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TRUMP HEARING Former envoy details threat she felt after being ousted

BY LISA MASCARO AND MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch provided chilling detail Friday of the threat she felt upon suddenly being oust- ed from her post and learning President Donald Trump had denounced her in his phone call with Ukraine’s president. In that July call, Trump assailed her as “bad news” and said she was “going to go through some things.” In an extraordinary moment at the hearing, Trump went after her again as she spoke, tweet- ing that everywhere she served had “turned bad.” He empha- Farewell messages written by the final crew are sized that as president he had the shown throughout the cockpit of a C-5 Galaxy “absolute right” to appoint his cargo plane stored at the boneyard . own ambassadors. Welcome to a typical morning at the 309th Aero- Rather than distract from the space Maintenance and Regeneration Group, Tuc- career diplomat’s somber but powerful testimony, Trump’s in- son’s most famous parking lot with roughly $34 terference could provide more ev- billion worth of military might. idence against him in the probe. The people who work here generally refer to the “It’s very intimidating,” Yova- place by its acronym, or “A-marg” as they call it. novitch said when Trump’s new Above: F-16 Most everyone else — here and around the globe Aircraft boneyard keeps military tweet was shown on a screen in Fighting Falcons — knows it as the airplane graveyard, or simply the sit in a field at the hearing room. “I can’t speak boneyard. Davis-Monthan to what the president is trying to planes for parts, possible reuse But that nickname only tells part of the story. Air Force Base in do, but I think the effect is to be Though the boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force BY HENRY BREAN Tucson, Ariz. What intimidated.” Base is the final destination for most of the warplanes Arizona Daily Star amounts to a huge Democrats strongly agreed. dirt parking lot is that end up there, some do return to the sky. “I want you to know that some TUCSON, Ariz. — As boneyards go, this place is pretty where thousands In May, AMARG restored a B-52 bomber to active of us here take witness intimida- lively. of U.S. military duty after more than a decade in storage. Now work- tion very, very seriously,” said Before many Tucsonans have even started their morn- aircraft go to die. ers at the facility are preparing dozens of retired Rep. Adam Schiff, Intelligence ing commute, a pair of aircraft mechanics are already Some go slowly as F-16 fighter jets to fly again, this time as full-sized, Committee chairman who dis- crouched over the open cockpit of an F-18 fighter jet, dis- valuable parts are “drone” aerial targets piloted by remote control. played Trump’s attack. arming the ejector seat and removing the explosives. removed over time They also help get surplus military machines During the second day of pub- Nearby, a towing crew pulls a Navy P-3 anti-submarine for use on other ready for delivery to U.S. allies, like the six helicop- lic hearings in the impeachment aircraft over to the “flush farm” to be drained of its fuel. aircraft still in the ters sent to Greece earlier this year and five more to inquiry, Yovanovitch described a air. Others are put Then they hook up to a different F-18 and haul it to the be sold to Israel. “smear campaign” against her by back into duty. “wash rack” for perhaps the last thorough cleaning it will “Any day that you come here, there’s a really wide Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy variety of things we could be working on,” says Air Giuliani, and others, includ- ever get. PHOTOS BY MATT YORK/AP Meanwhile, about a mile away, a small army of specialty Force Col. Jennifer Barnard, now in her third year ing the president’s son, Donald painters fans out to spray protective coating on row after as group commander. Trump Jr., before her firing. row of mothballed C-130 transport planes. SEE BONEYARD ON PAGE 3 SEE OUSTED ON PAGE 6 PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 16, 2019 MILITARY ‘I was a Marine and this is how they treat me’

Spanish word for crazy, in refer- suspension for his conduct in the Police knew vet was a US citizen, ence to Ramos-Gomez. referral, The Associated Press Kent County Assistant Pros- reported. Sgt. John Wittkowski, ecutor Daniel Helmer was per- a spokesman for the department, but ICE detained him regardless plexed in the email exchange. said he is the commander of “I am confused. Didn’t his investigations. BY ALEX HORTON cities say doing so makes victims property have a US Passport in VanderKooi told investigators it? And he was a veteran?!” Hel- his initial reason for contacting The Washington Post and witnesses fearful of coopera- tion with police. mer wrote. ICE was a concern Ramos-Go- Six years after his combat Kessler and civil rights groups “Who knows,” Baylis replied, mez’s trespassing could have ter- service in Afghanistan, Jilmar said authorities targeted Ramos- “not sure it was a US passport. rorism implications. Ramos-Gomez sat in an immi- Gomez for his Latino origins and … I am not sure about the vet Aukerman and Kessler dis- grant detention center in Michi- believe the circumstances sur- thing.” missed that as a retroactive gan, contemplating how a U.S. rounding his arrest stemmed Courtesy of Richard Kessler Ramos-Gomez was held at Kent defense, noting he focused his ef- citizen and war veteran could get from post-traumatic stress due County Jail until Dec. 14, when forts with an agent that works on sucked into a Kafkaesque depor- to his service in Afghanistan. He Marine Jilmar Ramos-Gomez he was slated for release after deportations rather than HSI, the tation void. served as a tank crewman there served as a tank crewman in pleading guilty to a misdemeanor agency’s criminal investigations It started with an off-duty po- in 2013, earning a combat action Afghanistan in 2013. trespassing charge, Kessler said. unit. Before VanderKooi got in- lice captain watching the evening ribbon. A judge ordered him released volved, an officer texted an FBI news featuring Ramos-Gomez’s “He fought on the battlefield video shows an officer holding it on his own recognizance. But agent and described the arrest arrest, speculating if the veteran, and came back scarred. And in- open while taking notes. he didn’t go free. ICE agents led incident as “Vet, PTSD, But not a Michigan born and bred, was in stead of honoring him, ICE tried But that night, after police Ramos-Gomez away in shackles, FBI issue.” the country illegally. to deport him,” Miriam Auker- had already determined Ramos- Kessler said, beginning a three- There was no formal policy in Those suspicions triggered a man, the senior staff attorney Gomez was a citizen, his name day confinement in ICE custody. communicating referrals with decision by U.S. Immigration and for the American Civil Liber- and booking photo surfaced on Ramos-Gomez’s mother con- ICE at the time, Wittkowski said, Customs Enforcement to detain ties Union of Michigan, told The local news. tacted Kessler in a panic. Kessler when officers relied on back him for three days, despite im- Post. Grand Rapids Police Capt. contacted ICE and showed them channels with agents. mediate evidence that proved Emails and texts between Curtis VanderKooi, off-duty at supporting documents. A department policy enacted Ramos-Gomez was a citizen, Grand Rapids police and ICE of- the time and not part of the inves- “They very much admitted he in August, in response to fallout including police reviewing his ficials, obtained and published tigation, took notice. was a U.S. citizen,” he said. But from this and other incidents, al- passport the day of his arrest. by the ACLU, reveal a barrage of “Could you please check his the ordeal left the family outraged lows checks on immigration sta- Nearly a year later, the Grand miscues, miscommunication and status?” VanderKooi, the de- and Ramos-Gomez shaken. tus only in relevant investigations Rapids city commission on avoidance of evidence that could partment’s ICE liaison, wrote to “He said, ‘I can’t believe it, I and when approved by the chief. Tuesday unanimously agreed to have stopped ICE’s involvement an ICE officer in an email that was a Marine and this is how they The measure was added to “fos- award Ramos-Gomez $190,000 from the very beginning. evening, according to police treat me,’ ” Kessler said. ter trust” between police and im- in a settlement over the wrongful Ramos-Gomez, now 28, was ar- documents. ICE later said Ramos-Gomez migrant communities. detainment, his family’s attorney rested for trespassing in a secure Two days later, the officer re- “claimed in verbal statements While Aukerman was heart- Richard Kessler told The Wash- area of Spectrum Health Butter- sponds to VanderKooi, saying he to be a foreign national illegally ened by the settlement, she said ington Post. worth Hospital on Nov. 21. He set interviewed Ramos-Gomez and present in the U.S.” the incident revealed larger is- The city did not admit fault in a fire and pulled an alarm. that “he is a foreign national ille- The agency declined to say why sues within the department and the settlement. But the amount He was not a patient at the hos- gally in the U.S.” they did not consider other evi- the very nature of how police indicates “they know they did pital, Kessler said, but he was Eight days after Ramos- dence to the contrary. Aukerman work with federal immigration something wrong,” Kessler said struggling with post-traumatic Gomez’s arrest, on Nov. 29, and Kessler dispute that admis- agents. Thursday. stress at the time and accessed a VanderKooi emailed the agent and sion even occurred. “ICE had lots of evidence he The incident was another thread helipad on the roof. police investigator Adam Baylis City Attorney Anita Hitchcock was a U.S. citizen, and they didn’t in a national debate on whether Body-cam video shows police with an update, which included said the settlement was not an ad- bother to look at it,” she said. “It police departments should work immediately knew he was a U.S. a police report that references a mission of liability but “a resolu- shows a real callous disregard of with federal immigration au- citizen. He had his passport with passport. VanderKooi’s subject tion of a disputed claim.” rights of anyone who gets into the thorities. Advocates of sanctuary him during the arrest, and the line included the word “loco,” the VanderKooi served a 20-hour immigration system.” T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 14 Business ...... 13 Comics/Crossword ...... 22 Fitness ...... 17 Movies ...... 19 Opinion ...... 20 Sports ...... 24-32 Video Games ...... 16 Weather ...... 13 Saturday, November 16, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MILITARY American F-4 jet nears end of its service

BY SLOBODAN LEKIC the aircraft. With the exception of Iran, all Stars and Stripes of the countries that still fly Phantoms are actively looking to replace them with more It epitomized U.S. air power during the up-to-date airframes. Cold War, was used extensively by the Even in Iran, which Washington sold 225 U.S. in Vietnam and was still in active ser- F-4s to in the 1970s, the fleet of still-air- vice decades later. But now, the iconic F-4 worthy Phantoms is expected to shrink in Phantom II fighter-bomber is flying into the next few years due to increasing main- the sunset. tenance problems as the planes grow older. Only a few dozen Phantoms remain in The U.S. blocked deliveries of spare parts active service around the world out of 5,195 and maintenance support to Iran for the built during a 20-year production run that planes after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, started in the 1950s. The American ones, but about 50 of Iran’s Phantoms are still flown by the Air Force, Navy and Marines, flying, largely because the Iranians have are all gone, many of them having been cannibalized parts from other planes, and shot down in their final role as target-prac- smuggled in or reverse-engineered others. tice drones. Those still in use by foreign air Even in its heyday, the F-4 had its issues, forces are slated for retirement in the near SAMUEL ROGERS/U.S. Air Force including “cockpit visibility, engines that future. smoked (excessively), not the best turning With a top speed exceeding Mach 2.2, Gen. Ronald E. Keys, head of Air Combat Command, and Lt. Col. J.D. Lee fly an F-4 machine, first generation radar technol- the supersonic, long-range fighter-bomber Phantom II on Sept. 28, 2007, during the final flight of Keys’ 40-year military career. ogy,” said Keys, who flew the Phantom out is still remembered fondly, particularly by of Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. “Com- those who flew it. Phantoms also were used extensively from squadron duty in the U.S. in 1996, pared to something like the F-15 Eagle, F- The F-4 was, “in the hands of a talented by the Israelis in several wars with Arab five years after it flew combat missions in 16 Viper, F-22 or F-35, it was pretty much pilot and weapons systems operator … for- states until replaced by F-15s and F-16s Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. But analog watch technology compared to AI midable and nearly indestructible,” said in the 1980s. They performed very well it found a second life, with hundreds of and digitalization.” retired Air Force Gen. Ronald Keys, who against their Soviet-equipped Arab foes. the fighter-bombers being converted into Throughout its decades of service, de- flew Phantoms in Vietnam in 1969-70. Soviet-built MiG-21s were the Phantom’s full-scale target drones that were used to tractors have also poked fun at the Phan- The plane was a “true multi-role plat- main foe throughout the Cold War. Com- train pilots in air-to-air combat and test tom for its less-than-sleek appearance and form” that “played a big part” in numer- pared to the diminutive MiG, which could munitions. other shortcomings, giving it unflattering ous conflicts, said Alan Warnes, an editor carry 4,400 pounds of ordnance, the Phan- The last conversion rolled off the pro- nicknames such as the Flying Anvil and and writer with the U.K.-based Air Forces tom was able to load a whopping 18,000 duction line in 2013. Old Smokey. Monthly publication. pounds of munitions, including bombs, air- Three years later, the Air Force held a As it flies into the sunset, a joke about “In Vietnam the F-4C was the U.S. Air to-ground and air-to-air missiles, on nine final flight ceremony for the Phantom at Force’s primary air defense cover … At underwing hardpoints. One of the more Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, the design’s emphasis on power will be re- the height of the Cold War in Europe, the flattering nicknames given to the Phantom marking the end of nearly 60 years of U.S. membered by both its fans and detractors: Phantom was everywhere — there were over the years was “the world’s leading service. The F-4 was proof that even a brick could over 1,000” serving the West German, distributor of MiG parts.” Today, Greece, Turkey, Iran, South fly, given a sufficiently powerful engine. British and U.S. air forces, Warnes said. The Phantom was officially retired Korea and Japan are the last operators of [email protected] Boneyard: Facility serves as giant parts warehouse for US military

FROM FRONT PAGE end of the runway to be prepped with the U.S. Forest Service name near Phoenix. Sherry points to the F-18 that Arguably the boneyard’s most for slumber. and logo. The facility’s inventory hit an was just brought to his crew for important mission is to serve as Their first stop is the “flush Nearby, other members of the all-time high of 6,080 aircraft in a wash. There on the nose cone, a giant, open-air parts warehouse farm,” where defueling supervi- six-man crew use high-pressure 1973, as the Vietnam War was a pilot with the call sign “Dude for the U.S. military and others. sor Dale Pace and his crew can sprayers and industrial degreas- winding down. Bro” has left his goodbye in black During the past fiscal year service up to six aircraft a day, er to clean A-10 wings and land- Today, AMARG is home to Sharpie: “Thank you for your ser- alone, AMARG “reclaimed” 5,744 depending on the type. ing gear pods recently “brought about 3,280 aircraft of 80 differ- vice ol’ girl.” different parts from the aircraft It works a little like a blood in from the desert.” ent varieties, from small helicop- Dean Clark and Gary Chartier in its collection, saving taxpayers transfusion. All of the aviation The parts will be refurbished ters to some of the world’s largest play a crucial role at the boneyard. fuel is pumped out and replaced in a shop at AMARG and used to military cargo planes. an estimated $405.9 million in re- They’re the ones who make sure with a special oil, similar to the extend the life of the Air Force’s As Pace, the flush farm super- placement costs. no one gets blown up or launched stuff used in sewing machines, fleet of ground-attack jets, a visor, puts it, “Everything for ev- And as the only facility of its into the sky while working on one that coats the tanks and fuel sys- mainstay at Davis-Monthan and eryone ends up out here.” kind in the nation, the boneyard tems to protect them from corro- in the skies above Tucson. Each branch of the military of the mothballed warplanes. is often the only place to find the sion. The only way to do that is by Wash rack supervisor Mike is represented, as are the Coast Today they are disarming parts needed for certain types of firing up the engines. Sherry says that on average his Guard, Border Patrol, FBI, For- the ejection system on an F-18. older aircraft. On this recent Thursday, the crew cleans about four airplanes est Service, NASA, the National Standing at the top of some roll- Barnard says simple, high-pri- crew is working on the Navy and 50 refurbished parts each Science Foundation and several ing metal stairs, Clark reads the ority orders can be filled the same P-3, which arrived at AMARG week. allied governments. steps off a checklist as Chartier day, but larger, hard-to-reach the week before and was towed The men bake all summer in The atmosphere at AMARG leans down into the cockpit to dis- parts can take weeks or months to the flush farm earlier in the their rubber suits, then spend the is businesslike but decidedly un- connect and remove the explosive to harvest and deliver. morning. cold winter outside soaking wet. starched. Roughly 700 people charges. “We’ve done special cuts on air- Two members of Pace’s team “It’s miserable work,” Sherry work at the boneyard, and almost Clark says the process usually craft, where we’ll cut a piece of an climb behind the controls of the says. “It’s one of the hardest jobs none of them are required to sa- takes three to four hours, depend- airplane and send it to somebody retro-looking airplane and spin at AMARG.” lute anybody. ing on the age of the aircraft. who needs it,” she says. up all four props to burn off the It’s also an important one. Barnard is one of only three Older F-18s are the worst, he One of the C-130s that services last of the jet fuel and draw the Cleaning the aircraft and their active duty Air Force personnel says. “There’s a bunch of springs the science stations in Antarc- oil into all the places that need components makes them more assigned to the operation. The and wires. It’s annoying.” tica sports a tail section that once protecting. resistant to decay, Sherry says. rest are civilian Defense Depart- soaked up the sun in Tucson. This is the last step in the To coat all the necessary en- The boneyard was established ment employees and government “induction” process before an “That’s kind of why we get gine parts in an F-15 or an F-18, in 1946 to store World War II contractors. airplane gets towed out to what looked at as an air power reser- the fighter jets have to be lashed bombers and transports. A lot of the employees have boneyard workers call “the des- voir,” Barnard says. “Our guys to the ground and run with their Tucson was chosen for its dry military backgrounds and take a lot of pride in preserving afterburners on, creating a rum- desert air — perfect for prevent- many of them served as aircraft ert,” though it isn’t a desert at all. these aircraft and taking really bling sound that echoes across ing corrosion — and hard caliche mechanics. The storage area actually sits good care of them. They know Tucson. soil capable of supporting heavy Before he ended up as AMA- on roughly 2,600 acres of hard- they might be needed again, The next stop is the wash rack, airplanes without the need for RG’s wash rack supervisor, Sher- packed dirt dotted with weeds, whether it’s a whole airplane or where men in protective rain thousands of acres of concrete. ry used to maintain fighter jets at crabgrass and anthills. There, just its parts.” gear give a Coast Guard C-130 It became the nation’s pri- Luke Air Force Base in Phoenix, the airplanes are parked in neat Roughly 95% of aircraft ar- transport plane a nose-to-tail mary storage center for military among other places. rows and loosely grouped based rive at the boneyard under their scrubbing before it flies off to be aircraft in 1964, when about a Some aircraft show up with on their status, which can range own power. They land and taxi outfitted to fight wildfires. The thousand Navy planes were trans- personal notes written on them from ready to fly to soon to be through a gate at the southeastern aircraft has already been painted ferred to the site from a depot by the last people to fly them. scrapped. PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 16, 2019 WAR/MILITARY $10K offered for info about Marine wanted in killing

BY COREY DICKSTEIN are supporting the investiga- Stars and Stripes tion. Other local and federal law enforcement agencies, includ- WASHINGTON — The U.S. ing the FBI, are involved in the Marshals Service is offering a manhunt. $10,000 reward for direct infor- Jones warned Thursday that mation leading to the capture of Brown was likely moving through a missing Marine corporal want- the Roanoke area on foot and was ed for the shooting death of his believed armed with a “high- mother’s boyfriend last week. capacity” rifle. Brown might KHALIL HAMRA/AP Officials said Thursday that be looking for a vehicle to steal, they believe Cpl. Michael Alex- Jones added, urging locals not A Palestinian girl looks at the rubble of a destroyed house following overnight Israeli missile strikes, in ander Brown was near Roanoke, to leave cars running or to offer the town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday . Va., and closed area schools, urg- rides to any ing residents to remain indoors strangers. following a report the wanted “Mr. Marine was spotted in the city Brown may Israel says it completed series of about 4 a.m., Roanoke Police be seeking Chief Tim Jones said. alternative Brown, 22, is wanted on charg- forms of Gaza strikes after firing rockets es including second-degree mur- transporta- der in the Nov. 9 killing of Rodney tion at this BY FARES AKRAM There were no immediate reports Balah and did not intend to harm Brown, 54, in nearby Hardy, Va. time,” Jones AND JOSEPH KRAUSS of casualties on either side. The civilians. Jones said Brown might have said. “He is Associated Press situation was calm on Friday. “According to the information initially fled to South Carolina navigation- The unofficial cease-fire that available to the IDF at the time after the shooting, but law en- Brown ally savvy. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Is- began early Thursday ended a of the strike, no civilians were forcement officials were con- He knows rael said early Friday it has com- two-day escalation triggered by expected to be harmed as a result vinced he was in the Roanoke how to maneuver around. He’s pleted a series of airstrikes on Israel’s targeted killing of an Is- of the strike,” the Israeli Defense area Thursday after they discov- not afraid to change his loca- targets linked to the Islamic Jihad lamic Jihad commander. The Forces said in a statement. It said ered a recreation vehicle linked tion. He’s not afraid to change his militant group in Gaza after over- fighting killed 34 Palestinians, an investigation is underway. to him. Jones and other officials look.” night rocket fire that rattled a including 16 civilians. Palestin- Israel rejects the criticism, say- said they were uncertain what The police chief said law en- day-old truce. ian militants fired more than 450 ing it takes numerous precautions Brown’s motives were for kill- forcement officials reached out to The Palestinian territory’s rockets toward Israel, paralyzing to prevent unnecessary civilian ing the elder Brown, who has some Marines who Brown might Hamas rulers, who kept to the much of southern Israel without casualties. It also accuses Pales- been described as the longtime, have known for information, but sidelines of this week’s fighting, causing any deaths or serious tinian militants of using civilians live-in boyfriend of the Marine’s they believe the suspect is act- canceled the weekly protests they injuries. as human shields and firing rock- mother. ing alone. Jones added family organize along the perimeter An Israeli airstrike overnight ets from residential areas. It says The Marine Corps upgraded members have urged Brown to fence without explanation — ap- Thursday struck a home in the militant commanders often have Brown’s status this week from surrender. parently in an effort to preserve central Gaza town of Deir al- weapons or command centers in- absent without leave to deserter “We have reason to believe he the calm. Balah, killing eight people, in- side their homes, making them after determining that he was continues to be armed and dan- Israel reiterated that it was cluding two women and five legitimate targets. unlikely to return to duty, said gerous, and if he is confronted or willing to abide by the cease-fire children under the age of 13. The Islamic Jihad announced the Capt. Robert Vachon, a Marine pushed into a position where he if there are no additional rocket airstrike apparently targeted the Egyptian-brokered cease-fire spokesman. He was first listed as feels he has no other alternative, attacks. The army said in a state- home of an Islamic Jihad com- early Thursday, claiming it had AWOL after failing to report for he may use force,” Jones said. ment that it struck a military mander who was not there at the extracted several concessions duty Oct. 24 at Camp Lejeune, “This is a very dynamic situation compound, a rocket-manufactur- time. Neighbors said the airstrike from Israel. Israel does not gener- N.C., where the combat engineer because at this point in time we ing site and a militant headquar- killed his brother, who was not in- ally comment on informal under- was stationed with the 8th Engi- do not know where Mr. Brown ters in the town of Khan Younis volved in militant activity. standings with militant groups neer Support Battalion. might be.” overnight. The military said Friday that and said only that it would halt The Marines and the Naval [email protected] The airstrikes came after a it struck “Islamic Jihad mili- fire as long as the militants did Criminal Investigative Service Twitter: @CDicksteinDC barrage of rockets late Thursday. tary infrastructure” in Deir al- the same. DOD chief Esper defends as fair Pentagon contract disputed by Amazon

BY ROBERT BURNS ducted freely and fairly without these matters be examined and Amazon was long thought to be that the administration would Associated Press any type of outside influence,“ rectified.” the front-runner for the contract. “take a very long look.” He said Esper said at a news conference Microsoft did not respond to a Its Amazon Web Services divi- other companies told him that the SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. in Seoul, South Korea. request for sion is far ahead of second-place contract “wasn’t competitively Defense Secretary Mark Esper Amazon’s competitive bid for comment. Microsoft in cloud computing, bid.” Oracle, in particular, had said Friday he was certain that the “war cloud” project drew A Defense and Amazon has experience han- unsuccessfully argued Pentagon the awarding of a $10 billion criticism from President Donald Department dling highly classified govern- officials unfairly favored Amazon cloud-computing contract to Mi- Trump and its business rivals. spokeswom- ment data. for the winner-take-all contract. crosoft instead of Amazon was an would The project formally called the It survived earlier legal chal- Experts had generally ex- done fairly. Joint Enterprise Defense Infra- only say that lenges after the Defense Depart- pected Amazon to appeal the The Pentagon awarded the structure, or JEDI, pitted leading the Penta- ment eliminated Oracle and IBM award, saying it had little to lose. contract to Microsoft in late Oc- tech titans Microsoft, Amazon, gon won’t tober, and Amazon said there was Oracle and IBM against one speculate and whittled the competition to Steven Schooner, a professor of “unmistakable bias” on the gov- another on potential the two Seattle-area tech giants government procurement law at ernment’s part and it intended to In a statement Thursday, Am- litigation. before choosing Microsoft in late George Washington University, challenge the decision in court. azon said “numerous aspects” Esper JEDI will October. said Trump’s comments were Esper recused himself from the of the bidding process involved store and process vast amounts of The Pentagon was preparing “inappropriate and improvident,” contract decision because his son “clear deficiencies, errors, and classified data, allowing the U.S. to make its final decision when but said it would be a challenge had worked for one of the other unmistakable bias.” It did not military to use artificial intel- Trump publicly waded into the for Amazon to prove the White unsuccessful bidders. elaborate on those allegations ligence to speed up its war plan- fray in July, saying he had heard House applied undue pressure in “I am confident that it was con- but said “it’s important that ning and fighting capabilities. complaints about the process and a way that made a difference. Saturday, November 16, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 MIDEAST Hill: US partnership with Kurds still strong

