President Taken to Walter Reed in 2004, Originally Focused on Countering the Improvised Explosive Device Threat in Iraq and Grew to More Than 300 Members

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CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK President Donald Trump arrives at Walter Reed Army shutters National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md., Friday, after he tested positive for COVID-19. units created JACQUELYN MARTIN / AP to wage war on terrorism

BY J.P. LAWRENCE Stars and Stripes The Army intends to close two units developed to fix problems faced by troops fighting America’s wars in Iraq and Af- ghanistan, the service said in a statement Friday. The Asymmetric Warfare Group and the Rapid Equipping Force will be deacti- vated by Sept. 30, 2021, the statement said. Personnel and resources from both organizations will be absorbed into the Inside: larger force, the Army said. At least The closures 13 dead after are due to a shift in focus away suicide attack from counterin- in Afghanistan, surgency opera- Page 4 tions, the Army said, toward large- scale combat and “great power competition,” a term that often refers to countries such as Russia and China. The decision comes as the U.S. looks to end its war in Afghanistan as part of a deal with the Taliban, with troop levels expected to drop to between 4,000 and 5,000 by the end of November, according to con- gressional testimony last month. The Asymmetric Warfare Group, or AWG, sends military and civilian consul- tants to units in training and on the battlefield. The group, which began its missions President taken to Walter Reed in 2004, originally focused on countering the improvised explosive device threat in Iraq and grew to more than 300 members. Over the years, the group’s projects in- Doctor insists Trump well despite concerning signs at military hospital cluded a fast-acting smoke grenade to ob- scure snipers, a system to remotely shoot Associated Press dirt off suspicious mounds to check for has ever required supplemental on condition of anonymity. buried bombs, and a portable tunnel train- ‘ Going oxygen. Conley said Trump has been BETHESDA, Md. ing facility to train soldiers in subterra- fever-free for 24 hours as he up- resident Donald Trump’s welI, I Conley’s assessment was con- nean warfare. dated the nation on the president’s doctor insisted Saturday tradicted by an account provided Advisers, often deployed to Iraq and Af- think! condition from Walter Reed Medi- that he is doing “very by a person familiar with Trump’s ghanistan in pairs, also teach combat units cal Center Saturday afternoon. well” as he is treated Thank condition, who said some of his how to counter specific enemy tactics. P Trump was admitted Friday after for COVID-19 at a military hos- vital signs over the past 24 hours The Rapid Equipping Force, headquar- you to all. testing positive for the corona- pital. But Navy Commander Dr. were “very concerning” and that tered in Fort Belvoir, Va., invented new LOVE!!! virus and has been undergoing Sean Conley and other doctors ’ the next 48 hours will be critical in equipment in response to what soldiers de- treatment. raised more questions than they President terms of his care. The person was ployed to Afghanistan said they needed. While Conley said the president answered at a briefing, leaving Donald Trump not authorized to speak publicly The organization debuted in 2002 and unclear whether the president in a tweet Friday and spoke to The Associated Press SEE HOSPITAL ON PAGE 5 has a team based in Bagram Air Field. SEE TERRORISM ON PAGE 4

MILITARY MILITARY MUSIC USMC general under House Democrats to 20 albums worth investigation for use of look into DOD use looking forward derogatory racial term of Cares Act funds to this fall Page 3 Page 4 Page 12

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BY JOHN VANDIVER information available at this time and unfair treatment of minority “Current events are a stark re- Stars and Stripes pending the conclusion of the troops in the military criminal minder that it is not enough for investigation.” justice system. us to remove symbols that cause STUTTGART, Germany — Multiple Marines in the Stutt- The Marines specifically came division — rather, we also must The two-star general in charge gart area, where MAFOREUR under scrutiny in August when strive to eliminate division itself. of U.S. Marines in Europe and is based, brought the matter to The New York Times spotlighted The trust Marines place in one Africa is under investigation for the attention of Stars and Stripes the Corps’ lack of diversity in top another on a daily basis demands allegations that he used a racial after talk of the incident swirled leadership positions with a story this,” Berger said. slur during a recent training throughout the headquarters dur- called “The Few, the Proud, the Neary, who assumed command event with his troops, the Corps ing the past week. White.” Of the Marines’ 82 gener- of Marine Corps Forces Europe said Friday. The Marine Corps did not go als, there are six Black one-star and Africa in July, previously “We are aware of the allega- into detail about the nature of the generals and one two-star gen- served as deputy commander tions,” said Capt. Joseph Butter- incident but did not deny the ac- eral, The Times reported. of the II Marine Expeditionary field, a Marine Corps spokesman. cusation against Neary is he used In an effort to deal with racial Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C. “The Marine Corps takes all al- a racial slur. Neary remains in tensions, Gen. David Berger, the As a battalion commander, he legations of misconduct seriously, command, Butterfield said. commandant of the Marine Corps, led Marines during Operation regardless of rank, and appropri- The allegations come at a time ordered in April that all Confeder- Iraqi Freedom in Fallujah and ate actions will be taken if the al- of racial unrest in the United ate battle flags be removed from Ramadi. legations are substantiated.” States, where high-profile po- its bases. And in June as protests The Boston native was com- The Marine Corps confirma- Neary lice brutality cases have sparked spread across the country in sup- missioned as a second lieutenant tion came in response to ques- massive protests in U.S cities in port of the Black Lives Matter in 1988 after graduating from tions from Stars and Stripes in the presence of other Marines. recent months. That racial ten- movement, Berger issued a state- Virginia Military Institute. A re- about whether Maj. Gen. Stephen “When allegations are made sion also has prompted internal ment to Marines that prejudice, quest to the Marines for comment Neary, who commands Marine against a Marine, each Marine reflection in the military, which “direct or indirect, intentional from Neary went unanswered. Corps Forces Europe and Africa, is afforded due process,” Butter- has faced questions about a lack or unintentional,” would not be [email protected] used a derogatory term for Blacks field said. “There is no additional of diversity in its senior ranks tolerated. Twitter: @jonh_vandiver Newly chosen judge for Guantanamo 9/11 trial recuses himself BY COREY DICKSTEIN el on temporary duty to Guanta- Stars and Stripes namo Bay to oversee proceedings and the trial, which the military WASHINGTON — The military had once scheduled for January. judge assigned to preside over the trial for accused 9/11 attack mas- Those plans were scrapped over termind Khalid Sheikh Moham- health and safety concerns dur- med recused himself Friday just ing the coronavirus pandemic. two weeks after his appointment Keane, the fifth judge assigned to the case, the Office of Military to the long-running case, was the Commissions said. second judge to suddenly remove Marine Col. Stephen F. Keene himself from the proceedings in removed himself from the case at recent months. Air Force Col. W. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Shane Cohen, the case’s previ- Cuba, citing potential conflicts ous military judge, announced MOSA’AB ELSHAMY/AP of interest, according to Ronald in March that he was removing Flesvig, a spokesman for the Of- U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, left, and Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, right, walk himself from the case and retir- fice of Military Commissions. together during the former’s visit to Rabat, Morocco, on Friday. That office is the U.S. military ing from the military. court responsible for trying war Flesvig said he could not say crimes. what impact on the case Keane’s In a five-page recusal decision, recusal might have. Before re- DOD chief signs 10-year military Keane wrote since taking on the moving himself from the case, case Sept. 17, he had “become Keane had canceled all planned aware of a significant personal hearings for the rest of 2020, cooperation deal with Morocco connection to persons who were with the next hearing expected Associated Press directly affected by the events of to occur in March, assuming par- signed there, but the U.S. defense “consolidating common security 9/11,” according to The New York secretary reportedly discussed ticipants could safely travel to the RABAT, Morocco — The Unit- objectives, especially improving expanding security cooperation Times, which first reported the remote base, Flesvig said. ed States and Morocco on Friday the degree of military readiness,” development Friday. and security issues in the Sahel Mohammed and four others signed an accord that aims to a statement from the General Keane wrote he had spent time strengthen military cooperation region just south of Algeria. The Command of the Moroccan Royal are accused of plotting the 9/11 U.S. counts Algeria as a major ally investigating al-Qaida during his and the North African kingdom’s Armed Forces said. Marine Corps career, had family attacks on the United States that in the fight against terrorism. killed about 3,000 people. The military readiness over the next Esper also met with the deputy members in New York on Sept. 11, decade. Morocco is a major non-NATO 2001, and had a “close relative” defendants, who face the death ally of the United States. minister under the prime min- U.S. Defense Secretary Mark ister, charged with national de- who served with the New York penalty, have been held in Guan- Esper signed the 10-year agree- Esper met with Moroccan Min- fense, Abdeltif Loudiyi. Fire Department but retired be- tanamo Bay’s secretive and most ment during a two-day visit to ister of Foreign Affairs Nasser fore the 9/11 attacks, The Times secure detention facility known Morocco, his last stop on a tour Bourita upon his arrival Friday. reported. He also wrote he grow as Camp 7. They were captured of three North African nations, Full details of his plans weren’t up in the New York area. in Pakistan in 2003 and sent to which began this week in Tuni- immediately disclosed. Correction Flesvig said the military could Guantanamo Bay in 2006 after sia, where a military accord also The military agreement “serves not make public Keane’s written previously being held at secretive was signed. as a road map for defense cooper- A story in Saturday’s edi- decision Friday until it had been ation and aims to strengthen the locations run by the CIA, accord- He also visited Algeria, the first tion about housing purchases reviewed for security reasons. U.S. defense secretary to meet strategic partnership between for Army Futures Command ing to leaked military documents Keane was expected to re- with leaders there since 2006. the two countries and support in Austin, Texas, incorrectly main in his other current role as known as The Guantanamo He held a meeting with Presi- shared security goals,” according identified the city’s property a circuit court judge based at the Files. dent Abdelmadjid Tebboune and to a statement issued by the Mo- tax agency. It is the Travis Marine Corps’ Camp Pendleton, [email protected] the army chief, Gen. Said Chen- roccan Foreign Ministry. Central Appraisal District. Calif. Keane had planned to trav- Twitter: @CDicksteinDC griha. No deals were known to be The agreement centers on PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, October 4, 2020 MILITARY House Dems to probe DOD use of COVID funds

BY YEGANEH TORBATI vate companies building military tee, the Select Committee on the allows the government to compel spent the money “to support vital AND AARON GREGG supplies shortly after Congress Coronavirus Crisis, and the Fi- U.S. companies to manufacture national security industries that The Washington Post set aside the money in the $2 tril- nancial Services Committee. products in the nation’s interest. were devastated by COVID.” lion Cares Act in March. “As Congress considers addi- Although the Pentagon did spend The Post’s reporting prompted WASHINGTON — House Reps. James Clyburn, D-S.C., tional coronavirus relief legisla- some of the money on masks and sharp criticism from Democrats Democrats are opening an in- Maxine Waters, D-Calif., Caro- tion, Americans deserve to know swabs, $688 million was ulti- and calls for investigations. vestigation into the Department lyn Maloney, D-N.Y., and Stephen that the Trump Administration is mately allocated toward the de- In their Friday letter, the of Defense’s decision to divert Lynch, D-Mass., wrote Friday to following the law and using relief fense industrial base, mostly for House members requested docu- hundreds of millions of dollars in Secretary of Defense Mark Esper funds for their intended purpose- projects that have little to do with ments and information on each of funds meant to build up the coun- and said they were investigating to aid the nationwide pandemic the coronavirus response. the contracts awarded using the try’s medical supplies to defense whether his agency “inappropri- response,” the lawmakers wrote. The administration has defend- relief funds, and on the original contractors instead. ately used hundreds of millions Congress provided the Pen- ed its spending decisions, saying decision to use the relief funding The investigation comes after of taxpayer dollars appropriated tagon with $1 billion in March the Cares Act did not limit how it to support defense contractors. The Washington Post reported by Congress.” The investigation to “prevent, prepare for, and re- could spend DPA-related funds, A Defense Department spokes- last week that the Pentagon will be carried out by the House spond to coronavirus” under the that it had been fully transpar- woman did not immediately re- began funneling the funds to pri- Oversight and Reform Commit- Defense Production Act, which ent with Congress, and that it had spond to a request for comment. Terrorism: Some criticize decision to close programs

FROM FRONT PAGE There, engineers talk to soldiers about challenges faced and try to create solutions. In a visit by Stars and Stripes to the team in 2019, engineers showed off battery holsters, hands-free radio attachments and other inventions for soldiers manufactured via a 3D printer. Research by both organizations will be saved and maintained by the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, the service said in its statement. The decision to end the two organizations comes after the closure of Afghanistan-Pakistan Hands, another program created during the war on terrorism. The “AfPak Hands” was much lauded at the time for training advisers in languages such as Dari, Pashto or Urdu. But that program faced criticism for stifling the careers of those who joined, and ended Wednesday. Critics said the Army’s decision to focus on large-scale warfare and shutter programs that J.P. LAWRENCE/Stars and Stripes addressed the counterinsurgency warfare common in Iraq and Af- At the Rapid Equipping Force’s lab at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, engineers build battlefield gadgets and gizmos on 3D printers and ghanistan may be shortsighted. lathes for soldiers who send in requests. “This is a familiar cycle,” said Rebecca Zimmerman, an inde- the RAND Corp, on Twitter on “The Army always has to be … It lasts as long as senior lead- quite memory.” pendent researcher formerly at Friday. told to do the missions it dislikes ers force it and then fades into not [email protected] At least 13 dead, 38 wounded in suicide bombing in Afghanistan

Associated Press Tariq Arian says that at least 38 that several armed men after the Taliban are active in the area. opening intra-Afghan negotia- people were wounded in the blast explosion wanted to enter the pro- Both groups have carried out tions in the Middle Eastern State KABUL, Afghanistan — A in Nangarhar province’s Ghan- vincial district buildings but the attacks against the Afghan gov- suicide truck bomb attack on Sat- ikhail district, when it hit near a Afghan forces killed them before ernment, national security and of Qatar to end the country’s de- urday killed at least 13 people in mosque as locals were gathering reaching the facility. defense personnel, and civilians. cadeslong war, following a U.S.- eastern Afghanistan, government for the afternoon prayers. No one immediately claimed The attack happens as repre- officials said. Provincial governor spokes- responsibility for the attack, but sentatives of both the Afghan Taliban peace deal signed Feb. Interior Ministry spokesman man Attaullah Khogyani says both Islamic State affiliates and government and Taliban are 29 in Doha.

Va. woman pleads guilty to aiming homemade strobe light at Navy aircraft

Associated Press ence with aircraft operation, lights at Naval Air Station Oceana time. Moore using a homemade device VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A WAVY-TV reported Thursday. aircraft and attempting to direct Air Station Oceana uses the made of multiple lights fastened Virginia woman has been con- She was sentenced to 180 days, all them as they were conducting rural landing field near Virginia to a garden rake, and pointing it at victed of intentionally pointing a suspended, and 50 hours of com- night training operations near an Beach for fighter pilots to simu- planes overhead,” NCIS spokes- homemade strobe light at a Navy munity service, the station said, auxiliary landing field in Chesa- late landing on an aircraft car- man Jeff Houston wrote in an aircraft. citing the Virginia Beach Com- peake this winter, Virginia Beach rier, The Virginian-Pilot reported email to the newspaper in March. Lou Ella Moore, 64, pleaded monwealth’s Attorney’s Office. Police and the Naval Criminal at the time. Such lights can cause pilots to be- guilty to misdemeanor interfer- Moore was aiming the strobe Investigative Service said at the “NCIS personnel observed Lou come disoriented. Sunday, October 4, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 VIRUS OUTBREAK Hospital: Trump said to be in ‘exceptionally good spirits’

FROM FRONT PAGE cities to “reopen” and reduce or is not currently on oxygen, he re- eliminate shutdown rules despite fused to say whether the president continuing virus outbreaks. had ever been on oxygen, despite The White House tried to main- repeated questioning. tain an atmosphere of business- “Thursday no oxygen. None at as-usual on Friday. this moment. And yesterday with “President Trump remains in the team, while we were all here, good spirts, has mild symptoms, he was not on oxygen,” he said. and has been working through- He said that Trump’s symptoms, out the day,” said press secre- including a cough and nasal con- tary Kayleigh McEnany. “Out of gestion “are now resolving and an abundance of caution, and at improving.” the recommendation of his phy- “He’s in exceptionally good sician and medical experts, the spirits,” said another doctor, Sean president will be working from Dooley. the presidential offices at Walter The decision to have Conley Reed for the next few days.” brief reporters marks a change The president’s physician said in strategy by the White House, in a memo that Trump received a which has so far been less than dose of an experimental antibody transparent about the virus’s combination by Regeneron that is in clinical trials. Navy Com- spread. mander Dr. Sean Conley said It was a reporter for Bloomberg Trump “remains fatigued but in News — not the White House good spirits” and that a team of — that broke news that a close experts was evaluating both the aide to Trump had been infected. president and first lady in regard And aides so far have declined to to next steps. share basic health information Late Friday, Conley issued an about the president, including a update that said Trump is “doing full accounting of his symptoms, SUSAN WALSH/AP very well” and is “not requiring what tests he’s undertaken and any supplemental oxygen.” But the results. Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is shown in Bethesda, Md., on Saturday. Trump was he said that, “in consultation with In a memo released shortly be- admitted to the hospital after contracting the coronavirus. specialists we have elected to ini- fore midnight, Conley did report tiate remdesivir therapy,” an an- that Trump had been treated at tiviral medication. the hospital with remdesivir, an “He has completed his first antiviral medication, after tak- Trump treated with experimental dose and is resting comfortably,” ing another experimental drug at the doctor wrote. the White House. He added that drug aimed at curbing severe illness The first lady, who is 50, has a Trump is “doing very well” and is “mild cough and headache,” Con- “not requiring any supplemental Associated Press ley reported, and the remainder oxygen.” treatment has yet proved able to prevent serious illness after a coronavirus infection. of the first family, including the The White House said Trump The experimental antibody drug given to Pres- Trumps’ son Barron, who lives at was expected to stay at the hos- Trump was given the experimental drug at the ident Donald Trump has been called one of the White House on Friday before he was taken to the White House, tested negative. pital for “a few days” out of an most promising approaches to preventing serious Trump is 74 years old and clini- abundance of caution and that Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, illness from a COVID-19 infection. where he’ll be monitored, officials said. So far, cally obese, putting him at higher he would continue to work from risk of serious complications from Its maker, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., Trump has had only mild symptoms, including the hospital’s presidential suite, a virus that has infected more said the company agreed to supply a single dose, fatigue. which is equipped to allow him than 7 million people nationwide. given through an IV, for Trump at the request of Several physicians who treat COVID-19, in- to keep up his official duties. In Both Biden and his running his physician under “compassionate use” provi- cluding Dr. David Boulware at the University of addition to accessibility to tests mate Kamala Harris have tested and equipment, the decision was sions, when an experimental medicine is pro- Minnesota, had speculated that doctors might vided on a case-by-case emergency basis, while negative, their campaign said. made, at least in part, with the use the antibody drug, given that this approach Vice President Mike Pence test- studies of it continue. understanding that moving him has worked against other diseases in the past. ed negative for the virus Friday later, if he took a turn for the The new drug is in late-stage testing and its “They’re not going to just sit around and watch morning and “remains in good worse, could send a worrying safety and effectiveness are not yet known. No to see if he gets sick,” Boulware said. health,” his spokesman said. signal. Pence was to resume his cam- As the White House works to paign schedule after his test. piece together the flurry of new of the virus, was forced to can- ternoon political fundraiser. He in Washington and around the Barrett, who was with Trump infections, attention is focused cel all campaign events a month had gone ahead to the event, say- world, with the U.S. gripped and many others on Saturday and in particular on last Saturday’s before the election as he fought ing nothing to the crowd though in a heated presidential elec- has been on a Capitol Hill meet- White House event introducing a virus that has killed more than knowing he had been exposed to tion and the pandemic taking a ing with lawmakers, also tested Trump’s Supreme Court nomi- 205,000 Americans and is hitting an aide with the disease that has heavy human and economic toll. negative, the White House said. nee. That day, Trump gathered others in his orbit as well. infected millions in America and Trump’s immediate campaign It was confirmed that she had a more than 150 people in the Rose Trump walked out of the White killed more than 1 million people events were all canceled, and his mild case of COVID earlier this Garden. People mingled, hugged House on Friday evening wear- worldwide. next debate with Democrat Joe year and has now recovered. and shook hands — overwhelm- ing a mask and gave a thumbs- First lady Melania Trump also Biden, scheduled for Oct. 15, is Many White House and senior ingly without masks. There were up to reporters but did not speak tested positive and has said she now in question. administration officials were un- also several indoor receptions, before boarding Marine One. has mild symptoms. She is be- Trump has been trying all year dergoing tests,, but the full scale where Trump’s Supreme Court Members of the aircrew, Secret lieved to be isolating at the White — and as recently as Wednes- of the outbreak around the presi- pick, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Service agents and White House House. day — to convince the American dent may not be known for some her family, senators and others staff wore face coverings to pro- Also testing positive: Trump’s public that the worst of the pan- time as it can take days for an in- mingling in the close quarters tect themselves from the presi- campaign manager, Bill Stepien. demic is past, and he has con- fection to be detectable by a test. of the White House, photographs dent onboard the helicopter. Campaign spokesman Tim Mur- sistently played down concerns Officials with the White House show. In a video taped before leav- taugh said Stepien received a about being personally vulner- Medical Unit were tracing the Among those who attended who ing for Walter Reed, Trump said, diagnosis Friday and is experi- able. He has mostly refused to president’s contacts. have now tested positive: former “I think I’m doing very well, but encing “mild flu-like symptoms.” abide by basic public health guide- Trump’s handling of the pan- White House counselor Kelly- we’re going to make sure that Stepien, who joined Trump at lines — including those issued by demic has already been a flash- anne Conway, the president of the things work out.” He remained Tuesday’s first presidential de- his own administration — such as point in his race against Biden, University of Notre Dame, and at fully president, all authority bate, plans to quarantine until he wearing face coverings in public who spent much of the summer least two Republican lawmakers intact. recovers. On Saturday, Sen. Ron and practicing social distancing. off the campaign trail and at his — Utah Sen. Mike Lee and North “Going welI, I think! Thank Johnson of Wisconsin became Until he tested positive, he contin- home in Delaware, citing concern Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis. you to all. LOVE!!!” he wrote in the third Senate Republican to ued to hold campaign rallies that about the virus. Biden has since The decision for the president his first tweet from the hospital publicly confirm testing positive drew thousands of often maskless resumed a more active campaign to leave the White House for the Friday night. in the current spate of infections, supporters. schedule, but with small, socially hospital capped a day of whipsaw Trump first revealed that he although Johnson was not at last “I felt no vulnerability whatso- distanced crowds. He also regu- events in Washington on Friday. had tested positive in a tweet week’s Rose Garden event. ever,” he told reporters back in larly wears a mask in public, The president, who has spent about 1 a.m. Friday — hours after Trump’s diagnosis came dur- May. With the election coming up something Trump mocked him months playing down the threat he returned from a Thursday af- ing an already turbulent period in a month, he is urging states and for at Tuesday night’s debate. PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, October 4, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK GOP campaign strategy upended by Trump illness

