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VIRUS OUTBREAK AFGHANISTAN Biden says US set to hit goal of 100M vaccinations

BY ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON — With the U.S. closing in on President Joe Biden’s goal of injecting 100 mil- lion coronavirus vaccinations weeks ahead of his target date, the White House said the nation is now in position to help supply neighbors Canada and Mexico with millions of lifesaving shots. The Biden administration on Thursday revealed the outlines of a plan to “loan” a limited number of vaccines to Canada and Mexico as the president announced the U.S. is on the cusp of meeting his 100-day injection goal “way ahead of schedule.” “I’m proud to announce that to- morrow, 58 days into our adminis- tration, we will have met our goal,” Biden said. He promised to ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/AP unveil a new vaccination target Khairullah Khairkhwa, left, former western Herat governor, gestures while speaking as Suhail Shaheen, a member of negotiation team, listens next week, as the U.S. is on pace to to him during their joint news conference in Moscow on Friday. have enough of the three currently authorized vaccines to cover the entire adult population SEE VACCINATIONS ON PAGE 5 Taliban expect US withdrawal Negotiators warn against defying May 1 deadline; vow to restore Islamic rule

BY VLADMIR ISACHENKOV ing at a press conference in Mos- Wednesday that the May 1 dead- would not be from our side … AND KATHY GANNON cow, the day after meeting with se- line “could happen, but it is Their violation will have a reac- Associated Press nior Afghan government negotia- tough,” adding that if the deadline tion.” MOSCOW — The Taliban tors and international observers to is extended it won’t be by “a lot He did not elaborate on what warned Washington on Friday try to jumpstart a stalled peace longer.” form the “reaction” would take, against defying a May 1 deadline process to end Afghanistan’s dec- “They should go,” Suhail Sha- but in keeping with the agreement for the withdrawal of American ades of war. heen, a member of the Taliban ne- they signed in February 2020, the ANDREW HARNIK/AP and NATO troops from Afghanis- President Joe Biden’s adminis- gotiation team, told reporters, Taliban have not attacked U.S. or President Joe Biden arrives to tan, promising a “reaction,” which tration says it is reviewing an warning that staying beyond May NATO forces, even as unclaimed speak about COVID-19 could mean increased attacks by agreement the Taliban signed 1 would breach the deal. “After bombings and targeted killings vaccinations from the East Room the insurgent group. with the Trump administration. that, it will be a kind of violation of of the White House on Thursday. The Taliban issued their warn- Biden told ABC in an interview the agreement. That violation SEE TALIBAN ON PAGE 4 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, March 20, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER AMC to reopen more of its movie theaters EXCHANGE RATES Military rates So. Korea (Won) 1132.50 Associated Press the proper local approvals are in tions to choose from if they want to Switzerlnd (Franc) 0.9311 Euro costs (March 22) $1.16 Thailand (Baht) 30.86 It’s showtime! AMC Theatres place. AMC previously opened see a film on the big screen. Dollar buys (March 22) 0.8193 Turkey (NewLira) 7.2711 British pound (March 22) $1.36 says it expected to have 98% of its more than 500 of its theaters else- Analyst Eric Wold of B. Riley Se- Japanese yen (March 22) 106.00 (Military exchange rates are those available U.S. movie theaters open on Friday where around the country. curities said in a recent client note South Korean won (March 22) 1103.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ as a bunch of theaters reopen in Cal- Movie theaters all over shuttered that he continues “to see an attrac- many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain(Dinar) 0.3770 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ ifornia. Even more theaters are ex- their doors a year ago as the corona- tive setup for an attendance and box Britain (Pound) 0.7226 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2530 your local military banking facility. Commercial pected to open by March 26. virus pandemic swept the globe. office rebound into 2022 on an im- China(Yuan) 6.5115 rates are interbank rates provided for reference Denmark (Krone) 6.2591 AMC said that more than 40 of its While some movie theaters have pressive, blockbuster-fueled film Egypt (Pound) 15.6822 when buying currency. All figures are foreign locations in California were expect- opened over the past few months slate.” He increased the company’s Euro 0.8417 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7662 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ ed to reopen beginning on Friday. with limited capacity and enhanced price target to $7 from $5.50. Hungary (Forint) 309.60 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.3019 California is expected to open 52 of safety protocols, the announcement Shares of AMC Entertainment Japan (Yen) 109.00 INTEREST RATES its 54 locations by Monday. The Lea- by AMC — the nation’s largest mo- Holdings Inc. rose more than 3% to Kuwait(Dinar) 0.3022 Norway (Krone) 8.5858 Prime rate 3.25 wood, Kan. -based company is pre- vie chain — to open nearly all of its $14.03 in afternoon trading on Philippines (Peso) 48.60 Interest Rates Discount rate 0.75 Poland (Zloty) 3.89 Federal funds market rate 0.09 paring to resume operations at the U.S. theaters by month’s end means Thursday. In the year to date the Saudi Arab (Riyal) 3.7506 3­month bill 0.01 rest of its California locations once more people will have mosre loca- stock is up over 500%. Singapore (Dollar) 1.3438 30­year bond 2.48 WEATHER OUTLOOK SATURDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SATURDAY IN EUROPE SUNDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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TODAY IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 11 Comics/Crossword ...... 17 Food ...... 12 Lifestyle ...... 15 Opinion ...... 16 Sports ...... 18-24 Video Games ...... 13 Saturday, March 20, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 3 MILITARY Bill would repeal old force authorizations BY RACHEL OSWALD communist threats to the Middle eign Affairs Committee members Iraq and Gulf War resolutions to essary AUMFs off the books, si- CQ-Roll Call East. and could offer the legislation as justify military actions that multaneously send the signal that WASHINGTON — A bipartisan “It’s a matter of basic constitu- an amendment to the Lee bill. seemed to have only a tangential Congress has a constitutional role group of House lawmakers with tional hygiene,” Gallagher, the “Obviously, I don’t speak for relationship to the underlying au- when it comes to war powers, and national security backgrounds in- lead sponsor of the measure, said her,” Gallagher said of Lee. “But thorization. then hopefully kick-start a discus- troduced legislation Thursday to in an interview. “As Congress theoretically, I don’t see why she For example, in 2014, the Oba- sion about revising the 9/11 repeal not just the 2002 Iraq War struggles with having abdicated would have any problem or the ma administration used the 2002 AUMF.” military authorization but also the its authority in general and partic- proponents of the 2002 repeal AUMF as a supplementary legal The 1957 authorization is a less- Gulf War authorization from 1991 ularly when it comes to war pow- would have any problem adding justification for its redeployment well-known statute that has never and an Eisenhower-era anti-com- ers, the easiest and most practical 1991 and 1957 to that effort. In any of troops to Iraq even though they been invoked even as it remains munist military authorization. first step is to clean up past autho- case, I think it would enhance the were going there to fight Islamic technically on the books. It was Supporters of constraining the rizations that have not been re- overall message and tee us up for State terrorists and not the Sad- passed by Congress at the behest Pentagon’s expansive post-9/11 pealed and are no longer oper- that broader debate about the 9/11 dam Hussein regime, which was of President Dwight Eisenhower powers to carry out open-ended ationally necessary.” AUMF.” toppled more than a decade be- who feared the Soviet Union military interventions abroad are House Foreign Affairs Chair- The 9/11 AUMF refers to the fore. And early last year, Presi- would try to fill a perceived power seeking to capitalize on and build man Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., 2001 authorization for military dent Donald Trump cited the 2002 vacuum in the Middle East after political momentum around the whose committee has jurisdiction strikes against the perpetrators of war resolution as giving partial the 1956 Suez Canal crisis left the Biden White House’s recent call over war powers matters, sched- the Sept. 11 attacks. It forms the le- justification for its assassination region’s former colonizers, for an updated Authorization for uled a markup on March 25 for a gal underpinning for most of the of one of Iran’s top generals, Qas- France and the United Kingdom, Use of Military Force that is more related piece of legislation from last two decades’ worth of military sem Soleimani. discredited, according to a 2019 “narrow and specific.” Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif. Her interventions in the Middle East, “Every administration comes Lawfare analysis. The two-page legislation from bill would repeal just the 2002 war South Asia and Africa. in, it seems, and makes a compli- It empowers the U.S. president Reps. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., resolution. Gallagher, a former Marine in- cated argument drawing on a grab “to use armed forces to assist any Jared Golden, D-Maine, Peter Gallagher said he is hopeful the telligence officer who served in bag of [AUMFs] that tends not to such nation or group of such na- Meijer, R-Mich., and Abigail multi-war resolution repeal bill Iraq and now sits on the House make sense,” said Gallagher, a tions requesting assistance Spanberger, D-Va., would repeal would be considered a friendly al- Armed Services Committee, former Senate Foreign Relations against armed aggression from the 2002 AUMF, the 1991 AUMF ternative to the Lee legislation. noted that different administra- staffer. “We think it’s a common- any country controlled by interna- and the 1957 authorization to fight Meijer and Spanberger are For- tions have cited the 2002 and 1991 sense approach to take the unnec- tional communism.” Former Green HUD: Veteran Beret won’t homelessness get medal or climbed in 2019 BY NIKKI WENTLING Stars and Stripes tab reinstated WASHINGTON — A newly released fed- BY COREY DICKSTEIN eral report found the number of homeless Stars and Stripes veterans in the United States increased The Army will not return a valor medal or from 2019 to 2020, stoking concern among the Special Forces tab that it stripped from advocates that the effects of the coronavirus former Maj. Mathew Golsteyn, a retired pandemic will add to an already regressive Green Beret officer pardoned by former trend. President Donald Trump before he faced a On a single night in January 2020, 37,252 court-martial on a murder charge, a service veterans were experiencing homelessness official said Thursday. — an increase of 167 veterans, or 0.4%, from An Army review board in June denied an January 2019, according to the Annual appeal filed by Golsteyn after his Novem- Homelessness Assessment Report released ber 2019 pardon seeking the reinstatement Thursday by the Department of Housing of his Special Forces tab and the issuance of ANDREW CRAFT/The Fayetteville Observer and Urban Development. This marks the the Distinguished Service Cross that he was Maj. Mathew Golsteyn, a former Army Special Forces soldier, leaves the Fort Bragg, first increase in veteran homelessness once approved to receive but was never N.C., court facility on June 27, 2019, after an arraignment hearing where he entered a since 2017. However, since 2009, veteran awarded, service officials said. The Army plea of not guilty in the killing of an unarmed Afghan national in 2010. homelessness is down about 50%. declined to say why its decision was not “Any increase in veteran homelessness is made public until Wednesday, when USA Correction of Military Records decision to “Clearly, we have seen military depart- unacceptable,” the National Coalition of Today first reported it, citing documents deny Golsteyn’s appeal, but he declined to ments obey the direction of the commander Homeless Veterans wrote in a statement is- the newspaper obtained. provide further information about the case, in chief in other cases and, inexplicably, the sued Thursday. The group, a nonprofit that In 2014, Golsteyn was stripped of his Spe- citing “privacy laws.” Army defied the president,” Golsteyn said helps local providers of homelessness aid, cial Forces tab and the Silver Star that he The former Green Beret issued his ap- in the statement. “It shouldn’t be a surprise criticized HUD’s lag in sharing the report, was awarded in 2011, which later that year peal to the board seeking the return of his the findings of the Army board were re- which was released six months later than is had been approved for an upgrade to the Special Forces tab, the valor medal and the leased in November 2020 and not mailed to typical, and called the delay “significant Distinguished Service Cross, the nation’s clearance of wrongdoing in his official re- me for two more months, after President and unexplained.” second highest award for battlefield valor. cord, shortly after Trump issued his pardon Trump left office, so my case could languish Overall in the United States, 580,466 peo- Top Army officials stripped the awards and called Golsteyn a “U.S. military hero.” in the quagmire of presidential transition.” ple were homeless, an increase of 12,751 from Golsteyn as the service probed his ad- Army officials at the time said they would The newspaper reported the board’s de- people, or 2.2%, from 2019. Because the data mitted killing of an unarmed Afghan man review the case. cision was based in part on a Justice De- was collected in January 2020, the report while the Green Beret was deployed to Golsteyn’s lawyer, Philip Stackhouse, partment letter, indicating Trump’s pardon does not account for the economic effects of Marjah in 2010. The Army charged Gol- said at the time that he expected the Army did not ultimately clear Golsteyn of wrong- the pandemic. steyn in 2018 with a single count of murder to reinstate the awards and Trump had told doing. “The findings of the 2020 … report are ve- in the man’s death, but he has long main- Golsteyn that he would receive the honors The “presidential pardon is a sign of for- ry troubling, even before you consider what tained the act was justified in wartime, that he was stripped of “as though this nev- giveness and ‘does not indicate innocence,’” [the coronavirus] has done to make the claiming the man was a Taliban bombmak- er happened.” the board wrote in its decision, according to homelessness crisis worse,” HUD Secreta- er responsible for the deaths of troops un- In a statement to USA Today, Golsteyn USA Today. ry Marcia Fudge said. der his command. said the Army did not make him aware of

Lt. Col. Gabriel Ramirez, an Army the board’s decision until after Trump had [email protected] [email protected] spokesman, confirmed the Army Board for left the White House. Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Twitter: @nikkiwentling PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, March 20, 2021 MILITARY Cops: NCO hit wife before shooting by stepson

BY ROSE L. THAYER mother earlier in the day while nile Probation Department, “Sgt. 1st Class Allan Ed- four Army Good Conduct Med- Stars and Stripes the family was outside the police said Thursday. Detec- wards gave 100% daily to the als, a National Defense Service AUSTIN, Texas — A Fort home. Once back at the apart- tives from Crimes Against Per- team and his profession. His Medal, an Afghanistan Cam- Bliss soldier shot and killed by ment, the boy sons and Crimes Against Chil- technical knowledge enhanced paign Medal, a Global War on his 13-year-old stepson had as- retrieved a dren divisions are continuing the capability of the division Terrorism Service Medal, a saulted the boy’s mother earli- handgun own- the investigation. operations section,” said Col. Korean Defense Service Med- er that day, according to the El ed by Edwards. Edwards is from Telford, Bryan Frizzelle, assistant chief al, three Noncommissioned Of- Paso Police Department. “When the Tenn., and was assigned to the of staff for division operations. ficer Professional Develop- Sgt. 1st Class Allan Edwards, couple again 1st Armored Division’s oper- “Sgt. 1st Class Edwards was a ment Ribbons, an Army Ser- 31, died Monday inside the began to argue ations section, according to determined senior noncom- vice Ribbon, two Overseas Ser- family’s El Paso apartment on the juvenile Fort Bliss. He enlisted in missioned officer who leaves a vice Ribbons, a NATO Medal, a McCombs Street. Officers produced the March 2008 as tank crewman legacy of armor crew members Master Gunner Identification were called out to an aggravat- handgun and and has been at Fort Bliss since who are more confident in Badge, a Marksmanship Qual- ed assault call at about mid- shot Edwards,” Edwards March 2014. their profession.” ification Badge Expert-Pistol, night and found him dead. His police report- Fort Bliss was Edwards’ Edwards’ awards and deco- and a Marksmanship Qualifi- stepson was identified as the ed. third duty station and he had rations include a Meritorious cation Badge Expert Carbine. shooter and taken into custody. No charges have been an- one combat deployment to Af- Service Medal, four Army

