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Moves

Baseball

CARDINALS: Agreed on one-year contracts with OF So Taguchi and P Mike Myers, who had been with Red Sox.

DEVIL RAYS: Agreed on one-year contract with 1B-DH Josh Phelps.

INDIANS: Agreed to terms with GM Mark Shapiro on two-year contract extension through 2007 and P Jason Bere on minor league contract.

NATIONALS: Agreed with C Brian Schneider on one-year contract.

PADRES: Signed OF Dave Roberts and OF Mark Sweeney, who had been with Rockies, to one-year contracts.

RED SOX: Agreed with P Matt Clement, who had been with Cubs, on three-year contract.

WHITE SOX: Agreed with P Orlando Hernandez, who had been with Yankees, on two-year contract.

YANKEES: Agreed with P Carl Pavano, who had been with Marlins, on four-year contract.

METS: Agreed with P Orber Moreno on minor league contract.

Basketball

CAVALIERS: Placed G Dajuan Wagner on injured list. Activated F-G Luke Jackson from injured list.

LAKERS: Placed C Vlade Divac on injured list. Activated F Brian Grant from injured list.

Colleges

AUBURN: Named Jay Jacobs athletic director.

ILLINOIS: Named Reggie Mitchell assistant football coach.

SOUTH CAROLINA: Named Tyrone Nix defensive coordinator.

SOUTHERN: Agreed with football coach Pete Richardson on three-year contract extension.

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI: Named Jay Johnson offensive coordinator and Jay Hopson defensive coordinator.

Football

BEARS: Placed LB Brian Urlacher on IR. Signed DE Alain Kashama from practice squad. Signed LB Carl Diggs to practice squad.

BENGALS: Signed FB Doug Easlick to practice squad.

BILLS: Signed Dante Brown from Browns practice squad. Placed C Jon Dorenbos on IR.

BRONCOS: Signed G Tim Stuber to active roster and WR Grant Mattos to practice squad.

BUCCANEERS: Signed DE Bryant McNeal. Placed S Jermaine Phillips on IR. Signed DB Kalvin Pearson to practice squad. Released DE Corey Smith from practice squad.

FALCONS: Placed FB Stanley Pritchett on IR. Signed FB George Layne.

49ERS: Placed DE Andre Carter on IR. Signed DE Corey Smith from Buccaneers practice squad.

PATRIOTS: Signed RB Rabih Abdullah and WR Kevin Kasper. Waived DB Omare Lowe and LB Justin Kurpeikis.

Tennis

ITF: Suspended Stefan Koubek three months for failing drug test at French Open.