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Final flights

Service of Marine Corps’ Prowler comes to a close with deactivation of last squadron Page 6

LIAM D. HIGGINS/Courtesy of the U.S. Marine Corps Two U.S. Marine Corps EA-6B Prowlers fly off the coast of North Carolina on Feb. 28, prior to their deactivation on Thursday. Afghan official: Suicide blast near airport in east kills 17

BY RAHIM FAIEZ U.S. forces to assist the Afghan troops in the State are active in eastern Afghanistan, espe- The dawn assault Associated Press shootout. cially in Nangarhar. Among those killed were 16 employees of The two groups have been carrying out triggered an KABUL, Afghanistan — Militants in Af- the Afghan construction company EBE and a near-daily attacks across Afghanistan in re- hourslong gunbattle ghanistan set off a suicide blast Wednesday military intelligence officer, said Attahullah cent years, mainly targeting the government with local guards, morning and stormed a construction company Khogyani, the provincial governor’s spokes- and Afghan security forces and causing stag- near the airport in Jalalabad, the capital of man. He added that nine other people were gering casualties, including among civilians. drawing in U.S. eastern Nangarhar province, killing at least 17 wounded in the attack, which lasted more than The attacks have continued despite stepped-up forces to assist the U.S. efforts to find a negotiated resolution of people, officials said. five hours. Afghan troops in The dawn assault triggered an hours- No one immediately claimed responsibility the war, which began in 2001. long gunbattle with local guards, drawing in for the attack but both the Taliban and Islamic SEE BLAST ON PAGE 8 the shootout. PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, March 7, 2019 MILITARY Bases brace for impact as DOD mulls funding redirects WILLIAM BIRCHFIELD/Courtesy of the U.S. Air Force

BY ROSE L. THAYER Construction on a school on Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama Stars and Stripes ‘ The military will point out that the failure progresses as bases prepare for word on which projects will be affected when the Pentagon diverts funding for use on a border wall. AUSTIN, Texas — Shift work, to fund these projects have no effect on shrinking workspace and multiple the wall, it will just hurt the military. During a Feb. 25 Fort Hood A new fuel cell hangar is need- workers sharing one desk — these ’ town hall to address the living ed at Langley Air Force Base to are just a few ways that mili- Mark Cancian conditions in on-post housing and house two F-22A aircraft, based tary personnel are dealing with Center for Strategic and International Studies barracks, soldiers described two on the construction requirements overcrowding at the National Air or three soldiers living in single- provided by the Army Corps of and Space Intelligence Center at occupancy rooms. Engineers Norfolk District. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base The meeting was broadcast The new facility will replace in Ohio. have an operational impact, such cials plan to award a construction on Facebook, and one soldier ex- a smaller hangar to enhance the A new facility designed to ac- as a hangar or motor pool for a new contract this year and move in to plained how in three years at Fort support of the 1st Fighter Wing commodate the increasing work- piece of equipment. Then projects the 255,000-square-foot facility Hood, he’s always had a room- F-22 open-tank fuels maintenance force at the center, which has related to health and safety, he by 2023. The additional funding mate in a single-occupancy room. operations, said Nicholas J. De La grown 87 percent since 2000, is said. would need to be added to future The soldiers shared one closet and Pena, spokesman for the 633rd Air just one of hundreds of military After congressional hearings budgets. there was no place to secure per- construction projects at risk of a on the housing problems at some With 4,000 workers and a budget sonal items, he said. Base Wing Public Affairs. delay because funding could be military bases, acting Defense of more than $450 million, NASIC “That is hugely insane. I’m Langley also needs a facility diverted to build a wall along the Secretary Pat Shanahan said no is charged with identifying air, sorry,” Sgt. Maj. Byron C. Larsen to house operations for the new U.S. border with Mexico. dollars will be taken from those space, missile and cyber threats of the base Garrison Command 185th Cyber Operations Squadron, The long list of projects includes projects. He is expected to endorse to enable a military response. It said in response . which falls under the 192nd Wing many appropriated in fiscal year the president’s national emergen- is also responsible for informing Brian Dosa, the director of the of the Virginia Air National Guard. 2019 that have not been started. cy and present to Congress a list of decisions on weapons systems ac- post’s Directorate of Public Works, Activated in 2016, there isn’t an It spans the globe and includes projects that he’s willing to delay quisition and shaping national de- told the soldier that overcrowding existing facility on Langley-Eustis everything from new schools and as early as this week, The Associ- fense policy. will continue until barracks reno- to support its needs, said Bryan C. child development centers to hous- ated Press reported. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, vations are complete. Myhr, spokesman for the 192nd ing and barracks updates to the The Pentagon has said it will whose district includes the NASIC For t Hood has 99 barracks build- Wing. Instead, the squadron rents facilities needed for day-to-day backfill any delayed projects in project, was one of a handful of ings on its main post. Of those, one- space off base. operations. the fiscal 2020 budget, but wheth- lawmakers to express concern and third have been renovated during Though Cancian said he sees Since President Donald Trump er Congress is willing to go along called the idea of taking these pre- the last decade and converted into projects that replace office build- declared illegal immigration from with that is unclear, Cancian said. determined construction dollars single-occupancy rooms. Another ings as high risk for delay, he Central America a national emer- “Many members may be very as a “dangerous precedent.” 20 are being renovated and 28 re- thinks the cyber squadron’s facil- gency on Feb. 15 and ordered the angry that they have to, in effect, Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, main in need of an overhaul. ity could be safe, because it’s for a Defense Department to use $3.6 fund the same project twice and also said there have been “real “To be honest, I think we are new mission. billion from its military construc- that they’re indirectly funding the concerns about money being taken going to continue to see it be that The most vulnerable projects tion budget to build the wall, spec- wall,” he said. “The military will away from much-needed barrack way for the foreseeable future are upgrades to existing facilities, ulation has mounted about which point out that the failure to fund and facility renovations at Fort because we have a backlog of bar- Cancian said. He added this situa- projects could be siphoned . these projects have no effect on the Hood.” racks to be renovated across post,” The Defense Department has wall, it will just hurt the military.” The Texas installation has $61 Dosa said at the town hall. tion is new territory and he too is stated criteria to determine which The intelligence center in Ohio million in reconstruction money On the East Coast, Rep. Elaine waiting to see how it plays out. projects are affected, said Mark was authorized in fiscal 2019 for on the table for the renovation Luria, D-Va., said she is watching “My guess is they will cut fewer Cancian, a senior adviser with the $182 million but funded $61 mil- of five barracks buildings. Until four projects in Virginia that total projects so they [minimize] the Washington think tank Center for lion so far, said Michelle Martz, renovations are complete, soldiers up to $131.7 million. Of that, $22.7 pain,” Cancian said. Strategic and International Stud- spokesperson for the center. are being asked to crowd into the million is deemed for two projects [email protected] ies. The most protected projects It’s in the design phase and offi- remaining living spaces. at Joint Base Langley-Eustis. Twitter: @Rose_Lori T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 16 Business ...... 21 Classified ...... 19, 23 Comics ...... 22 Crossword ...... 22 Faces ...... 17 Opinion ...... 20 Sports ...... 25-32 Weather ...... 21 Thursday, March 7, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 PACIFIC Sex assault victims advocacy group launched

BY MATTHEW M. BURKE taining special victims’ counsel; how to file “You’re not always made aware of all victim advocates, Perry said. Stars and Stripes a Freedom of Information Act request for of your rights,” she said. “Our main goal In Perry’s case, she said more emphasis pertinent case files; how to report reprisal; is to be able to provide people with knowl- was placed on the rank of the accused and CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Two resources and treatment options. edge and empower survivors so that they his service record than on the evidence. women have joined together to help vic- It also provides forms and information can move forward and figure out the way Wilson, who at the time was on the II Ma- tims of sexual assault in the military find on how to contact members of Congress ahead after an assault like this.” rine Expeditionary Force general staff at justice in a system they say often regards if a victim feels his Boyd said she was sexually assaulted by Camp Lejeune, N.C., was also accused of victims as an afterthought. or her case has been a U.S. servicemember in Virginia in 2016. sexually abusing a second daughter and Survivors United is a sexual-assault swept under the rug. Navigating the military justice system was plying the third with alcohol. victims advocacy group that offers a one- Perry’s role as a an eye-opening experience that led her to The Perry family sued the Marine Corps stop shop of resources at www.survivor- survivors’ advocate advocacy, she said. for $25 million for the pain and suffering sunited1.com. At the site, visitors can find took root in sum- “It is difficult to get a conviction in any of their three daughters and for long-term information and links to other sites for help mer 2016, when her prosecution of a sexual assault,” she said. “I mental-health treatment. The Marine reporting a sexual assault and coping with daughter, age 6 at the was completely unprepared for the events Corps has denied the claim, Perry said. its aftermath. time, told her family following the initial report. The dynamic of The family plans to file for reconsideration Adrian Perry, a Marine Corps spouse, that Daniel Wilson, a military involvement added another layer before filing a lawsuit in federal court. and Kylisha Boyd, a civilian, are the Marine Corps colo- of difficulty and complexity.” Perry said that when they called the group’s co-founders. Survivors United is a nel, had touched her Naval Criminal Investigative Service to start-up organization, but both women said Perry Boyd said her civilian status made it inappropriately. hard to obtain legal help in her case; she report Wilson, they were unaware of the they have the backing of others. process and their rights. A full under- “You just have no clue where to begin Wilson was convicted by a court-martial said she got no legal assistance from the in September 2017 of sexual abuse of a child military and could not find a local lawyer standing of these rights, available options or what to do next,” Perry said, referring and procedural issues were not explained to the aftermath of a sexual assault. “We as well as six counts of conduct unbecoming interested in taking on the military. in layman’s terms, she said. strive to be the organization that is in the an officer and absence without leave. He Ultimately, Boyd said, the servicemem- At times, Perry said, she and her family trenches with the survivor, fighting with was sentenced to 5½ years in prison. ber was acquitted at a bench trial by a mili- felt they were the ones under investigation. them, so that they can be heard, whatever From the start, Perry said, her family tary judge. They were shocked, for example, when they choose to do.” became entangled in a bureaucratic web “Overall, my experience with the mili- they were asked to give up their mobile de- The website offers instructions for each of military law enforcement and judicial tary justice system was one disappoint- vices, but Wilson was not required to do so individual and situation, whether as an ac- proceedings where nobody seemed to ment after another,” she said. in the search for evidence. tive-duty servicemember, National Guard fully comprehend their rights or available “In the beginning, I hoped that the mili- and Reserve, transitioning servicemem- options. tary would be proactive in securing vital Perry has become a fierce advocate for ber or civilian. The site has information The process itself seemed disproportion- evidence from my attacker — defensive her family but also for anyone else who has on the difference between confidentially ately callous and unfair toward victims, wounds, forensic evidence, text messages experienced sexual assault, Boyd said. reporting a crime and an investigation un- she said. revealing his guilt, etc. … None of this was “Adrian and I saw in each other the dertaken by a military command. Perry wanted to make sure that no other obtained from him. This is a systemic issue struggles we shared, and both wanted to It provides legal statutes and rights as family had to go through a similar situa- where the victim is the sole source of evi- lessen the load for others going through the far as seeking prosecution inside or out tion, so she teamed with Boyd and launched dence during investigation.” process,” she said. of the military system; information on ob- Survivors United in February. Each branch of the military does have [email protected] Sailor sentenced to 5 years for attempted rape of child

BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS sentence for 170 days spent in the brig Stars and Stripes prior to his conviction. In addition to his confinement, his A Japan-based sailor was sentenced rate has been reduced to E-1, he will be to five years in prison after being con- dismissed from the Navy with a dishon- victed in a court-martial last week of orable discharge and forfeit all pay and charges stemming from the attempted allowances for five years, according to sexual abuse of two children, according court documents. to court documents. It was unclear Wednesday where Jew- Petty Officer 2nd Class Allen J. Jew- ell will serve his sentence. He must reg- ell, an operations specialist assigned ister as a sex offender once released from to Fleet Activities Okinawa, was found prison, according to court documents. guilty Friday of attempted rape of a Less than a month before Jewell start- child; attempted sexual abuse of a child ed his text messages, a Yokosuka-based through a lewd act; attempted sexual USS Ronald Reagan sailor, Petty Officer abuse of a child through indecent com- 1st Class Gilbert Sandoval, 32, was con- munication; bringing discredit to the victed Aug. 16 of six sex crimes, includ- armed forces; and indecent language. ing attempted sexual assault of a child.

HANA KUSUMOTO/Stars and Stripes Jewell went to an apartment Sept. Sandoval had sent explicit messages 12 to commit a sexual act on a girl he to an NCIS agent who made him be- A man walks by the Embassy of Germany in central Tokyo on Wednesday . believed was 8 years old, according lieve she had a 7-year-old child whom to court documents. He arranged the he could rape. According to court testi- meeting through someone he believed mony, he was arrested after going to an Marine detained for embassy incident was the girl’s mother, and from Sept. 10 apartment intending to have sex with through Sept. 12 sent that person explic- a 14-year-old girl with whom he’d sent it text messages about his sexual plans explicit text messages. The recipient of BY JAMES BOLINGER The Marine was on a trip sponsored by the for the child. those messages was actually an NCIS Stars and Stripes base and attempted the climb after a night of From Sept. 9-12, Jewell also texted agent, and Sandoval was arrested. drinking, according to a report Tuesday by He received a three-year prison sen- MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKU- graphic sexual messages to a person he the online news site Tokyo Reporter. believed was a different child young- tence, a dishonorable discharge and a NI, Japan — An Iwakuni-based Marine was No injuries or damages resulted from the held by Tokyo Metropolitan Police after at- er than 16 years old, according to the reduction to E-1. incident, and the Marine Corps has not filed charge sheet. The messages suggested Cmdr. Reann Mommsen, spokes- tempting to “scale a fence” near the German charges against the servicemember, Valen- Embassy in Tokyo’s Roppongi district, base Jewell believed the person was under- woman for Naval Force Japan, said the zuela said. officials confirmed Wednesday morning. age, saying that the two “would have Navy is “committed to holding our per- No other Marines were involved, he added. The unidentified female corporal — as- to keep a low profile [because] of your sonnel accountable for their actions and signed to Marine Aviation Logistics Squad- MCAS Iwakuni is one of the largest avia- age,” according to court documents. preserving good order and discipline ron 12 — was placed in protective custody at tion bases in Japan. It is the home for the The court documents did not reveal throughout the Fleet.” about 2 a.m. Friday, Marine Aircraft Group Marine aircraft group, the Navy’s Carrier with whom Jewell was communicating “The U.S. Navy holds its personnel to 12 spokesman Capt. Marco Valenzuela told Air Wing 5 and Japan Maritime Self-Defense in either case, but Naval Criminal In- the highest standards of conduct,” she Stars and Stripes on Wednesday morning. Force Fleet Wing 31. vestigative Services agents have played said. She was not arrested and has returned to [email protected] such roles in the past. [email protected] MCAS Iwakuni, he said. Twitter: @bolingerj2004 Jewell will receive credit against his Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, March 7, 2019 EUROPE Putin seeks to tighten General: US lacks plan Russia’s military secrecy to prevent Russia from BY VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Russia has intensified efforts Associated Press to modernize its arsenals as re- lations with the West have plum- MOSCOW — President Vladi- meted to post-Cold War lows over mir Putin urged Russia’s top the Ukrainian crisis, the war in building more missiles domestic security agency on Syria and allegations of Russian CARLOS BONGIOANNI/Stars and Stripes Wednesday to tighten its protec- meddling in the 2016 U.S. presi- tion of information related to new BY PAUL SONNE “I know that we are working on Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti told a dential election. Senate panel Tuesday that the weapons and other sensitive data. In his speech Wednesday, Putin The Washington Post what we think that plan might In a speech to top officials of be.” U.S. should work on a new mentioned a buildup of NATO the Federal Security Service, or forces near Russia’s borders and The top American general in Scaparrotti suggested that the treaty with Russia. FSB, the main KGB successor referred to the U.S. decision to Europe said the U.S. military United States should consider agency, Putin said foreign spies withdraw from the 1987 Interme- does not yet have a plan to pre- some sort of new or revived trea- tiaircraft systems from Russia. vent Russia from building more have intensified their efforts to diate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty, ty with Russia to set limits and The issue is part of a broader get access to Russia’s secrets. nuclear-capable intermediate- saying it upsets international se- create stability. standoff with Russia in Europe, “They are looking for access to range missiles once a treaty be- curity and raises new challenges. “From my point of view, when with the INF Treaty the latest political, economic, scientific and tween Washington and Moscow He noted that foreign spy agen- you have a peer competitor, and flash point. technological information,” said banning the rockets ends in five cies have also sought to influence particularly a modernizing one Signed by President Ron- the KGB veteran who headed political developments in Russia, months. that will be challenging you, such ald Reagan and Soviet leader the FSB in the 1990s before as- but didn’t elaborate. Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti as Russia, we should look toward Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987, the cending to the presidency. “That Putin also pointed to a growing told the Senate Armed Services treaty capabilities in order to pro- treaty banned the production, de- means that your work should be- number of cyberattacks on gov- Committee on Tuesday that the vide some stability, to provide ployment and testing of nuclear come even more effective.” ernment agencies and state-con- United States and its allies were signals and communications and and conventional ground-launch The Russian leader noted that trolled companies. still looking at options after the limits that we understand and missiles with ranges between 311 the FSB last year exposed 129 “We must be prepared for con- Trump administration withdrew that we can work from,” he said. and 3,418 miles. foreign intelligence officers and tinuing cyber offensive against from the Intermediate-Range Russia is not challenging the The United States pulled out 465 of their agents. Russia and the growing threats it Nuclear Forces Treaty on Feb. 1, United States in Europe only in of the treaty last month, alleging He said the FSB should pay presents,” he said. “It’s necessary triggering a six-month period be- the nuclear space. Moscow has violations by Russia that included particular attention to protecting to take additional steps to protect fore its formal dissolution. brokered a deal to provide Tur- the deployment of the Novator information related to the devel- critically important information “We in fact have told our allies key with an S-400 missile-de- 9M729, a ground-launch cruise opment, testing and production of infrastructure, develop a state in NATO that we will do this plan- fense system, provoking ire in missile that Washington warned new Russian weapons. system of detecting cyberattacks ning in collaboration with them. Washington by making inroads was contravening the treaty. Rus- Putin has claimed that new and fending them off.” We have begun that. So, I don’t with a U.S. NATO ally. Scapar- sia denied the accusations and in weapons such as the Avangard Despite the tensions with the know that we have a plan today,” rotti said Tuesday that the United turn accused the United States of and the Zircon hypersonic weap- West, Putin noted that Moscow said Scaparrotti, supreme allied States should withhold the F-35 violating the pact with missile de- ons have no foreign analogues and remains open for counterter- commander for Europe and head fighter jet from Turkey as long as fense installations — an allegation are impossible to intercept, ren- rorism cooperation, calling it a of the U.S. European Command. Ankara proceeds with buying an- the State Department rejected. dering missile defense useless. “common challenge.” Thursday, March 7, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 PACIFIC N. Korea said to be rebuilding structures at rocket site

BY HYUNG-JIN KIM years, resulting in U.N. sanctions over ex- port on Suh’s briefing. launches share similar bodies, engines AND KIM TONG-HYUNG pert claims that they were disguised tests The 38 North report published Tuesday and other technology. They say each of the Associated Press of banned missile technology. said the rail-mounted processing build- North’s satellite launches was believed to It wasn’t immediately clear how the re- ing, which is where space launch vehicles have improved its missile technology. SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea is port might affect nuclear diplomacy. The are worked on before they’re moved to After carrying out the third of its three restoring facilities at a long-range rocket Trump-Kim summit fell apart because of the launch pad, is being reassembled. It ICBM launches in late 2017, North Korea launch site that it dismantled last year as differences over how much sanction relief said two support cranes can be seen at the claimed to be able to attack the mainland part of disarmament steps, according to North Korea could win in return for clos- building, and walls have been erected and United States with nuclear-armed missiles. foreign experts and a South Korean law- ing its aging main nuclear complex. The a new roof added. Foreign missile experts say the North still maker who was briefed by Seoul’s spy U.S. and North Korea accused each other At the engine test stand, the website said needs to master a few remaining technolo- service. of causing the summit breakdown, but it appears that the engine support struc- gies, such as perfecting a re-entry vehicle, The finding follows a high-stakes nucle- both sides left the door open for future ture is being reassembled. It said new roofs to have functioning ICBMs. ar summit last week between North Kore- negotiations. have been installed on the fuel and oxidizer In early 2018, North Korea abruptly an leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump that ended without any Trump said Kim told him that North buildings. expressed its intention to deal away its agreement. Korea would continue to suspend nuclear The report was written by Jack Liu and weapons arsenal in return for political and South Korea’s Na- and missile tests while negotiations are un- Jenny Town. economic benefits. The North has since tional Intelligence derway, and South Korea and the U.S. an- Beyond Parallel, a website run by the suspended nuclear and missile tests and Service provided the nounced Sunday that they are eliminating Center for Strategic and International dismantled its underground nuclear test- assessment about the massive springtime military drills and re- Studies think tank, issued a similar assess- ing site. North’s Tongchang-ri placing them with smaller exercises in an ment of the Tongchang-ri site. It said satel- Its dismantling of parts of the Tongchang- launch site to lawmak- effort to support the talks. lite imagery taken Saturday, two days after ri facility occurred at the beginning of ers during a private One of the South Korean lawmakers the failed summit, showed North Korea “is U.S.-North Korea negotiations last year. briefing Tuesday. who attended the intelligence briefing said pursuing a rapid rebuilding” of the rocket Both the launch pad and engine test stand North Korea didn’t Wednesday that NIS director Suh Hoon said site. were in about the same condition since last Kim immediately respond the structures being restored at the launch After repeated failures, North Korea August, according to the 38 North report. in its state media. site include roofs and building doors. successfully put a satellite into orbit for the After a September summit with South An article from 38 North, a website The lawmaker requested anonym- first time in 2012 in a launch from the site, Korean President Moon Jae-in in Pyong- specializing in North Korea studies, cited ity because of the sensitive nature of the which is also known as the Sohae Satellite yang, North Korea’s capital, Kim agreed to commercial satellite imagery as indicating information. Launching Station. North Korea had anoth- “permanently shut down” the Tongchang- that efforts to rebuild some structures at He quoted Suh as saying that the move er successful satellite launch in 2016. ri engine test ground and rocket launch pad the site started sometime between Feb. 16 could be preparation to restart long-range North Korea has said its satellite launches with the participation of foreign experts. and March 2. rocket launches if nuclear diplomacy com- are part of its peaceful space development A statement issued by Kim and Moon Dismantling parts of its long-range pletely collapses, or could be an attempt to program. None of the country’s high-pro- categorized the steps as parts of a broader rocket launch facility was among several add structures that could be dramatically file missile tests, including three intercon- goal to make the Korean Peninsula free steps the North took last year when it en- blown up in a show of denuclearization tinental ballistic missile launches in 2017, from nuclear weapons and nuclear threat. tered nuclear talks with the United States commitment when U.S. inspectors visit if was conducted at the site. This could suggest that North Korea ac- and South Korea. North Korea has carried negotiations with Washington go well. But many outside experts say ballis- knowledged that the Tongchang-ri site is a out satellite launches at the site in recent The NIS said it couldn’t confirm the re- tic missiles and rockets used in satellite nuclear-related facility. PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, March 7, 2019 MILITARY End of service Last Marine Corps Prowler squadron to be deactivated in Friday ceremony

