BASEBALL
NORTHERN LEAGUE
Joliet: Sold contract of RHP Drew Shetrone to N.Y. Yankees.
BASKETBALL
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Toronto: Bought out contract of F Jorge Garbajosa.
FOOTBALL
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Atlanta: Signed RB Thomas Brown.
Cleveland: Signed OL Derrick Morse. Waived WR Nate Hughes, LB Xavier Mitchell and DB Darnell Terrell.
Kansas City: WR Will Franklin agreed to 4-year contract.
N.Y. Jets: Signed S Cameron Worrell.
Seattle: Signed RB Justin Forsett to multiyear contract. Released CB Donovan Alexander.
ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Philadelphia: Signed OL Justin Cleveland. Released DB Nick Ward.
HOCKEY
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Carolina: Named Jason Karmanos executive director of hockey operations.
Ottawa: Signed D Matt Carkner for 2 years.
Philadelphia: Traded rights to F Vaclav Prospal to Tampa Bay for Nashville’s 2008 7th round pick and 2009 conditional pick.
AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Grand Rapids: Fired coach Mike Stothers.
COLLEGE
NCAA: Placed Southeast Missouri State on 2 years probation and penalized them for major and secondary violations in women’s and men’s basketball programs.
Air Force: Men’s basketball coach Jeff Reynolds agreed to 5-year deal through 2012-13.
Sam Houston State: Named Tom Brown women’s soccer coach.
Texas-San Antonio: Named Jeff Renegar men’s assistant basketball coach.
HIGH SCHOOLS
Driscoll: Boys varsity basketball coach Nick Latorre resigned.
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EDITED BY THOMAS L. OUTLAW AND DANIEL ELLMAN
