Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
WHITE SOX: Claimed OF Alejandro De Aza off waivers from Florida.
Minnesota: Named Tom Nieto manager and Floyd Rayford coach of Rochester (IL).
Tampa Bay: Named Derek Shelton hitting coach.
Texas: Assigned RHP Jason Grilli and C Kevin Richardson outright to Oklahoma City (PCL).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
CUBS: Named Rudy Jaramillo hitting coach.
Basketball
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Atlanta: Waived G Mario West, C Garret Siler and C Courtney Sims.
Detroit: Waived F Maceo Baston.
Houston: Waived G Romel Beck and G Garrett Temple.
L.A. Lakers: Waived G Thomas Kelati.
Minnesota: Waived C Jared Reiner.
Oklahoma City: Waived G Tre Kelley.
Philadelphia: Waived F Brandon Bowman and G Dionte Christmas.
Phoenix: Waived G Dan Dickau and F Carlos Powell.
Sacramento: Waived C-F Melvin Ely and G Lanny Smith.
Utah: Waived F-C Goran Suton, F Spencer Nelson and F Alexander Johnson.
Football
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Arizona: Signed LB Brandon Renkart to and released LB Lee Robinson from practice squad.
Atlanta: Released QB D.J. Shockley from and signed RB Antone Smith to practice squad.
Carolina: Signed S Keith Lewis. Placed CB Dante Wesley on reserve-suspended list.
Cleve.: Signed TE Michael Gaines. Signed TE Colin Cloherty to practice squad.
Green Bay: Signed RB Ahman Green.
Kan. City: Signed DT Kenny Smith. Signed DT Marlon Favorite to practice squad.
N.Y. Giants: Placed DT Anthony Bryant on practice squad-injured list. Signed DT Dwayne Hendricks to practice squad.
San Francisco: Signed RB Keon Lattimore to practice squad.
Seattle: Signed G Mike Gibson. Signed T Kyle Williams to practice squad.
St. Louis: Signed OT Phil Trautwein.
Hockey
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Anaheim: Recalled G Justin Pogge from Bakersfield (ECHL).
Boston: Recalled F Trent Whitfield from Providence (AHL).
Dallas: Activated C Steve Ott from injured reserve.
Montreal: Suspended F Sergei Kostitsyn for leaving Hamilton (AHL).
Washington: Assigned C Michael Nylander to Grand Rapids (AHL) for 2-week conditioning assignment.
AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
WOLVES: Named Don Lever coach and Ron Wilson assistant coach.
AHL: Suspended Portland C Cody McCormick 5 games for actions in Sunday’s game at Providence.
Colleges
SEC: Suspended officiating crew from Saturday’s Florida-Arkansas football game until Nov. 14 after 2nd controversial call this season.
Michigan: Athletic director Bill Martin retired, effective Sept. 4, 2010.
