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Volume 80 Edition 70B ©SS 2021 CONTINGENCY EDITION SUNDAY,JULY 25, 2021 Free to Deployed Areas AFGHANISTAN Energy drinks, grilled cheese fueled pullout from Bagram BY CHAD GARLAND Stars and Stripes In the waning days of the U.S. presence at Bagram Airfield, Ma- rine Corps veteran Justin Mod- este knew the can of energy drink he had was valuable and rare. “Probably the remaining sup- ply of red Rip It in the country,” he wrote in a post shared to several Facebook groups where the base’s denizens bought, sold and traded various goods. “Act now to get your hands on the last few drops of this nectar from the gods. No low- ball offers, I know what I got.” The post included a photo of a short, opened 8-ounce can of the fruity energy drink that has fueled U.S. wartime operations since 2004 by the tens of millions and has become a staple for troops, veterans and contractors alike. His asking price: $500. “It was indeed my last can of Rip It,” Modeste said in a phone interview in early July about the photo he’d jokingly posted weeks earlier. He’d planned to snap the photo before popping the can’s top and downing half of it, “but I couldn’t wait to dig in.” Energy drinks and tobacco be- came hot commodities as base Vanishing gains SEE FUELED ON PAGE 5

In a city besieged by the Taliban, Afghan military advances disappear with forces stretched thin

BY SUSANNAH GEORGE forces were halfway through an operation to “We are being asked to perform a job The Washington Post retake a sliver of territory along the city’s that we were not trained to do. My KUNDUZ, Afghanistan — The argument be- northern edge when a police unit that was or- tween Afghan security forces erupted two dered to establish checkpoints along the way men have been pulled into fighting a miles inside Taliban-controlled territory, refused to advance. war. This is not their responsibility. piercing the near-complete silence and threat- “Who are you from Kabul to give us orders?” That is for the Afghan army.” ening to unravel a night of modest gains in a a police commander said to a special forces of- Zabardast Safi city under siege. CHAD GARLAND/Facebook Around 3 a.m., a small team of elite special SEE VANISHING ON PAGE 4 Kunduz police chief Facebook user Rob Fisher shows off the last two Rip Its he was Above: Members of the elite special forces team KKA, or Afghan Special Unit, gather before a night mission in Kunduz, Afghanistan, on July 12. able to get his hands on at LORENZO TUGNOLI/The Washington Post Bagram Airfield in late 2020. PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, July 25, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER Wall Street rallies to hit record-breaking highs EXCHANGE RATES Military rates South Korea (Won) 1153.40 Associated Press gains of better than 1% for the week, er at a torrid pace, with the question Switzerland (Franc) 0.9207 Euro costs (July 26) $1.15 Thailand (Baht) 32.92 NEW YORK — Stocks rallied to completely brushing aside the being how much growth will slow in Dollar buys (July 26) 0.8277 Turkey (NewLira) 8.5546 British pound (July 26) $1.34 records on Wall Street Friday, and sharp downturn that trimmed 1.6% upcoming months and years. A pre- Japanese yen (July 26) 107.00 (Military exchange rates are those available the Dow Jones Industrial Average off the S&P 500 on Monday. liminary report from IHS Markit on South Korean won (July 26) 1120.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ closed above the 35,000 level for the That drop was caused by worries Friday indicated U.S. manufactur- many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain(Dinar) 0.3770 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ first time, as the market continued about a potentially sharp slowdown ing growth may be unexpectedly Britain (Pound) 1.3751 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2589 your local military banking facility. Commercial to roar back from its short-lived in the economy due to a fast-spread- accelerating in July, though growth China(Yuan) 6.4792 rates are interbank rates provided for reference Denmark (Krone) 6.3224 swoon at the start of the week. ing variant of the coronavirus. But in services industries looks to be Egypt (Pound) 15.6702 when buying currency. All figures are foreign The S&P 500 index climbed 44.31, the S&P 500 has since climbed four slowing more than economists ex- Euro 0.8500 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7683 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ or 1%, to 4,411.79 to top its prior all- straight days, as big companies re- pected. Hungary (Forint) 305.62 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.2689 time high, set early last week. The ported better profits than expected The yield on the 10-year Treasury Japan (Yen) 110.42 INTEREST RATES Dow rose 238.20, or 0.7%, to and as investors once again saw any gave up some of its gain following Kuwait(Dinar) 0.3009 Norway (Krone) 8.8764 Prime rate 3.25 35,061.55, and the Nasdaq compos- dip in stocks as merely a chance to the release of the report, but it still Philippines (Peso) 50.21 Interest Rates Discount rate 0.75 Poland (Zloty) 3.88 Federal funds market rate 0.09 ite gained 152.39, or 1%, to 14,836.99. buy low. rose to 1.27% from 1.26% late Thurs- Saudi Arabia (Riyal) 3.7509 3­month bill 0.05 All three indexes finished with The economy continues to recov- day. Singapore (Dollar) 1.3599 30­year bond 1.90 WEATHER OUTLOOK SUNDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SUNDAY IN EUROPE MONDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY JOHN M. DONNELLY billion specifically for the Defense CQ-Roll Call Department, although appropri- WASHINGTON — The Senate ators would make the final call on Armed Services Committee’s how much of the money is deliver- move to authorize significantly ed. more defense spending next year The Armed Services Commit- than President Joe Biden wants tee disclosed only one vote tally demonstrates that there’s still a from its closed proceedings, the sizable number of Democratic 23-3 vote on final approval, but did hawks in the Senate willing to not say how individual lawmakers challenge the party’s dovish pro- voted. gressive wing. But congressional aides said At the committee’s markup this that when it came time to vote on week of the fiscal 2022 National final approval of the bill, Warren Defense Authorization Act, Okla- again voted “no.” homa’s James M. Inhofe, the rank- So, too, did Republicans Tom ing Republican, offered an Cotton of Arkansas and Josh Haw- amendment to authorize $25 bil- ley of Missouri. Cotton and Haw- lion more than Biden requested ley were concerned about a provi- (and $37 billion more than what sion that would require women for was appropriated for the current the first time to register for the fiscal year), aides said. draft. The committee has made little Inhofe’s amendment ratified information about the closed mar- what senators on the panel had de- kup public. But aides disclosed cided long before Wednesday. Friday that a separate vote was JOSE LUIS MAGANA/AP Otherwise, the committee would held on the total amount of fund- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D­Mass., was the only member of the Senate Armed Services Committe to vote not have been ready to allocate the ing, and they also revealed the fi- against the plan to add $25 billion to President Joe Biden's defense budget request. additional billions for specific de- nal tally: 25-1. fense programs. That vote, with only Massachu- discretionary budget, between de- fense budget increase proposed lion for national defense programs Much of the boost went toward setts Democrat Elizabeth Warren fense and nondefense spending. It by Biden was too large, will face a in fiscal 2022 at the Pentagon and programs that top generals and objecting, sends a powerful mess- also indicates that the loud voices struggle in their own party. other departments, 5% more than admirals had identified as priori- age in the ongoing debate over on the Democratic Party’s left, The Armed Services Commit- the current level. ties that did not make the presi- how to allocate the government’s who complained that the 1.6% de- tee bill would authorize $777.9 bil- The bill would authorize $740.3 dent’s budget request. Army Ranger charged US launches 2nd strike in in guard’s beating death week against BY ROSE L. THAYER her in the face. He then began to choke her, ac- Stars and Stripes cording to court documents. al-Shabab An Army Ranger assigned to Joint Base Le- After leaving her body, Byrne entered a con- wis-McChord, Wash., was arraigned Friday on ference room and smashed out a window with a Associated Press charges of murder and kidnapping for beating chair, according to the documents. He began to WASHINGTON — For the sec- to death a female security guard at a Tacoma throw things, including furniture, and then left ond time this week, U.S. forces on office building, according to court documents the building. Friday conducted an airstrike and Army officials. Instead of using the stairs, he then jumped or against the al-Shabab extremist Spc. Patrick P. Byrne, 26, who is assigned to fell about 14 feet from a landing where a sep- group in Somalia. The earlier the 2nd Battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment, arate security camera showed him lying below strike, on Tuesday, was the first in was arrested Monday by the Tacoma Police on a concrete floor, possibly unconscious. Somalia since President Joe Bi- Department. He was charged for beating and Eventually, he got up and left. den took office in January. choking to death the security guard early Sun- Byrne was picked up by fire department per- PIERCE COUNTY JAIL In a brief statement, the Penta- day, according to an affidavit filed with Pierce sonnel at about 2 a.m. Sunday, after receiving a Spc. Patrick P. Byrne was arrested Monday gon said the attack was conducted County Superior Court. call about a bloody man yelling for help in the by the Tacoma Police Department in in support of Somali partner Another guard arrived at about 6 a.m. Sun- area of the killing. He was taken to the hospital, connection with the death of an on­duty forces, and thus was allowed un- day for a shift and called police to report that he where he told a witness that he had been security guard. der existing congressional autho- found his female coworker unresponsive with stabbed, but no stab wounds were found on rization for the use of military clear signs of trauma, according to court docu- him. hospital. force. ments. The woman had been beaten so severe- Medical personnel told police that Byrne Byrne was charged with two counts of mur- A Pentagon spokeswoman, Cin- ly she was unrecognizable. The attack was re- had a head injury and was possibly drunk, ac- der, two counts of kidnapping and one count of di King, said the airstrike was co- corded by security cameras in the lobby of the cording to the documents. Byrne reported to a burglary, all in the first-degree, according to ordinated with the Somali govern- building where the beating took place. The re- nurse that he’d been sexually assaulted, but he online court records. His next hearing is ment and took place in the Galmu- cording of the incident helped police identify declined to explain further and did not allow scheduled for Aug. 16. dug area in central Somalia, in the Byrne as a suspect. doctors to perform a related exam. Byrne entered the Army in March 2019 as an vicinity of Qeycad. She said fur- Described by police as 6 feet tall, Byrne was Prior to the attack, Byrne had been drinking infantryman. He completed the Ranger As- ther details would not be released at the door of the building, when the 42-year- with friends in downtown Tacoma, according sessment and Selection Program in July 2020 to protect operational security. old, 5-foot-tall guard opened the door, likely to to court documents. Witnesses told police that and was subsequently assigned to Lewis- The United States removed ask him to leave, according to the court docu- Byrne was punched in the face during a bar McChord, according to U.S. Special Oper- most of its troops from Somalia in ments. He barged past her. As the guard fight and then ran in the direction of the office ations Command. Byrne has no operational de- the final days of President Donald grabbed Byrne’s shirt to shop him, he took her building where the killing occurred. ployments. Trump’s term, moving them to to the ground and began to assault her for about When interviewed by police at the hospital, Byrne was booked into Pierce County Jail on nearby countries where they re- 10 minutes. Byrne denied recollection of the attack, ac- Thursday with bond set at $2 million. motely advise and assist Somali He hit the woman with his fists, grabbed her cording to court documents. He told police that forces against al-Shabab, an affil- braided hair and “dragged her around like a he remembered drinking at a bar, then black- [email protected] iate of the al-Qaida extremist net- rag doll,” then used her own set of keys to stab ing out. He woke up and found himself in the Twitter: @Rose_Lori work. PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, July 25, 2021 WAR ON TERRORISM Vanishing: Afghan military struggles to hold territory

FROM PAGE 1 Before the dispute put a stop to their advance, the Afghan special ficer. “This is your territory, your forces’ operation earlier this city, if you don’t protect it who month moved quickly and with will?” the officer replied. A com- precision. promise was eventually brokered: First Lt. Abdullah Ansari, 30, The operation would go no fur- led the team retaking territory ther, but the police unit would es- house by house. His small unit set tablish an outpost at the stopping out on foot, slipping through the point to hold the gains. darkness in silence, motioning Hours later, the police fled, commands only visible through abandoning their checkpoint and the night-vision goggles attached ceding the territory back to the Ta- to their helmets. As they moved, liban. they scanned alleyways and gar- For weeks, the Afghan military dens covered in grape trellises, has struggled to hold provincial and climbed through abandoned capitals such as Kunduz after los- buildings. ing huge swaths of the country’s “What’s happening, what’s up rural territory in a surge of Tali- there?” Ansari called out. In one of ban attacks that came as U.S. the houses, the soldiers found a forces withdrew and U.S. air sup- family, some of the few civilians port dropped. The Afghan air who remained in the area. “Please force can only provide a fraction of don’t, please don’t,” a woman the coverage American warplanes pleaded. once gave, so Afghan ground “You, young boy, come over forces are used to fill the void. here!” Ansari called. One of the But the capabilities of those other soldiers said the young man ground forces are uneven, result- was old enough to be a member of PHOTOS BY LORENZO TUGNOLI /For The Washington Post ing in government advances that the Taliban. “He’s so young,” the Elite special forces unit KKA conduct a clearing operation in an area under Taliban control in Kunduz, often rapidly evaporate. Experi- mother said, begging. “My heart Afghanistan, on July 15. enced and motivated elite units would ache, I’m a mother, don’t are leading the battle to retake ter- you have a mother?” Ansari called said when asked whom he holds duz. The majority suffered from ritory, but the troops called up to intelligence officers to the house “There is no responsible for the massive dis- gunshot and shrapnel wounds, ac- secure those gains — the army, po- to interrogate the family before placement in his province and cording to health department re- lice and irregular fighters — have moving on. discipline, no elsewhere in the country. cords. intermediate to no training and in- As the operation progressed, This new phase of the Afghan con- A few days after the night mis- consistent support, and they are Ansari marked each block as support, so it flict, which comes as U.S. officials sion, government forces prepared generally less inclined to fight. cleared on a satellite mapping app say the withdrawal is 95% com- for a second operation on the city’s The elite special forces unit, on his phone, the screen bright- feels like nobody plete, has also seen an increase in edge. The goal was the same — known as the KKA or Afghan Spe- ness as low as possible to protect the use of artillery in urban areas, strengthen the provincial capital’s cial Unit, that leads many of the against Taliban snipers. cares about us. according to civilians and security security perimeter — but the clearing operations in Kunduz in- When he found out the next officials in Kunduz. scope larger. Multiple police, ar- cludes some of the country’s most morning that the police had fled It's like The central hospital in Kunduz my, intelligence and local militia capable and motivated soldiers. their checkpoint, he said he “felt has been flooded by victims of the units would take part, dividing in- The United States and NATO like everything was for nothing.” everything is just violence, at times overwhelming to two teams operating at the same trained the unit to conduct impor- At checkpoints marking Kunduz’s the staffing and equipment. Ab- time in different neighborhoods. tant, dangerous missions: night front line, police units rejected ac- for nothing.” dulrahman, a 14-year-old who A day of planning secured air raids against specific targets such cusations that they often run from First Lt. Abdullah Ansari goes by a single name, lost his left support and lines of communica- as suspected Taliban command- Taliban attacks. But the city’s po- hand at the wrist when a mortar he tion and allowed the different se- ers, weapons depots or supply lice chief was more blunt. ful. “Now everything is just mes- claimed was from a nearby Af- curity force branches to swap co- chains. “We are being asked to perform sy,” he said. ghan army base landed beside ordinates. At a final meeting, half These are the fighters that most a job that we were not trained to For residents of Kunduz and other him earlier this month. Weeks lat- a dozen commanders met in the closely reflect President Joe Bi- do,” Zabardast Safi said. “My men contested provinces, “messy” Af- er he was still confined to a hospi- garden of small police outpost to den’s characterization of the coun- have been pulled into fighting a ghan military operations have tal bed, being treated for shrapnel compare satellite maps on smart- try’s military, equipped with “all war. This is not their responsibil- meant a drawn-out conflict that wounds to his head and stomach. phones over cigarettes, tea and en- the tools, training and equipment ity. That is for the Afghan army.” has caused civilian casualties to “I didn’t hear any sound or ex- ergy drinks. of any modern military.” Yet Af- Ansari said the debacle on Kun- spike, according to the Afghan In- plosion, I just remember opening Ansari radioed to his command- ghanistan’s special forces repre- duz’s northern edge made him dependent Human Rights Com- my eyes and seeing dust and ing officer. Everyone was sweat- sent less than a fifth of the coun- miss working with U.S. troops, mission, and forced tens of thou- smoke,” Abdulrahman said. He ing from the sudden sprint and try’s security forces. when his missions felt meaning- sands of Afghans to flee their said he was gathering wheat when adrenaline rush. homes. the blasts hit. “I realized my head “It was friendly fire,” Ansari “The fighting was quick be- was hurt and my hand was gone. said, muttering a string of exple- fore,” said Ghusuldin Muhamma- That’s when the second mortar tives. Ansari said Afghan army di, 62, who fled into the city from hit.” soldiers at a nearby base mistook his home on the outskirts when the Abdulrahman has grown up in them for Taliban and opened fire. Taliban overran Kunduz city in Kunduz and is accustomed to the “This is a cancer! There is no co- 2016 and again in 2018. Both times, sound of gunfire and other clash- ordination!” Ansari said, exasper- a heavy barrage of U.S. airstrikes es, but he said mortar fire never ated. The one injury was minor: A helped Afghan forces push back landed so close to his home. Un- soldier’s left arm had been grazed the militants in a matter of days. able to eat for days, Abdulrahman by a bullet. After holding in place This time, the battle has stretched grew faint as he spoke. as another argument erupted over into its fourth week. “The Taliban say they are trying the radio, the entire operation was “We don’t know when our to capture the city, but for what?” called off. neighborhood will become se- he said. Tears streamed down his A local spokesman for the Af- cure,” Muhammadi said. For the face as he shifted from anger to ghan army in Kunduz, Abdul Hadi past three weeks, he and his fam- sadness. “All of this is just killing Nazari, said he was unaware of the ily have been living in a shelter people.” incident. made of tree branches and worn The province’s central health “There is no discipline, no sup- cloth. department has recorded nearly port, so it feels like nobody cares The special forces unit called off an operation after a friendly fire “For both sides, we are just like 700 injured civilians since Taliban about us,” Ansari said. “It’s like incident, blaming other security branches for the lack of coordination. wood to keep the fire burning,” he fighters began their push on Kun- everything is just for nothing.” Sunday, July 25, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 WAR ON TERRORISM Fueled: Troops turn to Facebook groups to obtain rare creature comforts FROM PAGE 1 “We were feeding residents hunted for diminishing supplies in the hectic weeks before the U.S. left, over 2,000 soldiers.” seemingly overnight, in early July. Many went from dining at bountiful cafe- Sgt. Nicole Hall terias to subsisting on Meals, Ready to Eat, 310th Sustainment Command but Army culinary specialists were sent in to serve up hot food at least through June 25. Simple tastes of ‘Camp Cupcake’ A group of four Army cooks recently re- turned to Kuwait after spending several weeks running the North Dining Facility on Bagram. Other cafeterias had been closed and civilian contract workers sent home. “We were feeding over 2,000 soldiers,” said Sgt. Nicole Hall of the Army Reserve’s 310th Sustainment Command, quoted in an Army statement last week. On 12-hour shifts, they served up scram- bled eggs, steak, vegetables and “every- thing you could possibly think of,” Master Sgt. Lloyd Cossey said. Throughout much of the war, the cafete- rias on forward operating bases Modeste called “Camp Cupcake” hosted steak and lobster dinners on Fridays. Modeste was partial to another delicacy Bagram’s dining facilities served those nights: “the best mac and cheese known to man.” Toward the end, the troops were happy just to have hot meals, Hall said. “Their fa- vorite meal was the grilled cheese.” Meanwhile, planes never stopped com- Army Reserve Sgt. Nicole Hall, 310th ing and going, said Staff Sgt. Steve Augus- NICOLE HALL/ U.S. ARMY RESERVE ARMY Sustainment Command, stirs chili at the ten, another cook. Bomb disposal crews Master Sgt. Lloyd Cossey, deployed to Kuwait, with the 310th Sustainment Command, North Dining Facility at Bagram Airfield, were doing “constant controlled detona- grills steaks at the North Dining Facility at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, during his Afghanistan, during her 29­day tions, explosions all the time.” 29­day assignment there that ended July 2 as the base closed. assignment there. With more than 95% of the withdrawal complete, the military has hauled out over Last ‘trickle’ of energy drinks ster or Red Bull, packs of cigarettes and logs tive,” Army spokesman Wayne Hall told 980 C-17 cargo plane loads of gear, U.S. Cen- of dip. Others offered their dwindling sup- Stars and Stripes in late 2018. tral Command said last week. Into mid-June, Facebook groups like plies in trade. In the decade from 2009 to 2018, the De- But as creature comforts became rare at “Bagram Yard Sale” and “Bagram Craig- Modeste’s “last can” ad came after years fense Logistics Agency shipped more than the airbase that served as the U.S. logistical slist” had ads offering random items like of being supplied “cases and cases” of the 175 million cans of it to U.S. Central Com- hub north of Kabul for nearly 20 years, con- duct tape, power cables, foot lockers, TVs, Rip Its that typically filled drink coolers at mand — $165 million worth — data DLA tractors began to complain, said Modeste, tools, microwaves, gym equipment and per- the dining facilities, he said. He’d first provided to Stars and Stripes shows. who’d deployed to a similarly “cupcakey” sonal Wi-Fi devices. tasted the tantalizing beverage in Iraq, It’s also sold by the case or by the can in base in Iraq on one of several overseas tours One user jokingly offered an MRE, la- where he’d stuff his cargo pockets with it — the coolers of higher-end Kabul grocery during his 8½ years in the Marines. beled as a “stool hardener,” for $1,000. An- his personal record was smuggling out 12 stores and the stalls of the bustling Bush Ba- He’d been conditioned for Bagram’s fi- other advertised a bike with ape-hanger that way. zaar, likely pilfered from military supplies. nal, spartan days during an “eye-opening” handlebars, billing it a “chick magnet” like- “That was my life force,” he said, adding While it’s available in the U.S., often in deployment to Helmand province over a ly to net marriage proposals. that the habit “trickled into contractor life” discount retailers like dollar stores, Mod- decade ago. His team lived on MREs and “Make an offer,” the user wrote. “Free to when he arrived at Bagram in 2014 to sup- este says it’s not the same as the stuff ship- took solar showers during long stretches at an American soldier.” port the counter-rocket, artillery and mor- ped downrange. an observation post atop an “unlivable As exchanges and dining facilities closed, tar systems. mountain” in 2009 and 2010. things got dicey for those with energy drink Rip It was adopted as the energy drink of and tobacco habits, some of whom turned to “It could be worse,” Modeste would re- choice to be supplied at dining facilities in [email protected] mind himself this summer. these groups offering to buy cases of Mon- 2004 “because it was the most cost-effec- Twitter: @chadgarland Canada to relocate Afghans who aided its military, embassy in war

