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C M time to recover Y K EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. ground. (AP) — The “The ball moved a little bit,” returned home from Carolina as he said. “That’s just how it is.” a defeated team for the fi rst time The second half included a in 10 weeks, carrying with them by Keenum that looked a long list of cringe-worthy and like an incomplete pass, leaving uncharacteristic blunders that the Vikings unaware they contributed to the loss. needed to try to cover the ball, The outcome, though, could and a second off a actually work in their favor. bobble by Stefon Diggs. With all that postseason cap- “We don’t want to have any ital built up over the eight-game mistakes, regardless, whether winning streak, the Vikings it’s now or later on,” running had a margin for the error they back Latavius Murray said. exhibited Sunday while being “But the fact that they’re right beaten by the Panthers 31-24 . now and we still have every- Provided they can steer them- thing we want in front of us, I selves back on track over the think that’s a good thing. So it’s remaining three games on the a chance for us to learn from schedule and maintain their that.” grip on a fi rst-round bye for The Vikings fell one game the playoffs, they will have rid behind Philadelphia for the themselves of some sloppiness NFC lead, though the Eagles before it truly hurts them. They lost quarterback Carson Wentz host the Cincinnati Bengals to a season-ending knee injury. (5-8) this weekend. With right tackle Mike Rem- “It could be way worse. mers missing for a fi fth straight We’re in a good situation, and game, the last two because of we’ve just got to keep it going lower back trouble, center Pat that way,” said defensive end Elfl ein joined him on the side- Everson Griffen, one of sev- line with a shoulder injury in eral upbeat players in the locker his fi rst career scratch. Then left room Monday at team head- tackle Riley Reiff hurt his ankle quarters. “We’re a very com- in the third quarter, prompting posed team, and I don’t think Remmers’ replacement Rashod we’re going to let this get to us Hill to switch sides; Jeremiah at all. We’re going to go back to Sirles to move from left guard work. We’re going to have that to right tackle; and Danny Isi- sense of urgency.” dora to enter at left guard. Nick Playing on the road against Easton had slid over from left a confi dent and deep team, guard to center to play for Elf- the Vikings (10-3) trailed by lein, which thrust Sirles into one point at halftime despite the starting lineup.“Even with an opening-drive intercep- how poorly we played up front, tion thrown by Case Keenum which we thought we played , a 60-yard run by poorly watching the fi lm, we C M Jonathan Stewart against a still had a chance to win it there Y K defense that has surrendered at the end,” Sirles said. “Which few long gains all season, and just goes to show if we can be rare dropped passes by Kyle on our game up front, it doesn’t Carolina Panthers’ (1) runs for a long gain as Minnesota Vikings’ Trae Waynes (26) Rudolph and . really matter who’s in there, we pursues during the second half of an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017. A reception by Rudolph can do well.”Elfl ein practiced (AP Photo/Bob Leverone) likely would’ve put the Vikings last week on a limited basis, so in fi eld-goal range during a pos- his injury is not serious. Reiff’s session that ended in a punt. departure from the stadium in Singer Gwen Stefani to wrap up Thielen had two chances for a a walking boot raised a signifi - touchdown with the Vikings cant concern, but Zimmer said sniffi ng the end zone late in his ankle was “a lot better than the second quarter, but after he thought it was going to be” Super Bowl week performances one throw hit him in the chest when he was treated Monday. and bounced away, he bobbled “When you have injuries, PRIOR LAKE, Minn. (AP) Other acts at Club Nomadic sota during Super Bowl week. another that was ruled incom- you’re going to have backup — Pop singer Gwen Stefani include The Chainsmokers on Others include Jennifer Lopez, plete by a replay review that players play in there,” Zimmer will close out a star-studded Thursday, Feb. 1; Ellie Goulding who will perform at Nomadic angered head coach Mike said. “We’re not going to make Super Bowl week in Minnesota. and Norwegian electronic dance Live! on Super Saturday Night. Zimmer. Thielen sounded an excuse for this game or for The three-time Grammy music artist DJ Kygo on Friday, Sheila E., the Revolution and resigned to the controversial players that come in or anything winner will headline at Club Feb. 2; and Florida Georgia Morris Day & the Time will rule requiring receivers to fully else. We’ll take ownership of Nomadic at Mystic Lake Casino Line on Saturday, Feb. 3.Ste- perform a Prince tribute as part control the ball without any what we did Sunday, and we’ll Hotel on Sunday, Feb. 4. fani joins a growing list of per- of a series of free concerts. movement when they hit the move forward.” Stefani is the fi nal headliner. formers who will be in Minne- Page B2 samoa news, Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Defendant in football player’s death says he fi red into air KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) the air but added that “I didn’t — Jurors in a murder trial aim” at anyone and that “I was involving the 2015 death of a real-life scared.” Tennessee high school football Bassett also noted in the player who shielded friends interview that he had a hand from gunfi re heard an interview injury that prevented him from Monday in which one defen- shooting much. dant tells police he fi red shots in T. Scott Jones, the lawyer the air