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BY HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Monday the U.S. allow- ing South Korea to build more powerful missiles was an example of the U.S.’s hostile policy against the North, warning that it could lead to an “acute and instable sit- uation” on the Korean Peninsula. It’s North Korea’s first response to the May 21 summit between the leaders of the United States and South Korea, during which the U.S. ended decades-long restric- tions that capped South Korea’s missile development and allowed its ally to develop weapons with unlimited ranges. The accusation of U.S. policy being hostile to North Korea mat- ters because it said it won’t return to talks and would enlarge its nu- clear arsenal as long as U.S. hostil- ity persists. But the latest state- ment was still attributed to an in- CHRIS OXLEY, NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING/U.S. Navy dividual commentator, not a gov- Sections of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford are moved into position at Huntington Ingalls Newport News (Va.) Shipbuilding in May 2011. ernment body, suggesting North The multibillion-dollar carrier’s path toward its first deployment, scheduled for next year, began two decades ago. Korea may still want to leave room for potential diplomacy with the Biden administration. “The termination step is a stark reminder of the U.S. hostile policy Years late and billions more toward (North Korea) and its shameful double-dealing,” Kim Myong Chol, an international af- fairs critic, said, according to the The USS Gerald R. Ford provides a lesson in how the Navy builds ships official Korean Central News Agency. “It is engrossed in con- BY DAVE RESS It is a fast track that’s seen de- frontation despite its lip-service to Daily Press lays installing key components of dialogue.” NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — For the past 1½ years, on 18 trips off the Virginia and the ship, as on-shore testing re- “The U.S. is mistaken, however. vealed unexpected problems that It is a serious blunder for it to pres- North Carolina coasts, sailors and shipyard workers from Newport News have required hundreds of millions of surize (North Korea) by creating prepped the Navy’s newest carrier for deployment — 27% over its original budget dollars to fix and that forced work- asymmetric imbalance in and and years behind schedule. ers at Newport News Shipbuilding around the Korean Peninsula as to redo finished parts of the 1,092- this may lead to the acute and in- The costliest single item on the Department of Defense’s shopping list, the USS foot long carrier, hundreds of pag- stable situation on the Korean Gerald R. Ford has been on a fast track to launch a series of new technologies es of government budget docu- Peninsula now technically at intended to boost the Navy’s striking power for at least the next 50 years. ments, Navy assessments, over- war,” he said. It is a fast track that started two decades ago. 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BY ERICA EARL ment of Labor, 6.5% of veterans Stars and Stripes were unemployed in 2020. This was The thought of running your own a significant jump from 3.1% the business from home can sound ap- previous year, reflecting the sever- pealing, especially if your home ity of the pandemic, the agency changes to a new location around said. the world every few years. Multilevel marketing compa- Friends in the business nies, or MLMs, are becoming in- Johnson said he understands the creasingly popular in military com- appeal of MLMs, especially for peo- munities based on their pitch of ple who crave a social circle when “becoming your own boss,” said their spouses deploy, or who are Scott Johnson, a Navy veteran who about to exit the military without a hosts a podcast aimed to educate career plan. service members and veterans He said he became involved with about career opportunities and Amway in 1993 because he lacked a identifying scams. plan, and a trusted friend, a former MLMs promise a path to wealth flight surgeon, was with the compa- but some who become involved ny. AREK SOCHA/Pixabay with them find the promise illusory, Johnson said he spent thousands Multilevel marketing companies, or MLMs, promise a path to wealth but some who become involved with even fraudulent. Others earn good of dollars on meetings, member- them find the promise illusory, even fraudulent. Others earn good money while making friends. money while making friends. ship fees and inventory. Knowing what to look for and keep- “To make up for the cost to stay at issues, and we take responsibility May 5. seem too good to be true, focuses ing a life balance are two factors in Amway, I was always having to sell, for fixing them.” She said she regrets spending the heavily on salespeople recruiting managing membership in an and the sales I did make became $1,000 it cost to sign on with the other sellers for the company, uses MLM. more about not disrupting the rela- ‘Boss babes’ company. high-pressure sales tactics or if its Multilevel marketing companies tionship. They were sympathy MLM companies deal in a range “I only made $20 from my few distributors are required to pur- create revenue by using non-sala- sales,” he said. of goods and services, but the busi- months with the company, which I chase more inventory than they can ried members to sell goods or ser- “But it’s more than just the mon- ness model of recruiting more peo- have yet to see a cent of due to the reasonably sell to stay active in the vices directly to consumers. Prod- ey. That’s just dollars. There’s also ple to help sell a product remains fact that their payment portal will company. ucts range from clothing to jewelry time. I can recover money, but not the same. not release funds until you make But not everyone has a bad expe- to beauty items, but the premise is my time or those friendships.” The notion of becoming a “boss $25,” Langston said. “Looking rience with MLMs. Ashley Wat- the same. Participants must pay a In 2010, Johnson was part of a babe,” a term used in MLM social back, I’m extremely embarrassed kins, a Navy spouse at Great Lakes recruitment fee, and they must also class-action lawsuit against Am- media circles, along with the prod- that I allowed myself to become vic- Naval Station, Ill., said she joined pay for the inventory they will be way subsidiary Quixtar that al- ucts are the bait, Johnson said. tim to the predatory business mod- Pure Romance, an MLM selling selling. leged unfair and illegal business Many MLM companies are mar- el that is an MLM, and even more sex toys and other adult products, “Eventually you go broke, or you practices that misled distributors keted toward women because of embarrassed that I tried to exploit after she lost her civilian job. can’t continue to sell to your same about earning potential and partici- the products they sell, or ride trend people for my own tiny gain.” Watkins said she purposefully friend group,” Johnson, who pation costs. waves, such as weight loss and Truthinadvertising.org, a non- schedules days where she does not worked for Amway for a decade af- Amway settled out of court for “wellness.” profit organization that examines engage in selling Pure Romance to ter his time in service, told Stars $56 million, and Johnson said he got Brooke Langston, a military product claims, said in March that keep a balance in her personal life and Stripes by phone May 12. Am- 5% of what he spent on his involve- spouse on Yokosuka Naval Base, Thrive uses unsubstantiated health to avoid pushing her friends away way, founded in 1959, is an MLM ment in the company. Japan, said she joined Thrive by and disease-treatment claims to or being labeled as a “hun,” inter- that sells health, beauty and home The settlement did not include Le-Vel, a brand of dietary supple- sell its products. net slang for someone who relent- care products. admission of guilt from Amway. ment and weight loss products, last Representatives from Le-Vel, lessly messages people to sell prod- Last year proved to be particu- “The suit contains strong and dis- year to make money during the which has an A+ rating from the ucts. larly rough for those seeking work agreeable allegations and language pandemic. Better Business Bureau, did not re- “I think it is a way to meet people during the coronavirus pandemic. that we categorically reject,” said a She was given a strict script to spond to email queries from Stars depending on where you are sta- Unemployment for military spous- 2010 letter from the company’s follow for her social media posts, as and Stripes on Friday. tioned,” Watkins said via Facebook es was at 24%, a higher rate than the chairman, Steve Van Andel, and well as instructions to message Messenger on May 5. “Plus, you general population, according to a then-president Doug DeVos. “Nev- friends or family members she Shun the ‘hun’ can work from your phone anytime 2020 Department of Defense re- ertheless, the company and its (In- knew might have body image inse- According to the Federal Trade of the day.” port to Congress. dependent Business Owner) lead- curities, Langston told Stars and Commission, an MLM should be [email protected] And, according to the Depart- ers take responsibility for all past Stripes by Facebook Messenger on avoided if it makes promises that Twitter: @ThisEarlGirl US bombers fly over all 30 NATO nations on Memorial Day BY CHAD GARLAND gion in 2018, USAFE said. The mis- statement last week. 80 fighter jets at various stages. P-8A Poseidon aircraft from U.S. Stars and Stripes sion is called “Operation Allied On Monday, the long-range Since 2018, U.S. bombers de- Naval Forces Europe-Africa’s Pa- KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany Sky.” heavy bombers were expected to ployed to Europe have taken part in trol Squadron 40. — U.S. long-range strategic bom- “Today’s mission is an awesome conduct aerial refueling and inte- more than 200 sorties with allies and The bomber rotation comes as the bers were flying a Memorial Day demonstration of NATO air superi- gration flights with the aircraft of partners, mainly as a deterrent re- alliance conducts a series of large- mission over all 30 NATO countries ority,” Gen. Jeff Harrigian, NATO several allies over Europe, from sponse to Russia’s military resur- scale exercises across Europe in- in Europe and North America, offi- Allied Air Command and USAFE- Turkey to Norway. KC-135 Strato- gence. volving thousands of troops. It also cials said Monday. AFAFRICA commander, said in tanker aircraft based at RAF Mil- Early last week, the Barksdale- follows Russia’s deployment last The B-52H Stratofortress air- Monday’s statement. denhall, England, were expected to based bombers worked with Hun- month of thousands of troops to the craft, deployed to Moron Air Base, The U.S. Air Force’s eight-engine support the mission, which also in- garian Gripens, Italian Eurofight- border area along Ukraine, which Spain, were expected to fly with air- bombers, based out of Barksdale cluded a North American leg over ers and F-16s from Greece, Roma- raised concern among NATO allies. craft from more than 20 allies, U.S. Air Force Base, La., arrived at Mo- the U.S. and Canada, supported by nia and Bulgaria during simulated “Bomber missions demonstrate Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces ron two weeks ago. Four B-52s from aircraft from those countries. target training in the Black Sea re- the credibility of our forces to ad- Africa said in a statement. the 2nd Bomb Wing and over 200 The last time U.S. bombers con- gion. The bombers later flew with dress a global security environment It’s the second time a bomber task personnel deployed on a short-no- ducted an overflight of all 30 allies RAF Eurofighter Typhoons and that is more diverse and uncertain force deployed to Europe has con- tice tasker, Air Force Maj. Marisa was in August, and that effort in- Hellenic F-16s over the east Medi- than at any other time in our histo- ducted such a mission since the U.S. King, 96th Bomber Task Force di- volved six B-52s out of Minot Air terranean Sea before conducting ry,” Harrigian said in Monday’s began deploying bombers to the re- rector of operations, said in a video Force Base, N.D., escorted by some counter-maritime exercises with statement. 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FROM PAGE 1 nuclear plant, new kinds of cata- pults and arresting gear to in- sight reports and congressional crease the number of sorties the hearings show. air wing could fly, a new layout of Over the past 18 months, the the flight deck, new radar, new an- Ford’s crew and the shipyard ti-aircraft and missile defense workers who regularly set to sea weapons and a new way of arming with them have made up some of and moving weapons from maga- that lost time. But the Ford’s long zines. path toward a first deployment, The plan was to begin introduc- now slated for next year, has ing some with the Nimitz-class sparked years of criticism about carrier that would eventually be the way the Navy acquires ships — the USS George H.W. Bush, which and how it sells the need for multi- would be commissioned in 2009. billion-dollar budgets to Con- There’d be more on the first ship gress. The Navy told Congress in of the new class — the one that 2007 it would cost $10.49 billion. It would be the Ford — with every- KRISTOPH RUIZ/U.S. Navy actually cost $13.316 billion. thing up and running on the sec- A sled moves along the flight deck of Pre­Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford during a test of catapults that The Ford is on track to hit its key ond, the John F. Kennedy, now un- comprise part of the ship's Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System. goals: a 33% increase in the num- der construction and 81% com- ber of planes that can be launched plete. tiple-barrel cannon that can fire eliminating one of the waste dis- tem to meet the Navy’s specifica- over a 12-hour period, 17% fewer Defense Secretary Donald 4,500 rounds a minute, to the new posal systems from the ship and tions. The power conversion sys- sailors than on the current Nimitz Rumsfeld, a former Naval aviator, electromagnetic catapult and ar- said it planned to start cutting tem had to be redone to meet the class, and big savings on operating didn’t like the idea of spreading resting gear systems and the new holes in steel plates earlier, during Navy’s vibration and shock re- costs, now estimated at $4 billion the innovations across two ships. dual band radar. fabrication, to cut labor hours quirements, once they were set, over the life of the ship, the Naval So the Navy agreed to speed work All of these costs, except the nu- needed for welding and pulling ca- while General Atomics, which had Sea Systems Command says. on the features it had wanted to clear power system, would rise ble. not previously worked on ship- “We went all in, that’s really save for the second ship and install sharply. The new radar’s cost Those efforts narrowed the gap board systems, complained about what the problem is,” Northern them on the first. would be 138% above the Navy’s between the Navy’s cost estimate a lack of coordination with the Virginia-based defense analyst It would have the new reactor, a 2008 forecast. The new arresting and the yard’s initial one. ship and lagging communications Eric Wertheim said. smaller design than the Nimitz gear, 123% costlier. The new cata- But the GAO said despite the by the Navy. “I think they’ll get the technol- class but capable of generating pult, 111%. yard’s efforts to meet Navy targets And after the design was set, ogy to perform,” he said, after three times as much power. All in all, these costs rose by for the Nimitz-class Ronald Re- concern that the electromagnets tracking the work of the crew and Work had started on creating more than $720 million by the agan and George H.W. Bush, “in could cause interference with the the shipyard workers who have the new reactor. The other high- time the Ford was formally deliv- both cases, costs grew not only Ford’s electronic systems been embarking with them over tech features, including a plane ered to the Navy, though work on above the negotiated contract emerged. the past year and a half. catapult that used electromag- the ship continued. price, but above the original esti- The schedule for the advanced “They’re doing good work … nets, were little more than con- The reworking of designs, mate of the shipbuilder as well.” arresting gear slipped, with the but it cost more than it needed to.” cepts. changes in construction schedules And there was plenty of poten- critical design review coming five That cost, along with the explo- and need to break down and re- tial for falling behind schedule, months late because General sive growth of drones over the two The pace quickens build already completed parts of the GAO said. Atomics underestimated the num- decades it was conceptualized, de- The single-ship leap forward the Ford to accommodate changes The catapult and arresting gear, ber of drawings needed. Changes signed, built and commissioned, “resulted in a high degree of con- in these systems had knock-on ef- built by General Atomics, had to in the Navy’s shock and vibration has rekindled decades-old ques- current development, design, ma- fects. be installed by 2011 to keep con- requirements led to redesign of a tions about the need for all the big terial procurement, and construc- Planning costs had climbed struction on track. If the catapult major subsystem. carriers the Navy operates. tion, ultimately impacting cost 42%, or by $980 million, from the wasn’t ready, they would have to From the Navy’s point of view, and performance,” the Naval Sea Navy’s fiscal year 2008 projection. wait to complete 48 of the 423 ba- The contract the Ford “is a weapons system System Command says. Basic construction costs were sic construction units (called “de- The Navy awarded Newport equipped with state-of-the-art The pace of spending to build 29% higher, by $1.36 billion. sign zones”) on the carrier, all of News Shipbuilding the major, $4.9 technology that is functioning as the Ford soon picked up: $135 mil- them above the main deck and on billion contract for construction of designed and is set up to provide a lion in fiscal year 2002, $395 mil- Alarm bells the flight deck. If the arresting the Ford in September 2008. return on investment measured in lion in 2003, $1.16 billion in 2004, The first warning that costs gear wasn’t finished, it would hold At the time, the shipyard had billions of dollars across 5 dec- when the Navy paid General Elec- would rise came in 2007, six up 18 design units above the main completed a quarter of the mod- ades,” the Naval Sea Systems tric $928 million, on top of some months after the Pentagon asked deck. ules from which the carrier would Command says. $410 million already spent, for the for the first big chunk of funds for The dual band radar, from be built. But the 3-D computer “While it is not unusual for the nuclear reactor. the Ford, telling Congress in its Raytheon Inc., needed to be deliv- model of the carrier — a basic plan first ship of a class to have unex- By end of 2007, the shipyard’s budget filing for the following fis- ered by 2010 to keep work on nine needed for its construction — pected challenges and delays,” the design work and plans had cost the cal year that building and equip- design zones in the carrier’s island wasn’t completed until more than Ford is performing as planned, the Navy $1.49 billion. ping the Ford would cost just un- superstructure on schedule. a year later. command says. And, it adds: But the planning and design der $10.49 billion. And the 11 electromagnetic And while General Atomics had “Ford class aircraft carriers will work wasn’t done, two years after “The Navy’s cost estimate, weapons elevators, the heart of a by then completed the first round serve as the centerpiece of strike the yard began cutting steel for the which underpins the budget, is op- new, safer system for arming of testing aimed at seeing how well group operations through the 21st ship. The Navy’s first cost esti- timistic. … The Navy assumes that weapons from the magazine deep the catapult could handle the rap- century, supporting national stra- mates for the Ford pegged total CVN 78 will be built with fewer la- in the ship’s hull, needed to be id pace of launching planes, land- tegic objectives,” the command planning at $2.35 billion. bor hours than were needed for ready by 2010. If not, 68 zones on based testing was already running said. Payments to the yard for some the previous two carriers,” the every deck would be affected. two years late. of the propulsion and electrical Government Accountability Of- But the catapult already was By April 2009, the Navy had Two decades ago system work had reached $645 fice concluded. more than 15 months behind quietly asked Newport News Ship- The Navy started spending on million by that point, and the Navy On top of that, GAO said “the schedule by 2007 and costs were building what it would need to the Ford in 2001, with preparation projected total construction costs shipbuilder’s initial cost estimate running substantially above bud- change if the older, steam-power- of the plans and other work cost- would be $4.73 billion. That figure for construction was 22 percent get. ed catapults were installed in- ing $21 million. excluded $1.52 billion for the nu- higher than the Navy’s cost tar- The generator needed to store stead, Allison Stiller, the deputy At the time, the Navy was aim- clear power system, an estimated get.” the high level of electric power assistant secretary of the Navy for ing for a multi-step process to in- $697 million for ordnance — ev- At the shipyard’s suggestion, to needed to propel the launcher had ship programs, told a congression- troduce all the features its carrier erything from the new Close-in hold costs down, the Navy drop- failed, and on top of the redesign al hearing. But the Navy ultimate- working group proposed for its Weapons System Mounts, the ped a dynamic armor protection needed to fix that, General Atom- next generation carrier — a new computer- and radar-linked mul- system. The yard also suggested ics also had to reconfigure the sys- SEE FORD ON PAGE 5 Tuesday, June 1, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 MILITARY Ford: Innovations led to delays, cost increases

