Wel- Tering Heat in the Mojave Desert Than the Coronavirus, Which Has Forced Major ‘We’Re Not Changes to His Army National Training Center Rotation

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BY COREY DICKSTEIN Stars and Stripes ORT IRWIN, Calif. — Army Sgt. Jason Cho was more concerned about the swel- tering heat in the Mojave Desert than the coronavirus, which has forced major ‘We’re not changes to his Army National Training Center rotation. F Army and NTC leaders said they have worked hard to ensure that soldiers like Cho would be able to train at Fort Irwin with as little virus-related distraction as possible. They even found a silver lining — some of the changes forced by the pandemic could better prepare the Army to fight a near-peer adversary, like Russia or China, several top leaders said. As a combat medic with the 1st Infantry Division’s headquarters element, Cho was tasked taking a knee’ with monitoring the condition of soldiers throughout the September training exercise, including checking for coronavirus symptoms. But nearly two weeks into the rotation, Cho said his main challenge was soldiers’ overheating, as temperatures eclipsed 100 degrees. Training under pandemic conditions could SEE TRAINING ON PAGE 9

better prepare soldiers for the big fight Soldiers wear face coverings Sept. 20 as training at the Army’s National Training Center at Fort Irwin in California continues during the coronavirus pandemic.

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House lawmakers grill Pentagon officials over plan to pull US troops from Germany

BY JOHN VANDIVER well thought out,” Rep. Adam Smith, D- “The level of detail we are getting here is 6,400 others back to the United States. The Stars and Stripes Wash., said during a House Armed Servic- just not acceptable. . . . We need to hear bet- plan was met with skepticism by several es Committee hearing on the proposal. ter what the hell is going on.” lawmakers who raised concerns about the STUTTGART, Germany — The plan for Smith, the chairman of the committee, James Anderson, acting undersecretary strategy. Their questions included the high a large-scale U.S. force reduction in Ger- costs of moving large units and the possi- many remains a work in progress, Pen- also blasted Pentagon officials for failing of defense for policy, and Air Force Lt. Gen. to describe in any detail how and when the David W. Allvin, the director for strategy, bility of sparking more aggression in East- tagon officials said Wednesday as House ern Europe from Russia. push to cut troops in Germany would be plans, and policy for the Joint Staff, testi- lawmakers questioned whether the plan to “It looks like we are pulling back,” said implemented. fied Wednesday on the Pentagon effort to pull 12,000 troops from the country makes Rep. Bradley Byrne, R-Ala. fiscal or strategic sense. “We are not getting the level of insight move roughly 5,600 troops in Germany “I don’t think this plan was particularly on this decision that we should,” he said. to different locations in Europe and about SEE GERMANY ON PAGE 7 PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, October 2, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES American, United can reverse furloughs if aid OK’d Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9180 Euro costs (Oct. 2) ...... $1.15 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.59 Dollar buys (Oct. 2) ...... €0.8290 Turkey (Lira) ...... 7.7554 British pound (Oct. 2) ...... $1.27 Associated Press (Military exchange rates are those Thursday and recall the workers. their labor unions are lobbying Japanese yen (Oct. 2) ...... 103.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (Oct. 2) ...... 1,141.00 United said the impasse forced for taxpayer money to pay work- Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance American Airlines and United for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the it to furlough 13,000 workers. ers for six more months, through Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3772 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For Airlines say they will begin to British pound ...... $1.2875 United said it told leaders in the next March. Their request is tied nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3298 furlough 32,000 employees after purchasing British pounds in Germany), Trump administration and Con- up in stalled negotiations over a China (Yuan) ...... 6.7903 check with your local military banking lawmakers and the White House Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.3373 gress that if payroll aid is ap- larger pandemic relief measure. facility. Commercial rates are interbank Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.7513 failed to agree on a broad pan- rates provided for reference when buying proved in the next few days, it too Industry officials acknowl- Euro ...... $1.1739/0.8519 demic relief package that includes could undo the furloughs. edged that prospects were bleak Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7503 currency. All figures are foreign currencies to one dollar, except for the British pound, more federal aid for airlines. Airline employees and execu- for action before Thursday’s Hungary (Forint) ...... 306.65 Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.4272 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, American Airlines CEO Doug tives made 11th-hour appeals this deadline. They said, however, Japan (Yen) ...... 105.68 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) Parker said that if Washington week to Congress and the Trump they were cheered that the House Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3063 INTEREST RATES comes up with a deal with $25 bil- Norway (Krone) ...... 9.3160 administration to avert furloughs this week included airline payroll Philippines (Peso)...... 48.48 Prime rate ...... 3.25 lion for airlines “over the next few when a federal prohibition on lay- help in a $2.2 trillion relief plan Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.83 Discount rate ...... 0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7510 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.09 days,” the company will reverse offs expires Thursday. that moved closer to Republicans’ Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3635 3-month bill ...... 0.10 19,000 furloughs set to begin The passenger airlines and preference for a lower price tag. South Korea (Won) ...... 1,163.41 30-year bond ...... 1.46 WEATHER OUTLOOK FRIDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST FRIDAY IN EUROPE SATURDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY JOHN VANDIVER in disarray after the collapse of the Soviet “Russia’s annexation of Crimea, its in- era, the air force has advanced since the Stars and Stripes Union. volvement in the war in eastern Ukraine first and second wars in Chechnya and Moscow also has benefited from lessons and its decisive intervention in the Syrian in the short Georgia campaign, which ex- STUTTGART, Germany — The Russian learned during its brief war with Georgia civil war exemplify growing military con- posed gaps in equipment and training. In military is more capable than at any time in 2008, which exposed command and con- fidence and capability,” the report said. 2015, air power improvements were on dis- since the end of the Cold War, the result of trol and logistical shortcomings, the IISS Russia’s ground forces have modernized play in Syria with modernized fighters, the an effort to produce a more agile force, a report said. by fielding the Iskander short-range ballis- report said. new study found. While the Russians easily defeated the tic-missile system and new self-propelled However, it’s unclear if Russia’s armed “Though significantly smaller than their much smaller Georgian force, Moscow’s artillery. Combined with new command- forces can maintain their progress, given Soviet predecessors, these forces are bet- “New Look” reform program was launched and-control networks and drones, Russia’s budget constraints. ter equipped, with professional personnel to make improvements “in the wake of the forces can “find, fix and strike adversary “Nonetheless, when combined with increasingly prevalent,” the International armed forces’ poor performance,” the re- formations at greater range than before,” Moscow’s more assertive foreign policy, Institute for Strategic Studies said in its port said. the report said. Russia’s armed forces in 2020 constitute a latest assessment of the Russian military. Those reforms laid the foundations for Russia has also upgraded its Navy, in- capability that should not be ignored,” the The report, released Wednesday, de- the current Russian military, which is cluding with more modern submarines, IISS report said. scribed a military that has rebounded from being used to extend Moscow’s influence the report said. [email protected] the neglect of the 1990s, when Russia was beyond its borders. While smaller than during the Soviet Twitter: @john_vandiver Air Force patch with Reaper drone over China vexes Beijing

BY SETH ROBSON is preparing to deter and fight Stars and Stripes a near-peer adversary such as China or Russia is no secret. An Air Force patch depicting an “Long-term strategic compe- MQ-9 Reaper drone flying over titions with China and Russia China has angered state media in are the principal priorities for the communist country. the Department [of Defense], The patch, which also shows a and require both increased and skeletal Grim Reaper equipped sustained investment, because with his traditional scythe, was of the magnitude of the threats worn by airmen participating in they pose to U.S. security and Agile Reaper, an exercise last prosperity today, and the poten- month involving three of the tial for those threats to increase drones deployed to Naval Station in the future,” the 2018 National Point Mugu, Calif., from Hollo- Defense Strategy states. man Air Force Base, N.M. Patches depicting potential A photograph of airmen wear- adversaries have a history in the ing the patch, which includes an Air Force. outline of a map of China, ap- As recently as February, mem- peared in the Sept. 24 edition of bers of the 18th Aggressor Squad- Air Force Magazine, provoking ron out of Eielson Air Force Base, an angry response from Chinese Alaska, wore red and black patch- COLLETTE BROOKS/U.S. Air Force state media. es showing a Soviet-era hammer “This is an extremely arrogant and sickle over a palm tree while Senior Airman Jorge Garcia communicates with aircrew while launching an MQ-9 Reaper during Exercise provocation,” the Global Times participating in the Cope North Agile Reaper at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, Calif., on Sept. 15. newspaper said in an article Tues- drills on Guam. day. “This is a move to further The aggressors’ mission in- base,” the newspaper reported support, search and rescue, mari- South China Sea, according to stir hostilities between Chinese volves playing the role of enemy without noting that China has al- time interdiction, strike coordi- the commander of the drones in- and American societies and an air forces during training. ready built several military facili- nation and reconnaissance and volved in Agile Reaper, Lt. Col. extortion against China. The US “China will shoot down incom- ties in the contested waters. surveillance during last month’s Brian Davis, who leads the 29th military is using the drones and ing US warplanes, no matter they China’s territorial expansion exercise. Attack Squadron at Holloman Air patches to stimulate the imagina- are unmanned or manned,” the in the region has spurred push- The drones, made by General Force Base, N.M. tion and create images of China Global Times warned Tuesday. back from the U.S. Navy, which Atomics of San Diego, can carry “We are just as capable [at sea] and the US going to war.” “If those planes cause actual dam- frequently conducts freedom-of- 3,000 pounds of ordnance and without changing our weapons The newspaper on Sept. 19 postage to Chinese islands and reefs, navigation patrols there. Experts first saw combat in Afghanistan in any way,” he said Sept. 21. “I ed a video issued by the Chinese we will strike the platforms and have warned that an incident in in 2007 and Iraq the following think you are going to see the air force that showed nuclear-ca- bases from which those planes the contested waterway could year. They’ve conducted numer- MQ-9 utilized in other locations. pable H-6 bombers carrying out a take off.” spark conflict. ous missions there and in other California is a great step off point simulated attack on what appears If Chinese-held islands in dis- The Reapers, which carry long- parts of the Middle East and to some other locations further to to be Andersen Air Force Base on puted South China Sea territory range radar and can provide com- Africa. the west.” Guam. are attacked they will be “turned manders with full-motion video of Their capabilities could come [email protected] The fact that the U.S. military into a fully operational military the sea below, conducted close air in handy in a place such as the Twitter: @SethRobson1 Bill introduced to rename Houston post office to honor Spc. Guillen

BY ROSE L. THAYER legislation to rename the post office in repairer. and the Army. Subpanels of the House Stars and Stripes south Houston in honor Guillen, a native of Fort Hood was the soldier’s only duty Committees on Oversight and Reform the city. Garcia represents the area. station. She was killed April 22 by a fellow and Armed Services have an ongoing joint AUSTIN, Texas — Legislation to re- From age 12, Guillen told her father that soldier. It took Army investigators more investigation into the base’s policies and name a Houston post office after slain Fort Hood soldier Spc. Vanessa Guillen was she dreamed of serving in the Army, ac- than two months to find her body about 20 practices, with a focus on Guillen and six introduced in the House on Wednesday, cording to a news release from Garcia’s of- miles from the base. other soldiers who died this year while sta- the same day that would have been the fice. After graduating from César Chávez The search for Guillen captured inter- tioned at Fort Hood. soldier’s 21st birthday. E. High School, she enlisted in the Army national media attention and has led to a [email protected] Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, filed the and trained as a small arms/artillery number of investigations into Fort Hood Twitter: @Rose_Lori PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, October 2, 2020 WAR/MILITARY U S e n d s l a n g u a g e training program for Central Asia BY J.P. LAWRENCE the war. Stars and Stripes At its inception, the initiative reflected “the notion that peace KABUL, Afghanistan — A mil- in Central Asia will not likely be itary program that gave troops achieved down the barrel of a advising and language training gun, but rather through the lens in an effort to develop cultural ex- of understanding,” said retired perts in Central Asia shut down Wednesday, the Pentagon said. Adm. James Stavridis, who over- The Afghanistan-Pakistan saw operations in Afghanistan Hands program closed after more as NATO’s supreme allied com- than a decade of training advis- mander from 2009 to 2013. ers in languages such as Dari, Pa- But Hands found their careers stunted by their participation as BRANDEN YAMADA/U.S. Air Force shto or Urdu, said Richard Osial, spokesman for the chairman of they missed chances at reach- Col. Jesse Friedel, commander of the 35th Fighter Wing, receives his annual flu shot at Misawa Air the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ing critical promotion milestones Base, Japan, on Wednesday. The last “AfPak Hands” have during their four years in the left Afghanistan and Pakistan, program, the Special Inspector Osial said in an email this week. General for Afghanistan Recon- The decision to sunset the pro- struction said last year. More US bases in Japan gear gram Sept. 30 had been approved Other AfPak Hands told Stars last year under Gen. Joseph Dun- and Stripes that while they were ford Jr., former chairman of the motivated to advise their local up to give out flu vaccinations Joint Chiefs of Staff. partners, they often served under The military is attempting to officers who distrusted them provide AfPak Hand personnel or doubted their uncommon BY ERICA EARL Misawa Air Base, in northern Military medical authorities with a “posting of choice” within mission. Stars and Stripes Japan, also has a flu vaccine, have stressed the importance of their service after leaving the according to a Facebook post a flu vaccination during the coro- program, Osial said, adding that “The institutional bureaucracy TOKYO — Yokosuka Naval Wednesday. The base medical navirus pandemic as one way to there is no effort to move person- of the military promotion system Base, home of the U.S. 7th Fleet center, however, has not yet an- reduce a demand for health care nel to the State Department or does not support the survival in Japan, will soon have flu shots nounced when it will be avail- at U.S. bases during the winter. any other agency. of programs like the (AfPak) available for infants and toddlers able or if the shots are exclusively September and October are op- The AfPak Hands program Hands,” retired Navy Capt. James in families affiliated with the for adults or include children as timal months for flu vaccinations; trained about 1,000 troops from Muir said last year. Muir oversaw installation. well. however, they are useful anytime different services to be advis- the in-country office from 2010 to Children between the ages of “Be on the lookout for updates the flu is circulating, even as late ers on four-year commitments, 2012 that managed the program 6 months and 35 months may re- on your unit times and dates to as January and February, accord- with overseas rotations aimed in Afghanistan. ceive the vaccinations from Oct. get yours!” the post states. ing to the CDC. at bolstering counterinsurgency The end of the program comes 13 through Oct. 16 at the naval U.S. Army Garrison Japan out- This year, the vaccines will efforts. as the U.S. looks to end its war in hospital auditorium from 8 a.m. to side central Tokyo has announced target four viral strains: H1N1, Two U.S. Air Force officers Afghanistan, which will enter its noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., accord- dates for flu shots for service H3N2, Victoria lineage and gave their lives while serving in 20th year next week. ing to a schedule posted Thursday members, family members and Yamagata lineage, according to the program. Lt. Col. Frank Bry- U.S. troop levels in Afghani- the Centers for Disease Control to the base Facebook page. Defense Department civilians, ant was killed in a mass shooting stan dropped from around 13,000 Yokosuka has yet to announce and Prevention website. at Kabul’s airport by an Afghan and nearby Yokota Air Base has to below 9,000 service members the arrival of flu vaccines for announced its vaccination sched- pilot in 2011, and Lt. Col. Darin [email protected] following a February deal with adults. ule for infants and toddlers. Twitter: @ThisEarlGirl Loftis was shot in the back and killed by a radicalized Afghan the Taliban. Pentagon officials government worker in 2012. expect troop strength to fall to be- Some who joined the AfPak tween 4,000 and 5,000 by the end program said they believed of November, according to con- At least 6 missiles intercepted troops speaking local languages gressional testimony last month. and more closely advising part- [email protected] targeting airport in northern Iraq ners could help turn the tide in Twitter: @jplawrence3

Associated Press According to the statement, the led to U.S. threats last week to missiles were intercepted at 8:30 close its Baghdad embassy un- BAGHDAD — At least six mis- Bomber kills at least 9 at p.m. and did not cause any major less decisive action was taken to siles targeting Irbil international damage. Two Kurdish officials rei n in Shiite militias suspected airport in northern Iraq were in- said one of the rockets hit the checkpoint in Afghanistan tercepted Wednesday evening, a of launching the attacks. Iraq’s headquarters of an Iranian-Kurd- foreign minister on Wednesday statement from the Kurdish Inte- Associated Press ish opposition party banned in said the government was taking tacker targeted the checkpoint. rior Ministry said, as diplomatic Iran. The officials requested ano- Two women were among those measures to consolidate security KABUL, Afghanistan — An Af- tensions between Washington and nymity in line with regulations. killed. Baghdad mounted over a spate of in the Green Zone and airport. ghan official said at least nine peo - The statement said the rockets The attack in Irbil, a rare tar- No one immediately claimed rocket attacks targeting the U.S. were fired from a pickup truck ple, including four civilians, were responsibility for the attack, but get for rockets, is considered to presence. near Bartella, south of Irbil in Ni- killed when a suicide car bomber Taliban insurgents are in con- be a serious escalation by Iraqi The U.S.-led coalition main- nevah province, which are areas attacked a military checkpoint in trol of most part of Helmand tains a troop presence on a base under the purview of Brigade 30 officials. southern Afghanistan. province. inside the airport. The recent at- of the Popular Mobilization Forc- Kurdish officials, and former Omer Zwak, a spokesman The violence comes even as tacks have, until now, exclusively es. The brigade is composed of Finance Minister Hoshiyar Ze- for the provincial governor in Taliban leaders and Afghan gov- targeted the heavily fortified ethnic Shabak militiamen. bari, said the incident was “yet Helmand, said Thursday that a ernment-appointed negotiators Green Zone, the seat of the Bagh- Iraq’s military said the perpe- another escalation” to undermine small child and three security are holding historic peace talks in dad government, and the capital’s trators were “terrorist groups,” security in the country by “the personnel were wounded in the Qatar, a Mideast country where airport. Roadside bombs have and that one rocket had landed same groups who are attacking late Wednesday night attack in the Taliban set up a political of- also routinely targeted convoys close to Hasansham camp for the the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and Nahri Sarah district. fice after they were toppled from carrying materials for the U.S.- internally displaced. its convoys. Action is needed to Zwak said civilians were in a power in the 2001 U.S.-led inva- led coalition forces. The frequency of the attacks stop it.” vehicle passing by when the at- sion of Afghanistan. Friday, October 2, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 PACIFIC Global Hawk airmen return to Guam as a squadron

BY SETH ROBSON tures a crow, a bird that is ubiqui- The squadron’s 36 maintain- Stars and Stripes tous in the Japanese capital. ers spent six months training for “We saw a crow outside the their new jobs before arriving in YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan same day we transitioned [to be- Japan, according to Global Hawk — The Air Force’s newest RQ-4 come a squadron],” he said. crew chief Master Sgt. Kevin Global Hawk squadron is soon The unit deployed to Yokota Woodfill, 34, of Aztec, N.M. headed for Guam after complet- with a single “cockpit,” a metal “We had a handful of experi- ing a four-month deployment in box that looks like a shipping con- enced guys from other Global Japan. tainer where pilots control the Hawk bases come out … [but] at The 4th Reconnaissance drones. Yokota, it was the first time a lot Squadron, which will return to “We control the airplane for of these people had touched these Andersen Air Force Base some- about 200 miles and then hand aircraft,” he said Thursday. time next week, operated five off to the main operating bases,” Most of the drone maintenance of the United States’ largest un- Craycraft said, referring to Beale involves computers, but there manned aircraft from the home Air Force Base, Calif., and Grand is still basic aviation mainte- of U.S. Forces Japan in western Forks Air Force Base, N.D., nance involved, said the former Tokyo over summer. The unit started its deployment where drone operators fly the C-130 Hercules and F-15 Eagle as Detachment 1 of the 319th Op- Global Hawks remotely during mechanic who worked on MQ-9 erations Group, but finished it as missions. Reaper drones before joining the SETH ROBSON/Stars and Stripes a squadron due to its increased According to the aircraft’s man- Global Hawk unit. size after adding maintenance ufacturer, Northrop Grumman, It takes four or five people on Lt. Col. Ben Craycraft, commander of the 4th Reconnaissance airmen to take over jobs that the Global Hawk flies at 60,000 the flight line to generate an RQ- Squadron, shows off a new patch depicting a crow at Yokota Air had been done by civilians, said feet and has a line of sight to tar- 4 sortie, he said. Base, Japan, on Wednesday. squadron commander Lt. Col. gets more than 340 miles away. “They are flying computers, Ben Craycraft. The exact range of the aircraft’s so they are pretty maintenance Craycraft said Tokyo, however, ties, Craycraft added. The squadron traces its lineage cameras and sensors is classified, intensive,” he said of the drones. which so far hasn’t been hit by ty- The drone operators got on well to the 4th Observation Squadron but a Global Hawk flying near the “You can’t just start them up and phoons this year, is a better loca- with members of Yokota’s 374th of World War II. It was last active Korean Demilitarized Zone, for go. There are a lot of systems that tion for the mission than Misawa. Airlift Wing, which flies conven- in Afghanistan in 2014, when it example, could see well beyond need to be checked.” At Misawa, the drones share tional planes, including the C- flew MC-12 Liberty aircraft. the Yalu River that marks North Guam-based Global Hawks, airspace with U.S. and Japa- 130J Super Hercules, he said. On Wednesday, Craycraft Korea’s border with China. which recently got upgraded sig- nese fighter jets and commercial “They give me a lot of stick watched airmen clear the unit’s The biggest change that hap- nals intelligence equipment, have planes. In Tokyo, however, the about not being a real pilot, but supplies out of one of a pair of pened when the unit became a been deploying to Japan during drones have little impact on local I used to fly the C-130, so I have old hangars that once housed C- squadron was having airmen summer to avoid typhoons since operations, he said. some street cred with them,” he 9A Nightingale medevac planes maintain the aircraft, a job that 2014. The aircraft have flown This year’s mission in Japan said. at Yokota. He was wearing the was done by civilian contractors out of either Misawa Air Base, in was twice as long as last year’s [email protected] squadron’s new patch, which fea- on Guam, Craycraft said. northeast Japan, or Yokota. and involved twice as many sor- Twitter: @SethRobson1 PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, October 2, 2020 MILITARY Innovation and inventors’ club opens at Yokota

