ANAHEIM ANGELS-Declined to offer a 2005 contract to SS David Eckstein.
BOSTON RED SOX-Declined to offer 2005 contracts to LHP Lenny DiNardo, C Sandy Martinez and LHP Billy Traber.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX-Agreed to terms with C Ben Davis on a one-year contract and LHP Ryan Meaux and RHP Eduardo Villacis on minor league contracts. Declined to offer a 2005 contract to LHP Scott Schoeneweis.
CLEVELAND INDIANS-Declined to offer 2005 contracts to LHP Mariano Gomez and 1B Josh Phelps.
DETROIT TIGERS-Declined to offer a 2005 contract to INF Eric Munson.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS-Declined to offer a 2005 contract to RHP Miguel Asencio.
NEW YORK YANKEES-Agreed to terms with 2B Tony Womack on a two-year contract and RHP Tanyon Sturtze on a one-year contract.
SEATTLE MARINERS-Declined to offer 2005 contracts to RHP Rett Johnson and INF Luis Ugueto.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS-Declined to offer a 2005 contract to RHP Kevin Frederick.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS-Declined to offer 2005 contracts to RHP Brandon Medders and LHP Shane Nance. Named Jay Gainer manager, Erik Sabel pitching coach and Luis De Los Santos hitting coach for Yakima of the Northwest League, Dennis Lewallyn organizational pitching coordinator and Rick Schu organizational hitting coordinator.
ATLANTA BRAVES-Declined to offer 2005 contracts to INF Mark De Rosa and INF Mike Hessman.
CINCINNATI REDS-Declined to offer 2005 contracts to RHP D.J. Mattox, LHP Phil Norton and RHP John Riedling. Agreed to terms with 3B Joe Randa on a one-year contract.
COLORADO ROCKIES-Agreed to terms with C Todd Greene and RHP Jamey Wright on one-year contracts and INF-OF Greg Norton on a minor league contract.
FLORIDA MARLINS-Declined to offer 2005 contracts to LHP Franklyn Gracesqui and LHP Matt Perisho.
HOUSTON ASTROS-Declined to offer a 2005 contract to RHP Wade Miller.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS-Declined to offer 2005 contracts to INF Alex Cora, LHP Scott Stewart and C Tom Wilson.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS-Agreed to terms with INF Russell Branyan on a one-year contract and RHP Chris Saenz and RHP Julio Santana on minor league contracts. Named Frank Kremblas manager for Nashville of the PCL, Don Money manager for Huntsville of the Southern League, John Tamargo manager for Brevard County of the Florida State League and Ramon Aviles manager for West Virginia of the South Atlantic League.
NEW YORK METS-Declined to offer 2005 contracts to RHP Orber Moreno and RHP Scott Strickland. Named Mookie Wilson manager for Brooklyn of the New York-Penn League.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES-Agreed to terms with RHP Geoff Geary and RHP Amaury Telemaco on one-year contracts and OF Jorge Padilla on a minor league contract. Declined to offer 2005 contracts to INF Lou Collier and C Michel Hernandez.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS-Declined to offer a 2005 contract to OF So Taguchi.
SAN DIEGO PADRES-Declined to offer a 2005 contract to RHP Brian Sweeney.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS-Declined to offer 2005 contracts to LHP Wayne Franklin, OF Dustan Mohr and INF Cody Ransom. Agreed to terms with Franklin on a one-year contract.
Midwest League
BATTLE CREEK YANKEES-Announced a two-year affiliation agreement with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for the team to be known as the Southwest Michigan Devil Rays.
Canada-Am League
BROCKTON ROX-Agreed to terms with C-1B Kris Zacuto.
ELMIRA PIONEERS-Agreed to terms with OF Jeremy Dodson.
NEW HAVEN COUNTY CUTTERS-Agreed to terms with RHP Wes Mindingall.
Northern League
JOLIET JACKHAMMERS-Agreed to terms with OF Dan Underwood.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS-Placed G Kerry Kittles on the injured list.
NEW ORLEANS HORNETS-Placed G Alex Garcia on the injured list. Activated G Baron Davis from the injured list.
American Basketball Association
ATLANTA VISION-Named Tony Lenard coach and Darrell Hairston assistant coach.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL-Fined Jacksonville S Donovin Darius $75,000 for hitting Green Bay WR Robert Ferguson across the neck in a Dec. 19 game.