without aiming at anyone representing Bassett, cited the that night. lack of references to any gang- Members of the jury saw related connection to the shoot- Knoxville police violent crimes ings in the interview. Prosecu- investigator A.J. Loeffl er’s tors have said there was a series interview with Christopher of gang-related shootings that Drone Bassett on the night occurred in Knoxville that 15-year-old Zaevion Dobson night. died. Bassett, Kipling Deshawn “If you thought this was Colbert and Richard Gregory gang activity, certainly as a Williams III face fi rst-degree seasoned investigator, you murder charges. would have asked somebody Bassett initially denied those questions, wouldn’t accompanying cousin Brandon you?” Jones asked Loeffl er. Perry to the Lonsdale area of Jones had said in his opening Knoxville where Dobson was statement that he believed the shot but eventually said he saw incidents weren’t gang-related Perry fi re shots, got scared and and instead stemmed from a later fi red “maybe fi ve” shots in dispute between Perry and the the air. father of his girlfriend’s child. Perry died in a separate Knox County Assistant District shooting later that night. In his Attorney Phil Morton said in interview with Loeffl er, Bas- his opening statement last week sett said Perry had been angry that Dobson and his friends FILE - In this April 26, 2017, fi le photo, Zenobia Dobson kisses a photograph of her son Zaevion because his mother — Bassett’s had gathered on a back porch Dobson that serves as the memorial marker for a new playground named and dedicated in his honor aunt — had been shot earlier in after attending an evening high in Knoxville, Tenn. A prosecutor said Tuesday, Dec. 5, at start of the murder trial of three young men the day. school basketball game when that at least 34 shots were fi red in an attack that killed the Tennessee high school student who was According to the state’s case, some people approached them posthumously lauded for courageously shielding two girls from the gunfi re. the handgun that fi red the bullet and started shooting. Morton (Saul Young/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP, File) that killed Dobson was found described Dobson as a “pro- under Williams’ seat during tector” and added that neither a January 2016 traffi c stop, he nor his friends had any idea though Williams wasn’t driving why people were shooting. The the car. Prosecutors have said two girls Dobson shielded were at least 34 shots were fi red by unhurt.After his death, Dobson multiple people in the Dec. 17, was praised by then-President 2015, attack that resulted in Barack Obama for his bravery Dobson’s death. in shielding his two friends. In his interview with Loef- Dobson, who had played foot- fl er, Bassett said he started ball at Knoxville’s Fulton High running when he realized what School, posthumously received Perry was doing. Bassett later the Arthur Ashe Courage acknowledged fi ring shots up in Award at the 2016 ESPYs. Celtics’ Irving out for Bulls game because of bruised quad CHICAGO (AP) — Boston on Tuesday. Morris sat out for Celtics star guard Kyrie Irving the second straight night and sat out Monday night’s game the third time in four games. He against the Chicago Bulls also missed the fi rst eight games because of a bruised left of the season. quadriceps. Forward Al Horford said he Acquired for Isaiah Thomas was ready to play after banging in a huge offseason trade with his right knee with Detroit’s Cleveland, Irving is averaging Anthony Tolliver. a team-leading 23.7 points. The Bulls leading scorer Lauri four-time All-Star took a knee Markkanen also missed Mon- to the quad in Sunday’s win at day’s game because of back Detroit and fi nished with 16 spasms. He participated in the points on just 4-for-12 shooting. morning shootaround. Coach Irving missed his second Fred Hoiberg said Markkanen game of the season. Coach Brad got treatment afterward, but his Stevens said doesn’t expect him back continued to tighten. to be out long, though he added: The promising rookie also “Who knows with muscular had some back issues before the injuries.” season. Stevens also said doc- “We’re taking the cautious tors will re-evaluate forward approach with it,” Hoiberg said. Marcus Morris’ ailing left knee “It has not been a big issue. samoa news, Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Page B3 TCU names Donati, Del Conte assistant, as athletic director FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) looking for his first national — Jeremiah Donati was named championship. TCU’s athletic director just Del Conte made his biggest two days after his former boss, mark off the field, though, with Chris Del Conte, took the same facilities upgrades that helped job with the Texas Longhorns. make TCU more attractive to As Donati was introduced the Big 12 when it lost four on Monday, he saved Del Conte schools and added West Vir- for last on the list of people ginia along with the Frogs going he thanked, and he left no into the 2012 football season. doubt about his respect for his “I’m forever indebted to predecessor. Chris,” Donati said. “He really “Chris brought me here to opened the door for me to show TCU and made me a Horned me different sides within the Frog,” Donati said Monday, the athletic department even outside same day Del Conte was intro- my own role to one day prepare duced in Austin. “He believed me hopefully for something like in me, he challenged me, he that at TCU or another place.” trusted me, he made me better. TCU has been through $300 He was and is an unbelievable million in donor-funded con- friend to me. I personally look struction projects, highlighted TCU announced Jeremiah Donati as its next athletic director at a press conference