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KENYA Iraqi Parliament: Expel foreign troops Key base BY QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA INSIDE ton sent troops more than four years ment, Prime Minister Adel Abdul- AND BASSEM MROUE ago to help fight ISIS. The bill is non- Mahdi said that after the killing of Associated Press President binding and subject to approval by the Soleimani, the government has two Iraqi government but has the backing choices: End the presence of foreign used by BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Parliament issues online of the departing prime minister. troops in Iraq or restrict their mission called for the expulsion of U.S. forces But the vote was another sign of the to training Iraqi forces. from the country in reaction to the warning to blowback from the U.S. airstrike Fri- “As a prime minister and supreme American drone attack that killed a day that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem commander of the armed forces, I call top Iranian general, raising the pros- Soleimani and a number of top Iraqi US forces Iran against for adopting the first choice,” Abdul- pect of a troop withdrawal that could officials at the Baghdad airport. Solei- Mahdi said. cripple the battle against the Islamic retaliation for mani was the architect of Iran’s proxy Abdul-Mahdi resigned last year in State and allow a resurgence of the airstrike on wars across the Mideast and was response to the anti-government pro- extremists. blamed for the deaths of hundreds of overrun tests that have engulfed Baghdad and Lawmakers approved a resolution Soleimani Americans in roadside bombings and the mostly Shiite southern provinces. asking the Iraqi government to end other attacks. BY ABDI GULED, TOM ODULA the agreement under which Washing- Page 6 Speaking to lawmakers in Parlia- SEE EXPEL ON PAGE 5 AND CARA ANNA Associated Press Paratroopers prepare NAIROBI, Kenya — Al-Shabab to board aircraft Saturday at extremists overran a key military Fort Bragg, N.C. base used by U.S. counterterror

HUBERT DELANY III, U.S. ARMY/AP forces in Kenya before dawn Sun- day, destroying U.S. aircraft and vehicles, Kenyan authorities said. It was the al-Qaida-linked group’s first attack against U.S. forces in the East African country, and the military called the security situ- ation “fluid” several hours after the assault. Five attackers were killed and the assault has been contained, said Kenyan military spokesman Paul Njuguna. It was not yet clear whether any U.S. or Kenyan forces were killed. A U.S. Africa Command statement, issued after al-Shabab released photos of blazing air- craft, said “an accountability of personnel assessment is under- way” and the Manda Bay airfield was “still in the process of being fully secured.” Kenya’s military said four attackers were dead. Al-Shabab, based in neighbor- ing Somalia, claimed responsi- bility and asserted that combat with U.S. forces resulted in 17 U.S. “casualties,” nine Kenyan soldiers killed and seven aircraft destroyed. The U.S. statement called al- Shabab claims exaggerated. Kenya is a key base for fighting one of the world’s most resilient Calling reinforcements extremist organizations. A plume of black smoke rose above the air- field Sunday after residents said Hundreds deploy from Fort Bragg amid escalating Mideast tensions a car bomb had exploded. Lamu county commissioner Irungu Page 5 Macharia told The Associated

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Brady says retirement ‘unlikely’ after wild-card loss » Page 22 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 6, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9713 Vogue Italia drops photos for sustainable issue Euro costs (Jan. 6) ...... $1.1425 Thailand (Baht) ...... 30.15 Dollar buys (Jan. 6) ...... €0.8753 Turkey (Lira) ...... 5.9771 British pound (Jan. 6) ...... $1.36 Associated Press (Military exchange rates are those since photography was invented. Forty cars on standby. Sixty in- Japanese yen (Jan. 6) ...... 107.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (Jan. 6) ...... 1,130.00 In his editorial, Farneti said the ternational deliveries. Lights Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance ROME — Vogue Italia has pro- for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3770 initiative was part of Vogue’s new switched on for at least 10 hours Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For duced its first issue of the new British pound ...... $1.3080 environmentally focused mission nonstop, partly powered by gas- nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.2989 year and decade with an eye on purchasing British pounds in Germany), statement . oline-fueled generators. Food China (Yuan) ...... 6.9662 check with your local military banking sustainability, substituting fash- Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.6929 Farneti said Vogue Italia’s Sep- waste from the catering services. facility. Commercial rates are interbank ion illustrations for photographs Egypt (Pound) ...... 16.0403 tember issue, typically Vogue’s Plastic to wrap the garments. Euro ...... $1.1166/0.8956 rates provided for reference when buying in an effort to reduce the envi- biggest of the year, showed how Electricity to recharge phones, Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7780 currency. All figures are foreign currencies ronmental impact associated Hungary (Forint) ...... 295.73 to one dollar, except for the British pound, large a fashion magazine’s car- cameras,” he wrote. Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.4757 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, with staging fashion photoshoots bon footprint really is and what Vogue Italia’s January issue Japan (Yen) ...... 108.21 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) around the globe. was conserved for this month’s features eight different illustrat- Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3031 INTEREST RATES Editor-in-chief Emanuele Far- Norway (Krone) ...... 8.8199 production. ed covers that involved no travel Philippines (Peso)...... 51.09 Prime rate ...... 4.75 neti said the January issue was be- “One hundred and fifty people and articles about clothes that are Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.80 Discount rate ...... 2.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7521 Federal funds market rate ...... 1.55 lieved to be the first time a Vogue involved. About twenty flights “reborn” from scrap fabric and Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3493 3-month bill ...... 1.50 magazine has gone photo-less and a dozen or so train journeys. hand-me-downs. South Korea (Won) ...... 1,165.34 30-year bond ...... 2.34 WEATHER OUTLOOK MONDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST MONDAY IN EUROPE TUESDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY JOHN VANDIVER closer ties with Belarus in the Stars and Stripes meantime. In August, former Secretary of State John Bolton STUTTGART, Germany — made a visit to the former Soviet The top military official in Belar- state — the highest-level Ameri- us says his country, a closely tied can official to visit the country in Russian ally, is open to conduct- years. ing joint military exercises with Secretary of State Mike Pom- NATO. peo had planned to visit Belarus Belarus defense chief Oleg Be- and other central Asian countries lokonev recently told local media this month but canceled the trip his country should be regarded in after the attack on the U.S. Em- similar terms as Serbia — a coun- bassy in Baghdad. try with close ties to Russia but While Belarus is a member of one with a military training con- NATO’s partnership for peace nection to NATO. program, to date that has mainly “Belarus is ready for joint exer- involved smaller activities, such cises with NATO. There are talks on possible formats,” Belokonev as military officials taking part in told Nasha Niva newspaper. “But courses with NATO members. we will agree on this if NATO un- “Belarusian personnel are at- derstands that Russia is our stra- tending courses in NATO coun- tegic ally.” tries and practical cooperation Belokonev was responding to a is being developed in areas such as civil preparedness, crisis man- question about whether Belarus’ Belarus Ministry of Defense relationship with NATO should agement, arms control and scien- resemble that of Serbia. Belarus military members exit an Mi-8 helicopter during a training exercise. Belarus defense chief Oleg tific cooperation,” a NATO official The idea of upgraded ties be- Belokonev said his country is open to participating in joint exercises with NATO. said under customary condition tween Minsk and NATO comes of anonymity Thursday. amid signs of tension between tries also have been at odds over enko, met with Russian President Annexation!” Meanwhile, Belokonev told Russia and Belarus, which serves payments for weapons systems. Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg Russia annexed Ukraine’s Belarusian media that it also is as a Russian territorial buffer be- In 2019, Belarus also angered to discuss deeper economic ties, Crimean Peninsula in 2014, considering taking part in in- tween NATO. Russia when it refused to play The Associated Press reported. which has led to continued con- ternational “peacekeeping exer- This week, Russia halted oil de- host to a Russian air base in the The meeting drew a rare protest flict between the two nations and cises” that could involve training liveries to Belarus over contract country. of about 1,000 people in Minsk, heightened tensions on NATO’s with Italian forces. problems, Russian state media On Dec. 20, Belarus’ authori- who held up signs that said “First eastern border. [email protected] reported Friday. The two coun- tarian leader, Alexander Lukash- Crimea, then Belarus” and “Stop The U.S. has begun to seek out Twitter: @john_vandiver Army turns to personality testing to find better job fits for recruits

BY SETH ROBSON mention when the pilot program standards,” she said in the state- Stars and Stripes began but said the test had been ment, adding that those include used since 2009 to collect data on things such as drug and alcohol The Army is experimenting individuals already entering mili- screening and a criminal back- with a new way to get recruits tary occupational specialties. ground check. into jobs they’ll be good at once “The pilot program is designed Individuals with higher motiva- they put on a uniform. to see how the Army can get tion adapt better to the Army and A pilot program, slated to run best-fit recruits, even in jobs that have fewer disciplinary incidents, for three years, will gauge the require slightly higher standard- Heffner said. effectiveness of assigning re- “Those who will enlist through cruits to jobs based on personal- ized test scores than the applicant ity testing along with standard achieved,” officials said in the the pilot program will be more vocational aptitude tests, accord- release. qualified than what their cogni- ing to an Army statement issued The new test will not compro- tive test score says,” she said. Wednesday. mise Army standards, according “There will be lower attrition for The “Tailored Adaptive Per- to Tonia Heffner, selection and the people in the pilot program sonality Assessment System,” assignment research unit chief and they will outperform many of ALUN THOMAS/U.S. Army which includes 120 questions, at the Army Research Institute their peers. This is increasing the aims to predict recruits’ future for the Behavioral and Social overall quality of the Army.” Future soldiers recite the oath of enlistment during a ceremony performance, behaviors, attitude Sciences. [email protected] at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on Dec. 1 . The Army is and attrition rates. Officials didn’t “Anyone who enlists must meet Twitter: @SethRobson1 experimenting with a program to find better job fits for recruits. Navy helicopter airlifts ill cruise ship passenger to Hawaii hospital

BY WYATT OLSON The MH-60R Seahawk helicopter crew The Grand Princess diverted toward Sector Honolulu watchstander, said in the Stars and Stripes conducted the medevac while a Coast Hawaii Island as the Seahawk and Hercu- statement. “Depending on the situation, Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane provided les aircrews launched their responses. the long-range capabilities of the Navy FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — A Navy he- overhead support. The Navy helicopter is Upon arriving on the scene, the Hercu- Seahawk aircrews with our Hercules air- licopter airlifted a 69-year-old cruise ship part of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squad- les aircrew provided communications and crews in support is the quickest means of passenger to Hawaii’s Big Island for medi- ron 37, which is based at Marine Corps cover overhead while the Seahawk crew getting a patient to the higher level of med- cal treatment on New Year’s Day. Base Hawaii on Oahu. conducted the hoist. ical care.” The male passenger, who was experi- The Coast Guard received a report The Coast Guard requested the assis- The 950-foot-long Grand Princess is encing “abdominal distress,” was hoisted at about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday that the tance of the Navy Seahawk because of owned by Princess Cruises. At the time from the Grand Princess, which was about passenger was experiencing abdominal its long-range capabilities, the statement it was built in 1998, it was the biggest and 210 miles northwest of Hawaii Island, the problems. A Coast Guard flight surgeon said. most expensive passenger ship ever made. Navy said in a statement Thursday. He was consulted with the medical staff aboard “The Coast Guard and the Navy often It carries a crew of 1,100 and has the ca- taken to Hilo Medical Center, which was the Grand Princess and agreed that the work together during search and rescue pacity to carry 3,100 passengers. not able to provide the man’s condition on man should be medically evacuated, the operations in the Pacific,” Petty Officer [email protected] Thursday. statement said. 3rd Class Craig Howarth, a Coast Guard Twitter: @WyattWOlson PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 6, 2020 MILITARY Military retiree banned from bases in S. Korea

BY KIM GAMEL for 10 years, for excessive purchasing of or purchases in excess of personal needs,” previously $800 for the main sponsor and Stars and Stripes duty free goods and black marketing,” ac- the garrison said. $300 for additional family members. cording to a post on the Camp Humphreys Humphreys garrison spokesman Steven However, restrictions on alcohol sales SEOUL, South Korea — A U.S. mili- Facebook page. Hoover confirmed the retiree was a man remained as USFK sought to prevent black tary retiree has been banned from bases It reminded USFK personnel, including but said he couldn’t immediately provide market trade of goods sold on base. in South Korea over allegations of buying military, civilians, retirees, widows and more details. The previous policy began in August excessive duty-free goods and black mar- dependents, that violations of the regula- Patrons in South Korea had long been 2013 after the U.S. military faced rampant keting, officials said Friday. tion governing access to duty-free goods required to present ID or ration cards be- problems with goods purchased from base The move came nearly four months after may result in a suspension or revocation of fore being allowed to enter base commis- facilities being resold on the local market. U.S. Forces Korea, the main command on the privilege. saries and exchanges. In one of the most notorious cases, a store the peninsula, lifted monthly commissary “The individual making excessive pur- The change implemented in mid-Sep- purchase limits and eased other shop- chases from the Commissary/Exchange tember removed the entrance checks, manager and a South Korean businessman ping restrictions intended to prevent such need not profit from the act for it to be a although customers are still required to were convicted in 2003 of smuggling some infractions. violation,” it added. show IDs to cashiers before purchasing 62,000 cases of wine and beer through a The retiree, who lives in South Korea “Duty-free purchase privileges may be anything. tunnel dug under a U.S. military housing but was not otherwise identified, was revoked or suspended if you or your de- The new policy also lifted limits on the compound in Seoul. banned Dec. 10 “from all U.S. military in- pendent is involved in black marketing, amount of goods service members and [email protected] stallations and facilities in (South Korea) the wrongful transfer of duty-free goods, their families could buy each month — Twitter: @kimgamel Kenya: Al-Shabab spokesman says attack on base not related to US airstrike in Iraq

FROM FRONT PAGE serted were from the attack. A ties did not find them. Press that five suspects were second al-Shabab claim, issued The latest attack comes just arrested and were being hours later, asserted that “intense over a week after an al-Shabab interrogated. close-quarters combat” against truck bomb in Somalia’s capital An internal Kenyan police U.S. forces continued. killed at least 79 people and U.S. report seen by the AP said two The military’s Camp Simba in airstrikes killed seven al-Shabab Lamu county, established more fighters in response. fixed-wing aircraft, a U.S. Cessna than a decade ago, has under 100 The early Sunday attack comes and a Kenyan one, were destroyed U.S. personnel, according to Pen- days after a U.S. airstrike killed along with two U.S. helicopters tagon figures. U.S. forces at the Iran’s top military commander and multiple U.S. vehicles at the Manda Bay airfield train and give and Iran vowed retaliation, but al- Manda Bay military airstrip. The counterterror support to East Af- Shabab is a Sunni Muslim group report said explosions were heard rican partners, according to the and there is no sign of links to Shi- LEXIE WEST, U.S. AIR FORCE/AP at around 5:30 a.m. from the di- military. A U.S. flag-raising at ite Iran or proxies. rection of the airstrip. The scene, the camp in August signaled its “No, this attack was no way re- U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Sidney Dellinger and Staff Sgt. Corey Smith now secured, indicated that al- change “from tactical to enduring lated to that incident” in the Mid- perform flag detail during an August ceremony signifying the change Shabab likely entered “to conduct operations,” the Air Force said at dle East, an al-Shabab spokesman from tactical to enduring operations at Camp Simba, Manda Bay, targeted attacks,” the report said. the time. told the AP. He spoke on condi- Kenya. The al-Shabab extremist group said Sunday that it attacked The U.S. military said only that According to another internal tion of anonymity for security the base used by U.S. and Kenyan troops. “initial reports reflect damage to Kenyan police report seen by the reasons. infrastructure and equipment.” AP, dated Friday, a villager that When asked whether the U.S. has their own agenda and have be Judaized“ campaign, a rarely The Kenya Civil Aviation Author- day said he had spotted 11 sus- military was looking into any Ira- made clear their desire to attack made reference that also was used ity said the airstrip was closed for pected al-Shabab members enter- nian link to the attack, U.S. Africa U.S. interests.“ after al-Shabab’s deadly attack on all operations. ing Lamu’s Boni forest, which the Command spokesman Col. Chris- The al-Shabab claim of respon- Al-Shabab’s statement included extremists have used as a hideout. topher Karns said only that “al- sibility said Sunday’s attack was a luxury mall complex in Kenya’s photos of blazing aircraft it as- The report said Kenyan authori- Shabab, affiliated with al-Qaida, part of its “Jerusalem will never capital, Nairobi, in January 2019. How contractors using shell companies duped the Pentagon

BY DAVID VOREACOS way to criminal prosecutions or and elsewhere are requiring and benefits from their work. conduct in-depth reviews or anal- AND NEIL WEINBERG lawsuits between 2012 and 2018. greater disclosure, the U.S. re- The Pentagon accounted for ysis of the ownership aspects of Bloomberg Taken together, they illustrate mains a tax and secrecy haven, two-thirds of all U.S. government a particular company,” the GAO how the Pentagon’s $350 billion in allowing so-called beneficial contracts last year, awarding said. Shell companies have come annual contracting can be gamed owners who profit from these $350 billion in business to 38,000 While the GAO praised some under attack for obscuring illicit using companies that exist large- corporations to hide their identi- companies. Foreign suppliers are Pentagon efforts to monitor con- money flowing into real estate. ly on paper. ties by registering in states like eligible for some Pentagon con- tractor ownership, it said they’ve But it turns out they’re also a The problem could be far big- Delaware, Nevada, Wyoming and tracts but not for those involving been piecemeal. It recommends problem for the Pentagon. ger, since the GAO’s study wasn’t South Dakota. certain sensitive technologies. that the Pentagon emulate the Some Defense Department intended to gauge its scope. The Lawmakers in Washington are For foreign adversaries like private sector by using commer- suppliers have used such front watchdog said the Pentagon had trying to bring more transpar- China, Russia or Iran, shell com- cially available data mining and companies to fraudulently win made only spotty efforts to pierce ency to corporate ownership. The panies could be a point of entry analysis tools to uncover identify- manufacturing bids, according the secrecy of shell companies. House passed a bill in October into the Pentagon’s procurement ing information from a range of to a U.S. Government Account- “I don’t think anybody really that would force states to collect system. Last year, the Air Force databases. ability Office study of Defense knows the extent of the problem,” information about who’s behind scrapped a $420 million contract Banks, for example, use credit Department contractors. said Robert Burton, a former top shell companies of all types and to make bunker-busting bombs bureaus and other data sources In some cases, the shell compa- government procurement attor- share it with law enforcement. A after a competitor complained to gather personal information on nies helped contractors obscure ney now at Crowell & Moring. “I similar bill is pending in the Sen- that it had been given to a foreign- new customers and to report sus- that they were making U.S. mili- do know that some of these folks ate Banking Committee. owned company with ties to a picious financial activities to law tary equipment abroad, the GAO have become quite proficient at In the absence of such trans- U.S.-sanctioned Russian oligarch. enforcement. said, posing a risk to national se- disguising ownership.” parency, the Defense Depart- Federal contractors are supposed “There’s a rule in banking curity and quality control. More Although shell companies have ment continues to face financial to self-report ownership informa- called ‘Know Your Customer,’ ” often, they were used to win many legitimate uses, they’ve and national security risks in its tion to the government, but the said Jeffrey Lovitky, a Washing- contracts meant for companies also become an invaluable tool al- supply chain, the GAO said. Pro- Defense Department often can’t ton lawyer and expert in gov- owned by disabled veterans or lowing terrorists, money launder- tecting that pipeline is a daunting verify that information. ernment procurement law. “In minorities, it said. ers, human traffickers and tax challenge, and it begins at the Defense Department contract- military procurement, there re- The government watchdog re- cheats to evade detection. most basic level — figuring out ing officers lack the “time, re- ally should be a rule, ‘Know Your viewed 32 cases that made their Even as countries in Europe who actually owns its contractors sources or training they need to Contractor.’ ” Monday, January 6, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 MIDEAST US fast-response team flies out to the Middle East

