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January 5, 2008
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BASEBALL
PADRES–Named Bill Masse manager of San Antonio (Texas), Shane Spencer hitting coach of Lake Elsinore (Cal) and Darrell Sherman hitting coach of Eugene (NWL).
BOSTON RED SOX (AL)–Agreed to terms with LHP Jon Switzer and LHP Michael Tejera on minor league contracts and assigned them to Pawtucket (IL). Sold the contract of RHP Scott Atchison to Hanshin (Japan).
CINCINNATI REDS (NL)–Claimed OF Jeff Fiorentino off waivers from Baltimore. Agreed to terms with RHP Jim Brower, INF Jolbert Cabrera, INF Andy Green, LHP Adam Pettyjohn and INF Andy Phillips on minor league contracts.
FLORIDA MARLINS (NL)–Agreed to terms with INF Chris Barnwell, INF Tagg Bozied, INF Jorge Cantu, INF Rex Rundgren, INF Jason Wood, OF John Gall, OF Alexis Gomez, OF Jorge Piedra, C Paul Hoover; RHP Tim Corcoran, RHP Marcus Gwyn, RHP Bobby Keppel, RHP Joe Nelson and RHP Doug Waechter on minor league contracts.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS (AL)–Agreed to terms with RHP Hideo Nomo on a minor league contract.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (NL)–Agreed to terms with INF Aaron Miles on a one-year contract.
TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS (AL)–Agreed to terms with INF Andy Cannizaro and OF John Rodriguez on minor league contracts.
BASKETBALL
NBA–Suspended New York F Zach Randolph one game without pay for throwing his headband and hitting an official in a Jan. 2 game.
INDIANA FEVER (WNBA)–Named Gary Kloppenburg assistant coach.
BAKERSFIELD JAM (NBADL)–Named Tracy Murray assistant coach.
LOS ANGELES D-FENDERS (NBADL)– Acquired C Jelani McCoy from NBADL player pool.
FOOTBALL (NFL)
GREEN BAY PACKERS–Signed G Ryan Keenan to the practice squad.
HOCKEY (NHL)
CAROLINA HURRICANES–Assigned G John Grahame to Albany (AHL).
DALLAS STARS–Assigned LW Chris Conner to Iowa (AHL).
SOCCER (MLS)
FC DALLAS–Promoted Damon Boettcher to executive vice president of operations.
COLLEGE
ARKANSAS–Named Mike Summers offensive line coach and Reggie Johnson linebackers coach.
DUKE–Named Kurt Roper offensive coordinator, Ron Middleton associate head coach, Matt Luke offensive line coach and run game coordinator, Derek Jones defensive backs coach, Zac Roper recruiting coordinator and running backs coach, Jim Collins linebackers coach and Scottie Montgomery receivers coach.
EASTERN WASHINGTON–Named Beau Baldwin football coach.
HAWAII–Annouced WR Davone Bess will skip his senior season and enter the NFL draft.
MARIETTA–Named Larry Hiser athletic director.
MISSISSIPPI STATE–Promoted Charlie Harbison to defensive coordinator.
NAVY–Announced Justin Davis, outside linebackers coach, will become defensive line coach. Named Tony Grantham outside linebackers coach and Ashley Ingram offensive line coach.
NORTH DAKOTA–Named Chris Mussman football coach.
NORTH TEXAS–Fired Ron Mendoza, defensive coordinator.
TEXAS–Named Will Muschamp defensive coordinator.
TEXAS A&M–Named Reggie Herring defensive coordinator.
TROY–Promoted Neal Brown to offensive coordinator.
UNLV–Announced sophomore F Lamar Roberson is leaving men's basketball team.
WASHINGTON STATE–Named Chris Ball assistant football coach.
Golf
PGA $5.5 MILLION MERCEDES
At Kapalua, Hawaii
(7,411-yards, par-73)
Second Round
Mike Weir 71-67–138 -8
Stephen Ames 72-67–139 -7
Jonathan Byrd 70-69–139 -7
Brandt Snedeker 71-69–140 -6
Nick Watney 68-72–140 -6
Mark Calcavecchia 75-66–141 -5
Justin Leonard 73-68–141 -5
Aaron Baddeley 70-71–141 -5
Angel Cabrera 70-71–141 -5
Daniel Chopra 69-72–141 -5
Steve Stricker 73-69–142 -4
Steve Flesch 72-70–142 -4
Zach Johnson 76-67–143 -3
Chad Campbell 75-68–143 -3
Scott Verplank 73-70–143 -3
George McNeill 74-69–143 -3
Charles Howell III 74-70–144 -2
Vijay Singh 74-70–144 -2
Jim Furyk 74-70–144 -2
Hunter Mahan 73-72–145 -1
Brian Bateman 76-70–146 E
Fred Funk 75-71–146 E
Mark Wilson 74-72–146 E
Rory Sabbatini 72-74–146 E
Charley Hoffman 75-72–147 +1
Woody Austin 73-74–147 +1
Joe Ogilvie 75-73–148 +2
Henrik Stenson 76-75–151 +5
Paul Goydos 81-73–154 +8
K.J. Choi 79-75–154 +8
Boo Weekley 80-74–154 +8
Winter Sports
WORLD CUP CROSS COUNTRY SKI
At Asiago, Italy
Men's 1.2-kilometer sprint
Top finishers: 1, Petter Northug, Norway. 2, Nikolay Chebotko, Kazakhstan. 3, Tor Arne Hetland, Norway. 4, Cristian Zorzi, Italy.
Standings (after 6 events): 1, Lukas Bauer, Czech Republic, 2 hours, 4 minutes, 42.0 seconds. 2, Tord Asle Gjerdalen, Norway, 1 minute, 17.1 seconds behind. 3, Pietro Piller Cottrer, Italy, 1:45.2.
Women's 1.2-kilometer sprint
Top finishers: 1, Charlotte Kalla, Sweden. 2, Natalia Korosteleva, Russia. 3, Justyna Kowalczyk, Poland.
Standings (After 6): 1, Virpi Kuitunen, Finland, 1 hour, 34 minutes, 41.3 seconds. 2, Charlotte Kalla, Sweden, 0.2 seconds behind. 3, Justyna Kowalczyk, Poland, 23.7.
WORLD CUP BIATHLON
At Oberhof, Germany
Men's 4x7.5K Relay
1, Norway (Emil Hegle Svendsen, Alexander Os, Halvard Hanevold, Ole Einar Bjorndalen), 1 hour, 21 minutes, 40.0 seconds (0 penalty rounds, 15 misses).
2, Russia, 3.4 seconds back (1 and 11). 3, Germany, 48.6 (2 and 12). 4, Sweden, 1:38.2 (1 and 11). 5, France, 1:51.4 (0 and 7). 6, Belarus, 3:37.4 (2 and 15).
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