Baseball
NATIONAL LEAGUE
CUBS: OF Marlon Byrd agreed to 3-year, $15 million contract.
Football
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
NFL: Fined Denver WR Brandon Stokley $25,000 for making contact with official that led to his ejection in Dec. 27 game at Philadelphia. Fined Tennessee defensive coordinator Chuck Cecil $20,000 for prohibited verbal abuse of game official during Dec. 25 game against San Diego.
Buffalo: Named Buddy Nix general manager.
N.Y. Giants: Placed RB Brandon Jacobs and CB Aaron Ross on injured reserve. Signed QB Rhett Bomar and S Sha’reff Rashad from the practice squad.
Seattle: Signed TE Jason Pociask to practice squad.
Hockey
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
BLACKHAWKS: Signed D Shawn Lalonde to 3-year contract.
CollegeS
Arkansas: Suspended LB Wendel Davis, S Matt Harris and WR receiver Marques Wade for violations of team rules.
Colgate: Extended football coach Dick Biddle’s contract through June 2013.
Montana: Named Robin Pflugrad football coach.
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SCOREBOARD EDITED BY THOMAS L. OUTLAW, DAMIAN HOPKINS AND RYAN DIXON
