Friday's sports transactions
BASEBALL
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Claimed RHP Mike Adams off waivers from the New York Mets and optioned him to Buffalo of the IL. Agreed to terms with RHP Sung-Wei Tseng on a minor league contract.
SEATTLE MARINERS—Purchased the contract of RHP Mark Lowe from San Antonio of the Texas League. Placed OF Jeremy Reed on the 60-day DL.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS—Added LHP Eddie Guardado to the 25-man roster. Optioned LHP Michael Gosling to Louisville of IL.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Agreed to terms with OF Cole Gillespie.
International League
NORFOLK TIDES—Sent RHP Travis Hope to St. Lucie of the FSL.
ROCHESTER RED WINGS—Agreed to terms with INF Donaldo Mendez.
SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE RED BARONS—Sent INF Juan Sosa to Reading of the EL.
TOLEDO MUD HENS—Released LHP Hector Mercado. Signed RHP Jason Karnuth.
Eastern League
NEW BRITAIN ROCK CATS—Released LHP John Thomas. Acquired LHP Jay Sawatski from Fort Myers of the FSL.
American Association
LINCOLN SALTDOGS—Released RHP Mike Fitch and OF Jose Torres.
PENSACOLA PELICANS—Agreed to terms with C Greg Stevens.
SIOUX FALLS CANARIES—Sold the contract of OF Dustin Delucchi to the San Diego Padres. Released LHP Clint Marcus.
Atlantic League
BRIDGEPORT BLUEFISH—Agreed to terms with INF Edgardo Alfonzo.
Can-Am League
NASHUA PRIDE—Released RHP Jack Creighton. Agreed to terms with OF Josh Thigpen.
SUSSEX SKYHAWKS—Released RHP Jay Musialowski. Traded 1B Ryan Lehr and OF James Cooper to Windy City of the Frontier League for INF Trevor Hall and OF Doug Schutt.
WORCESTER TORNADOES—Agreed to terms with OF Jared Lemieux.
Frontier League
WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS—Agreed to terms with INF John McCarthy.
Golden League
FULLERTON FLYERS—Acquired the rights to 3B Hector Zamora from Reno for RHP Mike McTamney.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CHICAGO BULLS—Waived F Othella Harrington.
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Signed C Patrick O'Bryant.
INDIANA PACERS—Exercised their options on F Danny Granger and C David Harrison. Released G Chris Thomas.
American Basketball Association
ABA—Granted an expansion team to Wilmington, N.C. to begin play in the 2006-07 season.
TWIN CITY BALLERS—Named Peter Jackson coach-director of basketball operations.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CLEVELAND BROWNS—Signed CB Chris Thompson.
Arena Football League
AFL—Announced the retirement of WR-LB Cory Fleming.
DALLAS DESPERADOS—Re-signed FB-LB Duke Pettijohn.
GEORGIA FORCE—Re-signed OL-DL Jermaine Smith.
KANSAS CITY BRIGADE—Released DS Chris Pointer.
LOS ANGELES AVENGERS—Re-signed WR-DB Kevin Ingram.
ORLANDO PREDATORS—Re-signed WR-DB Javarus Dudley.
SAN JOSE SABERCATS—Re-signed WR-LB James Roe, FB-LB Phil Glover, OL-DL Joe Jacobs, DS Clevan Thomas, OL-DL George Williams, FB-LB Brian Johnson and WR-DB Rodney Wright. Released WR-DB Barry Wagner, OL-DL Chuck Reed, QB Stoney Case and DS Terrance Joseph.
UTAH BLAZE—Re-signed FB-LB Kevin Clemens.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CAROLINA HURRICANES—Signed F Patrick Dwyer to a two-year contract.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Named Gary Agnew assistant coach. Announced Dean Blais, associate coach, is moving into a player development role within the organization. Announced the resignation of Rick Wamsley, goaltending coach, to become an assistant coach with the St. Louis Blues.
LOS ANGELES KINGS—Re-signed D Mike Weaver to a one year-contact.
MINNESOTA WILD—Signed D Riley Emmerson.
American Hockey League
HAMILTON BULLDOGS—Signed D Jon Gleed and D Alexandre Dulac-Lemelin.
ECHL
FLORIDA EVERBLADES—Named Jason MacDonald equipment manager.
United Hockey League
MUSKEGON FURY—Signed C Billy Collins to a one year contract.
LACROSSE
National Lacrosse League
CALGARY ROUGHNECKS—Re-signed F Kyle Goundrey to a one-year contract.
MOTOR SPORTS
PKV RACING—Named Mark Johnson general manager.
COLLEGE
BIG EAST CONFERENCE—Named Jim Siedliski associate commissioner for Olympic sports; Shawn Murphy director of men's basketball operations; Jason DeAngelis assistant director of compliance, and Ben Fairclough assistant director of internet publicity and promotions.
BATES—Named Matt Dence, Chris Kempton and Josh Hedrick assistant football coaches.
BRIDGEPORT—Signed Mark McCaleb, women's basketball coach, to a four-year contract extension through 2010.
CHICO STATE—Named Luke Reid assistant sports information director.
DELAWARE—Named Chip Armbruster manager of NCAA compliance and Sandy Iverson athletics accountant.
GEORGIA SOUTHERN—Named Tyson Summers defensive assistant coach.
GUILFORD—Named Emily Hayes volleyball coach and Jamie LaFollette men's and women's cross country coach.
HARVARD—Named Timothy Mitchell men's and women's alpine skiing coach.
NORTHWESTERN—Named Pat Fitzgerald football coach.
SAN JOSE STATE—Named Mark Papadopoulos assistant athletics director for events and facilities.
SMITH—Named Angela B. Mills interim volleyball coach for the 2006-07 academic year.
SOUTH CAROLINA-UPSTATE—Named Mackie Walker men's assistant basketball coach.
UNC-GREENSBORO—Announced the resignation of Anthony Jones, men's associate head basketball coach. Named Rod Jensen men's associate head basketball coach and Brooks Lee and Kevin Easley men's assistant basketball coaches.
VIRGINIA—Named Bill Courtney men's assistant basketball coach.
WIDENER—Named Robin Hartman women's lacrosse coach and assistant field hockey coach.
WOFFORD—Named Al Clark assistant director of the Wofford Terrier Club.
YALE—Named Chawwadee Rompothong women's golf coach.
