WEEKEND SPORTS TRANSACTIONS

WEEKEND SPORTS TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL National League ATLANTA BRAVES--Named Roger McDowell pitching coach. LOS ANGELES DODGERS--Fired Paul DePodesta, general manager. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association BOSTON CELTICS--Exercised their option on the 2006-07 contract of C Kendrick Perkins. FOOTBALL National Football League NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS--Activated LB Tedy Bruschi from the physically-unable-to perform list. Arena Football League COLORADO CRUSH--Signed L Seante Williams. LOS ANGELES AVENGERS--Signed WR-DB Brian Sump. PHILADELPHIA SOUL--Signed WR-LB Carlos Perez and FB-LB Chris Robinson. Re-signed WR-DB Keita Crespina. TAMPA BAY STORM--Signed WR-DB Mickey Peters. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL--Suspended St. Louis F Dallas Drake two games as the result of his actions in an Oct. 28 game against Anaheim. ANAHEIM MIGHTY DUCKS--Placed C Sergei Fedorov, D Sandis Ozolinsh and RW Corey Perry on injured reserve. Recalled C Zenon Konopka from Portland of the AHL. ATLANTA THRASHERS--Activated G Mike Dunham from injured reserve. Reassigned G Adam Berkhoel to the Chicago of the AHL. Released G Gregg Naumenko. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS--Reassigned C Mark Hartigan to Syracuse of the AHL. DALLAS STARS--Assigned LW Vojtech Polak to Iowa of the AHL. EDMONTON OILERS--Assigned F Brad Winchester to Hamilton of the AHL. LOS ANGELES KINGS--Activated LW Jeff Cowan from injured reserve. Assigned LW Noah Clarke to Manchester of the AHL. ST. LOUIS BLUES--Recalled G Curtis Sanford from Peoria of the AHL. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING--Recalled G Brian Eklund from Springfield of the AHL. Central Hockey League FORT WORTH BRAHMAS--Signed F Jimmy Sokol. LAREDO BUCKS--Signed D Philippe Lauze. YOUNGSTOWN STEELHOUNDS--Signed D Jeff Alcombrack and D Sam Miller. COLLEGE NOTRE DAME--Signed Charlie Weis, football coach, to a 10-year contract. COPYRIGHT 2005 ASSOCIATED PRESS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN, OR REDISTRIBUTED.