TUESDAY'S TRANSACTIONS

TUESDAY'S TRANSACTIONS
AUTO RACING
NASCAR--Fined crew chief Doug Richert $25,000 for using unapproved cylinder heads in Carl Edwards' Ford at Kentucky Speedway on July 12. Deducted 100 driver points from Edwards and 100 owner points from Jack Roush.
BASEBALL
Atlantic League
NEWARK BEARS--Signed INF Peto Ramirez.
Central League
ALEXANDRIA ACES--Claimed RHP Chad Massengale off waivers from Shreveport.
COASTAL BEND AVIATORS--Released RHP Byron Batson.
SHREVEPORT SPORTS--Released OF Kevin Moore.
SPRINGFIELD/OZARK MOUNTAIN DUCKS--Released LHP Leonardo Mayi.
Northeast League
ALLENTOWN AMBASSADORS--Released LHP Tom Klemm, Jr.
BANGOR LUMBERJACKS--Released 3B Josh Brinkley.
BERKSHIRE BLACK BEARS--Signed RHP Jim Dedrick.
NORTH SHORE SPIRIT--Released 3B Ramon German.
Northern League
FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS--Acquired OF Mike Byas from St. Paul for future considerations.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CHICAGO BULLS--Named John Bach assistant coach. Signed G Kirk Hinrich to a three-year contract.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
DETROIT LIONS--Signed LB James Davis. Released DT Shawn Lazarus.
GREEN BAY PACKERS--Signed DE Earl Cochran and WR Kamau Peterson.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS--Signed LB Kawika Mitchell, OL Jordan Black, and DE Jimmy Wilkerson to three-year contracts.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS--Signed NT Dan Klecko and CB Asante Samuel.
NEW YORK JETS--Signed DT Chester McGlockton. Waived DT Joe Minucci.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS--Signed S Greg Brown to a one-year contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM MIGHTY DUCKS--Agreed to terms with LW Mike Leclerc on a two-year contract and LW Cam Severson on a one-year contract.
BOSTON BRUINS--Re-signed D Jonathan Girard and F Michal Grosek to one-year contracts.
CALGARY FLAMES--Re-signed F Stephane Yelle and signed RW Matt Davidson.
CAROLINA HURRICANES--Signed RW Jeff Heerema to a one-year contract.
COLORADO AVALANCHE--Signed D Tomas Slovak to a multiyear contract, and D Karlis Skrastins and F Bates Battaglia to one-year contracts.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS--Signed C Mark Hartigan to a one-year contract and D Alexander Gusjkov to a multiyear contract.
DALLAS STARS--Signed C Antti Miettinen and RW Mattias Tjarnqvist.
DETROIT RED WINGS--Signed D Niklas Kronwall to a two-year contract. Re-signed D Mathieu Dandenault to a one-year contract.
FLORIDA PANTHERS--Signed D Petr Kadlec to a one-year contract.
LOS ANGELES KINGS--Agreed to terms with D Denis Grebeshkov on a three-year contract and D Martin Strbak and F Esa Pirnes.
MINNESOTA WILD--Signed LW Christoph Brandner to a multiyear contract.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS--Signed C Denis Platonov.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS--Signed D Matt DeMarchi, F Ahren Nittel, F Thomas Pihlman, F Ilkka Pikkarainen and F Aleksandar Suglobov.
OTTAWA SENATORS--Re-signed G Martin Prusek.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS--Signed D Joni Pitkanen to a three-year contract.
PHOENIX COYOTES--Signed LW Daniel Cleary to a multiyear contract.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS--Named Michel Therrien coach for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL.
SAN JOSE SHARKS--Re-signed C Alyn McCauley to a three-year contract, and G Miikka Kiprusoff and F Miroslav Zalesak to one-year contracts. Re-signed LW Marco Sturm and C Mark Smith.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING--Re-signed D Brad Lukowich and F Andre Roy to multiyear contracts, and D Darren Rumble to a one-year contract. Signed F Evgeni Artukhin to a three-year contract.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS--Re-signed D Ric Jackman to a one-year contract.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS--Signed G Dan Cloutier to a one-year contract and D Marek Malik to a two-year contact.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS--Re-signed D J-F Fortin and D Chris Hajt to one-year contracts.
American Hockey League
TORONTO ROADRUNNERS--Named Geoff Ward coach.
ECHL
DAYTON BOMBERS--Named Jamie Ling coach.
LAS VEGAS WRANGLERS--Named Jason Rivera equipment manager.
Atlantic Coast Hockey League
MACON TRAX--Signed F David Deeves, F Edan Welch, D Brad Rice, D Steve Howard and C Bob Clouston.
TENNIS
USTA--Announced the resignation of Ron Woods, director of community tennis programs, effective Oct. 11.
COLLEGE
APPALACHIAN STATE--Named Jeff Laboe women's assistant basketball coach.
CARSON-NEWMAN--Promoted Dale Clayton to associate athletic director.
CULVER-STOCKTON--Named Rod Walton athletic director.
DEFIANCE--Announced the resignation of Tom Palombo, men's basketball coach.
DETROIT MERCY--Announced the addition of women's golf as a varsity sport to begin play in 2004. Named Mark Engel interim women's golf coach.
EASTERN ILLINOIS--Named Barry Stevens men's assistant basketball coach.
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL--Named Jesus Labrada and Michael Burden men's assistant basketball coaches and Courtney Young administrative assistant.
KEENE STATE--Named Matora Fiorey women's volleyball coach.
KENTUCKY WESLEYAN--Agreed to forfeit all of the men's basketball victories from last season after the NCAA found the school violated two secondary infractions.
MICHIGAN TECH--Named Ian Kallay men's assistant ice hockey coach.
NORTH CAROLINA-GREENSBORO--Named Mitch Buonaguro and Adam Chaskin men's assistant basketball coaches.
RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE--Named Bob Nannig women's interim gymnastics coach.
SACRED HEART--Named Thomas O'Malley women's ice hockey coach.