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AFGHANISTAN Turning point

Deal between US, Taliban could lead to full withdrawal in 14 months

BY J.P. LAWRENCE fighting the Islamic State. Stars and Stripes Zalmay Khalilzad, America’s special Afghan vets conflicted on agreement envoy for Afghan reconciliation, signed DOHA, Qatar — The United States the deal along with Mullah Abdul Ghani and its foreign allies will withdraw all BY RUSS BYNUM hard-line government the U.S.-led forc- Baradar, the Taliban’s top political forces within 14 months and end the Associated Press es overthrew in 2001. Skeptics worry leader. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo war in Afghanistan if the Taliban re- the Taliban’s re-integration could cause was the highest-ranking U.S. official to nounces terror groups and abides by an SAVANNAH, Ga. — Veterans of agreement signed in Doha on Saturday. Afghanistan to backslide on such issues attend. America’s longest war are finding as human rights. President Donald Trump said the The agreement mandates a phased themselves torn as the U.S. signs a po- drawdown of American, NATO and for- “If they sign a peace treaty and Af- agreement is a “powerful path forward tentially historic peace accord with the eign partner troops from Afghanistan ghanistan goes back to the Taliban or to end the war” and to bring the troops Taliban in Afghanistan. and a disavowal of al-Qaida and other Sharia law, then it’s all been for noth- home, should the deal’s commitments terror groups by the Taliban. For many, the U.S. is long overdue in ing,” said former Army Staff Sgt. Will be honored. It also calls for intra-Afghan talks to withdrawing its forces after more than Blackburn of Hinesville, Ga. “I thank the hundreds of thousands of include the Taliban and the government 18 years of fighting. Others question the American warriors who have proudly in Kabul beginning March 10, as well trustworthiness of the Taliban, whose SEE VETS ON PAGE 4 as security cooperation by all sides in SEE DEAL ON PAGE 4

Above: U.S. special envoy for Afghan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, left, signs a peace deal with Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, in Doha, Qatar, Saturday.

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T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ...15 Comics ...... 14 Crossword ...... 14 Music ...... 12-13 Opinion ...... 16 Sports ...... 17-24 Sunday, March 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MILITARY Navy wants total of 390 manned vessels

B Y CAITLIN M. KENNEY the U.S.-Mexico border. dersecretary in 2017. Modly’s re- “So our force structure is prob- Pentagon to submit its 30-year Stars and Stripes Modly did not say how soon the marks Friday were made during ably, if you include unmanned in shipbuilding plan, which is re- Navy needed to attain that many a discussion on Navy moderniza- the [force structure assessment] quired by law. WASHINGTON — Acting Navy ships. tion and competing against China that we just did, the number is like It’s being held up because Esper Secretary Thomas Modly said During a House Armed Servic- and Russia at the Brookings In- 435 with unmanned in there. And wants time to consider it with the Friday that the service wants to es Committee hearing Thursday, stitute, a Washington-based think it’s like 390 without unmanned in increase the fleet to 390 manned Modly told lawmakers that the tank. there,” he said. new force structure assessment, ships, with an additional 45 un- goal for the Navy is to reach 355 The new ship total is in the The Navy is investing in two Modly said. manned vessels. ships by 2030. That ship count is Integrated Force Structure As- unmanned surface vessels in the The assessment details the That would dramatically in- based on the 2016 Force Struc- sessment that has been sent to 2021 budget proposal. But the Navy’s plan for its future fleet, crease the number of combat ture Assessment that has since Defense Secretary Mark Esper value of the ships still must be de- such as how many aircraft car- ships in the Navy at a time when become a requirement for the sea for approval. termined, Modly said. riers, submarines and destroyers ship-building funds in the pro- service. The Navy is expected to Unmanned vessels will be part Navy officials did not provide that the service needs to compete posed budget for fiscal year 2021 have 297 ships this year. of the future mix of ships in the further information Friday on have decreased and some appro- On Friday, Moldy said he’s been fleet, he said, but the question re- Modly’s comments about the new against Russia and China. priated money for ships has been calling for a fleet of “355 plus” mains whether they will be count- fleet numbers. [email protected] diverted to build the wall along ships since he was sworn in as un- ed as part of total battle force. Congress is still waiting for the Twitter: @caitlinmkenney Calif. Marine becomes first woman to lead howitzer unit

BY ANDREW DYER I joined I didn’t have that intention,” she The San Diego Union-Tribune said. “I’m just happy to have the same op- portunity everyone else has. It’s not any CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A Ma- more of an accomplishment than my male rine stationed at Camp Pendleton became counterparts.” the first woman to graduate from the Not just for golf fans, the event brought Corps’ Howitzer Section Chief Course this out a range of lifestyle devotees for top-end month, taking on a combat artillery leader- dining options, indulgent experiences, and ship role once reserved for men. gracious hospitality. As a newly minted section chief, it will be While Yakovac downplays the signifi- the job of Cpl. Julianna Yakovac, 21, of 1st cance of what she’s doing, it’s not the first Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, to lead a time she’s made the news. She also was crew. The M777 Howitzer is a cannon that featured in a 2019 CBS This Morning story can hit targets from almost 20 miles away. about women serving in Marine Corps It requires a crew of at least six Marines combat jobs. to fire. The Marines, under orders from then- A howitzer section chief is the equiva- Defense Secretary Ash Carter, opened lent of an infantry squad leader, said Lt. combat jobs to women in 2016. Men make Col. David Tumanjan, the executive officer up more than 90% of the Corps, which is of the 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine the largest gender disparity of all military Division. branches. “These (noncommissioned officers) are When she joined, Yakovac said, she didn’t expected to run a gun crew of 8-10 Ma- know there had been any restrictions or SGT. MIGUEL A. ROSALES/U.S. Marine Corps rines and are responsible for every bit of that rules had changed — she just wanted Marine Corps Cpl. Julianna Yakovac graduates from Howitzer Section Chief Course on technical knowledge associated with em- to be in the field. When she found out she’d Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Feb. 14. Yakovac is the first female placing, firing, movement, and local secu- be firing artillery, she was thrilled. Marine to graduate the course . rity around that howitzer,” Tumanjan said “It was extremely exciting,” she said. in a statement. “It’s been more exciting as I’ve gone.” rines to opening some of the combat jobs to begin to prioritize filling infantry leader- Yakovac said she does not see herself as Yakovac said that when she reported to a trailblazer. She was quick to credit her her unit she was one of two women there, women. In 2015, concerns over unit cohe- ship positions with women, even if that team for where she is now. but now, two years later, there are a lot sion and physical demands led the Marines means bringing those who’ve left active “I (am) very fortunate to be part of a more. to request that some combat roles remain duty back into the ranks. exclusively male. great unit,” Yakovac said Thursday. The She said her male counterparts have He also said the service will look into es- Marine, originally from Olympia, Wash. , Now all combat occupations are open to been great teammates. tablishing one-year paid maternity leave. had just returned from field exercises at “I’ve been fortunate to have great expe- women. the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat riences,” she said. “I’ve never been talked On Feb. 21, Marine Gen. David Berger, “These are some of my most important Center in Twentynine Palms. down to; I’ve been built up.” the commandant of the Marine Corps, an- matters for immediate execution,” Berger “I wouldn’t say I’m a trailblazer — when There was early resistance in the Ma- nounced on Twitter that the Marines will tweeted. Trump to nominate ambassador to Norway as next Navy secretary

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY statement. retary Richard Spencer in No- Esper recommended Braith- with disinformation, including in Stars and Stripes His last position in the Navy vember. Esper lost confidence in waite to Trump, who tweeted he support of Trump’s 2016 presi- was as its vice chief of informa- Spencer due to his handling of the is “A man of great achievement dential campaign, according to WASHINGTON — President tion. He deployed as part of the case of Navy and success, I know Ken will do the report. Donald Trump intends to nomi- initial invasion of Iraq in 2003 as SEAL Chief an outstanding job!” Braithwaite said in a statement nate the U.S. ambassador to Nor- the commanding officer of Fleet Petty Officer In January, CBS News report- that he had been in discussions way, Kenneth Braithwaite, as the Combat Camera Atlantic [Re- Edward Gal- ed Braithwaite had not disclosed with the firm but never signed a 77th Navy secretary, the White lagher, who serve], according to his biography in government forms about a con- contract or received any income House announced Friday. on the U.S. Embassy in Norway’s was accused tract that he had with Cambridge from the company. Braithwaite, who is from Penn- website. of commit- sylvania, has been the ambassa- He will be officially nominated ting war Analytica in 2016, according to Braithwaite also has a master’s dor to Norway since 2017. once the White House sends his crimes. Gal- documents provided to the news degree in government admin- A graduate of the U.S. Naval nomination paperwork to the lagher was organization by a former em- istration from the University of Academy in 1984, Braithwaite Senate. acquitted of ployee. The political consulting Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. firm, which closed in 2018, was His military awards include the was an aviator. He served in the Trump first mentioned his in- Braithwaite murder but Navy and then the Navy Reserve tention to nominate Braithwaite found guilty made famous by revelations that Legion of Merit, the Defense for 27 years, retiring in 2011, after Defense Secretary Mark of posing in a photo with the dead it had used data from millions of Meritorious Service Medal, and according to the White House Esper fired former Navy Sec- body of an Islamic State fighter. Facebook users to target voters the Combat Action Ribbon. PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, March 1, 2020 WAR ON TERRORISM Deal: Intra-Afghan meetings will begin to determine rights, cease-fires and integration

FROM FRONT PAGE served in Afghanistan,” Trump ‘ We are seizing the said in a statement Friday. best opportunity for The U.S. is expected to reduce its troop strength in Afghanistan peace. ’ from about 12,000 to 8,600 within Mike Pompeo 135 days, the agreement states. Secretary of State All U.S. troops and their allies would also completely withdraw from five unspecified bases. Remaining troops would leave Baradar said through a translator within 14 months of Saturday’s that he hopes the world will help MATT THEBARGE, MICHAEL CARRASQUILLO/AP accord. rebuild Afghanistan. A reduction in troops to 8,600, “With the withdrawal of all Michael Carrasquillo, in 2005, when he was an Army soldier deployed to Afghanistan. He said he was about the number in Afghanistan foreign forces in Afghanistan, the shot in an ambush in Afghanistan in 2005. Carrasquillo says peace in any form would be good. when President Donald Trump Afghan nation under the Islamic took office in 2017, would not regime will take its relief and em- harm a counterterrorism mis- bark on a new prosperous life,” Vets: sion that combats ISIS and other Baradar said. Some worry Taliban will keep peace groups, U.S. military officials Peace with the Taliban comes have said since last fall. with mixed reactions from many The about 8,500 non-U.S. in Afghanistan, which has seen until US military withdraws from Afghanistan NATO and foreign partner troops nearly continuous fighting ever in Afghanistan, who along with since the Soviet Union’s inva- FROM FRONT PAGE sion in 1979. Some fear that basic the U.S. support an Afghan train- Though doubtful the Taliban rights and freedoms may be ing and advising mission, would will abide by the peace deal, also draw down proportionally by lost, as a group that in the 1990s Backburn said he’s ready for hos- mid-July under the agreement. banned most popular entertain- tilities to end. He first deployed The U.S. reserves the right to ment and education for women to Afghanistan in 2004 with an halt its withdrawal if the Taliban regains influence. infantry unit of the Army’s 10th don’t meet the conditions of the The Doha agreement follows Mountain Division. A decade agreement. 10 rounds of negotiations, much later, his son headed overseas for “We will closely watch the of which occurred in 2019, a year the same fight. Taliban’s compliance with their which saw the U.S. carry out a re- “Anything that would get us commitments and calibrate the cord-setting number of airstrikes out of that country, I will support pace of our withdrawal to their on the Taliban and ISIS. fully,” said Blackburn, 58, who actions,” Pompeo said Satur- The talks seemed near a deal day. “This is how we will ensure in September, only to be abruptly left the Army in 2010. that Afghanistan never again called off after a suicide bombing Other Afghanistan veterans serves as a base for international claimed the life of a U.S. soldier interviewed by The Associated terrorists.” in Kabul. Press said that, while the peace deal may not be perfect, it’s time Up to 5,000 Taliban prisoners Saturday’s signing came after WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT/AP and 1,000 Afghan government- a seven-day partial truce that to end the war that began weeks aligned prisoners will be released halted most offensive operations after the 9/11 terror attacks. Former Army Sgt. Michael Carrasquillo. by the first day of the planned in Afghanistan, meant to test the The toll has been heavy. More intra-Afghan talks, under the Taliban’s commitment to stop- than 2,300 U.S. service members who oversaw media operations in cycle of violence doesn’t really terms of the agreement. ping its fighters. have been killed and more than Afghanistan during the U.S.-led lead anywhere.” These intra-Afghan negotia- Despite scattered attacks, lev- 20,600 others wounded in Af- troop surge that began in 2010. “I At Fort Stewart in southeast tions would tackle issues such a els of violence reached their low- ghanistan since the war began in know they have a different view Georgia, Army Staff Sgt. Phillip long-term cease-fire, the coun- est in four years, Pompeo said in October 2001. of time and history than we do.” Wright thinks of himself as “one try’s constitution, the rights of his speech. Former Sgt. Michael Carras- Porter said he’s concerned the of the older guys” at age 33. He women and minorities, and the “It was not perfect, but the quillo served as an infantryman Taliban could abide by the ac- deployed to Kabul in 2010 with integration of Taliban leaders and Taliban demonstrated, even if in the Army’s 173rd Airborne cord long enough to see Ameri- a field artillery unit to help train fighters into the government and only for a week, that when they Brigade when his unit was am- can forces leave, then try to wrest Afghanistan’s army. military. have the will to be peaceful, they bushed in Afghanistan in 2005. control of Afghanistan under an Nowadays, Wright works along- The talks will require time and can be,” Pompeo said during the Shot five times while dragging a assumption the U.S. won’t be will- side many young American sol- patience, said Faiz Zaland, a del- ceremony. wounded comrade to safety, Car- ing to return for another fight. diers who’ve never been overseas. egate representing the Afghan After the signing, Pompeo told rasquillo spent the next two years “If you’re the Taliban, people He thinks it’s time for Afghani- government in Doha. reporters that the U.S. would not in the hospital and underwent have come and gone and invaded stan’s military to stand on its own “To be successful we will need hesitate to “do what we need to dozens of surgeries. that place for thousands of years,” after years of U.S. mentoring. international cooperation and protect American lives” if the “Peace in any way, shape or said Porter, head of govern- “We were able to train an army form is a good thing,” said Car- pressure, especially from the Taliban diverge from the new ment affairs in Washington for for another country. So I do be- rasquillo, 36, of Monrovia, Md., U.S. and the United Nations, to agreement. the group Iraq and Afghanistan lieve there has been a lot of good who leads a support group for Veterans of America. “Ghenghis bring all Afghans to the table and “Today, we’re realists,” Pom- that’s come out of it,” he said. peo said. “We are seizing the best wounded veterans through the Khan has come and gone. They’ve make sure there is a peace,” Za- There’s no hesitation from opportunity for peace in a gen- Wounded Warrior Project. “We got a long view of things.” land said. Chris Collins, a former Army Re- eration, built on the hard work of don’t want more guys to die or to Former Army Capt. Emily The deal also requires the Af- servist, when asked if it’s time for our soldiers, diplomats, business- get injured.” Miller’s job focused on commu- ghan government to begin talks a U.S. exit. with the U.N. that would remove men, aid workers, friends and the The peace plan calls for the nicating with Afghan women “It’s not worth one more Taliban members from interna- Afghans themselves.” Trump administration to initially and children on deployments in American life,” said Collins, 38. tional sanctions lists within three Defense Secretary Mark Esper, draw down U.S. troop levels in 2011 and 2012 to assist U.S. spe- “Enough is enough.” months. The U.S. will remove its who appeared Saturday with Af- Afghanistan from 13,000 to 8,600. cial operations forces. She said own Taliban sanctions by Aug. ghan President Ashraf Ghani A timetable for a complete U.S. protecting women’s rights and Collins’ unit from Missouri de- 27 if the group abides by the and NATO head Jens Stoltenberg withdrawal hasn’t been verified. human rights overall needs to be ployed to neighboring Uzbekistan agreement. in Kabul, called on the militants In return, the Taliban promise a priority. in 2004 to run a supply warehouse “The world community is here to continue the reduction in vio- not to let extremists use the coun- Overall, Miller said, she’s for U.S. forces in Afghanistan. to witness,” Abdul Salam Zaeef, lence and said the U.S. will close- try to stage attacks on the U.S. or thrilled to see a chance for Af- Returning as a civilian contrac- an Afghan ambassador under the ly watch their actions “to judge its allies. The Taliban and repre- ghanistan to break from its long tor five years later, he concluded Taliban regime who had been de- whether their efforts towards sentatives from Kabul must nego- history of perpetual war. little had changed. tained in the U.S. prison at Guan- peace are in good faith.” tiate a framework for a postwar “There is this new generation “Let’s go home,” said Collins, tanamo Bay, told reporters prior Stars and Stripes reporters Afghanistan. and I think it’s really time to un- now training to be a nurse. “We to the signing. Phillip Walter Wellman and Zubair “I know the Taliban, and I lock that hope and optimism of can’t stay there forever. They Babakarkhail in Kabul contributed to never thought they could be Afghans that are really open to don’t want us there. It’s no differ- Calling the agreement good for this report. both Afghanistan and the interna- [email protected] trustworthy,” said Cmdr. Tom peace,” she said. “What’s the al- ent today than it was 18 years ago, tional community, the Taliban’s Twitter: @jplawrence3 Porter of the U.S. Navy Reserve, ternative to peace? This endless essentially.” Sunday, March 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 MILITARY Air Force anthem now more gender-neutral