BY AMANDA COLETTA not elaborate on how that would taking timely and decisive action. that they were using their own resettled but that he expects the The Washington Post be defined. Those eligible, they Canada will do right by those who money to relocate former Afghan numbers to be “in the several Canada announced plans Fri- said, could include interpreters, did right by us.” colleagues to safer parts of Af- thousands.” Canadian officials day to resettle Afghans who aid- locally engaged embassy staff, as Mendicino said the govern- ghanistan. said teams are in Afghanistan to ed the Canadian military and the well as a host of other locals who ment appreciates “that there is a Canada joined the U.S.-led assess the security situation and country’s embassy and could assisted the war effort such as need to act quickly and decisive- mission in Afghanistan in 2001 to support the resettlement ef- face danger because of their cooks, drivers, cleaners, security ly, but that we must also do so with many troops initially based forts, but they provided no pre- work, as the U.S. military with- guards and their families. safely given the very dynamic in the provincial capital of Kan- cise details on when Canada drawal from Afghanistan nears The program will include “spe- and rapidly deteriorating situa- dahar. Its combat role ended in might expect its first arrivals. completion and the Taliban cial immigration measures that tion in Afghanistan.” 2011 when the country shifted its “For operational security rea- mounts offensives to regain terri- will offer a path to protection in The announcement followed focus to training the Afghan ar- sons, the precise timing of this tory. Canada for those at risk due to weeks of pressure on Ottawa my. Canadian soldiers left in operation is extremely sensi- Canada’s “path to protection” their work,” the statement said. from lawmakers and advocates 2014. In total, 165 Canadians, in- tive,” Mendicino said. will be open to Afghans with a “Lives hang in the balance to resettle Afghan interpreters cluding seven civilians, were Canadian officials said they “significant and enduring rela- here,” Canadian Immigration and other locals. Some veterans killed in the war. are also working with allies. The tionship” with the Canadian gov- Minister Marco Mendicino told said they were so frustrated by Mendicino said it’s too early to Pentagon did not immediately re- ernment, although officials did reporters, “which is why we are the lack of a government plan know how many people could be spond to a request for comment. PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, July 25, 2021 VIRUS OUTBREAK Poll: Many in US unlikely to ever get shot

Associated Press ficult to persuade no matter what Most Americans who haven’t the data showed, (and) a lot of peo- been vaccinated against CO- ple are beyond persuasion,” Adal- VID-19 say they are unlikely to get ja said. He echoed Centers for Dis- the shots and doubt they would ease Control and Prevention Di- work against the aggressive delta rector Rochelle Walensky in call- variant despite evidence they do, ing the current surge “a pandemic according to a new poll that under- of the unvaccinated” because MATT MCCLAIN/The Washington Post scores the challenges facing pub- nearly all hospital admissions and A security member walks outside the Department of Housing and Urban Development on May 17 in lic health officials amid soaring in- deaths have been among those Washington. fections in some states. who weren’t immunized. Among American adults who The AP-NORC survey was con- have not yet received a vaccine, ducted before several Republi- 35% say they probably will not, cans and conservative cable news Federal agencies hesitant to and 45% say they definitely will personalities this week urged peo- not, according to a poll from The ple to get vaccinated after months Associated Press-NORC Center of stoking hesitancy. open as virus variant cases rise for Public Affairs Research. Just Nationally, 56.4% of all Ameri- BY LISA REIN ble for continued full- and part- what point federal agency leaders 3% say they definitely will get the cans, including children, have re- The Washington Post time telework. may determine that rising virus shots, though another 16% say ceived at least one dose of the vac- WASHINGTON — The Biden But with the more contagious cases would make it unsafe for they probably will. cine, according to the CDC. And administration’s effort to bring delta variant surging and sending federal employees to stay in the of- What’s more, 64% of unvacci- White House officials said Thurs- much of the massive federal work- tens of thousands of unvaccinated fice. nated Americans have little to no day that vaccinations are begin- force back to the office this fall is people to hospitals across the na- But the president sees defeating confidence the shots are effective ning to increase in some states facing a new disruption just as the tion, trepidation over the reentry the coronavirus as critical to his against variants — including the where rates are lagging behind government was firming up de- plans has risen among some Biden presidency, and any return to delta variant that officials say is and COVID-19 cases are rising, in- tailed plans to move past the coro- administration officials, people shutdowns or other restrictions responsible for 83% of new cases cluding in Arkansas, Florida, navirus pandemic. aware of the planning say — and would probably represent a politi- in the U.S. — despite evidence that Louisiana, Missouri and Nevada. Hundreds of agencies submit- unions that represent federal em- cal setback. Biden declared the they offer strong protection. In Overall, Republicans are far ted their return-to-office plans to ployees are voicing concerns country’s “independence” from contrast, 86% of those who have al- more likely than Democrats to say the White House budget office to about their members’ safety the coronavirus on the Fourth of ready been vaccinated have at they have not been vaccinated and meet last Monday’s deadline, lay- through collective bargaining. July, and the White House has re- least some confidence that the definitely or probably won’t be, ing out how they would begin to They spoke on the condition of lentlessly played up the progress vaccines will work. 43% to 10%. Views are also divided phase out remote work for hun- anonymity to reflect internal de- against the pandemic and the re- That means “that there will be along age and education lines: dreds of thousands of employees liberations. vival of the economy. more preventable cases, more Thirty-seven percent of those un- after Labor Day, with a full return The Biden administration has “Agencies are working through preventable hospitalizations and der age 45 say they haven’t and to federal offices planned by the not said publicly how a persistent reentry plans, but we don’t have more preventable deaths,” said likely won’t get the shots, com- end of the year. Detailed strate- surge in cases would affect plans anything new to share at this Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious pared with just 16% of those older. gies for office cleaning, coronavi- to return the government to nor- time,” said deputy White House disease specialist at Johns Hop- And those without college degrees rus testing, staggered work sched- mal operations for the first time press secretary Chris Meagher. kins University. are more likely than those with ules and repositioned desks for so- since March 2020, particularly in “We will continue to follow the sci- “We always knew some propor- them to say they aren’t and won’t cial distancing were included, areas of the country hardest hit by ence and listen to doctors and ad- tion of the population would be dif- be vaccinated, 30% to 18%. along with which jobs will be eligi- the variant. It’s also unclear at here to CDC guidelines.” Federal court lifts CDC rules for Fla.-based cruise ships Associated Press garding Florida-based cruise “The equities overwhelmingly MIAMI — Pandemic restric- ships in place while the CDC ap- favor allowing the cruise industry tions on Florida-based cruise peals the June decision by U.S. to enjoy its first summer season in ships are no longer in place under District Judge Steven Merryday. two years while this Court sorts a ruling Friday by a federal ap- Those regulations can no longer out the CDC’s contentions on ap- peals court, while the U.S. Centers be enforced but can still be used as peal,” Florida’s lawyers argued. for Disease Control and Preven- guidelines. The CDC, however, said keep- tion seek to fight a Florida lawsuit The lawsuit, championed by Re- ing the rules in place would pre- challenging the regulations. publican Gov. Ron DeSantis, vent future COVID-19 outbreaks A three-judge panel of the 11th claims that the CDC’s multiple- on ships that are vulnerable to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had step process to allow cruising spread of the virus because of temporarily blocked a previous from Florida is overly burden- their close quarters and frequent ruling last Saturday that sided some, harming both a multibil- stops at foreign ports. with Florida officials, but the lion-dollar industry that provides “The undisputed evidence court reversed that decision on some 159,000 jobs and revenue shows that unregulated cruise Friday, explaining that the CDC collected by the state. ship operations would exacerbate failed to demonstrate an entitle- In court filings, attorneys for the spread of COVID-19, and that MALCOLM DENEMARK, FLORIDA TODAY/AP ment to a stay pending appeal. Florida had urged the 11th Circuit the harm to the public that would The Disney Dream sails out of Port Canaveral, Fla. on a two night test Last weekend’s temporary stay to reject the CDC request to keep result from such operations can- sailing, also known as a simulation cruise, on July 17. had kept the CDC regulations re- its rules intact. not be undone,” the CDC said. Sunday, July 25, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 NATION Lawmakers urged not to tap COVID-19 relief to pay for public works BY KEVIN FREKING their caregivers.” AND LISA MASCARO Senators working on the infrastructure Associated Press plan hope to have a bill ready to be voted on WASHINGTON — Organizations repre- this week. President Joe Biden has made senting long-term care facilities on Friday passing the bipartisan plan a top priority, urged lawmakers working on a bipartisan the first of his two-part $4 trillion proposal infrastructure plan to avoid dipping into to rebuild, but a Senate test vote failed last COVID-relief funds to help pay for the week after Republicans said they needed roughly $600 billion in new spending sought more time to finish the package and review for the public works buildout. the details. The request comes as lawmakers are Negotiators have struggled over how to J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP struggling to finish up negotiations over the pay for the new spending without raising in- Workers repair a park near the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday. Senators working on package amid stubborn disagreements come taxes or user fees such as the federal the infrastructure plan hope to have a bill ready to be voted on this week. over how to pay for the new spending. Law- gas tax. They’re looking at other sources, in- makers and staff were expected to work cluding undoing a Trump-era rule on phar- “Folks will always find a problem with care providers for expenses and lost reve- through the weekend, sorting through the maceutical rebates, redirecting billions of our pay-fors,” Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said nue due to COVID-19. flurry of tensions over funds for water re- unspent dollars from last year’s COVID re- on Bloomberg Television. “On the other The Department of Health and Human sources, public transit and other details in lief and tapping other potential funding hand, we will have it paid for and we will be Services said Friday there is about $24 bil- what they hope are the final stages of their streams. able to not just pay for it, but point towards lion not yet allocated to providers, out of work. Even if the negotiators strike an agree- long-term gains the society, the economy about $178 billion Congress approved for The groups representing the long-term ment, it’s not at all clear the funding sources will benefit from, according to multiple the fund through various relief measures. care facilities said tapping virus relief dol- will pass muster with the Congressional economists from across the political spec- The groups said some of their members lars would be “short-sighted, especially as Budget Office, the chief arbiter of many trum.” have not been able to get reimbursement COVID-19 variants continue to spread.” bills in Congress. If the final accounting Groups representing nursing homes and for expenses and lost revenue incurred in They noted the Delta variant that now ac- shows the package is not fully paid for, some other long-term care facilities called on the the latter months of 2020 and this year and counts for most of the new cases and threat- lawmakers may balk and use that as anoth- negotiators Friday not to redirect money were anxiously awaiting another round of ens “the safety of our nation’s seniors and er reason to vote against it. from a fund established to reimburse health funding from HHS. Riot probe may test Rep. Luria’s identity as centrist BY WILL WEISSERT sure to promote larger objectives pushed Virginia Beach, as well as the rural Eastern Associated Press by their party’s leadership. Shore, Luria’s district voted for Trump in NORFOLK, Va. — When members of That may make staying moderate tough 2016 but shifted blue last November, as Joe Congress head home to connect with their and mark a departure for Luria, who Biden became the first Democratic presi- constituents, some hit tractor pulls. Others passed several pieces of legislation under dential candidate since 1964 to carry Vir- might stop by mom-and-pop stores. For former President Donald Trump, including ginia Beach. Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria, whose Vir- providing tax relief to Gold Star families. Luria nonetheless may face a tough re- ginia district includes the world’s largest But she also helped lead 2019 calls from election test as Democrats cling to their six- naval base, a recent swing included board- House Democrats with national security seat House majority. Taylor, the former ing an amphibious assault ship for a NATO backgrounds for an inquiry that helped congressman who lost to Luria, said such a ceremony and a speech by the chairman of Trump’s first impeachment come to frui- long military career gives her ideological the Joint Chiefs of Staff. tion. cover. “The congresswoman right here in front Luria is a co-sponsor of progressive- “If you’re a veteran and you’re a Demo- of me asks tough questions all the time, pins championed efforts to raise the federal crat, you might be given a little more the my ears against the wall on many, many minimum wage to $15 an hour. She also has benefit of the doubt. Like, you’re not going topics,” Gen. Mark Milley told a recent au- AP been outspokenly pro-Israel, even as her to be super far left,” Taylor said. “Never dience of dignitaries aboard the USS Kear- Rep. Elaine Luria, D­Va., is a Navy veteran party’s left wing has criticized that country mind how you vote.” sarge, a reference to Luria’s grilling him on who will sit on the panel investigating the over the recent conflict in Gaza. During a Virginia Beach town hall hours military readiness during committee meet- Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. And she was the only House Democrat to after the Milley event, Luria was asked ings. oppose repealing Congress’ 2002 autho- about the possibility the Capitol insurrec- Luria’s next round of tough queries will would seem a natural fit for Luria, whose rization for use of military force in Iraq. Lu- tion was a dry run for a larger attack. She concern a topic that is potentially even district has 40% of its economy tied directly ria says she opposes a repeal of a similar cited the Jan. 6 committee, saying, “This is more sensitive for the military: why veter- or indirectly to the Navy or the Defense De- authorization for military force in Afghan- too important not to do anything.” ans were disproportionately involved in the partment. But the assignment could carry istan, saying there hasn’t been enough dis- “I think we need to do this in an unbiased Jan. 6 riot. A 20-year naval veteran and nu- serious political risks for Luria’s chief con- cussion on what Congress should replace and nonpartisan way,” Luria said. clear-trained surface warfare officer who gressional identity besides champion of all them with. She argues that is dangerous Luria has likened being on the Jan. 6 commanded 400 crewmembers in the Per- things Navy and national security — that of given the ongoing threat of foreign terror- committee to her serving on an aircraft car- sian Gulf, Luria is joining House Speaker a centrist who has worked to bolster her bi- ism. rier launching simultaneous airstrikes on Nancy Pelosi’s special committee to inves- partisan credentials and policy pursuits Proud House moderates are rare in an foreign terrorist targets in Iraq and Af- tigate the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol. across the ideological spectrum. age where redistricting has reduced the ghanistan, noting that then, “I didn’t turn to “I bring some additional perspective,” “I think of myself as really moderate. I number of seats whose territories aren’t the sailor next to me operating a nuclear Luria, 45, said in an interview from Naval spent 20 years in the Navy. Didn’t think hyper-ideological in favor of one party or reactor and say: ‘Are you a Democrat? Are Station Norfolk, where the Kearsarge and much about political party. I voted for the the other. Luria’s 2nd Congressional Dis- you a Republican?’” about 75 other ships are docked. She may guy in ’16 who I ran against in ’18,” said Lu- trict ranks No. 217 on the nonpartisan Cook She concedes that won’t stop critics from end up being the lone member with mili- ria, referring to Republican Scott Taylor, a Political Report’s partisan voting index, making her participation a potential line of tary experience on the panel after most Re- former Navy SEAL whose seat she won two making it the median between the most-Re- 2022 attack, but shrugs off the possibility as publicans said they’d boycott following Pe- cycles ago, then held in a 2020 rematch. publican and most-Democratic House common in today’s Congress. losi’s objecting to the appointment of two Many Republicans are dismissing the seats in the nation — effectively the coun- “You can’t, like, help a preschool plant a GOP lawmakers, including a Navy veteran. Jan. 6 committee as a political ploy, mean- try’s swingiest swing district. tree,” she joked, “and not have somebody A deeper investigation of Jan. 6’s events ing the Democrats involved will face pres- Including Virginia’s most populous city, criticize it.” PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, July 25, 2021 NATION States lend support to wildfires in the West Associated Press both sides of the California-Neva- BLY, Ore. — Out-of-state crews da state line. The fire, sparked by headed to Montana on Saturday to lightning July 4 in Alpine County, battle a blaze that injured five fire- has destroyed at least 10 buildings. fighters as the West struggled with Mandatory evacuation orders a series of fires that have ravaged were issued Friday in Butte Coun- rural lands and destroyed homes. ty, Calif., as the Dixie Fire contin- Progress was being made on the ued to grow explosively eastward, nation's largest blaze, the Bootleg becoming the state’s largest wild- Fire in Oregon, but less than half of fire so far this year. it had been contained, fire officials In north-central Washington, said. The growth of the sprawling firefighters battled several blazes fire had slowed but thousands of in Okanogan County that threat- homes remained threatened on its ened hundreds of homes. And in eastern side, authorities said. northern Idaho, east of Spokane, In California, Gov. Gavin News- Wash., a small fire near the Silver- om on Friday proclaimed a state of wood Theme Park prompted evac- emergency for four northern coun- uations Friday evening in the sur- ties because of wildfires that he rounding area. said were causing “conditions of Although hot weather with after- extreme peril to the safety of per- noon winds posed a continued sons and property.” The proclama- threat of spreading some blazes, tion opens the way for more state weekend forecasts also called for a support. chance of scattered thunderstorms On Saturday, fire crews from in California, Utah, Nevada, Arizo- California and Utah were coming na and other states. However, fore- to Montana, Gov. Greg Gianforte casters said some could be dry announced. Five firefighters were NATHAN HOWARD/AP thunderstorms that produce little injured Thursday when swirling A firefighting crew from New Mexico mops up spot fires near the Northwest edge of the Bootleg Fire on rain but a lot of lightning, which winds blew flames back on them as Friday near Paisley, Ore. can spark new blazes. they worked on the Devil’s Creek More than 80 large wildfires fire burning in rough, steep terrain ment spokesperson Mark Jacob- life Service crew members from In California, the Tamarack Fire were burning around the country, near the rural town of Jordan. sen declined to release the extent North Dakota and two U.S. Forest south of Lake Tahoe continued to most of them in Western states and They remained hospitalized Fri- of their injuries. The firefighters Service firefighters from New burn through timber and chapar- they had burned some 1.4 million day but Bureau of Land Manage- included three U.S. Fish and Wild- Mexico. ral and threatened communities on acres of land. Search for bodies concludes at site of Florida condo collapse Associated Press pulled away from the site Friday medical examiner’s office. MIAMI — Firefighters on Fri- in a convoy of firetrucks and oth- Leah Sutton, who knew Hedaya day declared the end of their er vehicles, slowly driving to since birth and considered her- search for bodies at the site of a their headquarters for a news self a second mother to her, is collapsed Florida condo building, conference to announce that the worried that she will be forgotten. concluding a month of painstak- search was officially over. “They seem to be packing up ing work removing layers of dan- At a ceremony, Fire Chief Alan and congratulating everyone on a gerous debris that were once Cominsky saluted the firefighters job well done. And yes, they de- piled several stories high. who worked 12-hour shifts while serve all the accolades, but after The June 24 collapse at the camping out at the site. they find Estelle.” oceanside Champlain Towers “It’s obviously devastating. It’s The dead included members of South killed 97 people, with at obviously a difficult situation the area’s large Orthodox Jewish least one more missing person yet across the board,” Cominsky community, the sister of Para- REBECCA BLACKWELL/AP to be identified. The site has been said. “I couldn’t be prouder of the guay’s first lady, her family and Miami­Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, center, gets a hug mostly swept flat and the rubble men and women that represent their nanny, as well as a local from a rescue worker on Friday in Doral, Fla. moved to a Miami warehouse. Al- Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.” salesman, his wife and their two though forensic scientists are still Officials have declined to clar- young daughters. building’s 136 units and its gov- Some condo owners want to re- at work, including examining the ify whether they have one addi- The collapse fueled a race to in- erning condo board squabbled build, and others say a memorial debris at the warehouse, there tional set of human remains in spect other aging residential tow- over the cost, especially after a should be erected to remember are no more bodies to be found hand that pathologists are strug- ers in Florida and beyond, and it Surfside town inspector told the dead. where the building once stood. gling to identify or whether a raised broader questions about them the building was safe. “All options are on the table,” Except during the early hours search for that final set of re- the nation’s regulations govern- A complete collapse was all but Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mi- after the collapse, survivors nev- mains continues. ing condominium associations impossible to imagine. As many chael Hanzman said at a hearing er emerged. Search teams spent If found, Estelle Hedaya would and building safety. officials said in the catastrophe’s this week. weeks battling the hazards of the bring the death toll to 98. Shortly after the disaster, it be- first days, buildings of that size do The disaster was one of the na- rubble, including an unstable Hedaya was an outgoing 54- came clear that warnings about not just collapse in the U.S. out- tion’s deadliest engineering fail- portion of the building that tee- year-old who loved to travel and Champlain Towers South, which side of a terrorist attack. Even ures. A set of overhead walkways tered above, a recurring fire and was fond of striking up conversa- opened in 1981, had gone unheed- tornadoes, hurricanes and earth- collapsed at a Kansas City hotel Florida’s stifling summer heat tions with strangers. Her younger ed. A 2018 engineering report de- quakes rarely bring them down. in 1981, killing 114 people attend- and thunderstorms. They went brother Ikey has given DNA sam- tailed cracked and degraded con- The ultimate fate of the proper- ing a dance. But that wasn’t the through more than 14,000 tons of ples and visited the site twice to crete support beams in the under- ty where the building once stood structure itself. A Washington, broken concrete and rebar, often see the search efforts for himself. ground parking garage and other has yet to be determined. A judge D.C., movie theater collapsed in working boulder by boulder, rock “As we enter month two alone, problems that would cost nearly presiding over several lawsuits 1922, killing 98. But that came af- by rock, before finally declaring without any other families, we $10 million to fix. filed in the collapse aftermath ter a blizzard dumped feet of the mission complete. feel helpless,” he told The Associ- The repairs did not happen, wants the property sold at market snow on the flat roof. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue’s ur- ated Press on Friday. He said he and the estimate grew to $15 mil- rates, which would bring in an es- ban search-and-rescue team gets frequent updates from the lion this year as the owners of the timated $100 million or more. Sunday, July 25, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION Biden tests his clout at rally for McAuliffe BY JONATHAN LEMIRE year election, the country’s looking. This is AND JOSH BOAK a big deal.” Associated Press McAuliffe’s win in his state’s gubernato- ARLINGTON, Va. — President Joe Biden rial primary was one of a string of recent led the kind of campaign rally that was im- victories by self-styled pragmatic candi- possible last year because of the pandemic, dates in relatively low-turnout elections — speaking before nearly 3,000 people in sup- which tend to draw the most loyal base vot- port of a fellow moderate Democrat whose ers — and his race is being carefully race for Virginia governor could serve as a watched by Democrats looking to shape test of Biden’s own strength and coattails. their messaging for next year. Biden motorcaded across the Potomac “It’s an important test for the Biden ad- ANDREW HARNIK/AP River Friday night to back Terry McAuliffe, ministration. The margins are so small, and Virginia democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe listens as President Joe a former governor looking for a second he needs to be able to use his clout to help Biden speaks during his campaign event at Lubber Run Park, Friday, in Arlington, Va. term whose centrist leanings in many ways candidates get across the finish line,” said mirror those of the president. The race is Adrienne Elrod, a senior adviser to Hillary Biden and McAuliffe profile similarly, as sement of his campaign. seen as an early measure of voters’ judg- Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign who moderate Democrats who don’t necessarily While both Biden and McAuliffe have ment on Democratic control of all branches also worked on Biden’s inaugural. “His electrify the party’s base but who won their been active in Democratic politics for dec- of the federal government. message is simple: that he is delivering on primaries on a promise of electability. The ades, they have relatively few direct politi- The president stood before an enthusias- promises on vaccines, record job growth Virginia race could serve as a checkup on cal connections, though McAuliffe ran the tic and largely unmasked crowd who gath- and infrastructure.” Biden’s status, and the Democratic Nation- state campaign for Biden in 2020. But their ered around a park pavilion and playground McAuliffe, who previously served as gov- al Committee has pledged to spend $5 mil- political and ideological similarities are ex- on a warm July night. He emphasized that ernor from 2014 to 2018, is facing Glenn lion to help McAuliffe’s campaign this year, tensive. he shared the same vision as McAuliffe Youngkin, a political newcomer who made a clear signal that the White House has pri- Virginia’s off-year elections have always about the need for greater public invest- a fortune in private equity. Despite the state oritized the race. been looked at as a sort of national bellweth- ments in order to drive economic growth. trending blue over the last decade, the race Even as much of the Republican Party re- er, and “with the Democratic nominee be- But Biden was also focused on the political is seen as competitive. As one of only two mains in the thrall of the Donald Trump, ing so philosophically close and similar to stakes. regularly scheduled governor’s races this Youngkin has positioned himself as a more Biden, many may see Virginia as a stronger “You’re not gonna find anyone, I mean year, it is drawing outsize national attention moderate Republican in a state Trump lost bellwether than usual,” said Mark Rozell, a anyone, who knows how to get more done as a potential measuring stick of voter senti- by 10 points in 2020. He has said he was political science professor at George Mason for Virginia than Terry,” Biden said. “Off- ment ahead of the 2022 midterms. “honored” by the former president’s endor- University. Maine unlikely to put wild Atlantic Trump inaugural chair salmon on state’s endangered list released on $250M bail Associated Press Associated Press businessman from the United PORTLAND, Maine — Maine is LOS ANGELES — The chair of Arab Emirates who prosecutors home to the last wild Atlantic former President Donald Trump’s said acted as a conduit to that na- salmon populations in the U.S., inaugural committee was ordered tion’s rulers, were also charged in but a new push to protect the fish freed Friday on $250 million bail the seven-count indictment. at the state level is unlikely to land to face charges he secretly worked Barrack was an informal advis- them on the endangered list. as an agent for the the United Arab er to Trump’s 2016 campaign be- Atlantic salmon once teemed in Emirates to influence Trump’s fore becoming the inaugural com- U.S. rivers, but now return from foreign policy. mittee chair. the sea to only a handful of rivers Tom Barrack, 74, will be subject He raised $107 million for the in eastern and central Maine. The to electronic monitoring and lavish celebration scrutinized fish are protected at the federal largely confined to his residence both for its spending and for at- level under the U.S. Endangered after he is arraigned Monday in a tracting numerous foreign offi- Species Act, but a coalition of en- AP New York courtroom. He was ar- cials and business people looking vironmental groups and scientists A 4­year­old Atlantic salmon is held at the National Fish Hatchery in rested Tuesday in Los Angeles to lobby the new administration. said the fish could be afforded Nashua, N.H. near his home. The inaugural committee was not more protections if they were Barrack is expected to plead not implicated in the indictment. added to Maine’s own list of en- ing the fish to the state endan- of climate change. Nevertheless, guilty to conspiring to influence After Trump took office, Bar- dangered and threatened species. gered list would mean conserva- there have been some positive U.S. policy on the UAE’s behalf rack informally advised senior State law allows Maine Depart- tion of salmon would be treated as signs in Maine rivers in recent during Trump’s 2016 campaign U.S. government officials on Mid- ment of Marine Resources Com- a bigger concern in state permit- years. and while Trump was president. dle East policy. He also sought ap- missioner Patrick Keliher to ting processes, said John Bur- More than 1,400 salmon return- Barrack, the founder of private pointment as special envoy to the make that recommendation, but rows, executive director for U.S. ed to the Penobscot River in 2020. equity firm Colony Capital, was Middle East or U.S. ambassador to his office told The Associated operations for the Atlantic Salmon That was the highest number among three men charged in the the UAE, prosecutors said. Press he does not intend to do it. Federation. since 2011, the Maine marine re- case. Prosecutors said Barrack He relayed sensitive informa- The department has done exten- “The state of Maine and a hand- sources department found. The used his long personal friendship tion about developments within sive work to conserve and restore ful of our rivers are the only plac- Penobscot is the most productive with Trump to benefit the UAE the Trump administration to UAE the fish, and the commissioner es in the country that still have river for the salmon. It averaged without disclosing his ties to the officials — including how senior “does not believe a listing at the wild Atlantic salmon,” Burrows only about 700 fish per year from U.S. government. U.S. officials felt about a yearslong state level would afford additional said. “It’s something that should 2012 to 2019. Barrack is charged with con- boycott of Qatar conducted by the conservation benefits or protec- happen, and should have hap- Attempts to repopulate Atlantic spiracy, obstruction of justice and UAE and other Middle Eastern tions,” said Jeff Nichols, a depart- pened.” salmon in other states have making multiple false statements countries, prosecutors said. ment spokesperson. Atlantic salmon have disap- stalled. The federal government during a June 2019 interview with He told al Malik that landing an The environmentalists who peared from U.S. rivers because ended an attempt to restore Atlan- federal agents. Matthew Grimes, official position within the admin- want to see the fish on the state list of damming, pollution and others tic salmon in the Connecticut Riv- 27, a former executive at Bar- istration would enable him to ad- said they’re going to keep pushing environmental challenges, and er basin in 2012 after several dec- rack’s company from Aspen, Co- vance UAE interests, prosecutors for it and other protections. Add- they also face the looming threat ades because of lack of success. lo.,, and Rashid al Malik, 43, a said. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, July 25, 2021 WORLD China’s Xi visits Tibet as culture control tightens

