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AFGHANISTAN Residents sue over radiation dangers from ex-Navy base

BY ROSE L. THAYER Stars and Stripes Nearly 50 current and former residents of a shuttered Navy base have filed a lawsuit seeking $2 billion in damages, alleging officials from the Navy, the state of California and the city of San Francisco lied about the levels of radiation and toxic contamina- tion left behind after decades of military activity. The residents who filed the lawsuit claim they were told that it was safe to begin moving into old military housing on Treasure Is- land in the San Francis- co Bay. But they now suffer from illnesses and “fear of can- Treasure Island cer” because Fragile gains they believe the radiation levels on the island from decades of military work, Afghans fear peace deal could sacrifice progress made since Taliban’s ouster including decontaminating ships returning from nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll in the early years BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN of the Cold War, are much higher Stars and Stripes EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATION than what service officials have KABUL, Afghanistan When U.S.-led forces ousted the Taliban in 2001, fewer than 900,000 Afghan children were in publicly stated, according to the lawsuit filed Jan. 23 in San Fran- s Washington and the Taliban school, and all of them were boys. Today, over 9 million children attend school, including over 3.5 cisco Superior Court. move toward a deal to end the million girls. The number of university students has increased 30-fold. 18-year war in Afghanistan, Officials “purposely withheld many in the country fear that SOURCE: Stars and Stripes true levels of radiation on the is- gains made since the Taliban land,” said Stanley Goff, the at- Awas ousted in 2001 could be reversed. United States and the Taliban have reached said the official, who was not authorized to torney who filed the suit. “They The country may be war-weary and its a truce agreement that will take effect publicly discuss the matter and spoke on the continue [to say] that to the pres- economy in tatters, but journalists in today’s “very soon” and could lead to withdrawals condition of anonymity. ent date and they’re lying.” Afghanistan can report without censorship, of American troops from Afghanistan, The Some Afghans fear the Taliban may try to Residents have suffered tumors women and girls have the right to an educa- Associated Press reported. reverse hard-fought gains during negotia- the size of baseballs, extreme al- tion, and remote provinces have access to The agreement for a seven-day “reduction tions with the government, and that they’ll lergies and rashes, he said. Some healthcare. in violence” would be followed by the start former residents have died from A senior U.S. official said Friday that the of all-Afghan peace talks within 10 days, SEE FRAGILE ON PAGE 3 cancers, though they have not been directly linked to radiation Above: Afghan boys and girls sit together in a classroom at a school in Kabul in October 2019. Improvements in education, including exposure. Even some pets of resi- giving girls access to schools, have been seen across the country since U.S.-led forces invaded in 2001 and ousted the Taliban. dents have been diagnosed with rare cancers, Goff said. PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN/Stars and Stripes SEE DANGERS ON PAGE 5

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T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ...15 Comics ...... 14 Crossword ...... 14 Movies ...... 12-13 Opinion ...... 16 Sports ...... 17-24 Sunday, February 16, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 WAR ON TERRORISM Esper: Taliban deal promising, not without risk BY ROBERT BURNS Ashraf Ghani, who has been AND MATTHEW LEE skeptical of the scheme, which, Associated Press if successful, would see an end to attacks for seven days and MUNICH — U.S. Defense Sec- then the signing of a U.S.-Taliban retary Mark Esper said Saturday peace deal. All-Afghan peace that a truce agreement between talks would then begin within 10 the United States and the Taliban days as part of the plan, which en- PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN/Stars and Stripes that could lead to the withdrawal visions the phased withdrawal of Female staff at Blossom Health Care Center in Kabul examine scans on Aug. 24, 2019. Blossom is one of American troops from Afghan- U.S. forces over 18 months. of numerous healthcare facilities that opened in Afghanistan following the U.S.-led invasion in 2001. The istan is not without risk but “looks The U.S. has not agreed to sus- peace deal between the U.S. and the Taliban has left Afghans fearing for their progress. very promising.” pend or end its counter-terrorism Ahead of a formal announce- operations in Afghanistan, which ment of the seven-day “reduction have been focused mainly on an in violence” deal, Esper said it Islamic State affiliate, known as Fragile: New Afghan truce agreement leaves was time to give peace a chance ISIS-K, and al-Qaida, said Penta- in Afghanistan through a political gon spokeswoman Alyssa Farah, negotiation. He spoke a day after who was traveling with Esper. many women worried over losing their rights a senior U.S. official said the deal “Under any agreement, Gen- had been concluded and would eral Miller retains the authorities FROM FRONT PAGE February that women have rights 30-fold. take effect very soon. necessary to protect U.S. nation- be emboldened by the exit of for- under Islam to education, to run “Education in Afghanistan has Expectations are that agree- al security interests, including eign forces. a business and choose a husband, improved a lot,” Farid said. “But ment will be formally announced the authorities and capabilities “The Afghan media commu- but they have also criticized “so- there is still a lot to be done.” on Sunday and that the reduction to strike ISIS-K and al-Qaida,” nity believe the first sector that called women’s rights activists” Advances in health care could in violence will begin on Monday, she said, referring to U.S. Gen will suffer from this deal if it’s not for leading women astray. also be threatened if the Taliban according to people familiar with Scott Miller, the commander of the plan. managed correctly, will be the While many Afghan women and the Kabul government can- American and coalition forces in “So we have on the table right media,” said Danish Karokhel, remain oppressed in the ultra- not reach an accord, especially Afghanistan. conservative society, greater now a reduction in violence pro- editor-in-chief of Afghanistan’s if unrest continues, medical ex- Ghani has not yet spoken pub- rights for women have been one posal that was negotiated be- Pajwok news agency. perts have said. licly about the agreement which of the most visible positive devel- tween our ambassador and the When the Taliban were in “The progress that we’ve made was finalized last week by U.S. opments since the Taliban were Taliban,” Esper told an audience power from 1996 to 2001, Af- in healthcare ... has been one of special envoy for Afghanistan forced from power by the U.S.-led at the Munich Security Confer- Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban ghans “would go all day without the best things that we’ve seen in coalition. ence. “It looks very promising.” representatives in Doha, Qatar. knowing what was going on in the country,” said Mansoor Mul- Nearly 30% of parliament is “It’s my view as well that we Esper, however, said Ghani was Afghanistan or the world,” said lahkhel, the director-general of female, and Kabul recently ap- have to give peace a chance, that supportive of the deal and had Karokhel. Blossom Health Care Center in pointed its first female ambassa- the best if not the only way for- pledged to do his best to support Today, about 20 newspapers, 20 Kabul. dor to Washington. Even remote provinces now ward in Afghanistan is through it. news agencies, 100 TV channels The Taliban’s vague demand have access to doctors and equip- a political agreement and that “I think he is fully on board,” and 250 radio stations operate in that women’s rights must fall ment, but many medical profes- means taking some risk,” he said. Esper said of Ghani. “He wants to the country, and it placed first in within the “framework of Islamic sionals are considering leaving “That means enabling our dip- lead his part of the process, which a 2018 survey of quality access values” has worried some like the country if coalition forces are lomats and that means working if we get to that would be a peace to information laws by the Hali- Shahla Farid, a female lecturer withdrawn, he said. together with our partners and deal that would involve very soon fax-based Center for Law and at Kabul University, who said it Afghanistan faced a similar sit- allies on the ground to affect such afterward an inter-Afghan nego- Democracy. would be particularly upsetting uation when the Soviets invaded a thing.” tiation. He wants to be clearly a But at a meeting with media to see advances in girl’s educa- 40 years ago, sparking a “brain Esper and Secretary of State full partner in that and wants to representatives last year, the Tal- tion erased. drain,” Mullahkhel said. Mike Pompeo met on Friday in lead on that and make sure that iban declined to provide assur- When U.S.-led forces ousted “They are doing this agree- Munich with Afghan President all Afghans come together.” ances that they were committed the Taliban in 2001, fewer than ment for peace,” he said, “but the to a free media. 900,000 Afghan children were in experience that we have from the It’s also unclear whether the school, and all of them were boys. past scares us.” Taliban would try to roll back Today, over 9 million children freedoms women have gained Zubair Babakarkhail contributed to this attend school, including over 3.5 report. since 2001. The insurgent group million girls. The number of uni- [email protected] acknowledged in a statement last versity students has increased Twitter: @pwwellman Multiple avalanches strike Afghanistan

Associated Press At least 50 houses were destroyed. death toll from avalanches and Azimi added that search and res- flash floods in the country in the KABUL, Afghanistan — A se- cue teams have been working past two months to 72. Scores ries of avalanches struck a cen- since Thursday to find the miss- have also been injured and 2,400 tral province in Afghanistan the ing and help the victims. houses have been swept away previous day, killing at least 21 He said the number of dead in flash floods since the start of people, authorities said Friday. was expected to climb with cold winter. According to Ahmad Tameem weather and difficult conditions Afghanistan has suffered Azimi, spokesman of the min- hampering rescue efforts. Most through more than four decades istry for disaster management, highways have been closed for of war and conflict since the Sovi- seven people remain missing fol- weeks, due to heavy snowfall and et invasion in 1979. But natural di- ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS, POOL/AP lowing the avalanches in central fears of avalanches. sasters such as landslides, floods Daykundi province on Thursday This winter in Afghanistan has and avalanches have also taken a US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center, shakes hands with while 10 were injured. been harsh, with heavy snow- heavy toll on a country with little Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, right, as US Secretary of Defense The 21 killed were all from two fall, avalanches and flash flood- infrastructure or development Mark Esper watches during the 56th Munich Security Conference in families in the area, Azimi said. ing. Thursday’s deaths bring the outside of its major cities. Munich, southern Germany, on Friday. PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, February 16, 2020 MILITARY Esper warns Europe of China’s military rise

BY JOHN VANDIVER complete its military modern- mon understanding of what it “there is a common understand- was more worried about the co- Stars and Stripes ization, and by 2049, it seeks to even means to be part of the West. ing about the threat,” Pompeo hesion of the West itself, which he dominate Asia as the preeminent … it appears uncertain whether said, but he acknowledged there said is under threat from within. Defense Secretary Mark Esper global military power,” Esper the West can come up with a joint are tactical differences in how to “We can see that there is a on Saturday issued a stark warn- said. strategy for a new era of great- deal with those threats. certain weakness of the West,” ing that allies in Europe must Dealing with China’s rise has power competition,” said the Mu- What isn’t clear, however, is Macron said. “The values have “wake up” to the threat posed by been a focal point for the Penta- nich Security Report, released as if the U.S. can bring key Euro- changed, and new powers have China’s rapid military advances, gon. Washington has urged allies talks began. pean countries over to its side in risen.” which will eventually make Bei- to take a tougher stance against Pompeo pushed back against challenging China. The German For Esper, the Munich Security jing “the preeminent global mili- Beijing and resist its attempts to the idea of “westlessness,” or a economy relies heavily on ex- Conference wrapped up a week in tary power.” extend influence in Europe with decline in American commit- ports to China and could be wary Europe that began earlier with a “It is essential that we, as an 5G technology that Washington ment to Europe. Pompeo rattled about taking a hard line on is- meeting of defense ministers at international community, wake NATO headquarters in Brussels. up to the challenges presented says poses a security threat. off a series of quotes in recent sues such as banning 5G Chinese While Russia has traditionally by China’s manipulation of the In Munich, Esper and Secre- years made by European leaders technology for fear of economic long-standing international tary of State Mike Pompeo faced claiming a crisis in the trans-At- repercussions. been the focal pint for allies in rules-based order,” Esper told an audience with many skeptics lantic relationship. French President Emmanual Europe, China’s global ambitions an audience of global leaders who are worried about a weaken- He said the claims “don’t re- Macron also has expressed skep- demand attention, Esper said. at the annual Munich Security ing connection between the U.S. flect reality.” “The death of the ticism about treating Beijing as “The Chinese Communist Conference. and Europe. trans-Atlantic alliance is grossly an adversary. Party is heading even faster and Esper railed against China for The angst was underscored by exaggerated,” Pompeo said. “The In Munich, Macron said Eu- further in the wrong direction — intellectual property theft and the theme of this year’s confer- west is winning.” rope should be more independent more internal repression, more using its economic heft as lever- ence — “westlessness” — a word Pompeo cited the U.S.’s upcom- from the U.S. or at least find its predatory economic practices, age against countries large and coined by organizers to describe a ing Defender Europe exercise, own way to deal with emerging more heavy-handedness, and small. Esper also emphasized general sense of confusion among one of the largest military drills challenges like China. “My vision most concerning for me, a more that when it comes to U.S. mili- countries about how to deal with on the continent since the Cold is a more sovereign and united aggressive military posture,” tary strategy, countering China issues like the rise of China. War, as an example of American Europe,” Macron said. “We are at Esper said. comes before all else. “Western societies and govern- backing of NATO. a moment of truth for Europe.” [email protected] “By 2035, the PRC intends to ments appear to have lost a com- Regarding Iran and China, Unlike Pompeo, Macron also twitter: @john_vandiver Special ops forces prep for large Africa drill as possible cutbacks loom

BY JOHN VANDIVER Flintlock drill to boost collabo- Stars and Stripes ration among regional militaries involved in campaigns against STUTTGART, Germany – U.S. terrorist groups operating in special operations forces begin western Africa. large-scale exercises Monday in But this year, the drill comes western Africa, where Pentagon at a time when the U.S. is trying leaders are mulling a troop cut- to figure out what its future force back even as insurgent groups in levels should be in Africa, where the region gain ground. counterterrorism efforts have About 1,600 troops will take traditionally been the focal point. part in Flintlock 2020, which Defense Secretary Mark Esper brings together forces from is reviewing the AFRICOM mis- more than 30 countries to prac- sion, which could result in troop tice countering violent extremist reductions as the Pentagon seeks groups. Most of the work will take to shift resources to priorities place in Mauritania and Senegal such as countering China and /U.S. Army and will include African forces Russia. PETER SEIDLER that have been battling militants Over the past two years, the A Portuguese Special Forces soldier briefs Burkina Faso soldiers during Flintlock 2019 on base camp in places like Niger and Mali. U.S. has already scaled back Loumbila, in Burkina Faso, in February 2019. “Strategic threats will ema- some missions in western Africa. nate from Africa that will pose As a result, AFRICOM’s strategy ganizations,” the IG said. In the Lake Chad Basin and AFRICOM said. not only regional challenges to of “degrading” extremist groups Threats from these groups, Sahel region, which includes Ni- “No country can defeat these U.S. interests but global ones as in the west of the continent has which include Islamic State affili- geria, Niger, Mali and several threats alone and no country has well,” U.S. Africa Command’s shifted to “containing.” ates, “have the potential to spread other countries, U.S. troops pro- every answer,” Brig. Gen. Dagvin Gen. Stephen Townsend said in a AFRICOM described the through the region and impact vide counterterrorism support R.M. Anderson, head of U.S. Spe- statement announcing this year’s change to the Defense Depart- Western interests” if not con- in areas such as intelligence and cial Operations Command Af- Flintlock. “These threats include ment’s office of the Inspector tained, AFRICOM also reported surveillance, logistics and train- rica, said in a statement. “Only malign actors with regional and General, which issued a report to the IG. ing. The Flintlock exercise is by addressing instability, the root global reach as well as terrorist Tuesday. Since 2018, violence caused by the largest of the training efforts of terrorism, as an international networks with large aspirations.” “In West Africa, local and militant groups has surged by and is intended to help countries problem by building multi-na- Over the last several years, international forces were over- 250% in Burkina Faso, Mali and guard against extremist groups tional partnerships can we create U.S. commanders have used the matched by violent extremist or- western Niger, the IG said. and better protect borders, a prosperous future.” Soldier who died in Djibouti was member of NM Army National Guard

Stars and Stripes Djibouti, the Defense Department an- Facebook page. model of an authentic man and an authen- tic American.” The Pentagon is still investigating the nounced in a statement Friday. He was as- Tributes to Lewark posted by friends More than 4,000 U.S. and allied troops noncombat-related death this week of a signed to Company A, 1st Battalion, 200th and family appeared on social media in the New Mexico Army National Guard soldier Infantry Regiment, 93rd Troop Command hours after his death. and military civilian employees are serv- who was supporting Operation Enduring out of Rio Rancho, N.M. “You are an inspiration to me, Walter,” ing in Djibouti, the bulk of them in the Freedom-Horn of Africa. Lewark was also a member of the friend Dennis Fulfer wrote in a post on capital city’s Camp Lemmonier, the larg- Pfc. Walter Lewark, 26, of Mountainair, Mountainair Police Department and was Facebook. “You filled me with hope that est permanent U.S. base in Africa. N.M., died Thursday at Camp Lemonnier, married in September, according to his our younger generations had a peer role [email protected] Sunday, February 16, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 MILITARY Dangers: Residents weren’t told of previous contamination