BY ERICA EARL rently doesn’t have much equip- Stars and Stripes ment beyond a 3D printer, white board and a few computers, Ar- YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan ceneaux said its heart lies in the — Visitors to a makeshift lab at dialogue and potential for new the home of U.S. Forces Japan in projects. western Tokyo tested a 3D print- “It’s not just about using a 3D er, augmented reality goggles and printer,” he said. “It’s whole mis- design software at the recent soft sion is to encourage people to opening for the YokoWerx Dojo. connect to find solutions.” Lt. An innovators’ and inventors’ Col. Toby Evans, the 374th Air- /Stars and Stripes clubhouse of sorts, the lab is on lift Wing innovation officer and ERICA EARL target for a formal opening in a mentor for the YokoWerx Dojo, Above: The chief January at Yokota, the group’s said the club, also called a “spark technology officer for founder, Air Force Staff Sgt. Ge- cell,” is a branch of Air Force YokoWerx, Air Force rard Arceneaux, said in an inter- Works, stylized as AFWERX, a Master Sgt. Ken view Sept. 16. servicewide initiative created in Martin, demonstrates YokoWerx Dojo will be avail- 2017 to encourage airmen to prac- the innovation lab’s able to service members and tice creative problem solving. 3D printer at Yokota Defense Department civilians to Arceneaux and Evans began Air Base, Japan, tinker and brainstorm ideas that planning for the YokoWerx Dojo on Sept. 25. Left: improve the armed forces and launch in February. It is run by Kayoko Seta, 374th turn “what ifs” into reality, Arce- 10 volunteers, including service Contracting Squadron neaux said. members, DOD civilian employ- contracting specialist, “The Dojo is for people with ees and Japan Air Self-Defense experiences good ideas who don’t quite know Force personnel. augmented reality how to execute them,” he said. While the Dojo Lab undergoes for the first time in “We want to welcome people with renovations prior to its official the newly-opened great ideas that may still be half- opening in January, the club is YokoWerx innovation baked to decide how we can pool offering an online inventor and lab. our resources to help them.” innovator competition called As a way of marketing Yo- TAYLOR WORKMAN YokoShowdown from Monday U.S. Air Force koWerx Dojo and introducing through Nov. 20. the community to the type of YokoShowdown will be hosted problem-solving products it can on the website IdeaScale. The AFWERX website. spur, the volunteers designed and products, prototypes or ideas Evans said that while many produced “COVID-Keys,” small with the most votes will be fine- people think of technology when plastic tools that can be used to tuned at the Dojo Lab and pitched the term “innovation” is brought press buttons, pull open doors to senior leaders at the 374th Air- up, the online contest and lab will and cabinets, or hook onto latches lift Wing, Evans said. be a hub to prototype and test to mitigate the spread of viruses “It’s like Shark Tank for the Air ideas of all kinds. by limiting the need to physically Force,” he said. While the lab won’t be com- touch objects. COVID-19 is the Any service member, family pletely finished until January, respiratory disease caused by the member or DOD civilian is in- Arceneaux said he can show the coronavirus. vited to submit an entry, as long YokoWerx members sent 150 as the concept is geared toward in-progress space to interested of the keys to service members improving life at Yokota, or in the participants prior to the official and families on base at random, Air Force as a whole. opening. along with 30 golden keys grant- Money for the YokoWerx Dojo The only stipulation, he said, is ing access the Dojo lab’s Sept. 25 and the YokoShowdown comes that they must use the space for soft opening to preview the equip- from Air Force Squadron Inno- a specific idea that benefits that ment and resources that will be vation Funds, set aside in 2018 Yokota community, not a private interest project or a private busi- available to those interested in to encourage units to engage in TAYLOR WORKMAN/U.S. Air Force joining. think tanks and vocalize how ness venture. While the space, dubbed the they would like to improve the [email protected] Finley Wilson, son of Master Sgt. Daniel Wilson, plays with a 3D Dojo Lab, in Building 400 cur- work climate, according to the Twitter:@ ThisEarlGirl printed CV-22 Osprey in the lab.

Airmen can now grow their hair longer under appearance revision

BY WYATT OLSON approved to have hair 2 inches long from gardless the color of their own natural hair. appearance instruction that was problem- Stars and Stripes their scalp, a “hair bulk” that is ¾ inch lon- It defines those colors as brown, blonde, atic for certain groups,” Lisa Truesdale, ger than previously allowed. brunette, natural red, black and gray. Air Force deputy director of military force The Air Force is allowing both male The maximum length of women’s hair The service had previously announced management policy, said in a July state- and female airmen to wear their hair a bit has been increased from 3½ inches to 4 changes to its policy regarding shaving ment as the Air Force began the series of longer. inches. waivers due to razor bumps, a condition revisions. The service approved a revision to its In an additional change, men can have common among Black men. In July, the Air “Ensuring inclusive language in our dress and personal appearance regula- one front-to-back straight-line part — cut, Force revised its appearance regulations policies is one of the first steps in creat- tions on Sept. 15, the latest in a series of clipped or shaved — on either side of their to remove the term “faddish” in regard to changes made in effort to “enhance inclu- head above the temple. The part cannot issues of complexion after concluding it ing a more inclusive culture where all uni- siveness” while at the same time maintain- be slanted or curved or exceed 4 inches in was subjective language. formed members can thrive and maximize ing professional standards, the Air Force length or ¼ inch in width. “As we listened to Airmen and Space their fullest potential,” she said. said in a news release Tuesday. The Air Force also clarified that airmen Professionals, we reviewed our policies [email protected] Effective immediately, men are now can dye their hair any natural color, re- and identified language in our dress and Twitter: @WyattWOlson Friday, October 2, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 MILITARY Germany: Cost estimates are still S. Carolina governor vows being formulated for drawdown

FROM FRONT PAGE effects a wide range of units. The Anderson defended the strat- biggest changes call for sending egy as one that will give the mili- 4,500 soldiers with the 2nd Cav- to keep Parris Island open tary more “flexibility” and make alry Regiment, based in Vilseck, it more unpredictable to adver- Germany, back to the U.S. and re- locating the Stuttgart-based U.S. BY JEFFREY COLLINS anyway, do you save manpower, “I think we’re all firing on the saries when it rotates forces back European Command to Belgium. Associated Press resources and personnel by just same target,” he said. and forth to Europe. He said the U.S. Africa Command, also in combining the two into one?” South Carolina leaders also hope is a clearer plan for how to Stuttgart, will move to a location COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Marine Maj. Eric Flanagan implement the drawdown would indicated their willingness to go that has yet to be determined. Carolina’s governor promised on remarked. emerge by 2021, but executing head-to-head with San Diego to Smith said lawmakers, during Thursday to do whatever the Ma- South Carolina Gov. Henry the initiative will be a multiyear be the base that survives. They an earlier briefing with Penta- rines need to keep open the train- McMaster brought command- endeavor. noted that Marine recruits at gon officials, were told the idea of ing base at Parris Island after a top ers from every military installa- “It will take some time,” An- Parris Island get all their train- moving AFRICOM wasn’t about military official floated the idea tion in the state to the capital of derson said. “It’s months of plan- ing in one place, while San Diego strategy but to help the military of closing the base and building Columbia on Thursday — and he ning and years of execution.” a new one elsewhere that would requires two different facilities Cost estimates are still being reach the troop-reduction num- had a leader from Parris Island because of a lack of space. bers mandated from the White allow it to easily begin training talk first. formulated, but the moves are men and women together. “It’s clear to me Parris Island House. McMaster said the base “adds expected to be in the single-digit Marine Commandant Gen. has all the advantages and none billions, he said. “The numbers seemed to be ar- greatly to the character and David Berger stunned the mili- of the disadvantages,” McMas- The plan to downsize U.S. forc- tificial,” he said. “It was necessary strength, economic and other- tary-boosting state last week ter said. “We’re looking forward es in Germany, which came in to get to the 12,000 number.” wise, of this state.” when he mentioned the possibil- to the presence and expansion on response to a White House direc- “Anything we can do to support [email protected] ity during an interview published Parris Island.” tive, was announced in July and Twitter: @john_vandiver your mission, we’ll do it,” the gov- on the Military.com website. Berger also mentioned clos- ernor said. ing another base in San Diego, Parris Island has been train- saying it might be easier to start ing Marines for 120 years on from scratch than trying to make the island, located off the state’s adjustments at each of the bases. southern coast. The base has The Marines face a five-year problems aside from the chal- deadline for gender-integrated lenge of making the necessary training at Parris Island and an accommodations to train women eight-year deadline in San Diego. alongside men, including rising “Nothing, the way we’re or- sea levels and old buildings that ganized right now, lends itself need improvements. Marine Col. to integrated recruit training,” Ricardo Player told the governor the website quoted Berger as that the military is spending $30 saying. “If that’s our start point million to upgrade rifle ranges at — and it is — we have to get to a the base. place on both coasts, or at a third Player stressed during the location.” meeting that the Marines are A spokesman for Berger ex- looking at all options as it em- panded on his comments to the barks on gender-integrated train- website, saying while nothing had ing, but he also acknowledged the been decided, the Marines had to state’s support, saying the Ma- consider what would be the best rines have always felt that South way to spend its money. Carolina was willing to help them “If you have to update a lot in any way possible. Allvin is confirmed as next Air Force vice chief of staff

BY ROSE L. THAYER ron and wing levels, including the Stars and Stripes 97th Air Mobility Wing at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. AUSTIN, Texas — Lt. Gen. He replaces Gen. Stephen W. David W. Allvin was confirmed Wilson, who has served as vice by the Senate on Wednesday to chief of staff of the Air Force since be the next vice chief of staff of July 2016, the Air Force and to receive his according fourth star. to his online Allvin is already assigned to the biography. Pentagon, where he serves as the The post director for strategy, plans, and is the second policy with the Joint Staff and is highest uni- the senior member of the U.S. formed posi- Delegation to the United Nations tion within Military Staff Committee, ac- a service cording to his online biography. branch. As Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown, the Allvin Allvin steps Air Force chief of staff, shared into the job, the news of Allvin’s promotion on he will preside over the Air Staff Twitter. and serve as a member of the Joint “When it comes to leading at Chiefs of Staff Requirements the highest levels of joint strategy Oversight Council and Deputy and policy, and someone who sets Advisory Working Group. He will the bar for critical collaboration assist the chief of staff with orga- with allies and partners, there is nizing, training, and equipping no one more qualified!” Brown the 685,000 active-duty, National tweeted. Guard, Reserve and civilian forc- Allvin graduated from the U.S. es serving in the United States Air Force Academy in 1986, ac- and overseas. cording to his online biography. [email protected] He has commanded at the squad- Twitter: @Rose_Lori PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, October 2, 2020 MILITARY ‘We’re going to adapt and we’re going to win’

were quarantined and tested, On Okinawa, Marine spokesman Kunze wrote. The service also started taking pandemic attack temperatures around their installations and requiring entry logs for many buildings, along with in- plan made with dividual contact-tracing logs, frequent hand washing and masks. military precision The Marines tested thousands of people, Kunze said, resulting in 362 positive results since July BY MATTHEW M. BURKE 1. At the two largest clusters, tests Stars and Stripes yielded 115 cases at MCAS Futen- ma and 169 at Camp Hansen. CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Nearly two-thirds of all cases Seaman Justin Funder remained were asymptomatic, Kunze wrote. focused on his phone and com- Only one person was hospitalized puter screen on a recent quiet overnight as a precaution. morning inside the coronavirus Ohlson, of the 3rd Medical Bat- response center at U.S. Naval talion, arrived at the hospital July Hospital Okinawa. 10 to begin analyzing test sam- The 25-year-old hospitalman ples. Since then, he’s done close from St. Cloud, Minn., works to 300 tests. in the COVID Cell, named for “During a peak eight-hour COVID-19, the respiratory dis- shift, I would have 30 samples,” ease caused by the coronavirus. he said as the analyzer hummed At the start of the pandemic, cell in the background. “It was pretty members were responsible for all much nonstop.” things, from fielding phone calls PHOTOS BY MATT BURKE/Stars and Stripes As the second wave intensified, and taking down service mem- alarms were raised over practic- ber information to administer- Seaman Justin Funder, 25, a hospitalman from St. Cloud, Minn., takes a call inside the COVID Cell at es contributing to the spread. ing on-site tests and tracing the U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, on Sept. 4. Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki at close contacts of those who tested a July 11 press conference voiced positive. and COVID Cell contact tracers concerns over the military’s pre- As the spread peaked to hun- are dispatched to investigate any paredness and demanded U.S. dreds of cases at U.S. bases on potential spread, Funder said. officials protect the general pub- Okinawa over the summer, the Local officials on Okinawa are lic from the virus spreading off number of personnel in the cell kept apprised with daily phone base. also multiplied. Funder was re- calls, Hamstra said. The Japanese defense minister sponsible for fewer tasks, but his If the person who tests positive at the time, Taro Kono, on July 14 days were much busier. arrived for a permanent change of pointed out that some newly ar- “I think at first it was frighten- station, Task Force PCS arranges rived Marines and their families ing, but then it just became prop- their mandatory 14-day isolation were serving their quarantine at er procedure,” he told Stars and period, also known as restriction an off-base hotel the U.S. military Stripes in between phone calls of movement, Kunze wrote by rented for that purpose. Sept. 4. “We just knew that we email Sept. 14. U.S. Forces Japan On social media, reports flared had to do it.” requires all inbound personnel or that the clusters on MCAS Futen- Today Funder still stands those who travel outside Japan to ma and Camp Hansen erupted watch but breathes easier. As quarantine for 14 days and test following beach parties and of Wednesday, the Marines had negative before exiting. unauthorized trips to bars and reported just four active coro- nightclubs over Fourth of July navirus cases among its service weekend. members, civilian employees and Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Anthony Ohlson, a hospitalman with First infection However, investigators could family members on the island. the 3rd Medical Battalion, tests a DNA sample for the coronavirus at The virus first hit Okinawa on trace none of the cluster cases to The Corps last announced a new U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, on Sept. 9. Feb. 14 when a female taxi driver parties, even by offering amnesty patient on Okinawa on Sept. 26. in her 60s tested positive, Okina- for information, Kunze wrote. Though the Marines admit- to combat the virus across the in charge for the Joint COVID-19 wa prefectural officials said. By Instead, the Marine Corps took ted missteps battling the sum- Pacific. Response Center and Task Force the end of April, the spread was responsibility for the outbreak for mer coronavirus wave, they say “We ended up executing a pan- Safeguard’s commander. held to 143 local cases and two permitting inbound personnel on they’ve built infrastructure suffi- demic drill for the hospital, focus- The COVID Cell, in a detached airmen and a visiting relative at the Unit Deployment Program cient enough to effectively handle ing primarily on a large surge of building near the hospital, is an Kadena. to exit quarantine without being a winter spike if it occurs. They patients,” he said. extension of the response center Then the virus appeared to van- tested, provided they showed no made slight adjustments to their At the same time, Ricks said, and is also home to the dispatch- ish. Neither Okinawa prefecture symptoms. Mandatory exit test- procedures and “remain ready” the hospital teamed up with III ers for the Okinawa-wide COVID nor the U.S. military reported ing was instituted in late July by to surge any effort to beat back Marine Expeditionary Force, Care Line, a 24/7 coronavirus any cases through May and June. U.S. Forces Japan. the virus, wrote Maj. Kenneth hotline. Restrictions on U.S. personnel Inbound personnel were quar- Kunze, spokesman for Marine the 18th Wing and 18th Medical were eased, and life took a turn tered on Marine installations in- Corps Installations Pacific, in a Group at Kadena Air Base and The first call for anyone with toward normal. stead of the off-base hotel. Sept. 21 email response to ques- with Army and Navy units on coronavirus symptoms, or who On July 1, the Marines at Camp Kunze said fighting corona- tions from Stars and Stripes. the island. From that, the Joint believes they were exposed to the COVID-19 Response Center was virus, is to the COVID Care Line. McTureous reported their first virus took a massive logistics Funder said the U.S. military’s positive test result. Six days later, first responders are also ready. born. The caller is then forwarded to effort that improved over time, COVID Cell, where people like personnel at Marine Corps Air but it was “exceptional since the “I feel like we have a very good Station Futenma were ordered handle on everything,” he said. Coordinated response Funder arrange for testing at the beginning.” to shelter in place after several By Sept. 8, neither MCAS The pandemic had just reached hospital’s respiratory clinic or people there tested positive. A Futenma nor Hansen had any the island when U.S. Naval Hospi- The joint response center drive-through testing site. day later, Camp Hansen went into coronavirus patients, Kunze said. tal Okinawa in March turned its launched in April in a building The samples are sent to a naval lockdown to allow contact trac- “You don’t get to pick your war,” annual disaster response exercise behind the hospital at Camp Fos- hospital lab where Navy Petty Of- ing and cleaning as more cases Hamstra said. “And you go to war into one focused on the virus. ter. It is one of four major orga- ficer 2nd Class Anthony Ohlson, emerged. with what you have at hand, and “We knew the impact a poten- nizations, along with the COVID 41, of Huntsville, Texas, a hos- As the number of infections Cell, Task Force Safeguard and pitalman from the 3rd Medical in that mindset, that the entire tial endemic could have,” the grew daily by six to sometimes U.S. military has, we’re going to Task Force Permanent Change Battalion, opens the vials under a chief readiness officer for U.S. more than 12, the Marines raised adapt and we’re going to win. I of Station, created to combat the glass shield for DNA testing. Re- Naval Hospital Okinawa, Navy the coronavirus risk level from don’t think any of us would have virus’ spread on Okinawa. sults are typically available in 45 Cmdr. Jeffrey Ricks, told Stars moderate to substantial, or Health anticipated this, but I guarantee The center’s mission is to fuse and Stripes on Aug. 27. minutes. Protection Condition-Charlie, and every Marine out there is ready all the contact tracing by all four Ricks is also deputy com- Samples from mass tests — of reimposed restrictions on travel to excel in this situation.” mander of Task Force Safeguard, service branches on the island, entire units, for example — are and off-base activities. so planners know where to focus sent to South Korea for analysis. Stars and Stripes reporter Aya launched by the III Marine Ex- They also launched an “ag- Ichihashi contributed to this report. peditionary Force in mid-July testing efforts, Marine Col. Eric The Joint COVID-19 Response gressive” test and trace policy, in [email protected] to align Marine Corps efforts Hamstra said. He is the officer Center is notified of positive tests, which entire units and barracks Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 Friday, October 2, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 MILITARY Training: Pandemic makes complicated task even more difficult

