Tuesday’s Sports Transactions

Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004 | 12:10 p.m.

ANAHEIM ANGELS-Agreed to terms with Joe Maddon, bench coach, Ron Roenicke, third base coach, Alfredo Griffin, first base coach, Mickey Hatcher, hitting coach and Orlando Mercado, bullpen coach, on two-year contract extensions. Agreed to terms with Bud Black, pitching coach, and Steve Soliz, bullpen catcher, on one-year contract extensions.

SEATTLE MARINERS-Named Don Baylor hitting coach.

National League

COLORADO ROCKIES-Removed Jerry McMorris, vice chairman, from the board of directors and dropped him as an officer.

FLORIDA MARLINS-Named Mark Wiley pitching coach and Harry Dunlop bullpen coach.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS-Named Roy Smith vice president, scouting and player development, Terry Collins director of player development and Dan Feinstein coordinator of baseball operations.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS-Agreed to terms with C Mark Johnson on a minor league contract.

MONTREAL EXPOS-Purchased the contracts of LHP Michael Hinckley, 1B Larry Broadway and RHP Darrell Rasner from Harrisburg of the EL and RHP Josh Karp and RHP Danny Rueckel from Edmonton of the PCL. Designated RHP Roy Corcoran for assignment.

NEW YORK METS-Released RHP Grant Roberts and RHP Jose Parra. Named Tony Bernazard and Sandy Johnson special assistants.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES-Released RHP Eric Junge. Agreed to terms with RHP Eric Burke, RHP Brandon Culp, LHP Allen Davis, RHP Robert Ellis, LHP Sean Fesh, RHP Martire Franco, RHP Chris Rojas, RHP Felix Villegas, LHP Jeff Wilson, RHP Brandon Wood, C A.J. Hinch, INF Andrew Beattie, INF Chris Coste, INF Jason Drobiak, INF Buzz Hannahan, INF Carlos Leon, INF Anthony Medrano, INF Randy Ruiz, INF Danny Sandoval, OF Kevin Barker, OF Mark Budzinski, OF John Castellano, OF Jim Deschaine, OF Ryan Fleming and OF Jim Rushford.

Southern League

MISSISSIPPI BRAVES-Named Brian Snitker manager, Phillip Wellman coach, Kent Willis pitching coach and Mike Graus trainer.

Central Baseball League

CBL-Announced the addition of the El Paso Diablos.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA-Suspended Milwaukee F Marcus Fizer for one game following his guilty plea on a gun charge.

Continental Basketball League

DAKOTA WIZARDS-Signed G Melvin Sanders and G Billy Thomas.

GARY STEELHEADS-Waived F Marvin Black.

GREAT LAKES STORM-Signed G Donnie Boyce.

SIOUX FALLS SKYFORCE-Signed G David Jackson and G Randy Livingston.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS-Signed WR Drew Haddad to the practice squad.

CLEVELAND BROWNS-Placed OL Kelvin Garmon and DB Leigh Bodden on injured reserve. Signed OL Javiar Collins. Signed P Ryan Dutton to the practice squad. Waived OL Anthony Oakley from the practice squad.

DETROIT LIONS-Placed C Jody Littleton on injured reserve. Signed C Don Muhlbach.

MIAMI DOLPHINS-Announced the resignation of Dave Wannstedt, coach. Promoted defensive coordinator Jim Bates to interim head coach. Placed S Shawn Wooden on the reserve/physically unable to perform list. Waived K Bill Gramatica. Waived WR-DB Bobby Sippio from injured reserve.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS-Released C Billy Conaty. Signed G Anthony Herrera from the practice squad. Signed WR Omar Jenkins to the practice squad.

NEW YORK GIANTS-Placed DE Michael Strahan and DE Keith Washington on injured reserve. Activated DE Lorenzo Bromell off the physically unable to perform list.