The boy told police that he nounced against the boy, and ghanistan, according to base Commendation Medals, five [email protected] had seen Edwards assault his he was transferred to the Juve- officials. Army Achievement Medals, Twitter: @Rose_Lori Taliban: DOD looks to root out Women fear extremists recruiting life under US service members BY LOLITA C. BALDOR grounds, including 31 veterans Associated Press and a member of the National new regime WASHINGTON — The U.S. Guard and a member of the Army military is focusing on identifying Reserves, according to the Pro- extremist organizations in the gram on Extremism, based at Ge- FROM PAGE 1 United States that are trying to orge Washington University. have spiked in recent months. recruit members from within the Speaking to a small number of “We hope that this will not hap- armed forces. A top official com- reporters at the Pentagon, Colón- pen, that they withdraw and we fo- ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO, POOL/AP pared the recruitment effort to López said he is not aware of any cus on the settlement, peaceful Members of the Taliban delegation attend their joint news conference that undertaken by international specific coordination that has settlement of the Afghan issue, in in Moscow on Friday. terrorist groups trying to lure the started between the Defense De- order to bring about a permanent support of servicemembers. partment and law enforcement. and comprehensive ceasefire at said Afghanistan was one of the rule imposed a harsh brand of Is- Senior Enlisted Advisor to the But, he added, “there’s communi- the end of reaching a political worst places in the world to be a lam, now control about half of the Chairman Ramón Colón-López cation going back and forth, espe- roadmap (for) Afghanistan,” Sha- woman in 2020. country. U.S. Secretary of State said Thursday that the Defense cially in light of 6 January, about heen said. Only one woman attended Antony Blinken has warned that Department is talking with feder- who do we need to pay attention to He also reaffirmed that the Tali- Thursday’s talks in Moscow, and the insurgents could make even al law enforcement agencies as and so on.” ban were firm on their demand for in the two decades since the Tali- more gains without U.S. and NA- they develop databases on domes- He said the Pentagon has to take an Islamic government. Shaheen ban were ousted, successive gov- TO troops on the ground. tic extremists groups, in the wake the threat seriously, noting that didn’t elaborate on what an Islam- ernments in Kabul have been un- The Moscow conference was at- of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. the Islamic State and other terror ic government would look like or able to ratify a law outlawing vio- tended by U.S. peace envoy Zal- Military leaders are intent on de- groups in the Middle East used so- whether it would mean a return to lence against women. may Khalilzad, Abdullah Abdul- veloping training for troops that cial media to recruit followers. their repressive rules that denied Meanwhile, the Taliban refused lah, head of Afghanistan’s Nation- makes clear they should not get in- “We’ve seen this movie play be- girls education, barred women to promise they would not launch al Reconciliation Council, and Ta- volved with such groups. fore,” he said. “They were genius- from working, and imposed harsh a spring offensive despite calls liban co-founder Mullah Abdul “We do know that our force is es about making sure that they tar- punishments. from the United States, Russia Ghani Baradar, who led a 10- being made aware of those orga- get certain populations to go Shaheen did not say whether and China. member delegation. Representa- nizations that are out there that ahead and get that membership.” the Taliban would accept elec- “I started Jihad (holy war) to re- tives of Pakistan, Iran, India and are actively recruiting people,” A recent Pentagon report noted tions, but he emphasized that the move foreign forces from my China also participated. said Colón-López. “And we need that members of the military “are government of President Ashraf country and establish an Islamic In a statement issued after the to make sure that they stand clear highly prized by these groups as Ghani would not fit their defini- government and Jihad will contin- talks, Russia, the U.S., China and from them. It’s not good for the de- they bring legitimacy to their tion of an Islamic government. ue until we reach that goal Pakistan called on the warring partment and it’s not good for the causes and enhance their ability to In previous statements, the Ta- through a political agreement,” parties to reduce the level of vio- image of the military.” carry out attacks.” liban have said their vision of an said Khairullah Khairkhwa, a lence in the country — and specifi- The military has long been In early February, Defense Sec- Islamic government would allow member of the negotiating team, cally urged the Taliban not to pur- aware of small numbers of white retary Lloyd Austin directed com- girls to attend school, and women who was one of five Taliban freed sue a spring offensive. supremacists and other extre- manders and supervisors at every to work or be in public life. But in from U.S. prison on Guantanamo The joint statement emphasized mists in its ranks. But Pentagon level of the military to conduct a every conversation, they empha- Bay in 2013 in exchange for the re- that the four countries do not sup- leaders launched an all-out effort one-day “stand down” — a pause sized the need to follow Islamic in- lease of a captured U.S. soldier. port the restoration of an Islamic to root out extremism in the force in normal business — by early junctions without specifying what Washington has been at war in emirate in Afghanistan similar to after it became clear that a signif- April to discuss extremism . that would mean. Afghanistan for nearly two dec- the Taliban’s past rule. icant number of military veterans He said one goal of the stand- They have said they would not ades, since the Sept. 11, 2001, ter- Shaheen emphasized that the and some current military mem- down is to make sure service accept a woman as president, and rorist attacks masterminded by Taliban would stick to the goal of bers were present at the January members know that their military while women could be judges they al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden building an Islamic state. He ar- insurrection in Washington, D.C. oath requires that they remain could not take the job of the Chief who was based in Taliban-ruled gued that the Afghans themselves More than 300 people have been apolitical and be good stewards of Justice. Afghanistan. The invasion toppled should determine their govern- charged so far in the riot that re- society. And, as time goes on, he But even without the Taliban in the Taliban regime but the 20- ment order without outside med- sulted in the deaths of five people, said that with more education, ser- government in Afghanistan, The year-war has made Afghanistan dling. He added that the talks in and at least 100 more are expected vice members will identify and re- Georgetown Institute for Women, America’s longest conflict. Doha should help determine the to be charged. Of those, as many as port extremist activities and com- Peace and Security Afghanistan The Taliban, who during their future governance structure. 33 individuals had military back- ments more frequently. Saturday, March 20, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 VIRUS OUTBREAK Zoos, scientists race to prevent animal infections BY CHRISTINA LARSON About three dozen zoos across the AND JULIE WATSON United States and abroad have put Associated Press in orders for the Zoetis vaccine, SAN DIEGO — The coughing which is formulated to elicit a strong among the western lowland gorillas immune response in particular ani- at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in mal species. January was the first warning sign. “We will jump at the opportunity Soon the fears were confirmed: A to get the Zoetis vaccine for our own troop of gorillas became the first great apes,” said Oakland Zoo’s vet- apes known to test positive for the erinary director Alex Herman, who coronavirus. is ordering 100 doses. Around the world, many scien- Zoetis got a permit from the U.S. tists and veterinarians are now rac- Department of Agriculture to pro- ing to protect animals from the coro- vide the doses on an experimental navirus, often using the same play- basis to the San Diego Zoo. The com- book for minimizing disease spread pany will need to apply for the same among people: That includes social permission to provide the vaccine to RONALD ZAK/AP distancing, health checks and, for additional zoos. A visitor observes an orangutan in an enclosure at the Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria, on Feb. 8. some zoo animals, a vaccine. Scientists believe the coronavirus Karen, a 28-year-old orangutan, likely originated in wild horseshoe Virginia Tech. Scientists and conservationists their families, but also keep the go- became the first ape in the world to bats, before jumping — perhaps Another worry is that virus who monitor wild primates have al- rillas safe,” Ndagijimana said. To get a coronavirus vaccine on Jan. 26 through an intermediary species — spread among other species could so adapted their daily routines. date, he said, there have been no cor- at the San Diego Zoo. to humans. Now many researchers produce new variants, complicating “COVID-19 has been a wake-up onavirus cases among wild gorillas. Karen has received two shots of a worry that humans may unwittingly health authorities’ efforts to curb the call for the world about the fact that While some wild gorillas were vaccine from Zoetis, a veterinary infect other susceptible species. pandemic. these viruses can go from wild ani- vaccinated against measles in the pharmaceutical company in New “Right now, humans are the main In Denmark, workers at a mink mals to people, and from people to 1980s, there are currently no plans Jersey, and has shown no adverse vectors of SARS-CoV-2, with conse- farm accidentally infected the ani- great apes,” said Kirsten Gilardi, ex- to vaccinate them against the coro- reactions. Since then, nine other pri- quences for many animal species,” mals. As the coronavirus spread ecutive director of Gorilla Doctors, a navirus. With wild apes, the first mates at the San Diego Zoo have said Arinjay Banerjee, a disease re- among the mink, it mutated — and conservation group that includes choice is always to be as handsoff as been fully vaccinated: five bonobos searcher at McMaster University in human handlers contracted the new field veterinarians who treat wild possible, said Jean Bosco Noheli, a and four orangutans. Four more ani- Canada. variant. In response, the govern- gorillas in Rwanda, Uganda and the field veterinarian for Gorilla Doc- mals — one bonobo and three goril- Great apes such as gorillas, which ment ordered millions of mink to be Democratic Republic of Congo. tors in Rwanda. las — got their first shot this month share 98% of their DNA with hu- killed. There are only about 1,000 wild “Let’s focus on other measures and will get a second one in April. mans, are especially susceptible, as “Mutations happen when there’s mountain gorillas, so the threat of we can take first to protect wild go- “I was really convinced that we are felines. So far, confirmed coro- a lot of disease transfer going on be- coronavirus infection “has changed rillas,” he said. wanted to get that to protect our oth- navirus cases include gorillas, tigers tween animals,” said Scott Weese, a the way we do our work,” said Felix But more zoo animals could soon er great apes,” said the zoo’s wildlife and lions at zoos; domestic cats and veterinary microbiologist at the On- Ndagijimana, the Rwanda country be getting virus shots. health officer Nadine Lamberski, dogs; farmed mink, and at least one tario Veterinary College. director for Dian Fossey Gorilla “There’s a lot of interest,” said who explained she felt urgency to wild mink in Utah. Many recommended steps to Fund International, a conservation Sharon Deem, a veterinary epide- act after the eight gorillas fell sick. Scientists have also experimen- minimize disease spread to animals group. miologist at the St. Louis Zoo who is That virus outbreak was linked to tally shown that ferrets, raccoon are familiar: wearing masks and For the past year, field trackers also part of a hazard preparedness a zookeeper who was infected but dogs and white-tailed deer are sus- sanitizing shared equipment, regu- who check on gorillas daily in the group of the Association of Zoos & had no symptoms. Seven gorillas re- ceptible, although pigs and cattle lar health checks, and maintaining rainforest first get a coronavirus Aquariums that represents 240 covered after a mild cases of sniffles, are not. physical distance. test, then stay with other trackers in zoos. but one elderly silverback had pneu- “This could be a conservation Since the outbreak, the San Diego an encampment for work stints of “I think given how horrible this monia, likely caused by the virus, as concern, especially if the virus be- Zoo and its safari park north of San several weeks. This is to ensure that particular pathogen has been to hu- well as heart disease. He was put on gan to spread in a wild species with Diego have installed more fans at its they don’t pick up the bug by return- mans, and that we know it can be antibiotics and heart medication, extremely reduced populations, indoor primate areas to increase air ing to their villages at night. transmitted between humans and and received an antibody treatment like the black-footed ferret,” which circulation. The staff wears double “It was really a big ask of our animals, that there is great interest to block the virus from infecting is endangered, said Kate Langwig, masks and face shields and limits team, especially during the pan- to use an animal vaccine as soon as it cells. an infectious disease ecologist at their time indoors with animals. demic. People want to be close to is available,” she said. Vaccinations: US plans to export doses to Mexico, Canada FROM PAGE 1 “Our first priority remains tion, and that has sparked an in- lease the AstraZeneca shots for fewer than 7 million COVID-19 just 10 weeks from now. vaccinating the U.S. population,” ternational outcry that lifesaving immediate use. Biden has also vaccine doses have been admin- Ahead of Biden’s remarks, the Psaki said. But she added that vaccine is being withheld when it fielded direct requests from istered in Africa thus far. That’s White House said it was finaliz- “ensuring our neighbors can could be used elsewhere. The Canadian Prime Minister Justin the equivalent of what the U.S. ing plans to send a combined 4 contain the virus is a mission White House said just 7 million Trudeau and Mexican President administers in a matter of days. million doses of the AstraZeneca critical step, is mission critical to of the AstraZeneca doses are Andrés Manuel López Obrador Biden did move to have the COVID-19 vaccine to Mexico ending the pandemic.” ready for shipment. to buy vaccines produced in the U.S. contribute financially to the and Canada in its first export of The AstraZeneca vaccine has The initial run of doses manu- United States. United Nations- and World shots. Press secretary Jen Psaki not yet been authorized for use in factured in the U.S. are owned by Global public health advocates Health Organization-backed said the details of the “loan” the U.S. but has been by the the federal government under say wealthy nations like the U.S. COVAX alliance, which will were still being worked out, but World Health Organization. the terms of agreements reached need to do far more to help stem share vaccine with more than 90 2.5 million doses would go to Tens of millions of doses have with drugmakers, and the Biden the spread of the pandemic. The lower- and middle-income na- Mexico and 1.5 million would be been stockpiled in the U.S., wait- administration has faced calls World Health Organization on tions, but the U.S. has yet to com- sent to Canada. ing for emergency use authoriza- from allies across the globe to re- Thursday issued a report that mit to sharing any doses. PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, March 20, 2021 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Official says herd immunity possible for Wis. by July

Associated Press Kentucky’s rate of positive MADISON, Wis. — There will cases fell to 3.23% Thursday, the be enough coronavirus vaccine in lowest level since July 3. Wisconsin by the end of June to immunize 80% of those age 16 and Connecticut over in the state, hitting a key tar- Yale epidemiologist Dr. Albert get to achieve herd immunity for Ko, a top pandemic advisor to Gov. COVID-19, a top state health offi- Ned Lamont, said Thursday he’s cial said Thursday. concerned about the different var- “Wouldn’t that be a wonderful iants that have been detected in 4th of July celebration, to hit 80% Connecticut, but he’s not opposing community immunity in the state the state’s plans to eliminate ca- of Wisconsin?” said Wisconsin De- pacity limits. partment of Health Services Sec- Beginning Friday, limits will be ANDREE KEHN, SUN JOURNAL (LEWISTON, MAINE)/AP retary Julie Willems Van Dijk. lifted at restaurants, non-theater Tina Billings, an animal care worker at Responsible Pet Care in South Paris, Maine, cuddles with one of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s indoor recreation centers, librar- the cats in the “catio” Wednesday. The screened in catio was designed for cats to get some fresh air, but top infectious disease expert, has ies, museums, aquariums, gyms after the pandemic hit, it was used as a way for people with approved adoption applicants to meet new said the nation must achieve a vac- and fitness centers, retail shops, furry friends. cination rate of about 80% to reach offices, personal services estab- “herd immunity.” Other health lishments and houses of worship. In what’s known as Phase 2A, ing to dictate what we can do and Clark started a GoFundMe experts have said “herd immuni- Mask-wearing, distancing and starting Tuesday, residents over what we cannot do,” Pavlos-Hack- drive that’s raised more than ty” won’t be reached until 90% of cleaning protocols will still be re- 60 will be eligible, and they can ney, a native of Poland, told $1,200. the population is vaccinated. quired. now begin preregistering for an WOOD-TV as she served custom- “After this whole past year, As of Thursday, more than 23% Also, movie theaters and per- appointment at the state’s mass ers Thursday. we’ve all had to learn to adapt to a of Wisconsin residents had re- forming arts venues will only be vaccination sites on the phone or Nessel defended the arrest on new way of life, and that’s what ceived at least one dose of the vac- allowed to open at 50% capacity. online, Hogan said. The governor Twitter, saying Pavlos-Hackney we’re doing,” she told the newspa- cine and more than 13%, about Restaurant seating will be limited said nearly 90% of COVID-19 was putting the public at risk. per. “We’re going to have a safe, 761,000 people, were fully vacci- to eight people per table and hours deaths in the state have been in in-person, socially distant gradua- nated, according to the health de- of operation capped at 11 p.m. people over 60. Florida tion, the way the university could partment. Bars, meanwhile, will remain “By prioritizing this age group, TAMPA — A handful of stu- have done — the way universities On Monday, more than 2 million shuttered. we will take a huge leap forward in dents who were disappointed that across the country and high people ages 16 to 64 with any of a the effort to protect our most vul- the University of Tampa is holding schools across the country are do- broad array of preexisting condi- Texas nerable citizens from this virus,” a virtual spring graduation cere- ing. We just want to give students tions including being overweight, AUSTIN — The number of CO- Hogan said at a news conference. mony have planned their own in- the recognition they deserve.” having high blood pressure or VID-19 cases in Texas was still de- On March 30, Maryland resi- person ceremony. moderate asthma, will become eli- clining on Thursday, as were the dents 16 and over with underlying When university officials an- Virginia gible. Everyone over age 65, and number of people hospitalized medical conditions will be eligible nounced last month that the Class RICHMOND — Pharmacies in all frontline health care workers, with the virus. for Phase 2B. On April 13, every- of 2021 would have an online cere- Virginia that are administering grocery store workers and restau- The 4,373 new confirmed and one 55 and over and all essential mony due to the uncertainty of the the coronavirus vaccine through a rant employees are already eligi- probable cases Thursday were workers in critical industries will coronavirus pandemic, Jacie partnership with the federal gov- ble. 373 fewer than Wednesday’s re- be eligible in Phase 2C. Maryland Steele sprang into action, the ernment will begin offering doses Everyone in Wisconsin will be port, according to the Texas De- residents over 16 will be eligible Tampa Bay Times reported. to more people in the state. eligible “no later” than May 1, Wil- partment of State Health Services. no later than April 27 for Phase 3. Steele, a graduating senior, The Virginia Department of lems Van Dijk said. The state’s pandemic total is at al- started a change.org petition ask- Health said Wednesday that par- most 2.74 million cases. Michigan ing UT president Ronald Vaughn ticipating pharmacies will expand Kentucky Active cases fell closer to the HOLLAND — A western Michi- and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, eligibility to people who are be- FRANKFORT — Kentucky’s 100,000 mark at an estimated gan woman who has defied coro- among others, to reconsider the tween the ages of 16 to 64 with governor has relaxed the curfew 108,696 Thursday, and the state navirus restrictions while operat- decision. She noted that the uni- high-risk medical conditions. on bars and restaurants as the reported 3,846 COVID-19 hospi- ing her restaurant was stopped in versity had been holding most of Eligibility will also expand to state’s rate of positive COVID-19 talizations Wednesday, the most her car and arrested before dawn its courses in-person since last more frontline essential workers. cases reached its lowest level recent total available and 69 fewer Friday, authorities said. fall. And the university said it They include people working in since early July. than Tuesday. Marlena Pavlos-Hackney was would host other in-person gradu- public safety, agriculture and The curfew will be extended The state reported 198 new CO- operating a Holland restaurant ation week events for seniors, in- manufacturing. Other eligible one hour, starting Friday, Gov. VID-19 deaths on Thursday. Johns without a license and had refused cluding photo opportunities. fields include mail carriers, gro- Andy Beshear said. Hopkins University researchers to surrender by Thursday, Attor- “I’m baffled,” Steele told the cery store workers and govern- Bars and restaurants can serve say the state’s death toll is at ney General Dana Nessel said. newspaper. “I’m confused. I don’t ment workers such as judges. food and drinks until midnight lo- 46,854. Pavlos-Hackney, 55, was ar- understand why we can’t have an More than 300 pharmacies in cal time and stay open until 1 a.m., The researchers also said the rested by state police and driven in-person ceremony when I see so Virginia are taking part in the fed- the governor said Thursday. rolling average of daily new cases to the Ingham County jail, Nessel many in-person things in Tampa.” eral pharmacy program. People “Hopefully this is a little bit of has fallen by 2,695 cases over the said. The petition received more than can visit VaccineFinder.org to relief given the positive move- past two weeks, a 37% decrease. State investigators said the 3,500 virtual signatures from peo- find eligible pharmacy locations. ment of where we are right now as owner had ignored caps on restau- ple who supported an in-person The expansion follows Virgin- a state with vaccines going up and Maryland rant capacity at Marlena’s Bistro graduation for the school’s 1,850 ia’s recent announcement that cases going down,” Beshear said. ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Gov. and Pizzeria and wasn’t enforcing expected graduates. However, the some communities can expand in- Capacity limits at bars and res- Larry Hogan announced Thurs- mask rules. Her food license was university responded that the de- to Phase 1c of vaccine distribution. taurants will remain at 60% and day when the next phases of CO- suspended Jan. 20, but the eatery cision was final. That phase includes people who the spaced-out seating rule still VID-19 vaccine eligibility will remained open. Steele, along with students Alli- work in fields that include energy, applies, the governor said. take effect, with residents 60 and An Ingham County judge de- son Clark and Emma Stange, wastewater, construction and “We cannot have people crowd- older becoming eligible starting clared Pavlos-Hackney in con- started organizing their own cere- food service. Other groups include ing around bars or in restaurants next week and plans for all resi- tempt of court. mony for May 8 at the Tampa Con- those who work in higher educa- around bars,” he said. “We do dents over 16 becoming eligible no “We don’t want this country to vention Center. It will follow the tion, transportation and legal ser- have to keep people separated.” later than April 27. be a communist regime that’s go- university’s online version. vices. Saturday, March 20, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 NATION Burns OK’d as CIA chief as US faces threats

