu Roy cleared waivers, sent to Springfield (AHL).
Pittsburgh: Sent D Paul Bissonnette from Wheeling (ECHL) to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) and F Joe Jensen from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to Wheeling.
St. Louis: Sent D Steve Wagner to Peoria (AHL).
Vancouver: Called up G Drew MacIntyre, LW Jason Jaffray and Mason Raymond from Manitoba (AHL).
AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
WOLVES: C Bryan Little assigned by Thrashers.
COLLEGE
Alcorn State: Named Ernest Jones football coach.
Washington St.: Named Paul Wulff football coach.
Wisconsin-Oshkosh: Promoted interim football coach Pat Cerroni to football coach.
ORAL COMMITMENTS
CROSS-COUNTRY, TRACK AND FIELD
Stanford: Chris Derrick, Neuqua Valley.
FOOTBALL
Illinois State: Pat Wertz, DE, Andrew.
