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Volume 80 Edition 101 ©SS 2021 MONDAY,SEPTEMBER 6, 2021 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas Biden: No quarter for terrorism In statement, president makes clear that while the war in Afghanistan may be over, the war on terror continues

BY CHRIS MEGERIAN Los Angeles Times ven as President Joe Biden assured Americans that he was ending the war in Afghanistan, he directed a very different message to Islamic State terrorists who had killed U.S. service members in a suicide Ebombing there. “We are not done with you yet,” he said.

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Josh Farrell holds American flags during an Aug. 31 vigil in Lawrence, Mass., the hometown of Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, a U.S. Marine who was among 13 service members killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the Aug. 26 attack. The U.S. has ended the “forever war” in Afghanistan, but the war on terrorism and ISIS endures.

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Active-duty education opportunities down as military rolls back benefits BY LEVI PULKKINEN “Getting Marines educated courses while they’re serving, giv- away.” but at no point did anyone ask Special To The Washington Post while on deployment isn’t ing them a head start on credits It didn’t work out. One educa- what our situation was and point Prepping for a deployment in they can use to rise up the ranks in tion provider the military used us in the right direction,” said the Sea of Japan that would leave a priority.” the military or, later, in civilian didn’t serve the Okinawa base Brenner, who left the Marines in them with some downtime, Sam Sam Brenner life. And Brenner, then a platoon where Brenner and his Marines 2018 and is now studying for a Brenner encouraged the Marines former Marine commander commander in his mid-20s, were stationed. Another couldn’t master’s degree in public policy at under his command to take advan- thought it was a good idea to get deliver classes on the USS Green Northeastern University in Bos- tage of an online college education The Pentagon promises sol- “19-year-olds to read books and Bay, the amphibious warfare ship ton. “Getting Marines educated program made available to active- diers, sailors, Marines and airmen use their brains when they would to which they were assigned. duty service members. tuition money to take college otherwise have been wasting “We were in a unique situation, SEE BENEFITS ON PAGE 5 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, September 6, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER Firms to continue in $26B deal of opioid suits EXCHANGE RATES Military rates South Korea (Won) 1156.07 Associated Press whether there was enough buy-in dose epidemic in the U.S. Pre- Switzerland (Franc) 0.9134 Euro costs (Sept. 6) $1.16 Thailand (Baht) 32.47 Four companies in the drug in- to continue the settlement plan. scription opioids such as Dollar buys (Sept. 6) 0.8189 Turkey (NewLira) 8.3020 British pound (Sept. 6) $1.35 dustry said Saturday that enough The distribution companies — OxyContin and Vicodin and illicit Japanese yen (Sept. 6) 107.00 (Military exchange rates are those available states had agreed to a settlement of AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal ones such as heroin and illegally South Korean won (Sept. 6) 1127.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ lawsuits over the opioid crisis for Health and McKesson — said that made fentanyl have been linked to many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain(Dinar) 0.3769 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ them to move ahead with the $26 42 states had agreed to join. John- more than 500,000 deaths in the Britain (Pound) 1.3851 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2529 your local military banking facility. Commercial billion deal. son & Johnson did not immediately U.S. since 2000. China(Yuan) 6.4375 rates are interbank rates provided for reference Denmark (Krone) 6.2549 An announcement from the say how many states agreed to its The next step is trying to get lo- Egypt (Pound) 15.7036 when buying currency. All figures are foreign three largest U.S. drug distribu- part of the settlement. cal governments to sign on to the Euro 0.8412 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7736 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ tion companies and a confirmation Together, the settlements are deal and agree not to continue Hungary (Forint) 292.65 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.2039 from drugmaker Johnson & John- likely to represent the biggest their lawsuits. This phase is to last Japan (Yen) 109.67 INTEREST RATES son, which had previously an- piece of a string of settlements be- until Jan. 2. After that, the compa- Kuwait(Dinar) 0.3006 Norway (Krone) 8.6420 Prime rate 3.25 nounced that it would move ahead, tween companies in the drug in- nies will again decide whether Philippines (Peso) 49.87 Interest Rates Discount rate 0.75 Poland (Zloty) 3.79 Federal funds market rate 0.09 came Saturday. That was the dead- dustry and state and local govern- enough have joined to implement Saudi Arabia (Riyal) 3.7507 3­month bill 0.05 line for the companies to decide ments over the addiction and over- the deal. Singapore (Dollar) 1.3405 30­year bond 1.91 WEATHER OUTLOOK MONDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST MONDAY IN EUROPE TUESDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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TODAY IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 11 Classified ...... 13 Comics ...... 16 Crossword ...... 16 Faces ...... 14 Opinion ...... 15 Sports ...... 17-24 Monday, September 6, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 3 MILITARY HMS Queen Elizabeth docks at Yokosuka base

BY ALEX WILSON ka visit is taking place during the Wednesday. The U.K. strike group Stars and Stripes second leg of the ship’s maiden de- suffered a coronavirus outbreak in YOKOSUKA NAVAL Base, Ja- ployment, which is expected to July. pan — The HMS Queen Elizabeth last nearly eight months, span “Because it’s a short visit, the steamed into the home of the U.S. 26,000 nautical miles and include government of Japan and the U.K. Navy’s 7th Fleet on Saturday, stops in 40 countries. have agreed that no U.K. service marking the first time in decades a No other ships in the U.K. Carri- personnel will depart the ship,” he Royal Navy aircraft carrier has er Strike Group are expected to said. visited Japan. visit Yokosuka at this time, Cmdr. Several personnel from the Scores of British sailors manned Katie Cerezo, spokeswoman for British Embassy Tokyo will be al- the rails and a Navy band perform- Naval Forces Japan, said by phone lowed to go aboard the Queen El- ed festive music as military and on Saturday. izabeth for the express purpose of government officials from the The group plans to hold air and facilitating “ministerial-level” United States, United Kingdom naval training with the Japanese meetings, Staley said. and Japan watched the carrier Self-Defense Force, drills that “Since they’re here, our wish move into a berth usually used by could utilize the U.S. Marine was for them to be able to enjoy Ja- the USS Ronald Reagan. The Ro- F-35B Lightning IIs aboard the pan,” said Vice Adm. Hideki Yua- nald Reagan is in the Arabian Sea Queen Elizabeth. sa, commander in chief of the Ja- supporting the U.S. withdrawal DANIEL BETANCOURT/Stars and Stripes The Queen Elizabeth arrived in pan Maritime Self-Defense from Afghanistan. Installation commander Capt. Rich Jarrett watches the HMS Queen Yokosuka four days after the de- Force’s Self-Defense Fleet, told The Queen Elizabeth’s arrival is Elizabeth steam into Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, on Saturday. parture of another carrier, the Stars and Stripes near the berth on a “historical event,” in part be- USS Carl Vinson, which spent four Saturday. “When things improve, cause a U.K. carrier hasn’t made a know of that another country’s air- Forces Japan, Rear Adm. Carl days at the naval base just south of I hope they can come back to visit port call on Japan in decades, craft carrier has [docked] in Yoko- Lahti, echoed those sentiments to Tokyo. and enjoy Japan.” Capt. Simon Staley, the U.K. de- suka,” he said. “This once again Stars and Stripes on Saturday, say- While Carl Vinson sailors were Staley said Japan will be the car- fense attache to Japan, told Stars reinforces the relationship be- ing the “historical” moment dem- limited to activities on base, Staley rier’s easternmost stop before it and Stripes at the berth on Satur- tween the U.S. and the U.K. glob- onstrated the nations’ close part- said the Queen Elizabeth’s crew returns to the U.K. later this year. day. ally as the strongest of allies.” nership. will be staying aboard the carrier, “And this is the first time that I The commander of U.S. Naval The Queen Elizabeth’s Yokosu- which is expected to leave on [email protected] 173rd Brigade paratroopers ruck 40 miles to honor WWII heroes BY NANCY MONTGOMERY drowned while crossing the icy Brigade troops rarely run such Stars and Stripes lake in an amphibious vehicle, long distances in training, usually VICENZA, Italy — Hundreds of which sank. Their bodies were keeping to 4 to 8 miles during U.S. paratroopers ran, walked and never recovered. morning PT, Whittier said. “airborne shuffled” along Italy’s The annual hike, called the Col. “Some people are at mile 30 al- largest lake to honor an American Darby 40-Miler, was initiated in ready,” Whittier said. “They’re war hero and 25 infantrymen 2010 by retired Army Ranger Rick running.” killed there in the last throes of Tscherne with the cooperation of Among those were Chief War- World War II. Italian officials. rant Officer 3 Will Trimble, who Some 350 soldiers from the The event begins at 6 a.m., and finished in 9 hours and 28 minutes, 173rd Airborne Brigade took up the course winds along the lake and Sgt. Erik Knight, who did 40 the challenge Thursday, starting through pretty little towns. Hikers miles in eight hours, according to at the bottom of Lake Garda and must cross the finish line by 6 p.m. 1st Sgt. Wesley Shields. WESLEY SHIELDS/U.S. Army heading along the eastern shore to be eligible for coins that It was the first time that Shields, About 350 173rd Airborne Brigade paratroopers took part in an all the way to Torbole, 40 miles Tscherne hands out. an Army Ranger, took part in the annual 12­hour, 40­mile hike along Lake Garda on Sept. 2. north. Six hours in, Sgt. 1st Class Bryan event. That’s where then-Col. William Whittier, was at mile 23. Whittier, “It was a gut check for sure,” he for the last 5 miles, he picked up tired as they boarded their bus Darby, founder of what became 33 and an Army Ranger, said he’d said. “It’s the farthest I’ve ever his pace to an airborne shuffle, a back to Vicenza, Shields said. the elite U.S. Army Rangers, was been mostly walking the route, rucked.” slow jog, “because it just felt bet- “The second the bus started killed on April 30, 1945, by a Ger- along with “a light, light jog.” Shields, 33, said he stopped only ter to do an airborne shuffle than moving and the AC came on, I man artillery shell. Darby was Typically it takes more than 13 to change socks and stretch, to walk.” looked around and everybody was posthumously promoted to briga- hours to walk 40 miles at a relaxed fueled by numerous protein and All but one of the 30 participa- just racked out,” he added. dier general. pace, 10 hours at a “normal” pace cereal bars, fruit packs and water. ting paratroopers finished. Most

On the same day, 25 soldiers and 7 hours and 20 minutes at a Shields made it to the end in 10 everybody was happy they’d done [email protected] from the 10th Mountain Division rapid pace, experts say. hours and 47 minutes. He said that it despite being footsore and quite Twitter:@montgomerynance B-52 bombers train with Japanese and Indonesian fighters on Guam

BY WYATT OLSON the U.S. territory on Aug. 26. as a means of projecting U.S. air- Guam in July from Minot Air Force essary training to respond to any po- Stars and Stripes On Tuesday, F-15 fighter jets power and resolve to North Korea, Base, N.D., to support a taskforce tential crisis or challenge across the An undisclosed number of B-52 from the Japan Air Self-Defense China and Russia. mission and to take part in the Tal- globe,” Lt. Col. Benjamin Poole, di- Stratofortress bombers, along with Force trained with the bombers Andersen acts as a staging point isman Saber exercise. rector of operations for the task roughly 230 airmen, have been sent over an undisclosed area of the Pa- for the bombers, which gives com- In June, B-52s flew into the Pacif- force, said in the news release. to Andersen Air Force Base on cific, the Air Force said. manders flexibility in meeting ic region during a marathon 12,000- “Through long range power pro- Guam for Pacific Air Forces’ Bom- A day later, F-16s from Indonesia whatever challenges arise, the Air mile mission crossing Europe and jection, we are able to deter any po- ber Task Force. flew with the bombers, marking the Force said. the Arctic. tential adversaries and increase our The B-52s and airmen are as- first time its air force integrated Since last year, the deployments In April, four B-52s were sent to strategic advantage in great power,” signed to the 2nd and 307th Bomb with American B-52s. have been done in an unpredictable Guam from Barksdale. he said. Wings at Barksdale Air Force Base, Over the past 16 years, bomber manner intended to confound any “The [Bomber Task Force] pro-

La., the Air Force said in a news re- patrols from Guam over the East potential adversary. vides an opportunity to enhance [email protected] lease Wednesday. They arrived in and South China Seas have served A group of B-52s arrived on readiness and give aircrews the nec- Twitter: @WyattWOlson PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, September 6, 2021 MILITARY US extends its ban on travel to North Korea

BY DAVID CHOI icy for those “specially validated Stars and Stripes for such travel,” ostensibly for American passport holders diplomatic purposes approved by hoping to travel to North Korea as the U.S. government. tourists will have to wait at least If a request for travel to North one more year. Korea is approved, the State De- The State Department extended partment recommends that the its travel ban to the dictatorship on traveler draft a will and “discuss a Thursday, saying in a memo that plan with loved ones regarding U.S. citizens face a “serious risk” care/custody of children, pets, of “arrest and long-term detention property, belongings, non-liquid constituting imminent danger to assets (collections, artwork, etc.), their physical safety.” funeral wishes, etc.” The ban, which has been renew- The United States does not have ed annually since 2017, expires diplomatic or consular services in Aug. 31, 2022, “unless extended or North Korea and is unable to pro- revoked by the Secretary of vide emergency services, the State,” the memo said. State Department says on its web- Tourists who have traveled to site. North Korea in the past have had The travel ban took effect in their visits closely regulated and September 2017, months after the PIXABAY monitored by authorities. North death of Otto Warmbier, a 22- Tourists who have traveled to North Korea in the past have had their visits closely regulated and monitored Korean handlers normally ac- year-old college student from by authorities. company the foreigners, prohibit- Ohio. ing them from freely socializing Warmbier took part in a five- Despite having pleaded guilty, he evacuated to the U.S. but died two oned for one to three years after with citizens and preventing them day tour of North Korea by way of was sentenced to 15 years of hard days after arriving. being accused of espionage and from taking unauthorized photo- China in December 2015. Shortly labor. Three other American captives “hostile acts.” graphs. before leaving the country, he was Warmbier spent the next 17 were released by the regime after

The State Department’s notice accused of attempting to steal a months in prison, where he even- negotiations in 2018. The three [email protected] provides an exception to the pol- propaganda poster and arrested. tually fell into a coma. He was Korean Americans were impris- Twitter: @choibboy S. Korea’s military fires back at Navy identifies 5 sailors killed in helicopter crash claim of testing ‘no mask’ policy Staff and wire reports for the wreckage, the Navy’s Pacif- BY DAVID CHOI body responsible for researching the welfare of its troops and “to SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Navy ic fleet said in a Saturday state- Stars and Stripes infectious diseases and illnesses. normalize unit activities in mili- on Sunday released the names of ment. CAMP HUMPHREYS, South “It is a very shocking thing that tary compounds,” the statement the five Helicopter Sea Combat Also injured on Tuesday were Korea — The South Korean mili- the president, who is the com- said. “Expressing this as ‘experi- Squadron (HSC) 8 crewmembers five other sailors who were on tary is denying an allegation it has mander-in-chief, directed the mil- ment’ … is to belittle the military’s who died Tuesday when their hel- board the USS Abraham Lincoln implemented an experimental itary to carry out virtually the [ex- efforts to normalize.” icopter crashed into the sea. aircraft carrier where the MH-60S “no mask” policy to test troops’ periment] at the risk of the mili- The current COVID-19 regula- According to a news release, the helicopter was operating on the herd immunity against the coro- tary personnel’s health and safe- tions have been more debilitating names of the deceased are: Lt. Bra- deck before the crash. navirus. ty,” Ha told reporters. “If [this is for troops than to “ordinary peo- dley A. Foster, 29, a pilot from Oak- They were in stable conditions National Assembly member Ha true], I hope the president imme- ple,” the defense ministry said, hurst, Calif.; Lt. Paul R. Fridley, as of Saturday, said Lt. Samuel R. Tae Keung, of the conservative diately makes a direct apology to adding that discussions to loosen 28, a pilot from Annandale, Va.; Boyle, a spokesman for the Pacific People’s Power Party, raised the the people and soldiers of the the rules were considered due to Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) fleet. claim during a press conference whole force.” “an accumulation of soldiers’ 2nd Class James P. Buriak, 31, An investigation into what on Aug. 27. He said President The Blue House did not respond senses of fatigue.” from Salem, Va.; Hospital Corps- caused the crash about 70 miles off Moon Jae-in directed several mil- to a request for comment Friday. While most of the country wait- man 2nd Class Sarah F. Burns, 31, San Diego is ongoing, but the fact itary units to “test whether sol- Ha is among a dozen candidates ed to receive a coronavirus vac- from Severna Park, Md.; Hospital that sailors aboard the carrier diers become immune to CO- running for his party’s nomination cine earlier this year, South Ko- Corpsman 3rd Class Bailey J. were injured raised questions VID-19 variants” by having them for the next presidential election rean service members were prior- Tucker, 21, from St. Louis, Mo. about whether the helicopter or remove their masks. in March. itized under government orders. An investigation into the inci- parts of it hit the Lincoln. The policy, Ha alleged, was to The Ministry of National De- Roughly 94% of troops are vacci- dent is underway, the release said. The helicopter crashed during “observe and test the efficacy of fense denied the allegation and nated compared to 33% of the gen- The U.S. Navy declared the five what the Navy described only as herd immunity, responsiveness to described it as “misleading,” in a eral population. missing sailors dead nearly a week routine flight operations. variants, fatality rate, and so on.” statement to Stars and Stripes on “Measures to ease guidance on after a helicopter crashed in the The MH-60S helicopter typical- Ha did not disclose the source of Tuesday. The statement did not infection prevention and control Pacific Ocean, shifting the search ly carries a crew of about four and his claim but provided a list of mil- mention whether Moon had spe- partly has not been decided yet,” for them to a recovery operation on is used in missions including com- itary units that allegedly received cifically given an order and the the Defense Ministry’s statement Saturday. bat support, humanitarian disas- the directive. He said Moon made ministry did not elaborate on the said. The move followed more than 72 ter relief and search and rescue. the order without consulting the matter. “They will be settled after close hours of coordinated rescue ef- The aircraft belongs to the Na- Korea Disease Control and Pre- The military has considered discussions between [the minis- forts and nearly three dozen vy’s Helicopter Sea Combat vention Agency, the government easing COVID-19 restrictions for try] and health authorities.” search and rescue flights to look Squadron 8. Monday, September 6, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 MILITARY Vets contribute nine medals at the Paralympics

