Pro Sports

• Serena Williams could face Sharapova in French QF
  Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova could meet in the French Open quarterfinals, while Venus Williams has a tough early path.

• Torts expects best from Rangers in must-win game
  Whether the New York Rangers truly believed they could overcome a 3-2 playoff series deficit earlier this year doesn't matter now.

• Dynamic duo leads Miami back to Eastern finals
  With another season on the brink, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James took their two-man game to new heights.

• Investors plan soccer stadium for Haiti shantytown
  A local sports hero, a New York real estate developer and a well-known architect are teaming up to build a soccer stadium in Haiti's notorious Cite Soleil, hoping to revive the seaside shantytown known throughout the hemisphere for its extreme poverty and gang battles.

• Seattle goes down without much fight in 3-0 loss
  The broken record of flailing swings, empty at-bats and strikeouts piling up against Los Angeles starter Dan Haren irritated Seattle manager Eric Wedge to no end.

• Hefner struggles after delay, Mets lose to Padres
  Jeremy Hefner was off to a good start in the rain. He lost his grip after a long delay.

• Cardinals fight back only to lose 10-9 to Phillies
  After coming back from a six-run deficit to tie the game, the Cardinals let it slip away.

• De Vries hit hard as White Sox beat Twins 11-8
  Cole De Vries wasn't sure what was in store for him. Turns out, it was a harsh welcome to the major leagues.

• Pujols homers, Haren tosses gem in Angels 3-0 win
  The gem Dan Haren tossed Thursday night looked awfully familiar to Albert Pujols. Except this time instead of Pujols getting fooled by what Haren was tossing, he was helping the Los Angeles Angels' right-hander put together one of the finest efforts of his career.

• Victorino, Galvis have 3 RBIs, Phillies beat Cards
  Shane Victorino and Freddy Galvis each drove in three runs, including Galvis' go-ahead single in the sixth inning, and the Philadelphia Philles beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-9 on Thursday night.

• Padres break out offense after rain in 11-5 win
  Will Venable hit a pair of RBI doubles and Cameron Maybin had two run-scoring singles as the San Diego Padres broke out the offense after a long rain delay and beat the New York Mets 11-5 Thursday night.

• White Sox pound Twins 11-8
  Paul Konerko and Alex Rios hit back-to-back homers and Alejandro De Aza added a grand slam to cap a six-run sixth, leading the Chicago White Sox to an 11-8 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night.

• SF gets season-high 15 hits to beat Marlins 14-7
  Once the San Francisco Giants started scoring for Ryan Vogelsong, the runs kept coming.

• Wade scores 41, Heat eliminate Pacers 105-93
  Miami's Big Two was more than enough to finish off the Indiana Pacers.

• Mesoraco's slam sends Reds over Braves 6-3
  The beat-up Braves just wanted to leave.

• Mesoraco's slam sends Reds over Braves 6-3
  Memo to Reds' clubhouse staff: Buy more shaving cream. Fast.

• Whitten wins stage, American Armstrong falls
  Tara Whitten led a Canadian sweep of the first three spots in the Exergy Tour prologue Thursday after American gold medalist Kristin Armstrong fell and broke her left collarbone during the two-mile stage.

• Column: Recipe to make IndyCar relevant beyond 500
  James Hinchcliffe can't understand it.

• Almirola takes first pole at Coca-Cola 600
  It's been awhile, but Richard Petty has bragging rights once again in Charlotte.

• Alabama takes 2-stroke lead into final round
  Alabama's double-digit lead dwindled on the back nine, and the Crimson Tide finished with a two-stroke lead over Southern California on Thursday after the third round of the NCAA Division I women's championship.

• Column: Recipe to make IndyCar relevant beyond 500
  James Hinchcliffe can't understand it.

• Rookie English 1 back after 1st round at Colonial
  Harris English had never played all 18 holes at Colonial before teeing off for the opening round. He had never even been in a PGA Tour event before this season.

• Trainer O'Neill suspended by Calif. racing board
  Despite vigorously denying he gave one of his horses an illegal performance-enhancing mixture, trainer Doug O'Neill was suspended 45 days - a ban that won't take effect until after his superstar colt, I'll Have Another, tries to win the Triple Crown.

• James, Bryant lead All-NBA team
  LeBron James was the leading vote-getter for the All-NBA team, while Kobe Bryant earned his 10th first-team selection, tied for second on the career list.

• NFL games top-rated prime-time show of TV season
  A sports series is the most-watched prime-time show for an entire television season for the first time.