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Volume 78, No. 168 ©SS 2019 MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2019 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas FBI probes Fla. base shooting as terrorist act

BY BRENDAN FARRINGTON AND MIKE BALSAMO Associated Press PENSACOLA, Fla. — The FBI is work- ing under the presumption that a fatal shooting at a Florida naval base carried out by an aviation student from Saudi Ara- bia was an act of terrorism, the agency said Sunday. “We are, as we do in most active-shooter investigations, working with the presump- tion that this was an act of terrorism,” said Rachel L. Rojas, FBI agent in charge of the INSIDE investigation. All interna- Commander: tional students Victims ‘didn’t at the Pensacola base have been run from danger’ accounted for, Page 3 there have been no arrests, and the community is under no immediate threat, Rojas said at a news conference. A Saudi commanding officer has ordered all students from the country to remain at one location at the base, officials also said at the news conference. Additionally, authorities believe the gun- N. Korea caps tense man made social media posts in which he talked about U.S. support for Israel and charged that Americans are anti-Muslim, a U.S. official told The Associated Press on Sunday. Investigators also believe the week with rocket test gunman visited New York City, including Rockefeller Center, days before the shoot- ing and they are working to determine the purpose of the trip, said the official, who Trump warns Kim could lose ‘everything’ was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. BY KIM GAMEL and might be leaning toward a “new way” The FBI and others had said they were mentioned by Kim earlier this year. Stars and Stripes trying to determine whether the gunman, On Tuesday, a North Korean diplomat SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea 2nd Lt. Mohammed Alshamrani, 21, of said it is “entirely” up to the U.S. what the Royal Saudi Air Force, acted alone. said Sunday that it successfully conduct- “Christmas gift” it wants to get as the ed a “very important test” at a long-range Alshamrani was a flight student at Pensac- year draws to a close, prompting specu- ola, where members of foreign militaries rocket launch site, prompting President lation the North may be preparing for a Donald Trump to warn that Kim Jong Photos by AP, top, and KCNA/KNS, above are routinely trained by the U.S. long-range missile test. Earlier in the week of the shooting, Un could lose “everything” if he acts Top: A man watches a TV screen Trump, who is eager for foreign policy Alshamrani hosted a dinner party where aggressively. showing the Sohae Satellite Launching success in North Korea and has consis- he and three others watched videos of mass The statements were the latest sign Station in Tongchang-ri, North Korea, tently maintained his friendship with shootings, another U.S. official told the AP that hopes for diplomacy are unraveling in March. After North Korea said it had Kim, adopted a more threatening tone on on Saturday. ahead of a year-end deadline set by the conducted a “very successful test” at Sunday. The U.S. has sought the assistance of North for Washington to offer concessions the site on Sunday, President Donald “Kim Jong Un is too smart and has far Saudi officials as they try to piece togeth- to restart stalled nuclear talks. Trump warned that North Korean too much to lose, everything actually, if er information about the gunman and his They capped a week of warnings as the leader Kim Jong Un, above, “has far he acts in a hostile way,” Trump wrote on motive. communist state suggests it is increasing- too much to lose” to continue acting ly impatient over the diplomatic deadlock SEE TEST ON PAGE 3 aggressively. SEE FBI ON PAGE 3 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, December 9, 2019 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Hiring up, easing worries of weakening economy Military rates Switzerland (Franc) ...... 0.9900 Euro costs (Dec. 9)...... $1.1380 Thailand (Baht) ...... 30.35 Dollar buys (Dec. 9) ...... €0.8787 Turkey (Lira) ...... 5.7825 British pound (Dec. 9) ...... $1.35 (Military exchange rates are those BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER soon slow simply because there Steady job growth has helped re- Japanese yen (Dec. 9) ...... 106.00 available to customers at military banking are fewer unemployed workers assure consumers that the econ- South Korean won (Dec. 9) ...... 1,158.00 facilities in the country of issuance Associated Press Commercial rates for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the available. omy is expanding and that their Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3770 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For WASHINGTON — American That day may still come, but it jobs and incomes remain secure. 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BY BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press FBI: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Joshua Watson Trump says foreign military training policies will be reviewed had just graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and looked forward to a military FROM FRONT PAGE President Don- 153 countries in the U.S. going through career as a pilot. On Saturday, he was being Alshamrani opened fire inside a class- ald Trump declined military training. hailed a hero as his room at the base, killing three people to say whether the “This has been done for many de- family recounted how and wounding two sheriff’s deputies, one shooting was ter- cades,” Trump said. “I guess we’re going the 23-year-old — in in the arm and one in the knee, before rorism-related but to have to look into the whole procedure. his last minutes of life one of the deputies killed him. Eight oth- said Saturday that We’ll start that immediately.” — led first responders ers were also hurt. Both deputies were he would review Family members and others identi- policies governing to an active shooter at expected to survive. fied the three dead as Joshua Kaleb the Pensacola naval foreign military The official who spoke Saturday said Watson, 23, a recent graduate of the U.S. base. training in the U.S. one of the three students who attended Naval Academy; Airman Mohammed In a Facebook post, the dinner party hosted by the attacker The U.S. has Sameh Haitham, 19, of St. Petersburg, his brother Adam said recorded video outside the classroom Alshamrani long had a robust Watson saved count- building while the shooting was taking training program Fla., who joined the Navy after gradu- less lives with his place. Two other Saudi students watched for Saudis, providing assistance in the ating from high school last year; and Watson own. from a car, the official said. U.S. and in the kingdom. More than 850 Airman Apprentice Cameron Scott Wal- “After being shot Ten Saudi students were being held on Saudis are in the United States for vari- ters, 21, of Richmond Hill, Ga. All three multiple times he the base Saturday as part of the investi- ous training activities. They are among were students at Naval Aviation Schools made it outside and gation, the official said. more than 5,000 foreign students from Command. told the first response team where the shoot- er was and those de- tails were invaluable,” 19, of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Airman school last year. The former track and Benjamin Watson told the News Journal Adam Watson wrote Apprentice Cameron Scott Walters, 21, of field star had been assigned to flight crew that his son had reported to Pensacola two on Facebook. Richmond Hill, Ga. training and was looking forward to grad- weeks ago for flight training to live out his “He died a hero,” The Navy praised all three flight school uating from the program later this month, dream of becoming a Navy pilot. he wrote. students for their “exceptional heroism she said. Adam Watson wrote nostalgically of his Haitham The anguish spread and bravery in the face of evil.” News of the attack also hit hard in En- brother, who also went by his middle name from Pensacola and “When confronted, they didn’t run from terprise, Ala ., where Watson’s family was Kaleb. into communities across the country as danger; they ran towards it and saved preparing for the 130-mile drive to the “When we were little I gave Kaleb the fellow Americans shared in the shock and lives,” Capt. Tim Kinsella, the command- military base in Florida’s Panhandle. name little poot and it stuck. It eventually grief of Friday’s shooting that left four peo- ing officer of Naval Air Station Pensacola, “I’m just an emotional wreck,“ his fa- evolved into pootis and finally uncle poot,“ ple dead, including the shooter, and eight said in a statement Saturday. ther, Benjamin, told The Associated Press. he wrote on Facebook. “Just wish I could others injured. Haitham’s mother, Evelyn Brady, told “We want my son’s story told,“ he said. talk to him one more time or wrestle with The Navy identified the other two victims the Tampa Bay Times that her son joined “He died serving his country,“ the elder him one more time even though he could as Airman Mohammed Sameh Haitham, the U.S. Navy after graduating from high Watson said of his son. probably take me now.” Test: Renewed harsh words raising concerns of new tensions in 2020

FROM FRONT PAGE prompting an angry reaction Twitter after the North Korean from the communist state. test was announced. The two sides also hinted the “He does not want to voice name-calling from 2017 may his special relationship with the resume, with Trump referring President of the United States or to Kim as “rocket man” and the interfere with the U.S. Presiden- North saying his remarks may be tial Election in November,” he a sign of “the relapse of the dot- added. age of a dotard.” The renewed saber-rattling North Korea’s ambassador to has raised concern that the North the United Nations, Kim Song, may lift its self-imposed morato- then said denuclearization was rium on long-range missile and off the table and called the dia- nuclear tests, leading to new ten- logue sought by Washington a sions in 2020. “time-saving trick” to promote its Sunday’s announcement re- ferred to the Sohae Satellite domestic political agenda. Launching Ground, which ex- “We do not need to have lengthy perts say has been used to de- talks with the U.S. now,” he said velop technology for the North’s Saturday in the clearest indica- intercontinental ballistic missile tion of the widening gap between program. sits near the North’s border with Airbus Defence & Space and 38 North the two sides. “A very important test took China. Kim Jong Un, meanwhile, is place at the Sohae Satellite Commercial satellite imagery North Korea’s Sohae Satellite Launching Ground is shown. due to convene the ruling par- Launching Ground” on Satur- showed key facilities being razed ty’s central committee later this day, the state-run Korean Central at Sohae last year in an apparent The adversaries, who remain relief from punishing economic month, which usually signals a News Agency reported, adding goodwill gesture shortly after the technically at war since their sanctions aimed at its nuclear major policy shift. that it had been “successful.” first summit between Trump and 1950-53 conflict ended in an ar- program. “As contradictory as it may mistice instead of a peace treaty, But Washington insists it “The results of the recent Kim in Singapore, where they seem, these threats & low-level have gone from the brink of an- will maintain pressure on the important test will have an im- agreed to a vague promise to provocations are #NorthKorea’s other war in 2017 to a series of communist state until it takes portant effect on changing the “work toward the denucleariza- way to try to compel Trump to summits and high-level meetings more significant steps toward st r ateg ic po sit ion of [ Nor t h Kor e a] tion of the Korean Peninsula.” make a bold move, quickly,” Jean once again in the near future,” But CNN reported that images that boosted hopes for peace in dismantlement. Lee, of the Washington-based according to the brief statement taken Thursday by Planet Labs 2018. Trump spoke on the phone Wilson Center ,wrote on Twitter. attributed to an unnamed spokes- showed new activity and the pres- Talks stalemated this year with South Korean President man for the North’s Academy of ence of a large shipping container after a second summit between Moon Jae-in on Friday to discuss But Kim is also hedging his bets National Defense Science. at the site. Kim and Trump collapsed with- ways to maintain diplomacy with in case that doesn’t happen by KCNA didn’t provide more de- Several U.S. surveillance air- out agreement in February in the North, according to Moon’s “setting the stage to justify future tails, but experts said it was prob- craft also reportedly have flown Vietnam and working-level talks office. provocations designed to bolster ably a rocket engine. The South around the peninsula to monitor failed in October in Sweden. Last week, Trump warned the support at home,” she said. Korean military said nothing was for possible North Korean missile Pyongyang has demanded se- U.S. would use military force [email protected] fired from the complex, which activity in recent days. curity guarantees and extensive against the North if necessary, Twitter: @kimgamel PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, December 9, 2019 PACIFIC Survivors mark Pearl Harbor anniversary Veterans of attack become rare as their ranks thin 78 years after tragedy

BY WYATT OLSON Stars and Stripes PEARL HARBOR NATIONAL MEMO- RIAL, Hawaii — An ever-thinning num- ber of veterans who survived the attack on Oahu by the Japanese on Dec. 7, 1941, attended Saturday’s ceremony marking the 78th anniversary of the event that led America to enter World War II. The veterans occupy a rarified position in our nation, but in past years they sat among the audience of hundreds who flock to the early morning observance. This year, the roughly dozen survivors attending were so few they were seated on a raised platform in front of the audience, becoming more the objects of high esteem than observers. “As each year passes, we lose more of our friends who served here on Dec. 7, 1941, or who witnessed the attack,” Jacqueline Ashwell, superintendent of the Pearl Har- bor National Memorial, said during the ceremony, craning her neck to gaze at the aged veterans seated behind the speaker’s podium, all in their 90s or older and many in wheelchairs. Among them was Lou Conter, the only survivor of the USS Arizona to attend. The remaining two Arizona survivors, Donald Stratton and Ken Potts, are no longer able to travel to Hawaii for the annual event. “I talked to Don Stratton just a couple of weeks ago before I came out here,” Conter said shortly before the ceremony began. “Ken’s in bed and we couldn’t even get hold PHOTOS BY WYATT OLSON/Stars and Stripes of him to talk to him.” Lou Conter, 98, one of only three living USS Arizona survivors, salutes during the Walk of Honor after a ceremony Saturday at the Two Arizona survivors, Lonnie Cook Pearl Harbor National Memorial marking the surprise attack 78 years ago. and Lauren Bruner, died this year. On Saturday evening, Bruner’s remains were slated to be entombed in the hul l of the battleship, which sank to the bottom of Pearl Harbor during the attack. It serves as a tomb for the hundreds of crew mem- bers who went down with the ship. Bruner’s will be the last remains to be encased in the ship, a place of honor re- served only for survivors of the ship’s sink- ing, which killed 1,177 of the sailors and Marines aboard. The other three survivors have said they will not have their ashes placed in the ship. Japanese torpedo bombers and fighter planes attacked sailors, Marines and sol- diers wherever they were stationed on Oahu on that momentous Sunday morning. “The horrific events that occurred here caught America, her Navy, her Army, her Air Corps, her Marines and the territory of Hawaii by surprise,” Harry Harris, U.S. ambassador to South Korea, said during a speech. “It fell upon the shoulders of the Pearl Harbor survivors and World War II veterans behind me to respond on that fate- ful day. Don Long, who was stationed at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack, A sailor plays taps to honor those who lost “In less than two hours, there were over chats with a guest Saturday. their lives at Pearl Harbor 78 years ago. 2,400 killed, including firemen and first responders from the Honolulu Fire De- of other sailors climbed onto the barrel mostly underwater.” condolences to the families and friends partment. Almost 1,200 wounded. The ma- of the West Virginia’s 5-inch gun, ran the He summed up the traumatic day: of those killed in shootings this week at jority of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, taken out of length of it and jumped onto the Tennes- “I was a 20-year-old brat who grew up Pearl Harbor’s shipyard and a Navy base action. Catastrophic by any standard.” see, he said. overnight.” in Florida. Stuart Hedley, 98, who was serving on “From there we jumped into the water, Rear Adm. Robert Chadwick, com- He then turned his attention to the group the battleship USS West Virginia, said he burning on top with oil, and swam ashore, mander of Navy Region Hawaii, offered of veterans seated behind him. saw his skipper, Capt. Mervyn Bennion, “To the veterans, I will tell you that those disemboweled and killed by shrapnel that of us who wear the uniform now certainly bounced off the nearby USS Tennessee. understand the gravity of the legacy we in- The West Virginia took at least nine tor- ‘ To the veterans, … we strive every day to honor your herited from the Greatest Generation, and pedoes, and as it began to sink sailors made we strive every day to honor your service for the Tennessee any way they could. service with our service. But, gentlemen, you are a with our service,” he said. “Five of our buddies overhanding on a hard act to follow.” “But, gentlemen, you are a hard act to rope to the Tennessee got machine-gunned ’ follow.” by Japanese [Zero fighters],” Hedley said. Rear Adm. Robert Chadwick [email protected] So instead of going by rope, he and a group commander of Navy Region Hawaii Twitter: @WyattWOlson Monday, December 9, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 MILITARY Esper to shift military focus to Russia, China

BY ROBERT BURNS audience at the Ronald Reagan forces. Iraq and Iran. to determine how to rebalance Associated Press Presidential Library. The dead- In his speech Saturday, Esper those resources. Since Mattis resigned one year ly shooting made only a passing reference to “My ambition is and remains to SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — De- ago in protest of President Donald at a Navy Iran, citing Tehran’s “efforts to look at how do we pull resources fense Secretary Mark Esper said Trump’s push to withdraw from base at Pen- destabilize” the region. — resources being troops and Saturday he still plans to shift Syria, the Middle East has be- sacola, Fl a., He focused instead on shifting equipment and you name it” the American military’s focus to come even more volatile. At least on Friday the U.S. military’s focus toward — from some regions and either competing with China and Rus- 14,000 additional U.S. troops have by a Saudi China and Russia — “today’s re- return them to the U.S. or shift sia, even as security threats pile been sent to the Persian Gulf area Air Force visionist powers.” He accused them to the Asia-Pacific region, up in the Middle East. since May out of concern about officer could Moscow and Beijing of seeking he said Friday. Esper outlined his strategic Iranian actions. complicate “veto power” over the economic “That remains my ambition, goals and priorities in a speech Syria itself has arguably be- Esper U.S.-Saudi and security decisions of smaller but I have to deal with the world I at the Reagan National Defense come a more complex problem military re- nations. Forum, an annual gathering of for Washington, with Turkish lations, although Esper said Fri- On Friday, Esper said he realiz- have, and so I gotta make sure at government, defense industry forces having moved into areas day that relations remain strong. es that it will be difficult to move the same time I deter conflict — and military officials. in the north where American Esper last week denied news resources out of the Middle East in this case in the Middle East,” Esper, who became Penta- forces had been partnering with reports that he was considering to increase the focus on China he said. gon chief in late July, said he is Syrian Kurdish fighters against sending up to 14,000 more troops and Russia. “I want to have sufficient forces sticking to the national defense remnants of Islamic State. Also, to the Middle East, but he ac- He said he has been studying there to make sure” the U.S. does priorities set by his predecessor, Iraq is facing civil protests and knowledged to reporters Friday the force and resource require- not get into an armed conflict Jim Mattis, who was sitting in his a violent crackdown by security that he is worried by instability in ments for every area of the globe with Iran. USS America amphibious assault ship at home in Japan