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY the Marine Corps’ Prowlers have Stars and Stripes collectively flown more than 260,000 hours, according to the WASHINGTON — The last service. During the last four de- Marine EA-6B Prowler squadron cades, it has deployed more than will be deactivated in a ceremony 70 times in support of major com- Friday, marking the end of the bat operations including Desert aircraft’s service, the Marine Shield, Decisive Endeavor, Iraqi Corps announced. Freedom, and recently with In- The last squadron, Marine Tac- herent Resolve and Freedom’s tical Electronic Warfare Squad- Sentinel. ron 2, Marine Aircraft Group The Marine’s F-35B Lightning 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, is II was designed to replace the located at Marine Corps Air Sta- EA-6B Prowler, as well as the F/ tion Cherry Point, about 45 miles A-18 Hornet and AV-8B Harrier. outside of Jacksonville, N.C. The The squadron traces its ori- squadron has only two Prowl- gins to the Korean War, when it JERED T. STONE/Courtesy of the U.S. Marine Corps ers left, according to the Marine was originally Marine Composite Corps. The EA-6B Prowler is Reconnaissance Squadron 2, and A U.S. Marine prepares to exit an EA-6B Prowler at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C ., last a tactical jamming aircraft for then designated to Marine Tacti- week. Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 flew the aircraft in preparation for their final flight as the last remaining Prowler squadron in the Marine Corps. the Navy and Marine Corps that cal Electronic Warfare Squadron began its service in 1971, ac- 2 in 1975, according to the Marine cording to Northrop Grumman’s Corps. In 1977, the squadron was The phase out of the Prowlers’ EA-6B Fleet Replacement Squad- deactivated June 2017 and Squad- website. The aircraft was first de- the first in the Marine Corps to service began in May 2016 with ron deactivating, according to the ron 3 was deactivated May 2018. ployed to Southeast Asia in 1972. transition from the EA-6A Elec- Marine Tactical Electronic War- Marine Corps. Marine Tactical [email protected] During its 42 years of service, tric Intruder to the Prowler. fare Training Squadron 1 and the Electronic Warfare Squadron 4 was Twitter: @caitlinmkenney Illnesses mount for military families battling tainted water

BY CLAUDIA GRISALES Last year, the then-administra- led House. PFAS are also known cises at airports and other loca- base was drinking water above” Stars and Stripes tor of the Environmental Protec- as “forever chemicals” because of tions. Congress must also do more the EPA’s recommended levels. tion Agency Scott Pruitt called the their ability to accumulate. work to fully understand the scope However, lawmakers said WASHINGTON — Birth de- matter a “national emergency.” One year ago, Margaret Sulli- of the problem, Kildee said. there’s still health issues to ad- fects. Stage IV cancer. Thyroid Today, federal and military van, deputy assistant secretary of “Finally, and more important- dress for people already exposed disease. leaders are only in the beginning defense for environment, testified ly, we need to take care of those to the contamination who have yet This is a sample of the wide stages of halting its impact, mem- before a congressional panel that veterans and families that have to show symptoms. array of illnesses reported in re- bers of a House Oversight and there were 401 military instal- already been exposed to those By May 2018, Pruitt hosted cent years by families battling Reform Committee subpanel said lations that could have danger- PFAS chemicals, helping them get contaminated water at military Wednesday during a hearing. ous levels of PFAS in their water the health care and resources that a summit on the matter and bases. “These Americans are just supplies. they certainly deserve,” he said. launched plans for next steps to Some members of those fami- a small fraction of Americans “We should all be angry that Sullivan said Wednesday that address the concerns. During lies have said the health conditions across our country who have been those who are willing to pay the the discovery of PFAS at mili- Wednesday’s hearing, Dave Ross, were caused by a toxic chemical affected by the toxicity of these ultimate price for our country tary installations triggered action an EPA assistant administrator, used in firefighting foam that chemicals by simply drinking have to worry about exposure to plans to address the concerns. said new work is underway to found its way into water supplies water,” said Rep. Harley Rouda, toxic chemicals,” Rouda said. With the discovery, the Defense address the contamination con- at military bases throughout the D-Calif., chairman of the commit- Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., tes- Department moved to test wheth- cerns. This follows an announce- country. tee’s environment subpanel. “The tified the Defense Department er the levels of PFAS were above ment last month of a new action A comprehensive accounting of question is a sense of urgency … has yet to request additional funds the EPA’s recommended levels. plan. the families impacted has yet to for their families, a sense of ur- to address the PFAS contamina- It also moved to work with water But many questions remain. be seen, but they have increasing- gency for those who have yet to be tion and has only acted at 32 of the supply companies to ensure that “I appreciate your comments ly spoken out at legislative hear- impacted by our failure to move sites to clean up contamination levels were also addressed. earlier about an action plan,” ings and through activist groups quickly in addressing this issue.” — less than 10 percent. In cases where concerns have Rouda said. But “I do not think such as Washington, D.C.-based The hearing Wednesday was “Clearly more has to be done remained, alternate water sup- ‘will’ is what we want to hear. nonprofit Environmental Work- the first for the subpanel under and there must be greater urgen- plies have been provided such as ing Group. On Wednesday, four new leadership, and a reminder cy,” he said. bottled water. ‘When’ is what we want to hear. families accompanied the group that the widespread concerns of Among those steps, new PFAS “DOD is taking actions to re- When will we take actions to ad- in the audience of a House panel, per- and polyfluoroalkyl, or PFAS, chemicals must no longer be put duce the risks,” Sullivan said. “By dress these issues?” and were recognized repeatedly contamination could come under into the environment, even as it’s the end of the summer, that sum- [email protected] by lawmakers. closer scrutiny by the Democrat- still being used in training exer- mer of 2016, no one on a military Twitter: @cgrisales 173rd Brigade soldier found dead in Vicenza barracks is ID’d

BY NANCY MONTGOMERY months after he enlisted in the Army, Cimino is the second soldier in five was not disclosed, although his moth- Stars and Stripes according to brigade officials, and months and the third in less than a er reported that he’d told her on the was a recipient of the National De- year to be found lifeless in barracks phone that he wasn’t feeling well the VICENZA, Italy — The 173rd Bri- fense Service Ribbon and the Army rooms on Caserma Ederle. previous day. gade paratrooper found dead in the Service Ribbon. In October, Sgt. Kevin Connor, In August 2017, fellow soldiers barracks Sunday morning has been The cause of death is under 24, was found unresponsive in the found the body of 21-year-old infan- identified as Pvt. Peter Cimino. investigation. barracks after other soldiers called tryman Pfc. Andrew Young. Army Cimino, 19, was a mortarman as- “Our condolences go out to Peter’s paramedics. Alcohol poisoning or as- signed to Headquarters and Head- family and friends,” brigade spokes- piration were suspected in his death. officials declined to disclose Young’s quarters Company, 1st Battalion, man Maj. Christopher Bradley said In June, Staff Sgt. Krasean Clay- cause of death, although they said 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment. in a statement. “The entire U.S. mili- born, 36, was found dead in his bar- there was no sign of foul play. Cimino was from Danville, Ky. He tary in Vicenza is deeply saddened by racks room after he did not show up [email protected] Cimino arrived in Vicenza in August, four the loss of one of our own.” for work. Clayborn’s cause of death Twitter: @montgomerynance Thursday, March 7, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 VETERANS House to probe online bots targeting military, veterans

BY NIKKI WENTLING ans and servicemembers with Stars and Stripes disinformation. Goldsmith argued Monday that WASHINGTON — The House foreign trolls were targeting the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs military and veterans communi- launched an investigation Tuesday ty to “weaponize and turn a profit into “anonymous internet actors” off our patriotism.” impersonating congressionally “Veterans organizations have chartered veterans service orga- been forced to play defense nizations in an effort to scam vet- against a deluge of anonymous erans and servicemembers. overseas actors who work day The committee chairman, and night to deceive Americans Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., an- — stealing our names, logos and nounced the investigation. In a reputations to gain their trust,” statement, he said foreign actors Goldsmith wrote in an editorial are using “shadowy practices” to Evan Vucci/AP published in Military Times. disseminate false information to Goldsmith said Tuesday that servicemembers, veterans and Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate Frank Larkin, who lost his son Ryan to suicide, hands he’s “basically been playing a their families. President Donald Trump a bracelet with his son’s name inscribed on it, during a ceremony for an game of whack-a-mole,” in which “Our veterans served in uni- executive order on a “National Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End Veteran Suicide,” Tuesday. he identifies an imposter account form to guard against threats and has it disabled, only for it to be to our democracy just like those created again under a new email posed by these internet bots and address. During the past several trolls intent on sowing division months, Goldsmith has been up- and spreading misinformation,” Trump creates task force dating House Democrats about Takano said. “Congress has a responsibility to stamp out these his efforts. He shared with them anonymous individuals and pro- more than 100 pages of notes and tect our country from threats for- thousands of screenshots. eign and domestic.” “Doing it alone has been over- to combat veteran suicide The committee is in a fact-find- whelming, frankly, so I’m glad ing stage and is planning to hold to know that [the committee] is meetings with stakeholders about going to be helping with this,” BY NIKKI WENTLING By the numbers Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of the issue. he said. “It’s a huge relief that at Stars and Stripes America. It would also increase Vietnam Veterans of America least I have somebody else’s eyes veterans’ access to remote health has investigated the issue since on this stuff.” WASHINGTON — President care, “cut the red tape” at the VA 2017, when the organization dis- A study from Oxford University Donald Trump signed an execu- in 2017 found Russian operatives and vet centers, and invest more covered a Facebook page using tive order Tuesday creating a used Twitter and Facebook to dis- money into treatments such as its name and logo. The page post- Cabinet-level task force that he 45 ed politically divisive posts and seminate “junk news” to veterans yoga, animal therapy, meditation promised would “mobilize every was followed by nearly 200,000 and servicemembers. and acupuncture, he said. level of American society” to ad- people — tens of thousands more Goldsmith argued the FBI dress the crisis of suicide among The rate of veterans The VA faced criticism in De- than the official VVA page. needs to become involved to track veterans. between 18 and 34 per cember, when the Government Facebook Inc. disabled the and identify the people behind The PREVENTS initiative, 100,000 who committed Accountability Office revealed page after determining it violated the fake accounts. “I believe an short for the President’s Road- suicide in 2016. the agency used less than 1 per- VVA’s intellectual property. investigation by the FBI is ap- map to Empower Veterans and cent of its budget for suicide pre- Kristofer Goldsmith, associate propriate,” he said. “Until we find the National Tragedy of Suicide, vention outreach in fiscal 2018 . director for policy and govern- the people behind the avatars and includes the secretaries of Veter- SOURCE: Veterans Affairs ment affairs at VVA, discovered impose a cost on them, they have ans Affairs, Defense, Health and Staff writer Rose L. Thayer contributed the page in mid-2017. Since then, no incentive to stop.” Human Services and Homeland to this report. among veterans ages 18 to 34 [email protected] he’s worked to shut down more [email protected] Security. Over the next year, the had significantly increased. For Twitter: @nikkiwentling fake accounts that target veter- Twitter: @nikkiwentling task force will be responsible for every 100,000 veterans in that working with public and private age group, 45 committed suicide sectors to better understand the in 2016, the most recent data underlying factors of suicide and available. plan methods for addressing it at Trump signed the order Tues- state and local levels. The White day at the White House, sur- House plans to provide grants to rounded by representatives from state and local governments to a dozen major veterans groups. support the initiative. One of them, AMVETS, issued “To every veteran, I want you a statement supporting the new to know that you have an entire task force but asking for more nation of more than 300 million urgency as the Cabinet members people behind you,” Trump said. create their roadmap. “You will never be forgotten. We The executive order was the are with you all the way.” second Trump has signed to ad- A senior administration official dress the issue of veterans’ mental speaking on background Tuesday health. Last year, he signed one to said they envision the initiative pave the way for servicemembers becoming similar to the Housing to be enrolled automatically in the and Urban Development-VA Sup- VA when they leave the military portive Housing and its Support — an attempt to eliminate barri- Services for Veterans, which uses ers to mental health care in their housing grants and referrals to first year after service. end veteran homelessness. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., the Part of the initiative will focus ranking member of the Senate on reaching veterans who don’t Veterans’ Affairs Committee, use the Department of Veterans called Tuesday’s order a “step in Affairs. According to the latest the right direction.” VA data, 20 veterans die by sui- Tester announced separately cide every day. Of those, 14 are Tuesday he was drafting leg- not receiving VA health care. islation also aimed at suicide Suicide among veterans con- prevention. tinues to be higher than the rest The bill aims to support ser- of the population, and younger vicemembers as they transition veterans are particularly at risk. from the Defense Department to New VA data released in Septem- VA health care, Tester said dur- ber showed the rate of suicide ing a news conference hosted by PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, March 7, 2019 WAR ON TERRORISM Angry and defiant, ISIS families surrender

BY SARAH EL DEEB streamed out of Baghouz in the Iraq, looking dusty, dirty and in Associated Press last few days under a stepped-up Group: Many Iraqi ISIS child suspects arrested a state of shock. At least 75 men assault by the U.S.-led coalition also came out, going straight to BAGHOUZ, Syria — Angry ci- and its ground partners. The lat- the interrogation area. vilians evacuating from the last est wave of evacuations brings IRBIL, Iraq — Iraq and the confessions obtained through The scenes of surrender, humil- shred of territory held by Islamic the final defeat of ISIS by the Kurdish regional government torture. iation and anger highlighted the State militants in Syria praised Kurdish-led SDF a step closer have charged hundreds of The children are then sen- desperation of the group as their the extremist group Wednesday — a milestone in the devastat- children with terrorism for al- tenced to prison in hasty and last bastion teeters on the edge and chanted “Islamic State will ing four-year campaign to defeat leged affiliation with Islamic unfair trials, HRW said. of collapse. The SDF announced remain,” underscoring the defi- the group’s so-called “caliphate” State, often using torture to Belkis Wille, senior Iraq a military operation to liberate ance of ISIS fighters and their that once covered a vast territory coerce confessions, Human researcher at Human Rights Baghouz in September, but has supporters even as their defeat straddling both Syria and Iraq. Rights Watch said Wednesday. Watch, said the approach held off on a full assault after looms. On Wednesday, a group of In a report, the New York- that Iraq has adopted is one it became apparent that a huge There were no signs of combat women seen at a reception area based group estimated that that “completely fails” to ac- number of civilians were still in- on Wednesday to allow for evacu- set up in the desert, where they Iraqi and Kurdish authorities knowledge what is commonly side. Over the last three weeks, ations from the ISIS-held pocket were screened by SDF officials, were holding approximately understood and reflected in more than 10,000 people, many of in the eastern Syrian village of were rowdy, aggressive and defi- 1,500 children for alleged ISIS international law, which is that them exhausted and wounded fol- Baghouz. Associated Press jour- ant, praising ISIS and screaming affiliation in detention at the children who were forcibly re- lowers, have evacuated. nalists positioned across from the angrily at journalists. Wearing end of 2018. It said the prose- cruited should be treated as The militants — many of them ISIS-held pocket saw lines of pick- black robes with a black face cutions are often based on du- victims, not criminals . foreigners, including Iraqis and up trucks, motorcycles and people cover, they pointed their fingers bious accusations and forced From The Associated Press Central Asians along with some walking on foot, in what appeared at the group and screamed: “Is- Syrian fighters — are now fight- to be a group evacuating. lamic State will stay, God is great, ing their final battle, holed up in The U.S.-backed Syrian Demo- God is great, Islamic State will tunnels and caves inside Bag- was sick, died overnight in the re- were seated on the ground, under cratic Forces, the group spear- stay!” A couple of women took off houz. An SDF commander said heading the fight against ISIS in their shoes and raised them in the ception area from the cold. the watchful eye of SDF fighters, Wednesday when the last batch of Syria, has been applying a com- direction of journalists. “Take a “I didn’t want to leave except many of them covering their faces civilians and evacuees leave, they bination of military force to put picture of the shoe, the shoes are to treat her,” the woman who with checkered scarves. will bomb the remaining hard- pressure on the militants who better than you,” one said. Chil- identified herself as Um Fatima Many among those leaving core militants who have vowed refuse to surrender, followed by dren joined, raising their fingers said. She cursed the SDF and Wednesday appeared to be wives to die in Baghouz. He spoke on pauses to allow for the evacuation in the air. said: “The Islamic State will re- and children of ISIS militants. condition of anonymity because of civilians. A 30-year-old Iraqi woman said main and expand, God willing,” But among those who emerged he was not authorized to speak to Thousands of people have her 1-month-old daughter, who and walked away. A group of men were 13 Yazidi children from the media. Blast: US Ocasio-Cortez: Invasion of forces helped Afghanistan a ‘mistake’ New York Daily News to vote against an authorization of the use of military force against Afghans quell WASHINGTON — Rep. Alex- al-Qaida and Afghanistan — and andria Ocasio-Cortez dropped that was deemed “unacceptable.” a startling social media bomb “All of Congress was wrong, in- suicide attack Tuesday, arguing that not only cluding both GOP & Dem Party, was the post-9/11 war on Afghan- and led my generation into a di- FROM FRONT PAGE istan a “mistake,” but that “non- sastrous + wrong war that vir- Wednesday’s attack began intervention” might have been an tually all would come to regret, around 5 a.m. and five attackers appropriate answer to the terror- except for the one member who were involved, Khogyani said. ist attacks. stood up: Barbara Lee,” Ocasio- Two of them detonated their ex- The New York congress- Cortez tweeted. woman was defending fellow plosives, blowing themselves up, Noticing that she mistakenly Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, of while the remaining three were wrote the Iraq War instead of Minnesota, from another mem- killed in the shooting. Afghanistan, she corrected her- /AP ber of Congress who had tweeted The attackers were on foot and MOHAMMAD ANWAR DANISHYAR self and added, “But honestly we that Omar’s “questioning support shouldn’t have been in either, and after setting off a suicide blast Afghan security personnel stand guard in the checkpoint of an for the U.S.-Israel relationship is we should end the AUMF now at the company gates, the others airport after a suicide attack in Jalalabad on Wednesday. Militants unacceptable.” while we’re at it.” stormed in, triggering a gunbat- in Afghanistan set off a suicide blast and stormed a construction Omar, whose remarks have Asked by ABC News’ Jake tle that drew U.S. forces to the company near the airport, officials said. been deemed anti-Semitic by Tapper what she would have sup- scene, according to Gen. Ghulam some and have prompted the ported after 9/11, Ocasio-Cortez Sanayee Stanikzai, the provincial hospital. province, killing at least 23 troops House to plan a vote condemning offered three vague options. police chief. By 10:30 a.m., when the last of and wounding more than 20 oth- such comments, is highly critical “I think that our decision to “U.S. forces are supporting Af- the attackers was killed, all was ers. That attack began on Friday of U.S.-Israel policy. enter unlimited engagement ghan forces in securing the area over and the Afghan forces pro- and ended on Saturday evening, Ocasio-Cortez has risen to in Afghanistan, particularly now,” Stanikzai later said. ceeded with a clean-up operation, 40 hours later. Omar’s defense, arguing that through the AUMF + Congress’ As the attack unfolded, Afghan Khogyani said. The Taliban claimed respon- simply questioning U.S.-Israel abdication of power + decision- President Ashraf Ghani arrived The attack was the second high- sibility for the Helmand attack, ties should not be counted as anti- making w/ passage of the AUMF, for a visit to neighboring Kunar profile assault in the past six days. which came even as insurgents Semitism. By way of example, she was a mistake,” she tweeted. province to inaugurate an admin- Over the weekend, the Taliban were meeting with a U.S. peace pointed to the outcry back in 2001 “Other options: targeting the net- istrative health complex and to targeted an Afghan army unit at envoy in Qatar, a Gulf Arab coun- when Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., work itself, limited engagement, lay the cornerstone of a 200-bed its camp in southern Helmand try, for peace talks. was the only member of Congress non-intervention.” Thursday, March 7, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 MILITARY/NATION Breach endangers immigrant recruits Army’s leak could aid hostile governments

BY ALEX HORTON people,” Bakshi told The Post. He The Washington Post. filed an affidavit to support one Chinese asylum claim that has Army officials inadvertently since been used for other claims. disclosed sensitive information of The breach, he wrote, “increases at least 4,200 immigrant recruits the danger of persecution of Chi- — many of whom are from op- nese [recruits].” J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/The Associated Press pressive nations - in a move that Margaret Stock, an immigra- could aid hostile governments in tion attorney and retired Army Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, returned to Capitol Hill Wednesday for persecuting them or their fami- officer, said she is aware of six testimony before the House Intelligence Committee. lies, a lawmaker and former U.S. Chinese recruits who have been officials said. granted asylum. There are doz- A spreadsheet intended for ens of others waiting on pending internal coordination among re- Cohen’s latest testimony may claims overseen by her and other cruiters was accidentally sent to attorneys, she said. recruits and contained names, All of the affected recruits full Social Security numbers were part of the Military Acces- deal with Russia, finances and enlistment dates. The dis- sions Vital to the National Inter- closure has prompted concern est recruitment program, which BY MARY CLARE JALONICK that if some recruits are forced has rotated more than 10,400 Robert Mueller’s probe. He was Cohen’s closed-door interviews AND ERIC TUCKER interviewed behind closed doors with both the House and the Sen- to return to autocratic nations immigrants into the force with by both the Senate and House in- ate was the issue of pardons, ac- such as China or Russia, their en- promises to quickly naturalize Associated Press telligence committees last week cording to people familiar with listments would be harnessed to them in exchange for badly need- punish recruits or their families WASHINGTON — Mi- and was due for another private, those interviews . ed medical and language skills. with jail time, harsh interroga- chael Cohen, President Donald daylong meeting with the House Cohen told Congress last week It was shuttered in 2017 follow- tions or worse. Trump’s former lawyer, returned intelligence panel on Wednesday. that he had never asked for and ing security fears and increased The breach carries a tinge of to Capitol Hill on Wednesday Cohen also testified publicly be- would not accept a pardon from background checks that para- irony. The Army negligently gave for a fourth day of testimony as fore the House Oversight and Re- Trump. But that may not be the lyzed vetting resources within sensitive personnel information Democrats pursue a flurry of in- form Committee, where he called full story. the government. to recruits the Pentagon says vestigations into Trump’s White Trump a con man, a cheat and a Ac c ord i n g to pe ople w it h k nowl- Chinese recruits filing for asy- present elevated security risk. House, businesses and presiden- racist. He pleaded guilty last year edge of the situation, a lawyer for lum are concerned that extensive And if intercepted, the list could tial campaign. to lying to Congress, campaign fi- Cohen expressed interest to the background checks implemented be a propaganda victory for ad- Cohen became a key figure in nance violations and other charg- Trump legal team in a possible in 2016 will deny them enlist- versarial governments, said Rep. those investigations after turn- es and is set to begin a three-year pardon for his client in the after- ment for innocuous reasons, and Tom Malinowski, D-N.J., a for- ing on his former boss and co- prison sentence in May. math of an April raid on Cohen’s some have waited so long that mer human rights official in the operating with special counsel Among the issues discussed in hotel room, home and office. State Department under Presi- their visas have expired, expos- dent Barack Obama. ing them to deportation. That has “If that list is floating out there, heightened concern they may be it would potentially be incredibly forced into the waiting arms of dangerous for [recruits]. In some hostile governments. countries, it can even be a death “The Defense Department is sentence,” Malinowski told The coming up with any reason to fail Washington Post, referring to them,” Stock said. China and Russia. It is not clear if In another email to another those governments have obtained Chinese recruit, an Army Re- the list. serve aviation unit at Fort Knox, More than 900 Chinese Man- Kentucky, received the list in darin speakers and dozens of 2017, among other documents Russian speakers are on the related to enlistment, after it was spreadsheet, according to a copy forwarded among a chain of re- obtained by The Washington cruiting officials. Post. His name was also on the list. Chinese citizens found to seri- “I was shocked to receive the ously breach national security spreadsheet,” he wrote in an Oc- are subject to the death penalty, tober asylum claim for himself. according to criminal law there. “I surmised that Army personnel Punishment for foreign collusion didn’t bother to look at the Excel in China ranges from 10 years to attachment before forwarding life in prison. it.” A spokesman for the Army The lists also include the status did not provide comment on the of intelligence agency checks and disclosures. background investigations that The data breach has been used are similar to the scope of top-se- as supporting evidence in at least cret clearances. a dozen asylum claims for Chinese Malinowski said recruits or recruits who fear government re- their families could be imper- taliation, according to someone iled if adversarial intelligence with knowledge of the claims who networks learned of their enlist- asked not to be named. ments and detained them to probe Abhishek Bakshi, an Indian their understanding of the enlist- recruit, said he received the list ment process, security at U.S. in- by accident in December 2017 stallations “or anything that may from an Army recruiter in Wis- be useful.” consin who asked if he wanted While the list does not provide to schedule a security interview. a country of origin, languages The spreadsheet was disturbing, are listed using Defense De- said Bakshi, whose name is also partment linguistics codes, and on the list. program participants must be “The list could be a risk to those foreign-born. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, March 7, 2019 NATION Israel remarks disclose Democrats’ divisions

