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BY LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON — Newly confirmed Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will have to contend not only with a world of security threats and a massive military bureaucra- cy, but also with a challenge that hits clos- er to home: rooting out racism and extre- “I don’t think mism in the ranks. that this is a Austin took office Friday as the first thing that you Black defense chief, can put a in the wake of the Band-Aid on deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and fix and where retired and leave alone.” current military members were among Lloyd Austin the rioters touting far- Defense Secretary right conspiracies. The retired four-star Army general told senators this week that the Pentagon’s job is to “keep America safe from our enemies. But we can’t do that if some of those ene- mies lie within our own ranks.” Ridding the military of racists isn’t his ALEX BRANDON/AP Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrives at the Pentagon as the first Black defense chief on Friday in Washington. SEE PERSONAL ON PAGE 5 Trump impeachment trial to begin week of Feb. 8

BY MARY CLARE JALONICK firm President Joe Biden’s Cabi- come if there is truth and account- AND LISA MASCARO Biden faces net nominations and consider his ability. And that is what this trial Associated Press proposed $1.9 trillion COVID re- will provide.” WASHINGTON — Opening ar- stark choice on lief package — top priorities of the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi guments in the Senate impeach- new White House agenda that will send the article of impeach- ment trial for Donald Trump over economic aid could become stalled during trial ment late Monday, with senators the Capitol riot will begin the week proceedings. sworn in as jurors Tuesday. But of Feb. 8, the first time a former Page 6 “We all want to put this awful opening arguments will move to president will face such charges chapter in our nation’s history be- February. after leaving office. agreement with Republicans, who the sole charge of incitement of in- hind us,” Schumer said about the Trump’s impeachment trial Senate Majority Leader Chuck had pushed for a delay to give surrection. deadly Jan. 6 Capitol siege by a would be the first of a U.S. presi- Schumer announced the schedule Trump a chance to organize his le- The February start date also al- mob of pro-Trump supporters. Friday evening after reaching an gal team and prepare a defense on lows the Senate more time to con- “But healing and unity will only SEE TRIAL ON PAGE 5 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, January 24, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER Mixed finish on Wall Street as rally pauses EXCHANGE RATES Military rates So. Korea (Won) 1106.19 Associated Press later this year. head of Americas equities at UBS Switzerlnd (Franc) 0.8850 Euro costs (Jan. 25) $1.19 Thailand (Baht) 30.00 as Wall Street tapped the brakes The uneven finish for U.S. stock Global Wealth Management. ”The Dollar buys (Jan. 25) 0.8013 Turkey (NewLira) 7.3924 British pound (Jan. 25) $1.33 on its recent record-setting rally indexes followed a slide in global pandemic will wind down, you’ll Japanese yen (Jan. 25) 101.00 (Military exchange rates are those available Friday with a mixed finish for the markets that began in Asia amid see a surge in corporate profits South Korean won (Jan. 25) 1074.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ major stock indexes, though the worries about resurgent coronavi- this year and the Fed made very many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain(Dinar) 0.3770 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ S&P 500 still ended the week with rus cases in China and weak eco- clear they’re not going to take the Britain (Pound) 1.3661 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2692 your local military banking facility. Commercial its third weekly gain in four. nomic data from Europe. In the punch bowl away anytime soon." China(Yuan) 6.4829 rates are interbank rates provided for reference Denmark (Krone) 6.1110 The benchmark index fell 0.3%, United States, disappointing earn- The S&P 500 slipped 11.60 Egypt (Pound) 15.7297 when buying currency. All figures are foreign snapping a three-day winning ings reports from IBM and some points to 3,841.47. The Dow Jones Euro 0.8214 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7522 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ streak, but notched a 1.9% gain for other companies gave cover for in- Industrial Average dropped Hungary (Forint) 293.77 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.2748 the week. The Nasdaq eked out an- vestors to sell and book profits af- 179.03 points, or 0.6%, to Japan (Yen) 103.79 INTEREST RATES other record high. So did the Rus- ter big recent gains. 30,996.98. The Nasdaq inched up Kuwait(Dinar) 0.3029 Norway (Krone) 8.4650 Prime rate 3.25 sell 2000 index, which traders “The big picture is, it’s still a 12.15 points, or 0.1%, to 13,543.06. Philippines (Peso) 48.06 Interest Rates Discount rate 0.75 Poland (Zloty) 3.73 Federal funds market rate 0.09 have been favoring amid expecta- pretty friendly environment for The Russell 2000 added 27.34 Saudi Arab (Riyal) 3.7511 3­month bill 0.09 tions of stronger economic growth stocks,” said David Lefkowitz, points, or 1.3%, to 2,168.76. Singapore (Dollar) 1.3270 30­year bond 1.87 WEATHER OUTLOOK SUNDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SUNDAY IN EUROPE MONDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY WYATT OLSON Studies have shown a link be- Stars and Stripes tween late-night alcohol sales and The Army’s Fort Wainwright in “a significant increase in drunken Alaska will close the base’s shop- driving, vehicle crashes, vehicle pette two hours earlier each night crash fatalities and other harmful starting Monday with an aim to acts,” she said. Studies have also decrease drunken driving and found extended hours for alcohol other “harmful acts.” sales “increased assaults result- The FWA Shoppette at the Fair- ing in hospitalization,” Barnes banks base will close at 10 p.m. in- said. stead of midnight, though the gas In a study published in the jour- pumps will remain open 24 hours nal Public Health Research and a day, said Lt. Col. Catina Barnes, Practice in 2016, researchers con- a spokeswoman for U.S. Army cluded the “evidence of effective- Alaska. ness is strong enough to consider The earlier closing time comes restrictions on late trading hours a week after Joint Base Elmen- for bars and hotels as a key ap- dorf-Richardson in Anchorage proach to reducing late-night vio- banned the sale of alcohol on the installation between the hours of lence.” 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. A spokesman for The researchers reviewed 21 the joint base told military.com previous studies undertaken from JOHN PENNEL/U.S. Army last week that banning late-night 2005 to 2015 in Australia, Norway, Soldiers and Marines at Fort Wainwright prepare to load into Chinook helicopters in Februaryfor a mission sales was an “effective strategy” Canada, Great Britain and the in support of the Arctic Edge exercise. at reducing the risk of suicide, United States and most concluded among other possible harms. reduced sales hours at night low- ka. issues of pain, sleeplessness and cess to mental health counseling, During the past four months, ered rates of alcohol-related vio- In response to the death of five relationships. access to healthier foods and bet- the Wainwright shoppette has av- lence. soldiers due to suicide in 2018 and In early 2020, the Army ter fitness facilities. eraged about $300 in alcohol sales The Army in recent years has 2019, the Army conducted a study launched a series of improve- been grappling with issues of each night between 10 p.m. and searching for root causes, finding ments aimed at reducing the risk [email protected] midnight, Barnes said. quality of life for soldiers in Alas- multiple risk factors that included of suicide, including improved ac- Twitter: @WyattWOlson COVID-19 vaccination underway for US military in Afghanistan

BY J.P. LAWRENCE they contract the virus, the state- have tested positive for the coro- break of the virus in Operating by Central Command to troops in Stars and Stripes ment said. navirus, citing a Pentagon direc- Base Fenty, near the city of Jalala- Afghanistan is one of two ap- KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. Forces in Afghanistan will tive to stop announcing local case bad, led to a majority of the rough- proved for emergency use by the U.S. military began vaccinating continue to mandate social dis- figures. ly 300 Ugandan guards there test- U.S. Food and Drug Administra- personnel in Afghanistan against tancing and mask wearing for the The military overall has had 17 ing positive for the coronavirus tion in mid-December. COVID-19 this week. roughly 2,500 troops and more service members die from coro- last summer. The plan is for overseas installa- Doses of the Moderna vaccine than 18,000 contractors in the navirus and more than 130,000 Coronavirus-related travel re- tions to receive the Moderna vac- arrived in theater Jan. 17 and in- country. contract the virus, according to strictions also left some foreign cine while troops stationed in oculation began the next day, U.S. “Our goal, as supplies become the Pentagon. An additional 54 contractors stuck on U.S. bases for America will get the Pfizer vac- Forces – Afghanistan said in a more readily available, is to vacci- contractors and 145 Department months without pay, workers told cine, Chief of Naval Operations statement Friday. nate all US servicemembers, civil- of Defense civilians also died from Stars and Stripes in July and Au- Adm. Mike Gilday said in Decem- The vaccine was given to people ians and contractors in Afghanis- COVID-19, DOD said. gust. The issue of contractors ber before a Senate Armed Servic- who have jobs with increased like- tan who are willing to receive the Over the last year, the coronavi- awaiting repatriation was resolv- es Committee subpanel. lihood of contracting COVID-19 vaccine,” the statement said. rus pandemic halted face-to-face ed in December, the Pentagon and to people with conditions that U.S. officials declined to discuss advising between the U.S. and said in a report this week. [email protected] place them at high risk should how many troops in Afghanistan their Afghan partners. An out- The Moderna vaccine provided Twitter: @jplawrence3 PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, January 24, 2021 MILITARY National Guard may stay in DC into March BY COREY DICKSTEIN U.S. Capitol. 31-day mobilizations orders mod- cials said Thursday. McFadden and other National Stars and Stripes The plan to extend some troops’ ified. The extensions also come amid Guard officials declined to con- Several thousand National deployments comes at the request The nearly 26,000 Guard troops some controversy. Images of firm the report, citing Pentagon Guard troops could remain in of federal law enforcement offi- sent into D.C. ahead of Biden’s in- Guard troops sleeping in a park- policy, which restricts officials Washington, D.C., to bolster secu- cials, including the Secret Service, auguration came from all 50 states ing structure circulated online af- from publicly reporting specifics rity through mid-March under a which led to planning for inaugu- and four U.S. territories, McFad- ter they were removed from areas about coronavirus outbreaks as an plan that the National Guard Bu- ration-related security, officials den said. Guard troops — some that they had been using to take operational security measure. reau is developing with federal said. The intent to extend deploy- armed at the Capitol — faced no rest breaks while working 12-hour Guard forces were screened for law enforcement officials, a ments beyond the end of January, security incidents during the in- shifts. Troops have since been al- symptoms of the coronavirus be- Guard spokeswoman said Friday. as initially planned, comes as offi- auguration nor at any other time lowed back indoors “within con- fore deploying to D.C., but not all Up to 7,000 National Guard cials fear the potential for more vi- since Jan. 6, she said. gressional buildings, including were tested, McFadden said, in troops could remain in D.C. olence in the wake of the storming Troops were spread across the the U.S. Capitol” to take their on- part because of the short time- through March 12, said Nahaku of the Capitol by a mob of former city, with some manning traffic duty breaks, Air Force Maj. Mat- frame to send forces into Wash- McFadden, a spokeswoman for President Donald Trump’s sup- checkpoints and others standing thew Murphy, a National Guard ington. the National Guard Bureau. The porters. Five people died, includ- watch around the Capitol com- spokesman, said in a statement is- “We are ensuring we are follow- troops would come from volun- ing one Capitol police officer, in plex, the National Mall and the sued Friday. ing [coronavirus] protocols per teers among the about 25,600 the melee. White House. Most remained in The Wall Street Journal also re- the [national Centers for Disease forces rushed into the nation’s McFadden said troops deployed place through Friday, officials ported Friday that some 200 Na- Control and Prevention] guide- capital in recent weeks to secure to Washington would not be re- said. tional Guard troops deployed for lines,” she said. the city for President Joe Biden’s quired to remain in D.C. Those About 15,000 of those troops inauguration support had tested inauguration on Wednesday, two who volunteer to support the long- were slated to begin returning positive for the coronavirus in re- [email protected] weeks after the Jan. 6 attack on the er operation will have their initial home this weekend, Guard offi- cent days. Twitter: @CDicksteinDC States to be repaid for Guard member use in virus fight BY ROSE L. THAYER Stars and Stripes AUSTIN, Texas — States will receive full reimbursement from the federal government for using National Guard troops in efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic through an executive order signed by President Joe Biden. The policy change is just one of several ways that the Biden ad- ministration began to pivot from former President Donald Trump’s approach to the pandemic. Since August, states only received 75% JESSICA HILL/AP reimbursement for using troops National Guard members wait to JACQUELYN MARTIN, POOL/AP on federally approved missions to check­in vehicles Monday at First lady Jill Biden greets members of the National Guard with chocolate chip cookies Friday at the U.S. beat back the virus. Connecticut's largest COVID­19 Capitol in Washington. The order also allows reim- Vaccination Drive­Through Clinic bursement for emergency suppli- in East Hartford. es and the personnel and equip- First lady thanks National Guard ment needed to create vaccination benefits and distributing personal centers, White House Press Sec- protective equipment. Troops also retary Jen Psaki said Thursday. now help states administer the troops with chocolate chip cookies The National Governors Associ- coronavirus vaccine through mo- ation, which brings together the bile clinics for specific locations Associated Press after Donald Trump supporters President Biden offered his leaders of all 55 states, territories, such as nursing homes and mas- WASHINGTON — New first la- rioted at the Capitol in a futile at- thanks to the chief of the National and commonwealths, has sought sive drive-thru operations. dy Jill Biden took an unan- tempt to keep Congress from cer- Guard Bureau in a phone call Fri- full reimbursement since August To be eligible for reimburse- nounced detour to the U.S. Capi- tifying Biden as the winner of No- day. and applauded the policy change. ment, the Federal Emergency tol on Friday to deliver baskets of vember’s presidential election. “I truly appreciate all that you “Waiving cost-share require- Management Agency must ap- chocolate chip cookies to National Extensive security measures do,” the first lady said. “The Na- ments allows states to be more prove the use of National Guard Guard members, thanking them were then taken for the inaugu- tional Guard will always hold a nimble in responding to rapidly for missions. Guard members “for keeping me and my family ration, which went off without any special place in the heart of all the changing needs while easing the then serve in a status known as Ti- safe” during President Joe Bi- major incidents. Bidens.” fiscal burdens they continue to tle 32, which allows governors to den’s inauguration. Jill Biden told the group that Jill Biden’s unannounced troop face during the pandemic,” said remain in control of troops though “I just want to say thank you her late son, Beau, was a Dela- visit came after her first public James Nash, a spokesman for the funding for them comes from the from President Biden and the ware Army National Guard mem- outing as first lady. association. federal government. The status whole, the entire Biden family,” ber who spent a year deployed in She highlighted services for As of Friday, more than 22,600 provides Guard troops with addi- she told a group of Guard mem- Iraq in 2008-09. Beau Biden died cancer patients at Whitman- National Guard troops were de- tional federal benefits and pay, bers at the Capitol. “The White of brain cancer in 2015 at the age Walker Health, a Washington in- ployed across the country on coro- such as education and health care House baked you some chocolate of 46. stitution with a history of serving navirus-specific missions, accord- benefits, a housing allowance, and chip cookies,” she said, before “So I’m a National Guard HIV/AIDS patients and the ing to the National Guard Bureau. benefits associated with retire- joking that she couldn’t say she mom,” she said, adding that the LGBTQ community. The clinic Some of the coronavirus mis- ment. had baked them herself. baskets were a “small thank you” receives federal money to help sions have included working in

Joe Biden was sworn into office for leaving their home states and provide primary care services in food banks, manning testing sites, [email protected] on Wednesday, exactly two weeks coming to the nation’s capital. underserved areas. helping process unemployment Twitter: @Rose_Lori Sunday, January 24, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 NATION Personal: Austin grapples with racism

FROM PAGE 1 A recent Air Force inspector general report found that Black only priority. Austin, who was service members in the Air Force confirmed in a 93-2 vote, has are far more likely to be investi- made clear that accelerating de- gated, arrested, face disciplinary livery of coronavirus vaccines actions and be discharged for will get his early attention. misconduct. But the racism issue is person- Based on 2018 data, roughly al. At Tuesday’s confirmation two-thirds of the military’s enlist- hearing, he explained why. ed corps is white and about 17% is In 1995, when then-Lt. Col. Black, but the minority percent- Austin was serving with the 82nd age declines as rank increases. Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, The U.S. population overall is N.C., three white soldiers, de- about three-quarters white and scribed as self-styled skinheads, 13% Black, according to Census were arrested in the murder of a Bureau statistics. Black couple who was walking Over the past year, Pentagon down the street. Investigators leaders have struggled to make concluded the two were targeted changes, hampered by opposition because of their race. from then-President Donald ALEX BRANDON/AP The killing triggered an inter- Trump. It took months for the de- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, right, greets Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley as he nal investigation, and all told, 22 partment to effectively ban the arrives at the Pentagon on Friday in Washington. soldiers were linked to skinhead Confederate flag last year, and and other similar groups or found Pentagon officials left to Con- against one another, how can we issues can pay big dividends,” he Army Gen. Mark Milley, chair- to hold extremist views. They in- gress the matter of renaming mil- defend the nation?” said, recalling the 82nd Airborne man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. cluded 17 who were considered itary bases that honor Confeder- Austin, who broke racial bar- problems. “I don’t think that you He held a broader video confer- white supremacists or separa- ate leaders. Trump rejected re- riers throughout his four decades can ever take your hand off the ence on COVID-19 with all top de- tists. naming the bases and defended in the Army, said military leaders steering wheel here.” fense and military leaders, and “We woke up one day and dis- flying the flag. must set the right example to dis- But he also cautioned that there his first call to an international covered that we had extremist Senators peppered Austin with courage and eliminate extremist won’t be an easy solution, adding, leader was with NATO Secretary elements in our ranks,” Austin questions about extremism in the behavior. They must get to know “I don’t think that this is a thing General Jens Stoltenberg. told the Senate Armed Services ranks and his plans to deal with it. their troops, and look for signs of that you can put a Band-Aid on Austin, 67, is a 1975 graduate of Committee. “And they did bad The hearing was held two weeks extremism or other problems, he and fix and leave alone. I think the U.S. Military Academy at things that we certainly held after lawmakers fled the deadly said. that training needs to go on, rou- West Point. He helped lead the them accountable for. But we dis- insurrection at the Capitol, in But Austin — the first Black tinely.” invasion into Iraq in 2003, and covered that the signs for that ac- which many of the rioters es- man to serve as head of U.S. Cen- Austin gained confirmation af- eight years later was the top U.S. tivity were there all along. We poused separatist or extremist tral Command and the first to be ter clearing a legal hurdle prohib- commander there, overseeing the just didn’t know what to look for views. the Army’s vice chief of staff — iting anyone from serving as de- full American troop withdrawal. or what to pay attention to.” “It’s clear that we are at a crisis also knows that much of the solu- fense chief until they have been After serving as vice chief of the Austin is not the first secretary point,” said Sen. Tammy Duck- tion must come from within the out of the military for seven Army, Austin headed Central to grapple with the problem. Rac- worth, D-Ill., saying leaders must military services and lower-rank- years. Austin retired less than Command, where he oversaw the ism has long been an undercur- root out extremism and reaffirm ing commanders. They must en- five years ago, but the House and reinsertion of U.S. troops to Iraq rent in the military. While leaders core military values. sure their troops are trained and Senate quickly approved the to beat back Islamic State mili- insist only a small minority hold Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., pressed aware of the prohibitions. needed waiver, and President Joe tants. extremist views, there have been Austin on the actions he will take. “Most of us were embarrassed Biden signed it Friday. He describes himself as the son persistent incidents of racial ha- “Disunity is probably the most that we didn’t know what to look Soon afterward, Austin strode of a postal worker and a home- tred and, more subtly, a history of destructive force in terms of our for and we didn’t really under- into the Pentagon, his afternoon maker from Thomasville, Ga., implicit bias in what is a predom- ability to defend ourselves,” stand that by being engaged more already filled with calls and brief- who will speak his mind to Con- inantly white institution. Kaine said. “If we’re divided with your people on these types of ings, including a meeting with gress and to Biden. Trial: Democrats expect to be able to move quickly through process

