I am an immigration lawyer who represents people detained in some of our country’s 200 or so ICE jails and detention centers. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. 14 months ago, my clients’ existence inside detention went from rotten to explicitly dangerous as the virus was extra threatening to people living in congregate settings with poor sanitation. Suddenly it was more obvious than ever why ICE detention is irrational....

Footage of a sermon from Baptist Pastor Greg Locke, who is head of Global Vision Bible Church in Juliet, Tennessee, was shared to Twitter by the account Right-Wing Watch on Sunday. During the sermon, Locke, who has made several controversial and fanatical pro-Trump remarks over the last few years, claimed once again that former President Donald Trump is the “legitimate” leader of the U.S. He then took aim at politicians and Hollywood stars, saying that a “bunch of pedophiles in Hollywood are going to be exposed for who they are....

Wiles, who has been criticized for pushing conspiracy theories and anti-Semitism, promoted the idea that vaccinations are part of a population control effort on Friday. He criticized vaccine developers for “breaking rules” to placate former President Donald Trump and blamed the vaccination effort for the rising death toll in India. “You and I are witnessing the first global mass murder and it’s being led by Satan’s team on the planet,” Wiles said on TruNews....

Just ask Pat Connaughton. The former Notre Dame player set the bar incredibly high when he recorded a 44-inch max vertical leap at the NBA Draft Combine on Thursday. We knew Connaughton was athletic, but this is next level stuff. MORE: 76ers can ruin free agency | Scouting the NBA Draft Combine | Top free agents The jump lands Connaughton as No. 2 on the all-time Combine list, tied with Shane Larkin....

Things went downhill quickly from there, and on Sunday afternoon, Knight was fired in his third year as coach of the Cardinals. ESPN's Andy Katz was the first to report the news on Twitter. After that 25-win season (which ended with a loss to Vermont in the First Four round in Dayton), Knight's Cardinals went 3-28 in the 2012-13 season and were 3-22 this season, including 2-11 in the Southland Conference....

Rockets guard Patrick Beverley hit Heat guard Goran Dragic with a quick crossover that put Dragic on the ground and gave Beverley an open lane for a one-handed throwdown. MORE: 2K16 makes NBA predictions | Everybody hates the Clippers Beverley may have won the battle Sunday night, but the Rockets lost the war. Miami outscored Houston 65-26 in the second half on the way to a 109-89 victory.

Michael Steele, ex-chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), was asked on MSNBC for his view about the evidence that the former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne had given on Friday to the congressional committee investigating the U.S. Capitol riot. When asked whether Byrne’s testimony could hurt Trump, Steele replied, “Yes. Well, if he’s honest, yeah. “If he’s absolutely honest about what the president said to him and how that worked, there is no executive privilege here....

Jackson Mahomes has gained attention during the Chiefs’ Super Bowl run as he continues to film TikTok videos during the games. The brother of the star quarterback is verified on TikTok, a social media video streaming platform, and currently has over 3.4 million likes on his videos. Mahomes shared a number of videos during the Chiefs’ win over the Titans in the AFC Championship, including one with brother Patrick....

A Todd Bowles-coached Buccaneers defense that shut them down in a 31-9 rout in that Super Bowl was left dazed after being dominant in Weeks 1-3 of the 2022 NFL season. No team is supposed to rush for 189 yards against the Buccaneers’ stout front. No team is supposed to exploit their excellent linebackers and safeties for chunks of yards in the intermediate passing game. MORE: Updates, highlights from Chiefs-Bucs...

The Chiefs quarterback was at it again Sunday, lighting up the Titans for 446 yards and a touchdown on 43-of-68 passing (he also threw an interception), while rushing six times for 63 yards and a touchdown. His pass attempts were tied for the third-most in an NFL regular-season contest, and he became just the fifth quarterback ever to tally a passing touchdown, a rushing touchdown, at least 400 passing yards and at least 50 rushing yards in the same game, per Stathead....

