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Volume 80 Edition 46 ©SS 2021 MONDAY,JUNE 21, 2021 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas United States to reorient military posture Pentagon orders drawdown of air defense systems, troops from Middle East to put focus on China, Russia BY CHAD GARLAND administration officials told the McNulty said in an email to Stars Stars and Stripes “We maintain a robust force posture in the newspaper. Troops were also be- and Stripes on Saturday. “Some The U.S. is cutting air defense region appropriate to the threat.” ing reduced in Iraq, where the of these assets returned to the systems and force levels in the U.S. already cut its presence in United States for much needed Middle East as the Biden admin- Cmdr. Jessica L. McNulty half to 2,500 early this year, the maintenance and repair. Some of istration realigns its military pos- Pentagon spokesperson report said. them will be deployed to other re- ture to focus on countering China “The Secretary of Defense di- gions.” and Russia. Wall Street Journal reported Fri- A Terminal High Altitude Area rected the Commander of U.S. The Pentagon is focused on Cmdr. Jessica L. McNulty, a day that eight Patriot antimissile Defense system, or THAAD, was Central Command to remove making sure the high-demand as- Pentagon spokesperson, con- batteries were being withdrawn also being pulled from Saudi Ara- from the region this summer cer- sets are ready in case of a con- firmed the plans but would not from countries including Iraq, bia, and fighter jet squadrons tain forces and capabilities, pri- provide specific details, after the Kuwait, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. were being reduced, unnamed marily air defense assets,” SEE POSTURE ON PAGE 4 Study: Side effect skepticism led to vaccine hesitancy

BY WYATT OLSON Stars and Stripes Medical workers and the young were most hesitant to be vaccinated against the coronavirus during the early stages of the vaccine rollout, primarily over concerns of short- and long-term side effects, a study that surveyed personnel at an Air Force base found. Researchers analyzed responses from 816 people — uniformed, retirees and civil- ian contractors — associated with Wright- Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio about their likelihood of getting vaccinated, ac- cording to the study published June 12 in the journal Military Medicine. The voluntary survey began in Novem- ber, a month before the Food and Drug Ad- ministration issued its first emergency use authorization for a vaccine. The survey con- cluded in February. “In a setting where COVID-19 vaccina- tion is not mandatory, we found that the ma- jority of individuals working at a military [base] would accept the COVID-19 vaccina- tion if offered; however, nearly one-quarter of our respondents would not,” the study

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A registered nurse fills syringes with Pfizer vaccines at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on June 3 in Bellingham, Wash. ELAINE THOMPSON/AP PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, June 21, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER Boeing’s newest Max makes first test flight EXCHANGE RATES Military rates South Korea (Won) 1,135.07 Associated Press hours over Washington state and Max jets get better fuel mileage Switzerland (Franc) 0.9218 Euro costs (June 21) $1.16 Thailand (Baht) 31.49 SEATTLE — Boeing’s newest did a touch-and-go maneuver at than previous versions of Boeing’s Dollar buys (June 21) 0.8181 Turkey (New Lira) 8.7332 British pound (June 21) $1.35 version of the 737 Max jetliner an airport near Moses Lake, venerable 737. Airlines began us- Japanese yen (June 21) 108.00 (Military exchange rates are those available completed its first test flight Fri- Wash., before returning to land at ing the plane in 2017, but Max 8 South Korean won (June 21) 1,103.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ day in a move that the company Boeing Field in Seattle, about 7 and Max 9 planes were grounded many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain (Dinar) 0.3769 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ hopes will signal improving for- miles from where they left. worldwide for nearly two years af- Britain (Pound) 1.3818 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2426 your local military banking facility. Commercial tunes for its most important plane. The Max 10 is a slightly larger ter crashes in October 2018 and China (Yuan) 6.4531 rates are interbank rates provided for reference Denmark (Krone) 6.2640 A few hundred employees version of Max jets that are al- March 2019 killed a total of 346 Egypt (Pound) 15.6644 when buying currency. All figures are foreign watched the plane take off from ready flying. It is designed to seat people. Euro 0.8423 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7629 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ Renton, Wash. As is typical for a up to 230 passengers and compete U.S. regulators cleared the way Hungary (Forint) 299.76 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.2787 first test flight of a new plane, the with the A321neo from European for Max jets to resume flying late Japan (Yen) 110.16 INTEREST RATES only people on board were the two rival Airbus. last year after Boeing made Kuwait (Dinar) 0.3013 Norway (Krone) 8.6693 Prime rate 3.25 pilots, Jennifer Henderson and Chicago-based Boeing expects changes, including overhauling Philippines (Peso) 48.51 Interest Rates Discount rate 0.75 Poland (Zloty) 3.83 Federal funds market rate 0.09 Jim Webb. to begin delivering Max 10s to air- flight-control software that played Saudi Arabia (Riyal) 3.7502 3­month bill 0.04 The pilots flew for about 2 ½ lines in 2023. a role in the crashes. Singapore (Dollar) 1.3443 30­year bond 2.03 WEATHER OUTLOOK MONDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST MONDAY IN EUROPE TUESDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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Naples 84/70 Okinawa Morón 79/76 78/57 Sigonella Djibouti Rota 99/64 The weather is provided by the 69/62 Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 102/84 77/69 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. TODAY IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 11 Classified ...... 13 Comics ...... 16 Crossword ...... 16 Faces ...... 18 Opinion ...... 14 Sports ...... 19-24 Monday, June 21, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 3 MILITARY Marine couple honored for flood rescue

BY JONATHAN SNYDER Once they reached the water- Stars and Stripes fall, he noticed the weather start- The Marine Corps honored a ing to change and suggested they dual military couple who helped head back. rescue more than a dozen people “As we were getting the kids stranded when a flash flood out of the water the rain picked up U.S. Marine Corps struck a riverside hiking trail to a right away and the waterfall U.S. service members and their families help one another across a raging river during a flash flood at scenic waterfall on Okinawa last picked up immediately, making it Ta­Taki Falls, Okinawa, on Sept. 13, 2020. year. tough for us to advance back,” he Master Gunnery Sgt. Ronald said. There was no trail to go down Thomas, 42, and Master Sgt. Sara Minutes later, the fast-rising because the current was so quick, Thomas, 44, were awarded the river along the trail turned muddy Sara Thomas told Stars and Navy and Marine Corps Com- and began rushing with a danger- Stripes. mendation Medal on Tuesday at ous force, the Marine statement “We were making our own path Camp Courtney. Both are as- said. on the side of the mountain,” she signed to the III Marine Expedi- “I’m about 6-foot-4 and the wa- said. “At any moment, any one of tionary Force on Okinawa. ter was up to my shoulders,” Tho- us could have fell. It was muddy, “The whole mentality for me mas told Stars and Stripes. the rocks were slippery and the was never leave anyone behind,” The group made a path through rope was no thicker than a pinky.” Ronald Thomas told Stars and the riverbank’s steep hillside, ac- The group finally made it to Stripes during a phone interview cording to the Marine statement. safety after hours of trekking and Friday. After getting to a safe spot, they helping one another through the On Sept. 13, 2020, the couple helped more than a dozen people, raging waters, according to the and their son were trekking with including Japanese residents and Marine statement. friends toward Ta-Taki Falls on a fellow service members, trapped “When faced with this chal- 1 ½-mile out-and-back trail in Ku- on the other side by using a rope lenge we didn’t know the other nigami, according to a Marine found on a fence to guide every- NATALIE GREENWOOD/U.S. Marine Corps service members on the hike, but Corps statement. The trail runs one across the rushing water. Master Gunnery Sgt. Ronald Thomas and his wife, Master Sgt. Sara by the end we had a better under- alongside the Henan River and in- “We found a small section Thomas, receive the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal at standing of each other,” Sara Tho- cludes rope climbs and paths that where the current was still really Camp Courtney, Okinawa, on Tuesday. mas said. “The camaraderie of wind in and around the water. bad but not impossible,” Cpl. Ce- our service played a larger role in “It was raining off and on the lest Stanwood of the 1st Marine “So we crossed with the rope,” for people to cross. We continued our success that day.” previous day, but it was sunny Aircraft Wing, who was among she said. “Once across, other this method a few times down the when we initially went out,” Tho- those stranded, said in the state- adults staggered themselves path and picked up people strand- [email protected] mas said in the interview. ment. around the rope to make it easier ed on the river banks as we went.” Twitter: @Jon_E_Snyder For 2nd time in week, Navy rescues sailors off Africa BY CHAD GARLAND the Somali fishermen were rescued Stars and Stripes Wednesday. “I think this perfectly high- A U.S. Navy oiler last week rescued four lights the value of a sustained maritime Somali men who’d been stranded at sea for presence alongside our regional and coali- days off the Horn of Africa after their fish- tion partners.” ing boat had a mechanical failure. The 1974 International Convention for Sailors of an embarked security intelli- the Safety of Life at Sea obligates all mari- gence team and merchant mariners of the ners to provide assistance to those in dis- Military Sealift Command’s USNS Patux- tress at sea, 5th Fleet said. While it wasn’t ent, a Henry J. Kaiser-class underway re- immediately clear how many rescues the plenishment oiler, rescued the men in the fleet’s ships have conducted in recent years, Gulf of Aden, the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet the command reported at least two rescues said in a statement Friday. in 2020 and another two in 2019. The Somalis’ small fishing vessel was fly- The four Somali fishermen were trans- ing the international distress flag after ferred Thursday from the Patuxent to two drifting for 12 days and was taking on water, boats from the U.S. Navy’s Camp Lemon- the statement said. The crew had been with- nier, Djibouti-based Maritime Expedition- out food and water for several days, the Na- ary Security Squadron Eleven, or vy said in captions on photos published on- MSRON-11, and then to the Djibouti coast line. They were given food, water and a guard patrol boat Damerjog, which took medical screening once they were aboard JACOB SIPPEL/U.S. Navy them back to shore in Djibouti City. the Patuxent. U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Benjamin Lehrfeld, right, and members of the Djibouti Coast The Damerjog and MSRON-11 also took It’s the second time in about a week that Guard help four Somali fishermen switch boats Thursday. part in the rescue of the Falcon Line mari- the oiler’s crew rescued stranded sailors in ners. the Gulf of Aden. On June 9, the Patuxent ship registered in the African nation of Ga- “I am extremely proud of them,” Navy steamed at maximum speed to aid the 15- bon that was taking on water, arriving be- Capt. Michael O’Driscoll, commander of [email protected] member crew of the Falcon Line, a cargo fore it completely sank. Task Force 53, said of the oiler’s crew after Twitter: @chadgarland PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, June 21, 2021 MILITARY

Family of Former Afghan slain soldier looking for answers president: US BY ALEX HORTON The Washington Post Spc. Austin Hawk’s family knew he was counting the days until his military contract was up. failed mission So when an Army chaplain in a crisp dress uniform arrived at his BY KATHY GANNON said. grandmother’s door in Southern Associated Press Their legacy is a war-ravaged California last June, she thought KABUL, Afghanistan — Af- nation in “total disgrace and di- he was bringing some kind of ghanistan’s former president saster.” farewell commendation. said Sunday the United States “We recognize as Afghans all The chaplain carried a differ- came to his country to fight extre- our failures, but what about the ent message. Hawk, 21, a soldier mism and bring stability to his bigger forces and powers who stationed in Georgia, had been war-tortured nation and is leav- came here for exactly that pur- killed, she was told — not in com- ing nearly 20 years later having pose? Where are they leaving us bat or in an accident but stabbed failed at both. now?” he asked and answered: to death in his own barracks room In an interview with The Asso- “In total disgrace and disaster.” on Fort Stewart. ciated Press just weeks before the Still, Karzai, who had a con- The alleged assailant, the fam- last U.S. and NATO troops leave flicted relationship with the Unit- RAHMAT GUL/AP ily would later learn, was a for- Afghanistan, ending their ‘forev- ed States during his 13-year rule, Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai gives an interview to the mer soldier from Hawk’s platoon er war,’ Hamid Karzai said extre- wanted the troops to leave, saying Associated Press at his house, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday. who had walked uncontested mism is at its “highest point” and Afghans were united behind an through an unmanned installation the departing troops are leaving overwhelming desire for peace given us) what we have now. ... 3,500 troops, he said America was gate to carry out what prosecutors behind a disaster. and needed now to take respon- We don’t want to continue with leaving having achieved its goals. have said was a conspiracy to “si- “The international community sibility for their future. this misery and indignity that we Al-Qaida had been greatly dimin- lence” Hawk for reporting mis- came here 20 years ago with this “We will be better off without are facing. It is better for Afghan- ished and bin Laden was dead. conduct. clear objective of fighting extre- their military presence,” he said. istan that they leave.” America no longer needed boots “I was devastated,” Sandra mism and bringing stability ... but “I think we should defend our In April, when President Joe on the ground to fight the terrorist Hodge, Hawk’s grandmother, extremism is at the highest point own country and look after our Biden announced the final with- threats that might emanate from said in an interview. “It left a today. So they have failed,” he own lives. ... Their presence (has drawal of the remaining 2,500- Afghanistan, he said. huge, huge hole in our lives. And I’ll never get that filled.” That episode, a year ago this week, has heaped confusion on Posture: US looks to shift military focus to competing rivals top of the family’s grief: How could a soldier who was a witness gotiating it. Iraq, or what the U.S. is doing to bolster its to alleged crimes be killed on a FROM PAGE 1 But Pentagon officials see a diminished defenses against the small drones. military base by a man who walk- tingency, she said. Citing coordination with threat from Tehran as the Biden administra- Earlier in the week, however, the Marine ed in off the street? regional partners and operational security tion focuses on negotiating a U.S. reentry into Corps showcased its Marine Air Defense In- The killing at Fort Stewart concerns, she said the Pentagon would not the 2015 pact, the Wall Street Journal report- tegrated System, or MADIS, a vehicle-mount- prompted a review of base securi- provide details on locations, dispositions or ed. The latest drawdown follows the removal ed low-altitude air defense system with coun- ty and the installation of an 8-foot timelines of the withdrawals. of at least three Patriot systems earlier this ter-drone capabilities, deployed to Saudi Ara- fence and razor wire at the gate But officials told the Journal the reductions year. bia, where the service’s F/A-18D Hornets that the suspect allegedly en- began earlier this month and are mostly com- Former defense officials told the Journal have been flying out of Prince Sultan Air Base tered, the Army said. The review ing from Saudi Arabia. Defense Secretary that the circumstances have changed since in recent weeks. uncovered two other perimeter Lloyd Austin informed Saudi Crown Prince the U.S. decided to increase its defenses in the Also last week, the Army said the 4th In- security concerns that have been Mohammed bin Salman of the drawdown in a region. fantry Division became its first unit to under- addressed, an official said. But June 2 phone call, officials told the paper. “To the extent that Saudi Arabia has im- go home-station training on countering small the Army has not yet initiated an “The decision was made in close coordina- proved its own defensive capabilities and the drones before deploying to CENTCOM. That investigation of command deci- tion with host nations and with a clear eye on United States seeks to resolve tensions with included familiarization with the Mobile-Low, sions that may have disclosed preserving our ability to meet our security Iran using diplomatic tools, this decision Slow, Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Inte- Hawk’s role as a witness to drug commitments,” McNulty said. makes sense,” said Kathryn Wheelbarger, for- grated Defeat System, or M-LIDS, which is use in his unit or the security is- The realignment of forces comes as the U.S. mer acting assistant secretary of defense dur- similar to the MADIS. sues at the facility. continues to wind down its two-decade war in ing the Trump administration and a fellow at The service will also send five-person teams “I believe the Army is culpable Afghanistan and seeks to shift its military fo- the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. of mobile trainers to be stationed in the region, in his murder,” said his mother, cus from counterinsurgency to competing Meanwhile, Iran-backed militias continue the Army said in a Monday statement. Julie Hawk. powerful rivals, mainly China. to pose a threat to U.S. forces in Iraq, where The Pentagon is confident its drawdown In a statement, the Army said it Some Patriot systems, fighter squadrons they have been blamed for dozens of rocket won’t negatively impact national security in- relies on numerous measures to and thousands of added troops were ordered attacks targeting bases housing American terests in the region, where the U.S. commit- protect its sprawling installations, to the region under the Trump administration troops and contractors. In recent months, the ment is evident from its range of partnership including security personnel, in late 2019, after Iran-backed Houthi mili- militias appear to have shifted to using small, activities, such as intelligence sharing, securi- electronic surveillance and natu- tants attacked a Saudi oil field. low-flying drones armed with explosives in ty assistance and foreign military sales, ral terrain. Maj. Gen. Antonio More batteries and troops were sent in Ja- both Iraq and Saudi Arabia. McNulty told Stars and Stripes. Aguto, the commander of the nuary 2020, after Iran fired ballistic missiles The Patriot batteries capable of shooting The remaining ground, air and naval foot- Third Infantry Division, based at on al-Asad Air Base and a compound in north- down ballistic missiles do not provide defens- print in the region, including tens of thousands Fort Stewart, oversees “contin- ern Erbil where U.S. troops were housed. es against the small rockets or drones, but of troops, is also significant, she said. uous” security evaluations. Days earlier a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad counter-rocket, artillery and mortar systems, “We maintain a robust force posture in the “At the time the suspect alleg- had killed a top Iranian military leader, Maj. or C-RAMs, deployed to protect the antimis- region appropriate to the threat,” she said. edly trespassed onto Fort Stewart, Gen. Qassem Soleimani. sile systems are capable of shooting down “We also retain the flexibility to rapidly flow the installation was in compliance Tensions between the U.S. and Iran ratchet- what have typically been barrages of Katy- forces back into the Middle East as conditions with regulations and policies con- ed up following Washington’s withdrawal usha rockets fired from makeshift truck or warrant.” cerning the installation’s physical from an Obama-era international nuclear ground launchers. security measures,” Lt. Col. Lind- agreement with Tehran, and as the Trump ad- McNulty did not respond to a question about [email protected] sey Elder, a division spokeswo- ministration sought to pressure Iran into rene- whether the C-RAMs would remain in place in Twitter: @chadgarland  man, said in the statement. Monday, June 21, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 MILITARY Former cabaret dancer now US Army recruiter

