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Volume 78, No. 208 ©SS 2020 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas Caucus CHAOS Technical snag causes delay in results from Iowa

BY STEVE PEOPLES, THOMAS BEAUMONT AND ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — Chaos and confusion hung over Iowa Tuesday and the Democratic Party blamed an app problem for delaying results of its first-in-the- nation presidential contest. Frus- trated presidential candidates plowed ahead in their quest for the White House. More than 12 hours after caucus sites across the state closed, not a single vote had been reported and organizers offered no clear time- line — aside from promising that some of the highly anticipated re- sults of the opening contest of the 2020 primary season would come late Tuesday. Democratic Party officials in Iowa planned to release a major- ity of the delayed caucus results by 5 p.m. according to details shared with presidential cam- paigns Tuesday. At the same time, the leading candidates tried to spin the uncertainty to their advantage, claiming momentum as they pivoted their campaigns JOHN LOCHER/AP to next-up New Hampshire. People wait for results at a caucus night campaign rally for former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday in Des Moines, Iowa. SEE IOWA ON PAGE 8 US adds ‘low yield’ nuclear weapon to its submarine arsenal

BY ROBERT BURNS The debut deployment aboard long- The Associated Press, the Pentagon’s top which tote Trident II ballistic missiles Associated Press range submarines, known as boomers, is a policy official asserted that the weapon lowers the risk of nuclear war. He said the landmark in U.S. nuclear weapons policy. makes Americans safer by making nucle- United States will continue its stated policy WASHINGTON — The U.S. military has It is the first major addition to the strate- ar war less likely. Critics, including some of using nuclear weapons only in “extraor- deployed a new addition to its nuclear ar- gic nuclear arsenal in recent decades and Democrats in Congress, call it a dangerous dinary circumstances.” He also said the senal — a long-range missile armed with is a departure from the Obama adminis- excess that increases the risk of war. warhead will help the U.S. dissuade Russia a nuclear warhead of reduced destructive tration’s policy of lessening dependence on John Rood, the undersecretary of de- from risking launching a limited nuclear power. The so-called low-yield missile nuclear weapons in pursuit of a nuclear- fense for policy, said in an AP interview conflict. joins other, more powerful weapons aboard free world. Monday that adding the “low-yield” war- stealthy submarines prowling the oceans. In confirming the missile deployment to head, known as the W76-2, to submarines SEE WEAPON ON PAGE 4 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, February 5, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9694 Tesla surges past $700 on Panasonic’s profits Euro costs (Feb. 5) ...... $1.1338 Thailand (Baht) ...... 30.95 Dollar buys (Feb. 5) ...... €0.882 Turkey (Lira) ...... 5.9701 British pound (Feb. 5) ...... $1.34 (Military exchange rates are those Bloomberg turned profitable in the quarter new Model 3, which accounted for Japanese yen (Feb. 5) ...... 106.00 available to customers at military banking ended Dec. 31. The rapid increase more than 80% of fourth-quarter South Korean won (Feb. 5) ...... 1,158.00 facilities in the country of issuance Tesla Inc.’s shares rallied for Commercial rates for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the in Tesla’s output helped push that production. Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For a fifth day Monday, adding more Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3770 business into the black, Panasonic Also, Baillie Gifford & Co., Tes- British pound ...... $1.3023 nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., than $100 per share, as a torrent of Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3277 purchasing British pounds in Germany), Chief Financial Officer Hirokazu la’s biggest outside shareholder China (Yuan) ...... 6.9983 check with your local military banking good news further boosted inves- Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.7663 facility. Commercial rates are interbank Umeda told reporters in Tokyo on after CEO Elon Musk, increased rates provided for reference when buying Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.8097 tor sentiment. Monday, declining to give specific its stake in the company, accord- currency. All figures are foreign currencies The stock rose as much as 21% Euro ...... $1.1044/0.9055 to one dollar, except for the British pound, figures. ing to a regulatory filing Monday . Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7677 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, to $786.14, its highest price , and Another boost came from Argus Baillie Gifford now holds a 7.67% Hungary (Forint) ...... 304.18 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.4493 the stock’s best intraday gain since analyst Bill Selesky, who raised stake in the company, up from Japan (Yen) ...... 109.28 May 2013. his price target on Tesla to a 7.4 6%. Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3043 INTEREST RATES Norway (Krone) ...... 9.2220 Earlier Monday, Panasonic Street-high of $808 from $556, re- Tesla shares have risen 83% in Philippines (Peso)...... 50.75 Prime rate ...... 4.75 Corp., which makes batteries for flecting revenue growth from the just 2020 alone, and have tripled in Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.87 Discount rate ...... 2.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7518 Federal funds market rate ...... 1.57 Tesla at its jointly operated battery legacy Model S and Model X cars, value since third-quarter results Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3702 3-month bill ...... 1.55 plant in Nevada, said the business as well as strong demand for the were reported in mid-October. South Korea (Won) ...... 1,185.99 30-year bond ...... 2.00 WEATHER OUTLOOK WEDNESDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST WEDNESDAY IN EUROPE THURSDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 11 Classified ...... 13 Comics ...... 15 Crossword ...... 15 Faces ...... 14 Opinion ...... 16 Sports ...... 17-24 Wednesday, February 5, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 MILITARY Fitzgerald underway to test repairs, updates

BY JOSEPH DITZLER Stars and Stripes The USS Fitzgerald passed another waypoint Monday in its journey back to active service following a fatal collision off of Japan 2½ years ago, according to the Navy. The destroyer has undergone two years’ worth of modernizing and restoration at the Huntington Ingalls Industries-Ingalls Ship- building’s Pascagoula shipyard in Mississippi. Systems aboard the Fitzgerald, including navigation, damage control, combat and pro- pulsion, will be evaluated while the vessel is underway, according to a Navy statement Monday. “Since we launched the ship this past April, our efforts have focused on restoring ship sys- tems, conducting pier side tests U.S. Navy and readying the ship for sea,” said Rear Adm. Tom Anderson, The USS Fitzgerald leaves a shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., for comprehensive at-sea testing on Tuesday. Naval Sea Systems Command director of surface ship main- Benson, and Lt. Natalie Combs, a crew exhaustion, skipped certifi- underwent extensive repairs. It and certification, according to tenance and modernization and tactical action officer, who were cations, poor watch-standing and emerged from Yokosuka in Oc- the Navy. commander of the Navy Regional initially charged with negligent training and manning problems tober for six days of sea trials. “We are excited to take the next Maintenance Center. dereliction of duty resulting in among the causes of the collision, The warship is back in service, step to get Fitzgerald back out to Seven sailors died June 17, 2017, death and negligent hazarding of a which the report concluded was according to its official Facebook sea where the ship belongs,” Wil- when the Fitzgerald collided with vessel. The charges were dropped preventable. page. bur was quoted as saying. “My a container ship, the ACX Crystal, last year and the two were instead Two months after the Fitzger- The Fitzgerald is expected crew is looking forward to mov- about 60 nautical miles southwest censured by the Navy. Benson re- ald incident, the destroyer USS back on the line in the spring, ing onboard the ship and continu- of Yokosuka Naval Base, where tired in December, while a Navy John S. McCain collided near Sin- according to its commanding of- ing our training to ensure we are the warship was based. panel in January ruled Combs gapore with a commercial tanker, ficer, Cmdr. Scott Wilbur. Once ready to return to the fleet.” Blame fell on the commanding could do the same. the Alnic MC, killing 10 sailors. the shakedown cruise concludes, [email protected] officer at the time, Cmdr. Bryce A Navy report in late 2017 cited Like the Fitzgerald, the McCain the crew will undergo training Twitter: @JosephDitzler Senators request Pentagon VA’s deputy secretary fired briefing after report on BY STEVE BEYNON August 2018, but he wasn’t con- came a call to action for the VA to Stars and Stripes firmed until a year later. end harassment of female veter- academy sexual assaults The news outlet Axios, citing ans at their facilities. Federal au- WASHINGTON — James three unnamed sources, reported thorities filed no charges after an BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY year, with the schools receiving a Byrne, the deputy secretary of that Byrne’s ousting was due to investigation, and the case is now Stars and Stripes total of 149 reports of sexual as- the Department of Veterans Af- frustration from the White House considered closed. sault, up from 117 the previous fairs, was fired Monday after on how the VA handled an inves- Goldstein said that she was as- WASHINGTON — A bipartisan year. holding the post for less than five tigation into a claim by Andrea saulted Sept. 20 by a man inside group of senators has requested a The senators wrote that they months. Goldstein, a House staff member the VA hospital. She told The New briefing from the Pentagon fol- are requesting a briefing on the VA Secretary Robert Wilkie who said that she was sexually York Times that a man slammed lowing the release of an annual report to complete their own said that he terminated Byrne due assaulted at the VA hospital in her below the waist and told her, report that showed an increase separate analysis, and also want a to a loss of confidence in him. Washington, D.C. Goldstein is a “You look like you could use a in sexual assaults at the military meeting with Pentagon personnel “Today, I dismissed VA Deputy member of the Navy Reserve. good time.” academies. members to discuss its findings Secretary James Byrne due to loss “That is not true. James Byrne’s Wilkie scolded Goldstein and A letter addressed to Defense and what the department plans of confidence in Mr. Byrne’s abil- Takano for making “unsubstanti- dismissal has nothing to do with Secretary Mark Esper on Thurs- to do to address the issue going ity to carry out his duties,” Wilkie ated claims.” that,” VA spokeswoman Christina day by Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., forward. said in the statement. “This deci- Mandreucci wrote in an email. “We believe that VA is a safe Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, Kyrsten “The [Defense Department] sion is effective immediately.” The White House and VA de- place for all veterans to enter and Sinema, D-Ariz., and Kelly Loef- and Congress have prioritized Byrne, 55, is a former Marine clined to comment on the details receive care and services, but the fler, R-Ga., called the increase in combating sexual assault in our infantry officer. He was sworn in of Byrne’s termination. Rep. Mark unsubstantiated claims raised by reported incidents “an alarming military formations, but we must Sept. 16 and previously served as Takano, D-Calif., chairman of the you and your staff could deter our trend that is heading in the wrong continue to evaluate and reassess the department’s general coun- House Committee on Veterans’ veterans from seeking the care direction. our efforts,” the letter reads. “It sel, leading the VA’s legal team, Affairs, said that the questions they need and deserve,” Wilkie “While it seems that the Sexual for about two years. Byrne was lingering over Byrne’s sudden wrote. Assault Prevention and Response is our shared responsibility to confirmed as deputy secretary by ousting need to be answered. Goldstein wrote an article for program is empowering cadets ensure that the men and women the Senate in a vote of 81-11. “I have many questions about the website Jezebel, which was and service members to report who will be the next generation The VA’s top leadership has what Deputy Secretary Byrne’s posted online Monday shortly and seek restorative care, the of leaders in our nation’s armed been in turmoil in recent years. firing means for our veterans before Byrne’s termination be- continued increase in reported forces are being instilled with President Donald Trump’s ad- and VA as a whole,” Takano said came publicly known. The article incidents from year to year point the necessary values to combat ministration has gone through in a statement. “Deputy Secre- blasted Wilkie for shrugging off to a disturbing trend that now the scourge of sexual assault, and four deputy secretaries at the tary Byrne was confirmed by her assault and strongly implying requires us to re-examine our ef- are immersed in a safe environ- VA, with two of them in acting the Senate — the American peo- that it was a fabrication. forts to find solutions,” the letter ment where they do not fear be- positions. The Obama, Bush and ple deserve to know why he was “He used coded language, but reads. coming a sexual assault victim Clinton administrations all had dismissed. Secretary Wilkie has the words still stung,” she wrote. The new report examined the themselves.” two deputy VA secretaries across agreed to meet with me to discuss “The secretary of the second- number of sexual assaults re- Jessica Maxwell, a Pentagon both of their terms. this leadership change in detail, largest federal agency knew how ported at the three military acad- spokeswoman, said in a state- The previous deputy secre- and I look forward to speaking his words would resonate. He was emies for the 2018- 19 academic ment that “as with all congres- tary, Thomas Bowman, retired with him.” implying that a fellow Navy vet- year, and also discussed feedback sional correspondence, we will in June 2018 after being passed The reported assault in Sep- eran was a liar. He was implying from cadets and midshipmen in respond directly to the authors of over twice for the position of act- tember of Goldstein, the senior that I was a liar.” focus groups. The report found the letter.” ing secretary. Byrne took over as policy adviser for Congress’ [email protected] that reports of sexual assaults at [email protected] the VA’s second in command in Women Veterans Task Force, be- Twitter: @StevenBeynon the academies were up 27% last Twitter: @caitlinmkenney PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, February 5, 2020 MILITARY Weapon: W76-2 won’t improve our General national security, lawmaker says i n I r a q t o

FROM FRONT PAGE “This supplemental capability strength- ens deterrence and provides the United States a prompt, more survivable low-yield salvage strategic weapon,” Rood said, adding that it supports the U.S. commitment to deter attacks against allies, and “demonstrates to potential adversaries that there is no advantage to limited nuclear employment because the United States can credibly and relations decisively respond to any threat scenario.” BY LOLITA C. BALDOR Rood declined to provide details about Associated Press the deployment, including when or where the deployment began; all details, he said, ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIR- are classified secret. The deployment was CRAFT — The top U.S. commander for reported last week by the Federation of the Middle East slipped quietly into Iraq American Scientists, citing anonymous on Tuesday, as the Trump administration sources and reporting that it was believed works to salvage relations with Iraqi lead- to have begun in the final weeks of 2019 ers and shut down the government’s push with an Atlantic deployment of the USS for an American troop withdrawal. Tennessee. Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie became Adding the W76-2 fits President Don- the most senior U.S. military official to ald Trump’s stated interest in beefing up visit since an American drone strike in the nuclear arsenal, although he has not Baghdad killed a top Iranian general, commented on this specific weapon. His enraging the Iraqis. McKenzie met with administration is committed to a broader, Iraq leaders in Baghdad and then went to costly modernization of the nuclear force. see American troops at al Asad Air base, The essence of critics’ argument against which was bombed by Iran last month in the low-yield weapon is that it makes the retaliation for the drone attack. world less safe because it offers decision- His visit comes amid heightened anti- makers another option for using a nuclear American sentiment that has fueled violent weapon in a conflict that could then esca- protests, rocket attacks on the embassy and late to a full-blown nuclear war. They also a vote by the Iraqi parliament pushing for contend that lower-yield air-launched nu- withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country. clear weapons already in the U.S. arsenal And it raises questions about whether the make the W76-2 redundant. appearance of a U.S. military commander Rood, however, said the submarine- could spur compromise, or simply inflame REX NELSON/U.S. Navy launched low-yield missile is important tensions and scuttle ongoing negotiations because it can more reliably penetrate air The W76-2, a nuclear warhead of reduced destructive power (not shown), has been to put Patriot missile batteries in Iraq to defenses than could an airplane armed fitted atop Trident ballistic missiles carried aboard the Navy’s Ohio-class submarines. better protect coalition forces. with nuclear weapons. Two reporters traveling with McKenzie The W76-2 is the Trump administra- strategic relationship. Doubts are growing and escalating to all-out nuclear war. A for the past two weeks around the Middle tion’s answer to what it calls a Russian that the Trump administration will accept wiser response to an enemy’s use of one East did not go with him into Iraq because misconception of an exploitable “gap” in Moscow’s offer to extend the New START or two low-yield nukes would be to refrain the stop was added late and they didn’t U.S. nuclear capabilities. By deploying arms control treaty before it expires next from nuclear escalation while unleashing have required visas. missiles at sea with a lower nuclear yield, February. It is the only remaining treaty America’s ferocious and decisive conven- Top U.S. leaders have so far flatly dis- or destructive power, the administration limiting the number of U.S. and Russian tional juggernaut.” missed Iraqi demands for U.S. troops to aims to dissuade Moscow from thinking it strategic nuclear weapons. Blair, who testified to Congress last year leave, adopting what appears to be a wait- could “win” a war in Europe, for example, Rood noted that deploying the new in opposition to the new weapon, also ar- and-see attitude with the hope that the by firing its own low-yield nuclear weapon lower-yield missiles has not increased the gues that the rationale has been overtaken problems will pass. first, forcing Washington and its NATO al- total number of American weapons under by events. The Russians, in his view, have Iraqis, however, were furious over the lies to either commit to full-scale nuclear the New START limits because each of the shifted their focus to non-nuclear means, drone strike at Baghdad’s international war or capitulate. warheads replaces one of the more power- including with cyberweapons, of striking airport on Jan. 3 that targeted and killed The yield, or destructive power, of the ful versions that had been exclusively de- primarily Western civilian infrastructure. Qassem Suleimani, Iran’s most power- W76-2 is classified. Experts say it may ployed aboard the subs. “Instead of using small numbers of tac- ful general, but also struck down an Iraq be about 5 kilotons, or roughly one-third Bruce Blair, a former Air Force nuclear tical nukes to frighten the U.S. and NATO general who was with him. The Iraqi, Abu the destructive power of the “Little Boy” weapons officer and co-founder of Global into suing for peace, the Russians today Mahdi al-Muhandis, was the deputy com- nuclear bomb the United States dropped Zero, an international group that advo- plan to paralyze civilian financial, energy, mander of Iran-backed militias known as on Hiroshima, Japan, in the final days of cates the elimination of nuclear arms, said communications and transportation grids the Popular Mobilization Forces. World War II, killing tens of thousands of In response to what Iraqi leaders called he sees merit in reducing the destructive to incite NATO populations to demand an people. By comparison, the missile that a breach of sovereignty, Parliament passed power of nuclear arsenals. end to hostilities,” he said. has been deploying aboard strategic sub- a non-binding resolution urging U.S. troop “But we must not delude ourselves into The Trump administration moved quick- marines for decades has carried the 90- thinking lower-yield nukes are more us- withdrawal. ly to produce and deploy the new weapon kiloton W76 warhead and the 475-kiloton able in a conflict,” he said. “Any use of this But after Iran struck back on Jan. 8, after announcing its intentions in a nuclear W88 warhead. sea-based weapon — either first or second launching ballistic missiles at two Iraqi policy document published two years ago The newly deployed warhead was pro- — will risk stoking the flames of conflict bases where American troops were sta- duced by modifying the W76. Last Febru- this month. tioned, the U.S. doubled down and asked to ary the administration said it expected to Opposition in Congress was led by Rep. bring the Patriot systems into the country. have the new version ready for use by late Adam Smith, a Washington Democrat who There were no Patriots or other air de- 2019. is chairman of the House Armed Services fenses in Iraq capable of shooting down The W76-2 has been fitted atop an un- ‘ This supplemental Committee. The House version of the 2020 ballistic missiles at the time of the Iranian disclosed number of Trident ballistic mis- capability strengthens defense bill prohibited deployment of the strike. No forces were killed, but at least 64 siles carried aboard the Navy’s Ohio-class modified warhead, but that was dropped in have been diagnosed with traumatic brain submarines. This submarine fleet, split be- deterrence and provides the final version passed by Congress and injury. tween bases at Bangor, Wash., and King’s the United States a prompt, signed by Trump in December. Thus far, the Iraqis have not approved Bay, Ga., represents one leg of the U.S. “I maintain that this is one weapon that the request. nuclear “triad,” along with the Air Force’s more survivable low-yield will not add to our national security but “That is one of the matters we have long-range B-2 and B-52 bombers and strategic weapon. would only increase the risk of miscalcu- to work on and work through” with the land-based Minuteman 3 missiles. ’ lation with dire consequences,” Sen. Jack Baghdad government, Defense Secretary The newest addition to the arsenal comes John Rood Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, said in a Mark Esper told a recent Pentagon news amid important shifts in the U.S.-Russia undersecretary of defense for policy Senate floor speech in December. conference. Wednesday, February 5, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, February 5, 2020 PACIFIC Hong Kong reports first virus death Medical workers on strike to demand closure of border with mainland China

