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Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. — Ber- nie Sanders won New Hamp- shire’s presidential primary, edging moderate rival Pete But- tigieg and scoring the first clear victory in the Democratic Party’s chaotic 2020 nomination fight. In his Tuesday night win, the 78-year-old Sanders, a self-de- scribed democratic socialist, beat back a strong challenge from the 38-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Ind . The dueling Democrats represent different generations, see divergent paths to the nomination and embrace conflicting visions of America’s future. As Sanders and Buttigieg cel- ebrated, Amy Klobuchar scored an unexpected third-place finish that gives her a road out of New Hampshire as the primary season moves on to the string of state-by- state contests that lie ahead. Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden posted disappointing fourth and AP fifth place finishes, respectively, and were on track to finish with Russian and Syrian military gather with civilians next to an American military convoy stuck in the village of Khirbet Ammu, Syria, on zero delegates from the state. Wednesday. Syrian media and activists say a Syrian was killed in a clash between American troops and government supporters. SEE PRIMARY ON PAGE 9 Standoff in Syria US troops return fire at pro-Assad fighters; regime claims 1 dead

BY CHAD GARLAND under small arms fire from unknown individuals,” Stars and Stripes ‘ After Coalition said Col. Myles B. Caggins III, a spokesman for the troops issued a U.S.-led coalition that is aiding local Kurdish and American troops returned fire after being shot at Arab forces battling Islamic State. by militiamen and civilians in northeastern Syria series of warnings The Americans defended themselves, Caggins on Wednesday, the U.S. military said, in a fight that and de-escalation said in a statement posted online. The statement the Assad regime said left one civilian dead. did not say whether anyone was killed or injured, One civilian was also wounded after Syrians attempts, the but a later statement said one American was slight- loyal to President Bashar Assad tried to block a patrol came under ly wounded and has returned to duty. PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS/AP convoy of several American vehicles at an army “The situation was de-escalated and is under checkpoint near the town of Qamishli, state media small arms fire. Democratic presidential ’ investigation,” Caggins said. “The Coalition patrol and observers reported. candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, Col. Myles B. Caggins III returned to base.” “After Coalition troops issued a series of warn- coalition spokesman I-Vt., speaks to supporters in ings and de-escalation attempts, the patrol came SEE SYRIA ON PAGE 7 Manchester, N.H., on Tuesday. PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, February 13, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Judge OKs T-Mobile’s Sprint deal; worries remain Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9762 Euro costs (Feb. 13) ...... $1.1193 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.09 Dollar buys (Feb. 13) ...... €0.8934 Turkey (Lira) ...... 6.0444 British pound (Feb. 13) ...... $1.33 BY TALI ARBEL (Military exchange rates are those T-Mobile has promised not to of the leading parties, New York Japanese yen (Feb. 13) ...... 107.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (Feb. 13) ...... 1,151.00 Associated Press raise prices for three years and Attorney General Letitia James, Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the said that “efficiencies” it gets from said that Tuesday’s ruling “marks Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3770 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For British pound ...... $1.2961 NEW YORK — A federal judge a more powerful network will lead a loss for every American who re- nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3253 has cleared a path for T-Mobile to purchasing British pounds in Germany), to lower prices down the road. T- lies on their cellphone.” China (Yuan) ...... 6.9690 check with your local military banking buy Sprint for $26.5 billion, citing Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.8527 Mobile also argued that the com- Gigi Sohn, a former Federal facility. Commercial rates are interbank T-Mobile’s track record in pro- Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.7149 bined T-Mobile and Sprint could Communications Commission Euro ...... $1.0904/0.9171 rates provided for reference when buying moting competition, even as legal build a better next-generation, 5G adviser who is now a fellow at Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7699 currency. All figures are foreign currencies to one dollar, except for the British pound, scholars and consumer advocates cellular network than either com- Georgetown’s law school, said Hungary (Forint) ...... 311.77 Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.4228 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, warn about higher phone bills. pany could alone. that while consumers are often Japan (Yen) ...... 110.05 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) Judge Victor Marrero said he But over a dozen state attorneys promised benefits from merg- Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3048 INTEREST RATES Norway (Krone) ...... 9.2081 believed that the new T-Mobile general had sued to block the deal, ers, “what they are left with each Philippines (Peso)...... 50.55 Prime rate ...... 4.75 would continue to compete with saying that one fewer phone com- time are corporate behemoths” Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.90 Discount rate ...... 2.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7509 Federal funds market rate ...... 1.58 Verizon and AT&T, the industry pany would cost Americans bil- that can raise prices and destroy Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3859 3-month bill ...... 1.54 giants whose size it now rivals. lions of dollars in higher bills. One competition. South Korea (Won) ...... 1,179.24 30-year bond ...... 2.05 WEATHER OUTLOOK THURSDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST THURSDAY IN EUROPE FRIDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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The Washington Post reduced and for how long, according to the Afghan official. However he did not pro- American and Taliban negotiators were vide further details. People knowledgeable meeting Wednesday in Doha, Qatar, fol- about the negotiations said the reduction lowing a conditional decision from Presi- would probably be seven to 10 days. dent Donald Trump to sign a peace deal with the militants, according to officials. The State Department, in a statement, One U.S. official and an Afghan official said “U.S. talks with the Taliban in Doha briefed on the matter Wednesday said continue around the specifics of a reduc- Trump gave his conditional approval to tion in violence.” sign a peace deal with the Taliban if the Pompeo told Afghan leaders in phone insurgents can demonstrate their commit- calls Tuesday that “notable progress” had ment to reducing violence in Afghanistan. been made in the peace talks. Afghan gov- ernment officials have previously said a “Trump has endorsed the deal and said RAHMAT GUL/AP it must be signed,” the Afghan official said, cease-fire is a precondition to talks with explaining that when Secretary of State the Taliban, but both Afghan President National army soldiers stand guard after a suicide attack Tuesday near the military Mike Pompeo called Afghan leaders Tues- Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdul- academy in Kabul, Afghanistan. day, he said the peace talks “deadlock” had lah Abdullah expressed optimism about been broken. a potential “reduction in violence,” after violence and progress with current talks said he planned to bring Taliban leaders to Both officials spoke on condition of their separate calls with Pompeo. could lead to an agreement that would pave Camp David to sign it, but he called off the anonymity as they were not authorized to Both leaders however, indicated in state- the way for intra-Afghan talks leading to meeting - which the Taliban later said it speak to the media. ments on Twitter that no final agreement durable peace.” had not agreed to - as well as further talks, For months U.S. negotiators have de- had been reached. One person knowledgeable about the ne- after the militants took credit for an attack Reducing violence would be seen as an manded a reduction in violence from the gotiations cautioned that it remains unclear in Kabul that killed an American soldier. expression of good faith on the part of the Taliban before formal talks can resume. what the status of any signed U.S.-Taliban The draft agreed to at the time included Taliban. Once it was over, a more formal agreement would be if violence resumed Taliban negotiators presented a violence Taliban cooperation in fighting against ter- reduction proposal in January that would U.S.-Taliban agreement could be signed after the agreed reduction period, or if rorist groups in Afghanistan, such as the have ceased attacks in cities and highways. within days. The agreement would in- promised talks between the militants and But it was unclear how long it would last clude the start of direct talks between the the Afghan government did not succeed or Islamic State, as well as U.S. withdrawal and if it would apply to the Afghan military Taliban and the Afghan government next even begin. This person spoke on the con- and inter-Afghan talks, with a nationwide as well as U.S. military personnel. month, and the beginning of a U.S. troop dition of anonymity. cease-fire at the top of the agenda. Trump After weeks of back and forth, American withdrawal. In September, U.S. negotiator Zalmay announced in November that the talks had and Taliban negotiators have reached an Abdullah tweeted that Pompeo had Khalilzad announced that a tentative deal restarted, but progress was reported to be agreement on how exactly violence will be “expressed optimism that a reduction in had been reached with the Taliban. Trump limited until recently. SIGAR: Measuring progress in Afghanistan is difficult

BY STEVE BEYNON government could keep order in ghan police are there, really? We particularly the Afghan police — Tuesday’s hearing was an effort Stars and Stripes its country if the U.S. military don’t know.” has been a hopeless nightmare and by senators to follow up on the Af- pulled out because the capabili- In 2008, Congress created the a disaster,” Sopko said last week ghanistan Papers, the Washing- WASHINGTON — John Sopko, ties of Afghanistan’s army and Office of the Special Inspector while testifying before the House ton Post’s reporting series based the Special inspector general for police force are unknown. General for Afghanistan Recon- Foreign Affairs Committee. on hundreds of confidential inter- Afghanistan reconstruction, told “One question we would like struction, known as SIGAR, to What the U.S. and the Afghani- views that SIGAR conducted with Congress on Tuesday that mea- to ask the Afghans is how many investigate fraud and waste in the stan government end up classi- key figures of the nearly two-de- suring progress on America’s lon- people [they] control and how war. fying is an ever-ballooning list cade war that showed the projec- gest war is virtually impossible much territory, and that’s now not The ineffectiveness and perva- intended to cover up the failures tions of progress in Afghanistan with even the most basic facts relevant, apparently … It’s all se- sive corruption in Afghanistan’s of the war, according to Sopko. were deliberately misleading de- trapped behind an ever-expand- cret, classified,” he told the Sen- army and police long have been a “We have a list of everything spite overwhelming evidence the ing umbrella of secrecy. ate panel. “$64 billion has gone to top concern for U.S. military lead- that’s classified and it keeps grow- war had become an unwinnable “Every time we find something training and assisting the Afghan ers. Sopko has been a bullhorn on ing,” he said Tuesday before the quagmire. that looks like it’s going negative, military and I can’t tell you or the Capitol Hill, raising the alarm of Senate panel. “The latest is look- “We cannot show any progress, it gets classified … Most of the American people [how capable incompetence and bureaucratic ing at the Afghan special forces. we lost a trillion dollars, we lost [methods] of measuring success they are], that’s in part because failures from the U.S. and Afghan- It’s great, we’ve put a lot of money thousands of lives,” said Sen. Josh are now classified,” he said in tes- we allow the Afghan government istan governments for the past 18 in that. But looking at the number Hawley, R-Mo. “I just don’t see timony before the Senate Home- to classify what I can tell you and years of war, which has killed of independent missions the Af- what’s going on here. I don’t think land Security and Government tell the taxpayer. How many Af- roughly 2,400 American troops, ghan special forces are doing has anybody really knows what we’re Affairs Committee. ghan soldiers do we have? We’re including two Green Berets who gone down. I would bet you that doing.” Sopko said it is impossible to still trying to figure out how many died last week in combat. next quarter, that database will [email protected] gauge whether the Afghanistan we’re paying for. How many Af- “The Afghan military — and be classified.” Twitter: @StevenBeynon Stoltenberg: NATO allies agree to expand mission Iraq

BY JOHN VANDIVER sels to press allies to expand oper- in Iraq would mean some U.S. but Stoltenberg said the alliance ers complained about a violation Stars and Stripes ations in the Middle East, echoing troops could be returned to bases expected to resume training in of the country’s sovereignty and President Donald Trump’s recent at home to focus on training or de- the country “as soon as possible.” threatened to evict U.S. troops. U.S. allies in Europe agreed call for NATO to do more in the ploy to other regions such as the Stoltenberg did not specify Meanwhile, Esper said he’d Wednesday to expand their mis- region. Pacific, where the Pentagon has how many more troops NATO also like to see more NATO par- sion in Iraq, answering a demand Esper, speaking ahead of the said it wants to shift its focus to members would send to Iraq or if ticipation in deterring Iranian by Defense Secretary Mark NATO meeting, said NATO doing counter China and Russia, Esper forces would shift from the U.S.- aggression in the region. More Esper that NATO members play more in Iraq means the United said. led coalition against ISIS to the forces could be sent to Saudi Ara- a larger role in the fight against States could eventually reduce The United States has about NATO campaign in the country. bia to help with air defense there, the Islamic State, the alliance’s the number of forces it has in the 5,000 troops in Iraq to support “It’s too early to say today,” he he said. top official said. country. operations against ISIS, while said, adding details still need to Greater NATO involvement in NATO Secretary-General Jens “That’s my ambition, but the NATO’s training mission in the be worked out. Stoltenberg said allies decided first thing is getting NATO in, country comprises some 500 Stoltenberg said Iraq ultimate- the Middle East was expected in principle during a meeting of and once we get NATO in, or more members. ly would decide whether allies to be high on the agenda of the defense ministers in Brussels to NATO partners in, we could look NATO suspended training op- remain in the country to train NATO defense ministers’ meet- boost efforts aimed at training at reducing our footprint,” Esper erations in Iraq following the kill- local forces. In the wake of the ings, which run until Thursday. Iraqi security forces. Esper was told reporters. ing last month by a U.S. drone of U.S. airstrike against Soleimani [email protected] at NATO headquarters in Brus- An expanded NATO mission Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in Baghdad, Iraq’s political lead- Twitter: @john_vandiver PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, February 13, 2020 PACIFIC US flies along Taiwan Strait after Chinese drills

BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS The U.S. considers Taiwan’s status un- rent security situation across the Taiwan capabilities to solve the Taiwan question Stars and Stripes settled, but adheres to the “One China” Strait and safeguard China’s sovereignty,” by force.” policy, acknowledging that Beijing consid- the Chinese Defense Ministry statement Song added that the Chinese drills aimed YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — ers Taiwan part of China. However, the said. to sharpen skills “useful in potential bat- The Air Force flew two B-52 bombers and Taiwan Relations Act provides a frame- On Monday, China held joint naval and tles against Taiwan’s military force,” the an MC-130J Commando II tanker along work for the U.S. to aid the self-governing air drills in the waters off the southeastern Global Times report said. the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday morning island’s defense. coast of Taiwan, including air-to-ground China last made a “deep incursion” after Chinese naval and air forces flew The flyover comes after China held back- assault and fire support exercises, a De- across the strait’s middle line in 2019 but over the island twice this week, Taiwan’s hadn’t done so for 20 years prior to that, Ministry of National Defense said. to-back air drills near Taiwan this week. fense Ministry statement Tuesday said. The aircraft flew north to south along the On Sunday, China held a “combat-readi- Chinese fighter jets during the Monday Bonnie Glaser, senior adviser at the Cen- airspace over the Taiwan Strait and were ness patrol,” sending bombers, jet fighters exercise crossed the “middle line” of the ter for Strategic and International Studies, “closely monitored,” the defense ministry and early warning aircraft flying through Taiwan Strait, edging closer to Taiwan said in Washington last month. said in a statement Wednesday. the Bashi Channel and Miyako Strait, a than mainland China, a report by China’s The drills come one month after Tsai Air Force officials did not immedi- Chinese Defense Ministry statement said state-run newspaper Global Times said Ing-wen was reelected Taiwan’s president ately respond to requests for comment Sunday. Several destroyers and frigates Tuesday. on the promise of preserving the island’s Wednesday. were also involved in the exercise. Chinese military expert Song Zhongping sovereignty, after Chinese leader Xi Jin- The 110-mile-wide strait separates “The Chinese military’s combat-ready told Global Times that the demonstrations ping described unification as “inevitable.” mainland China from Taiwan, which Bei- patrol is completely legitimate and is the “are not only warnings to Taiwan seces- [email protected] jing regards as its own. necessary action taken to address the cur- sionists, but also demonstrations of PLA Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Group helps military journalists break into civilian news careers

BY THERON GODBOLD decided to do this,” he said. Stars and Stripes Civilian newsrooms need for- mer military journalists, Bad- When former Navy journalist dorf said. The United States has Zack Baddorf went looking for been at war nearly 20 years at similar work in the civilian sec- a cost of more than 7,000 lives, tor, he expected his experience about 50,000 wounded and bil- and veteran status would open lions in tax dollars. Veterans af- doors. fairs — employment, health care “I built a portfolio and got my and suicide, for example — create bachelor’s. I thought it would frequent headlines. translate well to the civilian work “Yet military veterans are force,” he said. “As it turned vastly underrepresented in our out, I was wrong; it was a tough nation’s newsrooms,” he said. transition.” U.S. Census data show that Baddorf, who now works for the Department of Defense, and about 7% of Americans have served in the armed forces, but Russell Midori, a former Marine SAMUEL KEENAN/Massachusetts National Guard journalist, teamed up in May to only 1.1% of media workers are form the nonprofit Military Veter- post-9/11 military veterans, Bad- Air Force Staff Sgt. Thomas Swanson films an exercise in Massachusetts in 2018. Military Veterans in ans in Journalism. They aimed to dorf said. Journalism, a nonprofit formed by veterans, helps former service members find work in the media. help fellow former service mem- With an average salary of bers find work, but also increase under $35,000 a year for entry- knew early on that this was the Puerto Rico in 2018,” Garcia The event is designed for vets the number of veterans working level journalists, according to career path I wanted to take,” said. “It was a great networking looking for a journalism career in the media. payscale.com, this is a career Garcia said Jan. 27 by phone to opportunity where I met David who have little or no experience Military Veterans in Journal- that’s more about commitment Stars and Stripes. Begnaud, the lead national corre- in the field. The aim is to famil- ism provides a network for vets than income. She contacted Baddorf last spondent for CBS.” iarize them with the tools of the as well as tips on finding civil- After her stint as an aviation year and Military Veterans in The team won for a half-hour trade and arrange for them to ian jobs, Baddorf said. More supply specialist in the Marine Journalism raised money to send report on the aftermath of 2017’s shadow working journalists. than 10 volunteers help run the Corps, Babee Garcia obtained a her college journalism team to Hurricane Maria. Garcia is The organization is also work- organization. degree in journalism from Mont- the Edward R. Murrow Awards, now a volunteer with Baddorf’s ing to set up internships and “My co-founder, a former Ma- clair State University in New where the team won a 2019 stu- organization. scholarships for qualified veter- rine, went through similar issues Jersey. dent award for excellence in video Military Veterans in Journal- ans, Baddorf said. and we sat down and thought “I was inspired at a young age reporting. ism will host its first workshop in [email protected] there had to be a better way, so we by broadcast journalism, so I “We won for a story we did in April in New York, Baddorf said. Twitter: @GodboldTheron 2 service members arrested on Okinawa in separate incidents