BY NICHOLAS RICCARDI, president goes, so goes a lot of THOMAS BEAUMONT down-ticket Republicans.” AND LISA MASCARO That’s required Republican Associated Press legislators in competitive states WASHINGTON — President to walk what GOP pollster Whit Donald Trump’s coronavirus di- Ayres called “a fine line” — put- agnosis on Friday was a moment ting enough distance between of reckoning for his Republican themselves and Trump to pick Party, whose leaders largely ad- off swing voters without alienat- opted his strategy of downplaying ing the president’s loyal base who the disease but are now confront- will punish any Republican who ANDREW HARNIK/AP disagrees with him. ed with a political nightmare Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden prepares to board his campaign Candidates have tried differ- weeks from Election Day. plane at Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Mich., Friday to travel to New Castle, Del. The president’s infection thrust ent tactics. In Colorado and Mon- the pandemic front and center at tana, Sen. Cory Gardner and Sen. a time when Republicans would Steve Daines have touted a big rather be talk- conservation bill they sponsored. ing about ANALYSIS In Maine, Sen. Susan Collins has Biden says Trump diagnosis is Trump’s Su- emphasized her history of rela- preme Court tive independence from party reminder to take virus seriously nominee, law enforcement or the leadership. economy as early voting is under- The reemergence of the pan- Associated Press way in most states. They include demic may also remind voters of He must balance his opponent’s to avoid gloating over Trump’s illness and its destabilizing effect Iowa and North Carolina, states health care and the GOP’s efforts GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — diagnosis after his consistent on Washington while making a that Republicans must win to to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Democrat Joe Biden offered sym- flouting of health guidelines, closing argument that the coro- maintain their three-vote edge in the centerpiece of the Democrats’ pathy to President Donald Trump aware of political implications navirus is serious and requires the Senate. election messaging. over his coronavirus diagnosis of being seen as celebrating the stronger leadership in the White “It’s challenging,” said Glen The Supreme Court is sched- while casting the moment as a president’s illness. New York Bolger, a Republican pollster ac- reminder of the worldwide health House. uled to hear arguments in a GOP Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a tive in five competitive Senate crisis that has hit the United Biden has long offered a con- case seeking to overturn the trast to Trump in substance and leading progressive figure, called races. “It would be better if the health care law shortly after the States particularly hard. Shortly after the White House style when it comes to the coro- news of the president’s infection discussion was about jobs and election. Earlier this week, six the economy, or even Joe Biden announced Trump would spend navirus . He’s issued multiple “tragic.” Republicans joined Democrats in is going to be held captive to the “a few days” at Walter Reed Na- plans for dealing with the public “I personally don’t think it’s a procedural vote to try to protect left. But the election is going tional Military Medical Center, health and economic implications appropriate for us to be talking it, a sign of how vulnerable the to be about coronavirus, and the Biden campaign said it would of the pandemic, while Trump senators feel on the issue. about how a diagnosis of a disease that’s not favorable terrain for take down its negative advertis- has largely left state and local of- is a political play,” she said. “I Publicly, GOP senators still ficials to create their own guide- Republicans.” ing. Biden said Friday from the hope that this rallies the country In private conversations over don’t want any daylight between battleground state of Michigan lines and frequently contradicts to socially distance, to get more recent months, Republicans had their majority and Trump. that it cannot be a “partisan mo- his own public health experts. reached a level of stoicism about The Senate races are tied far ment” and that Americans must Biden has taken a low-key ap- serious, if they haven’t, about how their fates were yoked to the more to perceptions of Trump “come together as a nation.” proach to in-person campaigning, mask-wearing and making sure president’s, even as he denied the than the candidates’ specific mes- Speaking from the parking lot largely keeping a thinner sched- that we are taking spread of this severity of a pandemic killing saging on the virus, Republican of a union hall while wearing a ule of small, socially distanced disease seriously.” thousands of their constituents. pollster Ed Goeas said. mask, Biden said Trump’s diag- events and adhering closely to The development comes at a Their inability to escape Trump “My bigger concern was the nosis is a “bracing reminder to state and local public health rec- pivotal time in the campaign. debate,” Goeas said. “He so badly is due partly to their embrace of all of us that we have to take this ommendations regarding masks. The Biden campaign just began his personality and agenda, but performed in that debate, that Meanwhile, Trump has pro- virus seriously.” launching in-person canvassing, also to a reality of the nation’s not only could that have been the “It’s not going away automati- ceeded with large in-person ral- after largely focusing on virtual polarized politics — legislators end of the Trump presidency and cally,” Biden added. lies where attendees often go increasingly rise or fall with their chances of winning reelection, One month before Election maskless, and he regularly mocks events because of the pandemic. party’s presidential candidate. but that it may have put another Day, Biden faces a unique mo- Biden’s decision to wear a mask Meanwhile, Trump has can- “People vote for the uniform, nail in the coffin of losing control ment in what has already been a in public. celed all his in-person events, red or blue,” Bolger said. “As the of the Senate.” chaotic presidential campaign. Some Democrats were careful with plans to hold them online. Two members of committee handling Barrett confirmation test positive

BY MARY CLARE JALONICK said Friday that they had tested just before Barrett’s confirma- “We now have two members normally in the coming weeks Associated Press positive for the virus. Both at- tion hearings begin on Oct. 12. of the Senate Judiciary Commit- before the election. He said he tended a ceremony for Barrett at The positive tests come as Sen- tee who have tested positive for thought remote hearings could WASHINGTON — Two Re- the White House on Sept. 25 with ate Republicans are pushing to COVID, and there may be more,” work if some senators couldn’t publican members of the Senate President Donald Trump, who quickly confirm Barrett in the few tweeted Senate Democratic attend. Judiciary Committee have tested announced Friday that he had weeks they have before the Nov. Leader Chuck Schumer. “I wish Graham also suggested the pos- positive for the coronavirus, rais- tested positive and was later hos- 3 election. There is little cushion my colleagues well. It is irrespon- sibility of remote hearings, saying ing questions about the timing of Supreme Court confirmation pitalized at Walter Reed National in the schedule set out by Senate sible and dangerous to move for- in a Twitter post that “any senator hearings for Judge Amy Coney Military Medical Center. Judiciary Committee Chairman ward with a hearing, and there is who wants to participate virtually Barrett and whether additional Lee, who did not wear a mask Lindsey Graham and McConnell, absolutely no good reason to do will be allowed to do so.” senators may have been exposed. at the White House event, said he who want to put Trump’s third so.” Senators cannot vote virtually, Senate Majority Leader Mitch had “symptoms consistent with hand-picked justice on the court McConnell showed little inter- however, so Republicans would McConnell vowed the confirma- longtime allergies.” Tillis, who immediately in case they lose any est in delaying the hearings at an need a full slate of committee tion process is going “full steam did wear a mask during the public of their power in the election. event in Kentucky on Friday, say- members to approve the nomina- ahead.” portion of the event, said he has Democrats immediately seized ing that the Senate had been option shortly after the hearings and North Carolina Sen. Thom Til- no symptoms. Both said they will on the announcements to call for erating amid coronavirus since all of their senators on the floor lis and Utah Sen. Mike Lee both quarantine for 10 days — ending a delay in the hearings. May and he expected to proceed for a final confirmation vote. Sunday, October 4, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP California wavering on park rules amid pressure

Associated Press Thursday while the average for daily deaths went from 19 to 16. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. In date from The COVID Gavin Newsom on Friday delayed Tracking Project, rolling averag- new operating rules for theme es of the positivity rate in Arizona parks such as Disneyland that testing stayed near 6% during the have been closed since the begin- past two weeks. ning of the pandemic as tourism The Navajo Nation, which industry officials warned the state was set to lose more than $78 sprawls across Arizona, New billion in travel-related spending Mexico and Utah, reported 32 this year. new coronavirus cases and two The Newsom administration new virus-related deaths Friday. had planned to release the new The huge reservation has had 558 rules on Friday, spokesman Na- virus-related deaths and 10,404 than Click told the Sacramento cases. Bee. But following industry criticism of the proposed rules, state Kentucky health officials said no announce- FRANKFORT — Kentucky’s ment was coming Friday as nego- escalating outbreak of COVID-19 tiations continue. worsened Friday with the sec- PHOTOS BY CHRIS PIZZELLO/AP “Given the size and operational ond-highest number of cases in complexities of these unique sec- one day, and the governor warned Audience members dance during Snoop Dogg’s DJ set as “DJ Snoopadelic” during the “Concerts In Your tors, we are seeking additional the situation is “getting very Car” series at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, on Friday, in Ventura, Calif. input from health, workforce and dangerous.“ business stakeholders to final- Gov. Andy Beshear reported problem,” Cuomo said Friday in ize this important framework,” 1,039 more coronavirus cases a conference call with reporters, Dr. Mark Ghaly, California’s top statewide, marking the third time and “compliance is not where it public health official, said in a this week that daily virus cases needs to be.” statement. surpassed 1,000. The Bluegrass The Democratic governor has The proposed guidance would State remains on pace to shat- complained for days that local have let theme parks reopen at ter last week’s record number of governments haven’t been crack- 25% capacity once the counties cases for a single week, he said. ing down enough on violations of where they are located reached state virus safety regulations. He the lowest level for virus trans- The governor wore a mask while giving the daily update on ratcheted up pressure Friday by mission in the state’s four-tier saying the state health commis- reopening system, the Orange social media, and he urged everyone to wear facial coverings sioner would tell local officials County Register reported. It also in hot spots that they have to step would have limited visitors to in public to combat the virus’s spread. up enforcement and can be fined those living within 120 miles of up to $10,000 a day if their efforts a theme park, the paper reported “The escalation here in Ken- are found wanting. without attributing to a particu- tucky continues to get worse and lar source. we have to wear these,” he said. Amusement park leaders saw a Beshear reported six more Texas virus-related deaths, raising the draft of the new rules Thursday Snoop Dogg performs a DJ set at the Ventura County Fairgrounds. AUSTIN — Hundreds of teach- and urged state officials to change state’s death count to 1,197. Total statewide virus cases surged past ers in the Austin Independent them, said Erin Guerrero, execu- was “deeply disappointing.” But to make this program a success. School District have pledged not tive director of the California At- 70,720. “It’s very real, and the situa- Whitmer did not signal that she Coaches are role models — wear to return to classrooms Monday tractions and Parks Association. was giving up. She said her emer- a mask on the sidelines,” Sisolak, when schools reopen for in-per- “While we are aligned on many tion is getting very dangerous in Kentucky,” Beshear said. “If you gency declaration and related or- a Democrat, said. son learning for up to 25% of its of the protocols and health and ders still can remain in place for The directive released Friday students. safety requirements, there are care about your economy. If you care about your kids getting into 21 days, and then many of them allows players to return to the About 850 teachers said they many others that need to be modi- will continue “under alternative field for no-contact and “minimal will remain away out of concern fied if they are to lead to a respon- school. If you care about the lives of those around you, put on your sources” of law. contact” sports, including soft- for the threat of coronavirus sible and reasonable amusement Whitmer did not elaborate, but ball, tennis and volleyball on Oct. infection to their students and park reopening plan,” Guerrero mask, socially distance, wash it is likely that her administra- 3, with tournaments slated to re- themselves, said Education Aus- said in a statement. your hands, follow the rules.” tion will act under public health sume Oct. 24. tin, the district’s largest teachers On Friday, the board of direc- statutes. union. tors for Visit California — the Michigan The teachers will remain on state’s tourism marketing author- New York the job to teach remotely, as they ity — asked a Newsom adminis- LANSING — A 1945 law re- Nevada NEW YORK — New York have since mid-September, said tration official for an update on peatedly used by Gov. Gretchen CARSON CITY — Organized state’s daily count of new corona- union President Ken Zarifis. the rules. But all he would say is Whitmer to respond to the coro- sporting events will resume in virus cases topped 1,500 for the Education Austin continues to ne- “as soon as we have an announce- navirus pandemic was declared Nevada for grade school-aged stu- first time since late May as Gov. gotiate with the district on school ment to make it will be made.” unconstitutional Friday by the Michigan Supreme Court, a strik- dents after almost seven months Andrew Cuomo warned local gov- reopening plans, he said. ing decision that puts months of of hiatus, Gov. Steve Sisolak an- ernments Friday that they’ll face Teachers’ fears of returning to Arizona restrictions in jeopardy while nounced Friday at a news confer- fines if they don’t enforce social their classrooms in the face of the PHOENIX — Arizona health COVID-19 continues to flare up ence in Las Vegas. distancing and mask rules. coronavirus threat have spawned officials on Friday reported 551 around the state. The return of baseball games Officials are increasingly con- a number of social media groups. additional known COVID-19 cases The opinion is an extraordinary and soccer matches is part of a cerned about virus flare-ups in One is Texas Teachers United and 19 more deaths, increasing development in a monthslong broader loosening of restrictions some places, mainly parts of New Against Reopening Schools, the state’s totals to 219,763 cases conflict between Whitmer, a that Sisolak has approved this York City and suburban Rockland founded by Austin-area high and 5,693 cases. Democrat, and Republicans who week amid mixed signals about and Orange counties. Although school art teacher Lauren Seni- COVID-19-related hospi- control the Legislature and have the state’s progress in combatting an often-cited measure of the baldi. She initially invited 20 talization metrics reported by complained that they have been the coronavirus pandemic. The virus’ spread — the percentage colleagues to join the group. The the Department of Health Ser- shut out of sweeping orders that state had one of the nation’s high- of tests that come back positive group now has almost 12,500 vices remained fairly level as of have impacted education, the est positivity rates and significant — was about 1.3% statewide on members, she said. Thursday. economy and health care. testing backlogs during the sum- Thursday, it was 6.4% in a group “I genuinely think that if we just Seven-day rolling averages for Coincidentally, the court’s ac- mer, made progress in expanding of 20 ZIP codes under scrutiny, gave students a stack of books, daily new cases in Arizona and tion emerged on the same day testing and containing the virus Cuomo said. And the raw number some art materials and a journal, daily deaths dropped in the past that Whitmer’s foes submitted in August and early September of new cases reported statewide we could have gone forward with two weeks, according to Johns more than 539,000 signatures in and over the past week has seen on Thursday hit 1,598, the most remote learning,” Senibaldi said Hopkins University data analyzed a bid to repeal the ’45 law. another slight uptick in additional since May 27, when about 65,000 Friday. by The Associated Press. The governor said the 4-3 de- cases reported daily. New Yorkers were tested, com- Teachers’ fears of infection with The average for new cases went cision, with Republican-nomi- “We are trusting and counting pared to 119,000 on Thursday. the return to in-person instruction from 665 on Sept. 17 to 480 on nated justices in the majority, on parents, players and officials “The hot spots are a significant has led to a wave of resignations. PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, October 4, 2020 NATION Audio reveals confusion over Taylor’s death

Associated Press corded interviews presented last month to The dramatic accounts of the moments rative that was previously made public. the Kentucky grand jury that decided not before Taylor’s death are key to a case that The recordings also do not include any LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The police officer to charge any Louisville police officers for has fueled nationwide protests against po- discussion of potential criminal action on who fatally shot Breonna Taylor described seeing only “shadowy mass” and said killing Taylor. lice brutality and systemic racism. Police the part of the officers who shot Taylor be- he didn’t recall firing the 16 bullets later “If you told me I didn’t fire a gun, I would said they knocked and announced them- cause Kentucky Attorney General Daniel matched to his gun. As she lay bleeding, be like, OK,” detective Myles Cosgrove told selves for a minute or more before using a Cameron determined beforehand that they Taylor’s boyfriend called his mother be- investigators soon after the shooting. battering ram to get inside. Walker said he had acted in self-defense. As a result, he fore dialing 911. In fact, investigators determined Cos- did not hear officers identify themselves, did not seek charges against police in her And neighbors roused by the gunfire grove shot 16 of the 32 bullets police fired perhaps because he was too far from the killing. at Taylor’s apartment after midnight on into Taylor’s apartment, responding to a door. A court ruled the recordings should be March 13 only added to conflicting tes- single gunshot from her boyfriend when If he’d heard them, Walker said, “it released after the jury’s decision last week timony about whether police serving a they rammed down her door. Evidence changes the whole situation because there’s angered many in Louisville and around narcotics warrant announced themselves showed one of Cosgrove’s bullets killed nothing for us to be scared of.” the country and set off renewed protests. before using a battering ram to break Taylor. The recordings mark a rare public look One of the jurors also sued to make the down her door. Her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, said he into grand jury proceedings that are typi- proceedings public. Details of the chaos and confusion dur- thought intruders had burst into Taylor’s cally kept secret. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational ing the raid that resulted in the 26-year- home, not police. As she lay bleeding, Though they shed light on what hap- Fund President Sherrilyn Ifill called the old Black woman’s death were revealed Walker said he called his mother — then pened as police fired 32 shots in the last release “a critical first step,” but the group in 15 hours of audio recordings released dialed 911, telling an operator: “Somebody moments of Taylor’s life, nothing in them will release its own assessment of how the Friday. They contained testimony and re- kicked in the door and shot my girlfriend.” appeared to change the fundamental nar- evidence was presented. Better weather won’t keep California from grim fire landmark

Associated Press “It just leaves us kind of ner- vous that we’re not out of the SAN FRANCISCO — Fire- woods yet when it comes to what fighters got a reprieve from the might happen in California,” said weather Saturday as red flag Jonathan Cox, a deputy chief warnings of extreme fire danger were to expire. But the state is with the California Department still poised to reach a grim mile- of Forestry and Fire Protection, stone: 4 million acres burned this known as Cal Fire. year by wildfires. The easing winds proved a The state is only about 20,000 mixed blessing at the Glass Fire acres from reaching the unprec- in Sonoma and Napa counties. edented figure, fire officials said. Although the fire raged on, crews Meanwhile, two major fires that got a break as they struggled have killed four people and incin- to keep flames from jumping erated hundreds of homes in the containment lines and renew- wine country and the far north ing their march toward scenic continued to burn. communities. Powerful winds that had been “The good news is that with the lack of wind, we didn’t have expected to drive flames since OAKLAND ZOO/AP Wednesday hadn’t materialized, continued control issues,” said and red flag warnings of extreme Ben Nicholls, a Cal Fire division An orphaned mountain lion cub who was badly burned in a Northern California wildfire is being treated fire danger for hot, dry and gusty chief. at the Oakland Zoo after being rescued. The cub, believed to be four to six weeks old, had his whiskers weather were due to expire at 6 “However,” he added, “due to singed off and his paws severely burned. a.m. that lack of wind, the smoke has The weekend was expected to stayed in place” and hindered and 5-year-old daughter told him up slopes and drainages,” and contained. usher in some cooling — or less aircraft from attacking the blaze. they were afraid. throwing out embers that cre- Altogether, wildfires have intense heat — and long-range Evacuation orders for many of “It’s been pretty bad, the ash ate spot fires, Cal Fire said in an killed 31 people in California this forecast models hinted at the pos- the 5,000 residents of Calistoga and the smoke,” Perez told the update. year. Many of the largest fires were reduced Friday to warn- sibility of rain early next week. San Francisco Chronicle. “Plus The fire had burned 95.5 were started by lightning strikes But with California a tinder- ings, although trees and some I’m running out of water and square miles and was only 8% in mid-August and most of the de- box of dead trees and dried brush homes on the town borders were food.” contained. after weeks of scorching weather burning. The fire, which had destroyed In Shasta County in the north stroyed acreage has come since and years of drought, fires could Juan Perez, 27, of Calistoga, about 600 homes and other build- end of the state, the Zogg Fire that then. explode in rural areas, grasslands had defied the original evacua- ings, still threatened around began last Sunday has killed four Some 17,000 firefighters are and dense forest even without the tion order. But he decided to leave 29,000 homes. It was growing people and destroyed 170 homes still battling nearly two dozen push of winds. on Friday after his 9-year-old son by making “short, intense runs and other buildings. It was 56% major blazes. Airbnb blocking one-night rentals over Halloween to halt parties

