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BY MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Sunday to bolster his country’s role under its security pact with the U.S. in “outer space and cy- berspace,” as the allies marked the 60th anniversary of a treaty that has been the basis for their postwar defense alliance. Abe’s grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, who was prime minister at the time, signed the treaty in Washing- ton on Jan. 19, 1960, Abe with Presi- dent Dwight Eisenhower. The treaty allows for the stationing of tens of thousands of U.S. troops and the deployment of American warships in Japan. In exchange, the U.S. is obligated to protect Japan in case of enemy Prosecuting a president attack. “We have elevated the rela- tionship to one in which each of us, the U.S. and Japan, protects Trump’s impeachment trial differs in key ways from criminal hearing the other, thereby giving further force to the alliance,” Abe said BY ERIC TUCKER in his opening remarks. “Going Associated Press forward, it is incumbent upon us RELATED to make it even more robust, to WASHINGTON make it a pillar for safeguarding es, it’s a trial — but the Sen- Newly released texts suggest Rep. Nunes more ate’s impeachment proceedings peace and security in both outer Page 8 space and cyberspace.” against President Donald Trump deeply involved in Ukraine plot than thought The anniversary comes as Y won’t resemble anything Ameri- Washington adds pressure on cans have seen on Court TV.  Japan to shoulder more of the fi- In Trump’s trial, the Senate will serve as The Judge Senate Trial: None other than John nancial cost and to play a greater both judge and jury. The Republicans who Roberts, the chief justice of the United  defense role in the Asia-Pacific control the chamber can forge their own Courtroom Trial: Federal trials, both States, will preside over this case. He made region to make up for a receding rules if they have enough votes. And the civil and criminal, are presided over by the short trip Thursday from the Supreme U.S. presence. presiding judge is the top one in America, District Court judges who are nominated by Court to the Capitol to be sworn in. Exact- “As the security environment yet can be decisively overruled. the president and confirmed by the Senate. ly what role he’ll play is unclear, though it continues to evolve and new chal- A look at some of the key differences be- They rule on questions of evidence, motions might be a modest one, in keeping with his lenges arise, it is essential that tween a courtroom trial and the impeach- to dismiss a case or to exclude certain tes- insistence that judges aren’t meant to be our alliance further strengthen ment trial that will play out in the coming timony, and all other disputes that emerge and deepen,” President Donald days: both before and during the trial. SEE TRIAL ON PAGE 7 Trump said in a statement mark- ing the anniversary. “I am confi- Presiding officer Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts swears in members of the Senate for the impeachment dent that in the months and years trial against President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday. SENATE TELEVISION/AP SEE BOOST ON PAGE 6 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 20, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Switzerland (Franc) ...... 0.9679 West African leaders work to fight fake pills Euro costs (Jan. 20) ...... $1.1399 Thailand (Baht) ...... 30.39 Dollar buys (Jan. 20) ...... €0.8773 Turkey (Lira) ...... 5.8898 British pound (Jan. 20) ...... $1.34 (Military exchange rates are those BY DANIELLE PAQUETTE progress in the fight against ma- of Togo said. “Yet it is not treated Japanese yen (Jan. 20) ...... 107.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (Jan. 20) ...... 1,129.00 facilities in the country of issuance The Washington Post laria and other life-threatening as a crime.” Commercial rates for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3770 diseases, experts say, while fund- The Togolese leader hosted his Netherlands and the United Kingdom. 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BY JOHN VANDIVER Stars and Stripes STUTTGART, Germany — About 3,000 U.S. troops slated to take part in an upcoming cold weather exercise in Norway have been diverted to other missions, U.S. Marine Forces Europe-Af- rica said Friday. About 7,500 U.S. troops are still expected to take part in the Nor- wegian-led Cold Response exer- cise scheduled for early March, MARFOREUR spokesman Maj. Adrian Rankine-Galloway said. “Some military forces previ- ously scheduled to participate in Cold Response 20 have been re- tasked to fulfill other operational requirements,” he said. The Ma- CHAD MCMEEN/U.S. Marine Corps rines did not specify which units were rerouted or where they Marines support NATO allies and partners in the Namsos fjord, BRIANNA GAUDI/U.S. Marine Corps Norway, during Exercise Cold Response in 2016. About 7,500 were shifted. But in recent weeks American troops will take part in Cold Response this year . Marines with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion storm a fjord in the Pentagon has moved more Namsos, Norway, in March 2016. Some U.S. troops that were to personnel to the Middle East due to the Middle East. based in Europe as well as the take part in this year’s exercise have been shifted to other missions. to heightened tensions with Iran after the killing of Maj. Gen. Qas- While the number of troops continental United States — are is smaller than anticipated for expected to participate in this where they will practice defend- forces to the region. The drill sem Soleimani. ing NATO’s northern flank. comes ahead of Defender Europe- The conflict with Iran has al- Cold Response, it will still be the Norway-hosted exercise,” Ran- 20, the largest U.S.-led exercise on ready led the military to adjust largest exercise coordinated by kine-Galloway said. Cold Response is the first in a some of its exercises, such as Af- MARFOREUR. In Norway, troops will work series of exercises in northern Eu- the Continent in 25 years. rican Sea Lion in Morocco, when “Forces from all of the U.S. on cold-weather combat skills rope that will test U.S. European [email protected] thousands of Marines were sent military services — from units in a rugged Arctic environment Command’s ability to deploy large Twitter: @john_vandiver Space Force FAA: Exercise could jam GPS mocked for for small planes camouflage BY HAYLEY FOWLER Miami Herald uniforms MIAMI — Some pilots could be flying blind in airspace over the Southeast and From wire reports Caribbean this month, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. WASHINGTON — The newly cre- A military training exercise attributed to ated United States Space Force unveiled “Carrier Strike Group 4” — part of the U.S. its planned uniform, which immediately Navy — is expected to jam GPS signals and raised eyebrows over its design: standard other navigation systems intermittently woodland camouflage. through Jan. 24, the FAA said in a flight The issue was quickly a trending subject advisory . on social media, and whoever manages the “GPS testing may result in unreliable Twitter account of the Space Force had a or unavailable GPS signal,” the advisory busy day responding to the jibes, accord- Twitter states. ing to dpa. Navigation from as low as 50 feet above “In space, no one can hear you be ridicu- U.S. Space Force, the nation’s newest military branch, revealed its utility uniforms with ground up to Flight Level 400 (around lous,” Craig Mazin, the creator of the HBO its service name tape on Twitter. 40,000 feet) could be affected, according show “Chernobyl,” posted on Twitter. to an FAA map showing interference test- Other users questioned whether the force Twitter user mocking the uniform wrote, signed to the Space Force. Gen. John “Jay” ing from a location off the Florida-Georgia planned to invade forests on other planets. “Smart call on the Space Force camou- Raymond on Dec. 20 became the nation’s coast. The force, reacting to the comments of flage. Never know when you’re gonna have first chief of space operations. The government is required to conduct ridicule on social media, posted on Twitter to blend into a space jungle or hide behind The Space Force’s utility uniform mir- GPS testing “on occasion,” according to that it is “utilizing current Army/Air Force a space bush.” rors those of other branches in more ways the U.S. Department of Homeland Secu- uniforms, saving costs of designing/pro- “I’m dressed better for Space Force than than just the camouflage pattern. The rity, which coordinates with the FAA, U.S. ducing a new one.” this and I’m wearing $10 leggings from navy Space Force name tape, which iden- Coast Guard and Department of Defense to It also stressed that Space Force will Target,” said one woman, who shared a tifies a service member’s branch, is the plan such events. work “on the ground” and not actually out- photo of leggings with images of cats float- same color that the Air Force uses. The Air “These training and testing activities side Earth. The force even had to answer a ing in space. Force’s space operations badge, the Space can involve a number of aircraft, ships riposte from George Takei, the Star Trek Another person posted a picture of a Command patch and the American flag and/or other military equipment and up to actor. hundreds of personnel,” the DHS website camouflage pattern next to a completely are also embroidered on the Space Force “Our assigned members monitor and states. black box. “Study these carefully until you uniform. maneuver our space assets (GPS, SBIRS, This isn’t the first interference test in AEHF, etc), track space debris and perform can see the difference,” he wrote in re- The administrator of the Space Force’s the Southeast, according to the Aircraft other duties from installations on Earth. sponse to the Space Force. Twitter account spent much of Saturday Owners and Pilots Association. A similar They work closely with joint warfighters The Space Force, a part of the U.S. De- responding to continued criticism of the interruption in February 2019 sparked in the @usairforce and @USArmy hence partment of the Air Force that is dedicated camouflage, which did not stop after the concerns from the nonprofit over civil avia- similar uniforms,” Space Force stressed. to space warfare, was established in De- branch’s initial tweets offering clarifica- tion safety. President Donald Trump championed cember. The Air Force Space Command tion. In response to a comment from Takei, Rune Duke, the nonprofit’s senior di- the creation of the sixth branch of the mili- was redesignated to form the military’s the Space Force again said that its mem- rector of airspace, air traffic and aviation tary, and Congress appropriated funds for sixth branch. bers would work from Earth to maneuver security, called the exercise last year “un- the force in its most recent budget. The Space Command’s roughly 16,000 U.S. space assets and track space debris, acceptably widespread and potentially haz- The Washington Post reported one military and civilian employees were as- among other tasks. ardous” at the time. PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 20, 2020 MILITARY US ambassador faces criticism over mustache

BY KIM GAMEL Stars and Stripes SEOUL, South Korea — The U.S. ambassador to South Korea has found himself on the defen- sive, but not about his country’s handling of relations with North Korea. Rather, some South Koreans associate Ambassador Harry Harris’ mustache with Japanese colonial rule of the peninsula. TABITHA M. LEE/U.S. Air Force Harris, a retired Navy admiral who was clean-shaven when he A driving instructor points out a crosswalk to students in his vehicle as part of a driving course provided led U.S. Pacific Command before to U.S. Department of Defense personnel at Royal Air Force Base Mildenhall, England. A British police arriving in Seoul as ambassador chief in Northamptonshire said on Saturday that incidents involving people driving on the wrong side of in July 2018, said he grew the the road “cannot keep happening.” mustache to mark his new career as a diplomat after four decades in the military. KIM GAMEL/Stars and Stripes “My mustache for some rea- UK police chief seeks meeting with son has become a point of some U.S. Ambassador to South fascination here in the media … Korea Harry Harris has received and social media,” he said Thurs- negative attention for his commander over traffic incidents mustache. day during a press conference for BY GREGORY KATZ ment learned Saturday about a in close call appeared to have a foreign media at his residence in “I have been criticized in the Associated Press video that showed a car driving registration number indicating it Seoul. on the wrong side of the road near media here, especially in social possibly was a U.S. government “I wanted to make a break from LONDON — A British police RAF Croughton having a near- media, because of my ethnic back- vehicle. my military life and my new life. chief requested an urgent meet- miss with another vehicle. ground. I’m a Japanese-Ameri- Dunn’s death last year has I couldn’t grow taller. I couldn’t ing with a U.S. military com- Adderley said he also heard grow hair on top of my head, but can,” he said. “I understand the been a sensitive diplomatic issue mander Saturday after learning Friday about an October crash in I could grow it on the front of my historical animosity that exists of two more traffic incidents in for Britain and the United States. the same area involving another head and so I did that,” he said, the area where a teenage motor- The intelligence officer’s wife, between both of the countries. wrong-way driver whose vehicle adding that he had a mustache cyclist died in a collision with a Anne Sacoolas, claimed diplo- But I’m not the Japanese ambas- struck a police car. No one was as a junior officer and wanted to car driven by an American diplo- matic immunity and left Britain sador to Korea. I’m the Ameri- injured in that collision. grow another one. mat’s wife. after the crash. can ambassador to Korea. And to “I want to be absolutely clear “Nothing more nefarious take that history and put it on me Harry Dunn was killed when British officials have chal- than that. I just wanted to have he was hit by a car driven by a on the fact that these incidents simply because of an accident of just cannot keep happening,” lenged her protected status and a change,” he said, showing he birth I think is a mistake.” woman whose husband was an in- are seeking to have her extra- was prepared for the question telligence officer at RAF Crough- the police chief said. “We know Harris, 63, stressed that the dited to face charges of causing by handing out black paper mus- ton, a military base in central all too well in the case of young concerns raised about his hirsute death by dangerous driving. taches on a stick to those attend- England used by U.S. forces. The Harry just how devastating they Dunn’s parents Charlotte ing the roundtable. appearance and his heritage have woman is believed to have been can be.” Humor aside, the issue un- not affected his work. driving on the wrong side of the Police have not indicated if the Charles and Tim Dunn, have derscores the fierce animosity The ambassador also has been road when the head-on collision cars in the other incidents had traveled to Washington and met toward Japan over its 1910- 45 oc- a lightning rod for South Korean occurred. any connections to the Air Force with President Donald Trump in cupation that lingers in South anger over U.S. pressure about Northamptonshire Police Chief base. Britain’s Press Association an effort to force Sacoolas to re- Korea more than seven decades the General Security of Military Nick Adderley said his depart- reported that the car involved turn to Britain to face trial. after the Japanese were ousted Information Agreement, de- following World War II. mands for a sharp increase in That animosity spilled over into South Korean funding to offset the security arena when South the cost of stationing some 28,500 Lawmakers visit shipbuilder amid talks of cuts Korean President Moon Jae-in U.S. troops on the divided penin- announced last year that he was sula and other issues that have Associated Press cut shipbuilding. the seapower subcommittee. terminating a U.S.-backed mili- prompted recent anti-American One proposal would reduce the Congress will have the final tary information-sharing agree- BATH, Maine — The Demo- rallies, including one where dem- number of Arleigh Burke-class ment between his country and cratic chairman and ranking say, and shipbuilders should be onstrators pretended to pluck fa- destroyers planned for construc- Japan due to historical and trade Republican on a House Armed heartened that there is bipartisan cial hair from a photo. tion from 12 to seven over the disputes. Services subcommittee toured support in Congress for increas- The Korea Times earlier this Moon reversed the decision in Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron next five years. Those destroyers ing the size of the fleet, not reduc- November as the two sides ap- month noted “the Korean public Works on Friday and offered as- are produced at two shipyards, ing it, he said. parently narrowed their differ- does not perceive his new look as surances to shipbuilders amid re- Maine’s Bath Iron Works, a Gen- Reports that the Navy was con- ences over trade, but he warned he intended.” ports of possible cuts. eral Dynamics subsidiary, and In- sidering shipbuilding cuts and galls Shipbuilding in Mississippi. he could change his mind if new “The mustache rather has be- Democratic Rep. Joe Courtney, accelerated retirements of ships Courtney and Wittman made problems arise. come associated with the latest of Connecticut, and GOP Rep. came as a surprise to many last U.S. image of being disrespectful it clear that they are strongly op- Harris, who was born in Japan Rob Wittman, of Virginia, both month. and even coercive toward Korea,” members of the seapower and posed to such a cut of shipbuild- to a Japanese mother and an The proposed cost-cutting American Navy officer, accused the newspaper said, “especially projection forces subcommittee, ing, Golden said afterward. comes as the Navy works to mod- those singling him out for his after Washington’s demand that visited the shipyard at the invita- “The Navy requested and Con- ernize its ballistic missile subma- heritage of “cherry-picking his- Seoul pay $5 billion toward the up- tion of Democratic Reps. Chellie gress approved a multiyear pro- rine fleet, replacing aging current tory.” He noted that many Korean keep of the U.S. Forces Korea.” Pingree and Jared Golden, both curement. This new proposal in independence fighters and other of Maine. the memo would nullify a contract Ohio-class subs with new Colum- Stars and Stripes reporter Yoo Kyong The tour came several weeks that’s already agreed to. That’s bia-class nuclear subs. That pro- leaders throughout history had Chang contributed to this report. mustaches, not only the Japanese [email protected] after a memo was leaked that out- pretty much unheard of,” said gram is putting pressure on the colonial rulers. Twitter: @kimgamel lined an initial Navy proposal to Golden, who is also a member of shipbuilding budget. Monday, January 20, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 20, 2020 WAR/MILITARY Officials discuss response to toxins near bases in Japan

BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS the discussions,” a defense minis- safe level set by a U.S. drinking could have come from multiple ernments should work together Stars and Stripes try news release summarizing the water health advisory, the Asahi sources. to create a task force for han- meeting stated on Wednesday. newspaper reported Jan. 6. PFOS and PFOA have proved dling toxic chemicals, according Top U.S. and Japan defense of- Tokyo officials detected the An official with the Tokyo Met- toxic in tests on animals, affect- ficials spoke about toxic chemi- to a Wednesday report by NHK chemicals, commonly known as ropolitan Government last week ing their developmental and re- cals detected near U.S. bases in World News. PFOS and PFOA, in two wells said no evidence was found to productive systems, according to Japan during a meeting at the “They reaffirmed that the un- near Yokota Air Base during a directly link the pollutants with a the U.S. Environmental Protec- Pentagon on Tuesday, accord- derstanding and cooperation of survey from December 2018 to source on the U.S. air base. tion Agency. ing to the Japanese Ministry of people living near bases are es- Defense. January 2019, according to the The chemicals were also found The American Conference of sential for U.S. forces in Japan Acting U.S. Secretary of De- Tokyo Metropolitan Govern- at high levels in untreated spring Governmental Industrial Hy- fense Mark Esper and Japanese ment’s Bureau of Social Welfare water near Kadena Air Base on gienists classified PFOA as a to maintain readiness in the in- Defense Minister Taro Kono dis- and Public Health. Okinawa in 2018. “confirmed animal carcinogen creasingly harsh regional securi- cussed “how U.S. and Japan can The chemicals — found in Some Okinawa officials blamed with unknown relevance to hu- ty environment,” NHK reported. cleaning products and in the type the base for the contamination, mans,” according to the EPA. cooperate in responding to issues Stars and Stripes reporter Hana such as [perfluorooctane sulfo- of firefighting foam used at air- but U.S. Forces Japan spokes- During the meeting Tuesday, Kusumoto contributed to this report. nate and perfluorooctanoic acid] fields — were found near Yokota man Marine Capt. Michael Hop- Esper and his Japanese counter- [email protected] and to comprehensively advance at levels about 19 times above the kins last year said the pollution part agreed their respective gov- Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Boost: Descendants mark 60th anniversary of Japan treaty