FROM PAGE 1 package. “The more time we have agreement. One of the managers, California Congress on timing for the trial dent no longer in office, an under- to get up and running ... the bet- “Republicans set out to ensure Rep. Ted Lieu, said Friday that and would not say whether Biden taking that his Senate Republican ter,” Biden said Friday in brief the Senate’s next steps will re- Democrats would rather be work- thinks Trump should be convict- allies argue is pointless, and po- comments to reporters. spect former President Trump’s ing on policy right now, but “we ed. But she said lawmakers can si- tentially even unconstitutional. Republicans were eager to de- rights and due process, the institu- can’t just ignore” what happened multaneously discuss and have Democrats say they have to hold lay the trial, putting distance be- tion of the Senate, and the office of on Jan. 6. hearings on Biden’s coronavirus Trump to account, even as they tween the shocking events of the the presidency,” said McConnell “This was an attack on our Capi- relief package. pursue Biden’s legislative priori- siege and the votes that will test spokesman Doug Andres. “That tol by a violent mob,” Lieu said in “We don’t think it can be de- ties, because of the gravity of what their loyalty to the former presi- goal has been achieved.” an interview with The Associated layed or it can wait, so they’re go- took place — a violent attack on dent who still commands voters’ Pelosi said Friday the nine Press. “It was an attack on our na- ing to have to find a path forward,” the U.S. Congress aimed at over- attention. House impeachment managers, tion instigated by our commander Psaki said of the virus aid. “He’s turning an election. Negotiations between Schumer or prosecutors, are “ready to be- in chief. We have to address that confident they can do that.” If Trump is convicted, the Sen- and Senate Minority Leader gin to make their case” against and make sure it never happens Democrats would need the sup- ate could vote to bar him from Mitch McConnell were complicat- Trump. Trump’s team will have again.” port of at least 17 Republicans to holding office ever again, poten- ed, as the two are also in talks over had the same amount of time since Trump, who told his supporters convict Trump, a high bar. While tially upending his chances for a a power-sharing agreement for the House impeachment vote to to “fight like hell” just before they most Republican senators con- political comeback. the Senate, which is split 50-50 but prepare, Pelosi said. invaded the Capitol two weeks ago demned Trump’s actions that day, The urgency for Democrats to in Democratic control because Democrats say they can move and interrupted the electoral vote far fewer appear to be ready to hold Trump responsible was com- Vice President Kamala Harris quickly through the trial, poten- count, is still assembling his legal convict. A handful of Senate Re- plicated by the need to put Biden’s serves as a tie-breaking vote. tially with no witnesses, because team. publicans have indicated they are government in place and start McConnell had proposed delay- lawmakers experienced the insur- White House press secretary open — but not committed — to quick work on his coronavirus aid ing the start and welcomed the rection first-hand. Jen Psaki on Friday deferred to conviction. PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, January 24, 2021 NATION Dems reining in expectations for immigration bill BY ALAN FRAM proponents advocating an all-out Associated Press fight concede they may have to WASHINGTON — It’s taken settle for less than total victory. only days for Democrats gauging Paving a path to citizenship for all how far President Joe Biden’s 11 million immigrants in the U.S. bold immigration proposal can go illegally — the centerpiece of Bi- in Congress to acknowledge that den’s plan — is “the stake at the if anything emerges, it will likely summit of the mountain,” Frank be significantly more modest. Sharry, executive director of the As they brace to tackle a politi- pro-immigration group Ameri- cally flammable issue that’s re- ca’s Voice, said in an interview. sisted major congressional action “If there are ways to advance to- MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP since the 1980s, Democrats are ward that summit by building vic- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer takes the elevator in the U.S. Capitol, on Friday. using words like “aspirational” to tories and momentum, we’re go- describe Biden’s plan and “hercu- ing to look at them.” an interview this week that the li- ate likely “will not reach the same through the Senate, particularly, lean” to express the effort they’ll The citizenship process in Bi- keliest package to emerge would levels” as Biden’s proposal. is a herculean task,” said Sen. Bob need to prevail. den’s plan would take as little as create a path to citizenship for so- The Senate is split evenly be- Menendez, D-N.J., who will also A similar message came from three years for some people, eight called Dreamers. They are immi- tween the two parties, with Vice play a lead role in the battle. the White House Friday when years for others. The proposal grants who’ve lived in the U.S. President Kamala Harris tipping Many Republicans agree with press secretary Jen Psaki said the would make it easier for certain most of their lives after being the chamber in Democrats’ favor Durbin’s assessment. new administration hopes Biden’s workers to stay in the U.S. tempo- brought here illegally as children. with her tie-breaking vote. Even “I think the space in a 50-50 plan will be “the base” of immi- rarily or permanently, provide “We understand the political so, major legislation requires 60 Senate will be some kind of DA- gration discussions in Congress. development aid to Central reality of a 50-50 Senate, that any votes to overcome filibusters, or CA deal,” said Sen. Lindsey Gra- Democrats’ cautious tones under- American nations in hopes of re- changes in immigration will re- endless procedural delays, in or- ham, R-S.C., who’s worked with scored the fragile road they face ducing immigration and move to- quire cooperation between the der to pass. That means 10 Re- Democrats on past immigration on a paramount issue for their mi- ward bolstering border screening parties,” said Durbin, who is on publicans would have to join all efforts. “I just think comprehen- nority voters, progressives and technology. track to become Senate Judiciary 50 Democrats to enact an immi- sive immigration is going to be a activists. No. 2 Senate Democratic leader Committee chairman. He said gration measure, a tall order. tough sale given this environ- Even long-time immigration Richard Durbin of Illinois said in legislation produced by the Sen- “Passing immigration reform ment.” Biden faced with choice of bipartisanship or full relief bill Associated Press working privately with lawmakers and WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s ambitious their aides to test the bounds of bipartisan- opening bid, his $1.9 trillion American Res- ship. cue economic package, will test the new On Sunday, Deese, will meet privately president’s relationship with Congress and with a bipartisan group of 16 senators, most- force a crucial choice between his policy vi- ly centrists, who were among those instru- sion and a desire for bipartisan unity. mental in crafting and delivering the most Biden became president this week with recent round of COVID aid. the pandemic having already forced Con- The ability to win over that coalition, led gress to approve $4 trillion in aid, including by Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Joe $900 billion just last month. And those ef- Manchin, D-W.Va., will be central to any forts have politically exhausted Republican path, a test-run for working with Congress lawmakers, particularly conservatives who on a bipartisan basis. are panning the new proposal as an expen- “Any new COVID relief package must be sive, unworkable liberal wish-list. focused on the public health and economic Yet, Democrats, now with control of the crisis at hand,” Collins said in a Friday House, Senate and White House, want the statement. new president to deliver ever more sweep- She said she looks forward to hearing ing aid and economic change. more about “the administration’s specific On Friday, Biden took a few beginning proposals to assist with vaccine distribu- steps, signing executive orders at the White tion, help keep our families and communi- House. But he also declared a need to do ties safe, and combat this virus so our coun- much more and quickly, saying that even EVAN VUCCI/AP try can return to normal.” with decisive action the nation is unlikely to President Joe Biden signs executive orders on the economy in the State Dining Room of stop the pandemic in the next several the White House, on Friday. The Biden team’s approach could set the months and well over 600,000 could die. tenor for the rest of his presidency, showing “The bottom line is this: We are in a na- The orders would increase food aid, protect that his team has avoided publicly address- whether he can provide the partisan heal- tional emergency. We need to act like we’re job seekers on unemployment, make it eas- ing, which is the trade-off ahead for the new ing that he called for in Wednesday’s inau- in a national emergency,” he said. “So we ier to obtain government aid and clear a president. He can try to appease Republi- gural address and whether the narrowly got to move with everything we got. We’ve path for federal workers and contractors to cans, particularly those in the Senate whose split Senate will prove a trusted partner or a got to do it together. I don’t believe Demo- get a $15 hourly minimum wage. votes will be needed for bipartisan passage, roadblock to the White House agenda. crats or Republicans are going hungry and Brian Deese, director of the White House by sacrificing some of his agenda. Or, he “The ball will be in Biden’s court to de- losing jobs, I believe, Americans are going National Economic Council, called the or- can try to pass as much of his proposal as cide how much he is going to insist on and at hungry and losing jobs.” ders a “critical lifeline,” rather than a sub- possible on a party-line basis. what cost,” said William Galston, a senior The limits of what Biden can achieve on stitute for the larger aid package that he Well aware of all that, Biden is a seasoned fellow at the Brookings Institution. “As the his own without Congress was evident in the said must be passed quickly. veteran of Capitol Hill deal-making and has old saw goes, you never get a second chance pair of executive orders he signed Friday. All of this leaves Biden with a decision assembled a White House staff already to make a first impression.” Sunday, January 24, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 NATION State probes LA County Sheriff’s Department Associated Press Community activists have orga- point where “we ment. iff Lee Baca was sentenced to LOS ANGLES — The Los An- nized protests calling for inde- believed it was Villanueva pledged transparen- three years in federal prison for a geles County Sheriff’s Depart- pendent investigations as Sheriff necessary to cy with the state and said his de- scheme to hinder an investigation ment is under investigation for po- Alex Villanueva has repeatedly move forward” partment regularly requests for into the department’s scandal-rid- tential civil rights violations as resisted the Board of Supervisors’ with a formal re- the Department of Justice to mon- den jail system. state officials determine whether attempts at oversight even as a view. itor its investigations. Becerra said his investigators deputies have engaged in a pat- county-appointed watchdog “As opposed to “Our Department may finally will not be hampered by the sher- tern or practice of unconstitution- group called for his resignation. a criminal inves- have an impartial, objective as- iff’s terms. They will be able to Villanueva al policing, California Attorney While Becerra would not identi- tigation into an sessment of our operations, and look into a system of potential General Xavier Becerra an- fy any specific incidents, the attor- individual incident or incidents, a recommendations on any areas abuses going back years to see if nounced Friday. ney general urged Los Angeles pattern or practice investigation we can improve our service to the the practices conformed with law The nation’s largest sheriff’s de- County residents to report poten- typically works to identify and, as community,” he said in a state- under previous department lead- partment, with nearly 18,000 dep- tial abuses to his office. Though appropriate, ultimately address ment. ers, he said. Becerra is President uties and civilian staff, has been Becerra stressed that the probe is potentially systemic violations of The agency’s controversies are Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the roiled by allegations in recent civil in nature and not a criminal the constitutional rights of the not limited to Villanueva, who was U.S. Department of Health and months regarding fatal shootings, investigation, he said his investi- community at large by a law en- elected in 2018 and unseated the Human Services. A new state at- excessive force, deputy gangs, re- gators had reviewed enough re- forcement agency,” the state De- then-incumbent sheriff Jim torney general would not affect taliation and other misconduct. ports and evidence to reach a partment of Justice said in a state- McDonnell. In 2017, former sher- the state’s investigation, he said. Trump appointees fired from US media agency Associated Press comment about her actions. The WASHINGTON — The heads of two officials familiar with the dis- three federally funded interna- missals were not authorized to tional broadcasters were abruptly publicly discuss personnel mat- fired late Friday as the Biden ad- ters and spoke on condition of ano- ministration completed a house- nymity. cleaning of Donald Trump-ap- Coates, Yates and Lipien, along pointees at the U.S. Agency for with former VOA director Robert Global Media. Reilly and former Cuba broad- Two officials familiar with the casting chief Jeffrey Shapiro were changes said the acting chief of the all prominent conservatives cho- USAGM summarily dismissed the sen by Pack to shake up what directors of Radio Free Europe/ Trump and other Republicans be- Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia lieved was biased leadership in and the Middle East Broadcasting taxpayer-funded media outlets. Networks just a month after they Reilly and his deputy Elizabeth had been named to the posts. Robbins were removed just a The changes came a day after week after coming under harsh the director of the Voice of Amer- criticism for demoting a VOA AP ica and his deputy were removed White House correspondent who A Las Vegas­based tour bus that rolled over is seen in northwestern Arizona on Friday. and the chief of the Office of Cuba had tried to ask former Secretary Broadcasting stepped down. The of State Mike Pompeo a question firings follow the forced resigna- after a town hall event. tion of former President Donald Pack had created a furor when Bus heading to Grand Canyon Trump’s handpicked choice to he took over USAGM last year and lead USAGM only two hours after fired the boards of all the outlets Joe Biden took office on Wednes- under his control along with the rolls over; 1 dead, 2 critical day. Trump’s USAGM chief Mi- leadership of the individual chael Pack had been accused by broadcast networks. The actions Associated Press “A lot of them were saying the boundaries of Grand Canyon Na- Democrats and others of trying to were criticized as threatening the PHOENIX — A Las Vegas- bus driver was driving at a high tional Park. The tourist destina- turn VOA and its sister networks broadcasters’ prized editorial in- based tour bus heading to the rate of speed,” he said. tion sits on the Hualapai reserva- into pro-Trump propaganda ma- dependence and raised fears that Grand Canyon rolled over in A photo from the sheriff's office tion and is best known for the Sky- chines. Pack had appointed all of Pack, a conservative filmmaker northwestern Arizona on Friday, showed the bus on its side on a walk, a glass bridge that juts out 70 those who were fired on Thursday and former associate of Trump’s killing one person and critically road that curves through Joshua feet from the canyon walls and and Friday to their posts only in onetime political strategist Steve injuring two others, authorities trees with no snow or rain in the gives visitors a view of the Colora- December. Bannon, intended to turn venera- said. remote area. do River 4,000 feet below. The two officials said the acting ble U.S. media outlets into pro- A spokeswoman for the Mohave There were 48 people on the Before the pandemic, about 1 CEO of USAGM, Kelu Chao, had Trump propaganda machines. County Sheriff's Office said the bus, including the driver, author- million people a year visited fired Middle East Broadcasting Biden had been expected to cause of the Friday afternoon Network director Victoria Coates, make major changes to the agen- ities said. After the crash, 44 peo- Grand Canyon West, mostly wreck was not yet known, but a Radio Free Asia chief Stephen cy’s structure and management, ple were sent to Kingman Region- through tours booked out of Las fire official who responded said Yates and Radio Free Europe and Pack’s immediate dismissal al Medical Center, including two Vegas. The Hualapai reservation speed appeared to be a factor. No head Ted Lipien in a swift series of on inauguration day signaled that flown by medical helicopter, spo- includes 108 miles of the Grand other vehicles were involved. moves late Friday. It was not im- those would be coming sooner “It was a heavily damaged bus. keswoman Teri Williams said. All Canyon’s western rim. mediately clear if any of those re- rather than later. Pack had not He slid down the road quite a the others were treated for minor In addition to the Skywalk, the moved would try to contest their been required to submit his resig- ways, so there was a lot of wreck- injuries, she said. tribe has helicopter tours on its dismissals. nation as his three-year position age,” said Lake Mohave Ranchos Two people were critically in- land, horseback rides, a historic The White House appointed was created by Congress and not Fire District Chief Tim Bonney. jured, said Mohave County sher- guano mine and a one-day white- Chao, a three-decade VOA veter- limited by the length of a particu- “Just to put it in perspective, on a iff's spokeswoman Anita Morten- water rafting trip on the Colorado an journalist, to be the agency’s in- lar administration. scale of zero to 10, an eight.” sen. River. Rafters who are on trips terim chief executive on Wednes- VOA was founded during World None of the passengers was The bus was heading to Grand through the Grand Canyon also day shortly after demanding War II and its congressional char- ejected from the vehicle but they Canyon West, about 2½ hours can get on and off the river on the Pack’s resignation. Chao did not ter requires it to present inde- were all in shock, Bonney said. from Las Vegas and outside the reservation. respond to phone calls seeking pendent news and information. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, January 24, 2021 NATION Legal sales of recreational pot start in Arizona Associated Press tion from Republican Gov. Doug PHOENIX— Legal sales of rec- Ducey and GOP leaders in the reational marijuana in Arizona state Legislature, but 60% of the started on Friday, a once-unthink- state's voters in the November able step in the former conserva- election approved it. tive stronghold that joins 14 other The vote on marijuana reflected states that have broadly legalized larger trends at play during the pot. historic election that saw Demo- The state Health Services De- crat Joe Biden flip the longtime partment on Friday announced it Republican state where political had approved 86 licenses in nine giants include five-term conser- of the state's 15 counties under vative senator Barry Goldwater provisions of the marijuana legal- and the late GOP Sen. John CHARLES KRUPA/AP ization measure passed by voters McCain. Chef Jermaine Wall stacks containers of soups at Community Servings, which prepares and delivers in November. Most of the licenses Changing demographics, in- scratch­made, medically tailored meals to people with critical or chronic illnesses on Jan. 12, in the went to existing medical marijua- cluding a fast-growing Latino pop- Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. na dispensaries that can start sell- ulation and a flood of new resi- ing pot right away. dents, have made the state frien- “It’s an exciting step for those dlier to Democrats. that want to participate in that The recreational pot measure Insurers add food to coverage program,” said Dr. Cara Christ, was backed by advocates for the Arizona’s state health director, on legal marijuana industry and Friday. criminal justice reform advocates menu as way to improve health Under the terms of Proposition who argued that the state's harsh BY TOM MURPHY disabilities. But some employers month. 207, people 21 and older can grow marijuana laws were out of step Associated Press that offer coverage to their work- That’s when money from gov- their own plants and legally pos- with the nation. Arizona was the When COVID-19 first swarmed ers also are growing interested. ernment food programs can run sess up to an ounce of marijuana only state in the country that still the United States, one health in- Medicaid programs in several low. Research shows that diabetes or a smaller quantity of “concen- allowed a felony charge for first- surer called some customers with states are testing or developing patients wind up making more trates” such as hashish. Posses- time possession of small amounts a question: Do you have enough to food coverage. Next year, Medi- emergency room visits then, said eat? care will start testing meal pro- Humana executive Dr. Andrew sion of between 1 ounce and 2.5 of marijuana, although most cases Oscar Health wanted to know if gram vouchers for patients with Renda. ounces is a petty offense carrying were prosecuted as lower-level people had adequate food for the malnutrition as part of a broader “It may be because they’re still a maximum $300 fine. misdemeanors. next couple weeks and how they look at improving care and reduc- taking their medications, but they The march toward decriminal- Arizona prosecutors dropped planned to stay stocked up while ing costs. don’t have enough food. And so ization in the Sun Belt state was thousands of marijuana posses- hunkering down at home. Nearly 7 million people were their blood sugar goes crazy and long. Approval of the legalization sion cases after the measure was “We’ve seen time and again, the enrolled last year in a Medicare then they end up in the hospital,” measure came four years after approved. Possession in the state lack of good and nutritional food Advantage plan that offered some he said. Arizona voters narrowly defeated technically became legal when the causes members to get readmit- sort of meal benefit, according to David Berwick of Somerville, a similar proposal, although med- election results were certified on ted” to hospitals, Oscar executive research from the consulting firm Mass. credits a meal delivery pro- ical marijuana has been legal in Nov. 30 but there was no autho- Ananth Lalithakumar said. Avalere Health. That’s more than gram with improving his blood the state since 2010. rized way to purchase it without a Food has become a bigger focus double the total from 2018. sugar, and he wishes he could stay The initiative faced stiff opposi- medical marijuana card. for health insurers as they look to Insurers commonly cover tem- on it. The 64-year-old has diabetes expand their coverage beyond porary meal deliveries so patients and started the program last year just the care that happens in a doc- have something to eat when they at the suggestion of his doctor. The tor’s office. More plans are paying return from the hospital. And for Medicaid program MassHealth Winning ticket of 3rd largest for temporary meal deliveries and several years now, many also have covered it. some are teaching people how to paid for meals tailored to patients Berwick said the nonprofit lottery prize ever sold in Mich. cook and eat healthier foods. with conditions such as diabetes. Community Servings gave him Associated Press drawn and won a $731.1 million Benefits experts say insurers But now insurers and other bill weekly deliveries of dry cereal DES MOINES, Iowa — One win- Powerball jackpot. and policymakers are growing payers are taking a more nuanced and premade meals for him to re- ning ticket was sold in Michigan Only two lottery prizes in the used to treating food as a form of approach. This comes as the coro- heat. for the $1 billion Mega Millions U.S. have been larger than Fri- medicine that can help patients navirus pandemic sends millions These programs typically last a jackpot, making it the third-large- day's jackpot. Three tickets for a reduce blood sugar or blood pres- of Americans to seek help from few weeks or months and often fo- st lottery prize in U.S. history. $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot sure levels and stay out of expen- food banks or neighborhood food cus on customers with a medical The winning numbers drawn were sold in January 2016, and one sive hospitals. pantries. condition or low incomes who Friday are: 4, 26, 42, 50, 60 and a winning ticket sold for a $1.537 bil- “People are finally getting com- Oscar Health, for instance, have a hard time getting nutritious Mega Ball of 24. The winning tick- lion Mega Millions jackpot in Octo- fortable with the idea that every- found that nearly 3 out of 10 of its food. But they aren’t limited to et was purchased at a Kroger store ber 2018. body saves money when you pre- Medicare Advantage customers those groups. in Novi, Mich. — a city about 8 The jackpot figures refer to vent certain things from happen- had food supply problems at the Researchers expect coverage of miles northwest of Detroit — ac- amounts if a winner opts for an an- ing or somebody’s condition from start of the pandemic, so it ar- food as a form of medicine to grow cording to the Michigan Lottery nuity, paid in 30 annual install- worsening,” said Andrew Shea, a ranged temporary grocery deliv- as insurers and employers learn website. ments. Most winners choose a senior vice president with the on- eries from a local store at no cost to more about which programs work The Mega Millions top prize had cash prize, which for the Mega line insurance broker eHealth. the recipient. best. Patients with low incomes been growing since Sept. 15, when Millions jackpot is $739.6 million. This push is still relatively small The Medicare Advantage spe- may need help first with getting a winning ticket was sold in Wis- The odds of winning a Mega Mil- and happening mostly with gov- cialist Humana started giving access to nutritional food. People consin. The lottery's next estimat- lions jackpot are incredibly steep ernment-funded programs like some customers with low incomes with employer-sponsored cover- ed jackpot is $20 million. at one in 302.5 million. Medicaid or Medicare Advantage, debit cards with either $25 or $50 age might need to focus more on Friday night's drawing comes The game is played in 45 states the privately run versions of the on them to help buy healthy food. how to use their diet to manage two days after a ticket sold in Ma- as well as Washington, D.C., and government’s health program for The insurer also is testing meal diabetes or improve their overall ryland matched all six numbers the U.S. Virgin Islands. people who are 65 or older or have deliveries in the second half of the health. Sunday, January 24, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP California keeps key virus data out of public sight

