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Afghan pilot in hiding after DOD backtracks on entry to US

BY J.P. LAWRENCE In early October, the U.S. Citizenship But on Oct. 28, just hours before they after a few senior leaders had objected that Stars and Stripes and Immigration Service and the Defense were to about to leave, Asadi was told plans this decision had been made without their Department approved Maj. Mohammed had changed. He would learn the Pentagon approval, the official said. KABUL, Afghanistan — A helicopter Naiem Asadi’s request to seek refuge in had withdrawn its endorsement. The U.S. military on Friday confirmed pilot reputed to have killed more Taliban America, along with his wife and 4-year- The Pentagon had indeed approved Asa- it had pulled its support for Asadi and his than anyone else in the Afghan air force is old daughter, because they were in “immi- di’s application to seek refuge in America, family. in hiding after the Pentagon reversed its nent danger of being killed by the Taliban,” said a DOD official who could not be named “The appropriate officials determined decision to approve his move to the United approval documents and emails shared due to not being authorized to comment on States. with Stars and Stripes show. the case. The military changed its stance SEE BACKTRACKS ON PAGE 3

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FROM BACK PAGE protection. He hoped to apply for that DoD could not support the asylum, which can take years, request,” Army Maj. Rob Lode- while safely in the United States. wick, a Pentagon spokesman, said Documents show he passed in an emailed statement. several background checks, and The Pentagon’s reversal on Oct. 5, the Pentagon endorsed shocked one of the military offi- his application. cers who vouched for Asadi and “Applicant and his family are had promised to host the pilot and in imminent danger of being his family upon arrival. killed by the Taliban,” said the “The family was about to travel document, signed by Assistant to the U.S. in good faith, that they Secretary of Defense Ezra Cohen. had followed the proper process, “Threat to applicant is directly and been approved,” said Bryan related to faithful execution of the P. McA lister, a former A rmy pilot job he was trained, equipped and who was Asadi’s advisor. “Who is advised by the U.S. to do.” going to finally do the right thing, But the day he was supposed to and let them come to the United leave, Asadi said his appointment States, where the American peo- at the U.S. Embassy was can- ple are ready to receive and care celed. No reason was given. for them?” He then received a phone call Asadi said there is no way he can from the Afghan air force’s com- return to his old life out of fear of mander, demanding Asadi report both the Taliban and retribution to his office. He hadn’t told his from the Afghan government. command he applied to a U.S. The 32-year-old flier is said to program to leave the country. have killed more Taliban than He did not report, concerned any other pilot in the Afghan Air he could be deemed a deserter Force during thousands of flight by those who didn’t know or care hours, Afghan and U.S. military that he was applying through offi- RESOLUTE SUPPORT/DVIDS officers told Stars and Stripes. cial channels, and fearing that he In a screenshot from a 2017 NATO Resolute Support video, then-Capt. Mohammad Naiem Asadi talks Asadi protected an American would be thrown in prison among about flying helicopters for the Afghan Air Force. Now a major, Asadi and his family had been approved pilot who crashed his A-29 Super the Taliban. to come to the U.S. for their protection until the Pentagon reversed its endorsement of their exit. Tucano attack turboprop in He learned later the Pentagon northern Afghanistan this sum- had placed his case on hold, before mer, said a letter of commenda- withdrawing the endorsement. tion signed by Air Force Capt. “We were the ones who raised Robert V. Yost. our hands and said, ‘we’re not Asadi led a flight of two MD- quite sure we checked all the 530 attack helicopters that scram- boxes when we endorsed this bled to protect the crash site in thing,’” the defense official said. Taliban-contested territory, and “We don’t want to be put into a po- Asadi’s efforts were vital to the sition of facilitating the departure pilot’s rescue, Yost wrote. of an active duty Afghan military “The incident was just one of officer.” countless events where Maj. Asa- Asadi is now somewhere in Af- di’s actions have protected and QUINTON RUSS/U.S. ghanistan under U.S. protection. Air Force saved lives,” he wrote. His young daughter has adapted But for all his heroics in the air, well to life in hiding, he said, but Afghan pilot Asadi and his family faced threats for him and his wife, the disap- Maj. Mohammad at home. Among several threat- pointment and uncertainty have Naiem Asadi ening letters and phone calls been overwhelming. receives final was one this spring, in which the “I cannot go backward,” Asadi instructions Taliban demanded Asadi’s father before a solo said. “And I cannot go forward, hand over his son, or his entire flight in a MD- because I am not allowed to go family would be killed. 530 helicopter, forward.” Asadi applied to come to the Oct. 16, 2012 U.S. under Significant Public Zubair Babakarkhail contributed to this at Shindand report. Air Base, Benefit Parole, a temporary sta- [email protected] tus for noncitizens in need of Twitter: @jplawrence3 Afghanistan. Blast kills former Afghan TV presenter Soldier dies during rifle

Associated Press the driver, Mohammad Amin. The talks were part of a nego- All died in the explosion, said tiated agreement between the training at Fort Jackson KABUL, Afghanistan — A Faramarz. United States and the Taliban to Associated Press bomb attached to the vehicle of Violence and chaos have in- allow U.S. and NATO troops with- injury Thursday while training a former presenter on Afghani- on the rifle range, Sully said in creased in Afghanistan in re- draw from Afghanistan, ending COLUMBIA, S.C. — A soldier stan’s TOLO TV exploded early cent months even as government 19 years of military engagement. the release. He was transported Saturday, killing the journalist at Fort Jackson in South Carolina to a local hospital, where he was negotiators and the Taliban are According to initial reports, has died from injuries sustained and two other civilians, Kabul po- meeting in Qatar to find an end Siawash was near his home when pronounced dead. on the rifle training range, Army lice said. to decades of relentless war in the bomb attached to his car ex- No one else was injured in the officials said. The death of Yama Siawash is Afghanistan. The two sides have ploded. An eyewitness, Moham- incident. being investigated, said police made little progress. mad Rafi, said Siawash’s father The soldier was an 18-year- “Our hearts are heavy for our spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz. Washington’s peace envoy for and brother were the first to reach old man from California, Fort teammate, the unit soldiers and No one has immediately claimed Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, the vehicle that was engulfed in Jackson spokesperson Leslie all the family members,” said responsibility. has been pressing for an agree- flames. Ann Sully said in a news release. Fort Jackson Commander Brig. Siawash had recently begun ment on a reduction in violence Rafi said all three of those The soldier’s name has not been Gen. Milford H. Beagle Jr. “We working with Afghanistan’s Cen- or a cease-fire, which the Taliban killed were inside the car. released. He was assigned to are providing comfort and assis- tral Bank and was in a bank ve- have refused, saying a perma- Siawash was a former TV pre- the 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry tance to those involved.” hicle along with another senior nent truce would be part of the senter who anchored political Regiment. Military police are employee, Ahmadullah Anas and negotiations. programs on TOLO TV. The soldier suffered the fatal investigating. PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, November 8, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Air Force medical personnel deploy to El Paso

BY ROSE L. THAYER the El Paso area,” Fort Bliss of- declaration increases the com- and Maryland, according to U.S. Beaumont Army Medical Cen- Stars and Stripes ficials said Friday in a prepared mander’s authority to restrict Army North’s Joint Force Land ter since last week to reduce the statement. movement on the base and out- Component Command. The strain on civilian hospitals in El AUSTIN, Texas — The com- Hours earlier, three Air Force lines policies to improve support command oversees the Defense Paso, according to a news release mander of Fort Bliss declared a medical teams totaling about 60 and resources for the hospital. Department’s coordination with from Army medical center and public health emergency Friday airmen were deployed to El Paso Bernabe’s declaration is in the Federal Emergency Manage- the El Paso VA Healthcare Sys- as the number of coronavirus to support three civilian hospitals line with others issued by Texas ment Agency to control the coro- tem. About 40,000 veterans are cases at the base and the sur- in the city as virus cases surge. state officials, according to base navirus pandemic. The teams are eligible for care at the base hospi- rounding El Paso community The city reported 1,049 people officials. expected to arrive at the hospitals tal, according to the El Paso VA. continued to climb and strain re- hospitalized because of coronavi- Last week, Bernabe said Fort during the weekend. “In this pandemic, we are tak- sources in the region. rus Friday. Of those, 311 were in Bliss had an increase in corona- “We remain steadfast in our ing a significant burden from The emergency declaration fol- intensive care. virus cases without revealing any commitment to assist those in the community by bringing the lows a series of safety measures Bernabe, who is also com- other details. But his emergency need as part of the whole-of-na- VA patients in as well as our own imposed last week by Fort Bliss mander of the base’s largest unit declaration, which remains in tion response to the [coronavi- beneficiaries,” said Col. Michael commander Maj. Gen. Sean Ber- the 1st Armored Division, made effect for 30 days, has not im- rus] pandemic and in support of nabe to control the spread of the the declaration primarily to aid pacted scheduled training events, FEMA,” said Lt. Gen. Laura J. S. Oshiki, commander of William virus. Those measures included the base’s William Beaumont said Lt. Col. Allie Payne, spokes- Richardson, Army North com- Beaumont Army Medical Center. a 10 p.m. curfew, limiting access Army Medical Center, which has woman for the division. The base mander. “Alongside our local, “The partnership continues now to the base and barring service accepted dozens of patients eli- is expected to provide an update state and federal partners, we will that the VA is allowing us to use members from dining inside off- gible for care at the facility either Monday. work to mitigate this virus and their space as we expand our op- base restaurants. through the Defense Department The three 20-person medical care for [residents of El Paso].” erations and take care of patients “[The emergency declaration] and Department of Veterans Af- teams departed for west Texas Dozens of eligible patients, in their space as well as ours.” is prudent given the significant fairs, according to base and hos- on Friday from military bases including those with coronavi- [email protected] increase in [coronavirus] cases in pital officials. The emergency in Texas, Florida, Mississippi rus, have transferred to William Twitter: @Rose_Lori Books? Hairdressers? Europeans split on lockdown essentials

BY RAF CASERT operations, and drifting closer to Associated Press bankruptcy as a result, the door is wide open for supermarket chains HALLE, Belgium — In times and online giants to pounce. Sev- when a pandemic unleashes eral countries have taken steps death and poverty, the concept of to ensure supermarkets during what is essential to keep society lockdown cannot sell many prod- functioning in a lockdown is grip- ucts that provide the livelihood of ping Europe. closed shops. Beyond the obvious — food It can get very complicated, stores and pharmacies — some with some supermarkets forced answers in the patchwork of na- to tape off sections of their mer- tions and cultures that make up chandise. In Belgium, Christmas Europe can approach the sur- decorations which took weeks to real. What is allowed on one side set up may now be hidden from of a border can be banned just a view, since retail stores cannot brief stroll down the road, on the sell them, as they are deemed other. non-essential. German Chancellor Angela “Books and magazines are al- Merkel said that while it might lowed,” said Harry Decraene, seem fairest to just shut every- manager of a Carrefour depart- thing down, “it’s perhaps not the ment west of Brussels. “DVDs, most practical” solution. CDs and games are not allowed. “If people are only satisfied Sewing equipment is allowed, sta- when everything possible is shut down, then that’s a view which tionery is allowed, garden equip- naturally doesn’t make economic ment can be sold. Pots and pans, sense,” Merkel said. toys and Christmas supplies are That’s why Germany is keeping not allowed.” car dealerships open this time, Just as toys would seem es- sential for children, petanque after their closure in the first, ALESSANDRA TARANTINO/AP spring lockdown hurt the coun- — France’s traditional outdoors try’s huge automobile industry. Women perform manicures and pedicures on customers in a beauty center in downtown Rome on Friday. game that involves mostly elderly In Belgium, of course, choco- players tossing metal balls with late shops are staying open. moment of self-care, that citizens program on TV like Apostrophes of the ’t Stad Leest in the port of leisurely accuracy — might be “Chocolate is very much an es- need.” used to be watched by millions Antwerp finds it a mixed bless- considered a must for the coun- sential food around here,” said But across England people have every week. ing. The lockdown has reduced try’s retirees. chocolatier Marleen Van Volsem had to scramble to get their hair But walk the streets of Paris passing shoppers to a trickle and There is nothing quite like the at the Praleen chocolaterie south done in the last days and hours and you will find bookshops he will have to decide whether petanque grounds of the Proven- of Brussels. “It has to be. Because while they still could, before new closed. heating and personnel costs make cal village of Saint-Paul-de- chocolate makes you happy.“ pandemic restrictions came into Sylvia Whitman, who runs the it worth his staying open. Vence, where the likes of actors Happiness would seem no sub- force on Thursday. famed Shakespeare and Co. book- But when essential goods can- Yves Montand and Lino Ventura ject to split hairs about. Yet con- “The thought of another lock- store on the Left Bank, seethes not be bought in a store they can would click their balls on the dirt. sider how differently Italy and down and being stuck at home at the prospect of giant online still be delivered. Now they’re deserted, as the gov- Britain treat a service that glad- — (people thought) I’m going to platforms gobbling up business “During the first lockdown we ernment opined that petanque is dens many a heart. throw caution to the wind and while her shop is shuttered. Her had to invent a website in three not essential. In the country that coined the I am just going to come in and sales have dropped 80% since the days and nights,” said Cajot, and “It’s a leisure activity, we can term “bella figura” — the art of have my hair done,” said Richard spring lockdown. he got “new logistical equipment do without it,” said Sandrine cutting a fine figure — hairdress- Ward, managing director at the “I find it really tiring that the — a cargo bike,” to the delight of Leonard, who manages the local ers are deemed essential. Richard Ward Hair and Metro bigger you are the more you can his Antwerp clients who get books tourism information center. Now “Italians really care about Spa on London’s swank Sloane ignore laws, you can avoid taxes, delivered within hours of placing that dead leaves provide the color their image and about wellness,” Square. you can find loopholes,” she said. their order. “So why order books the sun usually does, “it’s more a said Charity Cheah, the Milan- And then there are life’s finer “The smaller you are, the more at an international online giant period to stay quietly at home, to based co-founder of TONI&GUY pleasures. expensive and the more compli- when the corner bookstore can do some cooking. We spend less Italy. “Perhaps psychologically, In France, the love of books is cated things are.” deliver same-day by bike?” time outdoors. Hence the impor- the government may feel that unquestioned. No country has Across the border in Belgium, That’s also become a question tance of having a good book.” going to a salon is a moment of more Nobel Prize-winners in books were deemed essential. of government policy. With small But wait! Bookshops are release from stress and tension, a Literature, and a book review Even then, Wouter Cajot, owner shops often forced to suspend closed. Sunday, November 8, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP White House chief of staff Meadows tests positive

Associated Press officials who participate in orga- nized sports, according to the WASHINGTON — President municipality directives. Athletes Donald Trump’s chief of staff must keep a mask on for indoor Mark Meadows has been diag- sports, but one is not required nosed with the coronavirus as the while “exercising vigorously out- nation sets daily records for con- doors,” the directives state. firmed cases for the pandemic. Two senior administration of- ficials confirmed Friday that Colorado Meadows had tested positive for DENVER — Denver officials the virus, which has killed more are urging residents to stay home than 236,000 Americans so far between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. in an this year. They offered no details effort to stem the tide of corona- on when the chief of staff came virus cases, which could over- down with the virus or his current whelm area hospitals by the end condition. His diagnosis was first of the year. reported by Bloomberg News. Mayor Michael Hancock said One administration official said during a virtual news confer- several other staffers had tested ence Friday that the “Home by 10 positive as well. Order,” which will last for at least Meadows traveled with Trump 30 days, is necessary to avoid NAM Y. HUH/AP in the run-up to Election Day another citywide stay-at-home and last appeared in public early order. He also urged residents People walk their bicycles while crossing the street in Evanston, Ill., on Friday . Wednesday morning without a not to gather or mix with other mask as Trump falsely declared households. cases will spike again from fam- regimen for lawmakers and staff facilities, reducing the capacity of victory in the vote count. He had “I’m not going to mince any ily Thanksgiving get-togethers. also is under consideration. indoor dining at restaurants to 50 been one of the close aides around words here when it comes to the “It allows us to have commit- people, encouraging all business Trump when the president came spread of the coronavirus,” Han- Nevada tee meetings with high ceilings, to mandate work from home and down with the virus more than a cock said. “We’re on a very dan- an excellent ventilation system,” urging Oregonians not to gather month ago, but was tested daily gerous path. We’re seeing rapid, CARSON CITY — State prison Egolf said. with people who do not live in and maintained his regular work significant increases in the num- officials have ordered a lockdown Rep. Debbie Armstrong of Al- their household, but if they do to schedule. bers of people getting sick, and at a medium-security facility in buquerque urged colleagues to limit it to six people. It marked the latest case of many of those people ended up in northern Nevada after 93 inmates postpone the session entirely until “Let me be clear, we cannot the virus in the West Wing, com- the hospital.” and seven staff members tested later in 2021. She said holding allow this disease to continue to ing not even two weeks after The mayor shied away from positive for the coronavirus. committee meetings in the con- spread so rapidly in our commu- Marc Short, Vice President Mike calling the order a curfew be- The Nevada Department of vention center could compound nities. Lives are at stake,” Gov. Pence’s chief of staff, and other cause he said enforcement would Corrections said Friday that ad- the spreading of COVID-19, and Kate Brown said. aides tests positive for the virus. only target the most egregious vi- ditional sanitation measures have noted that some legislators may Currently, statewide safety Trump, first lady Melania Trump, olations, not, for instance, some- been deployed, and all meals decline to wear masks. measures in Oregon include ban- and at least two dozen others test- one walking their dog or going for are being delivered to individual ning indoor get-togethers of more ed positive for the virus in early a run after 10 p.m. units during the lockdown at the New York than 10 people, the closure of Warm Springs Correctional Cen- October, after Trump held large Bars and liquor stores will not restaurants and bars by 10 p.m., ter in Carson City. ALBANY — Restrictions in gatherings of people not wearing be allowed to sell alcohol after a capacity limit for restaurants Department Director Charles some New York City pandemic face-masks, including the cere- 10 p.m., and restaurants will be and gyms set at 100 people inside Daniels said the remainder of the hotspots will be rolled back, even mony announcing the nomination barred from offering dine-in ser- and mask requirements for peo- facility’s 525 offenders and all as the state prepares to combat of now-Justice Amy Coney Bar- vice after that time. The order ple five years or older in indoor staff would be tested again later virus flare-ups upstate, Gov. An- rett to the Supreme Court. will not apply to critical business- public spaces, universities, office Friday and Saturday. He didn’t drew Cuomo said Friday. Trump has repeatedly said that es, employees going to or from spaces and outdoor areas where disclose when the positive results The governor said he’s consid- the nation is “rounding the turn” work, travel, first responders or physical distancing can not be first were confirmed. ering imposing additional social on the pandemic, which was top schools, and it will be temporarily maintained. of mind for voters in Tuesday’s lifted on Thanksgiving Day. Employees routinely are tested distancing restrictions in “mi- election. for COVID-19 every two weeks crocluster” zones in the Buffalo, Utah COVID-19 cases in the U.S. Kansas and offenders every three weeks, Rochester and Syracuse areas have increased more than 50% but more frequently when nec- because of rising infection rates. SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s in the past two weeks. According MISSION — Kansas added a essary, he said. All staff are The addition of more of those largest teachers union called for to an AP analysis of data from record-setting 5,418 new corona- screened for symptoms and tem- zones upstate reflect the shift- the governor to move all public John Hopkins University, the 7- virus cases Friday as hospitals peratures taken before entering ing state strategy as COVID-19 secondary schools in high coro- day rolling average for daily new warned that staffing was being the facility, and are required to becomes a worsening problem navirus transmission areas to cases rose from 61,166 on Oct. 22 seriously strained and the state’s wear masks at all times. beyond New York City, once an remote learning on Friday as the top public health official said to 94,625 on Nov. 5. epicenter of the pandemic. state reported a single-day record many local officials “haven’t done The governor also said the New Mexico of 17 COVID-19 deaths. anything” to check the surge. National Guard will increase its Alaska The Utah Education Associa- The increases in confirmed and SANTA FE — New Mexico presence at airports to help make tion also called for Republican JUNEAU — Alaska’s largest probable cases brought the state’s legislators are grappling with sure travelers from non-neigh- Gov. Gary Herbert to suspend city, Anchorage, plans to boost en- total to 97,633, a 5.9% increase the public health risks of conven- boring states can provide proof of all extracurricular activities that forcement of an expanded mask from Wednesday. With the influx, ing their next session in January a negative coronavirus test. can’t comply with social distanc- mandate and restrict gathering the seven-day daily rolling aver- amid surging statewide rates “In general, downstate New ing guidelines in high transmis- sizes in a bid to curb coronavirus age rose to 1,779 cases, which is of coronavirus infections and York is doing better than up- sion areas from the Thanksgiving cases, officials said Friday. almost three times as high as it deaths. state New York, which is a total The changes take effect Mon- was just a month ago, data from A panel of leading legislators reversal from the first phase of holiday throughout winter break. day, with masks to be worn, with the Kansas Department of Health on Friday unveiled a proposal to COVID,” Cuomo said during a “We are now seeing multiple a few exceptions, in indoor public and Environment shows. move committee meetings to the telephone briefing. schools repeatedly shift back and settings or communal areas and The state also added 79 downtown Santa Fe convention forth from in-person to at-home outdoors when distancing from COVID-19 fatalities Friday to center to provide more spacious Oregon learning due to outbreaks,” the non-household members is not bring the total to 1,166. Deaths rooms for in-person committee union wrote in a statement. “This possible. have more than doubled since hearings. SALEM — Following a record- cycle is obviously not helping to In some cases, such as for indi- mid-September. Democratic House speaker breaking day of COVID-19 cases control the virus spread and, as viduals with disabilities who can- Dr. Lee Norman, the head of Brian Egolf described a possible in Oregon, officials on Friday educators, we can unequivocally not tolerate a mask, face shields the state health department, hybrid attendance model for the announced new restrictions that state the continual interruptions will be allowed unless wearing said cases “are just skyrocket- upcoming 60-day session that will be implemented in at least are not in the best interest of stu- one would be impossible, the ing” because people are spending would close off public access to five of the state’s counties as part dent learning.” order states. more time indoors and attending the Statehouse for floor debates of a two-week pause on social The state recorded 2,987 new Masks are to be worn by school- public events and family gather- and votes — but allow public at- activities. confirmed cases of the coronavi- age children older than 5, those ings without being diligent about tendance and comment at com- The updated safety measures, rus, which brought the seven-day who exercise or work at gyms, wearing masks or social distanc- mittee meetings in the convention which begin Nov. 11, include halt- average of new daily cases to a and athletes, players, coaches and ing. He said he’s worried that center. A new coronavirus testing ing visitations to long-term care record-breaking 2,033. PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, November 8, 2020 2020 ELECTION ‘It’s time for America to unite’

