Saturday, June 28, 2003
TUESDAY'S SPORTS TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX--Signed OF Gabe Kapler to a minor league contract.
CLEVELAND INDIANS--Activated INF Ricky Gutierrez from the 60-day disabled list. Optioned INF Jhonny Peralta to Buffalo of the IL.
National League
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES--Signed LHP William Parcus, LHP Derek Griffith, RHP Brad Ziegler, and RHP Jacob Tompkins and assigned them to Batavia of the New York-Penn League.
Frontier League
COOK COUNTY CHEETAHS--Released OF Nick Gontmaher and INF Paul Molitor. Signed OF-1B Adam Spiker and INF Eric Archer.
EVANSVILLE OTTERS--Released RHP Nick Bates and 1B Denson Gleaton. Signed RHP Steven Faulkner. Re-signed OF Wes Hayden.
FLORENCE FREEDOM--Released RHP Nick Rogers. Signed INF Chris Osterkamp and RHP Jon Krugman. Re-signed SS Ron Fenwick.
KENOSHA MAMMOTHS--Sold the contract of RHP Matt Wilhite to the Anaheim Angels. Signed C Nick Hiter. Re-signed RHP Joe Linde. Announced the retirement of RHP Nathan Stone.
RIVER CITY RASCALS--Released LHP Mike Ruhe.
ROCKFORD RIVERHAWKS--Released OF Dan Urban. Re-signed RHP Bobby Mack.
WASHINGTON WILD THINGS--Sold the contract of OF Chris Tuttle to the St. Louis Cardinals.
Northeast League
BROCKTON ROX--Traded 1B Jermaine Swinton to Coastal Bend of the Central League for a 2004 first-round pick in the San Antonio tryout camp.
ELMIRA PIONEERS--Signed INF Matt Williams and INF Dennis Abreu.
NORTH SHORE SPIRIT--Signed INF Kevin Noriega.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS--Promoted Lara Price to senior vice president of business operations, Andy Speiser to senior vice president of finance, Karen Frascona to vice president of communications, Larry Meli to senior director of ticket operations and Shawn Oleksiak to senior director of broadcasting.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CAROLINA PANTHERS--Sign DT Brentson Buckner to a four-year contract
DENVER BRONCOS -- Waived CB Jeff Harris.
TENNESSEE TITANS--Signed QB Neil O'Donnell to a two-year contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING--Announced the club has entered into an affiliation agreement with Hershey of the AHL for the 2003-04 season.
American Hockey League
ST. JOHN'S MAPLE LEAFS--Named Doug Shedden coach.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES--Loaned GK Josh Saunders to Portland of the A-League.
COLLEGE
BALL STATE--Named Howard Moore men's assistant basketball coach.
CARROLL, MONTANA--Named Shawn Nelson women's basketball coach.
CENTRAL, IOWA--Named Kent Clayberg women's volleyball coach and Megan Clayberg women's associate head volleyball coach.
KENTUCKY--Named John Cohen baseball coach.
MAINE-MACHIAS--Named Randy Lee men's basketball coach and Adam Grant men's assistant basketball coach.
MARYLAND--Named Andrew Valmon men's and women's track and field coach.
MISSOURI-ROLLA--Announced the elimination of men's golf and men's tennis from the athletic program, effective immediately.
NORTH DAKOTA STATE--Announced freshman women's basketball C Brandee Gibbs will transfer from Ohio State.
PACE--Named Brian Mundy assistant athletic director for marketing and promotions.
ROCHESTER--Named Iesha Eldridge women's assistant basketball coach.
ST. ANDREWS--Named William Carter men's and women's tennis coach.
UNLV--Announced it will not renew the contract of Larry Easley, tennis coach.