On Sunday, the MVP of Super Bowl LIV exited the Chiefs’ 22-17 win over the Cleveland Browns in the Divisional Round in the third quarter after taking a hit from Browns linebacker Mack Wilson, which left him unsteady on his feet. According to ESPN, Mahomes has cleared “some big steps” but his participation in the AFC Championship Game against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday remains in doubt for the moment, as the 25-year-old is still in the NFL’s concussion protocol....

It should come as no surprise then that Mahomes has taken his approach into the treatment room. A week ago, the reigning NFL MVP dislocated his right kneecap in the Chiefs’ 30-6 road win in Denver against the Broncos. Mahomes appeared to have his knee popped back into place while he was receiving treatment on the ground, before being helped off the field. The Chiefs signal caller underwent an MRI scan that showed no sign of ligament damage and was back in practice by Wednesday....

Mahomes and Allen are two of the best young quarterbacks in the NFL, and each has something to prove. Mahomes wants to avenge an early-season loss to the Bills and get back to the Super Bowl after losing the big game to Tom Brady’s Buccaneers last year. Meanwhile, Allen is still ruminating the Bills’ 38-24 defeat at the hands of the Chiefs in last year’s AFC Championship Game. He and Sean McDermott may have beaten Kansas City earlier in the season, but they are still out to prove that they can beat the Chiefs when it matters most....

The five-time Pro Bowl cornerback is the star of the Cardinals’ secondary, but if not for a few lockout-related hiccups five years ago, he would be a bird of a different feather. MORE: Best football Cardinals players of all time “It was crazy, I had no idea,” Peterson told Sporting News on Wednesday afternoon in response to a recent revelation from former Eagles president Joe Banner. “The draft was so weird, I was out of the loop on pretty much everything....

People became upset because they felt Brown didn’t deserve to have a job. The NFL eventually placed him on the Commissioner’s Exempt List, where he will still earn a salary as a member of the Giants. The team took no steps other than leaving him behind on their trip to London. ENGEL: When will sports world stop treating women ’nasty?' When asked about how he’d handle the situation, Patriots president Jonathan Kraft said Sunday on 98....

He somehow managed, with his injured leg, to miss every defender. It’s really quite an accomplishment to not even catch a cheap shot from someone trying to shove him out of the way. When asked Monday on WEEI about his ability to dodge defenders, the Patriots quarterback provided an honest response. MORE: Tom Brady joins Peyton Manning as NFL’s winningest QBs “You guys saw what happened when I get out in front of a running back....

What looked like a blowout turned into an overtime classic. The Patriots’ 34-28 comeback victory against the Falcons in Super Bowl 51 saved the day for broadcaster Fox Sports, which drew a massive 48.8 overnight rating for Sunday’s telecast. That’s down slightly from the previous two Super Bowls featuring Broncos-Panthers (49.0) and Patriots-Seahawks (49.7), but it’s above Seahawks-Broncos in 2014 (47.6) and Ravens-49ers in 2013 (48.1), according to Austin Karp of SportsBusiness Daily....

The Patriots, who practiced during the week at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs in order to prepare for the high altitude of Mexico City, have now won six consecutive games and were able to keep pace with the Steelers atop the AFC. The Raiders, who had a bye last week and are hoping to remain a part of the AFC playoff picture, experienced the altitude of Mexico City last season, when they beat the Texans at Azteca Stadium in the first ever “Monday Night Football” game played outside the United States....

NEWSWEEK: When did you first meet James Brown? Patti LaBelle: Honey I think it was the 1960s, but it was so long ago that I can’t remember exactly. But I used to open for him at the Apollo—me and the Bluebells, and honey he loved us something fierce. I would work the club up into a tizzy, kicking my shoes off and the getting the crowd yelling and screaming so loud that I could hear James saying backstage, “Get her off the stage now so I can do my thing....

Pelosi, a businessman and the longtime husband of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, was attacked in the couple’s San Francisco home on Friday by a Berkeley man, 42-year-old David Wayne DePape. DePape broke into the home and attacked the elderly Pelosi with a hammer, fracturing his skull, while reportedly shouting about his intended target being Speaker Pelosi. The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday released an official statement, announcing federal charges of assault and attempted kidnapping for DePape in connection with the incident....