FROM FRONT PAGE “The extreme heat, sleeping outside, the winds … Dealing with those heat injuries has been keeping us pretty busy,” said Cho, wearing an Army green face covering — a requirement for the nearly 5,000 soldiers participating in the September NTC rotation. The pandemic has made a complicated task — moving thousands of troops and hundreds of vehicles around the country to a single training post in the middle of the desert — even more difficult. The worry of spreading the coronavirus, as it swept across American states in the spring, forced Army Soldiers with the Army’s 1st Infantry Division train during a rotation officials to shut down NTC and its at the National Training Cente on Sept. 19. two sister combat training centers in Louisiana and Germany in coach-trainers — soldiers tasked to continue the mission because mid-March. with teaching and guiding the de- you can bet that in a peer-on-peer At Fort Irwin, before reopening /Stars and Stripes PHOTOS BY COREY DICKSTEIN ployed soldiers — critiqued their fight, we’re going to have degrad- the post in July after missing two A soldier with the Army’s 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment enters an choices and execution. ed communications.” rotations, officials had to answer a Army leaders bill NTC as a challenging question: How do you armored vehicle at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., on Sept. 20. leadership crucible, designed to A ‘brilliant’ solution move 5,000 soldiers on and off the test decision-makers’ abilities to installation without spreading the coordinate a fight or respond to McQuade, on his first rotation virus between those rotational be prepared to fight, Martin said. tations, but they have not sparked “That’s what our country ex- any significant outbreak, said aggression under harsh, unfor- to NTC, said it was “a little ex- forces and the post’s own popu- giving conditions. It is not unusu- citing” to be among the Army’s lation of troops, family members pects of us, regardless of circum- Lesperance, the post’s top com- al for rotational forces to take a first units training during the and civilian workers? stances,” said Martin, who visited mander. There have been no in- beating from the opposition force, pandemic. The answer, according to Brig. NTC for the first time since leav- dications that rotational soldiers but it helps them learn from their There were, of course, the an- Gen. David Lesperance, the se- ing the installation as its top com- have infected any troops stationed mander in 2016. “America cannot at Fort Irwin, he said. mistakes when lives are not at noyances: the face masks, the nior commander for Fort Irwin risk. and NTC, was to make some poli- afford for us to do that. They ex- Those who have tested posi- temperature checks each time “This is how we learn in these cy changes, restrict access to the pect us to operate regardless of tive — the Army declined to dis- soldiers entered the division’s [combat training center] rota- post’s training areas, and rethink how degraded the environment close how many cases it has seen main command center and the tions,” the Army vice chief said. how soldiers flow on and off for may be.” among either soldiers stationed at constant reminders to avoid “They reveal things that if you training. Russia, China and other ad- Fort Irwin or among its rotating being in groups. But he was also had otherwise not done them, you Instead of holding thousands of versaries watch the U.S. military training forces, citing Pentagon intrigued by the real-world im- would learn them in the wrong incoming and outgoing soldiers closely, including whether its policy — have been immediately pact the pandemic was having on place — when you’re at risk of in one location as NTC rotational soldiers are conducting the kind removed from the Box and quar- the deployment. being struck by the enemy.” units have done for years, smaller of training they can only accom- antined. An Army spokesman de- “It really is interesting to see That was a lesson Capt. Sean groups of soldiers now enter and plish at NTC. scribed “a few” such cases during when we go out into the field, McQuade and other soldiers exit NTC’s 775,000-acre train- “That’s not lost on either of our the September rotation for the 1st what’s going to happen,” he said. learned quickly during the training area — known as “the Box” near-peer competitors, [who say], Infantry Division. “What if that unknown comes ing. McQuade, an intelligence of- — from separate locations, Les- ‘Wow. The U.S. Army’s back to “All the safety protocols that ficer on the 1st Infantry Division into play, that unknown factor perance said. doing that large-scale training we planned for, and that we’ve headquarters staff, said his unit [of the pandemic] that’s going to Soldiers entering training no again,’” said McPherson, who executed, have worked,” Lesper- make this scenario different than was visiting Fort Irwin for the experienced a mass casualty in a longer stage together outside the ance said. “I feel very confident others?” first time. simulated gas attack just one day Box for several days. Instead, that we’ll be able to continue to McQuade said he believed he Calling it a “huge black eye,” train as our Army requires us to before the visit by Martin and they gear up as soon as their ve- was safe from the virus, and the McPherson highlighted the U.S. do.” McPherson. hicles and supplies arrive, enter training rotation felt much like the training range and begin to military’s most high-profile pan- McQuade managed to survive demic-related incident — the the attack, getting his gas mask other training exercises he has operate in a much more expedi- A leadership crucible taken part in for years. tionary fashion, he said. It is the coronavirus outbreak aboard the on and sealed in time, he said. That was the idea, Martin and way top Army leaders envision USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft The training scenario for the The rotation taught him to stick other Army leaders said. By tak- deploying forces into remote lo- carrier, which began in March. September rotation included ele- with the fundamental aspects cations if a large-scale war were The incident sidelined the ship ments the Army would face in a of warfighting that he has been ing measures to curb the chances to break out against a force with for two months as more than full-spectrum fight in several do- taught since he was a second lieu- of an outbreak, soldiers can focus similar firepower. 1,000 sailors contracted the virus, mains — land, air, space and cy- tenant more than five years ago. on the training, on learning how and one died from complications. berspace. Fort Irwin’s dedicated “You’re in an uncomfortable to fight against a near-peer com- The Army must train That episode, which triggered the opposing force, the 11th Armored environment with the desert … petitor, Martin said. removal of senior officials from Cavalry Regiment, challenged but ultimately your training kicks “It forces us to go through a Gen. Joseph Martin, the Ar- the ship’s captain to the Navy the soldiers on the ground from in, you survive the [gas] attack higher level of thinking than we my’s vice chief of staff, and Army secretary, resulted in McPherson the 1st Infantry Division head- and you continue to the next day. ever did before, and it was born Undersecretary James McPher- briefly serving as acting Navy quarters and other units subordi- In my case, that is giving an up- because we had to create a pan- son visited NTC last month to secretary before he returned to nate to the division based at Fort date on the enemy situation, and demic-mitigating environment” see firsthand what training at the his job as Army undersecretary. Riley, Kan . The regiment used life goes on,” he said. “Sure it’s to separate two units entering and critical post looked like during a “We, the Army, have now re- technology and tactics meant to uncomfortable [at NTC], not as exiting NTC, Martin said. “And I pandemic. They came to observe sponded with a large NTC train- resemble current capabilities of sanitary as Fort Riley would be think it’s brilliant.” the 1st Infantry Division head- ing evolution,” McPherson said near-peer rivals, which 11th ACR back at home, but, ultimately, it’s The general said the Army quarters rotation, an unusual Sept. 20 after leaving Fort Irwin. soldiers have mastered through really setting the conditions for likely has not yet realized the im- us to be ready for when we deploy, training scenario built around “That’s sending a message to [ad- repeated fights with rotational pact that the more expeditionary units. The opposing force simu- be it to Poland, somewhere else in the division headquarters instead versaries] as well: The Army’s approach to training could have of a brigade combat team, as the training, and we’re not taking a lated direct artillery and helicop- Europe or another operational on the service, but it is clear that majority of combat training cen- knee … even in a worldwide pan- ter strikes, ground attacks and environment.” soldiers need to prepare to fight ter rotations have been. demic. We’re training to defeat even chemical attacks to test the Another lesson the soldiers in exactly that manner. The operational pause at the you. That’s the message we’re capabilities of the 1st Infantry Di- quickly learned was that they outset of the pandemic caused sending.” vision soldiers on the ground. cannot rely on their key commu- “Those are the type of envi- training issues for the Army, Since returning soldiers to the Like other NTC rotations, the nications gear to function proper- ronments we’re going to go into,” leaving some units at lower com- Box at NTC, the Army has com- training included live-fire tests, ly in a harsh environment. Often Martin said. “It’s a wickedly combat readiness levels than leaders pleted three rotations, including allowing commanders to coordi- that meant using old-fashioned plex problem, but we have had would prefer. It was critical that a National Guard brigade rota- nate operations from their mobile analog methods of tracking the two brigades that have done it so the Army reopen training centers tion that saw troops come to Fort command centers set up — and battle picture. far … and the rest of the Army is quickly and safely so soldiers and Irwin from 27 states. repeatedly moved — across the “You have to go back to … get learning from this today.” their units could get the warfight- Soldiers have tested positive desert training grounds. All the out your map, plot these [loca- [email protected] ing repetitions they required to for the virus during training ro- while, NTC-based observer- tions,]” McQuade said. “We have Twitter: @CDicksteinDC PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, October 2, 2020 MILITARY Tanker pilot praised for landing safely after jet collision

BY JULIE WATSON something that pilots learn to do Associated Press in their training command. It’s a basic thing,” Field said. “This SAN DIEGO — The pilot of a shouldn’t have been done badly.” fuel tanker showed impressive Often the blame lies with the skills when he touched down safe- jet pilot who can approach a tank- ly in a remote area of California er too quickly or can get too close and prevented injuries among the and not be able to compensate, seven other crew members after a Field said. But that is highly un- midair collision with a fighter jet, usual with today’s radar systems a Marine Corps official and safety and a sophisticated plane like the aviation expert said Wednesday. F-35B. The crash also occurred It was unclear what happened during the day when visibility to cause the F-35B to collide with should have been good. the KC-130J tanker in the late Field wondered how much ex- afternoon Tuesday, said 1st Lt. perience the pilot had on the F- Brett Vannier, a spokesman at 35B, a complicated plane. Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. There have been deadly acci- The fighter jet was refuel- dents during midair refueling. On ing when the collision occurred. Dec. 6, 2018, a KC-130J and an The pilot ejected successfully F/A-18D collided during a night General Dynamics from the F-35B. The tanker pilot refueling off the coast of Japan, landed the big aircraft on its belly killing six U.S. Marines. General Dynamics was awarded an Army contract for the Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense in a field near the desert town of A military investigation found system, shown here on a Stryker A1 vehicle armed with Hellfire and Stinger missiles and a 30 mm Thermal. the fighter pilot was not experi- cannon. “It was an impressive maneu- enced in midair refueling mis- ver bringing it down safely by sions at night and unintentionally force,” Vannier said. “His skills crossed over the top of the tank- kind of speak to itself just in the er, colliding with the rear of the $1.2B contract seeks to boost fact that everyone survived.” KC-130J. Poor training was also Aviation safety consultant and a factor, the investigation found, retired Marine Corps Col. Pete and squadron leaders were fired Army’s short-range air defenses Field, a former director of the as a result. Naval Test Pilot School, agreed. The F-35B is a single-seat com- Stars and Stripes military is more capable than at Europe. But Defense Department “I think the KC-130 crew did bat aircraft that can take off and any time since the end of the Cold plans to move forward with Presi- a masterful job of airmanship to General Dynamics has been land conventionally and vertical- War. dent Donald Trump’s directive to get that baby down,” Field said, awarded a $1.2 billion contract to ly. That plane crashed near the IM-SHORAD will be mounted pull 12,000 U.S. troops out of Ger- noting the size of the tanker that deliver a short-range air defense Salton Sea, an inland lake about on a Stryker A1 platform and many, where the largest portion can carry up to 60,000 pounds of 100 miles northeast of downtown system to help protect soldiers provide soldiers with protection of American service members fuel. San Diego. from low-altitude threats such as using guns, missiles, rockets and are based on the Continent, have Military officials said the cause The four-engine turboprop ground support jets and attack onboard sensors, according to of the collision is under investiga- tanker landed in Thermal, a helicopters. made it unclear if the deployment the contract announced Wednes- tion and they could not discuss small desert city in Riverside A need for the Interim Ma- will go ahead. day by U.S. Army Contracting IM-SHORAD was supposed the damage to the aircraft or County about 125 miles northeast neuver Short-Range Air Defense Command. other details. of downtown San Diego. system, which will accompany to undergo developmental test- The system will include a mis- ing in June, but the coronavirus Field, who examined photos of Photos from the scene posted brigade combat teams on opera- sion equipment package provided pandemic and software problems the damaged tanker, said he does online by NBC Palm Springs tions, was identified several years by Leonardo DRS and the Ray- delayed it. not know how things went wrong show a military plane on its belly ago, as Russia beefed up its aerial theon Stinger missile system, the The system is expected to enter during what is generally a routine in a farm field near Thermal attack capabilities. The award contract said. operation. service on Sept. 30, 2025, the con- Airport. was announced as a study by the The initial plan was to equip The images show liquid pour- The cause of the crash is under tract said. International Institute for Stra- four battalions with 144 IM-SHO- ing out of the tanker’s port wing investigation. tegic Studies said the Russian RAD systems and deploy them to [email protected] and damage to the propeller It wasn’t immediately clear blades, among other things. whether the planes were on a Midair refueling “on any air- routine mission or a training Ramstein school to remain closed after plane in the fighter world is exercise. increase in confirmed coronavirus cases

BY JENNIFER H. SVAN struction cannot be met until the er training days. Stars and Stripes required quarantine is complet- Meanwhile, about three dozen ed,” Department of Defense Edu- students at DODEA’s school in KAISERSLAUTERN, Ger- cation Activity-Europe officials Brussels whose bus driver tested many — Ramstein Intermediate said in a statement Thursday. positive for the coronavirus last School will stay closed to students One additional case was iden- month were released from quar- until Oct. 14 due to quarantine tified after testing the close antine this week, DODEA-Eu- requirements, officials said after rope officials said. the number of confirmed corona- contacts of the three staffers, of- virus cases at the school rose to ficials said. All students who rode Route 1 five. The circumstances of the other were cleared to return to school The school, closed since Sept. case were not disclosed. after receiving a second negative 25 after three staff members Students will continue digi- coronavirus test Tuesday. Stu- tested positive, was initially set to tal learning with their assigned dents also had to remain symp- KESQ-TV/AP reopen Monday. teachers, the school said. Stu- tom-free in order to be cleared, “Contact tracing is complete, dents have three days off during school officials said. A Lockheed Martin KC-130J tanker made an emergency landing however, the staffing require- the closure — one for Columbus [email protected] after colliding with an F-35B fighter jet during a refueling operation ments for face-to-face school in- Day on Oct. 12 and two for teach- Twitter: @stripesktown over the Southern California desert near Thermal on Tuesday. Friday, October 2, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 MILITARY Tattoo shop on base may begin new trend

BY CHAD GARLAND Stars and Stripes Since the American Tattoo Society opened its latest studio in a storefront northeast of Las Vegas last month, a common reaction from passersby has been dis- belief, its owner said. “It’s wild how many people walk by and they kind of look up and it’s like, ‘Holy ... what am I looking at here?’” said Ryan Harrell, who owns the shop at the Nellis Air Force Base Exchange with his wife, Nicole. “‘Is this really a tattoo shop inside the exchange?’” Yes, it is. And Military Star Cards are accepted at the store, which opened last month. Its grand opening celebration begins Friday morning. NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE EXCHANGE/Facebook Though some U.S. bases have had vis- American Tattoo Society on Nellis Air iting tattoo artists, the exchange’s tattoo Force Base, Nev., is the first known parlor appears to be the first of its kind. No tattoo shop to open on an Air Force or other Army, Air Force, Navy or Marine ex- Army installation. change has operated or provided space for AMERICAN TATTOO SOCIETY OF NELLIS/Facebook such a venture before, according to several he said. He and his wife were “kind of shot exchange officials. down immediately” several years back, he Mathias Moretti creates a tattoo for the first time at a shop on a U.S. military Harrell hopes the Nellis location is the said. installation at American Tattoo Society on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on Sept. 4. first of many on-base shops for his com- Then he heard Army and Air Force Ex- pany and has sights set on Fort Bragg, just change Service officials had changed heart AAFES had discussed putting shops at to be announced soon, he said in a phone down the road from the couple’s flagship a few years ago, when several services re- several of its sites, Harrell said, such as call Sunday, studio in his hometown of Fayetteville, laxed their tattoo policies, including the planned Freedom Crossing outdoor shop- AAFES was more cautious in an emailed N.C., where they have run the All Ameri- Air Force’s 2017 decision to end size limits ping centers — groundbreaking for one of statement to Stars and Stripes. No future can Tattoo Convention for several years. on most tattoos to boost recruitment. those on Bragg had been scheduled for this locations have been decided on or con- Started by his wife when she was still The commands that operate exchanges spring — but Nellis was chosen after a day firmed, and the exchange is “working to a schoolteacher more than five years ago, on Marine Corps and Navy bases have also spa in the exchange closed late last year. determine whether other locations best the business caters to military personnel been looking into opening tattoo parlors, Harrell, whose grandfather served at support this business,” said Julie Mitch- and has since opened a second shop just off officials with both outfits said this week. Bragg, still expects to open there and at ell, a spokeswoman for the Dallas-based Camp Lejeune in the eastern part of the The two exchange services have worked four other sites in the coming years, but agency. state. with Navy medical personnel on protocols said location doesn’t matter as much as the Harrell thinks his shop will become a Company staff were already familiar for allowing such shops to operate on base, customers. way for military leaders to ensure artists with service regulations, Harrell said, and Marine Corps Exchange spokesman Bryan “We’re just happy to be there to do tat- follow uniform and appearance regula- the owners had existing policies barring Driver said Wednesday. The service is still toos for the (service members),” he said. tions, giving them some peace of mind designs such as the Confederate flag or ex- evaluating those rules, he said. The exchange put American Tattoo So- about the indelible experience many of tremist, gang-related or other hateful art- Meanwhile, the Navy Exchange Service ciety through a rigorous vetting process their troops will undergo. work, like those banned by the military. Command has considered sites but “has to ensure it could meet health and safety “They already know they’re going to get But news they were opening on a base no specific plans to open tattoo parlors at requirements, AAFES spokesman Chris a tattoo anyway,” Harrell said. surprised some industry old-timers who any Navy installation,” said Courtney Wil- Ward said in an email this week. [email protected] considered it an impossibility for decades, liams, a spokesperson for that service. Harrell expected a second on-base shop Twitter: @chadgarland Marines activate its first new base since 1952 on Guam

BY SETH ROBSON Command, told Stars and Stripes area, known as Andersen South, Stars and Stripes ‘ Camp Blaz will play an essential role in during a tour of the new base in is being turned into an urban February. training compound for the Ma- The Marine Corps has activat- strengthening the Department of Defense’s Only 1,300 Marines will be rines, he said. ed a new base on Guam for 5,000 ability to deter and defend. permanently stationed on Guam, Facilities for the Marines’ avia- members of III Marine Expedi- ’ with another 3,700 coming to the tion element are being built at tionary Force set to move there U.S. Marine Corps statement island as a rotational force in the Andersen’s North Ramp, Foster over the next five years from Oki- announcing the activation same way a Marine Air Ground said. nawa, Japan. Task Force deploys to Australia’s The formal establishment of Camp Blaz, near Andersen Air Northern Territory to train each Camp Blaz secures a Marine Force Base, is the first new Ma- The activation comes at a time in their statement. summer, he said. Corps posture in the region that rine installation since Marine of rising tensions in the Pacific as The new base is still under Corps Logistics Base Albany The heart of Camp Blaz, where is geographically distributed and China presses claims to sea ter- construction in an area known six-story barracks will be built for operationally resilient, the Ma- was commissioned in Georgia on ritory and builds military forces as Finegayan on land that, until March 1, 1952, according to a Ma- unaccompanied Marines, is next rines said in their statement. that threaten U.S. forces stationed recently, was covered in a thick door to Naval Computer and Tele- “Camp Blaz will play an es- rine Corps statement announcing in the region. jungle full of snakes and littered the activation this week. communications Station Guam, sential role in strengthening the Camp Blaz is named in honor with World War II-era bombs and “As the Marine Corps presence just west of Andersen. Families Department of Defense’s ability of the late Marine Brig. Gen. Vi- bullets. on Guam grows, I am confident of Marines working on Blaz will to deter and defend and is also a that we … will honor the history cente “Ben” Tomas Garrido Blaz, The Japanese government is live on Andersen, where another testament to the strength of the of the island of Guam, we will a Guam native. funding $3 billion worth of proj- 300 housing units will be built, U.S.-Japan alliance,” the Marines have the courage to defend it, “Blaz’ legacy ref lects the strong ects for the Marines’ relocation, Foster said. said. and we will remain committed to relationship that the Marine with the U.S. government spend- The facility will include sev- The Marines will hold an acti- preserving its cultural and envi- Corps and the people of Guam ing another $5.7 billion, Navy eral new ranges, including a vation ceremony for the base in ronmental resources,” the camp’s have shared since the establish- Cmdr. Brian Foster, who is help- “multipurpose” machine gun spring 2021, the statement said. first commander, Col. Bradley ment of the Marine Barracks [on ing oversee construction for the range along Guam’s northwest- [email protected] Magrath, said in the statement. Guam] in 1899,” the Marines said Naval Facilities Engineering ern coast. An abandoned housing Twitter: @SethRobson1 PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, October 2, 2020 NATION Trump signs temporary funding measure

Associated Press presidential election. The measure is the bare minimum ac- flood insurance program, highway and The measure would keep the govern- complishment for Capitol Hill’s powerful transit programs, and a long set of exten- WASHINGTON — President Donald ment running through Dec. 11 and passed Appropriations committees, who pride sions of various health programs, such as a Trump has signed a bill to fund the gov- by a 84-10 vote. The House passed the bill themselves on their deal-making abili- provision to prevent Medicaid cuts to hos- ernment through Dec. 11, averting the pos- last week. ties despite gridlock in other corners of pitals that serve many poor people. sibility of a government shutdown as the The stopgap spending bill is required Congress. It also finances the possible transition new fiscal year started Thursday. because the GOP-controlled Senate has The legislation — called a continuing to a new administration if Biden wins Trump signed the bill, which was ap- not acted on any of the 12 annual spending resolution, or CR, in Washington-speak — the White House and would stave off an proved by sweeping bipartisan agreement bills that fund the 30% of the government’s would keep every federal agency running unwelcome COVID-caused increase in Wednesday, into law early Thursday morn- budget that is passed by Congress each at current funding levels through Dec. 11, Medicare Part B premiums for outpatient ing shortly after returning from campaign- year. If Democratic nominee Joe Biden which will keep the government afloat past doctor visits. ing in Minnesota. wins the White House in November, it’s an election that could reshuffle Washing- Farm interests won language that would The temporary extension will set the likely that another stopgap measure would ton’s balance of power. permit Trump’s farm bailout to continue stage for a lame-duck session of Congress fund the government into next year and The measure also extends many pro- without fear of interruption. In exchange, later this year, where the agenda will be that the next administration and Congress grams whose funding or authorizations House Democrats won $8 billion in food largely determined by the outcome of the would deal with the leftover business. lapse on Sept. 30, including the federal aid for the poor.