BY LAURIE KELLMAN yet scheduled, Democrats said it Center in January of last year, 46 Associated Press could come as soon as Thursday. percent of Americans said they “Accusations of dual loyalty sympathized more with Israel WASHINGTON — Back in Jan- generally have an insidious, and 16 percent with the Palestin- uary, the Democrats welcomed bigoted history,” an early draft ians in their Middle East discord. their brash young newcomers to of the resolution reads in part. But Democrats are about even- Congress with smiles and hugs. “The House of Representatives ly divided, with about a quarter That was before the new col- acknowledges the dangerous sympathizing with each side and leagues dragged the party’s sim- consequences of perpetuating the rest saying they side with nei- mering divisions over Israel out anti-Semitic stereotypes and re- ther or don’t know — and in re- in the open. jects anti-Semitism as hateful ex- cent years they have become less Provocative comments from pressions of intolerance that are likely to sympathize with Israel. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota contradictory to the values that Liberal Democrats were nearly have thrust the Democrats into define the people of the United twice as likely to say they sympa- an uncomfortable debate over Is- States.” thize more with the Palestinians rael policy a few weeks before a Pelosi and Majority Leader (35 percent) than with Israel (19 high-profile conference at which Steny Hoyer announced in a percent). Older Americans were senior Democrats typically make meeting of leading Democrats much more likely to say they sym- a show of support for the Jewish late Tuesday that the text will be pathize with Israel than with the state. Increasingly, the rift ap- updated to include anti-Muslim Palestinians, with more division pears as much generational as bias, according to a senior Demo- ideological, with newly elected cratic aide who spoke on condi- among younger Americans. Democrats showing less defer- CAROLYN KASTER/AP tion of anonymity to discuss the Omar, a Somali-American, ence to the party line. private meeting. says that what she’s questioning The latest remarks about Israel by Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is the influence game in Wash- Omar became the flash point prompted House Democrats to draft a resolution condemning The text, which includes a ington and she worries that any- after she suggested last week that anti-Semitism. history of bigotry against Mus- Israel’s supporters are pushing lims and blacks as well as Jews, thing she says about Israel and its U.S. lawmakers to take a pledge Donald Trump calling Omar’s re- This time Omar is not apolo- sounds unobjectionable by itself. treatment of Palestinians will be of “allegiance to a foreign coun- marks “a dark day for Israel” and gizing. And this time pro-Israel But the fact that senior Demo- construed as anti-Semitic. try.” It’s at least the third time posting a photo of himself in Je- Democrats led by Speaker Nancy crats felt obliged to put the House “Being opposed to (Prime Min- she has forced older, pro-Israel rusalem. Inside the Democratic Pelosi are not just warning her on-record on the topic points to ister Benjamin) Netanyahu and Democrats who run the House family, meanwhile, leaders are about the dangers of Jewish a transformation in the coun- the occupation is not the same as into awkward territory over U.S.- in a bind, torn between a need to tropes. They’re expected to offer try — mostly among Democrats being anti-Semitic,” she tweeted Israeli policy. admonish Omar and their desire a resolution condemning anti- — about supporting the Jewish on Sunday. “I am grateful to the Republicans have been happy to defend one of the first Muslim Semitism on the House floor. Al- state. many Jewish allies who have spo- to stoke the furor, with President women elected to Congress. though no vote on the resolution is In a poll by the Pew Research ken out and said the same.” More migrants crossing southern border in large groups this year

BY COLLEEN LONG few agents and staff. There were border security. The Senate is ex- Associated Press only 13 large groups during the pected to vote next week and join previous budget year, and only the House in rejecting his national WASHINGTON — The number two the year before. emergency declaration aimed at of migrant families crossing the The system “is well beyond ca- building border walls, but Trump southwest border is again break- pacity, and remains at the break- would almost certainly veto the ing records, and the crush is ing point,” U.S. Customs and measure and the issue is likely to overwhelming border agents and Border Protection Commissioner be settled in the courts. straining facilities, officials said. Kevin McAleenan said during a After the deaths of two migrant SUSAN WALSH/AP More than 76,000 migrants press conference Tuesday. children in Border Patrol custody, With surveillance footage in the background, U.S. Customs and Border crossed the U.S.-Mexico border The new figures reflect the dif- Customs and Border Protection Patrol Commissioner Kevin McAleenan speaks Tuesday in Washington. last month, more than double the ficulties President Donald Trump stepped up medical screenings. More than 76,000 migrants crossed the border last month. number from the same period last has faced as he tries to cut down on They also announced sweeping year. Most were families coming illegal immigration, his signature changes including more rigorous ter suited to manage families and tunities for smugglers because in ever-increasingly large groups issue. But it could also help him interviews as migrants come into children and handle medical care attention is diverted to the large — there were 70 groups of more make the case that there truly is a the system. concerns — but it’s not a perma- groups. Border officials say they than 100 people in the past few national emergency at the border And McAleenan said a new nent solution. worry they’re spending too much months, and they cross illegally — albeit one built around humani- processing center would be built Border officials said the large time on migrant care and not in extremely rural locations with tarian crises and not necessarily in El Paso, Texas, that will be bet- family groups are creating oppor- enough on security. Aide: Phone data collection program has been temporarily stopped

BY SUSANNAH GEORGE Murry, a specialist in national The U.S. began bulk data col- ple’s privacy as it swept up call the program sucks up a lot of re- Associated Press security who works for Califor- lection of the time, length and records. cords of people not suspected of nia GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy, participants — but not the content “The NSA should not restart doing anything wrong,” he said. WASHINGTON — A secret did not go into detail about why — of phone calls as part of a sur- this program if it indeed has sat If the Trump administration U.S. surveillance program that the program was halted but men- veillance program started after idle, and Congress should put advocates for its demise, “I would was revealed to the public by for- tioned “problems” with the way the Sept. 11 attacks. The program an end to the program and oth- hope that Congress would let it mer National Security Agency information was collected. prompted widespread controver- ers like it once and for all,” said go,” Greene said. contractor Edward Snowden has Neema Singh Guliani, senior leg- The NSA collected more than McCarthy’s office would not sy after it was publicly exposed been at least temporarily halted, islative counsel for the American 534.4 million details of calls comment Tuesday beyond a writ- by Snowden in 2013. according to a senior congressio- Civil Liberties Union. and text messages in 2017 from nal aide. ten statement that noted Murry Authority for the program is David Greene, senior staff at- American telecom providers such The NSA program, which in- was not speaking on behalf of the due to expire this year unless torney and civil liberties director as AT&T and Verizon, according volved the mass collection of in- Trump administration when he Congress renews it. at San Francisco -based Electron- to the most recent government re- formation about phone calls, has gave the interview to the Lawfare Civil liberties advocates from ic Frontier Foundation, said there port covering NSA surveillance not been used over the past six podcast. across the political spectrum were many reasons why the pro- activities. That was more than months, the aide, Luke Murry, The White House and NSA de- have said the program was overly gram shouldn’t be renewed. three times the 151.2 million col- said in a podcast interview. clined to comment. broad and invasive, violating peo- “Even in its more limited form, lected in 2016. Thursday, March 7, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 NATION Teen tells Senate why he defied mom, got vaccinated

BY LAURAN NEERGAARD Last December, despite his secretary, told the Senate Health, Associated Press mother’s disapproval and real- Education, Labor & Pensions izing that “my school viewed me Committee. WASHINGTON — An Ohio teen as a health threat,” Lindenberger In fact, a massive 10-year study defied his mother’s anti-vaccine began catching up on his missed of more than 650,000 children beliefs and started getting his shots immunizations. He told lawmak- born in Denmark offered fresh CAROLYN KASTER/AP when he turned 18 — and told Con- ers it’s important “to inform people reassurance that there’s no risk of gress on Tuesday that it’s crucial about how to find good informa- autism from the measles, mumps Ethan Lindenberger testifies Tuesday during a Senate Committee on to counter fraudulent claims on so- tion” and to remind them how dan- and rubella, or MMR, vaccine. In Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine vaccines, cial media that scare parents. gerous these diseases really are. Annals of Internal Medicine on focusing on preventable disease outbreaks. Ethan Lindenberger of Norwalk, This year is shaping up to be a Tuesday, researchers compared Ohio, said his mother’s “love, af- bad one for measles as already, vaccinated and unvaccinated tots Lindenberger created national said she feared her children hav- fection and care is apparent,” but the U.S. has counted more than and concluded: “Our study does headlines after he posted on Red- ing a bad reaction if they were vac- that she was steeped in online con- 200 cases in 11 states — including not support that MMR vaccination dit several months ago that, “my cinated, and questioned why a teen spiracies that make him and his about 70 in an outbreak in the Pa- increases the risk for autism, trig- parents think vaccines are some was given a national platform to siblings vulnerable to vaccine-pre- cific Northwest. gers autism in susceptible children kind of government scheme” and discuss the topic. “They’ve made ventable diseases like the ongoing While deaths are rare in the or is associated with clustering of “god knows how I’m still alive.” him the poster child for the phar- measles outbreaks. U.S., measles killed 110,000 people autism cases after vaccination.” He asked how to go about getting maceutical industry,” she said. “I grew up under my mother’s globally in 2017 — and unvaccinat- Vaccination against a list of dis- vaccinated on his own. Tuesday, the high school senior beliefs that vaccines are danger- ed Americans traveling abroad, or eases is required to attend school, Lindenberger’s mother, Jill told the Senate panel that parents ous,” Lindenberger told a Senate foreign visitors here, can easily but 17 states, including Ohio, allow Wheeler, told The Associated aren’t the only ones who need bet- health committee. He’d show her bring in the virus. some type of non-medical exemp- Press on Tuesday that she was ter education. “Most of my friends scientific studies but said she in- The vaccine is highly effec- tion for “personal, moral or other proud of how her son carried him- didn’t even understand they could stead turned to illegitimate sources tive and very safe, John Wies- beliefs,” according to the National self even though “I didn’t agree get vaccinated despite their par- that “instill fear into the public.” man, Washington state’s health Conference of State Legislatures. with anything he said.” Wheeler ents’ wishes,” Lindenberger said. Possibility of mudslides prompts Calif. evacuation orders

Associated Press residents to evacuate hillside conference earlier this week stroyed or damaged hundreds nearly eliminated drought condi- neighborhoods scarred by fires that the system is expected to be of Montecito structures, killed tions in the state. While frequent- LOS ANGELES — A storm — including parts of Montecito more intense than the last sev- ly disrupting travel, the storms soaking California on Wednesday 21 people and left two others hit by a disastrous debris flow just contributed a big part of the could trigger mudslides in wild- eral storms. A map published by missing. over a year ago. Officials didn’t the county Office of Emergency The weather service issued state’s water supply — the Sierra fire burn areas where thousands say how many people heeded the snowpack that melts and runs off of residents are under evacuation Management indicates that much a flash-flood watch through order. of Montecito is at risk. Wednesday for all burn areas in into reservoirs during spring and orders, authorities warned. Many customers pumping gas “We do not take these evacua- Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los summer. Up to 4 inches of rain was ex- at Montecito’s Village Service pected along the Central Coast, Station on Tuesday said they’re tion orders lightly, and while we Angeles counties. and amounts could be higher in not leaving, according to Ray do know this is very inconvenient, To the north, heavy snowfall areas where thunderstorms de- Dunham, who works there. if you are in an evacuation area, and high winds are predicted for velop, the National Weather Ser- “Nobody’s going into panic please know there is a high risk to the Sierra Nevada, where a series vice said. mode,” he said. “They think the life and property,” Brown said. of blizzards has dumped moun- The Santa Barbara County threat is way over-exaggerated.” A January 2018 debris flow tains of snow. Sheriff’s Office ordered 3,000 Sheriff Bill Brown told a news from the Thomas fire scar de- The wettest winter in years has

MIKE ELIASON, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT/AP This time exposure photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department shows a series of lightning strikes over Santa Barbara, Calif., seen from Stearns Wharf in the city’s harbor, Tuesday evening. Authorities warned that a storm could trigger mudslides in wildfire burn areas where thousands of residents are under evacuation orders. PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, March 7, 2019 NATION Ala. twister kills 10 from 1 family Monster tornado was deadliest since 2013

BY JAY REEVES about was related,” said Deme- Associated Press tria Jones, 28. “It’s devastating.” With windspeed as high as 170 BEAUREGARD, Ala. — Cous- mph , the deadliest U.S. tornado ins Cordarrly Jones and Demetria in nearly six years rolled mobile Jones have a hard time count- homes across fields and caused ing all the relatives they lost to a even brick homes to collapse into monster tornado that wiped out a unrecognizable heaps. At least 23 rural community in Alabama. people were killed, some of them Their grandparents, Jimmy children. The full scale of the loss Jones, 89, and Mary Louise Jones, came into focus with the release 83, were killed in their home on a of the names of the dead. The two-lane road where most every- youngest victim was 6, the oldest one shares family ties. The cou- 89. ple’s son Emmanuel Jones, 53, an It was the deadliest tornado to uncle to the cousins, is gone too. hit the U.S. since May 2013, when Also dead, they said, were an EF5 twister killed 24 people in seven cousins by both blood and Moore, Okla. JULIE BENNETT/AP marriage: Eric Jamal Stenson, The enormous twister appar- 38; Florel Tate Stenson; 63; Henry ently churned for about 70 miles, Jeremy Renfroe, of Notasulga, Ala., salvages his friends’ belongings at their home near Lee County Road Lewis Stenson; 65; James Henry crossing the state line and end- 38 in Beauregard, Ala., on Monday, a day after fatal tornadoes ravaged the area. Tate, 86; Tresia Robinson, 62; ing in neighboring Georgia, the Raymond Robinson Jr., 63; and National Weather Service said. to just seven or eight. house on Tuesday. get to the scene. Maggie Delight Robinson, 57. Government teams that surveyed Richard Tate, who is part of the He said he found more than a Reese’s friend Dexter Nor- Stunned by the loss of 10 rela- Sunday’s damage confirmed same family and lost four close half-dozen bodies or fatally in- wood, 46, said he found three tives and worried about still more there was an outbreak of at least relatives, said he was lucky to be jured residents along Lee County more bodies and the severed leg who are hospitalized with serious 20 twisters in Florida, Alabama, alive. 39, the road where so many of the of a woman. injuries, the cousins stood Tues- “It could have taken all of us Georgia and South Carolina. family members died. He said he also had to eutha- day amid the wreckage of a row On Tuesday, the search for bod- the way it was moving,” said Tate, “It bothers me, but it had to be nize a horse that sustained a seri- of family homes in tiny Beaure- ies, pets and belongings continued who was inside his home with gard, near the Georgia state line. in and around Beauregard amid his wife when the structure was done,” said Reese, who lives about ous leg injury. “It really hasn’t fully hit me the din of beeping heavy machin- destroyed. 2 miles away. He suffered a fractured ver- yet. I’m still trying to process it,” ery and whining chain saws. Bernard Reese, a distant rela- He arrived in his truck after the tebra when the twister hit the said Cordarrly Jones, 29. Sheriff Jay Jones said the list of tive of the Jones cousins, picked twister passed and climbed over mobile home he shared with his “Everybody in this area just the missing shrunk from dozens through the remains of his aunt’s downed trees and power lines to wife, but he said both are fine.

Far left: Hunter Lashley searches through the debris that was his mobile home near Beauregard on Monday . Left : Dorothy Wilborn, seated, is comforted by her sisters Ruthie Davis, left, and Debbie Hunter in what remains of Wilborn’s home near Beauregard, Ala., on Monday, a day after a massive tornado killed at least 23 people.

PHOTOS BY MICKEY WELSH, THE MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER/AP

Despite improved forecasting, tornado deaths continue

BY SETH BORENSTEIN To a meteorologist, the forecast was the when a tornado might be only half a mile percells spawn tornadoes, said predic- Associated Press equivalent of a hole-in-one in golf or a slam wide. And getting people to listen and take tion center forecast operations chief Bill dunk, but with so many people killed, “was precautions is another matter altogether. Bunting. There are other factors at work, WASHINGTON — Sometimes in fore- it a success or a failure or both?” asked Col- Forecasting tornadoes combines the including erratic wind behavior known as casting tornadoes, you can get everything orado State University meteorology profes- hard physics of meteorology, the softer wind shear, the amount of cold air present, technically right, and yet it all goes horri- sor Russ Schumacher. human factors of social science and more even the size of the rain droplets, meteo- bly wrong. Forecasters “painted a pretty clear than a dash of chaos. rologists said. And then there are the un- Three days before the killer Alabama picture that something bad was going to At the National Oceanic and Atmospher- known factors at play. tornado struck, government severe-storm happen,” Schumacher said, and “there’s ic Administration’s Storm Prediction Cen- Given all that, the best meteorologists meteorologists cautioned that conditions certainly success in that. On the other ter in Norman, Okla ., forecasters look for can do is say seven to eight days out — four could be ripe for twisters in the Southeast hand, we don’t like to see entire communi- certain ingredients that can make a torna- to five is more usual — when conditions on Sunday. Then, an hour before the trage- ties to be turned upside-down like this. So do. These include warm moist air coming will be ripe for tornadoes, Bunting said. dy, they warned that a strong tornado could there’s more to be done.” from the south and stormy weather chug- And even that doesn’t mean they will occur in two particular Alabama counties Predicting with any precision where a ging from the west that can bring insta- happen. within 30 to 60 minutes. tornado is going to go is still beyond the bility. That’s when you can get supercells, And certainly not over all of the large And that’s what happened. limits of meteorology, which is why warn- which is where tornadoes come from. area that meteorologists give in their sev- Yet 23 people died. ings went out for a large two-county area But maybe only 10 to 20 percent of su- eral-day-out alerts. Thursday, March 7, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 NATION R. Kelly cries, calls accusers ‘liars’ in interview

Associated Press At one point during the interview, Kelly stands up and rants, saying: “I have been CHICAGO — R&B star R. Kelly cried, buried alive, but I’m alive.” He says he stood up and ranted about being “assas- needs someone to help him “not have a big sinated” during his first interview since heart.” being charged with sexual abuse, calling “You all don’t want to believe the truth,” his accusers “liars” and saying people are he said. going after him for his money. When pressed about whether he was at- Kelly, one of the best-selling music art- tracted to younger women, Kelly said: “I’m ists of all time, told Gayle King of “CBS an older man who loves all women.” He ac- This Morning” that he never sexually knowledged living and being in a relation- abused women or controlled their lives. ship with two young women. The singer, 52, was charged last month The recording artist has been trailed with sexually abusing four females dat- for decades by allegations that he violated ing back to 1998, including three underage underage girls and women and held some girls. as virtual slaves. Kelly has consistently “All of them are lying,” Kelly said in seg- denied any sexual misconduct and was ments of the interview broadcast Wednes- acquitted of child pornography charges in day. “I have been assassinated.” 2008. Those charges centered on a graphic Kelly, out on bail following his Feb. 22 video that prosecutors said showed him arrest in Chicago, said he has done “lots having sex with a girl as young as 13. COURTESY OF CBS/AP of things wrong” when it comes to women, As part of his current case, Kelly is but said he has apologized. He denies doing forbidden from having any contact with This image provided by CBS shows R. Kelly being interviewed by Gayle King on “CBS anything against their will. The singer said females younger than 18. He has pleaded This Morning” on Wednesday . The R&B singer gave his first interview since being he believes social media is to blame for not guilty to 10 counts of aggravated sexual charged last month with sexually abusing four females dating back to 1998, including creating the allegations against him. abuse. three underage girls. Vacationing grandma Dean resigns over school’s posed on an iceberg, rejection of then wave set it adrift Chick-fil-A BY MICHAEL BRICE-SADDLER Associated Press The Washington Post LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — A A 77-year-old grandmother lived dean at a New Jersey university out her dreams of royalty when resigned, saying the school’s de- she climbed atop a throne-shaped iceberg during a recent trip to cision to not consider bringing Chick-fil-A to campus because of Iceland. LYNNE SLADKY/AP Judith Streng, from Texas, struck its opposition to the LGBT com- a regal pose on a hunk of ice that Broward County Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie listens munity made her feel “like I had washed up on Diamond Beach in during a meeting of the Broward County School Board on Tuesday. been punched in the stomach.” The board voted to retain his contract . Cynthia Newman, former Jokulsarlon while her son snapped PHOTO COURTESY OF CATHERINE STRENG a picture. It was a moment of tri- /The Washington Post dean of Rider University’s Col- umph for the magnificent “iceberg lege of Business Administration, queen,” as she was later dubbed. Judith Streng nearly drifted away School district hit by tragedy said her views as a “very com- That is, until a sudden wave dis- to sea after she posed for a mitted Christian” and the fast lodged the icy throne — sending photo on an iceberg in Iceland. food chain’s views “mirror” one grandmother adrift. votes to keep superintendent another. “When I got on it, it started to Newman’s resignation was first totter and a wave was coming in,” ‘ A very large wave BY TERRY SPENCER parents to work with him moving reported Tuesday by Campus Streng told ABC News. “A very Associated Press forward and to use the tragedy as Reform, a conservative news site large wave came in and kind of came in and kind an opportunity to bring the com- that bills itself as a higher educa- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — made the throne kind of rock, and I munity together. tion watchdog . of made the throne The superintendent of the Florida could tell that I was slipping off.” “I can’t lift the pain of the vic- Rider University, located out- school district where a gunman On Monday, Streng’s grand- kind of rock, and I tims’ families but I know pain,” side Trenton, had sent a survey killed 17 last year weathered an daughter, Christine, posted the could tell that I was Runcie said. He said his mother last year asking students which texts and photos her father sent attempt Tuesday to fire him by a was shot and wounded while he board member who lost a daugh- restaurants they would like to see after the Feb. 26 ordeal. Each photo slipping off. stood next to her when he was 8 on campus. In November, New- ’ ter in the shooting. and that he dealt with the loss of shows Judith drifting further and Judith Streng man said, a second survey was The Broward school board several children when he was an further away from the camera. Woman rescued from an iceberg sent but did not include Chick-fil- voted 6-3 to retain Superinten- educator in Chicago. “Lost her kingdom when she A as a choice. The university said dent Robert Runcie, rejecting a “I have witnessed a lot of loss. drifted out to see! [sic]” Christine’s at the time the restaurant was motion introduced by member Grief and anger can really test father texted her. He added, “No taken off the list because of its op- joke. A coast guard rescuer had was a little easier to float off with Lori Alhadeff, who was elected and wreck your spirit, but you position to the LGBT community to save her and bring her back to me, I guess.” to the board last year. Alhadeff’s can’t let it wreck your life.” and their values do not align with shore!” On her choice to sit on the throne, 14-year-old daughter Alyssa and About 80 parents and com- Rider’s values. Photos of grandmother’s nauti- she told the network: “You know, 16 others died in the Feb. 14, munity members addressed the cal adventure had garnered 66,000 I always wanted to be a queen. 2018, shooting at Marjory Stone- board prior to the vote, with only “I felt like I had been punched retweets by Friday evening. I mean, come on, that was my man Douglas High School in six speaking in favor of firing in the stomach when I read that The daring grandmother told chance.” Parkland. Runcie during more than four statement because I am a very ABC News her rescuer was Randy Streng returned to the United Runcie supporters and oppo- hours of testimony. The rest said committed Christian,” Newman Lacount, a boat captain from Flor- States on Monday and is recuper- nents packed the board’s meet- he should be retained because he told the website. “I really felt it ida who witnessed her float away. ating from her trip, Christine told ing room and an overflow area, has improved schools district- very personally.” He did not immediately return The Post. While she was not avail- and security was tight: A police wide and reached out to minority Chick-fil-A has donated mil- a request for comment Monday able for interview, the elder Streng officer escorted Runcie into the communities. His supporters say lions over the years to groups that evening. relayed to her granddaughter that building and spectators were he has led an academic rebirth in oppose same-sex marriage. In “I thought it was safe,” Streng she’s “glad people are getting a kick checked for weapons. The district the district and note that the state 2012, the company’s chief oper- told ABC. “One girl had been on it out of her story.” is the nation’s sixth-largest with gave Broward a “B” in its latest ating officer criticized same-sex and then two girls at the same time, “Being so popular is wild,” the 327 schools and 270,000 students. district grades. The state’s report marriage, prompting some politi- and it was very secure with them. grandmother added. After the vote, Runcie asked took into account a graduation cians to block the chain from ex- But I don’t weigh very much. So it In a way, it’s like being royalty. Alhadeff and the other victims’ rate of 84 percent. panding in certain areas. PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, March 7, 2019 NATION Las Vegas closer to greenlighting Musk firm’s bid BY REGINA GARCIA CANO tweeting habits. He has had dust- Associated Press ups with stock market regulators and agreed last year to step down LAS VEGAS — Entrepreneur as chairman of the board of Tesla, Elon Musk’s dream of an express his electric car company. tunnel transit system could final- But Las Vegas tourism officials ly become a reality in Las Vegas are ready to get on board with a after major setbacks in other Musk project. /via AP cities. “It’s really innovative. I think THE BORING CO. Las Vegas’ tourism agency it will be an attraction in and of Tourism officials in Las Vegas announced Wednesday they might soon grant The Boring Co., founded by announced Wednesday it is rec- itself, frankly,” Steve Hill, presi- Elon Musk, a contract to build and operate a mile-and-a-quarter-long project with autonomous electric ommending that an enterprise dent and CEO of the Las Vegas vehicles such as the one above to move people around a mega convention center. backed by the divisive billionaire Convention and Visitors Author- receive a contract to build and op- ity, told The Associated Press. tion center is expected to be free he added in response to initial project a reality. erate an underground tunnel sys- Details of the project have not for people attending events. skepticism. Soon after, he began The authority already has op- tem through which autonomous been finalized. But Hill said the The convention center is op- The Boring Co., tongue in cheek tional routes for the tunnel sys- electric vehicles would whisk system will probably have three erated by the authority, which intentional. tem to expand to connect to the people around a mega convention or four stations, each situated at is funded by a county room tax The skepticism has not subsid- Las Vegas Strip, the city’s down- center, and in the future, possibly entrances to the convention cen- and is responsible for promoting ed. Plans for a project in Chicago town and McCarran Internation- the city’s famous casino-filled ter’s halls. People would be car- the destination around the world. appear to be in jeopardy. Neither al Airport . corridor. ried to the hall of their choice in The tourism agency is governed mayoral candidate approves of Steve Davis, president of The If approved, the system of just electric vehicles moving through over a mile long would debut by parallel tunnels, each running in by a board of directors. plans announced in June that Boring Co., said the speed at January 2021 at the facility, which one direction. The fleet could in- The authority is expected to called for a system similar to which the vehicles will move in- hosts more than 1 million people clude Tesla’s Model X and Model present to the board the recom- the one proposed for Las Vegas. side the convention center’s tun- every year. The Musk-owned The 3 and a vehicle with capacity for mendation to select Musk’s com- It would carry people between nels will depend on the number Boring Co. would build the proj- about 16 people, Hill said. All ve- pany Tuesday . If approved, Hill Chicago’s downtown and O’Hare of stations built. The technology ect costing from $35 million to hicles would be fully autonomous, said the agency hopes to return to International Airport at speeds involved in the project is being $55 million. meaning they won’t have backup the board with a full design and of up to 150 mph through under- tested every day in the tunnel in It’s different from his belea- human drivers. proposed contract by June. ground tunnels. Hawthorne, Calif., he said. guered efforts to build under- The Las Vegas Convention Musk in December unveiled a Hill said he does not expect The company believes it will be ground tunnel systems in other Center, which attracts worldwide test tunnel built under a Los An- permitting processes in the Las able to deliver the project by the cities because Musk will be paid gatherings including the premier geles suburb, allowing reporters Vegas area to put the project 2021 deadline . It is also eyeing for it if the contract is approved. Consumer Electronics Show, is and guests to take rides. It came behind schedule should it be ap- the expansion possibility. Projects in Los Angeles and Chi- undergoing an expansion. When almost two years to the day after proved, because the city is “com- “If the community likes it, cago have drawn opposition and finished, convention attendees Musk announced on Twitter that mitted to innovation.” and they come, they ride at the skepticism from residents and could log about two miles walk- “traffic is driving me nuts” and Hill acknowledged the tech- convention center and they say, officials about whether they will ing from one end to the other. The he was “going to build a tunnel nology that will be used in the ‘This is great. It’s comfortable. actually open. distance led officials to look for a boring machine and just start project has not been used com- It’s fast. It’s awesome.’ Well, there Musk has faced recent blow- transportation solution. digging.” mercially, but he said the com- are other places it can go,” Davis back because of his behavior and The service within the conven- “I am actually going to do this,” pany has the talent to make the said. Md. girl not grappling with how to rise in wrestling

