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Wednesday’s Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB—Suspended free agent minor league LHP Justin Dowdy 50 games for refusing to take a drug test. National League ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Agreed to terms with C Bryan Anderson, RHP Mitchell Boggs, 3B Matt Carpenter, OF Adron Chambers, RHP Maikel Cleto, OF Allen Craig, C Tony Cruz, 2B Daniel Descalso, RHP Brandon Dickson, RHP Chuckie Fick, LHP Sam Freeman, 3B David Freese, 2B Tyler Greene, 1B Mark Hamilton, OF Jon Jay, OF Erik Komatsu, 2B Pete Kozma, RHP Lance Lynn, RHP Adam Ottavino, RHP Adam Reifer, OF Shane Robinson, LHP Marc Rzepczynski, RHP Fernando Salas and RHP Eduardo Sanchez on one-year contracts. American Association AMARILLO SOX—Signed INF/RHP Garrett Rau. KANSAS CITY T-BONES—Signed RHP Jake Wiley. Atlantic League SUGAR LAND SKEETERS—Signed LHP Tyler Lumsden, LHP Colton Pitkin, RHP Duniesky Flores, RHP Ryan McKeller, SS Iggy Suarez and C Octavio Martinez. Can-Am League NEWARK BEARS—Signed RHP Matt Morris and C Rob DeWaters. ROCKLAND BOULDERS—Signed RHP Julian Sampson. WORCESTER TORNADOES—Signed 1B Nick Salotti. Frontier League EVANSVILLE OTTERS—Signed 2B Ryan Still to a contract extension. LONDON RIPPERS—Signed C Robby Alcombrack. NORMAL CORNBELTERS— Named Brian Lawrence pitching coach. FOOTBALL Canadian Football League CALGARY STAMPEDERS—Named Rick Campbell defensive coordinator. WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Re-signed OL Andre Douglas. HOCKEY National Hockey League TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Assigned F Pierre- Cedric Labrie, F Trevor Smith and D Evan Oberg to Norfolk (AHL). Recalled D Keith Aulie from Norfolk. American Hockey League BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS—Agreed to terms with D Russ Sinkewich. Central Hockey League BLOOMINGTON BLAZE— Signed F Lee McClure. QUAD CITY MALLARDS—Announced G David Brown was recalled by Abbotsford ( AHL). Placed G Kyle Takacs on waivers. TULSA OILERS—Announced F Ryan Cramer was activated from league suspension. MOTORSPORTS NASCAR— Fined crew chief Chad Knaus $100,000 and suspended him along with car chief Ron Malec six races apiece because Jimmie Johnson’s car failed an inspection before the Daytona 500. Johnson was docked 25 points, leaving him with a negative 23 points. SOCCER Major League Soccer LA GALAXY—Signed G Bill Gaudette. Waived G Nick Noble. COLLEGE CALDWELL—Named Jan Marco Jiras men’s tennis coach. NORTHERN ARIZONA—Announced the resignation of wide receivers coach Francis St. Paul.



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