BY ERIC TUCKER ing, but his confirmation was held Associated Press up this month by Cruz. The sen- WASHINGTON — Without op- ator said he would release it only position, the Senate confirmed when the administration “meets veteran diplomat William Burns its legal obligation to report and as CIA director on Thursday, giv- sanction the ships and compa- ing him control of the nation’s pre- nies” building a new gas pipeline mier spy agency as the U.S. gov- from Russia that is strongly op- CURTIS COMPTON, ATLANTA JOURNAL­CONSTITUTION/AP ernment confronts threats from posed in the U.S. and Eastern Eu- Jessica Lang pauses and places a hand on the door Wednesday after dropping off flowers with her China, Russia, Iran and else- rope. daughter Summer at Youngs Asian Massage where four people were killed in Acworth, Ga. where. Like the Trump administration The approval, by voice vote, before it, the Biden administration came soon after Sen. Ted Cruz, R- is opposed to the Nord Stream 2 Atlanta cops ‘looking at everything’ Texas, lifted a hold he had placed pipeline because it believes it will on the nomination. harm European energy security, Burns is a former ambassador particularly for countries in East- in shootings at massage parlors to Russia and Jordan who served ern and Central Europe like Uk- at the State Department for more raine and Poland. Last month, the Associated Press Asian descent. previously visited two of the At- than 30 years under both Demo- administration added a layer of ATLANTA — Police said “Our investigation is looking at lanta massage parlors where four cratic and Republican presidents. sanctions to a Russian vessel and Thursday that “nothing is off the everything, so nothing is off the ta- of the women were killed, Hamp- He pledged at his confirmation the ship owner for their work on table” in the investigation of the ble,” Deputy Atlanta Police Chief ton said. Long told police that the hearing last month that he would the pipeline. Senior Republican deadly shootings at two Atlanta Charles Hampton Jr. said at a attacks were not racially motiva- deliver “unvarnished” intelli- lawmakers called the move inade- massage businesses, including news conference. ted. He claimed to have a sex ad- gence to the White House. At that whether the slayings were a hate The Cherokee County Sheriff’s diction, and authorities said he ap- quate and have demanded stron- crime. Office said it also was investigat- parently lashed out at what he saw hearing, he described China as ger action. Those attacks and a third one ing whether the killings were hate as sources of temptation. posing the “biggest geopolitical On Thursday, Secretary of State near the suburban town of Wood- crimes. Long’s statements spurred out- test” to the United States and said Antony Blinken issued a state- stock killed eight people and Georgia lawmakers last year rage and widespread skepticism that Russia, though a declining ment condemning the pipeline as prompted President Joe Biden passed a hate crimes law that al- in the Asian American communi- world power in some ways, re- a bad deal “intended to divide Eu- and Vice President Kamala Har- lows additional penalties to be im- ty, which has increasingly been mained a disruptive and potent rope and weaken European ener- ris to change their plans for a pre- posed for certain offenses when targeted during the pandemic. threat. gy security.” viously scheduled trip to Atlanta. motivated by a victim’s race, col- At a congressional hearing on This week, intelligence agen- “The (State) Department reiter- The pair postponed a political or, religion, national origin, sex, violence against Asian Americans cies released an assessment show- ates its warning that any entity in- event in favor of meeting Friday sexual orientation, gender or dis- that was scheduled before the ing that Russia and Iran had volved in the Nord Stream 2 pipe- with Asian American community ability. A hate crime is not a stan- shootings, House Judiciary Com- sought to influence the outcome of line risks U.S. sanctions and leaders. dalone crime under the law, but it mittee Chairman Jerrold Nadler the 2020 U.S. presidential elec- should immediately abandon A 21-year-old white man, Rob- can be used to add time to a sen- called for the government to “in- tion, but that China did not inter- work on the pipeline,” Blinken ert Aaron Long, is charged with tence once someone is convicted vestigate and swiftly address” fere. said. murder in Tuesday’s slayings. Six of another crime. growing tensions but did not call Burns was warmly received by Soon after the statement was is- of those killed were women of Investigators believe Long had for a specific course of action. Republicans at his Senate hear- sued, Cruz lifted his hold. Judge limits evidence, refuses to move trial in Floyd death Associated Press ney, Eric Nelson, had sought to The judge had previously de- vant issue in Floyd’s death is how MINNEAPOLIS — A judge on halt or move the trial due to con- nied a defense attempt to allow the he was treated by police. Friday denied a defense request to cerns that the settlement announ- year-old arrest at trial. But he Floyd, who was Black, was de- delay or move the trial of a former cement had tainted the jury pool. heard fresh arguments this week clared dead May 25 after Chauvin, Minneapolis police officer Jury selection was halfway because of drugs found in January who is white, pressed his knee on charged in George Floyd’s death complete last week when the city in a second search of the police Floyd’s neck for about nine min- after the announcement of a $27 of Minneapolis unanimously ap- SUV in which the four officers at- utes while he was handcuffed and million settlement for Floyd’s proved the payout to settle a civil tempted to put Floyd in 2020. pleading that he couldn’t breathe. family raised concern about a lawsuit over Floyd’s death. Nelson He said Thursday that he would Floyd’s death, captured on a wide- tainted jury. called the timing of the settlement allow medical evidence of Floyd’s ly seen bystander video, set off In a separate ruling, Hennepin deeply disturbing and unfair, and physical reactions, such as his weeks of sometimes-violent pro- County Judge Peter Cahill said he said it jeopardized Chauvin’s dangerously high blood pressure tests across the country and led to would allow the jury to hear limit- chance for a fair trial. Chauvin is when he was examined by a para- COURT TV, POOL/AP a national reckoning on racial jus- ed evidence from Floyd’s 2019 ar- charged with murder and man- medic, and a short clip of an offi- Hennepin County Judge Peter tice. rest, but only that pertaining to the slaughter. cer’s body camera video. He said Cahill presides over jury Just two more jurors were need- cause of Floyd’s death in 2020. He But Cahill, who has called the Floyd’s “emotional behavior” selection, Friday, in the trial of ed for the trial. The 12 jurors seat- acknowledged there are several timing “unfortunate,” said he such as calling out to his mother in Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis. ed through Thursday are evenly similarities between the two inci- thought a delay would do nothing 2019 won’t be admitted. split by race, with six white jurors, dents, including that Floyd swal- to stem the problem of pretrial Nelson argued that similarities appeared to be pills in his mouth. four Black and two multiracial, ac- lowed drugs after police confront- publicity. As for moving the trial, between the encounters are rele- Prosecutor Matthew Frank said cording to the court. The last two ed him. he said there’s no place in Minne- vant, with Floyd calling out for his the defense was simply looking for jurors chosen will be alternates. The rulings were a blow to De- sota that hasn’t been touched by mother, claiming he had been shot a backdoor way to portray Floyd Opening statements are March rek Chauvin’s defense. His attor- that publicity. before, crying and putting what as a bad person, and the only rele- 29 if the jury is complete. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, March 20, 2021 NATION US, China spar in 1st face-to-face talks under Biden BY MATTHEW LEE man rights in Tibet, Hong Kong AND MARK THIESSEN and China’s western Xinjiang re- Associated Press gion, as well as over Taiwan, Chi- ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Top na’s assertiveness in the South Chi- U.S. and Chinese officials were set na Sea and the coronavirus pan- to meet again on Friday after offer- demic. ing sharply different views of each Blinken said the Biden adminis- other and the world in their first tration is united with its allies in FREDERIC J. BROWN, POOL/AP face-to-face talks since President pushing back against China’s in- Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, listens as national security adviser Jake Sullivan, right, speaks at Joe Biden took office. creasing authoritarianism and as- the U.S.­China talks at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday. After the opening on Thursday, sertiveness at home and abroad. the two sides traded barbs, with the Yang then unloaded a list of Chi- been roiled by domestic discontent. ments, which went on for more strength — even as we have the hu- U.S. accusing the Chinese delega- nese complaints about the U.S. and He also accused the U.S. of failing than 15 minutes. He said his im- mility to know that we are a country tion of “grandstanding” for domes- accused Washington of hypocrisy to deal with its own human rights pressions from speaking with eternally striving to become a more tic consumption in China and Beij- for criticizing Beijing on human problems and took issue with what world leaders and on his just-con- perfect union,” it said. ing firing back Friday by saying rights and other issues. he said was “condescension” from cluded trip to Japan and South Ko- Chinese Foreign Ministry there was a “strong smell of gun- “Each of these actions threaten Blinken, Sullivan and other U.S. of- rea were entirely different from the spokesman Zhao Lijian, speaking powder and drama” in the room the rules-based order that main- ficials. Chinese position. later in Beijing, said Blinken and that was entirely the fault of the tains global stability,” Blinken said “We believe that it is important “I’m hearing deep satisfaction Sullivan had provoked Chinese offi- Americans. of China’s actions in Xinjiang, Hong for the United States to change its that the United States is back, that cials into making a “solemn re- In unusually pointed remarks for Kong and Taiwan, and of cyber at- own image and to stop advancing we’re reengaged,” Blinken retort- sponse” after U.S. officials made a staid diplomatic meeting, Secre- tacks on the United States and eco- its own democracy in the rest of the ed. “I’m also hearing deep concern “groundless attacks.” tary of State Antony Blinken and nomic coercion against U.S. allies. world,” he said. “Many people about some of the actions your gov- “It was the U.S. side that ... pro- Chinese Communist Party foreign “That’s why they’re not merely in- within the United States actually ernment is taking.” voked the dispute in the first place, affairs chief Yang Jiechi took aim at ternal matters, and why we feel an have little confidence in the democ- Underscoring the animosity, the so the two sides had a strong smell each other’s country’s policies. The obligation to raise these issues here racy of the United States.” State Department blasted the Chi- of gunpowder and drama from the contentious tone of their public today.” “China will not accept unwar- nese delegation for violating an beginning in the opening remarks. comments suggested the private National security adviser Jake ranted accusations from the U.S. agreed upon two-minute time limit It was not the original intention of discussions would be even more Sullivan amplified the criticism, side,” he said, adding that recent for opening statements and sug- the Chinese side,” Zhao told report- rocky. saying China has undertaken an developments had plunged rela- gested it “seem(ed) to have arrived ers at a daily briefing. The meetings in Anchorage, “assault on basic values.” tions “into a period of unpreceden- intent on grandstanding, focused Asenior Biden administration of- which were expected to continue “We do not seek conflict, but we ted difficulty” that “has damaged on public theatrics and dramatics ficial said that despite the acrimo- with a closing session on Friday, welcome stiff competition,” he said. the interests of our two peoples.” over substance.” nious public airing of differences, were a new test in increasingly Yang responded angrily by de- “There is no way to strangle Chi- “America’s approach will be un- the initial closed-door discussions troubled relations between the two manding the U.S. stop pushing its na,” he said. dergirded by confidence in our had been “substantive, serious and countries, which are at odds over a own version of democracy at a time Blinken appeared to be annoyed dealing with Beijing — which we direct” and lasted far longer than range of issues from trade to hu- when the United States itself has by the tenor and length of the com- are doing from a position of the two hours that been planned. Putin offers to call Biden to save ties after ‘killer’ remark

Associated Press “Since Biden’s words were contrast his style with the ap- MOSCOW — The Kremlin said quite unprecedented, unprece- proach of former President Do- Friday that President Vladimir dented formats can’t be exclud- nald Trump, who avoided direct Putin’s offer to speak by phone ed,” Peskov said. “President Putin confrontation with Putin and fre- with U.S. President Joe Biden was proposed to discuss the situation quently spoke about him with ap- intended to prevent bilateral ties openly because it would be inter- proval. from completely falling apart over esting for the people of both coun- White House press secretary the American’s remark that the tries.” Jen Psaki said Biden would con- Russian leader was a killer. Peskov said the Kremlin hasn’t tinue to look to cooperate on ef- Putin made it clear that “it heard back from the White House forts to stem Iran’s nuclear pro- makes sense to have a talk to on the call offer, adding that it gram and, more broadly, nuclear maintain Russia-U.S. relations in- wasn’t going to repeat the propos- nonproliferation. But she said Bi- stead of trading barbs,” and he al. den did not regret referring to Pu- wanted to make it public to help “The request has been made,” tin as a killer and pushed back defuse tensions over Biden’s “ve- ALEXEI DRUZHININ, SPUTNIK, KREMLIN POOL/AP he said in a conference call with against suggestions the rhetoric ry bad remarks,” said his spokes- Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives at a concert marking the reporters. “The lack of response was unhelpful. man, Dmitry Peskov. seventh anniversary of the referendum on the state status of Crimea would mean a refusal to have a Russia’s relations with the Unit- In an interview broadcast and Sevastopol in Moscow on Thursday. conversation.” ed States and the European Union Wednesday, Biden replied “I do” Calls between heads of states already had plunged to post-Cold when asked if he thought Putin At the same time, Putin noted cuss the coronavirus pandemic, are normally conducted out of the War lows after Moscow’s 2014 an- was a “killer.” Russia responded that Russia would still cooperate regional conflicts and other is- public eye, but in one exception nexation of Ukraine’s Crimean by recalling its ambassador in with the United States where and sues, and he suggested that the last June, the opening part of Pu- Peninsula, meddling in elections, Washington for consultations and when it supports Moscow’s inter- conversation be open to the pub- tin’s video call with French Presi- hacking attacks and, most recent- Putin on Thursday pointed at the ests, adding that “a lot of honest lic. dent Emmanuel Macron was tele- ly, the jailing of Russia’s opposi- U.S. history of slavery, slaughter- and decent people in the U.S. want Peskov said Putin’s offer to vised. tion leader Alexei Navalny after ing Native Americans and the to have peace and friendship with make the call public was intended In taking a tough stance on Rus- his poisoning, which he blamed on atomic bombing of Japan in World Russia.” to prevent Biden’s statement from sia, Biden has said the days of the the Kremlin. War II in an “it-takes-one-to- He proposed the phone call with inflicting irreparable damage to U.S. “rolling over” to Putin are Russian authorities rejected the know-one” response. Biden in the next few days to dis- the already-frayed ties. done. And he has taken pains to accusations. Saturday, March 20, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION Emergency sites for migrants scrutinized Associated Press COVID-19 and at least one child setting up basic services “was kind other emergency site at the down- and tried to expedite its processes McALLEN, Texas — The U.S. had to be hospitalized. of like building a plane as it’s tak- town Dallas convention center, for releasing children in custody. government has stopped taking An official working at the Mid- ing off,” said the official, who de- which could expand to up to 3,000 About 9,500 minors are in HHS immigrant teenagers to a convert- land, Texas, facility said most of clined to be named due to govern- minors. HHS will not open an in- custody. ed camp for oil field workers in the Red Cross volunteers staffing ment restrictions. flux facility for children at Moffett In addition, the U.S. has seen a West Texas as it faces questions the site don’t speak Spanish, even U.S. Health and Human Servic- Federal Airfield near San Francis- sharp increase in Central Ameri- about the safety of emergency though the teenagers they care for es notified local officials in Mid- co, Democratic Rep. Anna Eshoo can families arriving at the border sites it is quickly setting up to hold are overwhelmingly from Central land on Wednesday that it had no said. who are fleeing violence, poverty children crossing the southern America. When the facility plans to bring more teenagers to President Joe Biden’s adminis- and the effects of a destructive border. opened, there weren’t enough new the site, according to an email seen tration has been sharply criticized hurricane. Biden has kept intact an The Associated Press has clothes to give to teenagers who by the AP. HHS spokesman Mark for its response to a surge in cross- emergency measure enacted by learned that the converted camp had been wearing the same shirts Weber said taking more teenagers ings of unaccompanied immigrant the Trump administration during has faced multiple issues in the and pants for several days, the offi- to Midland was on “pause for children. As roughly 4,500 chil- the pandemic that allows the gov- four days since the Biden adminis- cial said. And no case managers now.” There were still 485 youths dren wait in Border Patrol facili- ernment to quickly expel them to tration opened it amid a scramble were on site to begin processing there as of Wednesday, 53 of whom ties unequipped for long-term de- Mexico, though families with to find space for immigrant chil- the minors’ release to family else- had tested positive for COVID-19. tention, with some sleeping on young children are generally al- dren. More than 10% of the camp's where in the U.S. The government on Wednesday floors, HHS has rushed to open lowed to enter through South Tex- population has tested positive for Bringing in teenagers while still brought about 200 teenagers to an- holding sites across the country as. Thousands of students who got partial loan relief to receive full discharge

Associated Press rinthian and ITT Technical Insti- WASHINGTON — Thousands tute, which have shut down. But of students defrauded by for-profit President Donald Trump’s educa- schools will have their federal tion secretary, Betsy DeVos, loans fully erased, the Biden ad- pulled it back, saying it had be- ministration announced Thurs- come too easy for students to have day, reversing a Trump adminis- their loans erased, and revised the tration policy that had given them program to make it harder for only partial relief. them to get relief, including pro- The change could lead to $1 bil- viding only partial cancellation of lion in loans being canceled for the loans. 72,000 borrowers, all of whom at- Congress voted to overturn De- tended for-profit schools, the Edu- Vos’ changes last March, but it was cation Department said. vetoed by Trump. “Borrowers deserve a simpli- The Education Department said fied and fair path to relief when a total of 343,331 applications for ERIC SHELTON/AP they have been harmed by their in- relief under borrower defense had Terrance Donaldson helps remove a fallen tree that landed on his cousin's house on Whitestone Court in stitution’s misconduct,” said Sec- been received as of Feb. 28. Of North Jackson, Miss., on Thursday. No one in the home was injured. retary of Education Miguel Cardo- those, 61,511 had been approved na. “A close review of these claims and borrowers notified. Most of and the associated evidence the others had been declared ineli- showed these borrowers have gible or were still pending. Storms send TV anchors been harmed, and we will grant In addition to having their loans them a fresh start from their debt.” fully canceled, the Biden adminis- The department said it was re- tration said students who received scinding the formula used by the only partial awards will be reim- scrambling off set in NC Trump administration to deter- bursed for any payments made on mine partial relief and putting in the loans and have their eligibility Associated Press North Carolina from the storms would intensify as they moved into place “a streamlined path to re- for federal student aid reinstated. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Storms near High Point and Charlotte, South Carolina and North Caroli- ceiving full loan discharges.” The department said it also would that left splintered homes and bro- which both had tornado warnings. na on Thursday afternoon, but The decision applies to students ask credit bureaus to remove any ken trees across Alabama and In southwest Alabama, at least they mostly stayed below severe who already had their claims ap- negative ratings tied to the loans. Mississippi moved east Thursday, two people were hurt Wednesday, limits. proved and received only partial “Abandoning partial relief is a forcing a TV newscast out of their when a tornado destroyed a house. In South Carolina, the severe relief, the department said. strong start for a narrow subset of studio for a few minutes, but Pieces of homes and twisted metal weather threat led the state Senate A senior department official borrowers, but what we need from largely sparing the Atlantic Coast laid amid broken trees in the har- president to caution senators to briefing reporters said the agency the Education Department is an states any significant damage. dest-hit areas, but no one died and stay home Thursday while urging was continuing to review both the overhaul of the current borrower There were scary moments. In the region appeared to escape the staff to work remotely for their backlog of claims yet to be decided defense process,” said Toby Mer- High Point, N.C., WGHP-TV me- kind of horrific toll many feared safety. House Speaker Jay Lucas and those that have been denied. rill, director of the Project on Pred- teorologist Van Denton ordered after ominous predictions of mon- kept his promise from the day be- The department described atory Student Lending, which rep- everyone off the set during the 5 ster twisters and huge hail. fore to meet less than an hour Thursday’s action as “a first step” resents former students at for- p.m. broadcast and into a makeup “Overall, we have a lot to be Thursday so members could beat and said it would be looking at re- profit colleges. room for a few minutes after a grateful for, as it could have been the severe storms home. writing the regulations down the “The previous administration storm with a tornado warning much worse,” Alabama Gov. Kay The forecast led a number of the road. turned borrower defense into a to- moved right over the station. Ivey said in a statement. state’s school systems to call off in- The borrower defense to repay- tal sham that was rigged to deny “I’ve never heard the roof rattle Forecasters issued a string of person classes Thursday and have ment program allows students to claims without any true consider- like that. We’ve never had to leave tornado warnings Thursday students and teachers meet on- have their federal loans canceled if ation,” Merrill said. “The Biden- the studio during a broadcast,” morning around the region where line. they were defrauded by their Harris administration must now said anchor Neill McNeill, who Alabama, Georgia and Florida in- The metro Atlanta area was schools. The Obama administra- address these failings or else per- has been with the station 37 years. tersect, but there were no immedi- pelted by heavy rain with intense tion had expanded the program petuate a system that is stacked But no serious damage or inju- ate reports of major damage. lightning and strong wind gusts of aimed at helping students who at- against the very students they are ries were immediately reported in Forecasters worried the storms up to 50 mph. tended for-profit colleges like Co- supposed to protect.” PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, March 20, 2021 WORLD Myanmar junta chokes flow of information Associated Press by unidentified men. YANGON, Myanmar — Two “The BBC takes the safety of all more journalists were detained in its staff in Myanmar very serious- Myanmar on Friday, part of the ly and we are doing everything we junta’s intensifying efforts to can to find Aung Thura,” the orga- choke off information about re- nization said, adding that he was sistance to last month’s coup. an accredited journalist with Mizzima News reported that many years of reporting experi- one of its former reporters, Than ence. It called on the authorities Htike Aung, and Aung Thura, a “to help locate him and confirm journalist from the BBC’s Bur- that he is safe.” mese-language service, were de- The reporters were taken into tained by men who appeared to be custody a day after Kyi Toe, a plainclothes security agents out- spokesman for the National side a court in the capital of Nay- League for Democracy, was ar- pyitaw. The journalists were there rested, according to a Facebook to cover legal proceedings against post by Phyo Zeya Thaw, a party Win Htein, a detained senior offi- official. cial from the National League for Kyi Toe had been a major Democracy, the party that ran the source of information in the early country before the takeover. days following the Feb. 1 coup, af- The coup reversed years of slow ter the ousted civilian govern- progress toward democracy after ment’s de facto leader Aung San five decades of military rule. In Suu Kyi and other senior officials the face of persistent strikes and were detained. The takeover came AP photos protests against the takeover, the the same day that newly elected Anti­coup protesters abandon their barricade and run as policemen charge in Yangon, Myanmar, on Friday. junta has responded with an in- lawmakers were supposed to take creasingly violent crackdown and take their seats in Parliament. tors so far, protesters were back in efforts to severely limit the infor- Amid a crackdown on the press, the streets Friday morning in sev- mation reaching the outside no privately owned newspapers eral cities and towns. world. were published this past week for Some rallies proceeded without Security forces have fired on the first time in eight years, fol- violence, but in Aungban town in crowds, killing hundreds, internet lowing bans and voluntary sus- eastern Shan state, online Tachi- access has been severely restrict- pensions. leik News Agency reported that at ed, private newspapers have been The military government also least seven people were injured barred from publishing, and pro- has banned at least five local news when security forces sought to testers, journalists and politicians organizations from disseminating break up their march using tear have been arrested in large num- information on any platform, but gas, rubber bullets and live am- bers. its orders were mostly ignored. munition. About 40 journalists have been Restrictions on the internet Eleven News, a major media arrested since the Feb. 1 coup, have also been in place since group in Myanmar, reported on with roughly half still in detention, shortly after the coup, including a Twitter that seven people had including Thein Zaw of The Asso- blockage of mobile internet ac- been killed in Aungban, but that ciated Press. cess. Broadband Wi-Fi service re- death toll could not immediately A statement from the BBC said mains available, though spotty. be confirmed, though photos of at it is “extremely concerned” that Despite a crackdown that has least one of the victims were post- Aung Thura had been taken away killed more than 200 demonstra- ed on social media. A policeman points his gun during protests in Yangon on Friday. After N. Korea cuts ties, Malaysia Vatican cardinals defend orders all its diplomats to leave ban on blessing gay unions Associated Press He was speaking at a news con- Associated Press Biden administration over a nucle- Embassy is led by Kim Yu Song, ROME — Three cardinals close ference launching a yearlong cele- SEOUL, South Korea — Malay- ar standoff. the chargé d’affaires and counci- to Pope Francis defended a recent bration of Francis’ view of family sia said Friday it will order all The Malaysian ministry said in a lor, and six other staff. Holy See pronouncement that life, articulated in a 2016 document North Korean diplomats to leave statement the government “will is- “Yes, we will be shutting down. priests cannot bless same-sex titled “The Joy of Love.” the country within 48 hours, in an sue an order for all the diplomatic We are now discussing the plans unions as the Vatican faced out- Later Thursday, Boston Cardi- escalation of diplomat brawl over staff and their dependents at the with our staff here and liaising right dissent from some Catholic nal Sean O'Malley and Cardinal Malaysia’s decision to extradite a Embassy of the (North Korea) in with our government,” Kim was clergy and questions about the Peter Turkson, head of the Vati- North Korean criminal suspect to Kuala Lumpur to leave Malaysia quoted as saying by the New pontiff's approval of the document. can's development office, pointed the United States. within 48 hours from today.” Straits Times. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, head of to Francis' pastoral outreach to gay Malaysia’s announcement came It added that Malaysia was now North Korea has long used Ma- the Vatican’s laity office, con- men and lesbians but repeated the hours after North Korea said it was compelled by North Korea's deci- laysia as a crucial economic hub curred Thursday with the pro- church's position. terminating diplomatic ties with sion to close its own embassy in where it handled trade, labor ex- nouncement that a “blessing” is a “The church has a very clear Malaysia because it committed a Pyongyang. Observers believe no ports and some illicit businesses in sacramental action related to the teaching about marriage that “super-large hostile act ... in sub- Malaysian diplomat is currently in Southeast Asia. Experts say North sacrament of marriage, which the needs to be proclaimed," O'Malley servience to the U.S. pressure.” North Korea and the embassy's op- Korea is taking a tough stance over Catholic Church teaches can only said during an online panel discus- North Korea called the money erations were suspended in 2017. the extradition because it sees it as be celebrated between a man and sion organized by Georgetown laundering charges an “absurd Ties between North Korea and apressure tactic against the North. woman. University. fabrication and (a) sheer plot” or- Malaysia have been virtually fro- “North Korea is taking a hard Farrell said civil unions are not Their comments came amid chestrated by the United States zen since the slaying that year of line because it thinks it must not “marriages” as the Catholic continuing criticism of the docu- and warned Washington will “pay the estranged half brother of North back down (over the extradition) Church understands the term, but ment released Monday by the Vat- a due price.” Korean leader Kim Jong Un at as it’ll then have a war of nerves he stressed: “I do want to insist ican’s Congregation for the Doc- It’s the latest development in Kuala Lumpur International Air- with the Biden government in the that nobody, nobody must ever be trine of the Faith, which said the growing animosity between Wash- port. next four years,” said Nam Sung- excluded from the pastoral care Catholic Church cannot bless ington and Pyongyang as the Malaysia’s Foreign Ministry wook, a professor at South Korea’s and love and concern of the same-sex unions because God North ramps up pressure on the website said the North Korean Korea University. church.” “cannot bless sin.” Saturday, March 20, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Man swings metal rod in highway standoff SALT LAKE CITY — A UT Utah highway was shut down midday Wednesday as a SWAT team responded to a man confronting them with a metal rod. Officers tried to stop the man because he was driving erratically in a pickup truck that had spray- painted windows, as well as a United States flag obscuring the back window and license plate, KSL-TV reported. The driver fled, but eventually the truck died on an overpass over Legacy Parkway north of Salt Lake City, according to North Salt Lake Police Sgt. Mitch Gwilliam. The driver got out, but refused to talk to officers or do what they told him, police said. He swung the rod around aggressively and claimed to have a bomb and a shot- gun in his truck, police said. A SWAT team responded and tried to get the man to surrender using foam, gas and pepper spray rounds, as well as flash bangs. He nevertheless managed to jump over a barrier on the overpass and run down an embankment on the other side before he was taken into custody. ELI HARTMAN/AP Sports-betting venues opening at casinos Going green CHEROKEE — The Agave Bar owner Ariane Bersoza pours a line of green shots ahead of St. Patrick's Day activities on Wednesday in Odessa, Texas. NC Eastern Band of Che- rokee Indians is opening sports- a porch swing outside in February THE CENSUS will remain out of service until the betting venues at its two western 2020 to prevent him from running investigation is complete,” police North Carolina casinos. away. The boy had been living at The number of years in prison a Florida man has been sentenced to said. The dog will also undergo Thursday’s sports book open- the time with Herndon, a family 11 serve on a federal drug trafficking charge. Police found 78 pounds further assessment. ings at the Harrah’s Cherokee ca- friend, in a home she shared with of meth in a rented minivan driven by the defendant, Nicholas James Imhoff, “The Portland Police K9 Unit sinos in Cherokee and Murphy Smith. 30, of Cape Coral, Fla., after he was stopped for speeding on an interstate near and the Bureau regret this unfor- come nearly two years after the Court documents say police Columbus, Mont., in February 2020. tunate incident,” said Deputy General Assembly gave the feder- found cut zip ties on the front Chief Chris Davis. ally recognized American Indian porch. Smith said in an interview bune reported. Investigators said tribe the authority to offer this that he zip-tied the boy to the Lake level change reveals the calf, found in Boone County, Former worker gets new type of gambling. porch swing at Herndon’s request. shipwreck from 1880s had its front legs bound with trial in fake-gun stickup Patrons can bet on pro and col- Court documents said Herndon twine. legiate sports, as well as on off-site showed police pictures that had WHITEHALL — A A red shorthorn cow was found TRENTON — A man horse races. Thursday marked the been taken of the boy while he was MI change in Lake Michi- a short distance away in a creek NJ convicted of using a fake first day of the NCAA men’s bas- restrained, saying the boy was not gan water levels has revealed a with its throat slashed, Boone gun to try robbing a McDonald’s ketball tournament. in distress. shipwreck from the 1880s that is County Sheriff Gregg Elsberry restaurant where he once worked The venues called “The Book” visible in western Michigan for said. The carcass of the other cow, has been granted a new trial. have large television screens with Officers rescue goose the first time since 2018. also a red shorthorn, was found in In a unanimous ruling, New Jer- reclining chairs for customers, with arrow lodged in body Experts believe it’s the wooden a Greene County ditch. Scuff sey’s Supreme Court held that a who can place bets on sporting spine of the Contest, said Craig marks on the animals’ hides indi- trial judge unfairly prevented events at ticket windows or self- BOULDER, Colo. — Rich, director of the Michigan cated they were dumped on the Thomas Outland from acting as serve kiosks. CO Police in Colorado are Shipwreck Research Association. roads from a vehicle, authorities his own attorney at his 2017 trial. looking for whoever shot a goose The wreckage is along the shore said. The animals’ bloated condi- Outland was convicted of con- 2 charged with zip-tying with an arrow, leaving it lodged in in Muskegon County, near where tion led investigators to believe spiracy and possession of an imi- boy on cold day its body near its beak. the White Lake channel meets they had been dead several days. tation firearm for an unlawful pur- Police on Wednesday released Lake Michigan. pose after he and an accomplice SPRINGFIELD — video of the animal’s rescue in In 2018, major parts were seen Police dog bites 2 after were accused of trying to rob a MO Multiple felony Boulder the day before to help find for the first time since 1974, a re- escaping fenced yard McDonald’s in Union County in charges have been filed against a those responsible. sult of changes in lake current, 2015. According to trial testimony man and woman who are accused The video shows animal control water levels and sand. Now the PORTLAND — Two cited in Tuesday’s ruling, Outland of zip-tying a 13-year-old boy to a officers using a net to capture the wreckage is visible again. OR people walking their and the accomplice entered the Springfield porch swing last year goose and then cutting off most of dog in Happy Valley were bitten restaurant and demanded money. on a day when temperatures bare- the arrow before taking it in for Sheriffs: Slain cattle by a Portland Police Bureau dog But the caper was foiled when an ly inched above freezing. medical attention. dumped along roads that escaped his handler’s fenced employee noticed that Outland’s The Springfield News-Leader It wasn’t immediately clear how yard recently, police said. shotgun was a fake and called him reported4 that Jerry Smith, 43, the animal was doing. But it had AMES — Sheriffs in two An initial investigation shows out on it. When Outland took off and Rebecca Herndon, 51, were been wounded for over a week and IA central Iowa counties say the dog broke through a piece of his mask, a manager recognized charged Tuesday with four counts was still able to fly, city public their offices are looking for the fencing, encountered the people him as a former employee. of child abuse and two counts of safety spokesperson Dionne person or people who dumped walking the dog and bit them both, Outland laughed, said it was a endangering the welfare of a Waugh said. The arrow was first slain cattle along gravel roads in police said in a news release. joke and tried to hug the manager child. seen in the goose on March 5 at a their jurisdictions. Police didn’t say how severe before leaving, according to testi- Court documents say the boy different location, but it flew away Two cows and a calf were found their injuries were. mony. told police that Smith punched when officers tried to capture it dead in Boone and Greene coun- The dog has been “secured, him in the face and zip-tied him to then, she said. ties on March 10, the Ames Tri- kenneled, and quarantined and From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, March 20, 2021 FOOD

