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Female officers increasingly emerge in leadership roles with infantry units

BY STEVE BEYNON Stars and Stripes ‘ The Army WASHINGTON is changing, he Army has been it’s evolving, slowly integrating women into ground it’s growing, combat units since we’re making the Defense Depart- Tment opened all military jobs to sure we have all troops in 2015. The initiative the best people garnered a good deal of media attention for female “firsts” for the job. throughout the force. Now, five That’s it. years later, women have expand- ’ ed their footprint in combat arms Capt. Candice Bowen and are taking command of units Bravo Company, 3rd that have been exclusively male Battalion, 116th Infantry for centuries. Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team SEE COMBAT ON PAGE 4

Capt. Shaye Haver performs radio checks on Adazi Base, Latvia, in 2018. Captains Haver and Kristen Griest became the first women to graduate Ranger School in August 2015. A year later, Griest became the Army’s first female infantry officer. Haver took command of a rifle company in 2018 and has since been promoted to major.

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Air Force pilot to take on AI team in simulated dogfight

BY JAMES BOLINGER during which eight AI teams will deter- as military leaders and members of the AI Stars and Stripes mine which of their programs will face the LIVESTREAMING FROM LAB tech community will register and watch human pilot, a DARPA statement said. The online,” Col. Dan Javorsek, program man- The Air Force will pit an experienced event will be livestreamed, with commen- The AlphaDogFight Trials will air via F-16 fighter pilot in a toe-to-toe virtual ager in DARPA’s Strategic Technology Of- livestream as a ZoomGov webinar from the reality dogfight for the first time against tary from agency officials. fice, said in the statement. artificial intelligence as part of a Defense “We are still excited to see how the AI Johns Hopkins laboratory in Laurel, Md. During the trials, the audience will see Advanced Research Projects Agency event algorithms perform against each other as The three-day event is scheduled to conclude dogfights in real time and hear experts on Thursday. well as a Weapons School-trained human Thursday, featuring the final human versus and guests from the Control Zone, akin to a The AlphaDogFight Trials consists of and hope that fighter pilots from across the artificial intelligence dogfight. three days of cyberspace competition, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, as well SEE DOGFIGHT ON PAGE 6 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, August 17, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9094 US productivity rises as hours worked go down Euro costs (Aug. 17) ...... $1.15 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.10 Dollar buys (Aug. 17) ...... €0.8239 Turkey (Lira) ...... 7.3821 British pound (Aug. 17) ...... $1.28 BY MATT OTT pandemic sowing economic dam- put per hour of work, produc- (Military exchange rates are those Japanese yen (Aug. 17) ...... 104.00 available to customers at military banking Associated Press age throughout the U.S. tivity is the key to rising living South Korean won (Aug. 17) ...... 1,156.00 Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the The increase in productivity standards, and the slow pace of Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3770 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For SILVER SPRING, Md. — U.S. British pound ...... $1.3091 was the largest gain since 2009. growth in recent years has been nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3257 productivity rose at a 7.3% rate in purchasing British pounds in Germany), Labor costs also jumped, rising a major reason that wage gains China (Yuan) ...... 6.9503 check with your local military banking the second quarter as the number 12.2%. have stalled. Productivity mostly Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.2910 facility. Commercial rates are interbank of hours worked fell by nearly Friday’s report is the first lagged during the record long 11- Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.9297 Euro ...... $1.1838/0.8447 rates provided for reference when buying half, the biggest drop-off since estimate of productivity in the year expansion that followed the Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7509 currency. All figures are foreign currencies the government started tracking second quarter and follows the Great Recession, confounding Hungary (Forint) ...... 292.65 to one dollar, except for the British pound, Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.4061 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, the data more than 70 years ago. first quarter’s decline of 0.3%. economists. Japan (Yen) ...... 106.60 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) The Labor Department said The rise in labor costs, the larg- Economists have warned that Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3057 INTEREST RATES Friday that output decreased Norway (Krone) ...... 8.8870 est jump since 2014, also follows the economic disruptions caused Philippines (Peso)...... 48.71 Prime rate ...... 3.25 38.9%, also the biggest decline a 9.8% increase in the January- by the coronavirus would likely Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.72 Discount rate ...... 