BY JAMES BOLINGER Stars and Stripes SASEBO NAVAL BASE, Japan — The USS America, the Navy’s newest, most advanced flat-deck amphibious assault ship, dropped anchor Friday at its new home- port in southwestern Japan. The 844-foot America came from San Diego to serve as flag- ship of the 7th Fleet’s Amphibi- ous Squadron 11 and replace the USS Wasp, which spent 1½ years home-ported in Sasebo. It depart- ed for Naval Station Norfolk, Va., in September. “The extraordinary capability of the USS America and our Navy and Marine Corps team will pro- vide 7th Fleet great flexibility and lethality in our forward deployed naval force as we operate in this vital region in the world with our allies and partners,” Rear Adm. Fred Kacher, commander of Ex- peditionary Strike Group 7, told reporters Friday aboard the ship. The America’s arrival brings the number of amphibious ships PHOTOS BY JAMES BOLINGER/Stars and Stripes in Sasebo to five. Others include the transport dock USS Green Above: An officer assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS America speaks to sailors after arriving Bay, the dock landing ships USS at Sasebo Naval Base, Japan, on Friday . Above right: USS America commander Capt. Luke Frost speaks Ashland and USS Germantown, to reporters during a tour of the ship. and the USS New Orleans, a transport dock ship that arrived ploy aboard the America include This is the first time in Japan 2020 Olympics in Tokyo,” she Dec. 1. the tiltrotor MV-22 Osprey and for many of the America’s crew said. “So, when I got orders here The America, which was com- MH-60S Knighthawk, CH-53K members. in October, I was just so thrilled missioned in 2014, has a crew Super Stallion and AH-1Z Viper Petty Officer 1st Class Ilecia and ecstatic to be here!” of nearly 1,000 sailors and can helicopters. Moses, a paralegal, said she had The first thing she wants to do embark about 1,700 Marines. In- Capt. Luke Frost, the ship’s been trying to get to Japan since when she gets off work, Moses stead of a well deck to carry land- commander, told reporters that she joined the Navy 13 years ago. said, is eat some authentic Japa- ing craft, it has a large hangar bay sending the America, the New “My mother and I planned a nese ramen. that provides 30% more storage Orleans and F-35Bs to areas that few years back, before I knew I [email protected] space and can carry 250% more matter most to the prosperity and was coming here, to attend the Twitter: @bolingerj2004 aviation fuel than a traditional security of the Indo-Pacific re- flat-deck. gion sends a clear signal of the It was designed to maximize United States’ commitment to its the capabilities of the Marine allies. Corps’ F-35B Lightning II. The Amphibious Squadron 11 is stealth fighter is capable of short one of 7th Fleet’s busiest units, takeoffs and vertical landings, al- often deploying multiple times lowing flat-deck amphibious as- per year. The squadron, with sault ships like the America to act embarked Marines from the Oki- as small aircraft carriers. nawa-based 31st Marine Expedi- The ship will embark Marine tionary Unit, is often the first to Fighter Attack Squadron 121, an respond when natural disasters F-35B squadron based at Marine strike the region. Corps Air Station Iwakuni near The ships also support multiple Hiroshima. international exercises e very Other aircraft that will de- year. PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, December 9, 2019 MILITARY Nearly 75K users are overcharged in Tricare glitch

BY WYATT OLSON A recorded message on Hu- Stars and Stripes mana Military’s customer ser- vice line promises callers that About 75,000 Tricare custom- their credit cards will be credited ers were overcharged for monthly “within 24 to 48 hours.” premiums on Thursday, in some The overcharges were an un- cases 100 times more than the ac- welcome surprise as Americans tual amount owed. gearing up for holiday spending. The Defense Health Agency, “So @Humana,” tweeted a PHOTOS BY STEVE HELBER/AP which manages the Tricare sys- former Coast Guard member in tem, said in a statement Friday Virginia with the Twitter handle Spectators attend the christening of the nuclear aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy at Newport News that it was working closely with Devin’s Cyberz Cow on Thursday, Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., on Saturday. Humana Military, the Defense “my wife and I are two of the vets Department contractor that ad- that got TriCare charges multi- ministers the Tricare health plied by 100 times their normal Caroline Kennedy christens aircraft program for the East Region, the amount this month. How soon area affected by the overcharges. will you be reversing them? For The region includes 32 states and now, you’ve effectively bricked the District of Columbia. carrier named in honor of her father my credit card during Christmas Tricare provides civilian shopping season … ” health benefits for service mem- BY HUGH LESSIG In a post on its website, Hu- bers, military retirees and their (Newport News, Va.) Daily Press families. mana Military said the glitch was “While this is an unfortunate affecting recurring credit and NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — With error, I am confident this will debit card premiums and that the the crash of a bottle against its be resolved quickly,” Army Lt. company was working to correct hull, the aircraft carrier John F. Gen. Ron Place, director of the the problem. Kennedy was christened Saturday Defense Health Agency, said in “We pledge that we will do ev- at Newport News Shipbuilding. erything we can to ensure that the statement. “I am personally Caroline Kennedy, the late beneficiaries are not adversely in touch with the president of Hu- president’s daughter, did the hon- affected by this error, including mana Military, and his team has ors as ship’s sponsor. covering overdraft and related taken immediate steps to correct It marked the second time she this error.” fees,” the post said. Humana Military’s customer christened an aircraft carrier The root cause of the process- in her father’s name. The first ing error is still under investiga- service at 800-444-5445 expand- Caroline Kennedy, daughter of former President John F. Kennedy, ed its weekend hours to 8 a.m. to aircraft carrier named for JFK smashes a bottle on the bow of the ship at the christening. tion, the statement said. served through Vietnam and into Health care coverage for af- 6 p.m. Eastern Time to handle ur- the post-9/11 era. Caroline Ken- fected Tricare customers will gent inquiries. the next, company leaders say. sembled in yard, then lifted into nedy, then a child, launched that be uninterrupted, the statement In one way, the John F. Kenne- the dry dock where the ship takes [email protected] ship in 1967. said. Twitter: @WyattWOlson dy is a fitting name for CVN-79. shape. The Kennedy was built The ceremony marked an im- Just as the young president called with larger and fewer of those portant milestone for the New- upon a new generation to lead the components, which reduced the port News shipyard, the sole country, the shipyard has hired number of lifts into dry dock. designer and builder of nuclear- hundreds of tech-savvy workers The ship is on track to be built powered aircraft carriers for who grew up in the digital age. with 16% lower labor costs than the Navy. It comes three months With computer tablets replacing the Ford. The shipyard said it can ahead of schedule, reflecting the paper blueprints and augmented realize even more savings in the company’s push for efficiency in reality programs directing work, post-christening phase; its con- the multibillion-dollar Gerald R. the company is banking on this tracted target is 18%. Ford-class carrier program. new generation of employees to After the christening, the ship The Kennedy is the second lead the way as the Ford program will be moved from the dock to Ford-class carrier to be launched matures. an outfitting pier. It is about 67% at Newport News and will cost The Kennedy also benefited complete, so much work remains MEAGAN CHRISTOPH/U.S. Navy $11.4 billion, a drop from the from an improved build strategy. before it can be declared ready A sailor receives a flu vaccination at Naval Hospital Bremerton, $12.9 billion first-in-class Gerald Aircraft carriers are built for combat. Wash., on Oct. 21 through coverage by Tricare. A glitch in Tricare’s R. Ford that reflects thousands of through modular construction. The Navy plans to take delivery billing caused customers to be overcharged for monthly premiums. lessons learned from one ship to Giant pieces of the ship are as- of the ship in 2022. Use of flares halted on Okinawa base after some found outside camp

BY MATTHEW M. BURKE an emailed statement from the No injuries or damage were re- reau spokesman said Friday. The tioned in Japan. AND AYA ICHIHASHI command said Friday afternoon. ported when the flare — roughly Marines confirmed to the bureau Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki, Stars and Stripes “We value the safety of the local 4 inches long, 2 inches wide, and Friday the flare belongs to them. who generally opposes the U.S. community in which we live and weighing about half a pound — They vowed to investigate the in- military presence, in remarks to CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa take this matter very seriously. landed in a farmer’s field under cident, the spokesman said. reporters Friday morning vowed — The Marine Corps has sus- The incident is under review, and a parachute. The flares are typi- Some government officials in to protest the incident. pended its use of illumination we have suspended illumination cally fired from mortars at night Japan customarily speak on con- “This type of incident should flares on Okinawa after “several” not happen under any circum- 60 mm mortar flare rounds were training on ranges.” to illuminate an area. dition of anonymity. Marine officials reached Fri- Kin officials contacted the Oki- Incidents like aviation mishaps stances,” he said. “Any training found Thursday and Friday out- that may potentially cause harm side training grounds near Camp day provided no further details. nawa Defense Bureau, which rep- or the dropping of military debris Local residents of the Igei resents Japan’s Defense Ministry outside U.S. military facilities to life or property should take Hansen, according to an official place in the middle of nowhere.” statement. neighborhood in Kin town re- on the island. are often met with indignation ported a flare to Ishikawa Police “We took a photo of the object on the tiny island prefecture that [email protected] “Marine Corps Installations Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 Pacific is working closely with at 5:34 p.m. Thursday, a police and sent it to U.S. military offi- is home to just over half of the [email protected] the Okinawa Defense Bureau,” spokesman said Friday. cials to ask for the details,” a bu- 50,000 U.S. service members sta- Twitter: @AyaIchihashi Monday, December 9, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 MILITARY Medics learn to use skills to help military dogs

BY NANCY MONTGOMERY stuffed animals. They also were able to ob- Stars and Stripes serve an actual dog — Silvers’ greyhound, Nacho, whom she had adopted from the VICENZA, Italy — Combat medics veterinary school she attended — who lay learned how to apply their lifesaving skills serenely on the floor as Silvers instructed to four-legged troops at a seminar with the the medics on dog anatomy. help of veterinarians, two dog dummies Nacho appeared to drift off to sleep as and a greyhound named Nacho. the medics felt his leg for a vein, counted Veterinarian Capt. Jennifer Silvers and his ribs and scratched his head. veterinary technician Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Dogs have become increasingly promi- Whitaker, both with U.S. Army Garrison nent in military operations. They’re used Italy, taught the group of 25 medics with the to sniff out bombs and drugs, patrol, and 173rd Airborne Brigade how to apply the chase and subdue suspects. Recently, a first aid basics they use on humans to dogs. Belgian Malinois named Conan was part “They know the tasks. They just don’t of the special forces raid that ended in the know the anatomy,” Whitaker said death of I slamic State leader Abu Bakr Thursday. al-Baghdadi. The training was designed to increase Between 2,000 and 2,600 military work- the number of people who can treat injured ing dogs have deployed to Iraq and Afghan- and sick military working dogs, which face istan between 2001 and 2013, researchers the same hazards as their human partners said in a study published in Military Medi- when deployed, including bullets, bombs cine in 2018. Injuries, particularly from and heatstroke, as well as uniquely canine gunshots or explosions, were the most woes such as burned paw pads, broken common cause of death for 92 dogs that the tails and gastrointestinal issues caused by researchers identified as having died dur- dietary indiscretions. ing their deployments, the study said. Dogs, it turns out, like the taste of C-4 Spc. John Huber, who has previously explosive, Whitaker said. The result, if they worked only on humans, said he was im- eat it, is “explosive diarrhea,” she said. pressed by “how easily transferrable the NANCY MONTGOMERY/Stars and Stripes The medics learned how to stop bleeding, skills are from human to dog.” start IVs and bandage a broken leg into a “It’s just different anatomy,” he said. A greyhound named Nacho lies still as combat medics with the 173rd Airborne kind of soft cast, practicing the techniques [email protected] Brigade learn from Capt. Jennifer Silvers, left, a veterinarian with U.S. Army Garrison on two dog mannequins, which looked like Twitter:@montgomerynance Italy, how to give first aid to dogs. Thousands mourn loss of soldiers killed in helo crash

BY LIZ SAWYER As dusk fell, a State Patrol heli- The Black Hawk that crashed At Saturday’s news confer- former commander. AND MARY LYNN SMITH copter with thermal imaging cam- was on a routine maintenance ence inside the hangar, those who As National Guard officials pro- (Minneapolis) Star Tribune eras spotted the wreckage about flight, work that is performed worked with the fallen soldiers vided media updates, dozens of 16 miles southwest of St. Cloud. almost daily, officials said. As is talked about the “devastating fellow soldiers dressed in fatigues MARTY, Minn. — Kurt The dead were identified as Chief standard, two pilots — Nord and loss” of three comrades — men stood nearby, solemn and stoic. Krippner climbed onto the shovel Warrant Officer 2 Charles P. Nord, Rogers — were on board. Planten- who grew up in small Minnesota “There’s nothing I can say that of his family’s bobcat as his father 30, of Perham; Chief Warrant Of- berg was a technician mechanic towns and joined ranks to serve will take away or lessen the pain lifted him to the top of the flagpole ficer 2 James A. Rogers Jr., 28, of preparing to start flight school. their country. you are feeling,” Maj. Gen. Jon they’d planted the day before in Winsted; and Sgt. Kort M. Plant- the snowy Stearns County farm Officials declined to discuss “This unit is a medical com- Jensen said to those mourning the enberg, 28, of Avon. details of the specific mission or pany and it s job is to save lives,” loss. “What I can tell you, you are field. Together, they worked to All were assigned to Company identify the pilot in command. said Maj. Nathan Burr, the unit’s not alone in your grief.” make sure that a small solar panel C, 2-211th General Support Avia- and light were set to shine on a tion Battalion, based in St. Cloud. growing makeshift memorial to They had returned in May from three Minnesota National Guard a nine-month deployment to the soldiers who died last week when Middle East, where they conduct- their helicopter crashed in a near- ed medical evacuations. by tree line. That the men had survived a “We may not know the men, but mission abroad only to die at home we’re heartbroken for the fami- seemed especially heartbreaking. lies,” said Krippner’s sister, Kristi “You worry when they’re gone, Kalkbrenner, who fought back not when they’re back,” said Mary tears as she stood amid roses, Mueller, who was among those vol- poinsettia planters and a stained- unteering at the Holy Cross school glass angel at the base of the flag- Saturday to feed those investigat- pole. “It hits home that people lost ing the crash scene. their lives here.” “At times like this, you feel help- As families and friends grieved less,” Mueller said. “This is some- privately, Kalkbrenner and the thing we can do.” Krippners were among hundreds Inside an airport hangar Sat- of strangers who joined ranks Sat- urday afternoon, National Guard urday with thousands around the officials stood in front of a UH- globe to pay tribute to the fallen 60 Black Hawk to provide infor- and support those mourning their mation, albeit sparse, about the loss. crash. On Thursday, the three men More than a dozen miles away boarded a UH-60 Black Hawk for at the crash site, an investigation a routine maintenance test flight team from Fort Rucker in Ala- and lifted off from the St. Cloud bama began gathering informa- Airport at 1:55 p.m. Nine minutes tion and evidence. Officials said later, according to emergency Saturday that it is unclear how dispatch reports, the crew sent long their investigation will take. a mayday alert. Communication In the meantime, all UH-60 with the aircraft was lost, and an Black Hawks have been ground- intense search and rescue opera- ed, which is standard procedure tion was launched with local and during the probe’s initial phase. state emergency workers converg- Those helicopters are expected to ing on the area. be back in service soon . PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, December 9, 2019 NATION Impeachment report lays out legal argument

J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP BY LISA MASCARO his own benefit, or harm national AND MARY CLARE JALONICK security for equally corrupt rea- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., left, released a report Saturday outlining Associated Press sons, he is subject to impeachment the legal argument for impeaching President Donald Trump. He is shown at an unrelated meeting Friday by the House,” the Democrats with Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz. WASHINGTON — Previewing wrote. “Indeed, foreign interfer- potential articles of impeachment, ence in the American political “treason, bribery or other high the House Democrats on Satur- system was among the gravest crimes and misdemeanors.” day issued a lengthy report draw- dangers feared by the Founders In releasing his report Satur- Trump: Giuliani wants to ing on history and the Founding of our Nation and the Framers of day, Chairman Jerrold Nadler, Fathers to lay out the legal argu- our Constitution.” D-N.Y., said the president’s ac- ment over the case against Presi- tions are the framers’ “worst take data to Barr, Congress Democrats are working dent Donald Trump’s actions nightmare.” through the weekend as articles Associated Press toward Ukraine. “President Trump abused his reporters outside the White are being drafted and commit- The findings from the House p ower, b et r ayed ou r n at ion a l s e cu - House before he departed for tee members are preparing for a WASHINGTON — Presi- Judiciary Committee do not spell rity, and corrupted our elections, Florida. “He says he has a lot hearing Monday. Democrats say dent Donald Trump indicated out the formal charges against all for personal gain. The Consti- of good information. I have Trump abused his power in the Saturday that his personal at- the president, which are being tution details only one remedy for torney Rudy Giuliani wants not spoken to him about that drafted ahead of votes, possibly July 25 phone call when he asked this misconduct: impeachment,” information.“ Ukrainian President Volodymyr to take the information he as soon as this week. Nadler said in a statement. “The has gathered from his inves- Giuliani, the former New Instead, the report refutes Zelenskiy for a favor and engaged safety and security of our nation, York City mayor, has been in bribery by withholding nearly tigations in Ukraine to the Trump’s criticism of the im- our democracy, and future gen- traveling to Ukraine to pursue $400 million in military aid that U.S. attorney general and to peachment proceedings, arguing erations hang in the balance if we investigations into Trump’s po- Ukraine depends on to counter Congress. that the Constitution created im- do not address this misconduct. tential 2020 Democratic rival Russian aggression. Trump said Giuliani had not peachment as a “safety valve” so In America, no one is above the yet told him what information Joe Biden and Biden’s son, as Americans would not have to wait Speaker Nancy Pelosi says it’s law, not even the President.” he has gathered, though the well as a discredited conspir- for the next election to remove a part of a troubling pattern of be- The report released Saturday president said he’s heard it acy theory that Ukraine, not president. It refers to the writings havior from Trump that benefits does not lay out the facts of the was plentiful. Russia, interfered in the 2016 of George Washington, Thom- Russia and not the U.S. Ukraine case, but it hints at po- “He’s going to make a report, U.S. election to help Trump’s as Jefferson and others to link Trump has insisted he did tential articles of impeachment I think, to the attorney general Democratic rival, Hillary Trump’s actions in his July phone nothing wrong. “Witch Hunt!” and explains the thinking be- and to Congress,” Trump told Clinton. call with Ukraine’s president the president tweeted Saturday hind Democrats’ decision to draft seeking political investigations of morning. them. Without frequently men- his rivals to the kind of behavior The articles of impeachment tioning Trump, it alludes to his that would “horrify” the framers. are likely to encompass two major requests that Ukraine investigate his role as chief diplomat to serve ors laid out in the Constitution. “Where the President uses his themes — abuse of office and ob- Democrats, a move he believed private rather than public ends” That is true “especially“ if he in- foreign affairs power in ways that struction — as Democrats strive would benefit him politically, by has unquestionably engaged in vited rather than opposed foreign betray the national interest for to reach the Constitution’s bar of saying a president who “perverts the high crimes and misdemean- interference, the report says. Watchdog expected to find Russia probe valid despite flaws

