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BY LISA MASCARO The trial timeline and schedule are largely president largely silent and alone AND MARY CLARE JALONICK set by Senate procedures and will start as Associated Press soon as the House delivers the article of im- Associated Press equal, the only president to be WASHINGTON — President Donald peachment. That could mean starting the WASHINGTON — His place in charged twice with a high crime Trump’s impeachment trial could begin on trial at 1 p.m. on Inauguration Day. The cere- the history books rewritten, Pres- or misdemeanor, a new coda for Inauguration Day, just as Democrat Joe Bi- mony at the Capitol starts at noon. ident Donald Trump endured his a term defined by a deepening of den takes the oath of office in an extraordin- Trump was impeached Wednesday by the second impeachment largely the nation’s divides, his failures ary end to the defeated president’s tenure in House over the deadly Capitol siege, the only alone and silent. during the worst pandemic in a the White House. president in U.S. history twice impeached, For more than four years, century and his refusal to accept after a pro-Trump mob stormed the building. Trump has dominated the nation- defeat at the ballot box. The attack has left the nation’s capital, and al discourse like no one before Trump kept out of sight in a him. Yet when his legacy was set nearly empty White House as im- SEE TRIAL ON PAGE 10 in stone on Wednesday, he was peachment proceedings played stunningly left on the sidelines. Trump now stands with no SEE ALONE ON PAGE 9

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BY ROSE L. THAYER action, in accordance with Army Stars and Stripes policy. Maj. Gen. Scott Efflandt, AUSTIN, Texas — Sgt. Maj. of the deputy commander of III the Army Michael Grinston told a Corps, who was the acting base group of soldiers last week at Fort commander at the time of Guil- Hood that all the military leaders len’s disappearance and death, in Spc. Vanessa Guillen’s chain of Col. Ralph Overland and Com- command had been fired in the af- mand Sgt. Maj. Bradley Knapp, termath of her disappearance and the commander and top enlisted death at the base. soldier of Guillen’s unit, the 3rd On Wednesday, Grinston said Cavalry Regiment, were fired. CAROLYN KASTER/AP some of those soldiers — the seven Efflandt can retire, if he choos- President Donald Trump watches with Vice President Mike Pence and thenDefense Secretary Mark Esp leaders from her battalion to her es, or be reassigned at the discre- er as the flag for U.S. Space Command is unfurled as Trump announces the establishment of the U.S. squad — have only been suspend- tion of the Army chief of staff, and Space Command in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. ed until an investigation into what Overland and Knapp will go be- happened is completed. Under a fore separate boards to determine suspension, some of them could if they can remain on active duty, return to the unit, according to an Under Secretary of the Army Alabama’s Redstone Arsenal Army spokesman. James McPherson told the news “They’re gone,” Grinston said outlet Task and Purpose. Thursday about the leaders when Maj. Gen Jeff Broadwater and to house Space Command HQ asked by a junior enlisted soldier Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Ken- at the Texas base why soldiers and ny of the 1st Cavalry Division, BY COREY DICKSTEIN Ivey said the Huntsville region’s Air Force officials said Wednes- leaders who commit crimes or al- which was not part of Guillen’s Stars and Stripes reputation for supporting the mil- day that Barrett, who is set to leave low misconduct to persist are chain of command, were suspend- The Air Force has chosen Alaba- itary and its vast history of involve- her position Jan. 19, considered shuffled into new units where they ed, pending the results of a new in- ma’s Redstone Arsenal to house ment in space operations was a key several factors in reaching her de- can continue to harm others. vestigation into the unit’s com- the 1,400-member U.S. Space factor in the final pitch last month cision, including installations’ in- From the squad to battalion, mand climate and implementa- Command Headquarters, service to Air Force officials to choose frastructure capacity, support those leaders responsible for Guil- tion of a sexual assault prevention program. and state officials said Wednes- Redstone, according to her office. from the community and costs to len were not there anymore, Grin- Grinston’s visit to Fort Hood day. “This combination only enhanc- the Defense Department. ston said during a discussion with about two dozen soldiers that last week was meant to check on Outgoing Air Force Secretary es the outstanding relationships “Huntsville compared favor- Stars and Stripes was permitted to the base’s initiatives to repair Barbara Barrett selected Red- we have with the 65 diverse federal ably across more of these factors attend under the condition that those problems, which began in stone this month “as the preferred agencies on Redstone Arsenal, not than any other community, pro- none of the soldiers participating October and increased following location” for SPACECOM, Air to mention the growing presence viding a large, qualified work- were identified. the report’s release. Force officials said. Service offi- of the FBI and other federal instal- force, quality schools, superior in- But Grinston clarified Wednes- Each investigation aims to bet- cials told Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey lations,” she said in the statement. frastructure capacity, and low ini- day that by saying “gone,” he ter understand the conditions that of their decision in a phone call Redstone beat out Peterson tial and recurring costs,” accord- meant they were suspended. led to the killing of Guillen in Wednesday morning, Ivey’s office AFB, one of the other announced ing to the Air Force statement. While those leaders have been re- April, as well as a number of other said in a statement. finalists, which has long hosted the Space Command’s establish- moved from the unit, they could deaths at Fort Hood that have “I couldn’t be more pleased to military’s top space operations ment in 2019 was actually a re-es- return to their previous job or oth- raised questions about the base’s learn that Alabama will be the new and was seen as the front-runner to tablishment of the combatant com- er leadership roles in the Army handling of sexual harassment home to the United States Space be named the permanent home for mand, after the Pentagon shut- pending the results of an ongoing and assault, missing persons and Command!” Ivey said in the state- SPACECOM. tered it in 2002 as part of the post-9/ Army Forces Command investi- soldiers’ trust in their leadership. ment. “The bottom line is simple, But Peterson is expected to re- 11 government restructuring. It gation. Three leaders from the bri- Guillen, who served as a small the Redstone region is the most tain Space Command headquar- was established just months be- gade to corps level were previous- arms repairer in the 3rd Cavalry natural choice to become home to ters for several years “until the fore the newest military branch, ly announced as fired. Regiment’s engineer squadron, such an important mission for our permanent location is ready to U.S. Space Force, was founded. Gen. John Murray, commander went missing from the base April country.” support the mission.” Under Defense Department of Army Futures Command, was 22. Investigators found her body Redstone, an Amy installation Air Force officials have previ- structure, the military services — tasked in September with leading June 30 and determined that a fel- just outside Huntsville, was ously said that the service estimat- in this case, the Space Force — are that investigation, known in the low soldier, Spc. Aaron Robinson, named one of six finalists for the ed it could take some six years to responsible for training and equip- Army as a 15-6. A public release of killed Guillen with a hammer in an headquarters in November after build the facilities necessary to ping troops who then operate units findings hasn’t been scheduled. arms room, then buried her body the Air Force conducted two house U.S. Space Command. The der the leadership and control of a The findings of a separate inves- about 20 miles from the base. searches for a permanent home for process was estimated to cost combatant command— in this tigation led by civilians were re- The deaths of four other Fort the Pentagon’s newest combatant about $1 billion. case, the Space Command. Space leased Dec. 8 and led Army Secre- Hood soldiers were ruled homi- command, which is charged with Huntsville is known as Rocket Force, as it grows, is expected to tary Ryan McCarthy to take disci- cides in 2020. They are among the overseeing and controlling the City, largely because Wernher von provide the bulk of the troops as- plinary action against 14 leaders at nearly 30 soldiers who died while U.S. military’s myriad space- Brohn and other rocketeers settled signed to Space Command, but the Fort Hood, including those Grin- assigned to the base, which has a based infrastructure and oper- in the city in the 1950s to help de- other military services will also ston referenced last week. The population of about 37,500 active- ations. The command has been velop the U.S. space and rockets provide some troops to the com- Fort Hood Independent Review duty soldiers. housed temporarily at Peterson program, according to a 2018 re- mand, officials have said. Committee outlined in their re- Aside from these two investiga- Air Force Base in Colorado port by The Associated Press. Space Command is led by four- port that the command climate tions, the Army has at least two Springs, Colo., since it was estab- The city is still home to NASA’s star Army Gen. James Dickinson. and culture problems at the base more ongoing reviews to under- lished in August 2019. Marshall Space Flight Center on Space Force, like all military were a result of poor leadership. stand the base’s conditions, and The Air Force confirmed Red- Redstone Arsenal, responsible for services, is headquartered at the Those problems at the base were Congress has an ongoing investi- stone’s selection Wednesday. The civilian rocketry and spacecraft Pentagon, where it will remain. It evident as far back as 2014, ac- gation looking more closely at the decision is contingent on a re- propulsion research. Huntsville is is led by Gen. Jay Raymond, the cording to the report. base deaths that some of its mem- quired environmental impact also home to the U.S. Space and chief of space operations. Only five of the 14 leaders serv- bers have deemed suspicious. study and could be finalized by Rocket Center, a space explora- ing at the brigade-level and above

2023, the Air Force said in a state- tion museum, perhaps best known [email protected] were named in December’s an- [email protected] ment. as the home of Space Camp. Twitter: @CDicksteinDC nouncement of the disciplinary Twitter: @Rose_Lori PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 PACIFIC DOD to analyze WWII remains in Philippines BY WYATT OLSON firm or deny identification,” An- moving the name of Lt. Alexan- their action is — and when.” against the Japanese invasion of Stars and Stripes thony Tata, currently performing der R. Nininger Jr from all Fed- Tata told Stars and Stripes on the Philippines. He died on Jan. The Defense Department on the duties of undersecretary of eral facilities and cease trading Wednesday he had learned of 12, 1942, near Abucay on the Ba- Wednesday agreed to analyze re- defense for policy, said in an on his good name and reputa- Patterson’s letter in an email he taan peninsula of Luzon Island mains in a Philippines grave long email Wednesday sent to Defense tion,” Patterson read during a flight back to the and was hastily buried. believed by family members to Department officials and John concluded in the United States on Tuesday after a He became the first service be those of Alexander “Sandy” Patterson, who is Nininger’s ne- letter, which week of official international member to receive the Medal of Nininger Jr., the first service phew and closest next of kin. was detailed in a travel. He reviewed the case Honor during World War II. member awarded the Medal of The exception to policy comes Stars and Wednesday morning. Medals of Honor were subse- Honor during World War II. a day after Patterson sent a letter Stripes article “This is the first time I’ve real- quently awarded to service mem- The Defense POW/MIA Ac- to Defense Department officials Tuesday. ly had an opportunity to review bers involved in the earlier Japa- counting Agency and its precur- on behalf of the family requesting Patterson was the case,” he said. “If there’s a nese surprise attack on Pearl sors had denied repeated re- that the soldier’s name be re- stunned about chance, even if it’s remote, to dis- Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Nininger quests by the family to exhume moved from all federal installa- the speed of the cover the identity of these re- “Though exposed to heavy ene- the remains for DNA testing, tions, plaques and other sites. policy reversal after the release mains, then I think that is some- my fire, he continued to attack maintaining that the agency’s Patterson expressed frustration of the letter, he said during an thing we should do. with rifle and hand grenades and documentation could not validate over what he described as a “bu- interview with Stars and Stripes “I believe we have no more so- succeeded in destroying several taking that step. reaucratic logjam” on his uncle’s on Wednesday from his Rhode lemn duty than to take care of our enemy groups in foxholes and “I have directed DPAA to im- case. Island home. fallen and their families.” enemy snipers,” Nininger’s Med- mediately generate the necessary “Sandy's country has failed “This is obviously the furthest Nininger, a 1941 West Point al of Honor citation said. exception to policy in order to ex- him and because of that we ask we’ve ever gotten,” he said. “The graduate, was serving with the peditiously execute scientific that the U.S. Government bottom line is, I’m pleased and 57th Infantry Regiment, Philip- [email protected] analysis of the remains to con- promptly begin the process of re- now I want to wait and see what pine Scouts, as he defended Twitter: @WyattWOlson Army investigating death of soldier’s spouse at post housing in Hawaii BY WYATT OLSON interest” had been identified. Stars and Stripes Special agents from the U.S. Ar- FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — my Criminal Investigation Com- The spouse of a soldier living in mand, or CID, are leading the on- post housing at Schofield Bar- going investigation, according to racks, Hawaii, was discovered the Army new release. dead Wednesday morning by mil- “According to CID agents, at itary police, the Army said in a this point in the investigation they news release. have reason to believe this is an The police were conducting a isolated death and there is no welfare check that had been re- cause for public alarm,” the requested by a family member, the lease said. Army said. Schofield Barracks, in the cen- The Army is withholding the tral part of Oahu island, is the identity of the person until 24 largest Army installation by pop- hours after the next of kin are noti- ulation in Hawaii. It is home to the fied, the Army said. 25th Infantry Division and head- Hawaii News Now, citing un- quarters for U.S. Army Hawaii. named sources, reported that the person’s body was found in a trash CHRISTOPHER HUBENTHAL/U.S. Air Force [email protected] receptacle and that a “person of Twitter: @WyattWOlson Military housing units at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, are pictured in 2014. Reservist finds missing girl atop roof after 5-hour search on Guam

BY MATTHEW M. BURKE when we found her,” Robinett operator. that afternoon, the statement said. “Sgt. Robinett is responsible, Stars and Stripes said in the statement. “She ap- Robinett was in Yigo when the “We were near the back side of dedicated, and loyal,” Robinett’s An Army Reservist on Guam peared to be in good health, and I message went out about the mis- the house and just happened to boss, Maj. Howard Santiago Jr., earned his unit’s recognition for was only able to conduct an initial sing girl, the shine a light on the roof at the said in the statement. “Selfless finding a child who went missing assessment before we got her off statement said. same time she had poked her service is not something that just for several hours in Yigo late last the roof.” Her last known head up,” Robinett said. “We stops when you take off the mil- month. The girl was handed over to the location was were unclear if it was her; howev- itary uniform, and Sgt. Robinett is Sgt. Cody Robinett, of the local fire department in Yigo for a nearby. er, there was a kid on the roof, so a true testament to that.” 3303rd Mobilization Support Bat- full evaluation, he said. Robinett reac- we investigated and verified it For their role in the rescue, talion, first heard about the mis- Robinett, who holds a civilian hed out to au- was her.” Robinett thanked the Guam fire sing girl through a WhatsApp position at Guam’s Andersen Air thorities for di- Robinett could not be reached and police departments, the state- group chat on Dec. 28, according Force Base as a supply technician rections to that for comment Thursday. Joint Re- ment said. Robinett to a 9th Mission Support Com- for the 734th Air Mobility Squad- location, the gion Marianas spokesman Navy “In a time of need, many came mand statement Tuesday. ron, also serves as a transporta- statement said. He and a neighbor Lt. Cmdr. Rick Moore referred together and offered their sup- He immediately joined the tion management coordinator in met up with first responders and Stars and Stripes to 9th Mission port, and that is what makes this search and, more than five hours the Army Reserves, the statement volunteered to assist. Support Command officials in island so great,” he said. later, found the girl atop the roof said. He is licensed as a National He was asked to re-scan the ar- Hawaii and Guam who did not im- of her family’s home. Registry Emergency Medical ea around the child’s home, which mediately return phone messages [email protected] “I could tell she was scared Technician and an amateur radio had been previously searched and emails seeking comment. Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 Friday, January 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 MILITARY German lawmakers urge control of US troop crime cases

BY JOHN VANDIVER ing U.S. troops. Stars and Stripes But the idea is already being STUTTGART, Germany — met with resistance. Two German lawmakers are call- Federal parliamentarian Anita ing for changes in an internation- Schaefer, of the Christian Demo- al treaty that leaves most crimi- cratic Union party, heavily crit- nal cases involving U.S. troops in icized the idea as political grand- the hands of the military justice standing and an attempt to cap- system, saying that local author- italize on a tragic car accident by ities should have more say in stirring up anti-American senti- such matters. ment. Federal parliamentarian Ange- “Since it is very obvious that lika Gloeckner and Rheinland- the initiative has no prospect of Pfalz state representative Daniel success or political substance, BARRY LOO/U.S. Air Force Schaeffner, both members of from my point of view, that Gen. Richard D. Clarke, commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, presents Lt. Col. Larry Wyatt, Germany’s Social Democratic means it is nothing more than SOCOM clinic director, with a Soldier’s Medal at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., last month. Party, cited a German teenager’s populism,” Schaefer said in a death following a car crash with statement. an airman from Ramstein Air Making such adjustments to Green Beret earns Soldier’s Medal Base as the reason why more the NATO Status of Forces oversight of criminal cases is Agreement would also require needed. broader support within the 30- for aiding a retired Army Ranger In July, Airman 1st Class Tol- nation security pact, and there is man D. Roman Bahena, 21, was no sign that NATO’s other 29 BY CHAD GARLAND a gash in his left forearm down to the scene because the wounded found guilty by a court-martial members have any interest, Stars and Stripes the bone, which was gushing men were still on the narrow jury of negligent homicide for the Schaefer said. An Army physician assistant blood. bridge. They were rushed to a teenager’s 2019 death. Gloeckner and Schaeffner, who earned the Soldier’s Medal for his “All I could hear was my dad’s nearby hospital. Bahena was demoted two said they would also like allies to bravery and decisiveness when he voice in my head, ‘You will face “Doc kept saying, ‘Don’t go any- ranks and ordered to perform review SOFA rules for local na- strapped a makeshift tourniquet rough times in your life. You al- where,’ ” Wyatt recalled. “And I three months of hard labor with- tionals employed on bases and on his own mangled arm and treat- ways get up on your own two feet said, ‘I’m not going anywhere, out confinement. The offense al- military property transfers, de- ed his badly wounded mentor af- by yourself. So get up,’ ” Wyatt brother, I’m right here with you.’ ” lowed a maximum prison sen- nied that they were trying to ter motorcyclists slammed into said in the Army statement. Wyatt, who has spent more than tence of three years and a bad rouse anti-American sentiment. them at high speed. After borrowing a motorcy- 1 ½ years in recovery and under- conduct discharge. “As a member of the Bundes- Lt. Col. Larry Wyatt, a clinic di- clist’s belt and tying it as a tourni- went several surgeries, promised Some in the German communi- tag for the SPD, I can assure you rector with U.S. Special Oper- quet for his own arm, Wyatt tend- himself he’d always carry a tour- ty were angered by what they that I stand by German-Ameri- ations Command, was on a bicycle ed to the bikers. He then went to niquet after the incident. He and considered to be too light a sen- can friendship without any ifs or ride with retired Ranger Col. Tho- check on Wells, who was on the Wells both still need more surger- tence. buts,” Gloeckner said. “That is mas Wells, a Princeton-trained ground entangled with one of the ies, the Army said in a statement. “This has prompted us as the precisely why we do not have to trauma surgeon and avid cyclist, motorcycles. For working through his own in- responsible parliamentarians to fear a mutual dialogue among when a pair of motorcycles sped Wyatt got one of the bikers to juries to help his friend, Wyatt re- take up this information and friends.” toward them on a narrow bike trail help him move Wells away from ceived the Soldier’s Medal, the Ar- strive for a dialogue on this is- While jurisdiction over crimi- bridge near Tampa on April 7, the motorcycle, where he began my’s highest award for bravery sue,” the two lawmakers said in a nal cases involving U.S. forces is 2019. trying to stabilize him. A former outside combat, from SOCOM joint statement. intensely debated in countries “I could see a motorcycle front Green Beret medical sergeant, commander Gen. Richard D. At the federal level, the law- like Japan and South Korea, it end coming up and the trail motor- Wyatt did a hands-on check of the Clarke in a Dec. 22 ceremony at makers said plans are in the rarely emerges as a point of con- cycle pulled around to pass,” man he considered something like MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. works for addressing the issue tention in European nations. Still, Wyatt recalled in an Army state- an older brother, feeling for the “Wyatt’s personal example of within the SPD, which is the ju- the recent calls for changes to the ment this week. “There was no- grinding of any broken bones. selfless service, superb medical nior partner in Germany’s coali- SOFA in the Ramstein area un- where for us to go because of the “He was in a lot of pain,” said knowledge and unhesitating deci- tion government. Bilateral talks derscore how actions by U.S. chain link fence around the Wyatt, whose wound was still sive action are consistent with the will soon be held at the state lev- forces at the local level can re- bridge.” dripping blood. “I kept apologiz- greatest traditions of our uni- el, they added. verberate at higher levels of gov- The motorcycles hit them at ing, ‘I’m sorry for bleeding on you, formed services and played a piv- Gloeckner and Schaeffner ernment. about 50 mph, knocking them un- Doc.’ … His response was, ‘Just do otal role in saving the lives of two didn’t spell out in detail how conscious. Wyatt was dragged what you got to do.’ ” individuals,” the citation reads. much more jurisdiction over Stars and Stripes reporter Marcus Kloeckner some 30 yards, waking up mo- After Wyatt called 911 and re- contributed to this story. criminal cases German author- [email protected] ments later with a broken nose, layed the list of injuries, the emer- [email protected] ities should have in cases involv- Twitter: @john_vandiver cracked teeth, a split eyebrow and gency responders had to walk to Twitter: @chadgarland PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 MIDEAST ‘Hard to believe it’s been 30 years’ Gulf War vet reflects on anniversary of conflict through his photography

Stars and Stripes hree decades ago, Kirby Lee Vaughn prepared to cross into Iraq as part of TOperation Desert Storm. The Army sergeant had brought his Canon T-70 camera into the desert to capture the experiences of his unit, which would spend a week in Iraq during the U.S.-led invasion that destroyed the army of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. “We always saw him with the camera,” recalled his commander, William E. Rapp, now a retired major general. The photos Vaughn took sat untouched for years, but recently he developed photo books to remember Oper- ation Desert Storm, which started 30 years ago in Iraq’s early hours of Jan. 17, 1991. The following is an email from Photos courtesy of Kirby Lee Vaughn Vaughn to Stars and Stripes: An allied helicopter flies past U.S. troops moving to the Iraqi border to begin the Operation Desert Storm ground assault in February 1991. “Hard to believe it’s been 30 years. No better way to celebrate such an anniversary than with a photo essay featuring the best shots I took during my six-month deployment. I first picked up a camera in the summer of 1985 shortly after reporting to my first duty station. Germany was paradise after winter basic training at Fort Leonard Wood. Now a driver of a 5-ton dump truck with tool-trailer and 1st Squad, 3rd Platoon, and we would see the country. I saw other guys taking pic- tures, and I was hooked on photography from day one. The idea to photograph my military service came to me like a close-up shot of a flash bulb in an (Oliver) Looking at the photographer, 1st Sgt. Fred Ferryerra stands in Stone flick. I had the perfect view formation during a ceremony on Christmas Day 1990. Soldiers with Bravo Company, 27th Engineer Battalion, march on up high behind the wheel. I was Christmas Day 1990 during Operation Desert Shield in Saudi Arabia. surrounded by scenery, and a cool group of guys, and the new- ness of it all made it that more photogenic. I’ve been shooting ever since. After Germany, Fort Dix. Then Korea just in time for the ’88 Summer Olympics. Fol- lowed by Airborne School then (Fort) Bragg where I made 20 jumps. The day after the invasion into Kuwait I approached my chain of command with the idea of me photographing the unit for post- erity. With one camera, one lens and foot locker film I would take some of most epic photographs from the war as a sergeant in Bra- vo Company, 27th Engineer Bat- Soldiers open care packages while deployed to the Middle East as A soldier takes down laundry during Operation Desert Storm in talion, 20th Engineer Brigade.” part of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. January 1991. Friday, January 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK US unemployment claims up to 965K BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER extended benefits to people who Associated Press exhausted their state aid and an- WASHINGTON — The number other that supplies benefits to self- of people seeking unemployment employed and contract workers. aid soared last week to 965,000, the Those two programs had ex- most since late August and evi- pired near the end of December. dence that the resurgent coronavi- They were belatedly renewed, rus has caused a spike in layoffs. through mid-March, in a $900 bil- The latest figures for jobless lion rescue aid package that Con- claims, issued Thursday by the La- gress approved and President Do- bor Department, remain at levels nald Trump signed into law. That never seen until the virus struck. package also includes $600 relief Before the pandemic, weekly ap- checks for most adults and a sup- plications typically numbered plemental unemployment benefit around 225,000. Last spring, after payment of $300 a week. Congres- nationwide shutdowns took effect, sional Democrats favor boosting applications for jobless benefits the checks to $2,000 and extending spiked to nearly 7 million — 10 federal aid beyond March, as does times the previous record high. Af- President-elect Joe Biden. ter declining over the summer, The U.S. job market’s weakness weekly claims have been stuck was made painfully clear in the De- DAVID EDGE/Stars and Stripes above 700,000 since September. cember employment report that Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli, commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, gets vaccinated with the Moderna The high pace of layoffs coinci- the government issued last week. COVID19 vaccine at the Wiesbaden Army Health Clinic, Germany, on Thursday. des with an economy that has fal- Employers shed jobs for the first tered as consumers avoid travel- time since April as the pandemic ing, shopping and eating out in the tightened its grip on consumers face of soaring viral caseloads. and businesses. Army command team in Over 4,300 deaths were reported The figures also depicted a Tuesday, another record high. sharply uneven job market: The Shutdowns of restaurants, bars and losses last month were concentrat- other venues where people gather ed among restaurants, bars, hotels Europe receives vaccine in California, New York and other and entertainment venues — plac- states have likely forced up layoffs. es that provide in-person services BY DAVID EDGE (and) the only way we can do that is ployees have expressed concern Some states and cities are resist- that some governments have re- Stars and Stripes if we are ready. about the vaccine’s effects. ing shutdowns, partly out of fear of stricted or that consumers are Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli and “You can’t be ready if you are “I think that it’s a natural thing the economic consequences but avoiding. Educational services, Command Sgt. Maj. Robert V. sick, so this is our responsibility to for people to be a little apprehen- raising the risk of further infec- mostly colleges and universities, Abernethy, the command team of get this vaccination, so that we are sive about getting any kind of shot, tions. Minnesota allowed in-person also cut workers in December. So U.S. Army Europe and Africa, re- ready,” Cavoli said. but at the same time, it’s our duty to dining to resume this week, and Mi- did film and music studios. ceived the Moderna coronavirus Last year, the coronavirus up- get the shots and be comfortable chigan is poised to do the same. Most other large industries, vaccine Thursday at the Wiesba- ended big plans for the Army in with the science behind the vac- Some bars and restaurants in Kan- though, reported job gains. Many den Army Health Clinic in Germa- Europe, which was forced to cur- cine,” Abernethy said. “I take com- sas City are extending their hours. economists had expected last ny. tail its largest exercise in decades, fort watching my medical leaders In addition to the first-time appli- spring that job losses would spread While getting the shots is volun- Defender Europe-20. Other ser- lead by example getting the shot.” cations for unemployment aid last to more industries. Though all sec- tary for now, the vaccine will play a vices in Europe also were forced to The vaccines have gone through week, the government said 5.3 mil- tors of the economy initially laid off critical readiness role for the scale back or cancel major drills rigorous safety procedures, added lion Americans are still receiving workers, most of them have avoid- force, Cavoli said. because of health concerns. Brig. Gen. Mark Thompson, USA- state jobless benefits, up from 5.1 ed deep layoffs. Manufacturing, “If you are a soldier or an (Army) The U.S. military in Europe REUR-AF command surgeon. million in the previous week. construction, and professional ser- civilian in USAREUR, you are on started receiving the vaccines Many more Americans are re- vices like engineering and archi- the front lines,” Cavoli said. “We about three weeks ago. But some [email protected] ceiving jobless aid from two feder- tecture, for example, all added jobs are here to reassure our allies service members and civilian em- Twitter: @DavidEd96798393 al programs — one that provides in December. New cases above 1.5K in Tokyo; US military in Japan reports 13 cases

