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BY MEGAN ROSE, KENGO TSUTSUMI AND T. CHRISTIAN MILLER ProPublica Two and a half years after a massive oil tanker cleaved the side of the USS John S. McCain, leaving a gaping hole and killing 10 sailors, hospital corpsman Mike Collins is still haunted by the aftermath. That morning in August 2017, awoken by the thunderous shak- ing, the 23-year-old was thrust into round-the- clock motion: ‘ Why I Tending to the wasn’t chemical burns of the sailors getting whose sleeping any help area flooded, their flesh raw was from the fuel drowning that spilled in me in with the sea- Marine Sgt. Melissa Paul water. Collect- stands at the obstacle stress. ing the heavy ’ course on Naval Weapons stack of the Mike Collins Station Yorktown in dead’s medical FIGHTING SPIRIT USS John S. Virginia on Jan. 31. records. Stay- McCain crash ing up late try- Following a successful survivor ing to purge the wrestling career stink of diesel Marine uses wrestling past to train martial arts teachers — including being named that clung to their uniforms, so an Olympic alternate in 2012 — Paul now serves the clothes could be returned to BY BROCK VERGAKIS grieving families. as an instructor trainer in The (Norfolk, Va.) Virginian-Pilot Then came the hand. Delivered the Marine Corps Martial in a red biohazard bag and left ca- gt. Melissa Paul is a wrestler who has been fighting all her life. Arts Program. sually on the cot in the McCain’s Fighting through the pain of growing up without a father since she was 4, when hers KAITLIN MCKEOWN medical quarters for Collins to The (Norfolk, Va.) Virginian-Pilot process was what seemed to be was sent to prison in Colorado. a perfectly formed hand, except Fighting to get an education in Alaska when her drug-abusing mother wanted her to the muscles, tendons and bones quit high school and to make a living fishing instead. had been stripped out. It was a Fighting to find a safe home when her mother paid a friend to take her off her hands, glove of translucent skin. for a television. Even as the months turned S to years after the accident, that “When I was younger, I would always pray, ‘God, I She won competition after competition while she image, down to the whorls and just want a family. I just want a family.’ And I ended wasn’t sure where her mother was, where her next ridges on the dead man’s fin- up never really having a family, so then I kind of got meal would come from or where she would sleep gers, intruded into Collins’ life. angry at God,” Paul said. “I didn’t realize that I did It popped up when he saw water each night. have a family with my wrestling team.” wash over his own hand or when “I knew that if I worked hard enough in wrestling, he just leaned back on the couch The Marine based at Naval Weapons Station I could be anybody,” she said. “So wrestling became to relax. Yorktown, Va., who trains martial arts instructors like my mentor, and it became like my parent, it be- That gruesome image would has been wrestling for as long as she can remember, came everything to me. It became my foundation.” long before it was common for women to do so. spin into unanswerable questions Living in a small community near Anchorage, she about all the dead men: “How She had little control over her circumstances, but started sleeping on the couches of her high school long of the process were they when it came to wrestling, Paul found she could teammates, keeping her clothes in a trash bag. alive for?” be in complete control. She was dominant on the SEE SURVIVORS ON PAGE 6 wrestling mat. 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BY WYATT OLSON ing Ford Island, the berthing point for the away the dead and diseased skin left from Stars and Stripes eight massive warships of Battleship Row: the burns. California, Maryland, Nevada, Oklahoma, He was medically discharged from the Donald Stratton, a sailor severely burned Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia Navy in September 1942 and returned to while aboard the doomed USS Arizona and Arizona. Red Cloud. during the Japanese surprise attack Dec. With no time to fire up the Arizona’s boil- But as the following weeks passed in his 7, 1941, died Saturday at his home in Colo- ers to steam out of port, the ship’s broad- hometown, he came to realize that “every- rado Springs, Colo. He was 97. side became an easy target. At one point, thing innocent and trusting and carefree” His passing leaves only two living survi- a bomb ignited the forward magazines, had been ripped from him with the attack, vors of the battleship, Lou Conter and Ken causing a catastrophic explosion. and he was overwhelmed with the urge to Potts. “Men stumbled around on the deck like be back in the Navy. Stratton’s wife of 69 years, Velma, and human torches, each collapsing into a flam- He was allowed to reenlist in Febru- son Randy announced his death in a Face- ing pile of flesh,” Stratton wrote. “Others ary 1944 but was required to repeat basic book post Sunday, saying they were beside jumped into the water. When they did, you training. him when he “passed away peacefully.” could hear them sizzle. Back aboard ship, he saw action in New “One of Donald’s final wishes was that “My T-shirt had caught fire, burning my Guinea, the Philippines and Okinawa. people remember Pearl Harbor and the arms and my back. My legs were burned He left the Navy at war’s end, but he men aboard the USS Arizona,” the posting from my ankles to my thighs. My face was couldn’t give up the sea. He worked for a said. “Share their story and never forget seared. The hair on my head had been diving company off the coast of California, those who gave all for our great country.” singed off, and part of my ear was gone.” MEREDITH TIBBETTS/Stars and Stripes and later on oil drilling platforms at sea. Stratton spent much of his later life doing Stratton and a handful of sailors huddled USS Arizona survivors are allowed to just that, and in 2016 he published the Donald Stratton, seen here in 2017, together likely would have died if not for a memoir “All the Gallant Men,” recount- was severely burned while on the USS sailor aboard the nearby repair ship Vestal have urns of their cremated remains en- ing the surprise attack, and his injuries, Arizona when the Japanese attacked who managed to toss a rope across to the tombed in the sunken hull of the ship, recovery and subsequent return to combat Pearl Harbor. He died Saturday. burning ship. which is now a memorial site. in World War II. “We had to go hand over hand on that Stratton said in the past that instead, he Stratton often summed up the happen- and joined the Navy in the fall of 1940, he line, and that was probably 70 or 80 feet,” would be buried in Nebraska. chance of being aboard the Arizona on the wrote in the memoir, which was coauthored Stratton wrote. “You know, you get to the National Park Service historian Daniel morning of the attack with, “Everybody by Ken Gire. Within a couple of months, he middle of the line and it starts uphill again. Martinez, a longtime friend, explained had to be someplace. We were there.” was one of the roughly 1,500 men serving That was really tough, with my hands and Stratton’s thinking during a news confer- The attack that turned the Arizona into aboard the USS Arizona. He was assigned everything burned.” ence in 2014. an inferno killed 1,177 sailors and Ma- to one of the ship’s five portside anti-air- About two weeks after the attack, he was “He said to me that he came so close to rines, and Stratton barely made it off alive, craft guns. transferred to a hospital specializing in being burned alive that cremation prob- burned over two-thirds of his body. On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, he burn treatment on Mare Island near San ably wasn’t the way to go,” Martinez said. Born July 14, 1922, Stratton was raised stepped onto an outside deck, catching Francisco to begin a long recovery, which [email protected] in the small Nebraska town of Red Cloud sight of Japanese dive bombers attack- included a treatment using maggots to eat Twitter: @WyattWOlson Marine military working dogs are expanding their skills in Hawaii

BY WYATT OLSON so that’s what we’re doing now. He sought and received per- Stars and Stripes We’re training two new dogs to mission from the Hawaii base have that asset of tracking, and and the military working dog pro- MARINE CORPS BASE HA- we’re seeing where that goes.” gram at the Pentagon to expand WAII — Yenkie is happy-go- If they are successful at mor- the kennel’s tracking capacity. lucky, hyperactive and a friend phing this kennel of dual-pur- Sperlazza and Danny Nar- to all. The much older Diego is pose dogs into multidiscipline vaza, Diego’s civilian handler, calm, seasoned and intense. K9s, such a framework could be began training them to track last What these two military work- transferred to law enforcement summer. ing dogs at Marine Corps Base entities at other Marine Corps in- During a recent demonstration Hawaii have in common, howev- stallations or even other services, for Stars and Stripes at the K9 er, is an exceptional aptitude for Settle said. obstacle course, Narvaza tossed a tracking by scent. “We’re trying to progress to green tennis ball while Diego was It’s a trait that Staff Sgt. Mat- become a larger force multiplier, not looking. The dog put his nose thew Settle, the kennel master in with costing less money,” Settle to the ground, sniffing in ever- charge of the 14 working dogs em- said. “That’s really kind of what widening circles. ployed by the Provost Marshal’s we’re trying to prove here.” “See? Watch how he keeps his Office, recognized last summer The need for tracking dogs nose to the ground,” Narvaza when the base commenced a pilot at the Hawaii base became ap- said. In a half minute he finds the program to expand the dogs’ skill parent in January 2019 during a ball. set to include tracking humans at fruitless search for a fleeing sus- Many dogs would search for great distances. pect by provost officers. a ball by scanning the area with Most military working dogs are “There was all kinds of intelli- their eyes, but the sniffing stance “dual-purpose,” meaning they gence or information saying that came naturally for Diego and have been trained to both subdue he was dangerous and violent,” Yenkie, putting them to the head suspects and detect hidden ob- Settle said. “He ended up run- of the tracking class, Narvaza /Stars and Stripes jects, such as bombs or narcotics. ning off base and taking off and said. WYATT OLSON Yenkie and Diego — both Ger- getting away.” With the right training and Military working dog Yenkie looks at handler Sgt. Brandon Sperlazza man shepherds — showed the Soon after, there was an inci- methodology, virtually all work- as he awaits instruction at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, on Feb. 7. drive, trainability and personali- dent involving a search for lost ing dogs can be trained to track, ty to learn tracking quickly, Settle hikers. but the aptitude possessed by going to do because they said ways excited to come out,” Sper- said. “There were different situations Yenkie and Diego allowed the she was possibly going to harm lazza said of Yenkie. “For him, In October, the pair became where a tracking ability would pilot program to “put the pedal to herself.” he always likes a challenge to do certified as trackers, making come into play,” Settle said. “We the metal,” Settle said. Narvaza recalled thinking something new. Doing the same them the only working dogs certi- had a gap in capabilities here at Soon after being certified to at the time, “Wow, this really thing over and over again bores fied in three skills in the Defense [the Provost Marshal’s Office].” track last fall, Diego was called works!” him so he gets distracted easily.” Department’s law enforcement Settle had spent four years on to find a runaway child. “This thing will close the gap “This whole tracking thing has community, Settle said. training combat tracking dogs He was given an article of the between either saving a life or “This is still a proof of con- at Lackland Air Force Base in child’s clothing to smell. losing a life,” he said. filled his cup.” Narvaza said of cept,” said Sgt. Brandon Sper- Texas before being assigned to “We were able to locate the run- Both handlers say the learning the 7-year-old Diego. “It’s like the lazza, Yenkie’s handler. “We’re Marine Corps Base Hawaii. away child in an entirely different experience has energized their most exciting thing for him.” still trying to prove this can be “I got over here and the stars neighborhood,” Narvaza said. dogs. [email protected] replicated over and over again, aligned,” he said. “We didn’t know what she was “With this tracking, he’s al- Twitter: @WyattWOlson PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, February 18, 2020 MILITARY Marine family working to change UCMJ after appeals court dismisses Fighting ‘factual sufficiency’ colonel’s sexual abuse conviction

BY MATTHEW M. BURKE covers courts of criminal appeals Stars and Stripes and factual sufficiency as part of the Military Justice Act of 2016, A three-judge panel from the DOD spokeswoman Lisa Law- U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court rence wrote in an email to Stars of Criminal Appeals in July over- and Stripes. turned a child sex abuse convic- Military legal experts recom- tion against Marine Col. Daniel mended forcing appellate judges Wilson without ever hearing from to give deference to the trial court the 7-year-old accuser in person. on “controverted questions of In a move unique to military fact,” the recommendation said. justice, the appellate judges sup- While appellate judges would planted the court-martial jury’s still have the authority to over- decision and made their own turn a conviction, they would determinations about Wilson’s have to be “clearly convinced the guilt. finding was against the weight of However, unlike the jury, they the evidence.” saw no witnesses testify, includ- The Senate passed the reform ing the alleged victim, and made as proposed, but it was rejected their decision based solely on by the House Armed Services trial transcripts and videotaped Committee and stricken from the interviews from early in the final defense authorization bill, investigation. Lawrence said. The panel overturned the Legal scholars and academics, verdict of the jury’s four gener- however, overwhelmingly favor als and three colonels, citing a the reform. They point to two legal standard known as “factual UCMJ articles — prohibiting and sufficiency.” punishing unlawful command in- The July dismissal angered the fluence — to show that the factual family of the girl, who was 6 when sufficiency review of weight of the abuse allegedly occurred, as evidence is no longer needed. well as advocates for victims of “I believe it’s outdated,” said sexual abuse who argue that ci- former Air Force judge and Uni- ADAM MILLER/U.S. Marine Corps vilian appellate courts could not, versity of New Mexico law pro- in most cases, make a similar In July 2019, a three-judge panel from the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals fessor Joshua Kastenberg. decision. overturned a child sex abuse conviction against Marine Col. Daniel Wilson. Matt Pinsker, professor of Wilson was released from homeland security at Virginia the brig in October and just last June 2018 for not punishing Wil- dent of Protect Our Defenders observe things. They hear the Commonwealth University, week, allowed to retire, while the son for earlier misconduct which, Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated tone of voice; they see the facial agreed. girl’s parents, Marine Lt. Col. they alleged, allowed him to prey to ending rape and sexual assault expressions; they see the body “I would advise it to be re- Breck Perry and his wife, Adrian on their daughter , but they later in the military. Christensen and language of all of these people moved,” the Reserve Army law- Perry, began to lobby members of dropped the suit. the foundation provided legal as- that are testifying. … Appellate yer said. Congress to change the Uniform Wilson appealed the court- sistance and support to the Perry courts tend very much to say, Kastenberg and Pinsker men- Code of Military Justice to strip martial conviction, asking for a family in their suit against the ‘We’re going to let that trier of tioned other actions that could factual sufficiency review powers factual sufficiency review. Marine Corps. fact make that determination.’ ” strengthen the independence of from military appellate judges Factual sufficiency consists of “It is not easy to go through The federal courts are simi- the judiciary and protections for and bring the UCMJ more in line two basic principles under mili- a court-martial, especially as lar, according to Lisa Schenck, the accused, such as separating with the civilian justice system. tary justice: “sufficiency of the a child, and to later have three former senior Army appellate military judges from the Judge “The powers of factual suffi- evidence” and “weight of the adults sitting in an office in judge and George Washington Advocate General’s Corps and re- ciency review given to military evidence.” [Washington,] D.C. attack your University Law professor. They quiring unanimous trial verdicts. criminal appeals courts need to Sufficiency of the evidence credibility having never met you, are required to view evidence in Southwestern Law School be revoked,” Breck Perry said means there is evidence of each never observed you, is just not the light “most favorable to the professor and retired Air Force at a news conference Oct. 4 in element of the crime, without what American justice is about.” government, resolving conflicts judge Rachel VanLandingham, Okinawa, Japan, where he is regard to the strength of that On Feb. 5, Assistant Secretary in the government’s favor, and the former top legal adviser for stationed. evidence, said Anthony Musto, of the Navy for Manpower and accepting all reasonable infer- international law at U.S. Central “As it stands now, [appellate co-executive director of the Reserve Affairs Gregory Slavonic ences that support the verdict,” Command, said factual sufficien- judges have] the ability to over- American Bar Association Crim- allowed Wilson to retire with an Schenck wrote in a 2016 paper in cy review makes justice subject turn a conviction of a predator inal Justice Section’s Specialized “other than honorable” discharge the Southwestern Law Review. to the cognitive biases of appel- based solely on his/her interpre- Practice Division. This means, if as a lieutenant colonel, accord- They will not second-guess cred- late judges. tation of a cold stack of court pa- the evidence is believed, in a light ing to a copy of the decision. He ibility determinations made by “This [power] is dangerous,” pers,” he said. “Under its current most favorable to the prosecution, declined to consider the sexual judge or jury in lower courts. she said. “This allows judges to construct, the criminal appeals a reasonable jury could convict. abuse allegations made against In the military system, the op- decide based on words on a paper process is a failed system that re- Weight of the evidence is a mea- Wilson. posite is true. that they don’t believe a witness. quires an overhaul now.” sure of whether evidence points Wilson now plans to file federal Convictions are not affirmed That is the quintessential job of jurors to one side or the other, lawsuits against the alleged vic- by military appellate courts un- the jury,” she said. “The mili- Factual sufficiency such as a conviction, he said. tims and the U.S. military, “alleg- less the judges believe in guilt tary factual sufficiency review In the July 1 appellate decision, ing defamation of character and beyond a reasonable doubt, which is a complete anachronism and The Perry family’s ordeal Senior Judge Navy Cmdr. Angela malicious prosecution,” his attor- essentially means the cases are it should have been eradicated began in summer 2016 at Camp Tang took issue with the weight of ney Andrew Cherkasky told the retried. Military appellate judges from the military justice system Lejeune, N.C. Their daughter, the evidence against Wilson. military website Task & Purpose. don’t have to give any deference to decades ago.” 6, said Wilson, then the II Ma- She listed inconsistencies in decisions made at earlier trials. Adrian Perry knows it will be rine Expeditionary Force op- the girl’s statements and testi- Second-guessing Christensen said the mili- an uphill battle to get members erations officer, had touched her mony at trial to render it moot. tary practice sends the wrong of Congress to reconsider factual inappropriately. She also cited examples — from Having someone accuse an- message. sufficiency review. During a court-martial in expert testimony at trial — that other person of sexual abuse and “What it’s saying is we don’t “Our family has been put 2017, Wilson was convicted of both explained and undermined testify under oath is generally trust court members in the mili- through absolute hell between the sexual abuse of a child, six those inconsistencies. considered enough evidence to tary to deliver verdicts that are the loss of innocence in our child counts of conduct unbecoming of There was no other compelling send a case to a judge or a jury, appropriate,” he said. “And if you at the age of 6 and her stolen jus- an officer and a gentleman and evidence in the case, the panel’s meeting the bar for sufficiency don’t have enough trust in the tice from the Navy-Marine Corps absence without leave. He was decision states. Without ever of the evidence. The weight of very foundation of your justice Court of Criminal Appeals,” sentenced to 5½ years in prison seeing the alleged victim testify the evidence is then left up to the process, then I don’t know why Perry said. “What happened to and dismissed from the service. under oath, the panel dismissed judge or jury to decide. you have a justice process.” our daughter at the appellate level His wife, Susan Wilson, denied the charges with prejudice, mean- In the civilian justice system, of military justice is a disgrace the charges against her husband ing they cannot be refiled. appellate judges generally won’t ‘Outdated’ to our country and an embar- in multiple emails to Stars and “This is a particularly cruel reconsider challenges to weight of rassment to the military justice Stripes after the conviction. sult,” said Don Christensen, a for- the evidence, Musto said. “There’s The Defense Department in system.” The Perry family sued the mer Air Force chief prosecutor, a reason for that. The trier of fact 2015 recommended that Con- [email protected] Marine Corps for $25 million in military judge and current presi- — the jury or the judge — they gress amend the UCMJ code that Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 Tuesday, February 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 WAR/MILITARY Taliban: US deal to be signed by the month’s end BY SUSANNAH GEORGE tial remained for “spoilers” both AND HAQ NAWAZ KHAN inside Afghanistan and outside The Washington Post the country to upend months of diplomatic progress. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The “I believe that maybe better Taliban said Monday that a peace than any time in the last couple of deal with the United States will decades, there is an opportunity be signed by the end of the month, for peace,” he said, speaking in Is- with the top U.S. negotiator de- lamabad at a United Nations con- scribing himself as “cautiously ference on refugees marking 40 optimistic” about the process. years of conflict in Afghanistan. Mullah Abdul Salam Hanafi, a Some Afghan officials said the KAITLIN MCKEOWN/The Virginian-Pilot senior Taliban leader and mem- reduced violence would be coun- Marine Sgt. Melissa Paul in the Marine Corps Martial Arts training pit, Jan. 31, at Naval Weapons Station ber of the political commission in trywide and all parties to the con- Yorktown, Va. Following a successful wrestling career , Paul now serves as an instructor trainer in the Doha, Qatar, said in a video mes- flict would halt planned offensive Marine Corps Martial Arts Program. sage shared with journalists that operations. The officials spoke after negotiations, “both sides on the condition of anonymity as have initiated the final draft of they were not authorized to dis- the peace agreement. Now talks cuss the deal publicly. Wrestling: First female wrestler in Marines are concluded.” There is no official word on This is the first formal state- when the reduction in violence ment released by the Taliban will begin, but it’s expected to be finds meaning and purpose with her passion since the United States announced sometime this week. a peace deal with the movement If that reduction in violence FROM FRONT PAGE moved to the Olympic Training came the first female wrestler in on Friday. holds, it will be followed by the A guidance counselor at her Center. She became a national the Marines and only the second Hanafi said “both sides have signing of a broader U.S.-Taliban champion and took third place in in the U.S. military. agreed to sign the agreement by agreement under which thou- school who was married to a wrestling coach at another school a world competition. In the Marines, she continued the end of this month,” after mak- sands of U.S. troops will with- soon learned what was going on. During the 2012 Olympic trials to push herself beyond wrestling ing a “favorable environment be- draw and the Taliban will begin They initially paid other teachers she came just short of making the and her day job as an adminis- fore signing of the agreement.” direct negotiations with Afghan out of their own pockets to take team, earning a spot as an alter- trative specialist. She became a What Hanafi appears to be de- leaders. nate on that squad. force fitness instructor, a mar- scribing is what U.S. negotiators Paul in. Hanafi mentioned talks be- Eventually, they brought her An ankle injury ended her tial arts instructor and then one and Afghan government officials tween the Taliban and the Afghan into their home. Paul fought that dreams of making the 2016 squad, of about 200 Marines who trains are calling a period of reduced vi- government, but he said such a at first, too. She wanted to be but she used the time while she martial-arts instructors. olence that approximates a cease- step would only be taken after a emancipated at 16 because she recovered to speak out about At Yorktown, she trains with fire and will last seven days. mass prisoner exchange. didn’t want to be a burden on child abuse and neglect. She gave Marines who are part of elite Hanafi gave no further details “When the process of releas- anyone. speeches and met with and en- Fleet Anti-terrorism Security on what a favorable environment ing of 5,000 (Taliban) prisoners But the guidance counselor she couraged foster children. Teams that go to hot spots around would entail. American and Af- ... is completed, then intra-Af- now calls mom let her know they “I talked about how blood the world to protect embassies ghans officials have also been ghan talks will begin,” he said. would support her and her wres- doesn’t make you family. People and consulates. tight-lipped regarding details of The Taliban prisoners would be tling dreams. caring about you, and, you know, In the Marines, she also found the violence reduction. exchanged for 1,000 members of “She said, ‘God has something just being a team makes you a she has yet another family where In his first public comments the Afghan security forces, ac- planned for you. You’re going to family,” she said. people look out for each other. since the peace talks break- cording to Hanafi. go and wrestle and do something Eventually, Paul’s injury She wants those she leads at Ma- through, U.S. envoy Zalmay But Afghan officials have said great.’ And so I ended up staying healed, and the Department of rine Corps Security Regiment to Khalilzad, the chief negotiator previously that the exchange with them, and it was the best de- Defense took notice that she still know she has their back and al- with the Taliban, said he’s “cau- would be discussed during cision ever because living with had major wrestling talent. ways will. She doesn’t want to just tiously optimistic.” the intra-Afghan talks and not them, I think, I think God kind of The military sponsors athletic make better Marines, she wants “But I am realistic enough to before. put wrestling in my life. Not to be competitions around the world to make better people. know that there are lots of chal- The broader U.S.-agreement is like an Olympic champion, but to and was looking to get women in- That’s what family — even a lenges ahead,” he added. nearly identical to one negotiated kind of make me be the best per- volved in wrestling. family of fighters — is for. Khalilzad said that while he in September that was canceled son I could possibly be.” Always eager to challenge “All the stuff I went through in had received security guarantees by President Donald Trump after When she graduated from high herself, Paul decided to join the wrestling and life wasn’t about from both the Afghan govern- a Taliban attack that killed a U.S. school and turned 18, she decided toughest branch she could imag- me,” she said. “It was so I can ment and the Taliban, the poten- soldier before it could be signed. to pursue wrestling full time and ine, the Marine Corps. She be- touch other people.” Syrian military makes major advance in rebel-controlled territory