FROM FRONT PAGE get the people evacuated off the conduct economic redevelopment Civilians began moving into old island with housing choice vouch- of the island, as ongoing environ- base housing on Treasure Island ers.” He said he also wants to see mental cleanup was completed. in the late 1990s, but the lawsuit further development halted on Two weeks after the Center for filed focuses on residents dating the island because construction Investigative Reporting released back to 2006. Many of the people releases toxins resting in the soil its first report on Treasure Island moved using government sub- into the air. in November 2013, which includ- sidies to prevent homelessness, “My main thing is to evacuate ed its own soil samples showing Goff said. those people off the island,” Sam- elevated levels of radioactive con- As illnesses began and fears ple said. “All those people living taminants in the soil near hous- out there and all those people of radiation exposure increased, ing on the island, six residential working out there they need to be residents had to decide to either buildings were evacuated. The evacuated. I want that whole op- stay in potentially hazardous buildings need to be razed for housing or face homelessness, he eration stopped.” About 2,000 people now live on chemical cleanup, the news outlet said. reported. “It’s sad to put somebody in that the island, which also has a num- The Navy’s hosted 200 public type of position,” Goff said. ber of businesses and restaurants, restoration advisory board meet- The two lead plaintiffs on the a grocery store, schools, commu- lawsuit, Felita Sample, 53, and nity-servicing organizations and ings on the island since 1994 to Andre Patterson, 65, moved to recreation spaces. provide updates on continued the island in 2004, each using Three Navy civilian employ- clean-up efforts. Once an area is vouchers from the Department ees — Jim Sullivan, David Clark deemed safe for the public, the of Housing and Urban Develop- and Keith Forman — are named Navy releases it to the develop- ment’s Shelter Plus Care pro- as defendants on the lawsuit, as ment authority. gram administered through well as Treasure Island Develop- Six sites on Treasure Island leases with Catholic Charities. ment Authority, Treasure Island are still under the Navy’s protec- They had been on the area’s hous- Homeless Development Initia- tive review, according to a Sep- ing waitlist since 1998 and 1999, tive, State Department of Toxic tember 2019 draft of the cleanup respectively. Substance Control, San Francis- project’s second five-year review. Patterson, who served three co Department of Public Health, A protective review means they years in the Marines, was living and the companies Tetra Tech, are still monitoring and cleaning Inc., Shaw Environmental, John in a hotel at the time where bed- the area. The sites include a for- Stewart Company, Lennar Inc. bugs were a problem, and Sample mer fire training school, a section and Five Point Holdings. Allega- was transient, moving between of the housing area, a former dry- shelters with her young daughter. tions against them include false Treasure Island actually con- to the Navy and the National Ar- and misleading statements, negli- cleaning facility and a day care Both of them were told to take the sists of two islands connected chives to piece together the four center. housing on Treasure Island or get gence, liability for ultrahazardous by a causeway, halfway between decades of Treasure Island’s Based on a December 2019 put back on the waiting list. Nei- activities and civil conspiracy, ac- San Francisco and Oakland, ac- missing history. presentation from the advisory ther of them said they were told cording to court documents. cording to the Naval Facilities A 2014 Navy document review- anything about radiation levels The Navy’s public affairs office Engineering Command’s online ing the history of the island’s board, the Navy spent $290 mil- and toxic chemicals being pres- declined to comment on pend- history of the island. The northern radiological activity outlines lion through fiscal year 2019 on ent on the island. ing litigation and did not answer island, known as Treasure Island, that the Navy held radioactive cleanup of the island and expects Had they known, they said they questions about the employment was built by the Army Corps of decontamination training at two to spend about $5 million in fiscal wouldn’t have signed a lease. status of the men named in the Engineers beginning in 1936 by locations on Treasure Island year 2020. About another $11.6 Within two years of moving to lawsuit. dredging the San Francisco Bay using a mock ship, the USS Pan- million is needed to complete the island, Patterson said he de- John Coté, spokesman for the as a place to host the Golden Gate demonium, until 1969. Aboard remediation. veloped pimples on his back and San Francisco City Attorney International Exposition World’s the ship, 11 pieces of cesium-137, The lawsuit counters that this shoulder that turned into tumors. Dennis Herrera, said in response Fair held in 1939 and 1940. a radioactive isotope used in nu- is not the case. Sample said she had and contin- to the lawsuit that the safety of The southern island is a natu- clear weapons, were raised and “In reality, contamination lev- ues to suffer from stomach pains San Francisco residents is their rally occurring island known lowered from lead enclosures so els are some three times higher that make it difficult to eat. Her top priority. as Yerba Buena Island, which is students could train on survey than the Navy reported, and 60% daughter, who was in first grade “We take that responsibility about 170 acres. Military activity meters, according to the report higher than the Navy’s own safe- very seriously. The information when they moved, had radiation began on the island in 1866, ac- from the Center for Investigative ty guidelines,” according to the that we have from state and fed- rashes. cording to the Navy, which oper- Reporting. lawsuit, which cites outside test- eral regulators is that the parts of “The place out there was a ated the first West Coast Naval Other Navy activities, such as ing from civilian agencies and the island where people live, work Training Station there until 1923. dumping ground for throw-away scrap metal yards and trash burn media outlets such as the Center and visit are safe,” he said while The Navy acquired Treasure people,” Patterson said, describ- pits, also resulted in the dumping for Investigative Reporting and ing the community as similar to noting the majority of the allega- Island in 1942 and, as America and disposal of toxic and hazard- Reuters. a government housing project. “It tions in the 23-page lawsuit do not entered World War II, all military ous materials that occurred on In its frequently asked ques- was not a good place to live.” involve the city and county of San operations moved from Yerba the island throughout the years In 2012, Treasure Island made Francisco. “The only allegation Buena to the larger, northern is- when the Navy used them, ac- tions flyer, the Navy wrote it news headlines because the Navy involving the city claims that of- land. During the war, it became cording to the report. is complying with all radiation confirmed to residents the pos- ficials withheld information from a major facility, with the Navy Base housing and schools were protection standards established sibility of radioactive waste. It residents. That is false.” processing about 12,000 military built at the sites of some former by federal and state agencies, in- was the first time that Patterson Throughout the decades, the personnel each day heading to dumping grounds as early as cluding the Nuclear Regulatory and Sample had heard of the Navy has maintained it is safe to and from overseas service. the 1960s, according to the 2014 Commission, U.S. Environmen- toxic chemicals. It explained to live and work on Treasure Island, Though the Navy’s official his- Navy document. These facilities tal Protection Agency and the Sample why an apartment build- a 400-acre manmade island in the tory of the island stops here, the were used by military families California Department of Public ing near her apartment was San Francisco Bay. A December subsequent years were spent until the base closed in 1997, in- Health. Some of the toxins that blocked off from the public with 2018 flyer released by the Navy hosting a variety of atomic war- cluding the apartment building they are cleaning from the island no explanation. answers “frequently asked ques- fare school and radioactive de- next to the one that Sample said include dioxins, fuels, pesticides It has since been made public tions” about safety concerns. contamination training that she lived in. and herbicides, asbestos, lead and that the building sits on a former “All accessible areas of Trea- utilized chemicals such as pluto- The Navy’s official history on arsenic, according to the second sure Island are safe to the public dumping ground where the Navy nium and cesium, according to a the island base picks back up at five-year review of remediation and confirmed to have no radia- 2014 report from the Center for burned waste, including hazard- its closure in 1997 as part of a process. tion above naturally occurring Investigative Reporting. Journal- ous chemicals. round of Base Realignment and Outside of asking for $2 billion Patterson and Sample met background levels,” according to ists with the organization combed Closures, known as BRAC, ap- the document. through boxes of files belonging in damages, the suit seeks to halt while living on the island, and proved in 1993. Upon announcing construction plans for a $6 billion in 2017, the now-married couple its closure, the Navy began plans luxury development that would moved off the island, back to San to clean up the island to return it increase the island’s population Francisco proper using a Depart- to San Francisco, which immedi- from about 2,000 to 19,000 by the ment of Veterans Affairs housing ‘ ately saw it as an opportunity to grant available to Patterson. Contamination levels are some three increase its expensive, limited end of 2021. Through filing the lawsuit, times higher than the Navy reported, and supply of housing. “The island needs to be decon- Patterson said he hopes former Parcels of land have trans- taminated,” Goff said. “If they residents are compensated for 60% higher than the Navy’s own safety ferred from the Navy to the decontaminate it, they can do the fraudulent information pro- guidelines. ’ Treasure Island Development whatever they want.” vided upon moving to the island, Authority, a state agency staffed [email protected] and “to get the island closed and According to the lawsuit by the city of San Francisco to Twitter: @Rose_Lori PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, February 16, 2020 MILITARY No mention of threat in memo on Soleimani

BY ANNE GEARAN beyond the memo. AND COLBY ITKOWITZ The letter appeared to confirm The Washington Post what Democrats had suspected al- most from the start about the lack WASHINGTON — A White of a specific, immediate threat House memo justifying the U.S. to U.S. forces or other personnel strike that killed Iranian mili- that would merit the killing of So- tary leader Qassem Soleimani in leimani and his traveling party ANDREW HARNIK/AP early January makes no mention almost immediately after he had of an imminent threat, which was arrived at the Baghdad airport. National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman is sworn in to testify before the House President Donald Trump’s ratio- U.S. intelligence agencies have Intelligence Committee in November on Capitol Hill during an impeachment hearing. nale for the attack. tracked Soleimani for years. The two-page memo made pub- The administration gave shift- lic by the House Foreign Affairs ing descriptions of the immedia- Committee on Friday instead cy and scope of the threat, with McCarthy: ‘No investigations’ into says the Soleimani strike was Trump and Secretary of State carried out in response to previ- Mike Pompeo initially claiming ous attacks and to deter Iran from that the strike had been taken to conducting or supporting attacks Vindman after testifying at trial avert an urgent, imminent threat in the future. to American lives and Embassy “Although the threat of further BY COREY DICKSTEIN role with the Army’s headquar- fired nor were they retaliated infrastructure. attack existed, recourse to the in- ters, McCarthy said Friday. In against. He called their being Trump said the threat to dip- Stars and Stripes herent right of self-defense was the summer, when Vindman was escorted off the White House lomats and other personnel was justified sufficiently by the series WASHINGTON — Army Sec- initially scheduled to leave the grounds a “standard procedure.” “imminent.” of attacks that preceded the Janu- retary Ryan McCarthy said NSC, he is expected to attend “a “The president is entitled to The killing was “in response ary 2 strike,” the memo reads. Friday that the service was not senior service college,” the secre- a staff that he has confidence to imminent threats to American Congressional Democrats, and pursuing punishment for Lt. Col. in,” O’Brien said Tuesday at the lives,” Pompeo said on Twitter on tary said. some Republicans, were furious Alexander Vindman, the former Trump on Tuesday accused of Atlantic Council, a Washing- that Trump approved a deadly Jan. 3. Later the same day, Pom- National Security Council staffer peo told CNN that Soleimani had Vindman of reporting false infor- ton think tank. “I can absolutely military attack that threatened who testified during the impeach- mation about the July 25 phone tell you they were not retaliated been actively plotting “a big ac- ment case against President Don- to escalate tensions in an already call between Trump and Zelen- against.” tion” that “would have put dozens ald Trump. strained region without consult- sky. The president also accused Vindman, 44, is a 20-year Army if not hundreds of American lives “There’s no investigations of ing Congress. They cast doubt the Army officer of leaking and veteran who was born in the So- at risk” in the region. him,” McCarthy said during an on whether the White House had “a lot of bad things.” viet Union-run Ukraine and im- The administration produced appearance at the National Press reacted to thwart an imminent “So we sent him on his way to migrated to the United States at threat. no evidence of such an immediate Club in Washington. a much different location, and the age 4. He was awarded a Purple “This official report directly threat and two days later, Pompeo Trump suggested this week military can handle him anyway Heart in 2004 for injuries that he contradicts the president’s false appeared to soften his descrip- that the military should consider they want,” Trump said, adding sustained in a roadside bomb at- assertion that he attacked Iran tion. “It’s a collective. It’s a full disciplining Vindman for his role tack in Iraq. to prevent an imminent attack situational awareness of risk and in reporting details of a phone he believed the Pentagon would He testified in the House im- against United States personnel analysis,” Pompeo said on NBC’s call last July between Trump and investigate Vindman. and embassies,” said House For- “Meet The Press.” Ukraine President Volodymyr Vindman’s twin brother, Army peachment hearings that Trump eign Affairs Committee Chair- A week later, after Trump had Zelensky that was at the center Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman, was had acted inappropriately during man Eliot Engel, D-N.Y. “The said the threat included targeting of the impeachment proceedings. also removed Feb. 7 from his po- the July 25 phone call by pressing administration’s explanation in of four embassies, his Pentagon The Senate on Feb. 5 acquitted sition as a lawyer on the National Zelensky to investigate former this report makes no mention of chief demurred. Trump of the charges against Security Council. Their lawyer, Vice President Joe Biden, a can- any imminent threat and shows “I didn’t see one with regard him, and two days later Vind- and several Democrats on Capi- didate for the 2020 Democratic that the justification the president to four embassies,” Defense Sec- man, the top Ukraine expert on tol Hill, accused the White House presidential nomination, and his offered to the American people retary Mark Esper said on CBS’s the NSC, was removed from his of retaliation for removing the son Hunter Biden, over the young- was false, plain and simple.” “Face The Nation.” “I share the job and escorted from the White brothers. er Biden’s work with a Ukrainian A spokesman for the National president’s view that probably, House grounds. Trump’s National Security Ad- company called Burisma. Security Council said the White my expectation was, they were Vindman has been moved to viser Robert O’Brien said this [email protected] House had no further comment going to go after our embassies.” the Pentagon into a temporary week that the brothers were not Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Lawmakers eye GI Bill benefits to bridge active duty/Guard pay gap

BY STEVE BEYNON the same benefits,” Rep. Mike Levin, D- tive-duty and reservist counterparts, often in Iraq and Afghanistan winding down and Stars and Stripes Calif., chairman of the House Committee accomplishing the exact same mission but Guard units being less utilized overseas, on Veterans’ Affairs subpanel on economic receiving very different benefits,” said there are fewer opportunities for soldiers WASHINGTON — Both chambers of opportunity, said in a statement. “This Daniel Elkins, legislative director of the to build their education benefits. Congress are proposing ambitious biparti- common-sense legislation will finally Enlisted Association of the National Guard The average National Guard soldier san changes to the GI Bill aimed to bridge bring basic fairness for service members of the United States. the pay and benefits gap between active- who spend months away from family and To qualify for post-9/11 GI Bill benefits, serves roughly 45 days a year, accord- duty troops and National Guard members. risk their lives for our country, but have troops have to complete at least 90 days of ing to a study from Rand Corp., a number The measure introduced this week, the not received the benefits they deserve.” active duty. More days of active-duty ser- which could wildly fluctuate depending Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of Pay disparity has been a key topic in vice leads to more generous GI Bill bene- on a soldier’s training schedule. Veterans 2020, would mandate all days served in veteran policy circles on Capitol Hill with fits, unlike stateside service, which doesn’t earn 100% of their GI Bill after 36 months uniform would accumulate toward educa- some lawmakers and advocacy groups as- earn Guard troops any federal education of active service, meaning without a de- tion benefits, regardless of duty status, po- serting the National Guard gets the short benefits. ployment, it could still take Guard troops tentially opening up millions of dollars in end of the stick when it comes to pay and Typical National Guard service doesn’t nearly two decades of domestic service to federal benefits to thousands of troops. benefits despite performing the same duty fall into the active-duty bracket, with many “If members of the guard and reserves at home and abroad. Guard troops banking on their deploy- reach their maximum education benefits. do similar jobs and face similar risks as “The men and women of the National ments overseas to cover a lot of the costs of [email protected] other service members, then they deserve Guard work tirelessly alongside their ac- living while going to school. With the wars Tweiier: @StevenBeynon Sunday, February 16, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 MILITARY Pentagon finds $6.5B in savings in 2019

BY AARON GREGG to get a handle on $2.7 trillion in assets, as Pentagon’s business systems to drive out million; a technology overhaul within bu- The Washington Post one audit found. The first person to hold waste. Much of that comes down to better reaucracy supporting the military servic- that position, Jay Gibson, left the job last leveraging the department’s advantages, es; $2.55 billion from staff cuts and other WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s of- year. Hershman said in a recent interview. First reduced overhead; and changes to the fee fice of the chief management officer man- The department’s newly-confirmed chief and foremost is the bargaining power that structure for the military’s Tricare health aged to find $6.5 billion in savings at the management officer, Lisa Hershman, says comes with its massive scale. insurance program. Defense Department last year, the office she views her office as “a startup within “We need to better leverage our size and The Defense Department also recovered announced recently, including selling “ob- the largest, most entrenched bureaucracy pay attention to not having disparate initia- $407 million by selling off certain “obso- solete” weaponry to allied nations abroad, in the world.” tives,” Hershman said. “We can gain a lot lete” military equipment. Those sales in- reforming information technology pro- The Defense Department, already the of efficiency and effectiveness just by le- cluded nine Black Hawk helicopters that cesses, and helping agencies change how world’s largest bureaucracy, has received veraging our buying power.” were sold at an auction and 10 more sold contracts are structured. sizable increases in funding since Presi- As an example of some of the $6.5 bil- to Afghanistan, 100 Patriot missiles sold to The savings were diverted to support the dent Donald Trump took office in 2017. lion identified by her office, the Navy the United Arab Emirates, and four C-130 military’s readiness in other areas. Spe- The president’s most recent budget re- saved roughly $97.9 million by purchasing Hercules transport aircraft for Chile and cifically, funds were reprogrammed for quest keeps defense spending at roughly its Arleigh Burke-class destroyers on lon- the Philippines. Army training exercises in Asia, upkeep the same level as last year — meaning the ger-term, five-year contracts rather than Dan Grazier, a former Marine Corps on F-35 fighter jets operated by the Navy department will have to look for savings if shorter one-year deals. Doing so allowed captain who now studies the defense and Air Force, computer system upgrades, it wants to undertake ambitious new proj- the department to get a 9.3% discount over spending at the Project On Government and other initiatives. ects. The Pentagon already plans to divert the previous contract structure, Hersh- Oversight, a watchdog group, said the sav- The office of the chief management of- $3.83 billion from projects including air- man said. ings announced last week should be repli- ficer was created in 2018 to drive costs out craft purchases and military construction Other reforms identified by the office cated elsewhere. of the Pentagon’s supply chain and reform to pay for fencing along the U.S. border of the chief management officer last year “It’s kind of a drop in the bucket, but it’s its business processes, a task that includes with Mexico. included: a revamp of the department’s a starting place, so I applaud that,” Grazier working with dozens of defense agencies Hershman’s job has been to reform the health IT infrastructure that saved $68 said. They’re ready to serve: Army’s 6th food truck opens at Fort Hood

BY ROSE L. THAYER “The truck is intended to fill Stars and Stripes those gaps,” Thomas said. “We asked soldiers, ‘At mealtimes, FORT HOOD, Texas — With its where are you when you are not patriotic colors and gleaming sil- able to eat?’ ” ver panels, the Culinary Outpost Three locations, one for break- food truck opened for business at fast, lunch and dinner, were iden- Fort Hood, Texas, on Thursday, tified, and now about 200 soldiers offering soldiers dining facility per mealtime will be able to dine meals and prices from its rolling at the Culinary Outpost, which kitchen. accepts meal cards and cash. As the Army’s sixth food truck, Thomas expects a credit card op- the mobile food service is meant tion to be available by the end of to reach soldiers working in far- the year. flung locations of the base where The program began about there’s not enough time to get to three years ago with two trucks at a dining facility and back before Fort Stewart, Ga., then expanded their break is over. to Fort Carson, Colo., Fort Drum, “Some soldiers weren’t eat- N.Y., and Fort Bragg, N.C., said ing, or they would just go to the Darryl Thomas, food services personnel from Fort Lee’s Joint [convenience stor e],” said Sgt. systems analyst for the Army at Culinary Center of Excellence, Maj. Sylvia Thomas, III Corps Fort Lee, Va. Most trucks have mostly learning to prepare single- Culinary Management sergeant met and then exceeded expecta- serve meals in close quarters as major. She said they learned tions, he said. opposed to the mass production through surveying soldiers who “It’s been a success thus far. It’s associated with dining facilities. live and work far from traditional keeping us in line with industry Each truck is named the Culi- dining facilities, where young sol- and taking care of soldiers,” said nary Outpost and serves a similar diers living in the barracks can Darryl Thomas, who served 26 menu of sandwiches and salads. use meal cards. Other soldiers years in Army food service and However, while the previous five commented that their only din- retired as a warrant officer. trucks also have an Asian menu ing options were commercial fast Soldiers spent about two weeks with stir-fry bowls, the Fort Hood food or restaurants. training on the food truck with truck has a Tex-Mex menu with tacos, burritos and burrito bowls. To keep with the Army’s initia- tive to make meals healthier for soldiers, the newer food trucks sent to Drum, Bragg and Hood are outfitted with air fryers to cook French fries, instead of traditional grease fryers. These newer trucks also feature a touch- screen menu where troops can PHOTOS BY ROSE L. THAYER/Stars and Stripes place their order. Army Garrison Rheinland- Clockwise from top: Food service soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Pfalz in Germany is the next loca- Division, 13th Sustainment Command and 3rd Cavalry Regiment, tion expected to get a food truck, come together to support shifts for the new food truck at Fort Hood, and a second is headed elsewhere Texas, which will serve three meals a day at three locations on in the country in 2021, Darryl base. Sgt. Maj. Sylvia Thomas, III Corps chief culinary management Thomas said. sergeant major, welcomes customers to Fort Hood’s Culinary [email protected] Outpost food truck earlier this month. Staff Sgt. Victoria Corona Twitter: @Rose_Lori orders a burrito from the food truck’s touchscreen menu. PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, February 16, 2020 NATION Trump looks to rev up his base at Daytona 500

