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Judge: Deportation of Maryland man to El Salvador prison ‘wholly lawless’

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — The U.S. government’s decision to arrest a Maryland man and send him to a notorious prison in El Salvador appears to be “wholly lawless,” a federal judge wrote Sunday in a legal opinion explaining why she had ordered the Trump administration to bring him back to the United States. There is little to no evidence to support a “vague, uncorroborated” allegation that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was once in the MS-13 street gang, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis wrote. And in any case, she said, an immigration judge had expressly barred the U.S. in 2019 from ...

Brian Harman handles the wind and cold at Texas Open for first win since British Open

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Brian Harman handled the wind and the chill Sunday with a pair of key birdies on the back nine Sunday in the Valero Texas Open, closing with a 3-over 75 for a three-shot victory, his first title since the 2023 British Open. Harman began the final round with a three-shot lead and it soon became a tight battle with Andrew Novak, who was going for his first PGA Tour victory and a spot in the Masters. Harman never lost the lead, though it dropped to one shot with a bogey on No. 6 and a double bogey on the ninth hole when he had to take a penalty drop after a pulled ...

Ovechkin finishes ‘GR8 Chase’ by breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals has broken the NHL goals record held by Wayne Gretzky by scoring the 895th of his career. Ovechkin beat fellow Russian Ilya Sorokin on the power play Sunday at the New York Islanders to pass Gretzky and take sole possession of the record. Ovechkin entered the season 42 short of breaking the regular-season record by “The Great One” that had long seemed unapproachable. The 39-year-old Russian is in his 20th NHL season and was on pace to get to 894 and beyond in February before breaking his left leg in a shin-on-shin collision in November. He ...

Hamlin takes the lead out of pits and holds off Byron in overtime to win at Darlington

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Denny Hamlin did his job so his pit crew could do its most stellar stop at the perfect time. Hamlin came into the pits after a final caution in third place and told himself to hit every mark, then let his guys take over. And that’s what the Joe Gibbs Racing group did, pulling off a perfect winning moment that sent Hamlin out with the lead. He took over on the final restart and held off William Byron to win the Goodyear 400 on Sunday. It was Hamlin’s 56th career NASCAR win, his fifth at Darlington Raceway and his second straight this season “When ...

Time for the NCAA men’s title game

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Whoever said there were no great underdog stories left in March Madness, or that the title would go to whichever team spends the most money — or amasses the gaudiest collection of big names from the transfer portal — probably never checked out Houston. And anyone who thought college hoops was leaving behind teams with no NBA-ready stars coached by tart-as-lemon lifers who care more about the size of a player’s wingspan and heart than his 3-point percentage — well, that’s these Cougars, too. Coach Kelvin Sampson’s squad of defenders and deniers face ...

S.C. one win away from third title in four years

TAMPA, Fla. — Dawn Staley and South Carolina are one win away from joining an elite group of programs in women’s basketball history with a third national championship in four seasons. Only two other schools have accomplished that feat: UConn and Tennessee. “It’s hard to break into what Pat Summitt and Geno (Auriemma)” have done for women’s basketball, Staley said. “It’s really hard to even be mentioned in that air. ... Anything that you do and you have sustained success is really, really, really hard. “But once you are able to understand what it takes to succeed ...