BY JOSEPH DITZLER via Facebook that five people had son, LynCook wrote in a Face- food is still permitted. another infected person, accord- Stars and Stripes tested positive over the previous book post Thursday. Substitutes Those prefectures are under a ing to a USFK news release. The TOKYO — Japan’s capital city day. None of the newly infected will be present in those class- state of emergency declared by sixth person is the spouse of an counted more than 1,400 new were in quarantine when they rooms, he wrote. the government of Japan. affected contractor and quaran- coronavirus cases for a second contracted the virus. The Marines reported seven Commanders elsewhere, in- tined Saturday. consecutive day, while the U.S. At the Marine Corps’ Camp new patients Thursday at four cluding Misawa Air Base and the The seventh is a Defense De- military listed 13 across the coun- McTureous on Okinawa, Bechtel bases on Okinawa: three at Camp Army’s Camp Zama, have im- partment employee with no di- try as of 6 p.m. Thursday. Elementary School had one per- Kinser, two at Camp Schwab and posed the same prohibition in rect connection to the other six. The Tokyo Metropolitan Gov- son test positive, according to a one each at Camps Hansen and their areas. He last visited Yongsan on Jan. 7. ernment reported 1,502 new in- message Wednesday from Prin- Courtney. U.S. Forces Korea on Thurs- He fell ill with symptoms of CO- fections Thursday, according to cipal Gordon LynCook to school At Yokota Air Base, the head- day provided more information VID-19, the coronavirus respira- public broadcaster NHK. One staff and families. The school re- quarters in western Tokyo of U.S. about seven people who tested tory disease, and sought treat- week prior, the city marked its mained open Thursday and no Forces Japan, the base com- positive the previous day at ment, according to USFK. highest one-day total of 2,447. classes are scheduled Friday due mander on Thursday banned din- Yongsan Garrison, the Army post USFK reported that another With the new cases Thursday, to a teacher workday. ing inside off-base restaurants in in Seoul. seven civilians at Yongsan had the city passed 80,000 pandemic Classes resume there Tuesday. Chiba, Kanagawa, Tokyo, Saita- One Defense Department civil- tested positive for the virus be- infections. An unspecified number of teach- ma, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Aichi, ian employee and four contrac- tween Jan. 7 and Tuesday. Marine Corps Air Station Iwa- ers will remain home and pro- Gifu, Tochigi and Fukuoka pre- tors at Yongsan have quarantin- kuni, 26 miles southwest of Hi- vide virtual instruction after hav- fectures from 8 p.m.-5 a.m. until ed at their homes off-base since [email protected] roshima, on Thursday reported ing contact with the infected per- Feb. 7. Takeout and delivery of Jan. 8 after they had contact with Twitter: @JosephDitzler PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Defiance of virus dining bans grows as restaurants flounder Associated Press ber had dropped to 100 as staff BORING, Ore. — A line formed members either returned to work out the door during the lunch rush or presented a valid excuse, such at the Carver Hangar, a family- as a quarantine. owned restaurant and sports bar, Dozens bundled up in winter and waitresses zipped in and out gear for a “teach in” outside Chi- of the kitchen trying to keep up cago Board of Education Presi- with orders as customers backed dent Miguel del Valle’s home. up in the lobby. Those who’ve lost access to school Indoor dining has been banned email and teaching platforms re- in much of Oregon for nearly two corded videos or Facebook Live months, but the eatery 20 miles streams for their students. Others southeast of Portland was doing a protested in solidarity and contin- booming business — and an illegal ued remote lessons from the lawn. one. The restaurant’s owners, With strong objections from the Bryan and Liz Mitchell, fully reo- Chicago Teachers Union, the na- pened Jan. 1 in defiance of Demo- tion’s third-largest district has ex- cratic Gov. Kate Brown’s CO- perienced a bumpy start to its VID-19 indoor dining ban in their gradual return to in-person in- county despite the risk of heavy struction after going remote last TED S. WARREN / AP fines and surging coronavirus March. A person walks through an entrance to the Farm Boy DriveIn restaurant during a Jan. 4 protest rally near cases. Pre-kindergarten and some Olympia, Wash. The restaurant has been facing fines and penalties for continuing to offer inside dining “We’re not going to back down special education students were despite current restrictions on the practice in Washington state due to the coronavirus pandemic. because our employees still need given the option to come back to to eat, they still need that income,” class this week or continue online. of COVID-19 vaccine doses to New N.C. Department of Health and first news conference since before said Bryan Mitchell, as customers About 6,000 students expressed York as appointments are Human Services as five or more Christmas and her first since her ate at tables spaced 6 feet apart. interest in returning, but district snapped up as quickly as they go cases in close proximity. The peo- nomination last week. “The statement that we’re making officials haven’t released updated online, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and ple identified in the cluster have “I have every confidence in him is, ‘Every life is essential. You attendance data. New York City Mayor Bill de Bla- been identified and are isolating and I know he is ready to step up have the right to survive. Nobody Maine sio said Wednesday. and receiving medical monitoring on day one,” she said. should tell you what you can and “At the end of the day, this is a at a different residence hall set McKee in his own brief state- cannot do to provide for your fam- PORTLAND — The number of supply issue and we need the fed- aside for quarantine and isolation, ment praised Raimondo for her ily.’” COVID-19 infections continues to eral government to provide us and their close contacts have also response to the pandemic and con- Health officials in Oregon and soar in Maine, reaching a new dai- with more vaccine as quickly as been tested and moved into quar- gratulated her on her nomination, other states with bans say they are ly record on Wednesday, as the possible because there is simply antine, the school said. something he said the whole state necessary because people can’t state made plans to update its vac- not enough and this is the weapon Oregon could be proud of. wear masks when they eat, are in cine plan to prioritize older resi- that will win the war,” Cuomo He said he is confident because SALEM — Oregon has fined a close proximity in smaller and of- dents. said. her office has communicated with Salem gym nearly $127,000 for re- ten poorly ventilated spaces, and The daily number of confirmed The Democratic governor said him to keep him abreast of devel- maining open in defiance of CO- are prone to talk more loudly in a infections reported by the Maine more than 7 million people state- opments in the state’s pandemic VID-19 restrictions. crowded dining room — all known Center for Disease Control grew wide are now eligible to be vacci- response all along. Oregon Occupational Safety contributors to viral spread. The to more than 820 on Wednesday, nated but the state is receiving just and Health announced Tuesday it Vermont Centers for Disease Control and surpassing the previous high of at 300,000 vaccine doses a week had issued the fine to Capitol Rac- BURLINGTON — The Univer- Prevention lists indoor dining as a least 780 on Friday. There also from the federal government. “We quet Sports for willfully refusing sity of Vermont is hoping to give “particularly high-risk” activity. were four more deaths. are making the vaccine available to comply with state health orders students more room to study when But even as coronavirus deaths Maine’s seven-day average for based on federal guidance and are at one of its Courthouse Club Fit- they return to campus for the soar, a growing number of restau- new infections was at more than continuing to push it out the door ness locations in Salem, The Ore- spring session. rants in states across the country 580, an increase from at least 510 a quickly and efficiently, but due to gonian/OregonLive reported. The Burlington school has are reopening in defiance of strict week ago and from nearly 365 a the federal government’s limited The gym will have 30 days to de- erected two large tents at different COVID-19 rules that have shut month ago. allocation, appointments are fill- cide whether to appeal. It ap- locations that can be used, as them down for indoor dining for Democratic Gov. Janet Mills ing up fast,” Cuomo said in a state- pealed prior sanctions. UVM spokesperson Enrique Cor- weeks, or even months. Restau- announced that Maine’s coronavi- ment. Gyms in counties deemed “ex- redera puts it, for “appropriately rants can serve people outside or rus vaccination plan has been up- De Blasio said at his daily coro- treme risk” for COVID-19 spread distanced auxiliary space, includ- offer carry-out, but winter weath- dated to follow new federal guide- navirus briefing that the city will have not been allowed to conduct ing for studying.” er has crippled revenues from pat- lines recommending that states run out of vaccine next week “un- indoor operations since late No- The Burlington Free Press re- io dining. prioritize older residents. She said less we get a major resupply.” the state will start by dedicating a With new 24-hour mass vacci- vember under Gov. Kate Brown’s ports both of the steel-framed Illinois considerable amount of the state’s nation sites opening daily, de Bla- framework for COVID-19 restric- structures have solid floors, are vaccine supply to residents 70 sio said the city is on track to meet tions. The regulations came after fully lit and will be fully wired for CHICAGO — Chicago teachers years of age and older. its goal of administering 175,000 Brown mandated that gyms close studying. They also will be punished for refusing to show up Maine has the nation’s oldest vaccine doses this week. entirely for two weeks in early No- warmed with industrial-sized pro- for the start of in-person classes population, and the virus is espe- vember. pane heaters. over COVID-19 concerns, demon- cially dangerous to older people North Carolina The tents will be ready for the strated Wednesday outside the and people with underlying health CHAPEL HILL — The Univer- Rhode Island spring semester, which begins school board president’s home. conditions. The vaccination plan sity of North Carolina at Chapel Rhode Island Gov. Gina Rai- Feb. 1. Roughly 150 employees were also focuses on immunizing emer- Hill reported a COVID-19 cluster mondo on Wednesday promised a Corredera says the tents will be docked pay and locked out of Chi- gency service personnel, critical on Wednesday that it said in- smooth transition in the state’s re- taken down when the weather cago Public Schools systems earli- infrastructure workers and resi- volved students who stayed on the sponse to the coronavirus when warms in the spring. er this week, meaning they can’t dents with high-risk medical con- campus during winter break. Lt. Gov. Daniel McKee takes over On Wednesday, the Vermont teach remotely either as classes ditions. The school said the cases were if she is confirmed as President- Health Department reported 118 began this week for thousands of found through surveillance test- elect Joe Biden’s commerce sec- new cases of the virus that causes pre-kindergarten and special edu- New York ing of students who lived at Carmi- retary. COVID-19, bringing the statewide cation students. District officials NEW YORK — The federal gov- chael Residence Hall. “We will not miss a beat,” the total since the pandemic began to said late Wednesday that the num- ernment must speed the delivery A “cluster” is defined by the Democratic governor said in her just under 9,370. Friday, January 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION Alone: More Republican lawmakers turn against Trump FROM PAGE 1 doned. Trump leaned on Sen. out at the heavily fortified U.S. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., to push Capitol. There, the damage from Republican senators to oppose re- last week’s riots provided a visi- moval. Graham’s spokesman said ble reminder of the insurrection the senator was making the calls that the president was accused of of his own volition. inciting. Trump and his allies believed Abandoned by some in his own that the president’s sturdy pop- party, Trump could do nothing ularity with the lawmakers’ GOP but watch history unfold on tele- constituents would deter them vision. The suspension of his from voting against him. The Twitter account deprived Trump president was livid with per- of his most potent means to keep ceived disloyalty from McConnell Republicans in line, giving a and Cheney and has been deeply sense that Trump had been de- frustrated that he could not hit fanged and, for the first time, his back with his Twitter account, hold on his adopted party was in which has kept Republicans in question. line for years. He was finally heard from His paramount concern, be- hours after the vote, in a subdued yond his legacy, was what a sec- video that condemned the insur- ond impeachment could do to his rection at the Capitol and warned immediate political and financial his supporters from engaging in future. any further violence. It was a The loss of his Twitter account message that was largely missing and fundraising lists could com- one week earlier, when rioters J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP plicate Trump’s efforts to remain marching in Trump’s name de- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, DCalif., gavels in the final vote of the impeachment of President Donald a GOP kingmaker and potentially scended on the Capitol to try to Trump on Wednesday. Trump is said to have incited the angry mob that stormed the Capitol last week. run again in 2024. Moreover, prevent Congress from certifying Trump seethed at the blows being President-elect Joe Biden’s victo- condition of anonymity because that he had used the powers of the it” seemed to be ending with a dealt to his business, including ry. they weren’t authorized to do so office to pressure Ukraine to in- whimper. the withdrawal of a PGA tourna- “I want to be very clear: I une- publicly. vestigate a political foe, Biden, The third-ranking Republican ment from one of his golf courses quivocally condemn the violence With only a week left in now the president-elect. in the House, Rep. Liz Cheney, of and the decision by New York that we saw last week,” said Trump’s term, there were no bel- At that time, the White House Wyoming, said there had “never City to cease dealings with his Trump. He added that “no true licose messages from the White was criticized for failing to create been a greater betrayal” by a company. supporter” of his “could ever en- House fighting the proceedings the kind of robust “war room” president. Senate Majority Lead- There’s the possibility that if dorse political violence.” on the other end of Pennsylvania that President Bill Clinton mobili- er Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told the Senate were to convict him, he But that message, partially mo- Avenue and no organized legal zed during his own impeachment colleagues in a letter that he had also could be barred from seeking tivated to warn off legal exposure response. Some congressional fight. Nonetheless, Trump allies not decided how he would vote in election again, dashing any hopes for sparking the riot, ran contrary Republicans did defend the presi- did mount their own pushback an impeachment trial. of another presidential campaign. to what Trump has said through- dent during House debate in im- campaign. There were lawyers, For the first time, Trump’s fu- The reminders of the Capitol out his term, including when he peachment, their words carrying White House messaging meet- ture seemed in doubt, and what siege were everywhere as the urged his supporters to “fight” for across the same space violated by ings, and a media blitz run by al- was once unthinkable — that House moved toward the im- him last week. rioters one week earlier during a lies on conservative television, ra- enough Republican senators peachment roll call. Trump said not a word about siege of the citadel of democracy dio and websites. would defy him and vote to re- Some of the Capitol’s doors his impeachment in the video, that left five dead. Trump was acquitted in 2020 move him from office — seemed were broken and windows were though he complained about the In the end, 10 Republicans vot- by the GOP-controlled Senate at least possible, if unlikely. shattered. A barricade had gone ban on his social media. And later ed to impeach. and his approval ratings were un- But there was no effort from up around outside the building Wednesday, he asked allies if he It was a marked change from damaged. But this time, as some the White House to line up votes and there were new checkpoints. had gone too far with the video, Trump’s first impeachment. That members of his own party re- in the president’s defense. Hundreds of members of the Na- wondering if it might upset some December 2019 vote in the coiled and accused him of com- The team around Trump is hol- tional Guard patrolled the hall- of his supporters. Four White House, which made Trump only mitting impeachable offenses, lowed out, with the White House ways, even sleeping on the mar- House officials and Republicans the third president ever im- Trump was isolated and quiet. A counsel’s office not drawing up a ble floors of the same rotunda close to the West Wing discussed peached, played out along parti- presidency centered on the bom- legal defense plan and the legisla- that once housed Abraham Lin- Trump’s private conversations on san lines. The charges then were bastic declaration “I alone can fix tive affairs team largely aban- coln’s casket. Ex-Navy SEAL questioned by FBI on Capitol riot involvement BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY maybe they’re just — they just didn’t get the to his service record. comment on specific investigations. Stars and Stripes message, unfortunately. I’m hoping the In a Facebook video by Newbold posted Newbold said he now regrets being in the WASHINGTON — A retired Navy SEAL message was strong enough. Unfortunate- the night before the riot, he said there are crowd and he had gotten caught up in the who described “breaching the Capitol” in a ly, maybe it wasn’t. I hate to see this escalate “good people on all sides of this thing” but moment to try to stop the election certifica- Facebook video is now being questioned by more,” he said. they “can no longer be quiet.” tion and that the riot on the Capitol “was all the FBI about his involvement in last week’s The Navy confirmed Wednesday that “It’s time to stand up and take our country taken too far,” according to ABC News . violent riot, according to a news report. Newbold is a retired senior chief petty offi- back, and make sure that we are being re- In the deleted video after the riot, he de- Adam Newbold, 45, from Lisbon, Ohio, cer, or E-8, who served more than 23 years. spectful and doing things in the right way. fended the people who broke into the Capi- recorded a now-deleted video when he was Most of his career, he was either training or We are not going down looking for a fight, tol, saying they had to destroy doors and returning from Washington, saying he was based at an “East Coast naval special war- keep that in mind … we are just very pre- windows to get in to “our building, our “proud” of the riot that happened at the fare unit” until he retired from the Navy Re- pared, very capable, and very skilled patri- house,” according to ABC News. Capitol building, ABC News reported. The serve in 2017, according to details of his ser- ots ready for a fight. And we will react with- He denied harming any police officers at news organization was able to obtain a copy vice record provided by the Navy. out hesitation when called upon to do so,” he the Capitol or entering the building. How- of the video before it was deleted. Newbold has deployed to Kosovo, Af- said. ever, in the video, he described details of the From the 30 seconds of video that ABC ghanistan and Iraq, according to his mili- Newbold told ABC News that he had been damage caused by rioters. Now his life “has News posted, Newbold appears to refer- tary awards. Newbold has also received the questioned by the FBI about his activities at absolutely turned upside-down.” ence lawmakers who returned to the Capi- Joint Service Commendation Medal, two the Capitol building and a second interview “I am not a terrorist. I am not a traitor,” tol after the riot ended to conclude the certi- Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Med- had been requested. An FBI spokeswoman Newbold told ABC News. fication of the election. als with Combat “V” for valor, the Army from the Washington, D.C. Field Office

“What did get destroyed — and they’re Commendation Medal, and four Navy/Ma- would not confirm Wednesday that he is be- [email protected] obviously trying to overcome now — again rine Corps Achievement Medals, according ing questioned, saying the bureau does not @caitlinmkenney PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 NATION Expecting unrest, DC locks down for inauguration

Associated Press the 59th inauguration,” Bowser WASHINGTON — All through said Wednesday. downtown Washington, the pri- The FBI has warned that armed mary sound for several blocks was protests by violent Trump sup- the beeping of forklifts unloading porters were being planned in all more fencing. 50 state capitals as well as in There were no cars or scooters Washington for the days leading and seemingly no tourists up to the inauguration of Presi- Wednesday, just the occasional dent-elect Joe Biden. / AP jogger and multiple construction Between the pandemic and the MANUEL BALCE CENETA crews at work. The U.S. Capitol security threat, Bowser is flat-out Members of the National Guard gather inside the Capitol Visitor Center, on Wednesday, in Washington . that proved such a soft target last asking people not to come to the week was visible only through snarls. Starting Wednesday, for their general refusal to wear the city.” District of Columbia for the inau- lines of tall, black fence. Bowser said, anyone inside the in- facemasks amid the pandemic. On Wednesday, Airbnb an- guration. And at Bowser’s re- Two blocks from the White auguration perimeter might be Several downtown hotels, includ- nounced it was canceling all reser- quest, a National Special Security House, a group of uniformed Na- stopped and questioned. Starting ing one which had become a favor- vations in the Washington metro Event declaration was moved up tional Guard troops emerged from Friday, all parking garages in the ite hangout of the militant Proud area. Bowser said she had been in to Jan. 13, a distinction which she a tour bus and headed into a hotel downtown restricted zone will be Boy faction, chose to avoid trouble regular contact with Airbnb offi- as a state of lockdown descended said “puts in place an entirely dif- sealed through the inauguration. by closing last week. cials since last week, but did not on Washington that will last ferent command and control Bowser is also being pushed to “Closing hotels completely for specifically request this step. through the Jan. 20 inauguration. structure” for security. deny lodging options to potentially these six nights is the only way to “We are aware of reports “Clearly we are in uncharted The NSSE status is normal for a violent protesters. The local Black guarantee the safety of hotel emerging yesterday afternoon re- waters,” said Washington Mayor presidential inauguration and oth- Lives Matter affiliate and Shut- workers, neighbors, vulnerable garding armed militias and known Muriel Bowser. er major events like an interna- down DC issued a joint statement and unhoused residents, incoming hate groups that are attempting to Last week’s “violent insurrec- tional summit or the Super Bowl. Wednesday urging all downtown administration officials, members travel and disrupt the Inaugura- tion” at the Capitol by supporters But it’s rare to start the lockdown hotels to voluntarily close and pay of Congress, and our democracy,” tion,” a company statement said. of outgoing President Donald so far in advance of the event. their staffs. In addition to the the statement said. “If hotels do “We are continuing our work to Trump has “impacted the way we Police vehicles sealed off a huge threat of violence, the activist not willingly close, we ask Mayor ensure hate group members are are approaching working with our swath of downtown D.C. Wednes- groups say Trump supporters are Bowser to extend today’s emer- not part of the Airbnb communi- federal partners in planning for day, causing immediate traffic a threat to the health of hotel staff gency order and close all hotels in ty.” Trial: Trump to be first president tried while out of office

FROM PAGE 1 leader, as two new senators from than against Bill Clinton in 1998. supporter of mine could ever dis- he spread about Biden’s election other capital cites, under high se- Georgia, both Democrats, are to The Capitol insurrection respect law enforcement.” victory, including at a rally near curity amid threats of more vio- be sworn into office leaving the stunned and angered lawmakers, Trump was first impeached by the White House on the day of the lence around the inauguration. chamber divided 50-50. That tips who were sent scrambling for the House in 2019 over his deal- Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi the majority to the Democrats safety as the mob descended, and ings with Ukraine, but the Senate The impeachment resolution is has not said when she will take the once Kamala Harris takes office, it revealed the fragility of the na- voted in 2020 acquit. also intended to prevent Trump next step to transmit the impeach- as the vice president is a tie-break- tion’s history of peaceful transfers No president has been convict- from ever running again. ment article, a sole charge of in- er. of power. ed by the Senate, but Republicans A Capitol Police officer died citement of insurrection. Some se- In a note to colleagues Wednes- Pelosi invoked Abraham Lin- have said that could change in the from injuries suffered in the riot, nior Democrats have proposed day, McConnell said he had “not coln and the Bible, imploring law- rapidly shifting political environ- and police shot and killed a wom- holding back the article to give Bi- made a final decision on how I will makers to uphold their oath to de- ment as officeholders, donors, big an during the siege. Three other den and Congress time to focus on vote” in a Senate impeachment fend the Constitution from all ene- business and others peel away people died in what authorities his new administration’s priori- trial. mies, foreign “and domestic.” from the defeated president. said were medical emergencies. ties. With the Capitol secured by She said of Trump: “He must go, Conviction and removal of The riot delayed the tally of Elec- Biden has said the Senate armed National Guard troops in- he is a clear and present danger to Trump would require a two-thirds toral College votes which was the should be able to split its time and side and out, the House voted 232- the nation that we all love.” vote in the Senate. last step in finalizing Biden’s vic- do both. 197 on Wednesday to impeach Holed up at the White House, Biden said in a statement after tory. The impeachment trial will be Trump. The proceedings moved watching the proceedings on TV, the vote that it was his hope the Ten Republican lawmakers, in- the first for a president no longer at lightning speed, with lawmak- Trump later released a video Senate leadership “will find a way cluding third-ranking House GOP in office. And, politically, it will ers voting just one week after vio- statement in which he made no to deal with their Constitutional leader Liz Cheney of Wyoming, force a reckoning among some lent pro-Trump loyalists stormed mention at all of the impeachment responsibilities on impeachment voted to impeach Trump, cleaving Republicans who have stood by the Capitol, egged on by the presi- but appealed to his supporters to while also working on the other ur- the Republican leadership, and Trump throughout his presidency dent’s calls for them to “fight like refrain from any further violence gent business of this nation.” the party itself. and largely allowed him to spread hell” against the election results. or disruption of Biden’s inaugura- Unlike his first time, Trump Cheney, whose father is the for- false attacks against the integrity Ten Republicans fled Trump, tion. faces this impeachment as a weak- mer Republican vice president, of the 2020 election. joining Democrats who said he “Like all of you, I was shocked ened leader, having lost his own said of Trump’s actions summon- Senate Republican leader needed to be held accountable and and deeply saddened by the ca- reelection as well as the Senate ing the mob that “there has never Mitch McConnell is open to con- warned ominously of a “clear and lamity at the Capitol last week,” he Republican majority. been a greater betrayal by a Presi- sidering impeachment, having present danger” if Congress said, his first condemnation of the In making a case for the “high dent” of his office. told associates he is done with should leave him unchecked be- attack. He appealed for unity “to crimes and misdemeanors” de- The president’s sturdy popular- Trump, but has not signaled how fore Democrat Joe Biden’s inau- move forward” and said, “Mob vi- manded in the Constitution, the ity with the GOP lawmakers’ con- he would vote. guration Jan. 20. It was the most olence goes against everything I four-page impeachment resolu- stituents still had some sway, and Convening the trial will be bipartisan presidential impeach- believe in and everything our tion relies on Trump’s own incen- most House Republicans voted among his last acts as majority ment in modern times, more so movement stands for. ... No true diary rhetoric and the falsehoods not to impeach. Friday, January 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 NATION FAA order aimed at cracking down on unruly flyers Associated Press Among the measures being consid- WASHINGTON — Federal offi- ered is using the no-fly list to block cials said they are taking aggres- people from returning to Washing- sive aim at security concerns that ton in the days leading to the inau- have surfaced in the wake of vio- guration. lence at the U.S. Capitol last week, That issue will likely be raised by including cracking down on unruly law enforcement officials during a airplane passengers and potential- Thursday briefing for members of ly placing those who participated in the House Homeland Security DREW PERINE, THE NEWS TRIBUNE/AP the riot on the no-fly list. Committee. A windstorm toppled a large tree onto a house in Tacoma, Wash., early Wednesday, trapping a woman in Federal Aviation Administra- Committee Chairman Rep. Ben- bed. Firefighters were able to extricate the woman and take her to a hospital. tion chief Steve Dickson signed an nie Thompson, D-Miss., was order Wednesday that creates an among the first lawmakers to de- “enforcement program” targeted mand that rioters to placed on the at passengers who “assault, threat- no-fly list — a call echoed Tuesday Northwest storm kills 1, causes en, intimidate or interfere” with by Senate Minority Leader Charles crew members while flying. Schumer, D-N.Y. “The FAA has recently observed Sara Nelson, president of the As- a landslide and power outages a proliferation of such conduct, in- sociation of Flight Attendants- Associated Press fall, KOMO-TV reported. ing, KOIN-TV reported. cluding conduct stemming from CWA, also called for rioters to be SPOKANE, Wash. — A power- As of early Wednesday, Seattle The weather service told resi- the failure to wear masks in re- banned from flying. ful wind storm rolled through the had received 20% of its normal an- dents to call friends in the area to sponse to the COVID-19 pandemic- Others disagreed that the list Pacific Northwest, killing one per- nual rainfall, according to the Na- wake them up and tweeted that related health measures in place on should be expanded to include son and leaving a trail of damage tional Weather Service. the situation has been “deemed board aircraft or conduct following those involved in the insurrection. — including a highway shut down High winds blew down trees too dangerous to send in rescue the January 6, 2021 violence at the “The No Fly List has been used after a landslide and a tractor- across the greater Spokane re- crews.” U.S. Capitol,” the agency said. since its inception to unjustly target trailer that was nearly blown off a gion. Avista, a Spokane-based util- Near Dodson, part of Interstate “This bulletin announces an FAA Black and Brown people, particu- bridge. More than 500,000 people ity, reported that more than 70,000 84 was closed after the landslide special emphasis enforcement larly Muslims, and is a due process lost power. customers were without power spilled onto the freeway before program to more effectively ad- nightmare,” Manar Waheed, se- The death happened in Spo- Wednesday morning. About dawn. dress and deter such conduct by nior legislative and advocacy coun- kane, when a woman in her 40s 430,000 customers elsewhere in The landslide was estimated to passengers.” sel for the American Civil Liberties died after a tree fell on her car and Washington state and in Oregon be 10 feet deep in some areas and The order comes one day after Union, which has sued the govern- trapped her inside, city Fire Chief also lost electrical service, offi- too dangerous for search and res- Steven D’Antuono, head of the ment over the list, said in a state- Brian Schaeffer said. In Oregon, cials said. cue crews. Heavy machinery was FBI’s Washington Field Office, ment. “Doubling down on it now authorities said Jennifer Camus The city’s public schools were being brought in to clear the de- said the agency was “actively look- will simply further entrench an er- Moore, 50, was driving a vehicle closed for in-person and virtual bris, officials said. Several rivers ing at” placing the rioters on the ror-prone and unconstitutional believed to be swept away after a learning Wednesday morning, began overflowing their banks in federal no-fly list. It was the first system that will continue to be used landslide hit Interstate 84, author- and Eastern Washington Univer- Oregon, and a tractor-trailer in time FBI officials acknowledged unfairly against people of color.” ities said. sity also canceled both in-person Washington state blew over amid publicly they were considering Rather than expand the list, Wa- Winds reached gusts 50 to 70 and online classes. heavy wind gusts as it attempted that step. heed called on President-elect Joe mph in parts of the Puget Sound In Oregon, residents of the to travel over the Deception Pass In recent days, lawmakers have Biden to review it and along with region as the storm blew through small community of Dodson were Bridge north of Seattle, officials questioned whether enough is be- lawmakers, “work toward over- on the tail end of several inches of told to evacuate after the National said. Part of the truck was left dan- ing done to prevent a repeat of the hauling or ending this watch list rain that left the ground saturated Weather Service issued a flash gling over the edge of the bridge, violence that shook the Capitol. once and for all.” and conditions ripe for trees to flood warning Wednesday morn- but the driver escaped unharmed. Trump administration slashes land for imperiled spotted owls’ habitat

Associated Press an upgrade to endangered status Travis Joseph, president of the PORTLAND, Ore. — The last year by the federal agency de- American Forest Resources Trump administration said spite losing nearly 4% of its pop- Council. Wednesday that it would slash ulation annually. Loss of the ability to log in areas millions of acres of protected hab- “This revision guts protected protected for the spotted owl has itat designated for the imperiled habitat for the northern spotted devastated rural communities, he northern spotted owl in Oregon, owl by more than a third. It’s said. The 3.4 million acres re- Washington state and Northern Trump’s latest parting gift to the moved from federal protections California, much of it in prime timber industry and another blow Wednesday includes all of Ore- timber locations in Oregon’s to a species that needs all the pro- gon’s so-called O&C lands, which coastal ranges. tections it can get to fully recov- are big timber territory. The more Environmentalists immediate- er,” said Noah Greenwald, endan- than 2 million acres are spread in ly decried the move and accused gered species director for the Cen- a checkerboard pattern over 18 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ter for Biological Diversity. counties in western Oregon. under President Donald Trump of Timber groups applauded the “This rule rights a wrong im- taking a parting shot at protec- decision, which won’t take effect posed on rural communities and tions designed to help restore the for 60 days. More thinning and businesses, and gives us a chance species in favor of the timber in- management of protected forests to restore balance to federal forest dustry. The tiny owl is listed as is necessary to prevent wildfires, management and species conser- DON RYAN/AP threatened under the Endangered which devastated about 300 acres vation in the Pacific Northwest,” A Northern Spotted Owl flies after a mouse jumping off the end of a Species Act and was rejected for of spotted owl habitat last fall, said Joseph said. stick in the Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, Ore. PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 SCIENCE Columbia struggles with invasive hippos

BY SARAH KAPLAN The Washington Post It was hard enough to find the hippo, a massive, ornery male with a reputation for harassing local ranchers. For three long months, the scientists tracked it through the Colombian country- side, staking out lakes, traipsing through brush and camping on nearby farms. But castrating it — that was an almost herculean task. They had to inject it with a potent elephant tranquilizer before it was safe to approach. Even with the hippo im- mobilized, it was surprisingly difficult to locate his, ahem, parts. “It was horrible,” recalled Da- vid Echeverri Lopez, a researcher at the regional environmental agency Cornare who led the 2013 sterilization effort. “You cannot just go on the Internet and Google, ‘what to do with a hippopotamus?’ ” USO/Getty Images/iStockphoto After all, the creature belonged on the other side of the ocean, in A hippopotamus yawns among companions in their native Africa, where predators and disease moderate their population. the savannas and forests of sub- Saharan Africa. But in the 1980s, time basking in the cool waters of Colombia’s hundreds of endan- drug kingpin Pablo Escobar the Magdalena River and sur- “You cannot just go on the Internet gered animals, Castelblanco-Mar- smuggled four hippos onto his pri- rounding lakes. tínez said. vate country estate. Now dozens of Whereas most African commu- and Google, ‘what to do with a Animal rights activists “are its wild spawn roam the wetlands nities are justifiably leery of hip- concerned only for the hippo,” she north of Bogota, the largest inva- pos — the creatures kill more peo- hippopotamus?’ ” continued. “They are missing the sive species on the planet. ple annually than any other large whole picture: the social picture, Locals see the hippos as an un- mammal — their Colombian David Echeverri Lopez the economic picture, and the ec- official mascot. But to scientists, neighbors are captivated by them. researcher at the regional environmental agency Cornare ological picture, too.” they are an ecological menace, Gift shops in nearby Puerto Triun- “The only efficient strategy to competing with native wildlife fo sell hippo keychains and T- his sterilization campaign. lakes found that nutrients in the deal with the invasion,” Castel- and polluting local waterways. shirts. At the amusement park After their early, exhausting ef- animals’ feces were fueling huge blanco-Martínez and her col- Occasionally, they have even at- that was built on the site of Esco- fort to track an animal in the wild, blooms of bacteria and algae. leagues wrote in a population tacked humans. bar’s former pleasure palace, vis- the team decided to try corralling These in turn reduced the oxygen study published this month in the Now a study forecasts that the itors can tour the lake where sev- one. They piled carrots and fruit in content of the water, making it journal Biological Conservation, invasive hippo population will eral dozen hippos now live. Occa- the center of a wooden pen and toxic to fish. was “extraction” of 30 hippos per swell to almost 1,500 individuals sionally, one will plod into a near- waited for a hungry hippo to stroll “We saw oxygen levels that year, starting right now. by 2040. At that point, their envi- by community, looking as blasé as through. were getting to levels where you There’s no obvious place to put ronmental impacts will be irre- them. Puerto Triunfo has for years versible and their numbers im- a shopper on his way to the groce- “But the corral didn’t work,” would expect to see fish start to go possible to control. Something ry store. Echeverri said, speaking in Span- belly up,” said Jonathan Shurin, sought zoos willing to take the hip- needs to be done — and soon. “The hippopotamus is the town ish over Zoom. “When he felt like an ecologist at the University of pos, to no avail. No African nation In the beginning, there were on- pet,” resident Claudia Patricia Ca- he was enclosed, he jumped,” California at San Diego who has would risk their own hippo pop- ly four hippos. How much trouble macho told the news program Not- crushing the wooden barrier and worked with Echeverri to eval- ulation by reintroducing dozens of could they cause? So reasoned icias Caracol in 2018. “You could escaping into the trees. uate the hippos’ environmental animals with mysterious origins Colombian officials charged with say that he now takes to the street He added, “I didn’t know they impacts. There is concern that this and unknown behaviors. dismantling Escobar’s sprawling as if they were his own.” could jump.” will affect the region’s fishing in- The scientists say Colombia country estate after his death in Yet human-hippo interactions Though male hippos have what dustry. must consider a cull. 1993. They were reluctant to ap- aren’t usually friendly. In 2009, af- scientists politely term “spatially In Africa, hippos act as ecosys- “Nobody likes the idea of shoot- proach the animals, each highly ter a trio of escapees from Hacien- dynamic testes” (their genitalia is tem engineers, transferring nutri- ing a hippo. I do not like it,” Cas- aggressive and roughly the size da Napoles were reported terror- retractable, and can hide in an ents from land to lakes and sculpt- telblanco-Martínez said. “But no and weight of a four-door sedan. izing local farms, Colombia’s envi- opening called the inguinal canal), ing new channels for water as they other strategy is going to work.” While most of the drug lord’s exot- ronmental agency sent a team of females’ reproductive organs tread across dry earth. Some re- This is what happens, she said, ic animals were sent to zoos, the hunters after the animals with an proved even harder to find. “We searchers have suggested they when a society fails to act on a hippos — three females and one order to shoot on sight. didn’t understand the female could provide a similar service in problem until it becomes too dire male — were allowed to roam. But then a photo emerged show- anatomy,” Echeverri said. “We their new home. to ignore. Relocation might have That was the first mistake. ing the soldiers posing with the tried to do it on several occasions But Nataly Castelblanco-Martí- been feasible 30 years ago, when In their natural habitat, hippos carcass of one of the adults, named and were always unsuccessful.” nez, a Colombian ecologist work- there were only four hippos. Cas- spend the long dry season crowd- Pepe. Animal rights activists de- Eventually he found the an- ing at the University of Quintana tration could have been effective if ed into waterways that have nounced the killing; “They could swer: Trap the hippo in a pen. Roo in Mexico, was skeptical of officials had provided sufficient shrunk to puddles. There, they are have been captured and kept in a Make sure the walls are high. this hypothesis. Colombia’s lakes resources for the program early vulnerable to disease and preda- safe place until a permanent ref- Don’t bother with the females. But and rivers are already home to on. Now the sole remaining option tion — not to mention one anoth- uge was found for them,” Marcela the process remains dangerous, large native mammals. Giant, gui- is the most painful one. er’s bad tempers. Ramirez, a member of the local time consuming and costly, espe- nea-pig-like capybaras feed on the Echeverri is less certain that But tropical Colombia is “hippo Animal Protection Network, told cially for his low-budget agency. grasses and fruits now consumed killing the hippos is the only way to paradise,” Echeverri said. Rain is Reuters at the time. Echeverri is able to castrate by hippos. Threatened Amazo- go. abundant, food is plentiful and A judge issued a ruling sus- roughly one hippo per year, nian manatees may be crowded He suggested it might be possi- there are no carnivores large pending the hunt for Pepe’s mate whereas scientists estimate that out of their habitat by the aggres- ble to sterilize or relocate the 50 or enough to pose a threat. The ani- and offspring, and it became ille- the population grows by 10% an- sive newcomers. so hippos in the lake near Hacien- mals spend five hours a day graz- gal to kill hippos in the country. nually. Management of the hippo prob- da Napoles, and only cull those ing on grasses and the rest of their That’s when Echeverri launched A 2020 study of hippo-inhabited lem takes resources away from that have wandered farther afield. Friday, January 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 ‘Sylvie’s Love’ is WEEKEND a timely throwback Movies, Page 15

Toast of the town

Morgan Wallen pours a double on new 30-track album that positions him as Nashville’s next superstar Page 28

Morgan Wallen performs at All for the Hall: Under the Influence benefiting the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Feb. 10, 2020.