BY BOB HOUGH the third period, then kept Stone titles. Justin Knapp, just a fresh- The (Annapolis, Md.) Capital from scoring the rest of the way man, is coming off a second-place and locked up the state title. finish at the county tournament HARWOOD, Md. — Ashley “At first, I wasn’t really sure and is the top seed at 106 at this Knapp says she feels like one that I had won,” Knapp said. weekend’s Class 2A/1A South Re- of the guys as a member of the “Then I saw my family and gion tournament. Southern High School wrestling coaches and they were so happy, It can be tough being the team. so I knew I had won.” only female on the team. Ash- Only thing is, she’s not a guy. Wrestling isn’t just a hobby ley Knapp is not the first female The only female member of the or a sport Knapp uses to stay in wrestler at Southern and says she team just completed her third shape for other sports. She start- is treated no different than her year and has a goal of cracking ed wrestling in sixth grade after male teammates. the varsity lineup next year as seeing her younger brother, Jus- “It’s not that bad at all,” she some of the current lightweight tin, participate. She would go to said. “They help me out a lot and wrestlers move up to higher his matches and practices and think of me as one of the guys and weights. found the sport to be “interest- part of the family. They’re all so She’ll have something else to ing.” She’s also a defender on the supportive.” shoot for next year. Bulldogs’ girls soccer team. In an effort to highlight girls “She’s always there and she One of her goals is to make that wrestling and to educate and in- works hard. Her goal this year varsity lineup next year, while also repeating as a state champi- crease the popularity of a growing JOSHUA MCKERROW, THE BALTIMORE SUN/via AP was to win that female state division in the sport, the Mary- championship,” Southern coach on at the female state tournament. land Public Secondary Schools Ashley Knapp is the only female member of the wrestling team at Jeff Schrumm said. “She goes to She’ll use the spring to play travel Athletic Association last year Southern High School in Harwood, Md. Her goal is to reach varsity camps and does work in the off- soccer, then shift her attention to held the inaugural girls wrestling next year as some current wrestlers move up to higher weights. season. We don’t make any spe- wrestling over the summer. state tournament. The event, held cial exceptions for her and she is “She’s going to put the work in at Northeast High School in Da- year and attracted wrestlers Knapp received a first-round well-liked by her teammates.” and she’ll be there,” Schrumm vidsonville, included roughly 80 from 47 schools across the state. bye at the 117-pound weight class, Though Knapp’s season ended said. “There’s a cluster of really female wrestlers from across the While last year’s event was more then after a pair of pins, found following the junior varsity tour- good kids, but I would love to have state. Knapp finished third in the of a round robin format, this year herself locked in a tight bout with nament on Monday, she’ll be sup- a spot open up for Ashley. Even if 115-pound weight class. there were brackets for each Taylor Stone of St. Charles in the porting the varsity wrestlers still one doesn’t, she’ll still be there The event was held again this weight class. final. Knapp held a 4-2 lead in in contention for region and state working hard.” Thursday, March 7, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 WORLD China: Law will bar tech handover demands

BY CHRISTOPHER BODEEN robust annual economic growth target power and other technologies has increased Associated Press ‘ and promised in a speech to the congress’ the range of products available to consum- (The law will) clarify the opening session that foreign companies ers and helped to drive down prices. But it BEIJING — China will bar government system for advancement will be “treated as equals” with their Chi- rattles Washington and other governments authorities from demanding overseas com- nese competitors. that worry Chinese competition is a threat panies hand over technology secrets in ex- and protection of foreign Accusations that China demands the to their industries and employment. change for market share, a top economic investment. disclosure of technology secrets are a key Such concerns underscore a standoff official said Wednesday, addressing a key ’ stumbling point in the U.S.-China trade between the U.S. and China over Huawei complaint at the heart of the China-U.S. Ning Jizhe dispute that has significantly disrupted Technologies, the world’s biggest maker of trade dispute. Vice chairman of a Chinese economic agency commerce between the world’s two larg- telecom infrastructure for new high-speed The provision is contained in a foreign est economies, affecting farmers, liquor 5G networks. Washington has been push- investment law to be debated at the current exporters and China’s key manufacturing ing hard to exclude the Chinese company annual session of the National People’s encompassing and beneficial legal guaran- industries. from building the backbone of the future Congress, Ning Jizhe, vice chairman of the tee,” he said. Li on Tuesday set this year’s economic internet. Cabinet’s economic planning agency told The rubber-stamp legislature is expect- growth target at 6 to 6.5 percent. Such a News reports say Washington and Bei- reporters at a news conference. ed to pass the law during its 11-day session, growth rate, if achieved, would be among jing might be close to an agreement to end The law will “clarify the system for ad- although the central government routinely the world’s strongest. Yet it would be slight- the trade battle and avoid further tariff vancement and protection of foreign in- says it has little control over commercial ly below last year’s 6.6 percent growth in hikes, although no firm agreements have vestment,” Ning said. The legal system agreements between Chinese and foreign China and would mark a new three-decade been announced on the core of the dispute: will ensure that foreign businesses “can- firms. low. U.S. pressure on Beijing to roll back its not be required to transfer technology by Ning’s statement came a day after Chi- China’s emergence as a competitor in plans for state-led creation of global com- administrative means, providing a more nese Premier Li Keqiang announced a smartphones, telecom equipment, solar petitors in robotics and other technology. German police: Dead gardener suspected of planting bombs

BY DAVID RISING Associated Press ‘ It cannot be BERLIN — German police on ruled out that the Wednesday urged anyone who had a conflict with a recently deceased deceased made man to be wary, after a doctor was other preparations killed and a mother and daughter were injured by bombs apparently that could endanger planted by him before he died. further people. Westpfalz police spokesman ’ ANIS BELGHOUL/AP Bernhard Christian Erfort said German police Hundreds of students gather to protest the decision of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run his office has received more than for a fifth term, in Algiers on Tuesday. 60 calls to a hotline since it was established Monday, primarily by towns were also briefly pan- from people worried about contact they’d had with gardener Bern- icked by a loud bang on Tuesday, hard Graumann, who was found but it turned out to be a sonic boom Algerian general’s comments dead in his bed in the town of Meh- from a jet flying overhead. lingen on Friday. Erfort wouldn’t comment on The town is a few miles north- media reports that Graumann is evoke country’s past civil war east of Kaiserslautern. believed to have killed himself, Graumann is believed to have saying autopsy results were not planted a bomb outside the medi- expected until next week. BY AOMAR OUALI with reconciling Algeria. But the cal practice of a 64-year-old doctor He did say there was no sign of Associated Press 82-year-old president has hardly in the nearby town of Enkenbach- foul play. been seen since a 2013 stroke and Alsenborn that exploded Friday In a search of Graumann’s morning, killing the physician. ALGIERS, Algeria — The gen- is currently hospitalized in Ge- home, investigators found black eral who leads Algeria’s army Then on Sunday, a 37-year-old powder and other items that were neva undergoing what has been woman and her 4-year-old daugh- responded Tuesday to protests “in violation of weapons and explo- described as medical exams. ter were injured by glass splinters against the country’s longtime sives laws,” police said. The students protesting Tues- when the woman put a log that had president, darkly evoking the “It cannot be ruled out that the years of bloodshed before the day carried signs with slo- been rigged with explosives into gans such as “Algeria is not a her stove and it blew the door out. deceased made other preparations current government took power that could endanger further peo- and the fight against terrorism kingdom.” Their injuries were not thought ple,” police said. to portray the demonstrations as They called for a general strike to be life threatening, but the child ANIS BELGHOUL/AP Further details were not being dangerous. if Bouteflika doesn’t meet their is still in the hospital receiving treatment, Erfort said. released with the investigation Army Chief of Staff Gen. Algerian chief of staff Gen. demands this week. Graumann, 59, had been in con- ongoing but a news conference Ahmed Gaid Salah spoke at a Ahmed Gaid Salah compared Bouteflika released a statement flict with both the doctor and with military school outside Algiers current protests to the years of was being planned for later in the Sunday that if he wins the April the family, and is thought to have bloodshed before the current week. as hundreds of students marched election, he would hold a refer- planted the explosives before he in the capital to oppose President government took power. People who knew Graumann endum on a new constitution and died. said he was involved in Medieval Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s decision to call an early election in which he Police released his full name, “A people that defeated terrorism re-enactments and had apparently seek a fifth term. wouldn’t run. which is unusual in Germany due In his first comments on the knows how to preserve the stabil- used pyrotechnics as part of the “Too little, too late,” said Yas- to privacy laws, to ensure anyone protests that started last month, ity and security of its nation.” entertainment. mine Ferroukh, a marketing stu- who might have had problems with Salah recalled the bleak period in He did not mention the presi- “He always went to medieval dent in Algiers. “What we want is him would exercise extra caution the 1990s when fighting between dent by name during his remarks in the coming days. festivals, had a knight’s armor,” him to leave.” Islamic insurgents and Algeria’s at the school. The military is Police also investigated a suspi- acquaintance Siegfried Zech told security forces left 200,000 dead. widely seen as a silent kingmaker When neighboring Tunisia and cious object at the home of a person RTL television. “He’s also said to “There are parties who wish to within Algeria’s opaque ruling Libya overthrew autocratic lead- in a nearby town who had been in have had an explosives license and bring Algeria back to the years of coterie. ers in 2011, the Algerian govern- an argument with Graumann, but have handled a lot with explosives violence,” Salah, one of Boutef- Bouteflika, who has been in ment boosted public spending and it turned out to be a false alarm. and weapons, but supposedly he lika’s most loyal supporters, said. power since 1999, is credited avoided Arab Spring uprisings. Residents of Mehlingen and near- purchased all of that legally.” PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, March 7, 2019 AMERICAN ROUNDUP A uthorities investigate THE CENSUS $17K theft of copper The number of rabbits seized from a home in Washington state SPENCER — Author- after a welfare check by animal control officers. Kitsap Animal Con- ities in West Virginia trol Supervisor Chase Connolly said people at the Poulsbo home were WV 300 trying to start a rescue for rabbits but that the homeowner became are trying to find out who took thousands of dollars’ worth of overwhelmed by their prolific breeding. The Kitsap Humane Society is seeking homes for the copper from an American Elec- rabbits, ranging in age from newborns to 5 years. tric Power facility. Roane County Sheriff Todd Cole told WSAZ-TV in Huntington that someone got into the property in the Amma community by cutting a hole in the fence. Cole said a roll of copper valued at about $17,000 is missing. No suspect information has been released. The sheriff’s of- fice said anyone with information should call 304 -927-3410. Footprints in snow lead to theft suspect

HACKENSACK — Po- NJ lice in New Jersey said footprints in the snow led them from a crashed stolen car to the man suspected of stealing it. Hackensack Police Capt. Peter Busciglio sa id the 23-year-old suspect was arrested on motor vehicle theft and resisting arrest charges Saturday. NorthJersey. com report ed the victim told po- lice he had left his car running with the keys in the ignition when it was stolen. Authorities said the victim got into a company car and pursued the suspect until he crashed and fled on foot. Responding officers tracked down the suspect by fol- lowing his footprints in the snow. The suspect has been released on a summons and no court date has been scheduled. J et slides off runway in landing during storm

PRESQUE ISLE — ME Officials sa id a pilot and four passengers suffered minor injuries when a United JAKE DANNA STEVENS, THE SCRANTON (PA.) TIMES-TRIBUNE/AP Express regional jet slid off a runway during a northern Maine snowstorm. Children at play An official said the pilot aborted the first landing attempt and re- Jack Kovack, 12, drives and shoots the ball as Timmy Ulkoski, 12, defends and Richie Goldovich, 11, waits for a rebound as they play a quested runway lights be turned pickup game of basketball in Archbald, Pa., on Monday. on due to low visibility before the second attempt at 11:30 a.m. Mon- Her Twitter post about the more space opens up. tow lot owner was told a car in tesville fire officials sa id the re- day. The 50-seat Embraer 145 mistake led to a back and forth Ada County Coroner Dotti his lot was on fire. The Orange gion has high fire losses. came to rest on the east side of between the lieutenant governors Owens said that last year the of- County Sheriff’s Office said the Fire Chief Andrew Baxter Presque Isle Regional Airport’s of Utah and Louisiana over which fice took in 727 bodies — marking owner identified Abdulrahman said the department is “excited” runway with damage to its nose state is better . a 74 percent increase from seven as the man throwing Molotov about developing a relationship cone and landing gear. A Utah businessperson is offer- years ago. She said the problem cocktails at the car through video with firefighters in Winneba The CommutAir-operated ing to pay for the student’s flight to will only worsen as Idaho’s popu- surveillance. and improving safety in both flight from Newark, N .J ., had Salt Lake City. Lovelady says she lation continues to grow. The owner put out the fire and communities. 28 passengers and three crew- will take up the offer in April. Owens said that along with no one was injured. Abdulrah- members. A city spokeswoman Salt Lake Community College population growth, drug over- man was arrested and charged Officer praised for said the injured were treated and offered to reimburse Lovelady doses, suicides and an increasing with arson and manufacturing saving baby at theater released. the $40 application fee if she de- number of unclaimed bodies are and transporting a firebomb. cided on the other school instead. contributing to the crowding. NORTH HAVEN — A ‘Competition’ emerges Firefighting gear to CT Connecticut police offi- over college application Coroner running out Molotov cocktails be sent to sister city cer is being praised for saving the of space for bodies thrown at auto shop life of a baby at a movie theater. SALT LAKE CITY CHARLOTTESVILLE The North Haven Police De- UT — Politicians and BOISE — The morgue ORLANDO— A man VA — Charlottesville is partment said Detective Michael schools are playfully compet- ID in Idaho’s biggest county FL in Florida is accused of sending surplus firefighting gear Harton was working at a theater ing for a Louisiana girl’s college is running out of space to hold throwing Molotov cocktails at his to its sister city in Ghana. in the city Saturday night when enrollment after she mistakenly bodies. impounded car. The Daily Progress report ed a woman rushed out with a new- applied to the wrong community The Idaho Statesman report ed The Orlando Sentinel report ed that this summer, two city fire- born baby who wasn’t breathing. college over the weekend. the Ada County Coroner’s office that Ayub Mule Abdulrahman, fighters will also go to Winneba Police sa id Harton took the Kaitlynn Lovelady mistakenly is at capacity with 15 to 18 bodies 27, arrived at Almake Auto Shop to help with a community risk baby and revived it using life-sav- applied to Salt Lake Community most days, some of them stored on Saturday to pay the towing fee assessment that will be used to ing measures. College in Utah instead of South on cots and smaller folding tables for his Nissan Altima. Authorities develop programs to improve fire North Haven police sa id Har- Louisiana Community College until the remains are released to said Abdulrahman was no longer safety. ton is a “super hero.” when trying to enroll in a sum- area funeral homes. Sometimes there when the property’s owner The equipment bound for West It is unclear what caused the mer class. Both use the same ac- the coroner’s office is forced to arrived. Africa includes helmets, fire baby to stop breathing. ronym, SLCC. put two bodies on one table until An arrest affidavit says the suits, gloves and boots. Charlot- From wire reports Thursday, March 7, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 FACES

BY RICK BENTLEY play like fi ve different characters Tribune News Service almost. It was really cool.” During the run of “Gotham,” he fi nal episodes of “Go- Nygma went from working for the tham” airing this year Gotham City Police Department will leave a legacy built to being part of a massive plan of Ton the villains rather destruction. than the caped crime fi ghters. Rounding out the cast of crimi- The decision to set the show be- nals is the one person who has fore Bruce Wayne slipped on the been able to live in both the sane cape and cowl opened the door for and insane worlds of Gotham some of Batman’s most famous City — Catwoman/Selina Kyle, villains — The Penguin, The Rid- portrayed by Camren Bicondova. dler, The Joker and Catwoman The San Diego native was only 14 — to take the spotlight. when she was cast as the charac- None of the costumed and ter who would at times be a ro- crazed criminals have taken ad- mantic interest for Bruce Wayne vantage of that more than The (David Mazouz) and at other Penguin, played by Robin Lord times be his biggest foe. Taylor. His “Gotham” arc has tak- Bicondova didn’t approach the en him from politics to the crimi- FOX role as a love interest or villain, nal underworld. but as a human being dealing Taylor had bounced around in The villains of “Gotham,” from left: Robin Lord Taylor as The Penguin, Cameron Monaghan as The Joker, with a wide range of emotions. small TV roles until being cast to Cory Michael Smith as The Riddler and Camren Bicondova as Catwoman. She stresses that looking at Cat- play Oswald Cobblepot, known woman as one kind of person better as The Penguin. Getting would be doing a disservice to the to play a character who has been character. around in DC Comics for 80 years “She’s confl icted and she’s a has been a mind-blowing experi- survivor,” Bicondova says. “This ence for Taylor. season I looked at her more as an “I just wanted health insurance. Very good villains angry person and I had to dive I never expected that the writers into more rage. It was the scenes would be so willing to work with that were fi lled with rage were us and to allow us to grow into the most intense for me.” these characters and bring parts ‘Gotham’ has produced impressive rogues’ gallery The fact that she has grown up of our own life experiences to on television didn’t hit Bicondova these characters that they maybe his character was going to be in a at it as fi tting with the structure operatic scale. And every time until someone pointed it out. She not necessarily had seen before,” script. of “Gotham.” It has been a show that you felt like you were sort of still sees herself as the same ac- Taylor says. “They teach you in “When my character died in about what it was in the past that peaking, another wave of devas- tress who auditioned for the role fi lm school or in camera classes to Season 2, they talked to me about made Batman and all his foes who tation would come and we were that would eventually give her be as small as possible. The cam- bringing me back while we were they become. able to sort of adapt and grow as a the fi rst big TV role in her young era in this show was absolutely shooting it,” Monaghan says. “I The big riddle for Cory Michael person,” Smith says. “It was kind career. not that. It was bigger.” Now that she’s done fi lming the would get scripts where my head Smith was what kind of job he was of a thrill to recognize the horror The Penguin was part of the series, Bicondova plans to take a would be cut off and think ‘I guess auditioning for before being cast that was going to befall you or the story from the start, but getting little break, unless another great to where Cameron Monaghan’s that’s it.’ A couple of my deaths as Edward Nygma/The Riddler tragedy and respond in kind and job comes along. character could offi cially be called didn’t even make it into the show. because the actors didn’t get to sort of really digest what that ex- “The fact that the show is end- The Joker took several years and “I think that is something that’s see a script before signing multi- perience is and commit to letting ing is sweet,” Bicondova says. “I multiple death scenes. It started pretty close to the comics with year contracts. The answer to his the character change organically think there is beauty in an ending with the dual roles of Jerome and The Joker. It’s kind of a running riddle was that the job proved to and then that’s the new person. because it means there will be an- Jeremiah Valeska, but in recent theme, so I think it works with be a great acting opportunity. “Until you hit another pitfall other beginning. The fact that we weeks, he took the toxic chemical this character as well.” “The great relief and joy for me — that is your path. And it just have been able to go these past dive to become The Joker. As for the long time it took to personally in this project was the felt like we were constantly re- fi ve years and be as successful as Monaghan was rarely given a get around to calling his charac- experience of having fi ve years to inventing and kind of rebuilding we have been shows how much of warning when a death scene for ter The Joker, Monaghan looks build a character on such a grand, ourselves, so I felt like I got to a respected show we have been.”