have died during the coronavi- Biden is declared rus pandemic, nearly 10 million have been infected and millions winner while Trump of jobs have been lost. The final days of the campaign played out refuses to concede against the backdrop of a surge in confirmed cases in nearly every state, including battlegrounds BY JONATHAN LEMIRE such as Wisconsin that swung to AND ZEKE MILLER Biden. Associated Press The pandemic will soon be WASHINGTON — Democrat Biden’s to tame, and he cam- Joe Biden defeated President paigned pledging a big govern- Donald Trump to become the 46th ment response, akin to what president of the United States on Franklin D. Roosevelt oversaw Saturday, positioning himself to with the New Deal during the lead a nation gripped by a histor- Depression of the 1930s. But Sen- ic pandemic and a confluence of ate Republicans fought back sev- economic and social turmoil. eral Democratic challengers and His victory came after more looked to retain a fragile major- than three days of uncertainty as ity that could serve as a check on election officials sorted through such Biden ambition. a surge of mail-in votes that de- The 2020 campaign was a ref- layed the processing of some erendum on Trump’s handling ballots. Biden crossed 270 Elec- of the pandemic, which has shut- toral College votes with a win in tered schools across the nation, Pennsylvania. disrupted businesses and raised Trump refused to concede, questions about the feasibility of threatening further legal action family gatherings heading into the holidays. on ballot counting. REBECCA BLACKWELL/AP The fast spread of the corona- Biden, 77, staked his candidacy People celebrate outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Saturday in Philadelphia after Democrat virus transformed political ral- less on any distinctive political Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become 46th president of the United States. lies from standard campaign fare ideology than on galvanizing a to gatherings that were potential broad coalition of voters around public health emergencies. It also the notion that Trump posed an contributed to an unprecedented existential threat to American shift to voting early and by mail democracy. The strategy proved and prompted Biden to dramati- effective, resulting in pivotal vic- cally scale back his travel and tories in Michigan and Wisconsin events to comply with restric- as well as Pennsylvania, onetime tions. The president defied calls Democratic bastions that had for caution and ultimately con- flipped to Trump in 2016. tracted the disease himself. Biden, in a statement, said he Trump was saddled throughout was humbled by the victory and the year by negative assessments it was time for the battered nation from the public of his handling of to set aside its differences. CAROLYN KASTER/AP the pandemic. There was another “It’s time for America to unite. COVID-19 outbreak in the White President-elect Joe Biden and And to heal,” he said. House this week, which sickened Vice President-elect Kamala “With the campaign over, it’s his chief of staff Mark Meadows. Harris are seen in at an event in time to put the anger and the Biden also drew a sharp con- Wilmington, Del., in August. harsh rhetoric behind us and trast to Trump through a summer come together as a nation,” Biden DAVID GOLDMAN/AP of unrest over the police killings said. “There’s nothing we can’t do record 103 million people voted of Black Americans including if we do it together.” Trump supporters are confronted by counter protestors while early this year, opting to avoid Breonna Taylor in Kentucky and Biden was on track to win the demonstrating at the State Capitol in Lansing, Mich., on Saturday. waiting in long lines at polling George Floyd in Minneapolis. national popular vote by more locations during a pandemic. Their deaths sparked the largest than 4 million, a margin that who is also the first person of dling by in the opposite direc- With counting continuing in racial protest movement since the could grow as ballots continue to South Asian descent elected to tion, “Joe won! They called it!” as some states, Biden had already civil rights era. Biden responded be counted. the vice presidency, will become people on the shore whooped and received more than 74 million by acknowledging the racism that Trump was not giving up. the highest-ranking woman ever hollered. Harris, in workout gear, votes, more than any presidential pervades American life, while Departing from longstanding to serve in government, four was shown on video speaking to candidate before him. Trump emphasized his support of democratic tradition and sig- years after Trump defeated Hill- Biden on the phone, exuberantly Trump’s refusal to concede has police and pivoted to a “law and naling a potentially turbulent ary Clinton. telling the president-elect “We no legal implications. But it could order” message that resonated transfer of power, he issued a Trump is the first incumbent did it!” Biden was expected to add to the incoming administra- with his largely white base. combative statement while he president to lose reelection since take the stage for a drive-in rally tion’s challenge of bringing the The president’s most ardent was on his Virginia golf course. Republican George H.W. Bush in after dark. country together after a bitter backers never wavered and may It said his campaign would take 1992. Across the country, there were election. remain loyal to him and his sup- unspecified legal actions and he Early Saturday he left the parties and prayer. In New York Throughout the campaign, porters in Congress after Trump would “not rest until the Ameri- White House for his Virginia golf City, spontaneous block par- Trump repeatedly refused to has departed the White House. can People have the honest vote club dressed in golf shoes, a wind- ties broke out. People ran out of commit to a peaceful transfer of The third president to be im- count they deserve and that De- breaker and a white hat as the re- their buildings, banging on pots. power, arguing without evidence peached, though acquitted in the mocracy demands.” sults gradually expanded Biden’s They danced and high-fived with that the election could be marred Senate, Trump will leave office Trump has pointed to delays lead in Pennsylvania. strangers amid honking horns. by fraud. The nation has a long having left an indelible imprint in in processing the vote in some Trump repeated his unsupport- People streamed into Black history of presidential candidates a tenure defined by the shattering states to allege with no evidence ed allegations of election fraud Lives Matter Plaza near the peacefully accepting the outcome of White House norms and a day- that there was voter fraud and to and illegal voting on Twitter. White House, waving signs and of elections, dating back to 1800, to-day whirlwind of turnover, par- argue that his rival was trying to In Wilmington, Del., near a taking cellphone pictures. In when John Adams conceded to tisan divide and the ever-present seize power — an extraordinary stage that has stood empty since Lansing, Mich., Trump support- his rival Thomas Jefferson. threat via his Twitter account. charge by a sitting president try- it was erected to celebrate a po- ers and Black Lives Matter dem- It was Biden’s native Pennsyl- Trump’s team filed a smatter- ing to sow doubt about a bedrock tential victory on Election Night, onstrators filled the Capitol steps. vania that put him over the top, ing of lawsuits in battleground democratic process. people cheered and pumped their The lyrics to “Amazing Grace” the state he invoked throughout states, some of which were imme- Kamala Harris also made his- fists as the news that the presi- began to echo through the crowd, the campaign to connect with diately rebuffed by judges. His tory as the first Black woman dential race had been called for and Trump supporters laid their working class voters. He also personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to become vice president, an the state’s former senator arrived hands on a counter protester, and won Nevada on Saturday , pushing was holding a news conference achievement that comes as the on their cell phones. prayed. his total to 290 Electoral College in Philadelphia threatening more U.S. faces a reckoning on racial On the nearby water, two men Americans showed deep in- votes. legal action when the race was justice. The California senator, in a kayak yelled to a couple pad- terest in the presidential race. A More than 236,000 Americans called. Sunday, November 8, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 2020 ELECTION Harris set to be first Black, female vice president

BY KATHLEEN RONAYNE the people she already represents. Califor- Associated Press nia is the nation’s most populous and one of its most diverse states : Nearly 40% of Kamala Harris made history Saturday people are Latino and 15% are Asian. In as the first Black woman elected as vice Congress, Harris and Jayapal have teamed president of the United States, shattering up on bills to ensure legal representation barriers that have kept men — almost all for Muslims targeted by Trump’s 2017 of them white — entrenched at the highest travel ban and to extend rights to domestic levels of American politics for more than workers. two centuries. “That’s the kind of policy that also hap- The 56-year-old California senator, also pens when you have voices like ours at the the first person of South Asian descent table,” said Jayapal, who in 2016 was the elected to the vice presidency, represents first South Asian woman elected to the U.S. the multiculturalism that defines America House. Harris won election to the Senate but is largely absent from Washington’s that same year. power centers. Her Black identity has al- Harris’ mother raised her daughters lowed her to speak in personal terms in a with the understanding the world would year of reckoning over police brutality and see them as Black women, Harris has systemic racism. As the highest-ranking said, and that is how she describes herself woman ever elected in American govern- today. ment, her victory gives hope to women She attended Howard University, one who were devastated by Hillary Clinton’s of the nation’s historically Black colleges defeat four years ago. and universities, and pledged Alpha Kappa Harris has been a rising star in Demo- Alpha, the nation’s first sorority created cratic politics for much of the last two de- by and for Black women. She campaigned cades, serving as San Francisco’s district regularly at HBCUs and tried to address attorney and California’s attorney general the concerns of young Black men and before becoming a U.S. senator. After Har- women eager for strong efforts to disman- ris ended her own 2020 Democratic presi- AP tle systemic racism. dential campaign, Joe Biden tapped her as Her victory could usher more Black his running mate. They will be sworn in as Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris, of California, waves to a crowd in 2019. Harris made women and people of color into politics. president and vice president on Jan. 20. history Saturday as the first Black woman elected as vice president of the United San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Biden’s running mate selection carried States. who considers Harris a mentor, views added significance because he will be the Harris’ success through the lens of her oldest president ever inaugurated, at 78, icy and more. ris and her sister were girls, and Harris own identity as the granddaughter of a and hasn’t committed to seeking a second Jessica Byrd, who leads the Movement was raised by her late mother, whom she sharecropper. term in 2024. for Black Lives’ Electoral Justice Project considers the most important influence in “African Americans are not far removed Harris often framed her candidacy as and The Frontline, a multiracial coalition her life. from slavery and the horrors of racism in part of the legacy — often undervalued — effort to galvanize voters, said she plans Kamala is Sanskrit for “lotus flower,” this country, and we’re still feeling the im- of pioneering Black women who came be- to engage in the rigorous organizing work and Harris gave nods to her Indian heritage pacts of that with how we’re treated and fore her, including educator Mary McLeod needed to push Harris and Biden toward throughout the campaign, including with what’s happening around this racial upris- Bethune, civil rights activist Fannie Lou more progressive policies. a callout to her “chitthis,” a Tamil word ing,” she said. Harris’ candidacy “instills Hamer and Rep. Shirley Chisholm, the “I deeply believe in the power of Black for a maternal aunt, in her first speech as a lot of pride and a lot of hope and a lot of first Black candidate to seek a major par- women’s leadership, even when all of our Biden’s running mate. When Georgia Sen. excitement in what is possible.” ty’s presidential nomination, in 1972. politics don’t align,” Byrd said. “I want us David Perdue mocked her name in an Oc- Harris is married to a Jewish man, Doug “We’re not often taught their stories,” to be committed to the idea that represen- tober rally, the hashtag #MyNameIs took Emhoff, whose children from a previous Harris said in August as she accepted tation is exciting and it’s worthy of celebra- off on Twitter, with South Asians sharing marriage call her “Momala.” her party’s vice presidential nomination. tion and also that we have millions of Black the meanings behind their names. The excitement about her candidacy ex- “But as Americans, we all stand on their women who deserve a fair shot.” The mocking of her name by Republi- tends to women across races. shoulders.” Harris is the second Black woman elect- cans, including Trump, was just one of the Friends Sarah Lane and Kelli Hodge, Despite the excitement surrounding ed to the Senate. Her colleague, Sen. Cory attacks Harris faced. Trump and his allies each with three daughters, brought all six Harris, she and Biden face steep challeng- Booker, who is also Black, said her very sought to brand her as radical and a social- girls to a Harris rally in Phoenix in the es, including deepening racial tensions in presence makes the institution “more ac- ist despite her more centrist record, an race’s closing days. “This car is full of little the U.S. in the wake of a pandemic that has cessible to more people” and suggested she effort aimed at making people uncomfort- girls who dream big. Go Kamala!” read a taken a disproportionate toll on people of would accomplish the same with the vice able about the prospect of a Black woman sign taped on the car’s trunk. color and a series of police killings of Black presidency. in leadership. She was the target of online Lane, a 41-year-old attorney who is of Americans. Harris was born in 1964 to two parents disinformation laced with racism and sex- Hispanic and Asian heritage, volunteered Harris’ past work as a prosecutor has active in the civil rights movement. Shya- ism about her qualifications to serve as for Biden and Harris, her first time ever prompted skepticism among progressives mala Gopalan, from India, and Donald president. working for a political campaign. Asked and young voters who are looking to her to Harris, from Jamaica, met at the Universi- Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal of why she brought her daughters, ages 6, back sweeping institutional change over ty of California, Berkeley, then a hotbed of Washington said Harris’ power comes not 9 and 11, to see Harris, she answered, “I incremental reforms in policing, drug pol- 1960s activism. They divorced when Har- just from her life experience but also from want my girls to see what women can do.” Perdue facing Ossoff in runoff for Senate seat from Georgia

Associated Press will also compete in a runoff on the same taking office. He has sought to cast Ossoff a statement Friday. “Georgians won’t let ATLANTA — Republican U.S. Sen. day. The twin races in Georgia are likely to as backing a “radical socialist agenda.” that happen.” David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff settle which party controls the Senate. Ossoff, meanwhile, has hammered Ossoff spoke at a news conference in At- Nationally, the Senate stands split at 48- Perdue’s response to the coronavirus pan- will face off in a Jan. 5 runoff in Georgia lanta on Friday morning, surrounded by for Perdue’s Senate seat, one of two high- 48. But Republicans lead uncalled races in demic and decried Republican efforts to profile contests in the state that could de- Alaska and North Carolina, so the ultimate overturn the Affordable Care Act in the supporters waving signs that read, “Vote termine which party controls the upper balance is likely to come down to what hap- middle of the public health crisis. your Ossoff.” chamber. pens in the Georgia runoffs. Democrats haven’t won a U.S. Senate “We have all the momentum. We have Libertarian candidate Shane Hazel was The race between Ossoff and Perdue, race in Georgia in two decades, but Repub- all the energy. We’re on the right side of a close ally of Trump, has been charac- lican dominance has been slipping. Demo- able to get enough votes so that neither history,” Ossoff said. Perdue nor Ossoff cleared the 50% thresh- terized by sharp attack ads but relatively crat Stacey Abrams narrowly lost the race old needed for an outright win. moderate political positions. for governor in 2018 . Asked about Democrats’ weak perfor- Thousands of absentee ballots and in- Both candidates steered toward the mid- Perdue’s campaign is already portray- mance in recent runoff elections in Geor- person votes cast early needed to be count- dle, vying for a state Trump won handily ing the runoff election as a last stand for gia, Ossoff replied: “This is a different state. ed after Election Night passed, forcing a four years ago, but where swaths of sub- Republicans to hold the Senate majority. Georgia has become younger and more di- long and tense wait before the race could urbia have shown signs of disillusionment “The stakes in this election could not verse every day of the last decade. And the be called. with the president. be higher: A vote for Jon Ossoff is a vote Democrat Raphael Warnock and Sen. Perdue has often focused his message to hand power to Chuck Schumer and the effort that has gone into registering voters, Kelly Loeffler, the Republican appointed on the economy, touting pre-pandemic job radical Democrats in Washington,” Per- empowering voters is unprecedented, un- last year after Sen. Johnny Isakson retired, growth and his business experience before due campaign manager Ben Fry said in matched anywhere in the country.” PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, November 8, 2020 2020 ELECTION Vets at odds with Trump stance on mail-in votes

