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Going the BY JOSEPH DITZLER Stars and Stripes U.S. service members may have to volunteer for coronavirus vaccines as they become available under emergency or early use gui- delines set by the Food and Drug extra mile Administration, according to the Defense Department. At least three vaccines are bet- ter than 90% ef- fective against COVID-19, the respiratory dis- ease caused by the coronavirus, according to news accounts. The U.S. mili- tary is planning COVID-19 to distribute two vaccines that are pending FDA approval. Vaccines could become availa- ble soon. The FDA takes up a re- quest Thursday for emergency use of the vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech, according to the FDA docket online. The United Kingdom last week approved its use on a temporary, emergency basis, the first country to do so. Some Air Force bases postponing fitness tests until April amid pandemic surge Moderna has also applied for permission to field its vaccine on BY JENNIFER H. SVAN an emergency use basis. An FDA Stars and Stripes INSIDE committee meets on that applica- While the Air Force as a whole still plans to Marines suspend fitness tion Dec. 17. resume fitness assessments Jan. 1., some base Vaccines available on a trial ba- commanders have postponed them until tests for remainder of year sis will probably be administered spring amid a record-breaking wave of coro- Page 3 first to volunteers, according to a navirus infections in the United States. Defense Department statement “I know that our airmen are stressed. I know fering, this is something they need not worry given to Stars and Stripes on that they’re tired,” said Col. Tyler Schaff, com- about as they go through the holidays.” Thursday by Yokota Air Base in mander of the 316th Wing and Joint Base An- The Air Force has pushed back the resump- western Tokyo. drews, Md., one of three bases last week to an- tion of fitness testing three times since March. The Defense Department ex- nounce a fitness testing delay until April 1. In September, it announced that it would post- pects quantities will be “limited “This is not for people to quit working out or initially and distributed on a roll- delay working out,” Schaff said. “What I’m of- SEE EXTRA ON PAGE 3 ing delivery basis as more vac- cines become available,” accord- At least three Air Force bases in the U.S. have postponed the resumption of fitness testing ing to the email from base spokes- until April 1, 2021, amid the worsening pandemic. PHOTOS BY ABNER GUZMAN, TOP, AND CHARLES WELTY, RIGHT/U.S Air Force SEE TROOPS ON PAGE 7 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, December 8, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER China trade surplus hits $75B EXCHANGE RATES Military rates So. Korea (Won) 1,083.42 Associated Press to $192.6 billion, up from the pre- likely to last into 2021 once coro- Switzerlnd (Franc) 0.8881 Euro costs (Dec. 8) $1.18 Thailand (Baht) 30.19 BEIJING — China’s politically vious month’s 4.7%. navirus vaccines are rolled out. Dollar buys (Dec. 8) 0.8029 Turkey (NewLira) 7.8328 British pound (Dec. 8) $1.30 sensitive trade surplus soared to a Chinese exporters have benefit- “We expect export perform- Japanese yen (Dec. 8) 101.00 (Military exchange rates are those available record $75.4 billion in November ed from the economy’s relatively ance to be less impressive,” said South Korean won (Dec. 8) 1056.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ as exports surged 21.1% over a early reopening after the Commu- Louis Kuijs of Oxford Economics many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain(Dinar) 0.3771 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ year earlier, propelled by Ameri- nist Party declared the coronavi- in a report. Britain (Pound) 0.7511 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2800 your local military banking facility. Commercial can consumer demand. rus pandemic under control in China’s global trade surplus for China(Yuan) 6.5345 rates are interbank rates provided for reference Denmark (Krone) 6.1260 Exports to the United States March while foreign competitors the first 11 months of 2020 is $460 Egypt (Pound) 15.6945 when buying currency. All figures are foreign rose 46% despite lingering tariff still are hampered by anti-disease billion, up 21.4% from this time Euro 0.8230 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7508 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ hikes in a trade war with Washing- controls. last year, already one of the high- Hungary (Forint) 395.95 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.2561 ton, customs data showed Mon- “Exports were much stronger est ever recorded. 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Naples 58/50 Okinawa Morón 68/64 58/40 Sigonella Rota 64/50 The weather is provided by the Djibouti 63/51 Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 84/76 64/53 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. TODAY IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 11 Comics ...... 16 Crossword ...... 16 Faces ...... 18 Opinion ...... 14 Sports ...... 19-24 Tuesday, December 8, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 3 MILITARY Marines halt fitness tests as virus surges BY STEVE BEYNON As of now, testing is suspended suspended for CY 2020, Marines kick off its new fitness test. Units 14,331,200 people in the United Stars and Stripes through the rest of 2020 and will are required to maintain physical are allowed to conduct the Army States have been infected with the WASHINGTON — The Marine resume in January, according to a fitness, body composition, and Combat Fitness Test, but it will not coronavirus and at least 277,600 Corps has suspended combat fit- memo from the Marine Corps. military appearance standards at count officially. It is unclear when have died, according to data from ness tests for the rest of the year There are exceptions in which all times," according to a memo the Army will resume tests for of- The New York Times. due to the spikes of coronavirus some Marines might have to con- from the Marine Corps. ficial records. Conditions have worsened with cases across the country. duct a test ahead of shipping to a The move from the Corps fol- The Air Force suspended fit- winter approaching. During the “All Marines who have not yet school, such as Sniper School or lows other branches that have ness tests, but the service plans to past week, there has been an aver- conducted the Combat Fitness Officer Candidate School. Testing paused testing much earlier in the resume them on Jan. 1. However, age of 180,327 cases per day, an in- Test will not do so this year due to has also not paused for boot camp. pandemic. some base commanders have crease of 8% from the average of the current nationwide #CO- Current fitness test failures still The Army suspended fitness postponed them until spring. The two weeks ago. VID19 environment,” the servic- must conduct another assessment tests counting on a soldier’s re- Navy is planning to resume fitness e’s official Twitter account posted for a passing score. cord in the spring, despite this be- assessments in March. [email protected] Friday. "Although the CFT has been ing the year that the service would As of Friday, more than Twitter: @StevenBeynon Ex-USMC employee sentenced for selling weed on Okinawa BY MATTHEW M. BURKE case was unavailable from Japa- AND AYA ICHIHASHI nese authorities. Stars and Stripes Yecla “spread marijuana’s evil CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A influence far and wide,” Chief former U.S. government employ- Justice Hironobu Ono said at the ee for the Marine Corps on Okina- sentencing, the Okinawa Times wa must serve more than four report said. “His behavior de- years in a Japanese prison for sell- serves the sentence.” ing marijuana on the island. Marine Corps Installations Pa- Charles Yecla, 40, a civilian who cific spokesman 1st Lt. Tim Hayes OKINAWA PREFECTURAL POLICE / Okinawa Prefectural Police worked for Marine Corps Installa- confirmed Yecla’s employment A former U.S. government employee for the Marine Corps on Okinawa must serve more than four years in tions Pacific at the time of his ar- but declined to provide further in- a Japanese prison for selling marijuana on the island. rest last year, was sentenced Dec. formation Friday via email, citing 1 in Naha District Court to four the Privacy Act. February 2019 and received a Times report said. charged with possession. years and four months in prison, Okinawa Police said they’d bro- quarter of a pound through the The father was charged with Tokito was sentenced Aug. 7 by the Okinawa Times reported ken up the marijuana ring shortly mail from Tokito on two separate possession, possession with intent Naha District Court to four years Wednesday. He was also fined the after referring charges for Yecla occasions in July. to profit, growing marijuana and and six months in prison, the Japa- equivalent of $9,600. and the others to the Naha District Yecla sold marijuana to 13 cus- violation of Japan’s Drug Excep- nese news outlet Nikkei reported Yecla pleaded guilty Nov. 24, Public Prosecutors Office Dec. 9, tomers at his home and his teen- tion Law, or knowingly and will- Aug. 7. He was assessed a $9,600 the first day of his trial, according 2019. They declined to name the age son sold it to two high school ingly handling an illegal drug. fine as well as an additional to the report. individuals at the time, citing the students, police said. Yecla and Tokito was arrested Oct. 24 and $38,000 fine for profiting off the He was one of three American involvement of a minor and priva- his son were arrested at home on charged with possession, posses- sale of marijuana. civilians employed by the Marines cy protections. Aug. 3, 2019. sion for profit and violation of Ja- In all, police arrested 20 people arrested between August and Oc- Police alleged that Yecla began Prosecutors told the court Yecla pan’s Drug Exception Law, the or referred charges to prosecutors tober 2019 for violating Japan’s purchasing marijuana in Febru- sold marijuana from January to prosecutors office spokesman for their part in the ring, the Main- Cannabis Control Act. He was ac- ary 2017 from Hironori Tokito, 42, August 2019, Ryukyu Asahi said. ichi newspaper reported Tuesday. cused of buying marijuana a former Okinawa bar manager Broadcasting reported Tuesday. The two other unnamed Amer- Three have reportedly denied the through the mail, growing it and and a former assembly member He earned more than $67,000. icans — a 30-year-old in Yomitan accusations. selling it to the others. for Umi town in Fukuoka prefec- After Yecla’s arrest, police and a 39-year-old in Uruma — His teenage son was also arrest- ture, the Okinawa Times reported found about a half-pound of dried were arrested Aug. 30 and Oct. 23, ed as part of the police sting; infor- [email protected] last year. Police said he began marijuana worth about $10,600 after purchasing marijuana from Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 mation on the disposition of his growing marijuana at his home in [email protected] and six potted plants, an Okinawa Yecla, police said. They were Twitter: @AyaIchihashi Extra: With winter approaching, bases struggle to conduct outdoor tests the opportunity to do that,” Schaff Col. Michael Zuhlsdorf, the 11th tions currently in place,” the docu- testing when the time comes.” FROM PAGE 1 said at a Facebook town hall meet- Wing commander at neighboring ment said. Among other Pentagon servic- pone them until Jan. 1, and that the ing Wednesday. Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in The Air Force is not tracking es, the Navy announced last month tests wouldn’t include abdominal Schaff said he struggled with the Washington, has issued similar which bases have postponed test- that it would delay the start of fit- circumference, height and weight decision, and mentioned the chal- guidance, Schaff said. ing, a service spokeswoman told ness tests until March. measurements. lenge of being able to consistently Scott Air Force Base, Ill., also Stars and Stripes on Thursday. The Army said in June that indi- The service at the time said in- conduct fitness testing outdoors in announced it would postpone fit- When asked if the Air Force vidual scores for the new Army stallation commanders could de- winter as a factor. ness testing until April, a memo would further delay testing across Combat Fitness Test would not lay assessments beyond the start The base is also “heavily in- signed Dec. 1 by base commander the service, Capt. Leah Brading count against soldiers until March of the year, based on guidance volved” in the presidential inaugu- Col. Jeremiah Heathman and said, “Our goal is to continue to 2022. from local public health officials, ration, and that, combined with posted on the installation’s web- minimize close contact among state health restrictions and fit- preparing for the coronavirus vac- site said. personnel during the ongoing CO- ness center closures. cine means “we are having to work “This decision is based off guid- VID-19 pandemic and ensure “I have the authority to push this so much harder to do our mission,” ance provided by public health of- units and personnel are fully down for three months, so I took he said. [email protected] ficials and state and local restric- ready to resume physical fitness Twitter: @stripesktown PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, December 8, 2020 MILITARY Lawmakers opt to boost AFRICOM budget by $38M

BY JOHN VANDIVER sponsibility for an attack on the Stars and Stripes Manda Bay Airfield on Kenya’s STUTTGART, Germany — U.S. coast just south of Somalia, killing Africa Command is slated to get a U.S. soldier, Spc. Henry May- almost $40 million more than the field Jr., 23, and two Defense De- Pentagon sought for it after law- partment contractors, Dustin Har- makers added funds to the head- rison, 47, and Bruce Triplett, 64. quarters’ budget, citing concerns The troops who leave Somalia it lacks casualty evacuation capa- will be repositioned in East Africa, bilities. in countries such as Djibouti and The 2021 National Defense Au- Kenya, military officials have U.S. Marine Corps thorization Act, which was re- said. That would allow U.S. special Members of the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, train in Niigata prefecture, Japan, on Saturday. The leased by lawmakers last week operations troops to move in and Marines are training with Japanese troops during the Forest Light exercise, which runs through Dec. 17. and is expected to pass with bipar- out of Somalia quickly, as needed. tisan support, calls for a boost for “Our presence in Somalia will AFRICOM, even as the military decrease significantly but U.S. prepares to withdraw from Soma- forces will remain in the region Marines, Japanese troops train lia as ordered by President Do- and our tasks and commitment to nald Trump. partners remain unchanged,” together during Forest Light drill The Pentagon requested $239 AFRICOM commander Gen. Ste- million for AFRICOM, but after phen Townsend said in a state- negotiations between Senate and ment Friday. “This action is not a BY SETH ROBSON ations officer, Maj. Joshua White, amphibious assault ships that are House lawmakers, that was in- withdrawal and an end to our ef- Stars and Stripes also on the phone call. about the size of the USS Wasp; a creased by $38.5 million, budget forts but a reposition to continue One thousand Marines and Ja- “Typically, key maritime ter- third is reportedly due to join the documents show. our efforts in East Africa,” the panese soldiers will practice air- rain (islands and coastal areas) is fleet shortly. The looming departure of near- statement said. borne assaults to capture “key going to be tough to get to,” he The 3rd Battalion arrived on ly 700 troops from Somalia, an- A Defense Department inspec- maritime terrain” during a two- said. Okinawa for a six-month deploy- nounced Friday by the Pentagon tor general report released Nov. week exercise that kicked off The training follows last ment in October, Berry said. and expected to be completed by 25 said AFRICOM has seen “a de- Monday on Japan’s main island. month’s Keen Sword exercise that The Forest Light training on the early January, is unlikely to end finitive shift” in recent months of Five hundred members of the involved members of the Okina- mainland will include live fire, the need for better evacuation ca- al-Shabab’s focus to attack U.S. in- 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Re- wa-based III Marine Expedition- force-on-force drills and integrat- pabilities in the region. terests in the region. giment, out of Camp Lejeune, ary Force working with Japan’s ed command and control and fire American troops in Somalia are AFRICOM has said it believes N.C., are working with 400 troops Amphibious Rapid Deployment support, he said. tasked with conducting counter- al-Shabab is the most “dangerous, from the Japan Ground Self-De- Brigade, a force modeled after the The Marines and Japanese terrorism operations and train, capable, and imminent threat” on fense Force’s 30th Infantry Re- U.S. Marines and charged with troops will practice attacking side advise and assist support to Soma- the continent, according to the re- giment, their commander, Lt. Col. defending outer islands, some of by side and there will be scenarios li forces, primarily in their fight port. Neil Berry, said in a telephone in- which are claimed by China. where the Marines reinforce Ja- against the al-Shabab terrorist While the budget documents terview Sunday from Camp Fuji, During Keen Sword, the Ma- panese defenders, Berry said. group. There is also a small Islam- don’t detail how additional funds outside Tokyo. rines and Japanese troops prac- The Marines have integrated ic State contingent, but it does not would support casualty evacua- The Forest Light exercise — ticed amphibious landings on is- their management of the corona- have the capability of al-Shabab, tion, cutting alert times for rescue which includes about 100 Marines lands off the coast of Japan. virus with the Japanese, White defense officials have said. aircraft and mobile surgical teams from the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing The training is going on amid said. Al-Shabab seeks to overthrow could help boost survival rates for and six MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotors tensions in the East China Sea, “I’ve been out there a couple of the U.S.-backed Somali govern- U.S. military personnel deployed attached to Marine Medium Tilt- where China has challenged Ja- times and something I’ve always ment and establish a hardline Isla- to remote locations in Africa, a rotor Squadron 265 — is going on pan’s claim to the Senkaku Islands noticed is the attention to detail mist nation. It is active across the 2019 Rand Corp. report stated. at the Soumagahara and Sekiya- — known as Daioyu by the Chi- and cleanliness [of Japanese country and has conducted bomb- In addition to the casualties at ma training areas in Gunma and nese — and the nearby oil and gas troops],” he said. ings and high-profile attacks in So- Manda Bay, AFRICOM lost four Niigata prefecture, according to a resources. Forest Light concludes Dec. 17, malia and neighboring countries, Army special operations soldiers Marine Corps statement Monday. It also comes as China is rapidly according to the Marine Corps’ including the 2013 attack on a in an ambush in Niger in 2017. The troops will conduct air as- developing its own amphibious statement. shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, saults in the Ospreys and Japa- capabilities. that left 67 dead. [email protected] nese CH-47 helicopters, accord- Since late last year, the Chinese [email protected] More recently, it claimed re- Twitter: @john_vandiver  ing to the Marine battalion’s oper- navy has launched two Type 075 Twitter: @SethRobson1 USAF Connect mobile app debuts at Yokota Air Base BY ERICA EARL Pacific all year. The timeframe it in January, according to PA- region on the app include Ander- Yokota spouse Brittany Parlier Stars and Stripes for those transitions is up to the CAF news releases. son Air Force Base, Guam; Kun- said she has been finding the new YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — individual wings, said Capt. Ve- Users must download the san Air Base, South Korea; Yoko- app helpful. This installation in western To- ronica Perez, a spokesperson for USAF Connect app from the Ap- ta and Misawa Air Base, both in “I added Yokota as my base kyo last week became the most Pacific Air Forces in Hawaii. ple App Store or Google Play, Japan; and PACAF headquarters and it was easy to navigate,” she recent Air Force base to replace The USAF Connect mobile app then select their unit from a in Hawaii. wrote Thursday on Facebook. “It its homemade smartphone app provides base directories, emer- drop-down menu and add it to “We do not manage the app for took a couple minutes to find ev- with USAF Connect. gency contacts, coronavirus pol- their favorites. Unlike the now the Air Force, and each wing uti- erything, but it’s all there. At The switch came suddenly, icy updates, installation announ- defunct Yokota Connect, the lizes it differently,” Perez said in least the info I always used in the with no advance notice, but cements, base shuttle schedules USAF app allows users to add her email. “Wings in Pacific Air Yokota Connect App.” USAF Connect has been replac- and social media links. It more than one unit to their favor- Forces can utilize the app at their ing smartphone applications at launched in April 2019, and Pa- ites. own discretion based on the [email protected] military installations across the cific installations started adding Air bases in the Indo-Pacific needs of their audiences.” Twitter: @ThisEarlGirl Tuesday, December 8, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 MILITARY Survivors remember Pearl Harbor at home

