BASEBALL

American League

OAKLAND ATHLETICS - Announced 3B coach Tony DeFrancesco has been reassigned within the minor league system, and the contract of strength and conditioning coach Clarence Cockrell will not be renewed.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS - Named Mike Basso manager, Dave LaRoche pitching coach, Ken Joyce hitting coach and Jon Woodworth trainer for Las Vegas (PCL).

National League

CHICAGO CUBS - Exercised their 2009 option on RHP Rich Harden.

HOUSTON ASTROS - Assigned RHP Dave Borkowski, RHP Jack Cassel, RHP Ryan Hosuton and INF Jose Castillo outright to Round Rock (PCL).

MILWAUKEE BREWERS - Agreed to terms with RHP Joe Bateman, LHP Lindsay Gulin, LHP Sam Narron and LHP Chris Narveson on minor league contracts.

SAN DIEGO PADRES - Sent INF Craig Stansberry, RHP Tim Stauffer and RHP Kevin Cameron outright to Portland (PCL).

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS - Released C Lance Allred and G Michael Dickerson.

LOS ANGELES LAKERS - Waived G Dwayne Mitchell.

SACRAMENTO KINGS - Waived C Zhang Kai.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NFL - Denied N.Y. Jets S Eric Smith's appeal of his one-game suspension and fine for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Arizona WR Anquan Boldin.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS - Placed K Martin Gramatica and FB Olaniyi Sobomehin on injured reserve. Re-signed K Taylor Mehlhaff. Waived TE Buck Ortega. Signed DE Jeff Charleston, DT Montavious Stanley and TE Sean Ryan. Released S David Roach and LB William Kershaw from the practice roster. Signed CB Darrell Hunter and LB Pago Togafau to the practice roster.

NEW YORK GIANTS - Lifted the suspension of WR Plaxico Burress and returned him to the active roster. Waived WR Taye Biddle. Terminated the practice squad contract of WR John Broussard.

ST. LOUIS RAMS - Released WR Eddie Kennison and then re-signed him.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS - Released WR Courtney Taylor and then signed him to the practice squad. Signed WR Jordan Kent from the practice squad.

TENNESSEE TITANS - Released QB Preston Parsons from the practice squad. Signed DL Charles Bennett to the practice squad.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

NHL - Suspended Chicago LW Ben Eager for three games, without pay, for swinging his stick at Dallas LW Sean Avery during a game on Oct. 2.

ANAHEIM DUCKS - Recalled G David LeNeveu from Iowa (AHL).

BOSTON BRUINS - Assigned F Peter Schaefer, F Jeremy Reich and F Vladimir Sobotka to Providence (AHL).

BUFFALO SABRES - Placed F Paul Gaustad on the injured list. Assigned D Mike Weber to Portland (AHL).

CAROLINA HURRICANES - Placed RW Scott Walker on the injured list and RW Justin Williams on the non-roster injured list.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS - Claimed D Doug Janik off waivers from Dallas and traded him back to Dallas for a conditional draft pick.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS - Assigned RW Derek Dorsett, C Nikita Filatov, C Craig MacDonald, C Derek MacKenzie and D Aaron Rome to Syracuse (AHL). Placed LW Raffi Torres on the injured list, retroactive to Sept. 29.

DALLAS STARS - Assigned D Ivan Vishnevskiy to Peoria (AHL).

MINNESOTA WILD - Reassigned G Barry Brust to Houston (AHL). Placed D Kurtis Foster and D John Scott on the injured list.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS - Assigned F Antii Pihlstrom to Milwaukee (AHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS - Claimed C Nate Thompson off waivers from Boston. Assigned D Brett Skinner to Bridgeport (AHL).

PHOENIX COYOTES - Assigned D Matt Jones and C Garth Murray to San Antonio (AHL). Placed D Jonas Ahnelov on the injured list.

SAN JOSE SHARKS - Re-signed LW Tomas Plihal and D Alexei Semenov. Assigned D Kyle McLaren to Worcester (AHL).

VANCOUVER CANUCKS - Assigned F Matt Pettinger and F Jason Krog to Manitoba (AHL) and F Jeff Cowan to Peoria (AHL).

American Hockey League

HARTFORD WOLF PACK - Signed D Ethan Graham. Released F Sergei Demagin.

NORFOLK ADMIRALS - Signed D Brent Henley.

ECHL

READING ROYALS - Announced Toronto (NHL) assigned F Tyler Doig, F Joe Cooper and F Dan Rudisuela to the team and Manchester (AHL) returned F Michael Cohen and D Dinos Stamoulis to the team. Released F Matt Bragg. Loaned D Kevin Schaeffer to Binghamton (AHL). Traded the rights to F Charlie Kronschnabel to Bakersfield for future considerations.

LACROSSE

National Lacrosse League

CALGARY ROUGHNECKS - Signed F Kyle Goundrey and D Kris Hartzell to one-year contracts.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION - Placed G Doug Warren on season-ending injury list.

COLLEGE

AUBURN - Fired offensive coordinator Tony Franklin.

EAST CAROLINA - Suspended WR Jamar Bryant indefinitely for an undisclosed violation of team policy.