AFP - Cristiano Ronaldo can stamp his mark on Euro 2008 in much the same way that Michel Platini and Zinedane Zidane bestrode the European championships of 1984 and 2000 and Diego Maradona at the 1986 World Cup.

AP - Late-night deliberations often stretched into the wee hours of the morning, until Tampa Bay settled on Tim Beckham as the No. 1 pick in the baseball draft.

AFP - Boston Celtics star Paul Pierce expects to play Sunday in the National Basketball Association Finals despite a sore right knee that he will not have examined until after the title series.

AP - Barry Bonds renewed his claims of innocence Friday, pleading not guilty to 15 federal charges of lying to a grand jury about his performance-enhancing drug use.

AP - Paul Pierce, whose dramatic return from a knee injury lifted Boston to a win in over Los Angeles in the opener of the NBA finals, said Friday there's a "great chance" he'll play in Game 2 on Sunday.

AP - Twice Roger Federer took an awkward spill Friday, leaving the regal champion sprawled on the clay that has tripped him up before.

AP - Even in grass up to her knees, Lorena Ochoa never panicked. Trying to become the fourth woman to win three straight majors, Ochoa wanted to get off to a strong start Thursday in the McDonald's LPGA Championship, and instead had nowhere to go in the rough left of the 13th fairway. She eventually had to walk 50 yards back to play her next shot and took double bogey.

AFP - Newly-crowned world No.1 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia will look to complete a perfect fortnight in Paris by winning her first Grand Slam title against Dinara Safina of Russia in Saturday's French Open final.

AP - From Bowman to Babcock, Yzerman to Lidstrom, the Detroit Red Wings have this Stanley Cup thing all figured out.

AFP - The phoney war is over and now the real one begins as the 16 Euro 2008 finalists can get down to the real business of who is the fairest or rather the best of them all in footballing terms on their continent.

AP - With the second-worst record in the NL, the San Diego Padres won't be picky about how they win.