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Volume 80 Edition 45A ©SS 2021 CONTINGENCY EDITION SATURDAY,JUNE 19, 2021 Free to Deployed Areas Army eyes systemic fix for its AWOL weapons

BY WYATT OLSON Stars and Stripes Army leaders met Thursday in search of a systemic fix to the prob- lem of lost and stolen weapons in the service as disclosed by an in- vestigation by The Associated Press. The probe, published Tuesday, found that at least 1,900 guns from the U.S. military were recorded as lost or stolen in the 2010s, most from the Army. Some were later used in violent crimes, the investi- gation found. “The Army takes weapons ac- countability very seriously,” Col. Cathy Wilkinson, an Army spokes- woman, said in a statement Thurs- day. “While we have stringent phys- ical security measures, we have more work to do to ensure that our property accountability and crimi- nal reporting systems are seam- lessly linked together. The Army staff met today to develop a way forward to fix this problem and we DESMOND PARKS/U.S. Navy will provide more information as Ensign Jose Lopezbautista, electrical officer aboard USS New Orleans, takes a bearing on the bridge as conning officer during operations with this effort evolves.” USS America, USS Germantown and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship JDS Shimokita in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was asked about missing weapons during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing Thursday. Navy struggling to retain SWOs SEE AWOL ON PAGE 4 New GAO report also finds only 12% of female surface warfare officers stay in the job “I was frankly BY SARAH CAMMARATA port released Thursday. Though Naval Surface Forces The GAO report is part of the re- shocked by the Stars and Stripes The Government Accountabili- Command tracks separation rates sponse to ship collisions at sea that WASHINGTON — Navy offi- ty Office’s report also found only for surface warfare officers by killed 17 sailors in 2017. That numbers that cers who focus on the safe oper- 12% of female surface warfare of- gender, it hasn’t developed a plan spring, the guided-missile de- ation of surface ships are switch- ficers stay in the job, compared to improve retention rates, ac- stroyer USS Fitzgerald collided were in there.” ing jobs or leaving the military at with 39% of male SWOs. Overall, cording to the report titled “Navy with a merchant ship off the coast higher rates than other service of- 33% of SWOs remain in the posi- Readiness: Actions Needed to of Japan, resulting in the death of Gen. Mark Milley ficers in similar positions, accord- tion compared with 45% of offi- Evaluate and Improve Surface Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ing to a government watchdog re- cers who are in similar Navy jobs. Warfare Officer Career Path.” SEE REPORT ON PAGE 4 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 19, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER US agrees to suspend tariffs on Scotch whisky EXCHANGE RATES Military rates South Korea (Won) 1135.72 Associated Press trade dispute. While the U.K. is no contributed to a 30% fall in total Switzerland (Franc) 0.9221 Euro costs (June 21) $1.16 Thailand (Baht) 31.49 LONDON — Scotch single malt longer an EU member, it belonged whisky exports to the U.S., equiv- Dollar buys (June 21) 0.8181 Turkey (NewLira) 8.7395 British pound (June 21) $1.35 whisky makers breathed a sigh of to the bloc when the tariffs were alent to around $850 million in the Japanese yen (June 21) 108.00 (Military exchange rates are those available relief Thursday after the United introduced. 18 months to March 2021. South Korean won (June 21) 1103.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ States agreed to suspend tariffs on Earlier this week, the U.S. and “This deal removes the threat of many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain(Dinar) 0.3770 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ one of Scotland’s main exports in the EU reached an agreement to tariffs being re-imposed on Scotch Britain (Pound) 1.3840 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2396 your local military banking facility. Commercial the wake of the resolution of a end the aerospace dispute, paving whisky next month and enables China(Yuan) 6.4524 rates are interbank rates provided for reference Denmark (Krone) 6.2664 longstanding transatlantic trade the way for a 5-year suspension of distillers to focus on recovering Egypt (Pound) 15.6644 when buying currency. All figures are foreign row over subsidies to aircraft tariffs. Parallel talks were held be- exports to our largest and most Euro 0.8426 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7641 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ companies Boeing and Airbus. tween the U.S. and the U.K. over valuable export market,” Karen Hungary (Forint) 299.99 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.2734 President Donald Trump im- the tariffs. Betts, the association’s chief exec- Japan (Yen) 110.44 INTEREST RATES posed the 25% tariffs on select The tariffs on Scotch single utive, said. Kuwait(Dinar) 0.3013 Norway (Krone) 8.6504 Prime rate 3.25 products of the European Union, malts were the most high-profile A thaw in U.S.-EU relations had Philippines (Peso) 48.53 Interest Rates Discount rate 0.75 Poland (Zloty) 3.84 Federal funds market rate 0.09 including Scotch single malt whis- to affect Britain. The Scotch Whis- been expected following the elec- Saudi Arabia (Riyal) 3.7505 3­month bill 0.04 kies, in October 2019 as part of the ky Association estimated that they tion of President Joe Biden. Singapore (Dollar) 1.3449 30­year bond 2.10 WEATHER OUTLOOK SATURDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SATURDAY IN EUROPE SUNDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS United States that active-duty Stars and Stripes troops cannot sue the government WASHINGTON — The Defense for personal injuries suffered Department released guidelines while in service, according to the Thursday on how troops can now register. sue the military for medical mal- The Supreme Court case was practice, which they had been named for Army Lt. Rudolph barred from doing for more than Feres, who died in a 1947 Pine 70 years. Camp, N.Y., barracks fire. Law- The Pentagon will begin paying yers argued the Army owed his CARLOS BONGIOANNI/Stars and Stripes service members or their estates widow compensation because it Sgt. 1st Class Rich Stayskal, an Army Green Beret suffering from terminal lung cancer, arrives on Capitol next month for substantiated was negligent in not fixing a defec- Hill in Washington with his wife Meg in 2018. Stayskal says doctors at Fort Bragg missed the tumor on his claims of less than $100,000 that tive heating plant and a fire guard lung evident in a scan six months earlier. were filed within two years of a in the area did not maintain ade- medical malpractice incident, ac- quate fire watch, according to the makers to change the law. The Medical Accountability Act of In some cases, an affidavit af- cording to the information pub- court opinion. Feres ruling barred Stayskal from 2019 was then included and passed firming the claimant consulted lished in the Federal Register. “We conclude that the govern- filing suit after military doctors in the 2020 NDAA, which former with a health care professional The Treasury Department will ment is not liable under the Feder- during a routine physical in Janu- President Donald Trump signed who stated a “DOD health care cover claims totaling more than al Tort Claims Act for injuries to ary 2017 failed to inform him of his into law Dec. 20, 2019. provider breached the standard of $100,000, according to the register. servicemen where the injuries lung cancer, which grew to be ter- The new regulation will come care that caused the alleged harm” As of April 1, there were 227 arise out of or are in the course of minal. into effect in 30 days. While it in- must also be included, according cases totaling $2.16 billion await- activity incident to service,” the “A few years ago, when Richard cludes the two-year statute of limi- to the register. ing adjudication, according to a Supreme Court wrote in its opin- came to me and asked for help to tations, the regulation is retroac- “It’s been a long time coming Bloomberg report at that time. Up- ion. find a law, some way that he and tive and will allow filing claims but it’s here,” Stayskal said at the dated numbers were not immedi- But a provision in the 2020 Na- his family be made whole after suf- from 2017, two years before the news conference. “It’s a great day ately available Thursday from the tional Defense Authorization Act, fering from military medical prac- NDAA was signed into law. for the military and for the service Pentagon. which sets policy and spending tice, we went to The Hill and we To file a claim, service members members to finally be able to be Since 1950, service members priorities for the Pentagon, ended worked hard to be where we are to- or their representative must sub- made whole through unfortunate have been barred from suing the the ban on suing for medical mal- day,” Khawan said Thursday dur- mit a signed, written claim includ- situations.” government for medical malprac- practice, after Sgt. 1st Class Ri- ing a news conference streamed ing the facts behind the claim and tice after the Supreme Court that chard Stayskal and his attorney, on Facebook. the dollar amount requested, ac- [email protected] year ruled in the case of Feres v. Natalie Khawan, petitioned law- The Richard Stayskal Military cording to the Federal Register. Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Senator: DOD justice changes must go beyond sex cases BY LOLITA C. BALDOR that point in the coming days. Those complaints have resonat- time, creates too large a workload discipline or legal policy reviews. Associated Press Asked if she might compromise ed, and support has grown on Cap- for too few qualified military Jeh Johnson, former Pentagon WASHINGTON — Sen. Kirsten on her bill, Gillibrand said that itol Hill and in the Pentagon, judge advocates, imperils prose- general counsel, wrote in the Law- Gillibrand is on the brink of suc- time has passed. “We’ve been do- where senior defense leaders ac- cutions, leads to convictions being fare blog on Wednesday that Gil- cess in her yearslong campaign to ing that for eight years. We’ve knowledge that, despite years of overturned on appeal, or results librand’s bill “appears to require get sexual assault cases removed been getting effort, they’ve made little pro- in neglected cases because the a whole new bureaucracy. ... No from the military chain of com- something gress combating sexual miscon- necessary attention cannot be de- one should be under the illusion mand. But getting over the finish through every duct in the ranks. Defense Secre- voted to them,” he said. that the broad mission contem- line may depend on whether she year, and some tary Lloyd Austin and Gen. Mark Reed, a Rhode Island Demo- plated by the bill can be carried by can overcome wariness about things just don’t Milley, chairman of the Joint crat, said Pentagon estimates in- a small band of elite JAGs in a broader changes she’s seeking to work. You need Chiefs of Staff, for the first time dicate the broader bill would re- suite someplace in northern Vir- the military justice system. this broad-based said they were open to taking sex- quire more senior qualified law- ginia.” There is now widespread sup- reform,” the ual assault and harassment charg- yers than the department has, and Johnson said a change for sex- port for using independent mili- New York Dem- es out of the chain of command. will take 180 days to implement. ual assault crimes is long overdue, Gillibrand tary lawyers to handle sexual mis- ocrat said. “This But both also said that extend- He also has repeatedly objected to but added, “Congress should take conduct cases, but Gillibrand is is a bill whose time has come.” ing the change to all major crimes Gillibrand’s efforts to get unani- care to fashion a solution com- promoting legislation that goes For years, however, lawmakers would require more time and re- mous approval to move her bill mensurate with the problem at beyond that, extending that have framed their push for view. separately to the full Senate for a hand, and not go too far.” change to all major crimes. Top change in the military justice sys- Similarly, Sen. Jack Reed, chair vote, saying it should be included Gillibrand, who has 65 other Pentagon officials and key law- tem around problems with sexual of the Armed Services Commit- in the overall defense bill. Senate supporters for her bill, ac- makers are open to the sexual as- misconduct cases. Victims — tee, supports the change for sex- Asked about cost, Gillibrand knowledged that overcoming sault shift, but they say applying it largely women — have long said ual misconduct and said this week said it will be “very little” because committee leaders’ opposition more broadly requires far more they are reluctant to file sexual as- that he believes it will get commit- the prosecutors already are in will be a challenge. study and debate. sault or harassment complaints tee approval. But he said he wants place and they already take the “Having the chairman and In an interview with The Asso- because they fear they won’t be a more thorough discussion with- cases to court. ranking member opposed to this ciated Press, Gillibrand said the believed or will face retaliation. in the committee for changes that The Pentagon, however, be- reform is highly problematic if wider change is necessary to com- They’ve complained that allega- affect the entire Uniform Code of lieves it won’t be that simple, and this bill goes to the committee,” bat racial injustice within the mil- tions are sometimes dismissed by Military Justice. that if lawyers are pulled out of said Gillibrand, adding, “It would itary, where studies have found a good ol’ boys network among “The worst thing we can do to the chain of command to handle be easier if the chairman of the that Black people are more likely unit commanders or that attack- victims of sexual assault is to major crimes, others will be need- Joint Chiefs of Staff or the secre- to be investigated and arrested for ers get away with minimal puni- move a bill through that can’t be ed to deal with other cases and du- tary of defense supported our pro- misconduct. She intends to press shments. implemented effectively or on ties, such as desertion, military posal.” PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 19, 2021 MILITARY Report: Navy works to improve SWO career paths FROM PAGE 1 GAO said. specialized career paths would a lot of work, we feel, to profes- are less prepared for this respon- seven U.S. sailors. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., said better prepare them for their job sionalize and increase our mari- sibility than are SWOs with a gen- Later that year, the guided-mis- Thursday during a House Armed than the current generalized ca- ner skill training. Some of those in- eralist career path,” according to sile destroyer USS John S. McCain Services Committee subpanel reer path. vestments are still underway in the GAO report. was struck by a chemical tanker hearing that the “lack of leader- “Without periodic evaluations Norfolk [Va.] and San Diego and However, the GAO found a ma- off the coast of Singapore and Ma- ship” among the surface warfare of current approaches, including will prove to be sufficient.” jority of surface warfare officers laysia. Ten U.S. sailors died as a officers “continues to haunt” him. alternative career paths, and the Surface warfare officers are want a specialized career path. An result of the crash. Thursday was the four-year anni- use of those evaluations, the U.S. trained to serve on all ship depart- estimated 65% of surface warfare Some changes came after two versary of the USS Fitzgerald Navy may miss an opportunity to ments and all ship types. This officers want a specialized track, internal investigations into the crash. develop and retain proficient compared with 16% who think a training provides a generalist ca- root causes of the 2017 collisions During the hearing, Wittman SWOs,” the GAO wrote. generalist model is best. reer path spanning across disci- found challenges with training, pressed Vice Adm. James Kilby, Surface warfare officers are The GAO recommended the plines such as ship-driving, engi- qualifications and assignments as the Navy’s deputy chief of naval “screaming for change,” Wittman Navy develop a plan to improve neering and combat systems. But officers progressed throughout operations for warfighting re- said during the hearing of the retention, including female reten- their career, according to the GAO quirements and capabilities, on House subcommittee on seapow- other Navy officers specialize in tion rates, and regularly evaluate report. the results of the GAO report and er and projection forces to discuss specific ship department areas. its approach to training officers. The Navy has taken small steps how the Navy is addressing ongo- the Navy’s budget proposal for fis- “According to the commander, The evaluation will then serve as a to improve officers’ career paths, ing issues with surface warfare of- cal year 2022. Naval Surface Forces, a generalist way to improve career options. such as extending training and ficers. Kilby said he could not speak to approach is the best career path The Navy concurred with all sev- tours of duty to give more time to Specifically, Wittman pointed the specific data from the study for SWOs because commanding en recommendations. earn qualifications, but it has not out a statistic from the report that released publicly after the hear- officers must know how to drive, fundamentally changed career found by a factor of four to one, ing ended. fight, and lead on their ship, and [email protected] paths for more than a century, the surface warfare officers believe However, he said: “We’ve done SWOs with specialist career paths Twitter: @sarahjcamm Major US-led war AWOL: Lost games wind up in weapons data northwestern Africa shocks DOD’s

BY MOSA’AB ELSHAMY start, with Spain withdrawing top general Associated Press from the war games citing bud- FROM PAGE 1 TAN-TAN, Morocco — More getary reasons. Press reports than 7,000 troops from the United however attributed the move to “I was frankly shocked by the States, African and NATO coun- Spain’s poor relations with Mo- numbers that were in there,” he tries on Friday wound up a large- rocco, a former key ally. said. scale training exercise in the The two countries have been at Milley told lawmakers that he northwestern section of a conti- loggerheads since Spain took in had asked leaders of the Army, nent increasingly threatened by the leader of the Polisario Front Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force Islamist extremists and military independence movement — Mo- to conduct thorough audits of strife. rocco’s No.1 enemy — for CO- weapons to determine the actual The U.S.-led African Lion war VID-19 treatment in a Spanish number missing. games lasted almost two weeks hospital earlier this year. The Pol- MOSA'AB ELSHAMY/AP Initial data from those audits and took place in regional U.S. al- isario is fighting for independ- An airman checks out the cockpit of a U.S. F­16 fighter during in the suggest that the number of missing ly Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal. ence for the Western Sahara, a African Lion military exercise, in Ben Guerir, Morocco, on Monday. weapons is “significantly less” The annual drills, the largest in vast region that Morocco claims than what the AP reported, he said. Africa, were skipped last year as its own. Asked whether any action spill- mists in the Sahel, militaries in The AP received only incom- due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the exercise, Morocco ed into the disputed Western Sah- places like the Democratic Re- plete data on missing weapons Maj. Gen. Andrew Rohling, held some airborne operations ara, Gen. Rohling said only that public of Congo and Central Afri- from the military services, which commander of the U.S. Army’s near the Western Sahara and not the locations “have not changed can Republic come under attack the news-wire service concluded Southern European Task Force far from Polisario refugee camps since the beginning of our con- by other armed groups vying for could mean the tally of missing Africa, said it had been an “ex- in Tindouf, in neighboring Alge- struct of this exercise last year,” control of the region’s mineral re- weapons could be even higher. ceptional” exercise. ria. before the Spain-Morocco crisis. sources. The AP examined records pro- “It has helped our interopera- “Those activities have been Africa faces several potential The participating countries vided by the service branches, bility, our joint capabilities, and perfectly conducted and agreed crisis points, from inroads made were the U.S., Morocco, Tunisia, criminal investigations, lost prop- provided readiness and a good upon between the two militaries,” by Islamic State, al-Qaida and Bo- Senegal, Italy, The Netherlands erty forms, data from small-arms opportunity to build cohesion Moroccan Brigadier Gen. Mo- ko Haram fighters to power and Britain. Observers also at- registries and internal Defense across the forces,” he said Friday. hammed Jamil told The Associat- struggles and coups. In addition tended from countries including Department memos in establish- But there was a hitch at the ed Press. to the threat from Islamist extre- Egypt, Qatar, Niger and Mali. ing the number of weapons that were missing. The Pentagon stopped the rou- tine updating of Congress on stolen Hawaii soldier pleads not guilty to murder of wife weapons in the mid-1990s, the AP reported. The Defense Depart- Associated Press er reported. ple were going through a divorce someone with a bat, and then beat ment reports “significant” losses HONOLULU — A Hawaii- Hernandez initiated by Hernandez Perez, and stabbed her to death. of weapons at its own discretion, based soldier on Thursday plead- Perez, 23, is a who wanted to get back together Her body was found on Jan. 13 the AP reported. ed not guilty in military court to signals intelli- with a high school sweetheart in stuffed in an outdoor trash bin out- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D- first-degree premeditated mur- gence analyst as- Florida. side the house on Schofield Bar- Conn., said Thursday he planned der in the January beating and signed to the Military prosecutors said Her- racks. to write a “mandatory reporting stabbing death of his wife. 500th Military nandez Perez took out a $100,000 Prosecutors said Hernandez requirement” into the National Spc. Raul Hernandez Perez also Intelligence Bri- life insurance policy on his wife, Perez used a several-foot-long Defense Authorization Act, ac- Hernandez pleaded not guilty to disobeying a gade. Selena Roth, on Dec. 15. Early in piece of wood to beat her on the cording to the AP. Perez noncommissioned officer’s order His trial date the morning on Jan. 10, Hernan- back of her head and used a kitch- that he have no contact with his has been set for Nov. 8. dez Perez Googled in Roth’s home en knife to stab her four times in [email protected] wife, the Honolulu Star-Advertis- Army prosecutors say the cou- how many swings it took to kill the back. Twitter: @WyattWOlson Saturday, June 19, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 VIRUS OUTBREAK US to spend $3.2B to fight COVID, viruses

