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Volume 78, No. 225 ©SS 2020 CONTINGENCY EDITION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2020 stripes.com Free to Deployed Areas CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK Afghans get look at peace during pause in fighting

BY SUSANNAH GEORGE The Washington Post MARJAH, Afghanistan — The Afghan army sergeant pulled down his shirt collar to reveal a thick, jag- ged scar across his neck. Five years ago, he said, the Taliban kidnapped him, slit his throat and left him for dead. But that’s the past, Sgt. Abul Rashid Karwan said. Now, he’s ready for peace. And so, in one of Afghanistan’s most volatile provinces, cautiously optimistic about a peace deal set to be signed between the U.S. and the Taliban on Saturday, Karwan and his men did something that would have been unthinkable even a week ago: They invited Taliban fighters to lunch. “We’ll bring a good chicken for you!” one of his soldiers shout- ed across the rocky farmland of Helmand province, toward a fighter on a motorcycle, rifle slung over his shoulder. The lunch offer came on the fourth day of a seven-day period of reduced violence between U.S.-backed Af-

AHN YOUNG-JOON/AP ghan forces and the Taliban. The Taliban controls or contests more A worker cleans his goggles as he prepares to spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus in a Seoul, South Korea, than half of Helmand’s districts, and shopping district Thursday. Countries around the world are taking tougher measures as the number of sick and dead rises. this once-active front line, like half a dozen others around the province, had fallen almost completely silent. Countries take tough steps SEE PAUSE ON PAGE 6 World leaders attempt to keep citizens, economies safe as illness spreads BY MATT SEDENSKY Trump urges calm; new case that bordered on panic in some quarters, AND JON GAMBRELL and a sense that no part of the world was Associated Press is discovered in California immune to the disease’s spread. Page 7 “Viruses don’t know borders and they BANGKOK — Saudi Arabia cut trav- don’t stop at them,” said Roberto Spe- el to Islam’s holiest sites, South Korea US, South Korea delay drills; ranza, the health minister in Italy, where toughened penalties for those breaking northern towns were on army-guarded quarantines and airports across Latin Japan bases hold town halls lockdowns and supermarket shelves America looked for signs of sick passen- were bare. LORENZO TUGNOLI/For The Washington Post gers Thursday as the new virus troubled Page 8 As growing parts of Europe and the a mushrooming swath of the globe. Afghan police officers guard the With the illness pushing its way onto In Italy, US Army preparing Middle East saw infections and a first Ali Nazar outpost just outside of a sixth continent and the number of sick case was found in South America, air Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, the and dead rising, the crisis gave way to for prolonged precautions routes were halted and border control provincial capital of Helmand political and diplomatic rows, concern Page 9 SEE STEPS ON PAGE 7 province, on Feb. 22. 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T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 18 Comics ...... 21 Crossword ...... 21 Faces ...... 17 Opinion ...... 22-23 Sports ...... 25-32 Friday, February 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MILITARY Pentagon alters child care priority policy

B Y CAITLIN M. KENNEY not verify his or her status, he or Stars and Stripes she could lose his or her spot on a child care center’s waitlist. WASHINGTON — A Pentagon The last priority is “space avail- policy change will ensure more able” that includes spouses of ac- military families have priority tive-duty service members who access at base child care centers are not working but need child as high demand for spots has cre- care, Defense Department con- ated long waitlists. tractors and military retirees. Due to frequent moves and only Starting June 1, spouses who a few years at each installation, are seeking work or are in school many military families face chal- full time will now be put in Prior- lenges finding consistent child ity 1 for waitlists. They will still care, according to Nicole Russell, have to verify their status every the deputy director of govern- 90 days or their child will be re- ment relations at the National moved from care, however instal- Military Family Association, a lation commanders can authorize private nonprofit advocacy group an extension. This new prior- based in Alexandria, Va. ity will help families and spouses “When you’re moving from one have more opportunities, Russell duty station to the next, a service said. member needs to make sure that MARY DAVIS/U.S. Army “I think by placing them in a their family is taken care of and higher priority bracket that kind their children zero to 12 [years A Smith Child Development Center caregiver interacts with children in Baumholder, Germany. A policy of hits two birds with one stone, old] have the child care that they change from the Pentagon now makes military families a greater priority for child care services. in a sense too. You’re helping need,” she said. put these families in child care The high demand for care has priority than military spouses man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Families under in Priority 1 are quicker and hopefully, indirectly, caused increased waits for spots who are seeking work or attend- supported Esper’s policy change picked first when a slot for child allowing military spouses the op- at the facilities, which offer more ing school. The change elevates and he said prioritizing children care becomes available at a mili- portunities to seek employment hours of care to meet military the status of these military spous- of service members over oth- tary child development center. that they might not otherwise schedules, Russell said. She also es. The unemployment rate for ers who do not have a parent in Priority 1 is further broken up have,” she said. said a friend of hers in Hawaii is a military spouses is 24%, she said, uniform will “make a big differ- into seven individual categories, Esper’s memo not only pri- military spouse who has been told much higher than the civilian ence, I think, in terms of these with child care staff members, oritizes spouses in school and the waitlist for her child is six to population. waitlists.” single-parent service members seeking work, it also simplifies nine months. “The DOD’s system of child “There’s probably nothing and parents who are both service the individual categories within To address the growing prob- care was established to assist more important than taking care members at the top. Service mem- Priority 1 down to four. The num- lem, Defense Secretary Mark service members as they face of our families in order for the bers whose spouse works are also ber of priorities has also changed Esper on Friday signed a memo- the unique challenges associated soldier, the sailor, the airman and in Priority 1 as are parents who from four to three, with Priority 1 randum that changes the policy with the demands of military ser- Marine to focus on their job and are Defense Department civilian for service members and military that determines who is select- vice,” Esper wrote in his memo. maintain the high levels of readi- employees. spouses, Priority 2 for Defense ed for child care first, making “Over time, child care access ex- ness,” he said. Military spouses who are look- Department civilians, and space more military spouses a greater panded to serve the total force, There are now four waitlist pri- ing for work and need child care available is now Priority 3. priority. but we must not lose sight of the orities for a child to be placed in are now in Priority 2. In order Defense Department civilians Active-duty service mem- service member and mission care first — Priority 1, 2, 3 and to keep their spot active, they have moved down from Priority 1 bers are listed in the top priority requirements.” space available — covering mili- must verify that they are seek- to Priority 2 and Gold Star spous- bracket as are military spouses During a House Armed Servic- tary individuals, their families, as ing employment every 90 days. es are now in Priority 3, down with jobs, Russell said. However, es Committee hearing Wednesday well as DOD civilians and retir- If a spouse is enrolled in classes, from the last individual category included in the top priority are about the Defense Department’s ees. Each must meet certain cri- they are in Priority 3 and must in Priority 1. also Defense Department civil- fiscal year 2021 proposed budget, teria to be prioritized at a specific verify they are enrolled in class- [email protected] ians, who now receive a higher Army Gen. Mark Milley, chair- level. es every 90 days. If a spouse does Twitter: @caitlinmkenney DOD OKs tenant bill of rights for military families

BY ROSE L. THAYER creation of a tenant bill of rights, among as the right to prompt maintenance re- able to leverage the support available from Stars and Stripes other oversight improvements. pairs, an electronic maintenance system to their respective military departments to Rep. Kendra Horn, D-Okla., a member track work orders, reasonable notice of the address and resolve relevant housing is- The Defense Department’s top officials of the House Armed Service Commit- landlord’s entry to the home, convenient sues. Tenants seeking assistance should signed a tenant bill of rights Tuesday that tee, said while she’s happy to see the bill methods of communication with the land- continue to engage their housing office, includes 15 of the 18 rights Congress man- of rights rolled out for military families, lord and courteous, responsive customer installation leadership, or chain of com- dated all military families have while liv- there is much more work to do. service. mand,” according to the document. ing in privatized base housing, according “It’s a critically important issue for fam- “The tenant bill of rights isn’t perfect, During a House Armed Services Com- to a news release. ilies and it’s impacting our nation’s readi- but it is progress,” Shannon Razsadin, ex- mittee hearing Wednesday to discuss the The document takes effect May 1 and of- ness in so many ways,” she said Wednesday. ecutive director of the Military Family Ad- 2021 defense budget, Esper faced ques- fers rights for the roughly 10% of military “It is moving us in the right direction, but, visory Network, said in a statement. “This tions about the bill of rights from Horn. service members and their families who to me, we aren’t finished.” is a step toward accountability and re- Esper said legal contracts between the de- live in base housing managed by private In many cases, the service member and building the trust that has eroded around partment and private housing companies companies. Those rights ensure they have spouse will move separately — so some of this issue. We are honored to have been a are delaying these items. access to “safe, quality and well-main- the rights target specific challenges faced part of this effort, but we are most grateful “We have a pathway on some of these to tained homes and communities on DOD by military families. for the families who bravely shared their move forward to find a mutually agreeable installations,” according to the two-page Those include the right to a “plain-lan- stories.” way to meet the intent and the spirit, if not document signed by Defense Secretary guage” briefing from the housing office Three rights mandated by Congress the letter, of the law. But I think we are Mark Esper and the three service branch before signing a lease and 30 days after were not included in the bill of rights signed secretaries. move-in that outlines processes for utili- Tuesday, but the document states that “the going to have to come back and work with The need for the bill of rights, which ties, work orders and dispute resolution, department will continue to work with the you all as well to assist us,” he said. “What reiterates many safety issues and lease the right to report housing concerns to [private management] companies and, as I don’t want to do is promise a right that I requirements already required of rental the landlord, chain of command and base necessary, Congress to ensure the benefits can’t deliver on.” housing through federal and state laws, housing office without fear of reprisal, the of these rights are fully available.” Horn said after the hearing she is still comes after reports of poor conditions of right to a tenant advocate or legal assis- They are the rights to access mainte- concerned about why these three rights some military housing, including mold and tance attorney to prepare for dispute reso- nance history, a process for dispute resolu- need more time and also the “lack of re- pest infestations, lead paint and inadequate lution, and the right to common forms and tion and withholding of rent until disputes sponsiveness which we have continued maintenance systems. procedures across all military bases. are resolved. to see, quite frankly, from some of these In December, Congress approved the Other rights focus on the basic rights “While the department develops stan- companies.” largest reform of military housing since it any tenant, military or otherwise, should dardized, formal processes for these rights, [email protected] was privatized in 1996 and mandated the be able to expect from their landlord, such service members and their families will be Twitter: @Rose_Lori PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, February 28, 2020 MILITARY Marines to ban Confederate paraphernalia

BY CHAD GARLAND rine Corps staff,” service spokes- for infantry Marines. Manning was discharged in late Some in recent years have also Stars and Stripes man Capt. Christopher Harrison Confederate symbols, such 2017 and Sgt. Michael J. Chesny called for removal of Confederate said in an email. “Many of the as the battle flag used by states was separated in April 2018. monuments on public property The Marine Corps’ top officer tasks were published on Twitter that seceded during the Civil Also in 2018, the Marine Corps and advocated renaming Army has directed the removal of “all Friday (Feb. 21). Other tasks not War, have long been displayed by court-martialed Vasillios “Billy” bases and Navy ships that honor Confederate-related parapherna- published are mostly administra- Southerners who view the banner Pistolis, 19, a lance corporal that Confederate leaders or battlefield lia” from the service’s installa- tive matters.” as an emblem of their heritage. media outlets ProPublica and victories. tions, a document posted online Berger’s spokesman first con- Others view the flag, which has Frontline linked to the neo-Nazi The Army has 10 installations revealed. firmed the directive Wednesday been used by white supremacist groups Atomwaffen Division and named after Confederate leaders B.A. Friedman, a military ana- but no other services have any, in a report by Task and Purpose. groups, as racist or treasonous. Traditionalist Worker Party. lyst specializing in amphibious a 2017 Congressional Research It remains unclear whether Issues related to white suprem- Pistolis was convicted of dis- warfare, tweeted a photo Wednes- Service report said. day showing part of the docu- the ban would apply to barracks acy have led to high-profile court obeying orders and making false The document Friedman ment. It shows a directive that rooms or if it would require re- cases involving Marines in recent statements. He was reduced to a shared did not appear to give a was tasked to headquarters staff moving any existing features on years. private first class and sentenced deadline or scope of the Confed- but isn’t yet a published order. bases. Two Marines were separated to a month in prison two years erate-related paraphernalia re- A Marine Corps spokesman Berger had outlined his “most from the service for their ties to ago in June. moval order. confirmed that Commandant important matters for immediate white supremacist or extremist Earlier this month, House law- “Any official policy decisions, Gen. David Berger issued the execution” in a series of posts, in- organizations, after they were makers held a hearing on white changes or implementation plans guidance but offered few details. cluding moves to advance gender charged with trespassing for supremacy and extremism in the will be published via appropriate “Last week, the Commandant integration into fields previously hanging a white nationalist ban- ranks, at which some represen- orders and messages,” Harrison of the Marine Corps directed closed to women, expand and up- ner during a Confederate Memo- tatives questioned whether the said. specific tasks to be reviewed or date parental leave policies and rial Day rally in Graham, N.C., military services were taking the [email protected] addressed by Headquarters Ma- raise the intelligence standard in May 2017. Staff Sgt. Joseph W. issue seriously enough. Twitter: @chadgarland Astronaut takes questions from students while in space

BY CHRISTOPHER DENNIS during the fall of the Berlin Wall. Morgan talked with the stu- Stars and Stripes “Talking to kids from military dents a day after swearing in families in the (Department of 800 new Army recruits, marking RAF ALCONBURY, England Defense Educational Activity) the first time the oath has been — Students on base had an out-of- school system is important to me administered from the space this-world experience Thursday because I can relate very closely station. after talking live with an astro- to their situation,” Morgan said Morgan has been serving naut floating above them in the in the email. “Growing up in a aboard the space station since International Space Station. military family is a unique life- July as a flight engineer and is NASA astronaut and Army style with challenges, but also scheduled to return to Earth in Col. Andrew Morgan answered enormous benefits like building April. questions as about 260 students resilience, experiencing other watched him on a big screen at cultures, and making friends [email protected] Alconbury Middle/High School. around the world.” Twitter: @chrisbdennis Some of the students asked Morgan took 23 prescreened questions ranging from how he questions from students in the el- packed for space (lightly, in two ementary, middle and high school shoebox-size containers) to how grades at Alconbury, a U.K. base he sleeps (a bag holds him in where the U.S. 501st Combat Sus- position). tainment Wing is stationed. Morgan demonstrated life in Students generally said they CHRISTOPHER DENNIS/Stars and Stripes zero-gravity by squeezing a large came away from the experience ball of water out of a bag. The Students gather to ask NASA astronaut and Army Col. Andrew impressed. water floated to the middle of the Morgan questions while on a live feed with the International Space “I’m not a huge space person, camera, and then he floated up to Station at RAF Alconbury Middle/High School on Thursday. but it’s still a super cool oppor- it and gulped it all down. tunity, because of all the science Morgan chose to connect with 8th to 10th grade from 1989 to seas military dependent has been behind it, and I’m a very STEM- the school in part because of his 1992. an asset throughout his career oriented person,” said Kayla memories at RAF Woodbridge, He said in an email to Stars and and was “filled with great memo- Reyna, a 16-year-old high school where he attended school from Stripes that his time as an over- ries,” including a trip to Berlin junior. Lawmaker critical of VA cuts to safety net programs

BY NIKKI WENTLING mestic programs. He referenced ing Republic on the committee, budget and number of employees. Stars and Stripes cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, So- hailed the overall budget as a The president proposed $109.5 cial Security and the Supplemen- “wise investment in our future.” billion in discretionary funding WASHINGTON — While the tal Nutrition Assistance Program, “We view this budget through for the VA, including $90 billion Department of Veterans Affairs also known as food stamps, that a very different lens,” Roe told for medical care. Additionally, is one of only two agencies set to are part of Trump’s $4.8 trillion Takano. the VA has about $134 billion in get a financial boost under Presi- overall budget plan. Millions of Republicans hailed Trump’s mandatory funding to be spent on dent Donald Trump’s fiscal 2021 veterans benefit from those pro- efforts at the VA, arguing it was veterans’ benefits. budget proposal, Democrats on grams, Takano said. more well-funded and well- The budget plan is Trump’s the House Committee on Veter- “Despite a requested increase staffed than ever. Republican fourth — and the fourth time he’s ans’ Affairs criticized his admin- for VA’s budget, I am deeply aides placed large posters behind suggested an increase for the VA, istration Thursday for cutting concerned this request ignores the lawmakers Thursday, listing continuing a pattern set by previ- safety net programs that affect a much worse reality,” Takano nearly 30 accomplishments they ous administrations. The agency’s veterans, as well as the wider said. “This budget could lead to said Trump has made at the VA. budget has increased consistently American population. less food on the plates of strug- The list was also widely shared since the beginning of the Iraq Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., gling veteran families … and mil- by Republican members on social and Afghanistan wars. In 2009, it the committee chairman, argued lions of veterans cut off from key media. operated on a $90 billion budget; that the proposed VA budget, support programs.” If enacted by Congress, it surpassed $200 billion in fiscal which includes a 13% increase in Republican lawmakers struck Trump’s budget would make the 2019 for the first time. medical services, comes at the a much different tone Thursday. VA the second-largest federal [email protected] expense of significant cuts to do- Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., the rank- agency in terms of discretionary Twitter: @nikkiwentling Friday, February 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 PACIFIC Japan sets rules for pollutants found near US bases

BY MATTHEW M. BURKE “By setting a number, it will ceed the new guideline, the min- AND AYA ICHIHASHI help the [prefectural] water bu- istry spokesman said. Stars and Stripes reaus plan and take necessary Last month, U.S. Secretary of action to ensure water qual- Defense Mark Esper and Japa- CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — ity,” the ministry spokesman told nese Defense Minister Taro Kono Japan plans to join other nations Stars and Stripes on Tuesday. It’s discussed how “the U.S. and in officially setting its own water customary for some government Japan can cooperate in respond- quality safety guidelines for officials in Japan to speak on con- ing to issues such as PFOS and banned pollutants that have been dition of anonymity. PFOA and to comprehensively found around U.S. military bases The ministry’s water quality advance the discussions,” accord- near Tokyo and on Okinawa. board began discussing guide- ing to a defense ministry news re- The country’s Ministry of lines at a meeting in July, the lease summarizing the meeting. Health, Labour and Welfare an- spokesman said. The board col- Tokyo officials detected the nounced Feb. 19 a combined safe- lected information about the chemicals in two wells near Yoko- ty threshold of 0.05 micrograms ta Air Base during a survey from per liter for synthetic, fully fluo- acids and studied the guidelines rinated organic acids commonly in other countries in coming to its December 2018 to January 2019, known as PFOS and PFOA, a decision. according to the Tokyo Metropol- ministry spokesman said last It decided to set its threshold itan Government’s Bureau of So- week. They are typically found lower than the U.S. because a cial Welfare and Public Health. in cleaning products, firefight- certain amount of the acids is They were detected at levels ing foam, aircraft grease, water- ingested through other sources, about 19 times above the safe repellant materials and fluorine like food. standard set by a U.S. drinking Stars and Stripes chemicals, and have been known “I think the number … is pret- water health advisory, the Asahi ty reasonable,” said Okinawa newspaper reported Jan. 6. A sign posted by town officials to warn people not to drink nearby to cause tumors, increases in polluted spring water is pictured in Kadena, Okinawa, on May 10. body and organ weight and death Prefectural Enterprise Bureau An official with the Tokyo Met- spokesman Kenji Kojima. The bu- ropolitan Government last week in animals. parts of Kadena Air Base and but U.S. Forces Japan spokesman reau oversees the island’s water said that no evidence was found to Japan previously had no guide- Marine Capt. Michael Hopkins supply and its quality. directly link the pollutants with a Camp Foster, reported highs of lines on how much of the acids last year said that the pollution “We will make sure that our source on the U.S. air base. 0.043 micrograms per liter of the are safe in its drinking water and could have come from alternative water meets the nation’s quality The Chatan Water Purification acids last year and 0.063 in 2018, relied upon the United States’ sources. threshold of 0.07 micrograms per standard measurement and we Center on Okinawa, which sup- an enterprise bureau statement will keep monitoring it,” he said. plies water to the local population said. [email protected] liter as a baseline. Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 The quality assurance controls No punitive steps will be taken as well as Camp Kinser, Marine Some Okinawa officials blamed [email protected] go into effect April 1. should drinking water levels ex- Corps Air Station Futenma and the base for the contamination, Twitter: @AyaIchihashi DODEA principal lambasted over dress code gets reassigned

BY MATTHEW M. BURKE over for the 2019-20 school year force her standards and that she legations were taken seriously requests seeking comment Stars and Stripes and instituted a dress code policy retaliated against complainants. and that infractions would be Wednesday. called “Dress for Success,” ac- DODEA spokesman Frank addressed. [email protected] CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — cording to the parents’ complaint. O’Gara said Jan. 16 that the al- Mik did not respond to emailed Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 The principal of a middle school Mik and staff, under her direc- on Okinawa has been temporarily tion, removed girls from class for removed from her post while the attire their parents felt was ap- Department of Defense Educa- propriate, it said. tion Activity investigates some Girls were singled out for wear- unspecified allegations. ing loose athletic pants with no Ryukyu Middle School princi- zipper while boys were permit- pal Lee Ann Mik was assigned ted to wear basketball shorts, ac- to “an alternate work location” cording to the complaint. Girls while DODEA determines “the were also criticized for shirts facts of the matter,” depart- that weren’t long enough and for ment spokesman Will Griffin showing “collar bone.” wrote in an emailed statement The girls were judged by a va- to Stars and Stripes on Wednes- riety of administrators and teach- day. He did not say when the ers, subjected to comments from reassignment took place. Mik and others and were some- Parents filed a complaint Jan. 10 with the Department of Ed- times forced to change into over- ucation’s Office of Civil Rights sized lost-and-found items, all that alleged the Kadena Air Base without parental notification, the school imposed an outdated dress complaint said. Some of the girls code and discriminated against said that they were afraid to go to female students. school because they feared being Griffin’s statement did not con- targeted by Mik. firm whether the investigation Parents also complained that pertained to the dress code. then-vice principal Mik, at a 2018 “We are aware of allegations meeting with female students, concerning the Ryukyu princi- said that if the female children pal, and there is an investigation did not want boys to sexually ha- underway to determine the facts rass them, then they should not of the matter,” he wrote. dress like they did. Crista Kraics, the Philadelphia- DODEA officials said that they area attorney who represented investigated the initial complaint six parents in the Department of in September and substantiated Education complaint, said new al- nearly all of the parents’ alle- legations of bullying and gender gations, according to a copy of discrimination have been leveled their investigative report. They against the administrator and that then established an interim gen- an investigation is being done by der-neutral dress code while a DODEA’s Pacific leadership. working group studies further Griffin’s statement did not ad- reforms. dress Kraics’ claims. The Department of Education Mik, who previously served complaint was filed after parents as Ryukyu’s vice principal, took said Mik was left to continue to en- PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, February 28, 2020 WAR ON TERRORISM Pause: Locals on edge but thankful for reduced violence among Taliban, Afghan forces