Commission on debates eyes changes to format Associated Press NEW YORK — The presidential debate commission says it will soon adopt changes to its format to avoid a repeat of the disjointed first meeting between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden. The commission said Wednes- day that the debate “made clear that additional structure should be added to the format of the re- ANDREW HARNIK/AP ALEX BRANDON/AP maining debates to ensure a more Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks aboard a train President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives at Minneapolis Saint orderly discussion of the issues.” as it travels Wednesday to Pittsburgh. Paul International Airport, on Wednesday in Minneapolis. One possibility being discussed is to give the moderator the ability to cut off the microphone of one of the debate participants while his opponent is talking, according to Biden, Trump snipe from road and rails a person familiar with the delib- erations who was not authorized Associated Press stops on train tour that began “And Chris Wallace is very very denounced “any form of any of to discuss the matter publicly and midmorning in Cleveland and easy by comparison.” that.” spoke on condition of anonymity. PITTSBURGH — President ended 10 hours later in western The first of three scheduled de- On Capitol Hill, Republicans The next presidential debate is Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Pennsylvania. Trump proclaimed bates between Trump and Biden showed signs of debate hang- a town hall format scheduled for Biden kept up their debate-stage his debate performance a smash- deteriorated into bitter taunts over, with few willing to defend Oct. 15 in Miami. sniping from the road and the ing success during a Wednesday and chaos Tuesday night as the Trump’s performance. Meanwhile, the Nielsen com- rails, fighting for working-class evening rally in Duluth, Minn. Republican president repeatedly Utah Sen. Mitt Romney called pany said that 73.1 million people voters in the Midwest while both “Last night I did what the cor- interrupted his Democratic rival the debate “an embarrassment” watched the debate on televi- parties — and the debate commis- rupt media has refused to do,“ with angry jabs that overshad- and said Trump “of course” sion, where it was shown on 16 sion, too — sought to deal with the Trump said. “I held Joe Biden owed any substantive discus- should have condemned white networks. That’s more than any most chaotic presidential faceoff accountable for his 47 years of sion of the crises threatening the supremacists. other television event since the in memory. failure.” nation. “I think he misspoke,” said Super Bowl, even if it fell short of The debate raised fresh ques- Biden balanced criticism of Trump and Biden frequently South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, the 84 million who watched the tions about Trump’s continued Trump with a call for national talked over each other, with the only Black Republican sena- first debate between Trump and reluctance to condemn white unity. Trump interrupting, nearly tor. “I think he should correct it. Hillary Clinton in 2016. supremacy, his questioning the “If elected, I’m not going to be a shouting, so often that Biden If he doesn’t correct it, I guess he Moderator Chris Wallace strug- legitimacy of the election and Democratic president. I’m going eventually snapped at him, “Will didn’t misspeak.” gled to gain control of Tuesday’s his unwillingness to respect de- to be an American president,“ you shut up, man?” Trump did not say he misspoke debate in Cleveland because of bate ground rules his campaign Biden said at the Cleveland train Trump refused anew to say when asked on Wednesday but frequent interruptions, primarily had agreed to. Some Democrats station. As his tour moved into whether he would accept the claimed he did not know who the by Trump. The candidates inter- called on Biden on Wednesday to Pittsburgh, he accused Trump results of the election, calling Proud Boys were. rupted Wallace or their opponent skip the next two debates. of never accepting responsibility on his supporters to scrutinize “They have to stand down 90 times in the 90-minute debate, Biden’s campaign confirmed for his mistakes and promised, voting procedures at the polls — everybody. Whatever group 71 of them by Trump, according he would participate in the subse- “I’ll always tell you the truth. And — something that critics warned you’re talking about, let law en- to an analysis by The Washington quent meetings, as did Trump’s. when I’m wrong, I’ll say so.” could easily cross into voter forcement do the work,” he said. Post. But the Commission on Presiden- While some Republicans feared intimidation. The president’s brash debate Wallace, of Fox News, pleaded tial Debates promised “additional that Trump’s debate performance Trump also refused at the de- posture may have appealed to his for a more orderly debate, at one structure … to ensure a more or- was too aggressive, he gave him- bate to condemn white suprema- most passionate supporters, but point looking at Trump and say- derly discussion of the issues.“ self high marks as he left Wash- cists who have supported him, it was unclear whether the em- ing, “the country would be better Less than 12 hours after the ington. He had spent much of the telling one such group known as battled incumbent helped expand served if we allowed both people wild debate concluded, Biden day assailing Biden and debate the Proud Boys to “stand back his coalition or won over any to speak with fewer interruptions. called Trump’s behavior in the moderator Chris Wallace on so- and stand by.” Asked directly on persuadable voters, particularly I’m appealing to you, sir, to do prime-time confrontation “a cial media. Wednesday if he welcomed white white educated women and inde- that.” national embarrassment.” The “If you ever became president supremacist support, he first said pendents who have been turned “Ask him, too,” Trump said. Democratic challenger launched you have to deal with some of the only that he favored law enforce- off in part by the same tone and “Well, frankly, you’ve been his most aggressive day on the toughest people in the world,” ment but when the questioner tenor the president displayed on doing more interrupting than he campaign trail all year, with eight Trump said at his Duluth rally. persisted, he said he had always the debate stage. has,” Wallace said. Friday, October 2, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 PAGE 14 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Friday, October 2, 2020 FACES Teigen, Legend ‘Woman’ power share grief of miscarriage

Chrissy Teigen said she and Shania Twain reflects on the album that John Legend are in “deep pain” following her miscarriage, which made her a star, changed country music she announced on social media early Thursday. Teigen wrote that they were BY KRISTIN M. HALL myself, and that was the great “driving home from the hospital Associated Press thing of all — to just be able to with no baby. This is unreal.” be myself and let my personal- Revealing they had chosen the he record that turned ity come through in the music,” name Jack, the model and the Shania Twain from a Twain said. musician wrote of their love for struggling singer-song- Twain’s crossover success writer from Canada into their lost son, who would have T based on her own songwriting, been their third child. a global superstar also changed which would be fully realized country music for years to come. “To our Jack — I’m so sorry with her third and most popular that the first few moments of Twain is celebrating the 25th album “Come On Over,” opened anniversary of the release of your life were met with so many the way for the next generation complications, that we couldn’t “The Woman in Me” with a de- of genre-straddling artists like luxe reissue set out Friday that give you the home you needed to Taylor Swift, Kelsea Ballerini survive. We will always love you,” includes remastered versions of and Maren Morris. she wrote. the original 12 songs, remixes, “I think we were all definitely live versions from her Las Vegas influenced by Shania, even if we ‘Divas for Democracy’ show and early recordings of the don’t realize it,” Carrie Under- songs. wood told The Associated Press unites Broadway, drag Twain’s self-titled debut album in 2016 at a CMT Artists of the Broadway and the world of in 1993, which she largely didn’t Year event in which Twain was drag will combine this month have a hand in writing, failed at honored. “(Her music) was so for a streaming variety show to the charts. But her life changed different and kind of revolution- after “The Woman in Me,” her promote voter participation that ary at the time. She definitely promises plenty of show tunes Grammy-winning second album paved the way for a lot of us.” released in Februar y 1995, which and a lot of fierce lipstick. “The Woman in Me” also in- “Divas For Democracy: United was the best-selling release by a troduced Twain as a visually woman in country music at the We Slay” will feature Broadway creative artist who knew how stars such as Chita Rivera and time. to use music videos to broaden “I was a poor kid and then a Stephanie J. Block singing theater her reach since she had not yet songs while their drag counter- struggling artist all of those years started major touring. Her early until this finally happened,” said parts from “RuPaul’s Drag Race” videos featured her multifac- “match their vocal prowess with Twain in an interview with The eted sides with Twain out on the lip sync passion and style,” ac- Associated Press from her home range riding horses, or baring cording to organizers. in Switzerland, near Lake Gene- her midriff while dancing (some- The show will stream on StageIt va. “It was life changing for me times without a bra) or wrapped on Oct. 18th. There’s a minimum and career changing as well.” in white in front of Egyptian pyr- $5 donation and all proceeds ben- The determined singer over- amids. But she was also taking a efit Drag Out the Vote, a national, came an early childhood marred risk as a country artist to be so nonpartisan voter engagement by violence and helped raise her forward with her sexuality and nonprofit. siblings after her parents died in her classic supermodel looks. 1987. Twain said that her label told Broadway director plans After her debut album sank, her that female fans would think Twain met rock producer-song- she was flaunting her beauty book on enslavement writer Robert “Mutt” Lange and and male fans would think she they married in 1993. Lange Broadway director Schele Wil- was “too forward thinking for a liams is working on a book for was mostly known for crafting woman.” hit albums and songs for AC/DC young people about the history of The album earned her the first enslavement. and Def Leppard, but he was the of five Grammy Awards as well first to recognize that she had a Abrams Children’s Books anas Academy of Country Music nounced Wednesday that Wil- distinctive voice as a songwrit- awards for album of the year and er that others had overlooked. liams’ “Your Legacy: A Bold female vocalist of the year. “The Reclaiming of Our Enslaved Songs like “Any Man of Mine,” Woman in Me” is 12 times plati- CHRISTOPHER SMITH, INVISION/AP History” will come out in Octo- which became her first country num, but she later broke her own ber 2021. The publisher is call- No. 1 and her first crossover onto Shania Twain is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the album that sales record with her follow-up, ing “Your Legacy” an “uplifting pop charts, showed off her sassy, turned her into a global superstar. “Come On Over,” two years later. introduction to African Ameri- flirty and confident side. The It is 20 times platinum. “The can history that celebrates and record centered around Twain’s is still the best-selling female this year on writing new music Woman in Me” was the first of honors enslaved ancestors, their country artist, according to the for her next album, as well as point of view on songs like “(If three of her albums that have accomplishments and sacri- Recording Industry of America. curating her own Apple Music You’re Not in It for Love) I’m been certified diamond, which fices, and defines how they are But 25 years later, Twain refuses Outta Here!,” “The Woman in means they have sold more than radio station. “That’s what I ex- remembered.” to be fenced in by genre lines. Me (Needs the Man in You)” and 10 million copies. pected from myself as an art- Williams said in a statement “Whose Bed Have Your Boots Despite taking a long break “My intention was to always be ist: to be an international artist. that the book, which will include Been Under?” from recording between 2002’s a part of the larger world,“ said Not to be limited to one specific illustrations by Tonya Engel, was “In my mind, I was just being “Up!” and 2017’s “Now,” Twain Twain, who has been working genre.” inspired in part by her childhood education. Last recordings of Dave Country star, Elvis songwriter Mac Davis dies at 78 Brubeck to be released

The Associated Press Nearly eight years after his and TV host and was inducted into the Song- Less Conversation,” which Davis had written death, the final solo recording of writers Hall of Fame in 2006. He was named with Aretha Franklin in mind. Country star Mac Davis, who launched late American jazz pianist legend his career crafting the Elvis hits “A Little 1974’s entertainer of the year by the Acad- Although it had a little success at the time, Dave Brubeck is set for release Less Conversation” and “In the Ghetto,” emy of Country Music and has a star on the the song became a bigger hit after Presley’s next month. and whose own hits include “Baby Don’t Get Hollywood Walk of Fame. death, being covered by more than 30 artists Verve Records announced last Hooked On Me,” has died. He was 78. Born in Lubbock, Texas, and raised in and topping charts everywhere from Canada week that “Lullabies” — a collec- His longtime manager Jim Morey said in Georgia, Davis was inspired by fellow Lub- to Denmark. tion of intimate standards often a press release that Davis died in Nashville bock native Buddy Holly, but it was Elvis who Davis’ most licensed TV soundtrack song, played for children — will be on Tuesday after heart surgery and was sur- gave him his first musical big break. Davis “A Little Less Conversation” reached No. available Nov. 6 in the latest effort rounded by family and friends. worked as a staff songwriter in Los Ange- 1 in the UK in 2002 after it was used in a by a label to preserve unreleased Davis had a long and varied career in les for Nancy Sinatra’s publishing company Nike commercial and was featured in the hit jazz recordings. music for decades as a writer, singer, actor when in 1968 Presley cut the funky “A Little movie “Ocean’s 11.” Compiled from Associated Press Friday, October 2, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 15 NATION Layoffs Pelosi, Mnuchin remain wrangle over aid elevated Associated Press WASHINGTON — The White Associated Press House is backing a $400 per week pandemic jobless benefit WASHINGTON — The number and is dangling the possibility of of Americans seeking unemploy- a COVID-19 relief bill above $1.5 ment benefits declined last week trillion as last-ditch, pre-election to a still-high 837,000, evidence negotiations hit a critical phase that the economy is struggling to Thursday. sustain a tentative recovery that The offer by Treasury Secretary began this summer. Steven Mnuchin on unemploy- The Labor Department’s re- ment is higher than many Repub- port, released Thursday, suggests licans would like in any potential that companies are still cutting a COVID deal with House Speaker historically high number of jobs, Nancy Pelosi. Significant, possibly though the weekly numbers have unbridgeable hurdles remain. become less reliable as states But the talks have gained mo- have increased their efforts to root out fraudulent claims and mentum as the Trump adminis- process earlier applications that tration presses for an agreement. have piled up. On Air Force One Wednesday California, for example, which night, White House Chief of Staff accounts for more than one-quar- Mark Meadows said Trump made ter of the nation’s aid applications, an offer that was “extremely gen- this week simply provided the STEVEN SENNE/AP erous and certainly above the $1.5 trillion that has been articulated same figure it did the previous Women walk past a hiring sign as they enter a Target retail store Wednesday, in Westwood, Mass. week. That’s because the state to date.“ has stopped accepting new job- The White House proposal or slowing. Total paid unemploy- mortgage rates. the first time. yielded ground on funding for less claims for two weeks so it can ment benefits plunged by more Yet some real-time measures But the decline in the number state and local governments, sup- implement anti-fraud technology than half in August, according to indicate that growth has lost mo- of those receiving aid also reflects porting a $250 billion infusion, and address a backlog of 600,000 the Commerce Department. Con- mentum with the viral pandemic the fact that tens of thousands of and backed $20 billion in help for applications that are more than sumer spending did rise 1% that still squeezing many employers, jobless Americans have exhaust- the struggling airline industry. three weeks old. month, down from 1.5% in July. especially small retailers, hotels, ed their regular state unemploy- Both areas are of great interest to Overall jobless aid has shrunk But that increase relied in part restaurants and airlines, nearly ment benefits. Most of them are in recent weeks even as roughly on consumers drawing upon their seven months after it paralyzed transitioning to an extended job- Democrats’ union backers. 25 million people rely upon it. savings. the economy. An economic index less aid program that provides Details on the White House The loss of that income is likely to “Unless employment growth compiled by the Federal Reserve benefits for an additional three offer, first reported by the Capi- weaken spending and the econo- picks up, or additional (govern- Bank of New York grew in Sep- months. tol Hill publication Roll Call, my in the coming months. ment) aid is extended, consumer tember at a weaker pace than On Friday, the government will were confirmed by congressional A $600-a-week federal check spending is at risk of slowing during the summer months. issue the jobs report for Septem- aides, speaking on condition of that Congress provided in last dramatically during the second In its report on jobless claims ber, the final such report before anonymity to discuss closed-door spring’s economic aid package phase of the recovery,” said Greg- Thursday, the Labor Department Election Day, Nov. 3. Analysts discussions. was available to the unemployed ory Daco, an economist at Oxford said the number of people who have forecast that it will show Pelosi postponed a vote Wednes- in addition to each state’s jobless Economics. are continuing to receive ben- a gain of 850,000, which would day on a Democratic alternative benefit. But the $600 benefit ex- Other measures of the U.S. efits fell to 11.8 million, extend- mark the third straight monthly measure but could take it up again pired at the end of July. A $300 economy have been sending ing a steady decline since spring. slowdown in job growth. It would Thursday. weekly benefit that President mixed signals. Consumer con- That suggests that many of the mean that the economy has re- After a 90-minute meeting in Donald Trump offered through fidence jumped in September, unemployed are being recalled to gained just over half the 22 mil- the Capitol, Pelosi issued a state- an executive order lasted only fueled by optimism among high- their old jobs. Another 12 million lion jobs that were lost to the ment saying that she and Mnuchin through mid-September, although er-income households, though people are receiving aid under pandemic. would continue to talk. “We found some states are still working to it remains below pre-pandemic the Pandemic Unemployment The unemployment rate is ex- areas where we are seeking fur- send out checks for that period. levels. And a measure of pend- Assistance program, which has pected to decline from 8.4% to ther clarification,“ she said. Their A result is that Americans’ in- ing home sales rose in August to made the self-employed and gig 8.2%, according to data provider negotiations were expected to re- comes and spending are declining a record high, lifted by ultra-low workers eligible for benefits for FactSet. sume Thursday. Poll: Virginians about evenly divided on Confederate statues

