THURSDAY'S SPORTS TRANSACTIONS



THURSDAY'S SPORTS TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES--Agreed to terms with LHP Eric DuBose, LHP Matt Riley, INF Jose Bautista, LHP Erik Bedard, RHP Daniel Cabrera, RHP Dave Crouthers, LHP Brian Forystek, LHP Ryan Hannaman, OF Darnell McDonald, OF Tim Raines and 1B Walter Young on one-year contracts.
SEATTLE MARINERS--Agreed to terms with RHP Julio Mateo, RHP Clint Nageotte, RHP J.J. Putz, RHP Aaron Taylor, INF Justin Leone and OF Chris Snelling on one-year contracts.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS--Agreed to terms with RHP Kerry Wood on a three-year contract.
CINCINNATI REDS--Agreed to terms with RHP Aaron Harang and OF Wily Mo Pena on one-year contracts.
HOUSTON ASTROS--Agreed to terms with INF Eric Bruntlett, RHP Brandon Duckworth, RHP Tim Redding and RHP Ricky Stone on one-year contracts.
MONTREAL EXPOS--Agreed to terms with RHP Sun-woo Kim, LHP Randy Choate and OF Brandon Watson on one-year contracts.
NEW YORK METS--Agreed to terms with INF Ty Wigginton, INF Craig Brazell, INF Aarom Baldiris and RHP Orber Moreno on one-year contracts.
Northern League
WINNIPEG GOLDEYES--Signed LHP Roger Luque and LHP Marc Major.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NEW JERSEY NETS--Waived F Eddie Griffin.
SAN ANTONIO SPURS--Released G Ron Mercer. Activated G Jason Hart from the injured list.
American Basketball Association
ABA--Announced Detroit has been granted an expansion franchise for the 2004-2005 season to be known as the Motown Jammers.
GWINNETT GWIZZLIES--Named Jacob Jonas assistant coach.
MOTOWN JAMMERS--Named George Gervin team president, Byron Willis general manager, Glover Earnest director of player personnel, Charles E. Craig Jr. director of operations, Gwendolyn Titus marketing director and Bryan Bardwell account executive.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
DENVER BRONCOS--Signed LB Al Wilson to a seven-year contract.
GREEN BAY PACKERS--Re-signed S Curtis Fuller to a one-year contract. Waived DT John Hilliard. Named Vince Tobin as a special assistant and James Campen assistant offensive line coach-quality control. Promoted Joe Philbin to tight ends coach-assistant offensive line.
NEW YORK JETS--Signed QB Ricky Ray. Released CB Aaron Beasley. Announced the retirement of G Dave Szott.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS--Released CB Dewayne Washington and TE Mark Breuner. Re-signed K Jeff Reed to a one-year contract.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS--Waived DT Chad Eaton.
Canadian Football League
HAMILTON TIGER-CATS--Signed OL Tim Bakker.
Arena Football League
CHICAGO RUSH--Signed OS Reggie Allen to a contract for the rest of the season.
LOS ANGELES AVENGERS--Traded OL-DL Lazerius White to Philadelphia for future considerations.
PHILADELPHIA SOUL--Returned OL-DL Mike Ulufale to Los Angeles after he failed his physical.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NHL--Suspended Ottawa F Martin Havlat for two games for a high-sticking incident involving Philadelphia LW Mark Recchi in a Feb. 26 game.
MINNESOTA WILD--Recalled RW Brent Burns and LW Stephane Veilleux from Houston of the AHL.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS--Assigned C Brandon Reid to Manitoba of the AHL.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS--Acquired LW Tomas Fleischmann, a 2004 first-round draft pick and a 2006 fourth-round draft pick from Detroit for C Robert Lang. American Hockey League
GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS--Announced D Anders Myrvold has been assigned to the team by Detroit of the NHL.
HARTFORD WOLF PACK--Recalled G David St. Germain from Charlotte of the ECHL.
ECHL
CINCINNATI CYCLONES--Suspended D Nick Cammarata.
FLORIDA EVERBLADES--Announced D Jon Insana and G Rob Zepp have been recalled by Lowell of the AHL.
READING ROYALS--Announced F David Masse and F Judd Medak have been called up by Hershey of the AHL.
TOLEDO STORM--Announced F Nick Parillo has been returned by San Antonio of the AHL.
LACROSSE
National Lacrosse League
NLL--Suspended Calgary D Neil Doddridge for two games for making physical contact with a referee during a Feb. 20 game.
SOCCER
Major Indoor Soccer League
MISL--Announced an expansion franchise has been awarded to Stockton, Calif., to begin play in the 2005-06 season.
A-League
CHARLESTON BATTERY--Signed D Nigel Henry, F Andrew Rosenband and D Jason Kutney.
COLLEGE
SMU--Fired Mike Dement, men's basketball coach.
TOWSON--Promoted defensive secondary coach Orlando Mitjans to defensive coordinator.