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Volume 78, No. 218 ©SS 2020 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2020 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas Into the inferno MOH recipient fueled heroism on Iwo Jima with flamethrower

BY MICHAEL E. RUANE The Washington Post ONA, W.Va. he Japanese soldiers came out of their concrete “pill box” with bay- onets fixed, determined to get the TMarine who had been killing them all afternoon with a flamethrower. Their target was Hershel Williams. He was 5-foot-6, the youngest of the 11 chil- dren of a dairy farmer from Quiet Dell, W.Va. He had a nice smile, and a girl back home named Ruby whom he planned to marry when the war was over. He was 21 and known as “Woody.” But 75 years ago this month, on a Godfor- saken volcanic island in the Pacific called Iwo Jima, he was a terrifying destroyer of the Japanese, incinerating men in their hideouts with jets of blazing diesel fuel and high octane gasoline. They had to stop him. But he saw them coming, and pulled the two triggers on his fearsome weapon. SEE INFERNO ON PAGE 4

Photographs on display at the home of Hershel “Woody” Williams show images of the Marine veteran today and in 1945.

RICH-JOSEPH FACUN For The Washington Post Boy Scouts’ future uncertain after bankruptcy filing

BY DAVID CRARY as scouts by scoutmasters or other leaders decades A statue outside Associated Press ago but are only now eligible to sue because of recent the Boy Scouts of changes in their states’ statute-of-limitations laws. America headquarters Barraged by hundreds of sex abuse lawsuits, the By going to bankruptcy court, the Scouts can put in Irving, Texas, is Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protec- those lawsuits on hold . Ultimately they could be forced pictured Feb 12. tion Tuesday in hopes of working out a potentially to sell off some of their vast property holdings, includ- The 110-year-old mammoth victim compensation plan that will allow ing campgrounds and hiking trails, to raise money for organization filed for the 110-year-old organization to carry on. a compensation trust fund that could surpass a billion bankruptcy protection The Chapter 11 filing in federal bankruptcy court dollars. Tuesday as it faces a in Wilmington, Del., set in motion what could be one The bankruptcy petition listed the Boy Scouts’ as- barrage of new sex abuse lawsuits. of the biggest, most complex bankruptcies ever seen. sets as between $1 billion and $10 billion, and its li- Scores of lawyers are seeking settlements on behalf abilities at $500 million to $1 billion. LM OTERO/AP of several thousand men who say they were molested SEE SCOUTS ON PAGE 6 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, February 19, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER Apple warns virus will cut iPhone production, sales EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Switzerland (Franc) ...... 0.9828 Euro costs (Feb. 19) ...... $1.1107 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.17 Dollar buys (Feb. 19) ...... €0.9003 Turkey (New Lira) ...... 6.0627 Associated Press ramping up slowly. ket for iPhones, after the U.S. and British pound (Feb. 19) ...... $1.34 (Military exchange rates are those Japanese yen (Feb. 19) ...... 107.00 available to customers at military banking “The health and well-being Europe. South Korean won (Feb. 19) ...... 1,157.00 facilities in the country of issuance CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple Commercial rates of every person who helps make Outside China, Apple said for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Inc. is warning investors that it Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3770 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For these products possible is our iPhone demand has been strong British pound ...... $1.3027 nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., won’t meet its second-quarter paramount priority, and we are and is in line with the company’s Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3261 purchasing British pounds in Germany), financial guidance because the China (Yuan) ...... 7.000 check with your local military banking working in close consultation with expectations. Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.9103 facility. Commercial rates are interbank viral outbreak in China has cut our suppliers and public health On Jan. 28, Apple said it ex- Egypt (Pound)...... 15.6212 rates provided for reference when buying production of iPhones. Euro ...... $1.0809/0.9251 currency. All figures are foreign currencies experts as this ramp continues,” pected second quarter revenue Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7696 to one dollar, except for the British pound, The Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple said in a statement. between $63 billion and $67 bil- Hungary (Forint) ...... 310.22 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, company said Monday that all of Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.4201 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) Apple says demand for iPhones lion. Apple’s second quarter ends Japan (Yen)...... 109.93 its iPhone manufacturing facili- is also down in China because March 30. Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3055 INTEREST RATES ties are outside Hubei province, Norway (Krone) ...... 9.3132 many of Apple’s 42 retail stores Apple says the situation is Philippines (Peso) ...... 50.60 Prime rate ...... 4.75 the epicenter of the outbreak, there are closed or operating evolving and it will provide more Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.95 Discount rate ...... 2.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7506 Federal funds market rate ...... 1.58 and all have been reopened. But with reduced hours. China is information on its next earnings Singapore (Dollar)...... 1.3919 3-month bill ...... 1.53 the company said production is Apple’s third largest retail mar- call in April. South Korea (Won) ...... 1,190.14 30-year bond ...... 2.05 WEATHER OUTLOOK WEDNESDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST WEDNESDAY IN EUROPE THURSDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 11 Classified ...... 13 Comics ...... 15 Crossword ...... 15 Faces ...... 14 Opinion ...... 16 Sports ...... 17-24 Wednesday, February 19, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 MILITARY US, China Ghani finally wins Afghan election lead spike BY J.P. LAWRENCE in 2014 also ended in allegations Stars and Stripes of fraud, leading then-U.S. Secre- in defense tary of State John Kerry to assist KABUL, Afghanistan — Ashraf in negotiating a power-sharing Ghani has been declared the win- arrangement. ner of Afghanistan’s disputed spending The head of Afghanistan’s In- presidential election on Tuesday, dependent Election Commission nearly five months after the bal- BY JOHN VANDIVER acknowledged Tuesday that secu- lots were cast. Stars and Stripes The incumbent Ghani received rity threats and disputes in count- 50.64% of the vote, the country’s ing the votes affected the election STUTTGART, Germany — An- process. election commission announced. nual military spending climbed “We tried our best,” said Hawa Ghani called for “unity and worldwide in 2019 by the larg- Alam Nooristani, head of the coordination” during a press est amount in a decade, with the commission. “We are announcing conference Tuesday night, even U.S. far outpacing second-place this result with full transparency as his chief opponent called the China, a new study has found. election illegal. with respect to the people’s vote.” Global defense spending rose “I want to tell everyone that the Turnout during last year’s bal- by 4% in 2019 compared to the day of rivalry is ended,” he said. lot was about 1.8 million, or less In second place was Chief Ex- than 20% of the country’s 9.6 mil- previous year, a report released ecutive Officer Abdullah Abdul- lion registered voters. Ghani re- last week by the International In- lah, who received 39.52% of the ceived less than a million votes. stitute for Strategic Studies said. vote, followed by former war- U.S. officials said Washington Washington and Beijing both lord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar with donated about $29 million to sup- increased their military spending 3.85%, the official results from by 6.6%, the study said, but while JOE GROMELSKI/Stars and Stripes port the presidential elections. the Sept. 28 election said. Ross Wilson, America’s top diplo- the pace of growth in China “is Abdullah said he would form Incumbent Ashraf Ghani was declared the winner of Afghanistan’s mat in Kabul, tweeted earlier this decelerating, in line with Beijing’s his own government in light of presidential election Tuesday , nearly five months after the vote month that “whatever the result, relative economic slowdown,” the the results. was held. He received 50.64% of the vote, the country’s election the United States is committed to U.S. has seen military spending “We are the winners based on commission announced. work with the future government increases each year since Donald clean votes, and we declare our of Afghanistan.” Trump took office in 2017. victory,” Abdullah said, accord- election process” due to what he lah, threatened last week to form “The US spends almost three ing to a New York Times report. described as the illegal behavior a parallel government if “a fraud- Stars and Stripes reporters Zubair Fariadoon Khwazoon, a spokes- of the election commission. ulent government is created.” Babakarkhail and Phillip Walter times as much as China,” the Wellman contributed to this report. report says. “This meant that in man for Abdullah, said Tuesday Abdul Rashid Dostum, a power- The previous presidential elec- [email protected] that they had “walked out of the ful Uzbek political ally of Abdul- tion between Ghani and Abdullah Twitter: @jplawrence3 2019 U.S. defense investments alone were larger than China’s total defense budget.” Saudi Arabia, Russia and India rounded out the top five in mili- Commander defends Humphreys exchange limits tary spending. In Europe, defense spending BY KIM GAMEL until the time they were put back Tremblay said. before being allowed to enter base increased by 4.2% last year com- Stars and Stripes on.” The second individual, also in commissaries and exchanges. pared with 2018, reaching levels The garrison announced ear- his 50s, and his spouse were in- It reimposed the purchase not seen since before the 2008 fi- CAMP HUMPHREYS, South lier this year that a military retir- vestigated by the Army’s Crimi- limits last month, saying stud- nancial crisis, IISS said. Korea — One U.S. military retir- ee accused of making excessive nal Investigation Command for ies showed that most authorized Leading the way in European ee was buying meat in bulk at the purchases and black marketing black marketing. shoppers stayed “well below” the commissary to use at his Ameri- spending was Germany, which had been banned Dec. 10 from A review of his records showed allotted amounts anyway. can-style restaurant off post. has faced criticism from the U.S. American bases on the divided $95,000 in purchases at the ex- Tremblay said commissary The other spent more than for falling short of NATO guide- peninsula for the next decade. change, which is run by the Army sales actually decreased month to $100,000 at the commissary and He was a retired member of and Air Force Exchange Service, lines that call for 2% of gross do- the post exchange over just a few month during the period in which mestic product to be dedicated to the Air Force in his 50s who was and $16,000 in commissary pur- the limits were removed. months and was seen dropping operating an American-style res- chases in just a few months, ac- military spending. The reversal was, in part, an off the purchases at a safe house. taurant off post with his South cording to the garrison. “U.S. exhortations to spend effort to reassure the community Both were eventually caught Korean spouse, garrison officials “He was under surveillance by more have combined with chang- and banned for 10 years from said last week in response to ques- CID and was observed purchas- that controls were in place after ing threat perceptions in Euro- U.S. installations in South Korea. tions from Stars and Stripes. ing items from the commissary several social media posts claim- pean states to bring about larger The two cases were not related, “The retiree was purchasing and then dropping them off at a ing abuses that were systemati- defense budgets,” the report said. according to officials at Camp the meat for his restaurant at safe house,” Hoover said. cally debunked, Tremblay said. But although German military Humphreys, where the infrac- the commissary and was anony- The man was issued a “show “It is an over-the-top addi- spending increased by 9.7% be- tional measure to just ensure tions occurred. mously reported to the Korean cause notification” but “did not tween 2018 and 2019, accounting New details about the unau- one extra layer of protection,” he authorities for violation of Kore- respond to the command and for a third of military spending thorized use of commissary and said, adding that the two recent an customs and other laws,” said subsequently was debarred for growth in Europe, it still spent exchange purchases — including spokesman Steven Hoover. 10 years from USFK facilities,” debarments were the only cases only around 1.3% of GDP on de- the second case that was not pre- South Korean authorities Hoover said. involving black marketing and fense, falling short of the NATO viously reported — revealed the shared their information with The garrison refused to iden- excessive purchases since he took benchmark, the report said. challenges of policing duty-free military law enforcement, and tify the retirees, citing privacy command in June. purchases by American service a review of commissary records concerns, so they could not be “We wanted to reassure the Defense spending also soared members, family members and confirmed monthly purchases contacted for comment or re- community, and again, it made no in Asia, climbing by more than authorized civilians. consistent with running a restau- sponses to the allegations. difference one way or the other.” 50% in the last decade, the report They also coincided with a de- rant, he said. Debarment decisions are re- Restrictions were initially tight- said. cision by U.S. Forces Korea in The retiree was given a chance viewed on an annual basis. The ened in August 2013 after the U.S. “This figure is a result of Asian September to lift commissary to address the allegations before individuals also can request ac- military faced rampant problems countries’ economic success in spending limits, which have since he was “debarred from USFK cess as regular visitors with spe- with goods purchased from base recent years, which has allowed been reimposed. facilities for 10 years,” Hoover cific needs, but they would be facilities being resold on the local them to invest more in their mili- However, garrison commander said. carefully vetted, Tremblay said. market in South Korea. tary capabilities,” IISS said. Col. Michael Tremblay said the Tremblay said the man had Patrons allowed to buy duty- In one of the most notorious On a per capita basis, countries two cases involving retirees were been careful to stay within his free goods on U.S. bases in South in the Middle East and North Af- not linked to the ration control cases, a store manager and a monthly limits but quickly con- Korea have long faced restrictions rica region were in five of the top system. fessed after he was called to including commissary spending South Korean businessman were 10 military spending positions, “We did not see excessive account. limits of $800 per month for the convicted in 2003 of smuggling purchases whatsoever when the “The sales of goods are meant main beneficiary and $300 per some 62,000 cases of wine and with Oman spending more than spending limits were removed,” to be a privilege, and they’re month for each dependent. beer through a tunnel dug under $2,500 per person and Saudi Ara- Tremblay told Stars and Stripes. meant for soldiers and their fami- USFK announced in September a U.S. military housing compound bia more than $2,300 per person “We do not have a single ac- ly members according to the [sta- that it was removing those limits in Seoul. on defense, the report said. tive case ongoing from when the tus of forces agreement] and not along with a requirement that [email protected] [email protected] spending limits were removed meant to fund a local business,” people show ID or rations cards Twitter: @kimgamel Twitter: @john_vandiver PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, February 19, 2020 MILITARY Inferno: Williams mastered his new weapon, was very effective at Iwo Jima

FROM FRONT PAGE He still remembers how they slowed down and fell, their clothes ablaze. He had no remorse at the time. The Japanese were killing Ma- rines. They would soon kill his best friend. The battle, the war, had to be won. “I had no qualms,” he said. He moved on to the next enemy fortification. By the end of the day he had destroyed seven pill boxes, acts for which, months later, he was given the Medal of Honor for valor. The anniversary of the start of the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima is Wednesday. The battle is probably best remembered for the Feb. 23 flag raising atop Mount Suribachi, immortalized in a news photograph and a fa- mous statue in Arlington, Va. Williams wears customized cowboy boots that identify him as a The Marine Corps plans a cer- Medal of Honor recipient. Of the 27 Marines and sailors who earned emony at the Iwo Jima memorial the medal at Iwo Jima, he said he is the last one still living. on Feb. 27. And the National Mu- PHOTOS BY RICH-JOSEPH FACUN/For The Washington Post seum of the Marine Corps, in Tri- “It’s one of those things that you year later, Williams said, he su- angle, Va., is hosting events and a Marine veteran Hershel “Woody” Williams, 96, is shown at his home put in the recess of your mind,” pervised six other flame thrower/ concert on Saturday and Sunday. in Ona, W.Va. Williams, who fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima, was he said. “You were fulfilling an demolition men in his “special Williams is scheduled to speak on awarded the Medal of Honor for valor by President Harry Truman. obligation that you swore to do, weapons unit,” he said. But as the Saturday. to defend your country. Any time hours of fighting passed they van- But for those like him who was littered with smashed banyan spondent William F. Tyree said it you take a life ... there’s always ished one by one. Dead or wound- fought there — and a few are still trees, blasted rock and mechani- looked like it was sizzling. some aftermath to that if you’ve ed, he didn’t know. alive — remembering Iwo can be cal and human wreckage. And into the inferno, on Feb. got any heart at all.” About midday on Feb. 23, frightful. At night the scene was illumi- 21, 1945, “scared half to death,” he and his comrades had been After the war he had night- nated by star shells. stepped Hershel Williams. Quick study saved lives stopped cold by a cluster of im- mares in which he was not shoot- War correspondent Robert Now 96, Williams sat on the penetrable Japanese fortifica- ing fire, but fighting it. “I put out Sherrod said he had never seen edge of his easy chair in this rural Williams weighed 3 ½ pounds tions called “pill boxes.” Enemy a lot of fires,” he said. so many dismembered soldiers. community outside Charleston at birth and was not expected to gunners fired from small slits Once, while dreaming, he terri- “Nowhere in the Pacific war have one day last month and told of live. His mother, Lurenna, named in the concrete walls and were fied his wife when he jumped up, I seen such mangled bodies,” he his part in the battle. A dignified him Hershel for the local doctor almost impossible to hit as they pushed their bed out of the way wrote in Life magazine. “Many man, he wore glasses, a black who reached the farm three days mowed down Marines. and began pounding on the wall were cut squarely in half. Legs leather vest, gray slacks and black later. Williams said his company com- at an imaginary wave of fire. and arms lay 50 feet away from “Medal of Honor” cowboy boots. By the time he was born in mander, Capt. Donald Beck, held The battle of Iwo Jima came any body.” Of the 27 Marines and sailors 1923 several of his siblings had a meeting in a shell hole to figure as World War II had turned deci- who earned the medal at Iwo already died in the 1918-1919 flu out what to do. He asked Williams sively against the Japanese, who ‘Scared half to death’ Jima, he said he is the last one pandemic. His father, Lloyd, died if he thought he might make prog- had suffered several major de- still living. of a heart attack when Williams ress with his flamethrower. feats, and whose homeland was For the Marine Corps, Iwo Jima In the kitchen, vials of Iwo Jima was 11. Williams said he would try. was one of its most epic battles. being pounded by U.S. bombers. sand sat on a shelf, near an old As World War II neared, he He was assigned several Ma- It was front page news across said he was impressed by the Fought for 36 days over an photo of President Harry Truman rines to cover him, and a “pole apocalyptic landscape of blasted the country. A Marine general snappy “dress blues” uniform of giving him the medal. A dupli- charge man,” armed with a long volcanic sand and rubble, the likened it to the Civil War’s Battle local men who were in the Ma- cate medal hung from its powder piece of wood that had an explo- combatants used swords, pistols, of Gettysburg, and said it assured rine Corps. blue ribbon on a coat stand in his sive taped to the end. His job was rocks, rifle butts and bamboo that there would be a Marine After the Japanese attack on bedroom. (The original is in the to stick the charge into the forti- lances as the Marines tried to Corps forever. (The famous flag Pearl Harbor in 1941, he tried to Pritzker Military Museum and fication and set it off after Wil- dislodge Japanese soldiers from raising photograph, by Associ- join, but the Marines said he was liams had fired, “to make sure Library in Chicago.) warrens of bunkers and caves. ated Press photographer Joe too short. that everybody in there is dead,” A picture of Jesus hangs on a A massive U.S. bombardment Rosenthal, reinsured it.) Later, the requirements were he said. wall, a symbol of the profound re- from land, sea and air had done The battle saw one of the larg- eased, he said, and he got in. He But the pole charge man was ligious awakening 58 years ago in little to roust the enemy, so that est Marine Corps forces ever thought he would never have to struck in the helmet by a bullet the Pea Ridge Methodist Church much of the fighting was done at fielded — 70,000 men — and the leave the country, just defend it and knocked silly. The covering close quarters. Some was at arm’s largest casualty toll in its history. that Williams said ended his against invaders. Marines were killed. And Wil- length. At one point, a Marine Roughly 6,800 Marines, sailors nightmares and transformed his He wound up 8,000 miles from liams was on his own. He doesn’t said, he was so close to the enemy and one Coast Guardsman were life. He went on to have a career home on the island of Guadalca- remember a lot of what happened, that he couldn’t lower his rifle to killed, according to “Investigat- with Department of Veterans Af- nal in the Pacific. but a few scenes have stayed with aim. Hand grenades were thrown ing Iwo,” a Marine Corps study fairs and established a successful There, in early 1944, he and him. back and forth like baseballs be- published last year. horse farm. some other Marines received He remembers crawling to- fore they blew up. One Marine For the Japanese, Iwo Jima He said as a Christian he now crates of flamethrowers, which ward one pill box where he could threw back seven. was home territory, about 700 regrets having killed people. they had to figure out how to op- see the barrel of a Japanese ma- Pfc. Jacklyn Lucas, 17, of Plym- miles from Japan and part of the erate. The weapon was mysteri- chine gun protruding from a slit. outh, N.C., was surprised when prefecture of Tokyo. No foreigner ous. It had two tanks to hold the Bullets ricocheted off his flame- he suddenly saw two enemy gre- had ever set foot on it, Newcomb flammable liquid to be fired, and thrower tanks. He got within 20- nades at his feet. He forced them wrote. ‘ a third tank of compressed air to 25 yards and “rolled a big ball of into the sand with his rifle butt It had two airfields, which is You were fulfilling push the liquid out. flame” at the enemy gunner, si- and his hands, and covered them why the Americans wanted it, an obligation that The nozzle contained a barrel lencing him. with his body. He didn’t even and why the Japanese were deter- with phosphorous matches that He recalls crawling toward have the chance to shut his eyes, mined to hold it, or exact a deadly you swore to do, to ignited the liquid as it spurted out. another pill box when he noticed he wrote later. price on the Marines trying to defend your country. He said the Marines experiment- a wisp of smoke escaping from Only one grenade went off. It take it. Each Japanese soldier was ed with what type of flammable a ventilation hole in the top. He blew him sky high. But he lived instructed to kill 10 Americans. Any time you take a liquid to use and settled on a mix crept up, stuck the nozzle of the to be 80 and was also given the Of the roughly 20,000 Japanese of diesel fuel and high-octane avi- flame thrower into the vent and Medal of Honor. defenders, only 1,083 survived, life ... there’s always ation gas. The weapon weighed 70 fired. “Got ’em all,” he said. The battle went on long after the according to the Naval History some aftermath to pounds and the tanks were virtu- He does not remember that flag was raised on Suribachi. It and Heritage Command. ally bullet proof, he said. over the course of four hours one devoured Marines and Japanese Iwo Jima was an old volcano, that if you’ve got any There was no guidance on how afternoon on Iwo Jima he went soldiers alike. They fought over shaped like a pork chop, about heart at all. the weapon was to be used. “We back to his lines five times for places on the island called the five miles long and 2 ½ miles ’ had to learn that ourselves,” he fresh weapons, and five times re- “Meat Grinder,” “Death Valley” wide. Viewed from the air on the Hershel “Woody” Williams said. turned to the battle. and “Bloody Gorge.” The terrain first day, United Press war corre- Medal of Honor recipient Coming ashore on Iwo Jima a But that’s what he did. Wednesday, February 19, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 MILITARY Army’s best-skilled soldiers to compete at Infantry Week