Associated Press of changing the names of schools, “But it doesn’t, in any way, The statue is owned by the state. in Charlottesville that left a coun- streets and military bases named make me feel like I’m a daughter Clayton Collins, 84, a retired terprotester dead had its origins FALLS CHURCH, Va. — In a after Confederate leaders, with of the Confederacy who thinks, electrician from outside Peters- in a city debate over whether state where Confederate monu- 44% in support and 43% opposed. ‘Gee, I wish we’d have won the burg, also about 25 miles south ments have stood for more than to remove Confederate statues. “I just can’t really understand war,’ ” she said. of Richmond, said he strongly op- Democratic presidential nomi- a century and have recently be- why anyone doesn’t see those The question of the Confedera- poses removing the monuments come a flashpoint in the nation- nee Joe Biden cited the Charlot- monuments for what they actu- cy’s legacy in Virginia is particu- because they’re “part of history.” tesville rally as the reason he al debate over racial injustice, ally are,” said Joanne Bach, 59, larly pointed given that Richmond Unlike Bach, Collins said the Virginians remain about evenly entered the race, after President of South Chesterfield, about 25 is the former Confederate capital. statues are “not intimidating Donald Trump defended both divided on whether the statues miles south of Richmond. Protests in Richmond and other anybody.” protesters and counterprotesters should stay or go, according to a “They were put up as a remind- parts of the state this year have at “It’s just the same thing as put- new poll. er for Blacks to stay in their place times targeted longstanding Con- ting up the crucifixion of Christ who clashed there. The poll conducted this month that you live in a white-dominated federate memorials. or the manger scene,” he said, While the poll found a nearly by Hampton University and The world,” she said. “And I find them City officials have removed adding that the efforts to remove even split on the question of Con- Associated Press-NORC Cen- to be intimidating.” most of the statues from Rich- monuments are part of a broader federate statues and names, it ter for Public Affairs Research Bach works in customer service mond’s famed Monument Ave- effort by “socialists” who “want found more consensus on wheth- found that 46% support removal in the food industry. She said her nue. But the most prominent one, to do away with the past” and ban er the Confederate flag should be of Confederate statues and 42% great-grandfather fought for the a towering tribute to Confederate conservatives from speaking at banned from display on govern- oppose removal. A similar di- Confederacy and was captured at Gen. Robert E. Lee, still stands universities. ment property, with 60% support- vide emerged over the question the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg. pending resolution of a lawsuit. The 2017 white nationalist rally ing a ban and 29% opposed. PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, October 2, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander DOD rules take religious freedom to extremes Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY CHRIS RODDA lishment” clause comes through loud and with their uniform, a service member re- Special to Stars and Stripes clear throughout the new regulation, start- questing time off to attend worship servic- EDITORIAL ing with the regulation’s “Purpose” state- es of their religion. In other words, things ike Berry’s Sept. 24 op-ed ment. The purpose as it appeared in the old that a reasonable person would define as Editor Terry Leonard, “Religious freedom bolstered version was: a religious practice, and, very importantly, [email protected] for all troops” would more “Prescribes policy, procedures, and re- things that wouldn’t have any effect on the Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor Maptly be titled “Trump’s DOD sponsibilities for the accommodation of re- religious freedom of others. [email protected] changes religion regs to appease far-right ligious practices in the Military Services.” In Donovan’s new regulation, however, fundamentalist Christian base and allow In Donovan’s new version, the “Pur- a “religious practice” has been redefined Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content all manner of shoving unwanted religion [email protected] pose” statement begins: as: down service members’ throats.” Berry, “Establishes DoD policy in furtherance “An action, behavior, or course of con- Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation of the fundamentalist Christian legal orga- of the Free Exercise Clause of the First duct constituting individual expressions of [email protected] nization First Liberty Institute, crediting Amendment to the Constitution of the religious beliefs, whether or not compelled “our commander in chief’s strong stance United States …” by, or central to, the religion concerned.” Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital on religious freedom,” is ecstatic over the [email protected] The purpose also says: And the definition by which a “govern- changes, and the prospect of completely “Implements requirements in Section mental act is a substantial burden to a Ser- obliterating the wall of separation between 2000bb-1 of Title 42, United States Code vice member’s exercise of religion” now BUREAU STAFF church and state in our military. (U.S.C), also known as ‘The Religious includes anything that: The recent action of Trump appointee Freedom Restoration Act’ (RFRA), and “Prevents participation in conduct moti- Europe/Mideast Matthew P. Donovan, undersecretary of Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief other laws applicable to the accommoda- vated by a sincerely held religious belief” defense for personnel and readiness, in tion of religious practices for DoD to pro- Behavior and conduct? This could in- [email protected] transforming DOD Instruction 1300.17, +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 vide, in accordance with the RFRA, that clude just about anything. Is God motivat- “Accommodation of Religious Practices DoD Components will normally accommo- ing you to proselytize your fellow service Within the Military Services,” a regulation Pacific date practices of a Service member based members? Go ahead! That’s “conduct mo- Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief that, as its name implies, made exceptions on a sincerely held religious belief.” tivated by a sincerely held religious be- [email protected] to the usual regulations to accommodate This is what the Religious Freedom Res- lief.” Want to pray out loud at your desk so +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 religious practices, into an all new DOD toration Act says: your subordinates all hear how religious Instruction 1300.17, even changing the Washington (a) IN GENERAL you are? No problem! That’s just behavior Instruction’s title to “Religious Liberty in Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief Government shall not substantially bur- “constituting individual expressions” of the Military Services,” makes the allow- [email protected] den a person’s exercise of religion even if your religious beliefs! (+1)(202)886-0033 ing of all manner of otherwise prohibited And, according to Donovan’s new regu- Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News religious behavior the rule rather than the the burden results from a rule of general lation, the burden of proof is now on your [email protected] exception. applicability, except as provided in subsec- commander to show why your conduct Donovan’s far-reaching regulation tion (b). or behavior shouldn’t be allowed, and of CIRCULATION changes come on the heels of demands (b) EXCEPTION course your commander can’t turn to DOD from Berry’s allies in Congress, 20 funda- Government may substantially burden a Mideast Instruction 1300.17 because Donovan’s mentalist Christian members of the House person’s exercise of religion only if it dem- Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager new fundamentalist-friendly version of this of Representatives, who wrote a letter to onstrates that application of the burden to [email protected] regulation is what’s allowing your hitherto [email protected] Secretary of Defense Mark Esper attack- the person (1) is in furtherance of a com- DSN (314)583-9111 ing the Military Religious Freedom Foun- pelling governmental interest; and (2) is prohibited conduct or behavior. dation for successfully stopping a number the least restrictive means of furthering An outraged Mikey Weinstein, founder Europe that compelling governmental interest. and president of the Military Religious Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager of unconstitutional promotions of religion by military chaplains and one Air Force To fundamentalist Christians like Berry, Freedom Foundation, has a few words for [email protected] Under Secretary Donovan and his new [email protected] officer, and a similar letter to Esper from Cruz, and the members of Congress who +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for which Berry’s wrote to Esper, any limit whatsoever on regulation: a chaplain’s or service member’s ability “These miserably wretched, instanta- Pacific First Liberty Institute took credit. At the core of Donovan’s changes in the to shove their religion down the throats of neous DoD Instruction 1300.17 mauling Mari Mori, [email protected] others is a “substantial burden” on their actions by Trump’s DoD cannot be allowed +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 revamped and renamed DOD Instruction is the greatly increased prominence of free exercise of religion. There is no con- to tar and feather the Constitution’s clear CONTACT US the “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” sideration of the “substantial burden” that and incontrovertible, foundational prohi- (RFRA). unfettered proselytizing and promotions of bition of allowing the State to ‘establish’ Washington In recent years, the 1993 Religious Free- religion by service members whose “con- religion! tel: (+1)202.886.0003 dom Restoration Act (RFRA) has become duct motivated by a sincerely held religious “MRFF will fight tooth and nail, day 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 the go-to law for fundamentalist Christian belief” puts on the right of other service and night to stop this new, twisted and per- legal organizations such as Berry’s First members to be free from unwanted pros- verted version of DoD Instruction 1300.17. Reader letters Liberty Institute in their defense of uncon- elytizing and promotions of religion. Indeed, MRFF will never allow this brand [email protected] stitutional promotions of religion. The most deleterious changes in Dono- new regulatory provision to illicitly but- This law is the epitome of the right-wing van’s new regulation are the definitions of tress the already repugnant and omnipres- Additional contacts ent efforts of the fundamentalist Christian stripes.com/contactus Christians’ view of the First Amendment’s what a “religious practice” is and what a religion clauses as creating only a one-way “substantial burden” is. religious right from perpetuating its per- OMBUDSMAN wall — that the “Free Exercise” clause is Under the old regulation, an accom- vasive and pernicious pattern and practice the only religion clause that matters, and modation for a “religious practice” was of forcing its weaponized version of the Ernie Gates that the other direction of the wall, the understood to mean things such as a Sikh Gospel of Jesus Christ upon otherwise de- “Establishment” clause, doesn’t exist. requesting an accommodation to wear a fenseless military subordinates.” The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow This preeminence of the “Free Exer- beard, a service member wearing an item Chris Rodda is senior research director for the of news and information, reporting any attempts by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s cise” clause to the exclusion of the “Estab- of religious apparel or religious jewelry independence. 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A Washington Post editorial twice on the repression in meetings with The Xinjiang Data Project of the Australian Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- Chinese ruler Xi Jinping, the Trump ad- Strategic Policy Institute found that the re- days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday or the past three years, China’s ministration has imposed sanctions on through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and Communist regime has waged a gime is building scores of new prison-like Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals officials responsible for carrying out the compounds where Uighurs are held. Satel- postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send campaign of cultural genocide in address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, the sprawling western region of crackdown and imposed some restrictions lite imagery showed 380 suspected deten- APO AP 96301-5002. F on imports from the region. Last week, the Xinjiang. It has confined more than 1 mil- tion sites created or expanded since 2017, This newspaper is authorized by the Department of House passed a bill that would bar imports Defense for members of the military services overseas. lion ethnic Uighurs and Kazakhs to deten- including 61 since July 2019. However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are unofficial, tion centers and sought to eradicate their from Xinjiang that were not proved to be A second report by the Xinjiang Data and are not to be considered as the official views of, or allegiance to Islam. Detainees have been untainted by forced labor. Project, also based on satellite imagery, endorsed by, the U.S. government. As a DOD newspaper, Xi, however, is unfazed. At a conference Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official chan- forced to eat pork and memorize Chinese found that some 8,500 mosques in the re- of Xinjiang and party officials last week- nels and use appropriated funds for distribution to remote songs; women have been sterilized, and gion had been destroyed since 2017, and locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. children separated from their parents and end, he declared that “practice has proven The appearance of advertising in this publication does that the party’s strategy for governing Xin- another 7,500 had been damaged. not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense sent to boarding schools. An Orwellian What’s needed is a concerted and uni- or Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. system of electronic surveillance has been jiang in the new era is completely correct.” fied response by Western democracies Products or services advertised shall be made available for established to monitor the rest of the popu- He ordered more measures to “make a purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, that imposes much higher costs on Beijing. religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical lation, using technologies such as facial shared awareness of Chinese nationhood handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor recognition. take root deep in the soul” of the Uighurs That’s not likely to happen unless Trump, of the purchaser, user or patron. Slowly, the United States and other West- and other Muslim minorities. Xi is dou- who according to former national security © Stars and Stripes 2020 ern governments have begun to react to bling down on genocide. adviser John Bolton believed that Xi’s at- this extraordinary crime. Though Presi- Two new studies released last week tack on the Uighurs was ”exactly the right stripes.com dent Donald Trump reportedly signed off showed his words were more than bluster. thing to do,” is voted out in November. Friday, October 2, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 17 PAGE 18 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Friday, October 2, 2020 SCOREBOARD

Sports Pro football Deals Jake Fromm (not injury related), RB Zack cus Gilchrist to the practice squad. NFL Moss (toe), DT Ed Oliver (knee). FULL: TE Wednesday’s transactions BUFFALO BILLS — Designated CB Josh on AFN AMERICAN CONFERENCE Dawson Knox (concussion). RAIDERS: BASEBALL Norman to return from injured reserve. East DNP: CB Damon Arnette (wrist, thumb), T Major League Baseball CAROLINA PANTHERS — Designated W L T Pct PF PA Trenton Brown (calf), WR Bryan Edwards American League WR Keith Kirkwood and DB Eli Apple to Buffalo 3 0 0 1.000 93 77 (foot, ankle), WR Rico Gafford (ham- BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Announced return from injured reserve. Go to the American Forces New England 2 1 0 .667 87 66 string), DT Daniel Ross (foot), WR Henry RHP Evan Phillips has cleared outright CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed G De- Miami 1 2 0 .333 70 65 Ruggs (knee, hamstring). LIMITED: S waivers and been assigned to Norfolk ion Calhoun and LB Kendall Donnerson Network website for the most N.Y. Jets 0 3 0 .000 37 94 Johnathan Abram (shoulder, thumb), LB (IL). to the practice squad. Released OT Josh up-to-date TV schedules. South Nick Kwiatkoski (pectoral), LB Cory Lit- KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Announced Knipfel from the practice squad. Tennessee 3 0 0 1.000 80 74 tleton (knee), T Sam Young (groin). FULL: the retirement of Kevin Ulich as senior CLEVELAND BROWNS — Activated ed myafn.net Indianapolis 2 1 0 .667 84 45 G Denzelle Good (thumb), DT Johna- vice president of business operations. DB Dontrell Hilliard from the practice Jacksonville 1 2 0 .333 70 84 than Hankins (shoulder), RB Alec Ingold Named Kevin Ulich special assistant to squad. Re-signed LB Montrel Meander to Houston 0 3 0 .000 57 95 (ankle, quadricep), RB Josh Jacobs (hip, chairman and CEO John Sherman. the practice squad. North knee), G John Simpson (shoulder), TE National League DENVER BRONCOS — Signed DT Timmy College football Pittsburgh 3 0 0 1.000 80 58 Darren Waller (knee). ATLANTA BRAVES — Reassigned 2b Jernigan. Activated OLB Derrek Tuszka Baltimore 2 1 0 .667 91 56 CLEVELAND BROWNS at DALLAS COW- Adeiny Hechavarria, C Alex Jackson, CF and RB LeVante Bellamy from the prac- Cleveland 2 1 0 .667 75 88 BOYS — BROWNS: DNP: G Joel Bitonio Ender Inciarte, RHPs Bryse Wilson, Chad tice squad. Cincinnati 0 2 1 .000 66 74 (back), DE Adrian Clayborn (hip), LB Tae Sobotka, Luke Jackson, Patrick Weigel GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed WR Ca- Schedule West Davis (elbow), RB Kareem Hunt (groin), and Touki Toussaint and LHP Sean New- leb Scott to the practice squad. Friday’s games Kansas City 3 0 0 1.000 91 60 CB Denzel Ward (groin). LIMITED: T Jack comb to the minor leagues. Released INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Released SOUTH Las Vegas 2 1 0 .667 88 90 Conklin (elbow), LB Jacob Phillips (knee), LHP Tommy Milone. Selected the con- QB Chad Kelly from the practice squad. Campbell (0-3) at Wake Forest (0-2) L.A. Chargers 1 2 0 .333 52 57 C J.C. Tretter (knee), DE Olivier Vernon tract of INF Charlie Culberson from alter- Signed WR Krishawn Hogan to the prac- FAR WEST Denver 0 3 0 .000 45 70 (abdomen), CB Greedy Williams (shoul- nate training site. tice squad. Recalled TE Trey Burton and Louisiana Tech (2-0) at BYU (2-0) NATIONAL CONFERENCE der). FULL: TE Stephen Carlson (shoul- CHICAGO CUBS — Reassigned C DT Sheldon Day from injured reserve. Saturday’s games East der), WR Jarvis Landry (hip), LB Sione Miguel Amaya, CF Albert Almora Jr., 1B Signed DL Ron’Dell Carter off of the Dal- EAST W L T Pct PF PA Takitaki (shoulder). COWBOYS: DNP: Patrick Wisdom, LHPs Brailyn Marquez las practice squad. Baylor (1-0) at West Virginia (1-1) Dallas 1 2 0 .333 88 97 DE Demarcus Lawrence (knee), T Tyron and Justin Steele and RHPs Colin Rea, JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Designat- NC State (1-1) at Pittsburgh (3-0) Washington 1 2 0 .333 62 81 Smith (neck). FULL: CB Trevon Diggs Dillon Maples, Rowan Wick, Tyler Chat- ed LB Quincy Williams to return from in- Abilene Christian (0-1) at Army (2-1) Philadelphia 0 2 1 .000 59 87 (shoulder, knee). wood and Tyson Miller to the minor jured reserve. Waived P Brandon Wright Rice at Marshall (2-0), ppd. N.Y. Giants 0 3 0 .000 38 79 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS at CHICAGO leagues. Activated 2B Ildemaro Vargas from injured reserve with settlement. North Carolina (1-0) at Boston College South BEARS — COLTS: DNP: WR Michael Pit- from the 10-day IL. Designated LHP Josh KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed WR (2-0) Tampa Bay 2 1 0 .667 82 61 tman (calf). LIMITED: RB Nyheim Hines Osich for assignment. Selected the con- Chad Williams to the practice squad. SOUTH Carolina 1 2 0 .333 68 81 (shoulder), CB Rock Ya-Sin (non-football tract of C Josh Phegley from alternate LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Designated QB Missouri (0-1) at Tennessee (1-0) New Orleans 1 2 0 .333 88 94 illness). BEARS: DNP: WR Ted Ginn (not training site. Marcus Mariota to return from injured Arkansas St. (1-1) at Coastal Carolina Atlanta 0 3 0 .000 90 108 injury related), TE Jimmy Graham (not CINCINNATI REDS — Reassigned 2Bs reserve. Signed De’Mornay Pierson-El (2-0) North injury related), DT Akiem Hicks (not in- Alex Blandino and Robel Garcia, LF Mark to the practice squad. Released QB De- South Carolina (0-1) at Florida (1-0) Chicago 3 0 0 1.000 74 62 jury related), S Sherrick McManis (ham- Payton, LHP Jesse Biddle and RHPs Jose Shone Kizer. East Carolina (0-1) at Georgia St. (0-1) Green Bay 3 0 0 1.000 122 85 string), LB Danny Trevathan (not injury De Leon and Tony Santillan to the minor LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Signed LB B.J. Bello to the practice squad. UTSA (3-0) at UAB (2-1) Detroit 1 2 0 .333 70 92 related). LIMITED: S Deon Bush (groin), leagues. Selected the contract of 1B Matt North Alabama at Liberty (2-0) Minnesota 0 3 0 .000 75 102 Davidson from alternate training site. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Designat- LB Khalil Mack (knee). FULL: S Tashaun Reassigned ed RB Damien Harris and WR Gunner Ol- Houston Baptist (0-3) at E. Kentucky (1-2) West Gipson (neck), RB David Montgomery LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Texas A&M (1-0) at Alabama (1-0) Seattle 3 0 0 1.000 111 86 2B Gavin Lux, LHPs Alex Wood, Caleb szewski to return from injured reserve. Mississippi (0-1) at Kentucky (0-1) (wrist), LB Josh Woods (ankle). Ferguson and Scott Alexander, RF Luke NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed Arizona 2 1 0 .667 77 61 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS at CINCINNA- Jacksonville St. at Florida St. (0-2) L.A. Rams 2 1 0 .667 89 71 Raley, CF D.J. Peters, RHPs Josh Sborz, WR Malik Henry to the practice squad. Virginia Tech (1-0) at Duke (0-3) TI BENGALS — JAGUARS: DNP: A.J. Cann Dylan Floro and Dennis Santana to the Placed WR Lil’Jordan Humphrey on the San Francisco 2 1 0 .667 87 46 (illness), TE Tyler Eifert (not injury relat- Charlotte (0-1) at FAU Thursday’s game minor leagues. Selected the contract practice squad injured list. W. Kentucky (0-2) at Middle Tennes- ed), K Stephen Hauschka (right knee), CB of CF Terrance Gore from the alternate NEW YORK GIANTS — Placed CB Bran- Denver at N.Y. Jets D.J. Hayden (not injury related), C Bran- see (0-3) Sunday’s games training site. don Williams on injured reserve. Signed Georgia Southern (1-1) at Louisiana- don Linder (knee). LIMITED: DT Geno At- MIAMI MARLINS — Reassigned LHPs RB ALfred Morris and QB Clayton Thor- L.A. Chargers at Tampa Bay kins (shoulder), WR A.J. Green (not injury Monroe (0-3) Cleveland at Dallas Alex Vesia and Daniel Castano, RF Jesus son to the practice squad. LSU (0-1) at Vanderbilt (0-1) related), G Michael Jordan (knee), CB Sanchez and RHPs Edward Cabrera, Jo- PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Placed WR Baltimore at Washington Darius Phillips (knee). BENGALS: DNP: CB Tulsa (0-1) at UCF (2-0) Pittsburgh at Tennessee han Quezada, Jordan Yamamoto, Jorge Jalen Reagor on injured reserve. Auburn (1-0) at Georgia (1-0) Mackensie Alexander (ribs, hamstring), Guzman, Jose Urena and Nick Vincent SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed TE Arizona at Carolina DT Mike Daniels (not injury related), DE Arkansas (0-1) at Mississippi St. (1-0) New Orleans at Detroit to the minor leagues. Recalled RHP Nick Daniel Helm from Tampa Bay to a one- Virginia (1-0) at Clemson (2-0) Carlos Dunlap (not injury related), LB Neidert from alternate training site. year contract. Signed LS Taybor Pepper Jacksonville at Cincinnati Logan Wilson (concussion). LIMITED: DT Troy (1-1) at South Alabama (1-2) Minnesota at Houston MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Reassigned to a one-year contract. Placed LB Mark MIDWEST Geno Atkins (shoulder), WR A.J. Green RHPs J.P. Feyereisen, Bobby Wahl, Phil Nzeocha on injured reserve. Waived LS Seattle at Miami (not injury related), G Michael Jordan South Florida (1-1) at Cincinnati (2-0) Indianapolis at Chicago Bickford and Devin Williams, LHPs Angel Kyle Nelson. Recalled WR Deebo Samu- Oklahoma St. (2-0) at Kansas (0-2) (knee), CB Darius Phillips (knee). FULL: T Perdomo and Brett Anderson, C Manny el from the injured reserve to practice Cent. Arkansas (2-1) at N. Dakota St. N.Y. Giants at L.A. Rams Fred Johnson (wrist). Buffalo at Las Vegas Pina, LF Billy McKinney, CF Corey Ray and squad. Signed OL Cody Conway and TE Texas Tech (1-1) at Kansas St. (1-1) LOS ANGELES CHARGERS at TAMPA 2B Mark Mathias to the minor leagues. Charlie Taumoepeau to the practice Oklahoma (1-1) at Iowa St. (1-1) New England at Kansas City Philadelphia at San Francisco BAY BUCCANEERS — CHARGERS: Prac- Activated LF Ben Gamel from the 10-day squad. Released OL William Sweet. SOUTHWEST tice Not Complete. BUCCANEERS: DNP: IL. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed DB TCU (0-1) at Texas (2-0) Monday’s game Atlanta at Green Bay RB Leonard Fournette (ankle), WR Chris ST LOUIS CARDINALS — Reassigned Damarious Randall and LB Tim Williams Memphis (1-0) at SMU (3-0) Godwin (hamstring), WR Scott Miller RHPs Seth Elledge and Jake Woodford, to the practice squad. Activated DB Ryan West Texas A&M University at Stephen Thursday, Oct. 8 Tampa Bay at Chicago (hip, groin). LIMITED: CB Sean Murphy- 1B John Nogowski, 2B Max Schrock, 3B Neal from the practice squad. F. Austin (0-3) Bunting (groin), LB Jason Pierre-Paul Edmund Sosa, SS Elehuris Montero and TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed Southern Miss. (0-3) at North Texas (1-1) Sunday, Oct. 11 Cincinnati at Baltimore (knee). FULL: WR Justin Watson (shoul- CF Lane Thomas to the minor leagues. WR Isaac Whitney to the practice squad. FAR WEST der). SAN DIEGO PADRES — Reassigned TENNESSEE TITANS — Placed LB Ka- Navy (1-1) at Air Force Philadelphia at Pittsburgh Carolina at Atlanta MINNESOTA VIKINGS at HOUSTON RHPs Taylor williams, Michel Baez, David malei Correa on the injured reserve/CO- Las Vegas at Kansas City TEXANS — VIKINGS: DNP: CB Kris Boyd Bednar, Mike Clevinger, Javy Guerra, Di- VID-19 list. L.A. Rams at Washington (hamstring), CB Mike Hughes (neck). nelson Lamet, LF Greg Allen, RF Abraham WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM Pro basketball Buffalo at Tennessee LIMITED: CB Cameron Dantzler (rib). TEX- Almonte and OF Jorge Ona to the minor — Signed DT Devaroe Lawrence and DB Arizona at N.Y. Jets ANS: DNP: DE Charles Omenihu (knee). leagues. Recalled RHP Luis Patino from Manny Patterson to the practice squad. Jacksonville at Houston LIMITED: LB Zach Cunningham (groin), alternater training site. Released K Brett Maher. Miami at San Francisco RB Cullen Gillaspia (hamstring), DT P.J. FOOTBALL HOCKEY WNBA playoffs N.Y. Giants at Dallas Hall (groin), RB Duke Johnson (ankle), LB National Football League National Hockey League Seeding in parentheses Denver at New England Peter Kalambayi (hamstring). ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed S T.J. NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Re-signed Fs All games played at Bradenton, Fla. Indianapolis at Cleveland NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS at KANSAS Green to the practice squad. Brett Seney, Ben Street and D Josh Ja- First Round Minnesota at Seattle CITY CHIEFS — PATRIOTS: Practice Not BALTIMORE RAVENS — Signed DB Mar- cobs to one-year, two-way contracts. (Single Elimination) Open: Detroit, Green Bay Complete. CHIEFS: LIMITED: DT Chris Tuesday, Sept. 15 Monday, Oct. 12 Jones (groin), DE Alex Okafor (ham- (7) Connecticut 94, (6) Chicago 81 L.A. Chargers at New Orleans string). FULL: WR Tyreek Hill (heel), DT (5) Phoenix 85, (8) Washington 84 Derrick Nnadi (ankle), C Austin Reiter Pro soccer Second Round (knee), T Mitchell Schwartz (ankle), S NFL injury report Juan Thornhill (knee), CB Charvarius (Single Elimination) Cincinnati at Minnesota Thursday, Sept. 17 NEW YORK — The National Football Ward (hand), T Andrew Wylie (illness). MLS NEW ORLEANS SAINTS at DETROIT Columbus at FC Dallas (4) Minnesota 80, (5) Phoenix 79 League injury report, as provided by the EASTERN CONFERENCE Vancouver at Seattle (7) Connecticut 73, (3) Los Angeles 59 league (DNP: did not practice; LIMITED: LIONS — SAINTS: DNP: TE Jared Cook (groin), CB Janoris Jenkins (illness), G W L T Pts GF GA LA Galaxy at San Jose Semifinals limited participation; FULL: Full partici- Columbus 9 2 3 30 23 8 Colorado at Portland (Best-of-five) pation): Andrus Peat (ankle). LIMITED: DE Mar- cus Davenport (elbow), LB Chase Hansen Philadelphia 8 2 4 28 24 11 Sunday’s games (1) Las Vegas 3, (7) Connecticut 2 SUNDAY Toronto FC 8 2 4 28 24 15 Los Angeles FC at Real Salt Lake Connecticut 87, Las Vegas 62 ARIZONA CARDINALS at CAROLINA (hip), CB Marshon Lattimore (hamstring), DT David Onyemata (calf), WR Michael Orlando City 7 2 5 26 25 15 Tuesday’s games Las Vegas, 83, Connecticut 75 PANTHERS — CARDINALS: DNP: S Budda D.C. United at New York City FC Connecticut 77, Las Vegas 68 Thomas (ankle). LIONS: DNP: S C.J. New England 5 3 6 21 15 12 Baker (thumb), S Chris Banjo (ham- New York 6 6 2 20 17 16 Minnesota at Nashville Las Vegas 84, Connecticut 75 string), WR Larry Fitzgerald (not injury Moore (calf). LIMITED: TE Hunter Bryant Las Vegas 66, Connecticut 63 (hamstring), DE Da’Shawn Hand (chest), New York City FC 6 6 2 20 14 10 Wednesday, Oct. 7 related), WR DeAndre Hopkins (ankle), Orlando City at Atlanta (2) Seattle 3, (4) Minnesota 0 CB Desmond Trufant (hamstring). Nashville SC 4 5 4 16 11 14 LB Devon Kennard (calf), DT Corey Peters Montreal 5 8 1 16 20 27 Miami at New York Seattle vs. Minnesota ppd. (not injury related). LIMITED: DT Zach NEW YORK GIANTS at LOS ANGELES Seattle 88, Minnesota 86 RAMS — GIANTS: DNP: S Jabrill Peppers Chicago 4 7 3 15 18 22 Montreal at Columbus Allen (knee), C Mason Cole (hamstring), Atlanta 4 8 2 14 13 19 Toronto FC at New England Seattle 89, Minnesota 79 LB Dennis Gardeck (foot), WR Christian (ankle), CB Brandon Williams (groin). Seattle 92, Minnesota 71 LIMITED: S Adrian Colbert (quadricep), S Cincinnati 3 7 4 13 8 21 Cincinnati at Philadelphia Kirk (groin). PANTHERS: DNP: DT Der- D.C. United 2 7 5 11 11 20 FC Dallas at Houston Finals rick Brown (not injury related), DE Yetur Julian Love (knee, ankle). RAMS: Practice (Best-of-five; x-if necessary) Not Complete. Inter Miami CF 3 9 2 11 12 22 Chicago at Sporting Kansas City Gross-Matos (illness), T Russell Okung WESTERN CONFERENCE Los Angeles FC at Colorado (1) Las Vegas vs. (2) Seattle (groin). LIMITED: S Jeremy Chinn (hip), G PHILADELPHIA EAGLES at SAN FRAN- W L T Pts GF GA Real Salt Lake at Seattle Friday: Game 1 Dennis Daley (ankle), CB Donte Jackson CISCO 49ERS — EAGLES: DNP: WR J.J. Sunday: Game 2 Arcega-Whiteside (calf), G Jamon Brown Seattle 7 3 3 24 29 12 Portland at LA Galaxy (toe), DT Kawann Short (foot), LB Adarius Portland 7 4 3 24 27 24 Vancouver at San Jose Tuesday: Game 3 Taylor (hip). FULL: WR Curtis Samuel (el- (illness), DT Fletcher Cox (abdomen), Sporting KC 6 5 2 20 24 20 Saturday, Oct. 10 x-Thursday, Oct 8: Game 4 bow). T Jack Driscoll (illness), S Rudy Ford x-Sunday, Oct. 11: Game 5 (groin), WR DeSean Jackson (hamstring), FC Dallas 5 3 5 20 19 13 Houston at Miami BALTIMORE RAVENS at WASHINGTON Colorado 5 4 4 19 25 20 New York at Atlanta FOOTBALL TEAM — RAVENS: Practice CB Avonte Maddox (ankle), T Jason Pe- ters (illness), CB Trevor Williams (rib). Minnesota United 5 5 4 19 24 21 LA Galaxy at Colorado Not Complete. WASHINGTON: DNP: DE Real Salt Lake at Vancouver Ryan Anderson (ankle), LB Cole Holcomb LIMITED: WR Alshon Jeffery (foot), T Los Angeles FC 5 6 3 18 32 29 Golf (knee), WR Dontrelle Inman (wrist), DE Lane Johnson (ankle), C Jason Kelce (not Real Salt Lake 4 4 6 18 19 21 Ryan Kerrigan (not injury related), T injury related), RB Miles Sanders (glute). Houston 3 4 7 16 21 24 NWSL Morgan Moses (hip), WR Steven Sims 49ERS: Practice Not Complete. Vancouver 5 9 0 15 17 31 World rankings (toe), DE Chase Young (groin). LIMITED: SEATTLE SEAHAWKS at MIAMI DOL- LA Galaxy 4 6 3 15 17 22 W L T Pts GF GA T Saahdiq Charles (thigh). PHINS — SEAHAWKS: Practice Not Com- San Jose 3 6 5 14 19 39 Portland 2 0 0 6 7 1 Through Sept. 27 BUFFALO BILLS at LAS VEGAS RAIDERS plete. DOLPHINS: DNP: CB Byron Jones Note: Three points for victory, one Chicago 1 1 1 4 6 4 1. Dustin Johnson USA 10.11 — BILLS: DNP: WR John Brown (calf), T (groin, achilles), QB Tua Tagovailoa (ill- point for tie. North Carolina 1 0 1 4 4 3 2. Jon Rahm ESP 9.90 Dion Dawkins (shoulder), S Micah Hyde ness). LIMITED: S Clayton Fejedelem Sunday, Sept. 27 Washington 1 1 1 4 4 4 3. Justin Thomas USA 8.72 (ankle), DT Quinton Jefferson (foot), LB (pectoral), S Kavon Frazier (shoulder), New York 4, Montreal 1 Houston 1 1 0 3 6 5 4. Rory McIlroy NIR 7.90 Del’Shawn Phillips (quadricep). LIMITED: CB Xavien Howard (knee). FULL: S Bran- New England 2, D.C. United 0 Sky Blue FC 1 1 0 3 3 5 5. Bryson DeChambeau USA 7.60 LB Tremaine Edmunds (shoulder), QB don Jones (back). Philadelphia 3, Miami 0 Orlando 0 1 1 1 1 3 6. Collin Morikawa USA 7.59 Chicago 2, Atlanta 0 Reign FC 0 1 1 1 3 6 7. Webb Simpson USA 7.21 Toronto FC 3, Columbus 1 Utah 0 1 1 1 2 5 8. Xander Schauffele USA 6.69 Real Salt Lake 0, Minnesota 0, tie Note: Three points for victory, one 9. Patrick Reed USA 5.80 Auto racing Orlando City 0, FC Dallas 0, tie point for tie. 10. Brooks Koepka USA 5.80 Sporting Kansas City at Colorado ppd. Wednesday, Sept. 30 11. Adam Scott AUS 5.11 Portland 1, Vancouver 0 Portland 4, Reign FC 1 12. Patrick Cantlay USA 5.01 6. Chase Elliott ...... 3053 San Jose 2, Los Angeles FC 1 Saturday’s games 13. Daniel Berger USA 4.96 NASCAR Cup Series 7. Alex Bowman ...... 3052 Seattle 3, LA Galaxy 1 Washington at Sky Blue FC 14. Tony Finau USA 4.70 points leaders 8. Kyle Busch ...... 3043 Saturday’s games Portland at Utah 15. Tyrrell Hatton ENG 4.65 9. Kurt Busch ...... 3041 New York at Orlando City Sunday’s game 16. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 4.44 Through Sept. 27 10. Clint Bowyer ...... 3032 Atlanta at D.C. United North Carolina at Houston 17. Tommy Fleetwood ENG 4.42 1. Kevin Harvick ...... 3104 11. Aric Almirola ...... 3025 Chicago at Montreal Friday, Oct. 9 18. Matthew Wolff USA 4.37 2. Denny Hamlin ...... 3101 12. Austin Dillon ...... 3020 Nashville at New England Houston at Orlando 19. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 4.15 3. Brad Keselowski ...... 3059 13. Ryan Blaney ...... 2098 Philadelphia at Toronto FC Saturday, Oct. 10 20. Matthew Fitzpatrick ENG 4.12 4. Martin Truex Jr ...... 3058 14. Matt DiBenedetto ...... 2092 Sporting Kansas City at Houston Chicago at Sky Blue FC 21. Paul Casey ENG 4.08 5. Joey Logano ...... 3054 15. Cole Custer ...... 2088 New York City FC at Miami Portland at Reign FC Friday, October 2, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 19 FRENCH OPEN/COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Sofia Kenin of the U.S. plays a shot Thursday against Romania’s Ana Sankey approves Bogdan during the second round of the French Open in Paris. ALESSANDRA TARANTINO / AP transfer waivers among SEC teams

Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — South- Commissioners keep eastern Conference Commis- sioner Greg Sankey has agreed to playoff format intact approve transfer waiver requests for players who switched schools The conference commission- inside the league. ers who manage the College Sankey announced the deci- Football Playoff decided to stick sion Wednesday night after previ- with a four-team format during ously saying schools should vote this pandemic-altered season to change the rule forcing players after the Pac-12 made a request transferring inside the SEC to sit to consider expansion. out a year rather than ask for a College Football Playoff ex- waiver. ecutive director Bill Hancock The NCAA already had ap- said Wednesday that Pac-12 proved transfer waivers for Ken- Commissioner Larry Scott tucky quarterback Joey Gatewood asked the rest of the manage- and Tennessee offensive lineman ment committee to consider Cade Mays, who also needed SEC having eight teams play for the approval to play immediately. national championship this sea- Mississippi defensive back Otis son. ESPN first reported Scott Kenin take a while to win; Reese still is waiting for NCAA broaching the subject. approval of his waiver appeal. The request was made be- Sankey noted a change also is cause of disruptions to the sea- likely due to NCAA transfer leg- son caused by the pandemic. islation and the current coronavi- Conferences are not playing the rus pandemic. same number of games, are Djokovic has an easy time “It must be stated unequivocal- starting play at different times ly that these approvals are solely and there are no interconference a reflection of the unique circum- matchups between Power Five stances present and should not be BY JEROME PUGMIRE leagues. interpreted as endorsement of the French Open scores Hancock said the committee, Associated Press rationale set forth by individuals seeking these waivers,” Sankey with 10 FBS commissioners PARIS — Once Australian and Notre Dame athletic direc- Open champion Sofia Kenin got Thursday Men’s Doubles said in a statement. First Round tor Jack Swarbrick, had a “civil going, she kept going — right into But Sankey said these are “un- At Stade Rolan Garros Michael Venus, New Zealand, and precedented times” with players and thoughtful discussion.” the third round of the French Paris John Peers (11), Australia, def. Casper “To do it now, it’s such a sig- Purse: ?18,209,040 Ruud, Norway, and Miomir Kecmanovic, and schools facing challenges be- Open. Surface: Red clay Serbia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. nificant change with so many Horia Tecau, Romania, and Jean-Ju- cause of COVID-19. The fourth-seeded American Men’s Singles challenges, especially with the Second Round lien Rojer (12), Netherlands, def. Cristian “In a non-COVID environment started slowly Thursday under a Thiago Monteiro, Brazil, def. Marcos Garin, Chile, and Pedro Martinez, Spain, season started, they thought it 6-1, ret. there may have been a different closed roof on Cour t Philippe Cha- Giron, United States, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-1. Second Round outcome for some of the waiver was best to not make a change,” trier before pulling out a 3-6, 6-3, Marton Fucsovics, Hungary, def. Al- Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies (8), bert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, 7-6 (2), 6-3, Germany, def. Diego Schwartzman and requests determined today,” San- Hancock said. 6-2 victory over Ana Bogdan. 7-5. Federico Coria, Argentina, 6-2, 6-0. key said. Hancock added any deci- “I knew I had to fight. She Cristian Garin (20), Chile, def. Marc Benjamin Bonzi and Antoine Hoang, Polmans, Australia, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (3), France, def. Adrian Mannarino and Ben- Mays transferred from Georgia sion on expansion would need was playing well,” Kenin said. 6-4. oit Paire, France, 6-3, 6-1. with his father suing the univer- the approval of the CFP’s “First set just didn’t go my way. I Karen Khachanov (15), Russia, def. Jiri Women’s Doubles Vesely, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-7 (4), 7-6 First Round sity over an incident where Kevin presidential oversight commit- couldn’t find my rhythm. I knew (7), 7-6 (2). Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara (7), Mays lost part of his little finger tee after a recommendation by I needed to somehow change my Grigor Dimitrov (18), Bulgaria, def. An- Japan, def. Renata Voracova, Czech Re- drej Martin, Slovakia, 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-1. public, and Bernarda Pera, United States, when it was caught in a folding commissioners. game or else I’m going to be out. Daniel Altmaier, Germany, def. Jan- 6-0, 6-1. chair at a dinner for recruits at The playoff semifinals are Did not want that, definitely.” Lennard Struff (30), Germany, 6-3, 7-6 (4), Miyu Kato, Japan, and Tamara Zidan- 6-3. sek, Slovenia, def. Chloe Paquet and Tes- Sanford Stadium. Tennessee an- scheduled for Jan. 1 at the Rose sah Andrianjafitrimo, France, 6-3, 6-3. She also nearly stumbled at the Pablo Carreno Busta (17), Spain, def. nounced Sept. 17 that the NCAA Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., and Guido Pella, Argentina, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1. Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, and end, too. Hsieh Su-wei (1), Taiwan, def. Maria San- Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Ricar- had approved Mays’ appeal after Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. The Kenin held three match points chez, United States, and Astra Sharma, das Berankis, Lithuania, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. Australia, 6-1, 6-4. his waiver request was denied. national championship game is with Bogdan serving at 5-1 but Roberto Carballes Baena, Spain, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, and Anas- set for Jan. 11 at Hard Rock Sta- Denis Shapovalov (9), Canada, 7-5, 6-7 tasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, def. Kat- The offensive lineman has been failed to convert them all. In the (5), 6-3, 3-6, 8-6. eryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, and Sharon expected to start for the 21st- dium in Miami Gardens, Fla. next game, Kenin had to save Daniel Elahi Galan, Colombia, def. Ten- Fichman, Canada, 6-4, 6-1. — Ralph D. Russo, AP nys Sandgren, United States, 6-2, 6-2, 6- Jennifer Brady and Caroline Dolehide, ranked Volunteers once available. three break points before finally 3. United States, def. Katarina Srebotnik, He quickly shared his reaction on winning on her fourth match Stefanos Tsitsipas (5), Greece, def. Slovenia, and Anna-Lena Friedsam, Ger- Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. many, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2. Twitter. point. Aljaz Bedene, Slovenia, def. Nikola Hayley Carter, United States, and Lui- “Let’s ride,” Mays wrote. to transfer. It was far easier for top-ranked Milojevic, Serbia, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4). sa Stefani (10), Brazil, def. Ulrikke Eikeri, Women’s Singles Norway, and Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov, Because they transferred Gatewood is a former Auburn Novak Djokovic when he followed Second Round Spain, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3. from one SEC school to another backup who is likely to play be- Kenin on Chatrier. With the roof Jelena Ostapenko, Latvia, def. Karoli- Kaitlyn Christian, United States, and — Gatewood transferred from hind starter Terry Wilson. The na Pliskova (2), Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-2. Giuliana Olmos, Mexico, def. Anna-Karo- open and sunshine bathing the Danielle Collins, United States, def. lina Schmiedlova, Slovakia, and Katarina Auburn, and Mays and Reese 6-foot-4, 221-pound Gatewood Zavatska, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-2. tournament’s biggest stadium Clara Tauson, Denmark, 6-2, 6-3. Nicole Melichar, United States, and transferred from Georgia — they left the Tigers last October after Petra Kvitova (7), Czech Republic, def. after days of miserable weather, Iga Swiatek, Poland, def. Danka Kovinic, must gain waivers from both the playing in four games, leaving Jasmine Paolini, Italy, 6-3, 6-3. Montenegro, and Xenia Knoll, Switzer- Djokovic routed Ricardas Beran- Aryna Sabalenka (8), Belarus, def. land, 6-1, 6-3. NCAA and the conference to play him eligible under NCAA stan- kis 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. Daria Kasatkina, Russia, 7-6 (6), 6-0. Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgia, and Sofia Kenin (4), United States, def. Ana Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russia, def. immediately. dards to play this season. The Roberto Carballes Baena ad- Bogdan, Romania, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Elixane Lechemia and Elsa Jacquemot, Reese is a defensive back who former four-star recruit is a dual- vanced by beating ninth-seeded Leylah Annie Fernandez, Canada, def. France, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, and transferred from Georgia in Jan- threat used mostly as a runner by Denis Shapovalov 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6- Paula Badosa, Spain, def. Sloane Ste- Marta Kostyuk, Ukraine, def. Andreja uary after playing in 25 career Auburn, gaining 176 yards on the 3, 3-6, 8-6 in a match lasting five phens (29), United States, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. Klepac, Slovenia, and Lucie Hradecka Patricia Maria Tig, Romania, def. (11), Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-1. games and starting once in 2018 ground and passing for 54. hours. Christina McHale, United States, 6-4, 6-3. Caty McNally and Coco Gauff (16), and 2019. Coach Lane Kiffin has Gatewood will have two years Carballes Baena will next play Ons Jabeur (30), Tunisia, def. Nao Hib- United States, def. Aubane Droguet and indicated he would likely be a of eligibility remaining and Ken- ino, Japan, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Selena Janicijevic, France, 6-0, 6-2. 18th-seeded Grigor Dimitrov, Clara Burel, France, def. Kaja Juvan, Alexa Guarachi Mathison, Chile, and starter if eligible at Ole Miss. tucky coach Mark Stoops said in Slovenia, 7-6 (6), 6-2. Desirae Krawczyk (14), United States, who has never reached the fourth def. Storm Sanders and Ellen Perez, Aus- The defensive back says he a statement he was “excited” to round at Roland Garros. Irina Bara, Romania, def. Alison van tralia, 6-3, 6-4. left Georgia because of racist have him this fall. Uytvanck, Belgium, 6-1, 4-0, ret. Elise Mertens, Belgium, and Aryna Sa- Earlier, former champion Jele- Laura Siegemund, Germany, def. Julia balenka (3), Belarus, def. Raluca-Ioana treatment on campus, and Reese “We’re thankful that the SEC na Ostapenko advanced to the Goerges, Germany, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3. Olaru and Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, contends coach Kirby Smart ma- Presidents and Commission Greg Zhang Shuai, China, def. Alize Cornet, 6-1, 6-4. third round when she beat sec- France, 6-4, 7-6 (3). Shelby Rogers, United States, and nipulated him to continue play- Sankey took into account the Garbine Muguruza (11), Spain, def. Cornelia Lister, Sweden, def. Andrea Pet- ond-seeded Karolina Pliskova 6- Kristyna Pliskova, Czech Republic, 6-3, kovic, Germany, and Yanina Wickmayer, ing for the Bulldogs last season unique circumstances around 4, 6-2. 6-2. Belgium, 6-3, 6-1. after he expressed his intention this season,” Stoops added. PAGE 20 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, October 2, 2020 NL WILD-CARD PLAYOFFS Freeman drives Braves past Reds in 13th

Associated Press 13th inning, ending the longest scoreless scoreless innings and was just 7 years old dragged on for more than 4½ hours. duel in postseason history as the Atlanta the last time the Braves won a playoff se- A four-time All-Star, Freeman produced ATLANTA — The scoreless innings kept Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 ries. “I’m feeling really good going into another big year in a pandemic-shortened piling up, along with the strikeouts. The in the opener of their NL wild-card series tomorrow.” season after a battle with COVID-19 in July shadows began to creep across the infield, Wednesday. What began as a pitching showdown be- so severe that he said he prayed: “Please and when the lights came on in a mostly “That was a very stressful 4½ hours,” tween between Cy Young contenders Fried don’t take me.” empty stadium for a postseason game that Freeman said with a chuckle. and Cincinnati ace Trevor Bauer devolved In the 13th, he came up in a situation he began a little past noon, it seemed like this The East champion Braves won a post- into a strikeout contest played before a relishes. might go on forever. season opener for the first time since Game handful of family and friends at Truist “That’s the guy we want up there,” man- Finally, Freddie Freeman had seen 1 of the 2001 NL Division Series. They’ll Park. The teams combined for a postsea- ager Brian Snitker said. enough. try to wrap up the best-of-three series son record 37 Ks — 21 by the Braves. A.J. Minter escaped a bases-loaded, The MVP candidate who warded off a Thursday and snap a record-tying streak After a couple of hits in the 13th against one-out jam in the top of the 13th for the frightening bout with the coronavirus at of 10 straight playoff round losses. Archie Bradley, Freeman drove one into win — the third straight inning the Reds the beginning of this most unusual season “We’re one away from winning it,” said center field off Amir Garrett against a five- pushed a runner to third but couldn’t get fittingly delivered the winning hit in the Atlanta starter Max Fried, who went seven man infield with one out to end a game that him another 90 feet. Scoreboard