BY CHAD GARLAND other couples danced at a celebra- Stars and Stripes tion in Havana in July 2007. They Staff Sgt. Oscar Gamboa’s days married in January 2011. as a professional cabaret dancer In 2009, Gamboa's father had are behind him, but he still occa- been living in Cancun since 2006 sionally turns on his music in his and did the paperwork to get Gam- Florida recruiting office and cuts boa from Cuba to Mexico, where a rug. he did a five-month stint at the Co- It’s been over a decade since he co Bongo before he shimmied to performed at the popular Coco Reynosa, Mexico, in July 2009. He Bongo Show & Disco cabaret in crossed McAllen, Texas, on Inde- Cancun, Mexico, on the way from pendence Day that year and took a his hometown of Havana, Cuba, to 28-hour bus ride to Florida. becoming an American soldier. In Jacksonville, Fla., Claudia's “We did mambo, salsa, samba,” father gave him a job at his truck- Gamboa said in an Army state- ing company, where he drove 18- ment recently. “There were plen- wheelers around the country until ty of others. Like Michael Jackson 2011, the year he joined the Army. choreography, Madonna choreog- He marked 10 years in the service Staff Sgt. Oscar Gamboa raphy. We used to do ballet, too.” June 20 and plans to serve another Gamboa had joined a dance decade. again (professionally) when I got company in Havana in 1998, when “Ever since I got to the United to the States,” the Army statement he was 12 years old, and did ball- States, I always had the desire to quoted him saying with a laugh. room dancing and swimming bal- serve,” he said. “This country He also laughed about how he let as a professional there, the Ar- gave me so much. It was the least I was 165 pounds as a ballroom my statement said. could do to pay back.” dancer, but now tips the scales at He also met his wife, Claudia, After joining as a chemical, bi- 220. But he’s proud of what he’s through dancing. A Cuban native ological, radiological and nuclear done since trading dance shoes for living in Florida after coming to specialist, he became a licensed combat boots. the U.S. as a 3-year-old, she’d re- practical nurse in 2014 and then a “It has been a lot of great experi- turned to Havana as a teen to learn recruiter in late 2020. ences,” he said. “The Army gave to dance for her quinceanera, a The Miami resident became a me the opportunity to become who traditional rite of passage for 15- U.S. citizen in 2012. He’s now in I am. It gave me a career. It gave year-old Latina girls. charge of the Orlando Physicians me a profession.” Gamboa was her instructor for Recruiting Station and a father of ERIC SCHULTZ/U.S. Army more than a month, then her part- three. [email protected] Oscar Gamboa joined a dance company in his native Havana, Cuba, in ner, or galan, when they and six “My wife never let me dance Twitter: @chadgarland 1998 when he was 12 and danced professionally for 10 years. Bear bites Japanese soldier while breaching gate of Hokkaido base BY HANA KUSUMOTO which is adjacent to Camp Oka- Stars and Stripes dama, the spokesman said. TOKYO — A member of the The bear, which was between Japan Ground Self-Defense 5 feet and 6 ½ feet tall, had at- Force was bitten in the chest by a tacked and injured other people bear on Friday morning as it before entering the base, ac- breached the main gate of Camp cording to the Asahi newspaper. Okadama in Hokkaido, a JGSDF Those victims include a 40- spokesman said. year-old man who suffered seri- The soldier, who was guarding ous injuries, including a broken the gate when the bear ap- chest bone, in an attack in a resi- proached at about 7:50 a.m., suf- dential area, the newspaper re- fered minor injuries to his chest, ported. A woman in her 80s and a the spokesman said. It’s custom- man in his 70s received minor ary in Japan for some govern- injuries. ment officials to speak to the The bear was first spotted in a media on condition of anonymi- residential area at about 3:30 ty. a.m., according to Jiji Press. The bear left the base, which is It had also entered the in the city of Sapporo, at about grounds of Okadama Airport, in- 8:15 a.m., the spokesman said, cluding the runway, temporarily adding that the animal did not shutting down the runway and cause any damage or affect base canceling some flights, accord- operations. ing to the Asahi report. A local hunters group shot and Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting killed the bear just after 11 a.m. [email protected] A bear attacks a Japan Ground Self­Defense Force member outside Camp Okadama, Hokkaido, on Friday. northeast of Okadama Airport, Twitter: @HanaKusumoto PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, June 21, 2021 VIRUS OUTBREAK Germany to reopen to vaccinated Americans BY KARIN ZEITVOGEL have had one dose of the AstraZe- Stars and Stripes neca shot, followed by either the KAISERSLAUTERN — Fully Pfizer or Moderna shot, the Paul vaccinated Americans can once Ehrlich Institute says on its web- again travel to Germany to visit site. friends, family and tourist destina- Vick said fully vaccinated travel- tions, after a travel ban imposed ers from the U.S. still have to pro- more than a year ago was lifted vide a negative PCR or antigen test Sunday. and fill in an online registration “In view of falling infections in form, but Americans who entered several (non-EU) countries, the Germany in recent weeks have federal government will allow en- said they were only asked for their try for all purposes including tou- passport and CDC vaccination cer- rism,” the German Interior Minis- tificate. try said Friday on its website. The new rules took effect at mid- Travelers from the United States night Sunday, according to Vick. or any of the other seven countries, Travelers from Taiwan, Hong regions and territories allowed into Kong, Macau, Albania, Serbia, Germany again must have been North Macedonia and Lebanon are fully vaccinated against the coro- also covered by the rule change. navirus at least 14 days before ar- Germany last year closed its bor- rival, Interior Ministry spokeswo- ders to all Americans not traveling man Alina Vick told Stars and on official business as coronavirus Stripes. infections soared in the U.S. The vaccine must be one that has Last week, it dropped the U.S. been authorized for use by Germa- from a list of countries considered ny’s medical regulator, the Paul risk areas for the coronavirus, as a Ehrlich Institute — either the Mod- mass vaccination campaign that erna, Pfizer or AstraZeneca vac- began in January helped drive cines, all of which require two down the incidence of the virus in shots, or the single-dose Johnson & the country. Johnson vaccine. KARIN ZEITVOGEL/Stars and Stripes Germany also considers a per- [email protected] son to be fully vaccinated if they Twitter: @Stripes.Zeit Travelers head to departure gates at Denver International Airport in Colorado. Study: Skepticism remains months after start of vaccination effort FROM PAGE 1 signed to prevent COVID-19 or their age, occupation and whether younger, with a median age of The survey took place at a single said. other viruses will likely face simi- they would accept a COVID-19 about 39, as compared to the Air Force base, so generalizing the That rate of hesitancy generally lar concerns from the general vaccine if offered it. They were median age of 46 for the group that findings to other military bases matched what other researchers population in regards to the safety then given a list of possible con- did not feel vaccine reluctant. and services “should be done with were finding in civilian popula- and side effect profile.” cerns about the new vaccine, in- Looked at another way, 38% of caution,” the study said. tions, the study said. Berglund said the research cluding short- and long-term side participants ages 30 and younger In addition, only about 10% of The researchers believe the team did not have “concrete data” effects, misinformation on the were vaccine hesitant compared the base’s pool of roughly 8,000 findings remain relevant even as to determine how prevalent those vaccines, effectiveness, pain asso- to the 18% expressing hesitancy possible respondents took the sur- the vaccination effort is in its sev- early attitudes remain today. ciated with its administration, who were older than 30. vey, and those who did were self- enth month. “Based on my interactions with possibility of recipient becoming Respondents in the medical selected rather than being chosen “Much of the concern was re- patients, there is still concern ill or infected with the coronavi- field were also far more likely to randomly by the researchers. garding short- and long-term ef- about long term side effects, but rus, and issues involving pregnan- be hesitant than non-medical par- Nevertheless, the researchers fects of the vaccine, and as more possibly some decreased concern cy or breastfeeding. ticipants. concluded that the findings are of companies produce COVID-19 regarding short term side ef- Participants could check as “Vaccine hesitancy among particular importance “where re- vaccines, there will be ongoing fects,” he said. many concerns as they had. Those medical professionals is alarming, fusal to vaccinate is likely to im- questions related to the safety of As of Wednesday, roughly 84% who were vaccine hesitant since this group experiences CO- pact the ability of active-duty mil- the vaccines,” Andrew Berglund, of sailors, Marines, soldiers and showed significantly greater con- VID-19 in their work environment itary personnel to perform their one of the study’s nine authors and airmen in the U.S. armed forces cern about short- and long-term and is familiar with the associated duties and may negatively impact a critical-care physician at the had been either partially or fully side effects, the vaccine’s effec- morbidity and mortality,” the re- overall mission readiness.” Wright-Patterson Medical Cen- vaccinated, according to Defense tiveness and whether the shot searchers said. ter, said in an email to Stars and Department statistics. would make them feel sick. The study had some significant [email protected] Stripes. “Future vaccines de- Study participants were asked The vaccine-hesitant group was limitations. Twitter: @WyattWOlson US sends 2.5M vaccine doses to Taiwan, tripling pledge Associated Press among those who welcomed the scrambling to get vaccines. It has own laws to ensure that Taiwan the U.S. in drawing attention to TAIPEI — The United States plane on the tarmac at the airport ordered 5.05 million doses directly can defend itself. their shared democratic systems. sent 2.5 million doses of the Mod- outside of the capital, Taipei. from Moderna but so far received The U.S. promised 750,000 vac- China, which has been ruled sin- erna COVID-19 vaccine to Taiwan “The donation reflects our com- only 390,000, including a second cine doses for Taiwan earlier this gle-handedly by the Communist on Sunday, tripling an earlier mitment to Taiwan as a trusted shipment that arrived Friday. month, sending Sen. Tammy Party since 1949, says Taiwan pledge in a donation with both pub- friend, and a member of the inter- The U.S. donation also signals its Duckworth and two of her Senate must eventually come under its lic health and geopolitical mean- national family of democracies,” support for Taiwan in the face of colleagues to the island aboard a control and reserves the right to ing. the American Institute in Taiwan, growing pressure from China, military transport plane to make use force if necessary. The shipment arrived on a Chi- the de facto U.S. Embassy, wrote which claims the self-governing the announcement. Taiwan’s “Whether it is for regional peace na Airlines cargo plane that left on its Facebook page. island off its east coast as its terri- President Tsai Ing-wen said the and stability or the virus that is a Memphis the previous day. Tai- Taiwan, which had been rela- tory. The U.S. does not have formal U.S. had decided to increase the common human adversary, we wan’s health minister, Chen Shih- tively unscathed by the virus, has diplomatic ties with Taiwan under donation through efforts on both will continue to uphold common chung, and Brent Christensen, the been caught off guard by a surge in what is known as the one-China sides over the past two weeks. ideas and work together,” Tsai top U.S. official in Taiwan, were new cases since May and is now policy, but is legally bound by its In a Facebook post, Tsai joined wrote in Chinese. Monday, June 21, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, June 21, 2021 VIRUS OUTBREAK Brazil tops 500K deaths; protests continue to rise BY MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA the victims of the virus Associated Press Bolsonaro’s supporters have RIO DE JANEIRO — Anti- taken more often to the streets government protesters took to over the past month, in large the streets in more than a score part because many agree with of cities across Brazil on Satur- his dismissal of restrictions day as the nation’s confirmed meant to stifle the coronavirus death toll from COVID-19 and anger that lockdown mea- soared past half a million — a sures have hurt businesses. tragedy many critics blame on Critics say such messages, as President Jair Bolsonaro’s at- well as Bolsonaro’s promotion tempt to minimize the disease. of disproven treatments such as MATT SLOCUM/AP Thousands gathered in down- hydroxychloroquine, have con- Angela Ermold, right, and her sister, Denise Gracely, hold a photo of their mother, Marian Rauenzahn, on town Rio de Janeiro waving tributed to the soaring death toll Thursday in Fleetwood, Pa. flags with slogans such as “Get and a sluggish vaccine cam- out Bolsonaro. Government of paign that has fully inoculated hunger and unemployment.” less than 12% of the population. “Brazil is experiencing a The country of some 213 million Elder-care virus rules under fire great setback. The country was people is registering nearly BY MICHAEL RUBINKAM weekend, their dads. Hugs and Rauenzahn’s daughters eventu- an exemplary country for vacci- 100,000 new infections and Associated Press kisses are still discouraged or ally won the right to see her once a nation in the world. We have 2,000 deaths a day. Barbara and Christine Colucci banned in some nursing homes. week, and the nursing home now widely recognized institutions, “For the leftists, putting their long to remove their masks and Residents are dining in relative says it plans to relax the rules on but today we are in a sad situa- followers in the streets is a way kiss their 102-year-old mother, isolation and playing bingo and visits for all residents in late June. tion,” said Isabela Gouljor, a 20- of wearing Bolsonaro down for who has dementia and is in a nurs- doing crafts at a distance. Visits But it has not been not enough, as year-old student who joined the the election,” said Leandro Con- ing home in Rochester, N.Y. They are limited and must be kept far as Gracely is concerned. protest in Rio. sentino, a political science pro- would love to have more than two short, and are cut off entirely if “I believe it’s progressed her Other marchers hoisted post- fessor at Insper, a university in people in her room at a time so someone tests positive for the cor- dementia,” Gracely said. “She’s ers reading: “500 thousand São Paulo. “But at the same that relatives can be there, too. onavirus. very lonely. She wants out of there deaths. It’s his fault,” alluding time, they are contradicting “We don’t know how much Family members and advo- so bad.” to Bolsonaro. themselves and losing the dis- longer she’s going to be alive,” cates question the need for such Pennsylvania’s long-term care Similar marches took place in course of maintaining health Christine Colucci said, “so it’s restrictions at this stage of the ombudsman has received hun- at least 22 or Brazil’s 26 states, care, because they are causing like, please, give us this last pandemic, when the risk is com- dreds of complaints about visiting as well as in the Federal Dis- the same agglomerations as chance with her in her final paratively low. They say the mea- rules this year. Kim Shetler, a da- trict, Brasilia. They were pro- Bolsonaro.” months on this earth to have that sures are now just prolonging ol- ta specialist in the ombudsman’s moted by left-wing opposition Saturday’s marches came interaction.” der people’s isolation and acceler- office, said some nursing homes’ parties who have been heart- about a week after Bolsonaro Pandemic restrictions are fall- ating their mental and physical COVID-19 restrictions go beyond ened by Bolsonaro’s declining led a massive motorcycle pa- ing away almost everywhere — decline. what state and federal guidelines poll ratings with next year’s rade of supporters in São Paulo, except inside many of America’s “They have protected them to require. Administrators have presidential race looming. though his allies and foes differ nursing homes. Rules designed to death,” said Denise Gracely, been doing what they feel is nec- “Get out Bolsonaro, genoci- dramatically on the size of that protect the nation’s most vulner- whose 80-year-old mother, Mar- essary to keep people safe, she dal,” yelled Rio demonstrators, event. able from COVID-19 are still be- ian Rauenzahn, lives in a nursing said, but families are understan- some of them wearing t-shirts “Bolsonaro needs to show that ing enforced even though 75% of home in Topton, Pa. dably upset. or masks with the image of for- he maintains significant sup- nursing home residents are now Rauenzahn had COVID-19 and “We’ve done our darndest to mer leftist President Luiz In- port to give a message of vaccinated and infections and then lost part of a leg to gangrene, advocate for folks to get those vis- acio Lula da Silva — who leads strength to those who are inves- deaths have plummeted. but Gracely said what she strug- itation rights,” she said. “It’s their Bolsonaro in some polls. tigating the actions of his gov- Frustration has set in as fam- gled with the most was enforced home. They should have that right In São Paulo, protesters drop- ernment in Congress,” Consen- ilies around the country visit their solitude, going from six-day-a- to come and go and have the vis- ped red balloons as a tribute to tino said. moms and, this Father’s Day week visits to none at all. itors that they choose.” Metal fans mosh at 1st UK live music festival since pandemic BY JILL LAWLESS Rattlesnakes, Enter Shikari and Bullet for is amazing how that brings people togeth- one over 50 fully vaccinated with both Associated Press My Valentine. er. The sheer misery and joy of being doses. LONDON — Thousands of heavy metal Attendees all took COVID-19 tests be- around a lot of like-minded, really won- All mass events in Britain were can- fans were camping, singing — and even fore the event, and they don’t have to wear derful people. I feel like it is perfect be- celed in March 2020 when the country en- moshing — on Saturday at Britain’s first masks or follow social distancing rules cause it’s like ‘Weather be damned, we are tered the first of three lockdowns. Crowds full music festival since the start of the during the festival. going to have a great time.’” are starting to return to performances and coronavirus pandemic. Promoter Andy Copping said there was Britain has recorded almost 128,000 sporting events as part of the pilot pro- The three-day Download Festival, tak- a “real sense of euphoria” at the event, coronavirus deaths, the highest toll in Eu- gram, with capacity limits being in- ing place at Donington Park in central En- which ran through Sunday, despite the rope. The government has delayed the lift- creased despite a nationwide surge in in- gland, is one of a series of test events to see wet weather lashing much of the United ing of remaining social and economic re- fections. whether mass gatherings can resume Kingdom after several weeks of warm strictions for four weeks from the planned A Euro 2020 soccer semifinal and the without triggering outbreaks of CO- sunshine. June 21 date amid a rise in cases driven by tournament final at Wembley Stadium in VID-19. “It wouldn’t be Download unless there the highly contagious delta variant first July will be played in front of about 40,000 About 10,000 fans, a tenth of the festiv- was a bit of rain,” he said. identified in India. fans, about half capacity. The government al’s pre-pandemic attendance, secured Concertgoer Alexander Milas said rain Health officials are aiming to give ev- plans to allow full-capacity crowds of tickets to watch more than 40 U.K.-based and mud would not mar the event. eryone 18 and over in the U.K. a first dose 15,000 to watch the women’s and men’s bands including Frank Carter & The “In a way it makes it better,” he said. “It of vaccine by July 19, and to have every- Wimbledon tennis finals on July 10 and 11. Monday, June 21, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION Storm likely cause of deadly crash in Alabama