BY ALBERT AJI The ongoing military advance in north- districts that were earlier controlled by Civil Defense, showed extensive damage. AND SARAH EL DEEB west Syria came hours after troops consol- Syrian rebels, state TV reported. The Brit- Another airstrike hit close by the other Associated Press idated the government’s hold over the key ain-based Syrian Observatory for Human medical facility, some 150 yards away. Aleppo province, capturing over 30 villag- Rights, a war monitoring group, reported The developments sparked late night DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria praised es and hamlets in the western countryside clashes in Jabal Sheik Akeel, northwest of celebrations in the city, with state media its troops Monday for rapidly taking over in a single day and securing the provincial the city of Aleppo, the provincial capital. showing images of residents waving flags rebel-controlled territory in the country’s capital that had for years remained within Rescuers and a medical aid worker said and dancing in the streets packed with northwest, vowing to continue to chase range of opposition fire. airstrikes Monday on Darat Izza, a town vehicles. armed groups “wherever they are.” Since December, Syrian troops have still in opposition hands in northwestern Gen. Ali Mayhoub, spokesman for the Separately, state media reported that been on the offensive in the area and the Aleppo, put two health facilities out of ser- Syrian Armed Forces, said in a televised Syrian authorities had uncovered the pre- nearby Idlib province, biting bit by bit at vice. One hospital was directly hit, wound- speech that Syrian troops were continuing vious day a mass grave containing nearly the crowded rebel enclave, home to over 3 ing two staffers, said Mazen Kewara of their ground advances to “eradicate what is 70 bodies in eastern Ghouta, an area out- million people. the Syrian American Medical Society, a left of terrorist groups” in Syria, congratu- side of the capital that rebel fighters lost Troops were removing barriers and group that supports the hospital’s dialysis lating the soldiers for the swift advances in control of in April 2018. roadblocks on Monday in villages and unit. Footage from the rescue team, Syrian “record time.” PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, February 18, 2020 MILITARY Survivors: Treatment for McCain, Fitzgerald crews has been uneven

FROM FRONT PAGE pore and readily available follow-up care. “What were their final moments like?” The Navy also set up a 24-hour help line In August 2018, Collins was finally diag- at the base at Yokosuka, Japan, and chap- nosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, lains arranged for a resilience retreat at a anxiety and depression, and he began rou- military resort in the country for Fitzger- tine therapy. ald and McCain sailors. The McCain crash was one of two dead- The sailors’ trauma also led to some im- ly Navy collisions in the summer of 2017. promptu treatment. A Navy doctor started Two months before the McCain, another a special group therapy session, attended destroyer, the USS Fitzgerald, also col- by upward of 70 Fitzgerald sailors, after lided with a civilian ship in the Pacific, so many of them sought mental health ser- drowning seven sailors in their sleeping vices. That group has continued in smaller quarters. In all, 17 sailors died in the worst iterations at different bases in the United maritime mishaps since the 1970s. States as sailors left Japan for new Navy The fallout for Collins and many other posts. survivors is still acute. But the Navy’s efforts with the crews Missed diagnosis of the McCain and the Fitzgerald — some 550 enlisted sailors and officers — have Still, some sailors were missed. Collins, been uneven, resulting in prompt, thought- for example, who started having acute ful treatment for some and leaving others symptoms about four months after the col- Raymond McCrea Jones lision, would go a year without a diagno- mired in depression and anxiety, unable Petty Officer Third Class Mike Collins is a U.S. Navy corpsmen who was on the sis, in spite of having regular contact with to access care for weeks, even months, ac- USS John S. McCain in 2017 when it collided with a merchant ship off the coast of mental health professionals. Collins said cording to documents and interviews with Singapore, killing 10 sailors. He is now stationed at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station dozens of sailors, officers and their fami- although he was suffering from nightmares in Florida, where he continues to deal with PTSD caused by the crash. lies. Some affected sailors and officers and other symptoms, he may not have been have even left, or been forced out of, the presenting as severe enough. another ship. One day, as the two-year an- armory and slept there the entire time they service. It was not until the 7th Fleet commander niversary of the collision approached, the were on deployment. The Navy’s efforts have been complicat- required all remaining McCain sailors to ship he was on made an unexpected sharp About 10 Fitzgerald sailors were reas- ed by some of the very causes that led to the be screened for fitness of duty in August turn, sending a chair scraping across the signed with him to the McCampbell, he crashes: chronically undermanned ships 2018 that Collins was flagged as having floor. said. For months, sometimes several times in desperate need of sailors — even those PTSD. He went on limited duty. “That instantly took me back,” he said. a day, there’d be a knock on his door and a fresh from a deadly crash — and a relent- Another former McCain sailor said two “That sound.” former Fitzgerald sailor would break down less push for missions, both compounded mental health screenings over a year and a He peed himself. in his office, Marquis said. One young sail- by the sudden loss of two key destroyers. half determined he was fine. It wasn’t until or told him she couldn’t handle being on a “Treatment decisions are always subor- he transferred back to Japan in the spring Returning to duty ship but was afraid she’d ruin her career if dinated to those demands,” said M. David of 2018 that he started to feel irritable, she asked for help. Rudd, a psychologist specializing in mili- anxious and unable to sleep, with “almost Rudd, the PTSD expert, said for those As part of the Navy’s post-collision reck- tary PTSD and scientific director for the no ability to feel happiness.” On his third sailors who were symptomatic, quickly re- oning, the McCampbell and other destroy- National Center for Veterans Studies. In screening, he was diagnosed with PTSD turning to duty “exacerbates the problem ers started doing damage control drills the military’s warrior culture, relying on and depression and started therapy. and can potentially fuel a chronic prob- that were the exact scenario of the Fitzger- sailors to take the initiative to ask for help, Other sailors from both ships didn’t draw lem of PTSD.” Symptoms like anxiety and ald crash. Marquis said he had to talk to Rudd said, is “profoundly ineffective.” notice until their coping mechanisms, such nightmares could become entrenched and those in charge: “‘Dude, you got like 10 That and the sheer number of sailors and as excessive drinking, landed them in more resistant to treatment, he said. people from the Fitzgerald here.’” He said officers potentially affected by the deadly trouble. Thrusting important tasks on sailors who he heard other ships actually called the collisions posed challenges for the Navy in Some Fitzgerald sailors began suffering are still recovering and may not be able to scenario the “Fitzgerald” drill. how to properly respond. symptoms after the Navy ordered many fully focus on their work also “elevates the One day, Marquis said, a senior enlisted of them onto other short-staffed destroy- risk that something else will happen down leader cornered him. The leader said that Project ORION ers in the Japan-based 7th Fleet soon after the road,” Rudd said. he’d heard good things about Marquis, but the collision. The Fitzgerald was so badly When Marquis first stepped on the USS that the petty officer wasn’t living up to his The Navy sent a team of mental health damaged that it had to be loaded on a ship McCampbell, another destroyer, a few reputation. Marquis said that when he ex- specialists to help the crews in the im- and taken back to the U.S. for several years months after the Fitzgerald crashed, he plained that he was trying, but was strug- mediate aftermath of each collision and of repairs. was excited because “I wanted to get back gling mentally, the leader essentially told launched a long-term pilot program, Proj- It was a smart logistical move, “but to doing what I do.” him to suck it up. “Basically trying to come ect ORION, to track them. The project they didn’t take the human aspect into ac- But despite his decade and half of ser- at me like I was weak,” he said. called or emailed each sailor at six months count,” said Will Marquis, a petty officer vice, Marquis, 35, found himself working and one year after the crashes to ascertain on the Fitzgerald who was moved to anoth- harder to simply focus and being unmoti- how they were doing and whether they er warship. Marquis escaped the flooded vated in a way he’d never been before. He Seeking help needed mental health services. berthing compartment in which some of started smoking half a pack of cigarettes a Marquis said he knew something was The Navy provided a written statement his shipmates drowned. day, years after he’d quit, ate nothing but wrong and it was getting worse but he about its mental health response to the two Some Navy leaders believed that quickly junk food and retreated from any social didn’t want to abandon the other Fitzgerald accidents. Ed Gulick, a Navy Medicine shifting the sailors to a new posting would life. sailors on the McCampbell, many of whom spokesman, said Project ORION proved to also help them return to normalcy — and During that time the McCampbell didn’t were junior. The sailor he was replacing on be an important “safety net” and that sail- reinforce a sense of mission and purpose. leave port, but every five nights, sailors the McCampbell saw him struggling and ors across all ranks “appeared to greatly But in interviews, some sailors said that had to do an overnight on the ship. Mar- pushed him to get help, Marquis said, tell- benefit from ORION’s proactive, nonmedi- the return to sea, often with unsympathet- quis said he couldn’t handle sleeping in his ing him, “You’re not right.” cal approach of long-term outreach.” The ic leaders, was retraumatizing for many of assigned berthing compartment “because After about two to three months on the Navy plans on making the pilot a perma- them. They were often assigned back to the I almost died in there.” So he brought in a McCampbell, he said, he finally sought nent program, he said. same kinds of destroyers, sleeping in the sleeping pad and bag to crash on the floor mental health counseling. In just 20 min- The program was able to reach about identical bunks, from which some of them in his office, which was above the water utes, he said, a mental health specialist two-thirds of the sailors, the Navy report- had barely escaped with their lives. line. “That’s just where I felt more com- said he needed to leave his duties on the ed, and about 20% of those requested men- One sailor who escaped the flooding on fortable,” he said. ship. tal health help. the McCain said that for years after the Marquis said he knew of two sailors who Marquis transferred to the Washington Experts said that number is consistent crash he would have nightmares when- were sent to another destroyer and strung area, where he was able to get help at Wal- with the percentage of service members ever he was in a berthing compartment on up hammocks among the guns in the cold ter Reed National Military Medical Center who served in Iraq and Afghanistan who in Bethesda, Md. He has been diagnosed developed PTSD symptoms, and that a with PTSD, major depressive disorder similar percentage of the sailors who did and a traumatic brain injury and has since not respond to ORION likely also experi- medically retired, along with at least nine enced PTSD symptoms. ‘ We were all OK when we were a crew still. It was other Fitzgerald sailors, Marquis said. In interviews, sailors described vastly when they separated us that we started either different experiences depending on what “We were all OK when we were a crew ship they were on and when in the process noticing these underlying issues or we actually started still,” Marquis said. “It was when they they were assessed, if at all. McCain Senior separated us that we started either notic- Chief Petty Officer Ben Chester said the developing them. ’ ing these underlying issues or we actually Navy response was extraordinary, with a Will Marquis started developing them.” team of doctors awaiting the crew in Singa- petty officer on the USS Fitzgerald SEE PAGE 7 Tuesday, February 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 MILITARY

FROM PAGE 6 schedule and took a post in Jacksonville, PTSD and depression as well as a “lack of sailors, 0007. It shows up on the sailors’ On their new ships, some sailors said Fl a., where his parents live. He spent sev- confidence and a host of other associated personnel records so that commanders, the fact that they had been aboard a ship eral months on limited duty there. psychological problems that makes it dif- ship leaders, assignment managers, health that crashed made them instant outcasts. He was able to join a Fitzgerald thera- ficult to do things.” care providers and others will be aware Several former Fitzgerald officers said py group already in place that met once Interviews and documents show that that they served on one of the ships. sailors told them that they were made fun a week. The group now meets once a the Navy has struggled to provide a con- One retired captain said he thought it month as sailors have progressed in their of by their new shipmates. “Don’t let the sistency of treatment over time. Collins was a great idea to alert commanders and recovery. said mental health services in Yokosuka, Fitzgerald sailor drive!” their shipmates other leaders so they could better guide where both ships were based, had appoint- would joke. It made the separation from the sailors. But Marquis, who worked in the Fitzgerald crew even more isolating. Civilian ship sued ments set aside for Fitzgerald and McCain personnel, worried there might be unin- More than 100 sailors from the McCain sailors. A group of McCain sailors, including tended consequences. were able to stay together after the crash But the longer sailors took to ask for help because the destroyer could be repaired in the estates of some of the sailors killed in the less likely they were to have a positive For example, the Fitzgerald sailor who Japan with some of the crew on it. That ca- the collision, has sued the owners of the experience. The ORION project stopped told him she was having trouble being on maraderie, many sailors said, helped their civilian ship involved in the accident, the reaching out after a year — and some sail- a ship did as the senior sailor had pushed recovery. Alnic MC, in federal court in the Southern ors reported hearing from the coordina- him to do and “sucked it up.” But it also meant they had to walk down District of New York. The McCain sailors tors only once. Marquis wondered if her career would the pier every day to board a ship with and the families contend that the Libe- After he waited weeks, the sailor who’d suffer anyway. Would the next command rian-flagged Alnic was, at least in part, a “massive puncture,” said Collins, the wet himself said he finally got his first reject her, deeming her damaged goods? responsible for the collision because it hospital corpsman who dealt with the dis- mental health appointment. He related Marquis worried it could end up being membered hand. “Your heart kind of sinks failed to properly man its bridge and take his story of flashbacks and nightmares, appropriate action to avoid the collision. In a red flag on sailors as they climbed the every time you walk into work.” he said, hopeful he’d get help. But nobody ranks. The cafeteria where the sailors ate had the suit, at least 40 McCain sailors say that ever followed up as promised. When he Collins isn’t sure anyone noticed the served as a medical triage after the crash, they have suffered debilitating psychologi- called the office, he said, he was told there 0007 on his personnel file when he re- filled with the injured. Every third day cal injuries as a result. was no record he’d ever been there. many of the sailors had overnight duty. The owner of the Alnic, Energetic Tank turned to full duty in April last year. He Collins said “every day was like trudg- Inc., contends in court documents that it Waiting for appointments was assigned to the Field Medical Train- ing through mud.” His refuge in the after- was not liable because the collision was ing Battalion at Camp Lejeune in North math of the collision was to just go numb. “solely the fault” of the McCain, which vi- Some sailors said once they transferred Carolina. There he did intense training to He remembered in early 2018 his wife olated several maritime regulations. The back to U.S. bases — sometimes specifi- be qualified to save Marines on the battle- giving him the welcome news that she was case is slowly moving toward trial as both cally to receive treatment — they often field. The stressful scenarios, not unex- pregnant and he couldn’t even muster a sides interview witnesses and experts faced similar delays, spending weeks, and pectedly, aggravated his PTSD. The Navy smile. “OK,” was all he recalled saying. around the globe. even months, waiting for appointments. took months to transfer him out of that job To keep the image of the ghostly hand at A petty officer told the court in a letter One such sailor who’d gone to San Diego, back to Florida, he said. asking to be admitted to the case that when Machinists Mate Third Class Eli Swant- bay, he learned to stay in constant motion. Now, he’s training to be an assistant in During most busy days he could outrun the berthing “flooded with fuel, crewmates koski, said he arrived in November and ophthalmology at a naval hospital. it, he said, but at night, vivid nightmares were screaming for help. As I helped one wasn’t seen until February. “It’s very, very low stress,” Collins said. often jolted him upright. out of the hatch he repeatedly screamed, “Why I wasn’t getting any help was About a year after the crash, the Navy ‘Don’t leave me, I have a daughter.’” drowning me in stress,” he said. “It’s just checking people’s eyes, then offered the McCain sailors still assigned to A chief petty officer, who sustained a In part to ensure the sailors didn’t get turning over that patient to a doctor. That’s the ship an option to transfer to a new job head injury and chemical burns on his lost in the shuffle as their careers moved pretty much my gig.” early. Almost 40 sailors took it, including hands in the crash and during rescue ef- on, the Navy assigned all Fitzgerald sailors ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investi- Collins. He left Japan six months ahead of forts, wrote that he now suffers from a code, 0006, as well as one for all McCain gates abuses of power. PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, February 18, 2020 NATION Assault weapons bill dies in Virginia Senate