FROM FRONT PAGE to visit Tokyo for a ratification ahead, Japan’s contributions to ceremony and perhaps another our mutual security will contin- round of golf later in 1960, but the ue to grow, and the Alliance will planned reunion never happened continue to thrive.” because escalating anti-U.S. mili- The bilateral security treaty, tary protests in Tokyo forced him initially designed to facilitate a to cancel his trip and Kishi to step greater U.S. presence in the Asia- down as prime minister. Pacific region as a deterrence to Abe has pushed for Japan’s Soviet threats, is a legacy of the Self-Defense Force to expand Cold War era. its international role and capa- Since the collapse of the Soviet bility by bolstering cooperation Union, Washington and Tokyo and weapons compatibility with have redefined the pact as a pil- the U.S., as it increasingly works lar for maintaining stability and alongside American troops. Abe prosperity in the region in the is also campaigning to achieve face of new threats from China his and his grandfather’s long- and North Korea. cherished dream of amending Sunday’s anniversary was also Japan’s postwar, U.S.-drafted a time for the grandchildren of pacifist constitution. the two leaders to revisit history. In 2015, Abe reinterpreted In his opening remarks, Abe told Japan’s constitution to allow the Mary Jean Eisenhower, who was a guest at Sunday’s reception, that use of force in defending Japan their grandfathers played golf to- and its allies. He has bolstered gether in 1957 at Burning Tree Japan’s defense budget, citing Club near New York, fostering a missile threats from China and friendship that led to the signing North Korea. of the treaty. Since Trump took office three BEHROUZ MEHRI Abe and the younger Eisen- years ago, Japan has increas- From left, Japan Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, deputy prime minister Taro Aso, Prime Minister hower together looked at photos ingly purchased costly American Shinzo Abe, President Dwight Eisenhower’s granddaughter, Mary Jean Eisenhower, and great-grandson, of their grandfathers playing golf weapons, including F-35 stealth Merrill Eisenhower Atwater, acting U.S. Ambassador to Japan Joseph M. Young and commander of the that were on exhibit outside a re- fighter jets, in an apparent at- U.S. Forces in Japan Lt. Gen. Kevin Schneider break a barrel of sake to celebrate the 60th anniversary ception hall. tempt to reduce its trade surplus of the signing of the Japan-U.S. security treaty Sunday in Tokyo. President Eisenhower was with the U.S. 6 members of family, including Yemen president condemns rebel attack; death toll rises infant, killed in Afghanistan Associated Press running civil war, marking a mil- itary escalation in a rare spot of SANAA, Yemen — Yemen’s Associated Press Bedar, a spokesman for Faryab Instead, they claimed that a relative stability. president condemned Sunday an province’s governor. member of the slain family was a KABUL, Afghanistan — Af- attack by Houthi rebels on a gov- President Abed Rabbo Man- The infant girl’s mother and ghan officials said Sunday that former Taliban militant who re- ernment military camp and said sour Hadi described Saturday’s twin sister survived, but both of the Taliban executed six mem- cently joined the peace process, fatalities had risen to at least 60 assault on Muslim worshippers the child’s legs had to be ampu- bers of the same family, including according to Andkhoy district troops. as an act of “blatant aggression” an infant girl, in a remote village tated, the spokesman said. chief Sultan Mohammad San- Ballistic missiles smashed into that underscored Houthis’ “law- in the country’s north. He said Afghan security forces jer. It was not immediately pos- a mosque in the training camp in lessness” and “unwillingness” to deployed to the village early Sun- The Taliban denied any in- sible to reconcile the conflicting the central province of Marib late make peace, according to Saudi day and helped evacuate the two volvement, saying the attack accounts. Saturday, wounding a hundred Arabia’s state-run news agency. survivors to the hospital. He denounced the Houthis as “a Saturday was triggered by a per- The Taliban continue to stage other troops. The oil-rich prov- He said the Taliban attacked cheap Iranian tool in the region.” sonal dispute. near-daily attacks targeting Af- ince of Marib lies about 70 miles However, local Afghan officials the government troops when they east of the Houthi-controlled cap- Yemen’s defense ministry placed ghan and U.S. forces, even as they said the family was accused by arrived. The ensuing gunbattle ital, Sanaa. The city is a strong- the military on heightened alert the Taliban of working in prosti- killed three Taliban members, hold peace talks with the U.S. hold of the Saudi-led, U.S.-backed at nearby bases, directing troops tution. The insurgents sentenced who Bedar said were involved in and have given the U.S. envoy a coalition. to “take precautions” ahead of them to death for immoral acts, the family’s killing. document outlining their offer The missile strike was the imminent battle. then stormed the house and Locals in the area also disputed for a temporary cease-fire in bloodiest attack in Marib since There was no immediate com- opened fire, according to Jawed the accounts of prostitution. Afghanistan. the beginning of Yemen’s long- ment from the Houthi faction.. Monday, January 20, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 NATION Trump team, House Dems exchange views

Associated Press stitution and their constitutional will be several rounds of argu- Oaths,” the brief states. ments before the trial formally WASHINGTON — President The Trump team, meanwhile, Donald Trump’s legal team is- begins. Trump will file a more de- called the Senate’s formal im- sued a fiery response ahead of tailed legal brief on Monday, and peachment summons to the two opening arguments in his im- the House will be able to respond peachment trial Saturday while articles of impeachment “a dan- to the Trump filing on Tuesday. House Democrats laid out their gerous attack on the right of the The House’s impeachment case in forceful fashion, saying American people to freely choose managers are working through the president had betrayed public their president.” the weekend and will be at the trust with behavior that was the Trump’s legal team, led by Capitol midday Sunday to prep “worst nightmare” of the found- White House counsel Pat Cipol- the case. ing fathers. lone and Trump personal law- The filings came a day after The dueling statements pre- yer Jay Sekulow, is challenging Trump finalized his legal team, viewed arguments both sides the impeachment on both proce- adding Ken Starr, the former in- dural and constitutional grounds, intend to make once Trump’s im- dependent counsel whose investi- claiming Trump has been mis- peachment trial begins in earnest gation into President Bill Clinton treated by House Democrats and on Tuesday. Their challenge will led to his impeachment, and Alan be to make a case that appeals to J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP that he did nothing wrong. “This is a brazen and unlawful Dershowitz, a Harvard law pro- senators who will render the ver- President Donald Trump’s legal defense team and the House fessor emeritus who intends to dict and for an American public attempt to overturn the results of managers have exchanged heated views on the impeachment trial. make constitutional arguments. bracing for a presidential election the 2016 election and interfere People close to the legal team in 10 months. with the 2020 election, now just ment underscored the extent to “evidence overwhelmingly es- said Cipollone would deliver The House’s 111-page brief which the impeachment proceed- tablishes” that Trump is guilty months away,” the filing states. the president’s opening argu- pulled together the private and ings are a political rather than of both charges for which he was The lawyers said Trump “cat- public testimony of a dozen wit- conventional legal process. The impeached last month: abuse egorically and unequivocally” ment before the Senate and that nesses — ambassadors and na- Trump team similarly offered a of power and obstruction of denies the allegations and encour- Sekulow would follow. Starr and tional security officials at high taste of the rhetoric expected to Congress. aged lawmakers to reject “poison- Dershowitz would have “discrete levels of government — who be deployed by the president’s de- “The only remaining ques- ous partisanship” and “vindicate functions” on the legal team, ac- raised concerns about the pres- fenders in the Senate. tion is whether the members of the will of the American people” cording to those close to the legal ident’s actions with Ukraine. In their brief, the House man- the Senate will accept and carry by rejecting both articles. team, who were not authorized to Stripped of legalese and struc- agers overseeing the prosecu- out the responsibility placed on Trump’s answer to the sum- discuss the strategy by name and tured in plain English, the docu- tion wrote that it is clear that the them by the Framers of our Con- mons was the first salvo in what spoke on condition of anonymity. No escape: Senators to be quiet, unplugged for Trump trial

BY MARY CLARE JALONICK to foresee even in early 1999, at the start divided attention,” said Sen. Chris Coons, attention,” Ernst said. Associated Press of the impeachment trial of President Bill D-Del. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., said it’s a Clinton, when smartphones didn’t exist. The ban on cellphones on the Senate “healthy situation,” and he compared it to WASHINGTON — No cellphones. No And so the senators will have a throw- floor isn’t new, but enforcement has be- when his wife asks him to leave the phone talking. No escape. back experience in 2020, disconnected come more relaxed in recent years. Coons at home when they go out to dinner. That’s the reality during the Senate’s from the outside world, asked only to lis- said that when he came to the Senate a “There will be some withdrawal symp- impeachment trial of President Donald ten. The normally chummy senators won’t decade ago, he would be reprimanded if toms,” Cardin said. “We might have to take Trump, which will begin each day with a even be allowed to talk at length to people he even took his phone out of his pocket. some tranquilizers.” proclamation: “All persons are command- nearby or walk on certain areas of the Sen- Today, senators are often spotted texting The ban on cellphones and any other ma- ed to keep silence, on pain of imprison- ate floor. Mostly they will sit, trapped in or looking at their phones while waiting to terials unrelated to impeachment means ment.” After that, 100 senators will sit at the chamber, focused on the issue at hand. speak or vote — and a ring tone has sound- that other Senate business will have to their desks for hours on end to hear from While senators might privately grumble ed more than once. wait. Decorum rules circulated to Senate House prosecutors, Trump’s defense team about the restrictions — and will likely vio- Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa offices say that “reading materials should and possibly a series of witnesses. late them at times — they agree that the joked that if there weren’t restrictions, be confined to only those readings which The first time the proclamation was rules are justified as they execute their senators would be “Googling stuff” and pertain to the matter before the Senate.” used, in the 1868 trial of President An- most solemn duty: considering whether to playing games on their phones. Or worse, Senators won’t be totally out of touch. If drew Johnson, lawmakers couldn’t have remove the president of the United States live-tweeting the trial. there’s something they really need to know, imagined life in the modern era. The pace from office. “As much as I hate it, not being connect- staff can pass them notes through the Sen- of today’s politics would have been hard An impeachment trial “deserves our un- ed to a device, I just think we need to pay ate cloakrooms. Trial: Courtroom proceedings follow different rules than Senate’s impeachment

FROM FRONT PAGE Senate Trial: The jury pool yers themselves handle the direct ecutors who work for the Justice The Verdict politicians. And even if Roberts here is already preordained questioning and cross-examina- Department, their names gener- were to make a ruling from the under the Constitution and nei- tion, though judges may also ask ally unfamiliar to the American Courtroom Trial: To declare chair, 51 senators can vote to ther side gets any say in who gets clarifying questions. Jurors are public. In state and local proceed- a defendant guilty in a criminal case, either on the state or federal overrule him. to hear the case. The 100 sena- not invited to interrupt the pro- ings, those prosecutors are often tors who make up the chamber ceedings with their own ques- known as assistant district attor- level, a jury must be unanimous The Jury will decide the case, invariably tions, nor do they get to decide neys. They don’t align themselves in its decision — no exceptions. If bringing their own partisan lean- whether witnesses are called. with particular political parties a jury can’t reach a verdict after Courtroom Trial: It’s a bed- ings toward one side or the other. Senate Trial: The senators or affiliations. a prolonged period of delibera- rock principle of American ju- They’re not required to check any themselves, in their roles as ju- Senate Trial: The prosecu- tions, then a judge can declare it as deadlocked and dismiss it from risprudence, and enshrined in political prejudices or biases at rors, will have the opportunity tors here aren’t prosecutors in the duty. the Constitution, that defendants the door — nor will they. They’re to submit questions in writing. traditional sense. They’re actual- also not impassive observers, Under the rules, senators can Senate Trial: No such una- have the right to have their fate ly seven Democratic members of carrying the power on a majority even be called as witnesses in the nimity is required here. It would decided by a jury of their peers Congress, all selected by House vote to approve rules or even dis- trial. And it’s not even automatic take a two-thirds majority of sen- — ordinary citizens who, by de- Speaker Nancy Pelosi and given miss the charges. that there will be witnesses: It re- ators, 67 if all 100 are voting, to sign, are meant to lack personal quires 51 votes for witnesses to be the title of “manager.” Some of convict the president. Since Re- connections to the parties, or The Witnesses called. the seven are familiar faces from publicans make up the majority other biases or motives that could their time leading congressional of the Senate, a conviction is seen sway their judgment. They’re Courtroom Trial: The attor- The Prosecutors investigations into Trump, in- as unlikely. If Trump were con- questioned in advance on their neys for both sides get to call the cluding Rep. Adam Schiff of Cali- victed on either of the two articles ability to evaluate the evidence witnesses they think will bolster Courtroom Trial: Federal fornia and Rep. Jerrold Nadler of against him, he would automati- fairly and impartially. their side of the case. The law- criminal cases are tried by pros- New York. cally be removed from office. PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 20, 2020 NATION New papers pull Nunes, aide closer to Ukrainian plot

BY MICHAEL BIESECKER Phone records released by Associated Press House Democrats in December showed several calls between WASHINGTON — New docu- Parnas and Nunes, who helped ments released by House Demo- lead the Republican’s defense crats suggest that Rep. Devin of Trump during the House im- Nunes, the top Republican on the peachment hearings. House Intelligence Committee, Nunes initially said he couldn’t MASTER SGT. SARA A. PASTORELLO/U.S. Air National Guard was more involved than was pre- remember ever speaking with viously known in efforts by allies Parnas. But last week, after new Capt. Mark Noteboom, deputy base civil engineer, 105th Civil Engineering Squadron, checks a reverse of President Donald Trump to dig documents were released showing osmosis water purification unit in Puerto Rico. up dirt in Ukraine on former Vice additional contacts, Nunes said President Joe Biden. his memory had been jogged. Democrats on the Intelligence “I checked it with my records Committee released a trove of and it was very clear — I remem- Discovery of unused disaster text messages, photos and other ber that call, which was very odd, documents on Friday night as random, talking about random part of the impeachment inquiry. things, and I said, ‘great,’ you The materials were provided to supplies angers Puerto Rico know, ‘talk to my staff,’ and boom, the House by Lev Parnas, a Flori- boom, boom,” Nunes told Fox da businessman who worked with News on Wednesday. “That’s just BY DANICA COTO in the warehouse,” the governor explanation.” Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy normal operating procedure.” Associated Press said. Ines Rivera, spokeswoman for Giuliani, to try to persuade the The documents released late Puerto Rico’s secretary of state, the city of Ponce, told The Associ- Ukrainian government to launch Friday included more text mes- SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Elmer Roman, told reporters that ated Press that the warehouse is an investigation into Biden. — People in a southern Puerto sages between Parnas and Robert Acevedo had not told him about owned by Puerto Rico’s Company Nunes initially denied knowing Rico city discovered a warehouse F. Hyde, a Republican candidate the contents of the warehouse. of Commerce and Export. Offi- Parnas, but has since been forced for Congress from Connecticut, filled with water, cots and other News of the warehouse spread cials with the company could not to admit that the two had spo- who claimed to be in contact with unused emergency supplies. after online blogger Lorenzo Del- be reached for comment. ken. The messages show about people in Kyiv who were con- They then set off a social media gado relayed live video on Face- 100 texts traded over months be- ducting surveillance on former uproar on Saturday when they book of people breaking into the The information upset many tween Parnas and the California Ambassador to Ukraine Marie broke in to retrieve goods as the building. The scene became cha- in Puerto Rico already angry Republican’s staffer, Derek Har- Yovanovitch before she was oust- area struggles to recover from a otic at times, as people pushed over the government’s botched vey, a retired U.S. Army colonel. ed by the Trump administration strong earthquake. their way in and began distrib- response to Hurricane Maria, Harvey previously served in the last spring. With anger spreading in the uting water, baby food and other with similar incidents of supplies White House on Trump’s Nation- The messages included screen- U.S. territory after video of the goods to those affected by the going unused being uncovered al Security Council. shots of exchanges between Hyde event in Ponce appeared on Face- earthquake. months later. Friday’s document dump in- and a Dutch man named An- book, Gov. Wanda Vazquez quick- Delgado later told reporters Ponce is one of several cities in cluded dozens of texts exchanged thony De Caluwe. Hyde denied ly fired the director of the island’s that he had received a tip about the island’s southern region hit by between Parnas and Harvey last that he was actually tailing the emergency management agency. the warehouse, but gave no spe- the recent 6.4-magnitude earth- spring over the encrypted mes- ambassador. The governor said she had cifics on when. quake that killed one person and saging service WhatsApp. They FBI agents were observed visit- ordered an investigation after The mayor of Ponce, Maria caused more than an estimated show Parnas providing docu- learning the emergency supplies ing Hyde’s home and business on Melendez, said she had not $200 million in damage. More ments and helping set up meetings Thursday, while police in Ukraine had been piled in the warehouse known about the warehouse and than 7,000 people remain in shel- for Harvey with Ukrainians who have opened an investigation into since Hurricane Maria battered its contents. ters since the quake. have made unproven claims that whether the U.S. ambassador was Puerto Rico in September 2017. “This is outrageous,” she said. as vice president, Biden orches- illegally surveilled. Vazquez said inaction by the “Everyone knows what us may- The governor said she has sent trated the firing of a prosecutor In a statement issued to The fired official, Carlos Acevedo, ors went through after Hurri- the Senate her nomination of Jose who was investigating corruption New York Times on Saturday, De was unacceptable. cane Maria to try and get help to Reyes, who oversees the National allegations involving Burisma, an Caluwe denied having any con- “There are thousands of people our cities and how we’ve worked Guard in Puerto Rico, to be the energy company where Hunter tacts in Ukraine and dismissed who have made sacrifices to help these weeks to provide basic sup- new commissioner for the State Biden served as a board member that his exchange with Hyde was those in the south, and it is unfor- plies to people affected by earth- Bureau for Emergency Manage- from 2014 to 2019. just “ridiculous banter.” givable that resources were kept quakes. Those involved owe us an ment and Disaster Management. Chicago flights halted; plane slides off Kansas City taxiway

Associated Press Air Lines flight was taxiing to be ship game with the Chiefs, KCTV American Airlines suspended In South Dakota and Minne- de-iced before flying to Detroit reported. all flights to Missouri’s Columbia sota, dozens of schools canceled CHICAGO — The Federal when the nosegear slipped off At 9 p.m., the Chicago Depart- Regional Airport until noon on classes on Friday ahead of snow- Aviation Administration halted the taxiway, said Delta spokes- ment of Aviation was reporting Saturday. all flights in and out of Chica- fall expected during the day. woman Martha Witt. There were nearly 690 flights had been can- The slippery conditions come In Kansas, Gov. Laura Kelly go’s O’Hare Airport for hours no reports of injuries aboard the celed at O’Hare, with 169 flights after the National Weather Ser- on Friday night due to a sprawl- closed state offices in the Topeka Airbus A319, which was carrying canceled at Midway, the city’s vice issued winter weather ad- area, urging people in a news ing winter storm, which forced 123 passengers and a crew of six. other international airport. A visories, saying that the storm the closure of schools, universi- release to “stay safe and warm, Witt said the airline was trying to winter weather advisory was is- will create hazardous travel con- exercise caution and allow road ties and government offices as it put passengers from Delta flight sued for the Chicago area through ditions from the Plains into the crews to do their job.” moved across large sections of 1114 on other planes. early Saturday, with 2 to 5 inches Northeast through the weekend. the Midwest. The airport was closed and of snow expected. Snow is forecast over much of A storm that hit during the The FAA lifted the stop at 9:45 numerous flights were canceled “If there is travel you don’t the Great Lakes, with a blizzard morning commute on Friday p.m., but by then, hundreds of in the morning, but flights re- need to make, consider postpon- warning for parts of the Upper coated the roads of Salt Lake flights had already been can- sumed at about noon. Most Fri- ing it,” said meteorologist Ricky Midwest. City with up to 5 inches of snow. celed at one of the nation’s busiest day flights from Nashville, Tenn ., Castro. The winter weather advisory Advance warning allowed a de- airports. were canceled, likely disrupting Lambert lnternational Airport extended south into western layed start for state government Earlier on Friday, a plane slid travel plans for fans of the Ten- in St. Louis reported that more Oklahoma and northern Arkan- and some schools, which kept the off an icy taxiway at Kansas City nessee Titans flying into Kansas than 130 flights had been can- sas, where freezing rain was ex- number of crashes to a relatively International Airport. The Delta City for Sunday’s AFC champion- celed as of noon on Friday, and pected on Friday. low 75, police said. Monday, January 20, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 NATION Women’s March rallies draw thousands