JASON KEMPIN, COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM/TNS

Video games — 18 Travel & Food — 20-25 Books — 27 Health — 32 Crossword — 34 PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 WEEKEND: GADGETS & TECHNOLOGY Live music free of distractions GADGETS Wooden speakers bring concerts to you without ads, lights or screens

BY GEOFF EDGERS The Washington Post Yeedi n September, Norman Whiteside, a cult The Yeedi K650 is compatible hero whose funk creations have been with Alexa and Google Home. sampled by everyone from Frank Ocean Ito Kanye, sat down at a keyboard in his Clean up with living room and played a gig. This was no normal performance. In 30 minutes, Whiteside masterfully walked this robot vac through his decades-old musical history. He BY GREGG ELLMAN talked about his influences, from Sly Stone to Tribune News Service Al Green, and delivered snippets of song in There’s not a whole lot to like their voices. But even as he offered this intim- about house cleaning and espe- ate performance, Whiteside admitted he cially vacuuming — unless it’s found performing on Oda, a new, audio-only automated with the new Yeedi music service, took some getting used to. K650, a pet- and kid-friendly The 67-year-old singer was in Columbus, MELISSA BUNNI ELIAN/For The Washington Post home robot vacuum. Ohio. His audience could have been any- Multiinstrumentalist Edward Larry Gordon, known by his stage name Laraaji, plays Peruvian Yeedi states that it doesn't where. They were listening on Oda’s hand- cacho seed pods Dec. 10 during a performance to test the Oda wooden speakers. make consumers choose between built, square cedar speakers. There was no affordability, deep-cleaning tech- screen and no way for Whiteside to get feed- on a pool table and just closed my eyes and nology or design aesthetics — back from those in the audience. listened,” Ohanian says. “It felt like I was Yeedi delivers it all. And the “While I was performing, I was saying, ‘are somewhere else. I’m not saying this as a pas- company is true to its word. two people listening to me, or are 100 people sionate music lover. I’m saying it as a human The pet-friendly Yeedi K650 is listening?’” he remembers. “Is anybody listen- being.” app- and voice-controlled, has a ing, or is this a prank?” A lot of what drives Oda is Dangerfield’s quiet mode, 2000pa of suction That will be part of the test for Oda (pro- frustration with how music is distributed and power, two silicone tangle-free nounced like Yoda), a concept developed long consumed across digital platforms. Streaming brushes, a main brush to sweep before the pandemic but coming online offi- services offer unlimited listening options, dirt into the suction area, and an cially now, as if in response. The service playing devices are packed with apps to allow 800ml XXL-sized dustbin for less launched Dec. 31 with a performance by mul- multitasking and speakers are so mobile they emptying. A pair of big wheels ti-instrumentalist Laraaji, after a series of can be slipped onto a bookshelf until they’re help navigate different heights, previews and tests throughout the fall. Oda almost forgotten. Music becomes the back- which is handy going from floors was conceived by music technologist Nick RACHEL TANG/Oda ground to ever-looping activities of daily life. to carpeting. Dangerfield, is being funded by Reddit co- Oda speakers are built by hand. To that end, Dangerfield initially didn’t Setting up the Yeedi app is founder Alexis Ohanian and is set to feature even want Oda subscribers to have the ability straightforward. Download it, an eclectic group of musicians, including jazz that have been thriving, particularly during to play their own music through their phones create a free private account and singer Andy Bey, folkie Jessica Pratt, soul the pandemic. on the speakers. He was overruled. pair the vacuum. The app works singers Don Bryant and Ann Peebles, the Dangerfield began work on what became “I hate to sound like a grumpy old man, but with multiple Yeedis. Microphones, minimalist pioneer Terry Riley Oda four years ago. He was a fan of Phil Elve- I don’t like where things are going,” Danger- There are three modes on the and Whiteside. rum, the songwriter behind the Microphones field says. home screen: Edge cleaning Oda’s creators never meant for the speakers and Mount Eerie. In 2015, Elverum’s then- Many of the artists Oda has signed find the handles all the corners and edg- to replace live music, even if the timing seems wife, Genevieve Castree, was diagnosed with focus appealing. es, where pet hair and dirt seem prescient. They say the service is an alterna- pancreatic cancer. Elverum let fans know he “I don’t like being in front of my computer, to gather. The auto mode cleans tive to the Instagram Live and Facebook gigs would have to stop performing to take care of and I don’t want to make other people be in the whole house for up to 130 that have been popping up during the pan- his wife and their baby daughter. (Castree, front of their computers,” Elverum says. “I minutes. With the spot mode, if a demic as well as the seemingly endless scroll just 35, died in 2016.) want to create reasons to be in the real world. small area requires cleaning, just of virtual meetings. You cannot listen to an Dangerfield, a fan whose work focuses on If that means pausing live performance for put it in that area and start it up. Oda concert on your phone, laptop or your finding ways to connect music to people, plot- some years, that’s fine. This Oda thing has no The front of the Yeedi K650 Sonos speakers. The shows are transmitted ted a way for Elverum to reach his audience screen and no buttons and it requires slowing has anti-drop and anti-collision through an illuminated box, or “lighthouse,” without going on the road. He created a por- down and simplicity and deeper attention in sensors to help keep it from that connects to the specially designed speak- table speaker that he could stream sound over. some way. In a way that a Zoom concert or knocking into walls, furniture, ers, which cost $299 a pair. Oda’s business “It was essentially like a baby monitor for steaming video doesn’t.” small children and even falling model is to earn most of its income off sub- an artist,” Dangerfield says. “It’s also free of interference,” says Kristen down the stairs. scriptions. The first season, which runs The trouble with the box is that it did not McElwain, Oda’s artistic director. “No brands, When the battery is low, it through March, will be free as a kind of dress provide good sound. no advertisements. There’s an audience that’s returns to the home base char- rehearsal. After that, subscribers will pay $79 “I went through an embarrassing demo present and really tuning in. Like you did ger, or you can end the vacu- per season. with an artist manager,” Dangerfield says. pre-television.” uming or send it to the charger “We have so many ways to get distracted, “Now that I listen to it, it sounds terrible.” For his Oda test show in September, Elve- with the app. and we’re already seeing people looking for Dangerfield worked on the sonics by con- rum, who lives in Orcas Island, Wash., set up If the robot vacuum does come more minimalist experiences,” Ohanian says. necting with Perry Brandston, a sound artist in his bedroom. His daughter, Agathe, now 5, in contact with an obstacle, caus- “What Oda does is it forces you to be present who had worked at New York’s Fillmore East watched a video in another room. Elverum ing it to get tangled and stopped, and just paying attention with your ears.” and CBGB’s rock club, and acoustician Benja- played some tapes — one with an organ, an- the app alerts you. But where is Music tech is a hard market to forecast. For min Zenker. Together, they developed the other with background fuzz — to create tex- it? Just tap the Find My Robot, every iPod and Spotify, there’s Neil Young’s current speakers, which are meant to provide tures for the 90-minute performance. and the Yeedi K650 will broad- Pono, the Toblerone-shaped player that fiz- a clear, warm sound. Ohanian heard a per- “It felt a little scary because it was totally cast “I’m right here” from the zled quickly. Oda’s developers stress that formance by Laraaji on those speakers, while new for me,” he says. “It made me realize how vacuum. their concept stands out because it’s both gear he bubbled on Long Island during the U.S. much I rely on the two-way communication The Yeedi K650 is compatible and an experience. Though nothing like Oda Open with his wife, tennis star Serena Wil- between the audience and performer to give with Alexa and Google Home. currently exists, there are several video con- liams. me constant validation. It’s intense. It requires Online: www.yeedi.com; cert services — Nugs.TV, Live from Here — “I was sitting in a rented house and set it up a lot of self-assurance.” $149.99 Friday, January 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 15 WEEKEND: MOVIES

Amazon Prime photos Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha star in “Sylvie’s Love,” now streaming on Amazon Prime. A timely period piece ‘Sylvie’s Love’ puts Black couple at center of romantic drama set in 1950s and ’60s

BY MARK OLSEN make, and then it just kind of turned into cal. That was always something that Eu- Los Angeles Times this whole other thing because of the time gene pitched me and that I thought was blue gown, a chance encounter, we’re in. People are fatigued by trauma. really compelling. And I think it has new a flame that won’t ever truly So seeing more Black bodies being killed resonance now when we are talking dim — these are some of the or hosed down, as we see in so many peri- around Black life and how it matters and Abuilding blocks of “Sylvie’s od pieces about the civil rights movement how it should be valued and centered and Love,” a romantic drama set in the late or slavery, people aren’t really here for protected.” 1950s to early 1960s about a young couple that right now. Thompson has become a very in-de- who fall in love, though it is never the “All I have to do is open up my family mand actress, including roles in televi- right time for them to truly be together. photo albums to see a very different de- sion’s “Westworld” and two of the “Thor” Tessa Thompson stars as Sylvie, a piction of Black life in the ’60s,” Ashe movies. “Sylvie’s Love” was originally set young woman who works in her father’s added. “We still live life just like right to be shot in late spring 2019 in New York record store but dreams of being a televi- now. We are still having babies and falling City and upstate, but things had to be sion producer. Into the shop one day in love even in the midst of a pandemic. moved up because of her schedule. The A few of the dresses in Thompson’s war comes Robert (Nnamdi Asomugha), a I’ve said kind of only half-jokingly that decision was made to shoot in Los An- drobe were borrowed from the fashion rising jazz saxophone player who feels an even Malcolm X and Martin Luther King geles, finding locations and using studio house Chanel. Thompson had more than immediate connection to Sylvie. Shot with still got married and had kids.” backlots to stand in for New York. 50 costume changes. the jewel tones reminiscent of classic For Asomugha, who spent 11 seasons as To create the film’s look, Ashe collab- Technicolor and staged in part on Holly- a cornerback in the NFL, the storyline of orated with cinematographer Declan wood studio backlots, “Sylvie’s Love” how his character had to transition from Quinn, shooting on Super-16 mm, along looks like a throwback to an earlier era. leading a jazz group to playing as a session with production designer Mayne Berke But by placing a Black couple at its center, musician for Motown, rolling with the and costume designer Phoenix Mellow. it depicts the romantic passions and interi- times and career changes, was personally According to Mellow, the costumes in or lives of characters that would typically resonant. the film ended up being about 80% vin- have been pushed to the edges of the story Since retiring from football, Asomugha tage, 10% modern standing in for vintage back in the day. has been involved as a producer on films and 10% custom. The project was always rooted in the such as “Beasts of No Nation” and “Har- Thompson had more than 50 costume romantic travails of two young Black lives. riet” and acted in and produced projects changes. A few of the gowns she wore in But in the time since its premiere at the including “Crown Heights.” Having come the film were lent to the production from Sundance Film Festival in January 2020 to “Sylvie’s Love” as an actor, Asomugha the archives of Chanel, thanks to the ac- — it is now streaming on Amazon Prime eventually got involved as a producer also. tress’ relationship with the fashion house. Video — not only has the world been “The goal was to bring the type of film Thompson recalled the moment the changed by a pandemic, but it has also that our parents never got to see,” he said, Chanel gowns — designed by Karl La- seen an increased consciousness around “in terms of the characters looking like gerfeld — arrived, in particular a blue racial justice in America. Both of those them and being in a glorious period and gown for a key scene that the production events strengthen what the movie was just being able to laugh and dance without had been struggling to find or make. already trying to accomplish. worrying about all of the societal issues “And it was just incredible, just so per- “The thing with period pieces for me is that were going on.” fect. It was definitely one of those mo- the ones that are most effective are the “We couldn’t have imagined the tim- ments,” said Thompson. “Making films, ones that do speak to the moment that ing,” said Thompson. “I had always been particularly these small films, feel like we’re in. And you can’t really prepare for attracted to this idea of making a story tiny, little miracles that they even get The backlots of Hollywood stood in for that,” said writer-director Eugene Ashe. that was set in the past, but centered on made. So that was definitely a moment New York City in “Sylvie’s Love.” “We just made the movie we wanted to the interpersonal, as opposed to the politi- that felt miraculous inside of it.” PAGE 16 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 WEEKEND: MOVIE REVIEWS Drama under the mounds ‘The Dig’ races against the clock to unearth the find of the century

BY LINDSEY BAHR Associated Press ust before the outbreak of the World War II, a small-time archaeologist was hired by a local woman to excavate her land. The thought was that Jit possibly contained some Viking remnants. But what was unearthed in the mounds out in the fields was far more significant than they could have imagined: Bur- ied in the grounds of Sutton Hoo was actually a ship that would end up providing a deeper understanding of the sophistication of the early Anglo-Saxon period. NETFLIX/AP It’s this true story that John Preston used as the stage Carey Mulligan plays Edith Pretty, a wealthy widow and amateur archaeologist, in a scene from “The Dig.” for his novel “The Dig,” which has been adapted into a very lovely film by screenwriter Moira Buffini and direc- ly death and she and her son, Robert (Archie Barnes, Mulligan is also too young for this part (Nicole Kidman tor Simon Stone. Carey Mulligan stars as the Sutton Hoo excellent), are determined to finish even with the impend- was originally slated for the role), although she excels landowner, Edith Pretty, a wealthy widow, mother to a ing war and much of the country distracted elsewhere. nonetheless with a subtle and heartbreaking perform- pre-teen son and a bit of an amateur archaeologist who When they do realize what lies beneath the mounds is in ance. has a hunch about one of the mounds on her property. fact more important than Viking graves, suddenly the big The director, Stone, is an acclaimed theater director in There’s also a ticking clock behind her expedition — the museums and important archaeologists find the time and his native Australia without many film credits to his story is set in the summer of 1939 and by September, resources to contribute to the dig. This adds a whole host name. His 2015 debut, “The Daughter,” an Ibsen adapta- Britain would be declaring war. of subplots and characters, including Edith’s cousin, Rory tion, was not widely released in the United States. The man she chooses for the job is Basil Brown (Ralph (Johnny Flynn), who has enlisted with the air force, and But in “The Dig,” he and his talented filmmaking team Fiennes), a local excavator for a provincial museum. He is newlywed archaeologists Stuart (Ben Chaplin) and Peggy have made a truly beautiful piece, contemplative and no doubt a brilliant archaeologist and an expert in his Piggott (Lily James), all of whom roll their sleeves up to melancholy, with a lovely score by Stefan Gregory and region, taught by two generations of his own family, but join in the project. enveloping scenery shot by Mike Eley. In some ways, his formal education and external demeanor denote a It’s here where the film’s novel origins become a bit of “The Dig” feels like its own artifact too, like a lost Antho- lower class and thus he’s not taken seriously by many. liability as they rush through various side stories with the ny Minghella film made 30 years ago and buried until Even his colleagues call him “unorthodox and untrained.” Piggotts and Rory. These threads were likely more re- now. Basil establishes a connection with Edith, however, who warding in the book, yet they do still add scope and con- had purchased the lands with her husband to explore the text to this very insulated story. And it’s very easy to get “The Dig” is rated PG-13 for brief sensuality and partial nudity. Running time: 112 mounds together. The project was derailed by his untime- swept away by it all. minutes. Now playing in select theaters, and available to stream on Netflix on Jan. 29. ‘The Marksman’ is blandest among Neeson’s thrillers BY KATIE WALSH Shot with a shiny sheen that’s almost Tribune News Service too crystalline, there isn’t much to set Since 2008’s “Taken,” the “Liam Nee- “The Marksman” apart from Neeson’s son thriller” has become a subgenre unto other thrillers. In fact, it’s one of the blan- itself. Aggrieved fatherly types, Neeson’s dest of the bunch. It lacks the lean, zippy characters must turn to violence against action and twisty plots of his collabora- assorted bad guys in various locales. At tions with Jaume Collet-Serra (“Non- this point, one could list them in a Dr. Stop,” “Run All Night,” “The Commu- Seuss-inspired format: Liam Neeson on a ter”), the darkly comic tone of Hans Pet- plane, Liam Neeson on a train, Liam Nee- ter Molland’s “Cold Pursuit,” and the son in the snow, oh, the places he’ll go (to brutality of the “Taken” trilogy. This is a shoot bad guys). minor entry in the Neeson canon. “The Marksman,” co-written and di- Its politics are muddled at best, relying rected by Robert Lorenz, is Liam Neeson on a tired stereotype of Mexican drug on a ranch. The widowed Jim Hanson cartels to serve as an uncomplicated boo- (Neeson) spends his days minding a few geyman, while a patriotic Vietnam vet cattle and calling in reports to the border traffics an asylum-seeking Mexican child patrol from his Arizona property, which is across state lines. The film wants to speak about to be auctioned off by the bank. to some kind of old-school, lone-ranger When a Mexican woman and her son American hero type (as portrayed by a cross the border fence in front of his OPEN ROAD FILMS AND BRIARCLIFF ENTERTAINMENT/TNS man from Northern Ireland), but it’s too truck, it sets off a chain of events that Jim Hanson, played by Liam Neeson, and Miguel, played by Jacob Perez, travel from vague, shying away from any controversy, changes Jim’s life, as he attempts to pro- Arizona to Illinois to escape a drug cartel in “The Marksman.” to say much at all. tect the boy from a vengeful Mexican Neeson remains eminently watchable, drug cartel. to Chicago, in hopes of delivering him to vie, as Jim and Miguel make their way and as this tragic figure, a man who finds For a film titled “The Marksman,” the family, per the dying wish of Miguel’s north from Arizona with the vengeful himself alone on the range after all these actual marksmanship is not necessarily mother, who perishes in a firefight with Maurico (Juan Pablo Raba) on their tail, years, he conveys the sorrow Jim carries the focal point of the story. Jim is a whis- the cartel. Jim’s also intrigued by a satch- as well as Jim’s stepdaughter, Sarah with a palpable immediacy. Although key-swilling Silver Star Marine Corps el of stolen cash, which he thinks could (Katheryn Winnick), a border patrol offi- “The Marksman” never finds its target (if Vietnam vet who only pulls out his rifle save his ranch. But he’s going to need his cer, begging him to return the boy and it has one), Neeson’s still got it. when absolutely necessary. It does, in shooting skills if he and Miguel are going seek protection from the authorities. fact, become necessary when he takes to outrun the cartel leaders in hot pursuit. Along the way, man and child bond, forg- "The Marksman" is rated PG-13 for violence, some bloody young Miguel (Jacob Perez) on the road The plot is a standard-issue chase mo- ing a relationship beyond the task at hand. images and brief strong language. Running time: 107 minutes. Friday, January 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 17 WEEKEND: MOVIES Hoover’s obsession ‘MLK/FBI’ explores how FBI tracked MLK for years

BY RODNEY HO assassination they didn’t do with Malcolm The Atlanta Journal/Constitution X and other civil rights leaders.” he Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., When people at the Toronto Film Festiv- for a period of 13 years, was one al saw the film in the fall, Hedin said of the most scrutinized and film- many didn’t realize how reviled King was Ted figures in American history, in the 1960s, that he was not the man peo- from the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 ple universally laud today on both sides of to his assassination in Memphis in 1968. the political aisle. Hoover, the film noted, But it wasn’t just the press watching was more popular than King at the time, him. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, his unease matching those of many white which J. Edgar Hoover led, took a keen Americans at the time about King and the IFC FILMS interest in King as he became the de facto changes he wrought. The documentary “MLK/FBI” explores FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover’s unease with leader of the civil rights movement. As King, despite his nonviolent stance, ontherise civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., above. King became ever bigger, Hoover’s obses- became a symbol of white people’s insecu- sion grew as well. rities at the time. “We also wanted to tell The documentary is unusual in one headed the FBI from 2013 to 2017, kept As documented in a new film, “MLK/ the larger story of white America’s fear of respect: The expert voices are not seen Hoover’s request to wiretap King on his FBI,” now in theaters and available on Black protest,” Hedin said. “And what until the very end of the film, using them desk under glass and made a point to send demand, Hoover expended untold we’ve seen with recent events, sadly, that virtually exclusively as audio narrators. agents in training to the King monument amounts of money and manpower tapping hasn’t necessarily changed.” Pollard said they were inspired by a and write papers about him. “To have a King’s phones, using long-term spies to Hedin said words like “democracy” and 2011 documentary about the Black Power director publicly attempt to come to terms track his whereabouts and creating a “patriot” are dog whistles for figures like movement called “The Black Power Mix- with this shameful part of the bureau’s monstrous dossier of King’s philandering Hoover and President Donald Trump. “To tape” that used the technique. “We wanted history is notable,” Hedin said. exploits and strategy sessions. them, it means white power,” Hedin said. to make this a truly immersive experi- While the FBI has declassified its writ- The film, based in part on a book writ- “There’s this tremendously rich and tragic ence,” Pollard said. For most of the film, ten files and a few surveillance photos are ten by David Garrow, uses newly declassi- subtext to the film we wanted to convey as they used archival photos and video, with available, the FBI audio tapes of King fied FBI files to illustrate the depths of the much as what the FBI did specifically to few graphic elements and re-enactments. remain sealed until at least 2027. government’s surveillance and harass- King.” They chose to feature just eight people Hedin said the FBI files also reveal ment of King in the 1960s. The documen- Director Sam Pollard, in an interview to tell the story, a mix of authors and con- King’s generous spirit. “He didn’t feel like tarians even revealed a letter the FBI with Vanity Fair editor Radhika Jones temporaneous players from the era. The he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize,” he wrote King telling him to kill himself, Sunday, watched the Capitol riots last most prominent name they talked to was said. “He accepted it on behalf of everybo- accompanied by incriminating evidence of week and felt anger, frustration and Andrew Young, former Atlanta mayor and dy who worked to advance civil rights.” his interactions with mistresses. shame about America: “More than 50 civil rights legend who is one of the few Putting together the film only raised “The FBI surveilled everybody at the years later, we are seeing the same politi- prominent colleagues of King still alive. Hedin’s esteem for King: “I gained a much time,” said Ben Hedin, producer of “MLK/ cal tropes, the same notion that some “Young was in the room when that FBI more intimate sense and respect of what FBI” who previously released a Grammy- Americans feel that if they can’t have it package was opened” featuring the black- he had to endure while looking the worst nominated documentary in 2016 called their way, they’ll burn the house down. It’s mail letter, Hedin said. “I didn’t know if elements of the country in the eye.” “Long Train Runnin’” about the hunt for part of the DNA of America quite honestly he’d talk about it. But he was very candid. As for Hoover, his impressions didn’t two blues singers in Mississippi during the going back to the founding of this coun- That was a pleasant surprise.” change much: “I went into the movie with height of the civil rights movement. “But try... I try to be optimistic, but there’s a Among the eight, the documentarians this picture of him as a racist tyrant. And what they did to King was more than that. part of me that thinks this country never used two former FBI agents: Charles we did not discover anything new that It was active blackmail and character seems to learn.” Knox and James Comey. Comey, when he would dispel that.” ‘MLK/FBI’ leaves behind talking heads in favor of more footage BY MARK KENNEDY “MLK/FBI” has a different feel than traditional docu- Associated Press mentaries, eschewing the usual pattern of old footage There’s an iconic photograph of the Rev. Martin Luther punctuated by talking heads, in favor of just footage and King Jr. that was taken as he triumphantly boarded one soaring songs, like “Lord Don’t Move the Mountain” by of the first integrated buses in Montgomery, Ala. Mahalia Jackson and “Oh Freedom” by Harry Belafonte. It was 1956 and King looks out a window, firmly at the Pollard has interviewed historians, journalists and front of the bus, almost gazing toward his movement’s participants, but we mostly only hear them. That means next big social hurdle. The image was taken by Ernest the commentary of someone like Andrew Young — a civil Withers, a key chronicler of the civil rights movement — rights hero himself, a King confidant and longtime politic- and an FBI informant. ian — gets mixed in and on par with a historian who has That the FBI wanted someone close and watching King no first-hand knowledge. Something about that is off. is at the heart of director Sam Pollard’s engrossing docu- The director also weaves in scenes from old pulpy mo- mentary “MLK/FBI,” a film that artfully explains how the IFC FILMS/AP vies like “Walk a Crooked Mile,” “Big Jim McLean” and two sides of that slash came to be enemies. “MLK/FBI” shows how FBI director J. Edgar Hoover used “I Was a Communist for the FBI,” as well as newsreels Pollard is a veteran producer and filmmaker who co- federal law enforcement to attack Martin Luther King Jr. with booming voices and soaring music. Somehow they directed two episodes of “Eyes on the Prize” and earned and his progressive, nonviolent cause. strike an odd note juxtaposed with intimate King home an Oscar nomination for editing Spike Lee’s blistering movies and news footage of bloodied Black men and 1997 film “4 Little Girls.” weapons and into the way FBI agents were made myth- women being hauled away by cops. In “MLK/FBI,” Pollard explains how J. Edgar Hoover ical in popular culture. The film is ultimately crippled by something out of the used the full force of his federal law enforcement agency Pollard is patient and thoughtful, leaning his film on makers’ control. We are told that after the FBI makes a to attack a progressive, nonviolent cause. That included David J. Garrow’s book “The FBI and Martin Luther salacious tape and sends it to King’s wife, King “under- wiretaps, blackmail and informers, trying to find dirt on King Jr.: From ‘Solo’ to Memphis.” The most salacious goes a real emotional crisis. And it’s an emotional crisis King. “I think this entire episode represents the darkest stuff must wait until three-quarters through, until the that the FBI is listening in on.” But we can’t listen to any part of the Bureau’s history,” notes former FBI Director filmmaker has pulled all the historical threads together. of it. All surveillance tapes are under seal and the earliest James Comey. Then the picture is clear — and frightening. they can be released is 2027. There are no revelations or bombshells. Most of the King’s famous March on Washington took place on For now, watch “MLK/FBI” and marvel at how a man details — including King’s infidelity and the use of With- Aug. 28, 1963, and two days later, in a memo, William C. could inspire so much and keep his cool while a vise was ers as an FBI informant — have been known for years. Sullivan, the head of FBI domestic intelligence, wrote, closing all around him. But that’s not Pollard’s interest. His canvas is large, “We must mark him now as the most dangerous Negro in stretching back to post-Civil War Jim Crow, exploring the future of this Nation,” adding, “and we must use every “MLK/FBI” is not rated but has footage of bloodied protesters and descriptions of sex, how notions of Black sexuality were turned into social resource as our disposal to destroy him.” including rape. Running time: 102 minutes. PAGE 18 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 WEEKEND: VIDEO GAMES

