Friday's Sports Transactions

BASEBALL
National League

PITTSBURGH PIRATES_Agreed to terms with RHP Vic Black, INF Chase d'Arnaud, RHP Jeanmar Gomez, INF Josh Harrison, RHP Jared Hughes, RHP Phil Irwin, RHP Chris Leroux, LHP Jeff Locke, OF Starling Marte, RHP Vin Mazzaro, C Michael McKenry, RHP Kyle McPherson, RHP Mark Melancon, INF Jordy Mercer, RHP Bryan Morris, LHP Andy Oliver, RHP Stolmy Pimentel, OF Alex Presley, INF Clint Robinson, C Tony Sanchez, OF Jerry Sands, OF Travis Snider, RHP Hunter Strickland, LHP Tony Watson, RHP Duke Welker and LHP Justin Wilson to one-year contracts.

American Association

FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS_Signed LHP Joe Harris.

GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS_Signed RHP Ian Durham, LHP Carlos Rivas, INF Aljay Davis and RHP Matt McSwain.

GRAND PRAIRIE AIR HOGS_Signed INF Brandon Pinckney.

LINCOLN SALTDOGS_Acquired OF Stephen Douglas from Amarillo for a player to be named and cash.

ST. PAUL SAINTS_Signed RHP Wes Roemer.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES_Signed C Luis Alen.

BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association

MIAMI HEAT_Assigned F Jarvis Varnado to Sioux Falls (NBADL).

FOOTBALL
National Football League

ARIZONA CARDINALS_Released LB Stewart Bradley and CB William Gay.

ATLANTA FALCONS_Released RB Michael Turner, DE John Abraham and CB Dunta Robinson.

BUFFALO BILLS_Designated FS Jairus Byrd as their franchise player.

CINCINNATI BENGALS_Designated DE Michael Johnson as their franchise player.

CAROLINA PANTHERS_Released DT Ron Edwards.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS_Designated P Pat McAfee as their franchise player.

Canadian Football League

SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS_Acquired K Brody McKnight and a 2013 sixth-round draft pick from Edmonton for two 2013 fifth-round draft picks.

HOCKEY
National Hockey League

CAROLINA HURRICANES_Reassigned F Zac Dalpe to Charlotte (AHL).

DALLAS STARS_Announced F Tom Wandell cleared waivers and was assigned to Texas (AHL).

VANCOUVER CANUCKS_Claimed LW Tom Sestito off waivers from the Philadelphia. Reassigned F Andrew Ebbett to Chicago (AHL).

American Hockey League

GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS_Signed D Cody Lampl to a professional tryout.

HAMILTON BULLDOGS_Announced the team signed a three-year extension to its affiliation agreement with Montreal (NHL).

NORFOLK ADMIRALS_Announced D Nick Schaus and D Gabe Guentzel were assigned to Fort Wayne (ECHL).

SOCCER
Major League Soccer

MLS_Suspended D.C. United F Dwayne De Rosario for two games and fined him an undisclosed amount for violent conduct that endangered the safety of Philadelphia MF Danny Cruz, during a Feb. 23 preseason game.

HOUSTON DYNAMO_Signed F Brian Ching to serve as a player and assistant coach.

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION_Signed MF Gabe Latigue.

PHILADELPHIA UNION_Traded F Chandler Hoffman to the LA Galaxy for a conditional 2014 SuperDraft pick.

TORONTO FC_Signed F Robert Earnshaw, F Ashton Bennett, F Taylor Morgan and MF Jonathan Osorio.

COLLEGE

NCAA_Placed Saint Mary's (Calif.) on four years of probation for a "failure to monitor its men's basketball program." The program will have a reduction in scholarships from 13 to 11 for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons. Gaels coach Randy Bennett will be suspended for the first five West Coast Conference games next season.

ST. JOHN'S_Suspended sophomore basketball G D'Angelo Harrison for the rest of the season.