Associated Press Last week, the U.S. said it WASHINGTON — The Unit- would purchase 1.7 million dos- ed States is devoting $3.2 billion es of an experimental antiviral to speed development of antivi- pill from Merck and Ridgeback ral pills to treat COVID-19 and Biotherapeutics, if it is shown to PHOTOS BY CEDAR ATTANASIO/AP other dangerous viruses that be safe and effective. Results Ahead of campers' arrival in June, counselors at the Glorieta Adventure Camp train in tree rappelling May could turn into pandemics. from a large study of the drug, 21, in Glorieta, N.M. The new program will invest molnupiravir, are expected this in “accelerating things that are fall. Early research suggests the already in progress” for CO- drug may reduce the risk of hos- VID-19 but also would work to pitalization if used shortly after Summer camps return but with come up with treatments for infection by stopping the coro- other viruses, said Dr. Anthony navirus from quickly reproduc- Fauci, the nation’s top infec- ing. It did not benefit patients fewer campers and counselors tious disease expert. He an- who were already hospitalized Associated Press nounced the investment Thurs- with severe disease. SANTA FE, N.M. — Overnight day at a White House briefing. Several other companies, in- summer camps will be allowed in “There are few treatments cluding Pfizer, Roche and As- all 50 states this season, but CO- that exist for many of the virus- traZeneca, are also testing anti- VID-19 rules and a pandemic la- es that have pandemic poten- viral pills. bor crunch mean that many fewer tial,” he said, including Ebola, The currently available drugs young campers will attend, and dengue, West Nile and Middle have mostly been shown to help those who do will have to observe East respiratory syndrome. patients avoid hospitalization or coronavirus precautions for the But he added, “vaccines shorten their recovery time by second consecutive year. clearly remain the centerpiece several days. The Southeast is the first region of our arsenal. Under President Donald to kick off camps this month, with The U.S. has approved one Trump, the U.S. poured more other parts of the country to follow antiviral drug, remdesivir, spe- than $19 billion into rapidly de- in July. cifically for COVID-19, and al- veloping multiple vaccines. But “Camp might look a little differ- lowed emergency use of three less than half that amount went ent, but camp is going to look a lot antibody combinations that toward developing new treat- better in 2021 than it did in 2020, help the immune system fight ments. That shortfall has be- when it didn’t happen,” said Matt Glorieta Adventure Camp counselor Kole Linville, of Kentucky, trains the virus. But all the drugs have come increasingly concerning Norman of Atlanta, who is getting on a zip line before campers arrive. to be given by IV at hospitals or as the vaccination campaign ready to send his 12-year-old medical clinics, and demand slows and experts emphasize daughter to camp. fairs on college campuses have have not been approved for chil- has been low due to these logis- the need to manage the disease Even though most camps will be been canceled. dren under 12. tical hurdles. in millions of Americans who open, reduced capacity necessi- “It’s been hard to get people to That means this year’s camp ex- Health experts have increas- may never get the shots. tated by COVID-19 restrictions work,” said Josh Nelson, at Glori- perience will still involve many of ingly called for a convenient pill Until this week, the only med- and the labor shortage will keep eta Adventure Camp, a facility in the same prevention practices that patients could take them- icines shown to boost survival numbers well below a normal pine-covered foothills outside that were adopted at the small selves when symptoms first ap- were steroids given to patients threshold of about 26 million sum- Santa Fe, N.M. number of camps that operated pear. Some drugmakers are sick enough to need extra ox- mer campers, said Tom Rosen- A group of Glorieta camp staff- last year. Those measures include testing such medications, but ygen and intensive care. But on berg of the American Camp Asso- ers started their orientation by grouping kids in cohorts, mandat- initial results aren’t expected Wednesday, U.K. researchers ciation. rolling up their sleeves and getting ing masks, emphasizing social dis- for several more months. The reported that one of the anti- Across the country, many vaccinated in an area between the tancing — and lots of hand wash- new funds will speed those tests body combinations successfully camps face competition for coun- mess hall and the water slides. But ing. Some states, like Vermont, are and support private sector re- reduced deaths in a large study selors in a tight job market. Tradi- many campers are too young to offering free virus testing for search, development and manu- of hospitalized COVID-19 pa- tional recruitment tactics like job get the shots because the vaccines campers. facturing. tients. More US bases begin vaccinating Japanese employees BY MATTHEW M. BURKE south of Tokyo. By 8 a.m., more “I’m tired of this situation,” she Rich Jarrett, told Stars and Stripes those installations. AND ALEX WILSON than 120 people were lined up at said of the coronavirus pandemic. he expects shot clinics for Japa- The U.S. military in Japan and Stars and Stripes the Hawk’s Nest Training Center “I want to be able to go and travel.” nese workers to continue for the South Korea had reported three YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, to receive their first shots. However, Kazama said some of next few weeks, and hopes that ev- new COVID-19 infections as of 7 Japan — The U.S. military in Ja- Approximately 800 people had her coworkers are hesitant to re- eryone who opts in will be fully p.m. Friday. pan carried on with vaccinating signed up to receive the Moderna ceive a vaccine administered by vaccinated by the end of July. The Marine Corps on Okinawa their Japanese workers Friday as vaccine that day, although walk- the U.S. military because of Ja- Yokota Air Base in western To- had one person test positive at infection numbers among Ameri- ins were also expected, said Petty pan’s preventive immunization kyo, Naval Air Facility Atsugi in Camp Hansen, according to a can troops continued to decrease Officer 1st Class Jose Salazar, the law. They are worried they might Kanagawa prefecture and Marine Facebook post by Marine Corps there and in South Korea. emergency operations center not receive government money Corps Air Station Iwakuni in west- Installations Pacific. Friday was the first day that Ja- manager at Yokosuka. provided under the law if they suf- ern Japan also distributed first U.S. Forces Korea had one ser- panese employees could be vacci- Hiroko Kazama, an accountant fer significant medical issues af- doses of the Moderna vaccine to vice member test positive on nated at Yokosuka Naval Base, working on the base, said she was ter being inoculated. Japanese base workers Friday, Tuesday and another on Wednes- home of the 7th Fleet 40 miles excited to get her first shot. Yokosuka’s commander, Capt. according to Facebook posts from day, the command announced. PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 19, 2021 NATION Black Americans say Juneteenth ‘not enough’ BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE said she was happy about the new AND KEVIN FREKING federal holiday because it will lead Associated Press more people to learn about June- WASHINGTON — Black Amer- teenth. icans rejoiced Thursday after But she would have liked Con- President Joe Biden made June- gress to act on anti-lynching legis- teenth a federal holiday, but some lation or voter protections first. said that, while they appreciated “I am not super stoked only be- the recognition at a time of racial cause all of the other things that reckoning in America, more is are still going on,” said Holmes- needed to change policies that dis- Ross, 57. “You haven’t addressed advantage too many of their breth- what we really need to talk about.” ren. Peniel Joseph, an expert on race “It’s great, but it’s not enough,” at the University of Texas at Aus- said Gwen Grant, president and tin, said the U.S. has never had a CEO of the Urban League of Kan- holiday or a national commemora- sas City. Grant said she was de- tion of the end of slavery. Many lighted by the quick vote this week Black Americans had long cele- by Congress to make Juneteenth a brated Juneteenth. national holiday because “it’s been “Juneteenth is important sym- a long time coming.” bolically, and we need the sub- But she added that “we need stance to follow, but Black people Congress to protect voting rights, historically have always tried to do and that needs to happen right now multiple things at the same time,” so we don’t regress any further. Joseph said. That is the most important thing Most federal workers will ob- Congress can be addressing at this serve the holiday Friday. Several time.” DEMETRIUS FREEMAN/The Washington Post states and the District of Columbia At a jubilant White House bill- President Joe Biden appears alongside Vice President Harris and members of Congress while signing the announced that government offic- signing ceremony, Biden agreed Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law in the East Room of the White House on June 17. es would be closed Friday. that more than a commemoration Juneteenth is the 12th federal of the events of June 19, 1865, is Juneteenth National Independ- tail the right to vote, particularly or financial payments to the de- holiday, including Inauguration needed. That’s when Union sol- ence Day. His audience included for people of color. Legislation to scendants of slaves in an attempt Day once every four years. It’s also diers brought the news of freedom scores of members of Congress address voting rights issues, and to compensate for those wrongs. the first federal holiday since the to enslaved Black people in Gal- and Opal Lee, a 94-year-old Texas institute policing reforms de- Meanwhile, efforts are afoot Martin Luther King Jr. holiday veston, Texas — some 2½ years af- woman who campaigned for the manded after the killing of George across the country to limit what was added in 1983. ter President Abraham Lincoln’s holiday. Floyd and other unarmed Black school districts teach about the Before June 19 became a federal Emancipation Proclamation had Biden singled out voting rights men, remains stalled in the Con- history of slavery in America. holiday, it was observed in the vast freed slaves in Southern states. as an area for action. gress that acted swiftly on the Ju- Community organizer Kimber- majority of states and the District “This day doesn’t just celebrate Republican-led states have en- neteenth bill. ly Holmes-Ross, who helped make of Columbia. Texas was first to the past. It calls for action today,” acted or are considering legisla- Other people want the federal her hometown of Evanston,Ill., the make Juneteenth a holiday in Biden said before he established tion that activists argue would cur- government to make reparations first U.S. city to pay reparations, 1980. Voting bill showdown looms as GOP rejects Manchin plan Associated Press strictions following the 2020 elec- compromise will likely be for name of election security, like vot- ments adopted by some states. It WASHINGTON — The Senate tion. It passed the House in naught unless changes are made er ID requirements, while curtail- would require all states to check is set for a key vote Tuesday on a March, but has bogged down in to Senate filibuster rules, which ing the influence of big money in ID, but various documents includ- sweeping rewrite of voting and the Senate as Democrats have de- Manchin and others oppose. For politics. It would create a nonpar- ing a utility bill could be used in- election law, setting up a dramatic bated among themselves — with now, it takes 60 votes to overcome tisan process for redrawing con- stead of a photo ID, a requirement test of Democratic unity on a top Manchin ulti- a filibuster and advance legisla- gressional districts, expand mail already adopted by 15 states in- priority that Republicans are vow- mately declaring tion. voting and early voting, restore cluding Manchin’s West Virginia. ing to block. he couldn’t vote Over a dozen Senate Republi- the rights of felons to cast a ballot, “That is what we’re negotiat- Democrats appeared to be coa- for it because it cans took turns at the microphone and scores of other provisions. ing,” said Minnesota Sen. Amy lescing Thursday around changes lacked biparti- during a Thursday news confer- Manchin’s counter-offer, which Klobuchar, who is playing a lead to the bill that could win the sup- san support. ence to denounce the bill, which is intended to entice GOP support, role in guiding the legislation. port of moderate West Virginia Yet Manchin’s they view as a federal overreach would leave significant portions of Polls have shown notable bipar- Sen. Joe Manchin, the lone Demo- position has into state and local elections. the sprawling bill intact, while tisan support for voter ID require- cratic holdout on the legislation. evolved and McConnell predicted all Re- curtailing, rewriting or eliminat- ments, and Democrats in their Manchin Yet they still faced lockstep Re- compromise ap- publicans would remain in lock- ing other key parts. elections overhaul focused on the publican opposition that will likely peared to be nearing after he pro- step opposition regardless of what “Color me a little a little skepti- strictest ID laws. leave Democrats back where they posed a series of changes this changes are made. Sen. Roy Blunt, cal,” Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, In the current Senate bill, Dem- started: lacking the votes to over- week to narrow its scope. His pro- the No. 4 ranking Senate Republi- of Virginia, said of the possibility ocrats would require states with come a Republican filibuster. Sen- posal received a boost Thursday can, noted the endorsement by of bipartisanship. an ID law to allow voters who ate Minority Leader Mitch when Stacey Abrams, a former Abrams, who is a lighting rod for What will ultimately come to the show up without identification to McConnell, R-Ky., called Man- Georgia gubernatorial candidate GOP criticism. floor for a vote Tuesday remains cast a regular ballot as long as they chin’s proposal “equally unac- who is a leading Democratic voice “I actually think when Stacey unclear. Also not certain: whether sign an affidavit under penalty of ceptable.” on voting rights, said she “abso- Abrams immediately endorsed Manchin will vote for it. perjury. “Republicans are digging in lutely” supported it. Sen. Manchin’s proposal it be- “We’ll see what bill we have,” he “We might squabble about one their heels,” said Sen. Chris Mur- “What Sen. Manchin is putting came the Stacey Abrams (bill), not told reporters Thursday. “We or two things,” said Sen. Raphael phy of Connecticut. “They’ve forward are some basic building the Joe Manchin (bill),” he told re- don’t know what bill we’re going to Warnock, of Georgia. “But I am made it pretty clear this week that blocks that we need to ensure that porters Thursday. have.” not about to sacrifice the good in there’s nothing they’re willing to democracy is accessible,” As written, the Democrats’ bill A national voter ID require- the pursuit of the perfect.” support.” Abrams told CNN. would bring about the largest ment favored by Manchin has Klobuchar said she would con- The bill, known as the For the Still, in a narrowly divided Sen- overhaul of U.S. voting in a gener- emerged as one sticking point tinue to work on the bill over the People Act, has been touted as ate where Democrats must count ation, touching nearly every as- with some Democrats. weekend and was optimistic all 50 Democrats’ answer to a state lev- on Vice President Kamala Harris pect of the electoral process. It Manchin’s proposal is far softer Senate Democrats would support el-GOP push to enact voting re- to cast tie-breaking votes, any would blunt laws erected in the than the strict photo ID require- it. Saturday, June 19, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 NATION Hispanic Portland officers group sues over resign from unit obelisk for crowd control BY CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press Associated Press Many demonstrations devolved Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. — A team of into clashes with officers late at SANTA FE, N.M. — A New 50 police officers who serve on a night, and at times ended with Mexico Hispanic fraternal order specialized crowd-control unit in vandalism, property damage and is suing the mayor of Santa Fe over Oregon and respond to Portland’s fires. The crowd-control team was damage to a historical monument ongoing, often violent protests the unit often directed to disperse by activists last year and the city’s have resigned en masse after a groups after police declared un- proposal to permanently remove team member was indicted on lawful assemblies or riots. it. criminal charges. “Our entire organization has In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in During a Wednesday night been put through something none state district court, the Union Pro- meeting, officers, detectives and of us have ever seen through our tectiva de Santa Fe argues that the sergeants on the Rapid Response careers — and at a level and inten- 152-year-old stone obelisk is a le- Team voted to resign from the sity that I don’t think any other city gally protected historical site un- team because of a perceived lack in the United States has experi- der state law and that its removal of support from City Hall and enced,” Davis said. dishonors Hispanic veterans. from the district attorney over the In late October, the president of A group of around 40 mostly past year, according to the may- the police union, the Portland Po- white activists tore down the stone or’s office and officers. lice Association, sent the mayor obelisk last year after other statu- The move by officers to disband and police chief a letter, urging es and monuments across the U.S. their own team came a day after both to “stand up and publicly sup- were toppled over concerns about Officer Cody Budworth was in- port Police Bureau members who racism. dicted and accused of fourth-de- voluntarily serve on the Rapid Re- In Santa Fe, inscriptions at the gree assault stemming from a ba- sponse Team.” base of the monument honored ton strike against a protester last “Our RRT members do not vol- Union soldiers who died fighting summer. unteer to have Molotov cocktails, Indigenous tribes and Confeder- “I don’t think it is just an indict- fireworks, explosives, rocks, bot- ate soldiers. One inscription that ment that caused this to happen, I tles, urine, feces and other dan- described Indigenous people as think it is a very long complicated gerous objects thrown at them,” “savage” was chiseled out in 1974 CEDAR ATTANASIO/AP history of things that have gone on wrote Daryl Turner, then-presi- and never repaired. Union Protectiva de Santa Fe president Virgil Vigil and vice president over the last 14 months,” Acting dent of the union. He noted that The lawsuit asks a judge to pre- Richard Varela sit in front of the covered remnants of the Soldier’s Portland Police Chief Chris Davis the team members volunteer for vent the city from spending any Memorial obelisk at the center of the Plaza in Santa Fe, N.M., said. the work without any specialty time or money on modifications to Monday. Davis told reporters Thursday pay. the historic downtown park until that while the officers on the unit On Thursday, Davis acknowl- the stone obelisk is restored. It’s a reference point that an- the obelisk. have “left their voluntary posi- edged that members of the team That would hobble Mayor Alan chors heritage and religious proc- Vigil has been an outspoken tions and no longer comprise a have been exposed and subjected Webber’s plans to have an inde- essions for traditional Hispanics critic of Webber’s handling of pro- team,” they will continue with to “unbelievable things” in the pendent commission determine and serves as a reminder of geno- tests over the obelisk and the re- their regular assignments. past 14 months, including ongoing the statue’s fate. Despite calling cide for Native Americans. moval of a statue of Spanish con- The Rapid Response Team is an protests, increased violence and for the removal of the obelisk, he “We’re protecting our history, quistador Don Diego de Vargas “all-hazard incident” unit that re- the pandemic. emphasized that he would respect culture and our traditions, and our from a downtown park. He said sponds to natural or man-made di- “I understand that those are ve- the final decision of the commis- religion also,” said Virgil Vigil, his organization has been shut out sasters, large-scale searches and, ry complex issues, but I also un- sion. A proposal for a commission President of Union Protectiva de of conversations over the monu- most recently, public order polic- derstand their perspective,” Da- to take on that task is being consid- Santa Fe. ments’ future. ing or riots. vis said about the team’s decision. ered by the city council next For Vigil, a Vietnam War veter- “This lawsuit is not the way for- Members of the team are “If you put a human being through month, with an estimated budget an and helicopter pilot, honoring ward,” Webber said, adding that trained in advanced skills related what they went through, that takes of $265,000. the veterans is a major focus. the commission would start its to crowd management, use of a toll.” In addition to being a 19th cen- “This is respecting our soldiers work “very soon.” force, de-escalation and arrests. Davis said in the event there’s a tury war memorial, the obelisk is a that gave their lives to maintain Webber called for removal of Last summer, when Portland declared riot in the coming days, marker of the land grant issued the freedom that we have and to the obelisk last year, months be- became the epicenter of Black there will still be a police response from Spanish colonial royalty to end slavery,” he said in an inter- fore activists tore it down on Oct. Lives Matter protests following from other officers within the bu- Hispanic families that conquered view Monday, near the grey wood- 13 during a protest marking Indig- the murder of George Floyd, the reau “with as close to adequate re- the area in the 1600s. en box that covers the remnants of enous Peoples Day. team was on the front lines. sources as we can get.” Mint to issue quarters honoring American women, their accomplishments