BY MATTHEW M. BURKE Sweeney, 30, carrying away the Iha said. allegedly trespassing on the roof Romero told police he wanted to AND AYA ICHIHASHI resident’s kayak, Okinawa Police Sweeney’s blood alcohol content of an off-base home, police said “see the night view,” the spokes- Stars and Stripes deputy chief Hirotoshi Iha said after his arrest measured 0.12%, Wednesday. man said. His blood alcohol con- Wednesday. The kayak was kept four times Japan’s legal limit for The owner of the two-story tent after his arrest measured CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — by the front door. driving of 0.03%, Iha said. home heard noises coming from 0.12%. An Army sergeant first class and It was unclear Wednesday Police on Monday referred a the roof, looked and found Rome- Police released Romero on a Marine corporal were picked where Sweeney is stationed. theft charge against Sweeney to ro, an Ishikawa Police deputy Sunday and referred a trespass- up by Japanese police over the Police found him on the street the Naha District Public Pros- chief said. The homeowner called ing charge against him to the weekend in separate alcohol-re- with the kayak and arrested him, ecutors Office, Iha said. He was police. Some government offi- Naha District Public Prosecutors lated offenses. Iha said. He said Sweeney told released that day. cials in Japan customarily speak Office the same day, the police A resident of the Miyagi section the arresting officers that “it is In an unrelated incident, Ma- on condition of anonymity. spokesman said. of Chatan town summoned police OK to pick up things on the street rine Cpl. Wilfredo De Jesus The police spokesman said at 3:38 a.m. Sunday after hearing in the U.S.” Romero, 20, assigned to Camp Romero found his way to the roof [email protected] Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 a commotion and catching sight “The suspect said he does not Hansen, was arrested in Kin via a flight of stairs outside the [email protected] of Sgt. 1st Class Jonathon Levi remember stealing the kayak,” town at 1:50 a.m. Saturday after building. Twitter: @AyaIchihashi Thursday, February 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, February 13, 2020 PACIFIC 2 Russians China sees drop flee virus in new virus cases quarantine at hospital Associated Press then disinfected on Feb. 1. Never- theless, several more diagnoses BEIJING — China on Wednes- Associated Press soon followed. day reported another drop in the The next to have their infec- MOSCOW — One patient number of new cases of a viral tions confirmed were also sales- jumped out of a hospital window infection and 97 more deaths, people at the store. They had not to escape her quarantine and an- pushing the total dead past 1,100 visited Wuhan recently and, with other managed to break out by as postal services worldwide said the exception of one married cou- disabling an electronic lock. delivery was being affected by ple, the patients worked in differ- Two Russian women who were the cancellation of many flights ent sections of the store and did kept in isolation for possible in- to China. not know one another, according CHINATOPIX/AP flection by a new virus say they The National Health Commis- to Xinhua. fled from their hospitals this sion said 2,015 new cases had Japan’s Health Ministry said A doctor takes a swab from a woman to test for the COVID-19 virus month because of uncoopera- been reported over the last 24 that 39 new cases have been at a fever clinic in eastern China’s Shandong province on Wednesday. tive doctors, poor conditions and hours, declining for a second confirmed on a cruise ship quar- fear they would become infected. day. The total number of cases in antined at Yokohama, bringing counterparts that they are no lon- new coronavirus discovered in Russian health authorities haven’t mainland China reached 44,653, the total to 174 on the Diamond ger accepting items destined for 2019. commented on their complaints. although many experts say a Princess. China, “until sufficient transport The illness was first reported The incidents occurred amid large number of others infected And in Singapore, the bank capacity becomes available.” in December and connected the outbreak of the virus in have gone uncounted. DBS on Wednesday cleared a The Chinese mail service, to a food market in the central China that has already infected The additional deaths raised downtown office and told some China Post, said it was disinfect- Chinese city of Wuhan, where more than 40,000 people world- the mainland toll to 1,113. Two 300 employees to work from home ing postal offices, processing the outbreak has largely been wide. In Russia, only two cases people have died elsewhere, one after one of its staff was infected centers and vehicles to ensure the concentrated. of COVID-19 have been report- in Hong Kong and one in the with the virus. virus doesn’t spread via the mail Zhong Nanshan, a leading Chi- ed. Nevertheless, the authorities Philippines. “We are also currently con- and to protect staff. nese epidemiologist, said that took vast measures to prevent the In the port city of Tianjin, just ducting detailed contact tracing It said the crisis is also im- while the virus outbreak in China new disease from spreading and southeast of Beijing, a cluster of with all employees and other par- pacting mail that transits China may peak this month, the situa- hospitalized hundreds of people cases has been traced to a depart- ties that the infected person may to other destinations including tion at the center of the crisis re- who returned from China as a ment store in Baodi district. One- have come into contact with,” North Korea, Kazakhstan, Kyr- mains more challenging. precaution. third of Tianjin’s 104 confirmed DBS said. gyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, “We still need more time of Many of those quarantined in cases are in Baodi, the Xinhua The U.S. Postal Service said Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and hard working in Wuhan,” he said, different Russian hospitals com- state news agency reported. that it was “experiencing signifi- Vietnam. describing the isolation of infect- plained about dire conditions of A salesperson working in the cant difficulties” in dispatching The World Health Organization ed patients there a priority. isolation rooms and lack of coop- store’s small home appliance sec- letters, parcels and express mail has named the disease caused by “We have to stop more people eration from doctors, uncertain tion became the first individual to China, including Hong Kong the virus as COVID-19, avoiding from being infected,” he said. about quarantine protocols. in the cluster to be diagnosed on and Macau. any animal or geographic desig- “The problem of human-to- Both women said their hospi- Jan. 31, Xinhua said. The store Both the U.S. and Singapore nation to avoid stigmatization and human transmission has not yet tal ordeals began after returning was already closed at that point, Post said in notes to their global to show the illness comes from a been resolved.” from Hainan, a tropical region of China popular with Russian S. Korea to reduce troop numbers for Cobra Gold tourists.

BY KIM GAMEL AND YOO KYONG CHANG simulated command post exercise. The South it a global health emergency and renamed the Stars and Stripes will likely forgo the usual field maneuvers, virus, which appeared in December in the the navy said in a statement, adding a final SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea tenta- Chinese city of Wuhan, COVID-19. decision will be made this week. Cobra Gold, co-sponsored by Thailand tively plans to sharply reduce the number of “We changed the plan for the safety of our troops sent to Thailand for Asia’s largest mul- and the United States, began in 1982. Nearly sailors,” a South Korean navy official said. 30 other nations attended the exercise last tinational military exercise due to fears about The decision comes as South Korea steps up year for activities including military train- the spread of the deadly new coronavirus, its efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavi- navy said Wednesday. rus, a pneumonia-like disease that has killed ing, disaster-relief planning and relationship Seoul originally planned to ship about 400 more than 1,000 people in China and sickened building. service members along with eight amphibious tens of thousands in several other countries. Some 4,000 Americans will participate in assault vehicles to participate in Cobra Gold, a South Korea has confirmed 28 cases, while the drills this year, according to Thai media. nearly two-week exercise that begins Feb. 24. Thailand has 33. No deaths have been report- [email protected] Instead, only about 30 senior-level troops ed in either country. Twitter: @kimgamel are expected to travel to Thailand for the The World Health Organization has declared [email protected] Japan confirms 39 new virus cases, 174 total on ship

Associated Press The night of the ship’s arrival, cruises. The Westerdam cruise in Japan, Taiwan, the Philip- Japanese health officials began TOKYO — Japan’s health min- ship carrying 2,257 passen- pines and Thailand. There are medical checks on all of the ship’s istry said Wednesday that 39 new gers and crew is now in the Gulf no confirmed cases of the virus cases of a virus have been con- 3,700 passengers and crew after of Thailand with nowhere to on board, but it stopped in Hong firmed on a cruise ship quaran- one previous passenger tested dock after being refused entry Kong less than two weeks ago. tined at a Japanese port. positive for the virus. The update brings the total The U.S.-operated Diamond found on the Diamond Princess Princess had completed a 14- to 174 cases. day tour during which it stopped The ministry also said the at Hong Kong and several other virus was confirmed in a official Asian ports before returning to who participated in the initial Japan. An 80-year-old man who quarantine checks the night the disembarked in Hong Kong test- ship returned to Yokohama Port ed positive for the virus, prompt- near Tokyo on Feb. 3. The quar- ing Hong Kong to notify the ship antine official is being treated in and Japanese authorities, who a hospital. then ordered the quarantine and The new cases bring Japan’s testing. total to 203 people with the new Concerns over the virus have disease, COVID-19. rerouted and canceled other Thursday, February 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 MILITARY Syria: Group says US forces discharged ‘smoke bombs’ before opening fire

FROM FRONT PAGE warned of increased complexity The U.S. patrol was “besieged” in northeastern Syria, where U.S. by a crowd of both civilians and troops are deployed and have had armed militiamen who “fired in “minor dustups” with Russian the air,” the London-based Syrian patrols. The Americans occupy Observatory for Human Rights austere outposts in the provinces reported, citing local sources. of Hassekeh, where Wednesday’s The Observatory maintains a net- incident took place, and Deir al- work of activists on the ground. Zour, and where Turkey has also After the U.S. forces fired entered the fray. “smoke bombs,” they opened fire, U.S. troops withdrew from the Observatory said, but it was northern Syria in October, ahead unclear whether the person killed of a Turkish incursion to fight was a civilian or militia member. Kurdish forces that Ankara views U.S. jets ripped through the air as terrorists. Turkey backs rebel above the villages after the inci- forces in the country but also con- dent, the Observatory reported. ducts joint patrols with Russia. AP Photos and videos circulated on The situation has led to “much social media show an F-15 fighter more detailed ground deconflic- In this frame grab from video, people and soldiers gather next to an American military convoy stuck in jet firing a flare over the area. tion rules” along the road net- the village of Khirbet Ammu, east of Qamishli city, Syria, on Wednesday. U.S. troops returned fire after The man killed was a civil- work, Ambassador James Jeffrey, being shot at in northeastern Syria. ian from Khirbet Am mu vil- the U.S. envoy to the anti-ISIS co- lage, Syria’s state-run SANA alition, told reporters in January. news agency said. Four Ameri- Qamishli is where all those Boosted by US, Turkish president can vehicles were damaged, it roads converge, Jeffrey said, and said, and five more were sent as “there is a lot of patrolling there,” reinforcements. a small number of which have led vows to expel Syrian army from Idlib A cellphone video from the to the “dustups.” scene shows American troops “Nothing serious, nothing par- standing outside several Osh- BY SELCAN HACAOGLU militants in the final major oppo- hold further discussions. ticularly threatening,” he said. AND FIRAT KOZOK sition holdout after nine years of Erdogan said he might soon talk kosh M-ATVs on a rural road and In a small but increasing num- Bloomberg war has triggered fierce Turkish with President Donald Trump beside a concrete building. The ber of occasions the Russians and video was posted to Twitter by military retaliation, while testing on events in Syria after Ankara Syrian regime forces have tried Turkish President Recep Syrian Kurdish journalist Kami- key strategic alliances. secured support from a visiting to come “deep into the areas” Tayyip Erdogan vowed to drive ran Sadoun, who said regime sup- Turkey and Russia have main- U.S. official in its tussle with the where the U.S. and Kurdish-led Russian-backed Syrian govern- porters attacked first. tained an uneasy partnership in Assad regime. Syrian Democratic Forces patrol, A second video, posted to Twit- ment forces from the last rebel Syria, where they back opposing James Jeffrey, the U.S. envoy he said in a later briefing. ter by journalist Mohammed Has- stronghold of Idlib, escalating his sides, but disagreements over for Syria engagement and its spe- Wednesday’s incident could lead san, shows the same area, where threats against Damascus after who should control Idlib are tak- cial representative to the global to increased tensions in the area. Hassan says one U.S. vehicle was being buoyed by rare public sup- ing a toll on the relationship. On coalition to defeat Islamic State, Other cellphone video showed “destroyed.” Syrian and Russian port from the U.S. Wednesday, Russia directly ac- said he had traveled to Turkey men in civilian attire firing on the forces and “a lot of civilians” Erdogan has massed tanks and cused Turkey of failing to abide to discuss whatever support U.S. convoy with Kalashnikovs. commandos in Idlib after at least gathered, and the Syrian check- by agreements meant to contain the country needed to defend The video was posted to a chan- 14 Turks, most of them soldiers, point was emptied, he reported. hostilities in Idlib, warning that its soldiers against “a threat in nel on the online app Telegram were killed by forces loyal to Hasan later tweeted photos of an the situation was being aggravat- Idlib from Russia and the Assad run by Syria’s Radio and Televi- President Bashar Assad, and on F-15 fighter jet firing a flare over ed by the flow of Turkish troops government.” the area. sion General Authority. Wednesday threatened to hit Syr- into the province. A Russian convoy arrived on As several vehicles flying ian targets “anywhere” if Turkish Walking a fine line, Erdogan the scene, apparently to defuse American flags attempted to pass troops are harmed again. has been careful not to alien- tensions, the Observatory re- through the area around Qamish- “We’re determined to drive ate Russian President Vladimir ported. Moscow backs Assad in li, locals pelted them with stones away regime forces until the end Putin, who is backing Assad. The Syria’s civil war, now in its ninth and blocked their way. Some of February” from the vicinity of two spoke by phone Wednesday year. people mounted the vehicles and Idlib, he said. At least three Turk- about the “aggravation of the situ- The U.S. and Russia have for ripped down a flag, SANA also ish army outposts have been cut ation” in Idlib . years worked to deconflict their reported. off in the area. Erdogan said he and Putin de- operations in the country, but [email protected] Assad’s attempt to crush Turk- cided that military and civilian a top American diplomat has Twitter: @chadgarland ish-backed rebels and al-Qaida officials from both sides would PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, February 13, 2020 MILITARY Trump wants Pentagon Military downgrades efforts to review conduct of against Sahel extremists impeachment witness Associated Press Trump has already been sharp- ly criticized for pushing out Alex- Associated Press has compared it to “mowing the have been killed and hundreds of WASHINGTON — President ander Vindman and others who lawn.” That need, along with the thousands have fled. Donald Trump suggested Tues- JOHANNESBURG — The U.S. crossed him in the impeachment often slow development of local Extremist groups linked to the day that the Pentagon should military has switched from try- hearings. partners’ militaries, “could re- Islamic State group and al-Qaida review the conduct of a former ing to degrade Islamic extremist quire ongoing commitment of in West Africa “are neither de- White House national security Asked whether he wanted to groups in West Africa’s sprawl- U.S. military resources,” the re- graded nor contained,” the new aide who played a central role see Vindman face discipline, ing Sahel region to merely trying port adds. report warns, citing AFRICOM. in the Democrats’ impeachment Trump said that military officials to contain them as their deadly The new report also says that The new U.S. military strat- case and potentially consider dis- “can handle him any way they threat increases, a new U.S. gov- the U.S. Africa Command has egy has changed from trying to ciplinary action against him. want,” but also suggested that he ernment report says. expressed concerns to the Penta- degrade, or reduce the effective- Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vin- expected commanders to review The quarterly report by the gon’s inspector general that some ness, of those extremist groups in dman, who, until last week, was the decorated, 20-year officer’s inspectors general for the Penta- resources will be moved from the Sahel to trying to keep them detailed by the Pentagon to the conduct. gon, State Department and U.S. Somalia to the North African na- from growing their membership White House, testified before the “That’s going to be up to the Agency for International Devel- tion of Libya, where a conflict and spreading into new areas, House impeachment panel that military,” Trump said. “We’ll opment released this week is the between rival governments has AFRICOM told the Pentagon in- Trump inappropriately pushed have to see. They are certainly, first to be unclassified as interest drawn the attention of powers in- spector general in the quarter Ukraine President Volodymyr I imagine, going to take a look at surges in the U.S. military’s ac- cluding Russia and Turkey. ending Dec. 31. Zelenskiy to investigate former that.” tivities in Africa. About 6,000 U.S. military per- Mali’s president this week told Vice President Joe Biden and his Robert O’Brien, Trump’s na- Top concerns in Africa include sonnel are deployed across Af- French media outlets his govern- son, Hunter. tional security adviser, said later the fast-growing threat from rica, the report says, including ment is now in contact with lead- Vindman was ousted from his Tuesday that Alexander Vind- multiple extremist groups in the 500 special operations forces in ers of the most active extremist job on the White House National man was not asked to leave his Sahel region just south of the Somalia and about 800 personnel group, the al-Qaida-linked JNIM, Security Council on Friday, just White House job in retaliation for Sahara Desert and the enduring in West Africa. a sign that troubled West African two days after the Senate acquit- his testimony in the Democrats’ threat by the al-Qa ida-linked al- The security situation in Burki- countries are exploring various ted Trump on abuse of power and impeachment case. Shabab in Somalia, which killed na Faso “is deteriorating faster options, including negotiations, to obstruction of justice charges. He “There’s absolutely no retalia- three Americans in an unprece- than anywhere else in the Sahel,” curb the threat. is to be reassigned by the Pen- tion with respect to the Vindma- dented attack against U.S. forces says the new report, citing AF- JNIM has about 1,000 to 2,000 tagon. His twin brother, Lt. Col. ns as far as impeachment goes,” in Kenya last month. RICOM. The West African nation fighters, and its goal is to “unite Yevgeny Vindman, who worked as O’Brien said at an event hosted Consistent pressure on extrem- is staggering under a growing all terrorist groups in the Sahel an ethics lawyer at the NSC, was by the Atlantic Council. “But the ist groups is needed to weaken number of extremist attacks, as and eliminate Western influence also ousted from his job and was president is entitled to a staff that them, the report says, citing De- fighters move in from neighbor- in the region,” the new U.S. re- re-assigned to the Army General he has confidence in and that he fense Secretary Mark Esper, who ing Mali. Hundreds of civilians port says. Counsel’s Office. believes will execute his policy.” Thursday, February 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 NATION Primary: Sanders, Buttigieg solid, Klobuchar a surprising 3rd in Granite State