Associated Press Local officials and businesses SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Cali- were caught off guard. State offi- fornia Gov. Gavin Newsom has cials did not describe their reason- from the start said his coronavirus ing other than to say it was based policy decisions would be driven on a projection for ICU capacity. by data shared with the public to State health officials relied on a provide maximum transparency. complex formula to project that But with the state starting to while the Sacramento region’s in- emerge from its worst surge, his tensive care capacity was below administration won’t disclose key 10%, it would climb above 15% information that will help deter- within four weeks. On Friday, it mine when his latest stay-at-home was 9%, roughly the same as when JAE C. HONG / AP order is lifted. the order was lifted. A medical staff members walk among traffic cones at a mass COVID­19 vaccination site set up in the State health officials said they “What happened to the 15%? parking lot of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, Calif., on Friday. rely on a very complex set of mea- What was that all about?” asked surements that would confuse and Dr. George Rutherford, an epide- ities — lag behind, Pritzker said trons.” includes Laredo, over the past two potentially mislead the public if miologist and infectious-diseases during a briefing in Chicago on the In a 5-4 decision in June, the Su- weeks is one of the highest per- they were made public. control expert at University of coronavirus pandemic. Pritzker preme Court refused Calvary capita outbreaks in the country, Dr. Lee Riley, chairman of the California, San Francisco. “I was said while shots for the first phase Chapel’s request for an emergen- according to data from John Hop- University of California, Berkeley surprised. I assume they know continue, officials will sign up for cy injunction blocking enforce- kins University. Gov. Greg Abbott School of Public Health infectious something I don’t know.” the next lot, referred to as Phase 1b. ment of Nevada’s attendance limit announced Friday that more med- disease division, disagreed. State officials projected future The state is closely following at houses of worship. ical personnel and equipment “There is more uncertainty cre- capacity using a combination of vaccine-priority recommenda- But the 9th Circuit Court of Ap- would be sent to Laredo, where ated by NOT releasing the data models. “At the moment the pro- tions of a committee of the federal peals in San Francisco ruled in fa- roughly half of all hospital beds that only the state has access to,” jections are not being shared pub- Centers for Disease Control and vor of the church last month, find- are occupied by patients with CO- he said in an email. Its release licly,” Department of Public Prevention. ing it was unconstitutional for Ne- VID-19 — the highest rate of any- would allow outside experts to as- Health spokeswoman Ali Bay said Vaccinations in Illinois have vada to treat casinos and other where in the state. sess its value for projecting trends in an email to The Associated been slowly rolling out for three businesses more favorably than Overall hospitalizations in Tex- and the resulting decisions on lift- Press. weeks while the pandemic contin- churches. as continued showing potential ing restrictions, he wrote. ues. Dr. Ngozi Ezike, the state signs of stabilizing, but the rising Newsom, a Democrat, imposed Connecticut public health director, reported Oklahoma toll of new deaths continued to be the nation’s first statewide shut- HARTFORD — COVID-19-re- 7,042 fresh cases of coronavirus OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklaho- the worst since the pandemic be- down in March. His administra- lated hospitalizations in Connecti- illness Friday, the highest single- ma is seeing promising declines in gan. More than 1,200 new deaths tion developed reopening plans cut continued to decrease Friday day number in two weeks. the number of people testing posi- have been reported in the past that included benchmarks for vi- as a growing number of people tive and being hospitalized with three days alone as January is al- rus data such as per capita infec- have received their first dose of Nevada the coronavirus, but the state’s ready set to go down as the dead- tion rates that counties needed to the vaccine. RENO — A rural Nevada death count continues to climb, liest month of the pandemic in meet to relax restrictions. There were 1,058 people hospi- church wants the U.S. Supreme state health officials said Friday. Texas. It released data models state of- talized, a decrease of 11 since Court to weigh in on a legal battle Because it can take several ficials use to project whether in- Thursday. Hartford County has over the government’s authority weeks to confirm a death was Washington fections, hospitalizations and the largest number of patients, to limit the size of religious gather- caused by COVID-19, the disease SEATTLE — A suburban Seat- deaths are likely to rise or fall. with 325. It was followed by 308 in ings amid the COVID-19 pandem- caused by the virus, many of the tle man who advertised a sup- As cases surged after Thanks- New Haven County and 250 in ic even after the church won an deaths reported this week are the posed COVID-19 “vaccine” he giving, Newsom tore up his play- Fairfield County. appeals court ruling that found result of a spike in cases that were said he created in his personal lab, book. Rather than a county-by- Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont Nevada’s restrictions unconstitu- reported after Thanksgiving and was arrested Thursday by federal county approach, he created five called the state’s recent trend of tional. into the Christmas holidays, State authorities. regions and established a single declining hospitalizations “ex- Attorneys general from 19 other Epidemiologist Dr. Jared Taylor Johnny T. Stine, 56, faces a mis- measurement — ICU capacity — traordinarily good news” during a states recently joined the Calvary said. demeanor charge of introducing as the determination for whether a media briefing on Thursday. Chapel Dayton Valley near Reno “Given that lag in reporting, I misbranded drugs into interstate region was placed under a stay-at- “We’re watching the metrics in urging the Supreme Court to anticipate we will continue to see commerce in that case and could home order. carefully,” he said, “but we are rule on the merits of the Nevada these higher death tolls for prob- face up to one year in prison if con- In short order, four regions — continuing to make progress, I case to help bring uniformity to ably a week or longer,” Taylor victed, KUOW reported. It wasn’t about 98% of the state’s population think, every day.” various standards courts across said. immediately known if he has a — were under the restrictions af- According to data through Jan. the country have used to balance The Oklahoma State Depart- lawyer to comment on his case. ter their capacity fell below the 21 from Johns Hopkins Universi- the interests of public safety and ment of Health reported 47 addi- In March 2020, Stine advertised 15% threshold. A map updated ty, the rolling average number of freedom of religion. tional COVID-related deaths on injections of the supposed vaccine daily tracks each region’s capaci- daily new cases has decreased by “This petition is the court’s last Friday and nearly 3,000 new for $400 on his personal Facebook ty. 399.7, a decrease of 16.4% over the opportunity to issue a merits opin- cases, bringing the statewide page, according to Brian T. Mo- At the start of last week, no re- past two weeks. ion this term settling how lower death toll to 3,187 and the total ran, the U.S. Attorney for the gions appeared likely to have the courts analyze the interplay be- number of confirmed cases in the Western District of Washington. stay-at-home order lifted soon be- Illinois tween COVID-19 emergency or- state to nearly 366,000. Stine wrote on Facebook that it cause their capacity was well be- SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Gov. ders and free-exercise rights,” wasn’t the first time he had “cross- low 15%. But within a day, the state J.B. Pritzker announced Friday lawyers for the church wrote in Texas ed some major lines,” adding that announced it was lifting the order that the state’s COVID-19 vaccina- their latest court filings on Thurs- AUSTIN — A raging coronavi- he had also created “personalized for the 13-county Greater Sacra- tion program would expand next day. rus outbreak in Laredo, now one of tumor vaccines for people who mento area. week to include the second tier of They want the Supreme Court the biggest hotspots in the U.S., is wish to actually fight for their life Suddenly, outdoor dining and priority recipients. to “clarify for all that the First leading to hundreds of new cases a with legitimate tools, knowledge, worship services were OK again, More than 616,000 first doses of Amendment does not allow gov- day around the border city as Tex- and skills that I’ve acquired over hair and nail salons and other the two-round vaccine have been ernment officials to use COVID-19 as again reported more than 400 the years.” businesses could reopen, and re- administered, although inocula- as an excuse to treat churches and new COVID-19 deaths Friday. He also faces charges related to tailers were allowed more shop- tions for a priority population — their worshippers worse than sec- The more than 8,900 new cases peddling those untested drugs, pers inside. residents of long-term care facil- ular establishments and their pa- reported in Webb County, which Moran said. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, January 24, 2021 WORLD Protests erupt across Russia over Navalny Associated Press nationally for his reports on the corruption MOSCOW — Protests erupted in cities that has flourished under President Vladi- across Russia on Saturday to demand the mir Putin’s government. release of opposition leader Alexei Naval- His wide support puts the Kremlin in a ny, the Kremlin’s most prominent foe. strategic bind — risking more protests and Police arrested more than 2,100 people, criticism from the West if it keeps him in some of whom took to the streets in temper- custody but apparently unwilling to back atures as frigid -58 Fahrenheit. down by letting him go free. In Moscow, thousands of demonstrators Navalny faces a court hearing in early filled Pushkin Square in the city center, February to determine whether his sen- where clashes with police broke out and tence in the criminal case for fraud and demonstrators were roughly dragged off money-laundering — which Navalny says by helmeted riot officers to police buses was politically motivated — is converted to and detention trucks, some beaten with ba- 3½ years behind bars. tons. Moscow police arrested three top Naval- Navalny’s wife Yulia was among those ny associates Thursday, two of whom were arrested. later jailed for periods of nine and 10 days. Police eventually pushed demonstrators Navalny fell into a coma while aboard a out of the square. Thousands then re- domestic flight from Siberia to Moscow on grouped along a wide boulevard about a PAVEL GOLOVKIN/AP Aug. 20. He was transferred from a hospi- half-mile away, many of them throwing Police detain a man during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei tal in Siberia to a Berlin hospital two days snowballs at the police. Navalny in Moscow on Saturday. later. Labs in Germany, France and Swe- The protests stretched across Russia’s den, and tests by the Organization for the vast territory, from the island city of Yuzh- worse, it’s total lawlessness," said Andrei Navalny was arrested on Jan. 17 when he Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, estab- no-Sakhalinsk north of Japan and the east- Gorkyov, a protester in Moscow. "And if we returned to Moscow from Germany, where lished that he was exposed to the Soviet-era ern Siberian city of Yakutsk, where tem- stay silent, it will go on forever.” he had spent five months recovering from a Novichok nerve agent. peratures plunged far below zero, to Rus- The OVD-Info group that monitors politi- severe nerve-agent poisoning that he Russian authorities insisted that the doc- sia’s more populous European cities. cal arrests said at least 795 people were de- blames on the Kremlin and which Russian tors who treated Navalny in Siberia before The range demonstrated how Navalny tained in Moscow and more than 300 at an- authorities deny. Authorities say his stay in he was airlifted to Germany found no trac- and his anti-corruption campaign have other large demonstration in St. Peters- Germany violated terms of a suspended es of poison and have challenged German built an extensive network of support de- burg. Overall, it said 2,131 people had been sentence in a 2014 criminal conviction, officials to provide proof of his poisoning. spite official government repression and arrested in some 90 cities. while Navalny says the conviction was for Russia refused to open a full-fledged crimi- being routinely ignored by state media. Undeterred, Navalny's supporters called made-up charges. nal inquiry, citing a lack of evidence that “The situation is getting worse and for protests again next weekend. The 44-year-old activist is well known Navalny was poisoned. Thousands in Hong Kong district People-smugglers sentenced locked down for COVID-19 testing for deaths of 39 in container Associated Press trial. Hughes and Robinson had Associated Press LONDON— Four people-smug- pleaded guilty to people-smug- HONG KONG — Thousands of glers convicted of killing 39 people gling and manslaughter. Hong Kong residents were locked from Vietnam who died in the back Three other members of the down in their homes Saturday in of a container truck as it was ship- gang received shorter sentences. an unprecedented move to contain ped to England were sentenced Prosecutors said all the suspects a worsening coronavirus outbreak Friday to between 13 and 27 years were part of a gang that charged in the city. in prison. about $17,000 per person to trans- Authorities said in a statement The victims, between the ages of port migrants in trailers through that an area comprising 16 build- 15 and 44, were found in October the Channel Tunnel or by boat. ings in the city's Yau Tsim Mong 2019 inside a refrigerated contain- Sweeney said it was “a sophisti- district would be locked down un- er that had traveled by ferry from cated, long running, and profit- til all residents were tested. Resi- Belgium to the eastern England able” criminal conspiracy. dents would not be allowed to port of Purfleet. The migrants had Jurors heard harrowing evi- leave their homes until they re- paid people-smugglers thousands dence about the final hours of the ceived their test results to prevent of dollars to take them on risky victims, who tried to call Viet- cross-infection. journeys to what they hoped would nam’s emergency number to sum- “Persons subject to compulsory VINCENT YU/AP be better lives abroad. mon help as air in the container testing are required to stay in their A police officer stands guard at the Yau Ma Tei area, in Hong Kong, Instead, judge Nigel Sweeney ran out. When they couldn't get a premises until all such persons Saturday. Thousands of Hong Kong residents were locked down said, “all died in what must have mobile phone signal, some record- identified in the area have under- Saturday in an unprecedented move to contain a worsening outbreak been an excruciatingly painful ed goodbye messages to their fam- gone testing and the test results in the city, authorities said. death” by suffocation in the air- ilies. are mostly ascertained,” the gov- tight container. The trapped migrants — who in- ernment statement said. cording to the Hong Kong govern- picked up more concentrated The judge sentenced Romanian cluded a bricklayer, a restaurant The restrictions, which were ment, joining the thousands of oth- traces of the virus, prompting con- mechanic Gheorghe Nica, 43, de- worker, a nail bar technician, a announced at 4 a.m. in Hong ers around the crowded city of 7.5 cerns that poorly built plumbing scribed by prosecutors as the budding beautician and a univer- Kong, were expected to end with- million who have been tested in systems and a lack of ventilation in smuggling ringleader, to 27 years. sity graduate — used a metal pole in 48 hours, the government said. recent days. subdivided units may present a Northern Irish truck driver Ea- to try to punch through the roof of Hong Kong has been grappling Police guarded access points to possible path for the virus to monn Harrison, 24, who drove the the refrigerated container, but on- to contain a fresh wave of the coro- the working-class neighborhood spread. container to the Belgian port of ly managed to dent it. navirus since November. Over of old buildings and subdivided Hong Kong has previously Zeebrugge, received an 18-year Detective Chief Inspector Da- 4,300 cases have been recorded in flats and arrested a 47-year-old avoided lockdowns in the city dur- sentence. niel Stoten, the senior investigat- the last two months, making up man after he allegedly attacked an ing the pandemic, with leader Trucker Maurice Robinson, 26, ing officer on the case, said the vic- nearly 40% of the city’s total. officer. The man had reportedly Carrie Lam stating in July last who picked the container up in En- tims “left behind families, memo- Coronavirus cases in Yau Tsim been told he would have to be test- year that authorities will avoid gland, was sentenced to 13 years ries, and homes, in the pursuit of a Mong district represent about half ed after coming into the restricted taking such “extreme measures” and 4 months in prison, while haul- false promise of something bet- of infections in the past week. area and would not be allowed to unless it had no other choice. age company boss Ronan Hughes, ter.” “Instead they died, in an un- Approximately 3,000 people in leave until he could show a nega- Hong Kong has seen a total of 41, was jailed for 20 years. imaginable way, because of the ut- Yau Tsim Mong had taken tests tive test result. 9,929 infections in the city, with Nica and Harrison were con- ter greed of these criminals,” he for the coronavirus thus far, ac- Sewage testing in the area 168 deaths recorded as of Friday. victed last month after a 10-week said. Sunday, January 24, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

