THURSDAY'S TRANSACTIONS

THURSDAY'S TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
ANAHEIM ANGELS--Agreed to terms with 2B Adam Kennedy on a three-year contract.
DETROIT TIGERS--Agreed to terms with C Mike DiFelice on a one-year contract.
MINNESOTA TWINS--Agreed to terms with C Henry Blanco on a one-year contract.
NEW YORK YANKEES--Agreed to terms with RHP Tom Gordon and RHP Paul Quantrill on two-year contracts.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS--Acquired LHP Chris Hammond and cash from the New York Yankees for RHP Eduardo Sierra and INF J.T. Stotts.
SEATTLE MARINERS--Agreed to terms with RF Ichiro Suzuki on a four-year contract.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS--Agreed to terms with LHP Kent Mercker and OF Todd Hollandsworth on one-year contracts.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS--Agreed to terms with LHP Wilson Alvarez on a one-year contract.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS--Agreed to terms with RHP Matt Childers and RHP Pedro Liriano on one-year contracts.
NEW YORK METS--Agreed to terms with CF Mike Cameron on a three-year contract.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES--Agreed to terms with RHP Amaury Telemaco on a one-year contract.
SAN DIEGO PADRES--Agreed to terms with LHP Sterling Hitchcock and RHP Ismael Valdes on one-year contracts.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS--Named Ben Potenziano and Mark Gruesbeck assistant trainers and Rob Knepper minor league rehabilitations coordinator.
Japanese Central League
HIROSHIMA CARP--Agreed to terms with INF Greg LaRocca.
YOMIURI GIANTS--Agreed to terms with OF Tuffy Rhodes on a two-year contract.
Central Baseball League
JACKSON SENATORS--Signed C Gerard McCall and OF Chris Vasquez.
BASKETBALL
Continental Basketball Association
DAKOTA WIZARDS--Placed F Sean Lampley on the active roster.
National Basketball Development League
NBDL--Fined Roanoke F Mikki Moore an undisclosed amount for publicly criticizing officials following a game on Dec. 14.
HUNTSVILLE FLIGHT--Signed C Nick Sheppard. Released F Rodney Bias.
ROANOKE DAZZLE--Signed F Terrence Shannon. Released G Reggie Elliott.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL--Fined Cincinnati QB Jon Kitna $5,000 for wearing a baseball-style cap marked with a cross at his postgame news conferences.
NEW YORK GIANTS--Placed OT Luke Petitgout on injured reserve. Signed CB Reggie Stephens.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS--Waived WR Jermaine Lewis from the practice squad. Signed DE Michael Landry to the practice squad.
TENNESSEE TITANS--Placed QB Billy Volek on injured reserve. Signed QB Neil O'Donnell.
Canadian Football League
MONTREAL ALOUETTES--Announced the resignation of Ellis T. Prince, president and chief executive officer.
TORONTO ARGONAUTS--Named Kent Austin offensive coordinator.
Arena Football League
LOS ANGELES AVENGERS--Signed WR-DB Kevin Ingram and OL-DL Sean McNamara to three-year contract extensions.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS--Loaned LW Andrej Nedorost to Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Russian Elite League
LOS ANGELES KINGS--Assigned G Milan Hnilicka to Manchester of the AHL.
MINNESOTA WILD--Placed LW Christoph Brandner on the injured list. Recalled RW Kyle Wanvig from Houston of the AHL.
American Hockey League
CHICAGO WOLVES--Assigned D Evan Nielsen to Gwinnett of the ECHL.
CLEVELAND BARONS--Recalled D Greg Labenski from Kalamazoo of UHL.
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS--Announced D Michal Rozsival has been assigned to the team by Pittsburgh of the NHL.
WORCESTER ICECATS--Recalled RW Jeremy Yablonski from Peoria of the ECHL.
ECHL
ECHL--Suspended LW Allan Sirois and Roanoke LW Blair Stayzer for one game each for an altercation in a game on Dec. 12. Suspended Mississippi RW Roger Maxwell for four games and Louisiana F Jason Hamilton for three games for an off-ice incident in a game on Dec. 14.
MISSISSIPPI SEA WOLVES--Announced G Greg Gardner has been returned by the Rochester of the AHL.
READING ROYALS--Received G Mathieu Chouinard from Manchester of the AHL. Announced D Francis Nault has left professional hockey to return to school.
COLLEGE
NCAA--Placed Chicago State on probation for two years for violations in the women's basketball program.
ARMY--Named Wally Ake, Stan Brock, Bruce Hardin, John Misciagna, Steve Tovar, Tucker Waugh and Eddie Wilson assistant football coaches and Clarence Holmes, Marquis Mosely and Adam Waugh restricted duties football coaches.
CARSON-NEWMAN--Named Mike Clowney assistant football coach.
MCNEESE STATE--Named Russ Buller track and field coach
NEWBERRY--Named Scott McCain assistant athletic director for sports information and marketing.
NEW HAMPSHIRE--Named Mike Dawson defensive coordinator.
OHIO STATE--Suspended F Matt Sylvester from the men's basketball team for one game for throwing a flagrant elbow in a game against Furman.
STERLING--Named Andy Lambert football coach.
WEST CHESTER--Named Jennifer Tenza women's gymnastics coach.