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BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS the Federal Drug Administration. a public address from the White Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approval come? It usually takes a Stars and Stripes Though the military requires House that service members have is “open” to requiring the vaccine lot of work to get there.” WASHINGTON — President troops to receive many vaccina- an especially critical need to get before its full authorization, Biden Biden said he expected full FDA Joe Biden on Thursday directed tions, federal law prohibits the Pen- vaccinated. said, but “the question is when is approval should come “in the early Pentagon leaders to consider how tagon from mandating those with- “I think this is particularly im- the right time to get the most bang fall.” and when they will require troops out full FDA approval. The presi- portant because our troops serve in for the buck?” About 77% of active-duty sailors, to receive the coronavirus vaccine dent has the authority to bypass the places throughout the world — “A lot of this is timing, and so I 70% of soldiers, 61% of airmen and but stopped short of mandating the restriction and require troops to get many where vaccination rates are think it’s going to happen,” the 58% of Marines had received at shots as the vaccines remain under the shot, but Biden has not done so. low and disease is prevalent,” he president said. “It’s still a tempora- emergency-use authorization by Yet Biden said Thursday during said. ry approval, so when does the final SEE VACCINES ON PAGE 6 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, July 31, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER SBA to directly handle PPP loan forgiveness EXCHANGE RATES Military rates South Korea (Won) 1150.75 BY AARON GREGG Wednesday, was framed by the small business owners worried Switzerland (Franc) 0.9061 Euro costs (Aug. 2) $1.16 Thailand (Baht) 32.89 The Washington Post Small Business Administration as they will have to pay off an unex- Dollar buys (Aug. 2) 0.8195 Turkey (NewLira) 8.4117 British pound (Aug. 2) $1.36 Small business owners that re- a way to quickly wind down the pected debt. Japanese yen (Aug. 2) 107.00 (Military exchange rates are those available ceived taxpayer-subsidized Pay- massive emergency loan pro- The vast majority of those wait- South Korean won (Aug. 2) 1117.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ check Protection Program loans gram, which gave approximately ing for forgiveness fall under the many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain(Dinar) 0.3770 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ of $150,000 or less will be able to $806 billion to millions of small $150,000 threshold, according to Britain (Pound) 1.3953 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2432 your local military banking facility. Commercial seek forgiveness directly with the businesses between April 2020 the SBA. China(Yuan) 6.4617 rates are interbank rates provided for reference Denmark (Krone) 6.2614 government through an online and June 2021. “This initiative will allow PPP Egypt (Pound) 15.7041 when buying currency. All figures are foreign portal starting Aug. 4, allowing The PPP loans were attractive borrowers to put their concerns of Euro 0.8418 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7745 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ them to sidestep the private finan- to borrowers because they had an achieving full forgiveness behind Hungary (Forint) 300.57 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.2300 cial institutions that ran most as- interest rate of just 1% and could them and focus on operating and Japan (Yen) 109.69 INTEREST RATES pects of the program for 14 be entirely forgiven at taxpayers’ growing their businesses again,” Kuwait(Dinar) 0.3004 Norway (Krone) 8.7955 Prime rate 3.25 months. expense. But the loan forgiveness Patrick Kelley, associate adminis- Philippines (Peso) 50.03 Interest Rates Discount rate 0.75 Poland (Zloty) 3.84 Federal funds market rate 0.09 The policy change, contained in process has been more difficult trator for SBA’s Office of Capital Saudi Arabia (Riyal) 3.7502 3­month bill 0.06 a new regulation published than many expected, leaving some Access, said in a statement. Singapore (Dollar) 1.3538 30­year bond 1.91 WEATHER OUTLOOK SATURDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SATURDAY IN EUROPE SUNDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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Associated Press U.S. or a U.S. territory, such as WASHINGTON — The first Guam. flight evacuating Afghans who “To date, there is simply no worked alongside Americans in clear plan as to how the vast ma- Afghanistan brought more than jority of our allies will be brought 200 people, scores of them chil- to safety,” Krish O’Mara Vignara- dren and babies in arms, to new jah, president of the Lutheran Im- lives in the United States on Fri- migration and Refugee Service re- day, and President Joe Biden said settlement agency, said of the Af- he was proud to welcome them ghan interpreters. home. “We cannot in good conscience The launch of the evacuation put them at risk in third countries flights, bringing out former inter- with unreliable human rights re- preters and others who fear retal- cords, or where the Taliban may iation from Afghanistan’s Taliban be able to reach them,” the reset- for having worked with American tlement official said. service members and civilians, Congress on Thursday ap- highlights American uncertainty proved legislation that would al- about how Afghanistan’s govern- low an additional 8,000 visas and ment and military will fare after $500 million in funding for the Af- the last U.S. combat forces leave ghan visa program. that country in the coming weeks. The United States has been talk- Family members are accompa- ing with Qatar and Kuwait about nying the interpreters, translators temporarily hosting thousands of and others on the flights out. The other Afghan interpreters who are first evacuation flight, an airliner, much further along in their visa carried 221 Afghans under the application process than Friday’s special visa program, including 57 DAVID GUTTENFELDER/AP arrivals. children and 15 babies, according Josh Habib, far left, a 53­year­old translator for the U.S. Marines, speaks with Afghan villagers and two But U.S. officials, speaking on to an internal U.S. government Marines in the Nawa district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province in 2009. the condition of anonymity to dis- document obtained by The Asso- cuss negotiations, said Friday that ciated Press. served shoulder-to-shoulder with statement, “I want to thank these cans and said their arrival demon- no deal had been closed with those It touched down in Dulles, Va., American troops and diplomats brave Afghans for standing with strates the U.S. government’s two countries. Concerns about just outside Washington, D.C., af- over the last 20 years in Afghan- the United States, and today, I am commitment to them. housing Afghans who have not ter midnight, according to the istan,” Biden said. He said he proud to say to them: ‘Welcome But a refugee agency said the completed their security screen- FlightAware tracking service. wanted to honor the military vet- home.’” Biden administration appeared to ings and uncertainty on the Amer- Friday’s flight was “an impor- erans, diplomats and others in the Secretary of State Antony Blin- be still scrambling to figure out ican side about finding funding for tant milestone as we continue to U.S. who have advocated for the ken and Secretary of Defense the resettlement of thousands the massive relocation effort have fulfill our promise to the thou- Afghans. Lloyd Austin lauded the Afghans more of the Afghans, and it urged remained obstacles, the U.S. offi- sands of Afghan nationals who “Most of all,” Biden said in a for their work alongside Ameri- Biden to bring them quickly to the cials said. SIGAR: US may become involved in another clash like Afghanistan BY SARAH CAMMARATA ends its involvement in the war by than the same time in 2019, the re- Stars and Stripes Aug. 31. Since Congress created port said. WASHINGTON — An inde- SIGAR in the fiscal 2009 National Since the Taliban launched its pendent watchdog appointed by Defense Authorization Act, the in- most recent offensive in May, the Congress warned Thursday that spector general has detailed years Afghan army has “appeared sur- the United States could become of waste, corruption and fraud. prised and unready, and is now on embroiled in another complex Afghanistan “remains poor, aid- its back foot,” Sopko told report- conflict like Afghanistan, just dependent, and conflict-affected, ers. weeks before American forces are with any potential economic He said the United States must expected to complete their with- growth in the short term further learn from the nearly two decades drawal from the country after limited by the lingering effects of of war in the country. nearly 20 years of war there. the [coronavirus] pandemic,” ac- “Afghanistan was the largest re- “Don’t believe what you’re told cording to the report. development program ever in the by the generals, or the ambassa- Despite the United States fun- history of the United States. Big- dors, or people in the administra- neling more than $837 billion into ger than rebuilding Europe with CARLOS BONGIOANNI/Stars and Stripes tion saying we’re never going to do the country for reconstruction ef- the Marshall Plan after World Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko this again. That’s exactly what we forts, the report also said Afghan- War II. … What we have identified testifies before the oversight and investigations subcommittee of the said after Vietnam. We’re never istan could face an “existential in Afghanistan is relevant in other House Committee on Armed Services on Capitol Hill in 2017. going to do this again. And lo and crisis” after a steady uptick in Ta- places of the world,” Sopko said behold we did Iraq. And we did Af- liban attacks that began last year. Thursday. to be “present” in the country to “We’ve had access in the past. ghanistan. We will do it again,” Each quarter since the U.S. and The inspector general also in- rely on their office’s extensive in- And as far as I know, we still have John Sopko, the Special Inspector the Taliban signed a peace deal in sisted his office’s work will contin- formant network, but “we still can that access. It’s kind of clunky General for Afghanistan Recon- February 2020 has shown a ue without boots on the ground in do the work outside of Afghanis- now, because we had access struction, said at a Defense Writ- marked increase in enemy attacks Afghanistan, though it could be tan, because a lot of our work is pa- through other agencies to these ers Group discussion with report- compared to the same periods in limited. With a reduced U.S. mil- per. And particularly, we follow records. Having direct access ers. previous years, the report con- itary force in Afghanistan since the money from the contracting would be very, very useful for us,” Sopko made the comments as cluded. Between March and May, 2014, he said satellite data and oth- here to where it goes.” Sopko said. the SIGAR office released its lat- enemy forces conducted nearly er technology, as well as commu- SIGAR will continue to be able est quarterly report, which pro- 10,400 attacks — 1,000 more than nication with civil society organi- to access the Afghan govern- vided a grim outlook on the state of were recorded during that time zations, has been key to his work. ment’s computer systems and pa- [email protected] Afghanistan as the U.S. military the previous year and 3,000 more Sopko said his preference was perwork for now, he said. Twitter: @sarahjcamm PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, July 31, 2021 MILITARY Senate passes bill to reimburse guard

BY SARAH CAMMARATA Shelby of Alabama comes after Stars and Stripes months of stalled action on the is- WASHINGTON — The Senate sue. Lawmakers had been debating on Thursday unanimously voted to how much funding to provide. pass a $2.1 billion funding measure The Senate bill passed Thursday that will reimburse the National is a separate measure from a $1.9 Guard for costs incurred to support billion security spending bill that security in the nation’s capital in the House passed in May. The the wake of the deadly Jan. 6 attack House bill does not include any on the Capitol. funding to aid Afghans, and it also The spending bill would provide provides $200 million for the cre- $521 million to reimburse the Na- ation of a “quick reaction force” tional Guard, as well as more than that would support and augment $70 million to support more U.S. the Capitol Police. Capitol Police officers, plus hazard While Leahy and Shelby’s legis- pay, overtime and retention bonus- lation has received broad biparti- es for the police. The bill also in- san support, it will have to be taken cludes $1.1 billion in relief to Af- up by the House and passed before ghans who worked with the U.S. it can be signed into law. It is un- during nearly two decades of war in clear whether the House will take the country. up the measure before adjourning National Guard leaders have for summer recess at the end of the warned for months that without the week. additional funding, units across the The measure would provide United States will be forced to stop $600 million for Afghan refugee as- training next month. Top Guard of- TAMARA DABNEY/U.S. Air National Guard sistance specifically, as well as ficials said recently that units will Soldiers with the Indiana National Guard provide security near the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 21. 8,000 new visa slots for Afghans have to ground aircraft, cancel The Senate passed a funding measure Thursday to reimburse the guard for costs incurred in the wake of who worked with the U.S. govern- long-planned summer training op- the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. ment as translators and other jobs, erations and weekend drills and the as the security situation in Afghan- Guard’s 54th Security Force Assist- National Guard from most of our the vote. election victory. istan rapidly deteriorates. It would ance Brigade could miss a rotation states who were here to help the se- More than 25,000 troops de- The measure would also give also expand eligibility to apply for to a major combat training center curity of the Capitol in January. So, ployed to the Capitol grounds be- $300 million to bolster safeguards the visa program that has been without the funding by Sunday. if we did nothing, that’d be a sort of a tween January and May after a for the Capitol complex, including mired in delays by changing the “National Guard all over the security crisis entirely of our own mob of former President Donald funds for windows and doors of the employment requirement from country will be forced to cancel making,” Sen. Patrick Leahy, D- Trump supporters broke into the Capitol and the installation of new two years to one year. needed training to carry on their Vt., chairman of the Senate Appro- Capitol building Jan. 6 to attempt to security cameras. mission at home and abroad … I priations Committee, said in a disrupt Congress from formally The bill from Leahy and ranking [email protected] was speaking to members of the speech on the Senate floor before certifying President Joe Biden’s committee Republican Richard Twitter: @sarahjcamm Green Beret who died in training Air Force takes next step was a husband, father of three in fuel cleanup at NM base Associated Press supply line break. BY CHAD GARLAND ing full medical intervention.” ALBUQUERQUE — The U.S. The Air Force’s assertion that Stars and Stripes A safety investigation team Air Force has spent years trying to there’s no risk to communities A soldier who died Tuesday from the Combat Readiness Cen- keep a jet fuel leak from reaching nearby hasn’t eased everyone’s while training at the Special ter, based at Fort Rucker, Ala., Albuquerque’s drinking water concerns. A group of lawmakers, Forces Underwater Operations will lead the inquiry into the inci- supply and now says it has enough residents and nonprofit organiza- School in Key West, Fla., was a dent, CRC spokesman Michael information to outline its work, tions asked a federal judge last medical sergeant who had joined Negard told Stars and Stripes via paving the way to wrapping up the year to enforce deadlines for the the Green Berets earlier this year. email. cleanup efforts. cleanup. Staff Sgt. Micah E. Walker, of Walker joined the Army in April Officials from Kirtland Air The judge dismissed the com- Peyton, Colo., is survived by his 2017 and attended initial entry and Force Base said they will spend plaint in March, saying the court wife and three children, 1st Special Airborne School at Fort Benning, the next several months to a year didn’t have jurisdiction over the Forces Command said in a state- Ga., before completing the Special writing a report that they will sub- matter. And even if it did, he ment Thursday. He was serving Forces Qualification Course in Ja- mit to the New Mexico Environ- would defer to state regulators with 10th Special Forces Group U.S. Army nuary. He was assigned to 10th ment Department. Once the state overseeing the Air Force’s ac- (Airborne) at the time of his death. Staff Sgt. Micah Walker of Group’s 2nd Battalion at Fort Car- reviews and approves it, the base tions. “Our thoughts and prayers are Peyton, Colo., died Tuesday in son, Colo., in March. can make recommendations for a The Environment Department with his wife and children, his par- Key West, Fla. His awards and decorations in- final cleanup. has been working with the Air ents, and his teammates,” 10th clude the Army Achievement “I do understand how long it Force base on the final phase of Group commander Col. Lucas Va- cation Course and was taking part Medal, Army Good Conduct Med- looks to everyone else,” Kathryn the investigation. nAntwerp said. in a conditioning exercise, the al, National Defense Service Med- Lynnes, who is overseeing the “While significant progress has The Army announced his SWCS statement said, according al, Army Service Ribbon, Special cleanup for the Air Force, said been made, there is still work to be drowning death in separate state- to Army Times. Forces Tab, and the Army Basic Monday. “We went after the thing done,” said Maddy Hayden, a spo- ments earlier this week from the “During the training event, the Parachutist Badge. that had the potential to get into keswoman for the state Environ- Army Combat Readiness Center Soldier submerged and did not re- “Micah was an exceptional Spe- the city wells and we grabbed it, ment Department. and the John F. Kennedy Special surface. The cadre immediately cial Forces Operator, a loving hus- and we’re working on the rest.” This step, she said, “is a very im- Warfare Center and School, Army entered the pool and found him band, and father,” VanAntwerp The Air Force has spent $125 portant milestone for this pro- Times reported. The school is unresponsive,” it said. “The Dive said. “We grieve with the family million cleaning up soil and water ject.” based at Naval Air Station Key Medical Officer attempted to re- and stand ready to honor Micah’s around the base that borders Al- Lynnes said the fix won’t be in- West, but is part of the special suscitate him, and he was trans- service and his legacy.” buquerque. The fuel leak — be- stantaneous and that the Air Force warfare school. ported to the Lower Keys Medical lieved to have been seeping into will continue monitoring more

Walker was a student at the Spe- Center Emergency Room where [email protected] the ground for decades — was de- than 170 groundwater wells and cial Forces Combat Diver Qualifi- he was pronounced dead follow- Twitter:@chadgarland tected in 1999 and attributed to a some 270 soil vapor points. Saturday, July 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 MILITARY Philippines-US defense pact ‘back on track’ BY SETH ROBSON enlarge artificial islands in the South China Stars and Stripes Sea that belong to the Philippines, accord- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ing to a 2016 international court ruling. has withdrawn a long-standing threat to Philippine diplomats in March protested cancel a defense agreement that allows U.S. after 220 Chinese fishing vessels were spot- military forces to train in his country. ted by the Philippine coast guard near Ju- The decision on the Visiting Forces lian Felipe Reef in the Spratly Islands. Agreement, or VFA, was announced by Phi- Also called Whitsun, the boomerang- lippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenza- shaped reef lies about 175 nautical miles na at a joint press conference Friday with west of the Philippine province of Palawan, his U.S. counterpart, Lloyd Austin, in Ma- and inside the Philippines’ exclusive eco- nila. nomic zone. “The president decided to retract or re- Lorenzana that month told the vessels to scind the VFA termination,” Lorenzana told sail away and for the Chinese to “leave our reporters during the conference, which was sovereign territories and abide by interna- CHAD MCNEELEY/Defense Department streamed online. “We are back on track.” tional law.” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin meets with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in The agreement, which governs bilateral At the press conference Friday, Austin Manila Thursday. Duterte has withdrawn his threat to scrap a defense pact with the U.S. training such as the annual Balikatan exer- thanked Duterte for the decision on visiting cise, U.S. Navy port calls at Subic Bay and forces and offered condolences following version of it this year due to concerns about with an exchange of medical experts at Ma- U.S. Air Force operations out of Clark Air two recent military plane crashes in the the coronavirus. nila Naval Hospital, the Indo-Pacific Com- Base, has been under a cloud since January Philippines. On July 16 and 17, the United States deliv- mand said the next day. 2020, when Duterte threatened to scrap it. “Our countries face a range of challeng- ered 3,240,850 doses of the one-shot John- The Military Sealift Command expedi- Its reprieve is the latest swing for an alli- es, from the climate crises to the pandemic son & Johnson vaccine to the Philippines as tionary fast transport ship USNS City of Bis- ance that has been on shaky ground since and, as we do, a strong, resilient U.S.-Philip- part of its worldwide effort to help end the marck arrived there July 14 and exercise the strongman took office in 2016. pine alliance will remain vital to the securi- coronavirus, according to a July 19 state- participants conducted a 14-day quarantine Duterte began his presidency by insult- ty, stability and prosperity of the Indo-Pa- ment from the U.S. Embassy in Manila. as protection against importing the corona- ing U.S. leaders and stating his intention to cific,” Austin said. “A fully restored VFA Pacific Partnership 21, the annual U.S.- virus, the command said. move closer to China and Russia. will help us achieve that goal together.” led multinational humanitarian assistance

That hasn’t gotten much traction with The U.S. and the Philippines canceled and disaster-relief preparedness mission in [email protected] China, which has continued to occupy and Balikatan last year but held a scaled-down the Indo-Pacific, kicked off Wednesday Twitter: @SethRobson1 Kim stresses Navy charges Bonhomme military prep Richard crew member with in workshop setting ship-destroying fire BY WYATT OLSON impartial hearing officer who BY HYUNG-JIN KIM Stars and Stripes will make determinations and Associated Press A crew member of the Na- recommendations, including vy’s fire-decimated USS Bon- “whether or not there is prob- SEOUL, South Korea — North homme Richard has been able cause to believe an of- Korea said Friday that leader charged with starting the blaze fense has been committed,” he Kim Jong Un called for stronger under the Uniform Code of said. capability to cope with any for- Military Justice, the service The Bonhomme Richard was eign provocation as he met with said Thursday. undergoing maintenance at military officers ahead of an- The charges “were brought Naval Base San Diego when nual drills next month between forth against a Navy Sailor in the blaze seared through 11 of South Korea and the United response to evidence found the ship’s 14 decks, destroyed States that Pyongyang views as KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY, KOREA NEWS SERVICE/AP during the criminal investiga- its forward mast and damaged an invasion rehearsal. North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, center, is welcomed Thursday by tion into the fire” that began the superstructure before be- Earlier this week, Kim reo- participants of a veteran conference in Pyongyang, North Korea. July 12, 2020, while the am- ing put out four days later. pened suspended communica- phibious assault ship was More than 60 sailors and ci- tion channels with rival South political officers should focus United States or South Korea. docked in San Diego, accord- vilians were treated for minor Korea, raising hopes of reduced all efforts on completing prep- In the past few years, South ing to a statement by Cmdr. injuries, such as smoke inhala- animosities on the Korean Pen- arations for actively and offen- Korean and U.S. militaries have Sean Robertson, a spokesman tion. insula. But some experts say sively coping with any military canceled or scaled back some of for the Navy’s 3rd Fleet. The Navy announced in De- Pyongyang could conduct mis- provocation of enemies,” KCNA their regular military exercises The statement did not identi- cember that the ship, only 22 sile tests or take other tension- said. to support the now-stalled diplo- fy the sailor, and Robertson years in service, would be raising actions in response to Kim accused “the hostile macy on North Korea’s nuclear did not respond to a emailed scrapped because repairs the drills, which Seoul and forces,” an apparent reference program or due to the COVID-19 query by Stars and Stripes. would be too expensive. Washington have altered in past to the U.S. and South Korea, of pandemic. “Evidence collected during The Navy has not made pub- years to support diplomacy. bolstering their capabilities for Asked over a possibility for the investigation is sufficient lic several investigations into The official Korean Central making a preemptive attack and next month’s drills being can- to direct a preliminary hearing the blaze. News Agency said Kim held the intensifying “all sorts of frantic celed or downsized, Boo Seung- in accordance with due proc- A Navy spokesman told the workshop of military command- and persistent war drills for ag- Chan, a spokesman at South Ko- ess under the military justice San Diego Union-Tribune this ers and political officers from gression.” Kim ordered the rea’s Defense Ministry, told a system,” Robertson said in the month that a command investi- July 24-27 to discuss ways to en- workshop attendees to put grea- briefing Thursday that Seoul statement. gation into the circumstances hance the North’s military ter efforts to boost their units’ and Washington were reviewing Vice Adm. Steve Koehler, surrounding the fire had been strength. It said it was the first combat efficiency, KCNA said. factors like the pandemic’s cur- the commander of 3rd Fleet, is completed and is being re- such meeting since North Ko- Kim’s speech carried by rent status, efforts to achieve considering court-martial viewed by Navy leaders. rea’s military was founded. KCNA didn’t mention his nucle- denuclearization on the Korean charges, he said.

