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BY JOHN VANDIVER Stars and Stripes STUTTGART, Germany — The U.S. is no longer actively prepar- ing to move nearly 12,000 troops out of Germany, putting an initia- tive proposed by the Trump ad- ministration on ice while the Pen- tagon reviews it, the top American general in Europe said Wednes- day. The plan, which called for relo- cating U.S. Eu- ropean Com- mand from Stuttgart to Bel- gium, returning the Vilseck, Ger- many-based 2nd Cavalry Re- giment to the Wolters U.S. and a host of other moves, would have been one of the largest repositioning of forces in Europe in decades. “At this very moment, every single one of those options, they are all on hold. They will all be CHRISTIAN M. HUNTINGTON/U.S. Navy reexamined from cradle to Sailors stand in ranks before manning the rails of Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in August. grave,” U.S. European Com- mand’s Gen. Tod Wolters told re- porters. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has begun “a very thorough re- view” of the proposed drawdown, Diversity on deck which was announced in July by his predecessor, Mark Esper, Wolters said. Navy panel issues 56 recommendations to address inclusion, bias in ranks Then-President Donald Trump had ordered the Pentagon to come BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY done, I am confident that this re- mendations are grouped in five ar- awareness of derogatory lan- up with a plan to reduce the U.S. Stars and Stripes port’s recommendations will help eas: recruiting; talent manage- guage.” It is meant to empower military presence in Germany, WASHINGTON — A Navy task make our Navy better, and we will ment and retention; professional leaders by educating them on be- saying that there were too many force made 56 recommendations move forward together toward development; innovation and sci- haviors and language that consti- American troops in the country, concerning inclusion and diversi- meaningful long-lasting change. ence, technology, engineering and tute hate speech and encouraging which he repeatedly said was not ty to improve the service’s culture Make no mistake, I am personally mathematics; and additional rec- action, the report says. investing enough in its own de- of respect and accountability, ac- committed to this effort,” Adm. ommendations. Another is to establish a pro- fense. cording to its report released Mike Gilday, the chief of naval op- One is to “counter hate speech” gram of volunteer flag officers, Wednesday. erations, said in a statement. by drafting a document that would SEE GERMANY ON PAGE 6 “While there still is work to be Task Force One Navy’s recom- “increase accountability and SEE DIVERSITY ON PAGE 5 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, February 4, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER Amazon founder Bezos to step down as CEO EXCHANGE RATES Military rates S. Korea (Won) 1,116.07 Associated Press zos said he planned to focus on call with reporters. “It’s more of a Switzerland (Franc) .8992 Euro costs (Feb. 4) $1.17 Thailand (Baht) 30.03 NEW YORK — Jeff Bezos, who new products and early initiatives restructuring of who’s doing Dollar buys (Feb. 4) 0.8109 Turkey (New Lira) 7.1533 British pound (Feb. 4) $1.33 founded Amazon as an online being developed at Amazon. 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It does not impact board members whether those panels are needed, Penta- appointed by Congress or presidents, in- gon officials said Tuesday. cluding the Boards of Visitors for the U.S. Austin has asked the members of at least Military Academy and the Naval Acade- 42 boards that advise Defense Department my. secretaries and other top Pentagon work- Austin’s order states members of those ers on topics including business practices, two committees, which report directly to science and technology and personnel is- the president, will be retained. However, sues to resign by Feb. 16, John Kirby, the they will fall under the review. Pentagon’s top spokesman said Tuesday. The Naval Academy Board of Visitors He said the review would determine was the subject of headlines in 2019 when whether each board provides value to Pen- former White House Press Secretary Sean tagon leadership and whether there is re- Spicer was appointed by Trump to the pan- dundancy in their missions. el. The dismissals number in the hundreds, The measure also strips Trump-era ap- according to a senior Pentagon official who pointees from a new Congress-mandated briefed reporters on the condition of ano- board charged with renaming 10 installa- nymity. Some of the members could be tions that honor Confederate generals asked to return to their roles on advisory MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP from the Civil War. That commission has boards at the completion of the review, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visits National Guard troops deployed at the U.S. three years to study the issue and deter- which Austin ordered to be concluded by Capitol and its perimeter Friday on Capitol Hill in Washington. mine new names for the Army posts, ac- June 1, the official said. cording to the 2021 National Defense Au- In a Jan. 30 memorandum, Austin wrote some Pentagon boards after they were ap- campaign manager Corey Lewandowski thorization Act, which sets funding and advisory boards play an “important role” pointed by former acting Defense Secre- and David Bossie, a former deputy Trump policy for the military. in shaping policy, and he would rely on tary Christopher Miller in his final weeks campaign manager. They were named to In January, Miller named four individu- their expertise in the future. on the job. the Defense Business Board, which advis- als to the commission, but Austin will in- “That said, our stewardship responsib- Kirby said Austin’s decision to review es the Pentagon chief and others on busi- stead select his own nominees later this ilities require that we continually assess to the boards was linked to those lame duck ness policy. month, a senior defense official said. Four ensure each advisory committee provides appointments. In December, Miller also appointed other members to be selected by the chair- appropriate value today and in the future, “There is no question that the frenetic Trump allies former House speaker Newt men and ranking members of the House as times and requirements change,” he activity that occurred to the composition of Gingrich and retired Brig. Gen. Anthony and Senate Armed Services Committees wrote about ordering the review. so many [Pentagon] boards in just the peri- Tata to the Defense Policy Board, which have yet to be named. The review is to be led by the Pentagon’s od of November to January deeply con- researches and advises the Pentagon’s top That panel is expected to begin its work general counsel and the director of admin- cerned the secretary,” he told reporters. civilians on major Defense Department in March and to submit initial findings to istration and management, Austin wrote. “And certainly that helped to drive him to policy issues. Congress by October. The move comes after Austin last week this decision.” Reviews of the makeup and work of the blocked several individuals with ties to for- Among those nominated in the waning Defense Policy Board and the Defense [email protected] mer President Donald Trump from joining days of Trump’s presidency were his 2016 Business Board, considered among the Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Senators question nominee for deputy defense secretary BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY had previously been sexually ha- defense secretary position. One way to measure progress in ty considering the ongoing eco- Stars and Stripes rassed at the base, but she did not “I would be proud to put another addressing military sexual assault nomic troubles facing Americans WASHINGTON — The size of report it due to fear of retaliation. crack in the glass ceiling of the de- and harassment is transparency due to the coronavirus pandemic. the next defense budget and the A report on the investigation in- partment I’ve spent most of my and data, Hicks said, such as col- Reductions in the budget would Pentagon’s lack of progress in ad- to the command climate and cul- adult life serving,” Hicks said. lecting recent data on sexual ha- be possible without sacrificing se- dressing sexual assault were the ture at Fort Hood released in De- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., rassment in the military, especial- curity if the Pentagon, Congress, focus Tuesday as senators ques- cember found the base had years has been an ad- ly on how many claims are made and the defense industry worked tioned Kathleen Hicks during her of systemic leadership failures. vocate for re- because “we don’t know the total- together on making “hard choic- confirmation hearing to be the Lawmakers have stated previous- moving the au- ity of the reporting.” es,” Hicks said. But she added next deputy defense secretary. ly that they believe the problems thority of com- “If you look at that microcosm those decisions could come with “If confirmed, I will assist [De- found at Fort Hood extend further manders to de- of the Fort Hood community, it some risks. fense] Secretary [Lloyd] Austin in into other military communities. termine which was very clear that [there] was Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., wanted bringing enduring, consistent fo- Several senators on Tuesday sexual assault significant under reporting un- to know whether Hicks thought it cus to total force health and qual- voiced their disappointment in the cases go to trial. derway. And so I think that’s an ar- wise to reduce the budget when ity…We must root out violent ex- lack of progress regarding the mil- During the hear- ea we want to look at right away in the United States faces challenges Hicks tremism, systemic racism, sexual itary’s handling of sexual assault ing, she high- terms of making clear that report- with China, Russia, Iran and assault and harassment, and other and sexual harassment among lighted a recommendation from ing does not have negative conse- North Korea. inhibitors to readiness,” Hicks personnel. the Fort Hood report that “com- quences for the career of anyone “I think that we should be dri- said during her opening statement Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D- mander negligence at Fort Hood in the total force, civilians, con- ven by strategy, and that we have before the Senate Armed Services Conn., said he had grown weary of fostered a culture of violent crime, tractors, or military,” she said. the ability to afford the defense Committee. the words of good intentions from sexual assault and harassment,” The defense budget for fiscal that we believe we need among all Sexual assault and harassment witnesses in hearings about sex- and the Army’s Sexual Harass- year 2022 also drew attention the other requirements we might in the military has been a topic of ual assault and harassment in the ment Assault Response and Pre- from some senators Tuesday. The have,” Hicks replied. “Whether concern in Congress for years, military, but little action has hap- vention program should be inde- budget submitted in the spring that’s a slightly higher top line or a with lawmakers holding multiple pened to address it. pendent of commands and their will be the first for the administra- slightly lower top line, personally I hearings with Pentagon leaders, Hicks replied she too was tired legal advisers. tion of President Joe Biden. think is less relevant than are we survivors, and advocates. The is- of hearing just talk that that has Hicks said she was “very open Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D- delivering the capabilities we sue within the military captured not led to change, and she commit- to ideas” for countering sexual as- Mass., has been a critic about the need for the defense we should national attention last year follow- ted Tuesday to focus on the issue sault and harassment in the mili- size of the defense budget and have.” ing the killing of Army Spc. Vanes- at the Pentagon. tary, including “removing com- wanted to know whether Hicks sa Guillen at Fort Hood, Texas. If confirmed, Hicks would be manders from that prosecution supported a reduced budget that [email protected] Her family has stated the soldier the first woman to hold the deputy chain.” does not sacrifice national securi- Twitter: @caitlinmkenney PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, February 4, 2021 MILITARY Navy drops sex assault charges against SEAL

Associated Press sad Air Base in Iraq because of the withdrawal marked an extremely SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Navy “copious amounts of alcohol I’d rare move that cut short the mis- on Tuesday dropped sexual as- consumed.” sion of a unit that was in Iraq to sault charges against an enlisted Still, he said after reviewing the combat remnants of the Islamic SEAL in a case involving a female evidence he agreed that he State. sailor at a Fourth of July party in grabbed the sailor by the neck and The Navy fired three SEAL Iraq that had prompted the rare bit her on her face, ignoring her leaders in the aftermath of the withdrawal of the special oper- pleas for him to stop. He agreed sexual assault allegation. EDUARDO CONTRERAS/AP ations unit from the Middle East in with the facts read by the judge Enayat plans to leave the Navy Petty Officer First Class Adel Enayat leaves after appearing for a 2019. that he “applied pressure to her with a general discharge under hearing at Naval Base San Diego in August in San Diego. Under an agreement accepted neck that caused her to have diffi- honorable conditions per the plea by the military court at Navy Base culty breathing.” agreement. That discharge also the sex started out as consensual that began in March 2019. San Diego, Adel A. Enayat plead- When asked by the judge why means he will lose some of his vet- in the SEAL’s room, but then he Sexual assault is a highly unre- ed guilty to a misdemeanor charge he did not stop when she asked eran's benefits. started biting and choking her so ported crime in the military due to of assault consummated by bat- him, Enayat said it was not an ex- “It’s hard to recover from this in hard she couldn’t breathe and she a fear that doing so could hurt a tery for biting the sailor's face and cuse for the crime but he was in- your career,” Enayat’s lawyer thought she was going to die. victim’s career. The Department grabbing her neck during what his toxicated. Jeremiah Sullivan said. “He’s go- Grace said her friend flew to of Defense has been actively lawyer described as rough, con- Per the agreement, Navy prose- ing to move on with his life. But Baghdad in the early morning working to encourage victims to sensual sex. He will immediately cutors stipulated that there was no many people lost their jobs and ca- hours after the barbecue to be ex- come forward in recent years. Re- serve up to 90 days in the brig. sexual assault. Enayat was origi- reers over a sexual assault that amined at a military hospital and ports of sexual assault have stead- At the special court martial, the nally charged in December 2019 never occurred.” report being sexually assaulted. ily increased since 2006. judge also reduced his rank of spe- with sexual assault, aggravated Colleen Grace, a former U.S. Grace declined to comment The allegation from the Fourth cial warfare operator first class by assault via strangulation and as- Navy intelligence specialist who about the outcome of the case. Her of July barbecue led to a second five levels, drastically cutting his sault by battery for allegedly bit- had planned to testify at the trial, friend submitted a statement to ethics review of America’s com- pay and benefits, after the masked ing the victim on the face, accord- told The Associated Press in Au- the court that was not made public mando forces in a year. The re- Enayat wearing his Navy dress ing to his charge sheet. gust that when she saw her friend and her lawyer declined a request view by the Special Operations uniform said without emotion that It was an abrupt end to a case after the barbecue that night, she to release it to the media. Command found a problematic he was guilty. that had prompted the entire Fox- had a giant black bruise that The two friends were among a culture that overemphasized com- He told the judge he did not trot platoon of SEAL Team 7, marred her jawline and several dozen female service members at- bat and put troops at times far be- have a “solid memory” of what known as Trident 1726, to be sent other marks that lined her neck. tached to the SEAL platoon during yond supervision, opening the happened in his room at the Al As- home early to San Diego. The She said her friend told her that a six-month deployment to Iraq door to inappropriate behavior. Air Force’s F-35 stealth fighters make debut on Guam BY SETH ROBSON ing F-35As from the 356th Fighter naissance planes and KC-30 tank- ter response drills at Andersen riving on Guam and a 14-day “re- Stars and Stripes Squadron, 354th Fighter Wing out ers. and Northwest Field on Guam; striction of movement” in which F-35A Lightning II stealth fight- of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, The F-35As will practice offen- and Koror and Angaur in Palau, troops are only permitted to travel ers are flying, for the first time, along with other U.S. aircraft, will sive and defensive air combat tac- PACAF said. between their off-base hotel room alongside Japanese and Austra- train with the Japan Air Self-De- tics, aerial refueling and working F-35s and F-16s are also slated and their “appointed place of mil- lian warplanes in a large-scale Pa- fense Force and Royal Australian with the other air forces, the PA- to fly from an austere airfield itary duty” at Andersen. cific Air Forces’ exercise, which Air Force, PACAF said. CAF statement said. carved out of the jungle as part of Off-base activities are prohibit- kicked off Wednesday on Guam. Japan and Australia also oper- “The focus of this integration is the Air Force’s goal of deploying ed for participants during their re- More than 1,800 U.S. airmen, ate F-35s but have sent other on common communications ca- airmen and aircraft more broadly striction of movement, according Marines and sailors are training types of aircraft to Cope North, an pabilities and web-enabled logis- in the region. to the statement. alongside 400 Japanese and Aus- Air Force spokeswoman, Capt. tics support,” the PACAF state- Exercise participants are care- “This restriction will be strictly tralian troops during Cope North, Caitlin Mott, said by email ment said. fully adhering to coronavirus mit- enforced,” it said, adding that any- which runs through Feb. 19 out of Wednesday. They include Japa- The aircraft will be part of a igation measures to protect one suspected of violating the Andersen Air Force Base, a PA- nese F-15 Eagles, Mitsubishi F-2s, multinational task force led by Ja- Guam’s civilian and military com- rules will be investigated and held CAC statement said. Ninety-five Kawasaki C-2 transports and pan during the training, according munities, Joint Region Marianas accountable. aircraft from 23 flying units are E-767 airborne warning and con- to the statement. said in a statement Monday. participating in the annual event. trol system aircraft, along with Cope North is starting with hu- These include a negative test re- [email protected] Conventional takeoff and land- Australian E-7A Wedgetail recon- manitarian assistance and disas- sult within one to three days of ar- Twitter: @SethRobson1 Search is on for DODEA substitute teacher reported missing in Japan

BY SETH ROBSON Japan under the status of forces confirmed in an Squadron, Office of Special In- “The team is working diligently Stars and Stripes agreement that governs the pres- email Wednes- vestigations and base leadership alongside local law enforcement YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — ence of U.S. military personnel day. His Link- are involved in the search, ac- and the community to assist in Authorities are searching for a and their families in the country, edIn profile says cording to the alert. A subsequent confirming Trevor’s safety and 34-year-old Defense Department was last seen entering Yokota, he teaches high Facebook message said they his whereabouts.” substitute teacher last seen Sun- which also serves has the head- school chemis- would be knocking on doors in Anyone with information re- day at the home of U.S. Forces quarters for the 5th Air Force and try and physics. Yokota's eastside housing com- garding the missing man’s Japan in western Tokyo. the 374th Airlift Wing, by gate A message plex and asking permission to whereabouts should contact the Balint “A member of the Yokota com- guards, according to the message. posted to the Yo- search yards and storage areas. Yokota Law Enforcement Desk at munity has been reported mis- Balint — 6 feet tall, 170 pounds, kota Spouses & Families Face- “Trevor is an important mem- 315-225-7227 (DSN) or 042-552- sing as of February 1, 2021,” Air blue eyes and brown hair — book group a day before the ber of the Yokota community,” 2510, ext. 57227, the message Force officials said in a message works as a Department of De- wing’s alert said Balint’s wallet Lt. Col. Jon Murray, commander said. posted Tuesday evening on Yoko- fense Education Activity substi- had been found near a building of the 374th Security Forces ta’s official Facebook page. tute teacher, DODEA-Pacific on base. Squadron, wrote Wednesday [email protected] Trevor Balint, a dependent in spokesman Miranda Ferguson The 374th Security Forces morning to Stars and Stripes. Twitter: @SethRobson1 Thursday, February 4, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 MILITARY Diversity: Recommendations come after 6 months of research