BY SARAH BLAKE MORGAN to Kuwait to serve as reinforce- AND JONATHAN DREW ments in the Middle East amid Associated Press rising tensions following the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general. FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Being Lt. Col. Mike Burns, a spokes- a U.S. soldier in a fast-response man for the 82nd Airborne Divi- force sometimes means being sent sion, told The Associated Press halfway across the world within a 3,500 members of the division’s day, leaving no time to say good- quick-deployment brigade, known bye to those staying behind. officially as its Immediate Re- That’s what happened to April sponse Force, will have deployed Shumard when her husband, a within a few days. The most re- member of the 82 Airborne Divi- cent group of service members to HRIS EWARD/AP sion at Fort Bragg, got the call. He C S deploy will join about 700 who left was at home, minding the couple’s U.S. Army soldiers rest before heading out on Saturday, at Fort Bragg, N.C., as troops from the 82nd five children while Shumard was earlier in the week, Burns said. A loading ramp at Fort Bragg Airborne are deployed to the Middle East as reinforcements in the volatile aftermath of the killing of at work at Healing Hands day spa Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. when he sent her a text. He had to was filled Saturday morning with combat gear and restless soldiers. rush to base. He wasn’t sure if it has vowed retribution, raising here,” the unnamed airman said. they have two hours to get to base Some tried to grab a last-minute was a drill or a deployment. Then fears of an all-out war, but it’s “I was getting ready to go out with their gear and must maintain nap on wooden benches. Report- she got another text: “We’re leav- unclear how or when a response for New Year’s when they called a state of readiness so that they ers saw others filing onto buses. ing tomorrow.” might come. me.” can be in the air headed to their She said her husband has been The additional troop deploy- Reporters weren’t able to in- In the gray early morning light ments reflect concerns about next location within 18 hours. in the military since 2010 and terview the soldiers leaving Fort Saturday, Army video showed sol- “So whether they were on leave, has already deployed twice to Af- potential Iranian retaliatory ac- Bragg on Saturday, but an airman diers dressed in camouflage fa- whether they were home drinking ghanistan. But with those prior tion in the volatile aftermath of loading one of the cargo planes tigues filing into planes, carrying a beer, whether they were, you instances, the family had much Friday’s drone strike that killed told an Army cameraman he was rucksacks and rifles. Humvees know, hanging out, throwing the more time to prepare and say Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head making New Year’s plans when were rolled onto another cargo goodbye. of Iran’s elite Quds Force who has he got a call to help load up the plane and chained in place for the kids up in the yard, you get the “The kids kept going, ‘When’s been blamed for attacks on U.S. soldiers, according to video foot- flight to the Middle East. call and it’s time to go,” he said. Dad going to be home?’ ” said Shu- troops and American allies going age released by the military. Burns said the soldiers within He said that soldiers typically mard, 42. back decades. “We’re responsible for load- the Immediate Response Force keep individual “go-bags” of their Her husband was among hun- President Donald Trump or- ing the cargo. Almost our whole train constantly to be ready to personal gear with them at their dreds of U.S. soldiers deployed dered the airstrike near Bagh- squadron got alerted. Like a respond quickly to crises abroad. living quarters. Saturday from Fort Bragg, N.C., dad’s international airport. Iran bunch of planes are coming over When called by their superiors, Expel: US lawmaker claims Iran is manipulating Iraqi government

FROM FRONT PAGE Sen. Lindsey Graham, a mem- increased,” Nasrallah said. It was moval resolution. It was backed Political factions have been un- ber of the Senate Foreign Rela- not clear which suicide bomb- by most Shiite members of par- able to agree on a new prime min- tions Committee, said on Fox ings Nasrallah was referring to. liament, who hold a majority of ister, and Abdul-Mahdi continues News that the parliamentary vote But a 1983 attack on a U.S. Ma- seats. Many Sunni and Kurdish rine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, in a caretaker capacity. is “a bit concerning.” legislators did not show up for the “The Iranian government is killed 241 U.S. servicemen and Asked shortly before the par- session, apparently because they trying to basically take over Iraq’s led President Ronald Reagan to liamentary vote whether the U.S. oppose abolishing the deal. would comply with an Iraqi gov- political system. Iran is bribing withdraw all American forces “The government should work ernment request for American Iraqi politicians. To the Iraqi peo- from the country. troops to leave, U.S. Secretary of ple, do not allow your politicians Nasrallah spoke from an un- on ending the presence of all for- State Mike Pompeo would not an- to turn Iraq into a proxy of Iran,“ disclosed location, and his speech eign forces,“ Parliament Speaker swer directly. he said. was played on large screens for Mohamed a-Halbousi said after “We’ll watch. We’re following The attack that killed Solei- thousands of Shiite followers in the vote. very closely what’s taking place mani has dramatically escalated southern Beirut, interrupted oc- The administration also faces casionally by chants of “Death to in the Iraqi Parliament,” he told regional tensions and raised fears troubling questions about the le- of outright war. America!” The comments were CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “It is the gality of the Soleimani killing, its United States that is prepared to Amid Iran’s threats of ven- Nasrallah’s first since Soleimani’s failure to consult Congress in ad- help the Iraqi people get what it geance, the U.S.-led military killing. is they deserve and continue our coalition in Iraq announced Sun- The majority of about 180 leg- vance, and the prospect of plung- mission there to take down ter- day it is putting the fight against islators present in Parliament ing America into a new Mideast rorism from ISIS and others in Islamic State militants on hold to voted in favor of the troop-re- war. the region.” focus on protecting its troops and A pullout of U.S. troops could bases. The coalition said it is sus- cripple the fight against the Is- pending the training of Iraqi forc- lamic State and allow it to make es and other operations in support a comeback. Militants affiliated of the battle against ISIS. with ISIS routinely carry out at- Also, the leader of Lebanon’s tacks in northern and western Iran-backed Hezbollah group Iraq, hiding out in rugged des- vowed to end the U.S. military’s ert and mountainous areas. Iraqi presence in the Middle East, say- forces rely on the U.S. for logis- ing U.S. bases, warships and sol- tics and weapons. diers are now fair targets. An American withdrawal could “The suicide attackers who also enable Iran to deepen its in- forced the Americans to leave fluence in Iraq, a majority Shiite from our region in the past are country like Iran. still here and their numbers have PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 6, 2020 MIDEAST President warns Iran against retaliation

BY CHAD GARLAND hood, according to regional news tling ISIS in the country. forces. The strike that spilled in Mosul and was under a tarp, Stars and Stripes site Al Arabiya. After a base was rocketed in American blood last month also being worked on by explosive No casualties were reported at Kirkuk in late December, the wounded two Iraqi troops and ordnance disposal. IRBIL, Iraq — President Don- a second Baghdad impact site, first of the recent spate of attacks earlier strikes had exclusively U.S. and Iraqi forces occupy a ald Trump warned Iran that if it Grand Celebrations Square in the to draw American blood, the De- wounded government forces. pair of adjoining compounds on strikes American personnel or Green Zone. fense Department responded by Iran telling Iraqi government the eastern bank of the Tigris assets, the U.S. would target 52 Separate attacks hit Balad Air striking five sites used by the forces what to do “puts Iraqi River in Mosul in a palace com- Iranian sites. Base, about 55 miles north of Iran-backed militia group Kataeb patriot’s lives at risk,” said Sec- plex. The complex was not struck, “Those targets and Iran itself, Baghdad, and the northern city of Hezbollah, which the Pentagon retary of State Mike Pompeo in WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND Mosul, but did not cause any ca- has blamed for the base attacks. a pair of Twitter posts about the Dietz said. VERY HARD.” Trump said in a sualties, initial reports stated. Shortly after the latest rockets Kataeb Hezbollah warning. Reports of the attacks came tweet Saturday. Several hours later, the U.S.- fell, a Kataeb Hezbollah com- The rockets hit Baghdad and as thousands of militiamen and The online warning came after led coalition battling ISIS in the mander issued a warning in a Balad minutes apart, just before other supporters marched in a fu- rockets struck areas of Baghdad, country issued a statement deny- channel on the Telegram app tell- 8 p.m. Saturday, the coalition neral procession in Baghdad for an air base used by American ing that the Mosul strike had hit a ing Iraqi security forces to keep a statement said. In the capital, the Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s troops and a soccer field in Mosul military headquarters compound distance of at least 1,000 meters indirect fire impacted inside the top general who was killed Friday on Saturday. Meanwhile, a Shi- in the northern Iraqi city. from American bases, suggesting heavily-fortified international in a U.S. airstrike. ite militia commander hinted at Iraqi Security Forces are in- more such attacks to come. zone, but outside coalition facili- “Iran is talking very boldly more strikes to come. vestigating the incidents in Bagh- Meanwhile, the coalition has ties, Caggins said. about targeting certain USA as- The U.S.-led coalition said Sun- dad and Balad, which bring the increased security and defensive About an hour later, Army Maj. sets as revenge for our ridding day that it had halted training of number of rocket strikes on bases measures at Iraqi bases hosting Charlie Dietz, spokesman for the the world of their terrorist leader Iraqi forces and support for their hosting coalition troops in the last its troops, Caggins said. U.S.-led coalition’s Task Force who had just killed an Ameri- anti-Islamic State operations in two months to 13. U.S. and coalition troops typi- Iraq, tweeted that “all clear” had order to focus on defending bases “Previous attacks, in November cally live in separate compounds been sounded at Union III, a base can,” Trump said when issuing from Iran and its proxies. and December, killed and wound- from their Iraqi counterparts, but inside the zone that houses coali- his warning. “The USA wants no Five Iraqi civilians were report- ed Iraqi and Coalition personnel,” within the same bases as them, tion troops. more threats!” ed injured from the rocket strike said Col. Myles B. Caggins III, a meaning rocket strikes could in- Dietz later confirmed that a [email protected] in the capital’s Jadriya neighbor- spokesman for the coalition bat- flict damage or casualties to Iraqi rocket had hit near a soccer field Twitter: @chadgarland Iran abandons nuclear deal as country mourns general

Associated Press their chests and carrying posters TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said with Soleimani’s portrait. Dem- Sunday it would no longer abide onstrators also carried red Shiite by any of the limits of its unravel- flags, which traditionally both ing 2015 nuclear deal with world symbolize the spilled blood of powers after a U.S. airstrike killed someone unjustly killed and call a top Iranian general in Baghdad, for their deaths to be avenged. abandoning the accord’s key pro- Officials brought Soleimani’s visions that block Tehran from body to Ahvaz, a city that was having enough material to build a focus of fighting during the an atomic weapon. bloody, 1980-88 war between Iran insisted in a state televi- Iraq and Iran in which the gen- sion broadcast it remained open eral slowly grew to prominence. to negotiations with European After that war, Soleimani joined partners, who so far have been the Guard’s newly formed Quds, unable to offer Tehran a way to or Jerusalem, Force, an expe- sell its crude oil abroad despite ditionary force that works with U.S. sanctions. It also didn’t back Iranian proxy forces in countries off of earlier promises that it like Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen. wouldn’t seek a nuclear weapon. Authorities then took Solei- However, the announcement mani’s body to the cit y of Mashhad Sunday represents the clearest later Sunday. State TV estimated nuclear proliferation threat yet that a million mourners came out made by Iran since President to the Imam Reza shrine to pay Donald Trump unilaterally with- their respects, although that num- ALIREZA MOHAMMADI, ISNA/AP drew from the accord in May ber could not be independently 2018. It also further raises re- The f lag-draped coffins of Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his comrades who were killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone verified. Soleimani’s remains will gional tensions, as Iran’s longtime strike are carried on a truck surrounded by mourners during their funeral in Ahvaz, Iran, on Sunday. go to Tehran and Qom on Monday foe Israel has promised never to for public mourning processions, allow Iran to be able to produce and “centers” like Tel Aviv could watchdog observing Iran’s pro- Retaliation for Soleimani followed by his hometown of Ker- an atomic bomb. be targeted. gram, did not immediately re- could potentially come through man for burial Tuesday. The announcement came Sun- Iran’s state TV cited a statement spond to a request for comment. the proxy forces which he over- This marks the first time Iran day night after another Iranian by President Hassan Rouhani’s However, Iran said that its coop- saw. Soleimani’s longtime dep- honored a single man with a official said it would consider administration saying the coun- eration with the IAEA “will con- uty Esmail Ghaani already has multicity ceremony. Not even taking even-harsher steps over try will not observe limitations tinue as before.” taken over as the Quds Force’s Khomeini received such a pro- the U.S. killing of Gen. Qassem on its enrichment, the amount of Soleimani’s killing has esca- commander. cessional with his death in 1989. Soleimani on Friday. Hundreds stockpiled enriched uranium as lated the crisis between Tehran The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Ara- Soleimani on Monday will lie in of thousands of people flooded well as research and development and Washington after months of bia separately warned Americans state at Tehran’s famed Musalla the streets Sunday in Iran to walk in its nuclear activities. trading attacks and threats that “of the heightened risk of missile mosque as the revolutionary lead- alongside a casket carrying the “The government of the Islam- have put the wider Middle East and drone attacks.” er did before him. remains of Soleimani, the for- ic Republic of Iran has in a state- on edge. The conflict is rooted in After thousands in Baghdad Soleimani was the architect of mer leader of its expeditionary ment announced its fifth and final Trump pulling out of Iran’s atom- on Saturday mourned Soleimani Iran’s regional policy of mobiliz- Quds Force that organizes Teh- step in reducing Iran’s commit- ic accord and imposing sanc- and others killed in the strike, au- ing militias across Iraq, Syria ran’s proxy forces in the wider ments under the JCPOA,” a state tions that have crippled Iran’s thorities flew the general’s body and Lebanon, including in the Mideast. TV broadcaster said, using an ac- economy. to the southwestern Iranian city war against the Islamic State. He The leader of one such proxy, ronym for the deal. “The Islamic Iran has promised “harsh re- of Ahvaz. An honor guard stood was also blamed for attacks on Lebanon’s Hezbollah, said So- Republic of Iran no longer faces venge” for the U.S. attack, which by early Sunday as mourners U.S. troops and American allies leimani’s killing made U.S. mili- any limitations in operations.” shocked Iranians across all politi- carried the flag-draped coffins of going back decades. tary bases, warships and service It did not elaborate on what lev- cal lines. Many saw Soleimani as Soleimani and other Guard mem- Although it’s unclear how or members spread across the re- els it would immediately reach in a pillar of the Islamic Republic at bers off the tarmac. when Iran may respond, any re- gion fair targets for attacks. A for- its program. a moment when it is beset by U.S. The caskets then moved slow- taliation was likely to come after mer Revolutionary Guard leader The International Atomic En- sanctions and recent anti-govern- ly through streets choked with three days of mourning declared suggested the Israeli city of Haifa ergy Agency, the United Nations ment protests. mourners wearing black, beating in both Iran and Iraq. Monday, January 6, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 MIDEAST Protesters condemn US airstrikes in Iraq

BY SOPHIE WINGATE AND BILL SMITH dpa NEW YORK — Demonstrators took to the streets in cities across the United States and in London on Saturday to pro- test Washington’s killing of a top Iranian general in Iraq and urge restraint by west- ern governments. “No justice, no peace, U.S. out of the Middle East,” crowds chanted in New York’s Times Square, holding signs that read “Stop bombing Iraq” and “No war or ANA RAMIREZ, AUSTIN (TEXAS) AMERICAN-STATESMAN/AP sanctions on Iran.” There were similar scenes in Chicago, People hold signs outside the Texas state capitol in Austin, Texas, on Saturday to where around 200 protesters gathered out- protest the possibility of a new war in the Middle East. Hundreds came to protest after side the Trump Tower, and in Philadelphia, a U.S. airstrike in Iraq killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Friday . where about 500 people demonstrated. The actor and activist Jane Fonda McDonnell tweeted. “Trump has been heading for war since joined a rally outside the White House in Richard Burgon, Labour’s shadow jus- tearing up the nuclear deal with Iran, and Washington. GARETH FULLER, PA/AP tice minister, told the protesters that for- if he succeeds, (he) will create a bigger Act Now to Stop War and End Racism, or Protesters demonstrate outside the U.S. mer U.S. president George W. Bush had war than we have seen in the Middle East,” ANSWER, a U.S.-based anti-war coalition, Embassy in London on Sunday . made clear in a speech 17 years ago that German said. said it and other groups planned around the United States “would launch war on Anti-war protests also took place in 70 protests after U.S. President Donald around 3,000 additional troops there. Iraq, regardless of whether there was U.N. Berlin, the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka backing or not.” and in the Canadian cities of Toronto and Trump ordered an airstrike that killed Qa- In London, senior lawmakers from Brit- “And to our shame, our government Ottawa. ssem Soleimani, the powerful commander ain’s main opposition Labour party joined of Iran’s elite Quds Force. signed up to that,” Burgon said, adding Around a hundred activists demon- dozens of anti-war protesters to urge re- The move has sharply escalated tensions that “hundreds of thousands of Iraqis strated in Dhaka under the banner of Left straint by Western governments amid ten- in the region. Iranian leaders have vowed died (and) millions of Iraqi lives were de- Democratic Alliance. “harsh retaliation” for Soleimani’s kill- sion with Iran. stroyed” in the war. The protesters called the attacks in ing, while Trump defended his decision by The Stop the War Coalition organized “But a war on Iran could be even more Iraq “barbaric,” chanting “down with saying he had ordered the strike “to stop the protest outside Downing Street, British deadly. It risks a new full-scale war in the the United States,” and “crush down U.S. a war.” Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s official Middle East that could spiral out of con- imperialism.” ANSWER said on its website that the pro- residence. trol,” he said. They also criticized the government for tests are “against a new war in the Middle “From our experience of the build-up Ahead of the protest, Stop the War Co- its silence. The government in Muslim-ma- East and calling for the withdrawal of all to the (2003) Iraq war, it’s vitally impor- alition convenor Lindsey German said the jority Bangladesh is yet to make an official U.S. troops and bases in the region,” after tant for us to stand up firmly and early for killing of Soleimani was “an act of war” by statement on the escalating tensions in the the Pentagon announced it was deploying peace,” Labour shadow chancellor John Trump. Middle East. Where US troops are in Middle East could be targets

BY MIRIAM BERGER U.S. officials won’t say exactly are stationed and which is in two are involved in a proxy war in would severely constrain access The Washington Post how many troops there are in Iraq southern Asia, could become an- Yemen. Washington has accused to oil. Washington has also ac- or where they are based. There other “arena for U.S.-Iranian con- Iran of attacking oil and gas facil- cused Iran of sabotaging oil tank- Iran has promised severe re- are an estimated 6,000 troops sta- testation,” the ICG has warned. ities in Saudi Arabia, which Iran ers in the waterway, which Iran venge for the United States’ kill- tioned across the country, includ- In November, Trump made a sur- has denied. ing of Qasem Soleimani, the has denied. ing in the Green Zone, Baghdad’s prise visit to troops stationed at Bahrain: More than 7,000 United Arab Emirates: Up to country’s powerful military com- walled-off diplomatic area, and Afghanistan’s Bagram air base. troops 5,000 troops mander. Across the Middle East, at al-Asad Air Base, where Vice Kuwait: About 13,000 troops Bahrain hosts a U.S. Navy these threats of confrontation President Mike Pence visited The United States has about base, where several thousand The UAE is another country have put on high alert the bases, U.S. troops in November. 13,000 military personnel spread personnel are stationed or pass near the Strait of Hormuz that’s ports and other installations Tensions are extremely high in among several bases in Kuwait, through. The island nation is a been part of the tanker confron- where U.S. troops are based or Iraq, which is stuck in the middle according to the Congressional close ally of Saudi Arabia and tations. It has hosted as many as pass through. of the U.S.-Iranian faceoff. That’s Research Service. The two coun- has supported Trump’s aggres- 5,000 troops in recent years and On Friday, the Pentagon an- put a spotlight on U.S. citizens and tries have had a Defense Coop- sive stance toward Iran. Bahrain is traditionally allied with Saudi nounced that it was sending an ad- installations there: On Friday, the eration Agreement since the 1991 also suppressed a Shiite uprising Arabia and the United States. But ditional 3,500 troops to the region, State Department ordered all Persian Gulf War. in 2011, putting it further at odds rising tensions in the region have while troops in Italy were put on American citizens to leave the Jordan: About 3,000 troops with Iran’s government. put the UAE on edge, and it has standby, according to defense of- country. Jordan - bordering Iraq, Syria, Oman: About 600 troops taken a somewhat more concilia- ficials. The troop escalation came Syria: Estimated 800 troops Israel and the occupied Palestin- Oman hosts only a few hundred tory approach to Iran in recent just days after President Donald U.S. officials are also tight- ian territories, as well as Saudi troops. In March, it signed a deal Trump ordered an additional 750 lipped about how many U.S. Arabia - is a strategically located allowing U.S. planes and war- months. U.S. soldiers to the Middle East troops are in Syria and where. As U.S. ally. Its Muwaffaq Salti Air ships to use some Omani airstrips Qatar: As many as 13,000 and 3,000 more to be on alert for many as 800 remain in the coun- Base was an important launch- and ports. troops future deployment, after pro- try after the Trump administra- ing point in the battle against the Most important, Oman is along Qatar is home to al-Udeid, the Iranian forces stormed the U.S. tion abruptly withdrew soldiers in Islamic State, and there are plans the Arabian Peninsula near the largest U.S. military base in the Embassy in Baghdad as part of a October. At that time, the number to upgrade the complex. In No- Strait of Hormuz, the world’s Middle East. In 2018, Qatar an- worsening cycle of violence. was around 2,000. The U.S. garri- vember 2016, three U.S. soldiers most important oil choke point. nounced a $1.8 billion plan to up- The United States has tens of son at Tanf, by the Syrian-Jorda- were killed by a Jordanian air It’s also where the United States grade the base. The move came thousands of military person- nian border, is now one potential force sergeant in a rare shooting and Iran for months have been as Qatar was battling a blockade nel at bases and aboard ships flash point, the Brussels-based at King Faisal Air Base. engaged in oil tanker standoffs: by rivals Saudi Arabia and the across the Middle East, as well International Crisis Group has Saudi Arabia: Estimated 3,000 Since withdrawing from the United Arab Emirates. as arrangements with various warned, because Iranian and Ira- troops landmark 2015 Iran nuclear deal countries to move soldiers and nian-backed forces are deployed In October, the United States almost two years ago, the United Turkey: Estimated 2,500 military equipment through air- nearby. announced that it was sending States has increased pressure on troops strips and ports. Here’s a look at Afghanistan: Estimated 14,000 additional troops to Saudi Arabia Iran, including canceling waiv- Turkey hosts U.S. troops at In- some of these places, which could troops as tensions with Iran continued to ers for countries to buy Iranian cirlik Air Base, as well as other now be targets. Afghanistan, where around build. Saudi Arabia and Iran have oil. Iran has in turn threatened to sites where NATO forces are Iraq: Estimated 6,000 troops 14,000 U.S. military personnel long been regional rivals: The close access to the strait, which deployed. PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 6, 2020 NATION 5 dead in crash on Pennsylvania Turnpike