BY COREY DICKSTEIN fortitude, the mental capacity, the Stars and Stripes physical endurance, to fight all the way through? … We put them in a WASHINGTON — Some of the very difficult situation with a lot Army’s best-skilled soldiers will of physical endurance and a lot of gather at Fort Benning in mid- physical hardship.” April for a quartet of challeng- The David E. Grange Jr. Best PATRICK ALBRIGHT/Department of Defense ing annual competitions during Ranger Competition is the most Competitors test their hand-to-hand fighting skills during the All Army Lacerda Cup Combatives the Georgia post’s Infantry Week grueling of the competitions — Competition, at Fort Benning, Ga., as part of last year’s Infantry Week. This year’s Infantry Week will be meant to determine the service’s considered among the toughest held from April 14-20. best Rangers, mortarmen, snipers military challenges worldwide, and fighters. Army officials said. The three- Between April 14 and 20, Fort day competition sees two-person law enforcement agencies. The fighting skills in a mixed martial will include a nighttime-occupa- Benning will host the 2020 Best teams of Ranger School graduates Army said it expects about 30 arts-like tournament, which sees tion exercise, which will see teams Ranger Competition, Best Mortar from units across the service com- teams to compete in the four-day soldiers fight in bouts of up to 10 6- demonstrate their ability to set up Competition, International Sniper pete in day and night exercises event. minute rounds. The team compe- and secure a mortar position and Competition and the All Army that test a wide variety of skills. The competition will test the tition will conclude April 17 with a possibly fire under the cover of Lacerda Cup Combative Compe- Ranger teams go through a vari- snipers’ abilities to hit long-range combatives skills challenge meant darkness, according to the Army. tition, the Army announced last targets, their camouflage skills to test competitors’ fighting tech- ety of obstacle courses, an urban- Fortenberry said the four com- week. The competitions honor and other techniques needed to niques in a combat-like scenario, assault course, land-navigation petitions will demonstrate the the legacies of infantrymen, who move undetected in the field. The according to the Army. courses, a combat water-survival have been the Army’s critical tests include challenges meant to In one past competition, for ex- critical skills infantry soldiers test, runs and marches on little or ground fighters since the dawn of stress competitors’ critical think- ample, teams had to clear multiple need to fight. no sleep. the United States, said Brig. Gen. ing, according to the Army. rooms while searching for and “I think that’s what Infantry David Hodne, the Army’s infan- This year’s Best Ranger Com- “That can involve, for example, subduing enemy fighters without Week really highlights, that physi- try chief and its Infantry School petition will be held April 17-20. having to demonstrate their abil- weapons, the Army said. cal and mental toughness, and the commandant. A team from the 101st Airborne ity to spot — from distances of up The Best Mortar Competition ability to endure, and ultimately “As it was in 1775, the infan- Division from Fort Campbell, Ky., to 400 meters — objects as small will be held April 15-17. It will see accomplishing the mission or task try still looks at our enemy in the became the first team in the com- as a pen, well-concealed inside four-person mortar teams repre- at hand,” he said. “It takes a spe- petition’s 38-year history to repeat ‘whites of their eyes,’” the general a tree line,” an Army statement senting their units complete a se- cial caliber of person to be able to as winners. Capt. John Bergman said in a statement. “So, this is a said. Competitors will shoot tar- ries of tasks meant to stress their endure and be able to accomplish week that showcases how good our and Capt. Michael Rose won last gets at distances of 1,500 meters ability to hit targets with mortar year after previously winning the with those kinds of hardships that infantry is.” and possibly even farther, the ser- fire. they’re facing on a daily basis.” The competitions are each host- competition in 2014 when they vice said. The competition will begin with ed by the Army’s Infantry School were assigned to the 25th Infantry The Army-only Lacerda Cup the new Army Combat Fitness [email protected] at Fort Benning’s Maneuver Cen- Division at Schofield Barracks, Combatives Competition will be Test, include a series of tests on 60 Twitter: @CDicksteinDC ter of Excellence. They are de- Hawaii. It was Rose’s third win. held April 14-17 and feature 20 mm and 120 mm mortars, a land- signed to determine who has the He also won with another partner teams and some 180 competitors navigation course, and a written best skills under physically and in 2017 while he was assigned to to contend for the championship test on their knowledge of the Ar- mentally grueling conditions, the 75th Ranger Regiment. in hand-to-hand fighting skills my’s mortar systems. Army officials said. Infantry Week will kick off April in various weight classes. Male In the 2020 competition, mor- “Infantry soldiers have to be 14 with the International Sniper and female competitors vie in- tar teams will demonstrate their able to persevere,” said Command Competition and the Combatives dividually and as teams of eight ability to put together a quickly Sgt. Maj. Robert Fortenberry, the Competition. representing each weight divi- planned attack on an enemy in a senior enlisted leader for the In- The sniper event sees two-per- sion — bantamweight, flyweight, combat situation, including using fantry School. “It’s challenging son sniper teams compete with lightweight, welterweight, mid- the “hand-held method,” which is yourself — if I’m placed into these others from across the world, in- dleweight, cruiserweight, light firing a 60 mm mortar while hold- situations for real, in a combat en- cluding from other U.S. and part- heavyweight and heavyweight. ing onto its tube. vironment, do I have the intestinal ner nations’ military forces and The competition tests soldiers’ The mortar competition also Ariz. lawmakers to fight plan to retire some A-10 jets

Associated Press including retiring some A-10s Cain and McSally, who was in she did not intend to allow the 44 even as it refits others with new the House at the time, beat back A-10s to be decommissioned in TUCSON, Ariz. — Some Ari- wings. zona lawmakers intend to fight a the plan and helped push through October. plan by the U.S. Air Force to begin “The Air Force sustains our funding to replace wings on Kirkpatrick, who is on the de- retiring parts of the nation’s fleet commitment to the Air Force’s A-10s. fense subcommittee of the House of A-10 Thunderbolt II ground- most effective close-air-support McSally, who sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said attack jets, which are part of a platform, the A-10, with $161 mil- Armed Services Committee, said she plans to introduce a resolu- major operation at Davis-Mon- lion to continue the re-winging in a statement that she met with tion asking Congress to continue than Air Force Base in Tucson. and avionics upgrades,” said Maj. Air Force leaders to tell them A-10 funding. The Arizona Daily Star report- Gen. John Pletcher, deputy assis- ed that decommissioning the jets tant secretary for financial man- is part of an Air Force objective agement and comptroller. to drop some older, legacy weap- The retirement of the oldest on systems to help pay for new A-10s that are the least ready for programs. duty puts the Air Force on a path Republican U.S. Sen. Martha to field seven squadrons consist- McSally, a former A-10 pilot, and ing of 218 modernized A-10s that Democratic U.S. Rep. Ann Kirk- will fly through the next two de- patrick vowed to fight the move cades, Pletcher said. to retire 44 of the oldest A-10s be- The Air Force first unveiled ginning later this year. plans in 2015 to begin retiring the Air Force officials unveiled entire A-10 fleet starting in 2018. plans Feb. 10 to begin discon- Members of Congress includ- tinuing several older platforms, ing the late U.S. Sen. John Mc- PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, February 19, 2020 NATION Scouts: Declining membership, sex abuse settlements strain finances

FROM FRONT PAGE “Scouting programs will continue throughout this process and for many years to come,” the Boy Scouts said in a statement. “Local councils are not filing for bankruptcy because they are legally separate and distinct organizations.” The Boy Scouts are the latest major American institution to face a heavy price over sexual abuse. Roman Catholic dioces- es across the country and schools such as Penn State and Michigan State have paid out hundreds of millions of dollars in re- cent years. The bankruptcy represents a painful turn for an organization that has been a pillar of American civic life for generations and a training ground for future leaders. Achieving the rank of Eagle Scout has long been a proud accomplishment that politi- cians, business leaders, astronauts and others put on their resumes and in their of- ficial biographies. The Boy Scouts’ finances have been strained in recent years by declining mem- bership and sex-abuse settlements. The number of youths taking part in scouting has dropped below 2 million, DAVID J. PHILLIP/AP down from more than 4 million in peak years of the 1970s. The organization has James Kretschmer holds photographs of himself at age 11 and 12 during an interview in Houston. Kretschmer, who says he was tried to counter the decline by admitting molested by a Scout leader in the mid-1970s in the Spokane, Wash., area, is among many men suing The Boy Scouts of America girls, but its membership rolls took a big for alleged abuse. hit Jan. 1 when The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — for decades a major cases in which known predators were al- sponsor of Boy Scout units — cut ties and ‘ It is a shame because at its core and what it lowed to return to leadership posts. The withdrew more than 400,000 scouts in next day, Boy Scouts chief executive Mike favor of programs of its own. was supposed to be, the Boy Scouts is a beautiful Surbaugh wrote to a congressional com- The financial outlook worsened last year organization. But you know, anything can be mittee, acknowledging the group’s previ- after New York, Arizona, New Jersey and ous claim was untrue. California passed laws making it easier for corrupted. ’ James Kretschmer of Houston, among victims of long-ago abuse to file claims. James Kretschmer the many men suing for alleged abuse, says Teams of lawyers across the U.S. have suing for alleged abuse he was molested by a Scout leader over been signing up clients by the hundreds to several months in the mid-1970s in the sue the Boy Scouts. Spokane, Wash., area. Regarding the bank- Most of the newly surfacing cases date ruptcy, he said, “It is a shame because at its to the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s; the organiza- undo the tragic abuse that victims suf- their assets are,” said lawyer Paul Mones, core and what it was supposed to be, the tion says there were only five known abuse fered, we believe the Chapter 11 process, who represents numerous clients suing the Boy Scouts is a beautiful organization.” victims in 2018. The Boy Scouts credit the with the proposed trust structure, will pro- BSA. “They want no stone unturned.” “But you know, anything can be corrupt- change to an array of prevention policies vide equitable compensation to all victims Amid the crush of lawsuits, the Scouts ed,” he added. “And if they’re not going to adopted since the mid-1980s, including while maintaining the BSA’s important recently mortgaged the major properties protect the people that they’ve entrusted mandatory criminal background checks mission.” owned by the national leadership, includ- with the children, then shut it down and and abuse-prevention training for all staff The BSA said it is encouraging all vic- ing the headquarters in Irving, Texas, and move on.” and volunteers, and a rule that two or tims to come forward to file a claim in the the 140,000-acre Philmont Ranch in New Ahead of the Chapter 11 filing, lawyers more adult leaders be present during all case. A deadline for filing claims has not Mexico, to help secure a line of credit. said that because of the organization’s 50- activities. yet been set by the bankruptcy court, but Founded in 1910, the Boy Scouts have state presence, as well as its ties to churches In many ways, the crisis parallels the the BSA said that would likely happen later kept confidential files since the 1920s and civic groups that sponsor scout troops, one facing the Catholic Church in the U.S. this year. listing staff and volunteers implicated in a bankruptcy by the Boy Scouts would be Both institutions boast of major progress Among other matters to be addressed sexual abuse, for the avowed purpose of unprecedented in its complexity. It would over recent decades in combating abuse, in bankruptcy court: the fate of the Boy keeping predators away from youth. Ac- be national in scope, unlike the various whether by priests or scout leaders, but Scouts’ assets; the extent to which the cording to a court deposition, the files as of Catholic Church bankruptcy cases, which both face many lawsuits alleging negli- organization’s insurance will help cover January listed 7,819 suspected abusers and have unfolded diocese by diocese. gence and cover-ups, mostly decades ago. compensation; and whether assets of the 12,254 victims. “A Boy Scout bankruptcy would be big- “We are outraged that there have been Scouts’ 261 local councils will be added to Until last spring, the organization had ger in scale than any other child abuse times when individuals took advantage of the fund. insisted it never knowingly allowed a pred- bankruptcy we’ve ever seen,” said Seattle- our programs to harm innocent children,” “There are a lot of very angry, resentful ator to work with youths. But in May, The based attorney Mike Pfau, whose firm is said Roger Mosby, the BSA’s president men out there who will not allow the Boy Associated Press reported that attorneys representing scores of men nationwide al- and CEO. “While we know nothing can Scouts to get away without saying what all for abuse victims had identified multiple leging they were abused as Boy Scouts. Jury begins deliberations in the rape trial of Weinstein

BY TOM HAYS beginning to weigh charges that part of the prosecution’s effort to prosecutor who said she appeared stein’s case. AND MICHAEL R. SISAK Weinstein raped a woman in a show he used the same tactics to to be trying to influence the jury. Assistant District Attorney Associated Press Manhattan hotel room in 2013 victimize many women over the Rotunno wrote that Weinstein’s Joan Illuzzi-Orbon said Rotun- and forcibly performed oral years. jurors “have an obligation to no’s essay was “100% inappropri- NEW YORK — Jurors at Har- sex on another woman, TV and A torrent of allegations against themselves and their country, to ate.“ She asked Burke to instruct vey Weinstein’s rape trial began film production assistant Mimi Weinstein in October 2017 base their verdict solely on the the jury to ignore the piece and deliberating Tuesday in a case Haleyi, in 2006. spawned the # MeToo movement. facts, testimony and evidence revoke Weinstein’s bail and send pitting accusers’ often-harrowing Jurors will also be weighing ac- His trial is seen as a landmark presented to them in the court- him to jail because, she argued, it testimony against the defense’s tress Annabella Sciorra’s account moment for the cause, but Judge room,” not critical news stories, contention that the acts were con- of a mid-1990s rape in consider- James Burke has cautioned ju- unflattering courtroom sketches couldn’t have been done without sensual, surrounded by friendly, ing charges alleging Weinstein is rors that it is “not a referendum or other outside influences. his permission. flirtatious emails and further a sexual predator, even though the on the #MeToo movement.” Confronted about the essay Burke denied the prosecution’s meetings with the film producer. allegation is too old to be charged Weinstein lawyer Donna Ro- in court Tuesday, Rotunno said request, but told Weinstein: “I The panel of seven men and on its own due to statute of limita- tunno sent a similar message in she was writing “about the jury would caution you about the ten- five women received instructions tions in effect at the time. a Newsweek essay over the week- system as a whole“ and was not tacles of your public relations in the law from the judge before Other accusers testified as end, drawing complaints from a speaking to the jury in Wein- juggernaut.” Wednesday, February 19, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 NATION Bloomberg qualifies for next presidential debate Candidate will face Dem rivals for 1st time

BY KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press Billionaire Mike Bloomberg has qualified for the upcoming TED S. WARREN/AP Democratic presidential debate, marking the first time he’ll stand Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., makes alongside the rivals he has so far his opening remarks as he stands with his wife Jane at a campaign avoided by bypassing the early event in Tacoma, Wash., on Monday. voting states and using his per- sonal fortune to define himself through television ads. A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/ Sanders continues Marist poll published Tuesday shows Bloomberg with 19% sup- attacks on Bloomberg port nationally in the Democratic nominating contest. The former New York City BY JOHANA BHUIYAN als just for the sake of appearing mayor, who launched his presi- Los Angeles Times moderate. It’s not helping the cli- dential campaign in November, mate. It’s not helping students, it’s will appear in Wednesday’s de- RICHMOND, Calif. — Ver- not helping minorities or LGBTQ bate in Las Vegas alongside for- mont Sen. Bernie Sanders contin- people.” mer Vice President Joe Biden, ued his attacks on rival Michael The Craneway Pavilion venue, Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Bloomberg, accusing the billion- which holds 6,800 people, over- Warren and Amy Klobuchar aire of trying to buy the elec- flowed for the get-out-the-vote and former South Bend, Indiana, tion and calling him out for past rally ahead of California’s March Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Fellow bil- positions. 3 primary. California is likely to lionaire and philanthropist Tom “Mr. Bloomberg, like anybody be particularly friendly territory Steyer is still hoping to qualify. else, has a right to run for presi- JAMES H. WALLACE, RICHMOND (VA.) TIMES-DISPATCH/AP for Sanders when the votes are Bloomberg’s campaign said dent,” Sanders said at a San Fran- counted, given its diverse and that it was seeing “a groundswell Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg gives his cisco Bay Area rally on Monday. liberal electorate; he is especially of support across the country” thumbs-up after speaking during a campaign event at Hardywood “He does not have a right to buy and that qualifying for Wednes- Park Craft Brewery in Richmond, Va., on Saturday. the presidency. Especially after popular with Latinos and young people. He urged supporters who day’s debate “is the latest sign being mayor of New York and that Mike’s plan and ability to de- drawing the ire of some candi- he’s campaigned in more than having a racist stop and frisk are independents to register as feat Donald Trump is resonating dates who dropped out of the race two dozen states, he does not take policy.” Democrats or ask for a Demo- cratic ballot. with more Americans.” for failing to make prior stages. questions from voters and deliv- Sanders’ message went over “Mike is looking forward to “This is the most consequen- The candidates were previously ers a standard stump speech that well with supporters gathered in joining the other Democratic can- tial election in our history. and on required to receive a certain lasts less than 15 minutes, often the former home of a Ford assem- didates on stage and making the number of campaign contribu- Super Tuesday, California is vot- reading from a teleprompter. bly plant in Richmond, a work- case for why he’s the best can- tions to qualify, but Bloomberg, ing,” Sanders said. “And I don’t Bloomberg has barely crossed ing-class city where the median didate to defeat Donald Trump who is worth an estimated $60 have to tell any of you, you are the paths on the trail with his fel- household income is $55,102 and and unite the country,” Bloom- billion, is not taking donations. the majority residents are black largest state in this country. You berg campaign manager Kevin The prime-time event will be a low Democrats. He decided to or Latino. have the most delegates in the Sheekey said in a statement. stark departure from Bloomberg’s skip the first four voting states of “I would not vote for Bloom- Democratic National Convention. The Democratic National Com- highly choreographed campaign. Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada berg,” said Clarissa Katko, a And the candidate who wins here mittee recently changed its rules He’s poured more than $300 mil- and South Carolina in favor of fo- student at Diablo Valley College in California stands a pretty good for how a candidate qualifies for lion into television advertising, a cusing on the 14 states that vote said. “I’m tired of the Democratic chance of (becoming) the presi- the debate, opening the door for way to define himself for voters on March 3 and the contests that Party compromising their ide- dent of the nation.” Bloomberg to be on stage and without facing criticism. While come afterward. Buttigieg’s next test will be winning over minority voters