Associated Press Mint. Those chosen for the first year Chinese American Hollywood Nation of Oklahoma, from 1985 to Poet and author Maya Angelou, Under the pro- are: film star 1995. She died in 2010. America’s first woman in space gram, the mint ■ Angelou, celebrated poet Cherokee Nation Principal “We thank the U.S. Mint for and a revered Cherokee Nation will issue up to and memoirist Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Man- recognizing Wilma and the other leader are among female trail- five new designs ■ Wilma Mankiller, the Chero- killer’s husband, Charlie Soap, recipients for such an honor,” blazers whose likenesses will ap- each year from kee Nation’s first female princi- expressed gratitude for Mankill- Soap told Indian Country Today. pear on the U.S. quarter. 2022 to 2025. pal chief er’s inclusion in the program, “Wilma was a humble, spiritual, The new four-year American Honorees will ■ Adelina Otero-Warren, a saying her influence and leader- great leader whose leadership Mankiller Women Quarters Program cele- be from a varie- leader in New Mexico’s suffrage ship made her a fitting choice. was not only for Cherokee people brates women’s accomplish- ty of fields and from ethnically, movement Mankiller became one of the but for all women and races. The ments and contributions to the racially and geographically di- ■ Sally Ride, the first U.S. United States’ most visible Native real value of this coin is the in- United States’ development and verse backgrounds, the mint woman in space American leaders during her 10 spiration it brings to Indian peo- history, according to the U.S. says. ■ Anna May Wong, the first years as chief of the Cherokee ple and women everywhere.” PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 19, 2021 NATION Gulf Coast expecting heavy rain, floods

Associated Press Mississippi, Alabama and western the Alabama Deep Fishing Rodeo the use of state resources to aid in Flood watches also extended in- MIAMI — Officials ordered a Georgia. on nearby Dauphin Island — one storm response efforts. to north Georgia. Up to 6 inches of floodgate and locks system closed Children could still be seen of the world’s largest fishing tour- The system is expected to pro- rain will be possible in parts of in southeast Louisiana and read- playing on the beach under cloudy naments — is thankful the event is duce up to 8 inches of rain across west Georgia as the storm moves ied sandbags in Mississippi and skies, with a rougher-than-usual scheduled for next month, not this the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, on its expected path to the north- Alabama as a broad, disorganized surf roaring, at Gulf Shores, Ala. weekend. and up to 12 inches through the east, the National Weather Ser- tropical weather system began Business owners kept an eye on By midmorning Friday, the sys- weekend along the central U.S. vice said. spinning bands of rain and brisk the weather, hoping it wouldn’t ru- tem was centered about 220 miles Gulf Coast. There have already been two wind across the northern Gulf of in a Father’s Day weekend for the south of Morgan City, La., with The combination of storm surge named storms during the 2021 At- Mexico coast Friday. tourism-dependent coast. maximum sustained winds of 35 and the tide will cause normally lantic hurricane season. Meteo- The system had not yet reached At Tacky Jack’s, a popular res- mph. It was moving north-north- dry areas near the coast to be rologists expect the season to be tropical storm strength as of mid- taurant on the Alabama coast in east at 14 mph. flooded by rising waters moving busy, but not as crazy as the re- morning. But, in anticipation of Orange Beach, “the winds are In Louisiana’s vulnerable Pla- inland from the shoreline, the hur- cord-breaking 2020 season. strengthening, a tropical storm blowing pretty fast today so hope- quemines Parish, the local gov- ricane center said. The water Mexico, while getting rain from warning was in effect for parts of fully that wind will make the ernment warned mariners that could reach heights of about 1-3 the storm in the Gulf, was also Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama storm move faster and blow on out locks and a floodgate in the Em- feet . threatened by a storm in the Pacif- and Florida — extending from of here,” kitchen manager Greg pire community, near where the The threat of heavy downpours ic. Tropical Storm Dolores formed Morgan City, La., to the Okaloosa- Paddie said Friday. Mississippi River meets the Gulf, reached far inland. More than 140 Friday morning and was expected Walton County line in the Florida “Anytime there’s a tropical would close at noon. miles from the coast, organizers of to make landfall on Mexico’s west- Panhandle. Flash flood watches storm in the Gulf, we pay attention Louisiana Gov. John Bel Ed- a Juneteenth festival in Selma, central coast Saturday evening, extended along the coast from to it,” said Ryan Schumann in Mo- wards issued a state of emergency Ala., cited the weather in postpon- possibly near hurricane strength, southeast Louisiana into the Flor- bile, Ala. late Thursday. The move is an ad- ing a daylong celebration until Au- according to the National Hurri- ida panhandle and well inland into Schumann, who is president of ministrative step that authorizes gust. cane Center. St. Louis gun-waving couple pleads guilty BY JIM SALTER vid Mason during Thursday’s Associated Press hearing. Mason asked Mark ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis couple McCloskey if he acknowledged who gained notoriety for pointing that his actions put people at risk guns at social justice demonstra- of personal injury. He replied, “I tors pleaded guilty Thursday to sure did your honor.” misdemeanor charges, but the Mark McCloskey, who an- man left the courthouse defiantly nounced in May that he was run- pledging to “do it again” if faced ning for a U.S. Senate seat in Mis- with the same circumstances. souri, was unapologetic after the Patricia McCloskey pleaded hearing. guilty to misdemeanor harass- “I’d do it again,” he said from ment and was fined $2,000. Her the courthouse steps in downtown husband, Mark McCloskey, plead- St. Louis. “Any time the mob ap- ed guilty to misdemeanor fourth- proaches me, I’ll do what I can to degree assault and was fined $750. put them in imminent threat of They also agreed to give up the physical injury because that’s SPACEPORT CAMDEN/AP weapons they used during the what kept them from destroying This artist’s sketch provided by Spaceport Camden shows the launch pad complex of the proposed confrontation. my house and my family.” Spaceport Camden in Camden County, Ga. When several hundred demon- The McCloskeys’ defense law- strators marched past their home yer, Joel Schwartz, said after the in June of 2020, the couple waved hearing the couple had hoped to weapons at them. They claimed raise money by donating Mark’s After 9 years and $10M, Georgia the protesters were trespassing rifle to charity, but acknowledged and that they feared for their safe- that it was an unusual request. ty. Because the charges are misde- spaceport nears FAA approval The McCloskeys, both of them meanors, the McCloskeys do not BY RUSS BYNUM with nuclear weapons. ministrator, insists the communi- lawyers in their 60s, wore blue face the possibility of losing their Associated Press The project came closer to frui- ty of 55,000 is seizing a “once-in-a- blazers and spoke calmly in an- law licenses and can continue to SAVANNAH, Ga. — After nine tion Thursday, when the Federal generation opportunity” not only swering questions from Judge Da- own firearms. years of planning and $10 million Aviation Administration issued its to join the commercial space race, invested by local taxpayers, coun- final study on Spaceport Cam- but to lure supporting industries ty officials in Georgia’s coastal den’s environmental impacts. The and tourists. southeast corner came a big step agency concluded that building “For us, it’s never been about closer Thursday to winning feder- the spaceport was its “preferred the rockets. It’s about everything al approval of a project engi- alternative,” as opposed to scrap- else,” Howard said. “The rockets neered to literally inject the local ping the project. That paves the and the spaceport are a catalyst. economy with rocket fuel. way for a final decision in July on What we want is everything else Since 2012, Camden County on its license to operate a launch site. around it: R&D, manufacturing, the Georgia-Florida line has dogg- Even if approved, there’s no payload processing, STEM pro- edly pursued plans to build and guarantee the project will fire its grams, tourism.” operate the 13th licensed U.S. first rocket anytime soon. Despite Camden County would join 19 commercial rocket launch pad for increased demand for commer- total U.S. sites available to launch blasting satellites into orbit. It’s cial launches in the past decade, commercial rockets. Five are U.S. been a bumpy ride, with critics more than half of licensed U.S. government sites such as Cape concerned that explosive misfires spaceports have never held a li- Canaveral in Florida. Two private JIM SALTER/AP might threaten a protected barrier censed launch. sites in Texas were built for the Patricia McCloskey and her husband Mark McCloskey leave a court in island popular with campers and Regardless, Steve Howard, sole use of their owners, SpaceX St. Louis, on Thursday. possibly a Navy base entrusted Camden County’s government ad- and Blue Origin. Saturday, June 19, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY Chinese crew making new space station their home