Associated Press the ancient city, as well as the in- BEIJING — Chinese leader Xi heritance and protection of Tibe- Jinping has made a rare visit to Ti- tan culture.” bet as authorities tighten controls A day earlier, he visited the city over the Himalayan region’s tra- of Nyingchi to inspect ecological ditional Buddhist culture, accom- preservation work on the basin of panied by an accelerated drive for the Yarlung Zangbo River, the up- economic development and mod- per course of the Brahmaputra, on ernized infrastructure. which China is building a contro- State media reported Friday versial dam. that Xi visited sites in the capital, He also visited a bridge and in- MICK TSIKAS, AAP IMAGE/AP Lhasa, including the Drepung spected a project to build a rail- A protester is arrested by police at a demonstration at Sydney Town Hall during a “World Wide Rally For Monastery, Barkhor Street and way from southwestern China’s Freedom” anti­lockdown rally in Sydney, Saturday. the public square at the base of the Sichuan province to Tibet before Potala Palace that was home to the riding Tibet’s first electrified rail Dalai Lamas, Tibet’s traditional line from Nyingchi to Lhasa, spiritual and temporal leaders. which went into service last Thousands protest virus-related Xi’s visit was previously unan- month. nounced publicly and it wasn’t Xi’s visit may be timed to coinci- clear whether he had already re- de with the 70th anniversary of the lockdowns in Australian cities turned to Beijing. 17 Point Agreement, which firmly Associated Press been made after objects were at the present time we’ve got cases China has in recent years established Chinese control over SYDNEY — Thousands of people thrown at officers. going through the roof and we have stepped up controls over Buddhist Tibet, which many Tibetans say took to the streets of Sydney and oth- New South Wales Police said it people thinking that’s OK to get out monasteries and expanded educa- had been effectively independent er Australian cities on Saturday to recognized and supported the rights there and possibly be close to each tion in the Chinese rather than Ti- for most of its history. The Dalai protest lockdown restrictions amid of free speech and peaceful assemb- other at a demonstration,” said state betan language. Critics of such Lama says he was forced into sign- another surge in cases, and police ly, but the protest was a breach of Health Minister Brad Hazzard. policies are routinely detained ing the document and has since re- made several arrests after crowds public health orders. In Melbourne, thousands of pro- and can receive long prison terms, pudiated it. broke through barriers and threw “The priority for NSW Police is testers without masks turned out especially if they have been con- It also comes amid deteriorat- plastic bottles and plants. always the safety of the wider com- downtown chanting “freedom.” victed of association with the 86- ing relations between China and The unmasked participants munity,” a police statement said. Some of them lit flares as they gath- year-old Dalai Lama, who has India, which share a lengthy but marched from Sydney’s Victoria The protest comes as COVID-19 ered outside Victoria state’s Parlia- lived in exile in India since fleeing disputed border with Tibet. Dead- Park to Town Hall in the central case numbers in the state reached ment House. Tibet during an abortive uprising ly encounters last year between business district, carrying signs another record with 163 new infec- They held banners, including one against Chinese rule in 1959. Indian and Chinese troops along calling for “freedom” and “the tions in the last 24 hours. that read: “This is not about a virus China doesn’t recognize the their disputed high-altitude bor- truth.” Greater Sydney has been locked it’s about total government control self-declared Tibetan govern- der dramatically altered the al- There was a heavy police pres- down for the past four weeks, with of the people.” ment-in-exile based in the hillside ready fraught relationship be- ence in Sydney, including mounted residents only able to leave home A car protest rally is also planned town of Dharmsala, and accuses tween the nuclear-armed neigh- police and riot officers in response with a reasonable excuse. in Adelaide, which is also under the Dalai Lama of seeking to sep- bors. to what authorities said was unau- “We live in a democracy and nor- lockdown, with police warning they arate Tibet from China. In a statement, the advocacy thorized protest activity. Police con- mally I am certainly one who sup- will make arrests over unlawful ac- Meanwhile, domestic tourism group International Campaign for firmed a number of arrests had ports people’s rights to protest ... but tivity. has expanded massively in the re- Tibet said the way in which the gion during Xi’s nine years in of- visit was organized and the “com- fice with new airports, rail lines plete absence of any immediate and highways constructed. state media coverage of the visit UN General Assembly adopts its 1st China’s official Xinhua News indicate that Tibet continues to be Agency said that while in Lhasa on a sensitive issue and that the Chi- Thursday, Xi sought to “learn nese authorities do not have confi- resolution on vision, aims to help 1.1B about the work on ethnic and reli- dence in their legitimacy among Associated Press international financial institutions olution, stressing its first-ever fo- gious affairs, the conservation of the Tibetan people.” UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. and donors to provide targeted fi- cus on vision, and calling it “a long General Assembly approved its nancing, especially for developing overdue recognition of the central first-ever resolution on vision Fri- countries, to address the increas- role that healthy vision plays in day, calling on its 193 member na- ing impact of vision loss on eco- human life and for sustainable de- tions to ensure access to eye care nomic and social development. velopment.” for everyone in their countries According to the resolution, “at He said over 90% of the 1.1 bil- which would contribute to a global least 2 billion people are living lion people worldwide with vision effort to help at least 1.1 billion with vision impairment or blind- loss live in low- and middle-in- people with vision impairment ness and 1.1 billion people have vi- come countries, adding that 55% who currently lack eye services by sion impairment that could have of blind people are women and 2030. been prevented or is yet to be ad- girls. The “Vision for Everyone” reso- dressed.” On average, the loss of sight lution, sponsored by Bangladesh, “Global eye care needs are pro- costs the global economy “a stag- Antigua and Ireland, and co-spon- jected to increase substantially, gering amount of $411 billion in sored by over 100 countries, was with half the global population ex- productivity each year,” Fatima adopted by consensus by the pected to be living with a vision said. And access to eye care ser- world body. impairment by 2050,” the resolu- vices can increase household XIE HUANCHI, XINHUA/AP It encourages countries to insti- tion says. spending per capital by 88% “and Chinese President Xi Jinping waves Thursday while visiting a square tute a “whole of government ap- Bangladesh’s U.N. Ambassador the odds of obtaining paid employ- below the Potala Palace in Lhasa in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. proach to eye care.” And it calls on Rabab Fatima introduced the res- ment by 10%.” Sunday, July 25, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Teen on ride hit in the face by flying seagull WILDWOOD — A teen- NJ age girl was hit in the face by a seagull while riding an amusement park ride in New Jer- sey. Kiley Holman, 13, was celebrat- ing her friend’s birthday at Mo- rey’s Piers in Wildwood when she was struck, NJ Advance Media re- ported. The girls were just seconds into their ride on the SlingShot when the bird flew into her. Video shows that after a moment of shock she was able to pull the bird off her face. “The seagull just flew away,” Kiley said. “The only thing that happened to me was a little tiny cut; that was all.” Armed person accused of stealing ambulance HOUSTON — An TX armed suspect stole an ambulance while a patient and a firefighter were inside, Houston police said. The suspect is accused of run- ning the ambulance off the road, the department said in a series of tweets. Then, a firefighter behind the wheel was forced out of the ambulance at gunpoint and left on the side of the road. A patient and another firefight- er were in the back of the vehicle. BEN BRAUN, PITTSBURGH POST­GAZETTE/AP Authorities said they used a GPS to track down the ambulance. The armed suspect was taken into Not forgotten custody without incident, police Logan Minick, 18, and Devan Taylor, 20, of Plum, Pa., hold a lighted lantern at their high school in Plum, Pa., in memory of Thomas Dojonovic, said. who was 16 when he took his own life two years earlier. Homeowner finds woman ment so he could turn himself in THE CENSUS tion on the fairway. skinny dipping in pool on outstanding warrants when he The pilot was planning to land at repeatedly kicked the dash and The number of acres of defoliation in New Hampshire from a Portland International Jetport but PUNTA GORDA — A the windshield and threatened to 30K population boom of moth caterpillars, according to Kyle Lom- returned to New York upon learn- FL Florida man returning kill her. The woman ran a stop- bard, the coordinator of the forest health program at the New Hampshire Divi- ing part of the landing gear was home from a doctor’s appointment light to get to the station quickly, sion of Forests and Lands. The affected trees are primarily clumps of red and missing, Hatch said. found a stranger skinny dipping in the Bismarck Tribune reported. black oaks, WCVB-TV reported. According to the department, the last time the The twin-engine Piper Navajo his backyard swimming pool, The man then wrapped the yo- state experienced more than 10-15,000 acres of defoliation was in 1992. returned safely, conducting a bel- sheriff’s officials said. yo string around the woman’s ly landing at Long Island MacAr- At first, the man only noticed neck as she pulled into the parking strong, nursing well and is bond- post that said the once-popular thur Airport in Ronkonkoma, clothes scattered across his lanai, lot, the affidavit says. But the ing with his mother, who is show- shopping venue is no longer thriv- N.Y., he said. Charlotte County Sheriff’s offi- string broke and she was able to ing signs of good mothering, offi- ing. cials said in a social media post. get out of the car and get inside the cials said. The calf is the first of his The restaurant opened under Women hater indicted in Then, he saw the woman in his station. The man drove away and species to be born at the Virginia another owner in 1974, just seven planned sorority shooting pool and called deputies, sheriff’s was found that afternoon as he Zoo and his birth brings the zoo’s years after Truett Cathy launched officials said. was riding a minibike. He ignored rhino count to four. the first Chick-fil-A at a mall in CLEVELAND — A Deputies took her to the Char- police commands to stop, and told The International Union for metro Atlanta. The company now OH man who identifies lotte County Jail, but she refused police he had to get to the Capitol. Conservation of Nature classifies has more than 100 locations in Ala- with a group that despises women to tell them her name. Officials He was arrested on Capitol the species as near threatened be- bama, its website shows. appeared in federal court in Cin- eventually identified her through grounds. cause of habitat loss and the illegal The Brookwood Village location cinnati on charges related to his previous jail booking photos. The In addition to attempted mur- poaching of their horns. will close at the end of the month, plans to kill sorority members at woman, 42, was charged with tres- der, the man is also charged with The new calf needs a name, so Cotney said, and he hopes to open an unidentified university in Ohio, passing and resisting a law en- felony aggravated assault, terror- the zoo is auctioning off the right to a new restaurant nearby later this authorities said. forcement officer without vio- izing and fleeing police. He also name him. The auction runs year. Tres Genco, 21, of Hillsboro was lence. faces misdemeanors for driving through July 30 and proceeds will charged with an attempted hate under suspension and attempting go to the International Rhino Airplane’s landing gear crime and possession of a machine Police: Man tried to kill to give false information to law en- Foundation. falls onto a golf course gun, according to an unsealed in- woman with yo-yo string forcement. dictment. State’s first Chick-fil-A GORHAM — An air- Federal prosecutors in a state- BISMARCK — A Zoo announces its first closing after 47 years ME plane’s landing gear ment said Genco identifies him- ND North Dakota man was white rhino birth fell from the sky onto a golf course self as an “incel” — involuntary charged with attempted murder BIRMINGHAM — The in Maine but no one was hurt, po- celibate — and has interacted with for allegedly trying to kill his girlf- NORFOLK — The Vir- AL first Chick-fil-A restau- lice said. an online community of mostly riend with a modified yo-yo string VA ginia Zoo is welcoming rant to open in Alabama nearly 50 The strut with tire and wheel men who advocate for violence that he thought could be used to its first baby southern white rhi- years ago is closing. crashed onto the seventh hole fair- against women because they be- sever a human head. noceros. Jerry Cotney, who owns the res- way at the Gorham Country Club, lieve they are unjustly denied sex- A police affidavit said the wom- The male calf was born to mom, taurant at Brookwood Village mall said Sgt. Ted Hatch of the Gorham ual or romantic attention. an was driving the Bismarck man, Zina, and dad, Sibindi, on July 11, in metro Birmingham, announced Police Department. 32, to the Bismarck Police Depart- zoo officials announced. He is the shutdown in a social media The assembly left an indenta- From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, July 25, 2021 MUSIC

