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BY LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press GREEN VILLAGE MILITARY OUT- POST — U.S. troops at military outposts in eastern Syria asked variations of the same question to their top commander Saturday: What is our future here? What are the goals we need to think about? Gen. Frank McKenzie, the U.S Middle East commander, knows the future is not certain. But at least for today, he said, “this is an area where we made a commitment. I think we’re going to be here for a while.” In an unannounced tour of five military bases in Syria stretch- ing from the north- eastern part of the country to the Middle Euphrates River Val- McKenzie ley, McKenzie offered reassurances that the U.S. remains committed to its mission in Syria. And he said that operations against Islamic State militants are on the rise again after the U.S. cut back due to the in- creased tensions with Iran and the need to concentrate on increasing security. Transfusion But these are uncertain times. And America’s mission to train and partner with Syrian Democratic Forces in the fight against the ISIS has been tested. Just last year, President Donald Trump ordered U.S. troops to withdraw from Syria transformation — part of his vow to bring forces home and to halt the endless wars. Over time, his military commanders, members of Con- gress and other leaders convinced Trump ROLO program changing how medics treat battlefield casualties to keep a scaled-back force in Syria to pro- tect an expanse of Kurdish-controlled oil BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN threatening injuries during a harrowing battle last fields and facilities from falling into ISIS hands. Stars and Stripes summer in Afghanistan, received type O-negative So while some troops did leave Syria, the blood from soldiers who donated on the battlefield Pentagon ordered others to move into the KABUL, Afghanistan — Two Army Rangers are east, with armored vehicles and security alive today thanks to a program that is changing the and returned to combat within minutes, the 75th forces to help the SDF guard the oil. way blood transfusions are done in combat. Ranger Regiment said. SEE FIGHT ON PAGE 5 The service members, one of whom sustained life- SEE MEDICS ON PAGE 8 INSIDE A U.S. Army Ranger combat medic takes part in routine medical training last year. The Ranger O-Low Titer protocol is practiced multiple times per year to allow volunteer blood donors and medics to maintain a high level of medical profi ciency. US soldier killed Friday in vehicle rollover accident Jaerett Engeseth / U.S. Army in Syria Page 5 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 27, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Switzerland (Franc) ...... 0.9706 Walmart tests higher wages in 500 stores Euro costs (Jan. 27) ...... $1.1321 Thailand (Baht) ...... 30.52 Dollar buys (Jan. 27)...... €0.8833 Turkey (Lira) ...... 5.9402 British pound (Jan. 27) ...... $1.34 (Military exchange rates are those Associated Press Japanese yen (Jan. 27) ...... 107.00 available to customers at military banking broader retail skills. For exam- rent rate of $13 per hour. Ama- South Korean won (Jan. 27) ...... 1,137.00 Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance NEW YORK — Walmart says ple, they’ll help solve problems zon, jumping out ahead of the for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3769 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. 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BY JENNIFER H. SVAN currently conduct the refueling Stars and Stripes mission out of RAF Mildenhall in England with the KC-46 Pegasus. KAISERSLAUTERN, Ger- The Ospreys will also be relocat- many — The Air Force has ing from Mildenhall. awarded half a dozen U.S. and Accommodating the aircraft at German companies a $425 mil- the bases in Germany will likely lion contract to improve bases in require changes to runways as the Kaiserslautern area and at well as bigger dormitories and Spangdahlem, officials said. new facilities for personnel. The multiple-award contract The award is nearly three times includes funds for design and greater than the $150 million al- construction, maintenance, re- located in the previous five-year pair, alteration and renovation contract, said Elizabeth Preston, projects, to support personnel the construction flight team lead and aircraft expected to move for the 700th Contracting Squad- from England to Germany in the ron, based at Kapaun Air Station coming years. in Kaiserslautern. Aerial refueling tankers are Projects covered by the previ- slated to move to Ramstein and ous contract included renovations CV-22 Ospreys to Spangdahlem to the Kisling NCO Academy at as part of European Infrastruc- Kapaun and the opening of a P.F. ture Consolidation realignments. Chang’s restaurant on Ramstein. The Air Force plans to replace [email protected] the KC-135 Stratotankers that Twitter: @stripesktown

JOSEPH PICK/U.S. Air Force Air Force CV-22 Ospreys fly over Tokyo in 2018. The Tokyo High Court has awarded more money to residents who complained about aircraft noise near Yokota Air Base. Kauai considered site More money awarded to residents of $1B missile radar BY WYATT OLSON outside Hawaii. Stars and Stripes “In October 2019, MDA began for noise from Yokota Air Base conducting analyses and studies FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii at [Pacific Missile Range Facil- BY HANA KUSUMOTO Residents had claimed aircraft noise interrupted — The Missile Defense Agency ity] locations not previously ex- Stars and Stripes sleep and conversations and that the noise had in- is considering a Navy base on the plored in the siting analysis,” the creased since CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft began Hawaiian island of Kauai as a Missile Defense Agency said in a TOKYO — The Tokyo High Court awarded more operating from Yokota in 2018. possible site for a planned $1-bil- statement to Stars and Stripes. money to residents who complained about aircraft lion ballistic missile radar. The court ruled that U.S. military activities in “This effort is ongoing and noise near the home of U.S. Forces Japan but re- The recent inclusion of the Pa- Japan are outside of its jurisdiction, the official said. MDA expects to make a site suit- jected a demand for a ban on late night and early cific Missile Range Facility at Official spokespeople in Japan often customarily ability determination in March- morning flights. Barking Sands on Kauai’s west speak on condition of anonymity. April 2020,” the statement said. The court Thursday ordered the Japanese gov- coast could be a way of sidestep- “It’s regrettable that the decision was basically no ernment to pay just over a million dollars to 144 ping local opposition over three If the Kauai site is found suit- residents living near Yokota Air Base in western different from the previous (noise lawsuits) and that sites on Oahu the agency has able, it will be incorporated into Tokyo for past aircraft noise damage, a North Kanto we were unable to see a clue to solving the issue,” studied as possible sites. environmental impact analyses Defense Bureau official said Friday. Michio Fukumoto, leader of the resident’s group The U.S. Navy operates the mis- being done on the Oahu sites, the The award was about $146,000 more than a lower who brought the lawsuit, said Friday. sile range, which includes about statement said. court had awarded residents in 2018. The addition- Residents want to talk to U.S. Forces and the Jap- 1,100 square miles of adjoining One of the proposed Oahu sites al money compensated residents for aircraft noise anese government about the problem. They plan to sea, from about 2,400 acres of is 160 acres of state-owned land they have experienced since the original decision, appeal the decision about limits on flight hours, Fu- government-owned property. on Kuaokala Ridge, adjacent to the official said. kumoto said. The planned radar would iden- the U.S. Air Force Kaena Point The court rejected a claim for the future noise Officials of the 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota Air tify, track and classify long-range Satellite Tracking Station. damage and suspension of all flights between 7 p.m. Base did not respond to an email request for com- ballistic missiles in mid-flight. [email protected] and 8 a.m., the official said. ment Friday. Interceptors would be fired from Twitter: @WyattWOlson Sailor in rescue squadron dies while snorkeling on Guam

BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS Friends Cmdr. Christopher Carreon, said Perez, a California native, was Lt. Joshua Goetz, an E-2D Ad- Stars and Stripes gave Perez in a statement. one of several swimmers report- vanced Hawkeye flight officer as- CPR until an “Petty Officer Perez was a ed in distress over a four-hour signed to the USS Ronald Reagan, A 22-year-old sailor assigned ambulance kind, hardworking sailor, who period that day, according to the died in a recreational diving acci- to a rescue unit drowned Jan. 11 arrived, ac- wore a constant smile,” Carre- newspaper. Six people were res- dent in October 2018. An Alaska while snorkeling with friends on cording to a on said. “In the four months he cued after being swept over a reef Air National Guard pilot, Capt. Guam, Navy officials said. Jan. 17 Guam was at HSC-25, he already made in two separate incidents. John Goeres, drowned the follow- Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel Daily Post re- strong bonds with many in our In fall 2018, three service mem- ing month near Tumon Bay. Perez, a naval aircrewman as- port. He was squadron.” bers died in separate incidents in Last year, Petty Officer 2nd signed to Helicopter Sea Com- later declared The Seahawk squadron averag- the waters around Guam. Class James Dyer, a 22-year-old bat Squadron 25, was found dead at Naval Perez es about 30 rescues and 70 medi- Petty Officer 3rd Class Zahir unresponsive and pulled from the Hospital cal evacuations in the region per Hakeem went missing while machinist’s mate with Explosive water in Fish Eye Marine Park Guam, Moore said. year, according to its website. swimming during shore leave Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit about 1 p.m., Joint Region Mari- Perez had been on the island “Two weeks ago, (Perez) par- from the aircraft carrier USS 5, also on Guam, died after an anas spokesman Navy Lt. Cmdr. with the squadron about four ticipated in a lifesaving medevac, Ronald Reagan in September that Oct. 6 motorcycle crash. Rick Moore said in a statement months before his death, the expertly performing his duties year. His body was found off Ha- [email protected] Friday. squadron’s commanding officer, under pressure,” Carreon said. puto Beach the next day. Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 27, 2020 MILITARY DOD launches review of Southern Command

BY TARA COPP McClatchy Washington Bureau DORAL, Fla. — Defense Secretary Mark Esper launched a review of U.S. Southern Command last week as part of the Pentagon’s worldwide look at where it can reallocate forces, raising the possibil- ity that the already small Florida-based command could see additional cuts. The worldwide review of all combatant commands was directed by Esper to find areas from which forces can either return to the United States to retrain and improve readiness or shift to the Asia-Pacific region or other commands to focus on longer-term threats posed by China and Russia. “There’s only a finite number of dollars, a finite number of troops, and so I’ve got to figure out, where is the best place to put them?” Esper said. The potential for more cuts comes just as U.S. Southern Command is seeing a wor- risome increase in Chinese and Russian investment, weapons sales and and influ- ence in the command’s area of responsibil- ity, Southern Command officials said on the condition they not be identified. South- ern Command covers 31 countries in the Caribbean, Central America and South America. In a briefing to reporters traveling with Esper to Southern Command, the officials provided several examples of how China and Russia have increased their ability to /U.S. Marine Corps influence policy in South America. ZACHARY DYER For example, China has sold more than Marine Sgt. Tomas Hull works with a member of the Guatemalan army at a construction site in Escuintla, Guatemala, in 2018. The $615 million in weapons over the last 10 joint American and Guatemalan humanitarian project fell under U.S. Southern Command, which is facing a Pentagon review. years to Venezuela, increasing its influ- ence there. get is $1.2 billion, of which approximately access to additional boats and surveillance rising South American officers through For months, a Russian ship specialized one-third is spent on security cooperation drones to increase its ability to perform U.S. defense exchange programs in 2018, in tracking and interfering with undersea programs such as joint exercises; one-third drug interdiction, the officials said. the officials said. Over the years, the con- cables has loitered off the coast of Uruguay is spent on drug interdiction efforts, and U.S. Southern Command commander tinued training outreach has resulted in and is currently en route to Antarctica, as one-third is spent on headquarters support Navy Adm. Craig Faller said while the com- more than two-thirds of the current South “part of the highest (Russian) naval activ- funds, said Southern Command spokes- mand is “short on intelligence and naval American chiefs of defense being gradu- ity here in 15 years,” another Southern woman Army Col. Amanda Azubuike. platforms,” it focuses on partnering with ates of the program. Command official said. Esper said that the review does not nec- Colombia, Panama and El Salvador, among Program funds were cut from $10.4 mil- The command has already seen seven essarily mean Southern Command will see other countries, on drug interdictions. lion in 2018 to $8.8 million in the 2019 bud- previous cuts to its staffing levels, making cuts. “We think it’s as important as any more get, the officials said. it more difficult to keep pace with China “Everybody assumes when you do a re- assets,” Faller said at a news conference The cuts to the U.S. international mili- and Russia’s outreach, one official said. view that it means a reduction, an elimi- with Esper. “Ten years ago, if you came here, we had nation, but not necessarily,” Esper told The Southern Command officials who tary outreach come as Russia and China a Colombia division. a division of ana- reporters traveling with him. “What I’m spoke on condition of anonymity said the have both increased their own outreach lysts working Colombia,” another South- looking at first and foremost is how do command would also like to reverse cuts to and influence, the officials said. ern Command official said. “Right now we I ensure our forces’ posture around the its international military education train- Nine of the 15 countries that recognize have two analysts working Colombia.” globe to implement the (National Defense ing fund a program they say is critical Taiwan are located in Central America “We are assuming risk in a number of Strategy)?” to countering both Chinese and Russian and South America, “and particularly with areas in order to meet the present chal- Esper did not give a timeline for complet- influence among South America’s rising Paraguay, they (China) are actively court- lenge,” the official said. ing the review, which comes as Southern military officers. ing Paraguay, which still has a Taiwanese Southern Command’s overall annual bud- Command is seeking more assets such as The program trained more than 1,200 attache,” another official said. Army reviews handling of sexual assault complaints

BY TODD RICHMOND victim advocate after she alerted worth said they have received no tors in their respective branches of her sexual harassment com- Associated Press Army criminal investigators to notification that an investigation to avoid biased investigations. plaint, and that the 416th went the probes and placed a victim is underway. Commanders who don’t follow months without holding a sexual MADISON, Wis. — Army of- on a firing range with someone The 416th, based in the Chi- the proper channels can face rep- assault management meeting, ficials have quietly ordered an she had accused of sexual harass- cago suburb of Darien, provides rimand, removal from command even though the DOD requires investigation into allegations ment, causing her to fear for her technical and engineering sup- or a court martial. such meetings monthly. that leaders of an Illinois-based life. port for U.S. military forces. It The Wisconsin National Braley Franck’s commanders reserve unit mishandled sexual According to a Jan. 16 memo serves as the headquarters for Guard’s top commander, Adj. suspended her in November in assault complaints and retaliated obtained by the AP, Maj. Gen. nearly 11,000 soldiers in 26 states Gen. Donald Dunbar, resigned in what she believes was retaliation against a whistleblower, accord- ing to documents obtained by The A.C. Roper has appointed two of- west of the Mississippi River. December after a federal review for alerting Army criminal inves- Associated Press. ficers to look into the allegations. Amy Braley Franck, a civilian found he had been launching tigators to the internal probes. Illinois Sens. Dick Durbin and He told at least one of them that sexual assault victim advocate internal sexual assault investi- She said an investigator met Tammy Duckworth sent a letter the investigation takes priority with the 416th, has alleged that gations rather than forwarding with her Thursday and told her to Army Secretary Ryan Mc- over her other duties. commanders launched internal complaints to the National Guard before the interview began that Carthy on Jan. 15 requesting an Multiple Army Reserve spokes- investigations into at least two Bureau. He’s still under Air Force she wouldn’t be allowed to dis- investigation. Their letter cited men didn’t return emails seeking sexual assault cases, one in 2018 investigation. cuss the meeting with Durbin an AP story about allegations that comment on the investigation. and another last year. Braley Franck also has alleged or Duckworth’s offices. Braley commanders in the unit had im- The 416th’s spokesman, Jason Federal law and Department that the unit’s sexual assault co- Franck said she refused to abide properly opened internal inves- Proseus, also didn’t respond to of Defense policy require that ordinator was indifferent to the by that condition and the investi- tigations into at least two sexual emails. commanders refer sexual assault woman who was worried about gator, Brig. Gen Susan Hender- assault complaints, suspended a Aides to Durbin and Duck- complaints to criminal investiga- going to the range with the subject son, then ended the meeting. Monday, January 27, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 WAR/MILITARY Fight: Top military general Syrian troops reach edge of tours US outposts in Syria, key rebel-held talks with SDF commander town Sunday FROM FRONT PAGE the attacks. Associated Press McKenzie, who met with the According to officials, US oper- DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian SDF’s commander, Mazloum ations against ISIS in Syria were government forces reached the Abdi, at an undisclosed military reduced by half over that time. outskirts of a key rebel-held town base in eastern Syria on Satur- But as McKenzie took stock of on Sunday, part of a weekslong day morning, said the Kurdish the situation during his day-long offensive into the country’s last leader wanted assurances that sprint across eastern Syria he rebel stronghold, state media and the U.S. would continue to help said that has now changed. opposition activists said. his fighters. “Certainly, the pace of opera- Further north, a car bomb ex- His answer, McKenzie said, tions went down earlier in the ploded in a town held by Turkey- was that the U.S will continue to year, based on events in Iraq,” backed opposition fighters killing conduct anti-ISIS missions, part- McKenzie told two reporters at least seven people. from The Associated Press and ner with the rebel forces and help Over the past two days, Syrian The Washington Post traveling protect the oil fields. But, he said, troops captured at least six vil- with him into Syria. “We’re now he did not put a deadline on it. lages near the strategic town of back up to, I think, probably three “He knows, and I agree, that Maaret al-Numan in the north- or four operations a week with we’re not going to be here for 100 western province of Idlib. That our partners here — so that pace years,” McKenzie said during a brought them closer to retaking a is beginning to pick up and we are critical north-south highway that stop at Green Village military very pleased with that.” passes through the town. It’s been outpost, east of Deir el-Zour. “I Maj. Gen. Eric Hill, command- held by the rebels since 2012. frankly don’t know how long we’re er of the special operations forces Syrian President Bashar going to be here and I have no in- in Iraq and Syria, was with Mc- Assad’s government has retaken structions other than to continue Kenzie for most of the day. He control of most of the country to work with our partner here.” said his forces continue to train from rebel fighters, largely be- McKenzie crisscrossed the and conduct operations with the cause of blanket air support from east, flying by helicopter over SDF to root out ISIS insurgents Russia, which helped turn the tide long stretches of desert flecked who are “hiding in the valleys, in in the nearly 9-year civil war. /AP with intermittent patches of green the caves, in the desserts, trying LOLITA BALDOR According to opposition activ- and scattered villages. It was his to regroup.” Gen. Frank McKenzie, center front, the top U.S. commander for ists and paramedics, Maaret al- first trip to the five bases. Hill spoke to reporters at the the Middle East, walks as he visits a military outpost in Syria, on Numan is now almost empty as a The U.S. declared an end to ISIS’ military base located at the Con- Saturday. result of the intense bombardment physical caliphate last March. oco gas field near Deir el-Zour, in recent weeks. Hadi Abdullah, But in recent months there have where military trucks and air- an opposition activist based in been growing concerns that the craft sit alongside looming plant ‘ He [SDF commander Mazloum Abdi] Idlib, said Syrian warplanes and insurgents are regrouping, par- buildings and old homes that have helicopter gunships were pound- ticularly in the west where U.S. been turned into high-tech opera- knows, and I agree, that we’re not going to ing areas near Maaret al-Numan. forces are not present. tions centers and barracks. be here for 100 years. Opposition activists said govern- Operations against ISIS, how- According to officials, there ’ ment forces are now less than a ever, were interrupted in recent are now about 750 U.S. troops Gen. Frank McKenzie mile away from the town. U.S. Middle East commander weeks, in the aftermath of the in eastern Syria, spread across U.S. drone strike that killed a top a swath of land that stretches Iranian general in Iraq. Fearing more than 90 miles from Deir el- reprisals by Iran and Iranian- Zour to the border region east of Kurdish and American forces Iranian proxy forces in Syria backed proxy forces, the U.S. al-Hassakeh. are now operating in a region that continue to be a significant risk paused or slowed operations to The U.S.-Syrian Kurdish re- is more complicated and crowded to them. beef up security in Iraq and Syria. lationship, which dates back to with troops since the Turks began He said that while Iran appears Iran, after several days, launched 2014, was strained after Trump their attack on northeast Syria in to be deterred right now from ballistic missiles at two military last month ordered American early October, aimed at pushing launching another attack against bases in Iraq where U.S. troops troops out of northern Syria, mak- the Kurdish fighters away from the U.S., “you always worry about are stationed. Several dozen were ing way for a Turkish invasion of the border. their ability to command and con- diagnosed with traumatic brain Kurdish-held towns and villages While talking to troops on Sat- trol their proxy elements which injury, but no one was killed in along a stretch of the border. urday, McKenzie warned that they have equipped very well.” Soldier dies in vehicle rollover accident in Syria

