Playoff sites likely to be picked by end of April
The home of the first national championship game under the new playoff system, along with the three remaining semifinal rotation sites, will likely ...

Debate erupts in France over blocking online ads
France's Digital Economy minister said Monday she persuaded a top Internet access provider to stop its controversial policy of blocking online ...
BBC broadcaster pleads not guilty on abuse charges
A BBC broadcaster has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexually abusing three girls. The charges against the well-known 82-year-old sports broadcaster ...

Game on, but when will the NHL drop the puck?
Now that a tentative deal is done, one big question remains: When is the puck finally going to drop on the long-delayed hockey season? Few answers ...

Drop the puck: NHL, players settle labor dispute
They walked into a Manhattan hotel, knowing they were running out of time to save their season. After 16 hours of tense talks, the NHL and its players ...

Michael J. Fox to play newscaster in new NBC show
On his upcoming NBC comedy, Michael J. Fox will play a newscaster who had quit his job due to Parkinson's Disease but returns to work in the show's ...

Browns, Eagles vying for Oregon's Kelly
The Browns figured they could close a deal with Chip Kelly over dinner. That was before the Eagles took Oregon's coach to a lengthy lunch.

Panthers announce Rivera will be back next season
Ron Rivera will return as coach of the Carolina Panthers next season following his team's strong finish. Panthers spokesman Charlie Dayton said Rivera ...

Kelly not paying attention to NFL teams
Brian Kelly says leaving Notre Dame "isn't an option." Alabama's Nick Saban says he has no "unfinished business" in the NFL. While Oregon coach Chip ...

Bills interview 3 candidates, including Chip Kelly
The Buffalo Bills coaching search went into overdrive Friday, when team officials interviewed three candidates, including Oregon's Chip Kelly, one of ...

Sides in NHL labor rift meet all day with mediator
A federal mediator held over 12 hours of separate talks with the NHL and the players' association Friday before stopping for the night with a promise ...
Pacino says he didn't want to meet Spector
Al Pacino said Friday that he decided not to meet famed record producer and convicted killer Phil Spector before portraying him in an HBO movie — only ...

Can BCS title game challenge TV ratings record?
Two undefeated teams, three Heisman Trophy finalists, five lead changes and 19 seconds left when the winning touchdown was scored. No other BCS title ...

Google emerges from FTC probe relatively unscathed
Google has settled a U.S. government probe into its business practices without making any major concessions on how the company runs its Internet ...

NY county: Releasing gun names endangers public
A New York county clerk justified his refusal to release the names and addresses of handgun permit holders to a newspaper, saying it would give ...

AP Source: Reid, Chiefs nearing deal to be coach
Andy Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs should be quite familiar by now. The two sides spent much of Thursday in negotiations for Reid to become the ...

NBC wins final 2012 weekly ratings crown
NBC unwrapped a welcome gift in the final week of 2012, a ratings victory powered by Sunday night football. More than 30 million viewers watched the ...
NHL, players' association meet deep into night
A federal mediator rejoined negotiations between the NHL and the players' association that stretched into the early hours of Thursday morning but ...
'Lincoln,' 'Les Miz,' 'Argo' earn producers honors
The Civil War saga "Lincoln," the musical "Les Miserables" and the Osama bin Laden thriller "Zero Dark Thirty" are among the nominees announced ...
Algerian forces kill 2 Islamist insurgents
Algerian security forces killed two radical Islamist insurgents on Wednesday in the same locality east of the capital where seven were killed a day ...
LG beats rivals in race to sell new OLED TVs
LG Electronics Inc. started taking pre-orders on Wednesday for the world's first big TVs that use an advanced display technology promising startlingly ...

California newspaper defies trend to shrink costs
New and expanded sections to cover business, automobiles and food. A nearly five-fold increase in community news pages and more investigative ...