BY SARAH EL DEEB border. Associated Press Turkish forces have consolidated con- trol over a stretch of the border running 70 ERBIL, Iraq — A senior U.S. coalition miles wide and 20 miles deep into Syria. commander said Friday the partnership They have also kept up pressure outside with Syrian Kurdish forces remains strong that area, fighting with Kurdish forces on and focused on fighting the Islamic State the edges. group, despite an expanding Turkish in- Syrian government forces and their Rus- cursion on areas of Kurdish control. sian allies have moved into other parts of The U.S-Syrian Kurdish relationship, the border under a Russian-Turkish deal. which dates back to 2014, was strained U.S. officials emphasize that they will after President Donald Trump last month not fight Turkey, a NATO ally. ordered American troops out of northern But Hill underscored that the U.S. was Syria, making way for a Turkish invasion standing by the Kurdish-led Syrian Demo- of Kurdish-held towns and villages along a cratic Forces. “We have been working with stretch of the border. (the SDF) for a long time and we continue On Friday, reports said U.S. forces completed their withdrawal from Kobani, to train and work with them now,” Hill said. a border region where the partnership “So I think the partnership is strong.” against ISIS was cemented in 2014, and He said the SDF are “the lead on the that Russians moved in to replace them. ground” in fighting ISIS. “They know the The commander’s comments reflect land, they know the people, and they know how troops on the ground have painted the the players. They are the best force to fight mission in broad terms. They say they are Daesh,” he said. While ISIS has lost its territorial control staying to fight alongside Kurdish forces DARKO BANDIC/AP against Islamic State , as well as deny ISIS in Iraq and Syria, its militants continue to the oil fields as a source of revenue. They Air Force Maj. Gen. Eric T. Hill said on Friday that Islamic State militants remain a wage insurgent attacks. also have sought to show support for the global threat and that the partnership with the Kurds and international action is still Hill said his troops continue to train, ad- Kurdish fighters. needed against it. vise and equip the Kurdish-led forces. The Trump has described the mis- SDF is guarding the oil fields while the U.S. sion as focused to secure oil fields and them everywhere we can find them,” he ronym for ISIS. “This is where Daesh lives is providing them help in doing so, he said. infrastructure. said from Baghdad. and where they coordinate their acts of Both sides have sought to show the U.S.- Air Force Maj. Gen. Eric T. Hill told The Hill said ISIS militants are trying to re- terror.“ Kurdish partnership never waned. One Associated Press on Friday that ISIS mili- group and find new financing, are still in- Kurdish and American forces are now American commando who works closely tants remain “a global threat” and that the teracting with supporters on social media operating in a region that is more com- with the SDF said at no point was there partnership with the Kurds and interna- and continue to plot attacks through affili- plicated and crowded with troops since any drop in communication between the tional action is still needed against it. ates around the world. Syria and Iraq, he the Turks began their attack on northeast two sides, even as U.S. forces were pulling “So, I don’t think the work is complete. said, remain “the center point for all Daesh Syria in early October, aimed at push- out from border areas ahead of the Turk- We still have to pursue them and eliminate operations,” he added, using the Arabic ac- ing the Kurdish fighters away from the ish invasion. Syria’s Assad says Taliban: Promised prisoner ‘resistance’ will swap failed to materialize force US troops out BY KATHY GANNON abruptly ended the talks in Sep- Associated Press tember, following a spate of vio- lent attacks in Kabul. Associated Press ISLAMABAD — Three Tal- The prisoner exchange was DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian President Bashar iban prisoners who were to be seen as a door to restarting the Assad said in remarks broadcast Friday that the freed in exchange for an Ameri- talks. U.S. peace envoy Zalmay American presence in Syria will lead to armed “re- can and an Australian national, Khalilzad has crisscrossed the sistance” that will eventually force the U.S. troops both kidnapped in 2016, are still region in recent weeks meeting to leave his country. in custody in Bagram prison, with Washington’s NATO allies, Assad spoke in an interview with Russia24 TV and north of the capital Kabul, Tal- as well as Russia, China, Paki- iban spokesman Zabihullah Mu- Rossiya Segodnya news agency, saying Americans stan and Afghanistan. jahid said Friday. should remember the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan President Ghani has demanded The three Taliban prisoners and that “Syria will not be an exception.” his government be included in did not show up at an exchange U.S. officials said this week that Washington will SANA/AP talks with the Taliban, who have site that had been agreed upon leave about 600 troops in Syria to fight Islamic State . refused, saying the Afghan gov- Syrian President Bashar Assad said the American with the U.S., though Afghan That followed President Donald Trump’s decision ernment is an American puppet. presence in Syria will lead to armed “resistance” President Ashraf Ghani said they last month to withdraw the bulk of roughly 1,000 Ghani is now in the middle of American troops from Syria, drawing bipartisan that will eventually force the U.S. troops to leave. would be freed. Mujahid had no explanation for a controversial contest for his job condemnation. as president following Afghani- leave,” said Assad, whose troops are backed by Rus- the no-show. Earlier this month, Turkish President Recep stan’s Sept. 28 elections, which sian forces. “Of course, we are not contemplating The three Taliban prison- Tayyip Erdogan told Trump that he intended to drew allegations of widespread carry out an operation to clear the Turkey-Syria a Russian-American confrontation, this is self-evi- ers included Anas Haqqani, the misconduct and fraud. border of Syrian Kurdish fighters who fought side- dent, and it doesn’t serve either our interests, nor younger brother of the Taliban’s Preliminary results were sup- by-side with U.S. troops in beating back ISIS fight- the Russians nor international stability,” he said. “It deputy chief Sirajuddin Haqqani, posed to be released on Thursday, ers in northeast Syria. Ankara has said he considers is dangerous.” who leads the fearsome Haqqani but have again been postponed. the Syrian Kurdish fighters terrorists . Under another deal reached last month between militant network. They were to be After Turkey began an invasion on Oct. 9, captur- Turkey and Russia, Syrian Kurdish forces withdrew exchanged for American Univer- Ghani had hoped a big win in ing dozens of Syrian towns and villages and displac- from almost the entire northeastern border . sity of Afghanistan professors, the presidential polls would solid- ing tens of thousands of people, Kurdish fighters then Russian and Syrian government forces began American Kevin King and Aus- ify his political position, but the turned to the Syrian government for protection. moving immediately to ensure the Kurdish fighters tralian Timothy Weeks. recount of ballots has been chal- Assad subsequently sent troops to areas near the pull back 20 miles from the border, and Turkish and Mujahid said the professors are lenged by his main rival, Abdul- Turkish border, under an agreement reached be- Russian troops began joint patrols in the area. still in Taliban custody. lah Abdullah. tween Russia and Turkey. Assad said the Russian-Turkish agreement re- In a televised address to the na- That government was cobbled “I have always said that an occupier cannot oc- garding the withdrawal of the Kurdish-led Syrian tion on Tuesday, Ghani said the together after the 2014 presi- cupy a piece of land without having agents in that Democratic Forces must be implemented. “conditional release“ was a very dential elections, which were so country, because it would be difficult for them to live “They need to withdraw because they provided hard decision to make. deeply overwhelmed by allega- in a completely hostile environment,” Assad said. the Turks with the pretext to implement their plan, Prisoner releases were a key tions of fraud that the United “The American presence in Syria will generate a which they have been dreaming of since the begin- point during peace talks between States stepped in to broker a military resistance which will exact losses among ning of the war” in Syria eight years ago, Assad the U.S. and Taliban last year. power-sharing agreement be- the Americans, and consequently force them to said. U.S. President Donald Trump tween Abdullah and Ghani. PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 16, 2019 NATION Trump releases transcript of 1st Ukraine call

BY JONATHAN LEMIRE flattery for Trump from Zelens- over Ukraine’s then-President AND AAMER MADHANI kiy, and invitations from the new Petro Poroshenko. Associated Press Ukrainian leader for Trump to Trump, in comments to report- visit Kyiv. There is no reference ers last week, called the April call WASHINGTON — President to Biden or his son, or to Trump’s transcript “very important.” Donald Trump on Friday re- interest in having the Eastern Referring to the April call, he leased the summary transcript of European leader launch an inves- urged reporters to read the tran- his April congratulatory call with tigation into the Bidens. script and “tell me if there’s any- Ukraine’s president-elect, the lat- National security officials who thing wrong with it.” The rough est salvo in the White House effort listened to the call had said in ad- transcript as released minutes to blunt Democratic allegations vance that this first conversation before former U.S. Ambassador that Trump abused his power by between Trump and Zelenskiy to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch pressuring a foreign leader to get was not considered problematic. began her testimony before im- involved in U.S. politics. The House impeachment inquiry peachment investigators on The new account of Trump’s was spurred by Trump’s second Capitol Hill. The top Republican call with Volodymyr Zelenskiy conversation with Zelenskiy, on on the panel, Rep. Devin Nunes, differs significantly from the ini- July 25, in which the U.S. presi- read the rough transcript aloud tial summary of the conversation dent urged Zelenskiy to look into into the congressional record. that the White House released “The President took the un- the Bidens and Democrats in the in April. While the first readout precedented steps to declassify 2016 election. MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP of the call said Trump had ex- and release the transcripts of According to the White House pressed his commitment to help both of his phone calls” with Zel- Trump has released the summary transcript of his April phone call Ukraine “root out corruption,“ account of the April call, Zelen- enskiy “so that every American the Ukraine’s president congratulating him on his election win. there is no mention of corruption skiy told Trump: “You are, as I can see he did nothing wrong,” in the rough transcript released said, a great example. We are said White House press secretary Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, tives, but it was just — the dif- on Friday. hoping we can expand on our job Stephanie Grisham. an Army officer assigned to the ference between the calls was The release of the April call as you did. You will always, also, In that first call, Zelenskiy, tak- National Security Council, said apparent.” came as the House held a second be a great example for so many.” ing power against the backdrop during a closed-door deposition Fiona Hill, the former top Rus- day of public impeachment hear- Pressing Trump to visit Ukraine, of Russian menace, urgently last month that the two calls be- sia policy specialist at the Na- ings with U.S. diplomats who have Zelenskiy added: “I know how tried to build a relationship with tween the president were starkly tional Security Council, in her raised concerns that Trump may busy you are but if it’s possible for Trump, extolling Ukraine’s food different in tone. deposition described the April have misused his presidential you to come to the inauguration and people while repeatedly ask- “What I could say is the tone in exchange between the two presi- powers by withholding military ceremony, that would be a great, ing the president to come visit. the call on the 21st of April was dents as a “short congratulatory aid to Ukraine as he called on Zel- great thing for you to do to be Trump demurred but pledged very positive, in my assessment,” call.” enskiy to investigate former Vice with us on that day.” that a high-level delegation would Vindman said. “The call, the tone The first call was marked as President Joe Biden, a top politi- Trump in recent days has at- attend Zelenskiy’s inauguration. of the call on July 25th was not. unclassified, for official use only. cal rival. tempted to shift the spotlight Vice President Mike Pence was It was... I’m struggling for the The second call was classified as The 16-minute call, placed from his July conversation with slated to attend the Kyiv ceremo- words, but it was not a positive Secret/Originator Controlled/No from Air Force One as Trump Zelenskiy to the April call, in ny but his trip was canceled. In call. It was dour. If I think about Foreign Nationals and was placed flew back to Washington after a which he spoke to Zelenskiy soon the end, Energy Secretary Rick it some more, I could probably on a highly classified National Se- weekend in Florida, is filled with after he won a landslide victory Perry led the delegation. come up with some other adjec- curity Council server. Ousted: Yovanovitch says she was told to ‘watch my back’ before firing

FROM FRONT PAGE Miss Universe pageant in Ukraine and She told the lawmakers her sudden re- invited Zelenskiy to the White House. He moval had played into the hands of “shady closed with, “See you very soon.” interests the world over” with dangerous Yovanovitch, a career diplomat, who has intentions toward the United States. served both Republican and Democratic She recalled that as she had read the presidents, relayed her striking story of White House’s rough transcript of Trump’s being told to “watch my back” and then conversation with Ukrainian President being suddenly recalled by Trump in a Volodymyr Zelenskiy, another person said, swiftly developing series of events that “The color drained from my face.” sounded alarms about a White House shadow foreign policy. She said quietly, “Even now words fail In particular, Yovanovitch and others me.” have described Giuliani, Trump’s lawyer, Her removal is one of several events at as leading an “irregular channel” outside the center of the impeachment effort. the diplomatic mainstream of U.S.-Ukraine “These events should concern every- relations. Asked during an earlier, closed- one in this room,” the diplomat testified door deposition if anyone at the State De- in opening remarks. “Shady interests the partment who was alerted to Giuliani’s world over have learned how little it takes role tried to stop him, she testified, “I don’t to remove an American ambassador who think they felt they could.” does not give them what they want.” The White House has instructed officials The daughter of immigrants who fled not to comply with the probe, and most the former Soviet Union and Nazi German, have been issued subpoenas to appear. she described a 33-year career, including Later Friday, the panel in closed-door three tours as an ambassador to some of session was to hear from David Holmes, ANDREW HARNIK/AP the world’s tougher postings, before arriv- a political adviser in Kyiv, who overheard ing in Ukraine in 2016. She was forced out Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testifies before the House Trump asking about the investigations the in May 2019. Intelligence Committee in Washington on Friday during the second public impeachment day after the July conversation with Zel- She denied the accusations against her, hearing of President Donald Trump’s efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations enskiy. Holmes was at dinner with Gordon including that she favored Democrat Hill- of his political opponents. Sondland, when the Ambassador to the ary Clinton over Trump in the 2016 elec- European Union called Trump. The con- tion and that she circulated a “Do Not The top Republican on the panel, Rep. Ukraine that is in question. “These hear- versation was apparently loud enough to Prosecute” list to former top prosecutor Devin Nunes of California, bemoaned the ings should not be occurring at all,” he be heard. in Ukraine, Sergiy Lutsenko, which she hearings as a “daylong TV spectacle.” said. Trump says he doesn’t know about that called a “fabrication.” Nunes complained that Democrats are Just as the hearing was opening, the call. The AP has reported a second US Em- Schiff, the Democratic chairman of the relying on hearsay testimony from wit- White House released its rough transcript bassy official also overheard it. panel, opened the day’s hearing saying she nesses who only know of Trump’s actions of an earlier call Trump had with Ukraine Yovanovitch and other officials now tes- was “too tough on corruption for some, and second-hand. He also pressed to hear from President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that was tifying publicly are providing accounts her principled stance made her enemies.” the still anonymous government whistle- largely congratulatory. that Democrats are relying on to make It became clear, he said, “President blower who first alerted officials about Nunes read that transcript aloud. In it, the case that the president’s behavior was Trump wanted her gone.” President Donald Trump’s phone call with Trump mentioned his experience with the impeachable. Saturday, November 16, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 NATION Judge rules Roger Stone found guilty on all counts woman who Associated Press WASHINGTON — Roger joined ISIS Stone, a longtime friend and ally of President Donald Trump, was not citizen found guilty Friday of witness tampering and lying to Congress Associated Press about his pursuit of Russian- hacked emails damaging to Hill- WASHINGTON — A federal ary Clinton’s 2016 election bid. judge has ruled the U.S. govern- Stone was convicted of all seven ment was correct when it de- counts in a federal indictment termined a woman who joined that accused him of lying to Con- Islamic State was not an Ameri- gress, tampering with a witness can citizen despite her birth in and obstructing the House inves- the country. tigation into whether the Trump Lawyers for the family of the campaign coordinated with Rus- woman said Friday that they plan sia to tip the 2016 election. He is to appeal the ruling. the sixth Trump aide or adviser to “While we are disappointed be convicted of charges brought with and disagree with the Court’s as part of special counsel Robert ruling today, this is not the end of Mueller’s Russia investigation. our client’s legal options,” said Stone has denied wrongdoing Christina Jump, a lawyer with and consistently criticized the the Constitutional Law Center for case against him as politically motivated. He did not take the Muslims in America. stand during the trial, and his Hoda Muthana was born in lawyers did not call any witnesses New Jersey in October 1994 to a in his defense. diplomat from Yemen and grew Stone, 67, showed no visible up in Alabama. reaction as the verdict was read JULIO CORTEZ/AP In 2014, she left the U.S. to join aloud, count by count. He’s sched- ISIS, apparently after becoming Roger Stone, left, and his wife, Nydia Stone, leave federal court in Washington on Friday. uled to be sentenced on Feb. 6. He radicalized online. While she was could face up to 20 years. overseas, the government deter- Another former Trump cam- Trump campaign associates faced following his arrest, includ- in London — and conservative mined she was not a U.S. citizen paign aide, Michael Caputo, was were eager to gather information ing the gag order. writer and conspiracy theorist because her father was a diplo- removed by the courtroom secu- about emails the U.S. says were Throughout the trial, pros- Jerome Corsi. mat at the time of her birth and rity officers after he turned his hacked by Russia and then pro- ecutors used Stone’s own text During the 2016 campaign, revoked her passport. back on the jury after the verdict vided to the anti-secrecy website messages and emails — some of Stone had mentioned in inter- She surrendered in January to was read. WikiLeaks. which appeared to contradict his views and public appearances U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Stone smirked at reporters as Steve Bannon, who served as congressional testimony — to lay that he was in contact with As- Forces as ISIS began losing the he left the courtroom, holding the campaign’s chief executive, out their case that he lied to Con- sange through a trusted inter- last of its self-declared “caliph- testified during the trial that gress and threatened a witness. hands with his wife. As he walked mediary and hinted at inside ate” in Iraq and Syria, and she Stone had boasted about his ties On Tuesday, a top Trump cam- out of the courthouse, Stone was knowledge of WikiLeaks’ plans. has been in refugee camps ever to WikiLeaks and its founder, paign official, Rick Gates, who asked if he had any comment on But he started pressing Credico since. the verdict and he replied, “None Julian Assange, alerting them to was a key cooperator in the Muel- to broker a contact, and Credico Muthana said she regretted whatsoever” before he hopped pending new batches of damag- ler probe, testified that Stone testified that he told Stone to work her decision to join the group into a waiting SUV with his wife. ing emails. Campaign officials tried to contact Jared Kushner, through his own intermediary. and wanted to return to the U.S. Trump tweeted minutes after saw Stone as the “access point” to Trump’s son-in-law, to “debrief” Earlier testimony revealed that the verdict, calling the convic- WikiLeaks, he said. him about developments on the with her toddler child, the son of a Stone, while appearing before the tion “a double standard like never After the verdict was read, hacked emails. man she met while living with the seen before in the history of our prosecutors asked for Stone to be Prosecutors alleged Stone lied House Intelligence Committee, group who later died. Country” because his frequent jailed as he awaits sentencing, ar- to Congress about his conversa- named Credico as his interme- Her family filed suit to enable nemeses, including Hillary Clin- guing that he may have violated tions about WikiLeaks with New diary to Assange and pressured her return to the United States. ton, former FBI Director James a judge’s order that prohibits him York radio host and comedian Credico not to contradict him. Children of diplomats are not Comey and “including even from communicating with the Randy Credico — who scored an After Credico was contacted by entitled to birthright citizenship Mueller himself,” have not been media about his case. But Judge interview with WikiLeaks found- Congress, he reached out to Stone, but, the family’s lawyers argued convicted. “Didn’t they lie?” Amy Berman Jackson rejected er Assange in 2016, when he was who told him he should “stone- that her father’s status as a dip- In a trial that lasted about a that request and said Stone will avoiding prosecution by shelter- wall it” and “plead the fifth,” he lomat assigned to the U.N. ended week, witnesses highlighted how be subject to same conditions he ing in the Ecuadoran embassy testified. before her birth and she was au- tomatically a citizen. The U.S. says it wasn’t noti- fied that his status had changed until February 1995, apparently New rule to make more health care rates public because of a delay in reporting it by the U.N., and therefore he was BY AMY GOLDSTEIN in January 2021. escalating out-of-pocket costs. Other moves the administra- still a diplomat. The Washington Post In a new twist, the administra- The hospital industry has tion has taken to reshape the U.S. U.S. District Judge Reggie tion is also proposing to require vowed for months to sue to try to health care system have been Walton upheld that determination WASHINGTON — The Trump most health plans that Americans block the requirements on them, challenged in court — and some Thursday. administration on Friday issued get through their jobs to disclose and administration officials have not fared well. Earlier this Jump said the judge ruled from controversial rules compelling the rates they negotiate with sought preemptively to tarnish year, a Washington -based fed- the bench that he believes he hospitals and insurers to give con- hospitals and doctors in their in- such opposition. eral judge ruled the administra- is bound by the Department of sumers more information upfront surance networks, as well as the “Make no mistake about it, this tion did not have the authority State’s representation as to when about what their care will cost amounts they pay to doctors who rule today will irritate many vest- to compel the drug industry to the government received notice — requirements that officials say are not in their network. ed interests in Washington, D.C.,” disclose drug prices in television that the father’s diplomatic posi- help Americans be better health Taken together, the pair of ac- Joe Grogan, director of the White advertisements tion had ended and granted the care shoppers. tions — one a final rule, the other House’s domestic policy council, Also, the administration with- Under one rule resisted for in draft form — is part of Presi- told reporters on a morning con- drew a major effort it had made to defendant’s motion to dismiss on months by a broad swath of the dent Donald Trump’s 2020 elec- ference call. rein in drug prices by prohibiting that basis. health care industry, hospitals toral strategy to win favor with Health and Human Services rebates to insurance middlemen Her case has drawn widespread must for the first time reveal in voters eager to choose more af- Secretary Alex Azar called the following criticism it could actu- attention because President Don- a consumer-friendly format the fordable health care. rules “perhaps the most transfor- ally increase Medicare premiums ald Trump tweeted about it in discounted rates they negoti- The president is trying to capi- mative shift to patient-controlled before next year’s election. February, saying he had directed ate privately with insurers for a talize on polling that shows health health care that any president” The issue of transparency in the secretary of state not to allow list of 300 services patients can care ranks among Americans’ has undertaken. Consumers are health care pricing has been a her back into the U.S. The deci- schedule in advance, including leading domestic concerns, with now “at the mercy of a shadowy drumbeat for the White House sion to revoke her passport was X-rays and cesarean deliveries. consumers looking to government system” of pricing that “has to and Trump’s top health advisers made under President Barack The requirement takes effect especially to ease the burden of change,” he said. for much of this year. Obama. PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 16, 2019 NATION GOP Gov. Bevin concedes in Kentucky race

BY BRUCE SCHREINER can ever pull us apart.” He appeared at the Associated Press press conference with his running mate, Lt. Gov.-elect Jacqueline Coleman. FRANKFORT, Ky. — Republican Gov. “Whether you voted for us or not, we are Matt Bevin conceded to Democratic arch- here to serve you,” Beshear said at a press nemesis Andy Beshear on Thursday, put- conference at the Kentucky Education As- ting an end to Kentucky’s bitterly fought sociation headquarters. “We’ll work every governor’s race and setting the stage for single day to earn your faith, to earn your divided government in a GOP stronghold. trust.” Bevin, an ally of President Donald Bevin vowed not to publicly undermine Trump, made the dramatic announcement or second-guess Beshear’s actions once his outside his statehouse office on the same rival becomes governor. day election officials across Kentucky dou- “I am sure there will be things I’m excit- ble-checked vote totals at the governor’s ed by and have complete agreement with, request. Bevin, trailing by several thou- and there will be things that I will probably sand votes, acknowledged the recanvass be on the other side of the equation with, wouldn’t change the outcome. and this is the way things are,” Bevin said. “We’re going to have a change in the gov- In the days after the Nov. 5 election, ernorship based on the vote of the people,” Bevin said at the news conference. Bevin had steadfastly refused to concede Promising Kentuckians that “we won’t while hinting, without offering evidence, let you down,” Beshear said later in the that there had been “irregularities” in the day that he’s ready to help build the “next voting. chapter” of Kentucky’s future. Bevin, however, faced a growing cho- Looking ahead to dealing with a GOP- rus of state Republicans urging him to ac- cept the results of the recanvass unless he led legislature, the governor-elect urged TIMOTHY D. EASLEY/AP policymakers to find common ground and could point to evidence of substantial voter to “civilly disagree” when they can’t. Republican Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin speaks with reporters as he conceded the fraud. “If we can work together on the areas gubernatorial race to Democrat Andy Beshear in Frankfort, Ky., on Thursday. Beshear said Thursday that the election that we agree on and we can cut down was “fair and clean.” on the rhetoric in the areas that we don’t, politics. Beshear, wielding his authority as Bevin trailing Beshear by more than 5,000 Beshear, the son of a former two-term there is a significant amount that we can the state’s top lawyer, challenged a series votes out of more than 1.4 million cast, for a Kentucky governor, had already declared get done,” he said. “I believe that the areas of Bevin’s executive actions during their lead of less than 0.4 percentage points. Sec- victory and has been preparing to become that are so important for Kentucky, for in- terms. Their feud spread to the campaign retary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes governor in December. stance the health and the education of our trail and a series of bare-knuckled debates said in a statement that Thursday’s recan- The Kentucky contest was watched people, aren’t partisan at all.” this year. vass of vote counts left the final margin at closely for early signs of how the impeach- It was a subdued scene as members of “I truly want the best for Andy Beshear 5,136 votes. The State Board of Elections ment furor in Washington might affect Bevin’s administration watched the pug- as he moves forward. I genuinely want him is scheduled to meet Nov. 21 to certify the Trump and other Republicans heading into nacious governor graciously wish Beshear to be successful, I genuinely want this state vote totals. the 2020 election. Bevin railed against the — the state’s attorney general — well in his to be successful,” Bevin said. Calling for unity after the divisive cam- impeachment inquiry and illegal immigra- new role. Beshear thanked Bevin for promising a paign, Beshear said Kentuckians share tion in trying to nationalize the race, while His concession capped a nearly four- smooth transition. more in common — regardless of party Beshear kept his focus on state issues such year rivalry that dominated Kentucky Last week’s election results showed affiliation — than “any national divisions as education, health care and pensions. Texas Rep. Nevarez admits to dropping cocaine at airport

BY TEO ARMUS clear baggies” filled with cocaine. est State House district, approximately the Nevarez made national headlines in 2017, The Washington Post Nevarez is now charged with third-de- size of Pennsylvania: a mostly rural swath when state Rep. Matt Rinaldi, a Rpublican, gree felony possession and could face up to of south and west Texas that snakes along loudly announced he had called immigra- A stray envelope may end the political ca- 10 years in prison, a stunning downfall for the border with Mexico, encompassing two tion authorities on a group protesting a reer of Texas state Rep. Poncho Nevarez. a rising Democratic star in a state turning time zones and 45,000 square miles. bill on sanctuary cities. Amid the scuffle As the Democratic lawmaker, 47, was ever more purple. A personal injury lawyer by practice, between lawmakers that followed on the leaving an airport in Austin, Texas, earlier this year, he dropped an envelope bearing His office did not immediately respond he chairs the Texas House’s Homeland house floor, Nevarez said Rinaldi had his official letterhead, police said, citing to a request for comment from The Wash- Security and Public Safety Committee “threatened my life.” surveillance video. ington Post early on Friday. But in a state- and emerged as an outspoken voice in the The Democrat also served as vice chair- Inside, investigators now say they found ment to the Texas Tribune on Thursday chamber on immigration and gun con- man of a committee formed by lawmak- a revelation that would lead to an apology, morning, he said: “I do not have anyone to trol. He was in part credited for bringing ers in response to the state’s two mass a decision not to seek reelection — as of blame but myself. I accept this because it is “panic buttons” to the offices of his fellow shootings earlier this year, in El Paso and Thursday afternoon — and a warrant for true and it will help me get better.” lawmakers after he and other Democratic Odessa. Some had speculated that Neva- his arrest: The sealed envelope, they said Nevarez, first elected in 2012, holds the legislators were threatened by open-carry rez could serve as a possible candidate for in court documents, contained four “small distinction of representing the nation’s larg- activists. Texas state senate. Suspect in 1990s-era ‘Potomac River Rapist’ cold case is arrested

