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PGA Tour

Augusta's Moore earns his first win

Vaughn Taylor and Charles Howell weren't the only Augustans who had good days in Monday's final round of the PGA Tour's Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Mass.

The caddie for winner Olin Browne was Augusta's Otis "Buck" Moore.

It was the first time that Moore, a former Augusta National Golf Club caddie who has worked numerous Masters Tournaments, has been on a winner's bag.

Moore is the father of former Connecticut basketball star Ricky Moore and former Clemson lineman Otis Moore.

Taylor, a former Augusta State University golfer who lives in Augusta, won $374,000 for finishing third, moving him from 43rd to 31st on the money list.

One of Taylor's goals this year is to qualify for his first Masters. The top 40 on the money list at the end of the season make the field for the 2006 Masters.

Howell, an Augusta native, tied for fourth place and won $216,562. He's 33rd on the money list. Howell has not qualified for the 2006 Masters either.

The top 50 in the World Golf Ranking also make the 2006 Masters. Howell's finish moved him from 53rd to 50th in the ranking. Taylor went from 88th to 73rd.

- The PGA European Tour has fined Sergio Garcia for kicking an advertising board during the third round of the European Masters last weekend.

Garcia kicked the sign Saturday after three-putting the 17th for a bogey. He won the tournament in Crans-Sur-Sierre, Switzerland, on Sunday.

The tour office said Tuesday that Garcia was notified of the fine by tournament director David Probyn. The tour declined to disclose the fine amount.

College Football

Gator Bowl group might help Sugar

The Gator Bowl Association has extended an invitation to the Sugar Bowl to hold its 2006 game at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., pending approval by the city of Jacksonville and provided it doesn't interfere with the operation of the 2006 Gator Bowl on Monday, Jan. 2.

The Sugar Bowl game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Jan. 2, but the game date could be moved because of Hurricane Katrina.

Gator Bowl volunteer chairman Mike Hartley said another possible option for the Sugar Bowl would be to use Louisiana State University's Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La.

Hockey

Devils' Stevens decides to retire

New Jersey Devils defenseman Scott Stevens announced his retirement after more than two decades in the NHL on Tuesday, saying a year off showed him that he could live without hockey.

"I think the game is more mental than physical. You have to be in tremendous shape, but you have to want to do it in your head," Stevens, 41, said. "At this point in my career I didn't think I could put the mental parts there every day, and that's a big part of playing this game."

Stevens, an unrestricted free agent, missed the final 44 games of the most recent NHL season, 2003-04, after sustaining a head injury against Pittsburgh on Jan. 7, 2004.

Soccer

Organization orders a replay of game

FIFA has ordered a replay of a World Cup playoff between Uzbekistan and Bahrain after ruling the referee made a mistake in the first leg, the Asian football organization said Tuesday.

FIFA said the error happened after the referee disallowed a penalty scored by Uzbekistan's Server Djeparov. Instead of ordering the penalty be retaken, he incorrectly ordered a free kick.

The penalty was disallowed because Uzbek player Timur Kapadze entered the 18-yard area before Djeparov took his shot.

The Uzbeks won Saturday's game 1-0 on an early goal scored by veteran captain Mirdjalal Kasymov.

FIFA wiped out the victory and canceled the second leg set for this week in Bahrain. The playoff has been rescheduled for Oct. 8 and Oct. 12.