John Mayer Sob Rock (Columbia)

ohn Mayer’s savvy use of Insta- gram and TikTok has made him one of the very few over-40 guitar Jwizards to connect with kids from the generation (or two) behind his. Yet it’s easy to imagine that the most meaningful engagement he’s had on social media lately came with somebody in his mid-60s. “Killer new track John,” Steve Lukath- er of Toto wrote in a comment on Mayer’s June 9 Instagram post about his latest studio album, “Sob Rock,” and its lead single, “Last Train Home.” Lukather, an architect of the highly chillaxed soft-rock sound developed in Los Angeles in the early 1980s, went on to praise Mayer’s “tasty playing” and to say that “Last Train Home” had the makings of “a smash” — the ultimate proof of concept for Mayer’s homage to the era of soulful white dudes, pastel color schemes and Bret Easton Ellis bestsellers. A pop heartthrob with a comedian’s wit and an instrumentalist’s chops, Mayer, 43, says he took up this style — think Don Henley, Steve Winwood, synthed-up Fleetwood Mac, non-God-mode Eric Clap- ton — because he found it comforting during the pandemic to be reminded of music he heard in his youth. You also get the sense, given his pre-COVID stint tour- ing with members of the Grateful Dead, that he was eager to flex different muscles — and to hook into an already-blooming ’80s revival that counts Tame Impala and Thundercat among its practitioners. (A recent essay in GQ referred to this aes- thetic, with its spirit of coolly laid-back Tasty tribute adulthood, as “Spago rock” after Wolf- gang Puck’s iconic LA eatery.) From its picture-perfect album cover on down, though, “Sob Rock” — Mayer’s eighth studio LP and his follow-up to John Mayer’s love letter to soft rock 2017’s “The Search for Everything” — is so crisply rendered that it achieves an almost art-project-like quality that tran- is more than just easy nostalgia scends those emotional and commercial circumstances. In an interview with the Blackbird Spyplane newsletter, the singer spoke with characteristic precision about BY MIKAEL WOOD his vision, saying his goal was to “make a Los Angeles Times new record from archival cloth” — to “find a way not to reproduce something,” he added, “but continue to produce it from the original loom.” Inspired, he’s said, by Quentin Taranti- no’s casting various OGs in his movies, Mayer recruited ’80s studio standouts like keyboardist Greg Phillinganes and per-

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Tasty: Tribute full of solid tunes The continued impact of Roy Hargrove BY SHANNON J. EFFINGER FROM PAGE 12 Special to The Washington Post cussionist Lenny Castro to com- oy Hargrove was a plement his usual players; their gateway into jazz. For work provides just the right spar- younger listeners who kle and groove to conjure the Rrespected the tradition moment when blues-based rock but felt it lacked a tangible con- was giving way to something nection to the present, the jazz shinier and more synthetic — a trumpeter — who emerged as a sonic manifestation of the af- blazing talent in the 1990s — was fluent optimism of the day. (Don able to delicately straddle hard- Was co-produced the album with bop and hip-hop, serving as a Mayer.) generational translator for the Of course, Mayer’s expert genre. world-building — the latest act of Early in his career, he estab- curation by this discerning col- lished himself as a seamless lector of high-end wristwatches connector of different sounds — wouldn’t be nearly as fun to without ever compromising the take part in if he didn’t fill the integrity of his musicianship. “If place with solid tunes, and “Sob you grew up in the 1970s and Rock” has plenty of those. A 1980s, there’s no way you could restless romancer once known avoid playing funk or hip-hop,” for his willingness to kiss and says bassist Christian McBride, tell, Mayer here addresses his one of Hargrove’s good friends reputation as a crummy partner: and frequent collaborators. “Some people ’round here been “We got a lot of criticism from Wouter Hogendorp calling me crazy/ Some people older musicians,” McBride con- Early in his career, jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove established himself as a seamless connector of different say I’ll never love someone,” he tinued. “It was from them where sounds without ever compromising the integrity of his musicianship. sings in “Til the Right One the words actually carried the Comes,” which shimmers like an most weight. But even still, we work recorded for Novus was fering from kidney disease for outtake from “Tango in the just kind of collectively looked at crucial to his artistic develop- more than a decade. Aside from Night.” each other like, ‘Man, we got to ment. family members, one of the few But he also presents himself as do this. How are we not going to “In Harmony” marks the only people to see him before he died a sensitive man who’s been mis- play with D’Angelo? How are we duet album from Hargrove and was saxophonist and lifelong handled by women; more than not going to play with the Roots?’ Miller. Taken from concerts on collaborator Justin Robinson. one song depicts him in a heroic Everybody knows how much I Jan. 16, 2006, at Merkin Concert “My last performance with light for having used those expe- love James Brown — I’m not Hall/Kaufman Music Center in him was the night before his riences to learn to change his ever going to avoid that, as a New York and Sept. 11, 2007, at birthday,” Robinson recalls of a ways, which feels like a very Don matter of principle. We’re ‘funk Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., concert just a few weeks before Henley approach to maturity. children.’ We can’t get rid of it is being released in partnership Hargrove’s death. “On that par- As with Henley, what brings that.” with Resonance Records and ticular night, he played as good you around to Mayer’s side is his Alongside artists like McBride, “In Harmony” is the music of Roy both of the late musicians’ es- as I ever remembered him play- songwriting — the luscious melo- Nicholas Payton, Marc Cary and Hargrove and Mulgrew Miller. tates. ing. He had been having prob- dies in “Why You No Love Me” Joshua Redman, Hargrove shep- It’s an appreciation of the “Mulgrew was one of the main lems with his teeth, like minor and the Dire Straits-ish “Wild herded a new vanguard for the trumpeter, accompanied by a arteries of the New York jazz trumpet problems. But that Blue” and the vivid images in genre, one that could not be de- pianist with whom he had a scene,” says McBride. “He was night, it was almost like he was special connection. “Carry Me Away” (”You carni- fined by the era in which it was the most beautiful friend and big back; I mean, he played wonder- vore, you loose cannon”) and created nor limited by it. Jazz brother that all of us could have. fully that night.” “New Light,” where his self-pity itself is built on the careers of the “He played with an unusual And his playing, dare I say, was Rather than recede during his takes this gorgeous shape: “I’m musicians who pushed its bound- and infectious combination of superior — he was one of the final years as his illness wors- the boy in your other phone/ aries; Hargrove and his contem- fire, honesty, and sweet inno- leading voices on the piano for ened, Hargrove stayed active. He Lighting up inside your drawer poraries helped ensure that a cence,” recalled Marsalis of their his entire life. So it only makes toured regularly and continued at home, all alone.” new generation’s experiences initial meeting in a tribute blog sense that those two made a to serve as a mentor; his late- In the wistful “Shot in the were both valid and had a right- post after the trumpeter’s death. recording together because (of) night residency at Smalls Jazz Dark,” one of several tunes with ful place within this music’s “The first time I heard him, it their similar sensitivities to the Club was a regular spot where he backing vocals from country star continuum. Hargrove died in was clear, he was an absolute music and similar language — helped young talent. Hargrove’s Maren Morris, Mayer longs for 2018 at the age of 49, and this natural with phenomenal ears, a they both had a deep love of the influence reaches beyond his an ex by rhyming “I want you in month sees the release of “In great memory, and tremendous American songbook.” own body of work — there’s the the worst way” with “Is the gate Harmony,” the first archival dexterity on our instrument.” “In Harmony” renders a Jazz Gallery, a nonprofit jazz code still your birthday?” — an recording released since his After just 18 months at Berklee touching nod to their frequent venue he helped launch more instant-classic addition to the death. A collaboration with pian- College of Music in Boston, Har- collaborations at the beloved jazz than 25 years ago, to his contri- ranks of great monied LA love ist Mulgrew Miller (who died at grove transferred to the New club Bradley’s in Greenwich butions on albums by D’Angelo, songs. age 57 in 2013), the album serves School, as he was already a fix- Village but also honors the bond Common and Badu that both Then there’s “Shouldn’t Matter as an opportunity to look at Har- ture at New York jam sessions Hargrove shared with the musi- fortified and re-envisioned the But It Does,” a strummy, slow- grove’s sizable — and lasting and (which continued even after he cians he worked with, notably his bond between hip-hop and jazz. mo ballad about another broken growing — legacy. became a star). He fielded many pianists — Cary, Gerald Clayton, These collaborations not only relationship in which he ponders Born in Waco, Texas, before label offers and ultimately signed Jon Batiste and Sullivan Fortner helped elevate the role of sam- what might’ve been: “It could moving to Dallas as a child, a with Novus, a jazz imprint of among them. pling but created something else have been always / It could have young Hargrove became ob- RCA, where he released a num- “It is an interesting observa- far more organic and original, been me / We could have been sessed with the trumpet and ber of albums as leader between tion that there is that special positioning instrumentalists at busy naming baby number eventually attended Booker T. 1989 and 1994, including “Dia- connection between trumpet the front and as equals with the three.” Washington High School for the mond In The Rough” and “The players and pianists,” said Clay- marquee artists. Mayer’s sore-throat voice Performing and Visual Arts, an Vibe.” Although there were var- ton. “The trumpet is maybe sort “In Harmony” is a reminder sounds so cooled-out in that one arts magnet with other notable ying iterations of his earlier of the closest to being a vocalist, that for all of those extracurric- that you can almost picture him alumni such as Norah Jones, groups, his original core quintet as far as instruments go, and ulars, one of the best ways to lying down as he sings. But with Edie Brickell and future Soul- featured Rodney Whitaker on there’s been a strong relationship appreciate Hargrove remains a wink of his eye — or, wait, is quarians collaborator Erykah bass, Greg Hutchinson on drums, between vocalists and pianists him in his element — the trum- that a tear? — the tender and Badu. When Hargrove was 16, saxophonist Antonio Hart and throughout history — that’s a pet playing that turned him from knowing “Sob Rock” is his testa- Wynton Marsalis heard him play pianist Marc Cary. Hargrove’s match made in heaven.” virtuoso to visionary, accompa- ment to how hard it is getting and invited him to perform with later recordings for Verve found Hargrove died of cardiac ar- nied by a pianist with whom he easy right. him at a local gig. him his most fame; the earlier rest on Nov. 2, 2018, after suf- had a special connection. PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, July 25, 2021 BOOKS

BY MARK WHITAKER 2020, Barr stood firm against it. Special to The Washington Post And after the election, in key all them Woodward public statements and in several rules. For 40 years, tense private confrontations, Barr legendary Washington drew the line at supporting the CPost investigative re- “big lie,” depriving Trump of porter Bob Woodward has been backup in his desperate attempt turning out books offering scoop- to mount legal challenges to vot- filled, behind-the-scenes accounts ing results in the states that put of recent presidential adminis- Biden over the top. trations based on off-the-record The most sympathetic of these interviews with key players. Of a burnished portraits is of Gen. younger generation of reporters Mark Milley, the chairman of the who have sought to emulate Joint Chiefs of Staff. To his for- Woodward, few have been as mer-Catholic-schoolboy shame, successful as his Pulitzer Prize- Milley participated, in uniform, in winning Post colleagues, investi- Trump’s infamous Bible photo op gative staff writer Carol Leonnig after the violent clearing of La- and former White House bureau fayette Square. After that “wake- chief Philip Rucker, authors of up call,” the authors write, Milley one of the richest fly-on-the wall told aides: “He burned me. F— chronicles of the first years of the these guys. I’m not playing politi- Trump administration, “A Very cal games.” From then on, Milley Stable Genius.” joined Barr in opposing the Now Leonnig and Rucker are scheme to unleash the military on back with a book on the last year Black Lives Matter protesters. of President Donald Trump’s And as Trump installed “aco- reign, also with a title inspired by JABIN BOTSFORD/The Washington Post lytes” at the Pentagon after the one of the former president’s President Donald Trump speaks at the White House early in the morning after Election Day in 2020. election, Milley stayed on to grandiose utterances: “I Alone guard against a scenario in which Can Fix It.” As the authors argue they would go along with an at- in their introduction, it’s a vital tempt to cling to power through sequel, given the momentous force. public health, racial and electoral Fortunately, it never came to crises that unfolded during that, although questions remain Trump’s bid for a second term. QUID PRO QUO about what role some of those Like their first book, this one is Pentagon loyalists played in the filled with vivid, often alarming, delayed security response to the occasionally humorous recon- Dozens of Trump officials, aides cooperated Jan. 6 riot. While refusing to con- structions of private White House cede defeat, Trump eventually meetings, complete with enough with the authors of ‘I Alone Can Fix It’ to distance relinquished power peacefully F-bombs to fill an episode of the and departed for his home at classic HBO series “Deadwood.” Mar-a-Lago. Seventy days later, But more than ever, it raises a themselves from the president in his final year he sat down with Leonnig and question for readers of this and Rucker at the posh Florida resort similar Woodward-style books attempting to get Trump to back Pence refused, suspecting that the recognized the severity of the for an on-the-record interview coming out this summer and fall: off the “big lie,” or to intervene to Secret Service would try to drive pandemic earlier than most of his that was scheduled for an hour How much skepticism should be stop the Jan. 6 riot, are White him to safety, making him look colleagues did and eventually but rambled on for more than two applied to versions of events House aides Pat Cipollone and like either a conspirator or a cow- went over the heads of Health and and a half. Surrounded by hang- based primarily on the anony- Hope Hicks, and former aide ard unwilling to carry out his Human Services Secretary Alex ers-on and endorsement seekers, mous testimony of protagonists in Kellyanne Conway; allies Chris constitutional duty to ratify Joe Azar and White House officials to Trump was as aggrieved and the story — many of whom, in this Christie and Lindsey Graham; Biden’s victory. appeal for emergency funds for vengeful as ever, whining about case, are trying to soften history’s and, predictably, the image-con- Based on their own self-serving vaccine distribution. the “rigged and … stolen” election judgment of their roles in the scious first daughter. testimony but presumably also on Some readers may balk at see- and lashing out at onetime allies mishandling of a pandemic that Whether personally or through corroborative reporting by Leon- ing Bill Barr get credit for any- and aides who wouldn’t go all the has killed more than a half a mil- close aides, Mike Pence provided nig and Rucker, three other major thing, and with good reason. The way in supporting his bids to deny lion Americans, as well as a “big enough anecdotal detail for a players get more favorable treat- former attorney general deserves science and overturn democracy. lie” about the 2020 election that dramatic, newsworthy account of ment than conventional wisdom to be forever remembered for In keeping with Woodward led to the gravest political in- his last-minute acquisition of a might suggest. In public, Robert helping Trump falsely claim rules, the Mar-a-Lago interview surrection since the Civil War? spine in the face of Trump’s at- Redfield, the head of the Centers exoneration by the Mueller report provides a cinematic epilogue to One Woodward rule is that tempt to bully him into stopping for Disease Control and Preven- and for corrupting the Justice the book, evoking the rantings of those promises of anonymity and the electoral college certification. tion, came across as a dour waf- Department in the service of an exiled King Lear or the delu- a novelistic narrative style excuse As rioters breached the Capitol fler who allowed his agency’s protecting the president’s friends sions of washed-up silent-movie reporters-turned-book-writers and roamed the hallways shout- long-held reputation for inde- and pursuing his partisan aims. star Norma Desmond in “Sunset from the usual journalistic re- ing, “Hang Mike Pence!,” the vice pendence to be trashed by But in this account, when Trump Boulevard.” But it also serves to quirements of attribution. But the president was evacuated to “a Trump’s attempts to wish away toyed with invoking the Insurrec- underscore what’s missing in this format itself — such as the ap- secured subterranean area,” the the coronavirus crisis. But in this tion Act to put down Black Lives kind of “rough draft of history,” in pearance of verbatim dialogue authors report. But when the head account, Redfield was a private Matter protests in the summer of addition to self-reflection on the and interior thoughts — provides of his security detail, Tim Giebels, truth teller who — having taken a journalistic quid pro quos in- ample clues as to which charac- tried to persuade him to wait big pay cut to accept the CDC volved in the genre. That is, any ters played ball. Based on that inside an armored limousine, post, the authors inform us — discussion of the larger social evidence, dozens of top Trump forces that made Trump’s rise administration officials and aides possible: the backlash against cooperated with the authors in Like their first book, this one is filled America’s growing demographic order to put distance between diversity, the working-class re- themselves and the former presi- with vivid, often alarming, occasionally sentment of globalism and cultur- dent’s most egregious actions, as al elitism, and the emotional ap- well as to settle scores with Rudy humorous reconstructions of private peal of nativism and authoritar- Giuliani and White House aide White House meetings, complete with ianism. As the former president Stephen Miller, both of whom are prattles this book to its conclu- resented by virtually everyone enough F-bombs to fill an episode of the sion, one is left with the sense that else for their arrogant meddling future historians will find Trum- and stoking of Trump’s basest classic HBO series “Deadwood.” pism a far more consequential impulses. Among the longtime subject of study than the petty enablers who are depicted as tyrant himself. Sunday, July 25, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 15 CROSSWORD AND COMICS