BY CHAD GARLAND a resurgence of the Islamic State soldier, said Lt. Col. Ian Doiron, As news of his death spread Stars and Stripes and keeping it from exploiting oil the battalion commander, in a online, family and friends began resources there. The group was statement. posting tributes on social media A U.S. soldier was killed Friday routed from its last territorial “Antonio was one of the best in remembering him as among the in a vehicle rollover accident in strongholds last year but has con- our formation,” Doiron said. “He kindest and sweetest people they Syria, the military said. tinued to mount insurgent attacks will be missed by all who served knew. Spc. Antonio I. Moore, 22, of in Iraq and with him. We will now focus on The football team he had played Wilmington, N.C., died in Deir Syria, where supporting his family and honor- for in high school posted a condo- al-Zour province while conduct- officials ing his legacy and sacrifice.” lence message on Twitter, asking ing route-clearing operations in estimate Moore is survived by his moth- for thoughts and prayers for the support of Operation Inherent thousands er, stepfather, three brothers and soldier’s family. Resolve, the Defense Department of militants one sister, said a statement from “Yesterday, we lost a good said in a statement Saturday. The remain. the unit’s higher headquarters, man,” Wilmington’s John T. Hog- incident is under investigation. Moore was the Vicksburg, Miss.-based 412th gard high school football team U.S. forces in Syria withdrew assigned to Theater Engineer Command. from an area near the country’s 363rd En- He was on his first deployment said in the post. “If you had the border with Turkey last fall, gineer Bat- since enlisting in the Army in pleasure of knowing Antonio, ahead of a Turkish incursion, but talion, 411th May 2017 as a combat engineer, you knew he was one of the most Moore more than 500 U.S. troops are Engineer said Maj. Alan Moss, a spokes- lovable human beings you would still in the country, including at Brigade, Knightdale, N.C., a rela- man for the engineer command. ever meet. He was a true hero as several outposts in the eastern tively new unit that activated in Moore’s awards and decora- he fought for our country in the provinces of Deir al-Zour and December 2015. tions include National Defense US military.” Hassakeh, where they are assist- The battalion was “deeply sad- Service medal and the Army Ser- [email protected] ing local partner forces in prevent dened at the loss” of the young vice Ribbon, Moss said. Twitter: @chadgarland PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 27, 2020 MILITARY Smithsonian bringing WWII bomber back to life

BY JOE GROMELSKI Stars and Stripes CHANTILLY, Va. — For many years, visitors to the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum in Wash- ington were able to view the front section of one of the U.S. military’s most durable combat aircraft, the Martin B-26B-25-MA Marauder “Flak-Bait.” The twin-engine medium bomber survived more than 200 missions over Europe during World War II, twice what would normally be regarded as an excep- tional number. Even though it was riddled with more than 1,000 flak and shrapnel holes, there were no fatalities among the hundreds of Army Air Force crewmen who flew in it between August 1943 and the end of the war. The plane, due to its historic na- ture, was donated to the Smithson- ian after the war instead of being scrapped. While the nose section went on display, the rest of “Flak- Bait” remained in storage in a fa- cility in Maryland. Now, in the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar at the Udvar- Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., the plane is being pieced together and restored for eventual placement among the museum’s other fa- mous aircraft, including the space shuttle Discovery, an SR-71 Black- bird and the B-29 “Enola Gay.” Among the tasks facing the res- toration crew is the preservation of the nose art and numerous crew See how the WWII bomber members’ signatures on the fuse- lage. The name painted beneath “Flak Bait” is being restored at the cockpit is that of Lt. James J. stripes.com/go/flakbait Farrell, who named the plane after They were to be taken off later, but a combination of his brother’s dog, aeronautics curator Jeremy Kin- Flea Bait, and the German anti- ney points out that their location aircraft flak. The 200-plus bomb under the wing probably made it figures represent the 200 mis- difficult to remove them entirely. sions, and a swastika represents the plane’s lone kill, by the tail The round blue background of gunner. Six ducks represent decoy the white Army Air Forces star missions on which “Flak-Bait” insignia shows on careful inspec- decoyed enemy planes away from tion that its outline was once red, real targets. but at some point during the war, Other paint patterns tell more the military ordered the red to be stories of the war. Faded black and painted over in blue. According white stripes below a wing are the to Kinney, such changes are part remnants of “invasion stripes” of the plane’s history and will be used to identify allied planes from maintained in their later form. below during the D-Day landings. [email protected]

Clockwise from top: The front section of the Martin B-26B-25-MA Marauder “Flak-Bait,” being restored at the Udvar-Hazy Center in January, was formerly on display in the World War II section of the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum in Washington; the plane is being restored at the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar in Chantilly, Va.; aeronautics curator Jeremy Kinney points out details on a 1946 photo of the bomber; inside the front section.

PHOTOS BY JOE GROMELSKI/ Stars and Stripes Monday, January 27, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 MILITARY Military community in Germany raises funds for Australia

BY KARIN ZEITVOGEL Stars and Stripes

LANDSTUHL, Germany – Mi- chaela Olthoff signed up right away when she saw an unusual Facebook post in early January: Paint a portrait of a koala and help raise money for animals that have been severely burned or had their habitat destroyed in the Australian bushfires. “I wanted to do what I could to Victoria Young, 10, adds “fur” to help and this seemed like a fun the koala bear head she painted. thing to do with my husband,” PHOTOS BY KARIN ZEITVOGEL/Stars and Stripes said the 24-year-old from Great Olthoff, and 14 other members of Nancy Brothers, left, and other amateur painters add colored backgrounds to the koala bear shapes Falls, Mont., who has lived near the Kaiserslautern military com- they painted Saturday at artist Beatrice Gentry’s studio in Landstuhl, Germany. Ramstein Air Base for the past munity picked up paintbrushes in year. artist Beatrice Gentry’s packed meaningful,” said Cody Olthoff. three hours, she said. the fundraiser with her husband, The wildfires in Australia have studio in Landstuhl, Capt. Ian H. Gentry had the idea for the The nearly $40 paid by each Paul. McBeth died along with First Offi- devastated large tracts of the fundraiser after sending a small of the 16 amateur painters to at- The auction is dedicated to the country’s southeast, killing more cer Paul Clyde Hudson and Flight donation to a charity supporting tend — or around $640 — will be memory of the three Americans than 30 people and, according Engineer Rick A. DeMorgan Jr. victims of the Australian wild- sent by the end of the month to an who died in the tanker plane to an estimate by University of when their tanker plane crashed fires and “wishing I could do Australian charity, along with the Sydney ecologist Chris Dickman, as they fought the wildfires. more because it hurt so much to proceeds from an online auction crash, Gentry said. All three were more than a billion animals. McBeth, 44, was also from see what was happening,” she of paintings, including a colorful veterans. Days before Olthoff, her hus- Great Falls. “We didn’t know him said. koala painted Saturday by Jizela [email protected] band, Air Force Staff Sgt. Cody but it makes being here even more The fundraiser sold out within Dutka-Chirichetti, who attended Twitter: @StripesZeit PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 27, 2020 MILITARY Service delays possible at S. Korean bases amid deadlock

BY KIM GAMEL ment since 1991, with most of mize the impact on South Korean Stars and Stripes the funds used for nearly 10,000 workers, but he warned “that pot South Korean employees who of money … is drying up.” SEOUL, South Korea — The provide food, administrative and He also warned that the United U.S. military has warned of likely logistical support for troops, as States would be required by law service delays at Camp Hum- well as construction projects. to send a 60-day furlough notice phreys and possible furloughs The funds aren’t used for soon to South Korean employees. for thousands of South Korean American troop salaries or mili- USFK sent a notice in October MARIA D. CAVINS/U.S. Army employees as Washington and tary operations. to the Korean Employees Union, Vice President Mike Pence surprised military spouses stationed in Seoul remain deadlocked over “We greatly value our Korean saying it may need to place local Italy on Friday at the U.S. Embassy in Rome. cost-sharing. National workforce and their con- workers on unpaid leave begin- Nearly a month after the ex- tributions to making USAG Hum- ning in April if an agreement isn’t piration of the previous Special phreys a valued installation and reached. Measures Agreement, under will continue to provide our com- In many ways, the situation is which South Korea shares the munity with timely updates that Karen Pence meets a reprise of the 2018 negotiations, costs of stationing some 28,500 impact installation services,” the which also failed to produce an U.S. forces in the country, the Facebook post said. agreement by the end of that garrison told residents to brace The previous agreement ex- year. in Rome with for delays to services. pired at the end of last year, The two sides eventually “Due to the Special Measures leaving USFK to function with reached a deal in February that Agreement lapse and imple- “residual funds,” as the U.S. provided some $920 million in mentation of USFK austerity ambassador to South Korea de- military spouses funds for 2019 but was only for measures, including cessation of scribed them last week. one year. Previous deals had last- overtime pay for Korean National The two sides have sparred BY NANCY MONTGOMERY ed five years. assigned to Italy and all the vol- employees, USAG Humphreys over Washington’s demands that Negotiators have gone public Stars and Stripes unteer work they subsequently will experience some delays to South Korea significantly in- this year with their demands and provide. certain installation services,” crease its contribution to as much Active-duty military spouses “She teared up and I teared such as the post office and after- as nearly $5 billion per year, a complaints while anti-American assigned to Italian bases attended activists held several rallies, in- up,” Vogel said. hours maintenance work, accord- fivefold increase. a reception Friday with Karen Alexa Walrond said the eight- ing to a message posted on its Negotiators have said that cluding a group that briefly broke Pence, the second lady of the into the ambassador’s residence. hour round trip to visit with the Facebook page. Washington softened its demands United States, at the U.S. Embas- Pences was “so worth it.” “We assure you that all matters in the sixth round of negotiations South Korea will hold parlia- sy in Rome. mentary elections in April, add- Walrond, the wife of a com- involving life, health and safety earlier this month. Among the 64 women and pany commander with the 173rd ing a political complication to the one man were 17 wives from Vi- will continue without interrup- Both sides said they have nar- Airborne Brigade, said it was negotiations, since the National cenza, who traveled by train at tion,” the garrison said, promis- rowed their differences but gaps clear that Karen Pence empa- Assembly must ultimately ratify their own expense, along with ing no interruption to fire and remained. The United States also thized with women prevented the special measures agreement. spouses based at Naples, Gaeta emergency services or important sought to broaden the scope of the from being able to practice their Both sides insist their long- and Livorno. Vice President Mike maintenance needs. agreement to include funds for professions as she discussed her “All housing and barracks standing alliance remains solid Pence also made an appearance rotational troops and other assets part-time teaching work. maintenance will be addressed, to justify the increase. and say the question of whether to at the event to praise and thank Karen Pence, 63, works twice a in accordance with established Ambassador Harry Harris said withdraw U.S. troops is not part the spouses. week at a private Christian school response times,” it said. that U.S. Forces Korea, the main of the equation. “I think it was a once-in-a-life- that does not allow gay students South Korea has helped sup- command, was using “residual time opportunity,” said Amanda [email protected] and requires employees to affirm port U.S. troops under the agree- funds” from last year to mini- Twitter: @kimgamel Vogel, wife of the commander of U.S. Army Garrison Italy, who that marriage should only be be- gave Karen Pence a commemo- tween a man and a woman. rative garrison coin. She and the vice president, Vogel said the Pences both former Roman Catholics who Medics: Program changes how “spoke from the heart” and that became evangelical Christians, she shared an emotional moment had earlier Friday visited Pope with the second lady while dis- Francis. battlefield casualties are treated cussing the lack of paid employ- [email protected] ment opportunities for spouses Twitter: @montgomerynance FROM FRONT PAGE Blood was drawn from the vol- The case was the first sub- unteers and immediately admin- stantial whole blood transfusion istered to the wounded Rangers, to occur at the point of injury in even as “hellfire missiles, 30 mm modern warfare, said Lt. Col. rounds, and 105 mm rounds were Seahawk crew in stable Ryan Knight, 75th Ranger Regi- being executed as close as 30 me- ment command surgeon. ters from our position,” Staff Sgt. condition following crash Charles Bowen, who with fellow “Previous transfusions were all medic Sgt. Ty Able treated the in- stored blood products carried into BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS wa for evaluation, according 7th jured during the battle, said in a combat and the previous fresh Stars and Stripes Fleet. statement. whole blood transfusions have Officials did not say whether One soldier who was bleeding only occurred at ... medical facili- YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, the cause of the crash had been profusely from a chest wound U.S. ARMY Japan — Five naval aviators were determined. ties,” he said. received 10 units of blood, includ- in stable condition Sunday, a day The USS America, the U.S. Air Ranger medics put the Ranger ing three from battlefield dona- A 75th Ranger Regiment medic after their MH-60 Seahawk he- Force, the Japan Maritime Self- O Low Titer Whole Blood Pro- tions, before he was evacuated to trains to deliver whole blood on licopter went down in the Phil- Defense Force and the Japan gram, or ROLO, into action in a hospital. He defied the odds and the battlefield. ippine Sea, according to the 7th Coast Guard also participated Afghanistan last summer during survived. Fleet. in Saturday’s search-and-rescue a battle with insurgents in War- “No casualty has received such survival instincts and concentrate The Seahawk, assigned to the mission. dak province, although news of its a massive transfusion on the bat- on their patients. They displayed USS Blue Ridge, was conduct- success was only made public this tlefield,” Knight said. “ROLO is the highest levels of courage as ing routine operations when it Blue Ridge, the 7th Fleet’s flag- month. transforming how we treat battle- they repeatedly placed their pa- crashed at about 5:15 p.m. Satur- ship, deployed from its Yokosuka Under ROLO, members of a field casualties. We now always tients’ survival above their own day, the fleet said in a statement. homeport last week for the first unit are screened to see if they have blood on the battlefield ... safety,” Knight said. “While this Two of the crew members were time since May. have Type O-negative blood with This case demonstrates the abso- is an amazing display of personal found during a search-and-res- The amphibious command ship low antibodies, meaning they can lute need for this technique to per- courage, medical expertise and cue mission and brought back to serves as an afloat command and donate to any other blood group. colate across the U.S. military.” the most incredible saves I’ve the Blue Ridge by a Navy helicop- control headquarters. It is the In Wardak, medics ran out of Bowen, Able and a Ranger first ever heard of, it’s also Rangers ter, the statement said. The others oldest deployable ship in the Navy the blood they carry into combat responder at times shielded the living the Ranger Creed” — to were recovered by a Japan Air and will mark its 50th year in op- and called on three prescreened wounded Rangers with their own never leave a fallen colleague. Self-Defense Force UH-60. eration in November. donors to give blood to their bodies to prevent further injury. [email protected] The crew members were then [email protected] wounded colleagues. “(They) had to ignore their own Twitter: @pwwellman taken to Naval Hospital Okina- Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Monday, January 27, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 NATION Democratic race heats up in Iowa as caucus nears

BY BILL BARROW Joe Biden, meanwhile, ap- Associated Press peared for the first time alongside Rep. Cindy Axne, D-Iowa, who is DES MOINES, Iowa — Demo- the latest in a growing list of local cratic presidential candidates politicians backing the former have roared back into Iowa tout- vice president’s candidacy. And ing fresh endorsements, critiqu- Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor ing their rivals and predicting of South Bend, Ind. , sought to po- victories in the caucuses that will sition himself a Washington out- soon launch the process of decid- sider above the partisan fray. ing who will challenge President But as the candidates set out to /AP Donald Trump. make their best case to voters, the SUE OGROCKI Sen. Elizabeth Warren said volatility of the race was evident. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Democratic presidential candidate, speaks during a town hall meeting Saturday she was “delighted” to Several candidates began their on Saturday in Muscatine, Iowa. pick up a coveted endorsement day in Washington, sitting as ju- from The Des Moines Register. rors in Trump’s impeachment — but not commanding — edge and additional voters crowded up on politics,” he said. “I think The state’s largest newspaper trial. They will have to return to in Iowa. But several polls show an overflow room. Earlier in the we will resonate with them. I called the Massachusetts Demo- Capitol Hill early this week as the Biden, Buttigieg and Warren re- night, he told voters in Marshall- think we have in the past, I think crat “the best leader for these trial continues, sidelining them main among the front-runners. town that he had an “excellent we will in the future.” times” and said she “is not the from campaigning during a criti- “There’s still plenty of time chance to win here in Iowa” and Polls suggest Biden also has a radical some perceive her to be.” cal period. for movement,” said Kurt Meyer, argued that his is the only cam- substantial appeal among Demo- But Warren’s progressive rival, More fundamentally, there’s no chairman of the Tri-County Dem- paign that can weave broad sup- cratic voters, especially African Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, clear front-runner despite the fact ocrats in northern Iowa. “Every port from voters. predicted victory in Iowa and that many candidates have now part of the ground game counts.” “I believe that our campaign, Americans. While he has been campaigned alongside Rep. Al- spent more than a year courting Still, Sanders returned to Iowa our energy, our grassroots move- critical of Sanders in the past, exandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Iowans. A New York Times/Siena exuding a sense of confidence. ment, our agenda is the approach he kept his focus instead on the one of the most prominent lead- College poll released Saturday Hundreds of supporters filled the that will speak to working people threat of four more years of ers on the left. showed Sanders with a slight municipal auditorium in Ames who, in many cases, have given Trump in the White House. Politics weigh heavily in Trump’s Mideast peace plan

