BASEBALL American League NEW YORK YANKEES - Reinstated C Francisco Cervelli from the restricted list and returned him to the 60-day DL.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS - Announced the resignation of assistant general manager Jay Sartori, effective next month.
National League SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS - Agreed to terms with OF Hunter Pence on a five-year contract.
BASKETBALL NBA MIAMI HEAT - Promoted Andy Elisburg to senior vice president of basketball operations and general manager; Adam Simon to assistant general manager and general manager of Sioux Falls (NBDL); Dan Craig to assistant coach for player development; Chad Kammerer to director of NBA scouting and advance scout; and Keith Askins to director of college and pro scouting. Named Juwan Howard assistant coach for player development; Rich Fernando executive assistant to the coaches; Eric Glass video coordinator; and Tim Hardaway scout.
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS - Signed C Solomon Alabi and F Nayal Koshwal.
FOOTBALL NFL JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS - Signed WR Jeremy Ebert and WR Tobais Palmer from the practice squad. Waived G Jacques McClendon and QB Ricky Stanzi.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS - Signed S Kanorris Davis from the practice squad.
HOCKEY NHL NHL - Reduced Phoenix F Paul Bissonnette’s suspension from 10 games to three (3) games for his conduct in leaving his team’s bench to join an altercation duringa preseason game on September 15, 2013.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS - Recalled G Antti Raanta from Rockford (AHL).
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS - Assigned Fs Michael Chaput, Ryan Craig and Jack Skille; D Cody Goloubef, Ilari Melart and Will Weber; and Gs Mike McKenna and Jeremy Smith to Springfield (AHL).
DALLAS STARS - Assigned D Jyrki Jokipakka, D Patrik Nemeth, D Jamie Oleksiak, RW Brett Ritchie, RW Austin Smith, D Maxime Fortunus and RW Matej Stransky to Texas (AHL).
DETROIT RED WINGS - Agreed to terms with G Jake Paterson on a three-year entry-level contract.
FLORIDA PANTHERS - Acquired RW Krys Barch and a 2015 seventh-round draft pick from New Jersey for C Scott Timmins and a 2014 sixth-round draft pick. Loaned F Bobby Butler to San Antonio (AHL).
NEW YORK ISLANDERS - Agreed to terms with F Ryan Pulock on a three-year entry-level contract. Loaned F Jason Clark, D Marc Cantin and D Andrey Pedan to Bridgeport (AHL). Released F Greg Miller, D Mike Dalhuisen, D Mike Keenan and D Dallas Jackson from their tryout contracts.
PHOENIX COYOTES - Assigned LW Max Domi to London (OHL).
American Hockey League BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS - Assigned D Mathieu Coderre-Gagnon, D Nathan Deck, D Sean Escobedo, F Ryan Hayes, F Nick Larson, G Parker Milner, D Shawn Mortin-Boutin, D Landon Olslanski and F Ben Rosen to Stockton (AHL). Signed F Brayden Irwin and F Sean Wiles to training camp tryout agreements.
HAMILTON BULLDOGS - Released Fs Andre Morrissette, Trevor Bruess, David Laliberte and Chad Wiseman; and D Pierre Durepos and Matt Lashoffsix. Assigned G Peter Delmas to Orlando (ECHL).
SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE - Reassigned F Philippe Lefebvre to Cincinnati (ECHL).
COLLEGE ARIZONA - Announced men’s assistant basketball coach Emanuel Richardson is taking a leave of absence.
Sports, Pages 27 on 09/29/2013