BASEBALL

BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES--Declined to offer 2006 contracts to RHP Kurt Ainsworth, OF Eric Byrnes and RHP Eddy Rodriguez.
BOSTON RED SOX--Declined to offer 2006 contracts to RHP Chad Bradford and RHP Wade Miller.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX--Declined to offer 2006 contracts to RHP Jon Adkins, RHP Felix Diaz, INF Willie Harris and OF Timo Perez.
CLEVELAND INDIANS--Declined to offer a 2006 contract to RHP Jose Diaz.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS--Declined to offer 2006 contracts to RHP Shawn Camp and INF Ken Harvey. Traded RHP Chris Demaria to Milwaukee for RHP Justin Barnes.
MINNESOTA TWINS--Declined to offer a 2006 contract to RHP Grant Balfour.
NEW YORK YANKEES--Declined to offer a 2006 contract to LHP Wayne Franklin.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS--Declined to offer a 2006 contract to OF Hiram Bocachica.
SEATTLE MARINERS--Declined to offer 2006 contracts to RHP Cha-Seung Baek, RHP Ryan Franklin and OF Jamal Strong.
TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS--Declined to offer 2006 contracts to RHP Joe Borowski, RHP Lance Carter, LHP Trever Miller and C Michael Rose.
TEXAS RANGERS-- Declined to offer a 2006 contract to RHP Nick Regilio. Agreed to terms with Regilio, RHP Jose Acevedo and OF Ryan Spilborghs on a minor league contracts.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES--Declined to offer 2006 contracts to RHP Jim Brower and RHP Wes Obermueller. Agreed to terms with Obermueller on a minor league contract.
CINCINNATI REDS--Declined to offer 2006 contracts to RHP Ramon Ortiz and RHP Joe Valentine.
COLORADO ROCKIES--Declined to offer 2006 contracts to RHP Jose Acevedo and OF Ryan Spilborghs.
FLORIDA MARLINS--Declined to offer a 2006 contract to INF Joe Dillon. Named Gary Tuck bench coach, Rick Kranitz pitching coach, Jim Presley hitting coach, Bobby Meacham third base coach and Mike Harkey bullpen coach.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS--Declined to offer 2006 contracts to OF Michael Edwards, INF Brian Myrow, and C Jason Phillips.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS--Declined to offer 2006 contracts to RHP Jeff Bennett and RHP Dan Kolb.
NEW YORK METS--Declined to offer 2006 contracts to OF Wayne Lydon and RHP Tyler Yates.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES--Declined to offer a 2006 contract to OF Endy Chavez. Named Dave Huppert manager and Ken Dominguez coach for Lakewood of the South Atlantic League, Greg Gross hitting coach for Clearwater of the FSL and Steve Roadcap manager, Bill Bliss pitching coach and Joe Alvarez coach for Batavia of the New York-Penn League.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES--Declined to offer a 2006 contract to RHP Josh Fogg.
ST. LOUIS CARDS--Agreed to terms with RHP Sindey Ponson on a one-year contract and 1B-OF Brian Daubach and RHP John Riedling on minor league contracts. Declined to offer 2006 contracts to INF Bo Hart, RHP Mike Lincoln, C Mike Mahoney and INF Scott Seabol.
SAN DIEGO PADRES--Declined to offer 2006 contracts to RHP Dewon Brazelton, LHP Craig Breslow and C Miguel Olivo.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS--Declined to offer 2006 contracts to OF Alex Escobar, 2B Junior Spivey, INF Rick Short and RHP T.J. Tucker. Agreed to terms with Escobar and Tucker on minor league contracts.
Cam-Am League
NEW JERSEY JACKALS--Agreed to terms with RHP John Kelly.
BASKETBALL
American Basketball Association
INGLEWOOD COBRAS--Signed C Adam Parada.
NBA Development League
AUSTIN TOROS--Signed G Alex Scales. Waived G Ben Adams.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
GREEN BAY PACKERS--Signed DT Tim McGill and FB Jimmy Dixon to the practice squad. Released DE Elliott Harris and FB Greg Hanoian.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS--Signed K Jose Cortez.
Arena Football League
CHICAGO RUSH--Signed OL-DL Tango McCauley.
KANSAS CITY BRIGADE--Announced the retirement of FB-LB Travis McDonald.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS--Placed D Bryan Berard on injured reserve, retroactive to Dec. 17. Recalled F Steven Goertzen from Syracuse of the AHL.
LOS ANGELES KINGS--Activated RW George Parros from injured reserve.
COLLEGE
MIDDLE TENNESSEE--Named Michael Szul associate athletic director.
MOUNT SAINT VINCENT--Named Tom Callahan men's volleyball coach.
NEW JERSEY CITY--Named Eric Alvarez baseball recruiting coordinator.
ST. FRANCIS, PA.--Suspended G Darnell Evans and G LeShawn Hammett from the men's basketball team for behavior detrimental to the team.