NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSSOCIATION
NBA: Suspended Washington F Darius Songaila for 1 game for striking Cleveland F LeBron James in face in game on April 30.
FOOTBALL
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Cleveland: Signed Phil Savage, general manger, to 3-year contract extension through 2012 season.
Seattle: Re-signed T-G Floyd Womack to 1-year contract.
HOCKEY
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Calgary: Signed C Mikael Backlund.
ARENA HOCKEY LEAGUE
WOLVES: Released forwards RILEY HOLZAPFEL and SPENCER MACHACEK from Amateur Tryout Contacts (ATO).
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Columbus: Named Mark McCullers president-general manager and agreed to 3-year contract extension.
Colleges
Arizona: Declined to renew contract of Miles Simon, men’s assistant basketball coach.
Illinois State: Named Melissa Myers women’s volleyball coach.
Indiana: Basketball G Armon Bassett and G Jamarcus Ellis will not be reinstated to basketball team and F DeAndre Thomas will not return to team. Freshman C Eli Holman will transfer.
LSU: Dismissed QB Ryan Perrilloux from football team for failing to fulfill his obligation as student-athlete.
Tennessee: Sophomore F Duke Crews and sophmore G Ramar Smith have been dismissed from men’s basketball team. Named Kathy Harston women’s basketball operations director.
Unc-Wilmington: Jason Widener, men’s golf coach, resigned.
West Virginia: Signed Bob Huggins, men’s basketball coach, to 11-year contract extension.
HIGH SCHOOLS
DE LA SALLE: Named Jenna Markoff varsity girls basketball coach.
ELGIN: Named Mike Sitter varsity boys basketball coach.
ORAL COMMITMENT
VOLLEYBALL
NOVA SOUTHEASTERN (Fla.): Molly Sigerich, Downers Grove North, middle hitter.
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EDITED BY MIKE PANKOW AND DAMIAN HOPKINS