Associated Press er happened. Pacific islands like Kwajalein, HONOLULU — Navy sailor The aerial assault began at 7:55 Saipan and Guam. Mickey Ganitch was getting ready a.m., and Ganitch scrambled from Ganitch remained in the Navy to play in a Pearl Harbor football the ship’s living compartment to for more than 20 years. After- game as the sun came up on Dec. his battle station about 70 feet ward, he briefly worked in a bowl- 7, 1941. Instead, he spent the above the main deck. His job was ing alley before becoming the morning — still wearing his foot- to serve as a lookout and report shop foreman at a fishnet manu- ball padding and brown team shirt “anything that was suspicious.” facturing plant. — scanning the sky as Japanese He saw a plane coming over the Along the way, he had four chil- planes rained bombs on the U.S. top of a nearby building. Sailors dren, 13 grandchildren, 18 great- Pacific Fleet. trained the ship’s guns on the air- grandchildren and nine great- Seventy-nine years later, the craft and shot it down. great grandchildren. He and his coronavirus pandemic is prevent- “I was up there where I could wife, now 90, have been married ing Ganitch and other survivors see it,” Ganitch said. for 57 years. from attending an annual ceremo- The Pennsylvania was in dry ERIC RISBERG / AP Ganitch still shows glimpses of ny remembering those killed in dock at the time, which protected Mickey Ganitch holds up a model of the USS Pennsylvania and points his days as a running guard pro- the attack that launched the Unit- it from the torpedoes that pum- to where he served as a lookout during the 1941 attack on Pearl tecting his quarterback: He re- ed States into World War II. The meled so many other vessels that Harbor, in the living room of his home in San Leandro, Calif. cently crouched down to demon- 101-year-old has attended most day. It was one of the first to return strate his football stance for visit- years since the mid-2000s but will fire on the attacking planes. Even Altogether, more than 2,300 Navy, which jointly host the event, ing journalists. have to observe the moment from so, the Pennsylvania lost 31 men. U.S. troops died in the attack. also have closed the ceremony to Kathleen Farley, California California this year because of the Ganitch said a 500-pound bomb They’re why Ganitch likes re- the public to limit its size. The chairwoman of the Sons and health risks. missed him by just 45 feet. turning to Pearl Harbor for the an- gathering, featuring a moment of Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survi- “That’s the way it goes. You got He didn’t have time to think and nual remembrance ceremony on silence, a flyover in missing man vors, said many survivors are al- to ride with the tide,” Ganitch said did what he had to do. Dec. 7. formation and a speech by the ready talking about going to Ha- in a telephone interview from his “You realize that we’re in the “We’re respecting them by be- commander of the U.S. Pacific waii next year for the 80th anni- home in San Leandro, Calif. war itself and that things had ing there, and showing up and Fleet, will be livestreamed in- versary if it’s safe by then. Nearly eight decades ago, Ga- changed,” he said. honoring them. Cause they’re re- stead. Farley, whose late father served nitch’s USS Pennsylvania football The USS Arizona suffered a ally the heroes,” Ganitch said. Ganitch served the remainder on the USS California and spent team was scheduled to face off much worse fate, losing 1,177 Ma- But the health risks to the aging of the war on the Pennsylvania, three days after the attack picking against the USS Arizona team. As rines and sailors as it quickly sank survivors of the attack and other helping in the U.S. recapture of up bodies, has been attending for usual, they donned their uniforms after being pierced by two bombs. World War II veterans mean none the Alaskan islands of Attu and two decades. aboard their ships because there More than 900 men remain en- of them will gather at Pearl Har- Kiska. The battleship also bom- “I honor them while I still have was nowhere to change near the tombed on the ship that rests on bor this year. barded Japanese positions to help them and I can thank them in per- field. The pigskin showdown nev- the seafloor in the harbor. The National Park Service and with the amphibious assaults of son,” she said. PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, December 8, 2020 MILITARY Health guards help keep Tokyo airlifters flying

BY SETH ROBSON Campbell said there have been Stars and Stripes tactical highlights, such as a Nov. YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — 24 mission that involved one of the Social distancing, mask wearing, wing’s C-130Js doing a hot-pit re- contact tracing, testing and quar- fuel of a pair of F-22 Raptor stealth antines have enabled the U.S. mil- fighters at Koror Palau Interna- itary’s airlift hub in Tokyo to con- tional Airport. tinue its mission across the Indo- The aircraft had an aerial bulk Pacific region despite the global fuel delivery system designed to pandemic, the 374th Airlift Wing transport fuel rapidly to spots commander said Friday. close to or behind enemy lines. “We’ve been executing every One of the wing’s aircraft refueled mission we’ve been tasked to do, Raptors the same way at Ander- not without regard for COVID, but sen Air Force Base, Guam, in Sep- despite COVID,” Col. Andrew tember, according to an Air Force Campbell told Stars and Stripes in news release Nov. 24. an interview. “We did a similar operation be- The airlifters, stationed at Yo- tween a C-130J and an F-15 on Oki- kota in western Tokyo, fly 14 nawa recently,” Campbell said. C-130J Super Hercules transport Over the summer, Yokota per- planes in support of the Indo-Pa- sonnel deployed to the Aleutian Is- cific Command. The wing also op- lands of Alaska. Ahead of the mis- erates UH-1N helicopters and sion, airmen rehabilitated a 1970s- C-12J transports. YASUO OSAKABE/U.S. Air Force era tactical air navigation system Their missions include tactical Three C­130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, fly near using parts bought at Joyful Hon- airdrop, aeromedical evacuation, Mount Fuji on Monday, May 11. da, a local hardware store. They humanitarian assistance, disaster used the gear to guide aircraft relief and transporting distin- Group. measures we have in place have for example, flown to Alaska to transiting between Alaska and Ja- guished visitors. In November, a small outbreak been very effective in enabling us train, ferried soldiers to Palau and pan, he said. “We’ve continued to move safe- fueled by more than 30 instances to sustain our mission,” he said. conducted refueling operations on It’s unclear where Yokota air- ly and with such care that we of spreading by close contact con- “People have done a really good Guam and Okinawa. men might travel on missions next haven’t had significant COVID tributed to a monthly total of 62 job of complying with the protec- “There is no debate that COVID year, Campbell said. transmission caused by the mis- people infected with the virus, the tive measures out of a sense of has impacted every aspect of ev- People will be watching how the sions that we’ve been executing,” most the base has reported in any community.” erything we do, but the successes global community moves over the Campbell said. month during the pandemic. The wing doesn’t have data on we have had despite this challenge next couple of months “hopefully Yokota, with a community of Campbell said oft-repeated the number of Yokota personnel are remarkable,” he said. out from this dark cloud of CO- just under 12,000 airmen, civilian health protection measures such who have been ordered abroad The U.S. military’s mobility VID,” he said. “Everyone is hope- workers and family members, has as social distancing, contact trac- this year, although Campbell said forces operate continuously and ful the vaccine will enable us to re- reported at least 86 coronavirus ing, masks for those in close con- his airmen are constantly going on globally even during a pandemic, turn to full normality.” cases since May, not counting an tact, restriction of movement for missions. Campbell said. undisclosed number of Navy per- people coming into Japan and “We are a mobility wing,” he “We have continued to execute sonnel who sequestered on base testing have helped the Air Force said. “We constantly have people our mission despite COVID,” he before shipping out with the Ro- contain the virus. executing the mobility mission.” said. “It’s a positive reflection on [email protected] nald Reagan Carrier Strike “The public health protection This year Yokota airmen have, our resilience and perseverance.” Twitter: @SethRobson1 Marines, Army, Air Force tally over 30 new virus cases in Japan BY JOSEPH DITZLER fected, according to the base. of one of those patients, who is on ing new infections in early No- Kadena on Sunday reported Stars and Stripes On Sunday, Kadena reported a Japan’s largest island, Honshu, al- vember, with one exception — a that two more people were infect- TOKYO — The U.S. military in patient connected with another so tested positive but has no symp- cluster of 72 cases among new ar- ed aside from the patient at the Japan confirmed 45 new corona- school on base, Kadena Elemen- toms, according to the Army. rivals from the United States it re- elementary school. A second pa- virus cases over the weekend and tary. That person was already in The ninth individual, a new ar- ported Nov. 30. tient was already quarantined as a Monday, including 27 infections quarantine after a family member rival to Japan, tested positive The Marines did not specify in close contact. The third individual at Marine Corps bases on Okina- tested positive Thursday, accord- Thursday in quarantine. That per- its recent posts whether the indi- self-isolated Nov. 30 after experi- wa. ing to the base. son first tested negative upon ar- viduals tested positive upon arriv- encing symptoms of COVID-19. Late Monday, Kadena Air Base Kadena Elementary School riving in the country Nov. 23 in a al from the U.S. or in the mandato- That person last worked on Nov. on Okinawa reported that four Principal David Ballestros-Bur- test administered by Japanese ry two-week quarantine for new 25 and has had no contact with people tested positive, including kett, in a letter Sunday to families health authorities. arrivals, or whether they acquired base personnel since then, ac- three members of the same family and staff, said public health au- The Army did not specify where the virus locally or from close con- cording to the base Facebook post with symptoms of COVID-19, the thorities at Kadena “determined it its cases are stationed. It has a tact with previously identified in- Sunday. It did not specify where respiratory disease caused by the is safe for our school to continue garrison at Torii Station, Okina- dividuals. the individual worked. virus, according to a base Face- with normal operations” on Mon- wa, and its headquarters at Camp On Friday, the Marines report- Late Friday, Kadena via a Face- book post. day. Zama, west of Tokyo, on Honshu. ed 11 individuals tested positive: book post reported two new infec- One of those people is associat- In total, Kadena reported nine Marine Corps Installations Pa- eight at Foster, and one each at tions. Both became ill and isolated ed with Kadena High School, and new coronavirus patients be- cific posted Facebook updates Schwab, Hansen and Futenma, themselves before testing posi- the school on Monday night can- tween Friday night and Monday Friday through Sunday reporting according to the installations com- tive, according to the base. celed eight classes on Tuesday, night. 21 new cases at Camps Schwab, mand. One, a cashier at the Kadena ex- according to an announcement on U.S. Army Japan reported that Hansen and Foster and Marine On Saturday, another report change, last worked on Nov. 30. the school Facebook page by Prin- nine people tested positive for the Corps Air Station Futenma. confirmed four new cases each at Contact tracers quarantined an cipal Kristopher R. Kwiatek. virus between Wednesday and On Monday, the Corps added Schwab and Foster. On Sunday, undisclosed number of people “I know there are a lot of un- Friday, five of them already in another six infections: four at Fos- the Corps reported six cases: two who had close contact with the knowns, and I assure you I will quarantine on Okinawa as close ter and one each at Hansen, at Hansen and four at Foster. cashier, according to the base. Ka- provide updated information to- contacts of another individual Schwab and MCAS Futenma, ac- The Marines were struck by a dena did not provide further infor- morrow,” Kwiatek wrote in an ac- with the virus, according to an Ar- cording to a Facebook post. mid-summer outbreak that pro- mation about the second case Fri- companying post. my press release Monday. The Marines are experiencing a duced more than 300 confirmed day. The fourth individual was al- Two more individuals with the surge of coronavirus cases it coronavirus cases. In September, ready in quarantine because a Army became ill and tested posi- hasn’t seen since August. The ser- they reported six new cases and [email protected] family member had become in- tive Thursday. A family member vice had ceased publicly report- none in October. Twitter: @JosephDitzler Tuesday, December 8, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK Military facilities shutter as Germany struggles

BY JENNIFER SVAN AND The closures came as Markus adhere to DOD and host nation re- following a positive test for the vi- what we’re doing,” he said. IMMANUEL JOHNSON Soeder, state premier of Bavaria, strictions regarding mask use, rus last week, principal David Military officials at Hohenfels Stars and Stripes called for another high-level physical distancing and size limits Groat said in a letter to parents. and Spangdahlem would not dis- Five U.S. military schools in meeting on the virus before for private gatherings.” Classes were due to resume re- close the number of new cases, cit- Germany have been temporarily Christmas. At Stuttgart High School, stu- motely starting Thursday, and dis- ing Pentagon policy and oper- shuttered and services on bases “Coronavirus won’t let up ... We dents switched to remote learning tance learning would continue for ational security concerns. But have been restricted following a need to act, and I think better on Friday after reports of suspect- the first graders through Dec. 18, health authorities in the Bitburg- spike in coronavirus cases, as the sooner rather than later,” he said ed cases at the school. In-person the letter said. Prum district, which includes host nation struggles to get the up- on public broadcaster ARD. classes were to resume Tuesday, A rise in cases at Spangdahlem Spangdahlem, reported 198 new per hand on a second wave of in- Students at Wiesbaden Middle an announcement on Facebook Air Base prompted base com- cases Sunday. fections. School, who transitioned to re- said. mander Col. David Epperson to Among the restrictions expect- In Hohenfels, which is in Bava- mote learning just before Thanks- Baumholder Middle High raise the health protection condi- ed to be implemented at Spang- ria, the elementary and middle- giving after coronavirus cases School was also closed Monday tion to Bravo-plus and implement dahlem are size limits on gather- high schools were closed Monday were reported in the school com- and Tuesday after a member of restrictions, although schools ings and changes to who can use and Tuesday “due to a number of munity, won’t return to the class- the school community tested posi- were not affected. base gyms, Epperson said. COVID positive cases” at both es- room until winter break is over, on tive for the virus, principal Leah The increase in infections was Germany’s schools have stayed tablishments, officials said Mon- Jan. 4, said Stephen Smith, a Zamor said in a letter to parents “most likely tied to small private open, for the most part, during the day. spokesman for Defense Depart- that was posted on the base’s gatherings that occurred over second wave. Other facilities for children, in- ment schools in Europe. Facebook page. The school was Thanksgiving,” Epperson said in a cluding after-school academic “COVID-19 transmission pre- expected to reopen Wednesday, video message posted on the 52nd Marcus Kloeckner and Karin Zeitvogel contributed programs and sports, were also vention is a community effort,” he she said. Fighter Wing’s Facebook page on to this story. shut down “out of an abundance of said in a statement. “To help en- The first grade at Kaiserslau- Sunday. [email protected] Twitter: @stripesktown caution,” the base said on Face- sure the health of our schools, we tern Elementary School would “The numbers have grown to a [email protected] book. ask that our families continue to close on Tuesday and Wednesday, place where we need to change Twitter: @Manny_Stripes Troops: Military health providers, first responders to get vaccine initially receive it, according to a Nov. 26 said military health providers and Locations in the U.S. will get the Health care professionals and FROM PAGE 1 report by Military.com. The re- first responders will be at the head Pfizer vaccine, which has to be then emergency and safety per- man Lt. Stuart Thrift. Inoculations port quoted Col. Jessica Spitler, of the line when vaccines become kept at -94 degrees Fahrenheit sonnel at installations will have will be voluntary until the vac- 30th Medical Group commander, available for the military. and is good for five days after be- priority, which could include cines are approved by the FDA, who spoke at a town hall on Nov. 6. Gilday, speaking before a Sen- ing thawed, he said. DOD civilians and contractors, according to his statement. Inoculations may be voluntary ate Armed Services Committee Overseas installations will get according to the Centers for Dis- Anyone who requests the vac- for as long as two years, Military- subpanel, said DOD’s vaccines the Moderna vaccine, which is ease Control and Prevention. cine will be required to give in- .com quoted Spitler as saying. are going to every military medi- good for 30 days with standard re- formed consent, meaning they On Wednesday, Chief of Naval cal facility in the United States, as frigeration at 35.6 to 46.4 degrees [email protected] must confer with their doctor to Operations Adm. Mike Gilday well as locations overseas. Fahrenheit. Twitter: @JosephDitzler PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, December 8, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Years of research laid the foundation for speedy vaccine