BY SAM MCNEIL next month. ward entered orbit. Associated Press Although contact between the About a half-dozen adjustments JIUQUAN, China — Three Chi- Chinese space program and NA- helped line up the craft for dock- nese astronauts have begun mak- SA is restricted by U.S. law, NASA ing with the Tianhe-1, or Heavenly ing China’s new space station Administrator Bill Nelson issued Harmony, module at about 4 p.m. their home for the next three a statement Thursday expressing, The travel time is down from months, after their launch and ar- “Congratulations to China on the the two days it took to reach Chi- rival at the station Thursday successful launch of crew to their na’s earlier experimental space marked further advances in the space station! I look forward to the stations, a result of a “great many country’s ambitious space pro- scientific discoveries to come.” breakthroughs and innovations,” gram. The mission is the third of 11 the mission’s deputy chief design- Their Shenzhou-12 craft con- planned through next year to con- er, Gao Xu, told state broadcaster nected with the station about six nect the Tianhe-1 to two laborato- CCTV. hours after taking off from the Jiu- ry modules and send up crews and “So the astronauts can have a quan launch center on the edge of supplies. The current crew will good rest in space which should the Gobi Desert. carry out experiments, test equip- make them less tired,” Gao said. About three hours later, com- ment and prepare for the future Other improvements include an mander Nie Haisheng, followed missions. increase in the number of auto- by Liu Boming and space rookie A fresh crew and supplies will mated and remote-controlled sys- Tang Hongbo, opened the hatches be sent in three months. Each tems that should “significantly and floated into the Tianhe-1, the crew will have three members, lessen the pressure on the astro- CCTV/AP core living segment of the station. with the station’s capacity at six, nauts,” Gao said. The docking process in space between the Tianhe core module of Pictures showed them busy at when crews are being exchanged. China is not a participant in the China's space station and a Shenzhou­12 spaceship carrying a crew of work unpacking equipment and at Two of China’s past astronauts International Space Station, large- Chinese astronauts is seen Thursday. one point turning to the camera to were women, and future crews on ly as a result of U.S. objections to greet and salute audiences back the station will include women. the Chinese programs secrecy probe and rover on the moon’s less Mars. on Earth. Uniformed military personnel and close military ties. However, explored far side and brought After the Tianhe-1 was “This represents the first time and children waving flowers and China has been stepping up coop- back the first lunar samples by launched in April, the rocket that Chinese have entered their own flags and singing patriotic songs eration with Russia and a host of any country’s space program carried it into space made an un- space station,” state broadcaster saw off the astronauts before they other countries, and its station since the 1970s. controlled reentry to Earth. CCTV said on its nightly news. entered the Shenzhou-12 to be may continue operating beyond China and Russia this week also Usually, discarded rocket China has now sent 14 astro- blasted into space atop a Long the International Space Station, unveiled an ambitious plan for a stages reenter the atmosphere nauts into space since 2003, when March-2F Y12 rocket at at 9:22 which is reaching the end of its joint International Lunar Re- soon after liftoff, normally over it became only the third country a.m Thursday Beijing time. functional life. search Station running through water, and don’t go into orbit. after the former Soviet Union and The rocket dropped its boosters Chinese space officials have al- 2036. That could compete and pos- China dismissed criticism of the the United States to do so on its about two minutes into the flight so said foreigners may be part of sibly conflict with the multina- potential safety hazard at the time, own. followed by the cowling surround- future crews on the station after it tional Artemis Accords, a blue- and officials said the rocket used China’s leaders hope the mis- ing the crew’s craft. After about 10 is fully built next year. print for space cooperation that Thursday was of a different type sion will be a complete success as minutes it separated from the China landed a probe on Mars supports NASA’s plans to return and reentering components were the ruling Communist Party pre- rocket’s upper section, extended last month that carried a rover, humans to the moon by 2024 and expected to burn up before they pares to celebrate its centennial its solar panels and shortly after- the Zhurong, and earlier landed a to launch a human mission to could be a danger. Weird ‘living fossil’ fish lives 100 years, pregnant for 5 Associated Press Biology. The coelacanth — a giant weird Coelacanths are so endangered fish still around from dinosaur that scientists can only study spec- times — can live for 100 years, a imens already caught and dead. new study found. In the past, scientists calculated These slow-moving, people- fish ages by counting big lines on a sized fish of the deep, nicknamed a specific coelacanth scale. But the “living fossil,” are the opposite of French scientists found they were the live fast, die young mantra. missing smaller lines that could These nocturnal fish grow at an only be seen using polarized light achingly slow pace. — the technique used to figure out Females don’t hit sexual matu- the age of commercial fish. rity until their late 50s, the study Study co-author Bruno Er- said, while male coelacanths are nande, a marine evolutionary sexually mature at 40 to 69 years. ecologist at France’s marine re- And maybe strangest of all, re- search institute, said polarized searchers figure pregnancy in the light revealed five smaller lines fish lasts about five years. for every big one. The researchers Coelacanths, which have been concluded the smaller lines better around for 400 million years, were correlated to a year of coelacanth thought extinct until they were age — and that indicated their ol- found alive in 1938 off South Afri- dest specimen was 84 years old. PIERRE GODOT / AP ca. Scientists long believed coela- Using the technique, the scien- visitors to the Natural History Museum in Paris look at a coelacanth exhibit in 1954. The "living fossil," still canths live about 20 years. But by tists studied two embryos and cal- around from the time of the dinosaurs, can live for 100 years, according to a study released Thursday. applying a standard technique for culated the largest was five years dating commercial fish, French old and the youngest was nine have live births. ography’s Harold Walker, who wide evolutionary differences, scientists calculated they actually years old. So, Ernande said, they That five-year gestation is “very wasn’t part of the research. they age slowly like other dwellers live close to a century, according figured pregnancy lasts at least strange” for fish or any animal, Even though coelacanths are of the deep, sharks and rays, Er- to a study in Thursday’s Current five years in coelacanths, which said Scripps Institution of Ocean- unrelated genetically and show nande said. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 19, 2021 WORLD Kim vows to be ready for encounter with US Associated Press hostile policy toward the North, our state” and ensure national se- been publicized, but U.S. officials Sung Kim, the top U.S. official SEOUL, South Korea — North though he’ll also prepare for talks curity, it said. have suggested Biden will seek a on North Korea, is to visit Seoul Korean leader Kim Jong Un or- to resume, some experts say. In 2018-19, Kim held a series of middle ground between Trump’s on Saturday for a trilateral meet- dered his government to be pre- During an ongoing ruling party summits with then-President direct meetings with Kim and ing with South Korean and Japa- pared for both dialogue and con- meeting Thursday, Kim ana- Donald Trump to discuss North former President Barack Oba- nese officials. His travel empha- frontation with the Biden admin- lyzed in detail the policy tenden- Korea’s advancing nuclear arse- ma’s “strategic patience” to curb sizes the importance of three- istration — but more for confron- cies of the U.S. under President nal. But the negotiations fell Kim’s nuclear program. way cooperation in working to- tation — state media reported Joe Biden and clarified steps to apart after Trump rejected Kim’s Earlier this week, leaders of ward complete denuclearization Friday, days after the United be taken in relations with Wash- calls for extensive sanctions re- the Group of Seven wealthy na- of the Korean Peninsula, the States and others urged the North ington, the Korean Central News lief in return for a partial surren- tions issued a statement calling State Department said. to abandon its nuclear program Agency said. It did not specify the der of his nuclear capability. for the complete denucleariza- Kim Jong Un has recently and return to talks. steps. Biden’s administration has tion of the Korean Peninsula and threatened to enlarge his nuclear Kim’s statement indicates he’ll Kim “stressed the need to get worked to formulate a new ap- “the verifiable and irreversible arsenal and build high-tech likely push to strengthen his nu- prepared for both dialogue and proach on North Korea’s nuclear abandonment” of North Korea’s weapons targeting the U.S. main- clear arsenal and increase pres- confrontation, especially to get program that it describes as “cal- nuclear and missile programs. land if Washington refuses to sure on Washington to give up fully prepared for confrontation ibrated and practical.” Details of They called on North Korea to en- abandon its hostile policy toward what North Korea considers a in order to protect the dignity of his North Korea policy haven’t gage and resume dialogue. North Korea. Israel strikes Gaza after Hamas launches incendiary balloons Associated Press and Egypt have imposed a crip- JERUSALEM — Israel pling blockade on Gaza, which is launched airstrikes on the Gaza home to more than 2 million Pales- Strip late Thursday for a second tinians, since Hamas took over. time since a shaky cease-fire end- Earlier, Israeli police used stun ed last month’s 11-day war. The grenades and a water cannon strikes came after activists mobili- spraying skunk water to disperse zed by Gaza’s militant Hamas rul- Palestinian protesters from Da- ers launched incendiary balloons mascus Gate in east Jerusalem, into Israel for a third straight day. the epicenter of weeks of protests There were no immediate re- and clashes in the run-up to the Ga- ports of casualties from the strikes, za war. which could be heard from Gaza After the crowds were dis- City. Israel also carried out air- persed, Palestinians could be seen strikes early Wednesday, target- throwing rocks and water bottles ing what it has said were Hamas fa- at ultra-Orthodox Jews walking in cilities, without killing or wound- the area. EBRAHIM NOROOZI/AP ing anyone. Calls had circulated for protes- Voters fill out their ballot papers during the presidential election at a polling station Friday in Tehran, Iran. The military said fighter jets ters to gather at Damascus Gate in struck Hamas “military com- response to a rally held there by pounds and a rocket launch site” Jewish ultranationalists on Tues- late Thursday in response to the day in which dozens of Israelis had Iran votes in presidential poll balloons. It said its forces were chanted “Death to Arabs” and preparing for a “variety of scena- “May your village burn.” The po- rios including a resumption of hos- lice had forcibly cleared the tipped in hard-liner’s favor tilities.” square and provided security for Rocket sirens went off in Israeli that rally, part of a parade to cele- Associated Press only a handful of voters in the elec- enriching uranium to the closest communities near Gaza shortly af- brate Israel’s conquest of east Je- DUBAI, United Arab Emirates tion’s early hours. point yet to weapons-grade levels. ter the airstrikes. The military lat- rusalem. — Iranians voted Friday in a presi- Those passing by several polling Tensions remain high with both the er said they were triggered by “in- In a separate incident, a Palesti- dential election that a hard-line places in Tehran said they similar- U.S. and Israel, which is believed to coming fire, not rockets.” nian teenager died Thursday after protege of Supreme Leader Ayatol- ly saw few voters. In some images have carried out a series of attacks Surveillance camera footage ob- being shot by Israeli troops in the lah Ali Khamenei seemed likely to on state TV, poll workers wore targeting Iranian nuclear sites as tained by The Associated Press occupied West Bank during a pro- win, leading to low turnout fueled gloves and masks due to the coro- well as assassinating the scientist showed what appeared to be heavy test against a settlement outpost, by apathy and calls for a boycott. navirus pandemic, with some wip- who created its military atomic machine-gun fire into the air from the fourth demonstrator to be Opinion polling by state-linked ing down ballot boxes with disin- program decades earlier. Gaza, a possible attempt by Pales- killed since the outpost was estab- organizations and analysts indicat- fectants. Whoever wins will likely serve tinian militants to shoot down air- lished last month. ed that judiciary chief Ebrahim If elected, Raisi would be the two four-year terms and thus may craft. Other footage showed pro- The Israeli military said Raisi — who is already under U.S. first serving Iranian president be at the helm at what could be one jectiles being fired from Gaza, but Wednesday that a soldier sta- sanctions — was the dominant sanctioned by the U.S. government of the most-crucial moments for it was unclear what kind or where tioned near the wildcat outpost in front-runner in a field of just four even before entering office over his the country in decades — the death they landed. the West Bank saw a group of Pal- candidates. Former Central Bank involvement in the mass execution of the 82-year-old Khamenei. Al- Tensions have remained high estinians approaching, and that chief Abdolnasser Hemmati is run- of political prisoners in 1988, as ready, speculation has mounted since a cease-fire halted the war on one “hurled a suspicious object at ning as the race’s moderate candi- well as his time as the head of Iran’s that Raisi may be a contender for May 21, even as Egyptian media- him, which exploded adjacent to date but hasn’t inspired the same internationally criticized judiciary the position, along with Khame- tors have met with Israeli and Ha- the soldier.” The army said that the support as outgoing President Has- — one of the world’s top execution- nei’s son, Mojtaba. mas officials to try and shore up soldier fired in the air, then shot san Rouhani, who is term limited ers. Polls opened at 7 a.m. local time the informal truce. the Palestinian who threw the ob- from seeking the office again. It also would put hard-liners for the vote, which has seen wide- Israel and Hamas have fought ject. By midday, turnout appeared far firmly in control across the Iranian spread public apathy after a panel four wars and countless smaller The Palestinian Health Minis- lower than Iran’s last presidential government as negotiations in overseen by Khamenei barred skirmishes since the Islamic mili- try said Thursday that Ahmad election in 2017. State television of- Vienna continue to try to save a tat- hundreds of candidates, including tant group seized power from rival Shamsa, 15, died of a gunshot fered tight shots of polling places, tered deal meant to limit Iran’s nu- reformists and those aligned with Palestinians forces in 2007. Israel wound sustained a day earlier. several of which seemed to have clear program at a time when it is Rouhani. Saturday, June 19, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Man dies after jumping in river to retrieve volleyball NEW YORK — A man NY died after jumping in the East River near Brooklyn’s Domino Park to retrieve a volley- ball, police said. Police got a 911 call about a man in the water near the park in the Williamsburg neighborhood at around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Harbor unit officers brought the man to shore and tried to revive him, police said. The 36-year-old man was taken to Brooklyn Hospi- tal, where he was pronounced dead. His name was not immedi- ately released. The city medical examiner’s of- fice will determine the cause of death. Aviation group announces expansion at airport BRIDGEPORT — An WV aviation group is ex- panding its hangars at a new busi- ness park at a northern West Vir- ginia airport, creating up to 300 jobs, officials announced. Gov. Jim Justice, along with company and other officials, an- nounced the expansion Wednes- day at the Mitsubishi Heavy In- dustries West Virginia Service SARAH REINGEWIRTZ, THE ORANGE COUNTY (CALIF.) REGISTER/AP Center at the North Central West Virginia Airport in Bridgeport. MHIRJ Aviation is investing One­wheel wheelie $20 million to add 100,000 square A cyclist who turned his bike into a unicycle rides down Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, Calif., on Wednesday. feet and two hangars to its facility, Justice said. Construction is ex- New York’s Liberty Bell will be THE CENSUS spring months this year. The U.S. pected to take 18 months. The fa- kept temporarily at the New-York Drought Monitor shows more than cility currently has 500 workers. Historical Society, displayed as The amount a northwest Iowa man has been ordered to two-thirds of the state is in ex- part of an exhibition, according to $80K pay as a fine for burning thousands of railroad ties on his treme and exceptional drought. 700-pound George Floyd leadership at Middle Collegiate property despite being told it would violate the law. The Iowa Attorney Gener- Morton County officials said statue is unveiled Church. al’s office said Wednesday that John Goldsmith, of Sergeant Bluff, also was setting off fireworks could cause The church was destroyed in warned he could face contempt charges and possible jail time if he violated fires “that could threaten the NEWARK — A new stat- December when a fire started in solid waste and open burning laws again. The $80,000 fine was the maximum health, well-being and safety of ci- NJ ue of George Floyd was the building next to it and spread, penalty allowed. tizens, and the cost of response unveiled at Newark’s City Hall on sending flames shooting through may be far in excess of current re- Wednesday afternoon. its roof. The survival of the bell tournament is Catch 23, which be- Investigators identified his fore- sources.” Mayor Ras Baraka along with was gratifying news to the congre- longs to basketball legend Michael arm tattoo from the surveillance If the county receives a signifi- actor and filmmaker Leon Pick- gation, which has pledged to re- Jordan, who led briefly in the footage. cant amount of rain in the coming ney, who commissioned the stat- build. heaviest dolphin category before Lawrence’s plea agreement weeks, it might reassess the ban, ue, and artist Stanley Watts un- New York’s Liberty Bell has finishing in fifth. states that the ankle monitor he the Bismarck Tribune reported. veiled the 700-pound bronze stat- sounded for many milestone mo- was also wearing placed him at the Public or commercial fireworks ue that was donated this week to ments, such as marking the coun- DC man gets nearly 5 gun store at the time of the burgla- displays that have received per- the City of Newark, according to try’s founding in 1776 as well as years for gun store theft ry, officials said. mits from the appropriate agen- WABC-TV. presidential inaugurations. Lawrence was carrying one of cies are still allowed. Hopefully when people walk by BALTIMORE — A the stolen weapons from the bur- and they see it, and they participa- Boat lands big marlin, big MD Washington, D.C., glary two days later when he was Tornado blows tree into te, hopefully it inspires them to be- check in tournament man has been sentenced to nearly arrested, officials said. He told in- house, injures one come active in the struggles that five years in prison for stealing vestigators that he stole six fire- are happening right here in Ne- MOREHEAD CITY — firearms from a Maryland gun arms from the store. Lawrence CHARLESTON — A wark and right here in New Jer- NC One big marlin meant store. was sentenced to 57 months in fed- WV tornado in Marion sey,” Baraka said. one big check for a boat entered in The Justice Department an- eral prison, followed by three County, W.Va., blew a tree into a Floyd’s murder at the hands of a an annual tournament on the nounced Wednesday that Xyavion years of supervised release. house and injured one person, the Minneapolis police officer last North Carolina coast. Lawrence, 20, was sentenced for National Weather Service said. year fueled a global movement for Natural, which is based in Beau- theft of firearms from a federal Counties join ban on The tornado spun for about four racial justice. fort, had to wait out a thunder- firearms licensee’s inventory. fireworks due to drought minutes on Wednesday in the The statue will remain outside storm on Tuesday before learning Lawrence and another suspect Pleasant Valley area of Fairmont City Hall for at least one year. Jonathan Fulcher had landed a broke into an Essex gun shop in BISMARCK — Bur- in Marion County. It uprooted sev- 521.6-pound marlin, which was Baltimore County in August 2019, ND leigh and Morton eral trees and damaged the shin- Historic LIberty Bell taken good for nearly $829,000 in prize officials said. counties have joined the city of gles of a garage. to temporary home money at the Big Rock Blue Mar- Surveillance footage showed Mandan in banning the private use The weather service office in lin Tournament, The Virginian-Pi- Lawrence repeatedly backing a of fireworks during the July Pittsburgh said the most severe NEW YORK — A bell lot of Norfolk reported. The victo- car into the store’s front door be- Fourth holiday season due to the damage came after a large tree NY that rang at some of the ry was earned in the tournament’s fore going inside and taking the widespread drought in North Da- was blown onto a house and most historic moments in Ameri- Fabulous Fisherman’s prize. guns and then fleeing in the car. kota. caused unspecified injuries to an can history was taken down and Of the 270 participants in the Later, Lawrence showed several Rural fire chiefs in both coun- inhabitant. The tornado, rated as a moved Wednesday from a belfry 63rd annual tournament, only 159 of the stolen firearms in a social ties recommended the bans be- relatively weak EF-0, had maxi- where it survived a blaze last year boats went offshore on Tuesday, media video while wearing the cause of extremely dry conditions. mum winds of 75 mph. that gutted a New York City the second day of the competition. same clothes, mask and gloves North Dakota has experienced church. Among the boats entered in the used in the burglary, officials said. some of the driest winter and From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 19, 2021 HEALTH & FITNESS ‘It was like a pressure cooker’ Experts explain what burnout is and why it has become more prevalent during the pandemic

BY ANGELA HAUPT sure to prolonged stress,” she emphasized — not Special to The Washington Post Tips for avoiding burnout just one or two taxing days at work. ummer Sides is a go, go, go type of per- The pandemic has been a perfect breeding son. But by late last year, all the fitness Seek support from friends and family. “Self-care ground for the syndrome to fester: “When we instructor wanted to do was pass mind- cannot be the cure for burnout,” author Amelia think about burnout in the context of COVID, I less hours in her home, undisturbed — Nagoski said. “Burnout is all of us caring for each personally can relate,” Burnett-Zeigler said. S other.” Aim to be surrounded by a “protective bub- venturing no farther than her backyard. She was “And I know a lot of folks I work with have been ble of love,” she said: people who will remind you of suffering, she said, from massive burnout. your value and whom you can lean on as you work under extreme stress, working longer hours, Sides, 37, who lives in Greensboro, N.C., had through your burnout. balancing work with child care responsibilities, opened a yoga studio March 1, only to shut it Take breaks. Build these into your daily schedule. having back-to-back meetings and adjusting to down 18 days later and pivot to the Wild West of Spend your breaks resting or doing something you working in a different environment.” online programming. At the same time, she was really enjoy, like reading a favorite book or going for Burnout can manifest physically as well as taking care of her dad, who had suffered a stroke a swim. Take vacations or, when needed, even emotionally. When we’re burned out, our amyg- the previous year. longer time off from work. dala — the brain’s danger detection system — She started getting migraines, and brain fog Prioritize exercise for well-being. We often exercise might “hijack” our frontal lobes, said Leah clouded her days. By winter, she was utterly because of social pressures, such as achieving the Weiss, a mindfulness expert who teaches a so-called perfect body. In that context, working out depleted. course called “Leading with Mindfulness and might not help relieve stress, Nagoski said. But “I didn’t mentally have the capacity to figure judgment-free exercise can. Think “dancing to Compassion” at the Stanford University Gradu- out another piece of spaghetti to throw at the Beyonce in the kitchen or punching something in ate School of Business. This can trigger a fight- wall,” she said. “It was like a pressure cooker: the basement,” she said. or-flight response, which makes it difficult to One thing after another kept getting added in, Build transitions into your day. At the end of every think clearly, draw conclusions and recall me- and all of a sudden there wasn’t enough space workday, mindfulness expert Leah Weiss knows she mories. and the lid was going to blow.” could easily log a few more hours — but she’s clear Burnout is also linked to hormonal imbalance, As weary Americans emerge from a harrow- about her values, such as spending time with her hair loss, changes in menstruation, stomach ing global pandemic — and, in many cases, a kids. She recommends implementing a routine that problems and sleep disruption, Weiss said. Peo- period of heightened personal and professional can help you transition from your work persona into ple suffering from it commonly report head- home mode. “Maybe that’s walking the dog or demands — experts say burnout is a common aches, muscle aches and listlessness. putting on a soundtrack as you close your work for affliction. the day or taking some mindful breaths,” she said. In 2017, a research article in the journal PLOS “People are overwhelmed and exhausted and “It’s something that reminds you why the rest of One examined the physical, psychological and still feeling like they ought to be doing more,” your life matters, and not to sacrifice that.” occupational consequences of job burnout. The said Amelia Nagoski, who wrote the 2019 book Get creative. Painting, writing poetry, sewing and authors reviewed 61 studies and found associ- “Burnout” with her sister, Emily Nagoski. “I any other form of creative expression are terrific ations between burnout and serious health prob- think it’s almost everybody everywhere.” ways to push through the chronic stress that defines lems such as increased alcohol consumption, “Burnout” has become a popular catchall burnout, Nagoski said. Working with your hands coronary heart disease, depression, sedentary phrase in the “language of the people,” said helps you “burn up all your feelings,” she said, by behavior, obesity and musculoskeletal pain. Christina Maslach, a professor emerita of psy- allowing you to channel your emotions into an As Maslach sums it up, burnout “exerts wear object or process. chology and a researcher at the Center for and tear on human beings physically, emotional- Healthy Workplaces at the University of Cali- Angela Haupt ly and cognitively.” That’s why it’s so important fornia, Berkeley. to address it. “Some people use it to mean they’re bored — Experts emphasize, however, that there is like, ‘Oh, I’m getting so burned out on Pilates.’ Organization recognized burnout as an occupa- only so much that employees can do on their Or, ‘I haven’t had a creative idea all week.’ So tional syndrome — not a medical condition — own to prevent burnout. it’s like a lightbulb has burned out, as opposed to based on those same three components.) Steps that employers can take, the experts a fire that has burned out,” she said. It makes Emotional exhaustion is characterized by said, include allowing staff to set their own sense that people have latched on to the term: feeling depleted and like you don’t have any schedules, checking in with them to monitor “It’s very catchy — the visual imagery of flames energy, Maslach said. Depersonalization, which well-being, designating meeting-free days and and ashes and all that kind of stuff.” is also referred to as cynicism, is “a hostile, proactively addressing microaggressions or But experts, who have been using the term for take-this-job-and-shove-it attitude,” and a re- rude workplace behavior. Employers also more than 50 years, rely on a more precise defi- duced sense of personal accomplishment means, shouldn’t normalize, or praise, working around- nition. In 1981, Maslach, who wrote some of the well, exactly that. People experiencing profes- the-clock and should actively encourage staff to earliest literature on professional burnout, de- sional burnout will be overwhelmed by their use vacation and sick days. veloped a diagnostic tool that is still used widely own alleged inadequacy and notice that their Maslach said that, in many ways, the timing is in research studies. productivity plummets. ideal to make meaningful workplace changes. According to the Maslach Burnout Inventory, There’s a lot of overlap between burnout and Companies had to learn how to operate differ- burnout occurs when three factors are present at stress, said Inger Burnett-Zeigler, a clinical ently during the pandemic, and that “presents a the same time: emotional exhaustion, deperso- psychologist and associate professor of psychia- golden opportunity to really think outside the nalization and a diminished sense of personal try and behavioral sciences at Northwestern box and say, ‘OK, we have to change. Something accomplishment. (In 2019, the World Health University. But burnout is the result of “expo- has to be different,’” she said.

iStock Saturday, June 19, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 VIDEO GAMES

