AP - J.D. Drew looked pretty feeble as he swung and missed a pair of off-speed pitches from Francisco Rodriguez. He sure didn't miss a third one. Drew hit a towering two-run homer off Rodriguez in the ninth inning, giving the Boston Red Sox a 7-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Frieday night and a 2-0 lead in their first-round AL playoff series.

AP - Jerry Manuel is getting another chance to right the New York Mets.

AP - Max Hall threw for 303 yards and two touchdowns and No. 8 BYU extended its winning streak to 15 games by beating Utah State 34-14 on Friday night.

AP - The young, resilient Rays are one win from breezing into the American League championship series. All-Star Scott Kazmir settled down after a shaky start, Akinori Iwamura hit a go-ahead, two-run homer and the AL East champions beat the Chicago White Sox 6-2 Friday for a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.

AP - Boston's latest postseason win over the Los Angeles Angels moved the team with baseball's best record to the verge of elimination.

AP - O.J. Simpson, who went from American sports idol to celebrity-in-exile after he was acquitted of murder in 1995, was found guilty Friday of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room.

AP - Jeff Overton was one of the lucky ones. He teed off in the afternoon at the Turning Stone Resort Championship.

AFP - Wimbledon champion Venus Williams admits she feels the lure of the brand-new sports car on offer for the winner of Stuttgart's WTA event after Friday's quarter-final win over Dinara Safina.

AP - Louie Sakoda kicked a 37-yard field goal as time expired to cap an 11-point rally over the final 89 seconds and give No. 15 Utah a 31-28 victory over Oregon State on Thursday night.

AFP - Poland's Sports Ministry demanded on Friday that FIFA drop its Monday deadline for the reinstatement of the suspended national football federation (PZPN) in a row which could see Poland serve a two-match World Cup ban.