Associated Press the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes ATLANTA — Tropical Depres- Unit told The Tuscaloosa News. sion Claudette claimed 12 lives in The deaths occurred as drench- Alabama as the storm swept ing rains pelted northern Alaba- across the southeastern U.S., ma and Georgia late Saturday. As causing flash flooding and spur- much as 12 inches of rain was re- ring tornadoes that destroyed doz- ported earlier from Claudette ens of homes. along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Ten people, including nine chil- The eight girls killed in the van dren, were killed Saturday in a 15- were returning to a youth ranch vehicle crash about 35 miles south operated by the Alabama Sheriffs of Montgomery on Interstate 65, Association near Camp Hill, according to Butler County Coro- northeast of Montgomery, from a ner Wayne Garlock. week at the beach in Gulf Shores, He said the vehicles likely hy- youth ranches CEO Michael droplaned on wet roads, with eight Smith told The Associated Press. ALICIA JOSSEY/AP children, ages 4 to 17, killed in a He said the director of the Talla- Debris covers the street Saturday in East Brewton, Ala. Authorities in Alabama say a suspected tornado van belonging to a youth ranch op- poosa County ranch survived the spurred by Tropical Storm Claudette demolished or badly damaged at least 50 homes in the small town. erated by the Alabama Sheriffs crash and was hospitalized in Association for abused or neglect- Montgomery. At least one of the “Words cannot explain what I I-65 is usually filled with vacation- The Tallapoosa County school ed children. A man and a 9-month- dead was a child of the director, saw,” Smith said of the accident ers driving to and from Gulf of system said counselors would be old baby died in a separate vehi- Smith said. site, which he visited Saturday. Mexico beaches on summer available Sunday at Reeltown cle. Multiple people were also in- “This is the worst tragedy I’ve “We love these girls like they’re weekends. High School, where some of the jured. been a part of in my life,” said our own children.” “Butler County has had one of ranch residents were students. Meanwhile, a 24-year-old man Smith, who was driving Sunday to Garlock said the location of the the most terrible traffic acci- Smith said the ranch, which is and a 3-year-old boy were killed Camp Hill to talk to the remaining wreck is “notorious” for hydro- dents,” county Sheriff Danny Christian-based, would likely when a tree fell on their house just residents, who had returned from planing, as the northbound high- Bond wrote on Facebook, adding: have a memorial service later, outside the Tuscaloosa city limits Gulf Shores in a separate van and way curves down a hill to a small “I believe is the worst ever in our asking for prayers as he began to Saturday, Capt. Marty Sellers of did not see the wreck. creek. Traffic on that stretch of county.” cry. Spacewalking astronauts install new solar panel

Associated Press pet once the final set of bolts was re- high-tech solar panel. longer soaking up sunlight and generat- CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space- leased, relying solely on pent-up ener- “Remember: You are butterflies with ing power — before making the final walking astronauts equipped the Inter- gy. The slow but steady extension took biceps today,” astronaut Megan McAr- power connections. Otherwise, they national Space Station with the first in a 10 minutes, with station cameras pro- thur radioed from inside. could be shocked. series of powerful new solar panels Sun- viding live TV views. After pushing and tugging, the space- While awaiting darkness, the camera- day, overcoming suit problems and oth- “It is beautiful,” Pesquet called out. walkers managed to unfold and align the and-light assembly on Kimbrough’s hel- er obstacles with muscle and persist- “Well done, both of you,” Mission solar panel so both halves were now end met came loose, even though he’d ence. Control replied once the operation was to end, resembling a roll of paper tow- switched to a different suit to avoid the It took two spacewalks for French as- complete. “That was great to see.” els. Their shout of “Woo-hoo!” was met trouble he encountered last time. Pes- tronaut Thomas Pesquet and NASA as- The astronauts started Sunday’s with applause in Mission Control. quet did his best to secure it with wire tronaut Shane Kimbrough to install and spacewalk picking up where they left off The two had to wait until they were ties, as the minutes ticked by. His effort unfurl the panel to its full 63 foot length. Wednesday, when a string of problems back on the night side of Earth — and paid off, and the final step — the actual The solar wing unrolled like a red car- prevented them from unrolling the the station’s old solar panels were no unfurling — went off without a hitch. Ransom payments made to cybercriminals may be tax deductible Associated Press ransomware victims, as some tax Deductibility is a piece of a big- ports about 45% of fuel consumed somware demands directly are WASHINGTON — As ransom- lawyers and accountants put it. ger quandary stemming from the on the East Coast, paid a ransom of well within their rights to claim a ware attacks surge, the FBI is dou- But those looking to discourage rise in ransomware attacks, in 75 bitcoin — then valued at rough- deduction, tax experts said. To be bling down on its guidance to af- payments are less sanguine. They which cybercriminals scramble ly $4.4 million. An attack on JBS tax deductible, business expenses fected businesses: Don’t pay the fear the deduction is a potentially computer data and demand pay- SA, the world’s largest meat proc- should be considered ordinary cybercriminals. But the U.S. gov- problematic incentive that could ment for unlocking the files. The essing company, threatened to and necessary. Companies have ernment also offers a little-noticed entice businesses to pay ransoms government doesn’t want pay- disrupt food supplies. The compa- long been able to deduct losses incentive for those who do pay: against the advice of law enforce- ments that fund criminal gangs ny said it had paid the equivalent from more traditional crimes, The ransoms may be tax deducti- ment. At a minimum, they say, the and could encourage more at- of $11 million to hackers who such as robbery or embezzlement, ble. deductibility sends a discordant tacks. But failing to pay can have broke into its computer system. and experts say ransomware pay- The IRS offers no formal guid- message to businesses under du- devastating consequences for Ransomware has become a ments are usually valid, too. ance on ransomware payments, ress. businesses and potentially for the multibillion-dollar business, and “I would counsel a client to take but multiple tax experts inter- “It seems a little incongruous to economy overall. the average payment was more a deduction for it,” says Scott Har- viewed by The Associated Press me,” said New York Rep. John A ransomware attack on Coloni- than $310,000 last year, up 171% ty, a corporate tax attorney with said deductions are usually al- Katko, the top Republican on the al Pipeline last month led to gas from 2019, according to Palo Alto Alston & Bird. “It fits the defini- lowed under law and established House Committee on Homeland shortages in parts of the United Networks. tion of an ordinary and necessary guidance. It’s a “silver lining” to Security. States. The company, which trans- The companies that pay ran- expense.” PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, June 21, 2021 NATION Driver crashes into Fla. Pride parade crowd