Associated Press mand for drivers to start their ecutive, endorsed him in the engines. presidential race. While France’s WASHINGTON — President Ari Fleischer, the White House endorsement was a personal mat- Donald Trump is out to rev up spokesman under George W. ter, some critics said it hurt NAS- his appeal with a key voting de- Bush, said the visit should appeal CAR’s efforts to boost its appeal mographic — NASCAR fans — as to Trump on two fronts. among minorities. And Trump he takes in the Daytona 500 on “There’s a real sense of posi- didn’t help matters when he re- Sunday. tive, overwhelming affirmation to peatedly claimed he had received JOHN RAOUX/AP NASCAR drivers may veer to hear the roar of the crowd. What “NASCAR’s endorsement” rather the left during their trip around politician doesn’t want that?” than France’s. Flags supporting President Donald Trump fly in the infield Friday, the oval racetrack, but their fans Fleischer said. “Secondly, there’s In 1984, Reagan became the days before his appearance at the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race lean right, which helps explain what I call the reverberation ef- first sitting president to attend at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. the regularity with which GOP fect. People watching at home, a NASCAR race. That July, he presidents have made their way who hear the roar of the crowd started the Firecracker 400 at race, congratulated Petty and race, but eventually declined that to the track. for a president, that can drive Daytona International Speedway, then ate chicken with drivers, chance. However, Obama rou- Trump will be the second sit- them toward some sense of ap- where he gave the command, crew members, NASCAR em- tinely invited the winners of the ting president to attend the Day- proval or fondness or liking for “Gentlemen, start your engines!” ployees and their families in the NASCAR Cup Series champion- tona 500, after George W. Bush in the president.” from aboard Air Force One. Later, garage area. ship to the White House, a tradi- 2004. Like Trump, he also attend- Just in case anyone misses the plane landed at Daytona In- The senior Bush’s trip to Dayto- tion Trump has continued. ed the race during a presidential the point, Trump’s reelection ternational Airport behind the na occurred in 1992. As Reagan’s Last year, Trump took that out- election year. Republican presi- campaign will run a TV ad dur- speedway in full view of the fans. vice president, he also served as reach a step further, awarding dents Ronald Reagan and George ing the Fox broadcast of the race It was at that race that Richard the honorary starter for the 25th the Presidential Medal of Free- H.W. Bush also visited the track and fly an aerial banner near the Petty captured his historic 200th running of the Daytona 500. dom, one of the nation’s highest at Daytona but during races other speedway. victory. President Barack Obama’s ini- civilian honors, to Roger Penske, than the 500. Trump scored a coup in 2016 Reagan stuck around until tial presidential campaign was a businessman and founder of This year, Trump will serve as when Brian France, then NAS- the end and even did a few laps presented with the opportunity one of the world’s most successful grand marshal and give the com- CAR’s chairman and chief ex- of radio play-by-play during the to sponsor a car in a NASCAR motorsports teams. Nevada offers Democratic candidates first diversity test

Associated Press would move to a government-run insur- ance system. The union, which prizes the LAS VEGAS — As the Democratic health care plans its members bargained presidential race hurtles toward Nevada, hard for over the years, said its insurance candidates in the still-crowded field are would be doomed under Medicare for All. jumping into their first test in a racially Early on in the race, Biden seemed to diverse state with solid union muscle and have an advantage in Nevada, with early shaky plans for a presidential caucus. Nevada has no obvious front-runner, support in Nevada’s communities of color though Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders heads and long ties to the state. He topped polls into the contest on strong footing. The state into early 2020, but Nevada polling has been has received only a sliver of the attention scarce since voting in the race began. of the first two states on the primary cal- “This is his chance to shine. He’s put to- endar, Iowa and New Hampshire. Look- gether a broad cross section of voters who ing at the jumbled field, the state’s most support him,” said Rep. Dina Titus, who powerful union decided to take a pass on represents Las Vegas and has endorsed endorsing a candidate, rather than make a Biden. divisive choice or risk picking a loser. Most Andres Ramirez, a Democratic strate- of the state’s most prominent officials have gist in Las Vegas, said he hasn’t seen Biden stayed neutral. shine yet. The open race has every Democrat “I’m seeing less than I thought I would spending much of the next week searching see from Biden,” he said. “I just assumed for fortunes in the state’s working-class I’d see more.” neighborhoods, union halls, casino conven- Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford, Ne- JOHN LOCHER/AP tion halls and stuccoed suburbs. For Sand- vada’s lone black member of Congress, ers and former South Bend, Ind. , Mayor Democratic presidential candidate businessman Tom Steyer speaks at the Martin announced Friday he was backing Biden, Pete Buttigieg, it’s a chance to prove their Luther King Jr. Senior Center on Friday in Las Vegas. saying in a statement that “Joe knows staying power after strong finishes in Iowa Nevada.” and New Hampshire. For former Vice ing problems, Nevada is under pressure retired in 2016 and has been battling can- Although Sanders lost Nevada to Hill- President Joe Biden and Massachusetts to pull off a problem-free caucus. The Ne- cer, has repeatedly said he won’t endorse ary Clinton four years ago, he’s well situ- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, it could be a life vada State Democratic Party abandoned before Nevada’s caucuses. His decision not ated this time. The Vermont senator has preserver to rescue their bids after disap- its original plans to use an app like the to back a candidate in the still-volatile field amassed an enormous campaign team pointing starts. For Minnesota Sen. Amy one that caused trouble in Iowa and has has been echoed by many of Nevada’s top that’s topped 250 staff this week. Klobuchar, it’s a chance to prove her third- scrambled to come up with a new system elected officials, including the governor, And while many candidates have place finish in New Hampshire wasn’t a to tabulate results. two Democratic senators and two of three reached out to Nevada’s Latinos, who make fluke. The state party said this week that it will Democratic members of the House. up 29% of the state’s population, Sanders Candidates were making a get-out-the- try to use simpler technology and a backup The state’s most powerful union also has reached deep into Hispanic neighbor- vote push Saturday morning as early vot- paper record, though election experts have decided not to endorse. The 60,000-mem- hoods. He also has a well of support in ing started, and they planned to attend a warned that deploying new technology and ber casino workers’ Culinary Union an- northern Nevada and on college and uni- Saturday night fundraising gala for the processes without sufficient training can nounced Thursday it would work instead versity campuses. Las Vegas-based Clark County Demo- cause problems. to get out the vote and defeat President While billionaire philanthropist Tom cratic Party. Several candidates are mak- The party has been fortified and profes- Donald Trump in 2020. The decision was Steyer fared poorly in Iowa and New ing the hourlong flight up to Reno, a city sionalized over the years by former Senate a particular blow to Biden, who has long- Hampshire, he could be a contender in Ne- newly flush with tech money and Califor- Majority Leader Harry Reid. The organiz- standing ties to the union and needed an vada, where he’s blanketed the state with nia transplants, and are due back in Las ing force of the party and its allies is still extra boost heading into Nevada. ads and billboards. Steyer’s past political Vegas on Wednesday for the ninth Demo- referred to as the “Reid Machine,” and While no candidate has earned its activism established some connections for cratic debate. many of his former staffers hold key roles backing, the union hasn’t been shy about him in the state, but it’s unclear whether This year, with the results of Iowa’s cau- on the presidential campaigns. discouraging support for Sanders and his smaller campaign staff can convert the cuses muddled by technology and report- The 80-year-old former senator, who Warren, whose “Medicare For All“ plans name recognition into votes. Sunday, February 16, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 NATION Border agents to deploy to ‘sanctuary’ cities

BY BEN FOX toms Enforcement Director Mat- The acting director did not dis- missed the deployment as a po- “We could see CBP officers Associated Press thew Albence said additional close when or where the agents litical move by President Donald who aren’t trained for interior forces are needed because people would be deployed but an official, Trump to excite anti-immigration immigration enforcement using WASHINGTON — Federal without legal authorization to be speaking on condition of anonym- elements among his supporters excessive force, emboldening agents who patrol the U.S. bor- in the country are being released ity to disclose details not provided and intimidate communities that ICE agents to do the same and es- der will deploy to “sanctuary” from local jails in sanctuary cit- in the statement, said they would have adopted sanctuary policies calating situations,” she said. cities across the country where ies and counties before his agents include major sanctuary cities to ensure people cooperate with The deployment comes as the local jurisdictions are hindering can take them into custody. such as San Francisco, New York, local law enforcement regardless president and others in his admin- stepped-up immigration enforce- ICE then has to make “at large Chicago, Atlanta, Boston and of whether they are in the coun- istration look to increase pressure ment, officials said Friday. arrests” of these immigrants who Detroit. try illegally or not. on a sanctuary city movement The deployment of Customs have been released, Albence said Albence also did not provide “Deploying elite SWAT-like that has expanded since he took and Border Patrol agents, some in a statement announcing the details on the specific types of units to American cities is dan- with tactical training, to the in- move. agents being deployed, but the of- gerous,” said Naureen Shah of the office. terior of the country is unusual “This effort requires a signifi- ficial said they would come from American Civil Liberties Union. More than 700 counties have and represents another escala- cant amount of additional time varied U.S. locations and would “This is about further militariz- now declined to continue holding tion in the confrontation between and resources,” he said. “When include officers with tactical ing streets.” people sought by ICE and more the Trump administration and sanctuary cities release these training that is typically intended Shah, senior advocacy and poli- than 160 have prohibited officers the local jurisdictions that have criminals back to the street, it to prepare them for potential con- cy counsel for the ACLU, said she from even asking people about set up roadblocks to immigration increases the occurrence of pre- frontations with traffickers and was concerned about use of the their immigration status, accord- enforcement. ventable crimes, and more im- other criminals. military-like Border Patrol Tacti- ing to the Immigrant Legal Re- Acting Immigration and Cus- portantly, preventable victims.” Immigrant advocates dis- cal Unit in a civilian setting. source Center. 2nd flu wave hits amid coronavirus concerns

BY MIKE STOBBE around 14,000 deaths. Associated Press The viruses behind both waves can be hard on children and young NEW YORK — A second wave adults. But they aren’t considered of flu is hitting the U.S., turning as dangerous to retirement-age this into one of the nastiest sea- people — good news, since most sons for children in a decade. flu deaths and hospitalizations The number of child deaths each winter occur in the elderly. and the hospitalization rate for In fact, the overall death and youngsters are the highest seen hospitalization rates this season at this point in any season since are not high “because we haven’t the severe flu outbreak of 2009- seen the elderly as involved in 10, health officials said Friday. this flu season,” said the CDC’s And the wave is expected to keep Lynnette Brammer. going for weeks. But 92 flu-related deaths have Experts say it is potentially a already been reported in chil- ALEX BRANDON/AP bad time for an extended flu sea- dren, a higher total at this point of son, given concerns about the new U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham testifies during a hearing , on Capitol Hill in Washington, the year than in any season in the coronavirus out of China, which on Wednesday. The bureau says it has developed two secure data-collection systems, so that if one goes past decade. And the hospitaliza- can cause symptoms that can be down during the census count, the other can substitute. tion rates also are far higher than difficult to distinguish from flu what’s been seen at this point. without testing. The CDC said the reason is If coronavirus were to begin that two strains of the flu that are Digital census raises fear of Iowa-like crash spreading in the U.S., there could tough on children are spreading be confusion about whether peo- in the same season. BY MIKE SCHNEIDER ple are getting sick with it or the whether the systems are ready land Security and private-sector The health agency is expected for prime time. Most U.S. resi- security experts to thwart cyber flu, said Dr. William Schaffner, Associated Press to release an estimate next week dents can start answering the attacks. To hinder illegitimate an infectious-diseases expert at of how effective the flu vaccine ORLANDO, Fla. — The stakes questionnaire in March. responses, the bureau is blocking Vanderbilt University. has been. are high when a major civic exer- “I must tell you, the Iowa (cau- foreign IP addresses and stopping This flu season got off to its ear- So far, only 15 U.S. cases of cise involves a large population, cus) debacle comes to mind when bots from filling out fake respons- liest start in 15 years, with surges the coronavirus have been con- new technology that has not been I think of the census going digi- es, among many other measures. of flu-like illnesses seen in parts firmed, and no deaths. All but two thoroughly tested and an entire tal,” Eleanor Holmes Norton, the The bureau says it has devel- of the South as early as October. country waiting on the results. congressional delegate for the oped two secure data-collection Most cases were caused by a type of the cases were in people who Just ask the organizers of the District of Columbia, said this systems so that if one goes down, of flu that usually causes substan- had traveled to Wuhan, China, Iowa caucuses, which offered a week at a hearing on the census. the other can substitute. Other tial infections only in the spring, the epicenter of the international cautionary tale on the technologi- Cybersecurity is another mechanisms are in place to pre- at the tail end of the flu season. outbreak. The remaining two cal woes that could befall a big worry. Experts consider the cen- vent failure and to back up essen- That wave peaked in late De- were spread from travelers to political event. Some observers sus to be an attractive target for tial functions. cember and dropped steadily for their spouses. worry that this year’s census car- anyone seeking to sow chaos and “All systems are go,” bureau weeks afterward. Schaffner said that for the time ries the same potential for may- undermine confidence in the U.S. Director Steven Dillingham said. But a second surge began in late being, it is easy to determine a hem — except on an infinitely government, as Russia did in the An accurate count is crucial for January. Last week saw another likely coronavirus case by asking larger scale. 2016 presidential election. determining how many congres- rise in the percentage of doctor’s about a patient’s travel history. The U.S. Census Bureau plans In a worst-case scenario, vital sional seats each state gets and office visits that were due to flu- It’s possible that concern about to try out a lot of new technology. records could be deleted or pol- the distribution of $1.5 trillion in like illness, according to the U.S. the coronavirus has led some It’s the first once-a-decade census luted with junk data. Even a federal spending. Respondents Center for Disease Control and people with flu symptoms to in which most people are being lesser assault that interfered with who do not want to answer the Prevention. go to the doctor for testing this encouraged to answer questions online data collection could erode questionnaire online can do so “We have not yet peaked for in- year, whereas they might have via the internet. Later in the pro- public confidence. In 2016, a de- by telephone or by mailing in a fluenza. We are still on our way just stayed home in other years, cess, census workers who knock nial-of-service attack knocked paper form. up,” Dr. David Weber, a Univer- Brammer said. But there is noth- on the doors of homes that have Australia’s online census offline, Dillingham told lawmakers that sity of North Carolina infectious- ing in CDC data that shows that’s not responded will use smart- flooding it with junk data. the concerns raised by the inspec- diseases specialist, said of the been happening, she added. phones and a new mobile app to The Census Bureau says it’s tor general had been remedied. patient traffic in Chapel Hill. “People being a little wor- relay answers. ready. The agency promises that The Census Bureau is prepared Overall, the CDC estimated ried and seeking care doesn’t A government watchdog agen- responses to the questionnaire to distribute millions of paper that 26 million Americans have especially worry me, because cy, the Census Bureau’s inspec- will be kept confidential through forms in the event a catastrophe gotten sick with flu this past fall that’s the point. We’re looking for tor general and some lawmakers encryption and that it’s working prevents people from responding and winter, with about 250,000 broader spread within the com- have grown concerned about with the Department of Home- online, bureau officials added. flu-related hospitalizations and munity,” she said. PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, February 16, 2020 NATION Murder museum Oddity shop features Charles Manson’s hair

