Pena wins Tampa Bay's first Gold Glove

Tampa Bay first baseman Carlos Peña of Haverhill raised the Rays' profile yesterday when he become the first player in franchise history to win the Gold Glove for fielding excellence. Texas shortstop Michael Young became the first infielder to win a Gold Glove from a team with the worst fielding percentage in the majors. Peña, Young, and Minnesota catcher Joe Mauer were first-time winners. Seattle third baseman Adrian Beltre won for the second straight year. Los Angeles's Torii Hunter and Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki each won for the eighth straight year and Cleveland's Grady Sizemore earned his second award. Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina, coming off his first 20-win season, added his seventh Gold Glove . . . Reliever Damaso Marte's $6 million option was declined by the Yankees, who will pay the lefthander a $250,000 buyout.

Matt Hasselbeck did not return to the practice field, casting some doubt over whether the Seahawks' indispensable quarterback will start next week against Arizona. Hasselbeck, who has a hyperextended right knee, worked out inside the training room . . . Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell didn't finish practice because of tendinitis in his right knee, but is expected to play Sunday against Carolina . . . Willie Parker is back on the Steelers' injury list after missing his second straight day of practice with a shoulder injury. Ben Roethlisberger, dealing with a slightly separated right shoulder and a left pinkie ligament injury, also didn't practice . . . Jets linebacker David Harris, New York's leading tackler, is out 2-3 weeks after having surgery on his injured groin, according to the Daily News and Star-Ledger of Newark . . . Jacksonville linebacker Mike Peterson was sent home again after a confrontation with coach Jack Del Rio and probably will be benched or suspended for Sunday's game against Detroit . . . Rams running back Steven Jackson is optimistic he'll play against the Jets, but interim coach Jim Haslett said if he can't practice today, he won't play Sunday.

Police in Texas are investigating a minor drug allegation made against former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf, who this week was placed on leave from his job as an assistant coach at West Texas A&M. Canyon police chief Bobby Griffin confirmed the allegation was that Leaf obtained a controlled substance by fraudulent means . . . Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said receiver and punt returner Ray Small was suspended for one game "to start with" and that he had handled the situation correctly, despite complaints from Small's father. Ken Small said it was clear his son is being treated unfairly by Tressel.

Venus Williams defeated her sister Serena, 5-7, 6-1, 6-0, in Doha, Qatar, to reach the semifinals of the WTA Tour's season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships. Venus won on her fifth match point and is 3-0 in round-robin play in a tournament that features the top eight players. Serena dropped to 1-1, but can still advance to the semifinals if she defeats Elena Dementieva today. Dementieva eliminated Dinara Safina, 6-2, 6-4. Top-ranked Jelena Jankovic beat Svetlana Kuznetsova, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4, to secure a semifinal spot.

Troy Matteson opened with an eagle, ran off three straight birdies at the turn, and had a career-low 9-under-par 63 for a one-shot lead in the Children's Miracle Network Classic at Disney, a PGA event in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. . . . Henrik Stenson shot a 7-under 65 for a one-shot lead after the first round of the HSBC Champions in Shanghai . . . Mayu Hattori and Miki Saiki shot 5-under 67s to share the first-round lead in the Mizuno Classic in Shima, Japan, an event sanctioned by the LPGA Tour and Japan LPGA . . . Julie Plank, a longtime college and WNBA assistant, was hired as the coach of the Washington Mystics . . . The University of Connecticut's Renee Montgomery, Tina Charles, and Maya Moore were among the top 30 preseason candidates for the Wooden Award All-America team . . . New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur will be out 3-4 months following surgery to repair his torn left biceps near the elbow . . . Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian, who dropped his bronze medal in protest at the Beijing Olympics, and his coach, Leo Myllari, were banned for two years for "scandalous behavior," the sport's governing body said from Geneva . . . G. Larry James, 61, who won gold and silver medals in track in the 1968 Olympics, died of cancer in Galloway Township, N.J.