BY THOMAS BEAUMONT can Americans, but especially in South tireless warrior and making the calls. The ending systemic racism, but especially are Associated Press Carolina, where two-thirds of the primary question is: Will people answer?” drawn to his call for a culture of belonging. electorate could be black voters, the base The former South Bend, Ind. , mayor, who But for older black voters, both in South So far, Pete Buttigieg has made it look of the Democratic Party that Buttigieg has has registered negligible support among Carolina and Nevada, Buttigieg faces an- easy. struggled to attract. black voters nationally, has been to South other kind of test: whether they will vote The once little-known former mayor of Buttigieg’s strategy is to earn a fresh Carolina 10 times and has been airing for a gay candidate. a midsize Midwestern city vaulted over look from black and brown voters by flash- ads on black radio stations in South Caro- Joan Houston, a 63-year-old African a former vice president and several U.S. ing his support in the first two contests, lina since last fall, as well as ads in black American minister and social worker in senators in the Iowa caucuses and New drawing on the validation of minority lead- newspapers. Las Vegas, said she can’t support Buttigieg Hampshire presidential primary. The 38- ers who have endorsed him and leveraging This month he began a spot reflecting his because of his sexual orientation. year-old’s fresh face, intellect and turn- the personal networks of his supporters. call for parting with the politics of the past. “I’m against homosexuality. I love every- the-page message won votes across many With the South Carolina primary rap- In it, Walter A. Clyburn Reed, the grand- body, but I’m against that lifestyle,” Hous- demographic groups in the kickoff states. idly approaching Feb. 29, he faces a steep son of Rep. James Clyburn of South Caro- ton said as she waited to cast her vote for Now the promise of his candidacy is col- climb. lina, the highest-ranking African American Biden at an early caucus site. liding with the reality of the central ques- “I’ve not seen any real support coming in the House, and Abe Jenkins, grandson of As part of his effort to persuade voters tion about his viability: Can he win among from black local officials. Pete has to make civil rights activist Esau Jenkins, pay trib- like Houston, Buttigieg has turned from minority voters who form the critical foun- the case himself,” said state Sen. Gerald ute to their forebears but call Buttigieg “a larger-turnout events to more intimate lis- dation of the party’s base? Malloy, a longtime supporter of former fresh start.” tening sessions that give the candidate a That will be tested Saturday in Nevada, Vice President Joe Biden’s who has not en- Reed said college students are intrigued better sense of South Carolina black voters with a diverse blend of Latinos and Afri- dorsed a 2020 candidate. “He’s obviously a by Buttigieg’s Douglass Plan, aimed at and them a better sense of him, aides said. PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, February 19, 2020 NATION More drenching rains take aim at flooded South

Associated Press clear. As the high water recedes, Forecasters are expecting officials expect to find damaged heavy rains again in parts of the roads and problems with water flood-ravaged South, prolonging and sewage pipes. the misery in neighborhoods sur- A near-record rainy winter has rounded by water. forced authorities to release water Some of the hardest-hit areas from swollen reservoirs, poten- in Mississippi were under a flash tially worsening the flooding for flood watch Tuesday. those living downstream. The National Weather Service In the Savannah, Tenn. essee, said that rainfall amounts of up to area, two houses slid down a 2 inches — with higher amounts muddy bluff just below the Pick- possible in some spots — were wick Dam as the Tennessee Val- expected to fall in a short amount ley Authority was releasing more of time in central Mississippi on than 2.5 million gallons per sec- Tuesday. ond, adding to the anguish for Forecasters say that could cause owners of about 75 flooded prop- flash flooding and worsen ongoing erties downstream. river flooding in the region. Hardin County Fire Chief and The national Weather Predic- Emergency Management Direc- tor Melvin Martin said that the tion Center in College Park, M d., BARBARA GAUNTT, THE CLARION-LEDGER/AP is projecting the greatest likeli- landslide claimed not only two hood of heavy rains in a band from houses on Saturday after their A northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood and Harbor Pines in Ridgeland are still under a mandatory eastern Louisiana across central residents got out safely, but about evacuation as flooding continued Monday. parts of Mississippi and Alabama 100 yards of the blufftop road has and into far west Georgia. also collapsed. Boat captain Sam Evans says was only a matter of time before flood in 2003, but then about 14 In Mississippi’s capital city of Meanwhile, most of the homes that this among the worst floods the bluff gave way. years passed without a catastro- Jackson, authorities warned hun- whose ground floors have been he’s seen. From his vantage point “It has slowly been eroding and phe, and developers got busy sell- dreds of residents not to return under water down by the river are navigating the Tennessee River it finally let go,” Evans told The ing riverfront properties, Evans home after devastating flooding vacation homes that were built on by boat, he’s watched the river Associated Press on Tuesday. said. He thinks that the buyers Monday until they got the all- stilts, Martin said. banks gradually erode. He said it The area suffered a devastating weren’t fully aware of the danger. 14-year-old charged in death of student from Barnard College

Associated Press crosswalk. A criminal complaint released NEW YORK — A 14-year-old has been arrested in the fatal Saturday described Majors as stabbing of a Barnard College struggling on a landing with three student in a park during a rob- people and screaming, “Help me! bery in December, a crime that I’m being robbed!” rattled New York City residents, Weaver said that Majors was authorities said Saturday. “hanging onto her phone” when Rashaun Weaver has been in- he tried to take it, according to dicted by a grand jury and was the complaint. taken into custody Friday night Officials said that they have ev- without incident, New York City idence from videotapes, witness Police Commissioner Dermot DONNA CAMPBELL, THE DAILY LEADER/AP identification and DNA evidence Shea said at a news conference. from Major’s fingernail clippings Defense attorney Katherine Poor comforts defendant Willie Cory Godbolt while his 12-year-old daughter, Weaver, charged with second- linking Weaver to the crime. My’Khyiah Godbolt, testifies Monday on the third day of Godbolt’s murder trial in Magnolia, Miss. degree murder and robbery, is The attack, two days before the the second teenager to be charged start of final exams at the wom- in the attack on 18-year-old Tessa en’s school, troubled city resi- Majors in a Manhattan park. Daughter of man charged “We are confident that we dents because of its proximity to have the person in custody who campus and its apparent random- stabbed her,” Shea said. “And that ness. Barnard is part of the Ivy person will face justice in a court League’s Columbia University. with killing 8 describes abuse of law.” “This arrest is a major mile- The Associated Press is naming stone on the path to justice for Associated Press Godbolt’s 12-year-old daugh- “If you ever embarrass me like the juvenile defendant because of Tessa Majors,” said District At- ter told jurors that he “was very that again, it’s going to be worse,” the seriousness of the crime and torney Cy Vance. A 13-year-old MAGNOLIA, Miss. — The mean” and beat both her and her she quoted her father as saying. because he has been charged as who was arrested Dec. 13 and daughter of a Mississippi man mother often. Jurors also heard testimony an adult. Weaver’s attorney did charged as a juvenile with felony on trial in the shooting deaths She didn’t look at her father not immediately return a call to of eight people testified Monday from Tamayra May, the adult murder told detectives that he during her testimony, but he kept daughter of victim Toccara May, Neighbor Defender Service of was at the park with other youths, that he was abusive and beat her his gaze on her. Harlem seeking comment. frequently. who hid with her 11-year-old sis- but wasn’t the one who stabbed Godbolt appeared agitated, ter in her mother’s car when the “He’s a 14-year-old child and Majors. My’Khyiah Godbolt took the shaking his head and pursing his he’s presumed not guilty,” Chan- shooting began. The jury listened Vance said his office and the stand at a courthouse in Magno- lips together tightly when she de- dler told the New York Post after to her 911 call, begging the dis- police are “in active investigation lia, the Daily Leader newspaper scribed an attack on her with a Weaver’s bail hearing Saturday, at reported, to testify against her plastic bat once when they were patcher to send help, the Daily which he was ordered held with- in terms of other suspects, and father, Willie Cory Godbolt. practicing baseball outside. Leader reported. out bail at a juvenile facility until that will continue.” Godbolt, 37, is charged with She testified that he became Sheena May took the stand his arraignment Wednesday. Majors, of Charlottesville, Vir- capital murder, accused of fatally angry when she asked to take a Sunday afternoon . She said she Majors was stabbed as she ginia, played in a rock band and shooting eight people, including break and beat her repeatedly suffered his abuse for years, leav- walked through Morningside had told an editor from a newspa- the deputy who arrived at his in- with the bat. She called to rela- ing when he beat her but coming Park early the evening of Dec. 11. per internship in high school that laws’ home over the Memorial tives for help, and he responded back because he swore that he’d She staggered up a flight of stairs she planned to take journalism Day in 2017. by threatening her. change. to street level and collapsed in a classes in college. Wednesday, February 19, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 NATION DHS will waive contracting laws for border wall BY ELLIOT SPAGAT that’s going along the Southwest Associated Press border,” Wolf told Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends” on SAN DIEGO — The Trump Tuesday. administration said Tuesday that Secretaries under President it will waive federal contracting Donald Trump have issued 16 laws to speed construction of a waivers, and President George W. wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. Bush issued five, but Tuesday’s ERIC GAY/AP The Department of Homeland announcement marks the first Security said waiving procure- time that waivers have applied to The first panels of levee border wall are seen Nov. 7 at a construction site along the U.S.-Mexico border, ment regulations will allow 177 federal procurement rules. Pre- in Donna, Texas. The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will waive federal contracting laws to miles of wall to be built more viously they were used to waive speed construction of the border wall with Mexico. quickly in California, Arizona, environmental impact reviews. New Mexico and Texas. The 10 The Trump administration The move is expected to spark a package of emergency spend- of Engineers will award in six of waived laws include requirements said it expects the waivers will criticism that the Trump admin- ing for wars in Iraq and Afghani- nine Border Patrol sectors on the for having open competition, jus- allow 94 miles of wall to be built istration is overstepping its au- stan and minimum standards for Mexican border: San Diego and tifying selections and receiving this year, bringing the Republi- thority, but legal challenges have state-issued identification cards. El Centro in California; Yuma all bonding from a contractor be- can president closer to his pledge failed. In 2018, a federal judge in The Senate approved it unani- and Tucson in Arizona; El Paso, fore any work can begin. of about 450 miles since taking San Diego rejected arguments mously, with support from Joe which spans New Mexico and by California and environmental Biden, Barack Obama and Hill- The acting Homeland Security office and making it one of his west Texas, and Del Rio, Texas. secretary, Chad Wolf, is exercis- top domestic priorities. It said advocacy groups that the secre- ary Clinton. The House passed it The administration said the ing authority under a 2005 law the other 83 miles covered by the tary’s broad powers should have with strong bipartisan support; that gives him sweeping powers waivers may get built this year. an expiration date. An appeals then-Rep. Bernie Sanders voted waivers will apply to contractors to waive laws for building border “Under the president’s leader- court upheld the ruling last year. against it. that have already been vetted. In barriers. ship, we are building more wall, Congress gave the secretary The waivers, to be published May, the Army Corps named 12 “We hope that will acceler- faster than ever before,” the de- power to waive laws in areas of in the Federal Register, apply to companies to compete for Penta- ate some of the construction partment said in a statement. high illegal crossings in 2005 in projects that the U.S. Army Corps gon-funded contracts. Study: Courtroom psychology tests may be unreliable

BY CHRISTINA LARSON Nearly a quarter were deemed unreliable. on law and psychology at the University of national guidelines that require that “testi- Associated Press “There’s huge variability in the psycho- Southern California Law School, who was mony is the product of reliable principles logical tools now being admitted in U.S. not involved in the research. and methods.” WASHINGTON — Courts are not prop- courts,” said Tess Neal, an Arizona State The new study is not the first critique of “But that’s not happening,” said Simon. erly screening out unreliable psychologi- University psychology professor and co-au- how science is used in the courts. The new study examined 876 court cases cal and IQ tests, allowing junk science thor of the study published Saturday in the In 2009, the National Research Council in the U.S. between 2016 and 2018, and found to be used as evidence, researchers have journal Psychological Science in the Public released an extensive report on courtroom the most commonly used psychological test concluded. Such tests can sway judges or Interest. science that found that “testimony based on was the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality juries and influence whether someone gets “There’s a lot of stuff that looks like it’s faulty forensic science analyses may have Inventory, which has generally positive re- custody of a child or is eligible for bail or junk and should be filtered out by the courts, contributed to wrongful convictions of in- capital punishment. but it’s not being filtered out,“ said Neal. nocent people.“ views in the professional literature. The scientists looked at hundreds of dif- Legal challenges to the validity of psy- The critique prompted calls for reform, The second most common was the Ror- ferent psychological tests used in recent chological tests occurred in less than 3% of and only partial progress has been made, schach test — sometimes colloquially court cases and found that a third of those cases, the researchers found. said Simon. called the inkblot test. While the test, first exams weren’t reviewed in the field’s most “This paper is highly significant, in part “Courts are supposed to sift out the junk developed in 1921, has its defenders, some prominent manuals. Of those that were re- because many people’s fates are determined science from the good science, as laid out scientists regard it as dangerously ambigu- viewed, just 40% were graded favorably. by these tests,” said Dan Simon, an expert in the federal rules of evidence“ — a set of ous and subjective. Amazon founder commits $10B to fight climate change

BY JOSEPH PISANI Amazon, the company Bezos Amazon spokesman confirmed Associated Press runs, has an enormous carbon that Bezos will be using his own footprint. Last year, Amazon of- money for the fund. NEW YORK — Amazon found- ficials said the company would Despite being among the rich- er Jeff Bezos said Monday that he work to have 100% of its energy est people in the world, Bezos plans to spend $10 billion of his use come from solar panels and only recently became active in own fortune to help fight climate other renewable energy by 2030. donating money to causes as change. The online retailer relies on fos- other billionaires like Bill Gates Bezos, the world’s richest per- son, said in an Instagram post sil fuels to power planes, trucks and Warren Buffett have done. In that he’ll start giving grants this and vans in order to ship billions 2018, Bezos started another fund, summer to scientists, activists of items all around the world. committing $2 billion of his own and nonprofits working to protect Amazon workers in its Seattle money to open preschools in low- Earth. headquarters have been vocal in income neighborhoods and give “I want to work alongside oth- criticizing some of the company’s money to nonprofits that help practices, pushing it to do more to homeless families. TED S. WARREN/AP ers both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fight- combat climate change. Bezos, who founded Amazon Jeff Bezos, the CEO and founder of Amazon.com, seen in 2018, ing the devastating impact of cli- Bezos said in the post Monday 25 years ago, has a stake in the said he plans to spend $10 billion of his own fortune to help fight mate change,” Bezos said in the that he will call his new initia- company that is worth more than climate change. post. tive the Bezos Earth Fund. An $100 billion. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, February 19, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Wuhan hospital director dies from coronavirus

BY YANAN WANG having people travel to Beijing while the Associated Press virus is still spreading. One of the automo- tive industry’s biggest events, China’s bi- BEIJING — As a coronavirus enveloped annual auto show, also is being postponed, central China’s Wuhan early this year, Liu and many sports and entertainment events Zhiming, director of Wuhan Wuchang Hos- have been delayed or canceled. pital, mobilized all the hospital’s resources Despite strict rules on use of masks and to deal with the thousands of sick people safety suits, medical workers have been arriving daily, threatening to overwhelm prominent among the victims, particularly the local health care system. in the early stage of the outbreak. That dedication appears to have cost In announcing Liu’s death, the Wuhan him his life, with Wuhan’s health bureau Municipal Health Commission said he had announcing Tuesday that he became in- taken part in the battle against the virus fected and died despite “all-out“ attempts from the start and had made “important to save him. contributions in the work of fighting and XIAO YIJIU, XINHUA/AP Liu is at least the seventh health worker to die of the COVID-19 disease among the controlling“ the virus. Patients infected with the coronavirus rest at a temporary hospital converted from more than 1,700 doctors and nurses who During that process, “unfortunately he Wuhan Sports Center in central China’s Hubei Province. Liu Zhiming, director of have become sick. His death comes as au- became infected and passed away at 10:54 Wuhan Wuchang Hospital, has become the seventh health worker to die of the virus. thorities are cautiously cheering a reduc- Tuesday morning at the age of 51 after all- tion in the number of new daily cases and out efforts to save him failed,“ the commis- ing the government to enforce a travel ban would continue, however. “Every scenar- deaths, along with the results of a study sion said. that has spread to other parts of the coun- io is still on the table,“ he said at a news showing most people who contracted the The Hubei native had graduated from try and now includes a mandatory 14-day conference. virus experienced only mild symptoms. Wuhan University’s School of Medicine in self-quarantine period for anyone travel- The seeming drop in the number of new 1991 and went on to a career as a chief phy- China on Tuesday reported 1,886 new ing outside their home district. Two new cases follows a large spike last week after sician, neurosurgeon and administrator. cases and 98 more deaths. That raised the prefabricated hospitals have been built to Hubei province began counting cases by Earlier this month, public outrage was number of deaths in mainland China to deal with the overflow in Wuhan and thou- doctors’ diagnoses without waiting for stirred by the death from the virus of sands of medical staff have been brought 1,868 and the total number of confirmed laboratory test results. Health authorities cases to 72,436. Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang, who had been in from other parts of the country to help. there said the change was meant to get pa- “Now the prevention and control work threatened by police after releasing word A study by the Chinese Center for Dis- is at a critical time,” President Xi Jinping of an outbreak of an unusual respiratory ease Control and Prevention found more tients treated faster. told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson illness in December before it had spread than 80% of the cases studied were mild The study warned that while cases seem in a phone call Tuesday, according to Chi- widely and the city was placed under and the number of new infections seemed to have been declining since Feb. 1, that nese state broadcaster CCTV. quarantine. to be falling since early this month. World could change as people return to work and The outbreak has caused massive dis- Wuhan and its surrounding cities in Health Organization Director-General school after the Lunar New Year holidays, ruptions and China may postpone its big- Hubei province have accounted for the vast Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it was typically the biggest travel period for Chi- gest political meeting of the year to avoid majority of infections and deaths, prompt- too early to know if the reported decline nese travelers. Quarantine American passengers on cruise confined at US bases

Associated Press uees received confirmation they ship under had the virus but were allowed to TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, board the flight because they had Calif. — More than 300 Ameri- no symptoms. They were kept scrutiny can cruise ship passengers, in- isolated from other passengers cluding 14 who tested positive for on the flight, the U.S. State and coronavirus, were quarantined at BY MARIA CHENG Health and Human Services said military bases in California and AND MARI YAMAGUCHI in a joint statement. Texas on Monday after arriving Associated Press It’s unclear which base the 14 from Japan on charter flights who tested positive for the virus TOKYO — An extraordinary overnight. went to. /AP two-week quarantine of the Dia- JAE C. HONG One plane carrying cruise pas- Officials said the evacuees who sengers touched down at Tra- mond Princess cruise ship was to A security guard stands near the quarantined Diamond Princess arrived at Travis Air Force Base end Wednesday, with thousands cruise ship Feb. 13 in Yokohama, near Tokyo. vis Air Force Base in Northern will be housed at a different lo- of passengers and crew set to California just before midnight cation from the more than 200 disembark over the next several In a possible sign of lax quar- the air filtration on board is like, Sunday, while another arrived other Americans who were al- days in the port of Yokohama, antine protocols, three Japanese how the cabins are connected and at Lackland Air Force Base in ready quarantined on the base, in Texas early Monday. The passen- near Tokyo. health officials who helped in the how waste products are disposed a hotel. Those people have been gers will remain at the bases for A growing number of scien- quarantine checks on the ship of,” MacDermott said. at the base since early February, two weeks. tists, however, say the ship served were also infected. Hunter said the continued when they arrived on flights from Japan’s Defense Minister Taro as an incubator for a worrying “I suspect people were not as spread of the virus could be due China. Kono tweeted earlier that Japa- new virus from China instead isolated from other people as we to compliance problems. No Travis airmen will have of a quarantine facility meant to nese troops helped transport 340 would have thought,” said Dr. He said it was “a huge disap- contact with the passengers, of- prevent the worsening of an out- U.S. passengers on 14 buses from ficials said. Paul Hunter, a professor of medi- pointment” that the quarantine break that has sickened tens of Yokohama port to Tokyo’s Hane- Now that they’re in the U.S., cine at the University of East An- hadn’t curbed the spread of the thousands. glia in England. da airport. About 380 Americans the cruise ship passengers must virus and that it was unfortunate As of Tuesday, 542 cases of the “Obviously the quarantine were on the cruise ship. go through another 14 days of some passengers returning to virus had been identified among hasn’t worked, and this ship has The U.S. said it arranged for the quarantine at the military facili- the 3,711 quarantined passengers now become a source of infec- their home countries would now evacuation because people on the ties — meaning they will have and crew, making the ship the site tion,” said Dr. Nathalie Mac- face a second period of isolation. Diamond Princess were at a high been under quarantine for a total of the most infections outside of Dermott, an outbreak expert at “Given how the virus has con- risk of exposure to the new virus of nearly four weeks. China. King’s College London. tinued to spread, we have to that’s been spreading in Asia. For Australia, Canada, Hong Kong The question now is: Why? She said the exact mecha- presume everyone leaving the the departing Americans, the and Italy planned similar flights The Japanese government has nism of the virus’ spread was ship is potentially infected, and evacuation cuts short a 14-day of passengers. Other govern- repeatedly defended the effective- unknown. therefore they have to go through quarantine that began aboard the ments, including Canada and ness of the quarantine. But some “We need to understand how another two-week quarantine pe- cruise ship Feb. 5. Hong Kong, also will require the scientists suggest that it may have the quarantine measures on riod,” he said. “Not to do so would The State Department an- passengers to undergo a second been less than rigorous. board were implemented, what be reckless.” nounced later that 14 of the evac- 14-day quarantine. Wednesday, February 19, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Bill would require lights on Amish horse-buggies

