MONDAY'S SPORTS TRANSACTIONS
MONDAY'S SPORTS TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES--Agreed to terms with C Javy Lopez on a three-year contract.
BOSTON RED SOX--Agreed to terms with OF Gabe Kapler on a one-year contract.
DETROIT TIGERS--Agreed to terms with LHP Andy Van Hekken on a minor league contract.
MINNESOTA TWINS--Agreed to terms with INF Augie Ojeda on a one-year contract.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS--Agreed to terms with LHP Arthur Rhodes on a three-year contract. Named Webster Garrison manager, Jim Coffman pitching coach, and Brain McArn hitting coach for Midland of the Texas League; Von Hayes manager and Eddie Williams hitting coach for Modesto of the California League; Dave Joppie manager, Fernando Arroyo pitching coach, and Aaron Nieckula hitting coach for Kane County of the Midwest League; Craig Lefferts pitching coach and Todd Steverson hitting coach for Vancouver of the Northwest League; and Mike Holmes pitching coach and Juan Dilone hitting coach for the Athletics of the Arizona League.
TEXAS RANGERS--Agreed to terms with LHP Mike Bacsik and OF Jason Tyner on minor league contracts.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES--Agreed to terms with LHP Armando Almanza on a one-year contract. Designated LHP Chris Water for assignment.
CINCINNATI REDS--Named Dean Taylor assistant general manager, Debbie Bent executive assistant to the general manager, and Brad Kullman director of major league operations.
COLORADO ROCKIES--Agreed to terms with C Todd Greene on a one-year contract, and RHP Jeff Tam, RHP Brian Tollberg, INF Benji Gil and INF Andy Tracy on minor league contracts. Declined to offer a 2004 contract to RHP Matt Miller.
FLORIDA MARLINS--Agreed to terms with RHP Toby Borland on a minor league contract.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS--Agreed to terms with OF Ben Grieve and C Gary Bennett on one-year contracts, and RHP Adrian Hernandez on a minor league contract.
NEW YORK METS--Agreed to terms with RHP Scott Strickland on a one-year contract, and LHP Pedro Feliciano and RHP Jeremy Hill on minor league contracts.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS--Agreed to terms with RHP Jason Marquis on a one-year contract.
Japanese Central League
YOMIURI GIANTS--Agreed to terms with RHP Brian Sikorski.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
DENVER NUGGETS--Placed G Jon Barry on the injured list. Activated G Jeff Trepagnier from the injured list.
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS--Waived C Cherokee Parks.
NEW JERSEY NETS--Signed C Mikki Moore. Waived F Damone Brown.
NEW YORK KNICKS--Fired Scott Layden, president. Named Steve Mills president and chief operating officer, and Isiah Thomas president-basketball operations.
SACRAMENTO KINGS--Activated F Lawrence Funderburke from the injured list.
Continental Basketball Association
DAKOTA WIZARDS--Waived G John Linehan.
IDAHO STAMPEDE--Signed C Casey Calvary.
American Basketball Association
LONG BEACH JAM--Signed F Dennis Rodman and G Kameron Sufi.
National Basketball Development League
COLUMBUS RIVERDRAGONS--Waived F Lonnie Harrell.
United States Basketball League
USBL--Awarded a 2004 franchise to Florence, S.C., to be known as the Flyers.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES--Signed T Dante Ellington to the practice squad.
Arena Football League
AFL--Agreed to terms with David Baker, commissioner, on a contract extension through 2007.
INDIANA FIREBIRDS--Placed WR-DB Terrance Blackwell and FB-LB Rashon Burns on recallable waivers.
NEW YORK DRAGONS--Signed OL-DL Jason Walters.
ORLANDO PREDATORS--Signed FB-LB Kevin McLeod.
SAN JOSE SABERCATS--Signed K Dan Frantz and WR-LB Reggie Jones. Released K Daron Alcorn.
Canadian Football League
CALGARY STAMPEDERS--Fired Jim Barker, coach.
HOCKEY
Central Hockey League
OKLAHOMA CITY BLAZERS--Placed RW Dominic Leveille on waivers.
WRESTLING
USA WRESTLING--Named Terry Steiner, Tricia Saunders and Townsend Saunders coaches for the women's 2004 U.S. Olympic team.
COLLEGE
ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK--Announced senior G Nick Zachery has left the men's basketball team.
BARUCH--Named Daniel Guilford men's assistant basketball coach.
COLBY--Named Ed Mestieri football coach.
COLUMBIA--Announced the resignation of John Reeves, athletic director, effective June 30, 2004.
GUILFORD--Named Steve Kaczmarek women's swimming coach.
PRAIRIE VIEW A & amp;M--Named Henry Frazier football coach.
RIO GRANDE--Named Jeff Lanham athletics director.
TCU--Suspended junior C Chase Johnson, freshman FB Marcus Draper, freshman FB Reggie La'Mothe, freshman CB Gerrad Wilson and freshman CB Derek Ferry for the Fort Worth Bowl for violating unspecified team rules.
UCLA--Suspended junior FS Ben Emanuel II from the football team for violating team rules.