THURSDAY'S SPORTS TRANSACTIONS

THURSDAY'S SPORTS TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
SEATTLE MARINERS--Recalled RHP J.J. Putz from Tacoma of the PCL.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS--Placed RHP Jose Acevedo on the 15-day disabled list. Activated RHP Scott Sullivan from the 15-day disabled list.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS--Agreed to terms with LHP Chuck Tiffany, INF Brett Dowdy, RHP Philip Sobkow, 1B James Peterson, OF Steven Sapp and INF Travis Denker.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS--Placed 3B Wes Helms on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Aug. 6. Purchased the contract of OF Mark Smith from Indianapolis of the IL. Transferred RHP Todd Ritchie from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list.
NEW YORK METS--Activated RHP Grant Roberts from the 15-day disabled list. Assigned C Joe DePastino to Norfolk of the IL.
Midwest League
CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS--Assigned RHP Adrian Goas to Provo of the Pioneer League. Announced LHP Matt Lincoln has been assigned from Mesa of the Arizona League.
South Atlantic League
LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS--Promoted RHP Todd Pennington to Akron of the Eastern League. Added RHP Reid Casey from Mahoning Valley of the New York-Penn League.
SAVANNAH SAND GNATS--Added RHP Eddie Diaz.
Central League
ALEXANDRIA ACES--Signed RHP Ryan France.
COASTAL BEND AVIATORS--Released RHP Brett Black.
EDINBURG ROADRUNNERS--Sold the contract of RHP Omar Ortiz to the Texas Rangers.
JACKSON SENATORS--Sold the contract of 1B Tony Palazzolo to Shreveport. Purchased the contract of C-1B Jeremy Todd from Quebec of the Northeast League.
SAN ANGELO COLTS--Released RHP Brian Barnett.
SHREVEPORT SPORTS--Traded LHP Ryan Snyder to Jackson for two players to be named.
Northeast League
BANGOR LUMBERJACKS--Signed OF Edwin Thompson.
BROCKTON ROX--Signed RHP Greg Salvevold.
QUEBEC LES CAPITALES--Released INF Andy Lang and RHP Sam Greco.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
DETROIT PISTONS--Named Herb Brown, John Kuester, Mike Woodson, Dave Hanners and Igor Stefan Kokoskov assistant coaches.
HOUSTON ROCKETS--Signed F Adrian Griffin.
NBDL
HUNTSVILLE FLIGHT--Named Ryan Black manager of sales and marketing.
WNBA
INDIANA FEVER--Placed F Stephanie White on the injured list. Activated G Niele Ivey from the injured list.
LOS ANGELES SPARKS--Signed F Lynn Pride. Waived C Jenny Mowe.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS--Waived WR Antwone Savage. Signed OL Dralinn Burks.
HOUSTON TEXANS--Signed TE Patrick Hughes.
MIAMI DOLPHINS--Placed DT Davern Williams on injured reserve. Signed DT Tavares Jurineack.
NEW YORK JETS--Signed C Patrick Smith.
Arena Football League
CAROLINA COBRAS--Named Dean DeMarais director of media and community relations and Kevin Ziman, Keira Durrette and Josh Dernosek ticket account executives.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BUFFALO SABRES--Re-signed G Tom Askey and LW Andrew Peters.
ST. LOUIS BLUES--Agreed to terms with C Pavol Demitra on a one-year contract.
PHOENIX COYOTES--Named Richard Nairn vice president of communications.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS--Announced the retirement of D Calle Johansson, who will remain with the team as a scout.
Central Hockey League
RIO GRANDE VALLEY KILLER BEES--Signed G Jacque Vezina.
COLLEGE
ALABAMA STATE--Announced the resignation of Richard Cosby, athletic director.
ARKANSAS--Announced the resignation of Kevin Platt, women's tennis coach.
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN--Named Brooks Berry men's assistant basketball coach.
DOMINICAN, N.Y.--Named Kelly-Ann Di Giulio sports information director/assistant athletic director/senior women's administrator.
FRANKLIN & amp; MARSHALL--Named Jeremy Kirchner men's assistant soccer coach.
GREENSBORO--Announced the resignation of Tammy Dixon, women's lacrosse coach.
IOWA--Named Layne Anderson women's cross country and women's assistant track coach.
JACKSONVILLE STATE--Named Marcus Riley women's assistant basketball coach.
KANSAS--Announced the resignation of Richard Konzem, senior associate athletic director.
LOUISIANA TECH--Named Anne Marquez assistant athletic trainer.
MAINE--Named Leslie Look assistant strength and conditioning coach.
MARS HILL--Named Kiya Griffin women's assistant basketball coach.
METHODIST--Named Jim Jackson outside linbackers coach and Philip Murray defensive backs coach.
MIDDLE TENNESSEE--Named Drew Clinton women's assistant basketball coach.
NEW HAMPSHIRE--Named Brent R. Cook men's assistant basketball coach.
NEW ORLEANS--Named Jacob Brundage men's and women's assistant track and field and cross country coach.
N.C.-WILMINGTON--Named Amy Schreiber assistant volleyball coach.
NORWICH--Named James Franklin men's soccer and tennis coach.
PENN STATE--Named Mike McQueary administrative assistant for football and video operations and Kermit Buggs graduate assistant football coach.
TUSCULUM--Named Jennie Murphy women's assistant soccer coach.
UCLA--Announced F T.J. Cummings has been declared ineligible for the fall quarter for failure to meet NCAA academic eligibility requirements.
WENTWORGH--Named Carrie Crawford women's basketball coach.
WOFFORD--Named Kavan Hahn assistant tennis coach and Mark Line associate athletic director for internal operations.