City council OKs law for home delivery of alcohol LAS VEGAS— Las Ve- NV gas city residents will be able to dial for drink deliveries at home under a new law ap- proved by the City Council. The measure lets restaurants and convenience stores deliver al- cohol through third-party servic- es. It was cast as a boost for busi- nesses struggling with coronavi- rus pandemic restrictions. The bill requires stores and res- taurants to have licenses to sell al- coholic beverages for off-premise consumption and an ancillary li- cense, and for third-party services to obtain a new $4,000 delivery li- cense. Officials uncover plot to smuggle tobacco into jail BELLINGHAM — A WA man was arrested af- ter corrections deputies reported- ly uncovered a plot to smuggle to- bacco to inmates inside the What- com County Jail. Steven Lee Dodson, 42, was booked into the jail on suspicion of third-degree introducing contra- band and driving with a suspend- ed license. Deputies first learned about the contraband smuggling plot Jan. 14, according to a news release DARYN SLOVER, (LEWISTON, MAINE) SUN JOURNAL/ AP from the Whatcom County Sher- iff's Office. They monitored nine phone calls made from inmate Co- Mush through the slush dy Lee Wilson, 32, to an unknown Todd Gustaitis of Otisfield, Maine, looks for traffic as his dog sled team crosses Station Road in Hebron, Maine. Gustaitis, a musher for person outside the jail. Ultimate Dog Sledding out of Oxford, Maine, had just finished a 12­mile run for three passengers from Connecticut. Sled dog musher Matthew During the calls, details about Black said the dogs pulled the made­in­Maine sled along the Interconnected Trail System 89. when and where the accomplice would meet Wilson’s connection he worked of nearly $1 million THE CENSUS the Snake River on Jan. 16. These and details about how it would be over a two-week period. birds were dumped in the same smuggled into the jail were dis- The Atlanta Journal-Constitu- The approximate number of chickens that recently died as a spot that nine other geese were cussed, officials said. tion reported that Tre Brown, 19, 70K fire swept through several buildings at A&L Farms in Berks found in late December, CBS2 was arrested by Gwinnett County County, Pa. A fire official told WFMZ-TV two buildings were burned to the News reported. Confederate statue police on charges of felony theft. ground and an egg house sustained partial damage. This was the third fire at Both times officers found the damaged, nose missing Gwinnett County police spokes- the farm in recent years. A fire in 2019 claimed the lives of more than 37,000 birds completely intact with no man Cpl. Collin Flynn said Brown chickens and a fire in 2015 destroyed an empty barn. A fire marshal is expected meat taken off. LAFAYETTE — A mon- stole more than $980,000 over two to investigate the cause of the latest blaze. “This is a blatant case of wasting LA ument of Confederate weeks in December and January game, which is very disturbing, Gen. Alfred Mouton in Louisiana by fabricating more than 40 re- tion of the sunken boat. The other erty and drunken driving. especially if this is the same indi- was damaged, with several holes turns for non-existent items. vessel’s crew were able to bring vidual or individuals who are re- punctured from its head to jaw Police said Brown used the sto- the man aboard and transfer him 1st female mayor to serve sponsible,” said Senior Conserva- and half of its nose taken off and len money to buy two cars, clothes, to emergency medical personnel. in city's 160-year history tion Officer Aaron Andruska missing. guns and shoes. The monument is owned by the High-speed interstate ST. GEORGE— For the Man accused of threats city and there have been efforts to Fisherman rescued from pursuit leads to arrest UT first time since the city to police arrested get it moved. But The United sunken vessel off coast of St. George was founded in 1861, Daughters of the Confederacy, CHANCELLOR — An a woman will serve as mayor. ST. PAUL — A Min- which erected the monument in ELIZABETH CITY— SD Iowa man was behind City councilwoman Michele MN nesota man who al- 1922, opposes that and is claiming NC Coast Guard officials bars in South Dakota after a pur- Randall was appointed mayor of legedly bragged about planning to in court the city does not have the said a man was rescued from his suit that crossed state lines and re- St. George in a four-to-one vote , kill a police officer at a pro-Trump rights to move the statue. sunken fishing vessel of the North ached speeds of more than 100 the Spectrum newspaper report- rally in St. Paul was accused in Gen. Mouton, who was born in Carolina coast. mph. ed. federal court of trying to sell an 1829 in Opelousas, was the son of Officials said the man was res- The incident started when dep- She will serve the 11 months re- undercover agent a sawed-off former Louisiana Gov. Alexandre cued with the help of a good Sa- uties with the Lyon County Sher- maining in the term of mayor Jon shotgun. Mouton. He, along with his father, maritan about 20 miles southwest iff’s Office in Iowa started pursu- Pike, who stepped down Jan. 4 to A federal complaint stated that helped train a “Vigilante Commit- of Kitty Hawk. ing a stolen vehicle . The pursuit run the Utah Insurance Depart- Dayton Sauke, 22, of Owatonna, tee” who whipped and lynched Officials said watch standers at entered Lincoln County when the ment under newly-elected Gov. had been offering to sell illegal Black people in Lafayette Parish, Coast Guard Sector North Caroli- South Dakota deputies there were Spencer Cox. firearms on Snapchat for months the Daily Advertiser newspaper na received the initial report from asked to take over. Randall intends to run for a full and he posted about plans to kill a said. the father-in-law of a man whose It lasted for several miles in Lin- four-year term in the upcoming law enforcement officer at a 18-foot boat sunk at the mouth of coln County with speeds reaching municipal election in November. Trump event. Sauke told agents he Teen accused of stealing Alligator River. At the time of the 110 mph, authorities said. The pur- sold 120 firearms last year, the nearly $1M from Kroger call, the man was on the bow of his suit ended when a Highway Patrol 6 Canada geese shot, complaint said. sunken vessel. trooper stopped the vehicle west dumped along river Sauke is charged with one count DULUTH — A subur- Coast Guard crews from Eliza- of Chancellor. of possession of an unregistered GA ban Atlanta teenager beth City responded to the inci- The man, 25, from Spencer was BOISE — Idaho Fish and short-barreled shotgun. was arrested on charges that he dent, including an aircrew that di- arrested on tentative charges in- ID Game said officers found defrauded a supermarket where rected a nearby vessel to the loca- cluding possession of stolen prop- six Canada geese dumped along From the Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, January 24, 2021 MUSIC

BY RANDALL ROBERTS ing action, swing and excitement Los Angeles Times COMMENTARY to stagnant pop charts then ick a classic Phil Spec- weighted down by Pat Boone- tor production. It ac- style pablum. tually doesn’t matter Growing up just south of Mel- Pwhich. The opening rose and Fairfax, the son of a eight bars of the Ronettes’ 1963 single mom and a father who smash “Be My Baby” are among died by suicide when Spector the catchiest in American song, a was a boy, the prime orchestrator thump, thump-thump, splash of teenage love and angst lived rhythm that rockets into outer just a 10-minute cruise to down- space with sizzling shakers and town Hollywood, where dozens of snares that boom like shotguns. recording studios and labels When Ronnie Spector’s soaring operated. He got his first profes- voice swoops in to steal the thun- sional music lessons around the der, the combined eruption is corner from Wallich’s Music City undeniably thrilling. at Sunset and Vine. Some days Or take “Strange Love,” the after school he would race home Darlene Love-propelled gem that to turn on the radio and practice opens with a frolicking school- guitar along with KGFJ disc yard melody before turning into jockey Hunter Hancock. a galloping riot of string- and A shy kid, he landed his 1958 percussion-driven weirdness as debut single, “To Know Him Is to Love sings of a creeper whose Love Him” by the Teddy Bears, brand of affection is so concern- at No. 1 when he was 18 and just ing that she “can’t take it, can’t out of Fairfax High School. take it no more.” The entirety of As he matured, Spector’s aural “A Christmas Gift to You,” Spec- signature — huge, echoed per- tor’s canonic holiday album, is a cussion, prominent string ar- rush of joyous girl-group energy. rangements and charismatic, “River Deep, Mountain High” — pitch-perfect Black belters — my, oh my. became immediately identifiable. Record producer, songwriter Some of the earliest singles by and studio auteur, Spector — the Beatles and Rolling Stones who died Jan. 16 at age 81 in a reek of Spector’s influence, and Northern California hospital of his production style remains an complications from COVID-19 — archetype. It didn’t always over- was one of the most influential whelm; Pitney’s “Every Little musical creators of the 20th Breath I Take” and the Righ- century. It’s right there in the teous Brothers’ “Unchained groves, every clack of clave, Melody” were more contained, doo-wop wail, stealthy saxophone but still bursting at the seams. run, chorale explosion, jangle of He knew talent when he heard it: bells and rat-a-tat percussion Session players on Spector’s breakdown. Among the first classic hits included Sonny Bono, American hitmaker-producers of ANDRES VICTORERO/TNS Leon Russell, Glen Campbell, the record era to combine his Phil Spector was a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, but his murder conviction in the 2003 killing of actress bassist Carol Kaye and drummer sonic ideas and single-minded Lana Clarkson changed the groundbreaking producer’s already complicated legacy. Earl Palmer. drive to become a chart-busting As the puppet master, Spector one-stop shop, Spector laid the was a hands-on operator. A mil- foundation for auteur-producers lionaire by the time he hit 23, he such as Rick Rubin, Dr. Dre, booked studio time, conferred Timbaland and Mike Will Made Listening to Phil Spector: with writers and directed studio It. engineers. He accomplished a lot Equal parts composer, maes- in pre-production, spending tro, producer, director and im- entire days, for example, getting presario, Spector helmed his the percussion properly ampli- sessions at Gold Star Studios in A three-minute thrill ride, fied in one of the studio’s four Hollywood with vocalists the echo chambers, working with Ronettes, Crystals, Gene Pitney, pounders including Bono and the Righteous Bros. and others Palmer on woodblocks, casta- on songs including “To Know then a reckoning with evil nets, bells, tom-toms, timpani Him Is to Love Him,” “He’s a and congas. Rebel,” “Unchained Melody,” If you want to get technical, the “Walking in the Rain” and “And my hand to write about Spector’s She added, “Of course, you death. “So much to love about so-called Wall of Sound was Then He Kissed Me” as if each work as a producer and the pow- can’t read someone in the same those days. Falling in love was actually angled back, like a rising record were preordained. er he unleashed on the world way.” like a fairytale. The magical wave just before a surfer catches The result was a string of from a storefront recording stu- Like most, I stopped being able music we made was inspired by it. With dozens of musicians breathtakingly deep hits that dio on Santa Monica Boulevard to listen to Spector’s music the our love.” The namesake of the arranged by timbre and tone and helped guide the trajectory of the in Hollywood. To write about his same way the moment he was Ronettes tempered her statement surrounded by strategically 1960s and beyond. Although his creations is not to eclipse his arrested for Clarkson’s murder. by calling him “a brilliant pro- placed microphones, Spector and reign on the charts only lasted killing of Clarkson, the details of But that doesn’t diminish the ducer, but a lousy husband.” engineer and unsung hero Larry half a decade, echoes of Spector’s which are easily accessible. Ter- glory of the Crystals’ “Da Doo At peak success in the early Levine captured the sound of the famed “wall of sound” produc- rible people have made great art, Ron Ron,” the Paris Sisters’ “I 1960s, Spector described his room, the instrumental reso- tion technique can be heard in a notion that writer Fran Lebo- Love How You Love Me,” the three-minute pop gems as “little nance and, somehow, the emo- the work of Bruce Springsteen, witz discusses in her new Netflix Treasures’ “Hold Me Tight” or symphonies for the kids,” and the tional heart of the record. An the Beach Boys, Katy Perry, series, “Pretend It’s a City.” Spector’s harrowing production moment was right for them. A engineering classicist, Spector Beck and Best Coast. Asked whether there were any on the Righteous Brothers’ mas- generation of teenagers was famously rejected the burgeon- And, and, and: Spector was a writers she won’t read, Lebowitz sive “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ transforming boom-time Amer- ing hi-fidelity stereophonic ad- murderer. A pistol-wielding replied by citing novelist Henry Feeling.” ica — and the Billboard charts — vances in sound reproduction. kidnapper and career violent Roth, who she explained “was “Working with Phil Spector and the scrawny Spector mani- His motto: “Back to mono.” abuser who was convicted of the discovered to have had sex with was working with the best,” Ron- fested their desires. The best of Before takes, Spector was 2003 killing of Lana Clarkson. his sister. And it was horrible, nie Spector, Spector’s ex-wife his singles were so propellant known to roam the room coach- These truths exist side by side, but no, it wouldn’t keep me from and most enduring collaborator, that they upended pop music in which is why I hesitantly raised reading him.” wrote in a statement after his the pre-Beatles 1960s by deliver- SEE SPECTOR ON PAGE 13 Sunday, January 24, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 MUSIC REVIEWS

Moon Taxi Silver Dream (BMG) Aaron Frazer Moon Taxi have a Introducing... new album with a (Dead Oceans/Easy Eye Sound) dozen songs, but you This year is going to be fine. may be forgiven for How can we be so sure? It’s start- losing track of them. ing with the release of Aaron One unmemorable, Frazer’s debut solo album. One formulaic tune bleeding into another leaves spin and you’ll be spellbound, the listener underwhelmed by the effect. Has swaying — and smiling. it been 20 minutes, really? How many bland Frazer, the drummer and co-lead singer for Durand songs have been offered? Jones & The Indications, has teamed up with Dan Auerbach But perhaps “Silver Dream” — the Nash- of The Black Keys for the electric, falsetto-fueled and soulful ville alt-rockers’ sixth full-length album — is 12-track “Introducing...” not intended for music lovers. The band has Auerbach has empowered Frazer to more deeply explore already sold the single “One Step Away” to funk, soul, doo-wop, fuzzy guitars and blues, creating an old- ESPN’s SEC Network for coverage of college new and deeply satisfying sound, from the horn- and Wur- football. litzer-led “If I Got It (Your Love Brought It)” to the torch That deal is just the latest in which deep- song “Leanin’ On Your Everlasting Love.” pocketed brands have snapped up Moon Taxi With vibes of Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye and music — Maker’s Mark, Jeep, Microsoft an irresistible bass line — and wait, a flute? — “Bad Surface Pro, BMW and McDonald’s. Is this News” is tremendous, satisfying both your finger- the real silver dream of the title? snapping and soul needs. There’s even a moment in it We are witnessing the natural effect when when Frazier simply abandons his falsetto for a split a band loses the last of its edge, lured into second, thrillingly. writing mainstream fluff. They even have a Auerbach’s clout is evident, as when legendary song- song on the new album called “Take the Edge writer L. Russell Brown, who wrote hits for falsetto Off.” It’s all the musical equivalent of the star Frankie Valli, helped write “You Don’t Wanna Be gradual bleaching of coral. My Baby,” the album’s glorious opening track. Another After the sadly underwhelming — sonical- standout is “Over You,” a pulsating jewel built on an ly, we mean, clearly not monetarily — album addictive drum beat and chunky bass. “Let the Record Play” in 2018, there was a “Ride With Me” — co-written and featuring Mem- phis Boys keyboardist Bobby Wood — uses a train glimmer of hope in 2019 that the band had metaphor (”Children can you hear it/Can you hear righted its course with the terrific song that whistle blowing?”) to signal change is coming, “Restless.” But that was a false dawn. recalling The O’Jays’ “Love Train.” Moon Taxi just doubled down on mediocre, Frazer drums and sings throughout and his more dad jeans alt-rock and are now so distant famous co-writer plays guitar and sings backup as from their brilliant 2012 album “Cabaret” they make revival soul worthy of Motown and Stax. that it’s too far for a taxi to drive. “It’s a long It is music to dance to, drive to, cook to, celebrate walk back from yesterday,” lead singer and friendships to — 2021 starting with the coolest of guitarist Trevor Terndrup seems to acknowl- highs. edge on the new album. — Mark Kennedy So let’s just call them what they really are Associated Press right now: jingle writers. — Mark Kennedy Alysse Gafkjen Associated Press Spector: Producer’s legacy included artistry, arrogance and abuse

FROM PAGE 12 drugs can open that door. But Phil Spector gnant longing in us.” dio and do it and not be frustrated. Phil ing musicians as if he were Quentin Ta- opened it for me.” Wilson later added that The bridge on “Then He Kissed Me” — seemed to be frustrated with us.” rantino prepping actors before an action Spector’s work led him “to design the the moment of lip-locking impact, which Ramone added that Spector “wasn’t the sequence. As the late producer and musi- experience to be a record rather than just singer Dolores “LaLa” Brooks belts with most friendly guy I’ve ever met. He tried cian Jack Nitzsche recalled to writer Har- a song.” exuberance — swirls with strings that to be friendly but then he had his guns on vey Kubernik when directing guitarists, “He’s a Rebel,” written by Spector col- somehow capture the hormone-in-a-bottle him and he wouldn’t let me out of his Spector “would whisper in their ears, laborator Pitney, tapped generational rush of falling in love. Spector’s produc- house for a couple of days.” ‘Dumb — don’t do anything. Just play angst, hormonal hunger and a baritone- tion of the King-Goffin song “He Hit Me Spector’s arrogance hobbled many an eighth notes.’ It was hard for any of the blaring brass run to advance a song about (It Felt Like a Kiss)” powers the upsetting artist, not least of which was his ex-wife guitarists to breathe or stretch out on the a Romeo-and-Juliet-style romance. “Da song with a sorrowful menace. Ronnie, who once told British music mag- records.” Doo Ron Ron” starts on a Monday when For Spector, the hits didn’t keep coming. azine NME that he “was always telling me Critics bemoaned so much sound, which our heroine meets Bill, continues when he By the time the Beatles invited him to that I was nothing, that it was his produc- stretched the capacities of AM radio at the walks her home and ends later that night work on “Let It Be” with them, the pro- tion and his writing that made me and time and prompted some to complain of after a little da-doo-ron-ron. “You never ducer hadn’t had a major hit in years, and that, without him, I wouldn’t make it his productions’ expressionistic chaos. close your eyes anymore when I kiss your was stinging from the failure of Ike and again.” Spector acknowledged the so-called “muz- lips, and there’s no tenderness like before Tina Turner’s roaring take in “River He also proved unwilling to change with ziness,” but his ears registered it other- in your fingertips” sings the Righteous Deep, Mountain High” to make a sales the times. A rigid aesthete who demanded wise, saying that the onslaught “adds up to Brothers’ Bill Medley to open “You’ve dent. The Beach Boys’ Bruce Johnston subservience in the studio, he bemoaned musical guts. There’s gotta be guts in Lost That Lovin’ Feeling.” Measure by compared Spector in those periods to “a the rise of the Laurel Canyon folk scene, music. Make it too sharp and you lose out. measure the tension builds as the singer little boy who does something really cute and steadfastly refused to let his Southern You can call it cloudy if you like, but I just lays out his heartbreaking evidence. When and gets applauded for that, and so he California upbringing seep into his sound. call it the guts of the music.” the chorus arrives, Spector scores it as if starts figuring out how to get the applause “They thought Gold Star was in New The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson was the world’s imploding. back, but then it’s not quite as cute again. I York,” Spector told Kubernik, adding that mesmerized by Spector’s onslaught. In the “In those songs, the storyline was as think Phil started believing his own legend his techniques were “hardly typical Cali- years before Wilson produced “Pet clear as clear could ever be,” recalled the and press.” fornia stuff. There are no four-part harmo- Sounds” using Spector’s techniques, Wil- late Leonard Cohen, upon whom Spector The Ramones hired him to produce nies on my records. Maybe 32-part harmo- son would drop by Gold Star to observe famously pulled a gun during one noto- their fourth album, “End of the Century.” nies.” sessions. Wilson has said that the Crystals’ rious session. “The images were very It didn’t go well, according to Dee Dee He concluded his point with a dig at 1962 smash “He’s Sure the Boy I Love” expressive — they spoke to us all. Spec- Ramone. “I like beauty to be instant. Not Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: “Anybody “opened up a door of creativity for me like tor’s real greatness is his ability to induce to be labored over, I don’t like music to be laid-back in this room, get the f— out of you wouldn’t believe. Some people say those incredible little moments of poi- a hustle. I think we can just go into a stu- here!” PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, January 24, 2021 TELEVISION