Associated Press “This man terrorized our community,” The victims includ- Her then-husband, David Hackos, told District of Columbia police Chief Peter ed a teenage babysit- The Post that Warrick’s arrest “brings a CONWAY, S.C. — Genealogy websites Newsham told The Washington Post. ter, a promising young huge relief” but also “brings us back to that and a cheek swab enabled U.S. Marshals Warrick had moved to South Carolina scientist and women time” of the killing. to arrest a man suspected of being the “Po- after working as a landscaper in Mary- returning home from In 2011, police and the FBI launched tomac River Rapist,” who terrorized the land. Police said detectives questioned work or grocery shop- an ambitious public outreach campaign to nation’s capital in the 1990s. him and obtained a cheek swab with his ping. Some were at- find the Potomac River Rapist, so named News outlets reported that Giles Daniel DNA to provide the match to crime scene tacked in their homes because of the geographic area of the at- Warrick, 60, is now awaiting extradition evidence. with children inside. tacks. That effort included digital bill- from Horry County, S.C . He’s accused of It’s unclear whether Warrick has a law- Christine Mirzayan, boards, a $25,000 reward and podcasts and raping 10 women and killing one of them yer to speak for him. 28, a biochemist, was social media alerts aimed at soliciting tips, between 1991 and 1998 in Washington and Law enforcement officials had been look- Warrick accosted in George- modeled after similar efforts that led to its surrounding suburbs. ing for a suspect for years, trying to find town in Washington in the arrest of former Boston mobster James Authorities said DNA evidence matched an athletic man prone to throwing blankets 1998 while walking home from a friend’s “Whitey“ Bulger. family profiles in genealogy services, en- or towels over his victims before starting cookout. She was dragged into a wooded But it took more recent developments in abling investigators to narrow their search to rape them, and making comments sug- area, sexually assaulted and bludgeoned to technology — and the advent of public ge- after interviewing Warrick’s relatives. gesting he had stalked them. death with a 73-pound rock. nealogy services — to crack the case. Saturday, November 16, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 NATION LA suburb mourns student victims after shooting

BY STEFANIE DAZIO tified the suspect because he’s a AND CHRIS WEBER minor. The Associated Press de- Associated Press termined his identity based on property records for his home SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — A and interviews with three of his boy described as bright, quiet friends. and “normal” pulled a gun from The boy lived with his mother his backpack on his 16th birthday in a modest home on a leafy street and opened fire at his high school in Santa Clarita, a Los Angeles before saving the last bullet for suburb of about 210,000 people himself, authorities said. The shooting that killed two known for good schools, safe teenagers and wounded three streets and relatively affordable others Thursday at Saugus High housing. School in a Los Angeles suburb He was a smart, quiet boy who took just 16 seconds and left the played chess and had been active attacker hospitalized in critical in a local Boy Scout troop, ac- condition with a head wound, au- quaintances said. thorities said. He seemed like “one of those Investigators searched the normal kids,” according to a stu- boy’s home as they sought a mo- dent in his physics class. tive for the attack, which seemed One girl who knew him for to target students at random, Los years said he wasn’t bullied and Angeles County Sheriff’s Depart- had a girlfriend. ment Capt. Kent Wegener said. The teen’s father died two years A post on an Instagram ac- ago. An online obituary said he count that said “Saugus, have fun MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/AP loved big-game hunting. In 2015, at school tomorrow” and reported Hannah Schooping-Gutierrez, center, a student at Saugus High School in Saugus, is comforted by her the father had been arrested as possibly belonging to the shoot- amid a domestic dispute with the er was debunked. boyfriend, Declan Sheridan, right, a student at nearby Valencia High School during a vigil at Central Park in the aftermath of a shooting at Saugus on Thursday in Santa Clarita, Calif. boy’s mother but no charges were The account did not belong to filed. the shooter and it was disabled doesn’t move,” Wegener said. Shauna Orandi, 16, was in her “He lost it,” she said. The sheriff’s department hadn’t for violating policies, Instagram been called to the home recently owner Facebook said in a state- The suspect appeared to fire at Spanish class when she heard Reas also said her cousin, 15, whoever was in front of him. He four gunshots and a student burst was walking onto the campus and there was no indication of ment emailed to The Associated “turmoil” there, Wegener said. Press on Friday. had no known connection to those into the room saying he’d seen the when she heard the gunshots that Saugus High has no metal de- Authorities said the teenager he shot, Wegener said. shooter. she said sounded “like a balloon” tectors but it has a dozen security apparently acted alone. There Video showed the last thing the “My worst nightmare actually popping and saw the gunman. cameras and a fence with a lim- was no indication that he was af- assailant did was shoot himself came true,” she said. “This is it. She and her friends ran to a filiated with a group or ideology, with the final bullet in the .45- I’m gonna die.” house across the street for safety, ited number of gates. said Paul Delacourt, the agent in caliber handgun, Wegener said. She was later escorted from the Reas said. Security is provided by one un- charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles The weapon was empty when it school and reunited with her fa- “It’s something no kid should armed sheriff’s deputy and nine field office. was recovered. ther in a nearby park. deal with,” she said. “campus supervisors” who act as Gunfire erupted at about 7:30 A 16-year-old girl and a 14- At a Thursday evening vigil, A sheriff’s detective and two guards, said Collyn Nielson, chief a.m. as students were “milling year-old boy died. Lea Reas said her nephew, 14, a off-duty police officers from Los administrative officer for the Wil- around” and greeting each other Two girls, ages 14 and 15, were freshman, saw his friend shot to Angeles and Inglewood who had liam S. Hart Union High School in an outdoor quad area, Wegener each in good condition after being death before he ran from the gun- dropped off children at the school District, which canceled classes said. Surveillance video showed treated for gunshot wounds at a fire and was pulled into a room by ran to the shooting within mo- for Friday. the shooter standing still while hospital. a teacher. ments and provided first aid, Los All district schools hold lock- “everyone is active around him.” A 14-year-old boy was treated “At first he thought it was a Angeles County Sheriff Alex Vil- down drills three times a year, “He just fires from where he and released from another hospi- graze” but later was told his lanueva said. including two in the fall that have is. He doesn’t chase anybody. He tal, authorities said. friend had died, she said. Police have not publicly iden- already occurred, Nielson said. Teen SC school shooter gets life sentence for killing 1st-grader

BY JEFFREY COLLINS school, even though police took in prison,” the unnamed child Associated Press 12 minutes to arrive. Osborne wrote in a letter to the judge. had left a video chat open on his Osborne was sentenced hours COLUMBIA, S.C. — A school cellphone, and witnesses said Os- after the latest deadly United shooter who was 14 when he borne was pacing outside, crying States school shooting. Authori- killed a first-grader on a school and saying he was sorry. ties said a student gunman opened playground in South Carolina Judge Lawton McIntosh hand- fire at Saugus High School in after killing his father in their ed down the life sentence in Southern California, killing two home was sentenced Thursday to Anderson County immediately students, wounding three others life in prison without parole. following several recommenda- and shooting himself in the head. KEN RUINARD, THE (ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C.) INDEPENDENT-MAIL/AP Jesse Osborne targeted Town- tions that he mete out the maxi- Investigators haven’t said why ville Elementary School because Jesse Osborne talks with his attorney, Frank Eppes, during a mum punishment possible. Those the teen attacked his classmates he had spent seven years there. sentence-related hearing at the Anderson County Courthouse on seeking life included Osborne’s on his 16th birthday. Prosecutors, who pushed for the Wednesday in Anderson, S.C. life sentence, said the teen was fa- former principal at Townville; the Osborne, now 17, was being miliar with the classroom layout teacher whose class was on the tried as an adult and faced a min- life and the circumstances of the just ask you give me hope for the and knew there was no police of- playground that day; the family imum of 30 years after pleading crime. future and get me help because I ficer on campus. of Jacob Hall, 6, who was killed; guilty to two counts of murder and McIntosh said the murders do need help. I want help.” Osborne crashed his father’s Osborne’s own uncle; and a child three counts of attempted murder. were heinous and he worried Prosecutors said Osborne was pickup truck into the fence on who escaped the horror. A U.S. This week’s special hearing was about Osborne’s lack of remorse. obsessed with school shootings. Sept. 28, 2016, and fired on first- Supreme Court decision bans the required under a U.S. Supreme Osborne spoke for less than His internet history included graders celebrating a classmate’s death penalty for juveniles. Court ruling that life sentences a minute Thursday, asking the searches for “youngest mass birthday. Uneaten cupcakes with “He killed my second-best for juveniles can’t be mandatory judge for mercy. murderer“ and mass shootings at the Batman logo were still seen friend and showed up on my and arbitrary. “I would just like to say I an Orlando, Fla., nightclub, Con- inside police tape hours later. number one BFF’s birthday. I feel McIntosh considered evidence wished this would have never necticut’s Sandy Hook Elemen- But Osborne’s lawyers noted very, very, very mad. That is three including Osborn’s maturity and happened. I don’t exactly know tary School and Columbine High he never tried to get inside the reasons why he should spend life rehabilitation potential, his home why I did this,” Osborne said. “I School in Colorado. PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 16, 2019 NATION Astronauts using spacewalks to fix cosmic ray locator

BY MARCIA DUNN spacewalk from Mission Control Associated Press in Houston. The huge spectrometer — 16 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. feet by 13 feet by 10 feet , with a — Astronauts began an extraor- mass of 7½ tons — was designed dinarily complicated series of to operate for three years. By in- spacewalks Friday to fix a cosmic stalling four new and improved ray detector at the International coolant pumps, the astronauts Space Station. can keep it working throughout Italian astronaut Luca Parmi- the life of the space station, or tano and U.S. astronaut Andrew another five to 10 years. The re- Morgan ventured out Friday placement pumps arrived at the with dozens of tools to dissect the space station nearly two weeks Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. ago, along with new tools. It took them nearly two hours to Parmitano, the lead spacewalk- get to the instrument and start er, and Morgan trained exten- JULIO CORTEZ/AP removing a protective shield, one sively for the plumbing job before fastener at a time, to gain access rocketing into orbit. Friday’s task Heather Randazzo, a grow employee at Compassionate Care Foundation’s medical marijuana dispensary, inside. entailed removing the shield and trims leaves off marijuana plants in the company’s grow house in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., in March. “Nice work, Luca. Looks great,” tossing it overboard. The next Mission Control radioed to Par- spacewalk will involve slicing mitano on the end of the space through stainless steel tubes and station’s long robot arm. splicing in connections for the Poll shows opposition to legal NASA considers these space- new pumps, which like the old walks the most difficult since the will use liquid carbon dioxide as Hubble Space Telescope repairs the coolant. marijuana use is vaporizing a few decades ago. Unlike Hub- In some respects, this work, 250 ble, the spectrometer was never miles up, is even trickier than the meant to undergo space surgery. Hubble spacewalks, said NASA BY CHRISTOPHER INGRAHAM By the numbers 11 states plus the District of Co- After 8½ years in orbit, its cool- project manager Ken Bollweg. As The Washington Post. lumbia, in most cases because of ing system is almost dead. before, the stakes are high. voter-approved ballot initiatives. Parmitano and Morgan will “Any time you do heart sur- More than two-thirds of Amer- Most other states have some form icans say marijuana should be go out at least four times this gery, you’re taking some risks,” of medical marijuana law, al- legal, according to new data from month and next to revitalize the Bollweg said. though in many cases there are Pew Research Center, as the instrument. Morgan is an emergency physi- 78% severe restrictions on the condi- Delivered to orbit by Endea- cian in the Army — a bonus for share of those opposed to the idea plunged 20 percentage points, to tions for which medical marijua- vour in 2011 on the next-to-last this kind of intricate work. He’s na can be used or on the types of space shuttle flight, the $2 billion making his first spaceflight. 32%. Percentage of Democrats L egalization is endorsed by 78% marijuana that can be used. spectrometer is hunting for elu- For second-time station resi- who say marijuana use According to the National Con- sive antimatter and dark matter. of Democrats and 55% of Repub- dent Parmitano, it marked his should be legal, according ference of State Legislatures, just It’s already studied more than return to spacewalking following licans. It has roughly two-thirds four states — Idaho, South Dako- 148 billion charged cosmic rays. a close call in 2013. He almost support among every racial, gen- to a poll by the Pew That’s more than what was col- drowned when his helmet flood- der and educational group in the Research Center ta, Nebraska and Kansas — pro- lected in over a century by ed with water from the cooling United States, the survey shows. hibit marijuana use in all forms. high-altitude balloons and small system of his spacesuit. Unable to The findings do show one sig- “As more and more states have satellites, said lead scientist Sam- talk because of the rising water, nificant demographic fault line, moved forward with their own uel Ting, a Nobel laureate at the he managed to keep his cool as however: age. Legalization is marijuana liberalization policies supported by 63% of baby boom- 55% Massachusetts Institute of Tech- he made his way back to the safe in recent years, public support nology. He monitored Friday’s confines of the space station. ers, 65% of Gen Xers, and 76% of has only grown stronger,” Erik millennials. But among the silent Altieri, executive director of the generation — those older than 74 Percentage of Republicans National Organization for the years — support is just 35%. who say marijuana use Reform of Marijuana Laws, said Partisan differences are heav- should be legal, according ily mediated by age as well. in a statement. “At a time when Among the silent generation, for to the poll the political divide is larger than instance, there is a 32-point gap ever, the issue of marijuana legal- in support between Democrats ization is one of the few policy is- (53%) and Republicans (21%). sues upon which most Americans Among millennials, regardless of 59% agree.” party affiliation, more than 70% Legalization foes contend that support legal marijuana. marijuana use comes with nega- In assessing support for mari- Percentage of survey tive health effects. This week, juana, surveys have typically respondents who say the group Smart Approaches to posed a simple question: “Do you marijuana use should Marijuana, or SAM, highlighted think the use of marijuana should the results of a study in the jour- be made legal or should NOT be be legal for medical and nal JAMA Psychiatry showing a made legal?” For this survey, recreational purposes half-percentage-point increase in however, Pew researchers posed rates of problematic cannabis use a separate question to suss out among teens in states that have whether Americans back recre- SOURCE: Pew Research Center legalized recreational use. ational marijuana, medical mari- juana, both or neither. 15% recorded in 2016. “Legalization efforts are send- ing the message that marijuana NASA/AP Some 59% said it should be As with many political issues, legal for both medical and rec- the public’s preferences on mari- use is safe and state-sanctioned,” A NASA photo shows Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano and reational purposes, a 10-point juana are well to the left of where SAM President Kevin Sabet said U.S. astronaut Andrew Morgan performing maintenance on the increase since fall 2016; 32% said the policy currently stands. The in a statement. “No amount of International Space Station during a spacewalk on Friday . The it should be legal for medical use plant remains illegal for all pur- marijuana use is safe for young astronauts ventured out with dozens of tools and four new pumps only. Just 8% said it should not be poses under federal law. Rec- people, and more must be done to for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. legal at all, a steep drop from the reational marijuana is legal in halt its normalization.” Saturday, November 16, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 WORLD North Korea calls Biden ‘rabid dog’ greedy for power

BY SIMON DENYER This is not the first time Biden The Washington Post has invited the scorn of North Korea. In May, it called him a SEOUL — North Korea has “fool of low I.Q.” for calling Kim launched another volley of in- a dictator and a tyrant. sults at former vice president Joe In his presidential campaign, Biden, calling him a “rabid dog” Biden has been sharply criti- DARKO VOJINOVIC/AP who is greedy for power and de- cal of Trump’s policy on North serves to be beaten to death. Migrants prepare food in the Vucjak refugee camp outside Bihac, northwestern Bosnia, on Friday. Korea, calling it a diplomatic fail- The attack came two weeks ure that has made the American after Biden issued a statement people less safe and arguing that attacking President Donald Trump has been making excuses Rights group: Bosnian migrant Trump’s North Korea policy and for a dictator referring to that country’s leader, and a brutal Kim Jong Un, as a “murderous ‘ Rabid regime. dictator.” dogs like After the camp ‘dangerous and inhumane’ In response, North Korea laid North Ko- on the animal metaphors thick Baiden rean state- BY RADUL RADOVANOVIC The Doctors Without Borders said Nihal Osman, Doctors With- and fast, calling Biden a crafty, [sic] can ment in May, Associated Press group warned that “people may out Borders’ deputy field coordi- rabid dog keen at getting at oth- hurt lots Biden’s cam- die without adequate shelter and nator. “It should be closed now.“ ers’ throats, and as a profiteer. paign team BIHAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina other basic services” in Bosnia, In a bid to pressure the cen- “A crow is never whiter for of people responded — A prominent human rights where many migrants are sleep- tral Bosnian government to re- often washing,” the Korean if they are by saying it group is warning that migrants Central News Agency said in a ing in makeshift shelters and locate some of the migrants, the allowed to was “no sur- trying to reach Western Europe abandoned homes. regional government vowed to commentary. prise” that are living in “dangerously cold “Four official centers for mi- fully restrict migrant movements “Anyone who dare slanders the run about . Pyongyang and harsh conditions” in Bosnia, ’ grants exist, but services are in- at the two main camps beginning dignity of the supreme leadership Korean would prefer where tensions mounted further of the DPRK, can never spare the adequate and tensions are high, Friday. Central News that Trump Friday over the influx of thou- DPRK’s merciless punishment leading most people to stay else- Protests demanding the relo- Agency remain in the sands of people fleeing war and whoever and wherever,” it said, where,” the report added. cation of migrant centers were White House. poverty. referring to the country’s official It singled out the improvised planned for later in the day. The criti- Impoverished Bosnia has been name, the Democratic People’s cism of Biden came just a day overwhelmed by the arrival of Vucjak refugee camp in north- Bosnia’s central government Republic of Korea. western Bosnia, describing it as a has said it would turn two former after North Korea issued a rare migrants heading toward Eu- “And he will be made to see criticism of Trump, and could “dangerous and inhumane place” army barracks in other parts of rope along the so-called Balkan even in a grave what horrible con- be seen as an attempt to leave a that does not meet minimum liv- the country into new migrant fa- route. Most migrants flock to the sequences will be brought about small window open for dialogue northwest section of the Balkan ing standards. The camp is lo- cilities. This was hailed by the by his thoughtless utterances.” with the current administration. country, which borders European cated on a landfill and next to a EU mission in Bosnia on Friday It then returned to the animal On Thursday, North Korea said Union member Croatia. minefield from the 1992-95 Bos- that expressed hope that it would theme. Trump had reneged on a prom- This has led to tensions in the nian War. lead to the closure of the Vucjak “Rabid dogs like Baiden [sic] ise to end joint U.S.-South Korea border region, with local authori- “People arrive at our clinic camp. can hurt lots of people if they are military exercises, arguing it had ties demanding that other parts from Vucjak in flip-flops, without “We expect all the authorities in allowed to run about. They must given concessions, in the form of of the country share the migrant socks or jackets, a lot of them suf- the country to continue working be beaten to death with a stick be- ceasing nuclear and long-range burden and take in some of the fering from respiratory infections together in good faith to find ways fore it is too late,” it wrote. “Doing missile tests, that the U.S. presi- more than 6,000 people staying in and from skin diseases caused by for burden-sharing and long-term so will be beneficial for the U.S. dent could “brag about,” but had the area. the horrific living conditions,” solutions,” the EU said. also.” received nothing in return.

Brexit Party fails to clinch voting pact with Britain’s ruling Conservatives

BY DANICA KIRKA now have to do is to hold him to there would be no further exten- Associated Press account, to make sure we get a sion of the Brexit deadline. But proper Brexit, and that’s my job,” the Daily Telegraph reported LONDON — Britain’s Brexit Farage told the BBC. Thursday that Farage rejected Party has failed to reach a tacti- Britain is holding a national a last-minute strategic offer cal voting pact with the ruling election on Dec. 12 because John- from the Conservatives to prom- Conservatives, saying Thursday son wants to secure a majority so ise to put up only token opposi- that it will field 300 candidates he can take the U.K. out of the tion in 40 key seats if the Brexit in next month’s election to force bloc by the next Brexit deadline of Party would stand aside in other Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Jan. 31. All 650 seats in the House constituencies. deliver on his promise of a clean of Commons are up for grabs. After the deadline for candi- break with the European Union. date nominations passed, Farage Johnson reached a Brexit deal Brexit Party leader Nigel Far- tweeted that a top Johnson advis- with the EU but so far has not age said the party had to contest er had been calling Brexit Party persuaded enough British law- the seats in Britain’s Dec. 12 candidates and offering them election to keep the pressure on makers to pass it. The single- jobs if they would withdraw from Johnson, rebuffing Conservative issue Brexit Party, meanwhile, their races. arguments that doing so risks prefers to leave the EU without a “The system is corrupt and splitting the pro-Brexit vote and deal, something that economists broken,” Farage said. boosts parties that want to re- say would damage both the Brit- Currently, the Conservatives main in the EU. His comments ish and EU economies. have 298 seats and the opposition came on the final day for candi- The Brexit Party earlier this Labour Party has 243. Analysts DANNY LAWSON, PA/AP dates to register. week agreed not to run candi- say to get a majority in Parlia- “What we’ve got so far in this dates in 317 parliamentary seats ment, the Conservatives need to Brexit Party Leader Nigel Farage holds a fish during an event at the campaign is for Boris to prom- currently held by Conservative flip Labour seats in the north and Grimsby Seafood Village, part of the general election campaign trail, ise to change direction. What we lawmakers after Johnson pledged east. in Grimsby, England, Thursday. Britain goes to the polls on Dec. 12. PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 16, 2019 WORLD Protesters make demands, leave Hong Kong dorm

BY KEN MORITSUGU The protesters said at a 3 a.m. Associated Press news conference that the road would be blocked again and HONG KONG — Protesters warned of other unspecified who had barricaded themselves consequences if the government in a Hong Kong university this didn’t meet their demands within week began to leave Friday after 24 hours. partially clearing a road they “In the face of the inconve- /AP had blocked and demanding that nience we have caused to the VINCENT YU the government commit to going elderly and other young people, ahead with local elections on Nov. Protesters prepare food in a canteen at Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong on Friday. we have decided to take the ini- 24. tiative to show our goodwill,” one It wasn’t immediately clear The man, who was using his statement. “Now, they are taking Presbyterian church that has long masked protester said. “We would why the protesters at the Chi- phone to film a skirmish between such violence abroad and into the been active on pro-democracy is- nese University of Hong Kong like to re iterate that our target is protesters and others trying to U.K.” sues, said the situation in Hong were leaving or where they might the government.” clear a street earlier this week, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Kong was a matter of “religious go next. University’s President The district council elections died Thursday night. The Hong called the attack “barbaric” and values and human rights.” Rocky Tuan urged everyone to are seen as a barometer of public Kong government expressed out- said it violated the principles of a “Taiwan stands with you all,” leave, saying the situation was sentiment in the semiautonomous rage over what it called “the mali- civilized society. he told those gathered outside the Chinese territory, which has been out of control and that the univer- cious acts of the rioters.” Students and other protesters Hong Kong Economic, Trade and riven by anti-government pro- In London, the Chinese Embas- have taken over major campuses sity may need to seek government Cultural Office in Taipei. tests for more than five months. sy said Hong Kong Justice Secre- in Hong Kong this week, building help. Taiwanese lawyers have formed Pro-democracy activists say the tary Teresa Cheng was pushed to barricades and stockpiling gaso- Earlier, the protesters cleared a pro bono committee to help any one lane in each direction on government may use the escalat- the ground by activists who were line bombs and other weapons. Hong Kong residents who want Tolo Highway. Workers sent in ing violence as a reason to cancel following her and shouting at her, In Taiwan, civic and religious to clean up remaining debris and the elections. injuring her hand. It wasn’t clear groups protested outside Hong to seek refuge in Taiwan, said set up traffic cones were heckled The police, meanwhile, said if she was pushed or fell in the Kong’s representative office, call- Lin Chun-hung, a member of the by protesters, who pointed bows they would investigate the death confrontation. ing for an end to what they said group. and arrows at them, government of a 70-year-old man who was hit “We express strong indignation were abuses against anti-govern- “Our lawyers will provide them officials said, but the two lanes in the head by a brick as a murder and unequivocally condemn the ment protesters in the territory. with assistance so that they can were reopened around midday. case. activists,” the embassy said in a Cheng Ying-er, a pastor in the stay here,” he said. Venice flooded again 3 days after near-record high tide

Associated Press on Friday morning. Workers in mate change for the “dramatic thigh-high boots began removing VENICE, Italy — Waters are situation” in the historic city. He the platforms used by the public on the rise again Friday in Ven- called for the speedy completion to cross the square without get- of the city’s long-delayed Mose ice, where the tide is reaching ting wet. flood defense project. exceptional levels just three days The city saw the second-worst after the Italian lagoon city expe- flooding on record late Tuesday, The leader of the right-wing rienced its worst flooding in more when the water level reached League, Matteo Salvini, visited than 50 years. more than 6 feet above sea level, Venice on Friday morning and The high tide Friday is pro- prompting the Italian government also called for a common effort to jected to peak at more than 5 to declare a state of emergency. complete the Mose project, which feet , which is far beyond normal On Thursday, the government the Italian government now ex- levels. also approved 20 million euros in pects to be completed by 2021. Mayor Luigi Brugnaro told funding to help Venice repair the reporters he was forced to ask most urgent damage. “We can’t waste time. This city LUCA BRUNO/AP police to block off the iconic St. Venice’s mayor said the dam- is crying for help,“ Salvini said, Municipality workers carry wooden boards to make a trestle bridge Mark’s Square, which was al- age is estimated at hundreds of adding that similar incidents in flooded St. Mark’s Square in Venice, Italy, on Friday. ready covered in knee-high water millions of euros and blamed cli- must be avoided. French police ratchet up evidence search in Epstein assault probe

BY JOHN LEICESTER Women who say they were in an AP interview Friday that “We imagine that potential amplify the search for witnesses. Associated Press raped and sexually assaulted their previous appeal for witness- victims don’t want to speak, to She’d been among those who pre- by one of Epstein’s associates, es, worded only in French, had report crimes because they must viously told the AP that the police PARIS — French police are French modeling agent Jean-Luc limited success. The new appeal feel that, ‘If I say something, will needed to do more. launching a fresh appeal for wit- Brunel, this week told The As- was also being issued in English, I keep my job?’ ” he said. “That’s great,” she told the nesses and victims to come for- sociated Press they were disap- he said. The French probe was launched AP on Friday, adding that the ward to aid their probe of Jeffrey pointed with the limited scope “The witnesses and the victims in August after Epstein took his September appeal “on Twitter Epstein and allegations that one of of police efforts to track down tell us that they had trouble iden- life while awaiting trial on sex- in French, once, is not enough to the financier’s associates drugged witnesses. tifying us and finding the number and raped young models. Brunel has denied wrongdoing and reaching us to give evidence,” trafficking charges. make people come forward.” Police hope the new appeal is- and has said via his lawyer he is he said. Thysia Huisman, one of the She said the use of English in sued Friday will have a broader willing to talk to investigators. He also said the evidence women who has testified to French the latest appeal might help reach reach than a similar call for wit- Police Commissioner Philippe search had been hampered by a police that she was drugged and models and former models who nesses they issued on Facebook Guichard, whose office is leading reluctance to talk in the “closed raped by Brunel in 1991 at age 18, travel frequently and who likely and Twitter on Sept. 11. the French probe, acknowledged world” of modeling. welcomed the new police effort to don’t speak French. Saturday, November 16, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 13 BUSINESS/WEATHER China lifts its 5-year ban on U.S. poultry