FROM PAGE 4 than halfway completed, GAO re- ly remained committed to the view found. electromagnetic system. The delivery date had been In its February 2010 request for pushed back again, to February funding, the Navy boosted the esti- 2016, and even so, “the Navy and mated cost of the Ford by more shipbuilder must still overcome than $1 billion, to $11.53 billion. significant technology develop- The Navy cited the rate of inflation ment, design, and construction as well as nonrecurring engineer- challenges in order to deliver a ing costs. fully functional ship to the fleet” A year and a half later, in July by then, GAO said. 2011, the Navy modified Newport The budgeted cost of $12.8 bil- News Shipbuilding’s constriction lion was up, too — another $500 contract, adding $504 million to million above the increase the Na- CORY DAUT/U.S. Navy cover continuing engineering vy estimated a bit more than a The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford prepares to get underway in October 2019. work. year earlier. In addition to infla- tion, the Navy cited nonrecurring the extra time and work — all of shipyard had operated only four of that the Ford was already 23% Delays and rising costs design and engineering costs which the Navy had to pay for — the ship’s 11 weapons elevators. above its original budget, while The Navy, too, kept saying the needed to stay within the earlier this interfered with installation of Meanwhile, the Navy was defer- the USS Zumwalt, lead of what Ford was on target for delivery in cost cap and changes to fix prob- cabling and ductwork. ring some work until after ship de- was to be a class of 32 destroyers 2015, even as its next budget sub- lems that could affect the safety of As land-based testing contin- livery, GAO reported. of which only 3 were built, came in mission, in February 2012, pro- the ship. ued, it prompted changes to the ar- 40% above budget. The lead ver- jected the Ford would cost $790 Increased labor, material and resting gear and the catapult that Still more delays sions of the new littoral combat million more than the estimate it design costs at the shipyard were were adding weight, and doing Delays continued as land-based ships ran 150% over their original made just two years earlier, bring- offset by a cut in the shipyard’s that around the flight deck, which testing of the catapult, arresting budgets. ing the total to $12.32 billion. fee. But cost increases in govern- could affect the ship’s stability un- gear and radar had to be complet- A few weeks later, the Navy ad- ment-furnished equipment — the less designers could find some ed before they could be installed, The end in sight? mitted the arresting gear system big items here were the catapult, way to offset that. Paul L. Francis, the GAO’s ma- In February 2016, an assistant was behind schedule. arresting gear and radar — also “Additional weight growth to naging director overseeing its secretary of the Navy told a House By that point, the cost of the ar- boosted overall costs, the Navy the advanced arresting gear was work on government procure- subcommittee that construction of resting gear had more than dou- said. of particular concern and could ment told the Senate Armed Ser- the Ford was in its final stages: bled, from an original estimate of “The shipbuilder has begun in- trigger a need for future structur- vices Committee in an October 96% complete, with 80% of testing $75 million to just under $167 mil- stalling the remaining 6 critical al and space modifications around 2015 hearing. of the hull and the carrier’s me- lion, Navy budget documents (not yet mature) technologies on the installed system,” GAO By that point, the catapult’s test- chanical and electrical systems show. In the end, the final cost was the ship even though their capabil- warned. ing was still underway and would completed. Some 63% of electron- $149 million. ities are not yet fully proven,” the not be finished until early 2016 — ics systems testing was done as The electromagnetic catapult GAO said. Another delay seven years late and around the well. system cost had climbed from While the Ford’s baseline de- By the summer of 2014, it was time the Ford was supposed to be This put the ship on track for de- $318 million to $425 million, the sign included several features clear that the already postponed delivered under the new deadline. livery in August or September budget records show. And this needed to handle the F-35 fighters delivery date for the Ford would The arresting gear tests were 2016 — another delay. system, which was supposed to be the Navy started flying in 2019, the be missed. running late, too — the system There’d be a full ship shock trial delivered to the shipyard by 2011, GAO said changes are still under While the shipyard found an- wasn’t likely to be fully proven un- — basically, setting off high explo- ran into technical problems, the development, eight years after the swers to engineering and material til early 2017, also seven years sives near the ship to see how it GAO would report. In the end, the first cut of steel for the ship. challenges by the summer of 2014, late. could weather that challenge, the system cost $664 million. Key promises for the Ford’s ra- they meant much of the work on The dual band radar system’s first such test of a carrier since And while the Navy’s revised dar system, including air traffic the Ford as it entered its most land based testing was done by 1987 — by 2019, with the first de- development schedule called for control capabilities, “remain un- complicated phase was done out of then — six years behind schedule. ployment planned by 2021. land-based testing to continue into demonstrated,” GAO reported, sequence, causing delays and The Navy’s latest estimate for Five months later, a transfor- 2014, years behind its original adding that the land-based testing higher costs, the GAO reported. the labor needed to finish the Ford mer in one of the main turbine plan, “significant numbers of then underway was of a prototype The shipyard had completed — 49.9 million hours, up 17% from generators in CVN 78’s propulsion EMALS components have already not able to perform under the work on only 73% of the 777 com- its promise to Congress in 2007, plant experienced a catastrophic been produced, delivered to the higher voltages required on the partments scheduled to be com- was predictable, Francis said, not- failure. shipbuilder, and installed on CVN Ford. pleted by August 2014, the agency ing that the original estimate was 2 While an initial review by the 78 — even though the functional The first test of the radar system said. million hours less than the ship- shipyard and the firm that sup- requirements, performance, and configured for the Ford wouldn’t The main reason was late deliv- yard itself said would be needed. plied the transformer blamed a suitability of the system remain start until 2016 — the year the car- ery of the electromagnetic cata- “Optimism has pervaded the manufacturing defect, a follow-up unproven,” GAO said. rier was supposed to be delivered pult and arresting gear, with more program from the start,” Francis found other problems. All re- Changes made to the still unpro- to the Navy — and the Navy ex- than 50 modifications still to be said. quired design changes and more ven system already required re- pected the system wouldn’t be ful- completed before shipboard test- While the Navy said the Ford time to implement them. wiring work. ly developed until 2017. The sys- ing could begin. could be delivered, complete, by In August 2016, testing of the But it wouldn’t be until the tem, originally expected to cost With so much still to do, there 2015 at a cost of $10.5 billion, the dual band radar system uncov- spring of 2013 that the Navy finally $202 million, ended up with a was a time squeeze. Testing the latest estimate was that 367 com- ered problems. That, too, required said the Ford wouldn’t be price tag of $486 million. ship’s fire sprinklers was delayed partments would not be finished fixes. launched as scheduled, with that There were more problems, and because construction of the sprin- on delivery. Instead of being able It would not be until May 2017 critical milestone to come four redesigns, for the arresting year, kling system was not completed to conduct full flight operations in that the Ford would be delivered. months late, in November. and the Navy said it didn’t expect on time. Testing of the ship’s 2015, the Ford was only due to The shock test Stackley said “We knew a couple years ago to complete land-based testing un- plumbing fixtures was delayed start flight operations with one would be done in 2019 won’t hap- there was going to be some sched- til 2015 — 2 ½ years later than until testing of the potable water fixed wing plane four months after pen until later this summer. The ule pressure,” a Naval Sea Sys- planned. distribution system was complet- an again-delayed 2016 delivery Ford won’t be ready to deploy un- tems Command spokesman said At the shipyard, that meant that ed and activated. date. til 2022 at the earliest. at the time. instead of building a module to While shipboard testing of com- “That CVN 78 will deliver at The Navy always viewed a July house the arresting gear engines ponents to the advanced weapons higher cost and less capability, Commissioned 2013 launch as an ambitious goal, and related equipment, so it could elevators began in February 2012, while disconcerting, was predict- On a sweltering July day in he added. be hoisted onto the hull and in- testing hadn’t proceeded as able,” Francis said. 2017, President Donald Trump’s stalled like a giant Lego-block, planned because of faulty compo- “Unfortunately, it is also unre- helicopter landed on the flight A first delayed deadline shipbuilders would have to cut a nents, software problems and pre- markable, as it is a typical out- deck of the Ford, still at a shipyard By the spring of 2013, construc- hole in the flight deck in order to mature corrosion of electrical come of the weapon system acqui- tion of the Ford was a little more install components. In addition to parts. By the summer of 2014, the sition process,” he said, noting SEE FORD ON PAGE 6 PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, June 1, 2021 MILITARY Seniors given ‘reverse parade’ at Humphreys BY MATTHEW KEELER Stars and Stripes CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — The graduating class of Camp Humphreys High School lined the garrison’s streets re- cently as vehicles filled with friends and family drove past in a now-familiar pandemic-era ritual PHOTOS BY MATTHEW KEELER/Stars and Stripes of celebration. Humphreys High School senior Enemoria Vidana bows during a "reverse parade" for soon­to­be graduates “Reverse parades” like the one at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, on Thursday. held Thursday provide an oppor- tunity for the community to rec- Humphreys High School er students cheered them on, a The Humphreys class of 2021 is ognize and congratulate their teachers congratulate graduating custom called the Legacy Walk. scheduled to hold a Senior Sunset own. It began last year with an seniors during the parade. This year’s ritual allows those on Tuesday evening. idea from Principal Erin Grazak unable to attend the graduation The seniors plan to gather on when strict coronavirus mitiga- made with their name and gradu- ceremony on Thursday a chance the football field one last time to tion measures precluded large ation photo. to congratulate each of the 143 celebrate and talk about future gatherings. The students decorate their students individually, Grazak goals as the sun retreats. “This was a big hit last year,” posts however they want before said. On Thursday, 126 out of the 143 Grazak said. “This event was the parade begins. Garrison com- Matthew Macy, 17, from Vicen- graduates plan to walk across the founded by COVID, and I think mander Col. Michael Tremblay za, Italy, said he’s never been big stage at the Collier Community it’s a new tradition that’s just and Command Sgt. Maj. Benja- on celebrations, but feels excited Fitness Center to receive their di- started.” min Lemon then lead a convoy of and said the parade is a great way plomas. COVID-19 is the respiratory over 150 vehicles past the soon-to- to end school on a high note. The remaining seniors either disease caused by the coronavirus be graduates. “It’s nice to see every one of my moved recently or graduated ear- that spawned the pandemic. Traditionally, graduates in senior classmates just out and cel- lier in the school year. For the reverse parade, each their caps and gowns walked the ebrating the fact they’re moving student has an individualized halls of the elementary and mid- onto the next part of their jour- [email protected] Senior Matthew Macy waves to light pole hung with a banner dle schools as staff and the young- ney,” he said. Twitter: @MattKeeler1231 his supporters during the parade. Ford: Navy says 99% of work items now corrected Missile: Longer ranges permitted FROM PAGE 5 of false or doubled-up targets. ly let its target for Ford’s first de- well above its target of 160 in 12 outfitting pier, to place the carrier Certification testing had started ployment slip some more, first un- hours, a one-third improvement FROM PAGE 1 into commission. on only two of the carrier’s 11 til 2023, eventually to 2024. over Nimitz class standard. “American steel and American weapons elevators, the first-of- But since late 2019, during 18 Rear Adm. James P. Downey, The United States had previous- hands have constructed a 100,000- their-kind electromagnet hoists exercises at sea, the Ford’s crew program executive officer for air- ly barred South Korea from devel- ton message to the world,” Trump that brought bombs and arma- along with scores of Newport craft carriers, said the Ford is now oping a missile with a range of said. ment from the Ford’s magazines News Shipbuilding works have hitting the Navy’s planned per- longer than 500 miles out of con- The ship was two years late and to the flight deck, to be loaded onto worked out kinks in the key sys- formance goals for the new de- cerns about a regional arms race. four of its critical systems — the aircraft. tems, have made up for some of sign. The range is enough for a South catapult, arresting gear, radar and Ford had to cut short its first the slippage. Over the past 18 months of post- Korean weapon to strike all of weapons’ elevators — weren’t yet three shakedown trips at sea be- Almost all the key systems are delivery tests and trial, “we really North Korea but is short of hitting running the way they should. cause of problems with the pro- certified as ready for use, with on- started stressing the ship’s 23 new potential key targets in other There were more than 9,000 items pulsion system. ly the final two weapons elevators technologies, especially EMALS neighbors like China and Japan. to be completed or fixed. Back to the shipyard in July left to certify. (the electromagnetic catapult) Some South Korean observers The Navy had promised a ship 2018 for what originally was With more than 8,000 problem- and AAG (advanced arresting hailed the end of the restrictions ready to handle all types of carrier scheduled to be a year to fix prob- free launches and landings under gear),” he said. as restoring military sovereignty, aircraft — the F/A-18 SuperHorn- lems found during sea trials, the its belt — a key milestone, since “In 18 months, we corrected but others suspected the U.S. in- et fighters, E-2 Hawkeye recon- Navy slated an extra three months that’s roughly the number on a 99% of the 9,000-plus work items tent was to boost its ally’s military naissance planes, C-2 supply — until October 2019 — because typical deployment — the Ford’s outstanding at ship’s delivery,” capability amid a rivalry with Chi- planes and helicopters by 2015. there was so much work to be crew proved the reliability of the Downey said.. na. Even after another year and done. catapult and arresting gear, said Matthew Collete, a University The commentator Kim accused half of work, the Department of Even after the extra three Capt. Joshua Sager, air wing com- of Michigan professor of naval ar- Washington of trying to spark an Defense Director — Operational months, the Navy had accepted mander. chitecture and marine engineer- arms race, thwart North Korean Test and Evaluation said reliabil- only four of the 11 elevators. For Sager said the new electromag- ing, said the Ford shows how diffi- development and deploy interme- ity of the catapult and arresting the catapult, only one of nine prob- netic technology means the air- cult it can be to find the right bal- diate-range missiles targeting gear was poor. lems identified after sea trials had wing can get into the air — and re- ance between the technology that countries near North Korea. During the first 747 launches, been fixed. Six of the seven prob- turn to the battle after rearming promises a strategic edge for The South Korean government the catapult suffered 10 critical lems identified with the arresting and refueling — faster than with many years to come and the many said it “prudently watches” North failures, well below the Navy’s re- gear were fixed. the traditional steam-and-hydrau- years it takes to build a major war- Korea’s reaction, but Unification quirement. The arresting gear The Navy pushed back the tar- lics systems that have been the ship. Ministry spokeswoman Lee Jong- failed 10 times out of 763 landings, get date for the Ford’s first deploy- mainstay for decades. “The Ford has a series of major joo wouldn’t comment otherwise, while the Navy demanded an av- ment by two years, to 2023. Last May, the Ford’s electronic improvements, and maybe they since the remarks were attributed erage of 16,500 problem-free re- catapult launched 165 planes in a didn’t all need to be made at once, to an individual, not an official coveries. Final sprint single 10-hour period; in Decem- but many of them depend on the statement from the North Korean The radar kept sending signals For a while, the Navy had quiet- ber 2020, it did 170 in 8.5 hours, others,” he said. government. Tuesday, June 1, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 NATION Biden observes personal Memorial Day weekend

Associated Press He focused much of his ARLINGTON, Va. — Presi- speech on the importance of dent Joe Biden honored Amer- democracy, saying that it ica’s war dead at Arlington Na- thrives when citizens can vote, tional Cemetery on Memorial when there is a free press and Day by laying a wreath at the when there are equal rights for hallowed burial ground and all. extolling the sacrifices of the “Generation after genera- fallen for the pursuit of democ- tion of American heroes are racy. signed up to be part of the fight The president was joined on because they understand the Monday by first lady Jill Bi- truth that lives in every Amer- den, Vice President Kamala ican heart: that liberation, op- Harris and second gentleman portunity, justice are far more Doug Emhoff in a somber cer- likely to come to pass in a de- emony at the Virginia ceme- mocracy than in an autocra- tery’s Tomb of the Unknown cy,” Biden said. Soldier, which is dedicated to The Bidens stopped by a row deceased service members of gravestones after the cere- whose remains have not been mony, holding hands and identified. speaking with a family whose His face tight with emotion, relative died during World Biden walked up to the wreath, War II. cupping it in his hands in silent Other dignitaries at the Ar- reflection and then making the lington event included De- sign of the cross. Later, he fense Secretary Lloyd Austin called on Americans to com- and Mark Milley, chairman of memorate their fallen heroes the Joint Chiefs of Staff. by remembering their fight for On Sunday, Biden addressed the nation’s ideals. a crowd of Gold Star military “This nation was built on an families and other veterans in idea,” Biden said Monday at a ceremony at War Memorial Arlington. “We were built on Plaza in New Castle, Dela- an idea, the idea of liberty and ware. Earlier in the day, he opportunity for all. We’ve nev- and other family members at- er fully realized that aspira- tended a memorial Mass for JOE GROMELSKI/Stars and Stripes tion of our founders, but every his son Beau Biden, a veteran As President Joe Biden honored America’s war dead at nearby Arlington National Cemetary, Army veteran generation has opened the who died of brain cancer six Bernie Klomanek of Mineral, Va., remembers the fallen during a Memorial Day visit to the Vietnam door a little wider.” years ago to the day. Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Buttigieg: Respect plane mask mandates

Associated Press on planes, buses and trains until these bodies of guidance always WASHINGTON — Transporta- Sept. 13, continues to be driven by evolve with the science,” Buttigieg tion Secretary Pete Buttigieg on public health considerations. He said. Sunday urged travelers to respect stressed that travelers should abide His admonition comes after the flight attendants and other crew by it as both a matter of safety and Federal Aviation Administration members who enforce federal mask respect to transportation workers. announced last week it was propos- mandates on planes, pledging strict “Part of it has to do with the ing civil penalties as high as $15,000 federal enforcement against such unique conditions of the physical against five passengers for viola- abuse at a time of increasingly unru- space,” Buttigieg said, explaining tions that included allegedly as- ly behavior by passengers. the extra COVID-19 precautions for saulting and yelling at flight attend- “The flight crews and other work- crowded spaces. “Part of it has to do ants. ers you encounter, they’re doing with the conditions of it being a Southwest Airlines last week also their job,” he said. “They’re follow- workplace, and folks who really banned a woman accused of punch- ing regulations and they’re there to don’t have a choice about being ing a flight attendant shortly after a keep you safe. It is absolutely unac- there, the way it is in some other plane from Sacramento, Calif., ceptable to ever mistreat a trans- cases.” landed in San Diego on May 23. The portation worker. Centers for Disease Control and airline said the passenger ignored “And of course, there’s very seri- Prevention guidelines say that fully instructions from the flight attend- ous fines and enforcement around vaccinated people can go without ant before assaulting her. San Diego that,” Buttigieg added. face coverings inside and outside Harbor Police arrested Vyvianna Buttigieg said the federal mask various public areas. Quinonez, 28, and charged her with mandate, which remains in effect “These rules and regulations and felony battery. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, June 1, 2021 NATION GOP given week to reach deal on infrastructure

