Baseball
American League
NEW YORK YANKEES - Assigned INF Marcos Vechionacci to their minor league camp.
SEATTLE MARINERS - Agreed to terms with RHP Felix Hernandez, RHP Sean White, OF Mike Morse and OF Jeremy Reed on one-year contracts.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES - Renewed the contract of OF Jeff Francouer. Agreed to terms with C Brayan Pena, 1B Scott Thorman, RHP Peter Moylan, RHP Jeff Bennett and RHP Anthony Lerew on one-year contracts.
CINCINNATI REDS - Signed OF Corey Patterson and INF Jerry Hairston Jr. to minor league contracts.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS - Agreed to terms with RHP James McDonald on a one-year contract.
SAN DIEGO PADRES - Agreed to terms with RHP Heath Bell, RHP Kevin Cameron, RHP Ernesto Frieri, RHP Mike Gardner, RHP Justin Germano, RHP Carlos Guevara, RHP Clay Hensley, RHP Wilton Lopez, RHP Cla Meredith, RHP Tim Stauffer, RHP Jared Wells, RHP Mauro Zarate, LHP Justin Hampson, LHP Joe Thatcher, C Colt Morton, INF Callix Crabbe, INF Chase Headley, INF Kevin Kouzmanoff, INF Paul McAnulty, INF Brian Myrow, INF Oscar Robles, INF Luis Rodriguez, INF Craig Stansberry and OF Scott Hairston on one-year contracts.
Atlantic League
LANCASTER BARNSTORMERS - Agreed to terms with CF Jutt Hileman and RHP Franklin Mendible.
NEWARK BEARS - Agreed to terms with RHP Jose Garcia and INF Vic Gutierrez.
Northern League
KANSAS CITY T-BONES - Agreed to terms with OF Brad Correll and LHP Anthony Boughner.
Basketball
NBA
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS - Signed F Kaniel Dickens and G Billy Thomas to second 10-day contracts.
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS - Assigned C Kosta Perovic to Bakersfield (NBADL).
WNBA
DETROIT SHOCK - Promoted Cheryl Reeve to director of player personnel in addition to her assistant coaching duties.
MINNESOTA LYNX - Re-signed C Nicole Ohlde.
SACRAMENTO MONARCHS - Signed F Rebekkah Brunson and F Nicole Powell to four-year contracts.
WASHINGTON MYSTICS - Re-signed G Laurie Koehn.
Football
NFL
ATLANTA FALCONS - Released RB Warrick Dunn.
CAROLINA PANTHERS - Agreed to terms with G Keydrick Vincent on a two-year contract.
DETROIT LIONS - Signed TE Michael Gaines. Re-signed TE John Owens to a one-year contract.
HOUSTON TEXANS - Signed LB Kevin Bentley.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS - Released G Chris Naeole.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS - Signed LB Demorrio Williams to a five-year contract. Claimed FB Oliver Hoyte off waivers from Dallas.
MIAMI DOLPHINS - Re-signed S Yeremiah Bell.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS - Agreed to terms with WR Randy Moss on a three-year contract. Signed WR Sam Aiken.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS - Agreed to terms with WR David Patten on a two-year contract.
NEW YORK GIANTS - Signed S Sammy Knight to a three-year contract.
NEW YORK JETS - Signed OL Damien Woody and LB Calvin Pace.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS - Signed QB Ben Roethlisberger to an eight-year contract and RB Mewelde Moore to a three-year contract.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS - Signed RB DeShaun Foster, QB J.T. O’Sullivan and LB Dontarrious Thomas.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS - Acquired QB Brian Griese from Chicago for an undisclosed 2009 draft pick.
TENNESSEE TITANS - Agreed to terms with TE Alge Crumpler on a two-year contract.
Arena Football League
COLUMBUS DESTROYERS - Signed DL Saul Patu.
GRAND RAPIDS RAMPAGE - Re-Signed OL Nick Steitz
KANSAS CITY BRIGADE - Waived DL Neil Purvis and WR Boo Williams.
NEW ORLEANS VOODOO - Waived WR Tiger Jones.
Canadian Football League
EDMONTON ESKIMOS - Signed WR Eric Newman.
Hockey
NHL
PHOENIX COYOTES - Recalled RW Enver Lisin from San Antonio (AHL).
American Hockey League
NORFOLK ADMIRALS - Assigned F Zbynek Hrdel to Mississippi (ECHL).
SPRINGFIELD FALCONS - Announced C Marc Pouliot was recalled by Edmonton (NHL).
ECHL
ECHL - Fined the Elmira organization and Steve Martinson, coach, undisclosed amounts for an Elmira player being assessed a game misconduct in a March 1 game against Dayton. Suspended Johnstown F Mike Sgroi for 10 games and Elmira RW Chaz Johnson five games and fined them undisclosed amounts for their actions in March 1 games.
CHARLOTTE CHECKERS - Announced F Ryan Murphy has been signed by Peoria (AHL).
MOTORSPORTS
NASCAR - Announced the appeals committee overturned all penalties levied against Rusty Wallace Racing for an infraction discovered on David Stremme’s car before the season-opening Nationwide Series race.
Soccer
MLS
COLORADO RAPIDS - Signed MF Rafael Gomes.
D.C. UNITED - Signed D Pat Carroll, MF Ryan Cordeiro and MF Justin Moose to developmental contracts. Waived F Jerson Monteiro.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES - Named Ronnie Ekelund technical advisor.
Tennis
World Team Tennis
SACRAMENTO CAPITALS - Traded Anna Kournikova and a 2008 second-round draft pick to St. Louis for a 2008 first-round draft pick.
Colleges
DELAWARE - Named Gregg Perry tight ends coach and Aaron Harris running backs coach.
KENTUCKY - Named Chris Thurmond defensive backs coach.
NORTH DAKOTA STATE - Announced the resignation of Amy Ruley, women’s basketball coach, to become an associate athletic director.
PLYMOUTH STATE - Named Kim Bownes associate director of athletics/senior woman administrator.
VMI - Named A.J. Christoff defensive coordinator and Don Woods defensive line coach.
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