BY PAUL WISEMAN and left for future negotiations. Associated Press But even that tentative “Phase 1” deal hasn’t been officially WASHINGTON — China is signed as China presses the U.S. lifting a five-year ban on U.S. to roll back its tariffs. poultry, a goodwill gesture at a “Today’s development (on U.S. time when the world’s two biggest poultry) is definitely linked to the economies are trying to finalize a trade war and, though the prog- tentative trade deal. ress is incremental, it is positive China had blocked U.S. poultry and resolves a longstanding ir- imports after an outbreak of avian ritant in the trade relationship,” influenza in December 2014, clos- said Jeff Moon, a former U.S. ing off a market that bought more diplomat and trade official who than $500 million worth of Amer- is president of the China Moon ican chicken, turkey and other Strategies consultancy. poultry products in 2013. “The United States welcomes EXCHANGE RATES China’s decision to finally lift its Military rates unwarranted ban on U.S. poultry Euro costs (Nov. 18) ...... $1.1315 Dollar buys (Nov. 18) ...... €0.8838 and poultry products. This is great British pound (Nov. 18) ...... $1.32 news for both America’s farmers Japanese yen (Nov. 18) ...... 106.00 South Korean won (Nov. 18) ...... 1,136.00 and China’s consumers,” said Commercial rates U.S. Trade Representative Rob- Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3770 /AP British pound ...... $1.2905 ert Lighthizer, who predicted CHARLIE NEIBERGALL Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3236 that U.S. poultry exports to China China (Yuan) ...... 7.0090 China reopened its market to U.S. poultry, ending a five-year ban. China had blocked U.S. poultry could surpass $1 billion a year. Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.7638 imports after an outbreak of avian influenza in December 2014. Egypt (Pound) ...... 16.1306 The decision out of Beijing is Euro ...... $1.1047/0.9052 Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.8266 effective immediately and the an- Hungary (Forint) ...... 302.98 nouncement sent shares of major African swine fever has hit a com- lenge U.S. technological domi- breakthrough. Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.4728 U.S. chicken processers, Sand- peting protein in China: pork. nance. The two countries have China agreed to buy more U.S. Japan (Yen) ...... 108.72 Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3037 erson Farms, Tyson Foods and The U.S. and China are locked slapped tariffs on hundreds of farm products, and President Norway (Krone) ...... 9.0912 Pilgrim’s Pride to new highs for in a trade war over American al- billions of dollars’ worth of each Donald Trump dropped plans to Philippines (Peso)...... 50.57 Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.87 the year Thursday. legations that the Chinese are other’s goods in the biggest trade hike tariffs on $250 billion worth Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7503 The Chinese market looks espe- deploying predatory tactics — in- conflict since the 1930s. of Chinese imports. Big differ- Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3610 South Korea (Won) ...... 1,163.83 cially promising for U.S. poultry cluding stealing trade secrets Last month, U.S. and Chinese ences over China’s technology Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9898 producers because an outbreak of — in an aggressive drive to chal- negotiators announced a modest policies were largely unaddressed Thailand (Baht) ...... 30.23 Turkey (Lira) ...... 5.7458 (Military exchange rates are those MARKET WATCH available to customers at military banking facilities in the country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For Huawei’s new phone won’t have Google apps nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., purchasing British pounds in Germany), check with your local military banking Associated Press facility. Commercial rates are interbank Huawei Technologies Ltd. is scrambling to pre- rates provided for reference when buying serve its business following U.S. controls imposed currency. All figures are foreign currencies BEIJING — Chinese tech giant Huawei is selling to one dollar, except for the British pound, in May on sales of American components and tech- which is represented in dollars-to-pound, a folding smartphone without Google apps or U.S.- nology to the company, which Washington says is a and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) made processor chips following sanctions imposed security risk. The Mate X uses Huawei’s Kirin 980 INTEREST RATES by Washington. and Balong 5000 chipset and Chinese alternatives to Prime rate ...... 4.75 The Mate X went on sale Friday on Huawei’s online Google music, maps and other services. Discount rate ...... 2.25 store in China priced at $2,422 and competes with Federal funds market rate ...... 1.55 Huawei has yet to announce plans for sales out- 3-month bill ...... 1.53 Samsung’s Galaxy Fold launched in September. side China. 30-year bond ...... 2.30 WEATHER OUTLOOK SATURDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SATURDAY IN EUROPE SUNDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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Naples 69/64 Okinawa Morón 56/39 63/38 Sigonella Rota 68/44 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 87/77 54/42 69/65 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 16, 2019 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Man proposes to his girlfriend while surfing

HONOLULU — A Ha- HI waii man was surfing with his girlfriend when — in- stead of hanging 10 — he knelt down on one knee on his board and proposed. Hawaii News Now reported that Lauren Oiye said yes just before Chris Garth dropped the ring in the ocean. Multiple photographers nearby captured the Sunday moment. Luckily, he had a spare. Garth said he knew it could go wrong, so he used a stand-in while they were out in the water. The real ring was on shore at Queen’s Beach in Waikiki, where the two met years before. Court rules man can get ‘IM GOD’ license plate

FRANKFORT — A fed- KY eral court is allowing a Kentucky man to personalize a license plate with the phrase “IM GOD” after a three-year legal battle over the custom engraving. Court documents show Ben Hart, a self-identified atheist, set out to get the Kentucky plate in 2016. But Hart’s request was de- nied by the state transportation department on the basis it violat- ed antidiscrimination guidelines. News outlets report similar plates had been approved before, includ- ELIAS FUNEZ, THE UNION/AP ing “TRYGOD“ and “NOGOD.“ Kentucky’s American Civil Liberties Union and the Freedom From Religion Foundation got in- Fall stroll volved to help Hart challenge the A Nevada City, Calif., couple walk their dog along leaf-studded Wolf Creek Trail Wednesday afternoon in Grass Valley, Calif. decision. In an opinion Wednes- day by a U.S. District Court in Frankfort, the judge ruled “van- two years’ of supervised release THE CENSUS nephew, Christian Dall’Acqua, is ity plates” are private speech pro- and is required to pay a $1,500 also facing charges. tected by the First Amendment fine. The amount of marijuana (in pounds) a Nevada state trooper The Animal Law Unit of Vir- and that the state had violated Varga had traveled across state found after pulling over a car for making an unsafe turn at an ginia’s Attorney General’s Office Hart’s rights by denying him the lines to buy the tiger rug, which intersection near downtown Reno. The patrol says troopers seized nearly 120 animals in Au- plate. authorities say he knew was from 76 stopped the car Tuesday after it failed to yield to a pedestrian and gust amid concerns of inadequate an endangered species. made an unsafe left turn . KOLO-TV reported that they arrested care. Police: Homeless man The Franklin Township man the driver, Isaac Arellano, 30, and a passenger, Maria Salazar-Zuno, 30, on mul- Federal inspectors have pleaded guilty in July to violating tiple charges including marijuana trafficking. cited the zoo multiple times for and dog both stabbed the Endangered Species Act and violations. the Lacey Act, which bans illegal A judge refused to return the NEW YORK — New wildlife trafficking. animals to the zoo after a 12-hour NY York City police said a Authorities said Varga years Men with hammers rob The Boston Globe reported hearing held this year in which homeless man and his dog were ago had tried to buy a similar rug jewelry store while open that David Turner was freed on authorities presented evidence both stabbed during an argument but was warned by federal wild- Wednesday after serving 21 years that animals received insufficient in a Manhattan subway station. life officials it was illegal. for his role in the 1999 planned food, water and living space. Both survived the attack before WASHINGTON — Po- armed robbery of an armored dawn Wednesday on the station Felon accused of joyride PA lice said two men armed car. platform at 14th Street and Sixth with hammers robbed a Pennsyl- According to court records, Iconic Sky Bar candy Avenue. in sheriff’s stolen SUV vania jewelry store while employ- FBI agents told Turner he was a being made again The man was treated at Bellev- ees were helping customers that suspect in the 1990 heist at the Is- ue Hospital and the dog at Man- SOUTH LAKE included young children. abella Stewart Gardner Museum SUDBURY — The hattan’s Animal Medical Center. CA TAHOE — The El Do- KDKA-TV reported employees and could receive leniency if he MA Sky Bar, the multifla- The dispute started after rado County Sheriff’s Office said told police the men went into Kay returned the stolen masterpiec- vored chocolate bar divided into the man awoke from sleep on a a felon stole a patrol vehicle from Jewelers at the Tanger Outlets on es. Turner said he knew nothing four sections, is back on the mar- platform bench. The issue was the parking lot of a substation in Wednesday evening. They told about the theft. ket after a yearlong hiatus. unclear. South Lake Tahoe and took it on a everyone to get on the ground. The art, including works by The Boston Globe reported that Police are seeking the suspect joyride before he was captured 50 Police said they smashed jewel- Rembrandt and Vermeer, has production of the confection has they say stabbed both the dog miles away. ry cases with hammers, stealing never been recovered. resumed at a suburban gourmet owner and the animal in their Sheriff’s Sgt. Anthony Prencipe the jewelry inside. Turner, 52, will remain on pro- shop less than a year after the said Jacob Wolfe, 30, was arrest- leg s. Police said seven customers bation for three more years. owner bought rights to the brand ed wearing a sheriff’s baseball were in the store, including three in an online auction. cap Wednesday in Placerville. He children. No customers were in- The Sky Bar made its debut Man who bought tiger said the fully loaded SUV went Zoo owner charged with jured. It was not clear how much in 1938 but was discontinued rug gets 1 day in jail missing Wednesday morning animal cruelty counts was stolen. last year when the New England during a patrol shift change. Confectionery Co., also known as PHILADELPHIA — A Wolfe was apprehended shortly WINCHESTER — The Suspect in art heist Necco, went out of business. PA New Jersey man who after Placerville police disabled VA owner of a Virginia zoo illegally bought a tiger skin rug one of the SUV’s tires with a spike freed from prison where more than 100 animals Louise Mawhinney, owner of years after being told it was a strip on U.S. Highway 50. were seized earlier this year Duck Soup in Sudbury, bought the crime to do so has been sentenced He was being held on $74,000 BOSTON — A man has been charged with animal rights to the Sky Bar in January. to one day in jail. bail on suspicion of vehicle theft, MA who was considered a cruelty. The candy bar, divided into The U.S. attorney’s office for felon in possession of a firearm, suspect in the heist of about $500 A grand jury in Winchester caramel, vanilla, peanut and the Eastern District of Pennsyl- possession of ammunition, evad- million worth of artwork from indicted Keith Wilson, owner of fudge sections, is available in the vania said Wednesday that Loren ing police and impersonating an a Boston museum has been re- Wilson’s Wild Animal Park, on 46 store and online for $1.98. Varga, 62, was also sentenced to officer. leased from prison. animal cruelty counts. Wilson’s From wire reports Saturday, November 16, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 TELEVISION

BETRAYED on the battlefield? Documentary spotlights interpreters left behind in Iraq, Afghanistan

BY J.P. LAWRENCE One of the translators profi led in the Stars and Stripes fi lm, which premiered on PBS on Mon- day, is living in hiding in Afghanistan. merican troops who fought in Another escaped via boat to Europe, but Iraq and Afghanistan relied on lost most of his family on the way. PBS photos interpreters to understand the The third, whose relationship with the Athreats around them and help American soldier he worked with forms An interpreter from Iraq, nicknamed them to communicate with locals. the core of the documentary, made it to Phillip Morris, above and top left, When the troops came home, the the U.S. but then braved brutal mili- came to America through the special interpreters stayed behind, trying to tias and Islamic State fi ghters when he immigrant visa, or SIV, with help from survive in countries where their work returned to Iraq to rescue his family and a soldier, Paul Braun, top right, with with the Americans meant they and bring them to safety. whom he worked in Iraq. their families lived in constant fear and That translator, nicknamed Phillip danger to their lives. Morris because of his chain-smoking Another of the three interpreters The filmmakers behind the documentary In the documentary “The Interpret- habit, met Paul Braun, a military police- hired a smuggler in Turkey to bring him “The Interpreters,” co-directors Andres ers,” fi lmmakers Andres Caballero and man with a gray mohawk, in Basra, Iraq, and his family across the Mediterranean Caballero, left, and Sofian Khan, Sofi an Khan trace the sometimes tragic in 2009. Sea to Greece. It was only after his wife consider the delays and, in some cases, and always diffi cult journeys of three Braun was wary of Morris at fi rst, and two of his children died when the outright failure to bring interpreters to translators as they tried to move them- but over time the two came to consider boat sank that the interpreter learned safety nothing less than a betrayal. “We selves and their families to the safety each other as a “brother from a different that his application for a U.S. visa had had a mission, we asked for help, we they thought they’d been promised in the mother,” Morris says in the fi lm. been approved. promised something in return. Then, we U.S. When Braun and his unit left Iraq The third interpreter was in hiding in broke the promise,” Khan said. The fi lm follows the struggles of the in 2010, the American promised to get Afghanistan when the documentary was three men — one from Iraq and two Morris and his family to safety. made. While Braun said the fi lm has become from Afghanistan — who applied to Morris fi nally made it to the U.S. The delays or outright failure to bring too politically biased, he encouraged come to the U.S. under the Special Im- on Dec. 15, 2013, as ISIS was gaining interpreters to safety in the U.S. are a people to see it. migrant Visa program for translators ground in Iraq and Syria. But he came betrayal of people who risked everything “It’s not a left-aisle, right-aisle issue,” or interpreters who worked alongside without his family. to help American troops and were prom- he said. “This is an American issue that American troops. Hundreds applied The fi lm shows the interpreter’s ised a safe haven in return, the fi lmmak- we need to stand up for.” each year for an SIV after the program struggles with life in his new home — he ers said. [email protected] was started in 2008, but only a frac- lived in Braun’s house in Minnesota for “We had a mission, we asked for help, Twitter: @jplawrence3 tion were given the chance to move to three years — and how he longed for and we promised something in return. Then, America and safety. worried about the family he left behind we broke the promise,” co-director Khan The documentary “The Interpreters” “We want people to remember that in Iraq. said by phone. can be streamed through Dec. 10 on the these wars are not over yet, not for these Some of the most harrowing parts of Fewer applicants are getting visas PBS Video App and on pbs.org/interpret- interpreters who put their lives on the the fi lm are about the dangers Morris through the SIV program under the ersfi lm. line, thinking we were going to change faced, including ISIS fi ghters and death Trump administration, and anti-refugee Note: Stars and Stripes reporter J.P. their country,” Caballero said in a recent threats, when he traveled back to Iraq to rhetoric in the United States is growing, Lawrence deployed with Paul Braun to phone call. get his family and bring them to safety. the documentary says. Iraq in 2009. PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 16, 2019 VIDEO GAMES

A GRIP ON FIT Slay a bodybuilding dragon with exercise

in Ring Fit Adventure for Nintendo Switch every day. While there are echoes of Nintendo’s Wii Fit, an instant hit when it was un- veiled in Japan in 2007 and the victim you complete modifi ed versions of the of stock shortages for months in the U.S. sorts of activities that you bought your upon its 2008 release, that item is likely unused sack resistance bands for. It can collecting dust in most closets these BY TODD MARTENS also measure your heart rate. days. Still, there’s no denying the Wii Combine the Ring-Con with a leg in the large segment of the population Los Angeles Times Fit foretold a future where game-like strap affi xed to your thigh, each one elements would creep into all aspects that craves physical movement, it’s arly in Ring Fit Adventure, holding one of the controllers of the of our life. Exercise has long been seen unlikely an Apple Watch, a Fitbit, an a talking, virtual Pilates- Nintendo Switch, and Ring Fit Adven- as a market for gamifi cation, dating app or Ring Fit Adventure will provide like ring tells you that your ture turns out to be hiding a pretty back to pricey, early exercise bikes that some magical answer to loving exer- E“glistening sweat” is beauti- potent little exercise machine under its showed stationary users pedaling along cise. That’s fi ne, though. These devices ful. Your opinion of such a phrase fi ght-the-dragon adventure premise. digital forest preserves to today’s Apple needn’t be life-changers so much as dif- — sorta cute, kinda funny or infuriating The Ring-Con can be used with shoul- Watches, Fitbits and bounty of apps such ferent options to either help us get out — might refl ect how you will feel about ders and thighs for myriad exercises as Noom, the latter of which essentially of a routine or create a new one. Nintendo’s latest bid to enter the fi tness to target various muscles outside of the turns calorie counting into a game. And Ring Fit Adventure’s main game and tech market. main game. In one week with the $80 All of these devices hold aspirational works hard to become part of our daily I rolled my eyes yet ultimately kept device, I’ve largely been using it, and qualities. At long last, they promise, life. It’s robust, for one. Nintendo says playing. Partly because I fell out of a it has forced me to work through some technology will not only make exercise that if one spends between 30 minutes pretty strict fi tness regimen the last of the core-strengthening exercises and staying in shape fun, it will be and one hour with the game every two hectic months and partly because my physical therapist thinks I’m doing easy! Not really — if you’re not already day, it could take up to three months there was a dragon ahead. But not to complete. Probably longer if, like just any dragon. This is a bodybuild- me, you choose to mix and match your ing-obsessed, hypermasculine hunk of Nintendo photos own exercises with custom routines or dragon idiocy. At long last, here was an minigames, such as one that has you antagonist that I recognized and was stretching out or pressing in on the eager to battle. I could see a teenaged Ring-Con to smash robots. version of this Ring Fit Adventure More fun and goofy is a pottery dragon — imagine a distant cousin of game, which combines squats and arm Chernabog from “Fantasia’s” “Night presses on the Ring-Con to shape and on Bald Mountain” scene — coming up sculpt virtual clay. It can burn a few to my junior high locker to ask me how calories but also works as a party game. much I could “bench” before laughing The main quest of player vs. bullying in my face. dragon alternates running in place with So run in place I will, holding my a host of exercises. We uncover more surprisingly comfortable and wonder- as we move more deeply into the game, fully adept tech-enhanced plastic ring and while this is meant to encourage us in front of me. Said ring, which Nin- to keep playing and learn different fi t- tendo calls a “Ring-Con,” is the main ness routines, as someone who suffers peripheral of Ring Fit Adventure, and from occasionally paralyzing sciatica it can not only measure your strength I wanted signifi cantly more exercises — exercises are essentially completed available at the start of the game. by pulling the ring in or out — but help CONTINUED ON PAGE 17 Saturday, November 16, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 17 FITNESS

Combination THE of biological, behavioral HEALTH factors may explain why women tend GAP to outlive men

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BY ARMIN BROTT men and women 60 and under, all with And although Caucasians — both male Depression. Half as many men as Tribune News Service high cholesterol. Over the course of the and female — have a higher melanoma women are diagnosed with depression. study, one third as many women as men rates than other races, the male-to-female But are men truly less depressed than n average, men’s lives are less suffered fatal heart attacks (157 women health disparities are pretty consistent women? Probably not. So why the differ- healthy — and shorter — than vs. 553 men). But when you consider that among all races. Some of the gender gap ence? A lot of it has to do with how the women’s. This health disparity fewer men participated in the study than can be explained by the fact that men tend medical community defi nes the word Oexists in part because women women (23,525 women and 20,725 men), to get melanomas on the back, where they “depression.” Mental health profession- take better care of themselves than men men actually died at four times the rate as have to be spotted by someone else. And als who screen for depression typically do. But several recent studies have found women. there’s also men’s well-documented reluc- ask about feelings of guilt or worthless- that in many cases, a man and a woman Madssen summed up the disparity tance to use sunscreen and to see medical ness, sadness, trouble sleeping, and losing with the same condition may respond to it interest in formerly pleasurable activities. quite differently. Logic would dictate that this way: “Our results suggest that in professionals who could catch and treat middle age, high cholesterol levels are skin cancers in their early stages. But What those symptoms have in common they would require different treatments, is that they’re the ones that women tend much more detrimental for men than even taking those factors into consider- but we tend to have a unisex approach to report. Men, however, tend to express women.” Wouldn’t it make sense to beef ation, there’s still something else going on. to medicine (except, of course, to sex- their depression by getting angry, taking up prevention strategies and develop more specifi c conditions such as cervical and Keiran Smalley, a researcher at The Mof- risks, becoming workaholics, and abusing prostate cancers). Unfortunately, that aggressive treatments for men with high fi tt Cancer Center & Research Institute in alcohol and drugs. But since men aren’t approach can be deadly. Here are just a cholesterol? Sadly, because the medical Tampa, Fla., has found that the female sex being asked about those symptoms, they few examples. community tries to be gender blind, males hormone estrogen may have a protective aren’t being diagnosed. When clinicians Cholesterol. Men with elevated cho- and females are treated the same — and effect against melanoma and points out include both sets of criteria, men are just lesterol levels are more likely to suffer a receive the same treatments. that obese men have better survival rates as likely as women to be diagnosed with deadly heart attack than women with the Melanoma. Despite the fact that women and respond better to melanoma therapy depression. And using the “male” criteria same condition, according to Erik Mads- and men both have skin and can both than those with normal BMI. “It is known only, men are more likely than women to sen of the Norwegian University of Sci- develop malignant melanoma — one of the that fat tissue produces estrogen, and that be diagnosed as depressed. Just one more ence and Technology. For a dozen years, deadliest cancers — more than twice as men who are obese have higher levels of example of how dangerous it can be to Madssen’s team tracked more than 44,000 many men than women die of the disease. estrogen in their blood,” she says. treat men and women the same way.

FROM PAGE 16 — and purple monsters that sort of look like they have Squats are great and all, but the level to which my boxing gloves for hands. These are the dragon’s minions, lower back allows me to move is not necessarily always and you defeat them by doing exercises. Simple ones, the level that will best a foe. To be fair, diffi culty set- such as the aforementioned squats, or overhead presses tings can be adjusted to allow for modifi ed versions of to start, the latter accomplished by trying to squeeze the exercises, and the Ring-Con and leg strap do a strong Ring-Con together. job of recognizing body movement and posture. But I’m Ring Fit Adventure won’t be the phenom that was Wii a masochist and refuse to work out on anything but the Fit, but that’s because the latter started this revolution, higher levels and would thus prefer to choose from differ- one in which today includes a wearables market that has ent movements rather than adjust the diffi culty. exploded beyond fi tness to include lifestyle accessories While many games tie abilities or trinkets to advance- that promise to aid in sleep or relieve pain. ment, this game design trick only works when the game Nintendo I haven’t gotten to the end of the storyline — working out is essentially teaching the player new abilities. In an for 90 hours in a span of fi ve days didn’t seem wise, even if instance in which we are the controller, more or less, A bodybuilding, fitness-obsessed dragon is the antagonist it were possible — so I don’t know if the dragon is re- chances are we know our own abilities better than any in Nintendo’s Ring Fit Adventure. deemed, although I imagine a lesson is learned. But what piece of tech. Ring Fit Adventure is telling us from the start is that those But I know the game has the exercises I want — they universe where street fi xtures are barbells. who proclaim that fi tness is easy, whether it’s a macho are all accessible outside of the adventure — so I’m will- This world, while colorful and welcoming, is sort of dragon, a piece of tech or just the coworker who bikes to ing to stick it out, as it’s just silly and fun enough to move akin to if your local gym had vomited all of its equipment work — aren’t who most of us should be listening to. through hills, bridges and ponds to stop this dragon from throughout your neighborhood, and instead of half-bro- Platform: Nintendo Switch spreading his cult-like fi tness beliefs throughout a fantasy ken scooters littering your sidewalks you saw weights Online: ringfi tadventure.nintendo.com PAGE 18 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 16, 2019 TELEVISION Latifah’s Ursula best part of limp ‘Little Mermaid’

BY CHRISTI CARRAS Los Angeles Times If reviews for ABC’s half-acted, half-ani- mated event “The Little Mermaid Live!” prove anything, it’s that “the seaweed is always greener in somebody else’s lake.” Though the special — starring Queen Latifah as Ursula, John Stamos as Chef Louis, Shaggy as Sebastian and Auli’i Crav- alho of “Moana” as Ariel — certainly made a splash last week, critics were divided on the network’s execution of the hybrid format. The experiment, which some hailed as seamless nostalgia fare, toggled be- tween live performances and footage from Disney’s animated fi lm. Others dismissed it as a lazy disappoint- ment. The Times offered a more favorable take on the two-hour broadcast, thanks mainly NETFLIX/AP photos to Latifah’s “knock- out” performance Sam I Am, left, voiced by Adam Devine, and Guy I Am, voiced by Michael Douglas, star in Netflix’s animated series “Green as the singing sea Eggs and Ham,” which premiered Nov. 8. witch, fabulously clad in “marionette tentacles” and a body- hugging black latex gown. According to reviewer Ashley Lee, Sam I Am gets another chance the Oscar nominee stole the show with her powerful voice and “ability to engage both the live audience Animated ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ series premieres on Netfl ix at Disney’s ‘dive-in ERIC MCCANDLESS/ABC theater’ — a sound BY LYNN ELBER stage in Burbank Shaggy was Sebas- Associated Press — and those watching tian the crab. at home.” hen screenwriter Jared Variety also enjoyed the production, Stern was approached which it deemed a “charming” and “lov- about developing Dr. Seuss’ ingly made reminder of ‘The Little Mer- W“Green Eggs and Ham” as maid’s’ greatness that cleverly didn’t seek an animated series, he sought advice to outshine its source material,” proving to from one important woman and the audiences that Disney animated classics consent of another. can still hold water without full live-action “I mentioned it to my grandmother makeovers. and she said, ‘That was your favorite From there, the feedback fi sh-tanked. The book when you were little. You used to Hollywood Reporter was especially harsh, read it to me all the time,’ ” Stern fondly declaring Cravalho’s leading performance recalled. “I basically learned to read “lifeless” and reducing the entire “defl ating reading this book.” experience” to “a concert that relied heavily But he needed more than grand- on background video and brief celebrity mom behind him. The project required cameos.” approval from the widow of Theodor Entertainment Weekly also joined in on Geisel, the writer known as Dr. Seuss. the roast, arguing that viewers would have So Stern and fellow executive producer been “better off Googling ‘Little Mermaid Jeff Kleeman made a pilgrimage to her High School Production,’ and then you won’t San Diego-area home about fi ve years have to suffer through so many awful Mup- ago. Audrey Geisel died last year; her pet advertisements for Facebook.” husband died in 1991. “I started fl ipping through it and logue, you feel so good about yourself.” Responses on Twitter were similarly “I had to pitch the story to her and it realized, ‘Oh, it’s an odd couple.’ There’s Stern, whose big-screen animation negative, with many users slamming was incredibly scary,” said Stern. “Once the grumpy guy who’s closed off to writing credits include “The Lego Shaggy’s lack of claws as the fan-favorite it was over, she said something to the ef- things and a playful guy who’s open to Batman Movie” and “Wreck-It Ralph,” crabby crustacean. fect of, ‘I wondered what you were going things. And not only that, it’s a road trip has a close familiarity with the various “I would have loved to be in on the cos- to do with this. But I think you really because he won’t eat the eggs in a car, on styles of animation, including the now- tume negotiations for Shaggy’s Sebastian,” captured it, and you have our blessing.’ ” a train, on a boat — here, there and ev- common CGI. But the majority of the one user joked. “ ‘Okay, I’ll do it. But abso- The result is a 13-episode series that erywhere,” he said, allowing the original characters and backgrounds in “Green lutely no claws.’ ” debuted Nov. 8 on Netfl ix with a voice story to be opened up while staying true Eggs and Ham” are traditional 2-D Others were quick to point out that the cast that includes Michael Douglas as to its message and spirit. hand-drawn animation, which evokes network recruited the crowd as part of the the character who turns up his nose at Devine, of the “Pitch Perfect” movies Seuss’ charming storybook illustrations and involved 300 artists over the course set design, giving guests their own pairs green eggs and ham and Adam Devine and TV’s “The Righteous Gemstones” as Sam I Am, the dish’s cheerleader. of four years of production. of claws, yet seemed to leave its main crab and “Modern Family,” said he focused fl oundering. Other actors along for the ride include That severely tested her patience, on bringing “manic little kid enthusi- “Okay why does the whole audience have Diane Keaton, Eddie Izzard, Tracy Mor- joked DeGeneres. But the result is asm” to Sam I Am. claws but Shaggy doesn’t as Sebastian?” gan, John Turturro and Jeffrey Wright. something parents who remember the another person tweeted. ”Having Ellen DeGeneres as an ex- “I’m basically doing an impression book warmly can watch with their kids, The mounting internet backlash eventu- ecutive producer certainly helps,” Stern of myself opening Christmas presents. she said, and without having their own ally prompted a defensive response from said. . . . just how excited you would get when limits pushed. ABC executive Robert Mills, who clarifi ed, Stern understood Audrey Geisel’s ini- you’re a kid, and you want to explain all “It’s great for kids and it’s great for “for those wondering,” that “Shaggy wore tial doubts, since he shared them when your toys and explain how you’re going parents to have on without being an- crab claws in early rehearsals and it looked the project was proposed by Kleeman, to play with them,” Devine said. noyed. It’s not going to be somebody ridiculous.” president of DeGeneres’ production The series lets him play with his lines. singing, ‘Baby shark, doo doo doo doo He added in another tweet that he didn’t company. Stern’s fi rst reaction: Why “The dialogue is just so fun. When you doo doo,’ ” she said reciting the omni- care what anyone else thought about the mess with perfection? Then he gave the actually get through a chunk where present video ditty. “That could drive “best ever” show. 1960 book another look. you’re doing a lot of Seussian-type dia- parents crazy.” Saturday, November 16, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 19 MOVIES Going the distance Actors Damon, Bale shift into overdrive for throwback thrill ride ‘Ford v Ferrari’

