Reuters - Promising prospect Joba Chamberlain delivered a solid performance from the mound in his first major league road start on Friday, helping the New York Yankees to a 2-1 win over the Houston Astros.

AP - LeBron James will be the only Cleveland Cavaliers player going to China this summer. The Cavaliers have declined permission for center Zydrunas Ilgauskas to play for Lithuania in the Olympics.

AP - The Boston Celtics bench has been a reliable contributor during the NBA finals, so far. And it's about to get even more important.

AP - Former Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry has been suspended indefinitely by the NFL.

AP - Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Pat Burrell hit consecutive home runs in the first inning, and the Phillies were just getting warmed up in a 20-2 rout of the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.

AP - Instant replay might be coming to Major League Baseball in an instant. Moving faster than expected and coming after a rash of blown calls, baseball wants to put replay into effect by August for home run disputes in hopes of fine-tuning the system by the playoffs.

AP - There was no limping into the weekend for Tiger Woods. In fact, he put on a near record-setting display at the U.S. Open that may have left the rest of the field feeling hobbled.

AFP - World number one Roger Federer is in Saturday's semi-finals of the Halle ATP tournament after racking up his 57th straight win on grass against 2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis.

AFP - Bern was awash with Dutch fans on Friday ahead of Holland's Group C clash with France at the Stade de Suisse.

AP - Journeyman Kevin Streelman's stay atop the U.S.