ASHLAND — A flash- OH ing light would be required on horse-drawn bug- gies typically used by the Amish under an Ohio proposal intended to help prevent collisions with motor vehicles. In addition to a flashing light at all times on the highest rear part of the buggy, the bill introduced by Republican Reps. Scott Wig- gam of Wooster and Darrell Kick of Loudonville also would require animal-drawn vehicles to use a new type of reflective tape with higher visibility. Current law requires a com- bination of still lights at dusk or at night, and reflective tape or a triangular emblem to indicate a slow-moving vehicle, the Ashland Times-Gazette reported. Woman wrongly arrested after honeymoon trip

BATON ROUGE — A LA case of mistaken iden- tity caused a Louisiana woman to leave her honeymoon in hand- cuffs and spend 36 hours in a New Orleans jail before it was sorted out. Sara Saucier of Ponchatoula was on a cruise ship returning from a trip to Cozumel with her new husband when U.S. customs agents pounded on her door, accusing her of not returning a leased vehicle in November CHRIS GRANGER, THE (NEW ORLEANS) TIMES-PICAYUNE, THE NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE/AP 2017, according to a report from WVLA-TV. But officials had the wrong person. Mardi Gras party The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office detective who People in Pygmalion costumes parade through the streets of Uptown New Orleans during Mardi Gras celebrations over the weekend. filed the warrant logged the birth date of the wrong Sara Saucier. Trail, Indiana State Capitol Po- THE CENSUS man who was being trampled by Sheriffs’ deputies realized the lice Detective Charles Meneely a bull. confusion and released her . said in a news release The number of cars a 52-year-old man was suspected of hit- DPS officials said Trooper The black cold-rolled-steel ting while drunk driving in the town of Lake Tomahawk, Wis. Brandon Jacquez was driving Orangutan granted sculptures depict a monarch but- Robert Allen Johnson of Thunder Bay, Ontario, was arrested and home to the town of Benson, ‘personhood’ turns 34 terfly and a bird and nest. 13 issued several citation for the incident, including reckless endan- southeast of Tucson, when a bull germent, unsafe lane deviation and operating a motor vehicle attack was called out. Juvenile arrested after Jacquez recognized he was the WAUCHULA — An under the influence, WSAW- TV reported. The vehicles were all unoccupied and parked. closest to the scene, so he quickly FL orangutan named San- fleeing from attack drove there. dra, who was granted legal per- Once he arrived, he saw an LOS ANGELES — A sonhood by a judge in Argentina older man being tramped and juvenile who fled to Ar- scammer obtained a copy of his might be unpleasant, it does not and later found a new home in CA gored by a bull as neighbors at- menia after he allegedly punched custom license plate, causing him violate an inmate’s rights. Florida, celebrated her 34th tempted to help. a man during a road rage in- to receive toll bills from Virginia birthday on Valentine’s Day with Jacquez and a neighbor dis- cident, leaving the victim in a that totaled close to $500. a special new primate friend. Police: ATV driver kills tracted the bull before the troop- coma, was arrested on suspicion At first, Ronnie Dickerson Patti Ragan, director of the dog then leaves scene er fatally shot it. Center for Great Apes in Wau- of attempted murder, Los Ange- thought the North Carolina Divi- chula, said Sandra “has adjusted les police said. sion of Motor Vehicles had given DANBURY — Police in beautifully to her life at the sanc- The juvenile was wearing brass someone else his custom plate. Roach problem closes Connecticut are look- tuary” and has befriended Jethro, knuckles when he struck the man But, the NCDMV confirmed it CT ing for the operator of an all-ter- college’s student center a 31-year-old male orangutan. on New Year’s Day, police said. had not given anyone else the per- rain vehicle they said struck and Prior to coming to Florida, San- The victim has been hospital- sonalized tag. SAVANNAH — Student killed a dog before driving from dra had lived alone in a Buenos ized since the alleged attack, Dickerson was able to prove to complaints of being the scene. GA Aires zoo. according to the Los Angeles officials that the vehicle wasn’t served moldy bread and finding The dog was killed in the yard Sandra celebrated her birth- Times. his and the toll fees were waived. bugs in mac and cheese at a cam- of its Danbury home when the day, complete with pink signs and The juvenile was in a black pus food court led Savannah State wrapped packages. Jethro, who Jeep seen driving erratically be- Inmate gripe about no operator of the quad-style vehicle University to close its student cen- was once in the entertainment hind another vehicle in the Valley toilet paper dismissed apparently lost control. ter, where health inspectors later business, attended the party. Glen neighborhood, the newspa- The dog was a 4-year-old husky- reported finding “many dead per said. Labrador retriever mix. WILMINGTON — A roaches” in the kitchen. Witness video recorded from There are several trails in the Police probe theft of federal judge dismissed The university said in a state- a nearby car shows the juvenile DE area used by ATVs and dirt bikes a lawsuit filed by a Delaware pris- ment to news outlets that its stu- sculptures from park exiting the Jeep and striking the and police think the operator lives on inmate who complained about dent union , “is in the final stages driver of the other vehicle. The in the area. running out of toilet paper. of cleaning and maintenance” and INDIANAPOLIS — Po- man collapses to the ground as The judge ruled that the lawsuit could reopen within the week. IN lice are seeking the pub- the Jeep’s occupants flee. Trooper saves man from lic’s help in their investigation into by Isaac Pierce was frivolous. “There were many dead roach- the theft of two metal sculptures The ruling contains references being trampled by a bull es throughout the kitchen on floors from White River State Park in Man: Scammer copied to several other court decisions near drains, behind equipment downtown Indianapolis. license, racked up fees regarding toilet paper, or the lack BENSON — An off-duty and on some food prep surfaces,” The two basketball-sized sculp- of it, in prisons. Those rulings AZ Arizona Department the report on the food court in- tures were stolen from their posts RALEIGH — A North generally concluded that, while of Public Safety trooper is being spection said. on the park’s Environmental NC Carolina man said a a temporary lack of toilet paper credited with saving the life of a From wire reports PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, February 19, 2020 WORLD Death toll includes mostly children, Yemeni rebels say

BY AHMED AL-HAJ The Saudi-led coalition has Associated Press said that some of the injured have been transported to Saudi Arabia SANAA, Yemen — At least for medical treatment. three dozen people, including 26 Local residents said that the children and six women, were coalition was targeting Houthi killed in airstrikes by Saudi-led fighters, who had taken cover in forces in Yemen over the week- a residential area near the crash end, Yemen’s Houthi rebels said, site. raising the death toll. At least three houses were de- The Iranian-backed rebels stroyed in the coalition airstrikes, have said that the Saudi-led coali- killing all people inside, they tion carried out retaliatory air- said. strikes early on Saturday in the MARCO UGARTE/AP Col. Turki al-Maliki, a spokes- mountainous northern province man for the coalition, said Sat- Demonstrators march to protest the murder of Fatima, a 7-year-old girl who was abducted from the of Jawf, after their fighters shot urday that the pilots managed to entrance of the Enrique C. Rebsamen primary school and later killed, in Mexico City on Monday. down a coalition warplane there eject safely before the crash. He the previous day. said that the Houthi rebels were The coalition said it was in- responsible for the pilots’ “life vestigating “possible collateral and safety.” Killing of 7-year-old stokes damage” following an operation The weekend crash and air- to rescue the Tornado fighter jet’s strikes came amid heavy clashes two-man crew. It said that the between Yemeni government anger in Mexico over femicides whereabouts of the two pilots re- forces and Houthis in the prov- mains unknown. inces of Marib, Jawf and Sanaa. The Saudi-led coalition of most- Hundreds of people, mostly fight- Associated Press school. part of her corpse into the sewer. ly Arab states has been fighting ers, were killed in the recent Mexico City Mayor Claudia Indignation grew after some MEXICO CITY — The killing the rebels since early 2015, when clashes that have also forced at Sheinbaum personally accompa- local media published horrific of a 7-year-old girl on the south- it intervened to restore the col- least 4,700 families to flee, ac- nied the girl’s mother during the photos of the skinned corpse, ern outskirts of Mexico City has lapsing authority of the interna- cording to the U.N. legal paperwork involved in filing apparently leaked by city police stoked rising anger over the bru- tionally recognized government The war has killed over 100,000 charges and picking up the girl’s officers. tal slayings of women, including headed by Yemeni President people, including fighters and ci- body. Protesters read a statement Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi. vilians, according to the Armed one found stabbed to death and “We are going to accompany skinned earlier this month. Friday saying, “It enrages us how A statement by the Houthi-run Conflict Location & Event Data the family, and justice must be Ingrid was killed, and how the health ministry Monday said that Project, which tracks violence The city prosecutor’s office done,” Sheinbaum said. said Monday that investigators media put her body on display.” the airstrikes hit civilian houses reports in Yemen. The war also The girl’s mother, Maria Mag- On Monday afternoon, the Inte- in the al-Maslub district. The at- created the world’s worst human- identified a body found over the dalena Anton, appeared angry weekend as that of Fatima, a rior Ministry said in a statement tack killed at least 35 people and itarian crisis, leaving millions and distraught outside prosecu- that media should not publish wounded 23 others, including 18 suffering from food and medical grade-school student who was tors’ offices. taken by a stranger on Feb. 11. personal details or images of chil- children and a women. shortages. “Justice has to be done, for my dren in relation to a crime wheth- By law, prosecutors don’t give the daughter and for all women,” she full name of victims. er they are the authors, victims or said. witnesses. Her body was found wrapped She said that investigators in a bag and abandoned in a rural The Mexican capital has seen made the family wait for hours a series of angry demonstrations Turkey seeks nearly area on Saturday and was identi- and travel across the city to even fied by genetic testing. The cause over killings of women over the file a missing person report. past few months, including sev- of death has not been released. Other relatives accused police of Five people have been questioned eral in which protesters have 700 arrests over links not acting quickly enough. vandalized major monuments in the case, and video footage of “She could have been found and buildings. her abduction exists. alive, but nobody paid attention The killings have proved to Mexico City prosecutor Ernes- to us,” said Sonia Lopez, the girl’s to US-based cleric tina Godoy said the girl’s murder be a politically difficult issue for aunt. Associated Press reported. would not go unpunished. The in- President Andres Manuel Lopez Lopez also said there had been Further warrants were also vestigation is focused on identify- Obrador, who said that protests ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish longstanding questions about the issued against 157 non-commis- ing the woman seen walking away over the killings were an attempt prosecutors have issued deten- mother’s ability to care for her sioned military officers in 43 from the school with the girl. children, but that city health and to distract attention from his so- tion warrants against 695 people Guillermo Anton Godinez, the cial programs. who are suspected of being linked provinces and 71 Justice Minis- family welfare agencies had not try personnel, Anadolu reported. girl’s grandfather, said Monday helped them. Last week, Lopez Obrador to the United States-based Mus- At least 101 of the military per- that his daughter arrived at the Many relatives and commenta- showed little patience for those lim cleric blamed by Turkey for a sonnel were still on active duty in school 15 or 20 minutes after tors called for urgent changes to who questioned him about the failed coup attempt in 2016, state the Air Force or Navy. the woman led the girl away. He primary school safety protocols. government’s commitment to media reported Tuesday. On July 15, 2016, a group of of- added that his granddaughter had At government schools in urban fighting violence against women. The warrants were issued as left the school wearing her uni- areas of Mexico, children simply “This issue has been manipu- part of a crackdown on the net- ficers attempted a coup to over- form, but the woman had put a walk out on the street after class- lated a lot in the media,” the pres- work led by cleric Fethullah throw Turkish President Recep green shirt and pants on her. es end. Although their parents are ident said Monday, adding that Gulen that continues nearly four Tayyip Erdogan. Some 250 peo- His daughter was initially told often waiting outside, it is not the “I don’t want the issue just to be years after the attempted coup. ple were killed and more than that authorities couldn’t begin school’s responsibility to make women’s killings.” Turkish authorities maintain that 2,000 were injured during the searching for 72 hours after her sure that someone is waiting to On Monday, Lopez Obrador de- the group remains a national se- failed attempt. disappearance, he said. The pros- meet them. fended his record, saying “we are curity threat. Some 77,000 people have been ecutor’s office, however, said that The abduction and killing of working so that there won’t be Anadolu Agency said that pros- arrested, and around 130,000 oth- an Amber alert was issued about the child came just two days after any more women’s killings.” ecutors were actively seeking the ers, including military personnel, the girl’s disappearance the same Ingrid Escamilla, a young Mex- But referring to protests last detention of 467 alleged Gulen have been dismissed from state day that relatives reported her ico City resident, was allegedly week over Escamilla’s killing followers who are suspected of jobs in the crackdown on Gulen’s missing. murdered by a boyfriend. in which demonstrators spray- cheating in a police superinten- network since the coup. Prosecutor spokesman Ulises The man, who has been ar- painted the doors and walls of the dent promotion examination in Gulen, who has lived in self-im- Lara offered a $100,000 reward rested and purportedly confessed colonial-era National Palace, the 2009. Police were conducting posed exile in the U.S. since 1999, for information on the person to killing Escamilla with a knife, president said, “They shouldn’t simultaneous raids in 67 prov- denies involvement in the coup who picked her up when she left mutilated her body and flushed paint our doors and walls.” inces across Turkey, the agency attempt. Wednesday, February 19, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 WORLD UK issues alerts as storm-swollen rivers continue to surge

Associated Press It turned rivers such as the Severn and the Wye, which nor- LONDON — Residents in cen- mally meander through pictur- MARTIN MEISSNER/AP tral England and Wales braced esque countrysides, into raging Tuesday for more flooding as torrents. The River Wye reached A satiric carnival float depicting the leaders of China, United Kingdom, Russia, USA and North Korea as rivers peaked in the wake of a puppets is watched by a reveller during a preview in a hall in Cologne, Germany, on Tuesday. weekend storm that brought up to the highest level ever recorded 6 inches of rain to an already wa- in the central England town of terlogged region. Hereford. Environment agencies in Eng- Dave Throup, a manager in the Carnival revelers poke fun land and Wales on Tuesday de- region for the Environment Agen- clared 10 severe flood warnings, cy, tweeted, “I’ve seen things meaning that there is an imme- today I would not have believed … This is not normal flooding, we at world leaders in Germany diate danger to life, for the riv- ers Severn Trent, Wye and Lugg. are in uncharted territory.” More than 180 less severe flood The storm has killed at least warnings were also in place. three people in Britain, includ- Associated Press Donald Trump playing the harp ing the traditional street parade ing a 55-year-old woman who was like Roman Emperor Nero. in the western city. Storm Dennis — the second MAINZ, Germany — A vic- major storm of the winter — blew swept away by floodwaters in the All of these controversial lead- Mainz, Cologne and Duessel- torious British Prime Minister through the United Kingdom on central English town of Tenbury. ers have come together at for a dorf, the three big cities along Boris Johnson with a grim-look- Saturday and Sunday, bringing The storm also left a trail provocative tryst at the tradition- the Rhine River, are all famous wind gusts of up to 90 mph and of flooding and power outages ing Queen Elizabeth II standing al Mainz carnival celebrations in for their politically provocative heavy rain that flooded roads, across northern Europe, includ- behind him, a bare-chested Rus- western Germany. floats. During Carnival, dubbed railways, homes and businesses. ing in southwestern Sweden. In sian President Vladimir Putin The Mainzer Carnival Associa- the “fifth season of the year” be- The fierce weather upended trav- Denmark, 100 people who had holding a remote control to steer tion presented the colorful, over- fore the start of the Christian sea- el plans for thousands of British been evacuated late Monday due Turkish President Recep Tayyip sized figures for a first glimpse son of Lent, the common people families trying to get away on the to fears that a levee might collapse Erdogan atop a tank and a tri- Tuesday before they entertain are traditionally allowed to make mid-winter school break. began returning home Tuesday. umphant United States President crowds on floats next week dur- fun of those in power. PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, February 19, 2020 FACES No looking back Tracy Morgan’s comedy career once again going full tilt after recovery from 2014 car crash, coma

BY DAVID J. CRIBLEZ first year on “Saturday Night Live” when Newsday he appeared on “The Rosie O’Donnell Show.” We connected right away. omedian Tracy Morgan is full What did you make of the impression of love and gratitude these days. he did of you on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” After being in critical condition last year? Cfrom a 2014 car accident on the It was an honor and the greatest form of New Jersey Turnpike, Morgan came out flattery. That’s like Michael Jackson writ- of a coma and made his way back to the ing a song just for you. comedy scene. The “Saturday Night Live” Is it true Eddie called you while you alum gave his first post-accident perfor- were recovering? mance when he hosted “SNL” in Octo- Yeah, three days out of my coma, he ber 2015, which garnered him an Emmy called. He said that he loved me and to nomination. get better. He made me giggle when I was Since that time Morgan, 51, has starred highly sedated. in his own TBS show, “The Last O.G.”, and Is it true you are playing Captain Cave- appeared in a host of movies ranging from man in the new Scooby-Doo movie, “What Men Want” to “Fist Fight” to “The “Scoob!”? Night Before.” Yup. (screams) CAPTAIN CA-A-A-A- Morgan spoke with Newsday reporter A-A-AVEM-A-A-A-A-A-N!!! That’s when David J. Criblez. Saturdays meant something to us. We didn’t have Cartoon Network. You could Newsday: You are calling your new only watch cartoons after school or Satur- tour “No Disrespect.” What does the day mornings. title refer to? Are you doing a third season for your Morgan: It refers to the things I’m going TBS show, “The Last O.G.”? If so, where to say. I don’t mean no disrespect. do we find your character Tray Barker? What topics will you be focusing on? Oh yeah ... Tray is in the world trying to I ain’t tellin’ you ... No disrespect! get on his feet. We shot the whole season, (laughs) You’ve got to come to the show, which starts in April. baby. Looking back, how do you view your How are you feeling these days time at “Saturday Night Live”? post-accident? It was like my college. “SNL” was the I’m feeling dynamite. I appreciate all university for funny, and I graduated top the concern and goodwill coming my way. of the class. It’s where I learned fearless- People really showed their love for me, and ness. Doing live TV every week was like it’s important for me to give it right back to getting shot out of a cannon. I love every- them. I do that through my sense of humor. thing I did there. When I’m on stage, I give them everything You played Tracy Jordan on “30 Rock,” I got. God put me on the bench for a little Tray Barker on “The Last O.G.” and Tracy while. He had to slow me down. Mitchell on “The Tracy Morgan Show.” I heard you are going to be in the new How come you are always playing a char- “Coming to America” sequel. Is that acter called Tracy? true? Because when I’m walking in the airport Eddie Murphy put me in! He’s one of my I don’t want people to say, “Hey, Bobo!” I comedic heroes. Every day was a ball. So want them to call me by my name. I can much fun. show you how to be a household name in What did Eddie Murphy mean to you the household. growing up? How do you want to be remembered? Eddie’s one of my O.G.s ... Eddie, Martin As a funny brother who was warm and (Lawrence), Arsenio (Hall). I met Ed my kind. Tracy Morgan Netflix