BY LYNN BERRY elementary school teacher from Associated Press Burlington, Vt. who was in D.C. to march. “They need to feel like WASHINGTON — Thousands they belong, because they do.” gathered in cities across the coun- Peta Madry of New London, try Saturday as part of the na- Conn., was celebrating her 70th tionwide Women’s March rallies birthday in D.C. by attending her focused on issues such as climate fourth Women’s March with her change, pay equity, reproductive sister, Cynthia Barnard, of San rights and immigration. Rafael, Calif . Both women were Hundreds showed up in New wearing handknitted pink hats York City and thousands in Wash- that date from the first march. ington for the rallies, which aim With pained expressions, they to harness the political power of spoke about Trump’s determina- women, although crowds were tion to reverse the policies of his noticeably smaller than in previ- predecessor Barack Obama and ous years. Marches were sched- his treatment of women. uled Saturday in more than 180 “Look what he’s doing to Greta cities. Thunberg,” Madry said, refer- The first marches in 2017 drew ring to the teenage climate activ- hundreds of thousands of people ist. “He’s the biggest bully in the to rallies in cities across the coun- world.” try on the day after President Melissa McCullough of George- Donald Trump was inaugurated. town, Ind. , said when she recently That year’s D.C. march drew turned 50 she promised herself close to 1 million people. /AP that she would get more involved In Manhattan on Saturday, PHOTOS BY MANUEL BALCE CENETA politically. “I’m here to protest hundreds of people gathered as Participants of the Women’s March hold banners near the White House, on Saturday, in Washington, Trump, as a woman,” she said. part of a “Rise and Roar” rally at three years after the first march in 2017, the day after President Donald Trump was sworn into office. Her daughter, 19-year-old separate events in Foley Square University of Cincinnati student and Columbus Circle. to learn more about issues such Elizabeth McCullough, chimed “Today, we will be the change as reproductive rights, climate in to say that most women’s is- that is needed in this world! change, gun safety and voting. sues are human issues, and they Today, we rise into our power!” Several thousand came out for talked about the need to protect activist Donna Hylton told a the protest in Washington, far immigrants. cheering crowd in Foley Square. fewer than last year when about “You have to push to protect ev- Snow began falling by the af- 100,000 people held a rally east of ternoon in Manhattan, apparently the White House. But as in previ- eryone or no one’s safe,” Melissa putting a damper on plans for the ous years, many of the protesters McCullough said. two groups to converge in large made the trip to the nation’s capi- The protesters planned to numbers near Times Square. tal from cities across the coun- march around the White House, In downtown Los Angeles, thou- try to express their opposition but Trump wasn’t there. He is sands of men, women and chil- to Trump and his policies. From spending the holiday weekend at dren filled several blocks as they their gathering spot on Freedom his resort in Florida. made their way from a plaza to a Plaza, they had a clear view down park adjacent to City Hall, where Pennsylvania Avenue to the U.S. a rally featured speeches by Jen- Capitol, where the impeachment nifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of trial gets underway in the Senate California Gov. Gavin Newsom, next week. Mayor Eric Garcetti, Rep. Max- In Washington, three key issues ine Waters and others. Kellen McCluskey from Maryland’s Eastern Shore joins participants seemed to galvanize most of the Jennifer Siebel Newsom of the Women’s March gathered at the Freedom Plaza. protesters: climate change, immi- credited women for mobilizing gration and reproductive rights. against gun violence, creating Representatives. justice,” she said. “I teach a lot of immigrant stu- the #MeToo movement against “In 2020, I have no doubt that In Denver, organizers opted dents, and in political times like sexual harassment and discrimi- it will be women who will lead to skip the rally after the march this I want to make sure I’m using nation, and taking back the Dem- again, rise up and move this and instead invited participants my voice to speak up for them,” ocratic majority in the House of country forward on a path toward to meet with local organizations said Rochelle McGurn, 30, an National Archives apologizes for blurred photos

BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE records, but rather was licensed altered. the anti-Trump references “so as Associated Press for use as a promotional graphic The archives said it will imme- not to engage in current political in the exhibit. diately begin a “thorough review” controversy.” WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. “Nonetheless, we were wrong of its policies and procedures for References to female anato- — The National Archives said to alter the image,” the agency exhibits “so that this does not my in the signs were obscured Saturday it made a mistake when said. happen again.” it blurred images of anti-Trump in deference to student groups The current display has been The American Civil Liber- signs used in an exhibit on wom- and young people who visit removed and will be replaced as ties Union called on the ar- en’s suffrage. the archives, Kleiman told the soon as possible with one that uses chives to issue a more detailed The independent agency is newspaper. the original, unaltered image, the explanation. charged with preserving govern- “Apologizing is not enough,” Kleiman did not respond to an archives said. ment and historical records and Louise Melling, the organiza- emailed request for comment Sat- The exhibit about the 19th said it has always been commit- tion’s deputy legal director, said urday from The Associated Press. ted to preserving its holdings Amendment, which gave women in a statement. “The National Ar- the right to vote, blurred some The public affairs office at the ar- “without alteration.” chives must explain to the public chives emailed the statement. But the archives said in a state- anti-Trump messages on protest why it took the Orwellian step The archives issued the apol- ment Saturday “we made a mis- signs in a photo of the 2017 Wom- of trying to rewrite history and ogy as thousands again gathered take.” The archives’ statement en’s March in Washington. erasing women’s bodies from it, came one day after The Wash- Signs that referred to women’s as well as who ordered it.” in Washington and in cities across ington Post published an online private parts, which also were Archives spokeswoman Miri- the country Saturday for Wom- report about the altered images. widespread during the march, am Kleiman told the Post for its en’s March rallies focused on is- The archives said the photo in which was held shortly after report that the nonpartisan, non- sues such as climate change, pay question is not one of its archival Trump took office, also were political federal agency blurred equity and reproductive rights. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 20, 2020 NATION 4,368 kids Federal judge told all separated migrant children accounted for

BY KRISTINA DAVIS cused on children in government The San Diego Union-Tribune custody as of June 26, 2018, which came to 2,812 (three additional SAN DIEGO — U.S. officials children have been determined assured a San Diego federal not to have been separated after judge on Friday that they are being initially counted.) highly confident that they have When it was later revealed that accounted for all of the children the Trump administration had who were separated from their been separating families in cer- parents under the Trump ad- tain border cities as early as July ministration’s short-lived “zero- 2017 as part of a pilot program, AL DIAZ, MIAMI HERALD/TNS tolerance” policy and precursor an effort to tally those separations programs. launched. It was a more challeng- Children are seen at the Homestead shelter for migrant children in 2018 in Homestead, Fla. The total tally: 4,368. ing prospect, since the children U.S. District Court Judge Dana involved were no longer in gov- the option to reunite with their Lawyers have also launched a The final piece of the family Sabraw has been at the forefront ernment custody. Each possible children. That effort has largely letter campaign and established separation litigation — coming of that accounting effort since case file was examined by hand been completed as to the first toll-free hotlines in key countries up with a protocol to document 2018, but he raised new concerns — twice — and verified through group, but attorneys and non- to try to establish contact with future family separations and over whether it was complete various agency databases. profit workers are continuing to more parents. share information among vari- after a November report by the That tally came to 1,556 chil- track down parents of the second Earlier this week, Sabraw de- ous federal agencies and legal U.S. Office of Inspector General. dren, according to court docu- group, many of them in Central clined to expand the scope of the providers — remains ongoing. The report suggested that gov- ments filed this week. America. family separation litigation by But Sabraw said Friday in a sta- ernment computer systems had Cmdr. Jonathan White at the So far, in the course of more intervening in the government’s tus hearing that he was encour- made it impossible to reach an ac- U.S. Department of Health and aged by the progress being made than 47,000 phone calls, the law- discretion to decide when a child curate tally. Human Services, who oversaw in closed-door negotiations by all yers have been able to reach 364 should be separated because a But officials said this week that the second count, called the pro- the parties. the effort to count the separa- cess “very painstaking” and told parents or their attorneys. Addi- parent or legal guardian is unfit “It seems to me as we go for- tions under Sabraw’s court order the judge Friday that he had high tionally, on-the-ground efforts by or a danger to the child. He said ward this concept of information relied on more varied sources of confidence that all separated chil- the nonprofit Justice in Motion the government did not appear to sharing is vital,” Sabraw said. “It information and included man- dren had been accounted for. has contacted 113 parents outside be abusing its power in making provides for continued account- ual examination of thousands of Beyond quantifying the sepa- of the U.S., said New York-based these determinations but ordered ability and transparency, which records. rations, Sabraw ordered the gov- attorney Steven Herzog, who is authorities to use quick-result is essential.” The effort under Sabraw hap- ernment to help track down the heading the steering committee DNA tests when there are con- He concluded: “I think we’re pened in two stages. The first fo- separated parents and give them working on the task. cerns of parentage. getting close.” Clones help famous tree SpaceX capsule named Herbie live on test completed Associated Press Associated Press down, the Elm Research Insti- CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. tute in New Hampshire worked YARMOUTH, Maine — A — SpaceX completed the last big with Knight to collect some cut- test of its crew capsule before massive elm tree nicknamed tings from Herbie to preserve the launching astronauts in the next Herbie is long gone, but it is going tree’s legacy with clones. few months, mimicking an emer- to live on, thanks to cloned trees The hope is that Herbie’s de- gency escape shortly after liftoff that are being made available to scendants will have some resis- Sunday. the public. tance to Dutch elm disease. But No one was aboard for the wild At 110 feet and more than 200 that remains to be seen. ride in the skies above Cape Ca- years, Herbie was the tallest and “Like many cancer patients, naveral, just two mannequins. oldest elm in New England and he was a survivor. We wanted to A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off survived 14 bouts of Dutch elm make every effort to reproduce as normal, but just over a min- disease because of the devotion of Herbie hoping his clones would ute into its supersonic flight, the his centenarian caretaker, Frank prove equally resistant to Dutch Dragon crew capsule catapulted Knight, the late tree warden of elm disease,“ said John Hansel, off the top 12 miles above the At- Yarmouth, Maine. the 95-year-old founder of the lantic. Powerful thrusters on the The duo became famous after Elm Research Institute based in capsule propelled it up and out of Knight spent half of his life car- Keene, N.H . /AP harm’s way, as the rocket engines ing for the tree, which he referred The yearslong effort has creat- STEVEN SENNE deliberately shut down and the to as “an old friend.” Knight real- ed 1,500 mini Herbies. The goal is Frank Knight, of Yarmouth, Maine, stands in front of an elm tree booster tumbled out of control ized he couldn’t save the town’s to create many more — hundreds known as “Herbie” Dec. 14, 2009, in Yarmouth. and exploded in a giant fireball. elms as they succumbed by the of thousands more, he said. The capsule reached an alti- hundreds to Dutch elm disease. “Herbie is our hope for the fu- ate and distribute about 300,000 that took root. tude of about 27 miles before So he focused his efforts on one of ture,” Hansel said. “Liberty“ elms that were based From that, there are now 1,500 parachuting into the ocean just them: Herbie. Hansel also devoted himself to on trees from the Midwest. Those trees. That represents a critical offshore to bring the nine-minute Over five decades, Knight over- preserving elm trees after they trees were named for Boston’s mass to begin creating them in test flight to a close and pave the saw selective pruning of Herbie’s were wiped out by Dutch elm “Liberty Tree,” a giant elm. even larger numbers. way for two NASA astronauts to diseased limbs, and applications disease. Hansel shifted his effort to “I love the idea,” said Jan Ames climb aboard next time. of insecticides and fungicides. Elm trees once lined streets in Herbie in hopes of creating a new Santerre, urban forestry program Everything appeared to go The pair became well known, towns from coast to coast. But all standard bearer that’s better suit- coordinator for the Maine Forest well despite the choppy seas and both in Yarmouth and beyond, that changed with startling speed ed to the Northeast. Service. “People are interested in overcast skies. Within minutes, a thanks to international news because of the Dutch elm fungus, It’s been a painstaking big trees in general, but Herbie recovery ship was alongside the coverage. spread by bark beetles, begin- process. captivated people’s attention. It capsule and preparing to pull it The tree was cut down Jan. 19, ning in Ohio in the 1930s. Once Researchers began clipping was a beautiful tree, and the idea from the water. 2010, as the 101-year-old Knight afflicted, elms faced a swift and leaves from Herbie years before that someone could re-create that “I’m super fired up,” Elon looked on. Knight died two years an all-but-certain death. his demise. Researchers planted in their yard or in their commu- Musk, the company’s founder and later. Working with the University of about 5,000 clippings in pots be- nity is a very appealing thing to chief executive, said at a news But before Herbie was chopped Wisconsin, Hansel helped to cre- fore finally getting a single tree do,” she said. conference. Monday, January 20, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Grandpa forgot $43,170 hidden in his footstool

OWOSSO — The foot- MI stool didn’t feel right. That’s what happens when some- one stashes $43,170 inside and apparently forgets about it. Indeed, the money was discov- ered inside a footstool that was donated to a Michigan resale shop in Owosso Township. Howard Kirby bought the piece and other furniture for $70 after Christmas. He was stunned Sun- day when his daughter-in-law unzipped the cushion and shout- ed. After the shock wore off, he began the extraordinary step of returning the money to the for- mer owners. The footstool was part of a liv- ing room set donated to a Habi- tat For Humanity store by Kim Fauth-Newberry and her hus- band. The furniture had belonged to her grandfather, Phillip Fauth, who died in July. Company takes pizza delivery to new heights

ANCHORAGE — An AK Alaska company has taken pizza to new heights by pro- viding airplane deliveries around the state. Papa Murphy’s in Anchorage flies hundreds of miles to deliver about 150 pizzas each week, Alas- ka Public Media reported. Owner Tyler Williams said the shop offers assembled piz- WILFREDO LEE/AP zas for its Anchorage customers to take home to bake. The rest of the uncooked pies are flash-fro- zen for air delivery to customers Life finds a way throughout Alaska. “They get flown out frozen,” Children react to a Utahraptor dinosaur as they pedal by at Zoo Miami, on Friday, in Miami. The Dinosaurs LIVE! exhibit features more than Williams said. “Once the custom- 20 life-sized animatronic dinosaurs along with other displays at the zoo until June 14. er gets them it takes two to three days, depending on weather. They vehicle into a truck stop and took THE CENSUS 9, Bodi, were off duty and Hur’s defrost them, it takes just a couple the store’s ATM. girlfriend was playing with the hours on the counter.” The Haughton Police Depart- dog in his apartment. ment is investigating after getting The number of fraudulent ATM withdrawals a Miami man Hur’s girlfriend was taken to Lawmakers question a call around 5 a.m. to the Pilot was observed making in Massachusetts in May. Dean a hospital after being bitten, the Truck Stop. Upon arrival, As- Emmanuel Colin, 27, was arrested outside a Santander newspaper reported. The sever- ‘deport’ license plate 112 Bank branch in Seekonk, Mass., on May 23 after making sistant Chief Ricky Bridges told ity of her injuries from the second repeated ATM withdrawals of large sums using multiple KSLA TV officers found the front biting incident weren’t given. cards, according to the office of Aaron Weisman, the U.S. attorney for Rhode SALT LAKE CITY — of the store smashed, possibly by “The dog hasn’t had any other Island. Over two days, Colin made 112 fraudulent ATM withdrawals worth almost UT Utah lawmakers want a pickup truck. incident with any bites like this, $175,000. He pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to making the withdrawals and to know how a license plate with even with the previous agency,” using stolen IDs and was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison. the phrase “DEPORTM” got ap- Fredericks said. proved despite state rules against Sewage spill expressing contempt for any closes shoreline race, religion or political opinion John William Kirby Kelley, 19, with winds estimated as strong as Police: Man may have on vanity plates. LONG BEACH — A was charged last week with con- 90 miles per hour spun past Loris been mauled by pit bull While people have the right to CA sewage spill of about spiracy to make threats. High School during class hours. freedom of speech, the messages 11,000 gallons forced the closure He’s accused of being part of Photos and video showed cars ROCKCASTLE — Ken- that appear on license plates are of the shoreline in Long Beach. a network that “shared racist tossed atop each other outside KY tucky State Police on different because they must be Best practices dictate that the views” and had a “particular dis- the school, which did not appear Friday charged a woman with approved by the state, said Re- city needs at least two clean water dain for African Americans and damaged. Horry County Schools murder in what authorities think publican Sen. Daniel Thatcher. samples before they’re reopened. Jewish people,” targeting such spokesperson Lisa Bourcier said was a fatal mauling of a man by “If someone put a bumper Samples were taken last individuals in so-called swatting the school did not lose power. a pit bull. sticker on a car, I would shake my Monday , the Press-Telegram attacks coordinated in online cha- Police said they charged Melis- head and keep walking,” he said. reported. trooms, according to an FBI affi- K-9 moved after biting sa D. Wolke, 38, of Mount Vernon “The state has approved this, so The spill last Sunday was davit unsealed Friday. handler’s girlfriend in the death of Donald W. Abner, it’s a state-approved message and caused by a grease blockage up Swatting is a practice in which 55, of Richmond. that’s wildly inappropriate.” the San Gabriel River in Hawai- fake emergencies are called in to Police said they encountered ANNAPOLIS— A Lawmakers are expected to ian Gardens, the newspaper said. authorities to draw a large law a very aggressive dog near the K-9 who bit his han- question the director of the Di- enforcement response. MD victim. dler’s girlfriend on two separate vision of Motor Vehicles and Teen charged over Trooper Scottie Pennington his boss, the state tax commis- occasions will be reassigned at a making false report Twister tosses cars sheriff’s office in Maryland. said the victim had dog bites on sion director, at a hearing on his face and head. The dog was Wednesday. outside high school Cpl. Young Hur said he no lon- ALEXANDRIA — The ger wants to work with the K-9 fatally shot by a trooper. The dog U.S. Justice Depart- LORIS — A small tor- detail in Anne Arundel County, belonged to a woman who was Robbers smash into VA visiting the home. ment has charged a former Vir- SC nado tossed around Sheriff Jim Fredericks told The truck stop, take ATM ginia college student with calling cars and damaged athletics fields Capital newspaper. An autopsy is being performed in fake emergencies to prompt outside a South Carolina high An internal incident report ob- on to confirm Abner’s cause of HAUGHTON — Loui- law enforcement response, in co- school on Monday, the National tained by the newspaper through death. An autopsy will also be LA siana authorities are ordination with a group the FBI Weather Service said. the Maryland Public Informa- done on the dog to determine if it searching for at least three peo- labeled as sympathetic to neo- News outlets reported that no tion Act states that both bites was infected with rabies. ple who reportedly rammed a Nazi ideology. one was hurt when a small twister happened while Hur and the K- From wire reports PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 20, 2020 WORLD Israel beefs up defense of Lebanon tunnels Iran won’t send recorders to Ukraine JERUSALEM — Israel’s mili- tary said it began construction of an underground defense sys- Associated Press from the Ukrainian Boeing are ing that the recorders would be and second surface-to-air mis- in Iranian hands and we have no sent to Ukraine, where French, tem on Sunday along its northern TEHRAN, Iran — The Iranian siles hit the plane — will come to frontier with Lebanon to protect plans to send them out.” American and Canadian experts light. official leading the investigation He said Iran is working to re- would help analyze them. Iranian against cross-border tunnels. On Sunday, the bodies of the 11 into the Ukrainian jetliner that cover the data and cabin record- officials previously said the black The infrastructure project will was accidentally shot down by the Ukrainians who died in the crash identify underground acoustic ings, and that it may send the boxes were damaged but are Revolutionary Guard appeared were brought to Kyiv’s Boryspil and seismic activity indicating flight recorders — commonly usable. to backtrack Sunday on plans to known as black boxes — to It was not immediately possible tunnel digging, accompanied by Airport aboard a Ukrainian air send the flight recorders abroad Ukraine or France. to reconcile the conflicting ac- other defensive measures, said force plane. An honor guard sol- for analysis, a day after saying “But as of yet, we have made no counts. Iran may be hesitant to emnly carried the coffins into the Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, a mil- they would be sent to Kyiv. decision.” turn over the recorders for fear itary spokesman. Hassan Rezaeifar was quoted The same official was quot- that more details from the crash airport terminal, where a fare- by the state-run IRNA news agen- ed by the semi-official Tasnim — including the harrowing 20 well observance is to last until the Fire at Czech mental cy as saying “the flight recorders news agency on Saturday as say- seconds between when the first evening. asylum kills 8 patients PRAGUE — A fire swept through a Czech asylum for the mentally ill on Sunday, killing Newfoundland asks for help after blizzard eight male patients, officials said. Prokop Volenik, spokesman for Associated Press the regional rescue service, said the fire in the northwestern town ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland of Vejprty broke out early Sunday — Newfoundland’s premier before 5 a.m. asked for the Canadian military’s Those killed were all patients, help on Saturday, as residents of most of them by smoke inhala- the province’s capital struggled tion, according to Vejprty Mayor to tunnel out from homes buried Jitka Gadunova. In addition to by the heaviest snowfall ever re- the deaths, Volenik said 30 oth- corded in St. John’s. ers were injured by the blaze Premier Dwight Ball said he and transported to nearby hospi- had asked for the federal govern- tals. One of them was in critical ment’s assistance, including mo- bilizing the armed forces, after condition. the blizzard battered eastern Newfoundland. Philippines halts access Rob Carroll, a meteorologist to erupting island with Environment Canada, said St. John’s had experienced a one- TAGAYTAY, Philippines — day snowfall of 30 inches, break- Philippine officials said on Sun- ing the previous record of 27 day that the government will no inches on April 5, 1999. longer allow villagers to return The Royal Canadian Mounted to a crater-studded island where Police in Bay Roberts, Newfound- ANDREW VAUGHAN, THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP an erupting volcano lies, warning land said search teams were look- that living there would be “like ing for 26-year-old Joshua Wall, A resident digs a path from his house in St. John’s, Newfoundland, on Saturday. having a gun pointed at you.” who remained missing after leav- Interior Secretary Eduardo ing his home in Roaches Line, a said. The City of St. John’s and sever- At the peak of the storm, which Ano said that officials in Batan- small community about 44 miles Winds at the St. John’s Interna- al nearby communities declared some people described as being gas province, where the volcano west of the capital, to walk to a tional Airport were recorded be- states of emergency late Friday like a blizzard in a hurricane, is located, have been asked to look friend’s home. tween 75 and 98 mph at the height morning that remained in effect. even snowplows were pulled off for a safer housing area, at least St. John’s Mayor Danny Breen of the storm. Breen couldn’t say when officials roads as visibility dropped to Minister of Natural Resources might lift the state of emergency 7 acres in size, for about 6,000 said he has lived in the city most near zero. Plowing resumed in St. of his life and has never seen a Seamus O’Regan said the federal order, which required businesses families that used to live in four John’s overnight. storm of this magnitude. government was already working to close and all non-emergency villages and worked mostly as “I’ve never seen the combina- to deploy all available resources vehicles to stay off streets. St. John’s Fire Chief Sherry tourist guides, farmers and fish tion of the amount of snow, the on the ground. He said the federal Newfoundland Power said that Colford said that considering the pen operators on Volcano Island. rate of snowfall and the wind government was still working out its overnight crews were work- amount of snow that fell and the The new housing site should be at speed that we’ve had here over exactly how the military would ing to restore electricity for about intensity of the winds, damage in least 10 miles away from the res- the past couple of days,” Breen be able to help the city 21,000 customers. the city had been minimal. tive volcano to be safe, he said. Harry, Meghan to give up ‘highness’ titles Thousands-strong Hong Kong protest cut short by clashes LONDON — Prince Harry and wife Meghan will no longer use BY ALICE FUNG lative Council building. They held weeks. Beijing has repeatedly accused the titles “royal highness” or re- AND CAROL MANG up signs that read “Free Hong “I think Hong Kong has not foreign countries like the U.S. ceive public funds for their work Associated Press Kong” and waved American and been the focus of the world any- of inciting riots in Hong Kong under a deal that lets the couple British flags. more,” he said. in a bid to sabotage China’s HONG KONG — Clashes broke step aside as working royals, “We want real universal suf- He urged other countries to development. out between protesters and police Buckingham Palace announced frage,” the protesters chanted. launch sanctions against Hong The statement outlined the in Hong Kong on Sunday, cutting on Saturday. “Disband the police force, free Kong’s government if it does not “universal suffrage of ‘one per- short a rally after thousands had With the couple’s unhappiness Hong Kong!” allow residents to directly elect son, one vote’ as an ultimate aim” gathered at a park to call for elec- with life under media scrutiny, Hong Kong media outlets re- Legislative Council members this enshrined in the city’s de facto toral reforms and a boycott of the Harry and Meghan will cease to ported that police arrested the ral- year. constitution, known as the Basic Chinese Communist Party. ly’s organizer, Ventus Lau, shortly The bill — which would have be working members of the royal Law. This step must be imple- Police fired tear gas near the after he spoke to reporters. allowed Hong Kong residents family when the new arrange- mented in line with “gradual and park, known as Chater Garden, Local broadcaster RTHK cited to be sent to mainland China to ments take effect in the “spring after some protesters attacked fellow organizers as saying that stand trial — has since been with- orderly progress,” the statement of 2020.” plainclothes officers — a return Lau was arrested for allegedly drawn, but protests have contin- said. Harry and Meghan will no lon- to the violence that has roiled the violating the police’s conditions ued for more than seven months, Hong Kong police gave approv- ger use the titles His Royal High- Chinese territory off and on for for the rally. centered around demands for al for Sunday’s rally, but not for a ness and Her Royal Highness months. Earlier in the day, Lau said he voting rights and an independent march that organizers had also but will retain them, leaving the Sporting their movement’s believes more large-scale pro- inquiry into police conduct. planned. The march didn’t hap- possibility that the couple might trademark black clothing and tests are needed for global at- In response to Sunday’s rally, pen, and the protest was curtailed change their minds and return face masks, rally participants had tention to return to Hong Kong, Hong Kong’s government re- by clashes after police ordered an sometime in the future. earlier packed into Chater Gar- with the protest movement losing leased a statement that warned end to the rally hours before the From the Associated Press den, located near the city’s Legis- some of its momentum in recent against any foreign involvement. pre-approved finishing time. Monday, January 20, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 WORLD Fires alter landscape in Australia forever