BY AAMER MADHANI to vote early and by mail because of con- AND JULIE WATSON cerns about the coronavirus pandemic. Associated Press Trump urged his supporters to vote in person and he held the advantage in many WASHINGTON — President Donald states among those who cast their ballots Trump has held himself up as a champion in person on Election Day. of U.S. troops without rival. But with his Trump campaign spokeswoman Thea presidency on the line, he cast suspicion McDonald said the president believes on a tool of participatory democracy — the “there are and should be exceptions for mail-in ballot — that has allowed U.S. mili- our military members serving our coun- tary personnel to vote while serving far try overseas” to ensure their ballots are from home since the War of 1812. counted. But McDonald questioned why The president shouted from Twitter to Pennsylvania election officials should be “STOP THE COUNT” and leveled unsub- counting mail-in ballots for “Democrats stantiated charges that “surprise ballot in Philadelphia who attempt to vote after dumps” after election night were help- Election Day.” ing rival Democrat Joe Biden “steal” the Kristen Clark, a voting rights advo- election. cate, said the Trump campaign’s sugges- All the while, Trump insisted that mili- tion to stop tallying legally cast votes for tary voters’ mail-in ballots should be count- one group (civilians) while continuing the ed. He even suggested on Friday — without counting of ballots for another (military presenting evidence — that some troops’ personnel) made no sense. mail-in ballots have gone “missing.” “It’s an indefensible position to say state In his dizzying effort to sow doubt about AP laws should apply to one set of voters but the integrity of the vote, Trump has been not to another,” said Clark, president of all over the map on mail-in voting. The President Donald Trump smiles before addressing members of the military during a the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights broadsides have unsettled many veterans surprise Thanksgiving Day visit at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan Nov. 28, 2019. Under Law. and former military brass who saw voting Trump throughout his presidency has by mail as a tether to their civic duty when the undecided battleground states . As Biden neared the 270 electoral votes cast himself as a champion of military serving abroad. More than 250,000 U.S. service mem- that enabled him to capture the presiden- families. He’s relished photo ops with Gold “Officials at all levels including in the bers cast mail-in ballots in 2016 and even cy, Trump escalated his effort to sow doubt Star families, credited himself with reduc- Congress need to say to the president ‘Sir, more were expected to vote by mail this about mail-in votes that state officials were ing the number of U.S. troops deployed to you need to exercise the same patience that time. still counting. “endless wars,” and poured new resources the rest of the nation does,’ ” said retired In the razor-thin election in Georgia, the “It’s amazing how those mail-in ballots into the military. Navy Adm. Steve Abbot, who later served secretary of state’s office said as many as are so one-sided, too,” Trump said in re- But for some military families, Trump’s as deputy homeland security adviser in the 8,900 ballots requested by military service marks at the White House on Thursday, undercutting of late-arriving mail-in bal- George W. Bush administration. members and U.S. citizens abroad — in ad- hours after falsely stating in an all-caps lots reflects poorly on the commander in Abbot is a member of Count Every Hero, dition to thousands that had already been tweet that any ballot received after Elec- chief, even as his team has tried to clean a coalition of top military brass advocating received and tallied — could still arrive by tion Day won’t be counted. “I know that up his broad attacks on mail-in voting. for service members’ votes to be protected Friday’s deadline. it’s supposed to be to the advantage of the “Everybody wants the right to partici- and properly tallied. He added: “It doesn’t Twenty-eight states and the District of Democrats, but in all cases, they’re so pate in a democracy. That’s why people join help this democracy for (Trump) to contin- Columbia accept and count ballots from one-sided.” the military. It’s something we believe in ue to sound this alarm. It’s inappropriate.” overseas service members that arrive In fact, the disparity is hardly surpris- strongly,” said Tori Simenec, 28, of Minne- It’s unclear exactly how many mail-in after Election Day as long as they are post- ing. Biden and other Democrats in the apolis, a Marine 1st lieutenant who served military ballots remain ed uncounted in marked before polls close. lead-up to Election Day urged supporters from 2016 until August of 2020. Evangelical voters see upside, even in Trump election loss

BY ELANA SCHOR ham, a longtime Trump backer, tweeted AND DAVID CRARY Thursday night that he is “praying that Associated Press the lies and cheating will be exposed and (Trump) will be fairly re elected.” Paula WASHINGTON — The conservative White-Cain, who serves as Trump’s per- evangelical Christians who helped send sonal pastor and White House faith adviser, Donald Trump to the White House four led a prayer this week for the election and years ago stuck by him in 2020. And though described hearing “a sound of victory.” the election has been called for former Another top evangelical Trump support- Vice President Joe Biden, some conserva- er, Dallas megachurch pastor Robert Jef- tive Christians see reasons to celebrate in fress, said it was premature to talk about a this year’s election results. Biden presidency, noting that Al Gore and White evangelical voters made up 23% George W. Bush spent weeks contesting of the vote nationwide and overwhelmingly the results of the 2000 election before the favored Trump this fall, with about 8 in 10 Supreme Court ruled in Bush’s favor. backing him, according to AP VoteCast. If Biden does become president, Jeffress Their support may not have been enough to said via email, “Christians would have the re-elect the president yet evangelicals still same responsibility to him that they have JOHN AMIS/AP took heart in their strong presence at the to President Trump: They should com- polls and the Republican Party’s success From right, Ralph Reed, Dr. Alveda King, Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain, personal mend his good policies, condemn his bad in down-ballot races. pastor to the president Paula White-Cain, and others pray on stage during a Donald ones, and pray for his success.” “There’s no question that we did our job,” Trump campaign event courting devout conservatives by combining praise, prayer and Even if defeated, Trump would remain Ralph Reed, the veteran GOP activist who patriotism in Alpharetta, Ga., on July 23. a hero to evangelicals, said Jeffress, hail- founded the Faith and Freedom Coalition ing him as “the most pro-faith president in nonprofit, said of his fellow conservative before word that Saturday’s results tipped ence to our president, that if we fall short, American history.” Christians. the scales to Biden. it’s not due to the evangelical agenda of Another evangelical leader who backed Reed also singled out Democrats’ lack- While many of Trump’s evangelical al- life, religious liberty and biblical justice,” Trump, meanwhile, expressed concerns luster showing in key congressional races lies are white, the president’s campaign Rodriguez said. “It was more a rejection of about the president’s repeated voter fraud as a positive sign and suggested that reli- also worked to appeal to Latino voters, and the personality.” assertions that are unsubstantiated by evi- gious conservatives might see an opportu- the GOP saw signs of improvement with Among Latinos, 61% of evangelicals dence. The Rev. Albert Mohler, president nity to work with a Biden administration that demographic in several states. backed Trump, according to AP VoteCast, of the Southern Baptist Theological Semi- that tacks away from the left. The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, a Latino far higher than the 35% he received from nary in Louisville, Ky., said in his daily “Should President Trump come up short, evangelical pastor who has advised Trump, Latinos overall. commentary Thursday that while fraud if that’s what ends up happening — other said those advances with Latino voters are Some of the president’s closest evangeli- has happened in past elections, “making than that, it was a very impressive cycle one reason why evangelicals should view cal allies held out hope that Trump would generalized charges of voter fraud without for voters of faith and for social conserva- the election as “a win” for their priorities. come from behind to win the election. specifics that can be investigated, that’s tives in the Republican Party,” Reed said “I would argue, with great due defer- Texas-based megachurch pastor Jack Gra- quite dangerous to America as a nation.” Sunday, November 8, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 NATION Commissioner’s home vandalized after vote

Associated Press “I ask that they be accountable to one another — and think before they act,” he PORTLAND, Ore. — People in Portland wrote. threw flares and paint-filled balloons at the Protests over policing and racial injus- house of a city commissioner for Oregon’s tice have roiled Portland for five months largest city after he cast the deciding vote against cutting $18 million from city’s po- since the killing of George Floyd by a white lice budget, authorities said. Minneapolis police officer. The vandalism happened late Thursday Protesters are demanding $50 million in night after 60 people protesting Commis- cuts to the police budget — with the funds sioner Dan Ryan’s vote marched to his shifted to the Black community, assistance home. with food and housing during the pandem- Some in the crowd smashed a window ic and the homeless crisis. Some want the and broke planters, prompting police to de- department defunded completely. clare a riot that allows officers to use more City Commissioners already slashed aggressive than normal police tactics. Two nearly $16 million in June, eliminating people were arrested. funding for school resources officers, It was the fourth time this week that transit police and a gun violence reduc- Ryan’s home was targeted, the Multnomah tion team. The department has also had County Sheriff’s Department said in a its nearly $230 million budget cut as part statement. The three other times happened of an overall belt-tightening due to the in the run-up to the divisive vote. pandemic. The crowd also attacked the police union Protesters’ concerns about an overly ag- headquarters, a frequent target of protest gressive police force, police accountability activity, and set the doors of City Hall on and police funding were at the heart of a fire. The blaze was quickly extinguished close mayoral election. MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/AP by a private security firm and is under in- Wheeler eked out a victory despite a vestigation as an arson, authorities said. People react in front police during a protest Friday in Portland, Ore.. strong challenge from a political newcom- Mayor Ted Wheeler, who voted against er, Sarah Iannarone. the police budget cuts, strongly condemned reprehensible. Violence, criminal destruc- of the law.” She supported police cuts of $50 million the events and said violence should never tion and intimidation are unacceptable and In a statement issued late Friday, Ryan and drew on the energy of the near-nightly be used to “silence the voices of others.” will not be tolerated,” Wheeler said Friday. said the protesters coming to his home used protests to significantly boost her double- “Last night’s criminal destruction and “Those responsible must be found, investi- “the exact tactics they claim to be railing digit deficit in the polls but lost with 41% of attack on Commissioner Ryan’s home are gated and prosecuted to the fullest extent against — bullying and intimidation.” the vote compared to Wheeler’s 46%. Man shot by police in Wisconsin Tenn. governor gives reaches plea deal in assault case death row inmate Associated Press orderly conduct, and Judge Bruce shows. Sheskey’s lawyer contends Schroeder sentenced him to two that Sheskey believed Blake was MADISON, Wis. — A Black temporary reprieve years of probation. trying to kidnap one of his own man paralyzed in a Wisconsin po- Prosecutors in Kenosha ac- children and Blake turned toward lice shooting reached a plea deal cused Blake in July of breaking him with a knife. Associated Press pedited testing at no cost to the Friday to settle a sexual assault into a woman’s home and sexu- The shooting left Blake para- state. Results of the DNA tests NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Ten- case pending against him. ally assaulting her. Officers tried lyzed from the waist down and are pending. nessee Gov. Bill Lee has granted Online court records indi- to arrest him in connection with sparked several nights of protests At the time of Payne’s trial, cate prosecutors dropped a that case on Aug. 23, but Blake re- in Kenosha that turned violent at a death row inmate a temporary DNA testing of evidence was un- felony third-degree sexual as- sisted, according to police. times. Prosecutors have charged reprieve from execution. available, and no testing has ever sault charge and a misdemeanor Officer Rusten Sheskey, who Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old Lee issued a short statement been done in his case. A previ- criminal trespass charge against is white, ended up shooting him from Antioch, Ill. , with fatally Friday afternoon saying he is ous request for DNA testing in 29-year-old Jacob Blake. In ex- seven times in the back as he shooting two men and wound- granting a reprieve to Pervis 2006 was refused on the basis of change, Blake pleaded guilty to tried to duck into his SUV, cell- ing a third during one of the Payne until April 9 “due to the a Tennes- two misdemeanor counts of dis- phone video from a neighbor demonstrations. challenges and disruptions caused see Supreme by the COVID-19 pandemic.” Court rul- Payne is the fourth inmate to ing that has receive a reprieve this year be- since been cause of the virus. Lee granted overturned. Police shooting of naked man ‘justified’ one in July to Harold Nichols, and Shelby the Tennessee Supreme Court County dis- Associated Press crashed into brush in a grassy ily and police reform advocates, issued two earlier reprieves to trict attorney area next to a highway ramp. McEachin agreed to review the Oscar Smith and Byron Black. Amy Wei- RICHMOND, Va. — The fatal Body camera video showed Pe- case. She reached a similar con- Payne had been scheduled to rich fought police shooting of an unarmed ters climb out of his car — naked_ clusion, finding that “the officer’s die on Dec. 3 for the 1987 stab- the DNA re- Black man who ran onto a high- and run into rush hour traffic on ultimate decision to use lethal bing deaths of Charisse Christo- Payne quest. Even way during a mental health crisis Interstate 95. He laid down on force was a reasonable response pher and her 2-year-old daughter, if another was justified, a Virginia prosecu- the highway, rolled around and to the imminent danger presented Lacie Jo. Christopher’s son, Nich- person’s DNA was found on the tor said Friday. flailed his arms and legs. to himself and the public by Mr. olas, who was 3 at the time, also evidence, it would not exonerate The finding by Commonwealth’s The officer, who was also Black, Peters’ continued violent behavior was stabbed but survived. Payne, Payne because there would be no Attorney Colette McEachin mir- pointed a stun gun at Peters, who due to his mental deterioration.” who is Black, told police he was at indication of when the other per- rors an earlier finding by her then ran toward the officer while Peters’ sister, Princess Bland- Christopher’s apartment building son’s DNA was left, she has said. predecessor, former Common- shouting and threatening to kill ing, said the officer — who said to meet his girlfriend when heard For 30 years, Payne “has been wealth’s Attorney Michael Her- him. The officer deployed the over his police radio that he was the victims, who were white, and trying to run from what he did that ring. McEachin said in a 10-page stun gun, which appeared to have dealing with a man who was tried to help them. He said he day,” Weirich said in October. report released Friday that the no effect, then shot Peters with “mentally unstable” — should not panicked when he saw a white po- Payne’s attorneys have also officer’s use of deadly force on his service weapon. have used deadly force on some- liceman and ran away. said he should not be executed be- Marcus-David Peters was a “rea- Peters died later at a hospital. one who was in the throes of a Shelby County Judge Paula cause he is intellectually disabled, sonable response” to the danger Three months later, Herring mental health crisis. Skahan ruled in September that and the U.S. Supreme Court has posed by Peters. cleared the officer of any wrong- She said Friday that she dis- DNA tests on the knife used said that executing those with in- Peters was a 24-year-old high doing, finding that a reasonable agrees with McEachin’s finding. as a murder weapon, a wash- tellectual disabilities violates the school biology teacher when he officer in those circumstances “Marcus was not violent toward cloth and other evidence must U.S. Constitution. was shot by a Richmond police would have believed Peters was anyone. He ran to the highway. be performed. Skahan decided State law does not have a way officer on May 14, 2018. capable of overcoming him and He was not violent to anybody. He the evidence should be sent to a for people who were already con- Police said Peters struck sev- taking control of his gun. was in his own world,” Blanding California laboratory hired by victed to reopen their cases and eral vehicles with his car, then At the urging of Peters’ fam- said. defense attorneys to perform ex- prove an intellectual disability. PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, November 8, 2020 WORLD Protester killed in Iraq as tensions flare

Associated Press ies that have seen major protests throughout the past year. BASRA, Iraq — Iraqi security The removal of the tents has forces opened fire during clashes led to tensions and protesters in with hundreds of protesters in Basra have been trying to erect the southern city of Basra on Fri- them again, holding demonstra- day, killing one demonstrator and tions in the city for the past three wounding several others as ten- days. They are also demanding sions flared once again, hospital the sacking of the governor and officials said. an investigation into previous The clashes erupted after some killings of protesters. of the protesters tried to set up The hospital officials said tents in a public square, a week seven protesters were wounded after similar, previously erected in Friday’s clashes. They spoke protest tents in Basra and Bagh- on condition of anonymity in line dad had been removed. with regulations. Dozens of young Iraqis were More than 500 people were seen running away in panic after killed during the months-long the shots were fired in Basra. The protest movement that began in slain protester was identified as October 2019 in Baghdad and Omar al-Thiabi, a 29-year-old un- across the mainly Shiite south, employed Iraqi. many of them demonstrators shot Last Saturday, Iraqi forces by Iraqi security forces. cleared out sit-in tents from Despite reaching unprece- Baghdad’s central Tahrir Square dented numbers in late 2019 and that had been the epicenter of successfully mounting pressure anti-government mass protests on the country’s elites, the anti- that erupted last year. They also government protests have been NABIL AL-JURANI/AP removed tents in Basra’s Bahriya largely dormant in the wake of Square and in other southern cit- the coronavirus pandemic. Security forces prevent anti-government protesters from setting up tents in Basra, Iraq, on Friday . Guatemala Ethiopia to searches for oust defiant bodies after region leader

Hurricane Eta Associated Press

BY SONIA PEREZ D. NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia moved Associated Press Saturday to replace the leadership of the country’s defiant northern Tigray region, PURULHA, Guatemala — Searchers where deadly clashes between regional in Guatemala dug through mud and de- and federal government forces are fueling bris looking for an estimated 100 people fears the major African power is sliding believed buried by a massive, rain-fueled into civil war. landslide, as Eta regained tropical storm Tigray’s leader told the African Union strength Saturday and churned toward that the federal government was planning Cuba. a “full-fledged military offensive.” The U.S. National Hurricane Center Neither side appeared ready for the dia- said Eta was about 280 miles west-south- logue that experts say is needed to avert di- west of Camaguey, Cuba, on Saturday saster in one of the world’s most strategic /AP and was moving northeast at 17 mph with DELMER MARTINEZ yet vulnerable regions, the Horn of Africa. winds of 40 mph. The storm was expected Residents walk past inundated vehicles in the flooded streets of Planeta, Honduras, on The upper house of parliament, the to approach the Cayman Islands, be near Friday, in the aftermath of Hurricane Eta. House of Federation, voted to set up an Cuba Saturday night and Sunday, and ap- interim administration, giving Prime Min- proach the Florida Keys or south Florida and swelled streams and rivers, according of the slide. The indigenous community of ister Abiy Ahmed the power to carry out late Sunday. to Chiapas state civil defense official Elias about 1,200 residents consisted of simple measures against a Tigray leadership his Tropical storm warnings were issued for Morales Rodriguez. homes of wood and tin roofs clinging to the government regards as illegal. They in- southern Florida and the Florida Keys. The The worst incident in Mexico occurred in mountainside. clude appointing officials and facilitating hurricane center said flash floods could the mountain township of Chenalho, where Hurricane Eta’s arrival in northeast Ni- elections. occur in the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, the 10 people were swept away by a rain-swol- caragua followed days of drenching rain as The prime minister, who won the Nobel Bahamas and southern Florida. len stream; their bodies were later found it crawled toward shore. Its slow, meander- Peace Prize last year, asserted that “crimi- Back in Central America, which Eta downstream. Mexico’s National Meteoro- ing path north through Honduras pushed nal elements cannot escape the rule of law reached as a Category 4 hurricane Tuesday logical Service said Eta’s “broad circula- rivers over their banks and pouring into under the guise of seeking reconciliation before weakening into a tropical depres- tion is causing intense to torrential rains neighborhoods where families were forced and a call for dialogue.” sion, authorities from Panama to Mexico Experts and diplomats are watching in on the Yucatan peninsula and in southeast- onto rooftops to wait for rescue. were still surveying the damages from ern Mexico.” dismay as the two heavily armed forces The Honduran government estimates flooding and landslides following days of But the massive slide in Guatemala’s clash. Observers warn that a civil war in more than 1.6 million have been affected. torrential rains. The confirmed death toll central mountains threatened to double Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous It said rescues were happening Friday in was in the dozens and expected to rise. Central America’s reported death toll in country with 110 million people, could suck On Friday, search teams in Guatemalan one remote community. San Pedro Sula and La Lima, but the need in or destabilize neighbors such as Sudan, pulled the first bodies from a landslide in Late Friday, army spokesman Ruben was great and resources limited. Eritrea and Somalia. San Cristobal Verapaz, but the work was Tellez said soldiers and community mem- The U.S. State Department said in a “It’s a very, very bad situation,” Audrey slow and help was trickling in. Teams first bers had recovered the first three bodies. statement Friday that four U.S. helicop- Van der Schoot, head of mission for aid had to overcome multiple landslides and Hundreds of tons of mud, rock and debris ters from the Soto Cano Air Base near group Doctors Without Borders in Ethio- deep mud just to reach the site where offi- entombed others. Tegucigalpa had flown to San Pedro Sula pia, told The Associated Press. Heavy cials have estimated some 150 homes were Rescue teams struggled for hours Fri- to participate in rescue operations. U.S. shelling resumed Saturday morning, for devastated. day to reach the site from two different helicopters were also assisting in Panama the first time since Wednesday, near the In southern Mexico, across the border approaches. Smaller landslides blocked where authorities confirmed five deaths group’s outpost in the Amhara region by from Guatemala, 19 people died as heavy highways and decimated the dirt road lead- in the western province of Chiriqui, which the Tigray border. It was so close, Van der rains attributed to Eta caused mudslides ing to the community of Queja at the base borders Costa Rica. Schoot could hear it over the phone. Sunday, November 8, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Construction worker pinned under beam dies