0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7502 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.09 ever recorded as hours worked March quarter. hinder productivity in coming Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3707 3-month bill ...... 0.10 fell 43%, with the coronavirus Defined as the amount of out- quarters. South Korea (Won) ...... 1,187.13 30-year bond ...... 1.42 WEATHER OUTLOOK MONDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST MONDAY IN EUROPE TUESDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY JENNIFER H. SVAN Military service, especially combat, health care. It failed to consistently ensure sessions, when weekly or more frequent Stars and Stripes “may carry a psychological cost for DOD that wait times for urgent care didn’t ex- sessions may have been more beneficial, members and the families who support ceed 24 hours, that waits for routine visits the report said. Thousands of troops and family mem- them,” auditors said. The department “has didn’t exceed one week and that specialty The staff said they instead provided safe- bers may not have access to the mental the responsibility to effectively identify and care after a referral takes place no more ty checks when they couldn’t meet treat- health care they need through their mili- treat all mental health conditions through than a month later. ment guidelines, according to the report. tary or approved civilian health providers, a consistent standard of care.” At one clinic included in the audit, troops To help remedy the problems, the IG a new Pentagon report says. But the Pentagon appears to be falling and their families waited an average of 79 recommended that an eight-visit limitation The Defense Department Inspector short of that goal, according to auditors, days for a psychiatry appointment off-base for outpatient mental health care be re- General found patients seeking outpatient moved, to which the Defense Health Agen- mental health treatment often experienced who examined appointment booking and after receiving a Tricare referral. cy agreed in a response to the report. delays or never obtained care at all due to referral data at 13 military treatment fa- Concerns with the Tricare network have inconsistencies in standards, inadequate cilities from December 2018 to June 2019. been ongoing for nearly two decades, the Health officials also agreed to develop a staffing, outdated provider information An average of 53% of all service mem- report said. single systemwide staffing approach that and other shortcomings in the military’s bers and their families served by Tricare Patients have reported an inability to get estimates the number of appointments and health system. in the United States did not receive men- appointments; provider lists that are out- personnel required to meet the demand for In 2017, almost 14% of troops were diag- tal health care after getting a referral, the dated and referrals to the wrong types of mental health. nosed with a mental health disorder, or just report published Wednesday found. Health providers, among other shortcomings. The agency will also establish a standard over 200,000. officials in charge of tracking their care Adequate staffing was also a problem. process for mental health assessments tai- Delays in getting those service mem- could not say why, the IG said. A mental health director at one facility lored to patients’ needs, officials said in bers care could affect readiness, prevent The report determined that the depart- said access to psychotherapy is “systemati- their response. deployment and jeopardize patient safety, ment isn’t meeting the legal and DOD cally below the standard of care” because [email protected] the report said. policy requirements for outpatient mental the clinic was only able to provide monthly Twitter: @stripesktown Okinawa’s 3rd Due to virus, smaller Marine Division RIMPAC drills begin gets new leader BY WYATT OLSON Japanese Defense Minister Stars and Stripes Taro Kono told reporters last month that the country’s Mari- BY MATTHEW M. BURKE FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — time Self-Defense Force will send Stars and Stripes Scaled-down Rim of the Pacific the JS Ashigara, a guided-missile maritime drills kick off Monday destroyer, and the JS Ise, a heli- CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Maj. Gen. James in Hawaiian waters, significantly Bierman Jr., a veteran infantry commander with copter destroyer. reduced in size, length and scope Australian Defense Minister combat experience in Iraq and Afghanistan, took due to the coronavirus pandemic. command Thursday of the 3rd Marine Division, the Linda Reynolds said last month Ten countries and 20 ships are that a naval task group would service’s only continuously deployed division, dur- participating in the biennial ex- ing a ceremony at Camp Courtney. attend, with ships selected from ercise, to be held all at sea over a half-dozen that went to sea in Bierman arrives from Quantico, Va., where he led two weeks, said Cmdr. John Fage, Marine Corps Recruiting Command. He takes over June. spokesman for the U.S. Navy’s Past RIMPAC drills have in- from Maj. Gen. William Jurney, who improved dis- 3rd Fleet. cipline and readiness within the division during two cluded significant portions on That is a substantial decrease the Hawaiian Islands and off the years on