BY LAURAN NEERGAARD this month whether to allow Associated Press emergency use, paving the way How could scientists race out for rationed shots that will start COVID-19 vaccines so fast with- with health workers and nursing out cutting corners? A head start home residents. helped — over a decade of be- Billions of dollars in company hind-the-scenes research that had and government funding certain- new vaccine technology poised ly sped up vaccine development for a challenge just as the coro- — and the unfortunately huge navirus erupted. number of infections meant sci- “The speed is a reflection of entists didn’t have to wait long to years of work that went before,” learn the shots appeared to be Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. working. infectious disease expert, told But long before COVID-19 was IMMANUEL JOHNSON/Stars and Stripes The Associated Press. “That’s on the radar, the groundwork was Nine artists who contributed works to an exhibtion at the acute respiratory center at Hohenfels Training what the public has to under- laid in large part by two different Area, Germany, pose in front of their paintings on Sunday. stand.” streams of research, one at the Creating vaccines and having NIH and the other at the Univer- results from rigorous studies less sity of Pennsylvania — and be- than a year after the world discov- cause scientists had learned a bit Art exhibit at Hohenfels seeks ered a never-before-seen disease about other coronaviruses from is incredible, cutting years off prior SARS and MERS outbreaks. normal development. But the two “When the pandemic started, to ease the stresses of testing U.S. frontrunners are made in a we were on a strong footing both BY IMMANUEL JOHNSON The Clarks saw the exhibition at the clinic, “because it can be a way which promises that speedier in terms of the science” and expe- Stars and Stripes as a way to provide some stress tiring job,” she said. development may become the rience handling mRNA, said Dr. GRAFENWOEHR, Germany relief for patients who are bout to Between 50 and 150 people are norm — especially if they prove to Tal Zaks, chief medical officer of — An art exhibition that aims to have a coronavirus test. tested for the virus every day at work long-term as well as early Massachusetts-based Moderna. take the minds of patients off the Each artist was assigned one of the clinic, which is located in the testing suggests. Traditionally, making vaccines fact that medics are about to push the letters that spell Hohenfels Joint Multinational Readiness “Abject giddiness,” is how Dr. required growing viruses or piec- a swab up their nose to test for and was given a theme to work Center, in the Albertshof area of C. Buddy Creech, a Vanderbilt es of viruses — often in giant vats the coronavirus has opened at the with, Jenn Clark said. Hohenfels. University vaccine expert, de- of cells or, like most flu shots, in acute respiratory clinic at Ho- The theme for the artist who The base is in Bavaria, which scribed scientists’ reactions when chicken eggs — and then purify- henfels Training Area. was given the first “H” in Hohen- has seen more than 23,000 new separate studies showed the two ing them before next steps in The brains behind the exhibi- fels, for instance, was Bavaria’s coronavirus cases in the last candidates were approximately brewing shots. tion, which opened Sunday, are Oktoberfest — canceled this year week, Germany’s public health 95% effective. The mRNA approach is radical- Jenn Clark, an art teacher at the because of the coronavirus — agency, the Robert Koch Insti- “I think we enter into a golden ly different. It starts with a snip- kids’ club at Hohenfels, and her while the person assigned the tute, said on its website Monday. age of vaccinology by having pet of genetic code that carries in- husband, Capt. Zachariah Clark, “O” had cuckoo clocks as a The exhibit will continue “until these types of new technologies,” structions for making proteins. who oversees the acute respira- theme. COVID is over,” Jenn Clark said. Creech said at a briefing of the In- Pick the right virus protein to tar- tory center. The resulting paintings are When that happens and the fectious Diseases Society of get, and the body turns into a min- “I reached out to some artists hung on the walls of the clinic’s paintings are removed from the America. iature vaccine factory. that I knew, and they knew some waiting room, where the chairs walls of the clinic, they will be Both shots — one made by Pfiz- “Instead of growing up a virus other artists,” said Jenn Clark. face the artwork, allowing pa- auctioned off, with the proceeds er and BioNTech, the other by in a 50,000-liter drum and inacti- “In total we have nine artists, and tients to “look at [the exhibition] going to the creator of each piece, Moderna and the National Insti- vating it, we could deliver RNA I asked them if they would be if they are anxious or stressed,” she said. tutes of Health — are so-called and our bodies make the protein, willing to donate their time and Clark explained. messenger RNA, or mRNA, vac- which starts the immune re- effort to create a piece for the The exhibition also provides [email protected] cines, a brand-new technology. sponse,” said Penn’s Dr. Drew COVID clinic.” some relief for medics who work Twitter: @Manny_Stripes U.S. regulators are set to decide Weissman. US Forces Korea restricts travel amid rise in virus cases on peninsula

BY SETH ROBSON U.S. Forces Korea said all 17 of Camp Humphreys or Osan, ac- Casey and Hovey to other USFK positive and 549 have died, ac- AND YOO KYONG CHANG its new patients are recent arriv- cording to USFK. installations,” the message said. cording to official figures. Stars and Stripes als to the peninsula, either via Seven service members and one USFK also put the cities of The country may see over 1,000 CAMP HUMPHREYS, South commercial flights to Incheon In- Defense Department civilian em- Goyang, Uijeongbu, Namyangju, daily new cases in a week or two, Korea — The U.S. military com- ternational Airport or the Patriot ployee tested positive on their first Yeoncheon and Cheorwon off- Park said. mand in South Korea over the Express, a government-chartered test, five service members tested limits to all its personnel, along The government is tightening weekend further limited travel in- service direct to Osan Air Base. positive on a subsequent test and with Busan and Seoul, the capital, social distancing rules and ban- side the country, and on Monday Five service members arrived four tested positive on the test re- according to an update Saturday ning gatherings at indoor sports reported 17 new coronavirus at Osan on Nov. 23 and Dec. 2, a quired before individuals may ex- on the USFK website. facilities and for-profit schools in cases since Nov. 20. USFK news release said. Twelve it quarantine, according to USFK. “The capital area is now a CO- Seoul for three weeks, ordering South Korea announced 615 individuals with USFK — it did On Saturday, USFK restricted VID-19 war zone,” Health Minis- the closure of saunas and public new cases Monday, according to not specify their affiliations — ar- travel to or within Camps Casey ter Park Neung-hoo said during an baths and mandating that internet the Central Disease Control Head- rived at Incheon on flights Nov. 20, and Hovey to those who live there emergency meeting Monday, re- cafes close by 9 p.m., he said. quarters. The country has record- 21 and 23 and Dec. 1, 2 and 4. or have official business, accord- ferring to the respiratory disease ed more than 5,300 new cases in All 17 tested positive in the man- ing to the same Saturday update. caused by the coronavirus. [email protected] the past 10 days, The Associated datory 14-day quarantine and “Bubble-to-bubble travel re- Since the virus arrived in South Twitter: @SethRobson1 Press reported. were transferred to facilities at mains authorized for Camps Korea, 38,161 people have tested [email protected] Tuesday, December 8, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION VMI removes Stonewall Jackson statue

Associated Press The statue had been a subject Confederate General,” Peay LEXINGTON, Va. — The Vir- of controversy for years, but the wrote in July. ginia Military Institute removed a school had committed to keeping Since Peay’s departure, VMI prominent statue of Confederate it in place in front of VMI’s histor- announced Cedric Wins, a retired Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jack- ic barracks as recently as July. U.S. Army major general, will son on Monday, an effort initiated VMI said it will be relocated to a serve as its interim superintend- this fall after allegations of sys- nearby Civil War museum at a ent. Wins will be the first Black temic racism roiled the school. battlefield where dozens of VMI leader to serve in that role. The Around 9:45 a.m., a crane cadets were killed or wounded. school’s board has also commit- plucked the statue, which some Amid a wave of Confederate ted to other changes, including cadets were required to salute un- monument removals around the creating a permanent diversity til several years ago, off its base country in the wake of George office. and slowly hoisted it away at the Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis, Wins said in a statement on public military college in Lexing- some VMI students and gradu- Monday that “it is an understate- ton. A small crowd gathered amid ates called for the statue’s remov- ment to say the relocation of the snow flurries to look on. al. statue has evoked strong opinions VMI’s board voted to remove Peay said at the time that the on both sides of the issue.” the statue in late October after school would change some of its “The history of VMI over the The Washington Post published a long-standing traditions, such as past 181 years is well document- story that described an “atmo- relocating an oath ceremony from ed. Stonewall Jackson’s ties to sphere of hostility and cultural in- the Civil War battlefield. But he Lexington and the Institute as an sensitivity” at VMI. The piece de- said it would not remove the stat- instructor are part of that histo- tailed incidents such as lynching ue of Jackson, who owned en- ry,” Wins said. But “VMI does not threats and a white professor slaved people, or rethink the define itself by this statue and reminiscing in class about her fa- names of buildings honoring Con- that is why this move is appropri- ther’s Ku Klux Klan membership. federate leaders. ate,” he added. Founded in 1839, VMI says it is “Unlike many communities The school said contractors will the oldest state-supported mili- who are grappling with icons of remove the bronze statue on tary college in the U.S. the past, VMI has direct ties to Monday before reinstalling it at The Post’s story also led to the many of the historical figures that the Virginia Museum of the Civil ouster of VMI’s superintendent, are the subject of the current un- War and New Market Battlefield retired Army Gen. J.H. Binford rest. Stonewall Jackson was a State Historical Park. It said the Peay III, and prompted state offi- professor at VMI, a West Point relocation will cost $209,000, SARAH RANKIN / AP cials to commit to hiring an out- graduate who served in combat in funds to be paid out of VMI’s fa- Crews prepare to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas side firm to investigate the stu- the Mexican War, a military geni- cility maintenance and operations "Stonewall" Jackson from the campus of the Virginia Military Institute dents’ allegations. us, a staunch Christian, and yes, a account. on Monday, in Lexington, Va. Giuliani tests Biden picks Xavier Becerra to lead HHS, virus response positive amid Associated Press ican has access to quality, afforda- WASHINGTON — President- ble health care — through this elect Joe Biden has picked Cali- pandemic and beyond,” he tweet- fornia Attorney General Xavier ed on Monday. election fight Becerra to be his health secretary, Biden’s selection of Becerra putting a defender of the Afforda- and Walensky was announced Bloomberg ble Care Act in a leading role to early Monday in a press release President Donald Trump said his attorney Rudy oversee his administration’s coro- from the transition office. People Giuliani, who has been leading efforts to overturn the navirus response. familiar with the decision had con- results of the Nov. 3 general election, has tested posi- Separately, Biden picked a Har- firmed the picks to The Associated tive for the coronavirus. vard infectious disease expert, Dr. Press on Sunday night. Biden also The 76-year-old former New York mayor was ad- Rochelle Walensky, to head the announced other top members of mitted Sunday to Georgetown University Medical Centers for Disease Control and his health care team, though some Center in Washington, D.C., the New York Times re- Prevention. And he announced a posts remain unfilled. ported, citing a source who wasn’t identified. Earlier JULIO CORTEZ / AP new advisory role for Dr. Anthony Becerra, as California’s top law- in the morning, Giuliani appeared in an interview on Rudy Giuliani, left at table, speaks at a hearing of Fauci, the government’s top infec- yer, has led the coalition of Demo- Fox News and talked at length about the president’s the Pennsylvania State Senate Majority Policy tious disease expert. cratic states defending “Obama- election-result challenges. Committee, on Nov. 25, in Gettysburg, Pa. If confirmed by the Senate, Be- care” from the Trump administra- Trump, who announced Giuliani’s diagnosis on cerra will be the first Latino to tion’s latest effort to overturn it, a Twitter, wished him well in a tweet on Sunday, saying Giuliani took the leading role in the president’s head the Department of Health legal case awaiting a Supreme “we will carry on!!!” Giuliani’s son Andrew, a White post-election effort after David Bossie, an outside ad- and Human Services, a $1 trillion- Court decision next year. House aide who had COVID in November, tweeted viser to Trump who was leading his post-election plus agency with 80,000 employ- As a U.S. representative, he was that his father is “resting, getting great care and feel- fight, was sidelined with the virus days after the elec- ees and a portfolio that includes involved in steering the Obama ing well.” tion. Trump had tapped Bossie after his chief of staff drugs and vaccines, leading-edge health law through Congress in Giuliani’s diagnosis is the latest setback for the Mark Meadows was diagnosed with the virus. medical research and health in- 2009 and 2010. At the time he president’s effort to cling to power by asserting with- Giuliani and his representatives didn’t immediate- surance programs covering more would tell reporters that one of his out evidence that the election was riven with fraud. ly respond to calls seeking comment. than 130 million Americans. primary motivations was having Courts around the country have thrown out the Giuliani has been a key force in spearheading Becerra, a former senior House tens of thousands of uninsured claims by Trump and his allies, who are seeking to Trump’s claims of a widespread and implausible Democrat, said that in Congress people in his Southern California overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s victory. election fraud to benefit President-elect Joe Biden, he helped pass the Affordable district. Since the election, the former New York City may- whose victory has been certified by states compris- Care Act and as California’s attor- Biden’s offer was extended to or has repeatedly appeared at news conferences, be- ing more than the required 270 electoral college ney general he has defended it. Becerra on Friday. The president- fore lawmakers and in other settings without a mask votes. Undaunted, Trump on Sunday again tweeted “As Secretary of Health and Hu- elect has been under pressure or practicing social distancing to prevent the spread his unsubstantiated claim that he won the presiden- man Services, I will build on our from the Congressional Hispanic of the virus. tial vote. progress and ensure every Amer- Caucus to appoint Latinos. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, December 8, 2020 NATION Trump speeds up execution pace before transition