FROM FRONT PAGE Still, history suggests that the first-in- The New Hampshire vote gives new the-nation primary will have enormous clarity to a Democratic contest shaping influence shaping the 2020 race. In the up to be a battle between two men sepa- modern era, no Democrat has ever be- rated by four decades in age and clashing come the party’s general election nominee political ideologies. Sanders is a leading without finishing first or second in New progressive voice, having spent decades Hampshire. demanding substantial government inter- Sanders and Buttigieg were on track to vention in health care and other sectors win the same number of New Hampshire of the economy. Buttigieg has pressed for delegates with most of the vote tallied, with more incremental change, preferring to Klobuchar a few behind. Warren, Biden give Americans the option of retaining and the rest of the field were shut out, fail- their private health insurance while ap- ing to reach the 15% threshold needed for pealing to Republicans and independents ANDREW HARNIK/AP ROBERT F. B UKATY/AP delegates. who may be dissatisfied with President The AP allocated nine delegates each Donald Trump. Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., shown to Sanders and Buttigieg and six to Buttigieg speaks to supporters in speaking in Concord, N.H., on Tuesday Their disparate temperaments were Klobuchar. Nashua, N.H., after his second-place night, finished third in New Hampshire, on display Tuesday as they spoke before The action was on the Democratic side, finish in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. and was allocated six delegates. cheering supporters. but Trump easily won New Hampshire’s “We are gonna win because we have the Republican primary. He was facing token And unlike Sanders, he still has multiple Sen. Michael Bennet, former Massachu- agenda that speaks to the needs of working opposition from former Massachusetts people across this country,” Sanders de- rivals in his own ideological wing of the setts Gov. Deval Patrick and political new- Gov. Bill Weld. clared. “This victory here is the beginning party to contend with. They include Klobu- comer Andrew Yang, who attracted a small With most of the vote in, Trump al- of the end for Donald Trump.” char, whose standout debate performance but loyal following over the past year . ready had amassed more votes in the New Buttigieg struck an optimistic tone: led to a late surge in New Hampshire and The struggling candidates still in the Hampshire primary than any incumbent “Thanks to you, a campaign that some said a growing national following. While deeply race sought to minimize the latest results. shouldn’t be here at all has shown that we wounded, Biden promises strength in up- Warren, who spent months as a Demo- president in history. His vote share was are here to stay.” coming South Carolina. And though for- cratic front-runner, offered an optimistic approaching the modern historical high Both men have strength heading into the mer New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg outlook as she faced cheering supporters: for an incumbent president, 86.43% set next phase of the campaign, yet they face was not on Tuesday’s ballot, he looms next “Our campaign is built for the long haul, by Ronald Reagan in 1984. Weld received very different political challenges. month when the contest reaches states of- and we are just getting started.” about 9% of the vote of New Hampshire While Warren made clear she will re- fering hundreds of delegates. Having already predicted he would Republicans. main in the race, Sanders, well-financed After a chaotic beginning to primary “take a hit” in New Hampshire after a The political spotlight quickly shifts to and with an ardent army of supporters, has voting last week in Iowa, Democrats hoped distant fourth-place finish in Iowa, Biden Nevada, where Democrats will hold cau- cemented his status as the clear leader of New Hampshire would help give shape to essentially ceded the state. He traveled to cuses on Feb. 22. But several candidates, the progressive wing of the party. their urgent quest to pick someone to take South Carolina on Tuesday as he bet his including Warren and Sanders, plan to Meanwhile, Buttigieg must prove he can on Trump in November. At least three can- candidacy on a strong showing there later visit other states in the coming days that attract support from voters of color who didates dropped out in the wake of weak this month boosted by support from black vote on Super Tuesday, signaling they are are critical to winning the nomination. finishes Tuesday night: moderate Colorado voters. in the race for the long haul. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, February 13, 2020 NATION Trial team quits Stone case over sentence dispute

BY MICHAEL BALSAMO recommendation excessive. AND ERIC TUCKER The departures leave in limbo Associated Press the resolution of a case that was WASHINGTON — The four one of the signature prosecutions lawyers who prosecuted Roger of Mueller’s team and that cut to Stone quit the case after the the heart of his mission — to de- Justice Department overruled termine whether the Trump team them and said it would take the had access to nonpublic informa- extraordinary step of lower- tion about Democratic emails ing the amount of prison time it hacked by Russian operatives would seek for President Don- and provided to WikiLeaks. ald Trump’s longtime ally and Trump was back on the at- confidant. The departures on Tuesday tack late Tuesday, slamming raised immediate questions over the original sentencing recom- DAVID BATTALY, MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY/AP whether Trump, who earlier in mendation and questioning the the day had blasted the original judge overseeing the Stone case. Officials monitor a potential dam/levee failure in Yazoo County, Miss., on Tuesday . sentencing recommendation as And by early Wednesday, he had “very horrible and unfair,“ had tweeted a congratulations to At- at least indirectly exerted his torney General William Barr “for will on a Justice Department that taking charge of a case that was Hill collapses, roads flooded, he often views as an arm of the White House. totally out of control and perhaps The department insisted the should not have been brought,“ decision to undo the sentencing suggesting the prosecutors had dam eroded by rain in South recommendation was made Mon- gone rogue. day night — before Trump’s tweet It’s unclear what sentence the Associated Press were reported. Pumps had been used to lower — and prosecutors had not spoken department will ultimately seek Multiple roads were covered the lake level by about 8 feet since to the White House about it. Even BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A Ten- — a new sentencing memo filed with water or washed out because mid-January, but officials said so, the departures of the entire nessee hillside collapsed, roads Tuesday evening indicated that of rainfall that exceeded 5 inches the water had risen to an even trial team broke open a simmer- were flooded and rivers were ris- the original recommendation was in spots across central Alabama, higher mark than before because ing dispute over the punishment ing across the Southeast on Tues- of a Trump ally whose case has too harsh but proposed no specif- day after a day of heavy rains and forecasters said totals could of recent storms. long captured the Republican ic punishment of its own. that once again threatened a Mis- reach 6 inches by nightfall. “It has risen over 8.5 feet from president’s attention . A Justice Department official sissippi lake where a dam previ- Schools opened late or closed our low elevation during pump- The four attorneys — Aaron Ze- said authorities decided to step ously was in danger of failing. in parts of Alabama, Mississippi ing and continues to rise,” said and Louisiana because of flash a statement by Kristen Campan- linsky and Adam Jed, who were in and seek a shorter sentence The National Weather Service early members of special counsel said minor to moderate flood- flooding. A flood watch stretched ella, emergency management di- because they had been taken by from eastern Texas to Missis- rector in Oktibbeha County. Robert Mueller’s Russia team, surprise by the initial recommen- ing was expected from central Michael Marando and Jonathan Mississippi to north Georgia fol- sippi, and parts of Alabama were Officials also were monitoring dation. The person, who was not Kravis — comprised the entire lowing downpours. The Tennes- under flood warnings. the site of a potential dam failure Justice Department trial team authorized to discuss the matter see River was predicted to crest North of Birmingham in Cull- in Yazoo County, where the Mis- that won convictions against publicly and spoke on the condi- about 7 feet above flood level at man, the sheriff’s office said sissippi Emergency Management Stone last fall. Each had signed tion of anonymity, said prosecu- Perryville, Tenn., on Sunday. Deputy Adam Clark and his po- Agency said a 40-acre lake in a onto a Monday sentencing memo tors had told the department to Near Great Smoky Mountains lice dog were badly injured in a subdivision was leaking around that recommended between expect a recommendation for a National Park in eastern Ten- wreck during heavy rains over- a culvert and washing away dirt, seven and nine years in prison for shorter sentence. nessee, tons of rock and soil slid night. The cause of the crash was threatening four homes and a Stone, who was convicted of lying The day of upheaval began with off a 70-foot hillside and blocked under investigation. church. Five homes were evacuat- In eastern Mississippi, officials ed after a levee breach in Leake. to Congress, witness tampering a morning tweet from Trump that the northbound side of a U.S. 441 and obstructing the House inves- spur linking the tourist towns of in Starkville said the water at Ok- The Tennessee Valley region the Stone case was a “miscarriage tigation into whether the Trump Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, the tibbeha County Lake had once has received 550% of its normal campaign coordinated with Rus- of justice.“ He later told reporters National Park Service said. again reached a critical level just rainfall in the past seven days, sia to tip the 2016 election. None he didn’t speak to Justice Depart- At least 45 dump truck loads weeks after heavy rains caused James Everett, senior manager of lent their names to a Tuesday ment officials, though he said he will be required to clear the road, a mudslide that put the earthen the Tennessee Valley Authority’s memo that called the original could if he wanted. officials estimated, but no injuires dam in danger of failing. River Forecast Center, said . Feds: Ex-convict extorted college students for nearly $1M

Associated Press Federal outside New York City. He con- Ray allegedly ensnared many them into unpaid labor at a fam- prosecutors vinced them they were indebted of his victims while they were ily member’s property in North NEW YORK — An ex-convict said Ray, to him, authorities said, subject- sophomores at Sarah Lawrence. Carolina. Others opened lines of accused of bilking several college 60, used ing them to “grueling interroga- His first victims were his daugh- credit or solicited contributions students out of nearly $1 million “physical, tions” that spanned hours and ters’ roommates, Berman said. from others to help pay the false and forcing some into prostitu- sexual and deprived them of food and sleep. Ray moved into the students’ debts. tion or unpaid labor was arrested psychologi- Ray was taken into custody on-campus housing in late 2010, “Ray subjected his victims to Tuesday on extortion and sex cal abuse” Tuesday . He has denied the alle- and presented himself as a father almost unspeakable abuse,” Ber- trafficking charges. to extort gations, saying they were the re- figure to the roommates, accord- man said, alleging Ray once tied Lawrence “Larry” Ray was money from sult of a conspiracy against him. ing to an indictment filed in U.S. a woman to a chair and placed previously known for his role in five different U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Ber- District Court. a plastic bag over her head that helping to send former New York students at man told reporters the investiga- Prosecutors allege that Ray nearly suffocated her. Ray col- City police commissioner Ber- Ray Sarah Law- tion was prompted by an article directed the students to drain lected more than $500,000 from nard Kerik, who was a close con- rence Col- that appeared last year in New money from their parents’ sav- that woman after forcing her into fidant of Rudy Giuliani, to prison. lege, a private liberal arts college York magazine. ings accounts and forced some of prostitution, prosecutors said. Thursday, February 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Schools addresses Nazi flag seen in window

FREDERICK — Of- MD ficials for a public school in Maryland are investi- gating after a Nazi flag was pic- tured hanging in a classroom window . Witnesses saw the flag while attending a basketball game at Governor Thomas Johnson High School in Frederick and photos of it quickly spread online, news outlets reported. The Nazi flag was used in a World War II history class and left hanging in the window, visible to the outside, Frederick County Public Schools superintendent Theresa R. Alban said in a state- ment obtained by news outlets. Alban said officials will “take appropriate action” to figure out what led up to the flag being hung there. Man wins big lottery prize for a second time

MORGANTON — Lot- NC tery luck has smiled on a North Carolina man for the sec- ond time in seven years. Donald Hildebran won $250,000 after buying four 20X The Cash scratch-off tickets at a convenience store in Morganton , the North Carolina Education Lottery said in a news release. It wasn’t the first time Hildeb- JOE MAHONEY, RICHMOND (VA.) TIMES-DISPATCH/AP ran has hit it big in the lottery. In 2013, he won $200,000 in the Ex- treme Cash game. Just around the river bend Hildebran, a retiree from Con- nelly Springs, told lottery officials Adam Tremper “surfs” the Fish Ladders under the T. Tyler Potterfield Bridge while kayaking the James River with friends Sunday in he spent some of his first prize on Richmond, Va. After heavy rains earlier in the week, the river crested about 2 a.m. on Sunday at 13.53 feet. a beach trip and plans to do the same with his new prize. 2,200 feet above the Steamboat THE CENSUS partment of Transportation said “I’m going fishing,” he told lot- Springs Winter Carnival before in a news release. tery officials. “I’m going to the it burst, turning the sky bright The location of the cleanup was beach!” The worth of Rolex watches stolen by two men red and drawing gasps from the Connecticut police are looking for. Stamford Po- near Hewitts Road, which NCDOT Woman accused of crowd, The Steamboat Pilot & lice Capt. Richard Conklin said the two men broke said was a “troublesome location” Today reported. $80K into a Lord & Taylor store Thursday, began smash- that closed the highway a month stalking former boss Tim Borden of Steamboat ing a glass-topped case of high-end watches and ago because of a landslide. Springs headed the team that de- took eight to 10 of the luxury brand watches before fleeing. “It looks like the two The area experienced exces- WEST PALM BEACH veloped the firework over seven parties involved entered the store earlier, probably in an effort to case the location, sive rain and flooded streams FL — A 45-year-old Florida years. Borden first attempted to about an hour and one-half prior to this action they took. They knew right where leading to road closures, news woman is accused of stalking and set the world record last year, but they were going and were out of the store very quickly,” Conklin said. outlets reported. harassing her former boss in an failed when the shell exploded effort to get her job back, police inside the mortar, the newspaper 3 charged with theft said. reported. K9 finds 220 pounds of the misapplication of 39,000 from youth program Brygida Trzaska was arrested pounds of the pesticide Rozol on on charges of harassing phone pot in 2 traffic stops Neighbors try to stop 5,400 acres of land on the Stand- MADISONVILLE calls and stalking, West Palm ing Rock Indian Reservation Beach police said. mauling by pack of dogs COLUMBIA — The TN — Three people have in Corson County, according to been charged with stealing After being fired in February MO Missouri State High- prosecutors. SPRING HILL — Neigh- $30,000 from a youth clay target 2019 following a dispute over va- way Patrol asked “Who’s a good More than a dozen workers told bors used sticks, pieces shooting program in Tennessee, cation time and sick leave, Trza- FL boy?” in a tweet after one of its investigators in 2016 that they of a gutter and a lawn chair in authorities said. ska made multiple phone calls to dogs sniffed out about 220 pounds were supposed to put the poison her former boss, sent emails and an attempt to stop a pack of dogs of marijuana during two Inter- Tennessee Bureau of Investi- into prairie dog holes but got slop- even waited outside the victim’s from mauling a Florida woman, state 70 traffic stops. gation agents began investigat- py and put it near the holes. home for a chance to speak to her, who was critically injured in the The Columbia Daily Tribune ing theft of money from the 4-H Six bald eagles died after in- the Palm Beach Post reported. attack that lasted at least five reported that Rony’s expert Scholastic Clay Target Program gesting the poison, according to Police said the victim received minutes, authorities said. nose landed a Georgia man and in Monroe County in December the federal Environmental Pro- several emails from Trzaska be- The attack only stopped when two people from Virginia be- 2015, the state police agency said tection Agency and the U.S. Fish tween February and June, want- firefighters arrived at the home hind bars after they were caught in a news release . and Wildlife Service. ing to address the termination. in Spring Hill and used their with the drugs while traveling During the investigation, Investigators found that Trza- equipment to disperse the dogs, through Cooper County in central agents found that Mary Ellen ska called the victim 339 times the Hernando County Sheriff’s Missouri. Muddy rockslide closes Sellin, Timothy Scott Sellin, and between Dec. 14 and Jan. 28. Office said in a news release. highway after heavy rain Tony Aram Millsaps stole about The woman, who wasn’t identi- Rancher pleads guilty to $30,000 from the program over Massive firework shot fied, was in critical condition at a poisoning 6 bald eagles TOPTON — A North several years, the TBI said. breaks world record hospital. NC Carolina highway was Mary Ellen Sellin handled funds for the organization, while The woman was in her back- BISMARCK — A South be closed while crews cleared STEAMBOAT yard with her small dog when ND Dakota rancher has debris from a rockslide that may Timothy Sellin and Millsaps CO SPRINGS — A mas- four or five dogs in a neighboring pleaded guilty to federal charg- have been triggered by heavy served as coaches for the pro- sive firework launched over a house saw them through a slid- es in the deaths of six protected rain. gram, the TBI said. Colorado ski resort town has set ing glass door that wasn’t prop- bald eagles who were poisoned by Removal of mud and debris All three turned themselves in a record for the world’s largest erly closed, authorities said. The some misapplied pesticide on his from the slide began on U.S. to authorities on the theft charges aerial firework. neighbor’s dogs escaped from the property. Highway 19/74 in the Nantahala this week. The 2,800-pound shell flew house and attacked them. David Meyer, 58, supervised Gorge, the North Carolina De- From wire reports PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, February 13, 2020 NATION Teachers unions: Active shooter drills scare kids