BY ERIC TUCKER separate internal investigation ries on the investigation, includ- Associated Press continues, overseen by Trump’s ing that it was a baseless “witch attorney general, William Barr hunt” or that he was targeted by WASHINGTON — The Justice and led by a U.S. attorney, John an Obama administration Justice Department’s internal watchdog Durham. That investigation is Department desperate to see Re- will release a highly anticipated criminal in nature, and Repub- publican Trump lose to Democrat report Monday that is expected to licans may look to it to uncover Hillary Clinton in 2016. reject President Donald Trump’s wrongdoing that the inspector It also is not expected to undo claims that the Russia investiga- general wasn’t examining. Mueller’s findings or call into tion was illegitimate and tainted Trump told reporters Saturday question his conclusion that Rus- by political bias from FBI lead- he was waiting to see Horowitz’s sia interfered in that election ers. But it is also expected to report and that he looked forward in order to benefit the Trump document errors during the in- “very much to seeing what hap- campaign and that Russians had vestigation that may animate pens with the Durham report, repeated contacts with Trump Trump supporters. maybe even more importantly, be- associates. The report, as described by cause it’s a horrible thing that took Some of the findings were de- people familiar with its findings, place and it should never happen scribed to The Associated Press is expected to conclude there was to another president.” on condition of anonymity by an adequate basis for opening one Horowitz’s report is expected to people who were not authorized of the most politically sensitive identify errors and misjudgments to discuss a draft of the report investigations in FBI history and by some law enforcement offi- before its release. The AP has not MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP one that Trump has denounced as cials, including by an FBI lawyer viewed a copy of the document. a “witch hunt.” It began in secret Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz is releasing suspected of altering a document It is unclear how Barr, a strong during Trump’s 2016 presiden- a report Monday that is expected to say the FBI had a legitimate related to the surveillance of a defender of Trump, will respond tial run and was ultimately taken basis to investigat e ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. former Trump campaign aide. to Horowitz’s findings. He has over by special counsel Robert Those findings probably will fuel told Congress he believed “spy- Mueller. a political rival, Democrat Joe review is unlikely to quell the arguments by Trump and his ing” on the Trump campaign did The report comes as Trump Biden — a probe the president partisan battles that have sur- supporters that the investigation occur and has raised public ques- faces an impeachment inquiry in also claims is politically biased. rounded the Russia investigation was flawed from the start. tions about whether the counter- Congress centered on his efforts Still, the release of Inspec- for years. But the report will not endorse intelligence investigation was to press Ukraine to investigate tor General Michael Horowitz’s It’s also not the last word. A some of the president’s theo- done correctly. Monday, December 9, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 NATION Ala. won’t fight injunction over its abortion ban Associated Press ‘ MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Al- It will take time abama’s near-total abortion ban to develop a record will remain blocked by a federal judge as a lawsuit over the ban in support of our plays out in court. arguments that Roe Alabama did not appeal the NASA/AP court injunction that blocked the and Casey were state’s near-total abortion ban wrongly decided ... The SpaceX Dragon capsule arrives at the International Space Station on Sunday. from taking effect last month, ac- ’ cording to the attorney general’s Mike Lewis office. The state has previously spokesman for Alabama attorney acknowledged the ban is likely general SpaceX makes a holiday delivery unenforceable unless the U.S. Su- preme Court makes a major shift BY MARCIA DUNN board also a little bit of the soul of eficial variety that are part of an on abortion rights. restrictions. Associated Press everybody that contributed to the agricultural study aimed at con- The preliminary injunction Mike Lewis, a spokesman for project, so welcome on board,” trolling pests on Earth. by U.S. District Judge Myron the attorney general, confirmed CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Parmitano told Mission Control. The capsule also has a large, Thompson temporarily stopped the state is not appealing the tem- — SpaceX made an early holi- It marks the third visit for this round robot head with artifi- the ban from taking effect Nov. 15 while he hears a lawsuit chal- porary injunction. day delivery to the International recycled Dragon. Flight control- cial intelligence and the abil- Space Station on Sunday, taking lenging the ban as unconstitu- “It will take time to develop lers quickly secured the capsule ity to sense astronauts’ emotions. muscle-bound “mighty mice,” tional. The 2019 law would make a record in support of our argu- to the orbiting lab, paving the way Named Cimon, it’s an improved pest-killing worms and a smart, performing an abortion a felony ments that Roe and Casey were empathetic robot. for the hatch to open and the un- version of what flew up last year in almost all cases. wrongly decided and should be The station commander, Luca loading to begin. to be tested as an astronaut’s Alabama Attorney General overruled. We hope to have a Parmitano, of Italy, used a large The capsule holds 3 tons of helper. Steve Marshall has said the chance to build that record before robot arm to grab onto the Dragon supplies, including 40 mice for NASA has tucked some Christ- state’s objective is to get the case any appeal. And for that reason, three days after its launch from a muscle and bone experiment. mas presents in the shipment for to the U.S. Supreme Court to try we have not appealed the prelimi- Cape Canaveral. The two space- Eight of them are genetically en- the station’s six-person crew as to get justices to reconsider rul- nary injunction,“ Lewis said. craft soared 260 miles above gineered with twice the normal well. ings such as Roe v. Wade and The appeal deadline was Nov. the South Pacific at the time of muscle mass — and so are con- The astronauts have another Pennsylvania v. Casey. Roe legal- 29, according to Randall Mar- capture. sidered “mighty mice.” shipment coming Monday — this ized abortion nationwide. Casey shall, executive director of the “Whenever we welcome a new There also are 120,000 round- one launched by Russia from Ka- affirmed abortion rights but said American Civil Liberties Union vehicle on board, we take on worms or nematodes of a ben- zakhstan on Friday. that the states could enact limited of Alabama. Voting site New Amazon lease in NY reopened renews failed deal debate BY ALEXANDRA OLSON ters for its subsidiary Audible is Associated Press in nearby Newark, N.J . in Georgia Amazon dropped plans this NEW YORK — Amazon has year to build a $2.5 billion cam- signed a lease for a new office pus in the Queens neighborhood after push space in Manhattan that will of Long Island City that was pro- house more than 1,500 employees, jected to bring 25,000 new jobs BY BEN NADLER less than a year after pulling out over 15 years. BENJAMIN NADLER/AP Associated Press of a deal for a larger headquarters New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the borough of Queens after The Hazlehurst, GA., polling site was closed in 2017. The site had lashed out at politicians and politicians and activists objected HAZLEHURST, Ga. — When reopened two years later after concerned voters and civil rights activists whose campaign helped to nearly $3 billion in incentives. local election officials shut down organizations protested. unravel the Queens project, say- The new office almost imme- a polling site in a predominantly ing it threatened to undermine black area of a rural Georgia diately renewed a debate over 2013 Supreme Court decision that building in a dirt lot between a New York City’s emergence as a county, displaced voters couldn’t whether the tax breaks and other freed Georgia and other states cemetery and an office supply tech hub and squandered an op- look to the federal government incentives were excessive, given from the Voting Rights Act of warehouse since she moved just portunity for generating money to intervene as it once did in the likelihood that Amazon would 1965’s requirement to prove to the down the road in 1982. for schools, housing and transit. areas with a history of racial federal government that voting She said some older and dis- continue to expand in New York Critics of the incentives package disenfranchisement. changes won’t be discriminatory. abled residents became con- City regardless because of the swiftly cited Amazon’s latest cor- So residents banded together, Most of the black residents of cerned about how they’d get to city’s large talent pool. The online porate lease to argue those fears circulating petitions pressuring Hazlehurst, about 100 miles west the new polling place. Residents retail giant received no incen- the Jeff Davis County elections of Savannah , have voted at the began “talking about the hard- tives for its new 335,000-square- were unfounded. board to reconsider, and advocacy polling site for years and were ship and how they didn’t want to foot complex in a building near “Amazon is coming to New groups sent pre-lawsuit demands surprised when it was shuttered go all the way across town,” Allen Hudson Yards, a high-end com- York, just as they always planned. and organized turnout at board in August 2017. They were reas- said. mercial and residential develop- Fortunately, we dodged a $3 bil- meetings. The grassroots strug- signed to a new, consolidated poll Julie Houk, managing coun- ment on the west side in midtown lion bullet by not agreeing to their gle took two years, but county of- across town just as the Georgia sel for election protection for the Manhattan. subsidy shakedown earlier this ficials finally relented and agreed governor’s race was beginning to Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Amazon said the new office year,” New York state Sen. Mi- to reopen the polling site. heat up. Rights Under Law, said polling will open in 2021 and will house chael Gianaris said. With hundreds of voting sites “We couldn’t understand or see site closures can create barriers employees from its consumer and Cuomo pushed back against the closing or consolidating nation- why the poll was closed,” Helen for voters, especially those with advertisement teams. The Se- reaction, saying the Queens head- wide, the victory in Jeff Davis Allen said in a recent interview. low incomes or no personal vehi- attle-based company already has quarters would have brought in stands out as a rare expansion of The 67-year-old had been vot- cle, and they are too often carried 3,500 employees in other New more jobs and the new office will in-person voting access since the ing at the little white clapboard out in minority communities. York offices, and the headquar- not benefit Long Island City. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, December 9, 2019 NATION Police: Slain Ark. officer was ‘ambushed’

Associated Press p.m. Saturday, police said. When officer in the Dickson Street en- both officers have been placed on executed my officer,” Reynolds officers responded, they heard tertainment district. administrative leave until Chief said. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A additional gunshots, then found “He served our community Mike Reynolds can review the re- Emergency medical person- police officer was “ambushed an armed suspect behind the po- with dedication and profession- sults of the investigation. nel responded to the scene, but and executed” by a gunman as lice department. alism for the past 2½ years, he is Reynolds said during a news the officer and suspected shooter he sat in his patrol vehicle parked The suspect had a confronta- a HERO,” the news release said. conference that officers chased died of their injuries. outside his police station in north- tion with the two officers, who “Our thoughts and prayers are the suspect into an alley between The gunfire sparked a scare at western Arkansas, police said shot and killed him. Officers then with Officer Carr’s family during the police department and city the nearby city square, where a Sunday. found Carr shot inside his patrol this tragic time.” prosecutor’s office. The officers crowd was taking in the Lights of Fayetteville police said in a vehicle. The police department has then shot and killed the suspect. the Ozarks installation, the North- news release that Officer Ste- “Evidence shows that Officer asked the Washington County Reynolds said the officer had west Arkansas Democrat-Gazette phen Carr was shot and killed Carr was ambushed and executed Sheriff’s Office and the FBI to been waiting for his partner in reported. Police said there was no late Saturday by a suspect iden- while sitting his patrol vehicle, ” investigate. the parking lot when the shooting threat to the public. tified as London Phillips, 35, of police said in the news release. Police did not immediately re- happened. He said he didn’t know The fatal Arkansas shooting Fayetteville. Carr was hired by the Fayette- lease the names of the two offi- the shooter’s motivation. followed the shooting death of a Gunshots were heard behind ville Police Department in April cers who shot Phillips. Under city “It appears the suspect came Houston police officer Saturday the police department about 9:42 2017 and was assigned as a patrol and police department policy, into the back parking lot and just night. Banana art piece sold 2 kids are charged with for $120,000 is eaten involuntary BY HOWARD COHEN AND SIOBHAN MORRISSEY manslaughter Miami Herald

MIAMI — Someone ate a re- BY JOE MARUSAK ally expensive snack at Art Basel The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer on Saturday afternoon — to the tune of $120,000. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A 12- For one banana. year-old girl and an 11-year-old By now you have probably boy were charged with involun- heard of the world-famous ba- tary manslaughter after another nana duct-taped to Emmanuel 11-year-old boy was hit by a ve- Perrotin’s outer gallery wall at hicle near a Charlotte middle Art Basel Miami Beach. The CINDY ORD, GETTY IMAGES/TNS school Thursday night. piece that sold to an art collector A man takes a photo of Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian” on Friday in The boy died at a hospital after for $120,000. Miami Beach, Fla. a driver hit him about 6:25 p.m. The $120,000 banana — a real, at Rama Road and Cabotwood rather ripe and edible one — is According to Peggy Leboeuf, crowd in check Saturday after- Lane, outside McClintock Middle the work of Italian artist Maurizio GONZALO FUENMAYOR, MIAMI HERALD/TNS a partner at Perrotin Gallery, a noon. Four Miami Beach police School in southeast Charlotte, po- Cattelan and titled “Comedian.” lice said. Performance artist David Datuna startled and bemused woman in officers also gathered outside the The work comes with a Certifi- the crowd thought the original gallery to keep order. The victim had been in an al- eats the $120,000 banana. tercation with the two youths cate of Authenticity, and owners artist — Cattelan — was eating “That banana has been more near Rama Road, according to are told that they can replace the his own banana off the wall. But photographed than the Mona Terras said. a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police banana, as needed. that wasn’t the case. When she Lisa,” Terras said. Instructions on how to replace Confused? Department news release late We were, too, but that’s where saw Datuna eating the banana, “This has been interesting,” the banana are not included. Friday. the Certificate of Authenticity which still had some duct tape said Miami Beach police Capt. But New York-based perfor- “This altercation led to the vic- comes in. Collectors are buying on it, she asked him what he was Steven Feldman. mance artist David Datuna ate doing. tim entering the roadway and ulti- the certificate. The banana is not When asked if he had ever the banana around 1:45 p.m. in Datuna allegedly responded he mately being struck by a vehicle,” made to last. heard of someone deliberately front of a convention center full was a performance artist. police said in the news release. “This has brought a lot of ten- destroying artwork at the fair, he of art lovers, according to gallery sion and attention to the booth “But you’re not supposed to Medics took the victim to a representatives. touch the art!” Leboeuf told said, “Not that I can remember.” hospital, where staff pronounced and we’re not into spectacles,” For what Cattelan’s banana While the banana was in- Terras added. “But the response Datuna. him dead, police said. fetches, Datuna could have bought deed consumed, apparently that has been great. It brings a smile The London-based White Cube Police charged the girl and boy doesn’t diminish the integrity of to a lot of people’s faces.” gallery in the booth next door to 631,579 bananas at Trader Joe’s, after taking them to CMPD head- the six-figure artwork, said Lu- Gallery owner Perrotin was Perrotin removed a floor installa- which sells bananas for 19 cents quarters for interviews. Their cien Terras, director of museum about to head to the airport when tion because the crowd to see the each. names will not be released due to relations for Galerie Perrotin. he heard that the banana was banana was just overwhelming. The gallery reported the inci- their ages, police said. “He did not destroy the art- eaten. He darted to the space, Perrotin installed a silver rope dent to security, but Datuna was The driver who hit the victim work. The banana is the idea,” clearly upset. line in an attempt to keep the not arrested. will not be charged, police said. Tesla on auto-pilot collides with Connecticut state police cruiser

BY PETER MARTEKA the cruisers. tion, said most vehicles available for sale hicles with driver-assist technologies as The Hartford (Conn.) Courant While troopers awaited a tow truck, a today offer driver assistance features, but ‘self-driving’ or ‘autonomous’ because cre- 2018 Tesla Model 3 struck the rear of one even with the “most advanced of these ating an inaccurate impression of vehicle HARTFORD, Conn. — A Tesla in auto- cruiser and then continued north, striking aids, the driver must always monitor and capabilities can put drivers and other road pilot mode collided with a Connecticut the disabled motor vehicle. be prepared to control the vehicle.” users at risk,” she said. state police cruiser early Saturday morn- Police said the operator of the Tesla con- PAVE is a coalition of industry leaders, The operator, who was not identified, was ing as the trooper was assisting a disabled tinued to slowly travel north before being academic and public sector institutions issued a misdemeanor summons for reck- motor vehicle in the center lane of Inter- stopped several hundred feet away by the with the goal of raising understanding and less driving and reckless endangerment. state 95. second trooper on the scene. awareness of the technology. “Fortunately, no one involved was seri- According to police, a pair of troopers Police said the operator of the Tesla said She said it is “damaging to public discus- ously injured, but it is apparent that this responded to a disabled vehicle in the left that he had his vehicle on auto-pilot and sion” about advanced vehicle technologies incident could have been more severe,” center lane of northbound I-95 near exit 15 that he was checking on his dog, which to refer to vehicles now available for sale to state police noted in their news release. in Norwalk. was in the back seat, prior to hitting the the public using terms such as automated, “Regardless of your vehicle’s capabilities, Police said both troopers were behind vehicles. self-driving, autonomous, on auto-pilot or when operating a vehicle your full atten- the disabled vehicle with their emergency Tara Andringa, executive director of driverless. tion is required at all times to ensure safe lights activated and a flare pattern behind Partners for Automated Vehicle Educa- “It is incorrect to refer to current ve- driving.” Monday, December 9, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Officials: Home valued at nearly $1B after typo