During the meeting, Kim ar program and didn’t contain Peninsula and their combined Koehler has ordered a pre- [email protected] “stressed that commanders and any fiery rhetoric against the military readiness. liminary hearing headed by an Twitter: @WyattWOlson PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, July 31, 2021 VIRUS OUTBREAK US military commanders curtail travel to Tokyo

BY JOSEPH DITZLER ported six new cases of COVID-19 since Stars and Stripes Tuesday. Two were still in restricted move- TOKYO — Japan’s capital city, host to the ment after arriving in Japan, three surfaced Summer Olympics, reported another 3,300 during contact tracing and one was “identi- new coronavirus cases Friday, as U.S. mili- fied and quarantined” by base public health tary commands began restricting their pop- authorities. ulations’ access to the inner city. Yokosuka Naval Base, 38 miles south of Some U.S. commanders, alarmed at the all- central Tokyo, reported five individuals test- time high rate of new infections in Tokyo, put ed positive after falling ill with symptoms of the city off-limits altogether, even for fully COVID-19, the coronavirus respiratory dis- vaccinated individuals. U.S. bases in Japan ease. reported 20 new coronavirus patients on Fri- Three are immunized people affiliated day. with the Navy and two are unimmunized base Tokyo is experiencing its fifth and most ex- employees, according to a Facebook post by treme coronavirus wave, in sheer volume of the base Friday. The naval base has 19 pa- new cases. It reported its one-day pandemic tients under medical supervision. high, 3,865 new patients, on Thursday. U.S. Army Japan, headquartered at Camp Friday’s tally exceeded by 1,941 the num- Zama 26 miles from central Tokyo, updated ber reported a week prior, according to pub- its public health order on Thursday to put lic broadcaster NHK. More than 3,000 people central Tokyo off-limits for all activity except are hospitalized, 81 of them in serious condi- public transportation by vaccinated individu- tion, according to data from the Tokyo Metro- als. Leave and liberty in the area require ap- politan Government. proval from a colonel or the equivalent, ac- At the Tokyo Olympics another 27 people cording to a post on the Army’s Facebook associated with the Games, including three page. foreign athletes, tested positive Friday, Kyo- Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, 535 do News reported. The Olympic total is 220 AKIFUMI ISHIKAWA/Stars and Stripes miles west of Tokyo, left its travel restrictions since July 1, according to the news service. Another 27 people associated with the Tokyo Olympics, including three foreign unchanged but reported one new case of CO- Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was athletes, tested positive Friday. The Olympic total is 220 since July 1. VID-19 on Friday, according to a news re- primed Friday to declare states of emergency lease. in several more prefectures in addition to To- gawa. sonnel,” said the order signed by Col. Andrew On Okinawa, the Marine Corps reported kyo and Okinawa, according to The Associat- At Yokota Air Base, the headquarters of Campbell. another eight people had tested positive, but ed Press. U.S. Forces Japan in western Tokyo, the com- Only stays at the New Sanno Hotel, a U.S. provided no further information, according A government panel approved putting To- mander ordered the central wards of Tokyo military property in central Tokyo, are per- to a Facebook post by Marine Corps Installa- kyo’s neighboring prefectures of Saitama, off-limits to anyone affiliated with the base. mitted, along with travel through the city or, tions Pacific. Kanagawa and Chiba under an emergency “Due to significant increases in the num- with permission from the appropriate au- from Monday until Aug. 31, AP reported. The ber of COVID-19 positive cases within Japan, thority, travel for mission-essential duties, Stars and Stripes reporter Mari Higa contributed to this report. headquarters for the U.S. Navy and Army travel to the Tokyo metropolitan area and the order states. [email protected] and the homeport of the 7th Fleet are in Kana- mainland Okinawa is prohibited for all per- Yokota on its official website Friday re- Twitter: @JosephDitzler How other countries handle vaccine requirements BY CLAIRE PARKER the highly transmissible delta and contractors both in the Unit- devastating coronavirus wave. ters reported. The bizarre twist: The Washington Post variant spreads and vaccination ed States and overseas will be re- All people eligible to take the Turkmenistan has officially re- President Joe Biden an- rates in the United States have quired to share their vaccination shots must receive them, the gov- ported no coronavirus cases or nounced Thursday that all feder- slowed. status. Those who aren’t vaccinat- ernment said, and those who re- deaths. al employees must either be vac- Under the new rules, which ed won’t be fired, but they will fuse can face sanctions including Data that might shed insight in- cinated or else face new testing, will impact more than 4 million face restrictions aimed at encou- fines and the suspension or delay to the progress of its vaccination masking and distancing rules, as Americans, federal employees raging them to take a vaccine. of social assistance programs and campaign is hard to come by. The Overall, around half of the government services, Bloomberg last WHO update on the country’s country is fully vaccinated. News reported. Local govern- vaccination campaign came in Vaccines: Holdouts pose The vaccination rules for feder- ments have the power to decide April, by which point roughly al workers mark an escalation in on the punishments. 42,000 vaccine doses had been efforts to incentivize vaccination More than five months into the administered. challenge for military leaders as a new COVID-19 wave mounts. mandate, roughly 19 million peo- Russia They are part of a growing ple — or about 7% of the popula- Desperate to boost low vaccina- FROM PAGE 1 navirus. The U.S. Naval Institute trend around the world to require tion — are fully vaccinated. tion rates in a country that is pro- least one dose of the vaccine as of News reported Wednesday, citing — or nearly require — vaccina- It’s unclear how effective a ducing plenty of local Sputnik V June 30, according to the most re- an unnamed Navy official, that tions to stem the tide of variant- blanket mandate can be when the doses, Russian authorities have cent data from the Defense Health both sailors, one of whom was a fueled infections and get the pan- country only has enough vaccines placed the onus on businesses. Agency. doctor, were unvaccinated. demic under control. to inoculate a fraction of its pop- In late June, Moscow’s mayor But with the vaccine now read- “Before we had the vaccine Vaccination requirements have ulation. About 119 million doses of ordered employers in key service ily available and no mandate yet, available, it was tragic,” Nowell proven highly controversial, with the Sinovac and AstraZeneca vac- and retail industries to ensure at military leaders face the chal- said. “But it makes me want to cry some public health leaders and cines had arrived by the end of least 60% of employees were fully lenge of how to convince the re- when I see a sailor who passes health workers calling for man- last month, and the United States inoculated by mid-August. Doz- maining vaccine holdouts to vol- away now and they had a chance dates in some cases, while some donated 4.5 million doses of the ens of provinces followed. unteer for the shot, Vice Adm. to be immunized and they didn’t international human rights Moderna vaccine in July. Employers who fail to meet the John Nowell, the chief of naval take it.” groups have raised concerns. In Turkmenistan target could face harsh puni- personnel, said Thursday. Without a mandate, Nowell said many developing countries, If you’re 18 or older and you shments, and workers who refuse “Hey, 77% [vaccinated] is pret- he hopes sailors will independent- meanwhile, demand for vaccines live in Turkmenistan, you’re re- vaccines face threats of suspen- ty good, but we look at that and ly “understand the imperative” of still outpaces supply. quired to get a coronavirus vac- sion. say, ‘That means we’ve got 23% getting vaccinated “as they look at Here’s how three countries cine, unless you have a medical When the rules started taking and their families that we want to the news and they see what’s hap- have handled vaccination re- exemption, as of earlier this shape, 11% of Russians had been get vaccinated because we don’t pening with those rates of infec- quirements. month. fully vaccinated, even though want them to die,” Nowell said. tion for the unvaccinated.” Indonesia The announcement came from Russian vaccines are free and “It’s about that simple.” Indonesia made coronavirus the Health Ministry in the Cen- have been widely available for

In the past week, two unvacci- [email protected] vaccinations mandatory in Feb- tral Asian country, as cases in the months. Now, that rate stands at nated sailors died from the coro- Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos ruary, as southeast Asia faced a wider region were spiking, Reu- 16.4%. Saturday, July 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 NATION PG&E to be charged Tornadoes touch down in Wis., Pa. in deadly Fatal crash caused by power line, tree Calif. fire that fell in storm Associated Press Pacific Gas & Electric will face Associated Press criminal charges because its equip- MILWAUKEE — Tornadoes ment sparked a wildfire last year touched down in Pennsylvania that killed four people and de- and Wisconsin amid powerful stroyed hundreds of homes, a thunderstorms that caused wide- Northern California prosecutor an- spread damage that contributed to nounced Thursday. the death of a man who crashed in- It would be the latest action to a fallen tree and power line, offi- against the nation’s largest utility, cials said Thursday. which was forced into bankruptcy The National Weather Service over devastating wildfires ignited confirmed two tornadoes touched by its long-neglected electrical grid. down in Pennsylvania’s Bucks Shasta County District Attorney County on Thursday afternoon, Stephanie Bridgett announced on sending trees falling and debris Facebook that her office had deter- flying. A thunderous downpour mined that PG&E was “criminally flooded streets and roadways. liable” for the Zogg Fire. The Courier Times of Bucks Prosecutors hadn’t yet decided County reported one of the torna- which charges to file, but they plan does in Pennsylvania damaged an MIKE DE SISTI, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL­SENTINEL/AP to do so before the September anni- auto dealership and a mobile Adam Turley surveys the damage to his dad’s truck in front of their home in Concord, Wis., on Thursday. versary of the blaze, Bridgett said. home park. Tornadoes touched down in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin amid damaging thunderstorms. PG&E said the loss of life and dev- Bensalem Police Public Safety astation from the fire was “heart- Director Fred Harran said four that moved across the state from cord, toppling farm buildings. vere weather sweeping across up- breaking” but said it has resolved people were injured at the auto the Mississippi River to Lake Mi- Cows could be seen grazing per Midwest states could include civil claims with Shasta County and dealership in Bensalem, and a chigan began Wednesday eve- among debris that landed in farm hurricane force winds and torna- continues to reach settlements with fifth person was hurt at a nearby ning. By 2 a.m. Thursday, the nu- fields. By Thursday afternoon, the does and develop into a derecho — victims and their families “in an ef- business. All injuries were consid- merous tornado warnings around weather service confirmed at arare type of storm that’s often de- fort to make it right.” ered non-life-threatening. Antho- the state had expired. least two other tornadoes were al- scribed as an inland hurricane. “We do not, however, agree with ny Perez, an employee at the dea- Hours later, a man died when he so responsible for damage near Andy Boxell, a meteorologist the district attorney’s conclusion lership, said a weather alert crashed his vehicle into a fallen Waukesha and Watertown. for the National Weather Service that criminal charges are warrant- sounded on his phone just before tree and power line near the town Gov. Tony Evers signed a decla- in Sullivan, said a derecho did not ed given the facts of this case,” the the tornado hit. of Ripon at about 6 a.m. Thursday, ration imposing a state of emer- materialize. “That’s not what we utility’s statement said. “At that point, we were looking the Wisconsin State Journal re- gency in Wisconsin. Evers’ order had last night,” he told the Mil- Pushed by strong winds, the fire for shelter,” he said. “Everything ported. directs state agencies to help those waukee Journal Sentinel. that began on Sept. 27 raged was in a flash.” The National Weather Service impacted by the storms. It also al- Utility crews worked to restore through the Sierra Nevada and local Severe weather was a concern surveyed hard-hit areas in south- lows the National Guard to be acti- service to thousands of power cus- communities, killing four people, along the east coast, with the eastern Wisconsin and confirmed vated to support local authorities tomers. Electricity was knocked burning about 200 homes and weather service issuing warnings one tornado, probably rated EF1, with recovery efforts. out to about 90,000 customers blackening about 87.5 square miles in New Jersey as well. caused damage around the Jeffer- The weather service on across Wisconsin, according to the of land. In Wisconsin, the strong winds son County community of Con- Wednesday warned that the se- tracking website poweroutage.us. In March, state fire investigators concluded that the fire was sparked by a gray pine tree that fell onto a PG&E transmission line. Two coun- Ex-Sen. Levin dies; Democrat focused on military issues ties, Shasta and Tehama, have sued Associated Press the utility for negligence, arguing turing jobs and matters thanks to his years as the ing and respectful relationship,” the that PG&E had failed to remove the DETROIT — Former Sen. Carl pushing for mili- top Democrat on the Senate Armed late-Republican Sen. John Warner, tree even though it had been Levin, a powerful voice on military tary funding. His Services Committee. who worked closely for years with marked for removal two years earli- issues in Washington and a staunch tenure was a test- And he didn’t fear speaking his Levin on the Armed Services Com- er. supporter of the auto industry back ament to voters’ mind. mittee, once said. “We do not try to PG&E, which has an estimated 16 home in Michigan during his record approval of the He was in the minority — even pull surprises on each other. The se- million customers in central and tenure in the U.S. Senate, has died. slightly rumpled, among his Democratic Senate col- curity of the nation and the welfare He was 87. down-to-earth leagues — when he voted against of the armed services come first.” Northern California, filed for bank- Levin ruptcy protection in 2019 after its The Harvard-educated civil Detroit native sending U.S. troops to Iraq in 2002, Carl Milton Levin was born in equipment was blamed for a series rights attorney and former taxi whom Time magazine ranked and two years later he said Presi- Detroit on June 28, 1934, and he of fires, including the 2018 Camp driver, who for decades carried his among the nation’s 10 best senators dent George W. Bush’s administra- stayed in the Motor City for most of Fire that killed 85 people and de- faded 1953 auto union membership in 2006. tion had “written the book on how to his life. After high school, he spent stroyed 10,000 homes. card in his wallet, died Thursday, “He’s just a very decent person,” mismanage a war.” He gave a cau- time as a taxi driver and worked on That blaze largely destroyed the his family and the Levin Center at Democratic Sen. Jack Reed, of tious endorsement to President Ba- auto assembly plant lines to help put town of Paradise, about 145 miles Wayne State University’s law Rhode Island, a fellow Senate rack Obama’s 2009 buildup of himself through school. northeast of San Francisco. It was school announced in an evening Armed Services Committee mem- troops in Afghanistan, but later He earned a bachelor’s degree in the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a cen- statement. ber, said in 2008. “He’s unpreten- warned of “the beginnings of fray- political science from Swarthmore tury. “We are all devastated by his loss. tious, unassuming. He never for- ing” of Democratic support. College in 1956, and a law degree PG&E pleaded guilty to more But we are filled with gratitude for gets that what we’re doing is en- He was also critical of President from Harvard in 1959. He married than 80 counts of involuntary man- all of the support that Carl received meshed with the lives of the people Ronald Reagan’s buildup of nuclear his wife, Barbara, two years later, slaughter over that blaze, which was throughout his extraordinary life he represents.” weapons, saying it came at the ex- and together they raised three linked to a badly maintained and ag- and career, enabling him to touch so AWashington insider and former pense of conventional weapons daughters. ing transmission tower. many people and accomplish so prosecutor known for his professo- needed to maintain military readin- His memoir, “Getting to the PG&E emerged from bankruptcy much good,” the statement said. rial bearing, Levin took a civil but ess. Heart of the Matter: My 36 Years in last summer and negotiated a $13.5 First elected to the Senate in 1978, straightforward approach that al- But, colleagues said, he almost al- the Senate,” was published in billion settlement with some wild- Levin represented Michigan longer lowed him to work effectively with ways engendered a feeling of re- March. The Navy named a de- fire victims. But it still faces both than any other senator, targeting Republicans and fellow Democrats. spect. stroyer for him to honor his years of civil and criminal actions. tax shelters, supporting manufac- He was especially astute on defense “We’ve always had a very trust- public service. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, July 31, 2021 NATION Ex-Cardinal charged with sexual assault

BY MURI ASSUNCAO The complaint was filed by Wel- ess,” Mitchell Garabedian said. campus, when McCarrick groped tholic Reporter, the Vatican an- New York Daily News lesley Police in Dedham District “Let the facts be presented, the him, according to the report. nounced its decision saying that Former U.S. Catholic Cardinal Court. law applied, and a fair verdict ren- The man also alleges that when McCarrick was guilty of “solicita- Theodore McCarrick was McCarrick, once one of the dered.” they returned to the reception, tion in the sacrament of confes- charged Wednesday with sexual- country’s most influential Cathol- In January the McCarrick took him into a small sion and sins against the Sixth ly assaulting a 16-year-old boy ic leaders, rose to the top of the Ca- man told author- room where he fondled his geni- Commandment with minors and nearly 50 years ago, court docu- tholic Church in the U.S. after he ities that during tals while “saying prayers to make with adults, with the aggravating ments show. was ordained as a priest of the his brother’s me feel holy.” factor of the abuse of power.” McCarrick, who was defrocked Archdiocese of New York in 1958. wedding recep- In 2018, McCarrick was re- McCarrick appealed the deci- by the Vatican in 2019 over sexual He is the first cardinal to ever tion at Wellesley moved from public ministry, over sion, but the appeal was rejected. abuse allegations, was charged be criminally charged with sex- College in June allegations that he had sexually McCarrick, who now lives in with three counts of indecent as- ually assaulting a minor, a lawyer 1974, McCarrick abused an altar boy in New York. Missouri, was summoned to ap- sault and battery on a person over representing the man alleging the told him that his In February 2019, Pope Francis pear in court for arraignment on McCarrick 14, according to The Boston Globe. abuse told The Associated Press. father wanted confirmed the removal from the Sept. 3. The 91-year-old former arch- “It takes an enormous amount the two to have a conversation be- priesthood of McCarrick, who was His attorney, Barry Coburn, de- bishop of Washington, D.C., was of courage for a sexual abuse vic- cause the then-16-year-old was then 88, after a panel of the Con- clined to comment, but said that charged with assaulting a teenag- tim to report having been sexually “being mischievous at home and gregation for Doctrine of the Faith “we will look forward to address- er during a wedding reception in abused to investigators and pro- not attending church.” found him guilty on Jan. 11. ing this issue in the courtroom,” Massachusetts in 1974. ceed through the criminal proc- The two went for a walk around According to the National Ca- according to The Boston Globe. Conservatives want Cheney, Kinzinger out of House GOP