Associated Press accomplishments of all who’ve to cadets at the academy near “It’s the right thing to do,” said the Air Corps in World War II, served, and the rich diversity that Colorado Springs, where it is sung Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, the acad- but were limited to flying planes COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The U.S. Air Force changed makes today’s Air Force indisput- after sports victories, but students emy superintendent, who added from factories to forward bases. lyrics in its service anthem by ably the strongest and most capa- took issue with the third line: “To that females are more than a The Air Force Academy, estab- dropping gender references that ble in the world,” Goldfein wrote a friend we send a message of his demographic. lished in 1954, was open only to exclude women. in a message to airmen, cadets brother men who fly.” “They are among our top per- males until 1976. The change announced Thurs- and academy alumni. In the new version, the line is formers, vital to our success as Since 2003, the academy has day by the Air Force chief of staff, The change originated when fe- changed to read, “To a friend we an institution and as a military,” had its first female commandant, Gen. David Goldfein, is designed male Air Force Academy cadets send a message of the brave who Silveria said. dean and superintendent. to make the service friendlier to asked Goldfein why the anthem’s serve on high.” The “brother men ” line was Women are seeking admittance women, The Gazette reports. third verse hailed the bravery of Other gender references in the written into the song in 1938, in unprecedented numbers, mak- “Our song must reflect our his- men, but not women. song remain, including “at ‘em when only men could fly Army ing up 32% of the academy class tory, the inspiring service and The third verse is meaningful boys, give ’er the gun.” Air Corps planes. Women joined of 2024 entering in June. Judge rules Navy pier funds can’t be used to build wall BY GENE JOHNSON tion — specifically barred Trump Associated Press from spending additional money on the wall. The decision was also SEATTLE — President Donald unlawful because it would take Trump may not divert $89 million money that Congress appropriat- intended for a military construc- ed for military construction and tion project in Washington state to use it for domestic law enforce- build his border wall, a U.S. judge ment, she said. in Seattle ruled Thursday. “Congress repeatedly and de- The U.S. Supreme Court and liberately declined to appropri- some other courts have said the ate the full funds the President administration can begin divert- requested for a border wall along AP ing billions of dollars in military the southern border of the United spending to the wall, and work States,” Rothstein wrote. Sailors stand with a gun as the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis leaves Naval Base Kitsap, Wash. A has been done on some sections. While Trump long insisted that federal judge in Seattle ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump cannot divert $89 million intended But U.S. District Judge Bar- Mexico would pay for the wall, for a construction project at the base to help build his wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. bara Rothstein ruled Thursday that hasn’t been the case. Con- that a case brought by Washing- gress in late 2018 and early 2019 istration claimed that allowed prevented the government from rines is based. ton Attorney General Bob Fer- refused to give Trump all of the him to shift almost three times spending $2.5 billion from the The Washington attorney gen- guson contains different issues money he wanted for a border that much money — $3.6 billion Defense Department’s money for eral said losing that construc- which are not covered by those wall, leading to a 35-day partial — from military accounts to build military pensions and anti-drug tion money would cost the state decisions. government shutdown. Lawmak- a combined 175 miles of fencing efforts. $2.6 million in tax revenue over Rothstein found that diverting ers eventually gave him $1.4 in California, Arizona, Texas and The $89 million was intended the next two years, and that was the money is unlawful because billion. New Mexico. for a pier at Naval Base Kitsap, enough to give Washington stand- Congress — which has the power In reaction, Trump declared a The U.S. Supreme Court last the base west of Seattle where the ing to challenge the plans in court. of the purse under the Constitu- national emergency. The admin- summer lifted a court order that Pacific fleet of nuclear subma- The judge agreed. Threat great in West Africa where Al-Qaida, ISIS cooperate

BY CARLEY PETESCH group. While the cooperation in they’re able to overcome that and The fighters are funding them- to bring in more European part- Associated Press the Sahel is not currently a direct work for a common purpose,” An- selves with kidnapping for ransom ners. But the French have urged threat to the U.S. or the West, “it’s derson said, emphasizing that it’s as they attempt to control access the U.S. to reconsider any cuts to THIES, Senegal — The only very destabilizing to the region,” a local phenomenon. to markets via taxation methods, its already small military foot- place in the world where fight- Anderson said. The cooperation allows the he said. They also are likely eye- print of about 1,400 personnel in ers linked to al-Qaida and the He spoke on extremist groups to appeal to a ing what has been a source of in- West Africa. The U.S. has about Islamic State group are cooperat- the sidelines of wider audience in a largely rural come for centuries: gold. 6,000 personnel on the continent. ing is in West Africa’s sprawling the U.S. mili- region where government pres- While al-Qaida affiliates work Anderson countered that the Sahel region, giving the extrem- tary’s annual ence is sparse and frustration toward establishing safe havens, U.S. is already doing a lot in the ists greater depth as they push counterterror- with unemployment is high. the Islamic State in the Greater Sahel through the State Depart- into new areas, according to the ism exercise “Islamic State is much more Sahara is working to destabilize ment, a large USAID presence commander of the U.S. military’s in West Africa, aggressive and blunt, and so in local governance, control territo- and investment. special forces in Africa. currently the some ways they appear to be the ry and rally people to their cause, “Instead of looking at the size “I believe that if it‘s left un- most active greater threat,” he said. But al- he said. of the presence, I think we should checked it could very easily de- region for ex- Qaida, which continues to quietly The strategy for countering the look at what is the appropriate en- velop into a great threat to the tremists on the expand, is “for us the longer stra- growing threat from the patch- West and the United States,” U.S. Anderson continent. tegic concern.” work of Islamic extremist groups gagement across the government, Air Force Brig. Gen. Dagvin An- The alarm- Between the advances of al- is a whole-of-governance, one from all levels,” he said. derson told The Associated Press ing new collaboration in the Sahel Qaida and IS-linked fighters, that goes beyond military efforts, With very small engagement, in an interview this week. between affiliates of al-Qaida and once-peaceful Burkina Faso has Anderson said: “There’s no easy the U.S. can still help countries The leader of U.S. Special Op- ISIS is a result of ethnic ties in the become the latest front for what answer.” develop the capabilities to build erations Command Africa de- region that includes Mali, Niger experts call an alarming rate of African partners need to invest coalitions and share intelligence, scribed the threat even as the and Burkina Faso. deadly attacks. The past year has in governance, he emphasized, Anderson said. Pentagon considers reducing the “Whereas in other parts of the seen a surge in deadly violence in though international involvement “It’s going to take all these na- U.S. military presence in Africa. world they have different objec- the Sahel, with more than 2,600 is necessary. tions working together, but also Experts have long worried tives and a different point of view people killed and more than half The French lead the military it’s going to have to be African about collaboration between that tends to bring Islamic State a million displaced in Burkina effort in the Sahel with more solutions to an African problem,” al-Qaida and the Islamic State and al-Qaida into conflict, here Faso alone. than 5,000 forces and they hope he said. PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, March 1, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK First coronavirus death in US confirmed

Associated Press nouncing the death, gave no cases in the United States is con- Oregon and Washington state ple who returned from China, or details and scheduled a news sidered small. Worldwide, the worried about the coronavirus A woman has died in Wash- their spouses; and 42 American conference. A spokesperson for number of people sickened by spreading through West Coast ington state of COVID-19, state passengers on the Diamond Prin- EvergreenHealth Medical Cen- the virus hovered Friday around communities after confirming cess cruise ship, who were flown health officials said Saturday, ter, Kayse Dahl, said the person 83,000, and there were more than three patients were infected by to U.S. military bases in Califor- marking the first such reported died in the facility in the Seattle 2,800 deaths, mostly in China. unknown means. death in the United States. suburb of Kirkland, but gave no Most infections result in mild The patients — an older North- nia and Texas for quarantining. At a Saturday news conference, other details. symptoms, including coughing ern California woman with chron- Convinced that the number of President Donald Trump said the State and King County health and fever, though some can be- ic health conditions, a high school cases will grow but determined to woman was in her late 50s and officials said “new people (have come more serious and lead to student in Everett, Wash., and a keep them from exploding, health had a high medical risk. been) identified with the infec- pneumonia. Older people, espe- school employee in the Portland, agencies were ramping up efforts Trump said 22 people in the tion, one of whom died.” They did cially those with chronic illness- Ore., area — hadn’t recently trav- to identify patients. U.S. have been stricken by the not provdie the number of cases. es such as heart or lung disease, eled overseas or had any known The California Department of virus and additional cases are Amy Reynolds of the Washing- are especially vulnerable. Health close contact with a traveler or an Public Health said Friday that “likely.” He said healthy Ameri- ton state health department said officials think it spreads mainly infected person, authorities said. cans should be able to recover if in a brief telephone interview: from droplets when an infected Earlier U.S. cases include three the state will receive enough kits they contract the virus. “We are dealing with an emer- person coughs or sneezes, similar people who were evacuated from from the U.S. Centers for Disease Washington state officials is- gency evolving situation.” to how the flu spreads. the central China city of Wuhan, Control to test up to 1,200 people sued a terse news release an- The number of coronavirus Health officials in California, epicenter of the outbreak; 14 peo- a day for the COVID-19 virus. Disease’s effect on world’s economy increases

BY MARI YAMAGUCHI Iran and hadn’t been tested for the market’s worst since 2008. Associated Press the virus, and also barred public In Asia, Tokyo Disneyland gatherings for two weeks. and Universal Studios Japan an- TOKYO — The coronavirus Saudi Arabia said it would bar nounced they would close, and outbreak’s impact on the world citizens of the Gulf Cooperation events that were expected to at- economy grew more alarming on Council from Islam’s holiest sites tract tens of thousands of people Saturday . in Mecca and Medina over con- were called off, including a con- China’s manufacturing plunged cerns about the virus’ spread. cert series by the K-pop group in February by an even wider The GCC is a six-nation group in- BTS. Tourist arrivals in Thailand margin than expected after ef- cluding Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, are down 50% compared with a forts to contain the virus outbreak Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the Unit- year ago, and in Italy — which has shut down much of the world’s ed Arab Emirates. second-largest economy, an offi- On Thursday, Saudi Arabia reported the most cases of any cial survey showed. closed off the holy sites to foreign country outside of Asia — hotel The survey, coming as global pilgrims over the coronavirus, bookings are falling and Premier stock markets fall sharply on fears disrupting travel for thousands Giuseppe Conte raised the spec- that the virus will spread abroad, of Muslims already headed to the ter of recession. adds to mounting evidence of kingdom and potentially affecting Europe’s economy is already the vast cost of the disease that plans later this year for millions teetering on the edge of reces- emerged in central China in De- more ahead of the fasting month sion. A measure of business sen- cember and its economic impact of Ramadan and the annual hajj timent in Germany fell sharply worldwide. pilgrimage. last week, suggesting that some PETROS KARADJIAS/AP The monthly purchasing man- The list of countries touched by companies could postpone invest- agers’ index issued by the Chinese Protesters push a barrier set up by the police as they demonstrate the virus has climbed to nearly ment and expansion plans. China statistics agency and an industry against the closing of a crossing point straddling a United Nations- 60. More than 85,000 people is a huge export market for Ger- group fell to 35.7 from January’s controlled buffer zone in the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on worldwide have contracted the man manufacturers. 50 on a 100-point scale on which Saturday. The Cyprus government said it closed the Ledra Street virus, with deaths topping 2,900. Economists have forecast glob- numbers below 50 indicate activ- crossing point along with three others to prevent the possible The head of the World Health al growth will slip to 2.4% this ity contracting. spread of the COVID-19 virus either to the Turkish Cypriot north or Organization on Friday an- year, the slowest since the Great Japanese Prime Minister the Greek Cypriot south. nounced that the risk of the virus Recession in 2009, and down Shinzo Abe announced a 270 bil- spreading worldwide was “very from earlier expectations closer lion yen ($2.5 billion) emergency high ” while U.N. Secretary-Gen- past week of a plan to close all sibility of “tens of thousands” of to 3%. For the United States, esti- economic package to help fight schools for more than a month people getting tested for the virus eral Antonio Guterres said the the virus as he sought the public’s “window of opportunity” for con- mates are falling to as low as 1.7% through the end of the Japanese as the number of confirmed cases growth this year, down from 2.3% support for his government’s fight academic year sparked public spiked again Saturday, an official taining the virus was narrowing. against the outbreak. Abe said at Stock markets around the in 2019. criticism, said the emergency said, underscoring the fear both a news conference that Japan is world plunged again Friday. On But if COVID-19 becomes a at critical juncture to determine package includes financial sup- at home and abroad over the out- Wall Street, the Dow Jones index global pandemic, economists ex- whether the country can keep the port for parents and their em- break in the Islamic Republic. took yet another hit, closing down pect the impact could be much outbreak under control ahead of ployers affected by the school Earlier Saturday, Bahrain nearly 360 points. The index had worse, with the U.S. and other the Tokyo summer Olympics. closures. threatened legal prosecution dropped more than 14% from a re- global economies falling into Abe, whose announcement this Iran is preparing for the pos- against travelers who came from cent high, making this past week recession. Wife of American soldier in South Korea contracts virus

BY KIM GAMEL has spread rapidly since first ap- isolation room at the U.S. hospi- USFK commander Gen. Rob- positive for COVID-19, including Stars and Stripes pearing in China late last year. tal,” the command said, adding ert Abrams and his wife, Connie, the widow of a retired soldier and His wife and their baby were it would not provide information donned full hospital protective a South Korean employee. SEOUL, South Korea — The transported from Daegu to an iso- about the child without the par- gear to visit them on Saturday. All were stationed on bases in wife of an American soldier who lation unit at Camp Humphreys ents’ consent. “Just left our hospital where tested positive for the new coro- where the soldier also is being “The patient has not been in I visited with our soldier With the southeastern city of Daegu navirus also has been infected, held, officials said. contact with any other USFK or COVID-19,” Abrams wrote on and surrounding areas that are at the military said Saturday as The woman had been in self- USFK affiliated personnel since Twitter. He said his wife visited the center of the recent outbreak. the total number of confirmed quarantine since Wednesday, going into quarantine,” USFK with the soldier’s wife and baby. South Korea has the highest cases in South Korea soared past when her husband tested positive, said. South Korean and U.S. “Soldier doing well, asymptom- number of confirmed cases out- 3,000. according to U.S. Forces Korea. health professionals had deter- atic today and will be tested again The soldier was the first U.S. She also was confirmed to have mined it was not necessary to later,” he added. side China. service member to contract the the virus earlier Sunday. investigate her movements due to The woman is the fourth per- [email protected] pneumonia-like illness, which “She’s now been admitted to an the lack of interaction. son affiliated with USFK to test Twitter: @kimgamel Sunday, March 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 NATION Court approval sought to speed deportations

Associated Press Loehr signed onto a court brief siding with the asylum-seeker. WASHINGTON — The man The Justice Department coun- slipped into the U.S from Tijuana, ters in its Supreme Court filings Mexico, and made it just 25 yards that immigrants have no consti- from the border before he was tutional rights regarding their arrested. application to enter the United A seven-month journey from States under high court rulings. Sri Lanka was over for Vijaya- The limited review that Congress kumar Thuraissigiam. Now he CEDAR ATTANASIO/AP provided for when it created ex- would be able to tell an American pedited removal proceedings Asylum seekers leave court after hearing a major federal court ruling against the Trump administration official why he had fled the place on Friday in El Paso, Texas. However, the court reversed itself later in the day. is sufficient, the administration he had lived virtually his entire said. life: As a member of Sri Lanka’s But the federal appeals court Tamil minority, he had been beat- in San Francisco relied on the Court halts Trump asylum policy en and threatened. He would seek Supreme Court’s 2008 decision in asylum to remain in the United favor of court access to detainees States. at the U.S. naval base at Guanta- and then suspends its own order His timing couldn’t have been namo Bay, Cuba, to rule that the worse. practice of denying federal court His arrival coincided with the review violates the Constitution. Associated Press Court, which has consistently sided with Trump on start of the Trump administra- The Supreme Court agreed to immigration and border security policies. Chad SAN DIEGO — A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap- tion and its sustained effort to hear the administration’s appeal. Wolf, the acting Homeland Security secretary, said peals panel voted unanimously Friday to suspend crack down on asylum-seekers. Thuraissigiam is living in the he was working with the Justice Department to “ex- an order it issued earlier in the day to block a central Officials rejected his claim in an New York area at the moment. peditiously appeal this inexplicable decision.” pillar of the Trump administration’s policy requir- initial screening and he was des- Since 2004, immigration of- ing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their The “Remain in Mexico” policy, known officially ignated for rapid deportation, or ficials have targeted for quick cases wind through U.S. courts. as “Migrant Protection Protocols,” took effect in expedited removal as federal law deportation undocumented im- The three-judge panel told the government to file January 2019 in San Diego and gradually spread calls it. migrants who are picked up with- written arguments by the end of Monday and for the across the southern border. About 60,000 people Now the Supreme Court will de- in 100 miles of the U.S. border plaintiffs to respond by the end of Tuesday. have been sent back to wait for hearings, and of- cide whether Thuraissigiam and and within 14 days of entering The Justice Department said at least 25,000 ficials believe it is a big reason why illegal border others like him can be deported the country. The Trump admin- asylum seekers subject to the policy are cur- crossings plummeted about 80% from a 13-year without ever getting to make istration is seeking to expand rently waiting in Mexico and expressed “massive high in May. their case to a federal judge. Ar- that authority so that people de- and irreparable national-security of public-safety Christopher Landau, the U.S. ambassador to guments will take place Monday. tained anywhere in the U.S. and concerns.” Mexico, said in a court filing that halting the policy The administration is seeking up to two years after they got here Government attorneys said immigration lawyers creates “substantial risk of immediate chaos on the a sweeping ruling that it could could be quickly deported. had begun demanding that asylum seekers be al- border.” potentially use to deport millions A federal judge has put that lowed in the United States, with one insisting that Reaction to the decision blocking the policy was of people, even those arrested far policy on hold and the adminis- 1,000 people be allowed to enter at one location. swift among immigration lawyers and advocates from the border and who have tration’s appeal will be heard Fri- “The Court’s reinstatement of the injunction who have spent months fighting with the adminis- been in the country for years, ex- day by the federal appeals court causes the United States public and the government tration over a program they see as a humanitarian perts on the issue said. in Washington. significant and irreparable harms — to border se- disaster, subjecting hundreds of migrants to vio- “The Supreme Court has held The administration has imposed curity, public safety, public health, and diplomatic lence, kidnapping and extortion in dangerous Mexi- for more than a century that any- other restrictions on those who relations,” Justice Department attorneys wrote. can border cities. Hundreds more have been living one in the United States, even say they need refuge in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection had already in squalid encampments just across the border, as those illegally, are entitled to due because they would be harmed if begun to stop processing people under the policy. they wait for their next court date. process. If successful, the gov- they had to return home. People ACLU attorney Judy Rabinovitz called the sus- Advocates planned to have immigrants immedi- ernment’s argument in this case crossing through Mexico before pension of Friday’s order “a temporary step.” ately cross the border and present the court deci- would reverse this basic principle arriving at the southern border “We will continue working to permanently end sion to authorities Friday, with group Human Rights of constitutional law and theoreti- can no longer seek asylum in the this unspeakably cruel policy,” she said. First hand-delivering a copy to U.S. Customs and cally deny due process rights to U.S. unless they first have been The government’s setback earlier Friday from the Border Protection officers at a bridge connecting millions of undocumented immi- denied asylum elsewhere. The Su- three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Lawyers grants,” said Stephen Yale-Loehr, preme Court allowed the policy to Appeals may prove temporary if President Donald were hoping to get their clients before U.S. immi- an immigration specialist at Cor- take effect while a legal fight over Trump’s administration appeals to the U.S. Supreme gration court judges. nell University Law School. Yale- it plays out in the courts. Trump nominates Ratcliffe to be top intelligence official, again

Associated Press ligence community risk of foreign interference. Just the way Democrats and a lukewarm response from in the spotlight early the President likes it,” tweeted Rep. Adam some Republicans. WASHINGTON — President Donald in an election year in Schiff, D-Calif., who chairs the House In- Before being elected to Congress in 2014, Trump on Friday picked Rep. John Rat- which those agencies telligence Committee and helped lead his Ratcliffe was mayor of Health, Texas, and cliffe again to be the nation’s top intelli- are already warning impeachment by the House. a U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of gence official, just months after abruptly that Russia is trying Trump initially named Ratcliffe for the Texas. ending an earlier effort to install him amid anew to interfere in job last summer, but abruptly withdrew his But since last summer, Ratcliffe’s vis- bipartisan criticism that the Texas Repub- the presidential race. name just five days later, before the Senate ibility rose as an ardent defender of Trump lican was unqualified for the post. Democrats have also even considered him. The president bowed during the House’s impeachment proceed- Trump’s decision meant that once again accused Trump of in- to questions about Ratcliffe’s qualifications ings against him. the GOP-led Senate would have to decide stalling people atop and bipartisan concerns that he had little “John is an outstanding man of great tal- whether to put the three-term lawmaker in some agencies most Ratcliffe experience in the field of intelligence. ent!” Trump said in announcing his choice charge of overseeing the 17 U.S. spy agen- noteworthy for their At the time, news reports challenged in a tweet. cies that the president repeatedly scorn s. fealty to him, not intelligence expertise. the accuracy of Ratcliffe’s resume. His Ratcliffe’s fate in the Senate this time re- It also puts the leadership of the intel- “All while our elections are perilously at selection then drew sharp criticism from mains unclear. PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, March 1, 2020 NATION Democratic race reaches critical crossroads