SALT LAKE CITY — UT Officials said a possible dropped phone resulted in a typo that overvalued a home at almost $1 billion, and taxpayers may have to pay for the mistake. The Deseret News reported a house built in 1978 in an unincor- porated area of the county was recorded in 2019 tax rolls with a value of more than $987 million. That’s an overestimate of about $543 million in taxable value. Wasatch County Assessor Maureen “Buff” Griffiths told of- ficials a staff member may have dropped a phone on a keyboard. Griffiths said the accident has re- sulted in a countywide overvalu- ation of more than $6 million. County officials said residents will likely see an increased tax rate to make up for the lower amount collected in 2019. Police: Woman faked lease, moved into home

PRESCOTT — A AZ woman is facing charg- es after authorities said she faked a lease agreement and moved into a home without the homeowner’s permission. KPHO-TV reported Stephanie Heinrich was arrested last month after Yavapai County sheriff’s deputies found her moving into a home without permission. Depu- ties said they found Heinrich, 45, GREG EANS, THE (OWENSBORO, KY.) MESSENGER-INQUIRER/AP and her boyfriend unloading a moving truck outside a Prescott home. Heinrich showed deputies Picking a new hobby an 11-year lease agreement. Heinrich later admitted she Chris Joslin, right, executive director of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Museum, shows tour operator Susanne Fuhrmann, of Cologne, forged and downloaded all of the Germany, how to play the dobro while Fuhrmann was visiting the museum with 30 international tour operators and travel planners Thursday . forms off of the internet. She was booked at the Camp inquire about his mother, Geral- Verde Detention Center on fraud THE CENSUS Man arrested after dine Snoza, 76. charges and ordered held on a rescue from chimney $75,000 bond. Police said he told officers his The number of dogs in the New York City area seized at as mother wasn’t home but later ac- part of a dogfighting ring. Authorities said an Upper Manhattan ‘Lawnmower Man’ knowledged she’d been dead in- building superintendent, a veterinary worker and two other men TUCSON — A man is side the house since early July. 29 have been charged. The pit bulls and other dogs were found in AZ facing charges after memorial reappears cages, a closet and elsewhere in the men’s homes, and a dead authorities said he tried to climb Tractor-trailers seized dog was found in building superintendent Jose “Gator” Rivera’s freezer, authorities. down the chimney in a vacant ROSWELL — A over unpaid tolls In addition to Rivera, 55, authorities charged Evans Fuentes, 39; Edward “Big house and got stuck. NM mysterious memorial Myke” Johnson, 37; and Benito Gittens, 46. KGUN-TV reported firefight- dedicated to a homeless man who ers in Tucson rescued the man mowed laws has reappeared after POLAND — State Friday after finding his legs dan- ME Troopers on Friday a similar one was stolen. cials said. way 101 in Monterey County. gling from inside the chimney. KRQE-TV reported a lawn seized five tractor-trailers be- The Berks County coroner’s of- The local sheriff’s office, Cali- Authorities said rescue work- mower memorial dedicated to longing to a Rhode Island truck- fice said James Jacobs, 75, died fornia Highway Patrol and coun- ers were called to the scene fol- Carlos Ramirez was installed last ing company accused of amassing Wednesday, the Reading Eagle ty supervisors offered $8,500 lowing reports from neighbors week in Roswell. $75,000 in unpaid tolls. reported. for information on the attacks in who said they heard a man call- Ramirez died last month in Lub- The trucking company, Com- Jacobs and his son were deer Prundale, KSBW-TV reported. ing for help. bock, Texas. He was known around modity Haulers Express, of North Tucson Police say the home was Kingstown, R.I., is facing felony hunting when troopers said he lost At least 47 cases of projectiles town as Roswell’s “Lawnmower vacant and the man was charged theft-of-service charges for the his footing, fell and discharged a being fired at vehicles have been Man” because he sat outside the with trespassing and possession unpaid Maine Turnpike tolls over crossbow into his left side and reported since February . city’s Saint Andrews Church for of a dangerous drug. nearly 50 years and offered to the past three years, Maine State abdomen. mow lawns to make money. Police said. The trucking com- The son, who has not been iden- Teacher accused of 2 Salvation Army After he died, a white lawn pany hauls water for Maine’s Po- tified, found his father around having sex with teen mower memorial suddenly sprang land Spring, which was not aware noon. The man died at a hospital, kettles are stolen according to Chief Deputy Coro- up near the church in his honor. A of the unpaid tolls, officials said. PENSACOLA — A spe- ner John M. Hollenbach. day later, it was stolen. The Maine Turnpike Author- cial education teacher OWOSSO — Two Salva- ity asked state police last month The death was ruled an acci- FL is accused of having a sexual re- MI tion Army red kettles, a to investigate after repeatedly no- dent , Hollenbach said. Police: Man concealed lationship with her son’s teenage fundraising tradition in Decem- tifying the company of the debt. friend. ber, have disappeared in Shia- body of dead mother The company’s right to operate Reward offered after Susan Weddle, 40, was arrested wassee County. vehicles in Maine was suspended The Argus-Press reported the OMAHA — Police ar- projectile attacks Dec. 2 and faces multiple charg- by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. kettles were on counters inside a rested a man Thursday es, including lewd and lascivi- NE Big Boy restaurant in Caledonia on charges that he concealed the PRUNDALE — Au- ous behavior and sexual assault, Hunter fatally shoots Township and Rollin’ Smokes in death of his mother, whose body CA thorities have offered according to Escambia County was found in a bedroom months himself with crossbow a reward for information leading court records. Owosso and probably had a few after her death. to whoever launched projectiles Weddle resigned from her job hundred dollars. Police arrested Shawn P. Snoza, ALSACE TOWNSHIP at nearly 50 vehicles along a busy as a learning resource specialist, They were among 100 kettles 47, on a misdemeanor charge of PA — A man fatally shot highway in Northern California. according to Escambia County placed inside local businesses in concealing the death of another himself with a crossbow while he In the latest attack, a car was hit School District Superintendent addition to the outdoor kettles. person after going to a house to was hunting on his property, offi- Thursday along a stretch of High- Malcolm Thomas. From wire reports PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, December 9, 2019 WORLD Documents show Japan’s role in WWII sex slaves

BY YURI KAGEYAMA The Kyodo report shows one Associated Press dispatch from the consul general of Jinan to the foreign minister TOKYO — Japan’s army dur- that said the Japanese invasion ing World War II asked the gov- had caused a surge in prostitution ernment to provide one sex slave in the area, with 101 geisha from for every 70 soldiers, according Japan, 110 comfort women from to historical documents reviewed Japan and 228 comfort women by Kyodo News service that high- from Korea. light the state role in the so-called It says “at least 500 comfort “comfort women” system. women must be concentrated /AP The 23 documents were gath- here by the end of April” for Japa- KIICHIRO SATO ered by Japan’s Cabinet Secre- nese soldiers. tariat between April 2017 and Presumably, the records March 2019, including 13 clas- imply that the women referred Hong Kong protests continue sified dispatches from the Japa- to as “geisha” might have come nese consulates in China to the on their own, as opposed to sex Pro-democracy protesters march in Hong Kong on Sunday. Thousands of people took to the streets in Foreign Ministry in Tokyo dating slaves, who were coerced. a mass show of support for a protest movement that shows no signs of flagging as it enters a seventh to 1938, according to Kyodo. Another dispatch from the con- month. Many marchers held up five fingers to signify the movement’s five demands. The sex slaves issue has been sul general of Qingdao in Shan- a source of a painful dispute be- dong province in China says the tween South Korea and Japan. Imperial Army asked for one The women were from Korea, woman to accommodate every 70 Ukraine, Russia to meet for peace talks Taiwan, Australia and the Philip- soldiers, while the navy had re- pines as well as Japan. quested 150 more comfort women In 1993, then-Chief Cabinet and geisha, Kyodo said. Associated Press litical novice arrives at the table tions in Ukraine. Secretary Yohei Kono, the gov- The number of sex slaves is not with the veteran Kremlin leader The talks are being organized WARSAW, Poland — When ernment spokesman, apologized certain, but historians say they in what appears to be a less ad- in the so-called Normandy For- for the “comfort women” system numbered in the tens of thousands new Ukrainian President Volody- myr Zelenskiy sits down Monday vantageous position: mat, which was launched soon and acknowledged the Japanese or more and their purpose was to for peace talks in Paris with Rus- Zelenskiy still hasn’t had after Russia’s annexation of military’s involvement in taking prevent the spread of disease and the White House meeting with Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in women against their will. curtail rapes among soldiers. sian President Vladimir Putin in their first face-to-face meeting, President Donald Trump that he 2014 and its backing of the sepa- the stakes couldn’t be higher. sought to bolster his stature on ratists in eastern Ukraine. The More than five years of fight- the world stage. consultations had stalled since Kenya: 2 survivors found Students keep driving ing in eastern Ukraine between French President Emmanu- 2016 but have been revived fol- after building collapse protests in Chile government troops and Moscow- el Macron, the host of the meet- lowing Zelenskiy’s election. backed separatists has killed ing, has made clear recently that Despite the challenges, Ukraine NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan SANTIAGO, Chile — Nearly more than 14,000 people, and a he wants to reengage with Russia still has the support from the Eu- rescuers digging through the two months ago, Catalina Santana cease-fire has remained elusive. and get back to doing business ropean Union, its biggest foreign rubble of a six-story building jumped a turnstile in the Santiago While Zelenskiy has made end- again after five years of sanctions donor, while Merkel has strongly found two survivors alive Sunday, metro and helped launch a move- ing the conflict a priority, the po- imposed on Russia over its ac- supported sanctions on Russia. two days after it collapsed in Nai- ment that changed the course of robi and killed at least five people Chilean history. and injured 31 others. Student protests over a fare in- Authorities said 24 people were crease morphed into a nationwide still missing. call for socioeconomic equality Rescuers, including the mili- and better social services . tary, had said they were commu- Although the headlines have faded, Santana, 18, and thousands nicating with people believed to of other young people are still be trapped in pockets of debris. taking to the streets of Santiago It was not immediately clear and other Chilean cities almost what caused the collapse. daily to demand the government follow through on its promises of French strikes going change. strong on Day 4 Economic aftershocks PARIS — France’s prime min- ister was holding special meetings rattle Haitians Sunday about the government’s PORT-AU-PRINCE — Protest- divisive redesign of the national ers have largely dissipated , but retirement system amid warn- hundreds of thousands of people ings that strike-related transport are now suffering deep economic troubles will get worse in the aftershocks after more than two coming days. months of demonstrations. Travel tangles continued Sun- The protests that drew tens of day as the strikes entered their thousands of people at a time to fourth day, with most French demand the resignation of Presi- trains at a standstill. Fourteen of dent Jovenel Moise also squeezed Paris’ subway lines were closed, incomes, shuttered businesses with only two lines — using au- and disrupted the transportation tomated trains with no drivers of basic goods. — functioning. “We are nearing a total crash,” Unions are calling for even Haitian economist Camille more people to walk off the job Chalmers said. “The situation is Monday when commuters go unsustainable.” back to work. From The Associated Press Monday, December 9, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 WORLD Factory fire Iranian budget seeks to counter kills at least trade embargoes Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s president said 43 in India on Sunday his country will depend less on oil revenue next year in a new budget designed to resist crippling U.S. trade BY SHEIKH SAALIQ AND ASHOK SHARMA embargoes. Associated Press Iran is in the grip of an economic crisis. The U.S. reimposed sanctions that block NEW DELHI — Authorities said an Iran from selling its crude oil abroad fol- electrical short circuit appeared to cause lowing President Donald Trump’s decision a fire that killed at least 43 people in a fac- to withdraw from Tehran’s 2015 nuclear tory in central New Delhi early Sunday as deal with world powers. relatives of the workers who were trapped “The budget sends a message to the world inside identified the dead from photos on that despite the sanctions, we will manage police officers’ phones. the country, ” President Hassan Rouhani Assistant New Delhi police commission- told the opening session of Parliament. er Anil Kumar Mittal said that “the fire The proposed budget will counter “max- MANISH SWARUP/AP appears to have been caused by electric imum pressure and sanctions” by the U.S., short circuit,” adding that authorities were A fire engine stands by the site of a New Delhi, India, building fire Sunday in an he said. investigating whether the factory was op- alleyway tangled in electrical wire and too narrow for vehicles to access. Dozens of Iranian media, including the semiof- erating legally. people died in a devastating fire at the building in a crowded grains market area. ficial Tasnim news agency, said the sub- The building’s owner, Rihan, who goes mitted budget would raise taxes, sell some by one name, was detained on suspicion of around 4:30 a.m. He went outside to find He said he carried at least 10 people out government-owned property and add more culpable homicide not amounting to mur- smoke and flames shooting out of a build- of the flames on his shoulders and into the government bonds. It wasn’t immediately der, Mittal said. ing near Sadar Bazaar, New Delhi’s largest arms of emergency responders. clear from Rouhani’s speech whether the Firefighters had to fight the blaze from wholesale market for household goods. In- Maisuma Bibi, a day laborer making proposed measures would fully compen- 100 yards away because it broke out in one side, he found the fourth floor engulfed in plastic handbags, survived the blaze. She sate for plummeting oil revenues. of the area’s many alleyways, tangled in flames. One floor below, he saw “20 to 25 said she was sleeping in a room with about Rouhani added that Iran will also bene- electrical wire and too narrow for vehicles people lying on the floor.” 18 other women and children on the build- fit from a $5 billion loan from Russia that’s to access, authorities said. “I don’t know if they were dead or un- ing’s first floor when she woke to find a bag being finalized. He said the U.S. and Israel A resident of the area, Mohammed Nau- conscious, but they were not moving,” Nau- full of plastic parts on fire. Her brother-in- will remain “hopeless ” despite their goal shad, said he was woken by people wailing shad said. law carried her to safety, she said. of weakening Iran through sanctions. PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, December 9, 2019 FACES Kindling love without Tinder Seymour speeding up personally, professionally in her 60s

BY AMANDA LEE MYERS Her experience drew Seymour to “The Kominsky Associated Press Method,” in which she plays Madelyn, who recon- nects with Arkin’s character (Norman) at a funeral Jane Seymour was in her mid-60s when her hus- following the deaths of their spouses. band of 20 years decided it was over. The actress “I do get this whole thing of having a relationship was floored. with someone that’s a contemporary, you know?” “I had a long marriage and never thought it was Seymour said. “We’re both dealing with older chil- going to end,” the 68-year-old said recently while dren, exes and our future ... how long will we live? promoting the second season of Netflix’s “The How can we stay healthy? How can we tick off our Kominsky Method,” co-starring Michael Douglas bucket list? Do we still want to work or do we feel and Alan Arkin. like we’ve only just started, which is the case with “I’m going, ‘I what? I date? What? Are you crazy? me and David.” How does this work?’ ” Seymour said. “And then my Seymour first caught the eye of audiences when kids would say, ‘Mom, there’s this thing called Tin- she played Bond girl Solitaire in 1973’s “Live and der.’ And I’m like, ‘No, that’s not going to happen.’ ” Let Die.” Asked what it’s like to be a sex symbol well But similar to her character in “The Kominsky into her 60s, Seymour scoffed , noting that she and Method” who runs into an old flame, fate intervened, her Bond character were both virgins. “So hardly a and Seymour stumbled upon new romance. She has sex symbol. I didn’t know what sex was.” been with boyfriend and British film director David Since then, Seymour has posed in “Playboy” three Green since 2014, about a year after her divorce times, in 1973, 1987 and last year. from filmmaker James Keach, who directed “Dr. To Seymour, sexy means being comfortable in Quinn, Medicine Woman,” Seymour’s iconic role. your own skin at every age. That’s why she hasn’t “Accidentally I ran into somebody I knew 38 had plastic surgery, the actress said. years earlier who had been in a long marriage and “I made a choice a long time ago not to do all the his marriage ended,” she said. “It wasn’t his choice things that other people do because I’m not try- and my marriage ended; it wasn’t my choice. And ing to look like me when I’m 20 or 30. It’s kind of we randomly met accidentally 38 years later and re- pointless,” she said. “So, I just thought, let’s put on a alized we were free, and we’ve been together ever gray wig and have some wrinkles and actually play since. So I do not have to date.” characters.” Actress Jane Seymour, shown Oct. 6, is part of the cast of Netflix’s “The Kominsky Method.”