Monday, Dec. forward to seeing him down the by a $164 million makeover of 11, 2017. Donati saved Chris Del Conte for last on the list of people he thanked after TCU named road.” Amon Carter Stadium and a $72 Del Conte‚Äôs assistant as the new athletic director just two days after his former boss took the same That shouldn’t be a problem, million renovation. job with the Texas Longhorns. (Joyce Marshall /Star-Telegram via AP) since they’re both still in the Big 12 — the Power Five league the Horned Frogs joined during Del Conte’s tenure. Del Conte hired Donati to run the fundraising TCU Frog Club in 2011 before DEVELOPMENT BANK OF AMERICAN SAMOA Donati was promoted twice, P.O. BOX 9, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 most recently to deputy athletic director last year. Office: (684) 633-4031 Fax: (684) 633-1163. The 40-year-old Donati Website: www.dbas.as inherits a program that has been a Big 12 championship con- tender under longtime football coach Gary Patterson and is coming off an NIT title in the first season under men’s bas- REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) ketball coach Jamie Dixon, Del Conte’s most significant hire. RFP: Financial and Single Audit Services for 2017-2019 The school’s two most suc- cessful high-profile coaches Approved to issuance by: Ruth Matagi-Fa’atili; DBAS President were already in place when Del Date of issuance: Dec 1, 2017 Conte was hired in 2009 — Pat- Date & Time Due: December 30, 2017 terson and baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle, who has taken the No later than 2:00 pm local time Horned Frogs to four straight College World Series but is still DBAS requests proposals for financial audits and the related single audits for a period of three years, beginning with the audit of fiscal year 2017 through fiscal year 2019. Fiscal and calendar years are coincident at DBAS. 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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston (3) when he is hit by linebacker Jarrad Davis (40) during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017, in Tampa, Fla. Detroit recovered the fumble. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius) Winston, Koetter focus on helping Bucs fi nish strong TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Dirk Koetter says he stretch run of games against NFC South rivals and Jameis Winston have said all they need to Atlanta, Carolina and New Orleans, the Bucs fi nd say about the state of their relationship as coach themselves answering questions about how dis- and quarterback. appointing it is to see the Falcons, Panthers and Both deny there’s friction between them, Saints chasing playoff berths while they’re wal- though those proclamations aren’t likely to lowing in the division cellar. end speculation about how much longer they’ll Injuries, including a shoulder sprain that side- remain together with the regressing Tampa Bay lined Winston for three games and most of a Buccaneers. fourth, have been a factor. The Bucs (4-9) have lost eight of 10 games But so has inconsistency on both offense and following a 2-1 start and are assured of missing defense, where the team ranks last in sacks and the playoffs for the 10th consecutive season. has had diffi culty keeping opponents out of the Koetter led the team to a 9-7 record a year end zone. ago, creating heightened expectations that he and Winston said talk about his relationship with Winston have been unable to meet this season. Koetter is directly the result of Tampa Bay’s poor NFL Network reported before Sunday’s 24-21 record. loss to Detroit that the relationship between coach “A lot of distractions come up when we don’t and quarterback is strained. perform like we need to perform,” the 23-year- Koetter and Winston, in his third season since old quarterback said after throwing two intercep- entering the NFL as the No. 1 overall pick in tions and losing a fumble in the loss to the Lions, 2015, insist that’s not the case. who forced fi ve turnovers. “We both said what we had to say,” Koetter “I’ve been with Coach Koetter since I’ve got reiterated Monday, when asked if he and Win- in this league and he has not wronged me since ston had met to discuss the subject since their I’ve stepped foot in those doors. I believe in postgame denials. what we have as an organization. We’ve got the “He and I know the truth about it,” the coach talent,” Winston added. added, “so I don’t know what else there is to talk “Some unfortunate things happened. That’s about.” life. That’s football. Some people can blame it Winston threw for more than 4,000 yards in on this. Some people can blame it on that,” he each of the past two seasons, helping Tampa Bay continued, emotion building in his voice. progress from a team with two wins the year “At the end of the day, we’ve got to win. before he was drafted to a club seemingly on the As long as we’re winning, no one is talking to verge of competing for a division title. me, asking me questions about me and my head But instead of preparing for a meaningful coach. No one.” OUR STORE IS NOW OPEN FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY ONLY NU’UULI samoa news, Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Page B5 AUTO NATION NU’UULI: (684) 699-7168 • FAX: (684) 699-7175 Available in Store

