BASEBALL
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE—Promoted chief financial officer Jonathan Mariner, to executive vice president of finance, effective Jan. 1.
American League
ANAHEIM ANGELS—Added Bill Levine and Bill Beverage as limited partners.
BOSTON RED SOX—Acquired INF Mark Bellhorn from Colorado for a player to be named.
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Agreed to terms with RHP Jake Westbrook on a one-year contract.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Agreed to terms with LHP Ricardo Rincon on a two-year contract. Traded C Michael Barrett to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named.
TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS—Agreed to terms with OF Jose Cruz Jr. on a two-year contract and SS Rey Sanchez on a one-year contract.
National League
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Agreed to terms with RHP Jeff Suppan and OF Reggie Sanders on two-year contracts.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
HOUSTON TEXANS—Signed WR Albert Johnson to the practice squad.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Signed LB Hakim Akbar.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Signed P Leo Araguz.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Placed FB Darian Barnes and DE/DT Ellis Wyms on injured reserve. Signed FB Cecil Martin and DE Reinard Wilson. Signed LB Michael Brown and C Ben Claxton to the practice squad.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Announced the team has bought out the contract of C Espen Knutsen. Recalled RW Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre from Syracuse of the AHL.
DALLAS STARS—Placed C Steve Ott on injured reserve. Recalled G Jason Bacashihua from Utah of the AHL. Sent D Jeff MacMillan to Utah of the AHL and C Gavin Morgan to Hershey of the AHL.
FLORIDA PANTHERS—Assigned C Vaclav Nedorost to San Antonio of the AHL.
MONTREAL CANADIENS—Assigned F Jason Ward to Hamilton of the AHL.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS—Returned D Maxim Kondratiev to Lada Togliatti of the Russian Hockey League.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Named Jay Leach assistant coach.
American Hockey League
AHL—Suspended Worcester LW Sergei Varlamov and Providence C Brendan Walsh for two games each for their actions in Dec. 13 games.
HERSHEY BEARS—Recalled C Lanny Gare from Quad City of the UHL.
PHILADELPHIA PHANTOMS—Added C Eric Chouinard to the roster.
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS—Added C Kris Beech to the roster.