‘True Grit’ author Portis, ‘our least-known great novelist,’ dies at 86 From wire reports ration. Crime novelist and television writer George Pele- Elton John cancels remaining shows in NZ canos called it “one of the very best American novels,” Charles Portis, the celebrated Southern novelist who telling NPR that “Mattie’s voice, wry and sure, is one of Elton John canceled his two remaining New Zealand wrote “Norwood” and “True Grit,” died Monday in Little the great creations of modern American fiction. I put it up shows late Tuesday as he continued to suffer from a bout Rock, Ark., according to The Associated Press. He was 86. there with Huck Finn’s, and that is not hyperbole.” of pneumonia. His brother Jonathan Portis told The Arkansas Post-Ga- Portis, who was born in the small oil town of El Dorado, The shows have been rescheduled for next year. On Sun- zette that the cause was complications from Alzheimer’s Ark., in 1933, focused on fiction after serving as a ma- day, John needed to cut short a performance in Auckland disease and dementia, which was diagnosed in 2012. rine in the Korean War before working as a reporter and after he lost his voice and needed medical help on stage. Though the Arkansas native published only five novels columnist. He wrote for various newspapers such as The John said in a statement Tuesday he was “incredibly dis- throughout his career, he came to be known as something Memphis Commercial Appeal, The Arkansas Gazette in appointed” and sent his sincerest apologies to his fans. It of a cult writer who was adored by other authors; Esquire Little Rock and the New York Herald Tribune (alongside was not immediately clear if his illness would affect other dubbed Portis “our least-known great novelist” in 1998. such writers as Tom Wolfe and Nora Ephron), where he dates on his tour, which next moves to Australia. Portis’ most well-known book is “True Grit,” a western covered the civil rights movements in the South. Tour promoters Chugg Entertainment initially said that told from the perspective of an elderly woman named Mat- About a year after being promoted to chief of the Herald John was recovering and the tour would go on as planned, tie Ross. She recounts a harrowing story from when she Tribune’s London bureau while in his 30s, Portis quit to aside from pushing back the next performance by one day was 14 years old and sought revenge on her father’s killer. return to Arkansas to focus on fiction. He published his to Wednesday. The book originally appeared as a serial in The Saturday first novel, “Norwood,” in 1966. But on Tuesday night, the promoters said the final two Evening Post in 1968. Since then, it’s been remade into His final three novels — “The Dog of the South” (1979), performances would be rescheduled for Jan. 15 and 16, two movies: a 1969 version starring John Wayne and Glen “Masters of Atlantis” (1985) and “Gringos” (1991) — in- 2021. Campbell and a 2010 one directed by the Coen brothers cluded the same sly, offbeat humor, outlandish characters The concerts were part of John’s Farewell Yellow Brick and starring Hailee Steinfeld, Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon and shocking bouts of melodrama that defined his first two Road tour. After the New Zealand shows, John is sched- and Josh Brolin. books, though they never quite achieved the same level of uled for seven performances in Australia before traveling “True Grit” is often cited by fiction writers as an inspi- commercial success. to the U.S. and Canada. Wednesday, February 19, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, February 19, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Adams would have defended Gitmo detainees Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY AARON SHEPARD We cannot turn away nothing to do with 9/11, the USS Cole bomb- Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff Special to the Los Angeles Times ing or any attack on the United States. from the fundamentals Earlier this year, the U.S. government o you … defend terrorists?” looked ready to finally charge him by pro- EDITORIAL This is a question that my of our justice system posing a classified, secret process. But fellow military commissions Terry Leonard, Editor — especially when we’re a federal judge in October found that the defense attorneys and I are proposal would “irreparably taint” any [email protected] “S often asked. When friends and family confronting its most future trial, and ordered the government Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor members wonder about the work I do rep- to cease and desist. As a result, Bin Lep’s [email protected] resenting a detainee held at Guantanamo difficult and trying cases. status remains unchanged, and he remains Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content Bay, Cuba, I usually offer something quip- shackled in a cell without an end in sight. [email protected] py about defending “constitutional values” To be clear, defense attorneys certainly or “the rule of law,” and quickly move on. don’t condone terrorism or criminal acts. Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation After all, talking about our clients, who Abu Zubaydah, a Guantanamo detainee Many of us were personally affected by [email protected] have been tortured and imprisoned for who was subjected to lengthy torture, gave 9/11, or had friends and family members false statements about Iraqi weapons of Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital years, isn’t standard fare for casual family who were. But merely being charged with [email protected] gatherings, nor is advocating for a nuanced mass destruction that were subsequently a crime does not make one a criminal, nor view of their legal predicaments. used to justify the 2003 U.S. invasion of the do criminal acts justify abridging indel- But it’s important for Americans to un- country. ible legal rights. Like my client, most of the BUREAU STAFF derstand the facts of what happened to the However, the legal issues we deal with men in Guantanamo have never had any Europe/Mideast 40 men still held at Guantanamo Bay, a as defense lawyers go far beyond torture. charges filed against them. Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief prison that has been open since 2002. As Take the case of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, The historic significance of these cases [email protected] President John Adams once said, “facts a Saudi accused of masterminding the at- cannot be overstated. Adams, for one, was +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 are stubborn things,” and the trials to de- tack on the guided missile destroyer USS personally invested in work like ours. As Pacific termine those facts must be carried out Cole in 2000. In addition to torture, his a young lawyer with unbridled ambition, Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief justly, regardless of our passions. Defend- case so far has involved: 1) the government he chose to defend the British soldiers ac- [email protected] ing those men in their trials, and discuss- having secret listening devices in defense cused of committing the Boston Massacre. +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 ing our work openly, is a responsibility we attorneys’ spaces; 2) the trial being forced Adams did this despite the risk to his po- embrace, and there is no better place to to go forward despite having an unquali- litical aspirations, financial well-being and Washington start that discussion than with torture. fied defense attorney; 3) the judge trying the very safety of himself and his family. Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief to get a job with the Justice Department In the end, the soldiers were acquitted of [email protected] Growing up in a Jack Bauer-ized world, (+1)(202)886-0033 many of my generation have an indelible while overseeing the case, resulting in a murder by a jury of colonists, and in later Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News belief that torture works. There’s a nuclear federal appeals court throwing out more life Adams said his work on this case was [email protected] bomb in Los Angeles, so Kiefer Sutherland than three years of rulings; and 4) confi- one of his greatest services to his country has to put a knife through the kneecap of dential communications between the judge because it upheld the rule of law in that CIRCULATION the bad guy, threaten their family, and and defense attorneys being inadvertently moment of political crisis. after some intense moments, the terrorist turned over to the prosecution. And that’s We cannot turn away from the funda- Mideast mentals of our justice system — especially Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager will give up the location of the bomb. just from one detainee’s case. [email protected] Of course, in the real world, it doesn’t Others have waited nearly two decades when we’re confronting its most difficult [email protected] work like that. Aside from questions of eth- without their day in court. One such per- and trying cases. Our principles, as exhib- DSN (314)583-9111 ics and morality, torture is illegal. It’s also son is my client, a Malaysian named Nazir ited by Adams in his defense of the British ineffective. This was the bipartisan conclu- Bin Lep, who has been held in black sites soldiers, must not be abandoned now. Europe So do we “defend terrorists”? Argu- Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager sion in the Senate Select Committee on In- and Guantanamo for over 16 years. For the [email protected] telligence report of 2014, based in part on first three, he was severely tortured. He is ably, but that’s not the right question. We [email protected] studies done by the CIA itself, which pre- suspected of having been tangentially in- defend our clients, and in doing so, defend +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 viously eschewed torture in favor of more volved in attacks in Indonesia in 2002 and the essential values of the American legal system. Pacific reliable methods of interrogation. 2003, but has never been charged. While Mari Mori, [email protected] Apart from being ineffective, torture is these were tragic and devastating crimes, Aaron Shepard is a lieutenant commander in the +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 often counterproductive. Many of the de- there is no evidence that he planned or car- U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps. The views expressed do not reflect the views of the tainees subjected to it simply lied to get ried them out, or even that he knew any- Department of Defense, the U.S. government or CONTACT US it to stop. For instance, a detainee named thing about them. Furthermore, he had any of its agencies or instrumentalities. Washington tel: (+1)202.886.0003 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 What exactly is in the details of the Taliban truce? Reader letters [email protected] BY ELI LAKE Additional contacts If the provisions of the not ready. In September, for example, U.S. stripes.com/contactus Bloomberg News and Afghan forces reportedly killed a se- agreement that require nior al-Qaida member during a raid in Tal- OMBUDSMAN n the last year, Congress has begun the Taliban to break with iban-controlled Helmand province. Last to claw back its constitutional power month, Long War Journal reported that the Ernie Gates to declare war. A possible U.S. truce terrorism are not public, Pentagon spiked a press release announc- Iwith the Taliban will show whether ing the death because “it would complicate The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow the legislative branch is willing to reassert then how much are they future negotiations with the Taliban.” of news and information, reporting any attempts by the its peace-making power as well. military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s really worth? “You can’t pretend the Taliban is willing independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns The latest example of Congress’ renewed to break with al-Qaida when they are still and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for fair- interest in its war-making authority is its deeply in bed with one another,” says Tom ness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman 55 to 45 vote last week in the Senate lim- welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted Joscelyn, a senior fellow at the Foundation by email at [email protected], or by phone at iting the president’s ability to attack Iran for Defense of Democracies and senior 202.886.0003. nexes. Usually, such appendices are ancil- unless he gets explicit authorization from editor of the Long War Journal. His point Congress. This followed a vote last year lary to the primary agreement. In this case, they are the most important elements. raises a larger question: If the provisions to end U.S. military participation in the of the agreement that require the Taliban Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- Saudi-led war in Yemen. The article says that one annex will lay days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday to break with terrorism are not public, then These votes are important correctives out the terms for how U.S. counterter- through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and how much are they really worth? Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals to decades of Congress abdicating its war- rorism forces can remain in Afghanistan Here is where Congress can reclaim postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send making power to presidents of both par- to hold back al-Qaida and other jihadi address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, its oversight function. At the very least, ties. News that the U.S. and the Taliban are groups. One, according to the magazine, APO AP 96301-5002. representatives and senators can give the This newspaper is authorized by the Department of close to reaching a seven-day truce and a will contain the Taliban’s “denouncement Defense for members of the military services overseas. American people an honest assessment of possible agreement for the withdrawal of of terrorism and violent extremism.” An- However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are unofficial, any truce with the Taliban. and are not to be considered as the official views of, or most forces from Afghanistan presents an other annex will contain the mechanism endorsed by, the U.S. government. As a DOD newspaper, opening for Congress to exert some control for monitoring how all sides in the war are It may well be that most Americans are Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official chan- willing to live with an unconditional with- nels and use appropriated funds for distribution to remote over the peace process — which in this case adhering to the ceasefire while negotia- locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. amounts to a dangerous foreign policy. tions proceed between the Taliban and the drawal from a war the U.S. has waged for The appearance of advertising in this publication does The first step is not necessarily assert- elected Afghan government. 18 years with little to show for it. If that is not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense the case, however, then Congress should or Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. ing the Senate’s right to approve an eventu- All of these are vitally important for the Products or services advertised shall be made available for al peace treaty. Rather, it is to gain access eventual truce to be a real peace agree- say so. Surrender camouflaged as peace is purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, little more than an ignoble lie. religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical to the entire agreement that is now being ment instead of simply terms of surrender handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor negotiated in Doha, Qatar, between U.S. for the Afghan government. The most cru- Eli Lake is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist of the purchaser, user or patron. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and representa- cial element, however, will be whether the covering national security and foreign policy. He tives of the Taliban. Taliban themselves will commit to sever- was the senior national security correspondent © Stars and Stripes 2020 for The Daily Beast and covered national security According to Time magazine, that final ing their longstanding ties to al-Qaida. and intelligence for The Washington Times, the stripes.com agreement will contain several secret an- Recent evidence suggests that they are New York Sun and UPI. Wednesday, February 19, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 SCOREBOARD