Associated Press ban one-night rentals of entire homes in crack down on parties since last year’s policy was later expanded to the United the U.S. and Canada on Oct. 30 or Oct. 31. shooting. Kingdom, Spain and France. And in Au- Airbnb will prohibit one-night rent- Previously booked one-night rentals will Last November, it started manually re- gust, Airbnb banned parties worldwide als over Halloween weekend as part of be canceled and Airbnb will offer refunds. viewing U.S. and Canadian reservations to and limited occupancy at its rentals to 16 its ongoing effort to crack down on party Airbnb said it will also look more closely weed out suspicious rentals. people. houses. at two- and three-night reservations dur- The company’s efforts have intensified Airbnb has also warned guests and The action, announced Friday, comes ing Halloween. A guest may be denied, for as it prepares for an initial public stock of- hosts that it could take legal action against nearly a year after a deadly shooting at an example, if they try to book a whole home fering, which could come later this year. violators. Airbnb in Orinda, Calif. Five people were close to their own home during that period In July, the company banned U.S. and In August, for the first time, it started killed in the shooting, which happened dur- and they don’t have a history of positive re- Canadian guests under age 25 with fewer legal proceedings against a guest who held ing an unauthorized Halloween party. views on Airbnb. than three positive reviews from booking an unauthorized house party in Sacramen- San Francisco-based Airbnb said it will Airbnb has taken a series of steps to entire homes close to where they live. That to, Calif. Sunday, October 4, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 NATION State Department IG: 63% rise in harassment cases

BY MATTHEW LEE reported at the department,” it The report said State Depart- Associated Press said. A random survey of employ- ment officials had taken some ees found that 47% of those who steps to address the problem, WASHINGTON — The State said they had experienced or ob- including mandating that em- Department’s internal watchdog served workplace sexual harass- ployees take a course on sexual says there was a 63% surge in ment within the past two years harassment awareness, they sexual harassment complaints had not reported it, according to had yet to require supervisors to at the agency between 2014 and the report. report incidents to higher-ups, 2017 but that the frequency of in- The report said that a lack of something the inspector general cidents is likely higher. confidence among employees that had recommended in a previous In a report released on Friday, their complaints would be taken report in 2014. the department’s inspector gen- seriously or acted upon was most It also faulted the lack until re- eral said there had been 636 re- likely to blame for such underre- cently of a timeliness standard ports of sexual harassment over porting despite efforts to improve for handling complaints. A re- that period, encompassing the the situation. view of 20 complaints found that end of the Obama administration “Reasons for this include a lack the average time to complete an and the beginning of the Trump of confidence in the department’s investigation was 21 months, with administration, but that the num- ability to resolve sexual harass- one case taking more than four ber is almost certainly low due to ment complaints, fear of retali- years, possibly contributing to alleged victims’ unwillingness to ation, reluctance to discuss the the problem. report all cases. harassment, lack of understand- The finding comes amid more ing of the reporting process, and, In addition, inconsistency in the general concerns and complaints in some cases, specific advice not disciplinary process for offenders of poor morale at the depart- to make reports,” it said. may contribute to the problem, /AP JAMES BLAIR, NASA ment that have increased dur- The department said that it because different offices have A $23 million titanium toilet was flown to the International Space ing the Trump administration as takes all allegations of discrimi- “individual systems for tracking Station on Friday. U.S. diplomats and their support nation and sexual harassment sexual harassment data” that do staff have come under increasing “extremely seriously” and is not record the same information political pressure and criticism working to improve its response. or share it. from top administration officials. “Acts of harassment not only “With no means of measuring ISS gets radish seeds, Those concerns have been docu- erode the moral integrity of the the consistency of its programs, mented in previous reports by the department but threatens our and no common tracking system inspector general and others. mission of promoting and dem- to analyze sexual harassment and fancy meats, cheeses “Although the number of re- onstrating our democratic values data, department leadership has ports has increased, (the inspec- to advance a free, peaceful, and limited ability to effectively man- BY MARCIA DUNN chance to enjoy their own har- tor general) concludes that sexual prosperous world,” the depart- age these programs,” the report Associated Press vest. Researchers are hoping for harassment is likely still under- ment said. said. 40 radishes from the seeds going CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A up, within a month. space station cargo ship rocketed While growing radishes in orbit into orbit Friday carrying a 360- may sound trivial, “it is actually a degree camera for spacewalking, transition from basic plant biology Washington State researchers radish seeds for growing and a in space to a production system” smorgasbord of fancy meats and that could benefit moon and Mars cheeses for feasting. explorers, said Karl Hasenstein, on hunt for murder hornet nest Northrop Grumman launched a biology professor at the Univer- its capsule to the International sity of Louisiana at Lafayette who Associated Press Space Station from the Virginia is leading the experiment. coast, providing a nighttime treat Larger plants like peppers and SPOKANE, Wash. — Agricultural officials in for observers from the Carolinas tomatoes should follow in a few Washington state said Friday they are trying to find to New England, at least where years, adding to astronauts’ diet. and destroy a nest of Asian giant hornets — also skies were clear. NASA’s new toilet, meanwhile, known as murder hornets — amid concerns they “It was a spectacular launch,” will be tested at the orbiting could kill honey bees crucial for pollinating rasp- said NASA’s deputy space station berry and blueberry crops. outpost before accompanying program manager Kenny Todd. Evidence of six of the hornets was found over the astronauts to the moon in a few “Creating the artificial dawn last week near the town of Blaine in Whatcom Coun- years. It will join two larger, old- for a few minutes there, it’s just ty, the Washington state Department of Agriculture style, Russian-built commodes gorgeous.” told reporters. already up there. The new one is The 8,000-pound shipment The number of hornets found — nearly double the should reach the space station designed to better accommodate previous number discovered in the state — would Monday. women, who are expected to have indicate a nest has been established in the area, the Stashed aboard the Cygnus cap- an increasing presence in space agency said. One of the hornets was trapped alive, a /AP sule: pressurized air tanks to help exploration. first for the agency, spokeswoman Karla Salp said. KARLA SALP, WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE offset a vexing leak at the space This particular capsule, in fact, “We believe we are dealing with a nest,” said A researcher holds a live Asian giant hornet, station, a new $23 million tita- the SS Kalpana Chawla, is named Sven-Erik Spichiger, a department entomologist. Wednesday, with a tracking device affixed to it nium toilet custom fit for women, after the first India-born woman “We hope to locate the nest in a couple of weeks and near Blaine, Wash. and a virtual reality camera to in space. Chawla was among the eradicate it.” provide cinematic views of space- seven astronauts killed in the The Asian giant hornet — the world’s largest at is probably far less. Hornets, wasps and bees typi- walks and other outdoor shots. 2003 shuttle Columbia accident. 2 inches — can decimate entire hives of honeybees cally found in the United States kill an average of 62 Plus there’s more fresh food The delivery is running a little and deliver painful stings to humans. Farmers in people a year, the Centers for Disease Control and than usual, given that the space late. Bad weather at Wallops Is- the northwestern U.S. depend on those honey bees Prevention has said. station population will be ex- land led to a two-day delay earlier to pollinate many crops. The real threat from the hornets is their devastat- panding from six to seven with in the week, then software issues The invasive insect found in China, Japan, Thai- ing attacks on honeybee hives, and the time of year SpaceX’s second astronaut launch forced a last-minute launch abort land, South Korea, Vietnam and other Asian coun- when they attack those hives is nearing, Spichiger on Oct. 31. of Northrop Grumman’s Antares tries was first documented in Washington state late said. He called it the “slaughter phase.” Among the delicacies request- rocket on Thursday. last year. Officials have said it’s not known how it A state scientist managed to trap one live Asian ed by the astronauts: prosciutto, Barely a half hour later Fri- arrived. Washington and the Canadian province of giant hornet near Blaine in recent days and officials Genoa salami, smoked Gouda and day night, NASA’s other shipper, British Columbia are the only places the hornets tried to glue a radio tag to it so they could follow the provolone, brie, cherry tomatoes, SpaceX, tried to launch a GPS sat- have been found in North America. hornet back to its nest, Spichiger said. oranges, pecans and chocolate- ellite from Cape Canaveral, Fla., There have been reports from Asia of the hornets But the glue did not dry fast enough, the radio tag covered cranberries in plenty of for the new U.S. Space Force. But stinging people so often they have died. fell off and the hornet ultimately could not fly, Spi- time for Thanksgiving. the countdown was halted around Despite their name, the hornets kill at most a chiger said. Scientists hope to capture another live The astronauts also will get a the two-second mark. few dozen people a year in Asia, and experts say it hornet and try again. PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, October 4, 2020 WORLD Armenia claims to down 3 planes in heavy fighting

Associated Press Several United Nations Security Council resolutions have called BAKU, Azerbaijan — Heavy fighting between Armenia and for withdrawal from those areas, Azerbaijan continued Saturday in which the Armenian forces have their conflict over the separatist disregarded. territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijani President Ilham while Azerbaijan’s president crit- Aliyev said in a television inter- icized the international mediators view the Armenians must with- who have tried for decades to re- draw from those areas before the solve the dispute. latest fighting can stop. Fighting that started Sept. 27 is In the interview with Al the worst to afflict Nagorno-Kara- Jazeera, a transcript of which bakh and surrounding areas since was distributed Saturday by the the 1994 end of a war that left the presidential press office, Aliyev region in Azerbaijan under the ALTAF QADRI/AP criticized the so-called Minsk control of local ethnic Armenian Group of the Organization for Activists write messages on a caricature of a policeman during a protest against the gang rape and forces backed by Armenia. Security and Cooperation in Eu- killing of a woman in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, in New Delhi, India, on Friday. “Intensive fighting is taking place along the entire front line,” rope, which has tried to mediate Armenian Defense Ministry a resolution of the Nagorno-Kara- spokeswoman Shushan Stepan- bakh dispute. Government’s handling of fatal ian said Saturday. One reason behind the current She said that Armenian forces fighting is that “the mediators had shot down three planes, which do not insist or exert pressure to rape draws protest in India the Azerbaijan Defense Ministry start implementing the resolu- denied, The Azerbaijani ministry tions of the United Nations Secu- said Armenian forces had shelled Associated Press Awanish Kumar Awasthi, a top Congress party, Priyanka Gan- rity Council,” he said. civilian territory within Azerbai- state official. dhi said she was prevented by Armenia has repeatedly NEW DELHI — Hundreds of jan, including the city of Terter. Awasthi said the police offi- police from visiting the family on claimed over the past week that protesters on Friday demanded Nagorno-Karabakh officials cers, the four suspects in the case Thursday with her brother, Rahul Turkey sent Syrian fighters to the dismissal of the government have said more than 150 ser- and the victim’s family will also Gandhi. Azerbaijan and that the Turkish of a northern Indian state where vicemen on their side have been undergo lie-detector tests as part Priyanka Gandhi said at a military is aiding Azerbaijan’s. a 19-year-old woman from the killed so far. Azerbaijani authori- “Turkey and Azerbaijan are country’s lowest caste was alleg- of the investigation. prayer meeting at a temple in New ties haven’t given details on their edly gang raped and later died in Indian television news chan- Delhi on Friday that blocking off military casualties but said 19 pursuing not only military-po- a hospital. nels on Friday showed journalists the village was an injustice to the civilians were killed and 55 more litical goals,“ Armenian Prime The demonstra tors shouted being refused entry to the vil- family and showed that the state wounded. Minister Nikol Pashinian said “Hang the rapists” and ”First lage by many police officers. One is unsafe for women. Vahram Poghosyan, a spokes- Saturday in an address to his raped by devils, then by the sys- posted outside the village said the Dalits — formerly known as man for Nagorno-Karabakh nation. “Their goal is Armenia, tem” as they gathered near Par- media would be allowed in after “untouchables” and at the bottom president’s, claimed Saturday on their goal is continuation of the liament in New Delhi. the investigation into the case is of India’s Hindu caste hierarchy Facebook that intelligence data genocide of Armenians.” The protesters, including Bol- completed. — are victims of thousands of showed some 3,000 Azerbaijanis Some 1.5 million Armenians lywood actress Swara Bhaskar, Bhaskar said the hasty crema- attacks each year. According to have died in the fighting, but did died in mass killings in Otto- said the Uttar Pradesh state gov- tion of the victim’s body without human rights organizations, Dalit not give details. man Turkey beginning in 1915, the family’s approval showed the women are particularly vulnera- ernment led by Prime Minister Nagorno-Karabakh was a which Armenia and many other callousness by the state govern- ble to caste-based discrimination Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Jana- designated autonomous region countries have labeled a geno- ment. She demanded the dismiss- and sexual violence. ta Party did not allow anyone to within Azerbaijan during the So- cide. Turkey firmly rejects that meet the victim’s family and that al of Yogi Adiyanath, the state’s In India, rape and sexual vio- viet era. It claimed independence term, contends the total number police cordoned off their village. top elected official. lence have been under the spot- from Azerbaijan in 1991, about of victims is inflated and says the Protesters accused authorities The victim was cremated early light since the 2012 gang rape three months before the Soviet deaths were the consequence of of trying to hush up the crime. Wednesday, with the family alleg- and killing of a 23-year-old stu- Union’s collapse. A full-scale war Police have said they have ar- ing that police did not allow them dent on a New Delhi bus. The at- that broke out in 1992 killed an civil war. rested four suspects, all from an to perform her final rites. Videos tack galvanized massive protests estimated 30,000 people. Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry upper caste. on social media showed the fam- and inspired lawmakers to order By the time the war ended in released a statement Saturday The state government suspend- ily weeping as police insisted on the creation of fast-track courts 1994, Armenian forces not only alleging that thousands of ethnic ed five police officers for alleged cremating the body without al- dedicated to rape cases and stiff- held Nagorno-Karabakh itself Armenians from abroad were negligence in their handling of lowing them to take it home. en penalties for those convicted but substantial areas outside being deployed or recruited to the investigation of the case, said A leader of the main opposition of the crime. the territory’s formal borders. fight for Armenia. France’s Macron details plan targeting Islamist ‘separatism’

Associated Press “separatism” to describe the un- ket by French-born Islamic ex- nizations, officials say. worked to help Muslims not to fall derworld that thrives in some tremists. Last week, a man from It is meant to be aimed at all under the hold of those practicing PARIS — President Emmanuel neighborhoods around France Pakistan stabbed two people kinds of “separatism” but is ex- and preaching a radical brand of Macron, trying to rid France of where Muslims with a radical vi- near Charlie Hebdo’s former of- pected to focus on Islamism, Islam, which French authorities what authorities say is a “paral- sion of their religion take control fices in anger over its publica- raising concerns among some in consider a threat to the nation. lel society” of radical Muslims of the local population to incul- tion of caricatures of the Prophet France’s largely moderate Mus- The issue is particularly sen- thriving outside the values of cate their beliefs. Muhammad. lim community and some on the sitive in a country strongly at- the nation, is laying the ground- Friday’s speech comes while Among the goals of the pro- left that it will further stigmatize tached to secularism and a 1905 work Friday for a proposed law a trial is underway in Paris over posed law is strengthening public the country’s No. 2 religion. law separating church and state. aimed at helping remedy the the deadly January 2015 attacks services, better controlling local Macron’s speech is being de- The law is expected to go be- phenomenon. on satirical newspaper Charlie associations and bringing clarity livered in Les Mureaux, a suburb fore parliament for debate in the Macron has coined the term Hebdo and a kosher supermar- to the financing of religious orga- west of Paris where the mayor has first part of next year. Sunday, October 4, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Loaded gun found in THE CENSUS student’s backpack The approxi- mate number SIMPSONVILLE — A of animals of- SC South Carolina high 180 ficials removed school and middle school were from the home placed on lockdown after a load- of Linda Favre, 65, in Camden, Del. ed gun was found in a student’s backpack. The state Division of Public Health said The city of Simpsonville, in a officials with the Official of Animal Wel- news release, said the school re- fare arrested Favre after officers, acting source officer at Hillcrest High on a tip, executed a search warrant at was told that a student had alcohol. her home, where they found 182 cats When the student was confronted and a dog living in what authorities about the alcohol, he dropped his described as “deplorable conditions.” bookbag and ran, the city said. Favre, a repeat offender, was charged Greenville County Schools of- with several counts of animal cruelty. ficials said officers searched the bag and found a loaded handgun. In addition to the high school, $10K offered for info Bryson Middle School was also placed on lockdown during about gun store robbery the investigation, news outlets reported. RAPID CITY— Au- SD thorities said a $10,000 W idow of man struck by reward is being offered to help catch suspects in a Rapid City gun airborne chair files suit store robbery and recover some of the stolen weapons. CLAYTON — A The federal Bureau of Alcohol, MO wrongful death law- Tobacco, Firearms and Explo- suit claims that a Missouri man sives and the National Shooting died at a 2019 Dave Matthews Sports Foundation, the trade asso- Band concert after being hit by ciation for the firearms industry, a chair thrown by an employee of are each putting up $5,000 for in- the venue in St. Louis County. formation relating to the Sept. 23 The St. Louis Post-Dispatch re- robbery at First Stop Gun & Coin. ported that the lawsuit was filed Investigators believe up to 40 by Darcy Smith of Jefferson City, guns were stolen, and surveil- the wife of Jansen Smith, 44, who lance footage captured three peo- died . The suit names the concert ple breaking into the store. Police venue, Hollywood Casino Amphi- have recovered 21 of the firearms theater in Maryland Height . and have a juvenile in custody. After the couple left the concert, Darcy Smith realized she forgot her souvenir T-shirt so her $1M worth of jewelry husband went back to get it. stolen from store safe The suit said employees were taking down rental chairs on the HINESVILLE — Po- lawn and throwing them toward GA lice said $1 million a pedestrian walkway when one worth of jewelry was stolen from struck Smith in the head, causing a store in coastal Georgia. him to fall back and hit his head WTOC-TV reported the heist on the concrete walkway. He died took place at Kay Jewelers in the next morning at a hospital. Hinesville. Officers responded to an alarm Suspect in alleged at the store, walked around the building and saw nothing wrong. hatchet attack sought Police said they called the store manager to come and reset the TROUTDALE, — Vir- alarm and inspect the store, but ginia State Police were VA the manager declined. looking for a man who allegedly When employees arrived , they showed up at a church and at- ELIAS FUNEZ, THE (GRASS VALLEY, CALIF.) UNION/AP found a hole in the roof and the tacked an off-duty trooper with a store’s safe emptied. hatchet before disappearing into nearby woods. No bones about it About 20 people were gath- Police arrest shoplifter ered inside a church in the rural Employees of the city of Grass Valley, Calif., place Halloween decorations along Mill Street . who hit them with car community of Troutdale when the worshippers heard someone The area of the Sympaug Brook to make bank withdrawals in six a machete and drove his car at a PEORIA— A shoplift- banging on the doors at the main in Danbury where the spill oc- states totaling about $111,000. police officer in separate encoun- AZ ing suspect was ar- entrance, news outlets reported. curred is not believed to be used Court documents said Derrick ters, authorities said. rested after hitting two Peoria An off-duty Virginia State for recreational purposes, but McKenzie, 61, of Mount Vernon, The Times-News reported that police officers with his vehicle Police trooper was present and health officials are recommend- N.Y. , entered bank branches in the suspect, Benjamin Michael while trying to make a getaway, opened the door to find a man ing people refrain from fishing, New Hampshire, New York, New Morley, was treated for a wound authorities said. armed with a hatchet alongside a bathing and other activities until Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, on his left leg after police appre- Police said Gabriel Brandin, dog, officials said. remediation is complete. and Pennsylvania and made the hended him. 40, of Avondale was booked into When the trooper attempted to Waste oil containing metals withdrawals from other people’s Police started chasing Morley, jail on suspicion of aggravated close the door, the man swung the spilled into the brook after a hose bank accounts. 39, of Mooresville, after he alleg- assault on a law enforcement of- hatchet and struck the back of the failed at a manufacturing facil- Documents said McKenzie edly struck a student with his car ficer, unlawful flight, endanger- trooper’s hand, the agency said. ity owned by Stanley Engineered used customers’ names, bank ac- on the University of North Caroli- ment, shoplifting, possession of The trooper was treated at the Fastening, according to the state’s count numbers and fake driver’s na’s flagship Chapel Hill campus drug paraphernalia and driving scene for minor scratches and no- Department of Energy and Envi- licenses that contained custom- and then drove away, UNC Police under the influence. body else was injured. ronmental Protection, which is ers’ personal identifying infor- Chief David Perry said in a state- Officers responded to a Walmart overseeing the clean up. mation and his photo. ment. The student didn’t report in Peoria after a store employee 1,800 gallons of oil any injuries. called to report a shoplifter. spill into local brook Man pleads guilty to Deputies shot at man Morley was charged with three Arriving officers tried to detain bank fraud in 6 states armed with machete counts of felony assault with a the suspect in the store’s parking DANBURY — About deadly weapon on a government lot, but he got into his car and put CT 1,800 gallons of waste CONCORD — A man CHAPEL HILL — Law official and one felony count of it in reverse. oil spilled into a brook that flows NH pleaded guilty in fed- NC enforcement officers in fleeing from police. He was ex- Police said the car’s doors were into Connecticut’s Still River, au- eral court in New Hampshire to North Carolina shot at a man who pected to be jailed after his reopen, striking two officers. thorities said. using other people’s identification attacked sheriff’s deputies with lease from the hospital. From wire reports PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, October 4, 2020 MUSIC