BY DEB RIECHMANN there’s been little-to-no input from the Pal- ers, former Mideast negotiators, Arab gov- released, according to these people. Associated Press estinians, who have rejected it before its ernments and special interest groups not Trump, for his part, told reporters on release. to reject his fresh approach outright. Air Force One this week that “It’s a plan WASHINGTON — A blueprint the White “It’s entirely about politics,” Michael People familiar with the administra- that really would work.” He said he spoke House is rolling out to resolve the decades- Koplow, policy director of the Israel Poli- tion’s thinking believe the release will to the Palestinians “briefly,” without long conflict between the Israelis and Pal- cy Forum, said about Tuesday’s meeting. have benefits even if it never gets Palestin- elaborating. estinians is as much about politics as it is “You simply can’t have a serious discus- ian buy-in and ultimately fails. According Nabil Abu Rdeneh, a spokesman for the about peace. sion about an Israeli-Palestinian peace to these people, the peace team believes Western-backed Palestinian president, President Donald Trump said he would plan and only invite one side to come talk that if Israeli officials are open to the plan Mahmoud Abbas, says that’s not true. likely release his long-awaited Mideast about it. This is more about the politics and Arab nations do not outright reject it, peace plan a little before he meets Tuesday inside Israel and inside the U.S. than it is the proposal could help improve broader “There were no talks with the U.S. ad- with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Ne- about any real efforts to get these two sides Israeli-Arab relations. ministration — neither briefly nor in de- tanyahu and his main political rival Benny to an agreement.” There have been signs of warming be- tail,” he said. “The Palestinian position Gantz. The Washington get-together of- Jared Kushner, a Trump adviser and tween Israel and the Gulf states, including is clear and consistent in its rejection of fers political bonuses for Trump and the the president’s son-in-law, has been the ar- both public displays and secret contacts, Trump’s decisions regarding Jerusalem prime minister, but Trump’s opponents chitect for the plan for nearly three years. and the administration sees an opening for and other issues, and everything related to are doubting the viability of any plan since He’s tried to persuade academics, lawmak- even greater cooperation after the plan is the rejected deal.” US President’s travel ban back in court

BY DENISE LAVOIE Tuesday in three lawsuits filed by gues the high court’s ruling ef- Associated Press U.S. citizens and permanent resi- fectively puts an end to the legal dents whose relatives have been challenges. RICHMOND, Va. — After the unable to enter the U.S. because The Trump administration is U.S. Supreme Court upheld Pres- of the travel ban, which was first asking the 4th Circuit to dismiss ident Donald Trump’s ban on imposed shortly after Trump took the lawsuits. travelers from several predomi- office in January 2017. But the plaintiffs’ attorneys nantly Muslim countries in 2018, The court is being asked to de- say the Supreme Court merely the ruling appeared to shut down cide whether a federal judge in rejected a preliminary injunc- legal challenges that claimed the Maryland made a mistake when tion to block the travel ban and policy was rooted in anti-Muslim he refused to dismiss constitu- bias. tional claims made in a lawsuit did not decide the merits of the But a federal appeals court in filed by the International Refugee constitutional claims. The plain- Richmond is set to hear argu- Assistance Project despite a 2018 tiffs allege the travel ban violates ments from civil rights groups U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a several constitutional rights, in- JOSE LUIS MAGANA/AP hoping to keep the challenges Hawaii case that found the travel cluding the First Amendment’s Demonstrators carrying signs chant outside of the White House, on alive. ban “a legitimate grounding in Establishment Clause prohibiting Jan. 29, 2017, to denounce President Donald Trump’s travel ban. A The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of national security concerns.” the government from favoring Virginia court is set to hear arguments Tuesday against the ban. Appeals will hear arguments The Justice Department ar- one religion over another. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 27, 2020 NATION Astronauts complete repairs to detector

BY MARCIA DUNN astronauts were already halfway Associated Press into their six-hour spacewalk. Mission Control acknowledged CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — the leak added some unwanted Spacewalking astronauts plugged “drama” to the spacewalk. “Ev- a leak in a cosmic ray detector erybody’s hearts stopped,” Mis- outside the International Space sion Control told the astronauts. Station on Saturday, completing a Parmitano wondered aloud what series of complex repairs to give his heart rate was when the leak the instrument new life. erupted. “It either flat-lined or The $2 billion Alpha Magnetic spiked, one of the two.” Spectrometer could resume its “It was hard fought today, re- hunt for elusive antimatter and ally well done. Cool heads pre- dark matter by midweek. vailed,” Mission Control said as Team members around the the spacewalk drew to a close. world expressed relief as NASA’s Barring further trouble, the Andrew Morgan and Italy’s Luca spectrometer — launched to the Parmitano wrapped up work on space station in 2011 — will have the spectrometer. It was their its coolant lines filled with more fourth and final spacewalk since carbon dioxide Sunday. One November to revive the instru- pump will be turned on as early ment’s crippled cooling system. as Monday and the remaining “Congratulations ... the AMS three Tuesday. That could lead to pump system is now leak tight,” the resumption of science obser- tweeted the European Organi- vations by Wednesday. zation for Nuclear Research, NASA described the spectrom- PHOTOS BY NASA/AP or CERN, which helps run the eter spacewalks as the most com- Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano is seen in a view from astronaut Andrew Morgan as he works outside spectrometer. plicated since the Hubble Space the International Space Station during a spacewalk Saturday. Below, NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan Mission Control cautioned it Telescope repair missions a cou- and Luca Parmitano repaired a leak a cosmic ray detector Saturday during a spacewalk. was too soon to declare success ple decades ago. Unlike Hubble, with the space station’s premier this spectrometer was never in- all the punches and got the job science instrument, but noted: “It tended for astronaut handling in done ... Dinner is waiting,” she still has a good heartbeat.” orbit, and once it started faltering Last month, Morgan and Par- in 2014, it took NASA years to de- said. mitano installed new coolant vise a repair plan. The massive 7½-ton spectrom- pumps on the spectrometer. They Morgan and Parmitano had to eter was launched to the space went back out Saturday to check cut into stainless steel pipes to station on NASA’s next-to-last for any leaks in the plumbing. bypass the spectrometer’s old, shuttle flight. Until it was shut Parmitano quickly discovered degraded coolant pumps on a down late last year for the repair a leak in one of the eight coolant previous spacewalk. Then they work, it had studied more than lines — the first one he tested spliced the tubes into the new 148 billion charged cosmic rays. — and tightened the fitting. “Our pumps — no easy job when work- The project is led by Samuel Ting, day just got a little more challeng- ing in bulky gloves. New tools had a Nobel laureate at the Massachu- ing,” Mission Control observed. to be created for the intricate job. setts Institute of Technology. The line still leaked after a “We did it. We all did it,” Mor- The repairs should allow the mandatory one-hour wait, and gan said once he was back inside. spectrometer to continue work- Parmitano tightened it again. Fi- Astronaut Jessica Meir noted ing for the rest of the life of the nally, success — the leak was gone. that the day ended up being more space station, or another five to 10 “Let us all take a breath,” Mis- interesting than anyone envi- years. It was designed to operate sion Control urged. By then, the sioned. “But you guys rolled with for only three years. Third woman accuses Mich. Infrastructure concerns lawmaker of sex harassment intensify after another quake hits Puerto Rico Associated Press day for a Lucido spokesman was not immediately LANSING, Mich. — A third woman in two weeks returned. Associated Press were evacuated from earthquake has publicly come forward with sexual harassment Another state lawmaker, Democratic Sen. Mal- SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A shelters that flooded after heavy allegations against a Michigan state legislator, ac- lory McMorrow of Royal Oak, filed a complaint on 5.0 magnitude earthquake hit rains hit the U.S. territory. In the cording to a published report Sunday. Jan. 21 against Lucido. southern Puerto Rico on Saturday coastal city of Ponce alone, more Melissa Osborn, who works McMorrow, 33, said it happened as she intro- at a shallow depth, raising con- than 350 people on Friday were as a regulatory affairs spe- duced herself to him at a training session two days cerns about unstable infrastruc- moved back into a school that cialist for a trade group, told after she defeated an incumbent in the November ture in a region that has been hit served as the initial shelter when Crain’s Detroit Business that 2018 election. She alleged that he put his hand on by quakes every day for nearly a the ground first began shaking, Republican state Sen. Peter Lu- Angel Vazquez, the city’s emer- her lower back region and made comments about month. cido commented on her appear- The U.S. Geological Survey said gency management director, told her appearance, insinuating that she won because ance and clothes while visually the quake occurred at a depth of the AP. scanning her body and touch- of her looks. eight miles around the southern He said no damage was im- ing the region she described Lucido denied the allegations. coastal town of Guayanilla, lo- mediately reported in Ponce, but as “my lower back/upper butt.” The Senate Business Office opened an investiga- cated close to the epicenters of that crews were out inspecting Osborn, 40, said it happened tion into Lucido earlier this month after a 22-year- most of the recent earthquakes. buildings in areas affected by a at the Michigan Credit Union old female journalist reported that he told her that At least one small landslide was 6.4 magnitude quake that hit Jan. Lucido League’s annual government students from an all-boys Catholic school visiting reported. 7, killing one person and damag- affairs conference in May. the Capitol could “have a lot of fun” with her. “We felt it really hard,” town ing hundreds of homes. A 5.9 af- “He was looking at me up and down,“ she said. Lucido issued a brief apology for what he called spokesman Danny Hernandez tershock that hit the same area on “And he stayed there for several minutes, making told The Associated Press, saying Jan. 11 caused further damage. a “misunderstanding” with Michigan Advance’s Al- these comments about my appearance and my look authorities were patrolling the The ground in southern Puerto and what he liked about it.” lison Donahue but later said he was misquoted. area to investigate any potential Rico first began shaking on Dec. Lucido declined to comment to Crain’s. The AP has tallied about 100 state lawmakers damage. 28, and while experts say several “I’ve got no comment for you because I’ve got no across the country who have been publicly accused The newest quake comes a local faults are to blame, they are comment,“ he said. “Is that OK?” of sexual misconduct or harassment since January day after hundreds of people still analyzing data to determine A message left by The Associated Press on Sun- 2017. in the island’s southern region why the earthquakes continue. Monday, January 27, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 WORLD Virus death toll in China rises, US to evacuate

BY KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING — A new viral illness Third case being watched with a wary eye around the globe accelerated its confirmed spread in China on Sunday with BEN CURTIS/AP 56 deaths so far, while the U.S. Consulate in the city at the epi- in the US A farmer looks back as she walks through swarms of desert locusts feeding on her crops in Katitika village, Kitui county, Kenya, on Friday. center announced it will evacuate Associated Press its personnel and some private citizens aboard a charter flight. SANTA ANA, Calif. — A China’s health minister said the patient in Southern Califor- country was entering a “crucial nia is the third person in the Locust swarms in Kenya stage” as “it seems like the ability U.S. to be diagnosed with of the virus to spread is getting the new pneumonia-like stronger.” virus from China, health Ma Xiaowei declined to esti- officials said. are worst in seven decades mate how long it would take to The Centers for Disease Associated Press bring the situation under con- Control confirmed a travel- bers of the fast-breeding locusts Even a small swarm of the in- could grow 500 times before sects can consume enough food trol, but said travel restrictions er from the Chinese city of KATITIKA, Kenya — The drier weather in June curbs their and other strict measures should Wuhan — the epicenter of hum of millions of locusts on the for 35,000 people in a single day, spread, the United Nations says. bring results “at the lowest cost the outbreak — tested posi- move is broken by the screams of said Jens Laerke of the U.N. hu- and fastest speed.” tive for the virus, the Or- farmers and the clanging of pots “We must act immediately,” manitarian office in Geneva. President Xi Jinping has called ange County Health Care and pans. But their noise-making said David Phiri of the U.N. Food Farmers are afraid to let their the outbreak a grave situation and Agency announced just does little to stop the voracious in- and Agricultural Organization, as cattle out for grazing, and their said the government was step- before midnight Saturday. sects from feasting on their crops donors huddled in Kenya’s capi- crops of millet, sorghum and ping up efforts to restrict travel The patient is in isolation at in this rural community. tal, Nairobi, a three-hour drive maize are vulnerable, but there is and public gatherings while rush- a hospital and in good con- The worst outbreak of desert away. little they can do. ing medical staff and supplies to dition, a release from the locusts in Kenya in 70 years has About $70 million is needed to About 172,973 acres of land in the city at the center of the crisis, agency said. seen hundreds of millions of the step up aerial pesticide spraying, Kenya are already infested. Wuhan, which remains on lock- bugs swarm into the East African the only effective way to combat “This one, ai! This is huge,” down with no flights, trains or them, the U.N. says. That won’t nation from Somalia and Ethio- said Kipkoech Tale, a migratory buses in or out. be easy, especially in Somalia, The French Consulate also was pia. Those two countries have pest control specialist with the The epidemic has revived where parts of the country are in considering evacuation of its na- not had an infestation like this agriculture ministry. “I’m talk- memories of the SARS outbreak tionals from the city. It said it’s in a quarter-century, destroy- the grip of the al-Qaida-linked al- that originated in China and Shabab extremist group. ing about over 20 swarms that we working on arranging a bus ser- ing farmland and threatening an have sprayed. We still have more. killed nearly 800 as it spread vice to help French citizens leave already vulnerable region with The rose-colored locusts turn around the world in 2002 and And more are coming.” Wuhan. devastating hunger. whole trees pink, clinging to 2003. Its spread has come amid A single swarm can contain up French automaker PSA Group “Even cows are wondering branches like quivering orna- China’s busiest travel period of to 150 million locusts per square said it will evacuate its employees what is happening,” said Nd- ments before taking off in hun- the year when millions crisscross kilometer of farmland, an area from Wuhan, quarantine them unda Makanga, who spent hours gry, rustling clouds. the country or head abroad for the size of almost 250 football and then bring them to France. on Friday trying to chase the lo- Astonished by the finger-length the Lunar New Year holiday. fields, regional authorities say. Japan was also making prepa- custs from his farm. “Corn, sor- insects, children dash here and The latest figures reported Sun- A changing climate has con- rations to fly its nationals out of ghum, cowpeas – they have eaten there, waving blankets or pluck- day morning cover the previous tributed to “exceptional” breed- Wuhan. everything.” ing at branches to shake the lo- 24 hours and mark an increase of custs free. One woman, Kanini ing conditions, said Nairobi-based Chinese travel agencies have When rains arrive in March 15 deaths and 688 cases for a total and bring new vegetation across Ndunda, batted at them with a climate scientist Abubakr Salih been told to halt all group tours, of 1,975 infections. much of the region, the num- shovel. Babiker. The government also reported and concern is growing over the five cases in Hong Kong and two potential impact of millions of in Macao. Small numbers of cases people traveling back to the cities have been found in Thailand, Tai- after the Lunar New Year holiday wan Japan, South Korea, the U.S., ends on Thursday. Dutch premier issues apology at Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, China’s National Health Com- Nepal, France and Australia. mission said anyone traveling The U.S. has confirmed cases from Wuhan is now required to annual Holocaust commemoration in Washington state, Chicago, register with community health and most recently Southern Cali- stations and quarantine them- Associated Press and workers who went on strike to take 75 years before we were fornia. Canada said it discovered selves at home for 14 days — the in support of Jews, Rutte said it offered an apology.” its first case, a man in his 50s who AMSTERDAM — Dutch Prime virus’ maximum incubation was collectively not enough. was in Wuhan before flying to Minister Mark Rutte apologized Of the 140,000 Jews who lived period. “Too little protection. Too little Toronto. Taiwan, Singapore and Sunday for the failure of officials in the Netherlands at the outbreak Beijing has decided to delay the South Korea each reported one in the Nazi-occupied country help. Too little recognition,” the of World War II, only 38,000 start of classes after the Lunar new case Sunday, while Thailand during World War II to do more to premier said. survived. New Year holiday ends, the offi- reported three new cases. prevent the deportation and mur- “Now the last survivors are still The Dutch national railway cial Beijing Daily reported on its among us, I apologize today on A notice from the U.S. Embas- der of just over 100,000 Jews. company last year announced website. That will extend to all behalf of the government for the sy in Beijing said there would be Rutte made the historic apology it will pay reparations to Jews, schools in the capital from kin- authorities’ actions at the time,” limited capacity to transport U.S. at the country’s annual Holocaust Roma and Sinti whom it trans- citizens on a Tuesday flight from dergartens to universities. commemoration in Amsterdam Rutte added. ported to camps in the Neth- Wuhan that will proceed directly Hong Kong announced similar that came on the eve of the 75th Holocaust survivor Zoni Weisz to San Francisco. It said that in measures Saturday. On Sunday anniversary of the liberation of told Dutch national broadcaster erlands during World War II the event there are not enough two of that territory’s biggest at- the Auschwitz Nazi death camp. NOS that it was an emotional — from where they were sent to seats, priority will be given to tractions, Hong Kong Disneyland While he praised resistance moment. Nazi concentration camps. The individuals “at greater risk from and Ocean Park, announced they fighters, citizens who helped Jews “It was beautiful,“ he said, be- company apologized in 2005 for coronavirus.” were closing for the time being. to hide from the Nazi occupiers fore adding: “It’s a shame it had its role in the transportation. PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 27, 2020 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Police: Naked teen goes on rampage in store

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP NJ — A naked teenage cus- tomer who went on a rampage inside a southern New Jersey upholstery business was sub- dued after he fought with police, a struggle that left three officers injured. Police responded to the Middle Township business and confront- ed the teen, 17, who had damaged several items. The teen fought with officers when they tried to arrest him, and authorities said it eventually took “several officers” to subdue him. The teen and three officers were treated at a hospital for un- disclosed injuries. Sea turtles ‘stunned’ during cold snap