BY KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING — Hong Kong hospi- tals cut services as thousands of medical workers went on strike for a second day Tuesday to de- mand the border with mainland China be shut completely, as a new virus caused its first death in the semi-autonomous terri- tory and authorities feared it was /AP spreading locally. ANDY WONG All but two of Hong Kong’s land Stewardesses take passengers’ CHINATOPIX/AP and sea crossings with the main- temperatures as a preventive land were closed at midnight after measure against the coronavirus People in protective suits screen travelers at a railway station in Nanjing in eastern China’s Jiangsu more than 2,000 hospital work- on an Air China flight from province on Tuesday . Hong Kong has reported its first virus death as hospital workers are on strike to ers went on strike Monday. Hong Melbourne to Beijing on Tuesday. demand the closing of the border with China. Kong health authorities reported two additional patients without financial hub. The patient who died in Hong the contacts of people who have shipped 12 tons of protective any known travel to the virus epi- The territory’s beleaguered Kong was a 39-year-old man come into contact into these coun- equipment to China, with more on center, bringing the number of lo- leader, Carrie Lam, criticized the who had traveled to Wuhan, the tries (where the virus has been the way. cally transmitted cases to four. strike and said the government mainland city where the outbreak exported) are being traced and Germany’s Lufthansa became The growing caseload “indi- was doing all it could to limit the started. The Hospital Authority watched very closely.” the latest international airline to cates significant risk of com- flow of people across the border. said Tuesday he had pre-existing Countries from Belgium to suspend flights to China, and sev- munity transmission“ and could “Important services, critical health conditions. Vietnam reported new cases, and eral countries are barring Chinese portend a “large-scale” outbreak, operations have been affected,” in- Dr. David Heymann, who led Iran joined the growing number travelers or people who passed said Chuang Shuk-kwan, head cluding cancer treatment and care the World Health Organization’s of countries arranging flights to through China recently. Japan of the communicable disease for newborns, Lam told reporters. response to the SARS outbreak, bring citizens home from Wuhan. Airlines and All Nippon Airways branch at the Center for Health “So I’m appealing to those who are said it’s too early to tell when the The Korea Centers for Disease said they were cutting back flights Protection. taking part in this action that let’s new virus will peak, but that it ap- Control and Prevention said a 42- to several Chinese cities from mid- More than 7,000 health person- put the interests of the patients pears it is still on the increase. He year-old South Korean woman February to late March. nel joined the strike Tuesday, ac- and the entire public health sys- said the spike in China’s caseload tested positive for the virus days In Wuhan, patients were being cording to the Hospital Authority tem above all other things.” in recent days is partly attribut- after she returned from a trip to transferred to a 1,000-bed hospi- Employees’ Alliance, the strike The leader of the nearby gam- able to the fact that Chinese of- Thailand with chills and other tal that was built in just 10 days, organizer. bling enclave of Macao asked the ficials expanded their search for symptoms. It is South Korea’s 16th its prefabricated wards equipped Hong Kong’s Hospital Author- city’s casino bosses to suspend patients to include milder cases, case. Thailand has confirmed 25 with state-of-the-art medical ity said it was cutting back ser- operations to prevent further in- not only people with pneumonia. cases, mostly Chinese tourists but equipment and ventilation sys- vices because “a large number fections after a worker at one of Heymann declined to predict also a Thai taxi driver. tems. A 1,500-bed hospital also of staff members are absent from the resorts tested positive for the whether the virus will ultimately China has struggled to maintain specially built is due to open soon. duty” and “emergency services virus. Macao has recorded 10 cause a pandemic . According to supplies of face masks, along with Elsewhere in Wuhan, authori- in public hospitals have been cases in all. WHO, a pandemic requires sus- protective suits and other items, ties were converting a gymna- affected.” The mainland’s latest figures of tained transmission of a disease as it seeks to enforce temperature sium, exhibition hall and cultural Hong Kong was hit hard by 425 deaths and 20,438 confirmed in at least two world regions. checks at homes, offices, shops center into hospitals with a total SARS, or severe acute respira- infections of the new coronavirus Heymann said as the new virus and restaurants, require masks of 3,400 beds to treat patients with tory syndrome, in 2002-03, an were up sharply from the previ- starts to spread beyond China, be worn in public and keep more mild symptoms. illness from the same virus fam- ous day. Outside mainland China, scientists will gain a much better than 50 million people from leav- Authorities hope that will help ily as the current outbreak. Trust at least 180 cases have been con- understanding of it. ing home in Wuhan and neighbor- relieve what is being described in Chinese authorities has plum- firmed, including two fatalities, “What we will see is the clearer ing cities. as an overwhelmed public health meted following months of anti- one in Hong Kong and the other in natural history of the disease,” he The European Union office in system in Wuhan and surround- government protests in the Asian the Philippines. said. “That will occur because all Beijing said member states have ing areas. Expert: Isolating people may not prevent virus’ spread

BY SETH ROBSON where the disease cific Command over the weekend or- pneumonia. Stars and Stripes was first reported. dered sailors on leave in China to return There’s no evidence that the disease is Meanwhile, coun- immediately and stay in isolation 14 days artificial, and it appears to have originat- TOKYO — Isolating those who have tries such as the to protect the fleet. The U.S. military in ed in animals, he added. recently traveled to China might not be United States and South Korea ordered two weeks of isola- The Hokkaido team determined that enough to stop the spread of a deadly new Japan that evacu- tion for 25 service members who recently most infected people will not get sick. virus, according to a Japanese infectious ated their citizens traveled to China, officials said. Half of them might not even know they disease expert. from the region are But Nishiura said 10 days’ isolation is are infected, he said. Hokkaido University professor Hiroshi isolating them in enough, since 95% of people exposed to Nishiura said he expects that the re- Nishiura, who leads a team of research- an effort to stop the the virus won’t be contagious after that . ported cases in China represent less than ers studying the path of the coronavirus, virus’ spread. However, like influenza, isolating pa- one in 10 of all the people infected. said Tuesday it appears that infected Nishiura According to an tients may not contain the disease because The risk of death in confirmed cases is people are contagious before they show update Tuesday on of the rate at which it spreads, he said. 3% to 6% but, according to Nishiura, the symptoms. the World Health Organization website, “We may find that containment is not risk of death for all cases is probably an Isolating those who may have been 20,595 cases of novel coronavirus are feasible,” he said. “Countries may have to order of magnitude lower – 0.3% to 0.6%. exposed might not prevent the illness confirmed in 24 countries worldwide, an switch from containment to mitigation.” “This could be an overestimate,” because others, without symptoms, can increase of about 3,000 in 24 hours. China The virus is likely to peak in April, he said. “Healthy people shouldn’t be pass it on, he told the Foreign Correspon- had the most confirmed cases Tuesday at Nishiura said, adding that authorities concerned.” dents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo. 20,438; by contrast, Japan had 20. may have to plan for more hospital beds [email protected] China has shut down Wuhan, the city Adm. Chris Aquilino of U.S. Indo-Pa- and ventilators for those suffering from Twitter: @SethRobson1 Wednesday, February 5, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 MILITARY Defense firms cash in on wave of classified spending

BY AARON GREGG The Washington Post ‘ The greater the WASHINGTON — Some of amount of classified the Washington area’s biggest defense contractors are making work we have, the more money than ever from clas- stronger our future sified military and intelligence programs, top executives told in- will be and our SCOTT T. STURKOL/U.S. Air Force vestors last week, as competition ability to generate C-130 Hercules aircrew members board their aircraft for an Operation Enduring Freedom mission at with China and Russia drives a Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, on April 19, 2005. wave of secret spending one ana- new franchises that lyst called “unprecedented in re- cent history.” last for decades to Executives from Northrop come. More cancer cases reported Grumman and Raytheon report- ’ ed double-digit growth in clas- Thomas Kennedy Raytheon chief executive sified defense business over the past year. from tours at Uzbek base Northrop Grumman chief exec- utive Kathy Warden told analysts the amount of classified work we BY TARA COPP cial Operations Command forces base, adjacent to where K2 forces that “restricted” work, a term that at K2 who had developed various worked and lived. refers to classified programs, saw have, the stronger our future will McClatchy Washington Bureau be and our ability to generate new types of cancer. Still, the official guidance on a double-digit increase over 2018. WASHINGTON — For the last Despite the Army Special Op- the contamination, reported in an franchises that last for decades to It now accounts for more than a six weeks, a private Facebook erations Command requesting the October to November 2001 clas- come,” Kennedy said. quarter of the company’s $33.8 group set up to help veterans who review, special operations forces sified environmental survey , was billion in 2019 sales, she said. Secret projects are highly served at a toxic base in Uzbeki- personnel could not be identified that risk of radiation was low — if She attributed the change to sought after in the Beltway’s insu- stan has been flooded with new because of the classified nature of the soldiers remained inside the a shift in the agencies’ buying lar defense industry. They tend to members, many with hauntingly their missions, so those illnesses confines of a large protective dirt priorities. be subject to less oversight from familiar stories: I served at K2. I likely were not included in the berm. “Our customers are increas- Congress and the public. The have cancer. 2015 count, the Army said at the “Conduct radiological air mon- ingly focused on rapidly evolv- simple fact that the details are “It was overwhelming,” said time. itoring for uranium (soluable and ing multidomain peer threats in limited to a small community of retired Army Chief Warrant Offi- The self-reported 310 cancers insoluable) in or near the fighting areas like space, hypersonics and cer Scott Welsch, a special opera- from the K2 veterans group, if positions nearest to the former missile defense,” Warden said in security-cleared individuals can tions military intelligence officer accurate, means that the number missile storage site,” that clas- a call with investors. “Our grow- shut out unwanted competition. “Classified programs are typi- who deployed to K2, or Karshi- of cancer-stricken K2 veterans is sified environmental guidance ing share of restricted work dem- Khanabad, Uzbekistan, in Octo- cally less vulnerable to criticism now five times greater than the advised. onstrates that our customers are ber 2001. by members of Congress, by the Army reported. This week, K2 veterans and turning to Northrop Grumman McClatchy exclusively reported for these capabilities.” media and by outside commen- Some of those K2 veterans will surviving spouses are in Wash- in December that the Pentagon be in Washington this week, look- ington to talk to members of Con- In 2017, the Pentagon an- tators,” said Loren Thompson, a had known from the beginning nounced that it would de-empha- ing for help from Congress. gress and the press for a hearing defense consultant with the non- that K2, a former Soviet and size fighting terrorism to focus “I’ve been wondering all of about the toxic contamination on profit Lexington Institute. Uzbek base, was contaminated its resources on competing with these years, ‘How many more?’ ” the base. They also plan to advo- He added that the requirement with radioactive processed urani- hostile nations for military domi- said Kim Brooks, widow of Army cate for K2 veterans still strug- to get a security clearance tends um, chemical weapons remnants nance, an endeavor that includes Lt. Col. Timothy Brooks. gling to get the Department of to limit the competition to a small and underground pools of fuel developing new and advanced Timothy was one of the first to Veterans Affairs to recognize and solvents that broke through weaponry, finding new ways group of companies. deploy to K2 and one of the first their illnesses as connected to to protect spy satellites from “There is no way that a French the soil in a “black goo.” K2 veterans to die of cancer. their time in Uzbekistan. harm and embracing artificial company could compete with Despite the contamination, The first signs came in 2002. “We need to get in front of this, intelligence. Lockheed Martin [for a classi- about 7,000 U.S. forces were de- That spring, Timothy and Kim it’s been killing us for 20 years An analysis of publicly avail- fied contract] because they will ployed there after the 9/11 at- were standing in their Fort Drum, now,” said former Air Force Staff able budget data by Todd Har- never be cleared to do the work,” tacks, from October 2001 to 2005, N.Y., kitchen and he was agitated, Sgt. Derek Blumke, who deployed rison, an analyst with the Center Thompson said. “That probably until Uzbekistan withdrew per- she recalled in a phone interview to K2 in 2001 and 2003 with the mission for the United States to for Strategic and International applies to most of Silicon Valley with McClatchy. 16th Special Operations Wing. use the base. Timothy had just left a meeting The VA has previously main- Studies, found that classified re- also.” search and development funding After the K2 story became pub- on base where he and other sol- tained that K2 veterans do not Some officials say that too lic, the veterans’ K2 Facebook site diers from the 10th Mountain Di- have a higher incidence rate of increased by about 52% between much of the military’s informa- 2015 and 2020. was flooded with new requests to vision had been handed a form to cancer. Once the agency was in- tion is classified. “We’ve seen a substantial in- join. Each new member was vet- sign. The unit had just returned formed by McClatchy of the new crease in recent years that we “We’re just so over-classified ted for their military service. home from K2. numbers the veterans group is re- have not seen in quite a while,” it’s ridiculous, just unbelievably Once accepted, more names of ill “They told us we were exposed porting, however, they provided Harrison said, calling the in- ridiculous,” said Gen. John Hyten, veterans began to surface. to some really bad stuff,” Kim re- an additional response. crease “unprecedented in recent vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs As the new stories came in, called her husband saying. “According to the latest re- history.” of Staff, at a recent event hosted Welsch volunteered to track the Over the next few months, her views, there is no indication of Raytheon chief executive by the Air Force Association. reported illnesses. But he had to husband’s health deteriorated. He increased cancer rates among Thomas Kennedy said that Hyten added that he thinks step away. began to suffer terrible headaches veterans who served at Karshi- his company’s classified work over-classification could be hold- “I was in bad shape from re- and his temper changed, Kim Khanabad,” said VA spokeswom- reached a record in 2019 after ing the Pentagon back, adding porting all these medical issues,” said. The 6-foot 5 -inch tall athlete an Susan Carter. “The limitations growing 17% over the previous that he is working with Defense said Welsch, who was diagnosed was constantly exhausted. Despite of self-reported surveys are well with thyroid cancer in 2014. this, the family still prepared for documented in the medical re- year. Classified programs now Secretary Mark Esper and others By the end of January, the him to deploy to Iraq with other search community, but VA will account for about a fifth of the to “push down the classification company’s $29 billion in annual group had recorded 310 cases of elements of the 10th Mountain Di- work with the Department of De- to where it makes sense. sales, he said. cancer. vision in spring 2003. fense to study this issue further He said that classified work is “I think this year we’re going The last government count, In new documents obtained by as new empirical data becomes “seed corn” for Raytheon, using to have some significant improve- done by the Army in 2015, was McClatchy, two classified maps available.” an agricultural term that refers ment in that so we can actually that 61 service members who had and a PowerPoint highlight that In May 2003, Timothy Brooks to saving part of one year’s har- share some very important things been at K2 were diagnosed with base leadership had identified was diagnosed with stage three vest to seed the next one. with our allies and our industry,” cancer. That study was prompted enriched uranium contamination brain cancer. He died a year later “For Raytheon is, the greater Hyten said. by a number of U.S. Army Spe- in the northwest corner of the on May 29, 2004. He was 36. PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, February 5, 2020 NATION Iowa: Candidates head to New Hampshire with no clear caucus winner

FROM FRONT PAGE “I’m feeling good,” Sen. Eliza- beth Warren told a capacity crowd at a theater in Keene, N.H., on Tuesday morning. “It’s a tight, three-way race at the top. We know that the three of us will be dividing up most of the delegates coming out of Iowa.” In a sign of the murkiness in the race, it was unclear which three candidates Warren was referring to. The party’s caucus crisis was an embarrassing twist after months of promoting the contest as a chance for Democrats to find some clarity in a jumbled field with no clear front-runner. Instead, caucus day ended with no winner, no official results and many fresh questions about whether Iowa can retain its cov- eted “first” status. The party told campaigns ear- lier Tuesday that the delay was a result of a “coding issue in the reporting system” that it said has since been fixed. The state party said the plan was to release re- sults “as soon as possible” later Tuesday. It said it had verified the ANDREW HARNIK/AP accuracy of the collected data and said the problem was not a result Those attending the Iowa caucus check in Monday at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines. Officials said a “coding issue in the reporting of “a hack or an intrusion.” system” caused delays in reporting results from Monday’s first-in-the-nation caucus. Still, there were signs that the process was ongoing and labori- ous. Party officials were sending For results of the Iowa volunteers and staffers across the caucus go to stripes.com state to retrieve hard-copy results so they could check them against Beyond 2020, the debacle in- numbers reported from precincts vited fresh criticism about Iowa via a mobile app that proved prob- caucuses, a complicated set of po- lematic for many users, accord- litical meetings staged in a state ing to multiple sources working that is whiter and older than the for the state party and granted Democratic Party. Many used anonymity to discuss sensitive the moment to question whether party information. Many precinct it was a quaint political tradition organizers were forced to call in whose time had passed. results, experiencing long delays, The party has tried to accom- while aides entered results from modate critics before, this year 1,600 sites manually. by promising to report three data Like Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden also said he points about voters’ preferences, was “feeling good” and predicted presumably improving transpar- that the results would be close. ency. But the new system created Meanwhile, his campaign raised new headaches. questions about the integrity of State party spokeswoman the results if and when they are Mandy McClure said it had “found released. inconsistencies in the reporting of Before leaving Iowa, an attor- three sets of results,” forcing of- JOSEPH CRESS, IOWA CITY PRESS-CITIZEN/AP ficials to try to verify results with ney for Biden’s campaign issued University of Iowa students hold up numbered cards while they caucus Monday at the Iowa Memorial “underlying data” and the paper a letter to the state party raising Union in Iowa City, Iowa. concerns about “acute failures … trail. occurring statewide” and insist- Some of the trouble stemmed Trump. tweeted early Tuesday. “Nothing reported that they were caucusing from the app. Organizers at cau- ing on “full explanations and rel- It’s just the first in a primary works, just like they ran the Coun- for the first time, according to AP cus sites reported trouble down- evant information regarding the season that will span all 50 states try.” He added: “The only person VoteCast, a survey of voters who methods of quality control you are loading the app and other glitches. and several U.S. territories, end- that can claim a very big victory Many turned to a back-up phone said they planned to take part in employing, and an opportunity to ing at the party’s national conven- in Iowa last night is ‘Trump.’” Monday’s Democratic caucuses. respond, before any official re- system. tion in mid-July. Pre-caucus polls suggested The first-timers were slightly sults are released.” “While the app was recording For Democrats, the moment Sanders entered the night with more likely to support Sanders, Other candidates turned to New data accurately, it was reporting was thick with promise for a party a narrow lead, but any of the Hampshire, which holds its pri- only partial data,” Iowa Demo- that has seized major gains in top four candidates — Sanders, Warren or Buttigieg, compared mary in seven days. cratic Party chairman Troy Price states since Trump won the White Biden, Warren and Buttigieg — with other candidates. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sand- told campaigns in a somewhat de- House in 2016. But instead of was positioned to score a victory. The 2020 fight has already ers said he had “a good feeling layed effort to explain the issue. clear optimism, a growing cloud Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who repre- played out over myriad distrac- we’re going to be doing very, very “This issue was identified and of uncertainty and intraparty re- sents neighboring Minnesota, was tions, particularly congressio- well here in Iowa” once results fixed. The application’s reporting sentment hung over the election also claiming momentum, while nal Democrats’ push to impeach were posted. “Today marks the issue did not impact the ability as the prospect of an unclear re- outsider candidates including Trump, which has often overshad- beginning of the end for Donald of precinct chairs to report data sult raised fears of a long and di- entrepreneur Andrew Yang, bil- owed the primary and effectively Trump,” he predicted. accurately.” visive primary fight in the months lionaire activist Tom Steyer and pinned several leading candidates Earlier in the night, Iowa Dem- Pete Buttigieg, the former ahead. Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard could to Washington at the pinnacle of ocrats across the state cast their mayor of South Bend, Ind., essen- One unsurprising development: be factors. the early campaign season. tially declared victory. votes, balancing a strong prefer- Trump won the Republican cau- “We know one thing: We are Meanwhile, ultrabillionaire “So we don’t know all the re- ence for fundamental change with cus, a largely symbolic victory punching above our weight,” sults, but we know by the time an overwhelming desire to defeat given that he faced no significant Klobuchar said late Monday, Mike Bloomberg, the former it’s all said and done, Iowa, you Trump. At least four high-profile opposition. promising to keep fighting in New mayor of New York City, is run- have shocked the nation,” he said candidates vied for the lead in a The president eagerly seized on Hampshire. ning a parallel campaign that before leaving Iowa. “By all indi- contest that offered the opening the Democrats’ problems. New voters played a significant ignored Iowa as he prepares to cations, we are going on to New test of who and what the party “The Democrat Caucus is an role in shaping Iowa’s election. pounce on any perceived weak- Hampshire victorious.” stands for in the turbulent age of unmitigated disaster,” Trump About one-quarter of all voters nesses in the field come March. Wednesday, February 5, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 NATION Key Weinstein accuser’s tears cut court short