FROM PAGE 1 master chief petty officers and se- nior civilians who would mentor service members from different backgrounds to improve or in- crease retention rates and advan- cement opportunities for person- nel from underrepresented com- munities. Task Force One Navy was cre- ated in July 2020 in reaction to the national uproar over the death of George Floyd and protests against police brutality and institutional racism. The group was asked to explore issues of racism, sexism and bias and how they affected the readiness of the Navy. “We have fallen short in the past by excluding or limiting opportu- nity for people on the basis of race, sexual orientation, sexual identi- ty, gender or creed. Our Navy must continue to remove barriers to service, and most importantly, be a shining example of a work- force centered on respect, inclu- sive of all,” Gilday said in the statement. Over the next six months, the task force held 20 listening ses- sions with sailors, and there were also more than 280 focus groups from around the Navy, according to the report. While the final document does not include examples of real sto- ries that were discussed, Rear CLASS NICHOLAS CARTER/U.S. Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey, director of the Sailors assigned to Nimitz class nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson gather before manning the rails on the flight deck of the ship. task force, said they took the em- pathy and respect they heard and mendations: A standing commit- marine career fields. Two of the feedback” from the listening ses- fade away but would continue witnessed from the sailors and in- tee should be formed to modernize recommendations involve reac- sions and focus groups, according through the Navy’s larger Culture corporated that into the report. the process for naming ships, hing out to grade schools, histori- to the report. of Excellence campaign. “We saw transformation watch- buildings and streets to honor na- cally Black colleges and universi- In addition to the adviser, there The campaign is focused on im- ing people in sessions hear other tional and historic naval figures. ties and minority-serving institu- would be an advisory group to pro- proving overall readiness and pro- folks’ stories. That’s how powerful Currently, there are ships named tions to raise awareness of STEM vide input on such issues as uni- fessionalism of sailors, and hold- it was,” he said. “And then respect after the Confederacy or white su- career opportunities in fields such form and grooming standards, as a ing people accountable for their — one of our recommendations premacists, such as the USS Chan- as submarines. way to improve retention and ca- conduct and actions. talks to adding respect to our core cellorsville and the USNS Maury. Creating an adviser for policy reer progression. values.” The report also found a lack of related to women’s issues was also The task force leadership em- [email protected] Among the panel’s other recom- diversity in the aviation and sub- recommended after “significant phasized that their work would not Twitter: @caitlinmkenney Black sailor finds noose on warship, sparking investigation The San Diego Union-Tribune day. bling a noose was found in a berth- comment.” members over the weekend; this SAN DIEGO — The Navy is in- Citing an ongoing investigation, ing area,” said Cmdr. Nicole The sailor found the noose on led to a suspect. vestigating after a Black sailor a Naval Surface Force Pacific spo- Schwegman. his rack Jan. 26, according to a Na- The unidentified sailor admit- found a noose on his rack last week keswoman confirmed in a written On a ship, a berthing contains vy official who was not authorized ted to investigators to leaving the aboard the guided-missile cruiser statement that the object resem- multiple racks, or assigned beds. to comment on the investigation. noose on the rack as a joke, the Na- USS Lake Champlain. bled a noose but declined to com- “The Navy takes all allegations The ship’s leaders were investi- vy official said. A Navy official with knowledge ment on details of the case. of sailor misconduct and racial gating the incident when the NCIS A planned underway period for of the incident said a San Diego- The Naval Criminal Investiga- discrimination seriously,” received an anonymous tip and the Lake Champlain was delayed based sailor is under investigation tive Service “is investigating an Schwegman said. began its own investigation, the of- several days for the investigation. and has been removed from the incident aboard USS Lake Cham- “Due to the ongoing investiga- ficial said. There were no charges filed as of ship, which left San Diego on Mon- plain ... where an object resem- tion, we will not provide further NCIS agents interviewed crew Tuesday. VA sends mobile Vet Centers to DC BY NIKKI WENTLING counseling in the aftermath of maintains about 80 Vet Centers, Stars and Stripes the Jan. 6 attack in Washington, which are often sent to disaster- WASHINGTON — Two mobile D.C. affected areas, including places Vet Centers will set up near the Mental health providers will that have been ravaged by hurri- U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to pro- work out of the mobile Vet Cen- canes, wildfires and mass shoot- vide free mental health services ters to provide confidential coun- ings. to Capitol Police, lawmakers, seling, said Richard Stone, acting congressional staff and National undersecretary of the Veterans [email protected] Guard members who require Health Administration. The VA Twitter: @nikkiwentling PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, February 4, 2021 WAR/MILITARY Taliban on diplomatic blitz after talks stall BY KATHY GANNON it was the Taliban who have until The deal calls for all interna- Associated Press now refused to return to the nego- tional troops to pull out, but only if ISLAMABAD — The Taliban tiating table. He denied any dis- the Taliban honor a promise to have been on a diplomatic blitz cussions over competing agendas. abandon their connection with since peace talks with the Afghan In Kabul, deep divisions have terrorist groups — such as al-Qai- government stalled in Qatar last emerged between Afghan Presi- da — and guarantee that their ter- month and the Biden administra- dent Ashraf Ghani and his politi- ritory would not be used to attack tion said it plans to review a U.S.- cal opponents over what some see the U.S. or its allies. Taliban agreement signed last as Ghani’s unwillingness to con- “A political settlement needs to February. sider a power-sharing deal with happen before the exit of foreign The flurry of activity — includ- the Taliban that could premature- troops because after their exit, ing Taliban visits to Iran and Mos- ly end his presidency, before chances of agreement among Af- cow, and a planned trip to Turkey 2024. ghans is slim to none,” increasing — comes as the Afghan govern- Ghani’s opponents have set up a prospects for a civil war, said To- ment’s negotiating team warned 21-member parliament commit- rek Farhadi, a political analyst. this week that if the Taliban fail to tee to possibly meet separately The Taliban have threatened to resume the talks, the government with the Taliban, accusing Ghani step up their their war if U.S. and could recall its team from Doha. TASNIM NEWS AGENCy/AP of stalling peace talks to remain in NATO troops remain in Afghan- The peace talks resumed in Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif meets with a Taliban power. Ghani’s supporters, mean- istan after the May deadline. early January in Qatar, where the political team Sunday in Tehran, Iran. while, say the committee us trying Since the agreement signed last Taliban have a political office, but to unseat the president. February under former President quickly halted, marred by a spike that includes all “tribes and current political system and de- The Pentagon said last week Donald Trump, the Taliban have in violence across Afghanistan, groups” in Afghanistan — lan- clare a cease-fire, said the official, that the Taliban’s refusal to meet not attacked U.S. and NATO with the warring sides blaming guage that indicates the Taliban who spoke on condition of ano- commitments to reduce violence troops but accuse the U.S. of one another. seek guarantees that Islamic rule nymity because he is not autho- in Afghanistan is raising ques- breaking its promise not to carry A Taliban official said the talks would be in place in post-war Af- rized to speak to the media. tions about whether all U.S. troops out preemptive attacks. The U.S. stalled after the Taliban demand- ghanistan. However, Nader Nadery, a gov- will be able to leave by May as re- denies the allegations and says it ed the government side accept a The government instead de- ernment negotiator, told The As- quired under the U.S.-Taliban has responded to Taliban attacks new “inclusive Islamic system” manded the Taliban first join the sociated Press on Wednesday that deal. against Afghan security forces. Kombucha inspires materials that could save troops’ lives

BY J.P. LAWRENCE want this to sense a particular chemical Stars and Stripes agent or toxin,’ and then design the yeast to Kombucha tea has inspired new Army- secrete the protein for that particular funded technology that may help troops chemical.” carry out potentially life-saving tasks, such The yeast can also be programmed to as detecting chemicals and other pollutants break down pollutants or pathogens after in the environment or purifying water in detecting them, a research paper published the field. in the January issue of Nature Materials Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute said. of Technology and Imperial College Lon- Using SCOBY, the researchers were able don used SCOBY — which stands for Sym- to produce large amounts of cellulose, the biotic Culture Of Bacteria and Yeast and is paper said. a byproduct of the fermentation process The most immediate use for the material used to make the fizzy, often tart beverage could be for chemical test strips, Poree — to produce cellulose that can perform said. numerous functions. The technology could also be used to TZU­CHIEH (ZIJAY) TANG/Massachusetts Institute of Technology By modifying the yeast in the SCOBY, “grow” materials used to make clothing Army­funded researchers used SCOBY, a byproduct of the fermentation process that the researchers found they could create and tools that soldiers require on the battle- produces kombucha tea, to develop tough cellulose that they say will have many materials that glow in the dark, purify wa- field, one of the researchers said. battlefield applications. ter or change color when sensing danger- “We foresee a future where diverse ma- ous substances. terials could be grown at home or in local an Army statement. Nanotechnologies at the Massachusetts In- “The yeast can be designed to secrete production facilities, using biology rather Funding for the project came from the stitute of Technology. proteins of choice,” Dawanne Poree, pro- than resource-intensive centralized manu- Army Research Office, part of the Devel- gram manager of the Army Research Of- facturing,” Timothy Lu, an MIT associate opment Command Army Research Labora- [email protected]  fice, said in a phone call. “You can decide, ‘I professor of biological engineering, said in tory, and the Army’s Institute for Soldier Twitter: @jplawrence3  Germany: Many local officials upset by US drawdown plans

FROM PAGE 1 tary’s reach into the Middle East on the Continent, a main focus of town of just 6,400 residents, a “bit- that the bases — and U.S. troops — At one point, Trump said Ger- and Africa. the U.S.-led NATO alliance since ter loss.” would stay put. many was “delinquent” on its fi- When the proposed drawdown the 2014 annexation of the Cri- Vilseck would need need state Wolters did not say when Austin nancial contributions to NATO. was first announced, Esper and mean Peninsula and the invasion and federal government support was expected to wrap up his re- He also said the country was fi- Wolters said taking troops out of of eastern Ukraine. to survive, he said. view. nancially benefiting from having Germany and moving them else- The possibility of withdrawing Stuttgart Lord Mayor Fritz But when it is completed, he U.S. forces in the country. where would enhance security on thousands of American troops Kuhn in July called the proposed said, “we will go back to the draw- Around 34,000 troops are sta- the Continent. shook the many towns and cities in troop cuts “punitive action against ing board.” tioned in Germany, with many of But critics of the plan, including Germany that house them. an ally” that “upended decades of them focused on missions in other a large, bipartisan group of U.S. Hans-Martin Schertl, the may- close cooperation” between Ger- parts of Europe, such as enhanc- lawmakers, questioned how re- or of Vilseck in Bavaria, called the many and the U.S. Stars and Stripes reporter Marcus Kloeckner contributed to this report. ing security along NATO’s eastern ducing forces would enhance ef- proposed drawdown, which would But, he said, he was hopeful that [email protected] flank, or extending the U.S. mili- forts to deter Russian aggression have pulled 4,500 troops out the the plan would be reversed and Twitter: @john_vandiver Thursday, February 4, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 MILITARY Why virus data reporting varies among US bases

BY JOHN VANDIVER fense Secretary Mark Esper, Stars and Stripes which prohibited bases from pro- STUTTGART, Germany — A viding case totals at the local level Pentagon policy that restricts as an operational security mea- what commands can share about sure. coronavirus infection figures in Gino Mattorano, a spokesman their communities is causing con- for Regional Health Command fusion in Europe, where some mil- Europe, said Tuesday that De- itary officials have tried to better fense Department guidance also inform troops about the preva- restricts the release of infection lence of the virus within garrison rates at the local level. U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart walls. “That guidance was also reiter- A person is tested for the coronavirus in 2020. The Army garrison in Stuttgart was once a coronavirus hot Differing interpretations of the ated in EUCOM and Army Public spot, but military officials say an aggressive mitigation effort has driven numbers down, comparing policy, developed in March during Affairs Guidance,” Mattorano favorably with the outlying city. the earlier days of the pandemic, said in a statement. have led to vastly different levels Garrison officials in Stuttgart, Following Esper’s directive, successful efforts — but say they ings have informed a community of transparency at worldwide U.S. however, have said that they re- U.S. Forces Korea stopped provid- are constrained by the Pentagon. of about 25,000 for about a year. base communities. gard the information provided by ing aggregate figures for con- The Defense Department hasn’t Condrey delivered blunt mess- The Army’s post in Stuttgart was Condrey as compliant with Penta- firmed cases or the number of peo- clearly explained why the rules ages about the need to follow social once a coronavirus hot spot, regis- gon guidelines. ple in quarantine. But it kept re- are applied differently around the distancing rules and other preven- tering more cases than any other “We provide frequent and open leasing the number of people who world. tion measures after cases at the overseas installation before the feedback to the community on the still have the virus. A Pentagon spokesman in June garrison, which, unlike most in garrison stopped reporting totals effectiveness of our COVID miti- USFK commander Gen. Robert said the Pacific region has three Germany, is situated in a large last year. But military officials gation measures,” garrison Abrams and garrison command- major joint commands “that do city, rose higher than any other in- now say an aggressive testing and spokesman Larry Reilly said in a ers emphasized early on in the their own reporting.” stallation in Europe in March. social distancing effort has kept statement. “Our approach allows pandemic that transparency was “Because they’re joint, it is very Reported cases at the garrison numbers down. us to inform community members an important part of their public difficult for the services to break soon fell dramatically. On June 4, As of Thursday, the garrison’s of COVID rates on the installation health mission. down and report like the rest of the Stuttgart became the first garrison seven-day average incidence rate as well as in the local community, Navy bases in Japan post to so- (combatant commands),” Penta- in Germany to ease its health per 100,000 people stood at 53.5, while safeguarding information cial media the number of active gon spokesman Lt. Col. Chris threat level to condition Bravo, sig- which was far better than the re- related to the readiness of our cases and recoveries, along with Mitchell said at the time. naling a moderate risk of trans- gional average of 78.9 in the same forces in a manner consistent with how the circumstances of the USFK and U.S. Forces Japan al- mission. period, Stuttgart garrison com- DOD policy.” cases were identified, which in- so must report their numbers to Since that time, the garrison has mander Col. Jason Condrey said Stuttgart has a track record of clude contact tracing, medical ex- the host nations, he said. It went consistently had lower infection during an online town hall meet- sharing more information with ams and tests from new U.S. arriv- unaddressed that EUCOM is also a rates than regional German aver- ing. community members than some als. joint headquarters and that mili- ages, Condrey said during Thurs- For the Stuttgart military com- other commands in Europe, as The posts regularly draw doz- tary communities in Europe are day’s town hall meeting. munity, it was a sign that efforts to well as installations in the United ens of comments, questions and required to supply their data to Those results have made Stutt- contain the virus were paying off. States, which tend to keep their da- thanks from community mem- host nation government author- gart “the envy of those around us,” Yet the information sharing was ta under wraps. bers. Some military officials in Eu- ities. Some local governments Condrey said. at apparent odds with how U.S. Eu- At several U.S. bases in Asia, in- rope have said they would like to make that military data public. ropean Command interprets the formation is far more freely avail- share more information because it In the case of Stuttgart, Con- [email protected] policy introduced by former De- able. would highlight their relatively drey’s frequent town hall meet- Twitter: @john_vandiver Camp Zama reports only new coronavirus case for US military in Japan