Kinetic Games photos Phasmophobia, a fourperson ghosthunting game, offers mystery and thrills. More serious players might need to apply a bit of creativity to keep the game engaging, though. Leave these Phasmophobia rules to the professionals Creative solutions keep addictive ghost-hunting indie game from getting stale BY ELISE FAVIS Gameplay constraints light (not the strong flashlight), ghost There are various tricks you can use to The Washington Post writing book, photo camera, spirit box, UV make Phasmophobia more difficult, such hasmophobia, an indie game In Phasmophobia, you have three diffi- light and video camera. Since finding the as ditching the flashlights and relying on a that casts players as ghost culty modes: amateur, intermediate and ghost room is much easier with a ther- building’s soso electrical lighting. hunters, became an instant professional. Amateur is the easiest, giv- mometer to detect low temperatures, sensation shortly after its ing you ample time to discover the ghost’s remove that from your roster. Instead, pay Ring Around the Rosie early access launch last Sep- favorite room and set up your equipment attention to your surroundings (listen for tPember. Months later, it still draws 20,000 before the start of a deadly hunt, when the loud footsteps, and check to see if a ghost Hunts are terrifying. Your flashlight concurrent players daily. ghost attempts to kill players. If you’re is moving items around nearby) or use an begins to flicker and the ghost appears The gameplay loop is addictive — so looking to ramp up the difficulty, we rec- EMF reader, a less reliable tool because it somewhere on the map, attempting to addictive, in fact, that I’ve played nearly ommend playing on professional (un- depends on a ghost’s fluctuating activity find, stalk and kill you. Now, imagine 100 hours in the past month, along with locked at level 15), which rewards three level. being in the same room as the ghostly foe three friends. As fun as Phasmophobia is, times the cash for a successful run and For those who want to get extra wild, and needing to lead them around in a though, it can get repetitive. You go into a offers no setup time at all, meaning things ditch the journal (which can be accessed circle, hoping they don’t catch up with building, find the invisible threat and get dicey quick. by pressing J). Don’t log the evidence you you. We call this Ring Around the Rosie. determine what kind of ghost it is. Rinse Playing on professional is spooky, but find and don’t use any items that can help Every time a hunt begins, run to either and repeat. Each match offers a fair the difficulty wanes the better you become you procure said evidence. These no- the kitchen or the garage. In the kitchen, amount of unpredictability, especially at ghost hunting. So, throw in some al- evidence runs are incredibly challenging; lead the ghost around the kitchen island, since developer Kinetic Games only doles ternative restraints: No sprinting (which you can use other tools, like motion sen- or if you’re in the garage, around the car. out breadcrumbs of information on ghost you normally activate by pressing shift), sors and salt, but anything that can wield Continue to do this until the hunt is com- behaviors, but the sense of mystery, and including during hunts. No flashlights, immediate results (EMF readers and plete. During long hunts, this can be exhil- even thrill, can fade after hours of play. meaning you need to use candles, glow- ghost writing books, for example) are arating; it’s a horrifying chase with a However, that doesn’t mean you should sticks, UV lights and the electrical lighting banned from use. Instead, take note of a deadly stalker who may kill at any mo- shelve Phasmophobia. inside the building (these can shut off or ghost’s activity level and behavior pat- ment. My friends and I would have stopped flicker at any time). For the ultimate chal- terns (i.e. shades are shy, meaning they’re This mode is only possible in certain playing long ago if not for some creative lenge and hilarity, try walking backward less likely to show up outside of a hunt). situations. Large maps aren’t ideal, be- solutions. To keep the game fresh, here or crouching for the entirety for the cause of their sheer size, and the asylum, are some spooky (and, at times, ridicu- match, even when a ghost is hunting you. Alternative game modes high school and prison don’t have a garage lous) alternative rules for playing. Some of Better yet, make it a rule that no one is It can be fun mixing and matching dif- or kitchen. In Edgefield, there’s no kitchen these were found on the game’s official allowed to leave the house upon entering. ferent elements of the above constraints island, so you’d have to use the garage. subreddit; others we learned from Phas- This means you can’t look for ghost orbs for different matches, but if that’s still not Furthermore, if your ghost is a revenant, mophobia streamers like Nuzzgard or we via camera feeds in the van, so deducing enough for you, well, buckle up. Here are which has increased speed, Ring Around created them ourselves. But be warned: which ghost it is will also be trickier. some made-up game modes that make the Rosie is near impossible to complete This list is aimed at veteran players, not Using only starter items is another op- ghost hunting both more perilous and without dying. newcomers. tion. These include the EMF reader, flash- more ridiculous. SEE FRESH ON PAGE 19 Friday, January 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 WEEKEND: VIDEO GAMES Fresh: New rules keep game from getting stale FROM PAGE 18 until everyone runs out of film or until everyone is dead. Follow the Leader You can also play Spooky Rou- How well do your friends work lette in a different way: Whoever together under pressure? Follow takes the photo first wins, though the Leader puts that to the test. this can be difficult to judge in Only one player gets a flashlight, execution. There are no time and the others must follow them stamps on photos, and the only everywhere. Once you enter the indicator of a photo being taken house, you’re not allowed to leave is a flash and a “click.” unless you have to look for ghost orbs in the van (for this mode, Ghost Modeling Agency this can only be done once you’ve The ghost-hunting life isn’t for found the two other pieces of everyone. It’s tough. It’s scary. evidence). Players are forbidden But hey, you’ve been doing this from taking sanity pills, too, and for a long time now. Ghosts like only starter items are allowed. you! So why not put your skills to Like Ring around the Rosie, a different, creative use? this may only be possible in cer- In this mode, you and your tain scenarios. Ghosts that only friends are part of a fictional respond to people who are alone, modeling agency that is looking for example, won’t work well for for its next undead superstar for this group effort. the cover of Ghost Magazine. Each match, you meet a new Cultists vs Ghost Hunter client (the ghost) — just make Phasmophobia can be just as sure to bring in photo cameras Maple Whispering Limited funny as it is scary. The mode for the shoot. Once you find the In Cloudpunk, players deliver illicit goods via flying car to customers in a sky city. Cultists vs Ghost Hunter is a ghost’s favorite room, you may great example of a very silly set need to coerce them to come out of rules that often leaves us in since some are camera shy. Help stitches for the entirety of a get them out of their shell by match. Adapted from a post we saying their name over and over, found on Reddit, here’s how it or something like, “Work it, Mary A flyover experience works: One player is designated Thompson!” when they do ap- as the ghost hunter, working solo pear. Cloudpunk combines too many stereotypes, too little innovation to find all the evidence and suc- Though Ghost Modeling Agen- ceed as quickly as possible. The cy is similar to Spooky Roulette, BY CHRISTOPHER BYRD Rather, what propels Cloudpunk are the interac- rest of the players are role-play- the difference is that it isn’t just The Washington Post tions Rania has with her fellow citizens. ing as cultists, who have devoted about survival, and relies more fter spending several weeks preoccupied Although I quickly formed an attachment to Ra- their entire lives to this moment, on creativity. Whoever gets the with cyberpunk fiction and playing nia, whose subdued observations of the world are where they wish to sacrifice best photo, whether it’s a profile through the recently released Cyberpunk delivered with aplomb by the voice actor Andrea themselves to the ghost. shot or an artsy silhouette of your A2077, I decided to check out Cloudpunk, a Petrille, a number of the other voice actors ham it Cultists must run around and client, wins. Crooked teeth, cut- game about a young woman working to establish a up too much for my taste. I never, for instance, felt anger the ghost as much as pos- open faces and bloodied attire is foothold in an economically cutthroat metropolis. any affinity for Rania’s A.I. companion, Camus sible to try to initiate a hunt no match for you and your cam- Like Rania, the gig worker at the center of the sto- (pronounced “came us” as opposed to “cam-mu” — (Phasmophobia uses voice recog- era skills. That ghost will be a ry, I found myself initially disoriented by the multi- a winking distortion of the Algerian philosopher’s nition, so this often involves star in no time. tiered sprawl of Nivalis — a name) who longs to be placed in the body of a dog shouting the ghost’s name over city in the sky based around a rather than serve as her co-pilot. And Rania’s en- and over, or yelling “give me a Race to the Ghost Room flying car transit system. counters with the wealthy citizens of Nivalis, such sign,” to which the ghost can Who can find the ghost room However, as the game wore as Mrs. Octavius Butler, hew so much to a look at respond). Sometimes it’s just fun quickest? Race to the Ghost on, I found myself increas- this conceited, out-of-touch, one-percenter template to say absolutely ridiculous Room is a thrill-seeking mode for ingly looking forward to the that they feel like futile exercises in orthodox pos- things, such as begging the ghost those looking for an adrenaline end of Rania’s shift. turing. to feast on your organs. rush. To assure a level playing Unfolding over the course Still, there are splashes of good writing to be The ghost hunter wins if they field during the search, give of one night, Cloudpunk fol- found. I chuckled the first time I heard a public can decipher what ghost it is everyone the same tools (espe- lows Rania as she pilots her broadcast warning that said: “Unlicensed jazz is before the cultists die, and the cially thermometers) — but if HOVA — a four-seater air punishable by death. Those who wish to experience cultists win if they all sacrifice you’re playing as more than vehicle — around the city, or perform jazz must apply for a yearly permit.” I themselves before the ghost three, you’ll have to have differ- making the rounds for an also appreciated some of the game’s morally am- hunter finds all the evidence. ent items. Whoever finds the illicit delivery service. Her life in the city is precar- biguous decisions that force Rania to choose be- ghost’s favorite room first must ious. She moved to Nivalis after losing the home in tween acting in her own best interest or helping Spooky Roulette stay there (excluding when hunts which she grew up to debt collectors. Her new- someone who cannot return the favor. One of my favorite modes, also occur) for the whole match. found employer, Cloudpunk, is riddled with a high Cloudpunk can be completed in under 15 hours initially found on Reddit, is turnover rate and, in recent times, drivers were depending on how many side missions one engages called Spooky Roulette. After Ouija Board involved in numerous accidents all over the city in. Honestly, though, it could have clocked in at half discovering the ghost room, play- Search for the Ouija board, due to wild fluctuations in its A.I.-controlled in- that time and been better served by a more concen- ers must each wield a photo which occasionally and randomly frastructure. trated approach. As it stands, the game is too much camera (note: you can only bring spawns somewhere on the map. As someone who harbors a fondness for the chun- of a flyover experience — beholden to the cyber- three cameras per run, so one Use it to determine where the ky graphics of the 16-bit era, I was charmed by punk genre’s conceits and, as such, mired in an player can just come along for ghost is, or to just ask questions Cloudpunk’s voxel graphics — think “Blade Run- aesthetic rut. the experience) and situate that don’t actually have any sig- ner” meets Lego. The core gameplay loop consists Note: I played Cloudpunk on an Alienware PC themselves in different corners nificance to the gameplay, like of picking up packages and delivering them, and with an Xbox controller. Initially, I noticed that of the room. Everyone takes “How old are you?” The fun is in occasionally ferrying passengers to and fro. Such Rania’s vehicle drifted to the side even when idle. turns antagonizing the ghost until the ghost’s responses to the ques- basic activities might leave something to be desired Going into the Steam settings and selecting Xbox it shows up, so that you can snag tions and the havoc that results, for those looking for a bit of pizzazz in terms of configuration support eliminated the issue. a photo. No one is allowed to such as lowering your sanity to gameplay, but I had no issue with such a setup Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, leave the room, unless a hunt is dangerous levels, making a hunt since I was looking for something restive during my Xbox One initiated. Keep taking photos more likely. holiday downtime. Online: mergegames.com/cloudpunk PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 WEEKEND: TRAVEL Cafe chat, cake and the Vienna Opera

As we’ve had to postpone our travels average Viennese mother has one child because of the pandemic, I believe a and the population is now 1.8 million. weekly dose of travel dreaming can be I ask Loni about Austria’s low birthrate. good medicine. Here’s a reminder of the “Dogs are the preferred child,” she fun that awaits us in Europe at the other says, inspiring pearl-rattling peals of end of this crisis. laughter from her friends. Vienna may have lost its unching Europe’s most fa- political clout, but cultur- mous chocolate cake — the ally and historically, this Sacher torte — in Cafe Sach- city of Freud, Brahms, a Mer, across from Europe’s gaggle of Strausses, Em- finest opera house, I feel underdressed in press Maria Theresa’s my travel wear. Thankfully, a coffee party many children and a dy- of older ladies, who fit right in with the nasty of Holy Roman Em- smoked mirrors and chandeliers, make Rick perors remains up there me feel welcome at their table. They’re Steves with Paris, London and buzzing with excitement about the opera Rome. they are about to see. As far back as the 12th century, Vienna Loni, the elegant white-haired ringlead- was a mecca for musicians, both secular er, answers my questions about Austria. and sacred. The Habsburg emperors of “A true Viennese is not Austrian, but a the 17th and 18th centuries were not only cocktail,” she says. “We are a mix of the generous supporters of music but also fine old Habsburg Empire. My grandparents musicians themselves. Composers such as DOMINIC ARIZONA BONUCCELLI/Ricksteves.com are Hungarian.” Gesturing to each of her Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Vienna’s beloved Sacher torte, the perfect pre or postopera treat. friends, she adds, “And Gosha’s are Pol- Brahms and Mahler gravitated to this ish, Gabi’s are Romanian, and I don’t even music-friendly environment. They taught tions that tourists enjoy today: the opera, The women look at me kindly, perhaps know what hers are.” each other, jammed together and spent a Boys’ Choir and great Baroque halls and wondering if they should have paid for my “It’s a melting pot,” I say. lot of time in Habsburg palaces. churches, all busy with classical concerts. cake and coffee. They respond, “Yes, like America.” After the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, the As we split the bill and finish our coffee, “A Stehplatz is just 4 euros. So I have For 600 years, Vienna was the head of Congress of Vienna shaped 19th-century the women take opera tickets out of their money left over for more Sacher torte,” I the once-grand Habsburg Empire. In 1900, Europe. Vienna enjoyed its violin-filled purses in anticipation. “Where will you be tell them with a smile. What I don’t say is Vienna’s nearly two million inhabitants belle epoque, which shaped our romantic sitting?” Loni asks. that, for me, three hours is a lot of opera. A made it the world’s sixth-largest city (after image of the city: fine wine, cafes, waltzes “Actually, I’ll be standing,” I say. “I’ve Stehplatz allows me the cheap and easy London, New York, Paris, Berlin and Chi- and these great chocolate cakes. The waltz got a Stehplatz, a standing-room-only option of leaving early. cago). Then Austria started and lost World was the rage and “Waltz King” Johann ticket.” (Vienna opera makes sure those War I — and its far-flung holdings. To- Strauss and his brothers kept Vienna’s 300 with limited budgets can still see perform- Rick Steves (www.ricksteves.com) writes European guidebooks, hosts travel shows on public TV and radio, and organizes day’s Vienna is a “head without a body,” ballrooms spinning. This musical tradition ances — if they don’t mind climbing to the European tours. You can email Rick at [email protected] and an elegant capital ruling tiny Austria. The created the prestigious Viennese institu- top of the theater and standing.) follow his blog on Facebook. Europe’s fermented foods aren’t for the faint of heart Some travel experiences are worthwhile not necessar- better yet, make way to the town of Alfta, in northern ily because of their enjoyment factor, but rather the stark Sweden, for the annual festival held on its release date in differences they present from our own everyday reality. August. Online: surstrommingsskivan.se Take, for example, the Icelandic dining tradition known The Italian island of Sardinia also claims ownership of as Thorablott. This celebration, which takes place during an unusual delicacy. Casu Marzu’s name in translation the old Norse month of Thorri is a mid-winter homage to describes exactly what it is: putrid cheese. This tradition- traditional dishes reminiscent of a time before the import al sheep’s milk cheese is made by removing part of its of fresh produce year round meant you had to make do rind, which allows it to be invaded by cheese flies. The with foods that would keep. eggs they lay soon become larvae; in other words, mag- Typical treats on the Thorablott table include smoked gots. Their digestive action works to break down the lamb, dried fish, blood pudding, whale cheese’s fats, giving it a soft, almost melted texture. Eat- blubber, singed sheep’s head, rams’ testi- ing the wiggly, translucent maggots is all part of the expe- cles and hákarl, the notorious fermented rience. The liquid seeping from the cheese is known as shark that smells and tastes of ammonia. làgrima, or teardrops, which might well fall from your The Icelandic schnapps known as Brenni- own eyes as you sample. Luckily, European Union regu- vín helps to wash it down. iStock lations have given you a convenient out. The product While it’s perhaps more typical to in- Fermented herring, often served with items such as violates so many food hygiene regulations that its sale has dulge in this feast in the company of potato and tomato, is a delicacy in Sweden. Its smell is so been banned. Online: tinyurl.com/yx9vyqq7 Karen friends at home or at a club, travelers curi- strong that it’s often consumed outdoors. Not all rot produces a product the majority of us would Bradbury ous enough to wish to partake in the treats surely consider unpalatable. A fungus is responsible for of a Thorablott table will find, at least in weddings, birthdays and other special occasions. the creation of some of the world’s sweetest and most non-pandemic years, a handful of restaurants in Reyk- Sweden’s entrant to the list of dubious edibles would highly prized wines. The fungus, Botrytis cinerea, nick- javik serving up the staples, including the Cafe Loki. have to be Surströmming. A specific type of herring is named “noble rot,” pierces the skin of a ripe, healthy Thorablott is celebrated Jan. 24-Feb. 20 in 2021. caught in the Baltic Sea just before it spawns in the grape that’s been left on the vine long after the usual Iceland isn’t the only European country that offers the spring, lightly salted and left to ferment for several harvest time. Under favorable conditions, including misty chance to indulge in fermented or what might appear to months. First-timers may wish to stand far, far back when mornings and dry, sunny days, the sugars, flavors and those outside the culture as downright rotten foods. a can of this is opened, as its putrid smell is considered acids grow ever more concentrated as the water in the In Greenland, a dish by the name of Kiviak uses an one of the worst food smells ever. Small wonder, then, grape evaporates. The resulting juice is golden and sweet, abundant local sea bird. A dead seal serves as the vessel that it’s always consumed outdoors. Although a decree and capable of producing complex wines that get better into which the carcasses of hundreds of auks are firmly that forbade the sale of the current year’s production with age. In Germany, look for wines labeled Beerenaus- packed. The seal and its contents are sewn up tight and prior to the third Thursday in August is no longer on the lese or Trockenbeerenauslese; in France, Sauternes; or in buried under a heap of rocks, where they are left to fer- books, sellers traditionally stick to that date as the first Hungary, the Tokaj aszú. Hungary’s famous wine is feted ment for up to a year and a half. By that time, the birds’ time it’s put on sale. A dish not sold in most restaurants, each year in the town of Erdbénye, where legend holds it innards have thoroughly liquefied, so removing their cans of the stuff are available in many food shops. Bring was first created. A harvest procession, craft fair and heads and sucking out the juices is one way to enjoy. some home and organize your very own surströmmings- showcase of local specialties is typically held in August or Kiviak is considered a festive dish, and often served at skiva, or surströmming eating party, with brave friends; September. Online: tokajwineregion.com. Friday, January 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 WEEKEND: FOOD & DINING

To make caldo de res, or Latino beef soup, Italianstyle, use ossobuco instead of beef shanks.

NORMAN LLAMAS/Stars and Stripes Caldo de res or Latino beef soup, ready to be enjoyed with crusty dinner rolls and some wedges of fresh lime. The entire process of making this delicious soup takes a little over an hour.

A pot of home cooking Caldo de res, or Latino beef soup, is ready to eat. markets but which are hard, if not impossible, to find in the pot. Let it cook for Caldo de res Warm up with a bowl, or 2, of the U.S. or the commissary at Aviano. about 45 minutes or We use spices and ingredients that everyone in the until the potatoes are What you’ll need to make caldo de caldo de res, a Latino family household likes and that we can find: cabbage, potatoes, soft. res, Italian-style (serves 8-10): onions, carrots, corn on the cob, garlic, beef stock, “Sason We garnish the soup Ingredients 2-3 medium to large ossobuco Goya,” salt, pepper, bay leaves, and the main ingredient, with chopped cilantro recipe, made Italian-style cuts beef. and serve it with white 4 carrots BY NORMAN LLAMAS We have been using ossobuco, which is widely avail- rice and crusty dinner 1 onion Stars and Stripes able in Italy. The soup ends up just as delicious as it rolls. My mom served 5-6 potatoes n Italy, where most restaurants have been closed would have been if we’d used the traditional beef shanks. her version of the soup 1 medium-sized cabbage for in-house dining for what feels like months — To make enough soup to serve eight to 10 people — or with corn tortillas and 2-3 cobs of corn probably because it is — families have dusted off four people who have two servings each — we use two to sliced avocado. Seasonings cookbooks and relearned how to make old favorites. three medium to large ossobuco cuts, four sliced carrots, For an added kick of 64-oz. of beef broth I Cilantro for garnish One of them for my family is caldo de res. one chopped onion, five or six medium potatoes cut into flavor, we add lime juice This is a dish where comfort food meets flavor and quarters, one medium-sized cabbage cut into quarters, when the soup is ready Optional lime juice and wedges of lime history. Usually eaten during the winter months in Latin and two or three cobs of corn, cut in half. to eat, and serve it with America, it’s referred to by some in the U.S. as Latino Put the beef in a large pot over medium heat and sear it wedges of lime. Norman Llamas beef soup. until it begins to brown. Add four to six cups of water, and It takes about an hour But it’s much more than that. the potatoes, onions, and carrots, salt and pepper to taste, to prepare and cook — plenty of time to make and enjoy a Some caldo de res recipes go back generations. But in two or three bay leaves, and corn on the cob. couple of homemade margaritas. my house, we make it my wife’s way, which is somewhat Let it come to a rolling boil, and add two 32-ounce con- different than my mom’s or my abuela’s recipes. tainers of beef broth, the cabbage, one packet of Sason [email protected] They used ingredients commonly found in Guatemalan Goya or whatever type of seasoning you like, and cover Twitter: @normanllamas The Goldilocks formula for the perfect ’rita BY KARIN ZEITVOGEL Agave syrup So for 50 ml of lime juice, use 25 ml of Stars and Stripes Ice agave syrup. This formula was developed by an engi- Lime wedge Put all of the above in a shaker, add ice neering major of drinking age at the Air Salt to increase the level by around 2-3 fluid Force Academy during the spring lock- The formula: ounces. Shake and pour into a glass with a down when the coronavirus forced most Put two parts of tequila and one part of salted rim. You can do that by moistening cadets to leave campus. It was tested on Cointreau or triple sec in a shaker. A Ma- the rim of the glass with a lime wedge and his mother, who found the first margarita son jar or clean protein drink shaker then dipping it into salt sprinkled gener- he made too sweet, the second lacking an works fine. For example, for 80 ml of te- ously onto a saucer or the top of a ricotta adequate tang of lime and the after-burner quila, use 40 ml of Cointreau. cheese container (washed and with no effect of tequila — and the third one, just Multiply the amount of tequila used by cheese in it). right. 5/8 to get the amount of lime juice you’ll Drink. What you’ll need: need. If you used 80 ml of tequila, you Another suggested ’rita ratio: KARIN ZEITVOGEL/Stars and Stripes Tequila reposado want 50 ml of lime juice. 80 ml of tequila 60 ml of tequila, 30 ml Cointreau, 38 ml The perfect margarita adorned with a Cointreau or triple sec makes a pretty big margarita. lime juice (rounded up from 37.5), around wedge of lime in a saltrimmed glass. Lime juice (bottled is fine) The lime juice to agave ratio is also 2:1. 18 ml agave syrup. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 WEEKEND: QUICK TRIPS

The view of Piancavallo in the northern Italian Alps from Aviano Air Base. Under current coronavirus restrictions, the resort is still available to Aviano airmen and their families, provided they follow other rules.

On the QT Directions: Piancavallo is northwest of Aviano. Most map apps

PHOTOS BY NORMAN LLAMAS/Stars and Stripes have good directions to the resort. When you get to the top of the mountain, follow the signs for “Centro,” where there’s free parking. Families and individuals enjoy a cold day of sledding at Piancavallo ski resort in December. The slide down the Food: There are plenty of places in the town that sell food, but mountain at Piancavallo is exhilarating, and the walk back up to the top makes for a good workout. bring your own snacks if you don’t want to pay resort prices. Information: Online: www.turismofvg.it/mountain365/piancavallo Breath of cold, fresh air Norman Llamas Piancavallo near Aviano provides a fun winter respite from indoor doldrums during the coronavirus pandemic

BY NORMAN LLAMAS Stars and Stripes ith the coronavirus making travel difficult, if not impossible, but public health professionals urging people to get outside and get exer- Wcise, many Americans based at Aviano are heading for the hills — specifically the Alps, or the Dolo- mites as they’re called in Italy. Lucy Llamas, 14, enjoys the snow at Piancavallo resort. Just before Christmas, when the Italian authorities slightly eased coronavirus restrictions, we took a trip to Piancavallo, a ski resort a 30-minute drive from Aviano, in the Alps. Italian coronavirus restrictions bar travel outside the region of a person’s residence, but, because Piancavallo is situated in the same region, and even the same province, as Aviano, the resort is still authorized for Aviano airmen and their families, provided they follow all the other rules. Those aren’t always coronavirus-related — not having winter or all-season tires also carries a hefty fine. Once in the resort, you’ll find crazy-fun runs for sledding. We did at least five runs, hiking back up to the top of the hill after each one to do it again. Sliding down was fun; hiking back up was a good workout. Sleds and other winter sports equipment can be rented at the resort, but it’s advisable to book what you need ahead of time. Spur-of-the-moment travelers might want to bring their own gear. Buy it ahead of time in the lowlands, where it’s often cheaper. The resort also has an area for freestyle snowboarding, an illuminated loop for cross-country skiing at night, and a 6-acre area called Nevelandia, where kids can try skiing, sledding, bobsledding, tubing and other outdoor activities, among other facilities. Even though Italian government recommendations don’t require people to wear masks while in the mountains, most people put theirs on when they were close to others. When the resort gets too crowded, local police have been known to turn back people heading up the mountain. Don’t feel defeated: even on the way up to the resort, the views of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region are breathtaking. Noah Llamas, 5, enjoys the snow in Piancavallo, Italy, A snowman stands watch in December in the area during a brief period last month when Italy slightly relaxed reserved for children at Piancavallo ski resort in Italy. The [email protected] Twitter: @normanllamas coronavirus restrictions. resort is half an hour away by car from Aviano Air Base. Friday, January 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 WEEKEND: TRAVEL A day among Roman ruins The pandemic offers a rare opportunity to visit the Colosseum without the bustle of tourists

BY CHICO HARLAN AND STEFANO PITRELLI The Washington Post nly a few living souls are inside the Colos- seum in Rome these days: a team of security guards, some maintenance workers and a family of hedgehogs, who live in the bowels and have grown bolder without so many pOeople around. In normal times, the Colosseum would be teeming with visitors — 3,000 at any minute, 7.5 million in a year. But in 2020, only 1.5 million came through the gates. And since Italy re-tightened restrictions in November, the site has been closed off to the public entirely. Depending on the moment, the amphitheater built two millennia ago for mass spectacles is for now a strange mix of nature reserve and construction site. The only occasional noise comes from a walkie-talkie or bird. The lockdown has a convenient element, as it provides a window of opportunity for repair work. In recent weeks, workers have renovated the bathrooms, strength- ened several arches and sealed leaky areas in the bricks. The people who manage the Colosseum, though, say the current situation is unsustainable. The site, along with an abutting archaeological area that includes the Roman Forum, is normally so profitable that it pumps a share of its revenue back into the government. Last year, the Colosseum and the Forum lost 51 million euros (about $63 million). “There is a great sense of emptiness,” said Alfonsina Russo, the Colosseum and archaeological park’s director, during a recent visit. She guided us back down to the ground level. Paces away from the central oval where gladiators did battle, a chute leads to a tunnel once used by emperors who wanted to make a grand, secret entrance into the arena. The tunnel was starting to look more befitting of an emperor. The dark passage still had some hoses and other equipment lying around, as well as a yard-sale- style pile of stone ruins. But Russo said there were plans — over the next year or so — to open the tunnel to tour- PHOTOS BY FEDERICA VALABREGA/The Washington Post ists. The third level of the inside of the Colosseum in Rome. In prepandemic times, the ruins saw 7.5 million visitors.

Commodus’ tunnel, recently renovated, is said to connect Celio Hill offers an outside view of the Colosseum in Reflected light hits one of the brick walls inside the Arena the Palatine Hill to the Colosseum. Rome, currently closed to visitors. of the Colosseum in Rome. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 WEEKEND: QUICK TRIPS Fine weather for a day of hiking Daisekirinzan in northernmost Okinawa has plenty of trails, great views, food nearby BY AYA ICHIHASHI Yoron Island of Kagoshima prefecture on Stars and Stripes the horizon. he wind is shifting to the north, There are many funny-looking rocks Okinawa is less humid and it’s along the trails, like Ghost Face, Godzilla looking like autumn-wintry and such, and it’s fun for small children to Tweather has come to the sub- find them while walking. tropical island. After taking on a few trails, my compan- While it sounds crazy to hike or do any ion and I felt very hungry, so we went to physical activities during the blazing hot one of my favorite restaurants in Okinawa. summer, now is the best season to hit the I’ve been here for almost 13 years, so that outdoor spots where you’ve always wanted means a lot. to go. Kunigami Minato Shokudo, or Fisher- My companion and I visited Yanbaru man’s Dining, is conveniently located on National Park Daisekirinzan recently and Route 58 near Kunigami Road Station. It we were very pleased. Daisekirinzan is offers terrace seats, so it’s military friend- near Cape Hedo, the northernmost point ly under current coronavirus restrictions. of Okinawa, and offers a few trekking It also offers takeout. trails ranging from family friendly/bar- Regardless of restrictions, I have always rier-free to a 30-minute jaunt. chosen the terrace seats because of the A pair of tennis shoes is highly recom- view. The diner is by the seaport and has a mended, and long sleeves and pants are a beautiful oceanfront view. must unless you cover yourself with mos- Its specialty is freshly caught fish from quito repellent. I forgot the repellent spray the next-door port, and the deep-fried and in short sleeves accumulated too mahi-mahi is absolutely delicious. It’s the many bites to count. best fried fish I’ve ever had, and I am not The Yanbaru Forest trail is my favorite exaggerating. The crust is super crunchy, course as I get to see several 100-year-old and the flesh is super moist and has a PHOTOS BY AYA ICHIHASHI/Stars and Stripes banyan trees that are just gorgeous and fantastic texture. It also comes with deli- While hiking through Yanbaru National Park Daisekirinzan, stop and soak in amazing magnificent. It is hard to find old trees in cious tartar sauce. views from the top of the Churaumi Ocean trail in northern Okinawa. Okinawa due to the war, but when I see I usually order the fried fish served with them, I appreciate their history and every- the catch-of-the-day sashimi set for 1,200 On the QT thing they have witnessed. They are also a yen or $12. The plate presentation is al- nice photo opportunity. most a work of art and super impressive, Directions: Yanbaru National Park Daisekirinzan The sun comes in from between the and the sashimi is fresh and delicious. is about 62 miles from Camp Foster. Driving time banyan tree branches and the soft light And don’t forget to grab a bag of “tan- is an hour and 45 minutes on the expressway or 1½ hours on Route 58. makes the tree glow. It’s quite peaceful kan” tangerines, sold at roadside stands on Times: Open daily 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; last and secret. the way. Sweet granny or grandpa will entry is 4:30 p.m. Churaumi Ocean View trail offers a greet you, and you will get enough deli- Costs: Admission is 1,200 yen, about or $12, for great view from the higher point of the cious, healthy snacks to last a week. adults; 550 yen for children age 4-14 years; 900 mountain, which affords a panoramic view [email protected] yen for visitors 65 and older. of Cape Hedo. If it’s sunny, I can spot Twitter: @AyaIchihashi Food: Kunigami Minato Shokudo, or Fisherman’s Dining, offers set meals ranging from 1,000 yen Kunigami Minato Shokudo, or Fisherman’s to 1,600 yen. Kids meals are also available. Dining, is conveniently located on Route Information: Online: sekirinzan.com/en 58 near Kunigami Road Station. Aya Ichihashi

A typical meal from Kunigami Minato Winter months are the best time to tackle It’s peaceful and serene on the forest trail at Yanbaru National Park Daisekirinzan, Shokudo can be enjoyed on the terrace, the hiking trails of Yanbaru National Park where several 100yearold banyan trees that survived the war can be found. which offers spectacular views. Daisekirinzan in northern Okinawa. Friday, January 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 25 WEEKEND: FOOD & DINING

CAFE MAKANA LEI Location: 3 Chome-47-15 Awase, Okinawa, 904-2172, or GPS 26.31527, 127.83667 Directions: Head north on Route 329 toward Awase, turn right before a McDonald’s, toward the Takahara Post Office. Continue to the Awase seawall. Turn left and find Cafe Makana Lei up against the seawall on the right side. Hours: Noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday for lunch; 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. for tea. Prices: Lunch dishes start at 700 yen. For an additional 300 yen, you can get unlimited salad bar and drinks like coffee, tea or detoxifying grapefruit water. Desserts cost an additional 200 yen. Dress: Casual Information: 090-9789-1000; instagram.com/cafe_makanalei Matthew M. Burke

PHOTOS BY MATTHEW M. BURKE/Stars and Stripes The pankofried fish fillet from Cafe Makana Lei on Cafe Makana Lei, along the beautiful Awase seawall on Okinawa’s east coast, isn't far from Camp Foster and Kadena. Okinawa is served with jasmine rice and salad. Inviting like a warm hug A visit to Cafe Makana Lei on Okinawa feels like going home