ROANOKE ISLAND NC — Rapidly dipping temperatures in North Carolina’s Outer Banks “cold stunned“ at least 120 sea turtles , causing them to float to the surface of the chilly waters and wash ashore in critical condition. Ninty-five sea turtles were brought to the Sea Turtle Assis- tance and Rehabilitation Center at the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, The Virgin- ian-Pilot reported. Approximate- ly 25 more came in later. Experts think that when the temperature suddenly drops below 55 degrees, the cold-blooded creatures can become temporarily immobile and even contract pneumonia, ROBERT COHEN, ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH/AP said Karen Clark, director of the Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education. Winter welcome Teams will feed and treat the turtles while they recover in water tanks before returning A man makes his way to Weil Hall, passing through the Welcome Court outside the Sumers Welcome Center on the campus of Washington them to the sea, the newspaper University on Friday in St. Louis, Mo. Unknown pedestrians earlier marked “hello” in the path. said. for campaign finance reform. She THE CENSUS items. We don’t mean to offend Women defend mother died at age 100 in 2010. Her 110th anyone when we sell these things. birthday would have been Jan. 24. They represent history. They do This weight in pounds of marijuana discovered dur- with ‘nurse-in’ At age 88, she walked more not represent my sentiments.” ing a traffic stop along Interstate 80 southwest of Des than 3,200 miles across the United However, she called back min- Moines. The Iowa State Patrol said that its search of the AUGUSTA — Moms States. She started in California utes later and said she would re- Los Angeles, Calif., driver’s vehicle uncovered three large GA came to the defense of 431 move the items. on Jan. 1, 1999. Fourteen months a mother who said she was asked duffle bags containing 258 pounds of THC edibles and later, she arrived in Washington. five large duffle bags containing about 173 pounds of high-grade marijuana. The to cover up while breastfeeding “Granny D was a fierce activist inside a Chick-fil-A in Georgia. man, 32, who was arrested on suspicion of several drug violations, said he was Mayor wants bond issue who dedicated her life to defend- Mothers held a “nurse-in” at taking the marijuana to people he knows in Indiana, where he used to live. to repair more streets ing democracy,“ said Sen. Mela- the fast food restaurant near Au- nie Levesque, a Democrat from gusta, The Augusta Chronicle OMAHA — Omaha’s Brookline. She introduced the bill reported. and weighed in at just 29 pounds. mayor wants voters to to the Senate Election Law and For hippo’s birthday, NE Samantha McIntosh said she The normal range for a hippo’s decide whether they’re willing to Municipal Affairs Committee. was breastfeeding her 7-month- zoo seeks to aid wildlife birth weight is 55 to 120 pounds. raise their property taxes to fund old daughter in a booth with her Fiona now weighs a healthy 1,300 a long-term plan for improving niece, 9, at the restaurant when a Woman dies after being CINCINNATI — The pounds, according to the zoo. city streets — often the objects of manager approached. McIntosh caught in raisin machine OH Cincinnati Zoo is using residents’ wrath and complaints. says the manager told her they’d the third birthday of its beloved Store owner to stop Mayor Jean Stothert announced had a complaint and asked her to SANGER — A woman premature hippo Fiona as a way selling Nazi, racist items that she will ask the City Council cover herself. CA died after her clothing to raise money for Australian to put a $200 million bond issue A spokesperson for the Geor- wildlife affected by the recent on the May 12 ballot. It would cost got caught in a raisin processing NEW ORLEANS — A gia-based company said in an bushfires. owners $35 more a year in prop- machine in California’s Central store owner in New email that the operator of the Instead of sending birthday LA erty taxes for every $100,000 in Valley, authorities said. Orleans’ French Quarter told a franchise has apologized to gifts, the zoo asks people to buy valuation. The woman, 33, was working newspaper she will stop selling McIntosh. “We can stop the deterioration of at the Del Rey Packing plant in T-shirts that will directly benefit items such as a Nazi flag and our infrastructure,” Stothert said. Sanger, east of Fresno, according the Bushfire Emergency Wildlife Jim Crow-era items with racist “But it will take all of us to agree Bill proclaims Jan. 24 to the county Sheriff’s Office. Fund. The shirt features a koala caricatures of black people. The ‘Granny D Day’ She became entangled with a and kangaroo giving Fiona a hug leader of the Anti-Defamation that it’s worth the expense.” shaft to a cylinder that breaks up and says “Supporting Our Friends League’s South Central Region , The city spends $41 million a CONCORD — A New bunches of raisins and she struck Down Under.” which combats antisemitism and year on street repairs, the mayor NH Hampshire state sena- her head, the California Divi- All proceeds from sales of the racism, had called for their re- said, but needs to be spending at tor introduced a bill that would sion of Occupational Safety and shirts will be sent to Zoos Victoria moval in a statement to the The least $75 million a year. The $200 proclaim Jan. 24 as “Granny D Health Administration said. to help them care for the animals Times-Picayune/The New Or- million in bond funding would Day.“ Cal/OSHA will investigate to that are suffering. The zoo will add leans Advocate. allow the city to put $40 million Doris “Granny D“ Haddock determine whether any work- $5,000 to the total amount raised. Rare Finds owner Sue Saucier more into street repairs each year of Dublin was a political activist place safety regulations were Fiona became a global celebrity first told the newspaper, “The for five years. who drew attention to the need violated . after she was born on Jan. 24, 2017, items in my store are historical From wire reports Monday, January 27, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 WORLD Kim’s aunt reemerges amid rumors

Associated Press North Korean leader Kim Jong ed for treason and corruption in SEOUL, South Korea — North Il, the father of Kim Jong Un. She December 2013. His death was re- Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s aunt had initially kept a low profile ported by the North and remains made her first public appearance during the early part of her broth- the most significant in a series in about six years, state media er’s rule, but Kim Kyong Hui later of executions or purges that Kim reported Sunday, quelling years frequently accompanied him on Jong Un has engineered in what of rumors that she was purged his inspection trips after he suf- outside experts believe were at- or executed by her nephew after fered a stroke in 2008. tempts to remove potential rivals helping him inherit power from While taking up many top posts and cement his grip on power. his father. such as a four-star army general Days after Jang’s execution, According to a Korean Central and a member of the powerful Po- Kim Kyong Hui’s name was men- News Agency dispatch, the name litburo, she was also believed to tioned in a KCNA dispatch as a of Kim Kyong Hui was included have played a key role in groom- member of a funeral committee in a list of top North Korean offi- ing Kim Jong Un as the next lead- for another top official. But she cials who watched a performance er. Kim Jong Un eventually took missed a state ceremony com- marking Lunar New Year’s Day power after his father died of a memorating the second anniver- KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY, KOREA NEWS SERVICE/AP with Kim Jong Un at a Pyongyang heart attack in late 2011. sary of Kim Jong Il’s death days theater on Saturday. Kim Kyong Hui’s fate had been later. Her name had since never North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, claps with his wife Ri Sol Kim Kyong Hui, 73, was once in doubt after Kim Jong Un had been mentioned in North Korean Ju, center , and his aunt Kim Kyong Hui on Saturday as they attend an influential figure in North her husband and the North’s No. 2 state media until Sunday’s KCNA a concert celebrating Lunar New Year’s Day in Pyongyang, North Korea as the only sister of late official, Jang Song Thaek, execut- report. Korea. It’s the first time his aunt has been seen in public in six years. Turkish workers brave cold to search for quake survivors

Associated Press east. for 28 hours after the earthquake As overnight temperatures dormitories. Authorities warned ANKARA, Turkey — Work- Authorities said the death toll struck on Friday night. dropped to 23 degrees Fahren- people not to return to homes that ing against the clock in freezing rose to at least 38 people. The magnitude 6.8 quake also heit, emergency teams set up could be unsafe. Turkish television showed Ayse injured over 1,600 people but 45 more than 9,500 tents for dis- Friday’s main quake hit at 8:55 temperatures, Turkish rescue Yildiz, 35, and her 2-year-old survivors have been pulled alive placed residents and distributed p.m in the city that lies 350 miles teams pulled more survivors daughter Yusra being dragged from the rubble so far, Turkish 17,000 hot meals. east of Ankara. It’s not the first from collapsed buildings Sunday, out of the rubble of a collapsed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Victims of the quake were tak- time Elazig has seen a fatal quake days after a powerful magnitude apartment building in the city of told a news conference Sunday in ing refuge in tents, mosques, — a magnitude 6.0 earthquake 6.8 earthquake hit the country’s Elazig. They had been trapped Istanbul. schools, sports halls and student killed 51 people there in 2010. PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 27, 2020 FACES Swift documentary Engaging shakes up Sundance BY JAKE COYLE Associated Press The normally private Taylor Swift pre- miered an intimate documentary Jan. 23 comeback at the Sundance Film Festival in which the pop star discloses a past eating disorder, chronicles her inner battle over speaking More Star Trek for Patrick Stewart in forthrightly about politics and says her vic- torious 2017 sexual assault court case was a dramatic turning point in her life. ‘Picard,’ a role he says he never left “Miss Americana,” a Netflix documen- tary directed by Lana Wilson, was one the BY CHUCK BARNEY most feverishly awaited films in this year’s The Mercury News Sundance program, and the premiere at the Eccles Center in Park City on the fes- n “Star Trek: Picard” — which debuted Jan. tival’s opening day was a predictably fren- zied scene. Outside the theater, dozens of 23 on CBS All Access, the network’s streaming Swift fans sang in unison. service — Patrick Stewart reprises his iconic The film, which will debut Jan. 31 on role as Jean-Luc Picard, a character he played Netflix, plays like a coming-of-age drama I for a performer who — despite finding for seven seasons on “Star Trek: The Next Genera- mega-fame as a teenager — took some time tion” and in four feature films. to truly find her voice. In the film, she says It almost didn’t happen. Stewart, who hadn’t played she always strove to be “a good girl” and needed approving “pats on the head” for Picard since the 2002 movie “Star Trek: Nemesis,” any sense of gratification. long resisted a return, believing he had completed his But “Miss Americana” captures an evo- job as one of the franchise’s most popular captains. lution in Swift. “It’s time to take the masking tape off But he changed his mind after reading a lengthy my mouth, like, forever,” she says in the proposal put together by author (and diehard Trek documentary. devotee) Michael Chabon, Alex Kurtzman and a few Swift appeared on stage after the doc- others. Now he’s on board for a possible three-season umentary played for a brief Q&A with Wilson. run. (The show already has been renewed for a sec- One of the film’s most dramatic scenes ond season). shows Swift, eager to speak out against the Stewart recently appeared at the Television Crit- 2018 Senate campaign of Tennessee Re- CBS publican Marsha Blackburn, meeting with ics Association press tour, where he fielded questions her family to discuss it. Her father warns during a panel session. Patrick Stewart returns to the world of Star Trek to play Jean- against it, citing the potential economic Luc Picard in the CBS streaming series “Star Trek: Picard.” impact. Her publicist later advises Presi- Mercury News: What was it like to step back into costume Below right: Star Trek veteran Jonathan Frakes, who played dent Donald Trump might come after her. all these years later? Commander Riker on “The Next Generation,” guest stars. Indeed, when Swift posted on Instagram Picard: Well, I only appear very briefly in my uniform, and against Blackburn and urged young vot- this was another one of the rather presumptuous conditions that ers to register, Trump said he liked Swift’s I laid down (to producers). I didn’t want to wear a uniform in music about 25% less — a response Swift this, because I felt it very important that we put a lot of distance mocks in the film. between “Next Generation” and what we are seeking to do here. On the Eccles stage, Swift said she grew Not ignore it; no, not at all. But so far as the character’s con- more political after she countersued, and cerned, halfway through Season 3 of “Next Generation,” I no won, against a Denver radio DJ whom she longer knew where Jean-Luc started and Patrick Stewart left off. said groped her during a meet-and-greet We became melded, and he has never left me. So there was actu- before a concert. ally nothing that strange to be stepping into “Star Trek: Picard,” “It was a really horrible experience to because he’s never actually left me. He has always been there, have,” Swift said. “I had all the privilege and it’s a relationship that I am absolutely thrilled to continue. in the world, financial support and the Did you think you would ever play this character again? Had ability to pay for a brilliant lawyer. I won you gone through the process of saying goodbye for good? that trial but without all that, I don’t know Oh, yes. Years ago. I was proud of the work we did on the seven what would have happened. It taught me so years on the series and the four movies that we made. The last much.” one maybe had less impact than the others, and that brought Swift also talks in the film about coming the franchise to a close. I was very content with that because to terms with body image issues that grew I felt very proud of the work we had done. But the context in out of scanning the countless images that which the work was done, the fact that we were then, as we are are shot of her, and the comments posted now, an ensemble and not a star-led series, it has been far easier Jonathan Frakes and Brent Spiner appear in “Picard.” Is on social media. Swift says she would than I expected to make this transition nearly 20 years later. But there anybody else from “Next Generation” who is going to sometimes go into “a hate spiral” and because, as I’ve said, the man exists inside me, the interesting appear in the series, and have they all been calling you? starve herself after seeing photos that she question for me is and we talked I think for days about the back- We actually talk all the time. The whole “Next Generation” felt she looked overweight in. story. What happened in those 20 years? So now I have a very, cast are very, very close. I love all of them, and they are dear, “Miss Americana” includes plenty of in- very clear vision, and little snippets of that backstory will creep dear friends. Jonathan, Marina Sirtis, Jonathan Del Arco, and timate scenes of Swift at home or at work. into the series that I’m sure already has, because it is important Brent, of course, do appear in Season 1. It is my hope that when- She drinks white wine with ice cubes and that our audience get to know why we are living in the world that ever that point arrives in which we are wrapping the series, that didn’t try a burrito until a few years ago, we are, and what it is that has brought that about. we will have encountered all of the principal actors from “Next we learn. Has this role been a career burden at times? Generation.” But a continuous thread through the Yes. I’ve been honest about this. I found quite soon after we Why do you think Star Trek has endured as a franchise for documentary is of Swift, who last month wrapped the fourth of our movies, “Nemesis,” that I had hung all these years? turned 30, crafting music. In scenes by a kind of albatross around my neck. And this is a story I’ve told Hope. It is the dominant emotion behind everything that we the piano or in the studio, Wilson captures probably to every one of you at different times. I got an interview did on “Next Generation” and, as I’m beginning to discover, on Swift writing lyrics and honing melodies with a director who I was passionate to meet with because there “Picard” too. It has always been part of the content of Star Trek with a relentless passion. was a role in his next movie, a small role I wanted to play. And that it will be attempting to create a better future with the cer- Swift said she was most nervous about he was very nice to me and saw me and said, “I think you do ter- tain belief that a better future is possible if the right kind of work sharing her writing process with Wilson. rific work, but why would I want Jean-Luc Picard in my movie?” and the right kind of people are engaged in that. And my feeling But the filmmaker earned her trust. And that was a savage blow for quite a long time. And so I went was, as I look all around our world today, there has never been a “For so much of my life in the public eye out of my way to try to find as many diverse roles as possible, more important moment when entertainment and show business when I get sad or upset or humiliated or and that was fun. ... It has taken a while for me to truly absorb can address some of the issues that are potentially damaging our angry or go through a really horrible time, the impact of this work. And being with a new ensemble you’ve world today. Now, I’m not saying we are turning Star Trek into I feel like people lean in with, like, this seen already some of it, a brilliant ensemble I feel, once again, a political show, not remotely. What we are making is entertain- hunger. And you never did that to me,” said the sense of pride of being I’m not the leader, but in a sense, I’m ment, but that it should reflect perhaps in a subtle and gentle Swift to Wilson. “That was what made me a kind of symbol. I’m very content to be that because I think it’s way the world that we are living in, is what Star Trek has always feel OK about feeling sadness, humiliation all about the quality of the work. done, and I think it’s important. and anger around you.” Monday, January 27, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15