Associated Press liked the parties and you liked the power.” NEW YORK — A key accuser The witness had told the jury in the New York City rape trial last week on direct examination of Harvey Weinstein broke down that Weinstein trapped her in a in tears on the witness stand on JAYNE KAMIN-ONCEA/AP New York hotel room in March Monday during an exhaustive 2013, and angrily ordered her to cross-examination over the na- Investigators are seen outside of a Greyhound bus after a passenger was killed on board Monday in undress as he loomed over her, ture of her relationship with the Lebec, Calif. The gunman also wounded five other fellow passengers, the California Highway Patrol said. and then raped her. once-powerful movie mogul. The second attack came eight The drama, which prompted months later at a Beverly Hills, the judge to send the jury home Calif., hotel, where she worked as Gunman said to be muttering about an hour earlier than usual, a hairdresser, after she told Wein- came as the defense sought to stein that she was dating an actor, paint the 34-year-old woman as she said. an opportunistic manipulator “You owe me one more time!” before fatal shooting on bus who took advantage of Weinstein she said he screamed at her. She while pursuing an acting career, said she begged him not to take Associated Press leg sticking out into the aisle, muttering to himself even after he allegedly raped her. off her clothes, but he ripped off incoherently. The woman said she tried to LOS ANGELES — A gunman who killed a woman her pants before pushing her legs “He was just saying weird stuff like ‘you don’t make Weinstein “my pseudo fa- apart and raping her. and wounded five others on a Greyhound bus in know me like that,’ ‘wait til we get to the station,’ ‘get ther” after a rough upbringing. Southern California was cursing and muttering The woman said she has not tes- away from the dude in the striped shirt,’ ” Grabban She said she sent him flattering tified before a grand jury regard- incoherently before the attack, passengers and au- said in a series of Instagram messages. emails and kept seeing him be- thorities said. ing that matter and hasn’t decided Suddenly, the man started cursing and shooting, cause “I wanted him to believe I whether to pursue charges . Investigators are trying to determine a motive for Grabban said. Grabban hid beneath the seat in front wasn’t a threat.” the apparently random assault Monday that left two Associated Press policy is to not of him. He said the gunman fired eight or nine shots “I was afraid of his unpredict- publish the names of people who people in critical condition. that “seemed to go on forever.” able anger,“ the woman testified. Anthony Devonte Williams, 33, of Capitol Heights, say they are victims of sexual as- The driver had pulled to the shoulder of the free- She became emotional while sault without their consent, unless Md., was arrested after passengers managed to dis- way, where authorities said some passengers man- reading an email passage about arm him and get him off the bus, California High- they go public. The AP is with- aged to get the man off the bus. being abused earlier in her life. It holding the name of the woman way Patrol Sgt. Brian Pennings said. Grabban said the driver of the stopped vehicle was part of a lengthy confessional Williams was booked at the Kern County jail Mon- because it isn’t clear if she wishes asked over the loudspeaker if anyone had been hurt email she sent to her then-boy- to be identified publicly. day evening on suspicion of murder and attempted and did not immediately pull away. “Everyone was friend in May 2014 about her rela- murder and was held without bail. screaming at him to drive off,” Grabban said. tionship with Weinstein. She was The packed bus was heading from Los Angeles to The passengers gave first aid to the wounded bawling as she left the courtroom, San Francisco when shots were fired at about 1:30 as the driver continued to the next exit, where he and her cries could be heard from a.m. Monday on Interstate 5 near the small moun- pulled off at a gas station. a nearby witness room. tain community of Lebec, about 70 miles northwest Meanwhile, CHP officers took Williams into cus- She returned after a 10-minute of Los Angeles. tody along the road where he had been left. Pas- break, but continued to weep loud- Passenger Mark Grabban, 29, told The Associat- sengers who did not require medical attention were ly, resting her head on the witness ed Press that the gunman had been sitting with his driven to Northern California on a different bus. stand and blotting tears with a tissue. The lead prosecutor tried to console her, but she couldn’t continue. Her cross-examination New liver transplant rules favor the sickest was to resume Tuesday. “I remember the day I real- ized I was controlling my world BY LAURAN NEERGAARD it more equal and help everybody a ruling clearing the way for the because I was sexually assaulted Associated Press who’s waiting,” said Dr. Julie new rules to begin again. and that story played out where I Heimbach, a Mayo Clinic trans- More than 12,700 people are played into sexual dynamics with WASHINGTON — Long-de- plant surgeon and past chair of on the waiting list for a new liver. people to feel like I would never layed rules that will more broad- UNOS’ liver committee. Just 8,372 received transplants be taken advantage of again,” she ly share scarce donated livers go Under the new policy, patients from a deceased donor last year. said, her voice quaking just before into effect Tuesday, to the dismay near death within 500 nautical On average, three people die of some hospitals in Tennessee, the judge halted the proceedings. miles (575 miles) of a donor hos- every day waiting. Weinstein lawyer Donna Ro- Kansas and other states that fear pital will be offered a matching For years, organs from the their patients may lose out. tunno sought to shoot down the liver first. If there are no takers, dead have been offered first to the Where you live makes a differ- woman’s rape allegation by zero- it will be offered next to progres- sickest patients in the same gen- ence in how sick you have to be ing in on her admission that she sively less sick patients at differ- eral area as the donation, even if to get an organ transplant, and also had noncoerced sexual en- wealthier patients sometimes ent distances within that circle. someone sicker outside the local counters with Weinstein that she travel to other states to get on The flip side: Patients that boundary is a good match . said only happened after “a long shorter waiting lists. The new aren’t as sick living in areas An Associated Press analysis negotiation.” rules are an attempt to ease that where there are more organ do- recently found some of the groups Even then, “I wasn’t happy to geographic disparity by giving nors, such as parts of the South that collect organs at death secure do it,” she said. the sickest patients first chance and Midwest, likely will wait lon- donors at half the rate of others, “You manipulated Mr. Wein- at a donated liver even if it has to ger as livers once used locally are missed opportunities that could stein every single time, isn’t that be flown about 500 miles to reach shipped to urban centers where have saved lives. correct?” Rotunno asked. them. the shortage is more severe. “Instead of fixing their dona- The woman responded: “I felt The aim is to make the wait for A lawsuit filed by about a tion rates, what they have done there was an aspect to the way I livers, and eventually all organs, dozen hospitals in the South and is try to change the law and get felt I needed to protect myself that less dependent on your ZIP code. Midwest forced the new rules organs from the South,” said Van- had an element of manipulation.” The United Network for Organ to be put on hold last spring just derbilt’s Dr. Seth Karp. At one point, Rotunno shot Sharing, or UNOS, which runs nine days after they began. Last UNOS has pledged to monitor back: “You made a choice to have the nation’s transplant system, month, U.S. District Judge Amy if the new liver rules have the in- sexual encounters with Har- says the policy will save lives. Totenberg called the case “dif- tended effect, and modify them if vey Weinstein when you weren’t “We’re hopeful this can make ficult and wrenching” but issued needed. sexually attracted to him. … You PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, February 5, 2020 NATION La. executions stalled for a decade amid legal quandary

BY MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press ‘ There is a federal court stay on BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisi- executions in Louisiana, and we also have ana cleans its execution chamber at the state penitentiary daily, but an inability to acquire the drugs to use in it’s been more than a decade since lethal injections. ’ a condemned prisoner has laid on Gov. John Bel Edwards the chamber’s black-padded gur- ney to die. Sixty-eight people sit on Louisi- ana’s death row, with no execution decline in its appetite for the death also have an inability to acquire dates set. Though the state his- penalty,” said Mercedes Mon- the drugs to use in lethal injec- torically has been tough on crime tagnes, executive director of the tions,” Edwards said during his and holds the dubious distinction New Orleans-based Promise of reelection campaign. “No manu- as the nation’s incarceration capi- Justice Initiative, which advocates facturer will sell them to us for that tal, Louisiana seems to be doing for ending capital punishment. purpose — and in fact they have very little to carry out its death But a 2018 survey by Louisiana threatened suit against Louisiana penalty. State University found a majority if we use them for executions.” In January, Louisiana reached of Louisiana residents favor the The corrections department the 10-year mark since its last death penalty. Critics of the stalled under Edwards’ predecessor, Re- execution, joining a trend of fall- executions instead describe prose- publican Bobby Jindal, also de- /AP ing execution numbers across the cutors frustrated by lengthy legal scribed difficulty obtaining the JUDI BOTTONI country. Death chambers in 12 battles that surround a successful drugs. And Louisiana isn’t alone. Burl Cain, warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, in 2009 of 29 states with legalized capital death sentence, and blame a lack Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine delayed discusses the gurney used for lethal injections to visitors to the punishment have gone unused for of will from state leaders. an execution planned for Febru- Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La. It’s been more than a more than a decade, said Robert “The reason it’s not being en- ary by more than a year, citing decade since the state’s last execution. Dunham, executive director of the forced is political. If there was a struggles to find an adequate sup- strong interest in getting the law ply of lethal injection drugs. Washington-based Death Penalty victed sex offender who confessed negotiating with other states or enforced for the worst murderers Still, some states — led by Information Center. Utah will join to strangling his 12-year-old using compounding pharmacies. in Louisiana, you’d have the drugs Texas and others mainly in the that list in June. stepdaughter and waived his ap- Landry backed legislation last Louisiana’s execution protocols or you’d have alternative drugs,” South — are moving ahead with peal. Before Bordelon, the state’s year to shield the identity of ex- are tied up in litigation, and cor- said Michael Rushford, president executions. most recent execution had been in ecution drug suppliers, saying rections officials say they can’t of the California-based Criminal Twenty-two condemned in- 2002. other states that carry out execu- obtain lethal injection drugs amid Justice Legal Foundation, which mates were executed last year, Louisiana lawmakers have re- pushback from pharmaceutical supports capital punishment. according to the Death Penalty tions have similar laws. peatedly rejected efforts to end the Louisiana’s secrecy legislation manufacturers. Not surprisingly, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Ed- Information Center. On Wednes- state’s use of capital punishment, people on opposite ends of the cap- wards, a Democrat recently re- day, Georgia executed Donnie stalled, with opponents saying it even as the unofficial moratorium risked the state buying lethal in- ital punishment debate disagree elected to a second term, refuses Cleveland Lance, convicted of on executions has stretched over jection drugs on the black market about the driving forces behind to disclose his personal opinion beating to death his ex-wife and years. the drop in executions. about the death penalty. shooting to death her boyfriend. The issue has become a political or in other inappropriate ways. Death penalty opponents say But he insists the issue is out of Meanwhile, the Trump adminis- football, with Republican Attor- Meanwhile, Louisiana’s death rising concerns from the public his hands, both because of a 2012 tration is trying to restart federal ney General Jeff Landry saying row continues to shrink. and prosecutors about the cost of lawsuit challenging the state’s executions after a 16-year break. Edwards doesn’t appear inter- Twenty-two inmates previously such cases, racial disparities in lethal injection protocol and pro- Since the Supreme Court rein- ested in finding ways to carry out sentenced to death have had those death sentences and high-profile cedures and because companies stated the death penalty in 1976, his state’s death sentences. Rush- sentences reduced or have been exonerations have lessened sup- don’t want their products associ- Louisiana’s held 28 executions. ford agrees, saying leaders of exonerated since 2010, according port for capital punishment. ated with capital punishment. The last lethal injection came in states such as Texas have actively to the corrections department, and “Over the last 10 years, we be- “There is a federal court stay on January 2010, when the state ex- worked to track down lethal injec- four people awaiting executions lieve Louisiana has seen a massive executions in Louisiana, and we ecuted Gerald Bordelon, a con- tion drugs, buying them in Asia, have died from natural causes. Dogs trained to sniff out disease that’s harming citrus trees

BY CHRISTINA LARSON people collecting hundreds of sleuths in orchards from anec- Associated Press leaves for lab analysis, according dotal to field-tested, showing that to the study in the Proceedings of dogs can detect an infection well WASHINGTON — Dog detec- National Academies of Sciences. before current methods. Garbe- tives might be able to help save Citrus greening — also called lotto has been involved in similar ailing citrus groves, research huanglongbing — is caused by a research but had no role in new published Monday suggests. bacteria that is spread by a tiny study. Scientists trained dogs to sniff insect that feeds on the leaves and out a crop disease called citrus stems of citrus trees. Once a tree Another plant scientist, Laura greening that has hit orange, is infected, there’s no cure. Sims, of Louisiana Tech Universi- lemon and grapefruit orchards The disease has also hurt cit- ty, said she was impressed by the in Florida, California and Texas. rus crops in Central and South rigorousness of the research. She The dogs can detect it weeks to America and Asia. applauded the steps taken to de- years before it shows up on tree In one experiment in a Texas termine if the dogs were sniffing leaves and roots, the researchers grapefruit orchard, trained dogs out the bacteria itself or a plant’s report. were accurate 95% of the time in response to an infection. “This technology is thousands distinguishing between newly in- To do that, the researchers of years old — the dog’s nose,” said fected trees and healthy ones. infected a variety of unrelated Timothy Gottwald, a researcher “The earlier you detect a dis- plants with the bacteria in a labo- with the U.S. Department of Ag- ease, the better chance you have ratory. The dogs were still able to riculture and a co-author of the at stopping an epidemic” by cull- study. “We’ve just trained dogs ing infected trees, explained pick out the infected plants. to hunt new prey: the bacteria Gottwald. “You’ve seen dogs working in GAVIN POOLE, USDA/AP that causes a very damaging crop Matteo Garbelotto, who studies airports, detecting drugs and ex- Bello, a detector canine, works in a citrus orchard in Texas in 2016. disease.” plants at the University of Cali- plosives,” said Gottwald. “Maybe A study shows that dogs are faster, cheaper and more accurate at Dog sleuths are also faster, fornia, Berkeley, says the new soon you will see them working finding citrus greening disease. cheaper and more accurate than research elevates the study of dog on more farms.“ Wednesday, February 5, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP 166-year-old women’s college admits males

COLUMBIA — A SC 166-year-old women’s college in South Carolina has de- cided to admit men as residential students, possibly as early as fall 2021. Columbia College has co-ed evening, graduate and online pro- grams, but this will be the first “co-ed residential day program,” college spokeswoman Erika Dawkins said in a news release after the board of trustees voted . President Carol Moore said the school in Columbia will keep its designation as a women’s college by letting women choose to attend co-ed or women-only classes. That’s likely to remain an op- tion as long as class sizes allow it, Moore said. She said this will be particularly important in sci- ence, math and technology, where the industry has been male-dom- inated and “not always woman- friendly,” the Post and Courier reported. Parts of state’s Amish Acres going on auction

NAPPANEE — A popu- IN lar tourist attraction in northern Indiana that provides a glimpse into the life and history of the Amish is going on the auc- tion block later this week, a news- paper reported. CAROL TEDESCO, FLORIDA KEYS NEWS BUREAU/AP It’s not clear if the auction will mean that Amish Acres in Nap- panee will continue in the form it Key spot for polar bear plunge has for the last 50 years. It’s located some 30 miles Participants in Sunday’s Conch Republic Polar Bear Plunge endure Atlantic Ocean water temperatures in the high 70s in Key West, Fla. southeast of South Bend and in- The spoof attracted more than 200 people and served as a fundraiser for Samuel’s House, a local organization that provides housing and cludes historical cabins, barns supportive services to women and families in need. and other structures, most of which date back to the 1800s. It tweet. THE CENSUS was rescued and then arrested, also includes the 400-seat Round The visitor was interviewed by according to police. Barn Theatre. state police. Because the woman The number of annual visitors exceeded by Maui for the first Scottsdale police Sgt. Ben had two children with her, she time. The Hawaii Tourism Authority’s latest visitor statistics Hoster told the Arizona Repub- was not arrested but will be sum- Firefighter applicant show Maui led neighboring islands in 2019, The Maui News lic that Quinn Jamieson, 20, was moned to court. The department accused of arson 3M reported Sunday. The figure was a 5.4% increase from the accused of stealing alcohol at the did not release her name. previous year and the highest number since the organization golf tournament and was chased Suboxone is used to treat her- UPPER MARL- began tracking tourist numbers in 1990. Preliminary data shows the state ex- inside the event by staff. oin addiction but can be misused BORO — A man ac- ceeded 10.4 million annual tourists for the first time last year, the authority said. Hoster said Jamieson climbed MD to get high. cused of arson recently attempted Maui visitor spending also hit a new high last year of $5.12 billion, a 2.4% increase a barbed-wire fence near the to become a volunteer firefighter over 2018. canal, jumped in and swam for and was denied twice, according Ambulance stolen, about 10 minutes. He was unable to fire officials in Maryland. driven 200 miles to get out on his own but Scott- Francis Ortiz-Oro, 20, and tying up animals but won’t en- len near San Diego. sdale firefighters rescued him Giancarlo Reyes, 19, were ac- BOSSIER CITY — A force it until after a grace period, Two suspects wearing masks around noon. cused of setting a vacant house LA woman accused of steal- The Gadsden Times reported. and hooded sweatshirts robbed on fire Jan. 20 in Prince George’s ing an ambulance in Texas was Some cities allow tethering, but a GameStop store at gunpoint Man mistakenly pumps County, news outlets reported. arrested after a police chase in only for a certain amount of time. in Lemon Grove, the San Diego gas onto deck of boat Witnesses said two men entered Louisiana ended in a traffic jam. But Gadsden Police Chief Lamar County Sheriff’s Department said the home before the fire, Prince Kendall Tyson, 19, was located Jaggears said police and animal in a statement. ORLANDO — Mistak- George’s County Fire/EMS said behind the wheel of the ambu- control officers don’t have time to The robbers used zip-ties to in a news release. Fire officials lance along Interstate 20 near monitor how long a dog has been subdue the employees and made FL enly inserting a fuel said smoke began rising and then Shreveport, Louisiana State Po- outside. off with about $4,500 worth of nozzle into a fishing pole slot, a the pair left the house. Investi- lice Trooper First Class Brent “If you pass an ordinance that Nintendo Switch consoles and Florida man pumped $60 worth gators believe the men later re- Hardy said in a news release. they can only be on a cable for a controllers, the statement said. of gasoline onto the deck of his turned to the house to make sure Slowed traffic near Bossier certain number of hours, you’ve Detectives tracked the suspects boat and the ground of a gas sta- the fire was growing. City brought the chase to a stop, wasted everyone’s time,” he said. to a home in nearby National tion, fire rescue officials said. police said. The ambulance had The chief said a ban on tether- City. The incident happened in the Official: Woman, kids, been stolen from Dallas, about ing is more easily enforceable. Authorities arrested Gerald Orlando area, Orange County 200 miles away. The tethering ordinance deals Haynes, 27, on suspicion of rob- Fire Rescue spokesman Mike snuck drugs into prison Officers who captured Tyson with animals at home, and will bery and Margie Daniels, 31, on Jachles said on Twitter. said she had an “obvious impair- have no effect on the city’s leash suspicion of possession of stolen The gas flowed from the fish- CONCORD — A ment level,” Hardy said. law, officials said. property. ing pole hole and onto the deck MA woman visiting a of the 24-foot boat. The 31-year- Massachusetts prison with two old man realized his mistake and young children was caught trying City bans pet owners Video game equipment Man accused in theft of quit pumping. to smuggle drugs into the facility from tying up animals stolen in armed robbery alcohol at golf match As he tried to clean up the over the weekend, prisons offi- mess, the gasoline began leaking cials said. GADSDEN — An Ala- SAN DIEGO — Police PHOENIX — A man from the boat onto the ground at The package of eight suboxone AL bama city is taking CA arrested three people AZ accused of stealing al- strips was found in the possession steps to outlaw the tethering of following an armed robbery dur- cohol at the Waste Management the 7-Eleven store. He told per- of an inmate who had received animals. ing which store employees were Phoenix Open fled from event sonnel and then called the fire them from a visitor , according to The Gadsden City Council re- tied up and thousands of dollars workers, climbed a fence and department, Jachles said. a state Department of Correction cently passed an ordinance to ban of video game equipment was sto- jumped into a canal, where he From wire reports PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, February 5, 2020 VETERANS Vets’ stories get graphic art treatment in Full Mag