BY ALLIE DEAN that the collection isn’t meant to The Ledger-Enquirer glorify homicide. “I don’t think these guys are COLUMBUS, Ga. — A few cool … I think it’s cool that I can strands of Charles Manson’s own a piece of history. I’m very hair. A vintage serial killer board intrigued by what makes some- game. A (potentially) haunted last one that way because I don’t un- rites kit. derstand it, I don’t understand These items may sound like how you can go and just have the they belong in the home of the desire to hurt people,” Sheppard Addams Family, but are actually said. available for viewing in a small Sheppard said some people museum in the back of Offbeat, might not want to admit they are an oddities and collectibles store interested in true crime or se- in Columbus. rial killers, but the popularity Along with the items for view, and presence of documentaries co-owner Chad Sheppard sells in podcasts, on television and on PHOTOS BY MIKE HASKEY, LEDGER-ENQUIRER/AP collectibles, records and T-shirts. streaming services like Netflix Art pieces on consignment, signed shows society has interest in the One of the many items for sale and on display is seen earlier this month in Offbeat, an oddities and celebrity prints, toys, specimens grotesque and absurd. collectibles store in Columbus, Ga. — think zebra tongues floating “They wouldn’t play it if people in jars — and vintage taxidermy weren’t watching it,” Sheppard back to Columbus to be closer of) shows that I’ve done in Colum- Uglies Wrecking Crew. round out the offerings. said. to his four children. He opened bus and I can only think of two or Dillard’s ashes were mixed Sheppard said he remembers A former Army soldier, Shep- Offbeat with his wife, Chelsea, in three times where I broke even in with the paint that covers the the first time he purchased an pard came to Columbus in 1999 May 2019. or made a little bit of money and walls and the stage of Offbeat. item related to a serial killer. and was stationed at Fort Ben- The location, which he selected that’s sad.” Sheppard said the presence of “When I held it in my hands for ning. After his service, he left the due to the large space and cheap He isn’t giving up hope though Dillard’s spirit keeps him from the first time it gave me chills al- city in 2015 to pursue a career in rent, is not just a store but also that one day music will thrive in feeling like anything bad could most,” he said. the entertainment industry. office space for his day job with Columbus. happen there. His fascination with murderers He worked in Nashville, Tenn. , Blue Moon Entertainment. “I continue doing it because of And he remains hopeful that and the macabre stretches back and in Florida promoting artists “I’ve got a place where I can what it’s done for my life because his store will thrive. to his childhood in Dothan, Ala., and entertainers like Shaquille have artists come and they can if I hadn’t have found music, if I “If it wasn’t for my real job, but he makes sure to point out O’Neal, he said, before moving practice here before they hit the hadn’t have found the punk and this wouldn’t exist. This has been road,” Sheppard said. “I’ve got hardcore scene … it literally more like a hobby because people green screen areas, I’ve got sets saved my life,” Sheppard said. are not spending a lot of money. built for different content cre- “I know there are kids out there It’s just hard,” Sheppard said. ation that we do. I’m trying to like I was when I was 13, looking “I’m glad to be back and I really make a little one-stop creative for something to call home and feel I can make this a success, I’m spot people can come.” something to call family.” just trying to find the things that He also holds concerts in the In one corner of the small mu- space, where artists are often seum, across from self portraits work.” given little more than the fees by serial killers and a letter Sheppard says there is a sense from the door as compensation, penned by “Stocking Strangler” of community at his store that he said. A longtime musician and Carlton Gary, there are items doesn’t exist at chains like Hot band member himself, he’s puz- dedicated to Sheppard’s late best Topic or 2nd and Charles. zled by the lack of a successful al- friend, Allen “Nasty” Dillard. “I’ve made so many friends in ternative music scene in the city. Sheppard called Dillard a sta- the last like five or six months “You could go to a smaller city ple in the Columbus punk rock of other like-minded people,” he in Georgia and have a way bigger scene. The two were in a band said. “It’s a non-judgmental place, turnout as a musician than in Co- together called TwoThirteen, you come here despite like your lumbus,” he said. “I’ve been here which performed songs based religious background, your race, actively doing concerts in Colum- on true crime and serial killers. none of that matters here. It’s so bus since 2000, 2001 … I could fill They also founded a rock-and-roll much more than just a store for Former Army soldier Chad Sheppard poses for a photo at Offbeat. this entire building with (posters social club in 2011 called Plug sure.” Lawyer Michael Avenatti is convicted of trying to extort Nike

Associated Press bail conditions. sorship that provided $72,000 annually His lawyer, Scott Srebnick, declined to and free gear. He sought $1.5 million for NEW YORK — Michael Avenatti, the comment but said he would appeal the con- Franklin, as well. combative lawyer who gained fame by rep- viction. A judge set sentencing for June. Franklin testified that two Nike execu- resenting a porn star in lawsuits involving Avenatti, 48, became a cable news fix- tives forced him to pay money to the moth- President Donald Trump, was convicted ture in 2018 and 2019 as journalists court- er of an elite high school basketball player Friday of trying to extort sportswear giant ed him for information about porn star and to pass along payments to the handlers Nike. Stormy Daniels and her claims of a Trump of other players while doctoring paperwork The verdict was returned Friday by tryst before he became president, and a to hide the purpose of the funds. a federal jury in Manhattan following a payoff to remain silent about it. At his peak Avenatti did not testify, but his lawyers three-week trial in which prosecutors said of notoriety, Avenatti used Twitter and said he was following the wishes of Frank- Avenatti threatened to use his media ac- TV appearances to relentlessly criticize lin and an entertainment executive who ad- cess to hurt Nike’s reputation and stock Trump and even considered running for vised him to be aggressive to force Nike to price unless the company paid him up to president himself. fire corrupt executives and fix its culture. $25 million. But Avenatti’s fall was swift. He was ar- Besides the extortion trial, Avenatti also The convictions for attempted extor- rested as he was about to meet Nike law- faces an April trial in New York on charges tion and honest services fraud carry a yers last March to press his demands for that he defrauded Daniels of book proceeds combined potential penalty of 42 years millions of dollars to conduct an internal and a May trial in Los Angeles on charges in prison. Avenatti glared at the jurors as probe of the Beaverton, Ore.-based apparel that he defrauded clients and others of mil- the verdict was being announced but said maker. lions of dollars. nothing. Avenatti maintained he was taking the He remains held without bail. Federal CRAIG RUTTLE/AP Afterward, he shook hands with his law- aggressive position at the urging of his prosecutors in Los Angeles succeeded last yers and told them “great job,” before he client, Gary Franklin, who ran a youth month in getting him locked up after say- California attorney Michael Avenatti walks was led back to the cell where he has been basketball league in Los Angeles and was ing he violated his $300,000 bail by moving from a courthouse in New York in July held since a judge found he had violated his angry that Nike ended a decadelong spon- money around illegally after his arrest. after facing charges. Sunday, February 16, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 WORLD New virus restrictions, testing methods in China

BY YANAN WANG at the center of the outbreak, on fell ill but authorities say she is Associated Press Jan. 23. Restrictions have ex- expected to recover. panded to cities with a total of On Friday, Egypt reported BEIJING — China reported 60 million people in the broad- the first infection on the African 143 virus deaths and a dip in new est anti-disease measures ever continent. /AP cases Saturday while the govern- imposed. Restaurants, shops and In Japan, the U.S. Embassy CHINATOPIX ment announced new anti-disease other businesses nationwide were said it would fly home Americans Government workers wait for patients to arrive at a tumor hospital measures as businesses reopen ordered to close. aboard the cruise ship Diamond newly designated to treat COVID-19 patients in Wuhan in central following sweeping controls that The Lunar New Year holiday Princess in Yokohama, near China’s Hubei Province, Saturday. idled much of the economy. was extended to keep factories Tokyo. It said they will go into Also Saturday, France re- and offices closed, but officials quarantine in the United States. testing. Health authorities said Extended closures of factories ported Europe’s first death from have been ordered to revive busi- Those who return to the U.S. the new method would facilitate and businesses prevented a flood the new virus, a Chinese tourist ness activity as economic losses will fly to Travis Air Force Base earlier treatment. of travel after the Lunar New Year from Hubei province, where the mount. in California and some will fly on- Nine more temporary hospi- holiday, normally the Chinese in- disease emerged in December. Authorities have announced ward to Lackland Air Force Base tals have opened in gymnasiums dustry’s busiest season, officials Meanwhile, the United States was measures to try to curb new in- in Texas, said an embassy state- and other public buildings, with said at a news conference. preparing to fly home American fections as millions of workers ment. It said no one with symp- 6,960 beds in Hubei, the National Business losses are so severe passengers quarantined aboard a crowd into planes, trains and toms would be allowed aboard Health Commission announced. that forecasters have cut their cruise ship in Japan. buses to return to densely popu- the flight. It said they were treating 5,606 outlooks for China’s economic China reported 2,641 new cases lated cities. So far, 285 people from the ship patients with mild symptoms. growth. in the 24 hours through midnight Under the new measures, peo- have tested positive for the virus. The ruling Communist Party A World Health Organization Friday, raising the country’s total ple returning to Beijing will have Japan’s Health Ministry allowed is trying to restore public con- official, speaking at a conference to 66,492. Mainland China’s death to isolate themselves at home for 11 passengers to disembark Fri- fidence following complaints in Munich, defended China’s han- toll rose to 1,523. 14 days, according to a notice pub- day. It said passengers above 80 leaders in Wuhan suppressed dling of the outbreak. The number of new cases was lished Friday. It said people who years of age, those with underly- information about the disease. down from the 5,090 in the pre- fail to comply will face legal con- ing medical conditions and those The party faced similar criticism “Some of the rhetoric for me vious 24-hour period after au- sequences but gave no details. who stayed in windowless cabins after the 2002-03 outbreak of se- has not been helpful, not been thorities changed the basis for COVID-19, a disease stemming during the 14-day quarantine can vere acute respiratory syndrome, helpful at all. China has a strong counting patients. from a new form of coronavi- move to a facility on shore. or SARS. public health and health system,” Numbers of new cases have rus, has spread to more than two On Thursday, the number of The party should “strengthen said Dr. Michael Ryan, WHO’s fluctuated, fueling optimism the dozen countries. new cases reported by authorities areas of weakness and close up chief of emergencies. “I think we disease might be under control as The 80-year-old Chinese tourist in Hubei spiked to 15,152. loopholes ” after the epidemic as the global community need well as warnings such hopes are who died in France was hospital- That included 13,332 that were exposed “shortcomings and de- to change our narrative if we’re premature. ized Jan. 25 with a lung infection, diagnosed with doctors’ analyses ficiencies,” President Xi Jinping going to work successfully with The government suspended according to Health Minister and lung imaging instead of the said at a meeting of party leaders China and other countries to stop most access to Wuhan, the city Agnes Buzyn. His daughter also previous standard of laboratory Friday, according to state media. this disease.” Syrian crisis compounded by weather, latest offensive

BY SARAH EL DEEB been recurrent in Syria’s conflict, AND ZEINA KARAM now in its ninth year. Associated Press Around half the territory’s population had already been dis- BEIRUT — A military offen- placed from other parts of Syria, sive on an opposition-controlled so formal camps are full. region of northwestern Syria has “It’s cold, it’s snowing and our created one of the worst catas- trophes for civilians in the coun- life is terrible ; we can’t take this try’s long-running war, sending cold and neither can the kids,” hundreds of thousands of people said a woman, who identified fleeing, many of them sleeping herself by her nickname Um Mu- in open fields and under trees in hammad, who recently fled and freezing temperatures. was staying at a tent camp near The military campaign in Idlib the Turkish border. province and the nearby Aleppo “This life, what can I say? countryside has also killed hun- We are broken now. I am an old dreds of civilians, and a bitter woman with kids; no one is tak- winter has compounded the pain. ing care of us,” she said, her face / AP The weather has contributed SYRIAN CIVIL DEFENSE WHITE HELMETS wrapped up in a big black scarf to at least 10 deaths, including Syrians walking outside their tents at a displaced people camp near the Turkish border, in the Idlib against the cold. four who suffered hypothermia, province Feb. 13. The fighting has killed 1,700 a family of four that died of suf- people since last April, and the focation in their tent and two who really cold. The temperatures “For the whole night, the heater last three days. latest military campaign is dis- burned to death when their tent was no less then -8 or -9 (degrees was sucking out all the oxygen in “Humanitarian needs are in- rupting aid operations, according caught fire, according to Moham- Celsius, 15 degrees Fahrenheit) the tent,” Hamadi said. creasing exponentially,” Dujarric to the United Nations. As of Feb. med Hallaj, a coordinator for the and this is rare in Syria, ” he said, When the son sleeping in anoth- said. “The ongoing emergency 11, at least 72 health facilities area’s Response Coordination speaking to The Associated Press er tent woke up and came to their compounds the already dire hu- have suspended services due to Group. from the Idlib town of Binnish. tent, he found them all dead. manitarian situation for people insecurity or mass displacement, Nizar Hamadi, 43, lost his He said his brother, Steif Abdel- The government’s Russian- in the northwest, who have been it says. brother and three other family Razak Hamadi, had moved north backed assault on Idlib, the Syr- made vulnerable by years of cri- “Our situation is very bad. members, including a 3-year old. as Binnish also came under attack ian opposition’s last stronghold, sis, violence, economic down- Their family had been displaced to set up his family’s next shelter has uprooted more than 830,000 turn and, of course, multiple This entire camp is poor ,” said multiple times to escape the swift in Killi. On Tuesday, he set up a people since Dec. 1, most of them displacements .” Hooriya Al-Essa, a camp resident government offensive, ending up coal heater and by nightfall, as fleeing toward safer areas near Terrified families piled on who arrived with his family last in a settlement made up of rudi- the fire died down, he moved it the border with Turkey, U.N. trucks and vehicles, sitting on top month from the Idlib country- mentary tents stitched together inside the tent and went to sleep spokesman Stephane Dujar- of mattresses and blankets, clog- side. “We have nothing. We need with sticks and cloth. with his family including his wife, ric said Friday. At least 143,000 ging sludgy rural roads in har- help — money, heating, blankets, “It was God’s destiny that it was two children and his grandchild. people have been displaced in the rowing scenes of exodus that have mattresses.” PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, February 16, 2020 MUSIC

The Lumineers don’t mince words about addiction on latest album

BY ERICA THOMPSON The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio eleased last September, the The Lumineers, Lumineers’ album “III” from left: tells the story of the fi ctional Jeremiah Fraites, Lauren Jacobson, Sparks family in three Stelth Ulvang, R Byron Isaacs and chapters. (There are three bonus tracks Wesley Schultz. on the album that aren’t part of the Big Hassle Media narrative.) sion in those moments, even yourself into believing that you Fraites kept your bond and The listener is wrapped though some people hearing that could do just about anything your songwriting strong during would say, “Wow, that’s really with that attitude, (but) it’s not so the past 15 years? in a saga that spans three cold” or “that’s really cruel.” simple as that. We’re just each trying to generations, each touched When you love an addict and How has revisiting these search for the best idea, and may you’re going on the ride with topics impacted you personally the best idea win. That’s what by a common problem: them emotionally, I think that night after night? kept us trusting each other all there’s a lot of confusion and You think I’d be a depressed this time. We weren’t like, “Well, addiction. there’s a lot of resentment mixed person because I’m singing why do you want that idea on the with that love, and there’s a lot of about these things that can be song?” It was always, “I know “There’s been so much feedback or anger. There’s so much disso- kind of heavy, but I think to you’re doing that for the right outpouring of emotion, meeting people nance there. And I think trying express those things publicly reasons.” And I think that’s kept to capture that in a song, you like that with a group of people us really honest. I think it was around talking about these songs on can’t just sing and say there’s has been quite cathartic, and it’s way easier to be in a band when dissonance. I think you have to a good reason to sing. You don’t there were these lean years. In this album in a way that was pretty tell stories to display that. really feel like you’re perform- 2011, we were in (Los Angeles) You portray three genera- ing. It’s not like a Broadway show and we got robbed of almost unexpected,” said Lumineers co- tions of one family struggling where you’re putting on a face all of our instruments. And we with some of the same prob- every night. ended up playing a show that founder and singer Wesley Schultz. lems. Were you trying to ex- Speaking of performing, how night with borrowed instruments Listeners can glean more from the plore the idea of generational will you present this concept and kept going on the tour. And curses or patterns? album at the show? that was a galvanizing experi- story by watching accompanying We talked a lot about the sins It’s a lot of (video) footage ence that brought us together. of the father, the sins of the and sometimes unseen b-roll And then a year later, you videos on the Lumineers’ website mother and what is passed down. or archival footage that we shot had a massive hit with “Ho My dad was a psychologist, while on set. And so it’s kind of Hey”! How do you handle being (thelumineers.com); seen together, they and I wanted to work for him. I like you’re transported into that defi ned by that song? create a short fi lm. admired my dad a lot, and I was world. If you’ve never seen the If I thought that was what we naturally interested in people videos, I think people are a little were defi ned by, I would feel Schultz, 37, also gave more insight into and psychology. So I’m looking bit caught off guard by some of defeated. That song was a huge at, if addiction is a social disease, the imagery. Bringing that to shot in the arm or a kind of “III.” how does that work? Or is it ge- the live show has been really dy- icebreaker. It got us known to a netics or a mixture of the two? namic (and helps) tell the story. lot of people. But there are a lot Columbus Dispatch: What Were you cautious about the I’m realizing that it’s defi nitely We’re trying to be entertaining of bands that have a big song and inspired you to tackle addic- way you wanted to portray ad- not only your willpower at play up there, but also it’s really fo- kind of quickly burn out or go tion as subject matter for the diction? here. And I think as a musi- cused on the music. We just want away. And I think we were really album? I think the thing you want cian, as a person who tries to be the music to stand up for itself. interested in writing music, and Schultz: My wife and I have to avoid as a writer is trying to driven and motivated, you trick How have you and Jeremiah we’ve been doing that ever since. been caring for a loved one for make too much of a caricature about 10 years, and that person of something. And so in order has been in and out of rehab. And to avoid that, I was trying to then for (Lumineers co-founder say things in an unfl inching or ‘ When you love an addict and you’re going on the Jeremiah Fraites), he lost his honest way. And I think that brother (to) a heroin overdose. I when you do that, even though ride with them emotionally, I think that there’s a lot think we thought, “Well, we went some of the things that are said through these things as individu- are harsh, like, “Maybe when of confusion and there’s a lot of resentment mixed als, but we’re probably pretty she’s dead and gone, I’ll get some with that love, and there’s a lot of anger. unique in that way or alone.” sleep” (in “Leader of the Land- ’ But I realized that addiction has slide”) or “There’s easier ways to Wesley Schultz touched many more lives than I die” (in “Gloria”). Lumineers co-founder and vocalist could have imagined. I think there’s a lot of compas- Sunday, February 16, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 MUSIC REVIEWS

Warner Records Age hasn’t mellowed Green Day

ation and drug use run addiction (“Everybody is a star”) and how through the album, we’re failing our kids (“Burning books in ‘Father of All...’ as urgent and angry and as do violence and ag- a bulletproof backpack.”) Bassist Mike gressive language. But Dirnt shines on “Junkies on a High” and anti-establishment as previous albums the vocals sound more drummer Tre Cool propels “Graffitia,” a distant than when song that is as close to Bruce Springsteen we last heard a crisp BY MARK KENNEDY album cover — but the spirit of punk lives as Green Day can get. urgency to Armstrong Associated Press on in the band, even if you’ll detect some Perhaps the best song, “Fire, Ready, Green Day delivering such songs Aim,” sounds a little like the Hives, and strong rockabilly tendencies. as “Bang Bang” in Green Day recently caught some people Father of All... it’s a driving scream about daily outrage. “Father of All...” represents Green (Reprise/Warner) 2016. unaware. The trio performed at the NHL’s Day’s first album in the Donald Trump The NHL has bought the song and seems All-Star Game in St. Louis, and singer The ’50s-ish sock era, and the trio’s angry, anti-establish- hop of “Stab You in the Heart” is undercut to want it to be their equivalent to the Billie Joe Armstrong dropped some swear NFL’s “Are You Ready for Some Football.” words into the mix. NBC had to bleep the ment voice has been missed. “What a by murderous lyrics, while the band even One wonders if they really spent time band. What did everyone expect? mess because there’s no one to trust,” approaches doo-wop in “Meet Me on the Age hasn’t blunted the band’s ur- Armstrong screams in the title track. Roof.” (By the way, maybe skip the date with the lyrics. “Knock your teeth out / gency. Green Day come out of the gate, On “Sugar Youth,” he warns: “All hell is with Armstrong on the roof: “How high is To the ground / You’re a liar,” Armstrong as always, snarling on its latest release, breaking loose.” your low gonna go, girl?”) sings. Watching this corporate tie between “Father of All...” They may have pulled It’s a very lean album, clocking in at On the glam rocker “Oh Yeah,” which hockey and punk will be interesting. back on the official title — if you want to just over 26 minutes. Two of the 10 songs samples a tune by Joan Jett and the Someone’s teeth are going to end up on the know what the ellipses replace, look at the don’t even hit the 2-minute mark. Alien- Blackhearts, the band mocks social media ground indeed.