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Few watch it all, but Eddie Murphy talks to DeGeneres about having 10 kids ‘The Irishman’ still a hit

New York Daily News How much did that (expletive) cost?’ ” he said. buzz for “Dolemite Is My Name” and is set “The Irishman,” the 3 ½-hour “And women, it’s kind of like there’s some- to return to “Saturday Night Live” for the gangster epic that debuted on Actor and comedian Eddie Murphy may thing sexy about it, I think. show’s Christmas episode. He also will re- Netflix last week, was seen by have 10 kids (and a grandchild), but he’d like ‘Eddie Murphy must be prise one of the roles that made him famous 13.2 million U.S. viewers over its everyone to know there’s nothing nutty about first five days of release, a solid it. doing his thing,’ ” he added. in “Coming to America 2.” Murphy has two children Murphy previously told USA Today in No- showing for a film on the stream- The funnyman appeared on “Ellen” Dec. ing service. with his fiancee Paige Butch- vember that one of the things he liked most 5 and opened up about how men and women The Martin Scorsese-directed er, 3-year-old Izzy and 1- about his family was how much comedy ma- react differently to hearing how many chil- movie attracted a bigger average year-old Max. He shares five terial they provided. dren he has. audience over five days than “El children with ex-wife Nicole “The last time I did stand-up, I had no kids, “Does it seem like a lot to you, or does that Murphy Camino,” the “Breaking Bad”-in- seem OK?” DeGeneres asked. Murphy, and one each from I had never been married and I was 27 years spired film that Netflix released “No, that seems OK,” the 58-year-old actor prior relationships with Paulette McNeely, old,” Murphy said. “I’m 58. I have 10 kids. earlier this year, according to responded. Tamara Hood and Mel B, aka Scary Spice. I’ve been married and divorced. So I have so Nielsen. But it fell short of the 16.9 “Men kind of look at me like, ‘He’s crazy! Murphy is currently getting serious Oscar much stuff to talk about.” million attracted by “Bird Box,” the supernatural thriller starring Sandra Bullock that came out at the end of 2018. Snooki quits ‘Jersey Shore’: ‘It’s turning into a nightmare’ Only 18% of viewers made it all the way through “The Irishman,” which stars Robert De Niro, Al New York Daily News ting married to Jionni LaValle and becoming a mom. Pacino and Joe Pesci. But that’s The couple are parents to 7-year-old Lorenzo, 5-year- The party’s over for Snooki. not unusual for a Netflix movie. old Giovanna and 6-month-old Angelo. The reality show star whose real name is Nicole Po- A similar number finished “Bird “I hate being away from the kids,” Snooki, 32, said lizzi announced she’s retiring from the “Jersey Shore” Box,” and only 11% completed on her podcast. “I don’t like partying like three days franchise to spend time with her kids and get away from “El Camino.” in a row. It’s just not my life anymore, and I wanna the constant drama on the series that she says is “turn- On the Friday after Thanks- be home with the kids.” ing into a nightmare.” giving — the most popular day She added that the show has also changed over “Don’t hate me for my decision, but I have to do what’s for viewing “The Irishman” the seasons. best for me at the moment, and I am retiring from ‘Jer- — 930,000 viewers watched the “ Lately on the show, it’s just been very drama sey Shore,’ ” Snooki said on the Dec. 6 installment of her entire movie, Nielsen said. and ... Our show ‘Jersey Shore’ is about family podcast “It’s Happening with Snooki & Joey,” which she The movie did best with older and about making fun of each other and about co-hosts with best friend Joey Camasta. viewers, perhaps not surprising having a good time and laughing and just “I am not coming back to ‘Jersey Shore’ for a season 4 given its septuagenarian cast. knowing that it’s all in good fun. And lately if there is one,” she added. “And there’s a lot of reasons The median age of viewers was it’s just like everything is so serious.” why, but the main reason is ... I just can’t do it anymore. 49 years old, Nielsen found. That’s Recent episodes of “Family Vacation” Literally leaving my kids to film it is really, really hard compared with the average age of have shown Snooki storming out of a shore on me, and Joey knows I try and quit every single day.” 31 for Netflix users. house and leaving for the night after get- The pint-sized party girl rose to fame on MTV’s “Jer- Netflix released “The Irish- ting into a fight with fellow cast member sey Shore” series, which was set in a beach house in man” in movie theaters for a few Angelina Pivarnick. Seaside Heights, N.J., and aired from 2009 to 2012. The weeks before it appeared on the “Enough with the drama,” Snooki said. series made a comeback with the spinoff “Jersey Shore: streaming service, ensuring that “It’s supposed to be a happy, fun show, Family Vacation,” which debuted last year and recently it can compete for the Academy and it’s turning into a nightmare.” wrapped up the first half of season 3. The second half is Awards. It’s the current favorite set to pick up some time in 2020. for best picture at the award site Snooki, who was frequently shown boozing it up and Nicole Polizzi GoldDerby. even getting arrested on the original series, has slowed down her hard-partying ways in recent years since get- JOHANNES EISELE, AFP, GETTY IMAGES/TNS From Bloomberg Monday, December 9, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, December 9, 2019 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. 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Sports College basketball Kent St. 81, Cleveland St. 59 Men’s Top 25 Fared Loyola of Chicago 90, Quincy 59 on AFN Saturday Marquette 73, Kansas St. 65 1. Louisville (9-0) did not play. Next: vs. N. Dakota St. 78, ETSU 68 Texas Tech, Tuesday. Ohio St. 106, Penn St. 74 2. Kansas (7-1) beat No. 20 Colorado UIC 62, Fort Wayne 49 Go to the American Forces 72-58. Next: vs. Milwaukee, Tuesday. W. Michigan 66, Youngstown St. 64 3. Maryland (10-0) beat Illinois 59-58. Wisconsin 84, Indiana 64 Network website for the most Next: at Penn State, Tuesday. Xavier 73, Cincinnati 66 up-to-date TV schedules. 4. Michigan (8-1) did not play. Next: at SOUTHWEST Illinois, Wednesday. Abilene Christian 102, Dallas Christian myafn.net 5. Virginia (7-1) did not play. Next: vs. 34 No. 7 North Carolina, Sunday. Arkansas St. 66, Tulsa 63 6. Ohio State (9-0) beat Penn State 106- Baylor 63, Arizona 58 74. Next: at Minnesota, Sunday, Dec. 15. Georgetown 91, SMU 74 7. North Carolina (6-2) did not play. Incarnate Word 101, Trinity (TX) 65 Deals Next: at No. 5 Virginia, Sunday. Lamar 73, Rice 60 8. Kentucky (7-1) beat Fairleigh Dick- North Texas 76, UALR 53 inson 83-52. Next: vs. Georgia Tech, Sat- Samford 113, Houston Baptist 90 Saturday’s transactions urday. Texas A&M-CC 81, St. Mary’s (TX) 53 9. Gonzaga (9-1) did not play. Next: at Texas Southern 85, Concordia (TX) 47 BASEBALL No. 22 Washington, Sunday. UC Santa Barbara 72, Texas-Arlington American League 10. Duke (9-1) did not play. Next: vs. 68 KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Signed RHP Wofford, Thursday, Dec. 19. UTEP 59, Ark.-Pine Bluff 50 Trevor Rosenthal to a minor league con- 11. Michigan State (5-3) did not play. UTSA 77, Texas State 71 /AP tract. Next: vs. Rutgers, Sunday. FAR WEST NICK POTTS National League 12. Arizona (9-1) lost to No. 18 Baylor Arizona St. 77, Louisiana-Lafayette 65 NEW YORK METS — Designated RHP 63-58. Next: vs. Omaha, Wednesday. BYU 83, UNLV 50 Anthony Joshua celebrates after beating Andy Ruiz Jr. on points to Chris Flexen for assignment. 13. Oregon (7-2) beat Hawaii 89-64. Boise St. 75, Colorado St. 64 win their heavyweight bout at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. PITTSBURG PIRATES — Named Don Next: at No. 4 Michigan, Saturday. Cal Poly 70, Siena 66 14. Auburn (8-0) did not play. Next: vs. California Baptist 68, UC Irvine 60 Kelly Bench Coach. Saint Louis, Saturday. BASKETBALL Loyola Marymount 83, Grambling St. 15. Memphis (8-1) beat UAB 65-57. 67 Women’s NBA Next: at No. 21 Tennessee, Saturday. Nevada 100, Air Force 85 MINNESOTA LYNX — Signed coach 16. Seton Hall (6-2) did not play. Next: New Mexico 79, Wyoming 65 and general manager Cheryl Reeve to a at Iowa State, Sunday. Oregon 89, Hawaii 64 multiyear contract extension. 17. Florida State (7-2) did not play. Pacific 65, Long Beach St. 46 Joshua plots new FOOTBALL Next: vs. Clemson, Sunday. S. Utah 73, Utah Valley 72 National Football League 18. Baylor (7-1) beat No. 12 Arizona 63- Sacramento St. 62, Cal St.-Fullerton 59 NFL — Fined the Detroit Lions $75,000, 58. Next: vs. No. 24 Butler, Tuesday. San Diego 68, Holy Cross 51 coach Matt Patricia $25,000 and general 19. Dayton (6-1) did not play. Next: vs. Santa Clara 71, California 52 Saint Mary’s, Sunday. manager Bob Quinn $10,000, for violat- Seattle 73, Portland 71 20. Colorado (7-1) lost to No. 2 Kansas UC Davis 66, N. Illinois 57 ing the NFL’s injury report policy before 72-58. Next: vs. Northern Iowa, Tuesday. quarterback Matthew Stafford missed a Utah 98, Cent. Arkansas 67 21. Tennessee (7-1) did not play. Next: Utah St. 77, Fresno St. 70, OT path to dominance Nov. 10 game at Chicago. vs. No. 15 Memphis, Saturday. Washington St. 63, New Mexico St. 54 ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed CB 22. Washington (7-1) did not play. Weber St. 86, Westcliff University 46 Jalen Davis from the practice squad. Re- Next: vs. No. 9 Gonzaga, Sunday. leased DL Caraun Reid. 23. Villanova (7-2) beat Saint Joseph’s ATLANTA FALCONS — Placed P Matt 78-66. Next: vs. Delaware, Saturday. Saturday’s women’s scores BY STEVE DOUGLAS the Middle East, where avoid- Bosher on IR. Waived TE Carson Mei- 24. Butler (9-0) beat Florida 76-62. EAST Associated Press ing Ruiz played as big a part in er. Activated G Chris Lindstrom off IR. Next: at No. 18 Baylor, Tuesday. Bowling Green 82, Marshall 69 25. Utah State (9-1) beat Fresno State the game plan as punching him, Signed P Ryan Allen. 77-70, OT. Next: vs. Saint Katherine, Tues- Buffalo 46, St. Bonaventure 36 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — It’s BUFFALO BILLS — Released DE Wy- day. Delaware 73, Robert Morris 62 the Briton said: “If I box for the att Ray. Signed LB Tyrel Dodson and OT Delaware St. 89, St. Peter’s 66 not all about the devastating Duquesne 79, Toledo 74 crowd and people’s opinion, I Brandon Hitner to the practice squad. knockout for Anthony Joshua CAROLINA PANTHERS — Waived WR Saturday’s men’s scores Fairfield 73, Hofstra 64 might not have been victorious. I George Washington 78, Quinnipiac 67 anymore. Donte Moncrief. Signed LB Shaq Thomp- EAST Harvard 69, Maine 40 trusted my own process and now son to a four-year contract extension Binghamton 84, Boston U. 79, OT Monmouth (NJ) 52, Lafayette 44 He’s not going to go desperately I am the champion. I’m going to and WR/KR Greg Dortch from the prac- Bucknell 65, Albany (NY) 64 NJIT 61, Hartford 52 tice squad. Davidson 70, Northeastern 63 Penn 81, Stetson 41 chasing Deontay Wilder for the follow my own instincts while I’m CINCINNATI BENGALS — Placed TE George Washington 66, Delaware 56 Princeton 62, Marist 50 elusive belt in his heavyweight Drew Sample on IR. Signed S Trayvon Harvard 89, UMass 55 Providence 76, Bryant 32 boxing.” LIU Brooklyn 85, Army 72 Henderson from the practice squad. Rhode Island 89, Brown 44 collection, either. The more mature side of Josh- La Salle 71, Drexel 63 Rider 70, La Salle 43 CLEVELAND BROWNS — Placed CB Lafayette 62, Cornell 59 This is Joshua 2.0. ua might also come through in Robert Jackson on IR. Activated TE David Loyola (Md.) 64, Mount St. Mary’s 48 Siena 52, Albany (NY) 46 After what he describes as a Njoku off IR. Maine 66, CCSU 64 South Carolina 78, Temple 71 his seemingly never-ending pur- MIAMI DOLPHINS — Waived CB Chris Manhattan 54, Fordham 53, OT Vermont 76, Canisius 53 “roller-coaster” year, the British Villanova 60, Saint Joseph’s 44 suit of Wilder, the WBC champion Lammons. Signed CB Linden Stephens Maryland 59, Illinois 58 boxing star is back as the mul- Mass.-Lowell 94, St. Francis (NY) 63 Youngstown St. 56, St. Francis (Pa.) 46 who owns the belt Joshua needs from Seattle’s practice squad. SOUTH NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Re-signed Missouri 64, Temple 54 tiple world heavyweight cham- to become the first unified cham- Navy 53, Marist 51, OT Bethune-Cookman 68, Palm Beach At- K Nick Folk. Released DL Albert Huggins. lantic 45 pion after beating Andy Ruiz Jr. NEW YORK GIANTS — Placed S Jabrill Quinnipiac 75, New Hampshire 67 pion since Lennox Lewis early St. Bonaventure 73, Hofstra 45 Charleston Southern 92, Virginia- in a unanimous points decision in Peppers and LB Chris Peach on IR. Acti- St. Francis (Pa.) 63, UMBC 60 Lynchburg 55 this century. vated LB Kareem Martin off IR. Signed S St. John’s 70, West Virginia 68 Houston Baptist 72, La.-Monroe 65 their rematch in Saudi Arabia on “I would love to unite the belts,” Sean Chandler from the N.Y. Giants prac- Stony Brook 79, Brown 63 Howard 64, Fairleigh Dickinson 56 Saturday. tice squad. Vermont 55, Towson 38 Mercer 62, Georgia Southern 52 Joshua said. “But when you are WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Placed S Villanova 78, Saint Joseph’s 66 Murray St. 70, Indiana St. 62 Listening to Joshua after the chasing, it’s the same as when Deshazor Everett on IR. Signed WR Darvin Yale 78, Lehigh 65 Norfolk St. 77, Hampton 56 fight, there’s a sense he is about Kidsy from the practice squad. SOUTH SE Louisiana 63, Jackson St. 59 you’re in the fight. Sometimes if South Alabama 62, Tulane 53 HOCKEY Alabama A&M 67, Jacksonville St. 62, to embark on a new path to domi- I’m chasing the right hand, I’m OT UNC-Greensboro 64, Georgia St. 49 National Hockey League Wofford 89, Bob Jones 38 nation of the marquee division. NHL — Fined Ottawa F Brady Tkachuk Austin Peay 90, North Florida 83 chasing the left hook, it may come Charleston Southern 58, NC Central 53 MIDWEST The drastic change to his fighting $2,486.56 for cross-checking Philadelphia Charlotte 76, UNC-Wilmington 57 DePaul 76, Green Bay 65 crashing down on me. F Scott Laughton during a Dec. 7 game. Coastal Carolina 92, Winthrop 88 E. Illinois 65, Omaha 52 style and mindset is an indication “I realize chasing that fight CAROLINA HURRICANES — Reassigned FIU 84, Kennesaw St. 81 Indiana 72, North Florida 45 of that. Fs Clark Bishop and Brian Gibbons to George Mason 68, American U. 53 Northwestern 79, Dartmouth 37 wasn’t playing to my benefits. So Charlotte (AHL). Georgia St. 73, Mercer 61 Ohio 70, IUPUI 64 Against Ruiz, Joshua over- I’m just going to let the path take NEW YORK RANGERS — Reassigned F Hampton 64, Norfolk St. 53 SE Missouri 79, S. Illinois 65 hauled his approach — “I took it Ty Ronning from Hartford (AHL) to Maine Jacksonville 82, Bethune-Cookman 60 South Dakota 82, Coppin St. 44 its course. When the opportunity (ECHL). Kentucky 83, Fairleigh Dickinson 52 Texas Rio Grande Valley 72, Texas A&M back to the old school, ’70s style,” presents itself to become undis- Memphis 65, UAB 57 International 56 COLLEGE W. Illinois 88, Chicago St. 78 he said — and used dancing feet puted heavyweight champion of MISSISSIPPI — Named Lane Kiffin Mississippi 83, CS Bakersfield 67 Morgan St. 73, Longwood 65 W. Kentucky 91, Ball St. 86 instead of his traditional power- the world, I’ll definitely step up football coach. Murray St. 85, Middle Tennessee 52 Wichita St. 63, E. Michigan 52 WAGNER — Named Tom Masella foot- NC State 91, Wake Forest 82 SOUTHWEST punching to break down his and take the challenge.” ball coach. Robert Morris 64, Florida Gulf Coast 59 Arizona 54, UTEP 43 opponent. SC State 80, Presbyterian 68 Arkansas 81, Kansas St. 72 So, for the time being, Joshua Southern Miss. 72, S. Illinois 69 Cent. Arkansas 82, Crowley’s Ridge 26 “Boxing’s a sweet science,” appears likely to fight mandatory Syracuse 97, Georgia Tech 63 North Texas 69, Louisiana-Lafayette 66 Joshua said with a grin. “Hit and College hockey The Citadel 108, Carver 40 Oklahoma 90, LSU 68 challengers, probably starting UCF 78, NJIT 65 Stephen F. Austin 104, Central Chris- don’t get hit. That’s the name of with Kubrat Pulev of Bulgaria in UNC-Greensboro 60, Radford 58 tian College of Kansas 46 the game.” Saturday’s scores VCU 69, Old Dominion 57 TCU 80, Auburn 65 the spring to keep the IBF belt. VMI 88, Stetson 61 Texas A&M 74, Oklahoma St. 62 For a heavyweight who made Then, Oleksandr Usyk — the uni- EAST W. Carolina 78, UNC-Asheville 77 Texas A&M-CC 90, Texas Wesleyan 52 American International 3, Canisius 2, W. Kentucky 86, Arkansas 79, OT Texas Southern 63, Rice 56 his name as a knockout merchant, fied cruiserweight champion who OT Wofford 81, Gardner-Webb 77 UALR 63, Tulsa 51 Joshua has only won one of his recently stepped up to heavy- UConn 7, Vermont 4 MIDWEST FAR WEST Providence 4, UMass Lowell 1 Ball St. 102, IUPUI 54 Air Force 68, Nevada 61 past five fights by knocking his weight — in the summer to retain Sacred Heart 6, Robert Morris 0 Boston College 73, Notre Dame 72 CS Bakersfield 80, Pacific 70 opponent to the canvas, in a peri- the WBO strap. Bentley 4, Army West Point 2 Bowling Green 68, Oakland 65 Cal St.-Fullerton 72, San Diego 67 RIT 3, Mercyhurst 2 Bradley 83, NC A&T 52 California 73, Boston U. 62 od stretching back 2 ½ years. He Only then could he realistically Dartmouth 2, Cornell 1 Butler 76, Florida 62 Fresno St. 76, Utah St. 64 is becoming more cautious, more fight “the other guy,” as Joshua Yale 2, Union 0 Creighton 95, Nebraska 76 Loyola Marymount 94, Cal State San Colorado College 2, Princeton 1, OT Drake 78, SE Missouri 73 Bernardino 46 of a student of boxing. often refers to Wilder. Colgate 4, Harvard 3, OT E. Illinois 93, Green Bay 80 Montana 63, Utah Valley 52 Expect that to continue in his So, apparently, there is no real Clarkson 3, St. Lawrence 1 E. Michigan 55, Detroit 51 New Mexico St. 77, Weber St. 47 Saint Mary’s (Cal) 84, Cal Poly 67 RPI 2, Brown 1, OT Evansville 101, Miami (Ohio) 87 second reign as champ after re- rush to meet the American. Not Illinois St. 61, Morehead St. 50 San Jose St. 84, San Diego St. 67 Merrimack 4, New Hampshire 2 Indiana St. 84, Wright St. 77, OT UCLA 58, CS Northridge 44 gaining the WBA, WBO and IBF like a couple of years ago when UMass 4, Maine 1 Kansas 72, Colorado 58 Wyoming 73, New Mexico 66 Boston U. 6, Northeastern 3 belts. that unification fight clearly dom- MIDWEST Joshua said he has learned his inated the thoughts of Joshua and Michigan Tech 4, Alaska Anchorage 1 Michigan St. 5, Wisconsin 4, OT Golf lesson after not preparing prop- his ambitious promoter, Eddie North Dakota 8, W. Michigan 2 erly for his first fight against Hearn. St. Cloud St. 5, Miami 3 Ruiz in June, which went badly Bowling Green 2, Ala. Huntsville 2, Hero World Challenge J. Thomas, $147,500 69-69-67-70—275 -13 The loss to Ruiz in New York BGSU wins 3x3 OT Kevin Kisner, $137,500 71-70-70-65—276 -12 when he was knocked down four could, then, be the making of Alaska 5, Bemidji St. 3 Saturday G. Woodland, $137,500 66-69-68-73—276 -12 Minnesota St. 2, Lake Superior St. 0 At Nassau, Bahamas Rickie Fowler, $125,000 69-69-72-68—278 -10 times before being stopped in the Joshua. It was a shock to the sys- Penn St. 3, Michigan 1 Yardage: 7,309; Par: 72 Tony Finau, $115,000 79-68-69-65—281 -7 seventh round at Madison Square tem, making him realize it will Minnesota 1, Ohio St. 1, UM wins 3x3 Final X. Schauffele, $115,000 73-70-70-68—281 -7 OT H. Stenson, $1,000,000 69-67-68-66—270 -18 W. Simpson, $115,000 73-68-71-69—281 -7 Garden. not be a straightforward ride to Minn. Duluth 4, Omaha 3 Jon Rahm, $400,000 70-66-69-66—271 -17 Chez Reavie, $109,000 68-73-69-73—283 -5 When asked if his fans might global domination, that he cannot WEST Patrick Reed, $250,000 66-66-74-66—272 -16 Matt Kuchar, $108,000 71-70-70-73—284 -4 Air Force 3, Holy Cross 3, AF wins SO Tiger Woods, $175,000 72-66-67-69—274 -14 B. DeChmbeau, $107,000 76-71-70-68—285 -3 have expected more from Joshua switch off in any fight and expect Denver 2, Arizona St. 2 Justin Rose, $147,500 69-70-71-65—275 -13 Jordan Spieth, $106,000 75-70-69-72—286 -2 in the controversial rematch in to pull through. PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, December 9, 2019 NHL Roundup Canucks power past Sabres on Miller’s OT goal