BY SETH ROBSON Force and Marine Corps veterans. Stars and Stripes They took part in archery, cycling, TOKYO — Three gold, three sil- paratriathlon, rowing, track and ver and three bronze: These are field, wheelchair fencing and the medals that active-duty and wheelchair rugby. U.S. military veterans are bring- Their nine medals contributed ing home from the pandemic de- to the 104, including 37 gold, won AKIFUMI ISHIKAWA/Stars and Stripes layed Paralympics, which closed by Team USA. The United States The flags of Japan, the United States and France are carried into National Stadium during closing Sunday evening in Japan’s capital had the third-highest total, behind ceremonies for the Tokyo Paralympics, on Sunday. city. China’s 207 and Great Britain’s The ceremonies featured 124. nagir, who lost both legs and part was amputated above the knee, Their country’s flag was among scaled-back pageantry like those Team USA’s first medal of the of his left hand after stepping on and he sustained a traumatic the first to enter National Stadium for the XXXII Olympiad early last games was a silver in track cycling an improvised explosive device in brain injury. during the Paralympics’ opening month in the same space, Japan’s won by Shawn Morelli, a former 2007 near Fallujah, Iraq, won a sil- The wounded warriors were ceremony on Aug. 24. It was car- National Stadium. Both games Army officer who served in Iraq ver medal with the U.S. wheel- among about 4,400 Paralympians ried by a volunteer because the were postponed a year due to the chair rugby team. They lost to and staff from roughly 160 coun- Afghan athletes had yet to arrive. and Afghanistan. She topped that coronavirus pandemic and held Great Britain 54-49 in the Aug. 29 tries and territories who took part Like the Tokyo Olympics, which with a gold medal in road cycling mostly without spectators. final. in the games. New Paralympic concluded on Aug. 8, the Paralym- on Tuesday. Drummers serenaded athletes Air Force veteran Ryan Pinney sports included badminton and pics were held without spectators, A triathlon gold medal was won before electronic dance music be- and former Army Staff Sgt. Alfre- taekwondo, replacing sailing and although school groups were al- Aug. 28 by Bradley Snyder, a for- gan pumping and performers in do “Freddie” De los Santos won seven-a-side football. lowed to attend some events. mer Navy lieutenant who lost his fluorescent pink and yellow cos- bronze in road cycling’s mixed A disabled Afghan evacuee, Za- Tokyo’s daily cases numbers, tumes, some on bicycles and roller eyesight after stepping on an im- H1-5 team relay event for compet- ki Khudadadi, competed in taek- which reached a pandemic high of skates, put on a show near the provised bomb in Afghanistan. itors with a range of limb restric- wondo on Thursday, becoming the 5,042 during the Olympics, de- Olympic flame. Fireworks rocket- The race at Odaiba Marine Park tions on Thursday. first woman from the war-torn clined steadily during the Para- ed above the stadium before flag- was Snyder’s first Paralympic Pinney, who spent 14 years as an country to compete in the Para- lympics. The prefecture, which is bearers entered for the parade of triathlon. inflight refueler on KC-135 Strato- lympics since 2004. Khudadadi under a state of emergency until nations. Army Sgt. 1st Class Elizabeth tankers for the Air Force and Ari- lost both of her fights against Uz- Sept. 12, logged 1,853 cases on The American flag was carried Marks, who had a leg amputated zona National Guard, broke his bek and Ukrainian opponents in Sunday. by five-time Paralympian Matt after injuring her hips in Iraq in back after crashing during a BMX the women’s 44 to 49-kg weight Nearly 300 people associated Scott, a wheelchair basketball 2010, smashed a world swimming race in Las Vegas in 2012, the Ari- category. with the Paralympics have tested player whose team defeated Ja- record by two seconds to win gold zona Republic reported on July She and teammate Hossain Ra- positive for the virus over the past pan 64-60 to take gold on Sunday. in the women’s 100-meter back- 23. souli, who lost his left arm in a three weeks, Japan’s Mainichi Team USA included three ac- stroke on Friday. She also took sil- De los Santos was wounded in mine blast, arrived in Tokyo on newspaper reported on Sunday. tive-duty soldiers competing in ver in 50-meter freestyle and Afghanistan when a rocket-pro- Aug. 28 after being evacuated shooting and swimming events, bronze in 50-meter butterfly. pelled grenade attack on his vehi- from Kabul, which fell to the Tali- [email protected] along with 16 Army, Navy, Air Former Marine Raymond Hen- cle in October 2009. His right leg ban on Aug. 15. Twitter: @SethRobson1 Benefits: Military saw rise in use of program during pandemic

FROM PAGE 1 from Afghanistan serves as a re- That means that many service people, teach eager learners and kesperson said in an email that the while on deployment isn’t a prior- minder of service members’ sacri- members — including medics and produce workers with unparallel- military branches rely on other ity.” fices, however, education is often others in fields in high demand — ed experience and needed skills. entities — the Department of Edu- While much of the attention to only spottily available to those on have to wait to go to college until And colleges and universities see cation and the Department of Vet- education benefits for service active duty. The military branches they leave the military. a way to recruit students. erans Affairs — to determine members focuses on veterans, have tried to cut the benefit in re- “People sign up for the military More than a third of the $488 which educational providers can most of the U.S. military’s 1.3 mil- cent years, even as use of the pro- to serve, and it’s great that they million spent on tuition assistance receive federal money. lion active-duty personnel are also gram rose during the coronavirus have these options. And it sucks for active-duty service members The Defense Department is eligible for tuition assistance, a pandemic. that those options can be a pain to during the 2020 fiscal year went to “not aware of” any further formal perk for which taxpayers spend The Air Force attempted to actually use,” Brenner said. one nonprofit and two for-profit actions that would change tuition nearly half a billion dollars a year. slash its tuition benefit in 2020 as “We get really excellent educa- online providers, according to De- assistance benefits, the spokes- “A lot of people, particularly in airmen idled by the pandemic tion benefits,” he said. “We just fense Department figures. Amer- person said. the Army, they’re joining for that signed up for more classes than don’t get to use them until after ican Public Education, a private, Many active-duty students are education benefit,” said Mark expected, only to reverse course we’re out.” for-profit education provider the first in their families to pursue Haskins, a retired Air Force colo- after complaints. The Navy re- Some 236,992 active-duty ser- based in West Virginia that runs higher education and have gone to nel and executive director at the stricted eligibility for education vice members drew on the tuition Joint Base Lewis-McChord cam- programs in 2019 after sailors — assistance benefits, which max American Public University and what Haskins, of Pierce College, pus of Pierce College, a communi- whom the admiral in charge of out at between $3,000 and $4,500 a American Military University, described as substandard pri- ty college system south of Seattle. personnel complained should year depending on the service drew about $96 million; Ashford mary and secondary schools. For “It doesn’t mean that they don’t al- have been more focused on their branch, between October 2019 University, a private, for-profit them, the armed services repre- so have a heart for service, but that work — enrolled in college at such and September 2020, a Defense college recently acquired by the sent a way up in the world. education benefit represents a high rates that they drained the Department spokesperson said. University of Arizona, $26 million; “They are really the ultimate better life and greater opportuni- tuition assistance fund. The Army Where the Pentagon sees run- and the online arm of the Univer- adult learners,” he said — orga- ty.” imposed its own restrictions on away costs to be contained, advo- sity System of Maryland, $58 mil- nized, oriented toward specific Even as the 20th anniversary of education benefits the year be- cates for education see a huge op- lion. goals and not interested in filling 9/11 looms, and the withdrawal fore. portunity to recruit motivated The Defense Department spo- time. PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, September 6, 2021 AFGHANISTAN Kabul airport reopens in limited capacity

The Washington Post tems, making it difficult to resume cism, a freeze on government re- province in Afghanistan holding a top aviation official at Kabul air- KABUL, Afghanistan — Kabul’s international civilian flights, a key serves and their need to meet the out against the Islamist group. port, said a few domestic flights airport reopened with domestic step to enable refugees to leave. expectations of fighters who “Officially the airport is open,” were able to resume after Qatari flights taking off Saturday after a But the Qatari foreign ministry fought two decades for victory. Saad said Sunday. “Over the past engineers set up temporary radio team of engineers from Qatar re- said Qatari technical officials had The Taliban have been expected to two days, we’ve repaired more communications between air traf- paired parts of the airport’s air prepared the airport for interna- announce a government for sever- than we expected. fic controllers and pilots last week. traffic control system last week, tional humanitarian flights. al days. “I want to assure all people that But pilots have to navigate flights’ according to Muhammad Salim The resumption of domestic Taliban fighters took control of the airport is safe and secure,” landing and take off visually. Inter- Saad, the Taliban commander in flights sees the Taliban cementing several strategic districts during Saad said. He added there were re- national commercial airlines are charge of airport security. their civilian control of the coun- intense fighting Saturday against maining technical issues that unlikely to resume before radar The airport is still operating try, as they face myriad challeng- resistance fighters in the northern should be fixed this week. and navigation systems are fully without radar or navigation sys- es, including international skepti- Panjshir Valley, the last remaining Capt. Ghirlandaio Jailani Wafa, operational , he said. Clear: Former officials say intel now harder to generate Blinken, U.S. counterterrorism operations. FROM PAGE 1 “A program of ‘over the horizon Austin to The statement was a reminder strikes’ could present what seems that the “forever war” isn’t really to be an answer to immediate po- over, despite the withdrawal of litical problems,” said Priyanka visit key U.S. forces from Afghanistan after Motaparthy, who works on coun- two decades. Instead of closing the terterrorism issues at Columbia door on American operations, Af- University’s Human Rights Insti- Gulf allies ghanistan will probably join the tute. “But it doesn’t address the roster of countries where Wash- long-term issues facing the ad- Associated Press ington has awarded itself sweep- ministration, which is to grapple WASHINGTON — Top U.S. na- ing powers to target a range of ter- with rule of law, accountability, tional security officials will see how rorist groups. transparency and human rights.” the failed war in Afghanistan may This new phase in Afghanistan Former officials said it will be be reshaping America’s relation- could resemble operations in So- harder to generate the intelli- ships in the Middle East as they malia and Yemen, where U.S. gence needed for precision strikes meet with key allies in the Persian forces have used commandos and in Afghanistan now that the U.S. Gulf and Europe this week. drones to hunt offshoots of the al- withdrawal is complete. Recruit- Secretary of State Antony Blin- Qaida terrorist network. These DAVID GOLDMAN/AP ing informants — and evaluating ken and Defense Secretary Lloyd missions are often shrouded in se- Mourners hold American flags and candles during a vigil Tuesday, in the veracity of their information Austin are traveling to the Gulf sep- crecy from start to finish, existing Lawrence, Mass., for Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, a U.S. Marine — isn’t easy without personal arately, leaving Sunday. They will in a gray area between war and who was killed last month in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan. meetings. talk with leaders who are central to peace. Doug London, the CIA’s former U.S. efforts to prevent a resurgence “It’s complicated from a legal ened restrictions on strikes that ity. counterterrorism chief for South of extremist threats in Afghanistan, perspective, a policy perspective, might harm civilians. The Amer- The U.S. responded with drone and Southwest Asia, said technol- some of whom were partners in the an operational perspective,” said ican Civil Liberties Union has de- strikes that may prove instructive ogy such as surveillance drones 20-year fight against the Taliban. Luke Hartig, a former senior di- scribed the policy as an “open- for how future operations could be and satellites can’t easily fill the Together, the Austin and Blinken rector for counterterrorism in ended authorization for the Unit- conducted — with little transpar- void. trips are meant to reassure Gulf al- President Barack Obama’s Na- ed States to kill virtually anyone it ency and significant suffering. “Those things don’t operate in a lies that President Joe Biden’s deci- tional Security Council. designates as a terrorist threat.” The Pentagon said the first vacuum,” he said. “They need to sion to end the U.S. war in Afghanis- Former officials said the task in Biden could decide to tighten strike, on Saturday, killed an ISIS know where to look, when to look tan in order to focus more on other Afghanistan will become more the rules again, although there’s “planner” and “facilitator,” but and for whom to look.” security challenges like China and difficult now that the Taliban have no sign he’s interested in ending U.S. officials declined to identify The collapse of the Afghan gov- Russia does not foretell an abandon- retaken control and the U.S. has the program of targeted killings. either person or say whether they ernment, which had been propped ment of U.S. partners in the Middle shut down its embassy and mili- He’ll also face political pressure to had a direct role in the Kabul at- up by U.S. forces for years, has al- East. The U.S. military has had a tary bases. The CIA, which plays a ensure Afghanistan doesn’t be- tack. so left intelligence officials with- presence in the Gulf for decades, in- leading role in targeting terrorist come a breeding ground for ter- Another strike the next day tar- out a clear partner in the country. cluding the Navy’s 5th Fleet head- groups, won’t be able to cultivate rorism like it was two decades ago, geted a vehicle that U.S. officials There’s also a combustible mix quarters in Bahrain. Biden has not sources of information as easily as when al-Qaida planned the Sept. said was being used by terrorists of terrorist and militant groups. suggested ending that presence, but before. And if American spies lo- 11 attacks while it was sheltered planning a suicide bombing. Fam- The Taliban never cut ties with al- he — like the Trump administration cate a target, they’ll need to order by the Taliban. ily members say the strike killed Qaida, and they are also inter- before him — has called China the an “over the horizon” airstrike “These threats are like mush- 10 civilians, including seven chil- twined with the Haqqani network, No. 1 security priority, along with from a drone or warplane that rooms in the dark. They just keep dren and a man who worked for a which is rooted in Pakistan. strategic challenges from Russia. could take hours to reach land- popping up,” said Frank Montoya U.S.-based charity. However, those organizations Blinken travels to Qatar and will locked Afghanistan. Jr., a former FBI agent who spe- U.S. officials said it’s possible are at odds with Islamic State in also stop in Germany to see Afghan “The counterterrorism situa- cialized in national security cases. that bystanders died when the ter- Khorasan, or ISIS-K, which car- evacuees at Ramstein Air Base who tion in Afghanistan has gotten Biden said last month that the rorists’ explosives were set off by ried out the airport attack. are awaiting clearance to travel to much worse,” said Marc Polyme- U.S. could keep tabs on the prob- the drone strike. Gen. Mark Mil- The conflict has raised the pos- the United States. While there he ropoulos, a former CIA base chief lem even though it was pulling out ley, chair of the Joint Chiefs of sibility that Washington could will join a virtual meeting with coun- in the eastern part of the country. its troops. Staff, said Wednesday that the cooperate with the Taliban, much terparts from 20 nations on the way “It just has. Period.” “We conduct effective counter- military was investigating the in- as U.S. forces did during the final ahead in Afghanistan. How exactly the mission will be terrorism missions against terror- cident but that, at this point, offi- weeks of the evacuation from Ka- Austin plans to start his trip by conducted is being evaluated by ist groups in multiple countries cials had no second thoughts. bul. Milley, the Joint Chiefs chair, thanking the leaders of Qatar for the White House. Officials have where we don’t have permanent “We think that the procedures said such collaboration was “pos- their cooperation during the Kabul been immersed in a monthslong military presence,” Biden said. “If were correctly followed and it was sible.” airlift that helped clear an initially review of policies governing necessary, we’ll do the same in Af- a righteous strike,” he said. London was skeptical, given the clogged pipeline of desperate eva- drone strikes outside traditional ghanistan.” The incident drew heavy media Taliban’s relationship with al-Qai- cuees. During a stop in Bahrain, battlefields — a framework that Thirteen U.S. service members coverage as it occurred in the da. Austin plans to speak with Marines now applies to Afghanistan. and scores of Afghans were killed midst of a highly scrutinized evac- “How do we partner with them who spent weeks at Kabul airport Obama put rules in place during last week in a suicide bombing tar- uation effort, but civilian casual- on one group when they’re part- executing a frantic and dangerous his second term in office, and geting the evacuation at Kabul’s ties usually receive less attention nered with another group that’s evacuation of Afghans, Americans President Donald Trump loos- airport. ISIS claimed responsibil- despite their frequency during trying to kill Americans?” he said. and others. Monday, September 6, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 AFGHANISTAN US: Afghans who fail 1st screening sent to Kosovo BY ELLEN KNICKMEYER time balked at temporarily host- Associated Press ing the United States’ Afghan eva- An ardent U.S. ally, Kosovo, has cuees, for fear of getting stuck agreed to take in Afghanistan eva- with the Americans’ security cuees who fail to clear initial problems. That all presented ma- rounds of screening and host them jor obstacles in U.S. preparations for up to a year, a U.S. official said for evacuation of vulnerable Af- Saturday, in an intended fix to one ghans, even before Kabul fell to of the security problems of the the Taliban on Aug. 15. frantic U.S. evacuation from the The Taliban’s lightning con- Kabul airport. quest of Afghanistan set off the The U.S. plan is likely to face ob- chaotic U.S.-military airlift out of jections from refugee advocates, the Kabul airport. who already complain of a lack of The administration within days public disclosure and uncertain of the Taliban takeover mobilized legal jurisdiction in the Biden ad- thousands of U.S. troops, diplo- ministration’s use of overseas mats, law enforcement agents, KEGAN E. KAY/U.S. Navy screening sites. Those quickly set- border and transportation work- U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Angie Smith carries a sleeping baby down from an Airbus A320 aircraft carryingup overseas transit sites are still ers, volunteers and others for evacuees from Afghanistan to Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, on Aug. 29. operating near or at full speed to screening, processing and caring verify eligibility and look for secu- for evacuees at more than a half- rity issues among thousands of Af- dozen U.S. naval stations, airfields ghans and smaller numbers of and army bases in Europe and Almost 2,700 evacuees leave Americans flown out of Taliban- Asia. Officials and volunteers held Afghanistan between Aug. 15 handed stuffed animals and toys and Aug. 31. to arriving children at many of the US naval bases in Spain, Italy The U.S. official spoke to the As- transit sites, and set up play areas. sociated Press on condition of ano- The aim of the mobilization was Stars and Stripes nymity to discuss the plan. It was to get deserving evacuees through Nearly 2,700 Afghan evacuees the first disclosure of what the to the United States as quickly as temporarily housed at U.S. Navy U.S. intends to do with Afghans or possible, and stop possible securi- bases in Spain and Italy have de- other evacuees who have failed to ty risks among evacuees, and oth- parted for America, U.S. Naval clear initial rounds of screening or er evacuees who failed to qualify Forces Europe-Africa said Fri- whose cases otherwise require for relocation to the United States, day. more processing. before they touched foot on U.S. About 1,900 evacuees have left The U.S. Embassy in Kosovo in soil. Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sici- a statement later Saturday Kosovo considers itself a close ly and another 750 have departed stressed that the arrangement did ally of the United States since the Naval Station Rota in Spain, said not mean Kosovo was taking eva- U.S. spearheaded a 1999 NATO air Capt. Tamara Lawrence, U.S. Na- cuees who had been deemed ineli- campaign against Serbian forces val Forces Europe-Africa spokes- gible for admission to the United brutalizing Kosovo civilians. The woman. States. “Some applicants are still two Afghan evacuee sites sit along Evacuees from NAS Sigonella in the process of obtaining needed a highway named after President and NS Rota are flown to Washing- documents and providing all the Joe Biden’s late son, Beau Biden, ton Dulles International Airport information required to qualify who helped train local judges and or Philadelphia International Air- under U.S law for immediate en- prosecutors after the Kosovo war. port. The U.S. Department of try,” the embassy statement said. Kosovo leaders have agreed to Homeland Security is overseeing JOHN OWEN/U.S. Navy The Biden administration had one-year stays for the evacuees, resettlement of evacuees, who ini- Sailors stationed at Naval Station Rota, Spain, greet evacuees from resisted months of urging from with a possibility of extensions. tially are processed through sev- Afghanistan after their arrival at the base aboard a U.S. Air Force C­17 some refugee organizations and Kosovo’s prime minister and oth- eral U.S. military bases, according Globemaster III, on Wednesday. veterans groups to bring former er officials turned out at the air- to the department’s website. Afghan allies or others most vul- port to welcome the first Afghan Lawrence said the number of NAS Sigonella has a maximum ca- Four U.S. military bases in Eu- nerable to targeting by the Tali- evacuees. evacuees at NAS Sigonella and NS pacity of 4,000 persons with NS rope have accepted nearly 38,000 ban to American territory for se- The majority of Kosovo’s people Rota changes several times each Rota at 3,000, neither of which Afghan evacuees during the past curity screening and other proc- are Muslim, like Afghans, al- day with multiple flights arriving have been exceeded, Lawrence two weeks with about half already essing. though Kosovo’s constitution es- and departing from each base. said. in the U.S. Several other countries for a tablishes it as a secular state. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, September 6, 2021 VIRUS OUTBREAK Two anchors of COVID safety net ending