Stone Temple Pilots taken over from Various Artists (with a twist of ven- original frontman geance, of course), by Birds of Prey: The Album Perdida (Rhino) Scott Weiland. But (Atlantic Records and Warner Bros.) way of the Charlotte What a strange trip it’s been for fans of these 10 songs show Lawrence single Stone Temple Pilots. Two decades ago, off the musicianship The all-female roster assembled for “Jokes on You.” Then they gave us the grunge masterpiece of the band and its “Birds of Prey: The Album” represent there is “Smile” by members’ versatility, English singer Maisie “Plush.” Now they are offering folk songs uniquely different worlds, and a variety sounding organically Peters, whose sweet with fl ute solos. of music styles, but their message on the acoustic, not reverse-engineered. movie soundtrack is singular: DON’T voice delivers an awesome dose of Quinn- That’s not a knock, just a gentle warn- The songwriters — Gutt, DeLeo, and MESS WITH US. inspired communication: “... got bridges to ing. Bands evolve, and the Pilots have DeLeo’s bass-playing brother Robert It’s a perfectly on-brand message burn, and places to run / yeah this smile is moved so beyond their sonic beginnings — even offer the wordless “I Once Sat at from the girl gang, as they channel the a loaded gun.” that they’ve followed their muse into a Your Table.” An acoustic instrumental? explosiveness, unpredictability and ba- The in-your-face energy of the 15-song completely different genre. They deserve That wasn’t what many were likely ex- dassery of Harley Quinn, the unhinged soundtrack doesn’t stop, making it just credit — and listeners. pecting from Stone Temple Pilots. You’ll DC character, whose romance with the the companion piece that “Birds of Prey” Acoustic songs are more delicate than get used to it. Joker has ended just as “Birds of Prey,” calls for. electricity-fueled ones and there’s more — Mark Kennedy the fi lm, begins. — Melanie J. Sims pressure on singer Jeff Gutt, who has Associated Press Naturally there’s a breakup anthem Associated Press PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, February 16, 2020 CROSSWORD AND COMICS NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

GUNSTON STREET RESULTS FOR ABOVE PUZZLE

“Gunston Street” is drawn by Basil Zaviski. Email him at [email protected], and visit gunstonstreet.com. Sunday, February 16, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Man arrested for living in someone else’s home

BAY TOWNSHIP — A MI suburban Detroit man was arrested in northern Michi- gan after moving into a seasonal home belonging to someone else. The 55-year-old man was charged with home invasion, the Charlevoix County sheriff’s of- fice said. He is from Shelby Township, north of Detroit. Charlevoix County deputies found the man living in a home in Bay Township, about 265 miles northwest of Detroit. The prop- erty owner’s belongings were moved out of the house, the locks were changed, and a new mailbox was put up. Pair pleads guilty to trafficking roosters