SONY/AP AP AP AP From left: Larissa Kelly, David Madden, Country singer Kelsea Ballerini, 25, Kylie Cosmetics has made Kyle Jenner Some of Ken Burns’ best-known works Brad Rutter and “Jeopardy!” host Alex got a special invitation to join the Grand a billionaire at 21. Jenner owns 100 include “The Civil War,” “Baseball” and Trebek pose with the champs’ check. Ole Opry on Tuesday night in Nashville. percent of the company. “The Vietnam War.” Runaway victory in 1M Ballerini set to become Forbes: Jenner youngest Ken Burns Prize for Film ‘Jeopardy!’ All-Star finale Opry’s youngest member self-made billionaire to honor documentaries The fi rst-ever “Jeopardy!” team cham- Country singer Kelsea Ballerini got a Move over, Mark Zuckerberg. At 21, The Library of Congress will begin pionship came down to a clash of the ti- big surprise when Little Big Town invit- Kylie Jenner has been named the young- presenting an award named for Ken tans, Ken Jennings vs. Brad Rutter. ed her to become the Grand Ole Opry’s est-ever, self-made billionaire by Forbes Burns, who elevated the craft of histori- With a big Daily Double bet, Rutter po- newest and youngest current member. magazine. Forbes estimated that Jen- cal documentaries. Officials announced sitioned his team for a runaway victory Ballerini was singing “Girl Crush” ner’s Kylie Cosmetics is worth at least Tuesday the creation of the Library of as the “All-Star Games” ended Tuesday. with Little Big Town on stage Tuesday $900 million, and she owns it all. She hits Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Rutter and teammates Larissa Kelly night in Nashville when the vocal group a billion dollars when you add cash she Film. The annual award will recognize and David Madden split the top $1 mil- changed the lyrics mid-song to ask her has pulled from the profitable business, a filmmaker whose documentary uses lion prize, with Jennings, Matt Jackson “you wanna join the Opry?” the magazine said. original research and compelling narra- and Monica Thieu sharing $300,000. The Grammy-nominated Ballerini, Facebook’s Zuckerberg was 23 when tive to tell stories about U.S. history. The Colby Burnett, Pam Mueller and Alan 25, who will be the youngest current he became a billionaire. winner will receive a $200,000 grant to Lin took third place and $100,000. Opry member when she is formally in- Detractors have wondered as the Jen- help with the final production of the film. Rutter entered the contest as the top ducted in April, broke out with her debut ner-Kardashian sibling climbed her Burns says he’s been fortunate to winner on any game show with a haul of album “For the First Time” in 2015 with way to a billionaire exactly what Forbes spend his career “focused on our coun- $4.3 million in regular and tournament hit singles “Love Me Like You Mean It,” means by “self-made.” Her family, after try’s history.” He’s hopeful a new gen- “Jeopardy!” play. “Peter Pan” and “Dibs.” all, is rich and famous. Her mom, Kris eration can be engaged to understand Jennings was a 74-game winner and top A shocked Ballerini told the crowd Jenner, helped build her business. Forbes America’s past by supporting the work moneymaker in the quiz show’s non-tour- about coming to the Opry as a teenager says as long as she didn’t inherit a busi- of new filmmakers. nament competition with $2.5 million. and dreaming of being on that stage. ness or money, she’s labeled self-made. From The Associated Press PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, March 7, 2019 Thursday, March 7, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, March 7, 2019 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Yes, Virginia, the cotton incident is offensive Harry Eley, Europe Business Operations BY KATHLEEN PARKER Tone-deaf is how some critics have de- a pluralistic society that should be viewed Washington Post Writers Group scribed Northam. Others were less chari- through a lens of empathy, understanding EDITORIAL table. Democratic Del. Marcia Price, a and compassion. WASHINGTON member of the Virginia Legislative Black Imagine how those African-American Terry Leonard, Editor hen Virginia first lady Pam Caucus, said, “The cotton itself is a sym- girls felt among mostly white peers when [email protected] Northam handed out raw cot- bol of murder, rape, displacement and the they were given cotton and asked to think Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor ton last month to African- radiating effects of the trans-Atlantic slave about being a slave. [email protected] WAmerican students on a trade that black Virginians are still experi- Empathy not only allows us to imagine governor’s mansion tour and asked them to encing today.” what it’s like to be someone else, and to re- Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content imagine being slaves picking the crop, she This may be true, but let’s be fair. It’s spond appropriately, but also allows us to [email protected] inspired a whirlwind. also a beautiful crop that fills countless forgive. Did Pam Northam intend to cause What in the world was she thinking? southern fields with snowy balls on stalks, black middle-schoolers to suffer the cru- Managing Editor for Presentation Sean Moores, Northam quickly apologized after one of without which our clothing and linens elty and humiliation of slavery? Surely not. [email protected] the students’ mothers complained, but it would be far-less comfortable. When peo- Did Ralph Northam intend to denigrate Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital was too little too late for some. Although the ple buy cotton stalks at florist shops, you African-Americans by wearing blackface [email protected] first lady apparently intended to have the can be sure it’s for their beauty and not to and imitating a pop star? Perhaps not. He cotton passed around the group of 20 chil- celebrate the slave trade. We know, too, strikes me as someone who probably en- dren, most of whom were white, her sug- that were Pam Northam black, her gesture joyed being a clown and grabbing a laugh BUREAU STAFF gestion to the black students was perceived and her attempted teaching moment would where he could. as, well, insensitive. To say the least. have been perfectly acceptable. But, whoever selected a photo of a per- Europe/Mideast In her defense, Northam said she was It’s probably safe to say that her per- son wearing blackface next to a Klans- Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief only trying to highlight the horrors of ceived slight also would have been judged man (in costume) for Northam’s personal [email protected] slavery, even pointing out how rough and +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 less harshly were she not the wife of the yearbook page acted intentionally and was prickly the raw cotton was and how hard moonwalking governor, Ralph Northam. surely aware of how such an image would Pacific it would have been to spend long days har- Together with his recent scandal about a affect fellow African-American students. Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief vesting the crop. Northam’s office has de- racially offensive photo in an old yearbook (Northam maintains that he didn’t select [email protected] nied that she singled out anyone and said — and his admission to having worn black- the picture and doesn’t know who’s in it.) +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 she merely handed out the cotton to the face for a dance competition performance We’re not yet to the point of running peo- students who were nearest to her. Four as Michael Jackson — the Northams sud- ple out of town or office for being insensi- Washington other participants in the tour later told denly seemed like an antebellum couple tive. Obviously. Most likely, the Northams, Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief The Washington Post that Northam didn’t who had stepped into the wrong century. as well as Virginia Attorney General Mark [email protected] single out the black students and that noth- Yet, to many Americans, this is likely Herring, who has also admitted to using (+1)(202)886-0033 Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News ing untoward happened. The mother of the much ado. Yes, the Northams seem to be blackface, will survive their missteps and [email protected] student who raised the complaint stands clueless. On the other hand, the governor be forgiven by most. But it wouldn’t be a by her daughter’s recollection of what is being judged for offenses from 35 years bad thing if the next governor — and the CIRCULATION transpired. ago, excepting that moment last month next president of the United States, while It’s probably fair to say that Northam when he seemed poised to demonstrate his we’re at it — knows something about per- Mideast was trying to demonstrate and encourage moonwalking prowess for reporters. And, sonal suffering, which, in the latter case, Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager empathy for the slaves. But what about for Pam Northam surely meant no harm. But shouldn’t be confused with a really terrific [email protected] those present? these experiences are among the many in deal that fell through. [email protected] DSN (314)583-9111 Europe [email protected] Allow software to improve VA anti-suicide efforts +49(0)631.3615.9111; DSN (314)583.9111

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A single VA facility can have tel: (+1)202.886.0005 S That is what suicide prevention efforts erans are at higher risk than the general hundreds of patients with known high risk at the VA require, a software-powered 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 public. According to the U.S. Department for suicide, with only a very small team of platform that can track how each high- of Veterans Affairs (VA), an average of 20 individuals tasked with monitoring and Reader letters veterans committed suicide each day in risk veteran’s care is progressing — one [email protected] surveilling their care. The dedication of 2014. The VA also reported that in 2016 these VA employees is an inspiration to us that can identify events and automatically Additional contacts the rate of suicide was 1.5 times higher for all. However, such workloads are not sus- notify members of the suicide prevention stripes.com/contactus veterans than non-veteran adults, after ad- tainable and these heroes need help. What team when issues arise or aspects of the justing for age and gender. This is a public is required is a software platform that le- veteran’s care are out of compliance. This OMBUDSMAN health crisis, and doing everything pos- verages the power of technology, analyt- will free caregivers from the need to spend The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow sible to address it is something we all owe ics, clinical business intelligence and data so much time on vital but time-consuming of news and information, reporting any attempts by the our veterans. visualization to relieve these heroes of te- manual chart reviews and data abstrac- military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s Veteran suicide prevention is a tremen- dious manual work. tion, and provide more time for actual vet- independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns dous challenge and one that is exacerbated The se modern options are available eran care. It will also provide data to help and questions from readers, and monitors coverage by the fact that, according to the VA, only for fairness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The today and the adoption of these technolo- the VA measure how effective its various ombudsman welcomes comments from readers, and can six of the 20 veterans committing suicide gies married with committed change man- processes truly are, a key step on the road each day in 2014 were actual users of VA be contacted by phone at 202.886.0005. agement can make all the difference for to being a Learning Healthcare System services. Even when a veteran is receiv- veterans in need. Software solutions that as defined by the Institute of Medicine in ing services at the VA, it is typically very can help the VA methodically manage the Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- 2015. tedious to methodically track and manage care of high-risk veterans are key to ensur- days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday VA suicide prevention team members through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and the care for high-risk patients because ing and monitoring compliance with com- Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals much of the workflow is manual. To make plex suicide prevention care pathways. need the best tools possible to fulfill their postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send matters worse, suicide prevention is not These tools can be integrated with a missions. No one should have to be a hero address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, the primary focus of most electronic health every single day just to make the system APO AP 96301-5002. facility’s information systems, permitting This newspaper is authorized by the Department of care records (EHRs). EHRs are a general tracking of activities and the deployment work. I’ve had VA program chiefs tell me Defense for members of the military services overseas. tool that serve many needs, but they are of clinical business intelligence for the these software automation solutions are However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are unofficial, not focused specifically on suicide preven- identification of defects in the process at exactly what is needed to deliver better and are not to be considered as the official views of, or tion workflows. the time they occur. These solutions put veteran care. endorsed by, the U.S. government. As a DOD newspaper, Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official chan- Thousands of dedicated professionals at the right information at the fingertips of Tragically, not every suicide can or will nels and use appropriated funds for distribution to remote the VA take heroic action each day to man- case managers, suicide prevention coordi- be prevented. But the right technology locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. age the care of at-risk veterans. But, be- nators and facility leadership in real time can change the future for many veterans, The appearance of advertising in this publication does cause no one can be perfect, this is a poor across mobile and desktop devices. They delivering critical insight at just the right not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense way to ensure a highly reliable system of also help the VA standardize, measure and or Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. time. It’s past time for these solutions to be care. The manual and siloed processes improve suicide prevention efforts. Products or services advertised shall be made available for deployed at all VA facilities. purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, being followed today are tedious and heav- An analogy to what is needed is what religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical ily reliant on humans to repeatedly check happens on a commercial aircraft. The David LaBorde, a physician, is CEO of Iconic Data handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor the medical records of hundreds of patients flight crew goes through myriad safety Inc. and a strategic adviser to DSS Inc., a health of the purchaser, user or patron. to ensure everything that needs to occur checks before takeoff. However, after take- information software development and systems integration company. He previously worked for © Stars and Stripes 2019 has occurred. It makes the task of finding off the crew engages computers to actu- McKinsey & Co., where he focused on potential defects in the process like trying ally fly the plane, and monitor and record providing advisory services to health care stripes.com to find a needle in a haystack or like trying the hundreds of minute flight corrections provider organizations. Thursday, March 7, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 BUSINESS/WEATHER FDA approves ketamine-like drug for depression

BY MATTHEW PERRONE have given ketamine to people sants in the late 1980s. Those based on study results that abandoned years ago, such as Associated Press with depression without formal drugs target the feel-good brain showed patients taking the drug gardening. FDA approval. chemical serotonin, and can take experienced a bigger improve- J&J’s drug will be subject to a WASHINGTON — A mind-al- The Food and Drug Adminis- weeks or months to kick in. ment in their depression levels number of restrictions due to its tering medication related to the tration approved Spravato as a Ketamine and J&J’s version than patients taking a sham treat- abuse potential, side effects and club drug Special K won U.S. ap- fast-acting treatment for patients work differently than those drugs, ment, when measured with a psy- lingering safety questions. proval Tuesday for patients with who have failed to find relief with targeting a chemical called glu- chiatric questionnaire. The drug will only be given hard-to-treat depression, the first at least two antidepressants. Up to tamate that is thought to restore The drug is designed to be by accredited specialists who in a series of long-overlooked sub- 7.4 million American adults suffer brain connections that help re- lower-dose and easier to use than must monitor patients for at least stances being reconsidered for from so-called treatment-resis- lieve depression. ketamine, which is normally two hours after administration, severe forms of mental illness. tant depression, which heightens When the drug works, its effect given as an intravenous infusion. due to its trippy, disorienting ef- The nasal spray from Johnson the risk of suicide, hospitalization is almost immediate. That speed Robin Prothro, 60, began tak- fects. Additionally, all patients & Johnson is a chemical cousin of and other serious harm, accord- “is a huge thing because de- ing antidepressants more than will be tracked in a registry to ketamine, which has been used ing to the FDA. pressed patients are very disabled 20 years ago. But she says none monitor long-term safety and for decades as a powerful anes- The drug will cost between and suffer enormously,” said Dr. of the five medications she tried effectiveness. thetic to prepare patients for sur- $590 and $885 depending on the John Mann, a psychiatrist and re- relieved the depression that has gery. In the 1990s, the medication dosage and before various insur- searcher at Columbia University. stymied her personal and profes- was adopted as a party drug by ance discounts and rebates. If the drug doesn’t work, physi- sional life. EXCHANGE RATES the underground rave culture There have been no major cians can quickly switch to other Since enrolling in a Spravato Military rates due to its ability to produce psy- pharmaceutical innovations for options, he noted. trial two years ago, Prothro says Euro costs (March 7) ...... $1.1606 Dollar buys (March 7) ...... €0.8616 chedelic, out-of-body experienc- depression since the launch of The FDA approved Spravato, her depression has lifted and British pound (March 7) ...... $1.35 es. More recently, some doctors Prozac and related antidepres- known chemically as esketamine, she’s returned to hobbies she Japanese yen (March 7) ...... 109.00 South Korean won (March 7) ...... 1,098.00 Commercial rates Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3769 British pound ...... $1.3154 Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3402 China (Yuan) ...... 6.7101 Papa John’s reaches settlement with founder Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.5972 Egypt (Pound)...... 17.5091 Euro ...... $1.1309/0.8842 Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.8496 Associated Press Papa John’s comply with a judge’s January to mount a turnaround. Hungary (Forint) ...... 278.98 Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.6100 2019 annual order to turn over those records. Papa John’s North American LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Papa Japan (Yen)...... 111.73 sharehold- The other lawsuit was a property same-store sales dropped 7 per- Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3040 John’s has reached a settlement Norway (Krone) ...... 8.6658 ers meeting dispute filed in Kentucky. cent in 2018 and were flat in 2017. agreement with founder John Philippines (Peso) ...... 52.25 on April 30, Schnatter said he would also By comparison, rival Domino’s Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.80 Schnatter that will see him step Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7508 Schnatter’s Pizza said its U.S. same-store sales down from the company’s board. withdraw his plan to run for a seat Singapore (Dollar)...... 1.3572 term will on the board at the 2019 annual rose 7 percent last year and 8 per- South Korea (Won) ...... 1,128.25 The agreement comes after more Switzerland (Franc) ...... 1.0040 than a year of tussling between the expire at the meeting. cent in 2017. Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.85 meeting, ac- “I founded Papa John’s, built it Turkey (Lira) ...... 5.4173 Louisville-based pizza chain and (Military exchange rates are those Schnatter, who made a series of cording to a from the ground up and remain its available to customers at military banking regulatory MARKET WATCH facilities in the country of issuance racially insensitive remarks that Schnatter largest shareholder. I care deeply for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the caused sales to plummet. Schnatter filing. about its employees, franchisees Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For Papa John’s International Inc. nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., stepped down as CEO in late 2017 and investors and I’m thankful purchasing British pounds in Germany), and resigned as chairman in July will remove a provision of a “poi- that I’ve been able to resolve these check with your local military banking son pill” plan adopted in July 2018 facility. Commercial rates are interbank after facing backlash for blaming important issues,” Schnatter said rates provided for reference when buying disappointing sales on NFL player that restricted Schnatter’s ability in a statement. currency. All figures are foreign currencies to one dollar, except for the British pound, protests and used the N-word dur- to communicate with other share- Papa John’s had no additional which is represented in dollars-to-pound, ing a company conference call. holders. Schnatter still owns 31 comment beyond its regulatory fil- and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) Under the settlement, Schnat- percent of the company’s shares. ings, a spokeswoman said. ter and the board will mutually In return, Schnatter will with- Schnatter founded Papa John’s INTEREST RATES agree on an independent director draw two lawsuits against Papa in 1984. It now has more than Prime rate ...... 5.50 who will replace Schnatter on the John’s. One, filed in Delaware, 5,000 locations in 45 countries. Discount rate ...... 3.00 Federal funds market rate ...... 2.40 company’s nine-member board. If had demanded records related to But he was already seeing his in- 3-month bill ...... 2.38 a new director isn’t named prior to his ouster. The company will still fluence wane as the company tried 30-year bond ...... 3.08 WEATHER OUTLOOK THURSDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST THURSDAY IN EUROPE FRIDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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Sports College basketball College hockey Tuesday’s men’s scores Valparaiso winner Men’s tournaments RPI at Yale on AFN Missouri State vs. Bradley Colgate at Union EAST Drake vs. Illinois State-Evansville winner AHC Princeton at Brown Albany (NY) 73, Binghamton 58 Southern Illinois vs. Northern Iowa First Round Saturday, March 9 Dominican (NY) 71, Holy Family 59 Northeast Conference (Best-of-three) St. Lawrence at Dartmouth North Carolina 79, Boston College 66 At Higher-Seeded Schools Friday, March 8 RPI at Yale Go to the American Forces Rhode Island 86, Saint Joseph’s 85, OT First Round Army at Mercyhurst Colgate at Union Stony Brook 68, Hartford 63 Wednesday, March 6 Canisius at Niagara Princeton at Brown Network website for the most Vermont 74, Mass.-Lowell 57 LIU Brooklyn at Sacred Heart Holy Cross at Robert Morris Sunday, March 10 (if necessary) up-to-date TV schedules. SOUTH Bryant at Saint Francis (Pa.). Saturday, March 9 RPI at Yale Auburn 66, Alabama 60 Wagner at Fairleigh Dickinson Army at Mercyhurst St. Lawrence at Dartmouth myafn.net Barton 95, King (Tenn.) 89, OT St. Francis Brooklyn at Robert Morris Canisius at Niagara Colgate at Union Duke 71, Wake Forest 70 Ohio Valley Conference Holy Cross at Robert Morris Princeton at Brown Florida St. 73, Virginia Tech 64, OT At Evansville, Ind. Sunday, March 10 (if necessary) Quarterfinals Kentucky 80, Mississippi 76 First Round Army at Mercyhurst (Best-of-three) College baseball Miami 76, Pittsburgh 63 Wednesday, March 6 Canisius at Niagara Friday, March 15 Tennessee 71, Mississippi St. 54 Morehead State vs. SIU Edwardsville Holy Cross at Robert Morris Dartmouth-St. Lawrence winner at VCU 71, George Mason 36 Eastern Illinois vs. UT Martin Quarterfinals Harvard MIDWEST Second Round (Best-of-three) Brown-Princeton winner at Quinnipiac Tuesday’s scores Akron 91, Bowling Green 67 Thursday, March 7 Friday, March 15 Yale-RPI winner at Clarkson SOUTH Buffalo 82, Ohio 79 Austin Peay vs. Morehead State-SIU Lowest-seeded first-round at Ameri- Union-Colgate winner at Cornell Alice Lloyd at Kentucky Christian, 2, ccd. Butler 71, Xavier 66 Edwardsville winner can International Saturday, March 16 Augusta 10, Erskine 2 E. Michigan 68, Ball St. 61 Jacksonville State vs. Eastern Illinois- Second-seeded first-round seed at Dartmouth-St. Lawrence winner at Barton 9, Winston-Salem St. 5 Kent St. 75, Miami (Ohio) 66 UT Martin winner Bentley Harvard Campbellsville at Midway, ccd. Michigan St. 91, Nebraska 76 Patriot League Highest-seeded first-round winner at Brown-Princeton winner at Quinni- Christopher Newport 15, Eastern Men- Minnesota 73, Purdue 69 At Higher-Seeded Schools Air Force piac nonite 8 N. Illinois 89, Cent. Michigan 86 First Round RIT at Sacred Heart Yale-RPI winner at Clarkson Cumberlands (Ky.) at Milligan, ccd. Toledo 76, W. Michigan 57 Tuesday, March 5 Saturday, March 16 Union-Colgate winner at Cornell Wichita St. 72, East Carolina 55 Holy Cross 79, Lafayette 74 Lowest-seeded first-round at Ameri- Sunday, March 17 (if necessary) Dakota St. 5, Champion Baptist 4, 10 can International innings SOUTHWEST Boston U. 71, Loyola (Md.) 63 Dartmouth-St. Lawrence winner at Abilene Christian 72, Stephen F. Austin 58 Quarterfinals Second-seeded first-round seed at Harvard Defiance 6, Hiram 4 Bentley E. Nazarene 5-2, Hood 4-3 Oklahoma 81, Kansas 68 Thursday, March 7 Brown-Princeton winner at Quinnipiac South Carolina 71, Texas A&M 54 Highest-seeded first-round winner at Fancis Marion 14, Chowan 6 Boston University at Colgate Yale-RPI winner at Clarkson FAR WEST Air Force Freed-Hardeman 5, Blue Mountain 1 Holy Cross at Bucknell Union-Colgate winner at Cornell Utah St. 100, Colorado St. 96, OT Army at Lehigh RIT at Sacred Heart At 1980 Rink-Herb Brooks Arena Georgetown (Ky.) at Reinhardt, ccd. Sunday, March 17 Grace (Ind.) 24, Rochester (Mich.) 4 Navy at American Lake Placid, N.Y. Southern Conference Lowest-seeded first-round at Ameri- Semifinals Houghton 7, Penn State-Behrend 2 Conference tournaments can International Lynn 6, Concordia (NY) 2 At Asheville, N.C. Friday, March 22 Atlantic Sun Conference Second-seeded first-round seed at Montreat 11-6, Cleary 5-7 First Round Game 1 At Higher-Seeded Schools Friday, March 8 Bentley Game 2 Mount Vernon Nazarene 3, Trinity First Round Highest-seeded first-round winner at Christian 0 VMI vs. Western Carolina Championship Monday, March 4 Samford vs. The Citadel Air Force Presbyterian 6, N.C. Central 5 RIT at Sacred Heart Saturday, March 23 NJIT 83, Florida Gulf Coast 76 Quarterfinals Semifinal winners Robert Morris-Chicago 10, Madonna 5 At HarborCenter North Florida 76, North Alabama 66 Saturday, March 9 WCHA St. Francis (Ill.) at Webber Interna- Liberty 72, Jacksonville 58 Buffalo, N.Y. tional, 2, ppd. Wofford vs. VMI-Western Carolina First Round Lipscomb 86, Kennesaw State 71 winner Semifinals St. John’s (Minn.) 8, Bluffton 0 Friday, March 22 (Best-of-three) Semifinals ETSU vs. Chattanooga Friday, March 8 St. Xavier 11-8, Cornerstone 9-1 Thursday, March 7 Highest-remaining seed vs. lowest-re- S.C.-Beaufort 7, Edward Waters 3 UNC Grensboro vs. Samford-The Cita- maining seed Bemidji State at Lake Superior State North Florida at Liberty del winner Alaska at Northern Michigan S. Wesleyan 6, Truett-McConnell 1 NJIT at Lipscomb Middle two remaining seeds South Carolina 9, The Citadel 0 Furman vs. Mercer Championship Michigan Tech at Bowling Green Championship Summit League Alabama Huntsville at Minnesota State Talladega 3, Point (Ga.) 2 Sunday, March 10 Saturday, March 23 Thiel 9, Alvernia 7 At Sioux Falls, S.D. Semifinal winners Saturday, March 9 Semifinal winners First Round Bemidji State at Lake Superior State MIDWEST Big South Conference BIG TEN Adrian 9, Piedmont 7 Saturday, March 9 First Round Alaska at Northern Michigan First Round South Dakota State vs. Western Illinois Michigan Tech at Bowling Green Brescia at Oakland City, 2, ccd. Tuesday, March 5 (Best-of-three) Cincinnati-Clermont at Cincinnati Omaha vs. North Dakota Friday, March 8 Alabama Huntsville at Minnesota State Presbyterian 106, UNC Asheville 59 Sunday, March 10 Sunday, March 10 (if necessary) Christian, 2, ccd. Charleston Southern 71, SC Upstate 52 Michigan State at Notre Dame Indiana Tech at Huntington, ccd. North Dakota State vs. Oral Roberts Michigan at Minnesota Bemidji State at Lake Superior State Hampton 77, Longwood 71 Purdue Fort Wayne vs. South Dakota Alaska at Northern Michigan Lincoln Christian at Hannibal-La- At Buies Creek, N.C. Wisconsin at Penn State Grange, 2, ccd. West Coast Conference Saturday, March 9 Michigan Tech at Bowling Green Quarterfinals At Las Vegas Alabama Huntsville at Minnesota State Okla. Pandlehandle St. at Friends, ccd. Thursday, March 7 Michigan at Minnesota St. Ambrose at Mount Mercy, 2, ccd. First Round Wisconsin at Penn State Semifinals Radford vs. Presbyterian Thursday, March 7 York (Neb.) at Doane, ppd. Winthrop vs. Charleston Southern Michigan State at Notre Dame (Best-of-three) SOUTHWEST Pepperdine vs. Pacific Sunday, March 10 (if necessary) Friday, March 15 Campbell vs. Hampton San Diego vs. Portland Calumet at Wiley, 2, ccd. Gardner-Webb vs. High Point Michigan at Minnesota Lowest-remaining seed at highest-re- Ottawa (Kan.) at Ecclesia, 2, ccd. Second Round Wisconsin at Penn State maining seed Colonial Athletic Association Friday, March 8 Texas 4, Texas Rio Grande Valley 3 At North Charleston, S.C. Michigan State at Notre Dame Second-lowest remaining seed at sec- Texas Wesleyan 3, Texas A&M Texar- Loyola Marymount vs. Pepperdine-Pa- Semifinals ond-highest remaining seed First Round cific winner kana 2 Saturday, March 9 Saturday, March 16, or Sunday, March 17 Saturday, March 16 Williams Baptist 9-6, Crowley’s Ridge 1-4 James Madison vs. Towson Santa Clara vs. San Diego-Portland Lowest-seeded first-round winner at Lowest-remaining seed at highest-re- FAR WEST Elon vs. UNC Wilmington winner Ohio State maining seed N.M. Highlands 5, Minot St. 2 Quarterfinals Third Round Second-seeded first-round winner at Second-lowest remaining seed at sec- Pepperdine at UCLA, ppd. Sunday, March 10 Saturday, March 9 highest-seeded first-round winner ond-highest remaining seed Hofstra vs. James Madison-Towson San Francisco vs. Loyola Marymount— Championship Sunday, March 17 (if necessary) winner Pepperdine-Pacific winner Saturday, March 23, or Sunday, March 24 Lowest-remaining seed at highest-re- William & Mary vs. Delaware BYU vs. Santa Clara—San Diego-Port- Lower-seeded semifinal winner at maining seed Pro soccer Northeastern vs. Elon-UNC Wilming- land winner higher-seeded semifinal winner Second-lowest remaining seed at sec- ton winner ECAC ond-highest remaining seed College of Charleston vs. Drexel Tuesday’s women’s scores First Round Championship MLS Horizon League (Best-of-three) Saturday, March 23 First Round EAST Friday, March 8 At higher-remaining seed EASTERN CONFERENCE Tuesday, March 5 Goldey Beacom 75, Dominican (NY) 60 St. Lawrence at Dartmouth Semifinal winners W L T Pts GF GA Wright St. 71, IUPUI 56 SOUTH Toronto FC 1 0 0 3 3 1 Green Bay 82, UIC 77 Florida Gulf Coast 61, Stetson 42 D.C. United 1 0 0 3 2 0 Wednesday, March 6 Liberty 61, North Alabama 48 Montreal 1 0 0 3 2 1 Oakland vs. Youngstown State Lipscomb 72, Kennesaw St. 69 Deals New York City FC 0 0 1 1 2 2 Northern Kentucky vs. Detroit North Florida 54, NJIT 46 Orlando City 0 0 1 1 2 2 SOUTHWEST At Detroit sion. Columbus 0 0 1 1 1 1 Semifinals Texas 62, TCU 48 Tuesday’s transactions New York 0 0 1 1 1 1 Texas Tech 88, Oklahoma 82 HOUSTON TEXANS — Released CB Monday, March 11 Kevin Johnson. New England 0 0 1 1 1 1 Wright State vs. Green Bay FAR WEST BASEBALL Chicago 0 1 0 0 1 2 Youngstown State-Oakland winner vs. Boise St. 70, New Mexico 66 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL — Ratified a INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed DT Philadelphia 0 1 0 0 1 3 Detroit-Northern Kentucky winner Montana St. 70, S. Utah 55 two-year player transfer agreement with Margus Hunt to a contract extension. Re-signed Atlanta 0 1 0 0 0 2 Championship N. Arizona 85, Montana 65 Liga Mexicana de Beisbol (Mexico). TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — OT Donovan Smith to a three-year con- Cincinnati 0 1 0 0 1 4 Tuesday, March 12 Nevada 79, Air Force 54 American League Semifinal winners San Diego St. 59, Fresno St. 58 CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Reassigned tract and LB Devante Bond. WESTERN CONFERENCE LHPs Bernardo Flores and Jordan Guer- HOCKEY W L T Pts GF GA Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Utah St. 70, Colorado St. 59 At Albany, N.Y. Wyoming 85, San Jose St. 56 rero, INF Nick Madrigal and OFs Luis National Hockey League Seattle 1 0 0 3 4 1 Gonzalez and Blake Rutherford to minor- ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled C Sam Minnesota United 1 0 0 3 3 2 First Round TOURNAMENTS Thursday, March 7 Atlantic 10 Conference league camp. Steel and D Jacob Larsson from San Di- LA Galaxy 1 0 0 3 2 1 DETROIT TIGERS — Assigned RHP ego (AHL). Los Angeles FC 1 0 0 3 2 1 Marist vs. Saint Peter’s First Round Manhattan vs. Fairfield Davidson 74, St. Bonaventure 49 Casey Mize to minor league camp. CALGARY FLAMES — Assigned D Mi- Portland 0 0 1 1 3 3 TEXAS RANGERS — Signed LHP Jarret chael Stone to Stockton (AHL) for condi- Colorado 0 0 1 1 3 3 Monmouth vs. Niagara Dayton 65, La Salle 38 Quarterfinals Duquesne 106, Rhode Island 69 Martin to a minor league contract. tioning. Real Salt Lake 0 0 1 1 1 1 TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Designated OF NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Activated RW FC Dallas 0 0 1 1 1 1 Friday, March 8 Saint Joseph’s 61, George Washington 49 Iona vs. Marist-Saint Peter’s winner Saint Louis 58, Richmond 49 Dwight Smith Jr. for assignment. Signed Stefan Noesen from injured reserve. Houston 0 0 1 1 1 1 RHP Clay Buchholz to a one-year con- NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Recalled Fs Vancouver 0 1 0 0 2 3 Canisius vs. Manhattan-Fairfield winner UMass 86, George Mason 80 Saturday, March 9 GLIAC Conference Tournament tract. Josh Ho-Sang and Michael Dal Colle from Sporting KC 0 1 0 0 1 2 National League Bridgeport (AHL) on an emergency ba- San Jose 0 1 0 0 1 2 Quinnipiac vs. Monmouth-Niagara Quarterfinals winner Ashland 77, Wis.-Parkside 59 LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to sis. Note: Three points for victory, one terms with OF/1B Cody Bellinger on a OTTAWA SENATORS — Assigned F point for tie. Rider vs. Siena Grand Valley St. 73, Wayne (Mich.) 50 Missouri Valley Conference Michigan Tech 78, Northwood (Mich.) 48 one-year contract. Aaron Luchuk from Belleville (AHL) to Saturday, March 2 NEW YORK METS — Optioned RHPs Brampton (ECHL). Toronto FC 3, Philadelphia 1 At St. Louis N. Michigan 65, Ferris St. 51 First Round Horizon League Chris Flexen, Franklyn Kilome and Drew TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Signed G New York City FC 2, Orlando City 2, tie Gagnon to minor league camp. Reas- Garret Sparks to a one-year contract ex- New England 1, FC Dallas 1, tie Thursday, March 7 First Round Indiana State vs. Valparaiso IUPUI 60, N. Kentucky 44 signed Cs Colton Plaia and Patrick Mazei- tension. New York 1, Columbus 1, tie ka; INF Gavin Cecchini; LHPs P.J. Conlon, SOCCER Minnesota United 3, Vancouver 2 Illinois State vs. Evansville Wright St. 83, Oakland 60 Quarterfinals NSIC Conference Tournament David Peterson and Anthony Kay; and Major League Soccer Portland 3, Colorado 3, tie RHPs Ryder Ryan, Corey Taylor, Stephen CINCINNATI — Loaned F Rashawn Dal- Real Salt Lake 1, Houston 1, tie Friday, March 8 Championship Loyola of Chicago vs. Indiana State- Minn. Duluth 52, Minn. St. (Moorhead) 48 Villines and Josh Torres to minor league ly to Memphis (USL). LA Galaxy 2, Chicago 1 camp. Named Jessica Mendoza baseball NEW YORK CITY FC — Loaned G Jeff Montreal 2, San Jose 1 operations adviser. Caldwell to Memphis (USL) for the dura- Seattle 4, Cincinnati 1 BASKETBALL tion of the 2019 season. Sunday, March 3 Pro football Women’s NBA PHILADELPHIA UNION — Signed M D.C. United 2, Atlanta 0 LOS ANGELES SPARKS — Signed C Ra- Jamiro Monteiro from Metz (Ligue 2- Los Angeles FC 2, Sporting Kansas City 1 chel Hollivay. France). Saturday’s games AAF Saturday, March 9 FOOTBALL TENNIS Orlando City at Chicago Orlando at Birmingham National Football League World TeamTennis Colorado at New England EASTERN CONFERENCE Salt Lake at San Diego ATLANTA FALCONS — Announced the WTT — Announced it is adding expan- Columbus at New England W L T Pct PF PA Sunday, March 10 resignation of defensive line coach Bry- sion franchises in Las Vegas and Orlando LA Galaxy at FC Dallas Orlando 4 0 0 1.000 118 63 Memphis at Atlanta ant Young. Named Jess Simpson defen- for the upcoming season. Montreal at Houston Birmingham 3 1 0 .750 77 33 San Antonio at Arizona sive line coach. PHILADELPHIA FREEDOMS — Named Vancouver at Real Salt Lake Memphis 1 3 0 .250 61 90 BUFFALO BILLS — Signed DT Jordan Judy Murray director of player personnel Minnesota United at San Jose Atlanta 1 3 0 .250 44 103 NFL calendar Phillips to a one-year contract. and community engagement. Colorado at Seattle WESTERN CONFERENCE CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed LB COLLEGE Sunday’s games W L T Pct PF PA March 13 — League year and free agency Jared Norris to a two-year contract. OKLAHOMA CITY — Named Andy Crab- D.C. United at New York City FC San Antonio 2 2 0 .500 67 85 begin. CHICAGO BEARS — Released LB Sam tree associate head golf coach. Philadelphia at Sporting Kansas City San Diego 2 2 0 .500 84 64 March 24-27 — Annual owners meeting, Acho. PENN STATE — Named Ryan Snyder Cincinnati at Atlanta Arizona 2 2 0 .500 84 77 Phoenix. DETROIT LIONS — Signed DE Romeo assistant director of strategic commu- Portland at Los Angeles FC Salt Lake 1 3 0 .250 65 85 April 25-27 — NFL Draft, Nashville, Tenn. Okwara to a two-year contract exten- nications. PAGE 26 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, March 7, 2019 NHL Roundup Scoreboard

Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Kucherov, Bolts Tampa Bay 67 51 12 4 106 263 176 Boston 66 40 17 9 89 198 164 Toronto 66 41 21 4 86 239 188 Montreal 67 36 24 7 79 204 194 Buffalo 66 30 28 8 68 190 211 Florida 66 28 26 12 68 209 227 Detroit 66 23 33 10 56 182 227 Ottawa 67 23 38 6 52 199 251 Metropolitan Division cruise past Jets Washington 66 38 21 7 83 226 208 N.Y. Islanders 66 38 21 7 83 192 161 Carolina 66 36 23 7 79 199 180 Pittsburgh 66 35 22 9 79 229 204 Columbus 66 37 26 3 77 205 198 Associated Press Philadelphia 66 32 26 8 72 201 219 host New York gave coach Barry N.Y. Rangers 66 27 28 11 65 190 219 Trotz his 800th win. New Jersey 67 25 33 9 59 189 225 TAMPA, Fla. — Nikita Kuch- Blue Jackets 2, Devils 1 (SO): erov tied the Lightning’s single- Western Conference Cam Atkinson and Artemi Pan- season points record with a pair Central Division arin scored in the shootout and GP W L OT Pts GF GA of assists to lead Tampa Bay to a Sergei Bobrovsky stopped both Nashville 69 39 25 5 83 207 184 5-2 victory against the Winnipeg Winnipeg 66 39 23 4 82 224 198 New Jersey attempts to give visit- St. Louis 65 34 25 6 74 187 181 Jets on Tuesday night. ing Columbus the win. Dallas 66 34 27 5 73 167 170 Kucherov’s two points gave Minnesota 67 32 27 8 72 186 196 Bruins 4, Hurricanes 3 (SO): Colorado 67 29 26 12 70 220 211 him 108 on the season to tie the David Krejci scored 1:46 into Chicago 66 27 30 9 63 220 250 single-season mark set by Vin- Pacific Division overtime, and host Boston ended Calgary 66 41 18 7 89 234 192 cent Lecavalier in the 2006-07 San Jose 66 39 19 8 86 238 206 Carolina’s five-game winning Vegas 67 36 26 5 77 201 187 season when he finished with 52 streak. Arizona 66 32 29 5 69 177 186 goals and 58 assists. Edmonton 66 29 30 7 65 187 216 Ducks 3, Coyotes 1: Adam Vancouver 66 27 30 9 63 180 206 The league-leading Lightning Henrique and Troy Terry scored Anaheim 67 26 32 9 61 147 204 improved to 14-1-2 in the past 17 Los Angeles 66 24 34 8 56 159 210 MARY SCHWALM/AP power-play goals in the third pe- Note: Two points for a win, one point games. riod and visiting Anaheim ended for overtime loss. Top three teams in Carolina Hurricanes left wing Micheal Ferland, left, and Bruins right Steven Stamkos scored his 34th each division and two wild cards per Arizona’s NHL-long six-game conference advance to playoffs. wing David Backes fight during the first period Tuesday in Boston. goal of the season and 382nd of winning streak. Monday’s games his career and is one shy of tying Edmonton 4, Buffalo 3 Predators 5, Wild 4 (SO): Ryan Toronto 6, Calgary 2 Penguins 3, Panthers 2 (OT) Lightning 5, Jets 2 Lecavalier’s career franchise Johansen scored the lone goal in Tuesday’s games Columbus 2, New Jersey 1, SO Florida 1 1 0 0—2 Winnipeg 1 0 1—2 record. a shootout and host Nashville got Pittsburgh 3, Florida 2, OT Pittsburgh 0 2 0 1—3 Tampa Bay 1 2 2—5 Brayden Point, Adam Erne Boston 4, Carolina 3, OT First Period—1, Florida, Borgstrom 8 First Period—1, Tampa Bay, Gourde 18 its second win against Minnesota N.Y. Islanders 5, Ottawa 4, SO (Hoffman, Ekblad), 1:45 (pp). (Girardi, Palat), 1:34. 2, Winnipeg, Wheel- and Yanni Gourde also scored for in three nights. Tampa Bay 5, Winnipeg 2 Second Period—2, Pittsburgh, Guent- er 18 (Trouba, Laine), 6:31 (pp). Tampa Bay. Nashville 5, Minnesota 4, SO zel 32 (Crosby, McCann), 0:16. 3, Pitts- Second Period—3, Tampa Bay, Erne Avalanche 4, Red Wings 3 Dallas 1, N.Y. Rangers 0 burgh, Crosby 30 (Hornqvist, Kessel), 7 (Joseph, Cirelli), 8:58. 4, Tampa Bay, Andrei Vasilevskiy finished (OT): Nathan MacKinnon scored Anaheim 3, Arizona 1 10:01 (pp). 4, Florida, Trocheck 7 (Vatra- Stamkos 34 (Kucherov, Hedman), 14:26 with 30 saves for his 10th con- Colorado 4, Detroit 3, OT no, Hoffman), 17:31. (pp). 2:29 into overtime and also had Montreal 3, Los Angeles 1 Overtime—5, Pittsburgh, Guentzel 33 Third Period—5, Tampa Bay, Paquette secutive victory and improved to an assist to help host Colorado Wednesday’s games (Crosby), 2:44. 10 (Erne, Joseph), 4:20. 6, Tampa Bay, Washington at Philadelphia Shots on Goal—Florida 9-13-11-1—34. Point 37 (Kucherov, Stamkos), 9:50 (pp). 11-0-2 in his past 13 starts. rally past skidding Detroit. Toronto at Vancouver Pittsburgh 10-12-13-2—37. 7, Winnipeg, Trouba 5 (Hellebuyck), 15:03 Blake Wheeler and Jacob Trou- Stars 1, Rangers 0: Ben St. Louis at Anaheim Power-play opportunities—Florida 1 (pp). Calgary at Vegas of 3; Pittsburgh 1 of 2. Shots on Goal—Winnipeg 5-10-17—32. ba scored for Winnipeg, which fell Bishop made 28 saves in his 28th Thursday’s games Goalies—Florida, Luongo 14-14-4 (37 Tampa Bay 14-13-11—38. to 2-3 in the past five games. career shutout, John Klingberg Florida at Boston shots-34 saves). Pittsburgh, Murray 21- Power-play opportunities—Winnipeg Columbus at Pittsburgh 10-3 (34-32). 2 of 3; Tampa Bay 2 of 4. Penguins 3, Panthers 2 (OT): scored a second-period goal and N.Y. Rangers at Detroit A—18,484 (18,387). T—2:33. Goalies—Winnipeg, Brossoit 11-5-2 (2 Jake Guentzel scored on a break- host Dallas beat New York. N.Y. Islanders at Ottawa shots-1 saves), Hellebuyck 28-18-2 (36- Minnesota at Tampa Bay Islanders 5, Senators 4 (SO) 32). Tampa Bay, Vasilevskiy 31-7-4 (32- away 2:44 into overtime to lift Canadiens 3, Kings 1: Carey Colorado at Dallas 30). host Pittsburgh past Florida. Buffalo at Chicago Ottawa 0 2 2 0—4 A—19,092 (19,092). T—2:36. Price tied Jacques Plante for Vancouver at Edmonton N.Y. Islanders 1 3 0 0—5 Islanders 5, Senators 4 (SO): most career wins by a Montreal Calgary at Arizona N.Y. Islanders won shootout 2-0 Predators 5, Wild 4 (SO) Montreal at San Jose First Period—1, N.Y. Islanders, Nelson Jordan Eberle and Mathew Bar- goalie, making 26 saves in a vic- St. Louis at Los Angeles 21 (Bailey), 8:22. Minnesota 1 1 2 0—4 zal scored in the shootout and tory over host Los Angeles. Friday’s games Second Period—2, Ottawa, Gibbons 4 Nashville 1 1 2 0—5 Minnesota at Florida (White, Chabot), 0:26. 3, N.Y. Islanders, Nashville won shootout 1-0 New Jersey at Washington Toews 5 (Dal Colle), 2:34. 4, N.Y. Islanders, First Period—1, Nashville, Smith 17 Winnipeg at Carolina Lee 23 (Boychuk, Leddy), 5:45. 5, Ottawa, (Donovan, Grimaldi), 1:48. 2, Minnesota, Montreal at Anaheim Lindberg 6 (Boedker, Duclair), 6:32. 6, N.Y. Fiala 11 (Pateryn), 15:25. Islanders, Johnston 1 (Komarov, Cizikas), Second Period—3, Nashville, Boyle 16 10:02. (Arvidsson, Subban), 13:38 (pp). 4, Min- Tuesday Third Period—7, Ottawa, Smith 8 nesota, Aberg 12 (Spurgeon, Greenway), (Wolanin, Ryan), 7:38. 8, Ottawa, Pageau 17:49. Blue Jackets 2, Devils 1 (SO) 2 (Tkachuk, Paajarvi), 15:20. Third Period—5, Minnesota, Fehr Columbus 1 0 0 0—2 Shootout—Ottawa 0 (Chabot NG, Ryan 7 (Foligno), 2:25. 6, Nashville, Josi 15 New Jersey 0 1 0 0—1 NG), N.Y. Islanders 2 (Eberle G, Barzal G). (Grimaldi, Ellis), 2:59. 7, Nashville, Ar- Columbus won shootout 2-0 Shots on Goal—Ottawa 10-8-8-1—27. vidsson 28, 8:21. 8, Minnesota, Fiala 12 First Period—1, Columbus, Atkinson N.Y. Islanders 6-26-6—38. (Parise, Staal), 17:42. 36 (Nutivaara, Savard), 0:52. Power-play opportunities—Ottawa 0 Shootout—Minnesota 0 (Fiala NG, Ab- Second Period—2, New Jersey, Zajac of 0; N.Y. Islanders 0 of 3. erg NG, Parise NG, Donato NG), Nashville 15 (Greene, Coleman), 17:00. Goalies—Ottawa, Anderson 14-22-4 1 (Turris NG, Ellis NG, Forsberg NG, Jo- Shootout—Columbus 2 (Atkinson G, (38 shots-34 saves). N.Y. Islanders, Leh- hansen G). Panarin G), New Jersey 0 (Coleman NG, ner 20-11-5 (25-21), Greiss 18-10-2 (2-2). Shots on Goal—Minnesota 12-6-14- Stafford NG). A—11,445 (13,917). T—2:33. 1—33. Nashville 9-8-8—25. Shots on Goal—Columbus 4-5-7-2—18. Power-play opportunities—Minnesota New Jersey 7-5-16-2—30. 0 of 4; Nashville 1 of 1. Power-play opportunities—Columbus Bruins 4, Hurricanes 3 (OT) Goalies—Minnesota, Dubnyk 26-21-6 0 of 2; New Jersey 0 of 2. Carolina 1 1 1 0—3 (25 shots-21 saves). Nashville, Rinne 24- Goalies—Columbus, Bobrovsky 28-21- Boston 0 2 1 1—4 17-3 (33-29). 1 (30 shots-29 saves). New Jersey, Sch- First Period—1, Carolina, Aho 28 (van A—17,668 (17,113). T—2:43. neider 4-9-3 (18-17). Riemsdyk, de Haan), 6:30. A—12,085 (16,514). T—2:37. Second Period—2, Carolina, Aho 29 (Niederreiter, Faulk), 1:10. 3, Boston, Avalanche 4, Red Wings 3 (OT) Wagner 10 (Carlo), 12:28. 4, Boston, De- Detroit 1 0 2 0—3 Stars 1, Rangers 0 Brusk 22 (Krejci), 18:12. Colorado 0 1 2 1—4 N.Y. Rangers 0 0 0—0 Third Period—5, Boston, Bergeron 23 First Period—1, Detroit, Kronwall 3 Dallas 0 1 0—1 (Marchand), 2:45 (sh). 6, Carolina, Wil- (Vanek, Nielsen), 16:47. Second Period—1, Dallas, Klingberg 9 liams 19 (Martinook, Pesce), 12:17. Second Period—2, Colorado, Compher (Heiskanen), 1:16. Overtime—7, Boston, Krejci 16 (De- 15 (Soderberg, Wilson), 1:44. Shots on Goal—N.Y. Rangers 11-9-8— Brusk), 1:46. Third Period—3, Detroit, DeKeyser 4 28. Dallas 11-10-11—32. Shots on Goal—Carolina 11-10-15-1— (de la Rose, Abdelkader), 2:22. 4, Colo- Power-play opportunities—N.Y. Rang- 37. Boston 12-15-9-2—38. rado, Rantanen 29 (Landeskog, Barrie), ers 0 of 4; Dallas 0 of 5. Power-play opportunities—Carolina 0 8:30 (pp). 5, Detroit, Zadina 1 (Hronek, Goalies—N.Y. Rangers, Georgiev 10- of 5; Boston 0 of 1. Vanek), 17:43 (pp). 6, Colorado, Barrie 7 11-2 (32 shots-31 saves). Dallas, Bishop Goalies—Carolina, McElhinney 17-7-2 (Rantanen, MacKinnon), 18:25. 21-14-2 (28-28). (38 shots-34 saves). Boston, Halak 18-9-4 Overtime—7, Colorado, MacKinnon 34 A—17,974 (18,532). T—2:34. (37-34). (Rantanen), 2:29. A—17,565 (17,565). T—2:40. Shots on Goal—Detroit 8-8-5-2—23. Colorado 6-17-9-2—34. Canadiens 3, Kings 1 Power-play opportunities—Detroit 1 Montreal 1 1 1—3 Ducks 3, Coyotes 1 of 3; Colorado 1 of 3. Los Angeles 0 0 1—1 Anaheim 1 0 2—3 Goalies—Detroit, Bernier 6-15-5 (34 First Period—1, Montreal, Gallagher 30 Arizona 1 0 0—1 shots-30 saves). Colorado, Varlamov 19- (Weber, Mete), 3:11. First Period—1, Anaheim, Silfverberg 16-9 (23-20). Second Period—2, Montreal, Weal 5, 18 (Lindholm, Manson), 3:52. 2, Arizona, A—18,011 (18,007). T—2:36. 10:07. Crouse 11 (Archibald, Connauton), 18:32. Third Period—3, Montreal, Weber 10 Third Period—3, Anaheim, Henrique (Danault, Mete), 0:41. 4, Los Angeles, Luff 13 (Fowler, Rakell), 3:46 (pp). 4, Anaheim, Scoring leaders 8 (Brown, Doughty), 11:03. Terry 3 (Silfverberg), 11:15 (pp). Through Tuesday Shots on Goal—Montreal 10-8-6—24. Shots on Goal—Anaheim 12-9-10—31. GP G A PTS Los Angeles 7-6-14—27. Arizona 7-8-8—23. Nikita Kucherov, TB 67 31 77 108 Power-play opportunities—Montreal Power-play opportunities—Anaheim 2 Patrick Kane, CHI 65 40 54 94 CHRIS O’MEARA/AP 0 of 1; Los Angeles 0 of 2. of 5; Arizona 0 of 5. Connor McDavid, EDM 62 33 59 92 Goalies—Montreal, Price 28-19-5 (27 Goalies—Anaheim, Miller 7-4-1 (23 Sidney Crosby, PIT 63 30 56 86 shots-26 saves). Los Angeles, Quick 12- shots-22 saves). Arizona, Kuemper 20- Mikko Rantanen, COL 67 29 56 85 Winnipeg Jets defenseman Sami Niku, right, shoves Lightning center 18-6 (24-21). 15-5 (31-28). Nathan MacKinnon, COL 67 34 50 84 J.T. Miller off the puck during the first period in Tampa, Fla. A—17,764 (18,230). T—2:21. A—11,305 (17,125). T—2:30. Johnny Gaudreau, CGY 66 30 54 84 Thursday, March 7, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 27 NHL/SOCCER SheBelieves Cup Heath, US women win tourney finale