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Freeon Echo Fluid Comfort Zone Fan 16” We are now accepting Credit & Debit Cards. MONDAY TO FRIDAY: 7:30AM-5:00PM SATURDAY :8:00AM-1:00PM McCarthy: Packers’ doctor evaluating tests on Rodgers GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — and obviously in his mind he’s Packers coach Mike McCarthy ready to go if you watch him was cautious. His players practice and the conversations seemed hopeful. with him.” Green Bay might be getting But the franchise quarter- quarterback back was still waiting for med- Seattle Seahawks head coach is held back by offi cials aft er he ran on the fi eld during back soon from a collarbone ical clearance. the fi nal moments of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017, in Jacksonville, Fla. Jacksonville injury. McCarthy said “this is a won 30-24. Carroll got fl agged for coming onto the fi eld. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) But the fi nal decision rests medical decision and team with the team doctor, with doctor (Pat) McKenzie is obvi- the help of other experts, on ously in touch with a number No suspensions for Seahawks whether the two-time NFL of different medical experts MVP is healthy enough to and they’re evaluating the return for the Packers’ game information.”Rodgers could this weekend against Carolina. be eligible to be activated for after Jacksonville meltdown McCarthy said there was Sunday, which would be eight no timeline for when medical weeks after going on injured RENTON, Wash. (AP) — athletes, people can say what- Brandon Linder after the initial staff will decide on potentially reserve following his injury on The Seattle Seahawks will ever they want to say and that’s swipe and setting off the fi rst clearing Rodgers after the quar- Oct. 15 at Minnesota. The two- not face any suspensions for kind of what comes along with series of fi ghts that ended in terback had tests and scans on time NFL MVP returned to prac- the melee that broke out at the it. You have to be able to deal Richardson being ejected. Car- his surgically repaired collar- tice Dec. 2 on what McCarthy conclusion of Sunday’s loss to with it professionally. He lost it. roll said Bennett has been told bone on Monday. called a “trial return.” Rodgers Jacksonville. He feels terrible about it. It’s not to stop trying to swipe the ball “It’s in the evaluation pro- ran the scout team last week. It’s the only upside for the kind of kid he is. He emo- from the center going forward. cess ... I’d like to know as soon “It’s going to be fun having Seattle to come from the ugly, tionally got overrun and he lost “That’s something he’s tried as possible,” McCarthy said. him back,” left tackle David unfl attering conclusion to the it. Fortunately people restrained before. That’s why he’s way “Frankly it’s best for Aaron to Bakhtiari said after the 27-21 loss which will certainly result him and all that.” down on the ground like that. know as soon as possible. He’s win over the Cleveland Browns in hefty fi nes and another tar- The Jaguars issued a state- He’s trying to time it up and hit the one that has to get ready, on Sunday. nished moment where the ment Monday they were it, trying to get the ball back,” Seahawks showed they don’t reviewing video and were con- Carroll said. handle losing very well. ducting interviews with specta- “So he winds up underneath Who’s on deck for “Everybody is remorseful,” tors and security staff in the area the pile and stuff, and the stuff Seattle coach Pete Carroll said to identify those involved. The that happened after that was Monday. “We don’t want to Jaguars said they had identifi ed wrong. He was trying to get play like that. We don’t want to four individuals throwing fi ve the ball. But after that, that got baseball’s next big look like that ever.” objects and those involved may messy.” The league is still reviewing lose the right to purchase future The fallout from Sunday the fracas that broke out in the tickets or have their season went beyond the impression deal? Red Sox, Cubs? closing moments of Jackson- tickets revoked. the Seahawks left. Starting line- LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. four home runs in a game for ville’s 30-24 victory for poten- But that doesn’t excuse backers Bobby Wagner (ham- (AP) — No matter how much Arizona last season, is a free tial discipline, but no suspen- Seattle’s behavior in the closing string) and K.J. Wright (concus- their fans imagined Giancarlo agent. So is Eric Hosmer, sions will be coming. moments and a continued pat- sion) both left the game in the Stanton bashing balls over the coming off a career year in Michael Bennett, Sheldon tern over several seasons where second half and did not return. Green Monster, the Boston Red Kansas City. Richardson and Quinton Jef- the Seahawks have turned end- Wagner could be the more Sox never came close to getting Who knows, maybe the Cubs ferson were all fl agged for of-game or end-of-half situa- serious as Carroll said they the NL MVP.But does anyone think bopper Kyle Schwarber personal fouls. Jefferson and tions into skirmishes. won’t know the status of the really expect the Red Sox or the might fi t better somewhere else. Richardson were both ejected, The most famous came in potential defensive player of the Cubs and other top contenders Chicago already seems to have and all three will be expecting Seattle’s Super Bowl loss to year candidate until Saturday to stand still after seeing the a target at this swap-and-sign letters from the league for New England when Bennett or Sunday. Wagner has been slugger join the dreaded New gathering: pitcher Alex Cobb, their involvement in the ugly was involved in a scuffl e in the playing through a hamstring York Yankees? who could possibly take Jake conclusion. closing seconds after Malcolm strain for weeks but aggravated “We’re looking for a middle Arrieta’s spot in the rotation for Jefferson’s reaction was the Butler’s goal-line intercep- the injury against the Jaguars. of the order bat,” Dave Dom- the NL Central champs. most egregious as the defensive tion secured the victory for the Wright is in the concussion browski, Boston’s president