BY MATTHEW M. BURKE grandma’s dining room table, a bar with views of the kitch- Stars and Stripes en and a play area for small children. The staff is warm and ome is where the heart is, the saying goes, and ever-smiling. while Okinawa’s quaint Cafe Makana Lei is set On a cold midweek day in January, the menu was simple: up in the tradition of a small, island-themed tea a fried fish fillet or a sweet chicken stir fry. Each came with Hshop, it packs in enough heart to feel like home. rice and salad for 700 yen, about $7. The fish, encased in Few head to the exit without trying a slice of cheesecake, Makana Lei, panko-style breading and topped with a spoonful of tartar or other desserts, from Cafe Makana Lei on Okinawa. along the pictur- sauce, crunched with each bite. esque Awase sea- AFTER The fish — probably fresh from the Awase fish market — 200 yen marked the perfect way to end a meal, and very few wall on the island’s was light and fluffy, a highlight of the meal. It crumbled to customers left without sampling the homemade desserts. east coast, is a short HOURS the touch yet retained its oils and natural flavors, a delicate The do-it-yourself culture coupled with the comfortable drive from both JAPAN thing of beauty. It went perfectly with the generous scoop atmosphere make Makana Lei feel like grandma’s house. Camp Foster and of jasmine rice and fluffy, fresh greens on the side. The dishes available were fairly basic, yet they were flavor- Kadena Air Base. It The sweet chicken in the stir-fry was succulent and juicy. ful, tasty and made with love. features delicious homecooked fare, some of which is self- It tasted uniquely Hawaiian, even though staff said it was Staff at Makana Lei said some of the other dishes that are serve, at an affordable price in what feels like the living not a Hawaiian recipe. The cauliflower and broccoli florets routinely available include curry and a Hawaiian dish room of a beloved relative. and the sliced red peppers were cooked to perfection, snap- called loco moco, which is typically rice topped with a ham- Makana Lei’s menu is always changing depending on the ping with crunch in each bite. burger, a fried egg and gravy. According to its Instagram day and what’s fresh. The presentation looks like some- For an additional 300 yen, patrons are invited to help page, the eatery also regularly offers French toast, muffins thing out of a magazine: colorful and remarkably dis- themselves to a drink bar that features coffee, iced or hot and waffles. played. tea and detoxifying water filled with refreshing slices of The staff speaks English, so ordering a takeout lunch box Many Americans driving along the seawall have surely grapefruit. is no problem. They have limited outdoor seating for the seen Makana Lei many times. Its bright yellow sign pro- There was also a salad bar with more fresh vegetables warmer months. truding almost into the street demands one’s gaze. and even a purple leaf that is a staple of Okinawan cooking,

The restaurant and bar are bathed in natural light, ac- lightly tempura fried as a chip. [email protected] cented by soft-colored drapes, comfortable couches, A piece of homemade cheesecake infused with lime for Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 PAGE 26 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 WEEKEND: LIFESTYLE COVID cluckers Pandemic feeds demand for raising backyard chickens for companionship, meat and eggs

BY TERENCE CHEA noticed an uptick in demand for Associated Press chicks since the pandemic be- he coronavirus pan- gan. His organization, which demic is coming home represents breeders and poultry- to roost in America’s show exhibitors, has seen a jump Tbackyards. in new members. Forced to hunker down at “Without question, the re- home, more people are setting surgence in raising backyard up coops and raising their own poultry has been unbelievable chickens, which provide an ear- over the past year,” said Podg- thy hobby, animal companion- waite, who keeps a flock of ship and a steady supply of fresh roughly 100 birds. “It just ex- eggs. ploded. Whether folks wanted Amateur chicken-keeping has birds just for eggs or eggs and been growing in popularity in meat, it seemed to really, really recent years as people seek take off.” environmental sustainability in The Abta family bought the the food they eat. The pandemic chicks from Mill Valley Chick- is accelerating those trends, ens, which sells chickens, feed some breeders and poultry and supplies and builds coops groups say, prompting more and runs. Owner Leslie Citroen people to make the leap into also offers classes for first-time poultry parenthood. chicken keepers. She estimates Businesses that sell chicks, her sales have grown 400% this coops and other supplies say year. they have seen a surge in de- “Once COVID hit, my phone mand since the pandemic took just started ringing off the hook, hold in March and health offi- and it just has not slowed down,” cials ordered residents to stay Citroen said. “I don’t think it’s home. going to slow down. I think this Allison and Ron Abta of new interest and passion in Northern California’s Marin chickens is permanent.” County had for years talked Citroen said most of her cus- about setting up a backyard tomers this year are first-time coop. They took the plunge in chicken keepers. They range August. from parents looking for some- The couple’s three kids were thing to keep homebound chil- thrilled when their parents final- dren busy to “preppers” who PHOTOS BY TERRY CHEA/AP ly agreed to buy chicks. want their own protein supply in A heritage hen sits on a wire enclosure at Mill Valley Chickens in Mill Valley, Calif., Dec. 15. Owner Leslie “These chickens are like my case the world falls apart. Citroen says that demand for backyard chickens has increased sharply since the pandemic began. favorite thing, honestly,” said “Demand is just through the 12-year-old Violet, holding a roof right now,” Citroen said. dark feathered hen in her wood- “I’ve sold all my baby chicks. sy backyard. “They actually I’ve sold all my juveniles. And have personalities once you get I’m starting to sell some of my to know them.” family flock.” The baby birds lived inside One of her newest customers the family’s home for six weeks is Ben Duddleston, who lives in before moving into the chicken nearby San Anselmo. He stop- run in the yard. A wire-mesh ped by her home to buy three enclosure now houses the five hens. heritage hens — each a different The self-described “first-time breed — and protects them from chicken dad” wanted to surprise bobcats, foxes and other preda- his kids, ages 5 and 10, on tors. Christmas. Mark Podgwaite, a Vermont “I think it’s totally pandemic chicken breeder who heads the related. I don’t think that I’d be American Poultry Association, doing this if in normal times,” said he and other breeders have Duddleston said. “I think it’s totally pandemic related. I don’t think that I’d be doing this if in normal times.” Ben Duddleston Members of the Abta family — from left, Allison, Violet, Eli and Ariella — hold hens in front of their backyard chicken run in Ross, Calif., on Dec. 15. First-time “chicken dad” in San Anselmo, Calif. Friday, January 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 27 WEEKEND: BOOKS Drawing a ‘red line in the sand’ Primer on conflict zones around globe hindered by imprecise use of term

BY DAVID BOSCO veteran correspondent for the New York term “red line” frequently, but imprecise- Special to The Washington Post Times and CBS News, proffers his own ly. It refers to physical borders in some n Aug. 20, 2012, at the end of a version of that episode. contexts. At other times, he uses it to mean news conference that focused Andelman, who divides his time be- strong national interests or zones of influ- mostly on domestic politics, tween the United States and France, pairs ence. In still other situations, it seems to OPresident Barack Obama field- the Obama administration’s debates with refer to international rules and norms. ed a question about the expanding civil those playing out in Paris. He describes a At its best, the book serves as a compe- war in Syria. The president condemned French government ready, even eager, to tent and thorough primer on conflict or the violence by the regime of Bashar al- punish the Assad regime for its brutality. potential conflict zones around the globe, Assad and detailed his administration’s When Obama abruptly turned against the from North Korea to Iran to the eastern efforts to provide humanitarian aid. He military option, French leaders were provinces of Congo. After historical chap- noted pointedly that he had not ordered “hung out to dry.” For Andelman, the ters on the appeasement of Hitler (where military involvement, but he did add a episode was Obama’s “single greatest a succession of red lines collapsed igno- caveat. Chemical weapons were a “red failure,” one that dealt a blow “to the ef- miniously) and the Korean War (which line,” and their use “would change my fective establishment and utility of virtual- the author describes as a costly but effec- crossing them. Even these unsurprising calculations significantly.” Almost exactly ly any red line in modern diplomacy and tive defense of a red line) come treatments conclusions do not really jibe with many of a year later, Syrian government forces warfare.” of the South China Sea, North Korea, sev- the situations he describes. Andelman bombarded a Damascus neighborhood The Syria imbroglio is just one part of a eral African conflict zones and Iran. He makes no effort to demonstrate that Syria with a nerve agent. book with much broader ambitions. An- considers Vladimir Putin’s mischief in the would be better off today had Obama The Obama administration’s deliber- delman wants to explore the phenomenon “near abroad,” including the absorption of loosed the cruise missiles that were on ations in the wake of that attack have since of red lines, track their past and present Crimea and cyber-meddling in Estonia. In standby. been thoroughly analyzed by many. The use, and distill some understanding of all these areas, Andelman condenses his- By the book’s last chapter, which cen- basic story is familiar: A president who when they work and when they fail. He tory and current events into digestible ters on the pandemic’s geopolitical impact, came into office criticizing military de- sketches a mostly dystopic world where form. Andelman seems to have wearied of the ployments in the Middle East drew back dangerous lines are proliferating as the However, the author’s use of the term effort to analyze the efficacy of red lines. from the brink of military action, surpris- existing international order collapses: “red line” is so imprecise that his analyt- The virus, after all, “will transcend all red ing many of his advisers. In “A Red Line “There have never been more red lines at ical project founders. We are left with lines.” What is required are healthy doses in the Sand: Diplomacy, Strategy, and the any one point in history than today.” It is aphorisms. Red lines must be firm; they of “multilateralism, internationalism, and History of Wars That Might Still Happen,” an arresting claim, but the author does not must be clearly delineated and supported; liberalism.” Lines are everywhere in this David Andelman, a CNN columnist and explain how he reaches it. He employs the there must be detailed consequences for book, but the bottom line is hard to find. Fictional take on Salinger linked with history, not his novels BY MARK ATHITAKIS popular debutante slipping out of tence, Charyn passes the literary is true to history. But it also ered by war but remains unpre- Special to The Washington Post his grasp. (She would later marry torch: “War had become a kind of strains to connect the author with pared to write the fiction that n an alternate-universe Charlie Chaplin.) He’s the scion of romance to Papa, a quixotic his literary creations. Charyn would make his career: “Sonny version of 2020 — and who a well-off Manhattan family, but quest, with bandoliers and in- steers Sonny to be an echo of the wanted to write sentences that wouldn’t want one of those? tired of its strictures. At the Stork vented fables and flags, while it men in two of Salinger’s classic would scorch the reader’s soul I— we were talking a lot Club, columnist Walter Winchell was nothing but pillage to Sonny, stories about soldiers, “For Esme like shards of burning ice. But he more about J.D. Salinger. By the is impressed enough with him to the soiling of a landscape, all the — With Love and Squalor” and “A was impotent, even in his Eisen- end of the year we were supposed offer a writing unheroic horror and static silenc- Perfect Day for Bananafish.” hower.” to have had new books featuring job, but Salinger es that Hem himself had once (Salinger’s sister feels that “Son- How he’ll surpass that impo- Holden Caulfield, the Glass clan wants none of his written about.” ny’s homecoming ... was a subtle tence isn’t clear, and the blank- and more, according to a 2013 oral braggadocio or Salinger’s disillusionment form of suicide,” echoing the ness grates a little — shouldn’t a history of the reclusive author. his jibes against reaches its climax in 1945, as he death at the end of the latter sto- historical fiction provide a fuller But no new books materialized. his idol, Ernest helps liberate one of the camps at ry.) In an essay on Salinger pub- picture of a person, one that the Perhaps we should have listened Hemingway, Dachau, in a masterful and stom- lished in 2019 by Forward, Char- historical record can’t provide? more closely to Salinger’s son, who’s sitting ach-churning set piece. He yn described Salinger as “the Charyn’s Salinger is an empty Matthew, who in 2019 said that it right beside him. checks himself into an asylum, author of frozen adolescence, one vessel, collecting ennui and expe- could take at least a decade to Once Salinger, where he meets Sylvia, who more lost bar mitzvah boy in riences, despairing for some way publish what his father left be- aka Sonny, is drafted into the would be his first wife, and braces search of a manhood that will to clarify it all in fiction. He would hind after his death in 2010. So I Army, all that petty social-set for a lifetime of consumption with never come.” In the novel, Charyn get there, somehow. But in this guess we’ll have to wait until striving gets shunted aside. Sal- injustice, starting with denaz- leaves his melancholy Salinger novel, as with much of Salinger’s 2029, if not longer, to hear more inger served in the Counterin- ification. unfinished in a similar way. By life, we have to accept a certain from one of America’s best-loved telligence Corps and saw some of In outline, “Sergeant Salinger” the novel’s end, Sonny is weath- amount of mystery. — or most-assigned-in-class — the European theater’s fiercest authors. fighting at Normandy and the “Sergeant Salinger,” Jerome Battle of the Bulge. Charyn’s novel about the author’s But for all the physical carnage adventures during World War II, Sonny witnesses, Charyn sug- is our consolation prize. gests the author is equally affect- Here, Charyn isn’t trying to sort ed by the duplicity and fakeness out Salinger’s decision to go into of those around him. Charged hiding after the meteoric success with interrogating prisoners of of “The Catcher in the Rye.” The war, he grows used to deceit. The pressing question is what sparked phoniness extends up through the his literary career in the first chain of command, the stragglers place. of Vichy France, and — worst of Short answer: Phonies. Drawn all — his literary hero. from Salinger’s actual experi- In Paris, he’s charged with ences in love and war, the novel confronting Hemingway, who has opens in 1942, as Salinger is just assembled a band of resistance launching his career. He has a fighters but mainly seems to be a girlfriend — Eugene O’Neill’s Falstaffian self-parody, play- daughter, Oona — but she’s a acting at past glories. In a sen- PAGE 28 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 WEEKEND: MUSIC

BY MIKAEL WOOD redden on a fishing trip; in Los Angeles Times “Blame It on Me,” he takes the iven all the trouble blame (which is to say the credit) Morgan Wallen got for a woman’s switching from himself into while wine to whiskey. The title track, Gdrinking last year, you which Wallen has said he wrote might be surprised to discover after that night at Kid Rock’s how many of the songs on his joint, opens with the narrator new double album, “Dangerous,” “sitting in the back of a cop car, are set in dimly lit bars. banging my head on a window.” In May, the 27-year-old coun- Even the slower, prettier stuff try star was arrested for public — and nothing here (or else- intoxication and disorderly con- where on country radio) is pret- duct after an incident of what he tier than “7 Summers” — puts called “horseplay” at a honky- across a kind of knucklehead tonk in downtown Nashville. intransigence: Over dreamy Then, in October, “Saturday electric guitars that recall Fleet- Night Live” rescinded a coveted wood Mac, Wallen thinks wistful- invite to perform after clips sur- ly in “7 Summers” about the one faced on social media showing that got away, even as he ac- Wallen partying without a mask knowledges that her dad must be in a tightly packed crowd. relieved she “dodged a bullet of a Yet here he is again and again good ol’ boy like me.” on “Dangerous,” bathed in the “I still go drinking, same glow of some neon sign or anoth- friends on Friday,” he adds with er as he gets “Tennessee tipsy” more than a hint of pride, “Guess with a lady friend or loses count you never saw things my way of the number of beers he and his anyway.” boys have downed. In “This As rowdy or unvarnished as Bar,” one of several advance Wallen might want to appear on singles from the album that have “Dangerous,” his songs — most already racked up tens of mil- of which he co-wrote with experi- lions of streams, Wallen deploys enced Music Row pros such as a bit of expert wordplay to de- Shane McAnally, Rodney Claw- scribe all the life he’s lived under son and Hillary Lindsey — invar- the roof of his favorite watering iably flaunt the tight structures hole: “I found myself in this bar,” that Nashville prizes; that’s true he sings, not exactly encouraging even when he and his producer, anyone to forget the sight of his Joey Moi (who’s also worked mug shot. with Florida Georgia Line), bring Then again, how damaging has in outside textures like the bleary any of this trouble been for him? trap beat that powers the Post The famous owner of the es- Malone-ish “Warning.” tablishment in Nashville — Kid What makes the music Rock’s Big Ass Honky Tonk and breathe, especially as the collec- Rock ’n’ Roll Steakhouse — pub- tion stretches into its second licly forgave Wallen for smash- hour, is Wallen’s singing, which ing a shot glass. (The two later has a soulful flexibility similar to posed for a chummy photo on that of Chris Stapleton, who turns Instagram.) And last month, up to match raspy runs with shortly after the 27-year-old Wallen in “Only Thing That’s singer was named new artist of Gone,” a muscular duet ad- the year at the CMA Awards, dressed to — who else? — a bar- “SNL” rebooked Wallen, who in tender. As a vocalist, Wallen is addition to doing two songs took best on “Dangerous” when he part in a sketch gently lampoon- softens the tough-guy act with a ing his COVID-courting ways. pang of physical desire, as in Minus serious consequences, BIG LOUD RECORDS, REPUBLIC RECORDS/AP “Somebody’s Problem,” where the result was a light burnishing Morgan Wallen is often bathed in neon barlight on his new release, “Dangerous: The Double Album,” but he’s “thinking ‘bout them tan of the bad-boy image that’s help- the 27yearold singer also has a firm handle on the ballads and tight song structures prized in Nashville. lines,” and “Me on Whiskey,” ing to distinguish Wallen as where he’s actually eager to country music enters its post-bro leave a bar for once: “I know you era. With once-dominant artists got your red dress on,” he sings, like Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean one eye on the door. “But it was and Blake Shelton having reac- always gonna come back off.” hed middle age, the genre needs The dude imbibes The craving in these intimate fresh male superstars, and Wal- bedroom jams is perhaps a sign len isn’t the only aspirant who that, even if it was good for busi- understands that success these ness, Wallen’s bumpy 2020 left days relies upon the internet him unsure about a life spent in presence that Nashville’s older On 30-song new album, Morgan Wallen the spotlight. “Dangerous” closes stars have only fitfully pursued. with a vivid hard-at-the-top song Whether by incorporating called “Livin’ the Dream” and hip-hop into their music (a la burnishes his barfly image while staking “Quittin’ Time,” a yearning Sam Hunt) or reissuing their acoustic number (co-written by albums in overstuffed deluxe Eric Church) about how the editions (like Luke Combs), his claim as country’s new superstar singer can tell a lover is finished country’s young dudes are no with him by “the tears not in less oriented toward streaming for the most first-week streams show business came as a baby- more than Combs’ “What You your eyes.” than their peers in pop and rap by a male country solo act — faced contestant on “The Voice.” See Ain’t Always What You Get” That’s a great line, one Wallen are. But unlike the arty-sensitive brandishes something of an edge; How does that manifest on from last year — are a half-dozen sells with real empathy. But Hunt or the friendly-regular there’s a knowingly scuzzy qual- “Dangerous,” which follows with the words “whiskey,” “beer” you’re kidding yourself if you Combs, Wallen — whose TikTok ity to his mullet haircut and his Wallen’s chart-topping 2018 or “country” in their titles. don’t also hear the wink of a hit “7 Summers” recently set a sleeveless flannel shirts that feels debut, “If I Know Me”? Among In “Country Ass S—,” he sings rascal ready to get back out record, later broken by Combs, genuine even if his entrance to the album’s 30 tunes — seven about happily letting his neck there. Friday, January 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 29 WEEKEND: MUSIC

REVIEW

Joshua Black Wilkins

Steve Earle’s “J.T.” features 10 covers of songs written by his son Justin Townes Earle (inset), who died at 38 in August. Shervin Lainez

Steve Earle pays moving tribute to late son’s talent

BY SCOTT STROUD even as it recounts their last phone call. The suddenly finite catalog, making careful, Associated Press details are intimate but somehow generic, loving choices. teve Earle has recorded tribute and Steve Earle reveals more about their Some songs, including “Far Away in An- relationship in liner notes and interviews. other Town” and “Champagne Corolla,” albums before, to songwriting men- But how can you blame a father for not shed new light on what well-crafted compo- tors Townes Van Zandt and Guy being vulnerable enough in his grief? The sitions they are. Steve Earle’s singing is Clark. But this one is different. S hurt could be too raw to be so far out there, more gruff and hard-edged than his son’s, Maybe that’s because he started record- the way Steve Earle has been throughout but his treatment of his son’s work only ing it just months after his son, Justin Steve Earle his career. highlights how good it is. He fully inhabits Townes Earle, died alone in his Nashville Still, the more moving homage comes in every last song. apartment of an overdose at the age of 38. It J.T. (New West) the careful curation and performance of the Ultimately, “J.T.” does what tribute al- feels like something he had to do, a father’s son’s songs. The passion Steve Earle and his bums are supposed to do. It elevates the way of grieving. band, which once included Justin in their work of the artist, reminds us of what great “J.T.” consists of 10 of his son’s songs and ranks, poured into them is palpable. One songs he created, and somehow begins the one original composition, “Last Words.” can imagine the heartbroken father, work- painful process of sorting through an un- Oddly, the one new song feels impersonal ing his way through his son’s impressive but fathomable loss. PAGE 30 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 WEEKEND: TELEVISION Casting in color

LIAM DANIEL/Netflix Golda Rosheuvel is Queen Charlotte in “Bridgerton.” The show is among more recent offerings to be more intentional about its colorconscious approach to casting. Behind the character played by Rosheuvel is a reallife monarch believed to be descended from a Portuguese branch of nobility with African ancestry. Fantasy TV shows are finally making an effort to be more racially inclusive

BY TRACY BROWN Fantasy isn’t alone among popular is really problematic, and I don’t think “I think ‘colorblind’ implies that color Los Angeles Times storytelling genres: Sci-fi, horror and we did that,” Thorne said. “We always and race aren’t considered, and I don’t uring this season’s penulti- superhero shows also have a history of thought about, ‘What are the possibilities think that’s true for ‘Bridgerton,’” Van mate episode of “His Dark telling stories involving predominantly of diversity here?’ And because we were Dusen said. “Color and race are a part of Materials,” Carlo Boreal met white protagonists in predominantly casting quite a way before filming, we the show and as much of a part of the Dhis demise. white worlds. Lately, though, projects were able to then accommodate any conversation as things like class and The character’s fate wasn’t a surprise such as “Watchmen” and “Lovecraft gems that came out of the casting proc- gender and sexuality are.” to those familiar with Philip Pullman’s Country” have directly confronted rac- ess and write to them.” Set in a fantasy version of Regency fantasy novels, as the HBO series, which ism through a genre lens in a way that One of these gems was Bakare, whose England, the world of “Bridgerton” is not concluded its second season last month, has yet to be seen in fantasy television. casting led to further expansion of Bo- only more inclusive in its casting — race did not stray too far from the source Similarly, space-set projects like “Star real’s role. is something that is addressed directly material for this part of Boreal’s story. Trek: Discovery” — drawing on the fran- For Tranter, the most important factor within the story. But the Boreal of the TV show, por- chise’s rich tradition of diversity — and in casting a book adaptation is capturing “We wanted to go beyond mere repre- trayed by actor Ariyon Bakare, was dis- “The Mandalorian” have recently fea- the spirit of the character “rather than sentation — we wanted race to be a part tinct from the Boreal of the book: He tured inclusive casting in their adventur- the shape of the character.” She doesn’t of our text,” Van Dusen said. “The world played a much larger role onscreen, for es, though without explicit reference to try to exactly match the character’s writ- of ‘Bridgerton’ is a world where we’re one. And he’s also generally been per- real-life historical moments or cultures. ten description from a novel, she said. very clear about how the color of your ceived as white. skin doesn’t determine whether you’re Lord Boreal “is written in the book as high- or low-born.” a character who’s older with silver gray Indeed, Queen Charlotte, the real-life hair,” Bakare told The Times. But “[Pull- “Color and race are a part of the show and as monarch at the series’ center, is be- man] never actually says what color he lieved to be descended from a Portu- is ... People assume, because of his status much of a part of the conversation as things guese branch of nobility with African and his class, that he would be an older ancestry. white man.” like class and gender and sexuality are.” “There’s one possible fact, which is For Bakare, who read the books to Chris Van Dusen this idea that Queen Charlotte was En- prepare for the role, Boreal’s race wasn’t gland’s first queen of mixed race,” Van an aspect of the character that stood out “Bridgerton” creator and executive producer Dusen said. “It’s something that a lot of to him. historians firmly believe there’s evi- “I didn’t see color about the part,” he Based on a series of books set in a “As soon as we knew we were writing dence for today. That idea really struck said. “I actually just saw what he was world where all people are accompanied for Ariyon, we then had to think very me and resonated with me because it driven by — his motivations and how he by animal partners, called daemons, that carefully about what that would mean made me wonder, ‘What could that moves within the world. And I was like, represent a part of their soul, “His Dark [for Boreal to be Black],” Thorne said. [world] have looked like? Could this ‘Well, how could I interpret that to make Materials” is the notable fantasy series “We constructed a history for Boreal queen of England have used her power a three-dimensional character?’” that features a more racially inclusive about where he came from and what to elevate other people of color in society It has frequently been noted that main- cast than its source material indicates. he’d done to get where he had and what and given them things like titles and stream fantasy fiction, especially titles And along with shows such as Netflix’s it was like for him in a Magisterial lands and dukedoms?’ That’s really how set in worlds inspired by Western Eu- new period romance “Bridgerton,” it’s world, which is otherwise all white, and our particular Duke of Hastings came to rope, have historically fallen short when showing how even Eurocentric fantasy how that ended up being a key factor in be.” it comes to diverse representation. And can be more intentional in its approach his relationship with Mrs. Coulter” — While series such as “His Dark Mate- in films and TV series from “The Lord of to diverse representation. Ruth Wilson’s character, who is one of rials” and “Bridgerton” represent strides the Rings” to “Game of Thrones,” the According to “His Dark Materials” the few prominent women in the series’ toward more inclusive fantasy TV of all onscreen inhabitants of these worlds showrunner Jack Thorne, some of the world. sorts, Thorne acknowledges that there is have been predominantly white, a cre- earliest conversations he had with exec- As with Thorne and “His Dark Materi- still much work to do. ative decision often justified by claims of utive producer Jane Tranter about cast- als,” “Bridgerton” creator and executive “Disability has no representation in historical or cultural “realism” — despite ing focused on ensuring that the show producer Chris Van Dusen explained any of these shows,” he said. “And not such worlds being populated with a cor- reflected the diversity of the real world. that his Netflix series took a color-con- much in ‘His Dark Materials’ yet, but we nucopia of magical beings. “I think the idea of colorblind casting scious approach to casting. are working on that.” Friday, January 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 31 WEEKEND: TELEVISION

NEW ON DVD

Winner of the Louis Black “Lone Star” Award at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival, “Miss June- teenth” follows a financially struggling single mom, Turquoise Jones (Nicole Beharie), who enters her teenage daughter, Kai (Alexis Chikaeze), into the local Miss Juneteenth pageant. It’s a title Turquoise won herself, but was unable to take full advantage of its college scholarship prize due to having Kai. And 15-year-old Kai is less than enthused with the idea. “[Director Channing Godfrey] Peoples and Beharie have established [Turquoise] as such a compelling character that you always root for her. It’s not that we want to see Kai and Turquoise necessarily win the pageant, but to see them find stability and understanding in their relationships, to learn to compromise and happily coexist as individuals, and to express themselves with dignity NETFLIX/AP photos and grace,” Tribune News Service From left to right, Jonathan Kim, Alexandra Jones and Melissa Schwimmer compete in Netflix’s new foodbased reality game show “Best critic Katie Walsh wrote in her Leftovers Ever!” On the show, contestants don’t just reheat food but “create new and better things with it later,” says judge David So. review of the film. “That right there is real Miss Juneteenth material.” Also available on DVD: “The Kid Detective”: A former child detective (Adam Brody) Repurposed, not reheated keeps taking trivial cases into his 30s. Aim of latest food-game show: inspire viewers to rework leftovers, not throw them away “The Cleansing Hour”: A pair of sham exorcists (Ryan Guzman BY MARK KENNEDY nese food on night two, we’re and Kyle Gallner) face dire conse- Associated Press giving you a bunch of tips and quences when one of their girlf- ust in time for anyone tricks to make that possible.” riends (Alix Angelis) is actually with recent memories of Tohn and So are joined by the possessed by a demon. a near-bursting post- second judge, British chef and “The Climb”: Real-life best Jholiday refrigerator TV personality Rosemary Shrag- friends (Michael Angelo Covino comes a TV show about what to er. The three have a slightly and Kyle Marvin) grapple with do with all those dubious dishes absurdist vibe, tossing cheese- how one slept with the other’s — leftovers. balls into each others’ mouths fiancee. Each episode of the food game while contestants cook, or imitat- “Always and Forever”: A wom- show “Best Leftovers Ever!” on ing Julia Child’s high-pitched an (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) Netflix sees three skilled cooks modulations. believes her friends’ mysterious make new dishes out of already “Being on set wasn’t like work. deaths are linked to her traumatic made dishes, hoping to walk It was just like talking to your past. away with $10,000. An example of the types of leftovers that contestants on “Best friends and eating really good “Dead Reckoning”: A woman in “People think leftovers is just Leftovers Ever!” were given to work with is seen above, and the food around talented people,” So Nantucket (India Eisley) must reheating your food. It’s not just reworked dish is seen below. says. “I mean, everybody would stop the terrorist who murdered reheating your food. Get creative love a job like that, right?” her parents. with it. You could always create The show appealed to both So “Dreamland”: A Great Depres- new and better things with it and Tohn since they grew up in sion-era farm boy (Finn Cole) later,” says comedian David So, households where there was little struggles to decide whether to one of the judges. food wasted. Tohn’s grandmother turn in or help a fugitive (Margot In the first episode, contestants used to keep bones for marrow: Robbie). are given healthy leftovers — “Nothing ever got thrown away. I “Hearts and Bones”: A Suda- veggie salad, cauliflower rice, mean, we ate leftovers until the nese refugee (Andrew Luri) pork tenderloin with beets, and very end.” pleads with a war photojournalist avocado with cottage cheese — And So had leftovers all week. (Hugo Weaving) not to display and are asked to turn them into “Everybody thinks that you photos of a massacre in his village. comfort food in 30 minutes. They have to eat new food every day. “Max Cloud”: A teenage girl have access to a pantry and And that’s just not what I grew (Isabelle Allen) gets trapped kitchen staples. up with,” he says. “My mom inside her favorite video game. One contestant turned to Indi- would always make a big meal on “Spiral”: A detective (Chris an flavors, making a pork curry burgers and fries into pierogies. The show arrives just as view- the weekend and then I would Rock) is targeted by a sadistic with fritters. Another went for Later episodes see contestants ers have had to adjust to ordering have to be creative and then killer. Greek, making a beet- and pork- turn football-watching party food takeout during the pandemic and make good food on the weekdays “The Village in the Woods”: A stuffed pastry called a tiropita. — bean dip, sliders and raw at the end of holiday feasts. with it.” couple attempting fraud in a small The third made a tostada with veggies — into beef stroganoff or “The timing couldn’t be more He laughs that chefs always village become marks them- glazed pepper jelly pork. tacos, and leftover barbecue into perfect,” says the show’s host, stress fresh ingredients, but a lot selves. In the second round, called the lasagna or dumplings. actress-musician Jackie Tohn, of what restaurants send out is “Wander”: A grieving private Takeout Takedown, contestants “If the audience can walk away who starred in TV’s “GLOW” leftovers, like arancini, which are investigator (Aaron Eckhart) must make new dishes from and go back to their fridge and and says she’s a “leftover queen.” usually just yesterday’s risotto, becomes convinced a small-town restaurant leftovers in only an say, ‘Hey, I’m not going to throw “We can’t go to restaurants, now rolled into balls and deep case is connected to his daughter’s hour. One took chicken fingers this away; I’m actually going to and all we can do is order in. And fried:“I don’t think we under- death. and fries and made a potato make something amazing out of then if you get that Chinese food stand a lot of our favorite foods — Tribune News Service gnocchi. Another turned old it,’ then we did our job,” So says. and you don’t want it to be Chi- are honestly repurposed foods.” PAGE 32 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 WEEKEND: HEALTH & FITNESS Survival of the prepared Rehab psychologist discusses her COVID-19 guide, which she wrote to help patients navigate a positive diagnosis