the job, according to a Marine Corps news from the 26 nations, 47 surface release. coast of Southern California. The ships and five submarines that Marine Corps has culminated its Bierman previously served within the 3rd Marine joined the drills two years ago. training in the past with large and Division, nicknamed the Caltrap Division, as com- Vice Adm. Scott Conn, com- complex amphibious landings on mander of both 3rd Marines and 1st Battalion, 3rd mander of U.S. Navy’s 3rd Fleet, the east side of Oahu. Marines. A caltrap, an ancient, four-pronged anti- will announce which countries In 2018, the exercise includ- cavalry device, is the division insignia. are participating on Monday. ed two ship-sinking exercises. “I’m honored to rejoin 3rd Marine Division and Running to Aug. 31, the exer- Staged at Pacific Missile Range follow in the footsteps of Maj. Gen. Bill Jurney,” cise’s at-sea-only drills will in- Facility Barking Sands on Kauai Bierman said, according to the release. “Under his clude “antisubmarine warfare, Island, the U.S. Army and Air leadership, the Division has truly excelled … Going maritime intercept operation, JOHN MARTINEZ JR./U.S. Marine Corps forward, Caltrap will remain ready to fight and win live-fire training events and Force and the Japanese Self-De- fense Force sank a ship with an anywhere on short notice, while continuing to move Maj. Gen. James Bierman Jr., pictured here in June other cooperative training oppor- the ball forward on critical experimentation and in- 2018, took command of the 3rd Marine Division tunities,” according to a 3rd Fleet assault that included planes, heli- novation efforts.” during a ceremony at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, on statement. copters, missiles and rockets. The 3rd Marine Division is part of the III Marine Thursday. “A minimal footprint of staff RIMPAC has served as an eco- Expeditionary Force and includes the 3rd Marine will be ashore for command and nomic boom for Hawaii in the Regiment on Hawaii and the 4th and 12th regiments guishing device and two gold stars, he was awarded control, logistics, and other sup- past, bringing in thousands of on Okinawa, as well as the 3rd Expeditionary Bri- the Legion of Merit, the Navy and Marine Corps port functions,” the statement visitors, hotels filled to capacity gade and other units, according to a Marine Corps Commendation Medal with a gold star, and the Navy said. “All other personnel partici- and millions of dollars. organization chart. and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with gold pating in RIMPAC are doing so at Since last spring, the state has It also includes rotational units through the Unit star and the Meritorious Service Medal with two sea.” required all visitors to quarantine Deployment Program. gold stars, according to his biography. About 5,300 people will take for 14 days after arrival. In early The main job of the division, which is supported In high-level staff jobs, Bierman served as mili- part in the exercise, Fage said. July, Gov. David Ige announced by the 1st Marine Air Wing, is amphibious assault. tary secretary to Commandant of the Marine Corps In 2018, 25,000 personnel at- plans to ease that restriction on Bierman was born in Camp Lejeune, N.C., and Gen. James Amos and on the Joint Staff as deputy tended from the nations of Aus- Aug. 1 by allowing visitors to skip graduated from the Virginia Military Institute, director for political-military affairs for the Middle tralia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, quarantine if they tested negative according to his Marine Corps biography. He was East, strategic plans and policy direction, his biog- Colombia, France, Germany, for the virus before travel. commissioned as an officer in 1987. raphy states. India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, But that plan was postponed He previously commanded Charlie Company, 1st Next month, Jurney will take command of the Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, after an uptick in community Battalion, 1st Marines, as well as 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command New Zealand, Peru, South Korea, spread of the virus in the last half Marines and the 3rd Marine Regiment, according and Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Philippines, Sri Lanka, Singa- of July. to his official biography. Twentynine Palms, Calif., according to Thursday’s pore, Thailand, Tonga, Vietnam, The state has had 4,312 con- Over a career of 30-plus years, Bierman has also Marine statement. the United Kingdom and the firmed cases of the virus and 40 seen service in the Persian Gulf, the Mediterranean During his tenure, he implemented future force United States. deaths as of Thursday, accord- and Somalia, according to a statement released concepts like the integration of long-range precision The USS Essex, an amphibious ing to the Hawaii Department of when he assumed the recruiting command in June fire, according to the release. assault ship, arrived Monday at Health. 2018. [email protected] Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam [email protected] In addition to a Bronze Star with combat distin- Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 and will participate in RIMPAC. Twitter: @WyattWOlson PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, August 17, 2020 MILITARY Combat: Women make more moves into infantry roles

