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Volume 80 Edition 40A ©SS 2021 CONTINGENCY EDITION SATURDAY,JUNE 12, 2021 Free to Deployed Areas Federal agencies to embrace telework BY LISA REIN AND ERIC YODER The Washington Post WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday told federal agencies that more em- ployees can return to their offices as the threat of the coronavirus pandemic ebbs, but it also laid out a permanent work-from-home ex- pansion that will drastically alter the federal government’s work- place culture. Federal agencies no longer have to limit the number of staff- ers allowed in their offices to 25% occupancy, the administration said in the first major announce- ment on pandemic staffing it has issued since January. But the 20-page memo to feder- al agencies also maintains what started as an experiment in March 2020 to contend with the public health crisis — for the immediate future and potentially the long term. As they make plans for a post- ANDREW HARNIK/AP pandemic workplace, agencies Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, center, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, right, and Defense Under Secretary Mike across the government will be al- McCord, left, appear at a Senate Armed Services budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday. lowed to offer employees flexible schedules and remote work, de- pending on their needs, according to the guidance from the acting heads of the Office of Manage- ment and Budget, the Office of Putting the pieces in place Personnel Management and the General Services Administration. “Evaluation of an employee’s Pentagon works to move troops to countries near Afghanistan as drawdown’s end nears performance should be based on SEE TELEWORK ON PAGE 5 BY COREY DICKSTEIN Pentagon officials have yet to finished as early as July, Sen. Jack Austin said, singling out al-Qaida Stars and Stripes strike any agreements to place Reed, D-R.I., the committee’s as his top concern. “As we have ret- RELATED The Pentagon wants to put coun- those troops near Afghanistan af- chairman, indicated during the rograded … a lot of our combat air- terterrorism forces in nations ter the ongoing withdrawal, De- hearing focused on the Pentagon’s craft or missions are being con- 2 passengers test neighboring Afghanistan to moni- fense Secretary Lloyd Austin told fiscal 2022 budget request. ducted from platforms in the [Per- tor terrorist activity in that country the Senate Armed Services Com- “Those [counterterrorism] ef- sian] Gulf [region]. And so, we positive for virus on after U.S. troops end their two- mittee. That withdrawal, which forts will be focused on those ele- have the capability now to do that. decade fight there, top U.S. de- the U.S. military said this week ments that can possibly conduct Caribbean cruise fense officials said Thursday. was about half completed, could be attacks against our homeland,” SEE PIECES ON PAGE 4 Page 7 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 12, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER Report: May prices surged, squeezing US consumers EXCHANGE RATES Military rates South Korea (Won) 1116.69 Associated Press The increased consumer appe- In its report, the government said Switzerland (Franc) 0.8980 Euro costs (June 14) $1.19 Thailand (Baht) 31.06 WASHINGTON — American tite is bumping up against a short- that core inflation, which excludes Dollar buys (June 14) 0.8018 Turkey (NewLira) 8.4037 British pound (June 14) $1.38 consumers absorbed another surge age of components, from lumber volatile energy and food costs, rose Japanese yen (June 14) 107.00 (Military exchange rates are those available in prices in May — a 0.6% increase and steel to chemicals and semi- 0.7% in May after an even bigger South Korean won (June 14) 1083.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ over April and 5% over the past conductors, that supply such key 0.9% increase in April, and has ris- many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. 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BY SARAH CAMMARATA options to continue this deterrent Stars and Stripes ‘I don’t think this is the right way to thought process,” he said. WASHINGTON — House and At the Senate hearing, Sen. Deb Senate lawmakers voiced concern make decision about nuclear Fischer, R-Neb., said she was “ve- Thursday over the acting Navy ry concerned” about Harker’s secretary’s move to cancel the ser- policy.’ move, especially as the Penta- vice’s nuclear sea-launched Senator Deb Fischer gon’s fiscal 2022 budget proposal cruise missile in fiscal 2023 as top includes $5 million to continue to defense leaders said they had not R-Neb. study the weapon. been briefed on the decision Austin testified all the services “I think we’re all shocked to view — an examination of U.S. nu- Austin and Army Gen. Mark Mil- are “making tough choices in have heard the news of the acting clear policy that occurs when a ley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of terms of what to prioritize.” secretary of the Navy appearing to new administration takes office — Staff, said they had not been “I don’t feel comfortable in take action to zero out the sea- supported pursuing this type of briefed on the memo about the U.S. NAVY commenting on his memo,” he launched cruise missile. This is missile. The strategy under for- sea-launched cruise missile. A sea­launched cruise missile said. “I would just say that again, I something that is incredibly im- mer President Donald Trump’s At the House hearing, Turner breaks the surface of the water. am committed to a posture review portant,” said Rep. Mike Turner of administration called for expand- asked whether Vice Adm. Johnny Acting Navy Secretary Thomas to make sure that we adequately Ohio, the ranking Republican on ing the role and capability of the Wolfe, the Navy’s director of stra- Harker directed the service in a analyze what our capabilities the House Armed Services Com- U.S. nuclear arsenal. tegic systems programs, had been June 4 memo to defund the are.” sea­launched cruise missile. mittee subpanel on strategic The Defense Department’s Me- consulted about the missile. Milley said he was “not familiar forces. lissa Dalton testified Thursday “I was not privy to it before it with the memo, and nor was I con- “We know that the Nuclear Pos- that the review by President Joe was actually signed. But my un- “I don’t say that lightly. It ap- sulted, but as soon as we’re done ture Review isn’t underway, and Biden’s administration is “on the derstanding is, for the [Navy sec- pears to me that he’s gone rogue, here, I’ll go find that memo, and yet we have the first steps toward cusp” of commencing. Biden has retary] it was part of a deliberate because the people above him and get consulted.” actions that would be unilateral said he wants to reduce reliance process to start the dialogue for the people below him are denying “I don’t think this is the right disarmament,” Turner said dur- on nuclear weapons. building the next [Program Ob- any knowledge of this decision way to make decision about nucle- ing the committee’s hearing to re- “The sole purpose of the U.S. jective Memorandum] ... in start- and seem to be disavowing the de- ar policy,” Fischer said. view the fiscal 2022 budget pro- nuclear arsenal should be deter- ing that dialogue he does point out cision,” Lamborn said. Austin said the final decision posal for nuclear forces. ring — and if necessary, retaliat- that it is not a decision,” Wolfe tes- Wolfe said the sea-launched will be made as a result of the pos- Multiple media outlets reported ing against — a nuclear attack,” tified. cruise missile does have value. ture review after further analysis. this week that acting Navy Secre- Biden’s campaign said in an on- “It’s a hell of a way to start a dia- “It causes yet another calculus The Defense Department said the tary Thomas Harker directed the line statement before the presi- logue, to call for the canceling,” thought that the adversary has to review will start soon and con- service in a June 4 memo to “de- dent’s election. Turner replied. have before they think that we clude after several months. fund [the] sea-launched cruise In a Senate Armed Services Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., would have to use something big- missile.” Committee budget hearing Thurs- called out Harker for “going ger than a sea-launched cruise [email protected] The 2018 Nuclear Posture Re- day, Defense Secretary Lloyd rogue.” missile. So, it does provide many Twitter: @sarahjcamm One of the Navy’s top shipbuilders to hire 3K workers BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS The company did not specify whether the Stars and Stripes hiring campaign was directly linked to the WASHINGTON — Huntington Ingalls Navy’s promised growth, but the initiative Industries, one of the Navy’s main ship- aims to “attract the talent we need to build builders, announced plans to hire about ships that protect and defend our nation,” 3,000 full-time workers to build ships at its the company’s Vice President of Human Pascagoula, Miss., shipyards as the service Resources and Administration Edmond pushes toward its 355-ship fleet goal. Hughes said in the statement. The nation’s largest military shipbuilder Ingalls Shipbuilding’s acquisition team is launching the hiring campaign “as part of held a hiring event in Pascagoula on Thurs- its future growth plan,” the company’s ship- day to help find candidates for the 3,000 po- building division, Ingalls Shipbuilding, said sitions after recruiting trips across Missis- in a statement issued Wednesday. sippi, Alabama and Louisiana. Once hired, “It is vital to our mission that we have a the shipbuilders will join the more than quality workforce with the capacity to fulfill 41,000 Huntington Ingalls employees, ac- all current and potential naval contractual cording to the statement. obligations,” Huntington Ingalls spokeswo- “Workforce development is critical to the man Kianna Mitchell said Thursday. “As sustainment of a strong talent pipeline,” In- we continue to execute on our significant galls Shipbuilding Vice President of Oper- backlog, account for normal attrition and ations George S. Jones said in the state- enter into new contracts in the coming ment. “We maintain longstanding partner- years, we will continue to bring new ship- ships with local schools and community builders to our team.” stakeholders to make training opportuni- In February, the company had a backlog ties readily available to those who want to of shipbuilding projects worth $46.5 billion start their career in shipbuilding at In- to complete in 10 years, The Virginian-Pilot HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES FACEBOOK galls.” reported at the time. Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, has been awarded a contract with a The hiring campaign also comes as Con- Since then, Ingalls Shipbuilding has won potential total value of $724 million for planning yard services in support of in­service gress mulls the Supplying Help to Infras- more than $3.6 billion in new Navy con- amphibious ships. tructure in Ports, Yards and America’s Re- tracts for work including advance procure- pair Docks Act of 2021, or SHIPYARD Act, ment of a yet-to-be-named America-class powered submarines, according to the com- tagon, ordered the service to work toward which would provide $4 billion to private amphibious assault ship and the refueling pany’s website. 355-ship goal “as soon as possible.” shipyards such as Huntington Ingalls and and overhaul of the aircraft carrier USS The move comes as the Navy works to in- However, the Navy’s proposed 2022 bud- another $21 billion to the Navy’s aging pub- John C. Stennis, according to its website. crease its fleet by nearly 60 ships to reach get asks for just eight new ships — an lic shipyards for infrastructure improve- It is also the only American designer, its congressionally mandated goal of a 355- amount not enough to help the service reach ments during a 20-year period. builder and refueler of nuclear-powered ship fleet. Congress in the 2018 National De- its goal, Rear Adm. John Gumbleton, depu- aircraft carriers and one of just two ship- fense Authorization Act, which sets annual ty assistant secretary of the Navy for bud- [email protected] yards that can design and build nuclear- spending and policy priorities for the Pen- get, has recently said. Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 12, 2021 MILITARY B-21 bomber to be based in South Dakota

Associated Press it has officially designated Ells- ber expected to potentially double of the nation’s military. can reach out and touch them SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Ellsworth worth the bomber’s main operating the size of the base’s personnel by The base, located near Rapid should they misbehave,” Rounds Air Force Base in South Dakota will base. bringing 3,000 more service mem- City, is already one of the largest said. be the home of the next-generation Thune said the planes will even- bers, Thune said. Construction pro- employers in the state. According to However, the bomber is not ex- nuclear bomber, the B-21 Raider, tually be housed at several Air jects for bomber hangars and other a2017 estimate, it had an annual ec- pected to be flying over the Black the U.S. Air Force indicated Force bases, including locations in facilities are also expected. It cur- onomic impact of over $350 million. Hills until 2027, and many of the de- Wednesday. Texas and Missouri. However, Ells- rently hosts two squadrons that op- The Republican senators empha- tails of the aircraft, currently being The Air Force plans to build and worth was selected by the Air Force erate B-1 bombers, which are ex- sized that it will be an important developed by Virginia-based eventually operate over 100 of the to house the bomber’s training pro- pected to eventually be phased out piece of the United State’s military Northrop Grumman, remain un- stealth bombers, which are capable gram and first squadron, Thune of military use. rivalry with both Russia and China. known or classified. of launching nuclear strikes around said. “It’s a once in a generation, histor- The bomber is expected to have a Rounds was briefed several the globe. U.S. Sens. John Thune The announcement represents ic opportunity for South Dakota,” range long enough to attack targets weeks ago on the project and said and Mike Rounds said they heard an economic boon for the western Thune said, adding that it will en- on other continents. that so far it was “on time and on from the Air Force Wednesday that part of South Dakota, with the bom- sure Ellsworth remains a vital part “It will let (China) know that we budget.” Pieces: 2022 DOD budget request seeks $3.3B to support Afghan troops sion’s recommendation of an annual 3-5% of FROM PAGE 1 real growth in defense budgets to ensure the Now, what we are looking for is the ability to U.S. military remained ahead of China. shorten the legs going forward by stationing “Since then, the threats have gotten some capability in neighboring countries, worse,” Inhofe said. “And this administra- [and] that is still a work in progress.” tion gave us a budget that cuts spending Austin told senators that he and the State when we need real growth. And they want Department were working “as quickly as we the military to do more on climate change can” to solidify plans, but he did not yet have and pandemic response. More missions — atimetable on when an agreement might oc- but with fewer resources.” cur. Even Reed called Biden’s budget submis- Pentagon officials have touted the U.S. sion merely “a starting point for Congress.” military’s ability to respond to problems in Milley strongly defended the proposal. Afghanistan since President Joe Biden or- He noted the budget was somewhat biased dered in April the full withdrawal of Amer- toward the future combat environment that ican troops by Sept. 11, 2021. But Austin and top Pentagon war-planners predict — a full- others have not detailed precisely what so- scale, highly deadly war across air, land, called “over-the-horizon” capabilities they sea, space and cyberspace domains. The have in place or what forces they might add. budget request seeks more than $112 billion They also have not publicly detailed scena- for research, development, testing and eval- rios in which they would send American uation, an about 5% boost over the Penta- troops or aircraft back into Afghanistan to gon’s 2021 RDT&E budget, which had been respond. its largest ever to focus on future weaponry. Austin said Thursday that U.S. troops for ANDREW HARNIK/AP That money, Milley said, is meant to ensure now continue to support Afghan National From left, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, Secretary of Defense the U.S. military maintains its ability to Security Forces in their fight against the Ta- Lloyd Austin, Chairman Jack Reed, D­R.I., and Ranking Member James Inhofe, R­Okla., overmatch its top priority, the rapidly im- liban but doing so after withdrawing from speak before a Senate Armed Services budget hearing in Washington, Thursday. proving Chinese military. Afghanistan would be “very difficult to do.” Austin listed hypersonic missiles, artifi- His remarks came just days after a new ficials who said the Defense Department Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of cial intelligence, modern nuclear weapons U.N. report warned the Taliban appeared was considering scenarios in which it might Staff, repeatedly defended the first funding and other next-generation weapons and ca- poised to take back control of Afghanistan send warplanes or armed drones to respond proposal under Biden’s administration as pabilities as the critical infrastructure that for the first time since it was ousted from to Taliban attacks, including on Kabul. That adequate to ensure short-term and long- the budget invests in to deter and, if neces- power by the United States in 2001 in re- report said no decisions had been made. term national security. sary, defeat the Chinese military, which he sponse to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The U.N. Austin did not directly address those al- Republicans attacked the submission as has labeled the Pentagon’s “pacing threat” Security Council report stated the Taliban leged negotiations within the Pentagon too small. While the request seeks a modest and top security concern. believed its recent battlefield gains streng- when asked about the report by Sen. Jeanne $11 billion funding boost over the Pentagon’s “We’re going after the capabilities that al- thened its negotiating position to regain Shaheen, D-N.H. 2021 budget, it represents an essentially flat low us to be not only competitive [with Chi- power, and the insurgent group was also The 2022 Pentagon budget request does spending plan when adjusted for the about na], but actually dominant in this competi- preparing to take the country back from the seek about $3.3 billion to support Afghan se- 5% inflation rate since last year. tion,” Austin said. “Let me be clear. This is U.S.-supported government by force, if nec- curity forces next year. That money tradi- “This is an inadequate defense budget,” the most lethal force that has ever occupied essary. tionally has paid for equipment and train- said Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., who en- the planet and it will remain so going for- Austin did not reveal Thursday whether ing. U.S. and NATO officials said last week couraged his Senate colleagues to “reverse ward. That’s what we remain focused on in the Pentagon had plans to intervene if the that they were looking to continue training this and to get our troops and our nation the the Department of Defense — defending Taliban appeared positioned to overrun key for Afghan commandos somewhere in Eu- national security budget that they need.” this nation, and we’re going to go after the ca- locations in Afghanistan, including its capi- rope. Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, the commit- pabilities required to do so.” tal Kabul, where the United States intends to During the wide-ranging hearing on the tee’s top Republican, said the budget failed maintain an embassy. A New York Times re- Pentagon’s $715 billion budget request for to keep pace with the Congress-mandated [email protected] port Thursday quoted unnamed defense of- fiscal 2022, Austin and Army Gen. Mark 2018 National Defense Strategy Commis- Twitter: @CDicksteinDC 2 die in noncombat-related incidents supporting Inherent Resolve

BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS First Sgt. Casey J. Hart with the Damascus, according to a Defense vestigation. nounced in an emailed statement. Stars and Stripes Louisiana Army National Guard Department statement. Also Thursday, an unnamed sol- The military is withholding the WASHINGTON — Two soldiers died Monday at Walter Reed Na- The Baton Rouge, La., native dier assigned to the Combined soldier’s name until next-of-kin died this week following separate tional Military Medical Center in was assigned to the Louisiana Na- Joint Task Force of Operation In- are notified, CENTCOM said. The noncombat-related incidents sup- Bethesda, Md., as a result of a non- tional Guard’s 256th Infantry Bri- herent Resolve died from a non- incident is under investigation. porting Operation Inherent Re- combat-related incident May 9 at gade Combat Team, according to combat-related incident the same solve, the Pentagon announced the al-Tanf garrison in Syria, the statement. The incident that day at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, [email protected] Thursday. which is about 155 miles east of led to his death remains under in- U.S. Central Command an- Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Saturday, June 12, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 NATION/WORLD G-7 gathers to pledge 1B global COVID-19 shots Associated Press trenched,” Johnson added. CARBIS BAY, England — Brit- Earlier, Biden said: “We’re go- ish Prime Minister Boris Johnson ing to help lead the world out of greeted world leaders on a wood- this pandemic working alongside en boardwalk atop the sand of Car- our global partners.” bis Bay to open the Group of Seven The leaders of the G-7 — which summit Friday, offering elbow also includes Canada, France, bumps to dignitaries and urging Germany, Italy and Japan — hope countries not to let the pandemic the meeting at the resort will also leave a lasting scar of inequality. energize the global economy. De- Recovery from the pandemic spite the moody skies, the group was set to dominate their discus- walked away from the photo as KEVIN LAMARQUE, POOL/AP sions, with members of the cheerful as children who had just From left, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, European Council President Charles Michel, President wealthy democracies club expect- built a sand castle. Led by John- Joe Biden, Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Italy’s Prime ed to commit to sharing at least 1 son, French President Emmanuel Minister Mario Draghi during the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, England, on Friday. billion vaccine shots with strug- Macron threw his arm around Bi- gling countries. That includes a den’s shoulder. Talks were ani- whose economies are based on at- on board. At another protest, dem- doses. That commitment was on pledge from U.S. President Joe Bi- mated but inaudible. tracting business with low corpo- onstrators carried flags that read top of 80 million doses Biden has den to share 500 million doses, and On Friday, they are set to for- rate taxes. “G7 drowning in promises” and already pledged to donate by the a promise from Johnson for anoth- mally embrace a global minimum For Johnson, the first G-7 sum- “Action not words.” end of June. er 100 million shots. tax of at least 15% on multinational mit in two years — last year’s was Summit business kicked off Fri- Johnson said the first 5 million Opening three days of talks in corporations, following an agree- scuttled by the pandemic — is a day, with the customary formal U.K. doses would be shared in the Cornwall, in southwest England, ment reached a week ago by their chance to set out his vision of a greeting and a socially distanced coming weeks, with the remain- Johnson warned that world lead- finance ministers. The minimum post-Brexit “global Britain” as a group photo. Later the leaders will der coming over the next year. He ers must not repeat errors made is meant to stop companies from mid-sized country with an out- meet Queen Elizabeth II and other said he expected the G-7 to com- over the past 18 months — or those using tax havens to shift profits sized role in international prob- senior royals at the Eden Project, mit to 1 billion doses in all. made in the recovery from the and avoid taxes. lem-solving. a lush, domed eco-tourism site German Chancellor Angela 2008 global financial crisis. It represents a potential win for It’s also an opportunity to un- built in a former quarry. Merkel said she hoped the summit “It is vital that we don’t repeat the Biden administration, which derscore the U.K-U.S. bond, an al- The G-7 leaders have faced would show the world “we’re not the mistake of the last great crisis, has proposed a global minimum liance often called the “special re- mounting pressure to outline their just thinking of ourselves.” Ma- the last great economic recession tax as a way to pay for infrastruc- lationship” — but that Johnson global vaccine-sharing plans, es- cron said France would share at in 2008, when the recovery was ture projects. The idea also cre- said he prefers to call the “inde- pecially as inequities in supply least 30 million doses globally by not uniform across all parts of so- ates an alternative that could re- structible relationship.” around the world have become year’s end. Germany is planning ciety,” he said after leaders posed move some European countries’ Climate change is also a top is- more pronounced. In the U.S., to donate the same amount. for a formal “family photo” by the digital services taxes that largely sue on the agenda, and hundreds there is a large vaccine stockpile, The U.S. commitment is to buy sea. hit U.S. tech firms. But the endor- of protesters gathered in Cornwall and the demand for shots has and donate 500 million Pfizer dos- “And I think what’s gone wrong sement from the G-7 is just one to urge the leaders to act. Demon- dropped precipitously in recent es for distribution through the with this pandemic, and what step in the process. The hope is to strators deployed a barge off the weeks. global COVAX alliance to 92 low- risks being a lasting scar, is that I get many more countries to sign coast with two large inflatable fig- Biden said the U.S. will donate er-income countries and the Afri- think the inequalities may be en- on — a fraught proposal in nations ures depicting Biden and Johnson 500 million COVID-19 vaccine can Union. Telework: Some GOP lawmakers criticize work-from-home continuation

FROM PAGE 1 in their seats to show they were Biden administration has led to di- ees to physical workplaces, and it away — an arrangement that was factors such as accountability for working. That approach has ham- minished services for the public. clearly reinforces that the safety rare before the pandemic. results or quality of the work, and pered efforts to attract new em- “With continued telework flex- of the Federal workforce remains “Employees who have been te- should not be affected by whether ployees — especially the young ibility, government workers won’t a top priority.” leworking during the pandemic an employee is working in the of- talent the civil service lacks, some be able access constituents’ VA “The President has established generally will remain eligible for fice, teleworking, based remotely, officials said. medical records or IRS financial two clear goals that serve as the telework, at least on a situational or working a flexible work sched- “It is a positive development for records while working from home foundation for today’s guidance: basis,” the memo stated. ule,” they wrote. the government to make the pro- because those need to be secured that this Administration will em- The new policy is likely to be The embrace of “maximum te- motion of flexibility and remote in an office,” Rep. Michael Waltz, power, rebuild, and energize the cheered by many federal employ- lework flexibilities” amounts to a work a core principle in its plans R-Fla., said in a statement. “This is Federal workforce and that the ees, 59% of whom were telework- massive shift for the federal gov- for the post-pandemic world of an enormous problem as constitu- U.S. government must deliver re- ing at the peak of remote work ernment, which has long lagged work,” Adam Ozimek, chief econ- ents lack access to key govern- sults for all Americans,” he added. during the pandemic. behind the private sector when it omist at Upwork, an online site for ment services and are seeing in re- Thursday’s memo envisions ex- Federal workers gave the flex- comes to offering remote work. It hiring freelancers and a leading al time their taxes wasted.” panded support for employees ibility high marks in a survey, and is likely to be closely watched by voice on remote work, said in an Waltz is one of several Republi- who request flexible work sched- many managers concluded that other employers, since the federal email. “This isn’t just about mak- can lawmakers who have asked ules. It calls for new training for productivity did not suffer. government, with a workforce of ing work better for people, but in- the Biden administration to ex- managers on “fair and equitable “This pandemic has proven that 2.1 million, is the country’s largest creasing access to talent and plain why federal offices in states performance management” for telework works,” said Tony Rear- employer. spreading opportunity across the with low transmission rates re- staffers working hybrid schedules don, president of the National The move shows how the think- U.S.” main closed. that combine in-office and at- Treasury Employees Union, ing about the workplace has shift- The announcement was sharply Jason Miller, OMB deputy di- home work. It emphasizes ex- which represents 150,000 employ- ed inside the federal bureaucracy, criticized by some Republicans in rector for management, said in a panded opportunities for employ- ees in 34 departments. “Agencies which for decades has operated Congress who have complained statement that the new guidance ees who live in one part of the in our view can’t and shouldn’t try under a top-down, risk-averse that a slow return of federal em- “will facilitate planning for an in- country to report on a permanent to put that toothpaste back in the model requiring employees to be ployees to the workplace by the creased return of Federal employ- basis to managers multiple states tube.” PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 12, 2021 NATION Senators at tentative agreement on public works

BY LISA MASCARO seeking. AND KEVIN FREKING It appears the group is running Associated Press into the same problems that Biden WASHINGTON — A bipartisan and lead Republican negotiator group of senators is eyeing an in- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito con- frastructure deal with $579 billion fronted in agreeing on how to pay in new spending as negotiators try for it. to strike a nearly $1 trillion deal on Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., a lead President Joe Biden’s top priority, negotiator, would not disclose the according to those briefed on the final tab. Asked if the new spend- plan. ing was at $600 billion, he said “the The 10 senators have been hud- president said that was his goal. So dling behind closed doors, encour- I don’t think anybody felt like they aged by Biden to keep working on had to exceed his goal.” the effort after he walked away Another member of the group, from a Republican-only proposal Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said they this week unable to resolve differ- are “fairly close” on a topline ences. The senators are briefing amount, but are still debating how their colleagues privately and cau- to pay for it. One option is to in- tioned changes could still be made. clude potential revenue from un- “Our group — comprised of 10 collected income taxes, he said. Senators, 5 from each party — has “We still have to talk,” Tester worked in good faith and reached a said. bipartisan agreement on a realis- J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP One Republican not in the tic, compromise framework to Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R­W.Va., former lead GOP negotiator on the president’s infrastructure deal, is group, Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana, modernize our nation’s infrastruc- met by reporters as she walks to the chamber for a vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday. said he was told the package would ture and energy technologies,” the provide nearly $1 trillion — includ- senators said in a joint statement. istration on the emerging plan but The president and Congress A person familiar with the nego- ing $579 billion in new spending “This investment would be fully questions remain. have been straining to reach an tiations but unauthorized to dis- over the baseline for transporta- paid for and not include tax in- “The President appreciates the agreement on his ideas for an in- cuss them publicly said the cost tion projects. creases,” they added. “We are dis- senators’ work to advance critical frastructure investment, stuck would be $974 billion over five Braun also said parts of it would cussing our approach with our re- investments we need to create over the scope of the package of years, as is standard for highway be paid for with untapped CO- spective colleagues, and the White good jobs, prepare for our clean road, highway and other projects spending, or $1.2 trillion if spread VID-19 relief funds, which has House, and remain optimistic that energy future, and compete in the and how to pay for it. Lawmakers over eight as Biden proposes. At been a nonstarter for the White this can lay the groundwork to gar- global economy,” said deputy say the group’s tentative agree- that size, the new package would House. ner broad support from both par- press secretary Andrew Bates. ment represents important pro- be more than the previous Repub- “They have come up with simi- ties and meet America’s infras- “Questions need to be addressed, gress in fashioning a bill that can lican-only effort of $330 billion in lar to what I think Capito was tructure needs.” particularly around the details of pass such an evenly divided Con- new spending in a $928 billion working on, but my understanding The White House said Demo- both policy and pay-fors, among gress this year, but they are also package, but still short of the $1.7 is it would be a little more money,” cratic senators briefed the admin- other matters.” aware that it could easily unravel. trillion over eight years Biden is he said. Rep. Omar says she wasn’t equating US, Israel and terrorists Associated Press and Hamas and the Taliban.” month compared Pelosi’s require- unthinkable atrocities committed WASHINGTON — Rep. Ilhan The leaders’ statement seemed ment that lawmakers wear masks by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Af- Omar tried edging away Thursday designed to try defusing their par- in the House chamber to Nazis re- ghanistan, and the Taliban. I from a bitter fight with Jewish ty’s latest rancorous dispute over quiring Jews to wear yellow stars asked @SecBlinken where people Democratic lawmakers who’d ac- the Middle East. That schism has during the Holocaust. are supposed to go for justice.” cused her of likening the U.S. and generally pitted younger progres- A Republican effort to remove Late Wednesday, Rep. Brad Israel to Hamas and Afghanis- sives against older, establish- Omar from her committees would Schneider, D-Ill., and 11 other tan’s Taliban, saying her remarks ment-leaning lawmakers who are likely fail in the Democratic-run Jewish House Democrats issued a were “in no way equating terrorist more pro-Israel, a divide that has chamber, but would spotlight divi- statement labeling those remarks organizations with democratic intensified since last month’s 11- sions within the party that the offensive and misguided. They countries.” day war between Israel and Ha- GOP has sought to exploit before. said she should “clarify” what she A three-sentence statement by mas. This week’s flareup involving meant. the Minnesota Democrat also said The quick intervention by top Omar, 38, was the most recent in- “Ignoring the differences be- her comments were “not a moral Democrats also came ahead of stance in which she has clashed tween democracies governed by comparison between Hamas and what may be a Republican at- with fellow Democrats over the the rule of law and contemptible the Taliban and the U.S. and Is- tempt to train attention on Omar’s Middle East. Two months after organizations that engage in ter- rael,” and seemed to dial back a words when the House returns she arrived in Congress in 2019, rorism at best discredits one’s in- more confrontational tone she’d next week from recess. the House approved a resolution tended argument and at worst re- taken earlier. In a series of tweets, In a possible preview of that, the condemning anti-Semitism and flects deep-seated prejudice,” Omar had said her critics’ public MORRY GASH/AP National Republican Congres- other forms of bigotry — without they wrote. rebuke of her was “shameful,” ac- Rep. Ilhan Omar, D­Minn., sional Committee tweeted Thurs- mentioning her — after she made They said that while the U.S. cused them of “islamophobic speaks in Minnesota April 20, day, “@Housedemocrats must remarks that critics said accused and Israel are “imperfect” and tropes” and said she was merely during a news conference at the vote to strip anti-Semite @Il- Israel supporters of having dual merit occasional criticism, “False seeking justice “for all victims of site of the fatal shooting of hanMN of her committee assign- allegiances. equivalencies give cover to terror- crimes against humanity.” Daunte Wright. ments.” The NRCC is the House The latest confrontation be- ist groups.” Minutes after Omar released GOP campaign organization. tween Omar, a Muslim-American On Thursday, Omar tweeted her latest remarks, House Speak- and Israel and groups that engage House Minority Leader Kevin born in Somalia, and fellow Demo- that it was “shameful” that fellow er Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and the in terrorism like Hamas and the McCarthy, R-Calif., said Pelosi’s crats began when she tweeted a Democrats who sometimes seek other top five House Democratic Taliban foments prejudice and failure to take action “sends a Monday exchange with Secretary her support on issues didn’t ask leaders issued an unusual joint undermines progress toward a fu- message to the world that Demo- of State Antony Blinken in a video her for an explanation by simply statement making clear they’d ture of peace and security for all,” crats are tolerant of anti-Semitism conference in which she called for calling her. “The islamophobic disapproved of Omar’s initial the leaders said. “We welcome the and sympathizing with terrorists.” justice “for all victims of crimes tropes in this statement are offen- comments. clarification by Congresswoman McCarthy has resisted Demo- against humanity.” sive. The constant harassment & “Drawing false equivalencies Omar that there is no moral equiv- crats’ calls to punish Rep. Marjo- In remarks that drew the most silencing from the signers of this between democracies like the U.S. alency between the U.S. and Israel rie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who last attention, she said, “We have seen letter is unbearable,” she wrote. Saturday, June 12, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 NATION Trump DOJ seized data from 2 House Dems Associated Press ity to discuss the secret seizures last month that their records had routinely conducts investigations and repeatedly dismissed as “fake WASHINGTON — The Justice first reported by The New York been shared, but did not give exten- of leaked information, including news” leaks he found personally Department under former Presi- Times. sive detail. The committee is classified intelligence, opening harmful to his agenda. As the inves- dent Donald Trump seized data The records of at least twelve aware, though, that metadata from such an investigation into members tigations swirled around him, he from the accounts of at least two people connected to the intelli- the accounts was turned over, the of Congress is extraordinarily rare. demanded loyalty from a Justice members of the House Intelligence gence panel were eventually official said. The records do not The Trump administration’s at- Department he often regarded as Committee in 2018 as part of an ag- shared, including Chairman Adam contain any other content from the tempt to secretly gain access to data his personal law firm. gressive crackdown on leaks relat- Schiff, who was then the top Demo- devices, like photos, messages or of individual members of Congress House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D- ed to the Russia investigation and crat on the committee. California emails, one of the other people said. and others connected to the panel Calif., said in a statement that other national security matters, ac- Rep. Eric Swalwell was the second The third person said that Apple came as the president was fuming “these actions appear to be yet an- cording to a committee official and member, according to spokeswo- complied with the subpoena, pro- publicly and privately over investi- other egregious assault on our de- two people familiar with the inves- man Natalie Edelstein. The records viding the information to the Jus- gations — in Congress and by then- mocracy” waged by the former tigation. of aides, former aides and family tice Department, and did not im- special counsel Robert Mueller — president. Prosecutors from Trump’s Jus- members were also siezed, includ- mediately notify the members of into his campaign’s ties to Russia. “The news about the politiciza- tice Department subpoenaed Ap- ing one who was a minor, according Congress or the committee about Trump called the probes a “witch tion of the Trump Administration ple for the data, according to the to the committee official. the disclosure. hunt," regularly criticized Schiff Justice Department is harrowing," people, who were granted anonym- Apple informed the committee While the Justice Department and other Democrats on Twitter she said. California Wife of drug kingpin to appeal ‘El Chapo’ pleads ruling on guilty to US charges Associated Press onel Aispuro “worked closely weapons WASHINGTON — The wife of with the command-and-control Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin structure” of the Sinaloa cartel Associated Press “El Chapo” Guzman pleaded and conspired to distribute large SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Cali- guilty Thursday to charges in the quantities of drugs, knowing they fornia’s governor denounced in U.S. and admitted that she would be smuggled into the U.S. starkly personal terms a federal helped her husband run his mul- As Mexico’s most powerful judge’s upending of the state’s re- tibillion-dollar criminal empire. drug lord, Guzman ran a cartel strictions on assault weapons as of- Emma Coronel Aispuro, wear- responsible for smuggling co- ficials announced the filing Thurs- KARL MONDON, BAY AREA NEWS GROUP/AP ing a green jail uniform, ap- caine and other day of a formal notice that they will California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, and San Francisco Mayor London peared in federal court in Wash- drugs into the appeal the decision. Breed stand with Sheila Burton and Mattie Scott of the Brady Center ington and pleaded guilty to United States They described last week’s rul- to Prevent Gun Violence during a press conference at Zuckerberg three federal offenses as part of a during his 25- ing by U.S. District Judge Roger General Hospital in San Francisco on Thursday. plea deal with federal prosecu- year reign, pros- Benitez as an outlier that conflicts tors. ecutors say. with at least six other federal deci- said. “This is a very focused agenda publican President George W. The charges include knowing- They also said sions upholding assault weapons to work through this judge, where Bush, and Newsom, a Democrat, ly and willfully conspiring to dis- his “army of si- laws in California and elsewhere, a the decision’s already made before also assailed Republicans who tribute heroin, cocaine, marijua- carios,” or “hit ruling that is designed to get the is- it’s even presented, who writes don’t support gun restrictions. na and methamphetamine for Coronel men,” was un- sue before a recently more conser- ‘press releases’ on behalf of the gun Athree-judge appeals court pan- several years. She also pleaded Aispuro der orders to vative U.S. Supreme Court. lobby.” el agreed with Benitez on his am- guilty to a money-laundering kidnap, torture Gov. Gavin Newsom, the son of a Gun owners’ rights groups have munition magazine ruling, but the conspiracy charge and to engag- and kill anyone who got in his judge, denounced Benitez as “a made no secret of their effort to get decision is being reconsidered by a ing in transactions with a foreign way. stone cold ideologue. He is a wholly firearms restrictions before the na- larger appellate panel. narcotics trafficker. The prosecutor, Anthony Nar- owned subsidiary of the gun lobby tion’s high court. Attorney General Rob Bonta fil- The 31-year-old was arrested dozzi, said his wife had “aided of the National Rifle Association.” But the Firearms Policy Coali- ed the three-page notice of appeal in February at Dulles Interna- and abetted” the Sinaloa cartel’s The state already is appealing tion, which led plaintiffs who won and plans to ask the 9th U.S. Circuit tional Airport in Virginia and has objectives to smuggle drugs into the same judge’s 2017 ruling at the trial level, condemned the Court of Appeals for a stay so the been jailed since then. the U.S. and helped to import against the state’s nearly two-dec- governor’s “outrageous and cal- current 32-year assault weapons “She is very happy to put this more than 450,000 kilograms of ade-old ban on the sales and pur- lous personal attacks” on the judge. ban will remain in effect through- behind her,” Coronel Aispuro’s cocaine, 90,000 kilograms of her- chases of magazines holding more “Newsom’s verbal assaults on a out the appeals process. attorney, Jeffrey Lichtman, said oin, 45,000 kilograms of metham- than 10 bullets, and his ruling last long-respected member of the judi- Benitez ruled on Friday that the outside the courthouse. “She phetamine and about 90,000 kilo- year blocking a 2019 California law ciary shows his deep and contin- state’s definition of illegal military- didn’t expect to get arrested after grams of marijuana. requiring background checks for uing disrespect for the rule of law, style rifles violates the U.S. Consti- her husband received life in pris- Lichtman insisted that Coronel anyone buying ammunition. the judiciary, the Constitution, and tution because it deprives law- on. So, this is obviously a trou- Aispuro was a “very minimal “We need to call this federal the human rights of California citi- abiding Californians of weapons bling time. But we’re going to get participant” in the drug empire. judge out. He will continue to do zens,” the group said. commonly allowed in most other past it.” “She was a very small part of this damage, mark my word,” Newsom Benitez was appointed by Re- states. Prosecutors have alleged Cor- much larger thing,” he said. 2 test positive for COVID on 1st North American cruise since March 2020