Associated Press campaigning in the heart of pro- gressive ally Elizabeth Warren’s COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Dem- political turf. ocrats’ 2020 primary season en- Senior adviser Jeff Weaver said ters a critical four-day stretch Sanders is aggressively hunting that will help determine whether for delegates, noting that their the party rallies behind Bernie campaign’s experience during Sanders or embraces a longer the 2016 primary against Hill- and uglier slog that could carry ary Clinton taught them that any on until the national convention. candidate who finishes Super This marks a dangerous mo- Tuesday with a significant del- ment for a political party desper- egate advantage will be difficult ate to replace President Donald to catch. Trump but deeply conflicted over “I’m confident we’re going whether Sanders, the undisputed to do very, very well across the Democratic front-runner and a country,” Weaver said of the com- self-described democratic social- ing four days. He also sought ist, is too extreme to defeat the to downplay the importance of Republican president. South Carolina’s first-in-the- “Only two things are going to South primary, where “Biden is happen: either Bernie or bro- expected to win.” kered,” said James Carville, a “Expectations can be broken,” veteran Democratic strategist. Weaver added. “But for the vice Carville is uncomfortable with president, he needs an extraordi- a Sanders nomination but fears narily large win in South Caro- that a brokered convention — in lina in order to convince folks which party bosses or delegates he’s going to be able to go the in floor fights and negotiations distance.” decide the nominee after no can- At a rally in North Charles- didate amasses enough delegates ton on Friday, Trump asked the JESSICA HILL/AP in the primary — would inflict crowd whether Biden or Sanders serious damage on the party, as would be the best Democratic op- Attendees cheer as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a well. “It’s just hard for me to see ponent for him. campaign event Friday in Springfield, Mass. beyond the two options,” he said. “I think Bernie’s easier to beat,“ South Carolina’s primary on Trump said. Saturday stands as the first mark- The audience seemed to agree, er on the four-day crossroads. Joe cheering the mention of Sand- Sanders-linked group entered Biden and his establishment allies ers and booing the mention of hope to slow Sanders’ momentum Biden. Some state GOP leaders — and change the trajectory of have even urged Republican vot- the race — with a convincing vic- ers to participate in Saturday’s into racial discrimination NDA tory demonstrating his strength Democratic primary and vote for Associated Press among African Americans. But Sanders. sations or other proprietary information. But such deals have become increasingly controversial as just three days later, Sanders be- Yet the Democrats’ 2020 pri- WASHINGTON — A political advocacy group lieves he’s positioned to seize a mary election is far from a two- people alleging that they’re victims of sexual ha- founded by Bernie Sanders entered into a nondis- rassment and misconduct or, in Figaro’s case, racial major delegate advantage when person race. closure agreement with an African American po- 14 states and one U.S. territory discrimination have said they’re prevented from In South Carolina, billionaire litical consultant that bars her from discussing a vote on “Super Tuesday.” publicly sharing their stories. activist Tom Steyer has spent lawsuit alleging racial discrimination at the organi- After two consecutive victories Billionaire Mike Bloomberg, one of Sanders’ more than $19 million on televi- zation and the Vermont senator’s 2016 presidential and a tie for the lead in Iowa, the Democratic presidential race rivals, has faced criti- sion advertising — more than all campaign. 78-year-old Vermont senator’s cism for the use of nondisclosure agreements at his the other candidates combined — The consultant, Tezlyn Figaro, confirmed the ex- confidence is surging. in his quest for his first top finish company in cases related to sexual harassment. The istence of the nondisclosure agreement to The Asso- Sanders will spend the next 24 in four contests. Not ceding any- former New York mayor has said he’s willing to re- ciated Press without providing additional details. hours campaigning in the home thing, Pete Buttigieg is fighting to lease three women from nondisclosure agreements The deal is tied to a 2019 lawsuit in which Figaro states of two major Democratic prove he can build a multiracial related to comments he was accused of making in rivals, betting he can score a dou- coalition. And with the help of said she was fired from the Sanders-created politi- the past. ble knockout blow — or at least super PACs, Warren and Klobu- cal group Our Revolution a year earlier due to her Sanders has acknowledged the mistreatment of limit the size of their victories — char have vowed to keep pushing race and in “retaliation for complaining about the women and minorities who worked on his 2016 cam- with a strong showing in some of forward no matter how they fin- organization’s treatment towards her and African- paign, and his advisers say they’ve taken corrective Super Tuesday’s seemingly most ish on Saturday. Americans.” The lawsuit was settled out of court for measures for his second run.Now the front-runner hostile terrain. New York billionaire Mike an undisclosed amount of money. Though the law- for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, On the eve of South Caroli- Bloomberg is not competing in suit was aimed at Our Revolution, it included broad Sanders frequently says he is building a “multira- na’s primary, Sanders will host South Carolina, yet he has shat- criticism of Sanders’ campaign, arguing an all-white cial, multi-generational movement” that will appeal a concert in Minnesota, where tered spending records after in- leadership staff “was accused of racism” by black to the broad coalition needed to win the primary home-state Sen. Amy Klobuchar vesting hundreds of millions of staffers and failed to engage black voters. and defeat President Donald Trump. is looking for her first win. And dollars in Super Tuesday adver- Nondisclosure agreements, or NDAs, have be- But legal experts say that argument could be un- in an even bolder power play, tising backed by a horde of paid come common in presidential campaigns and po- dermined by a nondisclosure agreement that pre- Sanders will host a midday rally staff in virtually every state in litical organizations in recent years as tools to guard vents a woman of color who has criticized Sanders’ Saturday in downtown Boston, the nation. against the release of private data, strategic conver- record on race from talking about her experience. Court won’t order former WH counsel McGahn to testify before House

Associated Press A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of the Republican president during special “The Committee’s suit asks us to settle Appeals for the District of Columbia Cir- counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investiga- a dispute that we have no authority to re- WASHINGTON — In a setback for Democrats in Congress, a federal appeals cuit issued the 2-1 decision. Lawmakers tion. Trump directed McGahn not to ap- solve,” wrote Judge Thomas Griffith, an court ruled Friday that judges have no role could ask the full appeals court to weigh pear and the Democratic-led panel filed a appointee of former President George W. to play in the subpoena fight between the in or appeal to the Supreme Court. House federal lawsuit to force McGahn to testify. Bush. He later added: “The walk from the House and President Donald Trump over Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that she A trial judge ruled in November that the Capitol to our courthouse is a short one, the testimony of high-ranking administra- would ask the full appeals court to weigh president’s close advisers do not have the and if we resolve this case today, we can tion officials. in. absolute immunity from testifying to Con- expect Congress’s lawyers to make the trip The decision undoes a lower court rul- But time is getting short if the House gress that the administration claimed. often.” ing that would have forced former White hopes to have McGahn or other officials But the appeals court judges said that He was joined in the decision by Judge House counsel Don McGahn to appear be- testify before November’s elections. the case should be dismissed because the Karen LeCraft Henderson, an appointee of fore Congress. It is likely to doom efforts to The House Judiciary Committee first Constitution forbids federal courts from President George H.W. Bush. get other high-ranking officials to testify in subpoenaed McGahn in April 2019 as it ex- refereeing this kind of dispute between the Judge Judith Rogers, an appointee of House investigations of Trump. amined potential obstruction of justice by other two branches of government. President Bill Clinton, dissented. Sunday, March 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 NATION US considering arms pact with China, Russia

BY DEB RIECHMANN ballistic missile capabilities and Associated Press the know-how to make chemical and biological weapons — and it WASHINGTON — The Trump is updating its nuclear arsenal. administration has informed Beijing also has signed various Moscow that the U.S. is open to international weapons agree- holding a summit with other per- WAYNE PARRY/AP ments, but none limiting nuclear manent members of the United weapons. Brandi Biehl, co-director of the Sea Turtle Recovery hospital inside the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, Nations Security Council in The time and place of the meet- N.J., examines a sea turtle Thursday. hopes of pushing for a three-way ing has not been determined, but arms control pact with Russia a senior administration official and China, a senior administra- said the U.S. will use the gather- tion official said Friday. ing to pursue a trilateral arms The New START treaty, the control agreement that would Pneumonia still threatens last major arms-control treaty bring China into the fold. The remaining between the U.S. and meeting is expected to include Russia, expires in 2021. There leaders of the U.S., Russia, China, ‘cold-stunned’ sea turtles has been talk of negotiating an Britain and France — the five extension to the existing treaty, permanent members of the Unit- but the White House thinks the ed Nations Security Council. The BY WAYNE PARRY they want to fight and to live.” shape was a 4-year-old green next generation of arms control official spoke on condition of ano- Associated Press The turtles are being treated turtle they named Duckie. They must also include China, which nymity according to White House with medications, and their prog- injected him with drugs to jump- is expected to at least more than WEST ORANGE, N.J. — A guidelines. ress and conditions are checked start his heart and put a breathing double its stockpile during the dozen sea turtles that nearly The United States will use this daily in a hospital on the grounds next decade. froze when they were too far tube down his throat. It was touch- opportunity to bring both Russia of the turtle-themed zoo that is Russia has asked the U.S. to north last fall as water tempera- and-go for about 15 minutes. and China into the international popular with children. “All of a sudden he opened his extend the New START treaty for arms control framework and tures abruptly plunged in New Ten of the 12 are green turtles, eyes, lifted his head and took a up to five years, but Moscow also head-off a costly arms race, the Jersey survived that ordeal but along with one loggerhead, and remain threatened by the pneu- has embraced the idea of bring- administration official said. one endangered Kemp’s Ridley breath,” Deerr said. monia most of them developed ing China into an agreement. The Tim Morrison, former senior turtle. The loggerhead, the larg- The largest turtle is Tabitha, afterward. U.S. and Russia have has three director for countering weapons est of the group, was found floun- a 20-year-old loggerhead found Sea Turtle Recovery, a non- bilateral meetings. The U.S. and of mass destruction at the Nation- dering off Ocean City, N.J.; the flailing in the surf, covered with China have discussed having a al Security Council at the White profit group operating out of the 15 pounds of barnacles, some of Turtle Back Zoo in northern New others were recovered from the similar dialogue, but the planned House, said other countries might which had broken through her Jersey, got the turtles through bayside beaches of Long Beach meeting would be the first time need to be pulled into arms con- their initial medical crisis, with Island in November. shell to bone underneath it. that representatives of all three trol agreements in the future. two needing CPR. Biehl and Deerr suspect cli- She also could not dive because countries would be at the same “I think it is essentially the di- But 11 of them went on to de- mate change played a role in their of air in her body cavity, and had table discussing the issue. rection of the future not only to velop pneumonia, a common illness. pneumonia, severe anemia and “Russia wants to make a deal bring the Chinese around to the problem in turtles that survive “Over the past few years, an intestinal blockage. Center very much on arms control and necessity of negotiated restraint so-called “cold-stunning” and one they’ve documented warmer wa- staff removed 2½ gallons of air nuclear. And that’s smart. And so on weapons of mass destruction, do we. We think it would be a good and particularly nuclear weapons, that could yet kill some of them. ters traveling farther north along from her body and began treat- our coast, all the way up into New thing, ” Trump said at a news con- but also to begin to think about Bill Deerr and Brandi Biehl, who ing her many ailments. They are England, and with those warmer ference in December in London the other nuclear weapon states run the center, are determined optimistic she will make a full re- not to let that happen. waters, it means the turtles will with NATO Secretary-General ...particularly India and Pakistan covery and eventually grow from “Their whole organ systems travel further in the summertime Jens Stoltenberg. “And we’ll also and focus on how we ensure that started to shut down due to the — and then they have further to 165 pounds to about 250. certainly bring in, as you know, we do not face a highly nuclear- cold,” Deerr said. “It’s really migrate to keep up with those It costs $1,500 to $2,000 apiece China. And we may bring them ized security environment in the their fight at that point. If they warmer waters back in the fall,” to treat most of the turtles, but in later, or we may bring them in future, ” Morrison said at a re- make it through that first month, he said. Tabitha could cost as much as now. ” cent event at George Washington it’s almost like they’ve decided One of the turtles in the worst $5,000 due to her size. China has nuclear weapons, University. Dems grill secretary of state over Iran, coronavirus

BY ERIC TUCKER the panel was afforded only two Benghazi. against Gen. Qassem Soleimani, sume you’re not either,” Pompeo Associated Press hours to question Pompeo, who “ But with you, sir, we had to the head of Iran’s elite Quds force, responded. until Friday had gone months move heaven and earth to get you saying he was “100% ” confident Pompeo also defended the WASHINGTON — Secretary of without testifying publicly on here today for just two hours,” that the military commander had administration’s response to the State Mike Pompeo defended the Capitol Hill. He balked last fall Meeks said. “To me that shows plans to kill more Americans and coronavirus, saying he was “in- Trump administration’s response at complying with a subpoena disregard for the oversight re- was “actively plotting ”to do so. credibly proud” of the work the to the spreading coronavirus but tied to the House impeachment sponsibilities of the United States Democrats were skeptical of State Department had done in also faced contentious questions inquiry into the administration’s Congress.” Pompeo’s arguments, with Rep. getting American civilians and Friday from Democrats about the interactions with Ukraine. Pompeo, a close ally of Trump, Andy Levin of Michigan at one basis for an airstrike that killed Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., noted that he had briefed Con- point showing Pompeo a blank diplomats out of China, where the Iran’s most powerful general and recalled Pompeo’s “thunder- gress more than 70 times on Iran map and asking him to pinpoint illness first surfaced. whether the attack had put Amer- ing ” while in Congress about and sought to keep his testimony the embassies that were under “I am confident that this ad- ican security at risk. the need for testimony from one focused on that subject — the threat of imminent attack at the ministration has taken actions Democrats on the House For- of his Democratic predecessors, stated focus of the hearing. time of Soleimani’s death. that have significantly reduced eign Affairs Committee repeat- Hillary Clinton, about the 2012 He repeatedly defended the “I’m never willing to disclose risk, and will continue to do so,” edly expressed frustration that attacks on the U.S. mission in administration’s January strike classified information. I as- Pompeo said. PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, March 1, 2020 NATION Ban on flavored e-cigarettes sales approved

BY MATTHEW DALY 213-195, sending it to the Senate, year, Congress approved a law posable e-cigarettes and larger Marketing and promotion of men- Associated Press where approval is considered un- raising the minimum age to buy tank-based vaping devices. Those thol cigarettes is heavily targeted likely. The White House said in a all tobacco and vaping products exceptions followed months of toward black smokers. WASHINGTON — Moving to statement that President Donald from 18 to 21 nationwide. lobbying by vaping companies. “A ban that targets menthol stem a vaping epidemic among Trump’s administration opposes Opponents said the House bill Public health advocates accused products but ignores other pre- young people, the House ap- the bill. went too far, noting that the new the administration of caving to mium tobacco products unduly proved a bill Friday to ban the Supporters, mostly Democrats, law raising the age of tobacco industry pressure. burdens the black community,” sale of flavored e-cigarettes and said the legislation provides a use has been in effect for only Some members of the Congres- said Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y, other flavored tobacco products. comprehensive strategy to re- two months. Earlier this year, sional Black Caucus said the pro- whose Brooklyn district is major- The bill would place new re- verse a teen vaping epidemic that the Trump administration issued posal to ban menthol cigarettes ity African American. strictions on the marketing of officials fear is hooking a genera- rules that prohibit fruit, candy, could harm black smokers. Afri- Supporters said the House bill e-cigarettes and ban flavors in tion of young people on nicotine. mint and dessert flavors from can Americans smoke menthol would have huge health benefits tobacco products, including men- In the latest government survey, small, cartridge-based e-ciga- cigarettes at a far higher rate than for teenagers who increasingly thol cigarettes. It also would place more than 1 in 4 high school stu- rettes like Juul, the most popular the rest of the U.S. population, ac- use e-cigarettes and vape prod- a new excise tax on nicotine. dents reported using e-cigarettes brand in the U.S. cording to the federal Centers for ucts with flavors such as mango, The House approved the bill, in the previous month. Late last But the policy exempts dis- Disease Control and Prevention. bubble gum and cotton candy.