FROM FRONT PAGE Capt. Candice Bowen took com- mand of Bravo Company, 3rd Bat- talion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, last month. She is one of the first Black women to take command of a rifle company in the National Guard and the first female infantry commander in Virginia. The company’s history traces back to Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson’s brigade. “I think in general people have their own perceptions of what a female officer is going to be. It’s ‘Maybe women shouldn’t be in combat arms,’ but at the end of the day, a capable soldier is a ca- pable soldier,” Bowen said. “The Army is changing, it’s evolving, it’s growing, we’re making sure we have the best people for the job. That’s it. As long as the stan- dards don’t change, let the best person compete.” Gender integration into com- bat arms kicked off in August 2015 when captains Kristen Gri- est and Shaye Haver became the first women to graduate Ranger School, one of the most grueling military courses in the world. A year later, Griest became the Ar- TERRA C. GATTI/U.S. Army National Guard my’s first female infantry officer. Capt. Candice Bowen (center) takes command of Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Haver took command of a rifle Team, at a ceremony. She is the Virginia National Guard’s first infantry commander, and one of the first black female combat arms officers in company in the 82nd Airborne the Army. Division in 2018, and she has since been promoted to major. “Possibly going into combat ‘ I think in general people have their own arms is a daunting thing to look at; it’s a dirty, thankless job and perceptions of what a female officer is you’re required to do bad things going to be … but at the end of the day, a to bad people and that is not for everyone. But sometimes you’re capable soldier is a capable soldier. ’ too hard on yourself thinking you Capt. Candice Bowen cannot do those things,” Haver U.S. Army National Guard said in a panel discussion at West Point in 2018. “When I have con- versations with other females about going into combat arms group,” said Capt. Amie Kemp- of women by excluding them from and if I hear anything other than painen, an Iraq War veteran. ground combat units solely due to they want to get after it, it’s disap- Kemppainen, 46, took com- gender, and arguing that the ban pointing. If you’re not going into mand of B Company, 3rd Battal- hinders careers. the infantry because you truly ion, 126th Infantry Regiment, in “This limitation on plaintiffs’ want to lead men and women to March. She is the first woman in careers restricts their current close with and destroy the enemy, the Michigan National Guard to and future earnings, their poten- which is our job, then you don’t command an infantry company. tial for promotion and advance- need to do that.” She joined the infantry after 25 ment, and their future retirement years of service in support units. benefits,” the women said in the ‘Leaders First’ “I probably wasn’t what people suit filed in U.S. District Court. thought would be the ideal candi- Women have been playing a Bowen, 31, commissioned as date. Physically, you’ve got to hold major role in ground combat for a military police officer in 2012. your own, male or female, and She deployed to Qatar with 3rd years. However, until recently, Capt. Amie Kemppainen lead from the front,” she said. Battalion in 2016 and after her women have had to stick to sup- return, immediately went to Af- Capt. Amie Kemppainen, commander of B Company, 3rd Battalion, Thrust into combat port roles. When the ban was ghanistan with the 3rd Cavalry 126th Infantry Regiment, is shown at a training event. She is the lifted, women could enlist and Regiment, where she earned her Michigan National Guard’s first woman infantry commander. The decision to open combat commission into roles that are ex- combat action badge. She made arms came after nearly two de- clusively combat-focused, such as the switch to infantry in 2019 integration has been slowed by we need more people in combat cades of post-9/11 wars, where special forces, infantry and cav- after Virginia scaled-down mili- not having enough female infan- arms period. [Women enlisting] women were thrust into combat alry scouts. tary police forces. try and armor leaders available, is as big of an issue as people for the first time on a large scale “To me, it wasn’t so much a real Her move to infantry was amid according to a statement from the decide it is. We want the best sol- due to the nature of the conflicts. change, it was the policy catching the Army’s “Leaders First” ef- Army in June. Promising female diers for the job,” Bowen said. The lines blurred between com- up with reality. Women becoming fort, which started in 2016. The officers have been encouraged to Women are still a minority in bat and support units, and the actual infantrymen is a change,” goal was to place female leaders switch from support to infantry, the Army, and especially in com- traditional front line was erased said Kayla Williams, an Iraq War in combat units ahead of junior armor or cavalry. But the Army bat arms. Women make up just by an insurgency that could take veteran and senior fellow and di- enlisted women joining the ranks. found that only a tiny fraction of 14% of the Army’s enlisted and the fight to American troops any- rector of the Military, Veterans Critics