BY HOPE YEN to Democrats on Friday. Biden Associated Press had originally set a Memorial Day WASHINGTON — Transporta- deadline for reaching a deal be- tion Secretary Pete Buttigieg said fore he let that deadline slip back. Sunday time is running short for a The two sides remain far apart. bipartisan deal on infrastructure, Republican senators last week indicating that President Joe Bi- outlined a $928 billion infrastruc- den will look to act without Repub- ture proposal as a counteroffer to lican support if there is no consen- Biden’s $1.7 trillion proposal, and sus when Congress returns from they said they would not go along its Memorial Day break. with his plans to raise the corpo- “By the time that they return, rate tax from 21% to 28% to pay for GEORGE WALKER IV, THE TENNESSEAN/AP which is June 7, just a week from new spending. Emergency personnel remove debris from a plane crash in Percy Priest Lake Sunday, near Smyrna, Tenn. tomorrow, we need a clear direc- Republicans want to shift un- tion,” Buttigieg said. “The presi- spent COVID-19 relief dollars to dent keeps saying inaction is not help cover the costs, a nonstarter an option. And time is not unlimit- for many Democrats and a pro- Ex-‘Tarzan’ actor among 7 plane ed here.” He said the American posal that Biden is finding un- people “expect us to do some- workable, a White House adviser crash victims in Tennessee lake thing.” told The Associated Press on Fri- Biden plans to meet with lead day. Associated Press Saturday as Brandon Hannah, Smyrna Rutherford County Air- Republican negotiator, Sen. Shel- On Sunday, Capito said she re- SMYRNA, Tenn. — Investiga- Gwen S. Lara, William J. Lara, port to Palm Beach Internation- ley Moore Capito of West Virginia, mained hopeful the two sides can tors on Sunday continued David L. Martin, Jennifer J. al Airport when it crashed Sat- this coming week and says he re- move closer to agreement. searching for the bodies of seven Martin, Jessica Walters and Jo- urday morning. Authorities did mains open to hearing from other “I think we can get to real com- people believed killed in the nathan Walters, all of Brent- not release registration informa- GOP senators who are working on promise, absolutely, because crash a day earlier of a small jet wood, Tenn. Their names were tion for the plane. different proposals. But Biden has we’re both still in the game,” she into a Tennessee lake, including released after family members Smyrna is located about 20 been eying the dwindling timeline said. “I think the president told me an actor who portrayed Tarzan had been notified. miles southeast of Nashville. for a deal, with an early June hear- himself that let’s get this done. We in a 1990s television series. Gwen Shamblin Lara founded Percy Priest Lake is a reservoir ing scheduled on a House trans- realize this is not easy. I think we Rutherford County Fire Res- the Remnant Fellowship Church created by the J. Percy Priest portation bill that is widely seen as bring every idea that’s on the table cue Capt. John Ingle said in a in Brentwood in 1999 and wrote a Dam. It is a popular spot for a building block for the big pack- into the negotiations to see how we statement Sunday that recovery faith-based weight loss book. boating and fishing. age he favors. can achieve this and get it across efforts were ongoing at Percy Her husband of nearly three “With dive teams in the water, Democratic senators also plan the threshold.” Priest Lake near Smyrna. He years, known as Joe Lara, was an we are strongly urging civilian on moving forward on a sweeping The GOP plan amounts to about said efforts also were focused on actor featured in the TV series boaters to stay away from the infrastructure package “with or $250 billion in new spending, far examining a half-mile-wide de- “Tarzan: The Epic Adventures.” public safety boats,” Ingle said. without the support of Republican from the president’s approach. Bi- bris field in the lake. The Federal Aviation Admin- The National Transportation senators,” Senate Majority Lead- den reduced his $2.3 trillion bid to County officials identified the istration said the Cessna C501 Safety Board had a lead investi- er Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wrote $1.7 trillion in earlier negotiations. victims in a news release late plane was heading from nearby gator at the site. Dems walk out in bid to block Texas’ voting restrictions Associated Press longer the 100-member quorum cans, who hold an 18-13 majority AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Dem- needed to pass Senate Bill 7, in the chamber, used a bare- ocrats pulled off a dramatic, last- which would have reduced polling knuckle procedural move to sus- ditch walkout in the state House of hours, empowered poll watchers pend the rules and take up the Representatives on Sunday night and scaled back ways to vote in measure in the middle of the to block passage of one of the most Texas, which already has some of night. restrictive voting bills in the U.S., the nation’s strictest voting laws. “We knew today, with the eyes leaving Republicans with no They gathered later outside a of the nation watching actions in choice but to abandon a midnight Black church, driving home their Austin, that we needed to send a deadline and declare the legisla- anger over a last-minute change message, and that message is ve- tive session essentially over. to the Texas bill that would have ry, very clear: Mr. President, we The revolt is one of Democrats’ prohibited Sunday voting before 1 need a national response to feder- biggest protests to date against p.m., when many Black worship- al voting rights,” Democratic state GOP efforts nationwide to impose pers go to the polls. Democrats Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer said. stricter election laws, and they said they did not go into the House Republicans showed restraint used the spotlight to urge Presi- vote intending to break quorum, in criticizing Democrats for the dent Joe Biden to act on voting JAY JANNER, AUSTIN AMERICAN­STATESMAN/AP but instead became fed-up after move. rights. Gary Bledsoe, president of the Texas NAACP, speaks at a news Republicans repeatedly refused “I am disappointed that some But the victory may be fleeting: conference at the Capitol, on Sunday, against Senate Bill 7, known as to take their questions while rac- members decided to break quo- Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, the Election Integrity Protection Act. ing to pass the bill. rum,” said Republican state Rep. who had declared new voting laws It was a stunning turnabout Briscoe Cain, who carried the bill a priority in Texas, quickly an- he would drag lawmakers back to just seems that’s not the case,” from just 24 hours earlier, when in the House. “We all know what nounced he would order a special work. Democratic state Rep. Carl Sher- the bill seemed all but guaranteed that meant. I understand why they session to finish the job. He called “We’ve said for so many years man said. to reach Abbott’s desk. The Texas were doing it, but we all took an the failure of the bill “deeply dis- that we want more people to par- One by one, Democrats left the Senate had signed off before sun- oath to Texans that we would be appointing” but did not say when ticipate in our democracy. And it House chamber until there was no rise earlier Sunday after Republi- here to do our jobs.” Tuesday, June 1, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION Black women target governor, Senate seats BY BILL BARROW to their representation. tration with dysfunction. Voters Associated Press Congress began this year with a “see women as collaborative lead- ATLANTA — Jennifer McClel- record 25 Black women out of 435 ers, and women of color are not seen lan remembers her parents re- House members. Black women are as part of what’s already broken,” counting life as Black Virginians mayors in seven of the 100 most Finney said, even if they’ve held of- enduring segregation and the trau- populous U.S. cities, up from one fice already, because they are “nat- ma and triumph of the civil rights less than a decade ago. The number ural outsiders.” movement. of Black women in state legislatures Beasley and Demings, Finney It showed her that government has nearly doubled in two decades, added, carry potential advantages can be “a powerful force for im- to more than 4%. hailing from the criminal justice es- proving people’s lives” but also one “We can celebrate,” Carr said, tablishment: Beasley as part of the “that oppresses some, ignores oth- “but still recognize the work that judiciary, Demings as a former Or- ers.” needs to be done.” lando police chief. So, Finney said, Ageneration later, despite her in- At the least, strong campaigns it’d be harder for Republicans to terest in public office, there was no from Black women so early in the caricature either as “extremist” or obvious pathway for someone like midterm cycle stand out compared “radical.” her. to previous years. In Virginia, McClellan and Car- “There weren’t a lot of role mod- In 2017, as Ge- roll Foy describe their candidacies els ... examples of Black women” in orgia’s Abrams as progress, with caveats. power, said McClellan in an inter- was preparing for Carroll Foy has endorsements view. Now she’s a 48-year-old state her first bid for from Higher Heights and EMILY’s senator running for governor her- governor, white List, which champions abortion self: “We’re in a very different Vir- power brokers in rights. She’s raised in the millions, ginia.” the state party though not at pace with McAuliffe, a McClellan’s candidacy alongside DAVID CRIGGER, BRISTOL (VA.) HERALD COURIER/AP recruited one of prodigious fundraiser since his fellow primary candidate Jennifer State Sen. Jennifer McClellan, above, Democratic candidate for her fellow state days as President Bill Clinton’s 1996 Carroll Foy demonstrates the rising governor of Virginia, and Jennifer Carroll Foy, a former state lawmakers, a Abrams reelection co-chair. political power of Black women, legislator, are trying to break another barrier in Virginia by becoming white woman, to “It’s obvious the structures in long a foundation of Democratic the first Black woman to win a governor’s race. run against her. place aren’t made to have a woman victories, and “They should have been asham- of color run for and win the execu- more recently, as In addition to Virginia, two Black fights that my parents, my grand- ed,” said Karen Finney, a promi- tive position,” Carroll Foy said. candidates and women are running for U.S. Senate parents and my great-grandparents nent Black Democratic consultant McClellan said voters beyond the officeholders, from North Carolina in 2022: for- fought, and I cannot leave that to my and Abrams ally. “She proved them political class are “ready for some- from Vice Presi- mer state Supreme Court Chief Jus- children,” McClellan recalled all wrong.” one with that different perspec- dent Kamala tice Cheri Beasley and former legis- thinking when she watched the vid- Abrams trounced her hand- tive,” while many insiders still be- Harris to mayors lator Erica Smith. In Florida, U.S. eo of George Floyd, a Black man, picked primary opponent and came lieve “if there’s a white man in the in Atlanta, Chica- Rep. Val Demings is running for dying under the knee of a white po- within 55,000 votes out of 4 million race, you have to wait your turn.” go and San Fran- Republican Sen. Marco Rubio’s lice officer in Minnesota last year. cast of defeating Republican Brian Indeed, McAuliffe is running Carroll Foy cisco. seat. In Georgia, voting rights activ- Carroll Foy ties her biography — Kemp. Soon after, Senate Demo- with plenty of Black support. McClellan and ist and former legislative leader graduating from Virginia Military cratic leader Chuck Schumer court- Among his campaign co-chairs is Carroll Foy, a 39-year-old former Stacey Abrams is expected to make Institute and working in low-wage ed her to run for Senate. She de- the highest-ranking Black member legislator, are trying to break anoth- a second run for governor in 2022. jobs and as a public defender — to clined but recruited the Rev. Ra- of the General Assembly, Senate er barrier by becoming the first Steve Schale, a white strategist her political strategy. “There’s in- phael Warnock. Warnock, a Black President Pro Tem Louise Lucas. Black woman to win a governor’s who helped President Barack Oba- tersectionality ... coming from one man, won his January runoff by 2 She credited McAuliffe with gen- race in any state. They are decided ma win Florida twice, said it’s a de- of the poorest points, a wider margin than his uine outreach to nonwhite commu- underdogs to former Gov. Terry veloping consensus that Black communities in white colleague, Democratic Sen. nities and said she “goes back three McAuliffe in Virginia’s June 8 pri- women can assemble Democrats’ Virginia” and Jon Ossoff, managed in a parallel decades” with the 64-year-old mary. Yet they’re nonetheless part ideal alliance for statewide elec- selling policy contest. Democrat. of a surge in candidacies by Black tions: older Black voters, younger ideas to all work- Heading into 2022, Georgia Dem- “I’m excited about all of the Black women not just for local and legisla- voters across racial and ethnic ing- and middle- ocrats are uniformly ceding the top and brown women running for of- tive posts but also statewide offices lines, urban white liberals and class voters, she of the ticket to Abrams, who is publi- fices all over this nation,” Lucas that are still new ground for Black enough white moderates, especial- said in an inter- cly mum but expected to run. said. “This is no slight to any of my women. ly women, in metro areas. view. “She proved you don’t have to fol- sisters.” “We are normalizing Black wom- “This is the next step post-Oba- In addition to Beasley low conventional wisdom,” McClel- Still, the 77-year-old senator im- en’s leadership (and) seeing Black ma,” Schale said. “They can rebuild no Black woman lan said. plicitly questioned whether Black women on every ballot so that it’s that coalition as well as anyone.” serving as governor, only two have Finney cited her focus group re- women can win a general election in second nature for voters,” said Both Virginia candidates say been elected to the U.S. Senate, and search that found white women be- Virginia. “Rather than speculate,” Glynda Carr, co-founder of Higher Black women are right for the mo- the chamber has none now. The coming more open to backing Black Lucas said, “I would prefer to say I Heights for America, which backs ment. next goal, Carr said, is for Black women. Black female candidates, believe Terry is best situated and Black female candidates. “I am tired of fighting the same women to match their voting power she said, can leverage public frus- suited to win.” Tenn. hat shop offer of Star of David patches denounced Associated Press But are you outraged with the tyranny genuine concern & fear, and to do all that ing at all options to fix and address this NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The owner of a the world is experiencing?” Gaskins said I can to make sure that nothing like that unfortunate circumstance.” Tennessee hat shop is dealing with push- on Instagram. “If you don’t understand ever happens again. I sincerely apol- The photo also prompted small pro- back after posting a photo of herself to what is happening, that is on you not me. ogize for any insensitivity.” tests outside the shop on Saturday. One social media wearing a yellow patch re- I pay much more respect to history by The photo was shared widely on social sign at a protest read, “The Holocaust is sembling the Star of David with the standing up with the fallen than offering media with the hashtag “hateworks” and not a marketing op.” words “not vaccinated.” silence and compliance.” prompted hat maker Stetson to announce Ivo H. Daalder, the U.S. ambassador to The photo posted by Gigi Gaskins, own- Gaskins later deleted the photo and is- that it was pulling its products from the NATO from 2009 to 2013, denounced the er of HatWrksNashville, shows her smil- sued an apology Saturday. store. Hat maker Goorin Bros. of San photo on Twitter. ing and wearing the badge that looks sim- “In NO WAY did I intend to trivialize Francisco said on Instagram that it was “As a young school girl in Holland, my ilar in shape and color to those that the the Star of David or disrespect what hap- “horrified” by the patch. mother was forced to wear a yellow star Nazis forced Jews to wear in Europe dur- pened to millions of people. That is not “To make a mockery of the Holocaust by the Nazis to identify her as a Jew,” ing the Holocaust. A caption with the pho- who I am & what I stand for,” Gaskins in any form is unacceptable and com- Daalder wrote. “It’s beyond grotesque to to advertised the patches for $5 apiece. wrote. “My intent was not to exploit or pletely insensitive,” owner and company sell this evil symbol to proclaim one’s not “People are so outraged by my post? make a profit. My hope was to share my President Ben Goorin said. “We are look- vaccinated. Where does this end?” PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, June 1, 2021 NATION Tulsa Massacre centennial events go on amid issues BY AARON MORRISON the Department of Homeland Se- Associated Press curity warning of the potential for TULSA, Okla. — Joi McCondi- targeted violence at the com- chie is a native of this city, but memoration of the Tulsa mas- her life and career in public edu- sacre, according to a federal law cation kept her away from home enforcement official. for decades. When she returned The official, speaking on condi- to Tulsa from Los Angeles with tion of anonymity to discuss a REBECCA SANTANA/AP her then-teenage son, she moved bulletin that was not publicly re- A statue of Jesus Christ stands near the remains of a house in Cameron Parish, La., on May 24. into a home just off of the Osage leased, said authorities don’t have Prairie Trail on the city’s north credible intelligence about any side. specific plot to target the Tulsa It was on this trail that thou- events. But the alert was issued Louisiana coast still hurting sands of Black Tulsans fled the given the nature of the commem- white mob that leveled their com- oration and the “volatile threat munity on May 31-June 1, 1921, in environment.” from storms, braces for more the calamity that came to be McCondichie said her late BY REBECCA SANTANA fall about 10 miles away. erning body. They try to soften the known as the Tulsa Race Mas- grandmother, Eldoris McCondi- Associated Press Of the several communities hit, space with plastic sunflowers and sacre. chie, was among the survivors in CAMERON, La. — Scores of the towns of Cameron, Creole and a blue cloth across the podium. A “I believe God led me here be- 1921 who was streaming out of people in coastal Louisiana are Grand Chenier, in Cameron Par- cross with a Bible verse attached cause he had a task for me,” Greenwood, also known as Black still living in campers on dirt ish, took the worst beating. Laura to it stands on a table. McCondichie said. Wall Street, the bustling city mounds or next to cement slabs flattened homes, nearly gutted the Meanwhile, forecasters with McCondichie planned a march within a city that was the picture where their houses once stood. First Baptist church, stripped the National Oceanic and Atmo- over the weekend to memorialize of Black wealth and entrepreneu- Unresolved insurance claims and trees of their branches and leaves spheric Administration are pre- those who ran from what is con- rial success. a shortage of supply and labor are and toppled power lines. dicting 13 to 20 named storms — sidered one of the worst and On Tuesday morning, Joi stymieing building efforts. And Nine months later, the parish’s six to 10 of which will become hur- deadliest acts of racial violence in McCondichie’s “A Century Walk” weather forecasters are warning electric lines have been replaced ricanes and three to five of which American history. will retrace Greenwood resi- of more possible devastation to by ramrod straight poles. Oak will be major hurricanes — for That march is just one of an ar- dents’ escape. The walk will start come. trees denuded of leaves and this year’s Atlantic season, which ray of events, culminating Tues- along a 1.5-mile stretch of aban- Nine months after two back-to- branches are started to sprout runs from June through Novem- day with a visit by President Joe doned railroad tracks near back hurricanes hammered their new growth. Piles of debris have ber. Biden, who is expected to join lo- Greenwood and Archer avenues. towns, residents are still strug- been hauled away. And Booth’s The stress of rebuilding and cal leaders in marking the occa- The walkers will then move north gling to recover — even as they Grocery Store, in business since worry about future storms have sion. onto Osage Prairie Trail until brace for another onslaught of 1957, is once again selling beer prompted some to consider mov- The weekend was to include a they reach 56th Street, between storms in the season that starts and bait. ing inland. But many who did just keynote speech from former Ge- Peoria Avenue and Martin Luth- Tuesday. But for most of the parish, re- that after Hurricane Rita in 2005 orgia gubernatorial candidate er King, Jr. Boulevard, where a “We’re scared to death for this covery is still an ongoing process. were still unable to escape Laura’s and voting rights advocate Stacey community celebration awaits. next season,” said Clarence Dys- Cement slabs and mounds of dirt wrath. The 2020 storm was so Abrams and a performance by “I thought this would be a on, who is staying with his wife still mark the place where homes powerful, it was still a hurricane singer John Legend at Tulsa’s beautiful way to commemorate and four kids in a 35-foot-long used to be. The sounds synony- when it hit Shreveport about 200 ONEOK Field in the historic the ancestors by having or at- camper with bunk beds while the mous with rebuilding — the whine miles north of the coast. Greenwood district. But organiz- tempting to walk a mile in their home they had been renting in of circular saws cutting lumber or Federal officials just recently ers canceled the event on Thurs- shoes,” Joi McCondichie said. Cameron Parish undergoes re- nail guns hammering shingles — made it a little easier for residents day, citing “unexpected circum- Other events plan to feature the pairs after Hurricane Laura. are rare. to stay on their properties while stances with entertainers and last three known living massacre The parish — a Louisiana desig- Building contractors are in they rebuild, by allowing the trail- speakers.” survivors — 106-year-old Lessie nation similar to a county — is short supply; most are already ers it provides to be placed on lots Representatives for Abrams Benningfield Randle, 107-year- made up of small communities on slammed with work in the more that lie in the flood plain. and Legend did not respond to re- old Viola Fletcher and 100-year- the southwestern coast where res- densely populated, hurricane- The movable living quarters quests for comment. old Hughes Van Ellis. Last week, idents have lived for generations, damaged Lake Charles area far- can be seen everywhere, often Law enforcement organiza- the three gave testimony in a pan- either working in the shrimp in- ther north. Lumber prices have parked near the cleared slabs and tions around the United States re- el about the massacre in the U.S. dustry or more recently at one of soared due to a trade dispute with elevated mounds where houses ceived a bulletin last week from House of Representatives. the area’s liquefied natural gas Canada and a temporary shut- used to be. Some residents intend plants. down in production when the cor- to build something more perma- The region features a stunning, onavirus pandemic hit a year ago. nent. But not 67-year-old Marga- peaceful landscape where fam- Leaders of the First Baptist ret Little. She plans to stay in a ilies go crabbing together, birds Church in Cameron have been one-bedroom trailer that can be perch on swaying strands of trying to get a contractor to come hooked to a truck and hauled away marsh grass and wind-gnarled out and give them a quote so they when the next hurricane comes. oak trees grow on the long ridges can apply for a building permit. Hurricane Rita took her brick — called cheniers — that rise Most of the church has been gut- house in Grand Chenier. Then above the marsh. About 70% of the ted to the studs, with pews cur- Laura wiped out the trailer she’d parish is wetlands or open water. rently stacked in the building’s bought to replace it. By the time Last fall, however, the area was center. This is the fourth hurri- Delta came, there was nothing left battered by hurricanes that cane the small congregation has to take. carved a path of destruction. On survived as well as one fire, said Little’s husband loves to crab Aug. 27, Category 4 Hurricane Cyndi Sellers, a longtime church and shrimp, and they have re- Laura rammed into the coast near member who was baptized and planted the fruit trees they lost in SUE OGROCKI/AP the town of Cameron with maxi- married there. Laura. But she draws the line at Tulsa massacre survivors, from left, Hughes Van Ellis Sr., Lessie mum winds of 150 mph. Just six In the meantime, the small con- permanently rebuilding. Benningfield Randle and Viola Fletcher, wave to supporters from a weeks later, Hurricane Delta, car- gregation holds services in the “I can’t lose another house. I horse­drawn carriage before a march Friday in Tulsa, Okla. rying 97-mph winds, made land- meeting room of the parish’s gov- just can’t,” she said. Tuesday, June 1, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Small town can’t find $200K in fines and fees GREENWOOD — A SC small South Carolina town has lost track of nearly $200,000 worth of tickets, fines and fees, and officials aren’t sure if the money was never received or just never logged into the court system. Ware Shoals Councilwoman Valerie Jackson said at a recent Town Council meeting that the problem in the town stretches back to 2004, The Index-Journal of Greenwood reported. The town’s court system wasn’t recording scheduled payments for the past 16 years, she said. So far, the town has found both tickets and fines paid and not re- corded as well as people who failed to make scheduled pay- ments, Ware Shoals Police Chief Bryan Louis said. The town’s judge is sending letters to people who have unpaid fines and fees, Louis said. Alligator strays into river from home, is recaptured EMILY MATTHEWS, PITTSBURGH POST­GAZETTE/AP WRIGHTSVILLE — PA An alligator that wan- dered away from his owner’s Rain or shine Pennsylvania home slipped into Bicyclists ride through rain puddles in Schenley Plaza during the Allies Ball Free For All on Friday in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Action Against Rape the Susquehanna River, but was was handing out flowers to anyone who could correctly answer a question related to sexual assault. found the following day. The alligator, named Oscar, is taken into custody and was then THE CENSUS can be played at downtown ven- believed to have gotten out of the taken to a hospital for treatment of ues. pen at the Wrightsville home injuries said not to be life-threat- The age of a western Michigan teenager who graduated from The Oxford Board of Aldermen sometime Thursday, the York ening. She was then to be taken to 15 both high school and community college. Voca Ford received recently approved a sound ordi- Daily Record reported. The home police headquarters for process- diplomas from Tri County High School in Montcalm County and Grand Rapids nance amendment related to live is about 100 feet from the river’s ing on several unspecified charg- Community College, WOOD-TV reported. “When I was in kindergarten, I took and recorded music, The Oxford west bank, and the 3-foot-long ani- es. third-grade reading,” Ford said. “When I was in sixth grade, I took algebra, Eagle reported. mal was spotted Friday morning Police said the vehicle was “to- which is technically a freshman course.” Ford said she would like to attend an Before, organizers or business in the Susquehanna. taled,” but no one else was seri- Ivy League school and become a psychiatrist. owners were required to obtain a Owner Tyler Hake, a biologist ously hurt. The investigation is on- city permit for amplified sound at who works with reptiles and has going and the police internal af- Highgate Springs, Vt., according and violating a harassment re- parades or other events. Under had Oscar since he was about 16, fairs unit is also investigating. It to the criminal complaint. straining order, made her first the new rules, a permit is not re- was in western Pennsylvania con- wasn’t immediately clear whether All wildlife must be declared to court appearance remotely Fri- quired as long as the sound falls ducting a survey. On Friday, he Cooper has an attorney and a the Fish and Wildlife Service upon day. She posted a $20,000 bond within approved limits. and a borough crew walked the number for her couldn’t be found import into the United States and and is due back in court June 24. Limits have been set for resi- riverbank and spotted Oscar in the Sunday. prior to its export from the U.S., dential areas and the downtown river, pretty much in front of under the Endangered Species Ruffed grouse becomes spaces, for indoor and outdoor Hake’s home, and were able to re- Woman arrested at US Act. man’s backyard friend spaces and live and recorded mu- capture him. border with animal parts sic. Hake said he appreciated the Woman accused of NEW LONDON — aid provided by the police depart- HIGHGATE SPRINGS harassing home buyers NH Some people are Unusual bobcat tree den ment and borough workers, call- VT — A Montreal woman greeted by the family dog. For found in fire burn zone ing them “super helpful.” has been arrested on charges of MINNEAPOLIS — A Todd Westward, it’s a ruffed trying to cross the U.S. border into MN White Bear Lake grouse. THOUSAND OAKS — Police: Woman stole cop Canada with “numerous unde- woman has been charged with two The bird started hanging out in CA Biologists studying cruiser, totaled it in crash clared wildlife items,” including a counts of stalking after she alleg- the New London, N.H., backyard Southern California bobcats three-toed sloth, 18 crocodile edly harassed real estate agents last month with Westward while found a mother and three kittens TRENTON — Police skulls and heads and seven croco- and prospective buyers who came his family was away on a trip, his this spring in an unusual den in a NJ said that a woman stole a dile feet, according to documents to look at a property next door that wife, Mary Beth Westward, post- cavity up in a tree in an area inten- police car in New Jersey’s capital filed in federal court in Vermont. was recently put up for sale. ed in Facebook. Since then, the sely burned by a huge 2018 wild- city and led law enforcement on a Both sloths and crocodiles are The Star Tribune reported that bird, named Walter, has made fire west of Los Angeles, the Na- chase through a nearby township protected under the U.S. Endan- Lori E. Christensen, 57, took pho- himself a fixture in the yard. tional Park Service said. before she crashed and was ar- gered Species Act and the Con- tos of and videotaped clients, put Walter has perched on her hus- Bobcat “denning” in a tree is un- rested. vention on International Trade in up “No Trespassing” signs facing band’s shoulder and arm, and has usual, according to biologist Trenton police said the police Endangered Species of Wild Fau- the home for sale and loudly made visited his backyard work station. Joanne Moriarty. cruiser was parked on a street in na and Flora, the Bennington Ban- disparaging comments about the Mary Beth Westward said she’s Their dens are usually found in downtown Trenton when it was ner reported Friday. house and the people who had gotten a lot of positive comments hollow areas of thick chaparral or taken shortly after 5:30 p.m. Sat- Vanessa Rondeau, the owner of lived there. from her post, and heard some coastal sage or in woodrat nests urday. Police alleged that the The Old Cavern Boutique in Mon- Court documents say Christen- similar stories about social grous- made of piles of sticks and leaves. woman drove the vehicle north on treal, also was alleged to be in pos- sen told investigators that she has es. Scientists believe the bobcat Route 29 into Hopewell Township session of two horseshoe crabs, 30 a First Amendment right to free- used the cavity because little veg- with law enforcement in pursuit sea stars, 23 raccoon feet, eight dom of speech, videotapes conver- City sets new rules on etation has grown since the Wool- before crashing into a utility pole African antelope horns, one hu- sations to protect herself and al- downtown music volume sey Fire ravaged the Santa Monica at Washington Crossing Road and man skull “with mounted butter- ways remains on her own proper- Mountains and Simi Hills, the Bear Tavern Road. flies,” four puffer fish and six ty. OXFORD — The city park service said Thursday. Police said 30-year-old Cher- shark jaws Wednesday when she Christensen, who has previous MS of Oxford has adopted relle Cooper of Morris Plains was attempted to cross the border at convictions for domestic assault new rules limiting how loud music From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, June 1, 2021 WORLD Netanyahu may lose PM title as rivals move to join forces