Remember, Dombrowski tackle attempted to climb into Patriots. protocol, but Carroll said he was of baseball operations, said pulled off a lightning strike at the stands after fans threw what But there have been others feeling better on Monday and Monday at the winter meetings. these meetings last year, getting appeared to be bottles at him as in games against Green Bay, was hopeful he’d be cleared. “That hasn’t changed. First base ace Chris Sale from the White he was leaving the fi eld. He was Atlanta and Tennessee in the “His impact couldn’t be any or DH.” Sox. And certainly the Red Sox pulled back by team staff. past couple of seasons. more obvious and we’re going A couple of big hitters just could use power — they won “That was wrong. He was What exasperated Sunday’s to have to shore it up if he can’t happen to be available, too. the AL East despite hitting a wrong. I’ve talked to him about situation was Bennett con- go,” Carroll said of Wagner. J.D. Martinez, who launched major league-low 168 homers. it,” Carroll said. “Professional tinuing to hold the leg of center Page B6 samoa news, Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Stanton joins Judge as Yankees’ Towers of Power LAKE BUENA VISTA, Schmidt and Dick Allen of the Fla. (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton 1975 Phillies.Stanton joined a eased his 6-foot-6 frame into a team that reached Game 7 of pinstriped No. 27 jersey, ready the AL Championship Series to join 6-foot-7 Aaron Judge against Houston led by Judge as the Towers of Power on the and fellow young sluggers resurgent New York Yankees. Gary Sanchez and Greg Bird. “They’re winners,” Stanton The Yankees expect top infi eld said after his trade from the prospect Gleyber Torres to join Miami Marlins to New York the big league team next season. was fi nalized Monday. “They’re “New York’s a marquee young, and they’re in a good town, and I think it’s important position to win for a long time, to have some marquee players,” and I lost for a long time. So I Yankees owner Hal Stein- want to change that dynamic brenner said. “But more impor- and be a winner.” tant than that, I think it’s impor- New York sent second tant to have veteran players that baseman Starlin Castro and a could be mentors for the young pair of minor leaguers to the kids.”Stanton, a 28-year-old C M Marlins for the NL MVP, also who like Judge plays right fi eld, Y K giving up right-hander Jorge is owed $295 million over the Guzman and infi elder Jose fi nal decade of his record $325 Devers. The Yankees became million, 13-year contract. The just the fourth team in big league payroll-slashing Marlins, with history with the reigning home new CEO and former Yankees New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, left , and manager Aaron Boone watch as run champions in each league, star Derek Jeter presiding over new player Giancarlo Stanton, center, talks as Hal Steinbrenner, middle right, and Jean Aft erman, joining Hank Greenberg and the team’s fourth roster purge in left watch during the Major League Baseball winter meetings in Orlando, Fla., Monday, Dec. 11, Ralph Kiner of the 1947 Pirates, two decades, will send $30 mil- 2017. (AP Photo/Willie J. Allen Jr.) Joe DiMaggio and Johnny Mize lion to the Yankees if Stanton of the 1949 Yankees, and Mike doesn’t exercise his right to opt out of the deal after the 2020 season: $5 million each on July 1 and Oct. 1 in 2026, 2027 and 2028. Under a change in base- ball’s new labor contract, that money will be prorated for the luxury tax and Stanton will count as $22 million annually. “It’s a win-win for both sides,” Marlins president of baseball operations Michael Hill said. “Opportunity for him to start fresh, and an oppor- tunity for us to gain needed fl exibility.”Stanton led the majors with 59 home runs and 132 RBIs last season, and Judge was second in the majors with 52 homers. The daunting duo fi gures to create must-see BP, and new Yankees man- ager Aaron Boone isn’t sure yet who will play right or left, fi guring they also will see time at designated hitter.“A 10-year commitment to any player, any position, should be a concern for the owner, without a doubt,” Steinbrenner maintained, “but having say that, he’s 28 and in great shape, and I think there’s going to be many, many years.” Stanton’s contract includes a no-trade provision, and last week he turned down prospec- tive deals to St. Louis and San Francisco. He told the Marlins C M he was willing to accept trades Y K only to the Yankees, his home- town Dodgers, the Astros and Chicago Cubs. “I would have been putting it over the hump rather than jumping into a team already prepared to be there,” he said. He wore a light blue suit, white-and-blue herringbone- pattern dress shirt and black monk shoes, ready to talk business and baseball. Having grown up in Southern Cali- fornia, going to the Giants was a challenging concept.