BRECKENRIDGE CO — Two men pleaded guilty to animal cruelty result- ing from their arrest for illegally transporting roosters through Colorado. Cody Smith of Kentucky and Austin Clanton of Tennessee were caught driving the birds across state lines in May, Summit Daily News reported . Authorities believed the 33 DON CAMPBELL, THE (ST. JOSEPH, MICH.) HERALD-PALLADIUM/AP roosters found in an SUV were likely to be used for unlawful pur- poses such as cockfighting. Seeing double A Colorado State Patrol trooper pulled over the vehicle near Sil- Two people brave the snow and cold as they watch waves on Lake Michigan crash onto Silver Beach in St. Joseph, Mich. verthorne due to unreadable li- cense plates. The scammer stole a Florida THE CENSUS Man injured in tumble During the traffic stop, the woman’s identity and, over sever- trooper heard a “squawking al months, developed a long-dis- The amount a Massachusetts waitress received as a down 300-foot cliff sound” coming from the rear of tance romantic relationship with tip on a $12 bill. The server got the tip during the lunch DIXFIELD — A Mas- the vehicle. the man, officials said. rush at Harvest Market in Swansea, The Fall River Her- ME sachusetts man tum- The scammer proposed a busi- $2K ald News reported. She declined to give her full name bled down a 300-foot cliff when he Police chief charged ness investment opportunity to but said she goes by the nickname Leena. The tipper lost his footing while peering over with stealing cell phone cover transportation costs for paid his $12 bill for a salad bar and fountain drink using a credit card. He handed bringing what was described the receipt to the host and asked that she make sure Leena received the tip. Leena the the side, wardens said. as a 500-ton marble lion sculp- Robert Burns, 54 of Waltham, SELMER — A West ran into the parking lot when she realized the size of the tip to thank the customer, ture from China to a Florida art Mass. , suffered numerous injuries Tennessee police chief but he had already left. TN gallery. and was airlifted to Central Maine was charged with stealing a cell Medical Center, wardens said. phone that was being held as evi- Burns drove his tracked all- Police kill dog during Education Research and Reha- dence, authorities said. Deer stranded on ice, terrain vehicle to the top of Holt bilitation Institute was called to a Selmer Police Chief Elmer stop; man dies in custody Hill , and was looking over the cliff Neal Burks was indicted in Mc- swims across river lifesaving station south of Dewey known as Bull Rock when he lost Nairy County on charges of theft RINGWOOD — A Flor- Beach to help the distressed fe- CLAREMONT — A his footing and slid down . of property under $1,000 and of- ida man who allegedly male pup, The Delaware News NJ deer stranded on a ficial misconduct, the Tennes- released his dog on police officers NH Journal reported. The 3-foot-long chunk of ice on a river that caused see Bureau of Investigation said. during a traffic stop in New Jer- baby had suffered serious wounds Pair arrested for theft bystanders a lot of anxiety made it Burks was released from jail on sey died after he apparently suf- to her neck and flippers, the insti- of mail from hundreds across the water, the New Hamp- bond, TBI said in a news release . fered a seizure while in custody, tute said in a Facebook post. shire Fish and Game Department District Attorney Mark David- authorities said. She’s since been taken to the ANCHORAGE — Alas- said . son asked the TBI in December John Baker, 54, of Spring Lake, National Aquarium in Baltimore ka State Troopers ar- Col. Kevin Jordan said an offi- AK to investigate the theft of a cell Fla., was in an intake unit at the for treatment, Executive Director rested two people suspected of cer saw deer tracks coming out of phone being held by Selmer po- Passaic County Jail when he be- Suzanne Thurman said. stealing mail from hundreds of the Sugar River onto the bank in lice. The state police agency said came ill , authorities said. He was people. Claremont. Burks took the cell phone, which taken to a hospital but was pro- Earnest Linton, 33, and Shan- For hours, passers-by watched Manatee found dead was found in his son’s bedroom nounced dead there a short time non Calvo, 29, were found in pos- the deer sitting on the ice. Peo- closet. later. far from usual waters session of open mail including ple wondered if she could be Baker had faced numerous documents with sensitive financial rescued. Man loses $200K in charges after a series of events MIDDLE TOWNSHIP information, KTVA-TV reported . Officers decided to wait the that began when Wanaque police NJ — Officials were trying An off-duty trooper saw Linton online-dating scam situation out, hoping that with the tried to stop a tractor-trailer he to determine what caused the tampering with mailboxes in the cover of night and fewer people was driving. When Baker — who death of a manatee in southern Soldotna area , troopers said. SALEM — Officials around, the deer would feel safe allegedly was driving drunk — New Jersey. Troopers searched Linton’s car OR warned of online dat- enough to swim out on her own. ing service scams after an Oregon refused to stop, Ringwood police The 11-foot male was found and found mail, credit cards and man lost money believing he was also responded and forced him to Seal pup rescued and along the Delaware Bay in Mid- documents with sensitive finan- entering a personal and business stop the truck. dle Township in Cape May Coun- cial information. relationship with a person posing Baker eventually let the dog off recovering at aquarium ty. Manatees usually are found in Linton was held on 65 charges, as a Florida woman. its chain during the stop despite Florida’s warmer coastal waters. including 14 felony theft counts The 80-year-old man was con- warnings from police, authorities DEWEY BEACH “Generally with these guys, es- and four felony counts of misuse of vinced to hand over $200,000 for said. One officer fired one shot at DE — A team of volun- pecially up in this area, if we find an access device, which includes what he believed to be an invest- the pit bull as it lunged at them, teers rescued a 1-month-old gray them deceased, it’s somehow as- credit cars. ment to bring a piece of art to a while another fired four or five seal pup who was found injured sociated with the cold water,” Jay Calvo was charged with felony Florida art gallery, according to times, authorities said. The first and stranded along a Delaware Pagel of the New Jersey-based theft, felony drug misconduct and the Oregon Division of Financial shot that hit the dog did not stop it, beach. Marine Mammal Stranding Cen- four misdemeanors. Regulation. but the animal eventually died. The Lewes-based Marine ter told WCAU-TV. From wire reports PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, February 16, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander New USAF policy boosts religious freedom Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY MIKE BERRY Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff Sometimes, it is the their religious traditions. Special to Stars and Stripes Rest assured this is not carte blanche for government itself that hipster culture to take over the usually but- EDITORIAL lthough nearly three-quarters exhibits hostility against toned-up Pentagon. Not every request for of American service members accommodation must be granted. Long- Terry Leonard, Editor identify as Christian, we must religious freedom. But standing military rules and protocol can [email protected] Anot overlook our brothers- and when the government gets still trump a religious accommodation re- Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor sisters-in-arms from other faith groups. quest. For example, long, unshorn hair on a [email protected] Recently, the U.S. Air Force took the noble it right, it’s always worth flight line would present an obvious safety Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content and commendable step of formally allow- recognizing and celebrating. hazard. Likewise, the inability to wear pro- [email protected] ing airmen to seek waivers that would tective gear might supersede a religious accommodate their religious dress and accommodation. In other words, as long as Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation personal grooming requirements. This is the accommodation doesn’t interfere with [email protected] a victory for religious liberty within our the colonists during America’s fight for military duties and discipline, it should be Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital military. independence. granted. [email protected] The Air Force’s change of policy might Since its founding, America has sought On balance, however, the new policy be new, but our military’s commitment to accommodate the free exercise of reli- is good for religious freedom, and good BUREAU STAFF to accommodating religious exercise has gious minorities. Recently, however, some for America. Despite what some activists deep roots. activists have shown little tolerance for re- might say, religious freedom makes us a Europe/Mideast In 1913, Dr. Baghat Singh Thind left the ligious freedom in the military, even going stronger, freer nation. Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief Punjabi region of India and arrived in Se- so far as to demand courts-martial for My firm, First Liberty Institute, has a [email protected] attle. Four years later, during World War proud history of defending religious free- +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 military commanders who dare to reveal I, Dr. Thind enlisted in the U.S. Army. As their religious beliefs, or threaten legal dom for our service members and veterans. We know the deep significance of honoring Pacific a devout Sikh, Dr. Thind became the first action against government officials who Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief brave service members such as Dr. Thind, person to wear a turban while serving in recognize faith as a vital part of military [email protected] Yusuf Ben Ali and the 442nd RCT. In fact, the U.S. Army. service. +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 just last year we won a landmark victory During World War II, the U.S. Army’s Sometimes, it is the government itself at the U.S. Supreme Court in defense of a Washington 442nd Regimental Combat Team was that exhibits hostility against religious World War I veterans memorial that hon- Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief comprised almost entirely of Japanese freedom. But when the government gets ors 49 men who volunteered in defense of [email protected] Americans, most of whom were presum- it right, it’s always worth recognizing and (+1)(202)886-0033 our nation. ably raised in Buddhist homes. Recogniz- celebrating. Such is the case with the Air Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News The new Air Force policy will not cure [email protected] ing this, the U.S. Army provided the 442nd Force’s new policy. the hostility against religion that continues with two Japanese American chaplains. Under the policy, Dress and Personal to plague our nation and our military. But The 442nd would go on to perform legend- CIRCULATION Appearance of Air Force Personnel, air- it is a positive step in the right direction. ary exploits, becoming the most decorated Mideast men can request a waiver to wear religious After all, those who swear an oath to the unit of its size in U.S. military history. Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager apparel, as long as they meet all other stan- Constitution deserve no less than the reli- [email protected] Going all the way back to the Revolution- dards of appearance. The new policy also gious freedom they protect and defend. [email protected] ary War, military records reflect a small allows for exemptions from the military’s DSN (314)583-9111 but notable number of Muslims. Yusuf usual grooming standards. This means Mike Berry is general counsel at First Liberty Institute, a nonprofit legal organization based in Europe Ben Ali — whose name would later appear service members of the Sikh and Muslim Plano, Texas. He is also a former active-duty U.S. Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager as Joseph Benhaley — fought alongside faiths may grow facial hair in keeping with Marine Corps officer. 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Sports College basketball Auto racing Deals A.Hill, 42; 3. J.Sauter, 39; 4. J.Anderson, Friday’s men’s scores NextEra Energy 250 35; 5. C.Rohrbaugh, 34; 6. D.Kraus, 33; 7. Friday’s transactions on AFN EAST NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series N.Decker, 32; 8. B.Moffitt, 31; 9. S.Creed, BASEBALL Alfred 72, Elmira 55 Saturday 30; 10. J.White, 27; 11. T.Ankrum, 27; American League Brown 75, Penn 63 At Daytona International Speedway 12. Z.Smith, 26; 13. S.Friesen, 25; 14. BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to Colby 85, Wesleyan (Conn.) 82 Daytona Beach, Fla. R.Lessard, 24; 15. C.Roper, 23; 16. C.Eckes, terms with LHP Tommy Milone on a mi- Go to the American Forces Cortland 93, Potsdam 88 Lap length: 2.50 miles 23. nor league contract. Daemen 81, St. Thomas Aquinas 77 (Start position in parentheses) NASCAR Driver Rating Formula BOSTON RED SOX — Signed OF Kevin Network website for the most Dartmouth 65, Columbia 63 1. (11) Grant Enfinger, Ford, 106 laps, A maximum of 150 points can be at- Pillar to a one-year contract. up-to-date TV schedules. Davidson 93, St. Bonaventure 64 53 points. tained in a race. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to Emory 99, NYU 81 2. (23) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet, The formula combines the following terms with OF Domingo Santana on a mi- myafn.net Fairfield 57, Marist 53, OT 106, 35. categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Fin- nor league contract. Fredonia St. 97, New Paltz 80 3. (21) Codie Rohrbaugh, Chevrolet, ishes, Average Running Position While HOUSTON ASTROS — Named Chris on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Hamilton 88, Connecticut College 80 106, 34. Speier quality control coach. 4. (16) Derek Kraus, Toyota, 106, 33. Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead- Agreed to terms Hartwick 90, Houghton 63 TAMPA BAY RAYS — 5. (30) Natalie Decker, Chevrolet, 106, Lap Finish. with RHP Brooks Pounders and RHP Deck Pro football Harvard 85, Cornell 63 32. McGuire to minor league contracts. Iona 80, Manhattan 57 6. (15) Austin Hill, Toyota, 106, 42. National League Ithaca 101, Clarkson 82 7. (5) Johnny Sauter, Ford, 106, 39. Daytona 500 lineup ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms XFL Lyndon St. 92, SUNY-Canton 90 8. (4) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 106, 0. Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series with 1B Yonder Alonso on a minor league Maine-Farmington 71, Husson 47 9. (12) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, 106, Friday’s qualifying; race Sunday contract. East Division Maine-Presque Isle 74, No. Vermont 48 W L Pct PF PA 30. At Daytona International Speedway SAN DIEGO PADRES — Agreed to terms Middlebury 86, Tufts 74 10. (31) Jason White, Chevrolet, 106, Daytona, Fla. with RHP Seth Frankoff on a minor league DC 1 0 1.000 31 19 Monmouth (NJ) 85, Canisius 71 New York 1 0 1.000 23 3 27. Lap length: 2.5 miles contract. St. Louis 1 0 1.000 15 9 Nazareth 79, Utica 63 11. (6) Zane Smith, Chevrolet, 106, 26. (Car number in parentheses) BASKETBALL Tampa Bay 0 1 .000 3 23 Oneonta 88, Buffalo St. 76 12. (1) Riley Herbst, Toyota, 106, 0. Row 1 Women’s NBA West Division Oswego St. 75, Plattsburgh 69 13. (2) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet, 106, (47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet DALLAS WINGS — Acquired F Katie Lou W L Pct PF PA Purchase 71, Manhattanville 55 31. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet Samuelson and a 2021 first-round draft Houston 1 0 1.000 37 17 RPI 58, Hobart 54 14. (19) Cory Roper, Ford, 106, 23. Row 2 pick from the Chicago Sky for F Azura Dallas 0 1 .000 9 15 Roberts Wesleyan 78, Mercy 75 15. (10) Matt Crafton, Ford, 106, 22. (22) Joey Logano, Ford Stevens. Los Angeles 0 1 .000 17 37 Rochester 79, Bard 66 16. (25) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 106, 22. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet PHOENIX MERCURY — Signed C Seattle 0 1 .000 19 31 Rochester 80, Brandeis 65 17. (27) Brennan Poole, Toyota, 106, 0. Row 3 Brittney Griner to a multi-year contract. Saturday’s games Sage 77, St. John Fisher 73 18. (9) Korbin Forrister, Toyota, 106, (10) Aric Almirola, Ford FOOTBALL New York at DC Siena 73, Rider 64 19. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet National Football League Tampa Bay at Seattle St. Lawrence 65, Skidmore 62 19. (29) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 105, Row 4 NFL — Suspended Baltimore OL James Sunday’s games St. Peter’s 84, Quinnipiac 72 18. (6) Ryan Newman, Ford Hurst for the first four games of the 2020 Dallas at Los Angeles Thomas (Maine) 97, Maine Maritime 66 20. (8) Raphael Lessard, Toyota, 105, (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet regular season for violating the NFL St. Louis at Houston Trinity (Conn.) 89, Amherst 85 24. Row 5 policy on performance-enhancing sub- Vassar 60, Union (NY) 55 21. (28) Stewart Friesen, Toyota, 105, (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford stances. WUSL 77, Case Western 71 25. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford BALTIMORE RAVENS — Terminated Williams 63, Bates 51 22. (3) Christian Eckes, Toyota, 105, 23. Row 6 the contract of S Tony Jefferson. 23. (14) Tanner Gray, Ford, accident, Will not renew the College hockey Yale 88, Princeton 64 (43) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet BUFFALO BILLS — 98, 15. (41) Cole Custer, Ford contract of chief administrative officer SOUTH 24. (26) Jesse Little, Chevrolet, acci- Row 7 Dave Wheat. Centenary 99, St. Thomas (Texas) 89 dent, 98, 0. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet HOUSTON TEXANS — Released CB Ver- Friday’s scores N. Kentucky 84, IUPUI 70 25. (13) Ben Rhodes, Ford, accident, (20) Erik Jones, Toyota non Hargreaves III. EAST MIDWEST 97, 21. Row 8 WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Released Army 5, Mercyhurst 1 Akron 80, Cent. Michigan 67 26. (20) Gus Dean, Chevrolet, accident, (19) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota DB Kenny Ladler, CB Josh Norman, DE Holy Cross 5, Robert Morris 3 Augustana (SD) 73, Minnesota St. 66 97, 11. (21) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford Chris Odom and WR Paul Richardson Jr. RIT 4, Bentley 1 Baldwin Wallace 67, Capital 62 27. (7) Tyler Ankrum, Chevrolet, acci- Row 9 HOCKEY American International 4, Canisius 1 Bemidji St. 82, Mary 53 dent, 97, 27. (95) Christopher Bell, Toyota National Hockey League Dartmouth 5, Brown 2 Buffalo 83, Toledo 67 28. (32) Angela Ruch, Chevrolet, acci- (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet NHL — Suspended Edmonton Oilers F Clarkson 3, Quinnipiac 2 Carnegie Mellon 84, Chicago 73 dent, 65, 9. Row 10 Zack Kassian seven games for kicking Princeton 6, St. Lawrence 3 Concordia (St.P.) 93, Wayne St. (Neb.) 29. (22) Bryan Dauzat, Chevrolet, ac- (17) Chris Buescher, Ford Tampa Bay F Erik Cernak in the chest Cornell 5, Union 2 89, OT cident, 65, 8. (77) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet during a game Thursday night. Yale 4, Harvard 4, OT Minn. St. (Moorhead) 74, St. Cloud St. 63 30. (18) Tate Fogleman, Chevrolet, ac- Row 11 BUFFALO SABRES — Placed D Zach Bo- RPI 4, Colgate 1 Minn.-Crookston 80, Minot St. 69 cident, 62, 7. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota gosian on waivers. Boston College 3, Merrimack 2 N. Dakota St. 80, Fort Wayne 70 31. (24) Austin Wayne Self, Chevrolet, (8) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet MINNESOTA WILD — Fired coach UConn 3, Maine 2 Northern St. 85, Minn. Duluth 73 accident, 15, 6. Row 12 Bruce Boudreau. Named Dean Evason Boston U. 4, New Hampshire 1 S. Dakota St. 90, Denver 78 32. (17) Ty Majeski, Chevrolet, acci- (38) John Hunter, Ford interim coach. Providence 1, Vermont 1, OT S.D. Mines 83, Chadron St. 58 dent, 15, 5. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet NEW YORK RANGERS — Recalled D Northeastern 3, UMass Lowell 0 Salem International 125, Oakland City 96 Race Statistics Row 13 Joey Keane from Hartford (AHL). MIDWEST Sioux Falls 51, Winona St. 49 Average Speed of Race Winner: (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet SOCCER Michigan 5, Michigan St. 1 Upper Iowa 63, SW Minnesota 55 127.295 mph. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford Major League Soccer Adrian 7, Trine 0 Wright St. 75, Ill.-Chicago 58 Time of Race: 2 hours, 4 minutes, 53 Row 14 LOS ANGELES FC — Signed F Bradley Minnesota 3, Notre Dame 3, 2OT SOUTHWEST seconds. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford Wright-Phillips. Wisconsin 4, Penn St. 3 Austin 76, Southwestern (Texas) 57 Margin of Victory: 0.010 seconds. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota MINNESOTA UNITED — Signed D Jose Miami 3, W. Michigan 2, 2OT Dallas 76, Texas Lutheran 71 Caution Flags: 5 for 26 laps. Row 15 Aja. North Dakota 4, Denver 1 Lead Changes: 15 among 7 drivers. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford SPORTING KANSAS CITY — Acquired FAR WEST Lap Leaders: R.Herbst 0-21; G.Enfinger (36) David Ragan, Ford D Winston Reid on loan from West Ham Michigan Tech 3, Ferris St. 2 Black Hills St. 71, Metropolitan St. 56 Ala. Huntsville 0, Lake Superior St. 0, OT 22-33; S.Creed 34; G.Enfinger 35-41; Row 16 (EPL). Bemidji St. 5, N. Michigan 0 CSU-Pueblo 74, Colo.-Colo. Springs 58 T.Ankrum 42; B.Rhodes 43-45; A.Hill 46-55; (37) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet VANCOUVER WHITECAPS — Signed M FAR WEST Colorado 87, Schreiner 69 G.Enfinger 56-67; A.Hill 68; S.Friesen 69- (66) Timmy Hill, Ford Damiano Pecile. Colorado College 6, Air Force 2 Colorado Mesa 90, Colorado Christian 64 80; B.Rhodes 81; S.Friesen 82; B.Rhodes Row 17 National Women’s Soccer League Arizona St. 5, Alaska Anchorage 0 Colorado Mines 93, N.M. Highlands 86 83-89; S.Creed 90; B.Rhodes 91-96; (16) Justin Haley, Chevrolet ORLANDO PRIDE — Signed G Erin Dixie St. 102, Adams St. 81 G.Enfinger 97-106 (15) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet McLeod. Trinity (Texas) 85, Johnson & Wales Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Row 18 COLLEGE (Co.) 73 Laps Led): G.Enfinger, 4 times for 41 laps; (00) Quin Houff, Chevrolet MINNESOTA — Agreed to a contract Tennis Western St. (Col.) 87, Regis 71 R.Herbst, 1 time for 21 laps; B.Rhodes, 4 (32) Corey LaJoie, Ford extension with women’s basketball Westminster (Utah) 75, Fort Lewis 62 times for 17 laps; S.Friesen, 2 times for 13 Row 19 coach Lindsay Whalen through the 2024 laps; A.Hill, 2 times for 11 laps; S.Creed, (51) Joey Gase, Chevrolet season. New York Open 2 times for 2 laps; T.Ankrum, 1 time for (52) BJ McLeod, Ford RUTGERS — Announced women’s AP Men’s Top 25 schedule 1 lap. Row 20 freshman basketball G Noga Peleg Pelc Friday Sunday’s games Wins: G.Enfinger, 1. (62) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet has left the team due to personal rea- At NYBC Live No. 4 San Diego State at Boise State Top 16 in Points: 1. G.Enfinger, 53; 2. (27) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet sons. New York No. 15 Villanova at Temple Purse: $719,320 No. 17 Oregon vs. Utah Surface: Hardcourt indoor Men’s Singles No. 21 Iowa at Minnesota Golf Quarterfinals Miomir Kecmanovic (6), Serbia, def. Friday’s women’s scores Ugo Humbert (4), France, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4. Kyle Edmund (8), Britain, def. Kwon EAST The Genesis Invitational Women’s Australian Open Chubb Classic Soon Woo, South Korea, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5). Columbia 73, Dartmouth 63 PGA Tour LPGA Tour Champions Tour Jason Jung, Taiwan, def. Reilly Opelka Harvard 73, Cornell 58 Friday Friday Friday (3), United States, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. Penn 85, Brown 73 At Riviera Country Club At Royal Adelaide Golf Club At The Classics at Lely Resort Andreas Seppi, Italy, vs. Jordan Princeton 55, Yale 39 Thompson, Australia, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-1. Pacific Palisades, Calif. Adelaide, Australia Naples, Fla. Seton Hall 71, Providence 45 Purse: $9.3 million Purse: $1.3 million Purse: $1.6 million Men’s Doubles Towson 78, UNC-Wilmington 45 Quarterfinals Yardage: 7,322; Par 71 Yardage: 6,689; Par: 73 Yardage: 6,845; Par 71 (35-36) SOUTH Second Round Second Round First Round Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, and Elon 67, Hofstra 50 Dominic Inglot, Britain, def. Frederik Matt Kuchar 64-69—133 -9 (a-amateur) Doug Barron 31-33—64 -7 Nielsen, Denmark, and Roman Jebavy, James Madison 81, Coll. of Charleston 50 Harold Varner III 67-68—135 -7 Inbee Park 67-69—136 -10 Scott Parel 32-32—64 -7 Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-1, 10-5. William & Mary 80, Northeastern 64 Rory McIlroy 68-67—135 -7 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 66-70—136 -10 Fred Funk 32-33—65 -6 MIDWEST Wyndham Clark 67-68—135 -7 Jillian Hollis 68-69—137 -9 Ken Tanigawa 32-33—65 -6 Bradley 90, Valparaiso 69 Sung Kang 69-67—136 -6 Ayean Cho 69-69—138 -8 Bernhard Langer 33-32—65 -6 ABN AMRO World Tournament DePaul 89, Butler 60 Adam Scott 72-64—136 -6 Marina Alex 68-70—138 -8 Stephen Leaney 34-31—65 -6 Saturday Green Bay 72, Detroit 45 Vaughn Taylor 69-67—136 -6 Celine Boutier 70-69—139 -7 Mark Brooks 34-32—66 -5 At Ahoy Rotterdam Illinois St. 86, Loyola of Chicago 85, 2OT Russell Henley 67-69—136 -6 Madelene Sagstrom 69-70—139 -7 Tim Petrovic 33-33—66 -5 Rotterdam, Netherlands Marquette 61, Xavier 48 Chez Reavie 69-68—137 -5 Yu Liu 73-67—140 -6 John Huston 33-33—66 -5 Purse: ?2,013,855 Milwaukee 74, Oakland 67 Rafa Cabrera Bello 68-69—137 -5 Maria Fassi 73-67—140 -6 Brandt Jobe 34-32—66 -5 Surface: Hardcourt indoor St. John’s 77, Creighton 70 Jon Rahm 70-68—138 -4 Elizabeth Szokol 71-69—140 -6 Woody Austin 34-32—66 -5 Men’s Singles FAR WEST J.B. Holmes 69-69—138 -4 Yealimi Noh 71-69—140 -6 Bob Estes 36-31—67 -4 Semifinals Arizona 64, Washington 53 Justin Rose 69-69—138 -4 Mi Hyang Lee 71-69—140 -6 Scott Verplank 32-35—67 -4 Felix Auger-Aliassime, Canada, vs. Arizona St. 62, Washington St. 59 Si Woo Kim 69-69—138 -4 Ashleigh Buhai 71-69—140 -6 Marco Dawson 34-33—67 -4 Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Colorado 64, California 57 James Hahn 68-70—138 -4 So Yeon Ryu 71-69—140 -6 Wes Short, Jr. 34-33—67 -4 Men’s Doubles Hawaii 70, CS Northridge 66 Carlos Ortiz 68-70—138 -4 Brittany Altomare 70-70—140 -6 Scott McCarron 31-36—67 -4 Semifinals Oregon 80, UCLA 66 Dustin Johnson 72-66—138 -4 Dottie Ardina 70-70—140 -6 Fred Couples 33-34—67 -4 Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Her- Paul Casey 69-69—138 -4 Ally McDonald 70-70—140 -6 Jeff Sluman 34-34—68 -3 bert (2), France, def. Oliver Marach, Aus- Southern Cal 72, Oregon St. 66 Stanford 97, Utah 64 Sebastian Munoz 69-69—138 -4 Lizette Salas 70-70—140 -6 Chris DiMarco 35-33—68 -3 tria, and Raven Klaasen, South Africa, 6-7 Bryson DeChambeau 68-70—138 -4 Hannah Green 69-71—140 -6 John Daly 33-35—68 -3 (6), 7-6 (6), 10-7. Joel Dahmen 68-71—139 -3 Amy Olson 68-72—140 -6 Billy Andrade 33-35—68 -3 AP Women’s Top 25 schedule Luke List 71-68—139 -3 a-Ho Yu An 69-72—141 -5 Steve Flesch 34-34—68 -3 St. Petersburg Open Sunday’s games Scott Piercy 70-69—139 -3 Kristen Gillman 69-72—141 -5 Jerry Kelly 36-32—68 -3 Scott Brown 71-68—139 -3 Jeongeun Lee6 67-74—141 -5 Kent Jones 35-34—69 -2 No. 3 Oregon at Southern Cal Saturday Brian Harman 70-69—139 -3 Perrine Delacour 72-70—142 -4 Michael Allen 36-33—69 -2 At Sport Club Dinamo No. 4 N.C. State vs. Georgia Tech Adam Schenk 67-73—140 -2 Lauren Stephenson 72-70—142 -4 Joe Durant 34-35—69 -2 St. Petersburg, Russia No. 5 UConn at South Florida Collin Morikawa 73-67—140 -2 Robyn Choi 72-70—142 -4 Rod Pampling 35-34—69 -2 Purse: $782,900 No. 6 Mississippi State at No. 18 Ken- Kyoung-Hoon Lee 67-73—140 -2 Pavarisa Yoktuan 72-70—142 -4 Stephen Ames 36-33—69 -2 Surface: Hardcourt indoor tucky Brian Stuard 72-68—140 -2 Peiyun Chien 71-71—142 -4 Paul Broadhurst 35-34—69 -2 Women’s Singles No. 8 Stanford at Colorado Semifinals Patrick Cantlay 68-72—140 -2 Nicole Broch Larsen 71-71—142 -4 Brett Quigley 36-33—69 -2 No. 9 Louisville vs. Notre Dame Andrew Landry 68-72—140 -2 Anna Nordqvist 71-71—142 -4 Angel Cabrera 36-33—69 -2 Elena Rybakina (8), Kazakhstan, def. No. 10 Maryland at Penn State Maria Sakkari (6), Greece, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1. Sergio Garcia 70-70—140 -2 Georgia Hall 70-72—142 -4 Retief Goosen 36-33—69 -2 No. 12 Arizona vs. Washington State Rory Sabbatini 72-68—140 -2 Minjee Lee 70-72—142 -4 David Toms 33-36—69 -2 Kiki Bertens (2), Netherlands, def. No. 13 DePaul vs. Xavier Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russia, 6-1, 4-6, Sam Burns 73-68—141 -1 Mind Muangkhumsakul 70-72—142 -4 Robert Karlsson 35-34—69 -2 6-1. No. 14 Florida State at Duke Denny McCarthy 69-72—141 -1 Pernilla Lindberg 70-72—142 -4 Duffy Waldorf 34-36—70 -1 Women’s Doubles No. 16 Texas A&M at No. 25 Tennessee Max Homa 72-69—141 -1 Stephanie Meadow 70-72—142 -4 Steve Pate 34-36—70 -1 Semifinals No. 17 Iowa vs. Wisconsin Lanto Griffin 71-70—141 -1 Jasmine Suwannapura 70-72—142 -4 Billy Mayfair 37-33—70 -1 Alexa Guarachi Mathison, Chile, and No. 19 Northwestern vs. Nebraska Patrick Reed 68-73—141 -1 Wei-Ling Hsu 69-73—142 -4 Ken Duke 34-36—70 -1 Kaitlyn Christian (3), United States, def. No. 20 Indiana vs. Ohio State Kyle Stanley 71-70—141 -1 Nelly Korda 69-73—142 -4 Larry Mize 35-35—70 -1 Caroline Garcia, France, and Johanna No. 22 Arizona State vs. Washington Matthew Fitzpatrick 71-70—141 -1 Kim Kaufman 69-73—142 -4 Kenny Perry 34-36—70 -1 Konta, Britain, 6-4, 7-5. No. 23 Arkansas at Mississippi Alex Noren 71-70—141 -1 Kelly Tan 69-73—142 -4 Kevin Sutherland 37-33—70 -1 PAGE 18 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, February 16, 2020 SPORTS BRIEFS/NHL Briefl y Enfinger prevails in Truck Series opener