Associated Press The plan breaks a tradition of CHICAGO — As Donald lame-duck presidents deferring Trump’s presidency winds down, to incoming presidents on policy his administration is ratcheting about which they differ so starkly, up the pace of federal executions said Robert Durham, director of despite a surge of coronavirus the non-partisan Death Penalty cases in prisons, announcing Information Center. Biden, a plans for five starting Thursday Democrat, is a death penalty foe, and concluding just days before and his spokesman told the AP the Jan. 20 inauguration of Presi- that he’d work to end the death ANDREE KEHN, SUN JOURNAL (LEWISTON, MAINE)/ AP dent-elect Joe Biden. penalty when he is in office. The Old County Road in Greenwood, Maine, is covered in snow Sunday, after the first major winter storm If the five go off as planned, it “It’s hard to understand why of the season brought heavy, wet snow and high winds to the region. will make 13 executions since Ju- anybody at this stage of a presi- ly when the Republican adminis- dency feels compelled to kill this tration resumed putting inmates many people … especially when to death after a 17-year hiatus and the American public voted for Powerful storm hits New England will cement Trump’s legacy as someone else to replace you and the most prolific execution presi- that person has said he opposes with heavy snow, howling winds dent in over 130 years. He’ll leave the death penalty,” Durham said. office having executed about a “This is a complete historical The Washington Post just to the northwest of Worcester. Sunday, 212,000 customers were quarter of all federal death-row aberration.” A powerful nor’easter socked Worcester airport, located at 1,000 without power in Maine alone, prisoners, despite waning sup- Not since the waning days of New England on Saturday into feet in elevation, recorded 9.6 nearly a quarter of the state, while port for capital punishment Grover Cleveland’s presidency in Sunday, bringing strong winds, inches. Similar amounts were ob- heavy snow was still falling. Near- among both Democrats and Re- the late 1800s has the U.S. govern- heavy inland snowfall and a slug served in northeast Connecticut, ly 60,000 customers were without publicans. ment executed federal inmates of heavy rain near the coastline. with 10 inches reported out of power in New Hampshire, where In a recent interview with The during a presidential transition, The system, which explosively in- Union. heavy snow fell Saturday and Sat- Associated Press, Attorney Gen- Durham said. Cleveland’s was al- tensified into a meteorological Meanwhile, strong winds near urday night. Some parts of Maine eral William Barr defended the so the last presidency during “bomb,” left at least a foot of snow the coast of southern New En- have received more than a foot of extension of executions into the which the number of civilians ex- in spots, with reports of thunders- gland approached 70 mph in spots, snow, with totals of up to a foot and post-election period, saying he’ll ecuted federally was in the dou- now amid the most intense snow- particularly on outer Cape Cod a half in the forecast before the likely schedule more before he ble digits in a year, with 14 exe- fall. More than a quarter-million and the Islands. Dennis, Mass., storm moves into the Canadian departs the Justice Department. cuted in 1896. electricity customers in the North- gusted to 68 mph, and both Aquin- A Biden administration, he said, Anti-death penalty groups want east were left without power by nah on Martha’s Vineyard and Maritimes. should keep it up. Biden to lobby harder for a halt to Sunday, the second widespread Siasconset on Nantucket to 61 But in southern New England, “I think the way to stop the the flurry of pre-inaugural execu- weather-induced power outage in mph. Gusty winds were also ham- the storm was far messier. death penalty is to repeal the tions, though Biden can’t do much the region in a week. mering coastal Maine, with the Interstate 84 was shut down death penalty,” Barr said. “But if to stop them, especially consider- While snowfall amounts in Mas- combination of high winds and from the Massachusetts state line you ask juries to impose and ju- ing Trump won’t even concede he sachusetts fell short of what was heavy, wet snow leading to wide- to Exit 70 in Connecticut for a time ries impose it, then it should be lost the election and is spreading forecast, a bull’s-eye of 12.5 inches spread power outages. Saturday afternoon as crews re- carried out.” baseless claims of voting fraud. was measured in Paxton, Mass., As of 9:45 a.m. Eastern time on sponded to multiple accidents. SpaceX launches second Dragon ship with ISS supplies Associated Press SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket blast- two areas of weaknesses for astro- CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — ed off with the latest Dragon from nauts during long space stays. SpaceX launched a newer, bigger NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Todd said all this research is version of its Dragon supply ship where coronavirus precautions “the ultimate Christmas present” to the International Space Station kept staff to a minimum. The first- for NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, on Sunday, marking the first time stage booster — making its fourth a virus hunter who performed the the company has two capsules in flight — landed on an ocean plat- first DNA sequencing in space a orbit at the same time. form several minutes after the few years ago. The Dragon — packed with late-morning liftoff. It was first As for more personal presents Christmas treats and presents — used back in May for the first as- for the four Americans, two Rus- should reach the space station on tronaut launch by Elon Musk's sians and one Japanese on board, Monday, joining the Dragon that company. “I don’t like to get out in front of delivered four astronauts last The 6,400-pound shipment in- Santa Claus. I fear it might mess month. cludes billions of microbes and “Dragons everywhere you crushed asteroid samples for a up my own Christmas,” Todd said look,” said Kenny Todd, NASA’s biomining study, a new medical late last week. “Let’s see what deputy space station program device to provide rapid blood test happens when they open the hatch manager. results for astronauts in space, ... I’m optimistic.” With NASA’s commercial crew and a privately owned and operat- For the astronauts' Christmas JOHN RAOUX / AP program officially under way, ed chamber to move experiments feast, the Dragon is carrying A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a resupply mission to the International SpaceX expects to always have at as big as refrigerators outside the roasted turkey, cornbread dress- Space Station lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in least one Dragon capsule at the orbiting lab. Forty mice also are ing, cranberry sauce, shortbread Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Sunday. space station. flying for bone and eye studies, cookies and tubes of icing. Tuesday, December 8, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Library employee accused of burning books CHATTANOOGA — A TN Chattanooga Public Li- brary employee who has helped organize protests against police brutality was placed on leave after he was accused of burning library books by conservative authors. Library spokeswoman Christi- na Sacco told the Chattanooga Times Free Press that library ser- vices coordinator Cameron Wil- liams has been placed on adminis- trative leave for the next five busi- ness days while the library inves- tigates the allegations. In a video posted briefly on In- stagram, Williams burns copies of conservative commentator Ann Coulter’s “How to Talk to a Liber- al (If You Must)” and President Donald Trump’s “Crippled Amer- ica” in an outdoor fire, spraying each with lighter fluid. “FDT,” a Trump protest song by YG and Nipsey Hussle, plays in the back- ground. Climber rescued from volcanic crevice PORTLAND — A OR mountain climber was rescued and will survive after fall- JACK HANRAHAN, ERIE (PA.) TIMES­NEWS/AP ing into a volcanic crevice near the summit of Mount Hood. Caroline Sundbaum, of Por- Blending in tland, injured her shoulder in the fall but was able to tie herself to a Deer feed around a holiday light display at Presque Isle State Park before the start of the Presque Isle Lights event Saturday, in Erie, Pa. rope that was lowered to her by Brandon Denard Crosby and First Baptist Spartanburg plans another climber who witnessed THE CENSUS Tynaysha Jada Davis, both from to transform land on the city’s her fall. Winston-Salem, were arrested The value of an estate a former Iowa newspaper reporter Northside into transitional hous- Sundbaum’s two climbing com- and charged with assault, news and his wife left to a local cause. A former reporter for the ing for single homeless women, panions were ahead of her when $3M outlets reported. Quad-City Times newspaper, John Willard, and his wife, Carol, donated the WYFF-TV reported. she paused to rest and sit on her Winston-Salem police said a estate to the Quad-Cities Community Foundation. Willard, of Davenport, “They in, our opinion, are the backpack. Another climber saw man and woman were thrown to worked for the paper for more than three decades and died in 2017. His wife most easily victimized of the pop- her and then noticed she was gone died in July. Interest from the $3 million estate will be divided evenly between the ground and beaten in a park- ulation on the street,” said Steve minutes later and there was a hole nine organizations each year. The foundation’s President and CEO Sherry Ris- ing lot at Hanes Mall. The victims Wise, Minister of Ministries for in the snow where she had been, tau said that’s about $15,000 per organization based on current interest rates. were identified as LaTina Nicole First Spartanburg Baptist. according to a statement Melton, 34, and Vincent Antonio First Baptist Spartanburg’s goal Powe has yet to be charged in has been arrested in Florida, Nabbed for street racing, Pearsall, 41. is to build 20 tiny homes. The Police said Melton and Pearsall the Cherry Hill incidents. where he was living under a false church said each woman in the man blasts ‘Bad Boys’ went to the mall to pick up Pear- identity, authorities said. program would get their own. Feds offer reward for info Howard D. Farley Jr., 72, was NAPLES — Florida au- sall’s daughter, who said she was being threatened by a group of on 2 Monk seal deaths arrested at his north Florida FL thorities said that when home, according to court records. Wallaroo rescued from teenagers. two young men were pulled over HONOLULU — Federal He faces a passport charge in Oca- river after chase Melton and Pearsall argued for street racing, one of the drivers wildlife officials are of- la federal court and up to 10 years with the teens when they arrived HI PERU — Police in Peru blasted the song “Bad Boys,” the fering up to $20,000 for informa- in prison. and were later attacked, police are no strangers to chases opening theme to the TV show tion regarding the deaths of two According to a criminal com- IL said. Melton’s purse was also sto- — unless what they’re after hops “Cops.” Hawaiian monk seals that oc- plaint, Farley applied for a pass- len. away on two legs. The Collier County Sheriff’s Of- curred within two months of each port in February using the name, Officers in the city about 95 fice said Oscar Llera Iturralde, 19, other. birth date and Social Security miles southwest of Chicago were and Jose Ramirez-Sanchez, 20, Man accused of multiple The first monk seal, a juvenile number of a person who had died were arrested and charged with attempted abductions male identified as RL52, was as an infant in 1955. joined by firefighters and even racing on a public highway. A found dead in September. The In 1985, Farley and 73 others residents in a two-hour pursuit of third man, Joel Aguilar Hernan- ARDMORE — Bail second seal, a juvenile female, was were indicted by a federal grand a runaway wallaroo that bounded dez, 20, was charged with riding as PA was set at $1 million for found dead in November, the Ho- jury in Nebraska. Prosecutors through yards and along streets a passenger in a race competition. a man suspected of trying to ab- nolulu Star-Advertiser reported. identified Farley as the “drug and roads. The deputies followed the cars, duct women on three occasions in The Hawaiian monk seal is list- kingpin” of the Southern Line, a Native to Australia, wallaroos which began speeding after a traf- Pennsylvania and New Jersey. ed as endangered and is protected railroad line that drug dealers are larger than wallabies and fic light turned green, going as fast Police arrested Kent Powe, 58, under the Endangered Species used to move narcotics through- smaller than kangaroos. This as 95 miles per hour. on attempted kidnapping, robbery Act of 1973 from being killed, out the U.S. bloke — named Wally — got away and other charges stemming from harmed, trapped, captured or ha- from his owner in LaSalle County. 18-year-olds charged with an incident on Nov. 4 in Lower Me- rassed. Tiny village to be built Wally eventually made his way assaulting couple at mall rion Township, Pa. for homeless women into a river. Police believe Powe also is con- Fugitive found and They used a net to fish Wally WINSTON-SALEM — nected with two attempted kid- arrested 35 years later SPARTANBURG — A from the frigid water and into NC Two 18-year-olds have nappings that occurred in Cherry SC South Carolina church their boat before taking him to been charged with attacking a Hill, N.J., last month. OCALA — A man who is moving forward with plans to shore. man and woman at a North Caroli- The women were not injured, FL fled a drug conspiracy create a village of tiny homes to na shopping mall, police said. police said. charge in Nebraska 35 years ago help homeless women. From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, December 8, 2020 WORLD No visible progress yet on key day for final Brexit deal Associated Press U.K. Foreign Office Minister BRUSSELS — One of the most "I think a deal is James Cleverly acknowledged intense days in the long-running the situation had changed little Brexit trade negotiations started possible and despite the need for speed. off with little good news about “Yes, time is tight. Yes, it might any progress Monday, with the we’ll keep go right to the wire and, indeed, it United Kingdom and the Europe- may well be that we don’t get the JESSICA GOW, TT/ AP an Union seemingly still stuck on working towards deal. But I think a deal is possible Stockholm City Hall is lit up Saturday with art inspired by the discovery the same issues that have dogged and we’ll keep working towards of black holes during the Nobel Week Lights in Stockholm, Sweden. the standoff for months. it." it,” he said. EU chief negotiator Michel James Cleverly While the U.K. left the EU po- Barnier held a pre-dawn briefing litically on Jan. 31, it remains Nobel ceremonies dialed with ambassadors of the 27 mem- U.K. Foreign Office Minister within the bloc’s tariff-free single ber states to see if a deal is still market and customs union possible with London ahead of the hours, to decide whether to pull through Dec. 31. Reaching a trade down this year due to virus Jan. 1 deadline but had no news of the plug on talks — a decision that deal by then would ensure there Associated Press prizes was awarded Sunday to lit- a breakthrough. could cost hundreds of thousands are no tariffs and trade quotas on STOCKHOLM — The pomp erature prize winner American Irish Foreign Minister Simon of jobs on both sides and disrupt goods exported or imported by and ceremony of the Nobel prize poet Louise Glück during a cere- Coveney said Barnier’s message cross-Channel trade for years to the two sides, although there ceremonies have been reined in mony in her garden. was “very downbeat.” come. would still be new costs and red this year amid measures to slow A Nobel prize comes with a $1.1 “I would say he is very gloomy, One official from an EU nation tape. the spread of the coronavirus. million cash award — to be and obviously very cautious said “the difficulties persist" over At his early morning meeting There will be no glitzy banquet shared in some cases — diplomas about the ability to make progress the legal oversight of any trade with EU ambassadors, Barnier honoring winners in Stockholm and gold medals. Traditionally, today,” Coveney told Irish broad- deal and standards of fair play faced some anxious member or Oslo as the global pandemic the ceremonies are held Dec. 10, caster RTE. that the U.K. needs to meet to be states that feared too much might curtails the usual celebrations. the anniversary of the death of British Prime Minister Boris able to export in the EU. On fish- have been yielded already to Lon- Instead, their achievements prize founder Alfred Nobel, at an Johnson and EU Commission eries, too, a lot of work remains, don. If talks continue after Mon- will be recognized and rewarded ornate city hall in Stockholm for chief Ursula von der Leyen were said the official, who spoke on day, they will be closing in on a at low-key ceremonies where all but the Peace Prize that is due to speak by phone Monday condition of anonymity because two-day EU summit starting they live and work in Europe and held in Oslo in neighboring Nor- for the second time in barely 48 the talks were ongoing. Thursday. the United States. The first of the way. Tuesday, December 8, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 WORLD One dead and Maduro claims win hundreds ill in Venezuela election in India from new disease Associated Press tional Assembly in Sunday’s elec- CARACAS, Venezuela — Vene- tion, said Indira Alfonzo, presi- Associated Press zuelan President Nicolás Madu- dent of Venezuela’s National Elec- NEW DELHI — At least one ro’s political alliance claimed a toral Council. Just 31% of the 20 person has died and 200 others sweeping victory Monday in con- million registered voters partici- have been hospitalized due to an gressional elections boycotted by pated in the election, she said. unidentified illness in the south- the most influential opposition The National Assembly has ern Indian state of Andhra Pra- politicians and widely criticized been led by U.S.-backed politician desh, reports said Monday. on an international level as being Juan Guaidó, who has pressed to The illness was detected Sat- fraudulent. oust Maduro for nearly two years MATIAS DELACROIX/AP urday evening in Eluru, an an- The win gives Maduro control and end Venezuela’s deepening A soldier guards a voting area Sunday at a school with a mural of the cient city famous for its hand- of the last major branch of govern- crisis. eyes of the late President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela. woven products. Since then, pa- ment outside his grasp. It plays out He’s backed by Washington and tients have experienced symp- in the waning days of the Trump dozens of nations that consider tioned by the United States and to maintain the semblance of a val- toms ranging from nausea and administration, which leaves of- Maduro’s presidency illegitimate. Canada, without participation of id contest. Maduro campaigned anxiety to loss of consciousness, fice with Maduro firmly en- The election’s outcome, howev- the opposition-led Congress, as for his party’s candidates — in- doctors said. trenched despite its efforts to er, appears to weaken both Madu- the law requires. cluding his son and wife — prom- A 45-year-old man who was bring about his departure through ro, who’s accused of overseeing a The court also removed the ising to silence the right-wing op- hospitalized with symptoms simi- diplomacy and sanctions. fixed vote, and Guaidó, whose le- leadership of three opposition position, which he accuses of incit- lar to epilepsy and nausea died “We have recovered the Nation- gal claim to the presidency hinges parties — including Guaidó’s — ing violent street protests and in- Sunday evening, the Press Trust al Assembly with the majority on his role as National Assembly appointing new leaders the oppo- viting U.S. sanctions. of India news agency reported. vote of the Venezuelan people,” head, while his own popularity sition accuses of conspiring to Despite Venezuela’s political Officials are trying to deter- Maduro said in a televised ad- fades after failing to oust Maduro. support Maduro. A small number turmoil, voting took place with no mine the cause of the illness. So dress. “It’s a great victory without The opposition boycott stems of opposition parties not associat- apparent problems in Caracas, far, water samples from impact- a doubt for democracy.” from a Supreme Court ruling this ed with Guaidó have held dialogue where polling places were operat- ed areas have not shown any Maduro’s United Socialist Party year appointing a new election with the government and partici- ed by civilian militia members signs of contamination and pa- of Venezuela and allied parties commission, including three pated in the election. and armed soldiers alongside tients have tested negative for captured 67% of seats in the Na- members who have been sanc- Critics say this allowed Maduro election workers. COVID-19. PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, December 8, 2020 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander The enduring lessons of surprise attacks Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY ARTHUR I. CYR and at times extremely dangerous. What bor were published many years ago. “At Special to Stars and Stripes ended as a result of the 9/11 terrorism was Dawn We Slept” by Gordon Prange and earl Harbor continues to rever- the American fantasy that the end of the “Pearl Harbor — Warning and Decision” EDITORIAL berate. The attack on the U.S. Na- Cold War had somehow rendered us invul- by Roberta Wohlstetter underscore the Terry Leonard, Editor vy base by Japan on Dec. 7, 1941, nerable, contrary to history. continuous challenge of securing accurate [email protected] Pshocked an insular nation into di- Initial American response to the 9/11 at- intelligence. rect declared combat in World War II. Soon tack demonstrated commendable maturity. 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Our military is no different Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News on domestic agendas, and viewing terror- gic destruction of capital ships. American from any other extremely large organiza- [email protected] ism as troublesome but still distant. commanders were occupied with less tion in that bureaucracy and standard pro- Beware of politicians who argue the imaginative threats. Even Adm. William F. cedures can stifle innovation. Our mili- CIRCULATION world fundamentally “changed” in the “Bull” Halsey, more worried than most tary’s vital roles mean that critical evalua- Mideast wake of al-Qaida’s mass murders in the about a Japanese attack, and one of histo- tion of current practices is especially im- Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager twin towers, the Pentagon and the Pennsyl- ry’s great combat commanders in the Pacif- portant. [email protected] vania field. 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Associated Press Financial terms were not disclosed Monday, and Sting contributed to an album honoring Bob Dylan’s entire catalog of songs, one of but the catalog may be the most prized in the Dylan for his human rights work in 2012. the great treasures in music history, has been music industry. Four years ago, when Michael The sale of Dylan’s musical catalog comes a acquired by Universal Music Publishing Jackson’s estate sold the remaining half-share few weeks after the Jewish singer-songwrit- Group for an undisclosed sum. that it owned in the artist’s catalog, it fetched er’s musings about anti-Semitism and unpub- The catalog includes such modern standards $750 million. lished song lyrics sold at auction for a total of as “Blowin’ In The Wind,” “The Times They “Brilliant and moving, inspiring and beauti- $495,000. It also follows Stevie Nicks’ recent Are a-Changin’,” “Knockin’ On Heaven’s ful, insightful and provocative, his songs are sale of the majority stake of her music to the Door,” and “Like a Rolling Stone,” a body of timeless — whether they were written more publisher and talent management company work that may only be matched by the Beatles, than half a century ago or yesterday,” said Sir Primary Wave. whose songs were re-acquired by Paul Lucian Grainge, CEO of Universal Music Dylan first entered the public consciousness McCartney in 2017 after changing hands sev- Group, in a prepared statement. with New York City’s Greenwich Village folk eral times, for its breadth and influence. Dylan’s songs have been recorded more scene during the early 1960s. Dylan topped the Rolling Stone list of the 100 than 6,000 times, by various artists from doz- When he brought an electric guitar on stage Greatest Songwriters of All Time in 2015 and ens of countries, cultures and music genres. in 1965, he split the music community in what the song “Like A Rolling Stone” was named by Notable releases include the Byrds’ chart-top- was then considered a radical departure for an the magazine as the best ever written. ping version of “Mr. Tambourine Man,” Peter, artist. AP Dylan was influenced by the bluesman Rob- Paul and Mary’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” and Ji- Dylan then produced three albums back-to- Universal Music Publishing ert Johnson and folk singer, songwriter Woody mi Hendrix’s reworking of “All Along the back in just over a year that changed the course Group is buying legendary singer Guthrie, but added a lyrical depth to his music Watchtower.” of rock ’n’ roll that decade, starting with Bob Dylan’s (shown in 2012) that eventually earned him the Nobel Prize for Joan Baez, Bryan Ferry and the folk singer “Bringing It All Back Home.” entire catalog of songs. The Literature in 2016. He is the only songwriter to Odetta put out tribute albums, though his influ- Dylan has sold more than 125 million re- company said that the deal covers 600 song copyrights. receive the award. ence cannot be measured. Patti Smith, Adele cords globally. Daddy Yankee Waithe, Gladwell to help rested, ready Audible find new talent Associated Press Lena Waithe and Malcolm to pick up pace Gladwell will join several influen- cers on an advisory board for Au- BY SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS dible to help discover new talent. Associated Press The online audiobook and pod- A year after a series of concerts in Puerto Rico that cast platform announced Monday ended up being his last because of the pandemic, the formation of the Emerging Daddy Yankee is bringing those performances to Voices Advisory Board. The di- AP YouTube as a Christmas gift to his fans around the verse board of esteemed artists, Lena Waithe, left, and Malcolm globe. podcasters, producers and writers Gladwell will join an advisory “DY2K20,” the digital version of his show “Con was created to help Audible ex- board for Audible. Calma Pal’ Choli,” will be released in three parts on perts define and “further the cre- Yankee’s YouTube channel. The first installment has ative vision” of storytellers. add a disclaimer.” been released, and the others will drop on Dec. 14 and The board will also help attract Netflix was urged last week by Dec. 21. and develop projects from the British Culture Secretary Oliver “I wanted to give a Christmas present to all my fans “best emerging and established Dowden to add the disclaimer. during the pandemic, bring the party to their homes voice across the globe.” The current fourth season is set free of charge, bring them joy in such difficult times,” Waithe is the creator of Show- in the 1980s, a divisive decade in the reggaeton star told The Associated Press in a AP time’s “The Chi” and wrote the Britain. Characters include Con- phone interview from Miami. Daddy Yankee, shown at the Latin American Music film “Queen & Slim” and has ap- servative Prime Minister Marga- Yankee, who has stayed mostly out of the spotlight Awards in October 2019, has a holiday treat for peared in “Master of None,” ret Thatcher, whose 11-year ten- in 2020, said that while the pandemic has hit many fans. He is releasing the first of three parts of “Ready Player One” and “West- ure transformed and divided Bri- very hard, it has also allowed him to do something he “DY2K20,” a digital version of his sold­out concert world.” Gladwell is the bestselling tain, and the late Princess Diana, hadn’t done in three decades: Focus on his health and series “Con Calma Pal’ Choli." The show will air for author of “The Tipping Point” and whose death in a car crash in 1997 free, in three parts, on his YouTube channel. rest. “Outliers.” transfixed the world. It’s something he had to gradually learn after gain- Other board members will in- ing 40 pounds during the first months of quarantine. volved more than 80 people who worked with “great clude former New York Magazine Other news “Maybe because of the anxiety ... I started eating passion, great creativity.” It was well-received, going editor-in-chief Adam Moss,
Sinead O’Connor is releasing and eating and eating and I put on the pounds like from two scheduled dates to a full residence, with 12 Grammy-winning songwriter- a memoir. Houghton Mifflin Har- never before. I got to weigh 230 pounds ... But I reco- sold-out shows, or 170,000 tickets. producer T Bone Burnett and court Books & Media announced vered my normal weight from 10 years ago. That was A technical problem on opening night resulted in a Marshall Lewy, the chief content Monday that the Grammy-win- my focus,” said the “Despacito” and “Gasolina” sing- new business opportunity: Massive concerts in the officer at Wondery. ning singer-songwriter’s book er, adding he achieved his goal by watching what he daylight hours. Netflix rejects calls to “Rememberings” will come out ate and exercising, a lot. After getting stuck on a platform over the stage, June 1. Houghton Mifflin is calling “I devoted myself to my health and to something Yankee announced to the audience that he would add ‘Crown’ disclaimer the book a “revelatory” account of that was unknown to me, which was rest,” he said. “I give them an extra show for free, and it was a mati- Netflix has “no plans” to add a O’Connor’s life, from her child- started to learn how to live with calmness and to ap- nee. He adjusted the content to make it family friend- disclaimer to “The Crown” stating hood in Dublin through such tri- preciate it... And I feel different. I feel in a new phase ly, and ended up doing one more that way. that its lavish drama about Bri- umphs as her cover of Prince’s completely.” Another unique aspect of “Con Calma Pal’ Choli,” tain’s royal family is fictional. “Nothing Compares 2 U,” and Now that he gained some balance in his life, he which featured artists like Ozuna, Wisin & Yandel “We have always presented through her many controversies feels ready to reactivate his career. In addition to and Nicky Jam, was the use of holograms to replace ‘The Crown’ as a drama — and we and struggles with mental illness. “DY2K20,” he has another surprise for his fans: A those who weren’t there to perform live. have every confidence our mem-
Actor David L. Lander, who new music collaboration he will release in the coming “I wanted the artists to be gigantic, on people’s bers understand it’s a work of fic- played Squiggy on the popular days, although he wouldn’t provide details yet. faces, so the audience could feel that they were in tion that’s broadly based on histor- ABC comedy “Laverne & Shirley” For now, he said he was blessed to finally share front of them and we achieved that,” Yankee said. “It ical events,” Netflix said in a state- from 1976-’83, died Dec. 4 after a with the world the footage of a show staged at the Col- was a concert that became a residence, like if Las Ve- ment Dec. 5. “As a result we have decades-long battle with multiple iseo de Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot, which in- gas had moved to Puerto Rico.” no plans — and see no need — to sclerosis, his wife said. He was 73. Tuesday, December 8, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 SCOREBOARD