Los Angeles deputies shared photos of Kobe Bryant crash

BY STEFANIE DAZIO The Association for Los An- Associated Press geles Deputy Sheriffs, the union that represents rank-and-file LOS ANGELES — Authorities deputies, declined to comment are investigating whether depu- specifically on the allegations. ties shared graphic photos of the “As with all investigations, helicopter crash scene where we will aggressively represent Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old our members and preserve their daughter and seven others were rights,” the union said in a state- killed. ment Friday. The Los Angeles Times report- The Times reported that it’s un- ed on Thursday that a public safe- clear how widely the photos might ty source with knowledge of the have been disseminated and who events had seen one of the photos was involved. It’s additionally un- on the phone of another official in clear whether the deputies had a setting that was not related to taken the photos themselves or the investigation of the crash. He received them from someone said the photos showed the scene else. and victims’ remains. Capt. Jorge Valdez, a spokes- PHOTOS BY NOREEN NASIR/AP The source spoke on condition man for the sheriff’s department, A visitor experiences “The March” virtual reality exhibit, Wednesday, at the DuSable Museum of African of anonymity because of the sen- said the department had contact- American History in Chicago ahead of the project’s launch. sitive nature of the allegations. ed the victims’ families because The Los Angeles Sheriff’s De- of the newspaper’s inquiries. partment said in a statement Bryant and the others were Friday it was investigating the killed in the Jan. 26 helicopter Exhibit brings MLK speech to life allegations detailed in the news- crash northwest of Los Angeles paper’s report. were traveling to a youth bas- BY SOPHIA TAREEN “The sheriff is deeply dis- ketball tournament at Bryant’s turbed at the thought deputies sports facility in Thousand Associated Press could allegedly engage in such Oaks. The cause of the crash is CHICAGO — Imagine being so close to Martin an insensitive act,” the statement undetermined. Luther King Jr. as he gives one of the world’s most said. “A thorough investigation A report by the National Trans- famous speeches that you notice the creases in his will be conducted by the depart- portation Safety Board stated face and then realize the late civil rights leader is ment, with the number one prior- there weren’t any signs of engine looking you square in the eye. ity of protecting the dignity and failure from the wreckage recov- That’s the intense personal moment organizers privacy of the victims and their ered from the crash site. The pilot, are striving for with a one-of-a-kind virtual reality families.” Ara Zobayan, had nearly navi- exhibit opening Friday at Chicago’s DuSable Mu- Deputy Maria Lucero told The gated the helicopter out of blind- seum of African American History. Called “The Associated Press on Friday that ing clouds when it turned and March,” it captures the 1963 March on Washington “the matter is being looked into.” plunged into the mountainside. during which King delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” address. “The speech is so well known and the ways people are used to seeing it is kind of archival, grainy two- Actress Viola Davis and her husband, Julius dimensional film,” said Mia Tramz, an editorial Tennon speak to reporters ahead of the launch. director of immersive experiences at TIME, which helped create the project. “By being able to see it of people involved in key events leading up to the with your own two eyes and feel like you’re standing march. One is Hank Thomas, who was a Freedom there, you not only get the message of the words, but Rider — activists who protested segregation by sit- the message of the energy that he put behind those ting in bus seats reserved for whites and who expe- words.” rienced violence and jail. The project has the rare full backing from King’s After that, attendees are outfitted with heavy vir- estate, which fiercely guards his likeness and tual reality headsets that block out the outside world speeches. The high-tech effort took years of re- and replace it with three-dimensional glimpses of search on King’s gestures and expressions, as well Aug. 28, 1963, on the National Mall. In what some- as interviews with attendees. times looks like a video game, visitors march along Creators said it was inspired by an archive image Constitution Avenue and then stand in the crowd of of King giving a different speech on the National some 250,000. Mall, shot from his perspective looking out. TIME, Then the scenery changes again. Visitors find MARK J. TERRILL/AP which features King in a March issue, worked with themselves standing on the steps of the Lincoln Me- Investigators work the scene, on Jan. 27, of a helicopter crash companies including a production studio run by ac- morial and an arm’s length from King, whose hand that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter, Gianna, and seven others on tress Viola Davis and her husband, Julius Tennon. gestures and facial expressions are brought to life. a hillside in Calabasas, Calif. Authorities are investigating whether Davis narrates part of the project. After delivering part of the speech, he walks by and deputies shared graphic photos of the crash scene. Visitors start in a dark empty room with audio locks eyes, a moment creators say is unparalleled. Sunday, March 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 WORLD Turkish border opens to Europe

Associated Press Erdogan also said Turkey would not stand in the way of ref- ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s ugees and migrants who hope to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan head from his country to Europe. said his country’s borders with “We will not close the gates to Europe were open on Saturday, refugees,” Erdogan he said. “The making good on a long-standing European Union has to keep its threat to let refugees into the con- promises. We are not obliged to tinent as thousands of migrants look after and feed so many refu- gathered at the frontier with gees. If you’re honest, if you’re Greece. sincere, then you need to share. ” Erdogan’s announcement that Under a 2016 deal, Turkey Turkey is allowing refugees and agreed to stem the tide of refu- migrants to exit the country gees to Europe in return for fi- marked a dramatic departure nancial aid after more than a from current policy and an appar- million people entered Europe ent attempt to pressure Europe. in 2015. It has since protested GIANNIS PAPANIKOS/AP It came amid a military esca- that the EU has failed to honor A Greek riot policeman patrols the border gate in Kastanies village as migrants trying to enter Greece lation in northwestern Syria’s the agreement. Erdogan has fre- through the Pazarkule border gate Saturday. Idlib province, where hundreds quently threatened to “open the of thousands of Syrian civilians gates” and allow refugees and are trapped between advancing migrants to head to Europe un- transit point to reach Europe, usu- Syrian government forces backed less more international support ally through neighboring Greece. by Russia and rebel fighters sup- was provided. Migrants played a cat-and- ported by Turkey. Since seizing territory from mouse game with Greek border The mass displacement in Idlib Kurdish forces in a different part patrols throughout Friday night has raised the possibility that of Syria in October, Erdogan has and into Saturday, with some cut- Turkey might come under grow- also suggested resettling at least ting holes in the fence only to be ing international pressure to open a million Syrian refugees from turned back by tear gas and stun its now sealed border with Syria Turkey in that northeastern re- grenades. Greek authorities also and offer refuge to masses of des- gion. However, his efforts to se- fired tear gas to repulse attempts perate Syrian civilians. cure funding for such a scheme by the crowd to push through the “We can’t handle a new wave have been rejected by European border. of migration,” Erdogan said in governments. Aid groups have Erdogan’s speech Saturday in a speech Saturday, in an appar- also said it is still too dangerous ent reference to the growing hu- to send refugees back to Syria. Istanbul marked the first time a top Turkish official openly an- manitarian crisis in Idlib. Nearly Turkey currently hosts more EMRAH GUREL/AP 950,000 displaced civilians have than 3.5 million Syrian refugees, nounced migrants would be al- been pushed toward the Syrian- and many fleeing war and pover- lowed to try to cross the border, Migrants use an inflatable boat as they attempt to enter Greece from Turkish border amid cold winter ty in Asia, Africa and the Middle after a foreign ministry spokes- Turkey by crossing the Maritsa river near the Pazarkule border gate weather. East use it as a staging post and man floated the idea Thursday. in Edirne, Turkey, Saturday. Shelling in Syria kills another Turkish soldier

Associated Press Tayyip Erdogan had given the ticular Greece, a fellow NATO Syrian government until the end ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s ally of Turkey with which fre- of February to pull back from Defense Ministry said one of its quently testy relations have be- areas captured in Idlib, threaten- soldiers was killed and two were come increasingly strained. ing large-scale military action if injured by Syrian government NATO envoys held emergency they didn’t. But any large scale shelling, the latest fatality after talks Friday at the request of 33 Turkish troops were killed in Turkish military action risks more loss of life among Turkish Turkey, a NATO member. While an airstrike in Syria earlier last urging deescalation deescalation week. soldiers, and it’s not clear what in Idlib, NATO offered no further The announcement late Fri- Erdogan might do. He’s kept un- day also said Turkish forces hit usually silent since the 33 deaths. assistance. Syrian government targets and Since the start of February, 55 Erdogan and Russian Presi- a number of Syrian troops were Turkish soldiers have been killed dent Vladimir Putin spoke by “neutralized.” after Turkey began reinforcing telephone Friday and discussed Syrian government forces have its forces in Idlib. It was a bid to implementing agreements in thwart the Syrian government been on a weekslong offensive Idlib, the Kremlin said. Fahrettin offensive, which began in early into Idlib province, the country’s Altun, Erdogan’s director of com- December. last rebel stronghold, which bor- munications, said they had agreed ders Turkey. Thousands of Turk- The Syrian advance into Idlib to meet “as soon as possible.“ ish soldiers are deployed inside has pushed nearly 950,000 dis- rebel-controlled areas of Idlib placed civilians toward the Turk- Erdogan also spoke with other province, which is dominated by ish border amid cold winter world leaders, including Presi- al-Qaida-linked militants. weather. dent Donald Trump and German Meanwhile, in Turkey, refugees On Thursday, at least 33 Turk- AP Chancellor Angela Merkel. ish soldiers were killed in air- had camped overnight beside the U.N. Secretary-General An- strikes in Idlib blamed on the People react by the coffin during a funeral ceremony in Hatay, border with Greece after hun- tonio Guterres called for an im- Turkey, Saturday for Emin Yildirim, one of the Turkish soldiers killed dreds headed to the frontier when Syrian government. mediate cease-fire in Idlib.He The deaths — the highest num- Thursday in a Syrian army attack in the Idlib area of Syria. Ankara said it would no longer warned that “without urgent ac- ber in a single day since Turkey prevent them crossing. first intervened in Syria in 2016 raised the prospect of an all-out Syrian or Russian jets carried out The move by Turkey to open tion, the risk of even greater es- — were the most serious escala- war with millions of Syrian civil- the strike, but Russia denied its its border is seen in Greece as a calation grows by the hour, and as tion between Turkish and Rus- ians trapped in the middle. aircraft were responsible. deliberate attempt to pressure always, civilians are paying the sian-backed Syrian forces. It’s It remained unclear whether Turkey’s President Recep European countries, and in par- gravest price.” PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, March 1, 2020 MUSIC

BTS performs at the Rose Bowl in 2019.

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BY AUGUST BROWN BTS has made yet. It’s partly a hat tip back Los Angeles Times to their roots as a hip-hop act, Bangtan Boys, but attuned to today’s misty, hard-kicking f there’s a digital age equivalent to sonics and bolstered by everything they’ve camping outside a record store wait- learned in the intervening years as pop stars. Charting ing for a new album to drop, it’s what On a fi rst pass, the R&B and global pop IBTS fans did overnight: hovering over moments are some of the most affecting, Spotify or Apple Music, pouring some very even more so given the breadth of the record. strong coffee and waiting for 4 a.m. EST to Jimin’s “Filter” is a sweaty, Latin guitar- arrive, so they could fi nally stream “Map of driven single that’s his high point as a vocal- the course the Soul: 7” when it landed. ist so far; “Louder Than Bombs,” co-written The new album from the biggest K-pop with Troye Sivan, is a glitchy electro-pop group in the world is a global record biz stomper with some of the most moving vocal With 4 million presales, event like no other, a comprehensive 20-song harmonies in the BTS catalog. collection that looks forward, backward and The group is beloved, however, for lyrics all around the K-pop landscape that RM, that peel off the insulation around K-pop K-Pop powerhouse BTS leads Suga, J-Hope, Jin, Jimin, Jungkook and V fame and speak with singular candor about helped create. It booked more than 4 million the cost of the spotlight, and what an experi- the genre into exciting new era presales, easily eclipsing the year-end tally ence like theirs both takes and gives to BTS’ of its predecessor, “Map of the Soul: Perso- friendships. The band appears to be trying to na” (and that’s not even counting the streams do one of the hardest tricks in pop: the road to come). album. The album is also a fantastic summary of BTS’ phenomenal ascent as artists mir- BTS’ accomplishments so far, and charts a rored the K-pop genre’s rise in America, and path forward in a tumultuous but exciting their fans’ path into adulthood with all its new era for K-pop. It’s an album about being promise and vague sense of closing doors. in a band, about the relationships that form “Twenty-four, feels like I became a grown-up and get tested in the crucible of insane fame, faster than everyone else,” Jungkook sings all set to some of the most genre-invigorating on “My Time.” “But is it too fast? There are music of their career. traces of losses / Don’t know what to do; am I Dedicated BTS Army troops will imme- living this right?” diately notice that the front quarter of this As the album drops its landing gear, “We gargantuan album is previously released Are Bulletproof: The Eternal” leaves fans material from “Persona,” the 2019 EP that feeling the arc of the journey, a piano ballad pivoted the band from their smash hit “Love that insists the BTS Army really is in this Yourself” trilogy into this new period. together, that the band is fi guring out this “Boy With Luv,” “Make It Right,” “Diony- life thing right along with you. It would be a sus” and “Jamais Vu” will be plenty familiar logical ending point, but then they throw on at this point. an old-school big-beat club number “Outro: What comes next is the darkest, strangest Ego” and a remix, with a Sia collaboration, of BTS’ “Map of the Soul: 7” and yet most relevant and ambitious music “ON” for good measure. Sunday, March 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 MUSIC

Zoe Kravitz plays Rob, short for Robyn, in Hulu’s “High Fidelity.”

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The evolution of the playlist The new ‘High Fidelity’ and the state of the music geek in the digital age

BY DAN DELUCA In the new Hulu version, the focus is no Kravitz’s Rob is an old soul who trea- “I spent hours putting that cassette The Philadelphia Inquirer longer on socially awkward, straight white sures her record collection, and doesn’t together,” Rob recounts in the novel, talk- men. Rob is a woman who dates women have the technical savvy to use Instagram ing about the tape he used to woo Laura, here’s a scene in “High Fidelity,” and men. Simon (David H. Holmes) is gay. to spy on her ex. She’s “an analog person the original Mac. “There’s a lot of erasing the new Hulu series starring Zoe Cherise (Da’Vine Joy Randolph) is Afri- in a digital world,” said West, rephrasing and rethinking and starting again. A good Kravitz as a record store owner, can American, and far more likable than an Erykah Badu lyric. compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard in which her character, Rob (short T the Jack Black version of the character. But a digital world it is, like it or not. to do.” for Robyn), shows up unannounced at the “The movie and the book are kind of And for music fans, there’s plenty to like In the reboot, Rob approaches her task apartment of British ex-boyfriend Mac. perfect iterations of the source mate- — principally, that streaming services with similar seriousness. She won’t settle She wants to hear him say that he loves for a playlist programmed by an algo- rial,” Veronica West, show co-creator make available pretty much all the music her more than his new partner, Lily, and rithm. Nor will she click on Spotify’s 92- that the couple have no plans to marry, track ‘Break Up Songs’ playlist promising thereby ruining Rob’s life. (Good luck “the best cure for a broken heart!” with that.) Making a playlist isn’t just about throwing together a bunch She wants to make something human But Rob needs to know something else, of songs you enjoy. For (‘High Fidelity’ character) Rob, that speaks to Mac’s soul. In some ways, something equally important. Has Mac streaming technology makes her task listened to her playlist? it’s about expressing something personal to someone easy. She’s not limited to 45 minutes per “It’s like a love letter,” Rob explains, she cares deeply about — without the risk of putting side on a cassette, or 80 minutes on a speaking directly to the camera. recordable CD. And she doesn’t have to The characters in “High Fidelity,” her feelings into words. The music does the talking. buy the songs. a gender-fl ipped adaptation of Nick But in other ways, the job is harder. The Hornby’s 1995 novel, are people who need modern music consumer must overcome music to fi gure out how to feel. with Sarah Kucserka, told the Hollywood ever recorded. the paralysis that results from too many Making a playlist isn’t just about throw- Reporter. “To make it modern and tell a The Hulu “High Fidelity” does a great options. If I can play absolutely anything, ing together a bunch of songs you enjoy. different story, it seems like doing that job of taking advantage of that limitless where do I start? For Rob, her mix, which starts out with from a female point of view was absolutely digital jukebox. It refl ects how the inter- There’s a problem with Rob’s obsession David Bowie’s “Modern Love,” is about necessary.” net has diversifi ed listening, with genre with the sequence of the songs: the shuffl e expressing something personal to some- Making it modern also means refl ect- barriers broken down. You’ll hear Frank button. Mixtape making has always al- one she cares deeply about — without the ing the ways being a music geek has been Zappa, the Notorious B.I.G., Blondie, Man- lowed fans to put the songs they love in risk of putting her feelings into words. changed by technology in a generation. zanita y Su Conjunto, Darondo and deep the order of their choice. Back when they The music does the talking. Counterintuitively, Championship Vinyl Prince cuts like “So Blue.” were made on CD-Rs and cassettes, they As it is for Kravitz’s Rob, so it was for is probably less anachronistic in the Hulu The excellence of the soundtrack — ace stayed that way. the male protagonist of the same name in series than it was in Hornby’s novel, tastemaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson When Rob asks Mac if he’s played her Hornby’s novel, as well as in the 2000 Ste- which was set in 1995, the height of the of The Roots is executive music producer “Modern Love” playlist, he says he has. phen Frears fi lm starring John Cusack. CD era, when people were selling off LPs, — can be heard on a nine-hour Spotify But he doesn’t reveal whether he’s also All three own a store called Champion- a dated medium, clearly doomed. playlist of 142 songs . followed her “Thou Shall Not Shuffl e the ship Vinyl. All need to learn that judging In 2020, vinyl is booming. There’s a That ease of use typifi es the streaming Lady’s Playlist” commandment and lis- people by their taste in pop culture — de- demand for physical product in an ephem- era. Things were more labor intensive in tened to her story in the order she wanted fi ning someone’s worth by what they like, eral marketplace where streaming music the original “High Fidelity,” when making it told. That’s one thing that the music rather than what they’re like — inevitably services like Spotify and Apple Music a mix meant dropping a needle on songs geek doesn’t get to control. In the digital leads to disappointment. have reshaped listening habits. in your personal collection. era, the listener decides. PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, March 1, 2020 CROSSWORD AND COMICS NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

GUNSTON STREET RESULTS FOR ABOVE PUZZLE

“Gunston Street” is drawn by Basil Zaviski. Email him at [email protected], and visit gunstonstreet.com. Sunday, March 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Police: Nanny caught giving pills to toddler

SEVERN — A nanny MD in Maryland was ac- cused of drugging a toddler who has a congenital heart condition. Shannon Michelle Emery, 38, was arrested and charged with second-degree child abuse, ne- glect and reckless endangerment, Anne Arundel County police told news outlets. The toddler’s mother said she suspected the nanny was giv- ing her 2-year-old daughter un- authorized pills. The mother watched home surveillance vid- eos and said Emery was seen feeding white pills to the toddler. The child was then seen sleeping for several hours. A lab test of the child’s sippy cup revealed it contained diphen- hydramine, commonly known by the brand name Benadryl, the Capital Gazette reported. Mother: Daughter hurt by viral online prank