EAST HANOVER— A NJ construction worker was killed when he got trapped under a large steel beam at a site in northern New Jersey, authorities said. Orlando Rivas, 45, of Newark, was working in East Hanover when he became pinned beneath the beam. He was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later. Authorities have not disclosed further details about the incident or how it occurred, citing the on- going investigation, but have said the death appears to have been an accident. 3 injured after 3 homes ignited by gas explosion

MEADOWMERE NY PARK — Two firefight- ers and a resident were injured when three Long Island houses were set ablaze by a gas explo- sion , fire officials said. The explosion destroyed three homes in Meadowmere Park in Nassau County, close to JFK Airport, Nassau County Assis- tant Chief Michael Uttaro said. The explosion occurred in one house and the resulting fire also destroyed the two neighboring homes. Two firefighters seriously in- jured when a wall collapsed were treated and released from a local GREG LEHMAN, WALLA WALLA (WASH.) UNION-BULLETIN/AP hospital, and a homeowner who suffered severe burns was in critical condition in the intensive care unit at Nassau University Simply irresistible Medical Center, Uttaro said. The cause of the explosion is Kieli Thomson, 7, finds the golden autumn leaves simply irresistible as she walks with her dad, Steve, in Walla Walla, Wash.. The second under investigation but it appears grader admitted she’s not missing normal school a whole lot in this coronavirus year. to be accidental, not suspicious, he said. Ohman, 36, of Fairview, reported THE CENSUS ordered supervision, U.S. Attor- the attack . Responding officers ney Peter McCoy announced . A bducted child rescued found the woman in the home and The amount a Louisiana judge set for bond for The money seized at the traffic during traffic stop determined she had been choked Janson Taji Singh, 24, of Hammond, La., who stop was placed in an evidence and beaten. Her name has not faces more than 100 counts of possessing child room that Shaffer had access to. been released. Authorities said Shaffer took the NORTH PLATTE — A $11M pornography. WAFB-TV reported that Singh was Authorities have not said what child who was abduct- arrested on 100 counts of pornography involving cash from the evidence room NE spurred the attack or if anyone ed after an assault in Colorado juveniles under the age of 13 (possession) and 10 counts of distributing pornogra- and, over the following months, else was in the residence when it was rescued unharmed during a phy involving juveniles under the age of 13. Singh’s arrest was the result of a joint made large cash deposits totaling occurred. traffic stop in Nebraska, authori- investigation with the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation Cyber Crime Unit, Home- $78,514 into his personal banking ties said. land Security Investigations, Louisiana State Police, Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Of- account. The Nebraska State Patrol said Man on state’s most fice and the Hammond Police Department, Attorney General Jeff Landry said. in a news release that it received wanted list injures feds Firefighter critical after a report at that a man had assault- hose knocks him over ed a woman in Sedgwick County, JACKSON — Federal The agents who suffered minor trieve a package that a victim sent gunshot wounds were treated at a to a location in Newark, Del. Colo., and then drove off in her TN authorities said a Ten- SAN FRANCISCO vehicle with her child still inside. hospital and released. Green and Charlemagne’s nessee man was charged with — A San Francisco Troopers located the vehicle, a co-conspirators posed as police CA shooting two members of a fugi- firefighter was critically injured Mazda 3, less than an hour later officers, lawyers and other in- tive task force during an arrest Man admits defrauding while fighting a fire in a high-rise near North Platte, and pulled it dividuals to persuade at least 28 attempt. 2 dozen elderly of $1M building, authorities said. over . The suspect was taken into Bobby Joe Claybrook, 39, was victims to send money to vacant custody without incident. The homes in states including Mary- Matt Vann, a six-year veteran, charged with using a firearm dur- BALTIMORE — A child was found inside the car land, Pennsylvania, Delaware was hit by a hose line, knocked ing an assault on a federal officer, Florida man pleaded and later reunited with family. MD and Florida, U.S. Attorney Rob- over and struck his head while on the U.S. attorney’s office said. guilty to a charge that he defraud- The driver, George Williamson, ert Hur’s office said in a news the street responding to a fire on Two agents with the U.S. ed more than two dozen elderly the 19th floor of a building, fire 31, of North Platte was arrested Marshals Gulf Coast Regional release. people out of nearly $1 million. officials said. on Colorado warrants for kidnap- Task Force were shot as they ap- David Green, 25, of Miami Vann was unconscious and ping and assault and a Nebraska proached a home in Jackson to Ex-police chief given jail Gardens, duped victims into be- stopped breathing. He was listed warrant for failure to appear. serve a warrant on Claybrook, lieving that a relative, usually a for stealing evidence in critical condition at San Fran- authorities said. Claybrook, of grandchild, needed money for cisco General Hospital, Fire De- Man bites mom’s nose, Dyersburg, had been placed on bail, legal fees or other expenses, MANNING — A for- partment Lt. Jonathan Baxter the Tennessee Bureau of Investi- according to federal prosecutors mer police chief in beats her with kettle SC said. gation’s Top Ten Most Wanted list in Maryland. South Carolina will spend a year Video showed a hose tangled FAIRVIEW— A Fair- in August on charges including at- Co-defendant McArnold in federal prison after pleading under a bus, KGO-TV reported. view man who bit off tempted second degree murder. Charlemagne, 33, of Miramar, guilty to stealing nearly $80,000 OH A Muni bus was travelling his mother’s nose and beat her Claybrook barricaded himself Fla., pleaded guilty to the same in seized cash from a traffic stop with a tea kettle during an argu- in the home, but police negotia- charge. Both men are scheduled in 2015. through the route at the time of ment in their home was charged tors persuaded him to come out to be sentenced March 26. A federal judge sentenced Gary the accident and authorities were with felonious assault, authorities after four hours and he was ar- Green was arrested in March Blair Shaffer, former chief of the investigating whether it may have said. rested, the U.S. Marshals Service 2019 by police in Delaware’s New Manning Police Department, to struck the hose. According to authorities, Sean said in a statement. Castle County while trying to re- prison time and a year of court- From wire reports PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, November 8, 2020 MUSIC

STILL STANDING

Danny Clinch Remembering his friends, Springsteen pens emotional ‘Letter to You’

BY MESFIN FEKADU “It was the key to the rest of the clothes they wore, the books they read, Associated Press record,” Springsteen, 71, said of “Last the records they listened to and all of Man Standing,” the fi rst song he wrote those things meant something to you,” ast year as Bruce Springsteen refl ected on for his new album. “My friend George he said. passed away. Him and I were the last The 12-track “Letter to You,” Spring- the death of his friend and teenage bandmate guys from my fi rst band, which meant steen’s 20th album, has the rock star George Theiss, who died in 2018, he grabbed his it left me sort of on my own.” looking to the past as he sings about Alone, he wrote songs about his the ones he’s lost, including Theiss, E guitar and pen and began writing a song about off-and-on friendship with Theiss, who Street Band players Clarence Clemons being the sole living member of his fi rst band. invited a teenage Springsteen to join and Danny Federici as well as his long- He wrote about the New Jersey clubs where the Castiles as its guitarist six decades time assistant Terry Magovern. ago. Tension rose in the young band as Album opener “One Minute You’re Lthe Castiles played their fi rst shows. And the fl annel shirts Springsteen began to move to the front Here” fi nds Springsteen singing about and thrift store jeans he and his bandmates wore onstage. of the stage, outshining Theiss. The being on his own. He soul searches on group eventually broke up. the title track. And on “I’ll See You In Reminiscing about his fi rst musical experiences as well as his They connected later on in life, but My Dreams,” which closes the album, longtime friends who have died, Springsteen sings the refrain: then Theiss became ill and died. he’s ready to “meet and live and laugh Springsteen said penning lyrics again” with his late pals. “Somewhere deep into the heart of the crowd / I’m the last about his friend wasn’t an easy process. “Clarence is never out of our man standing now.” Of the track “Ghosts,” he says: “Quite a thoughts and neither is Danny. They’ll storm to write. always be in the E Street Band. ... “Last Man Standing” brought the emotions out of The Boss, “That song was specifi cally written, They’re an ongoing living part of our I’d say, using my memories of George spirits,” Springsteen said. and after writing it, more songs came. The album “Letter to and my youth and what it felt like if you You,” released Oct. 23, was born. had a close friend who you knew all the CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 Sunday, November 8, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 MUSIC Shemekia Copeland Black Thought Uncivil War (Alligator) Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane & Able (Republic) The best protest songs come from a deep well of out- The Roots haven’t put out a new album since 2014. Six rage, connecting with a visceral sense of injustice or pos- years! True, they’ve hardly been idle: They’ve got a night ing an urgent question. Think “What if you knew her and job with Jimmy Fallon — and DJing, podcasting, book- found her dead on the ground?” writing drummer Questlove has a hardest-working-man- A lot of artists are trying to make sense of a world in in-showbiz brand. turmoil. Among them is Shemekia Copeland, whose new Thankfully, his partner has filled the void by releasing album, “Uncivil War,” offers commentary on everything new music. Black Thought has always been considered from the proliferation of guns to civil rights marches to a true master of rhyme among hip-hop cognoscenti, but the more universal challenge of simply getting along. he resisted putting out solo music until 2018, when he “I’m trying to put the ‘united’ back in the United States,” Copeland explains. released two “Streams of Thought” EPs. Ultimately, though, “Uncivil War” falls short. Much of it feels contrived and self- Because it clocks in at 34 minutes, “Vol. 3” is being categorized as Black Thought’s conscious, as if she and producer Will Kimbrough, who co-wrote many of the songs, debut album. Three pop-flavored tracks that feature rock band Portugal. The Man set out to write protest music but forgot the visceral outrage. change things up with varying degrees of success . But the point of listening to a Black The title cut is a good example. It has some nice touches, including the elegant ac- Thought record isn’t to savor the sweetened parts. It’s to stand back in awe at his rich, cents of dobro legend Jerry Douglas and a swelling chorus. But the sentiment leans rhythmic dexterity and masterful wordplay . too much on tired lines like “The lines are drawn, the gloves are off” to really soar. “Vol. 3” does not disappoint in that regard. “Good Morning” is a barn burner with Copeland has earned respect in the roots-rock world with less self-conscious, more guest verses by Pusha-T, Swizz Beatz and Killer Mike in which Black Thought consid- muscular blues. She comes closest to her own standard here on “Clotilda’s On Fire,” ers the human cost of the pandemic and the injustice it has exposed. “It’s mad last about the last slave ship to arrive in America, and “Walk Until I Ride,” a more authen- wishes, gas mask kisses,” he rhymes. “The thin line between savants and savages, tic-feeling tribute to the civil rights movement that echoes the Staple Singers. your life could depend on the law of averages / The difference between Black and The rest seems unlikely to find its way into the canon of era-defining music. white is mad privilege.” — Scott Stroud — Dan DeLuca Associated Press The Philadelphia Inquirer

FROM PAGE 12 for the black-and-white Apple TV+ documentary “Bruce ently about life — sort of. When asked if he wished he had “The record also did encompass the thoughts of losing Springsteen’s Letter to You,” also released Oct. 23. It done things differently, he says: “At my age I feel like that them and how that feels at this point in time. That was a includes funny and tender moments between Springsteen every day.” part of the journey of this particular record.” and his longtime friends. “I’m kind of a little bit thankful for every day that’s “It was heavy. It was emotional. We’ve all had to learn It is also emotional. As Springsteen plays “I’ll See You passing by. I have no regrets about things that I did or our life inside the band and outside the band, how to In My Dreams,” his manager Jon Landau breaks down. didn’t do. I feel like I gave my full shot at what I was best coexist with the joy of life and the sadness of loss,” added “The funny thing was — I didn’t realize it happened at. I don’t think I have any regrets about any particular E Street Band player Nils Lofgren. “This album — Clar- until I saw the fi lm. I was sitting behind him and I was moment in my work life. I had to struggle to get a good ence was with us every track sitting on all of our shoul- just listening to the track and I went, ‘Hey, that’s pretty personal life together. That took a long time and a lot of ders and it shows. So is Danny.” good’ when it was done,” Springsteen said. “I knew the work. I’m lucky that I got a great home and a great family Refl ecting on his fi rst band excited Springsteen about song was very intense. It’s about people who have passed right now. That’s been a great blessing. I have to thank the E Street Band, whom he last performed with in 2016. on ... I’m glad that he agreed to leave it in the fi lm.” my lovely wife, Patti Scialfa, for all of that,” he said. This time, they recorded a full-length album in just days. Springsteen called writing the new album “a cathar- “So, things are good at the moment. “We cut one song every three hours. In four days, we tic experience,” explaining that he wrote nine of the Once you reach my age, death is a were done. The fi fth day we sat around, drank and lis- 12 tracks in seven to 10 days at his home (three of the part of life. You get in your 50s, 60s tened to them,” Springsteen explained. “The band is at its songs were written in his early twenties but were never and 70s — it just becomes a regular very best. We’ve learned our lessons over the years.” recorded for an album). occurrence among family friends. The recording process was captured last November Writing about death has Springsteen thinking differ- And it’s just a part of living.” Outtakes: The Boss talks his 1st guitar, touring and Twitter

Bruce Springsteen discusses trending on Twitter, his fi rst guitar, his FIRST THINGS FIRST SONG SELECTIONS fi rst concert and the pain of the pandemic in outtakes from a recent Earning 50 cents an hour, Bruce Spring- Need some new music recommendations? steen worked for a summer painting houses Just listen to Bruce. interview with The Associated Press. and tarring roofs to save enough money to buy “I like Kendrick Lamar. I like H.E.R., who his very fi rst guitar. made that song ‘I Can’t Breathe’ over the “I saved up $18 and I went to the Western summer. I like Jay-Z. There’s a group called HOUSE OF BLUES BABY BRUCE Auto store in Freehold (N.J.). There was a Larkin Poe who are sort of a bluesy, rock junky guitar in the window and I said, ‘Give me band. There’s a guy called Mondo Cozmo who Bruce Springsteen had plans to tour his new Bruce Springsteen’s new album includes that one.’ It was the cheapest one they had. I has a single out called ‘Black Cadillac’ that I album next year, but he knows that may not three songs the singer wrote in his early twen- brought it home. That was my fi rst guitar.” like. There’s groups from the 80’s. I’ve been happen because of the coronavirus pandemic. ties. His second guitar cost him three times as listening to The Screaming Blue Messiahs “At 70 you realize there are X amount of The tracks “Janey Needs a Shooter,” “If I much: “An electric guitar that cost me $60 — kind of a punk, blues group from London shows left. Was the Priest” and “Song for Orphans” are all with a little amp and it was a Kent guitar that in the early 80’s. They had three records out There are X six minutes long and were never recorded for I still have.” but didn’t do that well. They were an excel- amount of an album. Springsteen said he didn’t change Springsteen also recalled his very fi rst lent band. I listen to a lot of different kinds of years where any of the lyrics when recording them last concert — which featured him playing guitar you are going music all the time. Of course, I listen to my November for his new album. onstage. to be at your old soul music and Motown and all of the rock “(It was) a lot of fun because I don’t write “My fi rst concert was at the Elks club in peak and music that I grew up with.” like that anymore. It was great to go back to Freehold on a Sunday afternoon. It costs 35 vital, which that wild writing style that I had at 22 and cents to get in. Your audience was a group of is where I be able to put life into those lyrics and those local teenagers. There were about fi ve or six feel like I’m BORN TO ... DIRECT? songs again and relive that a little bit with bands who played about a fi ve- or six-song at now,” the my current group. They were a lot of fun to set, one after another. That was the fi rst time I Co-directing “Western Stars” — released 71-year-old record,” he said. strapped on my guitar in front of a crowd.” last year — “kind of happened by accident,” star, known Bruce Springsteen admits. for playing four-hour concerts, said. “My band “I just worked with Thom Zimny, the real is at its very best. I can go out and perform GUITAR HERO TRENDING TOPIC director. At the end of the day, he felt like I did at my very best. New generations of fans can enough to get some director’s credit. It was his come and say that they saw us when we were Springsteen wrote the songs for his new Springsteen is an emoji. generousness that gave me that title,” Spring- at our peak and to have to give up a year, and album using a guitar a fan gifted to him after When posting #Springsteen on Twitter, a steen said of the fi lm companion to his album hopefully not more, but to give up time on that a performance of “Springsteen on Broadway,” popular pose of The Boss about to strum his of the same name. right now is painful.” which earned the Grammy and Oscar winner a guitar appears. The rocker began to trend on “I enjoy making the fi lms. I do enjoy taking He’s hoping his “Letter to You” album can special Tony Award. the social media platform once his fans caught part in the making of the fi lm and scoring hold fans over in the meantime — especially Springsteen says he hasn’t been in touch wind of it. them and creating with Thom the whole over- during the wild year of 2020. with the fan since. “I did see it,” he says, laughing. “I know all picture of the fi lm. I’d like to continue to do “I would hope that it works as a balm for “I have no idea who he is. I believe he’s nothing about Twitter. Somebody sent a mes- that if the ideas keep coming.” my fans as far as contextualizing and perhaps from Italy. I had no contact information or sage to me saying, ‘Hey man, you’re trending — Mesfi n Fekadu, AP bringing a little light into what was pretty dark anything. He just handed me the guitar, said on Twitter.’ I have no idea what that even times. I’d be glad if the album provided a he made it for me, wanted me to have it. I means, because of this little emoji. I said, service like that,” he said. jumped in the car with it.” ‘Well gee, that’s great.’ ” PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, November 8, 2020 LIFESTYLE Board games that aren’t boring The pandemic has proven there’s no shortage of games to keep families, couples and kids amused. The classics are ever-present, but a range of new or off-the-beaten-track gift entries are available. Here are a few.