Microsoft mulls ‘cloud gaming’ without console BY DINA BASS Bloomberg No console? No problem. Mi- crosoft said its Xbox gaming unit is working on new hardware and deals with TV makers that will let people play games and expe- rience the Xbox without needing to buy a gaming machine. The idea would be to embed the Xbox experience directly into an internet-connected TV with nothing else needed except for a video game controller, Microsoft said. Meanwhile Xbox is also building streaming devices to enable cloud gaming services on any TV or monitor. Microsoft’s latest Xbox consoles, released last fall, remain in short supply amid a chip shortage that’s con- straining industries from tech to Insomniac Games photos autos, and Microsoft has said it Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart is a conventional, well­balanced adventure game that includes shooting, platforming and puzzle sections. expects to continue to feel the squeeze in the coming months. “Cloud gaming is truly a breakthrough experience,” said Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella in a video released June A zany visual showcase for PS5 10 by Microsoft. “It’s a really fast, easy way to get into gaming.” Colorful, adventurous Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart shows what the console is capable of Microsoft declined to provide more details on the hardware or BY CHRISTOPHER BYRD giving Rivet a mechanical arm and making the planned partnerships. The Washington Post her distrustful of robots for reasons that be- As the company tries to smooth atchet and Clank: Rift Apart is like come clear later. and boost revenue flow by get- a 20-plus-hour fireworks display. Soon after the calamity at the festival, ting more customers on to video- It is pure spectacle — cascades of Clank meets Rivet, who is slow to believe his game subscriptions that offer Rriotous colors wrapped around story until she finds time to independently access to hundreds of titles and polished gameplay tropes. The 17th game in verify it. Elsewhere, while Ratchet is search- cloud gaming, Microsoft said the long-running series, about an adventur- ing for Clank, he comes across a melancholic subscribers to these services are ous tinkerer and his robot companion, is robot who is reluctant to enter his company. buying even more content be- another lighthearted adventure that coasts on Spoiler alert: Over time, Ratchet befriends sides their monthly fee. In Au- lame jokes and madcap action sequences. the robot, who calls herself Kit, and the two gust, Xbox Vice President Sarah Following a brief cinematic opening that work together to try to rebuild the Dimen- Bond said subscribers to Xbox’s shows Rivet, Ratchet’s sionator. Game Pass service spend 20% female counterpart, steal Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart is a conven- more on extra games and down- some information and tional, particularly well-balanced adventure Rift Apart introduces a female counterpart to loadable content. Now that num- Rachet named Rivet. save a fellow rebel, the game sporting shooting, platforming and ber is up to 50%, Microsoft said game cuts to the Festival puzzle sections. With the generously doled this month. of Heroes where Ratchet out in-game currency, there are loads of In an interview, Bond said the and Clank (Ratchet’s weapons players can buy for Ratchet and increase is probably due to im- robot sidekick) are to be Rivet. Aside from your run-of-the-mill laser proved quality of the offering and honored for their space- pistol or rocket launcher, there are guns that customers getting more familiar faring heroism. For pop out different types of minions that will with it. Clank, the festival is an attack your enemies for you: One that turns “If you look at the evolution of opportunity to show his appreciation toward enemies into ice cubes, another that grants the catalog over time, the quality his friend. At the climax of the ceremony he you a reflective shield and many more — all of the games, the sophistication presents Ratchet with a Dimensionator, a tool of which have big upgrade trees. Switching of the games, the percentage of capable of opening portals to different dimen- between weapons is like cycling through games that have a really well- sions. Clank’s gift is intended to help Ratchet different special effects, which make the built, in-game monetization me- find the rest of his fellow Lombax, a feline- game’s abundantly detailed environments chanic, people’s understanding of like race renowned for their technical prow- that much more vibrant. A new game plus the catalogue and the benefit that ess, whose whereabouts are a mystery. feature allows you to carry over your arsenal Rift Apart provides a plethora of weapons comes with Game Pass, I think The plan goes awry after their old antag- to a new save file and acquire previously that Ratchet and Rivet can use. all that’s been advancing and onist, Dr. Nefarious, ambushes the ceremony unavailable weapons. contributes,” she said. and tries to make off with the Dimensionator, From time to time, Clank and Kit are called For those looking for a blockbuster, family- which is damaged in the scuffle, causing upon to repair dimensional anomalies. These friendly experience, Ratchet and Clank: Rift several rifts between dimensions to open up. puzzle sections require them to help a series Apart checks the boxes. It is hyperkinetic and Ratchet and Clank get separated during the of their ghostly copies or “possibilities” find a full of cutesy-looking characters that wear incident and end up in a dimension where route from one end of a grid-like structure to their emotions on their sleeves. If you’ve seen Nefarious is a supreme ruler. the other. Left to their own devices, the possi- one of the trailers, then you basically know Like many other works of pop culture these bilities charge headlong in one direction until what you’re in for: something totally familiar days, Rift Apart is enamored with parallel an external force redirects their movements. but with next-gen graphics. In other words, dimensions. Rivet, for example, lives in that Except for the last section of the last puzzle, I from a marketing perspective, it’s a safe bet. dimension where Dr. Nefarious is a despot found these sections fairly easy to get Platform: PlayStation 5 iStock known as Emperor Nefarious. The game through. (I could say the same for the ad- Online: insomniac.games/game/ratchet- A controller might soon be the plays up the similar but different angle by versaries in the game.) clank-rift-apart only hardware needed for Xbox. PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 19, 2021 FOOD

JENNIFER BEESON GREGORY/The Washington Post Driscoll’s organic strawberries cost $3.99 for a standard 16­ounce plastic clamshell.

Oishii Oishii’s Omakase Berries cost $50 for a package of eight and are currently not available outside of New York City. Packages with more or fewer berries are also for sale. Only the berry best Oishii strawberries, billed as the berry with no equal, are compared to similar fruit from grocery store, farm BY HANNAH SELINGER achieved by such tactics as crop-thinning, Special to The Washington Post forces the plant to push more of its nutri- ome months ago, a curious new ents and flavor into fewer berries, yielding strawberry began appearing in a more concentrated flavor. The growing social media feeds. The berry, environment, according to Koga, is also JENNIFER BEESON GREGORY/The Washington Post Swhich comes in packages of three, optimized so that berries yield the maxi- Locally grown strawberries, like these at the Kuhn Orchards (Cashtown, Pa.) booth at six or eight, was a uniform pale red. Each mum amount of nutrients and sweetness the Fairlington Farmers Market in Arlington, Va., June 6, are more varied in every way. berry in each plastic carton looked almost — finding the optimal temperature and exactly the same — heart-shaped, sym- breeze; controlling plant management, Aroma of the three, with a consistent mouthfeel metrical and indented on the surface water frequency and pruning; and lev- and flavor. It seemed to me that the ob- Oishii isn’t lying when it says the aroma where, in a store-bought strawberry, yel- eraging artificial intelligence to help pre- jective in their breeding was a distinct of its berries will fill the room. Opening low seeds would appear. One more nota- dict yields. balance between sweet and tart. the box, I was assaulted with the most ble thing: They cost between $5 and $6.25 I wanted to know how the Omakase As for my local berries, there was some- strawberry-smelling fruit I’d ever encoun- apiece. Berry — billed by Koga as a berry with no thing compelling about the unpredict- tered. Aroma, Koga said, is one of the The Omakase Berry, a Japanese variety American equal — would stand up to other ability. They also varied between sweet classic characteristics of the Omakase grown by the New Jersey-based company domestic fruit. I arranged my own taste and tart. Berry. called Oishii, bills itself as an entirely comparison, using three different straw- And, as Calder-Piedmonte pointed out, In this category, there was no competi- different strawberry experience. Its web- berries: Oishii’s Omakase Berry, available tion. My Driscoll’s berries did not have the distinct advantage of a local straw- site even offers advice when it comes to only in the New York City area; widely much of a scent. Driscoll’s places a high berry is that you’re eating it the day it’s eating them: Allow berries to sit at room available Driscoll’s strawberries; and premium on flavor and color, and the picked. temperature for 10 to 15 minutes; let the first-of-the-season strawberries from variety I tried may not have been bred, “They really are harvested that day or berries’ aromatics “fill the room”; inhale Balsam Farms, in Amagansett, N.Y., down specifically, for aroma. the day before,” he said. Many berries are the “bouquet”; eat. the road from where I live. My Long Island berries smelled very picked and then held in refrigerators (or Oishii grows its berries indoors vertical- Appearance much like strawberries, although their refrigerated trucks) for days before they ly, leveraging technology that its co-foun- scent was not nearly as potent as the Oma- reach the consumer, and flavor can dimin- der and CEO, Hiroki Koga, 34, explored in Perhaps most striking about the Oma- kases’. ish each day. Japan. kase Berry is its utter uniformity. Each “I think there’s probably more variation Then came the Omakase Berry. The The first run of berries (the Omakase orangy berry — I purchased a package of on local strawberries, as there are with berry, Koga said, was “specifically select- cultivar) has been geared toward the luxu- eight for $50 — looks exactly the same. probably everything that’s locally pro- ed out of 250 cultivars that exist in Japan,” ry market and is available only in the New The Driscoll’s berries ($3.99 for the duced,” said Balsam Farms co-owner Ian optimizing for “very strong aroma and York City area. But the company is in the company’s standard 16-ounce plastic Calder-Piedmonte, 41.Other berries that high sweetness level.” process, Koga said, of expanding its mar- clamshell) were far deeper in pigment — come from “incredibly controlled” envi- “Because most of the conventional ket share. Some of the varieties the com- the company aims for “deep red,” said ronments “where it’s sunny every day” strawberries here in the U.S. have a very pany is experimenting with can be grown Scott Komar, 58, the company’s senior are more likely to be consistent in size, high acidity and very low sweetness level, in a much more cost-efficient way, he said, vice president for global research and shape, flavor and even aroma. On Long we just wanted to differentiate our prod- “which means that we should be able to development — and were larger, overall, Island, he said, “I think there are a lot uct,” he added. This berry, with its height- place these into the market at a signif- than the Omakase, though there was vari- more variables.” ened sweetness, is the type of berry that icantly affordable, reasonable price, com- ability in size. They were covered in tiny sits heavy on the tongue. Eat one, consider pared to what it is today.” yellow seeds. Taste it, let the sugar coat the palate. That’s Koga says Oishii’s low yields are guided My local strawberries (a quart for $9) The Omakase Berry was, without ques- more than enough. The point isn’t to keep by the same principles as fine wine pro- were smaller, deeply pigmented and vi- tion, the sweetest that I sampled. eating. The point, in fact, is to stop. So I duction: An intentionally depleted crop, sually much less consistent. The Driscoll’s berries were the firmest did. Saturday, June 19, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 15 TELEVISION Casting the next ‘Jeopardy!’ host