Associated Press — all linked to climate change — may make it impossible for even Australia’s forests are burn- fire-adapted forests to be fully re- ing at a rate unmatched in mod- stored, scientists say. ern times and scientists say the “The normal processes of re- landscape is being permanently covery are going to be less effec- altered as a warming climate tive, going to take longer,“ said brings profound changes to the Roger Kitching, an ecologist at island continent. Griffith University in Queensland. Heat waves and drought have “Instead of an ecosystem taking a fueled bigger and more frequent decade, it may take a century or fires in parts of Australia, so far more to recover, all assuming we this season torching some 40,000 don’t get another fire season of square miles , an area about as big this magnitude soon.” as Ohio. The changing landscape has Before the recent wildfires, major implications for Australia’s PETER DEJONG/AP ecologists divided up Australia’s diverse wildlife. The fires in Eun- native vegetation into two cat- gella National Park, for example, Scores of people pick free tulips Saturday on Dam Square in front of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, egories: fire-adapted landscapes threaten “frogs and reptiles that Netherlands. Saturday was National Tulip Day, which marks the opening of the 2020 season. that burn periodically, and those don’t live anywhere else,” said that don’t burn. In the recent University of Queensland ecolo- fires, that distinction lost mean- gist Diana Fisher. Tulip lovers chase the blues with blooms ing — even rainforests and peat Fires typically burn through swamps caught fire, likely chang- the forest in a patchwork pat- Associated Press into a multi colored feast for cold- from the rainbow of vibrant col- ing them forever. tern, leaving unburned refuges dulled senses to mark National ors on offer. Flames have blazed through from which plant and animal AMSTERDAM — Winter blues Tulip Day. National Tulip Day marks the jungles dried out by drought, species can spread. However, the 0, joyful color 1. such as Eungella National Park, megafires raging in parts of Aus- Tulip growers in the Nether- Several thousand people con- opening of the tulip season for the where shrouds of mist have been tralia are consuming everything lands beat back winter — if only verged on Dam Square in front of Netherlands’ flower industry. replaced by smoke. in their path and leaving little for a day — with a riotous explo- the Royal Palace to enjoy and pick Flowers are a flourishing High temperatures, drought room for that kind of recovery, sion of color Saturday as they the 200,000 free tulips, making business in the Netherlands, the and more frequent wildfires said Kitching. turned an Amsterdam square gorgeous bunches for themselves world’s biggest tulip producer. PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 20, 2020 FACES Surprise! An album from Eminem Rapper drops ‘Music to Be Murdered By,’ calls for gun law changes