BY WYATT OLSON under withering fire from Ger- Stars and Stripes man defenses. In a bird’s-eye drawing of the Brian Prahl saw he was flying boats below, Wickersham nar- into big trouble. rates: “The river was rough and Piloting an air ambulance in too many of our boats were out South Vietnam in 1970, the chief of control. Jenkins was in with warrant officer was approaching Captain Burris in the boat next to a landing zone near Cai Be and mine. He got hit and so did Mor- saw an entire company of South ris. Jenkins was hanging over the Vietnamese troops hunkered be- boat and making it go round and hind a dirt mound to avoid enemy round. Morris pushed him out gunfire. of the boat. We never found his Moments after Prahl landed body.” the Huey helicopter, a Viet Cong Uhl, an Air Force veteran, fighter leapt to his feet out of tall works at Montana State Univer- grass and began peppering the sity in a sector that provides sup- chopper and its American crew ply-chain development services with rifle fire. A wall of napalm to U.S. armed forces. flames suddenly consumed the “I’m not an artist,” he said. “I gunman. got my degree in history, so I’ve Under fire, Prahl and his crew always had an interest in history scrambled to load the wounded and military history. When I was onto the chopper. At one point, young, I was interested in comics he hauled a wounded soldier on during the comics boom in the one shoulder and carried his .38- early 1990s.” caliber pistol holster and radio The origin of Full Mag began in over the other. He stepped into a early 2016 in Uhl’s campus office, muck-filled blast crater and found where his boss noticed framed himself neck-deep in water. He original art of the Marvel charac- held onto his patient but lost his ter Col. Nick Fury. gun and radio. His boss suggested promoting Prahl was later told that he and some of their sector’s products by his crew were being put in for a using similar art. Bronze Star for their actions that PHOTOS BY AUGUST UHL/Full Mag day. That came to nothing, but a few weeks later, Prahl received a Art by J.W. Erwin from “Plain of Reeds,” the story of a Vietnam War-era helicopter ambulance pilot, was Working artists bill for the pistol and radio he lost published in volume two of Full Mag: Veteran Stories Illustrated. Uhl commenced communicat- in combat. ing with comic artists for that Prahl’s firsthand account of followed by an 84-page second edits Full Mag. “It’s on par with a that. That’s part of the process.” project, and while reviewing combat is among those told in volume in spring 2019. A third thicker comic you’d call a graphic Among the most notable artists some of their works in progress at volume one of Full Mag: Veteran volume is slated for release this novel — but we don’t use the term is Russ Heath, renowned for his home, his wife took an interest in Stories Illustrated, which mixes fall. ‘comic’ just because of the nature authenticity illustrating military them, he said. graphic art and prose in each “It’s more like a bookazine if of the content.” comics, among them DC’s 1960s- “You should do veterans’ sto- volume relating veterans’ war ex- you were looking to categorize it,” era “All-American Men of War” ries in this kind of art,” Uhl re- periences. The 56-page first vol- said August Uhl, the 47-year-old First-person narrators and “Our Army at War,” the lat- called his wife, Elizabeth, saying. ume was published in fall 2017, father of three who conceived and ter of which featured the grizzled He took her advice. The stories come from Ameri- platoon leader Sgt. Rock and his “So I decided to go out and start can combat veterans of wars infantry unit, Easy Company. interviewing these veterans,” he from World War II through the Heath, who died in 2018, il- said. Half the stories in the first current conflicts in Afghanistan lustrated stories for the first two two volumes came from veter- and Iraq. volumes. ans living in Montana, allowing “To my knowledge, no one is “A lot of the folks I’ve inter- Uhl to go and interview them in doing what we’re doing, as far as viewed have, sadly, passed away,” person. nonfiction, first-person accounts Uhl said. “I was the last person Other interviews were by of veterans’ stories in this kind of to interview David Thatcher, phone, while a few more were by a format,” Uhl said during a tele- who was one of the last Doolittle submission. phone interview from his home in Raiders.” Uhl is now working on volume Bozeman, Mont. Thatcher, who lived in Missou- three, with artists commissioned In most cases, stories are based la, Mont., died in 2016 at age 94. for stories about an airman shot on interviews Uhl has conducted down over Italy in WWII who was with veterans, whose first-per- Cheering beachgoers captured and then escaped, a Ma- son narration accompanies the rine who fought in the Battle of artwork. In a Q&A in volume one, Saipan and a Battle of the Bulge Full Mag features art from a Thatcher described flying over a veteran who spent time in a Ger- mix of emerging illustrators and group of beachgoers as his bomb- man stalag. Other stories are set top-level talent who have drawn er reached the coast of Japan during wars in Korea, Vietnam for Marvel, DC and Dark Horse during the April 1942 bombing and Afghanistan. Comics. mission. Uhl prides himself on paying Volumes are published every “We were flying so low I could artists competitive rates for their 13-15 months, depending upon see the expressions on their work. how quickly stories, art and ad- faces,” he said. “I’ve never had to pay for any of vertising come together. It takes “They were cheering,” he said the written content, but I wanted Uhl more than a year to pull to- with a chuckle. “We were over this to sink or swim by paying gether the advertising, artwork their heads and gone by the time decent page rates to artists,” he and prose for a single volume, they could recognize the Air said. which is printed on high-gloss Corps insignia on the bottom of “It’s part of my philosophy — paper. the right wing.” creating page-paying work,” he He primarily markets Full Mag World War II veteran Obie said. “If I am breaking even, well, online at FullMagazinePublish- Wickersham provides an account I don’t see it like that, because ing.com, as well as at gun shows in volume two of the harrowing look how much work I’ve created and comic conventions. A single crossing of the Waal River, Neth- for artists.” volume sells for about $14. erlands, during the failed Opera- He expects that it will remain a “I try to pick artists who are tion Market Garden in 1944. labor of love. going to have a decent attention to Wickersham and fellow soldiers “There’s no way to support a detail,” he said. “The military au- of the 504th Parachute Infantry family losing money on graphic dience is going to rip you apart if Regiment were ordered to cross novels,” he said with a laugh. So far, two volumes of Full Mag: Veteran Stories Illustrated are in you have something at all wrong. the Waal on makeshift plywood- [email protected] print, with a third on the way. I’ve had artists who just don’t get canvas skiffs in broad daylight Twitter: @WyattWOlson Wednesday, February 5, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 WORLD Pompeo warns of China threat on Europe, Asia trip

Associated Press threat of our times,” matic and trade victories. province, but also by what they say are Pompeo said last His comments contrast with President Beijing’s predatory trade practices and de- TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — The coun- week in London, just Donald Trump’s more conciliatory lan- velopment projects that they say put small tries Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vis- ited on a five nation-tour over the last week days after the Euro- guage on China. That’s partly because and poor countries at great risk. varied from longtime ally Britain to ex- pean Union unveiled Trump is working to complete a trade deal Pompeo’s visit to Britain came just 48 Soviet republics in Central Asia. But the security guidelines with President Xi Jinping. When he signed hours after the country, which is eagerly message he conveyed to his hosts stayed for 5G wireless net- the first phase of the agreement last month, hoping to secure a massive post-Brexit the same: Beware of China. works that stop short Trump called Xi a “very, very good friend trade deal with the U.S., ignored American In his trip to Europe and Central Asia, of a ban on Huawei of mine” and said he planned to visit China threats and allowed Huawei to have a role Pompeo denounced China’s human rights in the latest setback in the not-too-distant future. in its 5G network. for the U.S. campaign Trump said then that he and Xi have The decision highlighted the limits of record, criticized its aggressive trade prac- Pompeo tices and urged his hosts to be wary of Chi- against the Chinese “developed an incredible relationship.” the Trump administration’s ability to lobby nese investment and influence. He warned tech company. Pompeo’s comments in London, how- for its policies as it defied a U.S. threat to that China poses a risk as countries de- Pompeo’s tough rhetoric, on a trip coin- ever, maintain the tough approach that sever intelligence sharing if Huawei had velop next-generation, high-speed wireless ciding with the rapid spread of a new virus he and Vice President Mike Pence have any presence. U.S. officials believe that networks. that originated in China and threatens espoused about China, driven mainly by the security of information on a network His language was blunt. “The Chinese global growth, underscores his preoccupa- the country’s repression of Muslims and that uses Huawei technology or equipment Communist Party presents the central tion with the country and its recent diplo- ethnic minorities in its western Xinjiang could be compromised. Turkey warns Syria against taking more land in Idlib province

Associated Press gate of the rebel stronghold of Saraqeb in won’t give Syria the opportunity to gain Aleppo. Turkish troops are deployed in Idlib province in the north, while the U.N. territory.” some of those rebel-held areas to moni- ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s president said Tuesday his country won’t allow Syr- announced that more than half a million Eight Turkish citizens were killed in an tor an earlier cease-fire that has since ian forces to gain additional territory in a people have fled their homes since Dec. 1, exchange of shelling with Syrian govern- collapsed. northern Syrian province, Turkish media because of the offensive. ment forces in Idlib on Monday. On Tuesday, Syrian government forces reported, a day after clashes between “At the moment, Syria is trying to gain The assault on the Turkish troops came were advancing north under the cover of Turkish and Syrian forces killed soldiers territory by forcing the innocent and amid a Syrian government offensive that airstrikes, reaching areas held by insur- on both sides. poor people toward our border,” private has been advancing since December into gents for eight years. The bombardment Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s comments NTV television quoted Erdogan as telling the country’s last rebel stronghold, which forced more people to flee for safety in came as Syrian forces reached the western a group of journalists late Monday. “We spans Idlib province and parts of nearby areas close to the Turkish border. PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, February 5, 2020 FACES Limbaugh announces lung cancer diagnosis

From wire services Conservative radio host and Republican kingmaker Rush Limbaugh said he’s been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. Addressing listeners on his program ‘Hair Love’ Monday, Limbaugh said he will take some days off for further medical tests and to de- termine treatment. Limbaugh said he’d been experiencing How the concept went from shortness of breath that he initially thought might be heart-related. “It’s shocking to the industry, and it a beloved Kickstarter project should be shocking to the political estab- lishment,” said Michael Harrison, publish- to an Oscar-nominated er of Talkers magazine, the trade industry publication for talk radio. Limbaugh started his first national animated short film radio show in 1988 from New York, later relocating to Palm Beach, Fla. The hyper- partisan broadcaster has dominated talk radio with a raucous, liberal-bashing style that made him one of the most influential voices of American right-wing politics and Sony Pictures Animation inspired other conservative broadcasters including Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly.

BY BETHONIE BUTLER part her thick curls. But after his daugh- days in filmmaking: The short’s emotion- Other news The Washington Post ter breaks into tears, he tries again — al ending reveals why Zuri’s mother was moisturizing and detangling Zuri’s curls, unavailable to do her hair, a tear-jerker  The Super Bowl put a halt to a four- In 2017, Matthew A. Cherry created a section by section — before twisting them plot twist that was inspired by Cherry’s year decline in viewership, with an esti- Kickstarter campaign in hopes of funding into a stylish row of puff buns. days as a music video director. mated 99.9 million people watching the an animated short film about a young black In an interview with The Washington “I always try to think of twist endings. Kansas City Chiefs come back to defeat the father who learns how to do his daughter’s Post, Cherry said his goal with “Hair You want to try to keep people entertained San Francisco 49ers in what is the most- hair. Cherry had been thinking about the Love” was twofold: He wanted the film to and kind of take them on a roller coaster watched television event each year. The project, dubbed “Hair Love,” for several encourage kids to embrace their natural of emotion,” he said. “I just always had Nielsen company said viewership rebound- years but was inspired to make it happen hair. He also wanted the film to portray the ending in mind.” ed slightly from 98.5 million in 2019. after seeing a flood of internet videos fea- the powerful images he had seen in those Cherry has heard from dads who feel  Famed novelist Stephen King has de- turing black fathers gingerly tackling the internet videos but typically had not seen “seen” after watching “Hair Love.” He’s leted his Facebook account over concerns unruly tresses of their daughters. on screen, particularly when it came to received photos of little girls watching the platform supports a “flood of false in- Three years later, Cherry has an Oscar animated films: black fathers who were the short with rapt attention — and usu- formation” and fails to protect its users’ nomination for his vision, which audiences deeply present in their children’s lives. ally not for the first time. “They really see privacy. King pointed to Facebook’s ap- first saw in theaters ahead of “The Angry The response to the Kickstarter was themselves in it,” he said. Older support- proach to political advertising as well as Birds Movie 2.” In just under seven min- overwhelming. The campaign blew past ers of the film have told him they wished privacy to explain his exit, saying people utes, “Hair Love” follows Zuri, a 7-year- its initial $75,000 goal, then a second they had something like it when they were can continue to follow him on Twitter. old with a lively mop of kinky curls, who $125,000 goal — eventually pulling in growing up. King’s Facebook page, where CNET re- wakes upon a special day and tries to do more than $280,000, a record for proj- In that way, the Oscar nomination feels ports he had more than 5 million followers, her hair with the help of a video made by ects whose creators have identified them especially poignant in yet another year has been taken down. her mother, a natural-hair vlogger (voiced as animated shorts on the crowdfunding in which the Academy of Motion Picture  Award-winning actor and musician by Issa Rae, the creator and star of HBO’s platform. Arts and Sciences has been criticized for Ben Platt was named 2020 Man of the “Insecure”). “Hair Love” was a side project for overlooking actors and artists of color. Year by Harvard University’s famed Hasty It does not go well. Cherry, a former NFL player, who was Ultimately, “it’s just a numbers game, Pudding theater troupe on Monday. Platt, Enter Zuri’s father, Stephen, a young, then working as an exec at Jordan Peele’s and you just have to continue doing the 26, is the youngest recipient in the 54-year tattooed man with dreadlocks and the production company Monkeypaw. (Peele work,” Cherry said. “If you focus on how history of the award, handed out annually. same caramel complexion as his daugh- is credited as a co-executive producer on you’re affecting the culture and you’re Platt won a Tony in 2017 for “Dear Evan ter. He also tries (and fails) to do Zuri’s the short). But “Hair Love” was Cherry’s effecting change, the awards and things Hansen.” Platt is also known for his role as hair, a dramatic bass line underscoring first major animation project. like that will come in. Even if they don’t Benji Applebaum in the films “Pitch Per- the tension as he nervously attempts to The story features echoes of his early come, you’re still doing great work.” fect” and “Pitch Perfect 2.” ‘Hamilton’ film recording with original cast to be released in 2021

BY ASHLEY LEE ry, Leslie Odom, Jr., Christopher hit set records for average prices. merous national tours. same Broadway experience with Los Angeles Times Jackson, Jonathan Groff, Phil- Bots and scalpers targeted the Though many theater stars millions of people around the lipa Soo, Jasmine Cephas Jones, show; some seats at the final — including Wayne Brady, Bran- world.” Disney is bringing moviegoers Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony performances with the original don Victor Dixon, Joshua Henry While the theatrical release of to the room where it happened. Ramos and Ariana DeBose — Broadway cast were purchased and Mandy Gonzalez — have a filmed stage production is not Specifically, to the Richard Rod- moved on to new projects. for nearly $10,000. since taken on “Hamilton” char- uncommon, it is rare from one gers Theatre in New York City Though producers Miranda, Releasing the footage as a film acters, no current production fea- of the major Hollywood studios, for a performance of “Hamilton” Jeffrey Seller and Thomas Kail is a massive move forward in af- tures any major members of the which annually dabble in the with the original Broadway cast. may not have been sure at the fordability and accessibility to original Broadway cast, who have movie-musical space. The show’s producers an- time what they’d do with the theater — a topic that has long since gone on to star in movies, And 2020 is already a busier- nounced Monday that Lin-Man- footage, two performances were been important to Miranda. TV shows and other Broadway than-usual year for the genre, uel Miranda’s musical juggernaut filmed in 2016. “We are thrilled for fans of the productions. with Steven Spielberg’s “West will be released in movie theaters “What are we doing with that show, and new audiences across “Lin-Manuel Miranda created Side Story,” Jon M. Chu’s “In the worldwide by Disney. Directed by footage? No idea. Throwing it in a the world, to experience what it an unforgettable theater experi- Heights,” Miranda’s “Tick, Tick Thomas Kail, it will hit the U.S. vault at Gringotts for a bit (prob- was like on stage — and in the ence and a true cultural phenom- ... Boom!” and Ryan Murphy’s and Canada on Oct. 15, 2021. ably),” Miranda tweeted at the audience — when we shot this at enon, and it was for good reason “The Prom” all on the way to the A filmed version of the 11-time time. “But we’re getting it.” The Richard Rodgers Theatre that Hamilton was hailed as an screen. Tony Award-winning produc- A few of the musical numbers on Broadway in June of 2016,” astonishing work of art. All who Disney paid a reported $75 tion has been in the works since appeared in the PBS documenta- Kail said in a statement. “We saw it with the original cast will million for the movie, making it it opened on Broadway in 2015, ry “Hamilton’s America,” which wanted to give everyone the same never forget that singular experi- possibly the most expensive film with Miranda promising fans that went behind the scenes of the seat, which is what this film can ence,” Robert Iger, chairman and acquisition ever. But it’s a bargain the show would be captured be- creation of the production. But provide.” chief executive of the Walt Disney price for a movie-musical, where fore the original Broadway cast fans have since clamored for the “Hamilton” has since launched Co., said in a statement. production budgets can rival even — which includes Miranda, Dav- release of the full version, espe- open-ended productions in Chi- “And we’re thrilled to have the most intricate action-movie eed Diggs, Renee Elise Goldsber- cially since tickets to the runaway cago and London, as well as nu- the opportunity to share this releases. Wednesday, February 5, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, February 5, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander The Bosnian genocide cannot be reframed Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY JANINE DI GIOVANNI Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff Stern went to Karadzic’s prison cell and about her last glimpse of her father when Special to The Washington Post let him perform faith healing on her. She she was 12 years old. He was wearing his let him touch her — an act that baffles me. jean jacket as he ran into the woods to es- EDITORIAL covered the war in Bosnia in the She fell under his hypnotic spell, describ- cape the Serbian onslaught, only to turn mid-1990s, and I know what I saw. I ing him as “tall and handsome, with flow- around and wave to his young daughter. Editor Terry Leonard, traveled to besieged Sarajevo and to ing brown hair. A Byronic figure.” She next saw him — and his jean jacket — [email protected] Iethnically cleansed regions in eastern She wanted, apparently, to understand years later in a mass grave that was aired Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor and central Bosnia where I interviewed the mind of a man who could abet near- on Bosnian TV. [email protected] victims of rape camps and bombing cam- unthinkable crimes. Yet along the way, she Another mother told me about how her Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content paigns, mothers whose children were chose to forget the victims who should be teenage son, whom she dressed as a girl to [email protected] killed building snowmen, and the relatives at the center of the story. hide him, was ripped from her arms when of the elderly who were shot by snipers The siege of Sarajevo, conducted by Dutch United Nations peacekeepers helped Managing Editor for Presentation Sean Moores, chopping wood to keep warm in the deep Karadzic’s colleagues, lasted more than the Serb paramilitaries separate men from [email protected] Balkan chill. three years — longer than the siege of women and take the men away. In every Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital It left a painful scar that I can hardly Leningrad. The Bosnian War in total took story I wrote in my notebook, I imagined [email protected] bear to touch. Much of it is wrapped in the lives of more than 100,000 civilians, myself as that mother, that daughter, that guilt: My colleagues and I lived with the many of them children. Those of us who man being hunted down. BUREAU STAFF local population and tried desperately to were there will never be able to erase the I wish Handke could have met the people keep their tragic narrative in the public memory. I did; I wonder if he would still make such Europe/Mideast eye. Every shell that fell, every body that And yet, as I’ve now learned, that won’t claims. But he has apparently never made Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief lay cold in the morgue where I trudged stop others from trying to erase or distort the effort to test his own views against the [email protected] every morning to count the dead, was a testimony of survivors. He lives, like Stern, +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 it. By humanizing a mass murderer, Stern personal failure of a war that should and has done a massive injustice to a country in a reality he has created for himself. Pacific could have been halted early on. that is still bleeding today. She can find In a powerful article, Bosnian scholar Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief Now, a quarter of a century later, I find Karadzic as “Byronic” as she wants, but Edina Becirevic describes how Stern used [email protected] Becirevic’s research in her book, twisting +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 myself confronting a disturbing trend. there are facts that he can never dodge. Scholars, journalists and prize committees Those of us who experienced the conse- her conclusions into something almost un- Washington are rewriting the history of the horrors quences of his actions in real time will recognizable. “Stern’s flattering and naive Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief that I and so many others lived through. never let him be exonerated. depiction of Karadzic reflects the profound [email protected] An American writer, Jessica Stern, has Stern’s approach — “trivialization” influence he had on her, bordering at times (+1)(202)886-0033 on a hypnotic power,” Bezirevic writes. Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News just published a book based on her inter- might be a good word for it — is one way to [email protected] views with former Bosnian Serb leader distort the past. Outright denial is another. “This seems to have clouded Stern’s ability Radovan Karadzic, sentenced to life im- Last year, a committee in Oslo awarded to see her way clearly through the labyrinth CIRCULATION prisonment for his role in genocide. Stern the Nobel Prize for Literature to Austrian of genocide denial into which Karadzic led has chosen to call her book “My War her.” Mideast writer Peter Handke, who is well known for Criminal” — a title deeply disturbing for his efforts to deny the genocide in Bosnia. We owe it to the dead, their families and Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager all those who suffered during that tunnel [email protected] reasons she was apparently unable to see. Handke has questioned the reality of the [email protected] Karadzic, a former psychiatrist and poet, Srebrenica massacre in July 1995, when of darkness that was the Bosnian War to DSN (314)583-9111 co-founded the Serbian Democratic Party Bosnian Serb forces gunned down 8,000 remember what really happened. Europe and served as the first president of the tin- Muslim men and boys and piled their bod- Janine di Giovanni is a senior fellow at Yale Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager pot Republika Srpska from 1992 to 1996. ies into mass graves. University’s Jackson Institute and a 2019 Guggenheim fellow. Her latest book is “The [email protected] In that role, he was directly responsible for I spoke with survivors not long after Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from [email protected] many murders, rapes and acts of torture. it happened. One young woman told me Syria.” +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 Trump hasn’t learned a lesson on misusing funds CONTACT US BY SAM BERGER acting comptroller show that the White current impeachment debate: The House Washington tel: (+1)202.886.0003 Special to The Washington Post House was on notice that it was acting out- and Senate rebuked him on a bipartisan 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 side the law. “In fact,” as the GAO noted basis, passing legislation in March that s President Donald Trump’s in its decision: “Congress was concerned would overturn the emergency declaration Reader letters Senate impeachment trial winds about exactly these types of withholdings and protect military funding from being [email protected] down, more than one GOP sena- when it enacted and later amended the raided. Trump vetoed that legislation, so tor has tried to justify plans to Additional contacts A ICA.” Congress again passed bipartisan legisla- vote against removing him by suggesting stripes.com/contactus It’s not the first time Trump has violated tion in September overturning the fake that Trump has been chastened — he may budgetary laws to further his aims. In 2018, emergency declaration. Trump vetoed that OMBUDSMAN have done something “wrong and inap- Trump shut down the federal government, legislation too. propriate,” as Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, refusing to sign a government spending bill Was the president chastened by the bi- Ernie Gates described it, but he’s learned a lesson, and unless it included funding for his border partisan outcry in the wake of his misuse that’s good enough. On Sunday in an in- wall. 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The ombudsman ernment to try to reduce the political pain plans to take even more money from mili- an impeachment, I would think he would welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted tary projects in 2020. by email at [email protected], or by phone at think twice before he did it again.” On of his actions. Most notably, he recalled 202.886.0003. Given that he ignored the bipartisan Sunday, when asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper tens of thousands of IRS employees to en- consensus against taking military funding whether she is “confident that he won’t do sure that processing of tax refunds would to build his wall, there is every reason to this again,” Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, re- not be delayed. 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Sports College basketball Pro football Auto racing on AFN AP Men’s Top 25 AP Women’s Top 25 XFL Monster Energy NASCAR Cup The top 25 teams in The Associated The top 25 teams in The Associated East Division schedule Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with Press’ women’s college basketball poll, W L Pct PF PA first-place votes in parentheses, records with first-place votes in parentheses, DC 0 0 .000 0 0 Feb. 9 — x-Busch Clash at Daytona, through Feb. 2, total points based on records through Feb. 2, total points New York 0 0 .000 0 0 Daytona Beach, Fla. — x-Bluegreen Vacations Duel Go to the American Forces 25 points for a first-place vote through based on 25 points for a first-place vote St. Louis 0 0 .000 0 0 Feb. 13 one point for a 25th-place vote and last Tampa Bay 0 0 .000 0 0 1 At Daytona, Daytona Beach, Fla. through one point for a 25th-place vote Feb. 13 — x-Bluegreen Vacations Duel Network website for the most week’s ranking: and last week’s ranking: West Division Record Pts Pvs 2 At Daytona, Daytona Beach, Fla. up-to-date TV schedules. Record Pts Pvs W L Pct PF PA Feb. 16 — Daytona 500, Daytona Beach, 1. Baylor (49) 19-1 1,608 1 1. South Carolina (26) 21-1 746 1 Dallas 0 0 .000 0 0 2. Gonzaga (15) 23-1 1,567 2 Fla. myafn.net 2. Baylor (3) 19-1 718 2 Houston 0 0 .000 0 0 Feb. 23 — Pennzoil 400 presented by 3. Kansas (1) 18-3 1,472 3 Los Angeles 0 0 .000 0 0 4. San Diego St. 23-0 1,447 4 3. Oregon 19-2 673 3 Jiffy Lube, Las Vegas, Nev. 4. UConn 19-1 662 4 Seattle 0 0 .000 0 0 March 1 — Auto Club 400, Fontana, 5. Louisville 19-3 1,352 6 Saturday’s games 6. Dayton 20-2 1,271 7 5. Louisville (1) 21-1 641 5 Calif. 6. Stanford 20-2 605 6 Seattle at DC March 8 — Fanshield 500, Avondale, College hockey 7. Duke 18-3 1,242 9 Los Angeles at Houston 8. Florida St. 18-3 1,188 5 7. NC State 21-1 563 7 Ariz. 9. Maryland 17-4 999 15 8. Mississippi St. 19-3 533 9 Sunday’s games March 15 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 10. Villanova 17-4 959 8 9. Oregon St. 18-4 505 10 Tampa Bay at New York 500, Hampton, Ga. NCAA Division I poll 11. Auburn 19-2 926 17 10. UCLA 19-2 462 8 St. Louis at Dallas March 22 — Dixie Vodka 400, Home- MINNEAPOLIS — The top 20 teams in 12. Seton Hall 16-5 900 10 11. Gonzaga 22-1 437 12 Saturday, Feb. 15 stead, Fla. 12. Arizona 18-3 413 16 New York at DC March 29 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, the NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey 13. West Virginia 17-4 827 12 Fort Worth, Texas poll, compiled by U.S. College Hockey 14. Oregon 18-5 758 11 13. Maryland 17-4 371 17 Tampa Bay at Seattle Sunday, Feb. 16 April 5 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. Online, with first-place votes in paren- 15. Kentucky 16-5 660 13 14. DePaul 20-3 360 11 April 19 — Toyota Owners 400, Rich- theses, records through Feb. 2 and previ- 16. Michigan St. 16-6 624 14 15. Kentucky 17-4 302 13 Dallas at Los Angeles St. Louis at Houston mond, Va. ous ranking: 17. Iowa 16-6 604 18 16. Texas A&M 18-4 291 15 April 26 — GEICO 500, Talladega, Ala. Record Pts Pvs 18. LSU 17-4 572 22 17. Florida St. 18-4 272 14 May 3 — NASCAR Cup Series Race at 1. North Dakota (49) 21-3-3 998 2 19. Butler 17-5 437 16 18. Indiana 17-5 194 20 Dover, Dover, Del. 2. Cornell 15-2-4 913 1 20. Illinois 16-6 373 19 19. Arizona St. 16-6 182 19 May 9 — NASCAR Cup Series Race at 3. Minnesota State (1) 24-4-2 903 3 21. Creighton 17-5 372 — 20. Iowa 18-4 172 18 Deals Martinsville, Martinsville, Va. 4. Boston College 16-7-0 839 5 22. Penn St. 16-5 356 24 21. Northwestern 19-3 171 23 May 16 — x-NASCAR Open, Concord, 5. Clarkson 19-6-2 768 6 23. Arizona 15-6 164 — 22. South Dakota 21-2 143 21 N.C. 6. Minnesota Duluth 15-9-2 749 10 24. Colorado 17-5 134 20 23. Tennessee 17-5 90 22 Monday’s transactions May 16 — x-NASCAR All-Star Race, 25. Houston 17-5 85 21 7. Denver 17-6-5 739 4 24. Missouri St. 18-3 77 24 Concord, N.C. Others receiving votes: Texas Tech 66, BASEBALL — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, 8. UMass 16-9-2 597 7 25. Arkansas 18-4 68 25 American League May 24 9. Penn State 17-9-2 535 8 Marquette 31, Ohio St. 19, Tulsa 19, Rhode N.C. Island 18, N Iowa 17, Wichita St. 17, BYU Others receiving votes: Princeton 48, HOUSTON ASTROS — Named James 10. Providence 14-7-5 497 9 TCU 25, LSU 13, Florida Gulf Coast 11, May 31 — Kansas 400, Kansas City, 14, Rutgers 12, Stanford 7, Stephen F Aus- Click general manager. Kan. 11. Arizona State 18-9-3 489 12 tin 3, Yale 1, Winthrop 1, Michigan 1, Vir- Stony Brook 2. MINNESOTA TWINS — Agreed to terms 12. Northeastern 14-7-2 482 13 June 7 — FireKeepers Casino 400, ginia 1, Bowling Green 1. with RHPs Jhoulys Chacin and Ryan Gar- Brooklyn, Mich. 13. Ohio State 16-9-3 471 11 ton, Cs Juan Graterol and Toma Telis, 14. UMass Lowell 13-7-5 307 14 Monday’s women’s scores June 14 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, So- INFs Jack Reinheimer and Wilfredo Tovar noma, Calif. 15. Northern Michigan 16-8-4 290 15 Monday’s men’s scores EAST and LHPs Danny Coulombe, Blaine Hardy 16. Quinnipiac 16-9-1 257 18 June 21 — Chicagoland 400, Joliet, Ill. EAST Delaware St. 72, Md.-Eastern Shore 58 and Caleb Thielbar on minor league con- June 27 — Kids Free 325, Long Pond, 17. Harvard 10-6-4 192 16 Concord 74, Bluefield St. 71 Fairleigh Dickinson 62, Wagner 61 tracts. Pa. 18. Bemidji State 16-8-4 131 19 Coppin St. 64, Howard 56 Maryland 94, Michigan St. 53 NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to June 28 — Worry-Free Weather Guar- 19. Michigan State 13-12-1 107 17 Lafayette 65, Bucknell 62 Merrimack 80, St. Francis Brooklyn 54 terms with INF/OF Rosell Herrera; OFs antee 350, Long Pond, Pa. 20. Sacred Heart 18-8-2 73 20 Md.-Eastern Shore 68, Delaware St. 66 Mount St. Mary’s 67, Sacred Heart 58 Zack Granite and Thomas Milone; LHPs July 5 — Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Others receiving votes: Maine 52, Winston-Salem 80, Lincoln (Pa.) 67 North Alabama 57, NJIT 55 Luis Avilan and Tyler Lyons; RHPs Do- Brickyard Powered By Florida Georgia Bowling Green 27, Minnesota 22, Notre Yeshiva 77, Williams 68 Oregon 74, UConn 56 mingo Acevedo, David Hale, Dan Otero, Line, Speedway, Ind. Dame 20, Western Michigan 19, Boston SOUTH Robert Morris 69, Bryant 39 Nick Tropeano and Adam Warren; and Cs July 11 — Quaker State 400 Presented University 5, Dartmouth 4, Michigan Tech Alabama St. 79, Texas Southern 55 St. Francis (Pa.) 72, CCSU 68 Kellin Deglan, Chris Iannetta, Erik Kratz, by Walmart, Sparta, Ky. Wynston Sawyer and Josh Thole on mi- 4, New Hampshire 4, AIC 2, Michigan 2, Benedict 85, Fort Valley St. 67 SOUTH July 19 — Foxwoods Resort Casino 301, Omaha 2. CLAF 72, Fayetteville St. 66 nor league contracts. Loudon, N.H. Alabama A&M 54, Prairie View 44 SEATTLE MARINERS — Designated Central St. (Ohio) 94, Spring Hill 92 Florida Gulf Coast 81, Jacksonville 68 Aug. 9 — Consumers Energy 400, Clark Atlanta 77, Paine 52 RHP Matt Festa for assignment. Claimed Brooklyn, Mich. Howard 64, Coppin St. 52 OF Jose Siri off waivers from Cincinnati. Aug. 16 — Go Bowling at The Glen, Florida St. 65, North Carolina 59 Liberty 76, Kennesaw St. 66 Tennis Grambling St. 90, MVSU 65 Agreed to terms with LHP Marco Gonza- Watkins Glen, N.Y. Miles 67, Lane 57 MVSU 68, Grambling St. 57 les on a four-year contract for 2021-24. Aug. 23 — Drydene 400, Dover, Del. Morehouse 67, Savannah St. 62 Mississippi St. 67, Georgia 53 TAMPA BAY RAYS — Agreed to terms Aug. 29 — Coke Zero Sugar 400, Day- NC A&T 78, SC State 63 NC A&T 66, SC State 55 with RHPs Dylan Covey and John Curtiss tona Beach, Fla. Cordoba Open NC Central 69, Norfolk St. 63 Norfolk St. 83, NC Central 75 and OF Johnny Davis on minor league Sept. 6 — Southern 500, Darlington, Monday Prairie View 69, Alabama A&M 54 Stetson 60, North Florida 52 contracts. S.C. At Estadio Mario Alberto Kempee Virginia Union 82, St. Augustines 67 Texas Southern 81, Alabama St. 54 National League Sept. 12 — Federated Auto Parts 400, Cordoba, Argentina MIDWEST MIDWEST MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms Richmond, Va. Purse: $546,355 Baylor 73, Kansas St. 67 Indiana 66, Purdue 54 with OF Matt Joyce and RHP Brandon Sept. 19 — Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Surface: Red clay Kansas 69, Texas 58 Miami (Ohio) 70, W. Michigan 67 Kintzler on one-year contracts. Desig- Race, Bristol, Tenn. SOUTHWEST SOUTHWEST nated LHP Jose Quijada and LHP Jarlin Sept. 27 — South Point 400, Las Vegas, Men’s Singles Nev. Round of 32 Jackson St. 49, Ark.-Pine Bluff 45 Jackson St. 56, Ark.-Pine Bluff 44 Garcia for assignment. FAR WEST FAR WEST FOOTBALL Oct. 4 — Alabama 500, Talladega, Ala. Attila Balazs, Hungary, def. Lorenzo Oct. 11 — Bank of America ROVAL 400, Sonego, Italy, 6-2, 7-6 (3). Chaminade 92, Hawaii Hilo 70 Idaho 70, Sacramento St. 44 National Football League E. Washington 77, N. Arizona 66 N. Arizona 70, E. Washington 62 ATLANTA FALCONS — Released LB Vic Concord, N.C. Gianluca Mager, Italy, def. Juan Pablo Oct. 18 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kan- Ficovich, Argentina, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. Holy Names 55, Dominican (Cal) 50 Beasley. Idaho 67, Sacramento St. 53 CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Drew sas City, Kan. Pablo Cuevas (6), Uruguay, def. Fed- AP Women’s Top 25 schedule Petzing tight ends coach. Oct. 25 — Texas 500, Fort Worth, Tex- erico Delbonis, Argentina, 7-5, 6-2. DETROIT LIONS — Signed G Josh Gar- as Carlos Taberner, Spain, def. Fernando AP Men’s Top 25 schedule Wednesday’s game Nov. 1 — NASCAR Cup Series Race at No. 2 Baylor vs. Kansas nett. Verdasco (7), Spain, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed TE Cole Martinsville, Martinsville, Va. Men’s Doubles Wednesday’s games Thursday’s games Nov. 8 — NASCAR Cup Series Champi- No. 5 Louisville vs. Wake Forest South Carolina at No. 25 Arkansas Herdman. Round of 16 No. 1 WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Announced onship, Avondale, Ariz. No. 10 Villanova at No. 19 Butler No. 5 Louisville vs. No. 17 Florida State x-non-points race Leonardo Mayer and Andres Molteni No. 12 Seton Hall at Georgetown the retirement of TE Vernon Davis. (4), Argentina, def. Guillermo Duran and No. 7 N.C. State at Virginia Tech HOCKEY No. 13 West Virginia vs. Iowa State No. 8 Mississippi State at No. 23 Ten- Juan Ignacio Londero, Argentina, 6-3, 1- No. 17 Iowa at Purdue National Hockey League NASCAR Xfinity Series 6, 10-5. No. 18 LSU at Vanderbilt nessee ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled RW Dan- No. 21 Creighton at Providence No. 11 Gonzaga at Pacific iel Sprong from San Diego (AHL). schedule No. 13 Maryland at No. 18 Indiana Open Sud de France Thursday’s games NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled F Joey Feb. 15 — NASCAR Racing Experience No. 2 Gonzaga vs. Loyola Marymount No. 15 Kentucky vs. Alabama Anderson from Binghamton (AHL). No. 20 Iowa vs. Nebraska 300, Daytona Beach, Fla. Monday No. 23 Arizona vs. Southern Cal SOCCER Feb. 22 — Boyd Gaming 300, Las Vegas, At Palais des Sports de Gerland No. 24 Colorado vs. California Friday’s games Major League Soccer Nev. Montpellier, France No. 25 Houston vs. Tulane No. 3 Oregon vs. No. 12 Arizona ATLANTA UNITED — Signed M Matheus Feb. 29 — NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Purse: Euro524,695 Friday’s game No. 4 UConn vs. Memphis Rossetto from Athletico Paranaense (Se- at Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, Calif. Surface: Hardcourt indoor No. 9 Maryland at No. 20 Illinois No. 6 Stanford vs. No. 10 UCLA rie A-Brazil). March 7 — NASCAR Xfinity Series 200, Men’s Singles Saturday’s games No. 9 Oregon State vs. No. 19 Arizona FC CINCINNATI — Acquired F JLocadia Avondale, Ariz. Qualification No. 1 Baylor vs. Oklahoma State State on loan from Premier League side Brigh- March 14 — Atlanta 250, Hampton, Enzo Couacaud (8), France, def. Guill- No. 2 Gonzaga at Saint Mary’s No. 14 DePaul at St. John’s ton & Hove Albion. Ga. ermo Garcia-Lopez (4), Spain, 6-3, 6-3. No. 3 Kansas at TCU No. 24 Missouri State at Northern Iowa NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Named March 21 — NASCAR Xfinity Series Emil Ruusuvuori (2), Finland, def. Nico- No. 4 San Diego State at Air Force Saturday’s games James Collins head of sports science; Race At Homestead, Homestead, Fla. las Mahut (7), France, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (3). No. 5 Louisville vs. Virginia No. 2 Baylor at Kansas State Evan Allen director of sports medicine/ March 28 — My Bariatric Solutions No. 6 Dayton vs. Saint Louis No. 11 Gonzaga at Saint Mary’s trainer; Eric Bengston rehabilitation 300, Fort Worth, Texas Sergiy Stakhovsky (3), Ukraine, def. coordinator/assistant trainer; Marcelo Danilo Petrovic (5), Serbia, 6-2, 6-4. No. 7 Duke at North Carolina Sunday’s games April 4 — Alsco 300, Bristol, Tenn. No. 8 Florida State vs. Miami Santos assistant coach, Harrison Hall Damir Dzumhur (1), Bosnia-Herze- No. 3 Oregon vs. No. 19 Arizona State April 25 — MoneyLion 300, Talladega, No. 10 Villanova vs. No. 12 Seton Hall No. 5 Louisville at Syracuse trainer and Daniel Kirwan sports per- Ala. govina, def. Elliot Benchetrit, France, 6-2, at Wells Fargo Center formance coach of Revolution II (USL May 2 — NASCAR Xfinity Series Race 6-4. No. 6 Stanford vs. Southern Cal League One); Emily Hess academy resi- No. 11 Auburn vs. No. 18 LSU No. 8 Mississippi State vs. No. 16 Texas at Dover, Dover, Del. Round of 32 No. 13 West Virginia at Oklahoma dency coodinator; and Darrell St. Jean May 23 — Alsco 300, Concord, N.C. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, def. Aljaz Be- No. 14 Oregon at Oregon State A&M academy athletic training associate. May 30 — Mid-Ohio 170, Lexington, dene, Slovenia, 6-3, 6-4. No. 15 Kentucky at Tennessee No. 9 Oregon State vs. No. 12 Arizona NEW YORK RED BULLS — Named Kevin Ohio Gregoire Barrere, France, def. Joao No. 16 Michigan State at Michigan No. 10 UCLA at California Thelwell head of sport. June 6 — LTi Printing 250, Brooklyn, Sousa, Portugal, 6-2, 7-6 (6). No. 17 Iowa vs. Nebraska No. 13 Maryland vs. Rutgers National Women’s Soccer League Mich. Norbert Gombos, Slovakia, def. Pablo No. 21 Creighton vs. St. John’s No. 14 DePaul at Seton Hall REIGN FC — Traded F Shea Groom, D June 13 — NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Carreno Busta (6), Spain, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. No. 22 Penn State vs. Minnesota No. 15 Kentucky at No. 25 Arkansas Megan Oyster and a conditional natural at Iowa, Newton, Iowa Men’s Doubles No. 23 Arizona vs. UCLA No. 17 Florida State vs. Virginia 2022 second-round draft pick to Houston June 20 — Chicagoland 300, Joliet, Ill. Round of 16 No. 24 Colorado vs. Stanford No. 18 Indiana at Nebraska for the rights to D Amber Brooks and F June 28 — Pocono Green 250 Recycled Nikola Cacic, Serbia, and Mate Pavic, Sunday’s games No. 20 Iowa at Purdue Sofia Huerta. by J.P. Mascaro & Sons, Long Pond, Pa. Croatia, def. Kenny de Scheppe and Hugo No. 19 Butler at Marquette No. 22 South Dakota at North Dakota SKY BLUE — Agreed to terms with F July 4 — Pennzoil 250, Speedway, Ind. Gaston, France, 6-4, 6-4. No. 25 Houston vs. Wichita State No. 24 Missouri State at Drake Paige Monaghan on a two-year contract. July 10 — Alsco 300, Sparta, Ky. Horia Tecau, Romania, and Jean-Ju- July 18 — NASCAR Xfinity Series Race lien Rojer (2), Netherlands, def. Denis At New Hampshire, Loudon, N.H. Aug. 1 — U.S. Cellular 250, Newton, Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime, Pro baseball Iowa Canada, 6-4, 6-4. Aug. 8 — Henry 180, Elkhart Lake, Wis. Aug. 15 — Zippo 200 at The Glen, Wat- Maharashtra Open TEXAS (4) — Welington Castillo, c; Lagares, of. kins Glen, N.Y. Remaining free agents Logan Forsythe, inf; Shawn Kelley, rhp; PHILADELPHIA (7) — Jared Hughes, Aug. 22 — NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Monday AMERICAN LEAGUE Hunter Pence, dh-of. rhp; Tommy Hunter, rhp; Brad Miller, inf- at Dover, Dover, Del. At Balewadi Stadium Aug. 28 — Coca-Cola 250, Daytona Pune, India NEW YORK — The 59 remaining free TORONTO (1) — Clay Buchholz, rhp. of; Pat Neshek, rhp; Sean Rodriguez, inf- Beach, Fla. Purse: $546,355 agents: NATIONAL LEAGUE of; Jason Vargas, lhp; Nick Vincent, rhp. Sept. 5 — Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Surface: Hardcourt outdoor BALTIMORE (1) — Mark Trumbo, dh- ARIZONA (2) — Jarrod Dyson, of; PITTSBURGH (2) — Melky Cabrera, of; 200, Darlington, S.C. Men’s Singles of-1b. Wilmer Flores, of. Lonnie Chisenhall, of. Sept. 11 — Go Bowling 250, Richmond, Round of 32 BOSTON (3) — Andrew Cashner, rhp; ATLANTA (4) — Billy Hamilton, of; ST. LOUIS (1) — Tony Cingrani, lhp. Va. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Germany, def. Brock Holt, inf-of; Steve Pearce, 1b-of. Brian McCann, c; Anthony Swarzak, rhp; SAN DIEGO (1) — Aaron Loup, lhp. Sept. 18 — Food City 300, Bristol, Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 6-3, 6-4. CHICAGO (1) — Jon Jay, of. Josh Tomlin, rhp. SAN FRANCISCO (1) — Fernando Abad, Tenn. Yuichi Sugita (5), Japan, def. Thomas CLEVELAND (3) — Ryan Flaherty, inf; CHICAGO (5) — Tony Barnette, rhp; lhp. Sept. 26 — Alsco 300, Las Vegas, Nev. Fabbiano, Italy, 6-3, 6-0. Jason Kipnis, 2b; Yasiel Puig, of. Xavier Cedeno, lhp; Jonathan Lucroy, c; WASHINGTON (4) — Brian Dozier, 2b; Oct. 10 — Drive for the Cure 200 pre- DETROIT (2) — Edwin Jackson, rhp; Pedro Strop, rhp; Ben Zobrist, inf-of. Jeremy Hellickson, rhp; Fernando Rod- sented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Sumit Na- Carolina, Concord, N.C. gal, India, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-1. Gordon Beckham, 2b. COLORADO (2) — Yonder Alonso, 1b- ney, rhp; Jonny Venters, lhp. — Collin McHugh, rhp. of; Drew Butera, c. Oct. 17 — Kansas Lottery 300, Kansas Salvatore Caruso (7), Italy, def. Ram- HOUSTON (1) City, Kan. kumar Ramanathan, India, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. LOS ANGELES (1) — Trevor Cahill, rhp. LOS ANGELES (2) — David Freese, 3b; MLB calendar Oct. 24 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 300, Fort Men’s Doubles NEW YORK (3) — Cory Gearrin, rhp; Russell Martin, c. Worth, Texas Round of 16 Cameron Maybin, of; CC Sabathia, lhp. MIAMI (2) — Curtis Granderson, of; Feb. 4-6 — Owners meetings, Orlando, Oct. 31 — NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Paolo Lorenzi and Stefano Travaglia, SEATTLE (3) — Wade LeBlanc, lhp; Martin Prado, 1b-3b. Florida. at Martinsville, Martinsville, Va. Italy, def. Evgeny Donskoy, Russia, and Tommy Milone, lhp; Arodys Vizcaino, MILWAUKEE (1) — Matt Albers, rhp. Feb. 4-21 — Salary arbitration hear- Nov. 7 — Desert Diamond Casino West Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, 6-3, 6-4. rhp. NEW YORK (2) — Rajai Davis, of; Juan ings, Phoenix. Valley 200, Avondale, Ariz. PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, February 5, 2020 NBA Roundup NBA scoreboard