BY LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press

Animal Mah-Jong The #Upsidedownchallengegame It’s the classic tile game that originated in China, only Ever wonder what life would be like upside down? Put with cards and animals. The set includes instructions on the goggles included in this group game and have at for beginners. Rather than traditional line drawings it. The goggles make everything topsy-turvy. Somebody of bamboo and Chinese characters, it features Ryuto draws a challenge card and each player takes turns at- Miyake’s stunning animal illustrations, with each suit tempting the task with goggles in place. The fi rst player featuring Asian land, sea and air animals. Give the gift to earn fi ve points wins. The folks at Vango Toys include of pongs and chows, only with pangolins, sea nettles special holiday, birthday and two-person challenges on and Mandarin ducks. $34.99. Widely available. vangotoys.com. $19.99. Widely available.

Marvel United This is a fast-moving cooperative game where players The Fair Play Deck take control of Marvel superheroes and band together Based on Eve Rodsky’s bestselling book “Fair Play,” against the most these cards in a box are intended for couples looking to dangerous villains spark dialogue. There are task cards for deciding who in the Marvel Uni- does what, and “unicorn space cards” with ways to verse. Players draw carve out time for learning new things that bring joy, villain cards and whether that’s a language or training for a marathon. hero cards as they The idea is to eke out priorities. $22. Out Oct. 27 and build storylines. available for pre-order at penguinrandomhouse.com. There’s Captain America, Hulk, Black Widow and Iron Man, along The Wine Game with bad guys Red For connoisseurs and wannabes. There are two decks Skull, Ultron and of cards, one for red wines and one for whites. The Taskmaster. Who cards cover all major wine-producing regions and doesn’t want to be a some unexpected gems, with a booklet offering brief Do You Look Like Your Cat? hero these days? For descriptions of each and tips on labels to look for. Play What kind of cat are you? A magnifi cent Maine Coon? A ages 8 and up. $34.99. Avail- is easy; whoever collects the most sets of four cards is able at Target, Walmart and Amazon. sweet Scottish Fold? This card memory game matches the winner. $24.99. Widely available. cat cards with human cards. Collect the most pairs to win. A booklet is the fi nal arbiter of which felines go with which humans. Widely available. And, yes, there’s Kids Against Maturity a dog version, too, now widely available. $16.99. A fi ll-in-the-blank game for ages 8 and up with some toilet humor for the so-inclined, along with entertain- ing innuendos for parents. Players get white answer MTV, The Throwback Music Party Game cards and take turns asking questions from blue cards. It’s a buzzer team game for MTV lovers of the ’80s, Everyone answers each ’90s and beyond. Various rounds require different question with their funniest tasks. There’s the artist round, where each player can answer. The question reader belt one out. A quick-fi re round has one player per team chooses the winner to decide trying to think up songs each round. The game in different categories, includes 500 cards, with like pop anthems, before expansion packs available. 15 seconds is up. The fi rst $29.99. Available on Amazon team to earn cards from and KidsAgainstMaturity. eight categories gets to com. party like it’s 1999. The price is, in fact, $19.99. Available at Walmart, Target and Amazon.

Sketchy Tales, Disney Edition Players take turns drawing classic Disney characters doing unusual things, such as Piglet mowing the lawn or Aladdin jumping out of a cake. Earn points for the best drawings and silliest guesses. The game is appro- priate for ages 8 and up. It includes 60 Disney char- acters and 120 silly scenarios, along with dry-erase cards, Mickey Mouse clips and eight mini-markers. AP photos $19.99. Available at Target and Amazon. Sunday, November 8, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 CROSSWORD AND COMICS NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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“Gunston Street” is drawn by Basil Zaviski. Email him at [email protected], and online at gunstonstreet.com. PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, November 8, 2020 GADGETS & TECH Scratch that new phone itch Things to consider when thinking about replacing your old phone

BY JIM ROSSMAN I bought two years ago. Actually, The Dallas Morning News I’m still paying for it monthly on my cellphone bill. I have question I get asked a fi ve more payments until it’s all lot this time of year is, mine. “Should I upgrade my I’m going to happily keep A phone, or should I wait?” using my old iPhone for at least With Apple announcing new another year. iPhones recently and Samsung If your phone is older than two and Google announcing new years, you are likely on the fence phones in the past few weeks, it is easy to get “new phone fever,” about whether or not to pull the but how do you know whether it’s trigger on a new phone. really time to upgrade? You should take a little time to With some new phones costing assess your current phone. well over $1,000, it is not a deci- Is it damaged? Is the screen sion to be made without some cracked? iStock thought and research. How about the battery? Does There are some people who it still make it through the day, Google, Samsung and Apple have released new phones in the past few weeks. When thinking about really “need” to have the latest or are you having to charge it up purchasing one of these new models, consider the age and battery health of you current phone. phone, and they trade in last more often? year’s model for whatever is A lot of phone batteries start to I have 93% of my battery capac- you should look into how much it If your phone is starting to bug new this year. If that sounds like decline after a couple of years of ity left. would cost to replace the battery you, or you know it’s just limp- you, please go right ahead and hard use. Android doesn’t include bat- vs. buying a new phone. ing along, take a look at the new upgrade. You can check your phone’s tery health information natively, I extended the life of my par- phones released this fall. There I understand. battery in the Settings app. but I recommend using an app ents’ iPhone 6S by replacing the are really good phones in all However, if your phone is less On an iPhone, open Settings called AccuBattery from the batteries myself. You can have it price ranges. You don’t need to than two years old or newer (like and scroll down to Battery and Google Play store. done at most mobile phone repair spend $1,500. Google and Apple me), you probably ought to wait. then open Battery Health. If you like your current phone, shops. Apple will replace your both have new phones that cost I have an iPhone XS Max that My two-year-old iPhone shows but the battery is getting old, iPhone battery for $49 to $69. less than $400. GADGET WATCH A UV-C sanitizer for small items

BY GREGG ELLMAN feature for the iHome night- The front camera has a Tribune News Service stand system, there are also dual 160-degree view recording alarms, and the built-in Blue- 2560-by-1440P at 30 frames Innovative, timely and overall tooth speaker can be connected per second. Both the rear and a great product is how to de- to a portable device for wireless interior record 140-degree views scribe the new iHome iUVBT1 audio streaming. A pair of 5W at 1920-by-1080P full HD, also Pro UV-C sanitizer Bluetooth USB-A charging ports keep at 30fps. Four infrared LEDs speaker. It is part of iHomes, the portable devices charged. The are built into the interior camera fl agship brand of SDI Technolo- intelligent clock dimmer has a for nighttime conditions, which IHOME/TNS gies, the new iHome Health line built-in sensor that automatically worked great, even in almost of UV-C sanitizing products. adjusts the brightness based on total darkness. The iHome iUVBT1 Pro UV-C sanitizer Bluetooth speaker can be Obviously, this is a timely the room’s ambient light level. Mounting and camera setup connected to a portable device for wireless audio streaming. product during the pandemic, Online: ihomeaudio.com; is pretty simple with included but keeping smartphones, ear- $129.99 cables and accessories. It does center of the windshield, just to which connect with the Zenfox buds, glasses, keys, credit cards take a little time to ensure they the left of the rearview mirror. app for controlling the set- and remote controls clean and The Zenfox T3 triple are mounted with the view you Positioning is critical, even tings, viewing and downloading safe is a long-term necessity. The channel dashcam want, and the cables are with the wide-angle view since captured videos. The ZenFox T3 UV-C protection, iHome states, shows how far, ef- tucked away for a safe both cameras are on the same also has built-in GPS, which are is lab tested to kill 99.9 percent fi cient and easy mount. All three camera hardware. A 2-inch display is on embedded into the videos. Re- of viruses and bacteria without to use dashcams lenses can be rotated to the inside with control buttons cording is in an endless loop with liquids or chemicals. have become. a small degree even after under it. The power is on the side the latest recording over the old- To sanitize, open a top-sided The T3 sys- they are mounted. along with ports for the power est. Along with viewing videos on lid to expose the compart- tem not only The front and inside view and rear camera connections. the app, a microSD card slot is ment for items to be sanitized. records the camera are on Speaking of the rear camera, on the right side, which supports When the lid is open, the UV-C road ahead, one piece, and you have a little more fl exibility up to 256GB of storage (card not LEDs turn off to avoid UV light it also attach with the where to position it, with a lot included). exposure and turn back on when records the included 3M depending on the style of the The ZenFox also has a built- it’s closed to clean in just three inside of adhesive. A vehicle and specifi cally the rear in G-sensor to detect sudden minutes. the car and power cord is window. I had it on the bottom of impact, which is described as A total of 12 UV-C LEDs are rearview, included and is a fl at SUV window so it wouldn’t supporting variable sensitivity; on the top and bottom, ensuring making it plugged into be a distraction, and it can even the dash cam can auto-detect a full 360-degree sanitization. A ideal for ZENFOX/TNS any 12-volt cig- go on the rear bumper or the any sudden knock or collision countdown timer for the cleaning everyday The Zenfox T3 triple channel dashcam arette lighter. license plate area. and lock the crucial footage to process displays the 180-second family Typically the Once installation is complete, prevent it from being overwrit- sanitization cycle. safety, ride shares, Uber, Lyft ideal place for this, and where I getting the system going includes ten. While sanitizing is the new and taxis. positioned it for testing, is the top built-in 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi, Online: zenfox.com; $246 Sunday, November 8, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 17 BOOKS No more thumbs up New books explore the

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BY JEN ROSE SMITH outside Toronto. “Hitchhiking is Special to The Washington Post very much a community, so don’t kill your community.” t was a summery day in But when the threat of COVID- 1962 when Joe Sanderson 19 has passed, Roberts hopes to left his parents’ Illinois return to hitchhiking. He would Ihome and walked down the like to explore Eastern Europe. street with his thumb stuck out. Will there be anyone to pick He would reach Miami two him up? Already, the pandemic days later, hopping 24 rides from has changed our social interac- drivers that included a pastor, a tions. Everyone is a possible gun-toting salesman and a mom- carrier of a deadly virus. If driven station wagon with six hitchhiking was marginal before clamoring kids in the back. He the virus, now the idea of letting had just dropped out of college a stranger into the car seems ut- and was looking for adventure. terly outlandish. “It harks back to the time We are all about keeping our when Americans hit the road distance these days. It follows, fearlessly, just by sticking their then, that pandemic travel is thumb out on the road and seeing adapting to minimize unplanned where chance might take them,” encounters as much as pos- said novelist Hector Tobar. His sible. And it’s easy to imagine a new book, “The Last Great Road time — perhaps not too distant Bum,” is based on Sanderson’s Dylan hitchhiked from Min- Many Americans were sympa- hasn’t kept him from seeking out — when a traveler could leave rambles across fi ve continents nesota to New York because he thetic to the quest for youthful adventures on the road. Once, home for a faraway place without and assorted war zones, which thought it was cool — he wanted adventures. after crossing the United States meeting anyone at all. the traveler documented in jour- to be like Jack Kerouac.” Hitchhiking can thrive, Reid on foot, Roberts hitchhiked from Airports with touchless nals and letters. screening would be just the But this golden age during the explained, only when there’s an San Francisco to Toronto, link- The journey was singular in beginning; some innovators have 1960s and 1970s was not the fi rst overlap between the demand ing up a few dozen rides as he any era. But even as Sanderson proposed sealed, individual pods time Americans had turned out for rides — people who think swooped through the wide-open caught those fi rst rides, there to whisk passengers to gates to thumb the country’s highways hitchhiking is a pretty good idea spaces of the American West. was a gathering wave of young while bypassing crowds. Upon and back roads, Reid writes. — and drivers willing to pull to For Roberts, the people he met people thumbing their way from arrival in a new place, the travel- Middle-class youths made a the roadside and take a chance along the way are what make suburbia toward nearly any- er might continue outside to pick on a stranger. And back then, hitchhiking worthwhile. where else, writes historian Jack hobby of fl agging down passing up a touchless car rental, then Americans trusted each other. “There’s just so much variety,” Reid in his recent book “Road- autos in the 1920s; the Great chat with the virtual concierge at side Americans: The Rise and Depression sent whole fami- “It’s in these micro, everyday Roberts said. “You just get these a nearby hotel. Fall of Hitchhiking in a Chang- lies on the road searching for a encounters that we’ve become conversations about literally ev- Taken to their logical conclu- ing Nation.” living. Wartime America was less trusting,” said anthropolo- erything, from politics to moral sion, the new travel technologies A surge of free-spirited travel- sympathetic to hitching soldiers. gist Patrick Laviolette, whose philosophy.” promise a squeaky-clean bubble ers like Sanderson lined up at the Etiquette maven Emily Post gave new book “Hitchhiking: Cultural That potential for personal to usher you between cities edge of American roads through hitchhiking “defense debutantes” Inroads” turns hitching rides connections helps explain hitch- germ-free. That’s a good thing, the 1960s and 1970s. Celebrat- working at factories her offi cial into a lens on society at large. hiking’s appeal, agreed Lavio- probably, in a pandemic, if it ing authenticity and adventure, blessing in 1942. (Only on the Laviolette writes that as lette, whose own experiences helps us see loved ones and live they tucked battered copies of way to work, ladies.) Western culture became increas- became part of his fi eldwork. It’s our lives more safely. Kerouac and Thoreau into ruck- But in America’s collective ingly individualistic in recent also what’s lost when a traveler But technology is sticky, and sacks, infl uences that resonate imagination, those earlier waves decades, both drivers and travel- chooses, instead, the relative we are building habits that may through American culture to this have mostly ebbed. If hitch- ers have grown warier of sharing anonymity of a plane ticket. last. While tech-assisted insula- day. (Travelers still tag Insta- hiking stirs your nostalgia, it rides. In fact, trust has declined “There’s this possibility of tion from the people around gram posts #ontheroad.) is probably date-stamped with right alongside hitchhiking in sharing something,” Laviolette us can be lonely, it’s also con- But while Americans travel Sanderson’s era. America. When the University of said. “Whether it’s a friendship venient, safe and predictable. more than ever — or they did, “In 1975, it had reached its Chicago’s General Social Survey of the moment or picking up And the shift toward contactless before the novel coronavirus — most mainstream,” Reid said. asked 1972 respondents if most someone that you totally dis- travel, which predates the virus, hitchhikers have become a rarity And compared with today, the people could be trusted, nearly agree with ... it’s something that is likely to extend beyond any fu- in the decades since Sanderson’s golden age of hitchhiking had a half of those who answered the takes us out of our own comfort ture vaccine, according to travel journey began. And now, even host of advantages. Rules against question, 46%, said yes. By 2018, zone, our own bubbles.” industry analysts at Skift. the few remaining holdouts are hitchhiking by highways were that number was 31%. Of course, the last thing most When the crisis recedes, staying home, amid a pandemic not so widespread then. Lower Modern-day hitchhiker Skyler travelers are looking for right each of us will decide what our that has transformed the way we car ownership meant more Roberts, who moderates the now is to be taken out of their journeys will look like in a post- travel. middle-class kids lacked private 11,000-member Reddit forum bubbles. Months ago, Roberts an- pandemic world — and if we’re “It was a romantic thing for vehicles; their participation was r/hitchhiking, said that needs to nounced a freeze on most posts willing to take a chance on the young people in the ’60s and essential to hitchhiking’s rela- change before thumbing rides to r/hitchhiking. He did not want strangers we encounter there. ’70s,” said Reid, whose research tively mainstream status, Reid can make a comeback. to encourage behavior that would And Roberts, as travelers have for “Roadside Americans” found. “I think we need to have a soci- spread the virus. done for decades, will head to took him deep into a century’s And it was a cultural moment. etal shift toward trusting people “We must all make sacrifi ces,” the road with a thumb stuck out. worth of newspaper clippings In the 1960s and 1970s, a kinetic again,” he said. wrote Roberts, who is waiting out Only then will we see if anyone and hitchhiking memoirs. “Bob sense of potential was in the air: That perceived lack of trust the pandemic at his mom’s house stops. PAGE 18 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, November 8, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander How vote-counting became the states’ job Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY CASS R. SUNSTEIN larly applicable to the federal system of ing the legislative debates, “The political Bloomberg Opinion America.” Ours is a “compound republic,” conscience is a flexible and elastic rule of EDITORIAL he wrote, in the sense that “the power sur- action that readily yields to the slightest Terry Leonard, Editor he current confusion and anxiety rendered by the people is first divided be- pressure of party exigencies.” He added [email protected] surrounding presidential vote- tween two distinct governments.” There is that when “the great office of President is counting, with different states Senior Managing Editor the national government, and then there at stake ... it would be expecting too much Robert H. Reid, using different rules and proce- [email protected] T are the states, and this division creates of human nature, under the tyranny of dures, make it natural to wonder: Wouldn’t essential security for “the rights of the party, to omit any opportunity to accom- Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content it have been better to let the federal gov- people.” In important cases, “the different plish its ends, more especially under that [email protected] ernment oversee the process? governments will control each other.” loose code of morals which teaches that all The framers of the U.S. Constitution Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation These are abstract ideas, but they bear is fair in politics, as in war or in love.” [email protected] didn’t think so, for reasons of principle. directly on presidential elections, and they This is not the place to describe the tech- Some of the foundations of their think- help explain the constitutional provisions nicalities of that 19th-century election law, Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital ing can be found in the Federalist Papers, that govern them. which may or may not prove to be relevant [email protected] written mostly by Alexander Hamilton Under Article II, the states are plainly in to the 2020 presidential contest. The larger and James Madison (with a few by John charge. A central goal was to ensure the in- point is that under the act, state law is what BUREAU STAFF Jay), among the greatest works in all of po- tegrity of the election process, which would governs, whether it is Nevada’s, Arizona’s, litical science and the most important con- be badly endangered if a sitting president, Pennsylvania’s or Georgia’s. Congress Europe/Mideast temporaneous explanation of the framers’ or his allies in Congress, could engage in has the authority to intervene only under Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief thinking. self-dealing. The 12th Amendment, rati- narrowly defined circumstances (as, for [email protected] Federalist No. 51, written by Madison, +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 fied in 1804, says more about the process, example, when a state’s electors vote for may be the best of the 86 essays, and it but similarly ensures that the fundamental someone who is too young to be eligible for Pacific speaks, with great specificity, to the situ- questions will be settled by state officials the presidency). Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief ation following this past week’s national and state law. The president’s own power is weaker [email protected] election. The least famous passage in that +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 Madison had this to say in The Federalist still. He has none at all. (Pause over that, essay, and the most relevant today, is about No. 10: “No man is allowed to be a judge in if you would.) The reason is again clear: Washington one thing: federalism. It tells us a lot about his own cause, because his interest would He cannot be allowed to pick his successor Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief how to think about vote-counting — and certainly bias his judgment, and, not im- — and if his own job is at stake, he cannot [email protected] about the role of the president and Con- probably, corrupt his integrity.” Under the be trusted at all. (+1)(202)886-0033 gress in that process. Constitution, the president has no power at Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News People don’t march under banners these [email protected] The essay is mostly a celebration of the all over the electoral process. The role of days that cry out, “Compound republic!” system of checks and balances. As Madi- Congress is narrowly circumscribed. But for national elections, the allocation of CIRCULATION son put it, “Dependence on the people is, no It is true that the Constitution leaves authority to state officials is a crucial safe- doubt, the primary control on the govern- many open questions. To answer them, Mideast guard against bias, self-dealing and cor- ment; but experience has taught mankind much of the governing law is now provided ruption. We’re seeing that now. It’s hardly Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager the necessity of auxiliary precautions.” by the Electoral Count Act of 1887, which [email protected] perfect, but it is creating, in real time, some [email protected] The system of separated powers — Con- maintains continuity with the idea of a security for “the rights of the people.” DSN (314)583-9111 gress, the president, the judiciary — pro- “compound republic,” and whose principal vides some of those precautions. goal was again to reduce the role of nation- Bloomberg Opinion columnist Cass R. Sunstein is the author of “Too Much Information” and a Europe But that was not nearly enough. Madison al authorities. Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager co-author of “Nudge: Improving Decisions About [email protected] drew attention to “considerations particu- As one member of Congress said dur- Health, Wealth and Happiness.” [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] When every day is bring-your-child-to-work day +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 CONTACT US BY SARAH GREEN CARMICHAEL Many parents trying to children tools they’ll need as adults. Bloomberg Opinion “It’s important to remember as parents Washington work from home may be that we’re modeling how you get the things tel: (+1)202.886.0003 ears before “Take Our Daughters interacting less with their you want, how you self-advocate and set 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 and Sons to Work Day” became boundaries,” she says. When a parent ex- a thing, my dad occasionally children, not more. plains to her boss that she can’t have a call Reader letters brought me to his office as the [email protected] Y at 7 p.m. because it’s dinner time, not only need arose. There was something a bit does she show her children that they come Additional contacts thrilling about gaining entry into this first, but she also shows them it’s OK for stripes.com/contactus adult world of cubicles, dry-erase boards while their parents are trying to work. work to come second. Building a little re- and name badges. It was a novelty to see Basically, Raissian says, work-from-home spite into the day — a walk, or a phone call OMBUDSMAN Dad in this grownup space. But today, and school-from-home means that “people to a friend — models healthy behavior, too. Ernie Gates when so many parents are working from are bringing their kids to work but leaving Parents who share the highlights and low- home alongside kids who are schooling them to play in the parking lot.” lights of the workday can help kids realize The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow from home, every day is bring-your-child- She also worries about the longer-term that setbacks are normal, and demystify of news and information, reporting any attempts by the to-work day. And “novelty” no longer de- effects of overtaxed parents telling chil- what they do all day. military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s scribes it. independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns dren to wait … and wait, and wait. Kids are It’s not that there are no silver linings and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for fair- Nor is the pandemic experience likely to being asked to wait not just more, but also here. 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That’s Marisa Porges, author of “What Girls not take-your-child-to-work year. purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, a first. Before the pandemic, increased Need” and head of the Baldwin School religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical Sarah Green Carmichael is an editor with handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor time at home wasn’t associated with child in Pennsylvania, says children who are Bloomberg Opinion. She was previously managing of the purchaser, user or patron. maltreatment. But now, calls to poison watching their parents work from home editor of ideas and commentary at Barron’s, and control are up, as are acute pediatric inju- are learning from them how to handle an executive editor at Harvard Business Review, © Stars and Stripes 2020 where she hosted the HBR Ideacast. This column ries such as bicycle accidents — presum- things like failure, stress and work-life does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the stripes.com ably because kids are getting into trouble balance. Parents who cope well give their editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners. Sunday, November 8, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 19 SCOREBOARD