Associated Press lanche, who have won 11 of its last 14 games. Colorado posted its VA NCOUVER, British Colum- 11th win in their last 12 games in bia — J.T. Miller scored a power- Boston, with their lone loss in the play goal 3:21 into overtime and stretch coming in the last trip on the Vancouver Canucks beat the Feb. 10 last season. Buffalo Sabres 6-5 Saturday. Panthers 4, Blue Jackets 1: Buffalo’s Marcus Johansson KARL B DEBLAKER/AP Sergei Bobrovsky made 33 saves scored with 59 seconds left and against his former team and Josh Carolina Hurricanes’ Sebastian Aho, far left, of Finland, skates between hats on the ice following his hat his team’s goalie pulled in the Brown scored the winning goal trick during the third period of the Hurricanes’ 6-2 defeat of the visiting Minnesota Wild on Saturday. third period to tie it at 5, but Mill- er scored his 13th of the season in Florida’s win over visiting off a pass from rookie defense- Columbus. Scoreboard man Quinn Hughes in OT. Bobrovsky made his first start Aho’s hat trick leads The Sabres thought they had against the Blue Jackets since signing with the Panthers on July scored in overtime, but the goal Eastern Conference was disallowed because of a de- 1. He played the previous seven Hurricanes past Wild layed interference penalty to seasons with Columbus. Atlantic Division Maple Leafs 5, Blues 2: Aus- GP W L OT Pts GF GA Henri Jokiharau. Miller scored Boston 30 20 4 6 46 105 73 ton Matthews broke out of a slump Florida 28 14 9 5 33 100 98 on the ensuing power play. BY KEN TYSIAC said of Teravainen. “A couple tap- with two goals, Zach Hyman also Buffalo 30 13 11 6 32 93 93 Antoine Roussel and Josh Associated Press ins for me and Svech.” Montreal 30 13 11 6 32 97 102 scored twice and Toronto won at Toronto 31 14 13 4 32 100 103 Leivo had two goals each for the Aho also assisted on Svech- Tampa Bay 27 14 10 3 31 102 87 Canucks. Tyler Myers added a St. Louis. RALEIGH, N.C. — Sebastian nikov’s goal, won a faceoff back Ottawa 30 12 17 1 25 79 95 Jason Spezza capped the Maple Detroit 31 7 21 3 17 66 124 short-handed goal and an assist, Aho’s knack for finding open to Edmundson for his score, and Metropolitan Division while Jake Virtanen had two as- Leafs’ four-goal first period out- space and Teuvo Teravainen’s added an empty-net goal to fin- Washington 31 22 4 5 49 115 88 burst with his fourth of the sea- N.Y. Islanders 28 19 7 2 40 81 68 sists. Thatcher Demko, making ability to locate him made Satur- ish the scoring. Aho, who’s in his Philadelphia 30 17 8 5 39 96 85 his second consecutive start, son. Frederik Andersen made 26 day a big night for the Carolina fourth season with the Hurri- Pittsburgh 30 17 9 4 38 103 81 saves for Toronto, which had lost Carolina 30 18 11 1 37 97 82 stopped 23 shots. Hurricanes. canes, said he has been with Ter- N.Y. Rangers 28 14 11 3 31 88 91 seven in a row against the Blues. Aho recorded a career-high Columbus 29 11 14 4 26 71 91 Rookie Victor Olofsson had a avainen for so long that they have New Jersey 29 9 15 5 23 74 109 goal and an assist for Buffalo, Penguins 5, Red Wings 3: Ev- five points and tied his personal developed good chemistry. which battled back from deficits geni Malkin and Jake Guentzel best with three goals, and the Teravainen agreed. Western Conference of 2-0, 3-2 and 5-3. Kyle Okposo, each had a goal and two assists Hurricanes snapped the Min- “Overall, I think we’re pretty Central Division to help visiting Pittsburgh win its nesota Wild’s five-game winning GP W L OT Pts GF GA Zemgus Girgensons and Rasmus good together,” Teravainen said. St. Louis 31 18 7 6 42 92 83 Ristolainen also scored for the third straight. streak with a 6-2 victory. “We read each other pretty good. Colorado 29 19 8 2 40 107 79 Chad Ruhwedel, Dominik Two of Aho’s three goals were Dallas 31 17 11 3 37 82 76 Sabres. Jack Eichel had three He’s pretty fast, and he thinks fast Winnipeg 29 17 10 2 36 84 80 assists. Carter Hutton made 24 Kahun and John Marino also set up by Teravainen as Carolina out on the ice. It’s tough to say, but Minnesota 30 14 12 4 32 90 98 scored for the Penguins, and won for the third time in four Nashville 28 13 10 5 31 95 92 saves. it feels easy sometimes.” Chicago 29 12 12 5 29 80 89 Flyers 4, Senators 3: Scott Matt Murray made 26 saves for games. Teravainen, who had three Petr Mrazek made 22 saves Pacific Division his first win in nearly a month. Edmonton 31 18 10 3 39 95 90 Laughton had a goal, an assist assists, also set up Andrei Svech- for his NHL-leading 10th home Arizona 31 17 10 4 38 85 72 and a hard check in a chippy con- Murray didn’t help his case to nikov’s goal. Lucas Wallmark and win as the Hurricanes cooled off Vegas 31 15 11 5 35 93 88 Vancouver 30 15 11 4 34 103 91 test to lead host Philadelphia. compete with Tristan Jarry for Joel Edmundson also scored for a Wild team that had recorded Calgary 31 15 12 4 34 81 92 Ivan Provorov, Travis Konec- playing time, giving up two goals the Hurricanes (18-11-1). at least one point in 11 straight San Jose 31 15 14 2 32 87 106 Anaheim 29 12 13 4 28 77 87 ny and Shayne Gostisbhere also in the third period. Minnesota (14-12-4) got goals games (8-0-3) but was in the con- Los Angeles 31 11 18 2 24 77 102 Predators 6, Devils 4: Nick from Ryan Donato and Mats Zuc- Note: Two points for a win, one point scored for the Flyers, who have cluding game of a three-game for overtime loss. Top three teams in won six of seven. Carter Hart Bonino, Dante Fabbro and Rocco carrello but twice was the victim road swing. each division and two wild cards per Grimaldi each had a goal and an of nifty passes from Teravainen conference advance to playoffs. stopped 27 shots. Donato tracked down his Friday’s games Flames 4, Kings 3: Dillon assist to help host Nashville end a to Aho in the second period. own rebound and shot it behind Chicago 2, New Jersey 1, SO two-game skid. “The two of them have always Montreal 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Dube had a goal and an assist for Mrazek just 2:21 into the game Pittsburgh 2, Arizona 0 his first career multipoint game, Yakov Trenin scored his first had some chemistry together,” to get the Wild off to a good start, Edmonton 2, Los Angeles 1 NHL goal, and Daniel Carr and said Hurricanes coach Rod Washington 3, Anaheim 2 and host Calgary won its fourth but the Hurricanes otherwise Saturday’s games straight. Filip Forsberg also scored for Brind’Amour. “When they’re controlled the game, outshooting Philadelphia 4, Ottawa 3 engaged together, when they’re Vancouver 6, Buffalo 5, OT Milan Lucic also had a goal the Predators. Mattias Ekholm Minnesota 40-24. Colorado 4, Boston 1 and an assist, and Zac Rinaldo had two assists and Pekka Rinne playing well away from the puck, “That’s sort of unacceptable Carolina 6, Minnesota 2 Tampa Bay 7, San Jose 1 and Sean Monahan also scored stopped 29 shots. when (Aho) is especially, then the way we played,” Wild coach Toronto 5, St. Louis 2 to help the Flames earn a point in Lightning 7, Sharks 1: An- they’re a really special group, be- Bruce Boudreau said. Florida 4, Columbus 1 Pittsburgh 5, Detroit 3 six straight games (5-0-1) and re- drei Vasilevskiy made 37 saves, cause they create more chances.” Minnesota played without Nashville 6, New Jersey 4 Steven Stamkos had two power- Carolina led 2-1 before Tera- Mikko Koivu (lower body injury) Dallas 3, N.Y. Islanders 1 main perfect in four games under Calgary 4, Los Angeles 3 interim coach Geoff Ward. Cam play goals and an assist, and host vainen slid a cross-ice pass to and Jared Spurgeon (upper body Sunday’s games Tampa Bay cruised past San Jose. Aho for a one-timer that beat Anaheim at Winnipeg Talbot, making his first start injury). San Jose at Florida since Nov. 17, overcame a shaky The Lightning also got two goals Alex Stalock 4:43 into the second “I think we miss them, there’s N.Y. Rangers at Vegas period. After Zuccarrello cut the Arizona at Chicago start and finished with 30 saves to from Tyler Johnson. Alex Kil- no doubt, there’s no team in the Buffalo at Edmonton end a four-game losing streak. lorn, Victor Hedman and Carter deficit to 3-2, Aho made a break league that can afford to miss Monday’s games for the net on the power play, N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay Avalanche 4, Bruins 1: Ian Verhaeghe had the other goals, two of their best players and over Columbus at Washington Cole scored his first goal of sea- and Killorn added three assists. tapped his stick on the ice, and time, have success,” Boudreau Boston at Ottawa received a pass from Teravainen Calgary at Colorado son in his 500th career NHL Stars 3, Islanders 1: Alex- said. “We miss them, but the next Tuesday’s games game, backup goalie Pavel Fran- ander Radulov returned with a for a tap-in 4:45 before the second guy’s got to come up and get the Tampa Bay at Florida intermission. Montreal at Pittsburgh couz stopped all 16 shots he faced goal and an assist on a revitalized job done.” St. Louis at Buffalo in relief and Colorado earned power play, and host Dallas beat Teravainen also set up Svech- Notes: Carolina’s Jordan Staal San Jose at Nashville Detroit at Winnipeg its season-high sixth straight the New York Islanders. nikov with a point-to-goalmouth is 16-11-3 against his brother Anaheim at Minnesota victory. Andrew Cogliano and Denis feed on a 5-on-3 power play in the Eric. The Staals were teammates New Jersey at Dallas Calgary at Arizona Andre Burakovsky, Valeri Gurianov also scored for the first period to break a 1-1 tie. for the Hurricanes from 2012 Carolina at Edmonton “It just shows how smart he is, through 2016, and Eric ranks first Toronto at Vancouver Nichushkin and Gabriel Lan- Stars, and Ben Bishop stopped 34 Chicago at Vegas deskog also scored for the Ava- shots. and an unbelievable passer,” Aho in Carolina history in goals (322). N.Y. Rangers at Los Angeles Monday, December 9, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 NBA Scoreboard Roundup

