NEW YORK - Todd Bertuzzi is back in the NHL. Steve Moore's return is not so certain.

Bertuzzi was reinstated by commissioner Gary Bettman 17 months after the Vancouver Canucks forward's blindside punch left Moore with a broken neck and a murky playing future.

Bertuzzi was suspended for the final 13 regular-season games of the 2003-04 season and the Stanley Cup playoffs. His banishment continued throughout last season's NHL lockout, which kept Bertuzzi from playing in the World Cup of Hockey last September and the past two world championships.

He also was barred from playing in any European league last season. Moore is still feeling effects of the hit and wasn't re-signed by the Avalanche.

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Ty Law agreed to a multiyear contract with the Jets, giving New York a Pro Bowl cornerback who helped the New England Patriots win three Super Bowls.The deal could be worth as much as $28.5 million for the first three years and as much as $50 million over seven years, agent Carl Poston said. The contract is laden with incentives - among them leading the Jets to the Super Bowl - and has options for both sides.The 31-year-old Law took a physical and worked out for the team. He is intent on showing the Jets he is completely healed from a serious foot injury.

LOS ANGELES - Gene Mauch, "the little general" who won 1,901 games as a manager but became infamous for historic losses, died. He was 79.Mauch died at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., after a long battle with cancer, the Los Angeles Angels said. He had lived in the desert resort area since retiring.A big league skipper for 26 years with California, Philadelphia, Montreal and Minnesota, Mauch was the National League manager of the year three times. He is sixth in baseball history with 3,938 games managed, and 11th on the career victories list.