NORTHERN LEAGUE BASEBALL
Joliet: Signed P Matt Jernstad.
BASKETBALL
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
NBA: Named Bernie Fryer vice president and director of officials; Joe Borgia vice president, referee operations, and Ronnie Nunn director of development.
Boston: Re-signed G Eddie House and G Tony Allen.
New Jersey: Acquired G Keyon Dooling from Orlando for cash and trade exemption.
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Sacramento: Re-signed F DeMya Walker.
FOOTBALL
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
BEARS: Brian Urlacher agreed to extension.
Cleveland: Signed DE Christian Mohr as an international practice squad player. Waived DB Justin Sandy and DE Zach West.
Denver: Signed C Kory Lichtensteiger. Waived RB Mike Bell and K Garrett Hartley.
Kansas City: Signed RB Jamaal Charles and TE Brad Cottam to 3-year contracts.
N.Y. Giants: Signed CB Terrell Thomas, OL Shane Olivea, OL Jonathan Palmer. Waived OL Brandon Torrey, OL Dylan Thiry and OL Andrew Bain.
New England: Signed LB Shawn Crable and QB Kevin O’Connell.
New Orleans: Acquired TE Jeremy Shockey from N.Y. Giants for second and fifth-round 2009 draft picks.
Oakland: Released OT Jonathan Palmer.
Tennessee: DE William Hayes agreed to multiyear contract. Waived S Rocky Schwartz.
HOCKEY
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
BLACKHAWKS: Re-signed G Corey Crawford to 1-year contact.
Calgary: Signed F Andre Roy.
Detroit: Re-signed G Jimmy Howard and D Jonathan Ericsson to 3-year contracts.
Los Angeles: Re-signed D Peter Harrold to 3-year contract.
New Jersey: Signed C Fedor Fedorov.
N.Y. Rangers: F Greg Moore agreed to terms.
Philadelphia: Signed RW Joffrey Lupul to 4-year contract.
Pittsburgh: Re-signed F Jonathan Filewich to 2-year contract and F Jeff Taffe and D Paul Bissonnette to 1-year contracts.
SOCCER
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
New York: Waived F Ricky Schramm.
COLLEGES
Cincinnati: Named George Tuttle women’s asst. basketball coach.
George Mason: Named Paul Bowden and Nena Rogers associate athletic directors.
Indiana: Promoted director of compliance Ian Rickerby to assistant athletic director for compliance.
Quinnipiac: Signed women’s basketball coach Tricia Fabbri to contract extension through 2012-13 season.
South Alabama: Signed men’s basketball coach Ronnie Arrow to 2-year contract extension through 2013 season.
Washington: Named Tighe Dickinson and Kevin Miller assistant baseball coaches.
