AP - Rookie Jay Bruce had four hits — three of them off 300-game winner Tom Glavine — and scored on Chipper Jones' error in the 11th inning Friday night, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves.

Reuters - The Boston Celtics clinched their first NBA championship appearance since 1987 with a 89-81 win over the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals on Friday.

AP - Daisuke Matsuzaka was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday by the Boston Red Sox, who opted to take a cautious approach after an MRI exam revealed a mild strain of his right rotator cuff.

AP - Jim Edmonds and Mark DeRosa delivered key hits and the Chicago Cubs overcame an eight-run deficit, rallying past the Colorado Rockies 10-9 Friday for their fifth straight victory.

AP - Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun had some moments of fear, but never thought about retiring after being diagnosed for a second time with skin cancer.

AP - Oracene Price, mother and coach to Venus and Serena Williams, stood near the steps to the locker room at the end of a long, rough day at the French Open.

AP - The Boston Celtics got past an old nemesis to set up an NBA finals matchup with another rival — the Los Angeles Lakers.

AP - One LPGA Hall of Famer rose to the challenge at the Ginn Tribute. And, no, it wasn't the tournament's namesake host.

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.