BY PAT EATON-ROBB ended within one minute,” he Associated Press said in a written statement. “That means it is up to us to keep our- HARTFORD, Conn. — The selves safe for those seconds that nation’s two largest teachers will feel as slow as a lifetime. We unions want schools to revise or drill so everyone has a plan when eliminate active shooter drills, faced with danger, to give people asserting Tuesday that they can a chance at survival.” harm students’ mental health and that there are better ways to pre- But Abby Clements, who was pare for the possibility of a school teaching second grade at the shooting. Sandy Hook school in Newtown The American Federation of when a gunman killed 26 people Teachers and National Educa- in 2012, said that she doesn’t be- tion Association joined with the lieve a drill would have saved advocacy group Everytown for lives there. Gun Safety Support Fund in call- “Our students knew what to do,” ing for an end to unannounced said Clements, who now teaches drills or drills that simulate gun at another elementary school in violence. town. “We taught them what to do “Everywhere I travel, I hear in an emergency. We knew evacu- from parents and educators about ation routes and where a safe spot active shooter drills terrifying was in the room, where nobody students, leaving them unable to could see inside. But frightening concentrate in the classroom and students with some type of ac- unable to sleep at night,” said Lily tive drill, I think that is barbaric. Eskelsen Garcia, president of the There is no way you could pos- DOUGAL BROWNLIE, THE (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) GAZETTE/AP National Education Association. sibly be prepared for the infinite “So traumatizing students as we Students are led out of school as members of the Fountain Police Department take part in an Active number of ways that a shooting work to keep students safe from Shooter Response Training exercise at Fountain Middle School in Fountain, Colo. could go down with these weap- gun violence is not the answer. ons of war.” That is why if schools are going to mental health officials to create feel like,” said Shannon Watts, shooter drills, said that they are Clements, an active member of do drills, they need to take steps age-appropriate and trauma-in- founder of Moms Demand Ac- effective when done appropri- Moms Demand Action, said that it to ensure the drills do more good formed drills, never simulating tion, which is part of Everytown. ately. He said his company never breaks her heart when she hears than harm.” an actual shooting and tracking “In California recently, a su- runs surprise drills, but believes stories like the one about a little The report released Tuesday the effects of drills. perintendent hired a stranger to that simulating an event is the girl who refused to wear light-up recommends that schools concen- About 95% of schools drilled wear a mask to rattle the doors of best way to prepare for one “and trate on training teachers to re- students on lockdown procedures classrooms without letting facul- allow students to practice their shoes after a drill, because she spond to an active shooter incident in the 2015-16 school year, accord- ty and students know. We’ve seen options, whether that be lock- was told it could make her an eas- rather than drilling students. ing to a survey by the National students asked to pretend to be down or evacuation.” ier target. It also issued guidelines for Center for Education Statistics. victims and lie down using fake “According to a recent study “I’ve got kids at the elementary schools that decide to use drills. “In Indiana, they were shoot- blood in the hallway.” conducted by The U.S. Secret school level who tell me they have Those include giving parents, ing teachers with rubber pellets Jean-Paul Guilbault, the chief Service, most school shootings to keep a cellphone on them at all educators and students advance so they would feel the adrenaline executive of the Alice Train- last for two minutes or less, and times, just in case,” she said. “It notice of any drill, working with of what a school shooting would ing Institute, which runs active nearly half of the events studied should not be like that.”

Transgender felons seek to Actor Jussie Smollett faces ease state name change laws 6 new charges in Chicago BY MARK SCOLFORO simply conduct their daily lives,” Associated Press they argued. The state attorney general’s of- Associated Press quately explained to special pros- HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Penn- fice said that the law was meant ecutors why they did so. But Webb sylvania court this week will con- to enhance public safety and wel- CHICAGO — Actor Jussie stressed that he had reached no sider a legal challenge by three fare and argued there is no fun- Smollett was indicted Tuesday for conclusions about whether any- transgender women to a two-de- damental right to a name change a second time on charges of lying cade-old state law that prohibits one involved in the case had en- in the state constitution. to police about a racist and anti- people who have committed seri- gaged in any wrongdoing. State Attorney General Josh gay attack he allegedly staged on ous felonies from ever changing Smollett, who is black and gay, Shapiro issued a statement himself in downtown Chicago, their names. Tuesday that his office has a re- was originally charged with dis- Commonwealth Court will renewing a divisive criminal case sponsibility to defend the consti- orderly conduct in February 2019 hear oral arguments Thursday in that drew worldwide attention tutionality of Pennsylvania laws, for allegedly staging the attack the lawsuit brought by plaintiffs last year. “despite my personal opinion.” and lying about it to investigators. who live as women but are unable The indictment came from a In a filing seeking dismissal, the special prosecutor who was ap- The allegations were dropped the to change their masculine first following month with little expla- names because of a 1998 state law attorney general’s office argued pointed after Cook County prose- that “the restrictions are ratio- cutors dropped the same charges nation, angering police officials designed to prevent fraud. Jussie Smollett and then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Pennsylvania law requires any nally related to the valid concern last March. that people with serious felony Tina Glandian, Smollett’s attor- felon to wait at least two years The new charges were sure to convictions may seek to assume and disparaging the president’s ney, questioned Webb’s decision after completion of their sentence reignite many of the tensions that a new identity in order to avoid supporters as bigots. to file new charges. to apply for a name change, and surrounded Smollett a year ago. Special prosecutor Dan Webb detection and escape the conse- The indictment “raises serious those convicted of certain more When his claims first emerged, said in a statement that Smollett quences of their convictions.” questions about the integrity of serious felonies are permanently he drew a groundswell of sup- faces six felony counts of disor- The lawsuit does not seek to the investigation that led to the barred from doing so. port from fans and celebrities derly conduct, charges that stem “People have a fundamental overturn the law entirely, only renewed charges” Glandian said, and gave an emotional television from four separate false reports right to control their own names, the section which prevents felons citing the use of the same detec- interview about the attack. that he gave to police in which he and that can’t be overridden by a from going to court to show that The case came to reflect the contended he was a victim of a tives who were part of the origi- legal presumption that felons are their name change is not designed polarized state of political dis- hate crime “knowing that he was nal investigation into the attack to engaging in fraud when they seek for a fraudulent purpose. course in America. Many Demo- not the victim of a crime.” conduct the latest probe, despite a name change,” the women’s After oral arguments in Pitts- crats initially called it a shocking The statement immediately Smollett’s pending civil claims lawyers wrote in a court filing in burgh on Thursday, the Common- instance of Trump-era racism raised questions about county against the city and police offi- May. Those who may not change wealth Court panel could rule and hate, while Republicans de- prosecutors’ decision to drop the cers for malicious prosecution. their names are forced “to speak for either side or determine that picted it as yet another example charges and made it clear that He is scheduled to appear in and write an undesired name in a hearing is needed to present of liberals rushing to judgment those prosecutors had not ade- court for arraignment on Feb. 24. order to travel, vote, pay taxes or evidence. Thursday, February 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 WORLD Radical Shiite cleric Pope avoids the question of threatens to reject married priests in Amazon BY NICOLE WINFIELD gest conservative critics have end of the October synod, the Associated Press accused of heresy. majority of bishops called for the Francis’ document, “Beloved Vatican to reopen a study com- VATICAN CITY — Pope Amazon,” is instead a love letter mission on ordaining women as Iraqi PM designate Francis declined Wednesday to to the Amazonian rain forest and deacons, a type of ministry in the approve the ordination of mar- its indigenous peoples, penned church that allows for preach- Associated Press ried men to address a shortage by history’s first Latin American ing, celebrating weddings and a “lack of confidence” and “may of priests in the Amazon, side- even lead to declaring a disavow- pope. Francis has long been con- baptisms, but not consecrating BAGHDAD — An influen- stepping a fraught issue that has al” of Allawi’s candidacy. cerned about the violent exploi- the Eucharist. Francis had cre- dominated debate in the Catholic tial Shiite preacher who heads a Allawi, like his predecessor, tation of the Amazon’s land, its ated such a commission in 2016 at Church and even involved retired powerful political bloc in Iraq’s Adel Abdul-Mahdi, was a com- crucial importance to the global the insistence of religious sisters Pope Benedict XVI. Parliament threatened Tues- promise candidate of rival blocs ecosystem and the injustices who want more say and roles in Francis did not refer to the day to withdraw support for the Sairoon and Fatah, which in- committed against its peoples. church governance and minis- candidate chosen by rival blocs cludes leaders associated with recommendations by Amazonian “Beloved Amazon” is, in many try, but the group ended its work as prime minister-designate, the paramilitary Popular Mo- bishops to consider the ordina- ways, a synthesized and focused without reaching a consensus. indicating that the formation of bilization Units headed by Hadi tion of married men or female version of Francis’ 2015 land- Groups that advocate for wom- a new government was facing al-Amiri. deacons. Rather, the pope urged mark environmental encyclical, en’s ordination and giving women challenges. In the May 2018 election, nei- bishops to pray for more priestly “Praised Be,” in which he blasted greater roles in the Catholic Muqtada al-Sadr, who heads ther coalition won a commanding vocations and to send missionar- wealthy countries and multina- Church blasted the document. the Sairoon bloc that garnered plurality that would have enabled ies to a region where Catholics in tional corporations for destroying Francis justified his refusal to the most seats in parliament fol- it to name the premier, as stipu- remote areas can go months or the world’s natural resources and consider ordained ministry for lowing the May 2018 election, lated by the Iraqi constitution. To even years without Mass. impoverishing the poor for their women as sparing them the risk said in a statement posted on avoid political crisis, Sairoon and The papal dodge disappointed own profit. of being “clericalized,” or placed social media that he was losing Fatah forged a precarious union progressives, who had hoped he Francis said that he has four on a pedestal. confidence in prime minister- with Abdul-Mahdi as their prime would, at the very least, put both dreams for the Amazon: that the “This is a dereliction of his designate Mohammed Allawi minister. On Feb. 1, they chose questions to further study. Liber- rights of the poor are respected, duty as a leader with the power to and threatened to withdraw his Allawi to succeed Abdul-Mahdi, al Catholic women’s groups were that their cultural riches are cele- make positive change and chal- support. after he resigned under pressure also outraged. Meanwhile, the brated, that the Amazon’s natural lenge discrimination,” said Mir- Citing “partisan and sectar- from protests in December. Al- news was a relief to conservatives beauty and life are preserved and iam Duignan of the Wijngaards ian pressure” interfering in the lawi has 30 days to formulate a who have used the debate over that its Christian communities Institute for Catholic Research, a government formation process, government program and name priestly celibacy to heighten op- show Amazonian features. British-based progressive Catho- al-Sadr said that this has lead to Cabinet ministers. position to the pope, whose stron- In their final document at the lic think tank. PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, February 13, 2020 FACES Horror not so scary anymore for Pedretti

BY JOSEPH V. A MODIO I’m partial to the classics, like “The Shining” and “Pol- Newsday tergeist.” And I have a special place in my heart for “The Amityville Horror” because my grandparents actually ictoria Pedretti doesn’t scare quite so easily any- lived in Amityville. more. At least, not since she’s become TV’s favor- Oh, wow! That’s so cool. So much of my experience with ite new horror queen, a sort of “Jamie Lee Curtis, horror growing up was with kids trying to get everybody Vmillennial edition.” to go to the basement to watch a movie to see who could Fans of the acclaimed Netflix series “The Haunting of handle it the most. Hill House” know Pedretti from her breakout performance Like a slasher pic? as the warm and sympathetic twin Nell Crain. She nabbed Yeah. Those movies are all jump-scares.They mean that role just seconds after graduating from Carnegie Mel- a lot to some people, but it’s never been my cup of tea. lon University in 2017, and her success has led to two more But I’m figuring it out. I’ve begun to see how horror roles: She returns to that series for its second season (called isn’t so different from a lot of the things you experi- “Haunting of Bly Manor,” an all-new spookfest out this year ence in a regular drama. And I’m appreciating the in which she plays a completely different character); and fact that these horror stories we tell relate to the she stars in the second season of “You,” another Netflix folklore with which we’ve explained the world for hit, playing the object of Penn Badgley’s affection. Unfor- so long. Monsters and ghosts and ghouls — soci- tunately, he’s a sweet but obsessive serial killer and in the eties have always been wrestling with the idea show’s first season, well, things didn’t work out so well for of death and what it means to die. So I’ve been his lady friend. watching a lot of horror, actually, to see how it’s Pedretti, 24, who grew up in and around Philadelphia, constructed. also recently appeared as a murderous Manson hippie in What was it like working with “Gossip Girl” Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood.” heartthrob Penn Badgley? She recently spoke by phone with Newsday contributor Jo- OH MY GOD! I miss him. He’s the most lovely, seph V. Amodio from Vancouver, British Columbia, on a creative, exuberant, intelligent man. He’s really break from shooting “Bly Manor.” a great person to work with. A great collabora- Newsday: In the first season of “You,” Penn Badgley tor and friend. I’m so excited for everybody to plays Joe Goldberg, who falls for a young writer. In Sea- see the amazing work he’s done this season. son 2, he’s drawn to your character, Love Quinn, an as- Did he sort of welcome you to “You”? piring chef. He seems to really go for creative types. Honestly, he was kind of on his lonesome, Pedretti: Seemingly. He’s definitely drawn to women who being one of the only people left from the first seem to have their own goals and ambitions. Which is a good season. We shot in an entirely different place quality, I guess. with an entirely different crew. And al- Sure, aside from the pesky psychopath thing. most the entire cast was different. I Right. feel a lot like him now on this second How are your own skills in the kitchen? Are you much season of “Haunting,” being one of a chef? of the only people from the first Definitely. I love to cook. I spent a lot of time in high school season. It’s interesting to go into cooking instead of doing my homework. another season of a show with What’s your go-to dish? such a different vibe. There’s a I think pasta tends to warm people’s hearts, you know? lot of readjusting to do. I put a lot of love into making pasta. But I like to try new things, too. You’re getting to be an old pro when it comes to horror Victoria Pedretti is a rising star stories and thrillers. Do you like to watch those kinds of in TV horror, with roles in the tales? second seasons of “You” and Not really. Most of my life I’ve avoided that. I find life “The Haunting of Hill House.” scary enough. I’m an actor. (She laughs.) I’m already really ALBERTO E. RODRIQUEZ, sensitive, I’ve gotta admit. GETTY IMAGES/TNS Universal reverses course, plans to release ‘The Hunt’ film in March