Rose, from left, Jenni Kim, and Lisa of BLACKPINK perform at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., in 2019. The first K-pop girl group to perform at Coachella is poised for a big hit with their full-length debut Oct. 2. AP

Los Angeles Times Blackpink, “Blackpink: The Album” (Oct. 2) Open Mic Eagle, “Anime, Trauma, Divorce” (Oct. 16) ith large-scale tours and festivals nowhere When the four members of Blackpink walked offstage at in sight, getting pumped about new music Coachella in April 2019 — the fi rst K-pop girl group to The Chicago-born, LA-based rapper, thinker and means getting pumped about fall’s upcoming perform there — everyone who keeps up with the genre costar of Comedy Central’s “The New Negroes” albums. Fortunately, there are plenty to stoke expected them to sweep the U.S. in a matter of months. A is one of the most insightful lyricists in the busi- W ness. His previous album, “Brick Body Kids Still our excitement, from the highly anticipated debut by K- turbulent 18 months delayed their ascent, however, as the pop’s biggest girl group to a timely return from a veteran Burning Sun scandal upended their Korean label YG and Daydream,” explored his life growing up in a South club queen. Here are the 20 LPs we can’t wait to hear. COVID-19 put a stop to touring. Now after months spent Chicago housing project. In announcing “Anime, tweaking the record, they’ve fi nally popped the cork on Trauma, Divorce,” the artist explained the themat- The Neighbourhood, their full-length rap and electro-pop-infl uenced debut. ic genesis: “S--- had gone haywire personally and “Chip Chrome & the Mono-Tones” (Sept. 25) With singles like the smash “How You Like That?” and professionally and my therapist had to remind me A character-driven concept album is a counterintuitive the Selena Gomez collab “Ice Cream,” it’s as surefi re a that I have an outlet to process some of my s--- in conceit for a rock band in the age of TikTok. But the hit as anything in K-pop without BTS on the cover. (AB) rap music.” (RR) Neighbourhood are more in tune with modern tastes than North Americans, “Roped In” (Oct. 9) Various Artists, most, and their R&B-infl uenced, big-budget indie sound “The Harry Smith B-Sides” (Oct. 16) has proved both adept and incredibly popular with Gen Los Angeles guitarist Patrick McDermott’s fi rst album for Jack White’s Third Man imprint expands on ideas The Atlanta archival imprint Dust-to-Digital Z years into their career. Singles like “Devil’s Advocate” describes this set as “the closing of a collector’s and “Cherry Flavoured” show how the band can still set forth on North Americans’ previous album, “Going Steady.” An instrumental record inspired by the so- circle.” Drawing on noted experimental fi lm- carve room for ambitious rock around the top charts. maker and music collector Harry Smith’s famed called American primitive guitar style developed by John — August Brown 1951 six-album Folkways Records collection, “The Fahey, “Roped In” sees McDermott teaming with pedal Anthology of American Folk Music,” producers Sufjan Stevens, “The Ascension” steel guitarist Barry Walker, fellow guitar traveler Wil- compiled remastered versions of those folk, blues (Sept. 25; review on Page 33) liam Tyler and harpist Mary Lattimore. Taken together, and country songs’ B-sides. It features both the the nine songs offer a meditative respite. Two years after the exquisitely wispy “Mystery of Love” Carter Family’s foundational rural twang and Mis- (from “Call Me By Your Name”) carried him to the — Randall Roberts sissippi John Hurt’s sweet blues music; and mixes Oscars, Stevens has returned with a furious and densely Loudon Wainwright III, Southern Black jug bands with banjo-playing white arranged electro-folk album about what he views as the “I’d Rather Lead a Band” (Oct. 9) coal miners. (RR) “diseased” state of American culture in the age of Trump. — Mikael Wood The veteran singer, songwriter and actor Wainwright is Boy Pablo, “Wachito Rico” (Oct. 23) best known for his insightful, painfully honest folk-based SuperM, “Super One” (Sept. 25; review on Page 33) Lovers of Cuco’s overlooked 2019 “Para Mi” songs. Rather than update his sound for millennials, “I’d should check out this crafty bedroom-pop maestro A K-pop supergroup featuring members of EXO, SHINee, Rather Lead a Band” travels back to Wainwright’s big- from Norway, whose tender but jumpy music has NCT127 and WayV, Super M was built with the express band-era youth. In conference with noted music supervi- a similar modern-retro vibe and sits in the same purpose of producing the biggest records and stadium sor Randall Poster, Wainwright dipped into the Great emotional register. His debut LP follows a string of shows possible. They got there almost immediately with American Songbook, rounded up a big band and went to singles and EPs — including the YouTube hit “Ev- the instantly meme-able techno-pop single “Jopping” and work. The aim, according to advance notes, was to ex- erytime” — that made Boy Pablo a welcome pres- a Billboard 200-topping EP, and now they’ve dropped plore songs that his parents used to have on when Wain- ence at music festivals around the world . (MW) a full-length debut, preceded by a pair of high-octane wright was a kid “sitting at the top of the stairs while they singles, “100” and “Tiger Inside.” (AB) danced together before going out on dates.” (RR) CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 Sunday, October 4, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 MUSIC

REVIEWS SuperM Super One (SM Entertainment/ Capitol Records) The K-pop group SuperM go big on their fi rst studio album, “Super One,” with familiar rhythms but also bold choices. The newest septet on the block leans heavily on SM Entertainment’s tried and tested manual of success, but with more English in the mix. While sub-groups are nothing new in K-pop, this supergroup’s talent is nothing to be trifl ed with, its members hailing from EXO, SHINee, NCT 127 and WayV. The new album is a power music map to the nearest dance fl oor, with 15 addictive tracks to keep one busy till dawn. Their most obvious infl uence in terms of sound is EXO’s electric, cinematic pop (a genre unto itself, really). The singles “Tiger Inside” and “100” bring some of that unsettling energy to the fore. “Tiger Inside” has a distorted bass and tubular effects that try to emulate the sound of a Danny Clinch roar, while “100” — co-written by band FROM PAGE 12 Bruce Springsteen convened the E Street Band for a whirlwind five-day recording member Mark — sounds like Optimus Gorillaz, “Song Machine: Season One session at his New Jersey home studio, and the end result is The Boss’ 20th Prime found himself in some hot action. – Strange Timez” (Oct. 23) album, “Letter to You,” which is due Oct. 23. “One (Monster & Infi nity)” mixes pugnacious R&B, trumpets and trap. “Line The latest from Damon Albarn’s shape- ’Em Up” fi nds its Middle Eastern groove shifting animated troupe is a collection Elvis Costello, Josh Groban, “Hey Clockface” (Oct. 30) “Harmony” (November) with a happy fl ute. And “Together at of tunes created as part of his rolling Home” rocks with a retro ’90s bass. America’s cuddliest baritone is back multimedia Song Machine project. But For his 33rd studio album (give or The few slow songs on the record don’t this fall with a new studio album (his the smart-alecky spirit and spooky-fes- take) since 1977, the British bard went drag things down: “So Long” is sensual, tive sound are classic Gorillaz, as is the to Paris where, over two days just fi rst since 2018’s “Bridges”) and a “Better Days” is an earnest piano ballad delightfully random guest list, which before the coronavirus ruined every- series of virtual concerts in which he and “Wish You Were Here” has a mellow includes Beck, Elton John, Schoolboy thing, he worked with an ensemble he plans to revisit his favorite show tunes reggae fl ow. Q, St. Vincent, the Cure’s Robert Smith named “Le Quintette Saint Germain.” and his most treasured holiday songs. Simply put, SuperM is super on “Super and the late, great Tony Allen. (MW) In addition to longtime collaborator As always with Groban, the music’s One.” Steve Nieve on piano, Costello gathered Bruce Springsteen, quality will increase in direct propor- — Cristina Jaleru a trumpeter, a woodwind player, a cel- “Letter to You” (Oct. 23) tion with how much of his oddball Associated Press list and a drummer. Recalled Costello sense of humor he lets in. (MW) Springsteen tends to release albums in pre-release notes: “I sang live on the Sufjan Stevens right at moments of national crisis. studio fl oor with the ensemble playing The Avalanches, His 2002 LP “The Rising” helped everything I wanted to hear and noth- “We Will Always Love You” (Dec. 11) The Ascension speak to the grief of 9/11, and “Letter (Asthmatic Kitty) ing that I didn’t.” (RR) They took 16 years to follow up their to You” will no doubt be some kind of salve for the most divisive election in a Rico Nasty, “Nightmare Vacation” landmark 2000 debut, “Since I Left Synthesized generation. His 20th album, recorded (Oct. 30) You.” But these dogged Australian drums and dissect- crate-diggers are due back after a mere ed, distorted vocals in a fi ve-day blitz with his longtime Like some wild convergence of Missy four years with their third LP, which open the upbeat comrades in the E Street Band, betrays Elliott, Bjork, Danny Brown and John- no signs of age. Recorded live at his promises more of the Avalanches’ electronic track ny Rotten, the marvelously in-your- “Lamentations” as Sufjan Stevens sings New Jersey home studio, it’s loud and face singer-rapper Rico Nasty delivers intricate weaving of dusty samples and passionate and maybe the last thing newly recorded vocals, in this case out: “I was only thinking of human kind- rhythmic fury while reveling in the ness / I am the future, defi ne the future.” you’ll be able to talk to your Republican from the likes of Blood Orange, Denzel performative requirements of her job. This tenet carries through “The Ascen- dad about after November. (AB) Curry and Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo. Last year’s breakout mixtape, “Anger sion” as Stevens acknowledges the turmoil Sam Burton, Management,” found her collaborat- (MW) around him but resolves to rise above. “I Can Go With You” (Oct. 30) ing with producer Kenny Beats. For Benee, It is a cautionary tale and a call to ac- her forthcoming follow-up, Nasty has With a high-lonesome wail that recalls Title TBD (date TBD) tion. America may be burning, validation wandered even further afi eld from the Roy Orbison’s, the Salt Lake City sing- seeking may have become even further mainstream. The fi rst single, “iPhone,” You know her from “Supalonely,” warped in a social-media age, but, as er and songwriter Burton taps into an her breezy TikTok hit that became old, weird Americana sound fi lled with is a collaboration with experimental Stevens say in the press release accompa- an inadvertent quarantine jam a few echo and longing. Issued by the crucial pop duo 100 Gecs. (RR) nying the album, the time has come to “be months after it came out last year. Now part of the solution or get out of the way.” folk imprint Tompkins Square, Bur- Kylie Minogue, “Disco” (Nov. 6) ton’s debut album offers 11 emotionally 20-year-old Benee is looking to outlast The 15-track “The Ascension” is one If anyone deserves to capitalize on deep, expertly produced country-rock quick-burn virality with a debut album of Stevens’ more produced albums (most 2020’s dance-pop revival, it’s 52-year- songs, each with a timelessness that showcasing her witty songwriting and close in sound to 2010’s “The Age of Adz”) belies their newness. Need proof? Find old Kylie Minogue, who was pairing her cool but yearning vocals. (MW) and while the musical composition is the video for “Nothing Touches Me.” airy melodies and ecstatic grooves be- highly experimental, the synth-pop album CNCO, (RR) fore Dua Lipa and Doja Cat were born. is accessible. As if to prove the point, the Australian Title TBD (date TBD) Following his last full-length, 2015’s diva’s latest — her follow-up to 2018’s Idiosyncratic Latin acts like Bad sparse and haunting “Carrie & Lowell,” Sylistic country-accented “Golden” — is called Bunny and Anuel AA proved you don’t the change in tone and production is stark. chameleon simply “Disco.” (MW) While the album explores an underlying Elvis Costello have to compromise to fi nd global success, or gloss up your sound to ap- current of righteous anger and hopeless- worked Chris Stapleton, ness, there are times these feelings are pease Anglo tastes. But what if you put with an “Starting Over” (Nov. 13) transformed into personal agency. ensemble that Will country music’s most impres- modern movimiento music in the tried- On “Tell Me You Love Me,” what starts included trumpet, sively bearded traditionalist jump on and-true package of a heartthrob boy as a desperate plea for affection turns piano, woodwinds, the Fleetwood Mac bandwagon that’s band helmed by Simon Cowell? CNCO’s into resolve as the music fl ourishes and cello and drums been rolling through Nashville of late? 2018 self-titled album was the biggest triumphant voices layer to sing: “I’m going on “Hey Clockface.” Seems unlikely — though Stapleton’s Latin album debut in the U.S. that year, to love you.” The control doesn’t have to Ray Di Pietro new one does feature a cameo by Mike and while hits like “Reggaeton Lento” lie in the hands of another. Stevens makes Campbell, the longtime Tom Petty proved their mettle there, the R&B- it his choice to move forward from a place sideman who stepped in for Lindsey driven “Pretend” showed their range of love. Buckingham on Fleetwood Mac’s last and ambitions for this long-delayed — Ragan Clark tour. (MW) 2020 LP. (AB) Associated Press PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, October 4, 2020 BOOKS Mafia hit How ‘Goodfellas’ changed the mob’s image

BY JORDAN MICHAEL SMITH the story of Henry Hill, a New Special to The Washington Post York mobster who had access to some higher-ups but worked n the late 1980s, Martin mostly as a street-level “money Scorsese was not yet Hol- man.” Precisely because Hill lywood royalty. Coming and his friends weren’t made Ioff a string of commercial — offi cial members of a crime failures — the controversial family — they were freelancers “The Last Temptation of Christ” with more liberty to act reckless- (1988) and “The King of Com- ly than the edy” (1983), among them — he subjects of was preparing to release “Good- other mob fellas,” but feared the worst. “I books. want to be a player,” he told a Scorsese TNS journalist while promoting the grew up in movie. “To be a player in Hol- an Italian “Goodfellas,” a critical but not a lucrative hit in 1990, stars Joe Pesci, Ray Liotta and Robert De Niro. lywood, you have to take a lot of commu- bruising.” nity in families above all. “Goodfellas” its graphic and spontaneous only grown as the decades pass. But, as Glenn Kenny recounts Manhattan suggested that, in fact, money violence, dark second half and Kenny writes, “Its infl uence on in his book “Made Men: The where the overrode family, loyalty and nonjudgmental attitude toward other fi lms is diffi cult to quan- Story of Goodfellas,” the pain mob was a everything else. “All that stuff in its characters. Warner Bros. tify.” Infl uence and criticism would soon be behind him. powerful, the Mafi a about honor, it’s a lot of executives wanted the entire fi lm are always diffi cult to quantify, “Goodfellas” would cement respected nonsense; there’s no such thing,” reshot and recut, but Scorsese of course, but the fi lm’s impact Scorsese’s legacy and would go force. “Wiseguy” captured that Scorsese tells Kenny, in an inter- refused. And it was only a mod- is apparent in “Trainspotting” on to redefi ne not just the gang- environment well. According to a view relegated to a single chapter est box offi ce success, grossing (1996) and “American Hustle” ster movie but gangster televi- Los Angeles Times story, Scors- near the end of “Made Men.” $50 million domestically on a $20 (2013). And the works of Quentin ese called Pileggi and told him: sion, too. “The Sopranos” creator Kenny managed to track million budget. Tarantino mimic “Goodfellas’ ” “I just read your book. I’ve been David Chase called the 1990 fi lm down Henry Hill’s brother Joe, Critics adored “Goodfellas,” blend of humor and violence, dis- his “Koran,” and he used more looking for it for years,” a reveal- who confi rms that Henry was however. The fi lm won awards tinctive camerawork, use of pop than 25 of its actors for his show. ing statement unfortunately incurably addicted to drugs and at its premiere at the Venice music, and lightning-speed edit- Chase’s series launched the era absent from “Made Men.” While alcohol and was vicious to his Film Festival, and Roger Ebert ing and pacing. “A Bronx Tale” of prestige dramas by expanding the book succeeds in situating wife and family. With Ray Liotta called it the best mob movie ever upon the fi lm’s premise of the “Goodfellas” in Scorsese’s oeu- in the lead role, Scorsese man- made. It was nominated for six (1993), “Donnie Brasco” (1997) anti-hero mobster living every- vre, it misses some of how and aged to make Henry likable by Oscars, and Pesci won the award and “Blow” (2001) likewise day life. why the fi lm is so infl uential. portraying him as a handsome for supporting actor. Among the employed elements of Scorsese’s Scorsese was unsure about Scorsese intended to make voice of reason around his bar- Academy’s many historical fl ubs, fi lm. Bill Hader tells Kenny making another gangster fi lm, a gangster picture that was, in baric friends, played memorably best picture (for which “Goodfel- that his show “Barry,” about a having already directed “Mean some ways, an antidote to the by Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci. las” wasn’t even in contention) hitman-turned-actor, owes much Streets” (1973) and the gangster- myths of “The Godfather.” That That artistic license endeared went to the forgettable “Dances to “Goodfellas.” And, of course, adjacent “Raging Bull” (1980). legendary movie imbued the Henry to audiences, even as they with Wolves,” which also won there’s “The Sopranos,” the show However, he was smitten with mob with an undeserved nobility watched him murder and steal. a best director prize for Kevin that changed everything. “Wiseguy,” a 1985 bestselling and grandiosity. Francis Ford Well, some audiences. Other Costner. Not bad for a fi lm that some nonfi ction book by journalist Coppola’s fi lm suggested that viewers walked out of previews Not that it affected “Goodfel- audiences initially fl ed from Nicholas Pileggi. “Wiseguy” told mobsters were devoted to their of “Goodfellas,” appalled at las’ ” reputation. Its stature has watching. Rowling stirs up controversy with Galbraith’s ‘Troubled Blood’

BY BILL SHEEHAN narrative whose backstory was fi rst estab- body was found, and no clues ever sur- spacious narrative that has more than one Special to The Washington Post lished in “The Cuckoo’s Calling” (2013). faced. Strike learns the bare facts of the story to tell. As the novel progresses, the Strike is a former military policeman who case from Margot’s surviving daughter, two protagonists and their complex pasts In an afterword to 2015’s “Career of lost a leg while serving in Afghanistan. Anna, who has never stopped hoping for come more into focus. Robin, whose his- Evil,” J.K. Rowling noted that Robert Gal- Robin, as we an answer. It is the coldest of cold cases, tory includes one failed marriage and the braith, her fi ctional alter ego, “has always eventually learn, one that is unlikely to ever be solved. memory of sexual assault, is an admirable felt like my own private playground.” is an emotionally Intrigued by the sheer impossibility of the fi gure struggling to establish herself in a On the evidence of “Troubled Blood,” scarred young task, Strike agrees to devote one year to profession — and a world — dominated by the fi fth and latest Galbraith novel, that woman with an the case. men. Rowling also provides new insights playground has grown deeper and more affi nity for the The investigation that follows is the into Cormoran Strike and the forces that commodious than ever. Weighing in at peculiar satisfac- centerpiece of a wide-ranging novel have shaped him. The most signifi cant of more than 900 pages, it is the longest, tions of detective fi lled with enough characters, incidents these are the death of his mother by drug most ambitious Galbraith novel to date. work. Together, and alternating story lines to more than overdose and his broken relationship with It is also the focus of a controversy that they have solved justify its exorbitant length. The mystery an absentee father, aging rock star Jonny seems likely to divide the book’s many high-profi le cases surrounding Margot’s disappearance Rokeby. The author pays as much atten- potential readers. In her new book, Rowling has cre- but have yet to deepens as the novel progresses, moving tion to the quotidian details of her charac- ated a creepy serial killer who dresses resolve their through a labyrinth of lies, misdirection, ters’ lives as she does to the drama at the in women’s clothes to more easily reel complex feelings faulty memories and missing witnesses. novel’s heart. in his female victims. That decision has for each other. Complicating matters is the fact that the Rowling’s greatest novelistic gifts are generated considerable outrage in light of The gradual evo- initial investigating detective suffered a her ability to spin wild, intricate plots comments Rowling made earlier this year lution of their personal relationship is one breakdown, using astrology and its pecu- (witness the astrological elements of this that angered transgender rights activists. of the series’s central narrative threads. liar logic as his primary investigative tool. latest book), and to create colorful, highly A question quickly arises: Is the creation As “Troubled Blood” begins, it is 2014 (Bizarrely illustrated astrological charts individual characters who come instantly of such a character a legitimate aesthetic and the Strike detective agency is fl our- are scattered throughout the text.) Forced alive on the page. Even the long-absent choice, or is it an affront to the LGBTQ ishing. Multiple investigations are under- to look beyond star charts and celestial Margot Bamborough takes on a distinc- community? While I don’t pretend to know way, and several new players have been infl uences for answers, Strike and Robin tive presence as we come to know her the author’s motivations, I lean toward the added to the cast of characters. Things pursue a more earthbound investigation, through the reminiscences of coworkers former interpretation. Many others will change dramatically when Strike, during one that will lead, after much frustration, and friends. Controversies to the side, no doubt passionately disagree. a visit to his childhood home in Cornwall, to a solution that is at once sad and utterly Rowling remains that rarest of creatures: “Troubled Blood” once again features agrees to look into a decades-old mystery. unexpected. a natural, supremely confi dent storyteller. Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott, part- Nearly 40 years before, a local doctor “Troubled Blood’s” central mystery is For more than one reason, “Troubled ners in a London-based detective agency. named Margot Bamborough left work a strong one, and watching it unfold over Blood” will surely be among the most Like the earlier books in the series, it is and walked in the direction of a nearby the course of a protracted investigation widely read — and widely debated independent enough to stand on its own, pub, where she planned to meet a female is one of the novel’s great pleasures. But — novels of the season. Let the arguments but is best read as part of a long, ongoing friend for drinks. She never arrived. No Margot’s story is just one element of a begin. Sunday, October 4, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 CROSSWORD AND COMICS NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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Microsoft GADGET WATCH Neckband earbuds with superior sound