New York Daily News people are asymptomatic. ed the island of St. Maarten on June VID test, according to Royal Carib- for close contacts and “closely mon- Two people traveling on the first All passengers on the cruise were 5, making it the first North American bean. itoring the situation.” North American cruise since March required to be fully vaccinated if voyage since the start of the CO- The Celebrity Millennium had The cruise industry had been 2020 have tested positive for CO- they were over age 18. All crew mem- VID-19 pandemic. Another ship is been scheduled to return to St. Maar- docked since COVID shut down VID-19. bers were vaccinated, according to scheduled to leave from the Baha- ten on June 12. The positive tests much of North America in March The passengers on the Celebrity Royal Caribbean. The ages of the mas on June 12. were part of a shipwide end-of- 2020. Last week, Royal Caribbean Millennium shared a room and are people who tested positive were not All adult passengers were re- cruise testing program, Royal Carib- announced several trips departing now in isolation, cruise owner Royal released. quired to show proof of vaccination, bean said. The company is conduct- from Florida, Texas and Washington Caribbean said in a statement. Both The Celebrity Millennium depart- in addition to a recent negative CO- ing contact tracing, expediting tests state beginning in July and August. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 12, 2021 NATION Police struggle to recruit since killing of Floyd

Associated Press zation represents a fraction of the Law enforcement agencies more than 18,000 law enforcement across the country experienced a agencies nationwide and is not wave of retirements and depar- representative of all departments. tures and are struggling to recruit But it’s one of the few efforts to ex- the next generation of police offi- amine police hiring and retention cers in the year since George and compare it with the time be- Floyd was killed by a cop. fore Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis And amid the national reckon- on May 25, 2020. Former officer ing on policing, communities are Derek Chauvin, who pressed his questioning who should become a knee on Floyd’s neck while Floyd JOHN MINCHILLO/AP police officer today. was handcuffed behind his back, Community members and police attend a vigil beside a makeshift memorial at the scene where 10­year old Mass protests and calls for re- was convicted of murder and is Justin Wallace was shot and killed June 5 in the Rockaway section of the Queens borough of New York, on forming or defunding the police, awaiting sentencing. Wednesday. as well as the coronavirus pan- Researchers heard from 194 po- demic, took their toll on officer lice departments last month about morale. The rate of retirements at their hires, resignations and re- some departments rose 45% com- tirements between April 1, 2020, Crime leads voter concerns as pared with the previous year, ac- and March 31, 2021, and the same cording to new research on nearly categories from April 1, 2019, to 200 law enforcement agencies March 31, 2020. NYC mayoral primary nears conducted by the Washington- By comparison, the changing based Police Executive Research public attitude on policing is well Associated Press The final day of voting is June 22, it is the highest number for a winter Forum and provided to The Asso- documented. In the past year, as NEW YORK — Fear of crime is with the top Democrat in over- and early spring since 2000. ciated Press. At the same time, many as half of American adults back as a political issue in New whelmingly Democratic New York A plurality of voters surveyed in hiring slowed by 5%, the group believed police violence against York City. For the first time in City highly likely to win the No- a Spectrum News NY1/Ipsos poll found. the public is a “very” or “extreme- years, it could be a prime factor in vember general election and suc- released this week chose “crime or The wave comes as local law- ly” serious problem, according to who voters pick as their next may- ceed the term-limited Mayor Bill violence” as the biggest problem makers have pledged to enact re- one poll conducted by The Associ- or. de Blasio. facing New York, with both racial forms — such as ending the poli- ated Press-NORC Center for Pub- Early voting begins Saturday in The Republican primary fea- injustice and police reform also in cies that give officers immunity lic Affairs Research. the city’s party primaries. Ballots tures Curtis Sliwa, founder of the the top 10. for their actions while on-duty — “It’s hard to recruit the very are being cast as the city is emerg- Guardian Angels anti-crime The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has and say they’re committed to re- people who see police as an oppo- ing, brimming with hope, after a group, versus Fernando Mateo, a known most of the Democratic shaping policing in the 21st centu- sition,” said Lynda R. Williams, year in pandemic lockdown, but al- restaurant owner and advocate for mayoral candidates for years, said ry. And recruiters are increasing- president of the National Organi- so amid an unsettling rise in shoot- taxi drivers. crime is a big issue in Black com- ly looking for a different kind of zation of Black Law Enforcement ings. The Times Square shooting and munities and the progressive can- recruit to join. Executives, who previously The violence is still well short of other high-profile crimes like last didates should address it more for- Years ago, a candidate’s qualifi- worked on recruitment efforts for the historic highs of the 1990s, or weekend’s fatal shooting of a 10- thrightly. cations might be centered around the Secret Service. even in the New York of the early year-old boy in Queens have “You know, two weeks after I did his — yes, his — brawn. Now, po- Recruitment is still a challenge. 2000s. But it has forced the leading sparked fears of a city under siege. the eulogy at George Floyd’s funer- lice departments say they are In some cities like Philadelphia, Democratic candidates to balance “Stop the Bloodshed,” screamed a al I did the eulogy for a 1-year-old seeking recruits who can use their departments are spending more talk of police reform with promises recent front page of the New York kid in Brooklyn killed by a stray brain. And they want those future time scouring a candidate’s social not to let New York backslide to its Post, which warned of surrender- bullet in a gang fight,” Sharpton officers to represent their commu- media to hunt for possible biases. long-gone days as a crime capital. ing streets “to homelessness, filth, said, referring to Davell Gardner, nities. In others, pay disparities — a long- “No one is coming to New York, crime and guns” in an editorial en- shot while sitting in his stroller last “Days of old, you wanted some- time problem — still exist, making in our multibillion-dollar tourism dorsing Adams. summer. “So it is not true that those one who actually had the strength it difficult to attract would-be offi- industry, if you have 3-year-old The reality is more nuanced. of us that want police reform do not to be more physical,” Atlanta Po- cers and keep newly trained children shot in Times Square,” Many of the most common types also at the same time want to deal lice Chief Rodney Bryant said. recruits when a neighboring juris- Brooklyn Borough President Eric of crime in the city, including rob- with crime. And I think that the “Today’s police officers, that’s not diction offers more money and Adams said at a recent debate, re- beries, burglaries and grand larce- progressive candidates need to be what we’re looking for. We’re benefits. ferring to a May 8 shooting in nies, remain near historic lows. more out on that.” looking for someone who can ac- In Los Angeles, the department which a 4-year-old girl and two Through the first five months of Turnout, usually low in mayoral tually relate to the community but is fighting against a decadelong adult women were wounded by 2021, the total number of major primaries, will also be a factor. also think like the community image of scandal and racial strife stray bullets. crimes measured by the police de- “The question is which issues thinks.” from the Watts riots in 1965 to the Adams, a former police captain partment has been at its lowest lev- are going to be the most important But the climate today, coupled bloodshed in 1992 after a Simi Val- who also co-founded a leadership el since comparable statistics be- to the voters that turn up on pri- with increases in crime in some ci- ley jury’s acquittal of officers who group for Black officers, has risen came available in the 1990s. mary day,” said Susan Kang, a po- ties, is creating what Chuck Wex- brutally beat motorist Rodney to the top of most polls as issues of But since the spring of 2020 the litical scientist at the John Jay Col- ler, the head of the Police Execu- King. crime and policing have dominat- number of shootings has soared. lege of Criminal Justice. tive Research Forum, called a Capt. Aaron McCraney, head of ed recent mayoral debates. Through June 6, there were 181 Kang said crime isn’t the main “combustible mixture.” the Recruitment and Employ- The race remains tight, though, homicides in New York City, up issue she hears about knocking on It’s creating “a crisis on the ho- ment Division, and Chief Michel with 2020 presidential candidate from 121 in the same period in 2019, doors for a City Council candidate rizon for police chiefs when they Moore ticked off the issues facing Andrew Yang, former city sanita- an increase of 50%. That’s the she’s supporting in Queens. look at the resources they need, the 48 new recruits — more than tion commissioner Kathryn Gar- worst start to a year since 2011. “People talk to me about all especially during a period when half of whom were women — last cia, city Comptroller Scott Stringer At least 687 people were wound- kinds of things like property tax is- we’re seeing an increase in mur- year, noting the pandemic, civil and civil rights attorney Maya Wi- ed or killed by gunfire through sues, street parking, public trans- ders and shootings,” Wexler said. unrest and economic uncertainty ley the top contenders in a field of June 6. That’s not historically bad. portation,” Kang said. “No one says “It’s a wake-up call.” were just some of the challenges 13 candidates on the Democratic More than 2,400 people were shot to me, ‘but what is this person going The data from Wexler’s organi- the new officers would face. ballot. during the same period in 1993. But to do about crime?’” Saturday, June 12, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION 29 escaped federal prisons over past 18 months

BY MICHAEL BALSAMO include racketeering, wire fraud, a Justice Department budget re- Aside from Texas escapees, law orandum this week highlighting AND MICHAEL R. SISAK bank robbery, possession of meth- port submitted to Congress said enforcement officials have also glaring security gaps at Beaumont Associated Press amphetamine and possession with the Bureau of Prisons had no es- routinely learned of inmates at the and other federal prison camps. WASHINGTON — Over the intent to distribute methampheta- capes from secure facilities, it prison just walking off the In one case, four inmates sneak- past 18 months, 29 prisoners have mine and other drugs. does not count those who escape grounds to retrieve drugs and oth- ed out and went undetected for escaped from federal lockups All of the escapes happened at from minimum-security prisons er contraband that is dropped off more than 12 hours even though across the U.S. — and nearly half minimum-security federal prison or camps. in the woods and then bringing the prison officials conducted three still have not been caught. At some camps, some of which don’t even Federal officials often refer to illegal items back inside with inmate counts overnight during of the institutions, doors are left have fences, and house inmates them as “walk-aways,” though it is them. the 12-hour period, according to unlocked, security cameras are the Bureau of Prisons considers to still an escape from federal prison It has become routine at FCI an inspector general’s report. The broken and officials sometimes be the lowest security risk. under the law and law enforce- Beaumont for cars to drop drugs, inmates put dummies in their don't notice an inmate is missing “Anybody can escape from any ment officials say there is still a cellphones and other contraband beds to trick the officers, the re- for hours. camp any minute of any day,” said risk to the community when an in- in the woods, leaving them for in- port said. At one Texas lockup, security is Jack Donson, a prison consultant mate absconds. mates to break out of the prison at “These are very small, unse- so lax that local law enforcement and former case manager at a fed- Federal prison camps were night and pick up the items before cure facilities,” said Cameron officials privately joke about its eral prison in Otisville, N.Y.. originally designed with low secu- sneaking back inside, according to Lindsay, a retired Bureau of Pris- seemingly “open-door policy.” “They’re not secure facilities. rity to make operations easier and a law enforcement official famil- ons warden who now testifies as Prisoners have broken out at They have no fence, no metal de- to allow inmates tasked with per- iar with the matter. The official an expert witness on prison mat- lockups in nearly every region of tectors.” forming work at the prison, like could not discuss the investiga- ters. Because of their size and the the country. Twelve of the inmates The numbers raise serious con- landscaping and maintenance, to tions publicly and spoke to The generally low risk the inmates who escaped in 2020 — from pris- cerns that the agency long be- avoid repeatedly checking in and Associated Press on condition of pose, federal prison camps often ons in Florida, California, Louisia- sieged by chronic mismanage- out of a main prison facility. But anonymity. have the lowest levels of staffing in na, Texas and Colorado — remain ment, misconduct and a severe the lax security has now not only The Texas escapes, at least, the Bureau of Prisons’ system, at large. Two others who escaped staffing crisis is failing at per- opened a gateway for contraband have attracted the attention of the sometimes with just one officer since January this year have also forming its most basic function: but is also the source of most of the Justice Department's inspector working to supervise inmates dur- not yet been caught. Their crimes keeping prisoners in prison. While prison system’s escapes. general. The office issued a mem- ing a shift, he said. Food programs offer limited options to people with allergies BY KATHLEEN RONAYNE Gupta and Lucy Bilaver at the Center for Associated Press Food Allergy & Asthma Research at North- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When Emily western University to gather better infor- Brown, a Kansas City mother, couldn’t find mation on how many people with allergies foods that her 2-year-old with multiple are food insecure, because no comprehen- food allergies could eat at a local food pan- sive data exists. try, she mustered up the courage to ask “The challenge we have is that the way about gluten-free foods or dairy alterna- we address food insecurity and food pro- tives. gramming here in the U.S. is just so gener- The response: “You got something.” al,” Brown said. The only things her daughter could eat As the pandemic risks wane, advocates were potatoes and salsa. hope to see a return to client choice pro- “It took, really, all of my strength to grams. That’s the model Claudia Montene- make it to the car,” she said. “I cried in the gro uses at her San Diego pantry, Por- car and then I just thought to myself, ‘We chlight Community Services, which is ded- cannot be the only family; I cannot be the icated to serving people with food allergies. only mother, struggling with this.’” In 2016, Montenegro was struggling to For the millions of Americans newly ex- afford allergy friendly foods to meet her periencing food insecurity during the pan- gluten and dairy intolerances. demic, a particular crisis is hitting those She and some friends decided to pool with food allergies and intolerances: Most their money so they could buy in bulk and charitable and government food programs lookfor sales. Word of mouth grew, and she offer limited options. was soon distributing food from her porch. While some pantries maintain gluten- Today, Porchlight’s grown to a full- free shelves or post allergen information, fledged, volunteer-run food pantry serving most were forced to limit clients choices people allergic to nuts, dairy, gluten and last year, instead turning to contactless wheat, shellfish, egg and soy, and those models where clients drive up and take a who are diabetic. pre-made bag of food. Clients are asked to chip in $35 per week “Everybody deserves an equal opportu- GREGORY BULL/AP if they can, but those who can’t pay are still nity to select their own foods,” said Carla Alex Miller grabs a loaf of bread from a shelf at Porchlight Community Service food welcome. Volunteers buy all the food Carter, director of outreach and program- pantry May 6 in San Diego. Porchlight helps people with food allergies and intolerances. themselves, and shoppers can choose items ming at the National Celiac Association. like coconut-based yogurts, nut butters, But, she said, “COVID drastically changed flour costs four times a standard bag, and which means they can’t consume gluten, lactose-free milk and gluten-free flour. that into: ‘Here’s a box of food, good luck.’” even the cheapest dairy milk alternatives and about 6% of people have a non-Celiac Elizabeth Shoemaker turned to Por- Those signing up for government assist- are often double the price. gluten sensitivity, Carter said. chlight during the pandemic, after a hip re- ance face similar problems. The program Feeding America, the nation’s largest Eight years after her food pantry experi- placement caused her to lose her job, her for women, infants and children — known anti-hunger organization, hasn’t gathered ence, Brown is now one of the few people relationship and her place to live. At one as WIC — offers a substitute for peanut data on the overlap between hunger and running a program dedicated to helping point, her food assistance payments de- butter: It’s beans, not exactly useful for food allergies or intolerance. But it’s likely people with allergies and intolerance ac- creased from $200 to $20. She developed a making sandwiches. Soy milk is a substi- millions of Americans who are food inse- cess safe foods. gluten intolerance but struggled to afford tute for cow’s milk, but some people, like cure face some limits on what they can eat. Brown’s nonprofit, the Food Equality gluten-free products until she found Por- Brown’s child, can’t have either. An estimated 32 million people have a food Initiative, serves about 200 families with chlight, which provides those and caters Food stamps, or SNAP, let families allergy, and 85 million people live in a Celiac or food allergies, providing them well to her mainly vegetable-based died. choose what to buy, but specialized foods household where someone has a food al- $150 per month to use in an online market- She can’t afford the fee, so she volun- — like gluten-free bread or sunflower seed lergy or intolerance, according to Food Al- place with allergy-friendly foods. Some of teers at the pantry. butter — are often far more expensive. In lergy Research & Education, which advo- her clients use the benefit to supplement “I know now I can depend on them the some stores, the latter costs triple the cost cates for people with allergies. About 1% of government assistance programs. next week, so I don’t have to horde food,” of store-brand peanut butter, gluten-free people are diagnosed with Celiac disease, Brown is also working with Drs. Ruchi she said. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 12, 2021 WORLD Iranian warships on rare mission in Atlantic Associated Press Iranian navy’s longest and most said. “We’re prepared to leverage DUBAI, United Arab Emirates challenging voyage yet, without our applicable authorities, includ- — An Iranian destroyer and sup- elaborating. ing sanctions, against any actor port vessel are now sailing in the Iranian state TV released a that enables Iran’s ongoing provi- Atlantic Ocean in a rare mission short clip of the destroyer cruising sion of weapons to violent part- far from the Islamic Republic, through the Atlantic’s rough seas. ners into proxies.” Iran’s state TV reported on Thurs- The video likely was shot from the The website Politico first re- day, without offering the vessels’ Makran, a converted commercial ported in late May, citing anony- final destination. oil tanker with a mobile launch mous officials, that the ships’ final The trip by the new domestical- platform for helicopters. destination may be Venezuela. ly built destroyer Sahand and the “The Navy is improving its sea- Iran maintains close ties to Vene- intelligence-gathering vessel faring capacity and proving its zuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Makran comes amid U.S. media long-term durability in unfavor- and has shipped gasoline and oth- reports, citing anonymous Amer- able seas and the Atlantic’s unfa- IRANIAN ARMY/AP er products to the country amid a ican officials, saying the ships vorable weather conditions,” Say- Iranian warships are seen in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. sanctions campaign targeting were bound for Venezuela. The yari said, adding that the warships fuel-starved Caracas. Venezuela Associated Press could not imme- would not call at any country’s images from Planet Labs Inc. sug- would not speculate on what the is believed to have paid Iran, un- diately confirm the ships’ destina- port during the mission. gest it left a port at Bandar Abbas vessels were carrying, saying only der U.S. sanctions of its own, for tion. Images from Maxar Technolo- sometime after April 29. It wasn’t “that if this is an effort to transfer the shipments. The vessels departed last month gies dated April 28 appear to show immediately clear where the weapons or otherwise to violate its A top aide to Maduro has denied from Iran’s southern port of Ban- seven Iranian fast-attack craft Makran and the destroyer are international obligations we press reports that the ships will dar Abbas, said Adm. Habibollah typically associated with its para- now. would be prepared to respond.” dock there. The official spoke on Sayyari, Iran’s deputy army chief. military Revolutionary Guard on In Washington, U.S. State De- “We have seen the press reports the condition of anonymity to dis- He described their mission as the the deck of the Makran. Satellite partment spokesman Ned Price regarding this movement,” Price cuss sensitive geopolitical issues. Russia set to supply Iran with satellite system, officials say The Washington Post surrounding ongoing intelligence Russia is preparing to supply collection efforts. The Russian Iran with an advanced satellite Foreign Ministry in Moscow did system that will give Tehran an not respond to an email request unprecedented ability to track po- for comment. tential military targets across the The disclosures came as Presi- Middle East and beyond, accord- dent Biden is preparing for his ing to current and former U.S. and first meeting with Russian Presi- Middle Eastern officials briefed dent Vladimir Putin. The immi- on details of the arrangement. nent launch of a Russian-made The plan would deliver to the Iranian satellite could add to a Iranians a Russian-made Kano- long list of contentious issues that pus-V satellite equipped with a have strained relations between high-resolution camera that Moscow and Washington, includ- CNSA/AP would greatly enhance Iran’s spy- ing most notably recent Russian The Chinese Mars rover Zhurong is seen near its landing platform taken by a remote camera that was ing capabilities, allowing contin- hacking operations and efforts to dropped into position by the rover. uous monitoring of facilities rang- interfere with U.S. elections. Op- ing from Persian Gulf oil refiner- ponents of the U.S. reentering the ies and Israeli military bases to nuclear accord with Iran are also Iraqi barracks that house U.S. likely to seize on the disclosure to Photos show Chinese rover on troops, the officials said. The argue against any engagement launch could happen within with Tehran that doesn’t address months, they said. its military ambitions in the re- dusty, rocky Martian surface While the Kanopus-V is market- gion. ed for civilian use, Iranian mili- If fully realized, the deal would Associated Press about three months orbiting the helicopter. NASA expects its rov- tary officials have been heavily in- represent a significant boost for BEIJING — The dusty, rocky red planet. China is the second er to collect its first sample in July volved in the acquisition, and lead- an Iranian military establishment Martian surface and a Chinese country to land and operate a for return to Earth as early as ers of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolu- that has struggled in its own at- rover and lander bearing small spacecraft on Mars, after the Unit- 2031. tionary Guard Corps have made tempts to put a military reconnais- national flags were seen in photos ed States. In addition to the Mars mission, multiple trips to Russia since 2018 sance satellite into orbit. After released Friday that the rover The orbiter and lander both dis- China’s ambitious space program to help negotiate the terms of the several prominent failures, Iran took on the red planet. play small Chinese flags and the plans to send the first crew to its agreement, the officials said. As last year successfully launched an The four pictures released by lander has outlines of the mascots new space station next week. The recently as this spring, Russian indigenous military satellite the China National Space Admin- for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olym- three crew members plan to stay experts traveled to Iran to help dubbed Noor-1, but the spacecraft istration also show the upper stage pics and Paralympics. for three months on the Tianhe, or train ground crews who would op- was quickly derided by a senior of the Zhurong rover and the view The six-wheeled rover is sur- Heavenly Harmony, station, far erate the satellite from a newly Pentagon official as a “tumbling from the rover before it rolled off veying an area known as Utopia exceeding the length of any previ- built facility near the northern city webcam.” its platform. Planitia, especially searching for ous Chinese mission. They will of Karaj, the officials said. Under the agreement reached Zhurong placed a remote cam- signs of water or ice that could perform spacewalks, construction Details of the agreement were with Moscow, Iran’s new satellite era about 33 feet from the landing lend clues as to whether Mars ever and maintenance work and carry described by a current and a for- would be launched in Russia and platform, then withdrew to take a sustained life. out science experiments. mer U.S. official as well as a senior would feature Russian hardware, group portrait, the CNSA said. At 6 feet in height, Zhurong is Subsequent launches are Middle Eastern government offi- including a camera with a resolu- China landed the Tianwen-1 significantly smaller than the planned to expand the station, cial briefed on the sale. The three tion of 1.2 meters — a significant spacecraft carrying the rover on U.S.’s Perseverance rover which send up supplies and exchange officials spoke on the condition of improvement over Iran’s current Mars last month after it spent is exploring the planet with a tiny crews. anonymity, citing sensitivities capabilities. Saturday, June 12, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Judge sends man to prison for beheading bear ST. PAUL — A feder- MN al judge has sen- tenced a Brainerd man to 15 months in prison for killing and then beheading a 700-pound black bear on the Red Lake Indian Res- ervation in northern Minnesota. U.S. District Judge Susan Ri- chard Nelson sentenced James Sti- mac, 39, on Wednesday. According to prosecutors, Sti- mac isn’t a Red Lake tribal mem- ber but entered the reservation without permission in September 2019. He used a compound bow to shoot and kill the bear near the res- ervation’s garbage dump. He returned to the dump the next day and posed for photo- graphs with the bear’s carcass. He later posted the photos on social media. The bear was too big to move so he sawed its head off and took it to a taxidermist in Ironton to make it into a trophy. He left the re- mainder of the carcass to rot. Outdoor theater gets $10 million donation MADISON — An out- WI door theater struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP has received a massive donation. The Wisconsin State Journal re- ported Thursday that the Pleasant Along for the ride T. Rowland Foundation has hand- A woman rides her bike past a goose as the sun sets Wednesday in Overland Park, Kan. ed the American Players Theatre $10 million. As of June 4, there were 411 in- THE CENSUS said U.S. Bureau of Reclamation The theater, located outside mates at the jail, with 43% of them spokeswoman Patti Aaron. Spring Green, scrapped its 2020 awaiting trial or a court order. The dollar amount one of Georgia’s largest counties says it The water level affects the rec- season due to the pandemic, re- There were around 470 inmates at 4.4M expects to get in ticket revenue from its new speed-mon- reation industry at what is one of sorting to online performances and the end of March and 460 on May itoring cameras. Gwinnett County is projecting millions in revenue after similar the largest human-made reser- putting renovation plans on hold. 17, according to the state. cameras have generated an estimated $3 million for four cities in the county, voirs in the country and the effi- The theater resumed in-person The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The Gwinnett County Board of ciency of hydropower generation performances last month. Hawaiian monk seal pup Commissioners this month unanimously approved a contract for Illinois-based at Hoover Dam. Theater officials say about $7 RedSpeed USA to install the cameras at no cost in some school zones in the on his own after weaning county just northwest of Atlanta. million will go toward the theater’s Golden retriever recorded endowment for programming. The HONOLULU — A 6- giving ride to rodent rest of the money will go toward HI week-old Hawaiian monk bits of metal were discovered in The center and four homes were building additional housing for art- seal pup born on a Waikiki beach premade pizza dough sold at Han- evacuated as a precaution. LUNENBURG — ists who work at the theater and has been weaned and is now on his naford supermarkets in Maine and The New Hampshire State Po- MA Wally the golden re- renovating administrative offices. own. New Hampshire, WCSH-TV lice Bomb Squad disrupted the de- triever did exactly what his breed The seal’s mother, designated reported Wednesday. vice and determined that there is supposed to do during a recent Overcrowding at jail RK96 by scientists but also known Authorities say they identified was no danger to the public, police swim in a Massachusetts lake, re- investigated after fight as Kaiwi, swam away Tuesday Mitchell in video surveillance last said trieving a small rodent and giving morning and left the pup behind, October tampering with pizza The man taken into custody was it a ride to shore on his back before MOUNDSVILLE — A the Honolulu Star-Advertiser dough. identified as Ernesto Mateo, 31, of ending the trip with a little kiss, an WV fight that broke out at reported. Mitchell was indicted on March Manchester. He was charged with interaction all caught on video by the Northern Regional Jail in The adult seal’s abrupt depar- 26 and pleaded not guilty to both placement of simulated explosives Wally’s owner. Moundsville, W.Va., involved ma- ture was natural and expected charges on March 29. He has now and resisting arrest. Lauren Russell was at Hickory keshift weapons and left three in- weaning behavior by a monk seal agreed to plead guilty to one count Hills Lake in Lunenburg with Wal- mates injured. mother, said Angela Amlin, Ha- and accept a sentence of up to four Key reservoir dips to its ly last month when he came across The state Department of Correc- waiian monk seal recovery coordi- years and nine months, according record low amid drought what appeared to be a woodchuck tions and Rehabilitation is investi- nator for the National Oceanic and to court documents. in the water, she told WCVB-TV. gating overcrowding issues at the Atmospheric Administration. Mitchell waived his right to bail ALBUQUERQUE — “He was about 100 meters out facility after the June 3 incident, It’s also necessary for the surviv- and will remain in jail until his trial NM A key reservoir on the and a woodchuck, I think, just The Intelligencer of Wheeling re- al of monk seal mothers, who, be- on Aug. 2. Colorado River has dipped to its re- crawled right up on his back and he ported. cause they don’t forage while nurs- cord low in the latest showing of swam back to shore with him,” None of the people hurt required ing, lose up to a third of their body Man arrested near mental the drought’s grip on the region. Russell said. outside medical care, according to weight. health center The surface elevation of Lake Wally is a friendly dog, but she Lawrence Messina, a state spokes- Mead along the Nevada-Arizona had never seen anything like this. man. Man pleads guilty to MANCHESTER — A border dipped to 1,071.56 feet at 11 “We were flabbergasted. It was “Inmate population levels re- tampering with dough NH man was arrested out- p.m. on Wednesday evening. The unbelievable. We couldn’t believe main a challenge throughout the side of a community mental health level was last hit in July 2016 and is what we were seeing,” Russell regional jails system,” Messina PORTLAND — A center in Manchester after he said 18.5 feet lower than one year ago, said. told the newspaper. “While this ME Maine man accused of he had a bomb, police said according to the U.S. Bureau of When they got close to shore, the was an issue before COVID-19, the tampering with pizza dough has Wednesday. Reclamation. It’s the lowest level dog and rodent gave each other a precautions and safeguards estab- pleaded guilty to one of two federal Police said the man had a box since Lake Mead was filled in the kiss before parting ways. lished in response to the epidemic charges of tampering with a con- and was yelling. Officers calmed 1930s. “They like touched snouts and have greatly restricted transfers sumer product. him down and got him to move “We’re expecting the reservoir then he ran away,” Russell said. among facilities and otherwise Nicholas Mitchell was arrested away from the box. He was taken to keep declining until November, heightened this challenge.” last October after razor blades and into custody. then it should start to rebound,” From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 12, 2021 VIDEO GAMES

