AP - Paul Pierce feared the worst when he heard a "pop" in his right knee in the first game of the NBA finals.

AP - Ana Ivanovic let out a girlish squeal and covered her face, delighted with what she had just achieved.

AP - Manny Ramirez homered, drove in five runs and got into a shouting match with a teammate as Boston beat Tampa Bay 7-1 Thursday night in a game that included a bench-clearing brawl between the Red Sox and Rays.

AP - A threat to hit 400? Chipper Jones is already there.

AP - Just like that, those familiar chants of "Beat L.A.," dormant for more than two decades, were silenced once again.

AFP - Ana Ivanovic tackles Dinara Safina in the French Open final on Saturday with the golden girl of Roland Garros determined to end the magical run of the tournament's comeback queen.

AFP - Ruud van Nistelrooy wants to star at Euro 2008 so he can erase the painful memory of a World Cup flop he blames on Manchester United.

AP - Oil up the Winged Wheel, it's time for another victory parade. Hockeytown is home to the Stanley Cup — again. For the fourth time in 11 seasons, the Detroit Red Wings are the Stanley Cup champions. They used experience and grit to knock out the young up-and-coming Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night with a 3-2 victory in Game 6 of the finals.

AP - Dinara Safina needs only one more win to join her older brother as a Grand Slam champion, and she'll try for it Saturday against Ana Ivanovic in the French Open final.