BASEBALL
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Announced OF Armando Rios has cleared waivers and accepted an outright assignment to Charlotte of the IL.
MINNESOTA TWINS—Agreed to terms with 1B Kevin Young on a minor league contract.
TEXAS RANGERS—Agreed to terms with LHP John Danks.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Placed DH Josh Phelps on the 15-day disabled list. Designated LHP Doug Davis for assignment. Sent RHP Jeff Tam outright to Syracuse of the IL. Recalled RHP Corey Thurman from Syracuse. Purchased the contracts of RHP John Wasdin and RHP Dan Reichert from Syracuse.
National League
NEW YORK METS—Recalled OF Jeff Duncan from Binghamton of the Eastern League. Optioned RHP Jason Roach to Norfolk of the IL.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Signed 2B Tim Moss.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Optioned RHP Jesse Foppert to Fresno of the PCL. Purchased the contract of RHP Kevin Correia from Fresno.
South Atlantic League
LAKEWOOD BLUECLAWS—Added LHP Daniel Hodges and RHP Jarrod Lawson to the roster. Assigned RHP Zach Minor and LHP Chris Rupert to Batavia of the New York-Penn League.
Central League
JACKSON SENATORS—Released OF Mario Campos and 2B Garret Osilka. Signed RHP Aaron Bolton.
RIO GRANDE VALLEY WHITEWINGS—Released INF Ismael Garcia.
Frontier League
COOK COUNTY CHEETAHS—Signed C Eric Jones, RHP Jesse Thrasher, 3B Ryan Larson and INF Adonis Smith. Released LHP Jaime Quiros, INF Chris Barry and C Blair Harris.
EVANSVILLE OTTERS—Signed C Sean Flynn, RHP Logan Good and 1B Ben Johanning. Released OF Tatsu Muranishi, INF Bryan Swift, C Wayne Astrauskas and C Paul Kohler.
FLORENCE FREEDOM—Sold OF Jason Tuttle to the Montreal Expos.
GATEWAY GRIZZLIES—Signed C Wayne Astrauskas, C Gary Lee and LHP Jason Brester. Released RHP Jason Faigin, C Eric Servais, RHP Layne Meyer and 3B Damien Lopez.
KALAMAZOO KINGS—Signed LHP David Olson. Released LHP Jared Powell.
MID-MISSOURI MAVERICKS—Signed RHP Dan Moellering, LHP Ryan Bogardus and C/OF Joe Nichols. Released INF Tim Friedman, RHP Mark Welch and RHP Brian Ross.
RICHMOND ROOSTERS—Signed RHP Chad Spencer. Released RHP Patrick Richardson.
RIVER CITY RASCALS—Signed RHP Rob Shabansky, RHP Steve Soga and INF/OF Mike Spry. Released RHP James Boever, 1B Tomas Perez and LHP Brad Glassco.
ROCKFORD RIVERHAWKS—Signed C Kevin Ciarrachi and RHP Kevin Crowley. Released INF Chris DiBlasi and LHP Mike Weel.
WASHINGTON WILD THINGS—Signed 2B Ryan Ellis. Released OF Joe Cuervo, INF Tim McCabe and LHP Keith Strickland.
Northeast League
BANGOR LUMBERJACKS—Released RHP Brian Gouin.
BERKSHIRE BLACK BEARS—Traded INF Tito Cruz to Allentown for RHP Chris Kelly.
ELMIRA PIONEERS—Released OF Mike Valdes.
NEW JERSEY JACKALS—Traded LHP Ken Henderson to Elmira for future consideration.
QUEBEC LES CAPITALES—Released 3B Patrick Deschenes.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
BOSTON CELTICS—Signed G Marcus Banks and F-C Kendrick Perkins.
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—Named Bob Donewald Jr. assistant coach.
MILWAUKEE BUCKS—Waived F-C Jamal Sampson.
NEW YORK KNICKS—Named Willis Reed special basketball advisor.
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS—Named Chris Ford assistant coach and Chris Jent assistant coach/player development. Promoted assistant coach/player development Bob Bender to assistant bench coach and video coordinator Frank Zanin to assistant coach/advance scout.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ATLANTA FALCONS—Signed CB Bryan Scott to a five-year contract.
DETROIT LIONS—Signed S Terrence Holt and DT Toby Golliday.
MIAMI DOLPHINS—Waived LB Joshua Symonette.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Released WR T.C. Taylor.
Arena Football League
INDIANA FIREBIRDS—Announced the retirement of WR-DB Jay Jones.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BOSTON BRUINS—Signed G Hannu Toivonen to a three-year contract and C Sergei Sinojev to a two-year contract.
CAROLINA HURRICANES—Signed D Bruno St. Jacques and D Glen Wesley to one-year contracts.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Agreed to terms with F Scott Hartnell.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Re-signed D Kenny Jonsson to a two-year contract.
PHOENIX COYOTES—Signed D Cale Hulse to a multiyear contract.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Signed F Ryan Craig and D Andreas Holmqvist.
ECHL
TOLEDO STORM—Signed G Doug Teskey.
COLLEGE
CONFERENCE USA—Announced Army will leave the conference after the 2004 football season.
ASHLAND—Named Ben Cavey men's golf coach and Steve Paramore women's golf coach.
DUKE—Named Jim Kubinski men's and women's assistant golf coach.
ELON—Named Scott Frazier defensive line coach and football recruiting coordinator.
ILLINOIS—Promoted Vince Ille to associate athletic director. Named Chris Peacock assistant athletic director for compliance, Clarissa Gentzler grant-in-aid specialist for academic services, Brian Collette assistant trainer, Kevin Walsh and Travis Steiner sports information interns and Brian Hodges graduate assistant for football operations.
IOWA—Named Jack Dahm baseball coach.
IUPUI—Named Andrea Lord women's tennis coach.
MARIST—Named Kristine Dickey women's water polo coach.
MISSISSIPPI—Named Stuart Lake hitting instructor and third base coach.
N.C.-WILMINGTON—Announced the resignation of Pat Sullivan, women's assistant basketball coach, to take a position on the coaching staff of the Detroit Pistons.
ROCHESTER—Named Linda Downey women's volleyball coach.
RUTGERS-NEWARK—Named Erik Burstein women's soccer coach and Chris Condron men's soccer coach.
STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY—Named Kevin McGinn cross country and track and field coach.
TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN—Named Kim Cochrane academic counselor for athletics.
TOLEDO—Named Cory Mee baseball coach.
TOWSON—Announced the resignation of John Ardizone, women's assistant basketball coach.