Associated Press mass shooting in modern U.S. history. It fedora and holding a shovel. An alternate closes with footage of news broadcasts cover features the same splatter, with a Rapper Eminem once again dropped a from other recent mass shootings in the now-hatless Eminem holding both a surprise album, releasing “Music to Be U.S. and an appeal to register to vote. hatchet and a gun to his head in an hom- Murdered By” on Jan. 17 — along with a “When will this end? When enough age to Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 album of video that calls for changes to gun laws. people care,” reads the text at the end of the same name: “Inspired by the master, The follow-up to 2018’s “Kamikaze” — the video. “Register to vote at vote.gov. Uncle Alfred!” Eminem tweeted. also released without warning — was an- Make your voice heard and help change “Music to Be Murdered By” is Emi- nounced on Twitter just after midnight. gun laws in America.” nem’s 11th studio album, according to The Detroit rapper’s new music video A link to the music video on Eminem’s his website. for “Darkness,” one of the album’s 20 website encourages viewers to contact The album’s many collaborators tracks, depicts a shooting at a concert. or visit several gun violence prevention include Ed Sheeran, Skylar The lyrics and storyline of the video spe- organizations, including Everytown for Grey, Anderson .Paak cifically allude to the 2017 mass shooting Gun Safety and Sandy Hook Promise. and Juice WRLD, at a music festival in Las Vegas that left The cover art features blood spatter who died in 58 people dead, making it the deadliest and a bearded Eminem clad in a suit and December. AP Carey, Neptunes next to join Songwriters Hall From wire services Other news It’s one sweet day for Mariah Days before the 62nd Gram- Carey: the pop diva, who has my Awards, Recording Academy co-written 18 of her 19 No. 1 hit President and Chief Executive songs, will be inducted into the Deborah Dugan has been placed Songwriters Hall of Fame. on leave after an allegation of Joining Carey for the 2020 Robert Downey Jr. speaks misconduct, the organization class are the Neptunes (the duo to animals, but not to confirmed Jan. 16. Dugan took movie critics, in “Dolittle.” of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo), former Eurythmics mem- over on Aug. 1 as the first female UNIVERSAL PICTURES/AP bers Annie Lennox and Dave president of the Recording Acad- Stewart, the Isley Brothers, Rick emy, which oversees the Grammy Nowels, William “Mickey” Ste- Awards. This year’s show takes place Jan. 26. phenson and Steve Miller. Chip and Joanna Gaines’ The acts will officially be in- Downey Jr. flick does little for critics ducted at the Songwriters Hall’s new Magnolia cable network 51st annual Induction and Awards will debut on Oct. 4, with a dozen BY BETHONIE BUTLER “Aside from a few broad bouts of animal humor Dinner on June 11 in New York shows currently in production. The couple will appear in multiple The Washington Post — yes, flatulence is involved — the whole exercise City. Songwriters are eligible for feels utterly lifeless, and a conspicuous waste of induction after writing hit songs shows on the Magnolia network. Even as many of us are still recovering from time and, given the special effects, what looks like for at least 20 years. Among them are a cooking show “Cats,” the hallowed (and subjective) tradition of a ridiculous amount of money.” Carey, whose hits include “We with Joanna and another featur- bad cinema carries on. The latest offender, ac- — Brian Lowry, CNN Belong Together” and “Hero,” re- ing the couple. The programming cording to a growing number of scathing reviews, leased her self-titled debut album is focused on family-friendly fare is “Dolittle,” starring Robert Downey Jr. as the “There really is no excuse for the harm done to in 1990. With 19 No. 1 hits on that touches on home, garden, famed fictional doctor turned veterinarian who is Downey, a world-class actor who’s sucked down the Billboard Hot 100 chart, she food, wellness and design. The able to talk to the animals he treats. into this quicksand of a movie that even Iron Man is only behind the Beatles, who network will be the new home for “Dolittle” was written and directed by Stephen couldn’t salvage.” have had 20 songs top the chart. episodes of “Fixer Upper.” Gaghan — the Oscar-winning screenwriter behind — Peter Travers, Rolling Stone Her holiday staple, the 25-year- The AMC series “Better “Traffic” — who helmed the 2005 political thriller old “All I Want for Christmas Is Call Saul” has been renewed for a “Syriana.” It features Antonio Banderas, Michael “The voice cast of Emma Thompson, Rami You,” reached the No. 1 spot on sixth and final season. Executive Sheen and (the voices of) Octavia Spencer, Rami Malek, Octavia Spencer, Tom Holland, John Cena, the Hot 100 in December and producer and showrunner Peter Malek, Emma Thompson and Marion Cotillard, Marion Cotillard and Ralph Fiennes has been re- January — making Carey the Gould made the announcement among others. duced to lowest-common-denominator jokes and only artist to have No. 1 hits in the Jan. 16. The final season will con- How bad could it be? modern colloquialisms that make them sound like 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. sist of 13 episodes, to be released Well, to start, the film has earned The Washing- Millennials at 4:20.” Virginia-based duo the Nep- next year — bringing its episode ton Post’s first zero-star review of 2020. “Dolittle” — G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle tunes shaped pop and urban radio total to 63, roughly on par with its also prompted Vulture critic Bilge Ebiri to con- from the ’90s well into the 2000s predecessor, “Breaking Bad.” clude “movies suck now.” The flick had a 17 per- “Iron Man is dead; the man who played Iron thanks to crafting hits for Britney Grammy-nominated pop cent fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes as of Friday. Man and thereby birthed the unkillable Marvel Spears, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, singer Demi Lovato will perform But as Vanity Fair reminds us (in one of the Cinematic Universe is free. Free to do whatever Usher and Beyonce. Williams the national anthem at the Super film’s more generous reviews), “the ‘Dolittles’ of he wants to do ... to make whatever kind of movie and Hugo, who met in the seventh Bowl. NFL and Fox announced film will continue to be made, as there will always he wants to make. The first thing Downey wanted grade, worked on No. 1 hits such the performance Jan. 16. It will be children who want to see them.” to do, apparently, was to give a dragon an enema.” as Nelly’s “Hot In Herre,” Gwen take place ahead of the big game Godspeed to parents of such children as you head — Rob Harvilla, the Ringer Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl” and on Feb. 2 in Miami. Jennifer to the theater. May these withering lines prepare Snoop Dogg’s “Drop It Like It’s Lopez and Shakira will headline you for the 101 minutes you’ll never get back. “At some point during its troubled gestation, Hot.” the halftime show. the movie once known as ‘The Voyage of Doctor Williams also found major suc- Christopher Tolkien, who “Here’s hoping the cast bought themselves Dolittle’ was renamed ‘Dolittle.’ Was ‘voyage’ too cess with his own music, even played a major role protecting the something nice with the money they made. fusty, ‘doctor’ too fancy? Whatever the case, it’s earning an Oscar nomination for legacy of his father’s “The Lord Though, to be honest, the only decent thing to do too bad that the rest of this movie couldn’t have the smash “Happy,” one of the top of the Rings” series, has died. He with it would have been to distribute it — a kind of been ditched as well, or at least dramatically songs of the last decade. was 95. Tolkien’s life work was movie malpractice award — among this doctor’s shortened.” Twenty-four acts were in con- closely identified with that of his real victims.” — Manohla Dargis, New York Times tention for the Songwriters Hall father, J.R.R. Tolkien. He helped — Kristen Page-Kirby, The Washington Post of Fame’s 2020 class, including edit and publish much of his fa- “The movie is shockingly unfunny, largely bor- Outkast, R.E.M., Patti Smith, ther’s writings after the science “You go into this thing expecting silly insouci- ing, and a waste of talent on par with ... actually, Journey, Vince Gill and Gloria fiction and fantasy master died ance and walk away from it questioning reality. It come to think of it, it may set a new record in that Estefan. Only six songwriters, or in 1973. He also drew the original is anti-cinema ... a calamity for the ages.” regard.” songwriting groups, are inducted maps that adorned the trilogy of — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture — Germain Lussier, i09 each year. books released in the 1950s. Monday, January 20, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 20, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Trump economy a worry for Democrats Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff BY JAY AMBROSE rienced their lowest unemployment in his- Trump helped make such good things Tribune News Service tory, and people without college degrees happen through individual tax cuts boost- have the lowest unemployment rate in ing consumer confidence, and also a cor- EDITORIAL ou almost felt sorry for them, the nearly 20 years. porate tax cut. It invites investments to our six Democratic presidential can- The economist Stephen Moore tells us country, makes us more competitive with Terry Leonard, Editor didates having their last debate [email protected] wages have been going up four times faster low-taxed European corporations, brings before the Iowa caucuses. The Senior Managing Editor Y than what we saw in the slow-walk Obama back money to our shores and unleashes Robert H. Reid, subject of President Donald Trump’s raz- [email protected] recovery, but guess what. Apparently pay- corporations to advance their cause by such zle-dazzle, historically stunning economy ing more attention to Biden than to those in means as increasing wages. The stated Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content came up. What were they to do? Concede the know, Elizabeth Warren, who is worth aim of the candidates was mostly to raise [email protected] its accomplishments? Demonstrate igno- $12 million, said the economy was work- taxes on corporations and the wealthy that rance? Mouth falsehoods? Or respectably ing only for those at the top, not for anyone will slow down the boom while failing to fi- Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation indulge in fine-tuned analysis granting the else. In lower tones with more nuance, Pete nance ruinously expensive new programs [email protected] obvious while pointing to shortcomings Buttigieg said something similar. Biden, that will increase a massive, threatening and possible improvements? Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital worth something like $9 million, agreed debt that is just maybe Trump’s greatest Joe Biden quickly skipped the analysis [email protected] the wealthy were the only ones doing well. failing. option. Less like a thoughtful statesman Lumping all six of these candidates than like King Kong thumping his chest, he Tom Steyer, the only billionaire in the together as if they are one would be ab- BUREAU STAFF roared that working and middle-class peo- room, seemed on board and noted he was surd, of course, and Amy Klobuchar, for ple were “being clobbered, they’re being giving his money away. Bernie Sanders, the Europe/Mideast instance, separates herself from the oth- killed.” He said he had “support across the owner of three homes, did not say he was Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief ers with a seeming attachment to com- [email protected] board” on this emphatic stance and could giving two away but hissed about the greed +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 hardly wait to debate Trump. Differences and corruption of the corporate elite who monsense analysis. But most have opposed are actually doing more for America than every good move Trump has made, such as Pacific with others wouldn’t end there, however. A CNN poll shows a 19-year-high 76% of the political elite running for president. lessening illegal immigration and thereby Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief affording more jobs to citizens already [email protected] the American people believe the economy What’s reported is that income increases +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 is either very good or at least somewhat during the Trump boom have been great- here or deregulating to the point of capi- good. est at the bottom income level. The new talism almost being capitalism again. A Washington After all, as varied online magazine ar- median household income of $66,000 is sparkling economy with jobs conferring Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief ticles point out, millions of jobs have been the highest in history, meaning the middle dignity is crucial to a long list of desired [email protected] societal ends, far more important for the (+1)(202)886-0033 created under Trump and unemployment class is probably grinning instead of being Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News is the lowest in a half century, just 3.5%, killed and clobbered. As an example of overall public good than ever-bigger gov- [email protected] which is essentially no unemployment; if those in tough situations getting significant ernment usurping our initiative, trying to you want a job, send an email or knock on boosts, it has been noted that single-parent control more than it can ever understand CIRCULATION a door. People who had given up hope and mothers have seen their pocketbooks swell and diminishing our liberty. Mideast were sitting at home are getting back in by 7.6%. The poverty rate, meanwhile, is Jay Ambrose is an op-ed columnist for Tribune Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager the hunt. African-Americans have expe- the lowest in decades. News Service. [email protected] [email protected] DSN (314)583-9111 Europe Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager The values King preached need rediscovering [email protected] [email protected] BY COLBERT I. KING always has been wrong, and it always will +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 King’s teaching got me The Washington Post be wrong!” Pacific to thinking about the 53 That got me to thinking about White Mari Mori, [email protected] t was a 25-year-old Martin Luther House senior policy adviser Stephen Mill- +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 King Jr., whose birthday is celebrat- Senate Republicans who er. How can a person who pushes white ed Monday, who stood in the pulpit of CONTACT US know that some things nationalism, invokes a 1924 American im- IDetroit’s Second Baptist Church on migration law extolled by Adolf Hitler, is Feb. 28, 1954. The Montgomery bus boy- are right and some things bigoted and racially intolerant — how can Washington cott, which would launch the future leader tel: (+1)202.886.0003 are wrong, but adjust he end up in the White House? 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 of the American civil rights movement to Then I stopped to think about who put national prominence, was nearly two years their attitudes relative to Miller where he is — Trump. The same Reader letters away. President Trump who recently retweeted [email protected] King roused the Second Baptist congre- the behavior of President to his 70 million followers a doctored photo gation that Sunday morning with a sermon Additional contacts Donald Trump. of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wearing stripes.com/contactus that did not once mention race. Discrimina- a hijab and Sen. Charles Schumer with a tion, segregation, protest demonstrations turban on his head in front of an Iranian OMBUDSMAN — these were not on his agenda. The young flag with a caption reading, “the corrupt- preacher went deeper, if such a thing was three dozen countries in the world with un- ed Dems trying their best to come to the Ernie Gates possible during an era of racial turmoil. Ayatollah’s rescue.” Why wouldn’t an in- manned, missile-armed drones capable of King got the congregation thinking sulter of Islam and Muslims, who also in- being launched from afar under remote The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow about values, a subject as relevant today as flicts cruelty at our southern border, want control and striking and killing with preci- of news and information, reporting any attempts by the it was in 1954. to have the likes of Stephen Miller at his military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s sion. Think about what lies within hearts independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns King talked about lost values and the side? and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for fair- need for rediscovering them. and souls of leaders in countries such as King’s sermon derided what he regard- ness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman Something seemed fundamentally wrong North Korea, China, Iran, Russia, Turkey ed as a pragmatic test applied to right and welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted and, yes, the United States. by email at [email protected], or by phone at in society, he preached. And it wasn’t be- wrong: “If it works, it’s all right. Nothing is 202.886.0003. cause society didn’t know enough. Scien- King called attention to shaky moral wrong but that which does not work. If you foundations and the “relativistic ethic” tific progress was amazing. King said in don’t get caught, it’s right.” 18th-century America, it took three days that was being applied to right and wrong. Which made me think of Trump using Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- He described it as an ethic that says “since days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday for a letter to go from New York City to the powers of his office to solicit a foreign through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and Washington; in 1954, a person could go everybody is doing it, it must be right” — government to help take down a domestic Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals from Detroit to China in less time. an ethic that means “people can’t stand up political opponent, lying about his success- postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send for their … convictions, because the major- address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, It’s even more astonishing today. Break- es and taking credit for things he didn’t do APO AP 96301-5002. fast can be had in Washington, teatime en- ity of people might not be doing it.” He said — all because it works. And his adoring be- This newspaper is authorized by the Department of joyed in London and a nightcap swallowed it’s “a sort of numerical interpretation of lievers eat it up. Defense for members of the military services overseas. what’s right.” However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are unofficial, in New York City — all in the same day. King reminded the Second Baptist wor- and are not to be considered as the official views of, or The trouble, he said, was not that we King’s teaching got me to thinking about shipers that “it’s possible to affirm the ex- endorsed by, the U.S. government. As a DOD newspaper, the 53 Senate Republicans who know that istence of God with your lips and deny his Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official chan- don’t know enough, but that “we aren’t nels and use appropriated funds for distribution to remote good enough.” Scientific genius, he said, some things are right and some things are existence with your life.” locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. has outpaced “our moral genius.” The wrong, but adjust their attitudes relative to Which makes me visualize Trump bask- The appearance of advertising in this publication does the behavior of President Donald Trump. ing at evangelical rallies and paying lip not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense greater danger facing the country in ’54, or Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. King noted, was not “the atomic bomb that King said he was at Second Baptist to say service to God, while paying actual service Products or services advertised shall be made available for was created by physical science” that could that some things are right and wrong, eter- to himself. purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical be dropped on the heads of thousands of nally and absolutely. “It’s wrong to hate,” Knowing right from wrong; honesty; handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor people, but “that atomic bomb which lies he declared. “It has always been wrong justice. Basic values preached by Martin of the purchaser, user or patron. in the hearts and souls of men, capable of and it always will be wrong. It’s wrong in Luther King Jr. still need rediscovering in © Stars and Stripes 2020 exploding into the vilest of hate and into America, it’s wrong in Germany, it’s wrong 2020. the most damaging selfishness.” in Russia, it’s wrong in China. It was wrong Colbert I. King is a Washington Post columnist stripes.com That thought calls to mind the more than in 2000 B.C., and it’s wrong in 1954 A.D. It and former deputy editorial page editor. Monday, January 20, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 SCOREBOARD/COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Sports College basketball Navy’s Perry Men’s Top 25 fared Immaculata 80, Neumann 67 Mount St. Mary’s 72, CCSU 64 on AFN Indiana (Pa.) 86, California (Pa.) 69 New Hampshire 72, UMBC 63 Saturday Ithaca 101, Clarkson 87 Niagara 73, Monmouth (NJ) 70 1. Gonzaga (20-1) beat BYU 92-69. Jefferson 65, Dominican (NY) 61 Quinnipiac 74, Canisius 71 Next: vs. Pacific, Saturday. Juniata 67, Moravian 54 Rider 70, Siena 66 shines in 2. Baylor (15-1) beat Oklahoma State King’s (Pa.) 85, FDU-Florham 59 Robert Morris 72, Merrimack 50 Go to the American Forces 75-68. Next: vs. Oklahoma, Monday. Kutztown 92, West Chester 78 St. Francis (Pa.) 60, Sacred Heart 58 3. Duke (15-3) lost to No. 11 Louisville, LIU Brooklyn 74, Bryant 60 Stony Brook 73, Albany (NY) 53 Network website for the most 79-73. Next: vs. Miami, Tuesday. Lasell 69, Emmanuel (Mass.) 68 Vermont 63, Hartford 53 up-to-date TV schedules. 4. Auburn (15-2) lost to Florida 69-47. LeMoyne 83, S. New Hampshire 73 Villanova 74, Georgetown 53 Shrine Bowl Next: vs. South Carolina, Wednesday. Lock Haven 95, Bloomsburg 80 Wagner 74, St. Francis Brooklyn 66 myafn.net 5. Butler (15-3) lost to DePaul 79-66. Lycoming 70, Arcadia 68 SOUTH Next: at No. 14 Villanova, Tuesday. MIT 82, Wheaton (Mass.) 73 Alabama St. 75, Alabama A&M 48 6. Kansas (14-3) beat Texas 66-57. Maine-Farmington 109, Lyndon St. 77 Alcorn St. 81, MVSU 67 BY FRED GOODALL Next: vs. Kansas State, Tuesday. Manhattanville 74, Sarah Lawrence 64 Belmont 71, Morehead St. 62 Deals 7. San Diego State (19-0) beat Nevada Marquette 84, Georgetown 80 Bethune-Cookman 73, NC Central 52 Associated Press 68-55. Next: vs. Wyoming, Tuesday. Marshall 68, Old Dominion 67 Campbell 53, Presbyterian 47 8. Oregon (15-4) beat Washington 64- Maryland 57, Purdue 50 Cent. Arkansas 53, Nicholls 46 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — 61, OT. Next: vs. Southern Cal, Thursday. Mass. College 67, Framingham St. 64 Chattanooga 60, Furman 52 Saturday’s transactions 9. Florida State (16-2) beat Miami 83- Mass.-Boston 72, Rhode Island Coll. 68 Coastal Carolina 80, Appalachian St. 53 Mission accomplished for Florida 79, OT. Next: vs. Notre Dame, Saturday. Merchant Marine 73, NY Maritime 47 Davidson 62, George Washington 55 BASEBALL 10. Kentucky (13-4) beat Arkansas 73- Merrimack 53, Robert Morris 49 International’s James Morgan, American League E. Kentucky 61, Tennessee St. 55 66. Next: vs. Georgia, Tuesday. Middlebury 93, Bowdoin 71 Florida A&M 44, SC State 39 Charlotte’s Benny LeMay and BOSTON RED SOX — Designated RHP 11. Louisville (15-3) beat No. 3 Duke 79- Mitchell 86, Dean 73 Travis Lakins for assignment. Florida Gulf Coast 74, N. Alabama 63 Navy’s Malcolm Perry in the 73. Next: vs. Georgia Tech, Wednesday. Molloy 85, Mercy 61 Gardner-Webb 63, SC-Upstate 53 National League 12. West Virginia (14-3) lost to Kansas Monmouth (NJ) 65, Manhattan 58 MIAMI MARLINS — Released LHP Bri- Hampton 64, Charleston Southern 59 East-West Shrine Bowl. State 84-68. Next: vs. Texas, Monday. Mount Aloysius 90, Pitt.-Bradford 56 High Point 76, Longwood 69 an Moran. 13. Dayton (16-2) did not play. Next: vs. Mount St. Vincent 87, Farmingdale 75 The trio shined for the East in a HOCKEY Jackson St. 81, Texas Southern 79 St. Bonaventure, Wednesday. NYU-Poly 83, Morrisville St. 71 Jacksonville 57, Stetson 52 31-27 victory, with Morgan lead- National Hockey League 14. Villanova (14-3) beat UConn 61-55. Navy 68, Lafayette 66 TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Reassigned Liberty 64, Lipscomb 60 Next: vs. No. 5 Butler, Tuesday. Nazareth 79, Utica 71 Middle Tennessee 72, FIU 56 ing two first-quarter touchdown F Mitchell Stephens and D Luke Schenn 15. Michigan State (14-4) did not play. New England Coll. 101, Elms 79 to Syracuse (AHL). Morgan St. 74, Howard 67 drives and LeMay rushing for a Next: at Indiana, Thursday. New Hampshire 65, UMBC 60 NC A&T 84, Coppin St. 38 FOOTBALL 16. Wichita State (15-3) lost to Houston New Haven 85, Stonehill 83 pair of TDs, including the game- National Football League New Orleans 78, McNeese St. 59 65-54. Next: at South Florida, Tuesday. Nyack 75, Goldey Beacom 71 Norfolk St. 68, Md.-Eastern Shore 45 winner. Perry took a direct snap GREEN BAY PACKERS — Activated S 17. Maryland (14-4) beat Purdue 57-50. Old Westbury 72, St. Joseph’s (NY) 62 Raven Greene from IR. Old Dominion 57, Marshall 46 Next: at Northwestern, Tuesday. Pace 76, Bentley 66 Prairie View 67, Grambling St. 54 from center and sprinted 52 yards SOCCER 18. Seton Hall (14-4) beat St. John’s 82- Penn College 92, Penn St.-Abington 78 Major League Soccer Radford 54, Winthrop 53 for a TD on his only carry. 79. Next: vs. Providence, Wednesday. Penn St. 90, Ohio St. 76 Samford 72, Mercer 64 CHICAGO FIRE — Acquired F Robert 19. Michigan (11-6) did not play. Next: Penn St.-Altoona 74, Penn St. Behrend “It was really a nice week,“ Beric by transfer frmo Saint-Etienne S. Alabama 71, Georgia Southern 65 vs. Penn State, Wednesday. 63 Troy 71, Georgia St. 57 (Ligue 1-France). Named David Zdrilic 20. Colorado (14-4) lost to Arizona 75- Penn St.-Berks 89, Gallaudet 81 said Morgan. “I just wanted to assistant coach. Tulane 64, Cincinnati 59 54. Next: vs. Washington State, Thurs- Pine Manor 95, Maine Maritime 69 UAB 92, FAU 73 come in, work as hard I could, CINCINNATI —Waived F Fanendo Adi day. Pitt.-Greensburg 79, Alfred St. 68 and G Jimmy Hague. UNC-Greensboro 54, W. Carolina 43 learn as much as possible and go 21. Ohio State (12-6) lost to Penn State Pitt.-Johnstown 72, Slippery Rock 69 UT Martin 65, Austin Peay 61 90-76. Next: vs. Minnesota, Thursday. Pittsburgh 66, North Carolina 52 W. Kentucky 60, Charlotte 56 out and compete. It was quite an Plymouth St. 75, Mass.-Dartmouth 63 22. Memphis (14-3) did not play. Next: Wofford 76, ETSU 47 at Tulsa, Wednesday. Purchase 78, Mount St. Mary (NY) 70 experience.“ College hockey 23. Texas Tech (12-5) beat Iowa State Ramapo 69, William Paterson 4 MIDWEST LeMay and Perry, a quarter- 72-52. Next: at TCU, Tuesday. Regis (Mass.) 82, Rivier 78 Cent. Michigan 80, W. Michigan 70 24. Illinois (13-5) beat Northwestern Rhode Island 66, La Salle 63 Cleveland St. 79, Oakland 58 back in college who’s eyeing a Saturday’s scores 75-71. Next: at Purdue, Tuesday. Rowan 84, Rutgers-Newark 66 Jacksonville St. 53, SIU-Edwardsville 44 pro career as a receiver, felt good 25. Creighton (14-5) beat Providence S. Connecticut 63, St. Michael’s 61 Kansas 67, Texas Tech 50 EAST 78-74. Next: at DePaul, Wednesday. SUNY-Canton 85, Maine-Presque Isle 67 Kent St. 78, Miami (Ohio) 75 about what they accomplished American International 2, Bentley 1 Saint Joseph’s 87, Penn 81 N. Illinois 70, Akron 65 playing in the nation’s longest Boston College 4, Boston U. 3 Saturday’s men’s scores Salve Regina 100, Gordon 99, OT Ohio 79, Ball St. 71 Brown 3, Union 0 Sciences (Pa.) 73, Post (Conn.) 61 SE Missouri 88, Murray St. 73 running college football all-star Cornell 3, N. Michigan 1 EAST Scranton 74, Catholic 64 Tennessee Tech 75, E. Illinois 62 game. Dartmouth 3, St. Lawrence 1 Seton Hall 82, St. John’s 79 Toledo 79, Bowling Green 72 Clarkson 4, Harvard 3 Alfred 85, Elmira 73 American U. 81, Holy Cross 69 Shepherd 73, Millersville 72 Utah Valley 76, Rio Grande 67 LeMay’s 9-yard TD run with Providence 3, New Hampshire 1 St. Anselm 117, Adelphi 90 W. Illinois 75, Oral Roberts 61 UConn 3, Northeastern 2, OT Army 81, Loyola (Md.) 80 just under two minutes remain- Assumption 75, American International St. Francis (NY) 69, Wagner 64 Youngstown St. 62, Detroit 47 Michigan 5, Penn St. 4, OT St. Francis (Pa.) 72, Sacred Heart 65 SOUTHWEST ing sealed offensive MVP honors Robert Morris 5, Mercyhurst 1 54 Bates 98, Hamilton 81 St. John Fisher 80, Sage 76 Abilene Christian 61, SE Louisiana 53 Canisius 5, Sacred Heart 2 St. Joseph (Conn.) 89, Norwich 81 Baylor 91, West Virginia 51 for the 5-foot-8, 216-pound run- UMass Lowell 6, Merrimack 4 Bloomfield 89, Holy Family 56 Bluefield St. 95, WVU Tech 94 St. Peter’s 71, Quinnipiac 51 Louisiana-Lafayette 73, Texas State 67 ning back, who finished with 80 UMass 2, Vermont 1 St. Thomas Aquinas 88, Queens (NY) 77 North Texas 74, Louisiana Tech 69 Yale 4, RPI 1 Bowie St. 96, Shaw 67 Bridgeport 82, NYIT 72 Stevens Tech 81, Misericordia 61 Rice 75, Southern Miss. 64 yards on 16 carries. MIDWEST Bryn Athyn 75, Rosemont 66 Stockton 80, Montclair St. 68 Sam Houston St. 97, Houston Baptist 69 “The offensive line did a great Michigan Tech 1, Bemidji St. 1, OT Stony Brook 70, Albany (NY) 62 Southern U. 70, Ark.-Pine Bluff 43 (tie) Bucknell 72, Lehigh 56 CCSU 78, Mount St. Mary’s 70 Suffolk 81, Anna Maria 60 Steph. F. Austin 67, Incarnate Word 45 job,“ LeMay said. “It’s really nice Bowling Green 2, Minnesota St. 1 Susquehanna 86, Elizabethtown 74 Texas A&M-CC 49, Lamar 39 Alaska 6, Ferris St. 3 Cazenovia 87, Keuka 80 to come out here and have a good Charleston (WV) 95, Notre Dame (Ohio) Towson 69, James Madison 61 Texas-Arlington 72, La.-Monroe 34 North Dakota 3, Miami 3, OT (tie) Tufts 96, Amherst 78 UALR 67, Arkansas St. 58 game.“ Ohio St. 2, Notre Dame 1 70 Clark U. 92, Babson 89, OT Vermont 74, Hartford 57 UTEP 94, UTSA 54 Denver 2, Omaha 2, OT (tie) Morgan started at quarterback Cobleskill 81, Wells 58 Villanova 61, UConn 55 FAR WEST St. Cloud St. 2, Minn. Duluth 0 Colby 73, Williams 61 W. New England 92, New England 74 BYU 65, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 55 for the East and shared playing W. Michigan 6, Colorado College 2 Colgate 79, Boston U. 70 W. Virginia St. 95, Urbana 86 Boise St. 65, Utah St. 59 time with Princeton’s Kevin Da- Wisconsin 3, Michigan 1 Columbia 75, Cornell 61 West Florida 67, West Georgia 53 Chicago St. 60, CS Bakersfield 58 WEST Concord 80, Davis & Elkins 63 West Liberty 125, Frostburg St. 77 Colorado St. 60, Air Force 40 vidson and Mississippi State’s Air Force 2, Niagara 1 Concordia (N.Y.) 83, Georgian Court 80 Worcester St. 80, Salem St. 67 Denver 66, Nebraska-Omaha 60 Tommy Stevens, who led his team Alaska Anchorage 3, Ala. Huntsville 2 D’Youville 94, Franciscan 87 Worcester Tech 79, Coast Guard 67 Fresno St. 89, Wyoming 59 Arizona St. 5, RIT 3 DeSales 79, Delaware Valley 57 Gonzaga 69, San Francisco 46 downfield for the winning TD Delaware 79, Elon 78 Saturday’s women’s scores Hawaii 79, Cal St.-Fullerton 72 after the West took a 27-24 lead Drew 64, Goucher 59 Idaho 52, Montana 51 College football Drexel 84, William & Mary 57 EAST Long Beach St. 60, CS Northridge 52 on James Robinson’s 63-yard E. Nazarene 84, Lesley 64 Binghamton 73, Maine 63 Loyola Marymount 84, Pepperdine 77 scoring run. East Stroudsburg 91, Mansfield 54 Bryant 57, LIU 53 Montana St. 89, E. Washington 85 Bowl glance Emerson 74, Springfield 70 Bucknell 71, Lehigh 50 N. Arizona 72, N. Colorado 45 Robinson, who rushed for 1,899 East-West Shrine Classic Endicott 86, Roger Williams 61 Buffalo 66, E. Michigan 63 Nevada 70, San Diego St. 69 yards and 18 touchdowns for Il- East 31, West 27 Fairmont St. 93, Wheeling Jesuit 81 Colgate 70, Boston U. 61 New Mexico St. 83, Seattle 65 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Felician 89, Wilmington (Del.) 51 Columbia 76, Cornell 66 Portland 80, Santa Clara 77 linois State this season, finished National 30, American 20 Franklin & Marshall 74, Muhlenberg 72, Duquesne 58, Saint Joseph’s 51 Portland St. 69, Idaho St. 64 Saturday, Jan. 25 OT Fairfield 52, Iona 40 Sacramento St. 87, S. Utah 82 with 80 yards rushing on seven Senior Bowl Franklin Pierce 83, St. Rose 65 Holy Cross 72, American U. 59 San Diego 66, Pacific 64 attempts. He gained an additional North vs. South George Washington 75, UMass 51 Kennesaw St. 77, NJIT 64 UC Irvine 68, Cal Poly 57 Sunday, Jan. 26 Glenville St. 91, WV Wesleyan 71 Lafayette 79, Navy 52 UC Riverside 66, UC Santa Barbara 61 56 yards on two receptions, one a Hula Bowl Hartwick 87, Houghton 63 Loyola (Md.) 68, Army 59 UMKC 74, Grand Canyon 53 46-yarder that led to a field goal. East vs. West Harvard 67, Dartmouth 62 Marist 71, Manhattan 66 UNLV 68, New Mexico 51 Utah’s Tyler Huntley threw a 7- yard TD pass to San Diego State Golf tight end Parker Houston and North Texas’ Mason Fine tossed The American Express Brian Harman 67q-67n-69s---203 -13 Tommy Fleetwood, England 71-70-67—208 Diamond Resorts a 36-yard scoring pass to Ohio Sebastian Muir 67n-68s-68q---203 -13 K. Aphibarnrat, Thailand 70-73-65—208 State’s Binjimon Victor to help the Saturday David Hearn 71q-68n-65s---204 -12 Romain Langasque, France 70-71-67—208 Tournament of Champions La Quinta, Calif. Chesson Hadley 73q-67n-64s---204 -12 West wipe out a two-touchdown s-Stadium Course (Host Course); 7,113 Denny McCarthy 71s-68q-65n---204 -12 Mitsubishi Electric Saturday deficit and make it 17-all heading yards; Par 72 Grayson Murray 64s-71q-69n---204 -12 At Tranquilo Golf Course q-La Quinta Counry Club; 7,060 yards; Michael Gligic 69n-65s-70q---204 -12 Saturday Lake Buena Vista, Fla. into the fourth quarter. par 72 Talor Gooch 69n-71s-64q---204 -12 At Ka’upulehu-Kona, Hawaii Purse: $1.2 million Morgan, meanwhile, continued n-Nicklaus Tournament Course; 7,159 Purse: $1.8 million Yardage: 6,645; Par 71 yards; par 72 HSBC Championship Yardage: 7,107; Par 72 Third Round to state his case as a potential Purse: $6.7 million Third Round Inbee Park 65-68-67—200 -13 Third Round Saturday x-Won on second playoff hole Sei Young Kim 66-69-67—202 -11 pick in the NFL draft by going Scottie Scheffler 65q-64n-66s---195 -21 At Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates x-M.A. Jimenez, $310,000 64-71-67—202 -14 Nasa Hataoka 66-69-68—203 -10 9 of 14 for 116 yards, including a Andrew Landry 66s-64q-65n---195 -21 Purse: $7 million Fred Couples, $170,000 67-68-67—202 -14 Celine Boutier 66-69-69—204 -9 Rickie Fowler 65q-64n-70s---199 -17 Yardage: 7,583; Par: 72 Ernie Els, $170,000 72-65-65—202 -14 Gaby Lopez 65-69-71—205 -8 9-yard TD throw to Louisiana’s Ryan Moore 68q-65n-67s---200 -16 Third Round Retief Goosen, $101,000 67-73-64—204 -12 Brooke M. Henderson 67-66-72—205 -8 Ja’Marcus Bradley to finish the Chase Seiffert 66s-67q-67n---200 -16 Lee Westwood, England 69-68-65—202 Wes Short, Jr., $101,000 70-67-67—204 -12 Lexi Thompson 66-71-69—206 -7 Andrew Putnam 67q-69n-65s---201 -15 Bernd Wiesberger, Austria 69-69-65—203 Doug Barron, $72,250 68-71-66—205 -11 Cydney Clanton 69-69-69—207 -6 East’s game-opening drive. Abraham Ancer 68q-67n-66s---201 -15 Francesco LaPorta, Italy 71-63-69—203 Paul Broadhurst, $72,250 70-66-69—205 -11 Angela Stanford 65-72-70—207 -6 Versatile UCF running back Sebastian Cappelen 67n-70s-64q---201 -15 Matthew Fitzpatrick, England 68-67-69—204 Bernhard Langer, $72,250 64-70-71—205 -11 Danielle Kang 63-73-71—207 -6 Tim Wilkinson 71q-65n-66s---202 -14 Sergio Garcia, Spain 67-69-69—205 Woody Austin, $50,750 65-68-73—206 -10 Annie Park 68-73-68—209 -4 Adrian Killins Jr. had only one Sepp Straka 69n-65s-68q---202 -14 Kurt Kitayama, United States 67-70-68—205 Marco Dawson, $50,750 67-69-70—206 -10 Nelly Korda 73-67-69—209 -4 rushing attempt but led the East Tom Hoge 66s-70q-66n---202 -14 Rafa Cabrera Bello, Spain 67-68-71—206 Scott McCarron, $50,750 67-69-70—206 -10 Mi Jung Hur 69-70-70—209 -4 Alex Noren 67n-67s-68q---202 -14 Thomas Detry, Belgium 69-70-67—206 Joe Durant, $38,250 66-72-69—207 -9 Jessica Korda 70-68-71—209 -4 with seven catches for 91 yards, Sungjae Im 67q-66n-69s---202 -14 Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa 69-68-70—207 Steve Flesch, $38,250 70-70-67—207 -9 Jasmine Suwannapura 68-73-69—210 -3 including a 37-yard reception on Brendon Todd 69n-68s-65q---202 -14 Ross Fisher, England 70-71-66—207 Scott Parel, $38,250 69-70-68—207 -9 Georgia Hall 70-71-71—212 -1 Wes Roach 68q-65n-69s---202 -14 Jack Senior, England 71-70-66—207 Jeff Maggert, $31,156 69-72-67—208 -8 Moriya Jutanugarn 68-71-73—212 -1 the winning drive. Paul Casey 68q-67n-67s---202 -14 Zander Lombard, South Africa 67-71-69—207 C. Montgomerie, $31,156 71-70-67—208 -8 Cheyenne Knight 68-70-74—212 -1 Stevens also had an 18-yard Tony Finau 69q-62n-71s---202 -14 Sebastian Heisele, Germany 70-73-64—207 Kenny Perry, $31,156 66-75-67—208 -8 Brittany Lincicome 71-72-70—213 E Hank Lebioda 65n-71s-66q---202 -14 Scott Hend, Australia 69-70-69—208 Kevin Sutherland, $31,156 74-68-66—208 -8 Amy Yang 68-69-76—213 E completion to Rhode Island’s Max Homa 71s-68q-63n---202 -14 Thomas Pieters, Belgium 68-70-70—208 Mark O’Meara, $24,458 73-67-69—209 -7 Bronte Law 69-73-72—214 +1 Aaron Parker to set up LeMay’s Harris English 71n-68s-64q---203 -13 Joakim Lagergren, Sweden 75-65-68—208 Davis Love III, $24,458 74-66-69—209 -7 Marina Alex 66-81-68—215 +2 Nick Watney 67s-71q-65n---203 -13 Jack Singh Brar, England 70-70-68—208 Ken Tanigawa, $24,458 67-70-72—209 -7 In Gee Chun 71-71-73—215 +2 second touchdown. Brendan Steele 70q-66n-67s---203 -13 Victor Perez, France 70-70-68—208 Brandt Jobe, $21,125 68-71-71—210 -6 Pernilla Lindberg 70-73-73—216 +3 Bud Cauley 68q-64n-71s---203 -13 Mike Lorenzo-Vera, France 68-73-67—208 Jerry Kelly, $21,125 70-70-70—210 -6 Eun-Hee Ji 74-67-76—217 +4 Illinois State’s Kirk Luther was Adam Schenk 66n-69s-68q---203 -13 Andy Sullivan, England 69-71-68—208 Rocco Mediate, $21,125 72-71-67—210 -6 Ariya Jutanugarn 75-76-73—224 +11 voted defensive MVP. PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 20, 2020 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Some players satisfied all OK Federer, Nadal confident officials will make right call despite smoke from wildfires