Eastern Conference Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 16 5 .762 — Knicks drop first game after Fizdale firing Toronto 15 6 .714 1 Philadelphia 16 7 .696 1 Brooklyn 12 10 .545 4A Associated Press New York 4 19 .174 13 Southeast Division Miami 16 6 .727 — NEW YORK — The New York Knicks didn’t Orlando 11 11 .500 5 have any close games in David Fizdale’s final Charlotte 9 15 .375 8 Washington 7 14 .333 8A days, then got one right away under interim Atlanta 5 17 .227 11 coach Mike Miller. Central Division Milwaukee 20 3 .870 — Julius Randle’s missed free throw ended Indiana 15 8 .652 5 their chance to win it, but just being com- Detroit 9 14 .391 11 Chicago 8 15 .348 12 petitive again was a good start after a rough Cleveland 5 17 .227 14A couple of days. “You get in those games, you’ve got to make Western Conference another play and we just didn’t make another Southwest Division play,“ Miller said. “Loved the effort. That was W L Pct GB Dallas 16 6 .727 — fun.“ Houston 15 7 .682 1 Randle missed a free throw with 0.1 sec- San Antonio 9 14 .391 7A Memphis 6 16 .273 10 onds left, sending New York to a 104-103 loss New Orleans 6 17 .261 10A to the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night in the Northwest Division Denver 14 6 .700 — Knicks’ first game since firing Fizdale. Utah 13 10 .565 2A New York was much more competitive Minnesota 10 11 .476 4A Oklahoma City 9 12 .429 5A under Miller than it had been in recent games Portland 9 14 .391 6A under Fizdale, who was fired Friday. The Pacific Division L.A. Lakers 20 3 .870 — Knicks chased after rebounds and loose balls L.A. Clippers 16 7 .696 4 throughout the fourth quarter, erasing an 11- Phoenix 10 12 .455 9A Sacramento 8 13 .381 11 point deficit and giving themselves a shot at Golden State 5 19 .208 15A overtime when Randle was fouled while try- Friday’s games ing to put back the rebound of a scramble. Brooklyn 111, Charlotte 104 Detroit 108, Indiana 101 He calmly made the first free throw but the Orlando 93, Cleveland 87 second was well long, sending New York to a Boston 108, Denver 95 Golden State 100, Chicago 98 ninth straight loss and a 4-19 record. Miami 112, Washington 103 “It was tough. Very difficult, but we played Oklahoma City 139, Minnesota 127, OT Milwaukee 119, L.A. Clippers 91 really hard,“ Randle said. “We gave every- San Antonio 105, Sacramento 104, OT thing that we had. Came up short, but keep L.A. Lakers 136, Portland 113 Saturday’s games doing that and we’re going to win a lot of Dallas 130, New Orleans 84 games.“ Indiana 104, New York 103 Philadelphia 141, Cleveland 94 T.J. Warren scored 25 points and Domantas Houston 115, Phoenix 109 Sabonis had 19 points and 15 rebounds for the Utah 126, Memphis 112 Sunday’s games Pacers. They bounced back from a loss at De- Denver at Brooklyn troit on Friday. Atlanta at Charlotte “We knew it was going to be a tough game, Chicago at Miami L.A. Clippers at Washington whether with the coach or without the coach,“ MARY ALTAFFER/AP Toronto at Philadelphia Sabonis said. “They are a dangerous team be- Sacramento at Dallas Oklahoma City at Portland cause they play with a lot of energy and the Indiana Pacers forward T.J. Warren, right, goes to the basket against Knicks guard Frank Minnesota at L.A. Lakers crowd is into it.” Ntilikina in the first half of Saturday’s game at Madison Square Garden in New York. Monday’s games L.A. Clippers at Indiana The Knicks lost by 44 to Milwaukee and 37 Cleveland at Boston to Denver in their last two games under Fiz- The Pelicans are on an eight-game skid. Rockets 115, Suns 109: James Harden Detroit at New Orleans Tim Hardaway Jr. and Kristaps Porzingis Orlando at Milwaukee dale and he was fired Friday after running scored 18 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter Sacramento at Houston practice. The Knicks offered no details about scored 14 and 13 points, respectively. and Ben McLemore added 27 points to help Toronto at Chicago Boban Marjanovic had season highs of 15 Minnesota at Phoenix the decision in their press release announcing host Houston outlast Phoenix. Oklahoma City at Utah the firing, and team executives didn’t speak points and 16 rebounds off the bench. Jalen Harden had a tough shooting night through Memphis at Golden State Brunson scored 14. Tuesday’s games Saturday. three quarters and was 5 of 19 overall and 1 Washington at Charlotte Players had held a team meeting Friday J.J. Redick led New Orleans with 15 points. of 10 on threes with 16 points before getting Atlanta at Miami to discuss their outlook going forward, even Brandon Ingram and Jrue Holiday scored 14 going in the fourth. The game was tied with Denver at Philadelphia each and Jaxson Hayes had 11. New York at Portland before learning it would be without Fizdale. about 7 minutes left, and he scored all of the 76ers 141, Cavaliers 94: Ben Simmons Leaders They responded with a good effort in the first Rockets’ points in a 13-6 run that made it game since the change but couldn’t overcome hit his second career three-pointer and scored Scoring 102-95. Russell Westbrook had 24 points, 14 their 40.6% shooting. a career-high 34 points, and Philadelphia G FG FT PTS AVG rebounds and 11 assists for his third straight Harden, HOU 22 230 282 846 38.5 Marcus Morris scored 25 points for the didn’t need Joel Embiid’s help to rout visiting Antetokounmpo, MIL 23 263 147 709 30.8 triple-double and sixth this season. Doncic, DAL 22 212 171 662 30.1 Knicks and Randle finished with 16 points Cleveland. Rebounds and 12 rebounds. Simmons made 12 of 14 field goals, includ- Jazz 126, Grizzlies 112: Donovan Mitch- G OFF DEF TOT AVG ell scored 22 points and Jeff Green matched Drummond, DET 23 109 282 391 17.0 Mavericks 130, Pelicans 84: Luka Doncic ing his only three-point attempt, and hit 9 of Capela, HOU 18 76 188 264 14.7 scored 28 points in 26 minutes, leading host 12 free throws to help the 76ers improve to 11- his season high with 19 points off the bench, Gobert, UTA 21 70 211 281 13.4 leading Utah over visiting Memphis. Assists Dallas in a rout of New Orleans. 0 at home. G AST AVG The Mavs (18-8) have won five in a row and Embiid sat out with a left hip contusion. Rudy Gobert had 19 points, 11 rebounds James, LAL 20 217 10.8 Doncic, DAL 19 183 9.6 10 of 11 for the first time since winning is their Darius Garland had 17 points for the Cava- and a season-high five assists, and Joe Ingles Simmons, PHL 18 151 8.4 only NBA championship in 2010-11. liers, who have lost six in a row and 12 of 13. had a season-high 10 assists and 12 points. PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, December 9, 2019 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Roundup Maryland rallies from 15 down to beat Illinois

Associated Press from the field. Andre Wesson scored 15, and sophomores Duane Washington Jr. COLLEGE PARK, Md. — No. 3 Mary- and Luther Muhammad each had 14. land couldn’t help but like the way its Big Izaiah Brockington scored 19 points and Ten opener against Illinois ended. Seth Lundy added 10 for the Nittany Lions How the Terrapins got there — not so (7-2, 0-1). great. No. 8 Kentucky 83, Fairleigh Dickin- Anthony Cowan Jr. hit a tying three- son 52: EJ Montgomery scored a career- pointer in the final 20 seconds and a go- high 25 points, Keion Brooks added 15 off ahead free throw with 2.1 seconds left as the bench and the Wildcats dominated for Maryland rallied from a 15-point deficit their 600th victory at Rupp Arena. for a 59-58 victory Saturday. “We have to be better,” Cowan said. “We Forward Nick Richards, at 6-11, had 12 obviously didn’t play our best game. We’re points and 10 rebounds for Kentucky (7-1), here to win a championship. This is a good which used a 19-2 run over 6:11 in the first win. Not to take anything away from Illi- half to build a 43-23 halftime lead. The nois, they played a great game.“ Wildcats shot 52% and held the Knights (2- Cowan had 20 points, seven rebounds 6) to 33% shooting, outrebounded them 42- and six assists, and Jalen Smith (14 points, 33 and owned nearly statistic for their fifth 13 rebounds) recorded his sixth double- consecutive victory after a week off. double of the season for Maryland (10-0, No. 18 Baylor 63, No. 12 Arizona 58: 1-0 Big Ten), which is off to its best start MaCio Teague scored 19 points, Freddie since it won 10 in a row to open the 1998-99 Gillespie had 17 points and 13 rebounds, season. and the Bears handed the Wildcats thier Trent Frazier scored 13 points for Il- first loss. linois (6-3, 0-1), which nearly claimed its Admission was free at Baylor’s campus first road victory over a top-five team since arena because the Bears were playing 1989. The Fighting Illini have lost 15 con- Oklahoma in the Big 12 football champion- secutive road games against ranked teams ship game, which started about the same and six straight conference openers. time 100 miles north of Waco at the home “That one was one hard,” Illinois coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Brad Underwood said. “I’m not going to It was supposed to be the first true road lie.” game for Arizona (9-1), but its fans might Illinois led 39-25 at halftime and briefly have outnumbered the Baylor (7-1) contin- pushed its lead to 15 in the second half, but gent. They loudly chanted “U of A” before Maryland gradually narrowed the deficit. the Bears’ introductions but had a hard Donta Scott’s basket with 1:45 remain- time getting into the game early, with the ing got Maryland within 57-55, and Fra- Wildcats giving up a 15-0 run and shooting zier split two free throws 2 seconds later. It 33% in the first half. remained a three-point game until Cowan No. 13 Oregon 89, Hawaii 64: Payton hit a deep three-pointer with 19 seconds Pritchard had 20 points and a season-high remaining. 11 assists, and the host Ducks snapped a “Right when he shot it, it looked perfect,” two-game losing streak. Maryland coach Mark Turgeon said. “I The teams were tied at 34 at the break, knew it was in, and that’s just kind of what but Oregon (7-2) opened the second half he does.” with a 20-1 run. The Ducks led by 27 points Illinois played for the final possession, down the stretch. but guard Andres Feliz turned it over and No. 15 Memphis 65, UAB 57: Precious fouled Cowan in the ensuing scrum. Cowan Achiuwa scored eight of his 14 points in the JULIO CORTEZ/AP made the first free throw and missed the final 4 minutes to rally the visiting Tigers. second, and the Illini failed to get a shot off Memphis (8-1) trailed 40-26 at halftime. Maryland guard Anthony Cowan Jr. goes up for a shot as Illinois guard Ayo Dosunmu, in the remaining time. The Tigers needed a 19-4 run over the right, and center Kofi Cockburn try to defend during the second half on Saturday in The 14-point halftime hole was the larg- final 8 minutes to overcome the Blazers College Park, Md. Cowan had 20 points, seven rebounds and six assists to lead the est Maryland has erased since coming (4-4), who didn’t relinquish the lead until Terrapins to a 59-58 come-from-behind victory. back from a 15-point deficit at the break freshman Achiuwa’s tip shot with 2:56 left in an 80-78 defeat of Bucknell on Nov. 18, put Memphis up 56-55. host Aggies. Justin Bean added 14 points 12 points. Raiquan Clark had 11 points for 2017. UAB’s own sensational freshman, Jalen and Neemias Queta chipped in six in 10 the visitors. “The basketball gods were obviously Benjamin, scored 17 points . minutes in his first action of the season for Alex King had 17 points and 10 rebounds on our side,” Turgeon said. “It was kind No. 23 Villanova 78, Saint Joseph’s Utah State (9-1, 2-0 Mountain West). for A rmy (4 - 4). Matt Wilson added 14 points 66: At Philadelphia, Saddiq Bey scored of a miracle win. We weren’t very good. I New Williams scored 26 points and hit and nine rebounds. Tommy Funk had 14 22 points, Collin Gillespie had 20 and the wasn’t very good. And we weren’t ready to the basket that forced overtime for the points, eight rebounds and six assists. play, and they were.” Wildcats held off a second-half comeback Bulldogs (2-6, 0-2). Nevada 100, Air Force 85: Jalen Har- No. 2 Kansas 72, No. 20 Colorado 58: from Saint Joseph’s. Navy 53, Marist 51 (OT): Evan Wieck ris scored a career-high 31 points and the Ochai Agbaji scored 20 points and Devon Villanova (7-2) led 41-25 at halftime, but scored 11 points and grabbed six rebounds Dotson added 18 points to lead the host the Hawks’ Ryan Daly scored 22 of his 32 and the host Midshipmen beat the Red Wolf Pack scored their most points of the Jayhawks over the Buffaloes, snapping points after halftime to get his team within Foxes. season in a victory over the host Falcons in Colorado’s seven-game winning streak. 65-62 with 4:03 left. The Wildcats respond- Tyler Nelson’s three-pointer with 87 sec- its Mountain West Conference opener. Ten days after claiming the Maui Invita- ed with a 13-4 run to end it. onds left in overtime gave Navy (5-4) a 50- Lindsey Drew scored 15 points, Jazz tional title, Kansas (7-1) built an early lead. Justin Moore added 14 points and Jer- 49 lead it would never give up. Luke Loehr Johnson had 14, Zane Meeks 13 and Nisre David McCormack fueled the hot start, maine Samuels had 12 for Villanova. The made a pair of foul shots with 24 seconds Zouzoua 12 for Nevada (7-3, 1-0), which contributing six of the Jayhawks’ opening Wildcats have won 28 of 29 against Big 5 left for a three-point lead. Michael Cub- made 13 of 23 three-pointers in winning its eight points. opponents since 2012. bage made a layup for Marist (1-5). After fifth straight. Holding leading scorer Tyler Bey score- No. 24 Butler 76, Florida 62: Sean the Midshipmen turned it over, Cubbage Trailing 53-42 at halftime, Air Force less from the field through the first half, McDermott and Aaron Thompson each missed a jumper with four seconds left. tied it a 68 on Sid Tomes’ free throws with Kansas used a 9-0 run to build a 19-9 lead. scored 16 points to lead the host Bulldogs Greg Summers three-point play with 10:03 to play, but got no closer. Drew hit two Colorado (7-1) shot 26.9% from the field in over the Gators. 15 seconds to go tied it at 42-all to force three-pointers in a 13-0 run and the Wolf Jordan Tucker added 13 points off the the first half and that allowed the Jayhawks overtime. Pack led by as many as 19 from there. to take a 34-22 lead at halftime. bench for Butler (9-0). Kamar Baldwin, Cubbage led the Red Foxes with 14 Nevada scored a season-high 47 points No. 6 Ohio State 106, Penn State 74: who was averaging a team-high 17.5 points points and Braden Bell scored 10. Kaleb Wesson scored 28 points and had for Butler, scored 12 points. Navy shot 16-for-50 (32%) while Marist in the second half and the Falcons scored a 10 rebounds for his ninth career double- Kerry Blackshear Jr. led Florida (6-3) went 19-for-53 (35.8%). season-high 42 points in the first half. double, and the host Buckeyes scored 100 with 17 points. Long Island 85, Army 72: Jermaine Lavelle Scottie scored a season-high points against a Big Ten rival for the first No. 25 Utah State 77, Fresno State 70 Jackson Jr. scored 29 points and the visit- 23 points and had eight rebounds for Air time since 1991. (OT): Sam Merrill had 24 points and eight ing Sharks defeated the Black Knights. Force (4-6, 1-1). A.J. Walker scored a ca- Four players hit double figures for Ohio rebounds, and Abel Porter scored seven Virshon Cotton had 13 points for Long Is- reer-high 21 points and Caleb Morris had State (9-0, 1-0 Big Ten), which shot 57.4% of his 13 points in overtime to propel the land-Brooklyn (3-6). Tyrn Flowers added 12 points. Monday, December 9, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 COLLEGE FOOTBALL No surprises: LSU leads four teams into playoff

BY RALPH D. RUSSO Georgia at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on the favorites winning their conference core of a team that has won 28 straight Associated Press Saturday to move up to No. 1. Ohio State championship games and Utah losing the games, rather than an Oklahoma team had been atop the committee’s rankings Pac-12 title game to Oregon. The Utes that has five victories by a touchdown or LSU will play Oklahoma and Ohio State last week, but the slipped to No. 2 after had been No. 5. That left three undefeated less certainly seems like a tougher task will face defending national champion coming from behind against Wisconsin to Power Five champions, one with one loss, for the Buckeyes. Clemson is making its Clemson in the College Football Playoff. win the Big Ten title. and nobody else with a legitimate case. fifth straight playoff appearance, tying The selection committee revealed the “Anytime, anywhere, anybody, we ready The intrigue was about the top seed, Alabama for the most. The Crimson Tide pairings Sunday for the national semifi- to play,” LSU coach Ed Orgeron said in an knowing Clemson was likely locked into missed out for the first time. Coach Dabo nals and the final four was no surprise. The interview with ESPN. No. 3. The Tigers have been mauling their Swinney’s Tigers have won two of the last only mystery involved which team would The Buckeyes (13-0) will face Atlantic opponents for the last two months, but the three championships. be the No. 1 seed. The 13-member com- Coast Conference champion Clemson (13- ACC has not provided Clemson any top- LSU is in the playoff for the first time, mittee went with Southeastern Conference 0) in the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz., on flight competition, either. Ohio State has the only newbie in the field. The Tigers champion LSU. The top-seeded Tigers (13- Dec. 28. The national championship game five victories against CFP-ranked teams, will likely bring the Heisman Trophy 0) will head back to Atlanta for its playoff is Jan. 13 in New Orleans. including Wisconsin twice. Clemson’s only winner with them. Quarterback Joe Bur- game to face the Big 12 champion Sooners Pairings for the other New Year’s Six win against those teams was its 62-17 vic- row capped a record-breaking season by (12-1) in the Peach Bowl on Dec. 28. bowls were to be released later Sunday. tory Saturday against Virginia. throwing four more touchdown passes LSU used a convincing victory against The final four fell into place thanks to Still, drawing Clemson, which has the against Georgia in the SEC championship. Scoreboard Top 25 roundup

