AFP - Jelena Jankovic and Serena Williams meet in the US Open final with the added incentive of the WTA's world number one ranking on the line along with the final Grand Slam title of 2008.

AP - As president of Vanderbilt University and four other prominent schools before that, Gordon Gee perceived an unhappy trend: Student-athletes were drifting away from the core of university life. They lived, ate and studied in a jock bubble.

AFP - Scotland crashed to a 1-0 defeat in their opening World Cup Group Nine qualifying game against Macedonia here on Saturday where temperatures hit a sizzling 35 degrees.

AP - Throwing a diving curveball that had the Yankees flailing foolishly all night long, Brandon Morrow pitched about as well in his first major league start as anyone in baseball history.

AP - As the losses piled up and the titles escaped him, Roger Federer insisted he felt fine, he wasn't washed up and his game would come around.

AP - Camilo Villegas and Steve Stricker were excited to be playing golf Friday for different reasons, and it showed during a soggy start to the BMW Championship.

AFP - Two-time winner Serena Williams advanced to her first US Open final in six years, breezing past Russian Dinara Safina 6-3, 6-2 at the Arthur Ashe Stadium.

AP - Brett Myers and Derek Lowe kicked off two big weekend series in the National League with dominant pitching performances.

Reuters - Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing were among seven new members inducted into the basketball Hall of Fame on Friday.