BASEBALL

BASEBALL

American League

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Placed RHP Brandon Duckworth on the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Neal Musser from Omaha (PCL).

MINNESOTA TWINS—Activated LHP Dennys Reyes from the 15-day DL.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Claimed RHP Ruddy Lugo off waivers from Tampa Bay. Announced it has extended its player development contract with Midland (Texas) through the 2012 season.

TEXAS RANGERS—Recalled RHP Kameron Loe from Oklahoma (PCL). Placed RHP Brandon McCarthy on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 10.

National League

LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Fired Eddie Murray, hitting coach. Named Bill Mueller interim hitting coach.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Placed LHP Chris Capuano on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 9. Purchased the contract of RHP Yovani Gallardo from Nashville (PCL).

NEW YORK METS—Agreed to terms with LHP Nathan Vineyard, RHP Daniel McDonald, INF Brandon Richey, C Jeffries Tatford, RHP Nicholas Abbott, RHP Kyle Catto, RHP Jason LaVorgna and RHP Guillaume Leduc.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Agreed to terms with OF Quincy Latimore, OF Andrew Biela and OF Caleb Fields.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

TORONTO RAPTORS—Re-signed Alex English and Jay Triano, assistant coaches. Promoted scout Mike Evans to assistant coach.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS—Announced the retirement of Tom Young, assistant coach.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

CLEVELAND BROWNS—Signed Todd Grantham, defensive coordinator, to a two-year contract extension through the 2009 season.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Released S Donovin Darius.

NEW YORK JETS—Signed WR Evan Prall. Waived WR Renard Stevens.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

BUFFALO SABRES—Signed Darcy Regier, general manager, to a two-year contract, and Lindy Ruff, coach, to a three-year contract.

CALGARY FLAMES—Named Mike Keenan coach and Jim Playfair associate coach.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Named Scott Howson general manager.

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Signed D Pavel Valentenko to a three-year contract.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Signed G Antero Niittymaki to a two-year contract.

American Hockey League

WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS—Signed D Ben Lovejoy.

ECHL

WHEELING NAILERS—Acquired the rights to F Brendan Cook from Columbia to complete an earlier trade that sent G Danny Taylor to Texas.

COLLEGE

PAC-10 CONFERENCE—Named Heather Perry assistant commissioner of championships.

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL—Named Kristen Patterson women’s basketball coach.

BRADLEY—Named Rob Bogardus assistant athletic director for ticket operations and Temeka Samuels assistant director of ticket operations.

CLEMSON—Named Josh Posterino operations director for men’s basketball.

FLORIDA—Named Kevin O’Sullivan baseball coach.

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL—Named Henry Thomas baseball coach.

HARTWICK—Named Rachel Dell women’s lacrosse coach.

MASSACHUSETTS-DARTMOUTH—Announced the resignation of Devlyn Lovell, men’s and women’s track and field coach.

OLIVET—Named Heather Bateman women’s basketball coach.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS—Signed Dana Eikenberg, women’s basketball coach, to a five-year contract.

WAKE FOREST—Named Jon Lowery men’s assistant soccer coach.