BY GREGG ELLMAN With Bluetooth 5.0, Aurvana Tribune News Service has Multipoint Connectivity, allowing seamless connections to Recently, someone asked if I multiple devices. Without hav- only like true wireless earbuds ing to re-establish connections, since I write about them often. the headphones will connect to I am a fan of true wireless and an iPad and a laptop and switch The ultimate when you look around, obvious- seamlessly between the two, ly I’m not alone. But there are depending on which is needed. other great choices, including a The outside of each earbud style that is a personal is magnetic, allowing them to favorite. clasp together when you have holiday battle My preferred style them out of your ears. This is neckbands, is a great help when you still which were have the neckband on but the popular a few earbuds out. Six sets of silicone years ago but have and foam ear tips and a pouch kind of disappeared. are included. The battery will Game on for Sony, Microsoft in the system wars The earbuds are last up to 20 hours of playtime attached to a short before a USB charge is needed. wire on each side of For a personalized audio BY GIESON CACHO a lightweight bend- experience, Creative’s Super The Mercury News able band, which X-Fi will set the audio for your sits with ergo- ears using algorithms with a he biggest loser this holiday season will be nomic comfort on head and ear-mapping process my wallet. the back of your incorporated after you send im- Sony fi nally released its pricing for the neck. I always ages of your ears and head. TPlayStation 5. The regular version with an found this style Online: us.creative.com; Ultra HD Blu-ray drive will cost $499 and the digi- to be convenient; $99.99 tal version without one will weigh in at $399. They when the earbuds will be released in the U.S., Japan, Canada, Mexico, are taken out, they House of Marley’s Smile Australia, New Zealand and South Korea on Nov. safely hang from Jamaica wireless 2 earbuds, 12, and worldwide Nov. 19. That news comes after the wires on the Sony part of the Smile Jamaica col- Microsoft unveiled its pricing plan for Xbox Series neckband. lection, are a typical Marley S and Xbox Series X. The budget-friendly Series S Above: The PlayStation 5 console. Knowing that, product, with nice sound Aurvana is priced at $299, and the high-end Xbox Series X Top: The XBox Series X console. Creative’s and an eye-catching Trio wireless neck- will cost $499. Both of Microsoft’s consoles come Eco-conscious design, band triple driver out Nov. 10. HOUSE OF MARLEY/TNS which starts with the solution. It supports 1440p with games running earphones with That puts Microsoft and Sony on equal footing packaging. up to 120fps. That’s frames per second, not hertz. noise isolation had some time this holiday season when it comes to the high-end The hertz is in regard to fresh rate, which can give It is great to see a budget- consoles. The systems appear comparable in terms around my neck for the past friendly choice ($29.99) with players a smoother picture that’s advantageous in week with great success. of power and features. They both will have ray competitive online gaming. It’s a super high-end crisp sound, an appealing de- tracing, which is the most obvious selling point The neckband is great for sign and waterproof features. feature available only on a few TVs and monitors at any listening environment. But between the upcoming generation of games and the moment. Each Bluetooth 5.0 earbud the previous one. Ray tracing enables developers to what makes these rock is the has a wood fi nish and recy- The other factor in all this is the price of games. sound. Inside the triple driver re-create accurate lighting. For the casual gamer, They are going to get expensive. Sony announced clable aluminum with a 9.2 mm the graphics will pop more with fi re accurately speakers are an 11 mm dynam- driver inside and is attached to the prices for next-gen titles, and it’s going to be up ic Bio-cellulose driver and dual refl ecting off water and the light bouncing off glass. to $69.99. That’s going to hurt for many consum- a braided tangle-free cable. A The more subtle changes will come through game balanced armature drivers. three-button control is on the ers, but it also makes services such as Xbox Game This produced great sound for design as super fast SSDs will make transitioning Pass Ultimate even more attractive. If prices keep cable with a USB-C port for from action scenes to cut scenes more seamless. every type of music with deep charging. going up the way they are now, it could make the bass, lows and highs all sound- The biggest separation from the two consoles Netfl ix-style service the best value overall. Xbox Other features include an will be content. Sony already has established ing right on. Creative echoed IPX4 rating for weather and Game Pass Ultimate lets players download more my thoughts by calling it audio franchises and heralded studios, and the company than 100 games with a library that’s always ex- water resistance, quick charge put them to work showing off what the PlayStation nirvana for all music genres on technology, and with a two-hour panding. The titles include classics, recent releases their website. 5 can do at its showcase. Sony brought out the big and exclusives that come out on the service fi rst. charge you can expect about guns with the reveal of Square Enix’s Final Fanta- The Bluetooth 5.0 head- nine hours of playtime. If players want to play the latest Gears of War, the phones pump out great sound, sy XVI and Sony’s God of War Ragnarok. Microsoft House of Marley has al- fi rst-party Microsoft game will likely launch on the which features high-quality is no slouch with the Halo Infi nite reveal, but more ways been an environmen- Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and subscribing to the aptX HD, Qualcomm aptX low importantly, a buying-spree of studios that include tally friendly company and monthly service may be a better value for gamers latency (reduces audio-visual Obsidian Entertainment, inXile Entertainment, announced that the Smile than a $69.99 price. delay) and AAC audio codecs. Ninja Theory and Double Fine shores up its roster Jamaica headphones have 100% Sony appeared to counter the service with the Hands-free calls were loud of fi rst-party developers. What separates the two recyclable packaging. This PlayStation Plus Collection, a new feature that will and clear on both ends, thanks at this moment is that Sony’s teams have had more means the entire package con- let players download some of the top PS4 titles for to the built-in microphone experience working under the company, and the tents can be put into the single the PS5 at launch. It’s a great library with God of with Qualcomm cVc 8.0 noise demos they’ve shown have been more impressive. mixed-paper recycle bin. War, Until Dawn and Resident Evil: Biohazard, but cancellation technology. Con- Microsoft’s recent acquisitions haven’t shown much With the Smile Ja- not much is known beyond that. No one knows the trolling the calls, volume, in terms of gameplay, but they do have a strong maica earbuds, Mar- pricing or even if it’s included with a PlayStation play selections, track record, especially with Obsidian. ley is equally proud Plus subscription. activating voice as- On the more affordable end, Microsoft beats of their construction In this upcoming generation, two ideas will be sistants and charg- Sony in terms of price with its $299 Xbox Series S with a cable design important. The fi rst is that content will be king. ing are all on the end compared to the digital version of the PS5 at $399. using fi bers made of 99 It’s no longer going to be about which console has of the neckband with The big caveat is that the Series S isn’t as powerful the better specs. It’s about which system has the physical rubber but- percent post-consumer as the Xbox Series X or the PlayStation 5 digital, better games. The second is that it appears there tons. plastic waste from which has the same specs as the regular one minus will be more of a push to make games a service. It’s recycled water bottles, the optical drive. All of this means that the PlaySta- the idea of living projects like “Fortnite” and the FSC certifi ed wood and tion 5 Digital Version could be the best value over- concept of getting players hooked onto services so recyclable aluminum all, and the one consumers should target. It offers that they pay monthly payments for a collection of housings. the same hardware specs as the upper-tier version new games. Online: thehouseof for a cheaper price. Ideally, consumers would pair Gaming in the future could look a lot like marley.com; $29.99, that with a 4K television, preferably with an HDMI streaming services today with platforms fi ghting available in color 2.1 connection. over the best content. It looks like Sony and Micro- confi gurations of black, If you don’t have a 4K TV or if you’re a desktop soft have different ideas on that, and it will be up to rasta, cooper, denim and gamer, the Xbox Series S could be the perfect consumers to fi gure out which is the better deal. CREATIVE/TNS smile Jamaica green Sunday, October 4, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 17 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Afghanistan must decentralize its government Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY WAHAB RAOFI goal: to establish a centralized govern- highly centralized political and admin- Special to Stars and Stripes ment in Afghanistan. It’s a road that has istrative system that concentrates power EDITORIAL been traveled before and has always led to and financial resources in the office of the fter a decade of bloody conflict, failure. Indeed, it’s a road likely to lead to president with little accountability. The Editor Terry Leonard, delegations from Afghanistan’s perpetual conflict. lack of an institutional power-sharing ar- [email protected] government and the Taliban con- The existing political and administrative rangement between Kabul and the prov- Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor Avened in Doha, Qatar, to negoti- systems in Afghanistan are archaic. They inces, and the winner-takes-all system in [email protected] ate a peace agreement. Initiated early in can’t synchronize with the social and polit- the central government, drive a zealous September, the event was touted by some ical dynamic that emerged during the past competition for the presidency.” Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content as “unprecedented” in the country’s re- [email protected] four decades. The current political struc- J. Alexander Their, with the Center for cent history and hailed an historic moment tures were established by the Constitution Strategic and International Studies, wrote Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation for Afghans. However, those familiar with of Afghanistan, adopted in 2004, which is a in Foreign Affairs that “decentralized gov- [email protected] Afghan history know that this is not the revised version of the Constitution adopted ernance is not only historically grounded first, nor will it be the last, such attempt in 1964 when the country was ruled by a in Afghan history, but also theoretically Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital at peace. [email protected] monarchy. important for democracy.” Afghans have repeatedly held such talks The Afghan Constitution has placed The next U.S. president should not try to to reestablish governments or shattered enormous responsibility on the shoulders impose a military solution on Afghanistan. systems. The agony is that every time they BUREAU STAFF of the president, making him preside over It should leave the Afghans to their own do so, they do it on a foundation of the de- all three branches of government. The con- devices; the only way to get to the root of Europe/Mideast bris of that which has already collapsed. centration is so extreme that not only are the conflict is decentralization. Allow the Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief The Doha meeting is no different from the governors of 34 provinces appointed by [email protected] previous such gatherings. For example, provinces to largely govern themselves in +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 after the Taliban regime was overthrown the president, but also the subgovernors, ways similar to how the U.S. grants states’ Pacific by the United States in 2001, delegations mayors and chiefs of police. Even the ex- rights. Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief from Afghan political factions met in penses and procurements of every prov- Afghan conflicts didn’t start with the [email protected] Bonn, Germany, to negotiate a post-Tal- ince must bear the president’s signature. invasion of U.S. troops or even with the in- +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 iban arrangement. The Bonn Agreement, It doesn’t require an economist to see ception of the Taliban. From the conquest the hazards and debilitating effects of such of Afghanistan by Alexander the Great Washington under the auspices of the United Nations, selected Hamid Karzai as the interim head a monopoly of power vested in a single in 330 BC to the Mongol invasions of the Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief individual. 13th century, the Anglo-Afghan wars of [email protected] of government until elections were held. (+1)(202)886-0033 Nineteen years later, after nearly 15,000 Imagine what it would be like if the U.S. the 1800s, the Soviet invasion of the 1970s- Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News casualties and over $2 trillion U.S. dol- president not only appointed his Cabinet ’80s and Afghan civil wars of the 1990s, [email protected] lars spent, the Taliban are back, and the members, but also every state’s governor, Afghanistan has been a boiling kettle of prospect of peace is no better. U.S. special every city’s mayor and police chief, and conflict. CIRCULATION envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad every person running every bank and fi- Such talks as those in Doha, even if they Mideast brokered a deal between the U.S. and Tal- nancial institution. appear to hold promise, will not solve the Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager iban in March, but the Afghan government Afghanistan has experimented with Afghan problem, nor achieve the U.S. ob- [email protected] was not part of that. During a recent hear- many political systems, and the country jective of defeating al-Qaida and its terror- [email protected] ing before the U.S. House subcommittee has become a graveyard for every one of ist affiliates. DSN (314)583-9111 on National Security, Khalilzad said nego- them. Until a decentralization of power is es- Europe tiations between the Taliban and Afghan Ahmad Massoud, son of military com- tablished in Afghanistan, we can only ex- Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager government may fail. mander Ahmad Shah Massoud (who was pect a continuation of foreign interference, [email protected] But let’s assume that the Taliban and assassinated a few days before the 9/11 at- safe havens for jihadists, chaos, dysfunc- [email protected] Afghan government eventually hammer tacks), wrote in The New York Times: “For tion and never-ending war. +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 out an agreement. Will this bring peace? a lasting peace and just political order to Wahab Raofi, an Afghan-born American, is a grad- Pacific Almost certainly not. be established in Afghanistan, significant uate of Kabul Law School. He formerly worked as All these meetings have one common structural changes need to be made to our an interpreter for NATO forces in Afghanistan. Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 CONTACT US Washington Iraq’s ‘October Revolution’ may open door to reform tel: (+1)202.886.0003 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 BY BOBBY GHOSH nomic opportunity. to demonstrate his sincerity. He should Bloomberg Opinion Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s deploy his security forces to protect the Reader letters chances of keeping his job — and his protesters, and speed up investigations [email protected] ctober is a time for promises of political and economic reform into the previous killings. He should then Additional contacts revolutions.” — may hinge on his ability to coopt the Oc- press parliament to pass the new electoral stripes.com/contactus The slogan on posters ap- tober Revolution, and use it to overcome law designed to end the sectarian system. “Opearing all over Baghdad resistance from politicians in Baghdad and It was approved in principle late last year, OMBUDSMAN last week was a statement of intent from the puppet-masters in Tehran. but many details need to be ironed out. The the young Iraqis whose street protests last Ernie Gates The protesters and the prime minister election commission needs a budget, and fall rocked the Iraqi political system and need each other. Lacking both a leader and the federal court that must validate results brought down a prime minister, but failed an armed cohort, the revolution remains of the vote doesn’t yet have a quorum. The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow to deliver the change they wanted. Now vulnerable to the machinations of politi- Al-Kadhimi will need to persuade the of news and information, reporting any attempts by the they are back. And this time, their best military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s cians as well as the muscle of the Iran- protesters to give him more time to clean hope of success may be to throw in with independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns backed militias. They may be suspicious up the Iraqi government: The corruption and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for fair- the prime minister, rather than throw him of al-Kadhimi — he is a product of the ness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman out. is connected to the system of sectarian pa- welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted political elite they despise — but the pro- The protest movement, known as the Oc- tronage; uprooting it will require the im- by email at [email protected], or by phone at testers need the protection of his security 202.886.0003. tober Revolution, was undermined — by vi- plementation of political reforms. Reviving forces from the bullets and blackjacks of the economy and creating the jobs that the olence and political perfidy as much as the coronavirus pandemic. More than 550 pro- the militias. protesters need will be harder still. The Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- testers were killed, many by Iran-backed In turn, they can provide al-Kadhimi pandemic continues to ravage the coun- days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday militias and others by Iraqi security forc- with a political shield against the forces try, and low international oil prices make through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and behind the militias, or beholden to them, it hard for Iraq to comply with production Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals es. A populist cleric-politician who had ini- postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send tially backed the movement switched sides who are determined to preserve the cur- limits imposed by OPEC. address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, at a critical moment. rent system of apportioning power along The protesters will also require con- APO AP 96301-5002. sectarian lines. Remember, the prime This newspaper is authorized by the Department of Any remaining momentum was lost in vincing that al-Kadhimi is not beholden to Defense for members of the military services overseas. the lockdowns imposed after COVID-19 minister has no mandate to rule: He was foreign powers. They are as suspicious of However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are unofficial, cases spiked in the spring. The resump- the third choice of the very elite that resists American influence as they are hostile to and are not to be considered as the official views of, or reform. Strong support from the protesters endorsed by, the U.S. government. As a DOD newspaper, tion of the revolution was hindered by Iranian interference in Iraqi affairs. The Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official chan- the hottest summer on record as well as might give him just enough legitimacy to Trump administration can help by dialing nels and use appropriated funds for distribution to remote the government’s inability to control the push through his agenda before elections down its demands of the prime minister, locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. next June. The appearance of advertising in this publication does pandemic. and easing up on the threat to shut down not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense On Thursday, the protesters returned to He has to earn it, though. Al-Kadhimi the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Washington or Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. the public square, determined to complete has made the right noises about the revolu- should recognize that the embassy — and Products or services advertised shall be made available for tion. He has released some detained pro- purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, their movement’s unfinished business. American interests more generally — will religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical Their demands remain unaltered: a thor- testers. But he has not kept his promises to be better protected by a prime minister handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor oughgoing reform of the sectarian political investigate the killing of protesters, to pun- working with the protesters. of the purchaser, user or patron. system, an end to the endemic corruption ish the perpetrators and pay compensation that permeates the state, the cessation of for their victims. Bobby Ghosh is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. © Stars and Stripes 2020 This column does not necessarily reflect the foreign interference in the country’s af- The resumption of the October Revolu- opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP stripes.com fairs and perhaps most important, eco- tion gives the prime minister a chance and its owners. PAGE 18 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, October 4, 2020 SCOREBOARD