BY JOSEPH DITZLER Camp Zama, the headquarters said during a televised news con- the decline no matter what, by Osaka, and reducing the strain AND HANA KUSUMOTO of U.S. Army Japan southwest of ference. asking the citizens to hold out a on hospitals. Stars and Stripes Tokyo, was the only U.S. military The emergency was originally little longer,” he said. TOKYO — The number of new base in Japan to report a new set to expire Saturday, but will Suga said the emergency may Stars and Stripes reporter Hana Kusumoto coronavirus infections in Japan’s coronavirus case by 6 p.m. lift only in Tochigi prefecture be lifted in some areas if the sit- contributed to this report. capital rose by more than 100 Wednesday. That individual was north of Tokyo. uation improves. The yardstick [email protected] Twitter: @JosephDitzler Wednesday but remained below in quarantine as a new arrival to U.S. military bases in and will be reducing new cases in To- [email protected] 1,000 for a sixth straight day. Japan and tested positive for CO- around Tokyo have tailored their kyo to 500 per day and 300 in Twitter: @HanaKusumoto The Tokyo Metropolitan Gov- VID-19 sometime since Thurs- restrictions to comply with the ernment said 676 people tested day, according to an Army news state of emergency. Suga’s decla- positive for COVID-19, the coro- release. ration allows local authorities to navirus respiratory disease, ac- Tuesday evening, Prime Min- ask businesses to limit their cording to public broadcaster ister Yoshihide Suga extended hours, employees to telework and NHK. Midweek numbers typical- until March 7 a state of emergen- residents to limit their travel. ly climb as more test results be- cy in 10 prefectures that include Compliance with the restrictions come available. Tokyo, the three surrounding is voluntary. Japan reported 2,108 new prefectures that make up the Suga said the emergency mea- cases on Tuesday, down from greater metro area and Osaka. sures are necessary to ultimately 2,766 the day before and the pan- “I want to thank everyone for reduce the number of patients demic peak of 7,855 new infec- their cooperation and apologize hospitalized in serious condition. tions on one day in early Janu- that the state of emergency could “I made the decision to ensure ary. not be lifted for all areas,” he that infected cases are surely on PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, February 4, 2021 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Pressure builds on schools to reopen Associated Press unprecedented rate in early De- CONCORD, N.H. — Pressure is cember, state officials used plung- building on school systems around ing intensive care unit capacities the United States to reopen class- to issue stay-home orders for most rooms to students who have been of California. The situation was the learning online for nearly a year, most dire in Southern California pitting politicians against teachers and the San Joaquin Valley re- who have yet to be vaccinated gions, which exhausted all their against COVID-19. regular ICU beds and stayed at 0% In Chicago, the rancor is so great capacity through January. that teachers are on the brink of But the capacity has now reac- striking. In California, a frustrated hed 9% in Southern California and Gov. Gavin Newsom implored 11% in the San Joaquin Valley, and schools to find a way to reopen. In in four weeks, the state projects Cincinnati, some students return- the rates will increase to 44% and ed to classrooms Tuesday after a 35%, respectively. The other three judge threw out a teachers union regions of the state are in even bet- lawsuit over safety concerns. ter shape now. While some communities main- All stay-home orders have been tain that online classes remain the lifted, though all but four rural TED S. WARREN/AP safest option for everyone, some counties continue to be in the stric- Teacher Lisa Tyler, right, wears a mask as she works with Gabriel Worthey, 10, on a math problem in a parents, with backing from politic- test of four tiers for reopening. fourth­grade classroom Tuesday at Elk Ridge Elementary School in Buckley, Wash. ians and administrators, have Mountainous, sparsely populated complained that their children’s Alpine and Trinity counties The daily figures have consis- dipped sharply over the past cou- home residents. education is suffering from sitting moved Tuesday to the tier for a tently dropped since November, ple of weeks. Still, in-patient bed Some doses of the Pfizer vaccine at home in front of their computers “moderate” level of new transmis- the worst month in Illinois for cor- capacity and intensive care unit administered by Walgreens at five and that the isolation is damaging sions. onavirus illness. Of 11 COVID-19 bed capacity were both at just 24% nursing homes in northeastern them emotionally. monitoring regions, eight had re- statewide, according to the health Ohio were not kept properly in Alicia Houston, whose sons are Delaware turned to Phase 4 of Gov. J.B. department dashboard. cold storage and will have to be in sixth and 10th grade, said her DOVER — Delaware officials Pritzker’s Restore Illinois plan given a second time, the governor biggest frustration is “not being are expanding the state’s CO- and out of the more restrictive New York said. There was no harm from the able to help my children effective- VID-19 vaccination program with tiered categories necessary dur- ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuo- compromised vaccines, DeWine ly,” even though she has quit her afocus on underserved and minor- ing last fall’s resurgence of the vi- mo said Tuesday that he is giving said. job to attempt just that. ity communities. rus. county officials the power to add Walgreens was working with Some families and their sup- Officials said Tuesday that they Regions 8 and 9 — generally the for-hire drivers and restaurant nursing home medical directors to porters have argued, too, that reo- also are working to vaccinate far west, northwest, and northern workers to the list of people eligi- determine which patients re- pening schools would enable par- hard-to-reach seniors who may suburbs of Chicago — remain in ble for a coronavirus vaccine. ceived the vaccines, said Bruce ents to go back to work instead of have mobility issues or lack access Tier 1, which allows for indoor din- If counties take the governor up Vanderhoff, the Ohio Health De- staying home to oversee their chil- to technology. ing and bar service and group on his offer, that would mean an- partment’s chief medical officer. dren’s education. The Division of Public Health, meetings, but on a limited basis. other major expansion of eligibil- Walgreens said the vaccines The U.S. Centers for Disease for example, is partnering with the The health department said condi- ity rules, even as New York strug- were improperly stored before de- Control and Prevention said in a Wilmington Housing Authority tions in those regions continue to gles with an extremely limited livery to the nursing homes. recent study that there is little evi- this week to vaccinate senior citi- improve, and they could land in supply of shots. The state estimat- dence of the virus spreading at zens living in high-rise buildings. Phase 4 before long. ed that 7 million people — includ- Massachusetts schools when precautions are tak- Hospital systems and specialty ing health care workers, group BOSTON — A day after a snow- en, such as masks, distancing and care providers also are working Missouri home residents and staff, teach- storm slowed Massachusetts’ CO- proper ventilation. with the state to vaccinate those 65 O’FALLON — Missouri contin- ers, police, firefighters, public VID-19 vaccination program, But many teachers have balked and older, including underserved ues to see declines in newly con- transit workers, grocery store things are ramping up again Tues- at returning without getting vacci- populations. firmed coronavirus cases and hos- workers and people over 65 — day. nated first against the scourge that As of Tuesday, officials had ad- pitalizations, but the death toll re- were eligible before this latest po- Mass vaccination sites at Gil- has killed over 440,000 Ameri- ministered 107,597 COVID-19 ached another sad milestone on tential expansion. lette Stadium and Fenway Park cans. vaccinations, but minority groups Tuesday, topping 7,000. There are nearly 200,000 licens- returned to regular hours after Kathryn Person, a high school accounted for only about 7% of The state health department cit- ed cabbies and ride-hail drivers in some appointments were changed teacher in Chicago, wants to con- vaccinations for which racial and ed 340 additional deaths. All but New York City alone. Statewide, and vaccinations were curtailed tinue teaching remotely so she ethnic data were reported. For two of those were the result of the New York had an estimated early Monday, according to CIC doesn’t risk the health of her 91- 30% of vaccinations, race and eth- Bureau of Vital Records’ weekly 865,800 restaurant and food ser- Health, which is running both year-old grandmother and an aunt nic data have not been received. review of death certificates to in- vice jobs as of 2019, according to sites. battling lung cancer. Person said clude COVID-19-related deaths the National Restaurant Associ- Anyone with an appointment she trusts the union will fight Illinois that were not previously reported ation. can show up at their assigned time, school officials if they try to punish SPRINGFIELD — Illinois pub- by local health agencies. Spokes- Cuomo has spent days com- but people who can’t reach Gillette teachers who won’t go back. lic health officials said Tuesday woman Lisa Cox said 11 of the plaining that the rapid expansion or Fenway safely in the storm’s af- “If they try to retaliate, when that if statistics governing CO- deaths reported Tuesday oc- of eligibility is making it harder for termath can reschedule, the com- that happens we will go on strike,” VID-19 restrictions continue to curred in November, 190 in De- people most at risk to get shots. pany said. she said. improve, nearly all of the state will cember, 138 in January and one Just Monday, the Democrat The Reggie Lewis Center in be able to return to milder rules on this month. slammed elected officials for Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, California socialization. The state’s COVID-19 dash- pushing to vaccinate restaurant which was supposed to open Mon- SACRAMENTO — Coronavirus The Public Health Department board cited 890 new cases of the vi- workers when supply was limited. day as a mass vaccination site for infections and hospitalizations in reported 2,304 new confirmed and rus, bringing the total since the on- residents ages 75 and older, California are plummeting weeks probable cases of coronavirus ill- set of the pandemic to 460,487. Ohio opened Tuesday instead. Appoint- after it appeared some hospitals ness, with 47 additional deaths. Over the past seven days, the state COLUMBUS — Gov. Mike De- ments that were scheduled for were so overwhelmed they might Since the first COVID-19 case in has averaged 1,056 cases per day, Wine and his wife, Fran DeWine, Monday will automatically be res- have to start rationing care, and Illinois was reported Jan. 24, 2020, the lowest level since October. Ex- received the first dose of the CO- cheduled for Feb. 8. the state’s top health official said there have been 1,130,917 infec- perts correctly predicted cases VID-19 vaccine Tuesday in a pro- A mass vaccination site at the Tuesday that if the trends continue tions detected. Among those, and hospitalizations would spike cedure streamed live in a feel- DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in by early March, the number of 19,306 people have died since the due to holiday gatherings starting good moment later overshadowed Danvers north of Boston is still hospital patients will fall by half. first fatality was recorded March in November. by news of a mishap with vaccina- scheduled to open Wednesday, When cases were surging at an 17. Hospitalizations have also tions given to a number of nursing state officials said. Thursday, February 4, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION Biden, Yellen: GOP virus aid too small

Associated Press granted anonymity to discuss the WASHINGTON — President private call. Joe Biden panned a Republican al- The night before, Biden met ternative to his $1.9 trillion COVID with 10 Republican senators pitch- rescue plan as insufficient as Sen- ing their $618 billion alternative, ate Democrats pushed ahead, vot- and let them know it was insuffi- ing to launch a process that could cient to meet the country's needs. approve his sweeping rescue The president made it clear that he package on their own, if Republi- won’t delay aid in hopes of winning cans refuse to support it. GOP support. Biden and Treasury Secretary While no compromise was reac- Janet Yellen joined the Democrat- hed during the late Monday ses- ic senators for a private virtual sion, White House talks with Re- meeting Tuesday, both declaring publicans are privately underway. the Republicans' $618 billion offer The outcome will test the new was too small. They urged big fast president striving to unify the action to stem the coronavirus country but confronting a rising pandemic crisis and its economic COVID-19 death toll and stub- fallout. bornly high jobless numbers, with Biden was likely to reiterate that political risks for all sides. Vaccine message Wednesday as he steps distributions, direct $1,400 pay- up his public engagements with ments to households, school reo- lawmakers on the issue. The White penings and business aid are all on House announced that Biden the line. would discuss the rescue plan with The cornerstone of the GOP House Democrats by phone, fol- plan is $160 billion for the health lowed by an Oval Office meeting care response — vaccine distribu- with Democratic senators. tion, a “massive expansion” of As the White House reaches for testing, protective gear and funds a bipartisan bill, Democrats mar- EVAN VUCCI/AP for rural hospitals, similar to what shaled their ever-slim Senate ma- President Joe Biden meets with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen at the White House on Friday. Biden and Biden has proposed. jority, voting 50-49, to start a leng- Yellen declared Tuesday that Republicans' $618 billion COVID relief plan was too small. But from there, the two plans thy process for approving Biden's drastically diverge. Biden propos- bill with or without GOP support. jority Leader Chuck Schumer said top legislative priority even as the virtual lunch meeting with es $170 billion for schools, com- The goal is to have COVID-19 re- after the lunch meeting. “If we did talks are progressing privately be- Democrats by talking about the pared to $20 billion in the Repub- lief approved by March, when ex- a package that small, we’d be tween Republicans and the White need not to forget working and lican plan. Republicans also would tra unemployment assistance and mired in the COVID crisis for House, as well as with centrist middle-class families — even give nothing to states, money that other pandemic aid expires. years.” Democrats, on potential changes those like nurses and pipefitters Democrats argue is just as impor- “President Biden spoke about The swift action from Demo- to the package to win over broader making $150,000 for a family of tant, with $350 billion in Biden’s the need for Congress to respond crats on Capitol Hill underscores bipartisan support. four — who are straining during plan to keep police, fire and other boldly and quickly,” Senate Ma- the urgency of delivering Biden's Biden framed his views during the crisis, according to a person workers on the job. House GOP faces decision point on Greene, Cheney Mayorkas in Associated Press “At the very moment that Joe Bi- her from the committee could be McConnell, R-Ky., and others WASHINGTON — House Mi- den is lurching to the left is the mo- politically difficult for some Re- have boosted pressure this week as DHS chief nority Leader Kevin McCarthy ment that the Republican Party is publicans. on McCarthy and the House GOP Associated Press met with hard-right Rep. Marjorie lurching out of existence,” GOP The House GOP Steering Com- to act. WASHINGTON — The Senate Taylor Greene as Republicans pollster Frank Luntz said of the mittee, a leadership-dominated In a statement that didn’t use confirmed Alejandro Mayorkas wrestled over how to handle a bi- new Democratic president, who is body that makes committee as- Greene’s name, the usually cir- on Tuesday as President Joe Bi- partisan outcry over her endorse- preparing to try muscling a mam- signments for the party, also met cumspect McConnell called her den's homeland security secreta- ment of outlandish conspiracy the- moth COVID-19 relief package late Tuesday but no decision was “loony lies” a “cancer” on the GOP. ry, the first Latino to fill a post that ories and of violent, racist views. through the narrowly divided Con- announced. It was the latest indication of his will have a central role in the gov- Aides to McCarthy and Greene gress. On social media, Greene has concerns about letting the GOP’s ernment's response to the corona- offered no immediate comment af- But pro-Trump forces remain voiced support for racist views, un- most pro-Trump, hardest-right virus pandemic, a sweeping Rus- ter the two spent around 90 min- powerful. founded QAnon pro-Trump con- factions gain too much sway in the sia-linked cyber hack and domes- utes together in his Capitol office “We’ve got millions and millions spiracy theories and calls for vio- party. tic extremism. Tuesday night. Their session came of woke, motivated, America-first lence against Democratic politic- In addition, Rep. Adam Kinzin- Mayorkas was as the GOP faced unrest from op- Trump voters that believe in the ians, including House Speaker ger, R-Ill., who’s been trying to confirmed by a posing ends of the party's spec- movement,” said John Fredericks, Nancy Pelosi. combat the GOP’s pro-Trump 56-43 vote, the trum over Greene and Rep. Liz who led Trump’s Virginia cam- McCarthy, R-Calif., has stopped wing, said he favored removing narrowest mar- Cheney, whom far-right lawmak- paigns in 2016 and 2020. “If you’re short of criticizing the first-term Greene from her committees, say- gin yet for a Bi- ers want to oust from her leader- going to keep Liz Cheney in leader- congresswoman, who was dubbed ing Republicans must “take a den Cabinet ship post after she voted to im- ship, there’s no party.” a “future Republican Star” by stand to disavow” her. nominee. The peach President Donald Trump. Without action by Republicans, Trump last summer and has re- On the GOP's furthest right first immigrant Mayorkas The strife underscores Republi- Democrats were threatening to mained a firm Trump supporter. wing, lawmakers were itching to to serve in the can fissures as the party seeks a force an embarrassing House vote McCarthy has long been close to oust Cheney, R-Wyo., a traditional job, he will lead a broad policy path forward two weeks after Wednesday on removing Greene, Trump. But he's been criticized by conservative and daughter of for- overhaul of an agency that was ac- Trump left office as the only twice- R-Ga., from her assigned commit- some Republicans, mostly quietly, mer Vice President Dick Cheney, cused of being deeply politicized impeached president. House Re- tees. for relentlessly supporting from her post as the No. 3 House under President Donald Trump. publicans are effectively deciding Republicans appointed Greene Trump's fallacious claims of a Republican. McConnell praised Mayorkas is a former federal whether to prioritize the former to the education committee, a deci- fraudulent election last November Cheney, R-Wyo., as “a leader with prosecutor who previously served president’s norm-shattering be- sion that drew harsh criticism be- and for not forcefully criticizing deep convictions and courage,” as a senior DHS official. His nomi- havior and conspiracy theories cause of her suggestions that Trump for helping provoke the but House GOP lawmakers nation was stalled by Republicans and retain the loyalty of his voters school shootings in Newtown, deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol planned to meet privately who wanted to question him fur- over more establishment conser- Conn., and Parkland, Fla., could be by his supporters. Wednesday to decide her political ther on Biden's plans for immigra- vative values. hoaxes. A House vote on removing Senate Minority Leader Mitch fate. tion policy. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, February 4, 2021 NATION House Dems argue to convict; Trump denies his charges

