FRONTIER LEAGUE
Rockford: Signed 1B Bryan Cook and placed OF Aaron Davis on 14-day DL.
BASKETBALL
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
NBA: Named General Ronald L. Johnson senior vice president, referee operations.
Charlotte: Declined to pick up their option on contract of F Othella Harrington.
Portland: G Rudy Fernandez agreed to terms.
San Ant.: G Brent Barry became free agent.
WOMEN’S NBA
Seattle: Signed G Kristen O’Neill to 7-day contract.
FOOTBALL
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
BEARS: Signed DT Marcus Harrison to 4-year contract. WR Earl Bennett and CB Zack Bowman agreed to 4-year contracts.
Buffalo: Signed OL Demetrius Bell. Released FB Mike Viti.
New England: Released DB Willie Andrews. Signed LB Bo Ruud.
New Orleans: Signed C Rob Hunt and G Isaiah Ross. Released OL Carnell Stewart.
San Diego: Signed RB Marcus Thomas and OT Corey Clark to four-year contracts.
San Francisco: Waived G John Booker and LB Shaun Richardson.
ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE
RUSH: Signed WR-DB BJ Barre.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
BLACKHAWKS: Signed D Brian Campbell to 8-year contract and G Cristobal Huet to 4-year contract. Traded F Rene Bourque to Calgary for conditional second-round draft pick.
Anaheim: Signed F Corey Perry to 5-year contract extension.
Boston: Signed F Blake Wheeler.
Buf.: Signed G Patrick Lalime to 2-year deal.
Carolina: Traded F Erik Cole to Edmonton for D Joni Pitkanen. D Anton Babchuk agreed to 1-year contract. Signed F Ryan Bayda, F Wade Brookbank and D Tim Conboy.
Colorado: Signed F Darcy Tucker to 2-year contract and G Andrew Raycroft abd F Per Ledin to 1-year contracts.
Columbus: Acquired F Raffi Torres from Edmonton for C Gilbert Brule. Signed D Mike Commodore to 5-year contract.
Detroit: Signed D Brad Stuart to 4-year contract.
Florida: Signed F Cory Stillman to 3-year contract.
Minnesota: Acquired D Marek Zidlicky from Nashville for F Ryan Jones and 2009 second-round draft pick. Signed F Andrew Brunette to 3-year contract.
Montreal: F Andrei Kostitsyn agreed to 3-year contract.
N. Jersey: Re-signed F Jay Pandolfo to 3-year contract, F David Clarkson to 2-year contract, D Bryce Salvador to 4-year contract and F Barry Tallackson. Signed LW Brian Rolston, RW Matt Halischuk and RW Vladimir Zharkov. Released F Sergei Brylin and F Arron Asham.
N.Y. Islanders: Signed D Mark Streit to 5-year contract.
N.Y. Rangers: D Wade Redden, F Aaron Voros and F Patrick Rissmiller agreed to terms.
Ottawa: Signed G Alex Auld to 2-year deal.
Philadelphia: Acquired D Patrik Hersley and LW Ned Lukacevic from Los Angeles for D Denis Gauthier and 2010 second-round draft pick. Signed F Glen Metropolit and D Sean Curry to 2-year contracts and D Ossi Vaananen and F Nate Raduns to 1-year contracts.
Phoenix: Signed D Kurt Sauer to 4-year deal, and LW Todd Fedoruk, RW Mikkel Boedker and RW Viktor Tikhonov to 3-year deals.
Pittsburgh: Signed F Pascal Dupuis to 3-year contract. F Eric Godard agreed to 3-year deal.
St. Louis: Matched Vancouver’s 3-year offer sheet to F David Backes.
Tampa Bay: Signed RW Adam Hall to 3-year contract and G Olaf Kolzig to 1-year contract.
Toronto: Signed D Jeff Finger to 4-year contract and G Curtis Joseph to 1-year contract.
Vancouver: F Darcy Hordichuk agreed to 2-year contract.
Washington: Re-signed D Mike Green to 4-year contract. Signed G Jose Theodore to 2-year contract and RW Radim Vrbata to 3-year contract.
COLLEGES
Big South Conference: Gardner-Webb has been promoted from associate football member to full member.
Southern Conference: Samford has joined conference.
Duquesne: Signed athletic director Greg Amodio to 5-year contract extension through 2013-14 school year.
Illinois-Chicago: Men’s basketball coach Jimmy Collins agreed to 3-year contract extension through 2011-12 season.
Illinois State: Named Margot Frederick director of volleyball operations.
Michigan State: Named Jake Boss Jr. baseball coach.
Temple: Named Tonya Cardoza women’s basketball coach.
UCLA: Men’s basketball coach Ben Howland agreed to 7-year contract.
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EDITED BY THOMAS L. OUTLAW AND DAMIAN HOPKINS