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GADGETS Headphones with a comfy fit and crystal-clear sound BY GREGG ELLMAN listening), USB-C charging cable, Tribune News Service paperwork and a Marley sticker The House of Marley Positive are included. Vibration XL ANC over-the-ear Online: thehouseofmarley.com Bluetooth headphones have tak- ($149.99 available in black and en over as my morning coffee copper) companion. Not that they aren’t Fugoo’s new line of 2.0 por- great for almost any use, but just table speakers adds 20% louder as I reach for cream to put in my volume and can be paired with coffee, I reach for the head- any other Fugoo 2.0 speaker to phones to turn off the world for create a full surround an hour or so every morn- sound atmosphere at ing. any social gather- Regardless of the ing, regardless of style, I’ve always the weather or thought the most surroundings. important feature The solid to consider when Tough 2.0 is buying head- built (2.5-by-8- phones is com- by-3 inches, fort. Without it, 1.2 pounds) to iStock the sound look exactly As people venture out from under the blanket of pandemic isolation and into the world of live music doesn’t mat- as the name festivals, concerts and open movie theaters, virtual events could be here to stay. ter. So like describes. every other It’s tough style of appearance is headphones real, making it I’ve tried, virtually inde- when I started HOUSE OF MARLEY/TNS structible with What Zoom fatigue? testing these waterproof they didn’t get seals, enhanced shock engineer- charged, paired or play one note ing with resilient end caps to of music until they sat on my absorb drops, bumps and Pandemic virtual concerts may have changed live music forever head. scrapes. It can go into up to 3 feet After a few minutes, my ears of water and snow for up to 30 BY RYAN FAUGHNDER ing lockdown — are likely to remain a supplement and head were sold on the Ultra minutes. Los Angeles Times for people’s entertainment diets, the UTA survey comfort memory foam ear cush- A handheld ergonomic design mericans may be bleary-eyed from Zoom suggested. ions and headband, meaning it is great for portability, and an fatigue, and many may be desperate to This comes after concert promoters including was time to move on with the upward angle of the speakers get back to live concerts and movie thea- Live Nation, streaming platforms such as Spotify music, which will be heard directs the sound toward your Aters. and record companies like Warner Music Group through 40mm high-definition ears. The speaker’s design lets But virtual events are here to stay, despite the invested in livestreamed concerts and events as a drivers. sound escape from all four sides, return of music festivals, movies and comedy way to adapt to the crisis. It’s worth noting that the HOM resulting in 360-degree audio. shows, after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, Major artists adopted the practice to keep engag- Positive Vibration XL ANC head- Inside are two tweeters, two according new data recently published by United ing with fans when they weren’t able to go on tour. phones carry on the company’s mid/woofers and one passive Talent Agency. UTA client Post Malone, for example, livestreamed tradition of using eco-friendly radiator. Three out of four people attended an online event an hour-plus live Nirvana tribute in April; it’s now materials for the headphones. The enhanced sound quality is during the pandemic, according to a survey of 1,000 available on his YouTube channel. According to HOM, they are a result of Fugoo’s redesigned consumers by UTA IQ, the research and strategy Livestreamed shows can be a benefit for fans crafted using environmentally speaker topology, which accord- division of the Beverly Hills, Calif., talent agency. who can’t make it to the actual concert in person conscious materials including ing to Fugoo, delivers enhanced, Of those who participated in a virtual event, 88% because of timing or cost, and they also allow for a FSC certified wood, recycled richer, fuller sound at signif- said they plan to do so again even when in-person certain amount of interaction between the audience material fabric, recyclable alu- icantly louder volumes than the gatherings return. and the artists. Streamed shows can allow viewers minum, and cables from 99 per- original models. Specific to the Music and video gaming could be a significant to submit song requests and playlist suggestions, cent post-consumer PE. Tough, the driver topology cre- draw for future streamed gatherings. Three-fourths for instance. While all that’s great, the ates an enhanced psycho-acous- of consumers surveyed said they plan to attend “For a population that is seeking closer connec- sound passed my nonscientific tic effect for a better overall virtual music or gaming events post-COVID-19, tions to each other and to the talent, being physical- testing with flying colors. In a soundstage. according to UTA. ly present at the event is the purest way to experi- quiet atmosphere, with the Hy- What I hear is an amazing The findings are somewhat surprising given that ence that,” said Joseph Kessler, global head of UTA brid Active Noise Cancellation sound at any volume. They are the survey also found a high level of pent-up de- IQ. “But over the last 16 months or so, consumers turned on, the isolation of the true to their word about the in- mand for the return of in-person events after the have come to see the benefits of these virtual sound was crystal clear, and had creased volume, which often pandemic canceled or delayed music festivals, events.” the right amount of bass. And all results in distorted sound with stand-up shows and blockbuster movies for more Surveys are not always reliable predictors of without any outside ambient other speakers. But that’s not the than a year. behavior. However, the UTA data are the latest to noise. case with the Tough 2.0. It’s able According to UTA, whose business is heavily indicate that some behaviors consumers picked up The headphones feature ad- to take on the loudest volume dependent on live event venues and movie theaters during the pandemic will not fade away with the vanced quick-charging (USB-C) setting while maintaining clarity being open, 96% of respondents plan to return to virus, especially when it comes to streaming. for 26 hours of play with AND on the whole way. some form of live entertainment event once it’s In an earlier UTA study, 56% of consumers sur- and 35 hours with it off. A built- Fugoo speakers work hands- safe. The survey indicated that people are “most veyed said they added at least one subscription in microphone works fine for free as a speakerphone with the excited” for sporting events, concerts and movies. streaming service. After the pandemic, 71% of those hands-free calls, and they are built-in omnidirectional micro- But streamed live shows — which many people surveyed said they plan to use more than one sub- built with a foldable hinge design phone. They also support Google experienced for the first time out of necessity dur- scription video streaming service. for compact storage. Now and Siri voice support. The Controls for ANC, hands-free battery is rated for 12 hours of calls, music and track navigation sound before the 3.4v 2500mAh But streamed live shows ... are likely to remain are on the ear cups and worked Lithium-Ion rechargeable bat- well. A storage bag, tangle-free tery needs a USB charge. a supplement for people’s entertainment diets. braided aux cable (for wired Online: fugoo.com Sunday, July 25, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 17 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Michael Kerschbaum, Pacific commander To deter Iran, give Israel a big bomb Michael Ryan, Pacific chief of staff BY DENNIS ROSS havior and are unlikely to change the minds of tive would be to impose strict limits on Iran’s Bloomberg Opinion either Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khame- production capabilities and the numbers and EDITORIAL ith negotiations paused until a nei or the new president. types of centrifuges it can run, in perpetuity. Terry Leonard, Editor new hardline administration Nor is Iran’s insistence that it doesn’t intend If Raisi’s government continues to reject [email protected] takes office in Tehran, the to develop nuclear weapons credible. If that follow-on talks, however, the U.S. must make chances of reviving the 2015 were true, the regime could have pursued far the costs of pursuing a threshold capability far Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor W Iran nuclear deal anytime soon are not bright. less costly alternatives to building its own ex- clearer. To do so, the Biden administration [email protected] Moreover, even successful talks might not tensive enrichment capability. Establishing a should consider providing Israel the GBU-57 Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content stop Iran’s leaders from pursuing nuclear civil nuclear industry to generate electricity, Massive Ordnance Penetrator, a 30,000- [email protected] weapons. The Biden administration needs to using fuel furnished from outside the country, pound mountain-buster, as some in Congress find a better way to deter them. was always an option — one that Iran consis- have advocated. Such a weapon could be used Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation [email protected] It’s still possible, perhaps even likely, that tently rejected. Evidence of its work on de- to destroy Fordow, the underground Iranian the desire for sanctions relief will prompt the signing nuclear warheads, revealed in the nu- enrichment facility, as well as other hardened Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital Iranians to rejoin the deal, formally known as clear archive Israel ferreted out of Tehran, nuclear sites. [email protected] the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, once only confirms its interest in a weapons pro- Of course, the White House would need to they conclude the U.S. will make no further gram. reach a firm understanding with the Israelis BUREAU STAFF concessions. That would roll back some of If the U.S. cannot persuade Iran to temper about triggers for the bomb’s use. But being Iran’s recent advances, including its enrich- such ambitions using carrots, which seems prepared to provide Israel with such a fear- Europe/Mideast ment of uranium to 60% purity and its produc- unlikely given Iran’s determined pursuit of a some weapon and leasing the B-2 bomber to Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] tion of uranium metal, used in nuclear war- large nuclear infrastructure, it must find deliver it would send a powerful message. The +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 heads. more effective sticks. To start, the Biden ad- Iranians may doubt whether the U.S. would Pacific Returning to the status quo ante, though, ministration should reframe its stated objec- follow through on its threats; they won’t have Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief will also highlight the original deal’s funda- tive and be clear the U.S. is determined to stop any trouble believing the Israelis will. [email protected] mental shortcomings — its fast-approaching Iran not just from acquiring a nuclear weap- In fact, providing the GBU-57 to Israel may +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 sunset clauses, most notably. When the on, but from being able to produce a bomb be the best inducement for Iran to negotiate a Washington JCPOA’s key provisions lapse in 2030, there quickly. It’s very likely Iran hopes to become a “longer and stronger” deal. Only then might Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief will be no limits on the size of Iran’s nuclear threshold nuclear weapons state similar to Ja- the regime accept that the U.S. is serious [email protected] infrastructure, the number or types of centri- pan, which does not have a nuclear weapon about preventing Iran from acquiring a (+1)(202)886-0033 Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News fuges it can run, or even the amount of weap- but has all the means to produce one very threshold status — and that Iran risks its en- [email protected] ons-grade fissile material it may possess or quickly. Unlike Japan, Iran is a threat to its tire nuclear infrastructure in the absence of produce. By 2023, just two years from now, neighbors and must not be in a position where an agreement limiting it. Under such circum- CIRCULATION there will be no limits on Iran’s ballistic mis- it could effectively present the world with a stances, Iran’s leaders will have an incentive Mideast siles, very effective delivery vehicles for nu- nuclear weapons fait accompli at a time of its to get something now for accepting an out- Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager clear weapons. choosing. come that the U.S. and Israel might otherwise [email protected] That the Biden administration hopes to re- The Biden administration should thus impose. [email protected] ach a “longer and stronger” follow-on agree- tighten its declaratory policy to say Iran will DSN (314)583-9111 ment reflects its recognition that the JCPOA is not be allowed to become a nuclear weapons Dennis Ross is counselor at the Washington Institute for Near Europe East Policy and served in senior national security positions for not sufficient. The trouble is, incoming Ira- threshold state. In theory, negotiations could Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager nian President Ebrahim Raisi has made it defer such an outcome. One way to do so Barack Obama. He is co-author of “Be Strong and of Good [email protected] Courage: How Israel’s Most Important Leaders Shaped Its [email protected] clear that Iran has no interest in such a deal. would be to extend the JCPOA’s sunset claus- Destiny.” This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Inducements rarely, if ever, alter Iran’s be- es for another 10 to 20 years. A better alterna- the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners. Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 Who is Jeff Bezos’s space odyssey really for? CONTACT US BY MOLLY ROBERTS it would lead to enjoyment or edification. No, ers of nations have spoken to their citizens Washington The Washington Post they hoped the overview effect would stop about space as if calling on them to participate tel: (+1)202.886.0003 hen a billionaire goes to space, them from going to space at all. in a joint endeavor. John F. Kennedy didn’t 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 does he come back a better bil- A lot of people do not like the private space choose to go to the moon; we did. NASA’s Voy- Reader letters lionaire? race — more of them, surely, than did not like ager carried a golden record including greet- [email protected] W This, apparently, was the the public space race in the 1960s. Part of the ings in 55 languages, and musical selections Additional contacts hope of many commentators who watched problem is that the planet is a shambles, hot from Chuck Berry to Johann Sebastian Bach stripes.com/contactus Amazon founder (and Washington Post own- and unequal and unjust; folks would rather to Azerbaijani bagpipers. This represented, er) Jeff Bezos blast off into the beyond last those with money spend it here trying to fix supposedly, the best of humanity. OMBUDSMAN week: that the world’s richest man would gaze things than spend it above the atmosphere Blue Origin, so far anyway, lands less poet- Ernie Gates upon his realm from above and realize his re- planning for a post-apocalyptic future. Our at- ically. Yes, the company may eventually pro- sponsibility to do more on this planet to protect titudes about space are anything but rational: vide benefits to people who aren’t on its ships. The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow of news and information, reporting any attempts by the aprecious, imperiled home. Taxpayers are still pleased to let their own But the private space race is, well, private. military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s The experience these people wanted for Be- money fund military contractors to build When Bezos dons a special blue suit, soars 66.5 independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for zos is called the overview effect. Astronaut af- launch systems that never launch anything. miles high, tosses a zero-gravity candy into the fairness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman ter astronaut has reported entering this spe- Yet the resistance also comes from a sense mouth of the 18-year-old child of a millionaire, welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted by email at [email protected], or by phone at cial state of altered awareness upon viewing that when we do step into space, we should do it and dons a cowboy hat for a post-flight presser, 202.886.0003. our pale blue dot against the blackness of the together. One man’s pursuit of a lifelong pas- it feels less like celebration for mankind and universe. They’ve described the Earth as sion, made possible by the depth of his pockets, more like an individual victory lap. Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday “beautiful” and “tiny.” Often, they’ve said so far seems to have very little to do with us. This visionary’s ultimate ambition might be through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and “fragile,” too. 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Lee 69-67—136 -6 Sporting Kansas City at Los Angeles FC Purse: $2.5 million be challenged to respond should Colorado 7 3 3 24 21 13 Real Salt Lake at LA Galaxy Cameron Champ 69-67—136 -6 Yardage: 6,641; Par: 70 LAFC 6 5 3 21 18 15 San Jose at Portland Mark Hubbard 68-68—136 -6 Second Round veteran SEC Commissioner Greg Portland 6 6 1 19 17 20 Adam Schenk 65-71—136 -6 Darren Clarke, Northern Ireland 65-67—132 -8 Sankey make a bold move. NWSL Chris Baker 66-70—136 -6 Minnesota 5 5 3 18 13 16 Jerry Kelly, United States 67-66—133 -7 Luke Donald 69-68—137 -5 Bernhard Langer, Germany 66-67—133 -7 Texas and Oklahoma will re- Real Salt Lake 4 4 5 17 21 16 WLTPts GF GA Nick Watney 67-70—137 -5 Ernie Els, South Africa 67-67—134 -6 portedly inform the Big 12 in the Houston 3 4 7 16 16 19 Portland 6 3 1 19 16 7 Rafa Cabrera Bello 69-68—137 -5 Paul Broadhurst, England 69-65—134 -6 next few days that they are leav- Austin FC 3 7 4 13 10 15 Chicago 5 4 2 17 11 15 Scott Stallings 65-72—137 -5 Ian Woosnam, Wales 68-68—136 -4 San Jose 3 7 4 13 16 24 North Carolina 5 4 2 17 15 8 Rickie Fowler 64-73—137 -5 Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain 69-67—136 -4 ing, though neither school has is- Vancouver 3 7 4 13 14 23 Gotham FC 4 1 4 16 10 5 Pat Perez 72-65—137 -5 Jarmo Sandelin, Sweden 69-67—136 -4 sued any statements beyond non- Jason Dufner 68-69—137 -5 FC Dallas 2 7 5 11 14 23 Houston 5 4 1 16 13 11 Yoshinobu Tsukada, Japan 71-65—136 -4 Scott Brown 69-68—137 -5 Peter Fowler, Australia 67-70—137 -3 denial references to rumors. Note: Three points for victory, one point Orlando 4 3 4 16 14 13 for tie. Mito Pereira 70-67—137 -5 Jean-Francois Remesy, France 68-69—137 -3 A 16-team SEC with the Long- Washington 4 3 3 15 12 11 Ryan Brehm 67-70—137 -5 Thomas Bjorn, Denmark 68-69—137 -3 Saturday’s games Louisville 3 4 2 11 7 13 horns and Sooners has the poten- Columbus at Atlanta Reign FC 3 6 1 10 8 13 AP SPORTLIGHT TENNIS tial to make what is already the Portland at Minnesota Kansas City 0 7 4 4 5 15 strongest conference in college Toronto FC at Chicago Note: Three points for victory, one point July 25 Los Cabos Open Cincinnati at Nashville for tie. 1976 — In Montreal, Edwin Moses of the football even more dominant and LA Galaxy at FC Dallas Friday’s game United States sets an Olympic record in Friday Colorado at Real Salt Lake the 400 hurdles with a time of 47.63. At Solaz Resort & Spa Los Cabos wealthy. Houston at San Jose North Carolina 0, Kansas City 0, tie 2007 — Michael Rasmussen, the leader Los Cabos, Mexico Do the other conferences have Vancouver at Los Angeles FC Saturday’s games of the Tour de France, is removed from the Purse: $598,545 race by his Rabobank team after winning Surface: Hardcourt outdoor to react? Sunday’s games Reign FC at Orlando Portland at Houston the 16th stage. Rasmussen is sent home Men’s Singles CF Montréal at New England for violating (the team’s) internal rules. For now, the Big Ten — the Sunday’s games Semifinals Orlando City at New York City FC The Danish cyclist missed random drug Cameron Norrie (1), Britain, def. Taylor SEC’s closest rival in quality and Philadelphia at Miami Washington at Louisville tests May 8 and June 28, saying he was in Fritz (3), United States, 6-3, 6-1. New York at D.C. United Chicago at Gotham FC Mexico. Brandon Nakashima, United States, def. revenue generation —- apparent- John Isner (2), United States, 7-5, 6-4. DEALS ly is not feeling pressured into it. Palermo Ladies Open “We haven’t had conversations Friday’s transactions LHPs Adam Shoemaker, Kris Anglin, Sa- FOOTBALL Friday (about expansion), we’re not over- muel Strickland, SSs Luke Waddell, Cal National Football League At Country Time Club BASEBALL Conley, Caleb Durbin, Cs Adam Zebrowski, ARIZONA CARDINALS — Placed CB Lo- Palermo, Italy reacting, it’s not who we are,” Major League Baseball Tyler Tolve and OF Tyler Collins on minor renzo Burns on the reserve/COVID-19 list. American League league contracts. Purse: Euro 189,708 Ohio State athletic director Gene DETROIT LIONS — Signed CB Ifeatu Meli- Surface: Red clay — Agreed to terms CHICAGO CUBS — Reinstated 3B Matt BALTIMORE ORIOLES fonwu to a four-year contract. Women’s Singles Smith said at Big Ten media days with C Creed Willems, 3B Ryan Higgins, Duffy from the 60-day IL. Designated 2B Er- GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed WR Ama- OFs Billy Cook and Reed Trimble, RHPs Jus- ic Sogard for assignment. Claimed OF Joh- Quarterfinals Friday. “We just have to pause, ri Rodgers. Oceane Dodin (6), France, def. Jaqueline tin Armbruester, Carlos Tavera, Keagan neshwy Fargas off waivers from New York JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Placed CBs Gillies, Conor Grady, Peter Van Loon, Ryan Mets and optioned him to Iowa (Triple-A C.J. Henderson and Luq Barcoo on the CO- Adina Cristian, Romania, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-4. study, learn, do what’s right for us. Long and Alex Pham to minor league con- East). Transferred LHP Brad Wieck from VID-19 list and LB Leon Jacobs on the ac- Zhang Shuai (4), China, def. Olga Dani- But we haven’t had conversations tracts. Reinstated INF Maikel Franco from the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL. tive physically unable to play (PUP) list. lovic, Serbia, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2). — Recalled 2B Alejo the 10-day IL. Placed RHP Tyler Wells on CINCINNATI REDS LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Signed S Divine Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Romania, def. Lu- about that move collectively.” the 10-day IL. Lopez and RHP Vladimir Gutierrez from Deablo and DE Malcolm Koonce to four- cia Bronzetti, Italy, 6-4, 7-5. BOSTON RED SOX — Placed RHP Hiroka- Louisville (Triple-A East). Placed LHP Amir Danielle Collins (1), United States, def. Smith stressed that having a Garrett on the paternity list. Released RHP year contracts. zu Sawamura on the 10-day IL, retroactive LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Signed WR Astra Sharma (7), Australia, 6-1, 6-4. to July 20. Recalled RHP Phillips Valdez Jose De Leon. Placed RF Nick Castellanos commissioner in Kevin Warren, on the 10-day IL, retroactive to July 20. Josh Palmer. from Worcester (Triple-A East). MIAMI DOLPHINS — Waived DE Nick Coe Croatia Open who is still settling into college DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Recalled RHP Brusdar Graterol and LHP Darien Nunez and LS Rex Sunahara. Signed LB Shaquem RHP Jackson Jobe, SS Izaac Pacheco and C Griffin and CB Cre’Von LeBlanc to con- Friday sports after a long career in the Mike Rothenberg on minor league con- from Oklahoma City (Triple-A West). At ITC Stella Maris Placed INF Max Muncy on paternity leave. tracts. Signed S Jevon Holland. NFL, is not an issue for the league. tracts. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed TE Umag, Croatia HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms Optioned LHP Garrett Cleavinger to Okla- Purse: Euro 419,470 homa City. David Wells. “What’s a blessing for our with RHPs Bryant Salgado and Adrian NEW YORK JETS — Placed S Marcus Surface: Red clay Chaidez and OF Jaxon Hallmark on minor MIAMI MARLINS — Designated RHP An- Men’s Singles drew Bellatti for assignment. Selected the Maye on the non-football injury list. league is the collective intellectual league contracts. Sent RHP Pedro Baez to TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Placed S Quarterfinals Sugar Land (Triple-A West) for a rehab as- contract of 3B Deven Marrero from Jack- knowledge among our ADs and sonville (Triple-A East). Recalled C Chad Jordan Whitehead on the reserve/CO- Richard Gasquet (4), France, def. Damir signment. VID-19 list. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Recalled RHP Wallach from Jacksonville. Placed 3B Jon Dzumhur, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 6-3, 7-6 (7). our presidents,” Smith said. “If we Berti on the 7-day IL. HOCKEY Daniel Altmaier, Germany, def. Dusan Domingo Tapia from Omaha (Triple-A National Hockey League decide we need to dosomething East). NEW YORK METS — Acquired LHP Rich Lajovic (2), Serbia, 6-2, 6-4. MINNESOTA TWINS — Recalled LF Brent Hill from Tampa Bay in exchange for RHP ARIZONA COYOTES — Acquired Fs Loui Albert Ramos-Vinolas (1), Spain, def. we’ll be in good position to do so.” Rooker from St. Paul (Triple-A East). Tommy Hunter and C Matt Dyer. Trans- Eriksson, Antoine Roussel, Jay Beagle, a Stefano Travaglia, Italy, 6-2, 6-1. NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned RHP ferred RHP Robert Stock from the 10-day IL 2021 first-round pick (No. 9), a 2022 sec- Carlos Alcaraz (7), Spain, def. Filip Kraji- Warren has been the commis- Brooks Kriske to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to the 60-day IL. ond-round draft pick and a 2023 seventh- novic (3), Serbia, 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-1. (Triple-A East). Reinstated LHP Nestor PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Optioned round draft pick from Vancouver in ex- sioner since January 2020, but cortes and RHP Jonathan Loaisiga from RHP Maurico Llovera to Lehigh Valley (Tri- change for D Oliver Ekman-Larsson and F Poland Open navigating the pandemic has con- the COVID-19 IL. Transferred RHP Darren ple-A East). Reinstated 3B Alec Bohm from Conor Garland. O’Day from the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL. the 10-day IL. BOSTON BRUINS — Signed LW Taylor Friday sumed most of his time in the con- Optioned RHP Nick Nelson to Scranton/ PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Reinstated RHP Hall to a four-year contract extension. At Arka Tennis Club Wilkes-Barre. Luis Oviedo from the 10-day IL. Optioned CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Acquired D Gdynia, Poland ference. He is still building rela- SEATTLE MARINERS — Reinstated RHP RHP Max Kranick to Indianapolis (Triple-A Seth Jones, a 2021 first-round draft pick Purse: $235,238 Casey Sadler from the 60-day IL. Designat- East). and a 2022 sixth-round draft pick from Co- Surface: Red clay tionships within his own league. ed RHP Rafael Montero for assignment. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Reinstated RHP lumbus in exchange for D Adam Boqvist, a Women’s Singles In the ACC, former Northwest- TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned RHP Chris Craig Stammen from the paternity list. Op- 2021 first-round draft pick, a 2021 second- Quarterfinals Mazza to Durham (Triple-A East). Sent tioned LHP Daniel Camarena to El Paso round draft pick and a 2022 first-round ern AD Jim Phillips is in his sev- draft pick. Tamara Korpatsch, Germany, def. Anna RHP Nick Anderson to Florida Complex (Triple-A West). Bondar, Hungary, 7-5, 6-3. League (FCL) on a rehab assignment. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Agreed to COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Acquired D enth month as commissioner. Jake Bean from Carolina in exchange for a Kristina Kucova, Slovakia, def. Ekaterine Placed DH Nelson Cruz on the active ros- terms with free agent RHP Gerson Bautis- Gorgodze, Georgia, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3). Phillips is a veteran of college ter. Recalled RHP Louis Head from Dur- ta on a minor league contract. Agreed to 2021 second-round draft pick. NEW YORK RANGERS — Waived D Tony Maryna Zanevska, Belgium, def. Nuria ham. terms with RHP Will Bednar, LHP Matt Mi- Parrizas-Diaz (9), Spain, 6-3, 6-2. sports who has been active at the TEXAS RANGERS — Reinstated C Jose kulski, RHP Mason Black, LHP Seth Lon- DeAngelo for purpose of contract buyout. Trevino from the 10-day IL. Selected the sway, LHP Rohan Handa, RHP Mat Olsen, PHILADELHPHIA Flyers — Acquired D NCAA level. His longevity should contract of 1B Curtis Terry from Round OF Vaun Brown, RHPs Landen Roupp, Nick Rasmus Ristolainen from Buffalo in ex- Swiss Open Sinacola, Ian Villers, Tyler Myrick and Hun- change for D Robert Hagg, a 2021 first- give him credibility and relation- Rock (Triple-A West) and agreed to terms Friday on a major league contract. Optioned 2B ter Dula on minor league contracts. round draft pick (No. 14) and a 2023 sec- Agreed to terms with OF Jared Dupere, ond-round draft pick. At Roy Emerson Arena ships across the country. Nick Solak to Round Rock. Designated C Gstaad, Switzerland John Hicks for assignment. RHP Brett Standlee, 3B Irvin Murr III, RHP ST. LOUIS BLUES — Acquired F Pavel Phillips already has an expan- TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Placed C Danny Evan Gates and C Max Wright on minor Buchnevich from the New York Rangers in Purse: Euro 419,470 Jansen on the 10-day IL. Recalled C Alejan- league contracts. exchange for F Sammy Blais and a 2022 Surface: Red clay sion target: Notre Dame. The dro Kirk from Buffalo (Triple-A East). Rein- BASKETBALL second-round draft pick. Men’s Singles stated INF Breyvic Valera from the family National Basketball Association SAN JOSE SHARKS — Waived LW Lean Quarterfinals Fighting Irish compete in the ACC medical emergency list. Optioned RHP Pa- ATLANTA HAWKS — Named Marty Lau- Bergmann. Hugo Gaston, France, def. Cristian Garin in most sports but returned to foot- trick Murphy to Buffalo. zon director of athletic performance and TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Re-signed F (4), Chile, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (11). National League sports medicine, Joe Prunty and Jamelle Gemel Smith to a two-year, two-way con- Laslo Djere (7), Serbia, def. Arthur Rin- ball independence after a tempo- ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms McMillan assistant coaches. tract. derknech, France, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4. with free agents RHP J.J. Niekro, SS Ander- Women’s National Basketball SOCCER Vit Kopriva, Czech Republic, def. Mikael rary, pandemic-induced season son De Los Santos on minor league con- Association Major League Soccer Ymer, Sweden, 6-1, 6-0. playing in the conference last sea- tracts. Agreed to terms with RHPs Ryan SEATTLE STORM — Signed G Kiana Wil- ATLANTA UNITED — Terminated the con- Casper Ruud (3), Norway, def. Benoit Cusick, AJ Smith-Shawver, Austin Smith, liams to a seven-day contract. tract of D Fernando Meza. Paire (6), France, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3. son. Sunday, July 25, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 MLB