FROM FRONT PAGE were under strict orders not to As of Thursday, Helmand did enter Afghan military bases or not see a “significant” break of take selfies with soldiers. Instead, the violence reduction agree- they came just to talk to the men ment, according to Lt. Gen. Wali they would normally have been Mohammed Ahmadzai, the top shooting at. Karwan said the Tal- Afghan army commander in the iban fighters were curious and province. He called it a turning after 18 years and both sides are point in the conflict. ready for peace. “This war is just destroying ev- But Karwan and more than a erything,” he said. “We are tired, dozen other Afghan soldiers sta- and the Taliban is tired.” tioned across Helmand said no The same was true across much matter how long the reduction of the country. Afghanistan’s In- in violence lasts, it would never terior Ministry has measured an encourage them to trust the 80% decrease in violence since Taliban. the agreement went into effect At the Marjah outpost, soldiers LORENZO TUGNOLI/The Washington Post didn’t stray far from their fortifi- Saturday, a senior ministry of- Afghan soldiers shout across an open field at a group of Taliban fighters during the period of reduced cations and Karwan said fear of ficial said, speaking on the con- violence. dition of anonymity because he an attack prevented them from was not authorized to talk to the walking to the Taliban base just Less than an hour later, a hand- state — have viewed Helmand as noise stopped, the atmosphere down the road. media. ful of shots rang out outside the a focal point, a deadly centerpiece felt “sweeter.” They did cross a narrow stream From farming villages to re- base’s walls. The men inside of their war effort,” he said. “If The brothers appeared to sym- on a half-finished bridge that mote outposts on the edges of barely reacted. Afghan said the these Afghans can live through pathize with the Taliban but did roughly marked the dividing line tightly held Taliban districts, Taliban fired the first shot and he a week’s respite of fighting, that not indicate whether they were fighters and civilians here said between government and Taliban doubted it constituted a violation, might begin to change wider per- part of the militant group. They they were relieved by the pause territory, steps that would have but acknowledged, “I don’t know ceptions of whether or not a last- said the situation in Marjah im- in violence. But many said they prompted a volley of Taliban fire what this term ‘reduction in vio- ing peace is possible.” proved when the Taliban began fear more bloodshed after the just days before. The men hung lence’ means.” In neighboring Nad Ali district, to retake the area in 2015. Five signing of the U.S.-Taliban peace around a motorcycle repair shop Just outside his base’s walls, 21-year-old shop owner Gulwali years earlier, a monthslong U.S. deal, which hinges on violence re- as traffic whizzed by on the main pro-government militias and ci- Balouch said he doesn’t know maining low through Friday. road. vilians were mingling along the what peace feels like. He doesn’t offensive to clear out the mili- U.S. negotiators in Doha, Qatar, “We’ve never seen peace for edge of a canal dividing govern- remember what Afghanistan was tants left farming villages here insisted on the period of reduced this long in the last 20 years,” said ment and Taliban territory, a like before the war, and he lives badly battered, stoking frustra- violence as a measure intended to Hekmatullah, a 23-year-old shop scenic stretch of road that would on one of Helmand’s many fault tion with the Afghan government build confidence between Taliban owner who, like many Afghans, have been a deadly place to stand lines, where violence has forced and foreign troops. and Afghan government forces. uses only one name. “This feels just days before. him to flee several times over Ahmed said his father, who But unlike the cease-fire in 2018, relaxed,” he said. “Now you can see people stand- just the past few years. Once, the stayed behind to protect the when Taliban fighters freely But beneath the laid-back at- ing here and on the other side; it clashes erupted so quickly, he house and animals when the rest crossed government lines into mosphere was an undercurrent means they are not afraid,” said was forced to abandon the entire of the family fled, was killed in a provincial capitals and Kabul, of unease. Nasibullah Popal, a 20-year-old contents of his store. U.S. airstrike days after the 2010 this period of relative calm has At another remote outpost just private, gesturing to Taliban But, he said, the past few days offensive began. not afforded fighters complete 15 miles away that marked the territory just a few yards away. have allowed him to “imagine Ahmed and his younger brother freedom of movement. beginning of the end of govern- Behind him a young pro-govern- what a peaceful life would be.” shrugged wearily when asked if ment control outside Gereshk, “There is not 100% trust on ment militia fighter ambled along Away from the main roads, they thought the recent calm was Second Lt. Aghagul Afghan said both sides because this is not a the water’s edge, playing Bolly- checkpoints and outposts, a fam- a sign of lasting peace to come. 100% reduction in violence,” said he doesn’t believe the Taliban wood music on a portable speak- ily sipping tea was similarly “I’m concerned the foreigners Karwan, the commander at the fighters in his area will keep their er within direct sight of Taliban thankful for the lull in violence will break their promise,” Ahmed outpost on the edge of Marjah. word. He instructed his men to bases. but less hopeful about the future. said, referring to the provision in When Karwan’s soldiers of- continue conducting patrols out- Scenes like the one could have Two brothers and their children fered the chicken meal, the Tal- side the base. important symbolic value for any sat in the middle of neat fields the peace deal for the withdrawal iban fighter on the motorbike “We didn’t receive very de- future reduction in violence, said growing wheat and opium poppy. of thousands of American troops. responded that meeting govern- tailed orders, just a call on the Andrew Watkins, the senior Af- “We live between two front “Tell the foreigners, just sign ment soldiers would “create prob- radio. My commander told me we ghanistan analyst for the Interna- lines,” said Sayed Ahmed, a the agreement,” said Ahmed’s lems” for him and sped away. are not allowed to attack the Tal- tional Crisis Group. farmer in his 30s. He said his younger brother, Abdulbaqi Earlier that day, a group of iban, otherwise, we will be pros- “At different points, all sides of family was accustomed to the Atrafi. “Because if they don’t, armed Taliban fighters who ap- ecuted. All they told me is, ‘Don’t this war — the Taliban, Western daily sound of gunfire, rockets we are ready to fight for 25 more proached the outpost said they make problems for us,’ ” he said. military forces and the Afghan and fighter jets, but once the years.” US general, Afghan official take selfies in demonstration of peace effort

BY DAN LAMOTHE who hugged fellow Afghans and duce themselves as Miller’s secu- The Washington Post posed for photographs. rity forces watched closely. In a rare move, the two men Miller, who carried a holstered KABUL, Afghanistan — The hopped out of armored sport pistol, pointed out that it was “not top U.S. general in Afghani- utility vehicles in several loca- a huge protection detail” accom- stan strolled through crowded tions, including an indoor shop- panying him and the defense streets and visited shops in the ping mall and an outdoor strip of minister. capital Wednesday in an effort stores surrounded by tall build- “I think that’s important for the to highlight relative peace amid ings, with several U.S. Special people to see,” Miller said. a seven-day agreement between Operations soldiers on Miller’s Both he and Asadullah have the Taliban and the United States security team. been targeted in Afghanistan be- aimed at potentially ending the “When you see the minister of 18-year-old war. defense out walking, that actually fore, including an October 2018 Army Gen. Scott Miller greeted matters,” Miller said in a brief in- attack in Kandahar province in shopkeepers, children and Afghan terview on a city street. “I think which Miller escaped unscathed, security forces, taking scores of that’s really the key piece.” but three senior Afghan officials selfies over the span of a couple The shops they visited sold were killed and three Americans DAN LAMOTHE/The Washington Post hours without wearing a helmet rugs, shampoo, gold jewelry and were wounded. Asadullah sur- Army Gen. Scott Miller meets with civilians in the streets of Kabul, or body armor. He was accompa- perfume. Civilians gathered vived a suicide attack in 2012 that Afghanistan, Wednesday, amid a seven-day reduction in violence nied by Afghanistan’s acting de- around them after each stop, required hospitalization in the agreement between the United States and the Taliban. fense minister, Asadullah Khalid, often jostling for position to intro- United States. Friday, February 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK New US case reported after Trump urges calm

BY LAURAN NEERGAARD If the CDC confirms AND RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR that the latest U.S. case Associated Press doesn’t involve travel or WASHINGTON — President contact with an infected Donald Trump declared that a person, it would be a widespread U.S. outbreak of the first in this country and LEE MOO-RYUL, NEWSIS/AP new respiratory virus sweeping the globe isn’t inevitable even as a sign that efforts to South Korean army soldiers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant to prevent the spread of the top health authorities at his side contain the virus haven’t COVID-19 virus Thursday on a street in Daegu, South Korea. warned Americans that more in- fections are coming. been enough. Shortly after Trump spoke Steps: Wednesday, the government an- Travel restrictions, laws, school nounced a worrisome develop- for travelers from elsewhere, he ment: Another person in the U.S. said: “At a right time we may do is infected — someone in Califor- that. Right now, it’s not the time.” closures among response to coronavirus nia who doesn’t appear to have Trump spent close to an hour the usual risk factors of having discussing the virus threat, after a FROM FRONT PAGE traveled abroad or being exposed week of sharp stock market losses to another patient. over the health crisis and concern toughened. But for an illness At a White House news confer- within the administration that a transmitted so easily, with its ten- ence, Trump sought to minimize growing outbreak could affect his tacles reaching into so many parts fears as he insisted the U.S. is reelection. of the world, leaders puzzled over “very, very ready” for whatever He blamed the Democrats for how to keep the virus from prolif- the COVID-19 outbreak brings. the stock market slide, saying, “I erating seemed willing to try any- Under fire about the government’s think the financial markets are thing to keep their people — and response, he put Vice President very upset when they look at the economies — safe. Mike Pence in charge of coordi- Democrat candidates standing Japanese Prime Minister nating the efforts. on that stage making fools out Shinzo Abe called for schools “This will end,” Trump said of of themselves.” And he shifted across the country to close for the outbreak. “You don’t want to to defend his overall record and weeks, a decision that impacted see panic because there’s no rea- predict a win in November. 12.8 million students. son to be panicked.” A key question is whether the “The most important thing is to But standing next to him, the Trump administration is spend- prevent infections,” said Norino- very health officials Trump ing enough money to get the bu Sawada, vice principal of Koi- zumi primary school, “so there praised for fighting the new coro- country prepared — especially as EBRAHIM NOROOZI/AP navirus stressed that schools, the CDC has struggled to expand aren’t many other options.” businesses and individuals need the number of states that can test In South Korea, the hardest- A worker disinfects a public bus against coronavirus Wednesday in to get ready. people for the virus. Other key hit country outside China, four Tehran, Iran, which has seen more than 100 cases of infection. “We do expect more cases,” concerns are stockpiling masks Busan markets known for colorful said Dr. Anne Schuchat of the and other protective equipment silks and a dizzying array of other all humanity from all harm,” the more than tripling the fine and Centers for Disease Control and for health workers, and develop- wares were shuttered while the country said in announcing the adding the possibility of a year in Prevention. ing a vaccine or treatment. country’s military sent hundreds decision. prison. If the CDC confirms that the Health officials have exhausted of its doctors and soldiers to aid in Disease has been a constant “It came later than it should latest U.S. case doesn’t involve an initial $105 million in emergen- treatment and quarantines. concern surrounding the hajj, have,” said Lee Hae-shik, spokes- travel or contact with an infected cy funding and have been looking In Iran, the front line of Mid- with cholera outbreaks in the 19th man for the ruling Democratic person, it would be a first in this elsewhere for dollars. Earlier this east infections, officials loosened century killing tens of thousands Party, calling for further nonpar- rules barring the import of many country and a sign that efforts to week, Trump requested $2.5 bil- making the trip. tisan cooperation to address the foreign-made items to allow in contain the virus’ spread haven’t lion from Congress to fight the More recently, another coro- outbreak. sanitizers, face masks and other been enough. virus. Senate Democratic Lead- navirus that caused Middle East Countries’ efforts to contain the necessities, and removed over- “It’s possible this could be an er Chuck Schumer of New York respiratory syndrome, or MERS, virus opened up diplomatic scuf- head handles on Tehran’s sub- countered with a proposal for prompted increased public fles. South Korea fought prohibi- instance of community spread ways to eliminate another source $8.5 billion. health measures, but no outbreak tions keeping its citizens out of 40 of COVID-19,” the CDC said in a of germs. Trump told reporters that he resulted. countries, calling them excessive statement. Peru put specialists on round- More than 81,000 cases of was open to spending “whatever’s COVID-19’s westward creep and unnecessary. China warned the-clock shifts at its biggest had some countries warning their Russia to stop discriminatory COVID-19, an illness character- appropriate.” airport, Argentina took the tem- people to obey measures intended measures against its people, in- ized by fever and coughing and in Trump compared the new perature of some new arrivals to keep a single case from blos- cluding monitoring on public serious cases shortness of breath virus repeatedly to the flu, which and El Salvador added bans for soming into a cluster that could transit. Iran used the crisis to rail kills tens of thousands of people or pneumonia, have occurred travelers from Italy and South paralyze a community. against the U.S., which it accused since the new virus emerged in each year. The new coronavirus Korea. A man originally from Wuhan, of “a conspiracy” that was sowing China. has killed more than 2,700 people The holy city of Mecca, which the Chinese city at the center of fear. The newest case from Califor- — most in China and none in the able-bodied Muslims are called the global outbreak, who con- The global count of those sick- nia brings the total number in- U.S. — but scientists still don’t to visit at least once in their lives, tracted the virus was charged ened by the virus hovered around fected in the U.S. to 60, most of understand who’s most at risk or and the Prophet Muhammad’s alongside his wife in Singapore 82,000, with 433 new cases re- them evacuated from outbreak what the death rate is. mosque in Medina were cut off to for allegedly lying about their ported Thursday in China and an- zones. Without a vaccine, the CDC’s potentially millions of pilgrims, whereabouts as officials tried to other 505 in South Korea. Iran’s Trump credited border restric- Schuchat advised people to follow with Saudi Arabia making the ex- stem further infections. caseload surged by more than tions that have blocked people “tried and true, not very exciting” traordinary decision to stop the In Colombia, which has yet to re- 100 cases. coming into the U.S. from China but important precautions: Wash spread of the virus. port any cases, officials reminded Even the furthest reaches of for keeping infections low. But your hands, cover your coughs With the monarchy offering residents that they could be jailed the globe were touched by the epi- now countries around the world and stay home when you’re sick. no firm date for the lifting of the for up to eight years if they violate demic, with a woman testing pos- — from South Korea and Japan to The National Institutes of restrictions, it posed the possibil- containment measures. itive in Tromsoe, the fjord-dotted Italy and Iran — are experiencing Health’s top infectious disease ity of affecting those planning to And in South Korea, the Na- Norwegian city with panoramas growing numbers of cases. Asked chief warned that a vaccine won’t make their hajj, a ritual begin- tional Assembly passed a law of snow-capped mountains. if it was time to either lift the be ready for broad use for a year ning at the end of July this year. strengthening the punishment Health officials said that the China restrictions or take steps or more. “We ask God Almighty to spare for those violating self-isolation, woman had traveled to China. PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, February 28, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK US and S. Korea delay drills due to virus worries

BY KIM GAMEL leased details on Thursday after Stars and Stripes analyzing the on-post locations recently visited by the 23-year- SEOUL, South Korea — The old infected soldier, who was sta- United States and South Korea tioned at Camp Carroll. He was KOREA POOL, YONHAP/AP postponed joint military exer- taken to Camp Humphreys by cises that had been slated to start ambulance and placed in an isola- U.S. Army’s Col. Lee Peters, director of Public Affairs of United States Forces Korea, and Col. Kim next week due to the coronavirus tion unit after he was confirmed Jun-rak, of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, brief about the their postponed joint militaries drills at crisis, the allies said Thursday. as positive on Wednesday. Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday. The U.S. military also reported He was at the Materiel Support that a South Korean employee Command-Korea headquarters said. restrictions on movements and with the North after their 1950-53 had tested positive for COVID-19 on Camp Carroll on Feb. 18, 20, South Korean health authori- base access in a bid to contain the conflict ended in an armistice in- in the southeastern city of Daegu 22 and 24. The soldier, who lived ties determined that no trace his- pneumonia-like illness. stead of a peace treaty. — its third confirmed case. with his family off-post, also was tory was required because the “The decision to postpone the The U.S. Indo-Pacific Com- Only one American soldier has in the parking lot of the Army man had been self-quarantined combined training was not taken mand’s announcement limiting been infected so far. The widow clinic on Camp Walker on Feb. at home since his wife had tested lightly,” the statement said. “The nonessential travel said it was of a military retiree who had base 24. positive, Peters said. [South Korean]-U.S. alliance re- based on a Centers for Disease access also contracted the pneu- Finally, he used the bathroom The announcement about the mains committed to providing a Control and Prevention travel monia-like illness, U.S. Forces at the gym on Camp Carroll and computer-simulated command credible military deterrence and health notice and applies to all Korea said earlier this week. went to the Troop Medical Clinic post exercise had been expected maintaining a robust combined military, civilians, and contrac- Meanwhile, the State Depart- on Camp Walker on Feb. 25. after Defense Secretary Mark defense posture to protect [South tors under its authority. ment urged Americans to recon- The garrison did a similar Esper said earlier this week that Korea] against any threat.” Col. Michael Tremblay, the sider travel to South Korea, and breakdown of base facilities vis- the allies were considering scal- South Korea Gen. Park Han- garrison commander for Camp the Indo-Pacific military com- ited by the widow of a military ing them back. ki, chairman of the joint chiefs Humphreys, said Thursday that mand barred all nonessential retiree who tested positive for the The two countries already have of staff, initially raised the idea, military authorities were still service members and Defense virus earlier this week. reduced the scope of the exercis- and USFK commander Gen. Rob- working on what that would mean Department-affiliated civilians “We have contacted those peo- es, a linchpin of the decades-old ert Abrams agreed “based on the for people preparing for an assign- from traveling to South Korea as ple who are at risk of exposure, alliance, as part of diplomatic ef- severity of the present COVID-19 ment on the divided peninsula. officials struggled to contain the and they have been quarantined,” forts to persuade North Korea to situation within South Korea,” Families who had already ar- respiratory virus. the garrison said on its Facebook give up its nuclear weapons. according to the statement. rived for an assignment at Army South Korea raised its alert page, reassuring the 9,000-strong The allies “made the decision to Most of the infections have garrison Daegu, which is at the level to severe as the number local military community that af- postpone the combined command been in the southeastern part of epicenter of the outbreak, were of confirmed cases nationwide fected facilities had been cleaned post training … until further no- the country as the outbreak is being housed at Camp Hum- jumped to 1,766 on Thursday, with before reopening. tice,” according to a statement re- believed to have begun with an phreys for the time being, he said 13 deaths. Most of the infections The South Korean employee leased by the U.S.-led Combined infected woman who attended in response to questions from the — including the first American who tested positive worked at Forces Command. services at a church run by a se- community. service member to test positive Camp Carroll but had not had any It stressed the need to priori- cretive religious movement. — have been in Daegu and sur- contact with the military commu- tize the safety of U.S. and South Some 28,500 American troops Stars and Stripes reporter Yoo Kyong Chang contributed to this report. rounding areas. nity since Feb. 20, U.S. Forces Korean service members. The are stationed in South Korea, [email protected] The Daegu Army garrison re- Korea spokesman Col. Lee Peters U.S. military has implemented which remains technically at war Twitter: @kimgamel Amid virus concerns, US bases in Japan hold town halls

BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS announced was that security forces work- Upcoming open-base spring festivals Stars and Stripes ing at base entry points will no longer han- at Camp Zama, Army Garrison Okinawa dle ID cards, but rather will have entrants and Naval Air Facility Atsugi have been CAMP ZAMA, Japan — Authorities hold up their IDs for scanning. canceled. at U.S. military bases across Japan are U.S. Forces Japan on Wednesday said Yokosuka will hold its festival March 28, taking steps to reduce the likelihood that base commanders may impose health though it will no longer be open to the pub- COVID-19 finds its way onto those installa- screenings for those entering installations lic without an escort, said base spokesman tions, including stocking up on masks and in Japan and urged them to cancel public Randall Baucom. Base residents and per- hand sanitizer. base gatherings such as meetings, forma- sonnel may still bring guests. Rumor control is part of that effort. At tions and social events. “The installation commander is continu- a town hall meeting Wednesday evening Military units were instructed to place ously reviewing all activities on a case by at Camp Zama, home to U.S. Army Japan bulk orders for masks, gloves, eye protec- case basis to determine if they need altered headquarters, one man asked whether de- tion, alcohol, hand gel, sanitation wipes, or cancelled,” Baucom said in an email to pendents would be evacuated. bleach and towels, according to a copy of Stars and Stripes on Thursday. “No,” U.S. Army Japan Major Gen. Viet the public health order obtained Thursday Atsugi officials on Thursday announced Xuan Luong told a packed ballroom of by Stars and Stripes. on Facebook that the annual Tomodachi service members, civilian employees and The Camp Zama commissary and post Bowl football game between American their families. exchange sold out of large bottles of hand CAITLIN DOORNBOS/Stars and Stripes and Japanese high school players was can- That’s a possibility if the coronavirus sanitizer and face masks within days of celed. The next open-base event will not outbreak reaches pandemic status “months A sign informs commissary customers at the last shipment, despite a one-per-family from now,” he said, but advised the audi- Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, of purchase restriction on purchases, officials said at happen until August, they added. ence not to “worry about that right now.” limits for antibacterial and sanitation Wednesday’s town hall. At Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Seven people associated with U.S. Army products, on Thursday. The exchange and commissary are re- no cancellations or changes have been an- Japan are undergoing 14 days of quaran- stocking shelves and rationing those items, nounced, but spokesman Maj. Josh Did- tine after disembarking the Diamond Prin- Stars and Stripes on Thursday. officials said. Similar rationing is taking dams said the base is “monitoring the cess, a cruise ship moored three weeks at So far, 691 people of more than 3,700 place at the Navy Exchange and commis- spread of COVID-19 closely and is current- Yokohama after COVID-19 appeared on who had been on the ship have tested posi- sary at Yokosuka Naval Base. ly evaluating upcoming events and taking board. One of them — a U.S. contractor’s tive for the virus. A day after the USFJ announcement, in- appropriate precautions as the situation wife — tested positive for the coronavirus, Misawa Air Base held a virtual town hall stallations across Japan announced event develops.” but has since recovered, U.S. Forces Japan on its Facebook page Thursday evening to changes and cancellations due to the coro- [email protected] spokeswoman Maj. Genieve White told address coronavirus concerns. One change navirus risk. Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Friday, February 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK In Italy, Army plans for long haul Bahrain School BY NANCY MONTGOMERY Stars and Stripes VICENZA, Italy — U.S. mili- extends tary officials are planning for pos- sible continued school closures and isolation facilities for any closure infected troops as Italy’s number of coronavirus cases grows, Maj. BY JOSHUA KARSTEN Gen. Roger Cloutier said at a vir- Stars and Stripes tual town hall meeting Thursday. MANAMA, Bahrain “As we look at the graph, we’re — The U.S. Navy base still on the ascendant phase,” Cloutier, commander of U.S. Army school in Bahrain will close Africa, which is headquartered in through March 10 as a pre- Vicenza, said on Facebook Live cautionary measure due to regarding the outbreak. coronavirus concerns, after “We don’t know how long this is several more cases were re- going to go. It could be a week, it ported in the country. could be a month,” he said. “What Bahrain’s Health Minis- we’re trying to do is put every- try said Thursday it had con- thing in place to protect our fami- firmed 33 cases of infected lies and protect our community.” citizens in the small island The city of Vicenza, home to kingdom, which is home to U.S. Army Garrison Italy, has the U.S. Navy Central Com- three suspected coronavirus mand headquarters and cases, Italian media reported the largest concentration of Thursday. U.S. service members and More than 500 cases of coro- their families in the Middle East. navirus and 14 deaths have been GREGORIO BORGIA/AP confirmed throughout Italy, with The outbreak led to a clusters in Lombardy and the A couple, wearing face masks, stroll outside St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on Thursday . In Europe, two-week closure of all Veneto. an expanding cluster in northern Italy is eyed as a source for transmissions of the new coronavirus. public schools in Bahrain. Lt. Col. Joe Matthews, com- The Bahrain School, run by mander of the base health care so that health care facilities don’t did questions about leave policies and recover. The other 20% have Department of Defense Ed- center, said 90 people in Vicenza get overwhelmed. for workers. Cloutier said that progressed to severe illnesses ucation Activity, said Tues- had been tested for the corona- Cloutier said that contingency meetings were ongoing to devise such as pneumonia. The mortal- day it would close for the virus over the past three days at planning to isolate soldiers who broader Army policies, as the epi- ity rate is thought to be about 2%, week but announced the ex- San Bortolo Hospital. One U.S. test positive for the coronavirus demic affects garrisons around significantly higher than influen- tension to parents via email soldier’s test result has not yet is completed. the world. za, which is typically around 0.1% and text message Thurs- been returned, he said, and the Defense Department school of- So far, he said, permanent in the U.S. day. The closure includes other tests were negative. ficials said they were working to changes of station to and from The garrison has set up a phone all scheduled events and Several troops with respiratory provide online lessons available if Italy were proceeding as usual. line for coronavirus concerns and extracurricular programs. symptoms were confirmed to the schools remained closed. The Roughly 7,000 U.S. service screening, at DSN 314-636-9000 “Our families can expect have influenza, Matthews said. garrison won’t reopen its schools members are stationed in Vi- or +39-0444-61-9000 from off in the coming days informa- U.S. officials, in keeping with until Italians do, officials said. cenza. About 70% of those troops post. tion on how their students Italian directives, this week closed Any virtual class days would are accompanied by spouses and Testing for the coronavirus can can continue their aca- down base schools, church servic- count as regular school days. children. be done at San Bortolo Hospital, demic progress while away es, gyms, bowling alleys and other “Ideally, we wouldn’t have to According to the World Health not at the base clinic, Army offi- from school,” the statement gathering spots through March 1 tack on any days” at the end of the Organization, about 80% of pa- cials said. said. DODEA schools else- to try to prevent the spread of the school year, Cloutier said. tients infected so far with the [email protected] new virus, or at least slow it down But that remained in flux, as coronavirus have a mild illness Twitter:@montgomerynance where have also been mak- ing adjustments in light of the outbreak . In Europe, plans are being developed Saudi Arabia halts pilgrimage; Iranian official has virus to “deliver digital learn- ing experiences,” DODEA Associated Press lamic Republic now include Ira- the holy city of Medina, appeared Saudi Arabia amid the outbreak. spokesman Stephen Smith nian Vice President Masoumeh unprecedented in modern his- “Saudi Arabia renews its sup- DUBAI, United Arab Emir- said Thursday. Those plans Ebtekar, better known as the tory. The kingdom’s Al Saud rul- port for all international mea- ates — Saudi Arabia on Thursday differ based on varying English-language spokeswoman ing family stakes their legitimacy sures to limit the spread of this community needs, he said. banned foreign pilgrims from en- “Mary” for the 1979 hostage-tak- in overseeing and protecting the virus, and urges its citizens to tering the kingdom to visit Islam’s There were no confirmed ers who seized the U.S. Embassy sites. It appeared Saudi officials exercise caution before traveling cases of coronavirus re- holiest sites over the new corona- in Tehran and sparked the 444- worried about the risk of pilgrims to countries experiencing corona- virus, potentially disrupting the ported among the Defense day diplomatic crisis, state media spreading the virus as they had in virus outbreaks,” the Saudi For- Department community in plans of millions of faithful ahead reported. Iran. The virus’ epicenter in the eign Ministry said in a statement Bahrain as of Thursday. of the Muslim fasting month of A total of 26 people have died Islamic Republic is the holy Shi- announcing the decision. “We ask Bahraini officials said Ramadan and as the annual hajj so far in Iran, the world’s highest ite city of Qom, where the faithful God Almighty to spare all hu- that they will intensify pilgrimage looms. death toll outside of China, where in reverence reach out to kiss and manity from all harm.” monitoring and testing The decision showed the grow- the outbreak began. touch a shrine. That shrine and News of the cancellation of suspected coronavirus ing worry across the Mideast Saudi Arabia’s barring of pil- others have remained open, de- shocked the Muslim world; many cases at entry points . about the virus as Iran confirmed grims from Mecca, home to the spite Iran’s civilian government save their entire lives for a chance Naval Forces Central that infected cases in the country cube-shaped Kaaba that the calling for them to be closed. to see the Kaaba and walk the Command said Monday that spiked by over 100, to 254 now. world’s 1.8 billion Muslims pray There have been no confirmed path of the Prophet Muhammad service members are sub- Those with the virus in the Is- toward five times a day, and also cases of the new coronavirus in and visit his tomb in Medina. ject to 14-day quarantines and testing when coming to Bahrain from mainland Health official: Germany ‘at the beginning of an epidemic’ China, Hong Kong, Singa- pore, Thailand, Malaysia Associated Press foothold in Europe. serious condition in Duesseldorf. of the German military hospital and South Korea. Personal Germany has been bracing for The man’s wife, who works in a in Koblenz. leave to those countries is BERLIN — Germany’s health also restricted. minister said Wednesday that the an increase in confirmed cases kindergarten, was also confirmed The cases brought Germany’s country was “at the beginning of since the number of infected peo- to have contracted the virus. A total to 21. The government said Stars and Stripes reporter ple spiked Friday in nearby Italy. soldier in the German air force late Wednesday in a statement it Jennifer H. Svan contributed to an epidemic” as authorities in the this report. west tested dozens of people who The testing in western Germany who had contact with the hospi- would establish an emergency [email protected] had contact with a couple infect- came after a 47-year-old man talized man also has tested posi- task force regarding the corona- Twitter: @joshua_karsten ed with the coronavirus gaining a with the virus was hospitalized in tive, Col. Rainer Volb, acting head virus outbreak. PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, February 28, 2020 NATION Dems anxious about House as Sanders rises

