Jermain Taylor and Winky Wright have adopted a respectful tone heading into their middleweight title fight — and Taylor seems to prefer it that way.
New York Giants receiver Jamaar Taylor retired Monday after two injury-plagued seasons in the NFL.

Swedish lawmakers have approved a law that makes it possible for the Scandinavian country to imprison former Liberian President Charles Taylor if a U.N.-backed tribunal convicts him of war crimes, government officials said Thursday.

Elizabeth Taylor on Tuesday dismissed tabloid reports that she was being treated for Alzheimer's disease or was gravely ill.

Texas running back Ramonce Taylor, who scored a touchdown in the Longhorns' Rose Bowl win over Southern California, was arrested Sunday by sheriff's deputies who said they found about 5 pounds of marijuana in a backpack in his car.

The man charged with assaulting Miami Dolphins linebacker Jason Taylor faces hate crime charges, police said Monday.
The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor will not enter a formal plea to passport fraud charges until the end of May.
A World Boxing Association attorney downplayed Jermain Taylor's removal from the organization's rankings, saying the Little Rock native hasn't had his championship belt taken away.
An assistant state attorney accused of using his prosecution of an assault case against Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor to promote his work as a nightclub disc jockey resigned Wednesday, the Miami-Dade state attorney's office confirmed.
Denmark said Tuesday it will reject a request to imprison former Liberian President Charles Taylor if he is convicted of war crimes, dealing another blow to efforts to move the trial to the U.N.-backed court at The Hague.
Denmark confirmed Thursday that it has been asked to imprison former Liberian President Charles Taylor if he is convicted of war crimes by a U.N.-backed court.
Denmark has been asked to take in former Liberian President Charles Taylor after his war crimes trial, now that several other nations have refused, diplomats said Wednesday.

President and general manager Dave Taylor was among those dismissed by the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday during a major housecleaning.
The lead prosecutor in the assault case against Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor stepped aside Wednesday after defense lawyers charged that he was using his prominence in the case to promote his moonlighting work as a nightclub disc jockey.

The United States and Britain said Tuesday that finding a country to take former Liberian President Charles Taylor after a verdict is reached in his war crimes trial was proving difficult.
The Rev. Philip Saywrayne speaks with a Southern drawl, tinged with the African accent of his native tribe in Liberia.
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was known for boasting of friends in high places. Now he could well find it useful to denounce them as he defends himself against war crimes charges.

U.N. Security Council members agree the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor should be moved from Sierra Leone to the Netherlands and could adopt a resolution next week to allow the transfer, the council president said.

Sweden and Austria have received requests to imprison former Liberian President Charles Taylor if he is convicted of war crimes by a U.N.-backed court, government officials said Wednesday.
The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor was ordered held without bail Wednesday on U.S. passport fraud charges.

The U.N.-backed court that would prosecute former Liberian President Charles Taylor has run into trouble trying to persuade any government to either imprison him or give him asylum once the trial ends, diplomats said Tuesday.
Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor will not accept a plea deal that could keep him out of prison in an assault case because it would require him to admit to a felony, his attorney said Tuesday.
The U.N.-backed Sierra Leone court has charged former Liberian President Charles Taylor with crimes against humanity during Sierra Leone's civil war. The indictment signed in March 2003 says Taylor either oversaw or failed to prevent the following actions by Sierra Leone's rebel forces:

