Newsmakers

Signed Free-agent wide receiver Bobby Engram has signed with the Cleveland Browns. The 37-year-old Engram had five receptions for 61 yards in five games last season with the Kansas City Chiefs. His most productive season came with the Seattle Seahawks in 2007, when he had 94 catches for 1,147 yards and six touchdowns.

Re-signed Right wing Eric Fehr has signed a $4.4 million, two-year contract to stay with the Washington Capitals. The 24-year-old Fehr set career highs with 21 goals and 18 assists last season for the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Capitals, despite averaging a little more than 12 minutes of ice time. He also scored three goals in the playoffs.

Retired Linebacker Antonio Pierce has retired from the NFL after nine seasons and is joining ESPN as and NFL analyst. Pierce spent the past five seasons with the New York Giants and was released by the team in February. He was the Giants’ defensive captain and helped team defeat the New England Patriots in the 2008 Super Bowl.

• Former Vancouver Canucks captain Markus Naslund will have his number retired by the club. During his 15-year career, Naslund wore the uniforms of three clubs, but the team that had the most impact on his life was the Canucks. Naslund’s No. 19 will be hoisted to the rafters at Rogers Arena on Dec. 11 when Vancouver plays the Tampa Bay Lightning. Naslund will join Trevor Linden and Stan Smyl as the only Canucks to have their jerseys retired.

Replacing Defending Indy Lights champion J.R. Hildebrand will be the latest driver to fill in for Mike Conway at Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. The 22-year-old driver from Sausalito, Calif., will drive Conway’s No. 24 car at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Aug. 8 and again at his hometown track, Infineon Raceway, on Aug. 22.

Died England’s Robert Millward, a longtime Associated Press sports writer whose passion for soccer and love of life endeared him to colleagues and competitors alike, died Thursday in South Africa. He was 58. Millward died apparently of natural causes in Johannesburg. He had just returned from Cape Town, where he covered the Netherlands-Uruguay semifinal in his seventh World Cup. He was found in his hotel room, and an emergency medical team was unable to revive him.