Associated Press Jersey district, said Democrats have “a simple path” to defeat- WASHINGTON — Sen. Ber- ing President Donald Trump nie Sanders’ ascendancy as by focusing on health care, the Democrats’ leading presidential economy and a promise that their hopeful fueled growing unease presidential candidate won’t lie. Wednesday, as lawmakers openly “I don’t want to squander that op- expressed anxiety that the self- portunity” by nominating a con- proclaimed democratic socialist tender who divides Democrats, could cost them House control he said in an unspoken reference MATT ROURKE/AP and questions abounded over to Sanders. what party leaders should do. Freshman Rep. Elaine Luria, Democratic presidential candidate and former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks at the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Va., who defeated an incum- National Action Network South Carolina Ministers’ Breakfast on Wednesday in North Charleston, S.C. D-Calif., projected calm — and bent Republican in 2018 in a neutrality — as she batted away swing district in coastal Virginia, reporters’ queries about whether said a Sanders candidacy would it was time for her to try thwart- be “incredibly divisive” and en- Buttigieg aides say path beyond ing Sanders to protect her party’s danger more centrist lawmakers majority. like herself. The former Navy “We’re not going to lose the commander said of GOP efforts March 3 is possible but tricky House,” she said. “We’re going to paint all Democrats as social- to be united by whomever is the ists, “Bernie Sanders just adds Associated Press stream that launched him into the day and scrubbed a day of Flor- candidate for president. But we fuel to that fire.” top tier. ida fundraising events from his COLUMBIA, S.C. — Demo- are taking responsibility for win- Rep. Scott Peters, D-Calif., a Despite the challenging stretch schedule after falling ill with cratic presidential candidate Pete ning the House, and we’re not leader of his party’s House mod- leading up to Super Tuesday, there what aides described as flu-like assuming anything. But we feel erates, said there is widespread Buttigieg is bracing his support- remains a path to the nomination symptoms, the result of a near- very confident.” concern among lawmakers from ers for a difficult stretch, with for Buttigieg, his campaign strat- nonstop campaign schedule over She delivered a similar mes- competitive districts “that a the sobering assertion that front- egists say, though one marked by the past two months. sage to colleagues at a closed-door Sanders candidacy would sink runner Bernie Sanders will likely assumptions about the rest of the Buttigieg did make time to meeting Wednesday morning, their reelections.” emerge from next week’s Super field and the candidate’s own per- speak, as did other candidates, when she told them, “We can- Peters, whose San Diego dis- Tuesday contests well ahead in formance over the next six criti- at the National Action Network not show any division. This has trict is safely Democratic, said the race for delegates. cal days. minister’s breakfast hosted by to be about unity, unity, unity.” Sanders would complicate mod- The disclosure, made in a strat- “The question is, Can he keep the Rev. Al Sharpton in Charles- Her remarks were described by erates’ reelection bids because egy memo sent to supporters, the balloon in the air?” said David ton, S .C ., on Wednesday morning. a Democratic aide on condition “the face of the Democratic Party comes as the former South Bend, Axelrod, former senior adviser to After an afternoon of rest, But- of anonymity to relay private might be spouting things that are Ind. , mayor prepares for the un- President Barack Obama. “So, I tigieg had meetings scheduled comments. absolutely anathema to your vot- certainty of Saturday’s South think there’s a lot at stake here. Thursday on Capitol Hill with Yet with Sanders, I-Vt., riding ers.” Sanders advocacy for “Medi- Carolina primary. After strong This was always going to be the members of the Congressional high after early nominating con- care for All,” the Green New Deal finishes in Iowa and New Hamp- toughest part of the competition Black Caucus, the Congressional test wins in New Hampshire and and student loan forgiveness has shire, Buttigieg is working to beat for him.““ Hispanic Caucus and the centrist Nevada and a virtual first-place alienated many moderates. expectations in South Carolina, Punctuating his challenge, New Democratic Coalition, as tie in Iowa, other House Demo- Of the 42 House seats Demo- where his pull among African Buttigieg canceled a round of well as a series of media appear- crats were less sanguine. crats gained in 2018 when they American voters will be tested, morning television appearances ances on March 3 primary state Time was growing short to head captured the majority, 29 are while keeping up the fundraising in South Carolina on Wednes- television states. Sanders off. South Carolina holds from districts that Trump either its primary Saturday, followed won in 2016 or lost by a narrow 5 three days later by Super Tues- percentage points or less. Most of day, when contests in 14 states them are moderates. and one territory will decide one- Republicans will need to gain Bloomberg strategy tests social media rules third of the delegates to this sum- 18 seats in November’s elections Associated Press mer’s Democratic convention. to win House control, assuming their own policies to what we’re All the presidential campaigns seeing,” said Mark Jablonowski, combined have spent roughly Rep. Tom Malinowski, a fresh- they retain three vacant seats Mike Bloomberg’s stockpile of chief technology officer at DSPo- $788,000 — with Bloomberg’s man from a closely divided New held previously by the GOP. cash, swarm of employees and litical, a digital advertising firm campaign spending almost all of paid social media influencers that has worked with several are testing the abilities of online it: $686,000. Democratic campaigns this year. Earlier this month Bloomberg platforms — and his Democratic “It’s a different paradigm, and challengers — to keep up with an exposed a loophole in Instagram’s this mix is likely to be effective.” policies to run humorous, self- expensive internet campaign. Bloomberg’s self-funded cam- Despite the billionaire and for- deprecating messages promoting paign allows him to try out new himself on accounts of popular mer New York City mayor’s late online tactics and quickly buy an entry into the presidential race, Instagram personalities with mil- online community that other can- lions of younger followers. he has far outspent his rivals on didates have spent years building The platform had discouraged nearly every platform in a matter out. campaigns from paying other In- of weeks. Bloomberg has so far spent $55 His unconventional online million on Facebook and Insta- stagram accounts but amended its strategy is heavy on memes and gram ads, $9 million of that in the policies to allow them hours after the paid support of prominent past week. That compares to $33 the pro-Bloomberg posts went up, social media users, blurring the million spent so far by Repub- as long as they disclose who paid lines between political advertis- lican President Donald Trump, for the sponsored content. ing, satire and misinformation. and $10 million overall spent by His campaign has stirred up That has not only boosted the Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a trouble on Twitter, too. platforms’ bottom lines, but has Democratic rival. Last week, Twitter suspended also revealed how easily their Bloomberg even leads on Snap- nearly 70 accounts for posting GERALD HERBERT/AP policies can be bent. chat, an app popular for sharing identical pro-Bloomberg messag- Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., greets “We’re in the position where photos and short videos, where es, in violation of Twitter’s rules people Wednesday at a campaign event in Myrtle Beach, S.C. tech companies can’t even apply political ad spending is negligible. against spam. Friday, February 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 NATION Gunman Report: Domestic extremists killed kills 5 at at least 42 in 2019

Associated Press domestic extremists in the Unit- ed States,” the report says. Four brewery White supremacists and other far-right extremists killed at least of the deadliest years for extrem- 38 people in the U.S. in 2019, the ist violence have been in the past sixth-deadliest year for violence five years, according to the ADL. by all domestic extremists since The four killings that weren’t in Wis. 1970, according to a report issued deemed to be acts of violence by Wednesday by a group that fights far-right extremists were from anti-semitism. the same case: the December BY CARRIE ANTLFINGER The Anti-Defamation League 2019 attacks in Jersey City, N.J., AND GRETCHEN EHLKE counted a total of 42 domestic that killed a police officer in a Associated Press extremism-related slayings last cemetery and three people at a year. The gunman who shot and kosher grocery store. MILWAUKEE — An employee killed 22 people in August at a Fourteen of the 17 cases of kill- opened fire Wednesday at one Walmart in El Paso, Texas, ac- ings by domestic extremists last of the nation’s largest breweries counted for more than half of year involved a single death, the in Milwaukee, killing five fellow them. Patrick Crusius, the sus- ADL says. One of those appears workers before taking his own pect in the shooting, is accused to be the first killing linked to life, police said. of targeting Mexicans and faces QAnon, a far-right conspiracy The assailant who attacked the federal hate crime charges. Molson Coors complex was iden- theory that centers on the base- Only the Oklahoma City bomb- less belief that President Donald tified as a 51-year-old Milwaukee ing by Timothy McVeigh and man , police said. Trump is waging a secret cam- Terry Nichols in 1995 and the paign against enemies in the “There were five individuals Pulse nightclub shooting by Omar “deep state” and a child sex traf- who went to work today, just like Mateen in 2016 were deadlier at- ficking ring run by satanic pedo- everybody goes to work, and they tacks by domestic extremists in thought they were going to go the past 50 years, according to philes and cannibals. to work, finish their day and re- Anthony Comello, who is MORRY GASH/AP the New York City-based ADL. turn to their families. They didn’t The ADL’s annual Murder charged with killing a New — and tragically they never will,” The Milwaukee Fire Department responds to reports of an active and Extremism report says that York mob boss in March 2019, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett shooting Wednesday at the Molson Coors Brewing Co. campus in domestic extremists of all kinds displayed QAnon-related mes- said. Milwaukee. killed 42 people in a total of 17 sages on his hand during a court Authorities offered no motive separate incidents last year, down hearing. A defense attorney has for the attack and did not release “Miller Valley,“ a reference to the a tight-knit family. Within the from 53 killings in 2018 but high- claimed that Comello was delud- details about the shooter or how Miller Brewing Co. that is now brewery we all interact with each er than the 41 in 2017. ed by internet conspiracy theo- the shooting unfolded. part of Molson Coors. other.” “This is part of a general trend ries and thought he was helping Police said that identities of the Molson Coors CEO Gavin Hat- “Miller Valley” features a 160- of increasingly lethal attacks by Trump defend democracy. victims would not be released for tersley called the shooter “an ac- year-old brewery, with a packag- at least 24 hours. There were no tive brewery employee. ing center that fills thousands of injuries. “ I am devastated to share that cans and bottles every minute Officers worked for hours to we lost five other members of our and a distribution center the size clear the more than 20 buildings family in this tragic incident,” he of five football fields. A massive in the complex where more than said in an email sent to employ- red Miller sign towers over the 1,000 people work. Police Chief ees. “There are no words to ex- complex and is a well-known Alfonso Morales said authorities press the deep sadness many of symbol in Milwaukee, where beer believe the shooter acted alone. us are feeling right now.” and brewing are intertwined in President Donald Trump ad- He said that the office would be the city’s history. dressed the shooting before closed the rest of the week and the The facility is also home to cor- speaking at the White House brewery shuttered to give people about his administration’s efforts time to cope. porate customer service, finance, to combat the coronavirus. “We are all a family. We work a human resources and engineer- “Our hearts break for them and lot of hours together, so we’re all ing departments. their loved ones,” the president very sad,” said Selena Curka, a The last mass shooting in the said. “We send our condolences. brewery employee who was about Milwaukee area was in August We’ll be with them, and it’s a ter- to start her shift when the com- 2012, when white supremacist rible thing, a terrible thing.” plex went on lockdown and she Wade Michael Page fatally shot The attack occurred at a sprawl- was turned away. six people and wounded four oth- CEDAR ATTANASIO/AP ing complex that includes a mix “It’s just weird, because nine ers at a Sikh temple in suburban of corporate offices and brewing times out of 10 you’re going to Oak Creek. Page killed himself Mourners visit a makeshift memorial near the Walmart in El Paso, facilities. The complex is widely know the shooter,” said another after being wounded in a shootout Texas, a week after 22 people were killed in an August mass known in the Milwaukee area as employee Thomas Milner. “It’s with police. shooting being investigated as a terrorist attack targeting Latinos. California abnormally dry after low precipitation winter

BY OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ tor map made public Thursday. “There is a lot of variability in for wildfires during dry, windy State officials planned Thurs- Associated Press The map shows that 70% of the the storm season, the rainy sea- conditions. day to conduct a survey of the state is abnormally dry. son for California,” she said. “We About 75% of California’s annu- Sierra Nevada snowpack, which SAN FRANCISCO — A winter February is looking to be the do have years that are really dry al precipitation typically occurs supplies about 30% of California’s with little precipitation has left driest on record for much of the and years that are really wet.” from December through Febru- water. most of California abnormally state, with chances of light show- Downtown San Francisco is on ary, mostly from atmospheric The first reading of the winter dry, and officials are bracing for ers on the horizon on March 1 and its way to its first rain-free Feb- rivers — long plumes of moisture there, done Jan. 2, found a snow- the possibility of an early and then not again until March 10. ruary since 1864, said meteorolo- originating far out in the Pacific pack that was 97% of the January more intense wildfire season amid Sierra Littlefield, a National gist Anna Schneider. Ocean. record-breaking temperatures. Weather Service meteorologist The dry beginning of the year But a high-pressure system average. But that had changed by Drought has expanded to near- in Sacramento, said that there is comes after a wet 2019 that parked in the Pacific Ocean has the end of a largely dry January ly a quarter of the state, mainly a strong chance the state’s capital capped mountains with snow, de- been blocking storms from reach- when the amount of water in the in central California, the heart of will see a completely dry Febru- livering water to reservoirs and ing California and steering them snowpack dropped to 72% of the the state’s agricultural sector, ac- ary — something that has never helping to boost lush vegetation to the Pacific Northwest, Sch- Jan. 30 average, state water offi- cording to a U.S. Drought Moni- happened. that can quickly turn into fuel neider said. cials said. PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, February 28, 2020 NATION In Alaska, rural living can make obtaining new Real ordeal special ID cards a lengthy and costly process

BY BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska — For many Ameri- cans, going to a state motor vehicle office can be a tedious time suck. For people who live in rural Alaska’s vast patchwork of communities not con- nected by roads, just getting to a DMV can be a lengthy and pricey ordeal. Motor vehicle offices across the U.S. have experienced high demand as an Oct. 1 deadline approaches for Real IDs, special licenses many will need to board domestic flights and enter some federal facilities. In remote parts of the country, such as rural Alaska, the new ID cards can be harder to get. People in Toksook Bay, for instance, rely on small planes to travel to and from their island village, resident Mary Kailukiak said. The nearest DMV is in Bethel, about 115 miles away. “It’s expensive,” she said. “It’s pretty close to $200 just to go to Bethel one way.” Congress adopted the Real ID Act as a security measure following the 9/11 terror- ist attacks. Some states have opened extra offices to handle demand, extended hours, launched publicity campaigns or posted quizzes to help people assess if they need one or have another form of identification that will be accepted. In Alaska, the head of the department that oversees the state Division of Motor MATT HAGE/AP Images for U.S. Census Bureau Vehicles has downplayed the need for Real People in Toksook Bay, on an island just off Alaska’s western coast, rely on small planes to travel off the island. The nearest motor ID cards, citing alternatives requiring less vehicle office is 115 miles away in Bethel. stringent documentation, such as pass- ports, military IDs or tribal photo IDs. Department of Administration Commis- sioner Kelly Tshibaka said about 350,000 people, nearly half Alaska’s population, have passports. She didn’t know how many Alaskans have tribal IDs, but DMV Deputy Director Jenna Wamsganz, citing conversations with communities, said they appear to be prevalent. But critics say the state has a respon- sibility to provide equal access to DMV services, including Real IDs, and worry in particular about Alaska Native elders who must travel for medical care and for whom BECKY BOHRER/AP English is a second language. Alaska Department of Administration “We should not be providing state ser- Commissioner Kelly Tshibaka appears vices in a tiered manner that provides before a state House committee in more specialized access or opportunity Juneau, Alaska, earlier this month. for some section of Alaskans,” said Bethel Rep. Tiffany Zulkosky, who noted about 30 on the road, deciding to partner with inter- communities in her district lack immedi- ested Alaska Native corporations or com- ate DMV access. munities willing to pay for visits instead. Real IDs won’t be needed for flights with Wamsganz said the state is communicat- no federal Transportation Security Admin- ing with more than 20 communities to see istration checkpoints, like those common if residents widely have other forms of ac- GREGORY BULL/AP among small Alaska communities. But ceptable ID. they will be needed for commercial flights, A man picks up a package at the post office in Toksook Bay, Alaska, in January. including in larger cities in Alaska or in the Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim delta has Lower 48. People in the state often travel to more than 23,000 people in 58 communi- Tshibaka said the DMV wants to work Bay region, last month was sponsored by Anchorage or Seattle for medical care. ties not connected by roads, according with TSA on further informing Alaskans the Bristol Bay Native Corp. The main goal “Lives may be in danger because you to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp., about their other options. was to help people get driver’s licenses, are waiting for them to request services which provides health care throughout the She said about 65,000 people in Alaska seen as a workforce development issue, that they are unaware that they need,” said region. have military IDs and more than 100,000 said Carol Wren, the corporation’s vice Sen. Lyman Hoffman of Bethel, angrily Gathering the documents needed for a have Real IDs. Wamsganz said there could president of shareholder development. admonishing Tshibaka during a recent leg- Real ID and flying to a city with a DMV be overlap in the numbers since some Residents from neighboring villages flew islative hearing after she noted that under can cost hundreds of dollars, which can Alaskans choose to get a Real ID as an ad- in or rode snowmobiles. Dozens got Real state law, someone must “clearly request” be daunting in areas plagued with chroni- ditional form of identification. IDs. a Real ID, and the state can’t make anyone cally high unemployment and high costs Meanwhile, the 20 tribes of Alaska’s Wren said tribes have their own mem- get one. of living. Records needed to obtain a card Bering Strait region that make up the non- bership requirements, and not all issue The state’s largest Native organization, include a birth certificate or passport and profit tribal consortium Kawerak recently photo IDs. the Alaska Federation of Natives, has called proof of a Social Security number and invested more than $200,000 in upgrades She said the corporation agreed the on the state to visit rural Native communi- residence. for tribal IDs, said Cheri McConnell, Kaw- DMV was a service it would want every- ties to provide DMV services for Real IDs. Round-trip airfare from the farthest erak’s program director for tribal affairs. one to easily access, but since they don’t, it Alaska has more than 200 tribes. reaches of the vast Yukon-Kuskokwim The TSA says on its website that a “fed- looked for solutions. The state in December touted a service Delta to Bethel, the regional hub, is about erally recognized, tribal-issued photo ID” “However people feel about whose re- that would bring DMV representatives $700, said Dan Winkelman, the corpora- will be accepted. But Kawerak is urging sponsibility it is, we felt this partnership to villages, but technological snags have tion’s president and CEO. residents to be prepared with documents would allow us to achieve a goal that we’re raised questions about the viability of that “That’s an undue burden for someone for Real IDs just in case, McConnell said. trying to achieve and allow them to do what effort. The cash-strapped state dropped a that has no money and rarely travels to The first DMV visit to a rural town, New they haven’t done yet, which is be in those request for donations to take the service Bethel,” he said. Stuyahok, in southwest Alaska’s Bristol smaller rural communities,” she said. Friday, February 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 NATION The story behind LA’s Mount Disappointment

BY DEBORAH NETBURN was to accurately record the Los Angeles Times valleys, mountains, desert and other land features of the U.S., LOS ANGELES — Poor Mount a letter from Andrew A. Hum- Disappointment. phreys, chief of the Army Corps Located high in the San Gabriel of Engineers, reveals additional Mountains, it’s the only peak in objectives. the 60-mile range with such an Humphreys instructed Wheel- unflattering name. er and his men to take stock of Nearby, you might summit Jo- the Native American populations sephine Peak, named for the wife they encountered, asking that of a federal surveyor, or savor they gather “numbers, habits and the views from Mount Markham, disposition of the Indians who named after a former governor. may live in this section.” But Mount Disappointment The message behind these or- honors nobody. It’s jarring, petty ders is clear, said Skyler Reidy, and mean-spirited. a Ph.D. candidate studying Cali- “It’s not a popular destination,” fornia history at the University of said Nathan Judy, a spokesman Southern California. for the U.S. Forest Service. “The incredibly grim side is And yet. that they are surveying this land “When I first read there was to steal it from native people,” a mountain called Mount Disap- he said. “This is an imperial pointment, my immediate re- exercise.” /TNS action was, ‘I need to see this Members of the Wheeler sur- BRIAN VAN DER BRUG, LOS ANGELES TIMES place,’ ” said Casey Schreiner, vey began measuring peaks in Low clouds drift into the mountains and valleys in a view along the road to Mount Disappointment, a founder of the L A -based website the San Gabriel Mountains in the peak in the San Gabriel Mountains in the Angeles National Forest, Calif. ModernHiker.com. “And I don’t summer of 1875. think I was the only person who While surveying the Santa Su- ascent was brutal. mountain Mount Disappointment. paved and gentle, lined with su- thought that.” sana Mountains earlier that year, John Muir, writing for the San They then promptly scrambled persized pine cones and skittish By why exactly is it called the group’s leader, Lt. C.W. Whip- Francisco Evening Bulletin a few up the higher mountain, known little lizards. Mount Disappointment? ple, noticed a prominent summit years later, described the San Ga- today as San Gabriel Peak. If you turn your back to all of The story begins 150 years ago near the front of the San Gabriel briel terrain as “Mother Nature Reidy said that he’s not sur- that and stand on the edge of the when George Montague Wheeler, range, a few miles northeast of at her most ruggedly, thornily prised the Disappointment name peak, you can look out over the a 27-year-old Army lieutenant, what is now Altadena. Thinking savage.” stuck. vast Los Angeles basin, hazy and proposed a bold plan to map the that it would make a good trian- When they finally reached the “If you are the federal surveyor dreamlike behind a thin veil of whole of the United States west gulation point, he sent his chief top, they saw that the view east and you want to name it Mount mist. of the 100th meridian — a north- topographer and two assistants to was blocked by another peak that Disappointment, I don’t know Birds dive below your feet. south line that runs through set up a survey station on its peak rose nearly 200 feet higher than who is going to stop you,” he said. The mountain range undulates Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Ne- in the dry heat of a July morning. the one they had just climbed. Today, it takes just a few hours behind you. braska and the Dakotas. There was no trail to the top of They immortalized their disap- to reach the summit of Mount There’s nothing disappointing While Wheeler’s primary goal the 5,963-foot summit, and the pointment by naming the smaller Disappointment. The trail is about it at all. Michigan boy is too young to drive, but races cars