Nostalgic for NBC Mariska Hargitay has starred for 22 years on “Law and Order: SVU.” old-fashioned cameo by Prince. And while it ‘The O.C.’ (2003) wasn’t known for its social com- mentary during its time on air, Josh Schwartz’s teen drama is fans have pointed out a few plot- iconic for many reasons: Seth network TV? lines that evoke current events. (Adam Brody), Summer (Rachel (Streaming on Netflix) Bilson), Peter Gallagher’s eye- brows (which apparently could ‘Lucifer’ (2016) have been Jon Hamm’s?!) and, Though this devilishly funny yes, Ryan (Ben McKenzie) and comedy landed on Nielsen’s list Marissa (Mischa Barton). of most-streamed original series, (Streaming on HBO Max) we’re including it here because it NBC/TNS began on Fox. The show’s trajec- ‘Jane the Virgin’ (2014) Kristen Bell and William Jackson Harper are two of the stars of “The Good Place,” streaming on Netflix. tory alone — from being can- This dramedy was inspired by celed by Fox after 3 seasons to a telenovela — roots the CW enjoying a lively and well-re- series playfully wove into its Here are 15 great broadcast shows, ready to stream viewed revival on Netflix — DNA with standard evil twin highlights its passionate fan base. appearances, love triangles and BY BETHONIE BUTLER by guest star, of which there are haven’t quite been the same (Streaming on Netflix) that-character’s-not-dead-after- The Washington Post a seemingly infinite amount, since. The series is currently in ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ all reveals. But it was always hanks to a proliferating including memorable turns by its 17th season, so settle in, more than its twists and turns. number of streaming Martin Short, Cynthia Nixon, McStreamy. (Seasons 1-16 (2013) The true heart of the story is networks, TV shows Robin Williams and Ann-Mar- streaming on Netflix; Season 17 Like “Lucifer,” “Brooklyn the bond Jane (Gina Rodriguez) Taren’t exactly in short gret, to name a few. (Streaming streaming on Hulu) Nine-Nine” was canceled by Fox shares with her mother Xiomara supply these days. But amid the on Hulu) If you’re in the mood for a — following its fifth season — (Andrea Navedo) and grand- flashy new thrillers and slow- snarkier medical drama, try due to lackluster ratings. Dis- mother Alba (Ivonne Coll), three burn sagas, it can be comforting ‘The Office’ (2005) “House” on Peacock or Amazon appointed fans lobbied for its generations of Latinas who al- to return to the old stalwarts: The beloved and oft-quoted Prime. resurrection, prompting NBC to ways had each other’s backs. network sitcoms and dramas. workplace comedy was already a ‘Cheers’ (1982) bring the goofy Jake Peralta (Streaming on Netflix) In fact, a new Nielsen analysis perennial hit on Netflix before (Andy Samberg), stalwart Cap- ‘The Fresh Prince of suggests many viewers did just moving over to NBC’s Peacock The TV equivalent of going tain Raymond Holt (Andre that last year, as broadcast hits earlier this year. But the series where everybody knows your Braugher) and their colleagues Bel-Air’ (1990) including “The Office,” “Crimi- became especially popular — name. The classic NBC sitcom back to our TV screens. The Will Smith’s breakout, which nal Minds” and the still-airing and resonant — amid a global features a memorable ensemble eighth season of the series will aired for six seasons on NBC, “Grey’s Anatomy” topped the pandemic that unexpectedly took cast: Ted Danson, Woody Har- premiere on NBC later this was one of the most exciting research company’s ranking of many people away from their relson (whose character replaced month. (Streaming on Hulu) additions to streaming last year. 2020’s most-streamed shows. offices and colleagues. the late Nicholas Colasanto’s For all of its hilarious moments, Nielsen cites those shows as The show’s real-time appeal beloved Coach), Bebe Neuwirth, ‘Girlfriends’ (2000) the sitcom was just as skilled at garnering more viewership than goes beyond its meme-worthy George Wendt and, uh, Kirstie Fans rejoiced when Netflix delivering poignant scenes that any other title (including original humor, as Washington Post Asso- Alley — long before she had a announced a slate of classic we still remember by heart. series and movies), based on its ciate Opinions Editor Autumn Twitter account. (Streaming on Black sitcoms — including Mara (Streaming on HBO Max) content ratings for Netflix, Hulu, Brewington recently mused: Hulu, CBS All Access and Pea- Brock Akil’s treasured series Disney Plus and Amazon Prime. “Losing oneself in Dunder Mif- cock) about four Black women naviga- ‘Parks and Recreation’ Below, we’ve compiled a wide- flin is a way of coping with pan- You likewise can’t go wrong ting their late 20s and early 30s ranging list of our favorite broad- demic isolation.” (Streaming on with the spinoff “Frasier,” avail- while living in Los Angeles — (2009) cast gems available to stream on, Peacock) able on CBS All Access, which were coming to the platform last Amid questionable pandemic- and beyond, those platforms. follows Dr. Frasier Crane (Kel- year. (Streaming on Netflix) focused entertainment efforts ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ (2005) sey Grammer) and features some from celebrities last year, this ‘Law and Order: SVU’ Before “Scandal” and “Bridge- of the best TV banter we’ve ever ‘This Is Us’ (2016) delightful Amy Poehler-led com- (1999) rton,” Shonda Rhimes gave us heard. Dan Fogelman’s tender family edy resurfaced with a pitch- Few shows reflect our social this drama about the heavily drama, now in its fifth season on perfect reunion special that and cultural evolution the way intersected lives and careers of ‘New Girl’ (2011) NBC, follows the triumphs and made us remember why we love SVU does — after all, it’s the the beautiful, brooding and occa- This roommate comedy, which struggles of the Pearson family Pawnee, Ind., so much. (Stream- longest-running (non-animated) sionally insufferable doctors at a aired for seven seasons on Fox, is across generations, while poi- ing on Peacock) show on prime time. It’s also Seattle teaching hospital. We funny, sweet and once featured a gnantly exploring issues that iconic: Taylor Swift literally has affect all of us — most recently ‘The Good Place’ (2016) a cat named after its main char- the pandemic and protests Eleanor (Kristen Bell), a self- acter Olivia Benson (Mariska against racial injustice. (Stream- proclaimed Arizona dirtbag, dies Hargitay) of the New York Police ing on Hulu) and unexpectedly ends up a Department’s Special Victims place that looks a lot like heaven Unit. If you’re up for a serious in this comedy from “Parks and USA Network-style marathon, ‘Black-ish’ (2014) Rec” co-creator Michael Schur. start at the beginning with Detec- Over the course of seven sea- Danson, of “Cheers” fame, plays tives Benson and Stabler (that’s sons, Kenya Barris’ ABC sitcom the afterlife architect who helps Elliot Stabler, played by Chris- — about a multigenerational and Eleanor (and several other arriv- topher Meloni) and work your wealthy Black family — has als) navigate her new surreality. way through to Season 22, which masterfully balanced its humor The thoughtful comedy ended now follows Captain Olivia Ben- with moving and nuanced explo- last year after four seasons, so son and will soon feature Sta- rations of issues ranging from you can binge and get the an- bler’s return. 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BY GREGG ELLMAN Tribune News Service Monos’ new powered Kiyo UVC Water Bottle ensures that people on the go have clean, purified drinking water. Accord- ing to Monos, the UVC kills up to 99.9 percent of bacteria and other pathogens lurking inside the water. They also hope each Kiyo bottle can eliminate more than 100 plastic bottles per year for each user. The travel-ready bottle is USB-C charged and holds 17 ANDA CHU, BAY AREA NEWS GROUP/TNS ounces of liquid. Inside is a Mighty Buildings Chief Operating Officer Alexey Dubov poses for a photograph at their facility on Dec. 22 400mAh battery, which takes in Oakland, Calif. The venture capital­funded startup hopes to address the housing crisis by making 3D about three hours to charge for printed home components from plastic polymer and minerals. 30 days of normal use. Once it’s charged (an indicator light will turn off) and clean, fill it with water up to the indicator line on the inside of the bottle, put the cap on and press the Meeting a basic need power button. MONOS/TNS Swipe across the lid of the The Kiyo UVC Water Bottle kills bottle once for a 60-second quick up to 99.9 percent of bacteria. Bay Area company thinks 3D printing can ease housing woes clean (blue light) or twice for a deeper 3-minute cleaning (green a coin-cell battery, which should BY ETHAN BARON ADUs, also known as tiny houses or in-law units, light). When the light goes out, last up to six months. Once pow- The Mercury News have been hailed as a partial solution to the housing shake the bottle a few times and ered, it works in tandem with the n a cavernous warehouse near the Oakland crisis. Issi Romem, an economist and fellow at the start drinking. AirPop app (Android or iOS) Coliseum, a 3D printer extrudes a secret Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Ber- Online: monos.com; $85, avail- through Bluetooth to collect the blend of minerals and plastic polymer that’s keley, estimated in late 2019 that if 1 in 10 Bay Area able in color choices of Blue breathing data, which supports Ihardened into a heavy stone-like form under lots with a single-family residence had an ADU, the Hour, Castle Rock, Graphite, sharing data via Apple Health- ultraviolet light. region’s housing stock could grow by nearly 20 Meadow, Salt Spring, and Tuscan Kit. The captured data includes The end result of that alchemy? A move-in-ready, percent over the next two decades. The Bay Area Sun breathing behavior, breathing robot-made modular home from technology startup Council is pushing to ease regulations and lower cycles, and even the pollutants Mighty Buildings. fees for development and installation of tiny homes. The AirPop was announced that the mask has blocked during Backed by $30 million in venture capital, Mighty Mighty Buildings focuses its marketing on a recently as the world’s first use. Buildings is following a classic Bay Area startup “turn-key” package that includes permits, founda- smart Air Wearable — the Ac- The AirPop Active+ is wash- recipe: use technology to address a big problem and tion and a building, along with on-site installation or tive+ Smart Mask with Halo able and built with a 360-degree — it hopes — disrupt an existing industry. The assembly. A 350-square-foot one-bathroom Mighty sensor. It’s built to help wearers sealing, medical-grade soft-touch company claims it will be able to make homes fas- Mod unit dropped by crane onto a property costs get a deeper understanding of membrane. It’s built with a 3D ter, cheaper and greener than traditional builders $183,750 while a two- to three-bedroom and one- to their respiratory health with a dome structure to keep the filter and help solve a persistent housing crisis in the Bay two-bathroom Mighty House ranging from 864 to sensor bridging the gap between core off the wearer’s face for Area and beyond. 1,440 square feet starts at $287,500 and is assem- outside air and internal respira- improved breathability and com- “We are revolutionizing an industry by introduc- bled on site. tion. fort. ing more efficient materials and more efficient Mighty Buildings wants to address the housing With the Halo sensor, the mask When the Halo sensor is used technology that isn’t tailored to certain designs,” crisis by adding its ADUs to a region’s housing captures breathing-related data, in Active Mode, it tracks metrics said chief operating officer Alexey Dubov, an engi- stock, but also, by 2022, through multiple-residence and with real-time data about air including breaths per minute and neer who co-founded the company in 2017 with buildings up to five stories tall. quality and location, the sensor breaths per pace. All this can be physicists Slava Solonitsyn, the CEO, and chief Stanford University professor of engineering and can accurately tell wearers when tracked from the Activity tab in technical officer Dmitry Starodubtsev. design Barry Katz believes that in the push to bring to replace the mask’s snap-in the app. But while housing experts see promise in the 3D printing into mainstream home construction, filter. Online: airpophealth.com/us; technology and the product, they say serious hur- “Lots of people will try, most of them will fail, and The Halo sensor is powered by $149.99 dles must be overcome if Mighty Buildings is to some of them may engineer the real breakthrough.” gain traction in the market and make a dent in the The Bay Area’s pressing housing shortage, coupled housing crisis. Beyond the sheer scale of the prob- with the popularity of ADUs, may boost Mighty lem — state officials estimate that California needs Buildings’ fortunes, Katz said. But housing, he said, nearly 2 million more homes by 2025 — Mighty “has been one of the most resistant areas to experi- Buildings is seeking to disrupt a development proc- mental technologies.” ess notorious for slow-moving bureaucracy and Terner Center researcher Tyler Puller also tem- resistance to change. pers the potential promise he sees in the company’s For now, the outer shells of Mighty Buildings’ plans with some skepticism. He believes ADUs can studios and small one- to two-bedroom homes are make “a dent” in the housing shortage and that 30 percent 3D printed — and can be milled by the multi-story housing could do even more. But he’s firm’s giant robots to resemble bricks or stonework not sure 3D construction is the answer. “I just don’t — but the company expects that the larger homes fully understand the appeal, other than it’s flashy that it plans to start installing this year will be 60 and exciting,” he said. percent to 80 percent 3D printed. Plus, Mighty Buildings’ relatively high prices for While the startup’s goal is to print any kind of ADUs don’t appear to reflect reduced labor costs, building to an architect or designer’s specifications, and the plastic in the firm’s printing mixture may including multi-family structures and office build- put it out of step with the market’s movement away ings, Mighty Buildings is presently focused on from petroleum products, Puller said. The cost of a small “accessory dwelling units” that can be in- traditionally built small ADU, Puller said, averages stalled as second houses and used by homeowners about $150,000, which is in line with a $400-per- AIRPOP/TNS who may rent them out. square-foot cost formula used by The Bay Area AirPop’s Active+ Smart Mask with Halo sensor is the world’s first In the Bay Area, accessory dwelling units or Council. smart Air Wearable that tracks breathing patterns. Sunday, January 24, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 17 BOOKS