BY TIM CARMAN Method: The recipe from Ele- The Washington Post mental Coffee, which uses a cen- ia Farrow just want- ter-pour technique. ed a good cup of Taste: Fruit forward, surpris- coffee. ingly bright. Bitter elements were M So like anyone in AWOL, with an almost metallic search of answers, the actor took flavor as the cup cooled. to Twitter to crowdsource ideas on Cleanup: Easy to dump the how to brew the best cup. She got filter and grounds, but cleaning a lot of answers. More than 8,000 the hourglass-shaped brewer can responses by March 5, some more be a pain, requiring a long-han- serious and helpful than others. dled brush. As with most subjects, Twitter is not the ideal platform to discuss Clever dripper coffee brewing. A complex topic is Pros: This cross between a naturally reduced to easy answers French press and a pour-over — your preferred method is dripper requires no water-pouring deemed perfect, no further dis- skills and little oversight. Gives cussion needed! — without under- you pinpoint control over brew standing that many factors play time and has a convenient stopper into your favorite cup, starting that allows coffee to drip straight with your palate. What I prefer in into your favorite mug. coffee may not be what you like. Cons: Unless the beans are What’s true all down the line, ground fairly coarsely, the coffee however, is that you must start can be overextracted. The plastic with fresh coffee. Unless of course tends to stain after repeated us- you enjoy the wet cardboard fla- age. It’s easy to forget about, lead- vors of beans that have sat on a ing to grounds that steep too long. shelf for months, and if you do, Method: The recipe from Prima you can probably stop reading Coffee. here and move straight to the Taste: A cup with more floral comments, where you can explain aromas than the other devices. that a can of Folgers and a perco- The fruit and acidity started to lator are all you need to start your pop as the coffee cooled, though I morning. (To be honest, that’s noted a strange astringent after- where I started with coffee, too, so taste, like wine with a lot of tan- I know where you are.) nins. To help Farrow — and, by ex- Cleanup: Nothing to it. Dump tension, many of us — I spent one the filter and grounds in the trash morning testing five brewing or compost, and rinse the device. devices, all using the same coffee: Note: It is not dishwasher safe. a natural Guatemalan from Vigi- lante Coffee, an excellent roaster French press based in Maryland. You could Pros: Requires no filters, no argue that a natural coffee — in water-pouring skills and little which beans are processed with oversight. Gives you precise con- the coffee cherries still intact, trol over brew time. With no filter, absorbing some of the sugars and oils remain, often making for a fruit flavors — isn’t ideal for such full-bodied and flavorful cup. a test as mine, but it was the fresh- Cons: Grounds can seep in. The est coffee I had in the house. It iStock French press wastes a lot of water was just a week off the roast. warming up the glass carafe be- Aside from showing the pros fore steeping. Depending on the and cons of each brewing method, size of your press, you may need I wanted to offer a glimpse at how more than one kettle’s worth of each leads to different flavors in water. As with the Clever, it’s easy the cup. This will always be the Brewing the perfect cup to forget about, leading to over- case, no matter what beans you extraction. have on hand. Brewing devices Method: I trusted Stumptown may work well with some beans, Author evaluates 5 different methods of brewing a natural Guatemalan Coffee’s recipe for a French press, but less so with others. Rarely is coffee, detailing their pros and cons, resulting taste and ease of cleanup which turned out to be a mistake. one ideally suited for all. The goal The ratio of coffee to water looked is to find the device that works off from the start. When I punched best for you most of the time. range of flavors. time and extraction. filter and wet grounds straight the numbers into my calculator, it For each device, except for the Method: The classic recipe on Cons: Produces only one cup, into the trash or compost. Only turned out to be 18 parts water to 1 pour-over, I relied on a recipe and AeroPress’s site, plus about five which will frequently be too hot to one small piece of equipment to part coffee. I decided to prepare it method that is publicly available, ounces of water for an Americano. drink at first, a problem for those clean. a second time with a similar, two- so that you can refer to it at home Taste: A rather thin cup. The looking for a quick fix. You need part pouring technique but with a (though I’ll confess that one recipe tropical fruit flavors of the Guate- custom paper filters. Chemex 13:1 ratio. wasn’t worth a hill of beans). malan natural were reduced to Method: Basic 16:1 ratio of wa- Pros: The custom-bonded fil- Taste: The Stumptown recipe background notes, though there ter to freshly ground coffee, using ters: They produce a sweet and led to a thin and tea-like cup. AeroPress was a lovely hint of dark chocolate 204-degree water. (Note: The balanced cup with less bitterness There was some nice, light acidity Pros: Small and portable, which bitterness. water temperature will drop as and fewer oils than with other to the coffee, but I found it under- is why many of us took it on the Cleanup: A breeze. Just knock soon as it hits the room-temper- pour-over devices. You can brew a whelming. The second recipe road, back when there was a road the used filter and grounds in the ature grounds.) few cups at once. The brewer, produced a far better cup: acidic, to travel. Speedy, too: You can trash or compost and rinse the Taste: Bright and full-bodied, designed 80 years ago by chemist fruity, sweet, superb on almost have caffeine in your system in three small pieces of equipment. although it took several minutes Peter Schlumbohm, is a thing of every count. just a couple of minutes, which is for the coffee to cool to the point beauty. Cleanup: There’s no way important on busy mornings. Stagg X pour-over dripper where I could appreciate its fla- Cons: The custom-bonded fil- around it: It’s messy. Used Cons: Produces only espresso Pros: Double-walled and in- vors: Tart pineapple, ripe mango, ters. They’re not cheap, and they grounds collect at the bottom of (usually without crema unless you sulated, so it can better maintain a a light cinnamon sweetness in the can mute the more complex fla- the carafe, and it can be a pain to follow specific techniques) or a constant temperature throughout background. The tart fruit lin- vors found in single-origin beans. sweep those cleanly into the trash small cup of coffee. Because of its brewing. Its compact chamber gered on the palate like rock The glass brewer is fragile. I’ve or compost. The problem is such quick, pressurized process, you keeps the grounds tightly packed, candy. broken one and live in fear of the that people have developed typically don’t extract the full giving you more control over brew Cleanup: Simple. Dump the next disaster. “hacks” to better clean it. Saturday, March 20, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 VIDEO GAMES

Seeing isn’t believing Despite appearances, Ghosts ’n Goblins Resurrection a fitting reboot to franchise

Capcom photos Capcom made some stylistic departures from the original title when it created Ghosts ’n Goblins: Resurrection, a challenging reboot that offers multiple paths to explore.