BY JOSEF FEDERMAN most in order to form a national Associated Press unity government along with my JERUSALEM — A former ally friend Yair Lapid, so that, God of Prime Minister Benjamin Neta- willing, together we can save the nyahu on Sunday said he would country from a tailspin and return seek to form a coalition govern- Israel to its course,” Bennett said. ment with the Israeli leader’s op- The pair have until Wednesday ponents, taking a major step to- to complete a deal in which each is SEAN SPIVEY, NEW ZEALAND DEFENSE FORCE/AP ward ending the rule of the long- expected to serve two years as A member of the New Zealand Defense Force rescues a dog from floods while assisting family members time premier. prime minister in a rotation deal, with their evacuation near Ashburton on New Zealand’s South Island, on Sunday. The dramatic announcement by with Bennett holding the job first. Naftali Bennett, leader of the Bennett said there was no feasi- small hardline Yamina party, set ble way after the deadlocked New Zealanders evacuate amid flooding the stage for a series of steps that March 23 election to form a right- could push Netanyahu and his wing government favored by Ne- Associated Press including several overnight in an NH-90 military hel- dominant Likud party into the op- tanyahu. He said another election WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Several hundred icopter. The military helicopter rescued an elderly position in the coming week. would yield the same results and people in New Zealand were evacuated from their couple from the roof of their car. While Bennett and his new part- said it was time to end the cycle. homes Monday with some recounting dramatic hel- “Seeing the community overnight pull together ners, headed by opposition leader “A government like this will icopter rescues as heavy rain caused widespread and support the displaced residents who were evac- Yair Lapid, still face some obsta- succeed only if we work together flooding in the Canterbury region. uated from their homes has been heartening,” said cles, the sides appeared to be seri- as a group,” he said. He said ev- Authorities declared a state of emergency after Army Liaison Officer Capt. Jake Faber. ous about reaching a deal and end- eryone “will need to postpone ful- some places received as much as 16 inches of rain A man was rescued by a civilian helicopter pilot ing the deadlock that has plunged filling part of their dreams. We over the weekend and into Monday. Forecasters Sunday after he was swept from his farm as he tried the country into four elections in will focus on what can be done, in- warned of possible heavy rain through Monday eve- to move his stock to safety. the past two years. stead of fighting all day on what’s ning before conditions improved. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern “It’s my intention to do my ut- impossible.” The military helped evacuate more than 50 people, planned to travel to Christchurch to be briefed. Tuesday, June 1, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 WORLD China easing birth limits to cope with aging society