Associated Press “This will be a double whammy WASHINGTON — Mary Tabo- of hardship,” said Jamie Contre- niar went 15 months without a ras, secretary-treasurer of the paycheck, thanks to the COVID SEIU, a union that represents cus- pandemic. A housekeeper at the todians in office buildings and Hilton Hawaiian Village resort in food service workers in airports. Honolulu, the single mother of two “We’re not anywhere near done. saw her income completely vanish People still need help. ... For mil- as the virus devastated the hospi- lions of people nothing has tality industry. changed from a year and a half For more than a year, Taboniar ago.” depended entirely on boosted un- President Joe Biden’s adminis- employment benefits and a net- tration believes the U.S. economy work of local foodbanks to feed is strong enough not to be rattled her family. Even this summer as by evictions or the drop in unem- the vaccine rollout took hold and ployment benefits. Officials main- tourists began to travel again, her tain that other elements of the work was slow to return, peaking safety net, like the Child Tax Cred- at 11 days in August — about half it and the SNAP program (which her pre-pandemic workload. Biden permanently boosted earli- Taboniar is one of millions of er this summer) are enough to Americans for whom Labor Day smooth things over. On Friday, a 2021 represents a perilous cross- White House spokesperson said roads. Two primary anchors of the there were no plans to reevaluate government’s COVID protection the end of the unemployment ben- CALEB JONES/AP package are ending or have re- efits. People sit on a Waikiki Beach Aug. 24 in Honolulu. Two key pieces of the pandemic safety net are ending cently ended. Starting Monday, an “Twenty-two-trillion-dollar placing tremendous pressure on workers who have not seen hours and jobs return. estimated 8.9 million people will economies work in no small part lose all unemployment benefits. A on momentum and we have strong forward and recovering,” Walsh down to a fairly healthy 5.2%. But of the the protections to specific federal eviction moratorium al- momentum going in the right di- said in an interview. “I think the Andrew Stettler, a senior fellow economic recovery metrics. He ready has expired. rection on behalf of the American American economy and the with the Century Foundation, a suggests three consecutive While other aspects of pandem- workforce,” said Jared Bernstein, American worker are in a better left-leaning think tank, says the months with nationwide unem- ic assistance including rental aid a member of the White House position going into Labor Day 2021 end of the expanded unemploy- ployment below 5% as a reasona- and the expanded Child Tax Cred- Council of Economic Advisers. than they were on Labor Day ment benefits is still coming too ble benchmark to trigger the end it are still widely available, untold Labor Secretary Marty Walsh 2020.” early. of the unemployment benefits. millions of Americans will face said he believed the country’s la- Walsh and others point to en- Rather than setting an arbitrary “This does seem to be the wrong Labor Day with a suddenly bor force was ready for the shift. couraging job numbers; as of Fri- deadline, Stettler says the admin- policy decision based on where we shrunken social safety net. “Overall the economy is moving day the unemployment rate was istration should have tied the end are,” Stettler said. Florida grappling with virus’ deadliest phase yet Associated Press by the highly contagious delta var- porting, more recent figures on fa- MIAMI — Funeral director iant. talities per day are incomplete.) Wayne Bright has seen grief piled While Florida’s vaccination rate Hospitals have had to rent re- upon grief during the latest CO- is slightly higher than the national frigerated trucks to store more VID-19 surge. average, the Sunshine State has an bodies. Funeral homes have been A woman died of the virus, and outsize population of elderly peo- overwhelmed. as her family was planning the fu- ple, who are especially vulnerable Cristina Miles, a mother of five neral, her mother was also struck to the virus; a vibrant party scene; from Orange Park, is among those down. An aunt took over arrange- and a Republican governor who facing more than one loss at a ments for the double funeral, only has taken a hard line against mask time. Her husband died after con- to die of COVID-19 herself two requirements, vaccine passports tracting COVID-19, and less than weeks afterward. and business shutdowns. two weeks later, her mother-in- “That was one of the most dev- As of mid-August, the state was law succumbed to the virus. astating things ever,” said Bright, averaging 244 deaths per day, up “I feel we are all kind of in a who also arranged the funeral last from just 23 a day in late June and weird dream state,” she said. week of one of his closest friends. eclipsing the previous peak of 227 Hospitals have been swamped CHRIS O’MEARA/AP Florida is in the grip of its dead- during the summer of 2020. (Be- with patients who, like Miles’ hus- Wayne Bright, funeral director at Wilson Funeral Home, arranges liest wave of COVID-19 since the cause of both the way deaths are band and mother-in-law, hadn’t flowers on a casket before a service Sept. 2 in Tampa, Fla. pandemic began, a disaster driven logged in Florida and lags in re- gotten vaccinated. Alabama sees glimmer of hope in rising vaccination rate amid surge

Associated Press state continues to be in a difficult place ed, but continue to occupy the bottom two what it has taken to motivate them.” MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s im- with near-record level hospitalizations and spots — along with Mississippi — for the And there is concern about what might proving COVID-19 vaccination rates are of- a record number of virus patients in inten- percentage of people who are fully vacci- be ahead after Labor Day gatherings. Naf- fering a glimmer of hope to medical offi- sive care. But he said they are encouraged nated, according to numbers from the U.S. ziger said the state saw cases spike after cials as the state continues to see a crush of by the recent uptick in vaccinations. Centers for Disease Control and Preven- previous holidays. virus patients in hospitals. “We do have one bright spot in a way if tion. Suzanne Judd, a professor and epide- But there is also concern about what is we could call it that. We are seeing people “We wish it hadn’t taken so long,” Harris miologist at the UAB School of Public coming as the state moves through Labor finally show up to get vaccinated,” Harris said of people getting vaccinated. “but I do Health, said she is concerned about poten- Day weekend gatherings, the start of foot- said. think when people have a personal experi- tial transmission at fall football games. The ball season and other potentially virus- As of Thursday, Alabama ranked eighth ence, when they see people they know in “yelling and screaming” in crowded stadi- spreading events. from last among states in the percentage of the hospital, when they have family mem- ums could create a perfect environment for State Health Officer Scott Harris said the the population that was partially vaccinat- bers who have gotten sick, perhaps that is virus transmission, she said. Monday, September 6, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION Recovery will be long process for New Orleans

Associated Press month, according to Entergy Pres- HOUMA, La. — The coronavi- ident and CEO Phillip May. rus pandemic claimed Kendall Ida damaged or destroyed more Duthu’s job as a cook at a jamba- than 22,000 power poles, more laya restaurant. Then Hurricane than hurricanes Katrina, Zeta and Ida claimed his house. Delta combined, an impact May The 26-year-old resident of Du- called “staggering.” More than lac, La., is now living out of his car 5,200 transformers failed and JOHN LOCHER/AP with his girlfriend after Ida roared nearly 26,000 spans of wire — the Six­year­old Mary­Louise Lacobon holds a squirrel she and her family helped after it was injured beside the ashore a week ago Sunday, splin- stretch of transmission wires be- home of Tommy Williams, right, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, on Saturday, in Dulac, La. tering homes in its path. Now he tween poles — were down. doesn’t know what’s next. By Saturday morning, power On Saturday, Duthu collected a was restored to about 282,000 cus- container of red beans and rice tomers from the peak of 902,000 Biden visits storm-ravaged Louisiana from volunteers in nearby Houma who lost power after Ida. who handed out ice, water and Outside of Dulac, 45-year-old Associated Press ical help. Many people, he said, He also took a flyover tour of meals to shell-shocked storm sur- shrimper Jay Breaux stood in LAPLACE, La. — Giant trees don’t know what help is availa- pummeled areas including La- vivors. He stopped to eat inside his front of his home, snapped open by knocked sideways. Homes ble because they can’t get cell- fitte, Grand Isle, Port Fourchon Infiniti, its windshield shattered. the storm. Breaux could see a bed boarded up with plywood. Off- phone service. and Lafourche Parish, where “Next stop, I don’t really ...” he exposed through a cratered wall kilter street signs. Residents welcomed Biden’s Parish President Archie Chais- said, trailing off. “We’ve just been and a lawn chair dangling from the Less than a week after Hurri- presence, one of them drawing son said 25% of the homes in his living day by day.” debris. But he smiled widely, say- cane Ida battered the Gulf a sign with his last name and a community of 100,000 were Both Dulac and Houma are in ing his family wasn’t doing as bad- Coast, President Joe Biden heart for the dot on the “i.” gone or had catastrophic dam- Terrebonne Parish, among the ly as others. walked the streets of a hard-hit They laughed and posed for age. hardest-hit areas of Louisiana bat- “It don’t pay to cry about it,” he Louisiana neighborhood on Fri- selfies. The president later met pri- tered to an unprecedented degree said of Ida, the latest storm to hit day and told local residents, “I More formally, Biden met vately with Gov. John Bel Ed- by Hurricane Ida. Though Loui- his small town along the bayou. “I know you’re hurting, I know with state and local officials in wards, House Republican Whip siana’s largest electric utility, En- got 10 or 12 of them things under you’re hurting.” LaPlace, a community between Steve Scalise, who is from Loui- tergy, estimates most residents in my belt. But this one here is the Biden pledged robust federal the Mississippi River and Lake siana, and local officials includ- New Orleans will have power by worst.” assistance to get people back on Pontchartrain that suffered ing Chaisson. Wednesday, recovery efforts out- At least 16 deaths were blamed their feet and said the govern- major wind and water damage Edwards said Biden has side of the city could be a much on the storm in Louisiana, Missis- ment already had distributed and was left with sheared-off “been a tremendous partner,” longer slog. sippi and Alabama. In the North- $100 million directly to individ- roofs and flooded homes. adding that he intended to keep Meanwhile, residents continue east, Ida’s remnants dumped re- uals in the state in $500 checks “I promise we’re going to asking for help until the presi- to face food, water and gas short- cord-breaking rain and killed at to give them a first slice of crit- have your back,” Biden said. dent said no. ages while battling heat and hu- least 50 people from Virginia to midity. Connecticut. Some parishes outside New Or- Louisiana’s 12 storm-related said conditions became unsafe. tral Gulf of Mexico closer to Loui- Predictions so far don’t show the leans were battered for hours by deaths included five nursing home As recovery efforts continued, siana. system strengthening into a hurri- winds of 100 mph or more. residents evacuated ahead of the state officials were monitoring a Louisiana Gov. John Bel Ed- cane, but he said “even if it’s a Fully restoring electricity to hurricane along with hundreds of system of disturbed weather in wards said Saturday the state is tropical storm, we’re in no state to some of these southeastern parish- other seniors to a warehouse in Mexico’s Bay of Campeche, which planning an exercise to assess its receive that much rainfall at this es could take until the end of the Louisiana, where health officials appeared set to move into the cen- emergency response if needed. time.” Crash victim recalls terror after Mississippi road collapse Associated Press “I remember hearing a car coming and car landed without crushing the cab where LUCEDALE, Miss. — A teenager said then I heard a crash and I heard an engine Emily and Amanda sat. she could hear the terrifying sounds of oth- going from a car because it was on top of Emily Williams said waiting in the col- er vehicles crashing around — and on top of us,” Emily Williams said. “It didn’t really lapse zone for help was terrifying. — the pickup truck where she and her move us really much, but then I heard the “In all honesty, I was ready to give up,” mother were trapped after the truck screeching of another car’s tires. I heard she said. “I was like, ‘We’re not going to plunged into a dark, muddy pit when a Mis- people screaming and then it crashed.” make it out of here. No one is going to find sissippi highway collapsed during torren- Two people were killed and nine were in- us. Everybody is just going to keep piling tial rain brought by Hurricane Ida. jured late Monday when seven vehicles in.’” “I saw a black hole, then I blacked out and plunged, one after another, into a deep hole Emily’s father arrived, and she said once I woke up and my mom was leaned over to- where a section of the two-lane Mississippi she heard him screaming from above, she ward me. She was choking on her blood and Highway 26 collapsed outside Lucedale. knew she would be rescued. She is recover- she couldn’t breathe or anything,” 16-year- The Mississippi Highway Patrol initially ing from a torn colon, a broken leg and other old Emily Williams of Wiggins, Miss., told said 10 were injured, but later released a list injuries. Still, she said: “I feel so lucky.” WLOX-TV in a video call from her hospital of nine names. The vehicles were later lifted out by a room. Amanda Williams also remains hospital- crane. A drone video published by the Sun Williams managed to sit her 39-year-old ized. Herald showed how a raised berm beneath TRAVIS LONG, THE NEWS & OBSERVER/AP mother, Amanda Williams, upright and Layla Jamison of Lucedale, a 17-year-old the road washed away, leaving a red-clay A collapsed section of Highway 26 in the stop her from choking. But, she said, she senior at George County High, was in the scar that runs for hundreds of feet, from a Benndale community, Aug. 31, west of could still hear the chaos outside her fam- car that landed on the Williams’ truck. Emi- cemetery on one side into a wooded area on Lucedale, Miss. ily’s truck. ly’s aunt, Shanna Bordelon, said Jamison’s the other. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, September 6, 2021 NATION As decades pass, memories of 9/11 evolve BY TED ANTHONY sometimes in ways that we don’t Associated Press realize,” says Jennifer Talarico, a SHANKSVILLE, Pa. — The psychology professor at Lafayette hills in Shanksville seem to swal- College in Pennsylvania who low sound. The plateau that studies how people form personal Americans by the millions ascend memories of public events. to visit the Flight 93 National Me- Evidence of that is obvious in morial, to think of those who died the past five weeks in Afghanis- in this southwestern Pennsylva- tan, where a 20-year war waged in nia expanse, sits just above much direct response to 9/11 ended of the landscape, creating a pock- pretty much where it began: with et of quiet precisely where quiet the repressive and violent Taliban needs to be. in charge once more. It is a place that encourages the But even within more static act of remembering. forms of memory, such as the Twenty years have passed Flight 93 National Memorial, the since United Flight 93 made its fi- question of how remembering nal descent, chaos unfolding evolves hangs over so much. aboard as buildings burned 300 In the visitors’ center, visceral, miles to the east. Nearly one-fifth painful artifacts of the moment of the country is too young to re- still bring back the past with as- member firsthand the day that tonishing efficiency; twisted, changed everything. Yet at the scarred cutlery from in-flight memorial’s overlook, near the meals is particularly breathtak- patch where the plane hit, re- ing. But the variety of remember- membering is the whole point. ing that is presented yards away Remembering is not merely a at the quiet overlook and its JASON FOCHTMAN /AP state of mind. As those who be- thoughtful memorial feels more Kellen Savoy, center, helps present the colors as students raise the flag at William Lloyd Meador seech us to never forget the Holo- permanent, more eternal. Elementary School Sept. 11, 2013, in Willis, Texas. Students and teachers gathered before school to caust have long insisted, it is an Paul Murdoch of Los Angeles, raise the flag to half staff to mark the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. act. And when loss and trauma the lead architect on the memo- are visited upon human beings, rial, says it was carefully calibrat- under vastly different circum- the act of remembering takes ed to resonate across multiple stances, watched the same live many forms. stages of memory about the event camera angles on the same few Remembering is political. and its implications. feeds and saw the same, now-in- Those who disagree about the fate “You can imagine a memorial delible views of the destruction in of Confederate statues across the approach that sort of freezes an- the same way. They experienced American South demonstrate ger in time, or freezes fear. And it apart, but together. that, as do those who dispute how that can be a very expressionistic That formed a communal mem- much the war on terror and its toll piece of art. But I feel like for ory of sorts, even if sometimes should be part of discussions something to endure over a long people who saw the same things about 9/11 memories. period of time, I think it has to op- didn’t remember them the same Remembering arrives in erate a different way,” says Mur- way — a specific camera angle or ground zero ceremonies and mo- doch, who co-designed the memo- vantage point, a key figure’s com- ments of silence and prayers upon rial with his wife, Milena. ments, the exact sequence of prayers, both public and private. “Now we have a generation of events. Remembering can be like It shows itself in folk memorials people who weren’t even alive on that, experts say. like those erected at the sides of 9/11,” Murdoch says. “So how do The fundamental tension of this lonely roads to mark the sites of you talk to people of this new gen- kind of remembering — it feels traffic deaths. It is embedded in eration — or of future genera- like yesterday but is also becom- the names of places, like the road tions?” ing part of history — confronts us JULIE JACOBSON /AP that leads to the Flight 93 memo- That question is particularly in the coming days. Memory be- Shannon Barry, Lisa Starr and Michelle Wagner, all of Hershey, Pa., rial — the Lincoln Highway. It potent on this anniversary. Socie- comes history. And history — comfort each other as they listen to a memorial service for victims of surfaces in the retrieval of “flash- ty tends to mark generations in shared history — is held onto Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2002, near Shanksville, Pa. bulb memories” — those where- two-decade packages, so there’s tightly, sometimes rabidly. It’s were-you-when-this-happened an entire one that has been born why so many people grasp tightly moments that stick with us, some- and come of age since the attacks. to comforting, nostalgic historical times accurately, sometimes not. That hardly means they haven’t narratives — even when they’re There are personal memories been paying attention, though: shown to have been destructive. and cultural memories and politi- They “remember,” too. When memory does become cal memories, and the lines often Krystine Batcho, a psychology history, it can become more re- blur. professor at Le Moyne College in mote, like a Revolutionary War And for generations, remem- Syracuse, New York, studies how memorial for people whose pas- bering has been presented to us in nostalgia works. She found some- sions and sacrifices have been monuments and memorials like thing interesting a couple years sanded down by time. With dis- Shanksville’s, fine-tuned to evoke ago when she was researching tance, it can calcify. memories and emotions in certain how young people encountered That’s not going to happen with ways. stories that resonated with them 9/11 for a long time, of course. Its Yet while monuments stand, re- — both personally and through politics are still roiling. The argu- membering itself evolves. How 9/ the news. ments that it produced — and the 11 is remembered depends on Even those who lacked living ways they sent society hurtling in when 9/11 is remembered. What, memories of 9/11, Batcho says, re- a different direction — are just as then, does remembering come to sponded with stories about the intense as in those early days. mean on a 20th anniversary of an event. It was remembering as And when a nation pauses to re- DAVID GOLDMAN / AP event like 9/11, even as its echoes shared experience. member the morning 20 years Soldiers with the U.S. Army’s 25th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade are still shaking the foundations So many first encounters with ago when it was attacked, it is not Combat Team, 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment based in of everything? 9/11 were, in the tradition of an in- only looking over its shoulder. It Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, on Sept. 11, 2011, hold a ceremony “Our present influences how formation age, both separate and is also looking around and won- commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and soldiers we remember the past — some- communal. People in different dering: What does this mean to us the unit had lost since then in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at times in ways that are known and parts of the country and world, now? Forward Operating Base Bostick in Kunar province, Afghanistan. Monday, September 6, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Man robbed young kids of go-kart at gunpoint ST. LOUIS — A man MO suspected of pulling a gun on three children — ages 4, 6 and 9 — and stealing the go-kart they were riding has been arrest- ed, police in St. Louis said. Police said the incident was re- ported in north St. Louis, when a 68-year-old woman told officers she was watching her grandchil- dren as they rode the new go-kart in a vacant lot. The woman said a man ap- proached the children, pointed a gun at the 9-year-old and demand- ed the go-kart, which he then sped away on. Officers arrested a 24-year-old man and took him to a hospital for injuries sustained after the go-kart crashed into a tree. Firefly Aerospace rocket explodes after liftoff VANDENBERG CA SPACE FORCE BASE — A rocket launched by Firefly Aerospace, the latest entrant in the New Space sector, exploded min- utes after lifting off from the cen- tral California coast, officials said. The Alpha rocket was “termi- nated” over the Pacific Ocean MARK LENNIHAN/AP shortly after its liftoff from Van- denberg Space Force Base, ac- cording to a base statement. Always have a workout buddy Firefly said an “anomaly” oc- Women participate in an exercise class in Kissena Corridor Park, on Friday, in the Queens borough of New York. The women are mainly from curred during the first-stage as- China, Taiwan and Malaysia, according to one of the organizers. cent that “resulted in the loss of the vehicle” about 2.5 minutes into the nated against him for being Japa- THE CENSUS from historians who said the enor- flight. nese American, including an epi- mous statue was erected in 1890 to The rocket exploded in a fire- sode when the chief squinted his The approximate amount a cryptocurrency promoter plead- honor the southern white citizen- ball, leaving a smoke trail, accord- eyes, bowed repeatedly and said $2M ed guilty to taking from investors worldwide in a “textbook ry’s defense of a pre-Civil War life ing to video from the San Luis he couldn’t trust Japanese people. Ponzi scheme.” Prosecutors said Glenn Arcaro, 44, sat atop the North Amer- that depended on slavery and the Obispo Tribune. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District ican branch of the pyramid investment scheme BitConnect, the San Diego subjugation of Black people. Vandenberg said a team of in- Court in Honolulu names Police Union-Tribune reported. According to prosecutors, Arcaro and his co-conspir- The decision came in two law- vestigators will try to determine Chief Todd Raybuck, Kauai Coun- ators claimed that BitConnect used a proprietary technology that was able to suits filed by Virginia residents what caused the failure of Alpha’s ty, the Kauai Police Department, generate huge profits by using investors’ money to trade on the volatility of who sought to block Gov. Ralph cryptocurrency exchange markets. As part of his plea, Arcaro must pay back first attempted orbital launch. the Kauai Police Commission and Northam’s order to remove the that money to investors. multiple unnamed individuals to bronze equestrian sculpture, 14 arrested at big illegal be determined. which shows Lee in military attire pot grow operations The police commission sus- Gulfport when live video showed a Detectives were unable to iden- atop a massive stone pedestal. pended Raybuck without pay for man pulling over in a pickup truck tify her despite distinctive tattoos LEBANON — Four- five days for making discriminato- and running directly toward on the left upper part of her chest Trans person charged for OR teen people were ar- ry comments after an investiga- Brewster and yelling, “You’re go- and lower right leg and she was indecent exposure at spa rested and 1,400 pounds of pot tion found he mocked people of ing to report this accurately, buried as a “Jane Doe.” were seized east of Corvallis in Le- Asian descent. right?” After exhausting all other leads, LOS ANGELES — A banon in connection to two large il- The plaintiff in the lawsuit, Paul A local curfew was in place. police contacted the DNA Doe CA person who identifies legal marijuana grow operations, Applegate, 55, is part Japanese Brewster and the camera operator Project six months ago hoping to as a transgender woman was authorities said. and has worked for the police de- turned away from the man, who identify the woman using investi- charged with indecent exposure The Linn Interagency Narcotics partment since 2000. kept yelling. As Brewster said he gative genetic genealogy. for an incident at a Los Angeles Enforcement team searched two would end his report, the man The method led to detectives spa that sparked protests in the neighboring properties and seized Man arrested for could be seen on camera walking asking the FBI for a partial finger- transgender community. the marijuana, more than 9,000 accosting reporter toward him, still yelling. print comparison. It resulted in a Darren Merager, 52, was marijuana plants, a dozen fire- The Gulfport Police Depart- hit for Laura Jean Jordan, whose charged with five felony counts of arms and over $6,000, The Albany DAYTON — Federal ment said it was seeking to charge photo on file with authorities was indecent exposure and an arrest Democrat-Herald reported. OH marshals arrested an him with two counts of simple as- similar to a facial sketch made af- warrant was issued, according to a Sixty-one large greenhouse Ohio man who was accused of run- sault, one count of disturbing the ter her body was discovered. Los Angeles Police Department structures were destroyed on site. ning toward and yelling at an peace and one count of violating an announcement. The fourteen people were ar- MSNBC journalist who was doing emergency curfew. High Court rules Gen. Lee Merager has been a registered rested on marijuana-related a live report by a Mississippi statue can be removed sex offender since 2006 because of charges, as well as criminal con- beach after Hurricane Ida. Genetic genealogy IDs indecent exposure incidents that spiracy and illegal firearm posses- Benjamin Dagley, 54, of Woos- woman who died in 2017 RICHMOND — Virgin- took place in 2002 and 2003, the sion in one case. ter, Ohio, was sought by police in VA ia’s Supreme Court police said. Gulfport, Miss., on suspicion of as- PHOENIX — More ruled unanimously that the state The charges stem from com- Officer sues police chief sault and by the sheriff’s depart- AZ than four years after a can remove an iconic statue of plaints by five people that Merag- for racial discrimination ment in Ohio’s Cuyahoga County woman was found dead in down- Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee er exposed male genitalia in the for a probation violation, the U.S. town Phoenix, police have con- from a prominent spot in the women’s section of the Wi Spa in HONOLULU — A police Marshals Service said in a news firmed her identity. state’s capital city, saying “values the Koreatown section of Los An- HI captain on the Hawaiian release. They said the middle-aged change and public policy changes geles. island of Kauai has filed a lawsuit MSNBC journalist Shaquille woman suffered a heat-related too” in a democracy. alleging his police chief discrimi- Brewster was reporting in death in June 2017. The 7-0 decision cited testimony From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, September 6, 2021 NATION