Scoreboard ROUNDUP

American League East Division WLPct GB Boston 60 38 .612 _ Devers propels BoSox past Yanks Tampa Bay 59 39 .602 1 New York 50 46 .521 9 Associated Press Toronto 48 45 .516 9½ BOSTON — Rafael Devers hit Baltimore 32 64 .333 27 two home runs, including a go- Central Division ahead blast in the fifth inning, to WLPct GB help the Boston Red Sox best New Chicago 58 39 .598 _ York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole for Cleveland 48 47 .505 9 Detroit 47 52 .475 12 the second straight time at Fenway Minnesota 42 56 .429 16½ Park in a 6-2 victory Friday night. Kansas City 40 55 .421 17 Devers followed his two-run West Division with a three-run homer in the sev- WLPct GB enth — the 100th of his career — to Houston 59 39 .602 _ help Boston improve to 9-2 against Oakland 56 43 .566 3½ New York this season. The Red Seattle 52 46 .531 7 Sox maintained their one-game Los Angeles 47 49 .490 11 Texas 35 63 .357 24 AL East lead over Tampa Bay and increased their lead to nine games National League over the third-place Yankees. East Division Yacksel Rios (3-0) got the victo- WLPct GB ry, pitching two scoreless innings New York 51 43 .543 _ to cap a strong night from the bull- Philadelphia 48 48 .500 4 Atlanta 47 49 .490 5 pen after starter Eduardo Rodri- Washington 45 51 .469 7 guez left in the second inning after Miami 41 57 .418 12 experiencing migraine symp- Central Division toms. WLPct GB Cole (10-5) started strong for Milwaukee 57 41 .582 _ New York, but was pulled after fiv- Cincinnati 50 47 .515 6½ ing innings, giving up three runs St. Louis 49 49 .500 8 off six hits, striking out eight and Chicago 48 50 .490 9 Pittsburgh 37 60 .381 19½ walking two. West Division Mets 3, Blue Jays 0: Tylor Me- WLPct GB gill threw six scoreless innings for his first big league victory and got San Francisco 61 36 .629 _ Los Angeles 59 40 .596 3 his first career hit, Pete Alonso San Diego 58 42 .580 4½ homered twice and New York beat Colorado 43 54 .443 18 visiting Toronto. Arizona 30 69 .303 32 Alonso continued his post- Friday’s games Home Run Derby surge, hitting a N.Y. Mets 3, Toronto 0 Baltimore 6, Washington 1 two-run shot off former teammate Tampa Bay 10, Cleveland 5 Boston 6, N.Y. Yankees 2 Steven Matz (8-5) in the first in- Kansas City 5, Detroit 3 Milwaukee 7, Chicago White Sox 1 ning and adding a solo blast off Minnesota 5, L.A. Angels 4 Ryan Borucki in the eighth. Alonso Houston 7, Texas 3 Seattle 4, Oakland 3 has four homers in his last four Chicago Cubs 8, Arizona 3 Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 1 games. San Diego 5, Miami 2 Cincinnati 6, St. Louis 5 Rays 10, Indians 5:Nelson Cruz Pittsburgh 6, San Francisco 4 AP Colorado 9, L.A. Dodgers 6, 10 innings homered in his debut with his new ELISE AMENDOLA/ Saturday’s games team and Joey Wendle hit a go- The Red Sox’s Rafael Devers, right, celebrates his three­run homer with Enrique Hernandez during the N.Y. Yankees at Boston ahead single in a six-run ninth in- Washington at Baltimore seventh inning of Friday’s game against the New York Yankees in Boston. The Red Sox won 6­2. Chicago White Sox at Milwaukee ning to help Tampa Bay beat host Detroit at Kansas City L.A. Angels at Minnesota Cleveland. O’Hearn hit a three-run homer, Tampa Bay at Cleveland Texas at Houston Cubs 8, Diamondbacks 3: Ja- Carlos Santana also connected and Toronto at N.Y. Mets Oakland at Seattle vier Báez homered, Robinson Chi- host Kansas City ended Detroit’s Arizona at Chicago Cubs rinos went deep twice, Zach Da- winning streak at seven. Atlanta at Philadelphia San Diego at Miami vies earned his first victory since a Twins 5, Angels 4:Nick Gordon St. Louis at Cincinnati Pittsburgh at San Francisco combined no-hitter last month and scored the go-ahead run in the Colorado at L.A. Dodgers Chicago beat visiting Arizona. eighth inning on a throwing error Sunday’s games Washington (Lester 3-4) at Baltimore Astros 7, Rangers 3: Kyle by catcher Kurt Suzuki in Minne- (Means 4-3) Tucker hit a three-run homer in sota’s victory over visiting Los An- N.Y. Yankees (Germán 4-5) at Boston (Pérez 7-6) his team’s big third inning to help geles. Tampa Bay (McClanahan 4-3) at Cleve- land (McKenzie 1-4) host Houston hand Texas its 10th Mariners 4, Athletics 3: Cal Ra- Toronto (Stripling 3-6) at N.Y. Mets (TBD) Detroit (Skubal 6-8) at Kansas City straight loss. leigh and Luis Torrens hit back-to- (Lynch 0-2) L.A. Angels (TBD) at Minnesota (Ober 1-1) Phillies 5, Braves 1: Zack back homers, Dylan Moore scored Texas (TBD) at Houston (Greinke 9-3) Wheeler returned to his All-Star the go-ahead run on consecutive Oakland (Irvin 7-8) at Seattle (Gonzales 2-5) form for seven innings, Bryce wild pitches and host Seattle beat Chicago White Sox (Lynn 9-3) at Milwau- kee (Woodruff 7-4) Harper stole three bases, includ- Oakland. Atlanta (Toussaint 1-0) at Philadelphia (Nola 6-6) ing home, and Philadelphia beat Pirates 6, Giants 4:Bryan Rey- San Diego (Darvish 7-4) at Miami (Rog- visiting Atlanta. nolds homered, Adam Frazier ers 7-6) St. Louis (Oviedo 0-5) at Cincinnati (Gray Orioles 6, Nationals 1: Pat Va- TONY DEJAK/AP drew a bases-loaded walk to force 2-5) Arizona (Smith 3-6) at Chicago Cubs laika homered twice — doubling The Rays’ Nelson Cruz celebrates with teammates after hitting a solo in the go-ahead run in the seventh (Williams 3-2) Pittsburgh (Brubaker 4-9) at San Fran- his total for the season — and host home run against the Indians on Friday in Cleveland. Acquired a day inning when his team scored three cisco (Wood 8-3) earlier in a four­player trade with Minnesota, Cruz hit his 20th homer, Colorado (Gray 6-6) at L.A. Dodgers Baltimore beat Washington for times without a hit, and Pittsburgh (Gray 0-0) just its second victory in its last 11 walked and scored twice in his debut with Tampa Bay. beat host San Francisco. Monday’s games home games. Rockies 9, Dodgers 6 (10): Toronto at Boston Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Padres 5, Marlins 2:Joe Mus- Reds 6, Cardinals 5:Tyler Ste- Brewers 7, White Sox 1: Ty- Trevor Story homered and drove Detroit at Minnesota Colorado at L.A. Angels grove pitched six solid innings, phenson drove in Kyle Farmer rone Taylor hit a grand slam to cap in the go-ahead run in the 10th in- Houston at Seattle Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 1st game Tommy Pham led off with a home with a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in Milwaukee’s six-run seventh in- ning as Colorado took advantage of Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 2nd game run and visiting San Diego beat the eighth inning, rallying host ning against visiting Chicago. host Los Angeles’ recent bullpen Washington at Philadelphia Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs Miami. Cincinnati past St. Louis. Royals 5, Tigers 3: Ryan woes. PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, July 25, 2021 NHL Power selected with No. 1 pick Michigan players go 1-2 in draft BY JOHN WAWROW Hughes, who is committed to play- Associated Press ing at Michigan this season, was The NHL Draft turned into a chosen fourth overall by the the Michigan maize and blue affair Devils, where the defenseman is Friday night. And there’s a united with brother Jack, who was Hughes sibling reunion set to hap- the No. 1 pick in the 2019 draft. pen in New Jersey. Hughes watched the draft on his Whatever challenges the coro- family’s living room couch with navirus pandemic presented both of his NHL-playing brothers, scouts in grading prospects, many rounded out by Quinn, who was of whom played shortened sea- selected seventh overall by Van- sons, was unable to put a dent on couver in 2018. Jack Hughes im- the Wolverines’ hold on the top mediately jumped up and began SERGEI GRITS/AP rankings. Four players with ties to hugging Luke upon hearing Dev- Canada’s Owen Power, right, who played collegiately at Michigan, was the top pick Friday in the NHL Draft Michigan were taken among the ils GM Tom Fitzgerald announce by the Buffalo Sabres. Power was one of three Michigan teammates who were taken in the first five picks. top five selections. the pick. The run began with defense- “I think Jack’s even more excit- the world,” general manager man Owen Power going No. 1 to ed — that might be the happiest Marc Bergevin said. “But he’s a Scoreboard the Buffalo Sabres followed by I’ve ever seen him,” said Luke young man who made a serious center Matthew Beniers being se- Hughes, who spent last season mistake of judgment and we really NHL Draft Flint (OHL). 17. St. Louis, Zachary Bolduc, C, Rimous- lected second by the expansion playing for USA Hockey’s devel- have to work with him.” Friday ki (QMJHL). First Round 18. Winnipeg, Chaz Lucius, C, USA U-18 Seattle Kraken. opmental program. “It’s a dream Ontario junior center Mason 1. Buffalo, Owen Power, D, Michigan (NTDP). It marked the first time since come true to play in the NHL and McTavish was the only player (NCAA). 19. Nashville, Fedor Svechkov, C, Lada 2. Seattle, Matthew Beniers, C, Michigan Togliatti (VHL). 1969 that teammates went with the it’s also a dream come true to play without Michigan ties to round out (NCAA). 20. Minnesota (from Edmonton), Jesper 3. Anaheim, Mason McTavish, C, EHC Ol- Wallstedt, G, Lulea (Sweden). first two selections. with your brother. Both those the top five, after he was selected ten (Swiss League). 21. Boston, Fabian Lysell, RW, Lulea Things developed so quickly, things are happening tonight. third overall by Anahiem. 4. New Jersey, Luke Hughes, D, USA U-18 (Sweden). (NTDP). 22. Edmonton (from Minnesota), Xavier Beniers was in the middle of an in- The draft had it’s controversial NHL scouting officials entered 5. Columbus, Kent Johnson, C, Michigan Bourgault, C, Shawinigan (QMJHL). terview when he watched a third moment as well. The Montreal the draft expressing concern over (NCAA). 23. Dallas (from Washington through 6. Detroit, Simon Edvinsson, D, Frolunda Detroit), Wyatt Johnston, C, Windsor Michigan player, forward Kent Canadiens used their 31st selec- projecting prospects because of a Jr. (Sweden-Jr.). (OHL). 7. San Jose, William Eklund, LW, Djurgar- 24. Florida, Mackie Samoskevich, RW, Johnson, get selected fifth by Co- tion to select Logan Mailloux, who lack of playing time due to CO- Chicago (USHL). den (Sweden). 25. Columbus (from Toronto), Corson lumbus. was criminally convicted in Swe- VID-19 and after the combine was 8. Los Angeles, Brandt Clarke, D, Barrie Ceulemans, D, Brooks (AJHL). (OHL). 26. Minnesota (from Pittsburgh), Carson “I’m kind of lost for words right den last year for sharing an expli- canceled for a second consecutive 9. Arizona (from Vancouver), Dylan Lambos, D, Winnipeg (WHL). now,” Beniers said. “I’m just so cit photo of a woman performing a year. Guenther, RW, Edmonton (WHL). 27. Nashville (from Carolina), Zachary 10. Ottawa, Tyler Boucher, RW, USA U-18 L'Heureux, LW, Halifax (QMJHL). excited for my teammates and for sex act without her consent. Mail- Michigan played 26 games be- (NTDP). 28. Colorado, Oskar Olausson, RW, HV 71 11. Arizona, pick forfeited. (Sweden). what’s next.” loux had asked teams not to select fore its season abruptly ended 12. Columbus (from Chicago), Cole Sill- 29. New Jersey, (from N.Y. Islanders), The trio made Michigan college him even though a player cannot with a series of positive tests just inger, C, Sioux Falls (USHL). Chase Stillman, C, Sudbury (OHL). 13. Calgary, Matthew Coronato, RW, Chi- 30. Vegas, Zach Dean, C, Gatineau hockey’s first program to have remove himself from the draft. before the start of the NCAA Tour- cago (USHL). (QMJHL). 14. Buffalo (from Philadelphia), Isak Ro- 31. Montreal, Logan Mailloux, D, London three teammates selected in the “I know he’s been remorseful nament. The Ontario Hockey sen, RW, Leksand (Sweden). (GOJHL). first round. about the incident, which we truly League, by comparison, had its 15. Detroit (from Dallas), Sebastian Cos- 32. Chicago (from Tampa Bay through sa, G, Edmonton (WHL). Columbus), Nolan Allan, D, Prince Albert That wasn’t all, however. Luke don’t agree with it in all sense of entire season canceled. 16. N.Y. Rangers, Brennan Othmann, LW, (WHL). Blackhawks acquire Jones from Blue Jackets