Associated Press ful transition of power and line of WASHINGTON — Donald succession, and compromised our Trump endangered the lives of all national security,” the Democrat- members of Congress when he ic managers of the impeachment aimed a mob of supporters “like a case wrote. “This is precisely the loaded cannon” at the U.S. Capi- sort of constitutional offense that tol, House Democrats said Tues- warrants disqualification from day in making their most detailed federal office.” case yet for why the former presi- The Democrats cited his unsuc- dent should be convicted and per- cessful efforts to sway Georgia manently barred from office. Secretary of State Brad Raffen- Trump denied the allegations sperger and former Attorney through his lawyers and called General William Barr. Trump the trial unconstitutional. then became “fixated” on Jan. 6, MARK LENNIHAN/AP The dueling filings offer the the managers wrote. They note Joe DiMeo uses his cellphone while posing for a portrait on Monday, Jan. 25, in New York, six months first public glimpse of the argu- that many of his supporters, in- after an extremely rare double hand and face transplant. ments that will be presented to the cluding the Proud Boys — who Senate beginning next week. The Trump told to “stand back and impeachment trial represents a stand by” at a September debate remarkable reckoning with the vi- — were already primed for vio- ‘New chance at life’: Man gets olence in the Capitol last month, lence. which the senators witnessed Trump’s lawyers, David firsthand, and with Trump’s pres- Schoen and Bruce Castor, denied face and hands in rare surgery idency overall. Held in the very that he had incited the riot by dis- Associated Press ly rare and have only been tried more than 140 people. chamber where the insurrection- puting the election results or by NEW YORK — Almost six twice before. The first attempt was Since leaving the hospital in No- ists stood on Jan. 6, it will pit exhorting his followers to “fight months after a rare face and hands in 2009 on a patient in Paris who vember, DiMeo has been in inten- Democratic demands for a final like hell.” They said he was per- transplant, Joe DiMeo is relearn- died about a month later from sive rehabilitation, devoting hours measure of accountability against mitted by the First Amendment to ing how to smile, blink, pinch and complications. Two years later, daily to physical, occupational and the desire of many Republicans to challenge his loss to Democrat squeeze. Boston doctors tried it again on a speech therapy. turn the page and move on. Joe Biden as “suspect” and that, The 22-year-old New Jersey res- woman who was mauled by a “Rehab was pretty intense,” Di- The impeachment trial, in any event, the trial itself was ident had the operation last Au- chimpanzee, but ultimately had to Meo said, and involves a lot of “re- Trump’s second, begins in earnest unconstitutional now that Trump gust, two years after being badly remove the transplanted hands training yourself to do stuff on your Feb. 9. has left the White House. burned in a car crash. days later. own again.” The Democratic legal brief The defense team denied that “I knew it would be baby steps “The fact they could pull it off is During a recent session, he forcefully linked Trump’s base- Trump had ever endangered na- all the way,” DiMeo told The Asso- phenomenal,” said Dr. Bohdan Po- practiced raising his eyebrows, less efforts to overturn the results tional security and disputed the ciated Press recently. “You’ve got mahac, a surgeon at Boston’s opening and closing his eyes, of the presidential election to the Democrats’ characterization of to have a lot of motivation, a lot of Brigham and Women’s Hospital puckering his mouth, giving a deadly riot at the Capitol, saying his remarks and his role in the patience. And you’ve got to stay who led the second such attempt. thumbs up and whistling. DiMeo he bears “unmistakable” blame riot. When he told his followers to strong through everything.” “I know firsthand it’s incredibly can feel his new forehead and for actions that threatened the un- fight like hell, they said, he was Experts say it appears the sur- complicated. It’s a tremendous hands get cold, and often reaches derpinnings of American democ- talking about “election security in gery at NYU Langone Health was a success.” up to push his long hair off of his racy. It argued that he must be general.” success, but warn it’ll take some DiMeo will be on lifelong medi- face. found guilty on a charge of incit- “The actions by the House time to say for sure. cations to avoid rejecting the DiMeo, who lives with his par- ing the siege. And it used evoca- make clear that, in their opinion, Worldwide, surgeons have com- transplants, as well as continued ents, can now dress and feed him- tive language to conjure the day’s the 45th President does not enjoy pleted at least 18 face transplants rehabilitation to gain sensation self. He shoots pool and plays with chaos, when “terrified members the protections of liberty upon and 35 hand transplants, accord- and function in his new face and his dog Buster. Once an avid gym- were trapped in the chamber” which this great Nation was ing to the United Network for Or- hands. goer, DiMeo is also working out and called loved ones “for fear founded, where free speech, and gan Sharing, or UNOS, which over- So far, DiMeo has not shown any again — benching 50 pounds and they would not survive.” indeed, free political speech form sees the U.S. transplant system. signs of rejecting his new face or practicing his golf swing. “His conduct endangered the the backbone of all American lib- But simultaneous face and dou- hands, said Dr. Eduardo Rodri- “You got a new chance at life. life of every single member of erties,” the defense lawyers ble hand transplants are extreme- guez, who led the medical team of You really can’t give up,” he said. Congress, jeopardized the peace- wrote. Mom of pepper-sprayed 9-year-old speaks out against police Associated Press conflict started as an argument Pope ended up calling police on ed the officers on Monday pending the handcuffed girl’s face, the de- ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The between her and her spouse. The her spouse. When they arrived, the completion of an internal in- partment said. Rochester police mother of a 9-year-old girl who two were arguing outside when her daughter left their house, and vestigation. didn’t immediately respond to a was handcuffed and pepper- Pope’s daughter overheard them it was when she was trying to get “They should be fired,” Pope request for comment Tuesday sprayed by Rochester police said from inside the house, making her her daughter back inside that the said. “Regardless to what hap- night. the officers involved should be upset, Pope said. situation escalated. pened prior, there is no reason Pope’s attorneys have filed a no- fired. “I was unaware that she was up- Pope said, “What he should why a child should be pepper- tice of claim with the city, which Public outrage has been high set, I was unaware that she was have done was got on his walkie- sprayed when she is already de- maintains her right to sue. since body camera footage re- feeling any type of way or that she talkie and ask for help, not backup tained in handcuffs in a car.” New York Attorney General leased Sunday showed officers re- had even heard the fight or the ar- for police, but someone from men- The day after the detainment, Letitia James said Monday her of- straining and scolding the girl, gument,” Pope said, adding that tal health to help him with a 9- the police said the girl disobeyed fice was “looking into” what hap- who was screaming for her father. officers ignored multiple requests year-old child having a melt- commands to put her feet in the pened. She called the incident The mother, Elba Pope, told for mental health assistance for down.” car. An officer was then “re- “deeply disturbing and wholly un- CNY Central on Tuesday that the her daughter during the conflict. The city of Rochester suspend- quired” to spray an “irritant” in acceptable.” Thursday, February 4, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Wins spur Browns’ fan to cut hair after 6 years SANDUSKY — For OH years, Cleveland Browns season ticket holder and devoted fan, Jeff Panovich, has let his hair grow as his team saw los- ing season after losing season. That changed this year with the Browns ending the regular season 12-5, so Panovich got his first hair cut in six years, the Port Clinton News-Herald reported. In 2014, Panovich vowed not to cut his hair until his team had a winning season, the newspaper reported. The Browns’ last win- ning season before this year was in 2007. Panovich donated his hair to Wigs for Kids, a nonprofit based in Westlake, which makes wigs for children who have lost hair be- cause of medical issues. Stealth fighter jet to land at museum this spring ASHLAND — A stealth NE fighter jet is set to ar- rive at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum near Ash- land this spring. The radar-resistant F-117 Nighthawk plane is one of 64 built for the Air Force, and one of only four of the planes donated to pri- vate museums. The museum already has a U-2 spy plane and a supersonic SR-71 TROY STOLT CHATTANOOGA (TENN.) TIMES FREE PRESS/AP in its collection. The Air Force retired the F-117 Nighthawks in 2008. Reflections Man charged with 6th Chattanooga resident Paul Bonner walks his English Pointer Bodhi past the corner of Market and West 6th Streets in Chattanooga, Tenn. DUI gets 3 years her, investigators said that Cor- THE CENSUS an emergency call. The crash was mier’s sister claimed to be the among more than 360 accidents ABERDEEN — A woman they requested and was The approximate number of acres in thousands a conservation reported across Virginia during SD South Dakota man has shot and killed. Nettleton, a neigh- 1.3 group is buying next to the Great Dismal Swamp in Chesapeake, the weekend snowstorm. been sentenced after pleading bor, tried to fight off the men but Va., in hopes of restoring it to the wetlands it once was. The Virginian-Pilot Henry Rosenbaum, the coun- guilty to his sixth drunken driving was also shot to death, according reported that Ducks Unlimited, a national nonprofit, bought the land. The ty’s assistant fire chief and fire offense, following an accident in to authorities. group said its goal is to one day create a “conservation corridor” that could marshal, said the firefighters which authorities say he rear-end- The woman who had accused connect the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge to state-run Cava- were able to exit the overturned ed a combine. Cormier of rape was not at the lier Wildlife Management Area. truck and suffered non-life- Jerry A. Anderson, 55, of Claire home, investigators said. threatening injuries. City, was sentenced to three years high-speed vehicle chase with a more than a decade added three in No other vehicles were in- in prison and ordered to pay back Fire damages building at man who ended up being a hom- the Sierra Nevada to the list of tal- volved. An ambulance and anoth- $31,895 for damage to the com- shore amusement park icide suspect from Pennsylvania, lest sugar pines known to exist in er firetruck were able to respond bine. authorities said. the world. without being delayed. Anderson had his driver’s li- OCEAN CITY — City of- Trooper Elliott Young was us- Michael W. Taylor recently doc- cense revoked for three years, the NJ ficials said fire severely ing a radar device to watch for umented two in the Tahoe Nation- Rare trumpeter swan dies Aberdeen American News damaged a building at an amuse- speeding vehicles along the Blue- al Forest west of Lake Tahoe near- of bacterial infection reported. ment park on the New Jersey grass Parkway when he saw a ly as tall as the length of a football shore, but no injuries were report- truck going 110 miles per hour, field. At 267 feet, 6 inches and 267 BEND — A trumpeter Sheriff: Hired hit men ed. state police said in an incident feet, 1.8 inches, they are the sec- OR swan in central Ore- killed wrong women Ocean City officials said the statement. ond and third tallest sugar pines gon that produced 15 young and blaze at Playland’s Castaway Cove In an ensuring chase, the sus- ever recorded, the Tahoe Daily was a key part of an effort to re- MONTEGUT — A Loui- began in the building that houses pect led them to Interstate 65, Tribune reported. populate the threatened species LA siana man facing rape the park’s arcade, offices, and two where the chase ended after the The third, found in the Stanis- has died. charges tried to have his accuser fast-food restaurants. suspect’s vehicle struck an Eliza- laus National Forest, checks in The Bend Bulletin reported that killed, but two hit men instead The building, which was left bethtown Police cruiser head-on. sixth on the all-time list at 253 feet, Pete died of a bacterial infection. ended up killing his sister and her with “extensive damage,” was Officers arrested Isaac San- 2 inches. Pete and his mate Eloise had pro- neighbor, authorities said. empty at the time and no fire-re- chez, 35, of Lancaster, Pa. After duced their offspring, or cygnets, Neither Hope Nettleton, 37, nor lated injuries were reported, Sanchez was booked, state police Firefighters injured after over the last three years at their Brittany Cormier, 34, was the per- spokesman Doug Bergen said. learned he was wanted on a crimi- firetruck overturns home at the Aspen Lakes Golf son that the hit men had been The cause of the fire remains nal homicide warrant in his home Course in Sisters. hired to kill on Jan. 13, the Terre- under investigation, Bergen said. state. RICHMOND — Four The cygnets were captured and bonne Parish Sheriff’s Office said. VA firefighters in central sent to live in the wild at the Sum- Authorities arrested Andrew High-speed chase nets 3 Sierra sugar pines Virginia were taken to hospitals mer Lake Wildlife Area in south- Eskine, 25, of Carencro; Dalvin homicide suspect added to list of biggest after a firetruck overturned on central Oregon that has ideal wet- Wilson, 22, of Rayne; and Beaux snow covered roads. lands for swans. Officials say Cormier, 35, of Kaplan on charges ELIZABETHTOWN — SOUTH LAKE TA- The Richmond Times-Dispatch they’re searching for a new mate of first-degree murder. KY A Kentucky State Po- CA HOE — A big tree hun- reported that the accident oc- for Eloise. When Eskine and Wilson went lice trooper watching for speeders ter who has been charting some of curred in Henrico County. to a Montegut home and asked for along a highway went on a wild the largest trees in the West for The firetruck was responding to From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, February 4, 2021 NATION 2nd SpaceX 3 Idaho National Guard pilots killed in Black Hawk crash Starship BY COREY DICKSTEIN south of Lucky Peak State Park just Stars and Stripes west of Boise after aviation offi- WASHINGTON — Three Idaho cials lost contact with the aircraft National Guard soldiers were about 7:45 p.m., said Col. Chris- crash-lands killed late Tuesday when their hel- topher Burt, the Idaho Guard’s icopter crashed during a routine state aviation officer. Associated Press training flight near Boise, state At about 8 p.m., officials CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Guard officials said Wednesday. launched emergency recovery ef- SpaceX’s second full test flight of The UH-60 Black Hawk crashed forts, including air and ground its futuristic, bullet-shaped Star- just after 8 p.m. local time Tuesday search and rescue crews. The ship ended in another fiery crash night, killing everyone aboard, ac- downed helicopter and its crew landing Tuesday. cording to an Idaho National were located just after midnight, Elon Musk’s company launched Guard statement. All three killed according to the Guard statement. its latest Starship prototype from were pilots, whose names were be- Officials said they expected an the southeastern tip of Texas, two ing withheld until 24 hours after investigation to begin Wednesday. months after the previous test family notification per Pentagon The Idaho crash was the second ended in an equally explosive bel- policy, officials said. deadly Black Hawk crash this year ly flop. MIGUEL ROBERTS, THE BROWNSVILLE (TEXAS) HERALD/AP “This is a tremendous loss to the in the U.S. Three New York Army The full-scale stainless steel SpaceX's Starship prototype explodes after crashing while attempting Idaho National Guard and our National Guard pilots were killed rocket reached its intended alti- to land following a successful launch, Tuesday in Boca Chica, Texas. community,” said Army Maj. Gen. Jan. 20, when their UH-60 medical tude of 6.2 miles, slightly lower Michael Garshak, the Idaho evacuation helicopter crashed than the last one. Everything Musk is developing Starship to Tuesday, and needed to take cor- Guard’s top general. “Our near Rochester, N.Y., during a seemed to be going well as the 160- carry people to Mars, perhaps in rective action before proceeding thoughts and prayers are with the night-flying exercise. foot Starship flipped on its side as little as several years. It’s the with launch operations. Tuesday’s families and loved ones as we work and began its descent. But it did upper stage of his intended moon- flight met all safety criteria, ac- through this tragedy.” [email protected] not manage to straighten itself and Mars-ships, meant to launch cording to the FAA. The helicopter crashed just Twitter: @CDicksteinDC back up in time for a landing and atop a mega rocket called Super slammed into the ground. Heavy that is still being devel- “We’ve just got to work on that oped. landing a little bit,” said SpaceX SpaceX tried to launch Starship launch commentator John In- last week, but failed to get the nec- sprucker. “Reminder — this is a essary approval from the Federal test flight.” Aviation Administration, prompt- The next Starship stood nearby ing a Twitter outburst from Musk. at the launch site in Boca Chica, SpaceX did not comply with Texas, during Tuesday’s test, safety regulations for the Dec. 9 which lasted 6½ minutes. flight, an FAA spokesperson said Okla. man jailed in deaths of 5 children, his brother Associated Press ney who could speak on Pridgeon’s MUSKOGEE, Okla. — A 25- behalf. year-old Oklahoma man remained Pridgeon and the victims lived in in custody Wednesday on first-de- the home where the shootings oc- gree murder complaints for the curred, Muskogee police said. killings of his brother and five Neighbors told the Muskogee young children, police said. Phoenix that they had only recently Police in Muskogee said they moved to the home but that the chil- don't yet know why Jarron Deajon dren were often outside playing. Pridgeon fatally shot Javarion Lee, Raven Anderson, who is an aunt 24, or the children, the oldest of to the children, told Tulsa TV sta- whom was 9. The children's moth- tion KOTV that Pridgeon was the er, Brittany Anderson, was also father of three of the slain children. wounded in the shootings early “They were great kids, they were Tuesday and was hospitalized in smart, full of happiness, energy. Tulsa. They were, they just loved life,” she Police identified the slain chil- said. “Honestly it would just be dren as Jalaiya Pridgeon, 1; Jaidus great if everyone just continued to Pridgeon, 3; Harmony Anderson, pray.” 5; Neveah Pridgeon, 6; and Que- Muskogee is a city of just under ’dynce Anderson, 9. 40,000 people about 45 miles south- Jail records do not list an attor- east of Tulsa. Thursday, February 4, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 WORLD President of Health workers in Turkey says protesters Myanmar initiate are terrorists Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan anti-coup protests has denounced student protesters as “terrorists” and vowed to crack BY VICTORIA MILKO said Dr. Zun Ei Phyu, who lives in down on demonstrations opposing Associated Press Yangon, the biggest city and com- the appointment of a government JAKARTA, Indonesia — Med- mercial capital. “We want to show loyalist to head Istanbul’s most ical workers across Myanmar be- them we will follow only our prestigious university. gan a civil disobedience protest elected government. Not the mil- THEIN ZAW/AP Students and faculty members against Monday’s coup, wearing itary.” Health workers wait to receive the Covishield COVID­19 vaccine at the of Bogazici University have spent red ribbons and declaring they Health workers in government Ayeyarwaddy COVID treatment center in Yangon, Myanmar. weeks protesting Erdogan’s Jan. 1 won’t work for the new military hospitals and facilities issued a appointment of Melih Bulu, an government. statement Wednesday opposing work in government-run clinics medicine to anyone who is in academic who once ran for parlia- The army takeover that ousted the coup. Photos were shared on made public their opposition to need,” she said, adding the clinics ment as a candidate for Erdogan’s the civilian government of Aung social media showing workers the new military rulers. often operate with donations from party. They have called for Bulu to San Suu Kyi over allegations of with red ribbons pinned to their Some of those on strike have be- charities and local communities. resign and for the university to be fraud in November’s elections clothes or holding printed photos gun to volunteer at charity health Myanmar’s small health care allowed to elect its own president. could not have come at a worse of red ribbons. Others used a clinics, many of which were shut force had just 6.7 physicians per Tensions flared this week after time for a country battling a stea- three-finger salute that has be- down as a precaution against a 10,000 people in 2018, significant- students were arrested over a dy rise in COVID-19 cases with a come a symbol of pro-democracy surge in COVID-19 cases. The ly lower than the global average poster, which was displayed at Bo- dangerously inadequate health protests in neighboring Thailand, clinics that have remained reopen of 15.6 in 2017. gazici University, that depicted Is- system. where the military staged a coup are extending their working The military released a state- lam’s most sacred site with LGBT “We want to show the world we six years ago and remains influ- hours so people can still receive ment saying “prevention of the rights flags. The students were ar- are totally against military dicta- ential. care during the protest, Zun Ei current outbreak of the COVID-19 rested over the weekend on charg- torship and we want our elected Some medical staff went on Phyu said. pandemic will be efficiently car- es of inciting hatred and insulting government and leader back,” strike while others who continued “We give free treatment and ried out with momentum.” religious values. PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, February 4, 2021 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Capt. Sir Tom Moore: Super as a hero Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY ALYSSA ROSENBERG healthy and to defeat Trump seized on super- day. The Washington Post hero stories to imagine their political icons And most of all, the necessary heroism of nusual times make for unusual ascending to a higher level of humanity. the moment involves rebuilding trust. Con- EDITORIAL heroes, and one of the pandem- But when a world-altering threat really vincing others that COVID-19 is real, that Terry Leonard, Editor ic’s brightest was centenarian did arrive, in the form of the COVID-19 pan- mitigation efforts like masks can be effective [email protected] UWorld War II veteran Capt. Sir demic, neither mode of heroism offered and that vaccines are safe and work ex- Tom Moore, who raised millions for Britain’s much of use. As Trump found out, scorning tremely well is, inevitably, a grinding, uncin- Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor National Health Service by completing 100 traditional forms of authority and old-fash- ematic process. It is also a matter of life and [email protected] laps in his garden with the aid of a walker. ioned values such as collective responsibili- death. No wonder National Institute of Aller- Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content Moore, who, all told, brought in almost $45 ty won’t make an infectious disease disap- gy and Infectious Diseases Director Antho- [email protected] million in donations, became an internation- pear. And while superhuman feats such as ny Fauci, whose institutional experience, pa- al symbol of the kind of systematic, modest the killing of Osama bin Laden might be ef- tience and honesty even in the face of great Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation [email protected] effort that has been crucial in the global fight fective in the fight against terrorism, you pressure to lie or to minimize the truth, has against the coronavirus. His death Tuesday, can’t punch a virus in the face or shoot it in the become one of the cultural icons of the mo- Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital after he was himself hospitalized with CO- head. ment. [email protected] VID-19, presents an opportunity to reassess The heroism required to confront a pan- It’s hard to give up old ideas about what it the flashier ideas of heroism that have taken demic is very different. means to be a hero — and about what heroes BUREAU STAFF root in our culture — and to recommit to stur- The efforts can be plodding: literally, in are meant to protect us from. But just as it has dier values that will remain crucial long after the case of Moore and his walker, or meta- challenged so many other givens, the CO- Europe/Mideast the pandemic is over. phorically, as is true of the volunteers who VID-19 pandemic should cause us to revisit Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] In recent decades, American culture and stepped into the gap left by the federal gov- these assumptions, too. Long after billions of +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 politics have been dominated by two com- ernment to compile reliable data about cases vaccines have been administered, the Pacific peting archetypes: the anti-hero and the su- and deaths for the Covid Tracking Project. threats posed by conspiracy theories, mis- Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief perhero. Moore, thankfully, was neither. The tactics involved can be simple, such as trust of outsiders, doubt in science — and, in [email protected] Depressed New Jersey gangster Tony So- the discovery that turning patients onto their the United States, a dysfunctional health +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 prano and chemistry-teacher-turned-mas- stomachs might help them breathe better, care system — will be with us. So will the Washington ter-meth-cook Walter White thrilled televi- but they can’t always be carried out alone. need for the same qualities that helped beat Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief sion audiences by spitting on convention and This kind of heroism is defined by meticu- back the coronavirus, all of which are neces- [email protected] (+1)(202)886-0033 breaking the law with style. Donald Trump, lousness, creativity and caring. The public sary in the fight against these other perni- Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News elected not in spite of but because of his wil- health officials from Josephine County, Ore., cious social maladies. [email protected] lingness to shatter the norms of politics and who vaccinated drivers in a snowy traffic Superheroes and anti-heroes may contin- basic decency, became our first anti-hero jam rather than let Moderna shots go to ue to populate our fantasies: After the trials CIRCULATION president. waste are heroes. So are the staffers at Seat- of 2020, an alien invasion sounds practically Mideast At the box office, superheroes like the tle’s Swedish Health Services who, after a relaxing. But the image of Moore making his Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager Avengers and Batman have ruled by exor- freezer failed, administered shots until 3:45 way around his garden in his blazer and ser- [email protected] cising the ghosts of 9/11 — there was no sneak in the morning to prevent them from going to vice medals was a testament to how much the [email protected] invasion or alien attack that couldn’t be re- waste. So, in his own small way, is the grocery world craves something different, truer — DSN (314)583-9111 pulsed by a magic hammer or a well-aimed store manager in my neighborhood who, on and a lot more useful. Europe punch. his own initiative, compiled a waiting list of Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager In turn, liberals desperate to keep Su- people his staff could call if they had a left- [email protected] Alyssa Rosenberg writes about the intersection of culture and [email protected] preme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg over vaccine dose available at the end of the politics for The Washington Post’s Opinions section. +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 Today’s kids need protection from media wasteland