(“Match Game”) and competing on “Jeop- Show’s executive producer ardy!” in 2015. “It’s great to see all these different fill- says the process won’t rely ins. I’m open to suggestions, and I think most people are,” said Virtel, a “Jimmy on ‘gut instinct’ as in past Kimmel Live!” writer and co-host of the BY LYNN ELBER “Keep It” podcast. “‘Jeopardy!’ is a one- Associated Press of-a-kind show, and the replacement eopardy!” needed a host, should be tailored to the game.” and Lucille Ball had an What makes for a good “Jeopardy!” enthusiastic suggestion for host? “J creator Merv Griffin: The “I think establishing a sense of comfort smooth-voiced, debonair emcee of the (so) the audience just eases into the “High Rollers” game show. game,” Virtel said. “Also a sense of stakes, That was 1984. Decades later, filling the that a real tough game is being played. It’s void left by the late Alex Trebek involves called ‘Jeopardy!’ for a reason. The host is sophisticated research, a parade of guest there to make sure we’re all on our toes.” hosts doing their best to impress viewers But taking over for an authority figure and the studio that’s expected to make the like Trebek is harder on women and oth- call before the new season begins taping ers not typically seen in such roles, said later this summer. Sarma. Think of Sony Pictures Television as “The sorts of expectations placed on a clutching the rose, and Mayim Bialik, person of color in a leadership position are Anderson Cooper, Katie Couric and “Jeop- usually higher than those placed on a ardy!” champs Ken Jennings and Buzzy white person in position of power,” he Cohen among the suitors so far, with more said, and any error or “slight movement to come including Robin Roberts, Dr. against the norm is jumped upon ... as Sanjay Gupta and LeVar Burton. some tremendous mistake.” Sony has “the most robust team of peo- There could also be backlash from those ple I have ever seen looking at this and JEOPARDY PRODUCTIONS, INC./AP resentful that Trebek isn’t replaced like- analyzing it in a very cerebral way,” said Guest host Mayim Bialik appears on the set of “Jeopardy!” Bialik is among the subs whofor-like, which Sarma said isn’t far- executive producer Mike Richards. “It’s a have filled in for the late Alex Trebek while the show’s studio looks for his replacement. fetched in this period of social discord. real change from the way casting has “Sony is in a pickle,” he said. traditionally been done on television.” years, which makes finding a worthy re- versity professor and Netflix cultural Series producer Richards, the second “It’s usually been a gut instinct of the placement both a gesture of respect for consultant. “Anyone who is going to take temporary host after Trebek’s pancreatic head executive: ‘How about that person?’” the late host and the means to protect a his position will be judged in the end cancer death last November at age 80, Richards said. corporate asset. While ratings have shifted against this model of perfection.” holds an optimistic view despite the pros- That was producer-entertainer Griffin’s under the guest hosts, “Jeopardy!” re- Game show hosts of Trebek’s era were pect of online trolls and whatever their approach when he brought a syndicated mains among the top-ranked syndicated usually radio and TV broadcasting veter- gripes about the newbie may be. version of “Jeopardy!” to TV, five years programs in viewership. ans steeped in the genre, and almost in- “My hope is that whoever is chosen will after the quiz show’s last network iteration Trebek helped build the show’s “display variably white men. Among the “Jeopar- be given a chance to prove why they were wrapped in 1979 on NBC. of excellence with his own excellence. dy!” subs are men and women of color and chosen, without too much static,” he said. A word from Ball, of “I Love Lucy” And it’s tremendously difficult to find prospects from a variety of fields, includ- “Ultimately, we are trying to put out the fame, and Trebek’s skill and experience somebody to replace him, not only be- ing NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers. best product for our fans. That tends to sealed his hire. cause of the status that he had in the The approach makes sense to Louis narrow your focus to a pretty nice North Audience and critical regard for the American imagination,” said Deepak Virtel, a longtime fan whose vantage point Star, as opposed to, ‘What’s the internet Canadian-born Trebek grew over the Sarma, a Case Western Reserve Uni- is informed by writing for a game show going to say?’” ‘Jeopardy!’ announcer not ready to leave show after 37-year tenure BY LYNN ELBER began pursuing as a teenager. the host and, occasionally, has Associated Press Last year, when he was reluc- been shown at an otherwise off- Johnny Gilbert, who decided to tant to continue after losing his camera stage perch. stick with “Jeopardy!” after Alex admired and longtime colleague, During the pandemic, he’s Trebek’s death, faced the others with the show urged Gil- been taping his contributions wrenching question once again as bert to consider his role as a com- remotely from the Los Angeles- production for next season forting touchstone for viewers area home he shares with his neared. who also were in mourning for wife, Sheree Gilbert. They’ve This time it would mean ad- Trebek. been together for several more justing to the quiz show’s yet-to- “If you just listen to the way years than his “Jeopardy!” stint, be-named host, as opposed to the Johnny articulates each name, the sort of marital and career succession of celebrities who each word, he has a voice and longevity that’s rare in Holly- JEOPARDY PRODUCTIONS, INC./AP have been filling in since Trebek even more importantly, delivery, wood. Show announcer Johnny Gilbert appears on the set of “Jeopardy!” He succumbed to pancreatic cancer unlike anyone else,” said Mike Gilbert expressed reservations worked with host Alex Trebek for 37 years before Trebek’s death. last November. Richards, the show’s executive about whether the Sony Pictures “It’s not easy for me because I producer. Without Trebek, “the Television series would bring including the late Don Pardo of Gilbert’s tenure was in anyone’s worked with Alex for 37 years, fact we can still rely on Johnny is him back when taping resumes in “Saturday Night Live.” He was hands but his own. and I never thought of anybody obviously very important to us as late July or early August for sea- the show’s voice for 38 seasons “Johnny will be the announcer replacing him,” he said. “Nobody well.” son 38. He’s served as warm-up until his 2014 retirement at age of ‘Jeopardy!’ as long as he would can do it like he did it, you know.” “This is ‘Jeopardy!’” is Gil- host for the studio audience as 96. like to be the announcer of ‘Jeop- No one does it like Gilbert bert’s richly booming introduc- well as the show’s announcer. “Jeopardy!” producer Ri- ardy!’” Richards said. “I have either, who at age 92 has decided tion that opens each episode and “I’m not as young as I used to chards, who’d stepped in as the told him that, and it’s just how he he’s not ready to call it quits on belies his years. In turn, he’s be,” Gilbert said. But there is a show’s second fill-in host, quickly is, humble. He’s never taken the the show business career he acknowledged with thanks from tradition of longevity in the field, brushed aside the notion that job for granted.” PAGE 16 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 19, 2021 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Michael Kerschbaum, Pacific commander Mostly pleased with moderately conservative court? Michael Ryan, Pacific chief of staff BY RAMESH PONNURU wanted the court to go further, by ruling that such a large effect on it that they have to be Bloomberg Opinion the First Amendment demands that religious struck down. And so free exercise becomes n two major decisions, the Supreme dissenters be exempt from policies that place the only right that governments are nearly al- EDITORIAL Court expanded protections for reli- a substantial burden on the exercise of their ways allowed to infringe accidentally. Terry Leonard, Editor gious liberty and narrowed the law of faith. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote a concur- [email protected] Istanding so that fewer federal lawsuits Ruling that way would require overturning rence of her own that agrees with Alito: The can be entertained. Six of the nine justices Employment Division v. Smith, a 1990 deci- 1990 decision has to go. But she also noted that Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor were appointed by Republican presidents, sion written by conservative hero Antonin the court would have to face many questions [email protected] and a majority of those six agreed with each Scalia that most conservatives have come to about how to replace it, questions that may not Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content decision. regret. In that case, the court said that the yet have answers on which a majority of jus- [email protected] Conservative exultation is nonetheless sub- state of Oregon didn’t owe unemployment in- tices agree. dued. One of those decisions upheld the “Oba- surance to two counselors it had fired for One difficulty for them is that neither side Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation [email protected] macare” law. While the case was widely ex- breaking the drug laws by using peyote in a of the debate perfectly fits the actual practice pected to come out this way, it’s not something religious ceremony. It said, as well, that a law of religious liberty for most of U.S. history. For Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital conservatives who spent more than a decade that does not single out religious believers for much of that time, it was usually up to legisla- [email protected] opposing the law can celebrate. And the reli- penalties can be applied to them even if it hap- tors to grant religious exemptions, but courts gious-liberty decision, conservatives worry, pens to impose a burden on the exercise of would sometimes strike down laws altogether BUREAU STAFF was too narrow. Conservative unease with their faith. for their incidental effects on believers. Chief Justice John Roberts’ court is therefore It was a highly controversial decision then: (Franck argues that’s the best way to under- Europe/Mideast persisting. There were four dissenters, and Congress stand the court’s decision that schoolkids Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] Justice Samuel Alito dissented from the nearly unanimously passed a law to undo can’t be forced to salute the flag.) +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 Obamacare decision and wrote a concur- much of its effect. Academic heavy-hitters, in- Given this thicket of issues, it probably Pacific rence in the religious liberty case that has the cluding conservatives, have argued for each made sense for the court to avoid rushing to Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief mood of a dissent. To my mind, he scores side of the subsequent debate. declare a full doctrine. It was on firm ground [email protected] some real points in each case. Alito zeroes in on the chief weakness of the in upholding Obamacare, too. +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 Current jurisprudence on who has the Scalia rule: It seems to give religious liberty Alito argued that the law’s “individual man- Washington standing to bring constitutional challenges to less judicial protection than other parts of the date” for people to buy health insurance is un- Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief laws is, as he points out, not a model of clarity Bill of Rights. Matthew Franck, a scholar at constitutional, and therefore much of the rest [email protected] and intellectual rigor. It has the feel of a set of Princeton University, has elaborated on the of the law has to fall. It’s that “therefore” that (+1)(202)886-0033 Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News ad hoc rules engineered to get majorities to point in an essay. is the least persuasive portion of his opinion: [email protected] the results they want in particular cases. The Scalia, Franck explains, envisioned two By getting rid of the fine for people who don’t court’s previous decisions on Obamacare categories of government policies with re- have insurance but leaving the rest of Obama- CIRCULATION have shown a stronger commitment to rescu- spect to the free exercise of religion: invalid care in place, Congress has effectively sepa- Mideast ing the statute than to any legal principle. ones that aim to restrict it, and valid ones that rated these parts of the law. Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager The religious liberty case concerned Phila- may place incidental limits on it. The justice Where does this leave us? With a moderate- [email protected] delphia’s insistence that a Catholic foster care concluded that the Constitution does not guar- ly conservative court, with which conserva- [email protected] agency place children with same-sex couples. antee exemptions for believers from the sec- tives should be moderately pleased. DSN (314)583-9111 The court unanimously ruled that the city’s ond type of policy. Europe policy conflicts with the First Amendment, But he didn’t consider the possibility that Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager but left open the possibility that the city could there is a third type: policies that aren’t de- Bloomberg Opinion columnist Ramesh Ponnuru is a senior [email protected] editor at National Review and a visiting fellow at the American [email protected] cross some t’s and get what it wants. Alito signed to infringe religious liberty but have Enterprise Institute. +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 GOP should back Manchin’s voting plan – with tweaks CONTACT US BY HENRY OLSEN ban partisan gerrymandering. how the Georgia Democrat has made crusad- Special to The Washington Post What Manchin doesn’t include is as impor- ing for progressive visions of voting access her Washington rarely agree with Stacey Abrams, but I tant as what he does. His idea does not sanction calling card. But it may be a welcome recogni- tel: (+1)202.886.0003 do with respect to Sen. Joe Manchin’s nationwide, no-excuse mail balloting, as H.R. tion that most Americans don’t share her 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 proposed voting rights compromise: 1 would. There’s no requirement for states to views. Polls regularly show that even Demo- Reader letters It’s overall a good proposal. 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PRO SOCCER PRO BASKETBALL TENNIS DEALS BRIEFLY MLS WNBA Bett1 Open Thursday’s transactions Thursday BASEBALL EASTERN CONFERENCE EASTERN CONFERENCE At Am Rothenbaum Rot-Weiss Tennis Major League Baseball Celtics send Walker, 16th WLTPts GF GA WLPct GB Club American League Berlin CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Placed OF Adam New England 5 1 2 17 11 7 Connecticut 8 4 .667 — Purse: Euro 456,073 Eaton on the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP Zack pick to OKC for Horford Philadelphia 4 2 2 14 9 5 New York 6 6 .500 2 Surface: Grass Burdi from Charlotte (Triple-A East). Women’s Singles CLEVELAND INDIANS — Selected the BOSTON — The Celtics are Orlando City 3 1 3 12 8 4 Chicago 6 7 .462 2½ Round of 16 contract of C Ryan Lavarnway from Co- bringing Al Horford back, trading NYCFC 3 2 2 11 13 7 Washington 5 6 .455 2½ Liudmila Samsonova, Russia, def. Vero- lumbus (Triple-A East). Placed C Austin Hedges on the 7-day IL, retroactive to June point guard Kemba Walker to Ok- CF Montréal 3 3 2 11 10 9 Atlanta 5 7 .417 3 nika Kudermetova, Russia, 6-4, 6-3. Victoria Azarenka (7), Belarus, def. An- 16. Transferred CF Jordan Luplow from the lahoma City for the five-time All- Columbus 3 2 2 11 7 6 Indiana 1 13 .071 8 gelique Kerber, Germany, 6-3, 7-5. 10-day IL to the 60-day IL. Nashville 2 0 5 11 9 6 Garbine Muguruza (6), Spain, def. Elena DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned LHP Miguel Star on Friday in Brad Stevens’ WESTERN CONFERENCE Del Pozo to Toledo (Triple-A East). Re- Atlanta 2 1 4 10 9 7 Rybakina, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-3. Women’s Doubles called RHP Matt Manning from Toledo first major move since he moved New York 3 4 0 9 10 10 WLPct GB Quarterfinals (Triple-A East). HOUSTON ASTROS — Placed 3B Alex from the Boston bench to the front D.C. United 3 5 0 9 8 11 Seattle 12 2 .857 — Victoria Azarenka and Aryna Sabalenka Bregman on the 10-day IL. Recalled C Gar- Inter Miami CF 2 4 2 8 8 13 (4), Belarus, def. Petra Martic, Croatia, and rett Stubbs from Sugar Land (Triple-A office. Las Vegas 10 3 .769 1½ Shelby Rogers, United States, 6-3, 6-4. Toronto FC 1 4 2 5 8 12 West). Boston will also send the No. 16 Los Angeles 5 5 .500 5 KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned CF Ed- Chicago 1 5 1 4 4 11 Minnesota 5 6 .455 5½ Birmingham Classic ward Olivares to Omaha (Triple-A East). overall draft pick and a 2025 sec- Cincinnati 1 4 1 4 6 15 Phoenix 5 7 .417 6 Thursday Purchased the contract of RHP Jose Cuas from Long Island (Atlantic League). Pur- ond-rounder to the Thunder and Dallas 5 7 .417 6 At Edgbaston Priory Club WESTERN CONFERENCE Birmingham, Great Britain chased the contract of RHP Kipp Rollings receive 7-footer Moses Brown and Purse: $235,238 from Joliet (Frontier League). WLTPts GF GA Wednesday’s games LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Recalled INF Surface: Grass a 2023 second-round pick in re- Los Angeles 85, Phoenix 80 Luis Rengifo from Salt Lake (Triple-A Seattle 5 0 3 18 14 3 Women’s Singles West). Optioned RHP Aaron Slegers to Salt turn. Round of 16 Sporting KC 5 2 2 17 16 11 Thursday’s games Lake. Ons Jabeur (2), Tunisia, def. Leylah An- NEW YORK YANKEES — Traded INF Mike Oklahoma City now holds 19 LA Galaxy 5 2 0 15 11 11 Seattle 79, Indiana 69 Washington 96, Atlanta 93 nie Fernandez, Canada, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3). Ford to Tampa Bay in exchange for cash first-round draft picks over the Colorado 4 2 1 13 12 8 Chicago 81, Connecticut 75 Anastasia Potapova, Russia, def. Kristi- considerations and a player to be named na Mladenovic, France, 6-3, 6-3. Houston 3 3 2 11 11 12 Minnesota 85, Dallas 73 later. next seven years. Las Vegas 103, New York 76 Tereza Martincova, Czech Republic, def. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned RHP Chris San Jose 3 5 0 9 11 12 Jelena Ostapenko (5), Latvia, 7-6 (4), 4-6, Mazza and INF Mike Ford to Durham (Tri- Horford returns to Boston and Portland 3 4 0 9 9 11 Friday’s games 6-2. ple-A East). Transferred RHP Tyler Glas- gives the Celtics the frontcourt Phoenix at Los Angeles Daria Kasatkina (4), Russia, def. Marta now from the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL. Re- Real Salt Lake 2 1 3 9 9 7 Kostyuk, Ukraine, 6-2, 7-5. instated RHP Collin McHugh from the 10- presence they’ve lacked since he LAFC 2 3 2 8 8 9 Saturday’s games Women’s Doubles day IL. Austin FC 2 4 2 8 6 9 Connecticut at Chicago Quarterfinals TEXAS RANGERS — Acquired RHP Dennis left two seasons ago. The 6-foot-9 Indiana at Washington Lyudmyla Kichenok, Ukraine, and Mako- Santana from the Los Angeles Dodgers in was forward was a member of the Vancouver 2 4 1 7 6 9 Minnesota at Dallas to Ninomiya, Japan, def. Elixane Lechemia, exchange LHP Kelvin Bautista, then op- Minnesota 2 4 1 7 6 11 France, and Ingrid Neel, United States, 6-1, tioned him to Round Rock (Triple-A West). Sunday’s games NBA All-Defensive team with the FC Dallas 1 3 3 6 8 11 6-3. Designated LHP Hyeon-jong Yang for as- New York at Los Angeles Lucie Hradecka and Marie Bouzkova, signment. Celtics in 2017-18 while also post- Note: Three points for victory, one point Czech Republic, def. Latisha Chan and TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Recalled RHP T.J. for tie. GOLF Hao-Ching Chan (2), Taiwan, 3-6, 7-5, 10-5. Zeuch from Buffalo (Triple-A East). Select- ing the best assist numbers of his ed OF Jared Hoying to active roster. Placed Friday’s games Ons Jabeur, Tunisia, and Ellen Perez, career. Australia, def. Tara Moore and Eden Silva, OF Teoscar Hernandez on the paternity Nashville at New York Meijer Championship Britain, 5-7, 6-2, 10-5. list. Placed RHP Rafael Dolis on the 10-day Stevens coached Horford for Vancouver at Real Salt Lake LPGA Tour IL. Transferred RHP C.J. Edwards from the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL. three seasons and says he played a Saturday’s games Thursday Fever-Tree Championships At Blythefield Club National League Thursday “critical role” while in Boston. Chicago at Columbus Belmont, Mich. ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned At The Queen’s Club Colorado at Cincinnati Purse: $2.3 million RHP Humberto Castellanos to Reno (Tri- In other NBA news: Orlando City at Toronto FC London Yardage: 6,556; Par: 72 ple-A West). Reinstated RHP Zac Gallen New England at New York City FC Purse: Euro 1,290,135 from the 10-day IL. Agreed to terms with ■ Rick Carlisle stepped down First Round Miami at D.C. United Surface: Grass RHP Blake Rogers to a minor league con- Minnesota at FC Dallas Leona Maguire 32-33—65 -7 Men’s Singles tract. as coach of the Dallas Mavericks San Jose at Austin FC Charley Hull 35-30—65 -7 Round of 16 ATLANTA BRAVES — Signed RHP Tyler on Thursday, the second major de- Seattle at LA Galaxy Nasa Hataoka 32-33—65 -7 Daniel Evans (6), Britain, def. Adrian Ferguson to a minor league contract. Op- Sporting Kansas City at Portland Lauren Stephenson 35-30—65 -7 Mannarino, France, 6-4, 7-6 (7). tioned LHP Kyle Muller to Gwinnett (Tri- parture for that franchise in as Houston at Los Angeles FC Matteo Berrettini (1), Italy, def. Andy ple-A East). Recalled RHP Jacob Webb Ariya Jutanugarn 33-33—66 -6 from Gwinnett. many days. Sunday’s games Min Lee 31-35—66 -6 Murray, Britain, 6-3, 6-3. Denis Shapovalov (2), Canada, def. Fel- CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned RHP Robert Carlisle spent 13 seasons in Dal- Philadelphia at Atlanta Marina Alex 35-32—67 -5 iciano Lopez, Spain, 6-2, 6-3. Stock to Iowa (Triple-A East). Recalled LHP Tuesday, June 22 Pajaree Anannarukarn 32-35—67 -5 Frances Tiafoe, United States, def. Vik- Brad Wieck from Iowa. las, leading the Mavericks to the Chella Choi 34-33—67 -5 tor Troicki, Serbia, 6-3, 7-6 (3). COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed RHP My- San Jose at Orlando City chal Givens on the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP 2011 NBA title. Alison Lee 32-35—67 -5 Men’s Doubles Wednesday, June 23 Quarterfinals Justin Lawrence from Albuquerque (Tri- Xiyu Lin 33-34—67 -5 ple-A West). Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herb- Osaka to skip Wimbledon New York at New England Sarah Schmelzel 33-34—67 -5 LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Reinstated Columbus at Philadelphia ert (4), France, def. Gonzalo Escobar, Ecua- Gabriela Ruffels 33-34—67 -5 LHP Garrett Cleavinger from the 10-day IL. Atlanta at New York City FC dor, and Ariel Behar, Uruguay, 7-5, 6-4. Optioned OF Luke Raley to Oklahoma City but compete at Olympics Austin FC at Minnesota Anna Nordqvist 33-34—67 -5 Philipp Oswald, Austria, and Marcus Da- (Triple-A West). Sent OF Yoshi Tsutsugo to Cincinnati at Chicago Amy Olson 34-33—67 -5 niell (7), New Zealand, def. Robert Farah Oklahoma City on a rehab assignment. LONDON — Naomi Osaka’s D.C. United at CF Montréal Sophia Popov 33-34—67 -5 and Juan Sebastian Cabal (2), Colombia, MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Reinstated OF 4-6, 6-2, 10-6. agent says the four-time Grand Colorado at Sporting Kansas City Su Oh 35-32—67 -5 Derek Fisher from the 10-day IL. Optioned Portland at Houston Cameron Norrie, Britain, and Alex de Mi- Brittany Altomare 33-35—68 -4 2B Tim Lopes to Nashville (Triple-A East). Slam champion will sit out Wim- Toronto FC at Nashville naur, Australia, def. Aslan Karatsev, Rus- ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Signed LHP Real Salt Lake at Seattle Sarah Burnham 34-34—68 -4 sia, and Max Purcell, Australia, 3-6, 6-4, Wade LeBlanc. Transferred 2B Max Moroff bledon and compete at the Tokyo FC Dallas at Los Angeles FC Megan Khang 34-34—68 -4 10-6. from the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL. Op- LA Galaxy at Vancouver Inbee Park 33-35—68 -4 John Peers, Australia, and Reilly Opelka, tioned RHP Seth Elledge to Memphis (Tri- Olympics. United States, def. Nikola Mektic and Mate Friday, June 25 Lizette Salas 34-34—68 -4 ple-A East). Pavic (1), Croatia, 6-1, 6-2. FOOTBALL Stuart Duguid wrote Thursday Orlando City at Miami Georgia Hall 34-34—68 -4 National Football League in an email that Osaka “is taking Moriya Jutanugarn 33-35—68 -4 NOVENTI Open Saturday, June 26 NFL— Suspended San Francisco 49ers some personal time with friends In Gee Chun 35-33—68 -4 Thursday DE Jordan Willis for first six games of the Los Angeles FC at Sporting Kansas City Jennifer Kupcho 33-35—68 -4 2021 season for violating the perform- Cincinnati at Toronto FC At Gerry Weber Stadium and family. She will be ready for Giulia Molinaro 36-32—68 -4 Halle, Germany ance-enhancing drug policy. Houston at Real Salt Lake ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed DT John At- the Olympics and is excited to play Philadelphia at Chicago Lindy Duncan 33-35—68 -4 Purse: Euro 1,318,605 kins and OLB George Obinna. Waived WR CF Montréal at Nashville Gaby Lopez 35-33—68 -4 Surface: Grass Greg Dortch, OLB Jeff Holland, DT Eli Ankou in front of her home fans.” Vancouver at Seattle Madelene Sagstrom 33-35—68 -4 Men’s Singles and LB Alani Putuatu. Signed CB Darren LA Galaxy at San Jose Osaka, a 23-year-old who was Lexi Thompson 35-33—68 -4 Round of 16 Hall and C Drew Dalman to four-year con- Minnesota at Portland Sebastian Korda, United States, def. Kei Ally Ewing 32-36—68 -4 tracts. Signed WR Jeff Badet and OLB Sha- born in Japan, withdrew from the Nishikori, Japan, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5. reef Miller. NWSL Jessica Korda 34-34—68 -4 Lloyd Harris, South Africa, def. Lukas CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed WR Ter- French Open after the first round, Nelly Korda 33-35—68 -4 Lacko, Slovakia, 6-3, 7-6 (8). race Marshall. WLTPts GF GA Mina Harigae 33-35—68 -4 Ugo Humbert, France, def. Alexander CHICAGO BEARS — Signed DT Mike Pen- saying she needed a mental health Esther Henseleit 34-34—68 -4 Zverev (3), Germany, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-3. nel. Orlando 3 0 2 11 7 4 Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia, def. Arthur DENVER BRONCOS — Waived OLB Natrez break. Christina Kim 33-35—68 -4 Portland 3 2 0 9 11 4 Rinderknech, France, 6-2, 7-5. Patrick with an injury designation. Waived Caroline Masson 35-34—69 -3 Men’s Doubles P Max Duffy. Signed WR Amara Darboh Habs coach Ducharme Washington 2 1 2 8 5 5 Austin Ernst 34-35—69 -3 Round of 16 and WR De’Mornay Pierson-El. Gotham FC 2 1 1 7 2 1 Mi Jung Hur 34-35—69 -3 Michael Venus, New Zealand, and Tim DETROIT LIONS — Signed DT Levi Onwu- isolating after testing Houston 2 2 1 7 6 6 Cristie Kerr 36-33—69 -3 Puetz (5), Germany, def. Yannick Hanf- zurike, LB Derrick Barnes and WR Amon- mann and Dominik Koepfer, Germany, 7-6 Ra St. Brown to four-year contracts. MONTREAL — Montreal Can- Chicago 2 2 1 7 4 7 Carlota Ciganda 32-37—69 -3 (2), 6-2. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Waived OL Mar- North Carolina 1 2 1 4 6 3 Ashleigh Buhai 35-34—69 -3 Hubert Hurkacz, Poland, and Felix Au- tinas Rankin. Signed WR Darrius Shep- adiens interim coach Dominique Reign FC 1 2 1 4 2 3 Dana Finkelstein 36-33—69 -3 ger-Aliassime, Canada, def. Jean-Julien herd. Jeongeun Lee 34-35—69 -3 Rojer and Wesley Koolhof (4), Nether- LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Signed LB Darron Ducharme was sent home and is Louisville 1 2 1 4 2 8 Lee and CB De’Vante Bausby. Placed CB Jin Young Ko 36-33—69 -3 lands, 7-6 (5), 6-3. isolating following COVID-19 test- Kansas City 0 3 2 2 2 6 Quarterfinals T.J. Morrison on waivers. Jodi Ewart Shadoff 34-35—69 -3 Horia Tecau, Romania, and Kevin Kra- LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Signed DL ing irregularities. Note: Three points for victory, one point Esther Lee 34-35—69 -3 Willie Yarbary. for tie. wietz (3), Germany, def. Guido Pella and Clariss Guce 35-35—70 -2 Andres Molteni, Argentina, 6-4, 6-2. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed OL The Canadiens canceled Du- Saturday’s games Lee Lopez 35-35—70 -2 Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen (6), Belgi- R.J. Prince. Waived K Roberto Aguayo and LS Wes Farnsworth. charme’s pregame news confer- Reign FC at North Carolina Muni He 36-34—70 -2 um, def. Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan, India, 6-3, 7-6 (3). TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms Washington at Chicago Na Yeon Choi 35-35—70 -2 with CB Kevin Peterson. Waived OLB Jus- ence Friday. The club said it Sunday’s games Cydney Clanton 36-34—70 -2 AP SPORTLIGHT tus Reed. would provide another update be- Houston at Louisville Marissa Steen 35-35—70 -2 HOCKEY National Hockey League fore Game 3 of the NHL semifinal Kansas City at Portland Alena Sharp 35-35—70 -2 June 19 Gotham FC at Orlando WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Re-signed D Mind Muangkhumsakul 35-35—70 -2 1867 — Ruthless, ridden by J. Gilpatrick, Garrett Pilon and G Bobby Nardella to two- against the Vegas Golden Knights Tuesday, June 22 Samantha Troyanovich 37-33—70 -2 wins the inaugural Belmont Stakes at Je- year contracts with the first year a two- on Friday night at the Bell Centre. Chicago at Reign FC Janie Jackson 35-35—70 -2 rome Park in the Bronx. The filly earns way contract and the second a one-way Jennifer Chang 35-35—70 -2 $1,850 for her victory. contract. Re-signed F Michael Sgarbossa The Canadiens said Ducharme Wednesday, June 23 1914 — Harry Vardon wins his sixth and to a two-year, two-way contract. Wichanee Meechai 35-35—70 -2 Orlando at Kansas City final British Open by shooting a 306, three SOCCER will undergo further tests before North Carolina at Louisville Ssu-Chia Cheng 34-36—70 -2 strokes ahead of J.H. Taylor at Prestwick Major League Soccer the game. The team said Du- Gerina Piller 36-34—70 -2 Club. Saturday, June 26 NASHVILLE SC — Signed D Tom Judge Laura Davies 36-34—70 -2 1936 — German heavyweight boxer Max and G Tor Suanders to contracts with op- charme received his second dose Louisville at Chicago Hannah Green 36-34—70 -2 Schmeling knocks out previously unbea- tions through 2024. Gotham FC at Reign FC ten Joe Louis in the 12th round. Schmel- NEW YORK RED BULLS — Loaned G David of COVID-19 vaccine on June 9. Portland at North Carolina Brittany Lincicome 33-37—70 -2 ing’s victory sets off a propaganda war be- Jensen to K.V.C. Westerlo (Belgian Orlando at Houston Katherine Kirk 36-34—70 -2 tween the Nazi regime and the United League) for one year, pending transfer of Washington at Kansas City Albane Valenzuela 36-34—70 -2 States on the eve of World War II. his international transfer clearance. Associated Press PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 19, 2021 NBA PLAYOFFS/SWIMMING Bucks bounce back, beat Brooklyn to force Game 7