A decade ago, mobile gaming hardware a decade ago was a was underestimated and consid- different story. ered “casual” by both gamers “As beautiful as the original and developers, compared to its iPhone was, it’s a much smaller more sophisticated siblings, like screen,” said Humam Sakhnini, PCs, PlayStations and Xboxes. president at King, which makes But the mobile gaming sector is the Candy Crush franchise. Sakh- so big now, it can’t be ignored: In nini took over as president after Play the company was purchased by 2019, player spending in mobile gaming surpassed console and Activision Blizzard in 2016. The PC gaming combined, according touch [was] very different ... the to Matt Piscatella of The NPD processing was different, the Group, a market research com- battery life was different.” pany. And though the pandemic Back then, “games will come dented mobile game spending in and go in a quarter,” Sakhnini 2020, in part due to higher unem- EVERYWHERE said. But titles like Candy Crush ployment, it was still significantly have thrived for nearly a decade. larger than consoles or PCs, That endurance helped change according to a variety of market expectations and attract more analysis firms. The world’s most popular console is also the smallest developers to mobile gaming. Mobile gaming brought in an Mobile gaming’s ability to find estimated nearly $80 billion in — and many people carry them wherever they go successful business models early 2020 revenue, compared with PC on has also fostered that attrac- making almost $37 billion, and BY SHANNON LIAO tion. The free-to-play model has consoles — such as the Nintendo The Washington Post worked well for many games, Switch, Sony’s PlayStation and encouraging downloads at no Microsoft’s Xbox — totaling $45 cost to users while driving reve- billion, according to gaming hen the first smartphones debuted in the early 2000s, nue through in-app purchases or analytics company Newzoo. mobile gaming consisted of simplistic titles such as the inclusion of in-game adver- Massive game publishing com- tisements. “Candy Crush,” for panies like Activision Blizzard Snake, where the player leads a snakelike chain of instance, sells players virtual and tech giants like Apple have pixels around the screen to eat other pixels and grow gold bars in exchange for real awakened to the opportunity of W money. The gold bars can be longer. Soon the market expanded into word games, like 2009’s investing in mobile gaming. As used to buy candy that helps with new, lucrative business models Words with Friends and three-in-a-row matching games like matching combos and solving have sprung up — such as free- Candy Crush Saga in 2012, both primarily played by people whit- levels, and they can also be used to-play titles with in-game pur- to buy extra lives and continue chase options — companies have tling away time on public transportation or in a doctor’s waiting playing. generated more revenue by room. Mobile games have explored building out elaborate and com- various ways to monetize, from plex games on mobile. Today, more than three billion people have smartphones and gacha systems — where players The growth has been rapid. In more than two billion of them play games on those phones. Some can spend currency for a chance 2015, Apple and Google, who to win precious in-game loot — to control the two primary mobile of those mobile titles now even rival the quality of games tradition- battle passes in games like Fort- app download markets, saw al- ally enjoyed on consoles and expensive PCs. nite and Call of Duty: Mobile — most $27 billion gross revenue which, after an upfront payment, from games globally. That figure unlock more rewards for users as jumped by almost 300% over the they spend more time playing. next five years, according to Brand sponsorships with retail- Craig Chapple, mobile insights ers and licensing popular proper- strategist at Sensor Tower. ties, like Marvel and Star Wars, The mobile gaming boom has for in-game characters and items changed the way people play is another way mobile developers games, how games are built and have gotten fans to pay. our expectations for what’s avail- Fortnite, which has incorporat- able on mobile platforms. Last ed dozens of brand sponsorships, month, two companies that have has generated almost $1.2 billion both grown rich from mobile in player spending on Apple’s gaming — Apple and Epic App Store, from its 2018 release Games — fought in court over to its 2020 removal. Apple made whether the Apple App Store has over $100 million from Fortnite become a monopoly. It is a case revenue commissions during the that could change how the App last 11 months the game was in Store operates and whether Ep- the App Store, Apple executive ic’s game, Fortnite, a title that Michael Schmid estimated in has generated over $1 billion court testimony during its trial through the App Store, will ever with Epic. make a return on the iPhone. Mobile gaming has traditional- The belief among mobile game ly pulled in a more diverse audi- developers over a decade ago ence, as just about anyone can was that people would open their have a smartphone. About 45% of phones for a few seconds to kills Candy Crush Saga iPhone play- some idle time and then put them iStock ers in the U.S. in April were over away. the age of 45, according to Ted “A few years ago, anybody Krantz, CEO of App Annie, a would have laughed you out of mobile game company Zynga. was the right target actually, for mobile title, League of Legends: company that measures apps. the room if you’re a 17-minute ... Multiplayer games like Words that era of the industry and that Wild Rift, which can take roughly About half of mobile gamers are game on a phone,” said Michael with Friends were designed to era of our players,” Chow said. 15 to 30 minutes per round while women, according to the Enter- Chow, who helped create Words open in less than three seconds “Now, I mean, if you look at the players act in real-time. tainment Software Association. with Friends, which launched in and allow for a few minutes of top 10 global games, none of Advancements in smartphone Krantz said that mobile is “de- 2009. Chow worked on that game gameplay (spelling a word to them meet either of those bars at technology have opened up more mocratizing gaming to the mass- when he was at Newtoy, a com- play on a board), as people took all.” room for expansive mobile gam- es by putting a portable gaming pany he founded with two cou- their turns asynchronously. Chow is now the executive ing experiences, but developing experience in the pocket of every sins and later sold to social and “That was our target and that producer of Riots Games’ new games for iPhones with basic SEE MOBILE ON PAGE 13 Saturday, June 12, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 VIDEO GAMES Mobile: Smartphone the default gaming platform

FROM PAGE 12 complex games on phones. smartphone owner globally.” “The chipset in a phone is In developing countries, people better than the PlayStation 2,” often game on their phone rather said Michael Pachter, an analyst than any other device. at private financial services firm “I’ve been living in Southeast Wedbush who covers gaming. Asia now since 2012,” said “The screen size is obviously Mighty Bear Games CEO Simon tiny, but you can really have Davis. Mighty Bear developed stunning games on mobile now.” the multiplayer battle royale Games developed for mobile game “Butter Royale” for Apple today now have big ambitions. Arcade, Apple’s gaming sub- Runescape Mobile, a mobile scription service that costs $5 a version of the 2001 multiplayer month after a free trial. “This title slated for a June release, part of the world is just mobile will be a live service game — like first, but there’s no snobbishness many free titles on PC and con- HOUSEMARQUE/TNS around mobile because mobile is sole — and will be updated with Returnal combines bullet hell shoot­’em­ups with new rogue­lite elements. just the default gaming platform more content over time. for close to a billion people here.” “It just became an opportunity Console and PC developers that we couldn’t possibly ignore,” have used mobile to tap into that said Dave Osbourne, lead game wider audience, with titles like designer for Runescape at Jagex. Difficult horror head trip Call of Duty: Mobile and Crash “Our players are finding that Bandicoot: On the Run! they have less and less time for Returnal requires players to adapt to each one-of-a-kind playthrough an MMO [Massively Multiplayer Online Game]. But yet they do BY GIESON CACHO in a rainy forest and moves Thankfully, as players pro- “The chipset in a have time for mobile.” The Mercury News through five other biomes. The gress through Returnal, they’ll Ryan Ward, executive pro- ifficult games always developers essentially made reach a point where they don’t phone is better ducer of Runescape at Jagex, have a breaking point. several room pieces and the always have to start at zero. than the said that the plan is to launch It’s the moment when game puts them together with They’ll find permanent items Runescape’s mobile version to Dplayers have to de- different creatures and power- such as ether that stay with play- start, receive player feedback cide if it’s their execution that’s ups each time. That makes each ers even after death. They’ll also PlayStation 2.” and continue to support and holding them back, or their tac- playthrough one of a kind, and it discover a sword, a grappling Michael Pachter update the game. tics. It’s the idea of doing the also means that players can’t rely hook and other tools that open up “Our first job was getting it all same thing over and over again, on rote memorization to go the world of Atropos for more gaming analyst kind of ported there,” Ward said. hoping for a better result or through the campaign. exploration and improve the “And we’d see if having a large- changing the approach altogeth- Instead, players will have to odds of survival. Players will also “Over the years, there have scale MMO [on mobile] is actual- er. The key to success is figuring rely on strategy and skill to ad- reach certain unlock points that been a number of significant ly doable.” out what the situation requires. vance. That means learning how offer a shortcut through a play- deals by Triple-A console compa- Runescape on mobile will have In Returnal, players face that to adapt to the environment and through. nies to get a foot in the mobile transparent walls so users can decision constantly in House- knowing how to use trees and Selene’s narrative helps keep market,” Sensor Tower’s Chap- see their scenery at a glance and marque’s genre- pillars for cover while dodging fans interested in Returnal. Dur- ple said. “Far from just offering navigate the massive maps more bending project. fire from the fauna, flora and ing the campaign, she discovers small, casual titles, the mobile easily, and it features other The developers sentients that inhabit Atropos. bodies and data pads of herself games market now caters for all tweaks to make the game play- behind Alien- Players will have to learn their from previous runs. The feeling tastes with titles that are regu- able on a smaller screen. ation and Reso- attack patterns and figure out the behind each missive runs the larly updated to keep players Tech giants like Apple, Google, gun take their best ways to defeat them. Players gamut from grim determination engaged for years.” Microsoft and Amazon are also expertise in must maximize every advantage to scientific curiosity to madness. One of the biggest moves into experimenting with different bullet hell shoot- they have because once a player After each major breakthrough, mobile by a major game publish- approaches to mobile gaming. ’em-ups and dies, they have to start from Selene also has access to her er focused on consoles and PCs Apple uses the subscription ser- apply it to a third-person rogue- square one. 20th-century home, which is came in 2016 when Activision vice strategy with Arcade, in- lite for a unique but challenging It’s brutal at first, but as play- impossibly remade on planet Blizzard acquired King for $18 in troduced in 2019, that offers experience. ers master the basics, they’ll Atropos and further deepens the cash per share, or a total equity access to a curated collection of It all begins rather suddenly as discover a game with incredible mystery behind the planet and its value of $5.9 billion. The deal over 180 games that don’t run ads Astra space scout Selene Vassos depth. Every decision they make alien civilization. drew attention in the gaming or microtransactions. crash lands on the planet Atropos is important. Early on, they That’s almost enough to get industry, as did the success of As more gaming studios invest after being drawn in by a myste- should bypass treasure chests players through the frustrating other mobile titles like Angry in mobile, that could shift how rious signal. Upon awakening, and secret rooms until they level moments of the campaign, but Birds (2009), Clash of Clans games are designed, as they deal she finds herself amid an ancient up their weapon proficiency, what will really drive players (2012) and Pokémon Go (2016). with the constraints of people’s alien civilization that has crum- which increases the strength of through Returnal is a feeling of King’s Sakhnini, previously the free time, attention spans and the bled, and her only way off the weapons they find. When collect- progress. The game doles it out Chief Strategy and Talent Officer hardware limits of smaller planet is to investigate the broad- ing spoiled resin or malignant in different doses. Sometimes it’s at Activision Blizzard, described screens, cellular data and more. cast that drew her in. power-ups, they have to deter- drip-like, figuring out how to deal being part of the company’s deci- “The future is actually to de- That’s where Returnal starts, mine whether they have the with one enemy. Other times, it’s sion to acquire King. velop mobile first, and then do but where it ends up is messy. health or skill to survive bad side a decision to play differently and “I’m a lifetime gamer and I slightly modified or upscale ver- You see, Selene eventually dies effects, such as a malfunction. aggressively kill enemies while love games, and you could tell sions on desktop platforms,” said while exploring the ruins and she When coming across a parasite, collecting obolites, the in-game that there’s something there [in Davis, the Mighty Bear Games finds herself in a “Groundhog they have to decide if its stat currency, that makes a huge the mobile space],” Sakhnini said CEO. “Because if you can really Day” situation. Upon death, she boost is worth the drawback. difference. Whatever the case, of his first time playing Candy nail the mobile experience, it will wakes up around her ship and Like learning how to read the Returnal is about reaching that Crush in 2012. “We saw the hall- play beautifully on everything has to do the same exploration rooms, players will find that maddening breaking point, find- marks of what we’re seeing in else. You design with the greatest again. That’s how Housemarque experience is the best teacher ing a way through it and ulti- console and PC, which is that this number of limitations, that al- writes the rogue-lite element when it comes to choosing what mately getting that sense of tri- could be a very long-lived fran- ways gives you the most innova- naturally into the gameplay. power-ups to pick up. One para- umph at beating seemingly im- chise, which it turned out to be.” tive solutions ... and over time, Each run-through, players site may be a poor choice during possible odds. It has also helped that tech- you’ll probably see more and start at the ship, Helios, and they one run-though, but another may Platform: PlayStation 2 nology has continued to advance more developers taking that have to venture through a proce- factor in a follow-up run could Online: housemarque.com/ so developers can build more same approach.” durally generated world. It starts make it be beneficial. games/returnal PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 12, 2021 TELEVISION

