BASEBALL
MLB: Suspended St. Louis minor-league IF Wilfred Vivas 50 games after testing positive for metabolites of Methandienone.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit: Declined to offer arbitration to RHP Kyle Farnsworth; LHP Casey Fossum; RHP Freddy, RHP Todd Jones; SS Edgar Renteria, LHP Kenny Rogers; C Vance Wilson.
Oakland: Declined to offer arbitration to DH Frank Thomas, LHP Alan Embree, RHP Keith Foulke and OF Emil Brown.
Seattle: Named Ty Van Burkleo bench coach and Lee Tinsley 1B coach.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Houston: Named Mike Barnett hitting coordinator.
Milwaukee: Signed 1B Scott Thorman to minor-league deal.
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Detroit: Signed WR Keary Colbert. Put WR Mike Furrey on IR.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
New Jersey: Recalled F Pierre-Luc Letourneau Leblond from Lowell (AHL).
Ottawa: Recalled C Cody Bass from Binghamton (AHL).
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
D.C. United: Waived M Jeff Carroll.
COLLEGE
Clemson: Signed football coach Dabo Swinney for 5 years.
Iowa State: Reassigned off. coordinator Robert McFarland to asst. head coach and OL coach and def. coordinator Wayne Bolt to LB coach. Fired QBs coach Tony Petersen and DB coach Shawn Raney.
Tennessee: Lane Kiffin named football coach.
Villanova: Basketball Jr. C Casiem Drummond will transfer.
HIGH SCHOOLS
Lyons Twp: Football coach Jack Derning retired.
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SCOREBOARD EDITED BY THOMAS L. OUTLAW AND LEE C. GORDON