Associated Press showed Democratic U.S. Rep. WILTON MANORS, Fla. — A Debbie Wasserman Schultz in driver slammed into spectators tears while in a convertible at the Saturday evening at the start of a parade. Pride parade in South Florida, In a statement Saturday night, killing one man and seriously in- Wasserman Schultz said she was juring another, authorities said. safe but “deeply shaken and dev- Some witnesses said the crash astated that a life was lost.” appeared to be an intentional act, “I am so heartbroken by what but Fort Lauderdale Police Detec- took place at this celebration,” she JIM HEADLEY/AP tive Ali Adamson told reporters said. “May the memory of the life Police said a driver in a pickup truck plowed into bicyclists competing in a community road race in Arizona that authorities were investigat- lost be for a blessing.” on Saturday, critically injuring several riders. ing all possibilities. Spectator Christina Currie told The collision happened during the South Florida Sun-Sentinel the Wilton Manors Stonewall that she was with her family at the Pride Parade. Wilton Manors is start of the parade. Driver hits cyclists in Ariz. just north of Fort Lauderdale. “All of a sudden there was a loud The driver and the victims were revving of a truck and a crash a part of the Fort Lauderdale Gay through a fence,” Currie said. “It race, critically injuring 6 Men’s Chorus family, according to was definitely an intentional act a statement reported by news out- right across the lanes of traffic.” Associated Press Two other people went to a hos- Payne said the driver did not lets from the group’s president, Wilton Manors police tweeted SHOW LOW, Ariz. — A driver pital themselves, city spokeswo- comply when officers tried to ar- Justin Knight. Saturday night that the public is in a pickup truck plowed into bicy- man Grace Payne said, and one of rest him, but the circumstances of “To my knowledge, it was an ac- not in danger. clists during a community road the severely injured was later the shooting were not immediate- cident. This was not an attack on “Though authorities are still race in Arizona on Saturday, crit- flown by medical helicopter to a ly released. Neither were the iden- the LGBTQ community,” Knight gathering information, we know ically injuring several riders be- Phoenix-area hospital. tities of the suspect and victims. said in the statement. “We antici- two individuals marching to cele- fore police chased the driver and The suspect, a 35-year-old man, Officials said the race had 270 pate more details to follow and ask brate inclusion and equality were shot him outside a nearby hard- was also hospitalized in critical participants. for the community’s love and sup- struck by a vehicle,” Broward ware store, authorities said. but stable condition. “Our community is shocked at port.” County Sheriff Gregory Tony said Six people were taken to a hos- “We don’t know the motiva- this incident and our hearts and Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean in a statement. pital in critical condition after the tion,” Payne told The Associated prayers are with the injured and Trantalis said a driver of a pickup “This tragedy took place within crash in the mountain town of Press. “We know he fled the their families at this time,” police truck suddenly accelerated when feet of me and my (Broward Sher- Show Low, about a three-hour scene.” spokeswoman Kristine Sleighter he was told he was next in the pa- iff’s Office) team, and we are dev- drive northeast of Phoenix, police Police said a Ford pickup truck said in a statement. rade, crashing into the victims, ac- astated having witnessed this hor- said. Helmets, shoes and crum- struck the bicyclists about 7:25 Rhe Navajo County sheriff’s of- cording to WSVN-TV. rific incident.” pled and broken bicycles were a.m. in downtown Show Low dur- fice and the Arizona Department In the immediate aftermath of June is Pride Month, commem- strewn across the street after the ing the annual 58-mile Bike the of Public Safety were helping in- the crash, Trantalis said he be- orating the June 1969 police raid crash, and a tire was wedged into Bluff race, then fled. Officers pur- vestigate. U.S. 60, the main street lieved the crash was “deliberate.” targeting gay patrons at the Stone- the grill of the truck, which had sued the driver and tried to stop in the town tucked in the White Police said the driver was taken wall Inn in New York that led to an damage to its top and sides and a him before he was shot, author- Mountains, was closed in the area. into custody, but it was unclear uprising of LGBTQ Americans bullet hole in a window. ities said. whether he had been charged. and served as a catalyst for the gay Photos and video from the scene rights movement. Police seek man suspected of marijuana dispensary shooting, hit-and-run crash Associated Press dead. person who was killed, so their COOS BAY, Ore. — A man He’s then accused of shooting name has not been released. sought in the killings of three and killing someone inside a Officials also “have not been people after a hit-and-run crash cannabis shop in the city about able to identify the name and near a casino and a shooting at a 220 miles southwest of Portland. other pertinent information of marijuana dispensary in a small Frasier identified the person the suspect in this case,” Frasier Oregon city was still at large Sat- fatally struck at an RV park at said in a news release. urday. the Mill Casino as 74-year-old Authorities found the stolen The suspect, who was consid- Anthony Oyster. truck Friday near the small ered armed and dangerous, was His wife, 73-year-old Linda community of Noti, on a highway not found after a manhunt Fri- Oyster, was also hit and was in north of where the wave of vio- day, Coos County District Attor- critical condition at a hospital lence took place. ney Paul Frasier said. Saturday. They are a couple The truck had been set ablaze, The Oregonian/OregonLive from Florida, Frasier said. Frasier said. reported that the man is suspect- The prosecutor said 47-year- Lane County sheriff’s depu- ed of killing a person and steal- old Coos Bay resident Jennifer ties and Oregon State Police ing their truck before running L. Davidson was fatally shot at troopers searched unsuccess- CHRIS DAY, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN­SENTINEL/AP over two people Friday near a the marijuana dispensary. fully for the man in the woods, A truck drove into a crowd of people during The Stonewall Pride casino in the coastal city of Authorities have not been able and residents were asked to stay Parade and Street Festival in Wilton Manors, Fla., on Saturday. North Bend, leaving one of them to notify the family of the third inside. Monday, June 21, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Teen’s message in bottle gets reply from Portugal ROYALTON — A Ver- VT mont teen’s message in a bottle that traveled over 2,000 miles to the Azores, a small Portu- guese archipelago, has received a response back. Sean Smith, now 16, sent out a message in a bottle in 2018 on Thanksgiving day with his family in Rhode Island, the Valley News reported. Smith left an email address on a note in case the bottle was ever found. Three years later, the message was found by Boston-born Portu- guese teen Christian Santos. San- tos said he often picks up trash floating in the water out of respect for the environment. He fished out the Powerade bottle and followed the instructions to message the email address, the newspaper said. Forgetting that he even sent out the bottle as a child, Smith also for- got the email password. Smith dis- covered that Santos found his bot- tle through a post on Facebook made by Christian’s mom, Molly Santos. The teens met over Zoom for the first time, the newspaper said. Guards fired after woman PAM PANCHAK, PITTSBURGH POST­GAZETTE/AP dragged down bar stairs Art imitating life WASHINGTON — DC The owners of a Wash- Dave D’Incau pauses to wave to a passerby while creating a painting of the house on the corner of Center Street and Woodworth Avenue in his ington, D.C., bar said they are in- town of Wilkinsburg, Pa. He has been working on the painting, a gift for a friend, for a few days at the corner. vestigating an incident in which Brandon home when Sentmanat- to be involved in this incident will security guards were seen drag- THE CENSUS Gonzalez and five others wearing face appropriate disciplinary ac- ging a Black woman down a stair- masks shattered a sliding glass The approximate number of golf carts a Minnesota man is tions within the district,” Drolet case and throwing her out of the door and rushed into the house in 63 charged with stealing. An FBI affidavit filed in North Dakota wrote. “It is our goal to create an bar. 2015. The victim fought back and said the man is suspected of stealing at least 63 carts in at least seven states, inclusive and accepting commu- Nellie’s Sports Bar’s owners al- pulled the mask off one of the at- including Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin in recent nity of schools in Seekonk, and this so said on Facebook that they have tackers while pushing them out of years. KVRR reported the man was arrested June 11 in Georgia while trying to type of behavior goes against our “terminated, with immediate ef- the house. steal golf carts in a city there. core values.” fect, the independent security State is first to make all vendor hired to protect our guests Couple wins their second Another tanker from the truck- The sheriff’s office charged Ni- during Pride Week.” ing company was called in to chols with extortion and conspir- prison phone calls free Video posted on social media large lottery prize pump the remaining milk from the acy to obtain property by false HARTFORD — Con- showed a bouncer dragging the BOISE — A southwest- semitrailer. A county hazardous pretense. necticut became the woman — identified by local CT ID ern Idaho couple who materials team assisted cleaning first state to make all prison phone media as Keisha Young, 22 — won $50,000 playing the Idaho the milk from the roadway. School investigates calls free, addressing one of the down the stairs as observers Lottery last spring defied the odds The sheriff’s office did not re- biggest emotional and financial scream, “Oh my God!” Some pa- antisemitism in yearbook by winning an additional $200,000 port how much milk was hauled or burdens faced by incarcerated trons are then seen fighting with this month. how much spilled. SEEKONK — A Mas- men and women and their fam- the guards. Idaho Lottery officials said MA sachusetts middle ilies as they try to stay in touch. “No matter what behavior oc- Diane Chavez and her husband Man faked kidnapping to school is investigating after anti- The state has a prison contract curred prior, nothing warrants won the latest prize after purchas- scam grandparents semitic imagery and other inap- with phone vendor Securus Tech- mistreating, and disrespecting, ing a ticket in Nampa, where they propriate words and drawings nologies, which charges up to $5 one of our guests,” the owners live. GREENVILLE — A were found drawn in student year- for a 15-minute call. Those are said. Lottery officials said the chanc- NC man faked his kidnap- books, schools officials said. some of the highest phone rates in es of winning the $200,000 prize ping to get ransom money out of The eighth-grade students at the country. Man with machete killed with the Scratch ticket are one in his grandparents to pay off a drug Hurley Middle School in Seekonk The bill was signed into law by another at grow house 169,208. dealer, a North Carolina sheriff’s “drew anti-Semitic imagery, a Gov. Ned Lamont and could go in- office said. racist slur, and inappropriate to effect as early as next month, TAMPA — A Florida Semitrailer overturns, The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office drawings of a sexual nature, in supporters said. It allows incar- FL man was convicted of spills milk along freeway said in a news release that depu- multiple yearbooks during the cerated men, women and juve- killing a man with a machete after ties received a call from a person school’s annual yearbook signing niles a minimum of 90 minutes a he and others broke into a mari- HOLLAND TOWN- who said his grandson had been event,” district Superintendent day of free calls. juana grow house, prosecutors MI SHIP — Milk spilled kidnapped and that his abductors Rich Drolet wrote in a letter to “We’re on the right side of histo- said in a press release. from an overturned semitrailer demanded a ransom. parents, WPRI and WJAR report- ry,” said Democratic Rep. Josh El- A judge in Hillsborough County shut down traffic for several hours According to the news release, ed. liott, one of the supporters of the sentenced Yuniel Sentmanat- along part of a freeway in western Jeremy Nichols, 34, of Grimes- Although the inappropriate lan- legislation. “Corporations can no Gonzalez, 41, to life in prison after Michigan. land, returned to his grandpar- guage and imagery was found in longer be allowed to exploit the a jury convicted him of first-de- The truck’s driver drifted from ents' home unharmed, after which about 20 yearbooks, all were con- love between incarcerated people gree felony murder, burglary of a the roadway of Interstate 196 in detectives determined the kidnap- fiscated and police were in- and their families — not in our dwelling and attempted robbery. Holland Township before over- ping was a hoax created by Ni- formed. state, not on our watch.” The victim was operating a turning, according to the Ottawa chols and a drug dealer to get the “We are taking this issue very marijuana grow house inside his County sheriff’s office. grandfather to pay off a debt. seriously and any students found From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, June 21, 2021 NATION Yosemite Juneteenth, recalling end of site of record slavery, is marked across US Associated Press pation Proclamation freed slaves cating for oppressed people. Parades, picnics and lessons in in Southern states. “Given the last year of trauma, highline history marked Juneteenth cele- Biden on Thursday signed a bill brutality and grief that the Black brations Saturday in the U.S., a day creating Juneteenth National In- community suffered on a daily ba- Associated Press that carried even more signifi- dependence Day. Since June 19 sis, it is essential to our survival SAN FRANCISCO — Two cance after Congress and Presi- fell on a Saturday, the government that we make moments for joy, for brothers from San Francisco say dent Joe Biden created a federal observed the holiday Friday. At love and for celebrating our resil- they have set a record for the long- holiday to commemorate the end least nine states have designated it ience,” said co-founder Ryan Sor- est highline ever walked in both of slavery. in law as an official paid state holi- rell. Yosemite National Park and Cali- A new national holiday was “re- day, all but one acting after Floyd, Hundreds of people gathered fornia, the San Francisco Chroni- ally awesome. It’s starting to rec- aBlack man, was killed last year in for a free concert in New York’s cle reported. ognize the African American ex- Minneapolis. Times Square organized by The Earlier this month, they and a perience,” said Detroit artist Hub- In Galveston, the birthplace of Broadway League, the trade group group of friends spent nearly a ert Massey, 63. “But we still have a the holiday, celebrations included for the Broadway entertainment week stringing a single, 2,800- long way to go.” the dedication of a 5,000-square- industry. foot-long line from Taft Point west In Detroit, which is 80% Black, foot mural titled “Absolute Equal- AJuneteenth parade was held in across a series of gulleys that students from University Prep Art ity.” Opal Lee, 94, who was at Bi- Evanston, Ill., a Chicago suburb plunge 1,600 feet. & Design High School dodged rain den’s side when he signed the bill, that is using tax revenue from Moises and Daniel Monterru- to repaint Massey’s block-long returned to Fort Worth, Texas, to marijuana sales to offer housing bio, brothers who are training to message, “Power to the People,” lead a 2.5-mile walk symbolizing grants to Black residents for past be rope-access technicians, had which was created last year on the 2½ years it took for slaves in discrimination and the lingering been thinking about crossing that downtown Woodward Avenue. Texas to find out they’d been freed. effects of slavery. void for a year. The “o” in “Power” was a red fist Officials in Bristol, R.I., un- New York civil rights activist “Every time we’d go out there, in memory of George Floyd and veiled a marker that describes the the Rev. Al Sharpton offered a we’d think about that line,” Moises other victims of excessive force by seaport’s role in the slave trade. tough message during a speech at Monterrubio, 26, told the Chroni- police, Massey said. The marker was placed at the Lin- his National Action Network, say- cle. “We did the original,” said Oli- den Place Museum, a mansion ing Senate Republicans who voted Highlining is high-altitude via Jones, 15, leaning on a long built by Gen. George DeWolf, who unanimously to make Juneteenth slacklining, in which a narrow paint roller. “It’s important that we was a slave trader. The Rhode Is- a federal holiday should also sup- strip of strong, nylon webbing — return and share that same ener- land Slave History Medallion or- port Democratic bills that change usually an inch wide and a few gy.” ganization raises public aware- voting laws and make it easier to millimeters thick — is strung be- Juneteenth commemorates ness about the state’s role in slav- crack down on rogue police offi- tween two anchor points and June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers ery. cers. serves as a kind of balance beam. brought the news of freedom to en- Food, live music, games and po- “The celebration of Juneteenth Completing a line means care- SCOTT OLLER/AP slaved Black people in Galveston, etry readings were on the agenda is not a party. ... The way to deal fully heel-toeing from one end to Highliner Daniel Monterrubio Texas, two months after the Con- at a park in Kansas City, Mo., at an with Juneteenth now is to deal with the other while wearing a waist- walks the 2,800­foot­long line federacy had surrendered. It was event organized by Black Rain- where race is in 2021,” Sharpton harness that links to a 3-inch steel off Taft Point above Yosemite about 2½ years after the Emanci- bow, a relatively new group advo- said. ring around the webbing. In a fall, Valley June 12 in Yosemite, Calif. walkers remain attached, but they have to haul themselves back up to “It was pretty intense and dan- balance or shimmy back to an an- gerous. But we made it happen,” chor point while dangling upside Monterrubio said. down. The group received permission The sport in the past decade has from national park staffers in ad- flourished into a culture of ath- vance, he said. letes, gear brands and sponsor- The longest line walked in Yose- ships. mite had been a 954-footer ex- Over the course of six days ear- tending from Taft Point to an an- lier this month, the Monterrubios chor east. used the help of 18 friends and fel- The new line was almost three low highliners to navigate their times that length. webbing through and across the It all came together at sunset landscape — hiking lines up from June 10: The line was set, the the valley floor, rappelling down brothers were ready and the hon- from the cliffs above and maneu- or was theirs. vering through countless tree Daniel, 23, walked the line first branches. and fell three or four times in the Eventually, they had their an- wind but made it across. Then chors: a set of granite boulders at Moises, also falling twice but DREW PERINE/AP Taft Point and an old, thick tree catching himself on the line above Tacoma resident Patricia Slater does her best to keep up with Sophia Bajinya, 16, who pulled her from the trunk at the other outcropping. the craggy landscape. audience to participate in a traditional Ghanian dance Saturday at Wright Park, in Tacoma, Wash. Monday, June 21, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 WORLD