Associated Press said. Nine of those patients are under the age of 18. GREENSBURG, Pa. — A dead- ly crash involving a passenger bus At least one of the 25 victims and multiple other vehicles on the initially sent to Excela was taken Pennsylvania Turnpike left at to a nearby trauma center and least five dead and dozens injured the rest of the patients’ conditions early Sunday, shutting down a were not known, Jennings said. large portion of the highway. Information about what caused Officials said at least 60 people, the accident was not immediately ranging in age from 7 to 52 years available, and the National Trans- old, were hospitalized after the portation Safety Board investiga- crash that happened at 3:40 a.m. tors were called to the scene. in Westmoreland County, around The National Weather Service 30 miles east of Pittsburgh. forecast for Westmoreland Coun- Photos from the scene show a ty early Sunday listed light pre- mangled collision of multiple ve- cipitation and an air temperature hicles including an overturned just below freezing. bus, two tractor-trailers, passen- ger cars and a smashed FedEx Pennsylvania Turnpike spokes- truck that left packages sprawled man Carl DeFebo said it was “pre- along the highway. mature” to say if weather was a WPIX TV/AP There were 25 victims trans- factor in the crash. He added that ported to Excela Frick Hospital a portion of the turnpike would Emergency crews respond to a fatal crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Mount Pleasant Township in Mount Pleasant, Excela Health likely be closed for the rest of the early Sunday morning. The crash involved a passenger bus, two tractor-trailers and vehicles , officials spokeswoman Robin Jennings day . said. Little outreach to minority victims of priests

Associated Press less someone comes to them.” sex abuse and particularly those Brian Clites, a leading scholar abused by clergy are less likely The Samples were a black Chi- on clergy sexual abuse and pro- to report their abuse than other cago family, with six children and fessor at Case Western Reserve crime victims.” few resources. The priest helped University in Cleveland, said the As for minority survivors, dio- them with tuition, clothes, bills. church has demonstrated a pat- ceses rarely collect demographic He offered the promise of oppor- tern of funneling predator priests data. tunities — a better life. to economically disadvantaged Some survivors, like Sample, He also abused all the communities of color, where vic- kept quiet because they did not children. tims have much more to lose if want the resources their abus- They told no one. They were they report their abuse. ers provided to dry up, said afraid of not being believed and “They are less likely to know Phillip Aaron, a Seattle-based at- of losing what little they had, where to get help, less likely to torney who represented the Sam- said one son, Terrence Sample. have money for a lawyer to pur- ple family. GERALD HERBERT/AP And nobody asked, until a lawyer sue that help and they are more Sample, now 58, was a middle investigating alleged abuses by Terrence Sample and his siblings were abuse by a priest in Chicago vulnerable to counterattacks” school student at St. Procopius the same priest prompted him to when they were children. He kept the abuse quiet for 33 years. from the church, which will hire Catholic school, when his abuser, break his then 33-year silence. investigators against the survi- a priest there, took an interest in “Somebody had to make the ef- abuse victims. For survivors of to go on, undetected. vors, said Clites. him. He was groomed, isolated fort,” Sample said. “Why wasn’t it color, who often face additional “The church has to come into There is no accurate count of and assaulted for several years, the church?” social and cultural barriers to the shadows, into the trenches clergy abuse survivors. A spe- he said. Even as it has pledged to go coming forward on their own, to find the people who were vic- cial report commissioned by the “I was thinking I have to keep after predators in its ranks and the lack of concerted outreach on timized, especially the people of Colorado attorney general’s of- this secret,” Sample said. “One, provide support to those harmed behalf of the church means less color,” Sample said. “There are fice examining abuse within state we have to eat and two, we have to by clergy, the church has done public exposure — and potential- other people like me and my fam- dioceses and released in Octo- stay in school, and this would kill little to identify and reach sexual ly, more opportunities for abuse ily, who won’t come forward un- ber determined “victims of child my mom if she knew.” 1 of 2 Miss. escapees recaptured and returned to prison

Associated Press 3:30 a.m. that David May was in died in prison violence since Dec. May is serving a life sentence for of acres of farmland in Mississip- custody. 29; three of those deaths have oc- two aggravated assault convic- pi’s Delta region. Inmates who es- One of two prisoners believed to have escaped from one of sev- Gov. Phil Bryant on Saturday curred at Parchman. tions in Harrison County, and cape their cells sometimes don’t eral Mississippi prisons recently said via Twitter that he directed The corrections department Williams is serving a 40-year make it off the property. rocked by violence is back in “the use of all necessary assets said in a Facebook post that May, sentence for residential burglary All state prisons statewide custody, authorities said early and personnel” to find the two in- 42, and Dillion Williams, 27, and aggravated assault in Mar- remained locked down Satur- Sunday. mates who escaped Saturday from were discovered missing from shall County. day, Bryant said, with inmates The Mississippi Department of the Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman during an “emergency Parchman is a series of cell confined to cells, and no visitors Corrections tweeted just before at Parchman. Five inmates have count” about 1:45 a.m. Saturday. blocks scattered across thousands allowed.

Police charge man with armed robbery of bank, sexual assault in Illinois

New York Daily News side an Illinois credit union. hourslong standoff in Rockford, ing workers to exit the bank. were not considering life-threat- Nicholas August, 39, is facing according to CBS-2 Chicago. When police arrived at the ening. Just hours later, FBI agents An armed bank robber has two counts of aggravated criminal Police said August entered the bank, August barricaded himself learned she was allegedly sexu- been charged with sexually as- sexual assault as well as armed building through a back door and inside the building, police said. saulting a woman he held hostage robbery and aggravated unlawful took a female bank employee hos- The bank employee was rushed ally assault during the lengthy Friday for nearly seven hours in- restraint in connection with the tage before ordering the remain- to the hospital for injuries that holdup. Monday, January 6, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 WIRED WORLD Virtual gym class Some schools allow students to complete workouts outside of class with the help of fitness trackers, apps

BY CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press ‘ We’re so stuck in the traditional race Brown’s schedule classroom setting. These kids are burning at West Potomac High School in northern Vir- 2,000 calories during a practice and more Gginia is filled with all at every game. I wish the schools would the usual academics, and she’s packed in Latin, chorus and piano catch up with the times. ’ as extras. Rhonda Brown What she can’t cram into the mother of Grace Brown, 14 8:10 a.m.-2:55 p.m. school day is gym class. So she’s taking that one minus the gym, and on her own time. choice, and they can change the erwise may find socially or physi- The 14-year-old freshman is activity as they desire, as long as cally challenging. getting school credit for virtual it’s something that they under- “We definitely exercise more in PHOTOS BY JACQUELYN MARTIN/AP physical education, a concept stand is probably going to get their online PE,” Grace said. “There’s that, as strange as it may sound, heart rate up, ” said Elizabeth Ed- a lot of standing around in regu- Grace Brown, 14, adjusts her fitness tracker at the park where she is being helped along by the wards, department head for on- lar PE. Online, I do much harder does her jogging workouts for her “online PE” class in Alexandria, availability of wearable fitness line physical education at Fairfax workouts.” Va. Grace takes part in a virtual physical education class after regular trackers. County Public Schools, which in- A survey of more than 3,000 fit- school hours. For students whose tests and cludes Grace’s high school. ness professionals by the Ameri- textbooks have migrated to Though a physical education can College of Sports Medicine “Physical activity is great for day is the peak log in time on the screens, using technology as gym instructor isn’t shouting from the named wearable technology the the body. We want everybody to school’s portal system: 10:03 p.m. equipment may have been only a sidelines, teachers do guide as- top trend in fitness for 2020. move,” he said, “but physical edu- “They may not be working out matter of time. signments by setting goals such It’s not clear how many schools cation is a class where students at 10 p.m., but that’s when they’re Grace, who lives in Alexan- as fat burn, cardio or peak, rely- are embracing the trend. It comes are taught how to move their body turning in their workout. The dria, wears a school-issued Fitbit ing on the technology to be their with some cautions. Technology and the social context in which to notion that education now runs on her wrist while getting in at eyes and ears. Students also are and the collection of any student do that.” 7:30-4, 8-3, is really antiquated,” least three 30-minute workouts a required to sign in for a weekly data always raises the specter of Joliet Township schools in Il- Lemmon said, “and our students week outside of school hours. She 60-minute to 90-minute class- student privacy concerns. And linois use fitness trackers as part are begging to be able to have has an app on her computer that room session with the teacher. some worry that students who of a blended learning condition- more flexibility in the time of day screenshots her activity so she Teenagers who play soccer, exercise on their own may miss ing program that has students they learn.” can turn it in for credit. swim or dance all year may sat- out on important social concepts who sign up for it work out two During the past summer ses- While online physical educa- isfy the workout requirements such as teamwork. to three times a week in the gym sion, there were 22,600 students tion classes have been around for without doing anything extra. “There is a difference between with an instructor and the other enrolled, and the most popular well over a decade, often as part Grace has been adding bike rides physical activity and physical days on their own. courses were PE, she said. of virtual or online schools, the and jogs to her days. education, ” said Chris Hersl, for- “It’s a flexible schedule where Teachers help students set up technology has made possible a For her, online PE freed her mer vice president for programs they still have in-person physi- their fitness devices, entering new level of accountability, its up to take three elective courses, and professional development at cal education classes and there’s the student’s height, weight and users say. instead of two in school. For oth- SHAPE America, which wrote still instruction happening, but age, and coming up with a target “We’re asking kids to wear this ers, it’s a welcome way to take a national standards for K-12 physi- they’re able to use the Fitbit to heart rate. As an added layer of while they do an activity of their required class that students oth- cal education. monitor how students are work- instruction and accountability, ing outside the classroom,” said Launch students are required to Karla Guseman, the district’s as- send video back to the teacher, sociate superintendent for educa- who checks their technique as tional services. they stretch or lift weights, for She said it’s one of numerous example. blending learning options that “They work with their PE in- Joliet Township High School of- structor to set a fitness goal, and fers to give students both more then they get their workout how- control over the pace and time of ever they want to,” Lemmon said. their work, and more responsibil- It really does promote lifelong ity to get it done. fitness because it’s about work- “We’re trying to give them an opportunity to see what post-sec- ing out the way they want to, not ondary might look like,” Guseman they’re required to do a particu- said, “when you don’t meet every lar activity in gym. We have a lot day but you’re still expected to do of kids — a locker room is their work for a course or preparation worst nightmare. It’s not where between class periods.” they want to be.” A virtual school that is part of Grace’s mother, Rhonda Brown, the Springfield, Mo. , public school remembers how hard gym class district started with a single class soccer and softball games were — physical education, said Nich- for her because of blindness in ole Lemmon, the creator of the one eye. program, called Launch, which “You’re talking to someone who uses Garmin fitness trackers. was always picked last for every “Eight years ago, it was the very sporting activity. I have night- first online class by our develop- mares sometimes,” she said. ers to meet a really niche student She’d like to see the county go who could not fit PE courses into even further and grant waivers their schedule,” Lemmon said. from PE to kids that play school “Maybe they wanted to take more sports. honors level courses, or advanced “We’re so stuck in the tradi- placement, or international bac- tional classroom setting. These calaureate classes and PE was kids are burning 2,000 calories hard to fit in, so we allowed them during a practice and more at to do it outside of the school day.” every game,” she said. “I wish Grace Brown jogs at a nearby park as part of her online PE class. She also has added bike rides and jogs A telling illustration of the the schools would catch up with to her days. technology-driven 24/7 school the times.” PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 6, 2020 WORLD Airstrike Police: Driver in hits Libya Italy plows into military academy

BY SAMY MAGDY German tourists Associated Press CAIRO — The death toll from BY NICOLE WINFIELD to give his name. He said police an airstrike that slammed into a Associated Press had concluded that the car crash military academy in Libya’s capi- into pedestrians was not an act of tal climbed to at least 30 people, ROME — A drunken driver terrorism. most of them students, health au- plowed into a group of young The Lutago volunteer fire ser- thorities said Sunday, as fighting German tourists in northern Italy vice said on Facebook that six over control of Tripoli between early Sunday, killing six people people were killed at the scene. rival armed groups escalated. and injuring 11 others, Italian au- The 11 injured, four of whom thorities said. Eastern Libyan forces led by were in critical condition, were Gen. Khalifa Hifter launched The deadly crash occurred in taken to several regional hospi- an offensive in April to take the a village near Valle Aurina, near tals, including two who were air- capital from the weak but U.N.- Bolzano in the Alto Adige region, lifted to a hospital in Innsbruck, shortly after 1 a.m. as the Ger- Austria, said Bolzano Carabinieri supported government. Libya mans — who were between the Cmdr. Alessandro Coassin. is governed by rival authorities ages of 20-25 — gathered to board In all, 160 rescue workers and in the east and in Tripoli in the their bus. emergency medical personnel west, with each relying on differ- The largely German-speaking responded to the crash, the after- ent militias. autonomous region of northern math of which “looked like a bat- The airstrike took place late Italy, with its ski resorts in the tlefield,” Helmut Abfalterer of the Saturday in the Hadaba area, just Dolomites and quaint villages Lutago volunteer fire service told south of the city center, the health around Bolzano, is popular with the Tageszeitung Online portal. ministry of the Tripoli-based German tourists. Coassin said the driver, identi- government said. Fighting and HELMUT MOLING/AP “The new year begins with fied by Italian media as a 28-year- shelling between the two sides a terrible tragedy,” said the re- old man from the nearby town of A man lights a candle at the scene where a car plowed into a group have been raging for months in gional president of Alto Adige, Chienes, was arrested on suspi- of German tourists waiting for a bus Sunday in northern Italy, killing the area. Arno Kompatscher. “We are left cion of highway manslaughter at least 6 people. The U.N.-supported Libyan stunned.” and injury and was being treated government blamed the airstrike The driver of the car had a at the hospital in Brunico. further details pending notifica- and old piles of snow in the moun- on Hifter’s self-styled Libyan high blood alcohol content and Kompatscher told a press con- tion of their deaths to their loved tainous region. National Army. A spokesman for was driving particularly fast, a ference the victims were part of ones. The accident occurred on the the LNA did not respond to phone Carabineri police official in Bru- a group of young Germans va- Later Sunday, mourners left final long weekend of the Christ- calls seeking comment. nico told The Associated Press, cationing in the region. He ex- candles and flowers at the crash mas and New Year’s holiday in Hifter has declared a “final” speaking on condition of anonym- pressed his condolences to their scene, which was located along Italy, which will be capped by and decisive battle for the capi- ity because he wasn’t authorized families and declined to provide a two-lane road dotted by hotels Epiphany on Monday. tal. That followed a military and maritime agreement Tripoli au- thorities signed with their ally Turkey calling for the deploy- Japan: Ghosn’s escape inexcusable, probe ordered ment of Turkish troops to Libya. Turkey’s parliament on Thurs- day authorized sending forces to BY YURI KAGEYAMA the stunning escape of Ghosn, once a super- Libya to support Tripoli authori- Associated Press ‘ The flight of a suspect star of the auto industry. Tokyo prosecutors issued a similar state- ties. Libya’s eastern-based parlia- TOKYO — Japan’s justice minister on while out on bail is never ment Sunday. They had opposed Ghosn’s re- ment condemned the move along Sunday called the flight of former Nissan justified. lease on bail, arguing he was a flight risk. with other regional and world Chairman Carlos Ghosn as he awaited trial ’ First arrested in November 2018, Ghosn powers. on financial misconduct charges inexcusable Masako Mori was out on bail over the last several months, Ghassan Salame, the U.N. and vowed to beef up immigration checks. justice minister and more recently had moved into a home in envoy to Libya, said Turkish Justice Minister Masako Mori said she had an upscale part of Tokyo. troops on the ground would fur- ordered an investigation after Ghosn issued ther diminish chances for ending a statement a few days ago saying he was in Ghosn back. He has repeatedly said he was innocent. His statement from Beirut said he was escap- the violence. Lebanon. Japan does not have an extradition treaty Salame expects the war- She said there were no records of Ghosn’s with Lebanon. ing injustice. Japan’s justice system has come under fire ring Libyan groups to meet departure from Tokyo. “Our nation’s criminal justice system pro- for peace talks in Germany in She said his bail has been revoked, and In- tects the basic human rights of an individual from human rights advocates for its long de- mid-January. terpol had issued a wanted notice. Departure and properly carries out appropriate proce- tentions, the reliance on confessions and pro- The ambulance service in checks needed to be strengthened to prevent a dures to disclose the truth of various cases, longed trials. recurrence, Mori said. and the flight of a suspect while out on bail is Ghosn had been charged with underreport- Tripoli said the airstrike also While expressing deep regret over what never justified,” she said in a statement. ing his future compensation and breach of wounded at least 33 people. It had happened, Mori stopped short of outlin- Mori’s statement was the first public com- trust in diverting Nissan money for his per- posted images of dead bodies and ing any specific action Japan might take to get ment by a Japanese government official after sonal gain. those wounded being treated at a hospital. The U.N. Support Mission in Libyan condemned in “the stron- 14 people killed in bus explosion in north Burkina Faso gest terms” the attack. It warned in a statement against “growing escalation” in the violence. Associated Press injured in the explosion on the at least a dozen gunmen who had ing attacks and gaining ground The city’s siege has killed hun- Tougan axis in the Boucle du attacked their units in Inata in in Burkina Faso’s north and east, OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina dreds of people, mostly combat- Faso — At least 14 civilians, most- Mouhoun region, according to re- the Soum province, according to displacing at least half a million ants, and displaced thousands of ly students, died Saturday after gional communications director a statement by Burkina Faso’s people last year because of the families in Tripoli and the sur- their bus hit an explosive device Moumoula Arsene Kayaba. armed forces. Arms, ammunition insecurity. rounding areas. in northwestern Burkina Faso on The ages of the students weren’t and other materials were seized Gunmen have targeted Inata The U.N. panel said neither the way back from a school break, immediately known. in the retaliation by Burkina before, killing one gendarme side in Libya has “the military according to a local official. Saturday’s attack comes after Faso, it said. in October, and six others in capability” to win the stalemated At least four others were also gendarmeries on Friday killed Extremists have been increas- September. conflict. Monday, January 6, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Man left drugs, gun in designer bags at store

GALLIANO — Loui- LA siana authorities are perplexed over why a man left apparent designer bags holding drugs, a gun, cash and a digital scale in a convenience store. The man went into the store and put the Louis Vuitton and Gucci bags on a chair, according to a news release. “The employee said he offered her $100 to ‘keep his bag,’ ” Lt. Brennan Matherne, spokesman for Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre, said in an interview. A customer later pointed out that one of them held a handgun, which turned out to be stolen from neighboring Terrebonne Parish. It also held cash and a digital scale, while the other bag held the drug Suboxone and suspected methamphetamine, according to the statement. Psychic scammed mom, said girl was possessed