BY HOWARD FENDRICH “I really cannot believe that the Associated Press most important committee in the world wants bad health for the MELBOURNE, Australia competitors,” Nadal said. “So that — As messages on video boards answer convinced me. I am here cautioned Australian Open to play.” spectators to “be aware we are Others were not quite so ready expecting a reduction in air qual- to adopt that mindset — or agree ity“ Saturday, Roger Federer and with Federer’s stance on the Rafael Nadal seemed satisfied issue, which he summed up as, “I that all will be fine at the year’s don’t worry.” first Grand Slam tournament de- Particularly outspoken was spite recent days of smoke arriv- Denis Shapovalov, a 20-year-old ing from wildfires burning 100 or from Canada who said he didn’t so miles away. understand the air quality policy The haze hanging over Mel- issued by the tournament. bourne Park lately lightened as “You get an email from the Monday’s start of main-draw ac- tournament saying that it’s play- tion approaches, but even if things able, and ‘you guys have to go out worsen, the owners of a combined and put your life in jeopardy, put DITA ALANGKARA/AP 39 major championships were your health in jeopardy.’ among the players saying they’re “You see the effects on play- Novak Djokovic hits a forehand return during a practice session ahead of the Australian Open in confident tennis officials will ers it has right now, the last Melbourne, Australia, on Sunday. Djokovic has a chance to become only the second man to win five make sure conditions are safe be- couple of days,” the 13th-seeded Grand Slam singles titles in the professional era after turning 30. fore allowing competition. Shapovalov said. “But also you Federer and Nadal both said don’t know what it’s going to do they marched themselves down later in our lives and how it could to the tournament referee’s office affect us if we’re breathing this Defending champ Djokovic to understand what was going on air in for two weeks.” when local news reports were He said he wouldn’t play a saying people should stay indoors, match if he felt the conditions yet qualifying rounds were tak- weren’t safe. eyes fifth post-30 Slam title ing place outdoors at Melbourne “Obviously, it’s a Grand Slam, Park. a big opportunity, but I’m 20 BY HOWARD FENDRICH On Tuesday, one player col- years old,” Shapovalov said. “I ger, and also find purpose and motivation in each lapsed in a coughing fit; another don’t want to risk my life, risk my Associated Press of these phases,” Djokovic said, speaking in para- graphs, as he often does. sought medical attention for health, being out there playing in MELBOURNE, Australia breathing problems. this condition, when I can play for “I mean, I’m a completely different person, have a he secret to Novak Djokovic’s post-30 suc- completely different life today than I had five years “I said, ‘I think we’re all con- the next 10-15 years.” cess? Not his best-in-tennis return. Or his fused. Is it super unsafe or is it to- Stefanos Tsitsipas, a 21-year- ago. I’m a father of two children. Obviously things limb-twisting, body-bending court cover- are not the way they were 5 or 10 years ago. I know tally safe to play?’ ” Federer said. old from Greece who upset Fe- age. Or even his baseline consistency or “I told them, ‘Look, I just think derer a year ago in Australia T that,“ he said. “But that doesn’t necessarily mean clutch gene. en route to his first Grand Slam it’s better or it’s worse. It’s just different.” communication is key for all of us, No, ask Djokovic to explain how he keeps play- semifinal, said he had trouble Another factor that at first seemed like a burden for everybody. We just need to do ing so well at this age, and the Australian Open’s breathing after an indoor prac- but Djokovic now calls an inspiration and motiva- more.’ Because I feel like I hadn’t defending champion points to a quality he says he tice session when he first arrived tor is the push he’s gotten to improve by needing to gotten enough information.” shares with rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Two weeks ago, as in Melbourne. compete in an era with Federer and Nadal. “Roger has talked about this as well, Rafa as well, the fires in eastern “I’m feeling OK Djokovic is seeded second in Australia — one spot that age is just a number. It’s not just a cliche, but it’s Australia raged, lead- ‘ I really now, but I was a bit behind Nadal, one spot ahead of Federer — and is really something that I feel like the three of us have ing to the deaths of concerned,” the sixth- scheduled for the last match in Rod Laver Arena on cannot believe in common. It’s really the way we approach career more than two dozen seeded Tsitsipas said. Day 1, playing 37th-ranked Jan-Lennard Struff at and our everyday life,” Djokovic said during a news people and millions that the most “I was coughing a night. of animals, defend- important lot.” conference before the year’s first Grand Slam tour- Federer, Serena Williams and 2019 champion ing champion Novak Like Nadal and nament, which begins Monday . Naomi Osaka play in that stadium during the day, Djokovic wondered committee Federer, three-time “I think we found a way, a formula, to balance pri- while top-ranked Ash Barty — who will try to be- aloud whether the in the world major semifinalist vate (and) professional life, so we are able to kind come the first Australian woman in 40 years to win of excel in tennis and still be able to compete at the event might need to wants bad Grigor Dimitrov took the country’s major — precedes Djokovic at night. be delayed until the the view that tourna- highest level after many years, still be motivated, The most anticipated contest of the opening day is air improved. Tourna- health for the ment and tour officials still be mentally fresh and, of course, physically slated for Margaret Court Arena: seven-time major ment director Craig competitors. ’ have “been looking prepared and fit to compete in best-of-five-sets with champion Venus Williams, 39, against Coco Gauff, Tiley pointed out a after us.” young players that are coming up.” 15, in a rematch of their first-round matchup at week ago there are Rafael Nadal Djokovic, 32, already owns four major titles since Wimbledon last year won by the teenager. No. 1 seed “I never think three stadiums with they’re going to jeop- he turned 30, the same number as Federer. Only The tennis world is waiting for a young man to retractable roofs, plus ardize our health over one man has won more often at that stage of his ca- take a step forward and win a major championship; eight indoor courts, which could anything,” Dimitrov said. reer in the professional era: Nadal, 33, has five such there hasn’t been a first-time major winner under be used if need be. Two players who have asthma, championships. 30 since 2014. The hope, of course, is none two-time Wimbledon champion They also, of course, occupy the top three spots in “Well, they’re coming closer and closer. It’s obvi- of that will be necessary. Rain Petra Kvitova and 2019 U.S. Open history for men’s singles trophies at majors. Federer ous,” Djokovic said, mentioning 23-year-old Daniil is in the forecast for four of the semifinalist Matteo Berrettini, leads with 20, one ahead of Nadal. Medvedev (runner-up to Nadal at the U.S. Open last next five days, which could help said they were worried about how Djokovic has quickly risen to 16, including a re- year), 26-year-old Dominic Thiem (twice the run- matters. they would fare in Melbourne. cord seven at Melbourne Park, by grabbing four of ner-up to Nadal at the French Open) and 21-year-old T op-ranked Nadal said he was Both have been OK so far. the past six overall. Stefanos Tsitsipas (a semifinalist at the Australian told air measurements were being “It’s the same for everybody. It “For me, it seems like my career was going in Open a year ago). taken every four minutes and the will be really difficult to breathe, sequences of several years. I think every sequence “They’re very, very close. They’re literally one set standard for how clean samples for sure,” Kvitova said. “I do have had different circumstances in life, in different situ- away,“ Djokovic added. “On a given day, in the very need to be is more stringent than my medicines here.” ations, that have made me the person and the player near future, I think that can happen. It’s going to hap- that used by the International I am today. I just had to adapt to these newly occur- pen. It’s inevitable. What are they missing? I don’t Olympic Committee. AP Sports Writer John Pye contributed. ring circumstances and evolve, kind of grow stron- think they are missing too much, to be honest.” Monday, January 20, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 GOLF/HIGH SCHOOL Wrestlers make weight, then wait at Kaiserslautern meet

BY GREGORY BROOME “I would definitely like some Stars and Stripes more work,” Engelke said. “After a week of hard practice, working KAISERSLAUTERN, Germa- to make weight, and then wait all ny — Every season has peaks and day just for two matches, it’s a valleys. little disappointing.” The DODEA Europe wrestling Idle grapplers did their best to season is definitely in a valley. be of service to the team, using The teams involved in Satur- day’s meet at Kaiserslautern High their downtime to carefully watch School were beset by injuries, ill- teammates’ matches and offer nesses and a bracket structure their insight. that left a number of wrestlers “Sometimes you see things they sidelined hours into the proceed- can’t see on the mat,” Ramstein ings. All that was compounded by senior Caleb Hill said. “So you the usual post-holiday January try to help them.” doldrums arriving at a point in the Hill and the Royals have schedule where the excitement of shared the mat with a lot of dif- a new season has long worn off ferent teams this year, a sched- and the heightened stakes of the ule Hill said helps sharpen one’s February sectionals and Euro- focus in these midseason meets pean tournament remain several without immediate postseason KAMRAN JEBREILI/AP weeks in the future. implications. Ramstein intruded “This is definitely just the England’s Lee Westwood receives the trophy from Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE Minister on a southern meet in Vicenza on of State for Tolerance, after Westwood, 46, won the Abu Dhabi Championship on Sunday. grind,” Stuttgart’s Jack Engelke Jan. 11 and will host a number of said. northern DODEA Europe pro- A number of accomplished grams next weekend to comple- Golf roundup wrestlers missed the meet entire- ment its usual set of opponents in ly and even some of those healthy Germany. and available on Saturday saw “ We’re kind of lucky this year, limited action. High-seeded we’re seeing new kids every meet. wrestlers in some underpopulat- We’re not wrestling the same kids Westwood’s Abu Dhabi win ed brackets were awarded byes over and over. That’s something to the semifinal round, which that doesn’t happen often in Eu- sounds beneficial until factoring rope,” Hill said. “You’re prepar- in the hours of inactivity those ing because you don’t know who wrestlers experienced . you’re wrestling yet.” is 25th on European tour DODEA Europe athletic di- rector Kathlene Clemmons, who Defending Division I dynasty was present at Saturday’s meet, Stuttgart again claimed victory in this subdued edition of its on- Associated Press atop the leaderboard at 21-under “Make three birdies in a row, 14- is aware of the concerns and ex- going rivalry with Ramstein. 195, four strokes ahead of third- under par and then here we are.“ pects to discuss the issue in detail ABU DHABI, United Arab place Rickie Fowler. with coaches early next week. The Panthers finished with 197 Emirates — Lee Westwood se- The 56-year-old Spaniard has Scheffler had a 66 on the adja- One possible solution involves points to Ramstein’s 190. Wies- cured his 25th European Tour nine victories on the 50-and-over cent Stadium Course, also the site simply switching six-wrestler baden took third at 148 points, win with victory at the Abu Dhabi tour, also winning at Hualalai in of the final round Sunday. brackets to a round-robin for- while host Kaiserslautern came HSBC Championship on Sunday. 2015. He has won in all seven his “It’s a tough course. It’s a good mat, offering participants five in fourth with 105 points. Small Westwood, who had a one-shot senior seasons. track,” Scheffler said. “If you’re matches rather than the two programs Spangdahlem, Finland overnight lead, has now won in Els made his senior debut not on your game, you can really and Baumholder rounded out the four different decades starting Thursday with an even-par 72 to bouts wrestlers were reduced to struggle. There’s a lot of trouble fall eight strokes behind leaders on Saturday. seven-school meet. in the 1990s. The Englishman’s out there, so you’ve got to hit a lot Jimenez and Bernhard Langer, 5-under par final-round 67 gave of quality shots to keep the ball in then rallied with consecutive 65s. him a two-shot margin over a play. Good test.” chasing pack of France’s Victor Fowler, tied with Scheffler for The four-time major winner from Perez (63) and England’s Tommy the second-round lead, overcame South Africa had an eagle and Fleetwood (63) and Matthew two front-nine bogeys to shoot five birdies. Fitzpatrick (67) who all finished 70 at the Stadium Course. At the on 271. event for the first time in six Inbee Park leads LPGA Bernd Wiesberger and second- years, he played the Pete Dye- opener by 2 strokes round leader Francesco Laporta, designed course for the time Sat- who both started the final round urday after only taking a quick LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — one back of Westwood, had their scouting drive early in the week. Inbee Park finally made a bogey, challenge fall away after rounds but she still finished with a 4- of 72 and 74. Jimenez beats senior under 67 Saturday and a two-shot Top-ranked Brooks Koepka lead over Sei Young Kim heading finished in a tie for 34th with an newcomer Els in playoff into the final round of the season- 8-under 280 after a 69 in the final KA’UPULEHI-KONA, Hawaii opening Diamond Resorts Tour- round, 11 back of Westwood. — Miguel Angel Jimenez made a nament of Champions. It was Koepka’s first tourna- 12-foot birdie putt on the second ment since returning from a knee Park, a 19-time winner on the hole of a playoff Saturday with se- LPGA Tour, hadn’t made a bogey injury he aggravated in October nior newcomer Ernie Els to win when he slipped while walking since November’s season-ending the PGA Tour Champions’ sea- CME Group Tour Championship. off the tee at the CJ Cup in South son-opening Mitsubishi Electric Korea. He previously had stem But she finally dropped a shot Championship. when she three-putted the diffi- cell treatment for a partially torn Fred Couples dropped out on cult 211-yard par-3 18th. tendon in his patella. the first extra trip down the par-4 To that point, she’d been precise 18th at windy Hualalai, missing a Landry, Scheffler share short par putt. and consistent and had a decent American Express lead Jimenez, paired with Couples day with the putter. She hit 16 of in the second-to-last group, bird- 18 greens in regulation and made LA QUINTA, Calif. — An- ied Nos. 13-15 in a 5-under 67 five birdies. Three consecutive drew Landry and Scottie Schef- to match Els and Couples at 14- birdies starting at the par-4 13th fler broke away Saturday at The under 202. built her lead to three shots. American Express. “I said to my caddie, ‘The win- “Well, it’s always disappointing Landry shot a 7-under 65 at ning score is going to be 15-under to finish with a bogey ... So I think PGA West’s Jack Nicklaus Tour- par and we need to hurry up and I’ll just go ahead and make some nament Course to join Scheffler make birdie,’ ” Jimenez said. birdies tomorrow,” Park said. PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 20, 2020 NHL Roundup Senators halt skid at 9 games

