Baseball
American League -- Elected Gene Budig to a five-year term as league president, effective Aug. 1.
National League -- Named Katy Feeney senior vice president and secretary, and Ricky Clemons executive director of public relations.
Orioles -- Signed 2B Derek Brown, 1B Chris Kirgan, OF Pedro Ortiz and P Rachaad Stewart.
California Angels -- Placed P Phil Leftwich on the 15-day DL. Recalled P Russ Springer from Triple-A Vancouver.
Chicago Cubs -- Signed P Sean Bogle, P Barry Fennell, P Jason Ryan, P Shawn Box, P Jason Stevenson, P Roarke Birsner, P Jeffrey Havens, P Cortez Wyatt, P Keith Pelatowski, P Michael Hartung, P John Rehkopf, P Alex Barylak, P Richard Barker, C Michael McGehee, C Andrew Holin, C Michael Micucci, IF Saul Bustos, IF Michael Olinde, IF Ryan Opatkiewicz, OF Marty Gazarek, OF Kevin Coe, OF Richard Freeman, OF Chris Jackson and OF David Blevins.
Chicago White Sox -- Reassigned P Atlee Hammaker from Double-A Birmingham to Triple-A Nashville, and P David Keating from Birmingham to Single-A Prince William. Signed OF Jeffrey Abbott, OF Chernan Albert, OF David Cancel, OF Brian Dent, OF Michael Tidlick, P Shane Buteaux, P Carlos Castillo, P Carlos Chantres, P Dennis Crine, P Russell Herbert, P Thomas McCaskey, C Sean Bagley and C Thomas Koerick.
Detroit Tigers -- Placed OF Danny Bautista on the 15-day DL. Recalled C John Flaherty from Triple-A Toledo.
Florida Marlins -- Placed P Mark Gardner on the 15-day DL. Recalled P Kurt Miller from Triple-A Edmonton. Signed OF Hayward Cook and P Jon Farmer.
Houston Astros -- Signed P Derek Dace, P Michael Gunderson, P John Halama, P Billy Hall, P James Lynch, P Anthony Mounce, P Paul O'Malley, P Mark Sacharko, P Anthony Shaver, OF Shane Barksdale, OF Roy Marsh, OF Wes Pratt, IF Anthony Rich, IF Oscar Robles, IF Donald Scolaro, IF John Smith and C Victor Sanchez.
Los Angeles Dodgers -- Called up P Ismael Valdes from Triple-A Albuquerque. Designated P Gary Wayne for assignment.
New York Mets -- Signed P Joseph Lisio and P David Leonhart.
Oakland Athletics -- Placed 3B Scott Brosius on the 15-day DL. Recalled 3B Craig Paquette from Triple-A Tacoma.
Philadelphia Phillies -- Signed P Bob LeGrow, P Bronson Heflin, P Len Manning, P Courtney Mitchell, P Stephen Paasch, P Brian Stumpf, C Sam Wampler, 1B Jeff Jensen, 2B Larry Huff, OF Luis Andino, OF Chad Kearney and OF Aaron Royster. Assigned Jensen, LeGrow, Paasch and Heflin to Single-A Batavia. Assigned Andino, Huff, Royster, Mitchell, Wampler, Manning, Stumpf and Kearney to Rookie League Martinsville.
Pittsburgh Pirates -- Sent IF Tony Womack to Triple-A Buffalo.
San Diego Padres -- Reassigned P Ryan Whitman from Double-A Wichita to Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. Reassigned P Adrian Hollinger from Rancho Cucamonga to Wichita.
Texas Rangers -- Signed OF Stephen Larkin.
Toronto Blue Jays -- Signed P Joseph Davenport, P William Hibbard, P Eric Horton, P David Mendoza, P Christopher Pettiet, P Mason Smith, P Randy Smith, P Michael Halperin, P Lester Henderson and 3B Jack Holley.
Basketball
Los Angeles Lakers -- Announced Bill Bertka, Larry Drew and Michael Cooper, assistant coaches, will return next season.
College
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference -- Added women's lacrosse as a championship sport.
Baylor -- Named Krista Sivertson assistant volleyball coach.
Cincinnati -- Named Joann Hassler rifle coach.
Jackson State -- Named John Shannon offensive coordinator and David Geralds linebackers coach.
Montana State -- Named Jerry Olson and Brad Huse men's assistant basketball coaches.
Navy -- Named Captain Perry Martini deputy director of athletics, Matt Helmer assistant ticket manager, Beth Sherry assistant sports information director and Paul Frey video coordinator.
Football
Detroit Lions -- Signed WR Anthony Carter and DB Jocelyn Borgella.
Green Bay Packers -- Signed DT Steve McMichael.
Kansas City Chiefs -- Released K Nick Lowery.
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) -- Signed DB Adrion Smith.