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LIMITED: S Tashaun Gip- BUCCANEERS — SAINTS: QUESTIONABLE: manager Omar Minaya, vice president/ Miami 44, NC State 41 Las Vegas 4 3 0 .571 187 203 son (foot), S Eddie Jackson (knee), TE WR Michael Thomas (ankle, hamstring). assistant general manager/scouting & FAR WEST Denver 3 4 0 .429 147 183 Cole Kmet (groin), WR Anthony Miller FULL: QB Drew Brees (right shoulder), player development Allard Baird, assis- BYU 51, Boise St. 17 L.A. Chargers 2 5 0 .286 179 185 (toe). FULL: T Rashaad Coward (ankle), WR Marquez Callaway (ankle), G Nick tant general manager/systematic devel- San Jose St. 28, San Diego St. 17 NATIONAL CONFERENCE TE Jimmy Graham (knee, hamstring), DT Easton (concussion), RB Alvin Kamara opment Adam Guttridge and executive East Akiem Hicks (not injury related), S De- (foot), RB Ty Montgomery (hamstring). director/player development Jared Ban- ner are leaving the organization. W L T Pct PF PA Andre Houston-Carson (forearm, ankle), BUCCANEERS: OUT: G Ali Marpet (con- Philadelphia 3 4 1 .438 186 205 CB Buster Skrine (shoulder), LB Danny cussion). QUESTIONABLE: WR Chris God- FOOTBALL Trevathan (not injury related). National Football League Tennis Washington 2 5 0 .286 133 165 TITANS: win (finger). DNP: DE Jason Pierre-Paul Dallas 2 6 0 .250 185 266 OUT: WR Adam Humphries (concussion), CHICAGO BEARS — Activated OL Ger- N.Y. Giants 1 7 0 .125 145 199 P Brett Kern (wrist). QUESTIONABLE: LB (knee), DE Ndamukong Suh (not injury main Ifedi from the reserve/COVID-19 South Jadeveon Clowney (knee), CB Tye Smith related). FULL: CB Jamel Dean (illness), S list. Paris Masters Tampa Bay 6 2 0 .750 247 165 (shoulder). LIMITED: DT Jeffery Simmons Mike Edwards (groin), WR Chris Godwin DETROIT LIONS — Signed WR Mo- (finger), WR Scott Miller (hip, groin), S Friday New Orleans 5 2 0 .714 206 197 (ankle). FULL: WR A.J. Brown (knee), S hamed Samu to the practice squad. Carolina 3 5 0 .375 179 193 Dane Cruikshank (groin), T Dennis Kelly Antoine Winfield (shoulder). GREEN BAY PACKERS — Placed LB At Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy NEW YORK GIANTS at WASHINGTON Paris Atlanta 2 6 0 .250 209 224 (knee), C Daniel Munyer (hand), CB Ka- Krys Barnes and QB Jordan Love on re- North reem Orr (illness). FOOTBALL TEAM — GIANTS: OUT: RB serve/COVID-19 list. Purse: $3,343,725 Devonta Freeman (ankle), CB Ryan Lewis Surface: Hardcourt indoor Green Bay 6 2 0 .750 253 204 DENVER BRONCOS at ATLANTA FAL- INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Re-signed RB Chicago 5 3 0 .625 161 166 CONS — BRONCOS: OUT: CB A.J. Bouye (hamstring). LIMITED: LB Devante Downs Darius Jackson to the practice squad. Re- Men’s Singles (shoulder), RB Devonta Freeman (ankle), Quarterfinals Detroit 3 4 0 .429 177 206 (concussion). DOUBTFUL: WR Diontae leased K Matt Gay from practice squad. Daniil Medvedev (3), Russia, def. Diego Minnesota 2 5 0 .286 183 214 Spencer (shoulder). QUESTIONABLE: CB LB Blake Martinez (hamstring), S Logan MIAMI DOLPHINS — Placed RB Lynn Schwartzman (6), Argentina, 6-3, 6-1. West Bryce Callahan (ankle), RB Phillip Lind- Ryan (hip), WR Sterling Shepard (shoul- Bowden on reserve/COVID-19 list. Milos Raonic (10), Canada, def. Ugo Seattle 6 1 0 .857 240 199 say (foot), S Trey Marshall (illness), WR der, toe). FULL: WR Golden Tate (not inju- MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Placed CB Humbert, France, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7). Arizona 5 2 0 .714 203 146 Tim Patrick (hamstring), TE Nick Van- ry related). WASHINGTON: DOUBTFUL: T Mark Fields II on the reserve/COVID-19 Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Pablo Car- L.A. Rams 5 3 0 .625 193 152 nett (foot). FALCONS: OUT: DE Dante Geron Christian (knee), WR Dontrelle In- list. Signed DL Hercules Mata’afa to the reno Busta (9), Spain, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1. San Francisco 4 5 0 .444 225 207 Fowler (hamstring), DE Takkarist McKin- man (hamstring). FULL: DE James Smith- active roster from the practice squad. Alexander Zverev (4), Germany, vs. Thursday’s game ley (groin, illness), CB Jordan Miller Williams (concussion), DE Montez Sweat Signed CB Dylan Mabin to the active ros- Stan Wawrinka (12), Switzerland, 6-3, 7- Green Bay 34, San Francisco 17 (oblique). QUESTIONABLE: WR Calvin (concussion), TE Logan Thomas (ankle), ter from Las Vegas practice squad. 6 (1). Sunday’s games Ridley (foot). DNP: G James Carpenter WR Isaiah Wright (shoulder). NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Place DT Men’s Doubles Baltimore at Indianapolis (not injury related), RB Todd Gurley (not PITTSBURGH STEELERS at DALLAS Sheldon Rankins on injured reserve. Ac- Quarterfinals Carolina at Kansas City injury related). FULL: WR Russell Gage COWBOYS — STEELERS: OUT: DE Tyson tivated RB Ty Montgomery from injured Hubert Hurkacz, Poland, and Felix Chicago at Tennessee (shoulder, knee), TE Jaeden Graham Alualu (knee). DOUBTFUL: CB Mike Hilton reserve. Auger-Aliassime, Canada, def. Michael Denver at Atlanta (knee), CB Kendall Sheffield (concussion, (shoulder), G Stefen Wisniewski (pecto- NEW YORK GIANTS — Placed CB Ryan Venus, New Zealand, and John Peers (7), Detroit at Minnesota wrist). ral). QUESTIONABLE: TE Vance McDonald Lewis on injured reserve. Australia, 4-6, 7-5, 11-9. Houston at Jacksonville DETROIT LIONS at MINNESOTA VI- (illness). FULL: DE Isaiah Buggs (ankle), SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Activated Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Marcelo N.Y. Giants at Washington KINGS — LIONS: OUT: WR Jamal Agnew S Jordan Dangerfield (quadricep), DT WRs Brandon Aiyuk, Kendrick Bourne Melo (4), Brazil, def. Nicolas Mahut and Seattle at Buffalo (ribs), WR Kenny Golladay (hip), S Tracy Cameron Heyward (quadricep), C Maur- and Deebo Samuel and T Trent Williams Pierre-Hugues Herbert (5), France, 6-7 Las Vegas at L.A. Chargers Walker (foot). QUESTIONABLE: G Joe kice Pouncey (not injury related), QB from the reserve/COVID-19 list. (4), 6-3, 10-8. Miami at Arizona Dahl (back), LB Christian Jones (knee), Ben Roethlisberger (not injury related). HOCKEY Jurgen Melzer, Austria, and Edouard Pittsburgh at Dallas CB Darryl Roberts (hip, groin), T Hala- COWBOYS: OUT: P Chris Jones (abdo- National Hockey League Roger-Vasselin (8), France, def. Oliver New Orleans at Tampa Bay poulivaati Vaitai (foot). FULL: T Taylor men). QUESTIONABLE: RB Ezekiel Elliott NEW YORK RANGERS — Agreed to Marach, Austria, and Rohan Bopanna, Open: Cincinnati, Cleveland, L.A. Decker (back), TE T.J. Hockenson (toe), (hamstring), DE Aldon Smith (knee), LB terms with F Brendan Lemieux. India, 6-0, 7-6 (6). Rams, Philadelphia DT Danny Shelton (wrist), CB Desmond Joe Thomas (wrist). FULL: LB Joe Thomas SOCCER Bruno Soares, Brazil, and Mate Pavic Monday’s game Trufant (hamstring), T Halapoulivaati (wrist). Major League Soccer (2), Croatia, def. Nikola Mektic, Croatia, New England at N.Y. Jets Vaitai (foot). VIKINGS: OUT: CB Cameron SEATTLE SEAHAWKS at BUFFALO BILLS MLS — The MLS Disciplinary Commit- and Wesley Koolhof (6), Netherlands, 6- Thursday, Nov. 12 Dantzler (concussion), CB Mark Fields — SEAHAWKS: OUT: S Ugochukwu Amadi tee fined Montreal Impact D Jorge Cor- 1, 7-6 (4). Indianapolis at Tennessee (chest), CB Holton Hill (foot). QUESTION- (hamstring), RB Chris Carson (foot), CB rales an undisclosed amount for simula- Sunday, Nov. 15 ABLE: CB Harrison Hand (hamstring). Shaquill Griffin (concussion, hamstring), tion/embellishment in a match against Houston at Cleveland FULL: WR Dan Chisena (hip), RB C.J. Ham RB Carlos Hyde (hamstring), G Mike Iupa- Orlando City SC on Nov. 1. Fined San Jose Jacksonville at Green Bay (shoulder), WR Adam Thielen (shoul- ti (back), DE Benson Mayowa (ankle). No M Jackson Yueill an undisclosed amount Pro soccer Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants der). Data Reported. BILLS: OUT: RB Taiwan for failure to leave field in a timely man- Tampa Bay at Carolina HOUSTON TEXANS at JACKSONVILLE Jones (hamstring), LB Matt Milano (pec- ner after receiving a red card in a match Washington at Detroit JAGUARS — TEXANS: OUT: LB Kyle toral), C Mitch Morse (concussion), CB against Los Angeles FC on Nov. 4. Fined MLS Buffalo at Arizona Emanuel (concussion). FULL: TE Jordan Josh Norman (hamstring), RB T.J. Yeldon Orlando City SC M Nani an undisclosed Denver at Las Vegas Akins (ankle, concussion), WR Ran- (back). QUESTIONABLE: DT Vernon Butler amount for failure to leave field in a EASTERN CONFERENCE L.A. Chargers at Miami dall Cobb (illness), LB Peter Kalambayi (groin), T Cody Ford (knee), DE Darryl timely manner after receiving a red card W L T Pts GF GA Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (hamstring), CB Bradley Roby (knee). Johnson (knee), TE Dawson Knox (calf). in a match against Columbus on Nov. x-Philadelphia 13 4 5 44 42 20 San Francisco at New Orleans JAGUARS: OUT: LB Dakota Allen (ankle), LIMITED: QB Jake Fromm (not injury re- 4. Orlando City and head coach Oscoar x-Toronto FC 13 4 5 44 32 24 Pareja fined an undisclosed amount for Seattle at L.A. Rams QB Gardner Minshew (right thumb), RB lated), TE Dawson Knox (calf), C Mitch x-Orlando City 11 3 8 41 38 22 Baltimore at New England Devine Ozigbo (hamstring). QUESTION- violation of the mass confrontation poli- x-Columbus 11 6 5 38 34 20 Morse (concussion). FULL: QB Josh Allen cy for a second time this season in their Open: Kansas City, N.Y. Jets, Atlanta, ABLE: LB Shaquille Quarterman (knee). (left shoulder), WR John Brown (knee), x-New York City FC 11 8 3 36 33 22 Dallas DNP: CB Josiah Scott (not injury related). match against Columbus on Nov. 4. x-New England 8 6 8 32 26 23 DT Vernon Butler (groin), T Cody Ford FC CINCINNATI — Announced that D Monday, Nov. 16 LIMITED: G A.J. Cann (shoulder), WR Kee- (knee), DE Jerry Hughes (foot), S Micah x-New York 8 9 5 29 27 30 Minnesota at Chicago lan Cole (back), LB Myles Jack (ankle), Kendall Watson was called up to repre- x-Nashville 7 7 8 29 21 20 Hyde (concussion), DT Quinton Jefferson sent the Costa Rican national team. An- CB Sidney Jones (ribs), G Brandon Linder (knee), DE Darryl Johnson (knee), G Brian Montreal 7 13 2 23 30 41 NFL injury report (hip), T Cam Robinson (knee), S Jarrod nounced that MF Kamohelo Mokotjo was Chicago 5 9 8 23 30 35 Wilson (hamstring). FULL: TE Tyler Eifert Winters (knee). called up to represent the South African Atlanta 6 12 4 22 22 28 NEW YORK — The National Football (neck), DE Adam Gotsis (not injury relat- MONDAY national team. Inter Miami CF 6 13 3 21 23 34 League injury report, as provided by the ed), TE James O’Shaughnessy (not injury NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS at NEW D.C. United 5 11 6 21 23 38 league (DNP: did not practice; LIMITED: related), S Brandon Watson (hamstring). YORK JETS — PATRIOTS: DNP: WR N’Keal Cincinnati 4 14 4 16 11 34 limited participation; FULL: Full partici- LAS VEGAS RAIDERS at LOS ANGELES Harry (concussion), RB J.J. Taylor (ill- WESTERN CONFERENCE pation): CHARGERS — RAIDERS: OUT: DT Maurice ness). LIMITED: LB Ja’Whaun Bentley AP sportlight W L T Pts GF GA (groin), LB Shilique Calhoun (knee), DT x-Portland 11 6 5 38 45 34 SUNDAY Hurst (ankle), DE Arden Key (foot). QUES- BALTIMORE RAVENS at INDIANAPOLIS TIONABLE: S Jeff Heath (hip), RB Josh Carl Davis (concussion), S Kyle Dugger x-Sporting KC 11 6 3 36 36 25 (ankle), CB Stephon Gilmore (knee), Nov. 8 x-Seattle 10 5 6 36 40 22 COLTS — RAVENS: DOUBTFUL: RB Mark Jacobs (knee, illness), T Kolton Miller Ingram (ankle), WR Chris Moore (thigh). (ankle), CB Trayvon Mullen (hamstring). DT Lawrence Guy (shoulder, elbow and 1942 — Parker Hall of the Cleveland x-FC Dallas 9 5 7 34 28 21 knee), RB Damien Harris (ankle), TE Ryan Rams throws seven interceptions against x-Los Angeles FC 9 8 4 31 46 38 QUESTIONABLE: WR Devin Duvernay DNP: DT Johnathan Hankins (not injury (thigh), CB Jimmy Smith (back). DNP: DE related). LIMITED: S Jeff Heath (hip), RB Izzo (hamstring), CB J.C. Jackson (knee), the Green Bay Packers. x-Minnesota United 8 5 7 31 33 26 TE Dalton Keene (knee), G Shaquille Ma- 1952 — Maurice Richard of the Montre- x-San Jose 8 8 6 30 34 47 Derek Wolfe (not injury related). LIMIT- Josh Jacobs (knee, illness), CB Trayvon ED: WR Devin Duvernay (thigh). COLTS: Mullen (hamstring), T Sam Young (knee). son (calf), DE John Simon (elbow), T Joe al Canadiens becomes the NHL’s leading x-Colorado 7 6 4 25 30 27 career goal scorer with his 325th in a 6-4 Vancouver 8 14 0 24 24 44 OUT: WR Ashton Dulin (knee). DOUBTFUL: FULL: S Johnathan Abram (illness), DT Thuney (ankle), DE Deatrich Wise (knee, LA Galaxy 6 11 4 22 27 43 WR T.Y. Hilton (groin). QUESTIONABLE: TE Maliek Collins (shoulder), WR Bryan hand), T Isaiah Wynn (ankle). JETS: DNP: victory over the Chicago Black Hawks. Real Salt Lake 5 9 7 22 25 33 Mo Alie-Cox (knee), WR Marcus Johnson Edwards (foot, ankle), G Gabe Jackson LB Blake Cashman (hamstring), RB Frank 1959 — Elgin Baylor of the Minneapolis Houston 4 9 9 21 29 38 (knee). LIMITED: TE Mo Alie-Cox (knee). (back). CHARGERS: DOUBTFUL: DE Joey Gore (not injury related, hand), WR Vyn- Lakers scores 64 points against the Bos- Note: For the 2020 season, MLS will FULL: S Julian Blackmon (not injury relat- Bosa (concussion), RB Troymaine Pope cint Smith (groin), TE Trevon Wesco (an- ton Celtics. determine standings using points per ed), TE Trey Burton (not injury related), (concussion). QUESTIONABLE: S Jahleel kle), DT Quinnen Williams (hamstring). 1970 — Tom Dempsey of New Orleans game. DT Sheldon Day (not injury related), DE Addae (hamstring), CB Brandon Facyson LIMITED: G Josh Andrews (shoulder), WR kicks an NFL-record 63-yard field goal Note: Three points for victory, one Justin Houston (not injury related), WR (illness), CB Casey Hayward (not injury Jamison Crowder (groin), QB Sam Dar- on the final play of the game to give the point for tie. Marcus Johnson (knee), C Ryan Kelly related), DE Isaac Rochell (neck), G Trai nold (right shoulder), K Sam Ficken (right Saints a 19-17 victory over the Detroit Sunday, Nov. 1 (knee), DT Tyquan Lewis (not injury re- Turner (groin). LIMITED: S Jahleel Addae groin), DE John Franklin (knee), C Connor Lions. Columbus 2, Philadelphia 1 lated), G Quenton Nelson (not injury re- (hamstring), G Trai Turner (groin). FULL: McGovern (knee), DT Nathan Shepherd 1981 — Don Shula records his 200th Atlanta 2, Cincinnati 0 lated), WR Michael Pittman (not injury S Nasir Adderley (thumb), T Bryan Bula- (back). FULL: T Mekhi Becton (ankle), LB NFL victory when the Miami Dolphins New York City FC 5, New York 2 related), RB Jonathan Taylor (ankle), RB ga (back), QB Justin Herbert (right shoul- Jordan Jenkins (rib, shoulder), WR Bre- edge the New England Patriots 30-27 in Orlando City 1, Montreal 0 Jordan Wilkins (groin). der), RB Justin Jackson (knee), T Storm shad Perriman (concussion). overtime. New England 4, D.C. United 3 Minnesota at Sporting Kansas City ppd. Toronto FC 2, Miami 1 Colorado 3, Seattle 1 Golf Portland 1, Vancouver 0 LA Galaxy 2, Real Salt Lake 1 Los Angeles FC at San Jose ppd. Houston Open Scott Brown 69-68—137 -3 Charles Schwab Cup Billy Mayfair 32-35—67 -4 Wednesday, Nov. 4 J.T. Poston 70-67—137 -3 Rich Beem 34-33—67 -4 Orlando City 2, Columbus 1 PGA Tour Dustin Johnson 72-66—138 -2 Championship Paul Broadhurst 32-35—67 -4 Chicago 2, Minnesota 2, tie FRIDAY Francesco Molinari 70-68—138 -2 Steve Flesch 34-33—67 -4 FC Dallas 1, Nashville 0 At Memorial Park Golf Course Kristoffer Ventura 69-69—138 -2 Champions Tour Mike Weir 34-33—67 -4 Colorado 1, Portland 0 Houston, Texas Shane Lowry 69-69—138 -2 Friday Woody Austin 32-35—67 -4 Seattle 1, LA Galaxy 1, tie Purse: $7 million Tony Finau 69-69—138 -2 At Phoenix Country Club Fred Couples 34-33—67 -4 San Jose 3, Los Angeles FC 2 Yardage: 7,432; Par: 72 Adam Long 68-70—138 -2 Phoenix, Ariz. Wes Short, Jr. 34-34—68 -3 Sunday’s games Second round suspended due to dark- Harold Varner III 67-71—138 -2 Purse: $2.5 million Olin Browne 34-34—68 -3 New York City FC at Chicago ness Viktor Hovland 70-69—139 -1 Yardage: 6,764; Par: 72 Colin Montgomerie 36-32—68 -3 Atlanta at Columbus First Round Montreal at D.C. United Sam Burns 68-65—133 -7 Did not finish Doug Barron 34-34—68 -3 Jason Day 67-68—135 -5 Leaderboard at time of suspension Paul Goydos 32-32—64 -7 Jim Furyk 35-33—68 -3 Cincinnati at Miami Brandt Jobe 33-31—64 -7 Toronto FC at New York Carlos Ortiz 67-68—135 -5 SCORE THRU Tom Lehman 36-32—68 -3 Nashville at Orlando City Brandt Snedeker 65-71—136 -4 Sam Burns -7 18 Mark Brooks 36-29—65 -6 Ernie Els 35-33—68 -3 New England at Philadelphia Dawie van der Walt 70-66—136 -4 Jason Day -5 18 K.J. Choi 33-32—65 -6 Kirk Triplett 34-34—68 -3 Colorado at Houston Corey Conners 69-67—136 -4 Carlos Ortiz -5 18 Kevin Sutherland 34-31—65 -6 Michael Allen 35-34—69 -2 Portland at Los Angeles FC Aaron Wise 70-66—136 -4 Brandt Snedeker -4 18 Dicky Pride 33-33—66 -5 Jerry Smith 35-34—69 -2 FC Dallas at Minnesota Patton Kizzire 69-67—136 -4 Dawie van der Walt -4 18 Chris DiMarco 34-33—67 -4 Ken Duke 33-36—69 -2 Sporting Kansas City at Real Salt Lake Sepp Straka 68-69—137 -3 Corey Conners -4 18 Stephen Ames 33-34—67 -4 Kent Jones 34-35—69 -2 San Jose at Seattle Talor Gooch 68-69—137 -3 Aaron Wise -4 18 Shane Bertsch 34-33—67 -4 Jesper Parnevik 33-36—69 -2 LA Galaxy at Vancouver Adam Scott 68-69—137 -3 Patton Kizzire -4 18 Mark O’Meara 36-31—67 -4 Corey Pavin 35-34—69 -2 PAGE 20 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, November 8, 2020 HORSE RACING/SPORTS BRIEFS Briefl y No discipline for Dodgers’ Turner Associated Press Alabama RB Sanders NEW YORK — Justin Turner injured in car accident will not be disciplined by Major League Baseball for going onto TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Ala- the field last week to celebrate bama coach Nick Saban says run- the World Series title with his Los ning back Trey Sanders sustained Angeles Dodgers teammates after non life-threatening injuries in a testing positive for COVID-19. car accident Friday morning. The third baseman was re- Saban said in a statement Fri- moved after seven innings of day afternoon that the redshirt Game 6 against Tampa Bay on freshman was in stable condition. Oct. 27 after MLB informed the The statement said Alabama is in Dodgers of the test result, which contact with his family and doc- was received during the sixth tors “as we continue to gather inning. He returned to the field more information.” after Los Angeles won 3-1 to Sanders was the nation’s top earn the title, took off his mask running back prospect in 2019. and posed for a photograph with He missed last season with a teammates. foot injury, but is coming off his “Our investigation revealed best game for the second-ranked additional relevant information Crimson Tide against Mississippi that, while not exonerating Mr. State. Alabama is off this week Turner from responsibility for before visiting LSU. his conduct, helps put into con- Sanders ran 12 times for 80 DARRON CUMMINGS/AP text why he chose to leave the yards in the game. He has played isolation room and return to the in four games, gaining 134 yards Jockey Luis Saez, left, reacts aboard Essential Quality as they win the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile horse race field,” baseball Commissioner on 30 carries. at Keeneland Race Course on Friday in Lexington, Ky. Rob Manfred said Friday. Turner, who turns 36 on Nov. Day two back in Houston 23, became a free agent after com- pleting a $64 million, four-year on eve of Masters contract. This was his seventh HOUSTON — Jason Day was season with the Dodgers, who back in contention on the eve of Essential Quality surges to won their first title since 1988, the Masters after two eventful and the red-haired, bearded third days alongside Phil Mickelson. baseman was a key component. Winless in 2 ½ years and fight- Turner became MLB’s first ing lingering back and neck prob- player to test positive in 59 days. lems, Day shot a 2-under 68 on Breeders’ Cup Juvenile win The Dodgers spent the Division Friday in the Houston Open to Series, League Championship Se- pull within two strokes of second- ries and World Series at the Four BY GARY B. GRAVES round leader Sam Burns at diffi- isville native, wasn’t ready to look event at Keeneland, which is host- Seasons Dallas at Las Colinas as cult Memorial Park. Associated Press ahead to next May but didn’t dis- ing for the second time and first part of a postseason bubble en- The Australian watched the miss the thought, either. since 2015. It’s being held without vironment, and MLB has not ex- LEXINGTON, Ky. — Initially 50-year-old Michelson hit into “Well, sure. It’s the obvious spectators because of the corona- plained the factors surrounding out of the picture, Essential Qual- the water twice en route to an 8 thought or dream, I guess you virus pandemic. the positive test. ity regrouped for a signature on the par-3 ninth, then hole out would say,” said Cox, who also Saturday’s stakes card features “While the events following win that may set him up for a big from 193 yards for eagle on the won the preceding Juvenile Fil- nine races, including the mar- the conclusion of the World Se- 2021. par-4 18th. Lefty missed the cut, lies Turf with Aunt Pearl. quee Classic. ries were unfortunate, there is no Essential Quality took charge following an opening 76 with a “Let the dust settle, see how he Other Cup stakes results and question about who Justin Turn- in the stretch to overtake 94-1 73. comes out of the race. We’ll map news: er is, and what he means to his long shot Hot Rod Charlie and Burns birdied all three par-5 out a plan this winter. But, very  Aunt Pearl went wire to wire teammates, the Dodger organiza- holes in a bogey-free 65 to reach win Friday’s $2 million Breeders’ excited about this horse next year, from the No. 5 post to win the $1 tion and the City of Los Angeles,” Cup Juvenile by three-quarters 7 under. his 3-year-old campaign.” million Juvenile Fillies Turf by Dodgers president Stan Kasten of a length on the first day of the 1 Essential Quality covered 1 ⁄16 2 ½ lengths over Mother Earth said in a statement. season-ending world champion- miles in 1:42.09 and paid $9.40, and improve to 3-0. She won last In other MLB news: Blue Jackets sign D ships at Keeneland. $6.20 and $4.40. month’s Grade 2 Jessamine at  The Boston Red Sox are Hot Rod Charlie and 4-5 fa- Gavrikov to 3-year deal Hot Rod Charlie returned Keeneland by a similar margin. bringing back Alex Cora, rehiring vorite Jackie’s Warrior dueled $51.60 and $24 while Keepmein-  Fire At Will, a 30-1 long shot, the manager that led them to the COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Co- through the final turn before Es- mind paid $11.20 to show. Jackie’s surged past pacesetter Outadore 2018 World Series title less than lumbus Blue Jackets have signed sential Quality, initially off the Warrior faded to fourth. in the stretch to win the 1-mile a year after the team let him go defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov pace after an early bump, recov- Two races earlier, Vequist to a three-year, $8.4 million con- Juvenile Turf by three lengths because of his role in the Houston ered and emerged from a four- made her case as a Kentucky tract, the team said Thursday. over Battleground. It was his Astros’ cheating scandal. wide pack. The colt held on at the Oaks contender with a two-length The deal locks up the 24-year- third consecutive stakes win. “I am grateful for the opportu- wire as Keepmeinmind, a 30-1 victory in the $2 million Juvenile old Russian, who was among the  Favorite Golden Pal led off nity to manage once again and re- long shot, made a late charge. Fillies. NHL’s top rookie defensemen the day with a three-quarters- turn to the game I have loved my Essential Quality improved to With Joel Rosario aboard, the entire life,” Cora said in a state- in goals, assists and points last of-a-length win in the $1 million 3-0 and established himself as a daughter of 2016 Kentucky Derby ment Friday. “Boston is where I season. Juvenile Turf Sprint over 5 ½ fur- possible contender in next year’s winner and 2015 Breeders’ Cup have always wanted to be and I In other NHL news: longs. He quickly broke from the Kentucky Derby. Juvenile champ Nyquist surged could not be more excited to help  The New York Rangers Jockey Luis Saez earned his past pacesetting Dayoutoftheof- far post in the 14-horse field and the Red Sox achieve our ultimate avoided arbitration with center first Breeders’ Cup win and was fice in the stretch and rode the led by two lengths in the stretch goal of winning in October.” Ryan Strome on Thursday, agree- grateful for his mount. rail to her second win. It marked before holding off Cowan at the Boston announced the decision ing to terms on a $9 million, two- “To be here and to have it with the third consecutive year a wire. 10 days after Cora finished a one- year contract.  this horse, it’s very special,” he horse from the Parx racetrack/ French jockey Christophe season suspension for his role in The 27-year-old set a career said. “First time that I ride him, casino outside Philadelphia won a Soumillon left Keeneland after the Astros sign-stealing scheme high last season with 59 points on I knew he was going to be a super Breeders’ Cup race. testing positive for COVID-19. during their 2017 championship 18 goals and 41 assists. horse.” “To be able to compete against He was scheduled to ride Order run. Cora was Houston’s bench  The New York Islanders and Essential Quality, who won those kind of horses is really a of Australia in Saturday’s Breed- coach when he joined the Red restricted free agent defense- the Grade 1 Breeders Futurity at good thing and felt really good,” ers’ Cup Mile and Tarnawa in the Sox in November 2017, and he man Ryan Pulock have agreed to Keeneland last month, could be trainer Butch Reid said. Turf. His positive test was the led Boston to the 2018 title after terms on a two-year deal. in the discussion as top 2-year- The races highlighted the first only one of 55 given to all Breed- a franchise-record 108 regular- Pulock had 10 goals and 25 as- old colt. Trainer Brad Cox, a Lou- of two days of the $31 million ers’ Cup jockeys. season wins. sists in 68 games last season. Sunday, November 8, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 21 NASCAR Scoreboard Creed takes Truck Series crown Lucas Oil 150 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Friday At Phoenix Raceway Avondale. Lap length: 1.00 miles Snatches title (Start position in parentheses) 1. (3) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, 156 laps, 40 points. 2. (2) Zane Smith, Chevrolet, 156, 35. from teammate 3. (21) Chandler Smith, Toyota, 156, 34. 4. (7) Christian Eckes, Toyota, 156, 38. 5. (13) Raphael Lessard, Toyota, 156, in race overtime 35. 6. (9) Stewart Friesen, Toyota, 156, 38. 7. (6) Ben Rhodes, Ford, 156, 42. BY JENNA FRYER 8. (10) Tyler Ankrum, Chevrolet, 156, 37. Associated Press 9. (22) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 156, 28. 10. (4) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet, 156, 27. AVONDALE, Ariz. — Sheldon 11. (16) Johnny Sauter, Ford, 156, 26. Creed gambled on new tires for 12. (17) Austin Hill, Toyota, 156, 25. 13. (1) Grant Enfinger, Ford, 156, 24. a two-lap overtime and snatched 14. (5) Matt Crafton, Ford, 156, 29. the Truck Series champion- 15. (23) Tanner Gray, Ford, 156, 22. 16. (32) Dylan Lupton, Ford, 156, 21. ship away from teammate Brett 17. (15) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 156, 21. 18. (12) Trevor Bayne, Chevrolet, 156, Moffitt. 19. Moffitt was cruising to his sec- 19. (28) Tate Fogleman, Chevrolet, 156, 18. ond title in three years when a 20. (14) Austin Wayne Self, Chevrolet, spin brought out a caution Friday 156, 17. 21. (25) Ryan Truex, Chevrolet, 155, 16. night at Phoenix Raceway. Creed 22. (20) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet, was one of 14 drivers to pit for 154, 15. 23. (27) Spencer Davis, Toyota, 154, 14. fresh tires, restarted eighth and 24. (8) Derek Kraus, Toyota, 153, 14. figured he’d watch Moffitt win 25. (26) Tyler Hill, Chevrolet, 153, 12. 26. (11) Danny Bohn, Toyota, 153, 11. the title for the team. 27. (18) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 152, 10. But Moffitt was a sitting duck 28. (24) Dawson Cram, Chevrolet, 152, as the leader on four old tires. He 9. 29. (33) Robby Lyons, Chevrolet, 152, was passed immediately on the 0. restart and faded all the way to 30. (29) Akinori Ogata, Chevrolet, 150, RALPH FRESO/AP 7. 10th as the field cruised past. 31. (30) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet, Creed dashed to the lead right Sheldon Creed stands next to the season champion’s trophy in Victory Lane after winning Friday’s 147, 6. 32. (19) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, ac- before taking the white flag and NASCAR Truck Series race at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Ariz. cident, 103, 5. 33. (31) Josh Reaume, Toyota, brakes, led the final overtime lap for the 44, 5. first Truck Series championship phy. After being locked out of the late caution and force extra laps. “I don’t have much good to say. Race statistics Average speed of race winner: 99.552 of his career. Cup Series championship round Creed, an X-Games gold med- We finally hit the setup right and mph. “I pride myself on my restarts. since 2016, Chevy has strong con- alist and two-time Stadium Super can’t call a race to save our lives,” Time of race: 1 hour, 34 minutes, 1 second. We just needed a good restart tenders this year in all three of Trucks Series champion, won for Moffitt fumed. “It’s cost us mul- Margin of victory: 0.617 seconds. right there,” Creed said. “I just NASCAR’s national series. Chase a Truck Series-best fifth time. tiple times this year and now it’s Caution flags: 4 for 28 laps. Lead changes: 8 among 5 drivers. went as hard as I could. I knew if Elliott races Sunday for the Cup. Moffitt at least twice in his cost us a championship.” Lap Leaders: G.Enfinger 0; Z.Smith 1- The race was atypically clean post-race comments was critical Grant Enfinger finished 13th in 48; G.Enfinger 49; S.Creed 50-74; B.Moffitt I did, I’d have a shot.” 75-93; B.Rhodes 94; B.Moffitt 95-153; GMS Racing had Creed, Mof- for the rowdy Truck Series, which of race strategy and not pitting a Ford for ThorSport Racing. He G.Enfinger 154; S.Creed 155-156 Leaders summary (driver, times led, fitt and rookie Zane Smith all in has been a demolition derby dur- before overtime, a pointed shot at was the only driver in the final laps led): B.Moffitt, 2 times for 78 laps; the four-driver finale and Creed ing the playoffs. But the finale crew chief Chad Norris. Moffitt four not representing GMS. Thor- Z.Smith, 1 time for 48 laps; S.Creed, 2 times for 27 laps; G.Enfinger, 2 times for helped Chevrolet open champion- was trouble-free until Dawson led a race-high 78 laps and fin- Sport and GMS field a combined 2 laps; B.Rhodes, 1 time for 1 lap. ship weekend with its first tro- Cram was spun to bring out the ished 10th. nine trucks in the series . Wins: S.Creed, 5; G.Enfinger, 4; Z.Smith, 2; A.Hill, 2; B.Moffitt, 1; M.Crafton, 1; B.Rhodes, 1; R.Lessard, 1; S.Mayer, 1. Top 16 in points: 1. S.Creed, 4040; 2. Z.Smith, 4035; 3. B.Moffitt, 4027; 4. G.Enfinger, 4024; 5. M.Crafton, 2274; 6. Mark: A.Hill, 2242; 7. B.Rhodes, 2240; 8. C.Eckes, Johnson’s reign of supremacy frustrated fans 2238; 9. T.Ankrum, 2198; 10. T.Gilliland, 2141; 11. D.Kraus, 645; 12. R.Lessard, 563; 13. J.Sauter, 523; 14. T.Gray, 511; 15. FROM BACK PAGE S.Friesen, 504; 16. A.Self, 386. cycling competitions. NASCAR driver rating formula He doesn’t know what he’ll do A maximum of 150 points can be at- His seven championships are tained in a race. tied with Hall of Famers Richard when his schedule is freed up The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Fin- Petty and Dale Earnhardt. Kevin for the first time in two decades, ishes, Average Running Position While Harvick with 58 victories is the just that his competitive urge will on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead- closest active driver to Johnson’s need to be fulfilled. Johnson has Lap Finish. win total. had a rough run since his final Season Finale 500 lineup The reign of supremacy from title in 2016; his last victory was Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Johnson and Knaus, his longime in 2017 and he failed to make the Race Sunday crew chief, frustrated NASCAR playoffs in his final season in part At Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Ariz. fans, many of whom argued because he missed the first of 685 Lap length: 1 mile Johnson was so boring they just (Car number in parentheses) Cup races when he tested positive 1. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet. couldn’t watch anymore. for COVID-19 in June. 2. (22) Joey Logano, Ford. 3. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford. “Jimmie did it without a lot Some thought he’d come back 4. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota. of fanfare. He could have been 5. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford. in 2021 because the pandemic 6. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet. cocky. He could have been chal- spoiled any farewell tour and 7. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet. lenging other drivers in the 8. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota. because NASCAR has adjusted 9. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford. media, whatever. But he wasn’t 10. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford. its scheduling to one-day events 11. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford. that way,” Hendrick said. “I think instead of three-day weekend JASON MINTO/AP 12. (21) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford. the success he had got to be al- shows. 13. (19) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota. most so routine that people just 14. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota. Jimmie Johnson sits in his car before the start of a NASCAR Cup Johnson indeed wishes he’d 15. (41) Cole Custer, Ford. didn’t appreciate the talent.” 16. (42) Matt Kenseth, Chevrolet. Series race at Dover International Speedway on Aug. 23. been able to visit with fans this All that winning for the No. 48 17. (95) Christopher Bell, Toyota. final season but is ready to go. 18. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet. perhaps was a little tired. 19. (6) Ryan Newman, Ford. with his two daughters, when he fulfills his childhood “I feel good and I am so ex- 20. (47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet. Yet Johnson, the renaissance He’s donated more than $12 dream of hurtling an open wheel 21. (8) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet. cited to finish the season, to be 22. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet. man, is far from boring. million to children’s educational car through the streets of Long an athlete that can choose when 23. (43) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet. He’s generous and genuine, causes, and his wife owns a re- Beach, California. 24. (37) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet. their final season is going to take 25. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet. a true professional who glides spected art gallery in Charlotte. Johnson is already immersed 26. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet. place,” Johnson said. “I know how 27. (38) John Hunter Nemechek, Ford. seamlessly from meetings with His family is close and well-trav- in this next venture: he sold the 28. (32) Corey LaJoie, Ford. executives to mingling with fans eled and after 19 years driving for sponsorship to Carvana himself fortunate I am to be in that place. 29. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford. The year has not turned out how 30. (96) Daniel Suarez, Toyota. and partying with world-famous Hendrick Motorsports, Johnson and spent Monday of his last 31. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford. friends and workout partners. is ready to do other things. week as a NASCAR driver test- I wanted, but I am very excited to 32. (27) JJ Yeley, Ford. 33. (66) Timmy Hill, Toyota. The 45-year-old Californian con- First on his list is a mind-blow- ing with Chip Ganassi Racing in reach the end of this chapter of 34. (00) Quin Houff, Chevrolet. siders Charlotte, N.C., his home, my life. 35. (15) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet. ing move to IndyCar, where he Alabama. He may enter sports 36. (53) James Davison, Chevrolet. but Johnson and his family have plans to race 14 events on road car races, domestically or even “I’m in a celebratory place,” he 37. (51) Joey Gase, Ford. 38. (77) Josh Bilicki, Ford. a place in Aspen, Colo., where he and street courses next season. internationally, run marathons said. “I’ve told the world it’s hap- 39. (7) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet. fly fishes, skis and rides dirt bikes He’ll be a 45-year-old rookie or triathlons, perhaps enter some pening and I feel good about it.” PAGE 22 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, November 8, 2020 NFL League full speed ahead as teams deal with COVID-19 Associated Press All NFL games are on for this weekend while teams deal with COVID-19 issues. Depending on their situations, teams were either steering clear of or returning to their facilities Friday, one day after the Packers beat the 49ers even though both clubs were missing key players due to coronavirus infections or exposure. The Cincinnati Bengals kept players away from their training facility, while tackle Fred Johnson and defensive back Trae Waynes were placed on the COVID- 19 list. Players have not been in the facil- ity since Wednesday and will not return until next week because they are on a bye, though players had to remain in Cincinnati to be tested for the coronavirus daily. The Atlanta Falcons canceled practice and worked virtually after a member of the football staff tested positive. The Falcons said the move was “out of an abundance of caution” while contact tracing is used to determine if anyone else might have been exposed. Atlanta hosts Denver on Sunday. “The whole reason we’re doing it is to get guys to the game,” coach Raheem Morris said. “We want to make sure we go through all the precautionary measures to play the game. Everybody wants to play the game.” A Miami Dolphins assistant coach, also unidentified, tested positive for COVID-19 and was quarantined. It was the first coro- navirus case involving the Dolphins since Aug. 19, but their regular-season schedule was changed because of outbreaks involv- ing other teams. TERRANCE WILLIAMS/AP Receiver Lynn Bowden Jr. went on the Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin looks on during last week’s game against the Ravens in Baltimore. Tomlin has reportedly reserve/COVID-19 list Friday. been fined $100,000 and the club $250,000 because coaches improperly wore facial coverings last Sunday. The Dolphins are scheduled to play Sun- day at Arizona. The Chicago Bears placed center Cody test positive for COVID-19 and the team The league has been busy handing out The Packers, who won 34-17 Thursday Whitehair on the COVID-19 list and acti- entered the league’s intensive protocol. discipline to teams violating COVID-19 night at the 49ers, placed linebacker Krys vated starting right guard Germain Ifedi The unidentified staffer immediately self- protocols. Barnes and reserve quarterback Jordan from it on Friday. Ifedi was placed on the quarantined and had not been in the Lions’ On Friday, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Love on the reserve/COVID-19 list. list along with backup offensive tackle practice facility for the last 48 hours. Mike Tomlin was fined $100,000 and the Barnes played in the victory and the Jason Spriggs on Tuesday. Coach Matt The Houston Texans returned to their club $250,000 because coaches improperly Packers announced in the first half he had Nagy said this week that Spriggs tested facility a day after it was closed follow- wore facial coverings last Sunday, a person left with a calf injury. positive for the coronavirus and Ifedi was ing a positive COVID-19 test by a player. with knowledge of the fines told The Asso- The 49ers had four players on the re- put on the list because of a close contact. Linebacker Jacob Martin’s positive test on ciated Press. serve/COVID-19 list for Thursday night’s The Bears canceled practice and closed Wednesday night forced the closure of the The person, who spoke on condition of game: Receivers Brandon Aiyuk, Kend- their facility Thursday after a positive test. facility Thursday. Linebackers Whitney anonymity because the fines have not been rick Bourne and Deebo Samuel, and tackle The team was cleared that night by the Mercilus and Dylan Cole will also miss announced, said Tomlin was among the Trent Williams. All four were activated NFL to practice Friday. Sunday’s game at Jacksonville after the coaches cited for “not wearing face cover- from the list Friday after Bourne had a Chicago plays at Tennessee on Sunday. NFL determined they had been in close ings at all times on the sidelines” during second straight negative test. The Detroit Lions had a staff member contact with Martin. the victory over the Baltimore Ravens. Gruden ‘proud’ of how Raiders have handled protocols despite penalties Associated Press ‘ Coach Jon Gruden defended I believe we’re on the cutting edge of being the the way the Las Vegas Raiders best at servicing players and I’ll leave it at that. have handled the coronavirus Jon Gruden’ despite the organization being hit Las Vegas Raiders coach with a hefty penalty for violations from the league. A person familiar with the punishment said the team was of being the best at servicing play- a very difficult process and I fined $500,000, Gruden docked ers and I’ll leave it at that.” stand by what we’re doing here. $150,000 and the team stripped The Raiders are appealing the I believe we’re doing a heck of a of a sixth-round draft pick be- penalty. job. We can always get better and cause of how the Raiders handled The organization has been pe- that’s obvious.” Trent Brown’s positive coronavi- nalized several times already this While several teams have been rus test last month. The person season for violating coronavirus fined so far this season, the Raid- spoke on condition of anonymity protocols with the punishments ers are the first to be docked because no announcement had leading to a total of $1,215,000 for a draft pick following multiple been made. the team, Gruden and players. violations. “I’m just going to say, very Gruden wouldn’t comment The latest punishment stems proud of our organization, how we when asked if he believed the from Brown’s positive test last have handled this entire protocol team was being singled out by the month when the Raiders were STEVEN SENNE/AP and this entire process and I’m league. already supposed to be in “inten- Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden said he was “very proud” not going to comment any further “I’m really proud of the guys sive” protocols following team- of how the organization has handled NFL coronavirus protocols on than that,” Gruden said Friday. “I that I work with here,” he said. mate Damon Arnette’s positive Friday after the team was hit with hefty penalties from the league. believe we’re on the cutting edge “We’ve done a heck of a job. It’s test. Sunday, November 8, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 23 COLLEGE FOOTBALL No. 9 BYU pounds No. 21 Boise State