CONTACT US BY DR. V. SUSAN VILLANI timately involved with. And if he felt isolated surprise that folks who stormed the Capitol Special to The Baltimore Sun and angry with no one to send a picture to, he were doing so in the name of a reality televi- Washington t has been 20 years since I wrote an ar- could find a group online that would wel- sion star whose misinformation posts on tel: (+1)202.886.0003 ticle for the Journal of the American A- come him in, identify with his rage and teach Twitter they had come to believe. 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 cademy of Child and Adolescent Psy- him some new ways to vent. None of this was What was proposed years ago is needed Reader letters chiatry titled, “The Impact of Media on possible for prior generations. now more than ever: to define public interest [email protected] I Children and Adolescents: A Ten Year Re- The debate and concern about what chil- and teach media literacy. The internet is the Additional contacts view of the Research.” The article focused dren learn preceded what I wrote by almost public airways of the 21st century and must stripes.com/contactus primarily on television, movies, music and 40 years when television first came into be- be treated as such by the FCC and held ac- music videos, and video games with only two ing. Newton Minow and Craig Lamay’s 1995 countable to operate in the public interest, OMBUDSMAN paragraphs devoted to computers and the in- seminal book, “Abandoned in the Wasteland: with public interest clearly defined. Second, Ernie Gates ternet. Broadband internet and smart- Children, Television and the First Amend- media literacy must be a core component of phones did not exist. The research reviewed ment,” chronicled their 34 years of work public school education. This must begin as The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow of news and information, reporting any attempts by the was primarily survey data about how many thinking about how TV had transformed soon as possible to build an electorate who military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s hours children used media and studies about American families. Minow’s phrase, “vast understands how media work. A media liter- independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for the possible effect of violent media leading to wasteland,” was first used in a 1961 speech he ate electorate would question the sources of fairness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman violent behavior. What was clear was that all gave shortly after President John F. Kenne- information, would look for signs of being welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted by email at [email protected], or by phone at media has the capacity to teach and that dy appointed him chairman of the Federal manipulated and would read and listen to a 202.886.0003. media shapes attitudes and behaviors. The Communications Commission. After the variety of sites and authors before forming discussion warned that media use would in- speech he was alarmed that the phrase was an opinion. A media literate electorate would Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday crease due to rapid advances in technology quoted. He had intended to engage people in also have the ability to assess new knowledge through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and and “new forms yet to be developed.” adiscussion about defining the “public inter- and apply that knowledge to new situations. 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Golden Globe nominees Best motion picture, drama: “The Croods: A New Age”; “Over the Father”; “Mank”; “Nomadland”; “The Moon”; “Soul”; “Wolfwalkers.” Trial of the Chicago 7”; “Promising Best screenplay, motion picture: Young Woman.” Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Best motion picture, musical or Woman”; Jack Fincher, “Mank”; comedy: “Borat Subsequent Movie- Aaron Sorkin, “The Trial of the Chicago film”; “Hamilton,”; “Music”; “Palm 7”; Florian Zeller, Christopher Hamp- Springs”; “The Prom.” ton, “The Father”; Chloe Zhao, “No- Best motion picture, foreign madland.” language: “Another Round”; “La Best supporting actor, motion picture: Llorona”; “The Life Ahead”; “Minari”; Leslie Odom Jr., “One Night in Mia- “Two of Us.” mi”; Sacha Baron Cohen, “The Trial of Best actress in a motion picture, the Chicago 7”; Daniel Kaluuya, “Ju- drama: Frances McDormand, “No- das and the Black Messiah”; Bill madland”; Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Murray, “On the Rocks”; Jared Leto, Black Bottom”; Carey Mulligan, “The Little Things.” “Promising Young Woman”; Vanessa Best supporting actress, motion Kirby, “Pieces of a Woman”; Andra picture: Amanda Seyfried, “Mank”; Day, “The United States vs. Billie Olivia Colman, “The Father”; Glenn Holiday.” Close, “Hillbilly Elegy”; Helena Zengel, Best actor in a motion picture, drama: “News of the World”; Jodie Foster, Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal”; Chad- “The Mauritanian.” Netflix wick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Best supporting actress, television: Bottom”; Anthony Hopkins, “The Gary Oldman portrays “Citizen Kane” screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz in “Mank.” The Netflix movie led Gillian Anderson, “The Crown”; Hele- Father”; Gary Oldman, “Mank”; Tahar Wednesday’s Golden Globe film nominations with six, including a best actor nod for Oldman. na Bonham Carter, “The Crown”; Rahim, “The Mauritanian.” Annie Murphy, “Schitt’s Creek”; Julia Best comedy or musical TV series: Garner, “Ozark”; Cynthia Nixon, “Schitt’s Creek”; “Ted Lasso”; “The “Ratched.” Great”; “The Flight Attendant”; “Emily Best supporting actor, television: in Paris.” John Boyega, “Small Axe”; Brendan ‘Mank,’ ‘The Crown’ each Best drama TV series: “The Crown”; Gleeson, “The Comey Rule”; Dan “Lovecraft Country”; “The Mandalor- Levy, “Schitt’s Creek”; Jim Parsons, ian”; “Ozark”; “Ratched.” “Hollywood”; Donald Sutherland, “The Best actress, motion picture musical Undoing.” or comedy: Maria Bakalova, “Borat Best actress, television series, drama: grab 6 Golden Globe noms Subsequent Moviefilm”; Kate Hudson, Olivia Colman, “The Crown”; Emma “Music”; Michelle Pfeiffer, “French Corrin, “The Crown”; Jodie Comer, Exit”; Rosamund Pike, “I Care a Lot”; “Killing Eve”; Laura Linney, “Ozark”; BY JAKE COYLE Creek” trailed with five nominations, while Netflix’s Anya Taylor-Joy, “Emma”. Sarah Paulson, “Ratched.” Associated Press “Ozark” (four nods) and “The Queen’s Gambit” (two Best actor, motion picture musical or Best actor, television series, drama: comedy: Sacha Baron Cohen, “Borat After a year in which the pandemic nearly emptied nods) also added to the streamer’s totals. Jason Bateman, “Ozark”; Josh O’Con- Subsequent Moviefilm”; James Cor- movie theaters, Netflix dominated nominations for Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7” — also nor, “The Crown”; Al Pacino, “Hun- den, “The Prom”; Lin-Manuel Miran- the 78th Golden Globe Awards on Wednesday, with a Netflix release — came in second with five nomi- ters”; Matthew Rhys, “Perry Mason”; da, “Hamilton”; Dev Patel, “The Per- David Fincher’s “Mank” leading film nominees with nations, including nods for best film, drama; best di- Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul.” sonal History of David Copperfield”; six nods and “The Crown” topping television series. rector and best screenplay for Sorkin; supporting ac- Best actress, television series musical Andy Samberg, “Palm Springs.” or comedy: Lily Collins, “Emily in The Globes, delayed about two months due to the tor for Sacha Baron Cohen; and best song. Best director: Chloé Zhao, “Noma- Paris”; Kaley Cuoco, “The Flight At- coronavirus, tried to muster some of the awards’ usu- The other nominees for best film in the drama cate- dland”; Regina King, “One Night in tendant”; Elle Fanning, “The Great”; al buzz Wednesday in a largely virtual awards season gory were Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland,” Emerald Fen- Miami”; David Fincher, “Mank”; Aaron Jane Levy, “Zoey’s Extraordinary bereft the kind of red-carpet glamour the Globes an- nell’s “Promising Young Woman” and Florian Zell- Sorkin, “The Trial of the Chicago 7”; Playlist”; Catherine O’Hara, “Schitt’s nual feast on. And perhaps to account for the other- er’s “The Father.” Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Creek.” Woman.” wise lack of it, the Hollywood Foreign Press Associ- Netflix doesn’t report box office figures and both Best actor, television series, musical Best limited series or TV movie: ation heaped nominations on two lavish period pieces “Nomadland” and “The Father” are yet to open be- or comedy: Don Cheadle, “Black of high royalty — both the Hollywood variety yond a qualifying run in theaters. So the category’s “Normal People”; “The Queen’s Gam- bit”; “Small Axe”; “The Undoing”; Monday”; Nicholas Hoult, “The (“Mank” dramatizes the making of “Citizen Kane”) total box office — a historic low of about $265,000 — is “Unorthodox.” Great”; Eugene Levy, “Schitt’s Creek”; and the British kind. due to “Promising Young Woman.” Best original song: “Fight for You,” Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso”; Ramy “Mank,” about “Citizen Kane” co-writer Herman A year after fielding no female nominees for best “Judas and the Black Messiah”; “Hear Youssef, “Ramy.” Mankiewicz, landed nominations for best film, dra- director, the HFPA nominated more female film- My Voice,” “The Trial of the Chicago Best actor, limited series or television ma; best actor for Gary Oldman; best director for makers than it had before. Regina King (“One Night 7”; “Io Sì (Seen),” “The Life Ahead”; movie: Bryan Cranston, “Your Honor”; Fincher; best supporting actress for Amanda Sey- in Miami”), Zhao and Fennell were nominated for “Speak Now,” “One Night In Miami”; Hugh Grant, “The Undoing”; Ethan Hawke, “The Good Lord Bird”; Jeff fried; best score; and best screenplay for Jack Finch- best director, alongside Sorkin and Fincher. “Tigress & Tweed,” “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.” Daniels, “The Comey Rule”; Mark er, the director’s father who penned the script before The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said Ruffalo, “I Know This Much Is True.” dying in 2003. Tuesday that the Globes — typically a bubbly dinner Best original score, motion picture: Alexandre Desplat, “The Midnight Best actress, limited series or televi- Netflix, which topped all studios at the Globes last gathering with flowing drinks — will be held bi-coast- Sky”; Ludwig Goransson, “Tenet”; sion movie: Cate Blanchett, “Mrs. year, too, led with a commanding 42 nominations, ally for the first time. Tina Fey will host from New James Newton Howard, “News of the America”; Daisy Edgar-Jones, “Normal with 22 coming in film categories and 20 in television. York’s Rainbow Room and Amy Poehler will host World”; Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, People”; Shira Haas, “Unorthodox”; “The Crown” landed six nominations including from the awards’ normal home, the Beverly Hilton “Mank”; Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Nicole Kidman, “The Undoing”; Anya best series, drama, and acting nods for Olivia Colman Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. It’s expected that nomi- Jon Batiste, “Soul.” Taylor-Joy, “The Queen’s Gambit.” and Josh O’Connor. The final season of “Schitt’s nees will be appear from locations around the world. Animated Film: “Onward”; “The From The Associated Press ‘CODA,’ ‘Summer of Soul’ win top prizes at Sundance Associated Press out of the making of the film with so much shouting a racial slur. The video, which was Boseman earns 2 nominations “CODA,” director Sian Heder’s film love for each other.” first published by TMZ on Tuesday night, about the hearing child of deaf adults who is Questlove’s directing debut, “Summer of showed him yelling profanities outside a for NAACP Image Awards trying to carve out her own life apart from Soul (...or When the Revolution Could Not home in Nashville. Chadwick Boseman earned two NAACP her family, won the top awards including Be Televised),” won the documentary “I used an unacceptable and inappropri- Image Awards nominations Tuesday. Bose- the grand jury prize, the directing award, grand jury prize and audience award. The ate racial slur that I wish I could take back. man scored nods for his work in the Netflix the audience award and a special ensemble film documents the largely forgotten 1969 There are no excuses to use this type of lan- films “Da 5 Bloods” and “Ma Rainey’s prize Tuesday evening in the first virtual Harlem Cultural Festival. guage, ever. I want to sincerely apologize Black Bottom.” Boseman, who starred in edition of the Sundance Film Festival. Country star Morgan Wallen for using the word. I promise to do better,” the Marvel blockbuster “Black Panther,” “I’m going to cry,” said Heder, who ac- Wallen said in a statement to TMZ. died at 43 last year after privately battling cepted her awards in American Sign Lan- apologizes after racial slur Wallen’s new record “Dangerous: The colon cancer. “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” guage. “The process of making this movie Country star Morgan Wallen has apol- Double Album” has hit three weeks atop the came away with nine nominations for next was so incredible and I think we all came ogized after a video surfaced showed him Billboard 200 chart. month’s ceremony. Thursday, February 4, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 SCOREBOARD/SPORTS BRIEFS