NEW YORK JETS-Placed S Derek Pagel on injured reserve. Waived OT Brent Smith. Signed S Oliver Celestin.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS-Signed DB Omare Lowe to the practice squad. Released WR Gari Scott from the practice squad.

Arena Football League

AUSTIN WRANGLERS-Signed OL-DL Angel Rubio.

CHICAGO RUSH-Signed QB Asad Abdul-Khaliq to a three-year contract.

DALLAS DESPERADOS-Signed OL-DL Anthony Foli and FB-LB Demetrios Walker.

NASHVILLE KATS-Signed DL Ritchie Owens. Waived WR-DB Darcey Levy.

NEW ORLEANS VOODOO-Signed WR-DB Carl Bond and QB Billy Dicken.

NEW YORK DRAGONS-Re-signed DS Chris Angel.

ORLANDO PREDATORS-Signed WR-DB Bret Cooper, OS Fabian Davis, WR-DB Marcus Floyd and L Charles Hill.

SAN JOSE SABERCATS-Re-signed L George Williams.

TAMPA BAY STORM-Waived WR-DB Elijah Williams.

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MEMPHIS XPLORERS-Named Chris Bauer director of player personnel.

HOCKEY

American Hockey League

SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE-Recalled RW Chris Nielsen from Laredo of the CHL.

Central Hockey League

CHL-Suspended Wichita LW Derek Parker two games for his actions in a Nov. 5 game against Oklahoma City.

AUSTIN ICE BATS-Promoted Greg Gatto from assistant director of hockey operations to interim coach.

LAREDO BUCKS-Signed D Steve Weidlich.

TOPEKA TARANTULAS-Placed C Kelly Miller and C Troy Mann on waivers.

ECHL

ECHL-Suspended Reading D Reagan Rome and Wheeling D T.J. Reynolds for their actions in a Nov. 6 game.

MISSISSIPPI SEAWOLVES-Signed C Russ Guzior. Waived LW Andy Johnson and C Tristan Lush.

LACROSSE

National Lacrosse League

ARIZONA STING-Signed G Mike Miron, F Lindsay Plunkett, D Bruce Codd and D Troy Bonterre to one-year contracts. Traded D Wes Suddons to Toronto for a conditional 2005 draft choice. Re-signed F Pat Maddalena to a one-year contract.

BUFFALO BANDITS-Signed D Chris Langdale to a two-year contract.

CALGARY ROUGHNECKS-Re-signed F Lewis Ratcliffe to a two-year contract. Re-signed F Matt Green, F Sterling Mitchell, F Ryan Sharp and F Devan Wray to one-year contracts.

COLORADO MAMMOTH-Signed F Nick Carlson, F Chris Prat, F Gavin Prout and F John Wilson to one-year contracts.

MINNESOTA SWARM-Signed D Brad Boyle and D Riley Kemp to one-year contracts.

ROCHESTER KNIGHTHAWKS-Signed D Pat Cougevan and F David Pittard to two-year contracts.

TORONTO ROCK-Re-signed F Colin Doyle and F Jim Veltman to two-year contracts. Re-signed D Glenn Clark, F Chris Driscoll, D Dan Ladouceur, F Blaine Manning, D Patrick Merrill, D Ian Rubel, D Phil Sanderson, F Matt Shearer, D Derek Suddons, F Aaron Wilson and F Rusty Kruger to one-year contracts.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

COLORADO RAPIDS-Fired Tim Hankinson, coach.

COLLEGE

NAIA-Named Dexter Smith director of legislative services.

FORDHAM-Named Pat Carey assistant baseball coach.

FRANKLIN & MARSHALL-Named Steven Russell men's assistant basketball coach.

GARDNER-WEBB-Named Chris Holtmann men's basketball associate head coach.

MISSISSIPPI-Announced the dismissal of freshman RB Dawan Woods from the football team for disciplinary reasons.

QUINNIPIAC-Named Bill Romano men's assistant basketball coach.