Weekend Sports Transactions

By The Associated Press

BASEBALL

American League

BOSTON RED SOX—Recalled LHP Jon Lester from Pawtucket of the IL. Optioned RHP Craig Hansen to Pawtucket.

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Recalled INF Ramon Vazquez from Buffalo of the IL. Optioned INF Lou Merloni to Buffalo.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Acquired RHP Brandon Duckworth from Pittsburgh for cash considerations. Designated RHP Kyle Snyder for assignment. Optioned RHP Leo Nunez to Omaha of the PCL. Added RHP Todd Wellemeyer to the 25-man roster.

NEW YORK YANKEES—Activated RHP Shawn Chacon from the 15-day DL. Designated RHP Scott Erickson for assignment.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Agreed to terms with RHP Chad Lee, OF Jermaine Mitchell, OF Toddric Johnson, LHP Branden Dewing, INF Mike Affronti, 1B Greg Dowling, C Jacob Smith, RHP Patrick Currin and RHP Josh Morgan.

National League

COLORADO ROCKIES—Agreed to terms with OF David Christensen, RHP Craig Baker, OF Kevin Clark, C Michael McKenry, RHP Brandon Hynick, RHP William Harris, RHP David Arnold, C Austin Rauch, RF Victor Ferrante, CF Anthony Jackson, RHP Michael Gibbs, RHP Andrew Graham, LHP Devin Collis, SS Matthew Repec, RHP Drew Shetrone, and 1B Joshua Banda.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Recalled RHP Carlos Villanueva from Huntsville of the Southern League.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Placed C Mike Lieberthal on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 6. Recalled RHP Brian Sanches from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre of the IL. Announced Scranton/Wilkes-Barre of the IL will move to Allentown for the 2008 season.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Activated RF Jose Guillen from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Mike Vento to New Orleans of the PCL.

American Association

FORT WORTH CATS—Signed C Dustin Smith.

SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS—Released INF Julius Thames.

SIOUX FALLS CANARIES—Signed INF Chris Weber and OF Dustin Delluchi. Released RHP Kyle Kane.

Can-Am League

NASHUA PRIDE—Signed RHP James Baker, 1B Bryan Duplissie and C Mark Brown.

NEW HAVEN COUNTY CUTTERS—Released INF Vinny Esposito.

QUEBEC CAPITALES—Released RHP Jason Benson and RHP Chris Kemlo.

Golden Baseball League

CHICO OUTLAWS—Agreed to terms with RHP Mike Cosgrove. Released RHP Kevin Beavers.

RENO SILVER SOX—Placed 3B-1B Brad Null on waivers.

Northern League

CALGARY VIPERS—Released INF Yosvany Almario.

EDMONTON CRACKER-CATS—Agreed to terms with RHP Scott Judson.

GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS—Released RHP Jeremy Schmidt.

JOLIET JACKHAMMERS—Released INF Billy Boyer.

BASKETBALL

NBA—Fined Miami C Shaquille O'Neal $10,000 and the Miami Heat an additional $25,000 for not making himself available for interviews after Game 2 of the NBA finals.

FOOTBALL

Canadian Football League

B.C. LIONS—Released WR Anthony Jones, WR Aaron Krepps, WR Wiley King, OL Carl Gourgues, OL Belton Johnson, QB Tyler Emmert, LB Dave Lowry, DB Tony Tiller, RB Eddie Linscomb and DL Frank Ferrara.

CALGARY STAMPEDERS—Released DB Andre Knights and DL Terrence Royal.

EDMONTON ESKIMOS—Released OL DAnthony Batiste, LB Nicolas Bisaillon, LB Andrew Brown, DL A.C. Collier, DB Brent Hafford, QB Khari Jones, OL Greig Longchamps, LB Dwayne Mundle and OL Mark Shantz

HAMILTON TIGERS-CATS—Released WR DaVon Fowlkes, WR Iain Fleming, WR Talman Gardner, DL Troy Cunningham, DL Steve Josue, DL Claude Sanders, DL Rob Schroeder, DB Imokhai Atogwe, DB Rod Babers, DB Greg Bearman, OL Jimmy Kosienski, OL Shawn Mayne, QB Pat Josten and LB Torrance Marshall.

SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS—Released LB Jesse Alexander, LB Maurice Lloyd, LB Anton McKenzie, RB Shermar Bracey, RB Kegan Coleman, DB Jerome Braziel, DB James Johnson, DB Eric Louis, DB Sean Lucas, DB Rontarius Robinson, DB Shukree Shabazz, WR Sam Breeden, WR Kareem Kelly, WR Devin Lewis, WR Brandon Smith, OL Jon Colon, OL Chris Cowan, OL Antonio Hall, OL Peter Hogarth, DL Charles Howard, DL Kyle Mitchell, DL Gabe Reininger, QB Darian Durant and K Rob Pikula.

TORONTO ARGONAUTS—Released QB Charlie Peterson, DT Philippe Audet, OT Michael Bailey, RB Sean Bennett, WR Shockmain Davis, DE Ronald Flemons, WR Ian Forde, WR Donald Hayes, RB David Hewson, WR Tommy Hofer, DB Derrick Lewis, OT David Porter, WR Alex Vanags and OG Jeff Yorga.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Released SB Blair Atkinson, DB Robert Bean, DL Dante Booker, P-K Brian Claybourn, DB Cedric Dickerson, DB Robert Grant, LB Donny Green, DB Sidney Haugabrook, OL Jermese Jones, DL Hakeem Kashama, OL Adam Krajewski, QB Russ Michna, OL Marc Parenteau, WR Chad Rempel, DE Dexter Ross, FB Lenard Semajuste, RB Onterrio Smith, RB David Stevens, S John Sullivan, DB Jazzmen Williams and K-P Kirk Yliniemi.

COLLEGE

FRANKLIN & MARSHALL—Announced the resignation of Beth Elbon, women's basketball and golf coach.