PRO FOOTBALL COLLEGE BASKETBALL TENNIS BRIEFLY NFL playoffs Tuesday’s men’s scores Gippsland Trophy Sandgren (9), United States, 6-4, 6-7 (2), Wild­card Playoffs 6-1. Tokyo Olympic Games Saturday, Jan. 9 EAST Wednesday Miomir Kecmanovic (7), Serbia, def. Buffalo 27, Indianapolis 24 Duquesne 69, Dayton 64 At Melbourne Park Kwon Soon Woo, South Korea, 6-3, 6-4. Los Angeles Rams 30, Seattle 20 Maryland 61, Purdue 60 Melbourne, Australia Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, def. Robin offer pandemic Playbooks Tampa Bay 31, Washington 23 Morgan St. 95, Coppin St. 82 Purse: $442,020 Haase, Netherlands, 7-5, 6-3. Sunday, Jan. 10 UMBC 75, NJIT 71 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Stefano Travaglia, Italy, def. Sam Quer- TOKYO — It will be an Olym- Women’s Singles rey (10), United States, 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-4. Baltimore 20, Tennessee 13 SOUTH pics like no other, the world’s New Orleans 21, Chicago 9 Round of 16 Jordan Thompson (11), Australia, def. Cleveland 48 Pittsburgh 37 Clemson 63, North Carolina 50 Elise Mertens (7), Belgium, def. Caroline Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, 6-4, 3-6, largest mega-sports event being Divisional Playoffs E. Kentucky 86, Jacksonville St. 82, OT Garcia (12), France, 7-6 (1), 6-3. 6-3. Saturday, Jan. 16 Emmanuel 89, Erskine 55 Naomi Osaka (2), Japan, def. Katie Boul- Thiago Monteiro, Brazil, def. Matthew staged in the middle of a pandem- Green Bay 32, Los Angeles Rams 18 Georgia 91, Auburn 86 ter, Britain, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1. Ebden, Australia, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3. ic. Buffalo 17, Baltimore 3 Lee 62, Auburn-Montgomery 56 Elina Svitolina (3), Ukraine, def. Jelena Botic van de Zandschulp, Netherlands, Sunday, Jan. 17 Lees-Mcrae 116, King (Tenn.) 98 Ostapenko (13), Latvia, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-2. def. Kamil Majchrzak, Poland, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Tokyo organizers and the IOC Kansas City 22, Cleveland 17 Mississippi 52, Tennessee 50 Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, def. Jo- Reilly Opelka (6), United States, def. Ser- Tampa Bay 30, New Orleans 20 NC Central 64, SC State 63 hanna Konta (5), Britain, 4-6, 7-6 (10), 7-6 giy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 7-6 (8), 6-4. on Wednesday began explaining Conference Championships Shorter 82, Montevallo 81 (4). Mario Vilella Martinez, Spain, def. Niko- in public just how they hope to do Sunday, Jan. 24 Troy 90, Spring Hill 73 Ekaterina Alexandrova (9), Russia, def. loz Basilashvili (5), Georgia, 7-5, 6-3. AFC MIDWEST Iga Swiatek (6), Poland, 6-4, 6-2. Alexander Bublik (8), Kazakhstan, def. it, rolling out “Playbooks” to detail Simona Halep (1), Romania, def. Laura Christopher O’Connell, Australia, 7-6 (2), Kansas City 38, Buffalo 24 Buffalo 78, Ball St. 58 NFC Siegemund (16), Germany, 6-2, 6-4. 6-7 (6), 6-4. the ways that 15,400 athletes will Cent. Oklahoma 87, Lincoln (Mo.) 76 Karolina Muchova (8), Czech Republic, Karen Khachanov (2), Russia, def. Max Tampa Bay 31, Green Bay 26 E. Illinois 70, SIU-Edwardsville 61 Purcell, Australia, 7-6 (5), 6-3. enter Japan — and exit Japan — Super Bowl def. Jasmine Paolini, Italy, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Hillsdale 83, Cedarville 79, 2OT Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, def. Daria Kasatki- Carlos Alcaraz Garfia, Spain, def. David Sunday, Feb. 7 Illinois 75, Indiana 71, OT Goffin (1), Belgium, 6-3, 6-3. with the Olympics opening on July At Tampa, Fla. na, Russia, 7-5, 6-1. Iowa 84, Michigan St. 78 Women’s Doubles Men’s Doubles 23 and the Paralympics a month Tampa Bay vs. Kansas City Kansas 74, Kansas St. 51 Round of 16 Round of 32 Kent St. 77, Miami (Ohio) 68 later. NFL injury report Simona Halep, Romania, and Daria Gav- Artem Sitak, New Zealand, and Federico Marquette 70, Butler 67 rilova, Australia, def. Bethanie Mattek- Delbonis, Argentina, def. Tennys Sand- The rollout of the Playbooks is NEW YORK — The National Football NW Missouri St. 84, Missouri Southern 74 Sands, United States, and Gabriela Da- gren, United States, and Dominik Koepfer, League injury report, as provided by the Notre Dame 79, Wake Forest 58 browski (3), Canada, 7-6 (4), 2-6, 10-2. Germany, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 10-8. aimed at assuring athletes, and an league (DNP: did not practice; LIMITED: Ohio 83, Cent. Michigan 69 Veronika Kudermetova and Anna Blin- Sam Querrey, United States, and Robin limited participation; FULL: Full participa- S.D. Mines 80, CSU-Pueblo 74 kova (8), Russia, def. Abbie Myers and Iva- Haase, Netherlands, def. Dane Sweeny attempt to convince the Japanese tion): Toledo 91, Akron 76 na Popovic, Australia, 6-4, 6-1. and Tristan Schoolkate, Australia, 6-4, 2-1, public that the Olympics should go Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7 At Tampa Bay Walsh 95, Ohio Valley 69 Latisha Chan and Hao-Ching Chan (2), ret. West Virginia 76, Iowa St. 72 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS at TAMPA BAY Taiwan, def. Darija Jurak, Croatia, and Ni- Men’s Doubles ahead. Polls across Japan show up BUCCANEERS — CHIEFS: OUT: T Eric Fisher William Jewell 88, Drury 78 Round of 16 Wisconsin 72, Penn St. 56 na Stojanovic, Serbia, 6-3, 7-5. (Achilles), LB Willie Gay (ankle, knee). Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spain, and Marie Hubert Hurkacz, Poland, and Jannik Sin- to 80% want the Olympics post- QUESTIONABLE: RB Le'Veon Bell (knee), SOUTHWEST Bouzkova, Czech Republic, vs. Arina Ro- ner, Italy, def. Henri Kontinen, Finland, and poned or canceled. The public CB Rashad Fenton (foot), CB L'Jarius dionova and Storm Sanders, Australia, 7-5, Pierre-Hugues Herbert (4), France, 6-1, 6-4. Sneed (concussion), WR Sammy Watkins Arkansas 61, Mississippi St. 45 Baylor 83, Texas 69 2-6, 10-8. Bruno Soares, Brazil, and Jamie Murray sees the health risk in a country (calf). DNP: WR Sammy Watkins (calf). (2), Britain, def. Pablo Andujar and Pedro FULL: RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire (ankle, FAR WEST World Tour Melbourne 1 Martinez, Spain, 7-6 (4), 6-3. that has controlled the virus better hip), CB Rashad Fenton (foot), QB Patrick Colorado Mesa 63, Westminster (Utah) Wednesday Yarra Valley Classic than most. Mahomes (toe), T Mike Remmers (groin), 60 At Melbourne Park T Andrew Wylie (ankle). BUCCANEERS: Nevada 72, UNLV 62 Melbourne, Australia Wednesday The Playbook introduced on DOUBTFUL: WR Antonio Brown (knee), S Southern Cal 72, Stanford 66 Purse: $311,665 At Melbourne Park Jordan Whitehead (shoulder, knee). QUES- Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Melbourne, Australia Wednesday is aimed at interna- TIONABLE: LB Lavonte David (hamstring), Tuesday’s women’s scores Men’s Singles Purse: $442,020 S Antoine Winfield (ankle). DNP: DT Steve tional sports federations and tech- Round of 32 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor McLendon (not injury related), LB Jason SOUTH Marcos Giron, United States, def. Adrian Women’s Singles nical officials. Guides for athletes, Pierre-Paul (knee). LIMITED: WR Mike Round of 16 Evans (knee), DT Vita Vea (ankle). FULL: Georgia Tech 76, Syracuse 63 Mannarino (10), France, 6-3, 6-4. broadcasters and the media will WR Chris Godwin (elbow). Morgan St. 72, Coppin St. 43 Daniel Evans (8), Britain, def. Pedro Sou- Shelby Rogers, United States, def. Petra MIDWEST sa, Portugal, 6-3, 7-5. Martic (7), Croatia, 7-6 (1), 6-3. come in the next few days. They COLLEGE HOCKEY Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, def. Jason Ashleigh Barty (1), Australia, def. Marie Dayton 59, Saint Louis 52, OT Kubler, Australia, 7-6 (2), 7-5. Bouzkova (16), Czech Republic, 6-0, 4-6, are all similar, and these are all SOUTHWEST Egor Gerasimov, Belarus, def. Marton 6-3. the “first versions.” Much of the Tuesday's scores Fucsovics (16), Hungary, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. Marketa Vondrousova (8), Czech Re- Oklahoma St. 82, Kansas 55 Alex Bolt, Australia, def. Mackenzie public, def. Vera Zvonareva, Russia, 7-6 information is still vague with EAST Texas State 51, UALR 44 McDonald, United States, 6-4, 6-7 (7), 7-5. (4), 6-7 (4), 6-4. Boston College 6, Northeastern 2 FAR WEST Alexei Popyrin, Australia, def. Tommy Sofia Kenin (2), United States, def. Jessi- more details coming in updates in Paul (15), United States, 6-4, 6-3. ca Pegula, United States, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2. MIDWEST Gonzaga 63, BYU 56 Stan Wawrinka (1), Switzerland, def. Garbine Muguruza (6), Spain, def. Anas- April and June. Grand Canyon 71, Tarleton St. 54 Michigan Tech 6, Ferris St. 4 Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 4-6, 6-3, tasia Pavlyuchenkova (11), Russia, 6-1, In other Olympic news: 6-1. 6-2. James Duckworth, Australia, def. Ugo Serena Williams (5), United States, def. ■ A coalition of 180 rights DEALS Humbert (7), France, 7-6 (6), 6-4. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 6-1, 6-4. Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Gilles Si- Danielle Collins (13), United States, def. groups on Wednesday called for a mon, France, 6-3, 6-4. Karolina Pliskova (3), Czech Republic, 7-6 boycott of next year’s Beijing Win- Tuesday's transactions CAROLINA HURRICANES — Promoted G Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, def. Casper (5), 7-6 (3). Alex Nedeljkovic and C Morgan Geekie to Ruud (5), Norway, 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Nadia Podoroska (14), Argentina, def. ter Olympics tied to reported hu- BASEBALL the active roster from the taxi squad. Borna Coric (4), Croatia, def. Emil Ruusu- Petra Kvitova (4), Czech Republic, 5-7, 6-1, Major League Baseball COLORADO AVALANCHE — Promoted vuori, Finland, 7-5, 6-4. 7-6 (7). man rights abuses against ethnic American League RW Keifer Sherwood, G Hunter Miska, D Ja- Nick Kyrgios (13), Australia, def. Harry Women’s Doubles minorities in China. BOSTON RED SOX — Signed IF/OF Kike cob MacDonald and C Sheldon Dries to the Bourchier, Australia, 6-2, 7-6 (7). Round of 16 Hernandez to a two-year contract. active roster from the taxi squad. Desig- Felix Auger-Aliassime (3), Canada, def. Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, and The coalition is composed of LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Acquired RHP nated C Shane Bowers and G Adam Wer- Yuichi Sugita, Japan, 6-3, 6-1. Marta Kostyuk, Ukraine, def. Xu Yifan and groups representing Tibetans, Alex Cobb and cash considerations fro ner for assignment to the taxi squad. Taylor Fritz (6), United States, def. Fe- Zhaoxuan Yang (6), China, 5-7, 6-4, 10-6. Baltimore in exchange for INF Jahmai COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS— Designated derico Coria, Argentina, 6-2, 6-1. Ashleigh Barty, Australia, and Jennifer Uighurs, Inner Mongolians, resi- Jones. G Matiss Kivlenieks for assignment to the Grigor Dimitrov (2), Bulgaria, def. An- Brady (8), United States, def. Christina OAKLAND ATHLETICS— Agreed to terms taxi squad. Reassigned G Cam Johnson to drew Harris, Australia, 6-3, 6-3. McHale, United States, and Ons Jabeur, dents of Hong Kong and others. with RHP Deolis Guerra and C Carlos Perez Cleveland (AHL). Corentin Moutet, France, vs. Albert Ra- Tunisia, 6-2, 6-3. on minor league contracts. DALLAS STARS — Promoted Fs Tanner mos-Vinolas (12), Spain, 6-4, 6-4. Caty McNally and Coco Gauff, United Men’s Doubles TEXAS RANGERS — Signed RHP Spencer Kero and Joel L'Esperance to the active States, def. Karolina Muchova and Marke- Grosjean leaves F1, Round of 32 Patton to a minor league contract. roster from the taxi squad. Designated RW ta Vondrousova, Czech Republic, 6-2, ret. National League Ry Dellandrea for assignment to the taxi Jonny O’Mara and Cameron Norrie, Bri- Grampians Trophy moves to IndyCar PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to squad. tain, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, and Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, 6-3, 6-4. terms with RHPs Bryan Mitchell, David EDMONTON OILERS — Designated G Wednesday Men’s Doubles At Melbourne Park Romain Grosjean never doubt- Paulino and Hector Rondon on minor Stuart Skinner for assignment to the taxi Round of 16 league contracts. squad. Promoted D Evan Bouchard to the Melbourne, Australia ed he’d race again after escaping a Gonzalo Escobar, Ecuador, and Ariel Be- PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to active roster from the taxi squad. Purse: $247,020 har, Uruguay, def. Ken Skupski and Neal Surface: Hardcourt outdoor fiery crash in Bahrain with seri- terms with RHPs Jandel Gustave and LOS ANGELES KINGS— Promoted RW Ar- Skupski (7), Britain, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 10-7. Chase DeJong on minor league contracts. thur Kaliyev, Ds Austin Strand and Mark Women’s Singles ous burns to his hands. Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic (1), Croa- Round of 32 SAN DIEGO PADRES — Named Erik Alt and C Lias Andersson to the active ros- tia, def. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, Greupner chief executive officer and A.J. ter from the taxi squad. Designated LW Marta Kostyuk, Ukraine, def. Gabriela Grosjean on Wednesday was and Tomislav Brkic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Dabrowski, Canada, 6-0, 6-3. Preller president of baseball operations Bokondji Imama and D Sean Durzi for as- 7-6 (5), 2-6, 10-7. named the new driver at Dale and general manager. signment to the taxi squad. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen, Belgium, def. Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, 7-6 BASKETBALL MONTREAL CANADIENS — Designated D def. Mackenzie McDonald and Tommy Coyne Racing for 2021, where the Women's National Basketball Alexander Romanov for assignment to the (3), 6-2. Paul, United States, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 10-8. Ons Jabeur, Tunisia, def. Anna Blinkova, Frenchman will become the latest Association taxi squad. Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, and Marce- NEW YORK LIBERTY — Signed G/F Betni- Russia, 6-1, 6-1. NASVILLE PREDATORS — Designated lo Demoliner (8), Brazil, def. James Duck- Sorana Cirstea, Romania, def. Oksana Formula One driver to migrate to jah Laney. RWs Eeli Tolvanen and Mathieu Olivier for worth and Marc Polmans, Australia, 6-4, Kalashnikova, Georgia, 6-1, 6-1. IndyCar. He’ll race the 14 road WASHINGTON MYSTICS — Announced assignment to the taxi squad. 6-2. Anett Kontaveit (6), Estonia, def. Christi- F/C La Toya Sanders to return for the 2021 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Designated D World Tour Melbourne 2 na McHale, United States, 6-1, 6-3. and street courses on the schedule season. Kevin Czuczuman and LW Drew O'Connor Ann Li, United States, def. Ellen Perez, FOOTBALL for assignment to the taxi squad. Reas- Wednesday Australia, 5-3, ret. in the No. 51 with Coyne to an- National Football League signed D William Reilly to Wilkes-Barre/ At Melbourne Park Jennifer Brady (7), United States, def. nounce plans for the four oval CHICAGO BEARS — Named Mike Adams Scranton (AHL). Melbourne, Australia Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 6-3, 6-0. assistant defensive backs coach. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Designated D Purse: $311,665 Veronika Kudermetova, Russia, def. events at a later date. DENVER BRONCOS — Waived WR Fred Luke Schenn for assignment to the taxi Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Heather Watson, Britain, 6-2, 6-2. Brown, DE Joel Heath, S Alijah Holder, TE squad. Men’s Singles Barbora Krejcikova, Czech Republic, def. Grosjean’s nine year F1 career Jordan Leggett and T Darrin Paulo. SOCCER Round of 32 Lauren Davis, United States, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. came to an abrupt end in a har- LOS ANGELES RAMS — Signed LS Steven Major League Soccer Jannik Sinner (4), Italy, def. Aleksandar Angelique Kerber (8), Germany, def. Ka- Wirtel to reserve/futures contract. ATLANTA UNITED — Waived F Adam Vukic, Australia, 6-2, 6-4. terina Siniakova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 4-6, rowing November crash in Bah- PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed OT Jahn. Aljaz Bedene (13), Slovenia, def. Dane 6-3. Aviante Collins to a reserve/futures con- COLORADO RAPIDS — Signed G William Sweeny, Australia, 6-0, 6-4. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, def. Geor- rain in which he pulled himself tract. Yarbrough to a three-year contract with a Hubert Hurkacz (3), Poland, def. Mikael gina Garcia Perez, Spain, 7-6 (1), 6-4. from a fireball of wreckage in a re- HOCKEY club option for an additional year. Torpegaard, Denmark, 6-4, 6-3. Leylah Annie Fernandez, Canada, def. National Hockey League LA GALAXY — Named Dan Calichman, Salvatore Caruso, Italy, def. Tennys Sloane Stephens, United States, 6-3, 6-1. al-time spectacle of the dangers of ANAHEIM DUCKS — Promoted C Isac Nick Theslof and Jason Bent assistant motorsports. Lundestrom to the active roster from the coaches. Named Kevin Hartman goal- AP SPORTLIGHT taxi squad. Designated C Andrew Agozzi- keeper coach. Grosjean will at last be back in a no for assignment to the taxi squad. MINNESOTA UNITED FC — Signed new Feb. 4 1957 — Joe McCarthy and Sam Crawford car Feb. 22 during the IndyCar ARIZONA COYOTES— Promoted LW Dry- contracts for MF Jacori Hayes, Ds Brent are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. 1861 — The Philadelphia Athletics beat den Hunt to the active roster from the taxi Kallman, Callum Montgomery and G 1969 — The 24 major league owners test at Barber Motorsports Park in squad. Placed RW Christian Fischer on in- Adrian Zendejas. Charter Oak 36-27 in a baseball game unanimously select Bowie Kuhn as com- jured reserve. SEATTLE SOUNDERS — Signed G Spencer played on frozen Litchfield Pond in Brook- missioner for a one-year term at a salary Alabama. His hands are still heal- BUFFALO SABRES — Designated C Arttu Richey. Loaned G Trey Muse to San Diego lyn, N.Y., with the players wearing ice of $100,000. ing but he expects to be able to put Ruotsalainen and RW Karson Kuhlman for Loyalty SC (USL championship). skates. 1971 — The Baseball Hall of Fame estab- assignment to the taxi squad. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS— Agreed with 1924 — The first Winter Olympics close lishes a separate section for players from driving gloves on next week with- CALGARY FLAMES — Designated RW W David Milinkovic to a mutual contract in Chamonix, France. Sixteen countries the old Negro Leagues. In July, commis- Buddy Robinson and D Connor Mackey for termination. competed in 17 events from seven sports. sioner Bowie Kuhn, along with Hall presi- out fear of disrupting the scab- assignment to the taxi squad. Promoted C COLLEGE 1932 — The Winter Olympics open in dent Paul Kirk, announce a change of bing. Derek Ryan and D Connor Mackay to the DOANE UNIVERSITY — Named Tony Lake Placid, N.Y., the first Winter Games in heart and scrap plans for the separate active roster from the taxi squad. Odorisio head mens soccer coach. the United States. section. — Associated Press PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, February 4, 2021 NHL