BY JOE MCDONALD improve pension and health servic- China, along some other Asian Associated Press es for the elderly, Xinhua said. economies, faces what economists BEIJING — China’s ruling Com- Restrictions that limited most call the challenge of whether they munist Party said Monday it will couples to one child were eased in can get rich before they get old. ease birth limits to allow all couples 2015 to allow two, but the total num- The Chinese population of 1.4 bil- to have three children instead of two ber of births fell further, suggesting lion already was expected to peak in hopes of slowing the rapid aging rule changes on their own have little later this decade and start to decline. of its population, which is adding to impact on the trend. Census data released May 11 sug- strains on the economy and society. Couples say they are put off by gest that is happening faster than The ruling party has enforced high costs of raising a child, disrup- expected, adding to burdens on un- birth limits since 1980 to restrain tion to their jobs and the need to look derfunded pension and health sys- population growth but worries the after elderly parents. tems and cutting the number of fu- number of working-age people is Comments on social media Mon- ture workers available to support a falling too fast while the share over day complained the change does growing retiree group. age 65 is rising. That threatens to nothing to help young parents with The share of working-age people disrupt ambitions to transform Chi- medical bills, low incomes and gru- 15 to 59 in the population fell to na into a prosperous consumer so- eling work schedules known pop- 63.3% last year from 70.1% a decade ciety and global technology leader. ularly as “996,” or 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six earlier. The group aged 65 and older A ruling party meeting led by days a week. grew to 13.5% from 8.9%. President Xi Jinping decided to in- “Every stage of the problem The 12 million births reported last ANDY WONG/AP troduce “measures to actively deal hasn’t been solved,” said a post on year was down nearly one-fifth An elderly man plays with children in Beijing on May 10. China’s ruling with the aging population,” the offi- the popular Sina Weibo blog service from 2019. About 40% were second Communist Party will allow couples to have three kids instead of two cial Xinhua News Agency said. It signed Tchaikovsky. “Who will children, down from 50% in 2017, to cope with an aging population, a state news agency said Monday. said leaders agreed ”implementing raise the baby? Do you have time? I according to Ning Jizhe, a statistics the policy of one couple can have go out early and get back late. Kids official who announced the data on ber of retirees who rely on each ment of the legal retirement age,” three children and supporting mea- don’t know what their parents look May 11. worker to generate income for pen- Xinhua said. It gave no details, but sures are conducive to improving like.” Chinese researchers and the La- sion funds and to pay taxes for the government has been debating China’s population structure." Another, signed Hyeongmok, bor Ministry say the share of work- health and other public services. raising the official retirement ages Leaders also agreed China needs joked bitterly: “Don’t worry about ing-age people might fall to half the Leaders at Monday's meeting of 60 for men, 55 for white-collar fe- to raise its retirement age to keep aging. Our generation won’t live population by 2050. That increases agreed it is “necessary to steadily male workers and 50 for blue-collar more people in the workforce and long.” the “dependency ratio,” or the num- implement the gradual postpone- female workers. PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, June 1, 2021 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander The anti-elite elites who gloss over Jan. 6 BY KATHLEEN PARKER sites. No one can force a private company to running mate, should the former president Washington Post Writers Group admit people who abuse community stan- seek another term. One shudders to consider EDITORIAL f I understand correctly, elites are so dards. That said, shutting out a president of the latter, especially in light of Senate Re- Terry Leonard, Editor evil that even elites are anti-elite. And the United States is a mind-boggling prece- publicans’ blocking of the Jan. 6 commission. [email protected] no one is more anti-elite than the uber- dent that serves mostly to fuel conspiracy Their resistance to an investigation raises an elite Donald Trump. theorists. obvious question: What are they so afraid Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor I How do we know this? For starters, people As I’ve argued previously, it seems better will be discovered? [email protected] with private planes and heliports atop build- to let everyone talk and draw one’s own con- To argue that this is politics as usual is to Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content ings named for themselves are not very in- clusions. Social media’s operating assump- say that insurrections are as ordinary as, [email protected] terested in schmoozing with the so-called tion in denying some people a soapbox in the well, Trump rallies. But Americans know Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation common man. A common woman is some- virtual public square is that people in the au- better. We all watched in shock as fatigue- [email protected] thing else, clearly. Donald Trump would no dience are generally too witless to distin- clad and costumed “warriors” breached the more seek out the company of most MAGA- guish between truth and falsehood. This may Capitol and stalked the hallways chanting Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital hat-wearing followers than Melania would well be true, but still, isn’t it better for all of us threats to public officials who were in hiding. [email protected] make her own clothes. to know what liars, thieves and fools are Make no mistake: Jan. 6 is a date that will I mention Trump against my best inten- thinking? live in infamy. BUREAU STAFF tions because the former president seems to I’ll leave the legal arguments to others, but When President Franklin Roosevelt fa- be everywhere. Not him personally, but his not necessarily to DeSantis, who surely un- mously said the same about Dec. 7, 1941, he Europe/Mideast surrogates. The freshest to his stable is none derstands that private companies can do as was referring to the surprise Japanese at- Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] other than the elite, anti-elitist Republican they please if clients — or whatever Twitter tack on Pearl Harbor. Though that was an at- +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Yale- and Har- people call themselves — fail to adhere to tack by a foreign power that led to war at in- Pacific vard-educated lawyer who recently signed a rules (even if they are just recently promul- calculable human cost, the domestic attack Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief bill to restrict “Silicon Valley elites” from in- gated). DeSantis’ attack on the tech Goliaths by our fellow Americans was similarly jar- [email protected] definitely blocking political figures’ speech. was a brilliant tactic — so long as he doesn’t ring. The attackers raised the threat of ac- +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 This bit of overreach toward Twitter and mind seeming kind of dumb. A Harvard law complishing outcomes our enemies have al- Washington Facebook coincides nicely with Trump’s graduate probably knows better. Even ways sought — the ruin of our democracy Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief sustained whine since being shut down by Trump knows better than most of what he and the potential for civil war. [email protected] the two social media giants, who determined says and does, but he’s found the anti-elite That Republicans would thwart an investi- (+1)(202)886-0033 Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News that his incendiary rhetoric warranted per- formula so effective, he doesn’t care that gation into the events of that day suggests [email protected] manent eviction. elites think he’s insane. Actually, elites no that the GOP has abandoned the union and I don’t disagree with that reasoning, even longer care, either. sided with a former president whose words CIRCULATION though it looks like censorship in what’s sup- Today’s riddle: If everybody is an elite — on Jan. 6 bordered on treasonous. There is no posed to be an open marketplace of ideas and and elites are all populists — does Sen. Ber- excuse to not pursue an investigation while Mideast expression. Trump is a scowling hatemon- nie Sanders, I-Vt., still have to be a socialist? there’s still time to save this fragile republic. Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager [email protected] ger whose pathological lies have been to var- Plainly, DeSantis either is running for Besides, it’s the anti-elite, populist thing to [email protected] ying degrees flagged and tagged by both president in 2024 or hopes to be Trump’s do. 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‘Quiet Place’ sequel cues box-office return with $48.4M opening From wire reports Moviegoing increasingly looks like it didn’t die during the pandemic. It just went into hibernation. John Krasinski’s thriller sequel “A Quiet Place Part II” opened over the Memorial Day weekend to a pandemic-best $48.4 mil- lion, according to studio estimates Sunday. It added another $22 million overseas. “A Quiet Place Part II,” which was on the cusp of opening in March 2021 before thea- ters shut, was the first big film this year to open exclusively in theaters. Many studios have trotted out hybrid re- lease plans during the pandemic, debuting films simultaneously in the home. The Walt Disney Co. did that this weekend with its live-action PG-13 Cruella De Vil prequel, “Cruella,” making it available to Disney+ DISNEY/AP subscribers for $30. In theaters, it grossed Paul Walter Hauser brings one of the titular villain’s bumbling henchmen to life in his latest project, “Cruella.” $21.3 million, Disney said, and an estimated $26.4 million over the four-day weekend. “Cruella” also added $16.1 million in 29 in- ternational territories. Contagious confidence ‘Hooked on a Feeling’ singer B.J. Thomas dies at 78 B.J. Thomas, the Grammy-winning sing- ‘Cruella’ costar Hauser seeks to be memorable through talent, charm offensive er who enjoyed success on the pop, country and gospel charts with such hits as “I Just BY ADAM GRAHAM If Hauser is a unicorn in Hollywood, his er, so I’m trying to do the same thing. I try to Can’t Help Believing,” “Raindrops Keep The Detroit News power comes from his ability to find the hu- love on everybody I work with, and some Fallin’ On My Head” and “Hooked on a ave reviews are nothing new for manity and the sadness in the funny, says people get it and then other people don’t, Feeling,” died May 29 of complications Paul Walter Hauser. He’s been Craig Gillespie, who directed Hauser in and that’s OK, too. That’s just how the world from lung cancer. He was 78. receiving them since high both “Cruella” and “I, Tonya.” works.” A Hugo, Okla., native who grew up in Rschool, when his school newspa- “When he came in and read for ‘I, Tonya,’ Gillespie says he wasn’t able to find a way Houston, Billy Joe Thomas broke through per’s theater critic was, well, Paul Walter there wasn’t a second choice,” says the di- to squeeze Hauser into his upcoming “Pam in 1966 with a gospel-styled cover of Hank Hauser. rector. “He has this amazing ability to be & Tommy” series, but he plans to keep Williams’ “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” “I would literally review our school plays, funny, but to find the pain and the suffering Hauser in mind for future roles. and went on to sell millions of records and even if I was in them, which is terrible,” that can come along with comedy. He does “Paul is such a beautiful human being. have dozens of hits across genres. He reac- says the actor, who hails from Saginaw, it in the most effortless way, and I love that He has such a big heart, and he’s so empath- hed No. 1 with pop, adult contemporary and Mich. “I’d do it tongue-in-cheek, stupidly. I it’s always more complex than what’s writ- etic to the world around him,” says Gilles- country listeners in 1976 with (Hey Won’t would be like, ‘there’s this great actor ten and what he’s actually saying.” pie, 53. “I think you can see that in his per- You Play) Another Somebody Done Some- named Paul Hauser in this play, and he re- formances, and that’s that part of him, that body Wrong Song.” The same year, his ally steals the show!’” humanity, that people love about him. And “Home Where I Belong” became one of the These days the reviews are similar, but “You’ve just gotta it’s all real.” first gospel albums to be certified platinum they’re actually coming from others. Hauser recently shed 40 pounds. He’d ul- for selling more than 1 million copies. The 34-year-old has been earning effu- be really loud and timately like to lose 100 pounds, and while Thomas’ signature recording was “Rain- sive praise since his mainstream break- he admits he misses the indulgences of Ta- drops Keep Fallin’ On My Head,” a No. 1 through as a doofus criminal in 2017’s To- believe in yourself, co Bell and ice cream, the benefits outweigh pop hit and an Oscar winner for best origi- nya Harding bio-comedy “I, Tonya.” He’s the cravings. nal song as part of the soundtrack to 1969’s since turned heads in projects ranging from and then everybody “I’m really happy to try to get a little bit “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” the streaming smash “Cobra Kai” to Spike healthier and open up to some more roles, Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” and “Da 5 blindly starts maybe action films or rom-coms or some- Allman Brothers Band to release Bloods” to Clint Eastwood’s “Richard Jew- thing where I get seen in a new light,” says ell,” in which he starred as the security believing in you Hauser, who is now filming “In With the 50th anniversary concert guard turned bombing suspect at the 1996 Devil,” a six-part limited series for Ap- On March 10, 2020, two days before New Summer Olympics games. as well.” pleTV+ in which he stars as a convicted York City essentially shut down due to the Last weekend brought “Cruella,” the Dis- Paul Walter Hauser murderer alongside Taron Egerton. coronavirus pandemic, The Allman Broth- ney tale centered on “101 Dalmations” vil- He’s never made any secret about going ers Band delivered a 50th anniversary per- lainess Cruella de Vil, which stars Emma after what he wanted, whether that has formance at Madison Square Garden. Stone in the title role. Hauser plays Horace, Hauser — whose thick Cockney accent in meant lobbying for jobs on social media — The full concert can be experienced July Cruella’s right-hand man, a thief who is es- “Cruella” is inspired by Bob Hoskins’ ac- he’s open about his desire to join the Marvel 23 with the release of “The Brothers/March pecially adept at stealing scenes. cent in “Hook,” which he used to imitate as Cinematic Universe or appear in a Batman 10, 2020/Madison Square Garden/New Whether it’s reviewing his own work or a 12-year-old — was excited to reteam with movie — or trying to will his dream project, York, NY.” The set will be released as four carving his own path in Hollywood, Haus- Gillespie after things worked out so well on a film about the professional wrestling sta- CDs, three DVDs and two Blu-rays and, ac- er’s key has always been confidence. “I, Tonya.” He says he actively seeks out ble the Four Horsemen alongside his “I, To- cording to Rolling Stone, will also stream on “You’ve just gotta be really loud and be- “repeat business” with directors with nya” co-star and pal Sebastian Stan, into ex- Nugs.net and Coda, the streaming service lieve in yourself, and then everybody blind- whom he clicks. istence. (Hauser sees himself as Arn An- for Amazon Prime. ly starts believing in you as well,” says “When I get along really well with a direc- derson and Stan as the limousine-riding, Hauser, during a Zoom chat in May from tor, I secretly kind of stalk their IMDb film- jet-flying Ric Flair.) Other news New Orleans, where he’s filming his latest ography page and I’m always hoping to “Sometimes I put too many things out into ■ Gavin MacLeod, the veteran support- project. “Confidence is very contagious. work with them again, because we found the universe, I try to manifest, and I think to ing actor who achieved fame as sardonic TV Somebody reflects a trait with a lot of confi- the magic once before,” says Hauser. “I some people it looks thirsty or pathetic,” news writer Murray Slaughter on “The Ma- dence, and everybody goes, ‘yeah, you’re a don’t know why the Coen Brothers use John says Hauser. “But they’ve gotta remember ry Tyler Moore Show” and stardom playing unicorn because you told me you’re a uni- Goodman so much, but I have to imagine it’s this is my childhood dream and I’m living it cheerful Capt. Stubing on “The Love Boat,” corn, not because there’s a horn in the mid- because he’s funny, he’s really talented and out every week of my career and my life, so died May 29 at his home in Palm Desert, dle of your head.’” they get along and hopefully love each oth- it’s hard not to geek out.” Calif. He was 90. Tuesday, June 1, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 SCOREBOARD