SIOUX CITY — A Sioux IA City mother complained to the local school board after she said her sixth-grade daughter suf- fered a broken arm and elbow at the hands of two classmates car- rying out a viral online prank. PHOTOS BY BEN GARVER, THE (PITTSFIELD, MASS.) BERKSHIRE EAGLE/AP The woman said during a school board meeting that her daughter had been hurt when two West Middle School classmates Recognizing Ephraim Potter cajoled her into a jumping con- test, then kicked the girl’s feet out Above: Michael Esposito, dressed as an insurgent, fires his flintlock at Mahaiwe Cemetery in Great from under her mid-jump, caus- Barrington, Mass., before a ceremony to recognize the grave of Ephraim Potter. Potter,, a member of ing her to fall on her shoulder, the the Massachusetts Militia, died in the final battle of Shays’ Rebellion, an armed uprising in opposition Sioux City Journal reported. to the state’s economic policies. Right: Kevin Titus wears the uniform of the Massachusetts militia. Called the “skull breaker chal- lenge,” the prank was made popu- the FBI’s Springfield office that THE CENSUS Rare snake wins lar on the social media platform included a handwritten note that protection under lawsuit TikTok . said “Death to Trump,” prosecu- The approximate worth of whiskey sold illegally by an tors said. Idaho couple. Police arrested the couple suspected of Police: Man arrested for He also sent packages contain- selling more than $3,000 worth of Scotch whisky from JACKSON — A rare ing white powder to the Spring- $3K a Coeur d’Alene storage unit to undercover Idaho Liquor MS snake won protection semen-filled syringe hit field offices of the FBI and the Division agents. Cynthia and John Bray, who operate a in two states under a critical habi- Social Security Administration, Calgary-based company Secret Spirits, each face felony charges of criminal con- tat lawsuit filed by the Center for CHURCHTON — Po- authorities said. The powder spiracy to sell liquor without a license and selling liquor without a license, the Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish MD lice arrested a man turned out to be nonhazardous. Coeur d’Alene Press reported. The Brays told authorities they were trying to get rid and Wildlife Service said . accused of stabbing a woman with of more than 100 boxes of Scotch because of trade disagreements. As a result of the suit, the wild- a syringe filled with semen at a Woman gets probation life service said 325,679 acres of Maryland grocery store in an at- for rhino horn smuggling critical habitat in Mississippi and tack caught on surveillance video. Alabama will be protected for the Thomas Bryon Stemen was ar- a gun, according to authorities observed the births through a re- rare black pinesnake, which can rested after Anne Arundel Coun- LOS ANGELES — A and video from the scene. mote camera and are continuing grow up to 7 feet in length. Criti- ty police said they received a tip CA Southern California State troopers were patrolling to monitor Izzy and the cubs. about the suspect . woman who helped illegally trade along Interstate 40 just outside The biological mother of the cal habitat protection means fed- Video from the store in Church- the horns of endangered black Raleigh when a man walking on cubs is 6-year-old Kibibi who has eral agencies must consult with rhinos is avoiding prison. ton shows a man follow the woman the shoulder of the road threw never reproduced and is too old to the wildlife service for any feder- Nhu Mai Nguyen was sen- into the cart area and bump into a large bag into their path, the become pregnant naturally. ally funded or permitted projects tenced in Los Angeles federal her . The woman is then seen look- agency said. to make sure activities don’t hurt court to three years of probation The suspect, John Avery Ro- Reward offered in golden the pinesnake or its habitat. ing down at her leg as she backs and ordered to pay a $2,000 fine. out of the store. driguez, 34, told troopers he Prosecutors said Nguyen was was armed and then ran into the eagle poisoning case Police are looking for additional part of an Orange County-based Students warned of victims. roadway, the news outlet said. smuggling ring. She received Troopers stopped traffic in both CHEYENNE — Fed- rabid bat on campus Man who sent white packages of South African rhinoc- directions, surrounded Rodri- WY eral investigators want eros horns at a nail salon she used guez with weapons drawn and help from the public as they try SAVANNAH — Health to operate in Highland, then sent powder to FBI sentenced fired pepper spray at him before to find out who poisoned a golden GA officials said students them to her former boyfriend. bringing him to the ground. eagle and ravens in southwest at a Georgia university were The horns were then shipped to SPRINGFIELD — A Wyoming four years ago. warned after a rabid bat was Massachusetts man Vietnam and China, where they They’re offering a reward of up MA are believed to have medicinal World’s first in vitro found on campus. who sent threatening packages to $2,000 for information leading The Chatham County Health containing white powder to fed- powers and carry an immense cheetah cubs born to a conviction. black market price tag. Department said the bat tested eral officials, including one that The golden eagle and four ra- positive for rabies after it was POWELL — Two vens were found dead southwest had a death threat against Presi- taken to a veterinarian. It was Troopers tackle suspect cheetah cubs were of Wamsutter in 2016. The U.S. dent Donald Trump, has avoided OH found on the campus of Savannah born through in vitro fertiliza- Fish and Wildlife Service said additional time behind bars. in middle of highway State University . Kevin Johnson, 48, of South- tion and embryo transfer to a sur- investigators also found poison- The health department said it wick, was sentenced in federal rogate mother for the first time, laced baits in the remote area of RALEIGH — North was interviewing students who court to time served, the 15 Carolina troopers Ohio zoo officials announced . interspersed private and U.S. Bu- NC had contact with the bat to de- months he has spent in jail since tackled a man to the ground in The male and female cubs were reau of Land Management lands. his arrest in November 2018. the middle of a highway after he born to 3-year-old Izzy at the Co- Golden eagles are federally termine whether they needed In July 2018, Johnson threw walked into morning rush hour lumbus Zoo and Aquarium , the protected under the Bald and treatment. an envelope at the front door of traffic and threatened to pull out zoo said in a statement. A team Golden Eagle Protection Act. From wire reports PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, March 1, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Iran can’t be trusted to deal with coronavirus Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY BOBBY GHOSH Iran’s willful mismanagement of the crisis can no Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff Bloomberg Opinion longer be overlooked. The international community f the leadership of the World Health EDITORIAL Organization can spare a moment must pressure the regime to get serious. from their genuflecting to Beijing, Terry Leonard, Editor they should direct their attention to [email protected] I another authoritarian state struggling to Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor contain the coronavirus: Iran. The Islamic President Hassan Rouhani was warning ary Guards Corps care little for borders. [email protected] Republic’s mismanagement of the conta- that the crisis could be an “enemy weapon” Iraq is also an important export market for Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content gion represents an imminent threat not to hurt the Iranian economy. He refused to Iran. Other countries are sure to follow the [email protected] only to Iranians but to all of the Middle quarantine any city or district, disregard- example of Kuwait, which has suspended East and Central Asia — and possibly, ing appeals to lock down Qom, where the flights to and from Iraq, as well. Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation given the menacing nature of the microbe, virus claimed its first Iranian victims. But this piecemeal approach does not [email protected] the larger world. We shouldn’t be surprised. The regime inspire much confidence, especially since Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital Iran already accounts for more deaths in Tehran has long regarded reckless en- Iranian authorities continue to conceal the [email protected] from the virus than any country outside dangerment — of its own citizens as much true extent of the contagion. (The head China. It is widespread: Cases have been as of neighboring nations — as a governing of Qom’s medical university, himself in reported from most of Iran’s provinces. precept. Its reflexive tendency to lie about quarantine, has said he was ordered by the BUREAU STAFF The official death toll, which stands at 19 , crises, recently on display with the shoot- health ministry not to publish any data on Europe/Mideast is almost certainly understated. An Ira- ing down of a Ukrainian airliner, adds cre- the outbreak.) Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief nian lawmaker has put the count at 50 in dence to reports that the first signs of the Iran’s willful mismanagement of the [email protected] the holy city of Qom alone. Officials in Teh- outbreak were evident on Feb. 13, six days crisis can no longer be overlooked. The in- +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 ran dismiss this as an exaggeration, but before the government owned up. ternational community must pressure the they have even less credibility than Iran’s Iran’s neighbors are as skeptical as Ira- regime to get serious. To make sure this Pacific nians of the regime’s claims. Most have Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief currency. happens, the WHO should deploy medical [email protected] Iranians know not to trust their govern- already sealed off borders and canceled teams across the country, to audit the gov- +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 ment, and reports from Tehran tell of a flights. In Iraq, Bahrain, the United Arab ernment’s efforts to combat the virus, and growing panic. This will get worse, now Emirates, Kuwait, Oman and Lebanon, provide assistance where required. Washington that the official responsible for managing this came after the virus had already made Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief For its part, the Trump administration the outbreak has admitted that he has him- landfall, carried by people arriving from should recognize the danger Iran’s incom- [email protected] the Islamic Republic. (+1)(202)886-0033 self contracted the virus. Only the previous petence represents to the wider world and But isolating the entire country is close Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News day, Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi waive sanctions on medical supplies and [email protected] to impossible. Iranians travel extensively had been underplaying reports of a gov- personnel, just as it has done for the Swiss ernment cover-up — at a press conference across the Middle East and Central Asia, banking channel for humanitarian aid. CIRCULATION in which he was already showing signs of and not all of them use official routes. Nor The regime in Tehran may be sanguine illness. To keep up the lie, Harirchi went can neighboring countries with govern- Mideast about endangering its people and neigh- Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager on TV and made jokes about his coughing. ments beholden to Tehran — Lebanon, The mind boggles at the irresponsibility. Iraq and Syria — be relied upon to enforce bors. The world cannot afford to be so [email protected] blase. [email protected] It is hard to know how many scores, or hun- any bans. DSN (314)583-9111 dreds, of people were exposed to Harirchi Iraq is a particular worry. Its shrine Bobby Ghosh is a columnist and member of the Bloomberg Opinion editorial board. He writes Europe alone. But singling out the deputy minis- cities attract droves of Iranian pilgrims, ter for putting his body in service of his where they mingle with worshipers from on foreign affairs, with a special focus on the Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager Middle East and the wider Islamic world. This [email protected] government’s policy of dissimulation may across the Muslim world. The Shiite mili- column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of [email protected] be unfair. Even after Harirchi’s revelation, tias controlled by the Islamic Revolution- Bloomberg LP and its owners. +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 Warren’s creation is past due for a judicial rebuke CONTACT US BY GEORGE F. 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It’s not accountable to anybody but that no other agency ever has been, is con- stitutional defect in her signature legisla- itself,” adding: “I believe it would be my trolled by one person, the director who can tive achievement. statutory right to just sit here and twiddle The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow nullify a president’s preferences. of news and information, reporting any attempts by the The Consumer Financial Protection Bu- my thumbs while you all ask questions.” So Ideally, the court will hold that the military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s reau deserves voters’ attention because spoke Mick Mulvaney, who now is Donald CFPB’s structure regarding its director independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns it represents the distilled essence of pro- Trump’s acting chief of staff. 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Sports College baseball College basketball Virginia Tech 15, Bryant 4 Regis 93, Colorado Christian 89 Friday’s scores W. Carolina 6, Ball St. 3 Friday’s men’s scores Washington St. 78, Washington 74 on AFN EAST Wagner 5, William & Mary 4 EAST Western St. (Col.) 87, Colorado Mesa 76 Army 9, Air Force 1 Wake Forest 7, La Salle 4 Brockport 82, Oswego St. 67 Campbell 5, Army 0 Xavier 5, Coll. of Charleston 1 Brooklyn 62, Baruch 55 James Madison 8, Rider 7 MIDWEST Coast Guard 88, Springfield 82 AP Men’s Top 25 schedule Go to the American Forces Md.-Eastern Shore 4-7, Mount St. Cincinnati 18, Oakland 0, 7 innings Daemen 92, Molloy 78 Sunday’s games Mary’s 0-0 Duke 5, Purdue 1 Dartmouth 82, Cornell 70 No. 10 Creighton at St. John’s Network website for the most Nicholls 4, LIU Brooklyn 3 Evansville 8, Butler 3 Harvard 77, Columbia 69 No. 25 Houston vs. Cincinnati up-to-date TV schedules. NJIT at Bucknell, ccd. Kansas St. 8-12, Fairleigh Dickinson 1-1 Johns Hopkins 70, Haverford 52 No. 19 Michigan at No. 23 Ohio State Northeastern 7, Villanova 4 Michigan St. 8, Kansas 7 La Roche 87, Penn St.-Altoona 76 No. 11 Louisville vs. Virginia Tech myafn.net Penn St. 18, Princeton 1 Minnesota 4, North Carolina 1 Lancaster Bible 79, SUNY-IT 75 No. 21 Colorado at Stanford Pittsburgh 15, Lehigh 4 N. Illinois 4, Chicago St. 3 Maine-Farmington 90, Maine-Presque Pittsburgh 7, CCSU 5 N. Illinois 8, Omaha 5 Isle 73 Sacred Heart 2, Brown 1 NC State 10, Iowa 6 Penn St. Behrend 73, Pitt.-Greensburg 68 Friday’s women’s scores Pro football SOUTH Northwestern St. 3, E. Illinois 0 Potsdam 75, Oneonta 72 EAST Alabama 15, Harvard 3 Saint Louis 4, N. Dakota St. 3 Princeton 71, Brown 49 Columbia 62, Harvard 57 Alabama St. 6, Toledo 5 SE Missouri 3, Ohio 0 Quinnipiac 60, Fairfield 58 Dartmouth 82, Cornell 79, OT Appalachian St. 5, UNC-Greensboro 1 St. Bonaventure at N. Dakota St., ccd. Rider 79, Monmouth (NJ) 67 Princeton 81, Brown 39 XFL Auburn 7, Wright St. 2 SOUTHEAST Roberts Wesleyan 74, NYIT 69 Providence 62, Georgetown 55 EASTERN CONFERENCE Belmont 16, UNC-Asheville 4 Alabama A&M 5, Mississippi Valley St. 4 SUNY-Canton 89, Husson 81 Seton Hall 69, Xavier 59 W L Pct PF PA Binghamton 10, Longwood 8 Baylor 4, Missouri 2 Siena 52, Marist 50 St. John’s 85, Butler 80, OT St. Louis 2 1 .667 68 46 Bradley at Tennessee Tech, ppd. Cent. Arkansas 9, SIU-Edwardsville 6 Swarthmore 65, Muhlenberg 62 Towson 76, Delaware 66 DC 2 1 .667 67 58 Charleston Southern 13, Delaware St. 1 Dallas Baptist 5, Arkansas St. 4, 10 in- Worcester Tech 73, Babson 58 Yale 71, Penn 54 New York 1 2 .333 32 59 Charlotte 5, St. John’s 1 nings Yale 76, Penn 73 SOUTH Tampa Bay 0 3 .000 39 74 Clemson 7, South Carolina 1 Illinois 0, Texas A&M 0 (tie) SOUTH Coll. of Charleston 67, Hofstra 63 Fayetteville St. 56, Johnson C. Smith 48 WESTERN CONFERENCE Coastal Carolina 16, Maryland 0 Incarnate Word 17, Oral Roberts 5 James Madison 69, Drexel 39 E. Kentucky 13, Siena 10 Lamar 8, Akron 1 Georgia Southern 79, Georgia St. 70 UNC-Wilmington 61, Northeastern 48 W L Pct PF PA Huntingdon 86, Averett 84 Houston 3 0 1.000 99 68 Florida 3, Troy 2 LSU 4, Texas 3 William & Mary 74, Elon 61 Florida A&M 8, Dayton 5 Lynchburg 84, Washington & Lee 83 Dallas 2 1 .667 58 45 McNeese 4, Valparaiso 2 MIDWEST Florida Gulf Coast 7, Bethune-Cookman 1 North Alabama 8, Little Rock 4 Methodist 76, Covenant 71 Creighton 67, Villanova 47 Los Angeles 1 2 .333 74 71 Florida St. 5, Florida Atlantic 1 Randolph Macon 80, Hampden-Sydney 61 Seattle 1 2 .333 48 64 Oklahoma 6, Arkansas 3 Drake 83, Loyola of Chicago 75 Fordham 5, Furman 1 Rice 12, Missouri St. 4 Roanoke 73, Guilford 66 IUPUI 87, Ill.-Chicago 51 Saturday’s games Georgetown 11, Richmond 8 Va. Wesleyan 71, Ferrum 62 Los Angeles at New York S. Dakota St. 3, Texas-Rio Grande Valley 1 Indiana St. 70, Evansville 58 Georgia 6, Georgia Tech 5 Southern 3, Prairie View A&M 2 Wright St. 64, N. Kentucky 62 Valparaiso 72, N. Iowa 69 Seattle at St. Louis Georgia Southern 8, Radford 0 MIDWEST Sunday’s games Southern Miss 5, Valparaiso 1 SOUTHWEST Hartford 6, North Florida 2 TCU 5, California 4 Adrian 80, Calvin 78 Arkansas St. 72, UALR 54 Houston at Dallas Illinois St. 6, Louisiana-Monroe 3 Anderson (Ind.) 77, Bluffton 68 DC at Tampa Bay Texas A&M-CC 1, Manhattan 0 FAR WEST Indiana 11, East Carolina 5 Texas Southern 13, Ark.-Pine Bluff 7 Black Hills St. 59, S.D. Mines 58 Arizona 73, Stanford 72, OT Saturday, March 7 Dayton 82, Davidson 67 Indiana St. 3, Elon 0 Texas St. 11, Houston 10 Arizona St. 77, California 54 Seattle at Houston Iona 6, George Mason 2 Elmhurst 71, North Central 60 Oregon 88, Washington St. 57 New York at Dallas Texas-Arlington 6, Utah 0 Illinois Wesleyan 74, Augustana (Ill.) 70 Jackson St. 6, Alcorn St. 4 Tulane 2, Middle Tennessee 0 Oregon St. 75, Washington 61 Jacksonville 9, Austin Peay 2 Ohio 76, Kent St. 69 UCLA 8, Oklahoma St. 1 Southern Cal 69, Utah 66 Jacksonville St. 9, Gardner-Webb 3 Ripon 82, Lake Forest 51 UCLA 62, Colorado 52 Kent St. 5, Winthrop 2 UMBC 9, Stetson 8 Rose Hulman 69, Hanover 63 Pro soccer Lafayette 8, Davidson 2 UTSA 4, Grambling 1 St. Norbert 89, Cornell (Iowa) 75 Liberty 4, Marist 3 Youngstown St. 4, Abilene Christian 2 Trine 77, Albion 73 AP Women’s Top 25 schedule WEST Louisiana Tech 4, Maine 1 Wittenberg 67, Oberlin 47 Sunday’s games MLS schedule Louisville 4, W. Michigan 2 New Mexico 4-9, BYU 0-18 Wooster 74, Denison 62 No. 12 Texas A&M at No. 1 South Caro- Memphis 24, W. Illinois 3 Arizona 5, Central Michigan 1 SOUTHWEST lina Sunday’s games Arizona St. 13, Nebraska 5 New York City FC at Columbus Mercer 7, UT Martin 2 E. Texas Baptist 59, Texas-Dallas 45 No. 5 Louisville vs. Virginia Tech Merrimack 10, Wofford 3 Boise st. 4, Northern Colorado 0 LeTourneau 73, Sul Ross St. 66 No. 18 Iowa at Rutgers Cincinnati at N.Y. Red Bulls Cal Baptist 18, Houston Baptist 2 Chicago at Seattle Miami 2, Towson 1 Schreiner 75, Trinity (Texas) 54 No. 22 Indiana at Michigan Mississippi 6, High Point 2 Fresno St. 9, Columbia 1 Texas Lutheran 81, Southwestern No. 25 TCU at Texas Tech Inter Miami at Los Angeles FC Hofstra 2, Nevada 1 Minnesota United at Portland Murray St. 4, Bowling Green 0 (Texas) 63 No. 4 Stanford at No. 24 Arizona State Saturday, March 7 New Orleans 8, UConn 3 Long Beach St. 4, Mississippi St. 0 Texas St. 87, Texas-Arlington 85, 3OT No. 8 N.C. State at Virginia Chicago at New England North Carolina A&T 2, Boston College 1 Loyola Marymount 2, UC Davis 2, susp. FAR WEST No. 13 Arizona vs. California N.Y. Red Bulls at Real Salt Lake Notre Dame 13, Presbyterian 5 14 Innings Adams St. 94, Fort Lewis 92 No. 15 Kentucky at Vanderbilt Montreal at Dallas Ohio St. 11, Lipscomb 6 Arizona 5, Central Michigan 1 Chaminade 88, Hawaii Hilo 72 No. 19 Florida State vs. Notre Dame Inter Miami at D.C. United Arizona St. 13, Nebraska 5 Colorado Mines 74, Colo.-Colo. Springs 57 No. 10 Mississippi State at Mississippi Old Dominion 6, Yale 1 No. 3 Oregon vs. Washington New York City FC at Toronto Penn 10, Kennesaw St. 7 Boise st. 4, Northern Colorado 0 Dixie St. 82, Westminster (Utah) 60 Cincinnati at Atlanta Cal Baptist 18, Houston Baptist 2 No. 12 DePaul at Marquette Pepperdine 9, FIU 8, 12 innings Hawaii 70, Cal St.-Fullerton 59 No. 17 Oregon State vs. Washington Minnesota United at San Jose Quinnipiac 10, VMI 3 Fresno St. 9, Columbia 1 Metropolitan St. 89, Chadron St. 79 Houston at Sporting Kansas City Grand Canyon 5, Stanford 3 State Saint Joseph’s 5, NC Central 1 N.M. Highlands 91, CSU-Pueblo 68 No. 21 Missouri State at Bradley Orlando City at Colorado Sam Houston St. 5, Louisiana-Lafay- Hofstra 2, Nevada 1 Pomona Pitzer 60, Occidental 50 Vancouver at Los Angeles Galaxy No. 7 Maryland at Minnesota ette 4, 11 innings Long Beach St. 4, Mississippi St. 0 Redlands 68, Claremont Mudd 66 No. 9 UCLA vs. Utah Columbus at Seattle Samford 5, Northern Kentucky 4 Michigan 4, Cal Poly 3 SC-Upstate 12, W. Kentucky 7 New Mexico St. 4, Purdue Fort Wayne 2 SE Louisiana 11, Stony Brook 0 Oregon 6, Milwaukee 4 South Alabama 2, Gonzaga 0 Oregon St. 4, San Diego St. 1 Tennis Deals South Florida 2, Northwestern 1 San Diego 7, Monmouth 0 Southern Illinois 13, Morehead St. 7 San Francisco 3, Cal St. Fullerton 1 Tennessee 7, George Washington 1 San Jose St. 3, Utah Valley 1 Delbonis (7), Argentina, 7-5, 7-5. Friday’s transactions Texas Tech 7, Florida Atlantic 1 Santa Clara 4, Sacramento St. 2 Mexican Open Albert Ramos-Vinolas (3), Spain, def. The Citadel 14, Saint Peter’s 7 Seattle 4, Pacific 1 Friday Thiago Monteiro (8), Brazil, 6-4, 6-4. BASEBALL Seton Hall 6, Southern Cal 3 Major League Baseball UAB 5, Miami (Ohio) 2 At Fairmont Acapulco Princess Renzo Olivo, Argentina, def. Hugo Del- BOSTON RED SOX — Announced Jack UCF 12, CS Northridge 4 UC Riverside 3, Saint Mary’s 2 Acapulco, Mexico lien (6), Bolivia, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5. McCormack assumed the role of Senior UMass Lowell 8, Delaware 7 UC Santa Barbara 3, Ill.-Chicago 2 Purse: $1,845,265 Thiago Seyboth Wild, Brazil, def. Cris- Director of Club Relations. Promoted UNC-Wilmington 8, Kentucky 0 UNLV 6, Creighton 4 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor tian Garin (1), Chile, 7-6 (1), ret. Mike Regan to Director of Major League Vanderbilt 5, Hawaii 1 Washington 5, UC Irvine 1 Men’s Singles Men’s Doubles Operations. Promoted Mark Cacciatore VCU 4, West Virginia 1 Washington St. 9, Rutgers 2 Semifinals Semifinals to Director of Team Travel. Promoted Virginia 20, Dartmouth 1 Wichita St. 19, Hofstra 10 Taylor Fritz, United States, def. John Jonny O Mara, Britain, and Marcelo Erin Mylett Cox to Executive Assistant/ Isner (5), United States, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3. Arevalo-Gonzalez (2), El Salvador, def. Manager of Staff Support. Promoted Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Grigor Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and Facundo Ba- Edgar Barreto to Major League Strength Dimitrov (7), Bulgaria, 6-3, 6-2. gnis, Argentina, 7-6 (5), 6-4. and Conditioning Coach. Hired Anthony Golf Women’s Singles Roberto Carballes Baena and Alejan- Cerundolo as Assistant Athletic Trainer. Semifinals dro Davidovich Fokina, Spain, def. Ale- Transitioned Mike Roose to Coordi- Heather Watson (7), Britain, def. Xiyu jandro Tabilo and Marcelo Tomas Barrios nator of Athletic Performance. Kirby Honda Classic Cologuard Classic Wang, China, 6-4, 7-6 (6). Vera, Chile, 6-3, 6-2. Retzer will serve as Minor League Rehab Leylah Annie Fernandez, Canada, def. PGA Tour Champions Tour Renata Zarazua, Mexico, 6-3, 6-3. Strength and Conditioning Coach. Hired Friday Friday Dubai Championships Michael Hernandez as Strength and Con- Men’s Doubles At PGA National (Champions) At Omni Tucson National Semifinals Saturday ditioning Coach for Single-A Greenville. Palm Beach Gardens Fla. Tucson, Ariz. Transitioned Ricky De Luna, Strength Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Ca- At Dubai Tennis Stadium Purse: $7 million Purse: $1.7 million bal (1), Colombia, def. Fabrice Martin Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Conditioning for Rookie-level Gulf Yardage: 7,125; Par: 70 Yardage: 7,218; Par: 73 Coast league. Hired Jharvyn Velazquez and Adrian Mannarino, France, 6-4, 6-2. Purse: $2,794,840 as Dominican Summer League athletic Second Round First Round Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Marcelo Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Trainer. Promoted Patrick McLaughlin to Brendan Steele 68-67—135 -5 Brett Quigley 33-31—064 -9 Melo (2), Brazil, def. Dusan Lajovic and Men’s Singles Coordinator of Minor League Operations. J.T. Poston 67-69—136 -4 Robert Karlsson 33-32—065 -8 Nikola Cacic, Serbia, 6-7 (6), 6-0, 10-6. Championship Hired Stephan Aluko as Assistan of Flor- Luke Donald 70-66—136 -4 Glen Day 35-32—067 -6 Women’s Doubles Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Stefa- ida Baseball Operations. Promoted Greg Lee Westwood 67-69—136 -4 Rod Pampling 32-35—067 -6 Semifinals nos Tsitsipas (2), Greece, 6-3, 6-4. Rybarczyk to Director, Education and Gary Woodland 70-67—137 -3 John Daly 30-37—067 -6 Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, and Men’s Doubles Process Analysis. Hired Jimmy O’Donnell Nick Watney 71-66—137 -3 Steve Stricker 33-34—067 -6 Sharon Fichman, Canada, def. Storm Championship as Assistan Baseball Analytics. Hired Sepp Straka 70-67—137 -3 Ken Tanigawa 34-34—068 -5 Sanders and Ellen Perez (3), Australia, Michael Venus, New Zealand, and Jake Bruml a assistant in amateur and Cameron Davis 70-67—137 -3 Bernhard Langer 34-34—068 -5 6-3, 6-4. John Peers, Australia, def. Oliver Marach, professional scouting. Hired Dante Ric- Shane Lowry 69-69—138 -2 Fred Couples 35-33—068 -5 Desirae Krawczyk, United States, and Austria, and Raven Klaasen (4), South Af- ciardi as an area scout in North Florida. Sungjae Im 72-66—138 -2 John Huston 34-35—069 -4 Giuliana Olmos (2), Mexico, def. Astra rica, 6-3, 6-2. Hired Kirk Fredriksson as area scout in Jamie Lovemark 69-69—138 -2 Lee Janzen 36-33—069 -4 Sharma, Australia, and Caroline Dole- the Mid-Atlantic. Hired Lee Bryant as an Tommy Fleetwood 70-68—138 -2 Stephen Leaney 34-35—069 -4 hide, United States, 6-4, 6-2. Qatar Open area scout in South Texas and South Lou- Charl Schwartzel 69-69—138 -2 Woody Austin 33-36—069 -4 isiana. Marcus Cuellar assumed the role Richy Werenski 70-68—138 -2 Mark O’Meara 36-33—069 -4 Chile Open Saturday of Coordinator of International Scouting. Harold Varner III 69-70—139 -1 Miguel Angel Jimenez 33-36—069 -4 At Khalifa International Tennis and Hired Juan Carlos Calderon and Matias Kevin Streelman 69-70—139 -1 Thongchai Jaidee 33-36—069 -4 Friday Squash Complex Laureano as Dominican Republec area Daniel Berger 69-70—139 -1 Cliff Kresge 34-35—069 -4 At Club Deportivo Universidad Catolica Doha, Qatar scouts. Hired Cesar Morillo as Venezuela Russell Henley 70-69—139 -1 Willie Wood 38-32—070 -3 Santiago, Chile Purse: $2,939,695 are scout. Hired Kyri Washington as pro- Maverick McNealy 70-69—139 -1 Darren Clarke 35-35—070 -3 Purse: $604,010 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor fessional scout. Robby Shelton 70-69—139 -1 Olin Browne 34-36—070 -3 Surface: Red clay Women’s Singles National League Hudson Swafford 70-69—139 -1 Scott Verplank 36-34—070 -3 Men’s Singles Championship MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to Adam Long 71-68—139 -1 Tim Herron 34-36—070 -3 Quarterfinals Aryna Sabalenka (9), Belarus, def. Pe- terms with RHP Freddy Peralta on a five- Cameron Tringale 67-72—139 -1 Scott Parel 34-36—070 -3 Casper Ruud (2), Norway, def. Federico tra Kvitova (8), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3. year contract. Mark Hubbard 69-71—140 E Jeff Maggert 34-36—070 -3 HOCKEY Harris English 66-74—140 E Jesper Parnevik 34-37—071 -2 National Hockey League Kyoung-Hoon Lee 69-71—140 E .gel Cabrera 35-36—071 -2 LOS ANGELES KINGS — Recalled D Talor Gooch 71-69—140 E Bart Bryant 35-36—071 -2 Pro baseball Mikey Anderson from Ontario (AHL). Rory Sabbatini 71-69—140 E Tom Lehman 34-37—071 -2 NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Loaned F Patrick Rodgers 69-71—140 E David Toms 34-37—071 -2 Joshua Ho-Sang to the San Antonio Ram- Harry Higgs 72-68—140 E Jose Maria Olazabal 34-37—071 -2 Spring Training Seattle vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz. page (AHL). Ian Poulter 70-70—140 E Kent Jones 35-37—072 -1 Texas vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz. SOCCER Billy Horschel 73-67—140 E David Frost 35-37—072 -1 Sunday’s games Oakland (ss) vs. Kansas City at Sur- Major League Soccer Sam Burns 69-71—140 E Larry Mize 35-37—072 -1 St. Louis vs. Houston at West Palm prise, Ariz. FC CINCINNATI — Loaned M Rey Ortiz Beau Hossler 70-71—141 +1 Tommy Tolles 36-36—072 -1 Beach, Fla. Arizona vs. Cleveland (ss) at Good- to Charlotte Independence for 2020 USL Grayson Murray 73-68—141 +1 Chris DiMarco 35-37—072 -1 Atlanta vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla. year, Ariz. Championship season. Jimmy Walker 72-69—141 +1 Duffy Waldorf 35-37—072 -1 N.Y. Mets (ss) vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla. Cincinnati vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix PHILADELPHIA UNION — Signed F Aaron Wise 71-70—141 +1 Scott Dunlap 37-35—072 -1 Baltimore vs. Philadelphia at Clearwa- San Francisco vs. San Diego at Peoria, Kacper Przybylko to a milti-yera contract Jhonattan Vegas 70-71—141 +1 Tim Petrovic 36-36—072 -1 ter, Fla. Ariz. extension. Kurt Kitayama 70-71—141 +1 Wes Short, Jr. 37-35—072 -1 Minnesota vs. Tampa Bay at Port Chicago White Sox vs. L.A. Angels (ss) ORLANDO PRIDE — M Joanna Fennema, Fabian Gomez 72-69—141 +1 Rocco Mediate 37-35—072 -1 Charlotte, Fla. at Tempe, Ariz. formerly Boyles retired. Brice Garnett 72-69—141 +1 Kevin Sutherland 35-37—072 -1 Toronto vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla. L.A. Angels (ss) vs. Colorado at Scott- VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC — Ac- Brandon Hagy 70-71—141 +1 Gene Sauers 35-37—072 -1 N.Y. Yankees vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla. sdale, Ariz. quired M Janio Bikel via transfer from Tom Lewis 66-75—141 +1 Retief Goosen 37-35—072 -1 Washington vs. N.Y. Mets (ss) at Port Cleveland (ss) vs. Oakland (ss) at CSKA Sofia (First League). Stewart Cink 73-69—142 +2 Jarmo Sandelin 38-34—072 -1 St. Lucie, Fla. Summerlin, Nev. PAGE 18 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, March 1, 2020 SPORTS BRIEFS/COLLEGE BASKETBALL Briefl y NCAA committee proposes 2-minute limit on reviews