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Jets 0 4 0 .000 65 131 (knee), T Ronnie Stanley (shoulder), DE ting (groin), LB Jason Pierre-Paul (knee), 1. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota. up-to-date TV schedules. South Derek Wolfe (elbow). DNP: LB Pernell WR Justin Watson (shoulder). 2. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet. Tennessee 3 0 0 1.000 80 74 McPhee (not injury related). FULL: RB MINNESOTA VIKINGS at HOUSTON 3. (19) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota. myafn.net Indianapolis 2 1 0 .667 84 45 Justice Hill (thigh). WASHINGTON: OUT: TEXANS — VIKINGS: OUT: CB Mike 4. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet. Jacksonville 1 2 0 .333 70 84 LB Cole Holcomb (knee), WR Steven Sims Hughes (neck). DOUBTFUL: CB Kris Boyd 5. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford. Houston 0 3 0 .000 57 95 (toe), DE Chase Young (groin). QUES- (hamstring). FULL: CB Cameron Dant- 6. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota. North TIONABLE: DE Ryan Anderson (ankle), zler (rib), T Olisaemeka Udoh (finger). 7. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford. Pittsburgh 3 0 0 1.000 80 58 WR Terry McLaurin (thigh), T Morgan TEXANS: QUESTIONABLE: RB Cullen Gil- 8. (22) Joey Logano, Ford. College football Baltimore 2 1 0 .667 91 56 Moses (hip), LB Kevin Pierre-Louis (ill- laspia (hamstring), LB Peter Kalambayi 9. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford. Cleveland 2 1 0 .667 75 88 ness). DNP: RB Bryce Love (knee). FULL: (hamstring). FULL: LB Zach Cunningham 10. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet. Cincinnati 0 2 1 .000 66 74 DE Ryan Anderson (ankle), T Saahdiq (groin), WR Will Fuller (hamstring), DT 11. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford. Friday’s scores West Charles (thigh), WR Dontrelle Inman P.J. Hall (groin), RB Duke Johnson (ankle), 12. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet. Kansas City 3 0 0 1.000 91 60 (wrist), DE Ryan Kerrigan (not injury re- CB Lonnie Johnson (illness), DE Charles 13. (21) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford. SOUTH 14. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford. Wake Forest 66, Campbell 14 Las Vegas 2 1 0 .667 88 90 lated), T Morgan Moses (hip). Omenihu (knee). L.A. Chargers 1 2 0 .333 52 57 BUFFALO BILLS at LAS VEGAS RAID- NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS at KANSAS 15. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford. WEST 16. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota. BYU 45, Louisiana Tech 14 Denver 1 3 0 .250 82 98 ERS — BILLS: OUT: LB Del’Shawn Phillips CITY CHIEFS — PATRIOTS: OUT: S Cody NATIONAL CONFERENCE (quadricep). QUESTIONABLE: DE Mario Davis (rib). QUESTIONABLE: DT Adam 17. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet. East Addison (knee), RB Zack Moss (toe). Butler (shoulder), WR Julian Edelman 18. (41) Cole Custer, Ford. W L T Pct PF PA LIMITED: QB Jake Fromm (not injury re- (knee), G Shaquille Mason (calf), RB Sony 19. (6) Ryan Newman, Ford. Pro basketball Dallas 1 2 0 .333 88 97 lated). FULL: WR John Brown (calf), T Michel (quadricep), T Isaiah Wynn (calf). 20. (42) Matt Kenseth, Chevrolet. Washington 1 2 0 .333 62 81 Dion Dawkins (shoulder), LB Tremaine CHIEFS: QUESTIONABLE: DT Chris Jones 21. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet. Philadelphia 0 2 1 .000 59 87 Edmunds (shoulder), S Micah Hyde (groin). FULL: WR Tyreek Hill (heel), DT 22. (95) Christopher Bell, Toyota. N.Y. Giants 0 3 0 .000 38 79 (ankle), DT Quinton Jefferson (foot), TE Derrick Nnadi (ankle), DE Alex Okafor 23. (38) John Hunter Nemechek, Ford. WNBA playoffs Dawson Knox (concussion), DT Ed Oliver (hamstring), C Austin Reiter (knee), T 24. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford. South 25. (37) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet. Seeding in parentheses Tampa Bay 2 1 0 .667 82 61 (knee). RAIDERS: OUT: CB Damon Arnette Mitchell Schwartz (ankle), S Juan Thorn- 26. (47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet. All games played at Bradenton, Fla. Carolina 1 2 0 .333 68 81 (wrist, thumb), WR Bryan Edwards (foot, hill (knee), CB Charvarius Ward (hand), T 27. (43) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet. Finals New Orleans 1 2 0 .333 88 94 ankle), DT Daniel Ross (foot). DOUBTFUL: Andrew Wylie (illness). 28. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet. (Best-of-five; x-if necessary) Atlanta 0 3 0 .000 90 108 T Trenton Brown (calf), WR Rico Gafford NEW ORLEANS SAINTS at DETROIT 29. (32) Corey LaJoie, Ford. (2) Seattle 1, (1) Las Vegas 0 North (hamstring), WR Henry Ruggs (knee, LIONS — SAINTS: OUT: TE Jared Cook 30. (8) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet. Friday: Seattle 93, Las Vegas 80 Chicago 3 0 0 1.000 74 62 hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: S Johnathan (groin), DE Marcus Davenport (elbow, 31. (96) Daniel Suarez, Toyota. Sunday: Game 2 Green Bay 3 0 0 1.000 122 85 Abram (shoulder, thumb), LB Nick Kwiat- toe), CB Janoris Jenkins (shoulder), CB 32. (15) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet. Tuesday: Game 3 Detroit 1 2 0 .333 70 92 koski (pectoral). LIMITED: S Johnathan Marshon Lattimore (hamstring), G An- 33. (00) Quin Houff, Chevrolet. x-Thursday, Oct 8: Game 4 Minnesota 0 3 0 .000 75 102 Abram (shoulder, thumb). FULL: G Den- drus Peat (ankle), WR Michael Thomas 34. (27) JJ Yeley, Ford. x-Sunday, Oct. 11: Game 5 West zelle Good (thumb), DT Johnathan Han- (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: LB Chase Han- 35. (77) Justin Haley, Chevrolet. Seattle 3 0 0 1.000 111 86 kins (shoulder), RB Alec Ingold (ankle, sen (hip). LIONS: OUT: S C.J. Moore (calf). 36. (51) Joey Gase, Ford. Arizona 2 1 0 .667 77 61 quadricep), RB Josh Jacobs (hip, knee), QUESTIONABLE: TE Hunter Bryant (ham- 37. (66) Timmy Hill, Toyota. L.A. Rams 2 1 0 .667 89 71 LB Nick Kwiatkoski (pectoral), CB Nevin string), DE Da’Shawn Hand (chest), LB 38. (53) James Davison, Chevrolet. Deals San Francisco 2 1 0 .667 87 46 Lawson (ankle), LB Cory Littleton (knee), Christian Jones (knee), CB Darryl Roberts 39. (62) Brendal Gaughan, Chevrolet. Thursday’s game G John Simpson (shoulder), TE Darren (hip), CB Desmond Trufant (hamstring). Denver 37, N.Y. Jets 28 Waller (knee), T Sam Young (groin). NEW YORK GIANTS at LOS ANGELES Friday’s transactions Sunday’s games CLEVELAND BROWNS at DALLAS RAMS — GIANTS: OUT: S Jabrill Peppers L.A. Chargers at Tampa Bay COWBOYS — BROWNS: OUT: DE Adrian (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: S Julian Love Pro soccer BASEBALL Cleveland at Dallas Clayborn (hip), LB Tae Davis (elbow), (knee, ankle). FULL: S Adrian Colbert Major League Baseball Baltimore at Washington CB Greedy Williams (shoulder). QUES- (quadricep). RAMS: OUT: RB Cam Akers American League Pittsburgh at Tennessee TIONABLE: G Joel Bitonio (back), C Nick (ribs). QUESTIONABLE: S Jordan Fuller MLS CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Activated Arizona at Carolina Harris (illness), RB Kareem Hunt (groin), (shoulder). FULL: DT Sebastian Joseph RHPs Reynaldo Lopez, Zach Burdi, Jose New Orleans at Detroit LB Jacob Phillips (knee), DE Olivier Ver- (ankle), WR Josh Reynolds (illness), T EASTERN CONFERENCE Ruiz and Jonathan Stiever, LHPs Ber- Jacksonville at Cincinnati non (abdomen), CB Denzel Ward (groin). Andrew Whitworth (not injury related). W L T Pts GF GA nardo Flores Jr. and Gio Gonzalez, OF Minnesota at Houston FULL: WR Odell Beckham (back), TE Ste- RAMS: OUT: WR DeSean Jackson (ham- Columbus 9 2 3 30 23 8 Micker Adolfo, Blake Rutherford and Luis Seattle at Miami phen Carlson (shoulder), T Jack Conklin string), WR Alshon Jeffery (foot), CB Philadelphia 8 2 4 28 24 11 Gonzalez, Cs Yermin Mercedes and Seby Indianapolis at Chicago (elbow), S Ronnie Harrison (illness), WR Avonte Maddox (ankle), CB Trevor Wil- Toronto FC 8 2 4 28 24 15 Zavala and SS Danny Mendick from alter- N.Y. Giants at L.A. Rams Jarvis Landry (hip), LB Sione Takitaki liams (rib). DOUBTFUL: WR J.J. Arcega- Orlando City 7 2 5 26 25 15 nate training site. Sent RHP Alex McRae Buffalo at Las Vegas (shoulder). COWBOYS: QUESTIONABLE: Whiteside (calf). QUESTIONABLE: T Jason New England 5 3 6 21 15 12 outright to alternate training site. New England at Kansas City CB Trevon Diggs (shoulder, knee), T Ty- Peters (foot). DNP: DT Fletcher Cox (not New York 6 6 2 20 17 16 TEXAS RANGERS — Sent 3B Yadiel Ri- Philadelphia at San Francisco ron Smith (neck). injury related). FULL: G Jamon Brown New York City FC 6 6 2 20 14 10 vera outright to alternate training site. Monday’s game INDIANAPOLIS COLTS at CHICAGO (illness), T Jack Driscoll (illness), S Rudy Nashville SC 4 5 4 16 11 14 National League Atlanta at Green Bay BEARS — COLTS: OUT: CB T.J. Carrie Ford (groin), WR John Hightower (ill- Montreal 5 8 1 16 20 27 CHICAGO CUBS — Sent LHP Josh Osich Thursday, Oct. 8 (hamstring), WR Michael Pittman (calf). ness), C Jason Kelce (not injury related), Chicago 4 7 3 15 18 22 outright to alternate training site. Tampa Bay at Chicago DNP: DT Denico Autry (not injury re- RB Miles Sanders (glute). 49ERS: OUT: DE Atlanta 4 8 2 14 13 19 CINCINNATI REDS — Activated RHPs Sunday, Oct. 11 lated), CB T.J. Carrie (hamstring), T An- Dee Ford (back), QB Jimmy Garoppolo Cincinnati 3 7 4 13 8 21 R.J. Alaniz, Jose De Leon, Joel Kuhnel, Cincinnati at Baltimore thony Castonzo (not injury related), WR (ankle), LB Dre Greenlaw (quadricep), D.C. United 2 7 5 11 11 20 Anthony DeSclafani, Ryan Hendrix, Tony Philadelphia at Pittsburgh T.Y. Hilton (not injury related), DE Justin CB Emmanuel Moseley (concussion), Inter Miami CF 3 9 2 11 12 22 Santillan and Sal Romano, LHP Jesse Bid- Carolina at Atlanta Houston (not injury related), WR Michael RB Raheem Mostert (knee), TE Jordan WESTERN CONFERENCE dle, 2Bs Alex Blandino and Robel Garcia, Las Vegas at Kansas City Pittman (calf). FULL: RB Nyheim Hines Reed (knee), CB Ahkello Witherspoon W L T Pts GF GA LF Mark Payton and C Tyler Stephenson L.A. Rams at Washington (shoulder), CB Rock Ya-Sin (non-football (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: CB K’Waun Seattle 7 3 3 24 29 12 from alternate training site. Buffalo at Tennessee illness). BEARS: DOUBTFUL: S Sherrick Williams (hip). FULL: TE George Kittle Portland 7 4 3 24 27 24 MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Activated Arizona at N.Y. Jets McManis (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: (knee), RB Jerick McKinnon (ribs). Sporting KC 6 5 2 20 24 20 RHPs Corbin Burnes, Phil Bickford, J.P. Jacksonville at Houston LB Khalil Mack (knee), LB Josh Woods SEATTLE SEAHAWKS at MIAMI DOL- FC Dallas 5 3 5 20 19 13 Feyereisen, Bobby Wahl and Devin Wil- Miami at San Francisco (ankle). FULL: S Deon Bush (groin), WR PHINS — SEAHAWKS: OUT: S Jamal Ad- Colorado 5 4 4 19 25 20 liams, LHPs Brett Anderson, Eric Lauer N.Y. Giants at Dallas Ted Ginn (not injury related), S Tashaun ams (groin), LB Jordyn Brooks (knee), CB Minnesota United 5 5 4 19 24 21 and Angel Perdomo, 2B Mark Mathias, Denver at New England Gipson (neck), TE Jimmy Graham (not in- Quinton Dunbar (knee). QUESTIONABLE: Los Angeles FC 5 6 3 18 32 29 OFs Billy McKinney and Corey Ray and C Indianapolis at Cleveland jury related), DT Akiem Hicks (not injury RB Chris Carson (knee), CB Shaquill Grif- Real Salt Lake 4 4 6 18 19 21 Many Pina from altenate training site. Minnesota at Seattle related), RB David Montgomery (wrist), fin (shoulder), S Delano Hill (back), RB Houston 3 4 7 16 21 24 Open: Detroit, Green Bay BASKETBALL LB Danny Trevathan (not injury related), Carlos Hyde (shoulder), G Damien Lewis Vancouver 5 9 0 15 17 31 Monday, Oct. 12 LB Josh Woods (ankle). (ankle), CB Neiko Thorpe (hip). Practice LA Galaxy 4 6 3 15 17 22 National Basketball Association L.A. Chargers at New Orleans Named Landry JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS at CINCIN- Not Complete. DOLPHINS: DOUBTFUL: S San Jose 3 6 5 14 19 39 ATLANTA HAWKS — — OUT: DT Kavon Frazier (shoulder), CB Byron Jones Fields assistant general manager. NATI BENGALS JAGUARS: Note: Three points for victory, one NFL injury report Daniel Ekuale (ankle), C Brandon Linder (groin, achilles). QUESTIONABLE: G Solo- point for tie. FOOTBALL (knee). QUESTIONABLE: K Stephen Haus- mon Kindley (foot), QB Tua Tagovailoa National Football League Saturday’s games NEW YORK — The National Football chka (right knee). LIMITED: WR Laviska (illness). FULL: S Clayton Fejedelem (pec- New York at Orlando City ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed OL League injury report, as provided by the Shenault (hamstring), LB Quincy Wil- toral), CB Xavien Howard (knee). Justin Murray to a two-year contract ex- Atlanta at D.C. United league (DNP: did not practice; LIMITED: liams (core muscle injury). FULL: G A.J. MONDAY Chicago at Montreal tension. limited participation; FULL: Full partici- Cann (illness), WR D.J. Chark (chest, ATLANTA FALCONS at GREEN BAY BUFFALO BILLS — Signed CB Cam Nashville at New England pation): back), TE Tyler Eifert (not injury related), PACKERS — FALCONS: DNP: S Ricardo Al- Philadelphia at Toronto FC Lewis to the practice squad. Released RB SUNDAY DE Adam Gotsis (not injury related), CB len (elbow), DT Marlon Davidson (knee), Antonio Williams. Sporting Kansas City at Houston ARIZONA CARDINALS at CAROLINA D.J. Hayden (not injury related), DT Abry K Younghoe Koo (right groin), DE Tak- New York City FC at Miami Signed S Dallin LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — PANTHERS — CARDINALS: OUT: S Budda Jones (ankle), TE James O’Shaughnessy karist McKinley (groin), S Keanu Neal Cincinnati at Minnesota Leavitt. Placed CB Damon Arnette and DT Baker (thumb), S Chris Banjo (ham- (not injury related), S Brandon Watson (hamstring). LIMITED: DE Dante Fowler Columbus at FC Dallas Daniel Ross on injured reserve. string). QUESTIONABLE: C Mason Cole (knee), S Andrew Wingard (core muscle (ankle), DT Grady Jarrett (hip), WR Ju- Vancouver at Seattle NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed LB (hamstring), LB Dennis Gardeck (foot), injury). BENGALS: OUT: DT Geno Atkins lio Jones (hamstring), T Kaleb McGary LA Galaxy at San Jose Michael Pinckney to the practice squad. WR DeAndre Hopkins (ankle), LB Devon (shoulder), DT Mike Daniels (elbow), LB (knee), LS Foyesade Oluokun (ham- Colorado at Portland ppd. Released DL Xavier Williams. Kennard (calf), WR Christian Kirk (groin), Logan Wilson (concussion). DOUBTFUL: string), WR Calvin Ridley (ankle, calf). Sunday’s games NEW YORK JETS — Waived RB Ty John- CB Dre Kirkpatrick (concussion), LB Tan- CB Mackensie Alexander (ribs, ham- FULL: WR Russell Gage (concussion), T Los Angeles FC at Real Salt Lake son, QB Mike White, CBs Nate Hairston ner Vallejo (illness) LIMITED: C Mason string). FULL: T Fred Johnson (wrist), G Matt Gono (shoulder), CB Kendall Shef- Tuesday’s games and Cam Lewis. Cole (hamstring), LB Dennis Gardeck Michael Jordan (knee), CB Darius Phillips field (foot), DE Jacob Tuioti-Mariner (el- D.C. United at New York City FC NEW YORK GIANTS — Released TE Eric (foot), WR Christian Kirk (groin). FULL: (knee). bow). PACKERS: DNP: LB Christian Kirk- Minnesota at Nashville Tomlinson. Signed S Sean Chandler from DT Zach Allen (knee), WR Larry Fitzger- LOS ANGELES CHARGERS at TAMPA sey (pectoral), WR Allen Lazard (core), Wednesday’s games the practice squad. ald (not injury related), DT Corey Peters BAY BUCCANEERS — CHARGERS: OUT: TE Marcedes Lewis (knee), QB Jordan Orlando City at Atlanta SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed CB (not injury related), LB Tanner Vallejo T Bryan Bulaga (back), QB Tyrod Taylor Love (illness). LIMITED: WR Davante Ad- Miami at New York Jamar Taylor to the practice squad. (illness). PANTHERS: QUESTIONABLE: G (ribs, chest), G Trai Turner (groin), WR ams (hamstring), DT Kenny Clark (groin), Montreal at Columbus WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM — Dennis Daley (ankle), T Russell Okung Mike Williams (hamstring). QUESTION- TE Josiah Deguara (ankle), LB Rashan Toronto FC at New England Signed LB Jared Norris. Placed RB Bryce (groin). LIMITED: S Jeremy Chinn (hip), ABLE: S Rayshawn Jenkins (groin), T Gary (ankle), LB Za’Darius Smith (ankle). Cincinnati at Philadelphia Love on injured reserve. G Dennis Daley (ankle), DE Yetur Gross- Storm Norton (knee), T Tyree St. Louis FULL: CB Jaire Alexander (hand), G Elg- FC Dallas at Houston SOCCER Matos (illness), T Russell Okung (groin), (concussion), LB Nick Vigil (groin). FULL: ton Jenkins (back, rib), LB Randy Ramsey Chicago at Sporting Kansas City Major League Soccer LB Adarius Taylor (hip). FULL: CB Donte DE Joey Bosa (triceps), RB Justin Jackson (groin), T Billy Turner (knee). Los Angeles FC at Colorado MLS — Fined M Alex Muyl from Nash- Real Salt Lake at Seattle ville SC an undisclosed amount for sim- Portland at LA Galaxy ulation/embellishment in match with Vancouver at San Jose Houston Dynamo on Sept.26. Fined D/MF Golf Judson and D Paul Marie from San Jose Earthquakess an undisclosed amount NWSL Peter Malnati 70-67—137 -7 for entering field of play in a match with Sanderson Farms Shoprite Classic W L T Pts GF GA Los Angeles FC on Sept. 27. Sebastian Munoz 64-73—137 -7 Portland 2 0 0 6 7 1 AUSTIN FC — Named Mauricio Villar- Championship Corey Conners 67-70—137 -7 LPGA Tour Chicago 1 1 1 4 6 4 eal senior public relations manager. Martin Laird 68-69—137 -7 Friday PGA Tour North Carolina 1 0 1 4 4 3 FC DALLAS — Signed homegrown D Cameron Tringale 68-69—137 -7 At Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club Washington 1 1 1 4 4 4 Justin Che to a three-yr contract through Friday Aaron Wise 68-69—137 -7 Galloway, N.J. At Country Club of Jackson Houston 1 1 0 3 6 5 2023 with an option for the 2024 season. Chris Kirk 68-70—138 -6 Purse: $1.3 million Sky Blue FC 1 1 0 3 3 5 SKY BLUE FC — Signed F Mikaela How- Jackson, Miss. Stewart Cink 69-69—138 -6 Yardage: 6,190; Par: 71 Purse: $6.6 million Orlando 0 1 1 1 1 3 ell to a short-term contract for remain- Camilo Villegas 69-69—138 -6 Second Round Reign FC 0 1 1 1 3 6 der of 2020 fall season. Yardage: 7,460; Par: 72 Chase Seiffert 70-68—138 -6 Nasa Hataoka 64-67—131 -11 Utah 0 1 1 1 2 5 HOCKEY Second Round Michael Gligic 65-73—138 -6 Mel Reid 68-64—132 -10 Note: Three points for victory, one National Hockey League Keegan Bradley 66-65—131 -13 Roger Sloan 67-71—138 -6 Mi Hyang Lee 63-69—132 -10 point for tie. ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed Ryan J.T. Poston 66-67—133 -11 Henrik Norlander 69-70—139 -5 Celine Boutier 68-65—133 -9 Saturday’s games Jankowski associate director of amateur Charley Hoffman 64-69—133 -11 Matthew NeSmith 68-71—139 -5 Amy Olson 67-66—133 -9 Washington at Sky Blue FC scouting. MJ Daffue 65-69—134 -10 J.B. Holmes 71-68—139 -5 Christina Kim 69-65—134 -8 Portland at Utah BUFFALO SABRES — Signed F Andrew Denny McCarthy 68-67—135 -9 Ryan Armour 67-72—139 -5 Jennifer Kupcho 69-65—134 -8 Sunday’s game Oglevie to a two-year contract. Kristoffer Ventura 67-68—135 -9 Scott Stallings 67-72—139 -5 Georgia Hall 67-67—134 -8 North Carolina at Houston COLLEGE Kevin Chappell 64-72—136 -8 Cameron Davis 66-73—139 -5 Jennifer Song 65-69—134 -8 Friday, Oct. 9 CENTRAL INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC Sergio Garcia 68-68—136 -8 Tom Hoge 71-68—139 -5 In Gee Chun 68-67—135 -7 Houston at Orlando ASSOCIATION — Announced the can- Anirban Lahiri 66-70—136 -8 Andrew Putnam 68-71—139 -5 Anne van Dam 67-68—135 -7 Saturday, Oct. 10 celation of the 2020-2021 championship Brandt Snedeker 70-66—136 -8 C.T. Pan 70-69—139 -5 Katherine Kirk 66-69—135 -7 Chicago at Sky Blue FC season for football. Talor Gooch 66-70—136 -8 Cameron Percy 69-70—139 -5 Ryann O’Toole 64-71—135 -7 Portland at Reign FC Sunday, October 4, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 19 SPORTS BRIEFS/FRENCH OPEN Brieﬂ y Vegas re-signs goalie Lehner to 5-year deal Associated Press Newgarden stays in The Vegas Golden Knights re- fight with 1st Indy win signed Robin Lehner on Saturday to a $25 million, five-year con- INDIANAPOLIS — Josef New- tract that makes him their goal- garden doesn’t intend to just give tender of the present and future up on his season title defense. and plunges one-time face of the And now, he’s got a chance to franchise Marc-Andre Fleury keep the crown another year. into uncertainty. The two-time IndyCar cham- Lehner’s deal carries a $5 mil- pion pulled away from the rest lion annual of the field over the final 18 laps salary cap Friday, racing to his third win of hit and runs the season, this time by a margin through of 14.2940 seconds over Alexan- the 2024- der Rossi. With the Harvest GP 25 season. win, Newgarden moved within 40 Committing points of what once was a seem- to Lehner ingly safe 120-point lead of five- makes it time series champ Scott Dixon likely Vegas with two races remaining. CHRISTOPHE ENA/AP “It was a great day,” Newgar- will at some Germany’s Daniel Altmaier plays a shot against Italy’s Matteo Berrettini during their third-round match at point move den said. “It was what we needed. We said we had to have three per- the French Open on Saturday in Paris. The 186th-ranked German won 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-4. on from Lehner Fleury, who fect races to end the sesaon and took the we did that in the first of those team to the Stanley Cup Final in three races.” 2018 in its inaugural season. For Newgarden, it was a break- through moment, too. Coach Peter DeBoer made The 29-year-old Tennessean clear his preference for Lehner Qualifiers making mark fought valiantly for three team when the NHL returned for an owners — Sarah Fisher, Ed Car- Associated Press expanded playoffs. While he said penter and now Roger Penske French Open scoreboard he’d use both goalies, he start- — to reach Indy’s victory lane. It PARIS — As the stars of tennis ed Lehner in 16 of the Golden finally came with career win No. converged on the French Open Knights’ 20 postseason games. 17, out of the No. 2 starting spot, and settled with entourages into Saturday Men’s Doubles DeBoer opting for Lehner led bio-secured hotels, Daniel Alt- Second Round while leading a race-high 34 of At Stade Rolan Garros Feliciano Lopez, Spain, and Pablo Fleury’s agent, Allan Walsh, to 85 laps. maier was already grafting on the Paris Cuevas, Uruguay, def. Franko Skugor, tweet an illustration during the It wasn’t as easy as it looked. clay courts, getting dirty in the Purse: $18,209,040 Croatia, and Austin Krajicek (16), United Surface: Red clay States, 7-5, 6-4. second round of his client with First, he had to hold off Colton dust and picking up clues here, Men’s Singles Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues a sword featuring the coach’s Herta, until Herta was on worn tips there about the surface’s Third Round Herbert (6), France, def. Vasek Pospisil, Andrey Rublev (13), Russia, def. Kevin Canada, and Jack Sock, United States, 2- name through his back. It was tires, and extended the lead when quirks as he fought like a man Anderson, South Africa, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3. 6, 7-6 (8), 6-4. Daniel Altmaier, Germany, def. Matteo Men’s Doubles deleted the next day, and Fleury Rossi got caught in traffic. in a hurry through qualifying to Third Round said he and Lehner have a good “We’ve been in the top five reach the main draw. Berrettini (7), Italy, 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski (13), Pablo Carreno Busta (17), Spain, def. Britain, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, relationship. here quite often over the last four With his largely unknown Roberto Bautista Agut (10), Spain, 6-4, 6- and Horacio Zeballos (2), Argentina, 6-3, Lehner went 9-7 with a 1.99 or five years, it’s just not lined name now in the main-draw mix 3, 5-7, 6-4. 4-6, 6-4. Marton Fucsovics, Hungary, def. Thia- Rajeev Ram, United States, and Joe goals-against average and .917 up,” Newgarden said. “I’ve had a with the rich and famous, the 22- go Monteiro, Brazil, 7-5, 6-1, 6-3. Salisbury (3), Britain, def. Fabrice Martin save percentage as Vegas reached couple of events like that and this year-old German is proving as Stefanos Tsitsipas (5), Greece, def. Al- and Jeremy Chardy (14), France, 6-3, 6-2. jaz Bedene, Slovenia, 6-1, 6-2, 3-1, ret. Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies (8), the Western Conference final be- has been one of them.” stubbornly hard to remove as the Grigor Dimitrov (18), Bulgaria, def. Germany, def. Benjamin Bonzi and An- Dixon, a five-time series courts’ ochre brick-dust on fresh Roberto Carballes Baena, Spain, 6-1, 6-3, toine Hoang, France, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5). fore losing to the Dallas Stars. ret. Women’s Doubles Fleury was 3-1 with a 2.27 and champ from New Zealand, never linen. Karen Khachanov (15), Russia, def. Second Round contended. He started 12th, got Sets lost on his way to the Cristian Garin (20), Chile, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6- Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, and .910. 2. Hsieh Su-wei (1), Taiwan, def. Arantxa In other NHL news: as high as fifth then slipped to fourth round of his debut Grand Women’s Singles Rus, Netherlands, and Marie Bouzkova, ninth when worn tires sent him Slam tournament: Zero. Third Round Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-1. The Pittsburgh Penguins Sofia Kenin (4), United States, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, and are putting their faith and their into the grass with two laps to Nerve-testing tiebreakers won: Irina Bara, Romania, 6-2, 6-0. Timea Babos (2), Hungary, def. Kaitlyn go. He’ll get a chance to start re- All three. Zhang Shuai, China, def. Clara Burel, Christian, United States, and Giuliana Ol- money in goalie Tristan Jarry. France, 7-6 (2), 7-5. mos, Mexico, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. building his lead Saturday when Caty McNally and Coco Gauff (16), The Penguins awarded the “I keep going,” the 186th- Ons Jabeur (30), Tunisia, def. Aryna drivers return to the Indianapolis United States, def. Magda Linette, Po- first-time All-Star a three-year ranked player said Saturday after Sabalenka (8), Belarus, 7-6 (7), 2-6, 6-3. land, and Kateryna Kozlova, Ukraine, 6-0, Motor Speedway’s 14-turn, 2.439- Fiona Ferro, France, def. Patricia Ma- 3-6, 6-2. contract on Saturday. The deal, his latest upset victory, a 6-2, 7- ria Tig, Romania, 7-6 (7), 4-6, 6-0. mile road course for the second Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Sin- which carries an average an- 6 (5), 6-4 humbling of seventh- Laura Siegemund, Germany, def. Petra iakova (4), Czech Republic, def. Jennifer race on a doubleheader weekend. seeded Italian Matteo Berrettini. Martic (13), Croatia, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-0. Brady and Caroline Dolehide, United nual value of $3.5 million, likely Petra Kvitova (7), Czech Republic, def. They’ll finish the season Oct. 25 States, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. means Pittsburgh is ready to And the bonus: A mention in Leylah Annie Fernandez, Canada, 7-5, 6- Asia Muhammad and Jessica Pegula, at St. Petersburg. history books for the German who 3. United States, def. Elise Mertens, Bel- move on from two-time Stanley Paula Badosa, Spain, def. Jelena Osta- Pole winner Rinus VeeKay, a has fought back from shoulder gium, and Aryna Sabalenka (3), Belarus, Cup-winning netminder Matt penko, Latvia, 6-4, 6-3. 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. rookie, was third. and hip injuries and developed Murray. a thick tennis skin on the sport’s The 25-year-old Jarry went 20- Syracuse’s Mangakahia lower-level circuits. After clutch 12-1 with a 2.43 goals against av- Jannik Sinner — in round four. made the women’s third round, points, like when he broke Ber- erage and a .921 save percentage cleared after cancer That many men haven’t gone that the first time that had happened rettini with a forehand winner far on their debuts at Roland Gar- since 2008, fell Saturday. Austra- last season, earning a surprise SYRACUSE, N.Y. — After as the Italian was serving for the ros since four first-timers were lian Open champion Sofia Kenin All-Star berth following a stellar missing last season for breast second set, he jabs a forefinger among the last 16 in 1994. blew past Irina Bara, playing her first half in which he helped keep cancer treatment, Syracuse point toward his temple. He copied that Korda, the son of 1998 Austra- first Grand Slam, in 72 minutes, the injury-ravaged Penguins in guard Tiana Mangakahia has and his gee-up cries of “Allez!” contention. During one stretch he been granted an NCAA eligibil- from three-time major winner lian Open champ Petr Korda, like winning 6-2, 6-0. set a franchise record by posting ity extension and is back with the Stan Wawrinka, his idol who fell Altmaier also took the long route The Grand Slam tournament a shutout streak of 177:15. Orange for her final year. Friday and whom Altmaier has through qualifying. Altmaier and spotlight is so unfamiliar to Alt- Jarry ceded the starting role to “I was just really happy,” the outlasted at this topsy-turvy Ro- 20-year-old Korda were not yet maier that when retired French Murray in the first three games 25-year-old Australian said Fri- land Garros pushed back by the born in 1998 when Roland Garros star Fabrice Santoro came out to of the playoffs, appearing only in day. “I’m super excited.” virus pandemic from its usual last saw multiple men advance conduct his post-match interview Game 4 of Pittsburgh’s qualify- Mangakahia was diagnosed May-June slot. from qualifying into round four. on Chatrier, the newbie said: “It’s ing round loss to Montreal. He in June 2019 and went through With his win on Court Philippe The women’s draw also has two nice to meet you.” played well, stopping 20 of 21 eight rounds of chemotherapy Chatrier, its new roof open under qualifiers into round four, both His fourth-round opponent will shots, but couldn’t stop the Pen- and two operations. The waiver what began as glorious and crisp also shining on their Roland Gar- be Pablo Carreno Busta, seeded guins from being knocked off in allows her to return to the court autumnal blue skies, Altmaier ros debuts: Nadia Podoroska from 17th. He beat fellow Spaniard Ro- the opening round for the second this fall for the first time since joined two other Roland Garros Argentina and Italy’s Martina berto Bautista Agut, seeded 10th, straight season. March 2019. debutants — Sebastian Korda and Trevisan. The third qualifier who 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. PAGE 20 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, October 4, 2020 MLB PLAYOFFS Scoreboard