BY STEPHEN WHYNO deal. The person spoke to The Associated blockbuster by sending captain Oliver Ekman- Associated Press Press on condition of anonymity because the Larsson and forward Conor Garland to Van- SECAUCUS, N.J. — Seth Jones is now with extension cannot be signed until next week. couver for the No. 9 selection, a 2022 second- the Chicago Blackhawks and could become the Bowman said the Blackhawks have been round pick, 2023 seventh-rounder and three organization’s cornerstone on the blue line. plotting their cap situation and stockpiling as- veteran forwards. Chicago acquired the star defenseman from sets to make this kind of move. Chicago’s re- The St. Louis Blues also acquired high-scor- the Columbus Blue Jackets in a blockbuster build just got a jumpstart. ing forward Pavel Buchnevich from the New trade Friday just before the NHL Draft began. “You’re always looking for opportunities to York Rangers for Sammy Blais and a 2022 sec- The Blackhawks got Jones and the 32nd pick in try to accelerate your team’s progression,” ond-round pick. the draft and a 2022 sixth-rounder from the Bowman said. “We certainly had to include a “He’s going to touch all aspects of our game Blue Jackets for 20-year-old defenseman young player in Adam Boqvist and a draft pick, and he’s at a good age,” Blues GM Doug Arm- Adam Boqvist, the 12th and 44th picks in the as well — a couple draft picks. But there are so strong said of the 26-year-old Buchnevich, who draft and a 2022 first-rounder. few opportunities to add a player of this caliber is a restricted free agent. “As we continue to “Thrilled to be able to add someone like Seth that you have to take advantage of it when they retool this roster, I think he’s a good piece for Jones to our team,” general manager Stan come around.” us.” Bowman said on a video call after the first The Blackhawks acquired Seth’s brother, Earlier in the day, the Philadelphia Flyers round. “He’s an impact defenseman that we’ve Caleb, last week in a trade that sent Duncan traded the 14th pick and a 2023 second-round- been searching for for quite some time, and to Keith to Edmonton. Caleb Jones could be a part er to the Buffalo Sabres for big defenseman finally be able to add him to our group here is a of Chicago’s future, but Seth is expected to be Rasmus Ristolainen. huge move for the whole group. I think it the No. 1 defenseman for years to come. “He’s a player we’ve been looking at the last SAM HODDE/AP changes the complexion of our defense in par- Jones skated more than 25 minutes a game three years,” Flyers general manager Chuck Defenseman Seth Jones was ticular but our team in general.” last season and recorded 28 points in 56 games. Fletcher said of Ristolainen. “He can shoot the traded to the Chicago And this isn’t a one-year move. Jones agreed He has 286 points in 580 regular-season NHL puck, he can skate, he’s big and strong.” Blackhawks on Friday, then to terms on a $76 million, eight-year extension games. quickly agreed to an eight­year, that carries a $9.5 million annual salary cap hit, The trade was the fourth and biggest of the AP hockey qriter John Wawrow and AP sports writers Jay Cohen and $76 million extension. according to a person with knowledge of the day, which also included Arizona pulling off a Dan Gelston contributed to this report. Sunday, July 25, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 NFL/OLYMPICS

Teams making VOLLEYBALL progress with vaccinations Cancellation Associated Press quiets beach The number of NFL players in the COVID-19 vaccination process venue early has reached 80%, with nine teams Associated Press having 90% or more of their players in that category. TOKYO — The Olympic beach Dr. Allen Sills, the league’s med- volleyball tournament got off to ical director, said Friday that near- the quintessential coronavirus- ly all Tier 1 and era start. Tier 2 team em- The event’s first scheduled ployees — those match at the pandemic-delayed who deal directly Tokyo Games was canceled on with players — Saturday because a Czech player have been vacci- tested positive for COVID-19. nated. Five That knocked Markéta Sluková, teams are at less who tested positive earlier this than 70% of play- week, and partner Barbora Her- Sills ers who have ei- mannova out of the tournament. ther received one MARK HUMPHREY/AP Already empty because of the vaccination shot or both. He is opti- Kaleigh Gilchrist scored two goals in the United States’ opening 25­4 victory over Japan in women’s water ban on fans, the venue at Shiokaze mistic the number of vaccinated polo on Saturday at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Park was eerily still when the players will continue to rise as match was supposed to start at 9 training camps open. a.m. on Saturday, the only sound “I think we are off to an excellent WATER POLO an ear-splitting drone from the ci- start,” Sills said. “Those numbers cadas in the nearby trees. are much higher than what we’re An hour later, when reigning seeing in society as a whole. There gold medalist Alison took the has been a lot of movement in that court, he pointed at the empty area. As you see players coming to stands to acknowledge the fans as training camp, you will see more Gilchrist makes winning if they were cheering him on. players beginning that process (of “The feelings were different,” vaccination).” said the 6-foot-8 Brazilian who Sills cited teams having strong won the men’s gold medal in Rio advocates for vaccination among de Janeiro. “The situation is very players and coaches, as well as the return at Tokyo games different in the world. (I am) very educational materials available. happy it is finally here.” “I think that has influenced a lot BY JAY COHEN ous process that tested her both mourned the loss in a social media In a sport that thrives on its of players,” he said. “I think we are Associated Press mentally and physically. post paying tribute to his influence beach party vibe, with dance still seeing a lot of positive momen- TOKYO — On the way to her “Every moment, we called it, on her outlook. teams that did the samba on Rio’s tum. Numbers are changing on a first game in the Tokyo Olympics, was a big day,” U.S. trainer Larnie “He was such a mentor for me,” Copacabana Beach or hammed it day-by-day basis and I think we’ll Kaleigh Gilchrist cried. She Boquiren told the AP, “because she said. up to the Benny Hill theme in Lon- be seeing them day by day going looked at pictures of family and from that point forward every- If the Olympics had gone on as don, the venue overlooking Tokyo up. friends, and thought about climb- thing was going to be new. The fact scheduled in 2020, Gilchrist might Bay struggled to match the mood “What matters is that individuals ing out of that terrifying night in that she was going to stand. The not have been ready. The physical of its predecessors. have the most accurate informa- South Korea. And the tears just fact that was going to move her side was only part of the rehab for A disc jockey pumped rock mu- tion. Let’s not get information from started falling. muscles. The fact that she was go- her. sic through the speakers and Instagram or Facebook posts. Let’s Tears of joy — and gratitude. ing to be getting in the water. Gilchrist, who is also an accom- called out the play-by-play. But try to hear from the most reputable Playing in the city where her fa- Those were all milestones and big plished surfer, has dealt with some for most of the session the only ap- professionals. You don’t shout any- ther, Sandy, swam for Canada in days.” panic attacks since the accident in plause in the sweltering tempora- one into belief here — there have to the 1964 Games, Kaleigh Gilchrist Boquiren was right by Gil- South Korea. When she started ry arena — it was 90 degrees Fah- be thoughtful conversations. What made a successful return to the christ’s side throughout her rehab, working on the mental side, she renheit, and hotter on the sand — we can do is provide the facts and Olympics when she scored two which included everything from said she gained the confidence she was from the half-dozen ball at- make sure the entirety of the med- goals in the United States’ opening tap dancing to Gilchrist picking up needed to make the team for To- tendants who clapped their plas- ical facts are presented.” 25-4 victory over Japan in wom- marbles with her toes and drop- kyo. tic-gloved hands when the teams On Thursday, NFL Commission- en’s water polo on Saturday. ping them into a cup. Gilchrist, Bo- “I did three different sessions a were announced. er Roger Goodell sent a memo to “These Games were almost tak- quiren said, made her better, too. week with different types of ther- the 32 teams warning that forfeited en away from me not once but “We pushed each other,” Boqui- apy to get better,” she said. “It still regular-season games could occur twice with the injury and the pan- ren said. “For myself, I grew, too, pops up here and there, of course, for a COVID-19 outbreak caused demic,” Gilchrist said. “So what as a person, just by knowing her and that’s something I’m going to by nonvaccinated players. I’ve learned through it all is just to and getting to know her as a person forever have to learn to work with. Dawn Aponte, the league’s chief really embrace it.” and as a friend.” But I have the confidence when I football administrative officer, re- Gilchrist, 29, helped the U.S. to Boquiren dubbed Gilchrist’s feel those things that I have the iterated that games will not be post- its second straight gold medal in comeback her “Mamba Mission” tools to be able to work with them.” poned to avoid roster issues be- Rio, but her playing career was in in honor of another key figure for Gilchrist was part of an impres- cause of the flexibility built in: CO- jeopardy after she got hurt while the Newport Beach, Calif., native. sive attack for the U.S. in Japan’s VID-19 replacement players; ex- celebrating a world championship Gilchrist struck up a friendship first appearance in women’s water panded practice squads to 16 almost two years ago. She was on a with Kobe Bryant through their polo at the Olympics. The U.S. set players; a three-week minimum nightclub balcony when it col- shared Olympics experience, and Olympic records for most goals in stay on injured reserve instead of lapsed, killing two people and the former Los Angeles Lakers agame and largest margin of victo- six weeks; no limit on activating sending Gilchrist to the hospital. star stayed in touch with her while ry, but those records were prompt- players from IR. She sustained some deep lacer- she recovered. ly erased by Spain’s 29-4 win

That means 272 games on time ations on her left leg and got some “After my injury, I just reached against South Africa. FELIPE DANA/AP within 18 weeks “safely and re- stitches for cuts on her left thigh. out to pick his brain and he just Bronte Halligan scored three The sand is empty during the first sponsibly,” she said. She had surgery and stayed behind continued to check in on me and goals to help Australia open its To- women’s beach volleyball match “Flexible and adaptable will con- in South Korea for a few days while gave me some of his contacts,” she kyo slate with an 8-5 victory over of the Summer Olympics tinue to be key,” Aponte added, not- the rest of the team returned home. said. Canada, and ROC closed out the between Japan and Czech ing that Goodell’s memo was vetted To get to Tokyo, Gilchrist had to When Bryant died in a January first day with an 18-17 win over Republic after it was canceled on by people in a variety of NFL roles. navigate her way through an ardu- 2020 helicopter crash, Gilchrist China. Saturday in Tokyo. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, July 25, 2021 OLYMPICS China’s Yang takes games’ first gold medal Algerian judo athlete withdraws to avoid facing Israeli competitor in next round BY JAKE SEINER matchup with Israel’s Tohar Butbul in the Associated Press men’s 73 kg division on Monday. Nourine TOKYO — Hardly half a day passed be- was to face Sudan’s Mohamed Abdalrasool fore politics, the pandemic and blistering in the opening round, with the winner facing heat impacted events across the Tokyo Butbul, the fifth seed. Olympics. The International Judo Federation’s ex- China’s Yang Qian, at least, stayed right ecutive committee has temporarily sus- on target. pended Nourine and Benikhlef, who are Yang overtook Anastasiia Galashina of likely to face sanctions beyond the Olym- Russia to win the first gold medal of the To- pics. The Algerian Olympic committee then kyo Games in the women’s 10-meter air rifle withdrew both men’s accreditation and Saturday. Her last shot was her worst of the made plans to send them home. finals but still rallied her past Galashina Nourine and Benikhlef attribute their with an Olympic-record score of 251.8. Swit- stance to their political support for Palesti- zerland’s Nina Christen took bronze. nians. “It’s unbelievable that I can be here,” Yang said through an interpreter. “I was re- Sweltering start ally nervous. The competition was really Tennis player Daniil Medvedev wants or- tight, but I’m so happy that I could win.” ganizers to move matches to the evening af- ALEX BRANDON/AP Galashina led Yang by 0.2 points when ter players slogged through their opening China's Yang Qian won the first gold medal of the Olympics, in the women's 10­meter air they fired almost simultaneously on their matches in heat that reached 91 degrees and rifle at the Asaka Shooting Range in Tokyo. last shots. The limited crowd at Asaka Shoot- a heat index that made it feel like 100. ing Range let out gasps as the scores posted a Medvedev called it “some of the worst” the men’s 60-kilogram judo final. making noise as the youngest table tennis split second later. heat he’s played in after eliminating Alexan- The charismatic Takato’s success could player in Olympics history. Yang, a 21-year-old who qualified sixth of der Bublik of Kazakhstan 6-4, 7-6 (8). provide a much-needed jolt of excitement Zaza told Olympics.com that she was the eight medal competitors, missed the in- “I’m not going to lie. But you have to play,” for a nation still feeling profoundly ambiva- pleased with her performance and learned nermost circle on her final shot, a 9.8 that she the Russian said. “That’s the Olympics, you lent about these Olympics and discouraged from the loss — and she’s hoping for another figured would cost her gold. go for the medal. You are not here to cry by the scandals and coronavirus setbacks shot at the next Olympics, in Paris. She looked up to see Galashina missed the about the heat.” surrounding them. Two-time Olympic champion Kohei two center rings. The Russian’s 8.9 meant French Open finalist Anastasia Pavlyu- The 28-year-old Takato atoned for his dis- Uchimura’s Olympic career ended when IOC President Thomas Bach would present chenkova grasped for an air tube during a appointing bronze-medal performance in the 32-year-old Japanese gymnast fell dur- Yang the gold medal on a tray — per pan- medical timeout and shoved bags of ice up Rio de Janeiro five years ago with a hair- ing qualifying on high bar. demic protocols — instead of Galashina. her skirt during a changeover as she routed raising run to the Tokyo final at the venera- Considered by many the greatest of all Sara Errani of Italy 6-0, 6-1. ble Nippon Budokan arena, the site of judo’s time, the 2012 and ’16 all-around gold med- Palestinian pass “You’re just not feeling great,” Pavlyu- introduction to the Olympics in 1964. alist was midway through his set when he An Algerian judo athlete will be sent home chenkova said. “So I wasn’t enjoying it at Already done peeled off while doing a complicated con- after he withdrew from the competition to all.” The youngest competitor at the Tokyo nection. He picked himself up and finished avoid potentially facing an Israeli opponent. Games has been eliminated, and so has an his routine, drilling his dismount. Fethi Nourine and his coach, Amar Benik- On the board Olympic great. His score of 13.866 placed him outside of hlef, told Algerian media they were with- Naohisa Takato won Japan’s first gold Hend Zaza of Syria lost in straight sets to the top eight, meaning he will not make the drawing to avoid a possible second-round medal, beating Taiwan’s Yang Yung-wei in Liu Jia, ending the 12-year-old’s hopes of finals. Bouncing: Americans had four first-half goals disallowed