Associated Press softened the surface. The increas- ing number of tracks with each Players ejected from games racer hampered late starters. for targeting will be allowed to The leader of both standings remain in the bench area and before the race, Aleksander replay reviews will be limited to Aamodt Kilde, led the field by two minutes if proposals by the 0.29 seconds at the first split but NCAA football rules committee the Norwegian crashed as he lost are passed. grip while passing a gate in a The committee wrapped up right turn. several days of meetings in India- Kilde’s mishap helped Mauro napolis on Friday by issuing its Caviezel of Switzerland take a recommendations. three-point lead over Kriech- In an effort to crack down on mayr in the super-G rankings, pregame dust-ups between teams, while the Norwegian dropped to the committee also recommended third, trailing by 29 points. PHOTOS BY GARY LANDERS/AP officials be on the field 90 minutes Kilde remained on top of the Dayton center Jordy Tshimanga, center, fights for a rebound with Davidson forward Luka Brajkovic, left, before a game begins — instead overall standings but had his during the first half of Friday’s game in Dayton, Ohio. Fourth-ranked Dayton won 82-67. of the current 60 minutes. lead over fellow Norwegian Hen- NCAA coordinator of officials rik Kristoffersen reduced to 65 Steve Shaw said there was a “ro- points. bust” discussion about what he called the growing trend of de- Steele takes 1-shot fensive players flopping or seem- Fourth-ranked Flyers win ingly faking injuries as a way to lead in Honda Classic slow down offenses trying to run PALM BEACH GARDENS, plays quickly. For now, rulemak- Fla. — Brendan Steele made a ers will appeal to coaches to clean couple of big mistakes down the up an issue that is difficult to leg- stretch, and still was more than islate away. Atlantic 10 championship good enough to grab the outright Proposals must be approved lead at the midpoint of The Honda by the NCAA playing rules over- Classic. sight panel, which is scheduled Steele shot a 3-under 67 on BY JOE KAY to discuss changes April 16. New Friday, getting to 5 under for Associated Press rules would go into effect for the the week and putting himself a upcoming season. shot clear of J.T. Poston (69), Lee DAYTON, Ohio — No reason to cut down the Westwood (69) and Luke Donald nets after Dayton clinched a conference title. These Skier Ortlieb earns first (66) after the second round at fourth-ranked Flyers have more big moments in World Cup victory PGA National. mind as March approaches. This is Steele’s ninth time play- Obi Toppin demonstrated his assortment of dunks LA THUILE, Italy — Nina Ort- ing the Honda and the first time while scoring 23 points with near-perfect shooting, lieb edged Federica Brignone of he’s ended any round at PGA Na- and the Flyers wrapped up the Atlantic 10 regular- Italy by one hundredth of a sec- tional with the lead. He missed season crown Friday night by beating Davidson ond to win a women’s World Cup the cut last year by 10 shots, but 82-67. super-G on Saturday for the Aus- most of what he’s doing so far this The Flyers got their 18th victory in a row with trian’s first career victory. year has worked. their best shooting performance in 34 years. Dayton The win for Ortlieb, the daugh- (27-2, 16-0) shot 72.3% from the field, its best mark ter of 1992 Olympic downhill Germany takes pair since 1986, and made all but one of its shots from champion Patrick Ortlieb, came inside the arc. one week after she earned her first of overall luge titles “We went 27 of 28 on two-point field goals, which podium result, finishing third in a KOENIGSSEE, Germany is unheard of,” coach Anthony Grant said. “A great downhill in Crans Montana. — Toni Eggert and Sascha Be- job tonight of taking quality shots and sharing the Brignone extended her lead in necken won the World Cup dou- ball.” the overall standings to 153 points bles overall title on Saturday, and Toppin led the way, providing a pair of fast-break over the absent Mikaela Shiffrin. Germany’s Julia Taubitz claimed dunks in the second half that were exclamation The American three-time over- the 2019-20 women’s champion- points on Dayton’s sensational season. He went 10- all champion hasn’t competed for ship. Both crowns were decided for-11 from the field — his only miss was from be- the past five weeks, taking a break in the final race of the season for yond the arc — and had 12 rebounds. from the sport since the death of each discipline. “We definitely want to finish this off and make a her father, Jeff Shiffrin. Eggert and Benecken won the statement so when we get to March we’ve got a state- Corinne Suter lost control of World Cup season title for the ment on our back,” Toppin said. her right pole halfway through fourth season in a row and fifth Five Flyers finished in double figures as Dayton her run and was 0.07 seconds time overall. That title came had its best shooting night since it made 77.5% from Dayton forward Obi Toppin goes up for a dunk. behind in third. The Swiss skier down to the final heat of the sea- the field against Southern on March 1, 1986. Topping finished with 23 points. remained in the lead of the disci- son, with Eggert and Benecken Junior guard Ibi Watson came off the bench and pline standings, 19 points ahead needing to beat fellow German scored 13 points, taking on a bigger role in the of- basket and Toppin hit another three for a 40-21 lead, of Brignone, with only the season- veterans Tobias Wendl and To- fense with Jalen Crutcher in foul trouble. Crutcher the Flyers’ biggest of the half. ending race in Cortina d’Ampezzo bias Arlt. finished with 14 points. Dayton came into the game leading the nation in remaining. They did just that, finishing in Grant decided not to cut down the nets, given that field-goal percentage at 52%. The Flyers shot 69% In other skiing news: 1 minute, 39.777 seconds — about the Flyers have another home game left and bigger in the first half, with most of their points coming off  Vincent Kriechmayr won a a quarter-second ahead of Wendl goals ahead. Dayton got the title in Grant’s third drives to the basket. men’s World Cup super-G in his and Arlt. season since returning to his alma mater. Toppin had a pair of fast-break dunks — the sec- native province of Upper Austria Latvia’s Andris Sics and Juris Kellan Grady had 23 points for Davidson (15-13, ond one a reverse slam — that brought the crowd of on Saturday as the battle for the Sics were third and third overall 9-7). 13,407 to its feet and pushed Dayton’s lead to 56-33 overall and discipline titles got in the season doubles standings. Toppin was the catalyst. He had a dunk, a long early in the second half, when Dayton went 16-for- new impetus. The American doubles sled of three from the top of the key and a floater in the lane 21 from the field with all five misses from beyond Opening the race with bib No. Chris Mazdzer and Jayson Terdi- that gave Dayton a 21-13 lead. the arc. 1, Kriechmayr benefited from the man was a season-best seventh The Flyers’ guards then took control. Davidson’s Jon Axel Gudmunsson scored 17 of best course conditions at Hinter- in the finale and ended the year Rodney Chatman had a layup and a three-pointer, his 20 points in the second half, when the Wildcats stoder as mild temperatures had ranked 20th overall. Watson scored on three consecutive drives to the never got closer than 12. Sunday, March 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 19 COLLEGE BASKETBALL/OLYMPICS No. 10 Creighton has first Big East title in its sights

