BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland: INF Josh Barfield, INF Asdrubal Cabrera, RHP Fausto Carmona, OF Franklin Gutierrez, RHP Adam Miller, and 8 others agreed to 1-year deals.
Oakland: OF Jack Cust, OF Ryan Sweeney, and 5 others agreed to 1-year deals.
Seattle: RHP Cha Seung Baek, RHP Sean Green, LHP Ryan Feierabend, and 14 others agreed to 1-year deals.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Colorado: RHP Manny Corpas agreed to 4-year deal.
L.A. Dodgers: RHP Chad Billingley, OF Andre Ethier, C Russell Martin, 1B James Loney, and 2 others agreed to 1-year deals.
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Arizona: Tendered 1-year offers to DE Antonio Smith, CB Eric Green and 4 others.
Baltimore: Released C Mike Flynn.
Buffalo: Terminated contract of CB Kiwaukee Thomas.
Carolina: CB Dante Wesley agreed to 2-year deal.
Cleveland: Tendered 1-year offer to QB Derek Anderson.
Dallas: Signed LB Zach Thomas for 1 year.
Miami: Signed WR David Kircus.
Philadelphia: Released DE Jevon Kearse.
Pittsburgh: Tendered 1-year contracts to WR Nate Washington, G Chris Kemoeatu, and LS Greg Warren.
St. Louis: Released WR Isaac Bruce and QB Gus Frerotte.
San Diego: Released FB Lorenzo Neal, S Marlon McCree and OT Shane Olivea.
San Francisco: Signed QB Alex Smith to extension through 2010.
Tennessee: Released WR David Givens. Tendered 1-year offers to K Rob Bironas, TE Bo Scaife and 5 others.
HOCKEY
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Detroit: Took D Niklas Kronwall off IR.
L.A: Took D Rob Blake off IR.
AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
WOLVES: Traded C Colton Fretter to Bridgeport for future considerations.
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
MLS: Awarded franchise to Chester, Pa. to begin play in 2010.
San Jose: Acquired MF Ronnie O’Brien from Toronto for 2009 1st-round pick and allocation money.
COLLEGE
NCAA: Placed TCU’s men’s tennis program on 2 years probation for violations.
Augustana: Named Rob Cushman defensive coordinator and Mark Reade athletics recruiting coordinator.
Northwestern: Named James J. Phillips athletic director, effective April 14.
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EDITED BY THOMAS L. OUTLAW AND DANIEL ELLMAN