SOMERSET — A MA psychic stole more than $70,000 from a client by telling the woman her 10-year- old daughter was possessed by a demon and she needed the money to banish the spirit, police in Mas- sachusetts said. Tracy Milanovich, 37, of Som- erset, is charged with obtaining ANDREE KEHN, SUN JOURNAL (LEWISTON, MAINE)/AP property by trick, along with larceny and witness intimida- tion, Somerset police said in a statement . Meet Coconut the Sloth Police started investigating Dec. 17 when the alleged victim Del Niedzialek, the executive director of Foundation for Animal Rescue and Education, holds Coconut the Sloth at a Wildlife Festival held at reported that she was tricked by the Ramada Inn in Lewiston, Maine, on Friday. Visitors learned that sloths, the slowest moving animal on the planet, move so slowly that Milanovich into handing over moss will grow over them, and they require so little energy that they can eat that moss if there is no other vegetation available. large sums of cash along with household items, including towels local Humane Society. It turned THE CENSUS Man leaps off bridge, and bedding, to battle the demon. the cat over to the Animal Medi- thought cops after him cal Center in Danville, which re- The number of abandoned Llhasa Apsos getting a new start after moved the plastic arrow from the Man has to move out of being left at a Florida animal shelter on New Year’s Eve. The dogs had ATLANTA — A driver cat’s shoulder. matted fur, were smelly and in some cases, malnourished when they renovated mine shaft The projectile had been lodged GA who mistakenly thought 8 were left at a Brevard County animal shelter in Cocoa. Veterinarians Atlanta police were chasing him inches above the feline’s heart treated the dogs and groomers shaved off the thick fur that obscured LAS VEGAS — A Ne- and lungs. as they were pursuing a different the dogs’ characteristically big eyes. They were renamed after characters from the speeding motorist crashed his car NV vada man who has Danville police Maj. Timothy television series “Sesame Street,” Florida Today reported. lived in an abandoned mine shaft Jones said police are still are and jumped 40 feet off a highway for seven years has been given 30 investigating. bridge to escape. days to vacate his renovated, un- The driver survived the jump and ran into a wooded area, and derground home. Alaskan volcano erupts, there. Man claims he skinned now police really are looking for Boulder City police delivered Richmond Heights Police Of- sends up ash cloud him, news outlets reported. the eviction notice to Richard dogs to make coat ficer Allison Brown told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that officers The chase began when officers Roman Dec. 19, The Las Vegas ANCHORAGE — A attempted to pull over someone Review-Journal reported . PRESTONSBURG — A were called to the undisclosed volcano in Alaska’s else , WSB-TV reported. Roman, 68, installed two KY Kentucky man who AK store after a worker found the Aleutian Islands erupted and A gun was found under the swinging doors at the entrance of claimed to have skinned four of woman wandering inside the sent up an ash cloud, prompting bridge and drugs were recovered the mine shaft . The shaft leads to his neighbors’ dogs to make a business prior to its opening. an aircraft advisory. from his car. a cavern living area . “doggy coat” has been charged Police posted on social media Shishaldin Volcano shot ash to Roman has a customized mat- with animal torture. that it was “the best mattress en- Jonathan D. Watkins, 38, was more than 20,000 feet and pos- Man and goat taken on tress that fits into an elevated dorsement we’ve ever heard.” corner and a fan salvaged from a arrested in the Floyd County sibly 24,000 feet , the Alaska Vol- drive across 3 states scrapped vehicle . community of David on Dec. 23 cano Observatory reported. Authorities: Woman set There is also a $2,000 solar after a neighbor called authori- The volcano is 679 mi les south- SAND SPRINGS — A panel that powers several LED ties, news outlets reported. west of Anchorage near the cen- fire to another woman OK man stole a pickup lights and batteries, while the The neighbor told police that ter of Unimak Island, the largest truck with a sleeping passenger floor of the cavern is covered with Watkins came to his home to ask island in the Aleutians and home NASHVILLE — A and a goat inside it and drove it all a discarded carpet from a casino. for a cigarette and was covered in to False Pass, a village of 40 on TN woman is facing charges the way from Missouri to Oklaho- blood. the island’s east side. The cloud for setting another woman on fire ma before releasing the terrified The neighbor saw what looked drifted southeast over ocean in Tennessee, authorities said. victim and animal and eventually Cat found with arrow like animal skins and dog car- being arrested, authorities said. water. According to the Nashville Fire lodged in its shoulder casses on Watkins’ front porch, The suspect, Brandon Kirby, Department, Leila Dawson, 48, the citation said. Woman dozes, spends 40, took methamphetamine and DANVILLE — Police A state trooper who responded faces charges of attempted crimi- pistol-whipped the victim during VA in Virginia said that a found Watkins at his home with night at mattress store nal homicide, aggravated arson the 130-mile ordeal. cat has been wounded after being a knife and what appeared to be and arson . The Sand Springs Police De- shot by an arrow. blood on his clothing. RICHMOND Dawson set the woman on fire partment said on Facebook: “OK The Danville Register & Bee When the trooper asked where MO HEIGHTS — A inside of a duplex, and when fire- 2020, it only took you 4.5 hours to reported that someone spotted the blood came from, Watkins woman is a little embarrassed but fighters arrived, they found the get weird. Let’s slow down on the the cat in the parking lot of a roof- replied, “I’m making myself a well rested, after falling asleep woman severely burned in the carjacking-goatnapping calls for ing company. doggy coat,” according to the ar- testing a mattress at a Missouri front yard, the fire department the remainder of the year.” Police arrived and called the rest citation. store and spending the night said. From wire reports PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 6, 2020 WORLD 7 new cases Prime minister of respiratory illness seen defends Australia in Hong Kong

Associated Press HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s fire response health and food secretary said Sunday that seven more people are being treated for a possible viral pneumonia. BY SHONAL GANGULY be thrown into the battle against With the newly reported cases, AND STEVE MCMORRAN the fires. He also committed $14 authorities believe a total of 15 RICK RYCROFT/AP Associated Press million to leasing fire-fighting patients in Hong Kong may have aircraft from overseas. A firefighter manages a controlled burn to help contain a larger fire contracted a mysterious respira- SYDNEY — Australian Prime But those decisions attracted Sunday near Falls Creek, Australia. tory disease that has infected at Minister Scott Morrison defend- complaints that he had taken too least 44 people in the mainland ed his leadership and his govern- long to act as fires have burned relief to threatened communities, The latest fatality occurred Chinese city of Wuhan. As of Fri- ment’s record on climate change through millions of acres in New a day after thousands were forced at Batlow in New South Wales, day, 11 of the 44 were in critical Sunday as milder temperatures South Wales, Victoria and South to flee as flames reached the sub- where a 47-year-old man died condition. brought hope of a respite from Australia, an area twice the size urban fringes of Sydney. Saturday night while defending The outbreak, which emerged wildfires that have ravaged three of Maryland. Thousands of firefighters the home of a friend from en- last month, has revived memories states, claiming 24 lives and de- Morrison told a news confer- fought to contain the blazes but croaching fires. New South Wales of the 2002- 03 SARS epidemic stroying almost 2,000 homes. ence Sunday it was not the time many continued to burn out of police said the man was found un- that started in southern China Morrison has faced widespread for blame. control, threatening to wipe out conscious in a vehicle and could and killed more than 700 people criticism for taking a family vaca- “There has been a lot of blame rural townships and causing al- not be revived. in mainland China, Hong Kong tion in Hawaii at the start of the being thrown around,” Morri- most incalculable damage to Earlier Saturday, a father and and elsewhere. wildfire crisis, his sometimes dis- son said. “And now is the time property and wildlife. son who were battling flames Hong Kong health chief, So- tracted approach as it has escalat- to focus on the response that is As dawn broke over a black- for two days died on a highway phia Chan, said the seven newly ed and his slowness in deploying being made. ... Blame doesn’t help ened landscape Sunday, a pic- on Kangaroo Island, off South reported patients were in stable resources. anybody at this time and over- ture emerged of disaster of Australia state. Authorities iden- condition. Hospitals and doc- On Saturday, Morrison an- analysis of these things is not a unprecedented scale. The Rural tified them as Dick Lang, 78, an tors have been directed to report nounced that, for the first time in productive exercise.” Fire Service said 150 fires were acclaimed bush pilot and outback cases of fever in any one who has Australian history, 3,000 army, Cooler temperatures and light- active in the state, 64 of them safari operator, and his 43-year- traveled to Wuhan in the past 14 navy and air force reservists will er winds on Sunday brought some uncontrolled. old son, Clayton. days, she said. Monday, January 6, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 6, 2020 FACES Study: 2019 a banner year for female filmmakers

BY JAKE COYLE The high-profile suc- Tina Gordon’s “Little” and Jill Culton’s “Abominable.” Associated Press cess of several films USC researchers singled out Universal Pictures, which had already made put forward a slate of films with 26% directed by women. Lulu Wang, Lorene Scafaria, Melina Matsoukas and 2019 a historic one for Universal is the only major studio with a female studio Greta Gerwig led Hollywood to a record year for women women. Those include chief, Donna Langley. in the director’s chair. In 2019, women directed more of Wang’s “The Farewell,” Netflix also fared well. While the streaming company’s the most popular movies than any year before. one of the year’s most films largely bypass theaters — leaving them outside the Women directed 12 of 2019’s top 100-grossing films in popular indie releases; 2019, according to a study released Jan. 2 by USC Annen- study’s parameters — 20% of Netflix’s 2019 movies were Scafaria’s acclaimed directed by women. berg Inclusion Initiative. That percentage of female film- Wang Gerwig “Hustlers” ($105 mil- makers, 10.6%, is greater than researchers have recorded Paramount Pictures, however, hasn’t released a movie lion domestically); Mat- before, suggesting that some measure of change is finally directed by a woman in the past five years. soukas’ “Queen & Slim” coming to a film industry where inequality behind the Four women of color directed one of the top 100 movies ($40.7 million); and Ger- camera has remained stubbornly persistent. in 2019, though the overall statistics for underrepresented wig’s “Little Women,” It’s the most meaningful increase in several decades for directors dipped. Underrepresented filmmakers were female directors. Despite mounting outcry, the rate of fe- which last week opened strongly with $29 mil- behind 16.8% of films in 2019, a decline from last year’s male directors helming Hollywood’s top productions has 21.4%, a record. long been largely stagnant. The previous high in USC’s an- lion in its first five days of release. “While 2019 is a banner year for women, we will not be nual study was 8%, in 2008. In 2018, only 4.5% of the year’s able to say there is true change until all women have ac- top films were directed by women. “Frozen II,” with $1.2 cess and opportunity to work at this level,” said Smith. “This is the first time we have seen a shift in hiring Scafaria Matsoukas billion in worldwide practices for female film directors in 13 years,” said Stacy ticket sales, is close to Despite gains, female filmmakers have been largely L. Smith, one of the study’s authors. “One notable reason setting a new box-office record for a movie directed by a overlooked in this awards season. Sunday’s Golden Globes, for this jump in 2019 was that Universal Pictures had five woman. Jennifer Lee, who co-directed the film, set the re- presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, films with women directors at the helm in the top 100 mov- cord with the first “Frozen” film. In 2018, Lee became the includes no women nominated for best director. None of ies. Yet there is still much more progress needed to reach chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios. the 10 films nominated for best picture were directed by parity for women behind the camera.” Other notable films included Kasi Lemmons’ “Harriet,” women, either.