Women say Authorities blast new Texas gun law porn actor BY JUAN A. LOZANO crimes,” he said. Associated Press Satterwhite and other law en- HOUSTON — Texas’ new law al- forcement officials say that al- used status lowing most people to carry hand- though most gun owners are re- guns in public without a permit or sponsible, they worry that greater in assaults training came in part from the belief access to guns in a public setting by many Texans that the best way to combined with a lack of training on Associated Press prevent crime and stop an armed how and when to use them will lead LOS ANGELES — Adult film ac- bad guy is to make sure an armed some people to fire them when tor Ron Jeremy leveraged the nov- good guy is nearby. deadly force isn’t legally allowed. elty of his celebrity to meet and often Gov. Greg Abbott and his Repub- In recent months, the Houston ar- isolate women whom he raped and lican allies in the Legislature who ea has seen confrontations in which sexually assaulted, using the same this summer made Texas the largest people sought to settle seemingly tactics for years, according to grand state with a so-called permitless car- petty disputes with a gun, though the jury testimony from 21 women that ry law pitched it as a way to let peo- problem is by no means unique to was unsealed Saturday. ple more easily defend themselves the nation’s fourth-largest city. In “Wouldn’t it be funny if we got a without government interference. one case, a man was threatened with picture and an autograph from “Best case scenario, the police are ahandgun after he honked at a car in him?” one woman, identified only as minutes away. But you need protec- front of him at a fast food drive-thru. Jane Doe 8, said she remembered tion right then and there if you’re in In another, someone opened fire at a telling her friend when they saw danger. So, it’s going to make us nail salon over a disagreement Jeremy in 2013 at a West Hollywood safe,” said Bethany Young, the leg- about the price of a manicure and bar and grill. He would sexually as- islative director for Texas Gun pedicure. And a 17-year-old boy was sault her minutes later, testified the Rights, which pushed for passage of killed in a road rage shooting while woman, one of several who said the law that took effect Wednesday. driving home with his family after a their attacks came in the same small But research suggests crime ac- Houston Astros game. bathroom. tually rises after such laws are im- Young, with Texas Gun Rights, “I was like, wow, you know, this is plemented. And Texas authorities, said gun control groups “promise Ron Jeremy, I mean, I was kind of including many who spoke out JUAN A. LOZANO/AP terror and violence and blood in the impressed. I’m like he’s — I don’t against the new measure, worry that Angelica Halphen, whose 18­year­old son Harrison Schmidt was killed streets if there’s any movement to- want to say ‘celebrity,’ but you know, having more people walking around in a 2019 road rage shooting in Houston by someone who legally ward gun rights.” But she contends he kind of was,” said another wom- armed will lead to more disagree- bought a gun but had no training, holds photos of her son Wednesday. that states with similar laws to Tex- an, Jane Doe 7, when Jeremy came ments being settled through gunfire as’ are among the safest in the coun- to the door of the hotel room she was and more lost or stolen firearms pact of such measures, Sven Smith, such laws tend to boost gun sales, try. sharing with friends, where the ending up in the hands of criminals. an assistant sociology professor at Smith said. One 2018 study by a Uni- Angelica Halphen, whose 18- porn actor would rape her soon af- With its new law, Texas joined Stetson University in Florida who versity of Denver professor found year-old son Harrison Schmidt was ter, according to her testimony. nearly two dozen states that allow studies gun violence, said the data “the overall trend of increasing killed in a 2019 road rage shooting in Jeremy, 68, whose legal name is some form of unregulated handgun collected so far in various studies handgun sales in the United States Houston by someone who legally Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, pleaded not possession. Texas already allowed suggest that crime rates in states was due in part to the liberalization” bought a gun but had no training, guilty to more than 30 counts of sex- rifles to be carried in public without with open carry laws go up 10% to of concealed carry weapons statutes said she fears the permitless carry ual assault, including 12 counts of a license. But now most Texans age 15%. such as permitless carry laws. law will lead to more deadly road rape, when the Los Angeles County 21 or older who haven’t been con- “The United States is following This worries Houston Police As- rage attacks. grand jury returned an indictment victed of certain crimes can now the traditional notion of fighting fire sistant Chief Larry Satterwhite, as “He should be alive. He had a against him on Aug. 25. He has been carry a holstered handgun in public with fire. The best defense is a good more guns in public will likely result promising future. ... Just a good in jail since his arrest in June 2020. without undergoing any training, offense, that type of mentality,” said in more stolen weapons, particular- heart and a good soul. And for what? His attorney, Stuart Goldfarb, has getting a permit or undergoing a Smith. “But the overwhelming pre- ly from vehicles. Last year, nearly Because someone lost their tem- said he is “innocent of all the charg- state-run background check. ponderance of the statistics, though 3,000 guns were stolen from vehi- per?” Halphen said of her son. “And es” and they would prove it. An Although several of the permit- they’re not for certain and they’re cles in Houston. So far this year, that now with this (new law), it scares email seeking further comment less carry states passed their laws not conclusive ... they only point one figure stands at more than 2,000. me. I don’t want anyone to go from Goldfarb on Saturday was not this year and researchers say more way.” “A lot of those guns are used in through what my family is going immediately returned. time is needed to fully study the im- The research also suggests that shootings, homicides and violent through.” Nicknamed “The Hedgehog,” Jeremy has been among the best- known and most prolific performers in the porn industry for decades, and Scott, beloved weatherman on ‘Today’ show, dies at 87 became a recognizable pop cultural novelty. He has long been a magnet Associated Press era as he was on,” Katie Couric for seekers of autographs and self- NEW YORK — Willard Scott, tweeted. ies, which is how most of the women the beloved weatherman who Scott began his 65-year career and girls aged 15 to 51 he is accused charmed viewers of NBC’s “To- at NBC as an entry-level page at an of assaulting first met him. day” show with his self-deprecat- affiliate station in Washington, Jane Doe 8 said that before her as- ing humor and cheerful personal- D.C., and rose to become the sault, she told Jeremy they were ity, has died. He was 87. weather forecaster on the net- staying at the Loew’s Hollywood His successor on the morning work’s flagship morning show for Hotel but did not tell him the room news show, Al Roker, announced more than three decades. His number. He appeared at the door that Scott died peacefully Satur- trademark was giving on-air the next day. day morning surrounded by fam- birthday greetings to viewers who “I have connections all over this ily. An NBC Universal spokeswo- turned 100 years old by putting town,” she remembered him saying man confirmed the news. No fur- their faces on Smucker’s jelly jars when she asked how he found them. ther details were released. and delivering weather updates in She had not told her friend, Jane AP “He was truly my second dad zany costumes. According to NBC, Doe 7, about the assault, and failed and am where I am today because he once took up a viewer’s dare to “Today” show weatherman Willard Scott, center left, gets a in her attempts to get her out of the hip­shaking lesson from Shaggy, after the singer performed on the of his generous spirit,” Roker appear in drag to win a $1,000 do- room, where Jeremy would rape show in New York in 2001. Scott died Saturday at 87. wrote on Instagram. “Willard was nation to the USO, the charity for her, according to their testimony. a man of his times, the ultimate military families, by dressing up “I thought there is no way anyone broadcaster. There will never be as the Brazilian singer Carmen tion parade of her husband, Presi- just love that face.’ ” the first lady is going to believe me, and I just anyone quite like him.” Miranda. dent George H.W. Bush. recalled. wanted to get out of there and forget “He played such an outsized In one memorable moment, “(The president) said, ‘I didn’t Scott handed the reins to Roker all about it,” said Jane Doe 7, who role in my life and was as warm first lady Barbara Bush gave him know you knew Willard Scott.’ I in 1996, occasionally filling in for like many of the accusers came for- and loving and generous off-cam- a kiss during the 1989 inaugura- said, ‘I don’t know Willard Scott. I him before fully retiring in 2015. ward after Jeremy was arrested. Monday, September 6, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 WORLD Ceremony flares ethnic tensions in Montenegro

Associated Press protective metal fences around the vided over their country’s ties with PODGORICA, Montenegro — monastery where the inauguration neighboring Serbia and the Serbian Protesters clashed with hundreds of Mitropolitan Joanikije is sup- Orthodox Church, which is the na- of riot police in the old capital of posed to take place. Montenegrin tion’s dominant religious institu- Montenegro on Saturday, setting up state RTCG TV said the protesters tion. Around 30% of Montenegro’s blockades of tires and large rocks broke through a police blockade at 620,000 people consider them- ahead of the inauguration of the the entrance to Cetinje and threw selves Serb. new head of the Serbian Orthodox stones at them, shouting “This is Thousands protested last month Church in the small Balkan nation. Montenegro!” and “This is not Ser- in Cetinje, demanding that the inau- The ceremony planned for Sun- bia!” guration be held somewhere else. day in Cetinje has angered oppo- Waving red Montenegrin flags The church has refused to change nents of the Serbian church in Mon- with a double-headed eagle, protes- its plans. tenegro, which declared independ- ters then set up road barriers with Since Montenegro split from Ser- ence from neighboring Serbia in trash containers, car tires and large bia, pro-independence Montene- 2006. rocks to prevent church and state grins have advocated for a recog- RISTO BOZOVIC/AP On Saturday, hundreds of protes- dignitaries from coming to the inau- nized Orthodox Christian church A protester runs on a street during a protest against the inauguration ters confronted the police in Cetinje guration on Sunday. that is separate from the Serbian of Metropolitan Joanikije Sunday in Cetinje, Montenegro. The and briefly removed some of the Montenegrins remain deeply di- one. ceremony has caused ethnic tensions to flare. Army colonel on Guinean TV says government dissolved, borders shut

Associated Press announcement that came after racy and gave themselves a name: ularity has plummeted since he borders closed for one week. CONAKRY, Guinea — A Gui- hours of heavy gunfire erupted The National Committee of Gath- sought a third term last year. Doumbouya, who has headed a nean army colonel seized control near the presidential palace. ering and Development. “The personalization of political special forces unit in the military, of state television Sunday and de- The dramatic developments Conde’s whereabouts were not life is over. We will no longer en- said he was acting in the best in- clared that President Alpha Sunday bore all the hallmarks of a immediately known. Col. Mamadi trust politics to one man, we will terests of the nation of over 12.7 Conde’s government had been dis- West African coup d’etat. After Doumbouya, who spoke to the na- entrust it to the people,” Doum- million people. solved and the West African na- seizing the airwaves, the mutinous tion, made no mention of the 83- bouya said, adding that the consti- “The duty of a soldier is to save tion’s borders will be closed, an soldiers vowed to restore democ- year-old president, whose pop- tution would also be dissolved and the country,” he said. PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, September 6, 2021 FACES