Peacock Left to right: Lucie Shorthouse, Faith Omole, Anjana Vasan, Juliette Motamed and Sarah Kameela Impey are Muslim teens forming a band in the miniseries “We Are Lady Parts.” Mixing hardcore with hijabs ‘We Are Lady Parts,’ a new comedy about an all-female Muslim band, aims to break boundaries without alienating viewers BY LORRAINE ALI and odds, forging their own path atop a (Juliette Motamed) has a short fuse, which The Muslim characters of “We Are Lady Los Angeles Times mountain of almighty noise. doesn’t help in her job as an Uber driver. Parts” come from a variety of backgrounds narchy in the U.K. takes on a “We Are Lady Parts” focuses on Amina Bassist Bisma (Faith Omole) is an earth and experiences, which sounds basic but is whole new meaning with the Hussein (Anjana Vasan), a nerdy, modest mother fueled by furious, riot girl feminism. a seismic shift given the slanted depictions arrival of “We Are Lady Parts,” microbiology Ph.D. student and self-taught She authors the cartoon strip “Period of veiled women that have proliferated on APeacock’s punk-rock comedy guitarist whose goal is finding a husband. (Apocalypse Vag).” And she’s raising her television since “I Dream of Jeannie.” Hol- about an all-female Muslim band that bangs But while teaching songs to underprivileged daughter and husband at the same time. lywood’s version of the Muslim woman is a out songs like “Ain’t No One Gonna Honor youth, the guitar virtuoso is discovered by Manager Momtaz (Lucie Shorthouse) curs- grieving victim of war, wailing in a pile of Kill My Sister But Me” and “Voldemort the fledgling group Lady Parts. Amina is es like Sid Vicious and vapes like Post Malo- rubble while her jihadi husband casually Under My Headscarf.” They have the chops reluctantly recruited into the band despite ne, but from behind her niqab face cover. If uses their children as human shields. Bis- and attitude — now all they need is a lead ma, Saira, Ayesha and every other charac- guitarist, a fan or two, and a gig that’s not in ter in the new British series offer an alterna- the back of an uncle’s halal butcher shop. Taboos be damned in this comedy created tive point of view. For example, Amina’s “Almost Famous”? Not even close, and mother is not forcing her to marry. Mum is a that’s what makes this hilarious, six-part by and starring Muslim, South Asian, laid-back type who wants her uptight British series, written, directed and pro- daughter to go out and experience life, to duced by Nida Manzoor (“Doctor Who”), so Black and Arab women. They’ve been the loosen up before tying the knot. deliciously subversive. The underdog tale, The women of Lady Parts may wail, but which premiered June 3, is a hilarious hy- butt of smear campaigns and bigoted jokes it’s into a mike, shouting lyrics that weapon- brid of pummeling punk rockisms, im- ize tabloidy notions about women and Islam. migrant insider humor and 21st century for so long, they’ve earned the right to Taboos be damned in this comedy created feminism. It’s everything you never expect- by and starring Muslim, South Asian, Black ed to see in a show about Muslims ... or in a satirize that ignorance in their music. and Arab women. They’ve been the butt of series about a struggling garage band. Fans smear campaigns and bigoted jokes for so of Netflix’s “Never Have I Ever,” which her square tendency to wear muted pastels only she could book Lady Parts that golden, long, they’ve earned the right to satirize that returns in July, will find inspiration and and puke from stage fright. How will she breakthrough gig. ignorance in their music. deep humor in this new bunch of female maintain a modest Muslim girl’s life and rip Breaking boundaries without alienating Like “Never Have I Ever,” the series is a misfits as they mix hardcore with hijabs. So it up in a punk band? The fun is watching viewers is the challenge, and “We Are Lady major leap for television. Both shows fea- haram, yet so right. her try. Parts” succeeds with the volume cranked to ture South Asian nerds as their leads, mov- Rock ’n’ roll tropes are fresh again when The girls in the band all have their own 11. The irreverent comedy started out as a ing them from the punchline to the main viewed through the lens of total outsiders — trials, none of which, refreshingly, has to do short, part of a Channel 4 initiative in Bri- story and giving them the freedom to have brown and Black Muslim girls raised on the with strict Muslim parents or religious tain to introduce new talent — Michaela messy emotions. They’re angry, goofy, outskirts of London. They are pitied by edicts. Lead singer Saira (Sarah Kameela Coel’s “Chewing Gum,” the precursor to horny and grieving. The return of Netflix’s white liberals, resented by white national- Impey) growls like a banshee into the mike HBO’s “I May Destroy You,” was another surprise hit and the anticipation surround- ists and entirely absent in conversations and violently chops meat during her day job show that arose out of the enterprise. The ing the arrival of “We Are Lady Parts” about the next great white hope for rock. as a butcher. She fears nothing, it seems, longer “Lady Parts” series has already marks a milestone summer for underrepre- But when united by their love of music and until her boyfriend proposes a long-term, received praise in the U.K., but is America sented women of various cultures and their need to rage, they defy expectations committed relationship. Drummer Ayesha ready for it? faiths. Saturday, June 12, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 15 HEALTH & FITNESS Not just a sport for little girls Jump-rope experts, aficionados say the workout offers myriad health benefits, requires little to get started

BY PAM MOORE Beaded Rope ($9.99). Heavier than other ropes, they week at first and increasing your duration by no more Special to The Washington Post consist of a cord with segmented, plastic, tube-shaped than 10% every week or two. Your first few workouts f you think jumping rope is for “girls in their skirts, beads. Their additional weight offers more feedback, i.e. could be as simple as setting your timer for five minutes jumping on a playground,” Alysia Mattson suggests information about where the rope is in space, which is and alternating 20 seconds of jumping with 20 seconds of you reconsider. especially helpful for beginners, who are still working on rest. Woodard said you could also consider inserting two- I “It’s way more of a badass sport than that,” said rope control. minute bouts of jump-roping in between sets of resist- the 28-year-old Seattle jump-rope maven. When she was ■ A cable rope, such as the Rogue Fitness Speed Rope ance-training workouts. without access to the gym and sick of Zoom workouts ($18). Commonly seen in CrossFit, a cable rope is made As your skills advance, Woo suggests experimenting during shutdowns in April 2020, she bought one of the few up of a piece of wire between two handles. The lightest with your footwork to keep it interesting. “Maybe it’s just pieces of fitness equipment that hadn’t sold out — a jump- ropes available, they’re designed for jumpers who are hopping on one foot or doing a little tap with your feet.” rope. focused on double-unders (swinging the rope under your Other moves you can try include lateral jumps, back- Since then, Mattson has found camaraderie in the on- feet twice per jump). ward jumps and crisscross rope rotations, Woodard said. line jump-rope community, which she said has seen its ■ A licorice or PVC rope, such as the EliteSRS Flex Although he acknowledges it can be frustrating to learn numbers “skyrocket” since the pandemic started. In an Freestyle ($11.99). These are lighter than beaded ropes the techniques, it’s also more engaging. email, Erica Brandelius, public relations representative but heavier than wire ropes and easier to manipulate. “You can jump 50 times, or you can jump 150 times for the San Diego jump-rope manufacturer Rx Smart Jablow said they’re ideal if you plan to make jump-roping trying a couple of tricks,” he said. “But you won’t really Gear, said pandemic jump-rope sales increased by 30% a habit, particularly if you see yourself trying tricks. know that you jumped that much, because you’re having compared with that of prior year. Tim Haft, the Manhat- ■ A smart rope, such as the Tangram Smart Jump fun doing it.” tan-based founder of Punk Rope, said its jump-rope sales Rope Rookie ($39.95). Pricier than traditional ropes, they grew by 145% during the same time period. connect to your smartphone or watch and provide data Do’s and don’ts German jump-rope expert and coach Mira Waterkotte including calories burned, number of jumps and workout Safety: Starting slowly is crucial to avoiding injuries. also attests to the sport’s recent growth. As she shifted time. Woodard said they’re great for those who are moti- “You always want to feel like you probably could have from live events to virtual lessons, she started with one vated by metrics. Jablow, however, said she has yet to try done more,” said Meghan Wieser, an Ellicott City, Md., class at the beginning of the pandemic. Because of in- one with the same quality as the less expensive, conven- doctor of physical therapy and strength coach. creasing demand, she now teaches three classes, drawing tional ropes she prefers. Good form also helps. Jablow advised keeping your students from all over the world. She credits jump-rop- To find the right length, stand on the middle of the rope upper arms “glued to your rib cage,” bending your el- ing’s rising popularity to its affordability and conve- with your feet about hip-width apart. Grasping a handle bows to about 45 degrees and letting most of the move- nience. Waterkotte says that starting requires just two in each hand, with your upper arms at your sides, bend ment come from your wrists. Meanwhile, land on and things: a rope and some curiosity. your elbows as fully as possible. For beginners, Woodard jump from what she calls the “sweet spot,” the back of the said, the handles should come up to your armpits. balls of your feet. Benefits “Stay light on your feet. Jump no more than an inch off Not only can you jump nearly anywhere without in- The workout the ground,” she said. If your form is good, you should vesting more than $20 in a rope, the workout offers myr- Beginners should focus on developing the coordination feel as if you’re barely jumping. iad health benefits. In addition to helping you improve and endurance to jump for five to 10 minutes without According to Wieser, common jump-roping injuries your speed, coordination and agility, “it’s the best cardio tripping, said Chloe Woo, a certified personal trainer at include calf strain and plantar fasciitis, both of which you could ask for,” said Nick Woodard, 14-time world- Dogpound’s Los Angeles location. As a general rule, start stem from calf overuse. champion jump-roper and co-owner of Learnin’ the with sessions no longer than 10 minutes (including time “We don’t give enough credit to how much [jumping] Ropes in Bowling Green, Ky. spent catching your breath and tripping). goes through the calf muscle complex,” she said. To pre- According to Rachel Jablow, a Chicago-based jump- Woodard recommends jumping two to three times per vent these issues, she suggests performing exercises that rope instructor and owner of Get Roped, jumping builds build calf strength and resilience, such as calf raises and bone density and prevents osteoporosis. farmer’s carries (i.e. walking while holding weights in It also supports your mind, especially as you delve into each hand). more complicated choreography. Shoes: Look for shoes with good arch support and cush- “As you get more into it, you can be very creative,” ioning. Beware of running shoes, which often have Woodard said. more padding at the heel, Jablow said. Instead, The moves require deep concentration. Jablow choose a cross-trainer that has cushioning at the called it a “moving meditation,” adding, “If forefoot to absorb the impact as you land. you’re not present, you’re going to trip.” Surface: For safety and optimum comfort, Proponents say the risk of injury is less find a surface that’s level and firm — but than with running, another sport that not too hard. According to Haft, a rub- saw a pandemic boost. According to berized track is ideal and a wooden Haft, who is both a jump-rope in- basketball court with some give is structor and a USA Track and Field- second best. Otherwise, he suggests certified coach, the force of the asphalt (not concrete — too rigid). required movements is distrib- And always avoid grass. “The uted through your joints differ- grass is going to add some resist- ently. “We don’t see very many ance to the rope as it spins under injuries in jump-roping, unless your feet,” Haft said. At best, it the person’s form is really will make rookie jumpers trip bad,” Haft said. and experienced jumpers slow As long as you’re not jump- down. At worst, you could ing too high, jump-roping is sprain an ankle. easier on your body than it If you’re inside, Haft sug- seems. “If you do it correct- gests a carpeted surface (as ly,” Jablow said, “it’s really long as it’s not plush or thick- low-impact.” pile) or hardwood flooring with a grippy mat. Rope selection If you don’t have access to A quick Google search for a good surface, Jablow sug- jump-ropes yields tens of gests purchasing a jump-rope thousands of results. Here’s a mat. They are lightweight and primer to help you decide portable, and you can set one which type to buy: down on any flat surface and ■ A beaded rope, such as jump with adequate shock BuyJumpRope.net’s Signature absorption. iStock PAGE 16 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 12, 2021 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Michael Kerschbaum, Pacific commander Sino-Vatican cooperation a threat to religious liberty Michael Ryan, Pacific chief of staff BY STEFANO GRAZIOSI “But, what persecution?” ty. AND JAMES JAY CARAFANO The Vatican’s persistent détente with The Vatican’s disappointing diplomacy The Heritage Foundation Beijing raises some troubling concerns. For caught the attention of the last U.S. adminis- EDITORIAL f you’re free to worship as you see fit, starters, it continues even as the Chinese tration. Then-Secretary of State Mike Pom- Terry Leonard, Editor chances are you’re not in China these Communist Party continues to spearhead peo was critical of the Beijing deal. The [email protected] days, where religious persecution is an ongoing genocide against the Uyghurs Trump team believed that this agreement rampant. and other religious and ethnic minorities. could give political and diplomatic legiti- Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor I Examples abound. Last month, the Ca- To make matters worse, despite the agree- macy to the People’s Republic, thereby [email protected] tholic press agency AsiaNews reported that ment, the condition of Catholics in China strengthening its soft power. Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content “in the space of just two days, almost all the has not improved. As relations between the Holy See and [email protected] ecclesiastical personnel of the apostolic Further, while the pastoral intent of the Washington grow frostier, Chinese has prefecture of Xinxiang were wiped out with Holy See is understandable, in reality it is been bargaining harder with the Vatican, a Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation [email protected] an operation by the police forces of the not possible to clearly distinguish the pasto- potential problem also for Taiwan’s autono- province of Hebei.” Arrests included a ral from the political in China. The Vati- my, given that the Vatican is one of the few Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital bishop, seven priests and 10 seminarians. can’s deal gives political legitimacy to the countries that still continues to have full [email protected] Small wonder that the watchdog group Chinese regime. diplomatic relations with Taipei. In this Open Doors USA ranks China in the top 20 It can’t be coincidental that, three years context, according to Global Times (a tab- BUREAU STAFF of the countries where Christians are most ago, the Italian Jesuit magazine La Civiltà loid affiliated to the Chinese Communist at risk of persecution. The Catholic Leader Cattolica, in supporting the original agree- Party), Chinese Foreign Ministry spokes- Europe/Mideast reports “the Chinese Communist Party re- ment with China, mentioned the case of the person Zhao Lijian said last October that Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] moved Bible apps from the App Store and Concordat of 1801 between Pope Pius VII “the two sides [the People’s Republic and +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 suspended Christian WeChat accounts and Napoleon. It is true that the Sino-Vat- the Holy See] will stay in close contact to Pacific across the country.” All this oppression ican agreement is not a concordat, but it keep pushing forward the relationship.” It Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief raises a serious question: Why is the Cathol- could become one. That’s a problematic cannot therefore be ruled out that Beijing’s [email protected] ic Church still practicing constructive en- scenario, supporting moral and political goal is to push the Vatican to break its diplo- +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 gagement with Beijing? values that are not simply different from matic ties with Taiwan. Washington If it was to emphatically denounce and but antithetical to Christianity. Accepting If the new administration is as committed Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief help end the persecution, that would be one the total incompatibility of value systems to religious liberty as it claims it is, and if it [email protected] thing. But no: In 2018, the Vatican signed an seriously jeopardizes the principle of Liber- is as serious about pushing back on Beij- (+1)(202)886-0033 Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News agreement on the appointment of bishops tas Ecclesiae (the freedom of religion of ec- ing’s “wolf-warrior” diplomacy as it claims, [email protected] between the People’s Republic and the Ho- clesiastical authority of the Catholic then the U.S. needs to double-down on ly See. The deal was renewed last October Church from temporal powers). pressing the Vatican to get on the right side CIRCULATION until 2022. Worse, the Vatican has abandoned hold- of the China’s flagrant abuses. In short, we Mideast The Holy See claimed that the agreement ing the Chinese regime accountable for its need more moral clarity from both Wash- Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager was merely pastoral and not political. One lack of transparency and trustworthiness. ington and Rome. [email protected] of the main supporters, Cardinal Secretary At a time when many are clamoring for [email protected] of State Pietro Parolin, said he was pleased Beijing to be held accountable for its role in DSN (314)583-9111 Stefano Graziosi is an essayist and a political analyst who with the dialogue with Beijing. He down- the Uyghur genocide and global pandemic, writes for the Italian newspaper La Verità and the weekly Europe magazine Panorama. James Jay Carafano is a Heritage Founda­ played the idea that Christians in China had the Vatican is out of step in giving Beijing a tion vice president, in charge of the think tank’s research Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager anything to fear, literally asking reporters: pass on significant abuses of religious liber- program on matters of national security and foreign relations. [email protected] [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Help troops on 2 fronts: Child care and parental leave Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 BY REP. JACKIE SPEIER members who are new parents to spend cru- uity Act would expand caregiver leave for CONTACT US AND SEN. TAMMY DUCKWORTH cial early time at home with newborns. Over servicemembers to 12 weeks for both new Special to Stars and Stripes the last two years, Congress established a mothers and fathers. It would offer paid pa- Washington ur servicemembers should be parental leave benefit of 12 weeks for federal rental leave to servicemembers providing tel: (+1)202.886.0003 able to raise a family while build- employees who are new mothers and fathers long-term foster care and more flexibility 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 ing a financially secure future — but these benefits exclude servicemem- for military families by allowing caregiver Reader letters even when duty calls them away bers. We should do our part to expand mili- leave to be taken in multiple increments. In [email protected] O at home or overseas. Sadly, shockingly and tary parental leave benefits as much as pos- the private sector and the government, new Additional contacts shamefully, that is too often not possible. sible to better align it with that of those they fathers often take their parental leave at the stripes.com/contactus And that unfortunate reality is threatening serve and protect. birth of the child and the rest after the moth- the health and well-being of children and As it stands right now, a foster child with er returns to work. This must be allowed for OMBUDSMAN families while having a devastating impact two caregivers who are servicemembers servicemembers, too. Our bill would also en- Ernie Gates on morale and readiness. could end up without any parental bonding sure that new mothers are not ordered to As members of the congressional armed time. Not 12 weeks. Not 6 weeks. Not 5 days. participate in overnight travel or physically The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow of news and information, reporting any attempts by the services committees, we see firsthand how Nothing. It’s clear who this hurts the most: demanding training exercises, except at the military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s military families are struggling like never the children themselves. This shouldn’t be option of the mother or in the interest of na- independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for before amid frequent moves — usually ev- controversial: Every child deserves to bond tional security, and it would adjust the option fairness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. 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Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat, is chair of the Senate Armed © Stars and Stripes 2021 centers in poor and failing condition. into a point of patriotic pride. Services Airland subcommittee and a retired Army National We also must do more to enable service- Our Servicemember Parental Leave Eq- Guard lieutenant colonel. stripes.com Saturday, June 12, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 17 Eugene Sheffer Crossword Frazz Dilbert