“I wouldn’t base a decision off that, but also I wouldn’t want to go to a team that they disliked the most — and wasn’t sure if they were going to beat that team, either,” Stanton said. samoa news, Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Page B7 At 36, Philip Rivers is on a roll with surging LA Chargers COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) end up a game out,” Rivers said. — Deep in his 12th season as “While everybody is excited the Chargers’ starting quarter- and feeling pretty good about back, Philip Rivers is playing what we’ve done to get back some of his best football. in it, we’ve got to make sure In his fi rst game since nobody relaxes. ... You hear turning 36 years old, Rivers all this positive stuff about the carved up the Washington Red- Chargers now, but we have to skins’ secondary on the way to make sure we continue to move 319 yards and two forward like we have been.” in Los Angeles’ 30-13 victory In some previous seasons in Sunday. San Diego, Rivers and the Char- That blowout win was just gers got off to outstanding starts the latest big game in Rivers’ before fading down the stretch, string of savvy performances either due to nagging injuries for the Chargers (7-6), who or slumping performances by a have won four straight heading team that has made the playoffs into Saturday’s showdown with once since 2009. C M Kansas City (7-6) for fi rst place This season has been some- in the AFC West. thing different: Rivers com- Y K While the Chargers have pleted just 63.3 percent of his an increasingly impressive passes and made fi ve turnovers defense and several offensive during the 0-4 start, only to playmakers, the quarterback improve steadily as the season with the three-hour daily com- progressed. mute from San Diego is the Rivers has moved up to engine driving them toward the fourth in the NFL with 3,611 postseason. yards passing, behind only Ben Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers scrambles during the fi rst half of an NFL football “We’ve been on a good little Roethlisberger, Tom Brady and game against the Washington Redskins, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017, in Carson, Calif. run the last few weeks,” Char- Matthew Stafford. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo) gers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt said Monday. “A lot of it has to do with Philip and the way he’s playing.” During the Chargers’ win- ning streak, Rivers has 1,348 yards passing with eight touch- downs and four straight passer ratings over 100. He also hasn’t committed a turnover during that four-game stretch, the lon- gest turnover-free streak of his entire career. “He’s unstoppable,” said receiver Tyrell Williams, who caught a beautiful 75-yard TD pass from Rivers on Sunday. “I don’t even have a word for him. He’s just playing great. I know he’s going to keep doing what he’s doing, and if he keeps playing like that, we’re going to be a hard team to beat.” Not bad for a quarterback who threw a career-worst 21 last season and then wondered if the end of his Chargers career was near when they started 0-4 in their reloca- tion season. “(There were) a lot of dif- ferent emotions,” Rivers recalled Sunday. “A little bit of, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me! Could it be any worse right now? We moved up the road. C M We’ve lost four in a row. Is this my last 12 games here?’ You Y K have all of those thoughts.” Instead, the Chargers have won four straight home games while moving above .500 for the fi rst time since September 2015. The Chargers have given themselves the chance to be the fi rst NFL team since the 1992 San Diego Chargers to make the playoffs after starting 0-4. A win in Kansas City would put the Chargers on an inside track to their fi rst division title since 2009, the last of four straight AFC West champions led by LaDainian Tomlinson, Antonio Gates and Rivers. “While it’s been real exciting, we’ve been right here before on the cusp, and we lose the last two or three, and you Page B8 samoa news, Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Cowboys improving without Elliott, but playoff picture isn’t FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The You’re always trying to look Cowboys are a win away from for ways to get him some more breaking even in six games opportunities. It was kind of a without suspended star running situational-type opportunity for back Ezekiel Elliott. him that he was able to make a While Dallas has improved play for us in.” in two straight wins following Linebacker Sean Lee three consecutive losses without returned after missing three last year’s NFL rushing leader straight games with a hamstring as a rookie, the playoff outlook injury, making it fi ve overall hasn’t changed much. that he has missed. He had one The Cowboys (7-6) will of two late interceptions to help need help even if they fi nish on the Cowboys win the turnover a fi ve-game winning streak. battle for the second straight The last game without week after going minus-7 in the Elliott, suspended six games three straight losses. Buff alo Bills free safety Jordan Poyer, right, tackles Indianapolis Colts running back Frank Gore over alleged domestic violence, With Oakland coming after during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017, in Orchard Park, N.Y. is at Oakland (6-7) on Sunday the Giants, the Cowboys get (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus) night. a second straight opponent “We know where we are, we having a disappointing season know what we’ve got to do,” that started with Super Bowl Indianapolis continues to struggle quarterback said aspirations. Even though they after a career-high 332 yards had the prospect of Elliott’s passing in a 30-10 win over the suspension hanging over them with spate of close calls last-place New York Giants that until it fi nally hit eight games was tied going into the fourth in, the Cowboys had the same INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — as team doctors stay in contact and Adam Vinatieri had to make quarter. hopes.Dallas is the only one of Frank Gore watched as the ref- with Luck through emails and a 43-yard extra point in blizzard “We’re excited for it and the three with a realistic chance erees huddled in the snow. text messages. conditions just to tie the score. we’re going to get back to work. to do something about it, and All Indianapolis Colts coach Center Ryan Kelly, Indy’s Then they lost 13-7 in overtime We’re hungry and motivated to even those hopes are up for Chuck Pagano wanted was an fi rst-round pick in 2016, missed . The impact was still being felt keep going.” debate.