Associated Press games. Taylor Hall, Christian Dvor- OTTAWA — Marcus Hogberg ak and Oliver Ekman-Larsson made 40 saves and the Ottawa scored for the Coyotes, who have Senators snapped a nine-game lost five of six. losing streak with a 5-2 defeat of Blue Jackets 5, Devils 0: Elvis the Calgary Flames. Merzlikins made a career-high The Senators were outshot 42- 41 saves in his third shutout in his 21, but Hogberg’s performance last four starts, and host Colum- kept the Flames at bay. It was the bus cruised to its fourth straight 25-year-old goalie’s second NHL win. win in 13 career starts. Cam Atkinson had two goals Brady Tkachuk had a goal and an assist, helping the Blue and assist and was on the win- Jackets improve to 14-2-4 in their ning side for the first time in last 20 games. Alexander Wenn- four games against older brother berg, Jakob Lilja and Nick Foli- Matthew. Chris Tierney, Connor gno also scored. Brown, Colin White and Vladislav Flyers 4, Kings 1: Travis Namestnikov had Ottawa’s other Konecny scored a pair of goals goals. and James van Riemsdyk added Mark Jankowski and Noah a goal and two assists to lead host Hanifin scored late for Calgary, Philadelphia past the Los Ange- whose six-game winning streak les Kings. ended. Joel Farabee also scored and FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP Wild 7, Stars 0: Alex Stalock Brian Elliott made 34 saves for posted his second shutout of the Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin passed Mark Messier, Mario Lemieux and tied Steve the Flyers, who improved to 16-4- Yzerman on the career goals list with a hat trick Saturday in a 6-4 defeat of the host New York Islanders. season, and Jason Zucker had a 4 at home. goal and two assists in host Min- Blackhawks 6, Maple Leafs nesota’s rout of Dallas. 2: Jonathan Toews had two goals Scoreboard Stalock, playing his second and two assists, and Chicago at Ovechkin moves past straight game in place of Devan Toronto for its fourth straight. Dubnyk, made 27 saves for the Dominik Kubalik added two Eastern Conference Wild, who have won back-to-back goals and an assist for the Black- Lemieux with hat trick Atlantic Division games to start a season-high, hawks (23-20-6), who improved to GP W L OT Pts GF GA seven-game homestand. Mats Boston 49 28 9 12 68 163 129 11-5 in their last 16 games. Drake Associated Press Semyon Varlamov gave up four Zuccarello and Ryan Hartman Tampa Bay 48 29 15 4 62 175 137 Caggiula had a goal and an assist, third-period goals and finished Florida 47 26 16 5 57 174 156 each had a goal and assist. Jared UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Alex Toronto 49 25 17 7 57 176 165 and Brandon Saad also scored. with 24 saves. Brock Nelson, Spurgeon, Carson Soucy, Ryan Ovechkin has made a career out Buffalo 49 22 20 7 51 145 152 Panthers 4, Red Wings 1: Ev- Casey Cizikas, Jordan Eberle and Montreal 50 22 21 7 51 155 157 Donato and Zach Parise also of scoring big goals in big mo- Ottawa 48 17 23 8 42 130 163 genii Dadonov and Mark Pysyk Devon Toews had put the Island- Detroit 49 12 33 4 28 104 189 scored for the Wild. scored late in the first period and ments. His latest milestone was ers ahead 4-1 entering the third Metropolitan Division Anton Khudobin started in no different. Washington 49 33 11 5 ‘s 71 177 144 Florida went on to win at Detroit period. Pittsburgh 48 30 13 5 65 164 130 goal for the Stars, but was pulled for its fourth in a row. Ovechkin had a hat trick for the Ovechkin’s 690th goal came N.Y. Islanders 47 28 15 4 60 138 128 early in the second period after second consecutive game to tie Columbus 49 25 16 8 58 132 126 The Panthers’ Aleksander Bar- at 10:22 of the first period to put Philadelphia 49 26 17 6 58 155 150 allowing four goals on 17 shots. kov restored a two-goal lead with Steve Yzerman for ninth on the Washington up 1-0. His 691st goal Carolina 48 27 18 3 57 153 130 Ben Bishop entered and made 12 career goals list Saturday, and N.Y. Rangers 46 23 19 4 50 155 153 6:55 left. Sergei Bobrovsky had 27 came at 5:18 of the third to cut the New Jersey 48 17 24 7 41 126 173 saves as Dallas lost for the third saves for Florida, who have won a the Washington Capitals rallied deficit to 4-3 after Carl Hagelin Western Conference time in four games. season-high four straight. with five goals in the third period scored earlier in the third for Avalanche 5, Blues 3: Cale Canadiens 5, Golden Knights for a 6-4 victory over the New Central Division Washington. GP W L OT Pts GF GA Makar and Andre Burakovsky 4 (SO): Tomas Tatar scored in York Islanders. Tom Wilson tied the game at St. Louis 49 30 11 8 68 158 134 scored 22 seconds apart in the “To be honest with you, it’s Colorado 48 27 15 6 60 173 140 the fourth round of a shootout to 14:32 of the third, his 14th goal Dallas 48 27 17 4 58 125 120 second period to chase All-Star lift host Montreal over Vegas. something special. It’s history. of the year, before Vrana deliv- Winnipeg 48 25 19 4 54 146 147 goaltender Jordan Binnington Great names,” said Ovechkin, Chicago 49 23 20 6 52 147 155 Nick Cousins scored twice, and ered his 22nd goal of the season. Nashville 47 22 18 7 51 156 154 from the game and host Colorado Ilya Kovalchuk and Joel Armia who is now two goals short of Ovechkin’s empty-netter was his Minnesota 48 22 20 6 50 148 159 held on to beat St. Louis. Mark Messier for eighth all-time. Pacific Division each scored once for the Cana- 34th goal of the year. Vancouver 49 27 18 4 58 162 149 The Avalanche used a three- diens, who have won four of their Jakub Vrana scored the go- “We have a really strong group Edmonton 49 26 18 5 57 155 153 ahead goal with 2:30 left after the Calgary 50 26 19 5 57 135 147 goal middle period to turn a 2-1 last five games. Carey Price made here,” Vrana said. “We believe in Vegas 51 25 19 7 57 159 156 deficit into a 4-2 advantage. Tyson 31 saves for his fourth consecu- Islanders turned over the puck in each other and as you guys know, Arizona 51 26 20 5 57 146 138 San Jose 50 21 25 4 46 130 167 Jost also scored in the period. Na- tive victory. their own zone. The league-best even if we are down three goals, Anaheim 48 19 24 5 43 122 150 than MacKinnon added a goal in Predators 2, Sabres 1: Craig Capitals extended their winning we kept pushing and lots of people Los Angeles 50 18 27 5 41 125 158 Note: Two points for a win, one point the first and Gabriel Landeskog Smith’s power-play goal with streak to four games while the Is- maybe think the game was over, for overtime loss. Top three teams in clinched it with an empty-netter. 6:29 remaining in the third pe- landers lost for the fourth time in each division and two wild cards per but ... we stick with our game and conference advance to playoffs. Makar’s goal was his 11th, break- riod propelled host Nashville past their last five. it’s nice to get the win.” Saturday’s games ing the franchise record for most Buffalo. Ovechkin also passed Mario Washington 6, N.Y. Islanders 4 Nelson made it 1-1 with his Colorado 5, St. Louis 3 by a rookie defenseman. Ryan Johansen also scored for Lemieux for 10th place on the ca- team-leading 19th goal at 13:11 Edmonton 7, Arizona 3 Alex Pietrangelo, David Per- reer list. His 692nd goal came late Ottawa 5, Calgary 2 the Predators, who snapped a of the first. The Islanders took Columbus 5, New Jersey 0 ron and Oskar Sundqvist had two-game skid. in the third period on an empty the puck away along the boards, Florida 4, Detroit 1 Montreal 5, Vegas 4, SO goals for the Blues, who lead the Canucks 4, Sharks 1: Tanner net to seal the victory. which allowed Anthony Beauvil- Philadelphia 4, Los Angeles 1 Central Division heading into the Pearson scored on the power play “Those are players I used to lier to feed Nelson in the high slot. Chicago 6, Toronto 2 Nashville 2, Buffalo 1 All-Star break. and had an assist as host Vancou- look up to,” Capitals coach Todd Beauvillier’s assist on the play Minnesota 7, Dallas 0 Oilers 7, Coyotes 3: Riley ver defeated San Jose. Reirden said. “It was an honor extended his point streak to three Vancouver 4, San Jose 1 Sunday’s games Sheahan had a goal and three as- Loui Eriksson, J.T. Miller and to play against them. To now see games. Boston at Pittsburgh sists and Connor McDavid scored Quinn Hughes also scored for the Ovi passing them — with many Cizikas gave the Islanders a N.Y. Islanders at Carolina Winnipeg at Chicago twice as host Edmonton rode Canucks, who won for the 11th games in front of him — it’s spe- 2-1 lead at 15:49 of the first and Columbus at N.Y. Rangers a strong start to a victory over time in 14 games and extended cial and fitting for the way he did Eberle padded it at 9:31 with his Monday’s games Detroit at Colorado Arizona. their home winning streak to it tonight.” fourth goal in his last six games. Florida at Minnesota Josh Archibald, Sam Gagner, eight games. The victory also Washington’s Ilya Samsonov The goal came on the power play, Tuesday’s games Vegas at Boston Kailer Yamamoto and Joakim moved the team into first place in made seven saves in relief of the first power-play goal Wash- Winnipeg at Carolina N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers Nygard also scored for the Oilers, the tight Pacific Division with 58 Braden Holtby, who allowed four ington had surrendered since Pittsburgh at Philadelphia who are 6-1-1 in their last eight points, one more than Edmonton. goals on 22 shots. Jan. 5 against San Jose. Florida at Chicago Monday, January 20, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 NBA Suns, Booker overcome Smart’s bombs Celtics’ Smart sinks team-record 11 threes in loss to Phoenix

Associated Press guy and he got a lot of good looks and took advantage of it.” BOSTON — Devin Booker sure loves playing in Jayson Tatum scored 26 points and Gordon Hay- TD Garden. ward added 22 for Boston, which has lost three His near triple-double effort was just barely enough for the Phoenix Suns to overcome Boston straight and six of eight. guard Marcus Smart’s performance. Three years ago, Booker scored 70 points in a loss Booker had 39 points, 10 rebounds and nine as- to the Celtics in TD Garden. He finished an assist sists and the Suns withstood a franchise-record 11 shy of his first career triple-double. three-pointers by Smart and beat the Celtics 123- The Celtics were missing two of their top three 119 on Saturday. leading scorers — Kemba Walker (team-best 22.1 “You know, Book is — Book’s Book,” Phoenix per game), out with left knee soreness, and Jaylen coach Monty Williams said. “It’s something I don’t Brown (20.0), sidelined for the second straight game take for granted to have a guy that can get buckets with a sprained right thumb. like that.” But Smart kept them in it. Deandre Ayton had 26 points and 15 rebounds and “Right now, it means nothing,” Smart said. “I’d Mikal Bridges added a career-best 26 points for the trade all that in for a win, especially the way the Suns, who have won four of their last five games. team has been playing.” Smart shot 11-for-22 from three-point range and Boston cut its deficit to 90-85 early in the fourth, finished with a career-best 37 points. His perfor- but Dario Saric and Bridges answered with consec- mance marked the first time in NBA history that a utive threes. The Celtics had it down to 114-111 on player made 11 or more three-pointers in a losing Daniel Theis’ breakaway dunk with about a minute effort, according to Stats. left, but Bridges hit a jumper in the lane with 37 sec- MARY SCHWALM/AP “He obviously was shooting confidently, made onds to play. some big shots late into the game and into the (first) Booker’s two free throws sealed it with 4.8 sec- Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker (1) finished an assist shy of his half,” Boston coach Brad Stevens said. “He’s a tough onds left. first career triple-double in a 123-119 win Saturday at Boston. NBA roundup NBA scoreboard