BY LAURA VOZZELLA hard work, Lobby Day, and sanc- from across the country. The Washington Post tuary movement paid off!” The House has approved the Northam was “disappointed” governor’s other seven gun-con- RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia with the vote but “fully expects trol bills, which would: Senate committee killed a bill the Crime Commission to give Enact universal background Monday that would have banned this measure the detailed review checks on private gun sales. ROGELIO V. SOLIS/AP the sale of assault-style weapons that Senators called for,” spokes- Require an owner to report and possession of high-capacity Marcus Morris steadies the boat as his neighbor, Chris Sharp, woman Alena Yarmosky said . the loss or theft of a firearm with- magazines, handing gun-rights “We will be back next year.” in 24 hours. readies the trolling motor for another trip through their Pearl River- activists a rare win in a Capitol flooded neighborhood in Jackson, Miss., on Sunday. House Speaker Eileen Filler- Give local governments the that Democrats won last year Corn, D-Fairfax — who had chal- authority to ban weapons from on the promise of sweeping gun lenged the Senate to pass all eight public buildings and at certain control. bills in a speech over the weekend events. Gov. Ralph Northam, a Demo- — reacted more sharply. Create a “red flag” law, or ex- Mississippi and crat, backed the legislation, part “The Democratic platform last treme risk protective order, under of a package of eight gun-control fall was very clear,” she said in which authorities can temporar- measures he advanced after a a statement. “Limiting access ily seize firearms from someone shooter killed 12 people at a Vir- Tennessee see more to weapons of war used in mass deemed a threat to themselves or ginia Beach municipal building murder was a key part of that others. on May 31. Republicans’ refusal platform. The House of Delegates Limit handgun purchases to to act on those bills last summer, and more flooding delivered on our promise to take one per month, a policy that was in a special session that they gav- action to keep those weapons off in effect in Virginia until 2012. eled out in 90 minutes, became a BY ROGELIO V. S OLIS to move this water downstream rallying cry for Democrats in the our streets. To call today’s vote Tighten the law prohibiting AND MICHAEL WARREN with the least impact. They feel it. November elections. They flipped by the Senate Judiciary Commit- access to firearms for someone I feel it.” tee a disappointment would be an subject to a protective order. Associated Press the state House and Senate blue Mississippi’s Pearl River, for the first time in a generation. understatement.” Make it a felony to “reckless- JACKSON, Miss. — Days and meanwhile, crested Monday at The House has passed all eight Senators did not debate the ly” leave a firearm within reach days of heavy rain have created just under 37 feet, well short of of Northam’s bills. But four Dem- merits of the bill before voting. of anyone age 18 or younger, a dilemma for authorities manag- its historic worst-case-scenario, ocrats — Sens. Creigh Deeds of Deeds simply noted that there up from the current age of 14, a ing dams along swollen rivers in and should begin draining soon, Bath, John Edwards of Roanoke, were “a lot of questions” about measure known as “child access Mississippi and Tennessee. The Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday. Chap Petersen of Fairfax and the definition of assault weapon prevention.” water has to be released eventu- He said that there were no re- Scott Surovell of Fairfax — sided before moving to wait on the bill The Senate, which had no as- ally, worsening the flooding for ports of flood-related injuries, with Republicans on the Senate for the year. Democratic support- sault weapons bill of its own, people living downstream. and thanked the people of Missis- Judiciary Committee to reject ers tried to counter with a motion has passed five of the governor’s Dramatic video posted by sippi for heeding evacuation or- the assault-weapons bill for the to hold out only for the day, but bills. The Senate’s bill on lost or a Tennessee fire department ders. Only 16 search-and-rescue year. On a 10-5 vote, the commit- Deeds prevailed. stolen firearms was rejected in a showed the impact: Two houses missions were necessary, he said, tee sent the measure to the state’s The bill was the most contro- floor vote, with Petersen and Sen. tumbled down a bluff over the even though as many as 1,000 Crime Commission for study. versial part of Northam’s gun- Lynwood Lewis Jr., D-Accomack, Tennessee River, while many oth- homes were flooded. “Bunch of wimps,” Sen. L. Lou- control agenda, with gun-rights voting against it. Its version of ers have been swamped to their “We as a state are not in the ise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, said activists warning that the state the child-access prevention bill rooftops, as entire neighborhoods clear yet,” Reeves said. from the dais, referring to the was planning to confiscate fire- died in committee, with Petersen disappear in muddy water below In one Jackson neighborhood, four. arms. Since the election, more and Deeds joining Republicans in the Tennessee Valley Authority’s residents paddled canoes, kayaks Philip Van Cleave, the Vir- than 110 Virginia counties, cities opposition. Pickwick Reservoir. and small fishing boats to check ginia Citizens Defense League and towns have passed some type “Despite today’s vote, the Gov- “It absolutely kills you, know- on their houses, giving lifts to president who organized a huge of “Second Amendment sanctu- ernor is proud of the several ing that” houses are getting de- other neighbors. Some were able gun-rights rally in Richmond last ary” resolution, many of them common-sense gun safety mea- stroyed downstream from the to enter their homes, while others month and encouraged “Second asserting that local officials will sures that continue to advance,” dam, TVA spokesman Jim Hop- peeked into the windows to see Amendment sanctuary” declara- not enforce laws they consider Yarmosky said. “These bills rep- son told The Associated Press what, if any damage, had been tions across the state, celebrated unconstitutional. Gun rights ac- resent historic steps forward in on Monday. “We have engineers done inside. Floodwaters lapped on Twitter. tivists staged an enormous rally keeping Virginians safe from gun on duty 24/7 trying to figure out at mailboxes, street signs and cars “VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Van on Capitol Square in January, violence. Make no mistake — they what’s the most effective way that had been left in driveways. Cleave tweeted. “Everybody’s drawing heavily armed militias will save lives.” US official: 44 Americans on Japan ship tested positive for coronavirus

BY ANNA FIFIELD ymptomatic, so health authorities Antonio. try, said that the government will Line, is at the center of a corona- AND KATIE METTLER deemed them “fit to fly,” the State Flight data showed that one have finished testing everyone on virus-related investigation. The Washington Post Department and the Department flight had landed at Travis late board the Diamond Princess by An 83-year-old American of Health and Human Services Sunday night local time, and the end of the day on Monday. woman who disembarked from Fourteen Americans evacuat- said in a statement Monday. the other in San Antonio early The Australian government the ship at Sihanoukville on Fri- ed from the coronavirus-stricken They were cordoned off from Monday. said that it would evacuate more day took a charter flight to Kuala Diamond Princess cruise ship in the other passengers during the Another 44 Americans from the than 200 of its citizens stranded Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, Japan tested positive for the ill- flight, it said. cruise ship had previously tested onboard the Diamond Princess along with 145 other passengers. ness but were allowed to board “These individuals were moved positive for coronavirus and had on a charter flight that will depart They had all passed health checks two chartered planes bound for in the most expeditious and safe been taken to hospitals in Japan from Japan on Wednesday. They by Cambodian authorities and quarantine on United States mili- manner to a specialized con- to recover. will all have to spend two weeks cleared to disembark and travel tary bases. tainment area on the evacuation Japan’s Health Ministry on in quarantine in the northern city onward. Their return almost doubles aircraft to isolate them in accor- Monday reported 99 new cases of Darwin. When the woman arrived in the number of confirmed cases, dance with standard protocols,” of coronavirus among the pas- The Australian plane would Kuala Lumpur, she reported not which previously stood at 15, of the departments said. sengers and crew of the Dia- also carry out the 11 New Zea- feeling well and tested positive for the new coronavirus in the U.S. A total of 328 Americans were mond Princess, increasing the landers stranded on the cruise the virus. Malaysian authorities The 14 passengers tested posi- evacuated on the two flights. All total number of infections from ship, said New Zealand Prime say that she is in stable condition. tive for the virus after disem- are due to go into quarantine for the ship to 454. Of those, 18 are Minister Jacinda Ardern, and Her traveling companion test- barking the cruise liner, which 14 days, the maximum incubation in serious condition, the Yomiuri they would have to go into quar- ed negative and none of the other is moored off the Japanese port period for the virus, at Travis Air newspaper reported. antine once home. passengers or crew members re- of Yokohama, but before board- Force Base in Fairfield, Calif. , or Yosuke Kita, a senior official Another cruise liner, the Wester- ported symptoms, the company ing the planes. They were all as- Lackland Air Force Base in San in the Japanese Health Minis- dam, owned by Holland America said in the statement. Tuesday, February 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 NATION Dem candidates to be tested by minority voters

BY BILL BARROW Vermont and Amy Klobuchar of AND TOM FOREMAN JR. Minnesota, and Pete Buttigieg, Associated Press the former mayor of South Bend, Ind . Their success thus far has COLUMBIA, S.C. — For I.S. come in front of overwhelmingly Leevy Johnson, the Democrats’ white electorates in Iowa and search for a challenger to take New Hampshire. on President Donald Trump is It’s also a potential last come- JOHN LOCHER/AP personal. back opportunity for former Vice “There is what I call an ‘ABT People wait in line at an early voting location at the culinary workers union hall Saturday in Las Vegas. President Joe Biden. He finished mood’ in the black community: poorly in those first two contests Anybody but Trump,” said the tested in Nevada or South Caroli- Sanders, a self-described demo- not just to racial and ethnic diver- but argues he has durable support 77-year-old, who was the first na is Mike Bloomberg, the former cratic socialist, to take on the sity but also regional and ideo- among the minority voters who black graduate of the University New York mayor and billionaire mantle of a front-runner without logical differences, and the full of South Carolina’s law school. will soon make their choices. owner of a financial services and having reached 30% in either of Nevada’s caucuses are this city-to-farm spectrum. “I’m not “It has people of color very mo- media empire. Bloomberg has the first two voting states. sure this process actually can tivated and excited about voting coming Saturday and will feature spent heavily from his personal That intensifies the spotlight a growing population of Latinos, identify the strongest candidate to this time because they know how fortune in states with sizable mi- as minority voters in Nevada and defeat Donald Trump,” he said. his administration has adversely African Americans, Asian Amer- nority populations that will vote South Carolina in trying to clarify Biden and Sanders lead in affected them.” icans and Pacific Islanders. Yet in the March 3 primaries. The the party’s search for “anybody” endorsements from members Now, as the election calendar no single place in the early going Super Tuesday contests are the to match against Trump. turns to Nevada and South Caroli- is as important as South Carolina. first where his name will appear “The system is garbage,” said of South Carolina’s Legislative na, states with substantial minor- Up to two-thirds of voters in the on the ballot. Jason Johnson, a professor at Black Caucus. ity populations, that “anybody” Feb. 29 primary could be African It adds up to a muddled field Morgan State University and a In Nevada, Biden has the back- moves closer to being identified. American. Biden, more than any that lacks clarity even after Iowa high-profile African American ing of the state’s lone black con- But the next stage in the nomi- other candidate, must show he and New Hampshire had their political commentator. He argued gressman, Steven Horsford, and nating fight will test candidates can win their allegiance. turns. Moderates have splintered that the primary calendar should Dina Titus, who represents the such as Sens. Bernie Sanders of One candidate who will not be their votes and created space for immediately subject candidates diverse Las Vegas-based district. Topless protesters rush Two bodies stage at Sanders event recovered

BY SHANT SHAHRIGIAN try and to stop propping up ani- in Colorado New York Daily News mal agriculture. I believe in you,” she exclaimed before the sound A group of protesters blew their was cut. avalanche tops — literally — as Sen. Bernie Two topless kindred spirits Associated Press Sanders was campaigning in Car- hopped onstage to join her. They son City, Nev., on Sunday. poured milk on themselves and VAIL, Colo. — Searchers have The Democratic presidential preened around the podium for recovered the bodies of two Colo- hopeful had just finished intro- just a few moments before secu- /AP rado men who died after being ducing his wife Jane O’Meara RICH PEDRONCELLI rity took the protesters away. caught in a weekend avalanche Sanders as “the next First Lady” The crowd shouted “Bernie!” Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders I-Vt., pauses in central Colorado, the Colorado when a woman walked up to the while some members screamed during his campaign event in Carson City, Nev., on Sunday. Avalanche Information Center microphone and started rambling obscenities at the women. about subsidies for the dairy in- The presidential candidate introduced Sanders minutes ear- in the Iowa and New Hampshire reported Sunday. dustry, video posted to social seemed to take the interruption in lier, appeared to be confused by primaries. Three men were riding snow- media showed. stride, quipping, “This is Nevada, the incident. Battling a sore throat, de Blasio bikes Saturday afternoon when “Bernie, I’m your biggest sup- there’s always a little bit of excite- De Blasio endorsed Sanders preached, “There’s only one can- they were caught in the slide porter and I’m here to ask you to ment at no extra cost.” last week, following the Ver- didate, brothers and sisters. I feel about 10 miles north of Vail. One stop propping up the dairy indus- Mayor Bill de Blasio, who had mont senator’s strong showings this in my heart.” man was able to dig himself out and called for help at about 4:45 p.m., the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office said. The other men were carried into Museum’s Rembrandt knockoff turns out to be real a gully at the bottom of a drain- Associated Press to “Studio of Rembrandt.” Two obscured what you could see of brushwork, that is quite consistent age area, avalanche debris piled years ago, the painting was sent the original brushwork, as well with other works by Rembrandt,” up deeply and they were fully ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Thanks buried, the Avalanche Informa- to modern technology and some to New York University for con- as the original color,” said Elaine said Shan Kuang, a conservator at servation and cleaning. Mehalakes, vice president of cu- New York University’s Institute of tion Center said in a statement. expert detective work, a nearly The bodies were recovered 400-year-old painting that had There, conservators began re- ratorial affairs at the Allentown Fine Arts who restored “Portrait on Sunday, the avalanche center long been attributed to an un- moving layers of overpainting Art Museum. of a Young Woman.” said. The Eagle County Sheriff’s known artist in Rembrandt’s and dark, thick varnish that had Conservators used a variety of Outside experts who exam- workshop has now been judged been added over centuries — and tools, including X-ray, infrared ined the 1632 painting after the Office identified the victims as to have been a work of the Dutch they began to suspect Rembrandt and electron microscopy, to bol- completion of its restoration con- Dillon Block, 28, and Cesar Al- master himself. himself was responsible for the ster the case that it was the work curred with the NYU assessment manza-Hernandez, 30, both of For decades, the Allentown Art original, delicate brushwork of one of the most important and that it’s an authentic Rembrandt. Gypsum. Museum displayed an oil-on-oak underneath. revered artists in history. The painting, currently in the Four people have died in ava- panel painting called “Portrait of “Our painting had numerous The scientific analysis “showed museum’s vault, will go on public lanches in Colorado this winter, a Young Woman” and credited it layers of varnish and that really brushwork, and a liveliness to that display starting June 7. the center said. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, February 18, 2020 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Sisters give birth same day at same hospital

INDIANAPOLIS — Two IN inseparable sisters found themselves upping their together- ness game by giving birth on the same day — at the same hospital. Sisters Charell and Cierra Anthony gave birth last week at Indianapolis’ Community Hospi- tal East. Charell Anthony’s son, Terry Valentino, was born at 12:40 a.m., and Cierra Anthony’s daughter, Dream Monique, came into the world at 6:29 p.m., the In- dianapolis Star reported. The babies were due weeks apart, but they evidently had other plans. Mating snakes prompt partial closure of park

