BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Announced Elrod Hendricks, bullpen coach, was reassigned to other duties.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Exercised their contract option on OF Jay Payton and declined their contract option on RHP Keiichi Yabu.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Agreed to terms with Bryan Price, pitching coach, on a one-year contract.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Designated RHP Brian Cooper, C Yamid Haad, OF Doug Clark, OF Julio Ramirez and OF Adam Shabala for assignment.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Fired Adam Wogan, player development director.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CHARLOTTE BOBCATS—Released C Marcus Campbell and C Matt Nelson.
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Waived C Mamadou Ndiaye.
NEW YORK KNICKS—Announced the retirement of G Allan Houston.
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS—Waived F Herve Lamizana.
SACRAMENTO KINGS—Waived F Erik Daniels and G Rickey Paulding.
WASHINGTON WIZARDS—Named Ron Ganulin coordinator of player development.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CLEVELAND BROWNS—Terminated the contract of S Michael Jameson.
GREEN BAY PACKERS—Released RB Bobby Purify. Signed RB Sam Gado to the practice squad.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Dismissed Arnold Fielkow, executive vice president of administration.
NEW YORK JETS—Signed OL Michael King to the practice squad. Released RB Terry Butler.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ers—Signed LB Jim Maxwell.
Arena Football League
CHICAGO RUSH—Signed QB Nick Rolovich to a two-year contract and OS Bo Smith to a three-year contract.
GRAND RAPIDS RAMPAGE—Signed OL-DL Winfield Garnett.
KANSAS CITY—Signed WR-LB John Booth, DS Calvin Coleman, DS Travis Coleman, OL-DL Jon McCall, FB-LB Travis McDonald, WR-DB Lamont Moore, OL-DL Abdul-Salaam Noah, OL-DL Kyle Rasmussen, QB Chris Sanders, OS Sam Simmons, DS Cedrick Williams, OL-DL Louis Williams.
NEW YORK DRAGONS—Signed FB-LB Joe Massey.
PHILADELPHIA SOUL—Signed FB-LB Chris Robinson.
UTAH BLAZE—Signed OL-DL Doug Kaufusi.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NHL—Suspended Ottawa F Martin Havlat five games for a kicking incident during an Oct. 15 game against Boston.
ATLANTA THRASHERS—Assigned G Adam Berkhoel to Chicago of the AHL.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Placed C Dan Fritsche on injured reserve.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Assigned G Wade Dubielewicz to Bridgeport of the AHL.
NEW YORK RANGERS—Recalled G Chris Holt from Hartford of the AHL.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Reassigned G Marc-Andre Fleury to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL.