NEW YORK -- "Let's go, Ryan!" Clap-clap-clap-clap-clap. "Let's go, Ryan!" On his way to victory Friday at Louis Armstrong Stadium, the highest-seeded American man left in the U.S. Open, No. (Today)

NEW YORK -- Roger Federer is one cool customer. The temperature climbed into the 90s yet again Thursday at Flushing Meadows, and the guy showed up for work wearing a warm-up jacket. Then he put in his 1 hour, 41 minutes on court, dismissing 104th-ranked Andreas Beck of Germany, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3, with the help of 15 aces, to ease into the third round of the U.S. Open. (Yesterday)

The first heart attack happened in April 2005. Ed Brosky, 51 at the time, collapsed on the floor of a tavern. He hadn't been drinking. His friends gave him CPR and when the paramedics arrived, they shocked him with a defibrillator. At the hospital he crashed again, received the Last Rites before coming back, but he stayed in a coma for 12 hours. (09/02/2010)

NEW YORK -- The scene was simply scary: Victoria Azarenka, 21, on the rise in the WTA rankings, paused about a half-hour into her second-round match Wednesday at the U.S. Open, then staggered, stumbled and collapsed to the court. Azarenka, seeded 10th in the Grand Slam tournament, rolled over to rest her head on her arm, and a trainer rushed over. (09/02/2010)

The Post-Gazette's managing editor for sports takes your questions in his weekly online forum. (09/01/2010)