Articles by Zach Taylor

A person familiar with Super Bowl entertainment plans tells The Associated Press that Alicia Keys has been lined up to perform the national anthem before the NFL championship game in New Orleans on Feb. 3. [Read More…]

Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, the man who has been publicly identified as being behind the Manti Te’o girlfriend hoax, called a church friend in early December crying and admitted to duping the Heisman finalist, the friend told [Read More…]

NEW YORK (AP) _ The NBA has announced the starters for next month’s All-Star game, and they include four Los Angeles players.   Lakers teammates Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard and joined on the West [Read More…]

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) _ The Arizona Cardinals have their next head coach.   A person with knowledge of the situation says the team filled the NFL’s final head coaching vacancy by hiring Indianapolis offensive coordinator [Read More…]

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Al Pacino will play Joe Paterno in a movie about the late Penn State football coach.   Producer Edward R. Pressman confirms Brian De Palma will direct “Happy Valley,” the tentative [Read More…]

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) _ Notre Dame says a story about Manti Te’o’s girlfriend dying, which he said inspired him to play better as he helped the Fighting Irish get to the BCS title game, [Read More…]

PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles have hired Chip Kelly after he originally chose to stay at Oregon. Kelly becomes the 21st coach in team history and replaces Andy Reid, who was fired on Dec. 31 after [Read More…]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning was chosen AFC offensive player of the year and Vikings running back Adrian Peterson the NFC’s top offensive player in voting for the 101 Awards. A [Read More…]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) _ Oakland has given manager Bob Melvin a two-year contract extension through the 2016 season. The deal comes after Oakland became the first team in major league history to win a division [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ A person with knowledge of the situation says Lance Armstrong has apologized to the staff at his Livestrong cancer foundation. He did so before heading to an interview with Oprah Winfrey. [Read More…]