Marlins finish off Cubs Playoffs Friday WILD-CARD SERIES Marlins 2, Cubs 0 (Best-of-three) BY ANDREW SELIGMAN American League Miami Chicago Tampa Bay 2, Toronto 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Associated Press Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 1 Dickerson lf 3 0 0 0 Kimbrel p-p 0 0 0 0 Tampa Bay 8, Toronto 2 Harrisn pr-cf 0 0 0 0 Happ cf 4 0 2 0 CHICAGO — The Miami Mar- Oakland 2, Chicago White Sox 1 Berti 2b 3 0 1 0 Rizzo 1b 4 0 0 0 Chicago White Sox 4, Oakland 1 Aguilar dh 3 0 0 0 Cntreras dh-c 1 0 0 0 lins didn’t need a hand from a fan Oakland 5, Chicago White Sox 3 Anderson 3b 4 0 0 0 Schwrber lf 3 0 0 0 at Wrigley Field to knock the Chi- Oakland 6, Chicago White Sox 4 Cooper 1b 4 1 1 1 Bryant 3b 4 0 0 0 Houston 2, Minnesota 0 Joyce rf 2 0 1 0 Heyward rf 3 0 2 0 cago Cubs out of the playoffs this Houston 4, Minnesota 1 Brinson pr-rf 1 1 0 0 Baez ss 4 0 0 0 time. They did just fine on their Houston 3, Minnesota 1 Rojas ss 3 0 1 0 Bote 2b 4 0 0 0 N.Y. Yankees 2, Cleveland 0 Sierra cf-lf 3 0 1 1 Caratini c 2 0 1 0 own, and they showed they’re N.Y. Yankees 12, Cleveland 3 Wallach c 3 0 0 0 Maybin ph 1 0 0 0 hardly bottom feeders. N.Y. Yankees 10, Cleveland 9 Jeffress p 0 0 0 0 National League Kipnis ph 1 0 0 0 Garrett Cooper homered L.A. Dodgers 2, Milwaukee 0 Totals 29 2 5 2 Totals 31 0 5 0 L.A. Dodgers 4, Milwaukee 2 Miami 000 000 200—2 against Yu Darvish in a two-run L.A. Dodgers 3, Milwaukee 0 Chicago 000 000 000—0 seventh, hard-throwing rookie Atlanta 2, Cincinnati 0 DP—Miami 0, Chicago 2. LOB—Miami Atlanta 1, Cincinnati 0, 13 innings 5, Chicago 9. 2B—Rojas (1), Joyce (1), Sixto Sanchez dominated for five Atlanta 5, Cincinnati 0 Heyward (1). HR—Cooper (1). SB—Har- innings and the Miami Marlins Miami 2, Chicago Cubs 0 rison (1). Miami 5, Chicago Cubs 1 IP H R ER BB SO won their first playoff series in 17 Friday: Miami 2, Chicago 0 St. Louis 2, San Diego 1 Miami years, beating the Cubs 2-0 Fri- Sanchez 5 4 0 0 2 6 St. Louis 7, San Diego 4 1 1 day to complete a two-game wild- Boxberger W,1-0 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 San Diego 11, St. Louis 9 2 card series sweep. Friday: San Diego 4, St. Louis 0 Bleier H,1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 DIVISION SERIES Garcia H,1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Miami will face Atlanta in the (Best-of-five; x-if necessary) Kintzler S,1-1 1 1 0 0 0 3 American League Chicago NL Division Series in Houston 2 Tampa Bay vs. New York Yankees Darvish L,0-1 6 ⁄3 5 2 2 2 6 1 starting Tuesday. At San Diego Kimbrel 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 2 2 Led by manager Don Mat- Monday: New York Yankees (Cole 7-3) Jeffress 1 0 0 0 0 0 vs. Tampa Bay (Snell 4-1) HBP—Sanchez 2 (Heyward,Contreras), tingly and CEO Derek Jeter, the Tuesday: New York Yankees (Tanaka 3- Darvish (Aguilar), Garcia (Contreras). 3) vs. Tampa Bay (Glasnow 5-1) T—3:22. Marlins remained unbeaten in all Wednesday: Tampa Bay (Morton 2-2) seven postseason series they have vs. New York Yankees (Happ 2-2) Padres 4, Cardinals 0 x-Thursday: Tampa Bay vs. New York played following triumphs in the Yankees (Garcia 3-2) St. Louis San Diego 1997 and 2003 World Series. x-Friday, Oct. 9: Game 5 ab r h bi ab r h bi Oakland vs. Houston Wong 2b 4 0 1 0 Grisham cf 5 1 0 0 And this time, in empty Wrigley At Los Angeles Edman 3b 4 0 1 0 Tatis Jr. ss 2 1 1 0 Field, they didn’t need an assist Monday: Houston (Greinke 3-3) vs. Gldschmdt 1b 3 0 0 0 Machado 3b 4 0 0 1 Oakland (TBD) Carlson lf-cf 4 0 1 0 Hosmer 1b 3 0 1 2 from the crowd. In Game 6 of the Tuesday: Houston (Urquidy 1-1) vs. Molina c 3 0 1 0 Pham lf 4 0 0 0 2003 NLCS, fan Steve Bartman Oakland (TBD) DeJong ss 4 0 0 0 Profar lf 0 0 0 0 NAM Y. HUH/AP Wednesday: Game 3 Carpenter dh 3 0 0 0 Morelnd dh 4 0 2 0 deflected Luis Castillo’s foul ball x-Thursday: Game 4 Fowler rf 4 0 0 0 Myers rf 3 0 1 0 as Cubs left fielder Moises Alou The Miami Marlins’ Garrett Cooper rounds second base after hitting x-Friday, Oct. 9: Game 5 Bader cf 1 0 0 0 Nola c 4 0 0 0 National League B.Miller ph 1 0 0 0 Crnenwrth 2b 4 2 3 1 tried to make a leaping catch, a solo home run against the Cubs during the seventh inning of Game San Diego vs. Los Angeles Dodgers O’Neill lf 0 0 0 0 which led to an eight-run, eighth- 2 of their National League wild-card series Friday in Chicago. At Arlington, Texas Dean ph 1 0 0 0 Tuesday: Game 1 Totals 32 0 4 0 Totals 33 4 8 4 inning rally. Wednesday: Game 2 St. Louis 000 000 000—0 “The one thing that we talked the opening series and prevented pion, went 3-for-27 (.111) with Thursday: Game 3 San Diego 000 010 21x—4 x-Friday, Oct. 9: Game 4 E—Wong (1), Edman (1), Tatis Jr. (2). about us all year was why not us?” them from playing for more than runners on base in the series. x-Saturday, Oct. 10: Game 5 DP—St. Louis 1, San Diego 0. LOB—St. Mattingly said. “With this kind of a week. Javier Baez, Kris Bryant and An- Miami vs. Atlanta Louis 9, San Diego 9. 2B—Molina (2), Tatis At Houston Jr. (1), Hosmer (1). HR—Cronenworth (1). pitching, you can do anything. ... The Marlins had T-shirts with thony Rizzo combined to go 0-for- Tuesday: Game 1 SB—Pham (2). Game 2 Wednesday: IP H R ER BB SO You feel like you’ve got a good “Bottom Feeders” in their dugout 12 Friday and finished the series Thursday: Game 3 shot at kind of stopping almost Friday, a reference to a remark 1-for-24. The trio is 19-for-142 x-Friday, Oct. 9: Game 4 St. Louis x-Saturday, Oct. 10: Game 5 Flaherty L,0-1 6 6 1 1 2 8 anybody if you make pitches.” by Ricky Bottalico, a former (.134) with 52 strikeouts and six Reyes 2 2 3 1 2 3 Miami lost 105 games in 2019 Phillies pitcher and current NBC walks in the postseason since the San Diego Calendar 2 Stammen 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 and became the first team to Sports Philadelphia analyst, after 2016 World Series title as Chicago Oct. 5 — AL Division Series start, Los Hill 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 Angeles and San Diego. Johnson ⁄3 1 0 0 1 1 reach the playoffs after a 100-loss the Marlins’ opening-day win in has lost nine of 13. 2 Oct. 6 — NL Division Series start, Ar- Morejon 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 2 1 season. The Marlins finished sec- Philadelphia. Chicago missed the playoffs last lington, Texas, and Houston. Adams W,1-0 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 ond in the NL East at 31-29 after “I want to thank Ricky Bot- year for the first time since 2014, Oct. 11 — AL Championship Series Patino H,1 1 1 0 0 1 0 starts, San Diego. Pagan H,1 1 0 0 0 0 0 being beset by a virus outbreak talico for that motivation,” closer then scored one run in its return. Oct. 12 — NL Championship Series Pomeranz H,2 1 0 0 0 1 0 starts, Arlington, Texas. Rosenthal 1 0 0 0 0 3 early this season that forced 18 Brandon Kintzler said. The Cubs haven’t advanced since Oct. 15 — International amateur sign- Hill pitched to 3 batters in the 3rd. players from the field following Chicago, the NL Central cham- the 2017 team lost in the NLCS. ing period closes, 5 p.m. EDT HBP—Hill (Bader). T—3:21. Padres use nine pitchers to shut out Cardinals

BY BERNIE WILSON San Diego struggles in the playoffs against Associated Press the Cardinals, turn the page on maybe some struggles within the organization, SAN DIEGO — From 21-year-old bud- the blue Padres, and now we’re the brown ding superstar Fernando Tatis Jr. to 36- Padres. Excited to build some memories year-old reliever Craig Stammen, the San with the new colors.” Diego Padres tossed aside more than two The nine pitchers marked the most used decades of futility and brought joy to a city in a nine-inning shutout in any big league that’s had its sports psyche beaten down game since at least 1901. for far too long. With starters Mike Clevinger and Dinel- Stammen and eight fellow relievers com- son Lamet unavailable due to injuries suf- bined on a four-hitter in a brilliant, record- fered in their final regular-season starts, setting effort that sent the Padres over the rookie manager Jayce Tingler was forced St. Louis Cardinals 4-0 Friday night in the to tap the Padres’ already-stressed bullpen deciding Game 3 of their NL wild-card and it came through magnificently. San series. Diego became the first team in baseball The Padres won a postseason series for history to use eight or more pitchers in the first time in 22 years and advanced to three straight postseason games. face the NL West rival Los Angeles Dodg- “What those guys did this series and to- ers in the Division Series at Arlington, night, wow,” Tingler said. “They’ve been Texas, starting Tuesday. overworked, they’ve been overtaxed. Man Stammen, making his first start in 10 to man, everybody came up and said, ‘I’m years, said the Padres weren’t wrapped good, give me the ball. I’m good, give me up in past playoff failures, including being the ball.’ Tonight, for me, was as team-ori- eliminated from the playoffs by the Cardi- ented as so many guys contributed again. nals three times since 1996. That’s who we are. That’s why we’re going “We’re trying to write our own piece to continue to keep playing.” GREGORY BULL/AP of history right now,” said Stammen, who Trevor Rosenthal, who started his ca- mentioned the Padres’ return to a brown The Padres’ Jake Cronenworth, left, scores off a fielder’s choice by Manny Machado reer with the Cardinals, struck out the side and gold color scheme. “It’s icing on the as St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina reaches for the ball Friday during the in the ninth and the team began celebrat- cake to maybe turn the page on some of the seventh inning of Game 3 of their National League wild-card series in San Diego. ing in empty Petco Park. Sunday, October 4, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 21 MLB/COLLEGE FOOTBALL Legend: Gibson loved winning above all else