Associated Press Athletics rules that require her to medically reduce her natural DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — testosterone levels to compete in NASCAR opened the Truck Se- women’s competitions. ries season with one fiery crash, a truck stuck on its roof and Grant Enfinger in victory lane following Russia being stripped overtime and a door-to-door race of another Sochi medal to the finish line. Enfinger beat Jordan Anderson SALZBURG, Austria — Russia in a frantic push to the finish that is set to lose a biathlon gold medal drew sparks as the trucks banged from the 2014 Sochi Winter Olym- in Friday night’s closing lap at pics in a new doping case. The International Biathlon Daytona International Speedway. Union on Saturday announced The race had been delayed a two-year ban for Evgeny Ust- by rain, stopped when a crash yugov, who was part of the gold caused Ty Majeski to flip onto medal-winning men’s relay team his roof, and then oddly delayed six years ago, citing evidence he in a crash that saw a fiery truck used the banned steroid oxan- stopped on the apron when it was drolone around the time of the rear-ended from behind in a case Olympics. of faulty equipment. His results from the 2013-14 Enfinger cycled into a lead season have been disqualified, in- after late accidents and was out cluding the Olympic victory. /AP front when the race went to a two- When confirmed by the Inter- GENE J. PUSKAR lap overtime shootout. He first national Olympic Committee, used a block on Ross Chastain to Jason Zucker scored his first two goals with the Penguins since being acquired this week from the that will knock Russia off top spot Minnesota Wild, helping his new team beat the Montreal Canadiens on Friday in Pittsburgh. preserve the win, then had to beat in the Sochi medal table in terms Anderson to the finish line. of golds. The host nation would It was Enfinger’s third career have 10 golds, against 11 for Nor- NHL scoreboard NHL roundup victory; the other two were at Tal- way, and 28 total medals, the ladega Superspeedway and Las joint-most along with the United Vegas Motor Speedway. States. Eastern Conference Germany is in line to inherit Atlantic Division Semenya runs again, the relay gold, subject to IOC GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 58 35 11 12 82 192 144 Zucker’s two goals confirmation. Tampa Bay 58 38 15 5 81 206 153 says ‘I’m here to stay’ Toronto 58 30 20 8 68 205 192 Florida 57 30 21 6 66 200 194 Caster Semenya ran her first Robinson wins GS Montreal 60 27 26 7 61 181 184 Buffalo 58 26 24 8 60 166 181 public race in eight months and Ottawa 57 19 27 11 49 150 193 broke the national 300-meter re- with Shiffrin still gone Detroit 59 14 41 4 32 121 220 Metropolitan Division lift Pens over Habs cord at a low-level meet at a South KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia Washington 57 37 15 5 79 205 174 African university before pro- Pittsburgh 56 35 15 6 76 186 151 Associated Press Kyle Connor scored his team- — New Zealand teenager Alice N.Y. Islanders 56 33 17 6 72 166 156 claiming: “I’m here to stay.” leading 29th goal of the season Robinson crowned her break- Philadelphia 58 32 19 7 71 190 172 PITTSBURGH — Newly-ac- The Olympic 800-meter cham- through season in the World Cup Columbus 59 30 18 11 71 152 146 and Blake Wheeler had a goal and Carolina 57 33 21 3 69 186 159 quired Jason Zucker scored his pion said the race Friday night at with a second career victory on N.Y. Rangers 57 30 23 4 64 188 178 assist for the Jets. first two goals with the Pitts- the University of Johannesburg, Saturday. New Jersey 57 21 26 10 52 158 201 Rangers 3, Blue Jackets 1: burgh Penguins during a 4-1 win which also featured high school Robinson, who turned 18 in De- Chris Kreider scored the go- Western Conference over the Montreal Canadiens on students, was her season-opening cember, overtook first-run leader ahead goal in the third period, Central Division Friday night. event. Petra Vlhova to win a giant sla- GP W L OT Pts GF GA Alexandar Georgiev had 36 saves St. Louis 57 32 15 10 74 183 166 Zucker scored his 15th and 16th “Track and field, you will still lom, almost four months after and visiting New York topped Colorado 56 33 17 6 72 202 157 of the season in a 1:42 span, with see my face,” Semenya said after edging out Mikaela Shiffrin in Dallas 57 33 19 5 71 154 144 Columbus. Winnipeg 59 29 25 5 63 176 179 Montreal’s Tomas Tatar getting a winning the 300 race in 36.78 the season-opener. Kreider scored on a wrist shot Nashville 56 27 22 7 61 183 183 goal in between. Zucker provided seconds. “That is all I can say for The Olympic GS champion Minnesota 57 27 23 7 61 176 185 from the slot with 3:12 left in the Chicago 57 25 24 8 58 166 181 2-0 and 3-1 leads and has nine now.” from the United States was miss- Pacific Division game, just 2 seconds after a Rang- The Olympics are just five ing this time. She is taking an Vancouver 58 32 21 5 69 190 175 goals in 12 career games against ers’ power play ended and Colum- Edmonton 57 30 21 6 66 182 179 the Canadiens. months away and it’s doubtful if indefinite break from racing fol- Vegas 59 29 22 8 66 188 183 bus’ Jakob Lilja was rushing out Semenya will be able to defend lowing the death of her father Jeff Calgary 59 30 23 6 66 170 178 Kris Letang scored a power- of the box. Ryan Strome added an Arizona 60 28 24 8 64 167 165 play goal against his hometown her title in the 800 meters. almost two weeks ago. San Jose 57 25 28 4 54 150 189 empty-netter with 1:11 left. Anaheim 57 23 27 7 53 146 179 team and his 13th overall of the Semenya is currently banned Slovenia’s Meta Hrovat and Los Angeles 58 20 33 5 45 142 186 Pavel Buchnevich also scored from competing in her favored Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener Note: Two points for a win, one point season, and Zach Aston-Reese for the Rangers, who have won for overtime loss. Top three teams in added an empty-net goal. event at major meets, and any shared third place as they both each division and two wild cards per four straight and are 7-2 in their distance from 400 meters to one earned a second career podium conference advance to playoffs. Penguins captain Sidney Cros- last nine. Friday’s games by had three assists. He has five mile, unless she follows World result in giant slalom. Pittsburgh 4, Montreal 1 Oliver Bjorkstrand got his Carolina 5, New Jersey 2 goals and 17 points in his last 11 team-leading 19th goal and Elvis N.Y. Rangers 3, Columbus 1 games. San Jose 3, Winnipeg 2 Merzlikins had 25 saves for in- Saturday’s games Tristan Jarry made 34 saves jury-ravaged Columbus, which Detroit at Boston Nashville at St. Louis for the Penguins, who have 10 is winless in its last four games Edmonton at Florida wins in their last 14 games. (0-2-2). Philadelphia at Tampa Bay San Jose at Minnesota The Penguins acquired Zucker Hurricanes 5, Devils 2: Andrei Dallas at Montreal from the Minnesota Wild on Mon- Toronto at Ottawa Svechnikov scored on a perfectly Los Angeles vs. Colorado at Falcon day for forward Alex Galchenyuk, executed rush in the second pe- Stadium, Air Force Academy, Colo. defensive prospect Calen Addison Chicago at Calgary riod to push his point streak to Washington at Arizona and a conditional 2020 first-round six games and help host Carolina N.Y. Islanders at Vegas pick. Sunday’s games beat New Jersey. Detroit at Pittsburgh Sharks 3, Jets 2: Melker Nino Niederreiter and Warren Boston at N.Y. Rangers Edmonton at Carolina Karlsson and Timo Meier scored Foegele scored first-period goals Anaheim at Vancouver in an 89-second span in the third for the Hurricanes. Martin Necas Columbus at New Jersey Dallas at Ottawa period to lift visiting San Jose and Joel Edmundson added two St. Louis at Nashville over Winnipeg. more in the third period. Toronto at Buffalo Chicago at Winnipeg Marcus Sorensen also scored Petr Mrazek finished with 35 Monday’s games for the Sharks, who are 4-3-0 in saves for Carolina after losing his JOHN RAOUX/AP Anaheim at Calgary Florida at San Jose their last seven games. previous three starts. N.Y. Islanders at Arizona Grant Enfinger celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Washington at Vegas Aaron Dell made 29 saves for Mirco Mueller and Joey Ander- Truck Series race Friday in Daytona Beach, Fla. Tampa Bay at Colorado San Jose. son scored for the Devils. Sunday, February 16, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 19 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Famous ‘family’ Iceland players connected by hoops

BY ERIC OLSON best way to do it was coming to Associated Press the States and proving yourself against the guys who are most horir Thorbjarnarson is likely to go to the NBA.” one of the key pieces in Gudmundsson nearly led Da- Fred Hoiberg’s building vidson to an upset of Kentucky Tproject at Nebraska. in the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Jon Axel Gudmundsson of Da- making six three-pointers in the vidson was the Atlantic 10 player second half and finishing with 21 of the year last season and has points in a 78-73 loss. filled up box scores in his career Hjalmarsson, who turns 21 like few players in college basket- next month, is an older freshman ball history. who played on national age-group Hakon Hjalmarsson is just teams with Thorbjarnarson. starting his American basketball The Reykjavik native started 10 experience and trying to find his straight games for Binghamton role at Binghamton. early in the season but his min- Though at far-flung schools, utes have decreased. the three are connected as the “I think I’m progressing all only Division I players from Ice- right but I’m not doing as well as JOHN PETERSON/AP land this season. They talk, text I could. I have to be patient,” he or Snapchat nearly every day and Nebraska guard and Iceland said. follow each other’s games on tele- native Thorir Thorbjarnarson Hjalmarsson said he might vision or streaming video. is one of the cornerstones of not be playing college ball if he “I know every basketball player Fred Hoiberg’s building project hadn’t been selected for an NBA- in Iceland, essentially,” Thorbjar- at Nebraska. Iceland is no sponsored Basketball Without narson said. “It’s a small family. basketball hotbed, but that Borders camp in Finland four We call ourselves the ‘basketball hasn’t stopped it from producing years ago. He met a scout who family.’ ” some Division I talent. helps international players con- Iceland is no basketball hotbed, nect with college coaches, and but college coaches will go most He scored 30 or more points Binghamton was among the first anywhere for talent. The island in four games at the European to show interest. in the North Atlantic is about the Championships and was MVP of “Coming here, I didn’t think I size of Virginia geographically the Nordic Championships. He would have to adjust to anything and has a population of 360,000. first heard from former Nebraska because I just thought it was Basketball’s popularity in Iceland coach Tim Miles in July 2017, vis- basketball,” Hjalmarsson said. ranks far behind soccer and is ited Lincoln the next month and “After being here a few months, MARY ALTAFFER, ABOVE, AND KEITH SRAKOCIC, BELOW/AP about even with team handball. 10 days later was enrolled. it’s a completely different sport. There are 6,800 registered “I was mesmerized by the facil- Not being able to hand check at Above: Davidson guard Jon Axel Gudmundsson, a senior from male and female basketball play- ities, enjoyed the coaching staff, all. I’m seeing all these illegal Grindavik, Iceland, was the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year last ers in the country, according to and it’s not a big town. The people screens being called. It’s more season and has hit career marks of 1,500 points, 700 rebounds, the sport’s national federation. are similar to people in Iceland,” physical (in Iceland) but I think 500 assists and 150 steals. Below: Hakon Hjalmarsson, left, That includes recreational play- he said. “I was, ‘Sure, let’s do this.’ guys here are more athletic, a compatriot of Gudmundsson’s, is just starting his American ers. Far fewer are at the elite I wanted a challenge, so I decided they’re faster, they jump higher.” basketball experience and is trying to find his role at Binghamton. level. to come.” “When you play with the youth Jon Axel Gudmundsson grew national teams, you’re always up in a basketball family. His fa- practicing in the same gyms, ther played on national teams and you’re always around each other, professionally, and his brother, you take trips together,” Gud- Ingvi, played one season at Saint mundsson said. “And we played Louis. against each other in the adult The senior guard from Grinda- league in Iceland, so we kind of vik has hit career marks of 1,500 grew close from there.” points, 700 rebounds, 500 assists, The best basketball players 200 made three-pointers and 150 must go to Europe or the United steals. No other Division I player States to test themselves against since 1993 has reached those top competition. Only one Ice- milestones. lander, Petur Gudmundsson (no Gudmundsson starred on Ice- relation to Jon Axel), has played land’s national teams beginning in the NBA. He logged 150 games at age 15, and recruiters started for three teams in the 1980s. showing interest when he went to Thorbjarnarson is the only a boarding school in Philadelphia. player who suited up for the 2018- He didn’t like the fit, though, and 19 Nebraska team that Hoiberg he returned to Iceland after one kept. He’s shooting 44.6% on semester. Davidson coach Bob three-pointers to rank among the McKillop kept in touch, made a Big Ten leaders. trip to Iceland to see him play and The junior guard from Reykja- offered a scholarship. vik began drawing recruiting in- “I always wanted to play in terest in 2016 when he played for March Madness and also play Iceland’s under-18 national team. in the NBA,” he said. “I felt the

‘ I know every basketball player in Iceland, essentially. It’s a small family. Thorir’ Thorbjarnarson One of three Division I basketball players from Iceland PAGE 20 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, February 16, 2020 NBA US tops World in Rising Stars Challenge Scoreboard Eastern Conference Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 40 15 .727 — Hornets’ sophomore Boston 38 16 .704 1½ Philadelphia 34 21 .618 6 Brooklyn 25 28 .472 14 Bridges named MVP New York 17 38 .309 23 Southeast Division Miami 35 19 .648 — BY ANDREW SELIGMAN Orlando 24 31 .436 11½ Washington 20 33 .377 14½ Associated Press Charlotte 18 36 .333 17 Atlanta 15 41 .268 21 CHICAGO — Miles Bridges Central Division Milwaukee 46 8 .852 — soared like his boss once did in Indiana 32 23 .582 14½ Chicago 19 36 .345 27½ Chicago. Ja Morant dazzled with Detroit 19 38 .333 28½ precision passes. Zion Williamson Cleveland 14 40 .259 32 delivered his share of punishing Western Conference dunks, even damaging the rim. Southwest Division It all added up to a high-flying W L Pct GB start to the All-Star weekend. Houston 34 20 .630 — Dallas 33 22 .600 1½ Bridges scored 20 points and Memphis 28 26 .519 6 took MVP honors, Eric Paschall San Antonio 23 31 .426 11 New Orleans 23 32 .418 11½ added 23 more and the U.S. beat Northwest Division Denver 38 17 .691 — the World 151-131 in the Rising Utah 36 18 .667 1½ Stars Challenge on Friday night. Oklahoma City 33 22 .600 5 Portland 25 31 .446 13½ Bridges has been a bright spot Minnesota 16 37 .302 21 for Charlotte in a difficult season. Pacific Division L.A. Lakers 41 12 .774 — The Hornets are 11th in the East- L.A. Clippers 37 18 .673 5 ern Conference at 18-36. But the Phoenix 22 33 .400 20 Sacramento 21 33 .389 20½ second-year pro put on a show in Golden State 12 43 .218 30 owner Michael Jordan’s old home Thursday’s games NAM Y. HUH/AP Oklahoma City 123, New Orleans 118 and was presented the MVP tro- Boston 141, L.A. Clippers 133 Friday’s game phy by Hall of Famer and Chica- U.S. forward Zion Williamson dunks during the Rising Stars game in Chicago on Friday. 2020 Rising Stars Challenge go product Isiah Thomas. Team USA 151, Team World 131 Saturday’s games “We wanted to come out and 21 points, and Atlanta All-Star Washington’s Brandon Clarke home crowd at the old Chicago No games scheduled play hard in the Rising Stars Trae Young added 18 . William- scored 22. Stadium. Back then, His Airness Sunday’s game 2020 All-Star Game and show what Charlotte is about son scored 14 and had the baskets The annual showcase of the top edged Dominique Wilkins in a Team Giannis vs Team LeBron — me, Devonte’ (Graham) and inside the United Center shaking rookies and second-year players slam dunk contest that arguably P.J. (Washington),” Bridges said. whether he made or missed. helped kick off the first All-Star remains the standard and scored NBA calendar “And that’s what we did.” New York rookie RJ Barrett weekend in the Windy City since 40 points to lead the East over the Feb. 14-16 — All-Star weekend, Chi- cago. Cleveland’s Collin Sexton had led the World with 27 points, and 1988, when Jordan dazzled the West in the game. April 15 — Regular season ends. Bryant, Duncan, Garnett headline Hall of Fame inductees

BY TIM REYNOLDS others as the group was on its way to a bas- Associated Press ketball tournament last month. The Hall is hoping to find a way to strike CHICAGO — The list of finalists for the very different tones this year: Celebrating Basketball Hall of Fame is considerably the new Hall of Famers, while also paying shorter than usual. tribute to giants of the game who have died The voters really didn’t need more this in recent weeks — Bryant, former NBA year. Commissioner David Stern and legendary Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin high school coach Morgan Wootten among Garnett — 48 All-Star nods between them them. — headlined the class of eight finalists an- “There’s a great sensitivity ... but it’s nounced Friday by the Hall of Fame. Each going to be done the right way,” Colangelo will still need to col- said. lect 18 votes from a Catchings is also a past WNBA MVP, 24-person panel be- won a national championship under coach fore officially becom- Pat Summitt at Tennessee and was a four- ing Hall of Famers, time All-American with the Lady Vols. which is certainly no “I’m just so blessed,” Catchings said. more than a formality “I’m so thankful.” at this point. The Hall also announced its Curt Gowdy In recent years, Media Award recipients for this year: finalist classes have sports writer and commentator Michael been around 13 peo- Wilbon, who spent three decades at The ple. But the star power Duncan Washington Post and now is with ESPN, at the top forced the and longtime NBA play-by-play commen- Hall to change its tator Mike Breen — the voice of the NBA thinking this year, Finals. a decision that was BRANIMIR KVARTUC/AP Breen learned of his award on a plane, made before Bryant when he got an email a few days ago. He died unexpectedly in The Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, top, goes up for a shot between the Boston Celtics’ Paul cried then, and his eyes welled with tears a helicopter crash in Pierce, left, and Al Jefferson during a game in Los Angeles on Feb. 23, 2007. Bryant, again Friday — as they likely will at what Southern California who died with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others as the group was on promises to be a very emotional ceremony on Jan. 26. its way to a basketball tournament last month, was one of eight finalists announced as the game continues mourning Bryant’s “We did it because Friday as candidates for enshrinement into the Basketball Hall of Fame later this year. death. of the enormity, even “It’s going to be incredibly sad,” Breen before Kobe’s death, first-time finalists. The other finalists 29. said. “We did a game, the first Laker game that we think Kobe Garnett have all been to this point previously: Bay- “Hall of Famer is something you don’t on ESPN after his passing and it was the and Duncan and Gar- lor women’s coach Kim Mulkey, former really think about, you don’t really dream saddest thing I’ve ever been a part of nett bring to it,” said Houston Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanov- about,” Garnett said. “It just happens. ... from a professional standpoint and I hope Jerry Colangelo, Chairman of the Nai- ich, five-time Division II women’s coach of This is one of the more overwhelming situ- I never have to be a part of anything like smith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. the year Barbara Stevens of Bentley, and ations I’ve ever been in.” that again. He was so full of life and it “We’ve never had a class that strong at the four-time national men’s college coach of Bryant was an 18-time All-Star and seemed like he was never happier or more top. And then, of course, with Kobe’s death the year Eddie Sutton. five-time NBA champion during a 20-year at ease. it added more focus.” This year’s enshrinement class will be career with the Los Angeles Lakers, a two- “And then you add in the other victims, Bryant, Duncan, Garnett and 10-time announced on April 4 at college basket- time Olympic gold medalist and is the No. the kids, it’s going to be the most emotional WNBA All-Star and four-time Olympic ball’s Final Four in Atlanta. The induction 4 scorer in league history. He died with his induction ceremony ever — without ques- gold medalist Tamika Catchings are all ceremony in Springfield, Mass., is Aug. 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven tion, and rightfully so.” Sunday, February 16, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 21 COLLEGE BASEBALL 10 players worth watching this season

BY ERIC OLSON Associated Press Ten players to watch in college baseball this season: OF-LHP Alec Burleson, East Carolina Burleson could be the best two-way player in the country as the Pirates’ start- ing right fielder and closer. He also could play first base or, if needed, be a weekend starter on the mound. Last season he bat- ted .370 with nine homers and 61 RBIs and posted a 6-2 record and five saves with 68 1 strikeouts in 60 ⁄3 innings. LHP Reid Detmers, Louisville The Louisville ace with a devastat- ing curveball made a huge jump from his freshman season. He was 2019 ACC pitch- er of the year after going 13-4 with a 2.78 1 ERA and 167 strikeouts in 113 ⁄3 innings. He set the school record for strikeouts and tied the mark for wins. 2B Nick Gonzales, New Mexico State Gonzales’ .432 batting average led the nation, and he had 16 home runs, 80 RBIs, 19 doubles and four triples. He hit 11 hom- ers in his first 14 games last season and reached base in all 55 games. He ended the season on a 66-game on-base streak ETHAN HYMAN, THE NEWS & OBSERVER (RALEIGH, N.C.)/AP dating to 2018, the longest in the country. 1 East Carolina’s Alec Burleson is one of the best two-way players in college baseball. He was 6-2 with 68 strikeouts in 60 ⁄3 innings He showed what he can do with a wood bat and hit .370 with nine homers and 61 RBIs last season. in the Cape Cod League, batting .351 with seven homers. highest-drafted player. He moves to No. 1 in the rotation after going 8-4 with a 2.13 RHP Emerson Hancock, 2 ERA and 130 strikeouts in 88 ⁄3 innings. Georgia His career 5.41 hits allowed per nine in- Hancock is in line to be the first player nings ranks fourth among active players. taken in the the Major League Baseball 1 draft in June. He had a team-high 90 ⁄3 3B Austin Martin, Vanderbilt innings despite a lat injury, went 8-3 and Martin is widely considered the best posted a 1.99 ERA that was lowest by a pure hitter in the nation and is in conten- Georgia starter since 1977. He allowed zero or one run in nine of 14 starts and had tion to be the No. 1 overall draft pick. His 97 strikeouts against 18 walks. SEC-leading .392 batting average was the highest by a Vandy player since 2004. He LHP Asa Lacy, Texas A&M went from one homer as a freshman to 10 last season, with two in the super regional- Lacy is the best left-hander in the coun- clinching win over Duke and two more in try and could overtake Jeff Granger, the the College World Series opener against No. 5 overall pick in 1993, as the Aggies’ Louisville.