PRO SOCCER AUTO RACING DEALS TENNIS

MLS Coca-Cola 600 Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Sunday’s transactions French Open Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead­Lap Finish.  BASEBALL Sunday EASTERN CONFERENCE NASCAR Cup Series Major League Baseball At Stade Roland Garros Sunday Indianapolis 500 WLTPts GF GA American League Paris At Charlotte Motor Speedway IndyCar Series BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned RHP Purse: Euro 16,404,509 New England 5 1 2 17 11 7 Concord, N.C. Sunday Travis Lakins Sr. to Norfolk (Triple­A East). Surface: Red clay Lap length: 1.50 miles Philadelphia 4 2 2 14 9 5 At Indianapolis Motor Speedway CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned RHP Men’s Singles (Start position in parentheses) Indianapolis Zack Burdi to Charlotte (Triple­A East). First Round Orlando City 3 1 3 12 8 4 1. (1) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 400 laps, 70 Lap length: 2.5 miles Signed RHP Kevin Folman to a minor Pablo Carreno Busta (12), Spain, def. NYCFC 3 2 2 11 13 7 points. (Start position in parentheses) league contract. Norbert Gombos, Slovakia, 6­3, 6­4, 6­3. 2. (3) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 400, 60. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Signed RHP CF Montréal 3 3 2 11 10 9 1. (8) Helio Castroneves, Dallara­Honda, Fabio Fognini (27), Italy, def. Gregoire 3. (20) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 400, 54. 200 laps, Running. Heath Fillmyer to a minor league contract. Barrere, France, 6­4, 6­1, 6­4. Columbus 3 2 2 11 7 6 4. (4) William Byron, Chevrolet, 400, 58. 2. (6) Alex Palou, Dallara­Honda, 200, Recalled 2B Ernie Clement from Columbus Enzo Couacaud, France, def. Egor Gera­ Nashville 2 0 5 11 9 6 5. (7) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 400, 43. Running. (Triple­A East). simov, Belarus, 7­6 (3), 6­4, 6­3. 6. (6) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 400, 41. HOUSTON ASTROS — Placed RHP Bryan Atlanta 2 1 4 10 9 7 3. (26) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara­Chevro­ Henri Laaksonen, Switzerland, def. Yan­ 7. (14) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 400, 36. let, 200, Running. Abreu on the 10­day IL, retroactive to May nick Hanfmann, Germany, 6­1, 6­3, 4­6, 6­2. New York 3 4 0 9 10 10 8. (27) Chris Buescher, Ford, 400, 32. 4. (12) Pato O’Ward, Dallara­Chevrolet, 29. Optioned RHP Brandon Bielak to Sugar Roberto Bautista Agut (11), Spain, def. 9. (15) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 400, 42. Land (Triple­A West). Recalled RHPs Enoli D.C. United 3 5 0 9 8 11 200, Running. Mario Vilella Martinez, Spain, 6­4, 6­4, 6­2. 10. (5) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 400, 40. 5. (4) Ed Carpenter, Dallara­Chevrolet, Paredes and Nivaldo Rodriguez from Sug­ Inter Miami CF 2 4 2 8 8 13 11. (13) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 400, 26. ar Land. Karen Khachanov (23), Russia, def. Jiri 200, Running. Vesely, Czech Republic, 6­1, 6­2, 6­3. Toronto FC 1 4 2 5 8 12 12. (2) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, 6. (23) Santino Ferrucci, Dallara­Honda, KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned RHP 400, 27. Carlos Hernandez to Omaha (Triple­A Guido Pella, Argentina, def. Daniel Elahi Chicago 1 5 1 4 4 11 200, Running. Galan, Colombia, 6­3, 7­6 (4), 7­5. 13. (11) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 400, 24. 7. (31) Sage Karam, Dallara­Chevrolet, East). Recalled CF Edward Olivares from Cincinnati 1 4 1 4 6 15 14. (18) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 400, 25. Omaha. Miomir Kecmanovic, Serbia, def. Daniel 200, Running. Evans (25), Britain, 1­6, 6­3, 6­3, 6­4. 15. (9) Daniel Suarez, Chevrolet, 398, 22. 8. (3) Rinus Veekay, Dallara­Chevrolet, MINNESOTA TWINS — Recalled C Ben WESTERN CONFERENCE 16. (19) Erik Jones, Chevrolet, 398, 21. Rortvedt from St. Paul (Triple­A East). Marton Fucsovics, Hungary, def. Gilles 200, Running. Simon, France, 6­4, 6­1, 7­6 (5). 17. (16) Joey Logano, Ford, 398, 20. 9. (24) Juan Pablo Montoya, Dallara­ Placed RF Max Kepler on the 10­day IL. WLTPts GF GA 18. (22) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 398, 19. NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned RHPs Pablo Andujar, Spain, def. Dominic Chevrolet, 200, Running. Thiem (4), Austria, 4­6, 5­7, 6­3, 6­4, 6­4. 19. (26) Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet, 398, 18. 10. (5) Tony Kanaan, Dallara­Honda, 200, Albert Abreu and Deivi Garcia to Scran­ Seattle 5 0 3 18 14 3 20. (24) Michael McDowell, Ford, 398, 17. ton/Wilkes­Barre (Triple­A East). Trans­ Marcos Giron, United States, def. Grigor Running. Dimitrov (16), Bulgaria, 2­6, 4­6, 7­5, 3­0, ret. Sporting KC 5 2 1 16 15 10 21. (23) Cole Custer, Ford, 397, 16. 11. (9) Marcus Ericsson, Dallara­Honda, ferred CF Aaron Hicks from the 10­day IL to the 60­day IL. Selected the contract of LHP Mackenzie McDonald, United States, LA Galaxy 5 2 0 15 11 11 22. (31) Aric Almirola, Ford, 397, 15. 200, Running. 23. (21) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 397, 14. 12. (21) Josef Newgarden, Dallara­Chev­ Nestor Cortes from Scranton/Wilkes­ def. Emil Ruusuvuori, Finland, 4­6, 6­3, 7­6 Colorado 4 2 1 13 12 8 24. (17) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 397, 13. rolet, 200, Running. Barre and signed him to a major league (4), 6­3. Cristian Garin (22), Chile, def. Juan Igna­ Houston 3 3 2 11 11 12 25. (29) Anthony Alfredo, Ford, 397, 12. 13. (19) Conor Daly, Dallara­Chevrolet, contract. Recalled RHP Nick Nelson from 26. (28) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, 397, 11. Scranton/Wilkes­Barre. cio Londero, Argentina, 3­6, 6­4, 7­6 (6), 6­2. San Jose 3 5 0 9 11 12 200, Running. 27. (25) Ryan Newman, Ford, 396, 10. 14. (15) Takuma Sato, Dallara­Honda, OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Activated LHP Kei Nishikori, Japan, def. Alessandro Portland 3 4 0 9 9 11 28. (30) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 395, 0. 200, Running. Jesus Luzardo from the 10­day IL. Op­ Giannessi, Italy, 6­4, 6­7 (4), 6­3, 4­6, 6­4. tioned RHP Jordan Weems to Las Vegas Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Spain, def. Real Salt Lake 2 1 3 9 9 7 29. (8) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 391, 12. 15. (22) JR Hildebrand, Dallara­, 200, Run­ 30. (34) Cody Ware, Ford, 389, 0. ning. (Triple­A West). Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6­4, 6­4, LAFC 2 3 2 8 8 9 31. (33) BJ McLeod, Ford, 389, 0. 16. (2) Colton Herta, Dallara­Honda, 200, TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned RHP Luis 6­3. Vancouver 2 4 1 7 6 9 32. (32) Quin Houff, Chevrolet, 389, 5. Running. Patino to Durham (Triple­A East). Alexander Zverev (6), Germany, def. Os­ TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Recalled RHP car Otte, Germany, 3­6, 3­6, 6­2, 6­2, 6­0. Austin FC 2 4 1 7 5 8 33. (35) James Davison, Chevrolet, 388, 4. 17. (1) Scott Dixon, Dallara­Honda, 200, 34. (36) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 387, Running. Jeremy Beasley from Buffalo (Triple­A Roman Safiullin, Russia, def. Carlos Ta­ Minnesota 2 4 1 7 6 11 0. 18. (20) Jack Harvey, Dallara­Honda, 200, East). Selected the contract of RHP Carl berner, Spain, 7­6 (4), 1­6, 6­0, 6­2. FC Dallas 1 3 3 6 8 11 35. (37) Josh Bilicki, Ford, 382, 2. Running. Edwards from Buffalo. Designated RHP Ty Laslo Djere, Serbia, def. Corentin Mou­ 36. (38) David Starr, Ford, 369, 0. 19. (25) Marco Andretti, Dallara­Honda, Tice for assignment. tet, France, 6­3, 6­7 (10), 7­6 (2), 7­5. Note: Three points for victory, one point 37. (10) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 359, 1. 200, Running. National League Botic van de Zandschulp, Netherlands, for tie. 38. (12) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, engine, 20. (17) Scott McLaughlin, Dallara­Chev­ CHICAGO CUBS — Placed INF David Bote def. Hubert Hurkacz (19), Poland, 6­7 (5), Sunday, May 23 139, 1. rolet, 200, Running. on the 10­day IL. Selected the contract of 6­7 (4), 6­2, 6­2, 6­4. 21. (16) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara­Hon­ INF Sergio Alcantara from Iowa (Triple­A Stefanos Tsitsipas (5), Greece, def. Jere­ Atlanta 1, Seattle 1, tie Race Statistics da, 200, Running. East). Designated RHP Tyson Miller for as­ my Chardy, France, 7­6 (6), 6­3, 6­1. Philadelphia 1, D.C. United 0 22. (7) Ryan Hunter­Reay, Dallara­Hon­ signment. Women’s Singles Nashville 1, Austin FC 0 Average Speed of Race Winner: 150.782 da, 200, Running. COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned LHP First Round mph. 23. (30) Dalton Kellett, Dallara­Chevro­ Lucas Gilbreath to Albuquerque (Triple­A Saturday’s games Time of Race: 3 hours, 58 minutes, 45 Ana Bogdan, Romania, def. Elisabetta let, 199, Running. West). Cocciaretto, Italy, 6­1, 6­3. CF Montréal 1, Chicago 0 seconds. 24. (29) Max Chilton, Dallara­Chevrolet, MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Optioned RHP New York 2, Orlando City 1 Margin of Victory: 10.051 seconds. Anhelina Kalinina, Ukraine, def. Ange­ 199, Running. Alec Bettinger to Nashville (Triple­A East). lique Kerber (26), Germany, 6­2, 6­4. New England 1, Cincinnati 0 Caution Flags: 4 for 26 laps. 25. (13) Pietro Fittipaldi, Dallara­Honda, Signed RHP Nick Belzer to a minor league Columbus 2, Toronto FC 1 Lead Changes: 23 among 13 drivers. Paula Badosa, Spain, def. Lauren Davis, 199, Running. contract. Placed LHP Angel Perdomo on United States, 6­2, 7­6 (3). Nashville 2, Atlanta 2, tie Lap Leaders: K.Larson 0­47; W.Byron 48­ 26. (27) Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara­ the 10­day IL. Recalled RHP Alex Bettinger New York City FC 2, Los Angeles FC 1 49; B.Keselowski 50­55; M.DiBenedetto 56­ Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, def. Kat­ Chevrolet, 199, Running. from Nashville. eryna Kozlova, Ukraine, 6­2, 6­4. LA Galaxy 1, San Jose 0 57; A.Alfredo 58; K.Larson 59­131; C.Elliott — Placed CF Ro­ 27. (14) Felix Rosenqvist, Dallara­Chev­ PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES Naomi Osaka (2), Japan, def. Patricia D.C. United 3, Miami 0 132­148; T.Reddick 149; C.Bell 150­152; rolet, 199, Running. man Quinn on the 60­day IL. Selected the Sporting Kansas City 3, Houston 2 K.Larson 153­174; A.Bowman 175­179; contract of LF Travis Jankowski from Le­ Maria Tig, Romania, 6­4, 7­6 (4). 28. (11) Ed Jones, Dallara­Honda, 199, Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, def. Clara Colorado 3, FC Dallas 0 D.Hamlin 180­182; C.Elliott 183­187; K.Lar­ Running. high Valley (Triple­A East). Minnesota 1, Real Salt Lake 1, tie son 188­230; W.Byron 231­247; T.Reddick PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Designated 3B Burel, France, 6­3, 7­6 (8). 29. (10) Alexander Rossi, Dallara­Honda, Danielle Collins, United States, def. Xiyu Sunday’s games 248­249; A.Dillon 250; A.Alfredo 251­252; 198, Running. Ildemaro Vargas for assignment. Placed K.Larson 253­305; Ky.Busch 306; K.Larson 30. (32) Will Power, Dallara­Chevrolet, RHP JT Brubaker on the bereavement list. Wang, China, 6­2, 4­6, 6­4. Philadelphia 3, Portland 0 307­346; T.Reddick 347­349; R.Blaney 350­ 197, Running. Selected the contract of RHP Chase De Elena Rybakina (21), Kazakhstan, def. El­ Austin FC 0, Seattle 0, tie 351; K.Larson 352­400 31. (33) Simona de Silvestro, Dallara­ Jong from Indianapolis (Triple­A East). sa Jacquemot, France, 6­4, 6­1. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (31), Russia, Saturday, June 12 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Chevrolet, 169, Did not finish. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Placed RHP Kodi Laps Led): K.Larson, 7 times for 327 laps; 32. (18) Graham Rahal, Dallara­Honda, Whitley on the 10­day IL, retroactive to def. Christina McHale, United States, 6­4, Austin FC at Sporting Kansas City C.Elliott, 2 times for 22 laps; W.Byron, 2 118, Did not finish. May 27. Recalled RHP Seth Elledge from 6­0. Friday, June 18 times for 19 laps; T.Reddick, 3 times for 6 33. (28) Stefan Wilson, Dallara­Honda, Memphis (Triple­A East). Petra Kvitova (11), Czech Republic, def. laps; B.Keselowski, 1 time for 6 laps; 32, Did not finish. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Optioned RHP Aa­ Greet Minnen, Belgium, 6­7 (3), 7­6 (5), 6­1. Nashville at New York Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Olga Govort­ A.Bowman, 1 time for 5 laps; D.Hamlin, 1 Race Statistics ron Northcraft to El Paso (Triple­A West). Vancouver at Real Salt Lake time for 3 laps; C.Bell, 1 time for 3 laps; Recalled SS Tucupita Marcano from El Pa­ sova, Belarus, 6­1, 6­0. Saturday, June 19 A.Alfredo, 2 times for 3 laps; R.Blaney, 1 Average Speed of Race Winner: 190.690 so. Clara Tauson, Denmark, def. Ekaterine time for 2 laps; M.DiBenedetto, 1 time for 2 mph. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed LHP Gorgodze, Georgia, 6­4, 6­2. Colorado at Cincinnati laps; Ky.Busch, 1 time for 1 lap; A.Dillon, 1 Time of Race: 02:37:19.3846. Caleb Baragar on the 10­day IL, retroactive Aryna Sabalenka (3), Belarus, def. Ana Chicago at Columbus time for 1 lap. Margin of Victory: 0.4928 seconds. to May 29. Recalled RHP Nick Tropeano Konjuh, Croatia, 6­4, 6­3. New England at New York City FC Wins: M.Truex, 3; K.Larson, 2; A.Bow­ Cautions: 2 for 18 laps. from Sacramento (Triple­A West). Veronika Kudermetova (29), Russia, def. Orlando City at Toronto FC man, 2; W.Byron, 1; C.Elliott, 1; J.Logano, 1; Lead Changes: 35 among 13 drivers. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Sent CF Amanda Anisimova, United States, 7­6 (5), Miami at D.C. United R.Blaney, 1; Ky.Busch, 1; B.Keselowski, 1; Lap Leaders: Herta 1,VeeKay 2­30, Herta Victor Robles to Harrisburg (Double­A 6­1. Minnesota at FC Dallas C.Bell, 1; M.McDowell, 1. 31­32, Dixon 33­35, Castroneves 36­38, Her­ Northeast) for a rehab assignment. Op­ Nao Hibino, Japan, def. Nina Stojanovic, San Jose at Austin FC Top 16 in Points: 1. D.Hamlin, 633; 2. ta 39­48, VeeKay 49, Daly 50­70, Castro­ tioned RHP Kyle McGowin and SS Luis Gar­ Serbia, 7­6 (4), 6­2. Seattle at LA Galaxy K.Larson, 557; 3. W.Byron, 557; 4. C.Elliott, neves 71­76, Palou 77, O’Ward 78, Rahal 79­ cia to Rochester (Triple­A East). Leylah Annie Fernandez, Canada, def. Sporting Kansas City at Portland 541; 5. J.Logano, 506; 6. M.Truex, 486; 7. 81, VeeKay 82­83, Daly 84­102, O’Ward 103­ Anastasia Potapova, Russia, 6­2, 6­1. Houston at Los Angeles FC R.Blaney, 482; 8. Ky.Busch, 476; 9. K.Har­ 113, Rahal 114­118, Palou 119­124, Castro­ AP SPORTLIGHT Victoria Azarenka (15), Belarus, def. vick, 468; 10. B.Keselowski, 448; 11. A.Dil­ neves 125­126, O’Ward 127­130, Palou 131­ Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 6­4, 2­6, 6­3. PRO BASKETBALL lon, 407; 12. A.Bowman, 405; 13. T.Reddick, 157, Castroneves 148­149, O’Ward 150, Sa­ June 1 Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, def. 376; 14. C.Buescher, 370; 15. C.Bell, 350; 16. to 151­156, Rosenqvist 157, Dixon 158­161, Marie Bouzkova, Czech Republic, 6­0, 4­6, Palou 162­168, Castroneves 169­171, Palou 1925 — Lou Gehrig bats for Pee Wee WNBA M.McDowell, 346. Wanninger in the eighth inning and re­ 6­2. 172, Pagenaud 173­175, Karam 176­177, Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, def. NASCAR Driver Rating Formula Ferrucci 178­179, Rosenqvist 180­192, Sato places Wally Pipp at first base to start his EASTERN CONFERENCE 193, Castroneves 194­195, Palou 196­198, streak of 2,130 consecutive games. Diane Parry, France, 6­3, 3­6, 6­3. A maximum of 150 points can be at­ Madison Keys (23), United States, def. WLPct GB Castroneves 199. 2004 — Detroit and Indiana combine for tained in a race. Points: Palou 248, Dixon 212, O’Ward 211, just 60 first­half points in the Pistons’ 69­65 Oceane Dodin, France, 6­3, 3­6, 6­1. Connecticut 6 2 .750 — The formula combines the following cat­ Pagenaud 201, Veekay 191, Newgarden victory, breaking the NBA playoff record of egories: Wins, Finishes, Top­15 Finishes, 184, Herta 154, Rahal 148, McLaughlin 143, 62 set by the Pistons and Nets during the COLLEGE SOFTBALL New York 5 2 .714 ½ Average Running Position While on Lead Ericsson 138. second round. Atlanta 4 2 .667 1 NCAA Division I Super Regionals GOLF Chicago 2 4 .333 3 (Best-of-three) Washington 2 4 .333 3 At Norman, Okla. Indiana 1 7 .125 5 Charles Schwab Challenge Wyndham Clark, $68,438 70­70­68­68—276 ­4 KitchenAid Championship Friday: Oklahoma 4, Washington 2 Erik Compton, $68,438 65­68­70­73—276 ­4 Saturday: Oklahoma 9, Washington 1, 5 PGA Tour Champions Tour WESTERN CONFERENCE Corey Conners, $68,438 70­67­68­71—276 ­4 innings, Oklahoma advances Sunday Sunday At Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tony Finau, $68,438 69­67­68­72—276 ­4 WLPct GB At Colonial Country Club Southern Hills Country Club Friday: Alabama 4, Kentucky 3 Fort Worth, Texas Sergio Garcia, $68,438 63­69­68­76—276 ­4 Tulsa, Okla. Saturday: Alabama 4, Kentucky 1, Alaba­ Seattle 5 1 .833 — Yardage: 7,209; Par: 70 Adam Long, $68,438 70­68­71­67—276 ­4 Purse: $3.5 million ma advances Purse: $7.5 Million Yardage:; 6,968; Par:; 70 Las Vegas 5 2 .714 ½ Maverick McNealy, $68,438 70­63­71­72—276 ­4 At Columbia, Mo. Final Round Justin Rose, $68,438 68­68­69­71—276 ­4 Final Round Friday: James Madison 2, Missouri 1 Phoenix 3 3 .500 2 Jason Kokrak, $1,350,000 65­65­66­70—266 ­14 Kevin Streelman, $68,438 69­66­69­72—276 ­4 Alex Cejka, $585,000 67­70­68­67—272 ­8 Saturday: Missouri 7, James Madison 1 Los Angeles 2 2 .500 2 Jordan Spieth, $817,500 63­66­66­73—268 ­12 Vincent Whaley, $68,438 69­66­72­69—276 ­4 Tim Petrovic, $347,000 72­69­68­67—276 ­4 Sunday: James Madison 7, Missouri 2, Dallas 1 4 .200 3½ Charley Hoffman, $366,094 71­62­72­65—270 ­10 K.J. Choi, $182,500 68­70­71­68—277 ­3 James Madison advances Rafa Cabrera Bello, $40,125  73­66­71­67—277 ­3 At Fayetteville, Ark. Patton Kizzire, $366,094 67­65­71­67—270 ­10 Retief Goosen, $182,500 69­72­70­66—277 ­3 Minnesota 1 4 .200 3½ Friday: Arizona 10, Arkansas 4 Sebastián Muñoz, $366,094 67­65­70­68—270 ­10 Bank of Hope Match Play John Riegger, $106,000 68­73­71­67—279 ­1 Saturday: Arizona 4, Arkansas 1, Arizona Saturday’s games Ian Poulter, $366,094 68­70­64­68—270 ­10 Bob Sowards, $106,000 67­75­70­67—279 ­1 advances LPGA Tour At Stillwater, Okla. Atlanta 90, New York 87, OT Troy Merritt, $253,125 68­71­69­65—273 ­7 At Shadow Creek Golf Course Mike Weir, $106,000 68­65­74­72—279 ­1 Phoenix 89, Dallas 85 Lucas Glover, $196,875 74­67­65­68—274 ­6 Las Vegas Miguel A. Jiménez, $84,033 68­73­71­68—280 E Friday: Oklahoma St. 6, Texas 1 Sunday’s games Emiliano Grillo, $196,875 70­68­68­68—274 ­6 Prize Money: $1.5 million Jerry Kelly, $84,033 75­66­69­70—280 E Saturday: Texas 4, Oklahoma St. 2 Oklahoma St. 2, Texas 0, Okla­ Adam Hadwin, $196,875 66­67­71­70—274 ­6 Yardage: 6,804; Par: 72 Duffy Waldorf, $84,033 71­72­70­67—280 E Sunday: Las Vegas 101, Indiana 78 homa St. advances Los Angeles 82, Chicago 79, OT Brian Harman, $196,875 69­66­69­70—274 ­6 (Seedings in parentheses) Woody Austin, $69,967 73­69­71­68—281 +1 At Baton Rouge Sunday Minnesota 79, Connecticut 74, OT Kyle Stanley, $196,875 69­67­68­70—274 ­6 Stephen Leaney, $69,967 70­69­71­71—281 +1 Thursday: Florida St. 1, LSU 0 Semifinal Matches Monday’s games Brendon Todd, $196,875 72­64­67­71—274 ­6 Steve Stricker, $69,967 69­68­67­77—281 +1 Friday: Florida St. 4, LSU 3, 9 innings, Flor­ Ally Ewing (20), United States def. Ariya ida St. advances No games scheduled Abraham Ancer, $125,625 70­71­67­67—275 ­5 Jutanugarn (16), Thailand, 3 and 2 Billy Andrade, $59,250 71­72­71­68—282 +2 Doug Ghim, $125,625 68­71­66­70—275 ­5 Joakim Haeggman, $59,250 70­74­71­67—282 +2 At Gainesville, Fla. Tuesday’s games Sophia Popov (15), Germany def. Shan­ Talor Gooch, $125,625 67­69­68­71—275 ­5 Ernie Els, $48,250 73­70­72­68—283 +3 Friday: Georgia 4, Florida 0 shan Feng (19), China, 1­up Saturday: Georgia 6, Florida 0, Georgia Las Vegas at Connecticut Kramer Hickok, $125,625 66­68­70­71—275 ­5 Third Place Jim Furyk, $48,250 71­72­69­71—283 +3 Los Angeles at Dallas advances Collin Morikawa, $125,625 69­66­72­68—275 ­5 Ariya Jutanugarn (16), Thailand def. Kenny Perry, $48,250 69­71­71­72—283 +3 At Los Angeles Phoenix at Chicago Shanshan Feng (19), China, concession Indiana at Seattle Gary Woodland, $125,625 70­69­69­67—275 ­5 Final Brett Quigley, $48,250 69­71­72­71—283 +3 Thursday: Virginia Tech 7, UCLA 2 John Augenstein, $68,438 69­68­69­70—276 ­4 Rod Pampling, $38,167 74­71­70­69—284 +4 Friday: UCLA 2, Virginia Tech 0 Wednesday’s games Ally Ewing (20), United States def. Soph­ UCLA 6, Virginia Tech 0, UCLA Daniel Berger, $68,438 68­68­72­68—276 ­4 ia Popov (15), Germany, 2 and 1 Dicky Pride, $38,167 73­72­69­70—284 +4 Saturday: No games scheduled advances PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, June 1, 2021 NBA PLAYOFFS/SPORTS BRIEFS