ACROSS 56 Artery inserts 23 Have 1 Famous 57 Particulars, 24 “No seats” sign 6 Language in slang 25 Army address of Egypt 26 Adventure

Pearls Before Swine Pearls Before 12 “— Bovary” DOWN 28 Respected 13 “Serpico” star 1 Christen 30 Baton Rouge 14 Nearly perfect 2 “Garfield” dog sch. grade 3 Armored vehicles 31 Leary’s drug 15 Know-how 4 Ostrich’s kin 33 Dennings of “2 16 Quick look 5 Characterize Broke Girls” 17 Nile queen, 6 Church section 34 Suffix with hotel informally 7 “Parenthood” 39 Representative 19 Speck actress Sarah 41 Purple shade 20 Rani’s wrap 8 Obamacare 42 Ergo Non Sequitur 22 “Mayday!” acronym 43 Faxed 24 Compass dir. 9 Tweety’s meal 45 Citrus drinks 27 Wee parasite 10 Division word 47 Move like a 29 Healthy 11 Price butterfly 48 Broadcasts 32 1983 Tom 12 Atlas page 49 Genetic letters Cruise film 18 Religious ritual 51 Mafia boss 35 Killer whale 21 “Little Women” 53 Flamenco cheer 36 Art Deco master woman Answer to Previous Puzzle 37 Flop Candorville 38 — glance 40 Bacterium 42 Recipe abbr. 44 “Mercy Mercy Me” singer Marvin 46 Miles away 50 Supervised 52 — Rouge (Paris

Carpe Diem cabaret) 54 Destroyed 55 Oak Ridge Boys hit song Beetle Bailey Bizarro PAGE 18 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 12, 2021 Saturday, June 12, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 SCOREBOARD/SPORTS BRIEFS

PRO SOCCER PRO BASKETBALL COLLEGE BASEBALL DEALS BRIEFLY MLS WNBA NCAA Division I Super Regionals Thursday’s transactions BASEBALL EASTERN CONFERENCE EASTERN CONFERENCE Best-of-three; x-if necessary At Fayetteville, Ark. Major League Baseball Schembechler’s son: WLTPts GF GA WLPct GB Friday: N.C. State at No. 1 Arkansas American League Saturday: N.C. State vs. No. 1 Arkansas BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned CF Coach knew of abuse New England 5 1 2 17 11 7 Connecticut 8 2 .800 — x-Sunday: N.C. State vs. No. 1 Arkansas Ryan McKenna to Norfolk (Triple­A East). Philadelphia 4 2 2 14 9 5 At Austin, Texas BOSTON RED SOX — Recalled RHP Bran­ New York 5 4 .556 2½ don Brennan from Worcester (Triple­A NOVI, Mich. — One of late Uni- Orlando City 3 1 3 12 8 4 Saturday: South Florida at No. 2 Texas Washington 4 5 .444 3½ Sunday: South Florida vs. No. 2 Texas East). Optioned RHP Phillips Valdez to versity of Michigan football coach NYCFC 3 2 2 11 13 7 Atlanta 4 5 .444 3½ x-Sunday: South Florida vs. No. 2 Texas Worcester. CF Montréal 3 3 2 11 10 9 At Knoxville, Tenn. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Placed 2B Nick Bo Schembechler’s sons and two Chicago 3 7 .300 5 Madrigal on 60­day IL. Selected the con­ Saturday: LSU at No. 3 Tennessee Columbus 3 2 2 11 7 6 Indiana 1 10 .091 7½ tract of CF Brian Goodwin from Charlotte of his former players described in Sunday: LSU vs. No. 3 Tennessee (Triple­A East). Nashville 2 0 5 11 9 6 LSU vs. No. 3 Tennessee detail Thursday how they were WESTERN CONFERENCE x-Monday: CLEVELAND INDIANS — Traded 1B Jake Atlanta 2 1 4 10 9 7 At Nashville, Tenn. Bauers to Seattle for a player to be named molested by the team’s longtime New York 3 4 0 9 10 10 WLPct GB Friday: East Carolina at No. 4 Vanderbilt later. D.C. United 3 5 0 9 8 11 Saturday: East Carolina vs. No. 4 Vander­ DETROIT TIGERS — Placed OF Derek Hill, doctor and how Schembechler Seattle 8 2 .800 — bilt LHP Derek Holland and RHP Rony Garcia Inter Miami CF 2 4 2 8 8 13 turned a blind eye when they told Las Vegas 7 3 .700 1 x-Sunday: East Carolina vs. No. 4 Van­ on the 10­day IL. Recalled CF Daz Cameron Toronto FC 1 4 2 5 8 12 derbilt and RHPs Alex Lange and Beau Burrows him about the abuse, telling one to Phoenix 5 4 .556 2½ At Tucson, Ariz. Chicago 1 5 1 4 4 11 from Toledo (Triple­A East). Sent CF JaCo­ Los Angeles 4 4 .500 3 Friday: No. 12 Mississippi at No. 5 Arizo­ by Jones outright to Toledo. “toughen up” and punching his Cincinnati 1 4 1 4 6 15 Dallas 4 5 .444 3½ na HOUSTON ASTROS — Sent RHP Lance son in anger. No. 12 Mississippi vs. No. 5 Ari­ McCullers Jr. to Sugar Land (Triple­A WESTERN CONFERENCE Saturday: Minnesota 3 5 .375 4 zona West) on a rehab assignment. Matt Schembechler, 62, and for- WLTPts GF GA x-Sunday: No. 12 Mississippi vs. No. 5 MINNESOTA TWINS — Agreed to terms Wednesday’s games Arizona with RHP Jason Garcia on a minor league mer Wolverines players Daniel Seattle 5 0 3 18 14 3 Seattle 95, Atlanta 71 At Columbia, S.C. contract. Kwiatkowski and Gilvanni John- Chicago 92, Indiana 76 Saturday: Dallas Baptist at Virginia OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned LHP Sporting KC 5 2 1 16 15 10 Reymin Guduan outright to Las Vegas (Tri­ son told similar stories about how Thursday’s games Sunday: Dallas Baptist vs. Virginia LA Galaxy 5 2 0 15 11 11 x-Monday: Dallas Baptist vs. Virginia ple­A West). Washington 89, Los Angeles 71 At Starkville, Miss. SEATTLE MARINERS — Acquired INF/OF Dr. Robert E. Anderson, who died Colorado 4 2 1 13 12 8 Jake Bauers from Cleveland in exchange Houston 3 3 2 11 11 12 Friday’s games Saturday: No. 10 Notre Dame at No. 7 for player to be named later or cash con­ in 2008, molested and digitally Mississippi St. siderations. Designated 2B Jack Mayfield San Jose 3 5 0 9 11 12 Seattle at Atlanta Sunday: No. 10 Notre Dame vs. No. 7 Mis­ penetrated them during physical Dallas at Phoenix for assignment. Sent 1B Evan White to Ta­ Portland 3 4 0 9 9 11 sissippi St. coma (Triple­A West) on a rehab assign­ exams decades ago. They also Real Salt Lake 2 1 3 9 9 7 Saturday’s games x-Monday: No. 10 Notre Dame vs. No. 7 ment. Mississippi St. National League talked about how Bo Schembe- LAFC 2 3 2 8 8 9 Chicago at Indiana Los Angeles at Minnesota At Lubbock, Texas ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Named chler, a Michigan icon whose stat- Vancouver 2 4 1 7 6 9 Friday: No. 9 Stanford at No. 8 Texas Rick Short and Drew Hedman co­hitting Sunday’s games Austin FC 2 4 1 7 5 8 Tech coaches. Released hitting coach Darnell ue stands outside a university Seattle at Connecticut Saturday: No. 9 Stanford vs. No. 8 Texas Coles and assistant hitting coach Eric Minnesota 2 4 1 7 6 11 Washington at Atlanta Tech Hinske. building that bears his name, re- FC Dallas 1 3 3 6 8 11 Dallas at Las Vegas x-Sunday: No. 9 Stanford vs. No. 8 Texas COLORADO ROCKIES — Reinstated SS fused to protect them and allowed New York at Phoenix Tech Trevor Story from the 10­day IL. Optioned Note: Three points for victory, one point 2B Alan Trejo to Albuquerque (Triple­A Anderson to continue abusing for tie. TENNIS West). Saturday’s game CINCINNATI REDS — Purchased the con­ players and other patients for Austin FC at Sporting Kansas City tract of 1B Logan Morrison from High Point years. Friday, June 18 French Open Men’s Doubles (Atlantic League). Round of 16 MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Placed 3B Tra­ The three are among hundreds Nashville at New York Thursday vis Shaw on the 10­day IL. Recalled RHP Vancouver at Real Salt Lake Philipp Oswald, Austria, and Marcus Da­ At Stade Roland Garros niell (4), New Zealand, def. Jean­Julien Roj­ Patrick Weigel from Nashville (Triple­A of men who were allegedly abused Saturday, June 19 Paris er, Netherlands, and Frederik Nielsen, East). by Anderson during his nearly Purse: Euro 16,814,108 Denmark, 7­5, 6­7 (10), 10­4. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Recalled C Chicago at Columbus Rafael Marchan from Lehigh Valley (Tri­ Colorado at Cincinnati Surface: Red clay Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, and Marce­ four decades working for the uni- Orlando City at Toronto FC Women’s Singles lo Demoliner, Brazil, def. Bruno Soares, ple­A East). Placed RHP Chase Anderson New England at New York City FC Semifinals Brazil, and Jamie Murray (1), Britain, 6­2, on the 10­day IL. versity — a period in which he also Miami at D.C. United Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (31), Russia, 3­6, 10­7. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Reinstated RHP treated staffers, their families and Minnesota at FC Dallas def. Tamara Zidansek, Slovenia, 7­5, 6­3. Trevor Cahill from the 10­day IL. Placed Dustin Brown and Andre Begemann, RHP Luis Oviedo on the 10­day IL, retroac­ San Jose at Austin FC Barbora Krejcikova, Czech Republic, def. Germany, def. Raven Klaasen, South Afri­ other patients. And their assertion Seattle at LA Galaxy tive to June 7. Maria Sakkari (17), Greece, 7­5, 4­6, 9­7. ca, and Ben Mclachlan (3), Japan, 6­4, 3­6, ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Optioned 1B Sporting Kansas City at Portland Men’s Doubles 10­8. that Bo Schembechler, who died Houston at Los Angeles FC John Nogowski and LHP Brandon Waddell Semifinals Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig, Croatia, def. to Memphis (Triple­A East). in 2006, knew about the abuse and Sunday, June 20 Andrey Golubev and Alexander Bublik, Fabrice Martin and Jeremy Chardy (2), SAN DIEGO PADRES — Sent OF Trent Philadelphia at Atlanta Kazakhstan, def. Pablo Andujar and Pedro France, 6­7 (4), 6­4, 10­8. Grisham to El Paso (Triple­A West) on a re­ allowed it to continue calls into Martinez, Spain, 1­6, 6­4, 6­4. Tuesday, June 22 hab assignment. question his legacy at the univer- Nicolas Mahut and Pierre­Hugues Herb­ Nottingham Open SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Sent OF Jay­ San Jose at Orlando City ert (6), France, def. Robert Farah and Juan lin Davis to Sacramento (Triple­A West) on sity. Sebastian Cabal (2), Colombia, 6­7 (2), 7­6 Wednesday a rehab assignment. NWSL (2), 6­4. At Nottingham Tennis Centre FOOTBALL Mixed Doubles Nottingham, Great Britain National Football League Olympic boxing champ WLTPts GF GA Championship Purse: $235,238 NFL — Suspended Green Bay’s TE Jayce Desirae Krawczyk, United States, and Surface: Grass Sternberger without pay first two games Shields wins MMA debut Orlando 3 0 2 11 7 4 Joe Salisbury, Britain, def. Elena Vesnina Women’s Singles of the 2021 regular season for violating and Aslan Karatsev, Russia, 2­6, 6­4, 10­5. Round of 32 ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Two- Portland 3 2 0 9 11 4 policy and program on substances of Alison van Uytvanck (8), Belgium, def. abuse. time Olympic gold medalist and Washington 2 1 2 8 5 5 Croatia Open Marina Melnikova, Russia, 6­1, 6­1. ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed LB Jeff Hol­ Gotham FC 2 1 1 7 2 1 Friday Kristina Mladenovic (7), France, def. Ku­ land. undefeated professional boxer BALTIMORE RAVENS — Signed OT Ja­ Houston 2 2 1 7 6 6 rumi Nara, Japan, 6­2, 5­7, 6­2. Bol, Croatia Zhang Shuai (4), China, def. Arina Rodio­ ’Wuan James. Claressa Shields won her mixed Chicago 2 2 1 7 4 7 Purse: Euro 92,742 nova, Australia, 6­4, 6­3. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Released CB martial arts debut Thursday North Carolina 1 2 1 4 6 3 Surface: Red clay Caty McNally, United States, def. Nao Hi­ Johnathan Joseph to retire. bino (12), Japan, 6­0, 6­3. DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed CB Kelvin Reign FC 1 2 1 4 2 3 Women’s Singles night, making short work of Britt- Semifinals Katie Boulter, Britain, def. Marie Bouzko­ Joseph. Louisville 1 2 1 4 2 8 va (6), Czech Republic, 6­4, 6­3. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed QB Jake ney Elkin with a TKO victory in Jasmine Paolini (3), Italy, def. Anna Blin­ Dolegala. Released DL Anthony Rush. Kansas City 0 3 2 2 2 6 kova (1), Russia, 6­2, 6­2. Lauren Davis (14), United States, def. the main event of a Professional Harriet Dart, Britain, 1­6, 6­3, 6­4. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Named Re­ Note: Three points for victory, one point Mercedes Cup Heather Watson (9), Britain, def. Tara gis Eller director of pro scouting, Tom Fighters League card. for tie. Moore, Britain, 6­3, 4­6, 6­2. McConnaughey and John Stevenson na­ Saturday, June 19 Thursday Women’s Doubles tional scouts and Dave McCloughan col­ Shields, 11-0 as a pro boxer, Reign FC at North Carolina At Tennis Club Weissenhof Round of 16 lege scout. Signed S Andre Cisco. proved in her 155-pound light- Washington at Chicago Stuttgart, Germany Ankita Raina, India, and Julia Wachac­ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Re­signed CB Charvarius Ward. Sunday, June 20 Purse: Euro 543,210 zyk, Germany, def. Samantha Murray Sha­ weight fight she’s just as adept at Surface: Grass ran and Naiktha Bains, Britain, 6­4, 2­6, LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Waived CB Ke­ Houston at Louisville Men’s Singles 10­4. mah Siverand. unleashing a beating in mixed Kansas City at Portland Round of 16 Lyudmyla Kichenok, Ukraine, and Mako­ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Placed WR Trevon Grimes on injured reserve.> martial arts. She shook off a slow Gotham FC at Orlando Sam Querrey, United States, def. James to Ninomiya (3), Japan, def. CoCo Vande­ Tuesday, June 22 weghe and Christina McHale, United TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed DE Rashad Duckworth, Australia, 6­4, 7­6 (7). Weaver. first two rounds before she got El- Chicago at Reign FC Dominic Stephan Stricker, Switzerland, States, 7­5, 7­6 (1). HOCKEY Emily Webley­Smith and Sarah Beth kin on the ground and needed a def. Hubert Hurkacz (2), Poland, 7­6 (5), 7­6 National Hockey League COLLEGE SOFTBALL (5). Grey, Britain, def. Katie Boulter and Jodie few heavy shots to cause the deci- Marin Cilic, Croatia, def. Nikoloz Bas­ Anna Burrage, Britain, 2­6, 7­5, 10­3. CALGARY FLAMES — Named Kirk Muller ilashvili (5), Georgia, 6­3, 6­2. Storm Sanders, Australia, and Caroline associate coach and Cail MacLean head sive damage. She earned the win NCAA Division I World Series Ugo Humbert (6), France, def. Yannick Dolehide (2), United States, def. Alicja Ro­ coach of the Stockton (AHL). solska, Poland, and Marie Bouzkova, SOCCER with a right hand from the top at At USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Hanfmann, Germany, 7­6 (9), 6­2. Major League Soccer Oklahoma City Alex de Minaur (4), Australia, def. Jordan Czech Republic, 7­6 (3), 6­4. 1:44 of the third round. Thompson, Australia, 6­7 (8), 6­3, 6­4. Quarterfinals PHILADELPHIA UNION — Signed D Alvas Double Elimination; x-if necessary Powell. Thursday, June 3 Felix Auger­Aliassime (3), Canada, def. Johanna Konta, Britain, and Donna Vek­ She already won the light mid- Lloyd Harris, South Africa, 6­3, 7­6 (4). ic, Croatia, def. Sabrina Santamaria, Unit­ James Madison 4, Oklahoma 3, 8 innings Jurij Rodionov, Austria, def. Peter Go­ ed States, and Lesley Pattinama Kerk­ AP SPORTLIGHT dleweight, middleweight and su- Oklahoma St. 3, Georgia 2 jowczyk, Germany, 5­3, ret. hove, Netherlands, 6­3, 6­1. per middleweight crowns in her Alabama 5, Arizona 1 June 12 UCLA 4, Florida St. 0 Friday, June 4 GOLF 1930 — Max Schmeling beats Jack Shar­ boxing career and was the fastest James Madison 2, Oklahoma St. 1 key on a fourth­round foul for the vacant fighter in history — either male or Alabama 6, UCLA 0 heavyweight title in New York. Schmeling Saturday, June 5 Palmetto Championship Mediheal Championship becomes the first German — and Europe­ female — to become a three-divi- Oklahoma 8, Georgia 0 PGA Tour LPGA Tour an — heavyweight world champion. sion world champion. Shields only Florida St. 4, Arizona 3 Thursday Thursday 1939 — Byron Nelson wins the U.S. Open Oklahoma 10, UCLA 3 At Congaree Golf Club At Lake Merced Golf Club in a three­way playoff with Craig Wood started her MMA training in De- Florida St. 4, Oklahoma St. 2 Ridgeland, S.C. Daly City, Calif. and Denny Shute. Sunday, June 6 1948 — Citation, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, cember. Yardage: 7,655; Par: 71 Purse: $1.5 million wins the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Oklahoma 6, James Madison 3 Purse: $7.3 Million Yardage: 6,589; Par: 72 Crown with an eight­length victory over Her inexperience showed early. Florida St. 2, No. 3 Alabama 0 First Round First Round Better Self. It’s Arcaro’s second Triple Elkin took Shields down early in James Madison vs. Oklahoma, ppd. Wes Roach 30-34—64 -7 Leona Maguire 34-31—65 -7 Crown. He rode Whirlaway in 1941. Florida St. vs. Alabama, ppd. Doc Redman 34-31—65 -6 Jasmine Suwannapura 34-32—66 -6 1979 — Bobby Orr becomes the youngest the first round and mounted her as Monday, June 7 Dustin Johnson 32-33—65 -6 Albane Valenzuela 35-33—68 -4 player in NHL history to be selected for the Oklahoma 7, James Madison 1 she pounded the rookie in the face. Chesson Hadley 31-34—65 -6 Alison Lee 34-34—68 -4 Hockey Hall of Fame. The 31­year­old is in­ Florida St. 8, Alabama 5 ducted months after officially ending his Shields took more of a beating in Championship Series Erik van Rooyen 34-31—65 -6 Lauren Kim 33-36—69 -3 NHL career as the Hall waives its usual Tuesday, June 8 Jhonattan Vegas 32-34—66 -5 Jennifer Kupcho 34-35—69 -3 three­year waiting period. one round than she did over most Florida St. 8, Oklahoma 4 Danny Lee 37-30—67 -4 Inbee Park 34-35—69 -3 2009 — Pittsburgh’s Max Talbot scores Wednesday, June 9 Vaughn Taylor 34-33—67 -4 Da Yeon Lee 31-38—69 -3 two second­period goals as the Penguins of her pro boxing career. Oklahoma 6, Florida St. 2 Patrick Rodgers 34-33—67 -4 Mariajo Uribe 33-36—69 -3 beat the defending champion Detroit Red Thursday, June 10 Wings 2­1 in Game 7 and win the Stanley Oklahoma 5, Florida St. 1 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 35-32—67 -4 Jane Park 33-36—69 -3 Cup at Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena. Associated Press PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 12, 2021 NHL PLAYOFFS/COLLEGE BASEBALL/COLLEGE SOFTBALL