COLLEGE FOOTBALL COLLEGE BASKETBALL GOLF AP Top 25 Sunday’s men’s scores Mayakoba Classic PGA Tour Ugly: Little excuse for The Top 25 teams in The Associated Sunday Press college football poll, with first­place At El Camaleon Golf Club votes in parentheses, records through EAST Playa del Carmen, Mexico Dec. 5, total points based on 25 points for a Army 63, La Salle 59 Purse: $7.2 million first­place vote through one point for a Bellarmine 84, Howard 63 Yardage:7,024; Par:72 25th­place vote, and previous ranking: Drexel 69, Coppin St. 54 a-amateur widespread mediocrity Marist 64, Binghamton 60 Final Round Record Pts Prv Quinnipiac 64, New Hampshire 58 Seton Hall 98, Penn St. 92, OT Viktor Hovland, $1,296,00067­69­63­65—264 ­20 1. Alabama (62) 9­0 1550 1 St. John’s 89, Stony Brook 66 Aaron Wise, $784,800 67­68­67­63—265 ­19 FROM PAGE 24 backer Joe Schobert said. “In foot- 2. Notre Dame 10­0 1482 2 West Virginia 80, Georgetown 71 Tom Hoge, $424,800 66­67­65­69—267 ­17 Philly has flopped (phlopped?) ball, you either win or you lost ... to 3. Ohio St. 5­0 1407 3 SOUTH Adam Long $424,800 70­67­63­67—267 ­17 so badly there are calls for coach be a good football team, you have 4. Clemson 9­1 1387 4 Appalachian St. 81, NC Wesleyan 57 Harris English $266,400 69­70­66­63—268 ­16 5. Texas A&M 7­1 1274 5 Florida 86, Stetson 40 Lucas Glover $266,400 71­65­66­66—268 ­16 Doug Pederson’s job; hey, Eagles to win those close games.” 6. Florida 8­1 1233 6 Georgia Tech 79, Kentucky 62 Billy Horschel $266,400 70­69­65­64—268 ­16 fans, the guy won the Super Bowl Or play close ones at least. The Greensboro 67, Longwood 64 Tony Finau $203,400 67­66­69­67—269 ­15 7. Cincinnati 8­0 1204 7 LSU 86, Louisiana Tech 55 three seasons back. But yes, that Chargers would seem to have 8. Indiana 6­1 1047 10 Louisiana­Monroe 92, Northwestern St. Emiliano Grillo $203,400 66­63­68­72—269 ­15 Carlos Ortiz $203,400 67­69­67­66—269 ­15 9. Miami 8­1 1039 9 83, OT offense is unsightly. enough talent (Joey Bosa, Keenan Mercer 96, Southern Wesleyan 85 Brendon Todd $203,400 67­69­67­66—269 ­15 10. Iowa St. 8­2 947 12 North Alabama 107, Carver 40 Abraham Ancer $147,600 72­67­65­66—270 ­14 Even some of the mediocrities, Allen, Austin Ekeler when 11. Coastal Carolina 10­0 923 14 Stanford 78, NC A&T 46 Max Homa $147,600 73­67­65­65—270 ­14 UAB 77, Troy 55 and there are many in 2020, can be healthy, rookie QB Justin Herbert 12. Georgia 6­2 914 11 W. Carolina 76, Tennessee Tech 75, OT Mav. McNealy $147,600 70­71­63­66—270 ­14 downright hideous. See Chicago’s and quite a few others) not to be 13. Oklahoma 7­2 837 13 W. Kentucky 96, MVSU 69 Justin Thomas $147,600 72­67­62­69—270 ­14 Austin Eckroat (a) 69­69­67­65—270 ­14 six-game slide that, by all indica- 3-9. On Sunday, they made the so- 14. BYU 9­1 713 8 MIDWEST 15. Northwestern 5­1 647 16 Corey Conners $117,000 71­66­68­66—271 ­14 tions, could reach 10. It’s loss Sun- so Patriots look like the prime Bowling Green 86, Buffalo 78 Patrick Rodgers $117,000 70­66­65­70—271 ­14 16. Southern Cal 3­0 624 17 Cent. Michigan 79, W. Illinois 73 Steve Stricker $117,000 69­70­65­67—271 ­13 day was to the Lions, who spoiled Tom Brady version in a 45-0 fias- 17. La.­Lafayette 9­1 560 20 Drake 97, St. Ambrose 53 Michigan 80, UCF 58 Joel Dahmen $95,400 68­67­68­69—272 ­12 many a Thanksgiving meal in De- co. 18. Tulsa 6­1 444 22 Michigan St. 79, W. Michigan 61 John Huh $95,400 70­67­70­65—272 ­12 troit by their performance on the Instead, the Chargers appear to 19. Iowa 5­2 424 24 Missouri 72, Wichita St. 62 Jhonattan Vegas $95,400 69­70­67­66—272 ­12 20. North Carolina 7­3 306 — Notre Dame 78, Detroit 70 Daniel Berger $65,263 69­70­67­67—273 ­11 holiday. be regressing. Lynn kept repeat- Ohio 101, Cleveland St. 46 21. Colorado 4­0 253 — S. Illinois 102, Quincy 61 Tyler Duncan $65,263 70­67­68­68—273 ­11 Two more tailenders, Dallas ing “unacceptable.” We concur. 22. Liberty 9­1 191 25 Valparaiso 85, Judson 45 Bo Hoag $65,263 68­70­66­69—273 ­11 and Washington, still haven’t Then there is incredible inepti- 23. Texas 6­3 164 — Xavier 77, Cincinnati 69 Charles Howell III $65,263 72­69­67­65—273 ­11 24. Buffalo 4­0 145 — SOUTHWEST Vincent Whaley $65,263 71­66­69­67—273 ­11 played their Week 13 games. The tude, spelled J-E-T-S. On the Russell Knox $65,263 65­69­68­71—273 ­11 25. Wisconsin 2­2 115 18 Oklahoma 82, TCU 78 unattractiveness just might be en- brink of what pretty much every- Sam Houston St. 117, Howard Payne 54 Joaquin Niemann $65,263 66­70­67­70—273 ­11 Others receiving votes: NC State 98, Stephen F. Austin 97, LSU­Alexandria 79 Chris Baker $50,400 68­68­72­66—274 ­10 hanced by the end of the Cowboys’ one in the Big Apple believed was Marshall 66, San Jose St. 66, Oklahoma St. Texas A&M 81, Texas Rio Grande Valley Brian Harman $50,400 70­69­66­69—274 ­10 33, UCF 11, Boise St. 10, Washington 10, Au­ visit to Baltimore on Tuesday unreachable — a win — they reac- 68 Keegan Bradley $43,056 69­72­68­66—275 ­9 burn 9, Missouri 8, Nevada 5, Army 2, UCLA Texas Tech 81, Grambling St. 40 night. hed truly ugly instead. Ultimate 1, TCU 1. UALR 86, Cent. Arkansas 83 Brice Garnett $43,056 74­65­66­70—275 ­9 Villanova 68, Texas 64 Patton Kizzire $43,056 72­68­71­64—275 ­9 Chargers coach Anthony Lynn ugly. Amway Coaches Top 25 Poll Kevin Streelman $43,056 69­71­71­64—275 ­9 FAR WEST summed it up after a 45-0 no-show After stopping Las Vegas deep The Amway Coaches Poll with team's re­ Camilo Villegas $43,056 70­66­69­70—275 ­9 cords through Dec. 5, in parentheses, total Long Beach St. 80, Seattle 75 Sung Kang $37,440 70­70­69­67—276 ­8 against New England. in Jets territory, they needed a points based on 25 for first place through San Diego St. 65, Pepperdine 60 Nate Lashley $34,920 67­69­74­67—277 ­7 one point for 25th, ranking in last week's UC Riverside 83, Denver 63 “That was one of the worst foot- first down to end their team-re- poll and first­place votes received: UCLA 76, California 56 Hank Lebioda $34,920 71­69­70­67—277 ­7 ball games I’ve ever been a part of cord 11-game slide. Playing not to Wyoming 76, Oregon St. 73 Branden Grace $29,160 71­68­69­70—278 ­6 Record Pts Pvs Brandon Hagy $29,160 69­70­69­70—278 ­6 in my 30 years in the National lose — hey, guys, it almost never Sunday's women's scores Satoshi Kodaira $29,160 70­70­66­72—278 ­6 1. Alabama (59) 9­0 1547 1 Football League as a player and a works — they got ultra-conserva- Troy Merritt $29,160 70­68­73­67—278 ­6 2. Notre Dame (2) 10­0 1479 2 EAST Scott Piercy $29,160 70­70­68­70—278 ­6 coach. That was unacceptable and tive and had to punt after the Raid- 3. Clemson 9­1 1395 3 Boston College 88, Mass.­Lowell 38 Rory Sabbatini $29,160 69­70­70­69—278 ­6 embarrassing,” Lynn said. ers used their timeouts. 4. Ohio State (1) 5­0 1387 4 Buffalo 87, Canisius 45 K.J. Choi $20,952 70­70­69­70—279 ­5 5. Texas A&M 7­1 1266 6 Delaware 85, Pittsburgh 79 Doug Ghim $20,952 71­69­71­68—279 ­5 Sort of what America has seen But the Jets still were in position Fairfield 75, Hofstra 55 6. Florida 8­1 1258 5 Marshall 69, Radford 58 Charley Hoffman $20,952 72­66­70­71—279 ­5 from far too many teams, all of to pull off the victory. So defensive 7. Cincinnati 8­0 1172 7 New Hampshire 59, NJIT 53 Chris Kirk $20,952 69­70­68­72—279 ­5 which deserved a pass because of coordinator Gregg Williams Andy Ogletree, $20,952 69­67­70­73—279 ­5 8. Miami 8­1 1050 9 Syracuse 82, Penn St. 72 Villanova 74, St. John's 65 Kyle Stanley $20,952 68­67­72­72—279 ­5 the way the COVID-19 pandemic blitzed quarterback Derek Carr, 9. Indiana 6­1 1000 11 West Virginia 79, Tennessee 73, OT Akshay Bhatia, $17,208 67­69­70­74—280 ­4 has disrupted, well, everything. At leaving a rookie cornerback in sin- 10. Georgia 6­2 987 10 Rafael Campos $17,208 72­68­69­71—280 ­4 SOUTH this point, 12 games in, however, gle coverage on Henry Ruggs III. 11. Iowa State 8­2 958 12 Belmont 70, Middle Tennessee 64 Jason Dufner $17,208 69­68­70­73—280 ­4 12. Oklahoma 7­2 860 13 Clemson 87, Coll. of Charleston 65 Kelly Kraft $17,208 70­71­71­68—280 ­4 soccer’s process of relegation for And 46 yards later, Ruggs was 13. Coastal Carolina 10­0 838 14 Florida Gulf Coast 78, Temple 69 Pat Perez $17,208 68­72­68­72—280 ­4 Georgia 93, Oklahoma 80 the worst offenders — exempli- in the end zone. With 5 seconds re- 14. Northwestern 5­1 683 17 Sepp Straka $17,208 73­68­67­72—280 ­4 Georgia St. 78, Furman 59 fied by action Sunday — seems maining. 15. Southern California 3­0 615 16 James Madison 89, George Mason 70 Will Zalatoris, $17,208 72­68­67­73—280 ­4 Ryan Brehm $16,272 69­67­70­75—281 ­3 16. Brigham Young 9­1 598 8 Kentucky 72, Indiana 68 like a wise approach. “We just played the call that the Louisiana­Monroe 96, Louisiana College Mark Hubbard $16,272 71­67­69­74—281 ­3 17. La.­Lafayette 9­1 500 21 48 Kyoung­Hoon Lee $16,272 69­70­67­75—281 ­3 Start with the Jaguars, who de- coaches called,” Jets safety Mar- 18. Iowa 5­2 396 24 Louisville 85, UT Martin 67 Chase Seiffert $16,272 69­69­69­74—281 ­3 serve credit for extending to the cus Maye said of Williams’ call. 19. Tulsa 6­1 394 22 Memphis 72, Liberty 67 NC State 98, Coastal Carolina 46 Austin Cook $15,840 70­70­70­72—282 ­3 limit many opponents, all of whom “We’ve got to execute, but you’ve 20. North Carolina 7­3 370 NR North Carolina 81, Charlotte 75 Xinjun Zhang $15,840 72­69­73­68—282 ­2 21. Liberty 9­1 185 25 Old Dominion 81, VCU 76, OT J.J. Spaun $15,552 70­69­73­71—283 ­1 are better than they are. Yet every got to help us out at the same time 22. Colorado 4­0 178 NR Richmond 72, William & Mary 55 Ben Taylor $15,552 72­69­72­70—283 ­1 week — including the overtime and be in a better call at that spot.” SC­Upstate 52, Flagler 42 Hunter Mahan $15,336 68­69­73­74—284 E 23. Texas 6­3 161 NR UAB 78, Chattanooga 58 Quade Cummins (a) 71­70­74­69—284 E defeat at Minnesota in which they The curious call cost Williams 24. N.C. State 8­3 154 NR Virginia Tech 73, Gardner­Webb 39 Wofford 76, UNC­Asheville 50 Mike Gellerman, $15,192 70­70­71­75—286 +2 blew a lead, made an impressive his job. The Jets fired him on Mon- 25. Wisconsin 2­2 124 19 Keith Mitchell, $15,048 70­70­71­76—287 +3 MIDWEST comeback, then committed the day. Dropped out: No. 15 Marshall (7­1); No. Harold Varner III, $14,904 70­71­75­73—289 +5 18 Oklahoma State (6­3); No. 20 Oregon Akron 77, Dayton 74 game-losing mistakes in OT — It doesn’t get much uglier than (3­2); No. 23 Washington (3­1). Bowling Green 64, Milwaukee 62 Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State Creighton 88, Butler 41 Volunteers of America Classic things go wrong. Jacksonville is 1- that. Then again, the Jaguars, (6­3) 100; Missouri (5­3) 88; Marshall (7­1) Drake 99, Minnesota 66 77; San Jose State (5­0) 68; Buffalo (4­0) 59; E. Illinois 88, W. Illinois 74 11, all of the losses coming since an Chargers and Jets, not to mention E. Michigan 63, SE Missouri 49 LPGA Tour Nevada (6­1) 48; Auburn (5­4) 42; Oregon Sunday opening victory. the other league weaklings, have (3­2) 30; Boise State (4­1) 26; Army (7­2) 25; Illinois 53, Nebraska­Omaha 50 Washington (3­1) 19; SMU (7­3) 10; Appa­ Illinois St. 98, Saint Xavier 53 “There’s a point where there’s four more weeks to drop the stan- lachian State (7­3) 3. Kansas 100, Oral Roberts 59 At Old America Golf Club N. Dakota St. 82, Green Bay 66 The Colony, Texas no moral victories,” veteran line- dards even lower. N. Iowa 93, Wichita St. 91, 2OT Purse: $1.75 million PRO SOCCER Nebraska 64, Idaho St. 51 Yardage: 6,475; Par:72 Notre Dame 65, IUPUI 58 Final Round MLS playoffs Ohio St. 96, N. Kentucky 63 Angela Stanford, $262,500 71­69­70­67—277 ­7 S. Dakota St. 75, Gonzaga 72, OT So Yeon Ryu, $120,709 72­72­65­70—279 ­7 Conference Semifinals Saint Louis 69, Bradley 54 Inbee Park, $120,709 72­68­69­70—279 ­6 Eastern Conference South Carolina 83, Iowa St. 65 Sunday, Nov. 29 South Dakota 89, Lipscomb 52 Yealimi Noh, $120,709 72­66­71­70—279 ­5 New England 3, Orlando City 1 Valparaiso 52, Purdue 47 Jin Young Ko, $71,533 71­69­70­70—280 ­5 Columbus 2, Nashville 0 Anna Nordqvist, $53,758 70­68­73­70—281 ­5 SOUTHWEST Western Conference Charley Hull, $73,758 68­74­68­71—281 ­5 Tuesday, Dec. 1 Arkansas 83, Baylor 78 Lindsey Weaver, $40,752 71­68­73­70—282 ­4 Seattle 1, Dallas 0 New Mexico 98, Sam Houston St. 89 Thursday, Dec. 3 Texas A&M 66, Texas 61 Kristen Gillman, $40,752 73­71­66­72—282 ­4 Minnesota United 3 Sporting KC 0 Madelene Sagstrom, $35,116 71­69­71­72—283 ­4 Conference Championships FAR WEST Su Oh, $28,630 73­70­72­69—284 ­4 Sunday's game Arizona 78, Southern Cal 77 Jennifer Kupcho, $28,630 69­73­70­72—284 ­4 Eastern Conference Boise St. 84, Weber St. 58 Kelly Tan, $28,630 73­68­71­72—284 ­4 Montana St. 84, North Dakota 72 Columbus 1, New England 0 Brittany Lang, $28,630 70­71­71­72—284 ­4 Monday's game N. Arizona 69, E. Washington 55 Western Conference Oregon 85, Utah 43 Nasa Hataoka, $28,630 72­69­69­74—284 ­4 Minnesota at Seattle Oregon St. 70, Colorado 53 Xiyu Lin, $22,601 78­67­70­70—285 ­3 MLS Cup Portland 80, Seattle 68 Moriya Jutanugarn, $22,601 73­70­71­71—285 ­3 Saturday, Dec. 12 Stanford 83, Washington 50 Jeongeun Lee $22,601 73­73­66­73—285 ­3 UCLA 63, Arizona St. 59 Columbus vs. Minnesota/Seattle winner Austin Ernst, $19,249 72­72­73­69—286 ­3 DEALS Minjee Lee, $19,249 75­70­71­70—286 ­3 Columbus 1, New England 0 Sarah Kemp, $19,249 75­69­70­72—286 ­3 Sunday's transactions Linnea Strom, $19,249 71­70­71­74—286 ­3 New England 0 0 — 0 Jessica Korda, $19,249 69­69­72­76—286 ­3 FOOTBALL Hannah Green, $17,168 75­67­72­73—287 ­3 ASHLEY LANDIS/AP Columbus 0 1 — 1 National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS — Placed DE Ama­ Caroline Masson, $14,502 78­71­71­68—288 ­3 New England Patriots' Devin McCourty, left, returns a blocked field Second half—1, Columbus, Artur, 3 ni Bledsoe on the reserve/COVID­19 list. Katherine Kirk, $14,502 74­76­67­71—288 ­3 (Mensah), 59th minute. Promoted DT Kahill McKenzie to the active Leona Maguire, $14,502 72­74­70­72—288 ­3 goal for a touchdown during the first half Sunday's 45­0 rout of the Yellow Cards—Santos, Columbus, roster. 90th+3. Los Angeles Chargers in Inglewood, Calif. PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, December 8, 2020 NFL SCOREBOARD