LAKELAND — A FL Florida city shut down a section of a lake after receiving reports of swarming snakes. The Lakeland Parks & Rec- reation department wrote on its Facebook page that a group of non-venomous water snakes con- gregated to mate near a traffic roundabout. It included one photo of the lake shoreline and a closeup shot of a brown snake nestled in leaves. Officials said that the snakes are GREG EANS, THE (OWENSBORO, KY.) MESSENGER-INQUIRER/AP “generally not aggressive as long as people do not disturb them.” New Lincoln sculpture Raging bull planned at museum Two bullfighters race to jump the gate as a bull closes in during last weekend’s Bull Bash and Bands rodeo in Owensboro, Ky. SPRINGFIELD — A new Deputies confront black THE CENSUS after attacking his daughters — IL sculpture honoring the ages 10 and 17 — with a machete. 16th U.S. president is coming man wearing KKK robe The approximate number of sandhill cranes that were The 47-year-old man also tried to the Abraham Lincoln Presi- killed during Alabama’s first hunting season for the to attack the girls’ mother, but she dential Library and Museum in STAFFORD COURT- birds in over a century, the state conservation agency was not injured, Lauderhill po- Springfield. VA HOUSE — A black man 300 said. A news release from the agency said that about lice Lt. Mike Santiago told news Museum officials announced seen wearing a Ku Klux Klan 400 people bought permits to hunt the large birds, outlets. plans for the “Beacon of Endur- robe and hood at a Virginia shop- which some people like to eat. The state last allowed sandhill crane hunting in The girls were taken to a hos- ance” piece, designed by B.J. ping center told sheriff’s depu- 1916 after hunting nearly wiped out the species. A hunting ban allowed the bird’s pital with wounds on their upper Krivanek. He described the ties that he was performing a populations to recover enough for a new season. sculpture in a statement as stand- social experiment, according to bodies. ing 24 feet, 10 inches tall. authorities. The younger girl is the man’s Renderings of the piece show The Stafford County Sheriff’s daughter, while the teen is the an obelisk with a base inscribed Office was called to a Target Ellis Gholson, 43; Kameron funds within the 10 years or the daughter of the man’s estranged with quotes from Lincoln and a store at the Stafford Marketplace McCoy, 21, and Travion Walker, ban becomes indefinite, the set- wife, the South Florida Sun Senti- stainless-steel upper portion in- to investigate reports of someone 29, all of Houston, and Frederick tlement said. nel reported. scribed with words describing wearing the costume, Maj. Shawn Gibson Jr., 22, of Fresno, Texas, him. Members of an advisory Kimmitz said in a video statement face armed robbery charges in Former teacher pleads Man admits to removing panel will weigh in on which posted to social media. Hammond, and Houston police guilty to dragging student slave auction marker words to include, and the muse- Deputies warned him about are among those investigating um also plans to take ideas from wearing a mask in public and similar robberies, she said. GREENUP — A former CHARLOTTESVILLE the public through social media. he left the scene, Kimmitz said. Kentucky teacher seen KY — Police in Virginia Virginia law prohibits wearing Business to pay $100K on video dragging an elementary VA arrested a man who admitted to Arrest made in break-in masks with the intent to conceal in case of fake trips school student pleaded guilty to a identity in public. misdemeanor assault charge. taking a historic marker memo- at military museum The plea agreement calls for rializing the site of slave auctions BOISE — Business own- in the city where a deadly white Four men accused in ers in Idaho reached a Trina Abrams to serve 120 days MIDDLETOWN — Po- ID of home confinement as part of a nationalist rally was held in 2017. CT lice arrested a man $69K jewelry heist settlement agreement after they Richard H. Allan III, 74, was were accused of selling fake fish- two-year probation sentence, The they said used an ax to break into Daily Independent reported. arrested by Charlottesville po- a Connecticut military museum. HAMMOND — Four ing trips in Alaska and leaving lice , news outlets reported citing people stranded, a newspaper Abrams was a teacher at Wurt- Middletown police announced LA Texas men are accused land Elementary in Greenup in a press release from the city. reported. that Isaiah Nemecek, 22, faces of smashing display cases with October 2018 when school video Allan told multiple news outlets Access Life’s Adventures and third-degree burglary, sixth-de- a sledgehammer and stealing showed her dragging the boy by that he removed the plaque be- its owners, Craig and Crystal gree larceny and other charges $69,000 worth of jewelry from a his wrists through the halls. cause he believed it was insulting Fletcher, agreed to pay more in connection with a break-in at Louisiana store, and Texas police The boy’s mother, Angel Nelson, to enslaved Africans and their de- than $100,000 in refunds to 25 the Greater Middletown Military are reportedly investigating simi- told news outlets at the time that scendants. The marker was built customers, the Idaho Statesman Museum. lar heists. her son’s wrists were sprained. into a sidewalk in Charlottesville’s Surveillance video posted on reported. Lacy Landrum, the city’s di- She said that her son has limited Court Square. Facebook shows a hooded and rector of administration, said that They have also agreed not to ad- speech and has been diagnosed Allan told The Washington masked person swinging the ax three men in hoodies smashed vertise or sell vacation packages, with autism and other disorders. Post that he removed the historic several times at a rear door lock cases at the Kay Jewelers store travel or vacation-related goods marker with a crowbar and threw mechanism to break into the in Hammond and drove off in a or services from within Idaho or museum. white Toyota Avalon with Texas to customers in the state for 10 Police: Man attacked the plaque into the James River. Museum officials said the sus- plates. A bystander photographed years. The Fletchers have said two girls with machete He declined to tell police where pect took a replica .45 caliber the car as it sped off, and Baton that they did not violate any regu- the marker could be found, Char- automatic pistol from a Vietnam Rouge police stopped it on Inter- lations and agreed to the settle- LAUDERHILL — A lottesville Police Chief RaShall War display. Police said an item state 12, arresting four men, Lan- ment to resolve the complaints. FL South Florida man faces Brackney said. from the museum was recovered. drum wrote in a news release. The couple must repay the two counts of attempted murder From wire reports Tuesday, February 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 FACES ‘Sonic’ off to quick A present start at box office Associated Press The redesigned “Sonic the Hedgehog” showed plenty of teeth at the box office, speeding to a $57 million debut, according from the past to studio estimates Sunday, while “Parasite” saw one of the largest post-Oscars bumps in years following its best picture win. “Sonic the Hedgehog” came in ‘The Photograph’ revives the well above expectations, becom- ing the highest-grossing opening for a video game adaptation, black romantic drama through not accounting for inflation. The $87 million production co-stars Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik with a lens of inherited experiences Ben Schwartz supplying Sonic’s voice. BY SONAIYA KELLEY helps Mae connect the dots of Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” had its biggest weekend in its 19th Los Angeles Times her past, falling in love with her in the process. week of release with $5.5 million. he ’90s and early aughts The multigenerational story “Birds of Prey” slid to second were a golden era for (Chante Adams plays Mae’s place in its second week with black cinema, in partic- young mother alongside Y’lan $17.1 million. Tular the black romantic Noel as her first love) was in- “Fantasy Island,” the Blum- drama. tended to be a meditation on house horror remake of the ’70s With the release of films like black love and the barriers to it TV show, took in $12.4 million in “Brown Sugar” (2002), “How that people inherit and create its debut despite terrible reviews. Stella Got Her Groove Back” themselves. “The Photograph,” a romance (1998), “Deliver Us From Eva” “For me, the message about starring Issa Rae and Lakeith (2003), “Two Can Play That love in this film is that there’s a Stanfield, opened with $12.2 Game” (2001) and “The Best history to it,” said Meghie. “That million. Man” (1999), representation for your ability to love comes from varying shades of black love was what you’ve learned about love, Elton John battling at an all-time high. how your parents loved and how pneumonia on tour Genre classics like “Love those relationships between Jones” (1997) and “Love & Bas- mothers and daughters affect Elton John intends to play his ketball” (2000) left an indelible your emotional intelligence.” remaining shows in New Zealand mark on black filmmakers, the “I always thought about it in Universal and Australia after illness caused echoes of which can be seen on- the singer to lose his voice and cut terms of DNA,” said Stanfield. Issa Rae and Lakeith Stanfield star in “The Photograph,” a screen today. “And how generations pass on short a performance. Writer-director Stella Meghie throwback to an era of abundant black romantic dramas. information unwillingly to their Elton John intends to play his offers her own entry into the remaining shows in New Zealand offspring, and the trauma lives in had been almost 40 years since Romantic dramas are complex genre with “The Photograph,” and Australia, his tour promoters the blood and the experience.” they had (last) seen each other or and subtle and nuanced, and that starring Issa Rae and Lakeith said Monday. And the black experience is spoken. She was going through can be hard to get across in two Stanfield, and currently in the- Video clips posted online by rife with trauma. The legacy all these emotions of regret and aters. “Love & Basketball” — a hours.” fans at Sunday night’s perfor- of slavery still affects African excitement, shame and fear. And Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps That nuance and reliance on mance showed John, 72, break- Americans to this day, coloring it was just so interesting to me sports romance — presented a character development and story ing down in tears as he told the rare opportunity for Meghie to everything from position in soci- because my grandmother was progression are why the director ety to how black men and women cheering crowd he had walking see her own experience reflect- all of a sudden a young woman takes personal offense when ro- pneumonia and couldn’t go on ed in a major studio release. interact with each other. again confronting her past. I had mance and romantic movies are “I think it impacts every- any longer. “Before I knew I wanted to di- never seen her like that before.” written off as being cheesy or Tour promoters said John was rect, I was just so connected to thing,” said Meghie. “Going “I was like, imagine having cloying. through slavery and having fam- resting and doctors were confi- that film,” said Meghie. Director all this time pass and every day “I’ll see tweets that talk about dent he would recover. They said Gina Prince-Bythewood “saw ilies ripped apart affects your thinking about this person but romance like it’s a guilty pleasure ability to trust. You don’t get rid a concert planned for Tuesday in me: ‘Ball’ was life for me grow- not talking to them,” she added. or that it’s corny,” said Meghie. Auckland would be delayed until of that kind of trauma. It doesn’t ing up and I was fighting that “I ended up coming back to this “This girl the other day was like, Wednesday . feeling of being a tomboy. I re- feel as traumatic and painful as idea of a burgeoning couple ‘Oh, I love a mushy film.’ And member the year in high school it did (then), but it’s the remnants spending this Hurricane Sandy to me, that was like a bad word. Other news when I decided to wear a skirt, of it that affect how you are able evening together and how that People base their whole lives on so I just related to Sanaa’s char- to decide to stay with somebody could pull them together or family and marriage, so the idea An unidentified woman who acter so much.” and if you even can. break them apart.” that romance and romantic dra- says she was raped by late R&B “I’ve always said ‘Love & Bas- “If your parents divorce, that’s Despite a push for greater mas are not serious ... these are singer Rick James in 1979 when ketball’ influenced me wanting going to affect how you feel about diversity across the board, the emotions that we’re trying to get she was 15 years old is suing his to be a writer and a filmmaker,” love. If you’re walking around black romantic drama — indeed, through to be happy, functional estate for $50 million. The law- said Rae. “There’s something with your baggage and not talk- romances of all kinds — have human beings, to procreate, and suit was filed on Feb. 13 under the about watching people fall in ing about it, or going to therapy, waned in the past decade as stu- that is important. Child Victims Act, which opened love that feels magical, maybe you might pretend it’s not affect- dios have rushed to capitalize on “When I see people talk- a one-year litigation window for because I think I’ve been more ing you, but it absolutely is.” the popularity of big-budget suing about romantic dramas or victims who were once blocked cynical in real life. To learn While developing the story perhero movies. As Hollywood the genre like it’s not worthy of by the statute of limitations. love from movies is problem- with Universal and Will Packer trends tipped toward big-budget being taken seriously, that’s just Caroline Flack, a British atic, but also wistful. It’s wish Productions, Meghie drew nar- spectacles and midrange hor- sexism to me. That’s just talking television presenter who hosted fulfillment.” rative inspiration from her own ror fare, black romance movies down to the female audience and the reality TV show “Love Is- In “The Photograph,” Rae life after witnessing her grand- and rom-coms have fallen by the not valuing them. That’s men re- land,” has died at age 40, her plays a museum curator named mother reunite with a daugh- wayside. fusing to be in touch with their family said Feb. 15. A family Mae who finds herself grap- ter she hadn’t seen in nearly 40 “I don’t know why, (but) I think emotions and face why the hell lawyer said Flack had killed her- pling with the recent loss of her years. it’s easier to market (straight) they can’t stay in a relationship. self and was found in her London elusive and estranged mother. “My grandmother had given comedies,” said Meghie. “It’s I’m always apartment. Flack hosted “Love Stanfield costars as Michael, her up when she was really just easier to sell them and eas- so annoyed Island” from its launch in 2015, a journalist who inadvertently young,” said the director. “And it ier to make them successful. by that.” but stepped down last year after being charged with assaulting her boyfriend . She denied the charge ‘ People base their whole lives on family and marriage, so the idea that and was scheduled to stand trial starting next month. romance and romantic dramas are not serious ... these are emotions that Lynn Cohen, an actress we’re trying to get through to be happy, functional human beings. best known for playing the plain- ’ spoken housekeeper and nanny Stella Meghie Magda in “Sex and the City,” died writer-director of “The Photograph” Feb. 14. She was 86. PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, February 18, 2020 WORLD Disgraced religious order faces new scrutiny

BY NICOLE WINFIELD must undergo a profound process AND MARIA VERZA of “purification” and “renewal.” Associated Press But De Paolis refused from the start to remove any of Maciel’s MILAN — The Vatican effort old guard, who remain in power to reform the disgraced Legion of today. He refused to investigate Christ religious order is coming under new scrutiny, with four Le- the cover-up of Maciel’s crimes. gion priests and a Legion lawyer He refused to reopen old allega- due to stand trial on charges that tions of abuse by other priests, they tried to obstruct justice and even when serial rapists re- extort the family of a sex abuse mained in the Legion’s ranks, victim. unpunished. The preliminary hearing is He did authorize a canonical scheduled for March 12 in Milan. investigation into Resendiz in The case is significant because it 2011 that resulted in him being calls into question the effective- defrocked in April 2013. ness of the Vatican reform since But as a general rule, he didn’t the alleged crimes occurred at the come to grips with the order’s end of the Holy See’s four-year ef- deep-seated culture of sexual fort to turn the Legion around. abuse, cover-up and secrecy In addition, evidence obtained — and its long record of avoiding during the investigation, includ- law enforcement and dismiss- ing documents seized when po- ing, discrediting and silencing lice raided the Legion’s Rome headquarters in 2014, showed an victims. elaborate cover-up that stretched As a result, even one-time Legion supporters now openly from Milan to Mexico and the LUCA BRUNO/AP Vatican to Venezuela, prosecu- question his reform, which was tors say. Yolanda Martinez reads a letter during an interview with the Associated Press at her home last month in dismissed previously as inef- The charges at the heart of the Milan, Italy. Her son, now 24, was abused by a priest was he was 12. fective by the Legion’s longtime Milan trial center around a settle- critics. ment proposal offered by the Le- the case. The complaint sparked to sign the agreement and to ne- The Legion had been “cured and Now, victims of these other Le- gion to Yolanda Martinez on Oct. a criminal investigation that re- gotiate a different deal without cleaned,” he said. gion priests are coming forward lawyers. Benedict had entrusted De 18, 2013, to compensate for the sulted in the 2019 conviction of in droves with stories of sexu- the priest, Vladimir Resendiz “Lawyers complicate things,” Paolis to turn the Legion around sexual abuse her son suffered at al, psychological and spiritual Gutierrez, 43, which was upheld De Paolis said. “Even Scripture in 2010 after revelations that its the hands of a Legion priest at the abuse, and how the Legion’s cul- on appeal last month. He has says that among Christians we founder, the late Rev. Marcial order’s youth seminary in north- ture of secrecy and cover-up has ern Italy. until the end of March to appeal should find agreement.” Maciel, had molested his semi- to Italy’s highest court. A few hours after the call, De narians, fathered three children remained intact. According to the terms, Marti- “They say they’re close to the nez’s family would receive 15,000 There is no evidence that the Paolis opened the Legion’s 2014 and built a cult-like order to hide victims and help their families,” euros from the order. But in re- pope’s envoy running the Le- assembly where he formally his crimes. Martinez told The Associated turn, her son would have to recant gion, the late Cardinal Velasio ended the mandate given to him Benedict gave De Paolis broad the testimony he gave to prosecu- De Paolis, knew of or approved by Pope Benedict XVI to reform powers to rebuild the Legion from Press at her Milan home. “My tors that the priest had repeatedly the settlement offer to Martinez and purify the religious order. the ground up and said that it testimony is this didn’t happen.” assaulted him in 2008, when he before it was made. But he didn’t was 12. He would have to lie. report Resendiz to police when Lawyers for the five defendants he learned in 2011 that Resendiz declined to comment, citing the had abused another child, and upcoming trial. The Legion has didn’t report the alleged obstruc- said that they profess innocence. tion attempt when he learned A Legion spokesman said that at about it in 2013. the time, the Legion didn’t have And when Martinez called the the uniform child protection poli- cardinal — one of the Vatican’s cies and guidelines in place that most respected church lawyers are now mandatory across the — to complain about the settle- order. ment proposal, he laughed it off Martinez’s son, now 24, had re- and said that this is how such vealed his abuse to his psycholo- things are done in Italy. gist in 2013, and then repeated According to a wiretapped his claim to Milan prosecutors conversation on Jan. 7, 2014, De after the psychologist reported Paolis merely told Martinez not French lawmakers begin debate on pension reform

Associated Press and France’s longest transport strike in decades. PARIS — French lawmak- Further protests have been ers on Monday started debating called for Thursday, but, in a sign President Emmanuel Macron’s of the relative weakening of the divisive plan to overhaul the pen- unions, a call for a metro strike sions system, expected to be a on Monday was largely ignored. several-month-long, fierce par- Opposition lawmakers are hop- liamentary debate. ing to counter the government’s The final vote, after the legisla- plans, proposing a record 41,000 tive process through the National amendments. But Macron’s party Assembly and the Senate, is not has a majority in parliament. expected before summer. French Health Minister Ol- Changing and streamlining ivier Veran, who was appointed the retirement system is a prior- Monday, told lawmakers at the ity for Macron and has been met National Assembly “this bill has with anger in recent months from the legitimacy of a presidential unions, triggering street protests project.” Tuesday, February 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 WORLD Formal terror ‘Severe’ flood charges filed in attack on warnings in Britain Oslo mosque

Associated Press as rivers keep rising COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A Norwegian man suspected of killing his stepsister and then Associated Press possible. Some 480 flood warn- storming an Oslo mosque with ings and alerts were issued across firearms “with the intention to LONDON — Britain issued England on Monday, the highest kill as many Muslims as possible” severe flood warnings Monday, on record, the agency said. was formally charged Monday advising of life-threatening dan- Yet the storm’s death toll of with murder and terror. ger after Storm Dennis dumped two looked certain to rise as West Philip Manshaus was over- weeks’ worth of rain in some plac- Mercia Police said the search for powered inside the Al-Noor Is- es. One woman swept away by the the woman, missing near Ten- lamic Center mosque in August. floodwaters was feared dead. bury in Worcestershire since He fired six shots but didn’t hit To the east, Dennis’ gale force Sunday, had become a “recovery anyone. One person was slightly JACOB KING, PA MEDIA/AP winds also left nine people in- operation.” A man pulled from injured when they jumped on jured in Germany as their ve- the water in the same incident Vehicles are seen submerged in floodwater from the River Teme Manshaus inside the mosque and hicles crashed into broken trees was airlifted to a hospital, where near Lindridge, England, on Monday . held him until police arrived. littering roads and train tracks. he remains in stable condition, The prosecution says Man- Flooding and power outages were police said. lison, executive director of op- road closures and electricity out- shaus, 22, is suspected of kill- reported elsewhere in northern The weather system brought erations at Britain’s Environment ages across the Nordic and Baltic ing his 17-year-old stepsister, Europe. winds of more than 90 mph and Agency. regions and forced the cancel- Johanne Zhangjia Ihle-Hansen, By late afternoon Monday, up to 6 inches of rain to Britain A commuter train with 67 pas- lation of several ferries between by shooting her four times with a Britain issued six severe flood over the weekend. And the tumult sengers also crashed into a fallen Denmark and Norway. hunting rifle at their home in the warnings in the central English is not over. tree in the western German city In Denmark, the southwestern Oslo suburb of Baerum. counties of Herefordshire and “We expect disruptive weather of Dortmund, but nobody was in- city of Kolding was flooded amid Shortly after , Manshaus drove Worcestershire. The Environ- into the middle of this week bring- jured. And in Hamburg, the city’s gale force winds and heavy rains . to a nearby mosque . He wore a ment Agency also said 205 flood ing a significant flood risk for the famous fish market was flooded In southwestern Norway, more helmet with a video camera at- warnings were in place, meaning West Midlands, and there are for the second time this month. than half a dozen roads and sev- tached and a bulletproof vest, that flooding was expected and flood warnings in place across Further north, strong winds eral mountain passes were closed according to the charge sheet ob- 254 alerts, meaning flooding was much of England,” said Toby Wil- and heavy rains caused flooding, amid heavy snow and winds. tained by The Associated Press. PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, February 18, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander It’s clear how Trump steers ship of state Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff BY GEORGE T. CONWAY III what Trump’s reaction would be to line to the mayor’s successor that, say, highway Special to The Washington Post prosecutors’ recommendation of a seven- funds would be restricted unless the cur- to nine-year sentence for Stone. When rent mayor were to announce an inquiry EDITORIAL hen the subject of Attorney Stone was convicted in November on seven into her predecessor’s alleged corruption. General William Barr comes counts of witness tampering and lying But instead of investigating the Ukraine Terry Leonard, Editor up these days, it’s hard not to [email protected] to Congress, the president of the United shakedown, Barr’s Justice Department Wthink of John McCain. Not the States tweeted, “Well, what about Crooked immediately gave the president a clean bill Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor late senator, mind you, but the USS John S. Hillary, Comey, Strzok, Page, McCabe, of health. Saving Trump from that crimi- [email protected] McCain, the naval destroyer named after Brennan, Clapper, Shifty Schiff, Ohr & nal investigation was more than what Roy Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content his father and grandfather. Nellie, Steele & all of the others, including Cohn ever did for any of his clients. [email protected] It was an incident involving this ship that, even Mueller himself? Didn’t they lie?” So when Barr announced that “I think as much as anything else, captures how the So when it came to Stone’s sentence, Barr it’s time to stop tweeting about Depart- Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation Trump administration — and its attorney likely knew what to do, without being told. ment of Justice criminal cases,” and that [email protected] general — operates. It explains Barr’s in- And he has known what to do, whenever the president’s statements “make it impos- Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital tervention into the criminal sentencing of feasible, to keep Trump happy all along. sible for me to do my job and to assure the [email protected] Trump’s longtime friend and adviser, felon Even before he became attorney general, courts and the prosecutors and the depart- Roger Stone, and much, much more. he was singing a tune that must have been ment that we’re doing our work with integ- The McCain was docked at Yokosuka music to Trump’s ears: He sent an unso- rity” — he wasn’t actually standing up for BUREAU STAFF Naval Base, Japan, in May 2019, when the licited memo to the Justice Department the Justice Department’s integrity, or its Europe/Mideast 7th Fleet issued a directive that had origi- arguing (wrongly) that Trump was legally independence, or for the rule of law. Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief nated from conversations with the White incapable of obstructing the Mueller inves- To the contrary, as his (and my) friend [email protected] House Military Office. The president was tigation. Later, when he received Mueller’s Fox News host Laura Ingraham put it, +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 coming to Yokosuka on Memorial Day, and final report, Barr misled the public about “Barr was basically telling Trump, don’t Pacific so, accordingly: “USS John McCain needs it, facilitating Trump’s repeated (but false) worry I got this.” In other words, don’t blow Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief to be of sight.” So sailors were ordered to mantra that the report exonerated the this by calling attention to all that I do for [email protected] hang a tarp over the vessel’s name, and president. Since then, Barr has supervised you. Don’t say the quiet part out loud. +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 they removed any coverings that bore the a re-investigation of the Russia investiga- But the president will never listen, and Washington words “John S. McCain.” tion, seemingly trying to substantiate his what Barr does for him will never be Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief President Donald Trump didn’t need boss’ conspiracy theories about the origi- enough. Now having been acquitted by the [email protected] to say a word. It just happened. He didn’t nal probe’s origins. And now we have his Senate, Trump thinks he’s bulletproof, le- (+1)(202)886-0033 even know, he later said. But he was hardly intervention in favor of Stone, which duly gally and otherwise. He now brags, as he Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News displeased. “I was not a big fan of John earned him the president’s praise, and his tweeted Saturday, that he is “ ‘the King’ ” [email protected] McCain in any shape or form,” Trump reported review of politically sensitive who was targeted but not taken down. said. “Now, somebody did it because they (meaning, sensitive to Trump) criminal And, drawing on a New York Times story CIRCULATION thought I didn’t like him, OK? And they cases, such as the one against former na- that suggested he is stained but unshack- Mideast were well-meaning.” tional security adviser Michael Flynn. led, Trump boasted that he has survived Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager Anticipating Trump’s narcissistic whims The most important thing Barr did for “triumphant” and “emboldened” and “fo- [email protected] and desires in just this fashion remains the Trump, though, involved the arms-for- cused” on prosecuting “ ‘his case of griev- [email protected] key to survival in his administration, and dirt-on-Biden Ukraine scandal — which ance, persecution, and resentment.’ ” DSN (314)583-9111 outside the White House proper, no one should have prompted a full-blown crimi- So Trump wants to say the quiet part Europe does it better than Barr. It’s thus entirely nal investigation with a special counsel. out loud; he wants to say he’s got this. And Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager believable, as both Barr and Trump have Any U.S. attorney’s office would fall over there’s no one to stop him. [email protected] said, that Trump never gave Barr any in- itself to investigate, for example, a state George T. Conway III is a lawyer in New York and [email protected] struction about Stone’s case. governor who, while running for reelection +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 an adviser to the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump But no one could doubt, least of all Barr, against a former mayor, so much as hinted super PAC. Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 CONTACT US Voters deserve better info on candidates’ health