BY ERIC OLSON with his versatility. The 6-foot-7 Associated Press Christian Bishop, who was forced into the center’s role out of neces- OMAHA, Neb. — A season that sity, has become a major factor. started with low expectations Another weapon was added when could finish at unprecedented transfer Denzel Mahoney became heights for Creighton. eligible in December. The 10th-ranked Bluejays are “No one cares who scores. No one of the hottest teams in the na- one cares who does what,” Zega- tion heading into their final three rowski said. “We just want to win regular-season games. They’ve and play for each other. That’s knocked off four Top 25 oppo- the system coach McDermott has nents while winning nine of their made for us.” last 10. They sit one game behind Unselfishness is the main char- ROMAN KOKSAROV/AP first-place Seton Hall in the Big acteristic of the team, McDer- East. mott said. The United States’ Emily Sweeney speeds down the track during a women’s race at the Luge World Cup “Right now, we’ve put the The Bluejays lead the Big East event in Sigulda, Latvia, on Jan. 25. She’s said she’s shutting down her season to allow her body to rest. pieces together, we’re playing with 15.3 assists per game. Ball- Two years ago, she broke her back in a crash at the PyeongChang Olympics. connected,” guard Mitch Ballock ock has 85 assists to go with his said. “When we do that, we have team-high 84 three-pointers. Al- the ability to skyrocket.” exander has 42 assists against The Bluejays (22-6, 11-4) came just 13 turnovers in 15 Big East into the season picked seventh in As luge season winds down, games. Zegarowski averages a the 10-team Big East, and with two projected starters out for the team-leading five assists to go year because of injuries. Since with his 16.1 points per game. a 1-3 stretch in January, they’ve Alexander not only is the USA’s Sweeney looks ahead been nearly unstoppable. team’s leading scorer (16.9 ppg), he’s usually tasked with defend- Creighton, which didn’t appear BY TIM REYNOLDS So she’s working on her body in The Associated Press Top 25 ing the opponent’s best player. He shut down star Markus How- Associated Press DID YOU KNOW ? and her mind. Sweeney is one of until Jan. 13, has its highest rank- the most upbeat sliders on the ing since it was No. 7 in 2017. The ard for long stretches in two wins Luge’s World Cup campaign over Marquette, and he leads the Emily Sweeney won a bronze luge circuit; always smiling, al- Bluejays are No. 8 in the NCAA’s ends this weekend in Germany, medal at the 2019 World ways happy, and most of the time latest NET rankings, and their Bluejays in steals. where most of the best 100 slid- Championships in Winterberg, her good mood is genuine. After nine Quad 1 wins trail only Kan- “If there’s a better two-way ers in the sport will be looking to Germany, just a year after breaking the crash, however, the good sas, Baylor and Seton Hall. Most guard in this league,” McDermott close their international seasons her back in a crash at the 2018 mood wasn’t always there and it NCAA bracket projections list said, “I don’t know who it is.” on a high note. them as a No. 3 seed. Next up is Sunday’s game at Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, took Sweeney some time to real- Emily Sweeney won’t be among ize that there was more wrong “It definitely puts a target on St. John’s. Win there, and the them. South Korea. your back and you’re going to get Bluejays would return home for than just the fractures in her neck Her season ended a couple of SOURCE: teamusa.org and back. everybody’s best shot,” 10th-year their final two games against weeks ago, on her terms. Georgetown and Seton Hall with “I went into a depression,” coach Greg McDermott said. “At The USA Luge veteran is offi- home. The decision was not easy: a chance to win the Big East reg- Sweeney said. “It’s weird saying this stage of the season and in our cially two years into her recovery Her team is still competing, she ular-season title for the first time that. But it feels foreign to me league, you have so many teams from a crash at the Pyeongchang has plenty of friends on the cir- since they entered the league to say I broke my neck and my fighting for seeding and for an Olympics that she walked away cuit and her longtime boyfriend seven years ago. back two years ago. And it feels NCAA bid, you’re going to get from — even with a broken neck — Italian star Dominik Fischnal- Ballock said it makes no sense dramatic to say, which I guess I everybody’s best shot anyway.” and broken back — and two years ler — is a serious contender to win to dwell on the ultimate goal when need to just get more comfortable Ballock, Marcus Zegarowski away, she hopes, from being a the men’s World Cup overall title. and Ty-Shon Alexander rank in there are others to achieve first. with that. But I think that just the medal contender at the Beijing But a setback right now could the top five in Big East three-point “You’ve got to start from where way I was raised was like, ‘All Games. She decided to listen to throw a serious wrench into her shooting, each making 40% or we haven’t been,” he said. “We right, brush it off and move on.’ her body and step away from the Olympic plans. The problem was better in an offense that thrives in haven’t been to the Sweet 16. And that’s why I think I appear frantic end of the season, heading pressure, not in the sense of what transition. Damien Jefferson, the Right now we’re trying to win a a lot of times like it’s just sun- home instead to meet her sister’s comes with the prospects of win- fourth guard, stuffs the stat sheet Big East title.” shine and rainbows, but this one new baby and formulate a plan ning or losing in competition, but for her offseason. the massive gravitational force forced me to stop. But you have Here’s what she has learned: that sliders feel and fight through to. And the alternative is to stay Fractures heal, but everything when they are on the ice at speeds at that low and that just becomes else takes time. So while her often topping 80 mph. It takes tre- miserable.” body still betrays her from time mendous strength, and Sweeney’s From therapy came a plan: Do to time on the track, an additional neck still isn’t always up to the one thing a day to feel better to- focus on the mental game is what challenge. So, with wear and tear ward the ultimate goal of medal- Sweeney hopes will get her to the of the season taking a toll, she ing in 2022. medal podium in Beijing in 2022. headed home. Most days, she succeeds. When “I am very comfortable about “It’s not a question of if I’m Sweeney is right, especially in thinking about my weaknesses good enough,” said Sweeney, sprint events, few women in the because I failed so much early who won a bronze medal at last world have a chance of catching on,” Sweeney said. “I didn’t make season’s world championships her. Her sliding career is peak- two Olympic teams right in a row. — cementing her status as one ing. Her mental game, she thinks, I constantly had to look at myself of the fastest women on ice. “I is catching up. And now she’s got and say ‘What’s wrong? What am I see it in my splits. I would have two years to put the whole pack- not like?’ I had to be creative with first-place splits, then get to the age together. my training and with the whole pressure and I ended up 15th. I “Being an Olympian was my process. And so, I think I’m pret- just couldn’t keep going through dream since I was 7 years old,” ty comfortable with challenges.” this cycle of pushing it, pushing it, Sweeney said. “And then I be- PHOTO BY NATI HARNIK/AP That’s why, this season, when pushing it and then losing all my came an Olympian, and I said, Bluejays coach Greg McDermott has Creighton ranked No. 3, its she felt like her body couldn’t speed as soon as I can’t hold my ‘Well, that’s not enough. I want a highest ranking since 2017. do it anymore, she simply went head up anymore.” medal.’ ” PAGE 20 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, March 1, 2020 NHL Knights extend streak to eight Vegas opens six-point lead in Pacific Division

BY W.G. R AMIREZ was streaking in alone and one- Associated Press timed the puck past Hutton, mak- ing it 2-1 at 3:06. LAS VEGAS — Reilly Smith Lehner gave the announced scored twice, Robin Lehner crowd of 18,404 plenty to cheer stopped 32 shots and the Vegas about in his Vegas debut after Golden Knights beat the Buffalo being acquired from Chicago at Sabres 4-2 on Friday night. the trade deadline on Monday. Of- William Karlsson and Nicolas fering an opposite style to athletic Roy also scored to help Vegas and acrobatic starting goalten- get its franchise-record eighth der Marc-Andre Fleury, Lehner straight win and open a six-point used his big body and methodical lead ahead of Vancouver and Ed- skills. monton in the Pacific Division “Obviously our team plays — the largest lead in the division well structurally,” Lehner said. by any team this season. “Going from team to team, you The Golden Knights improved play a little different. I’ve got to to 12-3-2 under coach Pete De- get back to the same habits I had Boer, and 21-10-4 at home. two years ago with Long Island, Karlsson got the Golden so I’ve just got to get some time on Knights’ offense charged in the the ice, but I felt good.” third period when Max Pacio- Lehner improved to 17-10-5 this JOHN LOCHER/AP retty gathered the puck after his season and 4-2-2 lifetime against own miss and dished to the slot the Sabres, whom he played for Golden Knights goaltender Robin Lehner — in his Las Vegas debut after being acquired from Chicago at from behind the net. Karlsson from 2015-18 . the trade deadline on Monday — makes a save against the Buffalo Sabres on Friday. Roundup Scoreboard

Eastern Conference Giroux scores twice as Flyers beat Rangers Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 65 40 13 12 92 214 167 Associated Press Avalanche 3, Hurricanes 2: Tampa Bay 64 40 19 5 85 226 180 Toronto 65 34 23 8 76 229 216 Samuel Girard scored the tie- PHILADELPHIA — Claude Florida 64 33 25 6 72 222 218 breaking goal with 2:37 left in the Montreal 66 29 28 9 67 199 204 Giroux scored twice and Carter Buffalo 64 29 27 8 66 186 200 third period and visiting Colorado Hart stopped 26 shots to lead the Ottawa 65 22 31 12 56 174 221 won its fifth straight. Detroit 66 15 47 4 34 132 251 Philadelphia Flyers to their fifth Metropolitan Division Tyson Jost scored twice for Washington 64 39 19 6 84 222 196 straight win, 5-2 over the New the Avalanche, and Pavel Fran- Philadelphia 64 37 20 7 81 215 187 York Rangers on Friday night. Pittsburgh 63 37 20 6 80 204 173 The Flyers have been sensa- couz stopped 45 shots to win his N.Y. Islanders 63 35 20 8 78 181 171 fifth consecutive start. Colorado Columbus 66 31 21 14 76 170 176 tional of late as they surge up the Carolina 63 35 24 4 74 204 179 won its seventh consecutive road N.Y. Rangers 64 35 25 4 74 214 198 Eastern Conference standings. New Jersey 63 25 27 11 61 173 214 They are an impressive 23-5-4 at game, matching the longest such home and Hart improved to 18- streak in franchise history. Western Conference 2-2 at Wells Fargo Center — 14-1 Girard took a cross-ice pass Central Division from Gabriel Landeskog and lift- GP W L OT Pts GF GA over his last 15 starts. St. Louis 65 38 17 10 86 209 181 Sean Couturier, James van ed a shot high into the net to break Colorado 63 38 18 7 83 218 170 a 2-2 tie. The Avalanche won after Dallas 64 37 21 6 80 174 164 Riemsdyk and Kevin Hayes also Nashville 63 32 23 8 72 202 201 scored to help the Flyers beat the allowing Carolina to rally from a Winnipeg 66 33 27 6 72 199 195 2-0 deficit. Minnesota 64 32 25 7 71 203 202 Rangers for the eighth time in the Chicago 64 28 28 8 64 192 205 last nine games of the series. Carolina got two goals from Pacific Division Teuvo Teravainen in the third pe- Vegas 66 36 22 8 80 215 198 Jesper Fast and Brett Howden Vancouver 63 34 23 6 74 209 195 scored for the Rangers, and Alex- riod to tie the score, but fell for the Edmonton 64 33 23 8 74 201 199 second straight game to a top team Calgary 65 33 25 7 73 195 202 andar Georgiev — starting for the Arizona 66 31 27 8 70 182 176 second straight night — finished from the Western Conference. Anaheim 64 26 30 8 60 168 202 Anton Forsberg, recalled from San Jose 64 27 33 4 58 164 209 with 35 saves. The Rangers came Los Angeles 64 23 35 6 52 158 204 into the game with a franchise-re- Charlotte of the AHL after Petr Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in cord nine straight road wins, and Mrazek and James Reimer were each division and two wild cards per nine wins in their last 10 overall. hurt Saturday in Toronto, made conference advance to playoffs. MATT SLOCUM/AP Friday’s games They trail Columbus — which lost 29 saves for the Hurricanes. Minnesota 5, Columbus 0 5-0 to Minnesota — by two points The Flyers’ Claude Giroux, right, celebrates his third-period score Ducks 3, Penguins 2: John Philadelphia 5, N.Y. Rangers 2 Colorado 3, Carolina 2 for the second wild card in the with Carter Hart during Friday’s 5-2 win over the New York Rangers Gibson made 28 saves, Brendan Anaheim 3, Pittsburgh 2 Eastern Conference. in Philadelphia. Hart had 26 stops in the Flyers’ fifth straight victory. Guhle scored the winning goal in Vegas 4, Buffalo 2 Saturday’s games The Rangers’ playoff push suf- the second period and host Ana- Boston at N.Y. Islanders fered a blow when forward Chris Wild 5, Blue Jackets 0: Alex the Wild also got goals from Joel heim won its second straight. Calgary at Tampa Bay New Jersey at Los Angeles Kreider suffered a fractured foot Stalock stopped 24 shots for his Eriksson Ek, Jared Spurgeon and Danton Heinen and Ryan Get- Chicago at Florida in the first period. He appeared to fourth shutout of the season and Ryan Hartman. Stalock had his zlaf also scored for the Ducks, Carolina at Montreal Detroit at Ottawa get hurt when he blocked a shot Minnesota beat host Columbus ninth career shutout. who were missing their top three Vancouver at Toronto by Phillipe Myers and could miss for the second time this week. Joonas Korpisalo, starting for defensemen. Buffalo at Arizona Colorado at Nashville significant time. The 28-year-old Zach Parise and Kevin Fiala the first time since a knee injury Jason Zucker scored both of Dallas at St. Louis each had a goal and an assist to Dec. 29, gave up four goals on 15 Pittsburgh’s goals. The left wing Winnipeg at Edmonton Kreider just signed a seven-year Pittsburgh at San Jose contract extension reportedly help the Wild win their third shots before being pulled with has 19 goals, with five coming Sunday’s games straight and improve to 12-5-1 in 7:30 left in the second period. Ma- in nine games with Pittsburgh Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers worth $45 million on Monday. Calgary at Florida Kreider has 24 goals and 21 as- their past 18. They moved with- tiss Kivlenieks replaced him and since he was acquired from Vancouver at Columbus Minnesota. New Jersey at Anaheim sists for 45 points in 63 games this in a point of a wild card in the had 10 saves. The injury-plagued Washington at Minnesota season. Kreider was a 2009 first- crowded Western Division. Blue Jackets lost for the 10th time The Penguins have five straight Los Angeles at Vegas Monday’s games round draft pick and has played A day after a 7-1 rout of Detroit in 11 games (1-5-5), but still hold regulation losses for the first time Colorado at Detroit his entire career with New York. in the first leg of the back-to-back, the second wild card in the East. since the 2011-12 season. Edmonton at Nashville Sunday, March 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 21 NBA Scoreboard Rozier helps lift Hornets over Raptors Eastern Conference Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 42 17 .712 — Charlotte hands Toronto Boston 41 17 .707 ½ Philadelphia 37 23 .617 5½ Brooklyn 26 32 .448 15½ second consecutive loss New York 17 42 .288 25 Southeast Division Miami 37 22 .627 — BY IAN HARRISON Orlando 27 32 .458 10 Washington 21 37 .362 15½ Associated Press Charlotte 21 38 .356 16 Atlanta 18 43 .295 20 Central Division TORONTO — For the first time x-Milwaukee 51 8 .864 — in more than two months, the Indiana 35 24 .593 16 Chicago 20 39 .339 31 Toronto Raptors are on a losing Detroit 20 41 .328 32 streak. Cleveland 17 42 .288 34 Terry Rozier hit a tiebreaking Western Conference free throw with 2.1 seconds re- Southwest Division maining and the Charlotte Hor- W L Pct GB nets beat Toronto 99-96 on Friday Houston 38 20 .655 — Dallas 36 24 .600 3 night, handing the Raptors their Memphis 28 31 .475 10½ second consecutive loss and just New Orleans 26 33 .441 12½ San Antonio 24 33 .421 13½ their third in 20 games. Northwest Division Bismack Biyombo had 13 points Denver 40 19 .678 — Utah 37 22 .627 3 and 11 rebounds against his for- Oklahoma City 37 23 .617 3½ mer team, and Devonte Graham Portland 26 34 .433 14½ Minnesota 17 41 .293 22½ scored nine of his 18 in the fourth Pacific Division quarter as the Hornets won their L.A. Lakers 45 12 .789 — L.A. Clippers 40 19 .678 6 second straight and beat short- Sacramento 25 34 .424 21 handed Toronto for the third time Phoenix 24 36 .400 22½ Golden State 12 47 .203 34 in 10 meetings. Friday’s games “Probably one of our best wins Orlando 136, Minnesota 125 Atlanta 141, Brooklyn 118 of the season,” Hornets coach Charlotte 99, Toronto 96 James Borrego said of beating New Orleans 116, Cleveland 104 Milwaukee 133, Oklahoma City 86 the defending champs on their Sacramento 104, Memphis 101 home court. “They’re a fantastic Miami 126, Dallas 118 team, a well-coached team, they Detroit 113, Phoenix 111 NATHAN DENETTE, THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP Utah 129, Washington 119 know what they’re doing. It was a L.A. Clippers 132, Denver 103 Saturday’s games big-time win for us.” Raptors forward Pascal Siakam, left, is defended by Hornets guard Terry Rozier on Friday in Toronto. Chicago at New York Rozier scored 18 points, Miles Rozier hit a tiebreaking free throw with 2.1 seconds remaining, helping Charlotte to a 99-96 victory. Brooklyn at Miami Portland at Atlanta Bridges had 17 and P.J. Washing- Indiana at Cleveland direction. Our young guys are for the first time since losing at have dropped consecutive games. L.A. Lakers at Memphis ton 15 as all five Hornets starters Houston at Boston finished in double figures. growing,” Biyombo said. Indiana on Dec. 23 and at home Toronto lost three in a row be- Orlando at San Antonio Pascal Siakam had 24 points, to Boston on Christmas Day. tween Dec. 3 and 8, losing at Golden State at Phoenix “They’ve got a great group,” Sunday’s games Rozier said about the Raptors. Norman Powell returned from “It hurts,” Lowry said. “You home to Miami and Houston be- Milwaukee at Charlotte Dallas at Minnesota “We just dug deep and we stayed injury to score 22 and Kyle Lowry don’t want to ever lose but you’ve fore a defeat in Philadelphia. Philadelphia at L.A. Clippers with it and we pulled it out.” had 21 for the Raptors. got to grow from it, you’ve got to Raptors guard Fred VanVleet Detroit at Sacramento Toronto at Denver Charlotte has won five of seven Toronto, which lost 108-97 to learn from it.” sat out because of a sore left shoul- L.A. Lakers at New Orleans after losing 13 of the previous 14. NBA-leading Milwaukee on Tues- It’s just the fourth time this der, while forward Serge Ibaka Washington at Golden State Monday’s games “We’re heading in the right day, dropped back-to-back games season the defending champions was out with a sore left knee. Houston at New York Portland at Orlando Utah at Cleveland Roundup Memphis at Atlanta Milwaukee at Miami Dallas at Chicago Indiana at San Antonio Calendar Bucks give Thunder ‘old-fashioned butt whooping’ April 15 — Regular season ends. April 18 — Playoffs begin. Associated Press May 19 — Draft lottery, Chicago. Heat 126, Mavericks 118: Jimmy Butler June 4 — NBA Finals begin. scored 26 points, Duncan Robinson added 24 June 25 — NBA Draft. MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo and Miami scored the first 13 points of the and the NBA-leading Milwaukee Bucks made Leaders fourth quarter against visiting Dallas to win quick work of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Scoring for just the third time in 10 games and spoil Antetokounmpo had 32 points and 13 re- G FG FT PTS AVG Luka Doncic’s 21st birthday. Harden, HOU 55 559 562 1934 35.2 bounds and Milwaukee surged to a 24-point Beal, WAS 51 530 345 1546 30.3 Clippers 132, Nuggets 103: Paul George Young, ATL 55 507 440 1645 29.9 lead in the second quarter in a 133-86 victory Antetnmpo, MIL 53 580 336 1575 29.7 Friday night. The 47-point margin was the hit six three-pointers while scoring 24 points, Lillard, POR 54 507 368 1594 29.5 Kawhi Leonard added 19 points and host Los Doncic, DAL 48 452 332 1373 28.6 Bucks’ largest of the season — and the Thun- Westbrook, HOU 48 512 240 1311 27.3 der’s worst of the season. Angeles routed Denver in a meeting of West- Leonard, LAC 46 431 283 1240 27.0 ern Conference powers. Davis, LAL 50 458 358 1329 26.6 “It feels good. It feels good seeing other Booker, PHX 57 503 371 1488 26.1 guys going out there, playing hard and being Pistons 113, Suns 111: Derrick Rose Rebounds scored 31 points, Christian Wood and Bran- G OFF DEF TOT AVG up 40 points, sitting on the bench, relaxing, Drummond, CLE 54 243 584 827 15.3 don Knight added 19 apiece and visiting De- Whiteside, POR 55 221 561 782 14.2 having fun,” Antetokounmpo said. “Everyone Gobert, UTA 57 201 603 804 14.1 is smiling. Games like these are always the troit snapped a seven-game losing streak by Antetnmpo, MIL 53 124 601 725 13.7 beating Phoenix. Sabonis, IND 56 171 528 699 12.5 best games. Embiid, PHI 43 117 389 506 11.8 “We were extremely ready. We moved the Jazz 129, Wizards 119: Donovan Mitchell Vucevic, ORL 48 120 400 520 10.8 scored 10 of his 30 points in an 82-second span Valanciunas, MEM 56 164 438 602 10.8 ball. We were defending. We know that in the Adebayo, MIA 59 150 468 618 10.5 fourth quarter, they always come back to the of the fourth quarter, and host Utah snapped a Thompson, CLE 55 223 338 561 10.2 four-game losing streak. Assists game. We never relaxed.” G AST AVG Chris Paul scored 18 points for Oklahoma Kings 104, Grizzlies 101: De’Aaron Fox James, LAL 54 573 10.6 scored 25 points, Harry Giles added 16 and Young, ATL 55 512 9.3 City. Rubio, PHX 52 457 8.8 “We got a lot of really good looks, but our visiting Sacramento gained a step on the final Doncic, DAL 48 420 8.8 Simmons, PHI 54 442 8.2 defense and our rebounding wasn’t much to- Western Conference playoff spot with a win Lillard, POR 54 429 7.9 night,” Paul said. “It’s just an old-fashioned over Memphis. Lowry, TOR 47 360 7.7 MORRY GASH/AP Graham, CHA 58 439 7.6 butt whooping.” Hawks 141, Nets 118: John Collins had Harden, HOU 55 403 7.3 Both teams were without their second-lead- Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo 33 points and 13 rebounds, rookie Cam Red- Westbrook, HOU 48 346 7.2 Three-point percentage ing scorers. Bucks All-Star Khris Middleton dunks over Oklahoma City Thunder center dish scored 17 of his career-high 26 points in (minimum 200 attempts) was a late scratch with a sore neck. An ankle Steven Adams on Friday in Milwaukee. the third quarter, and Atlanta handed visiting 3PM 3PA PCT Redick, NOP 156 345 .452 injury kept Thunder forward Danilo Gallinari Brooklyn its third straight loss. Curry, DAL 126 281 .448 out. Pelicans 116, Cavaliers 104: Brandon In- Magic 136, Timberwolves 125: Terrence Bjelica, SAC 121 275 .44 Robinson, MIA 211 480 .44 Milwaukee outrebounded Oklahoma City, gram scored 29 points, Zion Williamson added Ross scored 19 of his season-high 33 points in Morris, NYK 116 264 .439 24, and host New Orleans beat Cleveland. the fourth quarter and Aaron Gordon finished Middleton, MIL 124 283 .438 67-36. McDermott, IND 110 254 .433 The Bucks made a season-high 21 three- Jrue Holiday scored 22 points and Derrick with 17 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high Holiday, IND 111 262 .424 Bertans, WAS 168 405 .415 pointers. The Thunder were 6-for-35 from Favors grabbed 15 rebounds for the Pelicans, 12 assists for his first career triple-double in Bogdanovic, UTA 176 424 .415 beyond the arc. who earned their third victory in four games. host Orlando’s win over Minnesota. PAGE 22 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, March 1, 2020 NFL/MLB Combine: Prospects get second chance to perform