BY ANNE M. PETERSON States finished second on points. Associated Press All four teams are in the top 10 of the FIFA rankings and will TAMPA, Fla. — While the play in the World Cup in France United States didn’t win the later this year. The Americans, SheBelieves Cup tournament on ranked No. 1, are the defending home soil, coach Jill Ellis is still champions of soccer’s most pres- encouraged with the team’s prog- tigious tournament. ress as it prepares for the wom- The United States played to en’s World Cup. a 2-2 draw with Japan in the Tobin Heath scored in the first tournament opener in Chester, half and the United States fin- Penn., and then tied England 2-2 ished the SheBelieves Cup with in Nashville on Saturday. Brazil, a 1-0 victory over Brazil on Tues- ranked No. 10, lost all three of its day night. JEFFREY T. BARNES/AP matches. “I’ve already come out of this Alyssa Naeher, the presumed Sabres forward Jack Eichel, right, and Edmonton Oilers forward Connor McDavid, left, battle for position tournament with less question U.S. starter in goal for the World during the first period of Monday’s game in Buffalo, N.Y. The Oilers rallied to win the game, 4-3. marks, because of the takeaways Cup, injured her shoulder in the in terms of personnel and differ- opener against Japan. Adrianna ent things that we’ve seen, and Franch got her first cap for the Short: Stars say expectations unfair that feels good,” Ellis said. “Ob- United States in the draw against viously you want to lift that tro- England. phy, 100 percent, you want to win But on Tuesday, Ellis opted to every game, but now it’s going in start goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris, FROM BACK PAGE span following Monday’s game. with even more clarity. I think who is a Florida native. Harris Inconsistency has all but scuttled the Sabres’ McDavid and Eichel are the faces of their respec- that’s a positive.” stopped a free kick from Orlando playoff chances this season. tive franchises based on both production and salary. It was the final game of the Pride teammate Marta late in the The 22-year-old McDavid is in the first season of an In going 13-22-6 since a 10-game winning streak four-team, round-robin tourna- match. eight-year, $100 million contract, and the 22-year- in November, they’ve gone from briefly sitting atop ment played in three cities. Eng- “I’m very proud of the shut- old Eichel is in the first season of an eight-year, $80 the Eastern Conference standings to 11th, and nine land defeated Japan 3-0 in the out and I’m proud of the perfor- million deal. points out of contention. early game at Raymond James mance,” Harris said. “Moving Their respective teams have barely made a dent It’s a slide during which Buffalo has failed to win Stadium on Tuesday to win the forward we have to be better, in the standings, with both entering the final month consecutive games since Dec. 11-13. Eichel has been SheBelieves Cup title. The United though.” of the season in jeopardy of missing the playoffs. among the few constants. His worst point drought The comparisons are striking. lasted five games. The Oilers have advanced to the playoffs just once “It’s a team game and you need everyone pulling with McDavid, in 2016-17, when they were knocked in the same direction,” said Eichel, who has a ca- out in the second round by San Jose. Buffalo is in reer-best 72 points this season. “It’s the best league the midst of a franchise-worst seven-year playoff in the world. You can’t expect it to be easy. And I drought, and finished last overall twice with Eichel. think we all expected it to be hard, and I think it has It doesn’t come close to the expectations right been.” after the 2015 draft in Florida, where the Canadian- The Oilers slipped out of the playoff race following born McDavid was picked first and the American a 1-8-2 skid that began on Jan. 19. Edmonton has re- Eichel second, to the delight of each team’s respec- bounded by going 5-1-2 in its past eight, but still sits tive fan base. 11th in the West, and six points out of contention. As much as McDavid and Eichel dislike the com- With 33 goals and 59 assists, McDavid is the first parisons to each other, they’re in agreement in say- Oilers player to reach 90 points in three consecu- ing how unfair the expectations were. tive seasons since Jari Kurri (1983-1990) and Mark “I don’t think that’s possible at all,” McDavid said Messier (1987-90). of one player changing a franchise’s trajectory. “I “Connor does a ton for us, and obviously, you see don’t think in this league, where it’s so competitive the offensive numbers, but it’s more than that,” each and every night, that one guy can change it.” forward Sam Gagner said when asked how the McDavid has won two scoring titles and was the Oilers might miss the playoffs despite McDavid’s league’s MVP in 2017. contributions. MIKE CARLSON/AP Overall, McDavid’s 348 points (120 goals, 228 as- “We still feel like we have an opportunity to get sists) in 271 games are third among NHL players back in this,” Gagner added. “We’re still in the play- The United States’ Tobin Heath, left, drives past Brazil’s Andressa since 2015-16. Eichel has 249 points (98 goals, 151 off picture. And hopefully we can get there and put during the first half of Tuesday’s match of the SheBelieves Cup in assists) in 272 games, and ranks 29th over the same that issue to rest.” Tampa, Fla. Heath scored the only goal in the US’ 1-0 victory. PAGE 28 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, March 7, 2019 NBA Scoreboard

Eastern Conference Timberwolves 131, Atlantic Division Thunder 120 W L Pct GB Toronto 46 19 .708 — OKLAHOMA CITY — George 8-25 5-7 25, Philadelphia 41 23 .641 4½ Grant 3-9 1-2 10, Adams 5-6 3-9 13, West- Boston 39 26 .600 7 brook 15-28 3-7 38, Ferguson 1-4 2-2 5, Brooklyn 33 33 .500 13½ Nader 1-5 0-0 3, Morris 1-5 0-0 3, Noel 3-3 New York 13 51 .203 32½ 0-0 6, Felton 1-1 0-0 3, Schroder 4-8 4-4 14. Southeast Division Totals 42-94 18-31 120. Charlotte 29 34 .460 — MINNESOTA — Wiggins 7-15 1-2 18, Miami 29 34 .460 — Saric 3-5 2-2 10, Towns 15-27 8-10 41, Orlando 30 36 .455 ½ Teague 5-7 5-7 16, Okogie 2-5 0-2 6, Bates- Washington 26 37 .413 3 Diop 2-4 1-2 5, Tolliver 0-2 3-3 3, Gibson Atlanta 22 43 .338 8 3-6 3-4 9, Dieng 1-2 0-0 2, Jones 1-2 0-0 2, Central Division Rose 8-14 3-3 19. Totals 47-89 26-35 131. x-Milwaukee 48 16 .750 — Oklahoma City 24 33 30 33—120 Indiana 42 23 .646 6½ Minnesota 30 41 31 29—131 Detroit 31 31 .500 16 Three-point goals—Oklahoma City 18- Chicago 18 47 .277 30½ 46 (Westbrook 5-10, George 4-14, Grant Cleveland 16 48 .250 32 3-5, Schroder 2-5, Felton 1-1, Morris 1-2, Ferguson 1-4, Nader 1-5), Minnesota 11- Western Conference 22 (Towns 3-5, Wiggins 3-6, Okogie 2-3, Saric 2-4, Teague 1-1, Tolliver 0-1, Bates- Southwest Division Diop 0-1, Rose 0-1). Fouled Out—None. W L Pct GB Rebounds—Oklahoma City 45 (West- Houston 39 25 .609 — brook 13), Minnesota 52 (Towns 14). As- San Antonio 36 29 .554 3½ sists—Oklahoma City 20 (Westbrook 6), New Orleans 30 36 .455 10 Minnesota 28 (Teague 12). Total Fouls— Dallas 27 36 .429 11½ Oklahoma City 26, Minnesota 24. Techni- Memphis 26 40 .394 14 cals—Schroder. A—15,728 (19,356). Northwest Division Denver 42 21 .667 — Oklahoma City 39 25 .609 3½ Pacers 105, Bulls 96 Portland 39 25 .609 3½ Utah 36 27 .571 6 CHICAGO — Porter Jr. 3-11 0-0 7, Mark- Minnesota 30 34 .469 12½ kanen 4-14 5-6 14, Lopez 9-18 2-2 20, Dunn Pacific Division 2-9 1-1 5, LaVine 10-22 5-7 27, Felicio 1-2 Golden State 44 20 .688 — 1-2 3, Harrison 3-5 0-0 6, Arcidiacono 2-5 L.A. Clippers 37 29 .561 8 4-4 8, Blakeney 0-0 0-0 0, Luwawu-Cabar- Sacramento 32 31 .508 11½ rot 0-1 0-0 0, Selden 2-6 2-2 6. Totals 36-93 L.A. Lakers 30 34 .469 14 20-24 96. Phoenix 14 51 .215 30½ INDIANA — Bogdanovic 9-14 5-6 27, x-clinched playoff spot Young 5-13 0-0 11, Turner 3-11 3-4 10, BEN MARGOT/AP Monday’s games Collison 7-10 5-6 22, Matthews 4-10 0-0 Brooklyn 127, Dallas 88 10, McDermott 1-2 2-2 4, Leaf 2-4 0-0 4, The Celtics’ Gordon Hayward, center, drives between the Warriors’ DeMarcus Cousins, left, and Stephen Miami 114, Atlanta 113 O’Quinn 1-3 1-2 3, Joseph 3-8 0-0 6, Evans San Antonio 104, Denver 103 3-9 2-4 8. Totals 38-84 18-24 105. Curry during the second half Tuesday in Oakland, Calif. Boston won 128-95. New Orleans 115, Utah 112 Chicago 17 25 33 21— 96 Phoenix 114, Milwaukee 105 Indiana 27 22 28 28—105 Sacramento 115, New York 108 Three-point goals—Chicago 4-25 L.A. Clippers 113, L.A. Lakers 105 (LaVine 2-6, Porter Jr. 1-5, Markkanen NBA roundup Tuesday’s games 1-7, Luwawu-Cabarrot 0-1, Harrison 0-1, Indiana 105, Chicago 96 Arcidiacono 0-1, Selden 0-2, Dunn 0-2), Philadelphia 114, Orlando 106 Indiana 11-25 (Bogdanovic 4-5, Collison Houston 107, Toronto 95 3-5, Matthews 2-8, Turner 1-1, Young 1-3, Memphis 120, Portland 111 Leaf 0-1, Evans 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Minnesota 131, Oklahoma City 120 Rebounds—Chicago 49 (Markkanen 13), Boston 128, Golden State 95 Indiana 50 (Turner 11). Assists—Chicago Wednesday’s games 16 (Dunn 5), Indiana 19 (Young 6). Total Dallas at Washington Fouls—Chicago 20, Indiana 22. A—15,753 Celtics thrash Warriors Miami at Charlotte (20,000). Minnesota at Detroit Cleveland at Brooklyn San Antonio at Atlanta 76ers 114, Magic 106 Associated Press Philadelphia at Chicago ORLANDO — Isaac 6-12 0-0 16, Gordon pointers on a night Splash Broth- matching a season high. Utah at New Orleans 9-18 4-6 24, Vucevic 5-15 2-2 12, Augustin er Klay Thompson sat out with 76ers 114, Magic 106: JJ New York at Phoenix 5-8 1-1 11, Fournier 9-21 2-2 25, Iwundu 0- OAKLAND, Calif. — DeMar- Boston at Sacramento 5 0-0 0, Martin 2-3 0-1 5, Birch 3-4 0-0 6, soreness in his right knee. Redick hit six three-pointers and Denver at L.A. Lakers Briscoe 3-7 0-0 7. Totals 42-93 9-12 106. cus Cousins lost his cool and the Thursday’s games “Klay would have had to play PHILADELPHIA — Butler 5-10 4-4 14, Golden State Warriors lost at scored 26 points to break out of a Indiana at Milwaukee Harris 8-15 4-4 21, Johnson 5-9 2-2 13, a hell of a game to overcome all Oklahoma City at Portland B.Simmons 6-15 4-5 16, Redick 8-16 4-4 26, home in embarrassing fashion slump and lead host Philadelphia Friday’s Games Scott 4-9 0-0 11, Patton 0-3 1-2 1, McCon- that,” coach Steve Kerr said. Dallas at Orlando once again. over Orlando. nell 3-5 0-0 6, J.Simmons 3-7 0-0 6. Totals Kevin Durant scored 18 points Washington at Charlotte 42-89 19-21 114. Gordon Hayward scored 30 Redick was 5-for-6 from three- Cleveland at Miami Orlando 34 30 18 24—106 but committed five turnovers, Detroit at Chicago points off the bench, Kyrie Irving point range in the first half (7-for- Philadelphia at Houston Philadelphia 39 31 24 20—114 while Cousins wound up with Toronto at New Orleans Three-point goals—Orlando 13-32 had 19 points and 11 assists, and 10 overall) and paced an offense Utah at Memphis (Fournier 5-10, Isaac 4-8, Gordon 2-7, the Boston Celtics ran away from 10 points on 4-for-12 shooting — that shot 64 percent in the half Denver at Golden State Martin 1-1, Briscoe 1-3, Vucevic 0-1, Au- missing all five of his three-point Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers gustin 0-1, Iwundu 0-1), Philadelphia 11- the Warriors early on the way to and led 70-64. He had been seri- 28 (Redick 6-9, Scott 3-8, Harris 1-3, John- tries — and nine rebounds to go son 1-3, Butler 0-1, J.Simmons 0-2, Patton a 128-95 win Tuesday night in a ously slumping — going 23-for-81 Tuesday with four turnovers. 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Or- game that turned testy with the overall over his last seven games Rockets 107, Raptors 95 lando 44 (Vucevic 12), Philadelphia 50 The Warriors, who had won the (B.Simmons 13). Assists—Orlando 21 two-time defending champions and hitting 15 threes. Redick had HOUSTON — Gordon 5-9 0-0 13, Tucker (Augustin 5), Philadelphia 28 (B.Simmons last two meetings with Boston, 3-9 0-0 8, Capela 4-7 1-3 9, Paul 1-10 3-3 5, 8). Total Fouls—Orlando 16, Philadelphia down big. his first 20-point game since Feb. Harden 12-30 8-8 35, Clark 0-0 0-0 0, Nene 13. A—20,379 (20,478). Cousins and Terry Rozier re- couldn’t overcome a lackluster 3-4 0-0 6, G.Green 5-8 4-4 18, Rivers 5-8 0-0 first half in which they were out- 10 against the Lakers. 13. Totals 38-85 16-18 107. ceived double technicals with Pacers 105, Bulls 96: Bojan TORONTO — Leonard 10-22 5-5 26, Celtics 128, Warriors 95 8:44 to play. Cousins was called hustled on both ends and faced a Siakam 7-12 1-4 17, Ibaka 4-7 2-3 10, Low- BOSTON — Tatum 6-13 4-4 17, Morris 4- Bogdanovic scored 27 points, ry 4-16 0-0 8, D.Green 4-13 2-2 14, Powell for his fifth foul on a charge daunting 73-48 halftime deficit. 8 0-0 10, Horford 2-3 0-0 5, Irving 7-15 3-4 Darren Collison added 22 and 2-6 0-0 4, Anunoby 1-2 0-0 3, Gasol 3-5 2-2 19, Smart 4-9 0-0 9, Hayward 12-16 2-2 30, drawn by Aron Baynes, then the “It looked to me like we were 8, Lin 1-5 0-0 2, McCaw 1-1 0-0 3. Totals Brown 8-16 0-0 18, Ojeleye 0-0 0-0 0, Theis host Indiana beat Chicago. 37-89 12-16 95. 0-2 2-2 2, Yabusele 2-3 2-2 7, Baynes 0-1 fiery Warriors center stood over jogging up the floor. You can’t Houston 23 32 14 38—107 0-0 0, Wanamaker 1-3 0-0 2, Rozier 3-7 3-3 Baynes in clear frustration. Jay- play basketball jogging. You’ve Indiana was looking to build Toronto 19 18 34 24— 95 9. Totals 49-96 16-17 128. momentum heading into a crucial Three-point goals—Houston 15-34 GOLDEN STATE — Durant 5-16 8-10 18, son Tatum bumped Cousins with got to sprint,” Kerr said. “Your (G.Green 4-7, Rivers 3-4, Gordon 3-5, Green 2-3 0-0 5, Cousins 4-12 2-3 10, Curry cuts have to be hard. You have to 11-game stretch during which the Harden 3-9, Tucker 2-6, Paul 0-3), Toronto 8-16 3-3 23, McKinnie 3-5 1-1 7, Jerebko his right arm and Cousins pushed 9-32 (D.Green 4-13, Siakam 2-4, McCaw 1- 1-4 2-2 4, Bell 3-7 1-2 7, Cook 3-10 0-0 9, back with some force, then Rozier be going all out. We did not go all Pacers will play Oklahoma City 1, Anunoby 1-2, Leonard 1-4, Powell 0-1, Iguodala 0-1 2-2 2, Evans 3-3 0-0 6, Lee 2-8 out and it was embarrassing.” Gasol 0-1, Lin 0-1, Lowry 0-5). Rebounds— 0-0 4. Totals 34-85 19-23 95. entered the fray and he and Cous- and Denver twice each and visit Houston 43 (Capela 15), Toronto 47 (Ibaka Boston 32 41 32 23—128 ins traded shoves. Tatum scored 17 points for Milwaukee, Golden State and 15). Assists—Houston 22 (Paul 10), Toron- Golden State 24 24 28 19— 95 the Celtics, who came in having to 16 (Lowry 6). Total Fouls—Houston 23, Three-point goals—Boston 14-34 (Hay- “It was silly. It was nothing, Boston. Toronto 15. Technicals—Lowry. A—19,800. ward 4-6, Brown 2-4, Irving 2-5, Morris 2- absolutely nothing,” Cousins said lost five of six since the All-Star Grizzlies 120, Trail Blazers 5, Horford 1-1, Yabusele 1-1, Tatum 1-3, Smart 1-5, Theis 0-1, Baynes 0-1, Rozier without elaborating. break. 111: Mike Conley scored 19 of Grizzlies 120, 0-2), Golden State 8-35 (Curry 4-10, Cook “I think we played with pur- Trail Blazers 111 3-4, Green 1-2, Iguodala 0-1, Jerebko Boogie’s moment summed up his career-high 40 points in the 0-2, McKinnie 0-2, Lee 0-4, Cousins 0- pose all the way through. We PORTLAND — Harkless 9-13 1-2 20, 5, Durant 0-5). Fouled Out—None. Re- an ugly evening of basketball by fourth quarter as host Memphis Aminu 3-7 0-0 7, Nurkic 3-8 0-0 6, Lillard were very businesslike the whole bounds—Boston 46 (Hayward 7), Golden his team — and fans seeing their used a late rally to beat Portland. 8-18 5-5 24, McCollum 9-13 6-6 27, Layman State 45 (Cousins 9). Assists—Boston 38 final season in the East Bay made night, even at halftime and just 4-6 0-0 8, Kanter 4-4 3-4 11, Curry 1-4 1-2 (Irving 11), Golden State 26 (Green 5). Conley made six of his seven 3, Hood 1-5 2-2 5, Turner 0-1 0-0 0. Totals Total Fouls—Boston 24, Golden State 24. now after the game,” Celtics 42-79 18-21 111. a mad dash for the Oracle Arena shots in the fourth as Memphis Technicals—Rozier, Cousins. A—19,596 coach Brad Stevens said. “We MEMPHIS — Holiday 0-3 0-0 0, Caboclo (19,596). exits in the closing minutes. It erased a nine-point Portland lead 0-2 1-2 1, Valanciunas 6-7 4-4 17, Conley was the Warriors’ fifth home de- know we haven’t played like that 12-18 10-15 40, Bradley 5-14 1-2 14, Miles in the final quarter. 3-5 4-4 12, Parsons 0-1 0-0 0, Rabb 1-1 0-0 Leaders feat by 20 or more points. enough but it’s encouraging as a 2, Noah 4-11 1-2 9, Wright 9-13 6-7 25. To- Timberwolves 131, Thunder tals 40-75 27-36 120. Scoing “I’d love to have some magic po- reminder that we can.” G FG FT PTS AVG 120: Karl-Anthony Towns had Portland 33 30 23 25—111 Harden, HOU 60 651 603 2199 36.6 tion and say we can come out and Rockets 107, Raptors 95: Memphis 20 41 21 38—120 George, OKC 60 565 352 1714 28.6 play with better energy and bet- James Harden scored 35 points, 41 points and 14 rebounds as host Three-point goals—Portland 9-29 (Mc- Curry, GOL 53 505 218 1501 28.3 Collum 3-5, Lillard 3-10, Hood 1-1, Hark- Durant, GOL 63 607 399 1731 27.5 ter discipline and kind of rectify Gerald Green had 11 of his 18 in Minnesota spoiled Paul George’s less 1-3, Aminu 1-5, Nurkic 0-1, Curry 0- Embiid, PHL 54 483 443 1473 27.3 return to the Oklahoma City 2, Layman 0-2), Memphis 13-27 (Conley Davis, NOR 50 489 332 1353 27.1 it, but we’ve got to, at some point, the fourth quarter and visiting 6-7, Bradley 3-8, Miles 2-4, Valanciunas Antetkounmpo, MIL 59 588 383 1594 27.0 stop talking about it and figure it Houston beat Toronto. lineup. 1-1, Wright 1-2, Parsons 0-1, Caboclo 0- James, LAL 46 455 236 1242 27.0 2, Holiday 0-2). Rebounds—Portland 36 Leonard, TOR 47 439 310 1269 27.0 out,” Stephen Curry said. Eric Gordon and Austin Riv- Towns has 182 points over his (Nurkic 10), Memphis 34 (Noah 10). As- Lillard, POR 63 540 368 1629 25.9 Curry provided a bright spot ers each scored 13 points as the last five games, the best five- sists—Portland 25 (Nurkic 9), Memphis Beal, WAS 63 594 272 1621 25.7 22 (Noah 7). Total Fouls—Portland 29, Griffin, DET 60 520 341 1531 25.5 with 23 points and four three- Rockets won their sixth straight, game stretch in team history. Memphis 21. A—13,801 (18,119). Walker, CHA 63 550 276 1582 25.1 Thursday, March 7, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 29 HORSE RACING/SPORTS BRIEFS Santa Anita cancels racing after 21st death