Inauguration Path to the poet hopes to inspire unity BY AMY B. WANG The Washington Post vice presidency Los Angeles poet Amanda Gorman delivered a stirring Author says ‘Kamala’s Way’ refers to how she poem at the inauguration Wednesday titled “The Hill We balanced principles against political ambitions Climb,” a piece she said she wrote with the intention of repre- BY MARTHA S. JONES politics. Though Berkeley was senting as many Americans as Special to The Washington Post her girlhood home, Harris was possible. n “Kamala’s Way,” Dan not a politician who came up In doing so, Gorman, 22, be- Morain takes readers back from the grassroots. Instead, came the youngest inaugural to an arresting moment beginning with her career as a poet and nearly stole the show, Ifrom June 2019. At a Mo- prosecutor in Alameda County, drawing immediate praise on veOn forum, as California’s home to Oakland, Harris com- social media for her poise and junior U.S. senator and presi- mitted herself to public service, lyricism. dential hopeful Kamala Harris working in the trenches of the An excerpt of Gorman’s poem, settled in for an interview, a justice system for those she courtesy of NPR: man barreled onto the stage, termed the “voiceless and vul- “We’ve seen a force that would yanking the microphone from nerable.” It is a perspective that shatter our nation rather than her hands. The moderator, Ka- continues to frame her work to share it, rine Jean Pierre, rushed to place this day. would destroy our country if it herself between Harris and the But principles alone did not meant delaying democracy. assailant, who towered over take Harris beyond the seedy And this effort very nearly them, his intentions unknown. courthouses of the East Bay. succeeded. Moments after the intruder was Her rise from local prosecutor But while democracy can be led away with the help of Har- to district attorney of San Fran- periodically delayed, ris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, the cisco, attorney general of Cali- it can never be permanently candidate called for a new mic fornia, U.S. senator and finally defeated. and went back to fielding ques- vice president took three dec- In this truth, in this faith, we tions. ades. Building relationships, trust. The election season was full of Morain explains, was key. Early For while we have our eyes on jaw-dropping moments that on, Harris was an intimate of SUSAN WALSH/AP the future, eclipsed this confrontation. But her state’s unrivaled Black pow- Harris, shown Jan. 7, made history Wednesday when she became the history has its eyes on us.” Morain returns er broker, lawmaker Willie nation’s first Black, South Asian and female vice president. to it and offers Brown, who showed her Cali- “My hope is that my poem will a telling snap- fornia’s political underbelly and Here, Morain is admiring of provides little on how racism represent a moment of unity for shot of Harris. its ropes. Along the way he Harris and forgives her for the and sexism shaped Harris’ path. our country,” she told Washing- He portrays her boosted Harris’ statewide visibil- policy compromises that still In his effort to explain her char- ton Post book critic Ron Charles as a confident, ity. Harris’ sister, Maya, who attract criticism. In 2008, as San acter, Morain comes very close last week, “that with my words seasoned public headed the American Civil Lib- Francisco’s district attorney, to trading in old, pernicious I’ll be able to speak to a new figure, whose erties Union of Northern Cali- Harris aimed to curb truancy stereotypes about Black women, chapter and era for our nation.” success rests fornia, and her husband, Tony with a stick: prosecuting parents though perhaps unwittingly so. That she did, with a beautifully upon the intim- West, associate attorney general whose children failed to attend In his telling, Harris sometimes delivered poem full of alliteration ate loyalties of under President Barack Obama, school. Though she had built her comes across as a Jezebel who and internal rhyme. One would others and whose candidacy have served as her steadfast public career as a death penalty callously exploited intimacies, never guess that a few years ago, could not avoid being symbolic. confidants and strategists. opponent, in 2014 Attorney Gen- even one with a married public Gorman was struggling with a Witnessing those harrowing In 2007, Harris was a surro- eral Harris fended off a consti- figure; a Mammy who, though speech impediment. As she told seconds, some flashed back to gate for Obama during his presi- tutional challenge to California’s she had no children, readily The Lily last year, writing was a the 1968 assassination of Martin dential run, and her star was death penalty. Morain explains mothered others; an angry Black means of self-expression when Luther King Jr., while others rising. She jockeyed with Gavin that Kamala’s way meant she woman wielding a sharp tongue she found herself unable to ver- saw the ubiquitous threat of Newsom as the two ascended in balanced her principles against and sharper wit; or an ambi- balize her thoughts. Music 21st-century gun violence. California politics; Newsom won her political ambitions. She tiously talented professional who helped her overcome her impedi- Americans had no precedent for the governorship, and Harris assessed matters through the knew that to get ahead she had ment, which included difficulty a scene in which harm might moved from attorney general to lens of the larger public issue. “to be twice as good as them to pronouncing the letter R. come to a woman of color — the the Senate. She parlayed her In the case of prosecuting par- get half of what they have,” as “My favorite thing to practice daughter of Jamaican and Indi- roots in the Democratic strong- ents for their children’s truancy, Olivia Pope’s father told her in was the song ‘Aaron Burr, Sir,’ an immigrants — while she hold of the Bay Area into alli- she sought to enforce a child’s the television show “Scandal.” from ‘Hamilton’ because it is campaigned for the highest ances with East Coast figures right to an education. On the While chronicling Harris’ jam-packed with R’s. And I said, office in the land. such as Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.) death penalty, she sided with the climb, “Kamala’s Way” also has ‘if I can keep up with Leslie in For readers eager to under- and the late Delaware attorney need for a balance of powers one eye trained on the present. this track, then I am on my way stand how Harris became some- general Beau Biden. that ensures that courts settle It is, after all, a book that seeks to being able to say this R in a one who could hold her own on While some observers, in- constitutional questions. But her to explain how Harris and poem,’” she told CBS News. a national stage, Morain charts cluding those on San Francisco’s approach still riles detractors America both got to this historic Gorman tweeted that she in- her route. His premise is that society pages, have focused on who brand Harris a public offi- moment: the election of the first cluded two references to “Hamil- there was nothing predictable Harris’ style, Morain, a former cial too steeped in a law-and- woman, first African American ton” in “The Hill We Climb.” She about the journey of a daughter longtime reporter and editor for order model of justice. and first Asian American as vice also paid homage to a previous of immigrants, a Howard Uni- the Los Angeles Times and the Morain relies on insights he president. inaugural poet. When Oprah versity alum and a Hastings Sacramento Bee, keeps the spot- gathered in his time covering It is likely that Harris’ most tweeted her congratulations, College of Law graduate from light on her achievements. After California politics, bolstered by intimate revelations will remain Gorman replied: “I would be local prosecutor to vice presi- becoming California’s attorney interviews with Harris’ col- with her, at least until she pens nowhere without the women dent-elect. He stresses that it general in 2011, Harris earned a leagues through the years, giv- her own memoir after leaving whose footsteps I dance in. While does no justice to Harris’ story voice on issues that had national ing the book the feel of an in- office. In the meantime, this reciting my poem, I wore a ring to label her a “female Obama.” resonance: the death penalty, sider’s tale. But without access story about how she ran the with a caged bird — a gift from Morain gives readers the public marriage equality, gun control, to the vice president-elect or her gantlet of American politics will @Oprah ... to symbolize Maya Harris on her own terms: a the mortgage crisis, for-profit family, Morain cannot get to the leave readers admiring Harris Angelou, a previous inaugural leader who rose to power in the colleges, reproductive rights and inner Kamala Harris. for how she has not only sur- poet. Here’s to the women who crowded terrain of California human trafficking. Curiously, “Kamala’s Way” vived but thrived. have climbed my hills before.” PAGE 18 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, January 24, 2021 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Immigrants helped preserve the Union Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY GEORGE F. WILL children under age 18 living with at least one single-decade increase in the foreign-born Washington Post Writers Group unauthorized immigrant parent, more than percentage of the U.S. population. Three WASHINGTON 4 million, having been born here, are citi- million immigrants arrived in a nation EDITORIAL mmigration, a wit has said, is the sin- zens. The 11 million are not going home. whose population was 23 million — the Terry Leonard, Editor cerest form of flattery. This dispirited They are home. And Americans’ decency equivalent of 42 million arriving between [email protected] nation needs some of that, so Presi- would prevent the police measures neces- 2000 and 2010, when 14 million actually did. dent Joe Biden has wisely made immi- sary to extract them from their communi- In 1858, when Abraham Lincoln said that Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor I gration reform his initial legislative propos- ties. half the Americans then living were born [email protected] al. Biden’s predecessor said “our country is elsewhere, immigrants were one-third of Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content The nation also needs a healthy opposition full,” although there are 145 countries and the approximately 9,400 residents of Spring- [email protected] party, and the impending immigration de- territories with greater population densi- field, Ill. bate will give the Republican Party an early ties. Two-thirds of Americans live in cities Seven years later, Lincoln was buried Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation [email protected] opportunity to rehabilitate its reputation by that occupy 3.5% of the land. In 80% of Amer- there after a nation-saving Civil War victory adopting policies unlike those of Biden’s ica’s counties, the number of prime-age that had been substantially aided by immi- Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital predecessor, who propelled his ascent to the workers (25-54) declined between 2007 and grant soldiers. “There are those damned [email protected] presidency by stoking anxieties about immi- 2017. As a candidate, Biden proposed “a new green flags again,” said Confederate Gen. gration. Congressional Republicans will visa category to allow cities and counties to George Pickett as he watched an Irish unit BUREAU STAFF have to choose between aligning with the petition for higher levels of immigrants” for prepare to attack. Ireland’s potato famine animosity of constituents who misunder- economic reasons. helped to doom the Confederacy. Recruiting Europe/Mideast stand how this nation has prospered by assi- Bier and Nowrasteh report that America’s posters were printed in foreign languages, Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] milating 100 million immigrants, or with the per capita immigration rate today is “as and the 1862 Homestead Act was publicized +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 generosity of the United States’ majority. close to zero as it has ever been.” The nation around the world to attract immigrants, Pacific David J. Bier and Alex Nowrasteh of the now has a declining birth rate and an aging 800,000 of whom came during the war. His- Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief Cato Institute report that, for the first time in population that is retiring, at a rate of 10,000 a torian Jay Sexton in “A Nation Forged by [email protected] Gallup’s 55 years of polling on the subject, day, into Social Security and Medicare sys- Crisis” says about 25% of Union soldiers and +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 “more Americans support increasing immi- tems that are unsustainable without a work- 40% of seamen were foreign-born. Union of- Washington gration than decreasing it.” Support for de- force replenished by immigrants. Further- ficials cast the war as an episode in a larger Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief creasing it has plummeted from 50% in 2009 more, a steady influx of them will enable the struggle for republican government, here [email protected] (+1)(202)886-0033 to 28% today. Last year, 77% called immigra- U.S. economy to regain, late in this century, and elsewhere, thereby, Sexton says, “de- Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News tion “a good thing,” and a similar majority to- its place as the world’s largest economy as coupling the idea of the nation from Anglo- [email protected] day favor a path to citizenship for “dream- China’s workforce shrinks, a debilitating Saxon Protestantism.” ers,” those who were under 16 when brought echo of the 1980-2016 one-child policy. Today, anti-immigration sentiment is dis- CIRCULATION here before 2007 by parents who were not The debate about immigration that Biden proportionately concentrated among recent Mideast lawful residents. is reigniting, and especially his proposed Republican voters who are timid national- Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager About 40% of unauthorized immigrants path to citizenship for the 11 million, impli- ists dismayed by the decoupling of the nation [email protected] came not through porous borders but on vi- cates the nation’s understanding of itself. from their conceptions of it. Strangely, they [email protected] sas they overstayed. Of the approximately 11 And it will roil a dark current of 21st-century fear that the United States cannot be itself if DSN (314)583-9111 million (down from 12.3 million in 2007), politics, concerning which some 19th-centu- it is as welcoming to immigrants as it was Europe 62% have lived here at least 10 years, 21% at ry history is germane. when they were making the United States Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager least 20 years. Of the more than 5 million The years 1845-1855 produced the largest the success that it is. [email protected] [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Respect each side’s must-have: Citizenship path, wall Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 BY HUGH HEWITT deal. border is secured in a way that projects cer- CONTACT US Special to The Washington Post Those are the two requirements for any tainty that entry to the United States is dri- e must end this uncivil reform package. That’s the reality. 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PRO FOOTBALL COLLEGE BASKETBALL DEALS BRIEFLY NFL playoffs Friday’s men’s scores Friday's transactions Wild-card Playoffs BASEBALL Saturday, Jan. 9 EAST Major League Baseball Buffalo 27, Indianapolis 24 CCSU 65, Mount St. Mary’s 64 American League Los Angeles Rams 30, Seattle 20 Merrimack 76, Fairleigh Dickinson 71 KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Named Tony Tampa Bay 31, Washington 23 N. Kentucky 81, Robert Morris 76 Pena Jr. assistant coach, Terry Bradshaw Sunday, Jan. 10 Niagara 59, Quinnipiac 56 hitting coach, Carl Eldred pitching coach, Rider 76, Marist 64 Jackets, Jets swap Baltimore 20, Tennessee 13 Rusty Kumntz first base coach, Pedro Gri­ New Orleans 21, Chicago 9 Sacred Heart 82, St. Francis (Pa.) 70 fol bench coach, John Mabry major league Cleveland 48 Pittsburgh 37 St. Peter’s 68, Siena 62 coach, Vance Wilson third base coach, Ra­ Divisional Playoffs SOUTH fael Belliard special assistant to the gen­ Saturday, Jan. 16 eral manager and Dannon Hollins minor Green Bay 32, Los Angeles Rams 18 Appalachian St. 80, Georgia St. 71 league coach. Buffalo 17, Baltimore 3 Coastal Carolina 90, Troy 81 MINNESOTA TWINS — Agreed to terms Sunday, Jan. 17 FAU 66, Charlotte 53, OT with LHP J.A. Happ on a one­year contract. disgruntled players Kansas City 22, Cleveland 17 Florida Gulf Coast 79, Lipscomb 69 SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to terms Tampa Bay 30, New Orleans 20 Georgia Southern 84, South Alabama 75, with INF Starlin Aguilar, OFs Juan Cruz and Associated Press Conference Championships OT Victor Labrada to one­year contracts. Hagy was in position to join Im Sunday, Jan. 24 Louisiana­Lafayette 81, Arkansas St. 68 TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Traded RHP Hec­ COLUMBUS, Ohio — After at 11 under, but he bogeyed his fi- AFC Marshall 79, FIU 66 tor Perez to Cincinnati in exchange for a North Alabama 82, Jacksonville 81, OT Buffalo at Kansas City player to be named or cash considera­ Pierre-Luc Dubois was benched nal hole with a tee shot into the NFC North Florida 69, Kennesaw St. 54 tions. Texas St. 57, Louisiana­Monroe 47 National League for lack of effort two days ago, the fairway bunker to finish his 70. Tampa Bay at Green Bay UAB 78, Rice 68 Super Bowl PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Named Christian Columbus Blue Jackets on Satur- Canada's Nick Taylor (66), Sunday, Feb. 7 MIDWEST Marrero assistant hitting coach and Mike Rabelo field coordinator. At Tampa, Fla. Bellarmine 67, Stetson 62 day traded the unhappy star cen- South Korea's Si Woo Kim (68), AFC champion vs. NFC champion  FOOTBALL Cleveland St. 64, Milwaukee 53 National Football League ter to the Winnipeg Jets for Patrik Tony Finau (66) and Mexico's NFL injury report Green Bay 77, Fort Wayne 59 Ill.­Chicago 67, Youngstown St. 66 ATLANTA FALCONS — Announced offen­ Laine and Jack Roslovic. Abraham Ancer (65) also were 10 NEW YORK — The National Football Michigan 70, Purdue 53 sive coach Dirk Koetter to retire. League injury report, as provided by the N. Dakota St. 70, Denver 58 BALTIMORE RAVENS — Signed WR Deon Dubois, Columbus’ top-line cen- under. Emiliano Grillo (66), Fran- league (DNP: did not practice; LIMITED: Oakland 86, Detroit 81 Cain to a reserve/futures contract. Named ter, made it clear when he signed a cesco Molinari (66) and Doug limited participation; FULL: Full participa­ S. Dakota St. 92, North Dakota 73 Rob Ryan inside linebacker coach and An­ tion): South Dakota 65, W. Illinois 60 thony Weaver run game coordinator/de­ two-year contract before the sea- Ghim (68) were two shots off the SUNDAY Wright St. 95, IUPUI 65 fensive line coach. BUFFALO BILLS — Signed K Tristan Viz­ son that he wanted a change of lead, and eight more were at 8 un- BUFFALO BILLS at KANSAS CITY CHIEFS SOUTHWEST — BILLS: QUESTIONABLE: DT Vernon Butler caino to the practice squad. scenery. Laine, an All-Star winger der. (quadricep), WR Gabriel Davis (ankle). UALR 66, Texas­Arlington 59 CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed WR Ryan LIMITED: QB Jake Fromm (not injury relat­ UTEP 82, Louisiana Tech 74 Switzer to a one­year contract. also had been asking for a trade. In other golf news: ed). FULL: K Tyler Bass (hand), WR Cole UTSA 70, Southern Miss. 64 DETROIT LIONS — Signed K Matthew Beasley (knee), WR Stefon Diggs Wright to a reserve/futures contract. Columbus general manager
Danielle Kang managed to FAR WEST — Signed DB (oblique), LB Tremaine Edmunds (hamstr­ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS Jarmo Kekalainen said the deal steal some of the spotlight from ing), DT Quinton Jefferson (ankle), DE Dar­ CS Bakersfield 47, UC Riverside 45 Keith Washington Jr. to a reserve/futures ryl Johnson (knee). CHIEFS: OUT: LB Willie Cal St.­Fullerton 83, Hawaii 67 contract. had been in the works and wasn’t the Korda sisters on Thursday as Gay (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: RB Le'Veon Grand Canyon 77, Dixie St. 74 PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Announced TE Bell (knee), CB Bashaud Breeland (concus­ San Diego St. 98, Air Force 61 Vance McDonald to retire. hastened by the rift between Du- the LPGA Tour opened its 71st sion, shoulder), RB Clyde Edwards­Helaire UC Irvine 68, Cal Poly 49 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Activated T (ankle, hip), CB Rashad Fenton (foot), WR UC San Diego 89, UC Davis 69 Vita Vea from injured reserve. Waived OL bois and Blue Jackets coach John season with a winners-only field at Sammy Watkins (calf). LIMITED: CB Bash­ UC Santa Barbara 105, CS Northridge 58 Earl Watford. Tortorella, who benched the 22- the Diamond Resorts Tournament aud Breeland (concussion, shoulder), RB Wyoming 71, Nevada 64 WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM — Clyde Edwards­Helaire (ankle, hip), CB Friday’s women’s scores  Named Martin Mayhew general manager. year-old star for loafing in Thurs- of Champions. HOCKEY Rashad Fenton (foot), QB Patrick Ma­ EAST homes (concussion, toe), WR Sammy Wat­ National Hockey League day’s loss to Tampa Bay. Kang opened the year with a bo- kins (calf). FIU 75, Marshall 60 ARIZONA COYOTES — Named Steve Pot­ Dubois is a dynamic center gey-free, 7-under 64 for a one-shot TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS at GREEN BAY Fordham 68, St. Bonaventure 49 vin head coach of the Tucson Roadrun­ PACKERS — BUCCANEERS: OUT: WR Anto­ La Salle 60, George Washington 45 ners, John Slaney continues as assistant whom the Blue Jackets hoped lead over Jessica Korda and Nelly nio Brown (knee) QUESTIONABLE: S An­ Marist 66, Niagara 60, OT coach and Jay Varady will join Coyotes toine Winfield (ankle). DNP: LB Jason Quinnipiac 72, Rider 50 coaching staff. Recalled D Victor Soder­ would be one of their building Korda, along with defending Pierre­Paul (knee, not injury related), DT Robert Morris 50, Wright St. 43 strom from the minor league taxi squad. Designate D Jordan for assignment to taxi blocks. But he declined to sign a champion Gaby Lopez, at Four Ndamukong Suh (not injury related). LIM­ SOUTH ITED: WR Mike Evans (knee), WR Chris squad. long-term deal and let it be known Seasons Golf and Sports Club Or- Godwin (quadricep). FULL: RB Ronald Appalachian St. 71, Georgia St. 68 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Recalled LW Jones (quadricep, finger), DT Jeremiah Campbell 57, Charleston Southern 35 Brandon Hagel from minor league taxi he wanted to play elsewhere. lando in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Ledbetter (calf), G Ali Marpet (pectoral), Gardner­Webb 62, SC­Upstate 52 squad. Designate LW Brandon Pirri for as­ After leading the team in scor- Kang is coming off a two-win CB Sean Murphy­Bunting (quadricep, an­ Hampton 51, Winthrop 42 signment to taxi squad. kle), S Jordan Whitehead (knee). PACK- High Point 75, Presbyterian 52 COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Designated ing with 49 points last season, Du- season last year that was short- ERS: OUT: DE Kingsley Keke (concussion). Middle Tennessee 75, W. Kentucky 65 RW Emil Bemstrom for assignment to taxi QUESTIONABLE: CB Kevin King (back). South Alabama 59, Georgia Southern 58 squad. Recalled LW Nathan Gerbe from bois had one goal and no assists in ened by the COVID-19 pandemic, LIMITED: LB Krys Barnes (thumb), K Mason Southern Miss. 88, UTSA 64 the minor league taxi squad. Crosby (shoulder), RB A.J. Dillon (quadri­ Troy 104, Coastal Carolina 59 DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled LW Gi­ the first five games of 2021. winning back-to-back in Ohio cep), WR Allen Lazard (wrist, back), S Will UNC­Asheville 84, Radford 80 vani Smith from the minor league taxi Laine, a 22-year-old Finnish when the LPGA resumed after a Redmond (knee), LB Za'Darius Smith UNC­Greensboro 56, ETSU 53 squad. (thumb), WR Equanimeous St. Brown UTEP 61, Louisiana Tech 58 EDMONTON OILERS — Assigned G Olivier winger, has scored 36, 44, 30 and five-month shutdown. Rodrigue to Bakersfield (AHL). Designated (knee, ankle), G Rick Wagner (knee), RB Ja­ MIDWEST maal Williams (ankle). FULL: TE Marcedes LW Joakim Nygard for assignment to taxi 28 goals in each of his four NHL Kang, No. 5 in the women’s Lewis (knee). Denver 62, N. Dakota St. 60 squad. seasons but has grown into a bet- world ranking, had to quarantine Green Bay 71, Cleveland St. 62 FLORIDA PANTHERS — Waived C Jonath­ AP SPORTLIGHT Illinois St. 2, Evansville 0 an Ang. ter all-around player in the proc- twice in recent weeks after being Loyola of Chicago 71, Bradley 66 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Recalled D Milwaukee 74, IUPUI 66 Pierre­Olivier Joseph from the minor ess. Roslovic, a 23-year-old center exposed to COVID-19 and did not Jan. 24 Missouri St. 73, Drake 72 league taxi squad. N. Iowa 95, Indiana St. 69 WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Recalled C who grew up in Columbus, has 26 arrive into Orlando until late Mon- 1939 — Eddie Collins, Wee Willie Keeler Oakland 58, Fort Wayne 49 Brian Pinho from the minor league taxi goals and 41 assists in 180 career day night. She tested negative six and George Sisler are elected to the Base­ S. Dakota St. 81, North Dakota 52 squad. ball Hall of Fame. South Dakota 73, W. Illinois 56 WINNIPEG JETS — Placed Fs Patrik Laine games. times before getting the go-ahead 1981 — Mike Bossy of the New York Islan­ UMass 78, Saint Louis 62 and Nate Thompson on injured reserve. ders scores his 50th goal in the 50th game Youngstown St. 88, Ill.­Chicago 78 Promoted D Dylan DeMelo to the active The trade included signing Ros- to play. of the season in a 7­3 victory over the Que­ roster. lovic, a unsigned restricted free bec Nordiques. SOUTHWEST SOCCER Goggia wins another 1982 — Ray Wersching kicks a Super Louisiana­Lafayette 67, Arkansas St. 65, Major League Soccer agent, to a two-year, $3.8 million Bowl record­tying four field goals to help OT AUSTIN FC — Signed F Kekua Manneh. downhill, Johnson third the San Francisco 49ers beat the Cincinna­ Texas State 74, Louisiana­Monroe 52 LA GALAXY — Signed D Marcus Ferkra­ contract through the 2021-22 sea- ti Bengals 26­21. Texas­Arlington 55, UALR 50 nus. 1986 — Mike Bossy of the New York Islan­ son. CRANS-MONTANA, Switzer- FAR WEST LOS ANGELES FC — Acquired D Jesus Da­ ders scores his 1,000th career point with vid Murillo on a permanent transfer for The Jets will also get a third- land — Olympic champion Sofia an assist in a 7­5 victory over the Toronto Arizona 66, Utah 54 Colombian, Deportivo Independiente Me­ Maple Leafs. Arizona St. 51, Colorado 47 dellin. round pick in the 2022 draft. Goggia won the World Cup down- 1990 — Winston­Salem State basketball California Baptist 93, Chicago St. 52 NASHVILLE SC — Announced D Miguel Laine has 140 goals, 110 assists hill race and emerging American coach Clarence “Big House” Gaines wins Colorado St. 88, Utah St. 73 Nazarit was loaned to Colombian, Inde­ his 800th career game, 79­70 over Living­ Nevada 60, Wyoming 52 pendiente Santa Fe. and 250 points in 306 games with star Breezy Johnson was third — stone. Oregon 58, Washington St. 50 ORLANDO CITY SC — Acquired G Bran­ 1999 — David Duval shoots a magic num­ San Diego St. 59, Air Force 54 don Austin on a six­month loan with an op­ the Jets, who failed to sign him to a yet again — on Friday. ber — a round of 59 that matches the best Seattle 86, Tarleton State 54 tion for another six­months from Totten­ long-term contract and settled on score in PGA Tour history. Duval surges UC Davis 80, UC San Diego 62 ham Hotspur (EPL) pending receipt of his The two downhill standouts of from seven strokes off the pace for a one­ UC Irvine 63, Cal Poly 52 ITC. a one-year deal worth $6.75 mil- this season have now shared a po- stroke victory over Steve Pate in the Bob UC Riverside 64, CS Bakersfield 56 SEATTLE SOUNDERS — Announced F Jor­ Hope Chrysler Classic. UCLA 70, Stanford 66 dan Morris was loaned to Swansea City lion. dium in all four of the marquee (ECL) through 2020­21 season. GOLF National Women's Soccer League Im shoots 65 to lead speed races so far. ORLANDO PRIDE — Signed D Phoebe Goggia raced through swirling McClemon to a two­year contract. The American Express Diamond Resorts COLLEGE American Express winds at Crans-Montana to seal PGA Tour Tournament of Champions SOUTH CAROLINA — Named Greg Adkins LA QUINTA, Calif. — Although her third straight downhill win Friday offensive line coach and Jimmy Lindsey as At PGA West LPGA Tour defensive line coach. Sungjae Im hasn't been on the 0.20 seconds ahead of Ester Le- La Quia, Calif. Friday Purse: $6.7 million At Four Season Golf and Sports Club COLLEGE HOCKEY PGA Tour for very long, the 22- decka, who is an Olympic cham- Stadium Course Lake Buena Vista, Fla. year-old South Korean already pion in Alpine skiing and snow- Yardage:; 7,147; Par:; 72 Purse: $1.2 million Friday’s scores Nicklaus Tournament Course Yardage:; 6,645; Par:; 71 feels awfully comfortable on the boarding. Second Round Yardage:; 7,181; Par:; 72 EAST generous desert courses at The American rival Johnson ex- Second Round Danielle Kang 64-65—129 -13 Sungjae Im 68-65—133 -11 Nelly Korda 65-66—131 -11 Army 4, Holy Cross 1 American Express. tended her streak of placing third In Gee Chun 68-65—133 -9 Boston U. 3, Maine 2, OT Nick Taylor 68-66—134 -10 Merrimack 5, New Hampshire 2 So do plenty of other pros, and in each downhill after entering the Tony Finau 68-66—134 -10 Mitsubishi Electric Championship Providence 0, UMass 0, OT (Providence Abraham Ancer 69-65—134 -10 wins shootout 1­0) that's why the leaderboard is so season without a podium finish in Si Woo Kim 66-68—134 -10 at Hualalai Quinnipiac 1, Clarkson 1, OT (Quinnipiac crowded heading to the weekend. her World Cup career. Brandon Hagy 64-70—134 -10 Champions Tour wins shootout 2­1) Friday UConn 3, Boston College 3, OT (UConn Im shot a 7-under 65 on Friday Johnson, who turned 25 this Emiliano Grillo 69-66—135 -9 wins shootout 2­0) Francesco Molinari 69-66—135 -9 Ka’upulehu-Kona, Hawaii at The American Express to take a week, laughed and held up three Doug Ghim 67-68—135 -9 Purse: $1.8 million MIDWEST Hualalai Golf Course one-stroke lead over first-round fingers after seeing she was in John Huh 68-68—136 -8 Yardage:; 7,107; Par:; 72 Bemidji St. 3, Bowling Green 1 leader Brandon Hagy and four third place yet again, 0.57 behind Brendan Steele 68-68—136 -8 Second Round Michigan 3, Notre Dame 1 Max Homa 66-70—136 -8 Minnesota 10, Arizona St. 2 Jerry Kelly 64-67—131 -13 Penn St. 5, Wisconsin 4 others. the winner. Andrew Putnam 67-69—136 -8 Darren Clarke 63-68—131 -13 St. Cloud St. 3, Miami 2 PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, January 24, 2021 NHL