BY DARCEL ROCKETT Chicago Tribune hile the pandemic was turning the world upside down, front-line worker Abigail Hardin was writing a survival guide. WA Rush University Medical Group rehabilitation psychologist who counsels patients from intensive care to rehab, Har- din drew on her professional experiences to write “The COVID-19 Survival Guide: How to Prepare for, Manage, and Over- come a Coronavirus Infection.” The book offers readers advice on how to navigate the virus from diagnosis to recovery. “Early on in the pandemic, there was a lot of discussion about survival rates ... And then, what I was seeing in rehab, people were surviving COVID-19, but then they had to contend with these very serious ongoing issues that you don’t necessarily think about,” Hardin said. “You just think, ‘Oh well, I’ll survive, and everything will be fine.’ That’s not always true. So, I iStock thought it was important for survivors of COVID-19 to have some sort of idea what ANTONIO PEREZ, CHICAGO TRIBUNE/TNS they might be facing after that moment “As a psychologist, I focus on making Rush University Medical Group rehabilitation psychologist Abigail Hardin, shown Jan. 6, where they feel like, ‘OK, I’ve survived, sure that the people who you really care has written a guide on COVID19 that offers advice and preparation tips to help prior, but what’s next?’” about ... are aware of what’s going on in during and after a positive diagnosis. According to Hardin, preparing in ad- your life, so that they can support you,” vance of becoming sick puts you in the Hardin said. “Whether you’re in the hospi- Chicago Tribune: What does a Lingering pain postCOVID19, does best position for survival, and also helps tal or not, just contracting COVID-19 is a COVID19 kit entail? your book address that? manage and mitigate everything that super scary thing to have happen. Keep Hardin: The kit includes basic things Yes. After you get sick, whether or not might come afterward. The guide helps the book by your bedside, read a couple that you might not think about. For exam- you were hospitalized with COVID-19, readers create a COVID-19 prep kit; de- chapters a night, and once you’re done, ple, when you’re in the hospital, if you use we’re seeing both people who are critical- cide on legal documents, like living wills you should feel much more ready to tackle hearing aids or glasses, and you don’t have ly ill and who really were not critically ill, and powers of attorney; and understand COVID-19, if it should happen to you or access to those in the hospital, it can im- both showing very long-term symptoms do not resuscitate orders (DNR) and phy- even to a family member.” pact what’s called “hospital delirium.” So, like pain — and brain fog is a big one — all sician orders for life-sustaining treatment Vaccination information isn’t addressed by packing those and having an extra set sorts of different physical symptoms, as (POLST). in the book, which was released in Octo- of glasses and hearing aids in your kit, well as mental health changes. The book also walks readers through ber, but Hardin said preparing for being you’re ready to go, so that you can mini- Returning to life after testing positive what to expect if they are hospitalized, sick remains important. mize that problem in the hospital. So that’s for COVID-19 is a huge emphasis of the including medical professionals who may “I understand that people don’t want to kind of what the kit is — everything you book, and that is psychological as it is be on your medical team and professionals be defeatist, and they don’t want to think, would need to get the most out of your physical. So having a plan for how to reen- you might want to consult. Also, Hardin ‘I’m going to get sick,’ but you keep a sur- hospitalization while minimizing any of ter your life safely and in a way where outlines the things you can do to optimize vival kit in your car, right?” she said. “So the potential problems that can come you’re pacing yourself, that’s so important. your recovery and enable your family and why not prepare for these potential major along with being that sick. Your book offers steps to chart one’s friends to help you. Resources in the book life events, and then if it doesn’t happen, What’s been the hardest thing for rehabilitation progress to make sure and on Hardin’s website include COVID- great. But if it does, you’re ready.” COVID19 patients and survivors to wrap pacing is happening, instead of pushing. 19 kit packing lists, rehab goal worksheets, Hardin elaborates on the guide in the their heads around during their illness? There’s a way you can set up a strategy daily routine planner pages and journal/ following interview, which has been con- One (thing) I see a lot is people feel that for pacing yourself. I give people strate- diary prompts. densed and edited for clarity. their ability to function normally — mov- gies for how to return to their activities, ing, walking, going to work — that is their how to identify which activities to return identity. After you’ve been critically sick, to immediately versus the ones to wait on, “I understand that people don’t want to be it might be a while before you’re able to go and then how to apply the idea of pacing back to literally walking, and certainly yourself. defeatist, and they don’t want to think, before you’re able to go back to work. And If you’re involved with a formal rehabil- so, what I see a lot of is people really feel- itation program, you’ll have access to ‘I’m going to get sick,’ but you keep a ing very down and almost a loss of identity experts who will help you walk through because while they’re trying to get back on what kinds of physical exercises and brain survival kit in your car, right? So why not their feet, quite literally, they don’t have a exercises to do. For people who do not clear sense of who they are. have those resources, there are some prepare for these potential major life events, I’ve heard people say, ‘How can I sup- ideas about how to get started and how to port my family? How can I be a good hus- self-assess. and then if it doesn’t happen, great. band when I’m not able to go to work?’ As And there are some ideas for how to a rehab psychologist, that really hits me process what you’ve been through from a But if it does, you’re ready.” because it’s important that people, while psychological/emotional perspective, so they’re recovering, feel a sense of identity that potential trauma or the experience of Abigail Hardin and a sense of value in the world. So that’s having been sick and having these ongoing Rush University Medical Group rehabilitation psychologist been really hard. symptoms doesn’t derail your progress. Friday, January 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 33 WEEKEND: FAMILY

Are we on the cusp of another UFO craze? I dug my heels into our shag carpet and bore deeper into my vinyl bean bag chair, thoroughly terrified but unable to avert my widened eyes from our console television. The riveting hypnosis scene from the 1975 television movie “The UFO Incident” starring James Earl Jones was imprinting itself permanently into my impressionable 11-year-old brain. The memory still gives me the willies, 43 years later. The movie depicted the real-life story of Betty and Barney MEGGAN HALLER/For The Washington Post Hill, an average New Hampshire couple who, while driving Aaron Walker and his wife, Katy Dobson, welcomed their son, Atlas, on Dec. 8. home from a holiday in Niagara Falls on a dark, lonely road, claimed to have been briefly abducted, then medically exam- ined, by aliens. In the hypnosis scene, Barney (played by Jones) cries out as he recalls horrifying details buried by ‘Weird time’ for newborns traumatic amnesia. Some researchers hypothesize that stories of alien ab- ductions like Betty and Barney Hill’s gained traction in the First quarantine babies, conceived and born in the pandemic, are here 1980s due to media coverage of new reproductive technologies and controversial human experimentation. Others BY ASHLEY FETTERS pregnancy in a way that few others in modern history believe that reports of UFO sightings and alien encounters, The Washington Post have. which began in the 1950s, were simply “cultural mass hyste- aty Dobson and her family have taken to Dobson’s prior miscarriages, she said, meant her ria” brought on by fear of Cold War nuclear destruction. calling her 2-week-old boy, Atlas, a “coro- prenatal doctor visits were more frequent than most Like others of my generation, I remember conspiracy nial.” Atlas’ time in his mother’s womb coin- patients’; she saw her obstetrician every two weeks for theories about UFOs crashing in Roswell, N.M., and alien Kcided almost perfectly with the nine months her entire pregnancy. New COVID-19-related policies autopsies at Area 51. At the movie theater, I saw “Star that the United States has spent battling the coronavirus meant her temperature was taken at three different Wars,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Alien” and pandemic. He was born Dec. 8 in Pensacola, Fla., 38 checkpoints at each visit. Social distancing require- “E.T. the Extraterrestrial.” I said “Nanu-nanu” like Robin weeks into his mother’s pregnancy and almost 39 weeks ments and new occupancy limits meant Walker was Williams’ alien character in “Mork and Mindy.” I watched after the surreal Wednesday in March when Tom able to attend almost none of her appointments. “The Jetsons” after school, and giggled when little green Hanks announced he had tested positive, the NBA sus- Dobson was unable to attend any birthing classes Gazoo appeared on “The Flintstones.” I nibbled Pillsbury pended its season because of transmission concerns, before she delivered Atlas; they weren’t offered nearby Space Food Sticks and slurped Tang because that’s what and the World Health Organization officially declared during the pandemic, she said. She had no baby shower, astronauts did. the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. no shopping trips for nursery supplies or baby clothes, When you consider our cultural influences, it’s no wonder When shutdowns began in the United States back in no gender-reveal party. Her mother, she said, sent her we were alien-obsessed back then. But will recent devel- March, almost immediately there were titters and mur- friends and relatives a note requesting that in lieu of a opments in science and technology reconstitute media atten- murs of the baby boom that would materialize nine shower, they send gifts and cards with a few words of tion and public suspicions about intelligent life beyond months later. All that free time for cohabitating couples parenting advice through the mail instead. (A Zoom Earth? Are we on the cusp of another UFO craze? to stay home alone together, surely would result in shower, she said, was out of the question: “Our inter- This month, Harvard’s longtime Astronomy Department overflowing maternity wards come December, the net’s not the greatest.”) Chair, Avi Loeb, publishes his new book “Extraterrestrial: speculation went. At the same time, others wondered Like every new parent who has given birth in the past The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth,” in which he whether worries about the devastating effects of the nine months, Dobson had to adjust her expectations for hypothesizes that an interstellar object named Oumuamua, pandemic would cause some couples to put their plans the day of delivery — and manage those of her family. which passed through our solar system in 2017, was actually to conceive on hold, leading to a “baby bust” in Decem- Walker was allowed in the hospital delivery room the a hunk of alien equipment. ber and January. day Atlas was born, but no other visitors were permit- Last month, it was reported that astronomers from the In some cases, like Dobson’s, the former is precisely ted. Dobson’s mother was disappointed, Dobson said, Breakthrough Listen Project, which attempts to detect stray what happened: Her husband, tattoo artist Aaron Walk- but she herself was slightly relieved: At the time, mul- or intentional alien broadcasts, discovered a narrow beam of er, 31, went into self-quarantine several days before tiple relatives were sick with COVID-19. intriguing radio waves (BLC1) coming from the direction of Florida’s stay-at-home orders went into effect March As Dobson and her nationwide cohort of new moms Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the sun. The transmis- 30. He was suddenly home with Dobson all day every transition from pandemic pregnancy into pandemic sion is the first beam NOT believed to have originated from day, “and it happened, like, that week,” Dobson, 27, said parenthood, some of their unique struggles will fade human-made interference or natural sources. with a laugh. away and be replaced by the more ordinary challenges To complicate matters, new technologies will launch more It’s still unclear what’s happening on a national scale. of raising kids. But the loneliness, the lack of emotional flying objects that could be confused as UFOs. The United Some hospitals and midwife groups, such as Brigham and practical support that characterized their preg- States military currently operates more than 11,000 Un- and Women’s in Boston and Brooklyn Homebirth Mid- nancies, will probably linger, at least until the vaccines manned Aircraft Systems (UAS, or “drones”) in support of wifery in New York, have reported no notable change in become available to the public. domestic training events and overseas contingency missions. numbers of patients expecting in December and Janu- One day, Dobson imagines, she’ll explain to Atlas why Also, the commercial drone industry has limited approval ary, while Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor has seen for the first few months of his life, only two people — his from the Federal Aviation Administration to develop drone about a 10% decrease. The Birthing Gently doula collec- parents — ever held him or fed him or rocked him to fleets to expedite deliveries of small packages to consumers. tive, which has locations in New York City, Boston and sleep. She will explain to him that he met his great- There are currently 1.7 million registered commercial Charlotte, N.C., has noticed a 30% increase over last grandmother via FaceTime while she was in the hospi- drones, which fly between 200-400 feet overhead. year in clients due in December and January. tal recovering from COVID-19. She’ll tell him the story With so many flying objects in our airspace, how are aver- The National Center for Health Statistics, part of the of Dobson’s parents driving for four hours to meet her age citizens supposed to know whether the lights they see in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, doesn’t in the parking lot of her brother’s apartment and spend- the sky are aliens coming to abduct them, or just a flying expect to release the nationwide birth rate data for late ing an hour gazing at their new grandson through a car package of K-cups from Amazon? 2020 (and settle once and for all the whole “boom or window before heading back home. I plan to binge the next alien-themed television series on bust” question) for another six months. But what’s clear Throughout her pregnancy, Dobson has kept a jour- Netflix, visit the nearest Planetarium and reread Stephen now is that the first wave of pandemic babies — COVID nal; in the future, she wants to be able remember in Hawking’s “A Brief History of Time.” Who knows? Maybe babies, coronials, pandemi-kids, whatever you want to vivid, specific detail the conditions that will shape little Pillsbury will bring back Space Food Sticks. call the micro-generation of children conceived, carried Atlas’ early life. Because while it’s a strange, challeng- Dare to dream. and born during the COVID-19 crisis — is making its ing time to be a parent, she said, it’s also “a weird time Read more at themeatandpotatoesoflife.com, and in Lisa’s book, “The Meat and Potatoes of way into the world, and their parents have experienced to be a baby.” Life: My True Lit Com.” Email: [email protected] PAGE 34 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 WEEKEND: CROSSWORD AND COMICS

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Netflix plans biggest release A milestone schedule yet

From wire reports Netflix Inc. will release 70 original movies in 2021, the company said in a statement Tuesday, tout- long overdue ing the streaming service’s most ambitious slate yet as the theatri- cal movie business remains stuck It took 31 years, but Daniel Dae Kim finally in limbo. Netflix’s lineup of movies in- lands his first lead role in television series cludes one of its most expensive to BY CHRISTI CARRAS Kim has since appeared in other date, “Red Notice,” an action mo- Los Angeles Times TV projects, including “Flack,” vie starring Dwayne Johnson, multitude of entertain- “She-Ra and the Princesses of Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot, as ment luminaries are Power” and the hit ABC medical well as sequels to its hit romantic congratulating veteran drama “The Good Doctor,” which comedies “The Kissing Booth” ATV star and executive he also executive produces. and “To All the Boys I’ve Loved producer Daniel Dae Kim on a “30 years overdue,” tweeted Before.” The streaming service milestone many believe is “well “Crazy Rich Asians” screenwriter has also commissioned more than overdue” and “so deserved.” Adele Lim. “Can not WAIT!!!” a dozen dramas, including the di- On Wednesday, National Geo- “Ahh!” tweeted “Late Night rectorial debut of Halle Berry and graphic announced that Kim and with Seth Meyers” writer Karen a feature starring Leonardo DiCa- “Scandal” alum Tony Goldwyn Chee, along with some celebrato- prio and Jennifer Lawrence. have been tapped to star in the ry party-hat emojis. “This is SO Once a naughty word among second season of its anthology deserved!!!!” filmmakers loyal to movie theaters, Netflix is now one of the few thriller “The Hot Zone.” And on “Kim’s Convenience” actress reliable studios in town. Netflix is Twitter, “Lost” and “Hawaii Jean Yoon pointed out that the an- increasing its output as theaters Five-0” actor Kim celebrated the nouncement broke Jan. 13, Ko- remain closed in much of the casting update with an astonish- rean American Day, “no less,” world. The pandemic has made it ing fact: which Kim called “a beautiful co- hard for rival studios to release “Hardly the biggest news given incidence.” their projects, and many of them what’s going on in the world to- “Happy #KoreanAmerican- TNS have delayed most of their top ti- day,” he tweeted. “But after 31 Day!” he added. Actor Daniel Dae Kim, shown at the Sundance Film Festival in January tles until more theaters are open. years of working in TV, this is my The next installment of “The 2020 in Park City, Utah, will star in the second season of National first series lead.” Hot Zone,” titled “Anthrax,” will Geographic’s anthology “The Hot Zone.” Lady Gaga to sing anthem Screenwriters, entertainment star Kim as Matthew Ryker, an at inauguration journalists and fellow actors alike FBI agent who specializes in mi- al actors who will bring complex- “Anthrax” follows the intense Lady Gaga will sing the national were quick to applaud Kim, who crobiology. Set in the immediate ity and depth to these characters,” first season of the Nat Geo drama, anthem at Joe Biden’s inaugura- captivated audiences as Flight 815 aftermath of 9/11, the new season said Carolyn Bernstein, executive which starred Emmy winner Ju- tion and Jennifer Lopez will give a survivor Jin-Soo Kwon in the long- will see Kim’s character team up vice president of scripted and doc- lianna Margulies as a veterinary musical performance on the West running ABC series “Lost,” before with microbiologist Bruce Ivins umentary films for National Geo- pathologist fighting to contain the Front of the U.S. Capitol when Bi- he became known as Detective (Goldwyn) to track down and un- graphic, in a statement. “We can’t spread of Ebola. Production on the den is sworn in as the nation’s 46th Lieutenant Chin Ho Kelly in the mask the 2001 anthrax killer. wait for their star turns in this sophomore season of “The Hot president next Wednesday. smash CBS crime drama “Hawaii “Tony and Daniel are both won- startling, authentic and timely sci- Zone” is set to begin this winter in The announcement of their par- Five-0.” derfully versatile and dimension- entific thriller.” Toronto. ticipation comes one day after word that Tom Hanks will host a 90-minute primetime TV special celebrating Biden’s inauguration. ‘Legally Blonde 3’ will catch up Other performers include Justin Timberlake, Jon Bon Jovi, Demi with Elle Woods 19 years later Lovato and Ant Clemons. Boseman will not be seen BY JULIA BARAJAS most excites Kaling is how audiences will re- Los Angeles Times spond to a more mature version of its lead char- in ‘Black Panther’ sequel When we last saw Elle Woods, she was driv- acter. The “Black Panther” franchise ing away from her wedding in a pastel pink ca- “I can’t wait to see what people think,” Kal- will go on without Chadwick Bose- briolet, following the successful passage of an- ing, who also co-created Netflix’s “Never Have man, who played the title role in ti-animal testing legislation in Congress. I Ever,” said in a recent interview with Access. the 2018 comic book adaptation. “OK, now that we’re married, where do you “How Elle Woods is at 40 versus when she was Marvel Studios president Kevin want to live?” asked her ever-supportive hus- 21 has been really fun to imagine.” Feige told Deadline that neither band, Emmett, played by Luke Wilson. “Be- On social media, fans continue to celebrate Boseman nor the character he verly Hills? Boston? Washington?” that Witherspoon, whose production company, played would be back in “Black Elle, at the driver’s seat, smiled ambitiously. Hello Sunshine, is behind the forthcoming Panther 2” in any form. “I think I know just the place,” she said, before film, will reprise her iconic role. “We’re not going to have a CG turning her gaze to the White House and wink- The franchise, which began in 2001 and has GLOBE PHOTOS/TNS Chadwick, and we’re not recasting ing at the camera. grossed $266 million worldwide, continues to Reese Witherspoon, right, and Linda T’Challa,” Feige said. Did Elle, portrayed by Reese Witherspoon, inspire young people — whether it’s to pursue Cardellini starred in “Legally Blonde” in make it to the Oval Office? Are she and Emmett higher education or simply push through the 2001. Almost two decades after the 2003 Other news still together? Did she have children? pandemic in hopes of seeing the new film in sequel, the third installment is set for 2022. German news agency dpa is Nearly two decades since the franchise’s last theaters. reporting that illusionist Siegfried film, 2003’s “Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Fan favorites like the “bend and snap”— a VID-19 has upended production plans across Fischbacher, the surviving mem- Blonde,” audiences will finally find out. move guaranteed to attract a love interest’s at- Hollywood. “But, if Reese likes the script, ber of the duo Siegfried & Roy, has Announced in May, “Legally Blonde 3,” co- tention — will make a comeback, Kaling prom- shooting it this year would be awesome.” died in Las Vegas at age 81. written by Mindy Kaling and “Brooklyn Nine- ised. It remains unclear whether Bruiser, Elle The news agency said Thursday Nine” co-creator Dan Goor, will show us how As for a release date, fans will have to be pa- Woods’ beloved chihuahua, will be in “Legally that Fischbacher’s sister, a nun the French-manicured Harvard Law School tient. “I don’t know when we’ll be able to shoot Blonde 3.” The canine who portrayed him died who lives in Munich, confirmed graduate has fared. And one of the things that movies again,” said Kaling, noting that CO- in 2016. his death from cancer. PAGE 36 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Profile in magazine brings probe, criminal conviction MINNEAPOLIS — A MN Minnesota man whose profile in Popular Science magazine about making homemade explosives for the NFL and others initiated a federal investigation was sentenced Tuesday to nearly two years in prison for pos- sessing illegal materials. Agents raided the Brownsville home of Kenneth Miller in March, after the magazine article showed photographs of Miller shooting red flares off the hood of his pickup truck and packing powdered chemicals in a nearby shack he used as a makeshift laboratory. Miller told the magazine he built special effects for the NFL, air shows and Hollywood movies, including the blockbuster Transfor- mers franchise. Investigators said Miller had previous felony convictions that precluded him from touching the highly combustible material used to create these devices. Miller admitted to manufacturing and sell- ing smoke-generating devices and a chlorate explosive mixture to customers across the country. Police officer suspended over social media posts MARK RIGHTMIRE, THE ORANGE COUNTY (CALIF.) REGISTER/AP UPPER MARLBO- MD RO — A Maryland police officer was suspended on Roll out the barrel Tuesday over two social media With Catalina Island as a backdrop, a surfer rides into a barrel of a wave just south of the Huntington Beach Pier as another winter swell brought posts, including one showing him good surfing conditions to the Southern California coastline Tuesday. wearing what was described as a political T-shirt as he displayed his taken to a local hospital and is ex- THE CENSUS he tested positive for COVID-19 in badge and service weapon. pected to recover. The investiga- April, according to authorities. He The Prince George’s County Po- tion into the incident is continuing. The amount of damage, in millions of dollars, caused by eight was released by a judge in April lice Department said in a news re- 1.5 fires over nearly two years in Vermont. A Stowe man is facing with the condition that he stay un- lease that its internal affairs divi- Man sentenced for letting eight arson charges in the case, police said Wednesday. Police say Jeffrey No- der home confinement at his moth- sion opened an investigation more than 200 cattle die lan, 62, admitted to setting a fire that damaged the Stowe Public Library, on er’s Beverly home. But prosecu- which discovered a second media March 30, 2019. Since then, there have been fires at two commercial build- tors say Jalbert failed to comply post that raised concern and led to GENEVA — A south- ings, a chiropractor’s office and two fires, including the most recent, Jan. 7, with the conditions of his release, the suspension by Interim Chief NE east Nebraska man has that damaged the Stowe Cable Vision office. and was ordered back to jail. Hector Velez. The officer wasn’t been sentenced to 15 to 20 years in When Jalbert reported to the identified and the specific nature prison after more than 200 cattle fice at the Pearl River County gear as they climbed up the slope Middleton jail, officers found 15 of the posts wasn’t disclosed. he was supposed to be caring for Sheriff’s Office. Her bond was set at an elevation of 9,700 feet. The Suboxone strips, marijuana and “I fully support an officer’s First died. at $20,000. It was unknown if she avalanche started about 250 feet tobacco hidden in a body cavity, Amendment rights, however these Aaron E. Ogren, 31, of Exeter, has an attorney who could speak above the skiers in an area known the district attorney’s office said. posts are in violation of the depart- was sentenced Tuesday on seven on her behalf. as The Fin. He was convicted of the fentanyl ment’s social media policy,” Velez charges. He initially faced 43 McBride allegedly used her po- The three skiers were swept charges in July said. “When I was shown the post charges after Fillmore County sition as Secretary/Treasurer of downhill as the avalanche expand- . that is circulating online, I was sheriff’s deputies found the dead the Pearl River County Crimes- ed to 200 feet wide and snow rum- concerned and ordered a thorough cattle last April on property near toppers to embezzle over $52,000 bled 700 feet down the mountain. Murals to honor century review of his social media plat- Exeter. from January 2014 to April 2019. “It’s super serious avalanche of women’s suffrage forms.” Prosecutors said Ogren also Investigators believe McBride terrain,” said Doug Chabot, direc- sold cattle he didn’t own, The York used the group’s debit card for per- tor of the Gallatin National Forest LEWISTON — The Police: 9-year-old girl shot News-Times reported. sonal rodeo expenses and trans- Avalanche Center. ME twin cities of Lewis- through window A horse also died on the proper- ferred PRCCS funds to fraudulent ton-Auburn represent one of six ty and more livestock died later nonprofit accounts she owned. Man gets 6 months for sites to be selected for murals hon- WINSTON-SALEM — because they were in such poor bringing drugs to jail oring the 100th anniversary of NC A 9-year-old girl was condition when they were re- Avalanche sweeps skiers women’s suffrage. wounded in her North Carolina moved from the farm, authorities down mountain LAWRENCE — A The Women’s Suffrage Centen- home when someone fired shots said. MA man released from a nial Commission and the National through a bedroom window, police BILLINGS — An ava- Massachusetts jail after testing Endowment for the Arts led the ef- said. Ex-Crimestoppers board MT lanche swept three positive for the coronavirus has fort to produce murals marking Officers were called to a home member arrested skiers down a Montana mountain, been sentenced to an extra six the centennial of the 19th Amend- on the city’s east side around 10 seriously injuring one who was months behind bars after trying to ment, which secured women’s p.m. Monday, the Winston-Salem JACKSON — A for- evacuated by helicopter. smuggle drugs back inside the fa- right to vote. Journal reported. According to in- MS mer board member of Authorities said the avalanche cility. The program provides $25,000 vestigators, four people were in- a Mississippi Crimestoppers’ last Friday on Republic Mountain A judge ruled Monday that Eric to each of the nation’s six regional side the house when someone fired group has been arrested following south of Cooke City left a second Jalbert, of Salem, will serve the ex- arts organizations that together several rounds at the home. Police her indictment for embezzlement. skier temporarily unconscious tra time after completing a two- to represent all 50 states and U.S. ter- said the round that hit the girl in State Auditor Shad White, in a and not breathing, The Billings three-year sentence on fentanyl ritories. Some murals have al- the foot went through a bedroom news release Tuesday, said Mi- Gazette reported. distribution charges, The Salem ready been completed. window. chelle McBride surrendered Mon- Six skiers involved were carry- News reported. Authorities said the child was day to special agents from his of- ing avalanche beacons and rescue Jalbert was awaiting trial when From wire reports Friday, January 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 37 PAGE 38 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 Eugene Sheffer Crossword Frazz Dilbert