US student found dead in Russia, suspect arrested Australia accused of excessive secrecy MOSCOW — Russian news re- ports said searchers on Saturday found the body of an American Associated Press which media reported was con- student who went missing several CANBERRA, Australia — Aus- ducted under the guise of a foreign days earlier and that a man has tralia’s suppression of information aid program. been arrested on suspicion of seen as pivotal to a free and open K was given a three-month sus- murder. media is at the center of accusa- pended sentence. If he’d been sent The body of Catherine Serou, tions that the country has become to prison, there were court orders one of the world’s most secretive designed to conceal his former es- 34, was found in a wooded area democracies. pionage career by restricting what near the city of Bor, 250 miles east Last week, a former Australian he could tell friends and associates of Moscow, the reports said. spy was convicted over his uncon- to explain his predicament. Local news reports said Serou firmed role as a whistleblower Andrew Wilkie, a former gov- was last seen on Tuesday after get- who revealed an espionage oper- ernment intelligence analyst ting into a car. Her mother, Beccy ation against the government of whistleblower who’s now an inde- Serou, of Vicksburg, Miss., told East Timor. pendent federal lawmaker, is a vo- NPR that her daughter had last It’s the latest high-profile case in cal critic of national security being texted her: “In a car with a strang- anational system in which secrecy ROD MCGUIRK/AP used as an excuse to pander to par- er. I hope I’m not being abducted.” laws, some dating back to the colo- Demonstrators hold a banner during a protest outside Parliament anoia and shield embarrassment. Russia’s Investigative Commit- nial era, are routinely used to sup- House on Thursday in Canberra, Australia, against the prosecution of Wilkie opposed the prosecution tee said in a statement that a wom- press information. Police have al- lawyer Bernard Collaery. of K and his former lawyer Ber- an’s body was found in Bor and so threatened to charge journalists nard Collaery. Collaery is fighting that a suspect with a record of se- who exposed war crime allega- box constructed from black refused to comment on allegations a charge that he conspired with K rious crimes had been arrested, tions against Australian special screens to hide his identity. The that K led an Australian Secret In- to reveal secrets to East Timor, but did not give names. The cause forces in Afghanistan, or bureau- public and media were sent out of telligence Service operation that and wants his trial to be open. of death was not specified. crats’ plan to allow an intelligence the courtroom when classified evi- bugged government offices in the “I am in no doubt that one of the Catherine Serou moved from agency to spy on Australian citi- dence was discussed, which was East Timorese capital in 2004, dur- reasons for the secrecy around the California to Russia in 2019 to zens. about half the time. ing negotiations on the sharing of K and Collaery matter is the enor- study law at a university in Nizhny Australians don’t even know the The only sign that anyone was oil and gas revenue from the mous political embarrassment Novgorod, a major city adjacent to name of the former spy convicted actually inside the box was when a seabed that separates the two that we were spying on one of the Bor, news reports said. Friday. The Canberra court regis- voice said “guilty” after K was countries. poorest countries in the world to try listed him as “Witness K.” asked how he pleaded. There was no evidence heard in get an upper hand in a business ne- The Associated Press K spent the two-day hearing in a The Australian government has open court of a bugging operation, gotiation,” Wilkie said. PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, June 21, 2021 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Michael Kerschbaum, Pacific commander Don’t increase the gas tax, replace it Michael Ryan, Pacific chief of staff BY KARL W. SMITH 1990s and early 2000s drove gasoline con- their location. If car owners were allowed to Bloomberg Opinion sumption up faster than vehicle miles dri- choose their billing provider, that would EDITORIAL bipartisan group of senators has ven. So for the same level of highway usage, provide an extra layer of insulation. Terry Leonard, Editor proposed indexing the gas tax to the federal government collected more Most people would probably sign on to a [email protected] inflation. That would be an im- money. That trend reversed itself in the major tech platform that provided all the provement over the current sys- mid-2000s, sending revenues into steady de- equipment necessary for tracking for free. Robert H. 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In particular, it Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital since 1993, and as a result its real value has The second problem, however, will only could allow for automatic congestion pric- [email protected] been cut in half, requiring Congress to regu- accelerate as Americans increasingly adopt ing on crowded highways or within the cen- larly top-up the Highway Trust Fund. The hybrid and electric vehicles. The federal tral business district. It could even allow for BUREAU STAFF gas tax was supposed to steadily fill the government estimates that gasoline con- variable-rate street parking or for retailers fund’s accounts, allowing Congress to allo- sumption will decline 20% by 2050 — and to rent their parking spaces to non-custom- Europe/Mideast cate the money to new capital projects. The that’s a conservative guess. ers. This type of constant metering is one Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] idea was for the heaviest users of the high- The most effective way to combat this way to deal with the endless congestion and +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 ways to bear most of the cost of their con- would be with a VMT tax. The tax would act constant search for parking that plague Pacific struction. as a sort of continuous toll, charging a car’s many urban areas. Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief It hasn’t worked out that way. The Con- owner for each highway segment they drive. No matter what the solution, however, the [email protected] gressional Budget Office currently projects The primary concern with such systems is U.S. has to move on from its antiquated sys- +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 that the highway account will run a cumula- privacy. Setting up toll booths along every tem of financing transportation infrastruc- Washington tive deficit of $113 billion between now and stretch of interstate would be inefficient and ture. Indexing the gasoline tax to inflation is Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief 2030. Two factors led Congress to the cur- provide a huge enforcement challenge. An better than nothing — but if Congress really [email protected] rent predicament. alternative would be to track the vehicle us- wants to tackle the problem, it needs to seri- (+1)(202)886-0033 Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News First, since President George H.W. ing GPS and then transmit that data to a cen- ously explore a national VMT tax. [email protected] Bush’s defeat in 1992, Republicans have in- tral database for billing. creasingly signed on to the idea that net tax- That might sound dystopian, especially if CIRCULATION Karl W. Smith is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was es should never be raised. Democrats, the database were operated and owned by formerly vice president for federal policy at the Tax Foundation meanwhile, say that they should only be the government. Yet most Americans don’t and assistant professor of economics at the University of North Mideast Carolina. He is also co-founder of the economics blog Modeled Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager raised on the rich. think twice about carrying cellphones that Behavior. This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion [email protected] Second, the popularity of SUVs in the allow Apple or Google to continuously log of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners. [email protected] DSN (314)583-9111 Europe Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager ‘Bottlegate’ shows the limit of sports influencers [email protected] [email protected] BY ANDREA FELSTED +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 day means that companies even on their pe- too. 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Heineken shares rose 1.4% on Wednes- [email protected] lowings, can upend partnerships that com- the number of sports teams it sponsors, in- day. Additional contacts panies have struck with teams and events. stead focusing its marketing spend on the But Ronaldo’s snub seems to fall into a dif- stripes.com/contactus Coca-Cola is one of the official sponsors of likes of individual star players, such as Paul ferent category, even though the player is UEFA Euro 2020 (the games were post- Pogba and Lionel Messi. In its broader known for a strict diet and fitness regime OMBUDSMAN poned from last year), alongside brewer sportwear and lifestyle business, it has a that has kept him playing at the age of 36, the Ernie Gates Heineken, as well as Just Eat Takeaway- longstanding partnership with rapper Ka- twilight zone for most football careers. .com, Qatar Airways, Tiktok and Chinese nye West and most recently added Beyonc- That’s a worrying sign for consumer goods The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow of news and information, reporting any attempts by the electronics group Vivo. Data provider e’s Ivy Park sports fashion range to its stable. groups. military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s SportBusiness estimates that sponsors pay Rival Nike has a long history of courting National football associations generally independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for about $36 million to align themselves with top individual sportspeople, most famously make players adhere to certain require- fairness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman the tournament. on the basketball court through its partner- ments, such as attending press conferences welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted by email at [email protected], or by phone at Even though the company doesn’t spon- ship with Michael Jordan. Today it counts and wearing the correct kit. But there are no 202.886.0003. sor the footballer himself, it was directly af- LeBron James in the sport, as well as Ney- rules that govern this particular scenario fected by his actions. The Portuguese cap- mar in soccer, and Serena Williams and with Coca-Cola. 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But celebrities’ influence and social such thing as bad publicity. religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical ing its marketing bucks on a global event media reach — Ronaldo has 300 million fol- handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor of the purchaser, user or patron. with multiple games and players as opposed lowers — extend well beyond the companies Andrea Felsted is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering the consumer and retail industries. She previously worked at the © Stars and Stripes 2021 to any one star — this should have spread its that endorse them. They have implications Financial Times. This column does not necessarily reflect the risks. But the sheer clout of influencers to- for groups that simply come into their orbit opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners. stripes.com Monday, June 21, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 15 PAGE 16 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, June 21, 2021 Eugene Sheffer Crossword Frazz Dilbert

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New Disney EP honors Black experience Associated Press Disney celebrated this year’s Juneteenth with a new EP about the Black experience featuring actor and activist Yara Shahidi, Chlöe Bailey of Chloe x Halle and rapper YBN Cordae, who is donat- ing his proceeds to students at- tending historically Black colleg- es and universities. “Music for the Movement Vol- ume III – Liber- ated,” which came out June 18, is the third volume in Dis- ney’s four-part series of EPs Cordae honoring Black lives and social justice under a DISNEY-PIXAR PHOTOS joint venture be- “Luca” animators were inspired by folklore about creatures who could change shape, and art created from myths about sea monsters. tween Disney Music Group and The Unde- feated, ESPN’s platform for ex- Bailey ploring the inter- Bringing sea monsters to life sections of race, sports and cul- ture. The whimsical element of the film ‘Luca’ grew from director and Shahidi deliv- storyboard artist Enrico Casarosa’s fascination with changelings ers the original spoken word BY TRACY BROWN yourself, you do feel ‘Whose body is this?’, track “To Be A Los Angeles Times even.” Black Girl” on or director and storyboard artist En- In developing the look of these sea creatures, the EP, while rico Casarosa, part of the fun of devel- character art director Deanna Marsigliese Shahidi Bailey covers Ni- oping ideas at Pixar, where he has started at the beginning, with Carta Marina, na Simone’s Fworked since 2012, is figuring out Olaus Magnus’ famous 16th-century map of “Feeling Good.” how to blend the personal with the fantastical. Northern Europe. The vibrant blues and greens in “Luca” were Cordae and Common join forces Like his Oscar-nominated short film “La Lu- There are “lots of medieval depictions of sea inspired by the waters off the Ligurian coast. for “What’s Life,” and Cordae na,” Casarosa’s debut feature, “Luca,” draws monsters in folklore, but you can’t just stop agreed to donate his proceeds on his childhood in Genoa, a port city on the there,” said Marsigliese. “We wanted to design said Marsigliese. “Before any of the dialogue is from the album release to fund Italian Riviera, as well as the director’s memo- something unique that maybe this audience even spoken, your hope, as a character design- scholarships for students from un- ries of his childhood best friend. The more has never seen before. In order to do that, you er, is that the audience is going to see that char- derrepresented communities at- whimsical element of the film — sea monsters need to look outside of the obvious.” acter and already understand who they’re tending HBCUs. Disney Dream- — grew from Casarosa’s fascination with These non-obvious references include Japa- looking at.” ers Academy and The Undefeated changelings. nese block prints, scientific illustrations and a Of course, the sea monster characters like are matching his donation. “There’s so many changelings in folklore,” lot of folk art from around the world. But even Luca and Alberto have two forms — sea mon- “Music for the Movement Vol- he said during a recent video call. “I love Japa- more important than developing a unique look, ster and human — which, in terms of 3DCG, is ume III – Liberated” also features nese folklore — there’s the foxes that can Marsigliese said, was staying true to the fact the same as having two separate characters. songs by R&B singer Lucky Daye [transform to] look like humans, and the tanu- that, no matter how fierce and dangerous they The transformation, which Casarosa describes and jazz saxophonist Kamasi ki. There’s the selkies in Ireland. In Italy,” he might seem, sea monsters have always been as “a sleight of hand,” was tricky. Washington. continued, “there’s an old legend of Colapesce, considered decorative. “One had to turn into the other without it be- Disney’s first volume called “I about a boy that stays so much in the water, he “When we went to Italy, we would see [sea ing creepy,” said Marsigliese. “Because we Can’t Breathe/Music for the becomes half fish.” monsters] mosaicked into the floor,” she said. had scales, we had retracting tails, we had a Movement” was released last Oc- In “Luca,” the sea monsters live in their own “We’d see them carved into fountains — al- finger that splits into two — done the wrong tober and featured songs by Rap- underwater farming community, hidden away ways as a decorative element. So it was really way, we move away from cuteness and lyri- sody, Bilal, Robert Glasper, Ter- from humans. To them, the creatures above the important to me that they stay beautiful. That’s cism. So we had to work really hard to make race Martin, Alex Isley, Jensen surface, with their boats and nets, are the why we have all of the irregular scaling and the sure we maintained that really playful, char- McRae and Keedron Bryant. (land) monsters. But 13-year-old Luca (Jacob curlicues in the tails and the iridescence.” ming quality.” “Black History Always — Music Tremblay) is still very curious. He befriends “Luca,” with its vibrant blues and greens, is Casarosa explained that the goal was to craft for the Movement Vol. 2” was re- Alberto (Jack Dylan Grazer), a fellow sea mon- inspired by the deep waters off the Ligurian a transformation that felt more like an element leased in February and included ster who pushes him out of the water for the coast. But the blurred beauty of the back- of natural adaptation than instant magic. songs by Tinashe, Freddie Gibbs, first time. Above the surface, the two change ground also conveys the limits of Luca’s under- “Almost like they learned to hide in plain Tobe Nwigwe, Brent Faiyaz and until they look just like humans. sea world, foreshadowing his journey to see sight over the centuries,” he said. “And we Infinity Song. Sea monsters that can transform into hu- more of the larger world. knew that we wanted the water to really be the mans are perfect for a coming-of-age story. On Character designs also take cues from the factor that would make it happen in both direc- Other news top of the literal physical changes that come story: Luca’s large eyes and smoother fins re- tions.” ■ Frank Bonner, who played a with adolescence, there are plenty of feelings flect his gentleness and curiosity; his grand- The team studied hue- and shape-changing brash salesman with an affection around identity and keeping personal secrets mother’s long, curly tail shows how the sea cephalopods like squid and octopus, watching for polyester plaid suits on the TV — and, of course, the often overwhelming de- monsters age, growing to look more like the closeups of their chromatophores, or pigment- comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” sire to just fit in. iconic images in the antique maps. containing cells, to see natural camouflage in has died. He was 79. Bonner died “I thought, ‘Oh, what an interesting possibil- “All of these story notes and character notes action. Ultimately they landed on a process June 16 at his home in Laguna Ni- ity here in conveying some secret that we have help us to better choose shapes and color and that involved the movement of the sea mon- guel, Calif., from complications of and this oddness that we feel as kids,’” said Ca- line, because whoever these characters are, sters’ scales disappearing/reappearing and a Lewy body dementia. “WKRP in sarosa. “During those difficult years of finding our job is to find the visual representations,” pattern for the change of color. Cincinnati” aired from 1978-82. Monday, June 21, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 SCOREBOARD/SPORTS BRIEFS