American Conference Saints 21, Falcons 16 Dolphins 19, Bengals 7 Lions 34, Bears 30 Raiders 31, Jets 28 New Orleans 7 7 7 0 — 21 Cincinnati 7 0 0 0 — 7 Detroit 6 7 7 14 — 34 Las Vegas 7 10 7 7 — 31 East Atlanta 3 6 0 7 — 16 Miami 0 6 10 3 — 19 Chicago 9 14 0 7 — 30 N.Y. Jets 7 6 0 15 — 28 WLTPct PF PA First Quarter First Quarter First Quarter First Quarter Buffalo 8 3 0 .727 299 282 NO—T.Smith 15 pass from T.Hill (Lutz Cin—Boyd 72 pass from Allen (Bullock Chi—FG Santos 45, 12:37. NYJ—Crowder 3 pass from Darnold Miami 8 4 0 .667 303 212 kick), 7:01. kick), 3:20. Chi—Montgomery 13 run (kick blocked), (Castillo kick), 9:03. New England 6 6 0 .500 274 255 Atl—FG Koo 53, 3:55. Second Quarter 6:13. Las—Waller 9 pass from Carr (Carlson Det—Peterson 3 run (kick failed), :15. N.Y. Jets 0 12 0 .000 180 353 Second Quarter Mia—FG Sanders 25, 11:42. kick), :12. Second Quarter Atl—FG Koo 30, 4:51. Mia—FG Sanders 48, :00. Second Quarter South NO—Cook 11 pass from T.Hill (Lutz kick), Third Quarter Chi—Patterson 5 run (Santos kick), 1:45. 10:10. NYJ—Crowder 6 pass from Darnold (kick WLTPct PF PA Atl—FG Koo 28, :00. Mia—Gesicki 5 pass from Tagovailoa Det—Cephus 49 pass from Stafford (Pra- failed), 12:02. (Sanders kick), 11:35. Las—FG Carlson 48, 6:07. Third Quarter ter kick), 2:22. Indianapolis 8 4 0 .667 328 273 Mia—FG Sanders 23, 5:33. Chi—Montgomery 4 run (Santos kick), Las—Waller 38 pass from Carr (Carlson NO—Kamara 11 run (Lutz kick), 9:01. :36. kick), 1:12. Tennessee 8 4 0 .667 359 326 Fourth Quarter Fourth Quarter Third Quarter Houston 4 8 0 .333 288 323 Mia—FG Sanders 19, 13:21. Third Quarter Jacksonville 1 11 0 .083 251 352 Atl—Gage 10 pass from Ryan (Koo kick), A—12,577. Det—James 9 pass from Stafford (Prater Las—Carr 2 run (Carlson kick), 7:52. 7:43. kick), 3:55. A—8,713. Cin Mia Fourth Quarter Fourth Quarter North NO Atl First downs 12 23 Chi—Kmet 11 pass from Trubisky (San- NYJ—Darnold 4 run (Mims pass from Darnold), 10:22. WLTPct PF PA Total Net Yards 196 406 tos kick), 11:23. First downs 23 21 Det—M.Jones 25 pass from Stafford NYJ—T.Johnson 1 run (Castillo kick), Rushes-yards 17-40 28-110 5:34. Pittsburgh 11 0 0 1.000 317 188 Total Net Yards 424 332 (Prater kick), 2:18. Passing 156 296 Det—Peterson 5 run (Prater kick), 1:37. Las—Ruggs 46 pass from Carr (Carlson Cleveland 9 3 0 .750 306 321 Rushes-yards 36-207 21-70 kick), :05. Punt Returns 2-13 4-8 A—0. Baltimore 6 5 0 .545 282 214 Passing 217 262 Kickoff Returns 1-24 0-0 A—0. Cincinnati 2 9 1 .208 237 308 Punt Returns 3-17 2-12 Det Chi Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-0 Las NYJ Kickoff Returns 0-0 0-0 First downs 24 26 West Comp-Att-Int 17-27-2 26-39-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Total Net Yards 460 389 Sacked-Yards Lost 6-37 0-0 First downs 24 24 WLTPct PF PA Comp-Att-Int 27-37-0 19-39-0 Rushes-yards 22-60 31-140 Punts 6-49.5 4-45.0 Total Net Yards 440 376 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-15 3-11 Passing 400 249 Kansas City 11 1 0 .917 370 254 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 Rushes-yards 25-72 34-206 Punts 5-39.8 5-43.6 Punt Returns 2-20 1-5 Las Vegas 7 5 0 .583 323 347 Penalties-Yards 6-62 8-54 Passing 368 170 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-1 Kickoff Returns 5-71 4-67 Denver 4 8 0 .333 225 320 Time of Possession 27:44 32:16 Punt Returns 2-23 0-0 Penalties-Yards 10-79 1-15 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-7 L.A. Chargers 3 9 0 .250 277 345 Kickoff Returns 1-32 2-58 Time of Possession 36:54 23:06 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Comp-Att-Int 27-42-1 26-34-0 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 1-20 RUSHING—Cincinnati, Bernard 12-30, Sacked-Yards Lost 2-2 2-18 Comp-Att-Int 28-47-1 14-23-1 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Perine 3-7, Allen 2-3. Miami, Gaskin 21-90, Punts 3-44.0 4-42.5 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-13 3-16 National Conference RUSHING—New Orleans, Kamara 15-88, Bowden 1-11, Laird 3-6, Tagovailoa 3-3. T.Hill 14-83, Murray 5-17, Lewis 1-16, Smith PASSING—Cincinnati, Allen 11-19-1-153, Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Punts 3-43.0 4-45.5 1-3. Atlanta, I.Smith 8-36, Hill 5-18, Gurley 8-16. Finley 6-7-1-40, Boyd 0-1-0-0. Miami, Tago- East Penalties-Yards 7-45 3-20 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-2 PASSING—New Orleans, T.Hill 27-37-0- vailoa 26-39-0-296. Time of Possession 27:42 32:18 Penalties-Yards 3-21 6-40 WLTPct PF PA 232. Atlanta, Ryan 19-39-0-273. RECEIVING—Cincinnati, Sample 7-49, RECEIVING—New Orleans, Thomas 9-105, Higgins 5-56, Erickson 2-17, Bernard 2-(mi- Time of Possession 31:01 28:59 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS N.Y. Giants 5 7 0 .417 231 265 Sanders 5-39, Smith 3-42, Cook 3-28, Traut- nus 1), Boyd 1-72. Miami, Gesicki 9-88, Bow- man 3-9, Kamara 2-9, Murray 2-0. Atlanta, den 4-41, Parker 4-35, Gaskin 2-51, Grant 2- RUSHING—Detroit, Peterson 16-57, John- INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Washington 4 7 0 .364 241 243 J.Jones 6-94, Ridley 5-108, Gage 4-51, Hurst 42, Laird 2-16, Smythe 2-16, Hollins 1-7. son 3-3, Agnew 1-0, Stafford 2-0. Chicago, Philadelphia 3 8 1 .292 253 307 1-9, Powell 1-9, Gurley 1-4, I.Smith 1-(minus 2). MISSED FIELD GOALS—Cincinnati, Bull- Montgomery 17-72, Patterson 10-59, Tru- RUSHING—Las Vegas, Booker 16-50, Ri- chard 4-11, Riddick 3-6, Carr 2-5. N.Y. Jets, Dallas 3 8 0 .273 251 359 MISSED FIELD GOALS—New Orleans, ock 53. bisky 3-6, Miller 1-3. Lutz 40. PASSING—Detroit, Stafford 27-42-1-402. Johnson 22-104, Adams 8-74, Darnold 3-26, Chicago, Trubisky 26-34-0-267. Gore 1-2. South RECEIVING—Detroit, M.Jones 8-116, PASSING—Las Vegas, Carr 28-47-1-381. Chiefs 22, Broncos 16 Hockenson 7-84, Amendola 3-62, Cephus 2- N.Y. Jets, Darnold 14-23-1-186. WLTPct PF PA 63, Sanu 2-36, Agnew 2-24, Johnson 2-8, RECEIVING—Las Vegas, Waller 13-200, Giants 17, Seahawks 12 Denver 3 7 6 0 — 16 James 1-9. Chicago, Robinson 6-75, Miller Renfrow 4-47, Agholor 4-38, Ruggs 3-84, Ri- New Orleans 10 2 0 .833 347 241 5-56, Kmet 5-37, Mooney 4-43, Montgom- chard 1-6, Riddick 1-3, Ingold 1-2, Booker Tampa Bay 7 5 0 .583 344 280 N.Y. Giants 0 0 14 3 — 17 Kansas City 3 6 10 3 — 22 ery 4-39, Wims 1-13, Patterson 1-4. 1-1. N.Y. Jets, Crowder 5-47, Mims 2-40, Ber- MISSED FIELD GOALS—None. rios 2-33, Griffin 2-31, Johnson 2-13, Perri- Atlanta 4 8 0 .333 311 302 Seattle 3 2 0 7 — 12 First Quarter man 1-22. Carolina 4 8 0 .333 280 300 MISSED FIELD GOALS—None. First Quarter Den—FG McManus 53, 3:58. KC—FG Butker 35, :20. Sea—FG Myers 31, 11:50. North Second Quarter Second Quarter Rams 38, Cardinals 28 Browns 41, Titans 35 WLTPct PF PA Den—Patrick 5 pass from Lock (McMa- Sea—safety, :28. nus kick), 6:26. L.A. Rams 0 14 3 21 — 38 Cleveland 10 28 3 0 — 41 KC—FG Butker 24, 2:42. Green Bay 9 3 0 .750 379 299 Third Quarter KC—FG Butker 23, :00. Arizona 7 0 7 14 — 28 Tennessee 0 7 14 14 — 35 Minnesota 6 6 0 .500 319 329 NYG—Morris 4 run (Shepard pass from Third Quarter Chicago 5 7 0 .417 246 284 McCoy), 7:40. First Quarter KC—FG Butker 31, 10:32. First Quarter Detroit 5 7 0 .417 286 358 NYG—Morris 6 pass from McCoy (kick Cle—FG Parkey 27, 10:43. failed), 2:29. Den—Patrick 10 pass from Lock (pass Ari—Arnold 59 pass from K.Murray failed), 3:50. Cle—J.Landry 2 pass from Mayfield (Par- (Gonzalez kick), 13:25. key kick), 3:19. West Fourth Quarter KC—Kelce 20 pass from Mahomes (Butk- er kick), 1:06. NYG—FG Gano 48, 9:50. Second Quarter Second Quarter WLTPct PF PA Sea—Carson 28 pass from Wilson Fourth Quarter (Myers kick), 6:09. LAR—Akers 9 run (Gay kick), 10:35. Cle—Lamm 1 pass from Mayfield (Par- KC—FG Butker 48, 1:04. key kick), 14:56. L.A. Rams 8 4 0 .667 301 243 A—0. LAR—Higbee 1 pass from Goff (Gay A—12,578. kick), :51. Ten—C.Davis 17 pass from Tannehill Seattle 8 4 0 .667 353 321 (Gostkowski kick), 13:14. Arizona 6 6 0 .500 332 296 NYG Sea Den KC Cle—Peoples-Jones 75 pass from May- Third Quarter San Francisco 5 6 0 .455 261 254 field (Parkey kick), 13:04. First downs 13 21 First downs 19 25 LAR—FG Gay 39, 10:26. Cle—Higgins 17 pass from Mayfield Total Net Yards 290 327 Total Net Yards 330 447 Ari—D.Hopkins 4 pass from K.Murray (Parkey kick), 5:46. Sunday's games Rushes-yards 31-190 22-111 Rushes-yards 33-179 22-134 (Gonzalez kick), 4:03. Cle—Chubb 1 run (Parkey kick), :55. Cleveland 41, Tennessee 35 Passing 100 216 Passing 151 313 Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Detroit 34, Chicago 30 Punt Returns 0-0 2-12 Punt Returns 1--2 1-5 Ten—Pruitt 22 pass from Tannehill (run Indianapolis 26, Houston 20 LAR—Goff 1 run (Gay kick), 14:52. Kickoff Returns 1-23 4-88 Kickoff Returns 3-77 0-0 failed), 13:52. Las Vegas 31, N.Y. Jets 28 Ari—Drake 4 run (Gonzalez kick), 13:21. Ten—Pruitt 3 run (Tannehill run), 9:08. Miami 19, Cincinnati 7 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 1-32 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-0 LAR—Henderson 38 run (Gay kick), Cle—FG Parkey 43, 5:29. Minnesota 27, Jacksonville 24, OT Comp-Att-Int 13-22-1 27-43-1 Comp-Att-Int 15-28-2 25-40-0 10:07. New Orleans 21, Atlanta 16 LAR—Hill 35 interception return (Gay Fourth Quarter Sacked-Yards Lost 2-5 5-47 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 1-5 L.A. Rams 38, Arizona 28 kick), 4:33. Ten—McNichols 1 run (Gostkowski N.Y. Giants 17, Seattle 12 Punts 7-37.3 5-48.4 Punts 3-38.3 3-37.3 Ari—Arnold 2 pass from K.Murray (Gon- kick), 1:23. zalez kick), 2:04. Green Bay 30, Philadelphia 16 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Ten—Batson 8 pass from Tannehill (Gostkowski kick), :28. New England 45, L.A. Chargers 0 Penalties-Yards 6-35 6-41 Penalties-Yards 4-31 5-44 A—0. Kansas City 22, Denver 16 A—13,986. Time of Possession 29:49 30:11 Time of Possession 30:31 29:29 Open: Carolina, Tampa Bay LAR Ari Cle Ten INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Monday's games First downs 30 18 RUSHING—N.Y. Giants, Gallman 16-135, RUSHING—Denver, Gordon 15-131, Lindsay First downs 26 25 Total Net Yards 463 232 Washington at Pittsburgh Morris 8-39, Penny 2-8, Lewis 3-6, McCoy 2-2. 14-26, Hamler 2-13, Lock 2-9. Kansas City, Bell Total Net Yards 458 431 Buffalo at San Francisco Seattle, Carson 13-65, Wilson 7-45, Hyde 2-1. 11-40, Williams 6-38, Hill 1-30, Mahomes 4-26. Rushes-yards 31-119 21-92 Rushes-yards 36-118 18-62 PASSING—N.Y. Giants, McCoy 13-22-1- PASSING—Denver, Lock 15-28-2-151. Passing 344 140 105. Seattle, Wilson 27-43-1-263. Kansas City, Mahomes 25-40-0-318. Passing 340 369 Tuesday's game Punt Returns 3-18 0-0 RECEIVING—N.Y. Giants, Engram 4-32, RECEIVING—Denver, Fant 4-57, Patrick 4- Punt Returns 3-1 0-0 Dallas at Baltimore Tate 4-30, Shepard 1-22, Slayton 1-14, Mor- 44, Hamler 2-16, Vannett 2-7, Cleveland 1-11, Kickoff Returns 2-45 1-54 Kickoff Returns 0-0 4-83 ris 1-6, Smith 1-3, Board 1-(minus 2). Seat- Gordon 1-11, Jeudy 1-5. Kansas City, Kelce 8- Interceptions Ret. 1-35 0-0 tle, Lockett 6-63, Metcalf 5-80, Dissly 4-28, 136, Hill 6-58, Watkins 4-35, Robinson 2-39, Bell Interceptions Ret. 1-21 0-0 Thursday, Dec. 10 Comp-Att-Int 37-47-0 21-39-1 Carson 3-45, Hollister 3-20, Hyde 3-10, Dal- 2-15, Hardman 1-15, Keizer 1-15, Williams 1-5. Comp-Att-Int 26-34-0 29-45-1 New England at L.A. Rams las 2-11, Moore 1-6. MISSED FIELD GOALS—Denver, McMa- Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 2-33 MISSED FIELD GOALS—None. nus 57. Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 3-20 Punts 1-44.0 5-47.6 Punts 3-41.0 3-46.0 Sunday, Dec. 13 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 4-2 Arizona at N.Y. Giants Penalties-Yards 6-75 5-21 Penalties-Yards 13-92 5-52 Dallas at Cincinnati Time of Possession 38:53 21:07 Denver at Carolina Time of Possession 36:46 23:14 Houston at Chicago 400 Kansas City at Miami INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Minnesota at Tampa Bay Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw three TD passes and reached 400 RUSHING—L.A. Rams, Akers 21-72, Hen- RUSHING—Cleveland, Chubb 18-80, Hunt Tennessee at Jacksonville for his career in his 193rd game, surpassing Drew Brees (205 games) as the derson 3-49, Goff 4-1, Brown 3-(minus 3). 14-33, Mayfield 4-5. Tennessee, Henry 15- Indianapolis at Las Vegas fastest player to reach the mark. Arizona, Drake 10-49, Edmonds 6-28, 60, McNichols 2-2, Batson 1-0. N.Y. Jets at Seattle K.Murray 5-15. PASSING—Cleveland, Mayfield 25-33-0- Atlanta at L.A. Chargers PASSING—L.A. Rams, Goff 37-47-0-351. 334, Landry 1-1-0-6. Tennessee, Tannehill Green Bay at Detroit Arizona, K.Murray 21-39-1-173. 29-45-1-389. New Orleans at Philadelphia RECEIVING—L.A. Rams, Woods 10-85, RECEIVING—Cleveland, Landry 8-62, Washington at San Francisco Kupp 8-73, Everett 6-44, Jefferson 4-27, Hig- Higgins 6-95, Hunt 3-24, Peoples-Jones 2- Pittsburgh at Buffalo bee 4-24, Henderson 2-25, Brown 1-30, Ak- 92, Hooper 2-24, Chubb 1-26, Mayfield 1-6, 200 ers 1-22, Reynolds 1-21. , Hopkins D.Johnson 1-5, Njoku 1-5, Lamm 1-1. Arizona Ten- Las Vegas’ Darren Waller became the fourth tight end with at least 200 receiving 8-52, Johnson 4-27, Arnold 2-61, Edmonds nessee, C.Davis 11-182, Firkser 5-51, Brown Monday, Dec. 14 2-15, Drake 2-9, Isabella 2-7, Kirk 1-2. 4-87, McNichols 3-15, Batson 3-14, Pruitt 1- yards and two TDs in a game, joining Rich Caster, Shannon Sharpe and Jackie MISSED FIELD GOALS—L.A. Rams, Gay 22, Henry 1-9, Humphries 1-9. Baltimore at Cleveland Smith. 37. Arizona, Gonzalez 48. MISSED FIELD GOALS—None. Tuesday, December 8, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 NFL