BY BETH HARRIS “We won’t rush it,” he said. “Everybody Also Tuesday, Vyjack was pulled up Associated Press takes a deep breath.” after completing a five-furlong workout, Ritvo was uncertain whether the San according to trainer Phil D’Amato. The ARCADIA, Calif. — Santa Anita has Felipe and Santa Anita Handicap would be graded stakes-winning 9-year-old geld- canceled racing indefinitely to re-exam- rescheduled. ing was taken off the track in a van. But ine its dirt surface after the deaths of 21 “Those are huge races,” he said. “We D’Amato told the Daily Racing Form that horses in the past two months. hope so.” Vyjack “took a couple of funny steps” and Tim Ritvo, chief operating officer of The Seven deaths have occurred during races was OK. Stronach Group, which owns Santa Anita, on the dirt oval at Santa Anita since the The number of deaths has drawn both told The Associated Press on Tuesday that track’s winter meet began on Dec. 26. Five concern and criticism. A handful of ani- racing won’t be held this weekend, when have occurred on the turf course and nine mal-rights activists gathered outside Santa two major races were scheduled: the San came during training on dirt. The highest- Anita’s main gate on Sunday, carrying Felipe for 3-year-old Kentucky Derby profile horse to be euthanized was Battle of signs and shouting. hopefuls and the Santa Anita Handicap for Midway, winner of the 2017 Breeders’ Cup “The first and most important thing is older horses. Dirt Mile. The 5-year-old bay also finished PETE DEMETRIOU, KNX-1070 AM/AP the health and welfare of the horses and Ritvo wouldn’t speculate on when train- third in the 2017 Kentucky Derby for Hall jockeys,” Ritvo said. ing and racing would resume. After this Animal rights activists gather near Santa of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer. The In 2017, 20 deaths occurred among a weekend, races were to be run again start- Anita Park, in Arcadia, Calif., on Sunday horse suffered injuries during a workout total of 8,463 starts over a span of 122 rac- ing March 14 at the storied racetrack that following another death of a horse in on Feb. 23. ing days at Santa Anita, according to the will host the Breeders’ Cup world champi- horse racing Saturday at Santa Anita. Last week, Santa Anita was closed for most recent figures compiled by The Jock- onships for a record 10th time this fall. There have been 21 horse fatalities at the two days while the dirt surface underwent ey Club. “In whole, we feel confident in the track racetrack since its winter meet began on extensive testing and was declared fit for and we’re just being very proactive,” Ritvo Dec. 26. racing. There were 1.61 deaths per 1,000 starts said. “We want to do all the testing that Hall of Fame trainer Ron McAnally said in the U.S. in 2017, according to the most needs to be done. When we believe we’re fatalities. 4-year-old filly Lets Light the Way “took a recent figures from the Equine Injury Da- in good shape, we’ll start to train over it The National Weather Service was fore- bad step or something” on Tuesday. tabase, compiled by The Jockey Club. That again.” casting 1 to 2 inches of rain in Los Angeles He said the injury was a shattered sesa- was a slight increase in the rate of fatal in- The Daily Racing Form first reported County starting overnight Tuesday and moid in her right front leg. Sesamoid bones jury compared with 2016, when there were the cancellation. into Wednesday. provide anchor points for the two branches 1.54 deaths per 1,000 starts. The latest fatality occurred during train- “We think that (rain) could definitely of the suspensory ligament. The bones are The deaths were more frequent on dirt ing on Tuesday, when a 4-year-old filly got contribute even though our experts are under stress each time a horse takes a step. surfaces (1.74 per 1,000 starts) than on turf injured and was euthanized. telling us not,” Ritvo said. “The tracks out Lets Light the Way was X-rayed and later (1.36). “Obviously, one horse is too many,” Ritvo here are built not for weather like that.” euthanized. Santa Anita was closed for two days last said. “The recent rash is just horrible. We Ritvo said officials are “a little bit con- “I think the weather has a lot to do with week while the dirt surface was tested. need to definitely take a step back and cerned” with the latest impending storm it,” said McAnally, whose wife, Debbie, Mick Peterson, a soil and safety expert evaluate everything.” and how the dirt surface can change from owned the filly. brought in from the University of Ken- Santa Anita received 11 ½ inches of rain muddy to fast in a short time. “Santa Anita has been a wonderful track, tucky, proclaimed the track “100 percent and had unusually cold temperatures in Besides re-examining the dirt track, and they’ve done all kinds of tests,” McA- ready” to resume racing. February, but it’s unclear whether track Ritvo said all racing protocols would be nally said. “I don’t know what else they Since Peterson’s comments, two horses conditions played a role in any of the looked at. could do. It’s a fluky thing.” have died, including McAnally’s filly.

Briefl y MLB takes note of Harper’s fishing for Trout

Associated Press ‘Hey, this is the place to be. This is ing in 2020 as part of a deal that six-time All-Star off the field for the afternoon six players were where the fans are great, owner- would include a commitment to the entire 2019 season. designated as non-exclusive fran- CLEARWATER, Fla. — Now ship understands it, our manager discuss larger economic issues The decision was made after chise players. Collins was not on pitching for the Philadelphia is awesome,’ ” Harper said. “I can after opening day this year. Perez received a second opinion the list. Phillies, Bryce Harper. really put that faith in myself in As part of the deal, the active Tuesday from Dr. Neal ElAt- Teams can begin signing free The new Phillies slugger has being able to say we are able to limit from Sept. 1 to the end of the trache, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ agents at 4 p.m. EDT on March again lobbied for superstar Mike go about it the right way, we are season would be lowered from 40 team physician. Perez hurt the Trout to join the franchise in 13. the Philadelphia Phillies and we to 28 beginning next year, people elbow during a workout last week In a tweet, Collins thanked 2021, a possible violation of Major want whoever wants to come to familiar with the negotiations told and said over the weekend that he League Baseball’s tampering the organization for four “great Philly.” The Associated Press. The people was harboring a slim hope that he years” and said he was looking rule. Harper made his first pitch spoke on condition of anonymity might be able to play through it. Trout, a two-time AL MVP with forward to the next chapter of his for Trout on Saturday at his in- because the agreement had not Instead, he was expected to un- football career. the Los Angeles Angels, grew up troductory press conference in yet been finalized. dergo surgery on Wednesday. near Philadelphia, attended the The tag would have cost the Gi- Clearwater. A limitation on September call- Perez hit just .235 last season, ants $11.15 million against their Phillies victory parade in 2008 as “We are aware of the situation ups would end parades of relief but he had 27 homers and drove 2019 salary cap and general man- a 17-year-old and has season tick- and have been in contact with pitchers that cause some games in 80 runs while providing a solid ager Dave Gettleman gave indi- ets for the Eagles. The 27-year- both clubs,” MLB said in a state- to stretch on. and calming presence behind the cations at the NFL combine last old outfielder is set to become a ment Wednesday. New York Yankees ace Luis plate. The MVP of the 2015 World free agent after the 2020 season. Rule 3(k) says: “To preserve Severino will miss opening day Series, Perez was being counted week that the price was steep. “If you don’t think I’m gonna discipline and competition, and because of an inflamed right upon to help the rebuilding Roy- In other NFL news: call Mike Trout to come to Philly to prevent the enticement of shoulder that acted up while he als take the steps necessary to re- Six-time Pro Bowl safety in 2020, you’re crazy,” Harper players, coaches, managers and was getting loose for his first turn to the playoffs, particularly Eric Weddle has bid farewell to told SportsRadio 94WIP in Phila- umpires, there shall be no nego- spring training start. when it came to their young but Baltimore after apparently being delphia on Tuesday. tiations or dealings respecting Severino felt something wrong promising starting rotation. cut by the Ravens. The Phillies gave Harper a employment, either present or when he threw his first slider in Weddle’s release was not imme- 13-year contract last week, the prospective, between any player, the bullpen and was immediately Giants don’t use tag, so diately confirmed by the team. largest deal in baseball history coach or manager and any Major scratched. He won’t throw for two However, Weddle posted on at $330 million. Harper told team or Minor League Club other than weeks, manager Aaron Boone Collins is a free agent Twitter: “What a great 3 yrs we owner John Middleton he’s will- the Club with which the player is said after a 5-1 win over Atlanta. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. had in BMORE!!! 3 Pro Bowls, ing to help the team recruit free under contract.” — The New York Giants are let- (hash)1 DEF, 2018 AFC north agents and sell them on playing Royals lose catcher ting three-time Pro Bowl safety Champs. Ravens took a chance for a winner in Philadelphia. Sources: MLB near deal Perez for season Landon Collins test the free-agent on me and will forever be grate- Fishing for Trout, sort of. for roster expansion market without any restrictions. ful. Our family will miss Mary- “For me, I can be able to talk to SURPRISE, Ariz. — Kansas The Giants on Tuesday elected land. Excited to see where I end Trout, or whoever it is, big-name NEW YORK — Major League City Royals catcher Salvador not to put a franchise tag on their up next season!!!!” free agent or whoever wants to Baseball and the players’ union Perez will undergo Tommy John leading tackler in each of his four The 34-year-old Weddle started come to Philly or is thinking are near an agreement to expand surgery to repair a torn ligament seasons with the team. all 16 games in each of his three about coming to Philly, I can say active rosters by one to 26 start- in his right elbow, keeping the The NFL announced later in seasons with Baltimore. PAGE 30 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, March 7, 2019 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Major conference titles still TBD Games on AFN

BY JOHN MARSHALL Associated Press Many of the smaller confer- ences have already crowned No. 5 Tennessee (21-7, 10-5) their regular-season champi- ons and started their postseason at Auburn (10-18, 3-12) tournaments. AFN-Sports The major conferences have 6 p.m. Saturday CET games left before tournament 2 a.m. Sunday JKT time and there’s still plenty to be decided. Here’s a rundown of where some of the major races stand: AAC UCF’s win over No. 12 Houston gave the Knights a big boost to their NCAA Tournament résumé. They may not win the AAC regu- No. 8 Texas Tech (25-5, 13-4) lar-season title, but they certainly at Iowa State (20-9, 9-7) made the race tighter. Houston and No. 20 Cincinnati AFN-Atlantic enter the final week tied atop the 8 p.m. Saturday CET AAC at 14-2 and their game on 4 a.m. Sunday JKT Sunday could be to decide the championship. The Cougars still have to get past SMU and the Bearcats are at UCF on Thursday, but expect Fifth Third Arena to be rockin’. Houston won the first meeting 65-58 on Feb. 10 in Houston. ACC Louisville (19-11, 10-7) No. 2 Virginia (27-2, 15-2) took ELI LUCERO, THE HERALD JOURNAL/AP at No. 2 Virginia (27-2, 15-2) a half-game lead over No. 3 North AFN-Sports Carolina with its 26-point win Utah State forward Justin Bean celebrates in the final minute against Nevada on Saturday. The Aggies over Syracuse on Monday night. upset the Wolf Pack and won on Tuesday to clinch at least a share of the Mountain West title. 10 p.m. Saturday CET The Tar Heels (25-5, 15-2) kept 6 a.m. Sunday JKT pace by beating Boston College the rematch. son finale 13-4 in the conference. Mountain West on Tuesday night, so they head Virginia hosts Louisville on The Red Raiders play at Iowa into the weekend tied, one game Saturday. State, and the Wildcats host Okla- Utah State’s testy win over ahead of Duke, which escaped homa on Saturday. No. 16 Nevada last weekend set with a 71-70 victory over Wake Big 12 up a likely tie for the conference Forest on Tuesday, again without Big Ten crown. Zion Williamson. Kansas won’t win its 15th The Aggies and Wolf Pack split North Carolina hosts Duke on straight conference title. Okla- Michigan and Michigan State two meetings this season. Saturday. Blue Devils coach Mike homa saw to that on Tuesday by renew their rivalry on Saturday Utah State clinched at least a Krzyzewski said after Tuesday’s whipping the Jayhawks. with at least a share of the confer- share of the title by beating Colo- win that he didn’t expect William- Kansas entered the week need- ence championship at stake. rado State in overtime in its final No. 4 Duke (26-4, 14-3) at son, who sprained his knee when ing help anyway, trailing both No. The seventh-ranked Wolver- regular season game on Tuesday. No. 7 North Carolina (25-5, 15-2) his shoe exploded in the previous 8 Texas Tech and No. 18 Kansas ines and ninth-ranked Spartans Nevada beat Air Force on Tues- AFN-Sports game against Carolina, to play in State both of whom enter the sea- have even more to play for after day and can join the Aggies atop Midnight Saturday CET Purdue lost to Minnesota on the standings by defeating San 8 a.m. Sunday JKT Tuesday night, losing control of Diego State on Saturday. A win the Big Ten race in the process. could also give the Wolf Pack the The Boilermakers, who had No. 1 seed in the conference tour- their five-game winning streak nament in Las Vegas. broken and lost for only the sec- ond time in their last 15 games, SEC fell into a three-way tie for first place. The best the Boilermakers No. 5 Tennessee’s win over No. can do is tie for the regular-sea- 6 Kentucky on Saturday not only son title with the Michigan-Mich- put the Vols back in the mix for igan State winner. an NCAA Tournament No. 1 seed, No. 7 Michigan (26-4, 15-4) at The Spartans beat Nebraska on but also tied them with No. 10 LSU No. 9 Michigan State (24-6, 15-4) Tuesday, and the Wolverines will atop the SEC. The Wildcats are a have a six-day break to avenge a game back, so this week could be AFN-Atlantic 77-70 home loss to Michigan State really interesting. 3 a.m. Sunday CET on Feb. 24. Tennessee (27-3, 15-2) beat 10 a.m. Sunday JKT Mississippi State on Tuesday to Big East move into sole possession of first place, a half-game ahead of the No. 16 Marquette and No. 23 Tigers, who were to play at Flori- Villanova have been the class of da on Wednesday. the Big East this season, so it’s Tennessee closes at Auburn fitting the conference has a two- on Saturday, while LSU hosts team race heading into the final Vanderbilt. week of the season. LSU would hold the tiebreaker The Wildcats have a half-game over Tennessee if the teams are lead over the Golden Eagles at tied at the top, thanks to an 82-80 No. 12 Houston (27-2, 14-2) at 13-4 and have one game this win over the Vols on Feb. 23. MATT SLOCUM/AP No. 20 Cincinnati (25-4, 14-2) week, Saturday against Seton Kentucky remained a game AFN-Sports Marquette’s Theo John battles Villanova’s Collin Gillespie, front, and Hall. Marquette plays Seton Hall behind by beating Mississippi on Eric Paschall for a loose ball during the game on Feb. 27. Villanova on Wednesday, Georgetown on Tuesday, and the Wildcats host 5 p.m. Sunday CET won that game and have a half-game lead in the Big East. Saturday. Florida on Saturday. 1 a.m. Monday JKT Thursday, March 7, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 31 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Kansas’ title run over Sooners snap Jayhawks’ 14-year Big 12 winning streak

BY CLIFF BRUNT for the championship. The fans In a perfect example of the way Associated Press knew — they chanted “streak is the first half went, the Sooners ran over” in the closing minutes. the shot clock down so far that the NORMAN, Okla. — It took Brady Manek scored 21 points student section started counting. more than half an hour for Kan- and Rashard Odomes added 12 As time ran out, Doolittle bulled sas coach Bill Self to address the for Oklahoma (19-11, 7-10 Big 12), his way through Kansas’ defense media after the Jayhawks’ loss to which boosted its chances of earn- for a layup to put the Sooners up Oklahoma. ing an NCAA Tournament bid. 41-22. The Sooners led 41-28 at He had plenty to address with “We knew what was on the the break. his team first. line for this game,” Manek said. Oklahoma poured it on in the Kristian Doolittle had 24 points “We wanted to come out and hit second half. A three-pointer by and 11 rebounds to help the Soon- them first. I think we did that. We Odomes pushed the Sooners’ ers roll past No. 13 Kansas 81-68 on Tuesday night and end the played really well together and lead to 59-37, and the Sooners re- Jayhawks’ run of Big 12 regular- played as a team.” mained in control the rest of the season titles at 14 years. Oklahoma picked up its first way. Oklahoma shot 49 percent Kansas never led. double-digit win over Kansas overall. “We obviously got it handed since 1990 in its final home game “It was easy for them to make to us right from the get-go and of the season. shots,” McCormack said. “They everything,” Self said. “For this Dedric Lawson, the Big 12’s were in rhythm and feeling good. team to perform well, we’ve got to leading scorer, had 18 points and To them, the basket was as wide have some things go right and be 11 rebounds and David McCor- as they wanted it to be.” turned up. When it started going mack added 18 points for the Jay- Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger bad, we couldn’t change it.” hawks (22-8, 11-6). said it was one of his team’s best The last time Kansas didn’t at Manek scored 10 early points to games. NATE BILLINGS/AP least tie for the conference crown, help the Sooners roll out to a 23-7 “Probably for 40 minutes, at Oklahoma forward Kristian Doolittle grabs a rebound in front of Oklahoma State won it outright in lead. Kansas crept back into the least the first 35, I thought it was Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji during the first half Tuesday in Norman, 2003-04. Now, Kansas State and game before a dunk by Manek pretty solid,” he said. “Pretty Okla. The Sooners beat the No. 13 Jayhawks 81-68. Texas Tech remain in contention put the Sooners up 30-18. sharp on both ends of the floor.” Top 25 roundup No. 4 Duke barely holds on against Wake Forest

Associated Press Brown had 21 points and 10 rebounds, es the regular season against No. 7 Michi- and he pulled Wake Forest (11-18, 4-13) gan (26-4, 15-4) at home Saturday night. DURHAM, N.C. — No. 4 Duke again within 69-68 by hitting two free throws Minnesota 73, No. 11 Purdue 69: didn’t have Zion Williamson. The Blue with 43.9 seconds left. Duke bled the shot Amir Coffey matched his career with 32 Devils also didn’t have their best version of clock before the left-handed Barrett hit a points, making two free throws with 2.5 Cameron Reddish — and for a few uneasy right-handed jumper in the lane to put the seconds left to seal the host Golden Go- minutes also were without Tre Jones. Blue Devils up by three with 17.3 seconds phers’ victory over the Boilermakers. The Blue Devils did have RJ Barrett, remaining. The win gives Minnesota a boost for an and that — plus a fortunate bounce on the No. 3 North Carolina 79, Boston Col- final shot — was just enough to beat Wake NCAA Tournament berth and spoiled the lege 66: Luke Maye had 17 points and a Purdue’s bid for an outright Big Ten title. Forest. career-high 20 rebounds to lead the visit- Barrett scored 28 points and Duke held Carsen Edwards scored 22 points and ing Tar Heels over the Eagles and pre- Ryan Cline added 19 for the Boilermakers on to beat the Demon Deacons 71-70 on serve their hopes for a regular-season Tuesday night after Chaundee Brown’s (22-8, 15-4). conference title. Purdue, which had its five-game win- jumper rimmed out at the buzzer. Cameron Johnson had 22 points and 12 “When they got the last shot, we were ning streak broken and lost for only the rebounds for North Carolina (25-5, 15-2 second time in its last 15 games, fell into a just wishing for it to fall out,” Jones said. Atlantic Coast Conference), which won “They’d been getting a lot of rolls, so I feel three-way tie for first place in the confer- its sixth straight game and went unbeaten ence with Michigan and Michigan State. like we had to get one as well.” on the road in the league for the first time Jones added 13 points for a sluggish No. 14 Florida State 73, No. 15 Virgin- since 2008. ia Tech 64 (OT): M.J. Walker scored nine Duke team missing Williamson for a fourth No. 5 Tennessee 71, Mississippi State of his 11 points after halftime, including straight game with a sprained right knee. 54: Admiral Schofield scored 18 points in a critical three-pointer in overtime, and Coach Mike Krzyzewski said he hopes his final home game, and the Volunteers the host Seminoles rallied from a 14-point Williamson will be healthy enough to play notched their 26th straight home victory. halftime deficit. GERRY BROOME/AP in next week’s ACC Tournament. Tennessee (27-3, 15-2 Southeastern Mfiondu Kabengele scored 13 points in The Blue Devils (26-4, 14-3) overcame Conference) moved into sole possession of Duke’s RJ Barrett drives to the basket 41-percent shooting and a 16-for-26 show- first place in the SEC, a half-game ahead the second half and overtime and Florida against Wake Forest’s Ikenna Smart ing from the free-throw line to win their of No. 10 LSU, which played at Florida on State improved to 15-1 at home this season during the second half Tuesday in 10th straight in the in-state series. Wednesday. and tied the program record with 12 Atlan- Durham, N.C. Duke won 71-70. Williamson’s absence, coupled with a No. 6 Kentucky 80, Mississippi 76: tic Coast Conference wins. rough game from No. 3 option Reddish Keldon Johnson scored 22 points and Tyler With the win, Florida State (24-6, 12-5) Air Force dropped to 4-85 against ranked — who missed his first six shots and was Herro added 20 to send the Wildcats past clinched the No. 4 seed in next week’s ACC opponents. called for charging three times — left the host Rebels. Tournament and a double bye. Virginia Ryan Swan led Air Force with 21 points, Barrett as essentially a one-man show for PJ Washington had 13 points — all in the Tech (22-7, 11-6) is locked into the No. 5 and Lavelle Scottie added 13. Scottie be- Duke. He was 11-for-23 from the field but second half — to help Kentucky (25-5, 14-3 seed. came the 26th player in program history to was just 6-for-14 from the foul line. Southeastern Conference) ward off a tough No. 17 Nevada 90, Air Force 79: Jazz reach 1,000 career points. The Blue Devils — 26-point favorites challenge from Mississippi. Johnson scored a career-high 27 points No. 19 Buffalo 82, Ohio 79: Jeremy — trailed by 10 with 16 minutes remaining Mississippi (19-11, 9-8) has lost three and hit seven of his team’s 13 shots from Harris scored 20 points as the visiting and never led by more than three until the straight and four of five. three-point range in leading the visiting Bulls locked up the Mid-American Confer- final three minutes. No. 9 Michigan State 91, Nebraska Wolf Pack past the Falcons. ence regular-season title and a top seed in “I know RJ’s beating himself up” for 76: Kenny Goins scored 21 of his career- Cody Martin added 18 points and twin the conference tournament. his free-throw shooting, Krzyzewski said, high 24 points in the first half and Matt brother Caleb contributed 16 as Nevada Nick Perkins and CJ Massinburg each “but he played a great game, and without McQuaid had a career-best 22, leading the (27-3, 14-3 Mountain West Conference) chipped in 17 points as senior-laden Buf- him, forget it. Forget it. ... We had a hard host Spartans past the Cornhuskers. beat Air Force for a seventh straight time. falo (27-3 overall, 15-2 MAC) won the con- time scoring, and he missed free throws, Aaron Henry scored a season-high 15 Jordan Caroline finished with 10 points ference title for the second straight year but he made the biggest bucket of the game points, and Cassius Winston matched his and 10 rebounds against Air Force (13-16, and tied the school record for wins set last ... and if we’re in a similar situation, we’ll season low with eight points. 8-9). It was his 17th double-double of the year when the team advanced to the sec- do the same thing.” Michigan State (24-6, 15-4 Big Ten) clos- season. ond round of the NCAA Tournament. S TARS AND STRIPES Thursday, March 7, 2019 F3HIJKLM Road rout Hayward, Celtics hand Warriors SPORTS lopsided home loss » NBA, Page 28

NHL

Buffalo center Jack Eichel has a career-best 72 points so far this season, but the Sabres are in 11th place in the Eastern Conference, nine points out of a playoff spot.

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Short circuit Star power can’t drive Sabres, Oilers

BY JOHN WAWROW What’s becoming abundantly clear since McDavid Associated Press and Eichel were selected with the top two picks in the 2015 draft is it takes more than the arrival of a so- BUFFALO, N.Y. called “once-in-a-generation” star to transform a los- hile keeping open the possibility of a late ing team into a contender. playoff push, Edmonton Oilers captain “It’s a team sport. Things don’t get fixed with one Connor McDavid acknowledged how player,” Sabres forward Kyle Okposo said before a 4- Wmuch losing has worn on him this year. 3 loss to the Oilers on Monday night. “They can cer- In Buffalo, Sabres captain Jack Eichel grew irritated tainly help. But it’s a collective effort.” when asked about his team’s inability to win consecu- The game against Edmonton was an example of tive games in nearly three months. Okposo’s viewpoint. Eichel scored twice, including “I don’t have an answer for you right now,” Eichel his career high-matching 25th, but the Sabres squan- said following a 5-2 loss at Toronto on Saturday, a day dered a 3-1 second-period lead. after beating Pittsburgh. SEE SHORT ON PAGE 27 NATHAN DENETTE, THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP Since being drafted in 2015, Edmonton Inside: center Connor McDavid has won two League-leading Lightning have easy time with Jets, Page 26 scoring titles and was named NHL MVP in 2017. He has 92 points this season.

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