BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
National League
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Signed manager Don Kelly to a contract extension.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Fired manager Bob Melvin.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Re-signed guard Gary Payton II to a contract. Signed G Will Richard to a contract.
LOS ANGELES LAKERS — Signed G Nick Smith Jr. to a two-way contract.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed RB Michael Carter to the active roster from the practice squad. Signed RB D’Ernest Johnson to the practice squad. Designate DL Bilal Nichols to return from the PUP list.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Acquired OT Cam Robinson and a 2027 seventh-round draft pick from the Houston Texans in exchange for a 2027 sixth-round draft pick.
HOUSTON TEXANS — Designated DL Denico Autry and S Jaylen Reed to return from injured reserve.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Designated TEs Taysom Hill and Foster Moreau to return from the PUP list.
TENNESSEE TITANS — Designated RB Tyjae Spears to return from injured reserve. Signed CB Alex Johnson and RB Blake Watson to the practice squad. Released RB Raheem Blackshear and OL Andrew Rupcich from the practice squad.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BUFFALO SABRES — Recalled D Vsevolod Komarov from Rochester (AHL). Assigned D Zac Jones and F Jake Leschyshyn to Rochester.
CAROLINA HURRICANES — Placed C Skyler Brind’Amour and D Ronan Seeley on waivers.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Assigned RW/C AJ Spellacy to Windsor (OHL). Assigned G Drew Commesso to Rockford (AHL).
MINNESOTA WILD — Assigned Fs Caedan Bankier and Rasmus Kumpulainen, D Carson Lambos and David Spacek and Gs Samuel Hlavaj and Riley Mercer to Iowa (AHL). Placed Fs Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Ben Jones and D Ben Gleason and Matt Kiersted on waivers. Released D Wyatt Newpower.
NEW YORK RANGERS — Placed C/W Justin Dowling on waivers.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Placed D Jimmy Schuldt, G Jiri Patera and LW MacKenzie MacEachern on waivers.
WINNIPEG JETS — Placed LW/RW Phillip Di Giuseppe and C/LW Mason Shaw on waivers.
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