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East Division Stars open season with rout GP WLOT Pts GF GA Washington 5 3 0 2 8 19 17 BY STEPHEN HAWKINS Philadelphia 5 3 1 1 7 19 16 Associated Press N.Y. Islan- 4 3 1 0 6 9 6 DALLAS — Anton Khudobin ders Pittsburgh 5 3 2 0 6 18 21 stared upward before Dallas' de- New Jersey 4 2 1 1 5 9 11 layed season opener, watching as Boston 4 2 1 1 5 9 9 the Stars' Western Conference N.Y. Rangers 4 1 2 1 3 11 12 championship banner was un- Buffalo 5 1 3 1 3 14 16 Central Division veiled high above the ice. The goalie then stopped 34 shots GP WLOT Pts GF GA in his first season-opening start, Tampa Bay 3 3 0 0 6 13 5 and Dallas scored five power-play Florida 2 2 0 0 4 10 6 goals in a 7-0 win over the Nash- Carolina 3 2 1 0 4 9 6 Nashville 4 2 2 0 4 10 14 ville Predators on Friday night. Detroit 5 2 3 0 4 10 14 “First game, it was emotional at Columbus 5 1 2 2 4 10 16 the start,” said Khudobin, who lat- Chicago 5 1 3 1 3 13 21 er heard his name chanted by the Dallas 1 1 0 0 2 7 0 4,214 fans in attendance for what West Division was his 100th career regular-sea- GP WLOT Pts GF GA son win and ninth shutout. “Unbe- Vegas 5 4 1 0 8 18 12 lievable. ... That was a special mo- Minnesota 5 4 1 0 8 15 10 ment.” Colorado 5 3 2 0 6 17 12 St. Louis 4 2 1 1 5 10 15 Joe Pavelski had two goals and Arizona 5 2 2 1 5 17 18 two assists and Alexander Radu- Los Angeles 4 1 1 2 4 12 13 lov also scored twice for the Stars, Anaheim 5 1 2 2 4 8 13 who had a scoreless first period. San Jose 5 2 3 0 4 14 18 Joel Kiviranta had a goal and an as- North Division sist. GP WLOT Pts GF GA Five of Dallas’ goals came in the Montreal 5 3 0 2 8 24 16 second, including three on the TONY GUTIERREZ/AP Toronto 6 4 2 0 8 19 17 power play and an unassisted Stars right wing Denis Gurianov scores against Nashville Predators goaltender Juuse Saros during the Winnipeg 4 3 1 0 6 13 10 short-handed wrist shot by Esa second period of Friday's game in Dallas. The Stars won 7­0 in their delayed season opener. Calgary 3 2 0 1 5 11 6 Edmonton 6 2 4 0 4 15 20 Lindell. Vancouver 6 2 4 0 4 18 28 “Too many easy shots got team to open the season after their poned because of virus issues for since 2000 before losing in Game 6 Ottawa 4 1 2 1 3 11 14 through and they made some nice first four games, all scheduled on the Hurricanes. against Tampa Bay. Thursday’s games tip plays, credit to them in that sit- the road, were postponed because “The scoreboard looks bad. At The fans in attendance were Winnipeg 4, Ottawa 1 Tampa Bay 3, Columbus 2, OT uation when they made them,” 17 players tested positive for CO- the end of the day, we got zero spread out in an arena where the N.Y. Islanders 4, New Jersey 1 Boston 5, Philadelphia 4, SO Nashville coach John Hynes said. VID-19 during the abbreviated points, that's all that matters,” normal hockey capacity is 18,532. Montreal 7, Vancouver 3 “We were a little out of sorts in training camp. Only veteran for- Predators forward Filip Forsberg The NBA's Dallas Mavericks are Los Angeles 4, Colorado 2 Florida at Carolina, ppd. that first period, which was to be ward Blake Comeau was unavaila- said. playing their home games at Friday’s games expected, but we played through ble for the first game because of Dallas was at home for the first American Airlines Center without Toronto 4, Edmonton 2 Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, SO it, and Doby made the big saves,” COVID protocols, though the time in 318 days, since a 4-2 loss to fans. Washington 4, Buffalo 3, SO Stars coach Rick Bowness said. “It league doesn't specify the exact the New York Rangers on March Khudobin had never started a Chicago 4, Detroit 1 Minnesota 4, San Jose 1 was the power play that got us go- reason. 10 that was its sixth loss in a row. playoff game before going 14-10 Dallas 7, Nashville 0 Arizona 5, Vegas 2 ing in the second ... 5-on-3, and Nashville (2-2) played for the When the season resumed months last summer when Ben Bishop was Colorado 3, Anaheim 2, OT then get another quick one. That first time since Monday, a day be- later with the playoffs in the NHL unavailable because of a torn me- Saturday’s games gave everyone a huge boost.” fore its second of back-to-back bubble in Edmonton, the Stars re- niscus in his knee. Bishop is still re- Florida at Carolina, ppd. Tampa Bay at Columbus The Stars were the last NHL games against Carolina was post- ached their first Stanley Cup Final habbing from offseason surgery. Montreal at Vancouver Philadelphia at Boston Los Angeles at St. Louis Ottawa at Winnipeg ROUNDUP Sunday’s games Detroit at Chicago Buffalo at Washington Toronto at Calgary Vegas at Arizona N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh Coyotes hand Knights their first loss Colorado at Anaheim Los Angeles at St. Louis Nashville at Dallas Associated Press start. Teddy Blueger also scored, and Jarry fin- Janmark also scored for Chicago in its home San Jose at Minnesota GLENDALE, Ariz. — Conor Garland had a ished with 31 saves. opener after beginning the season with a four- Edmonton at Winnipeg Monday’s game goal and an assist, Darcy Kuemper stopped 29 Capitals 4, Sabres 3 (SO): Jakub Vrana had game trip. Dylan Strome and Alex DeBrincat Ottawa at Vancouver shots and Arizona handed Vegas its first loss of a goal and an assist, Vitek Vanecek made 24 each had two assists. the season, 5-2 on Friday night. saves through overtime and short-handed Wild 4, Sharks 1: Zach Parise scored his The Coyotes bounced back from a drubbing Washington beat visiting Buffalo. first goal of the season to break a second-period two nights earlier in Vegas with one of their Nicklas Backstrom and Nic Dowd also tie, sending host Minnesota to the victory. best games of the early season. scored for the Capitals, who won the first of Joel Eriksson Ek had an early goal for the Arizona's Nick Schmaltz scored for the third four games they must play without captain Wild against former teammate Devan Dub- straight game and had an assist. Christian Dvo- Alex Ovechkin, center Evgeny Kuznetsov, de- nyk, who made 25 saves for the Sharks on the rak also had a goal and an assist. Derick Bras- fenseman Dmitry Orlov and goaltender Ilya Minnesota ice he called home for the previous sard scored his first of the season and Jordan Samsonov because of pandemic protocols. six years. Kevin Fiala and Jordan Greenway Oesterle closed it out with an empty-net goal. Avalanche 3, Ducks 2 (OT):Gabriel Landes- added empty-netters for the Wild (4-1-0) in Penguins 4, Rangers 3 (SO): Kris Letang kog scored 1:38 into overtime, Mikko Rantanen their home opener. scored in the final round of a shootout to lift extended his goal-scoring streak to four Maple Leafs 4, Oilers 2: John Tavares host Pittsburgh to the victory. games, and visiting Colorado topped Anaheim. broke a tie on a power play midway through the Letang ripped a backhand over Igor Shester- Landeskog was initially stopped by Anaheim third period, helping host Toronto to the win. kin to put the Penguins in front. Tristan Jarry goalie John Gibson on a breakaway, but he got Toronto played without Auston Matthews collected his first win of the season when he his own rebound and converted a wraparound and Joe Thornton. Coach Sheldon Keefe said stuffed New York’s Tony DeAngelo moments for his third goal of the season. before the game Matthews is day to day with later. Blackhawks 4, Red Wings 1: Patrick Kane “upper-body soreness” following a 3-1 loss to JIM MONE/AP Bryan Rust and Jared McCann collected had a goal and an assist, and host Chicago the Oilers on Wednesday night, while Thorn- Minnesota’s Kevin Fiala scored their first goals of the season for Pittsburgh, earned its first win of the season. ton will miss at least four weeks after fractur- and empty­net goal in Friday’s which has won three straight following an 0-2 Andrew Shaw, Calvin de Haan and Mattias ing a rib in that game. 4­1 victory over San Jose. Sunday, January 24, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 NBA/COLLEGE BASKETBALL

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Eastern Conference Embiid leads 76ers past Celtics Atlantic Division WLPct GB Associated Press Philadelphia 11 5 .688 — Boston 8 6 .571 2 Brooklyn 9 8 .529 2½ PHILADELPHIA — Joel Em- New York 8 9 .471 3½ biid had 38 points and 11 rebounds, Toronto 6 9 .400 4½ Tobias Harris scored 23 points Southeast Division and the Philadelphia 76ers beat WLPct GB the Boston Celtics 122-110 on Fri- Atlanta 8 7 .533 — day night. Orlando 7 9 .438 1½ Seth Curry returned to the Six- Miami 6 8 .429 1½ Charlotte 6 9 .400 2 ers’ starting lineup following a Washington 3 8 .273 3 seven-game absence because of a Central Division positive COVID-19 test and scored WLPct GB 15 points. MICHAEL CONROY/AP Jaylen Brown led the Celtics Indiana 9 6 .600 — Michigan guard Eli Brooks Milwaukee 9 6 .600 — with 42 points and nine rebounds, Cleveland 8 7 .533 1 shoots in front of Purdue guard and Marcus Smart had 20 points. Chicago 7 8 .467 2 Brandon Newman on Friday in Embiid followed a 42-point out- Detroit 3 12 .200 6 West Lafayette, Ind. The ing in a win over Boston on Western Conference Wolverines won 70­53. Wednesday night with another Southwest Division fantastic effort. He made 14 of 15 WLPct GB Wolverines from the free-throw line — a near- Memphis 7 6 .538 — flawless retort after some mild Dallas 8 7 .533 — shut down criticism from Smart. San Antonio 8 8 .500 ½ Smart said Embiid “flails and New Orleans 5 9 .357 2½ gets the calls” after the All-Star Houston 5 9 .357 2½ Boilermakers center went to the line 21 times in Northwest Division his 42-point game. The Celtics WLPct GB BY MICHAEL MAROT Associated Press shot just 20 free throws in that loss Utah 11 4 .733 — and none in the fourth quarter. Portland 8 6 .571 2½ WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Cavaliers 125, Nets 113:Collin Denver 8 7 .533 3 Michigan coach Juwan Howard Oklahoma City 6 8 .429 4½ Sexton had 25 points and nine as- Minnesota 3 11 .214 7½ put the emphasis on defense from sists, Andre Drummond added 19 Pacific Division the first time his entire team prac- ticed this season. points and 16 rebounds and Cleve- WLPct GB land beat visiting Brooklyn for the It paid big dividends Friday L.A. Clippers 12 4 .750 — night. second time in three days. L.A. Lakers 12 4 .750 — Nets superstar forward Kevin Phoenix 8 6 .571 3 On a night Isaiah Livers Durant was held out as a precau- Golden State 8 7 .533 3½ matched his season high with 22 tionary measure as he continues Sacramento 6 10 .375 6 points and Eli Brooks added 11, the his comeback from right Achilles Thursday’s games seventh-ranked Wolverines used L.A. Lakers 113, Milwaukee 106 tendon surgery. CHRIS SZAGOLA/AP New York 119, Golden State 104 a staunch defense to pull away Kyrie Irving scored 38 points, 76ers center Joel Embiid dunks in front of the Boston Celtics’ Daniel Utah 129, New Orleans 118 from Purdue 70-53. and James Harden had 19 points Theis (27) during the first half of Friday’s game in Philadelphia. Friday’s games “They all did a great job. It was Chicago 123, Charlotte 110 and 11 assists for Brooklyn, which Embiid finished with 38 points in the 76ers’ 122­110 win. Houston 103, Detroit 102 not easy because Trevion (Wil- Indiana 120, Orlando 118, OT liams) is one of the best bigs in this lost 147-135 in double-overtime to Toronto 101, Miami 81 the Cavaliers in the debut of its Cleveland 125, Brooklyn 113 conference and also one of the best Philadelphia 122, Boston 110 high-scoring trio on Wednesday. Pacers 120, Magic 118 (OT): ing Dallas withstood a late rally to Atlanta 116, Minnesota 98 in the country,” Howard said Malcolm Brogdon hit a three- beat San Antonio. Dallas 122, San Antonio 117 when asked specifically about Mi- Nuggets 130, Suns 126 (OT): L.A. Clippers 120, Oklahoma City 106 Nikola Jokic scored 31 points, Ga- pointer with 2.8 seconds left in Dallas won its second straight Denver 130, Phoenix 126, OT chigan’s post play. “I know tomor- Sacramento 103, New York 94 ry Harris added 19 and Denver overtime, lifting host Indiana past after a three-game losing streak. Washington at Milwaukee, ppd row they’re going to wake up sore rallied to force overtime before Orlando. San Antonio is 2-5 at home. Memphis at Portland, ppd because they earned it. This was beating host Phoenix. Evan Fournier’s three-point at- Raptors 101, Heat 81:At Tam- Saturday’s games an old-school, Big Ten type of Miami at Brooklyn Denver won for the third time in tempt bounced off the rim at the pa, Fla., Norman Powell scored 23 New Orleans at Minnesota game. The Big Ten has always buzzer for Orlando. points, OG Anunoby added 21 and Philadelphia at Detroit four games to improve to 8-7 this Denver at Phoenix been a physical conference and to- season. Brogdon led the Pacers with 23 Toronto recovered to beat Miami Golden State at Utah night’s game was really about points. Jeremy Lamb and Myles after blowing a 21-point lead. Houston at Dallas Devin Booker led the Suns with L.A. Lakers at Chicago physicality.” Turner each scored 22 points, and Pascal Siakam had 15 points and 31 points but took a hard fall late in Sunday’s games By winning their fifth straight in Domantas Sabonis had 18. 14 rebounds for the Raptors. They overtime and didn’t play the final Toronto at Indiana the series, the Wolverines (13-1, Clippers 120, Thunder 106: never trailed on their way to Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers few possessions. Phoenix’s of- Charlotte at Orlando 8-1 Big Ten) maintained their Kawhi Leonard scored 31 points, avenging a loss to the Heat on Cleveland at Boston fense looked out of synch without stranglehold on the conference Paul George added 29 and Los An- Wednesday night. Atlanta at Milwaukee its leading scorer on the floor and Sacramento at Memphis, ppd lead. geles beat visiting Oklahoma City Bulls 123, Hornets 110: Zach Washington at San Antonio New York at Portland But this one came with some didn’t score a field goal after he for its sixth straight victory. LaVine continued his strong play Monday’s games trepidation after Purdue’s top left. Serge Ibaka had 17 points and 11 with 25 points and nine assists, Charlotte at Orlando three-point shooter, Sasha Stefa- Rockets 103, Pistons 102:Je- rebounds to help the Clippers im- leading Chicago past host Char- Philadelphia at Detroit rami Grant’s driving layup on the Toronto at Indiana novic, tested positive for CO- prove to 12-4, tying the Lakers for lotte for its third straight victory. Miami at Brooklyn final play came too late, and visit- the NBA’s best record. Lauri Markkanen added 23 L.A. Lakers at Cleveland VID-19. A second test Wednesday Sacramento at Memphis, ppd confirmed the initial result. ing Houston held on to beat De- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led points, and Coby White had 18 Denver at Dallas Boston at Chicago Boilermakers coach Matt Pain- troit. the Thunder with 30 points. points and eight assists. San Antonio at New Orleans Down one with 3.4 seconds re- Minnesota at Golden State ter explained that the team’s pro- Hawks 116, Timberwolves 98: Kings 103, Knicks 94: Harri- Oklahoma City at Portland maining, the Pistons inbounded to Trae Young scored a season-high son Barnes had 21 points, eight re- Leaders tocols required Stefanovic to wear Grant, who faked a handoff to 43 points, Clint Capela had 13 bounds and seven assists, and Sac- a mask on their bus trip and plane Scoring Blake Griffin and then drove points, 19 rebounds and 10 blocks ramento overcame a cold shooting ride back from Ohio State earlier down the right side of the lane. and Atlanta beat host Minnesota. spell late in the fourth quarter to GFG FT PTS AVG this week and that the senior Time clearly ran out before he laid Minnesota has lost four straight hold off visiting New York and end Beal, WAS 10 121 83 349 34.9 guard was not around anyone else Durant, BKN 12 125 91 375 31.3 the ball in, but he was also bumped and 11 of its last 12 after starting a four-game losing streak. after he returned to campus. No by Houston’s P.J. Tucker. Replays the season 2-0. De’Aaron Fox added 22 points Rebounds other players tested positive and showed that contact also came af- Mavericks 122, Spurs 117: and seven assists for Sacramento, GOFF DEF TOT AVG after Howard said he spoke with ter time expired, and after a re- Luka Doncic had 36 points, 11 as- which had lost nine of its previous Drummond, CLE 13 54 142 196 15.1 his players individually, the game view, the game ended. sists and nine rebounds and visit- 11. Capela, ATL 12 52 118 170 14.2 was played. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, January 24, 2021 NFL PLAYOFFS