BY ALAN FRAM Biggs said letting the two into Associated Press such sessions would be like hav- WASHINGTON — Conserva- ing “two spies sitting right there. tive lawmakers made a push You knew they were spies, but Thursday to boot Republican you couldn’t remove them.” Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Cheney and Kinzinger are out- Kinzinger out of the House GOP spoken Trump critics who agreed because the two defied party to let House Speaker Nancy Pelo- leaders and joined the chamber’s si, D-Calif., appoint them to the special committee investigating Jan. 6 investigative committee. the Jan. 6 Capitol attack by sup- That infuriated Republicans. ACACIA CORONADO/AP porters of then-President Donald They’ve refused to name any Donovon Rodriguez, chief of staff for Texas state Rep. Ray Lopez, poses for a photo at the Texas Capitol Trump. members to that panel after Pelo- with his wife, Jenny Tavarez, and daughter, Evelyn Belle Rodriguez, for whom he is the sole provider, The effort by the hard-right si blocked two would-be GOP ap- Monday, in Austin, Texas. House Freedom Caucus faces un- pointees whose fervent pro- certain prospects. House Repub- Trump views, she said, would lican leaders have exhibited little jeopardize the investigation’s in- interest in acting quickly against tegrity. Texas voting standoff threatens the two mavericks, which could Cheney spokesperson Jeremy fuel a fight that would distract Adler said the 11 Freedom Cau- from the party’s preferred focus cus members at Thursday’s news pay for up to 2,000 employees on issues such as inflation, crime conference “represent a danger- BY ACACIA CORONADO ed up their political maneuver veto of more than $400 million in and immigration. ous rot that is rooted in the Big Report for America/Associated and fled the state for Washing- salary funds, claiming the action The move is the latest example Lie, conspiracy theories, bigotry, Press ton, D.C. to keep thwarting the was unconstitutional. Rodriguez, of turmoil over the GOP’s mess- and disrespect for the rule of law AUSTIN, Texas — Donovon GOP’s plans for reducing polling who makes $73,000 annually, age and image, even as Trump’s and our law enforcement.” He Rodriguez pursued a career with hours and ballot access in Texas’ was named in the suit, which is shadow continues to loom large said Cheney is working to “save the state of Texas seven years already strict voting laws. pending before the Texas Su- over the party. the party of Lincoln and Reagan.” ago because he viewed the work The vicious cycle means em- preme Court. Abbott’s office de- Banishing Cheney, R-Wyo., Kinzinger spokesperson Maura as public service and a steady in- ployees who take calls and clined to comment but previous- and Kinzinger, R-Ill., from the Gillespie said “these are the same come to provide for his family. emails from constituents, help ly said the Texas Constitution House Republican organization, members who push conspiracy But lately, his government job research and write bills and oth- grants the governor the “power called the GOP conference, theories to their constituents.” hasn’t looked so stable. erwise keep a legislative session to disapprove any bill.” would threaten an end to their She said Kinzinger wants “the Rodriguez, the chief of staff for moving won’t be working when It’s not clear when the court committee assignments. It would truth and answers that the Amer- a Democratic state representa- the new budget starts Sept. 1. Ro- might make a decision, keeping also deny them other normally ican people deserve.” tive, is one of close to 2,000 legis- driguez and others say it feels the state employees in limbo. routine privileges such as attend- The Freedom Caucus wants lative workers who risk going un- like their livelihoods are collater- Beyond payroll, the memo ing closed-door Republican strat- the House GOP to approve a rule paid after Republican Gov. Greg al damage in the nation’s most said, Abbott’s veto means staff egy meetings. automatically removing lawmak- Abbott slashed their salaries visible standoff over voting will be responsible for fully fund- Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., who ers from the conference who ac- from the state budget as puni- rights. ing their own health insurance. leads the roughly 40-member cept a committee assignment that shment after Democratic law- “There is always somebody Leases and phone lines for law- Freedom Caucus, told reporters the party has not approved. makers walked out in May to who feels left out, who feels be- makers’ district offices will be that Cheney and Kinzinger chose It takes only a majority of block restrictions on voting. trayed, by the governor when he canceled. And cleaning and dis- to “join the Democrats on a witch House Republicans to change an Paychecks could be restored chooses to veto legislation,” Ro- infection services for the House hunt” against Republicans. He internal rule. That’s a lower hur- during an ongoing special legis- driguez said. “Unfortunately, it Chamber will stop as COVID-19 said it makes little sense to let dle than the two-thirds majority lative session. That’s currently at really hits home this time.” infection and hospital rates are them into private meetings where Republican rules require to re- a standstill after many of the Democratic lawmakers sued rising again in Texas and much GOP lawmakers strategize move a lawmaker from the con- same 50-plus Democrats ratchet- Abbott over the June line item of the U.S. against Democrats. ference. Saturday, July 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 WORLD Battle between Syrian forces, rebels escalates BY SARAH EL DEEB tured by Syrian government Associated Press troops in 2018. Assad has since re- BEIRUT — Clashes between gained control of most of the coun- Syrian government forces and op- try with the help of Russia and position fighters in the country’s Iran. southern province of Daraa esca- The Russian-mediated deal al- lated this week, with reports say- lowed some of the province’s ing three civilians were killed armed opposition to remain in there on Thursday, as well as eight their former strongholds, in government troops and five rebel charge of security. Government MYCCHEL LEGNAGHI/AP fighters. troops retained control of the Ice blankets trees at dawn during a cold snap in Sao Joaquim, Brazil, on Wednesday. The violence is one of the most province, but security duties were serious challenges to a 2018 tenu- divided. Tension regularly erupt- ous deal between the two sides, ed and government troops tried negotiated by Russia. several times to take over areas Brazil cold snap provides rare The Britain-based Syrian Ob- under opposition control. servatory for Human Rights, The Observatory said Russian which monitors the war through mediation since Wednesday has chance for snowmen, snowballs activists on the ground, said the failed to contain the latest escala- BY DÉBORA ÁLVARES Local television footage snow was recorded in a city in escalation began with raids by tion in Daraa. On Wednesday, Associated Press showed Brazilians building a Santa Catarina state. Syrian government troops on op- government forces shelled the on- BRASILIA, Brazil — A fierce snowman in a plaza and having Temperatures are expected to position-held areas earlier this ly medical clinic in the area, ac- cold snap prompted snowfall in a snowball fight in Bom Jesus, a keep dropping, with more snow week. Opposition fighters fought cording to the Observatory. southern Brazil, with snow ac- city in Rio Grande do Sul state. possible. back and routed government Syrian state news agency SANA cumulating on streets of cities In Sao Joaquim in Santa Catari- The Brazilian government’s forces from some military posts. said two civilians were killed on where the wintry phenomenon na state, trees were weighing meteorological institute says On Tuesday, government troops Thursday, including a child. The is rarely seen. heavy with frost and icicles. low temperatures should en- and their allies launched raids and Observatory meanwhile said At least 43 cities registered ei- Snow is uncommon in Brazil, dure until the start of August. shelled areas controlled by oppo- eight government troops and five ther snow or freezing rain late even in its southern region dur- There may be frost in Mato sition forces in Daraa al-Balad, a opposition fighters were killed. Wednesday, according to infor- ing the Southern Hemisphere’s Grosso do Sul, Sao Paulo, Minas southern district of the provincial The Observatory also reported mation from Climatempo, a winter. Brazil’s last blizzard Gerais and Goias states by Fri- capital of Daraa, reportedly in that opposition fighters pushed weather service. was in 1957, when 4.3 feet of day. search of wanted men. government forces back and took The province became known as over some military posts. It said 40 the cradle of the uprising against fighters allied with the govern- Syrian President Bashar Assad ment were abducted. It was not that erupted in 2011 as part of the immediately possible to inde- New Russian lab briefly knocks Arab Spring revolts. It was recap- pendently confirm the report. space station out of its position BY SETH BORENSTEIN ‘Death Kitty’ ransomware Associated Press A newly arrived Russian sci- ence lab briefly knocked the In- linked to attack in S. Africa ternational Space Station out of Bloomberg The cyberattack on July 22 position Thursday when it acci- South Africa’s port and rail caused the company to declare dentally fired its thrusters. company appears to have been force majeure at container termi- For 47 minutes, the space sta- targeted with a strain of ransom- nals and switch to manual proc- tion lost control of its orientation ware that cybersecurity experts essing of cargo. Transnet’s Dur- when the firing occurred a few have linked to a series of high-pro- ban port alone handles more than hours after docking, pushing the file data breaches likely carried half of the nation’s shipments and orbiting complex from its normal out by crime gangs from Eastern is the main gateway for other com- configuration. The station’s posi- Europe and Russia. modity exporters including Zam- tion is key for getting power from The hackers left a ransom note bia and Congo. The disruption fol- solar panels and or communica- NASA/AP on Transnet’s computers, seen by lows deadly protests in South Afri- tions. Communications with The 22­ton Nauka module, also called the Multipurpose Laboratory Bloomberg News, claiming they ca earlier this month that also in- ground controllers also blipped Module, approaches the International Space Station space station encrypted the company’s files, in- terrupted operations. out twice for a few minutes. Thursday. cluding a terabyte of personal da- The Transnet ransom note was Flight controllers regained ta, financial reports and other doc- similar to others seen in recent control using thrusters on other didn’t really feel any movement lab called Nauka arrived earlier uments. The note instructed the months, according to cybersecur- Russian components at the sta- or any shaking. NASA said the Thursday, eight days after it firm to visit a chat portal on the ity firm Crowdstrike. It is linked to tion to right the ship, and it is now station moved 45 degrees out of launched from the Russian dark web to enter negotiations. ransomware strains known as stable and safe, NASA said. attitude, about one-eighth of a launch facility in Baikonur, Ka- Transnet spokeswoman Ayan- “Death Kitty,” “Hello Kitty” and “We haven’t noticed any dam- complete circle. The complex zakhstan. da Shezi didn’t answer multiple “Five Hands,” said Adam Meyers, age,” space station program man- was never spinning, NASA The launch of Nauka, which phone calls and WhatsApp mess- vice president of intelligence at ager Joel Montalbano said in a spokesman Bob Jacobs said. will provide more room for scien- ages seeking comment. A probe Crowdstrike. Those strains have late afternoon press conference. NASA’s human spaceflight tific experiments and space for into the motive for the attack is been seen this year targeting Pol- “There was no immediate danger chief Kathy Lueders called it “a the crew, had been repeatedly still underway, Public Enterprises ish video game maker CD Projekt at anytime to the crew.” pretty exciting hour.” delayed because of technical Minister Pravin Gordhan said in a and exploiting security vulnera- Montalbano said the crew Russia’s long-delayed 22-ton problems. statement on Wednesday. bilities in SonicWall products. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, July 31, 2021 VETERANS Senate committee advances bill to aid homeless vets

BY NIKKI WENTLING delines. Stars and Stripes The higher rates allowed shel- WASHINGTON — With the na- ters to improve their facilities, tionwide moratorium on evictions space out veterans and provide set to end this week, the Senate better care. Under the bill intro- JOE GROMELSKI/Stars and Stripes Committee on Veterans’ Affairs duced by Sen. Jon Tester, D- The Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters in Washington. advanced a bill Wednesday that Mont., the rate would increase would make the increased assist- from a maximum of 115% to ance given during the coronavi- 200%. Lawmakers urge National Archives rus pandemic to combat veteran In addition, the bill aims to pro- homelessness permanent. vide all veterans with case-man- The Building Solutions for Vet- agement services, increase fund- to digitize records, clear backlogs erans Experiencing Homeless- ing for veteran employment ini- ness Act of 2021 would indefinite- tiatives, expand public transpor- BY NIKKI WENTLING vist for the United States, to apply contracted the coronavirus during ly extend the extra resources and tation benefits to homeless Stars and Stripes for funding through the Technol- the pandemic, the most recent flexibility given during the pan- veterans and house aging veter- WASHINGTON — Leaders of ogy Modernization Fund to help case of which was this month. demic to the federal, state and lo- ans as they wait for placement in the House Committee on Over- with the digitization efforts. The With the ongoing effects of the cal agencies that provide services long-term care facilities. It also sight and Reform urged the Na- fund is intended to help federal pandemic, oversight committee to homeless veterans. Advocates establishes a five-year grant for tional Archives this week to digi- agencies with technological chal- members asked Ferriero to focus have warned that the expiration programs that help veterans with tize its records to help with a large lenges. on digitizing records and improv- of these resources could create recovery from substance abuse. backlog of records requests from “It is critical that [the National ing telework. an “unprecedented wave” of vet- The effects of the pandemic on veterans who need personnel in- Archives] use any and all availa- Ferriero acknowledged in a let- eran homelessness. veteran homelessness remain formation to secure government ble tools to ensure we can uphold ter to Congress this month that Advocates for homeless veter- relatively unknown. The Depart- benefits. our commitments to our nation’s digitizing records was important ans have said they also feared the ment of Housing and Urban De- Leaders of the National Ar- veterans,” the lawmakers wrote. to eliminate the backlog. He said end of the federal protections velopment issued a report in chives and Records Administra- The letter was signed by Rep. the agency would begin digitizing keeping landlords from evicting March that focused on the num- tion told lawmakers last month Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., chair- records in August. tenants. The moratorium ends ber of homeless veterans on a sin- that they were struggling with a woman of the oversight commit- “Mass digitization will … signif- Saturday. gle night in January 2020, before backlog of about 500,000 records tee, and Rep. James Comer, of icantly enhance the [National Per- In June, Kathryn Monet, CEO the widespread effects of the pan- requests from veterans who need Kentucky, the committee’s rank- sonnel Records Center]’s ability of the National Coalition for demic reached the United States. military personnel information ing Republican, as well as four to process requests remotely in Homeless Veterans, a nonprofit In January 2020, there were from the archives when applying other Democrats and Republi- the unfortunate event of a pan- focused on ending veteran home- 37,252 veterans experiencing for Department of Veterans Af- cans. demic resurgence,” he wrote. lessness, urged lawmakers to ex- homelessness — an increase of fairs benefits and health care. Ferriero had told lawmakers Lawmakers said they believe tend the protections for tenants. 167 veterans, or 0.4%, from the They estimated the backlog would that he had hired an additional 100 funding through the Technology “I don’t think the economy has previous year. The statistic not be eliminated until the end of employees to work through the Modernization Fund would speed recovered to a point where peo- stoked concern among advocates 2022. backlog. He estimated, however, up the process. ple are able to cover all of these that the effects of the pandemic The records requests grew dur- that it would still take about a year “[The agency] has identified the expenses or have all gone back to would add to an already regres- ing the coronavirus pandemic and a half to clear the 500,000 re- need to digitize records as one of work,” Monet said at the time. “I sive trend. when most employees at the Na- quests. the biggest hurdles to addressing think that’s a huge problem.” Tester’s bill was one of 13 piec- tional Personnel Records Center To get more employees back to the backlog of veterans’ requests,” One of the actions that Con- es of legislation advanced by the were not permitted to work on site. work, the VA announced a part- lawmakers wrote. “Although [the gress took at the start of the pan- Senate Veterans’ Affairs Commit- Workers could not access records nership in April to offer vaccines National Archives] has taken demic was to increase the maxi- tee on Wednesday. The bills must while working remotely. The cen- to all National Archives staff. At some steps to begin digitization, mum rates for the VA’s grant and still get approved by the full Sen- ter is working to digitize its re- the time, the VA said the employ- more significant action is needed per diem program. The money ate and House before becoming cords, but it’s not happening fast ees played a “vital role” in proc- to improve the agency’s IT infras- went to shelters, which get paid law. enough, lawmakers said. essing veterans’ claims for VA tructure.” for filling beds but were unable to In a letter Monday, six mem- benefits and health care. At the house as many veterans in order [email protected] bers of the House committee National Personnel Records Cen- [email protected] to abide by social distancing gui- Twitter: @nikkiwentling urged David Ferriero, the archi- ter, 72 employees working on site Twitter: @nikkiwentling Senate advances bill extending mammogram access for female vets

BY NIKKI WENTLING symptoms or family history. breast cancer and toxic exposures. In 2018 when she was 38, Tho- sures so that other women veter- Stars and Stripes According to a report from the “Early detection and treatment mas went to a routine health care ans know their risks and push for WASHINGTON — The Senate National Institutes of Health, fe- for those individuals who may appointment at her local VA, and early screenings.” Veterans’ Affairs Committee ad- male veterans and female military have a higher risk of developing her doctor encouraged her to get a Boozman’s bill was one of 13 vanced legislation Wednesday to personnel are estimated to be 40% breast cancer because of where mammogram. Following the pieces of legislation advanced by require the Department of Veter- more likely to develop breast can- they served is key to fighting this mammogram, she was diagnosed the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Com- ans Affairs to begin conducting cer than the general female pop- disease,” Boozman said in a state- with an aggressive form of breast mittee on Wednesday. The bills mammograms at younger ages for ulation. ment. cancer. must still get approved by the full female veterans. VA guidance now allows women Kate Hendricks Thomas, a Ma- Thomas has no family history of Senate and House before becom- The Supporting Expanded Re- to start yearly screenings for rine veteran and a public health the disease and believes it’s relat- ing law. view for Veterans in Combat Envi- mammograms at age 40 at the ear- professional, shared her written ed to her burn pit exposure. Reps. Mariannette Miller- ronments bill, introduced by Sen. liest. The department encourages testimony with the Senate Veter- “My watch as a Marine is over, Meeks, R-Calif., and Julia Brown- John Boozman, R-Ark., would ex- all women between ages 50 and 75 ans’ Affairs Committee before but I still feel a tremendous re- ley, D-Calif., introduced a com- tend access to mammograms for to undergo a mammogram once they considered the bill. At age 25 sponsibility to the community I panion bill last week in the House. all female veterans who served in every two years — a policy that ad- in 2005, Thomas served in Iraq and call home,” Thomas wrote in her areas with burn pits or other toxic vocates contend is “outdated” giv- was near multiple burn pits in An- testimony to senators. “We need to [email protected] exposures, regardless of their age, en the potential linkage between bar province. raise awareness about toxic expo- Twitter: @nikkiwentling Saturday, July 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Man arrested for setting patrol vehicle on fire GREENVILLE — A NC Pennsylvania man was accused of setting a patrol SUV at a North Carolina university on fire, police said Wednesday. East Carolina University said in a news release that officers re- ceived a call on Tuesday about one of its vehicles on fire off campus. Damage to the vehicle was con- fined to the rear and the fire was quickly extinguished, the news re- lease said. Officers used camera footage from the area to get a description of the suspect, and an ECU patrol sergeant located and apprehend- ed him after he tried to flee, ac- cording to the news release. Authorities filed multiple charges against Fernando Daniel Laurens, 20, of Allegheny County, Pa., including three counts of felo- ny arson to personal property. Popular bear put down after being hit by vehicle EASTON— A Connecti- CT cut bear that became popular locally with its own Face- book page had to be put down by police after it was struck by a vehi- cle, authorities said Tuesday. Outpourings of grief were post- JULIO CORTEZ/AP ed on the page after Easton police announced the death of the bear nicknamed “211” for the number Outfoxed on state environmental tags it had A fox carries a squirrel Wednesday in Lutherville­Timonium, Md. on both ears. Police said they received a re- Statue of Black hero THE CENSUS remain committed to providing a port shortly before 6:30 p.m. Mon- on expedition toppled safe and enjoyable atmosphere day that a bear had been struck by The amount of rain (in inches) received this month in Tuc- and livelihood for all performers, a vehicle on Route 136 in Easton, PORTLAND — A stat- 7.08 son, Ariz., as of Wednesday, according to the National employees, and supporters of live which is just north of Bridgeport. OR ue in Portland, Ore., Weather Service. That breaks July’s previous record of 6.8 inches set in 2017. entertainment.” When they arrived, officers said commemorating York, an en- Because of an active monsoon season, Tucson has been hit with more than 5 Guests will have to show their the bear was suffering from seri- slaved Black member of the Lewis inches of rain since last Friday. proof of vaccination along with an ous injuries and they had to put it and Clark expedition, has been identification. Negative tests must down. toppled and damaged, officials One man was not wearing a mask, months ago in Yorktown, about 45 be within the 72 hours before the Police said the driver of the ve- said. police said, and ran up to and spit miles northeast of Indianapolis. performance. hicle left the scene before officers A spokesperson with Portland on the other man, who was wear- Town Manager Pete Olson said arrived. Parks and Recreation told KOIN 6 ing a mask. the manhole covers are over chlo- Woman faces charges in News that the bust was torn from A fight ensued, and police said rine and acid tanks needed to dis- bear encounter at park Woman gets probation its pedestal and significantly dam- the unmasked man pulled out a infect the water, but they don’t ap- for stealing benefits aged Tuesday night or early BB-gun replica of a pistol and shot pear to have any leaks. He said it’s BILLINGS — An Illi- Wednesday. A park visitor notified the other man. The injured man instead believed Kai’Brea was MT nois woman faces BOSTON — A Massa- amaintenance worker on Wednes- told officers that when he demand- burned because the manhole cov- criminal charges after she was MA chusetts woman has day. ed to know why he was attacked, ers were hot from exposure to the captured on video being bluff been sentenced to five years of The bust mysteriously ap- the unmasked man responded, July sun. charged by a grizzly bear while probation for stealing more than peared in February on a pedestal “You’re on the other team.” she was taking photos in Yellow- $260,000 in Social Security retire- in a park in southeast Portland Clubs require vaccination, stone National Park. ment benefits intended for a rela- where a statue of Harvey Scott, a Official: Manhole covers negative COVID test The woman was among a small tive, federal prosecutors said. conservative and longtime editor likely caused girl’s burns group of tourists who spotted the Debbie Moore, 57, of Spring- of The Oregonian who opposed NEW ORLEANS — If female grizzly and her two cubs on field, was ordered by a judge Tues- women’s suffrage, stood until it YORKTOWN — A tod- LA you want to listen to the May 15 in the Roaring Mountain day to spend the first six months of was torn down. It remains unclear IN dler whose hands and George Porter Trio or Big Chief Bo area of the park, The Billings Ga- her probationary period under who created or placed the bust of feet were badly burned as she was Dollis, Jr. and the Wild Magnolias zette reported. house arrest and also ordered to York. playing at a central Indiana splash rip it up at some of the most well- Witnesses told investigators pay full restitution, according to a pad is believed to have been in- known New Orleans music ven- that when they saw the bears com- statement from the U.S. attorney’s Man accused of attack jured by manhole covers left hot ues, you’ll have to get a coronavi- ing closer, they returned to their office in Boston. over mask-wearing by exposure to sunlight, officials rus vaccination or a negative coro- vehicles and warned the woman to The money intended for said. navirus test. get back but she did not until after Moore’s aunt-in-law was deposit- OMAHA — Omaha po- Seventeen-month-old Kai’Brea The clubs — Tipitina’s, the Ma- the sow grizzly charged her. ed into a bank account controlled NE lice have arrested a Maurice was hospitalized after be- ple Leaf Bar and d.b.a. — made the Park regulations require vis- by Moore from November 2003 man accused of attacking and ing burned Monday at the York- announcement late Wednesday in itors stay at least 300 feet away through February 2018 even shooting another man in the neck town Civic Green splash pad when a news release. The new rule went from bears and wolves. though her relative had died, pros- with a BB gun for wearing a face she ran to an area with manhole into effect for performances at the Video of the encounter was ecutors said. mask. covers after playing in the water. venues starting Friday. widely shared on social media. On She used the money for various The incident happened Tuesday Her burns were so severe her “The music industry in New Or- May 25, the park posted a photo of personal expenses, authorities in the vestibule of a midtown gro- mother suspects she may have leans is uniting once again in an ef- the woman along with a plea for said. She pleaded guilty in Sep- cery store as one man was leaving come into contact with acid used to fort to curb the rise in COVID-19 tips that could help identify her. tember to a charge of theft of gov- and another was entering, the the treat water flowing into the cases seen throughout the city,” ernment money. Omaha World-Herald reported. splash pad, which opened two the clubs said in the release. “We From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, July 31, 2021 VIDEO GAMES

