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MARANA, Ariz. (AP) — Danny Lee birdied his final two holes for a 2-under 69 and then won LIV Golf Tucson on the second hole of a four-man playoff on Sunday by making a 25-foot birdie putt from off the 18th green for his first win in nearly eight years. It was the second playoff

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The M-V-P chants rained down on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as he hit two critical free throws with 10 seconds remaining to help the Oklahoma City Thunder hold off the Phoenix Suns on Sunday. The All-Star scored 40 points in Oklahoma City’s 124-120 victory. The Thunder have

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jemal Yimer of Ethiopia won the men’s division of the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, while Stacy Ndiwa of Kenya took the women’s division. Yimer completed the 26.2-mile (42.2-kilometer) course through city streets in 2 hours, 13 minutes, 13.58 seconds. Yemane Tsegay of Ethiopia was second in 2:14:06.95. Barnaba Kipkoech of

PHOENIX (AP) — Days after storms dropped heavy rain on many parts of Arizona, authorities still are dealing with water-related deaths with more weather on the way, Maricopa County Sheriff’s officials said an 81-year-man died after reportedly falling out of his kayak in the Salt River in Mesa on Saturday morning. Deputies were called to

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — In a story published March 18, 2023, about Taylor Swift’s U.S. concert series, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of dates on the tour. The number is 52, not 27.

By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Juuso Valimaki broke a tie with 3:12 left and the Arizona Coyotes beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Saturday night. Valimaki also assisted on Arizona’s first two goals to help the Coyotes extend their points streak to eight games. Clayton Keller scored his 32nd goal of

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Shannon Castellano and Travis Methvin should have spent this weekend seeing world-famous waterfalls on the Havasupai Tribe Reservation in northern Arizona. Instead, the two friends from San Diego spent Friday night along with 40 other hikers camped out on a helipad. But sleep was elusive because tribal

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Before she became a national title-winning basketball coach at Maryland, Brenda Frese played at Arizona and earned a communications degree there 30 years ago. “We’re doing a college reunion in May, where a lot of us are coming together,” Frese said. First, Frese will

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Sergio Romo will retire as a member of the San Francisco Giants after helping the franchise win three World Series titles. The 2013 All-Star was an integral part of the team’s bullpen from 2008 to 2016; the Giants won titles in 2010, 2012 and 2014. He

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Watching from the bench for most of last season, JaKobe Coles patiently waited his turn. His reward came Friday night, a floater from the lane with 1.5 seconds left that lifted No. 6 seed TCU to a come-from-behind 72-70 win over 11th-seeded Arizona State in the

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — One by one, the presenters inside the crowded hotel ballroom shared their computer screens and promised to show how easy it is to hack into voting systems across the U.S. Drawing gasps from the crowd, they highlighted theoretical vulnerabilities and problems from past elections. But

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer The chase for the perfect March Madness bracket will have to wait another year. Again. In a men’s tournament that saw a 2 and a 4 seed lose on Day 1, only a relative handful of brackets were still intact in the biggest contests when 16-seed Fairleigh Dickinson took

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — Slow-starting Gonzaga finally shook off the first-round jitters, then wore out Grand Canyon 82-70 behind 28 points and 10 rebounds from Julian Strawther in the NCAA Tournament on Friday. Zags senior Drew Timme brought his sweatband and moustache back to March Madness and finished with 21

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer The dwindling number of perfect NCAA Tournament brackets might reach zero before the weekend. The NCAA March Madness Twitter account posted after Friday’s early games that only 30 such brackets remained. That’s out of millions, though the account didn’t say how many exactly. In ESPN’s Tournament Challenge bracket game,

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A coalition of advocates dedicated to stemming the tide of violence and missing persons cases in Indian Country is demanding more transparency from New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, saying there should be greater accountability in the system for vetting state-appointed

PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed an executive order banning racial discrimination based on a person’s hair in Arizona. Before officially signing the order Friday afternoon at the Executive Tower, Hobbs said the order will mean state employees and contractors won’t have to worry about losing work for simply wearing their natural hair.