ROUNDUP Scoreboard

East Division GP WLOT Pts GF GA Philadelphia 10 7 2 1 15 35 31 Pavelski shoots Stars past Jackets Washington 10 6 1 3 15 38 34 Boston 9 6 1 2 14 30 20 Associated Press Pittsburgh 10 5 4 1 11 30 37 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Joe Pa- New Jersey 9 4 3 2 10 23 26 Buffalo 10 4 4 2 10 30 32 velski had two goals and an assist, N.Y. Islanders 9 3 4 2 8 19 24 rookie Jake Oettinger made 23 N.Y. Rangers 9 3 4 2 8 25 26 saves and the Dallas Stars beat the Central Division Columbus Blue Jackets 6-3 on GP WLOT Pts GF GA Tuesday night. Carolina 7 6 1 0 12 22 13 Pavelski, a 15-year NHL veter- Florida 6 5 0 1 11 22 16 an, was in the right place at the Dallas 7 5 1 1 11 29 17 right time to tip in a pair of long Tampa Bay 7 5 1 1 11 24 16 shots by John Klingberg, and then Columbus 11 4 4 3 11 27 34 Chicago 11 3 4 4 10 29 35 delivered the pass that set up Ja- Nashville 9 4 5 0 8 22 29 mie Benn’s second-period goal as Detroit 10 2 6 2 6 20 35 the Stars snapped a two-game West Division skid. GP WLOT Pts GF GA Pavelski has a team-leading St. Louis 10 7 2 1 15 36 32 seven goals and 13 points for the Colorado 11 7 3 1 15 38 24 Stars, who improved to 5-1-1 after Minnesota 11 6 5 0 12 30 30 being forced to delay the start of Vegas 7 5 1 1 11 23 17 the season due to a COVID-19 out- Anaheim 11 4 5 2 10 19 28 Los Angeles 9 3 4 2 8 26 29 break. Arizona 9 3 5 1 7 23 26 Denis Gurianov, Radek Faksa San Jose 8 3 5 0 6 22 31 and Alexander Radulov also North Division scored for Dallas. Benn picked up GP WLOT Pts GF GA two assists. Ducks 3, Kings 1: Danton Hei- Montreal 10 7 1 2 16 44 27 Toronto 10 7 2 1 15 33 29 nen and David Backes scored, and Winnipeg 10 6 3 1 13 35 31 host Anaheim snapped a three- Edmonton 12 6 6 0 12 42 43 game losing streak with a victory JAY LAPRETE / AP Vancouver 13 6 7 0 12 45 48 over Los Angeles in the first Free- Calgary 9 4 4 1 9 26 23 The Dallas Stars celebrate a goal against the Columbus Blue Jackets during the second period of their 6­3Ottawa 10 1 8 1 3 24 48 way Faceoff of the season. win in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday. John Gibson made 20 saves and Monday’s games Montreal 6, Vancouver 2 Nicolas Deslauriers had an emp- six points in the third of four Jets 3, Flames 2: Nikolaj Eh- helping the Hurricanes win for the N.Y. Rangers 3, Pittsburgh 1 Boston 5, Washington 3 ty-net goal for the Ducks, who got straight games against the Wild. lers’ first-period goal was the sixth time in their first seven Calgary 4, Winnipeg 3, SO only their fourth victory of the sea- Kirill Kaprizov scored and Cam eventual game-winner and host games. Vincent Trocheck also Tampa Bay 5, Nashville 2 Vegas at San Jose, ppd. son in the 152nd edition of this Talbot had 29 saves for Minneso- Winnipeg held on for a win over scored, and captain Jordan Staal Tuesday’s games Southern California rivalry. ta. Calgary in the second game of a had two assists. Dallas 6, Columbus 3 Arthur Kaliyev scored a goal in Canadiens 5, Canucks 3:Tyler three-game set. Svechnikov had the only suc- Montreal 5, Vancouver 3 Winnipeg 3, Calgary 2 the 19-year-old’s NHL debut for Toffoli and Josh Anderson each Trevor Lewis and Derek For- cessful attempt in the shootout, St. Louis 4, Arizona 3 Carolina 4, Chicago 3, SO the Kings, who have lost two scored twice, and host Montreal bort also scored for the Jets, who closing out the victory after James Colorado 2, Minnesota 1 straight. Cal Petersen stopped 40 celebrated captain Shea Weber’s lost to the Flames in a shootout a Reimer turned away Alex De- Anaheim 3, Los Angeles 1 Edmonton 4, Ottawa 2 shots in a strong performance for 1,000th game with a win. night earlier. Brincat, Patrick Kane and Dylan Buffalo at N.Y. Islanders, ppd. Los Angeles.. The Canadiens swept a two- Matthew Tkachuk scored twice Strome for the Blackhawks. New Jersey at Pittsburgh, ppd. Avalanche 2, Wild 1 : Philipp game set with Vancouver and for Calgary. Oilers 4, Senators 2:Jesse Pul- Wednesday’s games Detroit at Tampa Bay Grubauer stopped 27 shots to lead moved a point ahead of idle Toron- Hurricanes 4, Blackhawks 3 jujarvi scored two goals and host Boston at Philadelphia short-handed Colorado to a win to into first place in the North Divi- (SO): Andrei Svechnikov scored Edmonton beat Ottawa to com- Vegas at San Jose, ppd. over visiting Minnesota. sion. Eight of Toffoli’s nine goals in regulation and again in the plete a sweep of the teams’ two- Thursday’s games Buffalo at N.Y. Islanders, ppd Logan O’Connor and Valeri Ni- this season have come against the shootout, and Carolina won at Chi- game set. Dallas at Columbus chushkin scored, and Cale Makar Canucks. cago. It was the first time in more than Nashville at Florida New Jersey at Pittsburgh, ppd. had an assist for the Avalanche, Toffoli added an assist on Jeff Warren Foegele had a goal and two years that Puljujarvi scored in Ottawa at Montreal Vancouver at Toronto who have earned five of a possible Petry’s empty-net goal. an assist in his return to the lineup, the NHL. Washington at N.Y. Rangers Arizona at St. Louis Calgary at Winnipeg Carolina at Chicago Blues top Coyotes, extend winning streak to 4 games Minnesota at Colorado Friday’s games Boston at Philadelphia BY DAVID SOLOMON consecutive games this season. Detroit at Tampa Bay Associated Press Nashville at Florida Christian Dvorak had two goals Los Angeles at Vegas ST. LOUIS — Ryan O’Reilly and and Nick Schmaltz added a score San Jose at Anaheim Vince Dunn scored to lead the St. for Arizona. Saturday’s games Montreal at Ottawa Louis Blues to a 4-3 win over the “I think it was just too sloppy,” Colorado at St. Louis Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday Dvorak said. “We were too loose Arizona at Minnesota Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders night. on them in our defensive end and Vancouver at Toronto Edmonton at Calgary Jordan Binnington made 30 just gave them too many odd-man San Jose at Anaheim saves and St. Louis earned its rushes. We had to rely on Kuemp N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, ppd. Buffalo at Boston, ppd. fourth straight win. way too much.” Justin Faulk and Mike Hoffman O’Reilly’s second goal of the Scoring leaders also scored for the Blues, who out- season came with each team play- Through Tuesday shot Arizona 31-22 after being out- ing a man short and stretched the GP GAPTS shot 11-1 in the first 11 minutes of Blues’ lead to 4-2. O’Reilly has a the game. point in seven consecutive games. Connor McDavid, EDM 11 8 14 22 Leon Draisaitl, EDM 11 6 15 21 “We were just a step behind,” “That 4-on-4 goal was a killer,” Nathan MacKinnon, COL 10 2 12 14 St. Louis coach Craig Berube said Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet said. Mitchell Marner, TOR 10 5 9 14 on his team’s slow start. “It was “The one guy has him. There’s no James van Riemsdyk, PHI 10 5 8 13 just a matter of playing quicker point in having two guys going to Nicklas Backstrom, WSH 10 5 8 13 Brad Marchand, BOS 9 6 7 13 JEFF ROBERSON / AP and playing harder.” the same puck there.” Anze Kopitar, LA 8 1 11 12 Darcy Kuemper made 28 saves Dunn’s third goal of the season St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington, right, blocks a shot by Mark Scheifele, WPG 9 4 8 12 for the Coyotes, who have not won gave St. Louis a 3-2 lead. the Arizona Coyotes’ Conor Garland. Binnington had 30 saves. Artemi Panarin, NYR 9 5 7 12 Thursday, February 4, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 NBA

Scoreboard

Eastern Conference VanVleet has 54 points, Raptors win Atlantic Division WLPct GB Guard’s total breaks Philadelphia 15 6 .714 — Toronto record; his 11 Brooklyn 14 9 .609 2 Boston 11 8 .579 3 threes are career high Toronto 9 12 .429 6 New York 9 13 .409 6½ Associated Press Southeast Division ORLANDO, Fla. — Fred VanV- WLPct GB leet set a franchise record with 54 Atlanta 10 10 .500 — points and hit a career-best 11 Charlotte 10 11 .476 ½ three-pointers as the Toronto Orlando 8 14 .364 3 Raptors beat the short-handed Or- Miami 7 13 .350 3 lando Magic 123-108 on Tuesday Washington 4 13 .235 4½ night. Central Division VanVleet made 11 of his first 12 WLPct GB attempts from three-point range. Milwaukee 12 8 .600 — He finished 17-for-23 from the Indiana 12 9 .571 ½ field and 9-for-9 at the free throw Cleveland 10 11 .476 2½ Chicago 8 11 .421 3½ line to surpass the previous Rap- Detroit 5 16 .238 7½ tors record of 52 points scored by Western Conference DeMar DeRozan against Milwau- kee on Jan. 1, 2018. Southwest Division According to the Elias Sports WLPct GB Bureau, it was the most points in Memphis 9 7 .563 — an NBA game for an undrafted Houston 10 9 .526 ½ player — eclipsing the 53 scored San Antonio 11 10 .524 ½ by Hall of Fame big man Moses Dallas 8 13 .381 3½ Malone on the exact same date 39 New Orleans 7 12 .368 3½ years earlier. Northwest Division “Unbelievable and I’m very JOHN RAOUX / AP WLPct GB humbled and honored to be in the Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet, left, drives around Orlando Magic guard Cole Anthony during the Utah 16 5 .762 — same sentence with both of those Raptors’ 123­108 win Tuesday in Orlando. Denver 12 8 .600 3½ Portland 11 9 .550 4½ guys,” said VanVleet, who took a Oklahoma City 8 11 .421 7 video call from DeRozan in the To- The fifth-year guard out of blocked shots and two assists. To- was coming off his hands so easily Minnesota 5 15 .250 10½ ronto locker room after the game. Wichita State easily topped his ronto was plus-20 in his 37 min- and the deep shots looked like Pacific Division “It’s just a special night on a lot of previous high of 36 points set last utes on the floor. there was hardly any effort,” To- WLPct GB different levels. I’m trying to en- season by scoring 17 in the first VanVleet’s previous best for ronto coach Nick Nurse said. L.A. Clippers 16 6 .727 — joy it for now, but it’s not a cham- quarter, 11 in the second, 18 in the threes in a regular-season game “There was something that was L.A. Lakers 16 6 .727 — pionship or anything like that. It third and eight more in the fourth was seven. He made eight in a making them fly off so comfort- Phoenix 11 8 .579 3½ was a good game for me. I’ll enjoy before being lifted after the out- playoff game last year against ably. Wherever he shot them from Golden State 11 10 .524 4½ the love for a couple of hours and come was decided. He added Brooklyn. it seemed like a free throw line at- Sacramento 9 11 .450 6 get ready for the next one.” three rebounds, three steals, three “I thought early on that the ball tempt, effort-wise.” Monday’s games L.A. Lakers 107, Atlanta 99 Houston 136, Oklahoma City 106 ROUNDUP Milwaukee 134, Portland 106 Charlotte 129, Miami 121, OT Chicago 110, New York 102 Cleveland 100, Minnesota 98 Sacramento 118, New Orleans 109 Memphis 133, San Antonio 102 Phoenix 109, Dallas 108 Irving scores 39 as Nets cool off Clippers Detroit at Denver, ppd Associated Press Celtics snapped a two-game skid with their Tuesday’s games Toronto 123, Orlando 108 fourth straight victory the Warriors. Brooklyn 124, L.A. Clippers 120 NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving scored a sea- Trail Blazers 132, Wizards 121 : Damian Portland 132, Washington 121 Indiana 134, Memphis 116 son-high 39 points, including eight straight in Lillard scored 32 points, Gary Trent Jr. added Utah 117, Detroit 105 Boston 111, Golden State 107 the fourth-quarter run that sent Brooklyn into 26 while hitting seven three-pointers and Wednesday’s games the lead for good, and the Nets beat the Los short-handed Portland won at Washington. Indiana at Milwaukee Angeles Clippers 124-120 on Tuesday night. Enes Kanter had 14 points and 15 rebounds Philadelphia at Charlotte Dallas at Atlanta Kevin Durant added 28 points, James Har- for the Trail Blazers, who improved to 2-2 on Houston at Oklahoma City den had 23 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds, their six-game road trip. L.A. Clippers at Cleveland New York at Chicago and the three stars scored all the points in the Carmelo Anthony had 21 points off the Washington at Miami Minnesota at San Antonio decisive 13-0 spurt. The Nets held on from bench and Robert Covington added 19 for Por- Phoenix at New Orleans Boston at Sacramento there to snap the Clippers’ three-game win- tland, which has been without starters CJ Thursday’s games ning streak. McCollum (foot), Jusuf Nurkic (wrist) and Golden State at Dallas Kawhi Leonard scored 33 points and Paul Derrick Jones Jr. (foot) for at least three Utah at Atlanta Portland at Philadelphia George had 26 for the Clippers, who entered games each. Houston at Memphis with the NBA’s best record and lost for just the Pacers 134, Grizzlies 116: Domantas Sa- Denver at L.A. Lakers Leaders second time in 12 games. bonis had a season-best 32 points and 13 re- They had a five-point lead midway through bounds to help host Indiana snap Memphis’ Through Feb. 1 Scoring the fourth before Durant hit a three-pointer. seven-game winning streak. GFG FT PTS AVG Irving followed with one of his own, then made Sabonis made 11 of his first 12 shots and had a basket and another three. Harden finished 24 points and 11 rebounds by halftime. It was Beal, WAS 15 186 115 523 34.9 Durant, BKN 16 166 117 495 30.9 off the spurt with a three, making it 110-102 his 14th double-double in 16 starts. Malcolm Lillard, POR 19 170 134 550 28.9 with 4:10 to play. Brogdon added 23 points and Myles Turner Rebounds The Clippers got it down to one in the final KATHY WILLENS / AP scored 22 for the Pacers, who set a season high GOFF DEF TOT AVG seconds before Irving’s free throws closed it Nets guard Kyrie Irving shoots as Clippers for points. Drummond, CLE 19 83 204 287 15.1 out. guard Reggie Jackson, left, and center Ivica The Grizzlies ended one victory shy of Capela, ATL 17 82 163 245 14.4 Celtics 111, Warriors 107: Jayson Tatum Zubac watch. Irving scored 39 points. matching the franchise record of eight straight Gobert, UTA 20 79 196 275 13.8 had 27 points in picking up the offensive slack wins set four times, most recently in 2015. Assists for Boston without injured Marcus Smart, and Chamberlain as the only players to score Jazz 117, Pistons 105: Donovan Mitchell GAST AVG the team withstood another scoring spree by 17,000 points for the franchise. scored 32 points to lead host Utah past Detroit. Harden, BKN 16 177 11.1 Stephen Curry to win at Golden State. Jaylen Brown, back in the Bay Area where Mike Conley added 20 points and Bojan Bog- Doncic, DAL 20 187 9.4 Curry scored 38 points with seven three- he starred as a college player at California in danovic had 18 for the Jazz, who reclaimed the Young, ATL 19 171 9.0 pointers and joined late Hall of Famer Wilt Berkeley, had 18 points and 10 rebounds. The NBA’s best record. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, February 4, 2021 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