PRO SOCCER AUTO RACING TENNIS GOLF BRIEFLY MLS Tennessee Lottery 250 Bett1 Open Meijer Championship NASCAR-Xfinity Series Saturday Eastern Conference Saturday At Am Rothenbaum Rot-Weiss Tennis LPGA Tour Busch races to 100th At Nashville Superspeedway Club Saturday WLTPts GF GA Lebanon, Tenn. Berlin At Blythefield Club Xfinity Series victory Lap length: 1.33 miles Purse: Euro 456,073 Grand Rapids, Mich. New England 6 1 2 20 14 9 (Start position in parentheses) Surface: Grass Purse: $2.3 million Orlando City 4 1 3 15 11 6 1. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 189 laps, 0 Women’s Singles Yardage: 6,556; Par: 72 Kyle Busch raced to his 100th points. Semifinals Philadelphia 4 2 2 14 9 5 Belinda Bencic (5), Switzerland, def. Al- a-amateur career Xfinity Series victory Sat- 2. (11) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 189, 50. Third Round Columbus 4 2 2 14 9 6 3. (3) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 189, 48. ize Cornet, France, 7-5, 6-4. Liudmila Samsonova, Russia, def. Victo- Nelly Korda 68-66-62—196 -20 urday at Nashville Superspeed- New York 4 4 0 12 12 10 4. (22) Josh Berry, Chevrolet, 189, 40. 5. (5) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 189, 36. ria Azarenka (7), Belarus, 6-4, 6-2. Leona Maguire 65-64-70—199 -17 way, where he won for the fourth D.C. United 4 5 0 12 9 11 6. (7) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 189, 40. Women’s Doubles Madelene Sagstrom 68-67-65—200 -16 NYCFC 3 3 2 11 15 10 7. (6) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 189, 33. Semifinals Su Oh 67-65-69—201 -15 time. 8. (10) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, 189, 30. Victoria Azarenka and Aryna Sabalenka CF Montréal 3 3 2 11 10 9 (4), Belarus, def. Sharon Fichman, Canada, Georgia Hall 68-69-65—202 -14 Busch won in the Xfinity Series 9. (15) Austin Hill, Toyota, 189, 0. Charley Hull 65-70-67—202 -14 Nashville 2 1 5 11 9 8 10. (20) Riley Herbst, Ford, 189, 27. and Giuliana Olmos, Mexico, 7-5, 3-6, 10-6. in 2009 and the Truck Series in Atlanta 2 1 4 10 9 7 11. (23) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 189, Fever-Tree Championships Mina Harigae 68-66-68—202 -14 Anna Nordqvist 67-67-68—202 -14 2010 and 2011, but the track closed Inter Miami CF 2 5 2 8 8 14 26. 12. (21) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 189, Saturday Jennifer Kupcho 68-68-67—203 -13 Toronto FC 1 5 2 5 10 15 31. At The Queen’s Club the year he won his last race. The London Sarah Schmelzel 67-69-67—203 -13 Chicago 1 6 1 4 4 13 13. (4) Daniel Hemric, Toyota, 189, 40. Brittany Altomare 68-66-69—203 -13 speedway reopened this weekend 14. (14) Will Rodgers, Toyota, 189, 23. Purse: Euro 1,290,135 Cincinnati 1 5 1 4 6 17 15. (17) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 189, 0. Surface: Grass Jessica Korda 68-69-67—204 -12 and will host its first Cup race Sun- 16. (13) Ryan Sieg, Ford, 189, 21. Men’s Singles Lauren Stephenson 65-72-67—204 -12 Western Conference 17. (29) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 189, 20. Semifinals day. Matteo Berrettini (1), Italy, def. Alex de Lexi Thompson 68-68-68—204 -12 WLTPts GF GA 18. (28) Ryan Vargas, Chevrolet, 189, 19. Inbee Park 68-68-68—204 -12 Busch led seven times for 123 19. (12) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 189, 20. Minaur (4), Australia, 6-4, 6-4. Cameron Norrie, Britain, def. Denis Sha- In Gee Chun 68-67-69—204 -12 Seattle 6 0 3 21 16 4 20. (19) Tommy Joe Martins, Chevrolet, povalov (2), Canada, 7-5, 6-3. laps and beat Justin Allgaier in 189, 17. Moriya Jutanugarn 68-67-69—204 -12 Sporting KC 5 3 2 17 17 13 Men’s Doubles Chella Choi 67-68-69—204 -12 overtime for his third victory in 21. (26) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 189, 16. Semifinals Colorado 5 2 1 16 14 8 22. (31) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, 189, 15. Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herb- Lizette Salas 68-66-70—204 -12 three Xfinity races this season. LA Galaxy 5 3 0 15 12 13 23. (18) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet, 188, 14. ert (4), France, def. Philipp Oswald, Aus- Lindy Duncan 68-65-71—204 -12 24. (34) David Starr, Toyota, 187, 13. His 100th win in his 360th career Portland 4 4 0 12 11 12 tria, and Marcus Daniell (7), New Zealand, Ssu-Chia Cheng 70-67-68—205 -11 25. (32) Matt Mills, Chevrolet, 187, 12. 6-4, 3-6, 11-9. Real Salt Lake 3 1 3 12 12 8 26. (36) Natalie Decker, Chevrolet, 187, Austin Ernst 69-68-68—205 -11 start is a nearly 28% winning per- 11. Birmingham Classic Ally Ewing 68-69-68—205 -11 Houston 3 3 3 12 12 13 27. (35) Jesse Little, Toyota, 187, 10. centage. San Jose 3 5 1 10 11 12 28. (27) Kyle Weatherman, Chevrolet, Saturday PRO BASKETBALL “I remember growing up as a Los Angeles 2 3 3 9 9 10 187, 9. At Edgbaston Priory Club 29. (25) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, acci- kid watching Mark Martin win ev- Austin FC 2 4 3 9 6 9 Birmingham, Great Britain WNBA dent, 182, 8. Purse: $235,238 ery week and wondering, ‘Can Minnesota 2 4 2 8 7 12 30. (30) Bayley Currey, Chevrolet, 177, 0. Surface: Grass 31. (8) Myatt Snider, Chevrolet, 165, 7. Vancouver 2 5 1 7 7 12 Women’s Singles EASTERN CONFERENCE anybody beat this guy?’ And that 32. (2) Austin Cindric, Ford, accident, Quarterfinals FC Dallas 1 3 4 7 9 12 160, 18. Ons Jabeur (2), Tunisia, def. Anastasia WLPct GB was 49 wins,” Busch said. “So I Note: Three points for victory, one point 33. (9) Jade Buford, Chevrolet, accident, Potapova, Russia, 6-4, 6-0. just can’t fathom, right now my- for tie. 153, 4. Heather Watson, Britain, def. Donna Connecticut 8 5 .615 — 34. (33) Joe Graf Jr, Chevrolet, accident, Vekic (3), Croatia, 6-4, 6-2. self, what 100 really means. It’s Friday’s games 152, 3. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, def. Chicago 7 7 .500 1½ New York 2, Nashville 0 35. (16) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, Marie Bouzkova (8), Czech Republic, 6-4, Washington 6 6 .500 1½ certainly something I will look 6-4. Real Salt Lake 3, Vancouver 1 brakes, 140, 2. New York 6 6 .500 1½ 36. (24) Stefan Parsons, Ford, accident, Daria Kasatkina (4), Russia, def. Tereza back on once all is said and done Saturday’s games 69, 1. Martincova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 2-6, 6-0. Atlanta 5 7 .417 2½ and I’m in a rocking chair some- Columbus 2, Chicago 0 Women’s Singles Indiana 1 14 .067 8 Colorado 2, Cincinnati 0 Race Statistics Semifinals where.” Ons Jabeur (2), Tunisia, def. Heather Orlando City 3, Toronto FC 2 Average Speed of Race Winner: 107.115 WESTERN CONFERENCE New England 3, New York City FC 2 Watson, Britain, 6-3, 6-3. mph. Daria Kasatkina (4), Russia, def. CoCo D.C. United 1, Miami 0 Time of Race: 2 hours, 20 minutes, 48 WLPct GB Minnesota 1, FC Dallas 1, tie Vandeweghe, United States, 6-2, 6-4. Embiid fined $35,000 in seconds. Women’s Doubles San Jose 0, Austin FC 0, tie Margin of Victory: 1.110 seconds. Seattle 12 2 .857 — Seattle 2, LA Galaxy 1 Semifinals Caution Flags: 8 for 46 laps. Lucie Hradecka and Marie Bouzkova, Las Vegas 10 3 .769 1½ altercation with Collins Portland 2, Sporting Kansas City 1 Lead Changes: 12 among 5 drivers. Houston 1, Los Angeles FC 1, tie Czech Republic, def. Lyudmyla Kichenok, Phoenix 6 7 .462 5½ Lap Leaders: K.Busch 0; A.Cindric 1-53; Ukraine, and Makoto Ninomiya, Japan, 7-5, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Sunday’s game K.Busch 54-74; D.Hemric 75; K.Busch 76-93; 6-3. Dallas 6 7 .462 5½ Embiid was fined $35,000 by the N.Gragson 94-95; K.Busch 96-150; J.All- Ons Jabeur, Tunisia, and Ellen Perez, Los Angeles 5 6 .455 5½ Philadelphia at Atlanta gaier 151-159; K.Busch 160-178; J.Allgaier Australia, def. Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Minnesota 5 7 .417 6 NBA for escalating an on-court al- Tuesday’s game 179; K.Busch 180-186; J.Allgaier 187; Elise Mertens (1), Belgium, 3-6, 7-5, 10-3. K.Busch 188-189 tercation in Game 6 of the Eastern NOVENTI Open Saturday’s games San Jose at Orlando City Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Conference Semifinals against At- Laps Led): K.Busch, 6 times for 122 laps; Chicago 91, Connecticut 81 Wednesday’s games A.Cindric, 1 time for 53 laps; J.Allgaier, 3 Saturday Washington 82, Indiana 77 lanta. times for 11 laps; N.Gragson, 1 time for 2 At Gerry Weber Stadium Dallas 95, Minnesota 77 New York at New England laps; D.Hemric, 1 time for 1 lap. Halle, Germany Embiid fell on top of John Col- Purse: Euro 1,318,605 Sunday’s games Columbus at Philadelphia Wins: A.Cindric, 3; A.Allmendinger, 2; lins on the court in Game 6. Collins Atlanta at New York City FC J.Allgaier, 2; T.Gibbs, 2; J.Burton, 1; M.Snid- Surface: Grass New York at Los Angeles Austin FC at Minnesota er, 1; J.Berry, 1. Men’s Singles then shoved Embiid before both Cincinnati at Chicago Top 16 in Points: 1. A.Cindric, 628; 2. A.All- Semifinals Monday’s games Andrey Rublev (4), Russia, def. Nikoloz D.C. United at CF Montréal mendinger, 538; 3. D.Hemric, 528; 4. H.Bur- No games scheduled. rose to their feet. Embiid had his Colorado at Sporting Kansas City ton, 501; 5. J.Allgaier, 489; 6. J.Burton, 457; 7. Basilashvili, Georgia, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3. Portland at Houston J.Haley, 455; 8. B.Jones, 424; 9. N.Gragson, Ugo Humbert, France, def. Felix Auger- Tuesday’s games arms stretched out wide with Col- 391; 10. M.Annett, 388; 11. J.Clements, 383; Aliassime, Canada, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5). Toronto FC at Nashville Chicago at New York lins’ hands around his neck as both Real Salt Lake at Seattle 12. B.Brown, 335; 13. R.Herbst, 333; 14. Men’s Doubles M.Snider, 332; 15. J.Berry, 317; 16. R.Sieg, Semifinals Dallas at Connecticut FC Dallas at Los Angeles FC Washington at Seattle walked off the court under the LA Galaxy at Vancouver 291. Hubert Hurkacz, Poland, and Felix Au- ger-Aliassime, Canada, def. Michael Ven- Wednesday’s games basket. Friday, June 25 NASCAR Driver Rating Formula us, New Zealand, and Tim Puetz (5), Ger- many, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Minnesota at Atlanta Officials reviewed the alterca- Orlando City at Miami A maximum of 150 points can be at- Saturday, June 26 tained in a race. tion and called technical fouls on The formula combines the following cat- DEALS Los Angeles FC at Sporting Kansas City egories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, each player with no free throws Cincinnati at Toronto FC Average Running Position While on Lead Saturday’s Transactions LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Sent RHP awarded. The NBA said Sunday Houston at Real Salt Lake Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Philadelphia at Chicago Nate Jones outright to Oklahoma City (Tri- Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. BASEBALL ple-A West). Embiid also failed to comply with CF Montréal at Nashville American League Vancouver at Seattle MIAMI MARLINS — Designated 3B Deven an NBA Security interview follow- LA Galaxy at San Jose DETROIT TIGERS — Sent CF Derek Hill on Marrero for assignment. Selected the con- Minnesota at Portland a rehab assignment to Lakeland (Low-A tract of SS Luis Marte from Jacksonville ing the incident. COLLEGE BASEBALL Southeast). Placed INF Niko Goodrum on (Triple-A East) and agreed to terms on a Sunday, June 27 the 10-day IL. Recalled INF Isaac Paredes major league contract. Atlanta Hawks forward Bruno New York at Atlanta NCAA College World Series from Toledo (Triple-A East). NEW YORK METS — Recalled RHP Yenn- Fernando was suspended for Sun- D.C. United at New York City FC HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned RHP sy Diaz from Syracuse (Triple-A East). At TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Francis Martes to Sugar Land (Triple-A Columbus at Austin FC Omaha, Neb. Traded RHP Jacob Barnes to Toronto for day’s Game 7 for leaving the New England at FC Dallas West). RHP Troy Miller. Reinstated OF Albert Al- (Double Elimination; x-if necessary) LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Recalled RHP bench area during the spat. Thursday, July 1 mora Jr. from the 10-day IL. Placed LHP Saturday’s games Jaime Barria from Salt Lake (Triple-A Joey Lucchesi on the 10-day IL. Portland at Austin FC Game 1 - N.C. State 10, No. 9 Stanford 4 West). Optioned 2B Kean Wong to Salt PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Recalled C Berrettini serves way to NWSL Game 2 - No. 4 Vanderbilt 7, No. 5 Arizona Lake. Rafael Marchan from Lehigh Valley (Triple 6, 12 innings MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned 1B Wil- A East). Selected the contract of CF Matt Queen’s Club victory WLTPts GF GA Sunday’s games lians Astudillo to St. Paul (Triple-A East). Vierling from Lehigh Valley and agreed to Game 3 - No. 3 Tennessee vs. Virginia Reinstated CF Byron Buxton from the 10- terms on a major league contract. Placed Big-serving Matteo Berrettini Orlando 3 0 2 11 7 4 Game 4 - Texas vs. No. 7 Mississippi St. day IL. C Andrew Knapp on the 7-day concussion Monday’s games OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Recalled CF Portland 3 2 0 9 11 4 list. Placed LF Matt Joyce on the 10-day IL. dropped a set for the first time at Game 5 - No. 9 Stanford vs. No. 5 Arizona Skye Bolt from Las Vegas (Triple-A East). Agreed to terms with OF Charles Tilson Washington 2 1 3 9 6 6 Place RF Stephen Piscotty on the 10-day IL, Game 6 - N.C. State vs. No. 4 Vanderbilt from Long Island (Atlantic League) on a the Queen’s Club tournament be- retroactive to June 16. Chicago 2 2 2 8 5 8 Tuesday’s games minor league contract. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned 2B Mike fore going on to beat Britain’s North Carolina 2 2 1 7 8 4 Game 7 - Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed RHP Pierce Game 8 - Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 win- Brosseau to Durham (Triple-A East). Re- Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3 in Gotham FC 2 1 1 7 2 1 called RHP Drew Rasmussen from Dur- Johnson on the 10-day IL, retroactive to ner June 18. Sent RHP Sam McWilliams out- Houston 2 2 1 7 6 6 Wednesday’s game ham. Sunday’s final. TEXAS RANGERS — Sent LHP Hyeon-Jong right to El Paso (Triple-A West). Selected Reign FC 1 3 1 4 3 5 Game 9 - Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 loser the contract of LHP Daniel Camarena from The 25-year-old Berrettini be- Thursday’s game Yang outright to Round Rock (Triple-A Louisville 1 2 1 4 2 8 West). Sent OF David Dahl to Round Rock El Paso and agreed to terms on a major Game 10 - Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 los- league contract. came the first newcomer to tri- Kansas City 0 3 2 2 2 6 on a rehab assignment. er National League SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Agreed to umph at Queen’s since Boris Friday, June 25 Note: Three points for victory, one point ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Agreed to terms with RHP Akeel Morris on a minor for tie. Game 11 - Game 6 winner vs. Game 9 win- terms with RHP Jake Faria on a major league contract. Sent OFs Darin Ruf and Becker in 1985. Becker went on to Saturday’s games ner league contract. Designated 3B Ildemaro Alex Dickerson to Sacramento on a rehab win Wimbledon in the same year. Game 12 - Game 8 winner vs. Game 10 Vargas for assignment. assignment. North Carolina 2, Reign FC 1 winner WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Recalled Washington 1, Chicago 1, tie ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned RHP Ja- “It’s been an unbelievable week Saturday, June 26 cob Webb to Gwinnett (Triple-A East). RHP Ryne Harper from Rochester (Triple-A Sunday’s games x-Game 13, TBD CINCINNATI REDS — Transferred 3B Mike East). Agreed to terms with RHP Kyle Hin- and to think of Boris Becker’s Houston at Louisville x-Game 14, TBD Moustakas from the 10-day IL to the 60- ton on a minor league contract. name and my name is crazy,” Ber- Kansas City at Portland Championship Series day IL. Selected the contract of LHP Josh HOCKEY Gotham FC at Orlando (Best-of-3) Osich from Louisville (Triple-A East) and National Hockey League rettini said. Monday, June 28: TBD agreed to terms on a major league con- WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Re-signed F Tuesday’s game Tuesday, June 29: TBD tract. Optioned RHP Ashton Goudeau to Shane Gersich to a one-year, two-way Chicago at Reign FC x-Wednesday, June 30: TBD Louisville. contract. Associated Press PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, June 21, 2021 U.S. OPEN/SWIMMING