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Carpe Diem 52 Zilch 53 King, in Cannes 54 Marathoner’s stat 55 Pitch Beetle Bailey Bizarro PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 27, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Checks on the head of state have evolved Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY SUSAN AMUSSEN It is always useful to the problem of royal control of Parliament, Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff Special to The Washington Post Charles I’s trial revealed the inability of examine historical the English system to address misconduct EDITORIAL ow do you hold the head of state precedents. Sometimes, by the head of state. responsible for alleged mis- The popular histories of Britain in the Terry Leonard, Editor conduct? This is not just the though, what is different late 18th century all made the legal chal- [email protected] Hproblem facing the U.S. Senate is just as important as lenges involved in executing the king Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor today, but a question with a long history. clear. The impeachment process that had [email protected] For much of history, solutions were ex- what is the same. been revived in the 1620s provided a way trajudicial: Rulers faced armed revolt; Managing Editor for Content for members of Parliament to make judg- Tina Croley, they were imprisoned and even murdered. [email protected] ments about royal officials. But there was The U.S. Constitution sought to produce no legal way that they could hold the king Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation a remedy that was less seismic: impeach- trial was completed. accountable, and as the 1626 case had [email protected] ment, a method of peacefully removing the The ability of the Duke of Buckingham shown, a king could protect his allies by president. The Founding Fathers institut- to escape justice thanks to royal favor re- Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital simply dissolving Parliament. [email protected] ed such a provision not just because of con- vealed a critical flaw in the impeachment cerns about potential presidential tyranny, process. The U.S. Constitution solved these prob- but also because they knew how necessary A generation later, the English Civil War lems in two ways. First, it lodged impeach- BUREAU STAFF it was thanks to the history of 17th-century ended in the defeat of Charles I in 1646. ment entirely in the legislative branch, Europe/Mideast England. Impeachment solved what we After long negotiations, and a second civil which was defined as coequal to the execu- Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief might call the “Charles I problem.” war, those who remained in Parliament tive (Article I, Section 2.5 and Section 3.6). [email protected] The impeachment process in the Con- wanted to try the king. This was impos- Second, it expressly made the president +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 stitution was based on a process that had sible under English law, because the king subject to impeachment (Article II, Sec- Pacific developed in England in the 1620s. It was as the source of justice could not be judged tion 4). Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief part of an effort by some members of Par- by it. The House of Commons established It is always useful to examine historical [email protected] liament to gain control over the executive, a special “High Court of Justice” to try precedents. Sometimes, though, what is +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 and used throughout the 17th and 18th the king, and when the House of Lords re- different is just as important as what is the Washington centuries, with a famous case — the trial fused to approve the legislation, the House same. By ensuring an independent legisla- Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief of Warren Hastings — taking place at of Commons declared that as “the people, ture and making the president subject to [email protected] roughly the same time as the Constitution- under God, are the origin of all just power,” impeachment, the U.S. Constitution solved (+1)(202)886-0033 the “Charles I problem.” When Rep. Adam Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News al Convention in America. The early tar- they did not need approval from the Lords. [email protected] gets were judges and administrators who The legal reasoning was sufficiently dubi- Schiff, D-Calif., one of the House impeach- were accused of bribery in 1621. The basic ous that even many who opposed the king ment managers in the 21st century, says CIRCULATION structure was established: The House of stayed away from the trial. that the purpose of the Trump trial is to Mideast Commons gathered evidence and made Charles I was charged with high treason, determine that the president “should not Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager charges, which were then judged by the waging war against his people and conspir- become a king, accountable to no one, an- [email protected] House of Lords. ing to deprive them of their rights and lib- swerable to no one,” he is echoing the de- [email protected] Parliament was not, however, an in- erties. In a trial that took place 371 years bates from the 17th century. The framers DSN (314)583-9111 dependent branch of government. It met ago, the king refused to plead, repeatedly of the Constitution answered that question. Europe when called by the king, and the king had asking by what right the court sat. This Any argument from Trump’s legal team Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager the power to end a parliamentary session drew attention to the way the court — both that the president is not accountable to [email protected] at any time. In 1626, when the House of in its composition and the charges — rep- Congress should be dismissed. [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Commons went after the Duke of Bucking- resented a novel legal theory. On a strictly But it remains to be seen whether, al- ham, the favorite of King Charles I, who legal basis, the king had the better argu- though it solved the Charles I problem, Pacific was impeached not just for his corruption ments. His refusal to present a defense was today’s impeachment process has its own Mari Mori, [email protected] (which was shocking even by 17th-century interpreted as a plea of not guilty, and re- unforeseen gaps that enable leaders to es- +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 standards), but for the murder by poison jecting his claims that they lacked author- cape accountability. of the previous king, James I, the charges ity, the court found Charles I guilty and he CONTACT US Susan Amussen is a historian of 16th- and were explosive. 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Monday, January 27, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 SCOREBOARD/GOLF Sports College basketball College hockey Herbert Nevada 96, New Mexico 74 on AFN Saturday’s men’s scores Pepperdine 80, Portland 69 Saturday’s scores EAST Saint Mary’s (Cal) 73, Loyola Mary- EAST Army 73, Navy 66 mount 62 American International 4, Robert Mor- Boston College 61, Virginia Tech 56 San Francisco 83, BYU 82 ris 1 Go to the American Forces Boston U. 79, Holy Cross 64 San Jose St. 90, Air Force 81 Bentley 7, Mercyhurst 4 Bucknell 98, Loyola (Md.) 83 Santa Clara 65, San Diego 52 Niagara 3, Army 2, OT wins at Network website for the most CCSU 86, Wagner 76 Seattle 86, CS Bakersfield 79 Holy Cross 2, Air Force 1 up-to-date TV schedules. Colgate 79, American U. 69 Southern Cal 75, Oregon St. 55 RIT 5, Canisius 4 Cornell 62, Columbia 50 UC Irvine 74, Cal Poly 67 Sacred Heart 6, Yale 2 myafn.net Delaware 76, Northeastern 74 UC Santa Barbara 65, UC Riverside 63 Quinnipiac 3, UConn 2 George Washington 85, Saint Joseph’s UMKC 67, California Baptist 57 Union 1, RPI 1, OT (tie) 69 Utah 76, Washington St. 64 Harvard 1, Cornell 1, OT (tie) Hartford 62, Albany (NY) 48 Utah St. 77, Colorado St. 61 Arizona St. 3, Clarkson 2, OT Dubai in Golf Harvard 70, Dartmouth 66 Utah Valley 73, Grand Canyon 69 Dartmouth 3, Colgate 3, OT (tie) Hofstra 72, Drexel 59 Weber St. 87, Montana 85 Boston U. 2, UMass Lowell 2, OT (tie) Lafayette 74, Lehigh 56 Merrimack 4, Vermont 3 Mount St. Mary’s 79, Bryant 76 UMass 1, New Hampshire 1, OT (tie) Farmers Insurance Open New Hampshire 77, Binghamton 69 Saturday’s women’s scores Maine 3, Boston College 2, OT Saturday Penn 66, Temple 59 EAST MIDWEST playoff s-Torrey Pines GC (South -Host Course); Rhode Island 81, St. Bonaventure 75 Albany (NY) 68, Hartford 63 Minnesota 4, Ohio St. 1 7,765 yards; Par 72 Robert Morris 71, LIU 66 Binghamton 63, New Hampshire 53 Penn St. 2, Michigan St. 1, OT n-Torrey Pines GC (North); 7,258 yards; Rutgers 75, Nebraska 72 Boston U. 76, Holy Cross 70 Notre Dame 5, Wisconsin 2 Par 72 Sacred Heart 77, Fairleigh Dickinson 60 Bryant 72, Mount St. Mary’s 67 Denver 5, Miami 2 Associated Press San Diego St. Francis Brooklyn 86, St. Francis (Pa.) CCSU 66, Wagner 63 W. Michigan 6, St. Cloud St. 2 Purse: $7.5 million 79 Colgate 63, American U. 62 North Dakota 3, Minn. Duluth 2 Third Round Syracuse 69, Pittsburgh 61 Cornell 80, Columbia 77 Ferris St. 2, Michigan Tech 1 DUBAI, United Arab Emir- Jon Rahm 68n-71s-65s—204 -12 UMBC 63, Maine 53 Harvard 64, Dartmouth 49 Alaska Anchorage 3, Lake Superior St. Ryan Palmer 72s-62n-71s—205 -11 UMass 73, Duquesne 64 Lafayette 61, Lehigh 53 3, OT (tie) ates — Lucas Herbert marked Rory McIlroy 67n-73s-67s—207 -9 VCU 76, La Salle 65 Loyola (Md.) 60, Bucknell 50 Bemidji St. 4, Minnesota St. 2 Australia Day in his native coun- Sung Kang 69n-71s-67s—207 -9 Vermont 92, Mass.-Lowell 62 Manhattan 54, Iona 32 WEST Harry Higgs 70n-68s-69s—207 -9 Villanova 64, Providence 60 Marist 74, Monmouth (NJ) 53 Omaha 4, Colorado College 1 try by capturing his first profes- Cameron Champ 71n-68s-68s—207 -9 West Virginia 74, Missouri 51 Mass.-Lowell 61, Vermont 47 N. Michigan 4, Alaska 2 sional title, beating Christiaan Tyler McCumber 72n-68s-68s—208 -8 SOUTH Navy 57, Army 45 Tony Finau 70s-70n-68s—208 -8 Alabama 77, Kansas St. 74 Quinnipiac 76, Fairfield 62 Bezuidenhout of South Africa at Marc Leishman 68n-72s-68s—208 -8 Alcorn St. 59, Alabama A&M 58 Rider 71, Niagara 55 the second hole of a playoff to win Patrick Reed 69n-69s-70s—208 -8 Appalachian St. 78, Coastal Carolina 58 Robert Morris 70, LIU 59 Deals Sebastian Cappelen 66s-71n-71s—208 -8 Arkansas St. 78, Troy 62 Sacred Heart 68, Fairleigh Dickinson the Dubai Desert Classic after a Brandt Snedeker 69n-67s-72s—208 -8 Auburn 80, Iowa St. 76 53 wild final round on Sunday. J.B. Holmes 68s-69n-71s—208 -8 Austin Peay 86, Belmont 78 St. Francis (Pa.) 67, St. Francis Brook- Tiger Woods 69n-71s-69s—209 -7 Baylor 72, Florida 61 lyn 59 Saturday’s transactions Herbert rolled in a birdie putt Tom Hoge 71s-71n-67s—209 -7 Charleston Southern 92, Gardner-Webb St. Peter’s 86, Canisius 68 BASKETBALL from 2 feet at the 18th on his Mark Anderson 74s-66n-69s—209 -7 83 W. Kentucky 74, Marshall 65 National Basketball Association Bubba Watson 67s-73n-69s—209 -7 Charlotte 75, FIU 49 Yale 73, Brown 40 DALLAS MAVERICKS — Acquired C Wil- third trip up the par-5 last hole Jamie Lovemark 73n-68s-69s—210 -6 Davidson 68, George Mason 53 SOUTH lie Cauley-Stein from Golden State for a at Emirates Golf Club, after Be- Cameron Davis 76s-65n-69s—210 -6 Dayton 87, Richmond 79 Alabama A&M 74, Alcorn St. 67 2020 second-round draft pick. Waived C Zac Blair 72s-66n-72s—210 -6 E. Kentucky 80, Tennessee Tech 74 Belmont 53, Austin Peay 52 Justin Patton. zuidenhout failed to get up and Jimmy Walker 71n-70s-70s—211 -5 ETSU 75, Chattanooga 64 Bethune-Cookman 69, NC A&T 58 SOCCER down from the back of the green Joaquin Niemann 71n-70s-70s—211 -5 East Carolina 81, Tulane 62 Charlotte 64, FIU 50 Major League Soccer Ben Taylor 71s-69n-71s—211 -5 Elon 82, James Madison 73 Delaware St. 64, NC Central 60 LOS ANGELES — Signed M Bryce Duke. for his own birdie. Brandon Wu 68n-72s-71s—211 -5 Florida A&M 87, Howard 83 Florida Gulf Coast 82, NJIT 39 The 24-year-old Herbert dedi- Maverick McNealy 71s-71n-69s—211 -5 Florida St. 85, Notre Dame 84 Furman 69, W. Carolina 53 Kevin Streelman 72s-71n-68s—211 -5 Furman 78, The Citadel 54 Georgia Southern 81, Georgia St. 56 cated his victory to the people Sungjae Im 67n-73s-71s—211 -5 Georgia St. 82, Georgia Southern 77 High Point 81, Hampton 77 AP sportlight back home battling Australia’s Patrick Rodgers 70s-69n-72s—211 -5 Georgia Tech 64, NC State 58 Howard 72, Florida A&M 58 Beau Hossler 72s-66n-73s—211 -5 Jackson St. 71, Grambling St. 53 Jackson St. 61, Grambling St. 46 unprecedented wildfire crisis. Keegan Bradley 66n-72s-73s—211 -5 Jacksonville 83, Kennesaw St. 64 Jacksonville 93, Kennesaw St. 83 Jan. 27 “Obviously there’s some pretty Max Homa 73s-68n-71s—212 -4 Jacksonville St. 72, Morehead St. 51 Liberty 57, Stetson 48 1937 — Tris Speaker and Cy Young are Joseph Bramlett 71n-70s-71s—212 -4 Lipscomb 85, North Florida 73 Longwood 73, UNC-Asheville 56 elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. awful stuff happening right now Joel Dahmen 67n-73s-72s—212 -4 Longwood 72, High Point 62 Louisiana-Lafayette 68, Louisiana- 1969 — The Pittsburgh Steelers name in Australia with the fires,” Her- Jason Day 73s-67n-72s—212 -4 Louisiana Tech 72, UAB 58 Monroe 55 Chuck Noll head coach. The 37-year-old Aaron Baddeley 71s-72n-69s—212 -4 Louisiana-Lafayette 81, Louisiana-Mon- McNeese St. 88, Houston Baptist 72 Noll is the youngest head coach in NFL bert said. Jason Kokrak 69n-74s-69s—212 -4 roe 60 Mercer 55, Chattanooga 48 history at the time. “Everyone around the world is Will Gordon 75s-68n-69s—212 -4 Louisville 80, Clemson 62 Middle Tennessee 77, Southern Miss. 1973 — UCLA, led by Bill Walton, sets Cameron Tringale 68n-75s-69s—212 -4 McNeese St. 102, Houston Baptist 89 69 an NCAA record for consecutive victories behind us and hopefully we can Jhonattan Vegas 69n-68s-75s—212 -4 Mercer 69, VMI 66 Morehead St. 69, Jacksonville St. 55 with its 61st win, an 82-63 victory over keep fighting harder than what Russell Knox 69s-74n-69s—212 -4 Middle Tennessee 65, Southern Miss. Morgan St. 47, Coppin St. 42 Notre Dame. UCLA breaks the record of Zack Sucher 70s-73n-69s—212 -4 63 Murray St. 100, Tennessee St. 62 60 set by San Francisco in 1956. Walton I did on the first playoff hole. Mississippi 70, Georgia 60 N. Kentucky 72, Detroit 60 scores 16 points, grabs 15 rebounds and That’s nothing compared to the Morgan St. 50, Coppin St. 48 New Orleans 77, Nicholls 65 blocks 10 shots. Gainbridge at Boca Rio Murray St. 76, Tennessee St. 64 Norfolk St. 76, SC State 42 1982 — Geoff Houston of the Cleveland firefighters and volunteers put- NC A&T 98, Bethune-Cookman 95 North Florida 68, Lipscomb 60 Cavaliers hands out 27 assists, two short LPGA Tour Old Dominion 75, FAU 63 ting out the fires. Sending all my Saturday NC Central 72, Delaware St. 45 of the NBA record and scores 24 points in Presbyterian 55, SC-Upstate 42 a 110-106 victory over the Golden State love back home and hope every- Ar Boca Rio Golf Club NJIT 56, Florida Gulf Coast 54 Radford 84, Gardner-Webb 73 Boca Raton, Fla. Nicholls 77, New Orleans 72 Warriors. SE Louisiana 72, Northwestern St. 56 1991 — The New York Giants survive one is well.” Purse: $2 million Norfolk St. 73, SC State 62 Samford 68, ETSU 34 Yardage: 6,701; Par 72 North Carolina 94, Miami 71 the closest Super Bowl ever when Scott Herbert and Bezuidenhout both South Alabama 78, Texas State 76 Norwood’s 47-yard field goal attempt Third Round Old Dominion 65, FAU 55 South Florida 63, Tulane 56 shot 4-under 68s to come from six Madelene Sagstrom 72-62-67—201 -15 Radford 83, Hampton 79 with 8 seconds left in the game goes Southern U. 69, Alabama St. 47 wide. The Giants win their second Super shots behind at the start of the Nasa Hataoka 72-64-67—203 -13 SC-Upstate 80, UNC-Asheville 63 Tennessee Tech 87, E. Kentucky 82 SE Louisiana 84, Northwestern St. 81 Bowl in five years, 20-19 over the Buffalo Danielle Kang 72-67-65—204 -12 Troy 85, Texas-Arlington 69 Bills. final day to finish on 9-under 279, Sei Young Kim 68-69-67—204 -12 SMU 74, Memphis 70 UAB 71, Louisiana Tech 51 1993 — American Chad Rowan is Celine Boutier 71-67-67—205 -11 South Carolina 90, Vanderbilt 64 UCF 82, Memphis 66 two strokes clear of three players - Southern U. 80, Alabama St. 71 awarded the highest rank in sumo wres- Cydney Clanton 72-64-69—205 -11 UConn 98, East Carolina 42 tling, the ancient Japanese sport, mak- Tom Lewis (74), Dean Burmester Moriya Jutanugarn 72-67-67—206 -10 Stetson 48, Liberty 43 VCU 82, George Mason 63 Towson 70, William & Mary 58 ing him the first foreign “yokozuna.“ The (72) and Adri Arnaus (70). Xiyu Lin 69-72-67—208 -8 Winthrop 58, Charleston Southern 53 6-foot-8, 455-pounder from Honolulu, Klara Spilkova 72-68-68—208 -8 UALR 73, South Alabama 71 Wofford 66, UNC-Greensboro 61 becomes the 64th person to hold the top Bryson DeChambeau, seeking Brooke M. Henderson 72-68-68—208 -8 UNC-Greensboro 70, Samford 63 MIDWEST rank in the sport’s history. to retain the title, finished with Jessica Korda 66-73-69—208 -8 UNC-Wilmington 72, Coll. of Charleston Ball St. 80, Miami (Ohio) 63 1996 — The U.S. Golf Association elects Jennifer Song 72-64-72—208 -8 70 Buffalo 57, Kent St. 44 Judy Bell as the first female president in four straight bogeys to drop out Georgia Hall 70-71-68—209 -7 W. Carolina 81, Wofford 72 Cent. Michigan 73, Toledo 66 its 101-year history. Jaye Marie Green 73-66-70—209 -7 W. Kentucky 91, Marshall 84 E. Michigan 62, N. Illinois 55 2001 — Jennifer Capriati upsets three- of contention and wound up four Bronte Law 73-66-70—209 -7 Winthrop 72, Presbyterian 57 IUPUI 88, Ill.-Chicago 49 time winner Martina Hingis 6-4, 6-3 to shots off the lead after a 76. Lexi Thompson 73-68-69—210 -6 MIDWEST Iowa St. 89, Kansas 67 win the Australian Open and her first Yui Kawamoto 68-73-69—210 -6 Akron 88, Ohio 86 Kansas St. 92, Oklahoma 74 Grand Slam tournament title. Bezuidenhout, who bogeyed Carlota Ciganda 69-66-75—210 -6 Bowling Green 85, Toledo 79 Nebraska 72, Wisconsin 71 2007 — Serena Williams wins her third the 72nd hole after spinning his Stephanie Meadow 71-72-68—211 -5 Cent. Michigan 71, Ball St. 66 Ohio 79, Bowling Green 69 Australian Open singles title, routing Austin Ernst 71-70-70—211 -5 Cleveland St. 70, Milwaukee 53 SE Missouri 77, E. Illinois 65 Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-2. Unseeded and approach into the water, had the Dana Finkelstein 70-71-70—211 -5 Detroit 70, Ill.-Chicago 69 UMKC 75, California Baptist 65 ranked 81st, Williams wins her eighth advantage in the first playoff hole Angela Stanford 70-70-71—211 -5 E. Illinois 61, SE Missouri 59 UT Martin 79, SIU-Edwardsville 39 and most improbable Grand Slam. She is Charley Hull 75-68-69—212 -4 IUPUI 89, Oakland 85 W. Michigan 79, Akron 71 the second unseeded woman to win the when Herbert pushed his second Cristie Kerr 72-71-69—212 -4 Illinois 64, Michigan 62 Wright St. 85, Oakland 66 Australian title in the Open era. shot into the water guarding the Brittany Lincicome 75-67-70—212 -4 Indiana St. 61, Bradley 53 SOUTHWEST 2008 — Novak Djokovic fends off un- Lindsey Weaver 69-71-72—212 -4 Kansas 74, Tennessee 68 Abilene Christian 74, Cent. Arkansas seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4- green. Miami (Ohio) 73, E. Michigan 68 64 6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (2) in the Australian Open “Oh my God, that may be the Dubai Desert Classic N. Dakota St. 82, Denver 70 Arkansas St. 63, Coastal Carolina 61 final, earning his first Grand Slam title. N. Illinois 58, W. Michigan 52 Baylor 87, Texas Tech 79 2011 — Roger Federer, the 16-time worst shot I’ve ever hit in my Saturday Nebraska-Omaha 75, Fort Wayne 71 Houston 64, Wichita St. 56 Grand Slam winner, is knocked out of the life,” Herbert said as he watched Emirates Golf Club New Mexico St. 67, Rio Grande 62 Prairie View 61, Ark.-Pine Bluff 51 Australian Open by Novak Djokovic in a Dubai, United Arab Emirates North Dakota 83, W. Illinois 77 Rice 74, UTSA 62 semifinal match, 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-4. Feder- the ball drift into the lake. Yardage: 7,353; Par: 72 S. Illinois 58, Illinois St. 55 SMU 57, Tulsa 38 er’s loss marks the first time since 2003 Herbert chipped his fourth shot Third Round South Dakota 91, Oral Roberts 80 Stephen F. Austin 54, Lamar 53 that he wouldn’t hold any of the four ma- Ashun Wu, China 69-69-67—205 St. John’s 79, DePaul 66 Texas 61, Oklahoma St. 56 jor titles. from the drop zone to inside two Victor Perez, France 73-66-67—206 UT Martin 79, SIU-Edwardsville 76 Texas A&M-CC 64, Incarnate Word 38 2013 — Novak Djokovic beats Andy feet, however, and made an un- B. DeChambeau, United States 70-67-70—207 Wichita St. 87, UCF 79 Texas Southern 88, MVSU 58 Murray 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2 to become Kurt Kitayama, United States 69-70-68—207 Youngstown St. 98, Green Bay 94 UALR 68, Appalachian St. 63 the first man in the Open era to win three likely par. Bezuidenhout left his Tom Lewis, England 73-69-65—207 SOUTHWEST UTEP 67, North Texas 63 consecutive Australian Open titles. second shot deliberately short but Eddie Pepperell, England 69-67-72—208 Abilene Christian 70, Cent. Arkansas 69 FAR WEST 2013 — Little-known Max Aaron wins Dean Burmester, South Africa 69-68-72—209 Arkansas 78, TCU 67 BYU 71, Santa Clara 48 his first title at the U.S. Figure Skating couldn’t get up and down, taking Tommy Fleetwood, England 75-65-69—209 Kentucky 76, Texas Tech 74 Colorado St. 56, Utah St. 55 Championships and helps knock down the playoff back down to No. 18. Nacho Elvira, Spain 73-70-66—209 LSU 69, Texas 67 Fresno St. 85, Boise St. 80 three-time men’s champion Jeremy Ab- Grant Forrest, Scotland 73-68-69—210 North Texas 67, UTEP 57 Gonzaga 78, Loyola Marymount 52 bott to third place. This time, Herbert’s long sec- Shane Lowry, Ireland 72-69-69—210 Oklahoma 63, Mississippi St. 62 Grand Canyon 66, Utah Valley 59 2013 — Speedskater Heather Richard- Soren Kjeldson, Denmark 69-76-65—210 Oklahoma St. 73, Texas A&M 62 Hawaii 65, UC Riverside 59 son edges Canada’s Christine Nesbitt in ond shot was excellent, settling 20 Romain Langasque, France 69-69-73—211 Prairie View 67, Ark.-Pine Bluff 54 Idaho 57, N. Colorado 46 the final women’s race to become the feet from the cup. A two-putt was C. Bezuidenhout, South Africa 70-69-72—211 Stephen F. Austin 70, Lamar 62 Long Beach St. 56, UC Irvine 46 first American woman to win the World Lucas Herbert, Australia 69-71-71—211 Texas A&M-CC 68, Incarnate Word 47 Montana 85, Weber St. 57 Sprint Championships since 2005. Rich- enough to win an event where he Adri Arnaus, Spain 72-68-71—211 Texas Southern 80, MVSU 67 Montana St. 67, Idaho St. 59 ardson wins the overall title based on received a two-shot penalty last Jeff Winter, Denmark 76-70-65—211 Texas-Arlington 64, Texas State 62 New Mexico 87, Nevada 67 points, with a gold today to go with a Robert McIntyre, Scotland 74-70-67—211 UTSA 90, Rice 88 Pacific 68, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 66 pair of bronze medals yesterday. year for improving his lie in a Sergio Garcia, Spain 71-72-70—213 FAR WEST Portland 69, Pepperdine 67 2013 — The NFC blew past the AFC 62- bunker. Henrik Stenson, Sweden 72-70-72—214 Arizona St. 66, Arizona 65 Portland St. 66, N. Arizona 54 35 in the Pro Bowl. Minnesota tight end Matthew Fitzpatrick, England 74-71-69—214 Boise St. 87, Fresno St. 53 S. Utah 71, E. Washington 50 Kyle Rudolph is voted the game’s MVP “It’s so weird. It’s awesome. It’s Erik van Rooyen, South Africa 70-75-69—214 Cal St.-Fullerton 82, CS Northridge 75 San Diego 54, San Francisco 50 with five catches for 122 yards and a just the best thing ever. It is so Ian Poulter, England 71-73-71—215 Colorado 76, Washington 62 San Diego St. 48, UNLV 39 touchdown. Martin Kaymer, Germany 72-71-73—216 E. Washington 81, S. Utah 78 San Jose St. 68, Air Force 60 2018 — Caroline Wozniacki captures good,” Herbert said. “We’ve got Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa 71-72-73—216 Gonzaga 92, Pacific 59 Seattle 63, CS Bakersfield 57 her first Grand Slam title at the Austra- a bottle of Scotch at home to cel- Danny Willett, England 76-70-72—218 Montana St. 75, Idaho St. 64 UC Davis 42, Cal Poly 36 lian Open, rebounding in the third set to Padraig Harrington, Ireland 71-75-73—219 N. Arizona 84, Portland St. 82 UC Santa Barbara 75, Cal St.-Fullerton beat top-seeded Simona Halep 6-7 (2), ebrate, so I can’t wait to get into Lee Westwood, England 78-68-73—219 N. Colorado 74, Idaho 53 66 6-3, 6-4. that with the boys.” PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 27, 2020 MLB/NHL Dodgers go public with complaints aimed at Astros BY BETH HARRIS home opener against Houston — Associated Press a rare chance to boo the Astros, who aren’t scheduled to play the LOS ANGELES — The Los An- Dodgers this season. LA man- geles Dodgers would rather earn ager Dave Roberts understands a World Series trophy on their their irritation. own than accept any scraps from “Frustrating is probably the the Houston Astros or Boston Red floor of my emotions,” Roberts Sox, the teams that beat them in said. 2017 and ’18. In hindsight, Roberts said Despite being eager to focus pitchers Clayton Kershaw, Ken- on the upcoming season, several ley Jansen and Yu Darvish re- Dodgers publicly for the first ceived “unfair criticism” for their time expressed annoyance at the performances against the Astros Astros for the sign-stealing sys- in the World Series. tem used during the 2017 season, “It’s really frustrating if you when Houston beat them in seven look at what could’ve happened.” games in the World Series. /AP Roberts said. JEFF ROBERSON “They cheated and they got Roberts has a long friendship away with it,” utilityman Kike Boston Bruins forward David Pastrnak, left, moves the puck against Vegas Golden Knights forward Max with Hinch, whom he said he Hernandez said Saturday dur- Pacioretty in the NHL All-Star Game final on Saturday. Pastrnak, 23, scored six points and was named hasn’t spoken to since the scandal ing the team’s annual FanFest the MVP of the event. broke. outside Dodger Stadium. “I don’t “I don’t think it really affects think it hurts more now than it our relationship personally,” did three years ago when we lost the Series.” Roberts said. Hernandez said the Dodgers The Los Angeles City Council voted symbolically this week to NHL youth serve notice “had our doubts” about the As- tros in 2017. ask MLB to strip the Astros and “Everybody warned us. A lot Red Sox of their World Series ti- of people told us to worry about tles and award the trophies to the them,” Hernandez said. “We just Dodgers. Young stars shine in All-Star 3-on-3 tournament thought it was just rumors, but I Thanks but no thanks, third guess not.” baseman Justin Turner said. Two weeks ago, Major League “We don’t want a trophy, we BY STEPHEN WHYNO ers to try things they ordinarily Scoreboard Baseball released the findings of don’t want a fake banner hang- Associated Press wouldn’t in a game that counts. its investigation, which concluded ing in our stadium,” he said. “We Along with Pettersson, Chicago ST. LOUIS — Young Laila An- the Astros used a center-field didn’t earn it.” veteran Patrick Kane thought derson delivered one of the most monitor for real-time video of At the same time, Turner called about celebrating his eighth NHL Eastern Conference poignant moments of the weekend catchers’ signs and subsequently into question the Astros’ right to All-Star appearance by lifting the Atlantic Division when she introduced the Blues’ GP W L OT Pts GF GA banged a trash can to alert their call themselves champions. puck in lacrosse style before his four All-Stars. The players who Boston 51 29 10 12 70 169 135 hitters of incoming pitches, con- “ It ’s h a r d t o fe el l i ke t hey e a r ne d hockey sense kicked in. Tampa Bay 48 29 15 4 62 175 137 stood out on the ice later weren’t Florida 49 28 16 5 61 183 163 firming initial comments by Mike it,” he said. “Just not 100% sure if “I was thinking about it at that all that much older. Toronto 49 25 17 7 57 176 165 Fiers to The Athletic. they should be called champions moment, and then I was kind of Buffalo 49 22 20 7 51 145 152 Hockey’s youth was on grand Montreal 50 22 21 7 51 155 157 MLB suspended Astros general for the rest of their lives.” thinking that our team kind of display in the NHL All-Star 3-on- Ottawa 48 17 23 8 42 130 163 manager Jeff Luhnow and man- Sp e a k i n g on S at u rd ay at a W h ite needed a goal,” said Kane, who Detroit 51 12 35 4 28 109 199 ager AJ Hinch for the entire sea- Sox fan convention in Chicago, 3 tournament on Saturday night, was cheered and booed in enemy Metropolitan Division which was won by the Pacific Di- Washington 49 33 11 5 71 177 144 son and both were subsequently former Dodgers catcher Yasmani territory. “Then I gave away the Pittsburgh 50 31 14 5 67 168 136 vision. Whether it was Boston’s N.Y. Islanders 49 29 15 5 63 143 132 fired by owner Jim Crane. The Grandal compared the Astros to puck anyway, so I should’ve just 23-year-old David Pastrnak earn- Columbus 51 27 16 8 62 138 130 team was also fined $5 million. another world champion that’s tried it.” Carolina 50 29 18 3 61 159 132 ing MVP honors with six points Philadelphia 50 27 17 6 60 158 150 The Red Sox are under in- been penalized for cheating. One of the most memorable or Vancouver’s 21-year-old Elias N.Y. Rangers 48 23 21 4 50 158 159 vestigation for possibly stealing “They’re like the Patriots of parts of the night came when lead New Jersey 48 17 24 7 41 126 173 Pettersson scoring twice and try- signs in Alex Cora’s first season baseball, right?” Grandal an- singer Billie Joe Armstrong swore ing a lacrosse goal, the fifth in- Western Conference as manager in 2018, when Boston swered when asked about Houston multiple times during Green beat the Dodgers. Cora has since during a kids-only Q&A. “They carnation of 3-on-3 making up the Central Division All-Star Game was a showcase of Day’s performance, words that GP W L OT Pts GF GA been fired. found a loophole, it worked out, could be heard in-arena but were St. Louis 49 30 11 8 68 158 134 Furious Dodgers fans have but I think it’s a question that’s the game’s present and future. Colorado 49 28 15 6 62 179 143 “It’s a young man’s game now in bleeped on the TV broadcast. Dallas 48 27 17 4 58 125 120 snapped up tickets for the Angels’ going to keep on coming up.” Before that, there were family Chicago 51 24 21 6 54 155 161 the NHL, and these guys, they’re Winnipeg 51 25 22 4 54 152 160 superstars,” Dallas Stars forward friendly moments and reminders Minnesota 50 23 21 6 52 156 166 of the Blues’ Stanley Cup run last Nashville 47 22 18 7 51 156 154 Tyler Seguin said. Pacific Division season. Anderson, the 11-year-old Vancouver 49 27 18 4 58 162 149 The night featured as many Edmonton 49 26 18 5 57 155 153 swear words during Green Day’s whose courageous battle with a Calgary 50 26 19 5 57 135 147 rare immune disorder served as Arizona 51 26 20 5 57 146 138 performance as saves by some of Vegas 52 25 20 7 57 161 159 the goaltenders, who aren’t exact- the team’s inspiration when win- San Jose 50 21 25 4 46 130 167 ning its first Cup title, announced Anaheim 48 19 24 5 43 122 150 ly in a good spot with more open Los Angeles 50 18 27 5 41 125 158 ice than defense going on. Things Blues All-Stars Ryan O’Reilly, Note: Two points for a win, one point Jordan Binnington, David Perron for overtime loss. Top three teams in tightened up in the final before each division and two wild cards per the Pacific beat the Atlantic 5-4 and Alex Pietrangelo. conference advance to playoffs. “She was really good, too,” said Thursday’s games and claimed the $1 million prize. No games scheduled “The second half, they turned Blues forward David Perron, who Friday’s games along with O’Reilly gave Ander- No games scheduled it on and started to really play, Saturday’s games which is good for the All-Star son a hug when they were intro- Atlantic All-Stars 9, Metropolitan All- duced. “She had a good voice and Stars 5 Game,” said Pastrnak, who gets a Pacific All-Stars 10, Central All-Stars 5 car for his four goals and two as- was pretty loud and she had fun Pacific All-Stars 5, Atlantic All-Stars 4 doing it, so it certainly was spe- Sunday’s games sists. “We’re all having fun, but it No games scheduled comes to the end that we are all cial for all four of us.” Monday’s games St. Louis natives Jon Hamm Washington at Montreal hockey players and it’s in our na- New Jersey at Ottawa ture that everybody wants to win. and Jenna Fischer and Hock- Tampa Bay at Dallas MARK J. TERRILL/AP ey Hall of Fame Blues alumni Toronto at Nashville Even if you’re playing and having St. Louis at Vancouver Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, a longtime friend of fun, you still want to win.” Wayne Gretzky and Brett Hull Anaheim at San Jose former Houston manager AJ Hinch, said he understands his players’ Tuesday’s games Along the way, there were spent time behind the benches as Ottawa at Buffalo frustrations over what the Astros’ sign stealing cost the Dodgers. plenty of opportunities for play- honorary captains. St. Louis at Calgary Monday, January 27, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 NBA Scoreboard LeBron passes Kobe in loss to 76ers Eastern Conference Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 31 14 .689 — Boston 30 14 .682 ½ James trails only Philadelphia 29 17 .630 2½ Brooklyn 19 25 .432 11½ New York 12 34 .261 19½ Southeast Division Malone, Kareem Miami 31 14 .689 — Orlando 21 25 .457 10½ Washington 15 29 .341 15½ Charlotte 15 31 .326 16½ on list of NBA’s Atlanta 11 35 .239 20½ Central Division Milwaukee 40 6 .870 — Indiana 30 16 .652 10 all-time scorers Chicago 18 30 .375 23 Detroit 17 30 .362 23½ Cleveland 12 34 .261 28 BY DAN GELSTON Western Conference Associated Press Southwest Division W L Pct GB PHILADELPHIA — LeBron Houston 28 16 .636 — Dallas 28 17 .622 ½ James was a teenager when he Memphis 21 24 .467 7½ first met Kobe Bryant at a youth San Antonio 20 24 .455 8 New Orleans 17 29 .370 12 basketball camp, in awe of his idol Northwest Division and ears open as the Los Angeles Utah 32 13 .711 — Denver 31 14 .689 1 Lakers star offered advice to the Oklahoma City 28 19 .596 5 prodigy that has lasted to this Portland 19 27 .413 13½ Minnesota 15 31 .326 17½ day. Pacific Division “I was just listening,” James L.A. Lakers 36 9 .800 — L.A. Clippers 32 14 .696 4½ said. “I was just trying to soak Phoenix 19 26 .422 17 Sacramento 16 29 .356 20 everything up I could. I remem- Golden State 10 37 .213 27 ber one thing he said was that if Friday’s games Milwaukee 116, Charlotte 103 you want to try and be great at it, Boston 109, Orlando 98 and want to be one of the greats, Memphis 125, Detroit 112 Toronto 118, New York 112 you’ve got to put the work in.” Oklahoma City 140, Atlanta 111 James put in the work and fol- Denver 113, New Orleans 106 Houston 131, Minnesota 124 lowed Bryant’s path — from mak- L.A. Clippers 122, Miami 117 ing the leap from high school Sacramento 98, Chicago 81 CHRIS SZAGOLA/AP Phoenix 103, San Antonio 99 straight to the NBA, to winning Indiana 129, Golden State 118 NBA titles, and, eventually, to Saturday’s games Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James goes up for the shot with Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Utah 112, Dallas 107 playing in Los Angeles. With Harris, right, and Shake Milton, center left, defending. LeBron had 29 points and passed Kobe Bryant Brooklyn 121, Detroit 111, OT Chicago 118, Cleveland 106 a driving right-handed layup, for third on the all-time scoring list, in a 108-91 loss to the 76ers. Oklahoma City 113, Minnesota 104 James no longer chased Bryant, Philadelphia 108, L.A. Lakers 91 Sunday’s games he zoomed past him for third James stands third with 33,655. to pass Abdul-Jabbar in about to use as fuel to improve. James Houston at Denver place on the NBA’s career scor- Bryant finished his career with three seasons. The top four scor- Toronto at San Antonio would have a “dream come true“ Boston at New Orleans ing list. 33,643, all with the Lakers. ers in NBA history have played at when he lined up side-by-side Brooklyn at New York “I’m just happy to be in any L.A. Clippers at Orlando “Continuing to move the game least a portion of their career for with Bryant as teammates in the Phoenix at Memphis conversation with Kobe Bryant, forward @KingJames. Much re- the Lakers, who signed James as 2008 Olympics as part of the “Re- Washington at Atlanta one of the all-time greats to ever Indiana at Portland spect my brother #33644,“ Bry- a free agent in 2018. deem Team“ and led Team USA Monday’s games play,” James said. ant tweeted. James passed Bryant in Phila- to a gold medal in Beijing. Cleveland at Detroit With a tribute to Bryant writ- Orlando at Miami James waved to the Philadel- delphia, where the retired Lakers “There’s just too much. The Dallas at Oklahoma City ten on his Nikes, James scored 29 phia crowd that gave him a rous- star was born. James, who played story is just too much,” James Sacramento at Minnesota points in front of a roaring 76ers’ San Antonio at Chicago ing standing ovation when the in eight consecutive NBA Finals, said. “The story doesn’t make Houston at Utah crowd, but the Lakers fell short in mark was announced by the pub- has 6,911 postseason points with sense. Make a long story short, Tuesday’s games a 108-91 loss to Philadelphia on lic address announcer. The Sixers Cleveland and Miami that do not Golden State at Philadelphia now I’m here in a Lakers uni- New York at Charlotte Saturday night. also posted a graphic of the NBA’s count in the official total. Atlanta at Toronto form, in Philadelphia where he’s Boston at Miami James scribbled “Mamba 4 top 10 career scorers with images James’ stories in the locker New Orleans at Cleveland Life” as he chased Bryant, the of James in Lakers and Miami room on Bryant seemed to stretch from.” Denver at Memphis Anthony Davis scored 31 points Washington at Milwaukee five-time champion, in Philly. Heat jerseys. on as long as his list of milestones. Phoenix at Dallas Fans stood with phones pointed The 35-year-old James entered Like another time when he was for the Lakers. James went 9-for- L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers toward the court, waiting to cap- averaging at least 25 points (25.2 still in high school and was gifted 18 from the floor, missed five of Leaders ture a slice of history that came ppg) for the 16th straight season a pair of red, white and blue Nikes six threes, made 10 of 13 free Scoring when James scored the milestone and has played 44 games this sea- from Bryant. James wore a size throws and had eight turnovers. G FG FT PTS AVG “It was just a great historic mo- Harden, HOU 43 447 457 1551 36.1 basket with 7:23 left in the third son. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the 15, Bryant was a 14, but he wore Antetokounmpo, MIL 43 477 266 1289 30.0 quarter. James entered 18 points NBA’s career scoring leader with the sneaks anyway. Or the way ment for our franchise, for LeB- Doncic, DAL 40 380 285 1163 29.1 Young, ATL 41 380 292 1193 29.1 shy of passing Bryant, and the 38,387 points and Karl Malone is James was inspired how Bryant ron himself,” Lakers coach Frank Lillard, POR 44 391 303 1247 28.3 layup gave him 33,644 points. second at 36,928. James is on pace always found some sort of slight Vogel said. Beal, WAS 37 357 221 1027 27.8 Leonard, LAC 35 335 217 956 27.3 Booker, PHX 42 386 272 1123 26.7 Davis, LAL 38 344 273 1001 26.3 Roundup Westbrook, HOU 38 373 197 982 25.8 Ingram, NOP 41 354 226 1034 25.2 James, LAL 43 416 161 1083 25.2 LaVine, CHI 47 405 216 1170 24.9 Mitchell, UTA 43 393 173 1060 24.7 Siakam, TOR 34 300 124 798 23.5 Irving scores 45 points, leads Nets past Pistons Wiggins, MIN 37 314 132 836 22.6 DeRozan, SAS 44 375 237 995 22.6 Walker, BOS 39 291 145 862 22.1 McCollum, POR 42 359 75 902 21.5 Associated Press the buzzer, sending it to overtime. Rose had to win. Dinwiddie, BKN 43 306 229 923 21.5 27 points for the Pistons, scoring more than Kevin Love had 20 points and 11 rebounds Rebounds DETROIT — Kyrie Irving scored 17 of his G OFF DEF TOT AVG 20 for the 12th straight game to extend his ca- for Cleveland. The Cavaliers have lost seven Drummond, DET 42 185 474 659 15.7 45 points in the third quarter to overcome a Gobert, UTA 42 154 454 608 14.5 reer high. straight and 12 of 14. Whiteside, POR 42 169 421 590 14.0 double-digit deficit and Brooklyn went on to Brooklyn’s Jarrett Allen finished with 20 Jazz 112, Mavericks 107: Rudy Gobert Capela, HOU 37 157 361 518 14.0 beat Detroit 121-111 Saturday in overtime. Antetoknmpo, MIL 43 100 456 556 12.9 points and 15 rebounds. had 22 points, 17 rebounds and five blocks in Sabonis, IND 43 145 405 550 12.8 The franchises are among many sub-.500 “The way we’ve been struggling it’s big for host Utah’s comeback victory over Dallas. Vucevic, ORL 35 95 295 390 11.1 teams in the Eastern Conference, likely vying Assists us,” Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie said. Donovan Mitchell scored 25 points, and G AST AVG for the last two spots in the playoffs. James, LAL 43 464 10.8 Bulls 118, Cavaliers 106: Zach LaVine Bojan Bogdanovic added 23 for the Jazz. They Rubio, PHX 38 342 9.0 Irving made free throws early in the extra scored 44 points for Chicago in another domi- have won 14 of their last 15. Doncic, DAL 40 359 9.0 period to put his team ahead and end a five- Young, ATL 41 361 8.8 nating performance at Cleveland. Luka Doncic scored 25 points for the Mav- Simmons, PHI 44 372 8.5 game losing streak. LaVine made 16 of 30 shots and had 27 ericks, who have dropped two of three after Graham, CHA 46 349 7.6 The Nets went ahead 106-104 with 38.4 Lillard, POR 44 334 7.6 points at halftime. The 6-foot-5 guard also winning four straight. FG Percentage seconds left in regulation when Andre Drum- had 10 rebounds and eight assists, falling just Thunder 113, Timberwolves 104: Dennis FG FGA PCT Gobert, UTA 254 372 .683 mond was called for goaltending. Derrick short of his first career triple-double. Schroder scored 26 points and Chris Paul had Holmes, SAC 204 309 .660 Rose had an unforced turnover on the ensuing It was LaVine’s second big game against the 25 to lead Oklahoma City to a win at Minne- Allen, BKN 189 293 .645 Capela, HOU 240 379 .633 possession, then made up for it with a tying Cavaliers in eight days. He scored 42 points sota for its fifth straight victory. Clarke, MEM 197 314 .627 layup with 1.9 seconds left. Adams, OKC 188 312 .603 Jan. 20, including 21 in the fourth quarter Karl-Anthony Towns scored 37 for the Tim- Whiteside, POR 268 452 .593 Irving missed a three-pointer just before when the Bulls rallied from a 15-point deficit berwolves. They have lost nine in a row. PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 27, 2020 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Top 25 roundup Short-handed No. 3 Jayhawks top Volunteers