Washington BY JOHN SOTOS stroke-shattered presidency proves, sick- policy (better, a law) requiring presiden- tel: (+1)202.886.0003 Special to The Washington Post ness sidelines effectiveness. Prognostic tial and vice presidential candidates to 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 medical information, unlike knowledge publicly disclose complete information on Reader letters oming off victories in Iowa and of tax returns or scandals, is directly rel- every non-musculoskeletal medical condi- [email protected] New Hampshire, Sen. Bernie evant because illness physically impedes tion they have that would disqualify them Sanders, I-Vt., is increasingly exercise of the office. from being an air traffic controller in the Additional contacts Cdescribed as the front-runner Formulating standards on which medi- Air Force. Defining “complete” is another stripes.com/contactus for the Democratic presidential nomina- cal data to disclose vs. which will remain rub, but here, too, military precedents help. tion. Inevitably, questions will arise about private should be based on the duties of the Air Force procedure to reinstate a medi- OMBUDSMAN the health of the 78-year-old senator as presidency as enumerated in the Constitu- cally disqualified air traffic controller in- Ernie Gates well as that of the 73-year-old incumbent, tion. These duties are surprisingly few, and cludes reviewing an extract of the service President Donald Trump. demand just four essential physical func- member’s medical record. Again, for hun- But the public reports on the two men’s The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow tions from a president: receiving informa- dreds of different conditions, the Air Force of news and information, reporting any attempts by the recent health-related episodes, written by tion via sight and/or hearing, processing specifies exactly what data elements must military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s their primary-care military physicians, do information in the brain, communicating be included in the extract. The report on independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns not serve voters well. The fault, however, and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for fair- decisions intelligibly, and staying alive. Sanders was incomplete by Air Force stan- is not with the physicians but with the ab- ness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman Medical conditions that might significantly dards because appeals for reinstatement welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted sence of explicit standards for disclosing impair these functions over the next four after a heart attack must include a full de- by email at [email protected], or by phone at health records of presidents and presiden- 202.886.0003. scription of coronary artery anatomy. tial candidates — a rectifiable situation. years should be disclosed to voters. All others are no business of the public. Presidential physicians, especially, Both medical reports omit critically per- should welcome explicit standards that The rub is defining “significantly.” For- tinent prognostic data that the physicians are insulated from political pressure. Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- tunately, military medicine has long ex- days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday certainly know. Sanders had a heart attack Currently, each public medical disclosure perience doing exactly this, by defining through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and in October, but his report is silent about the about a president results from a doubtless- Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals extent of disease in his coronary arteries, medical standards for specific jobs — pilot, ly fraught negotiation between patient and postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send parachutist, cook, etc. Among these, in my address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, which is the most important factor in de- physician, potentially exposing the physi- APO AP 96301-5002. termining his risk for another heart attack. experience, the mental and physical de- cian to charges of conspiring in coverups. This newspaper is authorized by the Department of mands on air traffic controllers most close- Defense for members of the military services overseas. The report on Trump’s abrupt, unsched- With explicit standards the country would However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are unofficial, uled visit to Walter Reed National Military ly track the four essential “presidential” know exactly what the physician means by and are not to be considered as the official views of, or Medical Center, Md., in November listed functions. The Air Force lists hundreds “fit for duty,” thereby avoiding adversarial endorsed by, the U.S. government. As a DOD newspaper, of medical conditions that disqualify air Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official chan- several key cardiovascular symptoms the speculations such as those surrounding nels and use appropriated funds for distribution to remote president did not have, but failed to say traffic controllers by threatening the four Trump’s visit to Walter Reed. locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. whether he was free from the sensations functions, including heart attack, psycho- It is important to emphasize that any The appearance of advertising in this publication does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense of chest squeezing and left arm discomfort sis and non-trivial cancers. Subtract from medical standard for the presidency would or Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. that patients classically experience during this list the musculoskeletal requirements only be a standard for disclosure. In no Products or services advertised shall be made available for heart attack and its precursors. of general military service (the campaign purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, case would the standard bar someone from religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical Voters need and deserve health infor- trail’s rigors can substitute as a stamina holding office because of a medical condi- handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor mation from candidates because a vote is test), and the remaining conditions well tion. That would be up to the voters, as it of the purchaser, user or patron. fundamentally a bet on the future, reflect- describe the medical threats to the exer- has been every four years since 1788. ing the voter’s estimate of the candidate’s cise of the presidency. Military physicians © Stars and Stripes 2020 John Sotos is a cardiologist and a colonel in the ability to lead the nation toward the voter’s work with such lists daily. California Air National Guard, where he is state air stripes.com desired endpoint. As Woodrow Wilson’s Thus, as a first cut, I would propose a surgeon. The views expressed are solely his own. Tuesday, February 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 Looking at the news A weekly sampling of U.S. editorial cartoons