RINGO H.W. CHIU/AP UCLA’s Garrett Mitchell led the nation and set a school record with 12 triples, with 10 of them coming over the last 22 games. He also batted .420 over that final stretch.

OF Garrett Mitchell, UCLA of the NCAA Tournament after throwing a 19-strikeout no-hitter against Duke in the Mitchell led the nation and set a school super regionals and going 2-0 with a 1.46 record with 12 triples, with 10 of them ERA to earn Most Outstanding Player at coming over the last 22 games. He batted the College World Series. And he was just a .420 over that final stretch and .349 for the freshman. Rocker enters this season after season. He started 48 games in right field closing 2019 at 10-1 in his last 11 starts. and 14 in center and committed no errors in 124 chances. 1B Spencer Torkelson, OF Dylan Neuse, Texas Tech Arizona State Neuse played a major role in the Red He’s only the third player in Pac-12 his- Raiders making the College World Series tory to hit 20 homers in back-to-back sea- for the fourth time in six years. He led sons and is a projected top-three pick in the Big 12 with six triples and also had 12 the draft. With 48 homers in two seasons, doubles and eight homers, including two he’s 25 away from cracking the NCAA top- grand slams. He started every game in the 10 list and nine from breaking Bob Horn- outfield and made only two errors. er’s school record. Torkelson went deep 23 times last season to become the first player JOSHUA JONES, ATHENS (GA.) BANNER-HERALD/AP since Oregon State’s Michael Conforto to 1 RHP Kumar Rocker, Vanderbilt Georgia’s Emerson Hancock went 8-3 with a 1.99 and 97 strikeouts in 90 ⁄3 innings lead the Pac-12 in homers in consecutive last season and may be the first player taken in the MLB draft in June. The 6-4, 255-pound Rocker was the talk seasons. PAGE 22 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, February 16, 2020 MLB Astros’ apology for scam hasn’t quieted critics

Players, GMs continue to ‘ These guys were cheating for three years. ... Everyone assail Houston ‘cheating’ knows they stole the ring Associated Press from us. ’ NL MVP Cody Bellinger called out Jose Cody Bellinger Altuve and the Houston Astros for swiping Los Angeles Dodgers outfi elder their trophies and said he suspected they kept scheming last season, too. “One hundred percent,” the Dodgers and said it was hard to determine. The slugger said. “I don’t know why they would Yankees lost to the Astros in a seven-game stop.” AL Championship Series that year, drop- All-Star pitcher Trevor Bauer went even ping all four games in Houston. farther. “I definitely think it had an effect on “I’m not going to let them forget the fact things, without question,” Cashman said that they are hypocrites, they are cheaters, at Yankees camp in Tampa, Fla. “Cer- they’ve stolen from a lot of other people tainly the Houston Astros were the only and the game itself,” Bauer told report- one with a distinct advantage more so than ers at Cincinnati’s spring training camp in their opponents. That’s the fact. So I don’t Goodyear, Ariz. think anybody can disagree with that even The fallout from the Astros’ sign-stealing though they may try.” scam continued Friday, a day after Hous- Bauer wasn’t nearly so diplomatic. ton owner Jim Crane was widely criticized “They mocked everything about every- for an apology that rang hollow to many. one who said they were doing something “They cheated. They were found guilty under the table or illegal or whatever,” of it. And I haven’t heard it yet,” said Wash- Bauer said, tossing a few expletives while GREGORY BULL/AP ington general manager Mike Rizzo, whose adding, “Now you’re lying about your team beat Houston in Game 7 of the World Los Angeles outfielder Cody Bellinger, pictured, noted Friday that the Dodgers were apology.” Series last year. far from the only victims of the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scheme, saying Jose “What did you expect from them? The “The thing that pains me the most is it Altuve’s 2017 MVP award was “stolen” from the New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge. entire time they had been super dismissive puts a black cloud over the sport that I love. and it’s very obvious that they don’t think it And that’s not right. The commissioner did said. “It wouldn’t surprise me if something tros had been breaking rules long before affected the game. They feel like they were an investigation and found that they cheat- like that happened, just to be honest. It’s Commissioner Rob Manfred released his in the right. You can tell a fake apology,” ed in 2017 and 2018. Somebody’s got to say funny, because I’m pretty sure it probably report in January. he said. the words over there: ‘cheated.’ And that’s will happen. Somebody will take it into “I’ll acknowledge that we had many a Bellinger said Yankees star Aaron Judge important to me,” Rizzo said. their own hands, and they’ll get suspended conversation with Major League Baseball deserved more in 2017 and so did the Dodg- New Dodgers pitcher Alex Wood had more than any of those guys got for the big- the last number of years about suspicions, ers, who lost Game 7 of the World Series to another message for the Astros: look out. gest cheating scandal in 100 years. It’ll be but having suspicions and being able to Houston. There’s been speculation Houston hitters pretty ironic when that happens, because prove it are two different things,” Cash- “These guys were cheating for three might face on-field retaliation from oppos- I’m sure that’s how it will end up playing man said. years,” Bellinger said. “I think what people ing pitchers. out.” Crane initially said he didn’t think the don’t realize is Altuve stole an MVP from “You’d be hard-pressed to say no. I mean, New York Yankees general manager scam impacted games as the Astros won Judge in ’17. Everyone knows they stole the they messed with a lot of guys’ lives,” he Brian Cashman said he thought the As- the 2017 World Series, then backtracked ring from us.” With Betts’ departure, Red Sox have holes to fill

BY JIMMY GOLEN 12 homers and 44 RBIs last year “He’s going to be able to help Associated Press before a back injury in August the team win,” Bradley said. “He ended his season early. The Red can play the game at a high level FORT MYERS, Fla. — Win. Sox acknowledged this week that and can help a ballclub on both Dance. Delete. he might not be ready to open the sides of the ball. So I have the ul- When the Boston Red Sox season. timate respect for him.” traded Mookie Betts to the Los “He’s going through things and The roster shuffling could also Angeles Dodgers on the eve of we’ll see where we’re at,” manag- mean a promotion in the batting spring training, they broke up er Ron Roenicke said on Friday. order for Benintendi. Betts spent the “Killer B’s” who patrolled the Also this week, the Red Sox most of his time in Boston as the Fenway outfield and led the team signed outfielder Kevin Pillar leadoff hitter, although Benin- to a World Series championship to a one-year deal for $4.25 mil- tendi did bat first in 48 games last in 2018. lion. He spent six-plus seasons season. He hit .256 with a .355 on- Together, Betts, Jackie Brad- with Toronto before playing in base percentage, and batted .119 ley Jr. and Andrew Benintendi San Francisco most of last year. with just one extra-base hit as the formed one of the best outfields He is a career .261 hitter with 76 first hitter in the game. in baseball and became fan fa- homers and 318 RBIs who is also Benintendi said the problem vorites by following spectacular known for great defensive range. wasn’t the No. 1 spot. catches with their choreographed Pillar is also a right-handed “I was going through a little “Win, Dance, Repeat” postgame batter, giving Roenicke some slump when I was the leadoff celebrations. Now, as the Red flexibility in the batting lineup; MICHAEL DWYER/AP spot. So, obviously there’s a lot Sox learn to live without Betts, Betts, Benintendi and Verdugo his former fellow outfielders are Andrew Benintendi, left, Mookie Betts, center, and Jackie Bradley Jr. are all lefties. of things being said about me figuring things out with their new formed one of the best outfields in baseball in 2018, leading Boston “He knows how to play the hitting leadoff,” he said with a partner, Alex Verdugo, who came to a World Series championship. The Red Sox traded Betts to the game,” Roenicke said. “I wasn’t chuckle. “It’s just like any other to Boston in the trade that send Los Angeles Dodgers on the eve of spring training, breaking up the real comfortable when he came spot in the lineup. You just have the 2018 AL MVP and pitcher “Killer B’s” in pursuit of salary relief. to the plate. In big situations, to hit first in the first inning. But David Price to the Dodgers. I thought he gave them a nice other than that, it’s the same. And “It’s one of those things where great communication, then less But with Betts earning $27 mil- at-bat.” I don’t mind it at all. If I need to you have to get to know the per- bad things happen.” lion this season and the Red Sox Pillar arrived in the spring do it, I’ll do it.” son and see him play, hands-on,” Betts, Bradley and Benintendi trying to shed salary, they traded training clubhouse on Friday Roenicke said he was open to Bradley said this week. “Some- were one of the best outfields in him to the Dodgers along with with a Blue Jays equipment bag. giving Benintendi another shot. times people just have that natural franchise history and the best David Price and half of the $96 He said a brief hello to some “Bennie certainly can do it,” connection. It could be something homegrown trio since Jim Rice, million remaining on the 2012 teammates, including Benintendi he said, also adding that Verdugo that’s just seamless. Fred Lynn and Dwight Evans. AL Cy Young winner’s contract. and Mitch Moreland, then disap- was a possibility. “I think we’ll “As long as you’re able to talk,” All still in their 20s, fans pictured In return, they got outfielder Alex peared to complete the physical have to see. You know, we have a he said. “That’s what commu- them robbing hitters of homers Verdugo and two prospects. that was the last hurdle before his couple of new players, so we’ll see nication’s all about. If you have for years. Verdugo, 23, batted .294 with deal became official. where they fit in.” Sunday, February 16, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 23 DAYTONA 500 Top: Gibbs has reigning Daytona, Cup champions

FROM BACK PAGE and Truex are both +500 favor- on a stage in Charlotte, N.C., for ites to win the championship. a maroon “100” jacket a little less Hall of Fame driver Dale Jar- than 48 hours later. No one had rett won Gibbs his first Daytona a better weekend than the dual 500 in 1993, the first of 176 Cup Hall of Famer 24 years apart. victories for the Gibbs team. JGR NASCAR’s Hall of Fame is won a modern-day record 19 of filled with drivers, mechanics the 36 Cup Series races in 2019 and crew chiefs, but Gibbs gave and made Toyota a regular in vic- the hall its first coach. More like tory lane. Coach. It’s what everyone calls His drivers say their prosperity him, from drivers to journalists, starts with Gibbs, how he coun- a nickname as synonymous with sels, develops talent, surrounds his drivers with the best crew in Gibbs in the sport as much as their field to succeed or even, as The King is paired with Richard Hamlin put it, “He finds a way to Petty. intimidate you even though he’s On Daytona 500 weekend, he’s not an intimidating guy.” at the top of the industry — he Gibbs, who won three Super boasts the Daytona 500 champion Bowls coaching the Washington (two-time winner Denny Hamlin), Redskins and five more titles at the reigning Cup Series champion JGR, demurred when it came to (Kyle Busch), a seven-time win- taking credit for JGR’s growth ner in 2019 (Martin Truex Jr.) into a NASCAR juggernaut. and the driver who made him the JOHN RAOUX/AP “Yeah, you have a role in it, winningest owner in Busch Clash Kyle Busch prepares to go out on the track Friday during practice for the Daytona 500. you fight hard, you try to do what history with nine (Erik Jones). you can do to help the team, but Joe Gibbs started his race team there’s so many people that put in 1992 and it controls NASCAR our race team where it is,” Gibbs much the way his “Hogs” with the said. “Certainly, I was just a part Washington Redskins controlled of it. I get shoved up front, get an the line of scrimmage — just try award and all that. When I reflect Last box to check to get past them. on it, it’s all the people that put Forbes valued Joe Gibbs Rac- you there.” ing at $230 million, behind only Look no further for proof than Hendrick Motorsports at $315 Gibbs’ Hall of Fame class and his Busch missing 1 thing: A Daytona 500 win million. current roster. Hamlin will try to become He was inducted alongside just the fourth driver to win con- Tony Stewart and Bobby Labonte, BY DAN GELSTON of Busch. The JGR teams had secutive Daytona 500s. Petty two drivers who built the founda- Associated Press DID YOU KNOW ? planned on winning with team- (1973-1974) and Cale Yarborough tion at JGR and proved to doubt- work, and Stewart thought he (1983-1984) both won consecu- DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. ers that racing wasn’t just a silly Kyle Busch is hardly the only would need Busch to make it to tive Daytona 500s, and no driver yle Busch has partied dalliance for Gibbs. Hamlin is a successful NASCAR driver to the checkered flag. has had his name etched on the in victory lane at every Gibbs lifer, Busch has won two have never won the Daytona 500. The decision backfired in the Harley J. Earl Trophy in two NASCAR track from titles and surged into the conver- Joining him on that list are Hall of blink of an eye. Stewart couldn’t straight years since Sterling Mar- Darlington to Dover, sation as one of NASCAR’s greats K Famers Tony Stewart, Mark Martin hook up with Busch fast enough, lin (1994-95). under Gibbs’ watch, and Truex from Bristol to the Brickyard. and the two Penske cars steam- Busch has even celebrated at and Rusty Wallace, and Hall of “To win a Daytona 500, a cham- will likely cap a Hall of Fame ré- Famer Dale Earnhardt didn’t win rolled past him on the top. pionship, everything that went in sumé driving for Gibbs. Daytona, with a 2008 summer “I think Tony, to want to stick the “Great American Race” until between, that’s just really hard “He’s been there with me and Cup Series victory on his résu- together and work as teammates, mé, and trophies from races in his 20th attempt. in pro sports,” Gibbs said. “But for me every step of the way,” took an opportunity to do that being realistic about it, I don’t Busch said. “We’ve kind of had other series or exhibitions in his SOURCE: Associated Press with me rather than jumping out collection. think many people would give us this bond, this relationship that and getting in front of the other He has yet to take his tradition- odds to be able to duplicate that.” he and I have had the utmost and Derrike Cope all managed to two that were coming,” Busch al bow as the confetti flies at the Actually, Hamlin (+800) is the respect for one another, and it’s figure out. said. “That took away his Day- Daytona 500. He is 0-for-14. favorite to win Dayona, and Busch turned into this.” Busch could move past Rusty tona 500. I think it was his to win. Winning the biggest race in Wallace and into ninth on the But we were right there, and we NASCAR is the last drop in fill- Cup career wins list if he emerg- were right there close and had a ing a bucket list of milestones that es from the anything-can-hap- includes two Cup championships fast car, too.” pen pack. Among active drivers, Trying last season to become and more than 200 NASCAR vic- Busch’s 56 wins and two titles are No. 1 at Daytona, Busch was in- tories for one of NASCAR’s all- behind only seven-time champion stead second in the 1-2-3 finish time greats, who is just 34. Jimmie Johnson (83 wins). Busch for JGR. If failing to win the Daytona could become the first repeat Cup Busch was leading on a restart 500 is gnawing at the tempestu- champion since Johnson won five with nine laps to go and opted to ous Busch, he’s not letting on. straight from 2006-2010. “The whole aspect of having The good times throughout start from the bottom lane after one item not checked is not that his career are etched in Busch’s winner and teammate Denny big of a deal,” Busch said. “It’s Hall of Fame credentials, but Hamlin told Busch’s crew that not going to end my career by any the near misses at Daytona are they would “race it out” without means.” unforgettable. working together. Maybe not, but it would put a In 2008, Busch’s first season Before the final restart, though, tidy bow on a career where Busch at Joe Gibbs Racing after a com- Busch said Hamlin wanted to “go really has not much left to prove. plicated breakup at Hendrick back into teammate preservation Last season, Busch was ago- Motorsports, a drive toward the mode.” Busch did some blocking nizingly close to winning the finish with teammate Tony Stew- that allowed Hamlin to hold off “Great American Race,” finish- art came down to the wire. Joey Logano. ing second in a race where he led Running out front in the high “It hurt not being able to bring inside of 10 laps left. He had an- line, Stewart held off two Penske home that trophy and for Denny other strong chance in 2008 until cars over the final thrilling laps. to be able to bring home two, a late-race miscalculation by a But as Penske drivers Ryan New- but that’s just a part of racing,” teammate cost him a shot at the man and Kurt Busch closed in on Busch said. “Hopefully we can Harley J. Earl trophy. him, Stewart didn’t feel safe run- get it done this year or whenever, JOHN RAOUX/AP Busch gets another shot Sun- ning alone without any allies. sometime or another, before it’s day at winning the race that At the last second, he dropped all said and done for myself to be Martin Truex Jr. was a seven-time winner for Joe Gibbs Racing last Trevor Bayne, Jamie McMurray low on the track to line up in front able to at least have one.” season and will likely cap a Hall of Fame résumé driving for Gibbs. 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DAYTONA 500 Bobby Labonte, left, and Tony Stewart, right, helped give Joe Gibbs Racing three of its five NASCAR Cup titles.

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Two-time winner Denny Hamlin is the favorite to win this year’s Daytona 500. Leading from the top JOHN RAOUX/AP With champs in tow, JGR is class of NASCAR

BY DAN GELSTON thank a few more people he forgot to mention at Associated Press the ceremony. “I really messed up on at that speech, the ac- DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. ceptance speech,” said Gibbs, who then acknowl- oe Gibbs was trying to apologize. His driv- edged business partners, friends of his late son, er won another checkered flag at Daytona J.D., and vowed to scores of others he omitted: — the same track where Gibbs’ epony- “I’m going to try to take care of that.” mous race team is the defending Dayto- Gibbs could be forgiven for the lapse on such na 500 champion — and the 79-year-old a busy weekend. He was feted in Miami during wanted to make some things right. the Super Bowl as part of the NFL’s 100 All- JHe was eight days removed from giving his NAS- Time Team, trading a NASCAR blue blazer CAR Hall of Fame speech, and it seemed sitting Gibbs behind another podium was the perfect setting to SEE TOP ON PAGE 23

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