BY JAKE COYLE Shelby, a sunny, hat-wearing Texan and Associated Press already a Le Mans champion, was the more famous of the two. He’s more adept rance’s legendary Le Mans race, at balancing their racing needs with those the central contest depicted in of their corporate overlords. Miles, with James Mangold’s “Ford v Fer- his chin upturned, is a proud, pugnacious Frari,” runs more than 3,000 miles perfectionist who can’t, for a second, suf- over the course of 24 hours. But that’s fer fools. nothing compared to the distance Chris- Mangold, the maker of muscular genre tian Bale had to cover coming off playing fi lms like “Cop Land” and the Oscar- Dick Cheney in “Vice.” nominated “Logan,” had worked with “When I fi rst signed up for it, Jim said, Bale before on the 2007 Western “3:10 to ‘This is great, we’ve got six months until Yuma,” and he was convinced Bale was we start. Christian weighs 240 pounds,’ ” intended to be Miles. recalls Matt Damon. “I was like, ‘He “Jim had taken the script to Christian weighs what?’ ” and I guess he was taking his time with Bale, sitting next to his co-star, lights it,” remembers Damon. “Jim fi nally called up. “He’s rolling down the track!” Bale and he goes, ‘This is you! What is taking says, laughing. “Without a car!” you so long?!’ And Christian’s like, ‘Do “I would just get these periodic updates. you think I’m a (expletive)?’ He goes, ‘No, But he did it,” says Damon, shaking his not that part. The part about him being a head. “When I saw him on set, I said, perfectionist and a pure racer.’ ” ‘How did you lose 70 pounds?’ And he just “Yes, he was a real purist and would said, ‘Didn’t eat.’ ” happily, knowingly win the battle and lose In “Ford v Ferrari,” Damon plays the war at the same time,” says Bale, an visionary automotive designer Carroll actor renowned for the intensive immer- Shelby and Bale plays maverick British sion of his performances. “They’re both racer Ken Miles. Shelby and Miles were absolutely insane. “They just exhibit it in brought together by the Ford Motor Co. different ways.” to defeat perennial Le Mans champions Bale and Damon are playing extensions Ferrari in 1966. They are both dedicated, of themselves, Mangold says. driven personalities who chafe at the “Matt’s been a movie star forever. dictates of the overlords at Ford. “Ford v Shelby was a star in racing forever,” said Ferrari,” a rare big-budget original fi lm, Mangold, speaking by phone from Los is about high-speed mavericks shrugging Angeles. “And Christian, one of the things off corporate control to accomplish some- I’ve always felt about him is he’s such a thing singular. lovely, charming, loving person. So many For its two movie stars, it’s a story not of the characters he’s chosen to play along so unlike the battles of getting movies — movies like “Ford v Ferrari” — made the way are incredible portrayals but are in today’s Hollywood. very, very dark. But there’s something “The parallels to the movie business, extremely effervescent and playful and they were pretty easy for all of us to see,” inspired about this character and it’s so says Damon. “Shelby and Ken needed much closer, to me, about who Christian Ford. They weren’t going to get anywhere really is.” without Ford, and they knew it. And Ford “Ford v Ferrari” cost nearly $100 mil- needed them. That’s the movie business. lion to make for 20th Century Fox. Follow- There’s always that tension.” ing the studio’s acquisition, the movie will “There should be,” adds Bale. “There be released by the Walt Disney Co., and has to be that tension in order to create it will likely be the company’s top awards CHRIS PIZZELLO, INVISION/AP something wonderful. There’s got to be contender. While fi lms sometimes split leads into separate categories, both Bale Matt Damon, left, and Christian Bale, photographed in Toronto in September, share love for something and there’s got to be the screen for the first time in their film “Ford v Ferrari,” now in theaters. a certain amount of hate for it as well. and Damon will be campaigned as best- I think both sides understand, ‘Hey, we actor candidates. can’t do it without them. And they can’t do The actors both already have an Oscar that without us.’ ” (best-supporting actor in “The Fighter” “But if you get too pally, the fi lms won’t for Bale, best original screenplay for be any good,” quips Bale . “Good Will Hunting” for Damon). They Bale and Damon were meeting for an identify with their characters in that they interview earlier this fall at the Toronto care more about results than trophies. International Film Festival shortly before “I do think it’s different in that in what “Ford v Ferrari” premiered there, quickly we do, any awards are a matter of opin- fi nding glowing reviews as a fi ne-tuned ion,” says Bale. “This is, straight up, who throwback thrill ride predicated on the crossed the line fi rst.” swaggering, charismatic performances Much of the dialogue around “Ford v and easy chemistry of its two stars. Ferrari” — a limited model, indeed, in a Damon, having fl own in from France movie landscape crowded by franchise where he was in the middle of shooting fi lms — is about what a rarity it is. Bale Tom McCarthy’s “Stillwater,” had his and Damon have heard that, too. own role-to-role transformation to make. “People kept saying that to me at the Before posing for a photograph, a makeup beginning, that they don’t make fi lms like artist worked to remove a shoulder tattoo this anymore,” says Bale. “I was like, ‘I Damon had acquired for the fi lm. “Be don’t give a (expletive) about that. I want gentle,” said Damon. “I’m an actor.” to know if it’s a good story, and do I want “Ford v Ferrari” is their fi rst fi lm to- to make it. I’m a little bit myopic with it. I gether even though Damon, 49, and Bale, don’t honestly see a hell of a lot of fi lms. I 45, are roughly contemporaries. just don’t have a great perspective on the “I think I’ve taken a lot of roles that state of the fi lm industry. I don’t really Matt passed on,” says Bale. “I’ve worked know. I just know what’s right in front of 20TH CENTURY FOX/AP thanks to Matt, just not with Matt.” me. And I feel very happy because they A signifi cant part of the fun of “Ford v might not be giving us the money, but I’m Christian Bale, left, and Matt Damon play high-speed mavericks who have to shrug off Ferrari” is seeing their dynamic together. still getting the bloody work.” corporate control while attempting to accomplish something historic. PAGE 20 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 16, 2019 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander What a good Taliban peace deal would look like Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY DAVID H. PETRAEUS Under no circumstances isn’t to transform their relationship with AND VANCE SERCHUK the United States but to evict its forces so EDITORIAL Special to The Washington Post should Washington they can then overthrow the Afghan gov- disengage from the Afghan ernment — which, by contrast, has been a Terry Leonard, Editor wo months after President Donald steadfast U.S. ally against terrorism. [email protected] Trump declared U.S.-Taliban battlefield while the Taliban Consequently, the Trump administration Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor peace talks “dead,” diplomacy are still rampaging on it. should insist that any peace agreement in- [email protected] Twith the Afghan insurgents is re- cludes a nationwide cease-fire between the viving. With the administration already Managing Editor for Content Taliban and the Afghan government, which Tina Croley, having negotiated a framework agreement [email protected] should remain in place as the two parties with the Taliban, the key question now then negotiate. Under no circumstances Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation facing Washington is whether simply to Even more fundamentally, a Taliban should Washington disengage from the Af- [email protected] dust off the settlement that was shelved in pledge not to allow foreign attacks from ghan battlefield while the Taliban are still September or seek substantial revisions. Afghan soil does not address the group’s rampaging on it. Managing Editor for Digital Joe Gromelski, The Taliban’s position is clear: It main- relationship with al-Qaida and other Is- The Taliban will, of course, resist all of [email protected] tains that the text from earlier this year lamist extremists enjoying sanctuary in this — conjuring the specter that the group “contains answers to all issues” and “only Pakistan. A peace deal that ignores this might abandon diplomacy altogether in BUREAU STAFF needs signing and implementation.” Yet makes little sense. favor of continued violence, in the hope the the Taliban’s enthusiasm for the deal un- The Taliban must pledge to break ties United States will eventually give up and Europe/Mideast derscores why the White House should re- with designated terrorist groups every- go home. Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief where and show through active cooperation [email protected] consider its terms. That is indeed a risk. But the right re- +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 The predicate for any acceptable peace with the United States their willingness to sponse isn’t to accept a deal that compro- agreement with the Taliban ought to be fight them. mises U.S. national security and abandons Pacific the organization’s total, unequivocal break Any Taliban deal that requires all U.S. an important counterterrorism partner. Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief forces to withdraw from Afghanistan The United States should instead adopt a [email protected] with international terrorism. It was, after +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 all, two decades ago when the Taliban were should be a nonstarter. Precisely because force posture that is both sustained and in power in Afghanistan that their shel- the Taliban’s counterterrorism promises sustainable, with its Afghan partners con- Washington tering of al-Qaida made possible the 9/11 are untrustworthy, it is essential for the tinuing to bear the overwhelming burden Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief terrorist attacks, and it was the Taliban’s United States to retain its own independent of the fight while the U.S. provides vital [email protected] subsequent refusal to hand over Osama means to protect itself against extremist support. American diplomacy, meanwhile, (+1)(202)886-0033 networks, which now include an Islamic can help offset the costs to the United States Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News bin Laden that forced the United States to [email protected] invade. State affiliate, in both Afghanistan and the by securing additional forces and funding The experience of recent coalition mili- surrounding region. from allies worldwide. CIRCULATION tary operations in Afghanistan, moreover, Exchanging America’s military footprint Americans and Afghans are united in underscores that al-Qaida’s links to the in Afghanistan for Taliban commitments their desire for peace, but a bad deal with Mideast Taliban remain strong. against al-Qaida would be especially ill- the Taliban would be worse than no deal Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager Under the deal Trump set aside in Sep- considered. Under such an arrangement, at all — and from what is known about the [email protected] accord that was on the table in September, [email protected] tember, the Taliban appeared willing the more the United States fulfills its end DSN (314)583-9111 to promise that Afghan territory under of the bargain, the less incentive the Tal- it is likely for the best that Trump backed their control would never again be used to iban would have to live up to its — and the away. Europe launch terrorist attacks against the outside less ability Washington would have to de- Rather than reembracing that agree- Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager world. tect or punish violations. ment, the White House should demand [email protected] a better one, while making clear to the [email protected] That is a compelling formula at first For that matter, if the Taliban are sin- Taliban and other extremists in the re- +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 glance but inadequate under scrutiny. cere about turning against groups such as For starters, the Taliban as recently as al-Qaida, why wouldn’t they — like other gion that an enduring U.S. commitment to Pacific this summer still wouldn’t admit that al- U.S. counterterrorism partners around the our Afghan counterterrorism partners is Mari Mori, [email protected] world — welcome all the international help nonnegotiable. +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)229.3171 Qaida was the 9/11 perpetrator. 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Sports College football College basketball MIDWEST Baylor 112, Houston Baptist 42 Thursday’s scores Thursday’s men’s scores Alabama A&M at Miami (Ohio) Miami (Ohio) 65, Prairie View 52 on AFN EAST EAST Cornell at DePaul Missouri St. 96, Oklahoma 90 Pittsburgh 34, North Carolina 27, OT Harvard 59, Siena 56 N. Colorado at N. Iowa TCU 72, Nicholls 47 MIDWEST Michigan St. 76, Seton Hall 73 Saint Joseph’s at Loyola of Chicago Texas 84, UTSA 53 E. Michigan 42, Akron 14 Penn St. 81, Georgetown 66 Chicago St. at Purdue Texas Tech 99, Sam Houston St. 57 Go to the American Forces Kent St. 30, Buffalo 27 SOUTH Sam Houston St. at Cent. Michigan FAR WEST Miami (Ohio) 44, Bowling Green 3 ETSU 61, Winthrop 58 Robert Morris at Toledo Alabama A&M 61, San Diego St. 53 Network website for the most N. Illinois 31, Toledo 28 Florida 66, Towson 60 UT Martin at Wichita St. BYU 90, Texas A&M-Kingsville 38 W. Michigan 37, Ohio 34, OT Longwood 86, St. Francis Brooklyn 77 Rockford at N. Illinois Colorado 74, Wisconsin 57 up-to-date TV schedules. Mississippi St. 62, Louisiana-Monroe 45 Stony Brook vs. Rio Grande at Corpus Denver 71, Wyoming 57 myafn.net Morehead St. 77, Presbyterian 55 Christi, Texas Duke 57, UNLV 45 Schedule Norfolk St. 113, Apprentice 54 Louisiana Tech at Creighton Gonzaga 78, UT Martin 55 North Florida 66, Southern Miss. 63 Stetson at Purdue Fort Wayne Grand Canyon 69, S. Utah 65 Saturday’s games Richmond 93, Vanderbilt 92, OT EAST Kent St. at Wright St. Oregon St. 98, DePaul 77 MIDWEST Charleston Southern at Dayton Southern Cal 76, UC Riverside 59 VMI (4-6) at Army (4-6) Cincinnati 85, Alabama A&M 53 Deals Robert Morris (6-4) at CCSU (9-1) Troy at Indiana Stanford 90, N. Colorado 36 E. Michigan 72, Michigan-Dearborn 59 Ill.-Chicago at Bradley UCLA 86, Long Beach St. 51 Penn (4-4) at Harvard (4-4) Evansville 89, Indiana-Kokomo 71 Rhode Island (2-8) at Maine (5-5) Wofford at Butler SOUTHWEST San Francisco at S. Illinois Thursday’s transactions Jacksonville (2-8) at Marist (3-6) Arkansas St. 71, VMI 56 Women’s schedule Indiana (7-2) at Penn St. (8-1) SOUTHWEST BASEBALL UALR 77, SW Baptist 59 SIU-Edwardsville at Incarnate Word Lehigh (4-5) at Sacred Heart (6-4) FAR WEST Saturday’s games American League Austin Peay at Tulsa EAST CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Announced 1B Wagner (1-9) at St. Francis (Pa.) (4-6) Arizona 87, San Jose St. 39 Arizona St. 90, CCSU 49 E. Michigan at North Texas Xavier at Rider Jose Abreu accepted qualifying offer of a Tulane (6-3) at Temple (6-3) Montana at Arkansas Colgate (3-8) at Lafayette (3-7) Idaho St. 80, Montana-Western 48 Manhattan at Fairleigh Dickinson one-year contract. New Mexico St. 79, Southern U. 63 Drexel at Stephen F. Austin NJIT at Cornell MINNESOTA TWINS — Announced RHP New Hampshire (5-4) at Albany (NY) (6-4) Jackson St. at SMU Duquesne (6-3) at Bryant (2-8) Pacific 86, Pacific Union 46 Stetson vs. St. Francis (Pa.) at More- Jake Odorizzi accepted qualifying offer Saint Mary’s (Cal) 81, Long Beach St. 63 N. Dakota St. at Texas A&M-CC head, Ky. of a one-year contract. Georgetown (5-4) at Bucknell (2-7 Pepperdine at Abilene Christian Brown (1-7) at Columbia (3-5) San Diego 71, Weber St. 56 Yale at Colgate NEW YORK YANKEES — Named Matt UC Davis 65, Idaho 64 FAR WEST Albany (NY) at Syracuse Blake pitching coach. Stony Brook (5-5) at Delaware (4-6) Portland St. at Hawaii Holy Cross (5-5) at Fordham (3-7) UMBC at Wagner National League Western Colorado University at Denver Georgetown at Pittsburgh ATLANTA BRAVES — Signed LHP Will Franklin Pierce (1-9) at Merrimack (4-5) Men’s schedule Tennessee vs. Washington at Toronto Va. Lynchburg (0-8) at Morgan St. (2-8) Niagara at Binghamton Smith to a three-year contract. Saturday’s games Rice at UC Santa Barbara Bucknell at Quinnipiac FOOTBALL Yale (7-1) at Princeton (7-1) McNeese St. at New Mexico Mount St. Mary’s at Towson Cornell (2-6) at Dartmouth (8-0 EAST National Football League Oakland at Maryland Ark.-Pine Bluff at Grand Canyon New Hampshire at Merrimack CLEVELAND BROWNS — Activated OL Norfolk St. (4-6) at Delaware St. (2-8) Oregon St. at Wyoming Dayton at Northeastern Ohio St. (9-0) at Rutgers (2-7) Ohio at Villanova Drew Forbes from IR. Waived WR Antonio Old Dominion at Northeastern Santa Clara at Stanford Sacred Heart at Siena Callaway. SOUTH Georgian Court at UMBC Colorado St. at Loyola Marymount Georgian Court at Delaware St. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed OT Alabama St. (5-4) at Florida St. (5-5) CCSU at UMass San Diego at Colorado Cleveland St. at LIU Brooklyn Aviante Collins from the practice squad. Alabama (8-1) at Mississippi St. (4-5) Morgan St. at George Washington Maine at Portland SOUTH Placed C Brett Jones on IR. Signed C John Davidson (7-3) at Stetson (6-3) Jacksonville vs. Dartmouth at Lowell, Southern Cal at Nevada Detroit at George Mason Keenoy and WR Davion Davis to the prac- Monmouth (NJ) (8-2) at Campbell (6-3) Mass. Stanislaus State at Cal St.-Fullerton Brown at Longwood tice squad. Tennessee Tech (6-4) at E. Kentucky (5-5) Gordon College at Hartford Johnson (FL) at Jacksonville HOCKEY Mercer (4-6) at ETSU (2-8) Wagner at NJIT Thursday’s women’s scores Southern Miss. at Louisiana-Monroe National Hockey League Kennesaw St. (8-2) at Hampton (5-5) Temple at La Salle SC State at UNC-Wilmington DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled D Joe Austin Peay (7-3) at Murray St. (4-6) Belmont at Boston College EAST Samford at Florida Hicketts from Grand Rapids (AHL). Bethune-Cookman (6-3) at NC A&T (6-3) St. Peter’s at Providence American U. 76, Villanova 54 Jacksonville St. at Troy SOCCER Charleston Southern (4-6) at Presby- Buffalo vs. Harvard at Toronto Baruch 79, St. Joseph’s (LI) 64 Kentucky at Virginia, 5 p.m. Major League Soccer terian (1-9) Sacred Heart at Binghamton Brown 83, CCSU 73 Mars Hill at SC-Upstate FC CINCINNATI — Executed the con- UTEP (1-8) at UAB (6-3) Vermont at St. John’s Colgate 62, Cornell 58 FAU at Richmond tract options for Ds Logan Gdula and Towson (6-4) at William & Mary (4-6) New Hampshire at Boston U. Farmingdale 72, Albertus Magnus 63 MIDWEST North Alabama (3-7) at Gardner-Webb Merrimack at Mass.-Lowell Millersville 71, Chestnut Hill 54 E. Michigan at Youngstown St. Hassan Ndam. Declined the contract Delaware at Lafayette option for D Forrest Lasso. Declined the (3-7) Temple 78, Xavier 65 Purdue Fort Wayne vs. Kent St. at Ak- Furman (7-3) at Wofford (6-3) Albany (NY) at Manhattan UMass 74, Mass.-Lowell 58 ron, Ohio loan purchase option for M Derrick Eti- Seattle at Syracuse enne Jr. The Citadel (6-4) at Chattanooga (5-5) SOUTH Missouri at Green Bay Grambling St. (5-4) at MVSU (2-7) Bucknell at Canisius Bethune-Cookman 79, Edward Waters 46 Eureka at Bradley MONTREAL IMPACT — Named Thierry American U. at St. Francis (Pa.) Henry coach. SC State (6-3) at NC Central (4-6) Campbell 61, W. Carolina 40 Ball St. at Cincinnati Samford (4-6) at W. Carolina (3-7) Marist at Fordham FAU 64, Hampton 63 Michigan at Akron SOFTBALL Alabama A&M (6-4) at Alcorn St. (6-3) St. Bonaventure vs. Rutgers at Toronto US National Team — Named Laura Gardner-Webb 67, Wofford 53 Oakland at Chicago St. Louisiana-Monroe (4-5) at Georgia SOUTH High Point 80, ETSU 62 Tennessee Tech at S. Illinois Berg, Howard Dobson, Tairia Flowers and Southern (5-4) Columbia at Virginia Heather Tarr assistant coaches. Samford at North Alabama Louisiana-Lafayette 75, McNeese St. 55 E. Illinois at Ill.-Chicago Southern U. (6-4) at Jackson St. (4-6) St. Francis Brooklyn at NC State Louisville 76, Cent. Michigan 63 Illinois St. at Illinois COLLEGE Tennessee St. (2-8) at UT Martin (6-4) Middle Tennessee 64, Tulane 62 Creighton at Drake TEXAS A&M — Suspended men’s bas- Campbell at The Citadel Georgia (8-1) at Auburn (7-2) Lehigh at Virginia Tech NC State 81, Lamar 40 SOUTHWEST ketball G TJ Starks indefinitely for viola- Wake Forest (7-2) at Clemson (10-0) Norfolk St. 123, Va. Lynchburg 48 Texas of the Permian Basin at Texas tion of team rules. Quinnipiac at Miami Virginia Tech (6-3) at Georgia Tech (2-7) Northwestern St. at Tulane Old Dominion 89, Auburn 77 State Richmond (5-5) at James Madison (9-1) Alcorn St. at Memphis Purdue 66, Chattanooga 34 N. Colorado at SMU Kentucky (4-5) at Vanderbilt (2-7) Tennessee Tech vs. Appalachian St. at South Alabama 83, Texas A&M-CC 82 Cent. Arkansas at UALR Boxing Syracuse (3-6) at Duke (4-5) Greensboro, N.C. Tennessee 73, Tennessee St. 43 Alcorn St. at UTEP Howard (1-9) at Florida A&M (8-1 Nicholls at LSU MIDWEST UCF at Stephen F. Austin McNeese St. (6-4) at Nicholls (6-4) Liberty at East Carolina Iowa 86, North Alabama 81 FAR WEST Rice (0-9) at Middle Tennessee (3-6) Mid-Atlantic Christian at Winthrop Michigan St. 72, Notre Dame 69 Alabama A&M at California Baptist Fight schedule Louisiana-Lafayette (7-2) at South Palm Beach Atlantic at FAU Minnesota 77, Milwaukee 61 South Dakota at Utah Alabama (1-8) Montana St. at UNC-Greensboro Nebraska 78, Morgan St. 55 Santa Clara at UC Davis Nov. 23 Northwestern 64, Marquette 56 Nevada at Utah Valley At Liverpool, England, Callum Smith LSU (9-0) at Mississippi (4-6) Md.-Eastern Shore at Morehead St. Cincinnati (8-1) at South Florida (4-5) Brevard College at UNC-Asheville W. Illinois 83, Indiana St. 72 Seattle at N. Arizona vs. John Ryder, for Smith’s WBA super James Madison at George Mason W. Michigan 80, Kentucky St. 41 San Diego at Air Force middleweight title; Craig Glover vs. Chris Appalachian St. (8-1) at Georgia St. (6-3) Louisville (5-4) at NC State (4-5) UNC-Wilmington at Davidson SOUTHWEST CS Northridge at San Francisco Billam-Smith, 10, cruiserweights; James Brescia at Murray St. Arkansas 96, Oral Roberts 64 Texas Southern at Oregon Tennyson vs. Craig Evans, 10, light- MIDWEST weights; Anthony Fowler vs. Harry Scarff, Valparaiso (1-9) at Butler (2-8) 10, super welterweights; Craig Glover vs. Michigan St. (4-5) at Michigan (7-2) Chris Billam-Smith, 12, for the vacant Florida (8-2) at Missouri (5-4) Pro football Commonwealth cruiserweight title. Wisconsin (7-2) at Nebraska (4-5) At MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Deontay UMass (1-9) at Northwestern (1-8) SE Missouri (7-3) at E. Illinois (1-9) Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz, 12, for Wilder’s NEW ORLEANS SAINTS at TAMPA BAY NAPOLIS COLTS — JAGUARS: LIMITED: WBC heavyweight title; Leo Santa Cruz Missouri St. (1-8) at Illinois St. (7-3) NFL injury report Youngstown St. (5-5) at Indiana St. (3-7) BUCCANEERS — SAINTS: DNP: WR De- DE Calais Campbell (back), C Brandon vs. Miguel Flores, 12, for the vacant WBA NEW YORK — The National Football onte Harris (hamstring), CB Marshon Linder (shoulder), OT Cam Robinson Super World super featherweight title; Dayton (6-3) at Drake (5-3) N. Colorado (2-8) at North Dakota (5-4) League injury report, as provided by Lattimore (hamstring), G Andrus Peat (knee). FULL: CB D.J. Hayden (neck/ Brandon Figueroa vs. Julio Ceja, 12, for the league (OUT-definitely will not play; (forearm). LIMITED: LB Demario Davis shoulder), LB Leon Jacobs (hamstring), Figueroa’s WBA World super bantam- S. Illinois (6-4) at W. Illinois (1-9) Navy (7-1) at Notre Dame (7-2) DNP-did not practice; LIMITED-LIMITED; (hamstring), RB Zach Line (knee). FULL: WR Dede Westbrook (neck/shoulder), weight title; Luis Nery vs. Emmanuel Ro- FULL-full participation in practice): CB Patrick Robinson (hamstring). BUC- LB Quincy Williams (hamstring). COLTS: driguez, 12, bantamweights; Leduan Bar- N. Iowa (7-3) at S. Dakota St. (6-3) Cent. Michigan (6-4) at Ball St. (4-5) Sunday CANEERS: DNP: CB Carlton Davis (hip), DNP: TE Mo Alie-Cox (hip), WR Parris thelemy vs. Eduardo Ramirez, 10, super Texas (6-3) at Iowa St. (5-4) DALLAS COWBOYS at DETROIT LIONS OT Demar Dotson (not injury related), Campbell (hand), CB Pierre Desir (ham- featherweights. West Virginia (3-6) at Kansas St. (6-3) — COWBOYS: DNP: DE Michael Bennett LB Anthony Nelson (hamstring), CB M.J. string), TE Jack Doyle (shoulder), WR T.Y. At Fantasy Springs, Indio, Calif., An- South Dakota (4-6) at N. Dakota St. (10-0) (not injury related), OT La’el Collins Stewart (knee). LIMITED: G Ali Marpet Hilton (calf), RB Jordan Wilkins (ankle). drew Cancio vs. Rene Alvarado, 12, for Minnesota (9-0) at Iowa (6-3) (knee/back), WR Amari Cooper (knee/ (ankle), DE Carl Nassib (groin). LIMITED: S Clayton Geathers (not injury Cancio’s WBA junior lightweight title; SOUTHWEST ankle), CB C.J. Goodwin (knee), G Zack DENVER BRONCOS at MINNESOTA VI- related), LB Darius Leonard (abdomen). Can Xu vs. Manny Robles III, 12, for Can’s Kansas (3-6) at Oklahoma St. (6-3) Martin (back/ankle), G Connor Williams KINGS — BRONCOS: Practice not com- FULL: QB Jacoby Brissett (knee). WBA featherweight title; Rashidi Ellis vs. TCU (4-5) at Texas Tech (4-5) (knee). LIMITED: T Cameron Fleming plete. VIKINGS: DNP: DT Linval Joseph ATLANTA FALCONS at CAROLINA PAN- Eddie Gomez, 10, welterweights. Northwestern St. (2-8) at Sam Hous- (calf), S Jeff Heath (shoulder/shoulder), (knee), G Josh Kline (concussion), DT THERS — FALCONS: DNP: RB Devonta Nov. 30 ton St. (6-4) DE Demarcus Lawrence (neck), DT Ant- Shamar Stephen (knee), WR Adam Thiel- Freeman (foot), TE Austin Hooper (knee), At Monte Carlo, Monaco, Radzhab Bu- SE Louisiana (6-3) at Abilene Christian (5-5) waun Woods (shoulder). FULL: WR Mi- en (hamstring). LIMITED: CB Macken- S Kemal Ishmael (concussion), QB Matt taev vs. Alexander Besputin, 12, for the Coastal Carolina (4-5) at Arkansas St. (5-4) chael Gallup (knee), LB Sean Lee (pecto- sie Alexander (groin), S Anthony Harris Ryan (ankle), C Wes Schweitzer (con- vacant WBA welterweight title; Zhang Lamar (4-6) at Houston Baptist (4-6) ral), OT Tyron Smith (ankle). LIONS: DNP: (groin), C Brett Jones (knee), S Andrew cussion). LIMITED: P Ryan Allen (right Zhilei vs. Sergey Kuzmin, 10, heavy- Edward Waters (1-9) at Prairie View (4-5) DE Da’Shawn Hand (ankle), RB Ty John- Sendejo (groin), CB Trae Waynes (ankle). ankle), DE John Cominsky (ankle), S weights; Joe Cordina vs. Enrico Tinoco, Troy (4-5) at Texas St. (3-6) son (concussion), DE Romeo Okwara FULL: RB C.J. Ham (ankle), LB Eric Ken- Sharrod Neasman (hamstring), TE Luke 12, for the vacant WBA Continental su- Memphis (8-1) at Houston (3-6) (groin), QB Matthew Stafford (hip/back), dricks (hip), DE Ifeadi Odenigbo (shoul- Stocker (knee), CB Desmond Trufant per featherweight titles; Hughie Fury vs. Stephen F. Austin (2-8) at Cent. Arkan- OT Rick Wagner (concussion), S Tracy der), CB Xavier Rhodes (elbow), DT Ar- (toe). FULL: S Damontae Kazee (shoul- Pavel Sour, 10 rounds, heavyweights. sas (7-3) Walker (knee). LIMITED: DT John Atkins mon Watts (elbow). der). PANTHERS: DNP: CB Ross Cockrell Birmingham, England, Sam Bowen vs. Southern Miss. (6-3) at UTSA (4-5) (wrist), S Miles Killebrew (concussion), P HOUSTON TEXANS at BALTIMORE RA- (quadricep), G Dennis Daley (groin), CB Anthony Cacace, 12, for Bowen’s British Oklahoma (8-1) at Baylor (9-0) Sam Martin (abdomen). FULL: WR Danny VENS — TEXANS: LIMITED: LB Dylan Cole Donte Jackson (hip), DT Kyle Love (shoul- junior lightweight title; Lerrone Rich- South Carolina (4-6) at Texas A&M (6-3) Amendola (hand), DT Mike Daniels (foot), (knee), WR Will Fuller (hamstring), S der), RB Christian McCaffrey (foot), DT ards vs. Lennox Clarke, 12, for Richards’ FAR WEST DT Damon Harrison (groin), DT A’Shawn Tashaun Gipson (back/wrist), OT Tytus Gerald McCoy (knee). LIMITED: CB James Commonwealth and vacant British su- Idaho St. (3-7) at BYU (5-4) Robinson (ankle/thumb). Howard (knee), CB Bradley Roby (ham- Bradberry (groin), OT Greg Little (con- per middleweight titles; Zolani Tete vs. Weber St. (8-2) at Montana (8-2) NEW YORK JETS at WASHINGTON string), OT Laremy Tunsil (shoulder). cussion). FULL: LB Brian Burns (wrist). Johnriel Casimero, 12, for Tete’s WBO Incarnate Word (5-5) at New Mexico REDSKINS — JETS: DNP: RB Josh Ad- RAVENS: DNP: CB Brandon Carr (not in- ARIZONA CARDINALS at SAN FRAN- bantamweight title; Chris Jenkins vs. St. (0-9) ams (illness), RB Le’Veon Bell (illness/ jury related), RB Mark Ingram (not injury CISCO 49ERS — CARDINALS: Practice not Liam Taylor, 12, for Jenkins’ British wel- Hawaii (6-4) at UNLV (2-7) ribs/knee), LB Brandon Copeland (hip/ related), DT Michael Pierce (ankle), CB complete. 49ERS: Practice not complete. terweight title; Sam Maxwell vs. Connor Wyoming (6-3) at Utah St. (5-4) thumb), S Matthias Farley (quadricep), Jimmy Smith (not injury related), S Earl NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS at PHILADEL- Parker, 10, for Maxwell’s WBO European N. Arizona (4-6) at S. Utah (2-8) LB C.J. Mosley (groin), CB Darryl Rob- Thomas (not injury related/knee). LIM- PHIA EAGLES — PATRIOTS: DNP: S Nate super lightweight title. Stanford (4-5) at Washington St. (4-5) erts (calf). LIMITED: DE Henry Anderson ITED: WR Marquise Brown (ankle), WR Ebner (ankle/back). LIMITED: S Patrick At the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Las Ve- Sacramento St. (7-3) at Idaho (4-6) (shoulder), WR Robby Anderson (back/ Chris Moore (thumb). Chung (heel/chest), TE Matt LaCosse gas, Oscar Valdez vs. Andres Gutierrez, Morehead St. (5-5) at San Diego (7-2) shoulder), OT Kelvin Beachum (ankle), LB BUFFALO BILLS at MIAMI DOLPHINS (knee), DT Danny Shelton (ankle). EA- 10, super featherweights; Carl Frampton Air Force (7-2) at Colorado St. (4-5) Neville Hewitt (neck/knee), C Ryan Kalil — BILLS: DNP: LB Lorenzo Alexander GLES: DNP: LB Nigel Bradham (ankle), vs. Tyler McCreay, 10, featherweights; Montana St. (7-3) at UC Davis (5-5) (knee), G Alex Lewis (elbow), DT Steve (not injury related-resting veteran), OT WR Alshon Jeffery (ankle). LIMITED: RB Carlos Adames vs. Patrick Teixeira, 12, Arizona St. (5-4) at Oregon St. (4-5) McLendon (neck), WR Demaryius Thom- Ty Nsekhe (not injury related-resting Jordan Howard (shoulder), OT Jason Pe- super welterweights; Arnold Barboza Jr. E. Washington (5-5) at Cal Poly (2-7) as (knee/hamstring). FULL: CB Blessuan veteran). DOLPHINS: DNP: CB Ken Web- ters (knee). vs. William Silva, 10, super lightweights; UCLA (4-5) at Utah (8-1) Austin (knee), WR Braxton Berrios (ham- ster (ankle). LIMITED: DE Taco Charlton CINCINNATI BENGALS at OAKLAND Adam Lopez vs. Luis Coria, 10, feath- New Mexico (2-7) at Boise St. (8-1) string/hip), G Tom Compton (back), WR (elbow), DT Davon Godchaux (shoulder), RAIDERS — BENGALS: DNP: TE Tyler Eif- eweights. Arizona (4-5) at Oregon (8-1) Jamison Crowder (knee/quadricep), QB S Reshad Jones (chest), LB Raekwon Mc- ert (not injury related), WR Alex Erickson Dec. 7 Southern Cal (6-4) at California (5-4) Sam Darnold (left thumb), TE Ryan Griffin Millan (knee), DE Avery Moss (ankle), TE (back), WR A.J. Green (ankle), CB Dre At Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, Andy Ruiz (ankle), CB Nate Hairston (thumb/knee), Durham Smythe (knee/elbow). FULL: RB Kirkpatrick (knee), TE Drew Sample (an- Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua, 12, for Ruiz’s LB Jordan Jenkins (calf). REDSKINS: Kalen Ballage (neck), OT Jesse Davis (el- kle). LIMITED: T Bobby Hart (shoulder), IBF/WBA Super World/WBO/IBO heavy- DNP: WR Paul Richardson (hamstring), bow), QB Ryan Fitzpatrick (right shoul- G Alex Redmond (knee/ankle). RAIDERS: weight titles; Alexander Povetkin vs. College hockey DT Tim Settle (hamstring), RB Wendell der), WR Jakeem Grant (toe/Achilles), Practice not complete. Michael Hunter, 12, heavyweights; Filip Smallwood (not injury related), RB Chris LB Trent Harris (foot), C Daniel Kilgore CHICAGO BEARS at LOS ANGELES Hrgovic vs. Eric Molina, 10, for Hrgovic’s Thompson (toe). LIMITED: TE Vernon (knee), CB Chris Lammons (ankle/toe), RAMS — BEARS: DNP: TE Trey Burton WBC International heavyweight title; Davis (concussion), S Deshazor Everett S Bobby McCain (shoulder), WR DeVante (calf), LB Isaiah Irving (quadricep), LB Scott Quigg vs. Jono Carroll, 12, for WBA Thursday’s score (ankle), S Montae Nicholson (ankle), CB Parker (calf), DE Christian Wilkins (toe), Danny Trevathan (elbow). LIMITED: RB Inter-Continental super featherweight MIDWEST Josh Norman (hamstring), RB Adrian Pe- WR Albert Wilson (hip/ankle). David Montgomery (ankle). RAMS: Prac- title. Michigan St. 4, Michigan 3 terson (toe). JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS at INDIA- tice not complete. Saturday, November 16, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 25 COLLEGE ATHLETICS/SPORTS BRIEFS Military academy athletes can now go pro New guidelines allow for Did you know waivers delaying service Several Navy football BY LOLITA C. BALDOR players have gone on Associated Press to have success in the WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary NFL, most notably Mark Esper has opened the door for ath- 1963 Heisman Trophy letes at the nation’s military academies to winner Roger Staubach, below, play professional sports after they gradu- ate, and delay their active-duty service. Midshipmen quarterback from Esper signed a memo last Friday laying 1962-64. After serving a tour out the new guidelines, which says the ath- of duty in Vietnam, he joined letes must get approval from the defense secretary, and it requires them to even- the Dallas Cowboys in 1969 tually fulfill their military obligation or and guided the team to a pair repay the costs of their education. of Super Bowl victories. The memo, obtained by The Associated Press, came at the insistence of President Donald Trump, who directed the Penta- gon in June to come up with a way to allow athletes to play professional sports imme- diately upon graduation. Trump gave the Pentagon four months to develop the new policy. Allowing athletes to delay service has been a hotly debated issue. The Obama ad- ministration put a policy in place allowing some athletes to go to the pros and defer their military service. That policy allowed Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds to be drafted by the Bal- JUNG YEON-JE/AP timore Ravens in the sixth round of the Defense Secretary Mark Esper signed a memo last Friday laying out new guidelines 2016 draft after completing a four-year for athletes at the nation’s military academies to play professionally after graduation. SOURCE: Associated Press; AP file photo. run with the Midshipmen. But the year after he went pro, the Defense Department and Reserve Officers’ Training Corps every year. provide any other details. rescinded the policy. should be able to defer their military ser- If the athletes can’t pass required medi- Several Navy football players have gone Then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, in vice obligations due to the “short window of cal standards when it is time to rejoin the on to have success in the NFL, most nota- an April 2017 memo, said that the service time” they have to “take advantage of their military, then they are “encouraged” to bly 1963 Heisman Trophy winner Roger academies “exist to develop future offi- athletic talents during which playing pro- serve in a civilian post within the depart- Staubach, a quarterback for the Midship- cers,” and that graduates would serve as fessional sports is realistically possible.” ment for no less than five years, according “full-fledged military officers carrying out men from 1962-64. After serving a tour of the normal work and career expectations” In the new memo, Esper says that mili- to Esper’s memo. If they choose not to do duty in Vietnam, he joined the Dallas Cow- of someone who received an education at tary service secretaries can nominate an that they would be subject to repayment of boys in 1969 and guided the team to a pair the taxpayers’ expense. athlete for a waiver after determining there their school expenses. of Super Bowl victories. Earlier this year, however, Trump said “is a strong expectation that a Military It wasn’t clear Thursday what impact Another Heisman Trophy winner, Glenn he was considering allowing athletes to Service Academy cadet or midshipman’s Esper’s new policy will have on the fate of Davis of Army in 1946, was a first-round get a waiver so they could play pro sports. future professional sports employment Noah Song, a pitcher from the U.S. Naval draft pick of the Detroit Lions but had to He made the announcement during a Rose will provide the DoD with significant fa- Academy. Song, 22, was the fourth-round serve three years in the Army before mak- Garden ceremony in May when he present- vorable media exposure likely to enhance draft pick this year of the Boston Red Sox, ing his NFL debut with Detroit in 1950. ed the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy to the national level recruiting or public affairs so he is not covered by the new memo. The In addition, receiver Phil McConkey football team of the U.S. Military Academy missions.” right-hander was going to pitch for the played for Navy from 1975-78, then served at West Point. The Army Black Knights If approved by the defense secretary, the minor league team in Lowell during the for five years before the New York Giants completed an 11-2 season and earned the athlete must agree to return to the military summer before reporting for duty to train made him a 27-year-old rookie in 1984. He trophy for the second consecutive year. and serve their enlistment time, which is as a flight officer. caught a touchdown pass in the Super Bowl He issued the order in June, saying that usually five years. While in the pro sports Song is seeking a waiver but there has for New York and remained in the NFL athletes graduating from the academies job, the athlete’s waiver would be reviewed been no decision yet. The Navy declined to through 1989.