BY PHOEBE WALL HOWARD I’m in the pits when he’s racing. people of all ages, is that Keegan Detroit Free Press It’s just like on TV. If lap traf- included plans for brand aware- fic is coming up, you need to be ness, a social media strategy, a DETROIT — At age 12, Keegan prepared. ” media strategy, a public relations Sobilo of New Baltimore carefully “You’ve got to know what you’re strategy and promotions. tucks his legs and arms into a fire doing,” said competitor Mike He listed Keegan’s accomplish- suit, pulls on a helmet and climbs Todd, 69, of Galesburg, Mich . ments: 2019 GLS Super Mini Cup into a race car that exceeds 80 “These cars have quick steering champion, 2019 GLS Super Mini mph. and they’re fast. I think I was into Cup Young Guns champion, 2018 He has been doing this since it a year before Keegan. It was GLS Super Mini Cup Young Guns age 8, the Detroit Free Press like, ‘Really, I’m going to be rac- champion and 2018 GLS Super reported. ing against a kid who doesn’t have Mini Cup most improved driver. “I’d stand underneath the a driver’s license? Come on, now.’ Golling has decided to sponsor grandstand, and whenever some- I had to put myself in check. It was Keegan “in one way or another,” body would get close to Keegan like having a grandson. I showed whether it’s paying for tires, fuel on the track, I’d have to walk him respect and he showed me or oil, filters, Godfrey said. away,” said his mother, Hillary respect. The kid is cool. And he At school, Keegan has high hon- JUNFU HAN, DETROIT FREE PRESS/AP Sobilo, 46, a kindergarten teacher takes it very serious.” ors and is an orange belt in karate; at Cleveland Elementary School Keegan Sobilo, 12, gets into his late model race car in the garage of Keegan continues looking for it focuses his concentration. in Port Huron. his home in New Baltimore, Mich. support. Knowing that he needs “He is respectful, polite and “At first, I was scared to death. sponsors, Keegan scheduled a adorable. He works hard and he I was like, ‘Let’s do bowling or through October. I asked him to move his mother’s meeting earlier this month at helps others,” said Deb Siekmann, swimming.’ It’s still very scary. This year, he moves into a full- (Ford) Explorer two weeks ago Golling Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep his fifth-grade teacher. “My hus- But he knows what he’s doing. size race car — the kind that pro- on our property behind our ga- and Ram of Roseville and spent band is a NASCAR freak. I usu- Your heart goes out on that track fessionals use. rage, approximately 30 feet, and 45 minutes making his case. ally know the names of drivers every time he goes out there.” “When I’m racing, I feel hot he was scared to do so. But he has “He came in and had a nice but my husband really loves it. The sixth-grader always ar- and tight in there, tight in the no problem driving his full-size handshake,” said general manag- I’m just fascinated by the idea of rives at the track in his paja- seat,” he said. “In the car, I don’t race car on the track.” er Matt Godfrey. “Then he gave Keegan driving a car.” mas. The first time he wore his feel like I’m going that fast. When Like the professional racers at me a book with a picture of him in Meanwhile, NASCAR cup se- choo-choo train jammies to the I go 90, it feels like you’re going Daytona International Speedway, his race car at a track. The second ries driver Erik Jones, 23, of track, Keegan went from last 60. Sometimes when you’re going Keegan wears a headset. He lis- page is ‘Golling sponsor meeting Byron, Mich., who won the crash- place to ninth place. He decided too fast, there’s not enough grip tens carefully to his crew chief, by Keegan,’ where he describes filled Busch Clash, an annual ex- they brought luck. Since then, and you’re sliding.” Tim Phillips, 59, of Otsego, who himself as ‘a 12-year-old with hibition the weekend before the he has racked up a series of People sometimes ask whether has won multiple championships a love of racing that has grown Daytona 500. Jones shared his championships. Keegan pressures his parents as a driver and crew chief. since he was a young boy.’ ” thoughts by email on Keegan and With his first corporate spon- to allow him to drive on regular “I work on his car three nights The young racer explained that, his dream: sorship secured, Keegan is fo- roads. a week and deliver it to the track,” since seeing NASCAR at age 6, “Keep chasing it. It’s going to cused on NASCAR. “He has never mentioned Phillips said. “Mom and dad leave he has dreamed of racing. What be a long road, of many ups and For four years, Keegan has anything about it,” said Roman me alone and I talk to Keegan on stunned Godfrey, who said he has downs, but it’ll all pay off once raced mini cars from May Sobilo. “And what’s weird is that the radio as he’s going around. endured many presentations from you reach your goal.” PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, February 28, 2020 NATION Going beyond the Vegas glitz City that models itself as a marriage mecca works to reshape its image

BY SUBRINA HUDSON comedy. “It’s not a place you want Las Vegas Review-Journal to emulate to go get married. So, what we’re seeing this year is we LAS VEGAS — Inside the Lit- have really turned around our tle Vegas Chapel, Amanda Schild image.” was smiling in her wedding dress, Nevada’s marriage rate, mea- ready to grab pizza and celebrate sured as the number of new mar- her nuptials with husband Jordan riages per 1,000 people, dropped Williams. to 26.7 in 2018, the lowest since There was no drive-thru win- the Centers for Disease Control BENJAMIN HAGER, LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL/AP dow or Elvis Presley imperson- and Prevention began providing ator. But the newlyweds had their marriage rate figures in 1990. Jordan Williams, right, 30, and Amanda Schild, 33, from Rochester, Minn., tie the knot at The Little photos taken in front of the cha- At the same time, experts said Vegas Chapel on Jan. 4 in Las Vegas. They have been together for nine years and have three children pel’s version of the “Welcome to marriages may last longer and di- together. With the institution of marriage evolving, the city that models itself as a wedding mecca is Fabulous Las Vegas” sign. vorces may be fewer. reshaping its image. Williams, 30, acknowledged Las “Marriage used to be something Vegas has the stigma of a place to that people did when they were “get wasted and get married and younger and just getting started,” ‘ We have been seen as ‘The Hangover,’ and that’s not a great brand. then get divorced the next day.” said Karen Guzzo, professor of But Schild, 33, called it afford- sociology at Bowling Green State It’s not a place you want to emulate to go get married. So, what able and convenient. Plus, they’ve University. “Now it’s the last thing we’re seeing this year is we have really turned around our image. been together for nine years and you do when you are becoming an ’ have three children. adult — what we call like a cap- Lynn Goya “I don’t like the details of plan- stone or an achievement.” Clark County clerk ning a big wedding,” Schild told Patrick McFarland, 45, and the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Melissa Hill, 50, dated for seven “That’s just not for me.” years and lived together before completed a college degree.” March 2016 with the Clark Coun- ternal renovation visual improve- Tourists and Nevada residents deciding to tie the knot recently The divorce and annulments ty clerk’s office and the Las Vegas ment program, Diaz said. are making what one expert calls at the Little Church of the West rate in the U.S. fell to 2.9 per 1,000 Visitors and Convention Author- Wedding chapels had been cat- “smarter marriage choices,” while visiting Las Vegas from people in 2018, marking a consis- ity to promote Las Vegas wedding egorized along with nightclubs, including dating longer and en- Florida. tent decline since 2000, when the tourism. strip clubs and bars — excluded suring financial stability before “We did the career (first), as divorce rate was 4.0, according Goya, who also serves on the from redevelopment funds. getting married. well as bought our first house The shift has fueled a decline in three years ago,” Hill said, “so to the CDC. In Nevada, the mar- wedding chamber board, said the Little Vegas Chapel owner Mi- marriage rates across the country the evolution is where are we in riage failure rate was cut more Nevada State History Museum chael Kelly predicted that Las and in Las Vegas, where weddings the next stage.” than half, to 4.4 from a high of 9.9 plans a wedding retrospective to Vegas will remain a wedding des- are a $2.5 billion industry. University of Maryland sociol- in 2000. show how Vegas became a mar- tination because it’s affordable The Review-Journal reported ogy professor Philip Cohen, who “Essentially, marriage is be- riage destination, as well as cre- and couples have to jump through the industry peaked at $3.1 billion released a study last year on di- coming more of an elite insti- ating wedding-themed walking fewer hoops to get married. in 2004, and Clark County Clerk vorce trends from 2008 to 2017, tution,” Cohen said. “It sort of tours. “When you need something Lynn Goya, the elected official said couples who wait longer are indicates that marriage is becom- Las Vegas City Councilwoman done quickly and you want it done overseeing Las Vegas marriage less likely to get divorced. ing more rarefied. It’s more of a Olivia Diaz has proposed des- right and you want it done profes- licenses, said the 71,800 permits “That rising age of marriage select population that enters into ignating a portion of Las Vegas sionally — that’s how I see Las issued in 2019 was down nearly is definitely a factor in the falling marriage and they enter into a Boulevard as a “Wedding Way” Vegas weddings,” he said. “They 44% from a peak of 128,000 in divorce rate,” he said. “The other more stable marriage.” tourist attraction, including a come to Vegas and they think, 2004. thing that goes along with that Las Vegas Wedding Chamber marriage walk of fame. ‘Hey, I get a vacation. I get a hon- “We have been seen as ‘The is higher education. So there’s of Commerce President Jodi Har- The city also wants wedding eymoon and it’s a fraction of the Hangover,’ and that’s not a great more people who are not getting ris said the nearly 100-member chapels to be included in the Las cost of doing it back home.’ It’s brand,” Goya said of the 2009 film married before or until they have group launched a partnership in Vegas Redevelopment Agency ex- just so much easier.”

ELIZABETH PAGE BRUMLEY, LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL/AP ELLEN SCHMIDT, LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL/AP Las Vegas locals Sam Cruz, left, and Jeff Gaglione look at the lighting and speaker set up while walking up the aisle of their future wedding venue at Emerald at Queensridge Florida-based couple Patrick McFarland and Melissa Hill pose after getting married in Las Vegas on Feb. 3. Jan. 30 at Little Church of the West in Las Vegas. Friday, February 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 NATION Tribal leader: Border wall work hurts sacred land

Associated Press invited journalists watched. Con- area. Department of Homeland na Republican, noted that Organ He also said archaeological struction crews this month began Security acting Secretary Chad Pipe is a well-known human and monitors had not found burial PHOENIX — A Native Ameri- blasting and bulldozing through F. Wolf told Congress on Tues- drug smuggling corridor and site sites or human remains in the can leader from Arizona grew hills to build a 30-foot steel wall day that he plans to travel soon of the 2002 shooting death of Kris detonation zone at a place called emotional Wednesday as he told 60 feet wide in Organ Pipe Cactus to meet with the tribe to discuss Eggle, a park ranger who died Monument Hill. a congressional committee about National Monument. their concerns. while pursuing suspected drug Laiken Jordahl of the Tucson- the pain members of his tribe Environmental groups also are U.S. Reps. Ruben Gallego and cartel members. based environmental nonprofit feel about U.S. officials blast- decrying the work at the national Raul Grijalva, both Arizona Dem- Environmental advocates and Center for Biological Diversity ing through land they consider parks system site that’s named ocrats, also spoke against con- elected officials are concerned challenges those assertions, say- sacred to build part of President for its cactuses resembling organ struction of the wall during the about the wall’s potential effects ing on Twitter that he has seen Donald Trump’s wall along the pipes and is a largely untouched meeting of the House Natural Re- in Organ Pipe, including on water chopped up cactus on the ground U.S.-Mexico border. example of Sonoran Desert sources Committee’s Subcommit- from an underground aquifer and and water being wasted for con- “No one reveres our military habitat. tee for Indigenous Peoples. The migrating animals. A desert oasis crete during recent visits. veterans more than the O’odham, “It’s hard to see the blasting Tohono O’odham Nation stretches in the monument, Quitobaquito Jordahl posted a video on social however, dynamiting these sa- that you showed on the video across southern Arizona and into Springs, is home to the endan- media earlier this month of one of cred sites and burial grounds is today because I know in my heart Mexico. gered Sonoyta mud turtle and the blasts that are carving a path- the same as bulldozing Arlington what our elders have told us: that U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland, a New Quitobaquito pupfish. way for the wall through Monu- National Cemetery or any other it is home to our ancestors,” Nor- Mexico Democrat and mem- Border Patrol Chief Roy D. Vil- ment Hill. It showed a long line cemetery,” Tohono O’odham Na- ris said, choking up. ber of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, lareal, of the agency’s Tucson Sec- of puffs of smoke and dust rising tion Chairman Ned Norris told The administration says ar- also spoke passionately, saying: tor, said on Twitter in recent days up from the dry desert landscape lawmakers in Washington. chaeological monitors working “When tribal leaders don’t have that over 90% of the cactuses near dotted with scrub and cactus. His testimony came hours with Customs and Border Pro- a seat at the table, indigenous his- the construction area were care- The U.N. has designated the after the government carried out tection and the Army Corps of tory is lost.“ fully transplanted, saving more monument an International Bio- a new round of explosions near Engineers have found no sign of U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar, an Arizo- than 2,000 individual plants. sphere Reserve. the southern border as a group of burial or other sacred sites in the House votes to make lynching a federal crime

Associated Press WASHINGTON — Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, the House has approved legisla- tion designating lynching as a hate crime under federal law. The bill, introduced by Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush and named after Till, comes 120 years after Con- ROBERT A. DAVIS, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES/AP gress first considered anti-lynch- Emmett Till’s photo, seen on his ing legislation and after dozens of grave marker in Alsip, Ill. similar efforts were defeated. The measure was approved “No matter the length of time, it 410 to 4 on Wednesday. The Sen- is never too late to ensure justice ate unanimously passed virtually is served.” identical legislation last year, al- House Majority Leader Steny though that bill wasn’t named for Hoyer, D-Md., used similar lan- Till. President Donald Trump is guage to urge the bill’s passage. expected to sign the bill, which “It is never too late to do the right designates lynching as a federal thing and address these grue- hate crime punishable by up to some, racially motivated acts life in prison, a fine, or both. Rush, a Democrat whose of terror that have plagued our Chicago district includes Till’s nation’s history,” he said, urging former home, said the bill will lawmakers to “renew our com- belatedly achieve justice for Till mitment to confronting racism and more than 4,000 other lynch- and hate.” ing victims, most of them African The bill was unanimously sup- Americans. ported by Democrats. Three Re- Till, who was black, was bru- publicans — Louie Gohmert of tally tortured and killed in 1955 Texas, Thomas Massie of Ken- after a white woman accused tucky and Ted Yoho of Florida him of grabbing her and whis- — opposed the bill, along with in- tling at her in a Mississippi gro- dependent Rep. Justin Amash of cery store. The killing shocked Michigan. the country and stoked the civil Gohmert said he supported rights movement. the bill’s concept, but preferred “The importance of this bill that those accused of lynching cannot be overstated,” said Rush, in Texas be tried in state court, a member of the Congressional where they could face the death Black Caucus. “From Charlottes- penalty. Massie said he opposed ville to El Paso, we are still being the expansion of federal hate- confronted with the same violent crime laws. “A crime is a crime, racism and hatred that took the life of Emmett and so many oth- and all victims deserve equal jus- ers. The passage of this bill will tice,” he said in a statement. “Add- send a strong and clear message ing enhanced penalties for ‘hate’ to the nation that we will not tol- tends to endanger other liberties erate this bigotry. “ such as freedom of speech.” Rep. Bennie Thompson, D- Democratic Rep. Karen Bass Miss., who represents the area of California, who chairs the where Till was abducted and Congressional Black Caucus, murdered, called the anti-lynch- called lynching a lasting legacy ing bill long overdue, but said: of slavery. PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, February 28, 2020 NATION Survey: About 40% of US adults are obese

BY MIKE STOBBE more common. for not pushing for more mea- Associated Press The obesity rate has risen about sures to promote physical activity 40% in the last two decades. and better eating. Building more NEW YORK — About 4 in The findings suggest that more sidewalks and passing a national 10 American adults are obese, Americans will get diabetes, heart tax on sugary beverages could and nearly 1 in 10 is severely so, disease and cancer, said Dr. Wil- make a big difference, he said. government researchers said liam Dietz, a George Washington Obesity — which means not Thursday. University obesity expert. merely overweight, but seriously The Centers for Disease Con- It also will be increasingly overweight — is considered one of trol and Prevention findings come difficult for doctors to care for the nation’s leading public health from a 2017-18 health survey that so many severely obese people, problems. measures height and weight. Dietz said. He has estimated that It is measured by the body mass More than 5,000 U.S. adults took part. on average, every primary care index, or BMI, a figure calculated The survey found that the obe- doctor treating adults has about from a person’s weight and height. sity rate was 42% — higher than 100 severely obese patients. A BMI of 25 or greater is consid- the 40% found in a similar 2015- “How’s a provider going to do ered overweight, a BMI of 30 and 16 study. The severe obesity rate that? Severe obesity really re- above is obese, and a BMI of 40 or was more than 9% in the new sur- quires very intensive therapy,” he above is severely obese. vey, up from the 8% figure in the said. A person who is 5-foot-4, the previous one. The CDC did not report new average height for U.S. women, M. SPENCER GREEN/AP Those increases aren’t con- obesity numbers for kids and is considered obese at a weight sidered statistically significant: According to a study released on Thursday, the U.S. obesity rate teens. That may come out later of 174 pounds and severely obese The survey numbers are small continues to rise. this year, Ogden said. In 2015- above 232 pounds. A person who enough that there’s a mathemati- 16, 18.5% of kids and teens were is 5-foot-9, about the average cal chance the rates didn’t truly rates are trending up, said the A half-century ago, about 1 in obese and just under 6% were se- height for men, is deemed obese rise. CDC’s Cynthia Ogden, one of the 100 American adults were se- verely obese. at 203 pounds and severely obese But it’s clear that adult obesity report’s authors. verely obese. Now it’s 10 times Dietz faulted the government at 270. Grandfather to plead guilty in SC sued over schools’ ban toddler’s death on cruise ship on LGBTQ in BY RICK CALLAHAN part of this nightmare for my family, if pos- Associated Press sible,” Anello, of Valparaiso, said in his state- sex ed class ment. “The support they continue to give me INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana man has been beyond overwhelming and I can’t Associated Press charged in his young granddaughter’s fatal tell you how grateful I am for them.” fall from a cruise ship’s open window in Chloe Wiegand fell to her July 8 death from CHARLESTON, S.C. — It is Puerto Rico agreed to plead guilty in her July Royal Caribbean Cruises’ Freedom of the MIKE DERER/AP against state law in South Caroli- 2019 death, explaining that he was doing so Seas ship, which was docked in Puerto Rico. na for public school sex education Salvatore Anello agreed to plead guilty in the “to try to help end part of this nightmare for Anello was charged last year in Puerto Rico classes to mention anything other death of his granddaughter who fell from a my family.” with negligent homicide in her death and ini- than heterosexual relationships, window of the Freedom of the Seas cruise Salvatore “Sam” Anello, who was holding unless the talk involves sexually tially pleaded not guilty. ship, seen above. Chloe Wiegand when she slipped from his Anello, 51, has insisted that he did not know transmitted diseases. A federal grasp and fell about 150 feet to her death from the window was open when he lifted Chloe up never have imagined before. I wasn’t drink- lawsuit now aims to change that. an open 11th-floor window on Royal Carib- to it, saying he did so to allow her to bang on ing and I wasn’t dangling her out of a window. The National Center for Lesbi- bean Cruises ship, filed change of plea docu- the glass like she did at her brother’s hockey I just wanted to knock on the glass with her as an Rights and Lambda Legal said ments Monday in a Puerto Rico court in which games. He told “CBS This Morning” in No- their lawsuit filed Wednesday he agreed to plead guilty to a negligent homi- vember that he was trying to stand Chloe on we did together so many times before.” Chloe Wiegand’s parents sued Royal Carib- seeks to overturn the Compre- cide charge in the 18-month-old’s death, said the window’s railing when she fell out of the hensive Health Education Act of the family’s attorney, Michael Winkleman. bean in December, accusing the operator of window. He also said he is colorblind and that 1988 as an unconstitutional viola- Under the plea agreement, Anello wouldn’t negligence in her death by allowing the 11th- may be why he didn’t realize the tinted win- tion of the equal protection clause serve time behind bars and would serve dow was open. floor window in the ship’s children’s play area of the 14th Amendment. his probation in Indiana, Winkleman said “From my point of view, at the moment the to be open. “The law singles out LGBTQ Wednesday, adding that a hearing in which accident happened, it was as if this wall of pro- Winkleman said Anello’s proposed guilty a judge would consider the plea hadn’t been tective glass disappeared. I was in complete plea in Chloe’s death would have “little or no students for negative treatment,” scheduled. disbelief,” Anello said in Wednesday’s state- effect at all on the civil lawsuit,” noting that a news release introducing the “I took a plea deal today to try to help end ment. “It was a nightmare of the likes I could Anello is not a party to that case. lawsuit said. “It prevents LGBTQ students from receiving any health education about their rela- tionships except in the context of sexually transmitted diseases .” Colo. poised to become 22nd state with no death penalty The law also says any teacher who allows “a discussion of alter- BY JAMES ANDERSON es charged starting July 1 and Wednesday’s vote came after last remnant of Jim Crow there nate sexual lifestyles” including Associated Press would not affect the fate of the lawmakers spent three days en- is in Colorado.” He added that “homosexual relationships ex- three men on Colorado’s death gaging in somber and often emo- he wasn’t absolving them of their cept in the context of instruction DENVER — Colorado is set row who face execution by lethal tional death penalty discussions crimes. concerning sexually transmitted to become the 22nd U.S. state to injection. But Polis has suggested that touched on morality, person- But Republican and some Dem- diseases” can be fired. abolish the death penalty after he might consider clemency for al faith, deterrence, discrimina- ocratic opponents insisted that the State Superintendent of Educa- lawmakers on Wednesday ap- threat of facing the death penalty them if asked. tion against defendants of color tion Molly Spearman, named as a proved a repeal bill that Demo- has compelled countless defen- “All clemency requests are and wrongful convictions. defendant in the lawsuit, agrees cratic Gov. Jared Polis has dants to seek plea deals to solve weighty decisions that the gover- Democratic Rep. Jovan Melton that the law is on shaky ground. pledged to sign into law. or close cases. They also urged nor will judge on their individual said all of Colorado’s condemned Passage had been virtually their colleagues to refer the issue She requested an opinion on its certain with Democrats holding a merits,” said Polis spokesman men are from his suburban Den- to voters in a referendum. constitutionality from South Car- substantial majority in the House Conor Cahill. ver district, are African-Ameri- Republican House Minority olina Attorney General Alan Wil- — even with several Democratic Colorado’s last execution was can and that blacks account for Leader Patrick Neville said Colo- son. That opinion says “a court lawmakers casting “no” votes for carried out in 1997, when Gary just 4% of Colorado’s 5 million rado “must have capital punish- would likely conclude” that the the 36-27 repeal approval vote. Lee Davis was put to death by residents. ment in its arsenal of justice or law violates the equal protection The bill, passed by the Demo- lethal injection for the 1986 kid- “They’re African-American, justice will not be done, We’re clause requiring that people in crat-dominated state Senate in napping, rape and murder of a they’re males, my age. That’s not saying the life of the killer means similar circumstances be treated January, would apply to offens- neighbor, Virginia May. justice,” Melton said. “That is the more than the life of the victim.” the same under the law. Friday, February 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 17 FACES ACMs favor ‘I didn’t think I did Dan + Shay, Bieber, Morris

Associated Press anything wrong’ Grammy-winning duo Dan + Shay lead the 2020 Academy of Country Music Awards with six Pete Davidson addresses Dan Crenshaw nominations for Dan Smyers and five for Shay Mooney and helped controversy in his new comedy special pop star Justin Bieber earn his first-ever ACM noms. In the nominations announced BY ALLYSON CHIU New York,” to addressing the Thursday, the powerhouse duo The Washington Post fallout from his joke about Cren- share four bids with Bieber for shaw, telling the audience he song of the year as both writers On Nov. 3, 2018, “Saturday “kind of got forced to apologize” and artists, music event of the Night Live” cast member Pete and pushing back against accu- year and video of the year for Davidson mocked Texas Repub- sations that he helped get the Re- their chart-topping crossover lican Dan Crenshaw, a former publican congressman elected. duet “10,000 Hours.” Dan + Shay Navy SEAL who lost his eye in The deep dive into the Novem- are also nominated for duo of the an IED explosion while serving ber 2018 incident began about year and Smyers is nominated in- his third tour in Afghanistan, halfway through Davidson’s set dividually as the producer in the for wearing an eye patch. In a when he brought up how he often music event category. “Weekend Update” segment finds himself in trouble, pointing “10,000 Hours,” released in Oc- ahead of the midterm elections, to the Crenshaw backlash as a tober, is spending its 20th week Davidson compared Crenshaw prime example. on top of Billboard’s Hot country to “a hit man in a porno movie,” “I made fun of this guy with songs chart. So far, it has peaked adding: “I’m sorry. I know he lost an eye patch and then I kind of at No. 4 on the all-genre Hot 100 his eye in war or whatever.” got forced to apologize ’cause, chart. A week later, the scene that like, people were threatening to Maren Morris scored five played out on the “SNL” set was shoot me in the face,” Davidson nominations including two for one that fans had probably never said, noting that his mother was album of the year as artist and seen before. Davidson was sit- among the group of people urg- co-producer for “GIRL,” female ting next to Crenshaw behind the ing him to make amends in light artist of the year, music event of “Weekend Update” desk — and of the death threats. the year and group of the year for ROSALIND O’CONNOR/NBC the comedian was apologizing to Davidson went on to explain performing in The Highwomen, the newly elected congressman. that he had been tasked with Pete Davidson, shown Oct. 12 during filming of “Saturday Night the supergroup also featuring “I made a joke about Lieuten- roasting politicians for a segment Live,” says he “kind of got forced to apologize” after cracking Brandi Carlile, Amanda Shires ant Commander Dan Crenshaw, on “Weekend Update.” After see- jokes about former Navy SEAL Dan Crenshaw in 2018. and Natalie Hemby. Busbee, and on behalf of the show and ing a photo of Crenshaw, who at Morris’ producer who died sud- myself, I apologize,” said David- the time was running for Con- “I said, ‘Whatever,’ and people Crenshaw had a chance to throw denly last year, is posthumously son. He later added: “I mean this gress, Davidson said he wrote were like, ‘You hate America!’ ” some zingers at Davidson, in- nominated for album of the year from the bottom of my heart. It what he thought was “a harmless he said. “No, I just didn’t want cluding a reference to the com- and producer of the year. was a poor choice of words. joke.” to be incorrect about how he lost ic’s broken engagement with pop Thomas Rhett earned his first The man is a war hero, and he Then, just moments before his ... eye. Is that a ... crime?” singer Ariana Grande. The pair nomination for entertainer of the deserves all the respect in the going live, Davidson learned Davidson continued to defend also appeared to share a moment year — the show’s top prize — as world.” about Crenshaw’s past. himself, sarcastically apologiz- after Crenshaw took time to re- well as nominations for album At the time, many viewers “One of my buddies who helped ing for not having “baseball member Davidson’s father, a of the year as artist and co-pro- thought that the apology was me write it goes, ‘Hey man, I just cards with all of [Crenshaw’s] firefighter who died during 9/11. ducer, male artist of the year and heartfelt and genuine. But in did some research,’ and I was stats and information.” While Davidson appeared video of the year. a new Netflix stand-up special like, ‘You just did some research But Davidson’s attempt to suggest in the new comedy Carrie Underwood is the sole released Tuesday, Davidson ap- now?’ ” Davidson recalled. “And to “be mindful” backfired special that his notable apology female contender in entertain- peared to take a different stance he’s like, ‘Yeah, that guy Dan spectacularly. wasn’t entirely voluntary, he did er of the year, alongside Luke on the controversy that prompt- Crenshaw? I think he might have The comedian and “SNL” ex- issue another mea culpa in re- Bryan, Eric Church and Luke ed his surprising mea culpa. lost his eye in a war or some- ecutives weathered intense back- sponse to claims that he was re- Combs. Noticeably absent from “I didn’t think I did anything thing like that.’ And I was like, lash from both sides of the aisle sponsible for getting Crenshaw the nominations was country leg- wrong,” the 26-year-old said on- ‘What?’ ” as politicians, talk show hosts, elected. end Tanya Tucker, who earned stage at the Gramercy Theatre Knowing that Crenshaw may veterans and others condemned “I did not make that guy win. her first two Grammy Awards in New York. “It was like words have been injured in combat, the bit and called for Davidson to That is America’s fault.” David- last month for best country album that were twisted so that a guy Davidson said all he could do apologize. son said. “The only thing I did and best country song after a re- could be famous.” was “go out there and try to be That demand was met on Nov. do, which I am guilty of and I markable comeback year. Davidson dedicated a portion mindful.” So he dropped the “hit 10, 2018, when Crenshaw, who apologize for, is I did make that The ACM Awards take place of the roughly hourlong show, ti- man” one-liner and followed it had just won his congressional guy famous and a household April 5. tled “Pete Davidson: Alive From with the rushed apology. race, joined Davidson on SNL. name for no reason.” Clive Cussler, adventure novelist, dies at 88 Hashimoto, creator of the famous ‘Konami Code,’ dies Clive Cussler, the million-sell- ing adventure writer and real-life BY GENE PARK The code was made famous by the also- It was more than a video game cheat code. thrill seeker who wove personal details and spectacular fanta- The Washington Post notoriously-difficult 1988 shooter game Con- It became a meme among anyone involved tra, where the Konami code gave players 30 with computer software and information sies into his page-turning novels Up. Up. Down. Down. Left. Right. Left. lives. Contra and Gradius were both arcade technology. about underwater explorer Dirk Right. B. A. Start. It’s the most famous se- games, which means their difficult gameplay Cheat codes were an early solution to as- Pitt, has died. quence of button pushes in video game his- was designed to pull quarters out of pockets. sist players to the still-new medium of video Alexis Welby, spokeswoman for tory, and its creator, Kazuhisa Hashimoto, Hashimoto’s sequence made it into nu- games. It was a catalyst for design decisions Cussler’s publisher Penguin Ran- has died. He was 79. merous other Konami games, and countless on accessibility, and a turning point in how to dom House, says he died Monday His death was first announced on Twitter other games have included it as a cheat or translate arcade success to home games. at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. by his friend Yuji Takenouchi, a sound de- hidden surprise (called Easter eggs). There Knowing the code meant you were armed He was 88. The cause was not signer on games including Dark Souls. are too many to list, but as a recent example, with powerful information. There was no disclosed. The Konami Code was first implemented in Fortnite’s black hole event last year gave you commercial Internet in the 1980s. To know The Illinois-born Cussler dis- shooting game Gradius in 1986, a game that a shooting game once you inputted the code. the code, you had to know someone who patched Pitt and pal Al Giordino was famous for its difficulty. Hashimoto was The code’s impact extends beyond gam- knew, or at least subscribed to a print maga- on exotic missions highlighted by responsible for converting the game from ar- ing. It’s become a common code to find Eas- zine that told you how to do it. shipwrecks, treachery, espionage cade to the Nintendo Entertainment System ter eggs and other tricks on websites like Thanks to Hashimoto, it’s now standard and beautiful women, in popu- console, but found the game too hard to beat, BuzzFeed and Google. It is the top phrase practice and worth the effort to punch in lar works including “Cyclops,” so he created the code to give himself more explained in Vox’s explainer for “Easter his famous sequence of buttons — you never “Night Probe!” and his commer- lives. When the game shipped, it turned out eggs.” The code has been mentioned in vari- know what you’re going to get. More than 30 cial breakthrough, “Raise the he forgot to remove the code altogether. ous films and TV shows. years later, it’s the code that keeps on giving. Titanic!” PAGE 18 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, February 28, 2020 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Company rejects PETA billboard honoring cows

WINSTON-SALEM NC — An advertising company says it likely won’t ac- cept a request from an animal rights group to erect a billboard memorializing 21 cows killed in a tractor-trailer crash in North Carolina. Lamar Advertising Co. of Baton Rouge, La., received a re- quest from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to place the billboard, but the company said it doesn’t accept advertis- ing from the advocacy group, spokeswoman Allie McAlpin told the Winston-Salem Journal on Tuesday . PETA said in a statement Mon- day that it was seeking to place a billboard at the site where a truck overturned along Interstate 40 near Winston-Salem on Feb. 18 “in honor of the cows who were injured and killed.” Pilot sent to prison for t ransporting marijuana

NEW HAVEN — A pilot CT from Connecticut has been sentenced to 2 ½ years in prison for his role in a marijuana trafficking operation that made millions of dollars by moving about two tons of pot across the TYLER LARIVIERE, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES/AP country in a small plane, federal prosecutors said. Donald Burns, 62, of Milford, Historic honor flight set was also sentenced Tuesday in federal court in New Haven to Female veterans of every branch of the U.S. military salute as the national anthem is sung at an auditorium at the Pritzker Military Museum two years of probation. and Library in Chicago for the announcement Tuesday of the first all-women honor flight to Washington, D.C., later this year. The Federal Aviation Admin- istration in 2016 began investi- Earlier this month, Tiffany THE CENSUS up and charged the deacon. As gating a single-engine aircraft Brown said a man visited the stunned parishioners looked on, owned by Burns that was mak- cookie booth she and her daugh- several other churchgoers ran to ing regular flights between The approximate amount of money au- ters were running outside a thorities say an Ohio man stole from a help as the man tussled with the Stratford, Conn., and northern Walmart Supercenter in Salem. deacon on the floor in the church, California via the southwest U.S., Veterans of Foreign Wars post. The Ohio Brown said the man seemed $700K Attorney General’s Office said Dan Molnar, news outlets reported. prosecutors said. Authorities who “fidgety.” He paid for a $5 box of Thomas Eisel, 28, was arrested searched the plane after one of 74, of Aurora, stole $714,376 between Tagalongs with a $20 bill and re- on charges of battery and disturb- those trips in June 2017 found 2011 and 2018 from Aurora VFW Post 2629. He has been charged with aggra- ceived $15 in change, but Brown’s ing the peace . about 400 pounds of marijuana vated theft, tampering with records and money laundering, authorities announced 13-year-old daughter, Ava, no- The Archdiocese of Miami told on board, authorities said. Tuesday. Molnar had “complete control” of the post’s bank accounts and used that ticed the bill seemed odd. access to tamper with a lottery machine and write improper checks, they said. WSVN the deacon suffered some It was slightly smaller, had a bruises but is otherwise OK. J udge fines man for bluish tint, and the texture of the poaching raptor paper wasn’t quite right. Brown School lesson compares said police confirmed it was fake . Almost $4M in work predictable problem, The Orange County Register reported. Trump to communists MADISON — A federal Police identified Ducharme planned at Devils Tower and arrested him at the store “It was crazy. Everywhere I WI judge fined a former TOWSON — Repub- master falconer from Michigan Sunday. looked,” said Rich German, who GILLETTE — The rode his personal watercraft sev- MD lican lawmakers in $10,000 on Tuesday for poaching WY National Park Service Maryland are criticizing a his- a Wisconsin raptor. City to pay landlord for eral miles off Laguna Beach after is about to begin facility and trail Valentine’s Day and picked up 31 tory lesson at a public high school According to prosecutors and damage to wrong door work totaling almost $4 million in near Baltimore that compared court documents, Edward Tay- balloons in a few hours. Devils Tower National Monument President Donald Trump with lor, 64, of Fruitport, was a master A Feb. 17 trip by Pacific Marine LINCOLN — The Lin- in northeastern Wyoming. Nazis and communists. falconer and raptor propagator. Mammal Center staff collected coln City Council has The work will include making A slide used in an Advanced He traded a captive-bred Finnish NE 20 balloons in a few hours, said decided to pay a landlord more an overlook trail more acces- Placement history class at Loch goshawk for a female northern spokeswoman Krysta Higuchi. than $950 to repair an apartment Raven High School in Towson goshawk that his co-conspira- sible to people who are in wheel- “It’s not only dangerous for door police busted through in shows a picture of Trump above tor, James Kitzman, illegally re- chairs or have other physical marine mammals, but for marine error. pictures of a Nazi swastika and a moved from a nest on state land in limitations . birds and the whole ecosystem in The Lincoln Journal Star re- flag of the Soviet Union. Two cap- Wisconsin’s Vilas County in May Devils Tower is what remains general,” she said. ported that officers knocked on tions read “wants to round up a 2017 . Selling or bartering north- of magma that pushed up through the door and announced their group of people and build a giant ern goshawks is illegal under the the earth and solidified some 50 Video shows deacon presence one morning last year. wall” and “oh, THAT is why it Migratory Bird Treaty Act . million years ago. The formation Apartment 2 was what the war- stands about 900 feet above the being tackled at mass sounds so familiar!” “It is horrific. It is educational rant they were serving said. They surrounding landscape. Estab- Police: Man used fake malfeasance,” state Del. Kathy followed procedure and waited 30 lished in 1906, Devils Tower was POMPANO BEACH Szeliga said last week at a meeting bills on Scouts’ cookies seconds before breaking in, guns the first U.S. national monument. FL — A man was captured drawn. It turns out the person in- on surveillance video tackling of Baltimore County’s delegation. SALEM — A Salem side hadn’t heard them. Valentine’s Day balloons a deacon who was conducting The school system said the slide OR man was arrested after It also turns out the warrant a service Saturday evening at a was not part of the resources it he purchased Girl Scout cookies was wrong: It should have said retrieved from ocean Florida church. provides for AP history teachers, more than once using counterfeit Apartment 4. They eventually Security video from the church and that the issue had become a money, police said. entered that apartment without LAGUNA BEACH shows the man sitting in a front personnel matter “which will be Camden Ducharme, 36, was incident and served the warrant. CA — Boaters have been pew at St. Coleman Catholic appropriately addressed by the charged with forgery and theft, Landlord Russ Pinyan filed a fishing balloons out of the ocean Church on Pompano Beach while school administration and is not The Oregonian/OregonLive claim against the city . The council off Southern California since Val- the deacon was speaking to the subject to further clarification.” reported. voted 5-2 to approve the claim. entine’s Day, and some say it’s a congregation. The man then stood From wire reports Friday, February 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 19 NATION Islanders who suffered 1940s ‘A token of our respect’ war atrocities on Guam get paid payments were for property loss, BY ANITA HOFSCHNEIDER not death and injury. Associated Press Guam also was left out of sub- sequent legislation that provided HAGATNA, Guam — For An- tonina Palomo Cross, Japan’s oc- compensation to U.S. citizens cupation of Guam started with and others who were captured by terror at church. The then-7-year- Japan during the war. old was attending Catholic servic- In 2004, a federal Guam War es with her family when the 1941 Claims Review Commission invasion began, setting off bomb found the U.S. had a moral obliga- blasts, sirens and screams. tion to compensate Guam for war It ended with her family sur- damages in part because its 1951 rendering their home and even- peace treaty with Japan forgave tually carrying the dead body of Japan of the responsibility to pay her malnourished baby sister on the territory reparations. a forced march to a concentration Yet the current program is still camp. limited. Only those who were Now 85, Cross is among more still alive when Obama signed than 3,000 native islanders on the measure are eligible, and Guam who are expecting to get they had to apply between June long-awaited compensation from 20, 2017, and June 20, 2018. That the U.S. government for their suf- eliminated thousands who died fering at the hands of imperial over the past seven decades and Japan during World War II. anyone who missed announce- Payments of $10,000 to $25,000 ments about the deadlines. — federal tax money normally Also, the claims are to be reserved for Guam’s government funded with so-called Section — will be made to those who un- 30 money, federal taxes that derwent forced labor or intern- are already remitted to Guam ment, suffered severe injury or and typically added to the local rape, or lost loved ones during the government’s general fund. The U.S. territory’s nearly three-year program is a compromise after occupation. decades of failed attempts to get “I’m happy to get it,” Cross said more expansive compensation after a recent meeting at central supported by both Congress and Guam’s newly opened war claims the people of Guam. office, where she verified her However, Guam Congressman /AP application was approved. The JOE ROSENTHAL Michael San Nicolas said the amount hasn’t been determined The first religious services on Guam after U.S. landings are attended by soldiers Nov. 1, 1944. An law that created the war claims yet, but “every little bit helps,” indigenous Chamorro serves as altar boy in this improvised hut. The 1941 Japanese invasion of Guam, program was missing language she said. which happened on the same December day as the attack on Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor, set off years of needed to allow the U.S. Trea- Cross is retired from a local forced labor, internment, torture, rape and beheadings. sury to release the funds. His bill government job and relies on So- to fix that error passed the Senate cial Security and her pension to this month and is headed to the get by. The great-grandmother House. said the war claims money will Rather than wait and risk come in handy for manamko’ more war survivors dying before — “elders” in the language of receiving their checks, Guam Guam’s indigenous Chamorro politicians decided to start issu- people — like her. ing payments using local money The United States, which first meant for Medicaid. captured Guam during the Span- Krystal Paco-San Agustin, ish-American War, had a small spokeswoman for Guam Gov. contingent of troops on the island Lourdes Leon Guerrero, said when Japan invaded on the same the government expects to be re- December day that it attacked imbursed with Section 30 funds Pearl Harbor. once San Nicolas’ bill passes. Many were taken prisoner or “It’s a small amount, and it’s killed. definitely in no way enough to But most of those affected by undo the pain of the past, but it’s a the occupation were Chamorro token of our respect, our admira- people, who suffered internment, tion and our love for them,” Paco torture, rape and beheadings. said. More than 1,100 are estimated to Emotions were mixed at the PHOTOS BY ANITA HOFSCHNEIDER/AP have died during the occupation. Antonina Palomo Cross, 85, sits at the war claims office as dozens lined For Cross’ family, it meant Jesus Meno San Nicolas, 86, sits at the Guam war claims Guam war claims office in Tamuning, up earlier this month, several with being forced from their house office in Tamuning, Guam, earlier this month. More than 75 Guam, after getting confirmation that she canes, walkers and wheelchairs. in Hagatna, the capital, to their years later, thousands of people on Guam, a U.S. territory, will receive a payment for her experience Jesus Meno San Nicolas, 86, re- rural farm about 5 miles away are expecting to get long-awaited compensation for their living through the Japanese occupation of called his sister hiding in a tree before being sent to a concentra- suffering at the hands of imperial Japan during World War II. the U.S. Pacific island territory in 1941. to escape soldiers looking for tion camp in 1944. While living at women to rape. the farm, Cross remembers hid- by Guam’s nonvoting U.S. House to escape internment; $12,000 baby during the war and said she He was forced to work six days ing from foreign soldiers as she delegates to persuade Congress to those who experienced forced was hesitant to apply for a claim. a week in the rice fields as an 8- walked to her Japanese school, that the people of Guam deserve labor or personal injury; $15,000 She teared up as she said the year-old, walking more than 2 where she was forced to learn recognition for their suffering to people who were severely in- check should be going to her par- miles each way every day. He also the Japanese language and bow under Japanese occupation. jured or raped; and $25,000 to ents, who have long since passed helped grow cabbage, radishes in the direction of Japan with her “At the time the Chamorro peo- children, spouses and some par- away. and other food for the Japanese. classmates. ple were experiencing this, there ents of those killed during the “It’s great to have money, but His brothers had to work on the Her sister was among an un- was a sense of abandonment by occupation. the people who are more deserv- airfield. Once, a Japanese soldier known number of Chamorro the U.S., and that sentiment has The amounts reflect similar ing of it are the ones who really told him to leave the house so children who died of malnutri- not gone away,” former Guam war claims paid to survivors suffered physically and mentally, he could rape a female relative. tion during the occupation, which Congressman Robert Underwood of other Japanese-occupied but they’re gone,” she said. Meno San Nicolas still remem- ended when the U.S. returned and said. territories. A 1945 U.S. law gave Guam bers her screaming. forced the Japanese to surrender President Barack Obama Many survivors say they feel residents a year to apply for He almost didn’t file a claim. in a bloody battle. signed the Guam war claims mea- guilty receiving compensation compensation for war damages. “It’s not worth it for the money, Receiving the compensation sure in 2016. It provides $10,000 while their parents and siblings However, delays shrunk the ap- what they do to us in the family,” now is a bittersweet moment that to those who underwent forced who have died got nothing. plication window to seven months, he said, his voice cracking with caps decades of political efforts marches or internment, or had Judith Perez, 76, was only a and the bulk of the $8 million in emotion. PAGE 20 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, February 28, 2020 WORLD Syrian opposition fighters retake key town

Associated Press The government’s military campaign away like rats.” as Sheer Maghar, it added. to recapture Idlib, the last opposition-held The Observatory said more than 60 The government controlled Syrian BEIRUT — Turkey-backed Syrian op- stronghold in the country, has triggered a fighters were killed on both sides since Central Military Media said government position fighters Thursday retook a strate- humanitarian catastrophe and the war’s Wednesday, adding that later on Thursday, forces marching from northern parts of gic northwestern town in Syria, opposition largest single wave of displacement. Ac- government forces launched a counter- Hama province met Thursday with forces activists said, and cut off the key highway cording to the U.N., almost 950,000 ci- offensive under the cover of Russian air- moving from southern Idlib bringing wide linking the capital, Damascus, with the vilians have been displaced since early strikes to try retake the town. areas under Syrian army control. northern city of Aleppo, days after the gov- December, and more than 300 have been Syrian state media reported intense If government forces now turn their ernment reopened it for the first time since killed. Most have fled farther north to safer clashes near Saraqeb, saying insurgents march north they can eventually reach 2012. areas near the Turkish border, overwhelm- sent suicide car bombs and that Turkish another major highway known as the M4 Despite the loss of Saraqeb, government ing camps already crowded with refugees forces bombarded the area. It said a small that links Syria’s coastal region with the forces made major gains to the south, tak- in cold winter weather. group of insurgents reached the highway country’s west. Assad has vowed to regain ing control of almost the entire southern The Britain-based Syrian Observatory to score a “propaganda stunt,” adding that control of all parts of Syria. part of Idlib province with the capture for Human Rights, an opposition war mon- “Syrian troops are dealing with them.” Backed by Russian air power, Assad’s of more than 20 villages Thursday, state itoring group, said the opposition fighters State TV later Thursday confirmed that forces have over the past few days cap- media and opposition activists said. seized the town of Saraqeb after intense insurgents have cut the highway adding tured dozens of villages, including major The retaking of Saraqeb, which sits on bombardment by Turkish troops. Turkey the fighting is ongoing in the area. rebel strongholds, in the last opposition- the M5 highway, is a setback for Syrian and Russia support opposite sides in Syria’s In southern parts of Idlib, government held area. President Bashar Assad’s forces who have brutal civil war, with Ankara backing the forces captured more than 20 villages since The campaign also seized the last seg- scored major gains in a weekslong Rus- opposition and Moscow backing Assad. late Wednesday bringing southern parts of ments of the south-north M5 highway. sian-backed campaign in the last rebel From inside Saraqeb, activist Taher the rebel stronghold under government When the government forces first took stronghold in Idlib province. Officials had al-Omar said the town is now under op- control, the Observatory said. It added that Saraqeb earlier this month, it marked their hailed the reopening of the motorway as a position control. He posted a video with a Syrian troops have now besieged another capture of the last major rebel-held town major victory in the nine-year conflict. fighter saying the government forces “ran Turkish observation post in an area known along the highway. World powers express ‘serious concerns’ over Iran’s nuke program

