BASEBALL
American League
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Named Billy Eppler general manager.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Promoted Billy Beane to executive vice president of baseball operations and David Forst to general manager.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Fired pitching coach Mike Harkey.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Announced the contracts of first base coach Mike Guerrero, pitching coach Rick Kranitz, bench coach Jerry Narron, outfield coach John Shelby and bullpen coach Lee Tunnell will not be renewed.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Fired manager Matt Williams, bench coach Randy Knorr, pitching coach Steve McCatty, hitting coach Rick Schu, third base coach Bobby Henley, first base coach Tony Tarasco, bullpen coach Matt LeCroy and defensive coordinator/advance coach Mark Weidemaier.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed OL Ronald Patrick to the practice squad. Released OL Andrew McDonald from the practice squad.
DALLAS COWBOYS — Waived LB Keith Smith and DT Ken Bishop.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Released QB Josh Johnson. Signed CB Shaun Prater.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Placed G Brandon Linder on injured reserve.
MIAMI DOLPHINS — Fired coach Joe Philbin. Named Dan Campbell interim coach.
NEW YORK JETS — Signed WR Kenbrell Thompkins to the practice squad. Released WR-KR Walter Powell from the practice squad.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed DE Frank Kearse. Waived LB Terrance Plummer. Signed WR Issac Blakeney and LB Lynden Trail to the practice squad. Released LB Sage Harold from the practice squad.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NHL — Suspended San Jose F Raffi Torres 41 games for interference and an illegal check to the head against Anaheim F Jakob Silfverberg during an Oct. 3 preseason game at Anaheim. Placed Montreal F Zack Kassian in Stage Two of the Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health Program (SABH) of the NHL and NHLPA.
NHLPA — Defenseman Mike Weaver announced his retirement.
ANAHEIM DUCKS — Assigned G John Gibson, F Chris Mueller, D Korbinian Holzer, LW Nick Ritchie and D Joe Piskula to San Diego (AHL). Placed F Nate Thompson and Kenton Helgesen on injured reserve.
ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned G Louis Domingue and LW Matthias Plachta to Springfield (AHL) and D James Melindy and LW Dan O’Donoghue to Rapid City (ECHL). Released RW Daniel Barczuk, C Cody Ferriero, D Jordan Heywood and RW Kale Kerbashian from their tryout agreements.
BOSTON BRUINS — Waived F Max Talbot.
CALGARY FLAMES — Waived LW Mason Raymond.
CAROLINA PANTHERS — Assigned F Lawson Crouse to Kingston (OHL).
COLORADO AVALANCHE — Released F Curtis Glencross from his professional tryout contract.
DALLAS STARS — Loaned F Curtis McKenzie to Texas (AHL).
DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned F Mitch Callahan, F Andy Miele and D Brian Lashoff to Grand Rapids (AHL). Placed D Jakub Kindl on seven-day injured reserve, retroactive to Sept. 29.
EDMONTON OILERS — Assigned F Leon Draisaitl to Bakersfield (AHL).
LOS ANGELES KINGS — Assigned LW Michael Mersch to Ontario (AHL).
MONTREAL CANADIENS — Assigned Fs Charles Hudon and Sven Andrighetto to St. John’s (AHL). Waived G Dustin Tokarski and D Mark Barberio.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Waived D Andrew McDonald.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Waived D Tim Erixon.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Signed G Ken Appleby to a three-year, entry-level contract.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Waived D Andrew MacDonald.
SAN JOSE SHARKS — Assigned D Mirco Mueller, F Nikolay Goldobin and C Melker Karlsson to San Jose (AHL).
ST. LOUIS BLUES — Signed F Scottie Upshall to a one-year contract. Assigned F Magnus Paajarvi, F Ty Rattie, D Chris Butler and D Petteri Lindbohm to Chicago (AHL).
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Waived D T.J. Brennan, D Andrew Campbell, C Sam Carrick, RW Matt Frattin and C Byron Froese.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Waived F Linden Vey, D Frank Corrado and D Alex Biega.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Signed C Tim McGauley to a three-year, entry-level contract and assigned him to Brandon (WHL). Released C Derek Roy, G Justin Peters, D Aaron Ness, D Ryan Stanton, C Liam O’Brien and C Chandler Stephenson.
WINNIPEG JETS — Waived D Jay Harrison.
American Hockey League
AHL — Suspended Stockton C Mitchell Heard two games for a boarding incident during an Oct. 1 preseason game at San Jose. Suspended Hershey D Bobby Shea one game for an altercation during an Oct. 1 preseason game against Albany. Suspended Grand Rapids RW Joel Rechlicz for three games for a charging incident during an Oct. 2 preseason game against Lake Erie. Suspended Iowa F Kurtis Gabriel three games for his actions during an Oct. 3 preseason game against Manitoba.
GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS — Assigned F Alden Hirschfeld, F Dominic Zombo, D Derek Docken and D Steve Spinell to Toledo (ECHL). Released Fs Kurt Etchegary, Jean-Paul LaFontaine, Evan Rankin, Josh Shalla, Tyler Sikura and Austin Wuthrich and D Ralfs Freibergs, Jared Nightingale and Andrew Prochno from their tryout agreements.
HAMILTON BULLDOGS — Acquired F Mason Marchment and a 2016 fourth-round OHL Priority selection for a 2016 third- and ninth-round OHL Priority selections.
HARTFORD WOLF PACK — Reassigned F Michael Kantor to Greenville (ECHL). Loaned D Kodie Curran to Greenville. Released F Alex Krushelnyski from his tryout agreement and returned him to Utah (ECHL). Released D Brett Bellemore.
ONTARIO REIGN — Assigned F Maxim Kitsyn and D Alex Roach to Manchester (ECHL). Released F Matt White, F Derek Arnold, F Riley Armstrong and D Garrett Haar from their tryout agreements.
SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Reassigned D Justin Hamonic, RW Garrett Meurs, C Brett Perlini, LW Trevor Cheek and RW Alex Belzile to Fort Wayne (ECHL).
STOCKTON HEAT — Assigned F Michael Kirkpatrick to Adirondack (ECHL).
ECHL
READING ROYALS — Announced Fs Kevin Goumas and Derek Mathers and Gs Connor Knapp and Martin Ouellette were loaned to the team by Lehigh Valley (AHL). Announced Fs Kevin Sundher and D Jordan Heywood were returned to the team after being released from AHL training camp.
SOCCER
Federation Internationale de Football Association
FIFA — Sanctioned the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) after serious crowd disturbances led to the abandonment of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia qualifying match between Malaysia and Saudi Arabia on Sept. 8. Malaysia was fined $41,000 and will play the Nov. 17 game against United Arab Emirates without spectators.
TENNIS
Women’s Tennis Association
WTA — Named Steven Simon CEO.
COLLEGE
BROWN — Named Jim Hayes assistant gymnastics coach.
DENVER — Signed lacrosse coach Bill Tierney to a five-year contract extension through 2022.
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON — Named Justin McKay assistant baseball staff.
NYU — Named Conor Smith men’s assistant basketball coach.
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