USATODAY.com 1 of 3 http://www.usatoday.com/sports/transactions/20090116.htm Cars Auto Financing Event Tickets Jobs Real Estate Online Degrees Business Opportunities Shopping How do I find it? Search Home Sports Fantasy News MLB NFL Travel NBA NHL Money Sports Coll. Football Tennis Subscribe to paper Life Tech High Schools Weather Motor Sports Golf More Sports What's This? - Click reload often for latest version Related Advertising Links Updated: 01/16/2009 - 10:30 PM Online Six Sigma Training Earn Six Sigma Master Certificate From Villanova U www.VillanovaU.com January 16, 2009 Acai Berry EXPOSED (Official Test) Want To Use Acai Berry? Do Not Use. Read This… www.News3.tv Friday's Sports Transactions • Yesterday's transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB-Suspended minor league OF Cristopher De La Rosa (Boston) and minor league RHP Junior Guerra (N.Y. Mets) for 50 games for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. American League BOSTON RED SOX-Agreed the terms with 1B Kevin Youkilis on a four-year contract. CLEVELAND INDIANS-Agreed to terms with RHP Matt Herges and RHP Jack Cassel on minor league contracts. LOS ANGELES ANGELS-Agreed to terms with LHP Darren Oliver on a one-year contract. TAMPA BAY RAYS-Agreed to terms with RHP Grant Balfour and RHP Lance Cormier on one-year contracts. Designated RHP Dewon Day for assignment. National League CHICAGO CUBS-Agreed to terms with INF Ronny Cedeno on a one-year contract. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES-Agreed to terms with INF-OF Greg Dobbs on a two-year contract. PITTSBURGH PIRATES-Named Bill Lajoie senior advisor. American Association EL PASO DIABLOS-Signed RHP Josh Neitz. SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CAPTAINS-Signed LHP Ronald Lowe. SIOUX FALLS CANARIES-Released OF Will Smith. LINCOLN SALTDOGS-Purchased INF Steven Alexander from Reno (GBL). Can-Am League ATLANTIC CITY SURF-Signed 1B-OF Cleveland Brownlee. OTTAWA RAPIDS-Acquired INF Trino Aguilar from Winnipeg (Northern) for a player to be named. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA-Fined Dallas owner Mark Cuban $25,000 for ``improper interactions with Denver players'' and his conduct following the Mavericks' 99-97 loss to the Nuggets on Jan. 13. 9/1/2009 3:24 PM USATODAY.com 2 of 3 http://www.usatoday.com/sports/transactions/20090116.htm CHARLOTTE BOBCATS-Acquired C DeSagana Diop from Dallas for G Matt Carroll and C Ryan Hollins. SAN ANTONIO SPURS-Signed F Austin Croshere to a 10-day contract. FOOTBALL National Football League MIAMI DOLPHINS-Named Dave DeGuglielmo offensive line coach. NEW YORK GIANTS-Signed DB Steve Cargile and OL Terrance Pennington. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS-Fired coach Jon Gruden and general manager Bruce Allen. Named Joe Barry linebackers coach. WASHINGTON REDSKINS-Announced the retirement of director of sports medicine Bubba Tyer. HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS-Activated LW Raffi Torres from injured reserve. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS-Recalled F Janne Pesonen from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL). TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING-Assigned G Karri Ramo to Norfolk (AHL). American Hockey League GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS-Assigned G John Ceci to Muskegon (IHL). SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE-Assigned G Joel Gistedt to Arizona (CHL). WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS-Recalled F Jordan Morrison from Wheeling (ECHL). ECHL CHARLOTTE CHECKERS-Agreed to terms with F Chris Capraro. International Hockey League MUSKEGON LUMBERJACKS-Traded C Bill Bagron to Bloomington for future considerations. Eastern Professional Hockey League BROOKLYN ACES-Announced G Eddie Neville was recalled to Elmira (ECHL). Signed G Anthony Felice. DANBURY MAD HATTERS-Signed F Brian Hannafin. JERSEY ROCKHOPPERS-Signed F Jason McCrimmon. COLLEGE CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE-Announced Susquehanna will join the conference as an associate member in football and women's golf, effective 2010. BALL STATE-Named Joey Lynch wide receivers coach. CENTRAL MICHIGAN-Announced the retirement of men's track and field coach Jim Knapp. DUKE-Named James Mitchell director of football player development. MISSISSIPPI-Named Terry Price defensive line. OKLAHOMA STATE-Named Mack Butler as director of football operations. SOUTHERN INDIANA-Named Mat Santoro men's soccer coach. 9/1/2009 3:24 PM USATODAY.com 3 of 3 http://www.usatoday.com/sports/transactions/20090116.htm Sponsored Links Online Six Sigma Training Earn Six Sigma Master Certificate From Villanova U www.VillanovaU.com Selinsgrove Moms! Acai EXPOSED (Read...) Our Report Investigates an Internet Sensation. Miracle Diet or Scam? www.HealthNews6.com Acai Berry EXPOSED (Official Test) Want To Use Acai Berry? Do Not Use. 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