Football
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Baltimore: Placed LB Prescott Burgess and RB P.J. Daniels on IR. Released FB Justin Green.
Houston: Signed T Cliff Washburn.
Miami: Signed LB Maurice Fountain.
Minnesota: Placed LB Heath Farwell, G Mike Jones and DE Jayme Mitchell on IR. Signed T Sean Dumford, DE Chris Norwell and T Brock Pasteur.
Oakland: Signed S-LB Adam Archuleta. Released S Greg Wesley.
Seattle: Terminated contract of DT Marcus Tubbs. Waived-injured LB Matt Castelo and CB Derrick Johnson. Signed LB Dallas Sartz and DB Marquis Floyd.
ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE
RUSH: WR Travis LaTendresse and DB Jonathan Ordway agreed to 2-yr extensions. DL Khreem Smith agreed to 1-yr extension. WR/DB B.J. Barre, WR Ryan Dennard, LB Liam Ezekiel, K Todd France, FB John Peaua, OL John Sikora, DB Jeremy Unertl, and DB Talib Wise became free agents.
BASKETBALL
Prostejov (Czech Republic): Signed C Shaun Pruitt.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Charlotte: Traded G Kyle Weaver to Oklahoma City for 2009 2nd-round pick.
Detroit: Re-signed F Walter Herrmann.
New Orleans: Re-signed F Ryan Bowen.
AMERICAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
ABA: Granted expansion team to Beaumont, Texas to begin play in 2008-09.
Hockey
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Colorado: Signed F Tom Fritsche and D Nigel Williams.
Los Angeles: D Drew Doughty agreed to 3-year contract.
Nashville: Signed G Chet Pickard.
N.Y. Islanders: Signed affiliation agreement with Odessa (CHL).
Ottawa: Signed D Geoff Waugh for 1 year.
AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
WOLVES: Signed D Jamie Rivers.
Soccer
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
D.C. United: Waived M Jeremy Barlow.
Los Angeles: Coach Ruud Gullit resigned. Named Cobi Jones interim coach. Fired president and GM Alexi Lalas.
WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL SOCCER
WPS : Granted expansion franchise to Atlanta to begin play in 2010.
COLLEGES
South Florida: Named Michelle Woods-Baxter and Andrea Williams women’s assistant basketball coaches.
Wheaton: Named Lee Driggers baseball coach.
HIGH SCHOOLS
St. Benedict: Named Tom Horn varsity boys basketball coach..
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EDITED BY LEE C. GORDON FROM TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICES
