Tuesday’s Sports Transactions

By The Associated Press

BASEBALL

American League

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with LHP George Sherrill, RHP Dan Wheeler and OF Willy Taveras on minor league contracts.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with RHP Claudio Vargas, RHP Richard Thompson, LHP Juan Perez, 3B Eugenio Velez and 1B/DH Luis Jimenez on minor league contracts.

Texas League

CORPUS CHRISTI HOOKS — Promoted Michael Coffin to media relations manager. Named Chris Blake media relations coordinator, JD Davis director of ballpark entertainment and Charlie Kovar and Cody Cozart account executives.

Frontier League

NORMAL CORNBELTERS — Signed OF Keoni Manago and 1B Mike Schwartz.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Sent RHP Gabe Shaw to River City to complete an earlier trade.

WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Signed SS Matt August and OF Matt Fleishman.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NFL — Overturned suspensions of New Orleans LB Jonathan Vilma, New Orleans DE Will Smith, Cleveland LB Scott Fujita and free agent DL Anthony Hargrove for their part in the Saints bounty program. Suspended Baltimore CB Asa Jackson four games for violating the league’s policy on performance enhancing substances.

ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released WR Isaiah Williams from the practice squad.

BUFFALO BILLS — Placed RB Fred Jackson on injured reserve. Signed DT Jay Ross from the practice squad.

CHICAGO BEARS — Released OL Andre Gurode. Placed PK Robbie Gould, CB Sherrick McManis and S Craig Steltz on injured reserve. Signed PK Olindo Mare to a one-year contract and LB Jerry Franklin to a two-year contract. Signed WR Joe Anderson from the practice squad and G Chris Riley to the practice squad.

DENVER BRONCOS — Signed T Paul Cornick to the practice squad.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Released LB Vic So’oto. Signed DT Jordan Miller from the practice squad.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Placed G Mike Brewster on injured reserve. Signed RB Keith Toston.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Placed WR Donte’ Stallworth on injured reserve. Released TE Visanthe Shiancoe. Released OL Tommie Draheim from the practice squad.

NEW YORK JETS — Claimed WR Braylon Edwards off waivers from Seattle.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed WR Akwasi Owusu-Ansah to the practice squad.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Suspended RB Rashard Mendenhall for conduct detrimental to the team. Signed RB Baron Batch from the practice squad.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Placed DT Demarcus Dobbs on injured reserve.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released WR Braylon Edwards.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Released WR David Gilreath. Placed DB Myron Lewis on injured reserve. Claimed G Hayworth Hicks off waivers from Kansas City.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Released RB Lennon Creer from the practice squad. Signed TE Martell Webb to the practice squad.

Canadian Football League

B.C. LIONS — Signed LB Adam Bighill to a contract extension.

CALGARY STAMPEDERS — Signed DL Corey Mace to a contract extension.

HAMILTON TIGER-CATS — Fired coach and director of football operations George Cortez.

HOCKEY

American Hockey League

AHL — Announced Oklahoma City LW Kristians Pelss ineligible to play until Jan. 11.

SPRINGFIELD FALCONS — Assigned G Paul Dainton to Evansville (ECHL).

ECHL

ECHL — Suspended Trenton LW Andrew Conboy indefinitely. Fined Conboy, the Evansville organization, Colorado D Jake Marto, Ontario F Kyle Kraemer, Fort Wayne D Brent Henley, Fort Wayne G Ken Reiter, Fort Wayne F Kaleigh Schrock and Utah F Riley Armstrong undisclosed amounts.

ELMIRA JACKALS — Signed F Justin Daniels.

FLORIDA EVERBLADES — Agreed to terms with D Mark Stuart.

SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Loaned G Ryan Zapolski to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Traded M Benny Feilhaber to Sporting Kansas City for allocation money, a 2014 first-round draft pick and a 2015 second-round draft pick.

NEW YORK RED BULLS — Signed G Santiago Castano and F Armando Moreno.

North American Soccer League

NEW YORK COSMOS — Signed Carlos Mendes.

COLLEGE

ARKANSAS — Named Chris Ash defensive coordinator.

CALIFORNIA — Named Tony Franklin offensive coordinator and Rob Likens receivers coach.

CAMPBELL — Named Greg Goral volleyball coach.

CULVER-STOCKTON — Announced the resignation of men’s soccer coach Michael Prunty.

FORDHAM — Announced the resignation of volleyball coach Peter Volkert.

ROANOKE — Named Ryan Pflugrad men’s soccer coach.

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI — Named Todd Monken football coach.

XAVIER (NO) — Named the resignation of women’s volleyball coach Christabell Hamilton. Promoted assistant coach Hannah Lawing to women’s volleyball coach.