Universal Pictures reversed an ing and realize they are being and visionary creators, like those earlier decision to cancel the re- targeted for sport by rich elites, associated with this satirical so- lease of “The Hunt,” a film about including a wealthy woman cial thriller.” the rich elite killing conserva- played by Hilary Swank. Two al- tives that ignited a firestorm of legedly leaked lines of the script Rap imposters accused controversy last year. describe a character “going out The film from Blumhouse Pro- to the manor and slaughtering a of scamming hotels ductions opens March 13, the stu- dozen deplorables.” A crew of Rolls Royce-riding dio division of Comcast Corp. said The term “deplorables” was identity thieves who posed as rap in a statement Tuesday. Plans to used by Democratic presiden- industry figures scammed more release the satirical horror film tial candidate Hillary Clinton than $100,000 from some of the were shelved in August following in her last election to describe South’s most exclusive hotels, mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, some Trump supporters, and the prosecutors say. and Dayton, Ohio, and a backlash leaked dialogue inflamed some The group told hotel workers against the liberals-hunting-con- online chat groups. they were with the entertainment servatives storyline. A description of the movie re- firm Roc Nation, and listed the “The most talked about movie leased by Universal and early rap group Wu-Tang Clan with at of the year is one that no one’s ac- trailer suggest the rich elite are least one of the hotels, accord- tually seen,” the producers say in the antagonists in the film. The ing to a criminal complaint filed a new poster for the film. “Decide heroine appears to be a woman this week in U.S. District Court for yourself.” who is captured and fights back. in Atlanta. Walker Washington OHN INCHILLO/AP In a series of tweets around Since last year, the film’s web- J M and Aaron Barnes-Burpo are the time “The Hunt” was pulled, site has carried only a statement charged with conspiracy to com- President Donald Trump criti- explaining the decision to pull the Poodle wins Westminster cized the “racist” liberal Holly- picture: “After thoughtful consid- mit wire fraud and aggravated wood elite for creating a movie eration, the studio has decided to identity theft. Credit cards used Three days of competition in New York came to an end Tuesday “made in order to inflame and cancel our plans to release the in the scam included one that was as the judges at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show cause chaos.” film. We stand by our filmmak- stolen, and another that was likely narrowed the field of 2,500 to just seven and then handed the “The Hunt” follows 12 strang- ers and will continue to distribute fake, the complaint states. Best in Show crown to a standard poodle named Siba. ers who wake up in a forest clear- films in partnership with bold From wire reports Thursday, February 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, February 13, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Trump broke no laws when he fired Vindman Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY JONATHAN TURLEY and those officials are not guaranteed to Presidents are generally allowed to pick Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff Special to The Washington Post retain such positions indefinitely. their advisers and staffs for good reason, What made these actions wrong, how- bad reason or no reason at all. EDITORIAL ust because you’re paranoid ever, was that they appear as retaliatory While he could rest on his inherent au- doesn’t mean they aren’t after as they were unnecessary. Vindman and thority, Trump could cite one obvious rea- Terry Leonard, Editor you.” Those words, from the Sondland were repor tedly planning to leave son for his actions. Both of these officials [email protected] “J fictional Capt. John Yossarian their respective posts within a few weeks. were ordered not to appear as the White Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor in Joseph Heller’s satiric novel “Catch- Trump clearly wanted to fire them to send House litigated challenges to congressio- [email protected] 22,” could well have come from President a message — a message visibly conveyed nal demands. They disobeyed and testified Donald Trump. Trump’s move against by the image of Vindman being unceremo- without approval or White House counsel. Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content two impeachment witnesses (and a third niously escorted out of the White House. [email protected] Nevertheless, Trump waited to allow them man, the twin brother of one of the wit- Moreover, the removal of Vindman’s twin to testify before taking any action. Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation nesses) has enraged and struck many as brother (who never testified) smacks of While it is often overlooked, Trump has [email protected] pure retaliation, and has led to calls for medieval blood-revenge punishment. shown that key officials involved in the criminal and oversight investigations. Yet, The replacement of these officials, how- original Russian investigation opposed his Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital while I believe that actions taken against ever, was neither unexpected nor unprec- [email protected] election. More importantly, Trump was Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the edented. Presidents have often distrusted right about tha t investigation. Not only was European Union, and National Security officials from prior administrations, in- there no collusion between Moscow and BUREAU STAFF Council staffer Army Lt. Col. Alexander cluding civil servants. 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Obama also sacked Inter- people who hold deep-seated opposition to CIRCULATION led the House to impeach President An- national Security Assistance Force com- his past judgment or actions . That hardly drew Johnson after he fired Edwin Stan- mander Gen. Stanley McChrystal after he bodes well for any working relationship. Mideast ton, the secretary of war. The case failed had been openly critical of the president in While one can debate whether it is a presi- Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager in the Senate, and the Supreme Court later a Rolling Stone story. Trump fired nation- [email protected] dential or paranoiac impulse, it is neither [email protected] noted that the Tenure of Office Act was fa- al security adviser Michael Flynn when it unlawful nor exceptional from a legal or DSN (314)583-9111 cially unconstitutional. 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American prince Bobby Kennedy, with are opening up to people who don’t fit nels and use appropriated funds for distribution to remote The apparent end of another Biden pres- whom he shares two of his three names. those characteristics. But progress means locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. idential bid marks not just the passing of a His third name, with its O-apostrophe, is leaving something behind, and in this case The appearance of advertising in this publication does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense perennial candidate. It also looks like the a flashing neon sign of Irishness. And yet what’s lost is the brawling, bruising, bla- or Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. end of the white ethnic pol. Though Biden people kept mistaking him for Hispanic. tant variety of which those SWMs were ca- Products or services advertised shall be made available for is no Kennedy or Daley, he bears many It’s not just Irish heritage that has be- pable. The young voters who look at Biden purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical of the identifying traits of a classic Irish come a nonfactor. I’ve heard a lot of people and see only a white guy whose time has handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor American on the hustings. There’s the ask how to pronounce the name “Butti- past missed the best part. of the purchaser, user or patron. blarney, sure, and the heart on the sleeve, gieg,” but none have asked the question Joey, they hardly knew ye. but also the pragmatism, the idea that fisti- that was so common a generation ago: © Stars and Stripes 2020 David Von Drehle is a Washington Post columnist. cuffs in the afternoon will be followed by a “What kind of name is that?” (Maltese.) He is the author of “Rise to Greatness: Abraham stripes.com beer together in the pub; the principle that Same with “Klobuchar” (Slovenian). As Lincoln and America’s Most Perilous Year.” Thursday, February 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 SCOREBOARD/COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Sports College basketball College hockey Tuesday’s men’s scores Tuesday’s score on AFN EAST EAST 2 Ohio St. players Adelphi 107, Le Moyne 99 American International 6, Sacred Heart 2 Assumption 93, St. Michael’s 74 Brockport 104, Fredonia St. 57 Go to the American Forces Colby 72, Bates 61 Farmingdale St. 88, OldWestbury 70 Tennis Network website for the most Geneseo 78, Buffalo St. 62 up-to-date TV schedules. Gordon 83, Roger Williams 74 Manhattanville 72, Merchant Marine charged with rape New York Open myafn.net 68, OT Maryland 72, Nebraska 70 Tuesday Mount St. Vincemt 82, St. Joseph’s (LI) 72 At NYBC Live Associated Press NC State 79, Syracuse 74 New York according to the affidavit, but he New England 98, Curry 79 Purse: $719,320 again forced her to have oral sex. Pro football Nichols 92, W. New England 87 Surface: Hardcourt indoor COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two Ohio After several minutes, they Oneonta 92, Cortland 71 Men’s Singles State University football play- S. Connecticut 98, Pace 94, OT Round of 32 stopped and Riep told the woman XFL SUNY Maritime 73, Mount St. Mary 71 Jordan Thompson, Australia, def. Ivo ers were booked into jail early Salve Regina 98, Endicott 89 Karlovic, Croatia, 6-3, 7-6 (2). that she needed to say what hap- East Division Sarah Lawrence 89, Purchase 80 Kwon Soon Woo, South Korea, def. Go Wednesday on charges of rape pened was “consensual on a video W L Pct PF PA St. Anselm 72, S. New Hampshire 61 Soeda, Japan, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-3. and kidnapping, police said. DC 1 0 1.000 31 19 St. Bonaventure 74, Saint Joseph’s 56 Kyle Edmund (8), Britain, def. Yasutaka recording while laughing at her,” New York 1 0 1.000 23 3 Valley Forge 110, Penn St.-Brandywine 93 Uchiyama, Japan, 7-5, 6-4. Police charged defensive play- St. Louis 1 0 1.000 15 9 Yeshiva 94, St. Joseph’s (NY) 62 according to the affidavit. Riep Tampa Bay 0 1 .000 3 23 Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, def. Danilo Petro- ers Amir I. Riep and Jahsen L. SOUTH vic, Serbia, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0. then told the woman she needed West Division Barton 72, Chowan 68 W L Pct PF PA Dominik Koepfer, Germany, def. Wint, both Belmont Abbey 93, Erskine 57 Brayden Schnur, Canada, 6-4, 6-3. to shower Houston 1 0 1.000 37 17 Brevard 75, Covenant 69 21, late Dallas 0 1 .000 9 15 Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan, def. Henri before driv- Davidson 79, Fordham 49 Laaksonen, Switzerland, 6-3, 0-6, 6-2. Tuesday, Los Angeles 0 1 .000 17 37 Johnson C. Smith 70, St. Augustines 51 ing her back Seattle 0 1 .000 19 31 Cameron Norrie (7), Britain, def. Brian Kentucky 78, Vanderbilt 64 Shi, United States, 7-5, 6-3. The Colum- Saturday’s games LSU 82, Missouri 78 to her home. DC 31, Seattle 19 Jason Jung, Taiwan, def. Kevin Ander- bus Dispatch Mississippi 83, Mississippi St. 58 son, South Africa, 7-6 (6), 6-4. “We are Houston 37, Los Angeles 17 North Greenville 87, Bob Jones 76 Sunday’s games Men’s Doubles reported. aware that Piedmont 80, Lagrange 75 Round of 16 New York 23, Tampa Bay 3 Tennessee 82, Arkansas 61 They are St. Louis 15, Dallas 9 Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, and Ten- two of our Virginia 50, Notre Dame 49, OT nys Sandgren, United States, def. Shawn scheduled to Saturday, Feb. 15 Wake Forest 74, North Carolina 57 students New York at DC Jackson, United States, and Ostap Kova- MIDWEST lenko, Russia, 6-1, 6-0. be arraigned have been Tampa Bay at Seattle Akron 74, Bowling Green 59 Sunday, Feb. 16 Steve Johnson and Reilly Opelka, Unit- Thursday Ball St. 63, N. Illinois 59 ed States, def. Ugo Humbert, France, and arrested and Dallas at Los Angeles Dayton 81, Rhode Island 67 morning. St. Louis at Houston Jackson Withrow, United States, 6-4, 2-6, criminally E. Michigan 73, Cent. Michigan 70 10-8. The Maranatha Baptist 80, MOOD 70 Nicholas Monroe and Jack Sock, Unit- Riep Wint charged,” Michigan St. 70, Illinois 69 ed States, def. Luke Bambridge, Britain, woman told Ohio State Deals Ohio 73, W. Michigan 61 and Ben Mclachlan (4), Japan, 7-6 (4), police she Oklahoma St. 64, Kansas St. 59 7-5. spokesman Penn St. 88, Purdue 76 was hanging out with Riep at an Principia 95, Spalding 91 Ben Johnson said in a statement Tuesday’s transactions Toledo 65, Miami (Ohio) 57 St. Petersburg Open apartment he shares with Wint on to the Associated Press. “They FAR WEST BASEBALL Boise St. 74, Air Force 57 Wednesday Feb. 4 when they began to engage have been suspended from all American League San Diego St. 82, New Mexico 59 At Sport Club Dinamo in consensual sex, according to activities involving the football BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Claimed INF Seattle Pacific 86, St. Martin’s 75 St. Petersburg, Russia Ramion Urias off waivers from St. Louis. Utah St. 75, Colorado St. 72 Purse: $782,900 an affidvait. The woman stopped program. We will share more in- Assigned INF Pat Valaika outright to Nor- Surface: Hardcourt indoor folk (IL). Women’s Singles and told Riep she didn’t want to formation when available.” BOSTON RED SOX — Promoted bench AP Men’s Top 25 schedule Round of 32 continue. Wint then entered the Riep is a 6-foot-1, 185-pound coach Ron Roenicke to interim manager. Thursday’s games Alize Cornet, France, def. Jelena Osta- room and asked if he could join. Signed C Juan Centeno and OF Cesar Pu- No. 16 Colorado at No. 17 Oregon penko, Latvia, 6-1, 6-2. cornerback entering his senior ello to minor league contracts. No. 21 Iowa at Indiana Round of 16 Wint then allegedly grabbed season for Ohio State’s top-5 foot- SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to terms Friday’s games Anastasia Potapova, Russia, def. Ajla with LHP Manny Banuelos, LHP Wei-Yin No games scheduled Tomljanovic, Australia, 7-6 (2), 6-3. the woman by her neck and raped ball program, while Wint is a 6- Chen, OF Eric Filia and INF Alen Hanson Oceane Dodin, France, def. Johanna her, she said in the affidavit. Reip foot, 198-pound redshirt senior to minor league contracts. Konta (4), Britain, 6-3, 6-4. TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms USA Today Women’s Top 25 Belinda Bencic (1), Switzerland, vs. held the woman down with his safety, according to court docu- with RHP Taylor Jungmann on a minor The top 25 teams in the USA Today Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 7-6 (4), 6-4. body while Wint forced oral sex. ments and the university’s athlet- league contract. women’s college basketball poll, with Women’s Doubles TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to first-place votes in parentheses, re- Round of 16 The woman pushed Wint away, ics website. terms with RHP Jake Petricka on a minor cords through Feb. 10, points based on Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenia, and league contract. 25 points for a first-place vote through Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, def. Oksana National League one point for a 25th-place vote and last Kalashnikova, Georgia, and Cristina-An- CINCINNATI REDS — Assigned RHP Sal week’s ranking: dreea Mitu, Romania, 6-3, 2-6, 10-6. Romano outright to Louisville (IL). Record Pts Pvs Alexa Guarachi Mathison, Chile, and Kaitlyn Christian (3), United States, def. Sources: Spartans BASKETBALL 1. South Carolina (17) 23-1 782 2 Women’s NBA 2. Baylor (12) 21-1 774 1 Daria Mishina and Ekaterina Shalimova, CONNECTICUT SUN — Acquired G De- 3. Oregon (3) 22-2 748 3 Russia, 6-2, 6-2. Wanna Bonner from Phoenix for two 2020 4. North Carolina St. 22-1 668 7 Sharon Fichman, Canada, and Hay- first-round (No. 7 and No. 10) draft picks 5. Mississippi State 22-3 643 8 ley Carter (4), United States, def. Vera and a 2021 first-round draft pick. 6. Connecticut 20-3 620 6 Zvonareva and Ekaterina Alexandrova, hire Buffs’ Tucker Russia, 6-2, 6-1. MINNESOTA LYNX — Named Rebekkah 7. Stanford 21-3 610 5 8. UCLA 21-2 604 10 Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, and An- Brunson assistant coach. astasia Potapova, Russia, def. Ajla Tom- WASHINGTON MYSTICS — Re-signed F 9. Louisville 21-3 538 4 10. Maryland 20-4 490 12 ljanovic, Australia, and Alicja Rosolska, BY LARRY LAGE assistant at the school under Nick Elena Delle Donne. Poland, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 10-3. FOOTBALL 11. Oregon State 19-5 471 9 12. Arizona 19-4 435 12 Associated Press Saban in the late 1990s. National Football League 13. DePaul 22-3 414 14 CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Jeff ABN AMRO World Tournament “I’ve known Mel for well over 14. Florida State 20-4 344 18 EAST LANSING, Mich. — Mel Howard pass game coordinator/defen- 15. Gonzaga 23-2 334 11 Wednesday 20 years and he is one of the sive backs coach. 16. South Dakota 22-2 297 17 At Ahoy Rotterdam Tucker has agreed to lead Michi- brightest coaches in our profes- GREEN BAY PACKERS — CB Davon 17. Missouri State 20-3 242 19 Rotterdam, Netherlands gan State’s football program, ac- House announced his retirement. 18. Texas A&M 18-5 239 16 Purse: Euro2,013,855 sion,” Saban has said. “They are NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed DB 19. Kentucky 18-5 212 15 Surface: Hardcourt indoor cording to two people familiar getting a guy with a great person- Lenzy Pipkins. 20. Iowa 20-4 210 20 Men’s Singles TENNESSEE TITANS — Promoted Burke 21. Northwestern 20-3 179 23 Round of 32 with the decision. ality, who knows college football, Nihill and Gil Beverly to senior vice presi- 22. Florida Gulf Coast 24-2 120 24 Jannik Sinner, Italy, def. Radu Albot, The people spoke Wednes- works hard each and every day, dents of both the Titans and Nissan Sta- 23. Indiana 19-6 100 22 Moldova, walkover. dium. 24. Arizona State 16-8 88 21 Gilles Simon, France, def. Mikhail Ku- day morning to The Associated and does it with a tremendous HOCKEY 25. Princeton 17-1 86 NR kushkin, Kazakhstan, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3. Press on condition of anonymity amount of enthusiasm and posi- National Hockey League Others receiving votes: Arkansas David Goffin (4), Belgium, def. Robin NHL — Fined Vancouver F Antoine 73; Tennessee 36; TCU 19; LSU 10; Stony Haase, Netherlands, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4. because the hiring had not been tive energy.“ Roussel $5,000 for slashing Nashville D Brook 7; Central Michigan 4; Troy 2; Fres- Gael Monfils (3), France, def. Joao announced. After being an NFL defensive Yannick Weber during a Feb. 10 game. no State 1. Sousa, Portugal, 6-3, 6-2. DALLAS STARS — Loaned D Taylor Fe- Round of 16 One per- coordinator in Cleveland, Jack- dun to Texas (AHL) on a conditioning as- Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, def. Ro- son said sonville and Chicago, Tucker signment. Tuesday’s women’s scores berto Bautista-Agut (6), Spain, 6-4, 2-6, DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned Fs EAST 7-6 (4). the school’s became an assistant again under Taro Hirose and Givani Smith to Grand Kansas St. 56, West Virginia 55 Men’s Doubles governing Rapids (AHL). Marist 63, Rider 58 Round of 16 Saban at Alabama in 2015. He NEW YORK RANGERS — Reassigned D Monmouth (NJ) 56, Iona 50 Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Her- board sched- spent only one season with the Brandon Crawley to Hartford (AHL). SOUTH bert (2), France, def. Benoit Paire, France, uled a meet- WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned Campbell 68, High Point 66 and Mate Pavic, Croatia, 6-3, 6-4. Crimson Tide, helping them win D Martin Fehervary to Hershey (AHL). Gardner-Webb 73, Longwood 70 Oliver Marach, Austria, and Raven ing later in a national title, before the Bull- SOCCER Hampton 62, Winthrop 48 Klaasen, South Africa, def. David Pel and the day to Major League Soccer Kennesaw St. 94, Shorter 55 Sander Arends, Netherlands, 6-3, 7-5. dogs hired him away. He also was FC DALLAS — Loaned D Callum Mont- SC-Upstate 71, Charleston Southern 64 approve the the interim head coach for Jack- gomery to San Antonio FC (USL). UNC-Asheville 64, Presbyterian 48 hire. LOS ANGELES FC — Traded D Walker SOUTHWEST sonville over the final five games Zimmerman to Nashville SC for $600,000 Oklahoma St. 73, Oklahoma 69 Pro baseball Tucker SMU 53, East Carolina 45 Tucker in 2011 after Jack Del Rio was in 2020 General Allocation Money (GAM), succeeds $350,000 in 2021 GAM, and a 2020 interna- fired. tional roster spot. AP Women’s Top 25 schedule MLB calendar Mark Dantonio, the school’s all- Tucker also was an assistant at MINNESOTA UNITED — Acquired M Ra- time winningest coach, who re- heem Edwards from Chicago for D Wyatt Thursday’s games Feb. 4-21 — Salary arbitration hearings, Ohio State as a defensive backs No. 1 South Carolina vs. Auburn Phoenix. Omsberg. No. 4 N.C. State vs. No. 9 Louisville tired less than two weeks ago. coach when it won a national title PORTLAND TIMBERS — Acquired Feb. 16 — Voluntary reporting date for No. 10 Maryland vs. No. 17 Iowa other players. Colorado hired Tucker in De- under Jim Tressel, whose neph- $150,000 in 2020 General Allocation Mon- No. 15 Gonzaga vs. San Francisco ey (GAM) from Montreal for a 2020 inter- Feb. 21 — Mandatory reporting date. cember 2018, and gave him a ew, Mike Tressel, was Michigan No. 16 Texas A&M vs. Vanderbilt March 26 — Opening day, active rosters national roster slot. No. 19 Northwestern at Michigan shot to run a program after he National Women’s Soccer League reduced to 26 players. State’s interim coach briefly this No. 20 Indiana at Illinois — San Diego vs. Arizona at ORLANDO PRIDE — Signed M Taylor No. 21 South Dakota vs. Western Illinois April 18-19 was Georgia defensive coordi- month. Kornieck to a one-year contract. No. 25 Tennessee at LSU Mexico City. nator. He was given a five-year, Dantonio retired with a 114- SKY BLUE FC — Signed F Evelyne Vi- Friday’s games April 28-30 — New York Mets vs. Miami at ens to a two-year contract and D Kaleigh No. 3 Oregon at No. 7 UCLA San Juan, Puerto Rico. $14.75 million contract to lead the 57 record over 13 years. He won Riehl to a one-year contract. No. 8 Stanford at Utah June 10-12 — Amateur draft, Omaha, Buffaloes and they were 5-7 last three Big Ten titles and had a COLLEGE No. 11 Oregon State at Southern Cal Neb. MEMPHIS — Named Lindsay Crowdus No. 12 Arizona vs. Washington June 15 — International amateur signing season. College Football Playoff appear- volunteer assistant softball coach. No. 13 DePaul vs. Butler period closes. RUTGERS — Named Joe Susan special No. 22 Arizona State vs. Washington July 2 — International amateur signing Tucker has ties to Michigan ance over a six-season span from assistant to the head coach. State period opens. State because he was a graduate 2010 to 2015. PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, February 13, 2020 NHL Gourde’s OT goal gives Lightning 8th straight win

