AP - Darren McFadden and the Oakland Raiders entered contract talks with one major goal in mind: avoid a training camp holdout.

AP - Barry Bonds is headed to trial next March on federal charges of lying to a grand jury about his use of performance-enhancing drugs.

AP - Shane Victorino drove in the go-ahead run with a triple in the 10th, then threw out Gregor Blanco at the plate in the bottom of the inning as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3 on Friday night.

AP - A day after the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays tangled, Major League Baseball struck back: Eight suspensions totaling 38 games.

AP - As the points piled up and the light faded, it was tough to decide which scenario had seemed less likely at the outset of the French Open semifinals Friday:

AP - Happiness seems to be permanently plastered on the face of Lorie Kane, perhaps from those years as a synchronized swimmer in Canada when she emerged from the water with a full smile.

AFP - Top seed Roger Federer of Switzerland will play triple defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain in the French Open final on Sunday, the third straight year the pair have met for the title.

AP - North Carolina point guard Ty Lawson was charged Friday with driving after consuming alcohol following an early-morning traffic stop.

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.