Associated Press rally. The Gators (12-7) had a chance to make it a single-digit LAWRENCE, Kan. — Devon game with a little more than 7 Dotson scored 22 points, Udoka minutes to play, but they missed Azubuike added 18 and No. 3 Kan- the front end of three consecutive sas beat Tennessee 74-68 Satur- one-and-ones. day in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. No. 2 Gonzaga 92, Pacific 59: Azubuike was the lone big man Killian Tillie scored 22 points and for the Jayhawks (16-3) after Sil- blocked four shots to help the host vio De Sousa was suspended 12 Bulldogs earn their 13th straight games and David McCormack victory. banned two for their roles in a Corey Kispert added 16 points brawl Tuesday against Kansas and Filip Petrusev had 15 for State. Gonzaga (21-1, 7-0 West Coast). After Azubuike went to the The Bulldogs also won their 35th bench with two fouls early, Yves consecutive home game, the lon- ORLIN WAGNER/AP Pons hit consecutive three-point- gest streak in the nation. ers to put the Volunteers (12-7) Jahlil Tripp scored 21 points Kansas guard Devon Dotson, left, knocks the ball away from Tennessee guard Jordan Bowden during the on a 14-2 run for a 20-13 lead. and Pierre Crockrell II added 10 No. 3 Jayhawks’ 74-68 win Saturday in Lawrence, Kan. Kansas answered when Azu- for the Tigers (15-8, 3-4), who are buike checked back in, stringing making strides under fourth-year 66% before halftime. points and nine rebounds, Miles off the host Tigers. together a 12-0 run en route to a coach Damon Stoudamire. No. 7 Dayton 87, Richmond McBride scored 15 points and the Isiaha Mike scored 13 points, 37-30 lead at halftime. No. 5 Florida State 85, Notre 79: Obi Toppin had 24 points host Mountaineers broke open a all in the second half, and Tyson Azubuike finished with 11 re- Dame 84: Wyatt Wilkes scored and 12 rebounds and the Flyers close game with a huge run early Jolly finished with 10 as SMU (15- bounds and four blocks. 19 points and the host Seminoles pulled away from the host Spi- in the second half to beat the cold- 4, 5-2 American Athletic Confer- Pons led Tennessee with 24 held off the Fighting Irish for ders after halftime and won their shooting Tigers. ence) won its third straight. points, and Jordan Bowden their 10th straight victory. ninth straight game. West Virginia’s Bob Hug- No. 21 Illinois 64, Michigan knocked down three three-point- Wilkes drilled five of six from Jalen Crutcher added 24 points, gins earned his 876th win, tying 62: Ayo Dosunmu hit a contest- ers and finished with 19 points three-point range, and FSU (17- eight rebounds and seven assists Adolph Rupp for seventh place ed jumper from the free throw after a scoreless first half. 2, 7-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) for Dayton (18-2, 7-0 Atlantic 10). on the NCAA Division I coaching line with 0.5 seconds remain- No. 1 Baylor 72, Florida 61: made 12 of 18 from beyond the No. 9 Villanova 64, Providence list. ing to lift the Illini over the host MaCio Teague and Devonte Ban- arc. 60: Collin Gillespie grabbed a re- No. 16 Auburn 80, Iowa State Wolverines. doo scored 16 points apiece and The Seminoles missed their bound and found Jeremiah Rob- 76: Isaac Okoro scored 19 points, No. 23 Colorado 76, Wash- the Bears extended their winning last nine shots from the floor, and inson-Earl on the fast break for a Samir Doughty had 18 and the ington 62: Tyler Bey returned steak to 16 games with a win over Notre Dame (11-8, 2-6) nearly dunk as the Wildcats turned back host Tigers held off the Cyclones. to the lineup and scored 16 points, the host Gators in the Big 12/SEC took advantage. a rally by the host Friars with Okoro had 10 straight points McKinley Wright IV had 15 and Challenge. No. 6 Louisville 80, Clemson 55 seconds left for their sixth to help Auburn (17-2) take a 76- the host Buffaloes beat the Hus- Baylor improved to 6-1 in the 62: Darius Perry set career highs straight win. 62 lead with under six minutes to kies, snapping a five-game losing annual interconference series, with 19 points and five three- Gillespie, who also hit a pair play. Iowa State (9-10) responded streak to Washington. the best record of any team in ei- pointers, and the Cardinals beat of free throws with 28 seconds with 10 points in a row. No. 24 Rutgers 75, Nebraska ther conference. the Tigers for their sixth straight to play, scored 18 and had eight SMU 74, No. 20 Memphis 72: Geo Baker hit a three-pointer The Bears (17-1) overcame an win. rebounds for Villanova (16-3, 6-1 70: Kendric Davis had 20 points with 1.2 seconds left as the Scar- eight-point deficit early and led Louisville (17-3, 8-1 Atlantic Big East). and five assists, Emmanuel Ban- let Knights extended their home by 19 points in the second half Coast Conference) pulled away No. 14 West Virginia 74, Mis- doumel added 14 and the visiting winning streak to 14 games with before Florida mounted a minor with a 20-0 first-half run and shot souri 51: Jermaine Haley had 15 Mustangs used a late run to knock a win over the Cornhuskers. Arizona State stuns No. 22 Arizona