BY GIESON CACHO campaign on Knight level of diffi- tion of the classic design stands The Mercury News culty as Arthur once again tries to out, for better or worse. his isn’t Ghosts ’n Gob- save the Princess from an army of Like the previous games, the lins. My eyes reeled at demons. On startup, players face campaign involves trial and error what Capcom did for a choices as they traverse the as players learn enemy patterns Tmodern reboot to the game’s five zones. In the first two and the ins and outs of each level. series. It cut out the sprites as zones, players get the choice of They’ll understand that a log that expected, but instead of replacing areas to explore. Choosing one drifts back and forth between a them with carefully crafted cel- means they can’t explore the river shuttles back and forth twice shaded polygons, the developers other, but that doesn’t hurt the before completely crossing over opted for a paper-marionette experience because Ghosts ’n to the other side. They’ll memo- style. The stylistic choices made Goblins Resurrection is meant for rize the flight paths of flying stone the campaign feel like a storybook multiple playthroughs. snakes that Arthur must jump come to life. Although the time limit pushes atop to complete the Caverns of While my eyes continued to be players to complete the levels, the Occult. repulsed by the visuals, my brain they should spend time exploring Knight mode was too difficult Pigman will be a familiar foe for veterans of the series. He is one of and thumbs felt the opposite. and investigating the multiple for me during the Cerberus boss the enemies that Arthur must face. After dying in the same area for paths. They’ll find treasure fight, so I lowered the difficulty. the 13th time, my mind was con- chests, secret levels called hell The difference is that attacks are vinced that this revamp belonged holes and, most importantly, Um- more powerful and Arthur could as part of the franchise. The frus- bral Bees. These spritelike crea- survive four hits instead of the tration was palpable. The levels tures are worth grabbing because normal two in the easier option. feel unfair at times. Nevertheless, they’re used to unlock magic and That made the game more man- despite the punishing difficulty, skills in the Umbral Tree. This is ageable, but a big part of survival Ghosts ’n Goblins Resurrection the progression system that shows involves getting the right weap- dangles the opportunity of suc- Ghosts ’n Goblins Resurrection ons, magic and skills for each cess just enough that defeated does have modern trappings. level. players aren’t entirely discour- The Bees grant Arthur the I found the Crossbow to be the aged. power to summon lightning, turn most effective weapon. Mean- Unlike past games, players can enemies into frogs and even turn while, new weapons such as the adjust the difficulty and even use the hero into a boulder. In addi- Hammer and Spiked Ball weren’t the Page mode, which gives nov- tion, they can unlock skills that let as effective because of their limit- ices the option to immediately players carry more weapons or let ed range. Attacking from a dis- respawn after a death, with un- them cast spells more quickly. tance and at advantageous angles Arthur needs to save the princess from an army of demons. limited lives. That and the Mag- Depending on how they play, one are important in combat, especial- ical Metronome setting, which part of the tree will be more bene- ly in boss fights. I leaned heavily every stage. It’s a remixed version DNA along with key gameplay lets players slow the game down, ficial than the other, but the only on magic to get an edge in other of the normal stage and adds components. The only issue is that gives novices a chance to beat the way players can reach the most circumstances, taking advantage candles that obscure enemies, it doesn’t go far enough to mod- challenging campaign. And if powerful branches is by meticu- of a few frames of invincibility increasing the difficulty. To help ernize or advance the gameplay. that’s still too difficult, players can lously collecting Bees hidden in while casting to help get through players out, the game lets Arthur The Umbral Tree is nice, but I enlist a friend to help out in a each level. adversaries and relying on the the keep the powers from the Umbral would have really liked a double co-op mode that lets a buddy Being a reboot, Ghosts ’n Gob- resurrection spell to get a second Tree so experts can conceivably jump similar to the one in Ghouls control support characters that lins Resurrection borrows heavily chance at tough confrontations. earn every ability in the game. ’n Ghosts. Instead, it sticks solidly create platforms, protect the from the previous two arcade Even after completing the cam- Although it doesn’t look like any to the core arcade games and the protagonist or carry him across games. Hard-core fans will recog- paign, Ghosts ’n Goblins Resur- of the previous games, Ghosts ’n nostalgia they induce. obstacles. nize the level design and enemies, rection offers players more in- Goblins Resurrection is part of Platform: Nintendo Switch To get the true experience, but the unique visuals make it feel centive to play through the game the series through and through. Online: ghostsn-goblins.com/ though, players should tackle the unfamiliar. The visual interpreta- again with Shadow versions of The maddening difficulty is in its resurrection PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, March 20, 2021 HEALTH & FITNESS Can’t get lost in a daydream? Experts explain why daydreaming isn’t easy and offer tips for making the experience more enjoyable and meaningful BY ALLYSON CHIU future is half the pleasure. Losing that is a real loss.” The Washington Post Instead of looking forward to future events, many people ou’ve gotten your kids logged on for another are now worrying about them, Westgate said, asking ques- “You’re essentially the day of virtual school. You’ve unsuccessfully tions such as, “When will I get to see my family?” or mourning checked a number of websites in search of the experiences they’ve been missing out on. director and screenwriter coronavirus vaccine appointments for your Daydreaming is one way to “restore that sense of antici- parents. You’ve answered your urgent work pation and the pleasure we get from imagining positive fu- and actor and audience of Yemails and finally have time for a coffee break. As you sit tures, without the need for those things to actually happen,” there, you wish you could take a brain break, too, and day- she said. “Because imagination and daydreaming don’t have this whole sort of mental dream about something, anything, that would allow you to to be grounded in reality, they offer a potential way to escape, step off this hamster wheel that has become pandemic life, if mentally, from what’s happening in the present, or to connect production. That’s a lot to only for a few minutes. with people we can’t be around right now, in person.” Daydreaming. Sounds simple, right? But a growing body of But daydreaming on command is unexpectedly taxing on manage. It requires a lot of research suggests that intentionally trying to have a pleasant the brain, Westgate said, no matter a person’s demographics daydream is surprisingly difficult, and consequently, the or background. working memory. It really experience is not always as enjoyable as people may assume. “You’re essentially the director and screenwriter and actor “We think that on command you should be able to think and audience of this whole sort of mental production,” she taxes your ability to play all about whatever you want and you should be able to think said. “That’s a lot to manage. It requires a lot of working about things that are enjoyable,” said Nick Buttrick, a post- memory. It really taxes your ability to play all these simulta- these simultaneous roles at doctoral researcher at Princeton University who has co- neous roles at the same time.” written papers on thinking for pleasure over the years. “That Directing yourself to think pleasant thoughts also seems to the same time.” doesn’t seem very hard, but thinking is difficult, and one of be at odds with how people’s brains are naturally hardwired, the key things we’ve learned from doing all of these studies is Neda Gould, a clinical psychologist and director of the Mind- Erin Westgate people need prompts, people need help.” fulness Program at Johns Hopkins, said. “We’re primed to be assistant professor of psychology at the University of Florida Still, Buttrick and other experts say that with some guid- aware of negativity and distress.” ance and practice you can get better at daydreaming — and Furthermore, instructing your brain to daydream at a things, and works them over and usually very briefly,” said that it may be worthwhile to try. particular moment “violates the basic rules of daydreaming,” Klinger, who has researched thought flow and daydreaming. “One thing that’s been hard with the pandemic is that we’ve said Eric Klinger, a professor emeritus of psychology at the He added: “When someone asks you to daydream, that be- lost the future, in a sense,” said Erin Westgate, an assistant University of Minnesota at Morris. comes a task, at least initially, which disrupts the natural flow professor of psychology at the University of Florida who has “When there isn’t some urgent task the brain is working on, of consciousness of a brain at ‘rest.’” also published research on thinking for pleasure. “We know then the brain just naturally goes into this string of things that In a recently published paper titled “What makes thinking that looking forward to good things coming our way in the are in the person’s life at that time, current concerns kinds of for pleasure pleasurable?” which draws on two small studies involving college students, Westgate, Buttrick and their co- authors found that daydream-inducing thoughts should be both pleasant and meaningful. “It’s very easy to think about hedonic pleasures, for in- stance, eating an ice cream cone or something like that, but you can’t really think about that for five minutes,” Westgate said. “Even if you did, it wouldn’t be very meaningful, and it probably wouldn’t actually be that enjoyable.” So how do you come up with pleasurable yet meaningful thoughts that may lead to good daydreams? According to Buttrick, the secret is preparation. “Having a plan seems to be the thing that matters the most,” he said, noting that research suggests compiling a go-to list of topics that you would like to think about. “The less you have to concentrate on doing the editing, the better,” he said. Westgate said she used to keep index cards on hand with possible ideas but has since started keeping notes on her phone. These days, she enjoys daydreaming about her future garden and scuba diving trips. Meanwhile, Buttrick said he’s been thinking about plans with family and friends once pandemic life comes to an end, and the two kittens he shares with his partner. It’s also critical to pick the right time to daydream, West- gate said. “You need to have the mental resources to be able to do it without distractions that are keeping you from focusing on your thoughts,” she said. You may, for instance, find it easier to let your thoughts wander to enjoyable subjects while showering or brushing your teeth, Westgate said. Gould, on the other hand, suggests setting aside some time to actively engage in this type of thinking: “When our atten- tion is divided between two tasks — and, of course, even brushing our teeth and taking a shower has cognitive compo- nents to them — then we’re not really doing either task with full engagement.” Once you find what works for you, experts recommend treating daydreaming like any other skill you’re trying to improve. “The more we practice, the better we get at it,” Gould said. iStock “If there is some benefit for our mood from practicing this, Experts say that learning how to daydream may require practice but can provide an escape from the negativity of the the more we do it, the easier it will be to call on as a resource pandemic. They say having a go­to list of topics from which to choose and picking the right time to daydream both help.or a tool when we’re down.” Saturday, March 20, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 15 LIFESTYLE Defining a legacy The Kriegers have a plan to memorialize their late father by getting one of the words he coined officially recognized in the dictionary BY SADIE DINGFELDER Though the family also applied it Special to The Washington Post to other fruits and vegetables n the early aughts, Hilary that unexpectedly spritzed. Krieger was sitting in her Out $5 and wondering what parents’ Boston home, other fake words might be lurk- Iwhen her friend acciden- ing in her vocabulary, Krieger tally squirted himself with an was mad at the time. But she orange slice. quickly came to see her dad’s Family photo “I said, ‘Oh, the orange just made-up word as a gift, one that Neil, Susan, Jonathan and Hilary Krieger are photographed in Boston in 2018. Hilary and Jonathan orbisculated,’” she recalls. “And encapsulates his mischievous launched a campaign to get their late father Neil’s made­up word “orbisculate” into the dictionary. Neil he said, ‘It did what?’” and inventive spirit. died of complications from COVID­19 in April 2020. The two made a $5 bet, and “It speaks to his creativity and Krieger gleefully grabbed the the idea that, even when some- NBC News. people tend to get picked up Kriegers named Orbisculation family dictionary. She flipped to thing’s painful and annoying like Krieger, 44, called her brother quickly, Brewster notes. Nation, even has a uniform of the “O” section and stared at the getting grapefruit juice in your Jonathan Krieger, 35, who lives “That’s one of the things ‘or- sorts — a citrus-festooned T- spot on the page where “orbiscu- eye, you can laugh and have fun in Boston and runs an online bisculate’ has going for it — there shirt, which you can buy on their late” should have been. with it,” she said. trivia company — and together, is no single word that captures website, orbisculate.com, for $25 “My first thought is, ‘What’s Two decades later, Krieger they hatched an elaborate plan to the squirting in the eye that cer- or $28. (Proceeds go to Carson’s wrong with this dictionary?’” she found herself telling that funny get the word officially recog- tain fruits do,” she says. Village, a charity that helps fam- says. story again and again, in some nized. To make it happen, they’d Getting a word into the dictio- ilies in mourning.) Aghast, Krieger burst into her very sad circumstances. Her need help from friends and nary isn’t easy, but the Kriegers’ The Orbisculation Nation is dad’s study and told him the father, Neil Krieger, died of com- strangers. 50-point plan as described on helping the Kriegers check off shocking news: Orbisculate is plications from COVID-19 in Merriam-Webster adds about their website, is spot on, Brew- items on their list for orbiscula- somehow not in the dictionary! April at age 78. Since the Krieg- 1,000 new words to its master ster says. Encouraging people to tion domination, with a goal of “And he looked kind of sheep- ers couldn’t have a proper funer- database every year, words that use “orbisculate” in a wide varie- putting the word to use publicly ish, and that’s when I found out al, Hilary Krieger, who now lives then trickle down to the compa- ty of contexts, such as comic enough that it has a chance of that he made up this word when in New York, spent a lot of time ny’s various print and online strips, news stories and the name becoming legitimate. he was in college and had just on the phone talking with friends dictionaries. The most recent of a Ben & Jerry’s sorbet flavor, One family friend went rogue been using it our whole lives, as and family, and the orbisculate batch of new words, released in will leave a compelling trail of and put a homemade orbiscula- if it were a real word,” Krieger story kept coming up. January, is full of pandemic- evidence for lexicographers to tion warning sign on a pile of says. “I began to think, ‘Orbisculate related vocabulary like “long- follow. grapefruit in a grocery store He’d always defined it as is such a great word; Why isn’t it hauler” and “pod.” Technology- “If they were able to accom- (Goal No. 14). “when you dig your spoon into a in the dictionary? Orbisculate related words are also well rep- plish all of that, the word’s status People the Kriegers don’t grapefruit and it squirts juice should be in the dictionary!’” resented — “reaction GIF” for as an established member of the know, but who were just inspired directly into your eye,” she said. said Krieger, who is an editor at example, and the use of @ that English language would be pretty by the campaign, used the word means to challenge — as in irrefutable,” she says. in an online crossword puzzle “don’t @ me.” Even if they don’t succeed in (Goal No. 1) and a homemade “It speaks to his creativity and the Editors at the dictionary’s getting the word added to the cartoon (Goal No. 19). And when whisper-quiet office, in Spring- dictionary, the Kriegers’ project the “Because Language” podcast idea that, even when something’s field, Mass., are constantly scour- may help buffer them against announced online voting to deter- ing newspapers, academic jour- some of the feelings of despair mine their word of the year, the painful and annoying like getting nals, books and even cartoon and hopelessness that have Orbisculation Nation put their captions for new words. struck them and many families favorite word over the top. grapefruit juice in your eye, you can “What we’re looking for is who have lost loved ones to the It’s such a good word, it might usage in publications with a large coronavirus, says psychologist have won even without their laugh and have fun with it.” and broad readership,” says Robert A. Neimeyer, director of online campaign, says podcast senior editor Emily Brewster. the Portland Institute for Loss host Daniel Midgley. Hilary Krieger Brewster and her colleagues and Transition. Among the many “Orbisculate felt like a refresh- generally track words for years reasons that virus-related grief is ing splash of citrus in an other- or even decades before nomi- especially shattering is that so- wise grim year of words,” Mid- nating them for dictionary status. cial distancing separates mourn- gley says. This ensures that flash-in-the- ers from their friends and family. It has been nearly a year since pan coinages, like Will “We are unable to gather to- Neil Krieger’s death, and his Smith’s use of “jiggy,” to gether and we’re denied the children are still reeling from the mean trendy (briefly pop- simple reassurance of a human loss. But their campaign to get ular in the ’90s), can’t sneak hug,” Neimeyer says. their father’s word into the dic- in. But if a word really takes The Kriegers’ orbisculation tionary has helped them recap- off, it can shortcut the proc- campaign may help them push ture a little of the joy that has ess. back against feelings of isolation, been missing from their lives. “The word that has the re- he adds. “I could picture him being cord for most quickly entering “This family has come up with really excited about the fact that the dictionary is COVID-19, at 34 a creative way of memorializing The Washington Post is inter- days,” she says. “The term be- their father, by building a com- viewing us,” Jonathan Krieger fore that was AIDS.” munity around this thing that’s says. In addition to diseases, any distinctive about him,” Neimeyer “He’d say, ‘It’s dynamite!’ It’s iStock words that describe concrete says. dynamite — that’s a thing he phenomena that affect many That community, which the always used to say.” PAGE 16 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, March 20, 2021 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Atlanta suspect responsible for his lusts, actions BY DAVID FUTRELLE brain,” rendering the man more or less pow- makeup, short skirts and push-up bras are Special to The Washington Post erless. To symbolize the allegedly intoxicat- worn in the workplace it would be viewed as EDITORIAL s an explanation for mass mur- ing power of the female body, Farrell fes- sexual harassment.” Terry Leonard, Editor der, it’s a head-scratcher. Ac- tooned the cover of the e-book edition of Canadian psychologist and freelance [email protected] cording to police, after being ar- “Myth” with an arty shot of a naked woman. moralist Jordan Peterson has made a simi- rested, Robert Aaron Long told In conservative Christian communities — lar argument about makeup in the work- Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor A them he carried out shootings at three spas and the accused killer is reportedly a place, claiming, among other things, that lip- [email protected] in the Atlanta area on Tuesday because he’d churchgoing Baptist — “immodestly” stick and rouge are both designed to mimic Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content been feeling overwhelmed by his own sex- dressed women are sometimes described as the signs of sexual arousal, making the [email protected] ual desires. “He apparently has … what he being “stumbling blocks” for men, leading wearing of makeup a sexual provocation. Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation considers a sex addiction,” a sheriff’s de- them into temptation and a multitude of sins. This attitude isn’t confined to North [email protected] partment official said, and viewed the spas What counts as “immodest”? “Only a re- America, either. In 2019, a Malaysian mem- he targeted as “a temptation for him that he bellious woman, who deliberately disobeys ber of Parliament proposed a “sexual ha- Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital wanted to eliminate.” Long has been the Word of God, would wear pants,” writes rassment act” to help protect men from be- [email protected] charged with the murder of eight people, six David Stewart, a relative hard-liner on this ing “seduced” into sexual misconduct. “I of them women of Asian descent. issue. “Pants on women are adulterous in propose to the minister that we create a ‘sex- BUREAU STAFF Long evidently wants us to believe that he nature, and cause men to lust and sin.” Pop- ual harassment act’ to protect men against is the real victim here, a perpetually frus- ular “tradwife” blogger the Thinking the demeanor, words and clothing of wom- Europe/Mideast trated man with a “sex addiction” who could Housewife goes so far as to call that so-called en,” Mohamad Imran Abd Hamid told the Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] not help but lash out at the women he blames provocative female attire a form of “aggres- Malaysian parliament, “which can cause +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 for his problems. As bizarre as this reason- sion” against men, praising one reader who them to be seduced to a point where they Pacific ing is, Long isn’t alone in embracing it. It’s a writes, “Immodest dress is analogous to commit acts such as incest, rape, molesta- Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief logic I often see among the misogynists I’ve male violence,” and others who describe tion, pornography and others.” (He later re- [email protected] been tracking on my blog, WeHuntedThe- such clothing choices as “a form of sexual tracted his proposal.) +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 Mammoth.com, for more than a decade. harassment.” But all the talk about clothing, modest or Washington The idea that women have some sort of ne- This attitude is surprisingly common in otherwise, misses the real point. To these Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief farious and overwhelming sexual power secular spaces as well, particularly in the men, women can elicit male arousal simply [email protected] over men is widely accepted as gospel truth backward world of Men’s rights activists. by existing — and it’s women who are re- (+1)(202)886-0033 Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News in what is called “the manosphere.” In a manifesto of sorts posted on Reddit’s sponsible for anything men do in response. [email protected] Men’s rights guru Warren Farrell infa- main men’s rights forum, one anonymous They’re all wrong. Like the “involuntary mously wrote in his best-selling “Myth of writer argued that the men we call sexual celibates,” or “incels,” who have been kill- CIRCULATION Male Power” of the “miniskirt power” and harassers are the real victims of sexual ha- ing mostly women for years now, ostensibly “cleavage power” that he thinks female sec- rassment. “Almost all women’s clothing is because no woman would sleep with them, Mideast retaries wield over male bosses. Female designed to enhance their sexual allure and Long is responsible for his own lusts, and his Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager [email protected] beauty, he has written, is “the world’s most heighten their sexual power,” he wrote. “In own behavior. Sexual frustration and temp- [email protected] potent drug.” When a straight man sees an a world that treated the male experience tation are not licenses to murder. DSN (314)583-9111 attractive woman, Farrell recently told fans with the same empathy and concern as west-

Europe on Reddit, it “takes the power out of our up- ern society treats the female experience, David Futrelle’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager per brain and transports it into our lower when revealing, figure-hugging clothing, The Cut, Broadly and Salon. [email protected] [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Biden’s messaging on immigration is late, muddled Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 BY MARTIN SCHRAM And not say. Stephanopoulos: “Do you have to say quite Tribune News Service Stephanopoulos began by noting that “a lot clearly, ‘Don’t come’?” CONTACT US s mega-crises swirl in from all di- of the migrants coming in saying they’re “Yes,” said the clearly rescued president. Washington rections at once, new presidents coming in because you promised to make “I can say quite clearly don’t come over. And tel: (+1)202.886.0003 quickly figure out that the center things better. ... Was it a mistake not to antici- the process of getting set up, and it’s not gon- 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 Aof America’s governance bull’s- pate this surge?” na take a whole long time, is to be able to ap- Reader letters eye isn’t round after all — it’s Oval. Biden replied: “Well, first of all, there was ply for asylum in place. So don’t leave your [email protected] And that’s the way things turned out this asurge the last two years. In ‘19 and ‘20 there town or city or community. We’re gonna past week for the newest occupant of the Oval was a surge as well.” make sure we have facilities in those cities Additional contacts Office. President Joe Biden and his inner cir- Stephanopoulos: “This one might be and towns run by (the Department of Home- stripes.com/contactus cle planned a weeklong message politics worse.” land Security with the Department of Health OMBUDSMAN campaign to showcase his most impressive Biden continued: “No, well, it could be. But and Human Services). … You can apply for crisis leadership effort so far. Namely: Bi- here’s the deal. We’re sending back people to asylum from where you are right now.” Ernie Gates den’s World War II-like mobilization in — first of all, the idea that Joe Biden said, Here we need to inject another crucial The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow America’s war against COVID-19. Also, his ‘Come’ because — I — I heard the other day point of crisis leadership that, sadly, seemed of news and information, reporting any attempts by the plan to rescue Americans who were plunged that they’re coming because, you know, I’m a to have escaped Biden and his capable team. military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns into economic peril by the pandemic shut- nice guy and I won’t do what Trump did.” Namely: This was the first time any of us and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for down. Stephanopoulos: “They’re saying this.” heard Biden conveying that vital message. fairness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted by But in the process, Biden and his advisers Biden: “Yeah. Well, here’s the deal. But it is something those unaccompanied email at [email protected], or by phone at unintentionally also showcased their most They’re not. The adults are being sent back, children, teens and — especially! — their 202.886.0003. unfortunate crisis leadership shortcoming. number one. That’s number one. parents back in Central America or in the

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© Stars and Stripes 2021 ably caught off guard. He rambled, sounding tial message Biden should have been send- Martin Schram, an op-ed columnist for Tribune News Service, is stripes.com unsure of just what it was he wanted to say. ing. a Washington journalist, author and TV documentary executive. Saturday, March 20, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 17 Eugene Sheffer Crossword Frazz Dilbert

ACROSS DOWN 26 Maritime 1 Groom carefully 1 Artist Mondrian greeting 6 Difficult situation 2 Take five 28 Can’t-miss 12 “Burnt” crayon 3 Following behind 30 Outback bird

Pearls Before Swine Pearls Before color 4 6, on a phone 31 Speck 13 Bar supply 5 Primitive flutes 33 Born 14 “Ben-Hur” star 6 Fall into a 34 Three, on a 15 Discounted beanbag chair sundial 16 “Beetle 7 Like notebook 39 Whirls Bailey” dog paper 41 Equine comment 17 Vatican leader 8 Mensa measures 42 “Money — 19 Reuben bread 9 Protector object” 20 Blender sound 10 Sacred 43 Not barefoot 22 June honoree 11 Fir or yew 45 Sitarist’s music Non Sequitur 24 Unpaid TV spot 12 HBO competitor 47 Lavish affection 27 Mimics 18 Pasta sauce herb (on) 29 Conked out 21 “2001” computer 48 Human rights 32 Actor who voiced 23 Wood- lawyer Clooney Sid the Sloth shaping tool 49 Flavor enhancer, in “Ice Age” 24 Nightwear, for short 51 Serbian city 35 — gin fizz for short 53 Not “dis” 36 Ganges wrap 25 Note after fa 37 Fanatic Answer to Previous Puzzle

Candorville 38 Thumbs-up 40 Dresden denial 42 Belief 44 Campus VIP 46 Wax-coated cheese 50 “The Woman in Me” singer Twain 52 Figures of speech

Carpe Diem 54 Taking heed of 55 Unkempt 56 Black Sea port 57 Lucy’s pal Beetle Bailey Bizarro PAGE 18 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, March 20, 2021 SCOREBOARD