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Carpe Diem artist Francisco 46 Rotating part 47 Holiday quaff 49 Saudi neighbor Beetle Bailey Bizarro PAGE 40 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Biden poised to move quickly once in office Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY CARL P. LEUBSDORF try’s two most pressing problems, the coro- may prove difficult, given continuing parti- The Dallas Morning News navirus pandemic that continues to rage, in san divisions. And for whatever reason, he hen the president changes, the part due to inadequate national leadership, failed to include any Republicans in his Cabi- EDITORIAL face of the U.S. government and the resulting economic fallout. net. Terry Leonard, Editor changes. Get ready for the During the Trump administration, the ex- Return to normalcy. Biden has prom- [email protected] Wmost dramatic possible ecutive branch usually let lawmakers lead on ised a return to such normal procedures as change next week. major issues like tax cuts, COVID relief and daily White House press briefings. 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But despite ship role, Trump’s White House was often diary between the administration and the [email protected] the potential distraction of a Senate trial, the only tangentially involved as Republicans press corps, providing accurate information entire character and focus of the federal gov- and Democratic congressional leaders about Biden’s positions and straight answers Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation [email protected] ernment will change on Jan. 20 — for the bet- struggled to reach agreements, as in last to questions, however pointed. ter. year’s fight over additional COVID relief. That also needs to happen at the State De- Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital Throughout his troubled, sometimes sabo- Biden’s White House will be much more partment and the Pentagon, which long ago [email protected] taged transition, the president-elect made activist, both making proposals and negotiat- abandoned regular information sessions. clear he will focus on fixing the health and ec- ing their enactment, helped by the fact that Top officials should learn of the president’s BUREAU STAFF onomic problems besetting the country and fellow Democrats will have majorities in intentions through normal governmental restoring the serious tone that has been lack- both houses, albeit small ones. channels, rather than by reading his tweets Europe/Mideast ing the past four years. Straight talk. The days of government or offhand comments. 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Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 CONTACT US GOP lawmakers finally swayed by corporate America Washington BY KATE COHEN tel: (+1)202.886.0003 warned that, “future violations of the Twitter ferent form. Corporations have too much 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 Special to The Washington Post Rules, including our Civic Integrity or Vio- power in our politics and over our lives. Reader letters atching President Donald lent Threats policies, will result in perma- Cheering them on when they finally use their [email protected] Trump’s supporters storm the nent suspension of the @realDonaldTrump power for good feels somehow wrong. Capitol last week, I wondered account.” Two days later, Twitter made good And then there is the hypocrisy of it. These Additional contacts who or what could possibly on its threat. 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PRO FOOTBALL DEALS COLLEGE BASKETBALL BRIEFLY NFL playoffs Wednesday's transactions D Chase Priskie to Syracuse (AHL) Wednesday’s men’s scores Wild-card Playoffs LOS ANGELES KINGS — Designated D Saturday, Jan. 9 BASEBALL Austin Strand, G Matt Villalta, Cs Lias An- EAST Source: Meyer nearing Buffalo 27, Indianapolis 24 Major League Baseball dersson and Jaret Anderson-Dolan for as- St. Bonaventure 68, Fordham 54 Los Angeles Rams 30, Seattle 20 American League signment taxi squad. Assigned RW Arthur UMass 80, Rhode Island 78, OT deal to coach Jaguars Tampa Bay 31, Washington 23 TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Signed Mark Kaliyev and C Quinton Byfield to Ontario VCU 84, George Washington 77 Shapiro to a five-year contract extension (AHL). Sunday, Jan. 10 SOUTH JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A per- Baltimore 20, Tennessee 13 as president/chief executive officer. MINNESOTA WILD — Designated Cs Kyle New Orleans 21, Chicago 9 TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with Rau and Luke Johnson, Ds Dakota Mermis, Auburn 95, Georgia 77 son familiar with the search says Cleveland 48 Pittsburgh 37 RHP Justin Anderson on a two-year minor Louie Belpedio and Matt Bartkowski and G Chattanooga 83, Mercer 80 Divisional Playoffs league contract and C Drew Butera on a Andrew Hammond for assignment taxi Florida St. 105, NC State 73 Urban Meyer and the Jackson- Saturday, Jan. 16 one-year contract. squad. Furman 94, The Citadel 88 ville Jaguars are “working toward Los Angeles Rams at Green Bay FOOTBALL NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Designated George Mason 75, La Salle 42 Baltimore at Buffalo National Football League RWs Eeli Tovanen and Mathieu Olivier, LW LSU 92, Arkansas 76 finalizing” a deal to make him the Sunday, Jan. 17 CLEVELAND BROWNS — Activated CBs Cole Smith, G Connor Ingram and D Alex- Louisville 77, Wake Forest 65 Cleveland at Kansas City Kevin Johnson and Denzel Ward from the andre Carrier for assignment taxi squad. Nicholls 76, Northwestern St. 66 team’s coach. Tampa Bay at New Orleans reserve/COVID-19 list. Assigned Cs Josh Wilkins and Anthony Ri- Norfolk St. 80, NC Wesleyan 58 The person spoke to The Associ- Conference Championships DENVER BRONCOS — Agreed to terms chard, Rem Pitlick, Tommy Novak, Sean SE Louisiana 76, Texas A&M-CC 63 Sunday, Jan. 24 with George Paton to be general manager. Malone, Patrick Harper and Michael Texas A&M 56, Mississippi St. 55 ated Press on the condition of ano- AFC GREEN BAY PACKERS — Placed T Jared McCarron, Ds Tyler Lewington, Ben Har- Virginia 80, Notre Dame 68 TBD Veldheer on the reserve/COVID-19 list. pur, Brandon Fortunato and Jeremy Da- Wofford 80, VMI 78 nymity Thursday because an NFC KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed QB Jor- vies, Gs Kasimir Kaskisuo and Connor In- MIDWEST gram and LW Tanner Jeannot to Chicago agreement was not yet in place. TBD dan Ta'amu and WR Marcus Kemp to the Dayton 72, Duquesne 63 Super Bowl practice squad. Released DT Tyler Clark. (AHL). Assigned RW Luke Evangelista to The person said it could be done junior club London (OHL) Ohio St. 81, Northwestern 71 Sunday, Feb. 7 Placed CB Deandre Baker on the practice Wichita St. 72, Tulsa 53 At Tampa, Fla. squad injured reserve. NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Designated G soon. TBD NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Designated WR Giles Senn, RW Nicholas Merkley, LWs SOUTHWEST Meyer would be leaving the Tre'Quan Smith to return from injured re- Mikhail Maltsev and Nolan Foote for as- NFL injury report signment taxi squad. Assigned Ds Colton Incarnate Word 83, McNeese St. 61 serve. Signed WRs Austin Carr and Jake Sam Houston St. 96, Lamar 71 broadcast booth and returning to White and Josh Jacobs, LW Ben Street, Mi- NEW YORK — The National Football Kumerow and DT Anthony Zettel to the Stephen F. Austin 95, Cent. Arkansas 69 the sidelines after a two-year ab- League injury report, as provided by the practice squad. Released LS John Denney, chael Carcone and C Brandon Gignac to Texas Tech 79, Texas 77 league (DNP: did not practice; LIMITED: WR Jake Lampman and K Blair Walsh. Binghamton (AHL). sence that followed another health limited participation; FULL: Full participa- NEW YORK JETS — Signed WR Manasseh NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Waived LW FAR WEST tion): Bailey to a reserve/futures contract for Dmytro Timashov. Designated G Jakub Boise St. 90, Wyoming 70 scare. Skarek, Cs Otto Koivula, Tanner Fritz and SATURDAY the 2021 season. New Mexico 72, Dixie St. 63 The 56-year-old Meyer was BALTIMORE RAVENS at BUFFALO BILLS SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed WR John Cole Bardreau, RWs Austin Czarnik, Kieff- Wednesday’s women’s scores — RAVENS: DNP: DT Calais Campbell (not Ursua to a reserve/futures contract for er Bellows and Simon Holmstrom, Ds Park- team owner Shad Khan’s top tar- injury related), RB Mark Ingram (not injury er Wotherspoon, Bode Wilde, Grant Hut- the 2021 season. EAST related), LB Matthew Judon (illness), CB PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Signed P Arryn ton and Samuel Bolduc, LWs Andrew Ladd get, and Khan waited nearly a Marcus Peters (back). LIMITED: G D.J. Fluk- Siposs and WR Khalil Tate to reserve/fu- and A.J. Greer to Bridgeport (AHL). Placed Buffalo 82, Bowling Green 74 er (knee). BILLS: DNP: DE Darryl Johnson tures contracts for the 2021 season. LW Michael Dal Colle and D Sebastian Aho Cincinnati 71, Temple 65 week to get to this point. They met (knee). LIMITED: WR Cole Beasley (knee), TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms on undisclosed injury. La Salle 58, Drexel 55 last Friday on Khan’s yacht in WR Stefon Diggs (oblique), LB Tremaine with TE Jared Pinkney to a reserve/futures OTTAWA SENATORS — Designated C West Virginia 83, Texas Tech 78 Edmunds (hamstring), QB Jake Fromm Matthew Peca, LW Michael Haley and Filip Miami and again Wednesday. Hir- (not injury related), DT Ed Oliver (ankle), contract for the 2021 season. SOUTH WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM — Chlapik, G Joey Daccord and D Jonathan DT Justin Zimmer (groin). FULL: K Tyler Aspirot for assignment taxi squad. As- Nicholls 68, Northwestern St. 38 ing the longtime college coach Bass (hand). Signed LB Justin Phillips to a reserve/futures contract for the 2021 season. signed Ds Lassi Thomson, Christian Jaros, Richmond 47, George Washington 42 LOS ANGELES RAMS at GREEN BAY Erick Brannstrom and Olle Alsing, LWs South Florida 72, Tulane 53 with three national champion- PACKERS — RAMS: No Data Reported. HOCKEY National Hockey League Egor Sokolov and Alex Formenton, RWs UCF 58, East Carolina 51 ships would signify a new direc- PACKERS: DNP: DE Kingsley Keke (concus- Logan Shaw and Jonothan Davidsson, Gs — Assigned G Olle VCU 60, George Mason 41 sion), TE Marcedes Lewis (knee), T Jared ANAHEIM DUCKS Kevin Mandolese and Filip Gustavsson, Cs tion for a franchise that has lost Veldheer (not injury related). LIMITED: CB Eriksson Ek, Cs Sam Carrick, Trevor Zegras Zachary Magwood, Parker Kelly, Mark MIDWEST Kevin King (Achilles), WR Allen Lazard and Andrew Agozzino to San Diego (AHL). Kastelic, Ridly Greig, Logan Brown and J.C. Ball St. 88, Ohio 85, OT 105 of 144 games since Khan took (core, wrist), LB Za'Darius Smith (ankle, Designated Ds Andy Welinski and Kodie Beaudin to Belleville (AHL). Butler 58, Georgetown 40 over in 2012. thumb), WR Equanimeous St. Brown Curran, G Anthony Stolarz, RW Vinni Let- ST. LOUIS BLUES — Promoted LW MacK- DePaul 101, St. John’s 84 (knee, ankle), T Rick Wagner (knee). tieri, C David Backes and LW Max Comtois E. Michigan 61, Miami (Ohio) 41 SUNDAY enzie MacEachern and RW Jordan Kyrou Meyer went 187-32 — a stagger- for assignment taxi squad. Placed LW Max to the active roster. Iowa St. 90, Oklahoma St. 80 CLEVELAND BROWNS at KANSAS CITY Jones on undisclosed injury. SAN JOSE SHARKS — Designated Ds Brin- N. Illinois 104, Cent. Michigan 73 ing winning percentage of 85.3 — CHIEFS — BROWNS: DNP: T Jack Conklin ARIZONA COYOTES — Released D Jordan son Pasichnuk and Nicolas Meloche, G Ohio St. 84, Iowa 82, OT in stops at Bowling Green (2001- (hamstring, knee), LB B.J. Goodson (shoul- Schmaltz and Zane McIntyre. Designated Alexei Melnichuk, LW John Leonard, C Fre- Toledo 61, W. Michigan 54 der), TE David Njoku (hamstring). LIMITED: Ds Victor Soderstrom and Jordan Gross, DE Myles Garrett (shoulder), DT Sheldon drik Handemark and RW Noah Gregor for SOUTHWEST 02), Utah (2003-04), Florida LW Dryden Hunt, Cs Frederik Gauthier and assignment taxi squad. Assigned LW Jef- Richardson (neck), G Wyatt Teller (ankle), Michael Chaput and RW Hudson Fasching Houston 75, Tulsa 49 (2005-10) and Ohio State (2012- C J.C. Tretter (knee). FULL: RB D'Ernest frey Viel and C Sasha Chmelevski to San for assignment taxi squad. Assigned LWs Jose (AHL) Assigned D Artemi Kniazev to Sam Houston St. 83, Lamar 80, OT Johnson (finger), WR Jarvis Landry (hip), Nate Sucese, Michael Bunting and Bray- Stephen F. Austin 85, Cent. Arkansas 44 18). He ranks seventh all time in LB Malcolm Smith (ankle). CHIEFS: CB the junior club Chicoutimi(QMJHL). den Burke, Cs Blake Speers, Lane Peder- TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Designated FAR WEST collegiate winning percentage, Rashad Fenton (foot, ankle), LB Willie Gay son and Ryan McGregor, G Ivan Prosvetov, (ankle), WR Sammy Watkins (calf). LIMIT- RW Tyler Johnson, LW Gemel Smith, D Luke Ds Aaron Ness, Dysin Mayo, Cam Dineen Schenn, G Christopher Gibson for assign- Boise St. 68, Wyoming 62 trailing only Notre Dame legends ED: RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire (ankle, hip), and Cam Crotty to Tucson (AHL) TE Deon Yelder (groin). FULL: RB Le'Veon ment taxi squad. Assigned RW Luke Wit- Knute Rockne and Frank Leahy Bell (knee), LB Ben Niemann (hamstring), BOSTON BRUINS — Waived C Par Lind- kowski, Ds Daniel Walcott and Ben Tho- AP SPORTLIGHT DT Derrick Nnadi (knee), T Mike Remmers holm. Designated G Dan Vladar, D Urho mas, G Spencer Martin and C Otto Somppi among coaches at major pro- Vaakanainen, Cs Jack Studnicka, Greg (back), WR Demarcus Robinson (back), CB to Syracuse (AHL). Jan. 15 Armani Watts (concussion). McKegg and Trent Fredric for assignment TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Designated grams. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS at NEW OR- taxi squad. Assigned D Nick Wolff, Stehen Ds Rasmus Sandin and Mikko Lehtonen, 1965 — In one of the most notable trades But doubts remain about LEANS SAINTS — BUCCANEERS: DNP: G Kampfer and Jack Ahcan, Gs Jeremy LW Nicholas Robertson, C Adam Brooks in NBA history, the San Francisco Warriors Alex Cappa (ankle), RB Ronald Jones (qua- Swayman and Callum Booth, Cs Oskar and RW Travis Boyd for assignment taxi deal Wilt Chamberlain to the Philadelphia Meyer’s ability to make a smooth dricep, finger), DT Jeremiah Ledbetter Steen and Cameron Hughes, RWs Zach Se- squad. Assigned Ds Calle Rosen and Mar- 76ers for Connie Dierking, Lee Shaffer, (calf), LB Jason Pierre-Paul (knee). LIMIT- nyshyn, Paul Carey and Robert Lantosi, tin Marincin and LW Kenny Agostino to To- Paul Neumann and cash. transition to the NFL, where moti- ED: CB Carlton Davis (groin), WR Mike LWs Matt Filipe and Anton Blidh to Provi- ronto (AHL). 1967 — The NFL’s Green Bay Packers vational tactics tend to be moot Evans (knee), WR Chris Godwin (hip, qua- dence (AHL). VANCOUVER CANNUCKS — Designated open the Super Bowl series by defeating dricep). FULL: RB LeSean McCoy (illness). BUFFALO SABRES — Designated C Casey Ds Jake Rathbone and Brogan Rafferty, LW the Kansas City Chiefs of the AFL, 35-10. and losing multiple games every SAINTS: DNP: QB Taysom Hill (knee), RB Mittelstadt, G Jonas Johansson, Ds Bran- ils Noglander and RW Justin Bailey for as- 1978 — The Dallas Cowboys take advan- Latavius Murray (quadricep), CB Patrick don Davidson and William Borgen, RW signment taxi squad. Assigned Ds Ashton tage of eight Denver turnovers en route to year is a given. Meyer never lost Robinson (hamstring). LIMITED: T Terron Rasmus Asplund and LW Brandon Biro for Sautner and Guillaume Grisebois, LW a 27-10 victory over the Broncos in the Su- Armstead (elbow), TE Jared Cook (back), assignment taxi squad. Marc Michaelsi, C Tyler Gravac and G Ar- per Bowl. Butch Johnson’s diving catch in more than five times in any season DE Trey Hendrickson (neck). CALGARY FLAMES — Assigned C Connor turs Silvos to Utica (AHL). Placed RW Jayce the end zone completes a 45-yard touch- as a college head coach; he went Zary, G Dustin Wolf and C Mathias Emilio Hawryluk on undisclosed injury. down pass from Roger Staubach and puts COLLEGE HOCKEY Pettersen to Stockton (AHL). Assigned LW VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS — Designated the Cowboys ahead 20-3 in the third quar- 83-9 at Ohio State. Jakob Pelletier to junior club Moncton C Gage Quinney, LW Tomas Jurco, Ds Nick ter. (QMJHL). Holden, Nicolas Hague and Dylan Coghlan, 1994 — Ricky Watters of San Francisco Wednesday’s scores COLORADO AVALANCHE — Designated scores an NFL postseason-record five G Oscar Dansk for assignment taxi squad. touchdowns as the 49ers beat the New EAST G Hunter Miska, D Dennis Gilbert, RWs WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Signed G Murray contracts virus, Martin Kaut, Kiefer Sherwood and Logan York Giants 44-3. American International 5, Long Island 2 Craig Anderson to a one-year contract. As- 1995 — San Diego linebacker Dennis Gib- Northeastern 7, New Hampshire 0 O'Connor, C Shane Bowers for assignment signed C Connor McMichael to Hershey may miss Aussie Open taxi squad. son twice knocks down passes in the end (AHL). Designated C Brian Pinho, Gx Zach zone — the last one on fourth down — to COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Designated Andy Murray’s status for the GOLF Fucale and Pheonix Copley, D Martin Fe- preserve the Chargers’ biggest NFL victo- LWs Stefan Matteau, Nathan Gerbe, Ds An- hervary and LW Daniel Carr for assign- ry, a 17-13 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers Australian Open was put in doubt drew Peeke, Adam Clendening, RW Ryan ment taxi squad. in the AFC championship. PGA Tour FedEx Cup leaders Macinnis for assignment taxi squad. As- WINNIPEG JETS — Designated Ds Dylan 1997 — Patrick Lalime becomes the first Thursday after he tested positive signed RWs Kole Sherwood, Cliff Pu and Sandberg and Logan Stanley, LW Mathieu goalie since NHL expansion in 1967 to open Through Jan. 10 Trey Fix-Wolansky, G Cam Johnson, C Zac Perrault, C David Gustafsson and G Mik- his career with a 15-game unbeaten for the coronavirus only days be- Dalpe, Ds Jake Christiansen and Gavin hail Berdin for assignment taxi squad. As- Points Money streak as Pittsburgh beats Hartford 3-0. fore his planned charter flight to Bayreuther to Cleveland (AHL). signed LW C.J. Suess, Ds Nelson Nogler 2000 — The Jacksonville Jaguars steam- 1. Dustin Johnson 1,018 $3,272,540 DALLAS STARS — Designated LW Riley and Ville Heinola to Manitoba (AHL). roll their way into the history books and Melbourne. Tufte, Ds Ryan Shea and Joseph Cecconi, Placed LW Marko Dano on undisclose in- 2. Harris English 940 $2,739,015 the AFC championship game. In the sec- Gs Colton Point and Lando Bow and C Tye jury. ond-most overpowering playoff perform- The three-time Grand Slam 3. Justin Thomas 784 $2,386,156 Felhaber for assignment taxi squad. As- SOCCER ance ever, the Jaguars rout the Miami Dol- champion is isolating at home 4. Bryson DeChambeau 783 $2,702,183 signed D Dawson Barteaux to Texas (AHL). Major League Soccer phins 62-7. The 55-point margin is the sec- EDMONTON OILERS — Signed C Devin FC DALLAS — Traded W Michael Barrios 5. Patrick Cantlay 717 $2,014,085 ond-largest in playoff history. near London, the tournament said Shore to a one-year, two-way contract. to Colorado in exchange for an interna- 2004 — Michelle Wie shoots a respect- 6. Viktor Hovland 706 $1,879,880 FLORIDA PANTHERS — Waived C Rodrigo tional roster spot and receiving the No. 15 able round of 2-over 72, leaving her nine in a statement. 7. Stewart Cink 695 $1,543,130 Abols. Designated LW Mason Marchment, first round 2021 MLS SuperDraft pick in ex- strokes behind the leader after one round D Brady Keeper, C Aleksi Heponiemi and G change for the No. 21 pick. Murray has been given a wild- 8. Carlos Ortiz 633 $1,582,567 at the PGA Sony Open in Honolulu. Wie, 14, Philippe Desrosiers for assignment taxi ORLANDO CITY SC — Signed D Robin is believed to be the youngest player ever card entry into the first Grand 9. Xander Schauffele 624 $2,110,601 squad. Assigned LWs Scott Wilson and Jansson to a two-year contract with op- on the PGA Tour. 10. Jason Kokrak 617 $2,051,789 Grigori Denisenko, RW Cole Schwindt and tions. 2005 — Michelle Kwan wins her ninth ti- Slam tournament of 2021. 11. Sergio Garcia 615 $1,457,121 tle at the U.S. Figure Skating Champion- TENNIS ships, tying Maribel Vinson for the all-time The Australian Open was de- 12. Matthew Wolff 585 $2,007,135 record. layed three weeks because of CO- 13. Joaquin Niemann 581 $1,542,784 2011 — Kyle Kuric’s lay-up with 4 sec- Abu Dhabi Open Delray Beach Open onds remaining caps a furious rally by No. VID-19 restrictions and is set to 14. Martin Laird 580 $1,406,640 18 Louisville and the Cardinals stun Mar- 15. Robert Streb 560 $1,275,320 Wednesday quette 71-70. Louisville trails by 18 with begin Feb. 8. Players and officials At Zayed Sports City International Tennis Wednesday 16. Cameron Smith 536 $1,747,974 At Delray Beach Stadium & Tennis Center 5:44 to go but close the game on a 24-5 run must spend 14 days in quarantine Centre fueled by guard Preston Knowles. 17. Sungjae Im 534 $1,665,176 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Delray Beach, Fla. 2011 — Sixth-seeded Green Bay routs once they arrive in Australia. 18. Hudson Swafford 530 $786,834 Purse: $565,530 Purse: $349,530 the Falcons 48-21 in Atlanta as Aaron Surface: Hardcourt outdoor 19. Brian Gay 529 $775,000 Surface: Hard-Outdoor Rodgers throws for three touchdowns and Murray, a five-time Australian Women’s Singles Men’s Singles runs for one. The 48 points are the most for 20. Jon Rahm 511 $1,502,582 Final Championship the Packers in a postseason game. Open runner-up, earlier backed 21. Peter Malnati 459 $1,051,174 Aryna Sabalenka (4), Belarus def. Vero- Hubert Hurkacz (4), Poland, vs. Sebas- 2012 — New York’s Eli Manning throws out of the Delray Beach Open in 22. Hideki Matsuyama 439 $1,175,150 tian Korda, United States, 6-3, 6-3. three touchdown passes and the Giants nika Kudermetova, Russia 6-2, 6-2 Men’s Doubles Women’s Doubles shock the Green Bay Packers 37-20 in an Florida to “minimize the risks” of 23. Aaron Wise 438 $1,059,300 Championship Final NFC divisional playoff game. The Packers, 24. Adam Long 428 $1,025,800 Gonzalo Escobar, Ecuador, and Ariel Be- 15-1 in the regular season, become the contracting the virus through in- Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara (5), 25. Kevin Kisner 400 $953,418 har, Uruguay, def. Ryan Harrison and seventh consecutive Super Bowl champ ternational travel. Japan def. Hayley Carter, United States Christian Harrison, United States, 6-7 (5), not to advance to the Super Bowl the next 26. Wyndham Clark 392 $631,433 and Luisa Stefani(8),7-6 (5), 6-4 7-6 (4), 10-4. year. — Associated Press PAGE 42 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 NBA

Scoreboard

Nets have pieces, now they must fit Eastern Conference Atlantic Division — or if — Irving will return to the Having big three of Irving, WLPct GB Nets. But give the Nets credit. They Boston 7 3 .700 — Durant and Harden is no Philadelphia 8 4 .667 — went all-in with this trade. They Brooklyn 7 6 .538 1½ guarantee of success dealt away a rising standout in New York 5 7 .417 3 BY TIM REYNOLDS Caris LeVert and bet most of their Toronto 2 8 .200 5 Associated Press foreseeable draft future — three Southeast Division Having a Big Three is great. first-round picks, at minimum — WLPct GB That is, if those players want it on the hope that Harden is the last Orlando 6 5 .545 — to be great. piece needed on the way to a Charlotte 6 6 .500 ½ And that’s the challenge in championship. He’s now reunited Atlanta 5 5 .500 ½ Miami 4 5 .444 1 Brooklyn now, after agreeing to with not just Durant, another for- Washington 3 8 .273 3 the trade that landed three-time mer teammate in Oklahoma City Central Division reigning scoring champion James when they were starting out and WLPct GB Harden from Houston: Getting still found their way to the 2012 Harden, Kevin Durant and Kyrie NBA Finals, but also former Milwaukee 8 4 .667 — Indiana 7 4 .636 ½ Irving, all individually great, to Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni as Cleveland 5 7 .417 3 want to be great together. well. Chicago 4 7 .364 3½ 5½ A lot of futures and a lot of lega- That said, turning a Big Three Detroit 2 9 .182 cies depend on what happens. CARMEN MANDATO / AP into the big trophy isn’t automatic. Western Conference Durant found a way to make it James Harden of the Houston Rockets agreed to a trade to the And doing it during a pandemic Southwest Division happen in Golden State when he Brooklyn Nets where he will join Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant. with limited practices and seem- WLPct GB played alongside Stephen Curry ingly inevitable breaks, makes it a Dallas 6 4 .600 — and Klay Thompson on the way to season alongside John Wall. He have been — and nobody knows stiff challenge. San Antonio 6 5 .545 ½ a pair of NBA titles. It worked wanted a trade, stars who want where Irving’s mind is at after James, Dwyane Wade and Memphis 5 6 .455 1½ there because Curry and Thomp- trades almost always get their now a week and counting of per- Chris Bosh were the trio that led New Orleans 4 6 .400 2 son, more than happily, checked way, and after what amounted to a sonal leave away from the Nets. Miami past those Thunder in the Houston 3 6 .333 2½ their egos at the door and made it resignation speech on Tuesday He reportedly left for family 2012 finals, getting a ring in their Northwest Division seem like a seamless incorpora- night after a loss to the reigning birthday parties and a Zoom call second year together (and one the WLPct GB tion. champion Los Angeles Lakers it to help organize a candidate’s next year, too). They lost the fi- Utah 7 4 .636 — Harden never made the NBA was clear that he was never wear- campaign for district attorney in nals to Dallas in 2011 and needed Portland 7 4 .636 — Finals in Houston with big-time ing a Rockets jersey again. Manhattan. Oh, and that Zoom to win two elimination games Denver 5 6 .455 2 Oklahoma City 5 6 .455 2 backcourt partners like Chris Irving won a title in Cleveland happened on a night that the Nets against Boston just to get out of Minnesota 3 8 .273 4 Paul and Russell Westbrook, plus with LeBron James, but that rela- were playing. the Eastern Conference on the Pacific Division didn’t even give it a chance this tionship never was what it could At this point, it’s unclear when way to that 2012 title. WLPct GB L.A. Lakers 10 3 .769 — ROUNDUP L.A. Clippers 8 4 .667 1½ Phoenix 7 4 .636 2 Golden State 6 5 .545 3 4½ Sacramento 5 7 .417 Lakers, James roll past Thunder, jump to 7-0 road start Wednesday’s games Dallas 104, Charlotte 93 Milwaukee 110, Detroit 101 Associated Press at Charlotte. Portland tied the team record first quarter, when Milwaukee Brooklyn 116, New York 109 L.A. Lakers 128, Oklahoma City 99 OKLAHOMA CITY — LeBron Tim Hardaway Jr. added 18 for threes set last year in the bub- was 7-for-11 from long distance. Memphis 118, Minnesota 107 L.A. Clippers 111, New Orleans 106 James scored 26 points and the points to help Rick Carlisle be- ble. The Blazers shot 23-for-48, The Pistons were 4-for-20 overall Portland 132, Sacramento 126 Los Angeles Lakers routed the Ok- come the 16th coach in NBA histo- missing their last four, in the period and trailed 27-13 af- Utah at Washington, ppd Orlando at Boston, ppd lahoma City Thunder 128-99 on ry to win 800 games. The Maver- Nets 116, Knicks 109: Kevin ter one. Atlanta at Phoenix, ppd Wednesday night for their fran- icks have won four straight after Durant scored 26 points as the solo Jrue Holiday added 21 points Thursday’s games Miami at Philadelphia chise-record seventh straight opening 2-4. superstar before soon centering a for the Bucks. Jerami Grant had Charlotte at Toronto road victory to start the season. Porzingis played for the first Big Three, leading Brooklyn — 22 for Detroit. Houston at San Antonio Golden State at Denver Montrezl Harrell added 21 time since having knee surgery in short-handed after agreeing to a Clippers 111, Pelicans 106: Indiana at Portland points, and Anthony Davis had 18 October. The 7-foot-3 Latvian trade for James Harden — past Kawhi Leonard scored 28 points, Friday’s games points and seven rebounds. The played 21 minutes, finishing 6- host New York. Paul George added 27 and host Washington at Detroit, ppd Dallas at Milwaukee defending champion Lakers have for-16 from the floor and 4-for-9 Durant was already scheduled Los Angeles beat short-handed New York at Cleveland Orlando at Boston won four straight to improve to an from beyond the three-point arc. to play on both nights of a back-to- New Orleans. Chicago at Oklahoma City NBA-best 10-3. They surpassed He had four rebounds. back for the first time since sur- The Pelicans were without Memphis at Minnesota Atlanta at Utah the 1985-86 squad with the 7-0 Terry Rozier had 18 points for gery to repair his Achilles tendon. starters Zion Williamson, Lonzo Golden State at Phoenix, ppd L.A. Clippers at Sacramento road start. the Hornets. He maybe had to do a little more Ball and Eric Bledsoe. New Or- New Orleans at L.A. Lakers Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Trail Blazers 132, Kings 126: than planned after the Nets shook leans coach Stan Van Gundy said Saturday’s games scored 17 points to lead the Thun- Damian Lillard scored eight of his up their roster earlier in the day Williamson was ruled out because Houston at San Antonio Orlando at Brooklyn der. The Lakers led by 24 in the season-high 40 points in the final with a four-team blockbuster of inconclusive coronavirus test Charlotte at Toronto Detroit at Miami second quarter before the Thun- four minutes and visiting Portland highlighted by the acquisition of results. Philadelphia at Memphis der cut it to 58-46 at halftime. tied a franchise record with 23 Harden. Nickeil Alexander-Walker led Indiana at Phoenix Atlanta at Portland James scored 15 points in the half. three-pointers to win at Sacra- With point guard Kyrie Irving the Pelicans with 37 points and Los Angeles’ biggest lead was 31 mento. missing a fifth straight game for eight rebounds, both career highs NBA leaders points in the fourth quarter. Okla- Lillard and CJ McCollum each personal reasons, Brooklyn had in his first start of the season. Through Jan. 13 homa City never led. hit six threes to lead the Trail Blaz- only nine players. Grizzlies 118, Timberwolves Scoring “We just have a bunker mental- ers to their fourth straight victory. Julius Randle scored 30 points 107: Jonas Valanciunas had 24 GFG FT PTS AVG ity on the road — just us,” James Lillard added 13 assists, and for the Knicks. They have lost five points and 16 rebounds, Grayson Beal, WAS 10 121 83 349 34.9 said. “But obviously, it’s even McCollum had 28 points, 10 assists in a row. Allen scored a season-high 20 off McCollum, POR 11 109 36 309 28.1 more just us because of the re- and seven rebounds. Jusuf Nurkic Bucks 110, Pistons 101:Gian- the bench and Memphis won at Curry, GS 11 96 69 306 27.8 strictions, COVID, everything had a season-best 18 points and 13 nis Antetokounmpo had 22 points, Minnesota. LaVine, CHI 11 107 55 305 27.7 that’s going on. So we’ve come to- rebounds. 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his Brandon Clarke added 19 points Doncic, DAL 9 87 55 247 27.4 Lillard, POR 11 92 74 301 27.4 gether even closer.” The Blazers trailed by 20 mid- 20th triple-double and Milwaukee for the Grizzlies. Malik Beasley Tatum, BOS 10 101 32 269 26.9 Mavericks 104, Hornets 93: way through the second quarter beat host Detroit for the third time had 28 points for Minnesota. Embiid, PHI 10 87 80 266 26.6 Luka Doncic had 34 points, 13 re- and were down 105-100 going into this month. D’Angelo Russell added 25, and Brown, BOS 10 103 33 263 26.3 bounds, nine assists and a career- the fourth before rallying to win The Bucks built a big early lead Karl-Anthony Towns had 25 Antetokounmpo, MIL 11 102 68 288 26.2 George, LAC 11 90 50 277 25.2 high four blocks, Kristaps Porzin- their second consecutive game with a flurry of three-pointers. points and 14 rebounds. Grant, DET 11 93 57 273 24.8 gis scored 16 points in his return against the Kings in five days. Por- Brook Lopez connected three The teams will meet again Fri- Harden, HOU 8 60 53 198 24.8 from a knee injury and Dallas won tland won 125-99 on Saturday. times from beyond the arc in the day night in Minnesota. Young, ATL 10 72 87 248 24.8 Friday, January 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 43 NBA/COLLEGE BASKETBALL

