AFP - Top seed Stanislas Wawrinka fired down 17 aces on his way to beating Argentine eighth seed Guillermo Canas 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) to reach the Gstaad Open semi-finals on Friday.
AP - The manager of a minor league baseball team in Kansas is under a four-game suspension for an on-field tirade with the home-plate umpire over a called strike. -- read full article
AFP - Australian 21-year-old playmaker Nathan Jawai signed a two-year contract Friday with the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association, the Canadian club announced.
AP - A federal judge has sided with the Washington Redskins in a lawsuit brought by American Indians who consider the team's name racially offensive. -- read full article
AP - Paula Creamer knew she was playing well. She was surprised just how well. Creamer birdied nine of the last 11 holes, including the final three, for a course-record 60 on the par-71 Highland Meadows layout Thursday. She held a five-stroke lead after the opening round of the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic.
AFP - Second-seeded Frenchman Fabrice Santoro advanced to the quarter-finals of the ATP Hall of Fame Tennis Championship with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 win over Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan.
AP - Teddy Dupay, who played on Florida's runner-up team in the 2000 NCAA basketball tournament, was charged with beating and raping a woman last month at a Utah ski resort.
AP - The NHL reached an agreement with a new Russian hockey league Thursday that temporarily ends the threat of players being lured away by big-money offers.