Nintendo photos The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, newly released for the Switch, addresses many of the problems encountered in the 2011 original. Latest Zelda a breath of fresh air

fussing with the placement of my actual arms. Puzzles Skyward Sword HD improves with this control setup are also much easier. Bowling bombs into small crevices or dropping them while flying a on original title, recent sequel drone always felt too close to rubbing your tummy and your head at the same time. By simply aiming with sticks BY GENE PARK and pressing buttons, the industry standard to play games, The Washington Post puzzles are suddenly engaging because I can meet them fter 10 years, Nintendo proved me wrong. The with their core ideas. Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword was always a I was so upset over the game’s many other faults initial- stellar entry in the series. ly, this was the first Zelda title in which I didn’t engage in A I’ve spent 20 hours on only the second run of many of the side activities. Now that my frustrations have my lifetime for this particular Zelda game, one I have been addressed, I am happily collecting monster parts to called the worst console Zelda game ever made. The an- upgrade my shields, and playing minigames to fatten my ger and confusion I felt in 2011 still feel raw and potent, wallet for more item spaces. which makes this apparent epiphany feel all the more It’s through this lens that I can finally understand why destabilizing for me. so many longtime Zelda fans were disappointed by Breath Skyward Sword HD, released this month for the Ninten- of the Wild, despite many others considering it to be the do Switch, has either directly ad- With the latest version of Skyward Sword, players can greatest game ever made (myself included). Skyward dressed serious issues in the initial use the more accurate analog sticks for movement. Sword has several things that BOTW did not: 2011 release, or made enough chang- Rewarding quests: Skyward Sword has dozens of ran- es to soften what problems remain in dom folks needing help with small-scale issues, like find- the core game. Many of these chang- ing a missing girl or literally doing cleanup work as a es aren’t exactly the kind you’d pro- barback. But these tasks are immensely rewarding, some- mote on the back of the box, but times providing more health, or if you’re lucky, one of Nintendo, the company that never only four traditional and vital “bottle” items. BOTW side bothers to detail patch notes for its missions were similar, but usually only offered spare online game updates, took the rare change. step of outlining several of these Dungeon design: This was the biggest missing feature changes on Twitter. from the otherwise lauded most recent title. BOTW had This included streamlining the bite-sized shrines, most of which featured clever puzzles. amount of tutorials you receive in the game. In the open- But they never matched the scale and menace of Zelda’s ing hours of the original game, the hero Link couldn’t walk Side activities become more enjoyable now that some of greatest temples. And Skyward Sword, even in a state I more than a dozen steps without a neighbor grabbing the the game’s frustrations have been reconciled. disliked, still had the most ingeniously designed brain player’s camera for attention and deliver instructions that ticklers in the entire series. used to come in a manual. Now, all of these tutorials are for myself, long after the fad has faded, that motion con- I wrote in 2019 that the risks of Skyward Sword were optional, even with Link’s robotic gal pal Fi. While Fi trols were never for me. Stabbing and the signature “sky- admirable, but didn’t pay off. Consider this a correction. interrupts the game a grand total of 162 times throughout ward strike,” which requires you to thrust and hoist your It’s clear that many of the risks of the 2011 release were the original adventure, almost all of her interactions are controller respectively, never felt very reliable. ultimately realized in Breath of the Wild. The experiments optional. Instead, I’ve taken up Nintendo on its offer to swing our in stamina usage, floating through the air and upgrading Suddenly, Fi isn’t the bane of my existence while play- sword and fly or swim by using either left or right analog equipment would all blossom in the Switch launch title. ing this game. She isn’t literally interrupting me every five sticks. Flicking the right analog stick in a direction will get Skyward Sword HD not only helps me finally fully ap- minutes (or less!). Rather, her character arc and charm as Link swinging the sword in that exact direction. No more preciate what I once thought was the “bad egg” of the artificial intelligence can finally shine through. second-guessing the gyroscopic ramifications of me lazily series, but it now has me unreasonably excited for what That goes for the entire game, at least with my experi- kicking back on the couch. they have for the sequel to Breath of the Wild. And as a ence, now that Nintendo has given us another control This makes the game’s fights much easier, though puni- longtime and once-heartbroken Zelda fan, I couldn’t hap- option besides using motions. Between this release and shing fights have not always been a key pillar of the se- pier to be proved wrong. the Zelda: Twilight Princess HD release for the Wii U ries. Rather, the fights feel satisfying and exciting, now Platform: Nintendo Switch (which also removed motion controls), I’ve finally decided that there’s a level of expertise and plotting without me Online: zelda.com/skyward-sword-hd Saturday, July 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 HEALTH & FITNESS Helping with mental health Experts advise how to support someone going through difficulty

BY ALLYSON CHIU The Washington Post hortly after news broke that Simone Biles had unexpectedly withdrawn from the women’s gym- nastics team final at the Olympics because, as she Slater put it to reporters, she felt she wasn’t in “the right head space” to continue competing, reactions to the stunning decision poured forth. While many people were supportive as they praised Biles, 24, for taking care of her well-being, others ap- peared to be far less understanding — reflecting what experts say is a longstanding and problematic view of mental health challenges, particularly among elite ath- letes and other public figures. “Being an Olympian doesn’t mean that she gets to de- stroy her body and her mind for America,” said Theresa Nguyen, a licensed clinical social worker and chief pro- gram officer of Mental Health America. “The words from comments that people make online are exponentially damaging. We as American people have the ability to make a choice about whether or not to post something GREGORY BULL/AP hateful and unsupportive, or encouraging and loving.” American gymnast Simone Biles talks with her coach, Cecile Canqueteau­Landi, after performing on the vault during Now, Nguyen emphasized, “is not the time to be a jerk.” the women’s gymnastics team final at the 2020 Summer Olympics on Tuesday in Tokyo. “We all know this feeling when we’re in a tough spot and someone beats you down even further; it does not If the person asks you for space, respect their wishes, well-meaning, it often feels devaluing of what the per- make you feel encouraged,” she said. “It just makes you said Akua K. Boateng, a licensed psychotherapist in Phi- son’s struggle is,” Bufka said. feel more broken and smaller.” ladelphia. Even though you may be reaching out with Additionally, toxic positivity may encourage a person to Biles’ very public decision offers an opportunity to good intent to offer support, Boateng said, “if they’re not stay in a situation that they’ve already determined isn’t learn about the right and wrong ways to support someone asking for that, that’s not helpful.” healthy for them, Nguyen said. “You’re using positive — whether they’re an Olympian or not — who is going Do: Validate and affirm decisions words, but you’re still pushing someone to do something through a difficult time mentally or emotionally. Here are they don’t want to do.” When someone is going through a tough time, it helps some do’s and don’ts from mental health experts. to know that others understand and accept their struggle. Do: Respect privacy Acknowledge and validate their feelings, experts said, Do: Offer a safe space to talk and listen and if they have made a decision about their next move — You may be asked by others why someone is taking “The first step is providing the space and providing the to take a step back from a challenging situation, for exam- time to care for their mental health. Be sure to ask that invitation for the person to explore what’s going on,” said ple — you should affirm that choice. person how much information about their situation they Mark Aoyagi, co-director of sports and performance “Sometimes people feel alone in making strong deci- would feel comfortable with you sharing, Bufka said. psychology at the University of Denver. sions,” Boateng said. To counter that, she suggested rein- If you don’t have permission, “it’s best to assume you If the person takes you up on your invitation, ask them forcing that you’re going to be there for that person to shouldn’t be sharing anything private about other peo- how they are doing. You don’t have to shy away from listen and support them. ple’s lives,” Nguyen noted. potentially sensitive subjects, Aoyagi said: “A lot of times If someone has made up their mind, try to avoid asking But if you are asked, it’s important to be honest without nobody else in their life has ever invited that conversa- questions such as “Are you sure?” Nguyen said, which disclosing information, Bufka said. Some possible re- tion, and so sometimes it’s just opening that door for them can put people in a position of defensiveness. sponses include, “It was a very personal / difficult deci- to have a trusted person that they can communicate with Instead of second-guessing someone’s decision, she and sion / situation,” or “They could use support right now,” about that.” other experts recommended shifting your focus to how she said. It’s also important to figure out where a person is in you can help the person navigate next steps. Do: Offer to help their decision-making process about how to handle their Do: Ask how you can support them mental health issue, Nguyen said, which can then guide You can help someone establish perspective and en- how you provide support. If, for instance, a person is still Keep in mind that people’s needs are different. While courage them to give themselves permission to make a trying to make sense of what their next step is, you may one person may want reassurance and affirmation that change, Aoyagi said. be able to help them think it through. they made the right decision, that approach may not be And similar to how you would support someone who is But above all, experts said, you need to prioritize listen- helpful for someone else, Boateng said. grieving, experts recommend offering help beyond emo- ing. It’s important to ask someone how you can be most tional support. Ask if you can provide meals or run er- “When we’re in moments of suffering, what we want is helpful to them, experts said, which will then help you rands, or simply be a presence in the person’s life by empathy and listening,” Nguyen said. “We all know what know the right things to say and do. Try to be positive scheduling walks or going over to spend time with them. it feels like to talk to somebody in that moment of crisis without “bypassing or overlooking the pain and suffering” If someone decides they want professional support, and get advice or see that someone is not listening be- someone is experiencing, Boateng said. Bufka recommended helping them get them connected. cause they’re already crafting in their minds what they’re Don’t: Engage in toxic positivity going to do next.” Oftentimes not knowing what to say can turn into being Don’t: Take on more than you can handle overly positive, which may do more harm than good. “We don’t have to be perfect in our answers,” Boateng Don’t: Be pushy about talking, giving advice “Toxic positivity,” or the tendency to cope with a bad said. “Just doing your best sometimes may not be the Many people have a tendency to want to immediately situation by putting a positive spin on it and ignoring the complete support that they need. That’s why it really fix what’s wrong. Fight that urge, experts said. negative, can be “disguised as genuine support,” Boateng takes a community, not just one person.” “The more you’re able to listen and the less providing said. “They’re thinking they’re saying the best thing.” As you’re providing support, it’s important to realize advice — unless you’re explicitly asked to provide advice Toxic positivity can sound like “push through,” “every- your own limits and know when it might be time to in- — the better,” said Lynn Bufka, a senior director at the thing is going to be fine” or “there’s always next time.” volve a mental health professional, Bufka said. American Psychological Association.“You want to have “You almost assuredly have not walked in that person’s A family member or friend, she said, should “be a will- the opportunity for the person to tell you what’s going on shoes and experienced the things that that person has, so ing companion on the journey as opposed to the person in the most nonjudgmental way possible.” trying to tell the person, ‘Oh, it’s going to be okay,’ while leading the journey.” PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, July 31, 2021 MOVIES The blending of two worlds In Tom McCarthy’s ‘Stillwater,’ Matt Damon bridges the gap between Oklahoma and France

BY JAKE COYLE script in the fall of 2016 around the election of Donald tend to just be really nice and open and helpful.” Associated Press Trump. Damon’s character doesn’t definitively say he’s a Marseille, a bustling and multicultural port city, also he set-up of Tom McCarthy’s “Stillwater” Trump supporter, but it’s implied. But McCarthy wanted infatuated Damon. If he were younger and living in sounds very Liam Neeson. to expand the movie’s horizons; he brought in a pair of France, he’d move there, he says. But is Damon’s French Matt Damon stars as a tough, terse Oklahoma French writers — Thomas Bidegain and Noé Debré — to any better than Bill’s? In the movie, Bill rarely gets more Tfather who travels to Marseille, France, to visit blend the movie more authentically with France. than a few French words out. “Hell yeah, ça va,” he says his jailed daughter (Abigail Breslin), who has been im- In Marseille, Damon’s character, Bill, befriends a local with a strong Oklahoman accent. prisoned for her role in a scandalous Amanda Knox- single mother (played by the French actress Camille “It’s maybe worse,” Damon says sheepishly. styled murder case. Damon, a gruff, working-class rough- Cottin, star of “Call My Agent” and her young daughter “Actually much worse,” laughs McCarthy. neck, sticks around to seek justice for his daughter and Maya played by Lilou Siauvaud) and slowly, reluctantly “Stillwater” debuted to strong reviews at Cannes and find a mystery man who may have been the real killer. begins to adapt and, maybe, expand his very ethnocentric early Oscar nominations speculation for Damon’s lead McCarthy, the director of “Spotlight,” “Win Win” and perspective. The movie’s subtle question: Can a national- performance. Produced by Participant Media and distrib- “The Station Agent,” had long pursued Damon for one of istic, narrow-minded American change his ways? Oui or uted by Focus Features, it will try to stoke interest as a his movies. In “Stillwater,” he knew audiences would non? theatrical release that appeals to both blue states and red, come in expecting Damon as a quintessentially American The production, itself, wasn’t so different. It was largely American moviegoers and European ones. It’s an in- hero. shot in Marseille with a mostly local crew. Shortly after creasingly uncommon kind of movie: a star-fronted dra- “I have a very specific set of skills,” Damon, doing his premiering the film in Cannes, they returned to Marseille ma for adults from an original idea, made for theaters. most gravelly Neeson, jokes while sitting alongside to screen it. At the premiere, Damon was moved to tears at simply McCarthy in an interview. “Too many times, American movies pitch their tent,” being back in a full movie theater. “Stillwater,” though, is more than it might appear. The says McCarthy. “Thank you, Pedro. Thank you, Fran- “It was completely overwhelming,” Damon says. “It film, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and coise. Stay over there.” was a really powerful reminder of watching things on the then opened in North American theaters on Friday, is an “Stillwater” could be seen as Hollywood’s version of a little screen in my house, what the experience is of sitting anomaly — a U.S.-Euro hybrid set just down the coast Middle America newspaper profile, the kind that gets with a thousand people who are strangers and watching from Cannes, yet one of the biggest American films at this written a lot during election seasons. But the filmmakers this thing and taking it together — and why we do that. year’s festival. As “Stillwater” progresses, it takes its made an effort to get beyond clichés. Before shooting the And why it’s so unlike the other thing. You’re looking at premise in unpredictable directions, turning the Amer- movie, Damon and McCarthy took a pre-production trip the same quote-unquote ‘content,’ but it’s not the same. ican-abroad thriller on its head. to Oklahoma for, as McCarthy says, “three days in a truck It’s a form of worship. It’s like church. And I forgot how “It’s a movie that owes as much to American storytell- and a lot of barbeque” to get a sense of the region’s char- great that felt.” ing as it does to European storytelling,” says McCarthy. acter. Both came back with a new understanding. But getting “Stillwater” made wasn’t easy. When the “It’s not the fish-out-of-water story that you’d expect “It was coming at a time where we were super polar- production budget went higher than expected, McCarthy from Hollywood,” says Damon. “He’s like the opposite of ized. My French co-writers used to say: You were so an- had to pull back on the crew size during shooting. His Bourne.” gry when we were writing this,” McCarthy says. “Even department heads asked why their teams were getting Intrigued at making a Mediter- when I started going (to Oklahoma), I thought: ‘What am I smaller. ranean noir, McCarthy going to get?’ And these guys were just great. When I got “On one of the calls, someone said, first wrote a simpler back, I was so angry at politicians.” ‘It feels like we’re making an inde- version of the movie “The movie has tremendous empathy for Bill, and so pendent movie,’” says McCarthy. 10 years ago. He do we,” says Damon. “Anytime you play a role, you “I was like: ‘No, we’re making a returned to the have to have a deep understanding of why your European movie.’” character does what they do. I really feel like we got that from our time down there. I looked at it like: This is a beautiful life and culture. They live entirely different from (Damon gestures to himself and McCarthy) guys who live in New York and the way I grew up in Boston.” Damon had his own fish-out-of-water experience in the early days of the pandemic, when he and his family stayed in a small coastal Irish village. The townspeople became charmingly protective of the star in their midst. “I’m much more taken care of than Bill by any com- munity I parachute into,” says Damon. “People

Director Tom McCarthy, left, and Matt Damon pose for portraits to promote the film “Stillwater” on July 11 at the 74th international film festival in Cannes, southern France.