Eagles have Mayfield throws controversy after Wentz 4 TDs in 1st half is benched BY TERESA M. WALKER and that’s what we did today,” Associated PRess Browns running back Nick Chubb BY ROB MAADI NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Baker said. Associated Press Mayfield and the Cleveland The Titans (8-4) came in lead- Jalen Hurts briefly gave the Phi- Browns can do more than just run ing the AFC South and left tied af- ladelphia Eagles a spark enough to the ball, and the NFL’s longest ac- ter the Colts beat Houston 26-20, create a full-blown quarterback tive playoff drought is moving though Tennessee still has the bet- controversy. closer to an end after 18 seasons. ter division record. The Titans fell Carson Wentz was benched in They just need to finish what apart after a bad fourth-down spot the third quarter of Philadelphia’s they start a bit better. on their opening drive. NFL rush- 30-16 loss to the Green Bay Pack- Mayfield threw for a season- ing leader Derrick Henry lost his ers on Sunday after completing 6 of high 334 yards with all four of his first fumble this season on the 15 passes for 79 yards, no turnovers touchdown passes in the first half, WADE PAYNE / AP and four sacks. next drive. and the Browns scored the first 17 Browns wide receiver Rashard Higgins gets behind Titans cornerback Hurts, the rookie second-round “Things kind of snowballed,” points before holding on to win Breon Borders for a 17­yard touchdown catch in the first half Sunday. pick, tossed a 32-yard touchdown Tennessee coach Mike Vrabel their fourth straight, 41-35 over pass to Greg Ward and finished 5 of said. the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. Kenny Vaccaro picked up a Browns quarterback to throw four 12 for 109 yards, one interception With both chasing AFC playoff Mayfield kept Cleveland from fumble by Mayfield on fourth- TDs in the first half since Hall of and three sacks. He also ran for 29 berths, Cleveland looked like the needing the NFL’s top rushing of- and-1 and ran it 53 yards with 48 Famer Otto Graham in 1951. May- yards. team leading a division — it is sec- fense in what had been expected seconds left. Ryan Tannehill hit field, who threw four of his five Coach Doug Pederson didn’t ond in the AFC North behind the to be a run-game showdown Cam Batson for an 8-yard TD pass TDs in the second half of a win commit to a starter next week unbeaten Pittsburgh Steelers — against the Titans and Henry. The with 28 seconds to go, but Andy Ja- against Cincinnati on Oct. 25, had when the Eagles (3-8-1) host the as the Browns improved to 9-3 for Browns had their best-scoring novich recovered the onside kick only two touchdown passes over New Orleans Saints (10-2). the first time since 1994. Cleve- half ever, leading 38-7 at halftime, to seal the victory. the past four games combined. “We needed a spark. We needed land has only won nine games in a topping the 35 points scored in the “Obviously if I hold onto the Nobody else in the NFL has something to go our way so I put Ja- season three times in its expan- second half at Cincinnati in 2004. damn football, it’s not going to be thrown four TD passes in a half len in the game,” Pederson said. sion era, which began in 1999. Tennessee made it interesting close — or as close as it should this season, and Mayfield had 290 “He did some good things, used his “I think people know we are a late, outscoring Cleveland 28-3 in have been,” Mayfield said. yards by halftime, just off his sea- legs when he had to. He got us back good team now when we play well, the second half. Mayfield became the first son high of 297 yards. in the game. I have to evaluate the film to decide how he played over- all.” Scoreboard Wentz, who finished third in NFL MVP voting in 2017, is having the worst season of his five-year Colts 26, Texans 20 Patriots 45, Chargers 0 Packers 30, Eagles 16 Vikings 27, Jaguars 24 (OT) career. The Eagles gave him a $128 Indianapolis 14 10 0 2 — 26 New England 7 21 7 10 — 45 Philadelphia 3 0 0 13 — 16 Jacksonville 9 0 7 8 0 — 24 million, four-year contract exten- sion in 2019 that kicks in next sea- Houston 10 10 0 0 — 20 L.A. Chargers 0 0 0 0 — 0 Green Bay 0 14 6 10 — 30 Minnesota 0 6 13 5 3 — 27 son. First Quarter First Quarter First Quarter First Quarter Jac—Shenault 28 pass from Glennon “Obviously, that’s frustrating as Ind—Hilton 21 pass from Rivers (Blan- NE—Newton 1 run (Folk kick), 7:50. Phi—FG Elliott 52, 7:53. (kick failed), 12:33. a competitor,” Wentz said about kenship kick), 9:52. Jac—FG McLaughlin 22, 6:04. Hou—Watson 11 run (Fairbairn kick), Second Quarter Second Quarter being benched. “I wanna be the 7:51. Second Quarter Hou—FG Fairbairn 52, 4:33. NE—Olszewski 70 punt return (Folk GB—Adams 1 pass from A.Rodgers Min—Thielen 3 pass from Cousins (kick guy out there. At the end of the day, Ind—Hines 5 run (Blankenship kick), :41. kick), 14:02. (Crosby kick), 8:29. failed), 2:50. NE—Newton 2 run (Folk kick), :51. GB—Tonyan 25 pass from A.Rodgers we lost. As a team, we lost and that’s NE—D.McCourty 44 blocked field goal (Crosby kick), :57. Third Quarter what I’m most frustrated about.” Second Quarter return (Folk kick), :00. Jac—Schobert 43 interception return Ind—Taylor 39 pass from Rivers (Blan- Third Quarter (McLaughlin kick), 14:50. Wentz hasn’t had much help this kenship kick), 9:17. Third Quarter GB—Adams 9 pass from A.Rodgers (kick Min—Ham 12 pass from Cousins (Bailey season. He played behind the 11th Hou—Da.Johnson 6 run (Fairbairn kick), NE—Harry 5 pass from Newton (Folk failed), 7:39. kick), 11:08. 4:39. kick), 8:44. Min—Jefferson 20 pass from Cousins different starting offensive line in Ind—FG Blankenship 42, 1:12. (kick failed), 3:27. Hou—FG Fairbairn 34, :05. Fourth Quarter 12 games. He was constantly under Fourth Quarter Fourth Quarter GB—FG Crosby 40, 11:19. pressure and often didn’t have Fourth Quarter NE—FG Folk 32, 11:21. Phi—Ward 32 pass from Hurts (Elliott Min—safety, 14:11. NE—Olszewski 38 pass from Stidham kick), 7:52. Min—FG Bailey 48, 3:50. open receivers. Ind—safety, 6:02. (Folk kick), 6:50. Phi—Reagor 73 punt return (kick failed), Jac—J.Robinson 1 run (C.Johnson pass 6:30. from Glennon), 1:08. He’s dealt with questions about A—12,316. A—0. GB—Jones 77 run (Crosby kick), 2:36. First Overtime Hurts since Philadelphia used the Ind Hou NE LAC A—0. Min—FG Bailey 23, 1:49. A—0. 53rd overall pick to select the 2019 First downs 25 20 First downs 22 17 Phi GB Heisman Trophy runner-up. Jac Min Total Net Yards 371 398 Total Net Yards 291 258 First downs 17 20 Hurts had taken nearly all his Rushes-yards 29-109 19-90 Rushes-yards 43-165 15-70 First downs 20 30 Total Net Yards 278 437 snaps with Wentz on the field split Passing 262 308 Passing 126 188 Total Net Yards 390 420 Rushes-yards 25-117 25-149 Punt Returns 2-22 3-25 Punt Returns 3-145 0-0 Rushes-yards 25-124 38-145 wide until Sunday. Passing 161 288 Kickoff Returns 4-96 4-87 Kickoff Returns 0-0 6-125 Passing 266 275 Punt Returns 1-73 1-0 Wentz has been hurt by a lack of Interceptions Ret. 1-0 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 2-3 0-0 Punt Returns 3-13 3-21 Kickoff Returns 4-116 4-100 playmakers, especially at receiv- Comp-Att-Int 27-35-0 26-38-1 Comp-Att-Int 14-22-0 26-53-2 Kickoff Returns 0-0 3-63 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-4 er. Philadelphia’s front office Sacked-Yards Lost 3-23 5-33 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-4 3-21 Interceptions Ret. 1-43 2-0 Comp-Att-Int 11-27-1 25-34-0 Punts 5-47.0 3-48.3 Punts 4-49.3 4-51.5 Comp-Att-Int 28-42-2 28-43-1 passed on DK Metcalf to select J.J. Sacked-Yards Lost 7-27 2-7 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-14 4-30 Arcega-Whiteside in 2019 and took Punts 5-42.2 4-48.5 Penalties-Yards 7-50 3-30 Penalties-Yards 3-15 5-30 Punts 5-51.6 7-47.3 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 Jalen Reagor ahead of Justin Jef- Time of Possession 33:31 26:29 Time of Possession 33:41 26:19 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-1 Penalties-Yards 4-40 5-30 ferson this season. Penalties-Yards 10-83 6-41 Time of Possession 28:21 31:39 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Time of Possession 30:38 37:33 “We’ve had a lot of things this INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—New England, Harris 16-80, year and I know first and foremost RUSHING—Indianapolis, Taylor 13-91, Newton 14-48, Michel 10-35, Moncrief 1-4, INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Wilkins 5-12, Hines 6-10, Brissett 2-1, Riv- Stidham 2-(minus 2). L.A. Chargers, Ekeler RUSHING—Philadelphia, Sanders 10-31, RUSHING—Jacksonville, J.Robinson 18- Igotta be better,” Wentz said. “I’ve ers 2-(minus 2), Harris 1-(minus 3). Hous- 8-36, Ballage 7-34. Hurts 5-29, Howard 4-19, Wentz 3-18, Re- 78, Shenault 2-30, Glennon 3-9, Ogunbo- watched the tape every week and ton, Da.Johnson 10-44, Watson 7-38, Du- PASSING—New England, Newton 12-19- agor 1-11, Scott 2-9. Green Bay, Jones 15- wale 2-7. Minnesota, Cook 32-120, Cousins .Johnson 2-8. 0-69, Stidham 2-3-0-61. L.A. Chargers, 130, Williams 5-26, Rodgers 4-(minus 3), 3-12, Abdullah 2-11, Jefferson 1-2. there’s plays out there every week PASSING—Indianapolis, Rivers 27-35-0- Herbert 26-53-2-209. Valdes-Scantling 1-(minus 4). PASSING—Jacksonville, Glennon 28-42- 285. Houston, Watson 26-38-1-341. RECEIVING—New England, White 3-1, PASSING—Philadelphia, Hurts 5-12-1- 2-280. Minnesota, Cousins 28-43-1-305. that I know I can do better. I can get RECEIVING—Indianapolis, Hilton 8-110, Byrd 2-16, Harry 2-15, Meyers 2-15, Olszew- 109, Wentz 6-15-0-79. Green Bay, Rodgers RECEIVING—Jacksonville, Eifert 6-45, us into better situations, be more Pittman 5-46, Taylor 3-44, Alie-Cox 3-23, ski 1-38, Michel 1-23, Harris 1-15, Izzo 1-6, 25-34-0-295. J.Robinson 6-30, Johnson 4-66, O'Shaugh- Hines 3-22, Wilkins 2-6, Doyle 1-12, Burton Johnson 1-1. L.A. Chargers, Allen 5-48, Wil- RECEIVING—Philadelphia, Goedert 5-66, nessy 4-41, Shenault 3-38, Chark 2-41, Con- accurate, all those things. I’m not 1-11, Pascal 1-11. Houston, Coutee 8-141, liams 4-43, Ekeler 4-32, Ballage 3-5, Guyton Ward 3-57, Ertz 2-31, Reagor 1-34. Green ley 2-12, Cole 1-7. Minnesota, Jefferson 9- Du.Johnson 6-24, Hansen 5-101, Cooks 5- 2-38, Parham 2-21, Kelley 2-3, Hill 1-7, An- Bay, Adams 10-121, Tonyan 4-39, Lazard 3- 121, Thielen 8-75, Cook 6-59, Beebe 2-10, the guy that’s going to point fingers 65, Akins 2-10. derson 1-6, Henry 1-5, Johnson 1-1. 50, Jones 3-18, Williams 2-10, Lewis 1-36, Abdullah 1-18, Ham 1-12, Conklin 1-10. or anything. I know I can play bet- MISSED FIELD GOALS—Houston, Fair- MISSED FIELD GOALS—L.A. Chargers, Taylor 1-14, St. Brown 1-7. MISSED FIELD GOALS—Jacksonville, bairn 53. Badgley 58, Badgley 46. MISSED FIELD GOALS—None. McLaughlin 62. Minnesota, Bailey 51. ter.” PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, December 8, 2020 NFL Rams beat Cards, move into tie for NFC West lead Goff shrugs off criticism for best game of the season