“For us, it is playoff time explanation. the fi rst four games this season 24 hours later. The most interesting deci- because of the situation that Now, there’s no time to fret. with a broken foot and the past “I’m still trying to thaw out sion the Cowboys will have we’re in,” said receiver Cole One day after a go-ahead two with a concussion. Safety a little bit,” rookie running back once Elliott returns is how to Beasley, who had a 54-yard 2-point conversion was negated Malik Hooker, this season’s and Florida native Marlon Mack by an offensive pass interfer- fi rst-round pick, sustained a said. “I’m still a little cold.” use his replacements — Alfred catch to set up Jason Witten’s ence call, thawed out players season-ending knee injury in The biggest issue might be Morris and Rod Smith. 20-yard TD grab against the and coaches returned to work Week 7. recovery time.Pagano said the Morris has been the starter — Giants. “Guys are going to keep and tried to turn the page on yet Only two defenses have weather conditions probably and steady, averaging 74 yards pushing to get victories because another befuddling loss. allowed more yards than the took more out of his players per game and 3.6 per carry. But that’s the type of guys that we “Really, really hard for me to Colts and only one has allowed than normal and that some had Smith was the fi rst one to show have in this room.” get over there. I’ve seen some more points. “dead legs,” hardly an ideal the explosiveness the Cowboys If the Cowboys beat the coaches try that of late and it With those numbers, Indy situation for a team facing a have missed without Elliott, Raiders, they are guaranteed a didn’t bode so well. And that’s has predictably blown six leads Thursday night home game taking a short pass 81 yards for chance to match Seattle’s record with no weather,” Pagano said, — four in which it had double- against Denver (4-9). Even a touchdown against the Giants. and hold the tiebreaker on the again using humor to combat the digit leads in the second half. Gore , who had a career-high The older brother of second- Seahawks by beating them at mounting frustration. “It was a But the latest blow really 36 carries, acknowledged he’d year Dallas linebacker Jaylon home in Elliott’s return. At the long ways away. I couldn’t get stung. play it safe this week. Smith had his fi rst two-touch- moment, though, Seattle is the anybody’s attention.” After Jacoby Brissett’s suc- “I’ll try to give my legs some down game with a 15-yard run fi rst team outside the playoff For the Colts (3-10), it’s cessful conversion pass to Jack rest this week,” the 34-year- to fi nish the scoring. Rod Smith picture in the NFC. been tough. Doyle appeared to give the old running back said. “I’ll get has four TDs, three more than “Margin of error is still hasn’t played Colts an 8-7 lead with 1:16 left some massages at the hotel or Morris. small, and there’s still a lot of a snap since undergoing surgery in regulation, Indy thought it whatever I need.” “Rod’s someone we’ve tried good teams in the NFC that are on his throwing shoulder. fi nally succeeded in turning the Of course the best remedy to put in in the third series of playing well,” Lee said. “We On Monday, Pagano con- corner. for all of this would be a win. each of the halves,” coach Jason know we have to really con- fi rmed the star quarterback Instead a late fl ag was Still, it would only provide Garrett said. “And also he plays tinue to win if we want to put continues to rehab in Europe thrown, the play was negated solace in an already lost season. a lot in situational football. ourselves in good position.” Astros’ Gene Dias wins Fishel award for

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DEaR aBBY: My husband and I have been together for 40 years. Like most people, we’ve had our good times and bad, but we’ve both been committed to the marriage, and so we’ve made it work. Now I’m faced with a problem for which I see no solution. My husband refuses to learn to use a computer. He knows nothing about computers, not even how to turn one on! As you know, com- puters are now key to even the most fundamental tasks. That means, as the only computer user in the house, all tasks are MY responsibility. Banking, bill paying, communication with family, friends, law- yers, fi nancial advisers, arrangements for social events, business meetings, medical appointments, travel and other activities are totally up to me. He does NONE of it! He washes the dishes and takes out the trash, but any function that requires brains and technology are totally left to me. I’m tired! Is this fair? I’ve asked many times for him to go to our public library and take lessons on computer use, but he adamantly refuses. How do I handle this? -- IT’S ALL ON ME IN NEW YORK DEAR ALL ON YOU: After 40 years you are not going to change your husband, so appreciate the things he does do. I know you’re tired and it may not seem fair, but grit your teeth and forge ahead. You have no idea how lucky you really are. Many wives know little or nothing about the family fi nances. If something unforeseen happens to their husbands, they are left scrambling to learn about realities for which they are not equipped. P.S. Consider asking your husband what he would do in the case of YOUR sudden death. He, too, would be left completely adrift. It couldn’t hurt to warn him. DEaR aBBY: I am a widow, and I often dine out with my youngest son. Invariably, because I have a 25-year-old man with me and no husband, we are shown to an undesirable table in the restaurant. Usually, I say nothing. This evening, we were escorted to a room way in the back of a large restaurant (two-thirds full). The only other occupants were a couple with two small children who looked to be about 2 or 3. When I requested a different table, my son was furious. He said what I had done was rude. We were moved to another table. It was between the hostess station and the kitchen door. I sat there and said nothing. This was an expensive restaurant, and our bill was more than $100. Was I rude? I would appreciate your opinion. -- NEW SEAT IN FLORIDA DEAR NEW SEAT: Your son was mistaken. To ask to be seated at a table in a different part of the restaurant was not rude; it was your prerogative. If you preferred a location in the front of the place rather than near the kitchen or a family with small children, you should have repeated your request. And if the host or hostess had a problem with it, you should have left and enjoyed dinner at a restau- rant more accommodating than that one.