Briefl y Source: Anthony returning with Trail Blazers Associated Press ity because it has not been an- Georgia Tech appeals that the four-year length of the day. The 22-year-old Matthews nounced. It was first reported by scholarship reduction penalty is had been charged over the sum- Carmelo Anthony is getting an- ESPN.com, NCAA hoops sanctions arbitrary, and says the Commit- other shot in the NBA. mer in connection with a May in- tee on Infractions did not properly The 10-time All-Star is re- which said ATLANTA — Georgia Tech cident in Scottsdale. that Anthony has formally appealed sanctions consider NCAA regulations when According to the Scottsdale turning to the league with the imposing limits on recruiting vis- would join levied by the NCAA against its Police Department, a female se- Portland Trail Blazers, a person its during home games over the the team on men’s basketball program. curity guard at a condominium with knowledge of the details said next two seasons. Thursday. its upcoming The Atlantic Coast Conference complex said Matthews was Anthony hasn’t played since road trip. school announced its notice of ap- Charge against Leafs’ among a group of men who alleg- a short stint with the Houston Anthony is peal last month and filed its writ- edly tried to enter her locked ve- Rockets ended a little more than a three-time ten arguments on Friday. Matthews dismissed hicle the morning of May 26. a year ago after just 10 games. Olympic Georgia Tech is appealing a SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A mis- According to a police report, But the Blazers hope there is still gold medal- ban on postseason play this sea- demeanor charge accusing To- the guard said the men apparent- enough game left in the 35-year- ist but strug- son, as well as scholarship reduc- ronto Maple Leafs star forward ly were intoxicated and that when old forward to help them over- Anthony gled at the tions and limits on official visits. Auston Matthews of disorderly she confronted them, Matthews come a 4-8 start. end of his re- In its appeal, Georgia Tech conduct and disruptive behavior moved away, dropped his pants Anthony’s deal with Portland cent stops in Oklahoma City and contends the penalties are based has been dismissed. and grabbed his buttocks. He was was confirmed to The Associated Houston following 6 ½ seasons in in significant part on an improper Court records indicate the still wearing underwear, accord- Press on condition of anonym- New York. aggravating factor. It also claims charge was dismissed Wednes- ing to the report. PAGE 26 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 16, 2019 NHL Scoreboard

Eastern Conference Jets 4, Panthers 3 Atlantic Division Winnipeg 0 1 3—4 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 0 1 2—3 Boston 18 11 3 4 26 64 48 Second Period—1, Winnipeg, Mor- Montreal 18 10 5 3 23 64 56 rissey 2 (Laine, Scheifele), 3:45. 2, Florida, Florida 19 9 5 5 23 70 71 Barkov 6 (Hoffman, Yandle), 15:08 (pp). Toronto 20 9 7 4 22 68 67 Third Period—3, Winnipeg, Ehlers 8 Buffalo 18 9 6 3 21 54 53 (Laine, Scheifele), 4:28. 4, Florida, Tro- Tampa Bay 16 9 5 2 20 61 55 check 2 (Boyle, Connolly), 7:13. 5, Win- Detroit 21 7 12 2 16 48 78 nipeg, Scheifele 8 (Laine, Connor), 14:52. Ottawa 18 7 10 1 15 51 61 6, Winnipeg, Lowry 2 (Copp, Poolman), Metropolitan Division 17:02. 7, Florida, Trocheck 3 (Hoffman, Washington 20 14 2 4 32 79 60 Yandle), 18:26. N.Y. Islanders 17 13 3 1 27 54 39 Shots on Goal—Winnipeg 4-17-9—30. Philadelphia 18 10 5 3 23 57 54 Florida 10-15-12—37. Carolina 19 11 7 1 23 66 56 Power-play opportunities—Winnipeg Pittsburgh 18 10 6 2 22 60 47 0 of 0; Florida 1 of 3. N.Y. Rangers 17 8 7 2 18 57 62 Goalies—Winnipeg, Brossoit 3-2-0 (37 Columbus 18 6 8 4 16 42 61 shots-34 saves). Florida, Bobrovsky 6-4-4 New Jersey 17 5 8 4 14 44 65 (30-26). A—12,190 (19,250). T—2:20. Western Conference Central Division Wild 3, Coyotes 2 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Arizona 0 1 1—2 St. Louis 19 12 3 4 28 59 54 Minnesota 1 0 2—3 Colorado 19 11 6 2 24 68 55 First Period—1, Minnesota, Fiala 4 Winnipeg 20 11 8 1 23 55 61 (Parise), 14:39. Dallas 20 10 8 2 22 50 48 Second Period—2, Arizona, Garland 9 Nashville 18 9 6 3 21 68 59 (Schmaltz), 5:04. Chicago 18 7 7 4 18 50 56 Third Period—3, Minnesota, Parise Minnesota 19 7 11 1 15 50 65 5 (Zucker, Koivu), 5:39 (pp). 4, Arizona, Pacific Division Crouse 3 (Ekman-Larsson, Kessel), 7:32. Edmonton 21 13 6 2 28 67 56 5, Minnesota, Greenway 1 (Eriksson Ek, Arizona 20 11 7 2 24 58 49 Brodin), 12:11. Vancouver 20 10 7 3 23 65 54 Shots on Goal—Arizona 8-8-13—29. Calgary 21 10 8 3 23 60 61 Minnesota 20-9-5—34. Vegas 20 9 8 3 21 59 61 Power-play opportunities—Arizona 0 Anaheim 20 9 9 2 20 53 58 of 3; Minnesota 1 of 3. San Jose 20 9 10 1 19 59 70 /AP Goalies—Arizona, Raanta 3-2-2 (34 CHRIS O’MEARA Los Angeles 19 7 11 1 15 49 69 shots-31 saves). Minnesota, Dubnyk 4-8- Note: Two points for a win, one point 1 (29-27). for overtime loss. Top three teams in 17,079 (18,064). 2:31. Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov, right, celebrates his goal against the New York Rangers with each division and two wild cards per A— T— defenseman Victor Hedman during the first period of Thursday’s game in Tampa, Fla. conference advance to playoffs. Thursday’s games Oilers 6, Avalanche 2 Winnipeg 4, Florida 3 Tampa Bay 9, N.Y. Rangers 3 Colorado 1 1 0—2 Roundup Carolina 5, Buffalo 4, OT Edmonton 4 2 0—6 Minnesota 3, Arizona 2 First Period—1, Colorado, Burakovsky Edmonton 6, Colorado 2 6 (Kadri), 1:20. 2, Edmonton, Nugent- San Jose 5, Anaheim 3 Hopkins 4 (Draisaitl, McDavid), 6:16. 3, Dallas 4, Vancouver 2 Edmonton, McDavid 12 (Neal, Klefbom), Los Angeles 3, Detroit 2, OT 12:14 (pp). 4, Edmonton, Kassian 7 (Mc- Friday’s games David, Draisaitl), 12:42. 5, Edmonton, Mc- Pittsburgh at New Jersey David 13 (Draisaitl, Klefbom), 15:51 (pp). Boston at Toronto Second Period—6, Edmonton, McDa- St. Louis at Columbus vid 14 (Klefbom, Draisaitl), 8:32 (pp). 7, Montreal at Washington Colorado, Burakovsky 7 (Johnson), 16:36. Kucherov has big night Philadelphia at Ottawa 8, Edmonton, Nugent-Hopkins 5 (McDa- Saturday’s games vid, Draisaitl), 18:15 (pp). Carolina at Minnesota Shots on Goal—Colorado 11-14-8—33. Calgary at Arizona Edmonton 10-13-5—28. Dallas at Edmonton Power-play opportunities—Colorado Vegas at Los Angeles 0 of 5; Edmonton 4 of 6. Winnipeg at Tampa Bay Goalies—Colorado, Werner 1-1-0 (18 Ottawa at Buffalo shots-13 saves), Bibeau 0-0-0 (10-9). Ed- N.Y. Rangers at Florida monton, Smith 6-5-1 (33-31). N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia A—17,188 (18,641). T—2:32. as Bolts blast Rangers Toronto at Pittsburgh Washington at Boston New Jersey at Montreal Sharks 5, Ducks 3 Associated Press Anaheim at St. Louis San Jose 1 1 3—5 onds left in the third period, Hamilton scored 2:32 Chicago at Nashville Anaheim 1 1 1—3 into the extra session on a slap shot from the right Colorado at Vancouver First Period—1, Anaheim, Rakell 6 TAMPA, Fla. — Nikita Kucherov had a goal and circle after Ryan Dzingel drove to the net and left Detroit at San Jose (Silfverberg), 1:09. 2, San Jose, Hertl 9 three assists, Steven Stamkos scored his 399th ca- Sunday’s games (Goodrow, Meier), 6:44. the puck for Hamilton. Calgary at Vegas Second Period—3, Anaheim, Silfver- reer goal and added two assists, and the Tampa Buffalo at Chicago Wild 3, Coyotes 2: Jordan Greenway deflected berg 9 (Rakell, Henrique), 13:00 (pp). 4, Bay Lightning routed the New York Rangers 9-3 on San Jose, Hertl 10 (Burns, Meier), 18:28. in a goal with 7:49 remaining, and host Minnesota Third Period—5, San Jose, Burns 5 Thursday night. Thursday (Kane, E.Karlsson), 8:05 (pp). 6, San Jose, Tampa Bay’s nine goals tied a team record. Five beat Arizona. Lightning 9, Rangers 3 Kane 12 (Couture), 10:32 (sh). 7, Ana- Zach Parise had a goal and an assist and Kevin heim, Max Jones 2 (Rowney, Steel), 15:50. scores came on the power play, which also matched N.Y. Rangers 1 0 2—3 8, San Jose, Couture 3, 19:21. Tampa Bay 4 4 1—9 the franchise mark. Fiala scored for the fourth time in six games for Shots on Goal—San Jose 11-9-15—35. Minnesota, which had just finished a four-game First Period—1, Tampa Bay, Schenn Anaheim 10-11-11—32. Kucherov had a goal and a pair of assists as 1 (Point, Kucherov), 2:39. 2, Tampa Bay, Power-play opportunities—San Jose 1 West Coast Swing. The Wild were tied for an NHL- Killorn 4 (Kucherov, Stamkos), 5:41 (pp). of 3; Anaheim 1 of 4. Tampa Bay scored four times in the opening seven 3, Tampa Bay, Kucherov 6 (Hedman, Kil- low 13 points entering the day amid a road-heavy Goalies—San Jose, Mar.Jones 7-7-1 (32 minutes. Stamkos got his second goal in 10 games on lorn), 6:20 (pp). 4, Tampa Bay, Palat 6 shots-29 saves). Anaheim, Gibson 6-9-0 early schedule. They are 4-1-1 at home. (McDonagh), 6:42. 5, N.Y. Rangers, Kre- (35-30). the power play during a four-goal second that made ider 5 (Lindgren, Panarin), 14:27. A—16,007 (17,174). T—2:29. Oilers 6, Avalanche 2: Connor McDavid had Second Period—6, Tampa Bay, Stam- it 8-1. kos 6 (Hedman, Kucherov), 7:07 (pp). Alex Killorn scored two power-play goals and three goals and three assists and Leon Draisaitl had 7, Tampa Bay, Maroon 4 (Shattenkirk, Stars 4, Canucks 2 five assists — career highs for points in a game for Gourde), 10:19. 8, Tampa Bay, Shattenkirk picked up an assist, and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 5 (Gourde, Paquette), 14:17. 9, Tampa Bay, Dallas 1 2 1—4 20 shots to tie Ben Bishop for the most wins by a both players — as host Edmonton routed Colorado. Killorn 5 (Hedman, Stamkos), 19:01 (pp). Vancouver 0 2 0—2 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had two goals and Zack Third Period—10, N.Y. Rangers, Chytil First Period—1, Dallas, Dowling 2 (Ja. Tampa Bay goalie with 131. 5 (Hajek, Panarin), 2:22 (sh). 11, Tampa Benn, Seguin), 3:45. The Lightning, who hadn’t played since Saturday Kassian also scored for the Oilers (13-6-2), who Bay, Gourde 5 (Sergachev, Johnson), Second Period—2, Dallas, Comeau 1 have won three of four. 12:24 (pp). 12, N.Y. Rangers, Chytil 6 (Bu- (Faksa, Heiskanen), 4:03. 3, Vancouver, when they completed back-to back wins over Buf- chnevich), 15:28. Virtanen 6 (Horvat, Pearson), 5:21. 4, Van- falo in Stockholm, also got goals from Luke Schenn, Stars 4, Canucks 2: Tyler Seguin had a goal and Shots on Goal—N.Y. Rangers 5-8-10— couver, Stecher 2 (Pettersson, Jo.Benn), an assist and visiting Dallas beat Vancouver for its 23. Tampa Bay 16-12-17—45. 11:30. 5, Dallas, Seguin 4 (Pavelski, Heis- Ondrej Palat, Pat Maroon, Kevin Shattenkirk and Power-play opportunities—N.Y. Rang- kanen), 18:29. Yanni Gourde. Victor Hedman had three assists and sixth win in seven games. ers 0 of 4; Tampa Bay 5 of 8. Third Period—6, Dallas, Radulov 6 Goalies—N.Y. Rangers, Lundqvist 4-3-1 (Pavelski), 17:24. Gourde recorded two assists. Justin Dowling, Alexander Radulov and Blake (19 shots-15 saves), Georgiev 4-4-1 (26- Shots on Goal—Dallas 10-9-10—29. Filip Chytil scored two goals and Chris Kreider Comeau also scored for Dallas (10-8-2). Joe Pavel- 21). Tampa Bay, Vasilevskiy 7-4-0 (23-20). Vancouver 8-12-14—34. A—19,092 (19,092). T—2:41. Power-play opportunities—Dallas 0 of also scored for the Rangers. Alexandar Georgiev ski and Miro Heiskanen each added two assists. The 2; Vancouver 0 of 3. Goalies—Dallas, Khudobin 4-3-1 (34 was pulled early on after allowing four goals on nine Stars, who beat the Flames 3-1 Wednesday night in Hurricanes 5, Sabres 4 (OT) shots-32 saves). Vancouver, Markstrom shots, before returning to start the third period. Calgary, are 6-0-1 in their last seven games. Carolina 2 1 1 1—5 5-5-3 (29-25). Sharks 5, Ducks 3: Brent Burns scored on the Buffalo 1 1 2 0—4 A—18,642 (18,910). T—2:25. Henrik Lundqvist replaced Georgiev and gave up First Period—1, Buffalo, Skinner 8 four goals on 19 shots. power play and Evander Kane had a short-handed (Sheary, Rodrigues), 4:26. 2, Carolina, Kings 3, Red Wings 2 (OT) goal in the third period, helping San Jose beat Ana- Staal 3 (Edmundson, Pesce), 12:07. 3, Jets 4, Panthers 3: Mark Scheifele scored late Carolina, Aho 9 (Svechnikov, Teravainen), Detroit 0 1 1 0—2 in the third period to lift visiting Winnipeg over heim for its fifth straight win. 17:17 (pp). Los Angeles 1 0 1 1—3 Second Period—4, Carolina, Teravain- First Period—1, Los Angeles, Kopitar 7 Florida. Tomas Hertl scored twice for the Sharks, who en 5 (Svechnikov, Aho), 0:49. 5, Buffalo, (Walker, Iafallo), 5:47. Adam Lowry, Nikolaj Ehlers and Josh Morrissey added a road victory to four previous home wins. Lazar 1, 15:04. Second Period—2, Detroit, Bertuzzi 7 Third Period—6, Buffalo, Jokiharju 2, (Mantha), 4:36. also scored for the Jets. Patrik Laine had three as- Kings 3, Red Wings 2 (OT): Alex Iafallo scored 13:35. 7, Carolina, Svechnikov 8 (Hamil- Third Period—3, Detroit, Bertuzzi 8 sists, including his 200th career point. Laurent 23 seconds into overtime and host Los Angeles beat ton, Teravainen), 16:06 (pp). 8, Buffalo, (Larkin, Mantha), 2:58. 4, Los Angeles, Larsson 2 (Skinner, Olofsson), 19:19. Kempe 2 (Roy, Kopitar), 18:12. Brossoit stopped 33 shots. Detroit. Overtime—9, Carolina, Hamilton 9 Overtime—5, Los Angeles, Iafallo 4 Hurricanes 5, Sabres 4 (OT): Dougie Hamilton Kings forward Adrian Kempe scored with 1:48 (Necas), 2:28. (Kopitar, Doughty), 0:23. Shots on Goal—Carolina 10-7-9-3—29. Shots on Goal—Detroit 5-7-9—21. Los scored in overtime and visiting Carolina overcame remaining in the third period to tie the game at 2- Buffalo 9-10-14—33. Angeles 11-13-6-1—31. a late blown lead to beat Buffalo. all, and Iafallo got a shot into an open net after Drew Power-play opportunities—Carolina 2 Power-play opportunities—Detroit 0 of 3; Buffalo 0 of 3. of 1; Los Angeles 0 of 3. Hamilton capped a back-and-forth game that Doughty’s pass caromed off the boards. The Kings Goalies—Carolina, Mrazek 9-3-1 (33 Goalies—Detroit, Bernier 5-4-2 (31 shots-29 saves). Buffalo, Hutton 6-3-2 shots-28 saves). Los Angeles, Quick 4-8- featured three goals in the final 6:25 of regulation. won consecutive games for the second time this (29-24). 0 (21-19). After Buffalo’s Johan Larsson tied it with 41 sec- season. A—16,603 (19,070). T—2:47. A—16,871 (18,230). T—2:26. Saturday, November 16, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 27 NBA Scoreboard