‘Jeopardy!’ titans ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ series explores vie for $1 million, aftermath of illegal ‘Greatest’ title marriage to Aaliyah Few close to R&B singer Aali- BY LYNN ELBER yah have publicly commented on Associated Press the interactions she had with R. The Super Bowl is weeks away, but for Kelly. But on the Jan. 2 install- “Jeopardy!” addicts the big game is here: ment of the new Lifetime docuse- All-time top money winners Brad Rutter, ries “Surviving R. Kelly — Part Ken Jennings and James Holzhauer are fac- II: The Reckoning,” Aaliyah’s for- ing off for ultimate bragging rights. mer boyfriend, producer Damon “The first person to win three matches will Dash, provided a glimpse into be crowned the greatest of all time,” said ex- Kelly’s impact on the late singer. ecutive producer Harry Friedman. The win- Kelly, who produced Aaliyah’s popular “Age Ain’t Nothing but a ner gets $1 million, with $250,000 for each Number” album, was 27 when he runner-up in the contest that airs on consec- illegally married his 15-year-old utive nights beginning 8 p.m. Tuesday state- protege. The marriage quickly side (Wednesday overseas on AFN-Prime). ended after Aaliyah told her par- Host Alex Trebek credits the rookie for ents, and it was annulled. making “Jeopardy! The Greatest of All The union soon became public Time” happen. knowledge. Dash, who was dating The tournament “was a natural because of Aaliyah at the time of her death in ERIC MCCANDLESS, ABC/AP the appearance of James Holzhauer,” Trebek a 2001 plane crash, told the Life- said. “Prior to that, there wasn’t a contestant From left: Contestants James Holzhauer, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter appear on the set time producers “that was a head- who measured up, in the eyes of our viewers, of “Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time,” in Los Angeles. The three are the all-time top line. That was something talked to Ken Jennings or Brad Rutter. And here “Jeopardy!” money winners and will compete head to head this week. about, like it was normal.” comes James, and wins more money faster “She just said he was a bad than anybody else had ever done on the show, The high-profile contest took place in De- Rutter considers the players to be evenly man, and she left it at that,” Dash and really caught America’s fancy.” cember. To keep the outcome a mystery, an matched in their skills. said. Aaliyah didn’t want him to Friedman said there had been discussions ABC release has it running through Jan. 16 “It’s really all about buzzer timing and know details for fear of how he about a rare prime-time foray for “Jeop- “if necessary.” knowledge, and all of us are pretty good at would react, he added, and “I had ardy!”, but the format was proving elusive For Jennings, knowing who he would face that,” he said. “Personality-wise, I think Ken to get therapy over that.” until professional sports gambler Holzhauer was both stressful — “Usually, it’s anybody’s is probably the jokiest of the three, like he Dash said: “If people would steamrolled his way to glory in 2019 with his guess who makes the finals” — and helpful. throws little quips in, and I’m a little too fo- have protected Aaliyah, so many smarts, skill and big Daily Double bets. “I could look at tape of them, and they’re cused. ... James is also ready with the quips, other girls wouldn’t have gotten “There was a lot of online chatter about, ‘Is both extremely scary players, one of whom but he’s got the analytical thing down, too. touched. Aaliyah was the sacri- he the greatest player of all time?’ ‘No, Ken (Rutter) I’ve played before. He usually finds “But we all put a bunch of strategy into ficial lamb for all that, because Jennings, because he had that streak,’ or a way to win. So I knew these were just going it,” Rutter said. Any chance he’d share his? she didn’t deserve none of that. somebody would say, ‘I think it’s Brad Rut- to be the fastest, smartest people I’ve ever “Tune in to find out.” She’s a good, good soul, good girl, ter; look at how many times he’s won.’ So it seen holding a ‘Jeopardy!’ buzzer,” Jennings Rutter enters the contest as the top win- wasn’t even so resentful, like, ‘let really sort of fell into place,“ the producer said. ner on any TV game show with $4.69 mil- that man live but keep him away said. Holzhauer also did his homework. lion in “Jeopardy!” play. Jennings holds the from me.’ That’s all she wanted. Trebek, who is being treated for pancre- “I studied some more esoteric facts with winning-streak record, 74 games, and has She was just happy to be away.” atic cancer as he’s continued hosting regular the expectation that the writers would ramp collected $3.37 million. Holzhauer set and Sexual misconduct accusations “Jeopardy!” games, wasn’t asked directly if up the question difficulty, but the big thing I broke more than a dozen records for the have followed R. Kelly for years he was up to handling the championship se- did to prepare was extra reps of buzzer prac- largest single-day winnings, won the 2019 and were explored Lifetime’s ries as well. tice, knowing that Brad and Ken are the two Tournament of Champions and earned $2.7 2019 “Surviving R. Kelly” docu- “We discussed the idea of this competition best in the history of the show on the signal- million in winnings. series. The six-part program, one with him because we wanted to make sure ing device,” he said in an email. Rutter is the veteran player, making his of Lifetime’s most highly rated in that he supported it as a concept, first and It feels “crazy to be compared to the two first “Jeopardy!” appearance nearly 20 years years, sparked renewed interest foremost. And he said, ‘Oh yeah, let’s do.’ En- best players that ever came before me, but ago, in October 2000, when champs were in the allegations. In the after- thusiastically,” Friedman said. I know I can hang with them,” Holzhauer “retired” from regular-season play after five mat h of t he do cu ment a r y, Ch ic a go (“It’s part of my job,” Trebek said. He was said. “One nice factor is that the three of us victories. Jennings’ first game was in June prosecutors asked for witnesses “struggling a bit” during the taping, he said, can have fun trash talking without anyone 2004, a year after the rules were changed to or victims to come forward. adding, “Well, it comes with the territory.”) ‘punching down.’ ” allow players to rack up unlimited wins. From The Washington Post Monday, January 6, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 6, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Trump’s message to Iran’s terrorist regime Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY ELI LAKE Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff fronts in Iran’s regional war, taunting his The consequence is that the man who or- Bloomberg Opinion adversaries. chestrated terror on behalf of Iran has met In some ways, this drone strike is sur- the same fate as the terrorists he oversaw. EDITORIAL or 40 years American presidents prising. In June, Trump called off at the This counts as a significant escalation; have pondered a fundamental last minute a strike on Iranian positions Iran’s supreme leader has already vowed Terry Leonard, Editor question about Iran, best summed after it shot down an unmanned U.S. drone revenge. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasral- [email protected] Fup by Henry Kissinger: Is it a coun- over the Persian Gulf. Over the summer lah has urged Shiite militias in Iraq not to Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor try or a cause? Last week, Donald Trump and into the fall, Trump escalated sanc- let Soleimani’s death go to waste. [email protected] gave his answer: Iran is a cause, a terrorist tions against Iran’s regime, but also tried And Iran has many options for retalia- cause, and it will be treated as such. Managing Editor for Content to restart negotiations with its political tion. Its militias have enough rockets to Tina Croley, That could be the lasting implication of [email protected] leaders. He has railed against the “end- turn the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad into the drone strike Trump ordered that killed less wars” waged by his predecessors and rubble. Its proxies are capable of kidnap- Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation Iran’s indispensable Maj. Gen. Qassem sought to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria. pings, suicide bombs and other mayhem [email protected] Soleimani. Since Jimmy Carter, U.S. presi- Iran has responded to this economic against softer American targets in Europe. dents have sanctioned Iran and its leaders Managing Editor for Digital pressure with military escalations. In Sep- Hezbollah, a Lebanese militia and political Joe Gromelski, for sponsoring terrorist groups responsible [email protected] tember, the U.S. accused Iran of striking party created by Iran in the 1980s, controls for mayhem and murder worldwide. Until a major Saudi oil processing facility. This some networks inside the U.S. last week, however, those leaders have followed a series of Iranian attacks on oil That’s not to say the U.S. attack was un- BUREAU STAFF been spared the grisly fate of Osama bin tankers in the Persian Gulf. In October, justified. Soleimani was “actively develop- Laden or Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi. Iranian-backed Shiite militias began hit- ing plans to attack American diplomats and Europe/Mideast Nation-states are generally expected service members in Iraq and throughout Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief ting U.S. positions in Iraq. Those attacks [email protected] to cooperate against terrorists, but with have become bolder in recent months, cul- the region,” the Pentagon said in a state- +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 Soleimani’s leadership, Iran has been a minating in a recent attack in Kirkuk that ment Thursday. “This strike was aimed at major facilitator of terror. Starting in 2003, killed a U.S. contractor and wounded sev- deterring future Iranian attack plans.” Pacific he built up a network of proxies throughout eral U.S. servicemen. So it’s misleading to say that the killing Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief of Soleimani is the opening of a new U.S. [email protected] the Middle East that tipped the balance of That crossed a red line for Trump. He +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 power in Iran’s favor. Under his command, has warned the Iranian regime since last war against Iran. It’s more accurate to say Shiite militias in Iraq injured or killed spring that the U.S. would respond in kind that it opens a new chapter in an ongoing Washington thousands of U.S. troops with powerful to any attack that killed a U.S. citizen. The war. Until this month , that war has been Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief roadside bombs. He orchestrated the arm- U.S. responded last week by bombing Ka- waged through economic sanctions against [email protected] ing and training of Yemen’s Houthi rebel- taeb Hezbollah bases in western Iraq and Iran’s regime and precision strikes against (+1)(202)886-0033 its proxies. Now Trump has erased the dis- Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News lion. He planned the intervention in Syria Syria. Then Iranian-led militias stormed [email protected] that saved Bashar Assad’s brutal war ma- the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Wednes- tinction between Iran and its proxies. chine. He helped plan the Iraqi govern- day, setting fires and essentially holding That’s a blow not just to Iran’s network CIRCULATION ment’s crackdown against anti-Iranian diplomats hostage for 24 hours before re- of militias and terrorists. It’s also a blow to protesters. treating. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper the regime’s campaign to bully the world Mideast And yet Soleimani saw himself as un- issued a prescient warning after the siege. into treating it like a normal country. Iran Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager is a country run by terrorists, and Trump [email protected] touchable. He did not take the precautions “If we get word of attacks,” he said, “we [email protected] of a marked man, cloaking his move- will take preemptive action as well to pro- is right to treat them as such. DSN (314)583-9111 ments and hiding his location. In fact, tect American forces, to protect American Eli Lake is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist he would often post selfies from various lives.” covering national security and foreign policy. Europe Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager [email protected] [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Trump upped the ante. Is he ready for what follows? Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] BY MAX BOOT +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 the near term, Soleimani’s death provides a an even more dangerous leader. The Washington Post political boost to Trump by allowing him to Israel’s practice when assassinating ter- CONTACT US change the subject from his impeachment. rorist kingpins has been to let its actions he United States has been locked In 2012, Trump tweeted, “Don’t let Obama do its talking. By neither confirming nor Washington in an escalating confrontation play the Iran card in order to start a war in denying responsibility, Israel gives itself tel: (+1)202.886.0003 with Iran ever since President order to get elected.” Is this another case of plausible deniability and its enemies an 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 TDonald Trump decided to pull out Trumpian projection? off-ramp from further escalation. That is of the nuclear deal in 2018 and to impose Beyond the immediate political payoff, not Trump’s way. The Pentagon news re- Reader letters unilateral sanctions in 2019. The latest there is a larger benefit here for Trump’s lease specified that Soleimani’s death was [email protected] and most dangerous episode has played image abroad. After three years, most of ordered “at the direction of the President.” Additional contacts out over the past week: Kataeb Hezbollah, the world had written him off as a Twitter This further increases the pressure on stripes.com/contactus a pro-Iran militia, fired rockets at a mili- tiger — someone who talks big but shies Iran to retaliate, as its leaders have repeat- tary base in Iraq, killing a contractor and away from conflict. His lack of a response edly vowed to do. OMBUDSMAN wounding four troops. Trump responded to Iran’s attack on a Saudi oil facility in It is difficult to see how Soleimani’s with airstrikes that killed 25 members of September reinforced that reputation. death, justified as it was, will trigger re- Ernie Gates the militia. Kataeb Hezbollah, in turn, sent This attack disrupts that narrative, show- gime change in Tehran, as former national its members to invade the U.S. Embassy ing Trump is serious about enforcing his security adviser John Bolton suggested. It The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow in Baghdad. After the latest provocation, of news and information, reporting any attempts by the red line against killing Americans and cre- is easy to see how it could trigger a bigger military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s I wrote on Tuesday, “Your move, Mr. ating a measure of deterrence. Other inter- conflict. Iran has hundreds of thousands of independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns Trump.” national actors, including North Korea, will militia fighters at its command and thou- and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for fair- Little did I or anyone else suspect that ness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman now be more wary of provoking Trump. sands of missiles such as the ones used welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted Trump’s next move would be an airstrike But the death of Soleimani, contrary to against the Saudi oil facility. The U.S. has by email at [email protected], or by phone at that killed Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, the a Pentagon news release, was a hardly a more than 60,000 troops in the Middle 202.886.0003. founder of Kataeb Hezbollah, and Maj. “decisive” action — and, contrary to what East, as well as diplomatic installations and Gen. Qassem Soleimani, commander of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told CNN lots of civilians that could be alluring tar- the Iranian Quds Force, which sponsors Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- on Friday, it will not necessarily make gets. The Iranians also have the capacity days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday Kataeb Hezbollah and numerous other Americans safer. Indeed, the fact that the to carry out terrorist strikes and cyber at- through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and proxies around the region. State Department is telling all Americans tacks around the world. If there is a major Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. 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At the very least, the blowback over However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are unofficial, the blood of hundreds of Americans and man in the Middle East, but even he can be Soleimani’s death could force the U.S. to and are not to be considered as the official views of, or thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of replaced. Indeed, Iran has already appoint- withdraw its troops from Iraq. That would endorsed by, the U.S. government. As a DOD newspaper, Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official chan- Arabs on his hands — but the comparison ed his deputy to fill his position, although it be a major victory for Iran. nels and use appropriated funds for distribution to remote is misleading. Soleimani was not the lead- remains to be seen if the little-known Maj. One would hope that at this moment of locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. er of a stateless terrorist organization. He Gen. 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Sports College basketball College football Saturday’s men’s scores Marquette 71, Villanova 60 Manhattan 68, Niagara 65 Bowl schedule on AFN Milwaukee Engineering 95, Lakeland Marist 96, St. Peter’s 76 EAST 70 Merchant Marine 71, St. Joseph’s (LI) Friday, Dec. 20 Adelphi 94, New Haven 91 Monmouth (Ill.) 70, Beloit 60 46 Bahamas Bowl Albany (NY) 74, Binghamton 62 N. Michigan 58, Wayne (Mich.) 55 Misericordia 76, Lebanon Valley 53 Buffalo 31, Charlotte 9 Albertus Magnus 76, York (Pa.) 73 Ohio Wesleyan 65, Wooster 60 Mount St. Mary’s 75, LIU Brooklyn 57 Frisco (Texas) Bowl Go to the American Forces Albright 74, Stevenson 63 Otterbein 86, Muskingum 71 New England 63, Middlebury 61 Kent State 51, Utah State 41 Allegheny 76, Wabash 70 Providence 66, DePaul 65 New England Coll. 80, Mitchell 75 Saturday, Dec. 21 Network website for the most Amherst 116, Lesley 44 Rockford 82, Concordia (Ill.) 80 Notre Dame (Md.) 79, Cairn 63 Celebration Bowl up-to-date TV schedules. Assumption 83, Molloy 79 Rose-Hulman 73, Hanover 57 Nyack 67, Georgian Court 64 NC A&T 64, Alcorn State 44 Bentley 76, St. Anselm 65 S. Dakota St. 91, W. Illinois 56 Ohio Dominican 66, Alderson-Broad- New Mexico Bowl myafn.net Bowie St. 75, Winston-Salem 72 St. John’s (Minn.) 82, Augsburg 63 dus 60 San Diego State 48, Central Michigan 11 Bridgewater (Mass.) 87, Colby-Sawyer St. Norbert 86, Knox 63 Pace 72, S. Connecticut 51 Cure Bowl 71 St. Olaf 84, Gustavus 68 Quinnipiac 66, Siena 52 Liberty 23, Georgia Southern 16 Brooklyn 84, Centenary (NJ) 76 UMKC 68, Utah Valley 63 Rhode Island Coll. 68, Castleton 49 Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl Deals Caldwell 91, Goldey Beacom 73 Valparaiso 81, Evansville 79, OT Rider 81, Iona 37 FAU 52, SMU 28 Catholic 67, Manhattanville 50 Viterbo 85, North Central (Minn.) 72 Robert Morris 68, Merrimack 62 Camellia Bowl Christopher Newport 92, Widener 81 W. Michigan 77, Ohio 65 Roberts Wesleyan 102, Cheyney 32 Arkansas State 34, FIU 26 Saturday’s transactions Cortland St. 102, Cabrini 62 Wartburg 95, Dubuque 79 S. Maine 43, Keene St. 41 Las Vegas Bowl Curry 69, E. Nazarene 62 Webster 78, Fontbonne 65 Sacred Heart 79, Wagner 65 Washington 38, Boise State 7 BASKETBALL Delhi 58, SUNY-Canton 54 Westminster (Mo.) 94, Principia 81 Saint Joseph’s 67, Richmond 56 New Orleans Bowl National Basketball Association Elizabethtown 74, St. Mary’s (Md.) 71 Wheaton (Ill.) 22, North Central (Ill.) 20 Sciences (Pa.) 79, Concordia (NY) 54 Appalachian State 31, UAB 17 NBA — Fined Washington G Isaiah Fairmont St. 123, Carlow 48 Wichita St. 74, Mississippi 54 St. Francis (Pa.) 64, CCSU 52 Monday, Dec. 23 Thomas $25,000 for making inappropri- Franklin & Marshall 62, Neumann 59 Wis. Lutheran 80, Edgewood 72 St. Joseph’s (NY) 85, Purchase St. 46 Gasparilla Bowl ate contact with a game official. Franklin Pierce 77, St. Michael’s 74 Wis.-Eau Claire 66, Wis.-Whitewater 59 St. Michael’s 63, Franklin Pierce 57 UCF 48, Marshall 25 ATLANTA HAWKS — Transferred F Georgian Court 93, Nyack 80 Wis.-Platteville 31, Wis.-Stout 23 Staten Island 71, John Jay 58 Tuesday, Dec. 24 Charlie Brown Jr. from College Park Gettysburg 63, McDaniel 52 Wittenberg 75, Kenyon 65 Suffolk 88, Sage 79 Hawaii Bowl (NBAGL). Hartford 61, New Hampshire 52 SOUTHWEST Swarthmore 74, Franklin & Marshall 51 Hawaii 38, BYU 34 FOOTBALL Hartwick 71, Elmira 64 Angelo St. 92, W. New Mexico 79 UMass 48, Duquesne 43 Thursday, Dec. 26 National Football League Harvard 77, UC Irvine 73 Arkansas 69, Texas A&M 59 VCU 75, Rhode Island 54 Independence Bowl CHICAGO BEARS — Re-signed DB Ed- Hobart 77, Ursinus 53 Arkansas Tech 94, East Central 86 W. Connecticut 89, Plymouth St. 51 Louisiana Tech 14, Miami 0 die Jackson to a four-year contract ex- Hofstra 102, Elon 75 Baylor 59, Texas 44 W. New England 56, Trinity (Conn.) 54 Quick Lane Bowl tension. Houghton 83, SUNY-ESF 61 Cameron 71, Texas-Tyler 52 WPI 89, Westfield St. 82 Pittsburgh 34, Eastern Michigan 30 HOCKEY Ithaca 88, Moravian 83 Cent. Arkansas 79, McNeese St. 69 Waynesburg 93, Geneva 76 Friday, Dec. 27 Dallas Baptist 72, Texas A&M-Kingsville National Hockey League Jefferson 67, Felician 62 Wellesley 64, Nichols 52 Military Bowl La Roche 90, D’Youville 79 55 ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled RWs Wentworth 64, Mount Holyoke 45 North Carolina 55, Temple 13 Lincoln (Pa.) 93, Livingstone 83 Henderson St. 74, S. Nazarene 55 Kiefer Sherwood and Daniel Sprong from Wesleyan (Conn.) 65, Babson 57 Pinstripe Bowl Mass. College 95, Norwich 76 Lubbock Christian 72, Texas-Permian Westminster (Pa.) 72, Washington & Michigan State 27, Wake Forest 21 San Diego (AHL). Mass.-Boston 62, E. Connecticut 58 Basin 67 LOS ANGELES KINGS — Placed D Joa- Jefferson 69 Texas Bowl Mass.-Lowell 66, UMBC 63 Nicholls 70, Sam Houston St. 58 Wilmington (Del.) 66, Bloomfield 59 Texas A&M 24, Oklahoma State 21 kim Ryan on IR, retroactive to Dec. 27. Messiah 75, Lancaster Bible 49 Oklahoma 66, Kansas St. 61 Recalled D Derek Forbort from a condi- SOUTH Holiday Bowl Morgan St. 81, Delaware St. 68 Oklahoma Baptist 80, Ouachita 62 Ark.-Pine Bluff 80, MVSU 77 Iowa 49, Southern Cal 24 tioning assignment with Ontario (AHL). Mount Aloysius 66, Alfred St. 57 Oklahoma Christian 70, St. Mary’s Activated D Alec Martinez from IR. Augusta 95, Clayton St. 81 Cheez-It Bowl Mount St. Mary’s 82, LIU Brooklyn 73, (Texas) 60 Belmont 69, E. Illinois 45 Air Force 31, Washington State 21 NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled F Ben 2OT Prairie View 84, Alcorn St. 70 Street from Binghamton (AHL). Benedict 54, Tuskegee 52 Saturday, Dec. 28 Muhlenberg 95, Sarah Lawrence 85 SE Oklahoma 80, Harding 64 Carson-Newman 69, Catawba 68 Camping World Bowl SOCCER N. Illinois 73, Buffalo 72 St. Edward’s 93, Ark.-Fort Smith 75 National Women’s Soccer League Cent. Arkansas 70, McNeese St. 57 Orlando, Fla. Nazareth 87, Penn St.-Harrisburg 82 TCU 81, Iowa St. 79, OT Cleveland St. 73, N. Kentucky 68 Notre Dame 33, Iowa State 9 WASHINGTON SPIRIT — Signed D New England Coll. 116, Lyndon St. 75 Texas A&M Commerce 85, Midwestern Brooke Hendrix. Coastal Carolina 71, South Alabama 62 Cotton Bowl Classic North Texas 67, Marshall 64 St. 82 Columbus St. 74, Francis Marion 51 Arlington, Texas COLLEGE Texas A&M-CC 81, SE Louisiana 79 Notre Dame 88, Syracuse 87 Eckerd 69, Lynn 55 Penn State 53, Memphis 39 PENN STATE — Named Phil Trautwein Ohio Dominican 88, Alderson-Broad- Texas St. 70, Arkansas St. 67 offensive line coach. Emmanuel (Ga.) 77, Chowan 55 Peach Bowl dus 82, OT Texas Tech 85, Oklahoma St. 50 Atlanta RUTGERS — Named Sean Gleeson of- UALR 92, Texas-Arlington 89 Florida Gulf Coast 82, Lipscomb 56 Oswego St. 84, Montclair St. 73 George Mason 70, George Washington LSU 63, Oklahoma 28 fensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach. Penn St. 89, Iowa 86 FAR WEST 60 Fiesta Bowl WISCONSIN — RB Jonathan Taylor de- Penn St. Behrend 81, Franciscan 70 Arizona 75, Arizona St. 47 Georgia Southern 83, Louisiana-Lafay- Glendale, Ariz. clared for the NFL Draft. Pitt.-Greensburg 76, Pitt.-Bradford 62 Austin 96, Johnson & Wales (CO) 77 Clemson 29, Ohio State 23 Post (Conn.) 101, Holy Family 58 Azusa Pacific 98, Notre Dame de Namur ette 67 Georgia St. 68, Louisiana-Monroe 52 Monday, Dec. 30 Princeton 78, Penn 64 64 SERVPRO First Responder Bowl Purchase 92, NY Maritime 79 BYU 63, Loyola Marymount 38 Grambling St. 69, Alabama A&M 59 Golf Hampton 63, Gardner-Webb 58 Dallas Robert Morris 69, Merrimack 58 Biola 113, Chaminade 107 Western Kentucky 23, Western Michi- S. Connecticut 64, Pace 61 CS Northridge 109, Saint Katherine 75 High Point 85, SC-Upstate 46 Jackson St. 94, Alabama St. 62 gan 20 Salve Regina 86, Worcester St. 69 CS San Bernardino 67, Sonoma St. 64 Music City Bowl Tournament of Champions Sciences (Pa.) 72, Concordia (N.Y.) 65 CS San Marcos 91, CS Monterey Bay 79 Jacksonville St. 43, E. Kentucky 33 Lander 64, Ga. Southwestern 52 Nashville, Tenn. St. Francis (Pa.) 93, CCSU 69 CSU-Chico 86, CS Dominguez Hills 81 Louisville 38, Mississippi State 28 Saturday Cal Lutheran 68, Redlands 65 Lewis 78, Bellarmine 76 St. Joseph’s (LI) 63, William Paterson Redbox Bowl At Plantation Course at Kapalua 52 Cal Poly-Pomona 66, San Francisco St. Limestone 65, Erskine 53 Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii 55 Longwood 71, Presbyterian 60 Santa Clara, Calif. St. Thomas Aquinas 85, St. Rose 79 California 35, Illinois 20 Purse: $6.7 million Caltech 77, La Verne 76, OT Middle Tennessee 83, Charlotte 59 Stonehill 82, Daemen 76 Orange Bowl Yardage: 7,596; Par 73 Trinity (Conn.) 87, Anna Maria 76 Colorado St. 72, Wyoming 61 Murray St. 70, SE Missouri 62 Third Round Dallas 72, Colorado College 64 NC Central 66, Florida A&M 57 Miami Gardens, Fla. Tufts 75, Nichols 65 Florida 36, Virginia 28 Xander Schauffele 69-68-71—208 -11 W. New England 77, Suffolk 59 E. Washington 71, Portland St. 69 New Orleans 53, Stephen F. Austin 50 Justin Thomas 67-73-69—209 -10 Wake Forest 69, Pittsburgh 65 Fresno Pacific 69, Hawaii Pacific 68 Norfolk St. 61, Bethune-Cookman 51 Tuesday, Dec. 31 Gary Woodland 73-69-69—211 -8 Wesleyan (Conn.) 89, Mount St. Vincent Fresno St. 79, San Jose St. 64 North Alabama 54, North Florida 51 Belk Bowl Kevin Kisner 72-72-68—212 -7 66 Gonzaga 75, Pepperdine 70 North Georgia 66, Flagler 56 Charlotte, N.C. Jon Rahm 69-73-70—212 -7 Wilkes 86, Susquehanna 84 Long Beach St. 76, Cal State-LA 70 Radford 72, Charleston Southern 35 Kentucky 37, Virginia Tech 30 Collin Morikawa 71-71-70—212 -7 William & Mary 66, Northeastern 64 Montana St.-Billings 85, Concordia Rollins 69, Barry 54 Sun Bowl J.T. Poston 70-71-71—212 -7 Worcester Tech 90, Framingham St. 38 (Ore.) 73 SC State 71, Coppin St. 60 El Paso, Texas Matthew Wolff 69-72-71—212 -7 SOUTH N. Arizona 72, Weber St. 64 SC-Aiken 70, Georgia College 57 Arizona State 20, Florida State 14 Joaquin Niemann 66-72-74—212 -7 Appalachian St. 74, Georgia Southern N. Colorado 74, Montana 66 SE Louisiana 48, Texas A&M-CC 44 Liberty Bowl Patrick Reed 72-66-74—212 -7 72 Nevada 83, Boise St. 66 SIU-Edwardsville 76, Tennessee St. 63 Memphis, Tenn. Navy 20, Kansas State 17 Matt Kuchar 68-74-71—213 -6 Ark.-Pine Bluff 80, MVSU 76 Pacific 107, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 99, 4OT Southern Miss. 66, Louisiana Tech 60 Auburn 80, Mississippi St. 68 Portland 55, San Francisco 54 Stetson 67, Kennesaw St. 61 Arizona Bowl Nate Lashley 71-71-71—213 -6 Tucson, Ariz. Patrick Cantlay 69-71-73—213 -6 Austin Peay 82, UT Martin 63 Sacramento St. 68, Idaho St. 49 Tennessee Tech 75, Morehead St. 55 Belmont 67, E. Illinois 55 San Diego St. 77, Utah St. 68 Troy 84, Appalachian St. 55 Wyoming 38, Georgia State 17 Rickie Fowler 68-71-74—213 -6 Alamo Bowl Dustin Johnson 72-71-71—214 -5 Charlotte 68, Middle Tennessee 62 Santa Clara 80, San Diego 63 UAB 76, Old Dominion 65 Chattanooga 70, Mercer 61 UC Riverside 89, San Diego Christian UNC Asheville 60, Campbell 52 San Antonio Lanto Griffin 71-71-72—214 -5 Texas 38, Utah 10 Tyler Duncan 69-78-68—215 -4 Clemson 81, NC State 70 51 UNC-Greensboro 80, Concord (WV) 45 Coastal Carolina 74, Georgia St. 72 UNLV 71, Air Force 59 UT Martin 69, Austin Peay 61 Wednesday, Jan. 1 Jim Herman 73-73-69—215 -4 Citrus Bowl Paul Casey 74-72-69—215 -4 Coll. of Charleston 85, James Madison Washington St. 79, UCLA 71 Virginia-Wise 78, Queens (NC) 59 69 Young Harris 55, UNC Pembroke 39 Orlando, Fla. Cameron Champ 73-74-69—216 -3 Alabama 35, Michigan 16 Corey Conners 73-70-74—217 -2 FAU 59, UTEP 56 Saturday’s women’s scores MIDWEST Florida St. 78, Louisville 65 Ball St. 66, Kent St. 62 Outback Bowl Max Homa 75-72-71—218 -1 Tampa, Fla. Sung Kang 72-73-73—218 -1 Furman 65, ETSU 56 EAST Buffalo 86, Miami (Ohio) 72 Georgia 65, Memphis 62 Adelphi 70, New Haven 66 Butler 78, Xavier 70 Minnesota 31, Auburn 24 Chez Reavie 74-71-73—218 -1 Rose Bowl Ryan Palmer 71-72-75—218 -1 Jacksonville St. 80, E. Kentucky 71 Albertus Magnus 81, Salem St. 54 Cent. Michigan 77, Akron 72 Kentucky 71, Missouri 59 Albright 74, Stevenson 66 E. Michigan 78, Bowling Green 61 Pasadena, Calif. Sebastian Muir 72-75-72—219 E Oregon 28, Wisconsin 27 Brendon Todd 71-74-74—219 E LSU 78, Tennessee 64 Alvernia 61, Hood 51 Grand Valley St. 57, Lake Superior St. Louisiana-Monroe 69, South Alabama Sugar Bowl Graeme McDowell 74-69-76—219 E Anna Maria 73, Dean 64 39 49 Baruch 80, CCNY 57 New Orleans Adam Long 74-71-75—220 +1 Green Bay 61, Milwaukee 48 Morehead St. 83, Tennessee Tech 72 Becker 68, Lesley 22 IUPUI 82, Detroit 45 Georgia 26, Baylor 14 Keith Mitchell 76-72-73—221 +2 NC Central 61, Florida A&M 45 Bentley 71, St. Anselm 68 Lake Erie 75, Hillsdale 59 Thursday, Jan. 2 Dylan Frittelli 72-77-73—222 +3 North Florida 81, North Alabama 65 Bethany (WV) 53, Thiel 49 Nebraska 72, Minnesota 58 Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl J.B. Holmes 78-71-76—225 +6 Piedmont 85, NC Wesleyan 74 Bowie St. 54, Winston-Salem 48 Ohio 87, N. Illinois 67 Cincinnati 38, Boston College 6 Kevin Na 76-74-77—227 +8 Radford 73, High Point 62 Bridgewater (Mass.) 78, Clark U. 60 Omaha 60, Oral Roberts 54 Gator Bowl Martin Trainer 74-77-77—228 +9 SC State 79, Coppin St. 75 Bryant 57, Fairleigh Dickinson 45 S. Dakota St. 75, W. Illinois 45 Jacksonville, Fla. Samford 78, VMI 75 Buffalo St. 74, Morrisville St. 58 Transylvania 67, Bluffton 47 Tennessee 23, Indiana 22 South Florida 75, UConn 60 Cabrini 69, DeSales 62 UIC 70, Oakland 64 Friday, Jan. 3 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Tulane 76, Cincinnati 71 Caldwell 61, Goldey Beacom 57 W. Michigan 84, Toledo 72 College hockey Boise Virginia 65, Virginia Tech 39 Canisius 71, Monmouth (NJ) 62 Wisconsin 71, Penn St. 65 W. Carolina 86, The Citadel 82 Centenary (NJ) 55, Cedar Crest 48 Ohio 30, Nevada 21 Wright St. 91, Youngstown St. 41 Saturday, Jan. 4 Winthrop 87, Campbell 72 Charleston (WV) 71, Bluefield St. 36 SOUTHWEST Saturday’s scores MIDWEST Colby-Sawyer 55, Thomas (Maine) 49 Armed Forces Bowl Abilene Christian 78, Lamar 72 Fort Worth, Texas EAST Akron 69, E. Michigan 45 College of NJ 66, Rutgers-Camden 53 Arkansas St. 56, Texas St. 53 Albion 74, Case Western 69 Columbia 77, Mercer 48 Tulane 30, Southern Miss 13 Maine 3, Omaha 2 Oklahoma St. 67, Kansas 49 Monday, Jan. 6 Canisius 5, RIT 3 Alma 97, Finlandia 89 Cornell 71, ETSU 43 Texas Rio Grande Valley 87, Cal Bap- Anderson (Ind.) 67, Earlham 59 Curry 56, Mass. College 43 Lendingtree Bowl Holy Cross 7, Mercyhurst 2 tist 68 Mobile, Ala. Penn State 2, Niagara 0 Benedictine (Ill.) 102, Marian (Wis.) 35 Dayton 98, La Salle 58 UTEP 96, FAU 65 Bethel (Minn.) 84, St. Mary’s (Minn.) 57 Delaware St. 69, Morgan St. 61 Miami (Ohio) (8-5) vs. Louisiana-La- RPI 3, St. Lawrence 0 UTSA 60, FIU 45 fayette (10-3) New Hampshire 5, Brown 1 Bluffton 87, Transylvania 78 Dickinson 83, Bryn Mawr 33 Butler 71, Creighton 57 Drew 80, FDU-Florham 59 FAR WEST Monday, Jan. 13 Princeton 3, Harvard 3, OT Carleton 68, Macalester 54 E. Connecticut 88, Mass.-Boston 54 Boise St. 54, Nevada 40 College Football Championship Quinnipiac 5, Dartmouth 1 Cent. Michigan 93, Miami (Ohio) 82 E. Nazarene 68, Elms 38 CS Bakersfield 59, Grand Canyon 54 New Orleans Clarkson 2, Union 0 Chicago 85, North Park 65 Elizabeth City St. 103, W. Virginia St. 98 Colorado St. 56, Wyoming 49 Clemson (14-0) vs. LSU (14-0) Boston College 8, Vermont 3 Cleveland St. 82, Youngstown St. 74 Fisher 61, Wheaton (Mass.) 58 Fresno St. 85, San Jose St. 76 Saturday, Jan. 18 UMass Lowell 3, Merrimack 1 Concordia (Moor.) 70, St. Thomas Fordham 79, St. Bonaventure 53 Gonzaga 57, San Diego 42 East-West Shrine Classic MIDWEST (Minn.) 68 Grove City 77, Chatham 35 Idaho St. 80, Sacramento St. 62 At St. Petersburg, Fla. North Dakota 5, Ala. Huntsville 2 Cornell (Iowa) 70, Lake Forest 68 Haverford 54, Rosemont 47 Montana St. 91, S. Utah 65 East vs. West N. Michigan 4, Bowling Green 3, OT DePauw 75, Hiram 69 Holy Cross 58, Navy 49 N. Arizona 88, Weber St. 82 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Ferris St. 4, Bemidji St. 1 Denison 67, Oberlin 63 Holy Family 64, Post (Conn.) 63 N. Colorado 67, Montana 58 At Pasadena, Calif. Minnesota St. 3, Alaska 1 Dominican (Ill.) 81, Aurora 69 Howard 79, Md.-Eastern Shore 58 Pacific 64, Pepperdine 63 American vs. National WEST Drake 80, Indiana St. 76 Hunter 57, York (NY) 46 Portland 57, BYU 48 American International 5, Air Force 1 Eureka 82, MacMurray 61 Jefferson 91, Felician 50 Portland St. 75, E. Washington 58 NCAA FCS playoffs Cornell 2, Providence 2, TIE Franklin 83, Defiance 64 Lasell 72, Maine-Farmington 55 Saint Mary’s (Cal) 86, Loyola Mary- Denver 4, UMass 3 Grinnell 120, Lawrence 115 LeMoyne 79, American International mount 70 Championship Arizona St.4, Michigan Tech 3 Heidelberg 68, Mount Union 67 47 San Diego St. 66, Utah St. 62 Saturday, Jan. 11 Alaska Anchorage 2, Lake Superior St. Illinois Tech 83, Concordia (Wis.) 74 Lehman 76, Medgar Evers 71 Santa Clara 80, San Francisco 72 At Toyota Stadium 0 Illinois Wesleyan 80, Millikin 71 Liberty 67, NJIT 53 Seattle 80, Chicago St. 51 Frisco, Texas EXHIBITION John Carroll 85, Ohio Northern 72 Lincoln (Pa.) 84, Livingstone 56 UNLV 67, Air Force 60 North Dakota State (15-0) vs. James Ontario Tech 4, Robert Morris 2 Kansas 60, West Virginia 53 Lycoming 68, William Paterson 49 Utah Valley 62, UMKC 41 Madison (14-1) PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 6, 2020 NBA Scoreboard