FROM BACK PAGE double-parked. He had no use for Gibson died less than a month advice, scowling whenever catch- after the death of a longtime er Tim McCarver or anyone else teammate, Hall of Fame outfield- thought of visiting the mound. er Lou Brock. Another pitching His concentration was such that great from his era, Tom Seaver, he seemed unaware he was on died in late August. his way to a World Series single- “I just heard the news about game strikeout record (surpass- losing Bob Gibson and it’s kind of ing Sandy Koufax’s 15) in 1968 hard losing a legend. You can lose until McCarver convinced him to a game, but when you lose a guy look at the scoreboard. like Bob Gibson, just hard,” Car- During the regular season, dinals star catcher Yadier Molina Gibson struck out more than 200 said. “Bob was funny, smart, he batters nine times and led the National League in shutouts four brought a lot of energy. When he times, finishing with 56 in his talked, you listened. It was good career. In 1968, 13 of his 22 wins to have him around every year. were shutouts, leading McCarver We lose a game, we lose a series, to call Gibson “the luckiest pitch- but the tough thing is we lost one er I ever saw. He always pitches great man.” when the other team doesn’t score At his peak, Gibson may have PHOTOS BY RICK BOWMER, POOL/AP any runs.” been the most talented all-around He was, somehow, even greater BYU quarterback Zach Wilson dives into the end zone during the second half of Friday’s game against starter in history, a nine-time in the postseason, finishing 7-2 Louisiana Tech in Provo, Utah. Wilson passed for two touchdowns and ran for three. Gold Glove winner who roamed with a 1.89 ERA and 92 strikeouts wide to snatch up grounders de- in 81 innings. Despite dominat- spite a fierce, sweeping delivery ing the Tigers in the 1968 Series that drove him to the first-base opener, that year ended with a side of the mound; and a strong Game 7 loss — hurt by a rare mis- hitter who twice hit five home Wilson helps No. 22 BYU play from star center fielder Curt runs in a single season and batted Flood — and a rewriting of the .303 in 1970, when he also won his rules that he long resented. second Cy Young. Gibson’s 1.12 ERA in the regu- Averaging 19 wins a year from lar season was the third-lowest 1963-72, he finished 251-174 with for any starting pitcher since roll over Louisiana Tech a 2.91 ERA, and was only the sec- 1900 and by far the best for any ond pitcher to reach 3,000 strike- starter in the post-dead-ball era, outs. He didn’t throw as hard as which began in the 1920s. BY JOHN COON Sandy Koufax, or from as many His 1968 performance, the Associated Press angles as Juan Marichal, but bat- highlight of the so-called “Year of ters never forgot how he glared the Pitcher,” left officials worried PROVO, Utah — Zach Wilson’s efficient passing at them (or squinted, because he that fans had bored of so many 1- has BYU’s offense rolling. was near-sighted) as if settling an 0 games. They lowered the mound Wilson completed 24 of 26 passes for 325 yards ancient score. from 15 to 10 inches in 1969 and and two touchdowns, ran for three scores and Gibson snubbed opposing play- shrank the strike zone. helped the No. 22 Cougars beat Louisiana Tech 45- ers and sometimes teammates “I was pissed,” Gibson later re- 14 on Friday night. who dared speak to him on a day marked, although he remained a BYU (3-0) rolled up 513 total yards and averaged he was pitching, and he didn’t top pitcher for several years and 8.0 yards per play on the way to its best start since even spare his own family. in 1971 threw his only no-hitter, 2014. It is the third straight game the Cougars have “I’ve played a couple of hun- against Pittsburgh. gained more than 500 yards. dred games of tic-tac-toe with Signed by the Cards as an ama- “I feel like the whole team was in the zone,” Wil- my little daughter and she hasn’t teur free agent in 1957, he had son said. “I feel like anything we were trying to do beaten me yet,” he once told The early trouble with his control, tonight, we could do it.” New Yorker’s Roger Angell. “I’ve a problem solved by developing Tyler Allgeier added 93 yards and a touchdown always had to win. I’ve got to one of baseball’s greatest slid- on 10 carries, and Gunner Romney led the receivers win.” ers, along with a curve to go with with 101 yards and a touchdown on seven receptions Equally disciplined and impa- his hard fastball. He knew how in his third straight 100-yard game. tient, Gibson worked so quickly to throw strikes and how to aim Luke Anthony threw for 191 yards, two touch- that broadcaster Vin Scully joked elsewhere when batters stood too downs and an interception for the Bulldogs. Louisi- that he pitched as if his car was close to the plate. ana Tech (2-1) had only 313 total yards. Wilson once again keyed another dominant effort from the Cougars. He has completed 84.5% of his passes through his first three games. The junior combined with stingy defense to help BYU take control before halftime. Wilson opened the game by completing his first 12 passes, highlighted by a 22-yard touchdown grab between two defenders by freshman tight end Cart- Louisiana Tech linebacker Tyler Grubbs, bottom, er Wheat. tries to corral BYU running back Tyler Allgeier. “It’s pretty much just backyard football out there because you know he’s going to put the ball where scoring on three consecutive drives. Wheat’s touch- only you can go get it,” Romney said. down catch in double coverage and a 1-yard dive On the other side, the Cougars forced four first- from Allgeier accounted for the first two. Then Wil- half punts and a turnover. Troy Warner snagged his son completed four straight passes, culminating in first career interception and Tyler Batty came up a 22-yard strike to Romney, to march the Cougars with two of his career-high three sacks to stop Loui- 80 yards in 37 seconds and make it 28-7 going into siana Tech’s final drive of the half. halftime. “We saw a lot of guys grow up in this game and “We made things a lot easier than they needed make some big-time plays,” BYU coach Kalani Si- to be from a defensive standpoint,” Louisiana Tech take said. coach Skip Holtz said. “I don’t think we made the BYU struck first on its opening drive when Wilson routine play.” AP threw a 39-yard dart to Dax Milne to set up his own Wilson’s final touchdown, a 14-yard keeper, put 9-yard scoring run on the next play. Smoke Harris BYU ahead 45-7 early in the fourth quarter. St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson delivers against the Yankees eluded several tacklers and took a screen pass 66 Wilson completed 18 of 19 passes in the first half during Game 5 of the World Series on Oct. 12, 1964 in New York. yards to tie it at 7. for 236 yards. He had more than 200 passing yards Gibson pitched a complete game in the 5-2 win. The Cougars pulled away in the second quarter, in the first half for a second straight week. PAGE 22 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, October 4, 2020 NFL Titans outbreak increases to 18 Next week’s game possibly at risk

BY TERESA M. WALKER nerback Greg Mabin from their Associated Press practice squad on the reserve/ COVID-19 list. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Since outside linebackers coach positive test results keep coming Shane Bowen’s test result came for the Tennessee Titans in the back positive on Sept. 26, the Ti- NFL’s first outbreak of COVID-19. tans have had now eight players One game already has been post- and seven other team personnel poned and another rescheduled. test positive. Bowen didn’t travel If the positive results don’t stop, with Tennessee (3-0) to Minneso- the Titans’ next game, against ta for their 31-30 win last week. Buffalo (3-0) on Oct. 11, could The Titans now on the reserve/ be at risk, forcing the NFL into COVID-19 list include: defen- even more rearranging of the sive captain DaQuan Jones, long schedule. snapper Beau Brinkley, wide re- The New England Patriots also ceiver Adam Humphries, outside WADE PAYNE/AP said they learned late Friday linebacker Kamalei Correa, and night that an unidentified player Tennessee head coach Mike Vrabel is guiding the Titans through the league’s first COVID-19 outbreak. tested positive and immediately rookie cornerback Kristian Ful- Tennessee’s game against Pittsburgh this week was postponed until Oct. 25. self-quarantined. The players, ton, their second-round pick out coaches and staff who had close of LSU, with receiver Cameron Coach Mike Vrabel has said The Vikings went back to work Monday or Tuesday. The league contact with that player all tested Batson and tight end Tommy he’s very confident that the Titans inside their facility Thursday. has new protocols for teams deal- negative Saturday morning. Hudson from the practice squad. have followed the league protocols Minnesota coach Mike Zimmer ing with an outbreak or exposed On Saturday, another Titans Offensive tackle Isaiah Wilson, precisely and that nobody was to said he’s proud of how his Vikings to a team with an outbreak to player and two staff members Tennessee’s first-round pick out blame for this outbreak during a have handled the changes in follow that include two different tested positive for COVID-19, of Georgia, has been on the re- pandemic. stride. Zimmer says there haven’t daily tests and gloves and face raising the team’s total to 18 since serve/COVID-19 list since Sept. “We continue to follow protocol been the usual complaints and masks for everyone, including Sept. 24, a person familiar with 6. from the NFL that was set forth, griping. players, during practices. the situation told The Associated The NFL first postponed, then and that continues to change and “We’ve obviously had to do a With each day bringing more Press. rescheduled the Titans’ game set adapt and adjust,” Vrabel said lot of extra things that we don’t positive results, that return is in The person spoke on condition for Sunday against Pittsburgh to Thursday. “Whatever the NFL normally do — point-of-care jeopardy. of anonymity because neither Oct. 25 during Tennessee’s bye. tells us that we’re required to contact test, our normal testing, The NFL announced Friday the NFL nor the Titans had an- The league also moved Balti- do and we’re supposed to do as then you’ve got to sit in your car that the league and its players’ nounced the latest results. more’s bye to Week 7, so the Ra- positive tests come in, that’s what and wait until you get to go into union agreed to extend daily test- This is the fifth straight day vens now can play Pittsburgh on we’ll do.” the facility,” Zimmer said Friday. ing for the foreseeable future. that at least one member of the Nov. 1. The Minnesota Vikings (0-3) “We’ve had to adjust schedules at That includes teams during bye Titans’ organization has had a Officials from the NFL and again had no positive test results times, but they’ve handled it re- weeks, requiring players to stick positive test result return. The its players’ union met with the from Friday’s tests, and they really well.” around. outbreak seemingly started Sept. Titans on Friday reviewing the main scheduled to visit Houston The Titans had hoped to return AP pro football writers Barry Wilner 24 when the Titans placed cor- situation. (0-3) on Sunday as scheduled. to work inside their own building and Dave Campbell contributed. Patriots-Chiefs showdown pushed back 1 or 2 days

BY DAVE SKRETTA They lead the league in rushing through Associated Press the first three weeks. The Chiefs are 27th at defending the run. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Patriots- “Ball control and points. You know that,” Chiefs game has been postponed until Patriots running backs coach Ivan Fears Monday or Tuesday due to positive corona- said. “Let’s get the points and let’s control virus tests. the ball; I don’t care how we do it. Dink- Patriots quarterback Cam Newton re- and-dunk, quarterback sneak, I don’t give portedly is one of the players who tested a (darn). Just get it done.” positive, and the NFL said a player with They have a lot of guys who can get it Kansas City also did so. done, too. Michel, Burkhead and Newton Kansas City has struggled over the years are a considerable three-headed monster, to stop the run, regardless of who was di- but undrafted rookie J.J. Taylor also has recting the defense, but showed in last gotten into the mix. week’s win over the Ravens that it could James White was back at practice this rise to the challenge. week after the death of his father in an The Chiefs could have another big one auto accident, as was Damien Harris, who this weekend. has been on injured reserve with a finger The Patriots come to Arrowhead Sta- problem. dium behind a new quarterback, himself a threat to run, and a backfield that ran Cam and get it roughshod over the Las Vegas Raiders last weekend. Sony Michel needed just nine Newton would have been the fourth carries to pile up 117 yards, Rex Burkhead straight quarterback the Chiefs have pre- reached the end zone three times and the pared for that can run. They faced the CHARLES KRUPA/AP Patriots totaled 250 yards rushing in the Texans’ Deshaun Watson in the opener, win. Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby, right, gets stiffarmed as he closes in then prepared for the Chargers’ Tyrod “Cam being in a role there that he’s fully on sack Patriots quarterback Cam Newton last week in Foxborough, Mass. Newton Taylor in Week 2, though he was ruled out accepted, I think he’s enjoying it,” Chiefs has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss this week’s game. shortly before kickoff because of a medi- coach Andy Reid said during the week, cal mishap. Then came the Ravens’ Lamar “and we anticipate them being able to run Chiefs (3-0) are preparing for Tom Brady Ravens on Monday night — but the chal- Jackson last week. the ball, but don’t be fooled, because Cam in his heyday. The first order of business lenge is even more important when the Pa- But if Newton can’t play, either veteran can throw the ball very well, too.” any week may be to stop the run — some- triots (2-1) have shown such a propensity backup Brian Hoyer or untested second- That may be true, but it’s not as if the thing the Chiefs did quite well against the for grinding out yards on the ground. year QB Jarrett Stidham will go. Sunday, October 4, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 23 NBA FINALS Lakers cruise again in Game 2 victory over Miami

BY TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Anthony Davis got most of his points with a feathery shooting touch. LeBron James flexed his muscle to bulldoze his way to damage. And whenever the lead looked even the tiniest bit threatened, the Los Angeles Lakers had an answer. The NBA Finals are halfway to a coronation. James finished with 33 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, Davis made 14 of his first 15 shots on the way to 32 points, and the Lakers took a 2-0 lead in the title series by beating the short-handed Miami Heat 124-114 on Friday night. The Lak- ers shot 51%, making 16 consecutive shots from two-point range in a stretch that started late in the first quarter and ended late in the third. James and Davis were the first Lakers duo to score at least 32 points in a finals game since Game 3 against New Jersey in 2002, when Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant did it. “It’s very humbling that we can be even mentioned with those greats,” James said. Shaq and Kobe got rings that year. James and Davis are two wins away. This is the 24th time that James has had a 2-0 series lead; his teams in Cleveland, Miami and L.A. are 23-0 in the previous instances. And the last time the Lakers franchise has wasted a 2-0 lead was in the 1969 finals against Boston. “Until we win four games, we haven’t ac- complished our goal,” Lakers guard Alex Caruso said. “It’s been over a year together and we’ve talked about the same goal from PHOTOS BY MARK J. TERRILL/AP Day One. We’re still here chasing that same goal. Until we get four wins, we’re Miami Heat forward Kelly Olynyk, left, and Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis compete for a rebound during the second staying hungry.” half of Game 2 of the NBA Finalson Friday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Davis scored 32 points in the Lakers’ 124-114 victory. Kelly Olynyk scored 24 points for the Heat, who trailed by as many as 32 in squeak out a win in the end,” Miami All- we just couldn’t push it over,” Olynyk said. Tip-ins: Miami led for 53 seconds in the Game 1 and — even without injured start- Star Jimmy Butler said. “There really isn’t “We can build on that.” first quarter and has led for 10:44 out of 96 ers Bam Adebayo (neck and left shoulder) too much to say to our guys. We understand Rajon Rondo had 16 points, while Kenta- minutes played in the series. ... The Heat and Goran Dragic (torn left plantar fas- what we have to do.” vious Caldwell-Pope and Kyle Kuzma each have rallied from a 2-0 series hole only cia)— were far more competitive in Game Tyler Herro had 17, Kendrick Nunn had 11 for the Lakers — who improved once in eight previous tries, that one being 2. Miami got within nine points in the scored 13 and Jae Crowder had 12 for the to 4-0 in these playoffs when wearing the the 2006 NBA Finals. ... Jeanie Buss, Lak- fourth, but never got close enough to truly Heat. Herro and Meyers Leonard took Kobe Bryant-inspired “Black Mamba” ers owner and president, was in the bubble put a scare into the Lakers. Dragic’s and Adebayo’s spots in the start- uniforms, one of many tributes to the Lak- for the game. ... James, in his 10th NBA Fi- “Maybe we’ve just got to play a lot ing lineup. ers legend who died Jan. 26 in a helicopter nals, has a 2-0 lead in the title series for the harder, to know that’s how we’re going to “We had it right there on the edge, but crash. first time. Scoreboard Hobbled Heat’s valiant effort falls short

NBA Finals BY BRIAN MAHONEY his left shoulder and neck. At Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Associated Press Goran Dragic was out as well, (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) L.A. Lakers 2, Miami 0 with a torn left plantar fascia, Wednesday: LA Lakers 116, Miami 98 Udonis Haslem stood. He point- leaving Miami without its leading Friday: LA Lakers 124, Miami 114 ed. He screamed. scorer in the postseason. Sunday: Game 3 (AFN-Sports, 1:30 a.m. Too bad the Miami Heat’s best Saturday CET; 8:30 a.m. Saturday JTK) The guys who tried to replace Tuesday: Game 4 (AFN-Sports, 3 a.m. display of toughness came on the the two injured starters played Wednesday CET; 10 a.m. Wednesday JTK) bench. x-Friday, Oct. 9: Game 5 well offensively. Tyler Herro, x-Sunday, Oct. 11: Game 6 Their defense just wasn’t good a 20-year-old rookie, scored 17 x-Tuesday, Oct. 13: Game 7 enough and their veteran forward points. Kelly Olynyk came off Friday let them know it during a timeout the bench for 24 points and nine Lakers 124, Miami 114 in the third quarter. The Heat rebounds. took that fight back onto the court “We need a little bit more from MIAMI — Butler 7-17 11-12 25, Crowder and made the Los Angeles Lakers everybody, whatever that is,” 5-6 0-0 12, Leonard 2-3 2-2 7, Herro 5-12 6-6 17, Robinson 2-7 3-3 9, Hill 0-0 0-0 0, work, but were too far behind and Olynyk said. Olynyk 9-16 3-5 24, Iguodala 3-3 0-0 7, fell into a 2-0 hole in the NBA Fi- Years ago, Haslem would have Jones Jr. 0-0 0-0 0, Nunn 3-7 6-6 13. Totals 36-71 31-34 114. nals with a 124-114 loss on Friday taken on the challenge. At 40 L.A. LAKERS — Davis 15-20 1-1 32, night. years old, the three-time cham- James 14-25 2-5 33, Howard 3-3 0-3 6, Caldwell-Pope 4-14 1-1 11, Green 1-8 0- Jimmy Butler said Haslem’s pion has rarely seen the court this 0 3, Kuzma 3-8 3-3 11, Morris 2-5 0-0 6, message was to play harder. season, but LeBron James wasn’t Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Caruso 2-5 0-0 6, Rondo “That’s what it’s going to take Miami’s Jimmy Butler, center, finished with 25 points, 13 assists surprised his voice still carries 5-9 3-4 16. Totals 49-97 10-17 124. Miami 23 31 39 21—114 for us to win a championship. and eight rebounds for the Heat, who played without injured starters such weight with his teammates. L.A. Lakers 29 39 35 21—124 Play harder,” Butler said. Bam Adebayo (neck and left shoulder) and Goran Dragic (torn left “Just check his résumé,” said Three-Point Goals—Miami 11-27 “I think we’ve got to do it from plantar fascia) on Friday. James, who won two titles in (Olynyk 3-7, Crowder 2-3, Robinson 2-7, Herro 1-3, Nunn 1-4), L.A. Lakers 16-47 the jump, though. It shouldn’t Miami. “There’s not many guys (Rondo 3-4, James 3-8, Caruso 2-4, Morris take him telling us to do that. But start the game off cussing people their All-Defensive team center, that talk about it and also be 2-5, Kuzma 2-6, Caldwell-Pope 2-11, Green 1-8). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Mi- I like the way we responded to it. out.” the Heat were missing the player about it, and he’s one of them. ami 37 (Olynyk 9), L.A. Lakers 44 (Davis But we’ve got guys that when you Part of the problems were sim- they could have counted on. He If you want to be in the foxhole, 14). Assists—Miami 29 (Butler 13), L.A. Lakers 32 (Rondo 10). Total Fouls—Miami tell them what it is, they normally ply a matter of manpower. With- wanted to play, but the Heat de- that’s somebody you want to be in 23, L.A. Lakers 26. respond. So maybe he should just out the injured Bam Adebayo, cided he needed to rest injuries to the foxhole with.” S TARS AND STRIPES Sunday, October 4, 2020 NBA Finals LeBron, Lakers halfway to title SPORTS with Game 2 victory » Page 23

1935-2020 Bob Gibson Baseball loses a legend

BY HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press Hall of Famer Bob Gibson, the dominating St. Louis Cardinals pitcher who won a record seven consecutive World Series starts and set a modern standard for excellence when he finished the 1968 season with a 1.12 ERA, died Friday. He was 84. The Cardinals confirmed Gibson’s death shortly after a 4-0 playoff loss to San Diego ended their season. He had long been ill with pancre- atic cancer in his hometown of Omaha, Neb. Gibson’s death came on the 52nd anniversary of perhaps his most overpowering performance, when he struck out a World Series record 17 batters in Game 1 of the 1968 World Series against Detroit. One of baseball’s most uncompromising com- petitors, the two-time Cy Young Award winner spent his entire 17-year career with St. Louis and was named the World Series MVP in its 1964 and ’67 championship seasons. The Cards came up just short in 1968, but Gibson was voted the National League’s MVP and shut down op- ponents so well that baseball changed the rules for fear it would happen again. SEE LEGEND ON PAGE 21