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Iona 78, Marist 70 Sung Kang, $703,700 69-67-70-69—275 -9 Auburn 14, UIC 0 0 VMI 5, North Florida 1 Loyola (Md.) 84, Colgate 80 Matt Kuchar, $703,700 64-69-70-72—275 -9 Auburn-Montgomery 11, Christian W. Kentucky 6, Valparaiso 2 myafn.net Niagara 77, Monmouth (NJ) 72 Joel Dahmen, $318,990 68-71-66-71—276 -8 Brothers 1 W.Carolina 7, Chicago St. 2 Rider 79, Quinnipiac 63 B. DeChambeau, $318,990 68-70-69-69—276 -8 Austin Peay 13, E. Michigan 6 Wake Forest 5, Illinois 3 Rochester 72, City Colllege (NY) 64 Max Homa, $318,990 72-69-65-70—276 -8 Barton 15-9, Mercy 5-6 Washington & Lee 8, Averett 2 Siena 65, Manhattan 52 H. Matsuyama, $318,990 71-72-64-69—276 -8 Bethune-Cookman 15, Alabama A&M 7 West Georgia 6, Lee 5 Deals St. Peter’s 61, Fairfield 44 Rory McIlroy, $318,990 68-67-68-73—276 -8 Bluefield St. 5, Notre Dame (Ohio) 2 West Virginia 2, Jacksonville 1 St. Thomas Aquinas 85, Roberts Wes- Talor Gooch, $234,825 70-72-64-71—277 -7 Bluefield St. 6, Notre Dame (Ohio) 4 William Peace 9, Hampden-Sydney 6 leyan 71 D. Johnson, $234,825 72-66-67-72—277 -7 Catawba 12, Shippensburg 1 Wingate 6, Charleston (WV) 1 Sunday’s transactions UConn 64, Memphis 61 Chez Reavie, $234,825 69-68-71-69—277 -7 Centre 6, Principia 3 Winthrop 13, Maine 4 Villanova 76, Temple 56 James Hahn, $176,700 68-70-70-70—278 -6 Chowan 5, Kutztown 2 Wofford 5, Binghamton 4 BASEBALL WUSL 99, Carnegie Mellon 68 K.-Hoon Lee, $176,700 67-73-69-69—278 -6 Clemson 6, Liberty 2 Xavier 9, Memphis 6 American League Wesleyan (Conn.) 65, Bowdoin 59 V. Taylor, $176,700 69-67-74-68—278 -6 Cortland St. 12, Randolph-Macon 9 9, MIDWEST NEW YORK YANKEES — Signed RHP SOUTH H. Varner III, $176,700 67-68-69-74—278 -6 10 innings Cent. Missouri 7, Mary 4 Chad Bettis to a minor league contract. Cincinnati 70, East Carolina 67, OT Rafa C. Bello, $127,875 68-69-72-70—279 -5 Davidson 10, Lehigh 3 3 Drury 6, Winona St. 3 National League Huntingdon 87, Pfeiffer 73 P. Cantlay, $127,875 68-72-71-68—279 -5 Dayton 9, UNC Wilmington 2 2 Fort Hays St. 7, N.M. Highlands 6 MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to Ill.-Chicago 73, N. Kentucky 43 W. Clark, $127,875 67-68-72-72—279 -5 Drew 3, Alvernia 2 2 Ill. Springfield 3, Newman 2 terms with LHP Brent Suter on a two- William Peace 88, Lagrange 68 R. Henley, $127,875 67-69-68-75—279 -5 Duke 7, Army 0 Lindenwood (Mo.) 4, Ohio Dominican 0 year contract. MIDWEST Scott Piercy, $127,875 70-69-70-70—279 -5 E. Kentucky 10, Presbyterian 4, 7 in- Maryville (Mo.) 2, Washburn 1 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Traded LHP Chicago 80, Case Western 61 Jon Rahm, $127,875 70-68-69-72—279 -5 nings Minot St. 4-5, Missouri S&T 3-4 Tyler Gilbert to the L.A. Dodgers for OF Drake 85, Evansville 80 Sam Burns, $89,745 73-68-69-70—280 -4 East Carolina 7, William & Mary 4 Missouri Southern 13, St. Cloud St. 1 Kyle Garlick. Designated OF Nick Martini Iowa 58, Minnesota 55 X. Schauffele, $89,745 72-70-69-69—280 -4 East Stroudsburg 5, Le Moyne 2 Missouri Western 8, McKendree 7 for assignment. Michigan 89, Indiana 65 Brian Stuard, $89,745 72-68-69-71—280 -4 Elon 8, Delaware St. 0 Newman 9, Ill. Springfield 6 HOCKEY Missouri St. 71, Indiana St. 58 Adam Hadwin, $70,680 71-71-69-70—281 -3 ETSU 9, Toledo 7 Pittsburg St. 4, Minn.-Crookston 3 National Hockey League Omaha 85, Denver 62 C. Morikawa, $70,680 73-67-68-73—281 -3 FAU 5, Delaware 2 5, 5 innings (tie) Wayne (Neb.) 8, SW Baptist 5 NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Traded D Andy S. Dakota St. 75, Fort Wayne 64 Sebastian Muir, $70,680 69-69-70-73—281 -3 Fisher 18, Anna Maria 3 Winona St. 6, Drury 3 Greene to the N.Y. Islanders for D Dave Wichita St. 82, Tulane 57 Carlos Ortiz, $70,680 68-70-71-72—281 -3 FIU 18, Fordham 2 2 SOUTHWEST Quenneville and a 2021 second-round Wright St. 106, IUPUI 66 J.T. Poston, $55,734 69-72-70-71—282 -2 Flagler 9, Ga. Southwestern 5 Abilene Christian 4, Utah Valley 3, 11 draft pick. FAR WEST M. Fitzpatrick, $55,734 71-70-68-73—282 -2 Florida 15, Marshall 8 innings PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Returned F Arizona St. 80, California 75 Luke List, $55,734 71-68-68-75—282 -2 Florida St. 11, Niagara 1 1 Angelo St. 23, Cameron 8 Steven Swavely and D Eric Knodel and Oregon 80, Utah 62 Ryan Moore, $55,734 71-71-69-71—282 -2 Florida Tech 14, Spring Hill 0 Ark.-Monticello 5, Harding 1 David Drake from Lehigh Valley (AHL) to San Diego St. 72, Boise St. 55 P. Rodgers, $55,734 71-71-70-70—282 -2 Furman 6, La Salle 5 Arkansas 12, E. Illinois 3 Reading (ECHL). UC Irvine 70, Hawaii 63 S. Scheffler, $55,734 69-72-71-70—282 -2 Georgia 5, Richmond 4 Arkansas St. 8, Stephen F. Austin 4 C. Tringale, $55,734 74-69-67-72—282 -2 Georgia St. 9, Saint Peter’s 7 Baylor 7, Nebraska 2 Sunday’s women’s scores Paul Casey, $41,385 69-69-70-75—283 -1 Goldey-Beacom 11, Limestone 1 Cent. Arkansas 5, Missouri St. 2 Sergio Garcia, $41,385 70-70-71-72—283 -1 Greensboro 9, Oglethorpe 4 4 Dallas Baptist 13, S. Dakota St. 2, 7 in- Tennis EAST Lanto Griffin, $41,385 71-70-69-73—283 -1 Guilford 4, Brevard 3 3 nings Boston College 93, North Carolina 75 Hampden-Sydney 8, William Peace 2 Harding 5, Ark.-Monticello 0 Si Woo Kim, $41,385 69-69-72-73—283 -1 Illinois St. 4, Little Rock 2 Drexel 52, Delaware 32 Andrew Landry, $41,385 68-72-70-73—283 -1 High Point 3, Lafayette 1 1 Marist 78, Siena 55 Indianapolis 11, Hillsdale 3 Incarnate Word 10, Bradley 9 WTA Dubai D. McCarthy, $41,385 69-72-70-72—283 -1 Jacksonville St. 9, Missouri 8 Kansas St. 4, UT Rio Grande Valley 0 Maryland 106, Penn St. 69 A. Ancer, $32,085 76-67-70-71—284 E Monday Providence 54, St. John’s 53 Kansas 7, Belmont 6 La Verne 10, Concordia (Texas) 3 Brooks Koepka, $32,085 69-73-68-74—284 E Kean 6, Gwynedd Mercy 5 LeTourneau 6, Trinity (Texas) 3 At Aviation Club Tennis Centre Rhode Island 69, St. Bonaventure 67 Martin Laird, $32,085 71-71-70-72—284 E Dubai, United Arab Emirates Rutgers 62, Michigan 41 Kennesaw St. 11, Cincinnati 7 Millikin 4, Hendrix 0 Syracuse 71, Pittsburgh 53 M. Leishman, $32,085 70-72-68-74—284 E Kent St. 11, Saint Joseph’s 3 3 N. Colorado 12, Houston Baptist 5 Purse: $2,643,670 Towson 83, Coll. of Charleston 72 Brian Harman, $25,482 70-69-74-72—285 +1 King (Tenn.) 11, Salem (WV) 3 Oklahoma Christian 12, Texas A&M In- Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Villanova 48, Georgetown 40 Pat Perez, $25,482 73-70-69-73—285 +1 Kutztown 7, Chowan 5 ternational 6 (seedings in parentheses): SOUTH Adam Schenk, $25,482 67-73-71-74—285 +1 LaGrange 4, Birmingham-Southern 1 Oral Roberts 4, Merrimack 1 Women’s Singles Arkansas 108, Mississippi 64 Martin Trainer, $25,482 72-71-68-74—285 +1 Lane 10, Stillman 6, 12 innings Rhode Island 4, Lamar 2 Qualification Auburn 65, LSU 60 Limestone 4, Goldey-Beacom 3 S. Arkansas 4-7, Henderson St. 3-6 Veronika Kudermetova (5), Russia, def. Davidson 79, Duquesne 76 Chubb Classic Lipscomb 5, Bowling Green 2 Saint Mary’s 8, Sam Houston St. 7, 11 Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 6- Duke 66, Florida St. 64 LIU Brooklyn 5, S.C. Upstate 4 innings 4, 6-2. Fordham 64, Richmond 47 Sunday Longwood 11, Purdue Fort Wayne 8 8 St. Mary’s (Texas) 9, W. Texas A&M 8, Kristina Mladenovic (4), France, def. Georgia 76, Alabama 75, OT At The Classics at Lely Resort Louisiana Tech 10, Louisiana-Lafay- 10 innings Polona Hercog (7), Slovenia, 6-3, 6-1. Georgia Tech 65, NC State 61 Naples, Fla. ette 0 Tarleton St. 6, Ark.-Fort Smith 1 Purse: $1.6 million Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, def. James Madison 76, UNC-Wilmington Mansfield 2, Assumption 1 1 TCU 10, Kentucky 5 52 Yardage: 6,845; Par: 71 Marian (Ind.) 5, Oakland City 1 Texas 5, Rice 4 Ana Bogdan, Romania, 6-4, 7-6. Final Jennifer Brady (9), United States, def. Kentucky 73, Mississippi St. 62 Maryland 4, Coll. of Charleston 2, 10 Texas A&M 6, Miami (Ohio) 2 Louisville 82, Notre Dame 49 Scott Parel, $240,000 64-69-63—196 -17 innings Texas A&M-Kingsville 8, Lubbock Hsieh Su-wei (6), Taiwan, 6-2, 6-2. Miami 63, Clemson 48 Bob Estes, $140,800 67-67-64—198 -15 Marymount 6, Cairn 3 Christian 7 Sorana Cirstea, Romania, def. Carla Northeastern 69, Elon 45 Bernhard Langer, $105,600 65-66-69—200 -13 Maryville (Tenn.) 11, MacMurray 5 Texas St. 4, Stony Brook 3 Suarez Navarro (11), Spain, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4. Texas A&M 73, Tennessee 71 Kevin Sutherland, $105,600 70-63-67—200 -13 McNeese 16, MVSU 1, 7 innings Texas Tech 14, N. Colorado 3 Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, UConn 67, South Florida 47 Marco Dawson, $66,133 67-67-67—201 -12 Methodist 12, Bridgewater (Va.) 3 U. of the Ozarks 7, Westminster (Mo.) def. Alison van Uytvanck (8), Belgium, 5- Virginia Tech 73, Wake Forest 62 Chris DiMarco, $66,133 68-64-69—201 -12 Miami 8, Rutgers 2 5 7, 6-2, 7-5. Wichita St. 69, Tulane 68 Stephen Leaney, $66,133 65-65-71—201 -12 Michigan St. 10, Morehead St. 4 UT Arlington 3, Texas A&M-CC 1 Women’s Singles William & Mary 71, Hofstra 42 Fred Couples, $51,200 67-65-70—202 -11 Miles 3, Lynn 2, 11 innings UTSA 13, Quinnipiac 3 Round of 32 MIDWEST Stephen Ames, $37,067 69-67-67—203 -10 Mississippi 7, Louisville 6 Youngstown St. 8, Houston 6, 10 in- Elise Mertens, Belgium, def. Wang Bradley 71, Loyola of Chicago 50 Woody Austin, $37,067 66-71-66—203 -10 Mississippi St. 5, Wright St. 1 nings Qiang, China, 6-3, 6-0. Creighton 78, Seton Hall 66 Tom Lehman, $37,067 71-69-63—203 -10 Mount Olive 8, Queens (N.C.) 2 WEST Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, Dayton 72, VCU 67 David Toms, $37,067 69-68-66—203 -10 N. Illinois 12, Boston College 3, 8 in- Academy of Art 3, Holy Names 2 def. Amanda Anisimova, United States, DePaul 97, Xavier 65 Brandt Jobe, $37,067 66-69-68—203 -10 nings Arizona 11, Albany 3 Brett Quigley, $37,067 69-67-67—203 -10 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-4. Florida 75, Missouri 67 N.C. State 11, James Madison 2 Arizona St. 6, Villanova 4 Green Bay 76, Oakland 51 Retief Goosen, $28,000 69-68-67—204 -9 Navy 6, Georgetown 3 Cal Poly 9, Vanderbilt 8 Ons Jabeur, Tunisia, vs. Alison Riske, Iowa 97, Wisconsin 71 Tim Petrovic, $28,000 66-68-70—204 -9 NJIT 8, Bucknell 5, 10 innings Cal Poly Pomona 4, UC San Diego 2 United States, 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-3. Marquette 76, Butler 54 Doug Barron, $21,947 64-72-69—205 -8 North Carolina 5, Middle Tennessee 4 Cal State LA 9, CSU Monterey Bay 7 Women’s Doubles Milwaukee 76, Detroit 51 Mark Brooks, $21,947 66-69-70—205 -8 Northwestern St. 3, Wichita St. 2 California 7, Long Beach St. 5 Round of 32 Northwestern 60, Nebraska 56 Darren Clarke, $21,947 71-69-65—205 -8 Notre Dame 9, UAB 3 Chico St. 6, San Francisco St. 4 Duan Ying-Ying, China, and Veronika Ohio St. 80, Indiana 76 Rod Pampling, $21,947 69-67-69—205 -8 Oakland 4, Akron 3, 14 innings Colorado Mesa 10, S. New Hampshire 1 Kudermetova (7), Russia, def. Viktorija Purdue 70, Illinois 58 Fred Funk, $21,947 65-67-73—205 -8 Ohio 6, North Alabama 4 Colorado Mines 12, Regis (Colo.) 11 Golubic and Jil Teichmann, Switzerland, Saint Louis 71, UMass 56 Kent Jones, $21,947 69-66-70—205 -8 Ohio St. 10, Indiana St. 6, 10 innings Creighton 5, Seattle 4 6-0, 6-1. Valparaiso 78, Illinois St. 70 John Daly, $16,032 68-67-71—206 -7 Old Dominion 11, Towson 0 CS Northridge 5, San Francisco 3 Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiia Kiche- SOUTHWEST Robert Karlsson, $16,032 69-68-69—206 -7 Penn St. 14, Monmouth 2 CS Stanislaus 7, Sonoma St. 6 nok, Ukraine, def. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kansas St. 87, Oklahoma 85, OT Jeff Maggert, $16,032 70-68-68—206 -7 Piedmont 4, Roanoke 1 CSU Bakersfield 7, Washington St. 2 Kazakhstan, and Darija Jurak, Croatia, TCU 82, Iowa St. 72 Ken Tanigawa, $16,032 65-69-72—206 -7 Pittsburgh 10, Iowa 8 CSU Dominguez Hills 6, CSU San Mar- 4-6, 6-2, 10-4. FAR WEST Scott Verplank, $16,032 67-68-71—206 -7 Purdue 10, Hofstra 9 cos 0 Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sofia Arizona 72, Washington St. 57 Billy Andrade, $12,672 68-70-69—207 -6 Queens (N.Y.) 11-7, Sciences (Pa.) 2-2 CSU East Bay 15, CSU San Bernardino Arizona St. 72, Washington 68 Radford 9, N.C. Central 5 4 Kenin, United States, def. Monique Ad- Tom Byrum, $12,672 71-67-69—207 -6 California 88, Utah 74 Ken Duke, $12,672 70-69-68—207 -6 Rhodes 6, Ferrum 5 CSU San Marcos 8, CSU Dominguez amczak, Australia, and Yana Sizikova, Oregon 93, Southern Cal 67 Jerry Kelly, $12,672 68-70-69—207 -6 Rider 7, Charleston Southern 6, 6 in- Hills 5, 11 innings Russia, 6-0, 7-5. Stanford 69, Colorado 66 Wes Short, Jr., $12,672 67-71-69—207 -6 nings Fresno St. 12, UC Irvine 10 Zhaoxuan Yang, China, and Makoto Rogers St. 13, Truman 2 George Fox 7, Occidental 3 Ninomiya, Japan, vs. Julia Goerges, Ger- Rogers St. 7, Truman 0 Grand Canyon 9, Oklahoma St. 3 many, and Simona Halep, Romania, 6-2, Rollins 8, Bentley 5 Lewis-Clark St. 11, Concordia (Ore.) 3 6-1. Rutgers-Newark 7, Stevens 4 Linfield 6, Pacific Lutheran 3 AP sportlight S. Illinois 7, Jackson St. 2 Metro St. Denver 11, Emporia St. 0 Saint Louis 10, UT Martin 3 Metro St. Denver 7, Emporia St. 2 Feb. 18 biggest upset in stock car racing history. Salisbury 12, Alfred St. 3 New Mexico St. 15, Texas Southern 8 Pro football 1924 — Theresa Weld Blanchard wins 1994 — After numerous Olympic set- Samford 7, UNC Asheville 4 Northwestern 7, Omaha 2 her sixth and final U.S. figure skating backs, American speedskater Dan Jan- SE Missouri 6, Louisiana-Monroe 2 Occidental 10, George Fox 3 championship. Sherwin Badger wins his sen breaks wins the 1,000-meter race Seton Hall 17, Milwaukee 1 Oregon St. 5, Gonzaga 1 XFL fifth straight and final men’s title. at the Lillehammer Winter Games in a Seton Hill 14, Coker 4 Pacific 13, Cal Baptist 2 1928 — At Moritz, Switzerland, 15-year- world record 1:12.43. Sewanee 4, Carroll (Wis.) 3 Pepperdine 8, Oregon 5 Eastern Conference old Sonja Henie becomes the youngest 1995 — Utah guard John Stockton be- Shenandoah 4-6, Misericordia 3-5 Portland 6, Nevada 4 W L Pct PF PA Olympic figure skating champion. comes the first NBA player with 10,000 Shepherd 11, Lincoln (Pa.) 1, 8 innings Puget Sound 5, Pacific 3 DC 2 0 1.000 58 19 1932 — Sonja Henie wins her sixth assists in a 108-98 victory over the Bos- South Carolina 5, Holy Cross 0, 5 in- Redlands 3, Texas-Dallas 2 St. Louis 1 1 .500 39 37 straight world figure skating title. ton Celtics. nings Regis (Colo.) 11, Colorado Mines 3 New York 1 1 .500 23 30 1951 — Arrest orders are given for 2001 — Dale Earnhardt, the greatest South Florida 4, Marist 2 San Diego 7, Minnesota 3 Tampa Bay 0 2 .000 12 40 three City College basketball players stock car star of his era, is killed in a Southern Miss. 8, Murray St. 7 Santa Clara 18, San Jose St. 4 Western Conference and two professional gamblers and two crash on the last turn of the last lap of Spalding 8, Wis.-Whitewater 6 Sioux Falls 17, Montana St. Billings 3 W L Pct PF PA intermediaries in a game-fixing scandal the Daytona 500 as he tries to protect Mi- St. John’s 11, Georgia Tech 1 Southern Cal 14, W. Michigan 3 Houston 2 0 1.000 65 41 that involves college teams across the chael Waltrip’s victory. Stetson 8, Air Force 1 Stanford 2, Cal St. Fullerton 1 Dallas 1 1 .500 34 33 country. 2006 — Shani Davis becomes the first Stevens 9, Rutgers-Newark 4 UC Davis 6, Utah 5 Seattle 1 1 .500 36 40 1961 — Bob Pettit of St. Louis scores a black athlete to win an individual gold Tampa 9, Carson-Newman 5 UC Santa Barbara 4, Sacramento St. 2 Los Angeles 0 2 .000 35 62 career-high 57 points in a 141-138 victory medal in the Winter Olympics, capturing Tennessee 23, W. Illinois 4 UCLA 8, UC Riverside 0 Saturday’s games over the Detroit Pistons. a 1,000-meter speedskating race. Joey Tennessee Tech 11, Evansville 10 Uconn 7, Michigan 1 DC 27, New York 0 1973 — Richard Petty wins his fourth Cheek makes it a 1-2 American finish. The Citadel 15, Coppin St. 7 UNLV 10, Cent. Michigan 8 Seattle 17, Tampa Bay 9 Daytona 500 for his 149th career Winston 2010 — Figure skater Evan Lysacek be- Sunday’s games Cup/Grand National victory. comes the first U.S. man to win the Olym- Dallas 25, Los Angeles 18 1978 — Fifteen competitors travel to pic gold medal since Brian Boitano in Houston 28, St. Louis 24 Waikiki for the first Hawaiian Iron Man 1988, shocking everyone with an upset of Pro baseball Saturday, Feb. 22 Triathlon. The event — a 2.4-mile swim, defending champion Evgeni Plushenko. Houston at Tampa Bay 112-mile bike race and 26.2-mile mara- 2012 — Shenneika Smith’s three- Mexico City. Dallas at Seattle MLB calendar thon — is won by Gordon Haller in 11 pointer from the wing with 8 seconds April 28-30 — New York Mets vs. Miami Sunday, Feb. 23 hours, 46 minutes. left lifts St. John’s to a 57-56 win over No. Feb. 4-21 — Salary arbitration hear- at San Juan, Puerto Rico. New York at St. Louis 1986 — San Antonio’s Alvin Robertson 2 Connecticut, snapping the Huskies’ 99- DC at Los Angeles. records the second quadruple-double in game home court winning streak. It’s the ings, Phoenix. June 3-4 — Owners meeting, New York. Saturday, Feb. 29 NBA history, with 20 points, 11 rebounds, Huskies’ first home loss to an unranked Feb. 16 — Voluntary reporting date for June 10-12 — Amateur draft, Omaha, Los Angeles at New York 10 assists and 10 steals in the Spurs’ 120- opponent in nearly 19 years. other players. Neb. Seattle at St. Louis 114 win over Phoenix. 2013 — Brittney Griner scores 25 Feb. 21 — Mandatory reporting date. June 15 — International amateur sign- Sunday, March 1 1990 — Dale Earnhardt blows a tire points, including the 3,000th of her ca- March 26 — Opening day, active rosters ing period closes. Houston at Dallas with one mile remaining in the Daytona reer, to help No. 1 Baylor rally past third- reduced to 26 players. July 2 — International amateur sign- DC at Tampa Bay 500, giving unheralded Derrike Cope the ranked Connecticut 76-70. April 18-19 — San Diego vs. Arizona at ing period opens. PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, February 18, 2020 NBA Team LeBron wins All-Star Game Scoreboard Eastern Conference Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 40 15 .727 — Leonard named MVP: Boston 38 16 .704 1½ Philadelphia 34 21 .618 6 Brooklyn 25 28 .472 14 ‘This one’s for (Kobe)’ New York 17 38 .309 23 Southeast Division Miami 35 19 .648 — BY TIM REYNOLDS Orlando 24 31 .436 11½ Washington 20 33 .377 14½ Associated Press Charlotte 18 36 .333 17 Atlanta 15 41 .268 21 CHICAGO — Players were Central Division Milwaukee 46 8 .852 — taking charges, bodies were hit- Indiana 32 23 .582 14½ ting the floor, calls and non-calls Chicago 19 36 .345 27½ Detroit 19 38 .333 28½ were being screamed about on Cleveland 14 40 .259 32 both ends. The fourth quarter of the NBA All-Star Game was as Western Conference intense as the final moments of Southwest Division W L Pct GB a playoff game, the biggest stars Houston 34 20 .630 — in the league holding absolutely Dallas 33 22 .600 1½ Memphis 28 26 .519 6 nothing back. San Antonio 23 31 .426 11 And in the end, Anthony Davis New Orleans 23 32 .418 11½ was a hometown hero by making Northwest Division Denver 38 17 .691 — a free throw. Utah 36 18 .667 1½ Kobe Bryant — ever the com- Oklahoma City 33 22 .600 5 Portland 25 31 .446 13½ petitor — would have simply Minnesota 16 37 .302 21 loved the way this night went. Pacific Division L.A. Lakers 41 12 .774 — “That was pretty damn fun,” a L.A. Clippers 37 18 .673 5 sweat-soaked, exhausted LeBron Phoenix 22 33 .400 20 Sacramento 21 33 .389 20½ James said at the end. Golden State 12 43 .218 30 Davis made a game-ending Friday’s game 2020 Rising Stars Challenge free throw to give Team LeBron Team USA 151, Team World 131 a 157-155 win over Team Giannis Saturday’s games No games scheduled in the revamped NBA All-Star Sunday’s game Game on Sunday night, the for- 2020 All-Star Game mat overhauled to put in elements Team LeBron 157, Team Giannis 155 Monday’s games for charity and ensure that some- PHOTOS BY NAM HUH/AP No games scheduled. one was going to hit a shot to end Tuesday’s games Above: Kawhi Leonard, of Team No games scheduled. the game. LeBron, blocks the shot of Wednesday’s games That someone was Davis, the No games scheduled. opposing team captain Giannis Thursday’s games Chicago native who missed the Antetokounmpo during Sunday’s Milwaukee at Detroit first free throw and made the Miami at Atlanta All-Star Game in Chicago. Left: Brooklyn at Philadelphia second to end the NBA’s midsea- LeBron James celebrates during Charlotte at Chicago son showcase that went down as Memphis at Sacramento Sunday’s 157-155 All-Star Houston at Golden State the closest All-Star Game since victory over Team Giannis. the Eastern Conference topped Calendar the Western Conference 141-139 their Chicago-area children’s April 15 — Regular season ends. in 2010. April 18 — Playoffs begin. charity. Kawhi Leonard, the game’s May 19 — Draft lottery, Chicago. James’ team won the first quar- May 21-24 — Draft combine, Chicago. MVP and the first recipient of the June 4 — NBA Finals begin. ter 53-41, Antetokoumpo’s team trophy now named for Bryant, June 25 — NBA Draft. won the second quarter 51-30. scored 30 points for Team LeB- The third quarter had down- ron, while James — his team’s to watch basketball’s All-Stars: captain — and Chris Paul each to-the-wire, big-money drama Kanye West and Kim Kardashian scored 23, and Davis finished with $100,000 on the line. But West, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Metta with 20. the teams finished the quar- World Peace, Jennifer Hudson, “This one’s for him,“ Leon- ter tied 41-41, putting $300,000 Queen Latifah, Common, Chaka ard said, speaking of Bryant — the undecided $100,000 from Khan (who performed the na- afterward. the third and $200,000 more for tional anthem pregame), Chance Giannis Antetokounmpo, who the win — at stake in the final the Rapper, DJ Khaled, Donnie captained his team, led his squad period. Wahlberg, Bad Bunny, Guy Fieri, with 25 points, Kemba Walker The cumulative score at that Jon Stewart, Jose Andres, Kate- had 23 for Team Giannis, Joel point was Team Giannis 133, lyn Ohashi, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, Embiid scored 22 and Rudy Gob- Team LeBron 124 going into the Patrick Mahomes and Spike Lee. ert added 21. untimed fourth quarter — with Also there: Former Philadel- “I think it was really interest- another new twist. The NBA de- phia star Allen Iverson, who wore ing,“ said Team Giannis coach cided, as part of the series of Bry- Bryant’s original No. 8 Lakers Nick Nurse of the NBA champion ant tributes, that the winner of jersey along with a Lakers hat Toronto Raptors. “It was really wins time. Antetokounmpo got out to block the All-Star Game would be the and drew roars from the crowd, fun, each and every quarter, from “Really cool,“ Nurse said. a shot by James, Lowry took a team that added 24 points, a nod along with Sue Bird, Megan Rapi- a coaching standpoint.“ Davis was fouled on the next charge from his former Toronto to his jersey number, to whatever noe and Diana Taurasi. The finish was frantic, and trip, got the free throw to win it, teammate in Leonard, elbows the leading total score was after Tip-ins then some. James tried a layup and that was that. got up in collisions for rebound three quarters. Team LeBron: Paul threw that would have put his team one “I told my team I was going to positioning, Paul was screaming That meant the target score down an alley-oop dunk from point away — it was blocked by miss the first one to put a little encouragement to Team LeBron was set: 157. The game clock was Russell Westbrook in the second Antetokounmpo, called a goal- more pressure on myself here at teammates in a time-out — all off. The shot clock stayed on. The quarter. According to Basketball- tend at first but ruled a clean home,” Davis said. adding up to an intensity hardly stage for drama was perfectly set, Reference, Paul’s last dunk in a block after review. Team LeBron James’ team wore blue jerseys, ever seen in All-Star Games. and the All-Star Game — oft-ma- regular season game came in De- controlled the resulting jump ball all with the No. 2 for Gianna Bry- “To me, probably the best All- ligned in recent years for a lack cember 2015. He had two playoff and James tried a 40-footer to end ant. Antetokounmpo’s team wore Star Game ever,“ Embiid said. of competitiveness — was enter- dunks since. ... Arvydas Sabonis, it but missed. red, every player wearing No. “Guys competed, it came down to taining again. who was never an All-Star dur- James Harden then had a 24 on the back for Kobe Bryant. basically the last shot, but I don’t Records: Team LeBron tied ing his career, was in attendance chance to win it for Team LeB- And on their right shoulders was think you should be able to win on a single-quarter record with to watch son Domantas Sabonis’ ron, and his three-pointer went a black circular patch with nine a free throw. But overall it was a 53 points in the first quarter, All-Star debut. in — but it was waved off by Kyle stars, one for each victim of the lot of fun.“ James set the record by starting Team Giannis: Trae Young, no Lowry taking a charge against the helicopter crash that took the It was the first All-Star Game a 16th All-Star Game (breaking stranger to shooting from very NBA’s scoring leader. James got a lives of Bryant, his daughter and with a new format: The teams a mark he shared with Bryant), deep, connected on a halfcourt dunk not long afterward to make their seven friends on Jan. 26. played a mini-game in each of the and James moved past Kareem shot to end the second quarter. ... it 156-153, and Embiid made two “His presence was felt,“ James first three quarters, the scores Abdul-Jabbar for most All-Star Eight of Antetokounmpo’s first 10 free throws to cut Team LeBron’s said. starting at 0-0 in each of those minutes in a career. field goals were dunks — and he lead to one. And with the new rules, the periods and the winning team in Celeb watch: Among the stars also missed a pair of slams in that With that, it was next-basket- teams went at it in the fourth: each one earning $100,000 for of stage and screen in attendance span. Tuesday, February 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Top 25 roundup San Diego State routs Boise State, improves to 26-0