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Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Michael Kerschbaum, Pacific commander Now is Biden’s best chance to ditch Iran nuke talks Michael Ryan, Pacific chief of staff BY ELI LAKE will take a hard line in nuclear talks. The are what’s keeping Iran’s regime from pro- Bloomberg Opinion outgoing administration of President Has- viding basic services to its people. But this is ince taking office, President Joe Bi- san Rouhani negotiated the nuclear deal in too simplistic. The banking crisis of 2017 EDITORIAL den and his top advisers have made 2015. and 2018 occurred while Iran was enjoying Terry Leonard, Editor it clear that there is almost nothing But there has never been a hard-line/ the benefits of the 2015 nuclear deal. Sanc- [email protected] SIran can do to get his administra- moderate dichotomy. Khamenei has the re- tions didn’t force the state security services tion to rescind its offer to negotiate a return al power in Iran, and he approved the deal, to shoot peaceful protesters, nor did they Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor to the 2015 nuclear deal that Biden’s prede- just as he now appears to be souring on the force developers in Khuzestan to divert [email protected] cessor abandoned. Thankfully, that might prospect of returning to it. Raisi was elevat- drinking water from the population to drill Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content finally be changing. ed to head the Justice Ministry in 2019, re- for more oil. These were the choices of a [email protected] On Wednesday, Iranian Supreme Leader member, as part of Rouhani’s allegedly corrupt and cruel regime. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei trashed his gov- moderate government. So Biden now has an opportunity. He Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation [email protected] ernment’s past nuclear negotiations in front A better rationale for not returning to the should follow up on the State Department of the outgoing and incoming presidents. Iran talks are the growing signs that Kha- statement this week supporting Iranian Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital He told the new president he should learn menei’s regime is wobbly. It is failing to protesters and offer U.S. technical support [email protected] from his predecessor’s experience not to meet the basic needs of its people. Earlier to help activists get around the country’s in- trust the West. this month, protests broke out in Khuzestan ternet blackout and slowdown. He should BUREAU STAFF In a statement responding to those re- province over the failure to provide drink- rally European governments to join in his marks, the State Department repeated that ing water. 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PRO SOCCER TENNIS DEALS MLS Atlanta Open Thursday’s transactions SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Reinstated Blues add SS Brandon Crawford from the 10-day IL. EASTERN CONFERENCE Thursday At Atlanta Station BASEBALL Reinstated RHP Aaron Sanchez from the WLTPts GF GA Atlanta Major League Baseball 60-day IL. Designated LF Mike Tauchman Purse: $555,995 OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASE- for assignment. Optioned RHP John Breb- bia to Sacramento (Triple-A West). Sent 1B New England 10 3 3 33 30 19 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor BALL — Announced that Seattle Mariners LHP Héctor Santiago has received an 80- Brandon Belt to Sacramento on a rehab Nashville 6 1 8 26 24 14 Men’s Singles assignment. Saad, Bolts game suspension without pay after test- Round of 16 Orlando City 7 4 4 25 23 19 ing positive for exogenous Testosterone, WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Recalled Christopher O’Connell, Australia, def. OF Yadiel Hernandez, SS Luis Garcia, and Philadelphia 6 4 6 24 20 16 a performance-enhancing substance in Jannik Sinner (2), Italy, 7-6 (7), 6-4. violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint RHP Andres Machado from Rochester (Tri- Columbus 6 3 6 24 16 12 Emil Ruusuvuori, Finland, def. Benoit Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. ple-A East). Reinstated C Yan Gomes and NYCFC 7 5 2 23 26 15 Paire (7), France, 4-6, 6-4, 3-0, ret. MLB BASEBALL HALL OF FAME — An- RHP Tanner Rainey from the 10-day IL. Op- John Isner (6), United States, def. Jack nounced Craig Biggio, Tom Glavine and tioned C Tres Barrera to Rochester then sign Perry CF Montréal 6 5 4 22 20 18 Sock, United States, 7-6 (6), 6-4. Ken Griffey Jr. have been elected to the recalled him. Placed RHPs Daniel Hudson D.C. United 6 7 2 20 21 18 Cameron Norrie (3), Britain, def. Nick Board of Directors for the National Base- and Austin Voth, SS Trea Turner and C Alex Kyrgios, Australia, 6-1, 6-4. Avila on the 10-day IL. BY STEPHEN WHYNO New York 5 6 3 18 18 17 ball Hall of Fame and Museum. Men’s Doubles American League FOOTBALL Associated Press Atlanta 2 5 8 14 14 18 Quarterfinals BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Sent SS Richie National Football League Toronto FC 3 8 4 13 20 32 Matt Reid and Alexei Popyrin, Australia, Martin to Bowie (Double-A Northeast) on a ARIZONA CARDINALS — Placed OLs Rod- The St. Louis Blues inked Bran- def. Ken Skupski and Luke Bambridge (1), ney Hudson, Justin Pugh, WRs Isaac Whit- Cincinnati 3 7 4 13 17 29 rehab assignment. Britain, 3-6, 6-4, 10-6. BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned RHP Tan- ney, KeeSean Johnson, Andy Isabella and don Saad to a five-year contract Chicago 3 9 3 12 17 27 Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela, Mexico, and ner Houck to Worcester (Triple-A East). OT Kelvin Beachum on the reserve/CO- and the Tampa Bay Lightning Inter Miami CF 2 8 3 9 10 23 Marcelo Arevalo-Gonzalez, El Salvador, Acquired OF Kyle Schwarber from Wash- VID-19 list. def. Matthew Ebden and John-Patrick ington in exchange for RHP Aldo Ramirez. BUFFALO BILLS — Signed OLs Tyler signed Corey Perry for two years WESTERN CONFERENCE Smith (4), Australia, 6-3, 3-6, 11-9. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Acquired INF Ce- Gauthier and Marquel Harrell to one-year Reilly Opelka, United States, and Jannik sar Hernandez from Cleveland in ex- contracts. Thursday as the two recent Stan- WLTPts GF GA Sinner, Italy, def. Benoit Paire, France, and change for LHP Konnor Pilkington. Ac- CAROLINA PANTHERS — Activated LB Treat Conrad Huey, Philippines, 7-6 (4), quired RHP Ryan Tepera from the Chicago Frankie Luvu from the reserve/COVID-19 ley Cup champions brought in Seattle 9 2 5 32 25 12 6-4. Cubs in exchange for LHP Bailey Horn. Re- list. more winning experience on the Sporting KC 9 3 3 30 28 17 leased RHP Tyler Johnson. Transferred DENVER BRONCOS — Announced the hir- RHP Evan Marshall from the 10-day IL to ing of Mateo Kambui (Broncos Diversity second day of free agency. LA Galaxy 8 6 1 25 23 26 Charleston 125 the 60-day IL. Coaching Fellow), Chaz McKenzie and Ish Colorado 7 4 3 24 21 16 Thursday DETROIT TIGERS — Sent LHP Ian Krol out- Seisay (Nunn-Wooten Scouting Fellows) The 28-year-old Saad spent last right to Toledo (Triple-A East). to the staff for the entire 2021 season. An- LAFC 6 5 5 23 22 19 At Family Circle Tennis Center season with Colorado, putting up Charleston, S.C. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Traded LHP nounced the hiring James Daniels IV and Minnesota 6 5 4 22 17 19 Purse: $115,000 Danny Duffy and cash to the Los Angeles Marcus Lewis (Bill Walsh NFL Diversity 24 points during the regular sea- Real Salt Lake 5 4 5 20 24 16 Surface: Red clay Dodgers in exchange for a player to be Coaching Fellows) during training camp. named later. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed DT Den- son and scoring seven goals in 10 Portland 6 7 1 19 18 22 Women’s Singles nis Kelly. Round of 16 NEW YORK YANKEES — Acquired INF/OF Houston 3 4 8 17 17 20 Joey Gallo, LHP Joely Rodriguez and cash HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed WR Jordan playoff games. The winger counts Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, def. Veasy. FC Dallas 3 7 5 14 18 23 considerations from Texas in exchange Maddison Inglis (3), Australia, 6-3, 6-2. for INFs Ezequiel Duran, Trevor Hauver, LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Signed RBs Dari- $4.5 million against the salary cap San Jose 3 7 5 14 17 25 Maria Mateas, United States, def. Aldila Josh Smith and RHP Glenn Otto. Sent LHP us Jackson and B.J. Emmons. Sutjiadi, Indonesia, 7-6 (5), 6-4. on his new $22.5 million deal Vancouver 3 7 5 14 16 25 Wandy Peralta to Somerset (Double-A INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed CB Hol- Women’s Doubles Northeast) on a rehab assignment. Op- ton Hill, DE Damontre Moore and DT Joey signed Thursday. Saad won the Austin FC 3 7 4 13 10 15 Quarterfinals tioned OF Estevan Florial to Scranton/ Ivie. Placed T Julien Davenport on the re- Cup with Chicago in 2013 and 2015 Note: Three points for victory, one point Rebecca Marino, Canada, and En Shuo Wilkes-Barre (Triple-A East). serve/COVID-19 list. for tie. Liang, Taiwan, def. Catherine Harrison OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Added CF Star- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Activated QB and is heading to his fifth NHL or- and Maria Sanchez (4), United States, 4-6, ling Marte to the active roster. Optioned Jake Luton from the reserve/COVID-19 list. Wednesday, July 28 7-5, 10-8. 3B Jacob Wilson to Las Vegas (Triple-A LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Activated RB ganization. Minnesota 2, Los Angeles FC 2, tie Aldila Sutjiadi, Indonesia, and Erin Rout- West). Justin Jackson from the reserve/COVID-19 Friday’s games liffe (1), New Zealand, def. Han Na-lae, SEATTLE MARINERS — Added LHP Tyler list to training camp roster. Perry signed a $2 million, two- South Korea, and Peangtarn Plipuech, Anderson to the active roster. Optioned MIAMI DOLPHINS — Placed OL D.J. Fluker Columbus at New York City FC Thailand, 6-1, 6-4. RHP Ryan Weber to Tacoma (Triple-A on IR. Signed G Ross Reynolds. year deal with Tampa Bay that Atlanta at Orlando City Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, and Tat- West). Agreed to terms with free agent NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Placed K Wil counts $1 million against the salary Portland at LA Galaxy jana Maria (2), Germany, def. Sophie RHP Asher Wojciechowski on a minor Lutz and DB P.J. Williams on the non-injury Saturday’s games Chang and Emma Navarro, United States, league contract. Acquired RHP Diego Cas- football list. cap annually. General manager tillo from Tampa Bay in exchange for RHP NEW YORK GIANTS — Waived RB Taquan San Jose at Seattle 6-2, 6-4. Jamie Loeb and Quinn Gleason (3), Unit- J.T. Chargois and 3B Austin Shenton. Mizzell. Julien BriseBois expected to be New England at New York Placed LHP Hector Santiago on the re- NEW YORK JETS — Signed QB Zach Wil- D.C. United at Cincinnati ed States, def. Maria Mateas and Whitney done making moves Wednesday Osuigwe, United States, 6-1, 6-1. stricted list. son. CF Montréal at Miami TAMPA BAY RAYS — Recalled RHP Chris PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Signed DB Obi but said, “If something falls onto FC Dallas at Sporting Kansas City Mazza from Durham (Triple-A East). Melifonwu and WR Andre Patton. Real Salt Lake at Houston Belgrade 125 Placed RHP Pete Fairbanks on the 10-day TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Waived DT our lap that makes sense and im- Colorado at Austin FC Thursday IL. Sent RHP Nick Anderson to Durham on a Calvin Ashley. Signed DT Chidi Okeke. Minnesota at Vancouver At Novak Tennis Center rehab assignment. TENNESSEE TITANS — Placed OLB Bud proves our team and we can find a Sunday’s games Belgrade TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned RHP Dupree on the reserve/COVID-19 list. way to squeeze it in, we’re certain- Purse: $115,000 Patrick Murphy to Buffalo (Triple-A East). WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM — Chicago at Philadelphia Signed TE Nick Guggemos and DE Justus Nashville at Toronto FC Surface: Red clay Acquired LHP Brad Hand from Washington ly open to exploring that.” in exchange for C Riley Adams. Reed. Placed DT Matt Ioannidis, CB Chris Wednesday’s games Women’s Singles National League Miller and WR Curtis Samuel on the re- This certainly qualifies. Quarterfinals Nashville at New England ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Sent OF Ke- serve/COVID-19 list. Activated DT Tim Set- The 36-year-old Perry, who won Atlanta at CF Montréal Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova, Slovakia, tel Marte to Reno (Triple-A West) on a re- tle to training camp roster. D.C. United at Columbus def. Anna Blinkova (1), Russia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. hab assignment. HOCKEY the Cup with Anaheim in 2007, is Toronto FC at Philadelphia Rebecca Sramkova, Slovakia, def. Kris- ATLANTA BRAVES — Released CF Ender National Hockey League Miami at Orlando City tyna Pliskova, Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 Inciarte. ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed F Hudson joining the Lightning after losing New York City FC at Chicago (5). CHICAGO CUBS — Recalled INF Sergio Al- Fasching to a one-year, two-way contract. Cincinnati at New York Andrea Petkovic (4), Germany, def. Tara cantara from Iowa (Triple-A East). Select- Signed F Michael Carcone to a two-year to them in the Final each of the past Houston at Austin FC Wurth, Croatia, 6-4, 6-4. ed the contract of RHP Jake Jewell from Io- contract. two seasons. Perry was with Dallas FC Dallas at Seattle Arantxa Rus (2), Netherlands, def. Marti- wa and agreed to terms on a major league BUFFALO SABRES — Named Jason Chris- na Trevisan (5), Italy, 6-1, 6-4. contract. Placed INF Nico Hoerner on the tie, Matt Ellis and Marty Wilford assistant in 2020 and Montreal this past sea- Sporting Kansas City at Los Angeles FC Women’s Doubles Real Salt Lake at LA Galaxy 10-day IL. Optioned RHP Cory Abbott to Io- coaches, Justin White video coordinator San Jose at Portland Quarterfinals wa. Transferred RHP Kohl Stewart from and Adam Mair director of player develop- son. Ekaterina Yashina and Alena Fomina, the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL. Acquired LHP ment. Signed D Ethan Prow and F John Saturday, Aug. 7 Russia, def. Oksana Kalashnikova, Geor- Bailey Horn from Chicago White Sox in ex- Hayden to one-year contracts. The Stars are trying to get over Atlanta at Columbus gia, and Natela Dzalamidze (1), Russia, 6-2, change for RHP Ryan Tepera. Recalled DALLAS STARS — Signed D Jani Hakan- the hump and win the franchise's Orlando City at Cincinnati 6-1. RHP Trevor Megill from Iowa (Triple-A paa to a three-year contract. Signed F Mi- Houston at Minnesota Beatrice Gumulya, Indonesia, and Shali- East). Placed RHP Dillon Maples on the 10- chael Raffl to a one-year contract. first championship since 1999 and New York City FC at Toronto FC mar Talbi, Belarus, def. Camilla Rosatello, day IL. Acquired RHP Alexander Vizcaino NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Signed F Austin FC at FC Dallas Italy, and Estelle Cascino (4), France, 6-3, and OF Kevin Alcantara from the New York Mathieu Olivier to a two-year contract. are taking steps in free agency Sporting Kansas City at Colorado 6-3. Yankees in exchange for 1B Anthony Rizzo NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Signed Fs Chase with that goal in mind. Dallas Real Salt Lake at Portland and cash considerations. DeLeo, Brian Flynn, Joseph Gambardella Sunday, Aug. 8 Generali Open CINCINNATI REDS — Traded RHP Ashton and D Robbie Russo to one-year, two-way signed big defenseman Jani Ha- Goudeau to Colorado for cash considera- contracts. New York at Chicago Thursday tions. Optioned RHP Ryan Hendrix to NEW YORK RANGERS — Signed F Filip kanpaa to a $4.5 million, three- Philadelphia at New England At Tennis Stadium Kitzbuhel Louisville (Triple-A East) and assigned to Chytil to a two-year contract. Acquired F Nashville at Miami Kitzbuhel, Austria taxi squad. Placed RHP Mychal Givens on Ryan Reaves from Vegas in exchange for a year deal and forward Michael Los Angeles FC at San Jose Purse: Euro 419,470 the active roster. third-round pick in the 2022 NHL Entry Raffl to a $1.1 million, one-year CF Montréal at D.C. United Surface: Red clay COLORADO ROCKIES — Activated RHP Draft. SOCCER Vancouver at LA Galaxy Men’s Singles Ashton Goudeau. Recalled THP Jose Muj- contract. Major League Soccer Quarterfinals ica from Albuquerque (Triple-A West). Op- NWSL tioned INF Joshua Fuentes and RHP Jesus AUSTIN FC — Signed F Sebastian Driussi Another Cup contender, the Col- Pedro Martinez, Spain, def. Jozef Kova- Tinoco to Albuquerque. to a designated player contract. WLTPts GF GA lik, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-2. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Designated INTER MIAMI CF — Signed D Venturo Al- orado Avalanche, signed forward Daniel Altmaier, Germany, def. Gianluca CF D.J. Peters for assignment. varado to a contract with club options for Darren Helm on a $1 million, one- Portland 7 3 1 22 17 7 Mager, Italy, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3. MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms with 2022 and 2023. Arthur Rinderknech, France, def. Filip Gotham FC 5 1 4 19 12 6 RHP Bryan Mitchell on a minor league con- PHILADELPHIA UNION — Signed M Jesus year contract. Minnesota added Krajinovic (3), Serbia, 6-4, 6-1. tract. Daniel Buen Anez from Deportivo Lara to a Washington 5 3 3 18 14 11 Casper Ruud (1), Norway, def. Mikael MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Sent 1B Daniel two-and-a-half year contract with a club defenseman Jon Merrill, a team- Chicago 5 5 2 17 12 17 Ymer, Sweden, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1. Vogelbach to Nashville (Triple-A East) on a option for a third and fourth year in ex- Men’s Doubles mate of Perry's with Montreal, on a North Carolina 5 4 2 17 15 8 rehab assignment. change for an undisclosed transfer fee. Quarterfinals PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Placed C An- PORTLAND TIMBERS — Acquired MF one-year deal worth $850,000. And Houston 5 5 1 16 13 12 Pedro Martinez, Spain, and Marc Pol- drew Knapp on the paternity list. Recalled Santiago Moreno from America de Cali Orlando 4 4 4 16 14 15 mans, Australia, def. Hugo Nys, Monaco, C Rafael Marchan from Reading (Double-A (Columbia) through Philadelphia for Gen- the New York Rangers agreed to and Andrea Vavassori (2), Italy, 6-7 (5), 6-3, Northeast). Recalled LHP Cristopher San- eral Allocation Money and will occupy an Reign FC 4 6 1 13 10 13 10-8. chez from Lehigh Valley (Triple-A East). International U22 Initiative Slot through terms with 21-year-old restricted Louisville 3 5 2 11 7 15 Lucas Miedler and Alexander Erler, Aus- ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms 2025, pending a physical and receipt of his free agent forward Filip Chytil on a Kansas City 0 7 4 4 5 15 tria, def. Guillermo Duran, Argentina, and with OF Elijah Cabell on a minor league International Transfer Certificate (ITC) Ariel Behar (4), Uruguay, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 11-9. contract. and P-1 visa. two-year contract. Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. GOLF The Rangers continued their Sunday, July 25 goal of getting tougher by acquir- Gotham FC 2, Chicago 1 Washington 2, Louisville 0 ISPS HANDA World Invitational Min Seo Kwak 32-34—67 -5 Linnea Strom 34-34—70 -2 ing enforcer Ryan Reaves from Georgia Hall 33-33—68 -5 Karolin Lampert 32-36—70 -2 Saturday’s games LPGA Tour Charley Hull 32-34—68 -5 Wichanee Meechai 34-34—70 -2 Vegas for a 2022 third-round pick. Thursday Orlando at North Carolina Sarah Burnham 33-34—68 -5 Kristy McPherson 34-34—70 -2 Louisville at Reign FC At Galgorm Castle and Massereene Golf The Columbus Blue Jackets in- Pornanong Phatlum 32-35—68 -4 Alana Uriell 33-35—70 -2 Sunday’s games Courses vested in the future of their blue Ballymena, Northern Ireland Su Oh 33-34—68 -4 Ursula Wikstrom 31-37—70 -2 Kansas City at Portland Purse: $4.5 million Bronte Law 33-34—69 -4 Esther Henseleit 32-36—70 -2 line by extending Zach Werenski Washington at Chicago Galgorm Castle Gotham FC at Houston Ssu-Chia Cheng 32-35—69 -4 Stephanie Kyriacou 32-36—70 -2 for $57.5 million over six years and Yardage: 6,546; Par: 73 Mina Harigae 32-35—69 -3 Pajaree Anannarukarn 35-34—70 -2 Saturday, Aug. 7 Massereene Golf Club Marissa Steen 34-33—69 -3 Tvesa Malik 31-38—71 -2 signing Jake Bean to a $7 million, North Carolina at Gotham FC Yardage: 6,461; Par: 72 Portland at Washington First Round Olivia Mehaffey 32-35—70 -3 Cheyenne Knight 33-36—71 -2 three-year contract. Houston at Reign FC Chella Choi 31-33—66 -7 Sarah Kemp 32-36—70 -3 Celine Herbin 36-33—71 -2 Sunday, Aug. 8 Jennifer Kupcho 31-33—66 -7 Lydia Hall 33-35—70 -3 Lejan Lewthwaite 33-36—71 -2 Jillian Hollis 33-35—70 -3 Christina Kim 33-36—71 -2 Kansas City at Louisville Gemma Dryburgh 30-35—66 -7 AP hockey writer John Wawrow in Buffalo, N.Y., Orlando at Chicago Emma Talley 31-35—67 -6 Andrea Lee 34-34—70 -2 Caroline Inglis 33-36—71 -2 contributed to this report. PAGE 18 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, July 31, 2021 MLB Source: LA near deal for Scherzer Scoreboard American League East Division BY RONALD BLUM Washington would get a pair of rookies, WLPct GB Associated Press right­hander Josiah Gray and catcher Keibert Boston 63 41 .606 _ The World Series champion Los Angeles Ruiz, and two minor leaguers, righty Gerardo Tampa Bay 61 42 .592 1½ Dodgers neared a monster trade for ace Max Carrillo and outfielder Donovan Casey, for New York 53 48 .525 8½ Scherzer and All­Star shortstop Trea Turner of Scherzer. Toronto 51 48 .515 9½ the Washington Nationals late Thursday night, Scherzer is 8­4 with a 2.76 ERA in 19 starts Baltimore 35 66 .347 26½ a person close to the deal told The Associated this season, and also started the All­Star Game Central Division Press. for the National League this month. WLPct GB The person spoke to the AP on condition of Scherzer is 183­97 — including two no­hit­ Chicago 60 43 .583 _ anonymity because the swap wasn't complete. ters — in a 14­year career with Arizona, Detroit Cleveland 50 49 .505 8 Detroit 50 55 .476 11 The Nationals would get four young players for and Washington. He signed a the big contract Kansas City 45 56 .446 14 Washington's dynamic duo. with the Nationals with the goal of winning a Minnesota 43 60 .417 17 Scherzer has been given permission to speak World Series, and he helped bring the fran­ West Division to the Dodgers to see if he will waive his right to chise its first championship in 2019, WLPct GB NICK WASS/AP veto any trade, a power he has as a 10­year vet­ Turner is a force all over the field, batting Houston 63 40 .612 _ eran who has been with his team for at least The Los Angeles Dodgers were close to .322 with 18 home runs and 49 RBIs, along with Oakland 58 46 .558 5½ five years. trading for Washington Nationals ace Max 21 stolen bases. Seattle 55 48 .534 8 If the trade goes through, it would be a stun­ Scherzer as the trade deadline approached. Turner is currently out of action after testing Los Angeles 51 51 .500 11½ Texas 36 66 .353 26½ ning haul for the Dodgers, who are three positive for COVID­19. He singled and scored National League games behind NL West­leading San Francisco. sas City left­handed starter Danny Duffy, then in the first inning at Philadelphia on Tuesday Los Angeles owns the top spot in the wild­card closed in on Scherzer, the biggest prize in this night, then was pulled from the game. East Division race, 2½ games ahead of San Diego. deadline frenzy. Turner, 28, was an All­Star for the first time WLPct GB With the Major League Baseball trade dead­ The Nationals, who have fallen out of playoff this season. He tied a major league record by New York 54 47 .535 _ line at 4 p.m. EDT Friday, there was specula­ contention, were equally active. They traded hitting for the cycle for the third time in his ca­ Philadelphia 51 51 .500 3½ tion on Thursday that the Padres would be the closer Brad Hand to Toronto early in the day reer, doing it last month on his birthday. Atlanta 51 52 .495 4 Washington 47 55 .461 7½ winners in the Scherzer sweepstakes. and later sent All­Star slugger Kyle Schwarber Turner is a career .300 hitter in seven sea­ Miami 44 58 .431 10½ Instead, the Dodgers got real busy. They to Boston and reliever Daniel Hudson to San sons who also has started in center field and Central Division made a trade early in the day for longtime Kan­ Diego. second base in the majors. WLPct GB Milwaukee 61 42 .592 _ Cincinnati 54 49 .524 7 ROUNDUP St. Louis 51 51 .500 9½ Chicago 50 54 .481 11½ Pittsburgh 38 64 .373 22½ West Division WLPct GB Rays rip Yanks San Francisco 64 38 .627 _ Los Angeles 62 42 .596 3 San Diego 60 45 .571 5½ Colorado 44 59 .427 20½ to avoid sweep Arizona 32 71 .311 32½ Thursday’s games Associated Press ladelphia the win. The Nationals Tampa Bay 14, N.Y. Yankees 0 Kansas City 5, Chicago White Sox 0 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Luis jumped ahead 7­0 before the Phil­ Detroit 6, Baltimore 2 Toronto 13, Boston 1 Patiño outpitched Gerrit Cole, lies rallied. Oakland 4, L.A. Angels 0 Brett Phillips hit a grand slam Giants 5, Dodgers 0: Brandon Washington 3, Philadelphia 1, 7 innings, 1st game during a 10­run sixth inning, and Crawford doubled home two runs Philadelphia 11, Washington 8, 8 innings, 2nd game the Tampa Bay Rays avoided a in his first at­bat after coming Atlanta 6, N.Y. Mets 3 three­game sweep by routing the back from a left oblique strain and Cincinnati 7, Chicago Cubs 4 San Francisco 5, L.A. Dodgers 0 New York Yankees 14­0 on Thurs­ host San Francisco took two of CHRIS O’MEARA/AP Milwaukee 12, Pittsburgh 0 day. three from Los Angeles. San Diego 3, Colorado 0 The Tampa Bay Rays’ Brett Phillips, right, celebrates with Friday’s games Patiño (2­2) allowed three hits Wilmer Flores, Austin Slater teammates, including Brandon Lowe, center, and Mike Zunino, after Kansas City at Toronto in six innings. The 21­year­old and LaMonte Wade Jr. also drove his grand slam off New York Yankees pitcher Albert Abreu during the Baltimore at Detroit Boston at Tampa Bay right­hander, acquired in the in runs for San Francisco, which sixth inning of Thursday’s game in St. Petersburg, Fla. Seattle at Texas Cleveland at Chicago White Sox trade that sent Blake Snell to San extended its NL West lead over Oakland at L.A. Angels Diego last December, struck out Los Angeles to three games. run double for the Blue Jays, who The Brewers outscored Pitts­ Chicago Cubs at Washington Philadelphia at Pittsburgh eight and walked two. Reds 7, Cubs 4:Joey Votto set a tagged the Red Sox for 16 hits and burgh 28­3 while sweeping the se­ Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets N.Y. Yankees at Miami Cole (10­6) gave up a season­ franchise record by homering in scored in six of the first seven in­ ries. Milwaukee has won five of its Milwaukee at Atlanta Minnesota at St. Louis high eight runs — seven earned — his sixth consecutive game as vis­ nings while building a 12­0 lead. last six and increased its lead over L.A. Dodgers at Arizona 1 on six hits over 5⁄3 innings and saw iting Cincinnati beat Chicago. Royals 5, White Sox 0: Carlos second­place Cincinnati to seven Houston at San Francisco Colorado at San Diego his ERA jump from 2.74 to 3.11. He The 37­year­old Votto homered Hernandez (2­1) pitched six games in the NL Central. Saturday’s games had 10 strikeouts and two walks. six times in the four­game series scoreless innings, Salvador Perez Athletics 4, Angels 0: Frankie Kansas City (Minor 8­8) at Toronto (Ma­ noah 2­1) Austin Meadows homered at Wrigley Field, and the big first homered and host Kansas City Montas struck out 10 over seven Oakland (Irvin 7­9) at L.A. Angels (Barria twice and drove in five runs for the baseman has eight home runs in beat Chicago. scoreless innings and visiting 1­0) Baltimore (Means 4­3) at Detroit (Man­ Rays. Louis Head and Ryan Sher­ the six­game streak for a record Perez put the Royals ahead with Oakland took advantage of some ning 2­3) Boston (Eovaldi 9­5) at Tampa Bay (Yar­ riff completed a four­hitter. that dated back to 1900. his 25th homer, a two­run shot in early Los Angeles miscues to win brough 6­4) All nine batters in the Rays’ li­ Braves 6, Mets 3:Austin Riley the first inning off Carlos Rodon in Starling Marte’s debut. Seattle (Gonzales 3­5) at Texas (Gibson 6­3) neup reached base in the sixth. It concluded his big week at Citi (8­5). Marte, who was acquired in a Cleveland (McKenzie 1­4) at Chicago White Sox (Keuchel 7­4) was the biggest scoring inning by Field by hitting a two­run homer, Tigers 6, Orioles 2: Miguel Ca­ trade from the Miami Marlins this Houston (Greinke 10­3) at San Francisco Tampa Bay since a 10­run fifth at and visiting Atlanta inched closer brera hit two solo home runs — week in exchange for left­hander (Wood 9­3) N.Y. Yankees (Germán 4­5) at Miami Miami on June 5, 2008. to NL East­leading New York. Nos. 496 and 497 — and Casey Jesus Luzardo, went 1­for­4 with a (TBD) Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 12­4) at Wash­ Nationals 3­8, Phillies 1­11 : The Braves won three games in Mize (6­5) pitched seven solid in­ walk and scored in the first inning. ington (Lester 3­5) Max Scherzer (8­4) delivered a the unusual four­day, five game nings as host Detroit topped Balti­ Padres 3, Rockies 0:Joe Mus­ Philadelphia (Nola 7­6) at Pittsburgh (Brubaker 4­10) signature performance in what series to move within four games more. grove (7­7) struck out 11 in seven Cincinnati (Miley 8­4) at N.Y. Mets (Hill 6­4) might be his last start for Wash­ of the Mets. Mize held the Orioles scoreless scoreless innings, leading host Minnesota (Ober 1­1) at St. Louis (Wood­ ford 2­2) ington, allowing three hits in six Blue Jays 13, Red Sox 1:Vladi­ until they pushed across an un­ San Diego over Colorado. Milwaukee (Woodruff 7­5) at Atlanta innings in the opener of a double­ mir Guerrero Jr. hit a three­run earned run, the only run he al­ Musgrove gave up an infield (Muller 2­3) L.A. Dodgers (Gray 0­0) at Arizona (Kelly header split with host Philadel­ homer out of Fenway Park, Hyun lowed, in the seventh. single in the first inning to Bren­ 7­7) Colorado (Márquez 8­8) at San Diego phia. Jin Ryu (10­5) pitched two­hit ball Brewers 12, Pirates 0:Manny dan Rodgers and a double in the (Darvish 7­5) In the second game, Brad Miller over six innings and Toronto rout­ Piña hit two homers and drove in a fourth to Charlie Blackmon, and Calendar hit a grand slam in the eighth in­ ed Boston. career­high five runs as visiting that was the extent of the Rockies’ Aug. 12 — New York Yankees vs. Chicago ning off Sam Clay (0­4) to give Phi­ Teoscar Hernández hit a two­ Milwaukee routed Pittsburgh. offense against him. White Sox at Dyersville, Iowa. 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perdine. NBA Draft selections 45. Boston, Juhann Begarin, g, Paris Bas- Sources: LA gets Westbrook ketball (France). Thursday 46. Toronto (from Memphis), Dalano First round Banton, g, Nebraska. 1. Detroit, Cade Cunningham, g, Oklaho- 47. Toronto (from Golden State), David ma State. Johnson, g, Louisville. Lakers trading 3 players, rights to top pick to Wizards for All-Star 2. Houston, Jalen Green, g, NBA G League 48. Atlanta (from Miami), Sharife Coop- Ignite. er, g, Auburn. 3. Cleveland, Evan Mobley, c, USC. 49. Brooklyn (from Atlanta), Marcus Ze- BY JOE REEDY The Lakers fell to the seventh 4. Toronto, Scottie Barnes, f, Florida garowski, g, Creighton. State. 50. Philadelphia (from New York), Filip Associated Press seed in the Western Conference 5. Orlando, Jalen Suggs, g, Gonzaga. Petrusev, c, Mega Basket (Serbia). 6. Oklahoma City, Josh Giddey, g, Ade- 51. a-Memphis, Brandon Boston Jr., g, LOS ANGELES — The Los An- and beat Golden State in the play- laide (Australia). Kentucky. geles Lakers are acquiring All- in game to make the playoffs be- 7. Golden State (from Minnesota), Joh- 52. Detroit (from LA Lakers), Luka Garza, nathan Kuminga, f, NBA G League Ignite. c, Iowa. Star point guard Russell West- fore they were eliminated by the 8. Orlando (from Chicago), Franz Wagn- 53. Philadelphia (from New Orleans er, g/f, Michigan. through Dallas), Charles Bassey, c, West- brook from the Washington Wiz- Phoenix Suns in six games. Davis 9. Sacramento, Davion Mitchell, g, Bay- ern Kentucky. ards for three players and the missed 30 regular-season games lor. 54. h-Indiana, Sandro Mamukelashvili, c, 10. a-New Orleans, Ziaire Williams, f, Seton Hall. rights to first-round pick Isaiah due to leg injuries and then the fi- Stanford. 55. Oklahoma City (from Denver), Aaron 11. Charlotte, James Bouknight, g, Wiggins, g, Maryland. Jackson. nal 2½ games against Phoenix UConn. 56. Charlotte (from LA Clippers), Scottie According to two people with with knee and groin ailments. 12. San Antonio, Joshua Primo, g, Alaba- Lewis, g, Florida. ma. 57. l-Charlotte (from Brooklyn), Balsa knowledge of the deal, the Lakers James missed 26 regular-season 13. Indiana, Chris Duarte, g, Oregon. Koprivica, c, Florida State. 14. Golden State, Moses Moody, g, Ar- 58. New York (from Philadelphia), Jeri- are trading Kyle Kuzma, Kenta- games with a high ankle sprain. kansas. cho Sims, f, Texas. vious Caldwell-Pope and Mon- Dennis Schroder played the 15. Washington, Corey Kispert, f, Gonza- 59. Brooklyn (from Phoenix), RaiQuan ga. Gray, f, Florida State. trezl Harrell to Washington for point last season, and averaged 16. b-Oklahoma City (from Boston), Al- 60. h-Indiana (from Utah), Georgios Ka- peren Sengun, c, Besiktas (Turkey). laitzakis, g/f, Panathinaikos (Greece). Westbrook, a Los Angeles native 15.4 points, but he turned down an 17. a-Memphis, Trey Murphy, g, Virginia. who helped lead UCLA to two Fi- extension during the regular sea- 18. Oklahoma City (from Miami), Tre Proposed trades Mann, g, Florida. nal Four appearances. The Lakers NICK WASS/AP son to test free agency. 19. c-New York, Kai Jones, f, Texas. a-Memphis traded C Jonas Valanciunas 20. Atlanta, Jalen Johnson, g/f, Duke. and the rights to (No. 17) and (No. 51) to had the 22nd overall pick in According to two sources, the Westbrook, 32, was drafted by 21. d-New York (from Dallas), Keon John- New Orleans for C Steven Adams, G Eric son, g, Tennessee. Bledsoe, the rights of (No. 10), (No. 40) and Thursday’s draft and selected Los Angeles Lakers are trading Oklahoma City in 2008 and spent 22. e,g-LA Lakers, Isaiah Jackson, f, Ken- a protected 2022 first-round pick. Jackson, a 6-foot-11 forward from Kyle Kuzma, Montrezl Harrell his first 11 seasons with the Thun- tucky. b-Oklahoma City traded the rights of 23. Houston (from Portland), Usman Ga- (No. 16) to Houston for a future protected Kentucky. and Kentavious Caldwell­Pope, der. He was traded to Houston in ruba, f, Real Madrid (Spain). first-round pick. along with the rights to their 24. Houston (from Milwaukee), Josh c-New York traded the rights of (No. 19) The people spoke to The Associ- 2019 and then dealt to Washington Christopher, g, Arizona State. to Charlotte for a future first-round pick. ated Press on condition of ano- first­round draft pick, Isaiah last season. 25. d-LA Clippers, Quentin Grimes, g, d-New York traded the rights of (No. 21) Jackson, to Washington for Houston. to LA Clippers for the rights to (No. 25) and nymity because the deal can’t be In his lone season with the Wiz- 26. Denver, Nah'Shon Hyland, g, VCU. a future second-round draft pick. Russell Westbrook, above. 27. Brooklyn, Cameron Thomas, g, LSU. e-Washington traded G Russell West- officially announced until Aug. 6, ards, he averaged a triple-double 28. Philadelphia, Jaden Springer, g, Ten- brook, a 2024 second-round pick and a when the salary cap becomes offi- Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart (22.2 points, 11.5 rebounds, 11.7 as- nessee. 2028 second-round pick to LA Lakers for F 29. f-Phoenix, Day'Ron Sharpe, c, North Kyle Kuzma, G Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, cial and teams can also begin mak- and three first-round draft picks. sists) for the fourth time in his 13- Carolina. F Montrezl Harrell and the rights to (No. 30. k-Utah, Santi Aldama, g, Loyola (Md.). 22). ing moves for the upcoming sea- Westbrook is the league’s ca- year career. He had 38 triple-dou- f-Phoenix traded G Jevon Carter and the rights of (No. 29) to Brooklyn for G Landry son. The Lakers will also receive reer leader in triple-doubles (184) bles in 65 regular-season games as Second Round Shamet. second-round picks from the Wiz- and gives the Lakers a playmaker Washington made the playoffs for 31. g,h-Milwaukee (from Houston), g-Washington traded the rights of (No. Isaiah Todd, f, NBA G League Ignite. 22) to Indiana for G Aaron Holiday and the ards in 2024 and ’28. to pair with LeBron James and the first time since 2018. 32. i-New York (from Detroit), Jeremiah rights of (No. 31). Robinson-Earl, f, Villanova. h-Indiana traded the rights to (No. 54), The Wizards won’t be holding Davis. Los Angeles won the NBA The Wizards get three solid con- 33. j-Orlando, Jason Preston, g, Ohio. (No. 60) and two future second-round on to Jackson, either. NBA Com- title in 2020 but struggled during tributors. Kuzma, a 26-year-old 34. i-Oklahoma City, Rokas Jokubaitis, g, picks to Milwaukee for the rights of (No. Zalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania). 31). missioner Adam Silver an- the second half of this season forward, averaged 12.9 points and 35. New Orleans, Herbert Jones, f, Alaba- i-New York traded the rights of (No. 32) ma. to Oklahoma City for the rights to (No. 34) nounced that Jackson’s rights when James and Davis were out of 6.1 rebounds last season. Harrell, 36. i-Oklahoma City, Miles McBride, g, and (No. 36). were traded by the Lakers to the the lineup due to injuries. a 27-year-old center, averaged West Virginia. j-Orlando traded the rights of (No. 33) to 37. l-Detroit, JT Thor, f, Auburn. LA Clippers for a future second-round pick Indiana Pacers via the Wizards a Even though the trade isn’t offi- 18.7 points and 33.1 minutes in 68 38. Chicago, Ayo Dosunmu, g, Illinois. and cash considerations. 39. Sacramento, Neemias Queta, c, Utah k-Utah traded the rights of (No. 30) to couple of picks later. cial for another week, Westbrook starts in 2018-19, the season before State. Memphis for the rights of (No. 40) and two This is the second time in three took to Twitter to thank Wizards Davis joined the Lakers. Caldwell- 40. a,k-New Orleans, Jared Butler, g, Bay- future second-round picks. lor. l-Detroit traded F Mason Plumlee and years that the Lakers have made a fans, with one of his tweets ending Pope, a 28-year-old guard, gives 41. San Antonio, Joe Wieskamp, g, Iowa. the rights of (No. 37) to Charlotte for the 42. Detroit, Isaiah Livers, f, Michigan. rights of (No. 57). significant offseason trade. They “I will forever be grateful and ap- the Wizards a perimeter shooter. 43. m-New Orleans, Greg Brown, f, Tex- m-New Orleans traded the rights of (No. acquired Anthony Davis from preciative of my experience with He converted on 41.3% of his as. 43) to Portland for a future second-round 44. Brooklyn, Kessler Edwards, f, Pep- pick and cash considerations. New Orleans in 2019 for Lonzo the organization. Thank you!” three-point attempts last season. Playmaker: Teams place high value on versatility in 1st round