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Men’s NIT Iowa (18-9) vs. Cent. Michigan (18-8) Thursday’s transactions to one-year contracts. Thursday’s score Kentucky (17-8) vs. Idaho St. (22-3) SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Re-signed C Eth- First Round Michigan (14-5) vs. Florida Gulf Coast BASEBALL an Pocic to a one-year contract. EAST Wednesday, March 17 (26-2) Major League Baseball TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms St. Lawrence 5, Colgate 4 At Denton, Texas Baylor (25-2) vs. Jackson St. (18-5) American League with DL Denico Autry and T Kendall Lamm Richmond 76, Toledo 66 At Austin, Texas BALTIMOE ORIOLES — Waived RHP Ash- on multi-year contracts. Agreed to terms At Frisco, Texas Syracuse (14-8) vs. S. Dakota St. (21-3) ton Goudeau. with LS Morgan Cox on a one-year con- PRO BASEBALL W. Kentucky 69, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 67 At Austin, Texas TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned RHPs tract. Signed CB Kevin Johnson to a one- Thursday, March 18 Tennessee (16-7) vs. Middle Tennessee Elvis Luciano and Ty Tice, INF Otto Lopez year contract. Spring training At Denton, Texas (17-7) and C/DH Gabriel Moreno to minor league WASHIHNGTON FOOTBALL TEAM — Re- NC State 75, Davidson 61 At San Marcos, Texas group. Reassigned RHPs Bryan Baker, Ho- signed QB Kyle Allen to a one-year con- AMERICAN LEAGUE At Frisco, Texas Virginia Tech (14-9) vs. Marquette (19-6) bie Harris, Adam Kloffenstein, Alek Mono- tract. Signed C Tyler Larson to a one-year WLPct. Boise St. 85, SMU 84 MERCADO REGION ah, Joey Murray, Jackson Rees, CJ Van Eyk, contract. Friday, March 19 First Round Jacob Waguespack, Simeon Woods Ri- HOCKEY New York 12 4 .750 At Denton, Texas Sunday, March 21 chardson and Yosver Zulueta, LHP Nick National Hockey League Colorado State (18-6) vs. Buffalo (16-8) At San Marcos, Texas Allgeyer, C/DHs Chris Bec and Phil Clarke, ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled D Jamie Kansas City 12 6 .667 At Frisco, Texas NC State (20-2) vs. NC A&T (14-2) INFs Jordan Groshans Leo Jimenez, Cullen Drysdale from minor league taxi squad. Texas 9 5 .643 Gonzaga (23-3) vs. Belmont (20-5) Large, Austin Martin, Orelvis Martinez and ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled G Ivan Mississippi (16-11) vs. Louisiana Tech Prosvetov and C Michael Chaput from mi- Los Angeles 10 6 .625 (21-7) Rutgers (14-4) vs. BYU (18-5), Noon Logan Warmoth, and OF Chavez Young to Saturday, March 20 At Austin, Texas minor league group. nor league taxi squad. Boston 9 6 .600 BOSTON BRUINS — Recalled D Jack Ah- At Denton, Texas South Florida (18-3) vs. Washington St. National League Toronto 9 7 .563 (12-11) SAN FRACISCO GIANTS — Claimed RHP can and C Greg McKegg from minor league Memphis (16-7) vs. Dayton (14-9) taxi squad. Placed C Sean Kuraly on In- Oakland 9 8 .529 At Frisco, Texas Texas A&M (23-2) vs. Troy (22-5) Ashton Goudeau off waivers from Balti- At San Antonio more. Placed RHP Dedniel Nunezon the 60- jured reserve COVID-19 protocol. Recalled Seattle 6 7 .462 St. Louis (14-6) vs. Mississippi State (15- C Oscar Steen from minor league taxi Indiana (18-5) vs. VCU (16-10) day injured list. 14) BASKETBALL squad. Detroit 7 9 .438 Arizona (16-5) vs. Stony Brook (15-5) BUFFALO SABRES — Designated D Bran- CBI Iowa St. (16-10) vs. Michigan St. (15-8) National Basketball Association Tampa Bay 7 9 .438 PHOENIX SUNS — Acquired F Torrey don Davidson for assignment to taxi Minnesota 6 9 .400 Quarterfinals squad. Recalled D Jacob Bryson from mi- Women’s NIT Craig from Milwaukee in exchange for Cleveland 7 11 .389 Monday, March 22 cash and a traded player exception (TPE). nors from taxi squad. Stetson (11-14) vs. Bowling Green (14- FORT WORTH REGIONAL FOOTBALL CAROLINA HURRICANES — Recalled C Chicago 5 9 .357 11) At Wilkerson-Greines Activity Center National Football League Morgan Geekie, D Jake Bean and G Alex Nedeljkovic from minor league taxi squad. Baltimore 5 11 .313 Coastal Carolina (16-7) vs. Bryant (15-6) At Fort Worth, Texas ARIZONA CARDINALS — Agreed to terms Longwood (12-16) vs. Pepperdine (12- First Round COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Placed RW Houston 3 9 .250 with K Matt Prater on a two-year contract. Emil Bemstron on IR. Recalled LW Stefan 12) Friday, March 19 BUFFALO BILLS — Re-signed RB Taiwan NATIONAL LEAGUE Bellarmine (13-7) vs. Army (12-9) Matteau, LW Mikhail Grigorenko and RW Rice (18-4) vs. Arizona St. (11-10) Jones to a one-year contract. Ryan Macinnis from minor league taxi NCAA Men’s Division II Missouri (9-11) vs. Fresno St. (16-10) CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed WR Da- squad. WLPct. Houston (16-7) vs. San Francisco (15-10) vid Mooreto a two-year contract. DALLAS STARS — Recalled LW Tanner Tournament New Mexico (15-4) vs. Cal Baptist (24-0) CHICAGO BEARS — Released DB Kyle Kero, RW Ty Dellandrea from minor league Miami 8 3 .727 CHARLOTTE REGIONAL Fuller. taxi squad. Designated C Rhett Gardner Chicago 9 5 .643 Quarterfinals At Charlotte, N.C. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Re-signed CB for assignment taxi squad. Los Angeles 9 5 .643 At Evansville, Ind. First Round Tony Brown to a one-year contract. DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled RW Ev- Wednesday, March 24 Friday, March 19 CLEVELAND BROWNS — Waived OT geny Svechnikov and C Frans Nielsen from St. Louis 6 5 .545 Lincoln Memorial vs. Colorado Mines Delaware (21-4) vs. Fordham (12-4) Drake Dorbeck. Re-signed LB Malcolm minor league taxi squad. Atlanta 8 8 .500 West Texas A&M vs. Daemen Clemson (11-13) vs. Ohio (14-8) Smith. EDMONTON OILERS — Recalled LW Joa- NW Missouri St. vs. West Liberty Florida (11-13) vs. Charlotte (10-10) DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed DL Carlos kim from minor league taxi squad. Colorado 8 8 .500 Flagler vs. Truman Villanova (15-6) vs. UMass (14-7) Watkins to a one-year contract. NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled D Milwaukee 8 8 .500 — Acquired DL Michael MEMPHIS REGIONAL DETROIT LIONS Ben Harpur and D Alexandre Carrier from Philadelphia 8 8 .500 NAIA Men’s Division I Tournament At Collierville, Tenn. Brockers via trade with Los Angeles for an minor league taxi squad. Pittsburgh 8 8 .500 At Municipal Auditorium First Round undisclosed draft selection. Released QB NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled LW Mik- Chase Daniel. Signed K Randy Bullock. At Kansas City, Mo. Friday, March 19 hail Maltsev from minor league taxi New York 7 7 .500 Nebraska (12-12) vs. UT Martin (20-5) Signed WR Breshad Perriman to a one- squad. Round of 16 year contract. Washington 6 6 .500 Thursday, March 18 Colorado (10-10) vs. Louisiana-La- NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Recalled D HOUSTON TEXANS — Released P Bryan Thomas Hickey and LW Kieffer Bellows San Francisco 7 8 .467 St. Francis (Ind.) 69, Stillman 67 fayette (16-6) Mississippi (11-11) vs. Samford (14-9) Anger and TE Darren Fells. Signed DB Des- from minor league taxi squad. Arizona 7 9 .438 Shawnee St. 69, Bethel (Kan.) 59 mond King to a one-year contract. OTTAWA SENATORS — Designated D Ar- Jamestown 88, Faulkner 83 Tulane (17-8) vs. Illinois St. (15-7) San Diego 7 11 .389 ROCKFORD REGIONAL KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed G Kyle tem Zub, G Filip Gustavsson, and C Clark Bethel (Ind.) 83, Indiana Wesleyan 77 Long. Signed G Joe Thuney. Bishop for assignment taxi squad. Reas- Cincinnati 5 12 .294 Friday, March 19 At Rockford, Ill. First Round LAS VEGAS RAIDERS —Signed C Nick signed LW Matthew Peca and D Erik Lewis-Clark St. vs. Oklahoma Wesleyan Martin. Thursday’s games Friday, March 19 Brannstrom to minors Bellevue (AHL). Marian (Ind.) vs. Loyola LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Signed P Ty Placed G Anton Forsberg on IR COVID-19 Dayton (14-3) vs. N. Iowa (14-12) Washington 3, N.Y. Mets 1 SW Assemblies vs. Morningside Long and TE Jared Cook to one-year con- protocol. Chicago Cubs 4, Cleveland 3 William Penn vs. Carrol (Mont.) Bowling Green (20-6) vs. Creighton (9- tracts. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Recalled LW 11) Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City 7 MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed CB Justin Co- Carsen Twarynski, D Nate Prosser and G Oakland 4, San Diego 2 NCAA Women’s Tournament DePaul (14-8) vs. Saint Louis (12-4) leman and WR Robert Foster. Signed RB Alex Lyon from minor league taxi squad. Drake (16-11) vs. Milwaukee (19-7) L.A. Dodgers 7, Arizona 7 ALAMO REGION Malcolm Brown as an unrestricted free PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Recalled C Ra- L.A. Angels 3, Milwaukee 2 First Round WBI agent from Los Angeles. Signed QB Jacoby dim Zohorna and RWs Anthony and Colton St. Louis 7, Miami 5 Sunday, March 21 Brissett as an unrestricted free agent from Sceviour from minor league taxi squad Texas 12, Cincinnati 9 At San Antonio First Round Indianapolis. Signed DL Adam Butler as and designated for assignment taxi Seattle 6, San Francisco 3 unrestricted free agent from New En- squad. Stanford (25-2) vs. Utah Valley (13-6) Friday, March 19 Friday’s games Cleveland St. (11-9) vs. Manhattan (10-7) gland. Signed TE Cethan Carter as unre- TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Recalled C Oklahoma St. (18-8) vs. Wake Forest (12- stricted free agent from Cincinnati pend- Ross Colton from minors from taxi squad. Tampa Bay vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla. 12) Chicago (11-13) vs. Stetson (9-13) Toronto vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla. Monday, March 22 Portland (12-12) vs. Abilene Christian ing a physical exam. Recalled RW Anthony Angello and RW Col- NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Acquired OT ton Scevious from minors from taxi squad. St. Louis vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, At San Antonio (14-10) WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned Fla. FIU (13-12) vs. N. Arizona (13-13) Trent Brown in a trade with Las Vegas. Missouri St. (21-2) vs. UC Davis (13-2) Traded OT Marcus Cannon and TE Ryan Iz- C Aliaksei Protas to Hershey (AHL). L.A. Angels vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Oregon (13-8) vs. South Dakota (19-5) zo to Houston. Released DL Beau Allen and SOCCER Ariz. Georgia (20-6) vs. Drexel (14-8), Noon NCAA Women’s Division II WR Marqise Lee. Major League Soccer Chicago Cubs vs. Oakland at Mesa, Ariz. Northwestern (15-8) vs. UCF (16-4) Tournament NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed DE Leonard MINNESOTA UNITED FC — Acquired and Texas vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz. Louisville (23-3) vs. Marist (18-3) Williams to a new contract. signed MF Niko Hansen from Houston to a Arizona vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix At Austin, Texas Quarterfinals SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Re-signed CB new two-year contract with a club option Cleveland vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Arkansas (19-8) vs. Wright St. (18-7) At Columbus, Ohio Briean Boddy-Calhoun and TE Daniel Helm for an additional year. Ariz. HEMISFAIR REGION Tuesday, March 23 Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, First Round Drury vs. Charleston, W.Va. TENNIS Fla. Sunday, March 21 Lander vs. Azusa Pacific Minnesota vs. Atlanta at North Port, Fla. At San Antonio Lubbock Christian vs. Daemen Washington vs. Houston at West Palm South Carolina (22-4) vs. Mercer (19-6) Belmont Abbey vs. Central Miss. St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Beach, Fla. Georgia Tech (15-8) vs. Stephen F. Austin Dubai Duty Free Championships Philadelphia vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Thursday Fla. (24-2) NAIA Women’s Division I Thursday At Sport Club Dinamo Chicago White Sox vs. Seattle at Peoria, West Virginia (21-6) vs. Lehigh (10-5) At Dubai Tennis Stadium Tournament St. Petersburg, Russia Ariz. At San Marcos, Texas Dubai, United Arab Emirates Purse: $565,530 Cincinnati vs. San Francisco at Scotts- Oregon St. (11-7) vs. Florida St. (10-8) At Sioux City, Iowa Purse: $1,897,805 Monday, March 22 Surface: Hardcourt indoor dale, Ariz. Round of 16 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor At Austin, Texas Women’s Singles Saturday’s games Thursday, March 18 Men’s Singles Round of 16 UCLA (16-5) vs. Wyoming (14-9) Thomas More (Ky.) 71. Mount Vernon Quarterfinals Pittsburgh vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla. At San Marcos, Texas Nazarene (Ohio) 51 Margarita Gasparyan, Russia, def. Kate- Houston vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla. Texas (18-9) vs. Bradley (17-11) rina Siniakova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-4. Denis Shapovalov (3), Canada, def. Jere- Dakota St. 91, Sterling (Kan.) 77 my Chardy, France, 7-5, 6-4. Toronto vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, At San Antonio Westmont (Calif.) 66, Lyon (Ark.) 60 Daria Kasatkina (8), Russia, def. Aliak- Fla. sandra Sasnovich, Belarus, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (2). Aslan Karatsev, Russia, def. Jannik Sin- Alabama (16-9) vs. North Carolina (13- Clarke (Iowa) 63, MidAmerica Nazarene ner (16), Italy, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2. Boston vs. Atlanta at North Port, Fla. 10) (Kan.) 60 Anastasia Gasanova, Russia, def. Anas- Colorado vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz. tasia Pavlyuchenkova (5), Russia, 1-6, 7-6 Lloyd Harris, South Africa, def. Kei Nishi- Maryland (24-2) vs. Mount St. Mary’s Friday, March 19 kori, Japan, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3. Cleveland vs. Chicago White Sox at (17-6) Marian (Ind.) vs. Concordia (Neb.) (8), 7-6 (4). Glendale, Ariz. RIVER WALK REGION Veronika Kudermetova (2), Russia, def. Andrey Rublev (2), Russia, def. Marton Morningside (Iowa) vs. St. Francis (Ill.) Fucsovics, Hungary, 7-5, 6-2. L.A. Dodgers vs. San Diego at Peoria, First Round Campbellsville (Ky.) vs. Lewis-Clark Kamilla Rakhimova, Russia, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 Ariz. Sunday, March 21 State (Idaho) (5). Kansas City vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, At San Antonio Southeastern (Fla.) vs. Indiana Wes- Monterrey Open Mexican Open Ariz. UConn (24-1) vs. High Point (22-6) leyan Oakland vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz. Thursday Thursday Miami vs. Washington at West Palm GOLF At Club Sonoma At Fairmont Acapulco Princess Beach, Fla. Monterrey, Mexico Acapulco, Mexico N.Y. Yankees vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Purse: $235,238 Purse: $1,053,910 Fla. The Honda Classic Adam Long 34-34—68 -2 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Tampa Bay vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Jason Dufner 33-35—68 -2 Women’s Singles Men’s Singles Fla. PGA Tour Seattle vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz. Nate Lashley 33-35—68 -2 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Thursday Alexander Zverev (2), Germany, def. Milwaukee vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, At PGA National Champions Course Mackenzie Hughes 31-37—68 -2 Zheng Saisai (3), China, def. Zhu Lin, Chi- Ariz. na, 6-1, 6-2. Casper Ruud (8), Norway, walkover. Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Mark Hubbard 35-33—68 -2 Dominik Koepfer, Germany, def. Cam- Sunday’s games Chris Kirk 36-32—68 -2 Ann Li (8), United States, def. Tamara Zi- Purse: $7 million dansek, Slovenia, 6-4, 6-3. eron Norrie, Britain, 7-5, 6-4. Sungjae Im 35-33—68 -2 N.Y. Mets vs. Washington at West Palm Yardage: 7,048; Par: 72 Viktorija Golubic, Switzerland, def. Lau- Stefanos Tsitsipas (1), Greece, def. Felix Beach, Fla. First Round Sepp Straka 35-33—68 -2 ren Davis, United States, 6-3, 6-1. Auger-Aliassime (7), Canada, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. Pittsburgh vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla. Matt Jones 31-30—61 -9 Harry Higgs 34-34—68 -2 Anna Kalinskaya, Russia, def. Nina Sto- Lorenzo Musetti, Italy, def. Grigor Dimi- Minnesota vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Aaron Wise 32-32—64 -6 Denny McCarthy 33-35—68 -2 janovic, Serbia, 6-4, 6-3. trov (5), Bulgaria, 6-4, 7-6 (3). Fla. Russell Henley 31-33—64 -6 Camilo Villegas 34-35—69 -1 Detroit vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Scott Harrington 34-32—66 -4 Cameron Percy 35-34—69 -1 AP SPORTLIGHT Fla. Atlanta vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Kevin Chappell 33-33—66 -4 Adam Scott 35-34—69 -1 Fla. Cameron Davis 31-35—66 -4 Joaquin Niemann 35-34—69 -1 March 20 goal shooting percentage. Houston vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla. Steve Stricker 34-32—66 -4 Richy Werenski 34-35—69 -1 1897 — Yale beats Penn 32-10 in New 1954 — In the first televised NCAA cham- N.Y. Yankees vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla. Joseph Bramlett 35-31—66 -4 Jimmy Walker 35-34—69 -1 Haven, Conn., in the first men’s intercolle- pionship game, La Salle defeats Bradley Cincinnati vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Cameron Tringale 31-36—67 -3 giate basketball game. 92-76 and sets a record for most points in Ariz. Robert Streb 34-35—69 -1 the title game. Shane Lowry 33-34—67 -3 1939 — In a game of unbeaten teams, Colorado vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Bronson Burgoon 35-34—69 -1 Long Island U. defeats Loyola of Chicago 1965 — St. John’s sends Joe Lapchick out Ariz. Zach Johnson 32-35—67 -3 Sam Ryder 36-33—69 -1 44-32 to win the National Invitation Tour- a winner, as the Redmen beat Villanova Texas vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz. C.T. Pan 33-34—67 -3 Keegan Bradley 34-35—69 -1 nament title. 55-51 to win their fifth National Invitation San Francisco vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glen- Chase Seiffert 33-34—67 -3 Keith Mitchell 34-35—69 -1 1940 — Springfield College makes only Tournament championship. dale, Ariz. Will Gordon 33-34—67 -3 Kevin Streelman 35-34—69 -1 eight of 63 shots from the field (12.7 per- 1969 — Less than two months after she L.A. Angels vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz. becomes the first woman to ride in a pari- John Huh 34-34—68 -2 J.B. Holmes 34-35—69 -1 cent) against Indiana, setting the NCAA Di- Seattle vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix vision I Men’s Tournament record for both mutuel race in America, Diane Crump Chicago White Sox vs. Arizona at Scotts- D.J. Trahan 34-34—68 -2 William McGirt 36-33—69 -1 fewest field goals made and lowest field- rides her first winner at Gulfstream Park. dale, Ariz. Saturday, March 20, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 SPORTS BRIEFS/NHL