Associated Press Wildcats over the rival Owls. Jermaine Samuels added 13 BOISE, Idaho — No. 4 San points and Jeremiah Robinson- Diego State keeps winning, forc- Earl had 10 for Villanova (19-6), ing coach Brian Dutcher to dig who won their seventh straight deep for creative ways to keep his game over Temple while finish- team focused. After the Aztecs beat Boise ing 4-0 in the Big 5. State 72-55 Sunday, he revealed Quinton Rose scored 22 points some of his slogans that keep the and Nate Pierre-Louis had 16 for team on task. the Owls (13-12). JULIE BENNETT/AP “Early in the year, we had five No. 17 Oregon 80, Utah 62: Auburn center Austin Wiley, right, shoots over Alabama forward Alex Reese. No. 11 Auburn, at 23-3, is games in eleven days, so we were Payton Pritchard scored 25 in good position to make the NCAA Tournament. like, ‘Let’s win five in eleven,’ ” points and led an early three- Dutcher said. “And then we had point shooting spree as the host five games the entire month of Ducks rolled over the Utes. December, so we said, ‘Let’s win Shakur Juiston had 11 points After top 3, SEC teams five in December.’ And we did it. and freshman Addison Patterson I told our team they don’t hang finished with 10 off the bench as a banner for twenty wins, so we Oregon shot 58% from the field hung a banner with four to go.” and made half of their 24 three- on bubble for tournament His mantra changed after San point attempts. The Ducks (20-6) Diego State (26-0, 15-0 Mountain regained a share of first place in West) wrapped up the conference the Pac-12 with Colorado at 9-4. BY JOHN MARSHALL regular season title, though his Utah (14-11, 5-8) was led by Associated Press message hasn’t. freshman Rylan Jones with 18 The Aztecs, who own the points. Branden Carlson and The SEC has three teams that should be locks for Timmy Allen each had 10. the NCAA Tournament. nation’s longest active winning streak, looked special in handling No. 21 Iowa 58, Minnesota The rest of the conference may have some work 55: Luka Garza scored 24 points, to do. a Broncos squad that hadn’t lost a home conference game since Feb. Ryan Kreiner added 10 points No. 11 Auburn (22-3) climbed as high as No. 5 and the visiting Hawkeyes came in The AP Top 25 and was among the top 16 seeds 27, 2019. Malachi Flynn scored 22 points back to win. in the NCAA’s preliminary rankings earlier this and dished out six assists to lead The Gophers’ Daniel Oturu month. The Tigers have lost just three times in their San Diego State in scoring, joined missed the front end of a 1-and-1 follow-up to the 2019 Final Four run. by all four of the team’s start- free-throw attempt with a chance No. 12 Kentucky (20-5) was No. 1 early in the ers in double digits. Yanni Wet- to tie it with 3.8 seconds left and season, among the initial NCAA top 16 and has won zell added 14 points and seven Iowa (18-8, 9-6 Big Ten) came eight of nine. rebounds. away with a rare road win in con- No. 25 LSU (18-7) has slipped up lately with three ference play. /AP Boise State (17-10, 9-6) strug- losses in four games, but still should be in the field MARK ZALESKI gled to find any rhythm on offense Oturu scored 15 points and of 68, barring a late-season collapse. Guard Immanuel Quickley and No. 12 Kentucky and finished the game shooting Marcus Carr added 10 points, Then things get interesting. are 20-5 and have won eight of their last nine. 41.2% from the field. eight rebounds and six assists for Florida (16-9) bounced back from losing four of No. 15 Villanova 76, Temple Minnesota. Gabe Kalscheur 12, six by beating Texas A&M and Vanderbilt last week. champions survived what could have been a debil- 56: Collin Gillespie scored a sea- but the Gophers (12-12, 6-8) lost The Gators have a tough road ahead, though, with itating loss by beating North Carolina by two and son-high 29 points to lead the host for the fourth time in five games. Arkansas, Kentucky (twice) and LSU still left on the have some resume-building potential, with No. 7 schedule. Duke and No. 5 Louisville coming up. South Carolina (16-9) has a strange resume with Creighton (20-6, 9-4 Big East). Seven wins in wins over Kentucky and Virginia offset by home eight games, including over No. 10 Seton Hall, has losses to Boston University and Stetson. Six wins in Greg McDermott’s team in good shape. seven games and a winning SEC record (8-4) should Rutgers (18-8, 9-6 Big Ten). The Scarlet Knights’ help the Gamecocks’ chances. run toward their first NCAA Tournament since 1991 Arkansas (16-9) has gone from appearing to be got a bump with a win over Illinois on Saturday. safely in the bracket to being on the bubble. Saint Mary’s (21-6, 8-4 WCC). The Gaels won a The reason: Isaiah Joe’s knee injury. can’t-lose game against Pacific on Saturday and The sophomore guard was the SEC’s sixth-lead- have a couple of more before facing No. 2 Gonzaga ing scorer before undergoing knee surgery on Feb. in the regular-season finale. 4. The Razorbacks have played four games since then and lost every one. Falling Arkansas has a couple of resume-building oppor- tunities coming up, with games against Florida and Illinois (16-9, 8-6 Big Ten). The No. 22 Illini have LSU before the SEC Tournament. lost four straight and saw star Ayo Dosunmu go down Mississippi State’s last-second win over Arkan- with a knee injury against Michigan State. The good sas on Saturday was a huge boost to the Bulldogs’ news: Dosunmu suffered no structural damage and NCAA Tournament chances. The win was Missis- Illinois has a solid resume to this point. sippi State’s second against a Quad 1 opponent and Stanford (16-9, 5-7 Pac-12). Once the surprise of gives the Bulldogs (16-9) a chance at a 20-win regu- the Pac-12, the Cardinal are stuck on the bubble lar season . after seven losses in eight games. Alabama’s waning NCAA Tournament chances Memphis (17-7, 6-5 AAC). Blowing a 10-point lead got a huge boost with a win over LSU this week and in an overtime loss to Cincinnati was a big blown opportunity. Two games against Houston and another a four-point loss to Auburn doesn’t look too bad . STEVE CONNER/AP against Wichita State will be huge. Rising Virginia Commonwealth (17-8, 7-5 Atlantic-10). San Diego State forward Yanni Wetzell, left, backs in against Boise Three losses in four games makes Tuesday’s show- State center Robin Jorch during the No. 4 Aztecs’ 72-55 win Virginia (17-7, 9-5 ACC). The reigning national down with Dayton massive. Sunday in Boise, idaho. PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, February 18, 2020 COLLEGE BASKETBALL/AUTO RACING Presence: F Smith ‘hoopin’ for No. 9 Terps

FROM BACK PAGE upset loss with a late block in last Tuesday night’s 72-70 escape against Nebraska. “Stix has been terrific. I knew he was going to block that shot,” a relieved Mary- land coach Mark Turgeon said after the narrow victory. Senior guard Anthony Cowan Jr. leads Maryland in scoring and assists but is quick to acknowledge Smith’s play has been a difference-maker for the Terps (21- 4, 11-3). “He’s hoopin’. He knows what he’s supposed to do — scoring, rebounds,” Cowan said. “We need him to do that.” “Hoopin” is not in the dictionary, but it adequately describes Smith’s performance of late: A complete basketball player who is dominant on both ends of the court. “It’s just me being PHOTOS BY SAUL LOEB, ABOVE, AND ALEX BRANDON, BELOW/AP more assertive and making sure that I President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump ride in the presidential limousine as they take a pace lap ahead of the start of try to grab every re- the NASCAR Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Sunday. Trump became just the second sitting president to attend the Daytona 500, serving as grand marshal for the race, which was postponed due to rain after 20 laps. Smith bound that comes off that rim,” Smith said. “I know my offense is always going to come to me, so I’m not really worried about that. I just focus my emphasis on defense, and once I get my Long lines to see Trump, Daytona 500 rebounds going and my defense going, offense just flows.” Though Smith is imposing inside, he Rain postpones race just 20 laps after president’s call for drivers to ‘start their engines’ provides opposing defenses an additional challenge with his ability to pop a shot BY DAN GELSTON tune, “You Can’t Always Get What You from beyond the arc. He’s nailed 13 three- Associated Press Want” blaring over loudspeakers. pointers in his past eight outings and is Hailie Deegan, billed as “NASCAR’s 22-for-47 in Big Ten games — including DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Ricky Sten- Next Big Superstar,” took to Twitter in a big three pointer with 3:08 remaining to house Jr. was wearing his firesuit and had hopes of getting her helmet signed by start Maryland’s game-closing run against just finished signing autographs for fans Trump. Donald Trump Jr. tweeted at her, Michigan State on Saturday. stuck in long lines to enter Daytona Inter- “DM me... I may know someone.” “What he’s shooting in league play from national Speedway when he was stopped by Deegan accomplished her goal and got the three-point line is pretty incredible,” Secret Service agents. Not even the Day- the president’s signature on her helmet. Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg marveled. tona 500 pole-sitter was immune from the For all the pomp, Trump’s arrival caused “The kid is such a unique player because security checkpoint, so Stenhouse extend- more jams around Daytona than a multicar of his skillset and his size. And that athleti- ed his arms, clutched his phone and stood pileup on the frontstretch. Driver appear- cism. Defense, what he did against Rutgers still as a wand was waved around him. ances were canceled or shuffled around to was incredible.” His No. 1 starting spot secured, Sten- other areas on track property. The red car- In addition to rejecting a half-dozen shots house had to wait because of heightened pet was rolled out for Trump and so was by the Scarlet Knights, Smith snagged 15 security measures sparked by the arrival the green flag — the start of the race was rebounds and hit a trio of three-pointers. of No. 45: President Donald Trump be- pushed back 13 minutes to accommodate Smith has made 26 shots from beyond the came just the second sitting president to his pace lap in the armored presidential arc compared to 19 all of last year. attend the Daytona 500 on Sunday. limo called “The Beast.” “He’s a really good player to begin with, Trump served as grand marshal for the “Any time the President who runs your and you add (Smith’s three-point shooting) race and gave the command for drivers to country is coming to a sporting event that in and it gives a another dimension to their start their engines. The United States Air President Donald Trump speaks before you are involved in, it says a lot about the offense,” Rutgers coach Steve Pikiell said. Force Thunderbirds performed a second the start of the Daytona 500 on Sunday. sporting event and how much this race Smith went 4-for-6 beyond the arc in a flyover after Trump addressed the crowd. means to everybody,” Stenhouse said. 77-76 win at Indiana and capped a 29-point He also took a parade lap around the 2 ½- patient and didn’t mind having to wait too “You’ve got to respect the one that’s in effort with the game-winning shot. To cel- mile speedway in his armored limousine, much. The atmosphere was pretty good.” charge.” ebrate, he taunted the crowd with such leading the 40-car field before the green Stenhouse led the first 20 laps of the 200- Daytona fans were largely enthusias- exuberance that Turgeon bolted across flag. The presidential motorcade remained lap race and will be up front again in his tic over Trump’s cameo, wearing T-shirts the floor and grabbed Smith’s jersey while on the apron in the corners instead of tak- No. 47 Chevrolet when the rain-postponed and hats in support of his campaign. Some scolding him. ing to the high-banked turns. event resumes Monday afternoon. draped themselves in Trump 2020 banners “I just lost my emotions. I couldn’t con- Thousands cheered and a band played Trump, with first lady Melania Trump that flowed like capes. trol them,” Smith said. patriotic music when Air Force One flew by his side, addressed the crowd before The good times were dampened, though, “Very uncharacteristic of Jalen,” Tur- over the famed track, a flyover that was the race and called the Daytona 500 “a leg- near several gates as thousands of fans geon said. “If you knew him, he’s a great simultaneously shown on big screens. endary display of roaring engines, soaring waited hours to get inside. The popular fan kid.” Trump’s presence energized fans and spirits and the American skill, speed and zone — where fans can chug beers, listen Maryland has never won the Big Ten caused huge headaches because of logisti- power that we’ve been hearing about for so to live music and purchase race merchan- title since joining the league in 2014, and cal issues at entrance points. The super- many years.” dise — had three-hour waits. for that to happen the first time, the Ter- speedway-sized lines spurred Stenhouse to “For 500 heart-pounding miles, these “We would like a refund,” said Kay rapins are going to have to stay hot over perk up fans who helped sell out the Day- fierce competitors will chase the checkered Maiden, attending her first Daytona 500. their final six games . On the positive side, tona 500 for the fifth straight year. flag, fight for the Harley J. Earl trophy and “My feet are sore. I’ve been standing in Maryland is riding a four-game road win- “I didn’t have anything to do because my make their play for pure American glory,” that line for three hours. I paid $100 to ning streak and has Smith on its side. appearances got moved around and I saw Trump said. “That’s what it is, pure Ameri- stand in line for three hours, and that’s not “He does what it takes to win,” Turgeon that line and I felt so bad for everybody out can glory.” a good thing. We got water, but there’s no said. “I’m happy for him. He’s playing there having to wait,” Stenhouse told The He ended his remarks to chants of “U- place to go to the bathroom. It’s definitely well.” Associated Press. “Everybody seemed S-A, U-S-A,” and with his 2016 campaign very unorganized.” Tuesday, February 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 NHL Devils trade captain Greene to Islanders