Associated Press The Lightning’s 38th and last shot ended with the goal lamp PITTSBURGH — The puck blinking red as Gourde’s team- ended up on Yanni Gourde’s stick mates poured over the boards in and for a split second, the only celebration. thing the Tampa Bay Lightning “It was a huge team effort and it forward felt was a sense of panic. really felt great to score that goal It passed. It always does these at the end there, finally,” Gourde days for the NHL’s hottest team. said. Gourde collected Brayden Mikhail Sergachev scored his Point’s cross-ice feed and ripped ninth goal and Andrei Vasilevs- a shot to the short side over the kiy stopped 35 shots for Tampa right arm of Pittsburgh goal- Bay, which drew within one point tender Matt Murray to give the of Atlantic Division leader Boston Lightning a 2-1 overtime vic- for the best record in the NHL. tory Tuesday night. The win “That was definitely a mash was Tampa Bay’s eighth straight unit tonight,” Lightning coach Jon GENE J. PUSKAR/AP and 20th in its last 23 games and Cooper said. “It’s a tough league came at the end of a draining to win in, especially against a The Pittsburgh Penguins’ Jared McCann, left, works in front of Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei back-to-back that started with an team as talented as that. But that Vasilevskiy with Mitchell Stephens, right, defending during the Lightning’s 2-1 overtime win Tuesday. emotional overtime triumph in was one of the guttier ones I’ve Columbus on Monday. seen.” ward Alex Galchenyuk, defen- given for well over a decade. Scoreboard Barely 24 hours later, the Evgeni Malkin got his 18th goal sive prospect Calen Addison and Zucker called his rushed move Lightning found a way yet again for the Penguins and Murray fin- a conditional 2020 first-round from Minneapolis to Pittsburgh despite playing the third period ished with 36 saves but didn’t get draft pick to the Wild in exchange “surreal” and acknowledged it and the extra session without his right arm high enough fast for Zucker, a proven two-way was “bizarre” to pull on Penguins’ Eastern Conference leading scorer Nikita Kucherov, enough to get a piece of Gourde’s player who can do a little bit of black and yellow after spending Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA who left late in the second with winner. Jason Zucker played everything. his entire career with the Wild. Boston 57 34 11 12 80 188 143 a lower-body injury. Still, Tampa 15:26 in his debut with Pittsburgh The Pens didn’t exactly give While his new teammates praised Tampa Bay 57 37 15 5 79 203 152 Toronto 57 30 19 8 68 203 189 Bay kept right on rolling when after being acquired in a trade Zucker time to get settled. In the Zucker’s skill and speed, Zucker Florida 56 30 20 6 66 198 188 Gourde found the back of the net with Minnesota on Monday. span of a day he went from play- believes he wasn’t particularly Montreal 58 27 24 7 61 179 176 Buffalo 57 25 24 8 58 162 178 2:45 into OT for his seventh of the The Penguins, who have been ing on the fourth line on a team sharp in his debut. Ottawa 56 18 27 11 47 147 191 season and first since Nov. 23. searching for a replacement for with fading postseason hopes to “I don’t think I played very Detroit 58 14 40 4 32 120 216 Metropolitan Division Gourde admitted he thought injured All-Star forward Jake serving on the top line with Sid- well tonight,” he said. “My hands Washington 56 36 15 5 77 202 172 about going over Murray’s glove Guentzel, moved aggressively to ney Crosby for a franchise where were terrible. I pretty much mis- Pittsburgh 55 34 15 6 74 182 150 N.Y. Islanders 55 33 16 6 72 166 151 but sensed an opening up high. land Zucker. Pittsburgh sent for- reaching the playoffs has been a handled every puck.” Columbus 57 30 17 10 70 148 139 Philadelphia 57 31 19 7 69 184 170 Carolina 56 32 21 3 67 181 157 N.Y. Rangers 55 28 23 4 60 181 174 Roundup New Jersey 55 20 25 10 50 152 195 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 56 32 15 9 73 178 160 Panthers down Devils, stop 3-game skid Colorado 55 33 16 6 72 200 154 Dallas 56 32 19 5 69 151 142 Winnipeg 58 29 24 5 63 174 176 Associated Press Minnesota 56 27 23 6 60 173 181 also scored in a game the Sabres an assist, and Matt Martin also Carolina. Nashville 55 26 22 7 59 178 183 overcame two one-goal deficits. scored to help the Islanders win Benn scored the game’s first Chicago 56 25 23 8 58 166 178 NEWARK, N.J. — Florida’s Carter Hutton stopped 27 shots, for the fifth time in eight games goal in the first period, added a Pacific Division fourth line of Mike Matheson, Vancouver 57 31 21 5 67 187 175 and Buffalo won for just the third (5-1-2). Mathew Barzal had three power-play tally in the second Edmonton 56 30 20 6 66 181 176 Mark Pysyk and Noel Acciari time in nine (3-5-1) games. assists. Calgary 57 29 22 6 64 161 173 each scored and accounted for and was awarded his third with Vegas 58 28 22 8 64 182 178 The Red Wings’ Darren Helm Rangers 4, Jets 1: Chris Kre- 1:19 to play when he was pulled Arizona 59 28 23 8 64 165 162 eight points Tuesday as the Pan- scored twice for his 11th multi- ider scored twice and visiting Anaheim 56 23 26 7 53 146 173 thers snapped a three-game los- down on the way to shooting at an San Jose 56 24 28 4 52 147 187 goal game and first since scoring New York snapped Winnipeg’s empty net. Los Angeles 57 19 33 5 43 137 183 ing streak with a 5-3 defeat of the Note: Two points for a win, one point twice on Oct. 17, 2016. Anthony three-game winning streak. Avalanche 3, Senators 0: for overtime loss. Top three teams in New Jersey Devils. Mantha had two assists in playing Ryan Strome and Mika Zibane- each division and two wild cards per Frank Vatrano and Brett Con- Mikko Rantanen scored in the conference advance to playoffs. his first game after missing 20 jad each had a goal and assist for first period following a terrific Tuesday’s games nolly also scored as the Panthers with a rib injury and punctured the Rangers. Buffalo 3, Detroit 2 won for only the second time (2- twirl move, Philipp Grubauer N.Y. Islanders 5, Philadelphia 3 lung. Nikolaj Ehlers had Winnipeg’s stopped 34 shots for his second Florida 5, New Jersey 3 4-1) since returning from the All- Maple Leafs 3, Coyotes 2 lone goal. The loss also ended Tampa Bay 2, Pittsburgh 1, OT shutout of the season and Colo- Toronto 3, Arizona 2, OT Star break. Sam Montembeault (OT): Kasperi Kapanen scored the Jets’ five-game point streak rado blanked Ottawa. Minnesota 4, Vegas 0 had 25 saves in his first start 3:43 into overtime and host To- (4-0-1). N.Y. Rangers 4, Winnipeg 1 Valeri Nichushkin scored a Dallas 4, Carolina 1 since Nov. 24. ronto beat Arizona. Wild 4, Golden Knights 0: Colorado 3, Ottawa 0 power-play goal in the third for Jack Hughes, Kevin Rooney Zach Hyman had two goals in Kevin Fiala had a goal and two Edmonton 5, Chicago 3 the Avalanche, who’ve won five St. Louis at Anaheim, ppd. and Kyle Palmieri scored for the regulation for the Maple Leafs, assists, and host Minnesota Wednesday’s games Devils, who saw their season- straight. Montreal at Boston and Alexander Kerfoot added two matched its season high with Calgary at Los Angeles high six-game (3-0-3) point steak assists. Jack Campbell stopped 35 three power-play scores on the Oilers 5, Blackhawks 3: Leon Chicago at Vancouver snapped. Louis Domingue made Draisaitl had a goal and three as- Thursday’s games shots. way to a win over Vegas. Columbus at Buffalo 28 saves in getting a start for Carl Soderberg and Christian Joel Eriksson Ek, Jared Spur- sists, Kailer Yamamoto scored Dallas at Toronto twice and host Edmonton won Detroit at New Jersey MacKenzie Blackwood, who had Dvorak scored for the Coyotes. geon and Zach Parise scored with Edmonton at Tampa Bay shutouts in his last two starts. Islanders 5, Flyers 3: Ryan the man advantage, giving the without captain Connor McDavid Philadelphia at Florida Arizona at Ottawa Sabres 3, Red Wings 2: Sam Pulock scored the tiebreaking Wild an NHL-leading 15 power- in the lineup. N.Y. Islanders at Nashville Reinhart jammed in a loose puck goal with 41 seconds remaining play goals in 33 opportunities Riley Sheahan and Ryan Nu- N.Y. Rangers at Minnesota Washington at Colorado for the go-ahead goal 57 seconds and host New York recovered over their last 11 games. gent-Hopkins also scored for Calgary at Anaheim into the third period in host Buf- after giving up a three-goal lead Stars 4, Hurricanes 1: Jamie the Oilers (30-20-6), who will be St. Louis at Vegas Friday’s games falo’s win over Detroit. and beat Philadelphia. Benn got his sixth career hat trick without McDavid for two to three Montreal at Pittsburgh N.Y. Rangers at Columbus Marcus Johansson had a goal Josh Bailey, Jordan Eberle and — despite putting only two pucks weeks because of a left quadri- San Jose at Winnipeg and assist and Conor Sheary Leo Komarov each had a goal and in the net — and host Dallas beat ceps injury. New Jersey at Carolina Thursday, February 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 NHL/NBA Blues’ Bouwmeester has cardiac incident, teams postpone game