Sports College basketball College baseball College hockey Saturday’s games AP Men’s Top 25 No. 1 Baylor vs. No. 3 Kansas Baseball America Top 25 NCAA Division I poll on AFN The top 25 teams in The Associated No. 2 Gonzaga at No. 23 BYU DURHAM, N.C. — The top 25 teams in MINNEAPOLIS — The top 20 teams in Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with No. 4 San Diego State vs. UNLV the Baseball America poll, with records the NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey first-place votes in parentheses, records No. 5 Dayton vs. Duquesne through Feb. 16 and previous ranking poll, compiled by U.S. College Hockey through Feb. 16, total points based on No. 6 Duke vs. Virginia Tech (selected by the staff of Baseball Amer- Online, with first-place votes in paren- Go to the American Forces 25 points for a first-place vote through No. 8 Florida State at N.C. State ica): theses, records through Feb. 16 and pre- one point for a 25th-place vote and last No. 10 Kentucky vs. Florida, 6 p.m. Record Prv vious ranking: Network website for the most week’s ranking: No. 11 Louisville vs. North Carolina 1. Michigan 3-1 8 Record Pts Pvs up-to-date TV schedules. Record Pts Pvs No. 12 Villanova at Xavier 2. Florida 3-0 4 1. North Dakota (49) 23-3-3 999 1 1. Baylor (48) 23-1 1,559 1 No. 13 Auburn vs. Tennessee 3. Miami 3-0 5 2. Cornell 19-2-4 929 2 myafn.net 2. Gonzaga (14) 26-1 1,518 2 No. 14 Oregon at No. 24 Arizona 4. Texas Tech 4-0 6 3. Minnesota State (1) 26-4-2 910 3 3. Kansas (1) 22-3 1,434 3 No. 17 West Virginia at TCU 5. Vanderbilt 1-2 1 4. Minnesota Duluth 17-9-2 833 4 4. San Diego St. 26-0 1,404 4 No. 18 Colorado vs. UCLA 6. Louisville 1-2 2 5. Clarkson 22-6-2 786 5 5. Dayton 23-2 1,294 6 No. 19 Marquette at Providence 7. Georgia 3-0 7 6. Boston College 19-8-1 754 7 6. Duke 22-3 1,285 7 No. 22 Houston at Memphis 8. Arizona State 2-2 3 7. Denver 17-8-5 684 6 Pro football 7. Maryland 21-4 1,194 9 Sunday’s games 9. Mississippi State 3-0 9 8. Massachusetts 18-9-2 664 8 8. Florida St. 21-4 1,088 8 No. 7 Maryland at No. 25 Ohio State 10. UCLA 3-0 10 9. Arizona State 22-9-3 545 10 9. Penn St. 20-5 1,024 13 No. 9 Penn State at Indiana 11. Arkansas 3-0 11 10. Northeastern 17-8-3 543 12 XFL 10. Kentucky 20-5 1,011 12 No. 15 Creighton vs. No. 21 Butler 12. Auburn 4-0 13 11. Penn State 19-10-3 528 9 EASTERN CONFERENCE 11. Louisville 21-5 837 5 No. 16 Seton Hall vs. St. John’s 13. LSU 2-1 14 12. Ohio State 16-10-4 396 13 W L Pct PF PA 12. Villanova 19-6 824 15 14. Florida State 2-1 12 13. Bemidji State 18-8-4 374 16 DC 2 0 1.000 58 19 13. Auburn 22-3 818 11 AP Women’s Top 25 15. Mississippi 2-1 NR 14. UMass Lowell 15-9-5 342 11 St. Louis 1 1 .500 39 37 14. Oregon 20-6 742 17 16. Oklahoma 2-1 19 15. Providence 15-9-6 327 14 New York 1 1 .500 23 30 15. Creighton 20-6 718 23 The top 25 teams in The Associated 17. Duke 2-1 15 16. Quinnipiac 18-10-2 259 15 Tampa Bay 0 2 .000 12 40 16. Seton Hall 18-7 672 10 Press’ women’s college basketball poll, 18. NC State 3-0 17 17. Maine 16-10-4 190 17 WESTERN CONFERENCE 17. West Virginia 18-7 552 14 with first-place votes in parentheses, 19. North Carolina 3-0 18 18. Minnesota 14-11-5 123 — W L Pct PF PA 18. Colorado 20-6 501 16 records through Feb. 16, total points 20. Wake Forest 3-1 20 19. Western Michigan 15-10-5 103 — Houston 2 0 1.000 65 41 19. Marquette 17-7 404 18 based on 25 points for a first-place vote 21. Georgia Tech 2-1 21 20. Harvard 11-8-6 53 18 Dallas 1 1 .500 34 33 20. Iowa 18-8 254 21 through one point for a 25th-place vote 22. Arizona 3-0 22 Others receiving votes: AIC 43, Michi- Seattle 1 1 .500 36 40 21. Butler 19-7 242 19 and last week’s ranking: 23. Dallas Baptist 3-0 23 gan 32, Sacred Heart 21, Northern Michi- Los Angeles 0 2 .000 35 62 22. Houston 20-6 237 20 Record Pts Pvs 24. Oklahoma State 1-2 16 gan 18, Boston University 15, Michigan Sunday, Feb. 16 23. BYU 21-7 188 — 1. South Carolina (27) 24-1 747 1 25. East Carolina 3-0 25 State 14, Notre Dame 12, Bowling Green Dallas 25, Los Angeles 18 24. Arizona 18-7 102 — 2. Baylor (2) 23-1 713 2 3. Houston 28, St. Louis 24 25. Ohio St. 17-8 95 — 3. Oregon (1) 24-2 700 3 Collegiate Baseball poll Saturday’s games Others receiving votes: Texas Tech 4. Stanford 23-3 620 8 Monday’s scores Houston at Tampa Bay 92, Michigan St. 87, Michigan 83, LSU 55, 5. Louisville 23-3 611 9 TUCSON, Ariz. — The 2020 Collegiate Dallas at Seattle Rhode Island 39, Virginia 32, Cincinnati 6. UConn 21-3 605 5 Baseball poll, with records through Feb. MIDWEST Sunday’s games 14, Stephen F Austin 14, Illinois 12, N Iowa 7. Maryland 22-4 557 10 16, total points and last week’s ranking. Michigan 4, Michigan St. 1 New York at St. Louis 9, Utah St. 8, Rutgers 6, Florida 6, ETSU 5, 8. UCLA 21-3 554 7 Voting is done by coaches, sports writ- FAR WEST DC at Los Angeles Saint Mary’s (Cal) 4, Tulsa 3, Richmond 9. Mississippi St. 22-4 516 6 ers and sports information directors: Colorado College 4, Air Force 2 Saturday, Feb. 29 3, SMU 2, New Mexico St. 2, Wright St. 1, 10. NC State 22-3 481 4 Record Pts Prv Los Angeles at New York Arizona St 1. 11. Arizona 21-4 460 12 1. Texas Tech 4-0 496 3 Seattle at St. Louis 12. DePaul 24-3 413 13 2. Miami, Fla. 3-0 495 4 Sunday, March 1 USA Today Men’s Top 25 13. Gonzaga 25-2 337 15 3. Michigan 3-1 492 10 Tennis Houston at Dallas 14. Kentucky 19-5 320 18 4. Louisville 1-2 489 1 DC at Tampa Bay The top 25 teams in the USA Today 15. Oregon St. 19-6 311 11 5. Vanderbilt 1-2 486 2 Saturday, March 7 men’s college basketball poll, with 16. Texas A&M 20-5 307 16 6. Mississippi St. 3-0 483 6 Open 13 Seattle at Houston first-place votes in parentheses, re- 17. Florida St. 20-5 269 14 7. Georgia 3-0 481 7 New York at Dallas cords through Feb. 16, points based on 18. Northwestern 22-3 263 19 8. Auburn 4-0 478 8 Tuesday 25 points for a first-place vote through 19. Iowa 21-5 203 17 9. Arkansas 3-0 475 9 At Palais des Sports one point for a 25th-place vote and last 20. South Dakota 24-2 167 21 10. UCLA 3-0 473 12 Marseille, France week’s ranking: 21. Arizona St. 18-8 143 22 11. Arizona St. 2-2 471 5 Purse: Euro691,880 Deals Record Pts Pvs 22. Arkansas 20-5 128 23 12. Louisiana St. 2-1 469 11 Surface: Hardcourt indoor 1. Baylor (21) 23-1 788 1 23. Missouri St. 21-3 122 24 13. North Carolina 3-0 466 13 Men’s Singles 2. Gonzaga (11) 26-1 772 2 24. Indiana 20-7 87 20 14. Florida 3-0 463 14 Round of 32 3. Kansas 22-3 723 3 25. Princeton 19-1 52 — 15. Florida St. 2-1 460 15 Hubert Hurkacz (8), Poland, def. An- Monday’s transactions 4. San Diego State 26-0 717 4 Others receiving votes: TCU 30, Florida 16. N.C. State 3-0 457 16 toine Hoang, France, 6-4, 6-1. Gulf Coast 15, LSU 6, Tennessee 5, Stony 17. Wake Forest 3-1 454 17 Vasek Pospisil, Canada, def. Emil Ruu- BASEBALL 5. Dayton 23-2 659 6 suvuori, Finland, 7-6 (6), 6-3. MLB — Suspended Houston Astros 6. Duke 22-3 652 7 Brook 3, Cent Michigan 3, Fresno St. 2. 18. Arizona 3-0 452 18 19. Mississippi 2-1 451 NR Jannik Sinner, Italy, def. Norbert Gom- RHP Francis Martes for 162 games with- 7. Maryland 21-4 601 9 bos, Slovakia, 6-4, 7-6 (5). out pay after testing positive for a per- 8. Florida State 21-4 524 8 Monday’s women’s scores 20. Texas Christian 3-0 449 20 formance-enhancing substance, in vio- 9. Penn State 20-5 503 13 21. Texas A&M 3-0 446 21 lation of Major League Baseball’s Joint 10. Kentucky 20-5 488 12 EAST 22. Texas 3-0 444 22 Dubai Championships Drug Prevention and Treatment. 11. Louisville 21-5 466 5 Bethune-Cookman 66, Delaware St. 55 23. East Carolina 3-0 442 NR 24. Central Michigan 3-1 439 NR Tuesday American League 12. Auburn 22-3 398 11 Fairleigh Dickinson 63, CCSU 55 At Aviation Club Tennis Centre 13. Villanova 19-6 383 16 Florida A&M 81, Md.-Eastern Shore 71 25. Cal. St. Fullerton 2-1 437 26 BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Named An- 26. U.C. Santa Barbara 2-1 435 27 Dubai, United Arab Emirates thony Verni vice president/corporate 14. Seton Hall 18-7 355 10 LIU 66, Sacred Heart 63 Purse: $2,643,670 Merrimack 61, Bryant 53 27. Grand Canyon 2-1 433 NR sponsorships. 15. Creighton 20-6 340 21 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor 16. Oregon 20-6 311 18 Mount St. Mary’s 67, Wagner 52 28. Oklahoma St. 1-2 430 19 Women’s Singles HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms 17. Colorado 20-6 287 15 Robert Morris 66, St. Francis (Pa.) 57 29. Georgia Tech 2-1 428 28 with RHP Jared Hughes on a minor Round of 32 18. West Virginia 18-7 279 14 SOUTH 30. South Alabama 2-1 426 23 Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, league contract. 19. Marquette 17-7 171 22 Alcorn St. 57, Ark.-Pine Bluff 54 KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to def. Karolina Muchova, Czech Republic, 20. Iowa 18-8 168 17 Coppin St. 57, Norfolk St. 55 Monday’s scores 6-4, 4-6, 6-0. terms with LHP Tim Hill, INF Adalberto 21. Arizona 18-7 132 — Florida Gulf Coast 89, Kennesaw St. 64 Jennifer Brady, United States, def. Eli- Mondesi, INF-OF Hunter Dozier, OF Bubba 22. Houston 20-6 131 19 Jacksonville 69, North Florida 60 SOUTH na Svitolina (3), Ukraine, 6-2, 6-1. Starling and RHPs Scott Blewett, Carlos 23. Butler 19-7 124 20 Lipscomb 68, NJIT 66 Valparaiso 5, W. Kentucky 3, 10 innings Kristina Mladenovic, France, def. Hernandez, Jakob Junis, Glenn Sparkman 24. Ohio State 17-8 79 — Morgan St. 60, SC State 47 Florida A&M 5, South Florida 1 Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, 6-4, 6-3. and Kyle Zimmer on one-year contracts. 25. Michigan State 17-9 76 25 South Carolina 95, Vanderbilt 44 SOUTHWEST Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to Others receiving votes: Texas Tech Southern U. 71, MVSU 40 Kansas St. 9, UT Rio Grande Valley 2 def. Belinda Bencic (4), Switzerland, 1-6, terms with LHP Ryan Buchter to a minor 59, BYU 56, Michigan 44, Illinois 24, Vir- Stetson 69, North Alabama 60 FAR WEST 6-1, 6-1. league contract. ginia 20, LSU 16, Northern Iowa 10, Rhode MIDWEST Gonzaga 5, New Mexico 4 Veronika Kudermetova, Russia, def. MINNESOTA TWINS — Agreed to terms Island 9, Oklahoma 6, SMU 6, Florida 5, Michigan St. 66, Minnesota 54 Minnesota 5, Arizona 2 Dayana Yastremska, Ukraine, 5-7, 6-3, 7- with RHP Cory Gearrin on a minor league Saint Mary’s 5, Cincinnati 3, ETSU 3, Rut- SOUTHWEST BYU 4, Oregon St. 3 6 (2). contract. gers 3, Stephen F. Austin 2, Arizona State Prairie View 62, Jackson St. 52 CS Northridge 3, Washington St. 1 Petra Martic (8), Croatia, def. Hsieh SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to 1, Wisconsin 1. Texas 50, West Virginia 44 Hawaii 8, N. Dakota St. 0 Su-wei, Taiwan, 6-4, 6-3. terms with RHP Cody Anderson, OF Car- Texas Southern 85, Grambling St. 62 Pacific 14, Cal Baptist 12 Elena Rybakina, Kazakhstan, def. Sofia los Gonzalez and OF Collin Cowgill on mi- FAR WEST Saint Mary’s 9, Utah 7 Kenin (5), United States, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-3. Monday’s men’s scores Idaho 65, Portland St. 52 Women’s Doubles nor league contracts. Round of 32 National League EAST UCLA 83, Oregon St. 74, OT Bethune-Cookman 71, Delaware St. 70 Kristyna Pliskova and Karolina Plis- ATLANTA BRAVES — Promoted Alex Pro baseball kova, Czech Republic, def. Shuko Aoyama Anthopoulos to president/baseball oper- Bucknell 69, Holy Cross 48 AP Women’s Top 25 schedule and Ena Shibahara (8), Japan, 6-2, 6-2. ations and general manager and signed Fairmont St. 91, Bluefield St. 82 Wednesday’s games Alison Riske and Desirae Krawczyk, him to a contract extension through Franciscan 101, Penn St.-Altoona 98, United States, def. Oksana Kalashnikova, 2OT No. 6 UConn vs. Tulane at the XL Cen- Spring Training schedule 2024. Signed manager Brian Snitker, ter, Hartford, Conn. Georgia, and Kaitlyn Christian, United catching coach Sal Fasano, pitching Md.-Eastern Shore 81, Florida A&M 71 States, 6-4, 4-6, 10-8. Xavier 77, St. John’s 74 No. 7 Maryland at Wisconsin Friday’s games coach Rick Kranitz, bullpen coach Marty No. 18 Northwestern vs. Rutgers UConn vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla. Peng Shuai and Han Xinyun, China, Reed, hitting coach Kevin Seitzer, third SOUTH def. Renata Voracova, Czech Republic, Albany St. (Ga.) 63, Clark Atlanta 62 Thursday’s games Southeastern U. vs. Detroit at Lake- base coach Ron Washington, bench land, Fla. and Cornelia Lister, Sweden, 4-6, 7-5, 10- Alcorn St. 60, Ark.-Pine Bluff 52 No. 1 South Carolina vs. LSU 6. coach Walt Weiss, first base/outfield Miles 82, Kentucky St. 54 No. 5 Louisville at Georgia Tech Texas vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz. coach Eric Young Sr. and assistant hit- Hayley Carter, United States, and Lu- Morehouse 72, Fort Valley St. 68 No. 9 Mississippi State at Auburn U. of Minnesota vs. Minnesota at Fort isa Stefani, Brazil, def. Andreja Klepac, ting coach Jose Castro through the 2021 Morgan St. 78, SC State 72 No. 10 N.C. State at Miami Myers, Fla. Slovenia, and Lucie Hradecka, Czech Re- season. NC A&T 77, NC Central 60 No. 13 Gonzaga at Loyola Marymount Saturday’s games public, 6-7 (4), 7-5, 10-2. CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms Norfolk St. 80, Coppin St. 60 No. 14 Kentucky at Mississippi Tampa Bay vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla. Zheng Saisai, China, and Barbora Kre- with 2B Jason Kipnis on a minor league Savannah St. 64, Benedict 62 No. 16 Texas A&M at Georgia Toronto vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla. jcikova (5), Czech Republic, def. Alicja contract. Southern U. 95, MVSU 62 No. 17 Florida State vs. Wake Forest N.Y. Mets (ss) vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla. Rosolska, Poland, and Alexa Guarachi BASKETBALL Tuskegee 86, Lane 65 No. 20 South Dakota vs. North Dakota Baltimore vs. Atlanta at North Port, Fla. Mathison, Chile, 6-4, 6-2. Women’s NBA MIDWEST State Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh at Braden- Karolina Muchova and Marketa Von- WASHINGTON MYSTICS — Re-signed F Central St. (Ohio) 99, LeMoyne-Owen 75 No. 22 Arkansas vs. Tennessee ton, Fla. drousova, Czech Republic, def. Anastasi- Emma Meesseman. Kansas 91, Iowa St. 71 Friday’s games Philadelphia vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla. ja Sevastova, Latvia, and Jennifer Brady, FOOTBALL Malone 77, Walsh 76 No. 3 Oregon at California Miami vs. N.Y. Mets (ss) at Port St. Lu- United States, 6-3, 4-6, 10-7. National Football League Notre Dame 77, North Carolina 76 No. 4 Stanford vs. No. 15 Oregon State cie, Fla. Sania Mirza, India, and Caroline Gar- Rochester (Mich.) 93, Finlandia 49 No. 8 UCLA at Washington State L.A. Dodgers vs. San Francisco at cia, France, def. Katarina Srebotnik, Slo- CLEVELAND BROWNS — Terminated No. 11 Arizona at Utah the contracts of CB T.J. Carrie, TE Deme- SOUTHWEST Scottsdale, Ariz. venia, and Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, No. 12 DePaul at Georgetown Milwaukee vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz. 6-4, 4-6, 10-8. trius Harris, G Eric Kush and LB Adarius Prairie View 70, Jackson St. 61 No. 21 Arizona State at Colorado Taylor. Texas Southern 93, Grambling St. 79 Oakland vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz. No. 23 Missouri State vs. Evansville L.A. Angels (ss) vs. Chicago White Sox INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Named Matt FAR WEST No. 25 Princeton vs. Harvard Rio Open Raich special defensive assistant/as- Dominican (Cal) 86, Concordia (Cal.) 78 at Glendale, Ariz. Saturday’s games Monday sistant defensive line coach and Jerrod Fresno Pacific 77, Chaminade 76 Cincinnati vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, No. 2 Baylor vs. Oklahoma Ariz. At Jockey Club Brasileiro Johnson offensive quality control coach. Point Loma 91, Hawaii Pacific 64 No. 6 UConn vs. UCF Portland St. 90, Idaho 69 Seattle vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz. Rio de Janeiro HOCKEY No. 13 Gonzaga at Pepperdine Kansas City vs. L.A. Angels (ss) at Purse: $1,759,905 National Hockey League No. 18 Northwestern at Wisconsin Surface: Red clay No. 19 Iowa vs. Penn State Tempe, Ariz. BUFFALO SABRES — Signed RW Taylor AP Men’s Top 25 schedule Arizona vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz. Men’s Singles Leier. No. 20 South Dakota at South Dakota Round of 32 Wednesday’s games State Washington vs. Houston at West Palm CALGARY FLAMES — Placed F Derek Beach, Fla. Pablo Andujar, Spain, def. Fernando Ryan on IR, retroactive to Thursday. No. 6 Duke at N.C. State No. 24 Indiana at Minnesota Verdasco (9), Spain, 6-3, 6-3. No. 11 Louisville vs. Syracuse No. 25 Princeton vs. Dartmouth Federico Delbonis, Argentina, def. Ro- NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Traded F Blake No. 12 Villanova at DePaul Coleman to Tampa Bay for F Nolan Foote Sunday’s games MLB calendar berto Carballes Baena, Spain, 6-2, 6-4. No. 13 Auburn at Georgia No. 1 South Carolina at No. 14 Kentucky Cristian Garin (3), Chile, def. Andrej and a conditional first-round draft pick No. 16 Seton Hall vs. No. 21 Butler Feb. 21 — Mandatory reporting date. in 2020 or 2021. No. 5 Louisville at Pittsburgh Martin, Slovakia, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5). No. 22 Houston vs. Tulsa No. 8 UCLA at Washington March 26 — Opening day, active ros- VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Acquired F Pedro Martinez, Spain, def. Hugo Del- Thursday’s games No. 9 Mississippi State vs. Alabama ters reduced to 26 players. lien, Bolivia, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5. Tyler Toffoli from the Los Angeles Kings No. 2 Gonzaga vs. San Francisco No. 11 Arizona at Colorado April 18-19 — San Diego vs. Arizona at Thiago Seyboth Wild, Brazil, def. Ale- for F Tim Schaller, F Tyler Madden, a 2020 No. 14 Oregon at Arizona State No. 12 DePaul at Villanova Mexico City. jandro Davidovich Fokina, Spain, 5-7, 7-6 second-round pick and a conditional No. 18 Colorado vs. Southern Cal No. 15 Oregon State at California April 28-30 — New York Mets vs. Miami (3), 7-5. fourth-round selection in the 2022 draft. No. 20 Iowa vs. No. 25 Ohio State No. 16 Texas A&M vs. Auburn at San Juan, Puerto Rico. Federico Coria, Argentina, def. Coren- SOCCER No. 23 BYU vs. Santa Clara No. 17 Florida State at Georgia Tech June 3-4 — Owners meeting, New tin Moutet, France, 1-6, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (3). Major League Soccer No. 24 Arizona vs. Oregon State No. 21 Arizona State at Utah York. Carlos Alcaraz Garfia, Spain, def. Al- INTER MIAMI — Signed M Rodolfo Friday’s games No. 22 Arkansas at Florida June 10-12 — Amateur draft, Omaha, bert Ramos-Vinolas (7), Spain, 7-6 (2), Pizarro. No games scheduled No. 23 Missouri State vs. Indiana State Neb. 4-6, 7-6 (2). PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, February 19, 2020 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Collision course for No. 1 Bears, No. 3 Jayhawks Saturday’s game could clinch top seed

DAVE SKRETTA that there’s no team in the coun- Associated Press try we can’t beat. We feel like we can go and win a national cham- Baylor and Kansas just keep pionship, and we talk about that winning, setting up a monumen- a lot.” tal showdown Saturday between The Cardinals lost to Georgia the top-ranked Bears and No. 3 Tech and Clemson to plummet /AP Jayhawks that could help decide to No. 11, but they weren’t the PHOTOS BY EVERT NELSON, THE TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL not only the Big 12 title but the only ranked team to lose to an Kansas’ David McCormack drives through Iowa State defenders. McCormack had 10 points, one of five No. 1 overall seed for the NCAA unranked foe on Saturday. Au- Jayhawks in double-figures in a 91-71 defeat of the Cyclones Monday in Lawrence, Kan. Tournament. burn fell at Missouri, Seton Hall The two teams were separated lost to Providence, Butler lost at again by Gonzaga in the latest Georgetown, Illinois lost at Rut- Roundup college basketball poll from The gers, Houston fell at SMU, Texas Associated Press on Monday. The Tech fell at Oklahoma State and Bears (23-1) had 48 first-place LSU was beaten on the road by votes from the 63-member media Alabama. Dotson’s three-point barrage panel, while the Bulldogs (26-1) Throw in then-No. 14 West had 14 first-place nods and the Virginia’s loss to Baylor and nine Jayhawks (23-3) had the only re- ranked teams were beaten. Eight helps Kansas crush Iowa State maining first-place vote. lost to unranked opponents, the “The best we could be right most in a single day this season. Associated Press now is being the No. 1 overall sively we gave ourselves a chance to be in the game,” Cyclones coach seed in the tournament. We’re LAWRENCE, Kan. — Devon In and out Steve Prohm said. “You get 40 in No. 2,” said Kansas coach Bill Dotson had watched Iowa State a half at this place, you’d think Self, whose team beat Iowa State BYU climbed into the poll at No. torch the nets in Allen Fieldhouse you’re in pretty good shape.” Monday night and West Virginia 23 after wins over Loyola Mary- long enough, so the do-everything Iowa State tried to mount a and Oklahoma last week. mount and San Diego, and now Kansas guard began raining comeback in the second half by “The reason we’re not No. 1 is faces Santa Clara on Thursday down three-pointers and getting Baylor beat us on our home floor,” night before a showdown with the to the rim in what started out as a getting the ball to Solomon Young, Self said. “They deserve it. I’m second-ranked Zags. The Cou- one-man scoring showcase. who spent most of the first half on not looking at it like we haven’t gars were followed by Arizona at The rest of the third-ranked the bench with two fouls. But the done as well as our record be- No. 24 and Ohio State at No. 25, Jayhawks eventually followed his big forward was hounded every cause we’re in second place. I’m teams that were in the poll earlier lead. time he touched the ball and looking at it like we played pretty this season before dropping out. Dotson finished with six three- never seemed to get an open look, good that day and got beat by a Illinois plummeted out of the pointers and 29 points, but he and that forced the Cyclones into better team, and now we have a poll after losing to Michigan State wound up being just one of five launching up another barrage of chance to get them back.” and Rutgers. Texas Tech also Kansas players in double-figures three-pointers. The Bears have business to dropped out, along with LSU, scoring, helping the Jayhawks to They also slapped on a full- handle before they meet the Jay- which lost at Alabama during a a 91-71 victory over the Cyclones court press, but crisp passing and hawks on Saturday, though. Bay- brutal Saturday for the nation’s on Monday night to keep pace in Dotson’s smooth ball-handling lor will be visiting Oklahoma on Top 25 teams. the Big 12 race. easily broke it down. Tuesday night. “When they’re hitting shots like Kansas guard Devon Dotson The league’s leading scorer If the Bears win, it would set Climbing and falling they did, I mean, yeah, we’ve got celebrates after sinking a snuffed out any chance of a come- up one of the biggest games in the to respond,” Dotson said. “I think three-point shot. Dotson had 29 back midway through the second Creighton made the biggest half. Dotson knocked down a history of the Ferrell Center. leap this week, rising from No. every game we try to knock down points in the victory, including “I think it’s a tribute to the play- our shots, but this game, people six three-pointers. bucket, stripped Nixon near mid- 23 to 15th after beating then-No. court and took it to the rim for a ers, their belief,” Baylor coach 10 Seton Hall and DePaul. Penn were rolling.” Scott Drew said. “We’ve been op- Ochai Agbaji finished with beyond the arc in a torrid display three-point play, then curled in a State moved up four spots to crack three-pointer from right in front erating under joy ... (and) focus- the top 10 at No. 9, while Oregon 14 points, Udoka Azubuike and of shooting, and at one point con- of the Kansas bench to make it ing one game at a time and we’ll climbed from No. 17 to 14 and Christian Braun scored 13 apiece, nected on three-pointers on three 78-55 with just over nine minutes keep doing that.” Kentucky moved up two spots to and David McCormack had 10 consecutive trips down floor. The to go. San Diego State (26-0) re- round out the top 10. points to send Kansas (23-3, 12- Cyclones committed nine turn- Xavier 77, St. John’s 74: mained the nation’s last unbeaten Louisville’s weak week cul- 1 Big 12) into a pivotal rematch overs but generally held onto In a game they couldn’t afford team and was No. 4 in the latest minated in a drop of six places with No. 1 Baylor. the ball well, and they also hung to lose, the visiting Musketeers poll, while Dayton (23-2) climbed to No. 11, while Seton Hall also “We have a couple days to get tough on the glass against a team rallied just in time and got the one spot to fifth after wins over absorbed a pair of losses and fell rested for obviously the biggest with a massive advantage in both biggest shot of the night from a Rhode Island and Massachusetts to No. 16. West Virginia lost to game of the year,” Jayhawks size and depth. and a rough week for then-No. 5 Baylor and Kansas but was only coach Bill Self said. Maybe a little better defense freshman. Louisville. penalized three places and re- Prentiss Nixon scored 20 would have helped. Zach Freemantle made the “I told our team, ‘Let’s get mained No. 17. points, Matt Jacobson had 13 As good as Iowa State was on go-ahead basket with 10.4 sec- greedy. Let’s play for perfection,’ ” and Rasir Bolton 12 for slumping offense, the Jayhawks were even onds left and added two late free Aztecs coach Brian Dutcher said. Mid-major watch Iowa State (11-15, 4-9), which has better. They kept pounding the throws as Xavier scored the final “If we’re this close, we might as lost 14 of its last 15 games at the ball inside to the 7-foot Azubuike, eight points . well play for a perfect regular There are mid-major programs Phog and still has not won a road who dunked his way toward 10 “We’re very fortunate,” Mus- season. ... Let’s do something poised to enter the Top 25. Stephen game this season. first-half points, and that opened keteers coach Travis Steele said. special.” F. Austin quietly improved to 22-3 The Cyclones’ frustrating sea- things up outside. Dotson had 15 “We did not play well tonight That’s exactly what the Flyers and is one of the first teams out, son was summed up by the first points by the break, and Braun and St. John’s had a lot to do with are trying to do, too. while Northern Iowa (22-4), Utah half, when they did just about came off the bench to hit a trio that .” “We’re trying to win a national State (21-7) and Rhode Island everything right and still trailed of three-pointers and score 13 Paul Scruggs had 16 points to championship,” Dayton guard (19-6) are getting plenty of love 50-40. points in just 12 minutes. lead Xavier (17-9, 6-7 Big East Jalen Crutcher said. “We feel like from voters . Iowa State was 9-for-12 from “The first half I thought offen- Conference). Wednesday, February 19, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 NHL Scoreboard