ROUNDUP Iowa’s Garza reaches 2,000 points in win over Michigan State

Associated Press two years. IOWA CITY, Iowa — Luka Gar- Ole Miss (9-8, 4-6 Southeastern za was surrounded by some differ- Conference) rallied from an 11- ent faces in the final minutes of No. point first-half deficit and then 8 Iowa’s 84-78 win over Michigan withstood a late challenge by the State on Tuesday. Volunteers (12-4, 8-4) to stop a Garza scored 27 points to reach two-game skid. another career milestone, but the No. 12 Illinois 75, Indiana 71 Hawkeyes finished the win with (OT): Trent Frazier scored the bench players like freshmen Kee- Fighting Illini’s final 10 points in gan Murray and Tony Perkins and regulation, and host Illinois gave sophomore Joe Toussaint getting up only one basket in overtime to quality second-half minutes. outlast the Hoosiers. It’s something Garza said wasn’t Frazier finished with 19 points ERIC GAY / AP surprising, something he learned and Kofi Cockburn had 16 points Baylor guard Davion Mitchell drives to the basket past Texas guard Andrew Jones. Mitchell had 27 points when he was starting as a fresh- and 10 rebounds for Illinois (12-5, in his team’s 83­69 win Tuesday in Austin, Texas. man under coach Fran McCaf- 8-3 Big Ten), which won its third fery. straight overall and snapped a sev- “Coach has always been like en-game losing streak on the Hoo- that,” Garza said. “If somebody’s siers’ home court. playing well, playing better than a No. 17 West Virginia 76, Iowa No. 2 Baylor uses big run starter, they’re going to play. I State 72: Taz Sherman hit two think we have a really unselfish free throws with 6.4 seconds re- group. We want to win games. It’s maining and finished with 18 a lot about who’s going, who’s not points as the Mountaineers earned going.” a road win. to dispatch No. 6 Texas Iowa got 39 bench points — Sherman was 5-for-7 from the sophomore forward Jack Nunge floor and made seven of eight from Bears improve to 17-0 while winning every game this season by 8 or more points had 12 points, and Toussaint added the line to lead West Virginia (12-5, 11. The Hawkeyes went 11 deep in 5-3 Big 12). BY JIM VERTUNO Both teams shot better than 50% throws and another quick basket the game, and got more than 89 No. 19 Wisconsin 72, Penn Associated Press in the first half and the Bears put the Bears up by 10. minutes from their reserves, more State 56: Freshman Jonathan Da- AUSTIN, Texas — Texas made seven three-pointers, three “Jared’s been around, he knows than 46 in the second half. vis scored a career-high 17 points played Baylor tougher than most times building leads of 10 points or that it’s hard to win on the road. “I don’t know how many times and the host Badgers routed the teams have this season. The Bears more. You’ve got make sure you that I’ve looked at a stat sheet and seen Nittany Lions. still shrugged off the Longhorns to The Longhorns came roaring handle whatever crowds they 39 bench points,” McCaffery said. No. 23 Kansas 74, Kansas stay unbeaten. out of halftime with a 13-4 run. have, whatever energy they “That’s incredible.” State 51:Christian Braun hit four Davion Mitchell scored 27 Jones made a three-pointer, Matt have,” Drew said. “Jared’s a big- “To be honest, it’s whatever three-pointers and scored 18 points, Jared Butler added 21 and Coleman added another and Jones game player, so you can always they need me to do,” Toussaint points, half of them during an 18-3 No. 2 Baylor used a big run to pull finished a breakaway with a dunk get the best in the biggest mo- said. “Nobody on the bench thinks charge midway through the sec- away for an 83-69 victory over that put Texas ahead 47-45. ments from him.” of us as just being bench players. ond half, and the host Jayhawks sixth-ranked Texas on Tuesday “You know they are not going to Brown, meanwhile, had a frus- We’re just other players who come rolled. night. get rattled,” Smart said. “Tip of trating night. Early fouls and de- in.” Maryland 61, No. 24 Purdue The Bears (17-0, 9-0 Big 12) the hat to Baylor and the way they fensive lapses had the freshman Mississippi 52, No. 11 Tennes­ 60: Eric Ayala made two free have won every game this season attacked, particularly after we on the bench for most of the first see 50: Devontae Shuler scored throws with three seconds left, and by at least eight points and looked took the lead. That four- or five- half. He finished with five points. 15 points and fueled a second-half the host Terrapins scored the final to be in a fight with its closest pur- minute stretch for us was how you “It just can’t happen,” Smart rally in the host Rebels’ first win six points to ruin the Boilermak- suer in the conference. The Long- have to be, but you have to be that said of the technical foul. “When over a ranked team in more than ers’ season debut in the Top 25. horns (11-4, 5-3) were within six way over 40 minutes.” you have a big-time dunk like that points late before Baylor pulled Baylor answered the Long- it really injects energy into your away behind open three-pointers horns’ run in a big way. team, and then when there’s a from Adam Flagler and Mitchell. Mitchell started with a long technical foul, the momentum Andrew Jones scored a career- jumper and Flagler and Matthew goes the other way.” high 25 points for Texas, which Mayer made consecutive three- was back to full strength after go- pointers. Two free throws by But- Big picture ing without two starters and coach ler and consecutive driving bas- Baylor: The Bears only attempt- Shaka Smart in a loss to Oklahoma kets by Mitchell quickly had the ed four free throws and made last week because of COVID-19. Bears back up by 10 with 12 min- them all. They shot 58.6% from the The Longhorns also had two utes left. field and 52.4% from three-point games postponed and another “I think you’ve got to credit our range. canceled. guys for making some tough shots, Texas: The Longhorns are hav- The Bears have won 10 of their and you’ve got to credit our guys ing one of their best seasons in last 11 against Texas. Baylor either penetrating or getting years but have lost three of their matched the best start in school around their length and athleti- past four at home and likely won’t history and took a three-game lead cism,” Baylor coach Scott Drew challenge Baylor in the Big 12. The in the Big 12 standings. said. Longhorns showed the rust of mis- “I wouldn’t say it’s no pres- sed games and practices. sure,” Mitchell said. “We just keep Key moment playing with each other, keep With 13:21 left in the game, Greg Stat line playing together and good things Brown flushed a thunderous dunk The Longhorns were just 3- are happening. The job’s not fin- that got Texas within 55-51 but for-14 from on free throws while CHARLIE NEIBERGALL / AP ished, so we’re just going to keep was hit with a technical foul for shooting 55% from the field and Michigan State’s Thomas Kithier drives to the basket against Iowa’s playing hard.” taunting. Butler made two free making 10 three-pointers. Joe Wieskamp during the Hawkeyes’ 84­78 home win Tuesday. Thursday, February 4, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 SUPER BOWL Showing: Pierre-Paul makes no assumptions Pierre-Paul had 58 sacks in FROM PAGE 24 eight seasons with the Giants. Paul said. He’s added 30 ½ in three years “It took me nine years to get with the Bucs, including 9 ½ this back to this point. Every year I season when he led the team and played well. I played great. I put was the only Tampa Bay player up numbers. I do exactly what I selected for the NFC Pro Bowl need to do to be a great player, be team. elite,” the 32-year-old linebacker “It’s amazing. Jason is a medi- added. “But that’s not going to get cal, genetic freak, the way he can you to the Super Bowl.” bounce back from severe injury Pierre-Paul’s journey has been with what he did after his hand in- more difficult than most. jury. But that car wreck, I was just In addition to the usual bumps, happy he was going to be able to bruises and assortment of football walk. Football was the furthest injuries that come with playing 11 thing from my mind,” coach seasons in the NFL, the defensive Bruce Arians said. stalwart also overcame a pair of “He told me: ‘I’ll be back.' Lo scary offseason accidents that and behold his first play back, he could have ended his career. gets a sack,” Arians added. “He is Pierre-Paul lost an index finger a rolling ball of energy every sin- in a July 4 fireworks mishap that gle day. He’s the best guy at play- CHARLIE RIEDEL / AP also damaged the thumb and mid- ing injured and being tough that I Stefen Wisniewski has been forced into duty at guard for the Kansas City Chiefs after spending most of dle finger on his right hand in 2015 know.” this season with the Pittsburgh Steelers. while he was still playing for the Pierre-Paul had two of the Bucs’ Giants. five sacks of Aaron Rodgers in He suffered a fractured neck in their 31-26 victory over the Green an automobile crash that sidelined Bay Packers in the NFC cham- him for the first six games of the pionship game. Chiefs using patchwork 2019 season with Tampa Bay. He He generated more headlines not only returned to play the final on Super Bowl media day when he 10 games, but finished with 8 ½ said, “I didn’t even know who that sacks as the team laid the founda- was,” about Mike Remmers, who tion for an improved defense has moved to left tackle on Kansas line to protect Mahomes that’s helped Brady reach his re- City’s reshuffled line since the cord 10th Super Bowl. Chiefs lost Eric Fisher to an injury Pierre-Paul was asked this in the AFC championship game. BY DAVE SKRETTA lion price tag, didn’t even make it week about his resilience. Pierre-Paul said he’s not think- Associated Press DID YOU KNOW? to training camp. “I been through a lot and the ing about who’s going to be across KANSAS CITY, Mo. The Chiefs are headed to the Super Duvernay-Tardif, a trained things I go through, I just stick from him, blocking his path to Pa- he Kansas City Chiefs Bowl this weekend with just one physician, opted out of the season with happy thoughts. My father trick Mahomes. were supposed to have a starting offensive lineman playing to help with COVID-19 patients in was blind at age of 30, 31 and me For the record, Remmers said talented lineup of mil- his original position. The other four his native Canada, and Niang also being born and he having to look he doesn’t care about Pierre- Tlionaires, each a season- consist of a seventh-round draft opted out. Osemele tore tendons in after me when my mom was work- Paul’s opinion, or lack thereof. ed veteran of the rough-and-tum- pick, an offensive guard pressed both knees and was lost for the ing. He never quit. To this day, “Every week I’ve played in this ble NFL, protecting their half-bil- into service at tackle, another tackle year in Week 5. Schwartz hit the he’s still happy and joyful, and league, I’ve never gone into a lion dollar quarterback as they de- playing on the veteran’s minimum COVID-19 list the same week he happy I am in another Super game thinking, ‘Hey, I wonder fended their Super Bowl title this and a right guard that wasn’t even hurt his back, an injury that land- Bowl,” Pierre-Paul said. what this guy thinks of me?’ I don’t on the team a few weeks ago. season. ed him on injured reserve. “People say you can’t do it be- care at all. It makes no difference Instead, they’ll have a motley SOURCE: Associated Press Now with Fisher’s injury, the cause they can’t do it. But you put to me,” said Remmers, a ninth- cast of late-round draft picks, has been able to get us through Chiefs will have four backups sur- your mind to it, you can do whatev- year veteran who has been with journeymen and castoffs making some games here, and most of all I rounding Reiter when they face er you want to do in life. It’s easier eight different organizations and up their offensive line. think the quarterback trusts them, the Buccaneers. Mike Remmers, said than done, but I never quit on will start his 10th career playoff The Chiefs lost Pro Bowl left as do the running backs, and playing for his seventh team, is ex- anything in life. I am going to give game, including a second Super tackle Eric Fisher to a torn there’s good communication.” pected to start at left tackle. Nick everything I can until you can’t, Bowl. “I’m just going out there to Achilles’ tendon in their AFC To fully appreciate the job the Allegretti, a seventh-round pick in knowing you can’t.” do my job.” championship win over Buffalo, Chiefs have done in patching to- 2019, will be next to him. Andrew which means they are headed to gether their current offensive line, Wylie had taken over for Duver- the Super Bowl next weekend you must consider what Reid and nay-Tardif at right guard but will with just one offensive line starter general manager Brett Veach slide out to right tackle, while Ste- playing his original position. The planned on taking into their open- fan Wisniewski — who spent most other four in the starting lineup er way back in September. of this season with Pittsburgh — consist of a seventh-round draft Fisher was supposed to be will slide into his place at guard. pick, an offensive guard pressed joined at left guard by Kelechi Presto! An offensive line mak- into service at tackle, another Osemele, a former All-Pro who ing about $7.5 million this season, tackle playing on the veteran’s had been released by the New or about one-fifth the anticipated minimum and a right guard that York Jets. Austin Reiter was the group. wasn’t even on the team a few expected center with Laurent Du- “We say it every year: These are weeks ago. vernay-Tardif at right guard and long seasons. It’s a battle of attri- Of all the worries facing coach Mitchell Schwartz, also a former tion,” Veach said. “It’s not a ques- Andy Reid, their performance in All-Pro and one of the league’s tion of ‘if’ but ‘when’ the next guy protecting Patrick Mahomes most durable players, handling steps up. We have superstars at might be his chief concern. right tackle. the top, but we know as the season “Listen, they’re talented guys,” They also had spent a third- goes on, guys like Remmers — Reid said, “and in some cases round pick on Lucas Niang, who those guys keep seasons going, JASON BEHNKEN / AP we’ve had some young ones step in was penciled in as the primary and those guys are going to be Kansas City Chiefs offensive tackle Mike Remmers blocks and, again, we’ve had some older backup at several positions. called up, they train and prepare Buccaneers outside linebacker Jason Pierre­Paul. Remmers will face guys step in. But that combination That group, with its $35.5 mil- and work their tails off.” Pierre­Paul again in the Super Bowl on Sunday. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, February 4, 2021

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Showing resiliency JPP excited to be back in big game BY FRED GOODALL years ago, is one of just six players on Tampa Bay’s Associated Press roster with previous experience on football’s big- TAMPA, Fla. gest stage, where the Bucs will face the Kansas ine years and a pair of career-threatening in- City Chiefs. juries later, Jason Pierre-Paul is back in the He wants his young teammates to embrace the Super Bowl and ready to wreak havoc. moment and understand that regardless of how tal- N The relentless pass rusher helped the 2011 ented they are, the road back to another Super Bowl New York Giants beat Tom Brady in the NFL title game. will not be easy. This time, he’s trying to help the six-time champion win “Take everything in. Tomorrow is not promised. a record seventh ring in the 43-year-old quarterback’s Super Bowl is not promised for next year,” Pierre- first season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Pierre-Paul, traded from the Giants to the Bucs three SEE SHOWING ON PAGE 23

Above: Buccaneers outside linebacker Jason Pierre­Paul, right, pressures Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes when the teams met earlier this season in Tampa, Fla. Right: Pierre­Paul has had to overcome two off­the­field injuries, both of which almost ended his career.

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