AFC CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW Bargain Bills’ rise under McDermott no surprise to Chiefs’ Reid Badger BY DAVE SKRETTA Josh Allen and the Chiefs’ Patrick Associated Press Mahomes. Both have surrounded KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ten them with playmakers, such as the years after firing Sean McDer- Bills’ Stefon Diggs and the Chiefs’ Mathieu signing mott as his defensive coordinator, Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce. And Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy both have built defenses to not on- keeps paying off Reid will stare across the field in- ly complement two of the best of- side Arrowhead Stadium on Sun- fenses in the NFL, but capable of for Kansas City day and see his protégé trying to clinching wins under pressure, as spoil his hopes of a Super Bowl re- each did last weekend. BY DAVE SKRETTA peat. Mahomes, who was knocked out Associated Press Funny thing: Even after firing of last week’s game against Cleve- him, Reid suspected deep down land with a concussion, took first- KANSAS CITY, Mo. that McDermott was destined for team reps all week. He was finally wo years ago, the Kansas big things. cleared to play by team doctors City Chiefs were coming “Very organized, very smart and an independent neurologist off an AFC champion- and very tough,” he explained this on Friday. ship heartbreak against T week. “He came from a coaching “You have to take it day by day. I the New England Patriots that family — his dad was a heck of a think that’s the biggest thing,” Ma- rested largely on the shoulders of coach. Sean just kind of picked up homes said. “You can only control their defense, which couldn’t stop right from there. Very solid, very what you can control.” Tom Brady and Co. in overtime. good.” Chiefs cornerback Bashaud Not enough talent? Maybe. Not In fact, downright exceptional. Breeland, who also sustained a enough playmakers? Absolutely. McDermott has the long-suffer- concussion last Sunday, practiced Chiefs general manager Brett ing Buffalo Bills playing in their this week while awaiting clearance Veach and coach Andy Reid knew first AFC championship game from doctors. Running back Le’V- they needed to rectify the problem since beating Kansas City on Jan. eon Bell was held out Thursday or risk squandering the best years 23, 1994, when they advanced to and Friday with a swollen knee. of quarterback Patrick Mahomes. their fourth straight Super Bowl. On the flip side, Clyde Edwards- So they hired Steve Spagnuolo to They have won 11 of their past 12 Helaire is expected to play for the coordinate the defense, traded for games since losing to the Chiefs in first time since a high-ankle elite pass rusher Frank Clark, Week 6, beating the Colts in the sprain in Week 15 and Sammy drafted wisely and — perhaps wild-card round and the Ravens in Watkins could be back from a calf most importantly — outbid the last week’s divisional round. injury that he sustained the fol- Texans for safety Tyrann Math- “He deserves coach of the year, lowing week. ieu. man. He’s taken a franchise there, Star struck: Though the Bills The Honey Badger has made BRETT DUKE/AP both he and his general manager, would love to have Star Lotulelei that $42 million, three-year deal Kansas City Chiefs strong safety Tyrann Mathieu is in the midst of the have put this thing together with enjoy this playoff run with them, look like a bargain. best season of his career. He has seven interceptions, including one some bold moves and production cornerback Tre’Davious White After helping the Chiefs win in last week’s divisional­round win over Cleveland, and is the biggest now,” Reid said. and several teammates continued their first Super Bowl in five dec- playmaker on a defense that suddenly seems underappreciated. “I think he’s done a tremendous backing the starting defensive ades last season, Mathieu has fol- job. What a great thing for the NFL tackle’s decision to opt out be- lowed up with what can only be de- Spagnuolo said. “They believe in ing about an intelligent football and for Buffalo. They love football cause of COVID-19 concerns. scribed as the best season of his ca- him. The guy is a winner. He’s player that loves it. You know that in Buffalo and he’s really done a “You can’t make a wrong deci- reer. He has seven interceptions, made plays for us, and when you if you feed something to Tyrann, nice job with that whole pro- sion in this thing,” said White, who including one in last week’s divi- get enough guys like that you have he’s going to get it and he’s going to gram.” contemplated opting out before sional-round win over Cleveland, a unit.” know why,” Spagnuolo said. “We Not surprisingly, the job signing a $70 million, four-year and has become the biggest play- It’s hard to find another guy like lay out all of these plans and you go McDermott has done with the extension in September and earn- maker on a defense that suddenly Mathieu, though, with his unique from Monday to Saturday and into Bills neatly parallels the job Reid ing second-team All-Pro honors. seems underappreciated. ability to wreak havoc from his Sunday, but things change so has done in Kansas City. “Obviously he chose his family “He’s a great player,” said Bills “robber” position. He bounces quick on game day. The one thing Both took over downtrodden or- over a game and the things that he coach Sean McDermott, whose of- around the field like a pinball, both about Tyrann is you can go over to ganizations and quickly built them had going on. I don’t think that he’s fense gets the next crack at the before the snap and after, putting him and say, ‘Let’s tweak this or do into juggernauts. Both have bright necessarily missing out on any- Honey Badger in the AFC cham- constant pressure on opposing that.’ He knows exactly why and young quarterbacks in the Bills’ thing.” pionship game Sunday. “Watched quarterbacks to make sure they he does it.” his career unfold at LSU and the know where he is on any given He gets everybody else to do it, different places he’s been — he play. too. The middle linebacker may brings a lot of energy and juice to On a quarter of snaps this sea- call the defensive plays — for the their team, and their defense in son, he’s lined up in the deep safety Chiefs, that’s Anthony Hitchens — this case.” spot. In about a third, he’s lined up but Mathieu is often the one mak- The numbers alone are impres- in the box to provide run support. ing sure everybody knows what is sive. Mathieu has picked off five On almost 40% of snaps, he has going on. passes in the past seven games, lined up in the slot, essentially be- Then he takes care of his own and he returned one for a touch- coming an extra cornerback. business. down against New England earlier In other words, Spagnuolo is us- “I think any position on the field this season. Quarterback ratings ing Mathieu in ways he’s never allows you the chance to make plummet when they throw in his used another player in 40 years in plays,” Mathieu said. “It’s all direction, and his versatility is evi- coaching. about staying committed. dent in the fact that he has tackles- “I hadn’t thought about it until “Early in the season I wasn’t for-loss in three of his past five you just said that,” Spagnuolo said, making those plays,” he contin- games. “but I’d probably say yes, that we ued, “and as a high competitor No wonder he was voted an All- have gone a little more beyond, be- you can get out of it thinking none Pro for the second straight year cause there are some things that of those plays is ever going to and the third time in his career. we do with him now that I don’t re- come to you. For me, it’s just CHARLES KRUPA/AP “Just the energy he brings, what call us doing in prior places. about staying involved, staying Bills head coach Sean McDermott has Buffalo playing in its first AFC he’s saying to guys on the sideline “First and foremost, him from committed to what my coaches championship game since beating Kansas City on Jan. 23, 1994, or in the huddle — they trust him,” the chin to the hairline, you’re talk- want me doing.” when they advanced to their fourth straight Super Bowl. Sunday, January 24, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 NFL PLAYOFFS Greats: Rodgers’ only dud was against Tampa FROM PAGE 24 non, a former NFL quarterback many Super Bowls are won.” who now works for CBS Sports. Rodgers’ brilliant season has in- “You’re going to get the ball cluded just one outright dud. It oc- tipped, deflected. Balls are going curred the previous time these to go through the hands of a re- two teams met. ceiver. Something bad going’s to Green Bay led Tampa Bay 10-0 happen. Yet he’s thrown five early in the second quarter back picks. I think in the last three on Oct. 18 until Jamel Dean scored years, he’s thrown 11 picks. Think on a 32-yard interception return. about that. You throw 38 touch- Rodgers’ next pass was picked off down passes and 11 picks in a sea- by Mike Edwards and returned 38 son, you’d think that’s pretty good. yards to the Green Bay 2-yard Eleven picks in three years. line, setting up another touch- “He’s been the best in the last down. decade at ball security. There’s no After the Packers lost 38-10, one who’s been better.” Rodgers called the performance a This marks Rodgers’ fourth wakeup call and kick in the rear NFC championship game appear- for an offense that had moved the ance over the past seven years. All JEFF HAYNES/AP ball virtually at will up to that of Rodgers’ previous starts in the Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady get his face mask grabbed by Green Bay Packers linebacker Rashan point. NFC championship games came Gary during their on Oct. 18 in Tampa, Fla. The Buccaneers won 38­10. The Packers haven’t been held on the road. below 22 points since. They’ll be Green Bay has finished the reg- NFC CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW chasing their eighth consecutive ular season 13-3 each of the past victory when the Packers (14-3) two years, but looks far more im- host the Bucs (13-5) on Sunday. posing this time around. “We’ve been playing the right “A lot of people didn’t think way, and I feel like the way we’ve we’d be back here after last sea- Game’s QBs have never been winning has been better than son,” Rodgers said. “We got a lot of early in the season,” Rodgers said. interesting comments last year “We’ve been playing a lot better about us being the worst 13-3 team on both sides of the ball.” that people had seen. Not the same The performance at Tampa Bay type of comments this year. Obvi- was out of character for someone ously we’re clicking a lot better on met with stakes so high who protects the ball so well. offense.” Rodgers completed 45.7% of his This may represent the 37-year- BY STEVE MEGARGEE DID YOU KNOW? NFC championship game appear- passes for 160 yards with two in- old Rodgers’ best chance to get Associated Press ance in the past seven seasons, but terceptions and no touchdowns back to another Super Bowl, or as much as Tom Bra- When Aaron Rodgers’ Green Bay Rodgers hasn’t reached a Super that day. In the Packers’ other 16 though he says he isn’t dwelling on dy and Aaron Rodgers Packers (14-3) host Tom Brady’s Bowl since leading the Packers to games, he has completed 71.9% of his future with so much at stake have accomplished in Tampa Bay Buccaneers (13-5) in a title in the 2010 season. his passes for 4,435 yards with 50 right now. their Hall of Fame-cali- the NFC championship game Sun- Warner said the postseason touchdowns and three intercep- “I hope there’s more opportuni- F day, it will be just the fourth time ber careers, they’ve rarely faced weighs heavily on where players tions. ties, but I don’t know,” Rodgers off on the field. they’ve squared off as starting stack up in history. He has been picked off just five said. “I mean, I really don’t. That quarterbacks, and first in the play- Never have they met with so “That’s why Tom is the GOAT times in 562 pass attempts this stuff is out of my control. My fu- offs. The Bucs trounced the Packers much at stake. 38-10 in Tampa on Oct. 18. They (greatest of all time),” Warner season (526 in the regular season, ture is a beautiful mystery, I think. When Rodgers’ Green Bay met two other times during Brady’s said. “It’s why Joe Montana is up 36 in a playoff victory over the Los The present is such a gift to be able Packers (14-3) host Brady’s Tam- tenure in New England, with the there and guys who’ve been there Angeles Rams). His only other to stay in the moment and to have pa Bay Buccaneers (13-5) in the Packers winning 26-21 at Green numerous times — the John El- multi-interception game over the gratitude for being in this situa- NFC championship game Sunday, Bay in 2014 and the Patriots win- ways — and everyone else kind of past three seasons came when he tion again, and being with the guys it will be just the fourth time ning 31-17 in Foxborough four years gets knocked down a notch. Even was picked off twice in last year’s and having fans in our stadium they’ve squared off as starting later. though they’ve been great in the NFC championship game loss at and maybe snow in an NFC cham- quarterbacks, and first in the play- SOURCE: Associated Press regular season, there’s a combina- San Francisco. pionship game. I’m going to enjoy offs. tion of the two that I think weighs “When you throw five intercep- these moments for sure, and just “I remember when I heard the end of the day, I know if we’re go- heavily.” tions and throw the ball 526 times, not worry about what happens news about him coming to the ing to win this game, I’ve got to Simply put, Rodgers needs this that’s amazing,” said Rich Gan- down the line.” NFC, I thought this was a real pos- outperform that guy. I’ve got to be victory more than Brady. sibility,” Rodgers said. “I’m excit- better than the quarterback on the “He plays in one Super Bowl, I ed about the opportunity to play other side.” think there will be something against him one more time.” Brady, 43, has helped the Bucs about that that just doesn’t sit right The Bucs trounced the Packers earn a franchise-record seven with anybody,” Warner said. “It 38-10 in Tampa on Oct. 18. They straight road wins. A win at Lam- doesn’t sit right with any of us who met two other times during Bra- beau Field clinches their first Su- love this game and know how dy’s tenure in New England, with per Bowl berth since their 2002 great he’s been. It just doesn’t the Packers winning 26-21 at championship season. seem to fit.” Green Bay in 2014 and the Patriots “This is one of the coolest stadi- This may be the best remaining winning 31-17 in Foxborough four ums in the league to play in,” Bra- chance for the 37-year-old Rodg- years later. dy said. “I know they’re excited, ers at that elusive second Super Both understand all eyes will be we’ll be excited, and it will make Bowl berth. on them Sunday. for a great football game.” “It’s been a while since he was Kurt Warner, the Hall of Fame Brady is trying to join Warner, last a world champion,” CBS quarterback and NFL Network Peyton Manning and Craig Mor- Sports analyst and 2002 NFL MVP analyst, said that’s just human na- ton as the only quarterbacks to Rich Gannon said. “I think that ture. lead two separate franchises to a would certainly cement his legacy “When I played, I always knew Super Bowl. He already won six as one of the greatest to ever play MATT LUDTKE/AP who was on the other sideline,” Super Bowls and played in nine to- the game in my opinion. Not that Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers throws the ball to fans after Warner said. “I always said when tal with the Patriots. he needs it, but I’m just telling you scoring on a 1­yard run against the Los Angeles Rams last weekend in I went into these matchups, at the Green Bay is making its fourth that’s probably how he’s wired.” a divisional playoff last weekend in Green Bay, Wis. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, January 24, 2021 Crucial piece of the puzzle SPORTS Chiefs' acquisition of Mathieu paying huge dividends ›› NFL playoffs, Page 22

NFL PLAYOFFS Comparing two greats Packers believe Rodgers stacks up against Brady

BY STEVE MEGARGEE Associated Press “In my mind, aron Rodgers’ Green Bay Packers team- he’s the GOAT mates understand what this NFC (greatest of all championship game mAeans to the All-Pro quarter- time), regardless back’s legacy. Rodgers has delivered the kind of how many of season that puts him in conten- tion for a third MVP honor, which Super Bowls are would match the total won by Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarter- won.” back Tom Brady. Packers WR Davante Adams The Super Bowl count between the two NFC championship game on quarterback Aaron Rodgers quarterbacks is more one-sided. Brady won six Super Bowl titles ceiver Davante Adams said. and appeared in nine overall while “If that’s what it’s going to be, starring for the New England Pa- then obviously we’re going to put triots. Rodgers led the Packers to a as much as we can on ourselves to Super Bowl crown in the 2010 sea- try to help him get there and, ulti- son, but hasn’t brought them back mately, relieve him of the Super since. Bowls being a thing that hinder “You look at Brady and every- him from being the GOAT (great- body wants to make that compari- est of all time). In my mind, he’s son forever, but it’s basically turn- the GOAT, regardless of how ed into a quarterback stat: Super Bowls,” Packers All-Pro wide re- SEE GREATS ON PAGE 23

JEFFREY PHELPS, ABOVE, AND JEFF HAYNES, RIGHT/AP Above: Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers looks to throw on the run during last weekend's divisional playoff against the Los Angeles Rams a in Green Bay, Wis. Right: Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Ndamukong Suh talks to Rodgers (during the second half of their game on Oct. 18, 2020, in Tampa, Fla.

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