Baseball
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Arizona: Released INF Jamie D’Antona.
Colorado: Named Jim Tracy bench coach, Don Baylor hitting coach, Rich Dauer 3B coach, Jim Wright bullpen coach and Brian Jordan strength coach.
Houston: Acquired LHP Tyler Lumsden from Royals for a player to be named.
Pittsburgh: Named Hal Morris scouting supervisor for Upper Midwest.
San Diego: Named Terry Kennedy manager and Orv Franchuk hitting coach for San Antonio (Texas).
Basketball
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Charlotte: Signed C Dwayne Jones.
Washington: Fired coach Eddie Jordan (Named Ed Tapscott as interim) and associate Mike O’Koren.
Football
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
BEARS: Activated G Terrance Metcalf from NFL suspension. Put LB Darrell McClover on IR.
Cincinnati: Put DE Robert Geathers and DE Frostee Rucker on IR. Signed G Evan Mathis and DE Josh Mallard. Signed DE Victor DeGrate to practice squad.
Detroit: Signed QB Drew Henson from practice squad.
Jacksonville: Waived G Milford Brown and DT Jimmy Kennedy.
Pittsburgh: Released P Paul Ernster. Signed P Mitch Berger.
Hockey
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
NHL: Suspended Kings F John Zeiler 3 games without pay for incident in Nov. 22 game vs. Colorado.
Carolina: Recalled F Patrick Dwyer from Albany (AHL).
Dallas: Recalled LW Chris Conner from Peoria (AHL).
Nashville: Recalled F Antti Pihlstrom from Milwaukee (AHL).
N.Y. Rangers: Recalled F Patrick Rissmiller from Hartford (AHL).
St. Louis: Acquired D Carlo Colaiacovo and C Alezander Steen from Toronto for F Lee Stempniak. Recalled F Chris Porter from Peoria (AHL).
San Jose: Signed F Claude Lemieux to tryout.
Vancouver: Recalled G Cory Schneider from Manitoba (AHL).
Major league Soccer
Los Angeles: Acquired F Jovan Kirovski from San Jose for 2010 conditional supplemental draft pick.
New England: Traded F Adam Cristman to Kansas City for allocation money and 2009 3rd-round pick.
College
E. Michigan: Fired football coach Jeff Genyk.
Grand Valley State: Suspended RB Jimmy Berezik indefinitely from football team..
Kansas State: Named Bill Snyder football coach.
Michigan: S Artis Chambers left the football program.
