AP - The Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings won't have to wait until the Stanley Cup finals to play next season.

AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson will quit as Manchester United manager within three years, he told The Mail on Sunday newspaper.

AP - Rookie Joey Votto hit his 10th homer, a three-run shot, and finished with four RBIs to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-2 win over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night.

AFP - The Boston Celtics finally found a way to win on the road in the National Basketball Association playoffs Saturday, posting an emphatic 94-80 victory over the Detroit Pistons.

AP - Joe Gibbs Racing's hold on the Nationwide Series finally has been snapped — by one of its drivers. JGR superstar Kyle Busch drove a Toyota fielded by Braun Racing to victory Saturday night at Lowe's Motor Speedway, snapping a six-race winning streak for Gibbs' cars in the Nationwide Series.

AP - Magglio Ordonez homered twice and drove in six runs to help the Detroit Tigers rout the Minnesota Twins 19-3 on Saturday night.

AP - The frustration was evident on Phil Mickelson's face during a slow start in the third round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational.

AP - Kevin Garnett led the Boston Celtics to their first win on the road in the playoffs. He had plenty of help. Garnett scored 22 points and was one of six players to make the Celtics' first six baskets, helping them build the first of many big leads en route to a 94-80 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night and a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference finals.

AP - It's no surprise the Detroit Red Wings have a Swede to thank for a prime-time performance, but Mikael Samuelsson? The demoted forward busted out of a slump with two goals, and Chris Osgood stifled the Pittsburgh Penguins' young and talented stable of forwards with 19 saves to lift the Red Wings to a 4-0 victory in the opening game of the Stanley Cup finals on Saturday night.

AFP - Justine Henin insisted on Saturday that she will never regret dropping her retirement bombshell despite her decision ruling out a shot at a fifth French Open title.

AP - Red Wings forward Johan Franzen practiced for over an hour Friday with his teammates, but hasn't been cleared by doctors to return to game action following concussion-like symptoms.

AFP - Avram Grant was sacked as manager of Chelsea on Saturday after less than one season in charge and in the immediate aftermath of the club's heartbreaking Champions League final defeat.

AP - The Los Angeles Lakers have the San Antonio Spurs just where they want them. Or is it the other way around?

AP - Never, ever count Paul Hamm out. Not when he appears to be out of the running for an Olympic medal, not when he's taken 2 1/2 years off.

AP - Justine Henin is certain that she's done playing tennis.