AP - Not even a week of rest could prepare the Detroit Pistons for the hottest home team in the NBA. Kevin Garnett had 26 points and nine rebounds and Paul Pierce scored 22 points Tuesday night to lead Boston to an 88-79 victory in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, the Celtics' 15th straight home win.

AP - Tiger Woods intends to play in the Buick Open and will host a golf clinic at Comerica Park in Detroit on June 24, two days before the tournament begins. Buick golf marketing manager Larry Peck announced Woods' participation during a news conference Monday.

AFP - Forty-five tennis matches played in the last five years are under investigation as part of a major inquiry into betting in the sport, it was revealed on Monday.

AP - Even with blood caked on his red beard and his lower lip badly swollen, Kris Draper was still smiling.

AFP - Cristiano Ronaldo will not be allowed to leave Manchester United at any price according to the club's chief executive David Gill.

AP - Geovany Soto's first inside-the-park home run will be one that he won't forget.

AP - Tony Parker swished a crucial jumper with 50 seconds on the clock. Manu Ginobili followed with four key free throws, essentially booking the San Antonio Spurs a date in the Western Conference finals.

AP - Less than a month after the NFL reinstated Odell Thurman from his two-year suspension, the troubled linebacker is out of a job.

AP - Dominant in the regular season, superb again in the postseason, the Detroit Red Wings are headed back to the Stanley Cup finals. With gusto, too.

AP - Jon Lester has survived cancer and pitched a World Series clincher for the Boston Red Sox. Now he can add a no-hitter to his already amazing list of accomplishments.

AP - A title defense endures for the playoff-savvy San Antonio Spurs. Manu Ginobili scored 26 points, hitting four free throws in the final minute, sending the Spurs to the Western Conference finals with a 91-82 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Monday night in Game 7 of their second-round series.

AP - Ryuji Imada claimed his first PGA Tour victory by taking advantage of someone else's misfortune.

AFP - Australia's Lleyton Hewitt will head to Paris for the French Open, hopeful that a hip injury will not stop him playing in the event, he said on Monday.