FROM PAGE 24 can guard, he can switch and When the pick was announced, NCAA champion Baylor and Stan- said the team would look at every guard multiple positions and he’s Cunningham kissed 2-year-old ford forward Ziaire Williams scenario, including trades. In the big enough to guard bigs down in- daughter Riley, sitting on his lap, (New Orleans) rounded out the end, Detroit stuck with the 19- side. He’s big enough to rebound then hugged family members and top 10. And by the midway point, year-old mentioned as a potential with bigs. And we like to get out took the stage alongside NBA Gonzaga (Suggs and forward Co- top pick before ever stepping foot and go with the guys who are grab- Commissioner Adam Silver to don rey Kispert) and Tennessee on the Oklahoma State campus. bing the rebound a lot.” a blue Pistons hat. (guards Keon Johnson and Jaden The point guard from Arlington, Two picks later, Oklahoma City Houston followed at No. 2 by Springer) were the only two Texas, lived up to expectations to grabbed Giddey, who was consid- grabbing preps-to-pros teenager schools to produce multiple first- become a first-team Associated ered a potential lottery pick as a Jalen Green, who bypassed col- round picks. Press All-American. He averaged 6-8 floor leader known for his lege basketball to play in the G The second round included 20.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.5 passing touch. He had played in League. The 6-foot-6 Green aver- three AP first-team All-Ameri- assists with a game that allowed Australia’s National Basketball aged 17.9 points on 46% shooting cans in Illinois guard Ayo Dosun- him to hit from three-point range, League with an all-around game in 15 games, showing off high-fly- mu (No. 38 pick by Chicago), Bay- /AP score off the dribble or find team- COREY SIPKIN (10.7 points, 7.1 rebounds and 7.2 ing dunks, a willingness to attack lor point guard Jared Butler (No. mates out of traps. The Toronto Raptors surprised assists) and has been part of the the rim and a promising shooting 40 by New Orleans), and Iowa “It’s still pretty surreal to me,” some observers by selecting NBA Academy program designed touch. high-scoring big man Luka Garza Florida State’s Scottie Barnes Cunningham said. “I know how to develop elite international pro- Next up was Southern Califor- (No. 52 by Detroit) after he was with the fourth overall pick. much responsibility comes with spects. nia freshman big man Evan Mo- named AP national player of the being the No. 1 pick. I know how point guard Jalen Suggs. Barnes is The draft included numerous bley, who went to Cleveland at No. year. much responsibility a city will put a long-armed 6-8 forward who ran trades, including one set to send 3. Suggs and G League forward Jo- There also was a tribute to Ken- on the guy that they take No. 1. I’m the Seminoles’ offense and has the All-Star Russell Westbrook from nathan Kuminga were the other tucky freshman guard Terrence more than excited to take on those capability to be an elite defender Washington to the Los Angeles players considered to be in the Clarke, who died after an April car tasks and try to deliver to the city with his length and ability to chase Lakers in the biggest move of the draft’s top tier, with Suggs going accident after declaring for the of Detroit.” smaller ball handlers on the pe- night. fifth to Orlando and Kuminga sev- draft. Silver announced Clarke as Barnes had risen in mock drafts rimeter. The draft started with Cunning- enth to Golden State. an honorary draft pick midway but offered the first surprise by “A lot of what we like is his ver- ham, who attended the draft wear- Michigan forward Franz Wagn- through the first round, bringing going to Toronto with the No. 4 satility,” Toronto coach Nick ing a dark suit, shirt and tie with er (to Orlando), point guard Da- Clarke’s mother, sister and broth- pick ahead of Gonzaga freshman Nurse said. “He’ll rebound it, he sparkles on his collars and cuffs. vion Mitchell (Sacramento) of er to the stage. PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, July 31, 2021 COLLEGE FOOTBALL/OLYMPICS