Grizzlies rout George-less Clippers Eastern Conference Atlantic Division W L Pct GB BY BETH HARRIS Boston 25 8 .758 — Toronto 24 12 .667 2A Associated Press Philadelphia 23 14 .622 4 Brooklyn 16 18 .471 9A New York 10 25 .286 16 LOS ANGELES — Jae Crowder Southeast Division was making shots early, putting Miami 25 10 .714 — Orlando 16 20 .444 9A him in a rhythm that carried Charlotte 15 23 .395 11A throughout the game. Washington 11 24 .314 14 Atlanta 8 28 .222 17A His Memphis teammates fol- Central Division lowed right along and took ad- Milwaukee 32 5 .865 — Indiana 22 14 .611 9A vantage of Los Angeles star Paul Chicago 13 23 .361 18A Detroit 13 23 .361 18A George’s absence to rout the Clip- Cleveland 10 25 .286 21 pers 140-114 on Saturday. The Grizzlies never scored less Western Conference than 25 points in each quarter. Southwest Division W L Pct GB “We controlled the tempo and Houston 24 11 .686 — got off to a big first quarter and Dallas 22 13 .629 2 San Antonio 14 20 .412 9A scored 40 points,” said Crowder, Memphis 14 22 .389 10A who scored 27 points. “We’ve had New Orleans 12 24 .333 12A Northwest Division big leads this year and lost them, Denver 24 11 .686 — so we stayed aggressive and con- Utah 23 12 .657 1 Oklahoma City 20 15 .571 4 tinued to contest the rim.” Portland 15 21 .417 9A Jaren Jackson Jr. added 24 Minnesota 13 21 .382 10A Pacific Division points, and Ja Morant and Dil- L.A. Lakers 28 7 .800 — L.A. Clippers 25 12 .676 4 lon Brooks had 22 points each to Phoenix 14 21 .400 14 help Memphis improve to 7-10 on Sacramento 13 23 .361 15A Golden State 9 28 .243 20 the road with its highest scoring Friday’s games game of the season. Boston 109, Atlanta 106 Orlando 105, Miami 85 “We started off great, got stops Portland 122, Washington 103 when we needed them and nearly Houston 118, Philadelphia 108 Phoenix 120, New York 112 played a complete 48 minutes,” /AP L.A. Lakers 123, New Orleans 113 Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ Saturday’s games Memphis 140, L.A. Clippers 114 said. “We’re going to enjoy this The Grizzlies’ Ja Morant had 22 points in a 140-114 win over the Los Angeles Clippers Saturday. Toronto 121, Brooklyn 102 Utah 109, Orlando 96 one. The guys were (mad) how we Atlanta 116, Indiana 111 let a big lead get away in Sacra- clearly missed his defense. non-calls on Leonard. “The team “We showed up and thought we Oklahoma City 121, Cleveland 106 Boston 111, Chicago 104 mento the other night and ended The usually stoic Leonard com- with the most energy gets all the were going to win,” Rivers said. Washington 128, Denver 114 up losing that game. “ plained to the referees, who hit calls. We were complaining and “There are no excuses for the Charlotte 123, Dallas 120, OT Detroit 111, Golden State 104 Montrezl Harrell led the Clip- him with a technical after the they were running through us way we played.” Milwaukee 127, San Antonio 118 pers with 28 points. Kawhi Leon- halftime buzzer. Coach Doc Riv- and playing hard.” By the time Williams made New Orleans 117, Sacramento 115 Sunday’s games ard and Lou Williams added 24 ers stayed on court discussing The Grizzlies raced to an 18- the Clippers’ first three-pointer New York at L.A. Clippers points each. The team appeared it and was unhappy about other point lead to open the game, high- late in the second, cutting their Portland at Miami Minnesota at Cleveland out of sorts from the start without calls in the game. lighted by a 16-2 run that included deficit to seven, the Grizzlies had Memphis at Phoenix George. He sat out with left ham- “I thought he had gotten fouled four three-pointers — three com- already connected on 10 threes. Detroit at L.A. Lakers Monday’s games string tightness and Los Angeles a couple times,” Rivers said about ing on consecutive possessions. Los Angeles never got closer. Boston at Washington Brooklyn at Orlando Indiana at Charlotte Oklahoma City at Philadelphia Roundup Denver at Atlanta Utah at New Orleans Chicago at Dallas Milwaukee at San Antonio Golden State at Sacramento Tuesday’s games Antetokounmpo leads Bucks past Spurs Detroit at Cleveland Portland at Toronto Oklahoma City at Brooklyn Minnesota at Memphis Associated Press Sacramento at Phoenix of the season to win at slumping 10 assists. at Cleveland to run its winning New York at L.A. Lakers Brooklyn. Devonte Graham had 27 points streak to five. MILWAUKEE — Giannis An- Serge Ibaka finished with 21 and 13 assists to help the Hornets Danilo Gallinari added 19 Leaders tetokounmpo scored 19 of his points and 12 rebounds for the win their second straight after points, hitting five three-point- Scoring 32 points in the third quarter to G FG FT PTS AVG Raptors. They were held to sea- a season-worst six-game losing ers, and Steven Adams grabbed Harden, HOU 34 383 362 1305 38.4 help the NBA-leading Milwaukee son lows for points and shooting streak. 16 rebounds. Antetokounmpo, MIL 33 373 200 1002 30.4 Bucks beat the San Antonio Spurs Doncic, DAL 30 279 224 872 29.1 in their 84-76 loss in Miami, when Wizards 129, Nuggets 114: Pistons 111, Warriors 104: Young, ATL 32 297 206 911 28.5 127-118 on Saturday night. Davis, LAL 33 321 240 919 27.8 Antetokounmpo repeatedly they hit just 31.5% overall and Ish Smith scored a career-high Andre Drummond had 14 points Beal, WAS 31 293 197 862 27.8 went 6-for-42 from three-point 32 points and Troy Brown added and 18 rebounds before fouling Lillard, POR 34 285 233 916 26.9 was fouled on his drives to the Booker, PHX 32 289 181 818 25.6 range (14.3%.). Toronto made 13 25 and a career-high 14 rebounds out late, Derrick Rose scored 22 Leonard, LAC 27 239 158 683 25.3 hoop and converted all 12 of his Ingram, NOP 31 279 150 780 25.2 free-throw attempts in the sec- threes and beat the Nets for the in host Washington’s victory over points off the bench and Detroit Siakam, TOR 27 253 104 677 25.1 17th time in 18 meetings. Denver. won at Golden State to snap a James, LAL 34 326 129 852 25.1 ond half. Mitchell, UTA 34 315 144 848 24.9 “That’s how Giannis is built,” Celtics 111, Bulls 104: Jay- After the Nuggets took a 101- three-game losing streak. Wiggins, MIN 26 240 107 644 24.8 son Tatum scored 28 points, Gor- 99 lead with 9:33 left on Mason Reserve guard Alec Burks con- Westbrook, HOU 31 280 152 747 24.1 Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer Embiid, PHI 30 231 207 707 23.6 said. “It felt like they were going don Hayward added 24 and host Plumlee’s dunk, the Wizards tributed 27 points, seven rebounds LaVine, CHI 35 277 158 820 23.4 Boston beat Chicago. scored the next 11 with the run and five assists in the Warriors’ Dinwiddie, BKN 33 249 193 754 22.8 to foul him every time he drove Walker, BOS 30 224 118 675 22.5 it and test him at the free throw The Celtics hung on for their eventually reaching 19-2 for a fourth straight defeat following a McCollum, POR 36 319 69 802 22.3 Rebounds line. If they’re going to put him eighth win in nine games after a 118-103 lead with 4:48 remaining. four-game winning streak. Dray- G OFF DEF TOT AVG 16-point lead dwindled to three Smith scored 11 points in that mond Green was ejected with Drummond, DET 33 142 378 520 15.8 on the free throw line, I think Gi- Capela, HOU 29 114 298 412 14.2 annis will make them pay for it.” in the fourth quarter. Tatum hit stretch, capping the surge with a 4:57 left in the third. Gobert, UTA 32 113 340 453 14.2 a three-pointer with just over a three-pointer. Hawks 116, Pacers 111: Whiteside, POR 33 133 322 455 13.8 The Bucks improved to 32-5 Sabonis, IND 33 108 325 433 13.1 with their fifth straight victory minute left to bump the lead to Jazz 109, Magic 96: Dono- Trae Young scored 30 of his 41 Antetkounmpo, MIL 33 86 342 428 13.0 Embiid, PHI 30 77 296 373 12.4 since a Christmas Day loss in seven, and the Atlantic Division van Mitchell scored 32 points and points in the first half, Kevin Adebayo, MIA 35 92 283 375 10.7 Philadelphia. Eric Bledsoe added leaders came out on top after ral- Georges Niang added 15 off the Huerter added a season-high 26 Love, CLE 29 28 277 305 10.5 Thompson, CLE 33 131 204 335 10.2 21 points. lying from 18 down to beat Atlan- bench to help Utah win at Orlan- points and host Atlanta beat Indi- Assists ta on Friday night. do for its fifth straight victory. ana after blowing a 22-point lead. G AST AVG Khris Middleton scored 20 James, LAL 34 374 11.0 points for the Bucks and backup Hornets 123, Mavericks 120, Bojan Bogdanovic had 14 Domantas Sabonis had 25 points Rubio, PHX 29 270 9.3 (OT): Terry Rozier scored 29 points, Emmanuel Mudiay scored and 11 rebounds for Indiana . Doncic, DAL 30 266 8.9 center Robin Lopez had 14 points Simmons, PHI 35 301 8.6 in 19 minutes. points, including the go-ahead 12 points and Joe Ingles had 11. Pelicans 117, Kings 115: JJ Young, ATL 32 267 8.3 Graham, CHA 37 287 7.8 DeMar DeRozan led the Spurs three-pointer in overtime after Terrence Ross led the Magic Redick’s driving layup with 1.1 Harden, HOU 34 257 7.6 with 26 points. his tying basket in regulation, with 24 points. Nikola Vucevic seconds remaining lifted New Steals G STL AVG Raptors 121, Nets 102: Fred and Charlotte won at Dallas. had 22 points and 11 rebounds. Orleans to a win at Sacramento. Simmons, PHI 35 77 2.2 VanVleet had 29 points and 11 as- Luka Doncic set a Mavs sea- Thunder 121, Cavaliers 106: Lonzo Ball had 24 points with Butler, MIA 31 63 2.03 Drummond, DET 34 69 2.03 sists, Kyle Lowry scored 26 points son record with his NBA-lead- Dennis Schroder scored 22 10 assists and Redick scored 18 Dunn, CHI 36 73 2.03 VanVleet, TOR 31 59 1.9 and Toronto bounced back from ing 10th triple-double, finishing points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as the Pelicans won for the fifth Harden, HOU 34 62 1.82 its worst offensive performance with 39 points, 12 rebounds and had 20 and Oklahoma City won time in six games. Leonard, LAC 28 51 1.82 Monday, January 6, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 NHL Roundup Scoreboard

Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 43 24 8 11 59 140 111 Toronto 43 24 14 5 53 155 135 Golden Knights rally past Blues Tampa Bay 40 23 13 4 50 144 124 Florida 41 21 15 5 47 147 140 Buffalo 43 19 17 7 45 127 135 Associated Press Montreal 42 18 17 7 43 134 136 Ottawa 42 16 21 5 37 117 143 Detroit 42 10 29 3 23 90 161 LAS VEGAS — It’s no secret Metropolitan Division the Vegas Golden Knights haven’t Washington 42 28 9 5 61 150 125 Pittsburgh 41 25 11 5 55 141 109 fared well against teams with bet- N.Y. Islanders 40 25 12 3 53 115 105 ter records this season. Carolina 41 24 15 2 50 139 116 Philadelphia 42 22 15 5 49 133 129 Saturday, with sheer resilien- Columbus 42 19 15 8 46 109 116 N.Y. Rangers 41 19 18 4 42 133 138 cy, the Pacific Division leaders New Jersey 41 15 20 6 36 106 144 proved they can beat one of the league’s best. Western Conference Chandler Stephenson scored in Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA overtime and the Golden Knights St. Louis 43 26 10 7 59 135 119 rallied from an early three-goal Colorado 42 25 13 4 54 156 124 Dallas 42 24 14 4 52 115 104 deficit to beat the St. Louis Blues Winnipeg 42 22 16 4 48 130 129 Minnesota 42 20 17 5 45 129 139 5-4. Nashville 40 19 15 6 44 138 132 Vegas, which improved to 15- Chicago 42 18 18 6 42 123 139 Pacific Division 6-3 since Nov. 17 and leads the Vegas 45 24 15 6 54 144 133 NHL with 33 points in that span, Arizona 44 24 16 4 52 128 112 Vancouver 42 23 15 4 50 141 125 has laid the groundwork since Edmonton 44 22 17 5 49 131 138 dipping to sixth in the division, Calgary 43 21 17 5 47 118 130 San Jose 43 19 21 3 41 115 143 but had spent most of the season Los Angeles 43 17 22 4 38 110 136 dominating subpar teams. Anaheim 41 16 20 5 37 105 128 Note: Two points for a win, one point While the Golden Knights are for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per 16-6-2 against teams currently conference advance to playoffs. outside the playoff picture, they Saturday’s games Edmonton 4, Boston 1 entered Saturday 2-6-1 against Buffalo 3, Florida 2 the seven teams above them in San Jose 3, Columbus 2 Minnesota 3, Winnipeg 2, OT the standings while being out- Vegas 5, St. Louis 4, OT scored 35-21. Pittsburgh 3, Montreal 2, OT Colorado 5, New Jersey 2 Against all teams that current- JOHN LOCHER/AP Tampa Bay 5, Ottawa 3 ly would qualify for the playoffs, Toronto 3, N.Y. Islanders 0 Golden Knights center Chandler Stephenson, left, scores the game-winner on Blues goaltender Jake Arizona 6, Philadelphia 2 Vegas is 8-9-4 and has been out- Vancouver 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Allen during overtime on Saturday in Las Vegas. Nashville 4, Los Angeles 1 scored by a combined 75-60. Sunday’s games The Golden Knights have won San Jose at Washington Kunin also scored for the Wild, gest winning streak since also Weber for the longest in franchise Tampa Bay at Carolina four straight — three against who put up a season-high 44 shots winning seven straight Dec. 1-14, Florida at Pittsburgh teams that would be in the post- history by a defenseman. Calgary at Minnesota on goal. 2013. Detroit at Chicago season right now — including Sabres 3, Panthers 2: Sam Nashville at Anaheim Avalanche 5, Devils 2: Saturday’s statement victory Minnesota was 0-for-5 on the Mikko Reinhart had a goal and an assist, Monday’s games power play in regulation before Rantanen scored three goals, Na- Winnipeg at Montreal against the defending Stanley Cup and Conor Sheary and Henri Joki- Colorado at N.Y. Islanders scoring on Blake Wheeler’s slash- than MacKinnon had two assists Edmonton at Toronto champions. harju also scored for host Buffalo Columbus at Los Angeles “It wasn’t too much of a state- ing penalty in the extra session. and visiting Colorado beat New Tuesday’s games Sharks 3, Blue Jackets 2: Jersey. in its second straight win. Philadelphia at Carolina ment the first 28 minutes, but after Arizona at Florida that we played real good hockey,“ Aaron Dell stopped 21 shots, and Ian Cole and Pierre-Edouard Mike Matheson and Evgenii N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey Barclay Goodrow, Evander Kane Bellemare each had a goal and an Vancouver at Tampa Bay Vegas coach Gerard Gallant said. Dadonov scored for Florida, and Ottawa at Washington “You battle back, you never say and Kevin Labanc scored for vis- assist for the Avalanche. Chris Driedger stopped all 11 Montreal at Detroit iting San Jose. The Sharks won Blake Coleman and Jesper Bo- Colorado at N.Y. Rangers never in this league.” shots he faced after replacing Boston at Nashville their second straight and are 3-1- qvist scored for the Devils, who San Jose at St. Louis Stephenson poke-checked Sergei Bobrovsky in the second Calgary at Chicago the puck from St. Louis’ Robert 1 in their past five. ended a season-best three-game Columbus at Anaheim period. Pittsburgh at Vegas Thomas, then streaked in on a The loss ended a 12-game point winning streak. breakaway and beat Allen with streak for Columbus (8-0-4). Maple Leafs 3, Islanders 0: a forehand-to-backhand combo Lightning 5, Senators 3: Tyler Michael Hutchinson stopped 33 3:01 into overtime. Johnson scored with 1:30 left in shots for his first shutout in near- “Just kept my momentum regulation, and visiting Tampa ly a year, and host Toronto pushed from the backcheck and wheeled Bay got its sixth straight win. its point streak to 10 games. around the net,“ Stephenson said. Carter Verhaeghe, Kevin Pierre Engvall, Auston Mat- It was his fifth goal and eighth Shattenkirk, Brayden Point and thews and Zach Hyman scored point in 16 games for the Golden Alex Killorn also scored for the for the Maple Leafs, who are 9-0- Knights since being traded from Lightning. 1 during their streak. Washington on Dec. 2. After Johnson’s tiebreaking Semyon Varlamov had 20 saves The Golden Knights turned goal, the final minute of play had for the Islanders, losers of five of things around midway through the home fans on their feet as their last seven (2-4-1). the second period. Ryan Reaves, many believed Ottawa had tied Coyotes 6, Flyers 2: Clayton Paul Stastny, Nicolas Roy and the score again, but the goal was Keller scored twice, including Reilly Smith also scored for the called off because Colin White one during a three-goal first pe- Golden Knights to erase a 3-0 deliberately head-butted the puck riod by host Arizona in a romp hole, and Marc-Andre Fleury past Curtis McElhinney. over Philadelphia. made 27 saves. Penguins 3, Canadiens 2 (OT): The Coyotes set a season high Oilers 4, Bruins 1: Darnell Brandon Tanev scored in over- for goals but also lost goalie Antti Nurse and Gaetan Haas each had time and visiting Pittsburgh ral- Raanta to a lower-body injury. a second-period goal off poor Bos- lied to beat Montreal. Raanta stopped all 17 shots be- ton plays, and Connor McDavid Bryan Rust tied it with a goal fore exiting during the second added an insurance score for vis- in the third period and Zach intermission. Adin Hill relieved iting Edmonton in the third after Aston-Reese also scored for the and stopped 10 of 12 shots. being stopped twice by Jaroslav Penguins. Brad Richardson, Jordan Oes- Halak. Artturi Lehkonen scored both terle and Keller scored in a 4-min- David Pastrnak scored his goals for the Canadiens, who ute span in the first in Arizona’s NHL-leading 31st goal for the dropped their fifth straight. third straight win. Bruins, who have won just four Canucks 2, Rangers 1: Tyler Predators 4, Kings 1: Rocco times in their past 10 games. Myers scored with 1:29 left in the Grimaldi and Craig Smith each Wild 3, Jets 2 (OT): Eric Staal third period and host Vancouver had a goal and an assist to help poked home a rebound after a got its seventh straight win. visiting Nashville end a three- scramble in front of the Winnipeg Bo Horvat fed Myers a pass and game losing streak. goal, sending host Minnesota to a he scored on a floating shot from Roman Josi had two assists to win. just inside the blue line. extend his point streak to a ca- Marcus Foligno and Luke The Canucks have their lon- reer-high nine games, tying Shea PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 6, 2020 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Kansas mounts rally, overtakes West Virginia

BY GARY BEDORE its winning streak in Big 12 (and The Kansas City Star before that Big Eight) openers to 29 games. The Jayhawks’ last loss LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kan- in a league opener was 88-82 at sas’ basketball team, for the 29th Oklahoma on Jan. 8, 1991. straight season, has opened con- Freshman big man Oscar ference play with a victory. Tshiebwe scored 17 points with Udoka Azubuike scored 17 17 rebounds for the Mountain- points and grabbed 11 rebounds eers — he had 15 points and 10 (with six blocks) and Devon Dot- son added 16 points with four boards the first half. A week ago /AP steals as the No. 3-ranked Jay- West Virginia (11-2) defeated No. CHARLIE RIEDEL 2 Ohio State in Cleveland. hawks rallied from a 10-point West Virginia’s Oscar Tshiebwe, left, steals the ball from Kansas’ Udoka Azubuike. The No. 3 Jayhawks first-half deficit to defeat No. 16 The Jayhawks went 19-for-30 rallied for a 60-53 defeat of the No. 16 Mountaineers Saturday in Lawrence, Kan. West Virginia, 60-53, on Saturday from the line and missed 14 of 17 afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse. threes; WVU was 12-for-22 from Kansas held a 52-44 lead with Tshiebwe, a 6-9 freshman mates six of 26. Jordan McCabe Marcus Garrett contributed 12 the line and 3-for-14 from three- 3:11 to play only to see the Moun- from Democratic Republic of chipped in five points in a half in points with six assists for Kansas point range. taineers cut the gap to 52-49 with the Congo, scored 15 points and which Kansas hit two of 11 of its (11-2), Ochai Agbaji had seven “We’ll get a lot better,” Kansas at 1:18 left. Garrett responded grabbed 10 boards while playing threes and six of 13 free throws. points and Christian Braun, who coach Bill Self said. “We’ve got to with a bucket to up the lead to 17 minutes the first half to pace Dotson scored 12 points the ini- started and played the entire sec- get a lot better. It’ll be more fun five. After the teams traded free West Virginia to a 30-24 halftime tial half on 5-for-9 shooting. His ond half, tallied six points with getting better with this under our throws, Dotson hit a pair to make advantage. He hit six of eight teammates were 3-for-13 from five boards as Kansas stretched belt,” he added. it 58-51 with 29 seconds left. shots in the first half, his team- the field. Roundup Tillie helps No. 1 Gonzaga slip past Pepperdine

Associated Press Teague matched his season high with No. 13 San Diego State 77, Utah State 21 points, and the host earned their 10th 68: Malachi Flynn scored 22 points, Matt SPOKANE, Wash. — Top-ranked Gon- straight win. Mitchell added 19 and the visiting Aztecs zaga went undefeated through the West After building a 36-23 halftime lead, beat the Aggies to improve to 15-0. Coast Conference last season, but the road Baylor (11-1, 1-0 Big 12) missed 18 of its No. 15 Maryland 75, Indiana 59: Jalen looks a little tougher this year. first 20 shots in the second half before Smith scored 19 points to help the host Ter- For the second league game in a row, Matthew Mayer’s short jumper that made rapins return to form. Gonzaga needed to come back to beat a it 47-37 with 7½ minutes left. Aaron Wiggins and Anthony Cowan Jr. league rival nestled near the bottom of the No. 18 Florida State 78, No. 7 Louis- had 13 apiece Maryland (12-2, 2-1 Big Ten), standings. ville 65: M.J. Walker scored 23 points to who climbed to No. 3 in mid-December be- Killian Tillie scored 20 points and help the Seminoles to the road win. fore losing successive games to Penn State blocked a potential tying shot in the closing FSU (13-2, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Confer- and Seton Hall. An unimpressive win over seconds to help Gonzaga beat Pepperdine ence) also got a strong performance from Bryant followed on Dec. 29, but the Ter- 75-70 for its 32nd consecutive home win. Trent Forrest, who had 20 points on 9-of- rapins opened the New Year in dominant Filip Petrusev scored 16 points and Joel 11 shooting. Devin Vassell scored 14, and fashion against the Hoosiers (11-3, 1-2). Ayayi had 12 for Gonzaga (16-1, 2-0 West Malik Osborne finished with seven points No. 17 Kentucky 71, Missouri 59: Im- Coast). The Bulldogs have the longest and nine rebounds. manuel Quickley scored a career-high 23 home winning streak in the country. They No. 8 Auburn 80, Mississippi State 68: points, Nick Richards had 21 and the host have won eight consecutive overall since J’Von McCormick scored a career-high 28 Wildcats beat the Tigers in the Southeast- losing to Michigan. points to help the Tigers win on the road ern Conference opener for both schools. But coach Mark Few was mostly full of in the Southeastern Conference opener for No. 19 Virginia 65, Virginia Tech 39: criticism for his team after the game. both teams. Kihei Clark scored a career-best 18 points, “We turned the ball over way, way too Samir Doughty had 15 points for the Ti- Braxton Key also had 18 and the host Cav- much,” Few said about his team’s 17 turn- gers (13-0, 1-0), and Isaac Okoro finished aliers dominated with defense. overs. “That was the story tonight.” with 14. McCormick went 9-for-17 from No. 21 Penn State 89, No. 23 Iowa YOUNG KWAK/AP “We were trying too hard on the offen- the field and 8-for-11 at the line. 86: Izaiah Brockington scored 23 points to sive end,” Few added, after his team shot Gonzaga forward Killian Tillie, left, dunks Georgia 65, No. 9 Memphis 62: Ray- lead the Nittany Lions to their fifth straight 49% for the game and made just five of 18 over Pepperdine guard Skylar Chavez. shaun Hammonds scored 15 points, An- win. Lamar Stevens and Myreon Jones from three-point range. Tillie had 20 points in his team’s 75-70 thony Edwards had 13 and the visiting each scored 16 points for Penn STate (12-2, But he praised Tillie for “an unbeliev- win Saturday in Spokane, Wash. Bulldogs stopped the Tigers’ 10-game win- 2-1 Big Ten), playing in Philadelphia. ably courageous effort. He really helped ning streak. No. 22 Texas Tech 85, Oklahoma State us tonight with his energy.” drew cheers from a substantial portion of Precious Achiuwa led Memphis (12-2) 50: Freshman Jahmi’us Ramsey made Tillie hit nine of 16 from the floor and the less-than-capacity crowd . with 20 points and 15 rebounds. four three-pointers and scored 18 points, added four rebounds and four assists, plus No. 4 Oregon 69, Utah 64: Payton Marquette 71, No. 10 Villanova 60: helping the host Red Raiders pulled away that key blocked shot on Pepperdine lead- Pritchard scored 19 points for the visiting Markus Howard scored 29 points, Koby for the win in their Big 12 opener. ing scorer Colbey Ross. Ducks, and Will Richardson and Chris Du- McEwen had 22 and the Golden Eagles No. 24 Wichita State 74, Mississippi No. 2 Duke 95, Miami 62: Vernon arte each had 14. snapped Villanova’s six-game win streak. 54: Erik Stevenson scored a career-high Carey Jr. scored 24 points in 25 minutes P ritchard drew most of the defensive at- Howard was 7-for-20 from the field and 29 points to help the host Shockers to the playing against his hometown team for the tention as usual so Oregon ended up mov- 12-for-12 at the line. He also had eight re- victory. first time, and the Blue Devils shot a sea- ing the ball to Shakur Juiston and Chandler bounds for the Golden Eagles . No. 25 Arizona 75, Arizona State 47: son-high 60% to win at the Hurricanes. Lawson. They each had a pair of layups No. 11 Butler 71, Creighton 57: Kamar Zeke Nnaji had 17 points and 11 rebounds, It was Miami’s most lopsided home loss to erase the Utes’ late lead and clinch the Baldwin scored each of his 20 points in the helping the host Wildcats open the Pac-12 in Jim Larranaga’s nine seasons as coach. game for Oregon (12-3, 1-1 Pac-12). second half, and the host Bulldogs earned season with an overpowering win over the Carey shot 11-for-14, and every basket No. 6 Baylor 59, Texas 44: MaCio their fifth straight win. rival Sun Devils. Monday, January 6, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 NFL Panthers RB McCaffrey a double All-Pro pick

BY BARRY WILNER Martin, Donald, Wagner and Tucker re- Associated Press Pats’ Gilmore, Saints’ Thomas unanimous selections peated from 2018. The other newcomers were Humphrey; hristian McCaffrey’s versatility “It means a lot,” said McCaffrey, a third- of the plays I didn’t know who had the ball 49ers tight end George Kittle; Ravens left and superb statistics helped him year pro. “It is a big honor and that is because they run it so efficiently. (Jackson) tackle Ronnie Stanley; Saints right tackle to a rare double: The Carolina something that you don’t work hard for it, is one of a kind; he’s pretty special.” Panthers running back made The Ryan Ramczyk; Steelers edge rusher T.J. C but when it comes you are really grateful This special class includes several multi- Watt; Saints linebacker Demario Davis; Associated Press NFL All-Pro Team at and appreciative.” ple All-Pros: Rams DT Aaron Donald and two positions. Vikings LB Eric Kendricks; Bills corner- McCaffrey’s achievement was comple- Seahawks LB Bobby Wagner, each for a McCaffrey rushed for 1,387 yards and back Tre’Davious White; safeties Jamal 15 touchdowns while catching a phenom- mented by the unanimous selections of fifth time; Cowboys right guard Zack Mar- Adams of the Jets and Minkah Fitzpatrick enal 116 passes for 1,005 yards and four New Orleans receiver Michael Thomas and tin and Ravens kicker Justin Tucker for a of the Steelers; Titans punter Brett Kern; TDs. He became the third player in NFL New England cornerback Stephon Gilm- fourth time. and Saints punt returner Deonte Harris, history to finish with 1,000 yards rushing ore. It’s the second straight season both Bears kick returner Cordarrelle Patter- the only rookie on the team. made the squad, Thomas doing it with an son made his third All-Pro roster, as did and 1,000 yards receiving in the same sea- Ramczyk once played Division III col- NFL-record 149 catches and Gilmore an- Eagles center Jason Kelce and Texans re- son, joining Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk lege ball. Now look at him. choring the league’s top-ranked defense. ceiver DeAndre Hopkins. and Roger Craig, who is on the senior bal- “It’s just pretty crazy that I was at a little lot for the Hall this year. Ravens sensation Lamar Jackson, who All-Pros for the second time included in his second season led Baltimore to a Thomas, Gilmore, Cardinals edge rusher D-3 school and I’m like, ‘If I’m going to The achievement so impressed the 50 play this game, I’m going to play to be the members of a nationwide media panel who league-best 14-2 mark, was chosen as Chandler Jones, Steelers DT Cam Hey- best I possibly can be,’ ” he said, adding the regularly cover the NFL that McCaffrey quarterback. Jackson and McCaffrey were ward, Patriots special teamer Matthew was voted the first-team running back and among 14 first-time All-Pros. Slater, Colts left guard Quenton Nelson, All-Pro designation is “pretty awesome. the top flex player. The flex position was Rams safety Eric Weddle, a former and Ravens defensive back Marcus Peters, It’s pretty cool.” created in 2016 to reward players who epit- Raven, witnessed the jukes and jaunts of who shared that spot with the teammate Not surprisingly, Baltimore led the All- omize the way offense is now played in pro Jackson firsthand in a 45-6 Ravens romp. Marlon Humphrey and the Chiefs’ Tyrann Pro Team with five selections, while New football. Not one fits that description bet- “When you get on the field and you get to Mathieu (second appearance). Orleans had four and Pittsburgh each had ter than McCaffrey, whose terrific season the speed of what they run, it’s tough,” said- Thomas, Gilmore, Nel- three. There were 16 AFC players and 13 came for a 5-11 team. Weddle, a former All-Pro. “I mean, some son, Hopkins, Kelce, from the NFC. FIRST TEAM Carolina’s Christian McCaffrey SECOND TEAM OFFENSE rushed for 1,387 yards and OFFENSE Quarterback 15 touchdowns and caught 16 Quarterback Lamar Jackson, Baltimore passes for 1,005 yards and Russell Wilson, Seattle four TDs. He became the third Running Back player in NFL history to finish Running Back Christian McCaffrey, Carolina with 1,000 yards rushing and Derrick Henry, Tennessee Flex 1,000 yards receiving in a Flex Christian McCaffrey, Carolina season, joining Marshall Faulk Derrick Henry, Tennessee Tight End and Roger Craig. McCaffrey Tight End George Kittle, San Francisco was voted first team All-Pro at Travis Kelce, Kansas City running back and flex, a position Wide Receivers Wide Receivers Michael Thomas, New Orleans added to the team in 2016. Julio Jones, Atlanta DeAndre Hopkins, Houston MICHAEL CONROY/AP Chris Godwin, Tampa Bay Left Tackle Left Tackle Ronnie Stanley, Baltimore David Bakhtiari, Green Bay Right Tackle Ryan Ramczyk, New Orleans Right Tackle Mitchell Schwartz, Kansas City Left Guard Quenton Nelson, Indianapolis Left Guard Right Guard Joel Bitonio, Cleveland Zack Martin, Dallas Joe Thuney, New England Center Right Guard Jason Kelce, Philadelphia Marshal Yanda, Baltimore Center DEFENSE Edge Rushers Rodney Hudson, Oakland Chandler Jones, Arizona DEFENSE T.J. Watt, Pittsburgh Edge Rushers Interior Linemen Shaq Barrett, Tampa Bay Aaron Donald, Los Angeles Rams Cameron Jordan, New Orleans Cam Heyward, Pittsburgh Interior Linemen Linebackers Grady Jarrett, Atlanta Bobby Wagner, Seattle DeForest Buckner, San Francisco Demario Davis, New Orleans Linebackers Eric Kendricks, Minnesota Luke Kuechly, Carolina Cornerbacks Darius Leonard, Indianapolis Stephon Gilmore, New England T.J. Watt, Pittsburgh Tre’Davious White, Buffalo Cornerbacks Safeties Richard Sherman, San Francisco Jamal Adams, New York Jets Marcus Peters, Baltimore Minkah Fitzpatrick, Pittsburgh Safeties Defensive Back Justin Simmons, Denver Marcus Peters, Baltimore Tyrann Mathieu, Kansas City Tyrann Mathieu, Kansas City Marlon Humphrey, Baltimore SPECIAL TEAMS SPECIAL TEAMS Placekicker Placekicker Josh Lambo, Jacksonville Justin Tucker, Baltimore Punter Punter Tress Way, Washington Brett Kern, Tennessee Kick Returner Kick Returner Mecole Hardman, Kansas City Cordarrelle Patterson, Chicago Punt Returner Punt Returner Diontae Johnson, Pittsburgh Deonte Harris, New Orleans Special Teamer Special Teamer Cordarrelle Patterson, Chicago Matthew Slater, New England J.T. Gray, New Orleans PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 6, 2020 NFL PLAYOFFS Brady: Retirement unlikely after loss Patriots quarterback will be free agent