Eastern Conference Pelicans 132, Clippers 127 Atlantic Division L.A. CLIPPERS — George 10-17 10-10 W L Pct GB 33, Harkless 4-6 1-2 9, Harrell 8-12 2-3 18, Boston 9 1 .900 — Mann 2-6 0-0 5, L.Williams 11-20 8-10 31, Toronto 8 3 .727 1½ Green 1-4 0-0 2, Patterson 1-3 0-0 3, Zubac Philadelphia 7 4 .636 2½ 3-4 0-0 6, Robinson 0-2 0-0 0, McGruder 6- Brooklyn 4 7 .364 5½ 10 3-6 20. Totals 46-84 24-31 127. New York 3 9 .250 7 NEW ORLEANS — Moore 5-14 2-4 15, Southeast Division K.Williams 3-6 0-0 8, Favors 9-13 1-3 20, Miami 8 3 .727 — Holiday 13-24 5-7 36, Redick 5-13 6-7 19, Atlanta 4 7 .364 4 Melli 0-2 0-0 0, Hayes 3-6 3-4 9, Jackson Charlotte 4 7 .364 4 9-14 1-2 23, Alexander-Walker 0-6 2-2 2. Orlando 4 7 .364 4 Totals 47-98 20-29 132. Washington 2 7 .222 5 L.A. Clippers 35 24 38 30—127 Central Division Milwaukee 8 3 .727 — New Orleans 34 38 24 36—132 Indiana 7 4 .636 1 Three-Point Goals—L.A. Clippers 11-24 Cleveland 4 7 .364 4 (McGruder 5-7, George 3-5, L.Williams 1- Detroit 4 8 .333 4½ 2, Patterson 1-2, Mann 1-3, Robinson 0-1, Chicago 4 8 .333 4½ Green 0-2, Harkless 0-2), New Orleans 18-35 (Holiday 5-7, Jackson 4-7, Moore 3- 6, Redick 3-7, K.Williams 2-4, Favors 1-1, Western Conference Melli 0-1, Alexander-Walker 0-2). Fouled Southwest Division Out—None. Rebounds—L.A. Clippers 37 W L Pct GB (George 9), New Orleans 52 (Favors 20). Houston 8 3 .727 — Assists—L.A. Clippers 28 (L.Williams Dallas 6 5 .545 2 9), New Orleans 26 (Holiday 7). Total San Antonio 5 6 .455 3 Fouls—L.A. Clippers 22, New Orleans 25. Memphis 4 7 .364 4 A—17,147 (16,867). New Orleans 3 8 .273 5 Northwest Division Denver 8 3 .727 — Knicks 106, Mavericks 103 Utah 8 3 .727 — DALLAS — Finney-Smith 3-4 0-2 7, Porz- Minnesota 7 4 .636 1 ingis 7-17 5-5 20, Powell 5-9 1-1 12, Doncic Oklahoma City 4 7 .364 4 10-23 10-13 33, Curry 1-5 0-0 2, Hardaway Portland 4 8 .333 4½ Jr. 4-10 2-4 12, Kleber 0-3 0-0 0, Marjanovic Pacific Division 4-7 2-2 10, Brunson 1-4 1-2 3, Wright 1-2 L.A. Lakers 9 2 .818 — 2-2 4. Totals 36-84 23-31 103. Phoenix 7 4 .636 2 NEW YORK — Morris Sr. 7-19 1-1 20, L.A. Clippers 7 5 .583 2½ Randle 8-18 0-0 17, Gibson 2-4 0-0 4, Nti- Sacramento 4 6 .400 4½ likina 1-4 2-2 5, Barrett 3-10 2-2 8, Knox II Golden State 2 10 .167 7½ 2-3 1-2 6, Portis 4-8 0-0 10, Robinson 7-8 2- Thursday’s games 2 16, Smith Jr. 5-12 1-2 13, Ellington 0-0 0-0 Miami 108, Cleveland 97 0, Dotson 3-8 0-0 7. Totals 42-94 9-11 106. SOPHIA GERMER/AP Milwaukee 124, Chicago 115 Dallas 23 30 34 16—103 New Orleans 132, L.A. Clippers 127 New York 27 31 29 19—106 New York 106, Dallas 103 New Orleans Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday, left, and guard JJ Redick high-five after Holiday scored on the Phoenix 128, Atlanta 112 Three-Point Goals—Dallas 8-36 (Don- Denver 101, Brooklyn 93 cic 3-12, Hardaway Jr. 2-7, Powell 1-1, Los Angeles Clippers during the first half of Thursday’s game game in New Orleans. Friday’s games Finney-Smith 1-2, Porzingis 1-5, Wright Detroit at Charlotte 0-1, Kleber 0-2, Brunson 0-2, Curry 0-4), San Antonio at Orlando New York 13-30 (Morris Sr. 5-7, Portis Indiana at Houston 2-3, Smith Jr. 2-4, Knox II 1-2, Ntilikina Roundup Philadelphia at Oklahoma City 1-2, Dotson 1-5, Randle 1-5, Barrett 0-2). Utah at Memphis Fouled Out—Robinson. Rebounds—Dal- Washington at Minnesota las 44 (Porzingis 11), New York 53 (Randle Boston at Golden State 10). Assists—Dallas 21 (Doncic 11), New Sacramento at L.A. Lakers York 20 (Smith Jr. 8). Total Fouls—Dallas Saturday’s games 16, New York 27. Technicals—New York Brooklyn at Chicago coach Knicks (Defensive three second) Milwaukee at Indiana 2. A—19,812 (19,812). Charlotte at New York Houston at Minnesota Suns 128, Hawks 112 Pelicans spoil George’s New Orleans at Miami Portland at San Antonio ATLANTA — Hunter 5-15 2-2 14, Parker Toronto at Dallas 8-15 6-8 24, Jones 7-8 0-0 14, Young 7-18 6- Atlanta at L.A. Clippers 7 21, Reddish 2-7 4-4 9, Fernando 2-5 0-0 4, Sunday’s games Len 7-11 6-9 21, Wallace 0-5 0-0 0, Crabbe Philadelphia at Cleveland 1-3 0-0 2, Brown Jr. 1-2 0-0 3, Bembry 0-2 Boston at Sacramento 0-0 0. Totals 40-91 24-30 112. Denver at Memphis PHOENIX — Oubre Jr. 10-18 8-10 30, Washington at Orlando Saric 9-12 2-2 23, Baynes 1-5 1-2 3, Rubio Golden State at New Orleans 2-9 2-2 6, Booker 8-16 8-8 27, Bridges 1-4 return, outlast Clippers Atlanta at L.A. Lakers 0-2 3, C.Johnson 3-8 6-6 15, Diallo 1-1 0-0 2, Kaminsky 6-9 4-6 19, Okobo 0-0 0-0 0, Thursday J.Carter 0-1 0-0 0, T.Johnson 0-2 0-0 0. To- Associated Press Williams scored 31 points and Bledsoe added a season-high 31 tals 41-85 31-38 128. Heat 108, Cavaliers 97 Atlanta 33 28 29 22—112 Rodney McGruder 20 for the points and eight assists and host NEW ORLEANS — Jrue Holi- MIAMI — Butler 7-11 0-0 14, Adebayo Phoenix 31 36 37 24—128 Clippers, who’ve dropped two Milwaukee withstood another Three-Point Goals—Atlanta 8-31 day scored 36 points and stole 7-14 2-3 16, Leonard 5-6 0-0 12, Nunn 10-16 straight. historic effort by Chicago rookie 0-0 23, Robinson 4-8 0-0 11, Silva 2-3 0-0 4, (Parker 2-4, Hunter 2-6, Brown Jr. 1-1, Len the ball from Paul George three Olynyk 1-4 0-0 3, Dragic 3-10 2-2 9, Herro 1-3, Young 1-6, Reddish 1-6, Crabbe 0-1, Heat 108, Cavaliers 97: Coby White. 4-7 6-6 16. Totals 43-79 10-11 108. Wallace 0-2, Fernando 0-2), Phoenix 15- times in the final minutes to spoil CLEVELAND — Osman 5-11 1-4 12, Love 39 (Kaminsky 3-5, Saric 3-5, C.Johnson Rookie Kendrick Nunn scored White shot 5-for-8 from three- 6-16 6-6 21, Thompson 1-3 0-0 2, Garland 3-6, Booker 3-7, Oubre Jr. 2-8, Bridges 1- George’s season debut and lead 23 points, Bam Adebayo had 16 4-10 0-0 11, Sexton 7-16 1-1 15, Nance Jr. point range in the first half, be- 2, T.Johnson 0-1, Rubio 0-2, Baynes 0-3). the New Orleans Pelicans to a 132- points and 15 rebounds, and visit- 6-9 2-3 14, Dellavedova 0-1 3-3 3, Clarkson Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Atlanta 127 victory over the Los Angeles coming the youngest player in 3-12 4-4 10, Porter Jr. 4-7 0-0 9. Totals 36- 49 (Len 10), Phoenix 39 (Oubre Jr. 7). As- ing Miami beat Cleveland. NBA history to hit five three- 85 17-21 97. sists—Atlanta 25 (Young 13), Phoenix 32 Clippers on Thursday night. Miami 34 34 26 14—108 (Rubio 8). Total Fouls—Atlanta 31, Phoe- Miami led the entire game and pointers in consecutive games. Cleveland 22 22 30 23— 97 nix 24. Technicals—Bembry 2. Ejected— George was playing for the first was up by 27 points in the third Three-Point Goals—Miami 12-30 (Nunn Bembry, Reddish. A—15,143 (18,422). time since signing as a free agent The 19-year-old seventh overall 3-6, Robinson 3-7, Leonard 2-2, Herro 2-4, quarter. The Heat (8-3) have the pick in the 2019 draft set an NBA Olynyk 1-3, Dragic 1-5, Adebayo 0-1, But- Nuggets 101, Nets 93 with the Clippers because he’d second-best record in the Eastern ler 0-2), Cleveland 8-32 (Garland 3-7, Love been recovering from shoulder rookie record Tuesday night, 3-8, Porter Jr. 1-3, Osman 1-4, Dellavedo- BROOKLYN — J.Harris 4-11 0-0 9, Prince Conference. making seven three-pointers in va 0-1, Nance Jr. 0-2, Sexton 0-3, Clarkson 5-15 0-0 12, Allen 7-10 3-5 17, Irving 8-20 surgery last spring. He did not ap- Rookie Tyler Herro, who 0-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Mi- 0-0 17, Temple 2-11 2-2 7, Claxton 1-3 0-0 pear rusty, scoring 33 points in 24 the fourth quarter of a 120-102 ami 41 (Adebayo 15), Cleveland 41 (Love 2, Jordan 0-1 0-0 0, Dinwiddie 6-18 4-5 17, missed Tuesday’s game with an victory over the New York Knicks. 10). Assists—Miami 31 (Nunn 8), Cleve- Musa 2-5 4-4 10, Nwaba 1-1 0-0 2. Totals minutes, only to be done in by late ankle injury, had 16 points, while land 18 (Dellavedova, Porter Jr. 4). Total 36-95 13-16 93. turnovers at the hands of Holiday, White finished Thursday with a Fouls—Miami 21, Cleveland 16. Techni- DENVER — Barton 8-17 1-2 17, Millsap Jimmy Butler finished with 14 for team-high 26 points, including cals—Miami coach Heat (Delay of game). 7-14 2-5 18, Jokic 8-14 0-0 18, Murray 1-11 who finished with six steals, in- Miami. The Heat shot 43-for-79 A—17,374 (20,562). 1-1 4, G.Harris 4-7 0-0 10, Grant 5-11 0-0 six threes. 12, Hernangomez 1-4 0-0 2, Plumlee 5-10 cluding one on Lou Williams’ at- from the field and made 12 of 30 Suns 128, Hawks 112: Kelly Bucks 124, Bulls 115 0-0 10, Porter Jr. 0-2 0-0 0, Morris 4-11 1-2 tempted bounce pass in the final from three-point range. 10. Totals 43-101 5-10 101. Oubre Jr. scored a season-high 30 CHICAGO — Hutchison 2-6 2-2 6, Mark- Brooklyn 35 26 18 14— 93 seconds to seal the victory. Knicks 106, Mavericks 103: kanen 2-9 5-6 11, Carter Jr. 6-7 2-2 14, Sa- Denver 28 21 30 22—101 Derrick Favors had 20 points points, Devin Booker added 27 toransky 4-8 0-0 10, LaVine 8-20 5-5 25, Marcus Morris made a tiebreak- Three-Point Goals—Brooklyn 8-38 and host Phoenix beat Atlanta. Young 3-8 3-4 11, Harrison 0-0 0-0 0, White and a career-best 20 rebounds in ing three-pointer with 13.2 sec- 9-23 2-2 26, Dunn 2-6 0-0 5, Arcidiacono (Musa 2-3, Prince 2-11, J.Harris 1-4, Tem- Phoenix (7-4) is off to its best 2-6 2-4 7. Totals 38-93 21-25 115. ple 1-5, Irving 1-5, Dinwiddie 1-7, Allen the first 20-20 game of his 10-year onds remaining to delight a MILWAUKEE — Matthews 2-6 10-13 15, 0-1, Claxton 0-2), Denver 10-33 (G.Harris career. Frank Jackson added 23 Madison Square Garden crowd start through 11 games since G.Antetokounmpo 13-24 11-20 38, B.Lopez 2-3, Millsap 2-4, Jokic 2-5, Grant 2-6, Mor- 2009, when it started 9-2. 6-14 0-0 13, Bledsoe 12-14 7-8 31, DiVin- ris 1-2, Murray 1-4, Plumlee 0-1, Porter points in a reserve role. that booed Kristaps Porzingis all cenzo 2-5 0-0 4, Ilyasova 0-1 2-2 2, R.Lopez Jr. 0-1, Hernangomez 0-2, Barton 0-5). The Clippers played without Dario Saric added 23 points 3-5 0-0 6, Hill 1-5 1-1 3, Korver 1-5 3-3 6, Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Brook- night, and New York beat Dallas. Brown 0-5 0-0 0, Connaughton 2-4 0-0 6. lyn 51 (Jordan 11), Denver 62 (Jokic 10). Kawhi Leonard, who was being Morris also knocked away the after shooting 9-for-12 from the Totals 42-88 34-47 124. Assists—Brooklyn 19 (Irving 9), Denver rested for the third time this sea- field, including 3-for-5 from Chicago 32 34 20 29—115 26 (Morris 7). Total Fouls—Brooklyn 14, Mavericks’ inbounds pass with Milwaukee 30 35 32 27—124 Denver 14. Technicals—Prince. A—18,394 son to ease stress on his sore knee under a second left, sending the three-point range. Three-Point Goals—Chicago 18-43 (19,520). after playing a night earlier in a Nuggets 101, Nets 93: Nikola (White 6-13, LaVine 4-9, Young 2-4, Sa- Knicks to just their third victory toransky 2-5, Markkanen 2-6, Dunn 1-2, Calendar loss at Houston. But the Pelicans in 12 games this season. Jokic had 18 points and 10 re- Arcidiacono 1-3, Hutchison 0-1), Mil- were hardly sympathetic with bounds, Mason Plumlee provided waukee 6-33 (Connaughton 2-4, Korver Jan. 5 — 10-day contracts can be Porzingis finished with 20 1-3, G.Antetokounmpo 1-5, Matthews signed. starters Brandon Ingram (right points and 11 rebounds in his first a boost off the bench as host Den- 1-5, B.Lopez 1-7, Ilyasova 0-1, Bledsoe Jan. 10 — All contracts guaranteed for 0-2, Brown 0-2, DiVincenzo 0-2, Hill 0- rest of season. knee) and Lonzo Ball (groin) game in New York as a visitor. ver wore down Brooklyn. 2). Fouled Out—Carter Jr., LaVine. Re- Feb. 6 — Trade deadline (3 p.m. EST) sidelined, as well. Luka Doncic had 33 points, 11 as- The Nets were playing their bounds—Chicago 45 (Markkanen 8), Feb. 14-16 — All-Star weekend, Chi- Milwaukee 58 (G.Antetokounmpo 16). cago. J.J. Reddick scored 19 and hit sists and 10 rebounds in his fifth fourth road game in seven nights. Assists—Chicago 25 (LaVine 7), Milwau- April 15 — Regular season ends. two free throws with 11.4 seconds triple-double of the season. They shot 23% in the second half. kee 24 (Bledsoe 8). Total Fouls—Chicago April 18 — Playoffs begin. 29, Milwaukee 22. Technicals—Chicago May 19 — Draft lottery, Chicago. left to help wrap up just New Or- Bucks 124, Bulls 115: Gi- Paul Millsap added 18 points coach Bulls (Defensive three second) May 21-24 — Draft combine, Chicago. for a Nuggets team that’s proving 2, Chicago coach Jim Boylen. A—17,627 June 4 — NBA Finals begin. leans’ third victory in 11 games annis Antetokounmpo had 38 (17,500). June 25 — NBA Draft. this season. points and 15 rebounds, Eric adept at rallying late. PAGE 28 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 16, 2019 COLLEGE BASKETBALL No. 3 Spartans edge No. 12 Pirates Freshman plays hero in Michigan State’s win over Seton Hall

