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After a hellish year, France is just one step away from football heaven.

DETROIT (AP) Calvin Johnson says NFL players could get painkillers like they were ''candy'' during the first half of his career with the Detroit Lions.

Mirim Lee became the fifth golfer to shoot a round of 8-under par at the U.S. Women's Open on Thursday when she made 10 birdies on the way to a 64 to take the early lead at CordeValle.

Bastian Schweinsteiger barely put a foot wrong in the first half of Germany's European Championship semifinal against France.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) The Latest on flooding that has devastated parts of West Virginia (all times local):

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) Alabama coach Nick Saban and Florida State's Jimbo Fisher are seeking support for high school football programs decimated by floods in their native West Virginia.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) Georgia tailback Sony Michel had surgery this week for a broken left forearm and it's unclear if he'll be ready for the Sept. 3 opener against North Carolina.

CHICAGO (AP) Pro football Hall of Famer and former Heisman Trophy winner Paul Hornung is suing equipment manufacturer Riddell, saying its helmets failed to protect him from brain injury.

CANTON, Ohio (AP) CBS broadcaster James Brown has won the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award presented by the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Ben Affleck recently went on an expletive-filled rant about Deflategate. And as we found out Thursday, Rob Gronkowski LOVED every second of it.

Jim Kelly returns to hospital, scans inconclusive on cancer presence

IndyCar announced Thursday it has agreed to refund $925,000 to fans who bought advance tickets to the Boston Grand Prix before it was canceled.

Even if this was Venus Williams' best Wimbledon in quite a while, it did not end the way she had hoped.

Kentucky Speedway President Mark Simendinger hopes the track's new pavement smooths the transition to another race with a new NASCAR downforce package.

Scott Hend of Australia and Felipe Aguilar of Chile made it through blustery conditions and shot 3-under 69 to share the lead Thursday after the first round of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open.

Tricolors fluttered everywhere in Marseille on Thursday ahead of the second European Championship semifinal, with the black, red and yellow German flag outnumbering the red, white and blue of France in the city's packed Old Port.

A grand jury has ruled that a homeowner was justified in shooting a naked former NFL player accused of criminal trespass and burglary.

Favre responded to the comparison by giving the young quarterback a big compliment.

SAN DIEGO (AP) St. Louis rookie shortstop Aledmys Diaz will replace his teammate, infielder Matt Carpenter, on the National League roster for next week's All-Star game.

Three years after winning the title at Wimbledon, Marion Bartoli said she has contracted an unknown virus and her life is an "absolute nightmare." The 31-year-old Frenchwoman is now extremely thin and said it's because she is ill.