Thursday's Sports Transactions
THURSDAY'S SPORTS TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES--Agreed to terms with 2B Brian Roberts on a one-year contract.
CLEVELAND INDIANS--Agreed to terms with SS Jhonny Peralta on a one-year contract.
TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS--Named Andres Reiner special assistant to baseball operations.
TEXAS RANGERS--Agreed to terms with C Gerald Laird, LHP C.J. Wilson and OF Jason Botts on one-year contracts.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS--Agreed to terms with RHP Luke Hudson on a one-year contract and sent him outright to Louisville of the IL. Announced the retirement of John Moses, first base coach.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES--Extended their affiliation agreement with Lynchburg of the Carolina League through the 2008 season.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
BOSTON CELTICS--Assigned F Gerald Green to Florida of the NBA Development League.
Women's National Basketball Association
WASHINGTON MYSTICS--Matched Minnesota's offer sheet on G Coco Miller.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CHICAGO BEARS--Named Steven Wilks defensive backs coach.
CINCINNATI BENGALS--Signed Marvin Lewis, coach, to a two-year contract extension through the 2010 season.
DETROIT LIONS--Named Mike Barry assistant offensive line coach, Clayton Lopez defensive backs coach and Fred Reed defensive assistant.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS--Signed K Shane Andrus, WR Montiese Culton, OL Bo Lacy, DB Chris Laskowski, DB Brandon Lynch, DE Gabe Nyenhuis, RB Vashon Pearson, K Dave Rayner, WR Dan Sheldon, DE Justin Brown, WR Roscoe Crosby, LB Nick Hannah, TE Joey Hawkins, DB Eric Hill and C Mike Johnson and WR John Standeford. Allocated Brown, Crosby, Hannah, Hawkins, Hill and Johnson to NFL Europe.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS--Named Marion Hobby defensive line coach and Tony Oden defensive assistant and secondary coach.
OLYMPICS
USA BASKETBALL--Named Gail Goestenkors, Dawn Staley and Mike Thibault assistants for the women's world championship and 2008 Olympic basketball teams.
COLLEGE
NCAA--Named Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference commissioner, Richard J. Ensor, to the NCAA Div. I women's basketball committee and Niagara men's ice hockey coach, David Burkholder, to the NCAA Div. I men's ice hockey committee.
NORTHEAST CONFERENCE--Reprimanded Bobby Jones, St. Francis, Pa. men's basketball coach, for his comments about the officiating of a Feb. 10 game.
CINCINNATI--Named Dave Warner quarterbacks coach.
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL--Named Joe Velasco executive athletics director.
GEORGIA TECH--Named Charles Kelly special teams coordinator.
INDIANA--Announced the resignation of Mike Davis, men's basketball coach, effective at the end of the season.
TEMPLE--Named Andrew Dees tight ends coach.
TENNESSEE--Suspended senior F Simplice Njoya indefinitely from the men's basketball team for conduct detrimental to the team.
WISCONSIN--Named John Settle running backs coach.
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