Playoffs IP H R ER BB SO Milwaukee WILD CARD SERIES Suter L,0-1 1C 3 3 3 5 0 (Best-of-three, x-if neccesary) Yardley 2B 0 0 0 0 2 National League Topa 2 1 0 0 1 0 Los Angeles Dodgers 1, Milwaukee 0 Peralta 1 1 1 1 0 1 Wednesday: Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Rasmussen 1 1 0 0 0 2 Milwaukee 2 Thursday: Game 2 Los Angeles x-Friday: Game 3, Los Angeles Dodgers Buehler 4 3 2 2 2 8 (TBD) at Milwaukee (TBD) J.Urias W,1-0 3 3 0 0 0 5 Atlanta 1, Cincinnati 0 Treinen H,1 1 1 0 0 0 1 Wednesday: Atlanta 1, Cincinnati 0, 13 Jansen S,1-1 1 0 0 0 1 1 innings T—3:17. Thursday: Game 2 x-Friday: Game 3 Cincinnati (Gray 5-3) at Atlanta (Wright 2-4) Cardinals 7, Padres 4 Miami 1, Chicago Cubs 0 St. Louis San Diego Wednesday: Miami 5, Chicago Cubs 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi Thursday: Game 2 Wong 2b 6 0 1 0 Tatis Jr. ss 4 2 1 0 x-Friday: Game 3, Miami (Lopez 6-4) at Edman 3b 5 1 1 0 Mchado 3b 5 0 1 0 Chicago Cubs (Lester 3-3 ; AFN-Sports, 9 Gldscdt 1b 5 1 1 2 Hosmer 1b 4 0 0 1 p.m. Friday CET; 4 a.m. Saturday JKT Carlson lf 3 2 2 0 Myers rf 4 0 1 0 St. Louis 1, San Diego0 Molina c 5 2 3 1 Pham dh 4 1 2 1 Wednesday: St. Louis 7, San Diego 4 1 DeJong ss 2 1 2 1 Crnwrth 2b 2 1 1 0 Thursday: Game 2 Crpenter dh 3 0 1 2 Nola c 2 0 0 2 x-Friday: Game 3, St. Louis (Flaherty 4- O’Neill pr-dh 0 0 0 0 Profar lf 4 0 2 0 3) at San Diego (TBD) Fowler rf 5 0 2 1 Grisham cf 2 0 0 0 Bader cf 5 0 0 0 Wednesday Totals 39 7 13 7 Totals 31 4 8 4 St. Louis 402 000 001—7 Braves 1, Reds 0 (13) San Diego 111 001 000—4 Cincinnati Atlanta E—Edman (1). DP—St. Louis 1, San NAM Y. HUH/AP ab r h bi ab r h bi Diego 0. LOB—St. Louis 12, San Diego 9. Senzel cf 4 0 2 0 Acuna Jr. cf 6 0 1 0 2B—Carlson (1), DeJong (1), Molina (1), Miami Marlins’ Miguel Rojas, left, celebrates with Corey Dickerson after Dickerson hit a three-run home Akima ph-cf 1 0 0 0 Freman 1b 4 0 1 1 Wong (1), Pham (1). 3B—Cronenworth run that scored Rojas and Chad Wallach in the Marlins’ 5-1 NL wild-card win Wednesday in Chicago. Galvis ph 1 0 0 0 Ozuna dh 5 0 0 0 (1). HR—Goldschmidt (1). SB—Carlson Goodwin cf 0 0 0 0 d’Arnaud c 5 0 1 0 (1). SF—Carpenter (1), Hosmer (1), Nola Cstllanos rf 6 0 3 0 Clberson pr 0 0 0 0 2 (2). Votto 1b 5 0 2 0 Flowers c 0 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO Roundup Suarez 3b 5 0 1 0 Albies 2b 5 0 1 0 St. Louis Mstakas 2b 5 0 0 0 Duvall lf 4 0 0 0 Kim 3C 5 3 3 2 2 Aquino lf 6 0 2 0 Swnson ss 5 0 0 0 Helsley 1B 1 1 0 0 1 Winker dh 4 0 1 0 Mrkakis rf 5 0 1 0 Cabrera C 1 0 0 1 0 Jnkski pr-dh 0 0 0 0 Pache pr 0 1 0 0 Gallegos W,1-0 1B 0 0 0 1 2 Grcia ph-dh 1 0 0 0 Riley 3b 5 0 1 0 A.Miller H,1 C 1 0 0 0 0 Farmer ss 5 0 0 0 B Marlins rough up Cubs in Game 1 Casali c 2 0 0 0 Reyes S,1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Davidson ph 0 0 0 0 San Diego Barnhart c 3 0 0 0 Paddack L,0-1 2B 8 6 6 0 1 Associated Press the bat to the next guy. ... We don’t scored when Will Smith drew a Totals 48 0 11 0 Totals 44 1 6 1 Strahm C 1 0 0 0 1 Stammen 1 1 0 0 1 2 care. We want to cheer for one an- four-pitch walk with the bases Cincinnati 000 000 000 000 0—0 CHICAGO — The Miami Mar- Atlanta 000 000 000 000 1—1 Johnson 1 1 0 0 0 2 other, play for one another. That’s loaded. Seager walked and scored E—Votto (1). LOB—Cincinnati 13, At- Pagan 1 1 0 0 2 1 lins just kept fighting. When Kyle lanta 9. 2B—Castellanos (1), Acuna Jr. (1). Pomeranz 1 0 0 0 0 1 what makes this game fun.” on AJ Pollock’s bases-loaded Hendricks finally stumbled, they SB—Albies (1), Jankowski (1). Richards 1 0 0 0 0 1 “We’ve got to come in (Thurs- walk. IP H R ER BB SO Rosenthal 1 1 1 1 2 1 pounced. HBP—Johnson (DeJong), Cabrera day) and find a way. That’s it,” Cardinals 7, Padres 4: Paul Gold- Cincinnati (Cronenworth), A.Miller (Cronenworth). Bauer 7C 2 0 0 0 12 This group of Marlins is one re- T—3:53. Cubs first baseman Anthony schmidt hit a two-run home run Iglesias 1B 0 0 0 1 4 silient bunch of fish. Rizzo said. during a four-run first inning, St. Sims 1 0 0 0 1 1 Corey Dickerson hit a three- Lorenzen 2 1 0 0 0 4 Marlins 5, Cubs 1 Dodgers 4, Brewers 2: Mook- Louis’ bullpen held strong after Bradley L,0-1 B 2 1 1 0 0 run homer off a fading Hendricks Garrett 0 1 0 0 0 0 Miami Chicago ie Betts had two hits and an RBI starter Kwang Hyun Kim stum- ab r h bi ab r h bi in the seventh inning, and Miami Atlanta and Corey Seager homered in the bled in his playoff debut and the Fried 7 6 0 0 0 5 Dickerson lf 4 1 1 3 Happ cf-lf 4 1 2 1 beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1 on opener of their NL wild-card se- Cardinals won at San Diego to Martin 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sierra lf 0 0 0 0 Rizzo 1b 4 0 0 0 Wednesday in Game 1 of their NL Melancon 1 0 0 0 0 1 Marte cf 4 1 2 0 Bryant 3b 4 0 0 0 ries in Los Angeles. ruin the Padres’ long-awaited re- Smith 1B 0 0 0 0 3 Hrrson pr-cf 0 0 0 0 Schwrber lf 1 0 0 0 wild-card series. O’Day B 1 0 0 2 1 Aguilar dh 5 1 2 2 Hmilton cf 0 0 0 0 The eight-time NL West cham- turn to the playoffs in the opener Matzek 1B 2 0 0 0 4 Anderson 3b 5 0 0 0 Mybin ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Jesus Aguilar also homered pion Dodgers capitalized early in of their NL wild-card series. Greene B 2 0 0 0 1 Cooper 1b 4 0 1 0 Cntreras c 3 0 1 0 and Sandy Alcantara pitched Minter W,1-0 C 0 0 0 1 1 Joyce rf 3 0 0 0 Heyward rf 4 0 0 0 a bullpen game for Milwaukee St. Louis got a welcome two Garrett pitched to 1 batter in the 13th. Brinson rf 0 0 0 0 Baez ss 4 0 1 0 three-hit ball into the seventh as and can wrap up the best-of-three days off before this series began. HBP—Bauer (Freeman), Fried (Winker). Berti 2b 2 0 0 0 Caratini dh 4 0 0 0 the Marlins conjured up memo- WP—Lorenzen, Greene. T—4:39. Rojas ss 4 1 1 0 Kipnis 2b 2 0 0 0 series Thursday. The Brewers — They came after a season-clos- Wallach c 4 1 1 0 ries of past playoff magic in the Totals 35 5 8 5 Totals 31 1 4 1 a playoff entrant despite a losing ing grind that saw them play 53 Dodgers 4, Brewers 2 franchise’s first postseason game Miami 000 000 500—5 record — limped into the postsea- games in 44 days, including 11 Milwaukee Los Angeles Chicago 000 010 000—1 since it won the World Series in son as the No. 8 seed without their doubleheaders, with only two ab r h bi ab r h bi E—Berti (1), Baez (1). DP—Miami 0, 2003. Miami, which rallied past Yelich lf 5 0 2 0 Betts rf 4 1 2 1 Chicago 1. LOB—Miami 9, Chicago 7. best starter and reliever, who are days off . Braun rf 2 0 0 0 Seager ss 3 2 1 1 2B—Aguilar (1), Marte (1), Contreras (1). the Cubs in a memorable NLCS hurt. “It was nice. We needed them,” Taylor ph-rf 2 0 0 0 Turner 3b 4 0 0 0 HR—Dickerson (1), Aguilar (1), Happ (1). that year, has never lost a playoff Gyorko 1b 4 0 0 0 Muncy 1b 2 0 0 0 SB—Berti 2 (2). “A walk is just as good as a hit Goldschmidt said. “The whole last Vgelbach dh 4 1 1 0 Smith c 3 0 0 1 IP H R ER BB SO series. sometimes, which we showed whatever, 45 days, we were play- Garcia cf 4 0 3 0 Bellinger cf 4 0 1 0 Miami This year’s Marlins weren’t in the first inning,” Seager said. ing every day, guys were playing Arcia ss 4 1 1 2 Pollock lf 3 0 1 1 Alcantara W,1-0 6C 3 1 1 3 4 Sogard 3b 3 0 0 0 Hrnndez 2b 0 0 0 0 Bleier B 0 0 0 0 0 supposed to make the playoffs, “You don’t always have to have as hard as they could but can’t op- Hiura 2b 3 0 0 0 Rios dh 3 0 0 0 Garcia 1 0 0 0 0 2 Narvaez c 1 0 0 0 Tylor 2b-lf 3 1 1 0 Kintzler 1 1 0 0 0 1 not after losing 105 games in 2019 the big hit to score runs.” erate at 100% for that long. It was Ntnhm ph-c 2 0 0 0 and dealing with a coronavirus Los Angeles took a 2-0 lead on nice to kind of recharge and be Peterson ph 0 0 0 0 Chicago Totals 34 2 7 2 Totals 29 4 6 4 Hendricks L,0-1 6B 5 3 3 3 3 outbreak early this season. Dick- a leadoff double by Betts and four 100% or close to it.” Milwaukee 000 200 000—2 Jeffress C 3 2 2 0 2 erson said all the adversity helped walks by left-hander Brent Suter The Cardinals need one more Los Angeles 210 000 10x—4 Tepera C 0 0 0 1 2 E—Muncy (1). DP—Milwaukee 1, Los Chafin B 0 0 0 0 0 turn them into a better team. in the first, tying for the most win to eliminate the Padres from Angeles 0. LOB—Milwaukee 8, Los Ange- Winkler 1 0 0 0 0 2 les 7. 2B—Vogelbach (1), Yelich (1), Betts HBP—Hendricks (Berti), Alcantara “We don’t care about who’s the walks by a pitcher in a single in- the postseason. for the fourth 2 (2), C.Taylor (1), Pollock (1). HR—Arcia (Contreras), Winkler (Marte). WP—Te- hero,” he said. “We want to pass ning in postseason history. Betts time since 1996. (1), Seager (1). pera. T—3:22. Friday, October 2, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 21 AL WILD-CARD PLAYOFFS Scoreboard

Playoffs IP H R ER BB SO Houston WILD CARD SERIES Urquidy 4B 2 1 1 2 3 (Best-of-three, x-if neccesary) Raley C 1 0 0 1 1 American League Javier W,1-0 3 0 0 0 2 2 Tampa Bay 2, Toronto 0 Pressly S,1-1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Tuesday: Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 1 Wednesday: Tampa Bay 8, Toronto 2 Minnesota Chicago White Sox 1, Oakland 1 Berrios 5 2 1 1 2 4 Tuesday: Chicago White Sox 4, Oak- Stashak L,0-1 2 1 1 1 0 1 land 1 May 1 0 0 0 0 0 Wednesday: Oakland 5, Chicago White Rogers 0 2 1 1 1 0 Sox 3 Duffey 1 0 0 0 0 1 Thursday: Game 3 Chicago White Sox Rogers pitched to 3 batters in the 9th. Houston 2, Minnesota 0 WP—Duffey. T—3:32. Tuesday: Houston 4, Minnesota 1 Wednesday: Houston 3, Minnesota 1 Rays 8, Blue Jays 2 New York Yankees 2, Cleveland 0 Tuesday: N.Y. Yankees 12, Cleveland 3 Toronto Tampa Bay Wednesday: N.Y. Yankees 10, Cleve- ab r h bi ab r h bi land 9 Biggio 3b 4 0 0 0 Brossau 1b 3 1 2 0 Bichette ss 3 0 0 0 Choi ph-1b 2 0 0 0 Wednesday Grriel Jr. lf 4 0 0 0 Arzarna dh 4 2 3 1 Grrero Jr. dh 4 0 1 0 B.Lowe 2b 4 0 1 0 Yankees 10, Indians 9 Grichuk cf 4 0 1 0 Diaz 3b 2 1 0 0 New York Cleveland Hrnandez rf 4 0 1 0 Wndl pr-3b 0 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Shaw 1b 4 0 1 0 Margot lf 4 1 1 1 LeMhu 2b-1b 5 0 1 1 Lindor ss 4 1 1 0 Panik 2b 4 0 1 0 Renfroe rf 4 1 1 4 Judge rf 4 0 0 0 Hrnndez 2b 4 2 2 1 Jansen c 3 2 2 2 Adames ss 4 0 1 0 Hicks cf 5 2 1 0 Ramirez 3b 4 1 2 3 Krmaier cf 4 1 1 0 Voit 1b 2 1 1 0 Santana 1b 4 1 0 0 Zunino c 4 1 2 2 Wade pr-2b 0 0 0 0 Reyes dh 3 2 0 0 Totals 34 2 7 2 Totals 35 8 12 8 Frazier ph 1 0 0 0 Naylor lf 3 1 1 2 Toronto 001 010 000—2 Ford 1b 0 0 0 0 Lplow ph-lf 2 0 1 2 Tampa Bay 161 000 00x—8 E—Bichette 2 (2). DP—Toronto 2, Tam- CHRIS O’MEARA/AP Stanton dh 2 2 1 2 Perez c 3 0 2 1 Tchmn pr-dh 0 1 0 0 Leon c 0 0 0 0 pa Bay 0. LOB—Toronto 6, Tampa Bay 6. Urshela 3b 5 2 2 4 Mercado ph 1 0 0 0 2B—Arozarena 2 (2). HR—Jansen 2 (2), The Tampa Bay Rays’ Hunter Renfroe flips his bat after hitting a grand slam off Toronto Blue Jays Torres ss 3 0 1 0 Naquin rf 4 0 0 0 Zunino (1), Renfroe (1). starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu during the Rays’ 8-2 win to clinch their American League wild-card series. Gardner lf 3 1 0 0 Hedges ph 1 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO Sanchez c 4 1 1 3 DeShlds cf 3 1 1 0 Toronto Totals 34 10 8 10 Totals 36 9 10 9 Ryu L,0-1 1C 8 7 3 1 3 New York 010 412 002—10 Stripling 1B 3 1 1 0 1 Cleveland 400 020 210— 9 E—Ramirez (1), DeShields (1). DP— Pearson 2 0 0 0 0 5 New York 2, Cleveland 0. LOB—New York Bass 1 0 0 0 2 1 11, Cleveland 8. 2B—Voit (2), Hernandez Hatch 1 0 0 0 0 1 Rays rout Jays, take series (1), Ramirez 2 (3), Naylor (3), Lindor (1), Dolis 1 1 0 0 0 0 Luplow (1). 3B—Hicks (1). HR—Stanton Tampa Bay (2), Urshela (1), Sanchez (1). SF—Stanton Glasnow W,1-0 6 6 2 2 1 8 (1), Sanchez (1). Loup C 1 0 0 0 1 IP H R ER BB SO Thompson 1B 0 0 0 0 2 N.Anderson 1 0 0 0 0 0 New York WP—Glasnow(2). T—3:05. Renfroe grand slam helps Tampa Bay sweep Toronto in AL wild card Tanaka 4 5 6 6 3 3 Green 1B 3 0 0 0 3 Britton H,1 1B 0 2 2 2 1 Athletics 5, White Sox 3 Associated Press AL East champs believe they’re playoff grand slam in franchise Loaisiga BS,0-1 B 1 1 1 2 0 Chapman W,1-0 2 1 0 0 0 4 Chicago Oakland nowhere near finished. history during a six-run second ab r h bi ab r h bi ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Cleveland “We’ve been confident since inning. Glasnow kept the Rays Carrasco 3 2 4 4 3 6 Anderson ss 5 1 3 0 Semien ss 4 1 1 2 The Tampa Bay Rays gathered Karinchak 0 1 1 1 2 0 Moncada 3b 4 0 0 0 La Stella 2b 4 1 1 0 Day One. So if we put our heads ahead from there, allowing two Grandal c 3 1 1 3 Orf 2b 0 0 0 0 in front of their dugout and posed Maton 2 1 1 1 1 0 down and just do what we’ve been runs — on a pair of homers by McKenzie 1C 1 2 2 2 2 Sanchez pr 0 0 0 0 Lreano cf 4 1 2 0 for a celebratory team picture Wittgren 1B 0 0 0 2 3 Abreu 1b 5 0 1 0 Canha lf 4 0 0 0 doing and prepare like we’ve been Danny Jansen — in six innings. Hand L,0-1 BS,0-1 C 3 2 2 1 1 Encrncn dh 2 0 0 0 Pinder 3b 3 0 1 0 they’re hoping will not be the last preparing, the sky’s the limit,” Mike Zunino hit a two-run Quantrill B 0 0 0 1 1 Mzara ph-dh 2 0 1 0 Lamb ph-3b 1 0 0 0 they take this postseason. Tanaka pitched to 2 batters in the 5th, Robert cf 4 0 1 0 Olson 1b 2 0 0 0 winning pitcher Tyler Glasnow homer off Blue Jays ace Hyun Jin Carrasco pitched to 3 batters in the 4th, Engel rf 4 0 1 0 Davis dh 3 1 1 1 Hunter Renfroe hit a grand Karinchak pitched to 3 batters in the 4th. Garcia lf 2 0 0 0 Piscotty rf 3 0 0 0 said. Ryu during Tampa Bay’s big in- HBP—Loaisiga (R.Perez). T—4:50. Collins ph 1 0 0 0 Murphy c 3 1 1 0 slam and the top-seeded Rays Said manager Kevin Cash: “We ning. Manuel Margot and Randy Dyson lf 1 0 0 0 won a postseason series for the Astros 3, Twins 1 Madrigal 2b 4 1 2 0 have very good players first and Arozarena also drove in runs. Totals 37 3 10 3 Totals 31 5 7 3 first time in 12 years, overpower- foremost.” The next round will be played Houston Minnesota Chicago 000 000 021—3 ing the young Toronto Blue Jays “I understand the back-of-the- at Petco Park in San Diego. Ren- ab r h bi ab r h bi Oakland 220 100 00x—5 Sprnger cf-rf 4 0 0 0 Arraez 2b 3 0 0 0 E—Madrigal 2 (2). DP—Chicago 1, Oak- 8-2 Wednesday to finish a two- baseball card stuff and some of froe is plenty familiar with the Altuve 2b 4 0 0 0 Kepler cf 3 0 0 0 land 0. LOB—Chicago 10, Oakland 3. HR— game sweep of their wild-card our guys are not as established,” stadium — he hit 85 home runs in Brantley dh 2 2 0 0 Cruz dh 3 0 1 1 Grandal (2), Semien (1), Davis (1). matchup. Bregman 3b 3 0 1 0 Bxtn pr-dh 0 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO he said. “What we do have, what the previous three years for the Tucker lf 4 0 2 2 Rosario lf 3 0 0 0 Chicago Tampa Bay advanced to play makes it formidable is that the Padres before being traded to the Gurriel 1b 4 0 0 0 Cave lf 1 0 0 0 Keuchel L,0-1 3B 6 5 3 0 4 Correa ss 4 1 2 1 Sano 1b 3 0 0 0 Cordero 2C 1 0 0 1 2 the rival New York Yankees in a entire roster is used to help us Rays last December. Reddick rf 4 0 0 0 Kirilloff rf 4 0 1 0 Straw cf 0 0 0 0 Polanco ss 3 0 0 0 Cease 1 0 0 0 0 0 best-of-five AL Division Series win games. We do that consis- Glasnow walked one and struck Maldonado c 3 0 0 0 Gnzalez 3b 3 1 1 0 Heuer 1 0 0 0 0 0 beginning Monday in San Diego. tently during the season and are out eight before a small gathering Jeffers c 3 0 0 0 Oakland Totals 32 3 5 3 Totals 29 1 3 1 Bassitt W,1-0 7 6 1 1 1 5 With a roster featuring just a definitely going to do it in the of family and friends who were Houston 000 100 101—3 Hendriks 1C 4 2 2 1 5 handful of players who have post- postseason.” allowed to attend the series at Minnesota 000 010 000—1 Diekman S,1-1 B 0 0 0 1 0 E—Altuve (1). LOB—Houston 5, Minne- Bassitt pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. ed impressive résumés so far, the Renfroe launched the first Tropicana Field. sota 6. 2B—Cruz (2). HR—Correa (1). WP—Bassitt. T—3:05. Roundup Yankees finish off Indians in five-hour game