Lakers bounce back with win over Rockets Eastern Conference Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 28 14 .667 — Associated Press shooting one percentage point better, a season Boston 27 14 .659 ½ Philadelphia 28 16 .636 1 high, in a win at Boston. HOUSTON — LeBron James had 31 points Brooklyn 18 23 .439 9½ Markieff Morris finished with 22 points New York 11 32 .256 17½ and 12 assists and the Los Angeles Lakers Southeast Division off the bench, and Andre Drummond had 16 Miami 29 12 .707 — rode a big third quarter to a 125-115 win over points, 17 rebounds and five steals as Detroit Orlando 20 23 .465 10 the Houston Rockets. Charlotte 15 29 .341 15½ won consecutive games for the first time since Washington 13 28 .317 16 The Lakers bounced back after a loss to Or- Dec. 9. Atlanta 10 33 .233 20 lando on Wednesday night that snapped their Central Division 76ers 90, Knicks 87: Tobias Harris hit Milwaukee 38 6 .864 — nine-game winning streak. The loss was the Indiana 27 15 .643 10 third straight for the Rockets, tying a season a go-ahead three-pointer late in the fourth Detroit 16 27 .372 21½ quarter, Ben Simmons had 21 points and Phil- Chicago 16 28 .364 22 high, and they have dropped four of five. Cleveland 12 31 .279 25½ adelphia won its third straight game. Kyle Kuzma scored 23 points, and Danny Western Conference Green and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope each Josh Richardson added 18 points and re- serve Furkan Korkmaz scored 17 for the Southwest Division had 20 for Los Angeles. W L Pct GB Russell Westbrook scored 35 points for 76ers, who snapped a six-game road losing Dallas 27 15 .643 — streak. Their last win away from home was Houston 26 15 .634 ½ his fourth straight 30-point game and James Memphis 20 22 .476 7 Harden had 34 for Houston, which also lost Dec. 23 at Detroit. Philadelphia is 28-16 over- San Antonio 17 23 .425 9 all, but just 8-14 on the road. New Orleans 16 27 .372 11½ three in a row in late November. Northwest Division Bucks 117, Nets 97: Giannis Antetok- Raptors 122, Timberwolves 112: Fred Denver 29 12 .707 — VanVleet returned from a hamstring injury to Utah 29 13 .690 ½ ounmpo had 29 points and 12 rebounds, Khris Oklahoma City 24 19 .558 6 score 29 points and lead Toronto to a win at Portland 18 26 .409 12½ Middleton scored 20 points, and Milwaukee Minnesota 15 27 .357 14½ beat Brooklyn for its sixth straight win. Minnesota. Pacific Division Kyle Lowry added 28 points and seven as- L.A. Lakers 34 8 .810 — The Bucks ran the NBA’s best record to L.A. Clippers 30 13 .698 4½ 38-6 with another romp. They came in beat- sists, while Norman Powell scored 20 points Phoenix 18 24 .429 16 off the bench for the Raptors, who have won Sacramento 15 27 .357 19 ing opponents by 12.4 points per game, which Golden State 10 34 .227 25 would be a league record if it holds up all sea- three straight. Friday’s games The Timberwolves’ Andrew Wiggins had Philadelphia 100, Chicago 89 son, and their lead was never below that after Indiana 116, Minnesota 114 Middleton hit consecutive three-pointers in his first career triple-double with 18 points, a Toronto 140, Washington 111 Memphis 113, Cleveland 109 the final minute of the second quarter when career-high 11 assists and 10 rebounds. Miami 115, Oklahoma City 108 the Nets were within nine. Bulls 118, Cavaliers 116: Zach LaVine Atlanta 121, San Antonio 120 MICHAEL WYKE/AP Dallas 120, Portland 112 Kyrie Irving had 17 points, six rebounds scored 21 of his 42 points in the fourth quarter Saturday’s games and host Chicago rallied from 15 points down L.A. Clippers 133, New Orleans 130 and six assists for Brooklyn. Rookie reserve Houston Rockets guard James Harden, right, Milwaukee 117, Brooklyn 97 Nic Claxton added 14 points and six boards shoots next to Los Angeles Lakers forward in the final period for a victory over Cleve- Phoenix 123, Boston 119 land. The Bulls, who trailed by as many as 19 Detroit 136, Atlanta 103 Clippers 133, Pelicans 130: Kawhi Leon- Kyle Kuzma in the Lakers’ 125-115 win Philadelphia 90, New York 87 ard scored 39 points and Los Angeles rallied Saturday at Houston. points, held the Cavaliers to 14 points in the Chicago 118, Cleveland 116 Toronto 122, Minnesota 112 to win at New Orleans. fourth period and forced 10 turnovers. L.A. Lakers 124, Houston 115 Lou Williams scored 14 of his 32 points dur- snapped its longest losing streak in nearly 18 Lauri Markkanen scored 17 points Chicago, Golden State 109, Orlando 95 Oklahoma City 119, Portland 106 ing a dominant fourth quarter for the Clip- years at 10 games by beating Orlando. which has won two of three. Utah 123, Sacramento 101 pers, who outscored the Pelicans 31-20 in the Jazz 123, Kings 101: Rudy Gobert had Sunday’s games Jordan Poole scored 21 points off the bench Miami at San Antonio final 12 minutes. and Eric Paschall had 20 points and nine a season-high 28 points and 15 rebounds and Indiana at Denver host Utah raced to a 16-point lead in the first Monday’s games Montrezl Harrell scored 24 points for Los rebounds as the Warriors also ended a five- Detroit at Washington Angeles, which trailed by 10 in the final sec- game skid at home. quarter and routed Sacramento for its 16th Toronto at Atlanta Philadelphia at Brooklyn onds of the third quarter. Markelle Fultz scored 23 points to lead the win in 18 games. Bojan Bogdanovic had six Chicago at Milwaukee Lonzo Ball had 18 points, 11 assists and 10 Magic, who came in with two close victories three-pointers on his way to 30 points. Dono- New Orleans at Memphis New York at Cleveland rebounds for New Orleans, which was seek- in three games on their West Coast swing. van Mitchell contributed 22 for the Jazz. Oklahoma City at Houston ing its 11th victory in 15 games despite the re- Pistons 136, Hawks 103: Derrick Rose Thunder 119, Trail Blazers 106: Chris Orlando at Charlotte Sacramento at Miami cent absence of guard Jrue Holiday, who has had 27 points and nine assists, Svi Mykhailiuk Paul matched a season high with 30 points, and L.A. Lakers at Boston missed seven games with an elbow injury. added 25 points in a reserve role, and Detroit Oklahoma City beat short-handed Portland. Denver at Minnesota Indiana at Utah Warriors 109, Magic 95: D’Angelo Rus- won at Atlanta. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 22 points San Antonio at Phoenix sell scored 26 points and dished out a season- The Pistons had a season high in points and and Dennis Schroder and Nerlens Noel each Golden State at Portland Tuesday’s game high 12 assists, and short-handed Golden State shot 59.3% from the field, two nights after added 15 for the Thunder. L.A. Clippers at Dallas PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 20, 2020 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Top 25 roundup No. 11 Louisville grinds out win over No. 3 Duke Associated Press stretched its home win streak to 34 in a row, tops in the county. DURHAM, N.C. — Freshman The Zags closed out their sixth David Johnson had a season-high consecutive win against the Cou- 19 points and No. 11 Louisville gars without leading scorer Filip hung on down the stretch to beat Petrusev, who went down hard No. 3 Duke 79-73 on Saturday early in the second half and was night in a key matchup in the At- helped off the floor with what ap- lantic Coast Conference’s regu- peared to be a leg injury. lar-season title chase. T.J. Haws scored 17 points and Malik Williams added two Jake Toolson had 16 for BYU (14- free throws with 16 seconds left 6, 3-2). and followed immediately with No. 2 Baylor 75, Oklahoma a transition dunk off a turnover, State 68: Freddie Gillespie a sequence that all but sealed a and Jared Butler each scored grind-it-out win for the Cardinals 17 points, and the visiting Bears GERRY BROOME/AP in the Blue Devils’ famously hos- earned their 14th straight tile home arena. victory. Duke guard Cassius Stanley drives to the basket while Louisville guards Lamarr Kimble, left, and David By the end, Louisville (15-3, Florida 69, No. 4 Auburn 47: Johnson defend during the Cardinals’ 79-73 win Saturday in Durham, N.C. 6-1 ACC) had claimed the only The Gators’ Omar Payne had the regular-season meeting between best game of his college career, No. 6 Kansas 66, Texas 57: pari was ejected, holding off the eight games. the teams and put itself in a tie finishing with 19 points and 11 Devon Dotson returned from Razorbacks for the road win. Arizona 75, No. 20 Colorado with No. 9 Florida State atop the rebounds as Florida handed the a hip injury to score 21 points, Kansas State 84, No. 12 54: Dylan Smith and Josh Green league standings. More impres- Tigers their second consecutive including the final seven of the West Virginia 68: Cartier Di- each scored 13 points, and the host sively, the Cardinals won despite loss. game for the visiting Jayhawks. arra scored 25 points and Xavier Wildcats cruised to the victory. league-leading scorer Jordan Payne, a freshman from Kis- No. 7 San Diego State 68, Sneed had 16, leading the host Penn State 90, No. 21 Ohio Nwora finishing with just six simmee, Fla., was widely con- Nevada 55: Yanni Wetzell had Wildcats to their first Big 12 win State 76: Lamar Stevens scored points on 3-for-12 shooting. sidered an afterthought in the 17 points and a career-high 16 re- this season. 14 of his 24 points in the second Louisville shot 48% for the Gators’ highly touted recruit- bounds for the host Aztecs, who- No. 14 Villanova 61, Con- half, helping the host Nittany game, leading by as many as 15 in ing class. Against the Tigers, he came out hot in the second half necticut 55: Jermaine Samuels Lions stop a three-game slide. the first half and 10 at halftime. looked like a future lottery pick. to remain the nation’s only unde- scored 19 points, powering Wild- No. 23 Texas Tech 72, Iowa Freshman Cassius Stanley had feated team. Depaul 79, No. 5 Butler 66: cats to the victory at Philadel- State 52: Kyler Edwards had season highs of 24 points and 11 No. 8 Oregon 64, Washington phia’s Wells Fargo Center. Paul Reed scored 23 points on 22 points coming off the highest- rebounds for Duke (15-3, 5-2), 61 (OT): Payton Pritchard hit his Houston 65, No. 16 Wichita 8-of-9 shooting, leading the host scoring game of his career, and who shot just 37% for the game Blue Demons to the victory. sixth three-pointer of the game State 54: Fabian White scored the host Red Raiders pulled away and made only six of 25 three- DePaul (13-5, 1-4 Big East) with 3.4 seconds left in overtime, 14 points, part of a balanced at- for the victory. pointers. The struggles included knocked off a top-five team for lifting the Ducks to the road win. tack for the Cougars in the road freshman big man Vernon Carey the first time since beating No. No. 9 Florida State 83, Miami win. No. 24 Illinois 75, Northwest- Jr. finishing with just 12 points 5 Kansas on Dec. 2, 2006. Jalen 79 (OT): The visiting Seminoles No. 17 Maryland 57, Purdue ern 71: Trent Frazier made four after sitting a long stretch of the Coleman-Lands scored 20 points, forced 24 turnovers, including 50: Jalen Smith had 18 points three-pointers on his way to 16 second half with four fouls. and freshman Romeo Weems fin- three in a row in overtime, and and 10 rebounds, and the Terra- points, leading the host Illini to No. 1 Gonzaga 92, BYU 69: ished with 11. rallied from a nine-point deficit pins remained unbeaten at home. the win. Killian Tillie had 22 points and The Bulldogs (15-3, 3-2) trailed in the final 4:33 of regulation for No. 18 Seton Hall 82, St. No. 25 Creighton 78, Provi- 10 rebounds, and the host Zags by double digits for the entire sec- their ninth consecutive victory. John’s 79: Myles Powell scored dence 74: Marcus Zegarowski earned their 12th consecutive ond half of their second straight No. 10 Kentucky 73, Arkan- 23 of his 29 points in the second hit a tiebreaking three-pointer win. loss. Kamar Baldwin led Butler sas 66: The Wildcats kept their half, and the visiting Pirates ex- with 2.7 seconds left, sending the Gonzaga (20-1, 6-0 West Coast) with 16 points. composure after coach John Cali- tended their winning streak to host Bluejays to the victory. Service academy roundup Late threes help Army, Navy pull off victories

Associated Press from distance, Tommy Funk had seven rebounds, while Blackwell er Jr. had 10 points for Navy (10-7, Nico Carvacho scored 10 points a layup and Blackwell answered scored 16 on 5-for-7 shooting. 4-2 Patriot League). Greg Sum- with 13 rebounds for his second WEST POINT, N.Y. — Reserve Andrews’ jumper with a three- Lonnie Grayson scored 11. mers grabbed eight rebounds. double-double of the week. David Tucker Blackwell hit two three- pointers in the final 1:19 and pointer to pull Army within 79-78 Navy 68, Lafayette 66: Cam Myles Cherry scored a career- Roddy had 13 points for Colorado then picked up an assist on Josh with 20 seconds to go. Davis scored 23 points including high 22 points on 9-for-10 shoot- State (13-7, 4-3 Mountain West Caldwell’s three-pointer with Funk fouled Loyola’s Isa- a three-pointer with nine seconds ing and had seven rebounds. Leo Conference), which won its fourth a second left as Army stunned iah Hart, who missed both free left that lifted the host Midship- O’Boyle added 18 points for the straight game and sixth in its Loyola-Maryland 81-80 on throws, but Andrews grabbed the men over the Leopards. Leopards (11-6, 3-3). last seven. Kendle Moore added Saturday. rebound and was fouled by Funk Lafayette’s Tyrone Perry was Justin Jaworski, who led La- 13 points. Isaiah Stevens had 11 The Black Knights (7-10, 2-4) with 13 seconds left. Andrews fouled with 2.8 seconds remain- fayette in scoring coming into the points. trailed 74-62 after Jaylin An- made one of two free throws for ing but missed the first first free matchup with 18 points per game, Lavelle Scottie had 16 points drews’ jumper with 4:38 left to an 80-78 Greyhound lead, setting throw. He missed the second in- scored only six (2-for-11). for Air Force (9-10, 3-4) as did play, but Blackwell hit from be- the stage for Caldwell’s game- tentionally and got the rebound There were 17 lead changes Sid Tomes. A.J. Walker had 11 yond the arc to ignite an 8-0 run winning shot. but wasn’t close on a desper- and eight ties in the game. points. as Army pulled within 74-70 with Funk finished with 18 points ate final shot as he went out of Colorado St. 78, Air Force 65: The Rams match up against 1:59 remaining. Kenny Jones sank and 11 assists for his second dou- bounds. Kris Martin had 19 points off the Fresno State at home on Wednes- a three to stretch the Greyhounds’ ble-double of the season for Army. Daniel Deaver added 11 points bench to lead the Rams past the day. The Falcons play Utah State lead back to seven. Blackwell hit Matt Wilson added 18 points and and eight rebounds and John Cart- host Falcons. on the road on Tuesday. Monday, January 20, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 MLB/MMA Astros, Red Sox look ahead in aftermath of sign-stealing scandal

BY KRISTIE RIEKEN them. AND JIMMY GOLEN “I’m excited for the investi- Associated Press gation to get over with, so they can see there’s nothing going on Players from two teams at the here,” he said. center of baseball’s sign-stealing While the Astros were meet- scandal faced their fans on Sat- ing with fans in Houston, Toron- urday for the first time since the to Blue Jays outfielder Randal Houston Astros and Boston Red Grichuk called for MLB to take Sox ousted their managers amid away their World Series champi- the fallout from the investigation onship, now that it’s been proven into Houston’s elaborate scheme. that they cheated. The Astros and Red Sox held “I mean, I would like to see their annual fan fests on Satur- that obviously. I bet the Dodgers day, and instead of discussing would like to see that,” Grichuk preparations for the season, play- said. “I’ve got a few friends on ers from both teams were left to the Dodgers that are very disap- answer questions about the cheat- pointed that possibly two years ing that resulted in both teams’ in a row they lost due to a team managers being fired. going against the rules.” “It’s a tough situation and as Many Boston players are try- a team we have to stay together ing not to focus on the investiga- and go through this as a team like tion or what could be coming for we’ve been doing, always,” Hous- the team, but instead simply try- ton star second baseman Jose Al- ing to prepare like it’s any other tuve said. “We have to talk about season. it at spring training and try not to “MLB’s going to do what they let things in the past distract us have to do to look into it,” pitcher for next year.” Nathan Eovaldi said. “I’m just Houston manager AJ Hinch trying to focus on baseball. I feel and general manager Jeff Luh- like it’s going to pass, and every- JOHN LOCHER/AP now were suspended for a year by thing’s going to be fine.” Conor McGregor, top, fights Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone on Saturday at UFC 246 in Las Vegas. MLB Commissioner Rob Man- While Altuve didn’t have a fred on Monday after he found problem answering numerous illicit use of electronics to steal questions about the scandal, signs during the Astros’ run to Houston third baseman Alex Back: McGregor makes quick work of Cerrone the 2017 World Series champion- Bregman refused repeated at- ship and again in the 2018 season. tempts by reporters to get him to FROM BACK PAGE stopping five straight elite UFC opponents with Team owner Jim Crane then fired address what happened and kept punches on the way up. both Hinch and Luhnow. Manag- repeating variations of the same “I feel really good, and I came out of here un- scathed,” McGregor said. “I’m in shape. We’ve got After his latest victory ended, McGregor peeled er Alex Cora left the Red Sox on phrase. away briefly to celebrate, but quickly returned to Tuesday after Manfred’s report work to do to get back to where I was.” “The commissioner made his comfort the disoriented Cerrone. When Cerrone’s identified him as the ringleader After hurting Cerrone (36-14) with his first punch, report, made his decision and the grandmother, Jerry, entered the cage after the fight of the sign-stealing scheme when McGregor (22-4) dropped him with a sublime kick Astros made their decision and I to hug her grandson, McGregor also hugged Jerry he was the bench coach for the to the jaw. McGregor pounced and forced referee have no further comment on it,” and got a kiss on the cheek. Astros in 2017. Herb Dean to save Cerrone, delighting a sellout Bregman said in some variation Even after his prolonged absence — or maybe be- Many Red Sox players talked crowd of 19,040 at T-Mobile Arena. again and again. cause of it — McGregor’s return was a huge seller Saturday about how much they After being pressed on if he McGregor’s hand hadn’t been raised in victory on pay-per-view, according to White. The UFC said liked and valued Cora and hated plans to discuss the sign-stealing since November 2016, when he stopped lightweight it made more than $11 million in ticket sales at T- to see him go. in the future, Bregman finally Eddie Alvarez to become the first fighter in UFC Mobile Arena for the fourth-biggest gate total in the “I’m heartbroken about it,“ Bos- gave an answer that didn’t seem history to hold two championship belts simultane- promotion’s history. ton designated hitter J.D. Marti- as rehearsed. ously. With his fame and fortune multiplying, Mc- “This guy is such a huge superstar,” White said. nez said. “I understood his side of “I think in the 2020 year our Gregor fought only his boxing match with Floyd “I put him up there with (Mike) Tyson, (Sugar Ray) it. He definitely didn’t want to be actions will speak louder than our Mayweather in 2017, and he lost a one-sided UFC a distraction. He was one of my words,” he said. bout to lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagome- Leonard, all of them. He’s got the biggest pay-per- favorite, if not my favorite, man- MLB’s investigation of Hous- dov in late 2018. view in history, and how many of the top 10 does he agers I’ve had.“ ton began after former Astros “I wasn’t committed,” McGregor said afterward. have?” The Astros were fined $5 mil- pitcher Mike Fiers, who played “I just felt like I disrespected the people that be- An eager Vegas crowd showed up in person, with lion, which is the maximum al- for Oakland last season, told The lieved in me and supported me. That’s what led me celebrities including Matthew McConaughey, Jere- lowed under the Major League Athletic about the team’s scheme to re-center myself and get back to where I was at.” my Renner and Dave Bautista, along with NFL stars Constitution, and must forfeit to steal signs. Martinez said he After a year spent out of competition and in re- Tom Brady, Christian McCaffrey, Baker Mayfield, their next two first- and second- has spoken to Fiers and gets why peated trouble with the law, McGregor got back into Myles Garrett and Jon Gruden. round amateur draft picks. he came forward. training and vowed to return to elite form. This dra- Former bantamweight champion Holly Holm The investigation found that the “I understand his side of it, matic victory over Cerrone indicated he’s well on beat Raquel Pennington by unanimous decision in Astros used the video feed from a being in that division, going his way, and McGregor has vowed to fight multiple the penultimate bout of UFC 246. The 38-year-old center field camera to see and de- against those guys. It’s an un- times in 2020. Holm (13-5) had lost five of her seven fights since code the opposing catcher’s signs. comfortable position for him, but Welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and vet- she memorably knocked out Ronda Rousey in No- Players banged on a trash can to I understand why he did what he eran brawler Jorge Masvidal watched UFC 246 from vember 2015. signal to batters what was com- did,” Martinez told reporters in cageside. Either man could be McGregor’s next op- On the undercard, 37-year-old flyweight Roxanne ing, attempting to improve the Springfield, Mass. “He obviously ponent, but UFC President Dana White is pushing Modafferi pulled off one of the biggest upsets in re- batter’s chances of getting a hit. felt like he needed to and I under- for a rematch with Nurmagomedov, who first fights cent UFC history with a one-sided decision victory MLB is also looking into wheth- stand it.” Tony Ferguson in April. over previously unbeaten 21-year-old Maycee Bar- er Cora installed a similar system In Houston, as the Astros try to “Any one of these mouthy fools can get it,” Mc- ber, the UFC’s top 125-pound prospect. in Boston after arriving the fol- put the scandal behind them and Gregor yelled into the microphone. “Every single Barber (8-1) injured her left knee during the bout, lowing year, when the Red Sox focus on the future, Altuve, who one of them can get it. It does not matter. I’m back but Modafferi (24-16) was already dominating with won the World Series. No con- has often been described as the and I’m ready.” the superior jiu-jitsu she has been practicing for clusions have been reached and heart and soul of the team, is con- Although many observers have scoffed, the 31- Barber’s entire life. Modafferi was the biggest bet- there is no timetable; the Astros fident it won’t derail the Astros year-old McGregor believes he can reclaim the ting underdog on the UFC 246 card, facing 10-to-1 investigation took two months. from another successful season. fearsome form he showed during his meteoric rise odds at some sports books. Martinez hopes MLB wraps up “ We’re going to be in the World to unprecedented MMA success. He won 15 consec- Aleksei Oleinik, a 42-year-old heavyweight who the investigation into the Red Sox Series again,” he said. “People utive fights during a five-year run from low-profile made his pro debut in 1996, also beat Maurice soon so they can put this behind don’t believe it. But we will.” shows in Dublin to the world’s biggest MMA events, Greene by submission in the second round. S TARS AND STRIPES Monday, January 20, 2020 F3HIJKLM ACC showdown No. 11 Louisville grinds out SPORTS win over No. 3 Duke » Page 22

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Mac’s back McGregor KOs Cerrone in 40 seconds

BY GREG BEACHAM Irish flag on his shoulders to celebrate, the mixed Associated Press martial arts world knew McGregor is back with a big bang. LAS VEGAS The Irish former two-division champion came onor McGregor’s opening punch out of a three-year stretch of relative inactiv- bloodied Donald Cerrone’s nose. He ity and outside-the-cage troubles with a welter- then floored Cerrone only 20 seconds weight performance in UFC 246 on Saturday into the bout with a perfectly placed night that echoed his greatest fights during his Ckick to the head, and he mercilessly unparalleled rise. finished on the ground. When he paraded around the ring with an SEE BACK ON PAGE 23

‘ I feel really good, and I came out of here unscathed. I’m in shape. We’ve got work to do to get back to where I was. Conor McGregor’ former two-division champion, after Saturday’s KO win over Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone

Top: Conor McGregor walks out of the arena after Saturday’s victory over Donald Cerrone in a UFC 246 welterweight bout in Las Vegas. Right: McGregor lands a kick to Cerrone’s head, top, sending Cerrone to the mat just 20 seconds into Saturday’s fight, bottom.

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