Eastern Conference Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Butler delivers Toronto 36 14 .720 — Boston 34 15 .694 1½ Philadelphia 31 20 .608 5½ Brooklyn 22 27 .449 13½ New York 15 36 .294 21½ Southeast Division Miami 34 15 .694 — Orlando 22 28 .440 12½ Washington 17 32 .347 17 Heat past 76ers Charlotte 16 34 .320 18½ Atlanta 13 38 .255 22 Central Division Milwaukee 42 7 .857 — Indiana 31 19 .620 11½ Chicago 19 33 .365 24½ Detroit 18 34 .346 25½ Forward scores 38 against former team Cleveland 13 38 .255 30 Western Conference Associated Press Antonio within one. Southwest Division Lou Williams got fouled and MIAMI — Jimmy Butler W L Pct GB made both for Los Angeles. Mills’ Houston 31 18 .633 — scored a season-high 38 points Dallas 31 19 .620 ½ half-court heave at the buzzer Memphis 25 25 .500 6½ against his former team before came up short. San Antonio 22 27 .449 9 getting the fourth quarter off, New Orleans 20 30 .400 11½ LaMarcus Aldridge scored 27 Northwest Division and the Miami Heat ran away in points for the Spurs. Denver 34 16 .680 — the second half to beat the Phila- Utah 32 17 .653 1½ Celtics 123, Hawks 115: Jay- Oklahoma City 30 20 .600 4 delphia 76ers 137-106 on Monday Portland 23 27 .460 11 night. son Tatum scored 28 points and Minnesota 15 34 .306 18½ Grant Williams drove for a key Pacific Division Goran Dragic scored 24 points L.A. Lakers 37 11 .771 — for Miami, Duncan Robinson had basket in the final minute, lead- L.A. Clippers 35 15 .700 3 ing Boston to a win at Atlanta for Phoenix 20 30 .400 18 19 and All-Star Bam Adebayo Sacramento 19 31 .380 19 finished with 18 points, 11 assists its fourth straight victory. Golden State 12 39 .235 26½ With ailing Kemba Walker Sunday’s games and eight rebounds for the Heat , Detroit 128, Denver 123, OT who set a season high for points watching from the bench, Gordon Houston 117, New Orleans 109 Hayward scored 24 points and Milwaukee 129, Phoenix 108 and victory margin. Toronto 129, Chicago 102 “We want Jimmy to be ag- Jaylen Brown chipped in with 21 Monday’s games for the Celtics. Dallas 112, Indiana 103 gressive,” Dragic said. “He’s our /AP Golden State 125, Washington 117 Trae Young led the Hawks with LYNNE SLADKY New York 139, Cleveland 134, OT leader.” Orlando 112, Charlotte 100 For Philadelphia, it was more 34 points, his 25th game with at Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler, right, defends against Philadelphia Boston 123, Atlanta 115 least 30 this season. Kevin Huert- Miami 137, Philadelphia 106 of the same. The team with an 76ers guard Shake Milton. Butler led the Heat with a season-high Brooklyn 119, Phoenix 97 NBA-best 22-2 home record lost er had 23 points, including five 38 points in a 137-106 win Monday in Miami. Memphis 96, Detroit 82 three-pointers, and John Collins Sacramento 113, Minnesota 109 for the 10th time in its last 12 road L.A. Clippers 108, San Antonio 105 games. Joel Embiid led the 76ers notched his fourth straight dou- for the NBA-worst Warriors (12- Evan Fournier added 17 points Tuesday’s games ble-double with 22 points and 11 Milwaukee at New Orleans with 29 points and 12 rebounds, 39), with both coming on the road. and Markelle Fultz had 12 points Charlotte at Houston and Ben Simmons had 16 points. rebounds. They lost 15 of their previous 17. and 14 assists for the Magic, who Portland at Denver Mavericks 112, Pacers 103: San Antonio at L.A. Lakers Miami won the season series, Beal led the Wizards with 43 won for the first time since beat- Wednesday’s games 3-1. Kristaps Porzingis had 38 points points in his seventh straight ing the Hornets by 23 in Charlotte Phoenix at Detroit and 12 rebounds to lead Dallas to Golden State at Brooklyn “We just want to get better as game with at least 30, the third- on Jan. 20. Indiana at Toronto the season goes on and we knew a win at Indiana. longest streak in team history. Knicks 139, Cavaliers 134 Orlando at Boston Atlanta at Minnesota that this game was important just Porzingis shot 6-for-13 on Rui Hachimura scored 11 points (OT): Marcus Morris Sr. scored Cleveland at Oklahoma City from the standpoint of being able three-pointers and made all 12 of after missing 23 games . 26 points, including the go-ahead Memphis at Dallas Denver at Utah to go up 3-1 against one of the his free throws. Tim Hardaway Grizzlies 96, Pistons 82: jumper with a minute left in Miami at L.A. Clippers teams we’re jostling against in Jr. contributed 25 points for the Jonas Valanciunas had 26 points overtime, and New York won at Thursday’s games Orlando at New York this competitive Eastern Confer- Mavericks, who played without and 17 rebounds, Dillon Brooks Cleveland. New Orleans at Chicago ence,“ Heat coach Erik Spoelstra injured All-Star starter Luka added 15 points and host Mem- Morris, who missed the morn- Philadelphia at Milwaukee San Antonio at Portland said. “It matters.“ Doncic (sprained ankle) for the phis defeated Detroit to sweep ing shoot around because of an ill- Houston at L.A. Lakers Clippers 108, Spurs 105: third straight game. the season series. ness, added another jumper and Kawhi Leonard scored 22 points, Domantas Sabonis led the Jaren Jackson Jr. finished with two free throws to help put the Leaders Paul George added 19 and host Pacers with 26 points on 9-for- 14 points and Tyus Jones added game away. Scoring G FG FT PTS AVG Los Angeles rallied in the fourth 12 shooting to go with 12 re- 13. Valanciunas also had four of Kings 113, Timberwolves Harden, HOU 46 474 481 1644 35.7 quarter. bounds and nine assists. Malcolm 109: Antetokounmpo, MIL 45 498 283 1350 30.0 a season-high 12 blocks for the De’Aaron Fox scored 31 Lillard, POR 48 450 340 1432 29.8 Leonard’s one-handed dunk Brogdon added 14 points. Grizzlies as they held the Pistons points, Bogdan Bogdanovic made Young, ATL 45 411 333 1307 29.0 Warriors 125, Wizards 117: Doncic, DAL 43 408 296 1238 28.8 gave the Clippers a two-point to 34.7% shooting. five free throws in the final 69 Beal, WAS 41 400 277 1182 28.8 lead with 1:35 remaining after Alec Burks scored 30 points, Magic 112, Hornets 100: seconds and host Sacramento Leonard, LAC 37 355 232 1018 27.5 Booker, PHX 46 427 307 1250 27.2 they trailed by 15 in the first half. Glenn Robinson III added 22 and Nikola Vucevic scored 22 points, held off a late run to hand Minne- Davis, LAL 41 376 292 1090 26.6 George’s jumper with 13 seconds Golden State overcame another Aaron Gordon had 16 points sota its 12th consecutive loss. Westbrook, HOU 42 425 216 1107 26.4 James, LAL 46 440 174 1149 25.0 left made it 106-102. big performance by Bradley Beal and 12 rebounds, and Orlando Bogdanovic scored 23 points, LaVine, CHI 52 449 245 1297 24.9 Patty Mills hit a three-pointer to win at Washington. snapped a five-game skid with a Buddy Hield added 16 and Harri- Ingram, NOP 45 384 241 1122 24.9 Mitchell, UTA 48 437 192 1181 24.6 with two seconds left to draw San It was the second straight win win at Charlotte. son Barnes had 14 for the Kings. Siakam, TOR 39 343 153 923 23.7 DeRozan, SAS 48 411 277 1107 23.1 Wiggins, MIN 40 339 141 907 22.7 Walker, BOS 42 311 160 926 22.0 Tatum, BOS 44 346 151 948 21.5 Dinwiddie, BKN 48 340 254 1030 21.5 LaVert leads Irving-less Nets past Suns Rebounds G OFF DEF TOT AVG Drummond, DET 47 214 524 738 15.7 Gobert, UTA 47 173 507 680 14.5 BY BRIAN MAHONEY Booker said. “Face guarding the whole game. LeVert broke out with some nice drives to Whiteside, POR 46 186 462 648 14.1 Capela, HOU 39 168 369 537 13.8 Associated Press Switching our matchups. So, it’s one of those the basket along with two three-pointers and Antetokounmpo, MIL 45 111 480 591 13.1 nights.” 7-for-7 shooting from the foul line. He even Sabonis, IND 46 152 431 583 12.7 NEW YORK — With Kyrie Irving side- Vucevic, ORL 38 101 316 417 11.0 Joe Harris added 16 points and Taurean added seven assists and agreed his perfor- Adebayo, MIA 48 122 380 502 10.5 lined, Caris LeVert picked the perfect time to Prince had 11 of his 15 in the decisive third mance could be a stepping stone. Thompson, CLE 48 199 300 499 10.4 deliver his best game of the season. Valanciunas, MEM 46 129 336 465 10.1 quarter for Brooklyn, which will be without “Yeah, I think so,” he said. “Like I said, it’s Assists LeVert tied his career high with 29 points in G AST AVG Irving at least for this week after he sprained definitely good to see the ball going through his first start in nearly three months, helping James, LAL 46 493 10.7 his right knee Saturday at Washington. the basket, be aggressive like I was tonight.” Young, ATL 45 407 9.0 the Brooklyn Nets overcome the absence of So Spencer Dinwiddie went back into the Rubio, PHX 41 359 8.8 Deandre Ayton had 25 points and 17 re- Doncic, DAL 43 373 8.7 their leading scorer to beat the Phoenix Suns starting lineup at point guard and LeVert Simmons, PHI 48 395 8.2 bounds for Phoenix, which was even with 119-97 on Monday night. made his first start since Nov. 10. After that, Lillard, POR 48 380 7.9 the Nets for most of the first half but then Graham, CHA 49 376 7.7 “It was like the old Caris, how dynamic he had right thumb surgery and missed the FG Percentage ran out of gas after halftime in the second of FG FGA PCT he was and athletic and moving great,” Nets next 24 games. Gobert, UTA 279 406 .687 coach Kenny Atkinson said. A starter in the first nine games of the sea- their back-to-back games and lost their third Holmes, SAC 204 309 .660 straight. Allen, BKN 213 327 .651 LeVert snapped out of a slump on offense son, LeVert had struggled in his bench role Capela, HOU 244 388 .629 and played a key role in a strong defensive ef- lately, shooting just 3-for-14 for a total of nine “We just lost a bit of our poise tonight,” Suns Clarke, MEM 214 342 .626 Whiteside, POR 303 496 .611 fort that limited Suns star Devin Booker to 11 points over the previous two games. Atkinson coach Monty Williams said. “It was a three- Adams, OKC 198 330 .600 point game at the half and we didn’t make Valanciunas, MEM 290 493 .588 points on 3-for-15 shooting. thought longer stints on the floor could help Simmons, PHI 323 553 .584 “They did a good job of taking me out,” get the guard back on track. shots in the third.” Adebayo, MIA 290 499 .581 Wednesday, February 5, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 NBA/MLB MLB briefs Astros hire Rays exec Click as GM

