BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

MLB—Suspended Ramon Ramirez and Justin Mallet of the Cincinnati Reds organization, Waner Mateo of the New York Mets organization and Ryan Rafferty of the Kansas City Royals organization 50 games for violating the minor league drug prevention and treatment program.

American League

BOSTON RED SOX—Placed OF Coco Crisp on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 9. Purchased the contract of OF Dustan Mohr from Pawtucket of the IL.

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES—Purchased the contract of RHP Peter Moylan from Richmond of the IL.

CHICAGO CUBS—Agreed to terms with INF Derrek Lee on a five-year contract.

COLORADO ROCKIES—Placed RHP Mike DeJean on the 15-day DL.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA—Fined New Jersey F Richard Jefferson $5,000 for kicking a basketball into the stands during the second quarter of Sunday's game against Milwaukee.

CHICAGO BULLS—Signed G Randy Livingston for the remainder of the season.

LOS ANGELES LAKERS—Assigned G Von Wafer to Fort Worth of the NBADL.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed TE Tony Stewart and HB Kenny Watson to one-year contracts.

DETROIT LIONS—Signed S Vernon Fox, C Brock Gutierrez, LB Nate Wayne and G Tyrone Hopson to one-year contracts.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Re-signed P Tom Rouen.

Arena Football League

AFL—Placed Georgia DS Nate Coggins and Grand Rapids OL-DL Winfield Garnett on the league suspended list.

GRAND RAPIDS RAMPAGE—Released DS Marvin Taylor.

KANSAS CITY BRIGADE—Re-signed WR-LB James Jordan.

UTAH BLAZE—Waived QB Dennis Gile.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

DETROIT RED WINGS—Recalled LW Donald MacLean from Grand Rapids of the AHL.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Reassigned C Shane Endicott to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL.

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SAN JOSE SHARKS—Recalled F Ryane Clowe and F Tomas Plihal from Cleveland of the AHL.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Signed LW Alexander Semin to a two-year contract, beginning next season. Assigned C Kris Beech to Hershey of the AHL.

MOTORSPORTS

NASCAR—Suspended Chad Norris, crew chief for Matt Kenseth's Busch Series car, three races and fined him $10,000 because Kenseth's car failed its post-race inspection after Saturday's race.

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