AP - When Eric Shanteau touched the wall second at the U.S. Olympic trials, he was overcome by the joy of reaching a lifelong goal.

AP - Damion Easley provided some unlikely power with an eighth-inning home run that carried the New York Mets past the Colorado Rockies 2-1 on Friday night, their seventh straight win.

AP - The riders in the Tour de France begin their second week of the sport's showcase event Saturday, but Spanish veteran Manuel Beltran won't be among them as he remains in police custody after testing positive for the performance-enhancer EPO.

AP - The Green Bay Packers want to do the right thing in response to Brett Favre's latest round of flip-flopping on his future in football.

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.

AFP - Carlos Queiroz has given up his job as Sir Alex Ferguson's right-hand man at Manchester United to take charge of the Portuguese national team.

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 - Suspended NFL player Adam "Pacman" Jones appeared Thursday before a grand jury investigating a February 2007 strip club shooting.

AP - Olympic swimmer Eric Shanteau is heading to Beijing with a startling diagnosis: He has cancer.