CHICAGO BEARS-Placed S Cameron Worrell on injured reserve. Claimed S Jerrell Pippens off waivers from San Diego.
DENVER BRONCOS-Signed G Tyson Clabo. Signed DT D.J. Renteria to the practice squad. Waived DT Darius Holland.
GREEN BAY PACKERS-Signed TE Sean McHugh from the practice squad. Waived LB Nick Rogers.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS-Placed TE George Wrighster on injured reserve. Signed G Derrick Fletcher from the practice squad.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS-Released P Steve Cheek. Signed P Nick Murphy.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS-Signed CB Rushen Jones. Released CB Derek Ross. Signed WR Lane Danielsen to the practice squad.
OAKLAND RAIDERS-Signed CB Brock Williams.
HOCKEY
American Hockey League
AHL-Suspended Portland C Darcy Verot three games for receiving a match penalty in a Dec. 17 game at Hartford and Albany D Teemu Kesa two games for his actions in a Dec. 17 game at Hershey.
HAMILTON BULLDOGS-Reassigned G Olivier Michaud to Long Beach of the ECHL and Andrei Kostitsyn to the Belarus National Junior Team.
MANCHESTER MONARCHS-Loaned RW Connor James to Bakersfield of the ECHL.
WORCESTER ICE CATS-Reassigned RW Mark Jerant to Peoria of the ECHL.
Central Hockey League
CHL-Suspended Odessa D Sebastien Thinel one game for his actions in a Dec. 18 game against Lubbock.
OKLAHOMA CITY BLAZERS-Signed LW Ryan Power.
ECHL
ECHL-Suspended Pensacola LW Jordan Krestanovich one game for his actions in a Dec. 19 game.
LACROSSE
National Lacrosse League
ANAHEIM STORM-Released F Jeff Brownlee, D Brian Kelly, D Matt Kwiecien, D Mike Laurano, F Jamie McKeracher, D John Rosa and F Andrew Towers.
ARIZONA STING-Signed D Rob Kirkby to a one-year contract. Released D Matt Taylor.
CALGARY ROUGHNECKS-Released F Jeff Callard, F Jeremy Cheyne, G Chris Levis, F Craig Stevenson and F Derek Tom.
COLORADO MAMMOTH-Signed D Pat Coyle. Released F Randy Daly, F Andrew Huelskoetter, F Curtis Smith, F Jon Torpey, F Cory Vann and D Lee Zink.
MINNESOTA SWARM-Released F Kyle Arbuckle, G Mike Attwood, F Jayme Bryde and F Travis Hill.
PHILADELPHIA WINGS-Re-signed F Ryan Ward to a one-year contract. Signed F Robert Van Beek to a one-year contract. Released D Ian Hawksbee and F Andrew Wasik.
ROCHESTER KNIGHTHAWKS-Released D Steve Jennings.
SAN JOSE STEALTH-Signed G Anthony Cosmo, D Brennan Day, F Spencer Martin, G Brandon Miller, D Darren Reisig and F Drew Virk to one-year contracts. Released D Rich Catton, F Chris Cercy, F Jordan Cornfield, F Tim Fry, F Kyle McEwen, F Ross Johnson and D Shaydon Santos.
TORONTO ROCK-Traded D Carter Livingstone to Rochester for a 2006 third-round entry draft pick.
COLLEGE
WEST COAST CONFERENCE- Named Doreen Magee assistant commissioner in charge of championships.
EMPORIA STATE-Announced the resignation of Kara Lowery, women's soccer coach, to become a woman's assistant soccer coach at Kansas.
FRANCIS MARION-Named Collin Liggett assistant baseball coach and Alena Gerrell assistant softball coach.
JOHNSON C. SMITH-Named Darryl McNeill football coach.
KENTUCKY-Named Kurt Roper quarterbacks coach and Chuck Smith linebackers coach.
LOUISVILLE-Agreed to terms with Bobby Petrino, football coach, on a five-year contract.
MEMPHIS-Agreed to terms with Tommy West, football coach, on a one-year contract extension through the 2009 season.
MONTCLAIR STATE-Announced the resignation of Sandy Sanchez-Lombeyda, volleyball coach.
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI-Fired Rip Scherer, offensive coordinator, and Dave Warner, wide receivers coach.
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