Thursday’s Sports Transactions

Friday, Jan. 21, 2005 | 12:16 p.m.

ANAHEIM ANGELS-Named Bryn Smith pitching coach and Dino Ebel manager of Salt Lake of the PCL, Tom Gamboa manager of Arkansas of the Texas League, Tyrone Boykin manager of Rancho Cucamonga of the California League, Tom Kotchman manager of Orem of the Pioneer League and Craig Grebeck hitting coach for Mesa of the Arizona Fall League.

DETROIT TIGERS-Named Tom Brookens manager of Oneonta of the New York-Penn League.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS-Agreed to terms with INF Denny Hocking on a minor league contract.

TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS-Agreed to terms with RHP Jeff Niemann on a five-year contract.

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS-Named Vincent Cassandro director of research for baseball operations.

ATLANTA BRAVES-Agreed to terms with 2B Marcus Giles on a one-year contract.

Canadian-American League

NORTH SHORE SPIRIT-Signed INF Yuri Sanchez.

Central League

EDINBURG ROADRUNNERS-Released OF Vince Moore.

Northern League Transactions

SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS-Agreed to terms with RHP Juan Carlos Huguet.

SIOUX FALLS CANARIES-Sold the contract of RHP Jose Robles to the St. Louis Cardinals. Agreed to terms with RHP Wes Faust, RHP Julio Medina and INF Kyle Kmiecik.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES-Signed F John Thomas to a 10-day contract.

Women's National Basketball Association

HOUSTON COMETS-Named Tom Cross director of player personnel.

American Basketball Association

LONG BEACH JAM-Signed F Jerry Dupree. Released G Ben Adams, F Joe Buck, G Ramel Curry, G Kueth Duany, F-C Alvin Jefferson, G-F Felipe Lopez, C Nick Sheppard and F Maurice Spillers.

National Basketball Development League

ASHEVILLE ALTITUDE-Signed G Brandin Knight.

COLUMBUS RIVERDRAGONS-Signed G Kevin Braswell.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

CHICAGO BEARS-Named Perry Fewell defensive backs coach.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS-Named Jim Caldwell assistant head coach.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS-Named Steve Loney offensive coordinator.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS-Signed CB Jonathan Cox, RB Ahmaad Galloway, LB Howard Hodges, WR Ruvell Martin, WR Carl Morris, RB Calvin Murray, C Isaiah Ross and TE-LS Danny Young to one-year contracts and allocated them to NFL Europe. Signed T Carlos Joseph and WR Willie Quinnie to one-year contracts.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS-Named Aaron Kromer senior assistant.

Arena Football League

ARIZONA RATTLERS-Signed K Chris Sailer.

CHICAGO RUSH-Signed OL-DL Jason Baksas. Waived QB Sam Clemons, DS Travis Coleman, OS Jamel Riddle and OS J.R. Thomas. Released WR-LB Lindsay Fleshman.

COLUMBUS DESTROYERS-Waived DS Henry Baker, WR-DB Torrey Day, FB-LB Toran James and WR-DB Jason Kaiser.

LAS VEGAS GLADIATORS-Signed WR-LB Ricky Ross.

NEW ORLEANS VOODOO-Re-signed WR-LB Tremaine Neal. Waived DS Antonio Watson.

NEW YORK DRAGONS-Signed WR-DB Kenny Johnson. Waived FB-LB Laurence Nolen.

ORLANDO PREDATORS-Signed OL-DL Shawn King.

SAN JOSE SABERCATS-Signed WR-LB George Williams.

Canadian Football League

BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS-Signed DE Troy Cunningham and WR Atnas Maeko.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS-Announced the resignation of Donn Smith, offensive line coach.

HOCKEY

American Hockey League

CINCINNATI MIGHTY DUCKS-Recalled D Andrew Canzanello from San Diego of the ECHL.

MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS-Assigned RW Paul Brown to Trenton of the ECHL.

PORTLAND PIRATES-Announced RW Jonas Johansson has been returned on loan from South Carolina of the ECHL.

ROCHESTER AMERICANS-Assigned LW Jeff Hutchins to Mississippi of the ECHL.

Central Hockey League

TOPEKA TARANTULAS-Acquired F Olivier Maltais from Tulsa for D Jeff Cameron and F Lukas Dora.

ECHL

LOUISIANA ICEGATORS-Named Jim Wiley vice president and general manager.

Southern Professional Hockey League

COLUMBUS COTTONMOUTHS-Re-signed RW Doug Mann. Suspended D Jeff Cameron.

VICTORIA SALMON KINGS-Signed C Mark Smith.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

CHICAGO FIRE-Signed D C.J. Brown to a multiyear contract.

D.C. UNITED-Traded G Doug Warren to New England for a fourth-round pick in the 2006 draft.

FC DALLAS-Announced Feyenoord of the Dutch Eredivisie has purchased the contract of D Cory Gibbs.

METROSTARS-Named Ernesto Motta senior director of Hispanic communications, Paul Byrne senior manager of operations, Lindsay Daywalt senior marketing manager and Brian Picinic grassroots marketing manager.

Major Indoor Soccer League

ST. LOUIS STEAMERS-Acquired F Lindsay Kennedy. Agreed to terms with MF Mariano Bollella and F Marco Lopez.

COLLEGE

CARTHAGE-Named Cory Everts assistant baseball coach.

MONTCLAIR STATE-Announced it will reclassify men's and women's cross country, men's lacrosse, women's tennis and wrestling to club sport status effective with the 2005-06 academic year.

NEBRASKA-Named Ted Gilmore wide receivers coach.

SAM HOUSTON STATE-Named Todd Whitten football coach.

SETON HALL-Annouced F Mike Pilgrim has transferred from Cincinnati.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA-Named Jethro Franklin defensive line coach.

SYRACUSE-Named Desmond Robinson running backs coach and Tim Cross defensive line coach.