BY JOHN MARSHALL tough games and we showed our will, de- was bumped and couldn’t get a shot to the Associated Press termination and grit.” rim. Arizona (13-6, 3-3 Pac-12) won the first Martin finished with 24 points, Edwards TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona State dug a meeting in a rout and shook off a shaky 15 and Verge added 13 — none bigger than deep early hole against its biggest rival. start in the rematch with a massive run, his final two. When the Sun Devils tried to shoot their building a 22-point lead midway through The Wildcats dominated most of the the way back into it, things only got worse. the first half. first half, but let the Sun Devils keep with- Facing a second straight desert deci- Unlike the first meeting, the Sun Devils in striking distance with their late first- mation against Arizona, the Sun Devils (12-7, 2-3) didn’t wilt. Instead, they became half run. Arizona State’s offense labored dug down defensively and got the ball into the aggressor, storming back with a 16-0 in the second half — 22 points — and the Alonzo Verge Jr.’s hands with the game on run spanning halftime to put a charge into ball-screen defensive success they had in the line. an already-lit-up home crowd. Verge Jr. delivered, scoring on a layup The rivals traded blows and baskets the the first half struggled in the second. with 10.9 seconds left after Remy Martin rest of the way, neither able to pull away Zeke Nnaji had 21 points and 10 re- led Arizona State’s comeback, lifting the until Arizona State got the ball to Verge. bounds, and Nico Mannion added 16 points Sun Devils to a 66-65 victory over the No. Getting the ball after Rob Edwards couldn’t for Arizona. /AP ROSS D. FRANKLIN 22 Wildcats on Saturday night. get a shot, the junior college transfer saw “We’re not a confident group,” Arizona Arizona State guard Remy Martin scored “It was a pretty special night out there,” the Wildcats’ defense open up, drove to the coach Sean Miller said. “It’s about perfor- 24 points to lead his team to a 66-65 Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley said. basket and, with a flick of the wrist, spun mance. You have to grade our team, me as defeat of No. 22 Arizona on Saturday in “It wasn’t shaping up that way early, but it the ball off the glass. a coach and our players on how we do, not Tempe, Ariz. shows a lot of heart. We’ve been in a lot of Arizona got a final look, but Josh Green what we’re supposed to do.” Monday, January 27, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 COLLEGE BASKETBALL/SKIING/HIGH SCHOOL Richards carries Kentucky past Texas Tech in OT

Associated Press Montgomery. When asked what he was think- LUBBOCK, Texas — While ing on the clutch free throw, Rich- there were a lot of happy play- ards said, “I’m thinking we need ers in the Kentucky locker room, it. We need these free throws to only Nick Richards got a kiss on help us win the game.” That in- the forehead from coach John cluded some encouragement from Calipari. Quickley after an early miss that “I said there are about three made him angry. of you in this room that need The Red Raiders (12-7), who GIOVANNI AULETTA/AP this, but I will do it for you, so had won 54 consecutive non- I kissed him on the forehead,” conference home games since United States’ Mikaela Shiffrin speeds her way to win Sunday’s World Cup super-G in Bansko, Bulgaria. Calipari said of the the 6-foot-11 December 2013, had one last pos- junior forward, who had 25 points session. But Davide Moretti was and 14 rebounds as the No. 15 stripped by Hagans when start- Wildcats won 76-74 in overtime ing a drive in the lane. Shiffrin earns super-G title for at No. 18 Texas Tech. “Nick was “We’re not into moral victo- unbelievable.” ries around here. Just a couple Richards scored the last five of months ago we were playing her second Cup win in 3 days points in regulation for Kentucky for the national championship,” (15-4), and its first five in over- Texas Tech coach Chris Beard Associated Press time before his two game-decid- said. “We expected to win the It was Shiffrin’s first win in the discipline since clinching the super-G world title in February, and ing free throws with 10 seconds game, but congratulate Kentucky, BANSKO, Bulgaria — Following three weeks left in the only Big 12/SEC Chal- she went top of the season standings. (they) played with a lot of poise, without a win in her favorite technical events, Mi- lenge game featuring two ranked Former overall champion Lara Gut-Behrami of they were the more aggressive kaela Shiffrin bounced back with two triumphs in teams. Switzerland was 0.70 behind in third for her first team in overtime.“ speed races in three days. “We have no chance of winning podium result of the season. Kyler Edards had 18 points for The three-time overall champion from the United without Nick,” said Immanuel One of Shiffrin’s main rivals for the overall title, the Red Raiders, while Moretti States won a women’s World Cup super-G Sunday, Quickley, who had 21 points. had 15 and Shannon 12. Federica Brignone, was leading by 0.08 at the final The Wildcats built a 10-point two days after she won a downhill on the same hill. split time but the Italian lost her balance as she Quickley’s 21 points included It marked the first time in Shiffrin’s career that lead in the second half, and still a buzzer-beating three-pointer hooked a gate and slid off the course. she won two speed events in the same weekend. led by eight when Richards made from halfcourt that put the Wild- “Fede is skiing so well,” Shiffrin said of Brignone. Shiffrin used her outstanding giant slalom skills a jumper with 6:15 left. They cats up 36-34 at halftime. “I saw Marta’s run and I thought, ‘That looks really to navigate the many sharp turns on the Marc Gi- missed their last six shots in reg- Eight-time national champion good and fast.’ And I expected Fede would be just ulation, none by Richards, though Kentucky never trailed again rardelli course and beat another technical special- going hard again, too. I know that she’s so hungry he made three free throws in that after five points in the final five ist, Italy’s Marta Bassino, by 0.29 seconds. and motivated and she’s skiing amazing right now. closing stretch. He then had two seconds of the first half. Ty- Shiffrin was about three tenths ahead of Bassi- It was lucky for me, unlucky for her.” free throws to start overtime be- rese Maxey made a contested no’s time from the first split and the margin hardly With two wins and Saturday’s fourth place in fore a three-point play. one-handed floater before Chris changed throughout her run. another downhill, Shiffrin left the Bulgarian re- Richards finished 7 of 10 from Clarke’s deep inbound pass went “I took a little bit of risk,” Shiffrin said. “I had a sort with 250 points, extending her lead in the the field and 11-for-14 on free out of bounds with 1.6 seconds really crazy run. I was going really aggressive. It’s overall standings to 370 points over Brignone throws, including the clinching left. Montgomery then inbounded the perfect surface, it’s perfect conditions, and I re- and 395 over Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova, who fi n- two after he was fouled when Ter- to Quickley, who took one dribble ally like the course, obviously.” ished Sunday’s race in sixth. rence Shannon missed on awk- and let go of the shot from the ward shot when defended by EJ half-court line. Service academies Dragons send message in ‘Beast’