Associated Press Gonzales is about to begin his third full season with the Mari- HOUSTON — The Houston ners after arriving in 2017 via a Astros hired James Click as their trade from St. Louis. Gonzales new general manager Monday, gets $1 million this year in the taking the Tampa Bay Rays ex- final season of a $1.9 million, two- ecutive and putting him in charge year deal. of the scandal-ridden team a week before the start of spring His new contract calls for a $1 training. million signing bonus, half pay- Click succeeds Jeff Luhnow, able within 30 days and half next who along with manager AJ Jan. 15, and salaries of $5 mil- Hinch was suspended by Major lion in 2021, $5.5 million in 2022, League Baseball last month in $6.5 million in 2023 and $12 mil- the wake of a sign-stealing scam lion in 2024, when he would have and then fired by the Astros. been eligible for free agency. The Houston, coming off a Game 7 Mariners’ 2025 option is for $15 loss to Washington in the World million with no buyout. Series, hired Dusty Baker last Gonzales would get a $250,000 assignment bonus if traded, a pro- ANDA CHU, BAY AREA NEWS GROUP/TNS week as manager. Astros owner Jim Crane an- vision that also covers 2020. Andre Iguodala, right, was the NBA Finals MVP with Golden State in 2015. He’s still on the roster of nounced the addition of Click, who Gonzales, 27, is coming off the the Memphis Grizzlies, who haven’t played him this season, and could be available by trade. spent the last three seasons as the best season of his career. He tied Rays’ vice president of baseball for the American League lead operations. The 42-year-old Click with 34 starts and was tied for had been with Tampa Bay for the fifth with 16 victories. His 3.99 Talk: Trade speculation has swirled last 14 seasons. ERA was the lowest of his career “I am excited to join the Astros and he set career-highs in starts, family,” Click said in a statement. innings pitched and strikeouts. around Russell since Warriors got him “The Astros are a progressive and innovative organization with Free agents Kintzler, a deeply talented group in the Joyce join Marlins FROM BACK PAGE that’s committed to youth, is the type of player who front office.” The deadline is Thursday at 3 p.m. EST. It arrives teams could call about. And a team like the New The Rays beat Oakland in the MIAMI — Right-hander Bran- quickly now, once the NBA moved it from its long- York Knicks, with a number of veterans on short- AL wild-card game and lost to don Kintzler and the Miami Mar- time spot on the calendar after the All-Star break term contracts but mired near the bottom of the Houston in the decisive Game lins have finalized a one-year to its current one the week before. It allows traded standings, could have reason to be active before 5 of the Division Series. Tampa contract that guarantees $3.25 players to use the break to acclimate themselves to Thursday. Bay senior vice president of base- million. a new situation, rather than returning to a team that In the meantime, keep an eye on the lineups. ball operations Chaim Bloom was Miami also completed a $1.5 might deal them a couple of days later. hired as chief baseball officer million, one-year deal on Monday Russell could be making that adjustment. He’s Flying into February by the Boston Red Sox in late with outfielder Matt Joyce, who been considered a trade possibility since virtu- October. can earn an additional $250,000 ally the moment the Warriors acquired him from Portland’s difficult four-game week includes in performance bonuses for plate Brooklyn in July in the sign-and-trade transaction games at Denver and Utah, two of the best in the Gonzales, Seattle agree appearances: $50,000 each for that sent Kevin Durant across the country. He’s a West. to $30 million deal 200 and 250, and $75,000 apiece point guard coming off his first All-Star season, is Good thing for the Trail Blazers they have basket- for 300 and 350. under contract for a few more years, and plays in a ball’s hottest player to lead them there. SEATTLE — Left-hander Kintzler, 35, gets a $3 million backcourt where the Warriors will eventually have Damian Lillard averaged 45 points and 11 assists Marco Gonzales and the Seattle salary next year, and the Mar- Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson again. in leading Portland to a 3-0 record last week. He fin- Mariners agreed Monday to a $30 lins have a $4 million team option So it was hardly a surprise when word came Mon- ished that stretch off with 51 points and 12 assists million contract covering 2021-24, for 2021 with a $259,000 buyout. day that Russell wouldn’t play. The depleted War- against the Jazz on Saturday, giving him three 50- a deal that includes a club option If he is traded, the option price riors know as well as anyone how quickly injuries point games in his last six outings. and could be worth $45 million would escalate to $5 million with can pop up and wreck things. Lillard has made at least six three-pointers in over five seasons. a $500,000 buyout. They hadn’t made a trade during the season six straight games, setting an NBA record, and has under coach Steve Kerr until dealing Willie Cauley- been the Western Conference player of the week the Stein to Dallas last month. The buzz remains around last two weeks. Russell, leading Kerr to have conversations with his The All-Star guard insists he’s not doing it alone. players he never had to consider before. The Blazers have won four straight to pull within “It feels different this year, obviously, because of a couple of games of the final playoff spot in the the circumstances that we find ourselves in,” Kerr West. told reporters in Washington. “Definitely different “Of course everybody is going to look at the crazy set of circumstances, so I have to address those cir- numbers and what I’m doing because that’s a story, cumstances as a coach in terms of what that means but you don’t win a game scoring 50 points,” Lillard for our team, for individual players.” said. “We’re scoring 130 points. A former Kerr player, the NBA Finals MVP from “So I think maybe outsiders might overlook it, but the coach’s first season with the Warriors in 2015, we watch film and we talk and we know what’s going could be available by trade. Andre Iguodala is still on with our team and we’ve just got to continue to on the roster of the Memphis Grizzlies, who haven’t do that.” played him this season. The Grizzlies made a deadline deal last year that Games to watch had a massive impact on the championship chase, when they traded Marc Gasol to Toronto. He became Golden State at Brooklyn, Wednesday. Will DAn- the starting center on their first NBA title team. gelo Russell play in the arena where he became an It’s unclear if any big moves are left for February All-Star? after nearly half the players in the league changed Indiana at Toronto, Wednesday. Opener of a teams in the summer. But without a clear-cut favor- home-and-home series for a couple of tough Eastern ite like the Warriors of recent years, more teams Conference teams. who believe they are contenders could be enticed to Houston at Lakers, Thursday. Local All-Stars GENE J. PUSKAR/AP swing a deal. James Harden and Russell Westbrook play in Los A player like Tristan Thompson, with NBA Fi- Angeles for the first time since Kobe Bryant’s The Mariners signed starting pitcher Marco Gonzales to a $30 nals experience but now a veteran on a losing team death. million, four-year contract Monday. PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, February 5, 2020 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Top 25 roundup No. 1 Baylor earns 19th straight win

Associated Press “We lock in defensively and we really focus on our scout be- MANHATTAN, Kan. — Baylor fore the game,” said Teague, who wasn’t dominant, just good enough shot 4-for-9 and grabbed four re- to lead Kansas State throughout bounds. “We help each other out and maintain its roll. when someone gets beat.” Jared Butler scored 20 points After starting Big 12 play slow- and the No. 1 Bears extended their ly, Teague has scored in double school-record winning streak to 19 games, beating the Wildcats figures the past four games and 73-67 on Monday night. has just one turnover in that MaCio Teague added 15 points span. and Davion Mitchell scored 13 for Baylor led 44-39 in the second Baylor (20-1, 9-0 Big 12), which is half and a 12-2 run, started by a off to the best start in league play three-pointer by Butler, pushed by any Big 12 team since 2011. the lead to 16. “We have a bunch of glue guys,” No. 3 Kansas 69, Texas 58: FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP Bears coach Scott Drew said. “We Udoka Azubuike scored 17 points have blue-collared, hard-work- and the host Jayhawks beat the Villanova’s Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, center, tries to keep the ball away from St. John’s LJ Figueroa, left, ing guys that live in the gym, and Longhorns. and Marcellus Earlington during the second half on Jan. 28 in New York. Villanova won 79-59. most of them have just gotten bet- Devon Dotson added 16 points ter and better.” and Marcus Garrett scored 11 for Xavier Sneed tied a career high Kansas (19-3, 8-1 Big 12), which This week in Top 25 with 23 points, Cartier Diarra has won seven straight, includ- scored 11 and Makol Mawien had ing four since an ugly brawl in 10 for Kansas State (9-13, 2-7), the closing seconds of a win over which lost to Baylor for the first rival Kansas State. No. 10 Villanova faces tests time since 2017. Matt Coleman III scored 20 The Bears went 24-for-48 from points to lead Texas (14-8, 4-5), the floor, including 9-for-22 from which stayed within a possession three-point range, while the Wild- of the lead for much of the game. against ranked Big East foes cats were 22-for-48 from the field A lob from Marcus Garrett to Azubuike fueled an 8-0 run for and 8-for-21 from deep. BY AARON BEARD point range, and they averaged as instate rivalry matchups. the Jayhawks midway through Baylor’s struggles from the Associated Press 77.5 points with nine made threes. Each comes Saturday. Tom the second half, building a 52-42 free-throw line helped Kansas “It’s kind of our job as coaches Izzo’s Spartans follow their game lead. State get closer, even though the RALEIGH, N.C. — Villanova to make sure we don’t have to against Penn State by traveling to No. 8 Florida State 65, North Wildcats were never a threat to coach Jay Wright knows his 10th- lose a game to learn that,” Wright Michigan after claiming the first Carolina 59: Patrick Williams win. The Bears were 16-for-29 on ranked Wildcats have youth and said of getting a young team to meeting. Out West, No. 14 Oregon had 14 points and nine rebounds, free throws while Kansas State inexperience that can lead to in- bring the same every-game edge. visits Oregon State in the Pac-12. Trent Forrest also scored 14 and was 15-for-19. consistent play in some of the big- “We’ve got to take some responsi- And in the Atlantic Coast Confer- the host Seminoles beat the Tar The Wildcats gave the ball up gest games. bility, too.” ence, seventh-ranked Duke visits 16 times, including four in the Heels. A recent loss offered a remind- North Carolina in the renewal of first three minutes as Baylor RaiQuan Gray had 10 second- er that his team is still learning Tigers vs. Tigers the fierce rivalry between tradi- jumped out to an 8-0 lead and half points as Florida State (19-3, as it enters a tough week with two tion-rich neighbors with a com- never trailed. 9-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) ranked Big East opponents. Auburn joined No. 9 Maryland bined 11 NCAA Tournament “It’s tough to spot them that moved within a win of its best- First comes a trip to No. 19 in jumping a week-best six spots championships. many points and work your way ever start in league play. The Butler on Wednesday, followed by in the latest poll, climbing to No. back,” Kansas State coach Bruce Seminoles opened 10-2 in ACC a visit from league-leading and 11 after a weekend win against Baylor still rolling Weber said. “I just challenged play in 2011-12. 12th-ranked Seton Hall. Those Kentucky. The Tigers next travel them in the timeout and they re- Cole Anthony started in his games headline the week’s AP to Arkansas before hosting No. 18 Baylor started the week by sponded well.” second game back from knee sur- Top 25 schedule as college basket- LSU on Saturday in another mar- strengthening its grip on the No. The Bears are 5-0 on the road gery for UNC (10-12, 3-8). The ball claims the post-Super Bowl quee Southeastern Conference 1 spot, then extending its school- in conference play and holding freshman guard scored 16 points spotlight at the start of a roughly matchup. record winning streak. opponents to an average of 59 on 5-for-23 shooting and added six-week run to Selection Sunday. Auburn (19-2, 6-2 SEC) has The Bears (20-1) remained on points in those contests. seven rebounds. Villanova (17-4, 7-2 Big East) been perfect this year aside from top for a third straight week with enters the week a game behind losses to Alabama and Florida 49 of 65 first-place votes, five the Pirates despite Saturday’s in a four-day stretch last month, more than the previous week. loss at home to Creighton, which but LSU (17-4, 8-0) has won 10 Later Monday, they won at Kan- allowed the Bluejays to re-enter straight games to sit alone atop sas State for their 19th consecu- Monday’s poll at No. 21. the league. tive win to remain unbeaten in “It’s learning experience for Big 12 play. this team,” Wright said after- Big Ten battles The Bears next host Oklahoma ward. “You have to know how to State on Saturday. do that every night, and that’s There are two other games fea- what great teams do. Average turing two ranked teams, both in Watch list teams play tough one night, don’t a Big Ten that has a national-best play the other night. Sometimes five ranked teams. It’s Tulsa, not No. 25 Houston or when you’re young, you have to The first comes Tuesday with previously ranked Wichita State, lose a game to know that. I wish No. 16 Michigan State hosting No. leading the American Athletic we didn’t.” 22 Penn State. The other comes Conference. Wins this week could Villanova has freshmen or Friday with the ninth-ranked inch Frank Haith’s Golden Hur- sophomores as three of its top Terrapins visiting No. 20 Illinois. ricane (15-6) closer to the poll, four scorers in Saddiq Bey (15.0), Michigan State and Illinois en- first at home Thursday against Justin Moore (11.1) and Jeremiah tered the week tied atop the Big Connecticut followed by Sunday’s Robinson-Earl (11.0). But the in- Ten standings. trip to UCF. ability to make consistent stops Sitting a game behind No. 6 was a common thread in losses to Road rivalries Dayton in the Atlantic 10, Rhode current No. 1 Baylor, Creighton, Island (16-5) has won eight ORLIN WAGNER/AP Ohio State and Marquette. Ranked teams play a total of straight entering games against Baylor’s Freddie Gillespie gets between Kansas State’s Joe Petrakis, Those teams combined to shoot 15 road games this week starting Massachusetts on Tuesday and at left, and Xavier Sneed for a rebound during the first half on Monday. 50% overall and 46% from three- Tuesday, though three stand out George Washington on Saturday. Wednesday, February 5, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 NHL Roundup Pysyk’s hat trick propels Panthers