BY STEVE MEGARGEE the floor and 11-for-12 on free- Associated Press Scoreboard throw attempts and had 10 re- MILWAUKEE — Khris Mid- bounds, five assists and five dleton and the Milwaukee Bucks Conference semifinals steals. Antetokounmpo shot 12- refused to fold under pressure (Best-of-seven) for-20 and had 17 rebounds. Jrue x-if necessary and wouldn’t allow Kevin Durant Eastern Conference Holiday added 21 points, eight re- to produce one more remarkable Brooklyn 3, Milwaukee 3 bounds and five assists. Brooklyn 115, Milwaukee 107 comeback that could end their Brooklyn 125, Milwaukee 86 Durant had 32 points and 11 re- Milwaukee 86, Brooklyn 83 second-round playoff series. Milwaukee 107, Brooklyn 96 bounds. He is one of only two Middleton set a career playoff Brooklyn 114, Milwaukee 108 players to score at least 30 points Milwaukee 104, Brooklyn 89 high with 38 points, Giannis Ante- Saturday: at Brooklyn against the Bucks at least seven Atlanta 3, Philadelphia 2 tokounmpo added 30 and the Mil- Atlanta 128, Philadelphia, 124 times in a season (regular season waukee Bucks never trailed in a Philadelphia 118, Atlanta 102 and playoffs combined). Michael Philadelphia 127, Atlanta 111 104-89 victory over the Brooklyn Atlanta 103, Philadelphia 100 Jordan had seven games of at Atlanta 109, Philadelphia 106 Nets on Thursday night to force a Friday: at Atlanta least 30 points against Milwaukee x-Sunday: at Philadelphia decisive seventh game. Western Conference in 1989-90. Game 7 will be Saturday night Phoenix 4, Denver 0 James Harden added 16 points Phoenix 122, Denver 105 in Brooklyn. The home team has Phoenix 123, Denver 98 for Brooklyn but still looked as Phoenix 116, Denver 102 won each of the first six games in Phoenix 125, Denver 118 though he was at far less than full this series. L.A. Clippers 3, Utah 2 strength in his second game since Utah 112, L.A. Clippers 109 “We don’t think about any type Utah 117, L.A. Clippers 111 returning from a hamstring inju- L.A. Clippers 132, Utah 106 of pressure at all,” Middleton L.A. Clippers 118, Utah 104 ry. said. “It’s a basketball game. It’s L.A. Clippers 119, Utah 111 Harden had left Game 1 in the Friday: at L.A. Clippers as simple as that. I know it’s lose- x-Sunday: at Utah opening minute with right or-go-home, but at the same time, hamstring tightness and returned it’s just basketball. You’ve got to in Game 5 but shot 1-for-10 and have fun with it. Those moments Durant occasionally seemed on scored just five points. are fun, you know, when the the verge of leading the Nets back “I’m out there to do whatever it game’s on the line.” once again Thursday. takes to win,” Harden said. “I’ve Milwaukee bounced back two He scored 10 straight Nets got to be better on both ends of nights after blowing a 17-point points during one third-quarter the ball, which I will be in Game lead in a 114-108 Game 5 loss at stretch as Brooklyn narrowed a 7.” Brooklyn that featured an epic 14-point deficit to five. He As the Bucks and Nets headed 49-point, 17-rebound, 10-assist sparked a 10-0 run early in the into their respective locker rooms performance from Durant. fourth quarter that got the margin after the final buzzer sounded, a The Bucks shot just 7-for-33 down to five again. jubilant Fiserv Forum crowd cel- from three-point range but made Each time, Middleton respon- ebrated while the Beastie Boys’ up for it by outscoring the Nets ded by making a basket or getting “No Sleep Till Brooklyn” played 26-4 in fast-break points. to the free-throw line. over the loudspeaker. “It definitely hurt us,” Nets “You know in those moments, “As I’ve said all year long, coach Steve Nash said of the fast- he’s going to make the right play,” we’re built for this moment, sim- JEFFREY PHELPS/AP break points. “That’s where Antetokounmpo said. “We know ple as that,” Antetokounmpo said. Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo shoots against the Brooklyn they’re really strong. I thought we that when he feels good, we’ve got “Nobody says it’s going to be easy. Nets on Thursday. Antetokounmpo scored 30 points in Milwaukee’s had some problems getting back to give him the ball.” It might be hard. But we’re capa- 104­89 Game 6 win, posting his 10th straight playoff double­double in transition. ” Middleton shot 11-for-16 from ble of doing it.” and fourth straight game with at least 30 points and 10 rebounds. Dressel wins, but Manuel fails to advance in swim stunner Associated Press week of waiting. When Dressel town Omaha arena where the OMAHA, Neb. — Caeleb Dres- saw a “1” beside his name, he trials are being held. sel locked up his spot for Tokyo, hopped on the lane rope, splashed “All the fluff that comes with it, where he’s expected to be one of the water and pumped his arms to your name on the building, is the biggest stars in the Olympic whip up the crowd. cool,” he said. “But it adds a little pool. In the wake of Michael Phelps’ bit different pressure to it.” Simone Manuel got left behind. retirement, Dressel has emerged A fading star of the American In the biggest as the next big thing in men’s team is still in the mix for Tokyo. surprise yet at swimming. After winning two Thirty-six-year-old Ryan the U.S. swim- golds medals at the 2016 Rio Lochte advanced to the final of the ming trials, the Games, he really shined at the last 200 individual medley, his only defending Olym- two world championships. realistic chance to qualify for his pic women’s In 2017, Dressel captured seven fifth Olympics and redeem him- champion in the gold medals in Budapest — join- self for the embarrassment of Rio, 100-meter frees- ing Phelps and Mark Spitz as the where he lied about being robbed tyle failed to ad- only swimmers to win that many at gunpoint during a boisterous Manuel vance from the races at a major international night on the town. semifinals JEFF ROBERSON/AP meet. But Lochte has his work cut out Thursday night. Caeleb Dressel reacts after winning the men’s 100 freestyle during Dressel followed up with six for him. Michael Andrew dom- Manuel, who tied for the gold at wave 2 of the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials on Thursday in Omaha, Neb. golds and two silvers at the 2019 inated the semifinals with a time the Rio Olympics to become the championships in Gwangju, be- of 1:55.26 — fastest in the world first Black female ever to win an night’s final when five swimmers There were no such concerns coming only the second swimmer this year. Lochte was the sixth- individual swimming event, fin- went faster in the second semifi- for Dressel, who romped to victo- to take as many as eight medals fastest qualifier at 1:58.65, nearly ished fourth in the first semifinal nal heat, with Erika Brown taking ry in the men’s 100 free in 47.39. after Phelps. 3½ seconds behind Andrew. heat at 54.17 seconds. the eighth spot in 54.15 — two- He finally got a chance to shine A giant picture of Dressel Only the top two will make the She just missed a spot in Friday hundredths faster than Manuel. on Day 5 of the trials after a long adorns the outside of the down- Olympic team Friday. Saturday, June 19, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 NHL PLAYOFFS Point lifts Lightning past Islanders in Game 3

BY VIN A. CHERWOOD Associated Press Scoreboard UNIONDALE, N.Y. — After keeping up his scoring touch to Semifinals help Tampa Bay get a big road (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) victory in its Stanley Cup semi- Vegas 1, Montreal 1 final series, Brayden Point was Vegas 4, Montreal 1 Montreal 3, Vegas 2 especially proud of the Light- Friday: at Montreal Sunday: at Montreal ning’s defensive effort. Tuesday: at Vegas x-Thursday, June 24: at Montreal Point got the tiebreaking goal x-Saturday, June 26: at Vegas late in the second period, Andrei Tampa Bay 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 Vasilevskiy stopped 27 shots and N.Y. Islanders 2, Tampa Bay 1 Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 the Lightning beat the New York Thursday: Tampa Bay 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 Islanders 2-1 on Thursday night Saturday: at N.Y. Islanders Monday: at Tampa Bay to take a 2-1 series lead. x-Wednesday: at N.Y. Islanders The Islanders outshot the x-Friday, June 25: at Tampa Bay Lightning 8-5 in a tight third peri- od, but couldn’t tie it. They pulled goalie Semyon Varlamov for an The Lightning regained the extra skater with about 1:48 re- lead just four seconds after their maining but couldn’t manage a power play expired in the final shot on goal.” minute of the second. Point got “They had some control late, the rebound of a point shot by something to look at,” Point said Victor Hedman and whipped it in “We still had guys sacrificing, past Varlamov as he was falling blocking shots and all that good to the ice with 18 seconds remain- stuff. We’ll take the win for sure.” ing. It was Point’s 11th of the post- Yanni Gourde also scored to season and extended his goals help Tampa Bay improve to 6-1 streak to six games. He has eight on the road in the playoffs. goals in the last nine games. “We kept the game really sim- “I didn’t really take a look at it ple,” Gourde said. “We managed on the replay, but I think I just the game for most part of the FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP kind of got knocked down and the game and that was the key, espe- Tampa Bay Lightning center Brayden Point brings the puck up the ice against the New York Islanders puck just kind of got on my stick cially in the third period. We during the third period of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup semifinals on Thursday in Uniondale, N.Y. and I slammed it into the net,” closed the ice pretty well and we Point said. “I’m not sure how it got the puck deep whenever we “They’re the defending Stanley shot by Adam Pelech with 6 min- well.” went in. One of those lucky ones got the chance. I think that was Cup champions and they know utes to go and Mathew Barzal hit The Islanders tied it late in the we needed tonight.” very important for us.” what it takes to win. ... They know a goalpost seconds later. Vasilev- second. Off a scramble for the Point’s streak is the longest in Cal Clutterbuck scored for the what they have to do in their D skiy then denied Barzal’s tip try. puck in front of Vasilveskiy, the playoffs since Ottawa’s Mar- Islanders, and Varlamov finished zone.” “We have to get more pucks, Lightning defenseman Eric Cer- tin Havlat also scored in six with 23 saves. Both teams had chances in a we have to get inside,” Islanders nak attempted to push the puck straight in 2006. Claude Lemieux Game 4 is Saturday night at fast-paced second period. The Is- coach Barry Trotz said. “We had into the goalie. Clutterbuk and (1997), Joe Sakic (1996), Mario Nassau Coliseum, with Game 5 landers had some sustained pres- some chances. Vasilevskiy made several players whacked at the Lemieux (1996), Pat LaFontaine back in Tampa on Monday night. sure in the offensive zone mid- a couple of key saves. They didn’t puck and it went through Vasi- (1992) and Mario Lemieux (1991) “Tampa’s good all around,” the way through, but couldn’t beat have a lot tonight, I thought we levskiy’s feet and in with 2:22 are tied for the most in the last 30 Islanders’ Matt Martin said. Vasilevskiy. The goalie denied a were pretty good defensively as left. years with seven straight. Key: Successful playoff teams getting offensive production from defensemen FROM PAGE 24 “In our offensive system, we try and sive scoring we’re getting.’ ” move guys around all over the place,” Vegas defensemen have contributed al- 11 Cooper said. “Naturally just from the geo- most a third of the team’s scoring through 15 graphics of where guys are on the ice a lot of Goals scored by Vegas defensemen through playoff games: 11 goals, 28 assists and 39 15 playoff games, almost a third of the times, defensemen don’t score as much. points. Golden Knights’ scoring. But for the most part, in my tenure here, “The expectation is that it’s everybody,” we’ve really tried to have defensemen up in DeBoer said. “We’re not saying just Shea SOURCE: Associated Press the rush, activate, move in the offensive Theodore or just Alex Pietrangelo. It’s all zone.” six guys that are in the lineup, whether it’s “They’re defensemen first, but when we Montreal defensemen were responsible Nick Holden or Nic Hague. We’re asking have the puck, they’re supporting the at- for only 13 of the team’s first 76 points this you to be a part of that piece of our game. I tack,” Trotz said. “I always require them to postseason. Then three more in Game 2 think they’ve embraced that.” support the attack, and if they are able to against Vegas with Petry back alongside Zach Whitecloud believes the way Vegas contribute because they are supporting it, regular defensive partner Joel Edmundson. breaks the puck out allows defensemen to then we’re going to get some points from “Getting Petey back it the lineup, same jump into the play and get involved off the them.” with (defenseman Jon Merrill) is a huge rush and in the defensive zone. From Pie- Tampa Bay had zero goals from defense- boost to our team,” Edmundson said. “Pe- trangelo and Theodore to Whitecloud, Alec men this playoffs until Hedman and Jan tey’s been our best defenseman all year. Ob- Martinez and even Holden, the personnel Rutta scored in Game 2 against the Islan- viously, you miss a guy like that.” help, too. CHRIS O'MEARA/AP ders on Tuesday night. That’s a far cry from The Golden Knights are healthy on the “We got six guys back there that are con- Tampa Bay had zero goals from defense­ 17 during the 2020 championship run, back end, and Pietrangelo scored twice in fident making plays and getting up in the of- men this postseason until Victor Hedman though part of it is by design. their Game 2 loss. DeBoer’s hope is more fensive zone and contributing,” Whitecloud (77) and Jan Rutta (44) scored in Game 2 Cooper and newcomer David Savard said time together continues to make a differ- said. “That’s what our forwards need from against the Islanders on Tuesday night. the game plans in the first two rounds ence. us. They need us to put pucks in their hands against Florida and Carolina were built “This year, everybody, with another year and get out there and support them just as sponsible and then join in on the action. De- around understanding the goals would under our belt (and) adding Pietrangelo they support us in the D zone.” fensemen only make up 21.9% of New come mostly from forwards. If Game 2 back there, I think the concepts are a little It’s a bit of a different expectation in Is- York’s point production in the playoffs, but against the Islanders was any indication, more familiar and a little more comfort- landers coach Barry Trotz’s system: Be re- have three of nine game-winning goals. that could change on a dime. able,” he said. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 19, 2021 MLB/COLLEGE BASEBALL