Kucherov lifts Lightning in overtime Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 60 37 11 12 86 199 146 Tampa Bay 60 40 15 5 85 215 159 Tampa Bay tops Avs Toronto 60 31 21 8 70 211 199 Florida 59 31 22 6 68 206 201 Buffalo 59 27 24 8 62 171 183 for 11th straight win Montreal 61 27 26 8 62 184 188 Ottawa 59 20 28 11 51 156 200 Detroit 61 14 43 4 32 123 229 BY ARNIE STAPLETON Metropolitan Division Washington 59 37 17 5 79 208 180 Associated Press Pittsburgh 57 36 15 6 78 191 152 N.Y. Islanders 58 33 19 6 72 167 159 Columbus 60 30 18 12 72 155 150 DENVER — Things are going Philadelphia 59 32 20 7 71 193 177 so well for the Tampa Bay Light- Carolina 58 33 21 4 70 189 163 N.Y. Rangers 58 30 24 4 64 189 181 ning that the they’re starting to New Jersey 58 22 26 10 54 162 204 judge the quality of their wins. “I don’t know. I don’t think we Western Conference played well today ... We have to Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA improve a lot in our game because St. Louis 59 32 17 10 74 187 172 we have a lot of good teams ahead Dallas 59 34 19 6 74 161 151 Colorado 58 33 18 7 73 206 164 of us. I don’t think we had a good Nashville 58 29 22 7 65 189 187 Winnipeg 60 30 25 5 65 179 181 effort today,” Nikita Kucherov Minnesota 58 27 24 7 61 176 187 said after stealing the puck from Chicago 59 26 25 8 60 176 188 Pacific Division Nathan MacKinnon and scoring Edmonton 59 32 21 6 70 190 183 in overtime for a 4-3 victory over Vegas 61 31 22 8 70 192 185 Vancouver 59 32 22 5 69 191 180 the Colorado Avalanche on Mon- Calgary 61 31 24 6 68 180 190 day night. Arizona 62 30 24 8 68 172 167 San Jose 59 26 29 4 56 155 194 Kucherov’s game-winner 3:03 Anaheim 59 24 28 7 55 155 186 Los Angeles 59 21 33 5 47 145 187 into overtime sent Tampa Bay to Note: Two points for a win, one point a franchise-record 11th straight for overtime loss. Top three teams in win and suddenly slumping Colo- each division and two wild cards per /AP conference advance to playoffs. rado to its third straight loss. DAVID ZALUBOWSKI Sunday’s games Pittsburgh 5, Detroit 1 “Their best player gets a break- Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov, center, scores the winning goal on Colorado Avalanche Boston 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 away and I wasn’t able to stop Edmonton 4, Carolina 3, OT goaltender Pavel Francouz, right, after driving past center Nathan MacKinnon. The Lightning won 4-3 in Anaheim 5, Vancouver 1 it,” Avalanche goaltender Pavel overtime on Monday in Denver. Nashville 2, St. Louis 1 Francouz said. “Their best player Ottawa 4, Dallas 3, OT New Jersey 4, Columbus 3, SO gets the puck on the blue line, he The game between two of the Gaunce scored 16 seconds after despite getting bowled over by Buffalo 5, Toronto 2 Winnipeg 3, Chicago 2 was racing with Nathan. He kind league’s top teams had the feel Alex Killorn’s goal and the Light- Colorado’s J.T. Compher midway Monday’s games of opened me up a little bit and he of a playoff showdown complete ning built a 3-1 lead before Colo- Arizona 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 through the third period, spark- Florida 5, San Jose 3 shot it 5-hole.” with momentum swings, hard rado came back to force overtime ing the first of two brawls in a Calgary 6, Anaheim 4 Kucherov was disappointed hits and short tempers. despite losing forward Mikko Vegas 3, Washington 2 tense ending. Tampa Bay 4, Colorado 3, OT in the Bolts’ puck possession “It’s not a team we play often, Rantanen to a left shoulder in- McElhinney crumpled awk- Tuesday’s games but said, “We had a great goalie but when you have a good team jury — “He’ll be out weeks,” Avs Columbus at Philadelphia wardly and lay motionless for a Toronto at Pittsburgh today,” praising the play of Curtis like that and both teams want to coach Jared Bednar said. Buffalo at Ottawa moment before rising slowly. He Montreal at Detroit McElhinney. “He had a heck of a win, it’s going to boil over,” said Steven Stamkos also had a goal Carolina at Nashville game getting hit but he stuck with Cameron Gaunce, who scored for Tampa Bay in the second pe- was visited by a trainer but stayed Los Angeles at Winnipeg New Jersey at St. Louis it. He made some huge saves for one of Tampa Bay’s three goals in riod that erased a 1-0 deficit, and in the game. Compher was called Wednesday’s games us.” the second period. McElhinney stopped 24 shots for interference. N.Y. Rangers at Chicago Arizona at Dallas Boston at Edmonton Florida at Anaheim Roundup N.Y. Islanders at Colorado Minnesota at Vancouver Thursday’s games Montreal at Washington Philadelphia at Columbus Pittsburgh at Toronto San Jose at New Jersey Golden Knights stymie Ovechkin, Caps Winnipeg at Ottawa Arizona at St. Louis Tampa Bay at Vegas Florida at Los Angeles Associated Press past Anaheim. Matthew Tkachuk had a goal Scoring leaders LAS VEGAS — Max Pacioretty and an assist for the Flames, who Through Monday scored his team-high 27th goal trailed 3-1 early in the third pe- GP G A PTS and the Vegas Golden Knights Leon Draisaitl, EDM 59 34 61 95 riod. Sam Bennett and Sean Mo- David Pastrnak, BOS 60 42 40 82 beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 Connor McDavid, EDM 55 30 51 81 nahan also scored. Cam Talbot Nathan MacKinnon, COL 57 32 48 80 on Monday. made 26 stops for Calgary. Artemi Panarin, NYR 57 29 49 78 Nick Holden and Reilly Smith Brad Marchand, BOS 60 23 51 74 Coyotes 2, Islanders 1: Antti Patrick Kane, CHI 59 27 47 74 also scored for the Golden Knights, Raanta stopped 25 shots, Conor Jack Eichel, BUF 58 33 41 74 and Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 Nikita Kucherov, TB 57 28 44 72 Garland scored his team-leading Auston Matthews, TOR 60 42 29 71 saves. 20th goal and host Arizona beat Jonathan Huberdeau, FLA 58 21 49 70 Alex Ovechkin remained stuck John Carlson, WSH 58 15 54 69 New York. Steven Stamkos, TB 53 26 35 61 on 698 career goals after being Raanta was sharp for the second Mitchell Marner, TOR 49 15 45 60 Kyle Connor, WPG 60 29 31 60 held without a point for the fifth straight game after a shaky per- consecutive game, his longest formance against Ottawa. Clay- Goals against leaders drought of the season. ton Keller scored his first goal in Name, Team GP MINS GA AVG “I’m sure he’ll get it soon,” said Tuukka Rask, BOS 34 1995 69 2.08 nine games in the first period, and Tristan Jarry, PIT 28 1627 58 2.14 Fleury, who earned his 462nd win Garland became the Coyotes’ first Darcy Kuemper, ARI 25 1517 55 2.17 to move three victories ahead of Elvis Merzlikins, CBJ 28 1551 57 2.21 20-goal scorer of the season with a Jaroslav Halak, BOS 27 1636 63 2.31 Lundqvist for fifth on the career one-timer in the third. Anton Khudobin, DAL 24 1340 52 2.33 list. “I’m just happy I’m not gonna Jake Allen, STL 20 1094 43 2.36 Panthers 5, Sharks 3: Evge- Ben Bishop, DAL 39 2215 88 2.38 be the goalie on SportsCenter, 48 nii Dadonov and Mike Hoffman Ilya Samsonov, WSH 23 1235 49 2.38 Andrei Vasilevskiy, TBL times showing that goal.” scored, Aaron Ekblad had two as- 44 2648 107 2.42 ISAAC BREKKEN/AP Pavel Francouz, COL 22 1181 48 2.44 It was Vegas’ third straight vic- sists and slumping Florida won at Joonas Korpisalo, CBJ 32 1876 78 2.49 Semyon Varlamov, NYI 36 2000 85 2.55 tory, and it improved to 7-3-2 since Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin, left, follows a shot as Golden San Jose. Carter Hart, PHI 35 1878 81 2.59 coach Pete DeBoer took over for Knights goalie Marc-Andre Fleury defends during the third period Colton Sceviour, Anton Stral- Philipp Grubauer, COL 36 2057 90 2.63 Gerard Gallant, who was fired on on Monday in Las Vegas. Fleury kept Ovechkin off the scoreboard, man and Vincent Trocheck also Goaltenders win records Jan. 15. leaving the Washington captain stuck on 698 career goals. scored for the Panthers, who Name, Team GP MINS W L SO “I like how we’re defending. had lost six of seven. Sergei Bo- Andrei Vasilevskiy, TBL 44 2648 32 9 3 I think we’re going to be able to The Capitals have lost four of T.J. Oshie scored both goals for brovsky stopped 29 shots, and Connor Hellebuyck, WIN 49 2734 25 18 5 Frederik Andersen, TOR 44 2522 24 11 6 score goals. I don’t think that’s five and are on the brink of drop- the Capitals in the third period. Florida moved within two points Jordan Binnington, STL 42 2468 24 11 7 going to be an issue ,” DeBoer said. ping to fourth place in the Eastern Braden Holtby made 26 saves. of idle Toronto for third place in Carey Price, MON 50 2960 24 21 5 Marc-Andre Fleury, VGK 42 2461 22 14 5 If we can defend well and Flower Conference, while Vegas moved Flames 6, Ducks 4: Andrew the Atlantic Division. Jacob Markstrom, VAN 41 2429 22 16 3 Tuukka Rask, BOS 34 1995 22 5 6 plays the way he’s played we got a into a first-place Pacific Division Mangiapane had three goals and Dylan Gambrell, Kevin Labanc David Rittich, CAL 43 2494 22 15 5 chance to win every night.” tie with Edmonton . an assist, and host Calgary rallied and Timo Meier each scored. Braden Holtby, WSH 40 2255 21 12 4 PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, February 19, 2020 MLB Sounds of spring not so sweet for Houston players

BY KRISTIE RIEKEN Associated Press ‘ Everybody has the WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. right to say — These are the new sounds of spring for the Houston Astros: a whatever they want fan banging on a trash can, anoth- to say, and we put er calling Jose Altuve a cheater. That’s what greeted the As- ourselves in that tros during their first full-squad position. I think workout at camp Monday. And with so many around baseball not what we can do ready to forgive or forget their moving forward sign stealing, this won’t be the last time they hear it. is learn and work Meanwhile, the two-time AL champions say they are focused extremely hard to on ignoring the noise, and hope regain the trust of the official start of spring train- ing can signal a step forward for baseball fans. their scandal-ridden team. Alex’ Bregman “I understand the severity of Astros third baseman the situation, I truly do,” outfield- er George Springer said. “But KAREN WARREN, HOUSTON CHRONICLE/AP I think ... the best thing for our Houston Astros second baseman José Altuve smiles during spring training in West Palm Beach, Fla., game to try to do and especially Monday. He showed off his much-talked-about tattoo earlier in the day. for us is to try to put this behind his team from players across the us, however that’s possible.” league. The Astros have been bom- “Everybody has the right to say barded with questions about the whatever they want to say, and we put ourselves in that position,” Astros’ Altuve displays tattoo, sign-stealing scam since arriv- ing in Florida. A news confer- Bregman said. “I think what we ence last week with owner Jim can do moving forward is learn Crane, Altuve and third baseman and work extremely hard to re- leading to plenty of spilled ink Alex Bregman featuring poorly gain the trust of baseball fans. We know that won’t be easy, but we worded apologies was roundly BY SAM FORTIER criticized and did little to quiet feel the responsibility to do that.” The Washington Post. ‘ Sometimes it doesn’t come [out] right, the furor around the league in the Veteran Dusty Baker was hired wake of the scandal. just before spring training to take WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — the way you like it. The barbs continued Mon- Hinch’s place. And though he The latest twist in the fallout from ’ wasn’t part of the team during the José Altuve day when fans were allowed to the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing Astros second baseman on his tattoo view Houston’s workout. A man scandal, the 70-year-old is front scandal could make a reality-TV banged on a trash can while a and center while the Astros try to producer blush. group including Bregman, Altuve put it behind them. The Astros’ clubhouse was “The players know the formula tooed “M.” not doing enough to prevent fu- and shortstop Carlos Correa took quiet just after 9 a.m. Monday In the clubhouse, Altuve turned ture cheating and suggested the batting practice. on how to get there and they just when in walked José Altuve, the to survey the roughly 40 report- Astros should be stripped of their Altuve, considered one of base- need me to help direct them and owner of the most-buzzed-about ers in front of Correa’s locker. His 2017 World Series title. Manfred ball’s most popular players before navigate them through this course tattoo in sports. He pulled off his shirt dropped to reveal dark script on Sunday had said he considered the scandal was revealed, quickly we’re about to take,” he said. shirt, slung it over his left shoul- on his collarbone: “Melanie,” the that an inadequate action because discovered the new norm. As he The Astros know they’ve be- der and positioned it to cover his name of his 3-year-old daughter, the World Series trophy was “a walked past a group of fans, a come perhaps the most despised collarbone. with a small pink heart blooming piece of metal.” man yelled out, “Cheater!“ team in baseball, but are try- Carlos Correa had sparked from the end. The theatrics did The Astros battened down the The Astros were found by ing to stay positive and focus on a stir Saturday when, in an in- not appear to be an accident. hatches for what they hope will Commissioner Rob Manfred to their loyal fans who are still with terview with The Athletic, he have cheated during their run to them. claimed Altuve had an unfinished “What [Correa] did — go out be the last few days of vocal, the 2017 World Series and again “You get different opinions,” tattoo “that honestly looked ter- there and defend our teammates widespread scorn. All but a few in the 2018 season. The investi- Correa said. “When I walk around rible.” Correa was defending his — is amazing,” Altuve said later. players have said their piece by gation found that Houston used Houston, people are behind us, teammate — who had come under “I have nothing to say about now. That it has gone on this long the video feed from a center field they love us. So, it just depends fire from some of baseball’s big- [Bellinger].” surprised some in the clubhouse: camera to see and decode the op- what you ask.” gest stars, including the Los An- If the spring training war of Players, including catcher Martín posing catcher’s signs. Players Houston hitters might also be geles Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger words lulled Sunday — because Maldonado and reliever Roberto banged on a trash can to signal to concerned about getting beaned — after he prevented teammates only Commissioner Rob Manfred Osuna, video-chatted with friends batters what was coming, believ- after several pitchers said they’d from ripping his jersey off after made incendiary comments — it Monday to show them how many ing it would improve the batter’s intentionally throw at the players his home run sent the Astros to flared up again Monday. Across reporters remained . chances of getting a hit. they consider cheaters. last year’s World Series. Although the majors, many position players Altuve tried to kill the tattoo Manager AJ Hinch and gen- Manfred addressed the issue Major League Baseball’s report reported to camp, and mild-man- story once and for all. He said he eral manager Jeff Luhnow were Sunday and said there will be no found no evidence that the Astros nered Mike Trout put the Astros got it in the middle of the season suspended for a year by MLB tolerance for such behavior. wore buzzers to telegraph incom- in his crosshairs. The Los Ange- in San Francisco — the Astros and subsequently fired by Crane “I hope that I made it extreme- ing pitches, others saw Altuve’s les Angels outfielder advocated didn’t play the Giants last season, last month. But many around the ly clear to them that retaliation reaction as a damning moment. for those involved in the “player- but they did have series at the league said they feel that Hous- in-game by throwing at a batter Some questioned whether Al- driven” scheme to receive some Oakland Athletics in late May/ ton’s players should have faced intentionally will not be tolerated, tuve had a tattoo at all. Pictures penalty, maybe even “taking a early June and mid-August — and punishment, too and have been whether it’s Houston or anybody surfaced of him shirtless and trophy away, taking the rings that it later needed retouching. quick to express those feelings. else,“ Manfred said. “It’s danger- inkless as recently as July. One away.” “Sometimes it doesn’t come Bregman refused to respond ous and it is not helpful to the cur- Zapruder-esque film breakdown Another star, the Dodgers’ Jus- [out] right, the way you like it,” directly to any comments about rent situation.” found what could’ve been a tat- tin Turner, blamed Manfred for he said. Wednesday, February 19, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 MLB Metal of dishonor: Players rip into Manfred