BRIEFLY NHL scoreboard NHL ROUNDUP

Bucks land Tucker from East Division Rockets for playoff push GP WLOT Pts GF GA MILWAUKEE — P.J. Tucker is Washington 29 19 6 4 42 103 88 now a member of the Milwaukee N.Y. Islanders 31 19 8 4 42 90 71 Vasilevskiy’s 19 saves Bucks, an addition for the team's Pittsburgh 30 18 11 1 37 96 85 playoff push. Boston 28 16 8 4 36 77 66 Philadelphia 28 15 10 3 33 92 99 The Bucks announced Friday N.Y. Rangers 28 12 12 4 28 85 76 that they had acquired Tucker as New Jersey 27 10 13 4 24 68 86 well as guard Rodions Kurucs Buffalo 29 6 19 4 16 61 101 help Tampa top Chicago from the Houston Rockets and Central Division had sent guard D.J. Augustin plus GP WLOT Pts GF GA Associated Press forward D.J. Wilson to Houston. Tampa Bay 29 21 6 2 44 106 69 As part of the trade, the Bucks Florida 29 19 6 4 42 100 83 TAMPA, Fla. — Andrei Vasilev- gave up their 2021 and 2023 first- Carolina 29 20 7 2 42 99 75 skiy made 19 saves for his 10th round picks and got back their Chicago 31 14 12 5 33 94 102 consecutive victory, rookie Ross Columbus 31 12 12 7 31 83 101 Colton broke a third-period tie own 2022 first-round pick and the Nashville 30 13 16 1 27 73 98 Rockets’ 2021 second-round selec- Dallas 26 9 10 7 25 74 71 with his second career goal and tion. Detroit 31 10 17 4 24 71 101 the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the The Bucks announced the trade West Division Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Friday, two days after Augustin GP WLOT Pts GF GA Thursday night. Victor Hedman, Alex Killorn and Wilson participated in war- Vegas 27 20 6 1 41 90 61 mups before a 109-105 victory at Colorado 28 18 8 2 38 91 65 and Yanni Gourde also scored for Philadelphia but weren’t with the Minnesota 28 18 9 1 37 87 69 Tampa Bay. team during the actual game. St. Louis 29 14 10 5 33 89 96 Dylan Strome and Mattias Jan- Los Angeles 28 12 10 6 30 83 79 mark had power-play goals for the ESPN first reported the trade. Arizona 30 12 13 5 29 72 91 San Jose 27 11 13 3 25 80 96 Blackhawks. They have lost three Amazon gets Thursday Anaheim 31 9 16 6 24 70 105 straight and are 1-5 in their last six night NFL games North Division games. The teams will complete the GP WLOT Pts GF GA Much like they did with cable in two-game series Saturday. the 1980s and satellite television in Toronto 30 19 9 2 40 102 79 Colton gave Tampa Bay the lead Edmonton 33 20 13 0 40 112 95 the 1990s, the NFL on Thursday at 5:32 of the third period. He made another significant transi- Winnipeg 30 18 10 2 38 98 87 Montreal 29 13 8 8 34 93 80 raced up ice and took a pass from tion in the way its games are Vancouver 33 15 16 2 32 92 104 Mathieu Joseph, skated in alone viewed. Calgary 30 14 13 3 31 83 92 on Kevin Lankinen, pulled the Ottawa 33 10 20 3 23 87 130 The league’s new rights agree- puck back to his forehand and ments, worth $113 billion over the Wednesday’s games tucked a shot between the post and CHRIS O'MEARA/AP 11 seasons of the new deals that be- N.Y. Rangers 9, Philadelphia 0 Los Angeles 4, St. Louis 1 the pad. Lightning left wing Pat Maroon, left, and Chicago Blackhawks center gin in 2023, include a streaming Edmonton 7, Calgary 3 Vancouver 3, Ottawa 2, SO Hedman added an empty-net Pius Suter battle for position during Thursday's game in Tampa, Fla. service receiving an exclusive full Winnipeg 4, Montreal 3, OT goal with 16 seconds. Vegas 5, San Jose 4 season package for the first time Barclay Goodrow put Chicago Varlamov for this fourth goal this also scored, and the Devils won Thursday’s games when Amazon Prime Video will be on a power play in the opening season. Travis Konecny assisted, their second straight at home fol- the home of 15 “Thursday Night Tampa Bay 4, Chicago 2 Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Islanders 3 minute as he tried to engage Con- his third of the contest, and the lowing a losing streak of 11 games Football” games. Nashville 2, Florida 1 Boston 4, Buffalo 1 nor Murphy in a fight for a hit Flyers won in regulation for only (0-10-1) in Newark. The new contracts also mean Columbus 3, Carolina 2, OT New Jersey 3, Pittsburgh 2 Murphy delivered to Erik Cernak the second time in their last 10 Blue Jackets 3, Hurricanes 2 the NFL will nearly double its Detroit 3, Dallas 2 the last time the two teams met games. (OT): Seth Jones scored his second media revenue to more than $10 Edmonton 2, Winnipeg 1 Colorado 5, Minnesota 1 March 7. But Murphy didn’t fight Bruins 4, Sabres 1:David Krej- goal with 50.4 seconds remaining billion a season. The league took in Anaheim 3, Arizona 2, OT and Goodrow was called for un- ci had three assists to cross the in overtime to lift visiting Colum- $5.9 billion a year in its current Friday’s games sportsmanlike conduct, leading to 700-point threshold and visiting bus past Carolina. contracts. Calgary at Toronto N.Y. Rangers at Washington Janmark’s goal at 2:10. Boston extended Buffalo’s skid to Kevin Stenlund also scored for The total of $113 billion is an in- Vancouver at Montreal Killorn pulled Tampa Bay even 13 games. the Blue Jackets, Oliver Bjork- crease of 80% over the previous St. Louis at San Jose Vegas at Los Angeles with his eighth of the season, tak- David Pastrnak had a goal and strand assisted on all three goals, such period, a person with direct Saturday’s games ing a pass from Hedman and an assist for the Bruins, Craig and Joonas Korpisalo stopped 25 knowledge of the contracts told Boston at Buffalo sweeping around the back of the Smith, Jake DeBrusk and Greg shots. The Associated Press. The person Pittsburgh at New Jersey Nashville at Florida net for a wraparound that hit the McKegg also scored, and Jaroslav Red Wings 3, Stars 2: Robby spoke on condition of anonymity Minnesota at Colorado Chicago at Tampa Bay skate of Lankinen and banked in at Halak made 23 saves Fabbri scored three goals, one in because the money figures were Calgary at Toronto 13:15. Oilers 2, Jets 1:Connor McDa- each period, and host Detroit held not made public. Columbus at Carolina Dallas at Detroit Gourde put the Lightning in vid scored twice to close in on the off Dallas. N.Y. Rangers at Washington Jones ties course record Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders front with 2:58 left in the period on NHL lead and host Edmonton beat The Red Wings did have a set- Vancouver at Montreal Arizona at Anaheim the power play. After taking a pass Winnipeg to move into a tie with back, losing goaltender Jonathan with 61 in Honda Classic St. Louis at San Jose from Mikhail Sergachev, Gourde Toronto for the North Division Bernier to an injury late in the sec- Winnipeg at Edmonton ALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. split the defense and tried to find lead. ond period after he stopped all 22 — Matt Jones tied the course re- Sunday’s games Tyler Johnson with a pass, but the McDavid has 20 goals — a goal shots he faced. Thomas Greiss fin- New Jersey at Pittsburgh cord Thursday on a typically Florida at Tampa Bay puck deflected back to him allow- behind Toronto’s Auston Mat- ished the game in net and had 16 Vegas at Los Angeles windy day at PGA National with a Nashville at Dallas ing him to put a quick backhand on thews — and leads the league in saves. bogey-free 9-under 61 giving him net that squeezed through the points with 58 and assists with 38. Ducks 3, Coyotes 2 (OT): a three-shot lead. He matched the Scoring leaders pads of Lankinen. Avalanche 5, Wild 1: The top Adam Henrique scored a power- mark set by Brian Harman in the Through Thursday The Blackhawks quickly an- line of Nathan MacKinnon, Ga- play goal 43 seconds into over- second round in 2012, and was one GP GAPTS swered with another power-play briel Landeskog and Mikko Ran- time, Jamie Drysdale had a goal shot better than the final-round 62 goal at 18:45. Strome cut across tanen combined for four goals to and an assist in his NHL debut and Connor McDavid, EDM 32 18 38 56 that Tiger Woods posted that year. Leon Draisaitl, EDM 32 17 32 49 the crease off a pass from Jan- help host Colorado end Minneso- host Anaheim overcame a two- All told, there have been rough- Patrick Kane, CHI 30 12 30 42 mark and was able to put in his ta’s winning streak at five. goal deficit to beat Arizona. ly 6,000 tournament rounds at the Mitchell Marner, TOR 30 11 28 39 own rebound after the initial Rantanen scored twice for the Trevor Zegras scored his first Honda since it moved to PGA Na- Mark Scheifele, WPG 29 12 25 37 chance hit the post. Avalanche, Joonas Donskoi also career goal, and Ryan Miller Auston Matthews, TOR 27 21 15 36 tional in 2007. None was better Anze Kopitar, LA 28 8 26 34 Flyers 4, Islanders 3: Oskar scored, and Phillip Grubaurer made 23 saves to help the Ducks than the one Thursday from Mark Stone, LV 26 10 24 34 Lindblom scored his second goal made 19 saves. end a four-game losing streak. Jones, an Australian ranked No. Jonathan Huberdeau, FLA 28 10 24 34 with 2:22 left, Carter Hart made Devils 3, Penguins 2: Scott Predators 2, Panthers 1:Calle 83 in the world. Aleksander Barkov, FLA 28 12 22 34 22 saves and visiting Philadelphia Wedgewood made 40 saves, Jack Jarnkrok scored twice, leading Brad Marchand, BOS 27 12 21 33 Russell Henley and Aaron Wise Nicklas Backstrom, WSH 29 12 21 33 recovered after blowing a late, Hughes had a goal and an assist visiting Nashville past Florida. shot 64s. Nikolaj Ehlers, WPG 29 15 16 31 three-goal lead to beat New York. and host New Jersey beat Pitts- Juuse Saros stopped 40 shots, Mikko Rantanen, COL 27 14 16 30 Lindblom’s shot from between burgh. allowing only Jonathan Huber- Associated Press Brock Boeser, VAN 33 15 15 30 the circles beat goalie Semyon P.K. Subban and Travis Zajac deau’s goal. PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, March 20, 2021 NFL

FREE AGENCY ROUNDUP Free agents, traded players speaking up

BY BARRY WILNER Thuney, A.J. Green), players stay- the right successor to the retired Associated Press ing put (Leonard Williams, Derek Philip Rivers. Let’s talk. Wolfe) and even a player coming “I can’t emphasize how strongly Now that the muzzles have been out of retirement (Kyle Long). I feel Carson is the man for the job KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AP removed for NFL team executives Wentz was the headliner, in for the Colts at this time,” team Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson is under investigation and the players they either re- great part because of the per- owner Jim Irsay said. “I really by the NFL after three women accused him of sexual assault. signed or added in free agency, ceived nastiness of his split with think he can be that guy that’s go- Thursday was a time for explana- the Eagles, who got two draft picks ing to be the centerpiece for the tions and reflections. from Indianapolis for their once- next decade who can give the Yes, there were more transac- franchise quarterback. Wentz Colts a chance at greatness.” NFL investigating tions: Miami acquired wide re- took the high road in his Zoom ceiver Will Fuller, Las Vegas got news conference. Washington running back Kenyan Drake “Anytime you hear those things Fitzpatrick joins his ninth team Houston’s Watson while Denver bid adieu to RB you want to play detective and fig- in his soon-to-be 17th pro season, Phillip Lindsay. The Giants ure out who said it. But it really and he’s never been to the play- agreed to terms with tight end doesn’t matter,” he said of anony- offs. He left Miami, which has its for sexual assault Kyle Rudolph. New England mous comments in Philadelphia likely franchise QB in Tua Tago- brought back LB Kyle Van Noy, during and after the season ended. vailoa, for DC, where there is an BY JAKE BLEIBERG Thursday, but wrote in one of the Buffalo grabbed QB Mitchell Tru- “If it’s out there, then you have to opening, particularly after NFL Associated Press lawsuits that “Watson’s behavior bisky, Tennessee got All-Pro long ask yourself how can I learn from Comeback Player of the Year Alex DALLAS — The NFL said is part of a disturbing pattern of snapper Morgan Cox, and San it? It’s unfortunate people have Smith was released. Thursday that it was investigating preying on vulnerable women.” Francisco added center Alex those opinions and if any of my allegations that Houston Texans The letter that he briefly posted Mack. teammates didn’t think I was the Arizona quarterback Deshaun Watson was from Lisa M. Friel, special There also were plenty of words best teammate, I apologize. I wish One of several additions to the sexually assaulted multiple wom- counsel for investigations for the from guys switching teams (Car- I could have been better.” Cardinals, Green got a one-year en after three massage therapists NFL. It said it is her job to “look son Wentz, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Joe The Colts expect Wentz to be deal worth around $8 million. The filed lawsuits against the star into any allegations that might in- star wideout missed the entire player. volve a violation of the League’s 2019 season (ankle injury) and his In lawsuits filed this week, two Personal Conduct Policy.” The production was down in 2020 of the women claim that Watson letter went on to say that the when the Bengals went 4-11-1. touched them with his penis dur- league had “opened an investiga- ing massages last year, and the tion into these allegations and to Kansas City third alleges he forced her to per- request the cooperation of your Pushing to upgrade a blocking form oral sex. clients in our investigation.” unit that was overwhelmed by Watson, 25, has broadly denied According to the suits, the wom- Tampa Bay in the Super Bowl, the that he acted inappropriately and en live in Texas, Oregon and Ge- Chiefs got two of the best guards of said he looks forward to clearing orgia and work giving massages. recent seasons. his name. Two claimed that during massag- Long will earn $5 million for The women, who are not named es in March and August of last 2021, a year after he regained in the lawsuits, are represented by year Watson was sexually sug- “physical, mental, emotional com- Houston lawyer Tony Buzbee, gestive, exposed his genitals and posure, get my feet back under who posted a picture Thursday of moved toward them in ways that me” in retirement. a letter from the NFL on his ver- caused his penis to touch their Thuney, the Patriots’ top offen- ified Instagram account that said hands. sive lineman, certainly liked the the league had launched an inves- The lawsuit from the third idea of joining Patrick Mahomes tigation. Buzbee later deleted the woman describes similar behav- and Andy Reid. post. ior and alleges that during a mas- “Just watching from the side, NFL spokesman Brian McCar- sage in December, Watson “co- such an explosive offense,” Thu- thy confirmed in an email to The erced” her into giving him oral ney said. “Never out of the game, Associated Press that the matter sex. The woman did not consent never out of the fight, always got a was “under review of the personal and then “blacked out for a few chance, can score from anywhere conduct policy.” minutes from fear,” the lawsuit on the field, it seems.” Watson’s attorney and agent did states. not immediately respond to re- The alleged assaults took place Baltimore quests for comment Thursday. at one of the women’s homes, a The 31-year-old Wolfe gets $12 “I have never treated any wom- Houston hotel and an office build- million over three years. He an with anything other than the ut- ing in the city, according to the played 14 games with eight starts most respect,” the quarterback suits. They state that Watson con- for Baltimore after signing a $3 said in a statement posted to Twit- nected with the women over social million contract to join the team ter Tuesday. media, where they advertised from Denver. He had one sack, six Houston police spokeswoman their businesses, and flew one of tackles for loss, 51 total tackles and Jodi Silva declined to comment on them from Atlanta to Houston for four quarterback hits on the sea- whether any of the alleged sexual a massage. son. assaults were reported to police, Each woman is suing for com- saying the department does not pensatory and punitive damages, New York Giants identify people who have not been as well as court costs. The 26-year-old Williams, charged with a crime. AARON DOSTER/AP twice-franchised, got a three-

Buzbee did not immediately re- Associated Press sports writer Kristie Rieken in Wide receiver A.J. Green signed a one­year deal with Arizona worth year, $63 million contract coming spond to requests for comment Houston contributed to this report. around $8 million. off his best pro season. Saturday, March 20, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 NBA/AUTO RACING

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Eastern Conference Harvick reflects on Atlantic Division WLPct GB Philadelphia 28 13 .683 — 20th anniversary of Brooklyn 28 13 .683 — New York 21 21 .500 7½ Boston 20 20 .500 7½ Toronto 17 23 .425 10½ Southeast Division emotional victory WLPct GB

Miami 22 19 .537 — BY JENNA FRYER Atlanta 21 20 .512 1 Associated Press Charlotte 20 20 .500 1½ Washington 15 25 .375 6½ CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The first Orlando 13 27 .325 8½ three weeks following Dale Earn- NICK WASS/AP Central Division hardt’s death were a whirlwind for Wizards guard Bradley Beal goes to the basket past Utah Jazz center WLPct GB Kevin Harvick, the driver sudden- Rudy Gobert, left, during the second half of Thursday’s game in Milwaukee 26 14 .650 — ly tasked with carrying a race team Washington. The Wizards won 131­122. Chicago 18 21 .462 7½ reeling from grief. Indiana 17 22 .436 8½ Harvick was slated to race for Cleveland 15 25 .375 11 the 2001 championship in NAS- NBA ROUNDUP Detroit 11 29 .275 15 Western Conference CAR’s second-tier series but Ri- chard Childress needed him to fill Southwest Division Earnhardt’s seat. Harvick, admitt- Beal, Westbrook lead Wiz WLPct GB edly “young and dumb” at the San Antonio 21 16 .568 — time, told Childress he’d do both. past league-leading Jazz Dallas 21 18 .538 1 Attempting to replace Earn- Memphis 18 19 .486 3 New Orleans 17 24 .415 6 hardt was an unenviable ask of any Associated Press Dennis Schröder had 22 points Houston 11 28 .282 11 driver, let alone a 25-year-old at WASHINGTON — Bradley and seven assists as the defending Northwest Division the start of his NASCAR career. By RIC FELD/AP Beal scored 43 points, Russell NBA champions moved past WLPct GB committing to that frantic two-se- A crew member pours a drink on Westbrook had 35 points, 15 re- Phoenix and pulled 1 ½ games be- Utah 29 11 .725 — ries schedule, Harvick created a Kevin Harvick after he won the bounds and 13 assists in his 13th hind the league-leading Utah Jazz Denver 24 16 .600 5 shield from the intense scrutiny of NASCAR Cracker Barrel 500 at triple-double of the season and with their sixth win in eight Portland 24 16 .600 5 an emotionally draining season. Atlanta Motor Speedway on the Washington Wizards beat the games despite playing without Oklahoma City 17 24 .415 12½ His Cup Series debut came sev- March 11, 2001. Minnesota 10 31 .244 19½ Utah Jazz 131-122 on Thursday All-NBA big man Anthony Davis Pacific Division en days after Earnhardt’s death night. since Valentine’s Day. WLPct GB and then Harvick was off to Las ner, to get between tracks when the Washington broke a five-game LaMelo Ball had 26 points and Vegas for his wedding — it had two series raced at different ven- L.A. Lakers 28 13 .683 — losing streak overall and a nine- seven assists in the dynamic roo- Phoenix 26 13 .667 1 been built into the NASCAR sched- ues. game skid against Utah. kie’s Southern California home- L.A. Clippers 26 16 .619 2½ ule before the season began — and “Racing that much really hid me Donovan Mitchell equaled a coming with the Hornets, who Golden State 21 20 .512 7 the start of a year spent primarily from a lot of things because of the season high with 42 points for the have opened their five-game Sacramento 16 24 .400 11½ in race cars and airplanes. fact I was so busy. It really allowed Jazz, who at 29-11 still have the West Coast trip by losing back-to- Wednesday’s games The standout moment of that me to kind of hide under a rock,” Sacramento 121, Washington 119 NBA’s best record but have lost back games for the first time Brooklyn 124, Indiana 115 season came in his third Cup race Harvick said. “But 2002 was when Detroit 116, Toronto 112 four of six in March. Joe Ingles since Feb. 5. Milwaukee 109, Philadelphia 105, OT when Harvick held off Jeff Gordon I realized the magnitude of the sit- added a career-high 34 points, in- Knicks 94, Magic 93: Julius San Antonio 106, Chicago 99 by 0.006 seconds — the edge of his uation we were in. Racing so much Golden State 108, Houston 94 cluding eight three-pointers. Randle had his third triple-double Cleveland 117, Boston 110 front bumper — to win at Atlanta and often in 2001 really covered all Denver 129, Charlotte 104 Washington scored 13 straight of the season with 18 points, 17 as- Memphis 89, Miami 85 Motor Speedway. Harvick returns that stuff up.” to take a 23-12 lead with 5:02 to sists and 10 rebounds to lead New Dallas 105, L.A. Clippers 89 to Atlanta on Sunday for the 20th Harvick spent 13 years driving Thursday’s games play in the first quarter. The Wiz- York past visiting Orlando. Washington 131, Utah 122 anniversary of that victory. He for Richard Childress Racing and Atlanta 116, Oklahoma City 93 ards increased their lead to 64-40 Alec Burks scored 21 points to New York 94, Orlando 93 says he wishes he “would have re- recognizes now how critical that just before halftime, and the Jazz help the Knicks improve to 21-21. Portland 101, New Orleans 93 alized then how big this moment 2001 season was. It was imperative Minnesota 123, Phoenix 119 got no closer than 112-105 with Reggie Bullock added 20, RJ Bar- L.A. Lakers 116, Charlotte 105 was.” that the organization keep Earn- 6:20 to play. rett had 17 and Frank Ntilikina 13. Friday’s games His memories of that emotional hardt’s car on track all season and Sacramento at Boston Timberwolves 123, Suns 119: Evan Fournier scored 23 points San Antonio at Cleveland win two decades later are scat- the Atlanta victory was a morale Brooklyn at Orlando Anthony Edwards scored a ca- but turned the ball over on Orlan- Detroit at Houston tered. He recalls the five-car battle boost for a heartbroken crew. reer-high 42 points, Karl-Antho- do’s final possession as the Magic Golden State at Memphis over the final 10 laps, the fans lin- “Knowing now what it meant to Indiana at Miami ny Towns had 41 and visiting Min- dropped their ninth straight. Utah at Toronto ing the fence along the back the sport, and just that moment in Chicago at Denver nesota rallied to stun Phoenix. Trail Blazers 101, Pelicans Dallas at Portland straightaway and the backward general of being able to carry on, The Timberwolves still have 93: Damian Lillard scored 36 Minnesota at Phoenix victory lap when he flashed three was so important,” Harvick said. Saturday’s games the worst record in the NBA at 10- points, 21 in the opening quarter Atlanta at L.A. Lakers fingers out his window to honor He moved to Stewart-Haas Rac- 31 but have played better since alone, and host Portland swept Golden State at Memphis Earnhardt. ing in 2014, the year he won his on- Sacramento at Philadelphia the All-Star break, winning three the two-game set with New Or- San Antonio at Milwaukee The rest is a bit of a blur. ly Cup championship, but he’s Charlotte at L.A. Clippers of five games. leans. Sunday’s games “It was obviously a moment I been a perennial contender every Edwards, who was the No. 1 Enes Kanter had 16 points and Indiana at Miami don’t think any of us expected, but season. He won a series-high nine overall pick out of Georgia last 13 rebounds, and Carmelo Antho- Oklahoma City at Houston there are a number of things that races last year but failed to ad- New Orleans at Denver summer, made 15 of 31 shots. ny added 15 points. The Trail Orlando at Boston obviously changed in the weeks vance to the championship finale. Chicago at Detroit Towns was even more efficient, Blazers beat the Pelicans 125-124 Toronto at Cleveland before that,” Harvick said. “It took Five races into this new season, Washington at Brooklyn making 15 of 24 shots, including 5 on Tuesday night. Philadelphia at New York me a long time to really get com- Harvick heads into the anniver- of 7 three-pointers. Juancho Her- Zion Williamson had 26 points Dallas at Portland fortable, to really even think about sary of his first Cup victory looking L.A. Lakers at Phoenix nangomez dunked with 2.5 sec- and 10 rebounds for New Orleans. Leaders things that happened that day. for some of that success from last onds left to seal it. Hawks 116, Thunder 93:Trae Scoring There were so many things that year. He’s led only 17 laps so far Devin Booker led the Suns with Young and Bogdan Bogdanovic GFG FT PTS AVG happened backwards in my ca- this season, a far cry from the 318 35 points on 13-for-22 shooting. each scored 23 points and Atlanta reer.” laps he’d led through five races a Beal, WAS 37 423 272 1202 32.5 Phoenix lost for just the fifth time won its seventh straight, beating Lillard, POR 39 369 284 1194 30.6 Harvick won two Cup races that year ago. in its last 23 games. visiting Oklahoma City. Rebounds year and beat Kurt Busch for top “Every year, you don’t really Lakers 116, Hornets 105: Le- The Hawks have put together GOFF DEF TOT AVG rookie honors. He won another five know what to expect when things Bron James had 37 points, eight the streak since Nate McMillan Capela, ATL 35 173 321 494 14.1 times in the Xfinity Series (then change,” Harvick said. “I think, for rebounds and six assists, and host took charge as interim coach and Gobert, UTA 40 136 402 538 13.4 called the Busch Series) and the us, we just missed it on all levels Los Angeles moved back into sec- have won seven in a row for the Assists championship. All told, he made 69 with all the different things that are ond place in the Western Confer- first time since 2016-17. GAST AVG starts and crisscrossed the coun- going on from last year, so I think ence with its fourth straight victo- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led Harden, BKN 35 393 11.2 try, often borrowing planes from whether we overthought it or just ry. the Thunder with 19 points. Westbrook, WAS 33 335 10.2 Childress or teammate Mike Skin- missed it has yet to be seen.” PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, March 20, 2021 NCAA TOURNAMENT Players take stand using March stage NCAA basketball VP Gavitt on #NotNCAAProperty social media effort: ‘Supportive’ of student-athletes using voices for advocacy

