AP - Two officials suspended by NASCAR are accused in a $225 million lawsuit of exposing themselves to a former co-worker, the Associated Press has learned.

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 - Rafael Nadal will swap the Wimbledon practice courts for a few days of golf with his friends back home in Spain as he tries to relax ahead of his latest bid for a first title at the All England Club.

AP - The Florida Panthers hired Peter DeBoer as their new coach Friday, giving him a multiyear deal on his 40th birthday. DeBoer — a highly touted junior coach from the Ontario Hockey League's Kitchener Rangers — also was courted by Ottawa and met with the Senators this week. DeBoer replaces his boss, Jacques Martin, who was stripped of his duties as head coach in April but remains with the team as general manager.

AFP - Italy coach Roberto Donadoni has hit out at Norwegian referee Tom Henning Ovrebo after a 1-1 draw with Romania left his side on the brink of elimination from Euro 2008.

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.