BY HOWARD FENDRICH thing. It’s an iconic symbol of our it,” said Justin Turner, whose Los Associated Press game. Please don’t say that, even Angeles Dodgers lost to the As- off-hand, even tongue-in-cheek.” tros in the 2017 Series. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. This all stems from the Hous- “It’s pretty obvious what ev- — Players who have won a World ton Astros’ sign-stealing scam in eryone thinks should happen. I Series — and those who have 2017 and 2018. mean, no one in this clubhouse or come up short — seethed Monday There have been calls for play- in this room is asking for a trophy at Commissioner Rob Manfred’s ers involved to be punished in to be handed us, by any means. ... reference to the sport’s champi- some way; MLB gave them im- But at the same time, we under- onship trophy as merely a “piece munity in exchange for cooperat- stand how difficult it is to win a of metal,” saying that comment ing with the investigation. World Series. It’s hard. It’s re- reflected a disconnect between Some think the Astros should ally hard. And it’s something that baseball’s boss and those who be stripped of their 2017 cham- you have to earn,” Turner said at produce the product on the field. pionship, but Manfred said this LA’s camp in Glendale, Ariz. “It’s “It bothered me, man. I hated on Sunday in an interview with pretty evident to me that it wasn’t it. It made him sound really out ESPN: “The idea of an asterisk or earned and it’s not something of touch,” said reliever Sean Doo- asking for a piece of metal back that a banner should be hung in little, a member of the 2019 title- seems like a futile act.” their stadium (or) a trophy should winning Washington Nationals. Doolittle and other players be put up wherever their trophies “That’s the holy grail of our sport. noted that the official name of the go.” That’s what we show up for in the hardware itself is The Commis- Evan Longoria was bothered beginning of February, thinking sioner’s Trophy. by Manfred’s words. about and working towards.” “For him to devalue it the way “Well, there’s a couple of pieces Added Doolittle: “I just can’t he did yesterday just tells me how of metal, right? You get a ring, too. JEFF ROBERSON/AP believe how out of touch that is. out of touch he is with the play- That’s a big piece of metal,” Long- You’re the commissioner of our ers in this game. At this point, the oria said Monday after the San Washington Nationals pitcher Sean Doolittle smashes a cabbage on a game. You’re the steward of this only thing devaluing that trophy Francisco Giants’ first full-squad sidewalk Monday while teammates cheer as part of a team-building game. That’s a really special is that it says ‘commissioner’ on workout in Scottsdale, Ariz. exercise and in recognition of National Cabbage Day. Briefs Mikolas likely to miss season JUPITER, Fla. — St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Miles Mikolas will receive a platelet-rich plasma injection in his ailing throwing arm, likely delaying his regular- season debut by about one month. A 2018 All-Star, Mikolas received a similar injection after last season to treat a flexor tendon issue. St. Louis manager Mike Shildt said Tuesday that the injection will keep Miko- las from throwing for three to four weeks. Once he is cleared to throw, Mikolas will have to restart his throwing program from the beginning. “It gives us a better chance to be able to get him off to a healthy start and get what he’s dealing with behind him,” Shildt said. The Cardinals scratched Mikolas from his second scheduled bullpen session of the spring. An MRI done over the last few days showed the arm to be no better or worse than during a similar exam taken follow- ing the 2019 season. It’s possible that Mikolas will remain in Jupiter when the Cardinals break camp in late March. Judge has right shoulder issue DARRON CUMMINGS/AP TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout, watching batting practice Monday, called for the Astros’ players to be punished. slugger Aaron Judge was not in any bat- ting practice group for the team’s first full squad workout on Tuesday because of a minor right shoulder issue. Trout calls for bigger punishment for Astros The problem is not considered serious and Judge is expected to take part in other BY GREG BEACHAM because guys’ careers have been affected. Park during his nine big league seasons, drills. Associated Press A lot of people lost jobs. It was tough. all with the Angels in the AL West. The outfielder hit .272 with 27 homers “Me going up to the plate knowing what “I noticed the banging off the bat from with 55 RBIs in 102 games last season. TEMPE, Ariz. — Mike Trout said he was coming? It would be fun up there. A lot center field,” Trout said. “It just feels like thinks the Houston Astros should pay more of guys lost respect for some of the guys.” they weren’t missing pitches. It’s frustrat- Cespedes says he’ll stay silent dearly for their cheating ways. Trout said a few members of the Astros ing, because you have guys coming in here The Los Angeles Angels’ three-time AL PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Yoenis Ces- reached out to him during the offseason to battling every day and working on stuff. MVP ripped the Astros and questioned the pedes was approached by reporters at his discipline handed out by Major League explain their side, but Trout didn’t sound ... I can’t imagine what the pitchers feel locker on Monday — the first day of the Baseball on Monday after he reported to impressed. like. It’s a mental game. You go in a stretch New York Mets’ full-squad workout. He spring training. Trout joined the chorus of “You don’t know what helped them or where you’re doing good, and you go into declined to speak to the media about his prominent big leaguers angry about Hous- what not,” he said. “But if you know what’s Houston and get banged up, it could men- offseason, his general health since recov- ton’s rampant sign stealing on its way to coming, it’s going to definitely help them. I tally drain you.” ering from double-heel surgery and the the 2017 World Series title and beyond. don’t know if you take the trophy away or Trout didn’t make a suggestion for what wild boar he reportedly confronted on his “It’s sad for baseball,” he said. “It’s tough. take the rings away, but they should defi- the Astros players’ punishment should property. They cheated. I don’t agree with the pun- nitely do something.” have been, but the scandal touched a nerve “Not today, not tomorrow, not at all this ishments, the players not getting anything. Trout doesn’t remember hearing the As- in the Halos’ center fielder, who has spent year,” he said. It was a player-driven thing. It sucks, too, tros banging on trash cans at Minute Maid his career trying to outhit the Astros. — Associated Press PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, February 19, 2020 NBA/GOLF Around the league Scoreboard Wright’s Eastern Conference Atlantic Division W L Pct GB impact Toronto 40 15 .727 — Beating the odds Boston 38 16 .704 1½ Philadelphia 34 21 .618 6 Brooklyn 25 28 .472 14 New York 17 38 .309 23 Southeast Division similar Grizzlies, Thunder among teams in suprisingly good places Miami 35 19 .648 — Orlando 24 31 .436 11½ Washington 20 33 .377 14½ BY TIM REYNOLDS the MVP of this year’s All-Star Game. They lost Charlotte 18 36 .333 17 Atlanta 15 41 .268 21 to Tiger’s Associated Press Danny Green. They’ve been walloped this year Central Division Milwaukee 46 8 .852 — by injuries. Despite it all, they’re No. 2 in the Indiana 32 23 .582 14½ he oddsmakers in Las Vegas usually BY DOUG FERGUSON East right now and aren’t just on pace to win Chicago 19 36 .345 27½ know what they’re talking about. Detroit 19 38 .333 28½ Associated Press But even they get things wrong from more regular-season games than they did in Cleveland 14 40 .259 32 Ttime to time, and this season in the their championship season a year ago — they’re Western Conference The swing was so fundamentally sound on pace to set a franchise record. that it got the attention of anyone who knew NBA there have been a few notable misses from Southwest Division all those preseason prognostications — spe- “The journey is the best part about it,” Rap- W L Pct GB and cared about golf, even those consid- Houston 34 20 .630 — cifically, ones made in relation to the Memphis tors All-Star guard Kyle Lowry said. “You’ve Dallas 33 22 .600 1½ ered to be among the greatest to ever play. Grizzlies and Oklahoma City Thunder. got to enjoy and have fun with the journey Memphis 28 26 .519 6 The appeal was so strong that it car- San Antonio 23 31 .426 11 The Grizzlies have already topped most every single day. ... The thing that matters to New Orleans 23 32 .418 11½ ried an entire tour, even as the attention preseason projections for their win total. The me is that we’re continuing to be a better team Northwest Division became suffocating. The rate of winning Denver 38 17 .691 — was unprecedented. No one had ever held sports books had them around 27 wins, and the every single night.” Utah 36 18 .667 1½ Ja Morant-led club already has 28 wins and is Oklahoma City 33 22 .600 5 all four major championships at the same Portland 25 31 .446 13½ holding down the Western Conference’s No. 8 Minnesota 16 37 .302 21 time. playoff spot with 28 games left. The week ahead Pacific Division That was the essence of Mickey Wright. L.A. Lakers 41 12 .774 — Unlike the modern version — Tiger “We are just young, very athletic and just get A short week, but here are games to watch L.A. Clippers 37 18 .673 5 out and run,” said Morant, a clear Rookie of the Phoenix 22 33 .400 20 Woods — Wright was consumed more with starting Thursday when the season resumes: Sacramento 21 33 .389 20½ seeking perfection in the golf swing than Year front-runner and probably the favorite at Thursday, Brooklyn at Philadelphia: Golden State 12 43 .218 30 Let the jostling Sunday’s game utter domination, although one led to the this point. “I feel like we all have something 2020 All-Star Game to prove. We just go out with this chip on our for Eastern Conference positioning begin. Team LeBron 157, Team Giannis 155 other. Friday, New Orleans at Portland: A pair of teams Monday’s games “I was always practicing, and re-prac- shoulder. We keep proving people wrong. But No games scheduled. we go out every night and play together.” looking to get hot and sneak in down the stretch. Tuesday’s games ticing, the same thing, over and over and Saturday, Cleveland at Miami: No games scheduled. And the Thunder, who were expected to The Heat will send Wednesday’s games over,” Wright said in a 2011 interview with freefall after losing Paul George, were slotted Dwyane Wade’s No. 3 jersey to the rafters. No games scheduled. The Associated Press. “You never get it. Thursday’s games by most books as a 32-win team or so. They’re Sunday, Boston at L.A. Lakers: Celtics vs. Lakers, Milwaukee at Detroit You just borrow it for a day or two. The feel at 33-22, firmly in the West playoff race, led by especially when both are good, is always must-watch. Miami at Atlanta of contact with a golf ball is unlike any- Brooklyn at Philadelphia thing I ever experienced. And I loved it.“ a resurgent All-Star in Chris Paul. Monday, Memphis at L.A. Clippers: Grizzlies are Charlotte at Chicago It’s clear that many thought the Thunder — Memphis at Sacramento Wright died on Monday of a heart attack No. 8 out West, but their remaining schedule is brutal. Houston at Golden State the supposedly rebuilding Thunder — wouldn’t at age 85, leaving behind a legacy that is be a postseason team. Then again, many of those measured as much by aesthetic beauty of same people probably thought Paul wasn’t still her swing as her 82 victories and 13 majors capable of leading the way he has this season. during a comet-like career on the LPGA “For me, it’s always about the journey,” Paul Tour. said. “It’s about working hard, and it’s the ana- She retired from full-time competition lytics and the statistics that say at this age you in 1969 when she was 34. can do this or you can do that. ... I think it’s more No telling how many times she could about competing with yourself and not worry have won. about what everybody else is saying.” Wright won the LPGA Championship There have been a couple of other very no- and the U.S. Women’s Open in 1959. That table surprises in Miami and Toronto. began a seven-year stretch in which she The Heat didn’t make the playoffs last year, won 59 times and 12 majors. She won at lost Dwyane Wade to retirement and brought in least 10 times a year for four successive Jimmy Butler to lead a largely very young, very years, and she still holds the LPGA Tour unproven core this season. And it has worked: record for 13 wins in a single season. The Heat are in the mix for home-court in the Ben Hogan agreed to a rare interview in first round, and are thinking even bigger than 1984 with the late Rhonda Glenn, who said that. she was setting up two tape recorders when “It started in the summer,” said first-time she mentioned that Mickey Wright passed All-Star Bam Adebayo, this year’s NBA Skills along her regards. Glenn said Hogan Competition winner. “It’s building habits. leaned back in his chair with a big smile, Jimmy is one of those guys. He wants to hold looked into the distance an said, “Mickey people to a higher standard. Our organization Wright ... greatest swing I ever saw. Boy, wants to hold people to a higher standard. So what a swing!” it just made it all synch together. Everybody Byron Nelson also said her swing was good as there ever was, and that came to doesn’t take anything personal when somebody BRANDON DILL/AP gets on them. It’s all love at the end of the day.” define Wright. And then there’s the Raptors. Grizzlies guard Ja Morant, center, drives against the Trail Blazers last Wednesday. “She was the best I’ve ever seen, man They lost NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard, Morant has Memphis holding down the No. 8 spot in the West with 28 victories. or woman,” Kathy Whitworth told ESPN in 2015. “I’ve had the privilege of playing with Sam Snead and Jack Nicklaus and Ar- By the numbers nold Palmer and all of them. And some of our ladies had wonderful swings. But no- body hit it like Mickey, just nobody.“ Judy Rankin recalls a different impact. She joined the LPGA Tour as a teen- ager when Wright was at the peak of her 14:11 3 21 powers. “In her time, because of her enormous The length of the The number of dunks The number of fouls skill, she got the LPGA a lot of kudos from men in the game,” Rankin said Monday fourth quarter of the the teams combined committed in the night from her home in Texas. “That’s All-Star Game, longer for in the fourth fourth quarter, when happening a lot more today. In that time, it than the customary quarter on Sunday. the teams shot 26 didn’t happen at all. In Mickey, I think the 12 minutes because There were 50 total, FTs. They combined men saw something else. That was really good for us.” the teams had by the AP count, for 14 fouls in the first But only for so long. MATTHEW HINTON/AP a fixed point total in the first three quarters and Wright held such appeal that sponsors to reach to win. three quarters. shot just 13 FTs. Chris Paul, right, has led the Thunder to threatened to cancel tournaments if she a 33-22 record, firmly in the West playoff didn’t play. And Wright realized if the tour- race, when were slotted by most books naments went away, the other players had SOURCE: AP as a 32-win team or so. nowhere else to go. So she played. Wednesday, February 19, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 DAYTONA 500 Scoreboard Johnson’s final try ends in wreck Monday NASCAR Cup Series At Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla. (Starting position in parentheses) 1. (21) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 209. 2. (27) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 209. Retiring driver, 3. (19) Chris Buescher, Ford, 209. 4. (30) David Ragan, Ford, 209. 5. (10) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 209. 6. (29) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 209. two-time winner 7. (39) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 209. 8. (36) Corey LaJoie, Ford, 209. 9. (7) Ryan Newman, Ford, 209. settles for 35th 10. (8) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 209. 11. (23) John Hunter Nemechek, Ford, 209. BY DAN GELSTON 12. (13) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 209. 13. (33) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 209. Associated Press 14. (26) Michael McDowell, Ford, 209. 15. (11) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet, 209. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. 16. (34) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 209. — Jimmie Johnson tugged at his 17. (25) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 209. 18. (14) Erik Jones, Toyota, 208. baseball cap, walked to a golf cart 19. (16) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 207. and sat backward on the dash 20. (1) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet, 206. for a ride out of the Daytona ga- 21. (17) Christopher Bell, Toyota, Ac- rage. After a Speedweeks where cident, 205. 22. (5) Aric Almirola, Ford, 205. Johnson was 23. (37) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 203. hailed by 24. (2) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 203. 25. (20) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, Ac- many of his cident, 201. 26. (3) Joey Logano, Ford, Accident, peers as 200. the greatest 27. (32) Timmy Hill, Ford, Accident, 200. NASCAR 28. (22) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, Ac- driver of all cident, 199. 29. (31) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, Acci- time, John- dent, 198. son’s ex- 30. (24) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, Accident, 198. pected final CHUCK MCQUINN/AP 31. (40) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, Ac- Daytona 500 cident, 192. 32. (15) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, Acci- ended with Aric Almirola, left, and Jimmie Johnson, right, crash with other cars on the backstretch during the dent, 186. Johnson NASCAR Daytona 500 on Monday at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. 33. (18) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, Acci- the seven- dent, 184. time cham- 34. (28) Kyle Busch, Toyota, Engine, pion looking at a scoring pylon car, you’re trying to win.” 184. ‘ 35. (6) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, Ac- that ticked off laps without him. That competitive spirit still is very intense Johnson was waved to the front cident, 184. of the field during Sunday’s pace 36. (9) Brad Keselowski, Ford, Acci- Johnson was collected in a late- inside of me. dent, 183. race wreck at the Daytona 500, laps to raucous applause from a 37. (12) Cole Custer, Ford, Rear End, ’ Jimmie Johnson sold-out Daytona International 174. and his #OneFinalTime kickoff 38. (38) BJ McLeod, Ford, Accident, in the final full season of his NAS- Seven-time NASCAR Cup champion who is in his fi nal season behind the wheel Speedway. He was mobbed as he 105. 39. (35) Quin Houff, Chevrolet, Acci- CAR career ended with a 35th- made his way through the garage dent, 89. place finish. by autograph seekers who wanted 40. (4) William Byron, Chevrolet, Ac- cident, 58. “It’s been really a cool race to by the fiery last-lap wreck twice the checkered flag waved one more keepsake. He signed a Average Speed of Race Winner: 141.11 woman’s shirt, the bill of baseball mph. be a part of,” Johnson said. “You that sent Ryan Newman to the to declare him the Daytona 500 Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 42 Mins, 10 Secs. only dream of racing in races like hospital. champion, and decided to climb caps and other memorabilia . Margin of Victory: .014 Seconds. Johnson won five straight cham- Caution Flags: 9 for 39 laps. this as a kid.” Johnson was long gone by the up. Dressed in khakis and a black Lead Changes: 23 among 13 drivers. Johnson, tied with Richard end, content that he knew he could polo shirt, Johnson surveyed the pionships from 2006 through Lap Leaders: R. Stenhouse Jr. 0;R. Stenhouse Jr. 1-23;M. McDowell 24;B. Ke- Petty and Dale Earnhardt with still be competitive in the 48. empty track, where hours later he 2010, and his 83 career victories selowski 25-28;A. Almirola 29-30;B. Kes- seven Cup Series titles, was try- “It helps to always run good,” made his expected final Daytona are tied with Cale Yarborough elowski 31-38;R. Newman 39;A. Almirola 40-43;C. Elliott 44-66;A. Bowman 67;D. ing to win for the first time in Johnson said. “That competitive 500 start. He even left behind for sixth all time. But he’s mired Hamlin 68-92;C. LaJoie 93;D. Hamlin 94- 96 races and had a strong No. 48 in a 96-race losing streak span- 135;R. Blaney 136;R. Stenhouse Jr. 137;R. spirit still is very intense inside a keepsake: He autographed a Blaney 138-140;K. Busch 141-148;B. Kesel- Chevrolet down the stretch. of me.” white square and added an “LG” ning more than two years, and he owski 149-163;J. Logano 164-169;J. John- had two crew chief changes last son 170-172;A. Bowman 173-174;K. Busch His Chevy was parked on pit Johnson, the El Cajon, Calif., for Let’s Go on the checkered 175-180;B. Keselowski 181-183;R. New- road following the multi-car native, was celebrated through- start/finish line. season. man 184-197;D. Hamlin 198-209. Leaders Summary (Driver, Times wreck, and his crew furiously out Speedweeks, and he tried his “In the car, that’s my space,” Crew chief Cliff Daniels, start- Lead, Laps Led): Denny Hamlin 3 times tried to repair it and at least have best to savor NASCAR’s biggest Johnson said. “I’m perfectly ing his first full season, was in for 79 laps; Brad Keselowski 4 times for 30 laps; Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2 times for Johnson finish the race in the car. race. Johnson walked to a meet- happy and content with the deci- Johnson’s ear on the radio before 24 laps; Chase Elliott 1 time for 23 laps; The time allotted to make the and-greet Sunday when his golf sion I made. Maybe inside the car Monday’s race resumed: “Let’s Ryan Newman 2 times for 15 laps; Kyle Busch 2 times for 14 laps; Aric Almirola necessary repairs expired, and so cart ride was scrapped because isn’t highly emotional yet because buckle down and finish this thing 2 times for 6 laps; Joey Logano 1 time for did Johnson’s chance of salvaging of tightened security spurred by it’s still early in the year. It’s just the way we wanted.” 6 laps; Ryan Blaney 2 times for 4 laps; Alex Bowman 2 times for 3 laps; Jimmie a better finish. President Donald Trump’s arriv- the first race of 38. I can tell you, Johnson instead left waiting Johnson 1 time for 3 laps; Corey LaJoie 1 He finished well behind winner time for 1 lap; Michael McDowell 1 time al. Johnson paused when he saw there’s been weight on my shoul- on another race to end the losing for 1 lap. Denny Hamlin in a race marred the 22-foot high flagstand, where ders outside the car. Just in the streak. Fiery: Crash displayed safety improvements

FROM BACK PAGE victory burnouts and celebrated was the last Cup driver killed in a since 2001, but Newman’s crash with his team. race and NASCAR has made mas- had everyone worried. Not until Fox Sports said it would sive safety improvements in the The damage to his Mustang was not interview him did Hamlin learn nearly 20 years since. the severity of the situation. Team “I think we take for granted extensive — it appeared the entire owner Joe Gibbs was apologetic for sometimes how safe the cars are,” roll cage designed to protect his the No. 11 team’s initial reaction. Hamlin said. “But number one, we head had caved — and officials “I was focusing on our car, and are praying for Ryan.” didn’t allow his team near the ac- everybody started celebrating Newman had taken the lead on cident site. Two agonizing hours around us,” Gibbs said. “So I say to the final lap when Ryan Blaney’s after the crash, NASCAR read a everybody out there, some people bumper caught the back of his Ford statement from Roush Fenway may have saw us and said, ‘Well, and sent Newman hard right into Racing that said Newman was in these guys are celebrating when the wall. “serious condition, but doctors have there’s a serious issue going on.’ I Drivers were stricken with con- indicated his injuries are not life apologize to everybody, but we re- cern, including Hamlin, the first threatening.” ally didn’t know.” driver since Sterling Marlin in 1995 Hamlin, meanwhile, was trying The crash was a stark reminder to win consecutive Daytona 500s. DAVID GRAHAM/AP to find the delicate balance of cel- of both the dangers of auto racing “It’s a weird balance of excite- Ryan Newman slides across the finish line upside down after ebrating a milestone victory while and the improvements NASCAR ment and happiness for yourself, he was involved in a crash during the final lap of the Daytona showing proper respect to an in- has made since 2001, when Dale but someone’s health and their fam- 500 on Monday at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona jured driver. Initially unaware of Earnhardt was killed on the final ily is bigger than any win in any Beach, Fla. Sunday’s race was postponed because of rain. Newman’s situation, Hamlin did lap of the Daytona 500. Earnhardt sport,” he said. S TARS AND STRIPES Wednesday, February 19, 2020 F3HIJKLM 11 straight Lightning top Avalanche in OT, SPORTS extend winning streak » NHL, Page 19

DAYTONA 500

Ryan Newman, top, goes airborne after being slammed into by Corey LaJoie during the final lap of Monday’s Daytona 500 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla.

PHOTOS BY JOHN RAOUX/AP Fiery finish Crash overshadows Hamlin’s win

BY JENNA FRYER past Newman on the final lap of a sec- medical personnel used solid black bar- Associated Press ond overtime shootout. The win came as riers to block the view as the 2008 Day- Newman’s car was turned hard into the tona 500 winner was placed in a waiting DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — In wall, then flipped onto its roof, where he ambulance and taken to a hospital. a single thrilling lap around NAS- was helpless as he was hit in the driver’s All the while, a sense of dread settled CAR’s most storied track, Denny side by another car. over Daytona and its showcase race, Hamlin and Ryan Newman displayed His car continued to skid upside down already pushed back a day by rain that the risks and rewards of the danger- along the speedway and it crossed the dampened a raucous visit by President ous sport they both love. finish line in flames as safety crews hur- Denny Hamlin won Donald Trump. There has not been a his second straight Hamlin won his second consecu- ried to snuff out the fire and pry New- fatality in NASCAR’s elite Cup Series Daytona 500 and tive Daytona 500 and third in five man loose. It took several minutes for his third in five years. years on Monday night as he surged car to be rolled back onto its wheels, and SEE FIERY ON PAGE 23

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