BY JASON CHATRAW 19 rout by rival Idaho in 1996, Associated Press the Broncos’ first year as an FBS program. Boise State lost the BOISE, Idaho — BYU hasn’t 1997 season opener to Cal State had many chances this season Northridge by 40 at home but that to prove that it’s deserving of game was later forfeited to the its lofty No. 9 ranking. On Fri- Broncos. day night, the Cougars took full “It’s embarrassing,” Boise advantage of their first game State linebacker Riley Wimpey against a ranked team. said of the loss. “And we need to And it was nothing short of figure it out so that never happens impressive. again.” Zach Wilson threw for 359 The game appeared like it yards and two touchdowns and might turn into a shootout early Tyler Allgeier rushed for 123 with both teams trading scores yards and a pair of scores as BYU in the first quarter. But BYU took routed No. 21 Boise State 51-17. control after Boise State quarter- BYU (8-0), which beat Boise back Jack Sears left with what ap- State on the road for the first time peared to be a concussion in the in six tries, is off to its best start first quarter and never returned. since 2001 when the Cougars The Broncos’ offense never re- ETHAN HYMAN, THE NEWS & OBSERVER/AP started 12-0. It’s also the first turned, either, as BYU took con- Miami quarterback D’Eriq King runs past North Carolina State linebacker Isaiah Moore, obscured at left, time in school history that BYU trol in the third quarter. during the first half of Friday’s game in Raleigh, N.C. King threw five touchdown passes. has scored 50 points or more “The first half wasn’t our best,” against a ranked opponent. BYU coach Kalani Sitake said. Wilson, who originally commit- “When I walked into the locker ted to Boise State before signing room, there were already conver- with BYU, completed 21 of 27 sations going on. Leaders were al- passes and threw TDs of 5 and 20 ready talking. I didn’t have to say yards. He also found the end zone much. The truth is, the players King, No. 11 Miami rally on a 4-yard run. had the answers for themselves. The projected first-round NFL They knew we weren’t playing to Draft pick said he doesn’t be- our standards and they corrected grudge anyone for questioning it.” how good a team BYU is during The correction was to the tune these unprecedented times. of 21 points, staking the Cougars past North Carolina St. “People still doubted us, but I to a 38-3 lead entering the fourth don’t blame them for that,” Wil- quarter. BY BOB SUTTON son said. “It’s hard to tell how “They came out and they put Associated Press good we are with how our season on a show,” Boise State receiver has switched up, but each week Khalil Shakir said. “And the RALEIGH, N.C. — When No. Pac-12 has another cancellation is an opportunity for us to prove thing that hurts the most is that it 11 Miami needed to make plays, ourselves. (This win) doesn’t was on our ‘Blue’ and, you know, D’Eriq King said he had faith in The Pac-12 football season is The cancellation is the second in mean anything unless we keep we have that, ‘Protect the Blue’ his teammates. getting off to a shaky start. two days for the Pac-12, which is winning.” mentality. We didn’t do what we In turn, the Hurricanes fig- The opener between Utah and set to kick off its seven-game sea- Meanwhile, Boise State (2-1) wanted to do tonight and we just ured they had the right guy at Arizona on Saturday in Salt Lake son this weekend after spending suffered its worst loss since a 64- have to step up as a whole.” quarterback City was canceled due to a rise in the past several weeks watching as King threw five touchdown positive COVID-19 cases within the other conferences began playing. passes, the last a go-ahead 54- Utes program. The game between Washington and yard catch-and-run play with Mi- Utah athletic director Mark Har- California was canceled Thursday. chael Harley with 2:43 left, and lan said a number of positive coro- Games between Arizona State Miami rallied to beat North Caro- navirus tests Friday morning put and No. 20 Southern California, lina State 44-41 on Friday night. Utah below the Pac-12’s minimum UCLA and Colorado, Washington “I had no doubt we could go threshold of 53 available scholar- State and Oregon State, along with down there (and score),” King ship players under the conference’s Stanford at No. 12 Oregon were still said. “I just trust those guys. Ev- game cancelation policy. The Pac- scheduled to be played Saturday. erybody out there... It’s just about 12 approved the request on Friday. In all, 10 Bowl Subdivision winning games. That’s all I care “The cancellation of our football games this week were either can- about.” game is a very difficult outcome to celed or postponed because of the The Houston transfer was 31- accept, but it absolutely is the right coronavirus pandemic, bringing the for-41 for 430 yards and ran for decision under the circumstances,” total to 47 since Aug. 26. a game-high 105 yards on 15 Harlan said in a statement. “While Two Conference USA games carries. I am heartbroken for our student- scheduled for this weekend, Char- “He came ready to play,” Miami athletes and everyone associated lotte’s game at Middle Tennessee tight end Will Mallory said. “He with Utah Athletics, as well as our and UTSA’s visit to Rice, were post- came ready to lead us and that’s great fans, our No. 1 guiding prin- poned earlier Friday due to positive exactly what he did.” ciple is the health and safety of our tests and contact tracing protocols. Miami (6-1, 5-1 Atlantic Coast student-athletes.” — Associated Press Conference) scored the final 13 points to win its third game in a row and match last season’s victo- catch in the second quarter. He we did at the end.” ry total under second-year coach finished with 153 yards on eight Knight also had a 1-yard TD Manny Diaz. receptions. run in the third quarter for his “The guys believed in each Zonovan Knight had a 100-yard first touchdown. other and they did what they kickoff return to put NC State (4- NC State padded its lead to 41- needed to do to get it done,” Diaz 3, 4-3) on top in the third quarter. 31 on Christopher Dunn’s 53-yard said. “We’ve got guys who fight Bailey Hockman was 19-for-28 field goal on the first play of the for each other. ... We never ex- for 248 yards and two touchdowns fourth quarter. pected this game to be easy.” for the Wolfpack. He had a pass Josh Borregales kicked three King ended up with season- intercepted by DJ Ivey after Mi- field goals, connecting from 38 high totals through the air and on ami’s final touchdown. and 22 yards in the fourth quar- the ground. “They made a big play they ter. The latter came with 6:12 STEVE CONNER/AP “He’s that guy, a great lead- needed to and we didn’t,” NC remaining after the Hurricanes er,” Harley said. “He’s that guy State coach Dave Doeren said. were within a half-yard of the BYU wide receiver Gunner Romney, right, catches a 15-yard pass as Miami needed.” “Just couldn’t put them away. end zone before a fourth-down Boise State safety Tyreque Jones braces for the hit during Friday’s Harley also had a 20-yard TD They made one more play than penalty. game in Boise, Idaho. BYU won 51-17. S TARS AND STRIPES Sunday, November 8, 2020 Nail biter King, No. 11 Hurricanes rally late SPORTS to beat Wolfpack » College football, Page 23

