AP - Brett Favre's next big test before taking the field for his Jets debut will be finding his way to the correct locker room.

AP - They stood beside their starting blocks, as close to a staredown as you'll ever see at the pool.

AP - Pure speed.

AP - With his back throbbing and his ribs aching, Tim Simpson managed to stay atop the leaderboard at the JELD-WEN Tradition Friday.

AFP - Nathalie Dechy outlasted Alexsandra Wozniak 7-6 (7/4), 7-5 on Friday to set up an all-French semi-final against compatriot Amelie Mauresmo at the Western and Southern Financial Group Open.

AFP - South Korea winger Park Ji-Sung has warned the Premier League that Manchester United are confident of improving on last season's double triumph.

AP - Cliff Lee became the AL's first 17-game winner by pitching his third complete game of the season, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.

AP - The Green Bay Packers' proposed $20 million marketing deal for Brett Favre included a merchandise line, autographs, personal appearances and even a blog, according to a report in The Sporting News' online newsletter Friday.

AP - The New York Yankees have fired two scouts under investigation in a probe of possible skimming from contracts with Latin American players, The Associated Press has learned.

AP - Brandon Webb struck out six in eight sharp innings, Chris Snyder drove in four runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks snapped Houston Astros' eight-game winning streak with a 12-2 victory Friday night.

AP - Daryle Ward hit a pinch-hit three-run homer in the ninth inning, and the Chicago Cubs rallied to beat the Florida Marlins 6-5 on Friday night for their ninth straight road victory.

AP - U.S. men's volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon rejoined his team Saturday after missing the team's first four games because of an attack on his in-laws at a popular tourist site in Beijing.

AP - His Olympics looking lost, Michael Phelps decided to flap those gangly arms one more time. Milorad Cavic, inches from spoiling it all, glided along just under the surface, convinced he had won gold. But it didn't matter who was fastest. Just first.

AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson has rejected John Terry's claim that Manchester United will struggle to reproduce the form that delivered a Premier League and Champions League double last season.