of the policy and even the female officers and NCOs were 19% of its officer corps, according where. In previous wars, men in and Society Program at the Cen- Army have said the measure interested in joining the infan- to 2018 data from the Council on combat arms units usually held ter for a New American Security, slowed down gender integration. try or armor fields. The policy Foreign Relations, a U.S. foreign the front. a national security think tank. “It All leaders start as newly recruit- shifted to companies only being policy think tank. The Marine The breaking point for the De- was driven by what has been hap- ed privates, but privates couldn’t required to have female E5 of any Corps has the fewest number of fense Department came in 2012 pening already.” necessarily be assigned to a com- military job to be in a unit before women, with 8% enlisted and 9% when a lawsuit was filed by Army Williams served as a linguist bat unit without a woman in a junior enlisted women can join officers. Reservists, Command Sgt. Maj. in the 101st Airborne during the leadership role, meaning the mil- the ranks. “The Army as a whole is pre- Jane Baldwin and Col. Ellen Har- itary had to entice female officers “I understand there are very dominantly male; it’s not new to ing accusing the government of invasion of Iraq. She said it is and NCOs to switch jobs. Gender few women in combat arms, but be one of the only females in a violating the constitutional rights SEE PAGE 5 Monday, August 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 MILITARY FROM PAGE 4 No segregation critical to have women to talk to and search female civilians on 2nd Lt. Colleen O’Callaghan Middle East battlefields. serves in 1st Battalion, 148th “It was a combination that Infantry Regiment of the 37th women were needed in these po- Infantry Brigade Combat Team. sitions, women were excelling in She recently returned from a combat, and there was recogni- civil disturbance mission in the tion from the public that no one White House area. freaked out that women were She is the Ohio National Guard’s dying in combat. ... We’ve had first female infantry platoon women killed in World War II, but leader, but she said all her issues the type of jobs they were doing were related to men being almost were generally not happening on uncomfortably respectful. the scale they are now. ... In Viet- “I think the biggest thing nam there was a relatively small women run into is people trying to number of women as a percent, do the right thing, but they do the the majority of them were nurses. wrong thing,” O’Callaghan said. It was traumatic, some of them “It’s more of the [junior soldiers] were killed.” being afraid of doing something Now, there are 680 enlisted that’ll make me uncomfortable, women in the active Army serv- I think they’re afraid of bringing ing as infantry, tankers or caval- down a ... complaint.” ry scouts, and 260 officers. There O’Callaghan, 27, said a routine are 55,000 enlisted men in the in- occurrence is when someone fantry and 7,000 officers. On the is talking to a group of officers, armor and cavalry side, there are giving the regular courtesy of 18,000 males enlisted and 3,000 addressing the group as “gentle- officers, according to the most men,” then quickly correct- recent data from the Defense ing themselves by adding “and Department. ma’am.” The numbers are much small- “I don’t care if people call me a er in the National Guard: There gentleman, or sir,” she said. “It’s are 37 enlisted infantry women not necessary to call out the one (28,524 men), 11 cavalry scouts woman.” (4,842 men), eight tankers (1,619 Emily Lilly O’Callaghan expressed some men), and none serving in mor- frustration of early efforts to Capt. Emily Lilly was the National Guard’s first female graduate of Ranger School, and was in the first tars, where there are 2,950 men. segregate her from her troops group of women to graduate armor officer school. The Guard has 26 female infan- in barracks, saying getting her try officers (3,560 men) and 22 own space during training was There were a few logistical and armor/cavalry officers (1,124 detrimental to her ability to lead. cultural speedbumps, but Kemp- men), according to the National Where the Ohio Guard often painen said they were mostly a Guard Bureau. trains, at Camp Atterbury, Ind., nonissue. However, 2020 is the first year the barracks for soldiers offer “There were conversations of the National Guard saw female no privacy, and gender-specific where a female sleeps, whether in officers leave combat arms. Last bathrooms and showers are vir- year there were 33 female infan- the barracks or field. Those were tually nonexistent. try officers and 27 in armor. But some new conversations we had to “I don’t think there should be this year could be an outlier since have. What we did was try to ap- any segregations, if you’re in a the Guard saw its first wave of proach it as business as usual and platoon you’re in a platoon and women commission into armor not make it a big deal,” she said. should not be apart,” she said. and infantry in late 2016, seven in “There was one time we were “I usually say I want to use the each branch, the number roughly in the barracks, I was reading shower at a certain time and just doubled. the Ranger Handbook and some make sure that’s cleared. It isn’t The Marine Corps is an entire- of the guys were playing cards, much of an