ABBA back after 40 years with album, virtual show Associated Press Ulvaeus added,“it’s good if you ABBA is releasing its first new do that before you dead. Because music in four decades, along with it gets more accurate then.” a concert performance that will They sang and played together see the “Dancing Queen” quartet for hours every day for weeks, us- going entirely digital. ing motion capture and other tech- The forthcoming album “Voy- niques to create the 22-song, ap- age,” to be released Nov. 5, is a fol- proximately 90-minute show. low-up to 1981’s “The Visitors,” “We dressed up in a leotards which until now had been the with dots or little things on them,” swan song of the Swedish super- Ulvaeus said. “And we had dots in group. And a virtual version of the our faces and helmets with cam- band will begin a series of con- eras.” certs in London on May 27. They say it was hard work but a “We took a break in the spring of great pleasure, but for one thing. 1982 and now we’ve decided it’s “I’d say the only big problem time to end it,” ABBA said in a was that we had to shave our statement Sept. 2. “They say it’s beards,” Andersson said. “I’ve foolhardy to wait more than 40 had my beard for 50 years.” years between albums, so we’ve The planned show spurred the recorded a follow-up to ‘The Vis- making of the album, which fea- itors.’” tures the new songs “I Still Have The group has been creating the Faith In You” and “Don’t Shut Me FX photos live show with George Lucas’ spe- Down.” It began with sessions in Beanie Feldstein portrays Monica Lewinsky in “Impeachment: American Crime Story.” cial-effects company, Industrial 2018 and was delayed by the coro- Light & Magic. They say the vir- navirus pandemic. tual versions of themselves are “It was so joyful to be together “weird and wonderful,” and go be- in the studio again, the four of us,” yond holograms. Andersson said. Looking out for Lewinsky “It was suggested to us that we The show will come 50 years af- could go on tour as a hologram. ter the founding of the group that ‘Impeachment’ star Feldstein seeks to protect former intern’s legacy And this is now four, five years consisted of two married couples ago,” Björn Ulvaeus, ABBA’s 76- for most of its existence, and BY CHUCK BARNEY year-old guitarist, backup singer whose name is an acronym of the The Mercury News and co-songwriter said. “And we first names of its members, Ag- ctress Beanie Feldstein admits that she found out very soon that that netha Fältskog, 71, Anni-Frid took on an extra layer of responsibility wasn’t even possible because ho- Lyngstad, 75, Ulvaeus and An- when she accepted the lead role in “Im- lograms is an old technology, but I dersson. Apeachment: American Crime Story,” the mean, the vision was there of hav- Their music has remained ubiq- star-studded dramatic retelling of an explosive politi- ing our digital selves, that even uitous in the decades since their cal scandal. was a possibility.” breakup, in part because of the Not only did she have to portray Monica Lewinsky, “And also,” said Benny Anders- stage musical “Mamma Mia!” and she had to protect her. son, 74, who plays keyboards, the two films that followed it. “I made it very clear to her when we started filming sings and writes songs with Ul- They were inducted into the that I saw myself as her bodyguard,” Feldstein said. vaeus, “we want to do it before we Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in “I was like, ‘I’m putting my body in for you. I’m going were dead.” 2010. to protect you. I have your back. I know your heart.’ Sarah Paulson, left, plays whistleblower Linda Tripp And that’s my job.” opposite Feldstein’s Lewinsky. Long before Donald Trump was impeached twice, Bill Clinton faced a fierce battle in the late 1990s to deeply mistrusting of the right and the wrong people, China to ban celebrities with retain his presidency after engaging in a sexual rela- and it gets very complicated.” tionship with Lewinsky, then a 22-year-old unpaid The filmmakers especially wanted to do right by ‘incorrect’ politics, limit pay White House intern. “Impeachment,” the latest in- Lewinsky — so much so that Murphy brought her on stallment in producer Ryan Murphy’s anthology se- as a consultant and producer with input on scripts Bloomberg In a Sept. 3 interview with party ries, meticulously recalls the sordid chapter of U.S. and other aspects of the production. President Xi Jinping ordered a mouthpiece the People’s Daily, of- history over 10 compelling episodes. It begins airing “Monica did not have a voice during this entire, re- cleanup of the entertainment in- ficials from the department stateside Tuesday on FX, and streaming Wednesday ally, unbelievably overwhelming series of events that dustry, with the broadcast regula- vowed to dial up punishment for on Hulu. happened to her,” Jacobson said. “... She was literally tor moving to ban film stars with “unethical” celebrities and extend “Impeachment” frames its story not through the muzzled by (special counsel) Ken Starr, by her own “incorrect” politics, cap salaries regulatory of media-related com- perspective of Clinton and the male power players of lawyer, and told ‘You can’t even talk to your friends, and rein in celebrity fan culture. panies and endorsement deals. that era, but the women at the center of the events: because they could be subpoenaed.’ And so to have Television companies and in- Officials also put on notice plat- Lewinsky, Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson) and Paula been silenced and culturally banished for 20 years, ternet platforms were told to forms that failed to screen content Jones (Annaleigh Ashford). This perspective gives there was no way we could make this show and not “strictly control the selection of and stoked indiscretion. the series extra resonance. give her a voice.” program actors and guests, and The article also warned that Tripp, who died last year, was the whistleblower As for Jones and Tripp, viewers might also might uphold political literacy, moral “the cultural market will no long- who secretly recorded Lewinsky’s confidential come to re-evaluate them, claim the actresses who conduct, artistic level and social er be a paradise for sissy stars, and phone calls about her relationship with the president. play them. evaluation as selection stan- news and public opinion will no Jones sued Clinton for sexual harassment over an in- Paulson found a soft spot for Tripp, a woman mil- dards,” according to a statement longer be in a position worshiping cident that occurred when he was governor of Arkan- lions of Clinton supporters saw as the wretched vil- Sept. 2 from the National Radio Western culture.” The regulator’s sas. lain who betrayed Lewinsky’s trust and opened a and Television Administration. statement also ordered an end to “We were fascinated with these women who exist Pandora’s box that had Americans gasping and jok- The regulator added that “those “sissy and other distorted aesthet- in the margins of power,” said executive producer ing about every prurient detail, including a certain who have incorrect political posi- ics.” Nina Jacobson. “They are not in the driver’s seat of blue dress. tions and who are divided in heart Reining in the entertainment in- their own careers, or lives. ... They are all trapped in “She’s consistently feeling forgotten, unseen and and practice from the party and dustry is part of a cumulative ef- their proximity to power.” invisible — especially when she feels she’s devoted so the country must not be used.” fort to ensure that the younger “As an audience member, you feel each of these much of her life to the institutions that she finds ... of The ruling Communist Party’s generation — some of whom are three women,” Feldstein said. “You understand paramount importance and (need) to be treated with Publicity Department also pub- starting to embrace a minimalist them, and yet you’re screaming at them through the extraordinary respect,” Paulson said. “... She be- lished a call to curb “bad trends in lifestyle known as “lying flat” — screen: ‘Stop! Stop! Stop!’ in all different ways. And I lieved wholeheartedly that she was doing something the industry, and clarify the cul- become motivated, patriotic and think it’s because they’re all deeply trusting and for a greater good.” ture and entertainment sector.” productive workers. Monday, September 6, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 15 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander John Rodriguez, Europe chief of staff The Supreme Court rides to Biden’s rescue Lt. Col. Michael Kerschbaum, Pacific commander BY KATHLEEN PARKER wars is coming up soon — Dobbs v. Jackson weeks to find out if she was pregnant, a proc- Michael Ryan, Pacific chief of staff Washington Post Writers Group Women’s Health Organization. More on that ess that had to involve a doctor or a lab. Today, resident Joe Biden’s personal hell in a minute. in addition to an array of birth control options, month featured the devastation of Meanwhile, even as other Republican women have access to inexpensive home EDITORIAL Hurricane Ida, our country’s states plan to follow Texas, including Florida pregnancy tests that can deliver results in dreadful withdrawal from Afghan- and South Dakota, the court was very clear seven to 10 days after ovulation — and before Terry Leonard, Editor P [email protected] istan, mounting deaths from COVID-19’s del- that procedural issues wouldn’t allow it to a missed period. Emergency contraception ta variant, overcrowded ICUs, a dragging consider the constitutionality of the Texas such as the “day-after pill” is also available Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor economy, many schools opening and some Heartbeat Act. The act prohibits a physician for women who don’t want to wait for a home [email protected] nearly closing down, and uncontrollable fires from performing an abortion “if the physi- test. Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation out west. cian detected a fetal heartbeat for the unborn Even so, and probably as a result, most [email protected] What did I forget? The president has been child or failed to perform a test to detect a fetal Americans (59%) still think abortion should bouncing all over the four Horses of the Apoc- heartbeat.” be legal in all or most cases, according to the BUREAU STAFF alypse, a reluctant gladiator trying to rein in Interestingly, the Texas law doesn’t allow Pew Research Center. Two generations of the ruin of his presidency when, suddenly, a Texas officials to enforce the act. Instead, it women who’ve always had reproductive Europe/Mideast double rainbow appears over the U.S. Su- authorizes private citizens to bring civil ac- choice can’t imagine living in a world that Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief preme Court. tion against lawbreakers, including doctors, could force them to have babies they don’t [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 The high court’s 5-to-4 refusal to block a employees and insurers. In so doing, lawmak- want or are unprepared to raise. The 2017 cat- Texas law restricting abortion to no more ers rather cleverly established sovereign im- hat marches to demonstrate disapproval of Pacific than six weeks of gestation was an early munity for state officials should anyone try to Trump’s “grab ’em” remark will seem like Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief Christmas gift to Biden and the Democratic sue them over the constitutionality of the law. marching band practice if the Supreme Court [email protected] Party. Thanks to cultural conservatives, pro- When various abortion providers and a pri- eventually nds the votes to end Roe. +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 lifers and even former President Donald vate citizen sought an injunction against state Arguments will be held this fall in the earli- Washington Trump, Republicans finally may have over- officials, including the attorney general, they er mentioned Dobbs case, which challenges stepped. were essentially creating a firestorm in a mud the constitutionality of a Mississippi law ban- Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief [email protected] The court certainly ended Biden’s run of puddle. They did manage to draw attention to ning abortions (with exceptions) after the (+1)(202)886-0033 bad luck. Hell is the only way to describe what the new law, however, and in doing so, forced 15th week of pregnancy. The Supreme Court Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News many Americans are experiencing across five of the nine justices to rule (correctly, it decided in Planned Parenthood v. Casey in [email protected] several states, especially in Louisiana, where seems to me) in such a way that women ev- 1992 that abortions could be legally perform- power is gone, temperatures are high and erywhere could get behind the idea of hating ed until fetal “viability,” or about 24 weeks. CIRCULATION moist, and mosquitoes are as hungry as the the court anew. But that was, it is now easy to forget, 30 years Mideast folks lined up for food. One could be forgiven Bottom line: Because there were no real ago. Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager for thinking the world was ending. defendants, there was no live case and no dis- Whatever happens, the next several weeks [email protected] But leave it to the GOP to shift the focus pute to reckon over. So, the Texas law went in- will most certainly be a wall-to-wall abortion [email protected] from climate devastation and the Taliban to effect. freakout, giving Biden a minute or two to re- DSN (314)583-9111 takeover to abortion and a procedural ruling Here, a brief sidebar is warranted. Much cover from an August that he’d probably like Europe that doesn’t mean as much as has been con- has changed since 1973, when Roe v. Wade to forget. He is surely eager to dismount from Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager veyed. Not yet anyway. A much bigger fight became the law of the land. I was there. Back his wild ride — and Democrats can climb out [email protected] — maybe the pivotal fight — in the abortion in the day, a woman had to wait at least six from beneath the covers. [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Manchin sees clearly what progressives don’t or won’t Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 BY HENRY OLSEN committee process to debate” what will end approval among independent voters. Biden’s CONTACT US Special to The Washington Post up in the spending legislation. This signals ratings among independents had been trend- en. Joe Manchin’s declaration Thurs- that he will oppose efforts for closed-door ne- ing down before the Afghanistan debacle and Washington day that he wants his fellow Demo- gotiations among a few members of the House are now deeply underwater. 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PRO SOCCER COLLEGE FOOTBALL AUTO RACING DEALS Saturday’s Transactions MLS Saturday’s scores Augustana (SD) 49, Minot St. 0 Help a Hero 200 Benedictine (Ill.) 34, Kenyon 31, OT NASCAR Xfnity Series BASEBALL Eastern Conference EAST Bethel (Minn. ) 59, North Park 7 Saturday Central 46, St. Olaf 27 At Darlington Raceway Major League Baseball Allegheny 42, Thiel 14 American League WLTPts GF GA Boston College 51, Colgate 0 Chicago 31, Washington (Mo.) 21 Darlington, S.C. Brockport 31, Framingham St. 0 Cincinnati 49, Miami (Ohio) 14 Lap length: 1.37 miles BOSTON RED SOX —Designated INF Tay- New England 16 4 4 52 45 28 Case Western 27, Rochester 20 Coe 38, Cornell (Iowa) 7 (Start position in parentheses) lor Motter to the active roster. Optioned C Orlando City 10 4 8 38 33 26 Castleton 13, Plymouth St. 0 Concordia (Wis.) 28, Martin Luther 21 1. (8) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, 152 laps, Connor Wong to Worcester (Triple-A Cortland 38, Wittenberg 16 East), retroactive to September 3. Claimed Nashville 9 2 11 38 37 21 Catholic 40, McDaniel 7 59 points. Christopher Newport 28, Washington & Dubuque 30, Marietta 25 2. (6) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 152, 44. RHP Geoff Hartlieb off waivers from the NYCFC 10 7 4 34 37 22 Lee 24 Franklin 35, Illinois Wesleyan 21 3. (24) Austin Cindric, Ford, 152, 46. New York Mets and optioned him to Wor- Greenville 37, Millikin 33 cester. Philadelphia 8 7 8 32 28 24 Coast Guard 16, New England 0 4. (3) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 152, 42. Dean 42, Fitchburg St. 6 Gustavus Adolphus 80, Buena Vista 58 5. (5) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 152, 32. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Sent 2B Ernie CF Montréal 8 7 7 31 30 27 Hamline 54, Crown (Minn.) 38 6. (4) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 152, 39. Clement to Akron (Double-A Northeast) on Delaware St. 32, Bowie St. 24 a rehab assignment. D.C. United 9 10 3 30 35 32 Endicott 27, St. Lawrence 14 Heidelberg 48, Adrian 20 7. (28) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 152, 0. Illinois St. 49, Butler 7 DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned INF Zack Columbus 7 10 6 27 27 32 Grove City 39, Juniata 14 8. (15) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 152, Indiana Wesleyan 28, Valparaiso 10 29. Short to Toledo (Triple A East). Selected Holy Cross 38, UConn 28 the contract of RHP Drew Carlton from To- Atlanta 6 7 9 27 25 28 Ithaca 52, Bridgewater (Mass.) 20 Indianapolis 34, St. Xavier 10 9. (9) Myatt Snider, Chevrolet, 152, 31. Inter Miami CF 7 9 5 26 22 31 Iowa 34, Indiana 6 ledo and agreed to terms on a major Johns Hopkins 53, Stevenson 18 10. (22) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 152, 27. league contract. Kings (Pa.) 13, Moravian 10 Iowa St. 16, N. Iowa 10 11. (12) Ryan Sieg, Ford, 152, 26. Chicago 6 11 5 23 24 33 Kalamazoo 24, Oberlin 17 KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned RHP Kutztown 19, Assumption 0 12. (14) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 152, 0. Tyler Zuber to Omaha (Triple-A East). Re- New York 6 10 4 22 23 25 Lebanon Valley 19, Franklin & Marshall Kansas St. 24, Stanford 7 13. (10) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 152, 24. Lake Forest 27, Wis. Lutheran 10 called C Sebastian Rivero from Omaha. Cincinnati 3 10 8 17 21 38 14 14. (19) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 152, SEATTLE MARINERS — Reinstated RHP Lock Haven 20, Lincoln (Pa.) 0 Lawrence 21, 14 23. Toronto FC 3 13 6 15 26 47 Lawrence 42, Finlandia 6 Diego Castillo from rehab assignment and MIT 41, Curry 7 15. (16) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 152, 22. from the 10-day IL. Reinstated LHP Antho- Marshall 49, Navy 7 Michigan 47, W. Michigan 14 16. (17) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 152, Western Conference Michigan Tech 14, Hillsdale 10 ny Misiewicz from the 10-day IL. Optioned Maryland 30, West Virginia 24 21. RHP Wyatt Mills and INF Kevin Padlo to Ta- Mass.-Dartmouth 21, Husson 14 Midwestern St. 48, Quincy 27 17. (31) Colin Garrett, Toyota, 152, 20. WLTPts GF GA Missouri 34, Cent. Michigan 24 coma (Triple-A West). Mercyhurst 18, Alderson-Broaddus 3 18. (26) Mason Massey, Chevrolet, 152, TAMPA BAY RAYS — Sent CF Brett Phil- Merrimack 55, St. Anselm 23 Muskingum 49, Waynesburg 6 19. Seattle 12 4 6 42 35 19 N. Dakota St. 28, Albany (NY) 6 lips to the Florida Complex League Rays Colorado 12 4 5 41 31 20 Muhlenberg 41, 0 19. (32) Joe Graf Jr, Chevrolet, 152, 18. (FCL) on a rehab assignment. New Haven 30, Franklin Pierce 14 N. Michigan 27, McKendree 20 20. (2) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 152, Nebraska 52, Fordham 7 TORONTO BLUE JAYS —Designated INF/ Sporting KC 11 5 7 40 37 26 Pittsburgh 51, UMass 7 30. OF Jake Lamb to the roster for today’s RPI 21, Montclair St. 20 Nebraska Wesleyan 69, Eureka 20 21. (20) Jade Buford, Chevrolet, 152, 16. LA Galaxy 11 8 3 36 35 35 Notre Dame (Ohio) 42, Ashland 35, OT game. Optioned LHP Kirby Snead to Buffa- Randolph Macon 31, Dickinson 21 22. (39) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 152, 0. lo (Triple-A East). Minnesota 8 6 7 31 24 24 Rhode Island 45, Bryant 21 Ohio Northern 34, Denison 10 23. (33) Matt Mills, Toyota, 152, 14. Ohio Wesleyan 32, Otterbein 28 National League Portland 9 10 3 30 31 39 Rutgers 61, Temple 14 24. (1) Daniel Hemric, Toyota, 152, 29. ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Recalled Sacred Heart 21, Bucknell 0 Penn St. 16, Wisconsin 10 25. (27) Ryan Vargas, Chevrolet, 152, 12. Real Salt Lake 8 8 6 30 34 29 Purdue 30, Oregon St. 21 RHP Humberto Castellanos from Reno Shippensburg 25, W. Virginia St. 17 26. (21) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, (Triple-A West) for tonight’s game. Op- Vancouver 7 7 8 29 29 32 St. John Fisher 21, Buffalo St. 14 Rockford 48, Grinnell 13 152, 11. S. Virginia 41, Wilmington (Ohio) 34, OT tioned RHP Matt Peacock to Reno, retroac- LAFC 7 9 6 27 32 31 Stonehill 35, Bloomsburg 13 27. (30) Colby Howard, Chevrolet, 152, 10. tive to Sept. 3. Susquehanna 44, Lycoming 10 Saginaw Valley St. 13, Texas A&M Kings- 28. (23) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, 151, San Jose 6 8 8 26 24 30 ville 9 CHICAGO CUBS — Reinstated C Willson Towson 31, Morgan St. 0 9. Contreras from the 10-day IL. Placed RHP FC Dallas 6 10 7 25 32 36 Union (NY) 48, Morrisville St. 14 St. John’s (Minn.) 39, Aurora 33 29. (35) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 151, 0. St. Norbert 21, Loras 14 Keegan Thompson on the 10-day IL, retro- Austin FC 5 13 4 19 21 31 Utica 39, Alfred St. 21 30. (18) David Starr, Toyota, 151, 7. active to September 3. Villanova 47, Lehigh 3 Syracuse 29, Ohio 9 31. (38) Carson Ware, Chevrolet, 151, 6. Houston 3 10 10 19 24 36 Tiffin 34, 10 COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed LHP Aus- W. Connecticut 24, William Paterson 21 32. (34) Jesse Little, Toyota, 150, 5. tin Gomber and INF/OF Connor Joe on the Note: Three points for victory, one point W. New England 24, Springfield 13 Toledo 49, Norfolk St. 10 33. (25) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 146, 7. Truman St. 31, Davenport 14 10-day IL. Reinstated RHP Jordan Sheffield for tie. Widener 27, Rowan 22 34. (37) Kyle Weatherman, Chevrolet, from the 60-day IL. Recalled INF Joshua Wilkes 46, 7 UTSA 37, Illinois 30 134, 3. Saturday’s games Valley City St. 35, Concordia (Moor.) 32 Fuentes from Albuquerque. 35. (36) Ryan Ellis, Ford, 133, 2. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Sent RHP To- Vancouver 2, Austin FC 1 Wabash 33, Rose Hulman 23 SOUTH 36. (29) Timmy Hill, Ford, accident, 116, 0. ny Gonsolin to Rancho Cucamonga Orlando City 3, Columbus 2 Washington & Jefferson 21, John Carroll 37. (13) Tommy Joe Martins, Chevrolet, (Low-A West) on a rehab assignment. Miami 1, Cincinnati 0 Alabama 44, Miami 13 14 accident, 108, 1. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Reinstate RHP Real Salt Lake 3, FC Dallas 2 Alabama A&M 42, SC State 41 Wheaton (Ill.) 56, Northwestern (Minn.) 38. (7) Riley Herbst, Ford, accident, 107, Jandel Gustave from the reserve/CO- Colorado 1, San Jose 0 Alabama St. 14, Miles 13, OT 0 1. VID-19 IL. Recalled RHP Miguel Sanchez Wis.-Eau Claire 45, Luther 14 Friday’s games Army 43, Georgia St. 10 39. (11) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, brakes, from Nashville (Triple-A East). Placed RHP Auburn 60, Akron 10 Wis.-La Crosse 42, Dakota St. 21 45, 1. Justin Topa placed on the 60-day IL. Op- Orlando City at Atlanta Augustana (Ill.) 31, Rhodes 21 Wis.-River Falls 45, Elmhurst 7 40. (40) Gray Gaulding, Chevrolet, elec- tioned LHP Hoby Milner to Nashville. Portland at Vancouver Baldwin Wallace 45, Hampden-Sydney Wis.-Stevens Pt 31, Mayville St. 14 trical, 2, 1. NEW YORK METS — Reinstated C James NWSL 24 Wis.-Stout 42, Presentation 14 McCann from the 10-day IL. Placed OF Berry 20, Maryville (Tenn.) 14 Wis.-Whitewater 46, Carthage 7 Brandon Nimmo on the 10-Day IL. Recalled Wooster 42, Geneva 35 WLTPts GF GA Birmingham Southern 42, Lagrange 17 INF Travis Blankenhorn from Syracuse Bridgewater (Va.) 31, Gettysburg 7 PRO BASKETBALL (Triple-A East). Sent RHP Sean Reid-Foley Portland 10 4 2 32 24 11 Catawba 37, 27 SOUTHWEST to Syracuse (Triple-A East) on a rehab as- Centre 56, Hanover 34 WNBA signment. Reign FC 9 7 2 29 24 19 E. Kentucky 31, W. Carolina 28 Ark.-Pine Bluff 34, Lane 16 PITTSBURGH PIRATES —Reinstated RHP North Carolina 8 4 4 28 22 9 ETSU 23, Vanderbilt 3 Arkansas 38, Rice 17 JT Brubaker from the 10-day IL. Optioned Arkansas St. 40, Cent. Arkansas 21 EASTERN CONFERENCE Chicago 7 7 4 25 19 22 Fayetteville St. 47, Elizabeth City St. 6 RHP Kyle Keller to Indianapolis (Triple-A Ferrum 31, Averett 24 Baylor 29, Texas State 20 East). Orlando 6 5 6 24 20 19 Florida 35, FAU 14 Hardin Simmons 49, Wayland Baptist 0 WLPct GB SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Recalled IF/ Harding 28, East Central 0 Washington 6 5 5 23 19 18 Furman 29, NC A&T 18 OF Mauricio Dubón from Sacramento (Tri- Georgia 10, Clemson 3 Howard Payne 43, Texas Lutheran 17 x-Connecticut 21 6 .778 — ple-A West). Placed OF Alex Dickerson on Gotham FC 5 5 7 22 17 15 Georgia Southern 30, Gardner-Webb 25 Mary Hardin-Baylor 84, Simpson 6 Chicago 14 14 .500 7½ the 10-day IL. Houston 6 7 3 21 18 21 Guilford 21, Greensboro 7 North Texas 44, Northwestern St. 14 WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Selected Oklahoma 40, Tulane 35 New York 11 18 .379 11 Louisville 4 8 5 17 14 24 Hampton 42, Virginia Union 28 the contract of LHP Josh Rogers and James Madison 68, Morehead St. 10 Oklahoma St. 23, Missouri St. 16 Washington 10 17 .370 11 agreed to terms on a major league con- Kansas City 2 11 4 10 9 28 Kentucky 45, Louisiana-Monroe 10 Prairie View 40, Texas Southern 17 Atlanta 6 20 .231 14½ tract. Transferred RHP Kyle McGowin from SMU 56, Abilene Christian 9 the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL. Note: Three points for victory, one point Liberty 48, Campbell 7 Indiana 6 20 .231 14½ for tie. Memphis 42, Nicholls 17 Stephen F. Austin 20, Tarleton St. 10 BASKETBALL TCU 45, Duquesne 3 Saturday’s games Middle Tennessee 50, Monmouth (NJ) 15 WESTERN CONFERENCE National Basketball Association Mississippi St. 35, Louisiana Tech 34 Texas 38, Louisiana-Lafayette 18 BROOKLYN NETS — Acquired F Sekou Chicago 0, Gotham FC 0, tie N. Illinois 22, Georgia Tech 21 Texas A&M 41, Kent St. 10 WLPct GB Doumbouya and C Jahill Okafor from De- Reign FC 1, Louisville 1, tie Newberry 31, 7 Texas Tech 38, Houston 21 troit in exchange for C DeAndre Jordan Washington at Portland ppd. Presbyterian 84, St. Andrews 43 UTEP 38, Bethune-Cookman 28 x-Las Vegas 20 7 .741 — and a draft consideration. FOOTBALL Sunday’s games Richmond 38, Howard 14 x-Minnesota 18 9 .667 2 SE Louisiana 49, North Alabama 28 National Football League Houston at Orlando Shenandoah 28, Methodist 23 x-Seattle 19 10 .655 2 CHICAGO BEARS — Signed OL Tyrone North Carolina at Kansas City FAR WEST Shorter 38, Brevard 14 x-Phoenix 17 10 .630 3 Wheatley Jr. Friday’s games Air Force 35, Lafayette 14 South Alabama 31, Southern Miss. 7 Dallas 12 15 .444 8 GREEN BAY PACKERS — Acquired P Co- South Carolina 46, E. Illinois 0 BYU 24, Arizona 16 rey Bojorquez and a 2023 seventh-round Gotham FC at Kansas City Los Angeles 10 18 .357 10½ Chicago at Houston Stetson 54, 14 Cal Poly 28, San Diego 17 draft pick from the Los Angeles Rams in Troy 55, Southern U. 3 Idaho 68, Simon Fraser 0 exchange for a 2023 sixth-round draft pick. Tusculum 58, St. Augustines 14 La Verne 42, Whittier 0 Saturday’s games TENNESSEE TITANS —Activated RB Jere- GOLF VMI 45, Davidson 24 Montana 13, Washington 7 Phoenix 87, Indiana 65 my McNichols and QB Ryan Tannehill from Valdosta St. 53, Savannah St. 7 N.M. Highlands 44, Fort Lewis 7 Minnesota 93, Washington 75 the reserve/COVID-19 list. Tour Championship Virginia 43, William & Mary 0 Nevada 22, California 17 Sunday’s games HOCKEY Virginia-Wise 54, Va. Lynchburg 0 North Dakota 35, Idaho St. 14 National Hockey League Las Vegas at Chicago Saturday West Florida 42, McNeese St. 36 Oregon 31, Fresno St. 24 ARIZONA COYOTES — Traded C Chris- Wis.-Oshkosh 28, Huntingdon 24 Sacramento St. 19, Dixie St. 7 Atlanta at Dallas tian Dvorak to Montreal Canadiens for At East Lake Golf Club San Diego St. 28, New Mexico St. 10 Monday’s game 2022 first and 2024 second round draft Atlanta, Ga. Wofford 24, Elon 22 Southern Cal 30, San Jose St. 7 Phoenix at Indiana choices. Yardage: 7,346; Par: 70 UCLA 38, LSU 27 COLLEGE Purse: $46 Million MIDWEST Utah St. 26, Washington St. 23 Tuesday’s games MEMPHIS — Named Jalise Beck and Te- Third Round Albion 36, Mount St. Joseph 20 Willamette 48, Puget Sound 35 Connecticut at Dallas neshia Dixon assistant coaches for wom- Patrick Cantlay 67-66-67—200 -20 Alma 23, Bluffton 0 Wyoming 19, Montana St. 16 Washington at Seattle en’s basketball. Jon Rahm 65-65-68—198 -18 Justin Thomas 67-67-65—199 -15 TENNIS Kevin Na 66-67-66—199 -13 Abraham Ancer 69-70-65—204 -10 U.S. Open Greet Minnen, Belgium, 6-1, 6-2. Jonny O’Mara, Britain, def. Sander Gille Bjorn Fratangelo, United States, 6-4, 6-3. Billy Horschel 65-68-67—200 -10 Maria Sakkari (17), Greece, def. Petra and Joran Vliegen (16), Belgium, 3-6, 6-3, Ben Mclachlan and Ena Shibahara (8), Viktor Hovland 66-68-70—204 -9 Saturday Kvitova (10), Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-3. 7-6 (3). Japan, def. Hayley Carter and Hunter Bryson DeChambeau 69-67-72—208 -9 At USTA Billie Jean King National Belinda Bencic (11), Switzerland, def. Sam Querrey and Steve Johnson, United Reese, United States, 7-5, 6-2. Jessica Pegula (23), United States, 6-2, 6-4. States, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, and Maxi- Mixed Doubles Dustin Johnson 68-69-68—205 -8 Tennis Center New York Emma Raducanu, Britain, def. Sara Sor- mo Gonzalez (14), Argentina, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Third Round Xander Schauffele 68-69-67—204 -8 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor ribes Tormo, Spain, 6-0, 6-1. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Ivan Dodig Fabrice Martin, France, and Yaroslava Jordan Spieth 69-67-70—206 -8 Men’s Singles Iga Swiatek (7), Poland, def. Anett Kon- (13), Croatia, def. Hugo Nys, Monaco, and Shvedova, Kazakhstan, def. Sachia Vick- Louis Oosthuizen 68-67-71—206 -7 Third Round taveit (28), Estonia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Arthur Rinderknech, France, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. ery and Nathan Pasha, United States, 6-4, Sergio Garcia 68-70-66—204 -6 Oscar Otte, Germany, def. Andreas Sep- Karolina Pliskova (4), Czech Republic, Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, and An- 4-6, 11-9. def. Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, 6-3, 6-2. dreas Mies (15), Germany, def. Nikola Cac- Demi Schuurs, Netherlands, and Sander Cameron Smith 68-68-73—209 -6 pi, Italy, 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5. Matteo Berrettini (6), Italy, def. Ilya Shelby Rogers, United States, def. Ash- ic, Serbia, and Tomislav Brkic, Bosnia-Her- Gille (8), Belgium, def. Montserrat Gonza- Tony Finau 72-67-73—212 -6 Ivashka, Belarus, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. leigh Barty (1), Australia, 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (5). zegovina, 7-5, 6-2. lez, Paraguay, and Nadia Podoroska, Ar- Jason Kokrak 67-68-72—207 -5 Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Kei Nish- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (14), Russia, Women’s Doubles gentina, walkover. Scottie Scheffler 67-72-68—207 -4 ikori, Japan, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. def. Varvara Gracheva, Russia, 6-1, 6-4. Second Round Max Purcell, Australia, and Dayana Yas- Storm Sanders, Australia, and Caroline tremska, Ukraine, def. Gabriela Dabrow- Sam Burns 71-70-69—210 -4 Jannik Sinner (13), Italy, def. Gael Mon- Men’s Doubles fils (17), France, 7-6 (1), 6-2, 4-6, 4-6, 6-4. Second Round Dolehide (10), United States, def. Irina- ski, Canada, and Marcus Daniell, New Harris English 66-69-75—210 -4 Jenson Brooksby, United States, def. As- Jean-Julien Rojer and Wesley Koolhof Camelia Begu and Cristina-Andreea Mitu, Zealand, 6-3, 6-3. Rory McIlroy 68-66-74—208 -4 lan Karatsev (21), Russia, 6-2, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, (10), Netherlands, def. Robert Galloway Romania, 6-0, 6-1. Ken Skupski, Britain, and Alexa Guarachi Patrick Reed 72-69-66—207 -3 6-3. and Alex Lawson, United States, 6-3, 7-6 Erin Routliffe, New Zealand, and Leylah Mathison (3), Chile, def. Galina Voskoboe- Collin Morikawa 70-73-68—211 -2 Lloyd Harris, South Africa, def. Denis (3). Annie Fernandez, Canada, def. Robin va, Kazakhstan, and Nikola Cacic, Serbia, Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, and Andres Montgomery and Ashlyn Krueger, United 6-7 (4), 6-1, 10-8. Daniel Berger 72-69-67—208 -2 Shapovalov (7), Canada, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Reilly Opelka (22), United States, def. Ni- Molteni, Argentina, def. Raven Klaasen, States, 6-2, 6-2. Desirae Krawczyk, United States, and Corey Conners 67-72-70—209 -2 koloz Basilashvili, Georgia, 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-4. South Africa, and Ben Mclachlan (11), Ja- Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Elise Mertens Joe Salisbury (2), Britain, def. Filip Polasek, Sungjae Im 71-70-70—211 -2 Alexander Zverev (4), Germany, def. pan, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (7). (1), Belgium, def. Elixane Lechemia, Slovakia, and Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, Erik van Rooyen 69-73-68—210 E Jack Sock, United States, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 2-1, Horia Tecau, Romania, and Kevin Kra- France, and Ulrikke Eikeri, Norway, 6-4, 6-2. 7-6 (1), 7-5. Hideki Matsuyama 77-65-69—211 E ret. wietz (6), Germany, def. Frederik Nielsen, Mixed Doubles Marcelo Arevalo-Gonzalez, El Salvador, Women’s Singles Denmark, and Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 7-6 Second Round and Giuliana Olmos, Mexico, def. Ivan Do- Stewart Cink 72-68-71—211 E Third Round (12), 7-6 (4). Marcelo Demoliner, Brazil, and Ellen Pe- dig, Croatia, and Nicole Melichar (1), Unit- Joaquin Niemann 72-71-70—213 +2 Bianca Andreescu (6), Canada, def. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, and rez, Australia, def. Madison Keys and ed States, 7-5, 3-6, 10-5. PAGE 18 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, September 6, 2021 NFL