BY DAVID BRANDT Associated Press “I responded

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Jared exactly how I Goff first shook off his coach’s criticism and then led his team to expected to.” the top of the NFC West. Jeff Goff The Rams’ fifth-year quarter- ERIC CHRISTIAN SMITH / AP back bounced back from last Los Angles Rams QB week’s tough outing with one of his Indianapolis Colts middle linebacker Anthony Walker (54) celebrates with teammates after he recovered a fumble by Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson during the Colts' 26­20 win Sunday in Houston. best games of the season, complet- interceptions in a 23-20 loss to the ing 37 of 47 passes for 351 yards 49ers last weekend, but he never and a touchdown in a 38-28 win lost confidence in his quarterback. over the Arizona Cardinals on For his part, Goff took his coach’s Rivers, defense carry Colts Sunday. comments in stride, saying he was “I responded exactly how I ex- “a big boy” and that McVay was pected to,” Goff said. “I have been correct. to narrow win over Texans through a lot of bad things in my Instead of getting mad, Goff got football career before and I have better. McVay had nothing but BY KRISTIE RIEKEN Frank Reich said. “Obviously, scoreless in the second half and consistently responded and this praise on Sunday. Associated Press that’s why it’s a 60-minute game Justin Houston added a safety was no different. I just had to keep “He took great care of the foot- HOUSTON — With their of- and you’re never surprised by with a sack of Watson in the end my head down and keep working.” ball, distributed, got a lot of guys fense sputtering in the second half things that happen in this league ... zone. Los Angeles (8-4) has won three involved,” McVay said. “We were Sunday, the Indianapolis Colts we got a good break there. We The safety was Indy’s third this of four and is tied for the division efficient on third down. It was turned to their defense to seal a made the break. They dropped the season and the fourth of Houston’s lead with the Seahawks, who lost tough sledding running the foot- win over the Houston Texans. ball and we went and got it.” career, tying him for the most in to the New York Giants 17-12. ball but we did get enough.” Philip Rivers threw two touch- Watson took responsibility for NFL history. Houston had three The Rams had a 24-14 lead early The Cardinals (6-6) have lost down passes in the first half and the miscue even though the snap sacks, three QB hits and forced a in the fourth and looked like they three straight and four of their the defense dominated after that, wasn’t great. fumble. were going to pull away until past five. Second-year Arizona lifting the Colts to the 26-20 victo- “I should have just caught the With Sunday’s shutout in the Nsimba Webster fumbled on a quarterback Kyler Murray had an ry. ball,” he said. “I know it was a little second half, the Colts are allowing punt return. The Cardinals reco- inconsistent game, completing 21 The Texans had a chance to take low and hot, but for me I take pride an average of 7.33 points in the vered at the LA 15-yard line and of 39 passes for 173 yards and the lead with about 90 seconds left. in catching every snap regardless second half of games this season. quickly turned the mistake into a three touchdowns. He also lost a They were at the Indianapolis 2 of where it is and how fast it is.” Watson threw for 341 yards and touchdown on Kenyan Drake’s 4- fumble midway through the when Deshaun Watson fumbled a Indianapolis (8-4) led 24-20 at ran for a score in the first half. But yard run that pulled Arizona with- fourth and threw a pick-6 to LA’s low snap and Anthony Walker the break after Rivers threw TD he did not have a touchdown pass in 24-21. Troy Hill, who ran it back 35 yards pounced on it to secure the victo- passes of 21 and 39 yards. The of- for the first time this season and Los Angeles responded on its ry. fense didn’t score after that, but threw an interception after not be- for a 38-21 lead. next drive, and the offense quickly “It was crazy,” Colts coach the defense held Houston (4-8) ing picked off in the last six games. moved downfield. Darrell Hen- The Rams also had a big advan- derson sliced through Arizona’s tage in time of possession, keeping defense untouched for a 38-yard the ball about 39 minutes to Arizo- TD run that pushed it to 31-21. Goff na’s 21. Giants stymie Wilson, Seahawks was steady in the fourth, just as he “They got it going and kept our was throughout the game, making defense on the field a lot of plays BY TIM BOOTH hem, and kept its spot on top of the big throws and avoiding mistakes. and I think as the game went on, it Associated Press NFC East for another week. Rams coach Sean McVay was wore on those guys,” Arizona SEATTLE — Laughed at and Following a 0-5 start, the Giants critical of Goff after he threw two coach Kliff Kingsbury said. mocked for being on top of the have won five of their past seven, worst division in the NFL, the New including four in a row. New York York Giants now have an impres- had been close in tight losses to sive win to validate their spot as Tampa Bay and the Rams, but NFC East leaders. picked the perfect time to get its The matchup of first-place first victory over a team with a teams in the NFC went an unex- winning record. pected direction. “These guys do a great job,” Gi- “The team had a different swag- ants coach Joe Judge said. ger about them, had a different “They’ve done everything we’ve juice about them today because asked them to do, and they’ve done we know we played our brand of it as well as they possibly can. And football,” Giants safety Jabrill LARRY MAURER / AP you see the results come in.” Peppers said. “We know we can New York defensive end Leonard They did it with starting quar- shock a lot of people.” Williams (99) celebrates with terback Daniel Jones (hamstring) Alfred Morris scored a pair of linebacker Tae Crowder (48) a spectator after getting hurt last third-quarter touchdowns, the after a sack by Williams. week against Cincinnati. Colt New York defense shut down Rus- McCoy was far from spectacular sell Wilson and one of the top of- Double-digit underdogs, New but made key plays and avoided RICK SCUTERI / AP fenses in the league, and the Gi- York (5-7) handed Seattle its first critical mistakes following a first- Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff (16) scores a touchdown ants stunned the Seattle Seahawks home loss of the season, sent the half interception. He was 13- against the Cardinals during Sunday's 38­28 victory in Glendale, Ariz. 17-12 on Sunday. NFC West race into some may- for-22 for 105 yards. Tuesday, December 8, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 COLLEGE BASKETBALL/COLLEGE FOOTBALL No. 3 Buckeyes await ‘The Game’

BY MITCH STACY Buckeyes’ chances of earning a Associated Press national playoff berth. COLUMBUS, Ohio — No. 3 Ohio State holds the fourth spot Ohio State banked some style in the College Football Playoff points during its rout of Michigan rankings but could use a solid win State, but the next step toward any in “The Game,” and a conference kind of championship for the championship, to add to its resu- Buckeyes this season could be out mé and lead the selection commit- of their control. tee to keep it in front of Texas They must wait this week for A&M (7-1) and Florida (8-1). COVID-19 tests to determine Ohio State has had its own prob- whether Michigan can travel to lems with the coronavirus. An out- Columbus for the finale of the pan- break in its facility led to the can- demic-delayed regular season on cellation of the Nov. 28 game at Il- Saturday. linois. Among those taken out of With two games already can- action was coach Ryan Day, who celed, the Buckeyes (5-0) must get had to stay home and watch the in a sixth game under current con- Michigan State game on TV. ference rules to be eligible to play “I’m hoping the worst part is be- for a fourth consecutive Big Ten hind us and we can look forward,” championship. But even that Day said Saturday. MICHAEL THOMAS / AP might be up in the air. The Buckeyes’ unavailable Villanova guard Collin Gillespie, left, drives past Texas guard Matt Coleman, III, right, during the No. 12 The Big Ten could decide that players included 23 names before Wildcats' 68­64 win Sunday in Austin, Texas. Gillespie clinched the win with four late free throws. Ohio State, even with only five the 52-12 drubbing of the Spartans games, will still represent the East (2-4). They included three starting COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP Division in the Dec. 19 title game, offensive linemen and a starting at least in part because the confer- linebacker. Three assistant coach- No. 12 Villanova delivers ence doesn’t want to hurt the es also were out. No. 17 Texas its first loss Associated Press Aaron Henry finished with 12 had four turnovers. AUSTIN, Texas — Jeremiah points and five assists, while Mac McClung, Terrence Shan- Robinson-Earl and Justin Moore Rocket Watts had 10 points and six non Jr. and freshman Nimari Bur- each scored 19 points and No. 12 assists. nett each had 12 points for Texas Villanova held on late to beat No. Titus Wright led Western Mi- Tech, while Jamarius Burton had 17 Texas 68-64 Sunday, handing chigan with 16 points and 10 re- 10. the Longhorns their first loss after bounds. Cameron Christon scored 11 a strong start. No. 11 West Virginia 80, Geor­ points, and was the only player in Collin Gillespie made four free getown 71:Miles McBride scored double figures for the Tigers (1-3). throws over the final 15 seconds to 17 points, Derek Culver had 14 and Georgia Tech 79, No. 20 Ken­ secure the victory for the Wildcats the visiting Mountaineers finished tucky 62: Moses Wright scored 21 / AP (4-1). Jermaine Samuels, who sat fast to beat the Hoyas in the first points, Kyle Sturdivant added 15 ALEX GALLARDO out practice this week because of a meeting between the former Big and the host Yellow Jackets reco- Southern California wide receiver Amon­Ra St. Brown, right, catches sprained pinky on his right hand, East rivals since 2014. vered from a poor start to the sea- a touchdown over Washington State defensive back Armani Marsh. collected a game-high 12 re- Culver, the leading scorer and son to deal the Wildcats their third bounds. rebounder for West Virginia (4-1), straight loss. Courtney Ramey and Matt Co- was limited to just 18 minutes be- Georgia Tech (1-2) won with de- No. 16 Trojans rout Cougars leman III each scored 17 points to cause of foul trouble. Emmitt Mat- fense, recording 15 steals that led pace the Longhorns (4-1). Texas thews had 13 points and Taz Sher- BY GREG BEACHAM jans (4-0) returned from a pro- to a dominant 33-4 advantage in had won the Maui Invitational in man added 12 as the Mountaineers Associated Press longed absence caused by a CO- points off turnovers. the program’s best start in six bounced back from a loss to top- LOS ANGELES — Kedon Slovis VID-19 outbreak with a dominant Bubba Parham had 17 points years under coach Shaka Smart. ranked Gonzaga. and Amon-Ra St. Brown kept performance on both sides of the and the Yellow Jackets outscored No. 8 Michigan State 79, West­ Jahvon Blair led Georgetown grinding in practice while No. 16 ball against Washington State Kentucky 36-20 in the paint. ern Michigan 61: Joey Hauser (1-2) with 19 points while Jamorko Southern California waited two (1-2), which also hadn’t played had a career-high 24 points and Pickett added 11. Freshman Terrence Clarke had weeks and then two more days to since Nov. 14. grabbed 10 rebounds, leading the No. 17 Texas Tech 81, Gram­ 22 points for the Wildcats (1-3). get back on the field. St. Brown made college football host Spartans past the Broncos. bling State 40: Kyler Edwards B.J. Boston, who had 11 points, was When the Trojans and Washing- history with touchdowns on every Michigan State (5-0) seemed had 13 points and 11 rebounds, Kentucky's only other scorer in ton State finally got the green light one of his four catches in the open- flat for a second straight game at leading five players scoring in double figures. Sunday night, Slovis and St. ing quarter, including two daz- home after beating No. 6 Duke double figures as the host Red Army 63, La Salle 59: Aaron Brown roared right through it for zling grabs made with backward with an inspired effort on the road. Raiders Tech overcame a sluggish Duhart came off the bench to tally a record-setting start to a blowout dives on difficult throws by Slovis. They led Western Michigan (0-2) start. 12 points to lift the host Black win. Along with tying Robert Woods’ by just two points midway through Texas Tech (4-1) never trailed Knights. St. Brown caught four touch- USC record for TD catches in a the second half and trailed for six- after Edwards made a three- Lonnie Grayson also had 12 down passes from Slovis in a spec- game, the junior receiver tied the plus minutes in the game. pointer only 17 seconds into the points for Army (4-1) and Jalen tacular first quarter, and unbea- FBS record for touchdowns The Broncos played for the first game, but it then missed 12 of their Rucker added 10, including the ten USC cruised to a 38-13 victory scored in any quarter and joined time since Nov. 25, returning to next 13 shots. The Red Raiders al- clinching free throws with two over the Cougars. Duke’s Corey Thomas in 1997 as competition after its program and so had a nearly five-minute seconds to play. Jack Clark had 18 Slovis threw five touchdown the only players in FBS history another team had COVID-19 is- stretch later in the first half when points and nine rebounds for the passes in the first half before fin- with four touchdown catches in a sues. they missed five shots in a row and Explorers (0-3). ishing with 287 yards as the Tro- quarter. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, December 8, 2020 Wildcats win showdown SPORTS No. 12 Villanova hands No. 17 Texas 1st loss ›› College basketball, Page 23

NFL: ON FOOTBALL Just ugly Teams running out of excuses for miserable on-field performances

BY BARRY WILNER Associated Press or those teams pleading “Cut us a break” in this weird and un- precedentedly unpredictable year, that was a fair ask. Until now. FAt this point of the NFL season, as we head into the final quarter of the schedule, the mea culpas have run their course. There’s simply too much bad, worse and truly ugly football to excuse any longer. Certainly the winless, hapless and possi- bly hopeless Jets punctuated that on Sun- day with their latest debacle. The Jaguars perhaps made what’s left of their believers hold the faith into overtime before folding. The Chargers didn’t even get out of the first period in their worst performance since, well, maybe when they called Balboa Stadi- um home.

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Record of the hapless New York Jets after blowing a 4-point lead late in the fourth quarter when Las Vegas QB Derek Carr took a third- and-10 snap with 13 seconds left, evaded the all-out rush sent by Jets’ defensive coordinator Gregg Williams and threw a 46-yard TD to Henry Ruggs III. The Jets fired Williams Monday. Source: Associated Press

New York Jets’ Marcus Maye leaves the field with a towel over his head after Sunday’s 31­28 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders in East Rutherford, N.J.

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