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SEC votes SILVER—Jakub Grigar, Slovakia Women Medals table BRONZE—Hannes Aigner, Germany Netherlands 33, South Africa 1 At Tokyo FENCING United States 18, ROC 5 Friday, July 30 Men’s Épée Team Hungary 17, Japan 13 34 of 36 events GOLD—Japan (Koki Kano, Kazuyasu Mi- Spain 15, Australia 9 230 of 232 total events nobe, Masaru Yamada, Satoru Uyama) to invite Nation GSBTot SILVER—ROC (Sergey Bida, Sergey Kho- Women’s soccer dos, Pavel Sukhov, Nikita Glazkov) Friday, July 30 United States 14 16 11 41 BRONZE—South Korea (Sangyoung Park, Segeon Ma, Jaeho Song, Youngjun Quarterfinals China 19 10 11 40 Kweon) Canada 0, Brazil 0, Canada wins 4-3 on ROC 10 14 10 34 TRAMPOLINE GYMNASTICS penalty kicks Women Australia 4, Britain 3 OT Japan 17 4 7 28 OU, Texas GOLD—Xueying Zhu, China Sweden 3, Japan 1 Britain 6 9 9 24 SILVER—Lingling Liu, China United States 2, Netherlands 2, United Australia 9 2 11 22 BRONZE—Bryony Page, Britain States wins 4-2 on penalty kicks JUDO Monday, August 2 Italy 2 7 11 20 Men +100 kg Semifinals Germany 3 4 9 16 GOLD—Lukas Krpalek, Czech Republic United States vs. Canada SILVER—Guram Tushishvili, Georgia Australia vs. Sweden to league South Korea 5 4 6 15 Thursday, Aug. 5 BRONZE—Teddy Riner, France DARRON CUMMINGS/AP Netherlands 3 7 5 15 BRONZE—Tamerlan Bashaev, ROC Bronze Medal BY RALPH D. RUSSO France 3 5 5 13 Women +78 kg Friday, Aug. 6 Emma Twigg, of New Zealand, Associated Press Canada 3 3 5 11 GOLD—Akira Sone, Japan Gold Medal SILVER—Idalys Ortiz, Cuba poses with the gold medal after New Zealand 3 3 2 8 BRONZE—Iryna Kindzerska, Azerbaijan Women’s basketball winning the women’s rowing Southeastern Conference uni- Brazil 1 3 3 7 BRONZE—Romane Dicko, France Group A versity presidents voted Thursday Switzerland 1 3 3 7 ROWING single sculls final Friday at the Men’s Eight Country WLPts Olympics in Tokyo. to invite Texas and Oklahoma to Czech Republic 3 2 1 6 GOLD—New Zealand (Thomas Mackin- the league and create a 16-team Croatia 3 1 2 6 tosh, Hamish Bond, Tom Murray, Michael Spain 2 0 4 Taiwan 1 2 3 6 Brake, Daniel Williamson, Phillip Wilson, powerhouse on the field and at the Shaun Kirkham, Matt Macdonald, Sam Canada 1 1 2 Eight Hungary 2 1 2 5 Bosworth) Serbia 1 1 2 Final bank. —Germany (Johannes Weissen- Slovenia 2 1 1 4 SILVER South Korea 0 2 0 1. New Zealand (Thomas Mackintosh; But how soon? Georgia 1 3 0 4 feld, Laurits Follert, Olaf Roggensack, Tor- Hamish Bond; Tom Murray; Michael ben Johannesen, Jakob Schneider, Malte Group B Brake; Daniel Williamson; Phillip Wilson; The latest step in a move that has Romania 1 3 0 4 Jakschik, Richard Schmidt, Hannes Ocik, Shaun Kirkham; Matt Macdonald; Sam Austria 1 1 2 4 Martin Sauer) Country WLPts Bosworth), 5:24.64. potential to help reshape college BRONZE—Britain (Joshua Bugajski, Ja- Serbia 1 1 2 4 2. Germany (Johannes Weissenfeld; sports came two days after Texas cob Dawson, Thomas George, Mohamed United States 2 0 4 Laurits Follert; Olaf Roggensack; Torben Ukraine 0 0 4 4 Sbihi, Charles Elwes, Oliver Wynne-Grif- France 1 1 2 Johannesen; Jakob Schneider; Malte Jaks- and Oklahoma requested to join Hong Kong 1 2 0 3 fith, James Rudkin, Thomas Ford, Henry chik; Richard Schmidt; Hannes Ocik; Mar- Fieldman) Japan 1 1 2 tin Sauer), 5:25.60. the SEC in 2025. That’s when the South Africa 1 2 0 3 Men’s Single Sculls Nigeria 0 2 0 3. Britain (Joshua Bugajski; Jacob Daw- Colombia 0 2 1 3 GOLD—Stefanos Ntouskos, Greece son; Thomas George; Mohamed Sbihi; schools’ media rights agreement Group C Spain 0 2 1 3 SILVER—Kjetil Borch, Norway Charles Elwes; Oliver Wynne-Griffith; BRONZE—Damir Martin, Croatia Country WLPts James Rudkin; Thomas Ford; Henry Field- with the Big 12 expires. Indonesia 0 1 2 3 Women’s Eight man), 5:25.73. The SEC said its leaders voted Mongolia 0 1 2 3 GOLD—Canada (Lisa Roman, Kasia Gru- Belgium 2 0 4 4. United States (Benjamin Davison; Jus- Kazakhstan 0 0 3 3 challa-Wesierski, Christine Roper, Andrea tin Best; Daniel Miklasevich; Austin Hack; unanimously to extend invitations Proske, Susanne Grainger, Madison Mai- China 2 0 4 Alexander Richards; Nicholas Mead; John to the Longhorns and Sooners and Kosovo 2 0 0 2 ley, Sydney Payne, Avalon Wasteneys, Australia 0 2 0 Harrity; Liam Corrigan; Julian Venonsky), Norway 1 1 0 2 Kristen Kit) 5:26.75. SILVER—New Zealand (Ella Greenslade, Puerto Rico 0 2 0 5. Netherlands (Bjorn van den Ende; Ru- bring them into the conference ef- Slovakia 1 1 0 2 Emma Dyke, Lucy Spoors, Kelsey Bevan, Friday, July 30 ben Knab; Jasper Tissen; Simon van Dorp; fective July 1, 2025. Tunisia 1 1 0 2 Grace Prendergast, Kerri Gowler, Beth United States 86, Japan 69 Maarten Hurkmans; Bram Schwarz; Me- Estonia 1 0 1 2 Ross, Jackie Gowler, Caleb Shepherd) France 87, Nigeria 62 chiel Versluis; Robert Luecken; Eline Berg- When news of the potential con- BRONZE—China (Zifeng Wang, Yuwei er), 5:27.96. Ireland 1 0 1 2 China 76, Australia 74 Wang, Fei Xu, Tian Miao, Min Zhang, Rui Ju, Saturday, July 31 6. Australia (Nicholas Lavery; Joseph ference realignment broke last O’Brien; Joshua Booth; Simon Keenan; Ni- Uzbekistan 1 0 1 2 Jingjing Li, Linlin Guo, Dechang Zhang) Canada vs. Spain week, Texas A&M bristled about Women’s Single Sculls cholas Purnell; Timothy Masters; Angus Belgium 0 1 1 2 Sunday, Aug. 1 Dawson; Angus Widdicombe; Stuart Sim), GOLD—Emma Twigg, New Zealand South Korea vs. Serbia letting its old Big 12 and Southwest Cuba 0 1 1 2 SILVER—Hanna Prakatsen, ROC 5:36.23. Nigeria vs. Japan Women Denmark 0 1 1 2 BRONZE—Magdalena Lobnig, Austria Monday, Aug. 2 Conference rival from Austin into SHOOTING Single Sculls Uganda 0 1 1 2 25m Pistol Women France vs. United States Final the SEC. But the Aggies ended up China vs. Belgium Egypt 0 0 2 2 GOLD—Vitalina Batsarashkina, ROC 1. Emma Twigg, New Zealand, 7:13.97. falling in line. Australia vs. Puerto Rico 2. Hanna Prakatsen, ROC, 7:17.39. Mexico 0 0 2 2 SILVER—Minjung Kim, South Korea Tuesday, Aug. 3 BRONZE—Jiaruixuan Xiao, China 3. Magdalena Lobnig, Austria, 7:19.72. “Today’s unanimous vote is both Turkey 0 0 2 2 Quarterfinal 4. Victoria Thornley, Britain, 7:20.39. SWIMMING Wednesday, Aug. 4 a testament to the SEC’s long- Bermuda 1 0 0 1 Men’s 200m Backstroke 5. Jeannine Gmelin, Switzerland, 7:20.91. Quarterfinals 6. Jiang Yan, China, 7:21.33. Ecuador 1 0 0 1 GOLD—Evgeny Rylov, ROC Friday, Aug. 6 standing spirit of unity and mutual SILVER—Ryan Murphy, United States Eight Ethiopia 1 0 0 1 Semifinals Final BRONZE—Luke Greenbank, Britain Saturday, Aug. 7 cooperation, as well as a recogni- Fiji 1 0 0 1 Men’s 200m Individual Medley 1. Canada (Lisa Roman; Kasia Gruchalla- Bronze Medal Wesierski; Christine Roper; Andrea tion of the outstanding legacies of Greece 1 0 0 1 GOLD—Shun Wang, China Gold Medal SILVER—Duncan Scott, Britain Proske; Susanne Grainger; Madison Mai- academic and athletic excellence Iran 1 0 0 1 BRONZE—Jeremy Desplanches, Swit- ley; Sydney Payne; Avalon Wasteneys; Latvia 1 0 0 1 zerland Men’s basketball Kristen Kit), 5:59.13. established by the Universities of 2. New Zealand (Ella Greenslade; Emma Philippines 1 0 0 1 Women’s 100m Freestyle Group A GOLD—Emma McKeon, Australia Dyke; Lucy Spoors; Kelsey Bevan; Grace Oklahoma and Texas,” Commis- Thailand 1 0 0 1 Prendergast; Kerri Gowler; Beth Ross; SILVER—Siobhan Bernadette Haughey, Country WLPts sioner Greg Sankey said. Bulgaria 0 1 0 1 Jackie Gowler; Caleb Shepherd), 6:00.04. Hong Kong 3. China (Wang Zifeng; Wang Yuwei; Xu India 0 1 0 1 BRONZE—Cate Campbell, Australia France 2 0 4 Adding Texas and Oklahoma to Women’s 200m Breaststroke Fei; Miao Tian; Zhang Min; Ju Rui; Li Jingj- Czech Republic 1 1 2 ing; Guo Linlin; Zhang Dechang), 6:01.21. aconference that already includes Jordan 0 1 0 1 GOLD—Tatjana Schoenmaker, South United States 1 1 2 4. United States (Jessica Thoennes; Macedonia 0 1 0 1 Africa Charlotte Buck; Gia Doonan; Brooke Moo- football powerhouses such as Ala- Poland 0 1 0 1 SILVER—Lilly King, United States Iran 0 2 0 ney; Olivia Coffey; Regina Salmons; Megh- BRONZE—Annie Lazor, United States bama, LSU, Georgia and Florida Turkmenistan 0 1 0 1 an Musnicki; Kristine O’Brien; Katelin Gu- TENNIS Group B regian), 6:02.78. Venezuela 0 1 0 1 Men’s Doubles gives the SEC eight programs that Country WLPts 5. Australia (Genevieve Horton; Olympia Argentina 0 0 1 1 GOLD—Croatia (Nikola Mektic, Mate Aldersey; Bronwyn Cox; Giorgia Patten; have won national championships Pavic) Sarah Hawe; Georgina Rowe; Katrina Wer- Azerbaijan 0 0 1 1 Australia 2 0 4 since 1980. SILVER—Croatia (Marin Cilic, Ivan Do- ry; Molly Goodman; James Rook), 6:03.92. Ivory Coast 0 0 1 1 dig) Germany 1 1 2 6. Romania (Magdalena Rusu; Viviana “It’s already the greatest, tough- Finland 0 0 1 1 BRONZE—New Zealand (Marcus Daniell, Italy 1 1 2 Bejinariu; Georgiana Dedu; Maria Tivoda- Michael Venus) riu; Ioana Vrinceanu; Amalia Beres; Mada- est conference in America. And Israel 0 0 1 1 TABLE TENNIS Nigeria 0 2 0 lina Beres; Denisa Tilvescu; Daniela Drun- with those two teams attempting to Kuwait 0 0 1 1 Men’s Singles Group C cea), 6:04.06. Portugal 0 0 1 1 GOLD—Long Ma, China join this league, it will only get SILVER—Zhendong Fan, China Country WLPts Baseball San Marino 0 0 1 1 BRONZE—Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Germany Group A tougher,” South Carolina coach Friday’s scores Slovenia 2 0 4 Shane Beamer told reporters. Friday’s medalists Spain 2 0 4 Country WLPct BEACH VOLLEYBALL Argentina 0 2 0 Now the process goes back to the ARCHERY Men Japan 1 0 1.000 Women’s Individual Japan 0 2 0 schools. Texas and Oklahoma both Switzerland 2, Italy 1 (21-14, 24-26, 15-13) Dominican Republic 1 1 .500 GOLD—San An, South Korea Chile 2, Morocco 0 (21-14, 21-12) Saturday, July 31 Mexico 0 1 .000 had board of regents meetings SILVER—Elena Osipova, ROC Women Iran vs. France BRONZE—Lucilla Boari, Italy United States 2, Netherlands 1 (20-22, 21- Italy vs. Nigeria Group B scheduled Friday with conference ATHLETICS 17, 15-5) Men’s 10,000m Australia vs. Germany affiliation on the agenda. Whether FIELD HOCKEY United States vs. Czech Republic Country WLPct GOLD—Selemon Barega, Ethiopia Men Sunday, Aug. 1 the boards will move to accept the SILVER—Joshua Cheptegei, Uganda Australia 1, Spain 1 Argentina vs. Japan South Korea 1 0 1.000 BRONZE—Jacob Kiplimo, Uganda Canada 4, South Africa 4 Spain vs. Slovenia United States 1 0 1.000 invitations at those meetings is un- BADMINTON Women Tuesday, Aug. 3 Mixed Doubles Israel 0 2 .000 known, but it is almost certain they Germany 4, South Africa 1 Quarterfinals GOLD—China (Yi Lyu Wang, Dong Ping India 1, Ireland 0 Thursday, Aug. 5 Friday, July 30 will at some point. Huang) HANDBALL Semifinals United States 8, Israel 1 SILVER—China (Si Wei Zheng, Ya Qiong Men Saturday, Aug. 7 Saturday, July 31 Then the question becomes: Can Huang) Brazil 25, Argentina 23 Gold Medal Japan vs Mexico BRONZE—Japan (Yuta Watanabe, Arisa Bahrain 32, Japan 30 Bronze Medal South Korea vs United States Texas and Oklahoma find a way to Higashino) RUGBY SEVENS Sunday, Aug. 1 join their new conference sooner CYCLING BMX RACING Women Rowing Quarterfinal Men Fiji 41, Brazil 5 Monday, Aug. 2 than 2025? It has the makings of be- GOLD—Niek Kimmann, Netherlands France 31, Canada 0 Friday Quarterfinal SILVER—Kye Whyte, Britain China 29, Japan 0 Men Tuesday, Aug. 3 ing a messy divorce with the Big 12 BRONZE—Carlos Alberto Ramirez United States 14, Australia 12 Single Sculls TBD that could include ESPN. Yepes, Colombia Britain 31, Kenya 0 Final Wednesday, Aug. 4 Women VOLLEYBALL 1. Stefanos Ntouskos, Greece, 6:40.45. Semifinal ESPN holds a rights agreement GOLD—Bethany Shriever, Britain Men 2. Kjetil Borch, Norway, 6:41.66. Thursday, Aug. 5 SILVER—Mariana Pajon, Colombia Canada 3, Venezuela 0 (25-13, 25-22, 25- 3. Damir Martin, Croatia, 6:42.58. Semifinal with the Big 12, sharing the confer- BRONZE—Merel Smulders, Netherlands 12) 4. Sverri Nielsen, Denmark, 6:42.73. Friday, Aug. 6 ence’s football games with Fox, CANOE SLALOM Brazil 3, United States 1 (32-30, 23-25, 21- 5. Alexander Vyazovkin, ROC, 6:49.09. Bronze Medal Men’s Kayak 25, 20-25) 6. Mindaugas Griskonis, Lithuania, Saturday, Aug. 7 through the 2024-25 school year. GOLD—Jiri Prskavec, Czech Republic WATER POLO 6:57.60. Gold Medal Saturday, July 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 OLYMPICS Schauffele has big finish, 1-shot lead in golf BY DOUG FERGUSON to the TV. Associated Press “The one thing I’ve always KAWAGOE, Japan — Xander wanted to go and see is dressage — Schauffele has been pointing to always,” he said. “It’s mesmeriz- the Olympics ever since he began ing. And it’s on tonight.” his rise into the elite of American The Olympics were a goal for golf three years ago. Schauffele all along, particularly Now that he’s here, in the coun- in Tokyo. try where his mother was raised His grandparents still live here, and enjoying an Olympic experi- and he made his professional de- ence his father could only dream but in Japan. His father, Stefan, about, he is trying to treat this like was a decathlete invited to a train- any other week. ing camp in Germany. On his way His play Friday indicated other- there at age 20, his car was struck wise. Already with two eagles on by a drunk driver and he lost his his card, Schauffele surged into left eye, among other injuries. the 36-hole lead at Kasumigaseki But there’s no need to think Country Club by finishing with ahead to what a gold medal — any three consecutive birdies to tie the medal — would mean. Schauffele, Olympic record with an 8-under whose last official victory was at 63. the start of 2019, has been too He had a one-shot lead over caught up in that. Carlos Ortiz of Mexico, who is “Obviously, you get to take sharing a suite with a boxer and home something a little bit more delivered a few good punches special than money, what money himself in a round of 67. can buy,” he said. “So maybe if “I just got in a nice flow there at you keep thinking about it, it might the end,” Schauffele said. “Kind of become more special. But to me, one of those situations where I MATT YORK/AP this is just another golf tourna- wish I could play some more Xander Schauffele, of the United States, hits a tee shot on the 17th hole Friday during the second round ofment. holes.” the men’s golf tournament in the Summer Olympics at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe, Japan. “I’ve been pressing pretty hard There was no chance of that, for for quite a little bit of time to win a him or anyone else. For the second worked his way into contention. “The goal today was to sort of der 134 with Mito Pereira of Chile golf tournament, to be completely consecutive day, thunderstorms Matsuyama was 6 under for his get back in touch,” said McIlroy, (65) and Alex Noren of Sweden honest,” he added. caused a delay of more than two round — three shots out of the lead who was six shots behind first- (67). “There was a point today where hours, and another batch of light- — and had a 5-foot birdie chance round leader Sepp Straka at the McIlroy previously sounded in- I was starting to get a little impa- ning and heavy rain ended play on the 17th hole when the round start of the day. “I just wanted to different to the Olympics, which tient and I had to remind myself with 16 players still on the course. was suspended. get into contention going into the he skipped in 2016 at Rio de Janei- back to the times I did win, and the That included Hideki Matsuya- Also right back in the mix was weekend and at least feel like I ro. Once he arrived, he found him- times I’ve been watching other ma, the Masters champion and Ja- the Irish duo of Rory McIlroy (66) was still a part of the tournament. self already looking forward to Pa- people win. They seem to be pretty panese star who recovered from a and Shane Lowry (65), who were And I’ve done that.” ris the next time. He can’t attend patient and staying in the mo- pedestrian start and quickly four shots behind Schauffele. Straka had a 71 and was at 8-un- other events, but McIlroy is glued ment.” Steffens breaks water polo Aussies, US bounced out scoring record; US cruises of women’s rugby sevens BY JAY COHEN helping the U.S. rebound from a Associated Press the job done.” Associated Press rare loss to Hungary. Makenzie TOKYO — The Olympic title That wasn’t a problem for the ti- TOKYO — Maggie Steffens was Fischer found a wide-open Stef- defense looked shaky for Austra- tle favorites from New Zealand, finally by herself, all alone with fens in the middle, and ROC goal- lia in a group-deciding loss to the who lost the Olympic final to Aus- perhaps the best record in wom- keeper Evgenia Golovina never U.S. team. It was over in a surpris- tralia in 2016 but has won pretty en’s water polo, and she had no in- stood a chance. ing quarterfinal loss to Fiji. much everything else since. terest in the view. It was Steffens’ 48th goal in her A run of upsets on Day 2 of the The New Zealanders beat the Moments after Steffens moved third Olympics, snapping a tie women’s rugby sevens competi- Russian team 36-0 to open the atop the career scoring list at the with Tania Di Mario of Italy for tion ended with top-ranked New quarterfinal stage, an almost ex- Olympics, the U.S. captain paid the top spot. Playing with a broken Zealand as the only team from the act repeat of the final match of the tribute to her family, teammates nose after she got hurt against Chi- 2016 podium to reach the semifi- group stage earlier in the day. MARK HUMPHREY/AP past and present and the women na on Monday, she had four goals nals in Tokyo. New Zealand will meet Fiji in the who paved the way for the sport’s on five shots as the U.S. finished Maggie Steffens scored her 49th Abby Gustaitis was on a high semifinals. addition to the Games in 2000. group play with a 3-1 record. career goal, an Olympic record, when she scored the clinching try Britain will meet France, which It was Steffens’ name in the re- “I think what’s more amazing as the U.S. beat the Russian in the United States’ comeback 14- ended China’s surprising run with cord book — right next to a whop- about Maggie, and I’ve said this Olympic Committe 18­5 Friday in 12 win over Australia on Thursday a 24-10 victory. ping 49 goals and counting — but before, is not the goals that she a preliminary round women’s to finish atop the group. Her emo- The Fijians have been the big- she was determined to have as scores and how many, it’s the effi- water polo match in Tokyo. tions were at the other extreme gest movers in a tournament that many people as possible join her ciency in which she does it,” U.S. Friday after a 21-12 loss to Britain on that top line. coach Adam Krikorian said. aftermath of the country’s first in the quarterfinals. has been shaped by the lack of in- “As much as it’s definitely cool “That’s the sign of a great player.” loss in women’s water polo at the That came immediately after ternational competition in the last and I appreciate it, you can’t have Steffens, 28, the youngest of Olympics since 2008, a 10-9 sur- the Fijiana stunned Australia, rac- 12 months during the coronavirus that without teammates,” she said. four siblings in a California family prise against Hungary on ing to a two-try lead and then fend- pandemic. Their win over Canada “You can’t have that without a with deep roots in water polo, had Wednesday. ing off Australia’s comeback in the group stage had a big role in pass. You can’t have that without a breakthrough performance dur- The rare loss — the U.S. is 131-4 charge to win 14-12. the 2016 bronze medalists missing being able to play the sport with ing the London Games, powering since it won gold in Rio — led to “Absolutely devastating ... the knockout rounds. women who you train with and the U.S. to its first Olympic title some soul-searching and a com- heartbreaking,” Gustaitis said. The Fijian women’s team has dream with.” with 21 goals. She pumped in 17 mitment to the way they wanted to “It’s sport, it brings you the high- been in camp for five months, Steffens took down the record more during another gold medal play, according to Krikorian. The est of highs and the lowest of lows. away from family and friends. on an all-Stanford connection in run in Rio de Janeiro. change was particularly notice- Unfortunately, we’re on a low. Bri- Now they’re determined to do the third quarter of Friday’s 18-5 Steffens’ day and the convinc- able on the defensive side, led by tain came out swinging, they what no Fijian women have ever victory over the Russian team, ing victory for the U.S. came in the Ashleigh Johnson’s 16 saves. didn’t miss a beat. We didn’t get done: win an Olympic medal. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, July 31, 2021 OLYMPICS