BY RALPH D. RUSSO throughout 2020 in particular.” Associated Press Using the #NotNCAAProperty INDIANAPOLIS — A social hashtag on Twitter, players media effort to raise awareness pushed for the NCAA to change its about inequities in college sports rules banning college athletes by some prominent basketball from earning money for things players came with calls for rules like endorsements, sponsorship changes and requests for meet- deals and personal appearances, ings with the NCAA president and all encompassing revenue tied to lawmakers. their name, image or likeness The players who got #NotN- (NIL). CAAProperty trending on social Three prominent Big Ten play- made no threats of protests at ers — Isaiah Livers of Michigan, tournament games, which started Geo Baker of Rutgers and Jordan Thursday night and will have mil- Bohannon of Iowa — led the way, lions of viewers all weekend. and players from at least 15 tour- Following a year of activism in nament teams jumped on board sports that included NBA players with tweets of support. shutting down the playoffs after a The National College Players police shooting, it seems fitting Association, a college athlete ad- that college athletes would use vocacy group, released a state- March Madness to get a message ment late Wednesday that de- across. tailed the players’ goals. They in- NCAA vice president of basket- cluded meetings with NCAA Pres- ball Dan Gavitt, who communicat- ident Mark Emmert and the es frequently with coaches, said opportunity to meet with state and Thursday he was not aware of any local lawmakers who are working DARRON CUMMINGS/AP plans for player protests that on passing laws that could set pa- Lisa Moeller takes a photo of the bracket for the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament on the side of could interfere with tournament rameters for the association’s NIL the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis on Wednesday. games being played. rules. “Am I concerned? I would be The NCAA has been working to- Meanwhile, at the women’s bas- compared to what the men have in Attorney Tim Nevius, a former concerned about any potential dis- ward changing its rules governing ketball tournament in San Anto- Indianapolis. NCAA investigator, said college ruption, I guess, of games,” Gavitt NIL compensation to pull back nio, those players were forcing the The men’s players were back to athletes are increasingly aware of said. “I’m certainly not at all con- most restrictions. But those ef- NCAA to deal with a different kind Twitter on Thursday, circulating their power to effect change. Es- cerned and, and quite frankly, forts have bogged down under of equity issue. A social media post the #NotNCAAProperty hashtag pecially when they organize. supportive of student-athletes us- scrutiny from the Justice Depart- from a member of Stanford’s again and what they hoped to ac- “No matter how big or small ing their voices for advocacy in is- ment and with an antitrust case in- sports performance staff showed complish. something like this is, it gets the sues that they are very passionate volving the NCAA heading to the the weight training areas for the There were no specific plans NCAA’s attention,” Nevius said. about. We have certainly seen that Supreme Court later this month. women were severely lacking about what was next. “These are warning shots.” Fresh: Programs like Alabama, Baylor not traditional hoops powerhouses FROM PAGE 24 season as an 11 seed. So did UCLA to keep its tournament chances and Syracuse, a few more familiar alive. names that took a little longer to Meanwhile, the Crimson Tide find in this year’s bracket. were rolling, and it had nothing to Meanwhile, some other Power do with the football field. They Five teams are finding them- make movies about the history of selves enjoying a new cachet — Alabama football. The history of maybe not tournament regulars, Alabama basketball can be writ- but certainly not to be over- ten on a postcard: Wimp Sander- looked. son and his plaid sports coat, Rob- Rutgers is in for the first time ert Horry, one trip to the Elite since 1991. Its first-round oppo- Eight in 21 previous, mostly un- nent, Clemson, is a once-proud memorable tournament berths. program that has been overshad- “They weren’t terrible at bas- owed by football in recent years. ketball, and it seemed like they Another “football school,” Florida were on the verge of being a good State, is in Year 5 as a burgeoning basketball school,” said Herb hoops power in the ACC, coming Jones, the third-team All-Ameri- in as a 4 seed after two straight can out of Greensboro, Ala. “It trips to the Sweet 16. looked like the perfect place to Could this be the year a team come in and turn the narrative, CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP like the Seminoles, or Baylor, or and give kids from Alabama a Baylor’s MaCio Teague gathers his teammates for a meeting during a game against Kansas State in the Alabama, finally breaks through? place to play basketball instead of second round of the Big 12 Conference tournament in Kansas City, Mo. The Bears won 74­68. In some ways, it would feel like going out of state.” a repeat of the last tournament, in Illinois was a powerhouse once, for Illini hoops. Underwood said the hardest. of last year, before they finally fig- 2019, when Auburn, Virginia and but its last trip to the Final Four when he arrived four years ago, he “They would all say it’s Michi- ured out what I wanted to hear. Texas Tech made the Final Four. was in 2005, and that came nearly did an informal poll of his players gan State. Michigan State, Michi- They finally said ‘Us.’ They had to They were names everyone had a decade after Lou Henson left to start each season, asking them gan State, Michigan State,” Un- start believing that.” heard of, just not always because and brought an end to a golden era which team in the Big Ten plays derwood said. “Then, it was start Michigan State slipped in this they were winning in March. Saturday, March 20, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 NCAA TOURNAMENT Scoreboard Tournament back with ‘First Four’ FIRST FOUR Thursday, March 18 At Bloomington, Ind. Texas Southern 60, Mount St. Mary’s 52 Norfolk St. 54, Appalachian St. 53 At West Lafayette, Ind. After 2020 cancellation, Drake 53, Wichita St. 52 UCLA 86, Michigan St. 80, OT EAST REGIONAL First Round March Madness returns Saturday, March 20 At West Lafayette, Ind. BY JIM LITKE Michigan (20-4) vs. Texas Southern AFN Sports, 7:30 a.m. Saturday CET; 3:30 a.m. Associated Press Sunday JKT UConn (15-7) vs. Maryland (16-13) AFN­ Who are we kidding? “First Four” still sounds Sports, Midnight Saturday CET; 8 a.m. Sun­ day JKT more like an educational toy than the prelude to At Bloomington, Ind. three of the best weeks in sport. LSU (18-9) vs. St. Bonaventure (16-4) At Indianapolis But because of the pandemic, it’s been 710 days Colorado (22-8) vs. Georgetown (13-12) AFN­Sports, 5 p.m. Saturday CET; 1 a.m. since last we saw the NCAA Tournament — Sunday JKT Florida St. (16-6) vs. UNC-Greensboro who’s counting? — so let’s not quibble over names (21-8) AFN­Sports2, 5:30 p.m. Saturday and go straight to the opening-night review: CET; 1:30 a.m. Sunday JKT BYU (20-6) vs. UCLA AFN-Sports, 2:30 Pretty, pretty good. a.m. Sunday CET; 10:30 a.m. Sunday JKT Texas (19-7) vs. Abilene Christian (23-4) In the finale pitting two of college hoops’ mar- AFN­Sports2, 3 a.m. Sunday CET; 11 a.m. quee programs, UCLA outlasted Michigan State Sunday JKT Alabama (24-6) vs. Iona (12-5) AFN­Atlan­ 86-80 in overtime. Two other games were decid- tic, 8:50 p.m. Saturday CET; 4:40 a.m. Sun­ day JKT ed by a single point: Drake beat Wichita State 53- SOUTH REGIONAL First Round 52, and Norfolk State squeezed Appalachian Friday, March 19 State 54-53. In Thursday’s opener, Texas South- At Indianapolis Baylor (22-2) vs. Hartford (15-8) ern pulled steadily away from Mount St. Mary’s Villanova (16-6) vs. Winthrop (23-1) and won 60-52. Purdue (18-9) vs. North Texas (17-9) Arkansas (22-6) vs. Colgate (14-1) The first four games were grafted onto the 64- ROBERT FRANKLIN/AP Florida (14-9) vs. Virginia Tech (15-6) At West Lafayette, Ind. team main bracket in 2011, naturally, to pad the Michigan State’s Julius Marble II, right, competes for a rebound with UCLA’s Cody Riley, North Carolina (18-10) vs. Wisconsin (17- center, as Michigan State’s Joey Hauser, left, and UCLA’s Jaime Jaquez Jr. look on during the 12) NCAA coffers. They were originally dubbed Ohio St. (21-9) vs. Oral Roberts (16-10) “play-in” games, and then briefly the “First first half of their First Four game Thursday in West Lafayette, Ind. At Bloomington, Ind. Texas Tech (17-10) vs. Utah St. (20-8) Round,” which the NCAA quickly squashed to MIDWEST REGIONAL First Round avoid any confusion with the 16 games that began The Spartans promptly went on to hand back then hold its breath until the final buzzer. Friday, March 19 the tournament in earnest Friday. the double-digit lead they held at intermission, “It’s been a long time coming and our guys At Indianapolis Illinois (23-6) vs. Drexel (12-7) Only one First Four team has also made it all yet still led by six points with four minutes left. knew that,” said Bulldogs coach Darian DeVries, Chicago (24-4) vs. Georgia Tech (17-8) Tennessee (18-8) vs. Oregon St. (17-12) the way to the Final Four — Virginia Common- Then the house fell in. The Bruins’ Jaime Jaquez whose eight-year contract extension, signed just Oklahoma St. (20-8) vs. Liberty (23-5) wealth in 2011 — but survivors tend to punch Jr., who finished with 27 points, banged in a layup a day earlier, is already paying dividends. Good San Diego St. (23-4) vs. Syracuse (16-9) West Virginia (18-9) vs. Morehead St. above their weight. Four teams have made it to and added the game-tying free throw in regula- thing, too, because he’ll draw No. 6 USC in the (23-7) Clemson (16-7) vs. Rutgers (15-11) the Sweet 16 and 2019 marked the only year at tion. Johnny Juzang hit back-to-back baskets to main bracket. At Bloomington, Ind. least one of the first four survivors failed to win a begin the extra period and UCLA kept its nose in Texas Southern simply had too much pace for Houston (24-3) vs. Cleveland St. (19-7) WEST REGIONAL game in the big-boy bracket. front the rest of the way. a deliberate Mount St. Mary’s squad in a match- First Round Saturday, March 20 Michigan State’s brief appearance in the tour- The reward for winning the clash of No. 11 up of No. 16 seeds. TSU coach Johnny Jones took At Indianapolis nament was coach Tom Izzo’s 23rd straight, but it seeds is a short drive to Hinkle Fieldhouse in In- advantage of the sport’s more equitable transfer Gonzaga (26-0) vs. Norfolk St. AFN­Atlan­ tic, 2:10 a.m. Sunday CET; 10:10 a.m. Sun­ was small consolation. He got into a heated ex- dianapolis, where the Bruins will face No. 6 rules to quickly build an up-tempo attack. He day JKT Oklahoma (15-10) vs. Missouri (16-9) change with one of his own players — and not for Brigham Young. sweet-talked eight talented kids from other pro- Creighton (20-8) vs. UC Santa Barbara the first time — after what appeared to be a de- Drake’s win was a long time coming — 50 grams onto campus, including John Walker III, (22-4) AFN­Sports2, 8 p.m. Saturday CET; 4 a.m. Sunday JKT fensive miscommunication on the final play of years to be exact — and didn’t go into the books who had a season-high 19 points and nine re- Southern Cal (22-7) vs. Drake Kansas (20-8) vs. E. Washington (16-7) the first half. When Gabe Brown turned away, Iz- until a last-second three-point try by Wichita bounds. The win was the Tigers’ 10th straight. AFN­Atlantic, 6 p.m. Saturday CET; 2 a.m. Sunday JKT zo grabbed his arm and then the back of his jer- State’s Alterique Gilbert clanged off the front Norfolk State won the other battle of No. 16s, Oregon (20-6) vs. VCU (19-7) sey. rim. An early dunk by the Bulldogs’ 6-foot guard but did so drenched in sweat. The Spartans built a Iowa (21-8) vs. Grand Canyon (17-6) AFN­ Atlantic, 11:15 p.m. Saturday CET; 7:15 “It was a normal nothing. But in this day and Joseph Yesufu over the Shockers’ 6-7 Clarence big first-half lead, squandered it and then some in a.m. Sunday JKT At Bloomington, Ind. age, everything’s got to be something,” Izzo Jackson produced the tournament’s first sure- the second and had to close with a 9-2 run — Virginia (18-6) vs. Ohio (16-7) AFN­ groaned, then added, “It was over a missed fire poster. But Drake had to erase a double-digit, capped by Devante Carter’s free throws with 8.6 Sports2, 12:15 a.m. Sunday CET; 8:15 a.m. Sunday JKT switch that we talked about.” second-half deficit in a battle of No. 11 seeds and seconds left — to prevail. Tide’s Quinerly thriving after rocky start BY JOHN ZENOR federal investigation into then-Arizona as- Associated Press DID YOU KNOW? sistant Emanuel “Book” Richardson, who Jahvon Quinerly used to lay awake at night After averaging 12.7 points per game coming had helped recruit him out of New Jersey. wondering how he could have done things off the bench, Alabama guard Jahvon Quinerly Richardson, who later pleaded guilty to differently, back before they started going so was named MVP of the SEC Tournament after conspiracy to commit bribery, had been ac- well. averaging more than 15 points in Alabama’s cused of taking $20,000 in bribes and plan- Now, the point guard is the second-leading three victories. ning to use $15,000 of it toward a top point scorer for No. 5 Alabama. Quinerly is a signif- SOURCE: Associated Press guard. A wiretap recording said the money icant contributor in the Crimson Tide’s rise to had gone to Quinerly’s mother, Caren, though Southeastern Conference champions and a phone interview this week. “I questioned my- neither was named in the federal documents. No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. self and my decisions that I made coming out An attorney for Richardson later said the The previous few years hadn’t gone nearly of high school. coach kept the money for himself. so smoothly for a player once rated among “Choosing the right fit from the get go, By then, Quinerly had already signed with the nation’s top recruits. His name had sur- things would probably be a lot different right Villanova, the first major program to offer faced as an Arizona recruit in the federal in- now. My life would be a lot different.” him a scholarship as a ninth-grader. vestigation into college basketball corruption To be sure, life is pretty good now. But his chief recruiter at Villanova, Ashley and it took a couple of years for him to get Alabama’s top player off the bench was Howard, left the Wildcats for a head coaching publicly cleared. just named SEC Tournament MVP while his job, dealing another blow for a player now Once a five-star recruit at a position prized parents, who had also endured the fallout struggling to trust. for smart decisions, he began to wonder what from allegations linked to the federal investi- Quinerly mostly languished on the bench could have been if he had made different gation, watched from the stands. The Tide in a limited role as a reserve before transfer- MICHAEL WOODS/AP ones from the outset. face No. 15 seed Iona on Saturday in Indiana- ring to Alabama after his freshman season Alabama guard Jahvon Quinerly was “Countless numbers of nights I’d just think polis. and spending time in counseling trying to supposed to wind up at Arizona, but to myself, wow, I had so many schools coming Quinerly had been headed to join three work through things. signed with Villanova out of high school. after me in high school. I had so many offers,” cousins at his dream school, Arizona, when There was much to sort out, and abundant He transferred to Alabama after his Quinerly told The Associated Press in a things fell apart. He found himself part of a scars to heal. freshman year. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, March 20, 2021 Sour note SPORTS Wizards hand Jazz fourth loss in six games ›› NBA, Page 21

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BY EDDIE PELLS Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS obody will get a lump in their throat or start sizing up glass slippers for programs like these — Alabama, Il- Nlinois, Baylor. They’re not underdogs. They’re hardly un- known. What they are is a group of new teams with well-recognized names in the NCAA Tournament, and they’re hoping to keep mak- ing life hard on some of the programs that have long had a stranglehold on March. Alabama is a 2 seed, matched for the best in its history, on the strength of its first SEC Tour- nament title in 30 years. Baylor, building momentum for a while now, beat out Kansas for the Big 12 regular-season title despite a three-week break induced by the coronavirus. The Bears are top-seeded for the first time. Illinois is making its first trip to the tourna- ment since 2013, joining a more traditional Big Ten power, Michigan, as a No. 1 seed. “I’d be lying if I said there weren’t a lot of ‘uh-oh’ moments” along the road to rebuild- ing Illinois, coach Brad Underwood said. All these programs have, indeed, had their uh-oh moments over the years, which is what makes their trip to the top of the brackets that much more unique. Even before the pairings were an- nounced, the pandemic ensured this NCAA Tournament was going to be a much different affair. Then, some dom- inoes started falling. Duke and Kentucky, two longtime maestros of March, didn’t even make the field of 68 — the first time that pair has missed the tournament to- gether since 1976. Michigan State struggled. Kansas had a not-quite-Kansas kind of year. North Caroli- na found itself with a late-season matchup against Duke not for the ACC title but basically

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