Tiger wins second celeb stock car race

It was driving, but not the kind Tiger Woods is renowned for.

Woods won the second of two celebrity stock car races Monday on a dirt track in Huntly, New Zealand.

Woods, in New Zealand for his caddie Steve Williams’ wedding, was a designated “blocker” in the first race, which also included several full-time V-8 circuit drivers. He started on the outside of the first row.

His job was to prevent other cars from passing and reaching front- runners on his team, and Woods received no placing in the 12-lap race.

In the second race, he started at the back of the field, but worked his way up through the grid to win. He hit the wall on the third lap, but remained in the race.

Woods said he expected to be involved in crashes but added his insurance was “taken care of.”

•The Shell Houston Open will move to the weekend before The Masters next year, a change organizers hope will lure a more star-studded field.

The Houston Open was often played the week before the Masters in the late 1980s and early ‘90s.

Basketball

Doherty going to SMU

Florida Atlantic men’s coach Matt Doherty has accepted an offer to become the coach at SMU, according to published reports.

The Dallas Morning News reported on its Web site Monday that Doherty met with SMU president Gerald Turner on Sunday and accepted the offer, according to university sources. The newspaper also said Doherty will meet with SMU’s search committee and, if approved, would be introduced no later than today.

Doherty led the Owls to a 15-13 record this season.

•George Washington junior guards Danilo Pinnock and Carl Elliott entered the NBA draft Monday, but neither hired an agent so they can return to school.

Underclassmen have until Saturday to declare for the June 28 draft and can withdraw their names as late as June 18.

•Bradley sophomore Patrick O’Bryant has entered his name in the NBA draft but hasn’t hired an agent, leaving open a possible return to school.

•Texas junior P.J. Tucker, the Big 12 player of the year, is expected to submit his name for the NBA draft but won’t hire an agent so he can keep his college eligibility.

•Michigan State junior Shannon Brown will enter the NBA draft but hasn’t hired an agent, leaving open the possibility of returning to college.

Hockey

Stavro dies at 78

Steve Stavro, the Canadian grocery store magnate whose sports holdings once included the Toronto Maple Leafs, has died of a heart attack. He was 78.

Despite his high-profile role in the sports and business world, Stavro stayed out of the spotlight.

“He wasn’t a newshound,” George Gross, Toronto Sun corporate sports editor and a close friend, said. “He was a very charitable man. There wasn’t a charity he didn’t help out.”

In addition to hockey, Stavro was a supporter of soccer and was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame as a builder of the sport in 2005.

Soccer

FIFA code sub par

FIFA’s doping rules fail to fully comply with the World Anti-Doping Code, world sport’s highest court said.

Despite the ruling, the soccer federation is not required by Swiss law to amend its policy.

“The FIFA code is not in full compliance with the WADC,” a Court of Arbitration for Sport panel said.

The decision is not binding, but merely an opinion on the long-standing dispute between FIFA and WADA.

Any sport not conforming to WADA’s code risks being omitted from the Olympics. In November, both sides asked CAS to give an advisory opinion on the dispute.