AP - The Boston Celtics simply watched film and talked about adjustments the day after losing at home for the first time in the playoffs.

AP - On a seesaw day, Dina Ammaccapane liked what she saw when it was over. Ammaccapane, who had six birdies and three bogeys, shot her second straight 69 on Friday to gain a one-stroke lead after the second-round of the LPGA Corning Classic.

AFP - Maria Sharapova hopes to battle through a wearying summer and still be in peak condition when she makes her Olympics debut in Beijing.

AP - Sid the Kid is set to take on Hockeytown.

AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson has given a tongue-in-cheek hint that assistant coach Carlos Queiroz could one day succeed him as manager of Manchester United, two days after winning the Champions League title.

AP - Joe Saunders took a shutout into the ninth inning, Torii Hunter homered and the Los Angeles Angels hung on to beat the White Sox 3-1 Friday night, snapping Chicago's eight-game winning streak.

AP - The Los Angeles Lakers have the San Antonio Spurs just where they want them.

AP - Suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones paid $20,000 to a Las Vegas casino Friday to settle a criminal bad check case.

AP - Doug Davis had reason to relax even before making the first pitch of his return from cancer surgery.

AP - Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit his first career grand slam to help the Texas Rangers beat Cleveland 13-9 Friday night as the Indians lost their seventh in a row and pitcher Fausto Carmona to injury.

AP - Barry Zito earned his first win of the season after eight straight losses, pitching the San Francisco Giants past the Florida Marlins 8-2 Friday night.

AP - Tiger Woods decided Friday not to play in the Memorial as he recovers from knee surgery, meaning he likely will go to the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines without having played a tournament in two months.

AP - There would be no blown lead in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals. Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers saw to that. Bryant scored 22 points, Lamar Odom added 20 points and 12 rebounds, and the Lakers took command late in the second quarter to rout San Antonio 101-71 Friday night for a 2-0 lead over the Spurs.

AP - Nothing slowed Erica Blasberg, not even all the layers she was wearing at the start of the LPGA Corning Classic. Blasberg shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday, a raw day more like early March than late May, to take a two-shot lead over Na On Min of South Korea and Karine Icher of France after the first round.

AP - The Pittsburgh Penguins' formula in the Stanley Cup playoffs has been strikingly simple: Open at home, get two quick victories, then never give the opponent an opening to get back into a series that ends very quickly.