Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League
MINNESOTA TWINS—Agreed to terms with RHP Jason Marquis on a one-year contract.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Named John Tamargo Jr. manager of Lansing (MWL); Mike Redmond manager of Dunedin (FSL) and Clayton McCullough manager of Vancouver (NWL).
National League
LOS ANGELES DODGERS— Named Bruce Hines field coordinator, P.J. Carey, Gene Clines, Charlie Hough senior advisors, player development, Ramon Martinez senior advisor, latin america, Eric Owens hitting coordinator, Rafael Chaves pitching coordinator, Damon Mashore outfield/baserunning coordinator, Jody Reed infield coordinator, Travis Barbary catching coordinator, Matt Martin coordinator of arizona instruction.
NEW YORK METS—Agreed to terms with C Rob Johnson on a minor league contract.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Agreed to terms with OF Carlos Beltran on a two-year contract.
Eastern League
READING PHILLIES—Named Eric Scarcella director of public relations/media relations. Promoted Chris McConney to director of communications.
North American League
NAL—Announced the Fort Worth Cats have been accepted as a member.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—Waived G Manny Harris and G Kenny Hayes.
NEW JERSEY NETS—Waived F Stephen Graham. Acquired C Mehmet Okur from the Utah Jazz for their second round draft pick in 2015.
PHOENIX SUNS—Waived G/F Mickael Pietrus.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL—Fined New York Jets LB Calvin Pace $15,000 for an illegal hit on Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick in a Dec. 18 game.
CLEVELAND BROWNS—Placed S T.J. Ward on injured reserve. Signed WR Rod Windsor from the practice squad.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NHL—Suspended Pittsburgh D Deryk Engelland three games for an illegal check to the head of Chicago F Marcus Kruger during a Dec. 20 game.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Assigned F Jeremy Morin and F Brandon Pirri to Rockford (AHL). Reassigned F Brett McLean to Team Canada for the 2011 Spengler Cup.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Assigned D Dylan Reese to Bridgeport (AHL).
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
D.C. UNITED—Announced the retirement of D Devon McTavish.
LA GALAXY—Signed M Jose Villarreal.
PHILADELPHIA UNION—Signed D Porfirio Lopez.
COLLEGE
AKRON—Named Terry Bowden football coach.
HOUSTON— Named Tony Levine football coach.
MARYLAND—Named Mike Locksley offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
NEBRASKA—Promoted John Papuchis to defensive coordinator. Named Rick Kaczenski defensive line coach.
NOTRE DAME—QB Dayne Crist announced he was transferring to Kansas.
OHIO STATE— Named Zach Smith wide receivers coach.
PITTSBURGH—Named Paul Chryst football coach.
VASSAR— Named Marc Graham men’s lacrosse coach.
WESTERN CAROLINA—Named Mark Speir football coach.
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