Associated Press Iran’s dividends of the JCPOA.” “We are fully prepared to re- VIENNA — The world powers verse the steps we have taken so that remain party to the nuclear far in return for the fulfillment of deal with Iran expressed “seri- the other side’s commitments in ous concerns” Wednesday about the JCPOA,” he said. Tehran’s violations of the pact, In a statement following the while acknowledging that time meeting, the EU’s top official was running out to find a way to for foreign affairs, Josep Bor- salvage it. rell, said “serious concerns were Wang Qun, Chinese ambas- expressed regarding the imple- sador to the United Nations in mentation of Iran’s nuclear com- Vienna, told reporters after talks mitments under the agreement.“ in Vienna between the parties Borrell who chairs the joint to the deal, including Iran, that commission of the JCPOA, was they are “racing against time to represented at the meeting by EU work out a specific solution so as official Helga Schmid. to safeguard” the landmark 2015 He said that “participants also agreement. /AP acknowledged that the re-imposi- BEN BIRCHALL, PA The Joint Comprehensive Plan tion of U.S. sanctions did not allow of Action, as the deal is known, Iran to reap the full benefits aris- promises Iran economic incen- ing from sanctions-lifting.” Water park tives in return for curbs on its He also said that “all partici- nuclear program, with the goal pants reaffirmed the importance A playground is partially submerged in floodwater in Tewkesbury, England, on Thursday as the town of preventing Iran from devel- of preserving the agreement re- suffers continued flooding. oping a bomb — something the calling that it is a key element of country’s leaders insist they do the global nuclear non-prolifera- not want to do. tion architecture.” Since President Donald Britain, France and Germany Police criticized after India’s mob violence Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. have developed a system known unilaterally out of the deal in 2018 as INSTEX designed to facilitate The Washington Post denied allegations that officers encouraged rioters and reimpose American sanc- trade with Iran while protecting and beat residents. tions, Iran’s economy has been companies from sanctions, but so NEW DELHI — Rahis Mohammed’s voice shook By Thursday, the violence in neighborhoods of struggling. far it has found little success. as he described how a mob of 200 people arrived in northeastern Delhi had subsided. Television chan- Tehran has gradually been Borrell said that everyone at his neighborhood intent on destruction while calls to nels showed a senior police officer walking the violating the deal’s restrictions to the meeting acknowledged the police for help went unanswered. streets of one riot-hit area wearing riot gear and a pressure the remaining parties to importance of further strength- Standing on a deserted road dotted with charred helmet, urging people to come out of their homes the agreement — China, Russia, ening INSTEX, and Iran seemed vehicles on Wednesday, he watched as a police car and return to daily life. Germany, France and Britain — somewhat optimistic after the passed. “After 48 hours they have come,” Moham- The violence came after months of protests over to provide new incentives to offset talks. med, 40, said bitterly. “They left us to die.” a controversial citizenship law enacted by the gov- the American sanctions. “We discussed about differ- As India’s capital reels from an outbreak of com- ernment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The In response, the Europeans in ent ways on how to strengthen munal violence that has left more than 30 people law has intensified fears among India’s 200 million January invoked a dispute reso- this mechanism, how to provide dead and 200 injured, criticism of the response by Muslims that Modi’s goal is to marginalize them lution mechanism, designed to it with more liquidity and fund- law enforcement authorities is growing. and turn India into a Hindu nation. resolve issues with the deal or ing, how to make sure that this Witnesses say police were unwilling or unable to Critics say the law, which excludes Muslims from refer them to the U.N. Security mechanism can work, and I think control the mobs and in some instances may have a fast-track to citizenship, runs counter to India’s Council. the willingness is strong,” Iran’s participated in the worst riots in Delhi in decades. secular ethos. Supporters of the law say it helps per- Iranian Deputy Foreign Min- Araghchi said. “Also the meth- At least one police officer is among those killed in secuted religious minorities from nearby countries. ister Abbas Araghchi told report- ods we discussed today can be the violence. The Delhi Police have rejected accusa- Members of Modi’s party have vilified the protest- ers that Iran still remains “open utilized to expand trade between tions that their response was slow or inadequate and ers, likening them to traitors and criminals. to any initiative which can ensure Iran and the EU.” Friday, February 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 21 PAGE 22 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, February 28, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Trump’s comments on virus weren’t reassuring Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY JONATHAN BERNSTEIN the charge. For one thing, Pence has other Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff Bloomberg Opinion responsibilities, so he won’t be the full- time coordinator that’s really needed. But EDITORIAL elieve it or not, I was all ready to the real problem is having a virus czar who praise President Donald Trump can’t be fired and can’t credibly threaten Terry Leonard, Editor this time. I really thought when to resign — or even to be seen having any [email protected] Bhe announced a news confer- separation between himself and the presi- Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor ence for Wednesday evening that he would dent at all. (That’s not really a Trump-spe- [email protected] manage to stick to a reasonable script, and cific issue; it’s inherent in the job of the vice there were very promising rumors that he presidency). That weakens Trump, and Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content was prepared to make an excellent choice it also weakens Pence as czar. Someone [email protected] for a new coronavirus czar. brought in specifically for this job could Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation Why? Because so much was on the line have been given more authority and would [email protected] for Trump, and what he had to do was so have had a better chance to successfully easy. And while he hasn’t done it often, and steamroll the bureaucracy as needed. MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital I didn’t expect it to last much beyond the Even worse was how Trump talked [email protected] initial statement, he has at times managed President Donald Trump with Department about him. Trump first buried the an- to read a reasonable speech as written. of Health and Human Services Secretary nouncement at the end of his rambling BUREAU STAFF Surely with the markets in turmoil, and Alex Azar, right, and other members of opening statement. He also at one point the nation poised on the edge of panic, it the president’s coronavirus task force said that Health and Human Services Sec- Europe/Mideast would be obvious even to him that this was speaks Wednesday at the White House. retary Alex Azar will still be leading the Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief not the time for airing his grievances, re- task force on the coronavirus. Then when [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 peating his usual insults, and rambling on how he had recently discovered that the flu asked he denied that Pence was a “czar” like some leader of a banana republic who can kill lots of people and referring in a to- — an informal title, but one that connotes Pacific long since lost touch with reality. authority and the full backing of the presi- Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief tally oblique way to the budget requests he Well, if you watched Trump’s press con- had made to Congress and their reaction. dent. And then he said everyone would [email protected] ference, you know I was dead wrong. +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 He occasionally said something that sort report to Pence … but “they’ll also be re- Yes, he used his usual juvenile nick- of made sense, but mostly? Not. Dr. Ezekiel porting in some cases to both. I’ll be going names and petty insults for the Democrats Washington Emanuel’s reaction was what I thought: “I to meetings quite a bit, depending on what Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief he’s going to have to work with. Yes, he found most of what he said incoherent.” they want to do, what message they want to [email protected] blamed the stock market drop on Mon- get out.” In other words, Trump undercut At no time over the course of the news (+1)(202)886-0033 day and Tuesday on — wait for it — the Pence and muddled the lines of authority Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News conference did Trump supply evidence Democratic debate Tuesday night. Yes, right in the announcement of Pence’s new [email protected] that he had any idea what he was talking he repeatedly praised himself for solving responsibilities. CIRCULATION the problem (setting up a potential “Mis- about. The reason someone is needed in the job sion Accomplished” moment in the likely As for the substance? What Trump is to break down the bureaucracy and co- Mideast event the pandemic spreads in the U.S.) needed to do was to bring in someone in ordinate the actions across agencies. For Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager and had administration officials praise the White House to be in charge. Asking it to work, the czar (or whatever) needs [email protected] him as well. All entirely inappropriate and Vice President Mike Pence to do it wasn’t full, clear and consistent backing from the [email protected] terrible, but it wasn’t really a very good DSN (314)583-9111 counterproductive. president, something that’s not in Trump’s But it was worse than that. He was at choice, either. I’m not very worried about nature to provide. But I really did think he Europe times barely coherent even for someone Pence personally; a lot of liberals were could at least have pretended to do so in the Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager who knew what he was trying to say. I can’t taking shots at Pence for his poor record original announcement. Nope. [email protected] on public health when he was governor of [email protected] imagine what it was like for the bulk of the In other words, Trump is still making +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 nation, folks who only sometimes pay at- Indiana, but what’s important here are po- the situation as risky for himself as pos- tention to politics but might have tuned in litical and bureaucratic skills, not subject sible — and risking real policy failure in Pacific because they want to be reassured that the matter expertise. Pence should have the responding to real danger to public health. 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And he’s not haps something will happen to shake up Products or services advertised shall be made available for states and is close in four others to the 15% going to surge based on Tuesday night’s the narrative. But it looks like that for all of purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical mark that candidates need to get delegates. performance alone. the past year’s hullabaloo, the contest will handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor No other candidate comes close to meeting Klobuchar is another candidate who come down to three septuagenarians who of the purchaser, user or patron. that breadth and depth of support. needed a home run but hit a single. She’s started the race with name identification © Stars and Stripes 2020 This means the other candidates needed even further behind than Buttigieg every- or money. Let the real games begin. to land some knockout blows or otherwise where except Minnesota and is even more Henry Olsen is a Washington Post columnist and a stripes.com stand out from the field to propel them- obviously running as the Biden alternative. senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Friday, February 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 23 OPINION

the shortfall with additional taxes would be What newspapers extremely hard. Even if Sanders led a po- litical revolution that reshaped Congress, making his plans more politically viable, are saying at home the country does not have an unlimited supply of money that can be diverted into The following editorial excerpts are se- the federal treasury without consequences lected from a cross section of newspapers for economic growth. True progressives throughout the United States. The editori- recognize that federal money is scarce and als are provided by The Associated Press must be spent carefully, with the poorest and other stateside syndicates. first in line, so that many needs can be met. A deal with Taliban is a painful Sanders presents himself as the only one who really cares about issues such as price for ending Afghan War health care, climate change and pre-K. But Los Angeles Times other Democratic candidates, not Sanders, More than 18 years after President are treating these issues with the serious- George W. Bush dispatched U.S. forces to ness they deserve. Afghanistan to help topple the Taliban gov- ernment, the U.S. and that Islamist group are on the verge of signing an agreement Weinstein verdict offers some that the Trump administration hopes will hope for sex-assault victims lead to peace, the withdrawal of U.S. troops The New York Times and reconciliation between Afghanistan’s What does the hard-won, long-over- political factions. due conviction of Harvey Weinstein If a seven-day period of “reduced vio- a staging ground for attacks on the U.S. $5.4 billion amid the Ebola panic. Most demonstrate? lence” that went into effect over last week- Phasing out the departure of the re- of that money went to fight Ebola abroad It shows how difficult it can be to bring end holds, the agreement — which has been maining troops could provide a measure and develop a vaccine and drugs for treat- abusers to justice, particularly when they the subject of on-again, off-again negotia- of leverage for the U.S. over political de- ment. Yet Democrats are now objecting to are wealthy and powerful. It shows how tions — will be signed Saturday, according velopments in Afghanistan. But at some the White House plan to shift some $500 much the #MeToo movement has changed to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. point the troops must come home, save million of unused Ebola funds to fight the American life. And it shows how far soci- It’s possible to welcome this impending perhaps for a small number of intelligence coronavirus. The administration deserves ety still has to go. agreement — and we do welcome it — and and counterterrorism personnel. Afghani- credit for trying to reallocate that money to Weinstein was convicted on Monday of still harbor doubts about whether all of the stan has been America’s longest war and the more urgent threat. a felony sex crime and rape in the third pieces will fall into place. among its least conclusive. It needs to be Asked about this criticism while visit- degree but was acquitted of the most seri- Will a deal between the U.S. and the brought to a close. ing New Delhi, Trump said that if he had ous counts against him, predatory sexual Taliban be quickly followed by substantive requested more money Democrats would assault. He is headed for at least five years negotiations between the Taliban and the Another sickness: Using have said it was too much. He has a point, in prison. That’s a victory for Weinstein’s government in Kabul, as the Trump ad- though our guess is that Democrats are victims. ministration anticipates? That is far from health crisis to grandstand preparing the ground to blame the admin- But the Weinstein case shows the obsta- certain, given divisions within the current The Wall Street Journal istration if the coronavirus spreads . Alas, cles presented by the American legal sys- Afghan political system . Federal health officials warned Tuesday there is no cure for cynicism in the service tem to successfully prosecuting abusers. Can the Taliban be trusted to honor a that the new coronavirus will spread much of pork-barrel politics. The case, tried in a Manhattan courtroom, pledge that, if they regain a measure of more than it has in the U.S., and financial rested on testimony from just six women power, they won’t provide a haven for al- investors continued their repricing down Sanders’ expensive universal out of the more than 90 who have accused Qaida, Islamic State and other transna- of assets as a result. Equities fell another Weinstein of sexual misconduct. (He also tional terrorist groups? (It was because the 3% or so. Politicians, meanwhile, were re- child care plan a nonstarter faces charges in Los Angeles of raping one Taliban government provided a haven for pricing upward their chances of another The Washington Post woman and groping and masturbating in al-Qaida that the U.S. attacked Afghani- burst of new federal spending. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders criticizes front of another.) It took decades of per- stan after the Sept. 11 attacks.) The Trump administration on Monday Democrats for lacking the courage to think sistence by survivors, advocates, journal- Yet even given these pitfalls, the Trump sent Congress a request for $2.5 billion in big. But it takes no courage to promise im- ists and law enforcement to call Weinstein administration was right to open negotia- spending to combat the virus that began in possible levels of new spending and pro- to account before the law. In 2015, Cyrus tions with the Taliban and to announce that China. The government is now spending grams that could not work as advertised. Vance Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, it would reduce the number of U.S. forces some $40 million to $50 million a month, It takes courage to level with voters. Sand- declined to prosecute credible allegations in that country, which now number 12,000 so the request builds in the expectation ers’ rivals for the Democratic presidential against Weinstein. Vance acted years later (compared to 100,000 at the height of U.S. of more U.S. cases than the 57 already di- nomination have done far better at that. only after dozens of women went public involvement). The troops now deployed agnosed. The White House is seeking up Fresh off a big win in the Nevada cau- with their allegations. advise local troops and conduct counter- to $1.5 billion to develop and purchase a cuses, he released on Monday his latest Weinstein’s prosecutors were able to terrorism operations, but they remain in potential vaccine. Another quarter-bil- massive spending proposal, a plan to en- break through a barrier common to many harm’s way. lion dollars would go toward stockpiling able all Americans to get child care. It is assault cases, a lack of physical or other Like President Barack Obama before protective gear, from masks to biohazard similar to the universal child care plans corroborating evidence. And they also him, President Donald Trump has been suits. The Centers for Disease Control and that Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and overcame another, even more fundamental torn between a natural aversion to pro- Prevention would get the rest to cover test- former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete But- barrier: basic mistrust of women alleging tracted military engagements — what ing, repatriating and quarantining Ameri- tigieg previously rolled out, except it would sexual assault. Women have internalized Trump (and others) call “forever wars” — cans who test positive with the disease. cost more than twice as much. that message of mistrust. Despite the far- and pleas by military advisers that the U.S. Cue the inevitable gripes from Congress Each candidate’s plan would provide reaching message of #MeToo, a vast ma- not forfeit the political and military gains it that this isn’t nearly enough. Speaker universal access to child care. Each would jority of sexual assault victims never report has achieved in an operation in which more Nancy Pelosi called the request “long over- rely on a mix of organizations — from their attackers to the authorities. Many than 2,000 Americans have died. due and completely inadequate.” Senate small, home-based facilities to large day- have been conditioned to feel ashamed, as In 2017 Trump said in an address to Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called care centers to public schools. And each though the assault was their fault; those the nation that he had reconsidered his the administration’s proposal to tap some would apply new standards to the child who know it wasn’t still have little faith in a original intention to pull U.S. forces out of of the money from an Ebola preparedness care industry and raise the pay of child criminal justice system that routinely dis- Afghanistan and suggested that a politi- account an example of President Donald care providers. regards the testimony of victims. cal settlement involving the Taliban was Trump’s “towering incompetence.” Senate But Warren’s and Buttigieg’s plans would If a more balanced legal approach to only a remote possibility, conceivable only Appropriations Chairman Richard Shel- cost $700 billion over a decade, and Sand- sexual assault is going to become the norm after an “effective military effort.” But by, a Republican, worried that the White ers’ $1.5 trillion. What’s the big difference? instead of the exception, then, for a start, later, despite no significant improvement House was “lowballing” the emergency. In large part, it is that Sanders would make the law needs to change. State statutes of in the security situation, he approved talks We’d take these complaints seriously if government-sponsored child care free to limitations need to be extended or elimi- with the Taliban. Those negotiations were they were based on any expertise or fac- all, even the wealthiest of families. War- nated to give victims the opportunity to stalled after Trump overreached and pro- tual understanding of the threat. Instead, ren and Buttigieg would ask families that come forward even years after a traumatic posed a premature meeting with Taliban they’re ritualized gripes intended to set could afford to pay something to do so. The assault. Enforcement needs to change as negotiators at Camp David last year — a up the politics to make the bill a blowout Warren plan, for example, would offer free well. Law enforcement authorities need to characteristically grandiose gesture that and dare Trump to veto virus funds. The services for those who make up to twice let women know that they will be listened alarmed his national security advisers. Schumer-Pelosi gambit is to load up the the poverty level — or about $50,000 for to, and that their cases will be prosecuted Trump abruptly canceled the meeting, cit- supplemental bill with other health spend- a family of four. Everyone else would pay quickly and thoroughly . ing a bombing in Kabul that killed 12 peo- ing, whether for state grants, federal re- something, their contribution determined Weinstein’s lead lawyer said her client ple, including a U.S. service member, and search funds, or even aid for Puerto Rico’s on a sliding scale based on their income, was simply “a target of a cause and of a later declared the talks “dead.” disaster survivors. though no family would have to pay more movement.” That’s correct — if the cause is But the negotiations resumed, and Schumer tossed out a $3.1 billion demand than 7% of its income. holding sexual abusers to account, and the rightly so. It doesn’t demean the sacrifice with little tangible basis, a tacit acknowl- Sanders says he can pay for his unneces- movement is the national shift in conscious- of U.S. troops to recognize that in almost edgment of the difficulty of spending on a sarily expensive approach with money he ness over these crimes that arose in large two decades, the U.S. has not achieved the potential pandemic of unknown severity. would raise from his proposed wealth tax. part out of the revelation of Weinstein’s ambitious goals of defeating the Taliban or If the virus proves more serious or longer- But economists calculate a gap of $1 tril- behavior. So his conviction, too, stands for of ending endemic corruption in Afghani- lasting, Congress will have many chances lion or more between what his wealth tax something larger: that some measure of stan. It makes sense to return the focus to to spend more. would raise and what he claims it would justice can be attained, and with it the bal- the justification for military action: pre- This is the same game Congress played raise. Given the massive shifts in taxation ance of power between sexual predators venting Afghanistan from again becoming in 2014 when it ultimately appropriated that Sanders is already proposing, meeting and their victims can begin to shift. PAGE 24 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, February 28, 2020 Friday, February 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 25 SCOREBOARD