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Playoffs SECOND ROUND Golden Knights oust Avalanche (Best-of-seven) Tampa Bay 4, Carolina 1 BY W.G. RAMIREZ and the Golden Knights defeated the Colorado the series and will next face the Montreal Can­ Tampa Bay 2, Carolina 1 Tampa Bay 2, Carolina 1 Associated Press Avalanche 6­3 in Game 6 of their second­round adiens. Carolina 3, Tampa Bay 2, OT Tampa Bay 6, Carolina 4 LAS VEGAS — When Alex Pietrangelo series to advance to the Stanley Cup semifi­ Marc­Andre Fleury stopped 30 shots and Tampa Bay 2, Carolina 0 signed with the Vegas Golden Knights in Octo­ nals. moved into sole possession of fourth place all­ N.Y. Islanders 4, Boston 2 ber, he didn’t mince words as to why he left St. Pietrangelo, who finished the series with 22 time with 89 playoff wins. Boston 5, N.Y. Islanders 2 N.Y. Islanders 4, Boston 3, OT Louis after 12 seasons. shots, 21 blocks, and a point in all four wins, Devin Toews, Mikko Rantanen, and Andre Boston 2, N.Y. Islanders 1, OT “Obviously the atmosphere; I mean, I think now has 16 career points in 17 potential series­ Burakovsky scored for Colorado. Philipp Gru­ N.Y. Islanders 4, Boston 1 N.Y. Islanders 5, Boston 4 everybody agrees it’s probably the best place clinching games played. bauer made 17 saves for the Avalanche. N.Y. Islanders 6, Boston 2 to play in the NHL right now,” he said. “They “I thought he was the best player in the se­ After firing a team­high 45 shots during the Montreal 4, Winnipeg 0 play the way I think the game should be played, ries, on either team,” Vegas coach Peter De­ postseason, Pietrangelo’s 46th attempt found Montreal 5, Winnipeg 3 Montreal 1, Winnipeg 0 so you want to go somewhere you feel comfort­ Boer said. “He was an absolute monster for us. the back of the net with 18 seconds left in the Montreal 5, Winnipeg 1 Montreal 3, Winnipeg 2, OT able and that you can help.” Defensively, blocking shots, offensively, the second after he gathered a rebound from Alex Vegas 4, Colorado 2 His contributions Thursday night helped the goal tonight — that’s what we brought him here Tuch’s shot that caromed off the end board, Colorado 7, Vegas 1 Golden Knights move into the NHL’s final four for, for this time of year, and those situations.” and he sent the puck top shelf to beat Grubauer Colorado 3, Vegas 2, OT Vegas 3, Colorado 2 for the third time in the franchise’s four years. Nick Holden, William Karlsson, Keegan Ko­ and put Vegas up 4­3. Vegas 5, Colorado 1 Pietrangelo scored his first goal of the post­ lesar, William Carrier and Max Pacioretty also “That’s a bad average,” Pietrangelo said Vegas 3, Colorado 2, OT Thursday: Vegas 6, Colorado 3 season to break a tie late in the second period, scored for Vegas, which won four straight in with a smile about his 1­for­46 clip. Things to know about NCAA super regionals BY ERIC OLSON LSU and Texas have the top two winning per­ Associated Press centages in super regional play among teams with OMAHA, Neb. — Super regionals are the a minimum of 25 games. The Tigers are 114­36 next stop on the NCAA baseball tourna­ (.760) and the Longhorns are 154­59 (.723). ment’s Road to Omaha. Four of the best­of­three series are Fri­ Road warriors day through Sunday: North Carolina State North Carolina State, which won three straight (33­17) at Arkansas (49­11), Stanford (36­15) as the No. 2 regional seed at Ruston, La., heads to at Texas Tech (39­15), Mississippi (44­20) at No. 1 national seed Arkansas with the best road Arizona (43­15) and East Carolina (44­15) at record in the nation. The Wolfpack are 17­3 (.850) Vanderbilt (43­15). in true road games and have won six straight as the The four series Saturday through Mon­ visitor. Arkansas is 29­6 in Fayetteville. day: South Florida (31­28) at Texas (45­15), Notre Dame (33­11) at Mississippi State (43­ Offense, offense, offense 15), Dallas Baptist (40­16) vs. Virginia (33­ Notre Dame batted a tournament­best .405 in 24) at Columbia, S.C., and LSU (38­23) at regionals with 15 home runs and outscored three Tennessee (48­16). opponents 50­5. Irish first baseman Nick Kavadas SUE OGROCKI/AP The eight winners advance to the College hit five homers, including a grand slam, batted Oklahoma’s Jayda Coleman, center, celebrates at home plate with teammates Jana World Series in Omaha starting June 19. .600, slugged 2.100, had an on­base percentage Johns, left, and Grace Lyons following her second­inning home run against Florida State of .750 after getting walked six times and drove in in the final game of the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City. Mainieri’s last stand? 13 runs. South Florida has emerged as the tournament’s lovable underdog, but LSU is the sentimental favor­ All about pitching ite of many fans for as long as the Tigers keep going. Texas allowed four earned runs in 27 innings in Juarez pitches Sooners Their coach, active career wins leader Paul Mainie­ regionals for a tournament­best 1.33 ERA. Notre ri, announced before the tournament he will retire Dame (1.67) and Texas Tech (1.67) have the other after this season. sub­2.00 ERAs. Mississippi State is averaging 14 to their fifth WCWS title LSU had to win four of its last five SEC series to strikeouts per nine innings. get an at­large bid as a No. 3 regional seed, and the SEC pitcher of the year Kevin Kopps of Arkansas BY CLIFF BRUNT trusting God’s plan for myself. He had this 1 Tigers beat Oregon twice in two days to advance. carried the heaviest load, allowing no runs in 13⁄3 Associated Press moment planned for me,” Juarez said. Now it’s on to SEC rival Tennessee. The Volun­ innings over three games. He threw 185 pitches, OKLAHOMA CITY — Giselle Juarez re­ Much of the crowd stood when Juarez teers swept the Tigers in Knoxville in March, beat­ allowed six hits, walked none and struck out 15. emerged as the star pitcher Oklahoma took the circle in the seventh inning. Fit­ ing them in walk­off fashion twice, and are the final Stanford’s Brendan Beck has a 1.69 ERA over needed to complement its high­powered of­ tingly, the final out was a popup into her obstacle between Mainieri and his sixth CWS ap­ his last four outings spanning 32 innings, allowing fense, and now the Sooners are national glove. pearance since 2008. six runs on 17 hits with four walks and 40 strike­ champions again. After Juarez secured the catch, team­ outs. Juarez threw her second consecutive mates mobbed her and “Boomer Sooner” Lots of long balls complete game, and Oklahoma beat Florida blared over the sound system as the crowd Home runs are up through the first weekend of Model of consistency State 5­1 on Thursday for its fifth Women’s of 10,830 at USA Softball Hall of Fame Sta­ the tournament. A total of 313 were hit in 103 Dallas Baptist, 10 years removed from its only College World Series title. dium — mostly Oklahoma fans — celebrat­ games, an average of 3.04 per game. That’s up other super regional appearance, is the only re­ The Sooners lacked a dominant pitcher ed the win just 25 miles from campus. 17% from the 2019 regionals — there was no tour­ maining team that’s won at least 40 games seven heading into the series but Juarez answer­ It wasn’t easy for the top­seeded Sooners nament in 2020 because of the pandemic — straight years. ed the call, allowing one run on two hits in — they came out of the losers’ bracket after when there were 243 homers hit in 94 games, or the decisive Game 3. Oklahoma won Game dropping a stunner to Odicci Alexander and 2.59 per game. Him again 2 6­2 behind Juarez, who went 5­0 at the unseeded James Madison in the tourna­ The 313 homers were the most in regionals Drew Gilbert, whose grand slam gave Tennes­ World Series and was named Most Out­ ment’s opening game. But Oklahoma beat since at least 2005, according to the NCAA. see a 9­8 walk­off win over Wright State in its re­ standing Player. The left­hander allowed James Madison twice in the semifinal 1 gional opener, has homered in three straight four runs in 31⁄3 innings. round, then recovered from a loss to Florida Been there, done that games. Juarez, a super senior, was a first­team State in the championship series opener. Mississippi State’s five straight super regional LSU fans will remember it was Gilbert who hit NFCA All­American in 2019 but had sur­ Oklahoma (56­4) also won titles in 2000, appearances lead the nation. Vanderbilt, the 2019 the 11th­inning home run that gave the Volunteers gery on her left arm last year and struggled 2013, 2016 and 2017, all under coach Patty national champion, and Arkansas are in supers a their 9­8 walk­off win over the Tigers on March 28. to regain her form. Gasso. The Sooners set the Division I sin­ fourth time in a row and Texas Tech is in a third “The beginning of the season wasn’t gle­season record with 161 home runs this straight. AP sports writer Teresa M. Walker contributed. great for me, but I just kept grinding and season. Saturday, June 12, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 NBA Bucks rally, edge Nets Holiday’s late layup lifts Milwaukee to Game 3 win

BY STEVE MEGARGEE Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Jrue Holiday figured the Brooklyn Nets expect- ed him to call a timeout as soon as he got the ball with his team trail- ing by one in the final minute. Instead, Holiday delivered just RICK BOWMER/AP in time to keep the Milwaukee Los Angeles forward Nicolas Batum defends as Utah Jazz guard Bucks from falling into a hole from Donovan Mitchell, left, goes to the basket during Game 2 Thursday. which no NBA team has ever reco- vered. His driving layup with 11.4 sec- Mitchell, Jazz up 2-0 onds left put the Bucks ahead for good and they held on for an 86-83 victory Thursday night that cut with win over Clippers Brooklyn’s lead to 2-1 in the East- MORRY GASH/AP ern Conference semifinals. Milwaukee’s P.J. Tucker, right, and Brooklyn’s Kevin Durant have Associated Press there and do everything. I think “I felt like maybe they thought I words during the second half of Game 3 of their Eastern Conference SALT LAKE CITY — Donovan that’s a credit to the guys we have was going to call a timeout,” Holi- semifinal game Thursday in Milwaukee. Mitchell’s scoring sent the Utah on this team because they can go day said. “I think in my head, I was Jazz into the lead and their defense out there and make plays. Every- thinking maybe I should run some points, and Giannis Antetokounm- seconds left. Antetokounmpo got closed the door. body’s elevated their game,” clock. But I saw Bruce Brown one- po added 33 for the Bucks. Middle- the rebound, the Bucks worked the Mitchell scored 37 points and the Mitchell said. on-one, so I made a move. It was a ton bounced back in a big way after ball upcourt and Holiday drove to Jazz forced nine straight misses Jordan Clarkson scored 24, in- good one and I ended up getting a shooting a combined 13-for-43 in the basket to put Milwaukee ahead down the stretch to outlast the Los cluding six three-pointers, while layup.” the first two games of the series. for good 84-83. Angeles Clippers 117-111 on Thurs- Joe Ingles had 19 points and Rudy Kevin Durant’s three-point at- That was barely enough. Milwaukee’s defense took over day night and take a 2-0 lead in Gobert contributed 13 points and a tempt to tie bounced off the rim as “At the end of the day, a win is a from there as it continued its re- their Western Conference semifi- career playoff-high 20 rebounds. the horn sounded. He scored the win,” Antetokounmpo said. “It surgent performance after the nal series. Reggie Jackson led the Clippers Nets’ last nine points and finished doesn’t matter if you win by 30. It Game 3 fiasco. Mitchell clinched the game with with 29 points and George had 27. with 30. doesn’t matter if you win by one. “I think part of it is playing des- a driving shot with 43 seconds re- Kawhi Leonard scored 21 points The Bucks will try to even the se- You can go back home and cele- perate, knowing the situation, maining but then appeared to hurt but managed just two in the fourth ries Sunday in Milwaukee. brate the ‘W.’ ” knowing what this game means to his leg slightly on a foul by Paul Ge- quarter. Milwaukee relied on its defense The Bucks raced to a 21-point us and what it means to be home,” orge with 10 seconds to play. He Once the Clippers took their only as a game featuring the NBA’s two lead but had to come from behind, Holiday said. “And then the other made one of two free throws after lead at 101-99 after consecutive highest-scoring teams from the scoring the final six points after part of it is the performance we hobbling to the line. three-pointers by Jackson, the Jazz regular season turned into a 1990s- Durant’s three-pointer made it 83- had the first two games, showing “I’m fine now. I walked in here forced nine consecutive misses to style defensive slugfest. 80 with 1:23 to play. that’s not the type of defense we and if you want me to sprint for you, power a 14-2 run that was capped Brooklyn had its lowest scoring “We didn’t make shots down the play. That was really out of charac- I can. I’m good,” Mitchell said. by Ingles’ three-pointer to make it output of the season. Milwaukee stretch,” Durant said. “I think we ter.” The guard is the first Jazz player 113-103 with 3:07 to play. matched its lowest point total of rushed a couple opportunities Kyrie Irving scored 22 and with at least 35 points in back-to- “You can’t dig yourself a hole the season from its 125-86 Game 2 there.” Brown had 16 for the Nets in a back playoff games since Karl like that against a good team. Then loss. Holiday scored just nine points game that neither team led by Malone in 1988, but the points be- you got to expend all your energy “Someone was going to win ug- and shot 4-for-14 but made the big- more than five in the second half. came more difficult as the game trying to get back in the game and ly,” Nets coach Steve Nash said. gest basket of the night. “That’s a good old-fashioned wore on. you don’t have enough to finish,” “And it was them tonight.” Brooklyn led 83-82 when Brown playoff game right there,” Irving “I don’t feel like I have to go out Clippers coach Tyronne Lue said. Khris Middleton scored 35 missed a jumper with just over 20 said. Scoreboard League intends return to normal schedule next season