BY TOM CANAVAN Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — No. 3 Michi- gan State and No. 12 Seton Hall put on a mid-November show worthy of March Madness. It was showdown of two of col- MATT STAMEY/AP lege basketball’s best teams and a showcase of two of the nation’s Florida’s Kerry Blackshear marquee players. Jr. shoots over Towson’s Of course, the eventual hero Nakye Sanders on Thursday was a freshman who had failed in Gainesville, Fla. The Gators to score a point in his first two won 66-60. Blackshear had 13 games. points and 13 rebounds. That’s college basketball, though. Top 25 roundup Freshman Malik Hall hit a layup with 26 seconds to play and scored all 17 of his points in the second half as Michigan State No. 15 Gators overcame a late five-point deficit to beat Seton Hall 76-73 Thurs- escape scare day night. “For a Nov. 14 college basket- ball game, the atmosphere was from Tigers great,” Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard said. “It was two high- Associated Press level teams, with high-level play- GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Boast- ers going at it. It was a lot of fun.” ing a No. 6 ranking before the Both Willard and Tom Izzo season started, Florida has re- of Michigan State are going to sembled more of a pretender than like what they saw from their a contender in the early going. preseason All-Americas fight- Freshman Scottie Lewis scored ing adversity. Myles Powell of 15 points in his first start, and the Seton Hall (2-1) had a high ankle 15th-ranked Gators escaped with sprain and Cassius Winston of a 66-60 victory over Towson on Michigan State (2-1) played his Thursday night. second game following the tragic Graduate transfer Kerry death of his brother, Zachary, last Blackshear Jr. had 13 points and weekend. 13 rebounds in his third game Winston scored 17 of his 21 with his new team as Florida (2- points in the second half for the 1) bounced back from a dispirit- Spartans (2-1). Powell scored ing home loss to Florida State. 37 points in a game most felt he Andrew Nembhard had 11 points would miss. and nine assists for the Gators. “I don’t know who could guard The Gators were 18-point favor- Powell,” Izzo said. “He just did an ites but had to rely on free throws incredible job. He deserves every from Lewis and Nembhard in the accolade he gets, but I’ll tell you final minutes to secure the win. what, Cassius Winston does, too. It might not seem like it tonight, “I thought it was a high-level ADAM HUNGER/AP game,” Towson coach Pat Skerry but to play with a broken heart he said. “Credit to Florida, we knew has, and to play with the mental Michigan State freshman forward Malik Hall hangs from the rim after a dunk against Seton Hall during they were a terrific team. Ex- part of the game that he’s been the second half of Thursday’s game in Newark, N.J. Hall hit a layup with 26 seconds to play and scored tremely well-coached, they de- through, I think we saw two su- all 17 of his points in the second half as the Spartans rallied past the Pirates 76-73. fend, they get good players, they perstar guards tonight, but in dif- were organized.” ferent ways.” play, Sandro Mamukelashvili hit contact. After Winston missed No. 18 Saint Mary’s 81, Long Winston made two free throws a three-pointer to ignite a 9-0 Pi- the front end of a 1-and-1 with 14 Beach State 63: At Moraga, with 3.4 seconds to play to give Did you know rates run that Powell ended with seconds to go, Powell drove the Calif., Tommy Kuhse had a ca- Michigan State its final three- his fifth and sixth three-pointers lane, drew contact and didn’t get reer-high 20 points and eight as- point lead. The Spartans then saw of the game to give Seton Hall a a call. sists and the Gaels bounced back a desperation half-court heave by Freshman 71-66 lead with 2:41 to play. Willard felt his players were three days after losing their home Powell bounce off the top of the Malik Hall Rocket Watts closed the gap fouled but insisted the officials opener with a win over the 49ers. rim as the final buzzer sounded. didn’t score in to two points with a line-drive called a good game. The blowout comes after coach Hall, who didn’t score in the three-pointer from the right wing Myles Cale added 12 for the Pi- Randy Bennett’s team won their Spartans’ first two games, made the Spartans’ with 1:44 to go and Winston, who rates (2-1). first two games by two points be- all seven of his shots, includ- first two games, but picked up two early fouls, briefly The game drew a crowd of fore losing 61-59 to Winthrop on ing three three-pointers. His made all seven of his put the Spartans back in front 72- 14,051, and the fans witnessed a Monday. only missed shots were two free 71 with a three-pointer with 1:02 contest with 14 lead changes, nine No. 19 Arizona 87, San Jose throws with 3:39 to play. shots – including three left. ties and neither team leading by State 39: Zeke Nnaji scored 26 “The kid played terrific,” Wil- from beyond the arc – Powell, who played 34 minutes more than seven points. points, made all eight of his shots lard said of Hall. “Seven of seven for 17 points Thursday. on what his coach described as a and grabbed 11 rebounds, help- and making the shots he made, high ankle sprain he suffered last Big picture ing the host Wildcats trounce the that was really game. He’s a game weekend, gave Seton Hall its last Michigan State: The talented Spartans. changer.” SOURCE: Associated Press lead when he hit two free throws Spartans should move up in the Arizona (3-0) dominated a third Powell finished 12-for-27 from with 43 seconds to go. AP Top 25 with No. 1 Kentucky’s straight opponent to open the sea- the field with six rebounds and those shots tonight,” Izzo said of Hall’s layup put Michigan State loss. son, shutting down the Spartans two assists. Powell. ahead 74-73. Mamukelashvili Seton Hall: The Pirates appear (1-2) defensively from the open- “I don’t know if God could Trailing 66-62 after Winston drove the lane and missed a shot to be an NCAA Tournament team ing tip. have stopped him on some of hit a three-pointer with 4:51 to on which the officials ignored for the fifth straight season. Saturday, November 16, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 29 MLB Most valuable Trout, Bellinger keep biggest honors in Southern California BY JAKE SEINER Associated Press AL MVP voting NEW YORK — Voting for the 2019 American NEW YORK League Most Valuable Player Award, with t had never been so difficult for first-, second- and third-place votes and to- Mike Trout to arrive at the ball- tal points on a 14-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis: park, get his mind and body ready, Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total and perform at the level baseball Trout, Angels 17 13 — 355 Bregman, Astros 13 17 — 335 fans have come to expect. Semien, A’s — — 22 228 IAnd still, nobody did it better in the LeMahieu, Yankees — — 6 178 American League. Bogaerts, Red Sox — — 1 147 Chapman, A’s — — — 89 Trout overcame injury and tragedy to Springer, Astros — — — 69 win his third AL MVP award Thursday Betts, Red Sox — — — 67 night, getting 17 of 30 first-place votes in Cruz, Twins — — — 62 Cole, Astros — — — 61 balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Asso- Verlander, Astros — — 1 56 ciation of America. Alex Bregman of the Devers, Red Sox — — — 40 Polanco, Twins — — — 20 Houston Astros was second, and that duo Meadows, Rays — — — 15 combined for all the first- and second- Lindor, Indians — — — 13 place votes. Trout also won the award in Santana, Indians — — — 9 Torres, Yankees — — — 8 2014 and ’16. Rosario, Twins — — — 6 “This year was probably the toughest Abreu, White Sox — — — 5 year,” Trout said. Kepler, Twins — — — 2 Martinez, Red Sox — — — 1 Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger made Moncada, White Sox — — — 1 it a Southern California sweep, beating out Morton, Rays — — — 1 Olson, A’s — — — 1 the Milwaukee Brewers’ Christian Yelich Soler, Royals — — — 1 for the NL prize. Bellinger got 19 of 30 first-place votes, Yelich got 10, and Wash- NL MVP voting ington’s Anthony Rendon got one while NEW YORK — Voting for the 2019 National finishing third. Yelich won the award last League Most Valuable Player Award, with first-, second- and third-place votes and year. total points based on a 14-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Trout had season-ending foot surgery in basis: September while the Angels languished to Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total a fourth-place finish. The outfielder played Bellinger, Dodgers 19 10 — 362 just 134 games but still set a career high Yelich, Brewers 10 18 1 317 Rendon, Nationals 1 1 24 242 with 45 homers. He batted .291, led the Marte, Diamondbacks — — 3 198 majors with a .438 on-base percentage and Acuna, Braves — — 1 155 drove in 104 runs. Arenado, Rockies — — 1 120 Alonso, Mets — — — 102 The 28-year-old shined even following Freeman, Braves — 1 — 90 the death of close friend and teammate Soto, Nationals — — — 45 deGrom, Mets — — — 44 Tyler Skaggs on July 1. Trout smashed a Donaldson, Braves — — — 27 454-foot homer wearing Skaggs’ No. 45 in Story, Rockies — — — 26 the team’s first game back, when LA pitch- Flaherty, Cardinals — — — 9 Realmuto, Phillies — — — 8 ALEX GALLARDO, ABOVE, AND JOHN BAZEMORE, BELOW/AP ers threw a combined no-hitter. Grandal, Brewers — — — 4 After often deferring to veterans as a Muncy, Dodgers — — — 4 Above: The Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout won his third MVP Award despite being Strasburg, Nationals — — — 4 young star, Trout put himself into a leader- Suarez, Reds — — — 4 limited to only 134 games. His season ended early due to surgery on his foot. ship role following Skaggs’ death. Ryu, Dodgers — — — 3 Below: The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger edged Christian Yelich to win his first “It was my time,” Trout said, adding: “It Goldschmidt, Cardinals — — — 2 NL MVP Award. Yelich’s season ended early when he broke his kneecap. Wong, Cardinals — — — 2 was extremely tough mentally and emo- Pillar, Giants — — — 1 tionally for us at the end of the year.” Scherzer, Nationals — — — 1 Trout is the 10th three-time MVP and joins an elite group: Barry Bonds, Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella, Joe DiMaggio, He was the best player on the NL’s top Jimmie Foxx, Mickey Mantle, Stan Musi- team in the regular season, propelling Los al, Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez and Mike Angeles to 106 wins. He’s the 10th differ- Schmidt. Bonds is the only player with ent Dodgers player to win MVP and first more than three MVPs — he won seven. since Clayton Kershaw in 2014. Only Musial was younger when he won his Bellinger teared up after learning he’d third. been chosen, saying it was the first time he Trout also has a record-tying four sec- had cried since the death of his first dog, ond-place finishes. He’s been the win- Angel the golden retriever. He was espe- ner or runner-up in seven of his eight full cially emotional after hugging his father seasons. — former big leaguer Clay Bellinger. Skaggs was found dead in his hotel room “He was just there for me every single before the start of a series against the day,” Cody Bellinger said. Texas Rangers. The Tarrant County Medi- It was clear by midseason that Bellinger cal Examiner’s Office said the 27-year-old and Yelich were the favorites for the NL died after choking on his vomit with a toxic prize. Yelich had better offensive numbers, mix of alcohol and the painkillers fentanyl including a league-leading .329 average and oxycodone in his body. MLB is cooper- and a major league-best 1.100 OPS, but his ating with a federal investigation after Eric season was cut short in September when Kay, a 24-year employee of the Angels’ PR he broke his right kneecap on a foul ball. department, told the Drug Enforcement “I pretty much figured that once I got Agency he had provided opioids to Skaggs hurt, that was a wrap on that but I guess and used them with the pitcher for years, you never really know until the end. But according to ESPN. that was my mindset. As soon as I got hurt, The 24-year-old Bellinger and his loose, I figured all that MVP stuff went out the left-handed swing launched 47 home runs window,” Yelich said. with a .305 average, 115 RBIs and a 1.035 AP freelance writer Andrew Wagner contributed OPS. to this report. PAGE 30 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 16, 2019 COLLEGE FOOTBALL

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ACC Atlantic Division Conference Overall W L W L Clemson ...... 7 0 10 0 Wake Forest ...... 3 2 7 2 Florida State ...... 4 4 5 5 Louisville ...... 3 3 5 4 Boston College ...... 3 4 5 5 NC State ...... 1 4 4 5 Syracuse ...... 0 5 3 6 Coastal Division VASHA HUNT/AP Virginia ...... 5 2 7 3 Pittsburgh ...... 4 2 7 3 An LSU fan hoists a tiger belt to celebrate LSU’s 46-41 win over Alabama last week. The top-ranked Tigers play at Ole Miss on Saturday. Virginia Tech ...... 3 2 6 3 Miami ...... 4 3 6 4 North Carolina ...... 3 4 4 6 Duke ...... 2 3 4 5 KEY POWER FIVE MATCHUPS Georgia Tech ...... 1 5 2 7 Big 12 Conference Overall W L W L No. 5 Georgia (8-1) No. 1 LSU (9-0) Wake Forest (7-2) at Baylor ...... 6 0 9 0 at No. 13 Auburn (7-2) at Ole Miss (4-6) No. 3 Clemson (10-0) Oklahoma ...... 5 1 8 1 Texas ...... 4 2 6 3 9:30 p.m. Saturday CET 1:00 a.m. Sunday CET 9:30 p.m. Saturday CET Oklahoma State ...... 3 3 6 3 Kansas State ...... 3 3 6 3 AFN-Sports2 AFN-Sports2 AFN-Sports Iowa State ...... 3 2 5 4 TCU ...... 2 4 4 5 Series record: Georgia leads 59-56-8. Series record: LSU leads 62-40-4. Series record — Clemson leads 66-17. Texas Tech...... 2 4 4 5 What’s at stake? — Georgia probably must win this What’s at stake? — LSU is hoping to hold onto its What’s at stake? — The Tigers, after struggling West Virginia ...... 1 4 3 6 Kansas ...... 1 5 3 6 game to keep its playoff hopes alive. Auburn’s shot No. 1 ranking, make the SEC championship game the at times earlier this season, seem to be hitting their Big Ten at a playoff are dimmer and they need to sweep two College Football Playoff. Ole Miss is trying to right its stride. They are in the driver’s seat for a fifth consecu- East Conference Overall tough final opponents in Georgia and Alabama to get season after losing three of its past four games. The tive Atlantic Coast Conference championship and an- W L W L in. Tigers coach Gus Malzahn is in the second year of Rebels need to win Saturday and beat rival Missis- other trip to the College Football Playoff. The Demon Ohio State ...... 6 0 9 0 Penn State ...... 5 1 8 1 a seven-year, $49 million contract that carries with it sippi State on Thursday just to go bowling. Deacons’ only shot at the Orange Bowl is for Clemson Indiana ...... 4 2 7 2 a buyout of still more than $27 million, but he may Key matchup — Ole Miss’s defense against QB Joe to make the playoff, leaving the Demon Deacons as Michigan ...... 4 2 7 2 league’s second-highest-ranked team. Wake Forest Michigan State ...... 2 4 4 5 be on the hot seat after a 7-5 regular season last year. Burrow and LSU’s offense. The Rebels have been re- Maryland ...... 1 6 3 7 This is also the oldest rivalry in the South, with this spectable, holding opponents to 26.2 points a game, was eliminated from the division race with its 36-17 Rutgers ...... 0 6 2 7 loss last week at Virginia Tech. West being the 124th meeting between the teams. but LSU is putting up 46.79 points a game. Burrow Minnesota ...... 6 0 9 0 Key matchup — Clemson’s defensive line against Key matchup — Georgia: The Bulldogs’ defense had a huge game last year against the Rebels, pass- Wisconsin ...... 4 2 7 2 Wake Forest QB Jamie Newman. The Demon Dea- Illinois ...... 4 3 6 4 has been stellar, holding foes to 10.1 points a game ing for 292 yards and three touchdowns and rushing Iowa ...... 3 3 6 3 cons are second in scoring in the ACC to the Tigers, and they will look to rattle Auburn freshman quarter- for 96 yards and another TD in a 45-16 win. Purdue ...... 3 4 4 6 but Newman won’t have top receiver Sage Surratt to Nebraska ...... 2 4 4 5 back Bo Nix. Auburn: The Tigers’ strong defensive Players to watch — LSU: Burrow has established Northwestern ...... 0 7 1 8 go to. The 66-catch, 1,001-yard, 11 touchdown star Pac-12 front will look to keep Georgia’s running game, led by himself as the clear Heisman Trophy favorite, but run- is done for the year with a shoulder injury. Clemson North D’Andre Swift, from getting untracked. He’s rushed for ning back Clyde Edwards-Helaire also has played a Conference Overall has allowed only one passing touchdown this season W L W L 292 yards and two touchdowns in two outings against vital role in keeping the Tigers unbeaten. Edwards- and the defensive line’s pressure has been a big rea- Oregon ...... 6 0 8 1 Auburn. Helaire rushed for 103 yards and three touchdowns Oregon State ...... 3 3 4 5 son for that. Wake Forest’s defense needs to do a bet- Stanford ...... 3 4 4 5 Players to watch — Georgia: WR George Pickens, against Alabama last week. In three of LSU’s last four ter job than it has on the ground. It is allowing 243.8 Washington ...... 3 4 6 4 a Hoover, Ala., native who flipped his recruitment as games, Edwards-Helaire has run for over 100 yards California ...... 2 4 5 4 rushing yards a game. Washington State ...... 1 5 4 5 a high school senior from Auburn to the Bulldogs. against a Top 25 opponent. He ran for 134 yards and Players to watch — Clemson: RB Travis Etienne South Utah ...... 5 1 8 1 He’s Georgia’s second-leading receiver with has 29 two touchdowns in a 42-28 victory over Florida. He has rushed for 1,214 yards and 13 touchdowns Southern Cal ...... 5 2 6 4 catches for 389 yards. rushed for 136 yards and one touchdown in a 23-20 while sophomore QB Travis Lawrence is looking UCLA ...... 4 2 4 5 Arizona State ...... 2 4 5 4 Auburn: Freshman RB DJ. Williams has rushed triumph over Auburn. like he did at the end of last season. He has thrown Arizona ...... 2 4 4 5 for 303 yards and a touchdown in four games. The Ole Miss: Last week, in a 41-3 defeat of New Mex- for 2,303 yards and 23 touchdowns, but has eight Colorado ...... 2 5 4 6 SEC Tigers will also hope that Boobee Whitlow is at full ico State, freshman QB Rhys Plumlee accounted for interceptions. East strength after being held out against Ole Miss. 301 yards of total offense, including two touchdowns Wake Forest: CB Amari Henderson. The senior is Conference Overall W L W L Facts & figures — The Bulldogs have won three and 177 yards on the ground, just one yard shy of the the nation’s active leader with 47 pass breakups. WR Georgia ...... 5 1 8 1 straight and have shut out two of their last three oppo- Rebels rushing record by a quarterback. His 75-yard Kendall Hinton (51 receptions for 659 yards and one Florida ...... 5 2 8 2 Tennessee ...... 3 3 5 5 nents. They’ve given up a total of 17 points during their run in the first half was the third-longest rush by a QB TD) will need to step up in Surratt’s absence. Wake South Carolina...... 3 4 4 6 three-game winning streak. Georgia has won 14 of its is Rebels history. Forest running back Cade Carney has rushed for 285 Missouri ...... 2 3 5 4 Kentucky ...... 2 5 4 5 last 18 matchups with Auburn. Although Auburn has Facts & figures — LSU coach Ed Orgeron was the yards and three touchdowns. Vanderbilt...... 1 5 2 7 the home-field advantage, that generally doesn’t mean Rebels’ head coach from 2005-07, but was fired after Facts & figures — Clemson defeated Wake Forest West LSU ...... 5 0 9 0 much in this series. Georgia owns a 16-12-2 record at winning three SEC games in as many seasons. Ole 63-3 last year and has won 10 games in a row in Alabama ...... 5 1 8 1 Auburn, while Auburn has gone 18-15 in Athens (this Miss hasn’t had a passing touchdown in its last three the series. Wake Forest’s senior class had had four Auburn ...... 4 2 7 2 Texas A&M ...... 3 2 6 3 game also has been played in Atlanta and Columbus, games. The Rebels have thrown for 200-plus yards in winning seasons, the first time that’s happened in 71 Mississippi State ...... 2 4 4 5 years. Mississippi ...... 2 4 4 6 Georgia). Georgia still hasn’t allowed a touchdown just one of their last six games. The Rebels ran for 447 Arkansas ...... 0 6 2 8 run. yards against New Mexico State. — Associated Press Saturday, November 16, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 31 NFL Scoreboard

American Conference East W L T Pct PF PA New England 8 1 0 .889 270 98 Buffalo 6 3 0 .667 174 150 Miami 2 7 0 .222 119 268 N.Y. Jets 2 7 0 .222 130 238 South Houston 6 3 0 .667 238 191 Indianapolis 5 4 0 .556 194 193 Tennessee 5 5 0 .500 203 197 Jacksonville 4 5 0 .444 176 189 North Baltimore 7 2 0 .778 300 189 Pittsburgh 5 5 0 .500 200 202 Cleveland 4 6 0 .400 192 228 Cincinnati 0 9 0 .000 137 259 West Kansas City 6 4 0 .600 284 239 Oakland 5 4 0 .556 208 240 L.A. Chargers 4 6 0 .400 207 194 Denver 3 6 0 .333 149 170 National Conference East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 5 4 0 .556 251 170 Philadelphia 5 4 0 .556 224 213 N.Y. Giants 2 8 0 .200 203 289 Washington 1 8 0 .111 108 219 South New Orleans 7 2 0 .778 204 182 Carolina 5 4 0 .556 225 228 Tampa Bay 3 6 0 .333 260 279 JOHN KUNTZ, CLEVELAND.COM/TNS Atlanta 2 7 0 .222 191 259 North Green Bay 8 2 0 .800 250 205 Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph pulls on the helmet of Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, an incident that provoked their conflict Minnesota 7 3 0 .700 262 182 late in the fourth quarter of Thursday’s game in Cleveland. The Browns won 21-7. Chicago 4 5 0 .444 162 157 Detroit 3 5 1 .389 217 237 West San Francisco 8 1 0 .889 259 129 Seattle 8 2 0 .800 275 254 L.A. Rams 5 4 0 .556 226 191 Garrett: Browns’ victory overshadowed by assault Arizona 3 6 1 .350 222 281 Thursday’s game Cleveland 21, Pittsburgh 7 Sunday’s games FROM BACK PAGE Dallas at Detroit N.Y. Jets at Washington Players from both sidelines spilled on the New Orleans at Tampa Bay Denver at Minnesota field during the melee, which began after Gar- Houston at Baltimore Buffalo at Miami rett wrestled Rudolph to the ground well after Jacksonville at Indianapolis he completed a short pass on a meaningless Atlanta at Carolina Arizona at San Francisco play. Garrett, Pouncey and Browns defensive New England at Philadelphia tackle Larry Ogunjobi were ejected. Cincinnati at Oakland Chicago at L.A. Rams Rudolph got his hand on Garrett’s helmet Open: N.Y. Giants, Seattle, Tennessee, first as the players grappled on the ground, Green Bay Monday’s games but Garrett escalated the brawl after he got Kansas City vs L.A. Chargers at Mex- ico Cit back on his feet. He yanked the helmet off Thursday, Nov. 21 Rudolph and slammed it into the top of the Indianapolis at Houston Sunday, Nov. 24 quarterback’s head. Tampa Bay at Atlanta Rudolph threw his arms in the air in disbe- Miami at Cleveland Seattle at Philadelphia lief after the impact, and Pouncey retaliated N.Y. Giants at Chicago by punching and kicking Garrett. Carolina at New Orleans Denver at Buffalo “I thought it was pretty cowardly and bush Detroit at Washington Oakland at N.Y. Jets league,” Rudolph said. “I’m not going to back Pittsburgh at Cincinnati down from any bully. I felt like I had a bone Jacksonville at Tennessee Dallas at New England to pick with him. I appreciate the line always Green Bay at San Francisco having my back, but I was angry.” Open: Arizona, Minnesota, Kansas City, L.A. Chargers Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield called Monday, Nov. 25 Garrett’s actions “inexcusable” and Fox Baltimore at L.A. Rams commentator Troy Aikman said they were Thursday “barbaric.” Browns 21, Steelers 7 Mayfield said he didn’t speak with Gar- PHOTOS BY DAVID RICHARD/AP, ABOVE, AND JOHN KUNTZ, CLEVELAND.COM/TNS, LEFT Pittsburgh 0 0 7 0— 7 rett, but he expects his teammate to be Cleveland 7 7 0 7—21 First quarter accountable. Above: Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield Cle—Mayfield 1 run (Seibert kick), “This is a physical, violent game and there’s celebrates his 8-yard touchdown pass to 11:07. Second quarter moments if you don’t keep your cool, bad tight end Stephen Carlson on Thursday. Left: Cle—Landry 1 pass from Mayfield things can happen and he knows that. It’s in- Cleveland’s Myles Garrett hits Pittsburgh (Seibert kick), 9:55. Third quarter excusable and he knows that,” Mayfield said. Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph over Pit—Samuels 3 pass from Rudolph “There’s no other way around it, he’s going to (Boswell kick), 5:39. the head with Rudolph’s helmet. Fourth quarter own up to it and he’s going to handle it and this Cle—Carlson 8 pass from Mayfield (Seibert kick), 5:25. locker room is going to have to come together two touchdown passes and scored on a 1-yard A—67,431. because this is going to be a soap opera on the plunge as Cleveland held on to defeat the Pit Cle First downs 18 17 outside much like the media has portrayed us banged-up Steelers for just the fourth time Total Net Yards 236 293 to be for the whole season.” in 10 years and improved to 2-0 in the AFC Rushes-yards 16-58 35-104 Passing 178 189 The incident overshadowed a win that put North for the first time. Punt Returns 2-18 3-16 Cleveland back in the playoff picture and Kaepernick workout: The Browns are one Kickoff Returns 2-32 2-50 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 4-90 breathed some life into a season that had been of 11 teams committed to attending former Comp-Att-Int 23-44-4 17-32-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-43 1-4 slipping away. quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s workout in Punts 5-49.6 8-45.8 “It feels like we lost,” Mayfield said. Atlanta this weekend. Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 6-41 8-121 Rudolph, a second-year player who took Owner Dee Haslam said he didn’t know Time of Possession 26:04 33:56 over for the injured Ben Roethlisberger in who from the team would be evaluating Kae- INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Pittsburgh, Samuels 5-26, Week 2, has already missed time this season pernick, who hasn’t played since 2016 and Rudolph 2-15, Tr.Edmunds 3-11, Conner 5- with a concussion after he was knocked un- became a polarizing figure when he kneeled 10, Brooks-James 1-(minus 4). Cleveland, Chubb 27-92, Hunt 6-12, Mayfield 1-1, Gil- conscious from a helmet-to-helmet hit by Bal- during the national anthem to protest social bert 1-(minus 1). timore Ravens safety Earl Thomas. and racial injustice. PASSING—Pittsburgh, Rudolph 23-44- 4-221. Cleveland, Mayfield 17-32-0-193. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin refused to dis- “We are in support of anybody getting an RECEIVING—Pittsburgh, Samuels 5- 19, Washington 3-49, McDonald 3-33, cuss the disturbing end-game situation. opportunity to play football,” Haslam said. Tr.Edmunds 3-27, Jones 2-24, Smith- Several Pittsburgh players were eager to should never have gotten handled like that. Watt’s up: Steelers LB T.J. Watt took down Schuster 2-21, Di.Johnson 2-17, Holton 1-18, Vannett 1-7, Conner 1-6. Cleveland, give their views on what happened. That dumb stuff shouldn’t be allowed. Mayfield in the third quarter, giving him Hunt 6-46, Beckham 4-60, Landry 4-43, “I don’t know how he got to the point that “For someone to use a helmet as a weapon eight sacks in five career contests against Hodge 1-41, Carlson 1-8, Teller 1-(minus 5). it’s OK to use a helmet as a weapon,” said is uncalled for. I know you’ve got to ask me the the Browns. Watt has at least one-half sack MISSED FIELD GOALS—Pittsburgh, Bo- Steelers defensive tackle Cameron Heyward. in seven straight games, the longest active swell 44. Cleveland, Seibert 45, Seibert question, but he’s got to answer for that.” 50. “I know we play a sport that’s violent, but it Before the ugly ending, Mayfield threw streak in the NFL. S TARS AND STRIPES Saturday, November 16, 2019 SoCal sweep Angels’ Trout, Dodgers’ Bellinger SPORTS win MVP honors » MLB, Page 29

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The Browns’ Myles Garrett, right, swings a helmet at Steelers QB Mason Rudolph late in the fourth quarter of Thursday’s game in Cleveland. David Richard / AP Browns’ Garrett out indefinitely after hitting Steelers QB with helmet

BY TOM WITHERS ‘ Associated Press I don’t know how he got to the point that it’s OK to use a helmet CLEVELAND he Browns were just seconds away from a as a weapon. I know we play a season-changing win when Myles Garrett lost sport that’s violent, but it should his composure in a moment of rage rarely seen T on an NFL field. never have gotten handled like that. Garrett tore off Pittsburgh quarterback Mason Ru- Cameron Heyward’ dolph’s helmet, wildly swung it and hit the QB in the Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle head, a shocking act that resulted in a lengthy suspension for Cleveland’s star defensive end and perhaps cost the Browns any chance of making the playoffs. Garrett’s outburst came with 8 seconds left in Cleve- game. “It’s going to come back to hurt our team. The guys land’s 21-7 win over the rival Steelers on Thursday night, a who jumped into the scrum, I appreciate my team having game that will not be remembered for anything that hap- my back, but it never should have gotten to that point. pened in the first 59 minutes. “It’s on me.” Garrett was suspended for at least the rest of the regu- The league said Garrett will have to meet with Com- lar season and postseason on Friday, while Steelers center missioner Roger Goodell before his reinstatement is Maurkice Pouncey was suspended three games for punch- JOHN KUNTZ, CLEVELAND.COM/TNS considered. ing and kicking Garrett. Browns defensive tackle Larry The Steelers and Browns were also each fined $250,000. Ogunjobi was also suspended for one game. Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey takes a swing at “I lost my cool and I regret it,” Garrett said after the Garrett following Garrett’s attack on Rudolph. SEE GARRETT ON PAGE 31

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