FROM PAGE 24 done and my focus was doing whatever I over Morgan, Megan Rapinoe for Press, But the Americans vowed to regain con- possibly could to help the team win. I’m Ertz for Sam Mewis, Emily Sonnett for O’H- trol of the tournament. Defender Kelley happy to get a goal and yeah, it’s nice to have ara, and Tierna Davidson for captain Becky O’Hara said the United States needed to be a fan in the stands, too.” Sauerbrunn. “ruthless” against New Zealand. It could have been worse for New Zealand The United States, the reigning World “Sweden was a very good team and we but the United States had four disallowed Cup champion, has been to every Olympics didn’t play our best, and when you do that goals, all for offside, in the first half. since women’s soccer joined the event in up against a top opponent, they’re going to An own-goal by Abby Erceg extended the 1996. The world’s top-ranked team has five punish you. So that wasn’t our best perform- U.S. lead to 3-0 in the 64th minute. New gold medals, more than any other nation. ance,” Crystal Dunn said. “I think we came Zealand avoided the shutout with Betsy The U.S. also lost the first match of the into Game 2 knowing that we don’t go from Hassett’s goal in the 72nd. 2008 Beijing Games, falling to Norway 2-0, being a really great team two days ago to not Christen Press, who came in as a second- but went on to win the gold. being a great team anymore.” half substitute, scored from the center of Their nemesis at the Olympics has been Rose Lavelle scored off a well-placed the box in the 80th off a feed from Julie Ertz, Sweden, which booted the Americans from pass from Tobin Heath in the ninth minute before Alex Morgan scored in the final min- the Rio de Janeiro Games in the quarterfi- to give the United States an early lead — utes of regulation. Another New Zealand nals five years ago. and the team’s first goal of the Olympics. own-goal closed out the game in stoppage “I think we were a little bit more com- Despite the lack of goals, the Americans time. posed, a little bit more patient on the ball dominated the half, unlike their out-of-sorts MARTIN MEJIA/AP “Look, from our perspective I thought we this game, and we know it’s going to be chal- start against the Swedes. The United States’ Rose Lavelle, left, had a terrific 80 minutes and unfortunately lenging chasing that gold medal,” Dunn Lindsey Horan scored with a header in celebrates with a teammate after scoring the last 10 minutes kind of let us down a little said. “So we’re not taking anything for the final moments of the half to put the Unit- Saturday against New Zealand at the bit on the scoreline,” New Zealand coach granted.” ed States up 2-0 at the break. It was Horan’s Summer Olympics in Saitama, Japan. Tom Sermanni said. “From an effort per- New Zealand lost to Australia 2-1 in its 23rd international goal and it came on her spective, you can’t fault the players, they opening match and the Ferns’ chances of milestone 100th appearance for the national “I think my approach going into this gave blood sweat and tears on the field to- reaching the knockout round grew slim team. game — obviously it’s in the back of your night to come up against a very good team.” with Saturday’s loss. Horan called it surreal: Her 100th cap head that you’re getting your 100th cap — U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski made five New Zealand had not played any matches while the First Lady looked on in an other- but I didn’t want that to be a factor today, changes to the starting lineup he used since March 2020 because of coronavirus wise empty stadium. Horan said. “I think we wanted to get the job against Sweden, giving Carli Lloyd the start restrictions. Sunday, July 25, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 OLYMPICS

Scoreboard SOFTBALL ROUNDUP

Medals table Rebecca Peterson, Sweden, def. Mayar Saturday, July 24 Sherif, Egypt, 7-5, 7-6 (1). Russia 21, Japan 18 Saturday, July 24 Barbora Krejcikova (8), Czech Republic, China 21, Romania 10 22 of 22 events def. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, 5-2, ret. Russia 19, China 9 Nation GSBTot Paula Badosa, Spain, def. Kristina Mla- Japan 20, Romania 8 denovic, France, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-0. Italy 15, Mongolia 14 Unbeaten China 3 0 1 4 Marketa Vondrousova, Czech Republic, United States 17, France 10 def. Kiki Bertens (16), Netherlands, 6-4, 3-6, United States 21, Mongolia 9 South Korea 1 0 2 3 6-4. France 19, Italy 16 Italy 1 1 0 2 Misaki Doi, Japan, def. Renata Zarazua, Sunday, July 25 Japan 1 1 0 2 Mexico, 6-3, 6-2. Japan vs Mongolia Belinda Bencic (9), Switzerland, def. Jes- Romania vs Italy Russia 0 1 1 2 sica Pegula, United States, 6-3, 6-3. Mongolia vs Russia US tops Serbia 0 1 1 2 Mihaela Buzarnescu, Romania, def. Ali- China vs Italy son Riske, United States, 6-7 (0), 7-5, 6-4. Ecuador 1 0 0 1 Romania vs United States Men’s Doubles Japan vs France Hungary 1 0 0 1 Round of 32 China vs France Iran 1 0 0 1 Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz, Germany, Russia vs United States def. Facundo Bagnis and Diego Schwartz- Kosovo 1 0 0 1 Monday, July 26 man, Argentina, 6-2, 6-1. Japan vs China Thailand 1 0 0 1 Mexico Jean-Julien Rojer and Wesley Koolhof Mongolia vs Romania Belgium 0 1 0 1 (8), Netherlands, def. Sander Gille and Jo- Romania vs Russia ran Vliegen, Belgium, 6-3, 7-6 (5). BY RONALD BLUM Taiwan 0 1 0 1 Italy vs Japan Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury, Britain, France vs Mongolia Associated Press India 0 1 0 1 def. Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Italy vs United States Netherlands 0 1 0 1 Herbert (2), France, 6-3, 6-2. United States vs China YOKOHAMA, Japan — Turned Kei Nishikori and Ben Mclachlan, Japan, France vs Russia Romania 0 1 0 1 def. Pedro Sousa and Joao Sousa, Portu- Tuesday, July 27 down for a job in the U.S. coaching Spain 0 1 0 1 gal, 6-1, 6-4. United States vs Japan Tunisia 0 1 0 1 Rajeev Ram and Frances Tiafoe, United China vs Mongolia pool in 2016 after she retired as a States, def. Karen Khachanov and Andrey France vs Romania Estonia 0 0 1 1 Rublev (6), Russia, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 12-10. Russia vs Italy player, Cat Osterman found she France 0 0 1 1 Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski (7), Bri- Medal Ceremony was not angry. tain, def. Horacio Zeballos and Andres Indonesia 0 0 1 1 THIBAULT CAMUS/AP Molteni, Argentina, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 13-11. Men’s Beach Volleyball “I had to do a gut check,” she Israel 0 0 1 1 Jan-Lennard Struff and Alexander Zve- Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1 Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz rev, Germany, def. Lukasz Kubot and Hub- Group A said. “If I’m not upset about not celebrates after winning the gold ert Hurkacz (5), Poland, 6-2, 7-6 (5). being selected, why do I want to be Mexico 0 0 1 1 Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic (1), Croa- Country WLPts Mongolia 0 0 1 1 medal in the men’s cycling road tia, def. Marcelo Melo and Marcelo Demo- Norway 1 0 2 in the coaching pool? And then if I Slovenia 0 0 1 1 race Saturday at the Summer liner, Brazil, 7-6 (6), 6-4. Gael Monfils and Jeremy Chardy, Russia 1 0 2 don’t want to be in the coaching Switzerland 0 0 1 1 Olympics in Oyama, Japan. France, def. Andrey Golubev and Alexan- Australia 0 1 1 Ukraine 0 0 1 1 der Bublik, Kazakhstan, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), pool, why is that?” 10-8. Spain 0 1 1 So she’s back in the Olympics at Women’s Doubles Group B Saturday’s medalists Women Round of 32 age 38, and not just throwing but Netherlands 5, India 1 Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani, Brazil, Country WLPts ARCHERY Ireland 2, South Africa 0 def. Sharon Fichman and Gabriela Da- dominating. Mixed Team HANDBALL browski (7), Canada, 7-6, 6-4. Czech Republic 0 0 0 Osterman pitched six innings of GOLD—Je Deok Kim, South Korea Men Storm Sanders and Ashleigh Barty (6), Latvia 0 0 0 SILVER—Steve Wijler, Netherlands Norway 27, Brazil 24 Australia, def. Makoto Ninomiya and Nao one­hit ball and Monica Abbott BRONZE—Luis Alvarez, Mexico France 33, Argentina 27 Hibino, Japan, 6-1, 6-2. Mexico 0 0 0 Mixed Team SOCCER Raluca-Ioana Olaru and Monica Nicules- Russia 0 0 0 struck out the side in the seventh, GOLD—San An, South Korea Women cu, Romania, def. Latisha Chan and Hao- helping the top­ranked U.S. shut SILVER—Gabriela Schloesser, Nether- Canada 2, Chile 1 Ching Chan (5), Taiwan, 7-5, 1-6, 10-6. Group C lands China 4, Zambia 4 Alize Cornet and Fiona Ferro, France, Country WLPts out No. 5 Mexico 2­0 on Saturday. BRONZE—Alejandra Valencia, Mexico Sweden 4, Australia 2 def. Elina Svitolina and Dayana Yastrem- CYCLING Ali Aguilar provided a two­run Britain 1, Japan 0 ska, Ukraine, 6-2, 6-4. Italy 0 0 0 Men’s Road Race Netherlands 3, Brazil 3 Carla Suarez Navarro and Garbine Mu- single in the third that was just GOLD—Richard Carapaz, Ecuador United States 6, New Zealand 1 guruza, Spain, def. Alison van Uytvanck Qatar 0 0 0 SILVER—Wout van Aert, Belgium SOFTBALL and Elise Mertens, Belgium, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Switzerland 0 0 0 enough for the Americans to im­ BRONZE—Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia Canada 7, Australia 1 Xu Yifan and Zhaoxuan Yang, China, def. United States 0 0 0 FENCING United States 2, Mexico 0 Aleksandra Krunic and Nina Stojanovic, prove to 3­0 as the country tries to Men’s Sabre Individual Japan 5, Italy 0 Serbia, 4-6, 6-4, 18-16. Group D regain the Olympic gold medal. GOLD—Aron Szilagyi, Hungary VOLLEYBALL Elena Vesnina and Veronika Kuderme- SILVER—Luigi Samele, Italy Men tova, Russia, def. Laura Siegemund and Country WLPts “I’m here so they can win a gold BRONZE—Junghwan Kim, South Korea Italy 3, Canada 2 (26-28, 18-25, 25-21, 25- Anna-Lena Friedsam, Germany, 6-2, 7-5. Women’s Épée Individual 18, 15-11) Brazil 1 0 2 medal because I already have GOLD—Yiwen Sun, China Brazil 3, Tunisia 0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-15) Women’s soccer Netherlands 1 0 2 one,” said Osterman, the last play­ SILVER—Ana Maria Popescu, Romania United States 3, France 0 (25-18, 25-18, Argentina 0 1 1 BRONZE—Katrina Lehis, Estonia 25-22) Group E er remaining from the 2004 cham­ JUDO United States 0 1 1 WATER POLO Country GP WDLGF GA Pts Men-60 kg Women Group E pions. “I want to see how they feel GOLD—Japan (Naohisa Takato) United States 25, Japan 4 Britain 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 and how they react after we are SILVER—Taiwan (Yung Wei Yang) Australia 8, Canada 5 Country WLPts BRONZE—Kazakhstan (Yeldos Smetov, Spain 29, South Africa 4 Canada 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 able to possibly do that.” Luka Mkheidze) Russia 18, China 17 Japan 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 Brazil 0 0 0 Osterman didn’t pitch competi­ Women-48 kg Chile 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 Chile 0 0 0 GOLD—Kosovo (Distria Krasniqi) Tennis Group F Morocco 0 0 0 tively from 2016­18. At the Olym­ SILVER—Japan (Funa Tonaki) Saturday BRONZE—Ukraine (Daria Bilodid, Urant- Poland 0 0 0 pics, she and Abbott have com­ setseg Munkhbat) At Utsubo Tennis Center Country GP WDLGF GA Pts SHOOTING Tokyo Group F bined on three one­hit shutouts Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Brazil 2 1 1 0 8 3 3 10m Air Pistol Men Country WLPts over four days. GOLD—Javad Foroughi, Iran Men’s Singles Netherlands 2 1 1 0 13 6 3 Round of 64 SILVER—Damir Mikec, Serbia China 2 0 1 1 4 9 1 Germany 0 0 0 Japan 5, Italy 0:Yu Yamamoto BRONZE—Wei Pang, China Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (16), Spain, 10m Air Rifle Women def. Pedro Sousa, Portugal, 6-3, 6-0. Zambia 2 0 1 1 7 14 1 Italy 0 0 0 hit a two­run homer in the fourth, GOLD—Qian Yang, China John Millman, Australia, def. Lorenzo Group G Japan 0 0 0 Musetti, Italy, 6-3, 6-4. and Yamato Fujita started with SILVER—Anastasiia Galashina, Russia Poland 0 0 0 BRONZE—Nina Christen, Switzerland Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia, def. Rober- Country GP WDLGF GA Pts two innings on the mound and TAEKWONDO to Carballes Baena, Spain, 6-3, 6-2. Saturday, July 24 Men-58kg Daniil Medvedev (2), Russia, def. Alex- Sweden 2 2 0 0 7 2 4 Brazil 2, Argentina 0 (21-16, 21-17) then as a designated player added ander Bublik, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 7-6 (8). Russia 2, Spain 0 (21-19, 22-20) GOLD—Italy (Vito Dell’aquila) Australia 2 1 0 1 4 5 2 a three­run drive in the fifth. SILVER—Tunisia (Mohamed Khalil Jen- Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Marcelo To- Netherlands 2, United States 0 (21-17, 21- doubi) mas Barrios Vera, Chile, 6-1, 7-6 (4). United 2 1 0 1 6 4 2 18) Yamamoto drove a 66 mph fast­ BRONZE—South Korea (Jun Jang, Mik- Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, def. Thia- States Norway 2, Australia 1 (21-18, 18-21, 15- hail Artamonov) go Monteiro, Brazil, 6-3, 6-4. New Zealand 2 0 0 2 2 8 0 13) ball to the opposite field in right­ Women-49kg Sumit Nagal, India, def. Denis Istomin, Sunday, July 25 Uzbekistan, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4. Wednesday, July 21 Japan vs Poland center off Alexia Lacatena (0­1) GOLD—Thailand (Panipak Wongpatta- Britain 2, Chile 0 nakit) Aslan Karatsev (11), Russia, def. Tommy Brazil vs Chile Paul, United States, 6-3, 6-2. Brazil 5, China 0 Poland vs Morocco for Japan’s first hit of the game SILVER—Spain (Adriana Cerezo Igle- Sweden 3, United States 0 sias) Miomir Kecmanovic, Serbia, def. Kamil Qatar vs Switzerland and her second home run of the Majchrzak, Poland, 6-4, 6-2. Japan 1, Canada 1 Germany vs Italy BRONZE—Israel (Abishag Semberg, Ti- Netherlands 10, Zambia 3 jana Bogdanovic) Ugo Humbert (14), France, def. Pablo An- United States vs Italy Olympics. She has five RBIs. dujar, Spain, 7-6 (3), 6-1. Australia 2, New Zealand 1 Monday, July 26 WEIGHTLIFTING Saturday’s games Fujita’s drive off Ilaria Caccia­ Women’s 49kg Fabio Fognini (15), Italy, def. Yuichi Sug- Russia vs Mexico ita, Japan, 6-4, 6-3. Canada 2, Chile 1 Russia vs Australia mani gave her three home runs GOLD—Zhihui Hou, China Lorenzo Sonego (13), Italy, def. Taro Da- China 4, Zambia 4 Czech Republic vs Latvia SILVER—Chanu Saikhom Mirabai, India niel, Japan, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3). Sweden 4, Australia 2 Norway vs Spain and six RBIs. BRONZE—Windy Cantika Aisah, Indone- Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Hugo Britain 1, Japan 0 Tuesday, July 27 sia Dellien, Bolivia, 6-2, 6-2. Netherlands 3, Brazil 3 Japan vs Italy Canada 7, Australia 1: Jenn Egor Gerasimov, Belarus, def. Gilles Si- United States 6, New Zealand 1 Brazil vs United States Salling and Erika Polidori hit Saturday’s scores mon, France, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Tuesday, July 27 Brazil vs Morocco Pablo Carreno Busta (6), Spain, def. Ten- New Zealand vs Sweden Poland vs Chile early two­run doubles for Canada, Friday, July 23 nys Sandgren, United States, 7-5, 6-2. United States vs Australia Germany vs Poland 3X3 BASKETBALL Marin Cilic, Croatia, def. Joao Menezes, Chile vs Japan Netherlands vs Argentina and Australia left the bases loaded Men Brazil, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (7). Canada vs Britain Wednesday, July 28 Latvia 21, Poland 14 Women’s Singles Netherlands vs China United States vs Switzerland in each of the first two innings. Serbia 22, China 13 Round of 64 Brazil vs Zambia Spain vs Australia Canada improved to 2­1 behind Women Qatar vs Italy Viktorija Golubic, Switzerland, def. Ma- 2 Russia 21, Japan 18 ria Camila Osorio Serrano, Colombia, 6-4, Women’s 3x3 Basketball Norway vs Russia 5 ⁄3 innings of shutout relief from China 21, Romania 10 Thursday, July 29 6-1. Group A BEACH VOLLEYBALL Iga Swiatek (6), Poland, def. Mona Bar- United States vs Argentina Jenna Caira and Lauren Regula, Men thel, Germany, 6-2, 6-2. Country WLPts Czech Republic vs Mexico the 39­year­old sister of retired Brazil 2, Argentina 0 (21-16, 21-17) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (13), Russia, Russia vs Latvia Women def. Sara Errani, Italy, 6-0, 6-1. Russia 2 0 4 Brazil vs Netherlands All­Star outfielder Jason Bay. Japan 2, Czech Republic 0, Czech Repub- Nina Stojanovic, Serbia, def. Nao Hibino, Friday, July 30 lic DNS Japan, 6-3, 6-3. United States 2 0 4 Italy vs Switzerland Canada starter Sara Groenewe­ Brazil 2, Argentina 0 (21-19, 21-11) Anna-Lena Friedsam, Germany, def. China 1 1 2 Chile vs Morocco gen walked Jade Wall with the Canada 2, Netherlands 0 (21-16, 21-14) Heather Watson, Britain, 7-6 (5), 6-3. France 1 1 2 Italy vs Poland HOCKEY Leylah Annie Fernandez, Canada, def. Poland vs Brazil bases loaded in the first, then es­ Men Dayana Yastremska, Ukraine, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0. Italy 1 1 2 Qatar vs United States Australia 5, Japan 3 Elena Rybakina (15), Kazakhstan, def. Japan 1 1 2 Saturday, July 31 caped further trouble when she India 3, New Zealand 2 Sam Stosur, Australia, 6-4, 6-2. Mongolia 0 2 0 Japan vs Germany struck out Michelle Cox and Ra­ Belgium 3, Netherlands 1 Maria Sakkari (14), Greece, def. Anett Latvia vs Mexico Argentina 1, Spain 1 Kontaveit, Estonia, 7-5, 6-2. Romania 0 2 0 Russia vs Czech Republic chel Lack. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, July 25, 2021 Jones headed to Chicago SPORTS Blackhawks acquire defenseman after trade with Columbus ›› NHL, Page 20

OLYMPICS

PHOTOS BY MARTIN MEJIA/AP The United States’ Tobin Heath, second from left, battles for the ball with New Zealand’s Abby Erceg during match Saturday at the Summer Olympics in Saitama, Japan. Bouncing back US routs New Zealand after opening loss

BY ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press Softball: SAITAMA, Japan — After a stunning loss in the opener, the Americans shut out Mexico, Page 23 U.S. women’s soccer team vowed to be ruthless against New Zeal- and. With the United States leading was the team’s first loss since Ja- And they rebounded in a big 2-0 at the break, Biden arrived in nuary 2019 and snapped a 44- way. time to watch the team put the game unbeaten streak. The Amer- The Americans cruised to a 6-1 game away in the second half at icans had not been held scoreless rout of New Zealand in front of Saitama Stadium. since 2017. First Lady Jill Biden at the Tokyo The United States was blanked Olympics on Saturday. by Sweden 3-0 in the opener. It SEE BOUNCING ON PAGE 22 Lindsey Horan of the U.S. celebrates her first­half goal.

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