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Bucs favored in NFC South Atlanta Falcons (4-12) New faces: Head coach Arthur Smith, TE Kyle Pitts, RB Mike Davis, OG Josh Andrews, TE Lee Smith, QB Josh Rosen, DE Jonathan Bullard, S Erik Harris, S Du- ron Harmon, CB Fabian Moreau, P Cameron Nizialek. Key losses: WR Julio Jones, C Alex Mack, RB Todd Tampa Bay picked Gurley, OG James Carpenter, QB Matt Schaub, S Ri- cardo Allen, S Keanu Neal, DE Allen Bailey, P Sterling Hofrichter. Strengths: Even with the trade of Jones, the great- to end New Orleans’ est receiver in franchise history, the Falcons have a deep group of potential targets for quarterback Matt Ryan. Calvin Ridley emerged as one of the league's top receivers, Russell Gage showed he was ready to run of division titles step into a leading role, and top draft pick Pitts is a dynamic tight end with receiver-like skills. The Fal- cons will likely go with plenty of double-tight end BY CHARLES ODUM sets, pairing Pitts with Hayden Hurst. Weaknesses: The offensive line is extremely young Associated Press and requires big improvement from RG Chris Lind- strom, RT Kaleb McGary and C Matt Hennessy to pre- ATLANTA — Mike Evans endured four vent Ryan from taking another awful pounding. The defensive front has been a perpetual area of concern last-place finishes in the NFC South in his and must get more pressure on opposing quarter- first six seasons with Tampa Bay before last backs. The Falcons desperately need DE Dante Fow- ler to step up his game after a disappointing 2020 season’s breakthrough Super Bowl cham- season. If the 36-year-old Ryan went down for an ex- tended period, the team's shaky quarterback depth pionship earned the Buccaneers long-await- would really be a problem. ed respect. Camp development: The Falcons were counting on AJ McCarron to serve as Ryan's backup after Schaub The former doormats of the division are retired. But McCarron went down with a season-end- ing knee injury in the second preseason game, forc- now envied by every other NFL team. ing the Falcons to hastily sign former Arizona first- “I’ve been waiting for this for seven years round pick Josh Rosen. The only other quarterback on the roster is undrafted rookie Feleipe Franks. now,” said Evans, a first-round pick in 2014. “That’s what we want. When we went to Carolina Panthers (5-11) Pittsburgh my rookie year, we wanted to be New faces: QB Sam Darnold, WR Terrace Marshall Jr., TE Dan Arnold, OT Cam Erving, G Pat Elflin, WR Da- the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now everybody vid Moore, DE Haason Reddick, DE Morgan Fox, DT DaQuan Jones, LB Frankie Luvu, CB Jaycee Horn, CB wants to be the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. A.J. Bouye. That’s what you want, and we look forward to Key losses: WR Curtis Samuel, QB Teddy Bridgewa- ter, RB Mike Davis, DT Kawann Short, S Tre Boston, OT the challenge.” Russell Okung, DE Stephen Weatherly. Strengths: The Panthers have one of the most dy- Tom Brady and the Buccaneers aren’t the namic players in the league in RB Christian McCaf- defending division champions. New Orleans frey and a pair of returning 1,000-yard receivers in D.J. Moore and Robby Anderson along with super-talent- won its fourth consecutive division title at ed rookie WR Terrace Marshall Jr. The big question will be if the offensive line can protect new starting 12-4, one game ahead of Tampa Bay, which QB Sam Darnold and if he can get the ball to them. made the playoffs as a wild card. Weaknesses: Carolina's offensive line remains the team's biggest question mark. Cam Erving is expect- The retirement of Saints quarterback ed to start the season at LT, but the team could move Taylor Moton to the left side if Erving struggles. Car- Drew Brees only makes Tampa Bay a stron- olina lacks depth at linebacker. The kicking game has ger favorite in the division. been in flux with Ryan Santoso beating out Joey Slye. But Santoso has never kicked in a regular-season First-year Falcons coach Arthur Smith, game, so he's untested. Camp development: Denzel Perryman was signed the former Tennessee Titans offensive coor- to a two-year deal as a free agent and was expected dinator, says the Saints’ four-year run atop to be the team's starting middle linebacker. Instead, Perryman could never get on the field during training the division deserves respect. MATT PATTERSON/AP camp due to a hip injury and the team ultimately cut bait, trading him to the Raiders before he ever played “I know Drew Brees is retired, but they’ve Tampa Bay quarterback Tom Brady had offseason knee surgery after guiding the a game in Carolina. Instead, undersized Jermaine won a lot of football games and sustained suc- Buccaneers to a Super Bowl championship last season. Carter will start at middle linebacker. cess, so we’ve got all the respect in the world New Orleans Saints (13-5) for New Orleans,” Smith said. “It’s a little different,” Ryan said. “Obvi- said. “He’s evolving, he’s growing, and get- New faces: TE Nick Vannett, DE Tanoh Kpassagnon, ously playing against Drew every year for ting good reps, and a lot of different looks, DE Payton Turner, LB Pete Warner, CB Paulson Ade- bo, P Blake Gillickin. Fresh start my entire career was a challenge. He’s a and for the most part protecting the football.” Key losses: QB Drew Brees, DE Trey Hendrickson, CB Janoris Jenkins, DT Sheldon Rankins, DT Malcom Tampa Bay coach Bruce Arians has re- great player.” Darnold has more weapons to work with Brown, WR Emmanuel Sanders, LB Alex Anzalone, TE minded his players they can’t lean on last Jameis Winston has been named the suc- than in New York with 1,000-yard receivers Jared Cook, TE Josh Hill, CB Patrick Robinson. Strengths: Versatile RB Alvin Kamara and an ac- year’s run of eight consecutive wins to the cessor to Brees. D.J. Moore and Robby Anderson returning complished offensive line make the Saints effective in both the running and short passing game. QB Ja- championship. Arians relayed a simple along with promising rookie Terrace Mar- meis Winston gives the Saints the ability to throw message on the first day of training camp in Believe in Payton shall Jr. deep. WR Michael Thomas hopes to regain record- setting form when he returns from ankle surgery lat- July. Saints coach Sean Payton must show he Darnold’s best asset is McCaffrey, who is er in the first half of the season. Defensive ends Cam- eron Jordan and Marcus Davenport are physical “Don’t assume anything. We’re starting can win without Brees. GM Mickey Loomis healthy after missing 13 games last season edge rushers. LB Demario Davis provides strong run from scratch. That was last year’s team,” Ar- says that point has been proven. due to multiple injuries. McCaffrey, who defense and blitzing. Weaknesses: The Saints are thin at both defensive ians said. New Orleans was 8-1 without Brees the caught 106 passes in 2018 and 116 in 2019, fig- tackle and cornerback following offseason depar- tures of Jenkins, Rankins and Brown. It remains to be Brady, 44 and who had offseason knee sur- last two seasons, including 5-0 with Teddy ures to be the primary check-down target for seen how TEs Adam Trautman, Juwan Johnson and gery, is doing his part to make sure compla- Bridgewater when Brees was out with a Darnold and will handle the bulk of the run- Vannett will fill the void created by the departure of Jared Cook and Josh Hill. cency isn’t an issue. Even though the Bucs thumb injury in 2019. The Saints were 3-1 ning game. Camp development: Winston beat out Taysom Hill to succeed Brees. Thomas’ surgery in June prevented return all 22 starters, Brady reiterated the with Taysom Hill at quarterback while Brees him from participating in preseason and he'll miss at difficulty of the challenge ahead. was out with injured ribs last season. Learning to fly least the first six regular-season games. Kicker Wil Lutz had a core muscle injury that could sideline him It’s difficult to repeat as Super Bowl cham- Hill is expected to have a role behind Win- With wide receiver Julio Jones traded to early in the regular season. DT Jalen Dalton was placed on injured reserve after a preseason that saw pions, but Brady knows the path. No team ston this season. Loomis said Payton will find Tennessee and a new leadership team of him making plays and on track to be in the regular has repeated since Brady led the 2003 and a way to keep the Saints winning. Smith and general manager Terry Fontenot rotation on the interior defensive line. Hurricane Ida has forced the Saints to temporarily relocate to the 2004 New England Patriots to consecutive ti- “Sean and his staff will adjust according- making decisions, Atlanta’s 2016 Super Bowl Dallas area and will play the Sept. 12 home opener vs. tles. ly,” Loomis said. “I think they’ve been fan- season is a fading memory. Green Bay in Jacksonville. “We have to be able to create our own fu- tastic doing that over the years.” Atotal rebuild likely would have meant the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (15-5) ture, and that’s really about attitude, effort, team would have used the No. 4 overall pick New faces: LB Joe Tryon-Shoyinka, OL Robert Hain- and preparation,” Brady said. “Nothing Spotlight on Darnold in this year’s NFL Draft to select a quarter- sey, RB Giovani Bernard. Key losses: None. about last year is going to carry over into this With a healthy Christian McCaffrey at back. Instead, tight end Kyle Pitts was the Strengths: Tom Brady turned 44 during training camp and is not showing any signs of getting old. He year. ... It’s an entirely new challenge.” running back, the Panthers have renewed choice and Ryan returns for at least one or has a plethora of playmakers at his disposal, as well cause for optimism. two more seasons. as one of the NFL’s top defenses to help him chase an eighth Super Bowl title. QB reset Carolina’s playoff hopes rest firmly on the Ryan has a capable lead receiver in Calvin Weaknesses: After finding a way to retain all 22 starters, the defending champs truly are a team with Brees’ retirement and Carolina’s acquisi- right arm of Darnold, who has replaced Ridley. The big offseason addition was run- no perceived weaknesses. A young secondary that tion of Sam Darnold from the Jets created Bridgewater. Darnold is looking for a fresh ning back Mike Davis, who filled in for was a liability early last season not only improved steadily, but was dominant during a postseason run quarterback turnover in half of the division’s start in Carolina after going 13-25 in three McCaffrey in Carolina last season. that included victories over Drew Brees, Aaron Rodg- ers and Patrick Mahomes. teams. Brady returns for his second season seasons as the Jets’ starter. Panthers second- Camp development: The return of O.J. Howard, who in Tampa Bay while Matt Ryan, 36, enters his year coach Matt Rhule has gone out of his Predicted order of finish missed most of last season with an Achilles tendon injury, provides Brady with yet another talented 14th season in Atlanta. way to avoid putting pressure on Darnold, Buccaneers, Saints, Panthers, Falcons playmaker to go along with receivers Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Antonio Brown and Scotty Miller, run- With Brees launching a new career as a emphasizing repeatedly that his role in the ning backs Leonard Fournette and Ronald Jones, and broadcaster, Ryan says the division won’t be offense will be to avoid mistakes. fellow tight ends Rob Gronkowski and Cameron AP sports writers Fred Goodall, Brett Martel and Steve Reed Brate. the same. “I think Sam’s doing really well,” Rhule contributed to this report. — Associated Press Monday, September 6, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 NFL Uncertainty abounds in AFC South

BY MARK LONG Baker Mayfield in Cleveland and Justin Associated Press Herbert in Los Angeles. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — There’s more uncertainty than usual surrounding the Defensive rebuild AFC South, and it extends beyond Houston The Titans brought in former Philadel- quarterback Deshaun Watson. phia defensive coordinator and Detroit The NFL’s lone division with two playoff head coach Jim Schwartz as a senior defen- teams in each of the past four years is deal- sive assistant, and officially gave the coor- ing with significant changes heading into dinator title to Shane Bowen, who unoffi- the 2021 season. Two new head coaches, cially held the job in 2020. three new offensive coordinators, three But that was just the beginning of the new quarterbacks and several prominent team’s defensive makeover. The Titans let cleats to fill could put the South’s postsea- Jadeveon Clowney walk after he failed to son streak in jeopardy. produce a sack in eight games and ended up Throw in a few key preseason injuries on injured reserve. They replaced him by and it’s hard to predict how the division will signing Pittsburgh’s Bud Dupree and In- shake out. dy’s Denico Autry in free agency. Tennes- This much is clear: Derrick Henry and see also signed veteran Janoris Jenkins and the Tennessee Titans are favored to repeat, drafted fellow cornerbacks Caleb Farley according to FanDuel Sportsbook, despite and Elijah Molden to shore up the back end. replacing offensive coordinator Arthur The Titans are counting on those addi- Smith, who took the head job in Atlanta, and tions paying immediate dividends for a unit revamping a defense that was one of the that gave up 439 points last season, the worst in franchise history. fourth most in franchise history. If it hap- “To win this division, you go to Nashville pens, Tennessee might have a shot at reac- and you see what the Titans have,” Jaguars hing the AFC title game for the second time defensive coordinator Joe Cullen said. in three years or possibly doing more. Tennessee's offseason was relatively un- “That’s the expectation: To go to the Su- eventful compared to what transpired in In- per Bowl and win it," safety Kevin Byard dianapolis, Houston and Jacksonville. said. Colts quarterback Philip Rivers retired after a one-year stint that ended on wild- JASON BEHNKEN / AP Ground gains card weekend. Offensive coordinator Nick The Titans’ Derrick Henry led the league in rushing last year and was the Offensive The AFC South had three 1,000-yard Sirianni then left to take over in Philadel- Player of the Year. Tennessee is the favorite in a division filled with uncertainty. rushers in 2020, including two rookies. NFL phia, which later traded oft-injured quar- Offensive Player of the Year Henry led the terback Carson Wentz to Indy. NFL with 2,027 yards and 16 touchdowns. The deal reunited Wentz and Colts head The Texans fired Bill O’Brien in midsea- Here are some other things to know about Indy's Jonathan Taylor was third in league coach Frank Reich, who worked closely to- son 2020 and replaced him with first-time the division as it enters another season that with 1,169 yards rushing, two spots higher gether during Wentz’s breakout 2017 sea- head coach David Culley. They said good- likely will be affected by COVID-19: than Jacksonville's James Robinson (1,070). son in Philly. bye to superstar defensive lineman J.J. All three running backs had little help But the move looked questionable a few Watt. Watson watch and even less competition for carries. Tay- months later when Reich revealed Wentz The Jaguars hired three-time college na- Watson’s future with the Texans remains lor and Robinson, though, aren't likely to be needed surgery to remove a bone fragment tional champion Urban Meyer to follow unclear. He reported to the training camp in one-man shows again. Colts veteran Marlon from his left foot. And that was just one of Doug Marrone and had the No. 1 overall late July to avoid being fined. Watson Mack returns after tearing an Achilles ten- many injury woes for the Colts, who have draft pick for the first time. signed a four-year, $160 million contract ex- don in last year's season opener, and the linebacker Darius Leonard (ankle), guard Both teams are in rebuilding mode, with tension with the team in 2020 and led the Jaguars added Carlos Hyde to share some Quenton Nelson (foot), left tackle Eric Fish- all eyes on a pair of former Clemson quar- NFL in passing yards last season. But be- of Robinson's workload. er (Achilles) and defensive lineman Dayo terbacks. Houston is waiting to see what fore the lawsuits were filed, he had asked to “Watch out for him,” Taylor said of Mack. Odeyingbo (Achilles) recovering from sur- happens with Watson, who is facing nearly be traded. “That’s all I’m going to tell you.” gery. They also are dealing with COVID-19 two dozen lawsuits alleging sexual assault It’s unlikely any team would touch him issues. and harassment. And the Jaguars are right now. In the meantime, the Texans are Predicted finish Houston and Jacksonville, meanwhile, counting on Trevor Lawrence to end a dec- going with journeyman Tyrod Taylor. Tay- Titans, Colts, Jaguars, Texans dealt with coaching turnovers that could ades-long search for a franchise quarter- lor is with his fifth team in eight years, hav- lead to more roster upheaval. back. ing been replaced by Josh Allen in Buffalo, AP Pro Football Writer Teresa M. Walker contributed.