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Mets 6 Columbus St. 80, Georgia Southwest- No. 13 Seton Hall at No. Marquette DC 2 1 .667 67 58 N.Y. Yankees 4, Toronto (ss) 1 No. 15 Auburn at No. 8 Kentucky No. 25 TCU at Texas Tech ern 73 No. 4 Stanford at No. 24 Arizona State New York 1 2 .333 32 59 Kansas City 5, Texas 4 ETSU 60, Wofford 54 No. 20 West Virginia vs. Oklahoma Tampa Bay 0 3 .000 39 74 No. 7 Duke at Virginia No. 8 N.C. State at Virginia Colorado 12, Chicago Cubs 6 Eckerd 88, St. Leo 80 No. 13 Arizona vs. California WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago White Sox (ss) 4, San Francisco 3 Fayetteville St. 80, Shaw 65 No. 17 BYU at Pepperdine No. 15 Kentucky at Vanderbilt W L Pct PF PA Cleveland 10, Chicago White Sox (ss) 2 Flagler 93, Clayton St. 74 No. 5 San Diego State at Nevad No. 19 Florida State vs. Notre Dame Houston 3 0 1.000 99 68 Seattle 2, Milwaukee 1 Florida 81, LSU 66 No. 9 Maryland vs. No. 24 Michigan State No. 10 Mississippi State at Mississippi Dallas 2 1 .667 58 45 San Diego 9, Oakland 6 Florida Southern 90, Tampa 89 No. 3 Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary’s No. 3 Oregon vs. Washington Los Angeles 1 2 .333 74 71 L.A. Angels 7, Cincinnati 3 Furman 81, UNC-Greensboro 67 Sunday’s games No. 12 DePaul at Marquette Seattle 1 2 .333 48 64 Arizona 7, L.A. Dodgers 3 Georgia College 92, Lander 87, 2OT No. 10 Creighton at St. John’s No. 17 Oregon State vs. Washington Saturday’s games Wednesday’s games Johnson C. Smith 70, St. Augustines 68 No. 25 Houston vs. Cincinnati State Los Angeles at New York St. Louis (ss) 7, Houston (ss) 5 Lenoir-Rhyne 107, Mars Hill 98 No. 19 Michigan at No. 23 Ohio State No. 21 Missouri State at Bradley Seattle at St. Louis N.Y. Yankees 8, Washington 2 Lincoln Memorial 83, Tusculum 65 No. 11 Louisville vs. Virginia Tech No. 7 Maryland at Minnesota Sunday’s games Miami 8, St. Louis (ss) 7 Louisiana-Lafayette 77, Arkansas St. 74 No. 21 Colorado at Stanford No. 9 UCLA vs. Utah Houston at Dallas Minnesota (ss) 10, Tampa Bay 8 DC at Tampa Bay Boston 6, Pittsburgh 3 Saturday, March 7 Philadelphia 5, Minnesota (ss) 4 Seattle at Houston Baltimore 4, Atlanta 3 Tennis New York at Dallas Detroit at Toronto, ppd. Sunday, March 8 Houston (ss) 4, N.Y. Mets 2 Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, and Ken St. Louis at DC Milwaukee 3, San Francisco 3, 10 innings Mexican Open Dubai Championships Tampa Bay at Los Angeles Chicago Cubs 8, Kansas City (ss) 0 Skupski, Britain, def. Luke Saville and L.A. Dodgers 9, L.A. Angels 4 Wednesday Max Purcell (4), Australia, 4-6, 7-6 (0), Thursday Oakland 16, Arizona 3 At Fairmont Acapulco Princess 10-2. At Dubai Tennis Stadium Seattle 5, Cincinnati 3 Acapulco, Mexico Fabrice Martin and Adrian Mannarino, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Deals Kansas City (ss) 7, Chicago White Sox 6 Purse: $1,845,265 France, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, Purse: $2,794,840 San Diego 8, Cleveland 0 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor and Horacio Zeballos (3), Argentina, 3-6, Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Colorado 4, Texas 3 Men’s Singles 6-4, 10-6. Men’s Singles Wednesday’s transactions Thursday’s games Round of 16 Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals Philadelphia vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Kwon Soon Woo, South Korea, def. Du- Round of 16 Daniel Evans, Britain, def. Andrey BASEBALL Fla. san Lajovic (8), Serbia, 7-6 (2), 6-0. Storm Sanders and Ellen Perez (3), Major League Baseball Australia, def. Zhu Lin and Wang Yafan, Rublev (6), Russia, 6-2, 7-6 (9). Tampa Bay (ss) vs. N.Y. Yankees at Kyle Edmund, Britain, def. Felix Auger- Stefanos Tsitsipas (2), Greece, def. American League China, 6-1, 6-2. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Signed RHP Tampa, Fla. Aliassime (4), Canada, 6-4, 6-4. Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, 4-6, 6-4, 6- Detroit vs. Tampa Bay (ss) at Port Sara Errani, Italy, and Daniela Seguel, Chance Adams, RHP Jorge Lopez, RHP John Isner (5), United States, def. Mar- 4. Charlotte, Fla. cos Giron, United States, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Chile, def. Monique Adamczak, Australia, Foster Griffin, LHP Randy Rosario, LHP Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Karen St. Louis vs. Atlanta at North Port, Fla. Tommy Paul, United States, def. Alex- and Maria Sanchez (4), United States, 6- Erik Skogland, RHP Josh Staumont, INF Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla. ander Zverev (2), Germany, 6-3, 6-4. 4, 6-0. Khachanov (7), Russia, 6-2, 6-2. Ryan O’Hearn and OF Brett Phillips. Minnesota vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla. Taylor Fritz, United States, def. Ugo Arantxa Rus, Netherlands, and Tamara Men’s Doubles BASKETBALL Chicago Cubs vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz. Humbert, France, 6-4, 6-1. Zidansek, Slovenia, def. Yana Sizikova, Quarterfinals National Basketball Association Seattle (ss) vs. Chicago White Sox at Russia, and Cornelia Lister, Sweden, 6-1, Oliver Marach, Austria, and Raven NBA — Fined Philadelphia C Joel Embi- Grigor Dimitrov (7), Bulgaria, def. id $25,000 for making an obscene gesture Glendale, Ariz. Adrian Mannarino, France, 6-7 (8), 6-2, 3-6, 10-5. Klaasen (4), South Africa, def. Nikola Me- Colorado vs. Oakland at Mesa, Ariz. ktic, Croatia, and Wesley Koolhof, Neth- on the playing court and using profane 7-6 (2). language during a live television inter- L.A. Dodgers vs. Cleveland at Good- Stan Wawrinka (3), Switzerland, def. Chile Open erlands, 7-5, 6-4. view at a Feb. 24 game against Atlanta. year, Ariz. Pedro Martinez, Spain, 6-4, 6-4. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, and Edouard Suspended Charlotte G Malik Monk was Kansas City vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Miomir Wednesday Roger-Vasselin, France, def. Kevin Krawi- suspended without pay for violating the San Diego vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz. Kecmanovic, Serbia, 6-2, 7-5. At Club Deportivo Universidad Catolica etz and Andreas Mies (3), Germany, 6-4, terms of the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Pro- San Francisco vs. Seattle (ss) at Peo- Women’s Singles Santiago, Chile 7-6 (1). gram. ria, Ariz. Round of 16 Purse: $604,010 FOOTBALL Cincinnati vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz. Tamara Zidansek, Slovenia, def. Kaja Surface: Red clay National Football League Houston vs. Washington at West Palm Juvan, Slovenia, 6-2, 6-2. Men’s Singles Qatar Open NEW YORK GIANTS — Released LB Alec Round of 16 Beach, Fla. Heather Watson (7), Britain, def. Kat- Thursday Ogletree and Kareem Martin. Named N.Y. Mets vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla. Federico Delbonis (7), Argentina, def. eryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 7-6 (2), 6-2. At Khalifa International Tennis and Amos Jones assistant coach. Salvatore Caruso, Italy, 7-6 (1), 6-3. HOCKEY Zhu Lin (6), China, def. Katie Boulter, Renzo Olivo, Argentina, def. Pablo Squash Complex Britain, 7-6 (2), 7-5. National Hockey League MLB calendar Cuevas (4), Uruguay, 5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8). Doha, Qatar NHL — Fined F John Hayden $2,016 for Anastasia Potapova, Russia, def. Tat- Hugo Dellien (6), Bolivia, def. Marcelo Purse: $2,939,695 cross-checking Detroit F Tyler Bertuzzi March 26 — Opening day, active ros- jana Maria, Germany, 6-3, 6-3. ters reduced to 26 players. Tomas Barrios Vera, Chile, 6-3, 7-6 (2). Surface: Hardcourt outdoor during a Feb. 25 game. Leylah Annie Fernandez, Canada, def. April 18-19 — San Diego vs. Arizona at Casper Ruud (2), Norway, def. Alejan- Women’s Singles DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled D Mexico City. Nao Hibino (8), Japan, 6-3, 6-0. dro Tabilo, Chile, 6-4, 7-5. Round of 16 Dennis Cholowski from the Grand Rapids April 28-30 — New York Mets vs. Miami Xiyu Wang, China, def. Sara Errani, Men’s Doubles Ashleigh Barty (1), Australia, def. Ele- Griffins (AHL). at San Juan, Puerto Rico. Italy, 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-1. Round of 16 na Rybakina (14), Kazakhstan, walkover. United States Hockey June 3-4 — Owners meeting, New Renata Zarazua, Mexico, def. Katie Jonny O Mara, Britain, and Marcelo Women’s Singles USA HOCKEY — Named Peter Lavio- lette head coach of the U.S. Men’s Na- York. Volynets, United States, 4-6, 7-5, 6-0. Arevalo-Gonzalez (2), El Salvador, def. Quarterfinals Christina McHale, United States, def. tional team. June 10-12 — Amateur draft, Omaha, Igor Zelenay, Slovakia, and Roman Je- Aryna Sabalenka (9), Belarus, def. Caroline Dolehide, United States, 5-7, 6- SOCCER Neb. bavy, Czech Republic, 6-4, 4-6, 10-6. Zheng Saisai, China, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3. June 15 — International amateur sign- 4, 6-3. Juan Ignacio Londero and Federico Co- Major League Soccer Men’s Doubles Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, def. Be- NASHVILLE — Traded the No. 1 spot ing period closes. ria, Argentina, def. David Pel and Sander linda Bencic (4), Switzerland, 6-4, 6-4. in Major League Soccer’s Allocation Round of 16 Arends, Netherlands, 6-4, 1-6, 10-3. July 2 — International amateur sign- Women’s Doubles Ranking to Los Angeles in exchange for ing period opens. Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Ca- Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and Facundo Semifinals a combined amount of $350,000 in 2020 July 10 — Deadline for drafted players bal (1), Colombia, def. Luke Bambridge, Bagnis, Argentina, def. Andre Begemann, Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada, and and 2021 General Allocation Money and to sign, except for players who have ex- Britain, and Ben Mclachlan, Japan, 6-0, Germany, and Romain Arneodo, Monaco, Los Angeles’ natural second-round pick hausted college eligibility. 7-5. 7-6 (2), 6-4. Jelena Ostapenko (6), Latvia, def. Kristi- na Mladenovic, France, and Timea Babos in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft. July 14 — All-Star Game at Los Ange- Dusan Lajovic and Nikola Cacic, Ser- Men’s Doubles PORTLAND TIMBERS — Signed F Jer- les. bia, def. Hugo Nys, Monaco, and Felix Quarterfinals (2), Hungary, 6-4, 1-6, 10-7. emy Ebobisse to a multiyear contract July 26 — Hall of Fame induction, Coo- Auger-Aliassime, Canada, 6-3, 6-2. Roberto Carballes Baena and Alejan- Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, extension. perstown, N.Y. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Marcelo dro Davidovich Fokina, Spain, def. Artem and Hsieh Su-wei (1), Taiwan, def. Bar- National Women’s Soccer League July 31 — Last day during the season Melo (2), Brazil, def. Feliciano Lopez and Sitak, New Zealand, and Divij Sharan (3), bora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova SKY BLUE — Re-signed D Domi Rich- to trade a player. Marc Lopez, Spain, 7-5, 6-4. India, 6-3, 3-6, 10-4. (4), Czech Republic, 6-4, 4-6, 12-10. ardson. 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Eastern Conference Atlantic Division Cavs top 76ers, Embiid hurts shoulder W L Pct GB Toronto 42 16 .724 — Boston 41 17 .707 1 Philadelphia 36 23 .610 6½ Brooklyn 26 31 .456 15½ Associated Press New York 17 41 .293 25 Southeast Division Miami 36 22 .621 — CLEVELAND — Collin Sexton Orlando 26 32 .448 10 scored 28 points and the Cleve- Washington 21 36 .368 14½ Charlotte 20 38 .345 16 land Cavaliers routed Philadel- Atlanta 17 43 .283 20 phia 108-94 on Wednesday night Central Division x-Milwaukee 50 8 .862 — after 76ers center Joel Embiid Indiana 34 24 .586 16 left in the first quarter because of Chicago 20 39 .339 30½ Detroit 19 41 .317 32 a sprained left shoulder. Cleveland 17 41 .293 33 The 76ers, already playing without All-Star guard Ben Sim- Western Conference mons, never led against the team Southwest Division W L Pct GB with the worst record in the East- Houston 38 20 .655 — ern Conference and fell to 9-21 on Dallas 36 23 .610 2½ Memphis 28 30 .483 10 the road. New Orleans 25 33 .431 13 Embiid collided with Cavaliers San Antonio 24 33 .421 13½ Northwest Division center Ante Zizic while being Denver 40 18 .690 — Oklahoma City 36 22 .621 4 fouled late in the first quarter. The Utah 36 22 .621 4 7-footer held his shoulder in obvi- Portland 26 33 .441 14½ Minnesota 17 40 .298 22½ ous pain but stayed in the game Pacific Division and missed both free throws. L.A. Lakers 44 12 .786 — L.A. Clippers 39 19 .672 6 The Sixers pulled Embiid at the Sacramento 24 33 .421 20½ next time stoppage and he walked Phoenix 24 35 .407 21½ Golden State 12 46 .207 33 to the locker room while rubbing Tuesday’s games his shoulder. Indiana 119, Charlotte 80 Milwaukee 108, Toronto 97 Tristan Thompson had 14 Oklahoma City 124, Chicago 122 points and 13 rebounds, and Denver 115, Detroit 98 Boston 118, Portland 106 Larry Nance Jr. had 13 points for L.A. Lakers 118, New Orleans 109 Cleveland. Sacramento 112, Golden State 94 Wednesday’s games Celtics 114, Jazz 103: Jay- Cleveland 108, Philadelphia 94 son Tatum had 33 points and 11 Charlotte 107, New York 101 TONY DEJAK/AP Washington 110, Brooklyn 106 rebounds to lead Boston to a win Orlando 130, Atlanta 120 Minnesota 129, Miami 126 at slumping Utah. Philadelphia center Joel Embiid is defended by Cleveland’s Ante Zizic, left, and Matthew Dellavedova Houston 140, Memphis 112 Jaylen Brown added 20 points during the Cavaliers’ 108-94 win on Wednesday in Cleveland. Embiid left the game in the first quarter Dallas 109, San Antonio 103 L.A. Clippers 102, Phoenix 92 and Marcus Smart had 17 for the with a sprained left shoulder and did not return. Boston 114, Utah 103 Celtics. All five starters scored in Thursday’s games New York at Philadelphia double figures to help Boston fin- Timberwolves 129, Heat er with 8.4 seconds left to lift host Magic put away the Hawks with Portland at Indiana ish 3-1 on a road trip out West. 126: Jordan McLaughlin’s layup Washington past Brooklyn. a 14-5 spurt after Trae Young’s Sacramento at Oklahoma City L.A. Lakers at Golden State Donovan Mitchell scored 37 with just under nine seconds left After Robinson gave the Wiz- drive cut Orlando’s lead to five Friday’s games points to lead the Jazz. Mike Con- put Minnesota ahead for good, ards a 108-106 lead, the Nets’ with 6:20 remaining. Minnesota at Orlando Brooklyn at Atlanta ley chipped in with 15 and Royce D’Angelo Russell led all scorers Spencer Dinwiddie missed a Hornets 107, Knicks 101: Charlotte at Toronto O’ Neale added 14 for Utah, which with 27 points and the Timber- three-point attempt and Robinson Terry Rozier scored 26 points Cleveland at New Orleans Dallas at Miami lost its fourth straight game — all wolves won at Miami. added two free throws as Wash- and host Charlotte handed New Oklahoma City at Milwaukee at home. Malik Beasley scored 21 points, ington won after squandeing an York its fifth straight loss. Sacramento at Memphis Detroit at Phoenix Rockets 140, Grizzlies 112: Juancho Hernangomez tied a sea- 18-point lead. The slumping Devonte Graham Washington at Utah Russell Westbrook scored 33 son-high with 17 and McLaugh- Bradley Beal led the Wizards returned from a team-mandated Denver at L.A. Clippers Saturday’s games points, James Harden had 30 and lin added 13 for Minnesota. The with 30 points after consecutive night off to add 21 points. Chicago at New York Brooklyn at Miami host Houston sailed past Mem- Timberwolves were down by 12 games of 53 and 55 points. Julius Randle had 18 points and Portland at Atlanta phis for its fifth straight win. with 3:59 left, then closed on a 20- Magic 130, Hawks 120: Evan nine rebounds for the Knicks. Indiana at Cleveland L.A. Lakers at Memphis Harden say out the fourth quar- 5 run to get just their second vic- Fournier scored 28 points, Aaron Clippers 102, Suns 92: Kawhi Houston at Boston ter. Westbrook sat down for good tory in 20 games. Gordon added 25 and Orlando Leonard scored 24 points and Orlando at San Antonio with about six minutes left. Kendrick Nunn led the Heat pulled away in the fourth quarter grabbed 14 rebounds, Marcus Golden State at Phoenix Dillon Brooks had 22 points for with 24 points. to win at Atlanta, Morris added 18 points and visit- Leaders the Grizzlies. They went 0-4 on Wizards 110, Nets 106: Je- Solidifying their hold on the ing Los Angeles defeated Phoenix Scoring their longest trip of the season. rome Robinson hit a three-point- final playoff spot in the East, the for its second straight win. G FG FT PTS AVG Harden, HOU 54 550 557 1904 35.3 Beal, WAS 49 502 339 1474 30.1 Young, ATL 53 491 418 1586 29.9 Antetokounmpo, MIL 52 567 332 1543 29.7 Lillard, POR 54 507 368 1594 29.5 Doncic, DAL 46 435 320 1324 28.8 Doncic, Porzingis power Mavs past Spurs Leonard, LAC 44 418 268 1197 27.2 Westbrook, HOU 47 497 238 1278 27.2 Davis, LAL 49 452 348 1306 26.7 BY RAUL DOMINGUEZ time this season. Booker, PHX 55 488 363 1448 26.3 LaVine, CHI 59 529 266 1504 25.5 Associated Press DeMar DeRozan had 27 points, nine assists James, LAL 54 524 208 1375 25.5 and eight rebounds to lead the Spurs, who lost Ingram, NOP 50 423 264 1236 24.7 Mitchell, UTA 56 505 221 1369 24.4 SAN ANTONIO — The Dallas Mavericks for the seventh time in nine games after going Embiid, PHI 42 322 300 998 23.8 were not rattled when a disastrous start to the 2-6 on their annual Rodeo Road Trip. Rebounds G OFF DEF TOT AVG fourth quarter threatened to dismantle a game The Mavericks scored only one point in the Drummond, CLE 54 243 584 827 15.3 they thoroughly dominated to that point. Gobert, UTA 55 195 591 786 14.3 first six minutes of the final quarter, threaten- Whiteside, POR 54 216 550 766 14.2 Having Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzin- ing their dubious league record of two points Antetokounmpo, MIL 52 122 590 712 13.7 gis on offense tends to ease such tension. Sabonis, IND 55 167 521 688 12.5 scored in a quarter in 1997. Embiid, PHI 42 117 389 506 12.0 Doncic had 26 points, 14 assists and 10 re- Trey Lyle’s three-pointer with 6:16 put the Vucevic, ORL 46 119 379 498 10.8 bounds, and Porzingis added 28 points and 12 Valanciunas, MEM 54 154 413 567 10.5 Spurs up 90-89, their first lead since the open- Adebayo, MIA 57 147 450 597 10.5 rebounds as Dallas powered past the San An- ing minute of the first quarter. Thompson, CLE 53 215 328 543 10.2 tonio Spurs 109-103 on Wednesday night. Assists Losing the lead roused Dallas, who out- G AST AVG Doncic had his 13th triple-double of the sea- scored San Antonio 18-7 over the next four James, LAL 54 573 10.6 Young, ATL 53 487 9.2 son, giving him 21 for his career to tie Jason minutes to regain control. Rubio, PHX 50 434 8.7 Kidd for Dallas’ franchise record. “They picked up the heat on defense,” Mav- Doncic, DAL 46 396 8.6 Simmons, PHI 54 442 8.2 Donic, who turns 21 on Friday, shrugged ericks coach Rick Carlisle said. “We didn’t ex- Lillard, POR 54 429 7.9 when told of the record. He was happier the ecute the way we had been earlier in the game, Graham, CHA 56 429 7.7 Lowry, TOR 46 354 7.7 Mavericks overcame a rough start to the final and they made a run. We had to respond, and Harden, HOU 54 400 7.4 quarter and snapped a four-game skid in San we did.” Westbrook, HOU 47 338 7.2 FG percentage Antonio. Doncic and Porzingis combined for 11 FG FGA PCT ERIC GAY/AP “It’s tough to play here,” Doncic said. “You points, five assists and two rebounds in the Gobert, UTA 323 470 .687 Allen, BKN 241 374 .644 Dallas guard Luka Doncic had 26 points, 14 can see we’re learning. It’s not always going to final six minutes of the fourth. Capela, HOU 244 388 .629 assists and 10 rebounds in the Mavericks’ Clarke, MEM 254 408 .623 be perfect, but we’re learning.” San Antonio forward LaMarcus Aldridge Whiteside, POR 357 584 .611 109-103 win on Wednesday in San Antonio. Dallas is 13 games above .500 for the first sat out with a sore right shoulder. Adams, OKC 239 408 .586 Friday, February 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 27 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Top 25 roundup Morsell’s late three lifts No. 9 Maryland

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Down by double digits for most of the game and trailing by eight points near the two-minute mark, Maryland could’ve chalked up an off night at Minnesota to the rigor of Big Ten road play and still returned home in first place. Darryl Morsell and his team- mates refused to concede. Morsell drained the go-ahead three-pointer with 1.9 seconds left for No. 9 Maryland on Wednesday night, capping a furious come- back for a 74-73 victory with a 10- 1 run over the final 2:06. “Foul troubles, everything, I didn’t know if we were ever going to get over the hump,” coach /AP Mark Turgeon said. “But we’ve HANNAH FOSLIEN got a team of fighters.” Maryland’s Darryl Morsell Jalen Smith had 16 points and celebrates with teammate 12 rebounds, including a soar- Anthony Cowan Jr., left, after ing rebound and slam with 14.5 making the go-ahead three- /AP RAY CARLIN seconds remaining that pulled pointer in the No. 9 Terrapins’ Kansas’ Udoka Azubuike, left, dunks against Baylor’s Freddie Gillespie last Saturday in Waco, Texas. the Terrapins within 73-71. Gabe 74-73 win over Minnesota on Azubuike had 23 points and 19 rebounds in the Jayhawks’ 64-61 victory over the then-No. 1 Bears. Kalscheur short-armed the front Wednesday in Minneapolis. end of a one-and-one free throw with 12 seconds to go for the No. 16 Penn State 65, Rutgers Gophers, who missed three foul 64: Myles Dread hit a go-ahead Bully: Kansas center Azubuike dominating shots in the final 39 seconds. three-pointer with 28 seconds left Then the Terrapins hustled the to lift the Nittany Lions over the FROM BACK PAGE ball up to find Morsell, who had Scarlet Knights after Penn State ‘ He’s quickly becoming as good blew a 21-point lead. basketball,” Boynton said later, “but I’d be hard- 13 points and nine rebounds, for Izaiah Brockington scored 16 pressed to find a better national player of the a center or the best defensive the winner from NBA range from points and Lamar Stevens added year candidate than he is. The way he’s playing the top of the key. center since I’ve been here, and nine for the Nittany Lions (21-7, now is pretty special. Obviously there’s a special “When it left my hand, honest- 11-6 Big Ten). kind of fan base here and they appreciate it, but I we’ve had some good ones. ly, I thought it was going to hit off Jacob Young scored 13 points don’t know if people appreciate him nationally.” ’ the backboard and go in,“ Morsell Bill Self for Rutgers (18-11, 9-9). Azubuike has certainly opened some eyes over said. “It looked good. I knew I Kansas coach, on center Udoka Azubuike No. 12 Villanova 71, St. the last month. wasn’t going to miss short.” John’s 60: Saddiq Bey scored 23 His run began with 17 points and 12 rebounds Aaron Wiggins scored 16 points and Justin Moore added 21 against Texas, then continued with 20 points and points and Anthony Cowan Jr. to lead the host Wildcats past the 15 boards at TCU. Azubuike had another double- Still, the question remains: Will the bruising big had 10 points, nine assists and six double against Oklahoma, then had 23 points and 19 man’s game translate to the NBA? rebounds for Maryland (23-5, 13- Red Storm. rebounds last Saturday as the Jayhawks (25-3, 13- Most mock drafts have the senior center going in 4), which maintained a two-game Villanova (22-6, 11-4 Big East) 1) beat then-No. 1 Baylor on the road to regain the the second round, if at all, primarily because teams lead for first place in the Big Ten had trouble shaking St. John’s top spot in the nation and forge a tie atop the Big 12 are wary of drafting a prototypical center the way with three games to go. This was until late on a night the program standings. the game has evolved. And whereas Azubuike can the the third comeback victory honored former star Kyle Lowry, Along the way, Azubuike reached the 1,000-point dunk his way to big numbers in college, those easy from 15-plus points by the Terra- a five-time All-Star guard for the mark for his career — a nice benchmark consider- looks at the rim will be much harder to find in the pins this season, and the 17-point NBA champion Toronto Raptors, ing he missed much of his first couple seasons to in- pros, and his mid-range game remains a work in deficit overcome marked their who played two seasons for the jury. His total of 35 rebounds in the past two games progress. largest of the last 10 years. Wildcats. are the most since Thomas Robinson had that many “If he plays to his athletic ability that’s how he’ll during the 2011-12 season, and his 42 points and get paid,” Self said. “He’ll never get paid by shooting 35 rebounds allowed him to join Robinson, Dedric 15-foot fadeaways or whatever it is. That’s not who Lawson, Wayne Simien and Drew Gooden as the he is. So, can he guard a ball screen? Can he get to only players with at least 40 points and 30 or more the rim? Can he defend outside his area? If he can do rebounds in a two-game span. those things he has a chance to make it.” Azubuike has also been able to steer clear of foul Most of the names hanging from the rafters in trouble. His conditioning has improved to the point Allen Fieldhouse didn’t just put up big numbers or that he can easily play more than 30 minutes per earn a long list of individual accolades. That’s not game. And his defense has been unparalleled, almost how the truly great ones get remembered at Kansas. single-handedly shutting down the entire paint. They also took their team deep into the NCAA Tour- “We’ve been trying to tell Doke all along he can nament, and the best of them ushered the Jayhawks dominate a game without getting a lot of touches. If to the Final Four and beyond. that’s the case, he’s quickly becoming as good a cen- Azubuike has been there once, helping Kansas to ter or the best defensive center since I’ve been here, the national semifinals as a sophomore. Taking his and we’ve had some good ones,” Kansas coach Bill team back to the final weekend of the season would Self said. “I think people have begun to recognize almost certainly cement his legacy among the best him for what he brings to the table.” to play for the Jayhawks. Azubuike has come a long ways since his child- “If you look at Doke over the last recent games, hood in Delta, Nigeria. He was an exceedingly raw you could make a case for it,” Self said. “Hopefully GARY M. BARANEC/AP prospect coming out of high school, and his only he’ll continue on this uptick and keep building on it, offensive move early on was a dunk. But his game and if we win, he’ll get some mention for player of Penn State’s Myles Dread (2) is flanked by the Nittany Lion mascot has improved over time to where he is a more well- the year. I’d like all our guys to be in the game for and coach Patrick Chambers during the playing of the school’s alma rounded player — even his chronically poor foul all the postseason accolades, but we still need to win mater after his three-pointer with 28 seconds left lifted Penn State shooting has reached an acceptable level. games to think about any of that.” over Rutgers on Wednesday in State College, Pa. PAGE 28 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Friday, February 28, 2020 MLB Battle of nerves: Pirates’ Burdi returns Pitcher is back to throwing heat a year after his harrowing arm injury

BY WILL GRAVES weeks passed, the numbness in Associated Press the pinkie and ring finger of his right hand lingered. BRADENTON, Fla. — The rib Doctors eventually diagnosed is stashed away somewhere in his Burdi with the neurogenic ver- parents’ house in suburban Chi- sion of Thoracic Outlet Syndome, cago, a reminder of what Pitts- which arises when the nerves burgh Pirates reliever Nick Burdi between the collarbone and first needed to lose to find himself. rib compress. The symptoms The images are ingrained in — tingling and pain chief among the 27-year-old’s mind forever, them — were familiar, symptoms every pitcher’s nightmare come Burdi had dismissed for years as to agonizing life. The hard-throw- the cost of doing business when ing right-hander, his big league you throw a baseball triple digits career finally gaining some trac- for a living. tion following a series of fits and In a way, Burdi was relieved. starts, slung a 97 mph fastball to At least he had an answer, though Arizona’s Jarrod Dyson in the top the surgery he underwent last of the eighth June included the removal of the at PNC Park first rib on his right side, consid- last April 23 ered necessary to give the nerves that Dyson room to breathe. Burdi ended up took for a giving the rib to his parents as a ball. present of sorts, joking he might By the ask for it back after he retires. time Pirates Ten months after Burdi’s ca- catcher Elias reer flashed in front of his eyes Diaz stood in a quiet ballpark, he stood on up to throw the mound at Pirates City on Feb. the ball 19 and officially hit reset. He back, Burdi Burdi faced outfielders Bryan Reyn- was crum- olds, Gregory Polanco and Jar- pled in a rod Dyson. Reynolds — fourth in heap on the mound, his pitching Rookie of the Year voting in 2019 arm aflame. Both dugouts fell si- — struck out on a check swing. lent as Burdi clutched his biceps Polanco didn’t make contact. in agony. Burdi had undergone Dyson managed a tapper to the Tommy John surgery in 2017. He mound. Otherwise, they failed knew what it felt like when his to get a handle on a fastball that elbow went haywire. This was not touched 98. that, which made it all the more On Wednesday, his fastball harrowing. touched 100 mph as he struck “I had the shooting pain, the out two batters while working a throbbing pain in the bicep and scoreless fourth inning. elbow area but I didn’t know what Asked if he took a deep breath it was,” Burdi said this week. “I to drink in the moment his long PHOTOS BY GENE J. PUSKAR/AP didn’t know if I had torn some- road back was finally over, the 6- Above: Pirates relief pitcher Nick Burdi, center, is helped off the field by a team trainer on April 22 after thing again, if I had ripped some- foot-3, 225-pound Burdi shook his being injured while delivering a pitch against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Pittsburgh. Below: Burdi thing off the bone, whatever it head. That moment came last fall reacts immediately after injuring his arm. He’s now back with the Pirates, one rib lighter and optimistic may be.” when he was cleared to start play- his issues with thoracic outlet syndrome are behind him. Racing from the dugout, direc- ing catch. Now he’s too focused on tor of sports medicine Todd Tom- trying to carve out his own spot in The Twins were so enamored czyk feared Burdi had fractured what could be a crowded bullpen. with him tafter a record-setting his arm. Those initial concerns “I’m fighting with 10-15 other run at Louisville they used a sec- passed. The team ordered Burdi guys who are healthy and haven’t ond-round pick on him in 2014. — who made the club out of spring had surgery,“ Burdi said. “So I Yet he struggled with consistency training in 2019 and had chalked can’t really look at it like that.” and Minnesota left him unpro- up an impressive 17 strikeouts in Most of those 10-15 other guys, tected in the 2017 Rule 5 Draft 2 8 ⁄3 innings — to rest. Yet as the however, don’t have Burdi’s stuff. six months after he underwent reconstructive elbow surgery. By the numbers The Phillies grabbed him and immediately flipped him to Pitts- burgh for $500,000 in interna- tional bonus pool money. Burdi made two appearances in the ma- jors near the end of 2018 before 12.1 3.44 9.35 earning an invitation north last year following an electric spring Strikeout average Burdi’s ERA in Burdi’s ERA training in which he fanned 13 batters in 10 innings of work. guys deal with it and move on and and the organization and all the per nine innings his five seasons in his injury- As promising as his 2019 start- get ready for 2020.” resources that were poured into for Pittsburgh in the minors. shortened season ed, it all vanished in an instant. There is no guarantee that him,” Tomczyk said. “It was pret- Pirates pitcher last year with Yet Burdi insists he never consid- Burdi is clear of TOS forever. ty special to watch.“ Nick Burdi during the Pirates as he ered quitting as he eyed his sec- Yet by launching himself off the Just as special: how good Burdi ond lengthy rehab in three years. rubber at Pirates City in the mid- felt in the aftermath. The post- five seasons pitched for only “I knew what I was getting February sun, the heat that pours outing discomfort he knew all too 2 in the minor 8 ⁄3 innings. into,” he said. “I knew that it was out of his right arm as vibrant well is gone. Yeah, he could worry leagues. going to be a long road again. as ever, he took a massive step about it but what’s the point? This is something that baseball is forward. “I’m ready to go back out my passion, it’s my livelihood so “To get over that mental hump there,” Burdi said. “All gas from SOURCE: Baseball-reference.com it’s one of those things where you is a testament of Nick’s hard work here out.” Friday, February 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 29 MLB Astros continue to be punished by beanballs, boos