U.S. Open scores The eagle lands at Torrey Pines Saturday At Torrey Pines Golf Course San Diego, Calif. Purse: $12.5 million Yardage: 7,686; Par: 71 Oosthuizen, Hughes both eagle to Third Round Mackenzie Hughes 73-67-68—208 -5 share share of lead with Henley Louis Oosthuizen 67-71-70—208 -5 Russell Henley 67-70-71—208 -5 Rory McIlroy 70-73-67—210 -3 BY DOUG FERGUSON Bryson DeChambeau 73-69-68—210 -3 Associated Press Scottie Scheffler 72-69-70—211 -2 Jon Rahm 69-70-72—211 -2 SAN DIEGO — The eagle putts looked famil- Matthew Wolff 70-68-73—211 -2 iar for a Saturday at Torrey Pines in June, even Dustin Johnson 71-73-68—212 -1 Collin Morikawa 75-67-70—212 -1 with Tiger Woods nowhere in sight. Christiaan Bezuidenhout 72-70-70—212 -1 Mackenzie Hughes watched his 60-foot ea- Xander Schauffele 69-71-72—212 -1 gle putt from the back of the green to the front Kevin Streelman 71-69-72—212 -1 Paul Casey 71-75-67—213 E on the par-5 13th slide into the cup. Louis Oos- Ian Poulter 74-71-68—213 E thuizen could only hope his 50-foot eagle putt Francesco Molinari 68-76-69—213 E Sungjae Im 72-72-69—213 E on the 18th found the center of the cup, and it Brooks Koepka 69-73-71—213 E kissed off the pin and disappeared. Justin Thomas 73-69-71—213 E Woods made eagle putts from one end of the Harris English 72-70-71—213 E Jordan Spieth 77-69-68—214 +1 green to the other on the 13th and 18th holes in Martin Kaymer 77-68-69—214 +1 2008 that set the stage for a Sunday filled with Chris Baker 74-71-69—214 +1 Lanto Griffin 76-69-69—214 +1 anticipation. Brian Harman 72-71-71—214 +1 Suddenly, this U.S. Open has that familiar Lee Westwood 71-72-71—214 +1 feel. Guido Migliozzi 71-70-73—214 +1 Richard Bland 70-67-77—214 +1 Amajor that for two days had the sleepy, chill Joaquin Niemann 75-69-71—215 +2 vibe of San Diego now has an urgency for Oos- Daniel Berger 71-72-72—215 +2 Si Woo Kim 71-75-70—216 +3 thuizen and Rory McIlroy trying to end long J.T. Poston 72-73-71—216 +3 droughts, hope for newcomers like Hughes and Patrick Cantlay 70-75-71—216 +3 Russell Henley, a half-dozen other possibilities Adam Scott 70-75-71—216 +3 Charl Schwartzel 71-74-71—216 +3 that include Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Robert MacIntyre 71-73-72—216 +3 Rahm. Chez Reavie 76-68-72—216 +3 Rikuya Hoshino 69-74-73—216 +3 “It’s a golf course where anything can hap- Branden Grace 72-70-74—216 +3 pen,” said Oosthuizen, in the mix at a major for Bubba Watson 72-67-77—216 +3 the second straight time. “It’s just a tough, old- Dylan Frittelli 73-72-72—217 +4 Matt Fitzpatrick 70-75-72—217 +4 fashioned golf course. You’re going to have Dylan Wu 70-73-74—217 +4 nerves. You’re going to feel it. It’s about how MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/AP Adam Hadwin 70-72-75—217 +4 Kevin Kisner 73-73-72—218 +5 you’re going to handle it.” Louis Oosthuizen, of South Africa, reacts to making eagle on No. 18 during the third round of Shane Lowry 72-74-72—218 +5 Hughes added a final birdie for a 3-under 68 the U.S. Open Golf Championship, Saturday, at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego. Edoardo Molinari 70-76-72—218 +5 and was the first to get to 5-under 208. Oosthui- Gary Woodland 74-71-73—218 +5 Sergio Garcia 71-74-73—218 +5 zen made a 30-foot birdie putt on the 16th and crash that badly injured his legs and is not back Rafa Cabrera Bello 68-76-74—218 +5 ended his round of 70 with the 50-foot eagle on “It’s a golf course at Torrey Pines. In his absence, the broadcast Jhonattan Vegas 75-69-74—218 +5 Charley Hoffman 72-71-75—218 +5 the 18th to join him. used every opportunity to relive memories of Patrick Rodgers 70-71-77—218 +5 They were tied with Russell Henley, who had where anything can his two eagles that gave him the 54-hole lead. Akshay Bhatia 73-73-73—219 +6 a two-shot lead early on the back nine and ap- It took two players to do that this time, but it Troy Merritt 75-71-73—219 +6 Wade Ormsby 72-74-73—219 +6 peared to be hanging on for dear life at the end. happen.” was equally spectacular. Tommy Fleetwood 72-73-74—219 +6 He went from the bunker to the rough to the “I know Tiger’s was further right, but half- Patrick Reed 72-73-74—219 +6 Louis Oosthuizen Hideki Matsuyama 69-76-74—219 +6 bunker on the easiest hole at Torrey Pines and way there, I loved it,” Hughes said. “The Stewart Cink 73-72-74—219 +6 had to make an 8-foot par putt for a 71. On the setup at Torey Pines charge that goes through your body when the Marc Leishman 74-70-75—219 +6 McIlroy (67) and DeChambeau (68) were ball goes in the hole and the crowd erupts is Tom Hoge 72-71-76—219 +6 Rick Lamb 71-75-74—220 +7 two shots behind. “I thought like two 68s over the weekend why we play. It gives me goosebumps now Taylor Montgomery 70-76-74—220 +7 McIlroy has gone seven years without a ma- from where I was after Friday was going to thinking about it.” Greyson Sigg 71-74-75—220 +7 Phil Mickelson 75-69-76—220 +7 jor, a drought accentuated by rarely even hav- have a good chance,” said McIlroy, who started And he’ll have plenty of nerves Sunday play- Kyle Westmoreland 71-73-78—222 +9 ing decent chances. DeChambeau can get the the third round six shots behind. “I’ve done the ing in the final group with Oosthuizen, who has Matt Jones 72-71-79—222 +9 last laugh in his beef with Brooks Koepka by first part of that job. Now it’s up to me tomorrow had five runner-up finishes in the majors — two Jimmy Walker 74-72-77—223 +10 Fabián Gómez 70-76-78—224 +11 joining him as a back-to-back U.S. Open cham- to go out and try to play a similar round of golf.” in playoffs — since winning the 2010 British Wilco Nienaber 72-74-80—226 +13 pion. Woods is recovering from his February car Open at St. Andrews. Dressel, Ledecky keep winning at swim trials

BY PAUL NEWBERRY when it quickly became clear no one could “Speechless,” said Grimes, who races for Associated Press beat her. a club in Nevada. “I wasn’t expecting that. I OMAHA, Neb. — America’s biggest “It’s challenging,” she said of being so far just wanted to finish it. I’m so honored to be swimming stars shined brightly on the ahead of the field. “Sometimes I feel like I’m in this meet, to be going to Tokyo.” next-to-last night of the Olympic trials. going faster than I am.” In an interesting twist, Grimes is the Their only complaint? Both wanted to go a Ledecky finished more than 10 seconds same age as Ledecky was when she won her bit faster Saturday. off her world-record performance at the first Olympic gold with a surprising victory Caeleb Dressel added another event to Rio Olympics. in the 800 free at the 2012 London Olympics. his Tokyo program, powering to a dominat- “It was a fine swim,” she said. “I thought “To be able to be on the team with her,” ing victory in the 100-meter butterfly. I’d be a lot better than that given how good Grimes said, “is gonna be awesome.” Katie Ledecky blew away the field in the my prelim swim felt.” As with Ledecky, no one was even close to 800 freestyle, winning by more than 5 sec- Fifteen-year-old Katie Grimes outraced Dressel as he finished the fly in 49.87 — just onds in a race where the battle for second veteran Haley Anderson for the second spot off his world record of 49.50 set two years provided the only drama. at the Olympics, knocking more than 11 sec- ago at the world championships in Gwang- Ledecky locked up her fourth individual onds off her personal best to touch second in ju, South Korea. race at the Olympics with a time of 8 min- 8:20.36. No world records have been set through utes, 14.62 seconds, adding to her victories Anderson, who already made the Olym- the first seven days of the U.S. trials. Dres- in the 200, 400 and 1,500 free. pic team in marathon swimming, just mis- sel thought he had a shot in the fly. JEFF ROBERSON/AP Leading right from the start, Ledecky sed out on a race at the pool. She finished “I would’ve liked to have been faster to Caeleb Dressel reacts after winning the was essentially racing herself. She started 15-hundredths of a second behind the put on a little bit of a show for the crowd,” he men’s 100 butterfly at the U.S. Olympic out under world-record pace but tailed off youngster after a race covering 16 laps. said. Swim Trials on Saturday, in Omaha, Neb. Monday, June 21, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 NHL PLAYOFFS/TRACK AND FIELD Red hot: Richardson rules in 100 at trials

BY EDDIE PELLS chardson only 0.01 behind Fraser- Associated Press Pryce’s top time of 2021. The EUGENE, Ore. — Whether world record of 10.49 was set by watching from Jamaica, Japan or Florence Griffith Joyner in 1988. the U.S. it was hard to miss that “She carries such a firecrack- shock of flowing, orange hair that er,” said Richardson’s training came streaking across the finish partner, Justin Gatlin. “She’s ca- line first in Eugene on Saturday pable of running 10.6. I’ve seen her night. at practice, and she’s capable of It belongs to Sha’Carri Richard- running 10.5, actually. She can son. And after the eye-opening definitely shock the world.” show she put on at Olympic trials In the final, Richardson over- — blowing away the field in the came a slow start to pass her train- 100-meter semis in a wind-aided ing partner Javianne Oliver, a 60- 10.64 seconds, then again in the fi- meter indoor specialist who start- nal in 10.86 — she figures to grab ed in the lane next to her. Richard- her fair share of attention next son beat Oliver by three body month in Tokyo. lengths and 0.13 seconds. Teahna With her performance, the 21- Daniels finished third. year-old out of LSU picked up a The race for the three men’s spot in the Olympics and a nation- Olympic spots in their crowded al title while also setting up a pos- 100 could be the best battle of the JIM MCISAAC/AP sible showdown with the Jamai- meet. They ran their qualifying New York Islanders left wing Matt Martin (17) celebrates after scoring a second­period goal against Tampacan world champion, Shelly-Ann heat Saturday, and all the “big” Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy during his team’s 3­2 win Saturday in Uniondale, N.Y. Fraser-Pryce, who is well-known names made it through. That now for her colorful hairstyles, too. includes Fred Kerley, whose main “It’s loud and encouraging and, distance is the 400 but who made honestly, dangerous,” Richardson the 100 more interesting when, on said when asked why she chose the heels of a 9.91 earlier this sea- Martin, Pulock help Isles the color orange for her big night. son, he decided to be a short “Knowing I’m coming to one of the sprinter for this Olympic cycle. biggest meets there is, if you’re go- He made it through his heat, ing to out there and be the best, and now Gatlin (the former Olym- you need to look the best.” pic and world champion) and draw even with Lightning Richardson said crossing the Trayvon Bromell (this year’s finish line first was only the sec- world leader at 9.77), and star-in- ond-best feeling of the night. The the-making Noah Lyles, whose New York takes 3-2 win over Tampa Bay as Martin scores the go-ahead goal best came afterward, when she chances are more secure in the BY VIN A. CHERWOO saves. climbed halfway up the stands at 200, have something to worry Associated Press Scoreboard “These guys have given it their Hayward Field and shared a long about as they approach Sunday’s UNIONDALE, N.Y. — With goa- all for whatever it’s been now, a hug with her grandmother, Betty finals. lie Semyon Varlamov out of posi- Semifinals month and change (in the play- Harp, who’s also known in the Or maybe not. tion in the closing seconds, New offs),” Tampa Bay coach Jon family as “Big Momma.” “Everything is in preparation (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) York defenseman Ryan Pulock Cooper said. “Sometimes you lay “To be able to have her here at for the 200 as far as I’m con- knew he needed to get in the way of Montreal 2, Vegas 1 an egg and we laid one in the sec- the biggest meet in my life, and to cerned,” said Lyles, the world Vegas 4, Montreal 1 Ryan McDonagh’s shot at the open Montreal 3, Vegas 2 ond period.” cross the finish line and run up the champion at 200 meters, in his Montreal 3, Vegas 2, OT net. It was the biggest play in the Sunday: at Montreal Game 5 is Monday night in Tam- steps to hug her knowing I’m an strongest indicator yet of where Islanders’ latest series-tying Tuesday: at Vegas pa, Fla., with Game 6 back at Nas- Olympian, actually that’s proba- his mind really rests for this meet. x-Thursday: at Montreal Game 4 win. x-Saturday, June 26: at Vegas sau Coliseum on Wednesday night. bly better than winning the race,” In Saturday’s only other final, Matt Martin capped a three-goal Tampa Bay 2, N.Y. Islanders 2 The Lightning pulled Vasilev- Richardson said. Valarie Allman won the discus second period, Pulock made a div- N.Y. Islanders 2, Tampa Bay 1 skiy for an extra skater with about But that performance — it was throw to make her first Olympic Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 ing stop and New York held on to Tampa Bay 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 1:50 left, but he returned to the ice pretty special, too. team, while in the women’s 400 Saturday: N.Y. Islanders 3, Tampa Bay 2 beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 Monday: at Tampa Bay 38 seconds later when Victor Hed- An over-the-limit tailwind in the semis, Allyson Felix stayed on Saturday night to even their Stan- Wednesday: at N.Y. Islanders man was called for tripping Clut- semis prevented the 10.64 from track to make her fifth by qualify- x-Friday, June 25: at Tampa Bay ley Cup semifinal series at two terbuck to give New York a power becoming official and leaving Ri- ing for Sunday’s final. games apiece. spin-o-rama, the net was open and play. Josh Bailey and Mathew Barzal I just tried to make myself big and Point got Tampa Bay on the also scored, and Cal Clutterbuck take it away and I was able to get it. scoreboard 3:45 into the third as he and Adam Pelech each had two as- “Obviously you hear the sound, brought the puck up the right side sists. Semyon Varlamov finished the clock go and all the boys jump and beat Varlamov with a shot with 28 saves to help the Islanders on you. It’s a good feeling.” from nearly 50 feet out. It was win a Game 4 to tie a series after Pulock drew plenty of praise Point’s league-best 12th of the dropping the previous game at from his teammates. postseason and tied Claude Le- home for the third time this post- “That’s a special play,” Bailey mieux (1997), Joe Sakic (1996), season. said. “Patience to just stick with it. Mario Lemieux (1996), Pat LaFon- But Pulock made the biggest It was a great play by him, a game- taine (1992) and Mario Lemieux save with the game on the line. saving play, obviously. Huge.” (1991) for the longest streak in the McDonagh had the puck on the Barzal agreed, adding: “I think last 30 years. left side in the waning seconds, everybody’s breath got taken away Johnson made it 3-2 nearly 3 spun around to get away from when that puck was coming. I minutes later as he got the puck in Brock Nelson and drew Varlamov thought it was going in and then the corner, skated around one Is- forward before sending the puck just a miraculous play by Pulley. landers player, moved toward the at the open net. But Pulock’s dive I’m not going to be forgetting that net and beat Varlamov up high on kept the puck out and preserved one.” the right side with teammate Ross the win. Brayden Point had a goal for the Colton and Pulock screening the “McDonagh got a puck walking seventh straight game, and Tyler goalie. CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP down and Varly came out and Johnson also scored for the de- “They’re a heck of a team, so Sha’Carri Richardson of LSU celebrates after winning the women’s challenged,” Pulock said. “He fending champion Lightning. An- they’re going to have their push,” 100­meter run at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Saturday in made a heck of a play with the drei Vasilevskiy finished with 27 Barzal said. Eugene, Ore. 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Buehler takes no-hitter into 8th American League East Division Dodgers knock off D-backs WLPct GB Boston 43 28 .606 _ behind 11-strikeout effort Tampa Bay 43 29 .597 ½ New York 37 33 .529 5½ BY BOB HUHN Toronto 34 35 .493 8 Associated Press Baltimore 23 47 .329 19½ Central Division PHOENIX — Will Smith has been behind the plate for plenty of WLPct GB Walker Buehler’s starts dating Chicago 43 28 .606 _ Cleveland 38 30 .559 3½ back to their minor league days. It Kansas City 31 38 .449 11 doesn’t take the Dodgers catcher Minnesota 29 41 .414 13½ long to know if Buehler’s got the Detroit 29 42 .408 14 good stuff. West Division Within a few pitches on Satur- WLPct GB day night, Smith was sold: This Oakland 44 28 .611 _ was going to be fun. Houston 42 28 .600 1 “I’m glad he’s on our side,” Seattle 37 36 .507 7½ Los Angeles 36 35 .507 7½ Smith said. “And I don’t have to Texas 25 45 .357 18 face him.” National League Buehler had another masterful East Division mound performance, taking a no- WLPct GB hitter into the eighth inning as Los Angeles beat the skidding Arizona New York 36 28 .563 _ Philadelphia 34 34 .500 4 Diamondbacks 9-3. Atlanta 32 35 .478 5½ The 26-year-old right-hander Washington 32 36 .471 6 cruised through the Diamond- Miami 31 39 .443 8 backs’ order, walking two, hitting Central Division a batter and striking out a season- WLPct GB best 11. He was pulled with one out Chicago 39 32 .549 _ in the eighth after giving up sin- RICK SCUTERI/AP Milwaukee 39 32 .549 _ gles to David Peralta and Nick Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler threw a two­hitter over eight innings while walking two bat­ Cincinnati 35 34 .507 3 St. Louis 35 35 .500 3½ Ahmed. ters, hitting a batter and throwing eight strikeouts in a 9­3 defeat of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Pittsburgh 25 44 .362 13 “Felt like I had some gas left in West Division the tank,” Buehler said. “But two ground out. Peralta got a pitch up Los Angeles manager Dave Ro- franchise record. Kirby Higbe set WLPct GB good pieces of hitting and I’m out in the zone to start the eighth and berts said. “Everyone wanted it. the mark in 1946. San Francisco 45 26 .634 _ of there.” lined a clean single into center. The fastball velocity was his best Arizona has lost a franchise-re- Los Angeles 43 27 .614 1½ Buehler (7-0) breezed through Buehler got a big hand from a siz- in quite some time. He was work- cord 16 straight and dropped 39 of San Diego 41 32 .562 5 the seventh, striking out Eduardo able contingent of Dodgers’ fans at ing all quadrants.” its past 44 games. The Diamond- Colorado 30 42 .417 15½ Escobar and Christian Walker be- Chase Field in Phoenix. Buehler hasn’t been beaten in backs have the worst record in the Arizona 20 52 .278 25½ Saturday’s games fore getting Stephen Vogt to “Man, I wanted that no-hitter,” his past 23 starts, which tied a major leagues at 20-52. N.Y. Yankees 7, Oakland 5 Minnesota 3, Texas 2 Boston 7, Kansas City 1 Toronto 10, Baltimore 7 ROUNDUP Pittsburgh 6, Cleveland 3 Houston 7, Chicago White Sox 3 L.A. Angels 8, Detroit 3 Seattle 6, Tampa Bay 5, 10 innings N.Y. Mets 5, Washington 1, 7 innings, 1st game Urshela takes shard in eye, hits Yanks’ go-ahead HR Washington 6, N.Y. Mets 2, 7 innings, 2nd game Miami 11, Chicago Cubs 1 Associated Press pitch from Texas reliever John King (5-5) in Philadelphia 13, San Francisco 6 San Diego 7, Cincinnati 5 NEW YORK — Gio Urshela stayed in the the seventh inning, and Minnesota won on the Milwaukee 6, Colorado 5 L.A. Dodgers 9, Arizona 3 game despite a shard of a broken bat hitting his road. St. Louis at Atlanta, ppd. right eye in the second inning and hit a go- Pirates 6, Indians 3: Michael Perez and Sunday’s games Cleveland at Pittsburgh ahead homer eighth as the New York Yankees Bryan Reynolds hit three-run home runs dur- Oakland at N.Y. Yankees rallied from a three-run deficit in a 7-5 victory ing the seventh inning and host Pittsburgh ral- Toronto at Baltimore Boston at Kansas City Saturday that stopped the Oakland Athletics’ lied past Cleveland. Chicago White Sox at Houston Minnesota at Texas seven-game winning streak. Blue Jays 10, Orioles 7:Vladimir Guerrero Detroit at L.A. Angels Tampa Bay at Seattle Aroldis Chapman struck out Matt Chapman Jr. hit his major-league leading 23rd homer N.Y. Mets at Washington on a 103.4 mph pitch to strand two runners in and capped a ninth-inning rally with a go- St. Louis at Atlanta Miami at Chicago Cubs the ninth for his 15th save. ahead, two-run double as Toronto won at Balti- Milwaukee at Colorado Philadelphia at San Francisco Urshela singled in New York’s first run in more to end a five-game skid. Cincinnati at San Diego L.A. Dodgers at Arizona the fourth and put the Yankees ahead 5-4 in the Red Sox 7, Royals 1: Light-hitting Bobby St. Louis at Atlanta eighth when he lifted a 98.6 mph fastball from Dalbec hit a two-run homer and had three Monday’s games Jesús Luzardo (2-4) into the netting above RBIs, finishing a double short of a cycle, and Houston (Odorizzi 1-3) at Baltimore (Akin 0-2) Monument Park in center. DJ LeMahieu add- JOHN MINCHILLO/AP J.D. Martinez hit a two-run homer in Boston’s Cleveland (Civale 10-2) at Chicago Cubs (Alzolay 4-5) ed a two-run single against Sergio Romo. New York Yankees’ Gio Urshela runs the win at Kansas City. Oakland (Montas 7-6) at Texas (Gibson 4-0) Chad Green (2-4) struck out the side in the bases after hitting a go­ahead solo home run Astros 7, White Sox 3:Rookie Robel Garcia Cincinnati (Mahle 7-2) at Minnesota eighth. off Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Jesus tied a career high with three RBIs, Carlos Cor- (Happ 3-3) Atlanta (Anderson 4-3) at N.Y. Mets (de- Padres 7, Reds 5: Rookie Kim Ha-seong hit Luzardo in the Yankees’ 7­5 win Saturday. rea homered and host Houston beat Lance Grom 6-2). Atlanta (TBD) at N.Y. Mets (TBD), 8:10 a tiebreaking, two-run home run with two outs Lynn and Chicago. p.m. Milwaukee (Anderson 2-4) at Arizona in the eighth — three innings after he replaced shutout ball into the seventh inning to gain his Angels 8, Tigers 3:Shohei Ohtani homered (Kelly 2-7) injured star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. — first win for Washington, Kyle Schwarber for the fourth time in five games and matched L.A. Dodgers (Urías 9-2) at San Diego (Darvish 6-2) and San Diego beat visiting Cincinnati. backed him with four RBIs on a pair of home his high for homers in a season as Los Angeles Tuesday’s games Phillies 13, Giants 6: Rhys Hoskins broke runs and the host Nationals split a doublehead- beat Detroit for its sixth straight home win. Cincinnati at Minnesota Chicago White Sox at Pittsburgh out a 2-for-40 slump with a pair of home runs er with New York. Brewers 6, Rockies 5: Willy Adames had Houston at Baltimore Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees and a career-best six RBIs, leading Philadel- In the opener, Francisco Lindor homered in four hits, including a go-ahead two-run home Boston at Tampa Bay phia to a win at San Francisco. the first on a sinker from Joe Ross, singled in run in the top of the ninth inning, and Milwau- St. Louis at Detroit Toronto at Miami Marlins 11, Cubs 1:Adam Duvall homered the third on a changeup for a 3-0 lead and kee rallied to win at Colorado. Cleveland at Chicago Cubs Oakland at Texas twice for the second straight game, and Pablo homered in the fifth on a slider for his 12th mul- Mariners 6, Rays 5 (10): J.P. Crawford San Francisco at L.A. Angels Colorado at Seattle López (3-4) pitched one-hit ball over seven in- ti-homer game. scored the winning run on Mitch Haniger’s Washington at Philadelphia nings in a win at Chicago. Twins 3, Rangers 2: Max Kepler scored the 10th-inning single and hit a grand slam to lift Atlanta at N.Y. Mets Milwaukee at Arizona Mets 5­2, Nationals 1­6:Jon Lester pitched go-ahead run on a second consecutive wild host Seattle over Tampa Bay. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego Monday, June 21, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES/NBA PLAYOFFS