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TELL ME A STORY: NOWHERE TO REST tools will drop at once on their toes.” walking back from work, he saw a and was bathed in light. “So it will be,” the angel sighed, and woman carrying a child on her back. She “Hello,” the angel said as he pro- (a NIGERIAN TALE) he disappeared. walked up to his tree and reached up to duced a large book and invited Akunna adapted by Amy Friedman and A few days later, as Akunna was pluck a leaf. As she did, the tree pulled to read what had been written about him. C M illustrated by Meredith Johnson preparing supper, Satan appeared at his her close. She was stuck to the trunk. As Akunna read, he realized that Y K door. Naturally, Akunna didn’t recog- Akunna burst out laughing. the only good he had ever done in life Once upon a time, a man named nize him, so when Satan asked to sit in That evening, as Akunna was eating was offering a little rice to the angel of Akunna lived in a village named after his his chair, Akunna smiled and said, “Of supper, still laughing at the plight of his heaven. Everything else he had done was family. They had been the richest family course.” visitors, he suddenly collapsed from a greedy, selfish or cruel. in the whole land, and Akunna inherited Satan sat, and the chair tossed him up heart attack. As he fell to the floor, the “I’m sorry,” the angel said, “but I all the wealth. in the air. He fell to the ground and hurt woman was released from the tree, and cannot invite you into heaven. You will Akunna was hard-working, but he his leg. He began to swear and limped all the other curses Akunna had wished have to go to hell.” was selfish and unkind. He lived alone away while Akunna laughed. for vanished. When Akunna reached the gates of because no one loved him or wanted to The next day, as Akunna was pre- A few days later, Akunna’s workers hell, Satan was waiting. But when Satan be with someone so greedy. paring to go to work, he heard a com- wondered why he had not come to work. recognized the man who had cruelly One day, after he had eaten break- motion in his yard. When he looked out- They went to his house and found him launched him out of the chair, he refused fast, Akunna was sitting on his front side, he saw his neighbors limping away dead. to let him enter hell. porch when he saw a man dressed in from his shovels, hoes and rakes. “That When Akunna reached the gates of rags walking by. He looked so strange will teach you to borrow my tools!” he heaven, the angel who had visited his Because of his lifetime of bad that Akunna decided he must be mad. laughed. He laughed so hard that he home and granted his wishes greeted behavior, Akunna had nowhere to go. He tried hard to ignore him, but the man could barely catch his breath. him. Akunna didn’t recognize the angel, And forever after, he was left to wander stopped right in front of Akunna and Later that very afternoon, as he was who now had heaven’s glow in his eyes eternity alone, with nowhere to rest. looked him directly in the eye. “Please, give me some food,” he begged in the saddest voice Akunna had ever heard. But Akunna never gave anything away, and rather than feeling generous, he was angry that someone would be so bold. He grabbed a handful of rice from his plate and threw it at the beggar, who picked it up and ate it fast. He sighed with pleasure and licked his fingers. And then, before Akunna’s eyes, the man transformed from a poor beggar into a beautiful angel of heaven. Akunna fell to his knees to beg for mercy, but the angel only smiled and said, “Do not be afraid. You were kind enough to share your rice, so I will grant you three wishes.” As the angel’s words sank in, Akunna grew excited at the prospect of three wishes. With barely a moment’s hesi- tation, he pointed at his big armchair. “That is the only chair I own,” Akunna told the angel. “I bought it so I could sit comfortably after a hard day’s work. But sometimes people come to visit me, and they take my chair. I wish that if anyone but me sits in that chair, it shall toss the occupant high into the air and let him fall C M to the ground.” Y K The angel found this request odd, but he said, “So it will be.” Akunna was filled with joy, so then he pointed to a tree outside his door. “I planted that tree many years ago to make my house look nice, but my neighbors steal the leaves and say it cures children of every illness. I do not like people stealing my leaves. Please put a spell on the tree, and if anyone plucks a leaf, he will get stuck to the tree.” “So it will be,” the angel said. “And your third request?” Akunna led the angel to his shed, and he pointed at his shovels, hoes and rakes. “See these tools? I bought these for a great deal of money, but my neigh- bors are forever borrowing them, taking advantage of my good nature. Please make these tools so heavy that no one but me can lift them, and if they do, the