FROM BACK PAGE in that offense, and learning the try out at new positions. NFL style,” Love said. “It wasn’t Or as Harrison describes it — the full playbook, but I was able it’s football and technique. to get a feel for it and know what I Here, more than 300 draft pros- needed to work on. Getting in the pects are poked and prodded by huddle, calling the plays, the long medical staffs, run and jump in verbiage. It’s definitely different shorts, lift weights and anxiously than what I ran in college.” wait to compare results. Many Some believe Love played his of the top prospects do only lim- way into the first round in Mobile ited work or none at all, waiting and potentially into the top 10 on instead for their pro days — per- Thursday. haps their only chance to work The lessons don’t stop on the out for scouts. football field, either. Players like Harrison welcome While just about everyone trains to excel in the drills, even a second chance to perform on the new ones this year, others like center stage, Utah linebacker Francis Bernard eager to show used the past month to contem- ‘ It helped scouts what plate other ways to improve their they learned give me stock. in Mobile “Going back and looking at how KATHY WILLENS/AP a head and how they I answered some of the questions Cleveland Indians pitcher Mike Clevinger went 13-4 last season with a 2.71 ERA in 21 stars. Clevinger start on it, have used at the Senior Bowl made me think those lessons suffered a partial tear of meniscus during a workout at the team’s complex in Goodyear, Ariz., on knowing a little more about how I would Wednesday, requiring surgery that will force him to miss the start of the season. to develop. answer them here,” he said. “I’ve what was “It’s a tre- definitely refined those answers coming mendous and some teams have noticed opportunity here at the and asked what changed. I just when you explained that I’d thought about combine. ’ come from them a little more and they said I Tribe used to rotation a Group of Logan Wilson did a better job here.” Five school,” Certainly an extra week of foot- Wyoming LB Wyoming on playing in ball comes with risk. linebacker South Carolina defensive tack- last month’s Logan Wil- Senior Bowl le Javon Kinlaw shut it down in son said. “It Mobile after developing tendini- helped give tis in his left knee, and Oklahoma without Kluber, Bauer me a head start on it, knowing quarterback Jalen Hurts report- what was coming here at the com- edly struggled on the first day of bine. When you’ve been through the Senior Bowl. BY STEPHEN HAWKINS year-old right-hander who was 8- it once, it makes it easier the sec- But most of these guys figure 6 with a 3.81 ERA in 21 starts as ond time.” more time on the football field Associated Press And good results in Mobile can a rookie last season. “It’s just cool can’t hurt, and some insist it’s GOODYEAR, Ariz. create more buzz around guys helped them remain poised under to see where those guys came like Harrison or Jordan Love, hane Bieber and all the from and the dynasty they cre- the bright lights of the combine. young Indians starters the Utah State quarterback, and “Michael Jordan said you ated, and kind of like the culture generate more interest when they have pretty much gotten they created and then kind of see have to expect things of yourself used to being without stal- land in Indy. before you do them,” said offen- S how they leave, and it’s a new di- The linebackers don’t work out warts Corey Kluber and Trevor rection, but almost like same type sive lineman Ben Bartch of St. Bauer in Cleveland’s rotation. until Saturday. John’s (Minnesota), a Division of mentality.” They got a head start last season But after turning heads last III school. “I expected that I was Aaron Civale had a 2.34 ERA on what it would be like without month, Love delivered another going to perform well (at the Se- when making his first 10 big them. impressive workout Thursday. nior Bowl), whether or not other league starts, all but one coming “We didn’t have much of a Earlier this week, he acknowl- people thought I was some small- after Bauer was traded to Cin- choice last year,” said Bieber, ROSS D. FRANKLIN/AP edged the challenge of transition- school scrub who was going to get cinnati on July 31, but has been the MVP of the All-Star Game in ing from a college spread offense destroyed. So I think going down Starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco, slowed this spring by discomfort to a more traditional NFL offense. there, you get that first rep out of Cleveland last summer. ’“I guess the rotation’s elder statesman, in his groin. Adam Plutko (7- Just one week with the Detroit your system and you just relax that kind of benefits us moving sustained a mild strain of his 5, 4.86 ERA) made all 20 of his Lions coaching staff appears to a little bit. Like, look we’re just forward in this year because right hip flexor while doing starts last season after Kluber have made a difference — at least playing football. We’re having we’re already kind of familiar squats in the weight room. got hurt May 1, and Plesac’s MLB with Love’s improved footwork. fun. I think it was a great experi- with it, and the roles that we have debut also came after then. “The best part was just getting ence and really big for me.” to step into.” cus in his left knee after getting to “The guys we’re transitioning Kluber suffered a broken right Arizona, requiring surgery that to, the Clevingers, the Biebers forearm when struck by a come- will force him to miss the start of of the world, we’re kind of excit- back liner in his seventh start last the season. ed about that. They have shown season. That was three months be- Carrasco, who turns 33 five there’s no reluctance to carry a fore the Indians traded Bauer in days before the season opener, little bit more of the load,” man- a deadline deal, and two-time Cy made an inspiring comeback last ager Terry Francona said. “And Young winner Kluber sustained year after being diagnosed with then the younger kids that we an oblique injury when close to leukemia. Clevinger, the 29-year- probably pushed, like Plesac and his return. The unquestioned ace old right-hander who is 38-18 over Cilvale, they pitched right in the then got traded to Texas the week the past three seasons, was 13-4 middle of a pennant race and it before Christmas by Cleveland, with a 2.71 ERA in 21 starts last didn’t seem to faze them.” which initially exercised a $17.5 year while missing two months Cleveland was 11 ½ games out million contract option for Kluber with a back strain. of first place in the AL Central only days after the season ended. Before last year, Kluber and after Pleasac lost his first big With those All-Star pitchers Bauer combined to make more league decision in his second now on other teams, two of Cleve- than 50 starts a season from 2014- starton June 2. land’s returning veteran starters 18. The duo also accounted for The Indians caught the Min- have had some early setbacks this nearly one-third of Cleveland’s nesota Twins in early August, spring. wins during the five-year span and briefly went ahead of them Carlos Carrasco, now the rota- that included three consecutive in the AL Central. Cleveland won tion’s elder statesman, sustained AL Central titles and the 2016 93 games, two more than its divi- MICHAEL CONROY/AP a mild strain of his right hip flex- American League pennant. sion-winning 2018 season, and Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts reportedly struggled on the first or after feeling discomfort while “It’s kind of settling in that wasn’t eliminated from postsea- day of practice for the Senior Bowl, but it helped him prepare for doing squats in the weight room. things are changing around son contention until a loss in the what he’s experienced this week at the NFL scouting combine. Mike Clevinger tore the menis- here,” said Zach Plesac, the 25- 160th game . Sunday, March 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 23 WRESTLING The virtues of Pecora’s perseverance

Winningest coach in DID YOU KNOW ? NCAA history never Renowned for his toughness — current players insist the trim imagined he would 66-year-old has the best core strength on the team — Pat stick around so long Pecora sparred with his wrestlers well into his 40s. Pecora — a BY WILL GRAVES nonsmoker — beat lung cancer in Associated Press his 50s and became so antsy after surgery to remove a portion of his JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — In the fall left lung that he attempted to tear of 1976, Pat Pecora packed what he could into a $150 car bought the tubes out of his chest so he from a family friend and made could get to practice. the hour-long drive east from SOURCE: Associated Press the Pittsburgh surburbs into the western Pennsylvania highlands. was waiting for a sign from God. He had no idea what he was Then the father of one of his wres- doing. The 22-year-old needed a tlers left a voicemail on Pecora’s job, and the University of Pitts- phone, telling him: “Pat, this is burgh-Johnstown offered one that God. Stay at UPJ.” sounded an awful lot like three. So he did. Wrestling coach. Men’s soccer “(Moving) didn’t fit into our coach. Gym teacher. Pecora need- philosophy or my philosophy,” ed to find a way to juggle them all Pecora said. “The family is at once. For $9,000 a year. the most important element of Never mind that he hadn’t so society.” much as kicked a soccer ball or And if he left, who’s to say if that the wrestling program he in- he would have joined the likes herited consisted of a handful of of Thomas or Olympic champion guys practicing on a stage in the and Hall of Fame Iowa coach Dan student union, where one roll too Gable as one of the best ever? Not many sent them tumbling to the that Pecora believes he deserves floor below. His earliest recruit- to be in such company. ing trips were walks to the caf- PHOTOS BY KEITH SRAKOCIC/AP “That’s wrestling royalty. I’m eteria, where he’d scout for young Above: University of Pittsburgh- not wrestling royalty,” he said. “I men in high school wrestling come from projects. ... I grew up shirts. Johnstown coach Pat Pecora started coaching the Johnstown wrestling my two brothers in the Join me, Pecora told them. living room. And I survived that. I We’re going to be a family. team as a 22-year-old in 1972. Left: Pecora, the winningest grew up a tough kid, not afraid.” A family that’s grown by the Pecora looks for that same re- hundreds over the last 44 years, wrestling coach in NCAA history, spectful fearlessness while put- one bound by the tenets the win- leans in during a match against ting together a team. It’s why so ningest college wrestling coach Gannon last Saturday. many of his wrestlers have been in history began preaching long sons of coal miners and farmers. ago. smoker, he overcame lung cancer “You’re a fighter no matter Head up. Butt down. Elbows in his 50s and became so antsy what,” Pecora said. “You can be in. Knees bent. Brothers for life. after surgery to remove a portion both a fighter and a good man. They’re all baked into the founda- of his left lung that he attempted You don’t have to be a knuckle- tion Pecora laid during that first to tear the tubes out of his chest so fall, one that set the groundwork he could get to practice. While his head, be a tough guy. You can for 618 career wins (and count- contemporaries sit and talk dur- show compassion, have a heart ing), a pair of NCAA Division ing pre-match warmups, Pecora and still be a guy no one wants to II national titles, 14 individual often climbs stairs at the arena mess with.” national champions and 154 until it’s time to work. Once the Even when the ride suddenly All-Americans. meet begins, the rest of the world comes to an end. When UPJ edged Mercyhurst falls away. “When guys lose at the national 22-13 on Feb. 7 to give Pecora his to find enough wrestlers to form a laugh. “It was Jumping Johnny “There’ll be times where he tournament, coach is crying with 617th dual meet victory — break- a team in the early days began DeFazio drop kicks. Bruno Sam- says something during the match them,” Greeley said. “And as a ing the mark held by former Or- practice last fall with 45 athletes martino bear hugs. Illegal head and we’ll talk about it a couple wrestler and a teammate and an egon State coach Dale Thomas on the roster, all fighting for the locks. It was a fight, basically. hours later and he’ll say: ‘I don’t alumni, you know how much it for all NCAA divisions plus 10 spots available during a given And your big brother was beating remember saying that? Did I real- means to have someone in that NAIA and junior colleges — the dual meet. Some bail out of frus- you up.” ly say that?’ ” senior Devin Austin moment who has been in the fox- celebration included more than tration. Others stick around out of Ernie, the oldest and biggest, said. “He’s holding you account- hole with you.” 100 alumni who remain close to habit, loyalty and the off-chance had his way for years. Then Rich- able for how you wrestle during a As for how much longer he Pecora years, even decades, after they’ll get a shot. ie joined an actual wrestling team match. If you don’t give it your all, plans to stay in that foxhole, Pec- they’ve hung up their singlets. “From the guy who was a six- and learned the sport. Suddenly, you’re going to hear about it.” ora — who became UPJ’s athletic “My dad would say, ‘We’re time national champ to the guy things weren’t so one-sided. By Such conversations are rare. director in 2008 — says he’ll stick doing a good job as mothers and who wrestled one match to the eighth grade, Pat was in the gym, Barry Gresh became Pecora’s around as long as the Mountain fathers if our children are close,’ ” guy who didn’t even get in to start too, wrestling all the way through first All-American in 1979. The Cats are winning. Pecora said. “My whole philoso- one match, he helped someone be college at West Liberty Univer- Mountain Cats have produced at UPJ finished 21-3 in dual meets phy is, ‘If I’m going to be a good a better wrestler because it was sity. There was something about least one every season since. this season. The Division II Super coach, my wrestlers have to feel his brother,” Pecora said. “All of the sport that drew him in — the Pecora led the school to Divi- Region tournament is this week- like brothers.’ ” that made this happen.” discipline, the pressure of per- sion II national titles in 1996 and end in Erie. The national tourna- And they do. It’s not uncommon So did the guy who learned forming with no one else to rely ’99. The outside world took notice. ment is next month. There are for athletes a generation apart to about the sport during living on and no one else to blame. In the early 2000s, Maryland of- practices to run, men to mold, re- develop deep bonds rooted in room brawls with older broth- “If I can run out in front of all fered to double Pecora’s salary lationships to invest in. their love of the sport and the man ers Ernie and Richie in Turtle these people and say ‘Hey, I’m and give him a pair of full-time The urge to teach the essential who nurtured it. Isaac Greeley, a Creek, a mill town about 12 miles going to see what we can do,’ then assistants as well as a volunteer skills remains as strong now as it two-time All-American under east of Pittsburgh. The Pecora anything else I do will be easy by coach, an academic adviser and a was when he pulled into campus Pecora in the 1990s, still talks to boys would emulate the moves comparison,” he said. strength and conditioning coach. nearly a half-century ago. So why his old coach at least once a week. they saw during the professional As a coach, Pecora sparred It was the big time. He was stop? It might be about their jobs. The matches they watched on TV on with his wrestlers well into his intrigued but worried about the “It’s not like you have to do it current team. The old days. The Saturday mornings. 40s. Current players insist the traffic. The cost of living. The forever,” Pecora said, using one future. “It was wrestling and it wasn’t trim 66-year-old has the best idea of uprooting wife Tracy and of his pet phrases. “You just have The program that struggled fun wrestling,” Pecora said with core strength on the team. A non- their four children. He said he to do it the rest of your life.” S TARS AND STRIPES Sunday, March 1, 2020 Eight straight Knights down Sabres, extend SPORTS winning streak » NHL, Page 20

Ohio State linebacker Malik Harrison believes spending a week last month NFL at the Senior Bowl set him up for an even better performance at this week’s scouting combine.

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Utah State QB Jordan Love Senior Bowl helped some draft CHARLIE NEIBERGALL/AP prospects get ready for combine

BY MICHAEL MAROT psychological tests. And over the past “The Senior Bowl is just like Associated Press month, the former Ohio State star even this: late nights and early morn- mapped out a plan for what could be the ings. Long days. So, it prepared INDIANAPOLIS most important week of his life. me mentally and physically,” inebacker Malik Harri- Acing it could set up Harrison for a Harrison said. “It helped a lot.” son came to the NFL’s an- big payday on draft weekend. Struggle, No, the two events are not exact- nual scouting combine fully and his stock could start sliding. ly the same. prepared. For Harrison and the other Senior In Mobile, Ala., a few dozen play- He expected the early Bowl veterans in Indianapolis this ers practice in pads and get one-on- L one instruction from NFL coaching mornings, the late nights and the wall- week, this is not a once-in-a-lifetime op- staffs. Some might even be asked to to-wall interview schedules. He an- portunity; it’s an opportunity to take ad- swered endless questions and took the vantage of their previous experiences. SEE COMBINE ON PAGE 22

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