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Suns even series; Davis hurt First Round (Best-of-seven) Kokrak overcomes x-if necessary BY GREG BEACHAM Eastern Conference Spieth at Colonial Philadelphia 3,Washington 0 Associated Press Philadelphia 125, Washington 118 FORT WORTH, Texas — Jason Philadelphia 120, Washington 95 LOS ANGELES — Phoenix Suns Philadelphia 132, Washington 103 Kokrak played in 233 PGA Tour coach Monty Williams initially Monday: at Washington x-Wednesday: at Philadelphia events before getting his first vic- planned to sit Chris Paul for Game x-Friday: at Washington tory. The big hitter didn’t have to 4 against the Lakers. A persistent x-Sunday, June 6: at Philadelphia Brooklyn 3, Boston 1 wait nearly as long to win again, shoulder injury had reduced the Brooklyn 104, Boston 93 though this one may have been point guard to a fraction of himself, Brooklyn 130, Boston 108 harder because he had to over- Boston 125, Brooklyn 119 and Williams didn’t think Paul Sunday: Brooklyn 141, Boston 126 come a local favorite at Colonial. Tuesday: at Brooklyn could help in a crucial game. x-Thursday: at Boston Kokrak shot an even-par 70 in a Paul changed his coach’s mind x-Saturday, June 5: at Brooklyn final-group showdown Sunday in an emotional pregame conversa- Milwaukee 4, Miami 0 with Jordan Spieth, winning the Milwaukee 109, Miami 107 (OT) tion Sunday. Milwaukee 132, Miami 98 Charles Schwab Challenge at 14- Milwaukee 113, Miami 84 “He said, ‘Coach, let me start, Saturday: Milwaukee 120, Miami 103 under 266. He was two strokes and if you don’t think I’m looking Atlanta 3, New York 1 better than Spieth, who hit his ap- like I normally do, then take me out Atlanta 107, New York 105 proach from the rough at No. 18 New York 101, Atlanta 92 and we’ll have to go in a different Atlanta 105, New York 94 over the green and into the water. Sunday: Atlanta 113, New York 96 direction,’ ” Williams said. “This is Wednesday: at New York “You stay in the moment and it’s one of those situations that I had to MARK J. TERRILL / AP x-Friday: at Atlanta a golf course. You’re playing the x-Sunday, June 6: at New York trust the player.” Lakers forward LeBron James, right, falls after being fouled as Suns Western Conference golf course, you’re playing your- By the time Paul was finished or- guard Chris Paul stands at left during Game 4 on Sunday. Utah 2, Memphis 1 self. You’re not really playing Jor- chestrating their superb second Memphis 112, Utah 109 Utah 141, Memphis 129 dan,” Kokrak said. “But for where half, the Suns were headed in only Game 3, clearly struggling to put receptive to his fervent desire to Utah 121, Memphis 111 we got to in comparison to some of Monday: at Memphis one direction: back to Phoenix with up shots with his ailing right arm. play. He also assured his team- Wednesday: at Utah the other players, I knew it was go- x-Friday: at Memphis a 2-2 series and greatly increased After two days in which he didn’t mates that he would only persev- x-Sunday, June 6: at Utah ing to be a boxing match and see confidence in these playoff new- touch a basketball, Paul looked bet- ere if he could help, telling Crowd- L.A. Lakers 2, Phoenix 2 who was going to come out on top.” comers’ ability to knock off the de- ter in Sunday’s pregame workout er and others: “I don’t know how Phoenix 99, L.A. Lakers 90 There were five bogeys and five L.A. Lakers 109, Phoenix 102 fending champs. — and then looked a whole lot long it’s going to be, but if you all L.A. Lakers 109, Phoenix 95 birdies for Kokrak, who twice Paul had 18 points and nine as- sharper in the game, contributing feel like I’m out here looking like Sunday: Phoenix 100, L.A. Lakers 92 Tuesday: at Phoenix needed two shots to get out of bun- sists, Devin Booker and Jae 12 points and all his assists in the some trash, just tell me and I’ll get Thursday: at L.A. Lakers kers. There were also back-to- Crowder added 17 points apiece second half. out.” x-Saturday, June 5: at Phoenix Portland 2, Denver 2 back bogeys at Nos. 15 and 16 be- and the Suns leveled the first- “Everything clicks a little better Davis scored six points on 2- Portland 123, Denver 109 fore a key par-saving 7-foot putt round series with a 100-92 victory. with 3 on the court and with 3 being for-9 shooting in the first half, but Denver 128, Portland 109 Denver 120, Portland 115 after his approach missed the 17th Deandre Ayton had 14 points and himself,” Crowder said. “I feel like didn’t return after halftime. He Portland 115, Denver 95 green. Tuesday: at Denver 17 rebounds for the second-seeded we feed off of that. He’s a big part of scored 34 points in each of the Lak- Thursday: at Portland But when he struck his round- Suns, who took advantage of An- the puzzle. It’s a little challenging ers’ two victories in the series, but x-Saturday, June 5: at Denver ending 4-footer, he followed the thony Davis’ absence from the sec- when we don’t have him doing he appeared to aggravate his accu- Dallas 2, L.A. Clippers 2 Dallas 113, L.A. Clippers 103 ball to the cup and finally broke in- ond half with a groin injury to re- things he normally does. It’s defi- mulated injury woes in the second Dallas 127, L.A. Clippers 121 to a smile when celebrating with L.A. Clippers 118, Dallas 108 claim home-court advantage in the nitely monumental that he’s out quarter, falling awkwardly and Sunday: L.A. Clippers 106, Dallas 81 caddie David Robinson. series after two straight losses. there for our team.” grabbing his leg after a layup at- Wednesday: at L.A. Clippers Friday: at Dallas A huge crowd followed the only Paul was largely a non-factor in Paul was grateful Williams was tempt defended by Crowder. x-Sunday, June 6: at L.A. Clippers contending group all day, most of them waiting to erupt for Dallas- ROUNDUP native Spieth, who began the round with a one-stroke lead be- fore a bogey-filled 73. Nets wallop Celtics, US men miss qualifying for 3-on-3 basketball Irving dodges bottle GRAZ, Austria — When the 3- on-3 street version of basketball makes its Olympic debut in Tokyo, Associated Press are human. We’re not animals. the United States men’s team BOSTON— Kyrie Irving had 39 We’re not in the circus.” won’t be there. points and 11 rebounds to quiet the James Harden added 23 points The US lost to the Netherlands first post-pandemic full house at and a career postseason-high 18 in the quarterfinals of an Olympic the TD Garden, Kevin Durant assists for Brooklyn. Game 5 is in qualifying tournament on Sunday. scored 42 points and Brooklyn New York on Tuesday night, when The Americans were world beat Boston to take a 3-1 series the Nets will try to advance to the champions in 2019 and had former lead. Eastern Conference semifinals for NBA players Dominique Jones Afterward, as Irving walked off the first time since 2014. and Robbie Hummel on a four- the court he was nearly hit by a bot- Jayson Tatum scored 40 points player roster for the event. tle thrown from the stands. Irving for the Celtics, following up his 50- ELISE AMENDOLA / AP The U.S. women did advance. and Nets guard Tyler Johnson point effort in a Game 3 victory. Nets guard Kyrie Irving scores during the first quarter of Game 4 turned to the stands and pointed; But with Jaylen Brown and Kem- against the Celtics in their first­round playoff series Sunday in Boston. NHL working on Canadian police surrounded a man in a Ke- ba Walker out with injuries, Tatum vin Garnett jersey before leading couldn’t save the season on his cause of a cervical strain. half for a 3-1 series lead. travel exemption him out in handcuffs. A spokeswo- own. Playing with medical strips on Randle was serenaded again by The NHL and health authorities man for the TD Garden said Bos- Clippers 106, Mavericks 81: his left shoulder, and wearing a chants of “Overrated!” every time are reportedly working on a travel ton Police arrested one person “for Kawhi Leonard had 29 points and large pad in that area when he he put one up. The roars were deaf- exemption that would let the win- throwing an object” and that the 10 rebounds, Paul George scored wasn’t playing, Doncic scored 19 ening after a sequence in the third ner of the all-Canadian North Di- fan was “subject to a lifetime ban 20 points and visiting Los Angeles points after averaging 38 in the when Randle missed on a drive vision and an American opponent from TD Garden.” manhandled Dallas in Game 4 to first three games. He was 9-for-24 and had a put-back rim out before cross the border during the final “Fans have got to grow up at tie the series. with series lows in rebounds and the Knicks knocked the ball out of two rounds of the playoffs. some point,” Durant said. “I know Reggie Jackson added 15 points, assists with six apiece. bounds. The exemption would let teams that being in the house for a year and the Clippers are headed home Hawks 113, Knicks 96: Trae Randle’s frustration boiled over enter Canada without having to and a half with the pandemic has for Game 5 much more sure of Young scored 27 points, John Col- less than a minute later when he isolate for 14 days, as is currently got a lot of people on edge, has got a themselves than when they left LA lins added 22 despite a smack to slammed Collins to the court on an- required for non-essential travel- lot of people stressed out. But in a two-game hole. the lip and host Atlanta frustrated other drive. Nothing was called ini- ers because of the pandemic. when you come to these games Luka Doncic started slowly af- Julius Randle and New York once tially, but Randle was assessed an you’ve got to realize: These men ter being listed as questionable be- again, pulling away in the second offensive foul after a video review. Associated Press Tuesday, June 1, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 NHL PLAYOFFS/FRENCH OPEN

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First round (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) Lightning, Avs win Carolina 4, Nashville 2 Carolina 5, Nashville 2 Carolina 3, Nashville 0 Nashville 5, Carolina 4, 2OT Nashville 4, Carolina 3, 2OT Carolina 3, Nashville 2, OT series openers Carolina 4, Nashville 3, OT Tampa Bay 4, Florida 2 Associated Press play to tie it early in the third for Tampa Bay 5, Florida 4 Tampa Bay 3, Florida 1 RALEIGH, N.C — Andrei Vasi- Carolina, which entered with Florida 6, Tampa Bay 5, OT levskiy turned away almost every- home-ice advantage after winning Tampa Bay 6, Florida 2 Florida 4, Tampa Bay 1 thing, while Barclay Goodrow the Central Division. Tampa Bay 4, Florida 0 came through with an opportunis- Avalanche 7, Golden Knights 1: Boston 4, Washington 1 Washington 3, Boston 2, OT tic go-ahead goal midway through Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Boston 4, Washington 3, OT Boston 3, Washington 2, 2OT the third period. Landeskog each scored twice and Boston 4, Washington 1 And just like that, the Tampa well-rested Colorado used its Boston 3, Washington 1 THIBAULT CAMUS / AP N.Y. Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 2 Bay Lightning responded to an- speed to make quick work of visit- Roger Federer plays a return to Denis Istomin during their first­round Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT other road environment with the ing Vegas in a skirmish-filled Pittsburgh 2, islanders 1 match of the French Open on Monday in Paris. Pittsburgh 5, islanders 4 confidence forged amid last year’s Game 1 of their second-round Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 1 Islanders 3, Pittsburgh 2, 2OT Stanley Cup championship run. playoff series. Islanders 5, Pittsburgh 3 Goodrow beat Alex Nedeljkovic What began as the Avalanche Toronto 3, Montreal 3 at 12:39 of the third period and Va- putting on a passing clinic — rac- Montreal 2, Toronto 1 Toronto 5, Montreal 1 Federer wins return silevskiy had 37 saves, helping the ing out to a 5-0 lead — spiraled into Toronto 2, Montreal 1 Toronto 4, Montreal 0 Lightning beat the Carolina Hurri- one fight after another. There Montreal 4, Toronto 3, OT canes 2-1 on Sunday night to open were a total of 79 penalty minutes Montreal 3, Toronto 2, OT Monday: Montreal at Toronto their second-round playoff series. between the teams, including four Winnipeg 4, Edmonton 0 to Paris, Slam action Brayden Point also scored for 10-minute misconduct calls and a Winnipeg 4, Edmonton 1 Winnipeg 1, Edmonton 0, OT the Lightning, who weathered a match penalty on Vegas’ Ryan Winnipeg 5, Edmonton 4, OT BY JOHN LEICESTER Federer used a drop shot Winnipeg 4, Edmonton 3, 3OT high-energy start from Carolina Reaves, who was later given an at- AND SAMUEL PETREQUIN against Istomin to earn a break Vegas 4, Minnesota 3 Associated Press and continued the Hurricanes’ tempt-to-injure penalty. Minnesota 1, Vegas 0, OT point in the opening game, then postseason frustrations on the “I don’t think you can call that Vegas 3, Minnesota 1 PARIS — They feted Roger Fe- converted it with a forehand win- Vegas 5, Minnesota 2 power play. physicality to be honest with you,” Vegas 4, Minnesota 0 derer with as loud as applause ner, before holding to go up 2-0. Minnesota 4, Vegas 2 Vasilevskiy was the key in both. Landeskog said. “Reaves is on a Minnesota 3, Vegas 0 gets from a crowd capped at 1,000 Just 1½ hours later, it was over He had 15 saves in that first period mission to hurt somebody in the Vegas 6, Minnesota 2 people in Court Philippe Chatrier for Federer, who won the 2009 Colorado 4, St. Louis 0 with the Hurricanes buzzing out of third and that’s what he goes out Colorado 4, St. Louis 1 — when he walked out with a French Open for one of his 20 the gate backed by a rowdy home and does. I’m sure the league will Colorado 6, St. Louis 3 wave, when he hit one of his 48 Grand Slam titles. Colorado 5, St. Louis 1 crowd of more than 16,000. Caroli- take a look at it, intent to injure.” Colorado 5, St. Louis 2 winners, even when he attempted He shares that men’s record na also went 1-for-5 on the power Young defenseman Cale Makar Second round a back-to-the-net ’tweener and hit with rival Rafael Nadal, who is play. added a goal and three assists, and (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) the ball out. scheduled to play his first-round “He can just track the puck so Brandon Saad and Mikko Ranta- Tampa Bay 1, Carolina 0 This match bathed in sunshine match Tuesday to open his bid for Sunday: Tampa Bay 2, Carolina 1 well,” defenseman Ryan McDo- nen also scored for the Avalanche, Tuesday: at Carolina Monday meant Federer finally a 14th championship in Paris and Thursday: at Tampa Bay nagh said. “Never gives up on a who had an extra burst after near- Saturday: at Tampa Bay was back at the French Open and tiebreaking 21st major overall. puck and just stays to his strengths ly a week off following a four- x-Tuesday, June 8: at Carolina back in Grand Slam action and he Djokovic also is slated to make his x-Thursday, June 10: at Tampa Bay out there. ... We know he’s a big game sweep of St. Louis in round x-Saturday, June 12: at Carolina gave the excited fans what they debut on Day 3 of the clay-court backbone back there.” one. Boston 1, N.Y. Islanders 0 wanted perhaps as much as he tournament. Boston 5, N.Y. Islanders 2 The Lightning swept the first “Everyone took it serious, the Monday: at Boston did: a victory. Serena Williams, who has 23 Thursday: at N.Y. Islanders two games at Florida in their six- break. Wasn’t a vacation,” MacK- Saturday: at N.Y. Islanders Federer’s first match at any ma- Grand Slam singles titles, was game first-round series, then innon said. “Everyone was ready x-Monday, June 7: at Boston jor tournament in 16 months end- scheduled to play later Monday in x-Wednesday, June 9: at N.Y. Islanders handed Carolina its first postsea- to go and we had a great start.” x-Friday, June 11: at Boston ed with a 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 victory over the first scheduled night session son home loss after its six-game “We knew they were going to Colorado 1, Vegas 0 qualifier Denis Istomin at the in French Open history. Sunday: Colorado 7, Vegas 1 series against Nashville. Game 2 play physical and had to be ready Wednesday: at Colorado French Open. It was a case of The reigning women’s cham- Friday: at Vegas in the best-of-seven series is Tues- for it,” Makar said. “It might hap- Sunday, June 6: at Vegas many happy returns — and pion, Iga Swiatek, picked up Mon- day night. pen in the next game, but we’ll be x-Tuesday, June 8: at Colorado serves, forehands, backhands, day right where she left off last x-Thursday, June 10: at Vegas Goodrow’s winner came when ready for it.” x-Saturday, June 12: at Colorado volleys and drop shots, too. year: running yet another oppo- he headed left against Carolina de- Showing no signs of rust, really, nent this way and that in a 6-0, 7-5 fenseman Brady Skjei, then shot or trouble with the right knee that victory over her best friend on the from a sharp angle on the left side. needed two operations last year, tennis circuit, Kaja Juvan. Nedeljkovic dropped down but left Federer produced more than Swiatek, who turned 20 on Mon- space between his pad and the post twice as many winners as un- day, is attempting to become the — and the puck slipped through to forced errors — 48 to 20 — and first woman since Justine Henin break the 1-1 tie. never faced a break point while in 2007 to win consecutive French “The puck had eyes, obviously,” improving to 8-0 against Istomin Open titles. Swiatek did not lose a Tampa Bay defenseman Victor over their careers. set at Roland Garros last year. Hedman said. “But good things Federer, whose 40th birthday is “She didn’t give me any birth- happen when you shoot the puck. Aug. 8, day gifts,” Swiatek said of the That was a good example of it.” acknowledged recently he has partner with whom she won a gold It was a mistake for Nedeljkovic zero chance of claiming the tro- medal in doubles at the Youth in another otherwise strong per- phy this time around in Paris; in- Olympics in 2018. formance with 28 saves. stead, he is hoping to tune up his Daniil Medvedev finally won a “It’s no use hiding it ... it was a game to be ready to challenge for French Open match on his fifth at- bad goal,” Carolina coach Rod a championship at Wimbledon, tempt. The second-seeded Rus- Brind’Amour said. “He made a lot where play begins in about a sian, twice a runner-up at other of good saves tonight, too. That’s month. majors, beat Alexander Bublik part of it. We’ll bounce back and After rhythmic clapping from 6-3, 6-3, 7-5, after four first-round he’ll bounce back. We’ve got to the stands accompanied Feder- losses on the Parisian clay. score more than one to win any- er’s trot to the baseline for the In another first-round men’s way. That’s the way I look at it.” match’s opening point Monday, match, rising Italian star Jannik That lead held, with the Light- he got off to the perfect start Sinner, a quarterfinalist on his de- ning holding off Carolina’s final against Istomin, who is ranked but at Roland Garros last year, minute with the empty net and ex- 204th and now is the owner of a had a far harder time. He needed tra attacker in a desperate tying GERRY BROOME / AP seven-match Grand Slam losing to save match point to get through attempt. Lightning players congratulate Barclay Goodrow, right, after streak but did upset Novak Djo- a 6-1, 4-6, 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-4 win over Jake Bean scored on the power Goodrow’s goal during the third period against Carolina on Sunday. kovic at the 2017 Australian Open. France’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, June 1, 2021 AUTO RACING Larson cruises to Coca-Cola 600 victory Earns 269th win for Hendrick, breaking Richard Petty’s record

