GULFPORT, Miss. - The wife of Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre was diagnosed with breast cancer, yet more bad news in a year full of heartache for the family.

Deanna Favre was recently released from Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York after undergoing a lumpectomy, Bonita Favre, the quarterback's mother, told The Sun Herald Monday.

Deanna Farve will undergo chemotherapy treatments which could last up to five months and is expected to make a full recovery, Bonita Favre said.

In December, Brett's father, Irvin, died from a heart attack. Deanna's brother, Casey Tynes, 24, was killed three weeks ago in an ATV accident on Brett Favre's property near his home in Oak Grove.

LONDON - Four top carmakers plan to split from Formula One and launch a rival open-wheel Grand Prix racing series by 2008.The group includes BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Ferrari and Renault, and is known collectively as the Grand Prix World Championship consortium. They had been seeking a bigger share of F1's revenues and said the new series will "maintain the strengths of Formula One, while eliminating its weaknesses."

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Former baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn had open-heart surgery this week.Kuhn had a valve replaced during Monday's operation, spokesman Bob Wirz said Tuesday.Kuhn, who lives in Ponte Vedra Beach, was baseball commissioner from 1969 to 1984. He turns 78 Thursday.