BY JOE REEDY he began to slowly fall. Emer- Associated Press gency medical personnel rushed to the Blues bench. Bouwmeester ANAHEIM, Calif. — St. Louis was skating in his 57th game this defenseman Jay Bouwmeester season and the 1,241st of his NHL was hospitalized and undergoing career. He skated 1:20 in his last tests early Wednesday after suf- shift before collapsing and logged fering a cardiac episode and col- 5:34 of ice time in the game. lapsing on the bench during the St. Louis’ radio announcer first period of the Blues’ game Chris Kerber said during an in- against the Ducks. terview with the team’s flagship The team said in a statement station that a defibrillator was late Tuesday night that the 36- used. year-old Bouwmeester was con- Bouwmeester’s father was at scious and alert. Blues general the game as part of the team’s DAVID J. PHILLIP/AP manager Doug Armstrong said annual Dads Trip. He went with Bouwmeester was awake, alert his son to the hospital while team- Houston Rockets guard James Harden, right, drives past Boston Celtics guard Kemba Walker. Harden and moving his arms and legs mates and their fathers remained had 42 points, eight rebounds and seven assists to lead his team to a 116-105 win Tuesday in Houston. as he was transported from the at the arena awaiting updates. arena. Ducks and Blues players gath- NBA roundup The teams postponed the rest ered to see what was wrong be- of Tuesday’s game, to be made up fore Bouwmeester was taken at a later date. away. The teams then went to The Blues were supposed to their dressing rooms, and the fly to Las Vegas, where they are game was called off a few min- Rockets end Celtics’ streak scheduled to play Thursday, but utes later tied at 1. remained in Southern California Players from both teams met overnight . for hugs and well-wishes after “Thankfully, with the quick re- changing out of their gear . sponse of our medical trainers, The last player to collapse on an Anaheim medical trainers and as Harden scores 42 points NHL bench was Dallas forward their team physicians, they were Rich Peverley in 2014. Peverley able to stabilize Jay,” Armstrong had an irregular heartbeat, and said. the quick response of emergency Associated Press give the Sixers a 102-94 lead NBA scoreboard The hockey community sent officials made sure he was OK. with 4:44 left. Then he scored on HOUSTON — James Harden tweets of support as word of the The NHL has pages of emer- a driving left-handed layup and scored 42 points, Russell West- episode spread throughout the gency medical standards that made the free throw to complete brook had 36 and the Houston NHL. spell out in specific detail that the three-point play, extending Eastern Conference Rockets snapped Boston’s seven- Washington Capitals forward at least two doctors must be in the lead to 11. Atlantic Division game win streak with a 116-105 and former teammate T.J. Oshie attendance for every game and Pelicans 138, Trail Blazers W L Pct GB victory over the Celtics on Tues- Toronto 40 14 .741 — wrote “Praying for Bo!” while one must be within 50 feet of the 117: Zion Williamson scored a Boston 37 16 .698 2½ day night. Philadelphia 34 21 .618 6½ teams around the league sent out bench. A defibrillator, which was season-high 31 points, powering Houston broke it open with a Brooklyn 24 28 .462 15 best wishes. used when Detroit’s Jiri Fischer host New Orleans to the victory. New York 17 37 .315 23 15-2 run that made it 116-98 with Southeast Division Teammates Vince Dunn and collapsed in 2005, must be avail- Playing 28 minutes in just about two minutes left. Harden Miami 35 18 .660 — Alex Pietrangelo immediately able, along with a triage room and his ninth NBA game, William- Orlando 23 31 .426 12½ scored six points during the de- Washington 19 33 .365 15½ called for help after Bouwmeester ambulances. son used his 6-foot-6, 285-pound cisive stretch, and Danuel House Charlotte 17 36 .321 18 slumped over with 7:50 left in the Bouwmeester is in his 17th frame, quick feet and explosive Atlanta 15 40 .273 21 had five. Central Division first period. After a couple of NHL season and has for that time vertical to have his way with Boston had two turnovers and Milwaukee 46 7 .868 — minutes, Bouwmeester was taken been known for his strong skating every defender Portland tried Indiana 31 23 .574 15½ missed numerous shots to allow Chicago 19 36 .345 28 out on a stretcher through a tun- and conditioning. He helped the against him. the Rockets to turn the close Detroit 19 37 .339 28½ nel next to the Blues bench and Blues win the Stanley Cup last JJ Redick scored 20 and Josh Cleveland 13 40 .245 33 game into a one where coach transported to an Orange County season and won an Olympic gold Hart had 17 points for the Peli- Mike D’Antoni cleared the bench Western Conference hospital. medal with Canada in 2014. cans, who trailed by as many as for the last minute with the game 16 in the first quarter before tak- Southwest Division Bouwmeester appeared to be AP Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno W L Pct GB well in hand. Houston 34 20 .630 — grabbing a drink of water when contributed. ing command en route to a third Harden had eight rebounds and Dallas 32 22 .593 2 straight victory. Memphis 27 26 .509 6½ seven assists, and Westbrook fin- Trail Blazers star Damian Lil- San Antonio 23 31 .426 11 ished with 10 rebounds and five New Orleans 23 31 .426 11 lard scored 20 points — less than Northwest Division assists. half of his 42-point average in his Denver 38 16 .704 — “Harden was great ... and West- Utah 35 18 .660 2½ previous 10 games. Oklahoma City 32 22 .593 6 brook was great,“ Boston coach Wizards 126, Bulls 114: Brad- Portland 25 30 .455 13½ Brad Stevens said. “Those guys Minnesota 16 36 .308 21 ley Beal scored 30 points, and host Pacific Division are two of the best in the world Washington held off Zach LaVine L.A. Lakers 40 12 .769 — L.A. Clippers 37 17 .685 4 and they showed it again tonight.“ and Chicago for the victory. Sacramento 21 32 .396 19½ Gordon Hayward had 20 points Rui Hachimura added 20 points Phoenix 21 33 .389 20 Golden State 12 42 .222 29 in the Celtics’ first loss since Jan. for the Wizards, who won for the Monday’s games 26. fourth time in six games. Orlando 135, Atlanta 126 Brooklyn 106, Indiana 105 76ers 110, Clippers 103: LaVine scored 19 of his 41 Charlotte 87, Detroit 76 Ben Simmons had 26 points, 12 points in the fourth quarter as the Toronto 137, Minnesota 126 Milwaukee 123, Sacramento 111 rebounds and 10 assists, pushing Bulls whittled an 18-point deficit Utah 123, Dallas 119 the host Sixers to the win. down to six points. Denver 127, San Antonio 120 Miami 113, Golden State 101 Joel Embiid also scored 26 Spurs 114, Thunder 106: L.A. Lakers 125, Phoenix 100 points and Tobias Harris added LaMarcus Aldridge had 25 points Tuesday’s games Washington 126, Chicago 114 17 points and 12 boards for Phila- and 14 rebounds, and San Anto- Philadelphia 110, L.A. Clippers 103 delphia, which has the NBA’s best nio won at Oklahoma City to stop New Orleans 138, Portland 117 San Antonio 114, Oklahoma City 106 home record at 25-2. Josh Rich- a five-game slide. Houston 116, Boston 105 ardson scored 17 of his 21 points Dejounte Murray also scored Wednesday’s games Atlanta at Cleveland in the fourth quarter. 25 points for the Spurs, who had Detroit at Orlando Kawhi Leonard led Los Ange- dropped eight of 10 overall. Patty Milwaukee at Indiana MARK J. TERRILL/AP Toronto at Brooklyn les with 30 points, and reserve Mills had 20 points, and fellow Washington at New York Landry Shamet scored 19 against Charlotte at Minnesota St. Louis Blues defenseman Vince Dunn, center, wipes his face reserve Derrick White finished Portland at Memphis as Anaheim Ducks defenseman Josh Manson kneels on the ice his former team. with 17. Led by Aldridge and Sacramento at Dallas Golden State at Phoenix while Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester, who suffered a cardiac Richardson nailed his third Murray, San Antonio made 25 of Miami at Utah incident, is worked on by medical personnel during a game Tuesday. three-pointer of the quarter to 27 foul shots. L.A. Lakers at Denver PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, February 13, 2020 COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP Unbeaten Aztecs win Mountain West title San Diego State improves to 25-0 with its walloping of New Mexico Associated Press By the numbers SAN DIEGO — The San Diego State Aztecs won the Mountain West Conference championship, were showered with confetti, cut down a net at Viejas Arena, doused coach Brian Dutcher with 1,000 Gatorade and then reset their goals. San Diego State junior Just keep winning. Junior forward Matt Mitchell foward Matt Mitchell had had 22 points and 12 rebounds 22 points to reach 1,000 for his first career double-double points for his career, and scored his 1,000th point for No. 4 San Diego State, which beat surpassing Kawhi Leonard New Mexico 82-59 Tuesday night for the school’s all-time to win the MWC title and remain scoring record. the nation’s only undefeated team at 25-0. “The hardest thing in basket- ball, obviously other than win- ning a Final Four, is winning a .387 regular-season conference title, because you have to do it over the whole season,” Dutcher said. “To Three-point shooting have the title outright already percentage for the Aztecs, with four games to play is an in- tops in the Mountain West credible accomplishment. “I told them in the locker room, Conference. now we have to get greedy,” said Dutcher, who has won a Final Four, as Steve Fisher’s assistant at Michigan in 1989. “We’ve got 17.6 to try to win them all. It won’t be easy. ... Four really hard games to go, but now that we have the title, Average number of points we have to have another goal, and by which San Diego State that goal has to be to have a per- has outscored opponents fect season. That will be the next step, to try to finish with a perfect this season, behind only season.” Gonzaga’s margin of 21.6. Yanni Wetzell added 20 points and nine rebounds for the Aztecs (25-0, 14-0 MWC), who clinched SOURCE: Associated Press, NCAA.com at least a share of the title in the first half when Utah State beat No. 6 Dayton 81, Rhode Island Colorado State, then won it out- 67: Obi Toppin scored 22 points and led an opening 17-point spurt right with a suffocating defense DENIS POROY/AP that held New Mexico (17-9 6-7) as the host Flyers dominated a to 26 points in the second half. matchup of the Toppin brothers San Diego State forward Matt Mitchell, right, dunks over New Mexico guard Keith McGee. Mitchell had Malachi Flynn had 15 points and the Atlantic 10’s top teams. 22 points and 12 rebounds in the No. 4 Aztecs’ 82-59 defeat of New Mexico on Tuesday in San Diego. and Jordan Schakel scored 11 for The teams brought double-digit SDSU. winning streaks into a chippy points and 10 assists. It was the the past week after the Commo- available. The Illini’s leading Mitchell, a junior forward from game that included seven techni- first time since 2001 that three dores upset then-No. 18 LSU. scorer had 17 points Tuesday and Riverside, scored his 1,000th ca- cal fouls. Dayton (22-2, 11-0) got Maryland players registered dou- No. 13 Penn State 88, Pur- is averaging 15.8 per game. reer point on a bank shot early in the better of it in every way, win- ble-doubles in the same game. due 76: Mike Watkins matched Rocket Watts led Michigan the second half. That was part of ning its 13th in a row. Haanif Cheatham scored 20 his season high with 19 points State (17-8, 9-5 Big Ten) with 21 a 9-2 run that expanded SDSU’s Obi Toppin had a double-double and Thorir Thorbjarnarson and Seth Lundy added a career- points, and Tillman had 17. Aaron 35-33 halftime lead to 44-35. with 10 rebounds. Jalen Crutcher added 15 for the Huskers (7-17, high 18 to lift the visiting Nittany Henry and Cassius Winston Mitchell also made a layup on a scored 21 points, and Trey Land- 2-11), who have lost nine straight Lions. added 13 and 12, respectively. nice spin move, Flynn hit a jump- ers matched his career high with and are 0-9 on the road. Penn State (19-5, 9-4 Big Ten) Andres Feliz scored 15 points er and Schakel a three-pointer. 14 rebounds. No. 12 Kentucky 78, Vander- made a season-high 14 three- and Kofi Cockburn added 11 for “We definitely went into the Fatts Russell had 19 points for bilt 64: Tyrese Maxey scored 25 pointers for its seventh consecu- Illinois (16-8, 8-5). locker and as a team told each the Rams (18-6, 10-2), who had a points and the visiting Wildcats tive victory that also snapped a No. 25 LSU 82, Missouri 78: other we needed to pick it up and 10-game winning streak snapped. rallied from their biggest half- nine-game losing streak in the Darius Days scored seven of his be better,” Mitchell said. “We Freshman Jacob Toppin had four time deficit of the season. series. It was the Nittany Lions’ 20 points in the final five min- came out in the second half and points. Kentucky (19-5, 9-2) kept a first win at Mackey Arena since utes as host LSU rallied to beat I think we definitely wanted this No. 9 Maryland 72, Nebraska piece of the lead atop the South- Feb. 18, 2006. Missouri. tonight and we wanted to win this 70: Jalen Smith had 16 points and eastern Conference standings Trevion Williams finished with LSU (18-6, 9-2 Southeastern on our home court and we came 13 rebounds, Eric Ayala scored with Auburn and LSU. The Wild- 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead Conference) trailed by eight out and showed that in the second 16 points and the host Terrapins cats also won their eighth straight the Boilermakers (14-11, 7-7), points midway through the sec- half.” extended their winning streak to over the Commodores, though who had their three-game win- ond half before taking the lead It was a big night for Mitchell. seven games and remain alone this was the fifth time in this ning streak end. for good at 72-69 on Days’ three- He said surpassing 1,000 points atop the Big Ten. streak that they’ve had to rally Michigan State 70, No. 22 pointer with 4:43 remaining. Mis- was “special to me because I was After Maryland (20-4, 10-3) let from a double-digit deficit. This Illinois 69: All-Star guard Ayo souri (11-13, 3-8) stayed close able to not only reach 1,000, but a 14-point lead dwindle to 71-70, time, they trailed by 14 during Dosunmu crumbled to the floor over the final minutes. reach it on a night we hang a ban- Smith blocked a shot and made the first half and were down 36- clutching his left knee as the Boise State 74, Air Force ner and win the conference. I def- a free throw on the other end to 27 at halftime. Spartans’ Xavier Tillman threw 57: Justinian Jessup scored 18 initely will cherish tonight, but clinch it. Vanderbilt (9-15, 1-10) was look- down a huge dunk at the buzzer to points, including his team’s first tomorrow I have to let it go and Donta Scott had 10 points and ing to make Kentucky the second lift his team to a road win. four-point play of the season, and move on to the next four games 10 rebounds for the Terps, and straight ranked team to come into The severity of Dosunmu’s in- Boise State won its 11th consecu- we have.” Anthony Cowan Jr. totaled 13 Memorial Gym and lose within jury wasn’t immediately made tive home game. Thursday, February 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 NFL/AUTO RACING/COLLEGE F1 cancels Chinese GP Race was to be in April; organizers unsure if it will be rescheduled

BY ROB HARRIS from the Shanghai promoter to LPGA Thailand, scheduled for Associated Press “ensure the health and safety of Feb. 20-23, and the HSBC Wom- the travelling staff, championship en’s World Championship in Sin- LONDON — Formula One orga- participants and fans,” F1 said in gapore, the following week. nizers on Wednesday postponed a statement. It previously postponed the the Chinese Grand Prix that was Motor sport officials from F1’s Blue Bay LPGA on Hainan Island due to be staged in Shanghai in governing body, the FIA, Chinese in China. April, the latest sporting event organizers and teams will remain The Tokyo Olympics open on impacted by the fast-spreading in discussions about whether the July 24 and organizers have re- viral infection in the country. race can be rearranged this year. peatedly said the Games will not More than 1,100 people have “All parties will take the appro- be canceled or postponed. But been killed in China by the priate amount of time to study the many Olympic qualifying events virus, which has been named viability of potential alternative are in disarray, with Chinese ath- COVID-19 by the World Health dates for the grand prix later in letes not free to travel outside the Organization. the year should the situation im- country to participate. One of 22 races on the F1 calen- prove,” F1 said. The Chinese women’s soccer dar for 2020 , the Chinese Grand Other virus-enforced cancel- team was quarantined in their Prix was due to be staged on lations or postponements range hotel for almost two weeks after April 19. from soccer and Olympic qualify- arriving in Australia for the The decision to postpone the ing events to golf tournaments. Asian qualifying tournament for race was taken after a request The LPGA canceled the Honda the Olympics.

JOSHUA GUNTER, CLEVELAND.COM/AP Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, right, hits Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph with a helmet during a game on Nov. NCAA presses Senate for 14, 2019. Garrett was suspended indefinitely after the incident, but he was reinstated by the league on Wednesday. ‘guardrails’ on athlete pay

Browns’ Garrett BY BEN NUCKOLS Sen. Jerry Moran, a Kansas Republican and the Associated Press chairman of the Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection, said he was not WASHINGTON — NCAA President Mark Em- inclined to act until after the NCAA reveals its new reinstated by NFL mert urged Congress to put restrictions on college rules. athletes’ ability to earn money from endorsements, “I wish Congress was in a position to be able to BY TOM WITHERS his Twitter account of a scene telling a Senate committee Tuesday federal action provide the NCAA and the athletes the opportunity Associated Press from the film “John Wick” with is needed to “maintain uniform standards in college to find a solution. ... The ability for Congress to do the subtitle: “But now yeah, I’M sports” amid player-friendly laws approved in Cali- that is, that’s a challenge,” Moran said in an inter- CLEVELAND — Myles Gar- THINKING I’M BACK!!!” fornia and under consideration in other states. view after the hearing. “The next step is to see what rett is allowed to play and chase Browns quarterback Baker The NCAA last fall said it would allow players the NCAA is capable of presenting to us in April.” quarterbacks again after the Mayfield offered his support, to “benefit” from the use of their name, image and NCAA critics believe there is plenty of evidence NFL reinstated the Browns’ star tweeting: “welcome back big likeness and is working on new rules it plans to re- that recruiting is already corrupt — pointing in part defensive end from his indefinite fella!!!” veal in April. Under the NCAA’s timeline, athletes to the federal criminal case involving shoe compa- suspension for a vicious attack on As the Browns were wrapping would be able to take advantage of endorsement op- nies paying basketball players to attend schools they Pittsburgh QB Mason Rudolph up a rare win over the Steelers in portunities beginning next January. sponsor — and that letting players earn endorse- last season. a Thursday night matchup, Gar- Meanwhile, more than 25 states are consider- ment money won’t create the major problems the The league lifted its ban rett, the No. 1 overall draft pick ing legislation that would force the NCAA to allow NCAA predicts. Wednesday on Garrett, who in 2017, pulled down Rudoplph players to earn money off their personal brand in Ramogi Huma, executive director of the National ripped off Rudolph’s helmet and after a pass attempt and the two a bid to address inequities in the multibillion-dol- College Players’ Association, which advocates for smashed him over the head with wrestled on the ground. Rudolph lar college sports industry. California passed a law athletes’ rights, said under current NCAA rules, it during a Nov. 14 game on na- tried to pull off Garrett’s helmet last year that gives broad 99.3% of top-100 football recruits choose teams from endorsement rights to play- tional television. Garrett missed but couldn’t. Garrett ripped off ‘ the Power Five conferences. Cleveland’s final six games and Rudolph’s helmet and swung and The next ers and it will take effect “The power conferences have advantages and his loss was a major blow to the struck him with it, triggering a step is to in 2023. Other states could they consistently pull the best recruits,” Huma said. grant those rights as soon as Browns, who went 2-4 without brawl between the teams. see what “ The reality is, you’re not going to change the re- him, finished 6-10, fired coach Garrett paid dearly for his mis- this year. cruiting by limiting the players’ opportunities.” Freddie Kitchens and saw gener- step. He was fined $45,623 and the NCAA is The NCAA’s concern, Huma said once states start granting players en- al manager John Dorsey resign. lost $1.14 million in game checks. capable of echoed by Big 12 Commis- dorsement rights, Congress would not be inclined to On Monday, Garrett met with His reputation also took a shot sioner Bob Bowlsby, who also take those rights away, “and we’ll have an opportu- Commissioner Roger Goodell and and he’ll have to watch his behav- presenting to testified Tuesday, is that en- nity to witness the fact that NCAA sports will still be other league officials in the final ior going forward as another vio- us in April. ’ dorsement deals for athletes strong and everybody will tune in.” step before he was cleared to re- lent incident could result in even would have a negative effect There was bipartisan agreement among the sena- Sen. Jerry Moran on recruiting, with schools turn. He can participate in all of harsher discipline by the league. Kansas Republican tors at the hearing that athletes should have access the Browns’ offseason activities Garrett’s suspension is the lon- and boosters in states with to endorsement opportunities and that some regula- and that’s a big relief as the team gest for a single game incident in athlete-friendly laws using tions are necessary. is undergoing another new start league history. Tennessee’s Albert money to entice players . Emmert did not fully escape lawmakers’ anger at under coach Kevin Stefanski. Haynesworth was suspended five “If implemented, these laws would give some the system he presides over. Garrett is cleared to return to games for stomping on a player’s schools an unfair recruiting advantage and open the Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican, all activities with the Browns. helmet-less head in 2006. door to sponsorship arrangements being used as a excoriated Emmert for the NCAA’s handling of sex- “We welcome Myles back to our Garrett appealed his ban and recruiting inducement. This would create a huge ual violence against women. She also noted the case organization with open arms,” told independent officer James imbalance among schools and could lead to corrup- of James Wiseman, a top NBA prospect who left Browns vice president of foot- Thrash during his hearing that tion in the recruiting process,” Emmert said. “We school after he was suspended over $11,500 given ball operations and GM Andrew Rudolph had used a slur dur- may need Congress’ support in helping maintain to his mother by Memphis coach Penny Hardaway Berry said. “We know he is grate- ing their skirmish. However, uniform standards in college sports.” to help with moving expenses. Hardaway gave the ful to be reinstated, eager to put Thrash upheld the decision and Emmert’s comments were similar to what the money before he was Memphis’ coach. the past behind him and continue Garrett was done for the season. NCAA, the Big 12 and the Atlantic Coast Conference Blackburn said the NCAA’s lack of consistency to evolve and grow as a leader. We The league also suspended Steel- have been communicating to Congress through well- and transparency in the Wiseman case had eroded look forward to having his strong ers guard Maurkice Pouncey for paid lobbyists. The Associated Press has found that trust in the organization’s ability to handle issues of positive presence back as a team- three games (the penalty was the NCAA and the two conferences spent $750,000 player benefits. mate, player and person in our later reduced to two) for punching last year lobbying on Capitol Hill, in part to amplify “I think a question that must be going through a community.” and kicking Garrett, and Browns their concern that “guardrails” are needed on en- lot of minds of student-athletes and their parents is, Garrett did not release a state- defensive lineman Larry Ogun- dorsement pay for athletes to avoid destroying col- how in the world are they going to be able to trust ment, but he posted a meme on jobi was suspended one game. lege sports as we know it. you to get this right?” Blackburn said. PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, February 13, 2020 MLB Turn: Scandal took out 10 percent of managers