Stars and Stripes Kubasaki teammate Nicholaz turned after a long injury absence, Aguirre (101) beat Kadena’s Mizu- but didn’t make it out of the third Army defeats Navy for YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, ki Sato-Marsh; Vincent Rodriguez Japan — With a meet-best four round at 129. (115) was a winner over Christian weight-class titles and two run- Two-time reigning Far East fourth consecutive win ner-up finishes, Kubasaki is look- Academy Japan’s Joe Frazier, and heavyweight champion Marshall Colin Lundberg (148) dispatched China, a senior from Matthew C. Associated Press ing like the wrestling power it San Jose State 90, Air Force once was. Yokota’s Joey DeGrella. Perr y, continued feasting on Zama 81: Seneca Knight had 20 points Each of the winners echoed ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Tommy Former Florida state champion wrestlers, on Saturday dispatch- as the host Spartans defeated the Cook’s sentiment that the Drag- Funk matched his career high Colin Nation led the way, pacing ing Desmond Martin by pin. Falcons on Saturday. Kubasaki to 65 points and the ons accomplished what they set China says he’s looking ahead to with a season-high 26 points out to do. as Army beat Navy 73-66 on Brae Ivey had 17 points for San team title in the 27th Nile C. Kin- team goals as well as individual. Jose State (7-14, 3-6 Mountain nick Invitational “Beast of the Far “We did what we planned on “To get a team banner, mainly; Saturday. doing,” Nation said. West Conference). Richard Wash- East” wrestling tournament. that’s what I want to get before I Matt Wilson had 18 points “I think we’re a force to be reck- ington added 12 points. Eduardo The Dragons finished 15 points leave,” China said of a Far East for the Black Knights (9-10, 4-4 oned with,” Lundberg said. Lane had 11 points. Omari Moore ahead of runner-up St. Mary’s . Division II team title. Patriot League), who won their Not all went well for the Drag- had nine points and 10 assists. Last year’s champ, Shonan Mili- fourth consecutive game. Josh ons, however. Reigning Far East Other champions included The 90 points were a season tary Academy, was third with 46. reigning Far East Outstanding Caldwell added 10 points and 10 “What a fun tournament,” said 215-pound champion Haydn Pe- best for the Spartans. Wrestler Rin Zoot of ASIJ. Wres- rebounds. coach Brent Cook of Kubasaki, terson suffered a pinfall upset by Lavelle Scottie had 25 points tling at 158, he scored a techni- Cam Davis scored a career- which has 26 Far East meet titles Yokota’s Austin Fisher. and five assists for Air Force (9- high 26 points for the Midshipmen but only two in the last 10 years. “I’m glad I could see myself im- cal fall over St. Mary’s Warren (11-8, 5-3). Evan Wieck added 13 12, 3-6). Caleb Morris added 13 “What an awesome event. What prove over the years since I first Koslow. points and four assists and John points and six assists. Chris Joyce a great opportunity to see the got here, to go from not ranked Another two-time Far East Carter Jr. had seven rebounds. had 12 points. competition and all the excellent to first at ‘Beast,’ Fisher said. “I champion, Eiji Kasahara of St. Army takes on Bucknell at San Jose State plays Boise wrestlers,” he said. hope I can keep in shape and have Mary’s, prevailed at 129 pounds, home on Wednesday. Navy State on the road on Wednesday. Nation disposed of American some good matches” at Far East. but it took a full six minutes and takes on Holy Cross at home on The Falcons play Fresno State at School In Japan’s Liam Kell at Another Kubasaki Far East a 4-2 decision over Zoot’s brother, Wednesday. home on Tuesday. 180 pounds. champion, Jaylan Mayers, re- Take. PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 27, 2020 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Kenin stops Gauff’s latest Slam run Scoreboard Sunday At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia Purse: AUD71,000,000 American reaches first major quarterfinal Surface: Hardcourt outdoor (seedings in parentheses): Men’s Singles 4th Round BY HOWARD FENDRICH that.” Milos Raonic (32), Canada, def. Marin Cilic, Croatia, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5. Associated Press In her previous match, the 67th- Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Diego ranked Gauff beat Naomi Osaka Schwartzman (14), Argentina, 6-3, 6-4, MELBOURNE, Australia — It 6-4. to become the youngest player in Tennys Sandgren, United States, def. made sense to Sofia Kenin that the professional era to defeat the Fabio Fognini (12), Italy, 7-6 (5), 7-5, 6-7 (2), 6-4. Coco Gauff would be the one get- reigning women’s champion at Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def. ting all of the attention and gener- the Australian Open. At Wimble- Marton Fucsovics, Hungary, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. ating all of the buzz. don last year, Gauff became the Women’s Singles That’s only natural when Gauff youngest qualifier ever at that 4th Round Petra Kvitova (7), Czech Republic, def. is 15 and making tennis history tournament, beat Venus Williams Maria Sakkari (22), Greece, 6-7 (4), 6-3, time and time again. 6-2. in the first round and made it all Sofia Kenin (14), United States, def. “Yeah, I mean, the hype is for the way to the fourth. Cori Gauff, United States, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-0. Ons Jabeur, Tunisia, def. Wang Qiang her. She’s obviously done great Entering Sunday, Gauff was 8- (27), China, 7-6 (4), 6-1. stuff, of course. It’s absolutely 2 in Grand Slam action, with her Ashleigh Barty (1), Australia, def. Ali- son Riske (18), United States, 6-3, 1-6, 6- normal. Just (tried) not to let that only losses to women who have 4. get in my head,” Kenin said. “Of been ranked No. 1 and own mul- Men’s Doubles Second Round course, I didn’t do it for the hype. tiple major titles: Simona Halep Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan (13), United I did it for myself, because I want- (at Wimbledon) and Osaka (at the States, def. Juan Sebastian Cabal, Co- lombia, and Jaume Munar, Spain, 7-6 (5), ed to prove to myself that I could U.S. Open). 6-4. Hence the hype. Men’s Doubles do it.” Third Round Well, Sofia, you did it. Now get “I couldn’t really write this,” James Duckworth and Marc Polmans, Gauff said. “I don’t think anybody Australia, def. Bruno Soares, Brazil, and ready for the spotlight to shine Mate Pavic (10), Croatia, 7-6 (2), 2-6, 7-6 your way. Kenin stopped Gauff’s could really write how this past (9). Mikhail Kukushkin and Alexander Bub- latest Grand Slam run by beating (several) months have gone.” lik, Kazakhstan, def. Sam Querrey and her 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-0 in the Aus- She did not play as well as Steve Johnson, United States, 6-4, 6-2. /AP Luke Saville and Max Purcell, Austra- tralian Open’s fourth round on she has been playing this time, PHOTOS BY ANDY BROWNBILL lia, def. Andres Molteni, Argentina, and though, winding up with 48 un- Hugo Nys, Monaco, 6-3, 7-5. Sunday. Sofia Kenin of the U.S. reacts after winning a point against Coco Jonny O Mara, Britain, and Marcelo Like Gauff, Kenin is a young — forced errors, more than twice as Arevalo-Gonzalez, El Salvador, def. Mi- many as Kenin’s 22. Gauff during their fourth-round match at the Australian Open Sunday chael Venus, New Zealand, and John although, at 21, not quite as young Peers (7), Australia, 6-4, 7-6 (7). — American and she reached her Gauff’s power is impressive. Women’s Doubles One tiny indication: She slammed ing set — “For sure, nerves,” ‘Good job.’ I’m like, ‘You, too.’ It Second Round first major quarterfinal with the Kenin acknowledged — she im- was fun, a funny moment. She’s Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, and victory. a forehand into the net so hard Viktoria Kuzmova (15), Slovakia, def. Za- that it dislodged a piece of a spon- mediately tilted things the other like, ‘Are you feeling tired?’ ’No, rina Diyas and Elena Rybakina, Kazakh- “I want to show who I am, show stan, 6-4, 7-5. sor’s white plastic sign. way, breaking in the initial game I’m good.’ She’s like, ‘Yeah, me, my best tennis, show why I’m Women’s Doubles Kenin can’t copy that. of the second and never letting too.’ I’m like, ‘OK. I’ll see you on Third Round there, why I belong,” the 14th- Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, But thanks to her relentless that lead slip away. Tuesday, then.’ ” seeded Kenin said. “I’m doing and Hsieh Su-wei (1), Taiwan, def. Darija ball-tracking and a bit of in- When it ended, appropriately Also advancing to a quarterfinal Jurak, Croatia, and Nina Stojanovic, Ser- bia, 6-4, 6-4. your-face attitude with a racket enough, on a missed backhand by showdown were No. 1 Ash Barty Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada, and Gauff, Kenin dropped her racket — trying to become the first Aus- Jelena Ostapenko (6), Latvia, def. Hayley in hand, Kenin surged up the Carter, United States, and Luisa Stefani, WTA rankings from 52nd to 12th at the baseline and covered her tralian to win the nation’s Grand Brazil, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4. face as tears welled in her eyes. Slam tournament since the 1970s Mixed Doubles in 2019 while winning her first Second Round three tour-level singles titles plus “Anyone would get pretty emo- — and last year’s runner-up in Nikola Mektic, Croatia, and Barbora tional for the first time,” said Melbourne, Petra Kvitova. Krejcikova (5), Czech Republic, def. Kve- a couple in doubles. ta Peschke, Czech Republic, and Wesley “She definitely put a lot of balls Kenin, who next faces another Reigning French Open cham- Koolhof, Netherlands, 7-5, 6-2. woman making her Slam quar- Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, in the court,” Gauff said. “She’s pion Barty moved on with a 6-3, and Jamie Murray, Britain, def. Marcelo quick.” terfinal debut, 78th-ranked Ons 1-6, 6-4 win against No. 18 Alison Melo, Brazil, and Barbora Strycova (1), Czech Republic, 3-6, 6-4, 10-7. Just before Gauff announced Jabeur of Tunisia. Riske of the United States, who Matthew Ebden and Jessica Moore, herself last season, Kenin deliv- Jabeur was a 7-6 (4), 6-1 winner double-faulted on the last point. Australia, def. Fabrice Martin, France, and Darija Jurak, Croatia, 7-5, 7-5. ered her own breakthrough at the against 27th-seeded Wang Qiang, Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and French Open by upsetting Serena who surprised Serena Williams champion, was down a set and a Sam Stosur (7), Australia, def. Filip Po- lasek and Viktoria Kuzmova, Slovakia, Williams to get to the round of 16 in the third round. break before coming back to de- 6-1, 6-2. at a major for the first time. Kenin and Jabeur’s matches feat No. 22 Maria Sakkari 6-7 (4), Leander Paes, India, and Jelena Ostap- enko, Latvia, def. Storm Sanders and Marc Now Kenin has taken another ended at about the same time, and 6-3, 6-2. Polmans, Australia, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 10-6. step. they were cooling down side-by- “I love Petra,” said Barty, who Mixed Doubles Third Round Wasn’t easy, though. side on exercise bicycles. lost to Kvitova in Australia a year Rohan Bopanna, India, and Nadiia Coco Gauff reacts after losing a Kichenok, Ukraine, def. Bruno Soares, After double-faulting twice in Kenin laughed as she described ago, “but let’s hope she doesn’t Brazil, and Nicole Melichar, United point to Sofia Kenin Sunday. the tiebreaker to drop the open- the scene this way: “She’s like, break my heart.” States, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Federer overcomes slow start, reaches quarters

BY HOWARD FENDRICH 28-year-old from Tennessee, on Tuesday, Federer’s slow start against Fucsovics Fucsovics’ service games the rest of the Associated Press it’ll be the 38-year-old Federer’s record might have been a result of all of the en- way. 15th quarterfinal at the Australian Open. ergy he expended while getting past John He ended up with a 44-15 edge in winners MELBOURNE, Australia — Roger Fe- He has won the title at Melbourne Park a Millman in a fifth-set super tiebreaker on on an evening with the temperature in the derer needed some time to get going in the half-dozen times, part of his men’s-record Friday. mid-60s Fahrenheit (below 20 Celsius). Australian Open’s fourth round, a match 20 major championships. “The morning after ... and this morning, “Frosty,” Federer joked. “I mean, it’s not after a draining and difficult escape in Federer kidded around about Sandgren’s (I was) lying in bed for an hour,” Federer that cold, after all. It’s fresh. It’s true, for which he was two points from defeat. sport-appropriate first name; he is named said, “and I was like, ‘When are we going to Australia this time of year, we know it can To be precise, he required a full set to get after his great-grandfather. stand up?’ ... I’m sure I’m going to feel better be very different.” sorted. “He was not going to be a baseball player, every day that goes by.” He could kid around. He won. But Fucso- After seeming sluggish while dropping that’s for sure,” Federer told the Rod Laver Millman was two points from victory at vics did think the cool nighttime setting was the opener, Federer quickly righted him- Arena crowd through a wide smile during 8-4 in the tiebreaker, before Federer reeled a factor. His previous matches in Melbourne self and pushed through the next three sets his post-match interview. off the last six consecutive points. were during the day, when the warmer tem- without a hitch, reaching the 57th Grand The other quarterfinal on that side of “Guy gave me a beatdown from the peratures and thinner air allowed him to Slam quarterfinal of his career by coming the bracket is defending champion Novak baseline,” Federer said about Australia’s wallop winners with more ease. back to beat Marton Fucsovics 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, Djokovic against No. 32 Milos Raonic of Millman, “so maybe it took some of my con- “The conditions surprised me a little bit,” 6-2 on Sunday. Canada. fidence away.” Fucsovics said, then gave Federer some In the first set, Fucsovics noted, “Roger The fourth-round matchups Monday: No. Things never got quite so dire against credit for using that to his advantage in the was missing a lot.” 1 Rafael Nadal vs. No. 23 Nick Kyrgios, No. Fucsovics, a 27-year-old from Hungary last three sets. But Federer, as he himself put it, “Finally 4 Daniil Medvedev vs. three-time major who is ranked 67th and was seeking his first “Roger was changing the rhythm, hit- found a way. Had a good start to the second champion Stan Wawrinka, No. 5 Dominic major quarterfinal appearance. ting slices, drop shots, topspins,“ Fucsovics set and eventually it became easier.” Thiem vs. No. 10 Gael Monfils, and No. 7 Al- After failing to accumulate a single break said. “He did it right. And I think I couldn’t When he takes on Tennys Sandgren, a exander Zverev vs. No. 17 Andrey Rublev. point in the first set, Federer won seven of handle this.” Monday, January 27, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 NFL 3 ex-Dolphins boost Chiefs Miami castoffs Williams, Moore, Lucas have found success with KC

BY DAVE SKRETTA At the end of the day, this could Dolphins, going 8-9 as a starter, Associated Press be your last run, your last play, so but nobody really showed much you have to go at it as such.” interest in him and he spent an KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Each of those three players entire year away from the NFL. Kansas City Chiefs saw value in know quite well that any game His value came in Week 7, when a trio of players that were essen- could be their last. Mahomes dislocated his kneecap tially castoffs from what was one Injury trouble has plauged Wil- in Denver. Moore finished off that of the least-successful franchises liams throughout his career, and win, played well the next week in the NFL over the past 10 years, it popped up again with a rib in- against Green Bay, then led the and their decision to pick them up jury this year. He was sidelined Chiefs to a win over playoff-bound when just about nobody else was for a long stretch in the middle of Minnesota. That victory wound calling is a big reason why they’re the season, and veteran LeSean up being even more crucial by playing in the Super Bowl. McCoy and a host of others han- Week 17, when Kansas City nar- The biggest move was picking dled the majority of the reps. rowly earned the No. 2 playoff up Damien Williams, who has The time off might have done seed and a first-round bye. gone from journeyman running Williams — who spent his first Lucas played sparingly on de- back to an integral part of one of four seasons with the Dolphins, fense this season, but he played the league’s best offenses. Back- playing in 58 games — some about 80 percent of snaps on spe- up quarterback Matt Moore filled good, though. He’s been healthy cial teams and gave Kansas City in admirably when Pat Mahomes and fresh when Kansas City has some additional depth when safe- was hurt this season, and safety needed him most, scoring four ty Juan Thornhill sustained a sea- Jordan Lucas played on just about touchdowns the past two weeks to son-ending knee injury. He was every Chiefs special teams unit. give him a franchise-record eight traded from Miami for a seventh- All three once played for the TDs in the postseason. round pick in 2018, then played Dolphins. The 35-year-old Moore was well enough to earn a $2.025 mil- REED HOFFMANN/AP Now, all three are headed back coaching high school football lion contract this season. After four largely unremarkable seasons with the Miami Dolphins, to Miami. when the Chiefs lost backup quar- Together, the three ex-Dolphins running back Damien Williams has become an intregal part of the “It’s a big stage and a big mo- terback Chad Henne late in the have played an integral part in Kansas City Chiefs offense, scoring four touchdowns the past two ment,” Williams said. “I’m a pride- preseason and gave him a call. He the Chiefs’ first Super Bowl ap- weeks to give him a franchise-record eight TDs in the postseason. type person. I like to take pride. had spent seven seasons with the pearance in 50 years. Roots: Sowers’ rapid rise no surprise to those who knew her growing up

FROM BACK PAGE ‘ When Katie is walking down the sideline, she’ll have being in a small conservative town was dif- ferent, especially being gay. But we were parents shouting that their daughter wants to coach lucky to be in the most open-minded family in town. I love everybody knowing every- in the NFL, or play in the NFL, and that dream is real body, even with all the small-town gossip.” now for people, for young girls. The sisters’ dad, Floyd, was a basketball ’ Liz Sowers coach at nearby Bethel College, but the kids twin sister of 49ers assistant coach Katie Sowers always preferred the rough-and-tumble of football, gender norms be damned. Even though they were in the heart of Chiefs country, Katie grew up a Dallas Cowboys and when Pioli was fired by the Chiefs by proving women can coach football, Liz fan and Liz a Denver Broncos fan, because and hired as the assistant GM in Atlanta, is breaking ground by providing opportu- those were the uniforms and plastic hel- he helped Katie catch on through the Bill nities for women to actually play it. mets they got as Christmas gifts one year. Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship. “I was asked once if it was a dream of One of the neighbor boys that played with There, she made such an impression on mine to be in the NFL or be in a Super them had gotten the Chiefs outfit. then-Falcons offensive coordinator Kyle Bowl,” Liz says, “and looking back it was The Sowers kids eventually shelved their Shanahan that he asked her to follow him like, no, it never crossed my mind. And it’s football ambitions, though, never thinking to San Francisco when he was hired to crazy for me to think as much as I loved at the time that they could continue playing coach the Niners. playing and it was our favorite sport, I with the boys in high school. Instead, they At first she helped break down film and never thought that was an option to some- how be in a Super Bowl. And it pushes me turned their attention to just about every work on practice scripts, but over time to continue doing and playing football. other sport, whether it was basketball or she was given more responsibility. These “When Katie is walking down the side- track and field, helping the Swathers — the days, she works largely with wide receiv- line,” Liz adds with pride, “she’ll have nickname coming from a piece of farming ers alongside offensive coordinators Mike parents shouting that their daughter wants machinery common on the Great Plains LaFleur and Mike McDaniel, helping an to coach in the NFL, or play in the NFL, — win enough championships to fill a tro- offense that was second only to the Balti- more Ravens in scoring this season. and that dream is real now for people, for phy case. JEFF CHIU/AP Her rapid rise in the cut-throat coach- young girls.” “Katie was a competitor, hard worker, Nobody is more proud of the sisters San Francisco 49ers offensive assistant ing profession doesn’t surprise those who and didn’t like to lose,” says their bas- than their parents, Floyd and Bonnie, who, Katie Sowers throws a football during knew her growing up. ketball coach, Brennan Torgerson. “She after much discussion, decided to stay in practice in Santa Clara, Calif., Thursday. “Katie was an amazing teammate and didn’t break into the starting lineup as Kansas City — surrounded by Chiefs fans was always willing to do the little things soon as Liz did. Katie’s role off the bench — to watch the Super Bowl next weekend. was our super sub. When she came in the any thought of ever coaching men was tem- that allow a team to come together and win porarily dashed when Katie was denied a But there will be plenty of family support pace changed along with the energy level ball games,” says Matthew Richardson, in Miami: Liz will be there with her girl- volunteer assistant job at the private lib- of the team.” who taught and coached the Sowers sisters friend, and older sister Steph will be there eral arts college. “She was definitely known on campus for in middle school and high school. “Katie with her husband, who coincidentally grew Injuries eventually took their toll on her athletic ability,” adds Rachel McMas- wasn’t ever concerned with recognition, up cheering for the Niners. ter, who overlapped with Katie for a year at Katie — a separated shoulder, a torn la- she only wanted to do her job extremely Meanwhile, back in Hesston, a few thou- Hesston College, and is now the school’s di- brum in her hip. So with degree in hand, well so the team could be successful.” sand people who usually spend their Sun- rector of marketing and communications. she joined her sister in Kansas City and It’s hard to get much more successful days cheering for the Chiefs will have to The Sowers kids never could shake the began working toward her master’s degree than reaching the Super Bowl. decide where their allegiances lie. Do they football bug, though. at Central Missouri. While Katie’s career path led to the NFL, root for the local franchise, making its first After starting at Hesston College, where That is where fate set her on the path to- Liz has taken a decidedly different road in trip to the Super Bowl in 50 years, or do her mother, Bonnie, was the longtime di- ward the NFL sideline. the game both love. The women’s team on they root for the hometown kid who has rector of nursing, Katie finished her studies One of Katie’s part-time jobs was coach- which both sisters once played recently proved that women have a place in profes- at Goshen College in Indiana. She resumed ing a youth basketball team, and one her folded, so Liz has been helping establish a sional football? playing football with the West Michigan players happened to be the daughter of new team — the Kansas City Glory — in “I’ll be cheering for the same team Joe Mayhem in the Women’s Football Alliance former Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli. the Adidas-backed Women’s National Foot- Montana said he’s cheering for,” Torger- and for USA Football’s national team, but He soon became a father figure to her, ball Conference. As Katie breaks ground son says with a smile. “The red team.” S TARS AND STRIPES Monday, January 27, 2020 F3HIJKLM Climbing the charts LeBron moves past Kobe on SPORTS all-time scoring list » Page 19

NFL Defying expectations Trailblazing 49ers assistant Sowers has small-town roots

BY DAVE SKRETTA had been defying expectations all her Associated Press life. HESSTON, Kan. When the Niners face the Kansas City he old downtown strip, like so Chiefs on Sunday, she will become the many in small towns across first female assistant and first openly gay America, is quiet on a brisk Jan- coach to take the sideline in the sport’s T uary morning, just a few cars biggest game. Her story has spread like a parked at one end in front of The Citizens prairie fire thanks in large part to a Micro- State Bank and a few more in front of the soft commercial featuring Sowers that ran pharmacy at the other. repeatedly during last weekend’s confer- Around the corner is an old Texaco sta- ence championship games, and she will tion, the pumps long removed and the no doubt be a popular interview subject windows covered up. Nearby, the sign when reporters descend on Miami early for Weaver’s Grocers — “Your local this week. hometown grocers!” — is all that It’s all a little hard to believe for remains from the once-bustling her family and friends, those who store. Most businesses have grew up playing tackle football moved east toward the main with her in the backyard, or highway, which takes traffic coached her in high school between the cities of Salina basketball, or took classes and Wichita. with her at tiny Hesston The predominantly Men- College. nonite town of about 3,700 “People ask me what we in south-central Kansas is did for fun,” recalls her twin hardly the kind of place one sister, Liz, “and I don’t hon- would expect to produce a estly have an answer. We trailblazing NFL coach, one drove to Wichita? But we al- that has helped the San ways had each other. We were Francisco 49ers return to never really looking for things to the Super Bowl. do. We always had a best friend. But Then again, Katie Sowers SEE ROOTS ON PAGE 23

49ers assistant coach Katie Sowers

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