Playoffs Associated Press ting — was to get start of this season’s training camp obviously. But with us and Miami CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS MIAMI — The NBA told its the league back — with this season’s game sched- obviously going the long haul in the (Best-of-seven) x-if necessary teams Thursday that it intends to onto its regular ule beginning 72 days after the bubble and then coming right back Eastern Conference return to a normal schedule next calendar after Lakers won the title at the restart on short notice to this season, it’s Brooklyn 2, Milwaukee 1 Brooklyn 115, Milwaukee 107 season, with training camps open- two seasons of bubble at Walt Disney World. been very draining.” Brooklyn 125, Milwaukee 86 Thursday: Milwaukee 86, Brooklyn 83 ing in late September and the regu- schedule havoc And the Lakers and the Heat Should the play-in tournament Sunday: at Milwaukee lar season set to begin on Oct. 19. because of the both were eliminated in the first —during which the teams that fin- x-Tuesday: at Brooklyn x-Thursday, June 17: at Milwaukee Amemo that was sent to teams, a pandemic. round of this year’s playoffs; only ish between seventh and 10th in x-Saturday, June 19: at Brooklyn Silver Atlanta 1, Philadelphia 1 copy of which was obtained by The But it will lead two of last season’s final eight each conference play to decide Atlanta 128, Philadelphia, 124 Associated Press, does not specify to another quick turnaround for teams returned to the second which teams will be the No. 7 and Philadelphia 118, Atlanta 102 Friday: at Atlanta when the 2021-22 regular season the teams that make this summer’s round of the postseason in 2021. No. 8 seeds on the Eastern and Monday: at Atlanta Wednesday: at Philadelphia will end — and that’s because it has NBA Finals. Questions about fatigued teams Western sides of the bracket — re- x-Friday, June 18: at Atlanta yet to be officially decided if the The latest possible date for were a talking point around the turn on the same schedule the x-Sunday, June 20: at Philadelphia Western Conference play-in tournament will return. If Game 7 of this season’s title series league throughout this season, and NBA utilized this season, those Phoenix 2, Denver 0 Phoenix 122, Denver 105 it does, and there are no indica- is July 22; training camps for next likely will be again next season — games would be contested be- Phoenix 123, Denver 98 tions that it won’t, the likely date to season are set to begin on Sept. 28, especially for those clubs that go tween April 12-15, 2022. Friday: at Denver Sunday: at Denver end the regular season would be meaning it is possible that this sea- deepest in this year’s playoffs. The playoffs will begin on April x-Tuesday: at Phoenix x-Thursday, June 17: at Denver April 10. son’s finalists are back in camp as “From the moment we entered 16, the 2022 NBA Finals are set to x-Sunday, June 20: at Phoenix Utah 2, L.A. Clippers 0 The return to the normal sched- little as 68 days following the end of the bubble to now today, it’s been begin on June 2 and the planned Utah 112, L.A. Clippers 109 ule is not an unexpected develop- the 2021 finals. draining,” Lakers forward LeBron end date for Game 7 of that title se- Thursday: Utah 117, L.A. Clippers 111 Saturday: at L.A. Clippers ment, and Commissioner Adam Last season’s finalists, the James said after his team was ries would be June 19. Monday: at L.A. Clippers Silver has said several times that champion Los Angeles Lakers and eliminated. “Mentally, physically, The 2022 NBA Draft will be x-Wednesday: at Utah x-Friday, June 18: at L.A. Clippers the league’s intention for the past Miami Heat, had 51 days between spiritually, emotionally draining. June 23, teams were told in the me- x-Sunday, June 20: at Utah several months — virus-permit- the end of the 2020 finals and the ... Every team has to deal with it, mo. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 12, 2021 COLLEGE FOOTBALL/FRENCH OPEN Field: 12-team playoff not in immediate future FROM PAGE 24 day, but got no feedback. ranked conference champions The group has been working on would receive first-round byes an expansion plan for two years. It and teams 5-12 would face each might have been put forth sooner other in four games played on if not for the pandemic. campus sometime during the two- The proposal includes no dates week period following conference for semifinals and the champion- championship weekend, typically ship game to be played, but did in- early December. dicates the semifinals would not Quarterfinals would be hosted be played as a doubleheader on a by bowl games on New Year’s Day single day. —- unless that falls on a Sunday, in Currently six bowl games have which case games will be played a three-year rotation for hosting Jan. 2 — and an adjacent day. the semifinals and the champion- The semifinals would continue ship game site is open to bidders, to be hosted by bowl games. The similar to the what the NFL does plan calls for no re-seeding of the with the Super Bowl. The current bracket as teams advance. semifinal bowl rotation includes Mountain West Commissioner the Rose, Sugar, Orange, Fiesta, Craig Thompson cited the history Cotton and Peach bowls, not that of the bowls in college football and they are not guaranteed to be the desire to keep them “rele- hosts in the proposed expansion. MICHEL EULER/AP vant.” “The process for selecting the Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece celebrates as he defeats Germany’s Alexander Zverev during their semifinal A12-team field with six spots re- six bowls that would rotate as match of the French Open at Roland Garros Stadium Friday in Paris. served for conference champions hosts of the quarterfinals and would guarantee at least one team semifinals (is) still to be deter- from outside the Power Five con- mined,” the CFP plan said. ferences would be in the playoff The CFP is entering year eight each season. The Group of Five — of a 12-year agreement with Tsitsipas defeats Zverev which includes the Mountain ESPN. The deal doesn’t lock in a West, American Athletic, Sun format but Hancock has said no Belt, Mid-American Conference changes to the format could be and Conference USA — has never made this season or in 2022. had a team crack the field of four The four-team playoff was im- in five for 1st Slam final or been particularly close. plemented in 2014, a natural pro- Southeastern Conference Com- gression from the Bowl Cham- Krejcikova will meet Pavlyuchenkova in women’s final missioner Greg Sankey said the pionship Series, which matched large jump from four to 12 made it No. 1 vs. No. 2 in the title game Associated Press Zverev winced and Tsitsipas more palatable to create automat- from 1998-2013. PARIS — Stefanos Tsitsipas went raised his right fist. ic access points for conference Before the BCS, and its prede- from way ahead to suddenly stuck Fifteen minutes later, Tsitsipas champions. cessor the Bowl Alliance, college in a five-set struggle against Alex- earned his first match point, and “That doesn’t work if you are re- football used bowls and polls for ander Zverev at the French Open on while he needed five of them to ducing opportunities for those decades to determine a champion. Friday before emerging to earn his close the proceedings, he eventual- highly ranked,” Sankey said. There were some playoff propo- first berth in a Grand Slam final. ly did convert one with an ace. The proposal will be considered nents, but detractors warned it The fifth-seeded Tsitsipas en- Tsitsipas will be the first player by the full CFP management com- would ruin the drama and high tered with an 0-3 record in major from Greece in a Grand Slam sin- mittee during an in-person meet- stakes of the regular season. semifinals and it seemed as if he gles final and youngest man to ap- ing at the Big Ten’s offices outside Now, college sports leaders might let this one slip away, too, un- pear in the title match at the French Chicago on June 17-18. The sub- have not only embraced the play- til a late surge carried him to the 6-3, Open since Nadal won the 2008 committee comprised of Swar- off, but they’re banking on a big 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3 victory after more championship five days after his brick, Bowlsby, Thompson and one to enhance the regular season. than 3½ hours at Court Philippe 22nd birthday. Sankey presented the proposal to “Twelve keeps September im- Chatrier. Tsitsipas has been building to- CHRISTOPHE ENA/AP the rest of conference commis- portant but also keeps November On Sunday, Tsitsipas will face 13- ward this over the past couple of Barbora Krejcikova clenches her sioners in a Zoom meeting Thurs- important,” Hancock said. time Roland Garros champion Na- seasons, reaching three major fist after defeating Maria Sakkari dal or top-seeded Novak Djokovic semifinals in a row and leading the Friday in Paris. for the championship on the red ATP in total match wins (39 now) clay. and clay-court wins (22) in 2021. No. 31 John Isner. Nadal and Djokovic were sched- Three of his seven career tour- On the women’s side Friday, Bar- uled to face each other for the 58th level titles came on clay, including a bora Krejcikova hit a backhand time later Friday. pair this year — at the Monte Carlo winner to close out the biggest victo- Tsitsipas regained control of his Masters and Lyon. ry of her career, saving a match semifinal on a cloudy afternoon in Zverev’s loss makes him 0-10 point midway through the final set the late going thanks to a combina- against members of the Top 10 at and outlasting No. 17-seeded Maria tion of more solid returning by him Grand Slam tournaments, an espe- Sakkari of Greece, 7-5, 4-6, 9-7. and a succession of groundstroke cially confounding statistic when “I always wanted to play matches unforced errors from the sixth- viewed in contrast to his 31-30 mark like this,” Krejcikova said. seeded Zverev, a 24-year-old from against such opponents in any other She must like roller coasters, too. Germany. setting. Her opponent Saturday will be 29- The fifth set began with a key ser- He hadn’t faced a seeded player year-old Russian Anastasia Pavlyu- vice hold after Tsitsipas double- en route to the semifinals, including chenkova, who also advanced to her faulted to fall behind love-40. From two matches against qualifiers and first major final by beating unseed- there, he won five consecutive a quarterfinal victory over 46th- ed Tamara Zidansek, 7-5, 6-3. points. ranked Alejandro Davidovich Foki- It was only the second time in the ROSS D. FRANKLIN/AP Then Tsitsipas broke to go up 3-1 na. professional era that there were The College Football Playoff would expand from four to 12 teams, with plenty of help from Zverev, Tsitsipas, meanwhile, was a fac- four first-time Grand Slam women with six spots reserved for the highest­ranked conference champions, who double-faulted, then missed a ing a fourth consecutive seeded foe, semifinalists at a major tourna- under a proposal that will be considered next week by the league backhand, followed by a forehand after wins over No. 2 Daniil Medve- ment, and the first time since the commissioners who manage the postseason system. and another backhand. dev, No. 12 Pablo Carreno Busta and 1978 Australian Open. Saturday, June 12, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 MLB

Scoreboard American League Red Sox top Astros, avoid sweep East Division WLPct GB Tampa Bay 39 24 .619 _ Boston 38 25 .603 1 Boston uses five-run New York 33 30 .524 6 Toronto 31 29 .517 6½ Baltimore 22 39 .361 16 6th to tie it, take lead Central Division BY DOUG ALDEN WLPct GB Associated Press Chicago 38 24 .613 _ BOSTON — J.D. Martinez hit his 13th Cleveland 32 27 .542 4½ homer, Christian Arroyo had a three­run drive Kansas City 30 31 .492 7½ and the Boston Red Sox took advantage of a Detroit 26 36 .419 12 Minnesota 25 37 .403 13 pair of dropped balls in a five­run sixth inning West Division to beat the Houston Astros 12­8 Thursday WLPct GB night, avoiding a three­game sweep. Right fielder Kyle Tucker dropped Marti­ Oakland 37 27 .578 _ Houston 35 27 .565 1 nez’s sacrifice fly that tied the score at 8 for an Seattle 31 33 .484 6 error as the batter reached, and shortstop Car­ Los Angeles 30 32 .484 6 los Correa let Rafael Devers’ bases­loaded pop Texas 24 39 .381 12½ to short center to glance off his glove but got the National League out because an infield fly was called. East Division “It was a tremendous change of emotions WLPct GB about eight times. We’re cheering one moment New York 30 24 .556 _ and kind of lamenting the next moment,” As­ Philadelphia 30 31 .492 3½ tros manager Dusty Baker said. “That was a Atlanta 29 31 .483 4 weird ballgame. The whole game was very Miami 27 35 .435 7 strange and it’s hard to explain.” ELISE AMENDOLA/AP Washington 25 33 .431 7 Yuli Gurriel and José Altuve homered for The Red Sox’s J.D. Martinez celebrates his solo home run next to Houston Astros catcher Central Division the Astros, Altuve providing an 8­7 advantage Martin Maldonado during the third inning of Thursday’s game at Fenway Park in Boston. WLPct GB leading off the sixth on a pitch from Darwinzon Chicago 35 27 .565 _ Hernandez that was 0.85 feet above the the dirt and maintained was a foul ball. Xander Bogaerts walked, and for a moment Milwaukee 35 27 .565 _ St. Louis 32 30 .516 3 ground. According to MLB Statcast, it was the Darwinzon Hernandez (1­2) won after allow­ it appeared Devers reached to load the bases Cincinnati 29 31 .483 5 lowest pitch hit for a home run in the major ing Altuve’s homer. before second base umpire John Tumpane sig­ Pittsburgh 23 38 .377 11½ leagues since the start of 2018. Kiké Hernández doubled off Blake Taylor naled the infield fly for the second out. West Division “To manage these games is not fun, but I un­ (0­1) leading off the bottom half and scored on Enoli Paredes relieved and loaded the bases WLPct GB derstand how people like it,” Red Sox manager Martinez’s fly to deep right, where Tucker said with a walk to Hunter Renfroe, then hit Vaz­ San Francisco 38 23 .623 _ Alex Cora said of the odd plays the wind played with the ball as it descended. quez on the elbow with an 0­1 curveball, forc­ Los Angeles 37 25 .597 1½ Baker did not make it to the end of the 3­ “As it started coming down, it started fading ing in the go­ahead run. San Diego 37 27 .578 2½ hour, 47­minute game. He was ejected in the back toward the infield and knuckling as it Paredes walked Arroyo on six straight fast­ Colorado 25 38 .397 14 seventh for arguing after the Red Sox turned a came down. I just clanked it off my glove,” balls, putting Boston up 10­8. Brooks Raley re­ Arizona 20 43 .317 19 double play on a ball that Yuli Gurriel hit into Tucker said. lieved and Bobby Dalbec hit a two­run double. Thursday’s games Detroit 8, Seattle 3 Chicago White Sox 5, Toronto 2 Boston 12, Houston 8 ROUNDUP Minnesota 7, N.Y. Yankees 5 Kansas City 6, Oakland 1 L.A. Dodgers 6, Pittsburgh 3, 8 innings Milwaukee 7, Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 3, 10 innings Miami 11, Colorado 4 San Francisco at Washington, ppd. Friday’s games Betts HR, double Baltimore at Tampa Bay Chicago White Sox at Detroit Seattle at Cleveland Toronto at Boston Houston at Minnesota play lift Dodgers Kansas City at Oakland St. Louis at Chicago Cubs San Francisco at Washington Atlanta at Miami Associated Press series sweep. Colorado at Cincinnati San Diego at N.Y. Mets PITTSBURGH — Mookie Betts Twins 7, Yankees 5: Josh Do­ Pittsburgh at Milwaukee hit his 25th leadoff home run and naldson and Nelson Cruz hit two­ L.A. Angels at Arizona Texas at L.A. Dodgers added a spectacular catch and run homers off Aroldis Chapman Saturday’s games throw for a double play to lead the in the ninth inning, and host Min­ Kansas City (Kowar 0-1) at Oakland (Ka- prielian 2-1) Los Angeles Dodgers over the nesota beat New York to avoid a Baltimore (López 2-6) at Tampa Bay (Hill Pittsburgh Pirates 6­3 on Thurs­ three­game sweep. 5-2) Chicago White Sox (Cease 4-2) at Detroit day. Giancarlo Stanton drove a slid­ GENE J. PUSKAR/AP (Ureña 2-5) Seattle (Kikuchi 3-3) at Cleveland Betts took the third pitch he saw er off the end of his bat 422 feet for The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Mookie Betts, left, crosses home plate in (McKenzie 1-3) from Mitch Keller (3­7) and sent it a three­run, first­inning homer off front of Pirates catcher Jacob Stallings after hitting a solo home run Toronto (Matz 6-3) at Boston (Pivetta 6-1) into the bullpen beyond the cen­ J.A. Happ. Gio Urshela also home­ during the first inning of Thursday’s game in Pittsburgh. Houston (Garcia 5-3) at Minnesota (Ber- ríos 6-2) ter­field fence for his sixth homer red. San Francisco (Gausman 7-0) at Wash- this season. He saved a run in the Royals 6, Athletics 1:Jorge Sol­ Atlanta. redes hit a go­ahead single as host ington (TBD), 2:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Taillon 1-4) at Philadel- the second by making a running er and Andrew Benintendi home­ Freedie Freeman hit a solo Detroit rallied from a first­inning phia (Velasquez 2-1) Atlanta (Fried 3-3) at Miami (TBD) grab on a sinking line drive by red to help back Mike Minor (5­3), homer off closer Hector Neris deficit and took advantage of two Colorado (Márquez 4-5) at Cincinnati and visiting Kansas City snapped (Miley 5-4) Ka’ai Tom then doing a 360­de­ with one out in the ninth to tie it, errors by shortstop Kyle Seager L.A. Angels (Cobb 4-2) at Arizona (TBD) gree turn before firing a one­hop a five­game losing streak by beat­ and the Braves scored two runs off and one by second baseman Dono­ Pittsburgh (Kuhl 0-3) at Milwaukee (Burnes 3-4) strike to home plate to throw out ing Oakland. José Alvarado (5­0) on a wild pitch van Walton to score two unearned San Diego (Musgrove 4-5) at N.Y. Mets (Stroman 5-4) Erik Gonzalez. The Royals finally got to Fran­ and passed ball in the 10th. runs. San Francisco (Cueto 4-2) at Washing- Julio Urías (9­2) allowed three kie Montas (6­6), who was crisp in­ Brewers 7, Reds 2:Jace Peter­ Marlins 11, Rockies 4: Starling ton (Ross 2-6), 7:15 p.m. St. Louis (Gant 4-3) at Chicago Cubs (Al- runs and six hits in six innings to to the seventh with eight strike­ son drove in three runs, and Da­ Marté had four hits, including a zolay 4-5) Texas (Allard 1-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Bauer become the major leagues' first outs and no walks. He was tagged niel Vogelbach hit a two­run homer and double, and host Mia­ 6-4) nine­game winner. Phil Bickford for three runs — two earned — on homer to lead visiting Milwaukee mi beat Colorado. 1 MLB calendar got his first save when the game five hits over 6 ⁄3 innings. past Cincinnati. White Sox 5, Blue Jays 2:Dal­ July 11-13 — Amateur draft, Denver. was called with one out in the the Phillies 4, Braves 3:Jean Seg­ Brent Suter (7­3) allowed one las Keuchel (5­1) pitched six effec­ July 13 — All-Star Game, Denver. Aug. 12 — New York Yankees vs. Chicago eighth after a rain delay of 1 hour, ura hit a two­run single against run over two innings. tive innings, Yasmani Grandal White Sox at Dyersville, Iowa. 15 minutes. Chris Martin (0­2) in the 10th in­ Tigers 8, Mariners 3:Jonathan homered and host Chicago beat Aug. 22 — Los Angeles Angels vs. Cleve- land at Williamsport, Pa. Los Angeles completed its sixth ning to lead host Philadelphia past Schoop homered and Isaac Pa­ Toronto. 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COLLEGE FOOTBALL Expanding the field

College Football Playoff will consider proposed 12-team format

BY RALPH D. RUSSO Associated Press here was a time not so long ago, 2012 to be exact, “This proposal, at its heart, was created when the big news in college football was confer- ence commissioners simply using the word play- to provide more participation.” Toff when talking about the future of the sport’s Bill Hancock postseason format. Less than 10 years later, and eight years into College CFP Executive Director, pictured Football Playoff era, the number of teams that will have a chance to win a national title in the postseason is poised to triple. The College Football Playoff announced Thursday it will few teams have grabbed the majority of the spots since The CFP’s surprising announcement outlined a detailed consider expanding from four to 12 teams to settle the 2014. Alabama and Clemson have each made the playoff six plan, but there are still steps to be taken and time for dis- championship, with six spots reserved for the highest- times in seven years. Ohio State and Oklahoma have each cussion and possible tweaks. ranked conference champions and the other six going to at- been selected four times. That’s 71% of the playoff spots to If the format is adopted — no earlier than this fall — there large selections. just four of the 130 FBS teams. was no indication in the proposal about when an expanded “This proposal, at its heart, was created to provide more There was concern that down the stretch of the season, playoff could be in place. The soonest would seem to be for participation,” CFP Executive Director Bill Hancock said. the pool of teams with a legitimate chance to make the four- the 2023 season. Implementation could also be as far off the Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick, part of the team playoff had become too small. 2026 season. group that has been working on an expansion plan, noted “This (proposed model) creates energy in October and A selection committee would still be involved, and the that only about 4% of major college football teams reach the November. The practical effect will be that with four to five proposed 12-team playoff would not limit how many teams playoff. In most other NCAA sports, more than 20% of the weeks to go in the season, there will be 25-30 teams with a can come from any one conference. The four highest- competing schools participate in the championship event. legitimate chance,” Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby The playoff’s popularity seems to have waned as only a said. SEE FIELD ON PAGE 22

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