FROM BACK PAGE criticism from the players’ as- he went public in an interview sociation, still smarting over the with The Athletic. He took down grievance loss of Chicago Cubs 10% of major league managers third baseman Kris Bryant, who and became for some an MVP unsuccessfully claimed the team violated the labor contract by de- — Most Virtuous Player. laying his big league debut until Houston manager AJ Hinch the day his free-agent eligibility and general manager Jeff Luhnow would be delayed a year. were suspended for the season by Bryant’s trade value increased Major League Baseball on Jan. with arbitrator Mark Irvings’ de- 13, and the pair were fired by the cision, because acquiring teams Astros later that day. Manfred’s can be certain he cannot go free conclusions led to the departures for two more seasons. The cost of of Boston manager Alex Cora, top free agents was never more the Astros’ bench coach in 2017, vivid than this offseason. and new New York Mets manager Players who switched teams Carlos Beltran, Houston’s senior included pitcher Gerrit Cole player during the title run. ($324 million from the Yankees), A third of the teams changed third baseman Anthony Rendon managers, including the Mets ($245 million from the Angels), /AP twice. Milwaukee’s Craig Coun- right-hander Zack Wheeler ($118 PHOTOS BY JOHN BAZEMORE sell, hired in May 2015, already million from the Phillies), third Ron Roenicke, right, speaks as Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom looks on after being after is the National League’s senior baseman Josh Donaldson ($92 Roenick was named interim manager on Tuesday, in Fort Myers, Fla. Roenicke takes over for Alex Cora. skipper. New faces include Dusty million from the Twins) and left- Baker (Astros), Joe Girardi (Phil- hander Madison Bumgarner ($85 lies), Gabe Kapler (Giants), Joe million from the Diamondbacks). Maddon (Angels), Mike Matheny Right-hander Stephen Stras- (Royals), Luis Rojas (Mets), burg became a free agent shortly David Ross (Cubs), Derek Shelton after winning the World Series (Pirates), Jayce Tingler (Padres) MVP award, then stayed with the Red Sox give Roenicke and Ron Roenicke (Red Sox). Nationals for $245 million. Baker, at 70 the oldest big On the December day he signed league manager, is tasked with with the Yankees, Cole thanked keeping the Astros on track to be- pioneering player Curt Flood, come the first team to win 100 or former union head Marvin Miller more games in four straight sea- and others who fought to gain free interim manager’s tag sons. He also will try to steady a agency and then to preserve it. core branded as villains by play- “It’s so important that players ers and fans in other cities. know the other sacrifices that “You got to go forward and players made in order to keep the make sure that it doesn’t happen integrity of the game where it is,” ‘Permanency’ put on hold again,” Baker said. “It certainly Cole said. is not going to happen on my All those big bucks and pre- BY JIMMY GOLEN watch here, and I don’t foresee Christmas deals contrasted with Associated Press it happening ever again because the slow markets of the prior two FORT MYERS, Fla. — It took Ron Roenicke al- this has been an embarrassment offseasons. Spending followed most five years to get another chance as a major for a lot of people.” MLB’s fourth straight attendance league manager. Cora’s punishment was delayed drop, to 68.5 million, down from He’ll need to wait at least until next week for by Manfred pending MLB’s in- 73.8 million in 2015. “permanency.” vestigation into the Red Sox, “It’s a more competitive envi- The Red Sox made Roenicke their interim manag- which could conclude this week. ronment. More teams are trying er Tuesday, promoting the former Brewers skipper Boston’s turmoil extended to the to win,” New York Mets general to replace Alex Cora on the day Boston’s pitchers and trade market, with a deal that manager Brodie Van Wagenen catchers reported for the start of spring training. would send former MVP Mook- said. Although there is no expiration date on Roenicke’s ie Betts and former Cy Young Washington will raise the tenure, the interim tag will stay until Major League Award winner David Price to championship flag for the first Baseball completes its investigation into whether the Los Angeles Dodgers as part time in franchise history and will the Red Sox engaged in illegal sign-stealing during of a three-team trade involv- try to become the first repeat ing Minnesota. The delay in the winner since the Yankees from their 2018 World Series championship season. If the Catcher Christian Vazquez was among the Red deal being finalized prompted 1998-2000. probe clears Roenicke, who has denied being part of Sox pitchers and catchers who reported for spring any rules violations, he is expected to stay. training Tuesday in Fort Myers, Fla. “We felt that naming Ron our interim manager was the best way to respect the investigation that’s dition of anonymity because there was no formal ongoing into our 2018 club. But we feel very strongly announcement. about Ron’s ability to lead this group and how well- Red Sox pitchers and catchers reported Tuesday suited he is for this task,” Chief Baseball Officer and had their first workout Wednesday. Rather than Chaim Bloom said in a news conference on the eve open spring training without a manager, the team of the team’s first formal workout. gave the job to Roenicke — for now. “We have no reason to think that there is anything Roenicke, 63, takes over a team that is dealing that would cause an adverse result for Ron in this with the fallout not only from the cheating investi- investigation,” Bloom said. “We’re going to respect gation but also the salary dump of onetime AL MVP the ongoing investigation and we’ll address perma- Mookie Betts and 2012 Cy Young winner David nency once it’s complete.” Price. Just one year after winning the World Series in After winning a franchise-record 108 regular-sea- his first season in Boston, Cora was let go when son games and the World Series in 2018, the Red Sox Commissioner Rob Manfred named him as a ring- missed the playoffs for the first time since 2015. leader behind the Astros’ 2017 illegal sign-stealing. “We’re very disappointed — as all these players The Red Sox have maintained that there was no are — in what happened last year,” Roenicke said. similar scheme after Cora took over in Boston the “And our focus is to try to get back in the playoffs, next year. and seeing what happens after that.” Manfred said last week that he hoped to have the Roenicke spent five years as the Brewers manager MARK LENNIHAN/AP Red Sox investigation completed before the start of from 2010-15, winning 96 games and the NL Central New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone, left, smiles as Gerrit Cole spring training. But a person with knowledge of the title in his first season and finishing as runner-up tries on a Yankee jersey as he is introduced on Dec. 18 in New York. probe said Tuesday the investigation will continue for NL manager of the year. In all, he led Milwaukee The pitcher left the Astros for a 9-year $324 million contract. at least into next week. The person spoke on the con- to a 342-331 record in five seasons. Thursday, February 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 MLB Gonzalez ‘remorseful’ for sign stealing Becomes first batter from 2017 Astros team to publicly apologize

Associated Press DID YOU KNOW ? FORT MYERS, Fla. — Mar- win Gonzalez became the first Minnesota Twins utility player batter from the 2017 Houston As- Marwin Gonzalez had a career year tros team that won the World Se- ries to publicly apologize for his in 2017, when he was a member role in the sign-stealing scandal, of the Houston Astros team that expressing regret Tuesday after won the World Series but was later reporting to spring training with discovered to have used electronic the Minnesota Twins. means to steal catchers’ signs. “I’m remorseful for everything Gonzalez hit .303 with 23 home that happened in 2017, for every- runs and 90 RBIs in 134 games, thing that we did as a group, and with an OPS (.907) that was 148 for the players that were affected points better than any other season directly by us by doing this and of his eight-year career. some other things,” Gonzalez SOURCE: Associated Press said. He later added: “I wish that we could take it back, but there’s not making an effort to stop the nothing we can do now.” sign-stealing at the time. The cur- Major League Baseball’s in- rent Astros have mostly avoided vestigation into the allegation commenting since the results first made publicly by former As- were released from MLB’s probe tros pitcher Mike Fiers resulted into the elaborate method they in one-season suspensions for used to try to tip off teammates as manager AJ Hinch and general to what type of pitch was coming. manager Jeff Luhnow, a $5 mil- Gonzalez, a multi-positional TONY DEJAK/AP lion fine and the loss of Houston’s player starting his second season first- and second-round draft of a $21 million, two-year con- The Houston Astros’ Marwin Gonzalez throws his bat after striking out against Cleveland Indians starting picks in 2020 and 2021. Hinch tract with the Twins, had a career pitcher Carlos Carrasco during the fifth inning of a game in Cleveland on May 26, 2018. and Luhnow were fired by the year in 2017 with the Astros. He Astros, and Boston manager Alex hit .303 with 23 home runs and 90 Fla. answer that question,” Gonzalez “I’m sure we’re going to have Cora and New York Mets man- RBIs in 134 games, with an OPS As for whether the Astros said. a great relationship,” Gonzalez ager Carlos Beltran also lost their (.907) that was 148 points better would have won the title without The Twins have two new pitch- said. jobs for their involvement in the than any other season of his eight- the assistance of the sign-stealing ers, Rich Hill and Kenta Maeda, The players still with the Astros sign-sealing system for the As- year career. system, featuring outfield video who were on the Los Angeles will have a harder time escaping tros, Cora was bench coach and “I can’t control how people cameras and trash can banging? Dodgers team that lost to the the backlash around baseball. Beltran was a player on the 2017 think of me. I can control how “You’re never going to know. Astros in the 2017 World Series. “They’re going to get booed. team. hard I work, and that’s the way That was a great team. Great Gonzalez said he planned to speak Hopefully they can get through Former Astros pitcher Charlie that I prepare for this season,” guys, too. Beside everything that to them but downplayed the last- that,” Gonzalez said. “I know they Morton, now with the Tampa Bay Gonzalez said at Minnesota’s happened, I know for a fact that ing effect of his connection to the have a great team, too, and I hope Rays, said Saturday he regretted training facility in Fort Myers, they’re great guys, but it’s hard to scandal. to face them in the playoffs.” Maddon intrigued by Ohtani, focused on future

BY GREG BEACHAM tion of a starting rotation that will Angels owner Arte Moreno’s Associated Press hopefully include Ohtani before patience has clearly worn a bit Memorial Day. thin after four consecutive losing TEMPE, Ariz. — Three days The Angels are targeting mid- seasons and a decade without a after Joe Maddon’s 66th birth- May for Ohtani’s return to the big- playoff victory. day, the Los Angeles Angels’ new league mound, general manager Right after Maddon and the manager sat down in a familiar Billy Eppler revealed Tuesday Cubs parted ways in September, spring training complex and re- while pitchers and catchers re- Moreno abruptly fired manager minded everybody he was into ported to Tempe Diablo Stadium. Brad Ausmus and eagerly pur- two-way players before they were Ohtani will be available as a des- sued Maddon to return to the club cool. ignated hitter on opening day, but where he won the first of his two Left-hander Deshawn Warren he will take days away from the World Series rings as Mike Scios- was the Angels’ second-round big-league team to make rehab cia’s bench coach. pick in 1992, when Maddon was pitching starts in the minors. Maddon took the job, but he a roving minor league instructor Eppler and Ohtani have de- isn’t here to ease into retirement. for the organization that employed tailed plans for the two-way star’s He isn’t even the oldest manager him for his first three decades in final comeback from Tommy in the game anymore with 70- baseball. Although Warren never John surgery and subsequent year-old Dusty Baker’s arrival in got out of the low minors as a offseason knee surgery, which Houston. pitcher, he was maybe the fastest pushed back his pitching prog- Maddon is living in the moment runner in the organization. ress. Maddon is on board with the and planning for the future. But Maddon unsuccessfully tried to plans, but he also intends to make his return to the Angels has still JEFF GRITCHEN, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER/AP persuade Angels general manag- decisions by speaking face-to- brought on waves of memories, er Dan O’Brien to let Warren play Manager Joe Maddon returns to the organization where he worked face with Ohtani. both here in Tempe and back in in the field at a time when serious for the first three decades of his career, taking over a team that has “I think patience is a key word Southern California, where he two-way play had been abandoned the pieces in place to contend for a playoff berth. with all of this,” Maddon said. and his wife will settle back into for decades. Now that Shohei “I’ve been in development my the house they left behind in Long Ohtani has emphatically brought be looked into more deeply.” the first season of his homecom- whole life, so when you’re trying Beach. it back, Maddon is thrilled to be Maddon has prided himself on ing with the Angels. to develop a major league talent Maddon plans to use spring on the vanguard again. being willing to be an innovator Ohtani’s unique progress is like him here, coming off the in- training as a chance to find a bal- “I’ve always been intrigued by and an unconventional thinker among Maddon’s most important jury situations that he’s had, it’s ance between the past and the that,” Maddon said. “I’ve always for his entire career. He isn’t nar- concerns over the next six weeks important to be very patient, and present so he can focus on the thought it’s something that should rowing his mind as he heads into in Arizona, along with the evolu- I am.” Angels’ future. S TARS AND STRIPES Thursday, February 13, 2020 F3HIJKLM Two players arrested Riep, Wint accused of rape, SPORTS kidnapping » College football, Page 17

Dusty Baker takes over SPRING TRAINING a Houston Astros club reeling from a sign-stealing scandal that tainted its 2017 World Series title.

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As workouts begin, baseball tries to turn page on scandal

BY RONALD BLUM son ahead holds and it shifts back to that,” Toronto Associated Press Blue Jays President Mark Shapiro said. “There’s a natural kind of rhythm to spring training that di- ORLANDO, Fla. verts to the positive stories.” aseball returns to the field this week But first, confessions? when pitchers, catchers and cheaters Some regard baseball’s blemish from sign steal- report to spring ing as vivid as the acne on training. the backs of steroids-swelled Fans await the sluggers of the 1990s and Bannual sunny scenes of favor- early 2000s. ites stretching on bright green None of the current mem- grass in Florida and Arizona. bers of the Astros have pub- This year the players bring licly expressed contrition for along dark clouds of scan- breaking prohibitions against dal — the 2017 World Series using a video camera to swipe champion Houston Astros signs from opposing catchers have been tainted by their in 2017 and 2018. Baseball sign-stealing scam and the Cora Beltran Commissioner Rob Manfred 2018 champion Boston Red said spring training might Sox have been accused of similar subversion. be the appropriate time for a group mea culpa be- Teams hope once workouts start, the stain will cause fessing up individually during the offseason fade. “could be sort of a treacherous road to go down.” BEN MARGOT /AP “I think those story lines will weave in and out, Former Astros pitcher Mike Fiers, now with Oakland, sparked the scandal in November when Athletics pitcher Mike Fiers, who pitched for the Astros in 2017, but that spring training is that juncture for individ- blew the whistle about sign stealing in a story in The Athletic. ual fan bases to be optimistic about what the sea- SEE TURN ON PAGE 22

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