FRIDAY'S SPORTS TRANSACTIONS

FRIDAY'S SPORTS TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
National League
HOUSTON ASTROS--Purchased the contract of Mitch Meluskey from Round Rock of the Texas League. Optioned RHP Wade Miller to Round Rock.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS--Placed OF Geoff Jenkins on the 15-day disabled list. Purchased the contract of Jason Conti from Indianapolis of the IL.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES--Promoted Mike Berry to vice president of marketing and sales. Activated RHP Salomon Torres from the 15-day disabled list. Optioned OF J.J. Davis to Nashville of the PCL.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CHICAGO BEARS--Released QB Cory Sauter, DT Tony Benford, FB Tyree Foreman, TE Bryan Fletcher, CB Teddy Gaines, G Jeff Grzeskowiak, RB Maurice Hicks, C Mike Malczyk, WR Edell Shepherd, and WR Elijah Thurman.
DENVER BRONCOS--Placed DT Nick Eason on injured reserve. Signed OG Tyler Lenda.
DETROIT LIONS--Released WR Pierre Brown, DT Toby Golliday, and WR T.C. Taylor.
GREEN BAY PACKERS--Released WR Mike Horacek, WR Jorg Heckenbach, S Jeremy Unertl, S Bobby Jackson, RB Adam Tate, P Tim Morgan, DE Jermaine Petty, and LB Isaac Keys.
ST. LOUIS RAMS--Released S Steve Bellisari, S Robbie Robinson, OG James Broyles, CB Todd Howard, LB Jason McWilliams, TE Brian Natkin, and DT Jeremy Staat. Placed C Andy Eby on the injured reserve list.
TAMPA BUCCANEERS--Released QB Shane Stafford, WR Todd Elstrom, OL Dan Goodspeed, OL Jason Scukanec, DL Buck Gurley, DL Josh McKibben, S Greg Brown, S Dwayne Stukes, CB James Rooths, CB Ronyell Whitaker, LB Michael Brown, LB Marvious Hester, and LB Idris Price. Placed S Than Merrill on the reserve non-football injury list.
TENNESSEE TITANS--Released DB Steve Smith, TE Chad Hayes, DE Josh Jeffries, C Jamal Powell, OG Marico Portis, and FB R.J. Luke.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS--Signed LW Reid Simpson and D Drake Berehowsky.
COLLEGE
ARKANSAS--Named Michael Hegarty women's tennis coach.
ARMY--Named Brendan Dougherty assistant baseball coach.
DARTMOUTH--Named Maribel Sanchez women's cross-country and track & amp; field assistant coach.
FINDLAY--Announced the resignation of Craig Barnett, men's hockey coach.
KANSAS--Named Danny Manning director of student-athlete development-team manager of men's basketball program.
LIMESTONE--Named Jason Childs men's assistant lacrosse coach and Josh Lacy sports information director.
WOFFORD--Larrya Wall women's assistant basketball coach.
SHENANDOAH--Named Sarah Pelster women's volleyball coach and Sam Karns cross country coach.
WESTERN CAROLINA--Announced that sophomore basketball F Kala Greene is transferring.
WOOSTER--Named Rob Harrington men's and women's swimming and diving coach.