TOP 25 ROUNDUP McClung’s jumper lifts Texas Tech over Texas

Associated Press Courtney Ramey’s three-pointer Sam Hauser had 15 points and nine AUSTIN, Texas — Mac with 1:40 to play. McClung then rebounds as the host Cavaliers McClung made a long jumper with made two free throws, Sims mis- beat the Fighting Irish for their NICK WASS / AP 3 seconds left and No. 15 Texas sed two free throws for Texas be- fourth consecutive victory. Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul, right, dribbles next to Washington Tech rallied to beat No. 4 Texas 79- fore Texas Tech tied it when Ra- Huff, who is 7-foot-1, made a ca- Wizards forward Davis Bertans, center, and center Robin Lopez 77 on Wednesday night, ending the mey got sloppy passing the ball in- reer-best four three-pointers in the during the first half of their game Monday in Washington. Longhorns’ perfect start in the Big bounds, creating an easy tying lay- first half as Virginia (8-2, 4-0 Atlan- 12. up for the Red Raiders’ Terrence tic Coast Conference) opened an Texas (10-2, 4-1) led almost the Shannon. McClung then buried his 18-10 lead and built it to 37-25 by entire game and a blistering start long shot from the right wing. halftime. Cormac Ryan scored 16 Virus postpones against one of the top defensive No. 16 Louisville 77, Wake For and Trey Wertz 13 for Notre Dame teams in the country had the Long- est 65: Carlik Jones scored a sea- (3-8, 0-5), which lost its fourth in a horns in control before a sloppy son-high 23 points to help the visit- row and fell to 0-11 against the Cavs finish and some late Texas Tech ing Cardinals beat the Demon Dea- in conference games. another 3 games three-pointers snatched the win cons and extend their best start in No. 21 Ohio State 81, North for the Red Raiders (11-3, 4-2). Atlantic Coast Conference play. western 71: Duane Washington BY TIM REYNOLDS “He’s not with us here at the McClung’s shot was originally Samuell Williamson added 15 Jr. scored a career-high 23 points Associated Press game tonight,” Van Gundy said. ruled a three-pointer before a vid- points and 11 rebounds for Louis- to lead the host Buckeyes to a win Contact tracing issues involving “He’s back in his hotel room and eo review. Texas had a final ville (9-1, 4-0 ACC), which blew over the Wildcats. the Phoenix Suns and Washington we’ll know more as further results chance, but Matt Coleman’s des- nearly all of a 16-point second-half Ohio State (10-3, 4-3) avenged a Wizards forced the NBA to post- come back.” peration three-pointer never came lead before finally putting this one one-point loss to Northwestern on pone three more games Wednes- Contact-tracing issues can also close to the basket. Coleman also away in the final 6 minutes as Wake Dec. 26. day, raising the leaguewide total be triggered when a player is found missed a shot in traffic for the lead Forest went cold. Justin Ahrens added 12 points, from this week alone to eight. to have been, or possibly have with 17 seconds left. The Cardinals shot 51% for the hitting four three-pointers, includ- The NBA also revealed Wednes- been, exposed to someone who is “I’ve got a lot of confidence in game to reach 4-0 in the league, ing a timely one late in the second day that 16 players — by far the positive for COVID-19. That has Mac,” Texas Tech coach Chris marking the program’s best start half to help preserve the Buckeyes’ most in a one-week period since been the issue for a number of play- Beard said. “He has the courage to since joining the ACC before the lead. training camps started — returned ers in recent days, excluding the 16 take those shots.” 2014-15 season. It marked the best Chase Audige kept the Wildcats positive COVID-19 tests between new positives. McClung finished with 22 start in any league since for Louis- (6-5, 3-4) in the game, scoring 21 of Jan. 6 and Tuesday. With 497 play- In the previous five weeks com- points. Andrew Jones had 20 for ville since winning its first eight his career-best 25 points in the first ers tested, that reflects a positivity bined, only 15 players tested posi- the Longhorns, but scored just two Big East games during the 2008-09 half. Audige, who was averaging rate of 3.2%. tive. But even the current week’s points after halftime as the Red season. 11.7 points per game, cooled off in Phoenix’s home game Wednes- rate is well below what the league Raiders shut him down. Jericho Daivien Williamson scored 19 the second half, just as Miller Kopp day against Atlanta was called off, dealt with going into training Sims added 16 for Texas, but was points for the Demon Deacons was heating up. He had 16 points in as was the Suns’ home game with camps, when 48 players tested pos- just 6-for-14 on free throws, with (3-4, 0-4), the second half to get Northwest- Golden State on Friday. Also itive in the week before practices two key misses late. No. 18 Virginia 80, Notre Dame ern within one late in the second called: Friday’s game where the could formally begin leaguewide. The Longhorns led 77-73 after 68: Jay Huff scored 18 points and half. Wizards would have gone to De- “I’m not terribly upset about any troit. The reason in all three cases of the things we have to do. It kind was the same, that the Suns and of is what it is at this point and we’ll Wizards wouldn’t have enough try to make the most of it and get players cleared to participate. through it,” Toronto guard Fred “Obviously, it’s not the typical VanVleet said Wednesday. “It does NBA season that we’re all accus- feel like it’s getting a bit much ... tomed to,” Charlotte coach James like trying to plug holes in a sinking Borrego said Wednesday. “But boat.” we’ll get through it.” The latest postponements push That Suns-Hawks game was the the total overall this season to nine third on Wednesday’s schedule to because of virus issues. The Suns, be called, joining Utah at Washing- Hawks, Heat, Wizards and Phila- ton and Orlando at Boston. It also delphia 76ers are among the teams marks the second consecutive time dealing with significant roster de- that a team ran into issues after pletion in recent days because of playing in Washington; the Miami either positive tests, tracing — Heat lost eight players to COVID- which indicates if someone has related issues following their road been in an unsafe amount of con- game against the Wizards on Sat- tact with a person who tested posi- urday. tive — or both. “Not ideal,” Hawks guard Kevin It’s all part of a turbulent week Huerter tweeted, shortly after the that also saw the league and the Na- postponement of the game in Phoe- tional Basketball Players Associ- nix was announced. ation release updated rules strictly Also not playing Wednesday: limiting players from venturing Zion Williamson, ruled out by the away from their homes or hotels New Orleans Pelicans for their for anything other than games, game at the Los Angeles Clippers practices, workouts or emergen- because of the league’s health and cies. The new rules will be in place safety protocols. In his case, Peli- for at least two weeks, with hopes ERIC GAY / AP cans coach Stan Van Gundy said, the virus issues around the league Texas Tech forward Marcus SantosSilva, center, and Texas guard Andrew Jones struggle for a rebound the issue was an inconclusive test. calm down in the interim. during the first half of Wednesday'’s game in Austin, Texas. PAGE 44 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 NFL For the ages Brady vs. Brees matchup features the two oldest QBs in the league BY JOSH DUBOW Associated Press he NFL has never seen a 85 playoff matchup quite Combined age of the Tampa Bay like the upcoming one Buccaneers' Tom Brady and the New Tbetween Tom Brady’s Orleans Saints' Drew Brees, when they Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Drew meet Sunday in the NFC playoffs. Brees’ New Orleans Saints. A pair of quarterbacks in their 40s still thriving on the playoff stage at an age when nearly every 80,358 other great passer in NFL history was already enjoying retirement. Number of yards Brees has passed for during the regular season, which ranks Brees will take the field for the first. Brady is second with 79,204. Saints on Sunday two days after turning 42 as the young gun in this matchup against the 43-year-old BUTCH DILL / AP Brady, who has shattered nearly 581 Saints quarterback Drew Brees, left, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady hug after their every record for longevity in the seasonopening game in New Orleans on Sept. 13. The Saints won 3423. NFL. Number of touchdown passes Brady Brees has thrown for more has passed for during the regular Third time's a charm: It turns offs came in the 2007 playoffs veland’s Baker Mayfield. yards than any QB in the regular season, which ranks first. Brees is out it’s easier to beat the same when the Giants did it against Dal- This will be the first time a con- season with 80,358 and ranks sec- second with 571. team three times in a season than las in a postseason run all too fa- ference will have four quarter- ond in TD passes with 571. Brady SOURCE: Associated Press it is to win in the playoffs after get- miliar to Brady. Eli Manning and backs age 25 or younger start on holds the mark for touchdowns ting swept in the regular season. New York then won the NFC title same the weekend of the playoffs. with 581 and trails only Brees in their two starts in the regular sea- The Saints-Bucs game marks game in Green Bay and beat Bra- Streaking: The Ravens had one yardage with 79,204. son this season. The previous the 23rd postseason matchup in dy and the Patriots in the Super impressive streak extended last This marks just the second time playoff record for combined age of the Super Bowl era after one team Bowl, spoiling New England’s bid week while another was snapped. since at least 1950 that the NFL’s starting QBs was 78 when 41-year- swept the season series like New for a perfect 19-0 season. J.K. Dobbins ran for a TD in his top two players in career yards old Brady outdueled 37-year-old Orleans did against Tampa Bay. Young guns:While the old guys seventh straight game in Balti- passing will meet in the playoffs. Philip Rivers two years ago in the The team that swept the regu- are dominating the NFC playoffs, more’s 20-13 win over Tennessee, Second-ranked John Elway’s divisional round. lar-season series won 14 of the the AFC is highlighting the next tied for the second-longest streak Denver Broncos beat then-leader Brady, who is seeking his re- previous 22 matchups, which generation of star quarterbacks. ever for a rookie. Only Jackson- Dan Marino and the Dolphins 38-3 cord seventh Super Bowl title and bodes well for the Saints this When Buffalo hosts Baltimore ville’s Maurice Jones-Drew has a in the divisional round following 10th appearance, has already week. on Saturday night it will be a longer one, having done it eight the 1998 season. lapped the field when it comes to The Saints were on the right matchup of a pair of 24-year-old games in a row in 2006. This will be the first time since playoff wins. He won his 31st post- side of one of these matchups the quarterbacks in Josh Allen of the Ravens kicker Justin Tucker at least 1950 that the two career season start last week and can last time it happened, beating Car- Bills and Lamar Jackson of the missed a 52-yard field goal in the leaders in TD passes will meet in double second-place Joe Monta- olina 31-26 in the wild-card round Ravens. fourth quarter of the win over the the postseason. na’s career total of 16 this week. after sweeping the Panthers in the The quarterbacks taking the Titans, ending his streak of 48 con- The combined age of the start- Brady’s 75 TD passes in the play- 2017 regular season. field the next day in Kansas City secutive made field goals in the ing quarterbacks will be an NFL- offs are already 30 more than The last time a team reversed a are each a year older with Patrick fourth quarter and overtime in the record 85, surpassing the 84 from Montana had. regular-season sweep in the play- Mahomes of the Chiefs facing Cle- regular season and playoffs. Mayfield shows maturity for Browns

BY TOM WITHERS one of his followers who said, “Looks like of retaliation. Associated Press we got some comp (competition) next Those days appear to be over for May- CLEVELAND — Baker Mayfield an- week.” field, who almost from the time the swered every question with thoughtful re- Watkins responded: “I wouldn’t go that Browns’ 2019 season ended in huge dis- sponses, carefully choosing each word far lol!” appointment has been determined to while knowing a wrong one could spark While the comment could be viewed as change the narrative about him. He’s controversy. disrespectful, Mayfield wasn’t bothered by shaped up in more ways than one. Cleveland’s quarterback has matured: it. It doesn’t mean he’s not fiery or will hold buttoned-down Baker. At least that’s what he said. back from an emotional outburst. He’s still Days before the biggest game of his NFL “I have no problem with it to be honest that guy. But it’s just that Mayfield’s not career and another matchup against Pa- with you,’’ Mayfield insisted. “Because if going to give others ammunition to take trick Mahomes and the reigning Super you don’t have confidence you’re not going him down. He’s removed the target. Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, May- to have success. And those guys have been In many ways, the Browns are a reflec- field showed during a Zoom call some of doing it together for a few years now. They tion of their quarterback — underdogs. the same growth and leadership he’s dis- have a ton of confidence in each other, and Mayfield was twice a college walk-on played on the field this season while lead- so people get mad when you put it out who proved he belonged, won a Heisman ing the surprising Browns (12-5) to the sec- there, you put it up for bulletin-board ma- Trophy and became a No. 1 overall pick, ond round of the playoffs. terial, but I don’t have a problem with it. the prototypical overachiever. The Browns After practice, Mayfield, never one to “It comes with the nature of this game are doing much better than expected, too. miss a chance to trash talk, downplayed a that you’ve got to be confident and you’ve “We believe in ourselves, and that is JUSTIN BERL / AP seemingly dismissive tweet from Chiefs got to know and believe in yourself.” why we are here,” Mayfield said. “We Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker wide receiver Sammy Watkins. There was a time not long ago when have a bunch of fighters who have Mayfield smiles as he runs off the field As Cleveland opened a 28-point lead in Mayfield probably would have reacted dif- scratched and clawed to get here. We we after defeating the Steelers 4837 on its 48-37 wild-card win over the Pittsburgh ferently, firing back at Watkins with a are going to continue to do that week in Sunday in Pittsburgh. Steelers on Sunday, Watkins engaged with snarky comment or promising some kind and week out.” Friday, January 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 45 NFL Terrific: Chiefs’ turnaround a template for other teams

FROM PAGE 48 hold you to 3 points or whatever, but their offense? Their offense is a chance as the Chiefs, Packers, a problem.” Saints, Ravens or Rams of win- The Bills led the AFC with a ning Super Bowl 55. 30.3-point scoring average during Brash Browns: In Cleveland, a the season, and they haven’t lost strange season has turned surreal. since Nov. 15, when DeAndre The Browns are playing football Hopkins hauled in Kyle Murray’s in January — not searching for a 42-yard Hail Mary as time ex- coach or general manager or try- pired, giving Arizona a 32-30 win. ing to figure out what to do with Allen’s 69.2 completion per- one of their high draft picks. centage represents an NFL-re- After a nearly two-decade cord jump of 16.4% since his roo- crawl, the Browns (12-5) are kie season in 2018. among the NFL’s elite, one of eight “But you give him Stefon Diggs teams remaining with a shot at and you see what he’s made of and winning it all. That’s heady stuff how he’s gone about his business,” for a franchise that has never Thomas said. “And he has been made it to the Super Bowl. tremendous. I think Bills fans, in- Yet, under first-year coach Ke- cluding myself, didn’t think he vin Stefanki’s steady hand, the was going to be this good this good JOHN MUNSON/AP Browns have steered around one this early. And he has proved a lot Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) paces the league’s top rushing attack. obstacle after the next and have of people wrong.” taken off on a run few imagined. Bold Buccaneers: The Bucca- They won 11 games to make the neers ended the NFC’s longest playoffs for the first time since the playoff drought with their first 2002 season. Then, with Stefanski playoff berth since 2007 thanks to unable to make the trip after he the arrival of six-time champion Bills brace for run-heavy, tested positive for COVID-19 and Tom Brady in the offseason. missing two other key players and The Buccaneers immediately four assistant coaches, the went from a franchise that spent Browns won their first playoff more than a decade trying to game in 26 years last Sunday by transform themselves into playoff Lamar Jackson-led Ravens stunning the rival Pittsburgh contenders to a club with expecta- Steelers at Heinz Field, where so tions of becoming the first team to BY JOHN WAWROW ly, when reminded of his defense’s many Cleveland seasons had died appear in a Super Bowl in their Associated Press 17th lapses. “Well, that’s one thing that previously. home stadium. ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Bills we’re working on, so we’re going They did it with Stefanski in his Brady was attracted to a roster defensive end Jerry Hughes feels to go practice in a few hours here The Bills’ ranking in rushing defense. basement back home, and they featuring a slew of offensive play- as if he’s back at TCU, where the They play host to the Ravens, who and work on that.” finished off their first playoff road makers, including receivers Mike Horned Frogs would open train- lead the league with 3,071 rushing If there’s a bright side, Buffalo win since 1969 with a left guard Evans, Chris Godwin and Scotty ing camp prepping for the read- yards, averaging 5.5 yards per carry. kept Jackson and the Ravens who introduced himself to quar- Miller, running back Ronald option offense to squeeze in extra mostly in check in a 24-17 loss to SOURCE: NFL.com terback Baker Mayfield in the Jones and tight ends O.J. Howard time for what had been their an- Baltimore on Dec. 8, 2019. Jackson locker room before kickoff. and Cameron Brate. nual meeting against Air Force. have since won six straight, the finished with a season-low 40 Bullish Bills:Behind Josh Allen The Bucs then lured Rob Gron- “Given all the misdirection, and last a 20-13 wild-card playoff vic- yards rushing on 11 carries, but and Stefon Diggs, the Bills (15-3) kowski out of retirement, upgrad- the quarterback having the option tory at Tennessee last weekend. burned the Bills with three touch- erased plenty of franchise records ed the offensive line by drafting to pull the ball and run, it feels a It’s a stretch Jackson has com- downs passing. established by Jim Kelly & Co. tackle Tristan Wirfs, and signed little like college,” Hughes said bined for 988 yards passing and 11 The downside for Buffalo is a back when the Bills won a record veterans LeSean McCoy, Leonard Wednesday, referring to Buffalo touchdowns and 566 yards rush- defense which isn’t as stout as it four consecutive AFC titles in the Fournette and Antonio Brown to preparing to host Lamar Jackson ing and five TDs. was last year following several off- 1990s. bolster the depth around their 43- and the Baltimore Ravens in an Buffalo is on a seven-game roll season free-agent departures, and “There has been so much stuff year-old quarterback. AFC divisional playoff on Satur- after winning its first playoff game run-stuffing defensive tackle Star that we have said as former play- Coach Bruce Arians acknowl- day. “I guess playing in the Moun- in 25 years following a 27-24 victo- Lotulelei’s decision to opt out from ers, ’These guys got a damn good edged before the start of the play- tain West for me has its upside.” ry over Indianapolis on Saturday. playing due to COVID-19 con- football team,” Hall of Fame run- offs that the Bucs won’t consider it There are, of course, a few big Keeping an immobile Colts cerns last summer. In finishing ning back Thurman Thomas said. a successful season unless they differences he readily acknowl- quarterback Philip Rivers in 17th in the NFL against the run, “Their defense probably won’t win it all. edged by noting the Bills (14-3) check might be one thing. The the Bills have given up 150 yards have less than a week to prepare concern is how the Bills’ defense rushing five times this season. for the NFL’s top-ranked running has struggled against the run, and Defensive coordinator Leslie attack, and Jackson is unlike any particularly when facing oppo- Frazier acknowledged he had to quarterback Hughes has seen at nents with dual-threat quarter- shift expectations this offseason, any level. backs this season. and adapt to the strengths of his “Just his quickness, his agility, I Buffalo gave up a season-worst roster which features more speed think he’s a a little bit more agile 245 yards rushing in a 26-17 loss to than bulk. than your Kyler Murray, and Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas “You have to come to grips with probably a little bit more speedy City Chiefs on Oct. 19, in a game that early on,” Frazier said. “You as well,” Hughes said, comparing rookie Clyde Edwards-Helaire have to adjust.” Jackson to Murray, the Arizona finished with 161 yards rushing. Buffalo has shown improve- starter. “Whenever you’ve got And the team’s winning streak ment over the final 10 games of the somebody that dynamic, you need followed a 32-30 loss at Arizona on season in pressuring quarter- bodies, you need population just to Nov. 15 in which Murray had 61 backs and forcing takeaways. keep him contained. He’s like a yards rushing and two scores on The test now becomes whether bolt of electricity. You don’t want top of 245 yards passing and a de- it can find ways to rattle Jackson. to let that out.” cisive 43-yard touchdown to “It’s a different offense and Jackson, the NFL’s MVP last DeAndre Hopkins in the final sec- we’ve got to be able to show that JACK DEMPSEY/AP season, has been on a tear since onds. we can stop their main run plays Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, right, celebrates a touchdown spending a week on the reserve- “Yeah, thanks for the reminder, and try to force this team to try to with Bills tight end Dawson Knox during a game against the Broncos, COVID-19 list in late November. I appreciate that,” Bills coach throw the football,” safety Jordan Dec. 19, in Denver. The fifth-seeded Ravens (12-5) Sean McDermott said sarcastical- Poyer said. PAGE 46 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 NFL Wolfe rediscovers love for game with winning Ravens

BY DAVID GINSBURG Associated Press “I came here Derek Wolfe signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Ravens because I last March because he missed the joy of competing in the NFL play- wanted to get offs. Wolfe, an energetic and talent- back to winning ed defensive end, lost his passion for the game during a miserable football games.” four-year stretch in Denver that Derek Wolfe featured three head coaches, 37 defeats and not a single trip to the Ravens defensive end postseason. “I started playing this game fumble recovery and knocked when I was 7 years old because I away two passes this season. Then TED S. WARREN / AP liked to win,” Wolfe said. “Unfor- he helped the team limit NFL Los Angeles Rams running back Cam Akers flips forward as Seattle Seahawks outside linebacker K.J. tunately, I had the rough four rushing leader Derrick Henry to Wright defends during a wildcard playoff game Saturday in Seattle. years in Denver. It made me really 40 yards in a 20-13 victory at Ten- not love the game anymore.” nessee. So he took a one-year deal with Wolfe tied for the team lead Baltimore, and now Wolfe and the with six tackles against the Titans Ravens are right where they want and had Baltimore’s lone sack. Rams’ Akers heats up on to be in the middle of January: still Just as important, he rallied his alive in the playoffs and very teammates after Tennessee bolt- much in the running for a trip to ed to a 10-0 lead. the Super Bowl. “He’s one of the best leaders After defeating Tennessee last I’ve ever seen,” Ravens coach way to chilly Green Bay Sunday, Baltimore faces Buffalo John Harbaugh said. “Guys like on Saturday night with a berth in that, in a sideline situation like the AFC title game on the line. that when you go down 10, that’s BY GREG BEACHAM first career playoff touchdown The Ravens got the 30-year-old what holds a team together. That’s Associated Press 176 catch to clinch Los Angeles’ win in Wolfe because he’s a run-stopper, what keeps guys fighting.” LOS ANGELES — Cam Akers the fourth quarter, the veteran re- can pressure the quarterback and Harbaugh was hoping to get grew up in Mississippi, and his ceiver thanked Akers for it: Woods Cam Akers’ combined receiving/rush- provides leadership in the locker Wolfe on Baltimore after watch- football journey has taken him to ing yardage last week against Seattle, got wide open on a play-action be- room and on the field. Before that ing him star with the University of Tallahassee and Los Angeles. the third-most by a Rams player in a cause the Seahawks were so con- dry spell in Denver, Wolfe was Cincinnati, but the Broncos So the Rams’ rookie running postseason game. He rushed for 131 cerned about the rookie’s running part of a team that reached the snagged him in the second round back hasn’t spent a whole lot of yards, the most by a Rams rookie in a ability. playoffs four years in a row. The of the 2012 draft. Still, Harbaugh time in the type of frigid weather postseason game. “For him to bounce back how he Broncos compiled a 50-14 regular- never lost sight of the 6-foot-5, he’s about to experience in Green SOURCE: Associated Press did and take over that running season record during that span 285-pound lineman. Bay, where it’s expected to be be- back room and then lead it, really and reached the Super Bowl “I came here because I wanted low 25 degrees at kickoff Saturday grow. The biggest one is, don’t get for a rookie to come in and make twice, winning one and losing one. to get back to winning football before the sun goes down and it re- comfortable. Last week was a big the right cuts and the right runs in So, in spite of his troubling final games. That’s why you play the ally gets cold. game, but the next one is even big- critical situations, I think that’s su- four years in Denver, Wolfe knows game,” Wolfe said. “When that op- Akers does have one prominent ger.” per huge,” Woods said. “It really what it takes to win. portunity really isn’t there, and memory of freezing football, how- The top-seeded Packers (13-3) opens up this offense. But the big- “I really have so much experi- you know you don’t have the team ever: Florida State lost at Notre are the next big thing in Akers’ gest thing is just getting him in ence that I know what a winning that can really do it, it’s heart- Dame two years ago on one of the way, but the rookie appears to be space, seeing him make moves team looks like and the kinds of breaking. But when you’re on a coldest gamedays in South Bend peaking at the ideal time for Los and make guys fall and hit the things you have to do,” he said. “I team that has the players, the in decades. Angeles (11-6). Although his ground.” really just try to lead by example, coaching staff, an organization What does he remember about growth into a role as Todd Gur- Akers has come on quickly for a and I try to speak up when I feel that’s fully invested in winning a that chilling experience? ley’s replacement began slowly, rookie who played sparingly — like I need to say something.” Super Bowl, it makes it fun. Every “I scored two touchdowns,” Ak- it’s picking up speed like one of his and didn’t even touch the football Wolfe had 51 tackles, a sack, a day has a meaning.” ers said Tuesday with a grin. downfield runs. in two games — over the first 12 Akers has plenty of reasons to In Seattle, Akers became the weeks of the regular season, in- be confident heading to the frozen first Rams rookie to rush for 100 stead sharing carries with Darrell tundra, particularly after what’s yards in the postseason for a fran- Henderson and Malcolm Brown. happened during the second half chise born in 1936. His 176 com- When he got a prominent role in of his increasingly impressive bined rushing/receiving yards early December, Akers capital- NFL debut season. were the third-most by any player ized with 340 yards in the Rams’ After his breakout 171-yard in a postseason game in team his- final four regular-season games game against New England last tory, trailing only efforts by Eric before his stellar work in Seattle. month, a high ankle sprain incred- Dickerson in 1986 and Lawrence The Green Bay defense has no- ibly sidelined him for only one McCutcheon in 1974 — and more ticed. week. And in his first NFL playoff than Hall of Famer Marshall “He puts a foot in the ground game last weekend, Akers racked Faulk ever managed in his famed and he cuts back and he’s explo- up 131 yards rushing and 45 more tenure with the Greatest Show on sive,” Packers defensive line receiving against Seattle in the Turf. coach Jerry Montgomery said. Rams’ 30-20 victory — played in Left tackle Andrew Whitworth “He’s got twitch. He’s a little bit of the chilly 30s, no less. put it succinctly in Seattle: “He’s a jump-cutter at times, and then “I’m still learning,” Akers said. made of the right junk. His heart, there’s times when he puts one TERRANCE WILLIAMS / AP “I’m still taking everything day by his passion for the game is spe- foot in the ground and hits it and Ravens DE Derek Wolfe was glad to get away from Denver, where the day. Just putting them in my pock- cial.” gets it. Just explosive. Can take it Broncos lost 37 times and didn’t reach the playoffs the past 4 years. et and just trying to learn and When Robert Woods made his to the house on any snap.” Friday, January 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 47 NHL Flyers’ Farabee has 4 points in win over Penguins

BY DAN GELSTON Lindblom also led Philadelphia Associated Press with three blocked shots. PHILADELPHIA — Nolan Pa- The unconventional opener was trick missed last season with de- decided when Raffl scored from bilitating migraines and Oskar the slot and beat Tristan Jarry Lindblom had his shortened in his 5:37 into the third for a 4-3 lead fight with a rare bone cancer. The and the only cheers for the go- only cheers they heard in their ahead goal came from Flyers fans comeback games came in the watching at home. locker room before faceoff in the Philadelphia pounced from CHRIS O'MEARA / AP form of rousing approval from the there — Lindblom and Kevin Lightning center Steven Stamkos, right, tries to deflect the puck past Chicago goalie Malcolm Subban. Philadelphia Flyers, grateful their Hayes scored 20 seconds apart to teammates could play. turn this one into a rout. Flyers coach Alain Vigneault Mark Jankowski, Brandon Ta- wished a packed arena — that last nev and Sidney Crosby scored for ROUNDUP Scoreboard season had fans holding #Oskar- the Penguins. Strong signs — had a chance to Crosby’s goal was about as ex- Central Division show their appreciation. pected against a team he has GP WLOT Pts GF GA “My one disappointment is that tortured like no other. He was Oskar played his first game in Phi- greeted by strange silence in the Stamkos’ return Tampa Bay 1 1 0 0 2 5 1 Chicago 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 ladelphia since December 2019 empty arena — 20,000 Flyers fans Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 and he didn’t get a chance to play it generally lose their minds chant- Nashville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 in front of Flyers fans giving him ing “Crosby sucks!” — and he sim- sparks Lightning Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 the great cheer and love that he ply skated away without a boo to Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 deserved from coming back and be heard after his tying goal. Associated Press Rielly took a feed from Maple Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 battling cancer,” Vigneault said. Crosby’s 44th goal against Phi- Leafs captain John Tavares on a 2- East Division With Gritty thrusting his bul- ladelphia, more than any other

TAMPA, Fla. — Steven Stamkos on-1 to beat Montreal goalie Carey GP WLOT Pts GF GA bous belly from his sofa, Philadel- team in the league, in 71 games had a goal and two assists in his re- Price and end a chaotic extra peri- phia turned Patrick and Lind- was one of his best. Carter Hart Philadelphia 1 1 0 0 2 6 3 turn to the Tampa Bay Lightning od where both teams had chances Pittsburgh 1 0 1 0 0 3 6 blom’s homecoming into a mea- tried to clear the puck from be- lineup, and the defending Stanley to get the victory. Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ningful victory. hind the net and his lazy pass was Cup champions opened the season William Nylander had two goals Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Patrick and Linblom both batted down by Crosby and poked with a 5-1 victory against the Chi- and an assist for Toronto, while New Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 scored goals, Joel Farabee had a in an empty net to make it 2-2. N.Y. Islan- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 cago Blackhawks on Wednesday Tavares added a goal and two as- ders goal and three assists, and Mi- Jankowski, who scored just five night. sists. Jimmy Vesey chipped in N.Y. Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 chael Raffl and James van Riems- goals last season, scored the first Stamkos underwent surgery in with his first goal for the Maple Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 dyk also scored to lead the Flyers one of this season 5:12 into the early March that kept him out of Leafs, and Frederik Andersen had North Division to a 6-3 win over the Pittsburgh game. Tanev beat Hart, who had all but one game in the playoffs be- 28 saves. GP WLOT Pts GF GA Penguins on Wednesday. 31 saves, early in the third to make fore undergoing surgery again in Josh Anderson scored twice in Vancouver 1 1 0 0 2 5 3 The 22-year-old Patrick, the No. it 3-3. October to repair the same core his debut for the Canadiens, while Toronto 1 1 0 0 2 5 4 2 overall pick in the 2017 draft, “I think it’s just how the puck muscle. Wednesday’s game was Nick Suzuki had a goal and an as- Montreal 1 0 0 1 1 4 5 scored in his first game since April goes and the bounces,” Tanev Edmonton 1 0 1 0 0 3 5 the first full game Stamkos played sist, and Tomas Tatar also scored. Calgary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2, 2019. Lindblom, who returned to said. “They weren’t going our since Feb. 22. Jonathan Drouin and Jeff Petry Ottawa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 play in the NHL restart bubble, way. I thought we played a great “It’s the best I’ve felt in a long each added two assists. Price fin- Winnipeg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 scored a goal on a true heads-up game. I thought we had a lot of time,’’ Stamkos said. “It’s tough ished with 29 saves. West Division play — Travis Konecny’s shot ap- great chances.” sometimes in camp and those Blues 4, Avalanche 1: Oskar GP WLOT Pts GF GA peared to bounce of Lindblom’s Erik Gustafsson had to settle for scrimmages; you only have 10 Sundqvist scored twice and St. Louis 1 1 0 0 2 4 1 helmet for the goal. assists on two shots that seemed days to get ready. Then you get in- blocked four shots, and Jordan Colorado 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 “That is better than me getting destined to find the back of the net to real action the instincts take Binnington made 26 saves to lead Vegas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 one,” Konecny said. in the first period. over and you want to be out there St. Louis to a win at Colorado. Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 making plays. But I felt good, I feel Jordan Kyrou also found the net Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 San Jose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 like I’m just going to build off of after being recalled from the taxi Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 that and continue to get stronger.’’ squad, and new addition Kyle Clif- Anaheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 The Lightning captain has ford added another goal as the Wednesday’s games points in 17 consecutive games — Blues scored four unanswered. Philadelphia 6, Pittsburgh 3 Vancouver 5, Edmonton 3 including 14 goals. Andre Burakovsky scored early St. Louis 4, Colorado 1 Brayden Point, Anthony Cirelli, in the first period for the Ava- Toronto 5, Montreal 4, OT Tampa Bay 5, Chicago 1 Ondrej Palat and Mathieu Joseph lanche, whose streak of season- Thursday’s games also scored to help Tampa Bay win opening wins was halted at four. Boston at New Jersey its seventh consecutive season Canucks 5, Oilers 3: Brock Dallas at Florida, ppd N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers opener. Victor Hedman and Alex Boeser scored twice, including the Washington at Buffalo Carolina at Detroit Killorn each finished with two as- winner, as Vancouver won at Ed- Calgary at Winnipeg sists. Andrei Vasilevskiy had 23 monton. Columbus at Nashville San Jose at Arizona saves. Bo Horvat, Adam Gaudette, and Vancouver at Edmonton Anaheim at Vegas Dylan Strome scored for Chica- rookie Nils Hoglander also scored Minnesota at Los Angeles go, and Malcolm Subban stopped for the Canucks in the first of two Friday’s games 28 shots. games in two nights between the Chicago at Tampa Bay Dallas at Florida, ppd CHRIS SZAGOLA / AP Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 4 teams. Braden Holtby made 28 Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (OT): Morgan Rielly scored at 3:24 saves for his first win for Vancouv- Toronto at Ottawa The Flyers’ Joel Farabee, right, scores on Penguins goalie Tristan Washington at Buffalo of overtime to lift host Toronto. er. 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BY ARNIE STAPLETON restaurants run specials in his honor and he even has Associated Press a cereal named after him. Aside from winning the final Super Bowl before The Chiefs (14-2) are again a top seed and they’re the merger in 1970, the Kansas City Chiefs’ biggest one win away from becoming the first team ever to claim to fame for over half a century was team host three consecutive AFC championships. The only founder Lamar Hunt coining the phrase Super NFC team to do that was the Philadelphia Eagles Bowl. from 2002-04 when Andy Reid was their coach. Patrick Mahomes changed all of that a Even after an excruciatingly long wait, a franchis- year ago when he led a furious fourth- e’s fortunes can change quickly. quarter rally that sent the Chiefs to a Three long-downtrodden teams — the Browns, 31-20 win over San Francisco in Su- Bills and Buccaneers — have made it to the divisional per Bowl 54. round this weekend and are certain they have as good Now, there are Mahomes murals all over town, the city’s famous SEE TERRIFIC ON PAGE 45

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