Associated Press PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — George Springer could only stand there all alone and listen. The Houston Astros lead- off man had no choice when he stepped into the batter’s box a bit too early and was showered with loud boos Wednesday at an exhi- bition game against the New York Mets. Mets pitcher Noah Synder- FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP gaard turned and looked at the Minnesota Twins infielder Miguel Sano hit a career-high 34 homers last season but is gladly making the scoreboard clock that showed 1:09 switch from third base to first to make way for free-agent signee Josh Donaldson. p.m. — he waited for the minute to change so the game would of- ficially reach the 1:10 start time, Twins’ Sano moves to first leaving Springer nowhere to go as the crowd heckled him. “Cheater! Cheater! Cheater!” one Mets fan along the first-base KAREN WARREN, HOUSTON CHRONICLE/AP to make room for Donaldson side chanted at Springer. Houston Astros third baseman Less than an hour south in West Alex Bregman homered Palm Beach, the Astros were Associated Press Wednesday but was also the ‘ playing the St. Louis Cardinals seventh Astros player to be hit FORT MYERS, Fla. — For I don’t think he’s gotten enough credit for in a split-squad game. Houston’s by a pitch in spring training. the Twins to land free agent Josh Alex Bregman hit his first homer kind of relinquishing his position to bring in of spring training in the third in- Donaldson, Miguel Sano knew tive who lives in Port St. Lucie what would be asked of him. He a guy he knew could help his team a lot. ning, then was hit in the back in the fifth inning by a breaking seven months of the year, sported didn’t hesitate. Jake Odorizzi’ a dark New York Yankees T-shirt Instead, Sano sent a video to ball from reliever Ramon Santos, Twins pitcher, on teammate Miguel Sano making Bregman the seventh As- and deplored the cheating scam. Donaldson, lobbying the 2015 tros player plunked in five spring But he stopped short of saying the American League MVP to join training games. title should be stripped from the the Twins. The key to Sano’s pitch: ing to move to first base’ I think a three-year, $30 million exten- “It was a splitter,” Bregman Astros. He would happily move across needs to be put out there,” said sion in the offseason. said. “It just got away from him.” “As a Yankees fan, it’s extreme- the infield to play first base with Jake Odorizzi, who pitched two In past springs there have been Dustin Garneau was hit Sunday ly discouraging,” said Masotti, Donaldson taking over at third. innings against Philadelphia on questions about Sano’s condition- against Washington, and Jose Al- who followed Springer’s career Understand, too, that Sano has Wednesday. ing . Not so, this year. tuve was grazed Monday against as a star at UConn. “I think it’s a appeared in just 31 games at first “That’s a really good team “He’s actually in great shape,” Detroit, when Osvaldo Duarte travesty for the integrity of base- base since making his big league move and a really good team manager Rocco Baldelli said. and Alex De Goti also were hit. ball. What happened is something debut in 2015, spending the last mindset. So, I don’t think he’s got- “He came in and spent, again, Aledmys Diaz and Jake Meyers that may not go away for a while, five seasons working to improve ten enough credit for kind of re- for the second straight offseason, were hit Tuesday by Miami. unfortunately.” at third. linquishing his position to bring he’s worked incredibly hard. He’s In Port St. Lucie, the normal After Springer worked a two- “The first time I met him, I in a guy he knew could help his moving well. I don’t think people tranquility of February games out walk in the bottom of the saw that he’s a really good guy team a lot. So, a lot of credit goes tend to forget this, but I wonder again was broken as a split squad ninth inning in Game 6 of the AL and he’s got a lot of energy,” Sano to him,” he said. if they do — he’s an incredible of Astros continued the team’s Championship Series in Houston said. “He’s the kind of player that After a disappointing start to athlete. latest stop on their spring train- last October, Altuve hit a walk-off I love to see. He’s positive and he the 2019 season, when he was “Just because he has the size ing tour of derisive boos and cat- homer off Yankees reliever Arol- loves the game. He likes to win sidelined until mid-May by a heel and strength that he does, doesn’t calls, the result of their exposed dis Chapman that sent the Astros and play hard .” laceration suffered while playing mean this guy can’t run. He can sign-stealing scheme. to their second World Series in Just as his teammates saw what winter ball, Sano rebounded, hit- run, and he actually gives really Two days after Altuve, Breg- three years. Sano did. ting a career-best 34 homers. He good effort on the bases when he’s man, Carlos Correa and Yuli “The Yanks ended up being on “The teammate that he was led Minnesota’s “Bomba Squad” out there. He’s trying to be the Gurriel got jeered for a game at the short end of this whole thing. to kind of help on the recruiting to a MLB-record 307 home runs best baserunner and best ball- Detroit’s park in Lakeland, it was As a Yankees fan, I’m very disap- process of JD, tell him, ‘Hey, you and the AL Central title. player that he can be, and we’re the Mets’ turn to host at newly pointed,” Masotti said. can have third base, I’m will- The Twins rewarded Sano with going to see more of that.” renovated Clover Park in Port St. A native of New Britain, Conn, Lucie. and the MVP of 2017’s scandal- Vilified this offseason by the ous World Series, Springer drew Yankees’ Stanton likely to miss opener baseball world due to their scam, the loudest boos. He had three at- the Astros brought a pedestrian bats and departed after a fifth-in- lineup to face the Mets. Springer ning bloop single. Associated Press John surgery and would miss the entire season. and fellow outfielder Michael “The only guy I feel for — I’m a Slugger Aaron Judge and lefty James Paxton al- Brantley were the top Astros who UConn alum — is Springer. I saw New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton will started. him play in college. I feel bad for likely miss opening day because of a strained right ready had been slowed this spring by injuries. So it wasn’t mainly the names him, I really do,” Masotti said. calf, another significant injury for a team that was The Yankees put a major league-record 30 play- on the back of the jerseys that an- Springer flied out in the first, beset by health problems last season. ers on the injured list last year, with Stanton missing most of the season. gered the small midweek crowd and Brantley batted next. Brant- Manager Aaron Boone said Stanton was hurt ley grew up playing baseball in Asked if he felt snake-bitten, Boone replied “No.” in attendance at New York’s near the end of defensive drills on Tuesday. An MRI spruced-up ballpark, which had this area, starred in high school The AL East champion Yankees open on March found a Grade 1 strain. $57 million of renovations and ad- in nearby Fort Pierce and is an “It will probably put us against it a little bit,” 26 at Baltimore. ditions put in starting a year ago. offseason resident of Port St. Boone said Wednesday. “I would say it’s time for Stanton played in just 18 games due a number of It was the logo and colors worn Lucie. him to get back, but then getting built up and stuff. injuries last season, batting .288 with three homers by Houston, ironically a similar Despite the local roots, he also We’ll see.” in 59 at-bats. He hit 38 homers in his first year with orange-and-blue color pattern to drew a heaping dose of boos from The announcement came a day after New York the Yankees in 2018, one year after going deep a ca- what the Mets wore. his locals, though not like Spring- said All-Star pitcher Luis Severino needed Tommy reer-high 59 times in 2017 with the Miami Marlins. Jim Masotti, a Connecticut na- er did. PAGE 30 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, February 28, 2020 OLYMPICS/NHL Le Clos seeks Sun Yang’s gold South African thinks Chinese swimmer should be banned, but odds are against it

BY ANDREW DAMPF collection officials. Associated Press A three-time Olympic cham- pion, Sun could be banished from NAPLES, Italy — Chad le Clos the sport for up to eight years but believes he has a claim on Sun any ban likely won’t be backdated Yang’s gold medal from the Rio before September 2018 — mean- de Janeiro Olympics, with a ver- ing all of his Olympic medals dict due Friday on the Chinese seem safe. swimmer’s latest doping case. But there’s also the fact that in- “He should be banned. It’s as ternational swimming authorities simple as that,” Le Clos said in worked to protect Sun from being an interview with The Associated banned, according to a Swiss su- Press this week. “Anyone who preme court document. tests positive should be banned. FINA has faced criticisms in JOHN LOCHER/AP I should get my gold medal back the past for favoring Sun during Oilers center Leon Draisaitl, left, takes a shot on Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury during from Rio. his career. It did not announce the first period on Wednesday in Las Vegas. Fluery stopped 29 shots to earn his 61st career shutout. “Not for the moment. I lost that. Sun’s three-month ban for doping I don’t really care about that,” Le imposed by Chinese authorities Clos added on Wednesday. “It’s until after it ended in 2014. NHL roundup NHL scoreboard just for my record. If I break my “I just hope the system and leg and I can’t swim again I want whatever we have is really accu- my record to say, ‘Two individual rate,” said Hungarian swimmer Eastern Conference golds, two individual silvers.’ Be- Katinka Hosszu, who won three cause that’s what it should be.” Cousins, Fleury lift Atlantic Division golds in Rio. “I just hope the deci- GP W L OT Pts GF GA Le Clos’ Olympic record cur- sions they are making is fair and Boston 64 39 13 12 90 210 164 Tampa Bay 63 40 18 5 85 224 175 rently contains one gold medal is for the sport and not for other Toronto 64 33 23 8 74 224 213 and three silvers — including a reasons.” Florida 63 33 24 6 72 219 213 Knights over Oilers Montreal 65 29 27 9 67 197 199 second-place finish to Sun in the The medals that Sun risks los- Buffalo 63 29 26 8 66 184 196 200-meter freestyle at the 2016 ing most are the two golds that he Ottawa 64 21 31 12 54 169 219 Associated Press Just six points separate the top Detroit 65 15 46 4 34 131 244 Games. won at last year’s world champi- four squads in the Pacific as Cal- Metropolitan Division Odds are, though, that Sun onships in the 200 and 400 free. LAS VEGAS — Nick Cousins Washington 63 39 18 6 84 222 193 gary holds the top wild-card spot, Pittsburgh 62 37 19 6 80 202 170 won’t lose any Olympic titles scored in his Vegas debut and the Philadelphia 63 36 20 7 79 210 185 At the event in Gwangju, South two points better than Nashville. when the Court of Arbitration for Korea, fellow medalists Mack Golden Knights beat the Edmon- N.Y. Islanders 62 35 20 7 77 179 168 Vegas improved to 11-3-2 under Columbus 65 31 20 14 76 170 171 Sport issues its ruling in Laus- Horton of Australia and Duncan ton Oilers 3-0 on Wednesday night Carolina 62 35 23 4 74 202 176 Peter DeBoer, who replaced fired anne, Switzerland. Scott of Britain refused to stand in a matchup of the top teams in N.Y. Rangers 62 34 24 4 72 207 191 Gerard Gallant on Jan. 15. New Jersey 62 25 27 10 60 171 211 The case centers on Sun’s al- with him on the podium. the Pacific Division. Edmonton is 18-13-3 on the leged refusal to provide blood and Sun has denied any wrongdo- Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 Western Conference road. urine in September 2018 in a visit ing. Any ban imposed in the com- saves to earn his 61st career shut- Central Division Kings 2, Penguins 1: Blake GP W L OT Pts GF GA by sample collectors to his home ing days would likely prevent him out, tied for 17th on the career list Lizotte had a power-play goal and St. Louis 64 37 17 10 84 206 179 in China. During the late-night from competing at this year’s with Turk Broda. The 16-year- Colorado 62 37 18 7 81 215 168 an assist, Cal Petersen made 36 Dallas 63 37 20 6 80 171 160 confrontation, a security guard Tokyo Olympics. veteran netminder is now 5-0-0 saves and host Los Angeles spoiled Nashville 62 31 23 8 70 198 198 used a hammer to smash a con- “I have nothing against any- in his last five starts. Winnipeg 65 32 27 6 70 196 195 the debuts of Patrick Marleau and Minnesota 62 30 25 7 67 191 201 tainer holding Sun’s blood as the body. It’s not personal,” Le Clos Cousins, acquired from Mon- Chicago 63 27 28 8 62 187 203 two more of Pittsburgh’s deadline swimmer lit the scene with his said. “It’s just how the world treal at the NHL’s trade deadline Pacific Division acquisitions. Vegas 65 35 22 8 78 211 196 mobile phone. should be. If you cheat or if you Monday, knocked home a rebound Vancouver 62 34 22 6 74 207 190 The World Anti-Doping Agen- do something wrong, like if you on a power play for his sixth over- Lizotte posted his second ca- Edmonton 64 33 23 8 74 201 199 reer multi-point game and Trevor Calgary 64 33 25 6 72 192 198 cy appealed after swimming false start, you get disqualified. all goal to give the Golden Knights Arizona 66 31 27 8 70 182 176 Lewis also scored as the last-place Anaheim 63 25 30 8 58 165 200 federation FINA merely warned It’s simple as that.” a 2-0 lead midway through the San Jose 63 26 33 4 56 161 207 Sun and cited doubts about cre- third period. Kings hung on for their fourth win Los Angeles 64 23 35 6 52 158 204 AP Sports Writer Graham Dunbar in in seven games. Note: Two points for a win, one point dentials shown by three sample Geneva contributed. “In the first period there, my for overtime loss. Top three teams in head was spinning a little bit with Tristan Jarry stopped 20 shots each division and two wild cards per in Pittsburgh’s fourth consecutive conference advance to playoffs. all the travel and stuff like that Wednesday’s games and just trying to get accustomed loss. Bryan Rust scored with 13:18 Colorado 3, Buffalo 2 Vegas 3, Edmonton 0 to everything,” said Cousins, who to play, but the Penguins couldn’t Los Angeles 2, Pittsburgh 1 get the equalizer past Petersen, Thursday’s games became the 10th player in Golden Chicago at Tampa Bay Knights history to score in his who was strong in his seventh ca- Dallas at Boston reer victory. N.Y. Rangers at Montreal team debut. “I thought in the sec- Toronto at Florida ond period, as the game went on, Evgeni Malkin got the key assist Minnesota at Detroit on Rust’s goal while playing in his Vancouver at Ottawa I started moving my feet, started Calgary at Nashville making a little more plays and 900th career game, but the Pen- N.Y. Islanders at St. Louis Washington at Winnipeg hanging on to the puck a little bit guins opened a road swing against New Jersey at San Jose more. And when I do that, that’s California’s three teams with their Friday’s games Minnesota at Columbus when I’m at my best.” fourth straight regulation loss. N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia Max Pacioretty and Shea Theo- Avalanche 3, Sabres 2: J.T. Colorado at Carolina Buffalo at Vegas dore also scored for Vegas, which Compher broke a tie on a wrist Pittsburgh at Anaheim shot with 8:06 remaining, Martin Saturday’s games won its seventh straight game. Boston at N.Y. Islanders “We’re finding a lot of differ- Kaut scored his first NHL goal Calgary at Tampa Bay and banged-up host Colorado won New Jersey at Los Angeles ent ways to win,” Vegas veteran Chicago at Florida defenseman Nate Schmidt said. its fourth straight. Carolina at Montreal Detroit at Ottawa “There are nights that we go out Gabriel Landeskog also scored Vancouver at Toronto there and dominate offensively. to help the Avalanche vault into Buffalo at Arizona Colorado at Nashville Tonight I thought we played re- second place in the Central Dallas at St. Louis ally well defensively and that led Division. Winnipeg at Edmonton Pittsburgh at San Jose into our offense.” Pavel Francouz was sharp in ANDREW MEDICHINI/AP Sunday’s games With the victory, the Golden stopping 31 shots, including sev- Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers Calgary at Florida South African swimmer Chad Le Clos trains in Naples, Italy on Knights increased their lead to eral sprawling saves in the clos- Vancouver at Columbus Wednesday. Le Clos thinks Chinese swimmer Sun Yang should be Washington at Minnesota four points ahead of the Oilers and ing minute after the Sabres pulled New Jersey at Anaheim banned and “I should get my gold medal back from Rio.” Vancouver, each with 74 points. their goalie for an extra skater. Los Angeles at Vegas Friday, February 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 31 NFL COMBINE Another chapter Dobbins, Taylor continue RB rivalry

BY MICHAEL MAROT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Jonathan Taylor and J.K. Dobbins spent three seasons vying for the title of

MICHAEL CONROY/AP Big Ten’s best running back. Dobbins’ case begins with the three shiny con- Alabama’s Jerry Jeudy is considered one of the top prospects in a ference championship rings he won playing at Ohio deep class of wide receivers taking part in the NFL Draft. State. Taylor’s argument shows up in a trophy case full of hardware he earned at Wisconsin. Now two of the conference’s most prolific runners Immediate impact: find themselves engaged in yet another competition: Becoming the first running back selected in this spring’s NFL Draft. “It’s been fun, especially this past year,” Taylor WR class is loaded said, standing at the same podium Dobbins used just a few minutes earlier. “I’ve always enjoyed going BY ARNIE STAPLETON are so much more advanced in against those guys just because you come to the Associated Press terms of their fundamentals com- Division I level to play against the best guys in the ing into college and the league country and O-State is one of those teams that is an INDIANAPOLIS — If your fa- than maybe they have been in elite team. So you have to enjoy that competition.” vorite NFL team doesn’t have a the past. It’s really just the NFL Taylor leaves nothing to chance when taking on Tyreek Hill, Julio Jones or Court- offense that will take time. So I the opposition. He worked out with the Badgers land Sutton streaking down the think there’s some guys sitting track team to become a more explosive runner. He TNS field, making cornerbacks cringe here today that I think will have a used the JUGS machines to improve as a receiver. Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor is the only and constantly redefining the chance to make a pretty immedi- He learned to modify his breathing, which he cred- FBS player to rush for more than 6,000 yards in highlight catch, just wait. ate impact, and I’m excited about its for helping him maintain focus, and last year he three seasons. Chances are good they’ll grab that.” added yoga to his workout routine because it helped one in this year’s draft. Guys such as Colorado’s Lav- with his flexibility and recovery time. If he hits that mark, the 5-foot-10, 226-pound Tay- The NFL scouting combine in iska Shenault, Alabama’s Jerry The results have been staggering. lor would go a long way to being the first running Indianapolis features a tantaliz- Jeudy and Henry Ruggs III, He’s the only FBS player to rush for more than back drafted in Las Vegas in April. ing wide re- Oklahoma’s CeeDee Lamb, LSU’s 6,000 yards in three seasons, the only FBS player The 5-9, 209-pound Dobbins has other plans. ceiver class Justin Jefferson, Arizona State’s with three straight seasons over 1,900 yards and the His impressive résumé includes being the first unlike any- Brandon Aiyuk and Clemson’s only Wisconsin player with three top-10 finishes in Ohio State runner to have a 2,000-yard season and thing ever Tee Higgins. Heisman Trophy voting. He won the Doak Walker the only one with 1,000-yard seasons as a freshman seen at the Just to name a few. Award each of the past two years, was selected as and sophomore. He’s second on the Buckeyes rush- league’s an- The wide receiver group is “as the Big Ten’s top freshman in 2017 and its best run- ing list, behind two-time Heisman winner Archie nual gath- deep as I’ve seen,” NFL Draft an- ner the past two seasons. Griffin, and he matched Griffin’s school record with ering of top alyst Daniel Jeremiah said. “I’ve So here in Indianapolis for the league’s annual three consecutive 1,000-yard seasons. prospects. got 27 wide receivers with top- scouting combine, Taylor is trying to regain the But Dobbins contends his 3-0 record against Wis- “You’ve three round grades in this draft. upper hand. consin gives him bragging rights. probably And consider average 31 are “I’m trying my best to show I can crack 4.4 (sec- “I don’t really see it as a rivalry because he plays heard every taken. We had a max of 35 taken onds), trying to show I have that long-distance on a different team,” he said. “He’s not on defense, GM and Lamb in (2015). So this is a really phe- speed,” he said, referring to his time in the 40-yard so I’m not necessarily going against him. If there is coach talk nomenal group of wideouts.” dash. “I know it shows up on film, but they still want a rivalry, I think I won the better of that because we about this wide receiver class; it There’s someone for everyone to put a number on a sheet of paper.” beat them every time we played them.” is a good one,” Jets GM Joe Doug- this year, whether they’re looking las said. “Just watching them go for a deep threat, a crisp route- across the stage, there is a lot of runner, a fearless man going over talented players and we see how the middle or even taking the much the pass game affects the direct snap like Shenault did so National Football League. So we often at Colorado. do feel good about this group.” “Receiver, of all positions, Actually, teams feel great about probably comes in the Baskin- the 2020 receivers. Robbins 31 flavors,” Bills general Teams are more willing than manager Brandon Beane said. ever to bypass the old wait-and- “Size, speed, length, run after watch standby for a plug-and- catch, all sorts of variables.” play approach with bigger, faster, This year, especially. quicker pass-catchers coming out “I think there could be a lot of such as Calvin Ridley and D.J. guys drafted all the way through Moore, who made an immediate from 1 to 7 (rounds),” Beane said. impact in 2018, followed by Deebo “We were talking about it the Samuel, DK Metcalf, Marquise other day. There’s going to be Brown, Terry McLaurin and A.J. guys drafted on the third day of Brown, who wasted no time es- the draft who may come in and tablishing their credentials last take a veteran’s spot on a team. season. It’s that deep.” “There is a lot more receivers The best of the bunch is prob- coming into the draft because ably Jeudy or Lamb, but they there’s just a lot more receivers in all sport that one attribute that college football and high school premier pass catchers also pos- football,” Rams GM Les Snead sess: a confidence bordering on said. “A lot of teams running cockiness. three, four, five wides.” Jeudy said he’s the best, but It starts way before college. he’s hearing everyone else say “I think in today’s day and age they’re the best. where these guys were start- “I feel like everybody should ing 7-on-7, it’s almost like AAU think they’re the best receiver DAVID PETKIEWICZ, CLEVELAND.COM/TNS basketball,” Packers GM Brian coming out in the class,” Jeudy Gutekunst said. “The receivers said. J.K. Dobbins was the first Ohio State running back to have a 2,000-yard season. 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COLLEGE BASKETBALL Just bully Bruising Jayhawks center Azubuike is force behind Kansas’ return to No. 1

BY DAVE SKRETTA Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. klahoma State coach Mike Boynton had just finished watching Udoka Azubuike bully his way to 19 points and 16 rebounds against his over- matched Cowboys when he pulled the 7- footer aside and pointed to the rafters in Allen Fieldhouse. “Keep it up,” Boynton whispered into the ear of the Kansas center, “and your name will be up there, too.” There are certain requirements for a player to have his jersey raised above the south seats in the old field house, among them becoming an All-American or win- ning the Big 12’s player of the year award. It’s not an honor that the Jayhawks bestow on just anyone. The way Azubuike has been playing late- ly, it won’t be long before his No. 35 joins the jerseys of the great Wilt Chamberlain, Clyde Lovellette, Jo Jo White and Danny Manning hanging from the ceiling. “I don’t watch a whole lot of national

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Kansas center Udoka Azubuike’s 42 points and 35 rebounds over the past two games place him among Dedric Lawson, Wayne Simien, Drew Gooden and Thomas Robinson as the only Jayhawks with at least 40 points and 30 or more rebounds in a two-game span.

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