BY STEVE REED “Richard Petty is the king of Associated Press NASCAR and he has done so much CONCORD, N.C. — The first for this sport,” Hendrick said. thing Rick Hendrick thought Hendrick called it “pretty neat” about as Kyle Larson crossed the that Larson broke the record driv- finish line to win the Coca-Cola ing the No. 5 car — the same num- 600 was April 29, 1984. ber on Bodine’s car several dec- That’s when Hendrick won for ades ago. the first time as a NASCAR Cup “It feels great to be the guy to Series owner help Mr. H break that record,” when Geoff Bod- Larson said. ine took the Sov- Hendrick said he didn’t care ran Bank 500 at which of his four Cup drivers won Martinsville Sunday — as long as one of them Speedway. did. Little did Hen- And it seemed all four of them drick know that had that chance. 37 years later he It was an impressive night for Hendrick would become Hendrick Motorsports with all the winningest owner in NASCAR four drivers finishing in the top Cup Series history. Larson’s dom- five — Chase Elliott was second, inating win at Charlotte Motor William Byron fourth and Alex NELL REDMOND / AP Speedway gave Hendrick Motor- Bowman fifth. NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Larson celebrates in victory lane after winning the Coca­Cola 600 on sports a record-setting 269th win, Kyle Busch was third for Joe Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. Larson led 328 of the 400 laps. passing Petty Enterprises. Gibbs Racing. “Unbelievable,” Hendrick said. It also was the sixth win in 16 year. drivers won in the first 14 races, races run this season. It was the “I can’t get in my brain around it races this season for Hendrick “He is an awesome talent as you Larson became only the third 12th career Coca-Cola 600 win for right now.” Motorsports — and this one wasn’t see by some of the moves he driver with multiple wins this sea- Hendrick Motorsports, but the or- “With nearly 40 years of excel- even close. makes,” Hendrick said. “And he son. He also won at Las Vegas. ganization’s first since since Jim- lence, Hendrick Motorsports has Larson, who joined Hendrick wants to win and is super dedicat- mie Johnson took the checkered set the gold standard for race team this season, ended six years of ed. He is all business.” Special guests flag in 2014. success,” said NASCAR Chair- struggles at Charlotte, leading 328 Busch seemed resigned to the Two-time heavyweight cham- man and CEO Jim France. “Rick of 400 laps and winning four fact he wasn’t going catch Larson pion boxer Tyson Fury and singer Who’s not Hendrick has already cemented stages. even with about 100 laps remain- Pitbull were in attendance. Caroli- Denny Hamlin, who won seven his legacy as a NASCAR Hall of Larson’s previous best finish at ing. na Panthers running back Chris- races last season, continues to Famer, and now adds another in- Charlotte was fifth in 2016 and he When asked after the first three tian McCaffrey served as the hon- search for his first victory of the credible accomplishment to an ex- had only one top-10 finish at the stages by Fox Sports commenta- orary pace car driver and Jay Le- year with 16 races in the books. emplary NASCAR career.” Coca-Cola 600. Larson dominated tors what he had to do catch the no and Kevin Eubanks were the Hamlin simply hasn’t had much Hendrick said he’s glad to have most of the race, becoming the leader, Busch joked “I’m going to grand marshals. success at Charlotte Motor Speed- the record behind him, while first driver since Busch in 2018 to have to wreck him — they’re too way, failing to register a Cup Se- quickly praising Richard Petty for sweep every stage. It gave Larson fast.” Who’s hot ries win here in 30 Cup Series his role in NASCAR. a series-high 10 stage wins this In a year of parity in which 11 Hendrick has won six of the 15 races. He finished seventh. Homecoming: Castroneves fourth-oldest winner of Indy 500

FROM PAGE 24 time friend won. Michael Shank agreed. last week. Castroneves became the fourth-oldest “I was looking up and down ‘Who is the Shank hired Castroneves for the Indy 500 Castroneves’ win was a stark contrast to winner in Indianapolis 500 history, behind 06?’ ” Power told Castroneves in a victory to complement the one-car Meyer Shank the recent theme of young drivers taking Al Unser (47, 1987), Bobby Unser (47, 1981) hug. “You’re a legend.” Racing team. over IndyCar, which now has six different and Emerson Fittipaldi (46, 1993). Castroneves spent more than two dec- Maybe Castroneves would have a shot to winners through six races this season. After climbing down the fence, Castro- ades driving for Team Penske and won win, but he’d also boost a team that needed Three of them have been first-time winners neves ran nearly a mile down the front- three Indy 500s with the team. But he was some veteran leadership at one of the most and four are drivers aged 24 or younger. stretch for a victory lap on foot. He pumped eventually phased over to the sports car challenging tracks in the world. Castroneves found himself in a closing his arms in the air and waved to the ecstatic program, where he won the IMSA cham- Castroneves was also part of the winning duel with one of the young stars, but he crowd, his explosion of emotional energy pionship last season before Roger Penske Rolex 24 Daytona sports car team in Janu- passed Palou for good with two laps remain- stopped every few feet by a flood of rivals shuttered the team and made the business ary, taking the prestigious sports car event ing and beat him by 0.4928 seconds for the who rushed onto the track to congratulate decision to cut Castroneves loose. for the first time. victory. him. Penske, now the owner of the speedway, “I’ve run two races this year and won two When he finally made it to the real Victo- “I was drawn by the positive energy of ev- embraced Castroneves in Victory Lane. races, I’d say that’s pretty good,” said Cas- ry Lane — after a kiss from Mario Andretti, eryone. For a long time these people want to Foyt welcomed the new member to the troneves, who noted this might be the year a hug from Johnny Rutherford, well wishes see a four-time winner,” he said. “I say that four-time winners club. for aging veterans. from just about every Indy 500 great — Cas- because they tell me. Every time we sign “He deserved it, he worked hard to get it “I don’t know if this is a good comparison, troneves sipped from his bottle of 2% milk the autographs, they are like, ‘I’ve never and he finally got it,” said Foyt, who was cel- but Tom Brady won the Super Bowl and and then dumped the rest over his head. seen a four-time winner. I want to see it.’ ebrating the 60th anniversary of his first In- Phil Mickelson won the golf so here you go. When he climbed into the back of a con- That’s what probably made me thank all of dy 500 victory. “It wasn’t given to him and The older guys are still kicking the younger vertible for his true victory lap around the them because they made this place spe- when someone works as hard as he did, I’m guys’ butts.” 2.5-mile speedway, most of the fans were cial.” glad it happened for him.” Brady, a seven-time Super Bowl cham- still in the stands cheering Castroneves. Almost every member of Team Penske After Castroneves, still the last driver to pion, capped his first season with Tampa The lap took more than 20 minutes to com- rushed out to meet Castroneves, including win consecutive Indianapolis 500s in 2001 Bay by leading the Bucs to their first cham- plete and the fans who stayed in the stands former teammate Will Power, who saw the and 2002, was cut loose by Penske, he insist- pionship in 18 years at 43 years old. Mick- climbed the fence to cheer him as he final scoring pylon and had no idea his long- ed he was not done racing yet. elson at 50 became the oldest major winner passed. Tuesday, June 1, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 MLB

Scoreboard ROUNDUP

American League

East Division WLPct GB Tampa Bay 34 20 .630 _ Gausman, Giants down Dodgers Boston 32 20 .615 1 New York 29 24 .547 4½ Toronto 27 25 .519 6 Baltimore 17 36 .321 16½ San Francisco Central Division WLPct GB hits two homers Chicago 32 20 .615 _ Cleveland 28 23 .549 3½ off LA’s Kershaw Kansas City 25 26 .490 6½ Detroit 22 31 .415 10½ Associated Press Minnesota 21 31 .404 11 LOS ANGELES — Kevin Gaus- West Division man pitched six shutout innings WLPct GB and Mauricio Dubón hit one of two Oakland 31 24 .564 _ homers off Clayton Kershaw, help- Houston 28 24 .538 1½ ing the San Francisco Giants beat Seattle 27 27 .500 3½ the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 on Los Angeles 24 29 .453 6 Texas 22 33 .400 9 Sunday. National League Gausman (6-0) allowed two hits, struck out seven and walked none East Division before he was removed because of WLPct GB left hip tightness. He also helped New York 25 20 .556 _ himself with an RBI single in the Atlanta 24 26 .480 3½ fifth inning. Philadelphia 25 28 .472 4 Jake McGee worked the ninth Miami 24 28 .462 4½ Washington 21 28 .429 6 for his 12th save in 14 opportuni- ties. Central Division Austin Slater also connected WLPct GB against Kershaw (7-4), sending the St. Louis 30 23 .566 _ Giants to their third win in the four- Chicago 29 23 .558 ½ ASHLEY LANDIS / AP Milwaukee 28 25 .528 2 game set after Los Angeles posted Cincinnati 23 28 .451 6 a three-game sweep last weekend. San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Kevin Gausman fields a ground ball hit by the Dodgers’ Matt Beaty Pittsburgh 20 32 .385 9½ San Francisco has the second-best during the sixth inning of Sunday’s game in Los Angeles. Beaty was out at first. West Division record in the majors at 33-20 and is WLPct GB a half-game behind San Diego in Nick Madrigal hit a tiebreaking nos had two hits. Jonathan India al- big league win as a starting pitcher. San Diego 34 20 .630 _ the NL West. triple in the seventh inning as the so had two hits and drove in a run. He surrendered two runs and six San Francisco 33 20 .623 ½ Albert Pujols and Max Muncy White Sox completed a four-game Castellanos extended his hitting hits in six innings. Los Angeles 31 22 .585 2½ each hit a two-run homer for Los sweep. The AL Central leaders streak to 16 games, the longest ac- Mariners 4, Rangers 2: Yusei Colorado 20 34 .370 14 Angeles. have won six of seven to climb a tive streak in the majors. Kikuchi (3-3) took a no-hit bid into Arizona 19 35 .352 15 Brewers 3, Nationals 0: Bran- season-high 12 games over .500. Blue Jays 4­5, Indians 1­6:Host the sixth inning, Kyle Seager Sunday’s games don Woodruff (4-2) outpitched Tigers 6, Yankees 2:Rookie Ta- Cleveland rallied for a doublehead- homered and host Seattle sent Tex- Toronto 4, Cleveland 1, 7 innings, 1st game Max Scherzer (4-4) and Avisaíl rik Skubal (2-7) pitched six shutout er split, taking advantage of anoth- as to its 12th straight road loss. Cleveland 6, Toronto 5, 7 innings, 2nd game García homered again, leading vis- innings, and Detroit completed its er wild outing for Tyler Chatwood The Rangers matched a team re- Detroit 6, N.Y. Yankees 2 iting Milwaukee to its fourth first home series sweep of New (0-2). cord for most consecutive road Chicago White Sox 3, Baltimore 1 Kansas City 6, Minnesota 3 straight win. York in 21 years. Chatwood forced in the tying run losses set in 2003. Texas was off Seattle 4, Texas 2 L.A. Angels 4, Oakland 2 The Brewers collected four of New York was outscored 15-5 with his fourth straight walk in the Monday before continuing its trip Milwaukee 3, Washington 0 the game’s seven hits. Washington with 36 strikeouts during the series seventh, and José Ramírez fol- with three games at Colorado. Tampa Bay 6, Philadelphia 2 Colorado 4, Pittsburgh 3 totaled three runs in getting swept and went 1-for-25 with runners in lowed with a game-ending sacri- Seattle has won a season-best Houston 7, San Diego 4 Cincinnati 5, Chicago Cubs 1 in the three-game series. scoring position. Shortstop Gleyb- fice fly. four in a row. Texas has lost six Arizona 9, St. Louis 2 Woodruff struck out 10, allowing er Torres had two errors and third Teoscar Hernández and Rowdy straight overall. San Francisco 5, L.A. Dodgers 4 Miami at Boston, ppd. only two hits in seven innings and baseman Gio Urshela one that con- Tellez homered against Aaron Civ- Royals 6, Twins 3:Whit Merri- Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, ppd. leaving with a 1.27 ERA. tributed to a four-run third inning ale (7-2) in the opener, leading To- field had two hits and scored two Monday’s games Scherzer also struck out 10 and and a 6-0 Detroit lead. ronto to the victory. Ross Stripling runs, leading visiting Kansas City Minnesota at Baltimore Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees gave up two hits in six innings. Detroit had not swept a three- (1-3) pitched five innings of one- past Minnesota. Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Boston at Houston Rays 6, Phillies 2:At St. Peters- game home series from the Yan- run ball for the win, and Jordan Ro- Andrew Benintendi and Hunter Oakland at Seattle burg, Fla., Mike Zunino and Brett kees since May 12-14, 2000, its first mano got three outs for his third Dozier each drove in two runs for Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Detroit at Milwaukee Phillips homered as AL East-lead- season at Comerica Park. save. Kansas City, which had dropped Philadelphia at Cincinnati San Diego at Chicago Cubs ing Tampa Bay won for the 15th Astros 7, Padres 4: Zack Angels 4, Athletics 2: Jared three of four. Dozier hit a solo drive L.A. Angels at San Francisco time in 16 games. Greinke (5-2) pitched eight effec- Walsh’s 12th homer sparked a four- in the ninth inning for his sixth Washington at Atlanta Pittsburgh at Kansas City The Rays have won four consec- tive innings and Kyle Tucker run second inning for visiting Los homer. St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers N.Y. Mets at Arizona utive games, including a two-game homered, lifting host Houston over Angeles, and four relievers com- Royals right-hander Brad Keller Tuesday’s games sweep of Philadelphia, since Kan- San Diego. bined for six scoreless innings. improved to 3-0 in his last four Chicago White Sox (Cease 3-1) at Cleve- sas City stopped their 11-game win Greinke permitted one run and David Fletcher doubled twice starts. He permitted three runs and land (Bieber 5-3) Minnesota (Pineda 3-2) at Baltimore streak on Tuesday, six hits. The right-hander im- and drove in two runs for the An- five hits in five innings. (Zimmermann 2-3) Philadelphia, losers of eight of 11, proved to 14-3 in his career against gels, who won their second straight Rockies 4, Pirates 3: Charlie Tampa Bay (Glasnow 4-2) at N.Y. Yan- kees (Germán 4-3) got a run-scoring double from Brad the Padres. for a split of the four-game series. Blackmon got three extra-base hits Boston (Richards 4-3) at Houston (Gar- cia 3-3) Miller. The Phillies loaded the Houston jumped on Blake Snell José Suarez (2-0) pitched three and keyed a two-run rally in the Oakland (Bassitt 5-2) at Seattle (Gon- bases with two outs in the ninth (1-2) for four runs in the first. Alex hitless innings for the win. Raisel ninth inning that sent visiting Col- zales 1-3) Miami (Alcantara 2-4) at Toronto (Ray against Diego Castillo, but Odúbel Bregman drove in Jose Altuve with Iglesias recorded four outs for his orado past Pittsburgh. 2-2) Philadelphia (Nola 3-4) at Cincinnati Herrera flew out to deep center a groundout, and Tucker capped ninth save. Blackmon hit two doubles and a (Gray 1-3) Washington (Strasburg 1-2) at Atlanta field. the inning with a three-run homer Diamondbacks 9, Cardinals 2: triple as the Rockies ended a five- (Fried 2-2) White Sox 3, Orioles 1: Lucas to left. Ketel Marte homered and drove in game losing streak. They were shut Detroit (Boyd 2-6) at Milwaukee (TBD) San Diego (Weathers 2-1) at Chicago Giolito (5-4) struck out 12, and host Reds 5, Cubs 1: Tyler Mahle three runs, and host Arizona stop- out in both games of a doublehead- Cubs (Hendricks 5-4) Pittsburgh (Crowe 0-3) at Kansas City Chicago handed Baltimore its 13th (4-2) worked five shutout innings, ped a 13-game losing streak. er against Pittsburgh on Saturday. (Singer 2-4) straight loss. Eugenio Suárez homered and vis- Arizona is just 19-35. It had been After Pirates closer Richard Ro- Texas (Dunning 2-4) at Colorado (Már- quez 3-5) Baltimore matched its worst iting Cincinnati stopped Chicago’s on the National League’s longest driguez (3-1) walked Ryan McMa- N.Y. Mets (Peterson 1-4) at Arizona (Smith 2-1) skid since 2009. It has been swept six-game winning streak. losing streak since the Diamond- hon with one out in the ninth, L.A. Angels (Heaney 2-3) at San Francis- in four consecutive series and Tyler Naquin drove in two runs backs’ 14-game skid in 2004. Blackmon hit an RBI double off the co (Wood 5-2) St. Louis (Gant 4-3) at L.A. Dodgers (TBD) dropped 20 of 22 overall. for Cincinnati, and Nick Castella- Matt Peacock (2-1) got his first wall in center to make it 3-all. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, June 1, 2021 Winning return SPORTS Federer cruises in 1st Slam match after 16 months away ›› French Open, Page 21

INDIANAPOLIS 500

‘Spiderman’: homecoming

PAUL SANCYA/AP Helio Castroneves, of Brazil, climbs the fence at the start/finish line after winning the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. The 135,000 in attendance at Indianapolis Motor Speedway got to see the 46­year­old Castoneves’ trademark “Spiderman” celebration after he became the first driver since 1991 to win the race for the fourth time. Castroneves collects record-tying 4th victory as spectators return to stands BY JENNA FRYER The race was postponed to August a year NASCAR Associated Press ago and held without spectators for the only INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis 500 time in its 105-year history. Given permis- Larson wins Coca-Cola 600 was meant to mark the return of some sort sion to open 40% of the grandstands this of normalcy, at least for marquee sporting year, the exuberant crowd came in droves to give Hendrick historic events that Americans find so meaningful. and went wild for Castroneves’ historic win victory in Cup Series For Helio Castroneves, Indy provided a for the old guys. Page 22 professional rebirth that pushed him into an Biding his time until the moment was elite club that last welcomed a new member right, the veteran passed 24-year-old Alex to join A.J. Foyt, Al Unser Sr. and Rick 30 years ago. He became just the fourth Palou with two laps remaining and the fren- Mears, his former mentor at Team Penske, four-time winner of the Indy 500 on Sunday zied crowd roared its approval. When the as the only four-time winners of “The in front of 135,000 fans at Indianapolis Mo- MICHAEL CONROY/AP Brazilian took the checkered flag, he Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” Mears was tor Speedway, easily the largest and loudest Castroneves soaked up the celebration as rushed to the fence for his traditional “Spi- the last driver to join the club in 1991. sporting event since the start of the pan- he joined A.J. Foyt, Al Unser Sr. and Rick derman” climb that belied his 46 years. demic. Mears as the only four­time winners. Castroneves had been trying since 2009 SEE HOMECOMING ON PAGE 22

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