ROUNDUP Reach: Bucks now eight wins from championship

FROM PAGE 24 NBA scoreboard urday night in the first Game 7 to go overtime since 2006. Anteto­ kounmpo had 40 points and 13 re­ Conference semifinals bounds, and Khris Middleton (Best­of­seven) Eastern Conference made the tiebreaking shot with 40 Milwaukee 4, Brooklyn 3 seconds left in OT. Brooklyn 115, Milwaukee 107 Brooklyn 125, Milwaukee 86 The third­seeded Bucks ad­ Milwaukee 86, Brooklyn 83 vanced to the Eastern Conference Milwaukee 107, Brooklyn 96 Brooklyn 114, Milwaukee 108 finals for the second time in three Milwaukee 104, Brooklyn 89 years. They will play either top­ Saturday: Milwaukee 115, Brooklyn 111 Atlanta 3, Philadelphia 3 seeded Philadelphia or No. 5 At­ Atlanta 128, Philadelphia, 124 lanta in a series that starts Philadelphia 118, Atlanta 102 Philadelphia 127, Atlanta 111 Wednesday. Atlanta 103, Philadelphia 100 “We’re definitely proud of June 16: Atlanta 109, Philadelphia 106 Philadelphia 104, Atlanta 99 where we are. We put a lot of work Sunday: at Philadelphia Western Conference in to get to this point,” center Phoenix 4, Denver 0 Brook Lopez said. “But, you know, Phoenix 122, Denver 105 our goal this season at the begin­ Phoenix 123, Denver 98 Phoenix 116, Denver 102 ning of the season wasn’t just to Phoenix 125, Denver 118 make it to the Eastern Conference L.A. Clippers 4, Utah 2 Utah 112, L.A. Clippers 109 finals. Obviously we want to win a Utah 117, L.A. Clippers 111 L.A. Clippers 132, Utah 106 championship.” L.A. Clippers 118, Utah 104 L.A. Clippers 110, Utah 111 PHOTOS BY REBECCA S. GRATZ/AP The Bucks blew a 2­0 lead last time they got to the conference fi­ L.A. Clippers 131, Utah 119 Vanderbilt’s Jayson Gonzalez, center, celebrates with teammates after hitting a two­run home run against nals, losing four straight to the Conference finals Arizona in the fifth inning during a College World Series game, Saturday, in Omaha, Neb. eventual NBA champion Toronto (Best­of­seven) Raptors in 2019. x­if necessary Eastern Conference They overcame that deficit this Wednesday: PHI/ATL vs. Milwaukee time, turning the series around af­ Friday: PHI/ATL vs. Milwaukee Sunday, June 27:PHI/ATL vs. Milwaukee ter dropping Game 2 by 39 points Tuesday, June 29: PHI/ATL vs. Milwaukee and pulling out a deciding game x­Thursday, July 1:PHI/ATL vs. Milwaukee Gonzalez’s hit in 12th x­Saturday, July 3:PHI/ATL vs. Milwaukee that turned into a thriller. x­Monday, July 5:PHI/ATL vs. Milwaukee Western Conference “It’s just been a heck of a se­ Sunday: at Phoenix ries,” coach Mike Budenholzer Tuesday: at Phoenix Thursday: at L.A. Clippers said. “You put so much emotion Saturday, June 26: at L.A. Clippers and so much energy and time in it. x­Monday, June 28: at Phoenix For this group to be rewarded with x­Wednesday, June 30: at L.A. Clippers lifts Vandy past Arizona x­Friday, July 2: at Phoenix a huge win in a Game 7 in over­ time, it’s just a great group. You Associated Press that ... it wasn’t easy, it was long, feel great for the group, great for team that was better prepared for OMAHA, Neb. — Vanderbilt and I think it gives you a certain the players.” the postseason. made it to Omaha with a young amount of confidence, as it Antetokounmpo tied Kareem Milwaukee is unbeaten at home team, one almost entirely differ­ should,” Vandy coach Tim Corbin Abdul­Jabbar’s franchise playoff in the postseason and would play ent from the one that won the na­ said. record with five straight games of there to start the next round if At­ tional championship here in 2019. Chris McElvain (5­1) held Ari­ 30 points and 10 rebounds. He lanta wins Sunday. But even if It was one of the Commodores’ zona (45­17) scoreless in the top of capped it off by becoming the first they are on the road, the Bucks are old hands, though, who got them the 12th after Donta Williams dou­ player in NBA history with at least confident in their chances. off to a winning start at the College bled to the wall leading off, getting 40 points, 10 boards and five as­ They overcame Kevin Durant’s World Series this year. a flyout and two strikeouts. sists in a Game 7 victory. 48 points in Game 7 and are ready The Bucks had the best record for whoever comes next. Jayson Gonzalez singled The game marked the roughest in the league last season but “To be able to finally get over through the infield with the bases postseason start for Vanderbilt couldn’t get out of the second the hump against him is pretty loaded in the bottom of the 12th in­ star Kumar Rocker. round. They acquired Jrue Holi­ nice. I’m excited,” forward P.J. ning, giving Vandy a 7­6 win over Rocker, projected to be a top­10 day before this season to team Tucker said. “We’re just getting Arizona on Saturday night. pick in the Major League Baseball with Antetokounmpo and Middle­ started, though. We’ve got a lot of Gonzalez grounded a 1­2 pitch draft next month, gave up three ton, their two All­Stars, and built a work to do.” beyond diving shortstop Nik runs in the first inning and was McClaughry’s glove to end the pulled after Ryan Holgate’s two­ first extra­inning game at the run homer in the sixth put the North Carolina State’s J.T. Jarrett CWS since 2014. It lasted 4 hours, Wildcats up 5­3. celebrates scoring on Jonny 51 minutes, making it the fourth­ The 2019 CWS Most Outstand­ Butler’s RBI double against Stan­ longest game in CWS history. ing Player entered the game hav­ ford in the fourth inning Saturday. “It’s a dream come true to be ing won all six of his previous here, to be in the situation,” said NCAA Tournament starts, allow­ lead in the first inning on Butler’s 2 Gonzalez, one of Vandy’s three se­ ing three runs in 42 ⁄3 innings. homer to right off Pac­12 pitcher niors. “We’ve all worked so hard to North Carolina State 10, Stan­ of the year Brendan Beck. After get to this moment, so it’s a pretty ford 4: At Omaha, Neb., Jonny Devonte Brown barely cleared the special moment.” Butler homered and drove in a ca­ fence in right­center in the fourth Arizona’s Vince Vannelle (5­3) reer­high five runs, Reid Johnston to give NC State at least two home­ worked out of a bases­loaded sit­ pitched six strong innings and the rs in 17 of its last 21 games, But­ uation in the bottom of the 11th, but Wolfpack opened the College ler’s two­run single made it 6­0. the Commodores (46­15) wouldn’t World Series with a 10­4 victory Butler led a Wolfpack offense be denied in the 12th. over the Cardinal on Saturday. that finished with 12 hits, includ­ Isaiah Thomas led off with an North Carolina State (36­18), ing five for extra bases, and cap­ infield single and Parker Noland which knocked out No. 1 national italized on Stanford’s three errors. bunted for a hit before Vannelle seed Arkansas in the super region­ “He’s a model of consistency in walked Javier Vaz. Gonzalez then als last week, continued its post­ everything he does,” NC State came through for the second time season roll in the first CWS game coach Elliott Avent said. “Some FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP in the game. He had hit a tying since 2019. The 2020 event was guys like that fly under the radar. Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo drives past the Brooklyn Nets’ home run in the fourth inning. canceled due to the pandemic. It’s hard for Jonny Butler to fly un­ Joe Harris on Saturday in New York. Antetokounmpo had 40 points “Any time you win a game like The Wolfpack got out to a 2­0 der the radar.” and 13 rebounds in the Bucks’ 115­111 overtime victory. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, June 21, 2021 Eye-catching effort SPORTS Richardson puts on show in 100M at Olympic trials ›› Track & field, Page 21

NBA PLAYOFFS Halfway there Bucks reach Eastern Conference finals after outlasting Nets in OT

BY BRIAN MAHONEY Antetokounmpo said. Associated Press “We’ve got to keep believing in ourselves. We’ve got to keep nce they could finally get off the court, the Milwaukee playing good basketball and take it game by game. The job is not Bucks feasted their eyes on a welcome sight in the done. We’re halfway through.” locker room. They got there by edging the Nets 115-111 in Brooklyn on Sat- O The No. 8 on their board signified the number of vic- tories remaining to win a championship, following a sweep of SEE REACH ON PAGE 23 Miami followed by a survival against Brooklyn. “I’m really happy for what we got done. I’m The Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo, right, celebrates with Pat Connaughton after beating the Brooklyn Nets 115­111 in overtime really happy we were able to write 8 on the of Game 7 of their second­round series on Saturday in New York. board. But the job is not done,” Giannis FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP

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