Associated Press Scoreboard TORONTO — Mark Pysyk scored three times for his first career hat trick, and the Florida Eastern Conference Panthers beat the Toronto Maple Atlantic Division Leafs 5-3 on Monday night. GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 53 31 10 12 74 177 137 Mike Hoffman had a goal and Tampa Bay 52 32 15 5 69 188 145 an assist for Florida, which trailed Florida 51 29 17 5 63 188 170 Toronto 53 28 18 7 63 191 176 3-1 early in the third period. Mike Montreal 54 24 23 7 55 167 166 Matheson had three assists, and Buffalo 52 23 22 7 53 150 161 Ottawa 52 18 24 10 46 142 176 Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves Detroit 54 12 38 4 28 111 207 in the Panthers’ seventh win in Metropolitan Division Washington 53 35 13 5 75 193 158 eight games. Pittsburgh 52 33 14 5 71 176 142 Frederik Andersen started for Columbus 53 28 16 9 65 143 135 Philadelphia 53 29 17 7 65 170 157 Toronto and stopped seven of N.Y. Islanders 50 29 15 6 64 146 136 eight shots, but was forced into Carolina 52 30 19 3 63 166 139 N.Y. Rangers 51 25 22 4 54 166 166 concussion protocol after getting New Jersey 51 18 24 9 45 137 185 bumped into at least three times — with the worst coming on a col- Western Conference Central Division lision with Florida center Frank GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vatrano. St. Louis 53 31 14 8 70 168 150 Dallas 52 30 18 4 64 139 132 Coach Sheldon Keefe said his Colorado 50 28 16 6 62 182 149 JEFFREY T. BARNES/AP No. 1 goalie passed concussion Chicago 52 25 21 6 56 158 163 Winnipeg 53 26 23 4 56 158 164 protocol, but he didn’t know if he Nashville 51 24 20 7 55 169 171 Sabres captain Jack Eichel is enjoying a breakout season with a career-best 31 goals through 52 games. would practice Tuesday before Minnesota 51 23 22 6 52 157 172 Pacific Division the Leafs fly to New York for a Vancouver 53 30 18 5 65 177 159 meeting with the Rangers on Edmonton 52 28 18 6 62 170 162 Vegas 54 27 20 7 61 168 162 Wednesday. Calgary 53 27 20 6 60 146 163 Auston Matthews, William Ny- Arizona 54 26 21 7 59 152 148 San Jose 53 22 27 4 48 136 177 Eichel: Sabres won’t fold lander and John Tavares scored Anaheim 52 21 26 5 47 134 161 Los Angeles 53 19 29 5 43 131 167 for Toronto, which had won three Note: Two points for a win, one point in a row. Mitch Marner had two for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per assists. conference advance to playoffs. “I don’t think the result is in Sunday’s games Pittsburgh 4, Washington 3 any way indicative of the way the Columbus 4, Montreal 3 down stretch this season game went,” Keefe said. “When Carolina 4, Vancouver 3, SO Monday’s games you talk about the maturity of our Dallas 5, N.Y. Rangers 3 BY JOHN WAWROW team, a lot of the narrative is how Florida 5, Toronto 3 shortcomings. His criticisms Philadelphia 3, Detroit 0 Associated Press DID YOU KNOW ? ranged from questioning the Sa- we can’t defend. That’s the best Tuesday’s games defensive game we’ve played the Colorado at Buffalo bres’ inconsistencies to citing is- Dallas at N.Y. Islanders BUFFALO, N.Y. The Sabres are in jeopardy of sues beyond the team’s control, entire season. I don’t know if we Florida at Columbus abres captain Jack Eichel gave up over four scoring chanc- Los Angeles at Washington extending the NHL’s longest active such as an inability to print out- Montreal at New Jersey is doing everything within of-stock jerseys as part of the es at even-strength. Vancouver at Boston playoff drought to a ninth year. At Vegas at Tampa Bay his power to prevent his 23-22-7, they are 10 points out of franchise’s silver anniversary “(We) just got distracted by the Anaheim at Ottawa team from falling into an 3-1 goal and perhaps that’s an Carolina at St. Louis S contention. celebrations. all-too-familiar late-season rut. area we’d like to have back and Chicago at Minnesota The clip went viral on social Nashville at Winnipeg The fifth-year player is en- SOURCE: Associated Press do better job of. There’s a lot of Edmonton at Arizona media and was picked up by radio San Jose at Calgary joying a breakout season with a stations in Canada. things to like about what we did.” Wednesday’s games 36 seconds into overtime of a 2-1 career-best 31 goals — seven of “I just want (the team) to care. Matthews’ 37th goal of the sea- Toronto at N.Y. Rangers victory over Columbus. Boston at Chicago them game-winners — as he dis- I just want them to matter again,” son made it 3-1 38 seconds into Thursday’s games The win might mean little in Anaheim at Montreal plays on-ice consistency. Steinel told The Associated Press the third. But Pysyk and Huber- the big picture for a Bufffalo Detroit at Buffalo And then there are continuing on Monday, saying his frustra- deau scored 58 seconds apart, Los Angeles at N.Y. Islanders team that at 23-22-7 opened this tying it at 3 at 3:18. New Jersey at Philadelphia signs that the 23-year-old is ma- tions were prompted by Buffalo’s Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay turing into a well-rounded leader. week 10 points out of contention Hoffman put the Panthers Vegas at Florida and is in jeopardy of extending 5-2 loss to Ottawa. “It was de- ahead to stay when he banked his Colorado at Ottawa Eichel might still show an oc- pressing. I just looked around in Vancouver at Minnesota casional outburst of frustration, the NHL’s longest active playoff 19th off Leafs defenseman Cody Winnipeg at St. Louis drought to a ninth year. the arena, even when the game Carolina at Arizona such as when he smashed his stick was tied, there was nobody cheer- Ceci and through Hutchinson’s Nashville at Calgary And yet, the victory over the over Buffalo’s net in the closing pads at 10:30. San Jose at Edmonton Blue Jackets was significant ing. The atmosphere was so bad, moments of a 3-1 loss to Montreal “It’s just one of those series of in how it briefly silenced a dis- and it’s been like this for so long, last week. What’s been more ap- unfortunate events that ends up gruntled fan base voicing its man.” in the back of your net,” Hutchin- weighs its options ahead of the parent is the self-restraint Eichel displeasure over a team display- Two nights later, the Sabres son said. Feb. 24 trade deadline. has displayed in not allowing his ing modest hints of development were booed off the ice against Stars 5, Rangers 3: Joe Pav- Flyers 3, Red Wings 0: Brian emotions to roil into the following under its fifth coach and third Montreal. elski scored power-play goals 16 Elliott made 16 saves for his 40th day. general manager in six years. First-year coach Ralph seconds apart, leading visiting career shutout, helping visiting “The biggest thing I think is Goalie Carter Hutton acknowl- Krueger can feel the fans’ pain, Dallas past New York. Philadelphia beat Detroit. being able to regroup,” he said, edged the importance of the win even though he’s trying to block it Stephen Johns and Blake Co- Scott Laughton, Kevin Hayes before pausing to gather his by saying: “Everyone knows out so as not to distract from his meau scored 4:04 apart in the and defenseman Matt Niskanen thoughts a day after the loss to what’s going on. We’re not stupid. message to the team. second period for the Stars, who scored for the Flyers, who won Montreal. The outside, and the pressure that “It’s not that we’re sticking our improved to 30-18-4 with their for the fourth time in five games. “It’s not like last year,” Eichel comes with the situation we’re in: heads in the sand, and whatever second straight win. Corey Perry It was Elliott’s second shutout of said, referring to how the Sabres So it was a big answer today.” noise is out there is out there,” also scored, and Anton Khudobin the season. unraveled by turning a 17-6-2 The Sabres spent much of last Krueger said. stopped 33 shots. The goals by Hayes and Nis- start into a 33-39-10 finish that led week careening toward a state of “But I really don’t let it into my Pavel Buchnevich and Brett kanen were short-handed. to coach Phil Housley’s firing. crisis after coming out of a 10-day head or my space because I need Howden scored power-play goals The Red Wings were shut out “We’ve been through these break with home losses to Ottawa to work with this group on a daily for the Rangers in the first, and for the second straight game. times where we take a couple of and Montreal. basis as constructively as possi- Brendan Lemieux added another Detroit has lost nine straight hits at this time of year ... and The disgruntled masses gained ble,” he added. “Do fans deserve with the man advantage in the overall. then all of a sudden the wheels a voice when 32-year-old fan to boo us after games like Ottawa third. Jonathan Bernier stopped 28 fall off,” he added. “That’s not Duane Steinel phoned into the and Montreal? Yes. Do we need to New York had won two straight shots for the Red Wings, who happening here.” Sabres’ flagship station, WGR- take that? Yes. And it should fuel coming out of the All-Star break were blanked for the sixth time The following day, Eichel Radio, to deliver a three-plus- us to continue to work in the right and a bye week as the front office this season. backed up his words by scoring minute tirade on the franchise’s direction.” PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, February 5, 2020 OLYMPICS WADA requests public hearing for Russia case Doping case heads to sports court

BY GRAHAM DUNBAR consent. Associated Press The court held its first public hearing for 20 years in November GENEVA — The World Anti- when WADA appealed a ruling Doping Agency wants a rare by swimming’s world body not to public hearing for sport’s highest ban China’s three-time Olympic court to judge a four-year slate of gold medalist Sun Yang for al- punishments faced by Russia for leged doping rule violations. persistent cheating. Evidence was heard over al- The Court of Arbitration for most 10 hours in a lakeside hotel Sport is preparing a hearing ballroom at Montreux, Switzer- expected within weeks for the land, with media attending and blockbuster case in Switzerland. proceedings streamed live on the “It is WADA’s view — and court’s website. A verdict is ex- PHOTOS BY MICHAEL WYKE/AP that of many of our stakehold- pected this month. Costa Rica defender Lixy Rodriguez, right, blocks out United States forward Jessica McDonald during ers — that this dispute at CAS However, it is unclear if the the U.S. team’s 6-0 win Monday in a CONCACAF Olympic qualifying soccer match in Houston. should be held in a public forum WADA vs. Russia case fits the to ensure that everybody under- limited scope of CAS cases which stands the process and hears the can be heard in public. arguments,” the Montreal-based The Sun Yang case is a more agency’s director general, Olivier traditional appeal in a disci- U.S. women rout Costa Rica, win Niggli, said in a statement. plinary case involving a single Urged on by President Vladi- athlete. mir Putin, Russia’s anti-doping The latest Russian case is an group in qualifying tournament agency, known as RUSADA, is arbitration dispute between two formally challenging a WADA institutions. Associated Press ruling in December to declare it The years long saga of Russian non compliant after key data from state-backed doping was intended HOUSTON — Christen Press the Moscow testing laboratory to make a big step toward being and Samantha Mewis each was corrupted. resolved when Russia handed scored a pair of goals and the The CAS panel of three judges over the Moscow lab’s doping United States beat Costa Rica 6- will have the power to enforce data archive in January. That was 0 on Monday night to finish atop WADA-recommended sanc- a central demand in exchange its group in the CONCACAF tions, including a ban on Russia’s for WADA sanctions against RU- Women’s Olympic Qualifying team name, flag and anthem SADA being lifted in September tournament. at Olympic Games and world 2018. The World Cup-winning U.S. championships. However, WADA investigators team extended its unbeaten WADA also wants Russian ath- found evidence Russia edited the streak to 26 games. The Ameri- letes to compete as neutrals at the data in the weeks before the han- cans wrapped up the group stage Olympics and major events only if dover to remove signs of failed with three shutouts and 18 goals. they pass a vetting process which drug tests, and detailed an appar- Both teams had already earned examines their history of drug ent attempt to smear former lab a spot in the semifinals of the testing and possible involvement director Grigory Rodchenkov. tournament later this week in in lab cover-ups of positive tests. He has become a key witness for Carson, Calif. Eight teams are CAS hearings can be opened WADA since leaving Russia to playing in the tournament, which to media and public observers enter a United States witness pro- will determine the region’s two in some cases when both parties tection program. berths to the Tokyo Olympics this summer. The semifinal matchups will be determined on Tuesday when Canada plays Mexico on Tuesday in Edinburg, Texas. The winner of that match will avoid the top- ranked Americans. Press extended her scoring streak to four straight games with a goal in the fourth minute. Lind- sey Horan, who had a hat trick in the U.S. team’s 8-0 victory over Panama on Friday, scored six minutes later. United States midfielder Samantha Mewis, left, pushes past Costa Press, who plays for Utah of the Rica midfielder Shirley Cruz. Mewis had two goals in a 6-0 win. National Women’s Soccer League, added her second goal in the 36th Compass Stadium was an- every Olympics since women’s minute. nounced at 7,082. Already elimi- soccer was introduced in 1996, Mewis scored off a free kick by nated, Haiti beat Panama 6-0 in and has won the gold medal four Press in the 63rd minute and Jes- the other group game earlier in times. The team has five con- MATT DUNHAM/AP sica McDonald added a goal in the the day. secutive titles in the qualifying Russia’s Danil Lysenko competes in the men’s high jump final at 77th before Mewis’ second goal, Costa Rica rested top players tournament. the 2018 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham, which appeared to just barely hit Shirley Cruz and Raquel Rodri- Six teams have already made England. The World Anti-Doping Agency wants a rare public hearing the line after deflecting down off guez in anticipation of the semifi- the field for Tokyo: Japan; Brazil; for sport’s highest court to judge a four-year slate of punishments the crossbar. nals on Friday. Great Britain; the Netherlands; faced by Russia for persistent cheating. The crowd at Houston’s BBVA The U.S. has qualified for Sweden; and New Zealand. Wednesday, February 5, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 NFL Hall of Fame DB Wood dies at 83

BY BETH HARRIS Hill said. “Willie set the tone and Associated Press the pace for people who played safety — very smart, very articu- LOS ANGELES — Willie late, a good tackler. Anything that Wood, the Hall of Fame defensive was good about sports and foot- back who won five NFL champi- ball was Willie Wood.” onships with the Green Bay Pack- Wood had a 31-yard punt return ers under coach Vince Lombardi in the second and made the first interception in Super Bowl Super Bowl history, died Monday. that stood as He was 83. a record for Wood died of natural causes in 16 years. The Washington, according to Robert Packers beat Schmidt, his longtime friend and the Oakland former teammate at Southern Raiders 33- California. Wood had suffered 14 in the from advanced dementia for sev- 1968 title eral years. game. After being undrafted out of “The Wood Green Bay COLIN E. BRALEY/AP Southern California, Wood sent postcards to several NFL teams Packers Chiefs head coach Andy Reid holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy as his team returns to Kansas City seeking a tryout. The 5-foot-10, family lost Monday after winning the Super Bowl. 190-pounder signed as a free a legend,” Packers president and agent with the Packers and played CEO Mark Murphy said. “Wil- Analysis safety for them from 1960-71. lie’s success story, rising from an “The Packers saw his heart undrafted rookie free agent to the while the others saw his size,” Jim Pro Football Hall of Fame, is an Hill, who played for the Packers inspiration to generations of foot- from 1972-74 and now is sports ball fans. While his health chal- Reid’s rep gets makeover with his director for KCBS-TV in Los An- lenges kept him from returning geles, told The Associated Press. to Lambeau Field in recent years, “Vince had an eye like Joe Torre his alumni weekend visits were Super Bowl trophy safely stashed or Tom Lasorda. He could see tal- cherished by both Willie and our ent where other people couldn’t.” fans.” BY ROB MAADDI Bay when Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie plucked him Wood had a key interception in Wood was a nine-time All-NFL Associated Press from the Packers, convinced he was the right man the first Super Bowl, returning it first or second team honoree, an to turn around a losing franchise. Reid had worked 50 yards to set up a third quarter Associated Press All-Pro from MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — When Andy Reid under Mike Holmgren and meticulously prepared touchdown that sealed the Pack- 1964-68, and played in eight Pro walked into an interview with the Philadelphia Ea- for the moment to become a head coach. He put to- ers’ 35-10 victory over the Kansas Bowls. He won five of the six gles armed with a 6-inch binder containing notes on gether that infamous binder filled with everything City Chiefs in 1967. NFL championship games he how to build a winning team, management was sold. from practice schedules to an explanation on why a “Willie was Mr. Packer on de- played in. In his career, he had 48 But it took him 21 years and two teams to win it long snapper is such an important position. fense along with Ray Nitschke,” interceptions. all. He studied Holmgren, groomed Brett Favre and Big Red finally got his Super Bowl title thanks to was ready to call the shots, even though he had no Patrick Mahomes leading the resilient Kansas City experience as a head coach Chiefs in another comeback in the playoffs, a 31-20 at any level and was never a Jags to play consecutive victory over San Francisco on Sunday night. ‘ I’m glad we coordinator. For two weeks leading to the game, Mahomes and A Philadelphia newspaper games in London in 2020 his teammates talked about how badly they wanted were able to greeted Reid with a headline to win for Reid. They were elated after they did it. go out there that said: “Andy Who?” BY MARK LONG to extend the contract. It’s unclear “He’s one of the best coaches of all-time and he His name is etched in NFL whether the next deal will include already was before we won this game but we wanted and get that Associated Press history now. two games annually abroad. to get that trophy just because he deserved it,” Ma- trophy for Reid turned the Eagles JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The “Right now, this is about two homes said. “The work he puts in day in and day out, into a winner in his second [Reid]. Jacksonville Jaguars will play games this season,” Khan said. he’s there at 3 in the morning and he leaves at 11. I ’ season and won more games consecutive home games in “I’m a big believer in you judge don’t think he sleeps. I’ve tried to beat him in and Patrick Mahomes than any coach in franchise Chiefs quarterback London next season, potentially by actions and not just by words. I never can. He’s someone that works harder than history, but was 1-4 in NFC strengthening the franchise’s anyone I’ve ever known and he deserved it, so I’m We’ve talked about possibly play- championship games. He foothold in an overseas market glad we were able to go out there and get that trophy ing two games (in London). But was fired after 14 seasons and immediately landed the NFL is eager to expand. for him.” we’re not the sole judge here of the in Kansas City and turned the Chiefs into a playoff The Jaguars will play back-to- Reid had more wins than any coach in NFL his- decision-maker. I think it has to team right away. back games at historic Wemb- tory without a championship. He’d lost his only other After losing another conference championship make sense for the league, which ley Stadium to improve revenue Super Bowl appearance with the Eagles 15 years game at home last year, the Chiefs overcame a 24-0 ultimately decides. But right now during “a period of significant ago. Winning his first championship as a head coach deficit in the divisional round, two 10-point deficits this is just about two games this change within the league,” team and Kansas City’s first in 50 years likely solidifies in the AFC title game and rallied after the 49ers took season.” President Mark Lamping said his Hall of Fame credentials. a 20-10 lead into the fourth quarter. The NFL is considering mov- But the 61-year-old Reid, known for wearing floral Plagued by clock management issues, conserva- Tuesday. Dates and opponents ing to a 17-game regular-season shirts and poking fun at his weight, didn’t want to tive playcalling and other coaching blunders in the were not announced. Jacksonville schedule under the next collective talk about his coaching legacy. past, Reid made all the right calls this time. protected home games against bargaining agreement, a change “I don’t care about that. I really don’t,” Reid said. While the Chiefs and their fans celebrated on the Pittsburgh and Chicago, so those that could help the Jaguars and “This is a pure team sport. I love that part of it. field at Hard Rock Stadium, Reid’s former players in teams will play at TIAA Bank other clubs play at varying ven- That’s why I got in it. I didn’t get in it for any other Philadelphia shared their happiness. Field. ues without penalizing fan bases reason other than to win games and win them with Hall of Fame safety Brian Dawkins posted a video Lamping said the relocation of accustomed to attending the same great people. We bust our tails to do that as coaches saying he shed “tears of joy” watching Reid win. the Chargers, Raiders and Rams number of games a year. and players. That’s the part that I think needs the re- Donovan McNabb wrote on Twitter: “So happy will move all out of the bottom Jacksonville insists that play- spect. You take care of that, everything else happens. for my guy. Well deserved for the @Chiefs. Now give fourth of the NFL in local revenue. ing an extra game in London this That’s not really where my mind goes. It’s probably him the credit he deserves. First Class coach, friend Jacksonville continues to look for year will help alleviate some is- the last thing on my mind.” & dad.” ways to increase its revenue. sues involving a new development Reid was more than willing to discuss how he Reid said his “heart went out to those guys” be- The Jags have played a “home outside its aging stadium. Khan is planned to celebrate. cause “we were so close so many times” but he was game” at Wembley every year sharing the cost of a $700 million “I’m getting a double cheeseburger with extra thrilled the Eagles got their Super Bowl title two since 2013 and are under contract project expected to break ground cheese,” he joked. years ago under his protege, Doug Pederson. to do so through 2020. Owner this spring in the main parking Reid was an unknown assistant coach in Green Now, Reid has his ring, too. Shad Khan and Lamping expect lot adjacent to the stadium. S TARS AND STRIPES Wednesday, February 5, 2020 F3HIJKLM Astros hire new GM Click takes over in wake SPORTS of sign-stealing scandal » Page 19

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Cavaliers forward Tristan Thompson wasn’t in the lineup against the Knicks on Monday. Could it be to prevent a possible injury before he’s moved to another team by Thursday’s trade deadline?

KAREN PULFER FOCHT / AP Trade talk Attention on handful of players, lineups as deadline draws near

BY BRIAN MAHONEY Associated Press t is the time of year when every injury report causes eyebrows to raise. D’Angelo Russell, not in Golden State’s lineup at Washing- ton on Monday? Hmmm. ITristan Thompson, scratched by the Cleveland Cavaliers for their game against New York the same night? Interesting. That’s because it’s the week of the NBA trade deadline, when teams need to be careful with the health of players they might be trying to deal.

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JEFF CHIU / AP Warriors guard D’Angelo Russell didn’t play Monday against the Wizards, adding to the buzz that Russell is going to be traded to a contender.

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