MLB scoreboard MLB ROUNDUP

American League East Division WLPct GB Tampa Bay 43 27 .614 _ Arizona sets record for futility Boston 42 27 .609 ½ New York 36 32 .529 6 Toronto 33 34 .493 8½ Baltimore 22 46 .324 20 Diamondbacks endure Central Division WLPct GB 23rd straight road loss Chicago 43 26 .623 _ Cleveland 38 28 .576 3½ Associated Press Kansas City 30 37 .448 12 Detroit 29 40 .420 14 SAN FRANCISCO — The Arizona Diamond­ Minnesota 27 41 .397 15½ backs set a major league record with their 23rd West Division straight road loss, making dubious history in WLPct GB getting trounced by the San Francisco Giants Oakland 43 27 .614 _ 10­3 Thursday. Houston 40 28 .588 2 The dejected D­backs trudged off the field af­ Seattle 35 36 .493 8½ ter breaking a tie with the 1963 Mets and ’43 Los Angeles 34 35 .493 8½ Philadelphia Athletics for road futility. Texas 25 43 .368 17 Held to just a lone single by pitcher Zac Gal­ National League len through six innings, Arizona fell behind 6­0. East Division The Diamondbacks don’t play again on the WLPct GB road until June 25 at San Diego. 2 New York 35 26 .574 _ Gallen (1­2) allowed four earned runs in 2 ⁄3 Philadelphia 33 33 .500 4½ innings in his first start back from a sprained Atlanta 31 35 .470 6½ pitching elbow. Washington 30 35 .462 7 Miami 29 39 .426 9½ Giants starter Kevin Gausman (8­1) limited Central Division the D­backs to two runs on four hits in eight in­ ERIC RISBERG/AP WLPct GB nings. The right­hander struck out six and walked one. The Arizona Diamondbacks’ Carson Kelly walks back to the dugout in front of Giants catcher Chicago 39 30 .565 _ Milwaukee 38 31 .551 1 Curt Casali homered and drove in four runs Curt Casali after striking out during the seventh inning of Thursday’s game in San Francisco. Cincinnati 35 32 .522 3 for San Francisco, finishing a double shy of the St. Louis 35 34 .507 4 cycle. Steven Duggar went 3­for­3 with an RBI atwo­run homer in the first off Marcus Stroman go in a win over visiting Cincinnati before the Pittsburgh 23 44 .343 15 double and Mauricio Dubón and Mike Yastr­ and visiting Chicago avoided a four­game se­ first sellout crowd at Petco Park since 2019. West Division zemski drove in two runs each as the Giants im­ ries sweep. Astros 10, White Sox 2:Jose Altuve home­ WLPct GB proved the best record in the majors to 44­25. Braves 4, Cardinals 0:Charlie Morton (6­3) red for the fourth time in three games, Michael San Francisco 44 25 .638 _ Indians 10, Orioles 3: José Ramírez and didn’t allow a hit until the seventh inning and Brantley and Abraham Toro also connected, Los Angeles 41 27 .603 2½ Bobby Bradley homered during a three­run took a shutout into the eighth, lifting host Atlan­ and host Houston defeated Chicago. San Diego 39 32 .549 6 Colorado 29 41 .414 15½ first inning and Cleveland dealt Baltimore its ta over St. Louis. Rockies 7, Brewers 3: Germán Márquez Arizona 20 50 .286 24½ 19th straight road loss. Yankees 8, Blue Jays 4: At Buffalo, N.Y., (5­6) allowed one hit over six scoreless innings, Thursday’s games Angels 7, Tigers 5:Shohei Ohtani (3­1) yield­ Giancarlo Stanton hit a go­ahead homer in a C.J. Cron ignited a five­run first with a grand Cleveland 10, Baltimore 3 ed five hits and a run over six strong innings, four­run seventh inning and New York pulled slam and host Colorado beat Milwaukee for its N.Y. Yankees 8, Toronto 4 Houston 10, Chicago White Sox 2 and Taylor Ward hit his first career grand slam off a triple play in a win over struggling Toron­ fourth consecutive victory. L.A. Angels 7, Detroit 5 Seattle 6, Tampa Bay 5 as host Los Angeles beat Detroit. to. Mariners 6, Rays 5:Shed Long Jr. hit a tying San Francisco 10, Arizona 3 Cubs 2, Mets 0:Kyle Hendricks (9­4) flum­ Padres 6, Reds 4:Victor Caratini hit a two­ double in the bottom of the ninth inning and Chicago Cubs 2, N.Y. Mets 0 Atlanta 4, St. Louis 0 moxed NewYork for six innings to win his ca­ run, game­ending homer two batters after Eric pinch­hitter Kyle Seager singled home the win­ San Diego 6, Cincinnati 4 Colorado 7, Milwaukee 3 reer­best seventh straight start, Javier Báez hit Hosmer hit a tying, two­run homer for San Die­ ning run to rally host Seattle past Tampa Bay. Friday’s games Oakland at N.Y. Yankees Toronto at Baltimore Minnesota at Texas Boston at Kansas City Chicago White Sox at Houston Detroit at L.A. Angels Teams hard-pressed to homer in Omaha Tampa Bay at Seattle Cleveland at Pittsburgh N.Y. Mets at Washington St. Louis at Atlanta BY ERIC OLSON a game, and there were 13 grand Miami at Chicago Cubs Associated Press College baseball scoreboard slams. Milwaukee at Colorado L.A. Dodgers at Arizona OMAHA, Neb. — Home runs — No team enters the CWS on a Philadelphia at San Francisco ner Cincinnati at San Diego lots and lots of them — have de­ World Series Wednesday, June 23 bigger home run surge than Ten­ Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 loser Saturday’s games fined the NCAA baseball tourna­ At Omaha, Neb. Thursday, June 24 nessee, which hit 16 in five tour­ Oakland (Bassitt 7-2) at N.Y. Yankees ment so far. (Double Elimination; x-if necessary) Game 10: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 los- nament games. The Volunteers (Germán 4-4) Saturday, June 19 er Minnesota (TBD) at Texas (Allard 2-2) A total of 381 have been hit in Game 1: No. 9 Stanford vs. N.C. State Friday, June 25 have homered at least once in 26 Toronto (Manoah 1-0) at Baltimore Game 2: No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. No. 5 Arizo- Game 11: Game 6 winner vs. Game 9 win- (Kremer 0-6) 123 games, the highest total na ner of their past 30 games, including Boston (Pérez 4-4) at Kansas City (Bubic Sunday, June 20 Game 12: Game 8 winner vs. Game 10 1-2) through super regionals since at Game 3: No. 3 Tennessee vs. Virginia winner 15 with multiple homers and sev­ Chicago White Sox (Lynn 7-2) at Houston least 2005. Game 4: Texas vs. No. 7 Mississippi St. Saturday, June 26 en with at least four. (Valdez 3-0) Monday, June 21 x-Game 13: Teams TBD Detroit (Peralta 0-0) at L.A. Angels History suggests it is unlikely Game 5: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser x-Game 14: Teams TBD How will that homer­heavy of­ (Sandoval 1-2) Game 6: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 win- Championship Series Tampa Bay (Fleming 6-4) at Seattle (Gil- homers will come at the same ner (Best-of-three) fense carry over to Omaha? bert 2-2) rate when the stage moves to TD Tuesday, June 22 Monday, June 28: Teams TBD TD Ameritrade’s dimensions N.Y. Mets (Peterson 2-5) at Washington Game 7: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser Tuesday, June 29: Teams TBD (Lester 0-2) Ameritrade Park for the College Game 8: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 win- x-Wednesday, June 30: Teams TBD are 335 feet down the lines, 375 to Miami (López 2-4) at Chicago Cubs (Ar- rieta 5-7) World Series beginning Satur­ the alleys and 408 to center. The Cleveland (Quantrill 0-2) at Pittsburgh day. cavernous downtown stadium (Crowe 0-4) Philadelphia (Nola 5-4) at San Francisco When the ballpark opened in After watching Tennessee and ready was on track to be the high­ sits on low ground a few blocks (Wood 6-3) N.Y. Mets (TBD) at Washington (TBD) 2011, it quickly earned a reputa­ LSU combine for 10 home runs in est since 2010. That figure is 1.55 from the Missouri River, and ball Cincinnati (Gutierrez 3-1) at San Diego tion for being the place where the game’s first 17 hits in a super in tournament games. flight is suppressed because (Lamet 1-2) St. Louis (Wainwright 4-5) at Atlanta home runs go to die. While the regional loss to the Volunteers on Teams combined for five or games this time of year typically (Smyly 3-3) Milwaukee (Houser 4-5) at Colorado number of CWS homers has in­ Sunday, retiring Tigers coach more homers in 33 regional and are played in high humidity and (Gomber 6-5) L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 6-0) at Arizona creased since the NCAA went to Paul Mainieri said of the CWS: super regional games, according batters often hit into a south wind. (Peacock 2-4) the less air­resistant, flat­seam “There might not be 10 home runs to Associated Press research. There were a total of 25 homers MLB calendar ball, teams that are most success­ hit the entire tournament up The high was 11 in a Mississippi­ hit in 59 CWS games from 2011­14 July 11-13 — Amateur draft, Denver. ful find gaps in the expansive out­ there.” Southern Mississippi regional (0.21 per team per game). With July 13 — All-Star Game, Denver. Aug. 12 — New York Yankees vs. Chicago field for extra­base hits and ad­ Home runs have been up all game. the flat­seam ball, there have White Sox at Dyersville, Iowa. vancing runners. And, of course, season. The rate of 0.87 per team There were 38 instances of a been 88 homers in 80 CWS games Aug. 22 — Los Angeles Angels vs. Cleve- land at Williamsport, Pa. strong pitching and defense help. per game through May 30 al­ player hitting multiple homers in (0.55) since 2015. Saturday, June 19, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 US OPEN/TRACK AND FIELD

US Open scores

Thursday At Torrey Pines Golf Course, South Oosthuizen joins Henley in lead Course San Diego, Calif. Purse: $12.5 million Yardage: 7,685; Par: 71 First round suspended due to darkness First round carries over after darkness suspended play on Thursday (45 DNF) Russell Henley 33-34—67 -4 Francesco Molinari 34-34—68 -3 BY DOUG FERGUSON Rafa Cabrera Bello 34-34—68 -3 Associated Press Brooks Koepka 36-33—69 -2 Xander Schauffele 36-33—69 -2 SAN DIEGO — Louis Oosthuizen Hayden Buckley 33-36—69 -2 capped off an impeccable start to Hideki Matsuyama 35-34—69 -2 Edoardo Molinari 36-34—70 -1 the U.S. Open with two tough par Fabián Gómez 35-35—70 -1 putts to finish off a 4-under 67 and Patrick Rodgers 33-37—70 -1 join Russell Henley in a share of the Matthew Wolff 34-36—70 -1 Matt Fitzpatrick 35-35—70 -1 lead at Torrey Pines. Tyrrell Hatton 34-36—70 -1 The first round was not complet- Adam Hadwin 33-37—70 -1 Taylor Montgomery 36-34—70 -1 ed until Friday morning because of Richard Bland 33-37—70 -1 a 90-minute fog delay at the start of Greyson Sigg 34-37—71 E the championship Thursday. Oos- Marcus Armitage 35-36—71 E Guido Migliozzi 36-35—71 E thuizen was among 36 players who Daniel Berger 37-34—71 E had to finish the round before a Si Woo Kim 33-38—71 E Andrew Kozan 34-37—71 E quick turnaround to start the next Charl Schwartzel 34-37—71 E one. Robert MacIntyre 35-36—71 E The South African, coming off a Lee Westwood 34-37—71 E Paul Casey 36-35—71 E runner-up finish to Phil Mickelson Cameron Young 38-34—72 +1 in the PGA Championship last Wilco Nienaber 36-36—72 +1 Harris English 38-34—72 +1 month at Kiawah Island, rolled a Brian Harman 35-37—72 +1 bending 25-footer down the hill at Tommy Fleetwood 38-34—72 +1 the par-3 eighth that rolled out some Shane Lowry 36-36—72 +1 J.T. Poston 36-36—72 +1 8 feet by the hole. He made that for Adrian Meronk 35-37—72 +1 par and then had to make a 4-footer Wade Ormsby 36-36—72 +1 Tom Hoge 34-38—72 +1 on the par-5 ninth. Christiaan Bezuidenhout 39-33—72 +1 “I’m glad I didn’t have to do that Scottie Scheffler 36-36—72 +1 last night with greens being a lot Pierceson Coody 37-36—73 +2 Mackenzie Hughes 36-37—73 +2 bumpier in the afternoon,” Oosthui- Justin Thomas 37-36—73 +2 zen said. “That was one of the rea- Kevin Kisner 35-38—73 +2 Matt Kuchar 37-36—73 +2 sons I didn’t want to hit that long Abraham Ancer 36-37—73 +2 putt yesterday, but it was probably a Jason Kokrak 37-36—73 +2 bit faster this morning than it would Paul Barjon 35-38—73 +2 Dylan Frittelli 36-37—73 +2 have been last night, but I couldn’t Akshay Bhatia 34-39—73 +2 see anything last night.” Bryson DeChambeau 36-37—73 +2 Stewart Cink 37-36—73 +2 When the round ended, 40 play- Brad Kennedy 37-37—74 +3 ers were at par or better and 10 shot Chris Baker 37-37—74 +3 in the 60s. That included Rikuya Viktor Hovland 35-39—74 +3 Billy Horschel 36-38—74 +3 Hoshino, the 25-year-old with two MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/AP Gary Woodland 34-40—74 +3 Japan Golf Tour victories in the last Russell Henley hits from the 17th fairway during the first round of the U.S. Open on Thursday at Torrey Tony Finau 37-37—74 +3 Jimmy Walker 35-39—74 +3 two months. He birdied his last two Pines Golf Course in San Diego. Henley finished the first round tied for the lead with Louis Oosthuizen. Ian Poulter 36-38—74 +3 holes for a 69. Martin Laird 40-34—74 +3 make the cut, and among those on Brooks Koepka was among those Matt Sharpstene 38-36—74 +3 The South course played to an av- With a marine layer covering the David Coupland 36-38—74 +3 erage of 73.7, and only two players course in the morning, and sun- the ropes was Mickelson. He playing in the afternoon. He opened Erik van Rooyen 35-39—74 +3 — Rafa Cabrera Bello (68) and Pa- shine expected in the afternoon, the opened with a 75 in his bid to finally with a 69, extending his amazing Matt Wallace 35-39—74 +3 Jhonattan Vegas 38-37—75 +4 trick Cantlay (70) made it around attention first shifted to who makes win the U.S. Open and complete the U.S. Open record with a sixth con- Collin Morikawa 38-37—75 +4 without a bogey. it to the weekend. The top 60 and ties career Grand Slam. secutive sub-70 round. Track trials could bring demonstrations BY EDDIE PELLS into the realms of the international Olympic Gestures made at the Pan-Am Games in Associated Press community, how supportive is the United 2019 by hammer thrower Gwen Berry and EUGENE, Ore. — If American athletes States going to be to those athletes?” Carlos fencer Race Imboden rekindled a conten- plan to use their Olympic stage to take a said. tious debate about Rule 50. After their dem- knee or raise a fist, U.S. track and field trials The USOPC stance does, indeed, set up onstrations, USOPC CEO Sarah Hirshland figure to be the first place to see what sort of the possibility for conflict and confusion at sent both letters of reprimand and put them reaction they’ll get. the Tokyo Games, where the IOC will be in on probation. The majority of America’s Black Sum- charge, and has not clearly defined how it The summer of violence and protest in mer Olympians come from track and field, will handle violations of Rule 50 — the rule the wake of last year’s killing of George which put the medals stand in Eugene un- that prohibits inside-the-lines demonstra- Floyd added a new sense of urgency to the der the spotlight when the action started tions. debate. While the IOC barely budged in al- Friday. In a major shift in policy, the U.S. But at trials, which are owned and oper- tering the rule, citing an international sur- Olympic and Paralympic Committee re- ated by U.S. entities, athletes are free to use vey of athletes as a key reason to hone close- solved to not sanction athletes who use their their platform, so long as their demonstra- ly to the status quo, the attitude in America platform for social demonstrations. tion fits within guidelines that were re- was far different. “I’m happy in the sense that the United leased earlier this spring. The USOPC formed the council that Rob- States has moved enough today that they “An athlete might want to pay homage be- inson leads, and that group spent months will allow their athletes to make a statement cause they know they can do it here, and formulating a list of dos and don’ts in an at- on the victory stand as far as kneeling and they’re not sure what they can do in Tokyo,” tempt to lend some certainty to the compli- putting the fist in the sky,” said John Carlos, said Moushaumi Robinson, the sprinter cated topic of what constitutes an appropri- who along with Tommie Smith, raised his who serves as chair of the USOPC Council ate demonstration. AP fist on the medals stand at the 1968 Olym- on Racial and Social Justice. “So, this is our Berry said she wouldn’t be surprised if U.S. athletes Tommie Smith, center, and pics. battle right now, and the next battle is to the USOPC support leads to a cascade of John Carlos protest during the national “But the question I have is, when an ath- wait and see what the IOC says the sanction demonstrations in Tokyo that the IOC will anthem on Oct. 16, 1968 at the Summer lete goes beyond the United States and steps might be there.” be hesitant to stop. Olympics in Mexico City. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 19, 2021 Joyless journey SPORTS D-backs’ 23rd straight road loss sets new record for futility ›› MLB, Page 22

NHL PLAYOFFS Scoring defense

Getting offensive contributions from defensemen key factor in semifinals

BY STEPHEN WHYNO Associated Press ne of the first things Peter DeBoer want- ed to change when he took over as head coach of the Vegas Golden Knights 17 Omonths ago was getting defensemen more involved in the offense. It took some time. Now, the Golden Knights have more goals, assists and points from their blue line than any other team in the NHL playoffs. “Our defense contributing offensively is some- thing that’s been part of our foundation all year,” DeBoer said. “They’re a big part of our identity.” That identity does not belong to Vegas alone, and offense from the defense could determine which teams move on to play for the Stanley Cup. The Montreal Canadiens evened their series against Vegas on Wednesday night after getting de- fenseman Jeff Petry back from injury and three as- sists from their blue line. In the other semifinal, the New York Islanders took a series lead thanks to a Game 1-winning goal from a defenseman, and the Tampa Bay Lightning responded with two goals from their blue line to tie things up. Reigning playoff MVP Victor Hedman said he and his fellow Lightning defensemen wanted to “put an end to” the talk of being kept off the score sheet, and coach Jon Cooper expects more where that came from. “I think it was just a matter of time,” Cooper said Wednesday. “We might be a couple games from now saying, ‘Holy cow, I can’t believe all the defen-

SEE KEY ON PAGE 21 “Our defense contributing offensively is something that’s been part of our foundation all year. They’re a big part of our identity.” Peter DeBoer Vegas Golden Knights coach

Golden Knights defenseman Alec Martinez celebrates after scoring against the Montreal Canadiens during Game 1 of their Stanley Cup semifinal playoff series on Monday in Las Vegas. JOHN LOCHER/AP

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