Saturday’s scores No. 16 Memphis edges No. 21 Cincinnati for AAC title EAST Muhlenberg 24, Salisbury 8 Slippery Rock 65, Notre Dame (Ohio) Associated Press 59 Boise State (12-1) won its sec- SOUTH ond conference title in three Alcorn St. 39, Southern U. 24 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Appalachian St. 45, Louisiana-Lafay- years, beating Hawaii again this coach Mike Norvell made his ette 38 season after winning the Oct. Clemson 62, Virginia 17 final home game at Liberty Bowl FAU 49, UAB 6 12th meeting, 59-37. After roll- Memorial Stadium memorable. James Madison 66, Monmouth (NJ) 21 ing up 518 yards of offense in the LSU 37, Georgia 10 Norvell and the Tigers cap- Memphis 29, Cincinnati 24 first game, the Broncos leaned on West Florida 43, Lenoir-Rhyne 38 tured the American Athletic Con- MIDWEST ference championship — after their defense in the rematch. Ferris St. 25, NW Missouri St. 3 Boise State made two defensive Miami (Ohio) 26, Cent. Michigan 21 failing the previous two years — Minnesota St. 42, Texas A&M Com- as Brady White’s 6-yard pass to stands inside the 5, once in the merce 21 second quarter and another early N. Dakota St. 37, Nicholls 13 Antonio Gibson for a touchdown N. Iowa 13, S. Dakota St. 10 in the third. North Central 31, Delaware Valley 14 with 1:14 left gave No. 16 Mem- Ohio St. 34, Wisconsin 21 phis a 29-24 victory over No. 21 The Rainbow Warioers (9-5) St. John’s (Minn.) 34, Wheaton (Ill.) 33 were making their first appear- SOUTHWEST Cincinnati on Saturday. Illinois St. 24, Cent. Arkansas 14 Florida State will introduce ance in the title game. They en- Oklahoma 30, Baylor 23, OT joyed some success through the Wis.-Whitewater 26, Mary Hardin-Bay- Norvell as its new coach Sunday, lor 7 two people with direct knowledge air with Cole McDonald passing FAR WEST for 241 yards, but couldn’t over- Boise St. 31, Hawaii 10 of the decision told The Associat- Montana 73, SE Louisiana 28 ed Press. They spoke on condition come early problems in the red Montana St. 47, Albany (NY) 21 Weber St. 26, Kennesaw St. 20 of anonymity . zone. As for Norvell, he wasn’t tip- Tied at 3 late in the first half, the FCS playoff ping his hand regarding his fu- Broncos scored two touchdowns Second Round in a 53-second span on a pair of Saturday, Dec. 7 ture. Instead, the Memphis coach James Madison 66, Monmouth (NJ) 21 directed all of his postgame com- 36-yard touchdown strikes. Hen- Northern Iowa 13, S. Dakota State 10 derson dropped the first one into Weber State 26, Kennesaw State 20 ments to his team. Montana State 47, Albany (NY) 21 “We knew this was going to be Khalil Shakir on a streak down Illinois State 24, Central Arkansas 14 the near sideline with 1:07 re- North Dakota State 37, Nicholls 17 a game that was going to come Montana 73, SE Louisiana 28 down to responses,” Norvell said. maining in the half. Austin Peay 42, Sacramento State 28 Quarterfinals “How we responded to adversity. Then after Boise State stuffed Friday, Dec. 13 How we responded to success at Hawaii to get the ball back with James Madison (12-1) vs. Northern Iowa (10-4) times. But that’s the character 38 seconds remaining, Hender- Montana State (10-3) vs. Austin Peay and the heart of these kids.” son fired a bullet to John Hight- (11-3) Weber State (10-3) vs. Montana (10-3) On the game-winning scoring ower, who made a leaping catch Saturday, Dec. 14 drive, Norvell leaned on Gibson, MARK HUMPHREY/AP as he was undercut but used his North Dakota State (13-0) vs. Illinois who capped the march corral- left hand to maintain his balance State (10-4) Memphis wide receiver Antonio Gibson scores the winning ling the TD pass. Gibson was the before racing into the end zone. touchdown on a 6-yard pass play in a 29-24 defeat of Cincinnati in Division II playoffs workhorse during the drive, car- Quarterfinals the American Athletic Conference championship Saturday. Saturday, Dec. 7 rying the ball five straight times Sun Belt Slippery Rock 65, Notre Dame (Ohio) for 23 yards, giving the Tigers and do what we did. We were able teams exchanged leads. 59 (12-1) third-and goal from the No. 20 Appalachian State 45, West Florida 43, Lenoir-Rhyne 38 to move the ball.” Cincinnati drove to the Mem- Ferris St. 25, NW Missouri State 3 Bearcat 6. Louisiana-Lafayette 38: Dar- It was closer than the season- phis 26 on its final possession, but Minnesota State 42, Texas A&M-Com- On the play, Gibson split right rynton Evans scored three touch- merce 21 finale between these eight days Semifinals instead of lining up in the back- stalled. downs and the host Mountaineers Saturday, Dec. 14 ago, which the Tigers won 34- “We didn’t find a way,” repeated as Sun Belt Conference West Florida (11-2) at Slippery Rock field. He came in motion, caught (13-0) the screen pass from quarter- 24, earning the right to host this Bearcats coach Luke Fickell said champion with the victory over Minnesota State (13-0) at Ferris State game. This time, the Bearcats of falling short. “We didn’t have (12-0) back Brady White and with three the Ragin’ Cajuns. Championship had starting quarterback Des- the answers there at the end. But Evans won the game’s MVP for Saturday, Dec. 21 blockers in front of him, skirted At McKinney, Texas in for the winning touchdown. mond Ridder available. Ridder, it wasn’t for lack of preparation. the second straight season. Semifinal winners Gibson ran for 130 yards, in- who was nursing a sore shoulder It wasn’t from a lack of fight and Zac Thomas threw for 149 Division III playoffs cluding a 65-yard TD dash. the first game, brought stability it certainly wasn’t from a lack yards and two touchdowns, and to the Cincinnati offense and the of care and love for every one of Daetrich Harrington and Marcus Quarterfinals Cincinnati (10-3) had taken a Saturday, Dec. 7 24-23 lead with 4:23 left on Sam ability to scramble out of trouble those guys in that locker room.” Williams added touchdown runs. Muhlenberg 24, Salisbury 8 — a trait not shown by Memphis’ Appalachian State racked up 416 North Central (Ill.) 31, Delaware Val- Crosa’s 33-yard field goal. That ley 14 gave Memphis the ball back with White. Mountain West yards on offense, including 267 on Wisconsin-Whitewater 26, Mary Har- Ridder threw for 233 yards and din-Baylor 7 plenty of time. the ground in a dominating first Saint John’s (Minn.) 34, Wheaton (Ill.) They used most of it before ran for 113 more, including a 15- No. 19 Boise State 31, Hawaii half. 33 Semifinals Gibson’s score. yard touchdown in the first half 10: Jaylon Henderson threw for The Mountaineers (12-1) Saturday, Dec. 14 “We were excited it was our as the Bearcats took a 14-10 lead 212 yards and two touchdowns have won at least a share of four Muhlenberg (13-0) vs. North Central (Ill.) (12-1) turn to get the ball,” White said, into the break. and ran for another score to lead straight Sun Belt championships. Saint John’s (Minn.) (12-1) vs. Wiscon- adding, “That last drive, we knew In the second half, the Tigers the host Broncos to a 31-10 vic- Levi Lewis threw for a Sun Belt sin-Whitewater (12-1) Championship without a doubt we were going to benefitted from a pair of field tory over Rainbow Warriors in championship game-record 354 Friday, Dec. 20 At Shenandoah, Texas execute the way we know how to. goals — 52 and 50 yards — by the Mountain West championship yards and four touchdowns for Semifinal winners We were going to own the football kicker Riley Patterson as the game. Louisiana-Lafayette (10-3). PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, December 9, 2019 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Oklahoma needs OT to beat Baylor for Big 12 trophy

BY STEPHEN HAWKINS and-run touchdown by Trestan Associated Press Ebner with 9:41 left in regulation and a 78-yarder to Chris Platt that ARLINGTON, Texas — No. 6 set up John Mayers’ 27-yarder Oklahoma won its fifth Big 12 title with 3:25 left to make it 23-all. in a row, defeating No. 8 Baylor “It’s not supposed to be easy,” 30-23 in overtime on Saturday. Oklahoma quarterback Jalen “We’ve had a job to do as a team Hurts said. ... and ultimately win the Big 12 After the Sooners scored on championship,“ Sooners coach three plays to start overtime, Lincoln Riley said. “We’ve done they put the heat on Zeno. He was that.” sacked for a 10-yard loss, and then Rhamondre Stevenson had a 5- he was under duress again when MIKE MCCARN/AP yard touchdown run in overtime, he flung a game-ending pass that and then true freshman Jacob Clemson wide receiver Tee Higgins, left, had three touchdown catches as the Tigers defeated Virginia fell to the turf harmlessly. Zeno — whose two long passes in 62-17 in the ACC championship Saturday in Charlotte, N.C. Baylor had only 105 total yards the fourth quarter helped tie the before the 81-yard TD pass in game — was under constant pres- the fourth quarter by Zeno, who sure when the Bears got their last had played in only one game and chance. was the scout team quarterback Lawrence carries Clemson A day after No. 5 Utah lost in imitating Hurts in practice this the Pac-12 championship game, week. They finished with 265. and before No. 4 Georgia fell 37- 10 to No. 1 LSU in the SEC title Hurts, who last year led Ala- past Virginia for ACC title game, Oklahoma (12-1) became bama’s comeback win over Geor- the first team in any league to gia in the SEC title game, was BY PETE IACOBELLI leading receiver Joe Reed out due win 10 conference championship 17-for-24 passing for 278 yards By the numbers Associated Press to injury. games. It was the 13th Big 12 title and a touchdown. CeeDee Lamb had eight catches for 173 yards Perkins threw a 20-yard scor- overall for the Sooners. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Trevor after missing the previous game ing pass to Hasise Dubois to tie It was the second time in four Lawrence believes No. 3 Clemson against the Bears. it at 7, just the second TD pass games that Oklahoma beat Bay- is better than it was a year ago. Brewer was taken out of the allowed by Clemson in its past lor (11-2 ), which in coach Matt He will get the chance to prove it game not long after bulling over 302 seven games. Rhule’s debut season two years in the College Football Playoffs. Virginia’s defense sacked Law- ago, lost 11 games with a depleted a defender at the end of a 7-yard Lawrence threw four touch- run early in the second quarter. rence twice in the opening half roster in the aftermath of a scan- down passes, three to Tee Hig- Passing yards for Clemson’s (Clemson had allowed only 11 He finished that series and played dal that led to the firing of two- gins, and the defending national sacks in the regular season) and one more, apparently hitting his Trevor Lawrence, which time Big 12 champion coach Art champions dismantled No. 22 Perkins accounted for 177 yards head on the ground when being Briles. Virginia 62-17 for its fifth consec- was an ACC championship the first 30 minutes — nearly as sacked by Kenneth Murray, be- Rhule said he told to “feel that utive Atlantic Coast Conference record, as was his many as the 194 yards the Tigers pain” of watching the Sooners fore Gerry Bohanon took over. title Saturday night. The Tigers four TD passes. allowed in a 38-3 win last week celebrate. Referee Mike Defee went to (13-0, No. 3 CFP) won their 28th over South Carolina. “Let that drive you in the off- the sideline and asked Rhule to straight game and become the But it was impossible to contain season,” he said. “But at the same get Brewer checked out, because first program with that many Clemson’s offense. time, also understand what we’ve the ref said the quarterback “just wins in a row in a league title “We didn’t make enough plays, done.” seems a little bit out of it.” game. 182 we couldn’t make enough plays,” The Bears tied the game after Bohanon directed Baylor on “I’m proud of the way we Virginia coach Bronco Menden- Zeno came in during the fourth scoring drives on its last two handled it,” Lawrence said. “We Receiving yards for hall said. quarter, the second quarterback possessions before halftime. He came out with a fire (to finish Higgins had scoring catches used after starter Charlie Brewer threw a 33-yard touchdown to league play strong).” While Law- Clemson receiver of 19 and 7 yards, Justyn Ross left the game in the second quar- Tyquan Thornton before a 28- rence acknowledged the difficulty Tee Higgins, who had went 59-yards for another touch- ter following a big hit he delivered yard field goal by Mayers put the of comparing last year’s group to three touchdown catches. down (the second longest in ACC on a defender. Bears up 13-10 at halftime — even this one, “the way we’re playing, I Championship game history) There was an 81-yard catch- with only 98 total yards. think we are better,” he said. and Etienne broke free for a 26- Maybe good enough to be No. SOURCE: Associated Press yard touchdown run as Clemson 1? opened a 31-7 lead by halftime. “I think so. But, hopefully, in a you’ve got to expect some adver- Perkins, the ACC’s leader in couple of weeks we’ll get a chance sity,” Tigers linebacker Isaiah total offense, had 324 of the Cava- to prove it,” he said. Simmons said. And we always say liers’ 387 yards, which were a It would be hard to bet against that when adversity hits, you’ve season high allowed by Clemson’s the Tigers, who easily put away got to be stronger and stronger.” defense this season. the Cavaliers (9-4 ) with their daz- Lawrence set an ACC title- The Cavaliers played without zling set of playmakers. game record with his four touch- leading receiver and the ACC’s Lawrence and Higgins, the down throws and had 302 yards top kick returner in Joe Reed due game’s MVP, headed that list passing, his second best total this to injury. against Virginia. season, and completed 16 of 22 Perkins said he believed the “We just want to have an oppor- passes before coming out in the loss showed Virginia how to move tunity to compete for the whole third quarter. up in the ACC. The gap with thing,” Clemson coach Dabo Higgins finished with 182 yards Clemson is “big, but we have the Swinney said. receiving yards and the three opportunity in the coming years The Cavaliers showed off a TDs, both bests in ACC Champi- to close it,” he said. game plan that caused the Tigers onship game play. Tigers receiver Justyn Ross a few early headaches. But Clem- Travis Etienne had 114 yards, said the team was fully ready to son’s talent quickly took control his eighth game over 100 yards play because each championship on the way to an ACC champion- this season. game is a different experience JEFFREY MCWHORTER/AP ship game record for points and Virginia and Perkins appeared — and another chance to achieve. Oklahoma wide receiver CeeDee Lamb had eight catches for 173 yards (619). to have a game plan to compete “It means everything to be part of yards in his team’s 30-23 overtime defeat of Baylor on Saturday. “In championship games, with the Tigers, even without this legacy,“ he said. Monday, December 9, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Buckeyes bounce back for Big Ten threepeat Fields throws 3 second-half TDs, Ohio State rallies past Wisconsin

BY MICHAEL MAROT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields looked frazzled and frustrated in the first half Saturday night. So did the rest of the Buckeyes. Then the Big Ten’s offensive player of the year started trusting himself — and his teammates. Fields threw three touchdown passes and the Ohio State defense pitched a second-half shutout and beat No. 10 Wisconsin 34-21 to help the No. 2 Buckeyes claim an unprecedented third straight outright Big Ten championship /AP and likely their first playoff trip AJ MAST in three years. Ohio State quarterback Justin The Badgers (10-3, No. 8 CFP) Fields has thrown 40 touchdown lost their seventh straight in the passes this season. series. After winning the first two Big Ten title games, Wiscon- verted that miscue into a 27-yard MICHAEL CONROY/AP sin has now lost in each of its last field goal to make it 21-17. Ohio State defensive end Chase Young holds the championship trophy following his team’s 34-21 win four championship appearances, And after Wisconsin missed Saturday over Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship in Indianapolis. including three times to Ohio a 48-yard field goal wide left on State. its next series, Fields hooked up downs in the first half and Jona- Diego State in 2013. the first half, Wisconsin was held But this one didn’t follow the with K.J. Hill for a 16-yard pass than Taylor rushed for 148 yards Wisconsin is the only school to 6 yards in the second half. ... usual script. and 24-21 lead with 2:23 left in The Badgers scored the first 14 and one touchdown for the Big to produce two 6,000-yard rush- The Badgers were outscored 31-7 the third quarter. Fields added a points, putting the Buckeyes in Ten West champions. ers. The other is Ron Dayne, the in the third quarter of their two 13-yard TD pass to Hill early in its deepest deficit all season, and “We let it slip away,” Taylor career rushing leader, with 7,125 games against Ohio State this the fourth. still led 21-7 at the half. said. “Just disappointed, like I yards. season. Dobbins finished with 33 car- Ohio State changed everything said, because that (a champion- He said it: “We got punched Ohio State: Fields has thrown ries for 172 yards and one score with a quick-hitting flurry in the ship) was my goal coming into in the mouth in the first half. We at least three touchdown passes while Fields was named the third quarter. the season.” didn’t come this far to come this in 12 of 13 games this season. ... game’s MVP after going 19 of 31 Jeremy Ruckert started the Taylor’s trek: Taylor became far.” — Ohio State wide reciever Hill caught seven passes for 83 with 299 yards. comeback with a spectacular the seventh player in FBS his- K.J. Hill yards and two scores, becom- one-handed catch in the back of “I think the whole team knew tory to reach 6,000 yards rushing ing the Buckeyes career leader Stat sheet the end zone on the fifth play. we didn’t play to our potential in in his career when he ran for 6 in receptions. He passed David cutting the deficit to 21-14. the first half,“ Fields said. “We yards early in the second quar- Wisconsin: Coan was 17-for-33 Boston (191) and now has 195. ... Four plays later, Wisconsin got together and came out with ter. The junior finished the game with 232 yards, no touchdowns Chris Olave had five catches for punter Anthony Lotti dropped confidence in the second half and with 6,080 career yards. and no interceptions but scored 94 yards. ... Punter Drue Chris- the ball and was tackled at the just played our game.“ The last player to join the club two touchdowns on seven carries. man completed his only pass for Badgers 16. The Buckeyes con- Jack Coan ran for two touch- was Donnel Pumphrey of San ... After rushing for 194 yards in 21 yards and a first down. Burrow dazzles as LSU routs Georgia in SEC championship

BY PAUL NEWBERRY second-leading rusher with 41 took off down to the Georgia 9 for Associated Press yards on 11 carries, often leaving a 71-yard play. Three plays later, the Bulldogs grasping at air as Burrow delivered his third TD ATLANTA — Joe Burrow he twirled this way and that. He pass of the game, hooking up with collected a shiny award as the even caught a pass on a ball that Terrace Marshall Jr., on a 4-yard game’s MVP. was batted down at the line and touchdown pass that essentially LSU’s fans had another trophy wound up his arms, taking off for finished off the Bulldogs. on their minds. a 16-yard gain. “It was all improvised,” Bur- “Heisman! Heisman! Heis- “He’s a great athlete, man,” row said. “Justin ran a 6-yard man!” they chanted. Georgia safety J.R. Reed said. hitch route and saw me scram- The coronation is likely “We had a lot of plays out there bling and took off deep. We’ve got complete. we were supposed to make, and a great feel for each other. I knew Burrow turned in another daz- he’d just squeeze out of it.” exactly where he was going to be zling performance on the big The Heisman-worthy moment when I got out of there.” stage, leading the No. 1 Tigers came late in the third quarter. Derek Stingley’s second pick of to a spot in the College Football With the Bulldogs (11-2, No 4 Jake Fromm turned the ball back Playoff with a 37-10 rout of No. CFP) bringing the heat, Burrow over to the prolific LSU offense 4 Georgia in the Southeastern spun to his left to get away from at the 13, and Burrow wasted no Conference championship game lineman Travon Walker, whirled time finding Jefferson for an 8- Saturday. back to his right to send Walker yard TD in the waning seconds “Joe is the heartbeat of this sprawling to the turf, then de- of the third quarter to send much team,” running back Clyde Ed- livered a pass on the run while of the pro-Georgia crowd to the wards-Helaire said. sprinting toward the LSU side- exits. The Tigers had already JOHN AMIS/AP Burrow was all over the stat line with another defender in hot knocked off Alabama, Florida and LSU quarterback Joe Burrow threw for 349 yards and four sheet for LSU (13-0, No. 2 CFP). pursuit. Auburn. With the Bulldogs join- touchdowns to lead his team to a 37-10 defeat of Georgia in the He threw for 349 yards and four Justin Jefferson hauled in the ing the list, the SEC will only get SEC championship Saturday in Atlanta. touchdowns. He was the Tigers’ throw just beyond midfield and one team in the national playoff. S TARS AND STRIPES Monday, December 9, 2019 F3HIJKLM Terrifi c Terps No. 3 Maryland tops Illinois SPORTS in Big Ten opener » Page 20

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