AP - Svetlana Kuznetsova never struck Dinara Safina as a Grand Slam champion in the making when they were kids in Russia. Kuznetsova showed up for matches toting a 2-liter bottle of soda and wearing rock band T-shirts.

AP - This was a Belmont for the Birds. It was Summer Bird, not Mine That Bird and jockey Calvin Borel, who came roaring down the long stretch and won the final jewel of the Triple Crown on Saturday.

AP - The Detroit Red Wings sure don't look tired now. After watching their two-game lead in the Stanley Cup finals disappear in Pittsburgh, the defending champions returned to the friendly confines of Joe Louis Arena and blew away the supposedly fresher Penguins 5-0 in Game 5 on Saturday night.

AP - Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel edged Formula One championship leader Jenson Button in qualifying to take the pole position for Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix.

AP - The PGA Tour and some of its most prominent players said the rough was too high, the furrowed bunkers too difficult and the greens too fast last year at the Memorial Tournament.

AFP - India's Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy of the Czech Republic won the French Open men's doubles title on Saturday with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Wesley Moodie of South Africa and Belgium's Dick Norman.

AFP - Australia booked their ticket to the 2010 World Cup here on Saturday but their bruising goalless draw with Qatar will give them plenty to think about as they plan for the big event in South Africa.

AP - Calvin Borel taped the "Late Show with David Letterman" early in the week, attended a Madison Square Garden news conference another day and rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange two days ago.