Crew chief Chad Knaus, left, and Jimmie Johnson NASCAR won seven NASCAR Cup championships together before parting ways in 2018 after 16 years together. IndelibleTERRY RENNA/AP mark

Johnson set to end 19-year run as seven-time series champion

BY JENNA FRYER who is retiring from full-time NASCAR com- Associated Press ‘ He’s as petition in Sunday’s season finale at Phoenix close to Raceway. He leaves the sport as a seven-time AVONDALE, Ariz. champion ranked sixth on the all-time wins immie Johnson was the first one perfect list with 83. down the stairs in a diving competi- as you “He’s as close to perfect as you can get,” tion at Tony Stewart’s birthday party. can get. team owner Rick Hendrick said Friday, hours He playfully tossed mini hamburg- ’ after Johnson told a story about the late Ricky ers across a suite Denny Hamlin had Rick Hendrick Hendrick that his father had never heard be- rentedJ in Las Vegas and later wrestled Chad NASCAR owner fore. The story was not suitable for a family on seven-time Knaus on the floor of the same casino. audience so Hendrick chose not to share it. The two revelers were capping a raucous champion Johnson’s two decades as driver of the No. night of celebrating yet another title when one Jimmie Johnson 48 established him as the best of his genera- of their jumbo championship rings slipped tion — he won five consecutive titles during a jaw- away and rolled across the casino. Another time, John- dropping run of 35 victories from 2006-2010. That run son broke his wrist surfing atop a moving golf cart at made him the only race car driver to win The Associ- his foundation’s tournament He had Snoop Dogg play ated Press’ Male Athlete of the Year award. at his seventh championship party. Those are just a sampling of the tales about Johnson, SEE MARK ON PAGE 21

The jumbo screen in the infield pays tribute to Johnson during last week’s race at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va.

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