AFP - Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic stayed on course for a French Open semi-final showdown on Friday while Maria Sharapova survived a scare and Serena Williams crashed to her worst performance here since 1999.

AP - Luc Bourdon, a promising rookie defenseman with the Vancouver Canucks, was killed Thursday when his motorcycle struck a tractor-trailer in a crash near his hometown. He was 21.

AP - David Wright hit two more home runs off Brad Penny and the newly inspired New York Mets dampened Joe Torre's return home, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-4 Thursday night.

AP - Doug Collins talked with the Chicago Bulls about returning to the team as coach, but said Thursday there is no agreement.

AP - Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers dispatched the defending champions, and now they're headed to the NBA finals for the first time in four years.

AP - For Serena Williams, missed chances came in a flurry. She shanked overheads, hit wild volleys and squandered six break points Friday at the French Open. The result: a stunning third-round loss to Katarina Srebotnik, 6-4, 6-4.

AP - Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun is being treated for a second bout of skin cancer but expects to be on the bench this fall for his 22nd season with the Huskies.

AP - Flip Saunders doesn't sound like a coach worried about his future.

AP - Jack Nicklaus always envisioned the Memorial as a northern version of the Masters, from the superb course conditions to super slick greens, from caddies wearing white coveralls to grounds so immaculate that nary a cigarette butt is to be found.

AFP - Triple champion Rafael Nadal and the man whose ambitions he has thwarted each time in winning those titles, Roger Federer, both made smooth progress into the third round at the French Open on Thursday.

AP - The Detroit Red Wings are talking and acting like a team with a hammerlock 3-0 grip of a lead in the Stanley Cup finals against Pittsburgh, rather than the more precarious 2-1 advantage they own going into Game 4.

AFP - Sepp Blatter is convinced Europe will come on board and agree with his foreign player quota for club teams after an overwhelming endorsement by the FIFA Congress Friday.

AP - Joe Torre had a few feel-good moments in his managerial return to New York. There was, after all, that nice smattering of applause when he made a pitching change in the seventh inning.