BASEBALL

BASEBALL
National League
NEW YORK METS--Agreed to terms with SS Chris Woodward, RHP Manny Aybar and RHP Joe Nelson on minor league contracts.
Golden Baseball League
CHICO OUTLAWS--Named Jon Macalutas hitting coach and Lance Franks pitching coach.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
DENVER NUGGETS--Fired Jeff Bzdelik, coach. Named Michael Cooper interim coach.
MILWAUKEE BUCKS--Placed F Keith Van Horn on the injured list.
NEW JERSEY NETS--Placed G Ron Mercer on the injured list. Signed F Jerome Moiso.
American Basketball Association
ABA--Awarded a franchise to Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn., to begin play in the 2005-06 season and the team nickname will be the Slamm Jammas.
COLORADO STORM--Named Roland Taylor vice president of basketball operations.
KENTUCKY COLONELS--Traded G Marcus Smith to St. Louis for a player to be named.
Continental Basketball Association
IDAHO STAMPEDE--Placed F Britton Johnsen on the inactive reserve list.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
DALLAS COWBOYS--Placed RB Richie Anderson on injured reserve. Released OL Matt Lehr. Signed FB Lousaka Polite, DT Tron LaFavor and WR Tom Crowder from the practice squad.
DENVER BRONCOS--Placed RB Garrison Hearst on injured reserve. Signed RB Johnathan Reese from the practice squad.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS--Released OL Dan Goodspeed.
Arena Football League
ARIZONA RATTLERS--Signed OL-DL John Frank.
LOS ANGELES AVENGERS--Signed OL-DL Asi Faoa, OL-DL Bernard Riley, OL-DL Richard Seals and OL-DL Tony Wragge.
HOCKEY
American Hockey League
AHL--Suspended Syracuse D Prestin Ryan two games for receiving a match penalty during a Dec. 23 game.
LOWELL LOCK MONSTERS--Recalled D Brian Sullivan from Florida of the ECHL.
SYRACUSE CRUNCH--Assigned RW Steven Goertzen and C Raffaele Sannitz to Dayton of the ECHL.
Central Hockey League
CHL--Suspended Tulsa coach Butch Kaebel one game and Tulsa equipment manager Steve Enlow three games for their actions in a Dec. 26 game against Wichita.
AMARILLO GORILLAS--Signed RW Philippe Choiniere.
BOSSIER-SHREVEPORT MUDBUGS--Traded LW Lyle Steenbergen to San Angelo for future considerations.
SAN ANGELO SAINTS--Signed G Mike Dilorenzo and C Bryan Lachapelle.
TULSA OILERS--Placed RW Jason Renard on waivers.
ECHL
MISSISSIPPI SEA WOLVES--Loaned RW Lee Jacobson to Cincinnati of the AHL.
COLLEGE
ROLLINS--Announced the resignation of Dean Hybl, assistant director of athletics for communications.
UC IRVINE--Announced the resignation of Mark Adams, women's basketball coach. Named Molly Tuter interim women's basketball coach.