Rapinoe converts key kick as US defeats Netherlands BY ANNE M. PETERSON Naeher stopped Lieke Martens’ Associated Press penalty in the 81st minute and the YOKOHAMA, Japan — Megan game went to overtime. Rapinoe converted the deciding “I felt amazing. I should have penalty kick in a shootout as the taken the penalty in the game,” United States advanced to the Miedema said. “I should have just semifinals of the women’s Olym- stuck with my plan and go from pic soccer tournament 4-2 follow- there. But it’s life. It’s football and ing a 2-2 draw with the Nether- I just need to move on.” lands on Friday. Naeher was as cool following U.S. goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher the game as she was during it, stopped Vivianne Miedema’s playing down her performance opening attempt in the shootout while lauding her teammates. and then saved a shot from Aniek “This team just kept pushing for Nouwen before Rapinoe put her 90 minutes, 120 minutes, and we penalty away. just kept believing that we were After Rapinoe scored, she turn- going to find a way to get it done,” ed to her teammates, folded her she said. “Very proud of the four arms and grinned in triumph. players to step up and score their Afterward, she joked about the four penalties to go 4-fot-4. That is pressure. huge.” “I just try to stay calm. I always The United States will next face say to myself, ‘The worst that’s go- Canada in Kashima on Monday. ing to happen is you’re going to The Canadians advanced to the lose the whole thing,’ ” she said semifinals 4-3 on penalties after a with a smile. scoreless draw with Brazil in Rifu. Miedema scored two goals in The U.S. went to a shootout for regulation time for the Nether- the fifth time in a major tourna- lands, giving her 10 goals for the ment. The last time was at the 2016 PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP tournament — an Olympic record. Rio Olympics, when it lost to Swe- Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, reacts during a men’s tennis semifinal match against Alexander Zverev, of Miedema put the Netherlands den in the quarterfinals. Germany, at the Summer Olympics on Friday in Tokyo. Djokovic lost 1­6, 6­3, 6­1. ahead in the 18th minute but the Friday’s game at the Interna- Americans tied it when Sam Me- tional Stadium brought together wis headed in a goal off a feed the two teams that played in the from Lynn Williams in the 28th. World Cup final two years ago in Williams then gave the U.S. its France. The U.S. women won that first lead in the 31st. 2-0 and afterward the crowd Golden Slam is gone Miedema, who was playing in chanted “Equal Pay!” in support her 100th game for the Nether- of the team’s legal fight for equity lands, made it 2-2 in the 54th. with the men’s national team. Djokovic loss in semis ends bid to win all majors, Olympic gold

BY ANDREW DAMPF achieve the Golden Slam. Associated Press Djokovic can still achieve the calendar-year Grand TOKYO — With his Golden Slam bid over for at Slam by winning the U.S. Open, which begins next least another three years, Novak Djokovic rested his month. No man has accomplished the feat since Rod head on Alexander Zverev’s shoulder as his German Laver in 1969. opponent and friend consoled him. “He won 20 Grand Slams,” Zverev said. “So you “I told him that he’s the greatest of all time,” Zve- can’t have everything. rev said. “I know that he was chasing history.” “At the end of the day he’s the greatest of all time, Djokovic, the top-ranked Serb who had seemed in- because he’s going to win the most Grand Slams, he’s vincible in all of the biggest tournaments this year, going to win the most Master Series, he’s going to be lost to Zverev 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 on Friday in the semifinals the longest at the world No. 1, and I’m sure 99% that of the tennis tournament at the Tokyo Olympics. this is the case when it’s all said and done,” Zverev Djokovic was attempting to become the first man to said. win all four Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic Zverev’s opponent in the gold-medal match will be gold in the same year. He won the Australian Open, Karen Khachanov. The Russian beat Pablo Carreno the French Open and Wimbledon this year and need- Busta of Spain 6-3, 6-3. ed the Olympic and U.S. Open titles to complete the Djokovic will play two bronze-medal matches on KIICHIRO SATO/AP Golden Slam. Saturday. He’ll face Carreno Busta in singles then Megan Rapinoe scores the winning goal for the U.S. in a penalty “I feel so terrible right now,” Djokovic said. “I can’t will team with Serbian partner Nina Stojanovic in shootout against the Netherlands during their women’s soccer be positive right now.” mixed doubles against Ash Barty and John Peers of quarterfinal Friday in Yokohama, Japan. Steffi Graf in 1988 remains the only tennis player to Australia. Ethiopia’s Barega claims 1st track gold of Games Associated Press Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda won the Barega, 21, etched his name Cheptegei broke the world re- TOKYO — Selemon Barega bronze. alongside Ethiopian greats Kene- cord in his last major 10,000 in Oc- won the first track and field gold Barega’s last-lap burst was nisa Bekele and Haile Gebrselas- tober and was seen as the best in medal of the Tokyo Olympics on good enough as he moved out in sie, who are maybe the country’s the world coming into the Olym- Friday and reclaimed the 10,000- front with about 300 meters to go two greatest distance runners and pics. But he took a gamble by not meter title back for Ethiopia after and held off the late charge by the who both won the 10,000 title at the running in any international races nearly a decade of dominance by Ugandans, who were expected to Olympics — twice each. over the distance since then. Britain’s Mo Farah. go 1-2 in the first track final of the “Even in the future, I want to Kiplimo had the fastest time in Barega broke clear on the last Tokyo Games. make history like my previous col- the world this year and was ex- lap and won in 27 minutes, 43.22 For a moment it looked like leagues,” Barega said through a pected to follow Cheptegei home. DAVID J. PHILLIP/AP seconds, upsetting world cham- Cheptegei might run Barega down translator. “I’m also very hopeful Barega had no major titles in the Selemon Barega, of Ethiopia, pion and world-record holder on the home straight, but the Eth- to achieve more in this Olympics.” 10,000 before Friday, although he celebrates his upset victory in Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda, who iopian dipped his head and dug in Barega also plans to run in the does have a world championship the men’s 10,000­meter final took the silver medal in 27:43.63. as Cheptegei’s challenge faded. 5,000. silver medal in the 5,000. Friday in Tokyo. Saturday, July 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 OLYMPICS South African sets world swim record Schoenmaker wins 200 breaststroke; Americans unable to add more gold

BY PAUL NEWBERRY her silver in the 100 breast. “It Associated Press couldn’t have been a better race. TOKYO — South Africa’s Tat- It still just doesn’t sink in. Maybe jana Schoenmaker was the star of one day.” the day, setting the first individu- Rylov thoroughly snuffed out al swimming world record at the America’s dominance in the Tokyo Olympics. backstroke, adding the 200 title to Others shined, too. his victory in the 100 back. Evgeny Rylov completed a Rylov won with an Olympic-re- backstroke double for Russia, cord time of 1:53.29, while Amer- Emma McKeon gave the Aussie ican Ryan Murphy wound up women another gold, and China with the silver (1:54.15). earned a return trip to the top of Murphy was a double-gold the medal podium. medalist at the 2016 Rio Olym- The mighty Americans? For the pics, where he extended an first time in the meet, they spent American winning streak that be- the entire session Friday watch- gan at the 1996 Atlanta Games. ing others win gold. The U.S. won 12 straight men’s Schoenmaker, a 24-year-old backstroke events over six Olym- GREGORY BULL/AP South African, won the women’s pics, but that streak ended with South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker celebrates winning the gold medal Friday in the women’s 200­meter 200-meter breaststroke with a Rylov’s victory in the 100. He breaststroke at the Olympics in Tokyo. Schoenmaker set a world record in the event. time of 2 minutes, 18.95 seconds, made it 2-for-2 in the longer race, breaking the mark of 2:19.11 set while Murphy settled for bronze Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey But it was the first time the A day after winning its first two by Denmark’s Rikke Moller Pe- and silver in the two events. earned the silver in 52.27, while U.S. team went through an entire golds at the pool, China picked up dersen at the 2013 world cham- Britain’s Luke Greenbank another Aussie, Cate Campbell, session of finals in Tokyo without another victory when Wang Shun pionships in Barcelona. grabbed the 200 bronze in took the bronze in 52.52. Amer- winning at least one gold. touched first in the men’s 200 in- It was the third world record at 1:54.72. ican Abbey Weitzeil was last in Lilly King set a blistering pace dividual medley. the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, with McKeon touched first in the the eight-woman field. early in the 200 breast and held Wang edged Britain’s Duncan the first two coming in women’s 100 freestyle with an Olympic-re- The Americans won three on for a silver in 2:19.92, adding Scott with a time of 1:55.00. Scott relays. cord time of 51.96, becoming only medals Friday, also claiming the to her bronze in the 100 event. took the silver in 1:55.28, while “I wasn’t expecting that at all,” the second woman to break 52 other two spots on the podium be- Annie Lazor nabbed the bronze in the bronze went to Switzerland’s said Schoenmaker, who added to seconds in the sprint. hind Schoenmaker. 2:20.84. Jeremy Desplanches in 1:56.17. US women win, US prospects, released but aren’t sharp players hammer Israel BY RONALD BLUM lencia, who homered on a fastball against Japan Associated Press in the fourth inning. “I think the YOKOHAMA, Japan — The Twins are going be really pleased BY DOUG FEINBERG United States started a pitcher who with him. I think that he’s going to Associated Press was Tampa Bay’s No. 12 prospect be one of their better pitchers for a SAITAMA, Japan — The U.S. women’s basketball before he was dealt to Minnesota lot of years to come.” team has not looked sharp in its first two wins at the To- last week in the Nelson Cruz trade. Denied players on 40-man ma- kyo Games. Israel went with a 30-year-old jor league rosters, the U.S. started Five-time Olympian Sue Bird attributes the pedestri- who has never pitched above Dou- a mix of prospects unneeded by an performances to the lack of practice time with so ble-A and brought in the director major league teams this summer many new faces on the squad, and just that the rest of the of music programming at New and released players. Nine of the world is catching up to the Americans. York’s City Winery to relieve. 10 starters totaled a career WAR of “This tournament more than ever feels like a combi- Such is Olympic baseball. -1.0; the other was Todd Frazier at nation of things,” Bird said. “I’m never not going to give Joe Ryan allowed five hits over 25.1. credit to other countries for putting out a great product. six innings in his first outing since Right-hander Joey Wagman There’s so much talent. I think this tournament for us is he was swapped, and speedskating (0-1) started for Israel and gave up unique that we have six newcomers and you can’t rush silver medalist Eddy Alvarez and three runs and four hits in three in- chemistry. ... We’re still trying to figure it out.” Tyler Austin powered the offense nings. Israel dropped to 0-2 in The U.S. beat Japan 86-69 on Friday, three days after to lead the United States over Is- Group B of its Olympic baseball beating Nigeria by nine in the opener. That was the first CHARLIE NEIBERGALL/AP rael 8-1 in the Americans’ opener debut. time a team had come within single digits of the Amer- The United States’ Sylvia Fowles, left, passes over on Friday night. Israel brought in 42-year right- icans in the Olympics since 2004. While the U.S. has now Japan’s Maki Takada during their basketball Group Ryan (1-0), a 25-year-old Tri- hander Shlomo Lipetz to relieve in won 51 consecutive games dating back to the bronze B game Friday at the Olympics in Saitama, Japan. ple-A right-hander, was in the din- the sixth inning as its fifth pitcher. medal game in the 1992 Olympics, the 13-point average ing hall when U.S. teammate Eric He’ll go back to City Winery after margin of victory in the first two games in Japan is far its dominant group of bigs led by the 6-foot-9 Brittney Filia told him Cruz was being sent the Olympics. below that of the previous six Olympics, when they Griner. Japan’s tallest player is 6-1. The host nation, to the Rays. Ryan looked at Shane He pitched in the 2017 World would run through teams. which is the only team in the field to have beaten the U.S. Baz, his fellow Rays minor leaguer Baseball Classic, the 2019 Europe- “I feel like we’ve been telling you guys for years that in an Olympic contest back in 1976, played a more free- on the U.S. team, and Baz guessed an Championship and Olympic we’re making it look easy, something that’s really hard,” flowing style with all five players capable of shooting one of them would be involved. qualifying. Lipetz retired Boston Bird said Friday. “Now what you’re seeing is, we told three-pointers. Ryan, likely within a year of a prospect Triston Casas on a groun- you so, it is hard. That’s not to say we’re not headed in the Despite the size disadvantage, Japan was able to con- big league debut, relied on a 92 dout, got Frazier to line into an in- right direction.” sistently beat the Americans off the dribble, get to the mph fastball. He gave up one run ning-ending double play and gave A’ja Wilson scored 20 points and Breanna Stewart basket and score early on. When the Japanese team and struck out three. up a single to Filia. added 15 to lead the U.S. over Japan. wasn’t getting by the U.S., it was connecting on threes. “He’s got really great stuff,” said “Call me delusional. I think I can It was a matchup of contrasting styles. The U.S. had Maki Takada scored 15 to lead Japan (1-1). former major leaguer Danny Va- get anyone out,” Lipetz said. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, July 31, 2021 Scherzer sweepstakes SPORTS Source: Dodgers will get ace, SS Turner as Nats begin rebuilding ›› MLB, Page 18

NBA DRAFT

Pistons pick a playmaker Detroit grabs Cade Cunningham at No. 1 overall

BY AARON BEARD Associated Press RELATED Cade Cunningham sure looked like the No. 1 overall Sources: Lakers draft pick all year at Oklahoma State with his fluid game, scoring ability and passing — all in a 6-foot-8 frame. acquiring Westbrook So it was no surprise the Detroit Pistons grabbed the freshman All-American with the top pick as they did to from Wizards open the draft Thursday night in New York. And it was Page 19 the start of multiple teams spending high picks on play- ■ makers with size, including Florida State forward Scottie Draft list, Page 19 Barnes and Australian teenager Josh Giddey climbing a bit higher than expected as top-six picks. It comes at a time when the game has evolved to a more position-free flow, making players like Cunningham, Barnes and Giddey more valuable than ever with their ability to roam all over the court. Cunningham had been widely expected to be the first name called in New York, although Pistons general man- ager Troy Weaver wouldn’t reveal plans this week and SEE PLAYMAKER ON PAGE 19

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, left, greets Cade Cunningham, who was picked No. 1 overall by the Detroit Pistons during the NBA Draft Thursday night in New York. Cunningham averaged 20.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists a game last season as a freshman at Oklahoma State.

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