SATURDAY'S TRANSACTIONS

SATURDAY'S TRANSACTIONS
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ATLANTA THRASHERS--Reassigned F Kamil Piros to Chicago of the AHL. Recalled F Simon Gamache from Chicago of the AHL.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS--Placed RW Grant Marshall on the injured reserve list. Activated D David Hale from the injured reserve list.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS--Claimed D Nolan Baumgartner off waivers from the Pittsburgh Penguins.
ECHL
READING ROYALS--Signed F Mike Murray. Added G Terry Denike to the roster.
FRIDAY'S TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX--Exercised their 2004 option on RHP Esteban Loaiza.
DETROIT TIGERS--Claimed LHP Cliff Bartosh off waivers from the San Diego Padres.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS--Signed Tony Pena, manager, and Allard Baird, senior vice president and general manager-baseball operations, to two-year contract extensions through 2006. Promoted Muzzy Jackson to vice president-assistant general manager of baseball operations and Shaun McGinn to director of player development. Named Joe Jones special assistant of baseball operations. Agreed to terms with RHP Joe Dawley.
NEW YORK YANKEES--Declined to exercise their 2004 options on the contracts of RHP Antonio Osuna and LHP Gabe White.
TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS--Agreed to terms with RHP Ken Cloude, RHP William Glen and OF Anton French on minor league contracts.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS--Promoted Junior Noboa to director of Latin American operations.
CHICAGO CUBS--Declined to exercise their 2004 option for INF Eric Karros.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS--Signed Jim Colborn, pitching coach; Glenn Hoffman, third base coach; Jim Lett, bullpen coach; Jim Riggleman, bench coach; John Shelby, first base coach; Manny Mota, coach and Rob Flippo, bullpen catcher, to one-year contracts. Announced George Hendrick, hitting coach, will serve in that capacity at Las Vegas of the PCL.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS--Declined to exercise their 2004 option on RHP Sterling Hitchcock.
Northeast League
NL--Announced Quebec has sold the contract of RHP Julien Tucker to the Seattle Mariners.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS--Placed G-F Mickael Pietrus on the injured list. Signed F Dan Langhi. Waived G Pepe Sanchez.
SAN ANTONIO SPURS--Signed G Jason Hart. Waived F Sean Marks.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL--Fined Baltimore Ravens coach Brian Billick $15,000 for criticizing the officiating of a game in Cincinnati on Oct. 19.
ATLANTA FALCONS--Activated CB Juran Bolden from the physically unable to perform list. Released LB James Cotton.
CHICAGO BEARS--Signed S Mike Green to a five-year contract extension.
DETROIT LIONS--Signed CB Doug Evans.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS--Activated RB Michael Bennett from the physically unable to perform list. Waived K Jose Cortez.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS--Activated DE Lamar King from the physically unable to perform list. Placed TE Ryan Hannam on injured reserve.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS--Signed TE Kevin Ware from the practice squad. Waived OL Brad Bedell.
Canadian Football League
OTTAWA RENEGADES--Re-signed QB Kerry Joseph to a two-year contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CAROLINA HURRICANES--Assigned D Allan Rourke to Lowell of the AHL.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS--Signed D Bryan Berard to a one-year contract.
MINNESOTA WILD--Signed RW Marian Gaborik to a multiyear contract.
NEW YORK RANGERS--Assigned RW Mike Siklenka to Hartford of the AHL.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS--Assigned D Jim Vandermeer to Philadelphia of the AHL.
ST. LOUIS BLUES--Recalled F Johnny Pohl from Worcester of the AHL.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING--Announced they have bought out the contract of D Janne Laukkanen.
American Hockey League
BINGHAMTON SENATORS--Announced D Julien Vauclair has been recalled by the Ottawa Senators.
HARTFORD WOLF PACK--Announced LW Chad Wiseman has been returned to the team by the New York Rangers and C Dominic Moore has been recalled by New York.
HERSHEY BEARS--Announced C Ryan Craig has been assigned to the team by the Tampa Bay Lightning.
MANCHESTER MONARCHS--Announced D Tomas Zizka has been returned on loan from the Los Angeles Kings.
PROVIDENCE BRUINS--Announced C Ted Donato has been loaned to the team by the Boston Bruins.
TORONTO ROADRUNNERS--Announced G Stephen Valiquette has been returned on loan from the Edmonton Oilers.
Central Hockey League
BOSSIER-SHREVEPORT MUDBUGS--Announced C Dru Burgess has been granted a leave of absence.
CORPUS CHRISTI RAYZ--Waived D Kevin Chabbert. Signed D Trent Brandvold.
INDIANAPOLIS ICE--Waived D Mike Bozoian. Signed D Chad McIver.
LAREDO BUCKS--Signed LW Max Birbraer.
LUBBOCK COTTON KINGS--Waived D Shawn Martin. Signed D Josh Reed.
ECHL
LAS VEGAS WRANGLERS--Acquired D Nathan Horne from Long Beach for future considerations.
SOCCER
Major Indoor Soccer League
MILWAUKEE WAVE--Signed F Dan Antoniuk.
Major League Soccer
MLS--Fined D.C. United MF Marco Etchevery $1,000, and F Earnie Stewart and MF Eliseo Quintanilla $500 each for confronting a referee after a game on Oct. 11. Fined senior vice president Kevin Payne $1,000 for his remarks following a loss on Oct. 19.
TENNIS
USTA--Announced the resignation of Lynne Rolley, director of women's tennis for USA tennis high performance.
COLLEGE
ARIZONA--Suspended sophomore FB Gilbert Harris and freshman G Keith Jackson from the football team after the university declared them ineligible.
GREENSBORO COLLEGE--Named Matt Aker, Andrew Fleischacker and Brian McGee assistant baseball coaches.
KENTUCKY STATE--Suspended men's basketball coach Winston Bennett indefinitely without pay.
NEW JERSEY CITY--Named Jonathan Greene women's assistant basketball coach.
SAN JOSE STATE--Named Dave Siracusa women's soccer coach.
SETON HALL--Named Abby Dennis associate sports information director and Phil Cundari and Jim Duffy assistant baseball coaches.
STANFORD--Promoted Gary Migdol, assistant athletic director for media relations, and Jamie Zaninovich, assistant athletic director for men's basketball and strategic planning, to senior assistant athletic directors.