BY JIMMY GOLEN only one in that category.” Associated Press A six-time Super Bowl cham- pion, four-time Most Valuable FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Player of the NFL title game and Brady walked off the field at the three-time winner of the league end of his 20th NFL season and MVP, Brady is not under contract said he plans to be back for anoth- for next season. Although he has er, when he will be 43 years old. said he wants to play until he’s If not in New England, some- 45, he is coming off perhaps the where else. worst (non-injury) season of his The Patriots quarterback said career. after a season-ending 20-13 loss to “Who knows what the future STEVEN SENNE/AP the Tennes- holds? We’ll leave it at that,” Brady The Titans’ Derrick Henry lands out of bounds after running the ball during the first half of Saturday’s see Titans said. “I love the Patriots. It’s the 20-13 wild-card playoff game victory over the New England Patriots in Foxborough, Mass. on Saturday greatest organization. Playing for night that he Mr. Kraft all these years, and for has no plans coach Belichick, there’s nobody to retire, put- who’s had a better career than Upset: ting owner Titans RB Henry pounds Patriots me, just being with them.” Robert Kraft Brady threw for 4,057 yards and coach FROM BACK PAGE Titans 20, Patriots 13 Birthday boy: Henry celebrat- Bill Belich- and 24 touchdowns this season, with eight interceptions. But he environment,“ Henry said on Tennessee 7 7 0 6—20 ed his birthday by getting the ick on the New England 3 10 0 0—13 his 26th birthday. “Credit to my most rushing yards against a Bill clock to ei- completed fewer than 56% of his First Quarter Brady team. I’m just happy we were NE—FG Folk 36, 12:37. Belichick-coached Patriots team ther re-sign passes six times in the final eight Ten—Firkser 12 pass from Tannehill able to advance. (Joseph kick), 5:39. in the playoffs. He set an early him or watch games of the year, including a “We were just locked in. That Second Quarter tone by rushing for 49 of the Ti- the franchise’s greatest player season-ending loss to a four-win NE—Edelman 5 run (Folk kick), 14:57. was our mindset, just coming in NE—FG Folk 21, 2:16. tans’ 75 yards on their opening suit up somewhere else. Miami team that cost the Patri- here doing what we needed to do Ten—Henry 1 run (Joseph kick), :35. touchdown drive. On the Titans’ “I would say it’s pretty unlikely, ots a first-round bye and then the Fourth Quarter in all three phases, stay locked Ten—Ryan 9 interception return (run second 75-yard TD march, all hopefully unlikely” that he would wild-card loss to the Titans. in no matter what happens in failed), :09. Henry did was gain every yard: retire, Brady told reporters. “I Still, the love from New Eng- A—65,878. the game, and I feel like we did Ten NE 22 on a screen pass and 53 rush- love playing football, I love play- land fans has never waned. that.” First downs 19 18 ing, including a 1-yard dive into ing for this team. I’ve loved play- A fan in the front row hung Total Net Yards 272 307 a banner reading, “Please Stay For sure. Rushes-yards 40-201 22-98 the end zone for a 14-13 halftime ing for this team for two decades Passing 71 209 lead. Those were Tennessee’s first and winning a lot of games. I Tommy.” The rest of the crowd for As that dense fog that shroud- Punt Returns 0-0 1-23 what could be the last home game ed Gillette Stadium for the first Kickoff Returns 2-40 1-10 points in the final two minutes of don’t know what it looks like mov- Interceptions Ret. 1-9 1-0 the opening half since Week 8. ing forward.” of his Patriots career showed its half dissipated, the Patriots, who Comp-Att-Int 9-16-1 20-37-1 love by chanting his name a half- made the last three Super Bowls Sacked-Yards Lost 1-5 0-0 “When you can run it when the Brady completed 20 of 37 passes Punts 6-45.8 5-46.0 other team knows you’re gonna for 209 yards with no touchdowns, dozen times throughout the night. and won two, stalled repeatedly Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-1 “I don’t want to get too much with the ball. They no longer were Penalties-Yards 5-25 3-28 run it, that says a lot about your throwing a game-clinching in- Time of Possession 31:09 28:51 running game,” Titans coach terception that was returned for into the future and stuff,” Brady the bullies on the block — Henry INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Tennessee, Henry 34-182, Mike Vrabel said. said. “I just don’t know what’s was. Tannehill 4-11, Lewis 2-8. a touchdown. That left him with New England, Henry led the NFL in rushing with a lower quarterback rating going to happen and I’m not going As for this defeat, the Patri- Michel 14-61, White 1-14, Edelman 2-12, ots’ fourth as a wild card, Brady Harry 1-7, Burkhead 3-4, Roberts 1-0. this season with 1,540 yards in than Ryan Tannehill, who threw to predict it.” PASSING—Tennessee, Tannehill 8- 15-1-72, Mariota 1-1-0-4. 15 games, the fourth-most rush- for a total of 72 yards in his first Patriots coach Bill Belichick noted: “They kind of stopped us New England, Brady 20-37-1-209. ing yards in franchise history. He career playoff appearance. refused to say whether he thought in the first half and the second RECEIVING—Tennessee, Firkser 2-23, Pruitt 2-4, Henry 1-22, J.Smith 1-9, Lewis It was the earliest postseason Brady would be back. Defensive half and we couldn’t get the job also ran for 16 TDs, second most 1-8, Sharpe 1-6, A.Brown 1-4. New Eng- in team history. exit for Brady and the Patriots in captain Devin McCourty said it’s done.” land, White 5-62, Watson 3-38, Burkhead There had been no scoring in 3-32, Edelman 3-30, Harry 2-21, Michel 2- Belichick disciple: Vrabel, a a decade. difficult to predict what will hap- 9, Sanu 1-11, Dorsett 1-6. “I think we’re all running out pen in the offseason, when foot- the second half when All-Pro MISSED FIELD GOALS—None. star linebacker for New England of time and chances, every year ball decisions are strictly about Brett Kern’s 58-yard punt that who won three Super Bowl rings, that goes by,” said Brady, who was business. took up 10 of the final 25 seconds the first rushing touchdown of his is a rare without a touchdown pass for the “It’s hard to imagine Tom not rolled down at the New England 11 pro seasons, a 5-yard dash to member of second consecutive postseason playing football,” McCourty said. 1. Brady then was picked by for- the unprotected left side of the the Belich- game — and just the fourth time “It’s hard to imagine him not mer Patriot Logan Ryan for a 9- Tennessee D. ick coaching since 2001. “I don’t think I’m the playing here.” yard touchdown to finish off the New England appeared primed tree to defeat Patriots (12-5), who at one point for another touchdown after Mo- the Patriots’ were 8-0. hamed Sanu’s 14-yard punt re- long-time The game’s first three pos- turn set up the Patriots at the coach head sessions wound up as three long Titans 47, and they steadily drove to head in scoring drives. A 29-yard screen to first-and-goal at the 1. the playoffs. pass to James White set up Nick All they got was Folk’s 21-yard Another of Folk’s 36-yard field goal, but Ten- field goal as three runs failed. It Vrabel those, Hous- nessee answered with a 75-yard was the 13th time the Patriots had ton’s Bill march built around Henry. He first-and-goal at the 1 in a playoff O’Brien, also had no role on the touchdown, game in the Brady era and the did it this season — and the Tex- Tannehill’s pass to a Harvard first time they failed to get a TD ans advanced to the divisional man, tight end Anthony Firkser on the drive. round earlier Saturday by beat- that made it 7-3. Tannehill led the NFL with a ing Buffalo in overtime. Firkser is the first player from career-best 117.5 passer rating “I told ’em that to win the game, Harvard to score a playoff TD. and by averaging 9.6 yards per you’re going to have to be men- New England counterpunched pass attempt. But he didn’t do a tally and physically exhausted,” with its own 75-yard drive, taking whole lot Saturday night in his Vrabel said. “You’re going to temporary control of the game first postseason game: 8-for-15 get rubbed defensively. There’s by victimizing Tennessee’s de- for 72 yards. His awful decision gonna be gadgets. They going to fense on the outside. The Titans to put the ball up for grabs on force you to think. ... looked slow trying to protect the the first play of the fourth quar- “We didn’t hand them anything. ELISE AMENDOLA/AP flanks as Sony Michel broke off ter resulted in Duron Harmon’s They feast on bad football. Patriots fans stand by a sign supporting quarterback Tom Brady a 25-yard run and White had a interception. “I don’t think our guys spend during Saturday’s wild-card playoff game in Foxborough, Mass. 14-yarder. But New England’s spotty at- a lot of time looking at those Brady’s contract expires at the end of the season. Julian Edelman finished it with tack flopped and never revived. banners.” Monday, January 6, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 NFL Texans roar by Bills for OT wild-card win

BY KRISTIE RIEKEN Associated Press Scoreboard HOUSTON — Deshaun Wat- son’s teammates talked all week Playoff glance about how they never feel as if Wild-card Playoffs they’re out of any game when No. Saturday, Jan. 4 Houston 22, Buffalo 19, OT 4 is on the field. Tennessee 20, New England 13 On Saturday Watson showed Sunday, Jan. 5 Minnesota at New Orleans why the Houston Texans have Seattle at Philadelphia Divisional Playoffs so much trust in him, when the Saturday, Jan. 11 quarterback’s dazzling perfor- Philadelphia, Seattle or Minnesota at mance late after a tough start led San Francisco Tennessee at Baltimore them to a playoff victory. Sunday, Jan. 12 Watson spun out of a would-be Houston at Kansas City New Orleans, Philadelphia or Seattle sack and coolly completed a pass at Green Bay Conference Championships that set up the winning field goal Sunday, Jan. 19 in overtime as the Texans rallied AFC NFC from a double-digit second-half Pro Bowl deficit for a 22-19 victory over the Sunday, Jan. 26 Buffalo Bills in the first round of At Orlando, Fla. AFC vs. NFC the playoffs. Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 2 DeAndre Hopkins was asked to At Miami Gardens, Fla. describe Watson’s play on Satur- NFC champion vs. AFC champion day to somebody who might have missed the game. Texans 22, Bills 19 (OT) “I hope everyone watched this Buffalo 7 6 3 3 0—19 /AP Houston 0 0 8 11 3—22 today, but he’s amazing,” Hop- MICHAEL WYKE First Quarter kins said. “You can’t put too many Buf—Allen 16 pass from Brown (Haus- Texans kicker Ka’imi Fairbairn celebrates with teammates after kicking the winning field goal against the chka kick), 11:41. words on it.” Buffalo Bills during a 22-19 wild-card overtime victory Saturday in Houston . Second Quarter Both teams punted on their first Buf—FG Hauschka 40, 10:47. Buf—FG Hauschka 40, :04. possessions of overtime — the Houston scored 19 straight points fans, these players, Deshaun Wat- Watson had 247 yards passing Third Quarter first extra period in an AFC wild- Buf—FG Hauschka 38, 6:02. to take the lead before Stephen son and all the guys on this team, and ran for 55 yards and Hopkins Hou—Watson 20 run (Watson run), card game since January 2012. Hauschka’s 47-yard field goal this is why you come back.” had 90 yards receiving. Watson 1:33. On Houston’s next drive, Watson Fourth Quarter tied it with 5 seconds left to force The win gives the Texans their led the Texans to the victory de- Hou—FG Fairbairn 41, 10:55. evaded a sack by wriggling away overtime. first playoff victory since the 2016 spite being sacked seven times, Hou—C.Hyde 5 pass from Watson from one defender and bouncing (Hopkins pass from Watson), 4:37. “We never quit, regardless,” season and extends Buffalo’s post- led by three from Jerry Hughes. Buf—FG Hauschka 47, :05. off another before rolling out to First Overtime Watson said. “Whatever it takes season losing streak to six games, Houston couldn’t get anything find Taiwan Jones for a 34-yard Hou—FG Fairbairn 28, 3:20. to get the win. I mean, we’re going with their most recent playoff win going on offense before halftime A—71,699. reception to set up first-and-goal. Buf Hou to keep fighting.” Watson flexed both arms as the coming in 1995. It’s the first wild- and had 81 yards in a first half First downs 24 19 Watt was wowed by the play of card overtime game since the where Hopkins didn’t catch a Total Net Yards 425 360 crowd at NRG Stadium went wild Rushes-yards 30-172 33-141 — knowing their team was in posi- Watson. Broncos beat the Steelers 29-23 pass for the first time since Week Passing 253 219 “The play he made at the end in the 2011 season. 16 of the 2017 season. Punt Returns 1-8 1-11 tion to pull off another comeback Kickoff Returns 0-0 2-15 win to Houston’s playoff history. of the game — nobody makes that The last time teams from They were finally able to sus- Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 25-48-0 20-25-0 “I told myself to stay up. I mean, play,” Watt said. “The guy’s un- Houston and Buffalo met in the tain a drive on their second pos- Sacked-Yards Lost 3-27 7-28 believable. I’m very thankful and playoffs it was in a game that is session of the third quarter when Punts 4-44.8 5-43.2 it’s do-or-die now. I just had to Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1 make the play,” Watson said. lucky to have him as my quar- known as “The Comeback.” The Hopkins had receptions of 14 Penalties-Yards 7-64 4-20 terback. That’s why you play the Bills set an NFL record for the and 10 yards to help move the Time of Possession 35:15 36:25 Ka’imi Fairbairn then kicked a INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 28-yard field goal to lift Houston whole game.” largest comeback in NFL history ball. The Texans cut the lead to RUSHING—Buffalo, Allen 9-92, Single- It was Watt’s first game after by rallying from a 32-point deficit 10 when Watson dragged two de- tary 13-58, Gore 8-22. Houston, Watson to the victory. 14-55, Hyde 16-48, D.Johnson 3-38. The Texans (11-6) advance to sitting out since October with a for a 41-38 overtime win against fenders into the end zone on a 20- PASSING—Buffalo, Allen 24-46-0-264, torn pectoral muscle. the Houston Oilers in a wild-card yard touchdown run. Brown 1-1-0-16, Bojorquez 0-1-0-0. Hous- the divisional round of the play- ton, Watson 20-25-0-247. offs next Sunday, where they will “This is why you come back,” game in 1993. Watson then dived into the RECEIVING—Buffalo, Singletary 6-76, Watt said. “I don’t know if I meant This time Josh Allen and the end zone for a 2-point conver- Brown 4-50, Williams 4-49, Beasley 4-44, play at Baltimore. McKenzie 4-23, Allen 1-16, Knox 1-14, The Texans got a boost from to come back for these many plays Bills (10-7) used a dominant first sion that got Houston within 16-8 Smith 1-8. Houston, Hopkins 6-90, Stills 4-46, Fells 4-37, D.Johnson 3-30, Jones 1- the return of J.J. Watt, who had a or this much extra time, but these half to build a 13-point lead and with about two minutes left in the 34, Carter 1-5, Hyde 1-5. sack that helped spark his team. feelings, these emotions, these were up 16-0 in the third quarter . third. MISSED FIELD GOALS—None. Allen’s struggles doom Bills

BY KRISTIE RIEKEN six games, with their most recent in the fourth quarter when Allen Associated Press playoff win coming in 1995. It’s was sacked by Whitney Mercilus the first wild-card overtime game and fumbled, and it was recov- HOUSTON — Josh Allen didn’t since the Broncos beat the Steel- ered by Jacob Martin at the Buf- look like a playoff rookie in the ers 29-23 in the 2011 season. falo 47. Houston cashed in on the first half on Saturday as he led Allen, who is in his second NFL miscue with a 41-yard field goal the Buffalo Bills to a double-digit season, threw for 264 yards, ran that cut the lead to 16-11 with halftime lead. for 92 yards and caught a touch- about 11 minutes to go. He wasn’t nearly as composed down pass on a trick play in the The Bills were in field-goal after that and it allowed the first quarter, but often looked rat- range on their next drive when Houston Texans to get back in the tled late in his playoff debut. Allen got a 14-yard penalty for game and rally for a 22-19 over- “He was just trying to do too intentional grounding and Buf- time win in the first round of the much and getting a little bit ex- falo lost a down to bring up fourth playoffs. treme with what he felt like we down. They went for it and Allen “There were some things we needed at the time,” Bills coach was sacked by Martin for a 19- should have hit on,” Allen said. Sean McDermott said. “But over- yard loss to give Houston the ball “I put that on my shoulders, espe- all, we just didn’t make enough back with 1:41 left. cially with how well our defense plays.” “We didn’t execute how we MICHAEL WYKE/AP played. Teams go how their quar- Houston (11-6) cut the lead to should have, and we didn’t make Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) tries to throw a pass as terbacks go and I’ve got to be bet- 16 - 8 w h e n D e s h a u n Wa t s o n s c o r e d as many plays as we should have,” he is tackled by Houston Texans’ Whitney Mercilus, left, A.J. Moore ter for this team.” on a 20-yard run and the Texans Allen said. “That’s what it really Jr., right, and Vernon Hargreaves III, top, during the Texans’ 22-19 Houston’s win extends Buffa- added a 2-point conversion. comes down to. They made one overtime win in an NFL wild-card playoff Saturday in Houston. lo’s postseason losing streak to The Bills were driving early more play than us.” S TARS AND STRIPES Monday, January 6, 2020 F3HIJKLM Starting strong Kansas wins 29th straight SPORTS conference opener » Page 20

NFL PLAYOFFS

Early exit for Patriots Titans upset defending champs in wild-card round

BY BARRY WILNER Brady vows to be back on an NFL field next season, but Associated Press his contract with the Patriots is done. “I love the Patriots,” the 42-year Brady said, adding FOXBOROUGH, Mass. about leaving the game after 20 seasons: “I would say it’s hen the eerie Foxborough fog lifted, it pretty unlikely, hopefully unlikely. I love playing football. became clear that New England’s reign I don’t know what it looks like moving forward.” atop the NFL was ending. Doing the most moving forward Saturday night was Derrick Henry ensured that with the Henry, who had a total of 184 yards rushing in two play- kind of dominating playoff performance off games two years ago. He nearly got that against the Wusually reserved for Tom Brady and the Patriots. league’s top-ranked defense in boosting the Titans (10-7) Henry rushed for 182 yards and a touchdown while into the divisional round at No. 1 seed Baltimore. Tennessee’s defense stymied Brady and perhaps ended “It’s a great win against a great team in a hostile his championship-filled New England career with a 20- 13 wild-card victory Saturday night. SEE UPSET ON PAGE 22

Top: New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) walks to the sideline with teammates after throwing an interception in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s wild-card game against the Tennessee Titans in Foxborough, Mass. Left: Titans running back Derrick Henry rushed for 182 yards and a touchdown in Tennessee’s 20-13 victory.

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