Friday's Sports Transactions

BASEBALL
American League

TEXAS RANGERS_Promoted general manager Jon Daniels to president of baseball operations/general manager and chief operating officer Rick George to president of business operations.

National League

CINCINNATI REDS_Agreed to terms with RHP Mark Prior on a minor league contract.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES_Agreed to terms with RHP Vic Black, INF Chase d'Arnaud, RHP Jeanmar Gomez, INF Josh Harrison, RHP Jared Hughes, RHP Phil Irwin, RHP Chris Leroux, LHP Jeff Locke, OF Starling Marte, RHP Vin Mazzaro, C Michael McKenry, RHP Kyle McPherson, RHP Mark Melancon, INF Jordy Mercer, RHP Bryan Morris, LHP Andy Oliver, RHP Stolmy Pimentel, OF Alex Presley, INF Clint Robinson, C Tony Sanchez, OF Jerry Sands, OF Travis Snider, RHP Hunter Strickland, LHP Tony Watson, RHP Duke Welker and LHP Justin Wilson to one-year contracts.

American Association

FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS_Signed LHP Joe Harris.

GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS_Signed RHP Ian Durham, LHP Carlos Rivas, INF Aljay Davis and RHP Matt McSwain.

GRAND PRAIRIE AIR HOGS_Signed INF Brandon Pinckney.

LINCOLN SALTDOGS_Acquired OF Stephen Douglas from Amarillo for a player to be named and cash.

ST. PAUL SAINTS_Signed RHP Wes Roemer.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES_Signed C Luis Alen.

Frontier League

EVANSVILLE OTTERS_Signed INF Frank Martinez to a contract extension.

NORMAL CORNBELTERS_Signed RHP Jose Trinidad.

ROCKFORD AVIATORS_Signed RHP Jacob Kemmerer, RHP Josh Schneider and RHP Syke Severns.

BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association

MIAMI HEAT_Assigned F Jarvis Varnado to Sioux Falls (NBADL).

Women's National Basketball Association

TULSA SHOCK_Acquired G Candice Wiggins from Minnesota for a 2014 second-round draft pick. Acquired F Nicole Powell and a 2013 third-round draft pick from New York for the rights to G-F Deanna Nolan and 2013 second- and third-round draft picks.

FOOTBALL
National Football League

ARIZONA CARDINALS_Released LB Stewart Bradley and CB William Gay.

ATLANTA FALCONS_Released RB Michael Turner, DE John Abraham and CB Dunta Robinson.

BUFFALO BILLS_Designated FS Jairus Byrd as their franchise player.

CINCINNATI BENGALS_Designated DE Michael Johnson as their franchise player.

CAROLINA PANTHERS_Released DT Ron Edwards.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS_Designated P Pat McAfee as their franchise player.

NEW YORK JETS_Signed DT Junior Aumavae, DB Eric Crocker and WR Thomas Mayo.

Canadian Football League

EDMONTON ESKIMOS_Released FB Mathieu Bertrand.

SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS_Acquired K Brody McKnight and a 2013 sixth-round draft pick from Edmonton for two 2013 fifth-round draft picks.

HOCKEY
National Hockey League

CAROLINA HURRICANES_Reassigned F Zac Dalpe to Charlotte (AHL).

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS_Recalled D Dalton Prout from Springfield (AHL).

DALLAS STARS_Announced F Tom Wandell cleared waivers and was assigned to Texas (AHL).

PHOENIX COYOTES_Recalled F Chris Brown and F Rob Klinkhammer from Portland (AHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING_Reassigned F Richard Panik to Syracuse (AHL).

VANCOUVER CANUCKS_Claimed LW Tom Sestito off waivers from the Philadelphia. Reassigned F Andrew Ebbett to Chicago (AHL).

American Hockey League

GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS_Signed D Cody Lampl to a professional tryout.

HAMILTON BULLDOGS_Announced the team signed a three-year extension to its affiliation agreement with Montreal (NHL).

NORFOLK ADMIRALS_Announced D Nick Schaus and D Gabe Guentzel were assigned to Fort Wayne (ECHL).

LACROSSE
National Lacrosse League

WASHINGTON STEALTH_Signed G Matt Roik to a one-year contract. Released G Nick Patterson.

SOCCER
Major League Soccer

MLS_Suspended D.C. United F Dwayne De Rosario for two games and fined him an undisclosed amount for violent conduct that endangered the safety of Philadelphia MF Danny Cruz, during a Feb. 23 preseason game.

FC DALLAS_Placed MF Peter Luccin and D Ugo Ihemelu on injured reserve.

HOUSTON DYNAMO_Signed F Brian Ching to serve as a player and assistant coach.

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION_Signed MF Gabe Latigue.

PHILADELPHIA UNION_Traded F Chandler Hoffman to the LA Galaxy for a conditional 2014 SuperDraft pick. Signed F Don Anding, F Leo Fernandes and G Chris Konopka.

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC_Traded M/F Cordell Cato to San Jose for a 2014 fourth-round Supplemental Draft pick.

TORONTO FC_Signed F Robert Earnshaw, F Ashton Bennett, F Taylor Morgan and MF Jonathan Osorio.

COLLEGE

NCAA_Placed Saint Mary's (Calif.) on four years of probation for a "failure to monitor its men's basketball program." The program will have a reduction in scholarships from 13 to 11 for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons. Gaels coach Randy Bennett will be suspended for the first five West Coast Conference games next season.

AUBURN_Dismissed DT Devaunte Sigler for violating undisclosed team rules.

CALIFORNIA_Signed Sonny Dykes football coach to a five-year contract.

OKLAHOMA_Named Jay Boulware tight ends coach.

ST. JOHN'S_Suspended sophomore basketball G D'Angelo Harrison for the rest of the season.

TENNESSEE_Named Robert Gillespie running backs coach.