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Houston Texans (4-12) Indianapolis Colts (11-6) Jacksonville Jaguars (1-15) Tennessee Titans (11-6) New faces: Coach David Culley, defensive coordi­ New faces: QB Carson Wentz, LT Eric Fisher, DE Kwi­ New faces: Coach Urban Meyer, QB Trevor Law­ New faces: WR Julio Jones, LB Bud Dupree, CB Jack­ nator Lovie Smith, QB Tyrod Taylor, RB Mark Ingram, ty Paye, OT Julie’n Davenport, QB Sam Ehlinger, TE rence, QB C.J. Beathard, WR Marvin Jones, WR Tavon rabbit Jenkins, DL Denico Autry, CB Caleb Farley, CB C Justin Britt, LB Christian Kirksey, RB Phillip Lindsay, Kylen Granson, WR Mike Strachan, DE Dayo Odeying­ Austin, RB Carlos Hyde, OT Walker Little, TE Chris Elijah Molden, WR Josh Reynolds, LB Rashad Weaver, WR Anthony Miller, LB Kevin Pierre­Louis. bo. Manhertz, TE Luke Farrell, WR/KR Jamal Agnew, DT OT Dillon Radunz, LS Morgan Cox, OT Kendall Lamm, Key losses: DE J.J. Watt, WR Will Fuller, WR Randall Key losses: QB Philip Rivers, LT Anthony Castonzo, Malcom Brown, DL Roy Robertson­Harris, DE Jihad K Sam Ficken. Cobb, ILB Benardrick McKinney, C Nick Martin, RB LB Anthony Walker, DE Denico Autry, DE Justin Hous­ Ward, LB Damien Wilson, CB Shaquill Griffin, CB Ty­ Key losses: OC Arthur Smith, WR Corey Davis, TE Duke Johnson, P Bryan Anger, TE Darren Fells. ton, S Malik Hooker, offensive coordinator Nick Sir­ son Campbell, S Rayshawn Jenkins, S Rudy Ford, S Jonnu Smith, K Stephen Gostkowski, CB Adoree Jack­ Strengths: Houston beefed up its running game ianni. Andre Cisco. son, CB Malcolm Butler, S Kenny Vaccaro, RT Dennis this offseason after ranking 31st in the NFL by ave­ Strengths: Wentz is trying to revive his career be­ Key losses: RB Travis Etienne (IR/foot), QB Gardner Kelly, WR Adam Humphries, DL DaQuan Jones, CB raging just 91.6 yards rushing a game. David Johnson hind one of the NFL’s top offensive lines and with a Minshew, WR Keelan Cole, TE Tyler Eifert, LB Joe Desmond King. returns, looking to bounce back in his second season stronger supporting cast than he had in Philadelphia. Schobert, CB D.J. Hayden, CB Sidney Jones, DT Abry Strengths: Jones joins an offense featuring the in Houston after a subpar 2020. He’s joined by new ad­ But he needs to stay healthy — and out of the CO­ Jones. NFL’s back­to­back rushing leader in 2020 Offensive ditions Lindsay, Ingram, and Rex Burkhead, giving VID­19 protocols. Jonathan Taylor and Marlon Mack Strengths: The Jaguars are banking on Lawrence Player of the Year Derrick Henry and QB Ryan Tanne­ the Texans plenty of options in the backfield. provide a strong running tandem, and All­Pros De­ being the man immediately. Lawrence, the No. 1 hill, who set a franchise­record in 2020 with 40 TDs. The passing game will certainly take Forest Buckner and Darius Leonard lead a defense overall draft pick, was widely regarded as the best The offense tied for second in yards per game and Weaknesses: that believes it can be one of the league’s best. pro prospect since Andrew Luck. And Jacksonville fourth in points per game. a major hit with Watson not expected to play for Weaknesses: Julie’n Davenport will likely replace believes Lawrence has enough talent around him — a Weaknesses: A defense revamped this offseason Houston this season amid 22 lawsuits alleging sexual longtime left tackle Anthony Castonzo in Week 1 — decent ground attack and potentially the team’s best after being at or near the bottom of several catego­ assault or harassment, plus a trade request. Veteran and until Fisher, a two­time Pro Bowler, returns in receiving corps since Jimmy Smith and Keenan ries has six new starters and has to jell. Improvement Tyrod Taylor is expected to start in his place and al­ late September or early October. Kwity Paye and Ke­ McCardell in the late 1990s — to be good early. over 2020 shouldn’t be too tough to achieve, though though he’s looked comfortable in camp, he’s no­ moko Turay need to become consistently productive Weaknesses: Jacksonville’s defense last season they have to prove they can actually help a high­pow­ where near the playmaker Watson is. Taylor could edge pass rushers. And while the depth at receiver was the worst in franchise history, giving up an AFC­ ered offense. struggle with a receiving group that lost star Fuller in appears better, Michael Pittman Jr. and Parris Camp­ leading 492 points. Meyer and general manager Trent Camp Development: The Titans have a new kicker free agency. Houston’s secondary is also suspect bell must take big steps in 2021. Baalke took a huge swing at the unit by signing more after claiming Sam Ficken off waivers from the New and won’t have top cornerback Bradley Roby in the Camp Development: Wentz (foot), Fisher (Achilles than a dozen free agents, drafting four defenders York Jets. ... Coach Mike Vrabel tested positive for opener against the Jaguars. Roby will be serving the tendon) or All­Pro guard Quenton Nelson (foot) mis­ and switching to a 3­4 scheme. COVID­19 the day after a preseason win at Tampa last game of a six­game suspension. sed most of training camp, but that gave Indy a Camp Development: Losing Etienne for the season Bay, the first of a flare­up that put Tannehill and three Camp Development: Watson reported to camp to chance to build depth at quarterback and along the was a significant setback — Meyer called it “a shot in other offensive starters on the reserve/COVID­19 list avoid being fined and participated in individual drills offensive line. Wentz returned to practice on Thurs­ the jaw” — because the rookie from Clemson and for the franchise that had the NFL’s first outbreak last but never practiced with the team, watching as Tay­ day but is still unvaccinated. 25th overall pick was going to be an integral part of season. Tannehill missed 10 days but was activated lor ran the offense.  the offense. Replacing him might be impossible. on Saturday. PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, September 6, 2021 NFL/US OPEN Some big names NFL scoreboard American Conference

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North himself on court Saturday, the in 2019 and Wimbledon this July ots last season and showed But the 38-year-old running back WLTPct PF PA way he mostly did through his first but never has been past the fourth glimpses of the dynamic playmak- has defied odds his entire career, Chicago 0 0 0 .000 0 0 two U.S. Open matches. Instead, round at Flushing Meadows. er he was in Carolina. But he fin- recovering from multiple knee in- Detroit 0 0 0 .000 0 0 he let it all out, slapping his chest Coming into this match, Barty ished with eight touchdown pas- juries to become one of the Green Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0 or sneering with a fist raised to was 5-0 against Rogers and then ses and 10 interceptions in what league’s most productive per- Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 0 0 celebrate success, pointing to his went up two breaks at 5-2 in the was easily the worst full season of formers out of the backfield. He West ear to ask the crowd for noise. third set. his career. finished with 653 yards last season WLTPct PF PA This was the Djokovic everyone Rogers' mindset at that point? Adrian Peterson: The fifth- to lead the Jets in his one year in Arizona 0 0 0 .000 0 0 is so accustomed to seeing — yes, “Can’t get any worse. You've leading rusher in NFL history is New York. If he stills wants to car- L.A. Rams 0 0 0 .000 0 0 winning on the Grand Slam stage, lost to her every time,” said Rog- San Francisco 0 0 0 .000 0 0 36, but told SportsTalk 790 in ry the ball, it’s tough to count him Seattle 0 0 0 .000 0 0 of course, as he always does in this ers, who plays 18-year-old Emma Houston in July that he’s still aim- out. Thursday's game magical season, but also animated Raducanu of Britain on Monday. ing to play at least another season. David DeCastro: The 31-year- Dallas at Tampa Bay and into it, encouraging the spec- “Try something different.” “My body feels strong,” Peterson old guard was a consistently relia- Sunday's games tators to join him for the ride on his Urged on by a raucous crowd, Arizona at Tennessee said. “I still feel young. I still feel ble blocker in nine years for the Jacksonville at Houston path toward tennis history. Rogers smacked moon balls, good.” The 2012 NFL MVP ran for Steelers while being selected an L.A. Chargers at Washington Taking another step in his bid to stayed patient — and waited as a Minnesota at Cincinnati 604 yards and seven touchdowns All-Pro twice and making six N.Y. Jets at Carolina complete the first calendar-year rattled Barty hit a slew of un- Philadelphia at Atlanta with Detroit last year. straight Pro Bowl trips. DeCastro Pittsburgh at Buffalo Slam by a man in more than a half- forced errors that led to another Le’veon Bell: Just a few years dealt with a few injuries last sea- San Francisco at Detroit century, Djokovic moved into the early exit at Flushing Meadows. Seattle at Indianapolis ago, Bell was arguably the best all- son that limited him to 13 games Cleveland at Kansas City fourth round at Flushing Mead- “I just tried to get the crowd into Denver at N.Y. Giants around running back in the and he needed offseason ankle Green Bay at New Orleans ows for the 14th consecutive ap- it. I said, `You know what, if I’m league, a do-it-all playmaking surgery. He was released by Pitts- Miami at New England pearance, coming back to beat Kei going to go down, I’m going to give Chicago at L.A. Rams force for Pittsburgh. Then he sat burgh with a non-football injury Monday's game Nishikori 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. a last dying effort,'” she said. out the entire 2018 season while in designation. Baltimore at Las Vegas “I don’t plan to have those kind Djokovic is now 24-0 in the a contract dispute. Looking to re- of emotional moments on the sport's four most important events juvenate his career — and reclaim court, whether good or bad. It just this season, having won the Aus- his place among the NFL’s elite — happens,” Djokovic said. “In the tralian Open in February, the Bell signed with the Jets in 2019, heat of the battle, when you feel French Open in June and Wimble- but fizzled before being cut after like the moment is very important don in July. The last man to go 4 two games last year. Kansas City ... you just want to get those things for 4 at the majors was Rod Laver signed him, but he wasn’t much of out of yourself, out of your system in 1969; Steffi Graf was the last a factor. — try to, I guess, ride on that ener- woman, in 1988. Todd Gurley: Gurley, who’s on- gy wave that you create, whether Win four more matches next ly 27, put up video game-like stats it’s with yourself, whether it’s with week, and Djokovic also would in three of his first four seasons the crowd.” earn his 21st career Slam trophy, with the Rams, including running So the No. 1-seeded Djokovic breaking the men's mark he cur- for 30 touchdowns and catching 10 managed to avoid the rash of up- rently shares with Roger Federer TD passes in 2017 and 2018. Con- sets that have hit the tournament, and Rafael Nadal. cerns about his left knee cropped but the top-seeded woman, Ash “I would not be honest fully if I up when he struggled in the 2018 Barty, did not. A day after defend- told you I don’t think or I don’t be- playoffs and again the following ing champion Naomi Osaka and lieve or I don’t visualize that I can season, when he had just 857 two of the top five men, Stefanos win every single Grand Slam that I yards rushing. Gurley signed with Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev play in,” Djokovic said. “I’m not Atlanta last year and ran for a ca- ISAAC BREKKEN/AP were beaten, Barty blew a big lead surprised when I win Slams and reer-low 678 yards. Le’Veon Bell once was considered the best all­around running back, in the final set and lost to 43rd- big tournaments because that’s al- Richard Sherman: Once a key but he hasn’t been the same since sitting out the season in 2018. ranked Shelby Rogers of the U.S., ways a goal." Monday, September 6, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 MLB

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American League East Division Jays go deep 4 times, edge A’s WLPct GB Tampa Bay 86 50 .632 _ Hernández hits 100th career HR New York 78 57 .578 7½ Boston 79 59 .572 8 as Toronto keeps up hot streak Toronto 72 62 .537 13 Baltimore 42 92 .313 43 Associated Press Central Division TORONTO — Teoscar Hernández hit his WLPct GB 100th career home run, José Berríos took a no­ Chicago 79 57 .581 _ hitter into the fifth inning and the Blue Jays sur­ Cleveland 67 66 .504 10½ Detroit 64 73 .467 15½ vived a late scare to beat the Oakland Athletics Kansas City 60 75 .444 18½ 10­8 Saturday, Toronto’s sixth win in seven Minnesota 58 77 .430 20½ games. West Division “The key was Berríos,” Blue Jays manager WLPct GB Charlie Montoyo said. “Everything starts on the Houston 79 56 .585 _ mound. He was outstanding. He commanded Oakland 74 62 .544 5½ his fastball. When he does that, he’s the guy that Seattle 74 62 .544 5½ we thought we were going to get.” Los Angeles 68 68 .500 11½ Texas 47 88 .348 32 Berríos (10­7) allowed three runs and four hits 2 National League in 6 ⁄3 innings to win back­to­back starts, beating Oakland for the first time in seven career meet­ East Division ings. He walked none and struck out seven. WLPct GB “The last two outings I’ve been able to locate Atlanta 71 64 .526 _ my fastball to both sides of the plate,” Berríos Philadelphia 69 66 .511 2 New York 68 68 .500 3½ said. “That’s why my secondary pitches work Miami 57 79 .419 14½ well off the fastball.” Washington 56 79 .415 15 Berríos has not walked a batter in three JON BLACKER/AP Central Division straight outings, matching the longest such Toronto Blue Jays’ Breyvic Valera celebrates his two­RBI home run with Lourdes Gurriel Jr. in WLPct GB streak of his career. the fourth inning of a the Jays’ 10­8 win Saturday over the Oakland Athletics in Toronto. Milwaukee 83 54 .606 _ “He’s a competitor,” Toronto catcher Danny Cincinnati 73 64 .533 10 Jansen said after working with Berríos for the Breyvic Valera hit a two­run homer while runs for the fifth straight game, extending a du­ St. Louis 69 65 .515 12½ first time. “I had a blast.” Jansen and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. each had solo bious franchise record. Chicago 62 75 .453 21 Pittsburgh 48 88 .353 34½ With the defeat, the Athletics lost more shots as the Blue Jays boosted their home run to­ Mark Canha hit a three­run homer for the West Division ground in the AL wild card race, dropping four tal to 204. San Francisco had 201 home runs en­ Athletics and finished with four RBIs. Sean WLPct GB games behind Boston after the Red Sox beat Cle­ tering play Saturday. Murphy added a two­run blast and Matt Chap­ veland 4­3 Saturday. Toronto is five games back. Oakland pitchers allowed at least three home man hit a solo shot. Los Angeles 86 50 .632 _ San Francisco 86 50 .632 _ San Diego 72 64 .529 14 Colorado 63 73 .463 23 ROUNDUP Arizona 45 92 .328 41½ Saturday’s games Baltimore 4, N.Y. Yankees 3 Toronto 10, Oakland 8 Tampa Bay 11, Minnesota 4 Dodgers top Giants, earn share of 1st in NL West Boston 4, Cleveland 3 Cincinnati 7, Detroit 4 Associated Press Chicago White Sox 10, Kansas City 7 Blackmon homered for the third dor’s two­run homer in the ninth Seattle 8, Arizona 5 SAN FRANCISCO — Trea Turn­ straight game, Raimel Tapia had a inning. L.A. Angels 4, Texas 1 San Diego 10, Houston 2 er and Corey Seager homered, Ju­ go­ahead sacrifice fly and host Col­ Marlins 3, Phillies 2: Lewis N.Y. Mets 11, Washington 9, 1st game Washington 4, N.Y. Mets 3, 7 innings, 2nd game lio Urías won his seventh straight orado edged Atlanta. Brinson hit a go­ahead two­run Chicago Cubs 7, Pittsburgh 6 Miami 3, Philadelphia 2 decision, and the Los Angeles C.J. Cron also homered for the homer in the bottom of the eighth Milwaukee 4, St. Louis 0 Dodgers moved into a tie for first Rockies. inning and host Miami rallied to Colorado 7, Atlanta 6 L.A. Dodgers 6, San Francisco 1 place with the San Francisco Gi­ Rays 11, Twins 4: Yandy Díaz beat Philadelphia. Sunday’s games ants atop the NL West Division hit one of the Rays’ franchise re­ Red Sox 4, Indians 3:Alex Ver­ Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees Oakland at Toronto with a 6­1 win Saturday. cord­tying six homers and drove in dugo hit an RBI single with bases Cleveland at Boston Detroit at Cincinnati Turner homered leading off the four runs, Wander Franco extend­ loaded and two out in the bottom of Minnesota at Tampa Bay game to set the tone for Los An­ ed his on­base streak to 34 games the ninth inning to give host Boston Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Texas at L.A. Angels geles’ fourth win in five contests. and AL East­leading Tampa Bay a win over Cleveland. Houston at San Diego Seattle at Arizona Turner extended his hitting streak beat visiting Minnesota. Brewers 4, Cardinals 0:Adrian N.Y. Mets at Washington Philadelphia at Miami to 11 games. Díaz had an RBI single in the Houser pitched Milwaukee’s first St. Louis at Milwaukee Buster Posey went 3­for­4 with JOHN HEFTI/AP first inning and a three­run homer complete­game shutout since 2014 Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs Atlanta at Colorado an RBI double for San Francisco, Mookie Betts, right, is off Andrew Albers during a five­ and his first pro shutout, throwing L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco Monday’s games which lost for the fifth time in sev­ congratulated by A.J. Pollock run second. a three­hitter in a win over visiting Kansas City (Kowar 0-2) at Baltimore (TBD) en games. after Betts scored in the Los Cubs 7, Pirates 6:Rookie Frank St. Louis. Toronto (Ryu 12-8) at N.Y. Yankees (Taillon 8-5) Angeles Dodgers’ 6­1 win Tampa Bay (Yarbrough 8-4) at Boston The Dodgers have won 21 of Schwindel’s RBI single capped a Houser (8­6) didn’t allow a run­ (Sale 3-0) their last 26 games. Saturday at San Francisco. three­run rally with two outs in the ner until Nolan Arenado led off the Detroit (Skubal 8-12) at Pittsburgh (Wilson 2-6) Minnesota (Ober 2-2) at Cleveland (Civale 10-2) Orioles 4, Yankees 3: Aroldis ninth inning, lifting host Chicago fifth inning with a single. He struck Seattle (Kikuchi 7-7) at Houston (McCullers Jr. 10-4) Chapman gave up Pedro Severi­ run homer in the sixth inning. over Pittsburgh for its fifth straight out seven and walked none. Texas (Alexy 1-0) at L.A. Angels (TBD) N.Y. Mets (Williams 4-2) at Washington no’s tiebreaking sacrifice fly with Padres 10, Astros 2: Manny win. Reds 7, Tigers 4: Aristides (Corbin 7-14) the bases loaded in the ninth inning Machado, Wil Myers and Fernan­ Schwindel had three hits, in­ Aquino hit a three­run homer, Tyl­ Philadelphia (Wheeler 11-9) at Milwau- kee (Woodruff 9-7) and host New York Yankees lost to do Tatis Jr. each hit an impressive cluding a solo home run. Alfonso er Naquin drove in two with a Cincinnati (Gray 7-6) at Chicago Cubs (Steele 3-2) last­place Baltimore and were no two­run home run and Joe Mus­ Rivas singled home a run in the pinch­hit triple and host Cincinnati San Francisco (Gausman 12-5) at Col- orado (Freeland 5-6) hit through the first seven innings. grove had a solid outing against ninth that drew the Cubs within 6­5 beat Detroit. L.A. Dodgers (Scherzer 12-4) at St. Louis Joey Gallo’s two­run homer in one of his former teams as host San and Rafael Ortega’s third hit of the White Sox 10, Royals 7: Yasma­ (Mikolas 0-1) Tuesday’s games the eighth tied it at 3, and manager Diego beat AL West­leading Hous­ game tied it. ni Grandal went 3­for­3 with a Minnesota at Cleveland Aaron Boone went to his All­Star ton. Mets 11­3, Nationals 9­4:Lane home run and four RBIs as visiting Detroit at Pittsburgh Kansas City at Baltimore closer with the save taken out of Tatis slugged his NL­leading Thomas and Alcides Escobar Chicago built a big lead and held Toronto at N.Y. Yankees Tampa Bay at Boston play. 37th homer and hit a go­ahead, homered as host Washington end­ off Salvador Perez and Kansas Seattle at Houston Angels 4, Rangers 1: Shohei two­run single during the four­run ed a seven­game skid with a victo­ City. Chicago White Sox at Oakland Texas at Arizona Ohtani hit his major league­lead­ second inning for the Padres, who ry in the second game of a double­ Mariners 8, Diamondbacks 5: L.A. Angels at San Diego N.Y. Mets at Miami ing 43rd home run and Jose Suarez remain a half­game behind the header for a split. Kyle Seager hit a pair of three­run Washington at Atlanta Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs pitched a five­hitter, leading host Cincinnati Reds in the race for the New York won the opener after homers, J.P. Crawford added four Philadelphia at Milwaukee Los Angeles over Texas. NL’s second wild­card spot. blowing a nine­run lead before hits and two RBIs and Seattle won L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis San Francisco at Colorado Ohtani connected for a three­ Rockies 7, Braves 6: Charlie bouncing back on Francisco Lin­ at Arizona. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, September 6, 2021 COLLEGE FOOTBALL