Associated Press big plays,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone another stifling pitching performance and it and even the best-of-three wild-card said. “Tonight just had that feeling that a sweep, sending host Minnesota to a re- matchup at 1-all. CLEVELAND — It took the New York these guys weren’t going to be denied. cord 18th straight postseason loss. Game 3 was Thursday at the Coliseum. Yankees nearly five hours on the field, car- “They weren’t going to lose.” Nine months after the Astros’ rules- ried them from Wednesday to Thursday The White Sox went 14-0 in the regular At 4 hours, 50 minutes — even without breaking, sign-stealing system was re- season against left-handed starters and and September into October to complete two rain delays totaling another 76 minutes vealed, they advanced to the Division the sweep. beat southpaw Jesus Luzardo in the open- — it was draining. It’s no wonder after Ar- Series in Los Angeles. As the sixth seed, er. Oakland manager Bob Melvin acknowl- They stumbled into the 2020 postseason. oldis Chapman got the final out well after 1 they’ll face the Oakland Athletics or Chi- They’re standing tall now. edged it might make him reconsider who to a.m. that the Yankees barely celebrated on cago White Sox in a best-of-five matchup start with the season on the line — perhaps DJ LeMahieu’s tiebreaking single in the the field. They observed COVID protocols starting Monday at Dodger Stadium. righty Mike Fiers over lefty Sean Manaea. ninth inning off closer Brad Hand sent the and shared some fist bumps as they left. Kyle Tucker hit two RBI singles for Chris Bassitt allowed one run on six hits Yankees into the AL Division Series — and “You don’t have to pour champagne on Houston and made a key throw from left a matchup with rival Tampa Bay — after a each other to appreciate what an epic game field for the inning-ending out in the fifth. in seven-plus innings during an impressive wild 10-9 win over the Cleveland Indians that was and the fact that we’re moving Athletics 5, White Sox 3: Marcus postseason debut as the AL West champion early Thursday in the longest nine-inning on,” Boone said. Semien and Khris Davis homered early A’s snapped a six-game postseason losing game in major league history. The Yankees will play the Rays in a best- and host Oakland held off Jose Abreu and streak dating to 2013. “I’m 47 years old. I’ve watched a lot of of-five Division Series next week in San Chicago, sending their AL playoff series to The right-hander, drafted by the White baseball. I’ve watched a lot of my dad’s Diego. a deciding Game 3. Sox before being traded to Oakland in playoff games, been in some really big Astros 3, Twins 1: Carlos Correa hit a A’s reliever Jake Diekman walked home December 2014, came in on a nice roll games, and I don’t know how you top that two-out, tiebreaking home run in the sev- a run in the ninth, then retired the big- having won his last three regular-season one — the back and forth, the amount of enth inning for Houston, which produced hitting Abreu on a sharp grounder to end decisions. PAGE 22 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, October 2, 2020 MLB PLAYOFFS/NFL Steelers-Titans postponed after 2 more positive tests

BY TERESA M. WALKER key players defensive captain navirus pandemic. Associated Press and lineman DaQuan Jones and The simplest scenario for re- long snapper Beau Brinkley. Out- scheduling is Week 7 on Oct. 25. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The side linebacker Kamalei Correa That’s the Titans’ bye. Pittsburgh NFL postponed Sunday’s Pitts- became the fourth on that list is scheduled to play at Baltimore burgh Steelers game at Tennes- Wednesday. that week, but both the Steelers see until later in the season after With the two new cases, the Ti- and Ravens have byes in Week one additional Titans player and tans’ total is now 11: five players 8 allowing the NFL to make a one personnel member tested and six other organization mem- change affecting only one other positive for COVID-19. bers. That doesn’t include outside team. The announcement Thursday linebackers coach Shane Bowen, The challenge is turning this JIM MONE/AP came one day after the league whose positive result came back week into a bye for both Tennes- said it hoped to play the game on last Saturday, preventing him see and Pittsburgh and comes The Astros’ Carlos Correa, left, and George Springer celebrate Monday or Tuesday. The NFL from traveling with Tennessee to after both teams started prepar- after defeating the Minnesota Twins 3-1 in Game 2 to clinch their said a new game date would be American League wild-card series Wednesday in Minneapolis. Minnesota for a 31-30 win. ing to play as early as Monday. announced “shortly.” Coach Mike Vrabel said The Titans, who played in the “The decision to postpone Wednesday he was not among the AFC championship game in Jan- the game was made to ensure group of five personnel, but he uary, and the Steelers, revived Madness: Action-packed the health and safety of players, declined to identify any of those with quarterback Ben Roethlis- coaches and game day person- people who tested positive. Vra- berger back now, may be playing nel,” the league said. “The Titans bel said some of those who tested without a break through the rest facility will remain closed and positive were experiencing “flu- of the regular season. day unlikely to occur again the team will continue to have no like” symptoms. Pittsburgh hosts Philadelphia in-person activities until further Now the NFL has to figure out on Oct. 11. Buffalo is scheduled FROM BACK PAGE postseason loss. The Braves fi- notice.” how to reschedule a game be- to visit Tennessee that day, the night pitted the Los Angeles nally beat the Reds a little while On Tuesday, the Titans (3-0) tween two of its seven undefeat- next game that could be affected Dodgers, who had the game’s later, when Freeman singled in placed three players on the reed teams after the league’s first depending on how the Titans’ out- best record in the regular season, the 13th inning to bring home the serve/COVID-19 list, including COVID-19 outbreak of the coro- break continues. against the sub.-500 Brewers. It game’s only run. was the type of matchup that in- That was the first postseason vites criticism for this expanded game to be scoreless after 11 in- playoff format, and there’s no tell- nings, and Cincinnati’s Trevor 49ers begin week with QB Mullens ing when or if the sport will have Bauer became the first pitcher in a day like Wednesday again. postseason history to strike out For one day, however, it was 12 batters while allowing no runs, taking snaps in Garoppolo’s place quite a novelty, and the Reds no walks and two or fewer hits. were ready when they came to The next game to end was Associated Press the plate against Atlanta. They Miami’s 5-1 victory. The Mar- SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The swung at the game’s first three lins have never lost a postseason San Francisco 49ers began a pitches, hitting two singles to put series. They memorably won the second straight week of practice men on first and third with no- final two games of the 2003 NL with Nick Mullens at quarterback body out. Championship Series at Wrigley in place of injured starter Jimmy Then the Braves escaped the Field, and they began this best- Garoppolo. jam with no scoring, a sign of of-three matchup with the Cubs Garoppolo missed practice things to come. in similar fashion. Wednesday with a sprained ankle It took a while for anyone any- The White Sox are also facing suffered in Week 2 and his status where to score. When the first elimination after Oakland’s 5- for Sunday night’s game against run came, it was in Houston’s 3 victory forced Game 3 of that Philadelphia remains in doubt. game at Minnesota, which start- series. It will be another winner- Coach Kyle Shanahan said ed about an hour after the Braves take-all game for the Athletics, Garoppolo will have to show in and Reds. Kyle Tucker drove in a who since 2000 have gone 0-6 in practice that he’s healthy enough run for the Astros with a fourth- Game 5 of the Division Series and to avoid the pass rush in order to inning single. 0-3 in wild-card games. play Sunday. That was around the time the The Blue Jays would have “Anytime you’re dealing with Miami Marlins and Chicago liked to play a winner-take-all an ankle, you might feel all right Cubs were getting started. In a game, but the Rays denied them when you’re standing there, but season when ballparks have been the chance. Hunter Renfroe hit can you move around and get into off limits to fans, this at least was a grand slam, powering Tampa the awkward positions without COREY SIPKIN/AP a feast of baseball on television. Bay to an 8-2 victory that ended hurting yourself? That’s really “It’s cool. I’ve been in my office San Francisco 49ers quarterback Nick Mullens throws during the that series. what we’d have to see,” Shanahan a lot, kind of getting ready, with first half of Sunday’s game against the New York Giants in East San Diego’s first postseason said. “It would be tough for us to the games on, flipping back and Rutherford, N.J. Niners starter Jimmy Garoppolo missed practice appearance since 2006 is off to see that and truly judge that if he forth and seeing what’s going on Wednesday with a sprained ankle suffered in Week 2 and his status a rough start. The Padres left didn’t get into practice. So, hope- in the league,” Yankees manager fully can get out there for at least for Sunday night’s game against Philadelphia remains in doubt. injured pitching standouts Mike Aaron Boone said prior to his one live period and we have those Clevinger and Dinelson Lamet team’s night game at Cleveland. all the way up until Friday. We’ve game. He had 14 carries for 159 His 216 catches for 2,945 yards off the roster. Then they gave up “One of the things of this expand- just got to see that he’s healthy, yards and three scores. are the most ever for a tight end ed playoffs this year, I’m sure the four runs in the first inning of a 7- but that won’t be able to happen if “He’s healthy, so we just want in his first three NFL seasons. real baseball fans are in a little 4 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. we can’t get him in practice.” to see him out there and get back Having a healthy Kittle and bit of heaven today, getting to see The night games brought their The Niners did get some good in the swing of playing football,” possibly Samuel will be a big all these games.” own type of drama. The Yankees news on the injury front with No. Shanahan said. “It’s been a while boost for whoever starts at quar- Atlanta and Cincinnati re- and Indians played the longest 1 receiver Deebo Samuel having a since he has. ... We just need to terback. Mullens showed the mained scoreless into extra in- nine-inning game in baseball 21-day practice window open and see him go through three days dropoff isn’t too big when Garop- nings, which meant at one point, history — 4 hours, 50 minutes, All-Pro tight end George Kittle and what type of shape he’s in and polo is hurt by throwing for 343 five games were in progress not counting another 76 minutes being a full participant. if he can protect himself, he’ll be yards and a touchdown in a win simultaneously. In addition to in rain delays. New York scored Samuel hasn’t practiced all out there.” last week against the Giants in his Braves-Reds, Astros-Twins and twice in the top of the ninth to season and was placed on injured Kittle missed the past two first start in nearly 21 months. Cubs-Marlins, the Chicago White win 10-9. reserve with a broken foot suf- games with a sprained knee. He is Mullens has been productive Sox were playing at Oakland, and Not long after that, Kenley Jan- fered in informal offseason work- one of the most important pieces when he’s played, with his 2,620 Tampa Bay was hosting Toronto. sen struck out Christian Yelich to outs. Samuel caught 57 passes to San Francisco’s offense as both yards passing in nine career starts The first game to end was Hous- close out a 4-2 win for the Dodg- for 802 yards and three TDs as a a dominating run blocker and the ranking third most at that point ton’s 3-1 victory over the Twins ers — and bring this historic day rookie last season and also made team’s biggest threat in the pass- of a career, trailing only Patrick — Minnesota’s 18th consecutive of baseball to a close. big contributions in the running ing game. Mahomes and Andrew Luck. Friday, October 2, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 23 NBA LeBron, Lakers batter Heat in Game 1 Silver: League still

Associated Press hopes to open next LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — LeBron season in arenas James finally got an easy Game 1 in the NBA Finals. Associated Press A very easy one, at that. Anthony Davis scored 34 points, James LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — had 25 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists NBA Commissioner Adam Silver re- and the Los Angeles Lakers rolled past the iterated Wednesday that the league’s Miami Heat 116-98 on Wednesday night. hope is to begin next season with “The bigger the moment, he’s just rais- teams in their home arenas and with ing his play,” Lakers coach Frank Vogel fans in the seats, though cautioned said about Davis, who was making his fi- that there are still numerous un- nals debut and made it look easy. knowns to work The Heat were left beaten and battered. through before Point guard Goran Dragic left in the sec- any plan can be ond quarter and a person with knowledge finalized. of the situation said he was diagnosed Silver, in his with a torn plantar fascia in his left foot annual state- — which obviously jeopardizes his avail- of-the-league ability for the rest of the finals. And All- address be- Star center Bam Adebayo left in the third fore Game 1 quarter after apparently aggravating a left of the NBA Fi- shoulder strain. nals, also said the protocols “We’re much better than we showed that allowed Silver tonight,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. the league to “You have to credit the Lakers, and we’ll get through a restart in a so-called get to work for the next one.” bubble at Walt Disney World — such Game 2 is Friday night. as strict adherence to mask-wearing Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 13 and social distancing — proved that a points, Danny Green had 11 and Alex Ca- ruso finished with 10 for the Lakers. They balance can be struck “between pub- returned to the finals for the first time in lic health and economic necessity.” a decade and sent a very clear message. “It’s certainly our goal,” Silver said, referring to playing in arenas. James’ teams had been 1-8 in Game 1 of PHOTOS BY MARK J. TERRILL/AP past finals, with losses in each of the last “But it’s dependent on some addi- seven openers. The Lakers’ Anthony Davis, left, bumps shoulders with LeBron James while celebrating tional advancements. Rapid testing Not this one. after a dunk against the Miami Heat during Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday may be the key here.” “We kind of picked it up on both ends of in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Los Angeles won 116-98. The NBA was the first major the floor,” Davis said. sports league to shut down because Jimmy Butler fought through a twisted rout into something only slightly more pal- So, the first six minutes were fine for of the coronavirus pandemic on left ankle to score 23 points for Miami. atable in terms of final margin. Miami. Everything else was all Lakers. March 11, and it took more than four Kendrick Nunn added 18 points, Tyler The Lakers did whatever they wanted. “You have to get a feel for how hard months to come up with the plan to Herro had 14 and Jae Crowder 12. They outrebounded Miami 54-36, led by Miami plays,” James said. “They smacked restart the season at Disney. “I, and we, are here for him,” Butler as many as 32 points, and made 15 three- us in the mouth and we got a sense of that. The league still hasn’t decided said about Dragic. “We know how much pointers — a big number for a team that ... From that moment when it was 23-10, we when free agency will start, what the he wants to win, how much he wants to go doesn’t necessarily count on piling up that started to play to our capabilities.” salary cap will be for next season, to war and battle with us. And obviously, many points from beyond the arc. They’re James became the seventh player to ap- what the tax line will be and other we love him for that and we want him out 21-3 this season when making at least 14 pear in 50 NBA Finals games and passed key details. All of that will have to be there with us. But whatever the docs tell threes. Michael Jordan and George Mikan for worked out with the National Basket- him to do, that’s what he’s got to do. ... He’s The only stretch that provided hope for fifth in finals free throws made. ball Players Association, and Silver got to take care of himself first.” Miami came in the first six minutes. The Familiar spot: The Heat fell to 1-5 in said he expects talks to intensify on Adebayo was held to eight points in 21 Heat scored on six consecutive possessions Game 1 of title series. All three of Miami’s those matters once the NBA Finals minutes, and Miami went with subs for a in what became a 13-0 run to take a 23-10 championships have come after dropping are over. fourth-quarter burst that turned a total lead midway through the opening period. the opener. Scoreboard Miami’s Adebayo, Dragic injured in blowout

NBA Finals Associated Press still appeared to be bothering At Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) The Miami Heat were not only him in the second half. The star L.A. Lakers 1, Miami 0 badly beaten. They were beaten swingman appeared to be hob- Wednesday: LA LAkers 116, Miami 98 Friday: Game 2 (AFN-Sports, 3 a.m. up. bling when he landed after scor- Saturday CET; 10 a.m. Saturday JTK) Bam Adebayo (left shoulder ing while being fouled 13 seconds Sunday: Game 3 (AFN-Sports, 1:30 a.m. Saturday CET; 8:30 a.m. Saturday JTK) strain) and Goran Dragic (left into the third quarter. Tuesday: Game 4 foot) departed with injuries and He said he felt some soreness x-Friday, Oct. 9: Game 5 x-Sunday, Oct. 11: Game 6 Jimmy Butler played through one after the game but would be OK x-Tuesday, Oct. 13: Game 7 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. A with treatment. Wednesday series that started so impressive- “I’ve got to be ready to go, so Lakers 116, Miami 98 ly for the Heat could be a short we’ll see how it feels tomorrow one if their three best players are but I’ll be fine,” he said. MIAMI — Butler 8-13 5-5 23, Crowder 4- 8 0-0 12, Adebayo 2-8 4-6 8, Dragic 3-8 0-0 out or limited. Adebayo’s shoulder crashed 6, Robinson 0-3 0-0 0, Hill 2-6 0-0 4, Olynyk They were blown out 116-98 hard into Dwight Howard as he 1-5 2-2 4, Iguodala 3-7 0-0 7, Jones Jr. 1-2 0-0 2, Herro 6-18 0-1 14, Nunn 8-11 0-0 18. by the Los Angeles Lakers on drove into the lane with 7:03 left Totals 38-89 11-14 98. Wednesday, but their concerns go in the third quarter. Adebayo, L.A. LAKERS — Davis 11-21 10-10 34, James 9-17 5-6 25, Howard 0-0 2-2 2, beyond how they can compete. Miami’s All-Defensive team cen- Caldwell-Pope 3-10 5-5 13, Green 4-9 0-0 ter, was clearly hurting during 11, Dudley 0-0 0-0 0, Kuzma 1-7 0-0 3, Mor- The bigger question might be: ris 3-6 0-0 8, Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Caruso 4-6 Who can? the Eastern Conference finals 1-2 10, Cook 1-1 0-0 3, Rondo 2-7 2-2 7. To- tals 38-84 25-27 116. Dragic didn’t play in the second The Miami Heat’s Goran Dragic, center, reportedly didn’t play in the against Boston. Miami 28 20 19 31— 98 half because of a torn left plantar second half because of a torn left plantar fascia. It’s unclear if the The Heat said X-rays taken at L.A. Lakers 31 34 28 23—116 fascia, a person with knowledge veteran guard will be able to play in the remainder of the series. the arena were negative. Coach Three-Point Goals—Miami 11-35 (Crowder 4-7, Butler 2-4, Nunn 2-4, Herro of the details told The Associated Eric Spoelstra said he wasn’t sure 2-8, Iguodala 1-2, Olynyk 0-2, Robinson 0- Press. The person spoke on con- der of the series. with us. ” if Adebayo had a lingering injury 3, Hill 0-4), L.A. Lakers 15-38 (Green 3-8, Morris 2-3, Davis 2-4, James 2-4, Caldwell- dition of anonymity because no “We know how much he wants Just before halftime, Butler from the previous series. Pope 2-6, Caruso 1-3, Kuzma 1-4, Rondo official announcement was made. to win, how much he wants to go turned his left ankle on a drive The Heat will try to bounce 1-5). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Mi- ami 36 (Iguodala, Nunn, Olynyk 5), L.A. It was unclear how or when the to war and battle with us,” Butler to the basket. He was able to stay back Friday in Game 2. They just Lakers 54 (James 13). Assists—Miami 23 (Iguodala 6), L.A. Lakers 26 (James 9). To- veteran guard was hurt, or if he said. “Obviously we love him for on the floor after a timeout for don’t know yet who can help them tal Fouls—Miami 15, L.A. Lakers 19. will be able to play in the remain- that and we want him out there the final seconds, but the injury try to do it. S TARS AND STRIPES Friday, October 2, 2020 Rolling start LeBron leads Lakers in Game 1 SPORTS rout of Heat » NBA Finals, Page 23

MLB PLAYOFFS September Madness Whirlwind day features eight postseason games in 10 hours

BY NOAH TRISTER “Our country needs it. It’s very therapeutic,” Associated Press ‘ Our country needs it. It’s Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said before his very therapeutic. team’s night game against Milwaukee. “It’s a hortly after noon in Atlanta, Nick Senzel ’ diversion.” of the Cincinnati Reds slapped the first Dave Roberts “September Madness” included baseball’s ver- pitch from Max Fried to right field for a Los Angeles Dodgers manager sion of a buzzer beater — a walk-off hit by Atlan- single, beginning a day of baseball un- ta’s Freddie Freeman — and two series victories like any that had come before. by lower seeds. Although the Houston Astros and SEight postseason games, all starting in a span New York Yankees may not fit the public’s defini- of around 10 hours. land early Thursday in the longest nine-inning tion of a Cinderella. “This is like September Madness,” Hous- game in major league history. The last two games went well past 1 a.m. East- ton manager Dusty Baker said. “It’s going to be For much of the 20th century, baseball had a ern time, and by the end of the night, baseball’s mad.” maximum of seven games in any single postsea- Sweet 16 was reduced by three after the Min- Wednesday indeed had a bit of an NCAA Tour- son. Wednesday alone had more than that, the re- nesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays and Cleveland nament feel, with a smorgasbord of playoff games sult of an expanded field for 2020 that included Indians were eliminated. The final game of the starting early in the afternoon and lasting long 16 teams after a regular season shortened to 60 into the night as the Yankees finished off Cleve- games by the coronavirus pandemic. SEE MADNESS ON PAGE 22

The Braves’ Freddie Freeman, center, celebrates driving in the game-winning run against the Cincinnati Reds during the 13th inning of Game 1 of their National League wild-card series Wednesday in Atlanta. The Braves won 1-0.

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