Associated Press Quenneville was selected by New York in the seventh round NEWARK, N.J. — The New of the 2016 draft and has yet to York Islanders solidified their defense for the playoff push Sunday, match the offensive production he acquiring New Jersey Devils cap- enjoyed in the Canadian juniors. tain Andy Greene. He had 69 goals and 214 points in The Devils got young defense- 250 games with Medicine Hat of man David Quenneville and the the Western Hockey League. Islanders’ second-round pick Quenneville has spent the past in the 2021 draft in return for two seasons splitting time be- Greene. tween the Islanders AHL and The deal came eight days be- ECHL affiliates. His brother fore the NHL trade deadline on John was a first-round pick by Feb. 24. New Jersey in 2014 and is now The Islanders have been a minor leaguer for the Chicago searching for a quality defense- Blackhawks. They are both first man since losing Adam Pelech to cousins to Panthers coach Joel an Achilles tendon injury on Jan. Quenneville. MARY ALTAFFER/AP 2 . It also gives them a lefty-shoot- Coleman had 21 goals and 10 ing defender on a team filled with assists in 57 games for the Devils Bruins center Sean Kuraly, left, controls the puck next to Rangers left wing Brendan Lemieux during the right-handed defensemen. this season. For his career, the 28- first period on Sunday at Madison Square Garden. The Bruins earned their ninth win in 10 games The deal reunites the 37-year- year-old has totaled 57 goals and old Greene with Islanders presi- 37 assists in 237 games over parts dent and general manager Lou of four seasons in New Jersey. Roundup Lamoriello, who signed him as an undrafted free agent out of Miami Scoreboard (Ohio) University in 2006. New Jersey later traded forward Blake Coleman to Tampa Bay for 19-year-old left wing Nolan Foote Eastern Conference Surging Bruins top Rangers and a 2020 first-round draft pick Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA the Devils previously acquired Boston 60 37 11 12 86 199 146 from Vancouver. The deals give Tampa Bay 59 39 15 5 83 211 156 Toronto 60 31 21 8 70 211 199 the Devils eight selections in Florida 58 30 22 6 66 201 198 this year’s NHL Draft, including Buffalo 59 27 24 8 62 171 183 Montreal 61 27 26 8 62 184 188 for ninth win in 10 games three in the first round. Ottawa 59 20 28 11 51 156 200 Greene, who is in the final year Detroit 61 14 43 4 32 123 229 Metropolitan Division Associated Press season. Sidney Crosby scored Nikita Gusev and Jesper Bratt of a five-year, $25 million con- Washington 58 37 16 5 79 206 177 his 11th, Kris Letang added his scored in the tiebreaker for New tract, had a no-trade clause and Pittsburgh 57 36 15 6 78 191 152 NEW YORK — Charlie McA- N.Y. Islanders 57 33 18 6 72 166 157 14th on the power play and Sam Jersey, which beat the Blue Jack- had to approve the deal. His 14 Columbus 60 30 18 12 72 155 150 voy, Charlie Coyle and Patrice Philadelphia 59 32 20 7 71 193 177 Lafferty also scored for the Pen- seasons in New Jersey, which in- Bergeron scored, and the NHL- ets for the first time in 10 meet- Carolina 58 33 21 4 70 189 163 guins, who moved within one cluded a trip to the Stanley Cup N.Y. Rangers 58 30 24 4 64 189 181 leading Boston Bruins began a ings. The previous Devils victory New Jersey 58 22 26 10 54 162 204 point of first-place Washington in Finals in 2012, made him the four-game road trip with a 3-1 over Columbus came in Decem- the Metropolitan Division. Devils’ longest-serving active Western Conference win against the New York Rang- ber 2017. Crosby extended his point Pierre-Luc Dubois had the only player. Central Division ers on Sunday. Devils interim general man- GP W L OT Pts GF GA “We expect to play well every streak to four games. He has six shootout goal for the Blue Jackets, St. Louis 59 32 17 10 74 187 172 goals and 19 points in 12 games ager Tom Fitzgerald said he has Dallas 59 34 19 6 74 161 151 night,” Bruins alternate captain who dropped to 0-2-3 in their last talked to Lamoriello frequently Colorado 57 33 18 6 72 203 160 Brad Marchand said. “When we since returning from core muscle five games. Nashville 58 29 22 7 65 189 187 surgery on Jan. 14. over the past month. Winnipeg 60 30 25 5 65 179 181 play well, we are going to win a Senators 4, Stars 3 (OT): “Lou is trying to help his team Minnesota 58 27 24 7 61 176 187 majority of the games. We just Matt Murray made 27 saves for Artem Anisimov scored at 3:48 of Chicago 59 26 25 8 60 176 188 Pittsburgh, which has won 11 of win right now,” said Fitzgerald, Pacific Division hold ourselves to a high standard. overtime to lift host Ottawa over who has known Lamoriello since Edmonton 59 32 21 6 70 190 183 15. Vancouver 59 32 22 5 69 191 180 We don’t accept losing in the Dallas. their days at Providence. “Andy Vegas 60 30 22 8 68 189 183 room, or in the organization.” Oilers 4, Hurricanes 3 (OT): Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Brady Calgary 60 30 24 6 66 174 186 Josh Archibald scored his second is a guy that he obviously knows Arizona 61 29 24 8 66 170 166 Jaroslav Halak made 25 saves Tkachuk and Tyler Ennis also very well and feels very comfort- San Jose 58 26 28 4 56 152 189 as Boston picked up its ninth win goal of the game in overtime, NHL scored for the Senators. Anaheim 58 24 27 7 55 151 180 points leader Leon Draisaitl had a able with him. We’re in this situ- Los Angeles 59 21 33 5 47 145 187 in 10 games. John Klingberg, Stephen Johns ation where playoffs aren’t in the NOTE: Two points for a win, one point Mika Zibanejad scored for the goal and two assists, and visiting and Joe Pavelski scored for the for overtime loss. Top three teams in Edmonton edged Carolina. picture for us. each division and two wild cards per Rangers, but their four-game Stars as Dallas finished a 2-0-1 Greene became a fan favorite conference advance to playoffs. winning streak was snapped. Al- Draisaitl set up Archibald’s road trip. Saturday’s games goal 3:57 into overtime for his in New Jersey for his steady play Boston 4, Detroit 1 exandar Georgiev made his third Sabres 5, Maple Leafs 2: Jack Nashville 4, St. Louis 3 95th point of the season. and shot-blocking ability. He has start in a row and had 31 saves. Eichel scored the tiebreaker in Edmonton 4, Florida 1 Sebastian Aho had two goals 49 goals, and 197 assists for 246 Tampa Bay 5, Philadelphia 3 Coyle scored the winner with a the third period as part of a three- San Jose 2, Minnesota 0 and an assist for the Hurricanes, points in 932 games, which rank short-handed goal at 18:42 of the goal surge in 91 seconds that car- Toronto 4, Ottawa 2 including a tying goal with 5:02 seventh on the Devils’ career list. Dallas 4, Montreal 3, OT second period. The forward stole ried host Buffalo past Toronto. Fitzgerald added he didn’t take Los Angeles 3, Colorado 1 a puck from Jacob Trouba at the left in the third period. Chicago 8, Calgary 4 Edmonton is 3-1 without injured Johan Larsson had a goal and parting with Greene lightly, say- Arizona 3, Washington 1 blue line, then outskated every- an assist, and defensemen Ras- ing he consulted with the player Vegas 1, N.Y. Islanders 0 star Connor McDavid. Sunday’s games one on the ice before converting mus Ristolainen and Colin Miller throughout trade discussions. Pittsburgh 5, Detroit 1 Ducks 5, Canucks 1: Adam a breakaway for his 14th of the had two assists each for the Sa- Greene goes from a Devils Boston 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 season. Henrique scored twice, Derek Edmonton 4, Carolina 3, OT bres, who won their third consec- team that sits last in the Metro- Anaheim 5, Vancouver 1 Predators 2, Blues 1: Kyle Grant had a goal and an assist, and Nashville 2, St. Louis 1 utive game. politan Division to the Islanders, Turris scored with 2:12 left and visiting Anaheim beat Vancouver. Ottawa 4, Dallas 3, OT Toronto dropped to 7-7-3 since a who began Sunday holding the New Jersey 4, Columbus 3, SO host Nashville beat St. Louis to The Ducks scored twice on the Buffalo 5, Toronto 2 9-0-1 run. division’s third playoff berth. Winnipeg 3, Chicago 2 take the season series from the power play after going 1-for-21 Fitzgerald said he will listen Monday’s games defending Stanley Cup champs. with the extra man over their pre- Jets 3, Blackhawks 2: Nathan Anaheim at Calgary Beaulieu’s first goal of the season to offers for his players. Forward Florida at San Jose Nashville improved to 13-11-4 at vious eight games. Wayne Simmonds and defense- N.Y. Islanders at Arizona home . They now have won seven The loss left the Canucks one early in the third period sent host Washington at Vegas man Sami Vatanen will be un- Tampa Bay at Colorado of their last 10, climbing within a point behind first-place Edmon- Winnipeg past Chicago. Tuesday’s games ton in the Pacific Division and one Playing in his 27th game of an restricted free agents after this Columbus at Philadelphia point of the Western Conference’s season. Toronto at Pittsburgh second wild card. point ahead of Vegas. The Ducks injury-riddled campaign, the de- Buffalo at Ottawa fenseman fired a one-timer from “I am not telling anyone that Montreal at Detroit Tyler Bozak scored for the first- remain 11 points out of a playoff this player or that player is off Carolina at Nashville place Blues, and Jordan Binning- spot. the point that hit a Blackhawks Los Angeles at Winnipeg player and got by goalie Corey limits,” said Fitzgerald, who took New Jersey at St. Louis ton finished with 22 saves. Devils 4, Blue Jackets 3 (SO): over when Ray Shero was fired in Wednesday’s games Penguins 5, Red Wings 1: Pat- Mackenzie Blackwood made a Crawford to give the Jets a 3-2 N.Y. Rangers at Chicago January. “I don’t ask for anything. Arizona at Dallas ric Hornqvist had two goals and career-high 52 saves and stopped lead. Beaulieu also had an assist. If someone wants to talk about Boston at Edmonton an assist as host Pittsburgh de- six of seven attempts in the shoot- Patrick Kane had a goal and Florida at Anaheim one of my players that has a con- N.Y. Islanders at Colorado feated Detroit. out to lead host New Jersey over an assist for Chicago (26-25-8), tract that’s fine. Let me know.” Minnesota at Vancouver Hornqvist has 14 goals this scuffling Columbus. which completed a 1-4-0 trip. PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, February 18, 2020 MLB Briefs No deal: Dodgers’ Pederson, Stripling back in usual blue Associated Press the 2021 season. The Braves have won back-to- GLENDALE, Ariz. — Joc Ped- back NL East titles under Antho- erson was back in a familiar club- poulos and Snitker. house. He had the same dressing The 64-year-old Snitker led the stall and many of the same Braves to 97 wins last season. He teammates. is entering his fourth season as Not much had changed, except manager and his 44th season in for him. the organization. He felt awkward — and with good reason. Pederson put his Dodgers uni- Baez says Cubs weren’t form back on at Camelback Ranch prepared in 2019 over the weekend for the start of TONY GUTIERREZ/AP MESA, Ariz. — Javier Baez spring training. Just a week ear- Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Liam Hendriks said he had to help somehow when fires ravaged his lier, it looked like he would be per- wants his Chicago Cubs to be better prepared this season. homeland in Australia this winter. He briefly got home to Perth but mostly campaigned on social media forming these February rituals from a world away to generate awareness and support for Red Cross Australia. across town in Tempe. The two-time All-Star said Sun- For five days, Pederson ap- day at spring training that he and peared to be headed to the Los the Cubs were lacking last year Angeles Angels along with pitcher when it came to their pregame Relief pitcher: A’s Hendriks Ross Stripling as part of several routines and work ethic. multiplayer trades surrounding “We had a lot of optional things, Mookie Betts’ move to the Dodg- not mandatory, and everyone kind of sat back on that — includ- helps Australian fire victims ers. The Angels-Dodgers trade was eventually scrapped, but only ing me. I wasn’t really going out after an uncomfortable amount there and preparing for the game. of uncertainty for the players I was getting ready during the BY JANIE MCCAULEY involved. game, which is not good,” Baez Associated Press ‘ There’s only so much we can do from “I thought for sure I was going said. “But this year, I think be- to the Angels,” Pederson said. fore the games, everybody should MESA, Ariz. — A world away, over here. The awareness is the biggest “It seemed pretty official. I was be out there as a team, stretch as Liam Hendriks had to do some- talking with my wife about what a team, be together as a team so thing to help everyone affected part we’re trying to raise. we were going to do living-wise, we can play together.” by the ravaging fires back home ’ Liam Hendriks spring training-wise, talking about New skipper David Ross said at in Australia. Oakland Athletics pitcher on his relief efforts for Australian ﬁ re victims changing my cleats, everything.” the end of the day, from a manag- The Oakland Athletics reliever Stripling thought the same er’s standpoint, coaches try to get campaigned on social media to do players prepared and put them in thing. For a few days, he made his part for the cause, no matter cent,” he said. “Going out there earned the AL’s top wild card be- the best possible situation to suc- plans to move on. he grew up on the country’s West and making sure I put everything fore losing to Tampa Bay. “I’m thinking I’m leaving all my ceed, but baseball has “always Coast in Perth where the massive on the line every night is a big He got designated for assign- friends and teammates,” Strip- been about the players.” bush fires haven’t been as devas- thing for me.” ment on June 25, 2018 — and has tating. He made a quick visit this ling said. “The Dodgers are all I The Oakland closer received a know.” offseason. been through that almost a half- Bauer: Reaction positive nice raise when he signed a $5.3 Both Pederson and Stripling On Instagram, Hendriks en- dozen times now — before start- to playoff plan criticism million, one-year contract last have only played for the Dodgers couraged contributions to Red ing Oakland’s 7-2 wild-card loss month to avoid salary arbitration. in their big league careers. But Cross Australia. While he fully at Yankee Stadium just more than GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Cincinna- The 31-year-old Hendriks is just as they began to pack, they ti Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer says supported everyone rescuing three months later. approaching this season as if he learned the trade was off. he has gotten positive response to koala bears and other animals “You would expect that from has everything to prove again . Pederson said he got the news his criticism of a plan being con- from the flames, he also wanted somebody that’s been through the The right-hander, a former from the Dodgers front office at sidered by Major League Baseball to make sure the people affected trials and tribulations that he’s opener for the A’s, went 4-4 with a about the same time the team’s to expand the playoffs, one that in- received necessary support. been over his career, so I think 1.80 ERA and 25 saves over a ca- blockbuster deal with Boston for cludes an extended break for top “Nothing is ever enough but it is more about him not relaxing outfielder Betts and pitcher David seeds and some teams choosing the response was always positive, reer-high 75 appearances span- at all,” Melvin said. “He wants Price was finalized. who they will play. which is highly unusual for so- ning 85 innings. to be pushed, he wants to earn “It was kind of up in the air the Bauer directed his ire toward cial media regardless of the tack “I don’t want to dwell too much everything that he gets. He’s on last year because I don’t want whole time, I guess,” Pederson Commissioner Rob Manfred in a you’re taking,“ Hendriks said come a long way. He had as domi- to rest on my laurels. I don’t want said. “There were different op- tweet last week: “Your proposal before a recent spring training nant a year really as anybody in to go out there and be like, ‘Oh, I tions or different avenues they is absurd for too many reasons workout. “We got a decent chunk baseball.” had my good year, I can ride that could go, until that happened. It’s to type on twitter and proves you of change that we sent over there. He has learned from other wave as long as I can,’ ” Hendriks a little awkward coming back. But have absolutely no clue about Hopefully it helps make a differ- times when he thought things I’m excited to be here, ready to said. baseball. You’re a joke.” ence, but at the end of the day were going smoothly, saying, “I win a World Series.” After working out in Arizona, there’s only so much we can do “I want to go out there and prove that it wasn’t a fluke. I want don’t like feeling like I’ve got it the All-Star pitcher said he hadn’t from over here. The awareness in the bag because as soon as I do is the biggest part we’re trying to to go out there and prove that no Braves give manager, spoken to the commissioner about something’s always going to pop the tweet or a lengthy video that raise.” matter what happened last year I GM contract extensions up,” Hendriks said. Bauer also posted. Nobody is surprised to see Hen- still need to win the job this year. “I dealt with certain things ATLANTA — The Atlanta “Generally when I say stuff, driks helping out. Everything he I don’t want to be gifted anything. very poorly in the past and my Braves extended the contracts of people take it one way or the does is with a passion and care I don’t want to be given anything, manager Brian Snitker and gen- other,“ Bauer said Sunday about — known well for his thoughtful I want to go out there and make mindset to get over that was ex- eral manager Alex Anthopoulos the general response to his criti- work off the field as much as his sure that in spring training I pect the worst and hope for the on Monday. cism. “It’s been mostly positive. I intensity on it. prove that I want this role, I want best,” he said. “Expect the worst Anthopoulos also was given an think when people speak and they Hendriks’ reliability in the this job and I’m going to run away and if something good happens additional title of president, base- come from a place of sincerity ninth inning has earned him a with it and prove to everybody you’re able to handle it, rather ball operations, while his contract and like caring about the situa- solid reputation, too. But you why I want it.” than expecting things and if they was extended through the 2024 tion, you know, it’s easy for people won’t hear Hendriks say it. He Hendriks became a key piece didn’t come to fruition, falling out season. Snitker and his coaching to identify that, and to hear that in plans to earn the job again. for A’s manager Bob Melvin late a rabbit hole and being kind of staff received extensions through the genuine nature of it.“ “I don’t want to be complain games last season as Oakland self-deprecating and all that.” Tuesday, February 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 MLB Manfred: No tolerance for beanballs at Astros

BY MARK DIDTLER “I do expect that we will for Associated Press 2020 have really serious restric- tions on player and playing per- NORTH PORT, Fla. — With sonnel access to video in-game,” baseball ablaze over the Houston Manfred said. “I think it’s really Astros’ cheating scandal, com- important for us to send a mes- missioner Rob Manfred met with sage to our fans that not only did nearly half of the major leagues we investigate and punish, but managers Sunday and told them we altered our policies in a way to knock off any notion of get- that will help make sure it doesn’t even beanballs. happen again.” “I hope that I made it extreme- Manfred said MLB officials ly clear to them that retaliation discussed vacating the Astros’ in-game by throwing at a batter 2017 World Series championship. intentionally will not be tolerated, “First of all, it had never hap- whether it’s Houston or anybody pened in baseball,” Manfred else,” Manfred said. “It’s danger- said. “I am a precedent guy. The ous and it is not helpful to the cur- 2017 World Series will always be rent situation.” looked at as different, whether not Cody Bellinger, Kris Bryant, you put an asterisk or ask for the Trevor Bauer and Carlos Cor- trophy back. Once you go down rea were among the All-Stars that road as for changing the re- recently trading threats, accusa- sult on the field, I just don’t know tions and barbs as spring train- where you stop.” ing opened. The revelation of Astros players were granted Houston’s sign-stealing scam, the immunity for taking part in the punishment imposed by Major investigation, but Manfred said League Baseball and poorly re- that “if I was in a world where I ceived apologies by the Astros could have found the facts with- further enhanced anger across out granting immunity, I would CURTIS COMPTON, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION/AP the sport, with players, club man- have done that.” agement and fans all joining in. Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred pauses before answering a question about the Houston Astros, “They had an obligation to play “I think that the back and forth during a news conference at the Atlanta Braves’ spring training facility Sunday in North Port, Fla. by the rules and they didn’t,” that’s gone on is not healthy,” Manfred said. “I understand Manfred said. ing in Florida to talk about the Manfred said he would person- investigation into the Boston Red when say the players should have Manfred had previously upcoming season. Instead of an ally talk to the managers of the Sox could be completed within two been punished.” planned to attend a news confer- uplifting look at the upcoming teams that train in Arizona on weeks. He also said he planned to Manfred said expanding the ence at the Atlanta Braves’ new season, as this annual press ses- Tuesday. meet the players’ union to discuss MLB playoff format is being dis- camp, along with managers and sion is, there was no doubt what In further fallout from the As- new rules limiting in-game video cussed internally but that no deci- representatives of teams train- was the No. 1 topic. tros’ scheme, Manfred said the access. sion has been reached. Darvish: Astros Fernandez, Blue Jays’ should have 2017 title taken away all-time hits leader, dies Associated Press season. BY BRIAN M. BERGNER JR. The next year, Fernandez caught on at TORONTO — Tony Fernandez, a stylish second with the Cleveland Indians and Associated Press shortstop who made five All-Star teams was instrumental in their 1997 American during his 17 seasons in the major leagues MESA, Ariz. — Yu Darvish got hit hard League pennant. He batted .357 in the AL and helped the Toronto Blue Jays win the by the Houston Astros during the 2017 Championship Series against Baltimore 1993 World Series, died Sunday after com- World Series — both his ERA and reputa- and homered in the 11th inning at Camden tion took quite a beating. plications from a kidney disease. He was 57. Yards to give Cleveland a 1-0 victory in the On Sunday, after a bullpen session for the clinching Game 6 — his only postseason Chicago Cubs, he sought to settle the score Fernandez was taken off a life support system in the afternoon with his family home run. a bit. He said the Astros, their sign-steal- present at a hospital in Weston, Fla., said Fernandez then hit .471 with four RBIs ing scheme exposed, should be stripped of Imrad Hallim, the director and co-founder in the World Series against the Florida their title. of the Tony Fernandez Foundation. Fernan- Marlins. His two-run single in the third in- “Like the Olympics, when a player dez had been in a medically induced coma ning of Game 7 put the Indians ahead 2-0, cheats, they can’t have a gold medal,“ the and had waited years for a new kidney. but the Marlins tied it in the bottom of the Japanese-born star said. “But (Houston) Fernandez won four straight Gold Gloves ninth and won 3-2 in 11 innings to take the still has a World Series title. It does make GREGORY BULL/AP with the Blue Jays in the 1980s and holds championship. me feel weird. That’s it.” In 43 career postseason games, Fernan- Chicago Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish, who club records for career hits and games The 33-year-old pitcher became the lat- dez batted .327 with 23 RBIs and a .787 had a 21.60 ERA as a Los Angeles played. est player to criticize the Astros. But Dar- OPS. Dodger against the Houston Astros in the “Not only was he a great ball player but vish said he wasn’t actually “angry” about A wiry switch-hitter with speed, Fer- 2017 World Series, said their title should a great human being as well. R.I.P. my the sign-stealing scandal that resulted nandez made his major league debut with be taken away. brother. We will all miss you,” former To- managers AJ Hinch, Alex Cora and Carlos ronto teammate Joe Carter tweeted. the Blue Jays at age 21 in September 1983. Beltran losing their jobs. He also played for the San Diego Padres, one is wondering about (their numbers) A clutch hitter in five trips to the post- Pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers, season, Fernandez had four separate stints New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds and Mil- 1 pitching against them.“ Darvish lasted only 1 /3 innings in both of with the Blue Jays and played for six other waukee Brewers in a career that lasted Darvish also referenced the back and his 2017 World Series appearances. He was teams. through 2001. forth between former Dodgers teammate tagged for four runs and six hits in Game 3 One of those was the New York Yankees, He was a .288 hitter with 94 homers and Cody Bellinger, the reigning NL MVP, and at Minute Maid Park in Houston, then the who replaced him at shortstop with a 21- 844 RBIs in 2,158 big league games. He re- four-time All-Star lost Game 7 at Dodger Astros star Carlos Correa. Darvish said year-old Derek Jeter in 1996. Fernandez mains the last Yankees player to hit for the Stadium. the Astros should be more “apologetic.” was slated to slide over to second base and cycle in a home game, accomplishing the Darvish wound up with a 21.60 ERA in “So they cheat, I think, right now, they stick around as insurance, but he broke his feat in 1995. his two starts. The poor results led many to don’t have to talk. They shouldn’t talk like right elbow (for the second time in his ca- Fernandez finished with 2,276 hits, question whether Darvish was tipping his that,” Darvish said. reer) lunging for a ball late in spring train- 1,057 runs, 414 doubles, 92 triples, 246 pitches, or not up to the challenge or just He said he’s been getting harassed on ing and missed the entire season. stolen bases and a .746 OPS. He struck out wasn’t very sharp. Twitter by Astros fans posting images of Jeter, of course, went on to win AL Rook- only 784 times in 8,793 plate appearances “I know they were stealing signs, but at the racist gesture Yuli Gurriel made at ie of the Year and the first of his five World — never more than 74 times in a season. the same time, I was not good during the Darvish after homering off him in Game 3. Series titles. Fernandez, who had been set Fernandez is Toronto’s career leader in World Series,“ Darvish said. “I’m better Major League Baseball suspended Gurriel to help ease Jeter’s transition, was given hits (1,583), triples (72) and games played for what I went through. But, yeah, every- for the first five games of the 2018 season. a World Series ring by the Yankees that (1,450). S TARS AND STRIPES Tuesday, February 18, 2020 F3HIJKLM Worth the wait? Fans face long lines to see SPORTS President, race » Page 20

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BY DAVID GINSBURG Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. aryland’s ascent to the top of the Big Ten standings coincides with the heightened effectiveness of sophomore forward Jalen Smith, who’s notched eight straight double- doubles and become an intimidating shot- Mblocker for the resurgent Terrapins. After losing two straight in mid-January, Maryland stood at 3-3 in the conference and was winless on the road. With Smith leading the way, the ninth- ranked Terps have since rattled ‘ He’s hoopin’. off eight successive victories He knows what to gain sole possession of first he’s supposed place. Nicknamed “Stix” in high to do – scoring, school because of his wiry frame, rebounds. We the 6-foot-10 Smith hit the weight need him to room after his freshman season. He tacked on 15 pounds to reach do that. ’ 225, and in the past three weeks Anthony Cowan Jr. has beefed up his stats in an ef- Maryland senior guard, fort to get Maryland deep into on sophomore Jalen Smith the NCAA Tournament. Smith is averaging 18.5 points and nearly 12 rebounds during Maryland’s eight-game run. In addition, he swatted away six shots in a win over Rut- gers last week and saved the Terrapins from a potential

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