SERVICE ACADEMIES Army opens with rout of Georgia St. Associated Press rushed Lafayette 199-27. But the ATLANTA — Christian Ander- Leopards’ defense toughened in son ran for one touchdown, passed the second half and they got within for another and Army opened the 28-14 midway through the third season with a 43-10 victory over quarter on Selwyn Simpson’s 3- Georgia State on Saturday. yard run. The Black Knights turned two Davis gave Air Force a comfort- Georgia State turnovers into able cushion with his third score touchdowns and a 27-7 halftime and Corvan Taylor followed with lead. On their first drive, the Pan- an interception by the Falcons. thers lost a fumble at their 40 Brad Roberts had 25 carries for which led to Tyson Riley’s 4-yard 111 yards and Davis added 101 on score. Anderson scored on a quar- just four attempts. Daniels had 72 terback draw on the final play of yards rushing and 50 passing. Air the first half after Georgia State Force outrushed Lafayette 375-43. fumbled on its 9. Army scored on Marshall 49, Navy 7: Freshman four of its five first-half drives. Rasheen Ali scored the first four The Black Knights broke the touchdowns of his collegiate ca- game open to start the second half reer as the Thundering Herd dom- after the Panthers turned the ball inated the host Midshipmen in ELAINE THOMPSON/AP over on downs and Anderson con- Charles Huff’s debut coach on Sat- Montana’s Omar Hicks Onu upends Washington’s Giles Jackson, breaking up a pass, in the first half of thenected on a pass play of 40 yards to urday. Grizzlies’ 13­7 win Saturday in Seattle. Tyrell Robinson. Huff was introduced as Mar- As usual, Army stuck to the shall’s coach nearly a year ago. ground on offense, dominating the While the team won a ninth- time of possession by over 20 min- straight season opener, Huff utes but it did surprise Georiga broke a specific type of losing Grizzly details: Montana State with two wide-open touch- streak: the previous five first-year down receptions. coaches had all lost season-open- Andre Carter II led a stingy ing road games. Black Knights defense with three Ali scored his first TD from the sacks against a Panthers offense 2, capping the game-opening takes out No. 20 Huskies that had all 11 starters returning drive. He added two more scoring from a team that averaged a runs — from the 3 and the 4 — Montana victory over Washington leads parade of FCS surprises over FBS teams school-record 33.3 points per staking the Thundering Herd to a game last season. 21-0 halftime lead. Ali scored a fi- Associated Press teams. South Dakota State played fullback. Instead, he joins Air Force 35, Lafayette 14: nal touchdown with a plunge from A couple of weeks before the downed Colorado State 42-23 on the man he replaced in Derek Ma- Haazig Daniels ran for three the 1 midway through the fourth season started, Montana coach Friday and on Saturday, East son losing his debut. Vandy also touchdowns and the host Falcons quarter. Bobby Hauck met with university Tennessee State upset Vanderbilt extended an 11-game skid that beat the Leopards. Sheldon Evans scored Mar- president Seth Bodnar. His mess- and Holy Cross stunned Connec- started a game after ETSU last Daniels’ third TD run, a 19-yar- shall’s other two touchdowns with age was clear: The Grizzlies were ticut. visited Nashville in November der with just over six minutes left, runs of 9 and 1 yards. going to be really good and even After Montana, the biggest 2019. gave Air Force its first score of the Xavier Arline scored early in might take down Washington in shocker was probably East Ten- He called this loss “tough to second half and ensured its 15th the fourth, crashing over from the the opener. nessee State’s surprisingly easy stomach” but that he knew the straight season-opening victory 1, as the Midshipmen avoided the Yes, that Washington. The one win as linebacker Stephen Scott Commodores had a long way to go and its 25th win without a loss shutout thanks to 337 yards rush- from the Pac-12 and expected to returned a fumble 27 yards for a coming into this season. against FCS opponents. ing. challenge for a conference title. touchdown in a 23-3 win, ruining Vanderbilt visits Colorado Daniels and Micah Davis ran Four Navy players combined to Shockingly, Hauck turned out the head coaching debut of Clark State next Saturday in a matchup for two touchdowns apiece in the complete five of 16 passes for 61 to be right. Lea at his alma mater. of FBS teams who both lost to FCS first half when the Falcons out- yards. Montana became the first FCS The victory was the Bucca- programs to open this season. team to upset a ranked FBS team neers’ first over a Power Five pro- Holy Cross defeated UConn 38- in five years, stunning the No. 20 gram since upsetting North Car- 28 but that was less of a surprise Huskies 13-7. olina State on Nov. 7, 1987. as the Crusaders are the two-time “This is the Washington Husk- “It’s a great win for us, it’s a defending Patriot League cham- ies. OK. This is App State over Mi- great win for those kids,” ETSU pions and were in the FCS play- chigan,” said Hauck, a one-time coach Randy Sanders said. “Ev- offs last season while the Huskies assistant at Washington. ery time you go out there, every didn’t play last season after going The Grizzlies got the better of time you go on the field, you’re 2-10 in 2019. their Pac-12 foe, pulling off argua- making a memory. It’s either a Holy Cross sophomore Matt bly the biggest victory in school good one or a bad one, and I think Sluka passed for two touchdowns, history outside of winning two tonight we made a memory that is ran for another and his 76-yard FCS national titles. going to be a good one for a long, keeper in the fourth quarter iced Montana is the first FCS team long, long time.” a season-opening win at UConn. to beat a ranked FBS team since Scott said, “It’s a wonderful Sluka passed for 123 yards and North Dakota State won at No. 13 feeling.” ran for 112. His long run set up Iowa 23-21 early in the 2016 sea- The Commodores became the Tyler Purdy’s 14-yard TD carry son, and the fifth time it has hap- first Southeastern Conference — his second score of the game — pened since Appalachian State’s team to lose to a FCS program to give the Crusaders a 10-point famous upset of No. 5 Michigan in since South Carolina lost to Cita- lead with just over eight minutes 2007. It was Montana’s second del on Nov. 21, 2015. left. victory over Washington, the last Lea left a job as defensive coor- The win over the Huskies is the BEN MARGOT/AP coming in 1920. dinator at Notre Dame to take first win over an FBS opponent Army linebacker Andre Carter II (34) celebrates a sack of Georgia It was a big week for FCS teams over the challenge of rebuilding for Holy Cross, since the team State quarterback Cornelious Brown IV in the Black Knights’ 43­10 as three others knocked off FBS the program where he once beat Army in 2002. win Saturday in Atlanta. Army’s defense had three sacks in the game. Monday, September 6, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 COLLEGE FOOTBALL No. 2 Oklahoma’s defense struggles BY CLIFF BRUNT our past where similar things have hap- Associated Press pened. NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma hoped “It’s a 60-minute football game. That days like this were in the past. team across the way is going to fight tooth The No. 2 Sooners entered the season and nail to find a way to get points and get among the favorites to contend for the na- themselves back in the football game. tional title in part because the defense had You’ve got to have respect for that.” improved significantly the past two years “That was one of the hardest hitting under coordinator Alex Grinch. What once teams, one of the most physical teams I’ve had been one of the nation’s worst units had played,” Oklahoma quarterback Spencer become an asset. Rattler said. “They came out there, and they It was more of a liability at times on Sat- played great, better than us, for sure. They urday. The Sooners struggled in the second wanted to win more than us. You could tell half and did just enough to hold off Tulane it. We have to be cleaner, sharper, and have for a 40-35 victory. to be better.” Oklahoma led 37-14 at halftime, then the The Sooners, who led 40-22 early in the offense stalled and the defense was forced fourth quarter, gave up a pair of late touch- to get a stop in the final minutes to preserve downs. Tulane had fourth-and-13 just short a season-opening win. Tulane outgained the of midfield with just under two minutes to Sooners 230 yards to 118 after the break and go when quarterback Michael Pratt ran for outscored them 21-3. 12 yards and the Green Wave turned the “The second half, I think clearly our team ball over on downs. felt like the game was over,” Oklahoma “We always preach finishing in the fourth coach Lincoln Riley said. “That’s obviously quarter,” Oklahoma linebacker Nik Bonitto my job to make sure our mentality is right. I said. “The defense knew we needed a stop, don’t think it was. I think we were playing and I feel like we did a good job rallying up well at that point and had separated a little before that drive happened and making bit. And then you could just see we weren’t sure that we could finish the game.” quite the same team coming out.” Grinch was proud of the Sooners for get- Grinch said his players didn’t heed his ting that stop. ALONZO ADAMS/AP warning, and the result was an all-too-fa- “Your logo ain’t gonna win you a game at Tulane quarterback Justin Ibieta throws a pass against Oklahoma on Saturday in miliar collapse in the second half — just like that point,” he said. “You’ve got to go make a Norman, Okla. The Sooners held on for a 40­35 victory after leading 37­14 at halftime. the one that led to a loss to Kansas State last play and find a way, and (Tulane) ended up year. being a yard short. As disappointed as I may downs and rushed for 34 yards and another ren’t satisfied with their performance. “You explain to the guys at halftime sound right now, I feel a whole lot better score. “I certainly thought we’d play a better there’s more adversity coming, and the eyes that we made that play as opposed to not.” The Sooners sacked Pratt four times and ballgame,” Grinch said. “I did. So I’m going staring back at you, and then heads are The Sooners often pressured Pratt, only made him fumble three times in a game that to be awfully disappointed in that film but shaking, heads bobbing ‘I got you Coach,’” to see him escape and turn losses into gains. was relocated from New Orleans because of awfully pleased that we found a way to he said. “There’s been other instances in He passed for 296 yards and three touch- Hurricane Ida. But overall, the Sooners we- win.” Start: Young appears to be real deal for ’Bama Scoreboard FROM PAGE 24 Top 25 fared to the Bryce Young era of Alaba- man Trophy. Graham Mertz and the Badgers No. 1. Alabama (1-0) beat No. 14 Miami, roster full of future early round ma football. It looks as if it will be a Still, fans with Alabama fatigue offense looked a lot like the spotty 44-13. Next: vs. Mercer, Saturday. No. 2. Oklahoma (1-0) beat Tulane, 40- NFL draft picks. lot of fun — unless you’re playing after watching Saban’s dynasty crew it was in 2020, imploding in 35. Next: vs. W. Carolina, Saturday. No. 3. Clemson (0-1) lost to No. 5 Geor- In the centerpiece game of the the Crimson Tide. win half the national titles in the the red zone frequently. gia, 10-3. Next: South Carolina St., Satur- opening weekend of college foot- Young set a school record for last dozen year might have had And Penn State’s new-look of- day. No. 4. Ohio State (1-0) did not play. ball, the fifth-ranked Bulldogs put touchdown passes by a quarter- some fleeting hope that breaking fense left a lot of be desired, too, Next: vs. No. 11 Oregon, Saturday. on a relentless, ferocious, smoth- back making his first start with in a new QB could make the Tide a though the return of running back No. 5. Georgia (1-0) beat No. 3 Clemson, 10-3. Next: vs. UAB, Saturday. ering display of defense against four as the Tide took care of No. 14 touch more vulnerable in 2021. Noah Cain from injury appears to No. 6. Texas A&M (1-0) beat Kent St., 41- 10. Next: at Colorado, Saturday. No 3 Clemson on Saturday night in Miami with no trouble. Maybe that will prove to be true be a difference-maker. No. 7. Iowa State (1-0) beat N. Iowa, 16- Charlotte. Young has a chance to be even at some point, but don’t bet on it. The Nittany Lions and Badgers 10. Next: vs. No. 18 Iowa, Saturday. No. 8. Cincinnati (1-0) beat Miami “We frustrated them and con- more dynamic than the guys who What’s real?: A theme coming played the first scoreless first half (Ohio), 49-14. Next: Murray St., Saturday. fused them,” Smart told reporters. have come before him at Alaba- into the season was trying to deter- in a Big Ten game since Michigan No. 9. Notre Dame (0-0) did not play. Next: at Florida St., Sunday. “We didn’t do very good offensive- ma. Those guys, Tua Tagovailoa, mine what from last year was rele- and Northwestern in 2014. Better No. 10. North Carolina (0-1) did not play. Next: vs. Georgia St., Saturday. ly either, but we did have some Jalen Hurts and Mac Jones, are all vant. known as the M00N game. No. 11. Oregon (1-0) beat Fresno St., 31- moments we could run the ball. scheduled to start for NFL teams The pandemic distorted a lot of The Badgers and Nittany Lions 24. Next: at No. 4 Ohio St., Saturday. No. 12. Wisconsin (0-1) lost to No. 19 They weren’t able to do that.” next week. seasons for a lot of reasons. are two of several Big Ten teams Penn St., 16-10. Next: vs. E. Michigan, Sat- The Bulldogs sacked Clemson Young is undersized, listed at 6- Especially in conferences such that face challenging first five urday. No. 13. Florida (1-0) beat FAU, 35-14. quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei seven feet and 194 pounds but that might as the Big Ten where teams played weeks of the season, making the Next: at South Florida, Saturday. No. 14. Miami (0-1) lost to No. 1 Alaba- times, forced the Tigers to totally be a stretch. Doesn’t matter. abbreviated schedules that didn’t opener feel even bigger. ma, 44-13. Next: vs. Appalachian St., Sat- abandon the run (nine running Those Kyler Murray comps start until weeks into the fall. By mid-October a serious chal- urday. No. 15. Southern Cal (1-0) beat San Jose back carries for 24 yards) and held looked pretty good in Atlanta. That was just part of what made lenger to No. 4 Ohio State — if such St., 30-7. Next: vs. Stanford, Saturday. Clemson to its lowest point total Young was 27 for 38 for 344 yards. No. 19 Penn State at No. 12 Wiscon- a thing exists — should emerge. No. 16. LSU (0-1) lost to UCLA, 38-27. Next: vs. McNeese St., Saturday. under coach Dabo Swinney. “He plays like a veteran out sin such an interesting opener. Neither Penn State nor Wiscon- No. 17. Indiana (0-1) lost to No. 18 Iowa, there,” coach Nick Saban said. 34-6. Next: vs. Idaho, Saturday. It was the lowest scoring game Neither team was particularly sin look up to the task of keeping No. 18. Iowa (1-0) beat No. 17 Indiana, between top-five teams since Ok- No one should be terribly sur- good last season. Were the down up with the Buckeyes’ dizzying ar- 34-6. Next: vs. No. 7 Iowa St., Saturday. No. 19. Penn State (1-0) beat No. 12 Wis- lahoma beat Texas 12-0 in 2004. prised that Young is really good years an ominous sign for two sol- ray of skill players, but there is consin, 16-10. Next: vs. Ball St., Saturday. Two and half weeks before from and Alabama again appears to be a id programs or an anomaly? time to build. No. 20. Washington (0-1) lost to Monta- na, 13-7. Next: at Michigan, Saturday. the official start of fall and it is al- fully functional Death Star even The Nittany Lions came away For those who thought No. 17 In- No. 21. Texas (1-0) beat No. 23 Louisia- ready tempting to start counting after saying goodbye to six first- with the road victory, grabbing diana’s feel-good story could car- na-Lafayette, 38-18. Next: at Arkansas, Saturday. down the days to the Southeastern round draft picks off last year’s two late interceptions in their own ryover into 2021, well, it’s proba- No. 22. Coastal Carolina (1-0) did not play. Next: vs. Kansas, Friday. Conference championship game unbeaten team. territory. Penn State faced 95 bly already time to adjust expecta- No. 23. Louisiana-Lafayette (0-1) lost to and a possible Georgia-Alabama Young, the former five-star plays and allowed 10 points. tions. No. 18 Iowa put an old- No. 21. Texas, 38-18. Next: vs. Nicholls St., Saturday. matchup. recruit from California, came into “Our defense played extremely school beating on the Hoosiers, No. 24. Utah (1-0) did not play. Next: at Ninety-one, by the way. his first career start as one of the well, gutsy,” Penn State coach who didn’t even get all the jerseys BYU, Saturday. No. 25. Arizona State (1-0) did not play. Alabama’s new star: Welcome odds on favorites to win the Heis- Franklin said. correct. Next: vs. UNLV, Saturday. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, September 6, 2021 Letting loose SPORTS No. 1 Djokovic doesn’t hold back in third-round win ›› US Open, Page 20

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Clemson quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei is knocked down by Georgia defender Travon Walker (44) on Saturday in Charlotte, N.C. The Bulldogs won 10­3. CURTIS COMPTON/AP Smothering start As Alabama cements itself as modern-day ‘QB U,’ Georgia has built dominant defensive machine

BY RALPH D. RUSSO built of blue-chippers. Associated Press Nakobe Dean, five-star. Adam Anderson, five-star. Nolan INSIDE eorgia is trying to bring defense back. Smith, five-star. Travon Walker, five-star. In the age of offense, when Nick Saban’s Ala- You say defense is dead? Georgia says not if you have a Army dominates Georgia State bama dynasty has turned into QB U., Kirby 43-10 in season opener Page 22 GSmart has built a devastating defensive machine SEE START ON PAGE 23

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