issue.” ly different story. There are no cutting jokes, messing with each But some women are concerned female officers across the entire other. One of them said some- that a sizable chunk of men are branch, but two have graduated thing, there was a pregnant pause not ready for female leadership from the Corps’ infantry officer and they waited for my reaction. in combat, saying the masculine course. The Marine Corps has I fired something back and it culture prevalent in the Army has the smallest number of personnel was then clear it was business as vastly outdated views on women. in the military and the smallest usual. ... as soon as they realized “The biggest issue that I don’t number of female officers. Of the that was true and not lip service, think I would have faced as a nearly 22,000 officers in the Ma- we never had a problem.” man is the negative reactions to rine Corps, as of May, only 1,877 Capt. Emily Lilly also made decisiveness,” said a junior Army are women, according to the De- the jump to combat arms from support officer who spoke on the fense Department. her original support role. Lilly is condition of anonymity. “As a a North Carolina Guard armor female in the military, you’re ei- Initial concerns officer with the 30th Armored ther a pushover or a bitch, there’s Brigade Combat Team, which is no in-between. If I were a man, Kemppainen said there was deployed to the Middle East. She I’d be the fearless leader — the skepticism when she showed up originally branched as an ord- alpha. As a woman, I’m cocky, to her infantry company as a pla- nance officer in 2013, but quickly I’m the bitch. I’m the one who is toon leader, restarting her career switched to combat arms and a stickler. Having a voice as a fe- after initially enlisting in 1994. was in the first group of women male in a male-dominated field is “The real goal was that the only to graduate armor officer school difficult enough, but once you find real way to earn command was to in December 2016. She graduated your voice, you still can’t win.” start from the beginning,” she Ranger School in 2018. The junior Army officer re- said. “I wanted to do cool stuff. My cently saw another woman take Part of integrating is making grandfather was a cavalry offi- command of an infantry compa- it clear things in an infantry unit cer,” she said. “He commissioned ny, and she said most of the male will operate as they always have, in 1936. ... When WWII broke feedback was “pretty standard,” Kemppainen said. But the initial out, he trained as a tanker at Fort Colleen O’Callaghan saying some of the soldiers are concerns on her arrival to what Knox and headed to North Africa “sexist for the sake of power dy- had been a male-only regiment and then Sicily as an armor com- 2nd Lt. Colleen O’Callaghan graduated Army officer infantry school. namics ... needing the boys club for nearly 200 years were mostly pany commander.” She is the first woman officer in the Ohio National Guard to lead an to remain.” skepticism that any new lieuten- Lilly, 41, said being in the first infantry platoon. “Most men are like ‘as long as ant would face. group of female officers to join she met the same standards’ but “The biggest reward for me was armor and cavalry units led to a lot series of crude remarks online. ‘more like the next 13 women in they fail to realize that comment guys who were skeptical became of media attention. She said there “We definitely got our share the Army to get pregnant.’ in and of itself is dripping in sex- my biggest allies and support- are “definitely some guys behind of negative attention on social “Four years later, many of us ism,” she said. “They wouldn’t ask ers,” she said. “It was necessary the times,” but she was fortunate media,” Lilly said. “I remember have been made captain, we’ve that of an incoming male com- to prove I can hack it physically. to have great leaders through her one comment on an article on ‘the done combat deployments and mander, they just assume he has.” But that is also the same with career who supported her. How- first 13 women armor officers’ completed tough schools, but [email protected] men.” ever, her trailblazing sparked a in which someone commented, none of us got pregnant.” Twitter: @StevenBeynon PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, August 17, 2020 MILITARY Scaled-back US, S. Korea joint training resumes

BY KIM GAMEL rently held by the Americans, is ganized the protest. Stars and Stripes returned to South Korea, it said, “COVID-19 can spread in the without providing more details. crowded training areas,” she SEOUL, South Korea — The An expedited transfer of opera- said. “Conducting the exercise United States and South Korea tional control, or OPCON, is a key also may worsen inter-Korean will begin annual joint military priority of South Korean President ties.” exercises this week, but they will Moon Jae-in’s administration. Seoul and Washington canceled be reduced in scope due to a spike It had been planned for 2015 plans to hold annual springtime in coronavirus cases, officials but was made conditions-based drills in March as the virus was said Sunday. and delayed indefinitely amid ris- beginning its global spread. The announcement came as ing tensions with the North. The allies have curtailed many South Korea reported 279 new The summertime exercise had other previous exercises since confirmed coronavirus cases, the been due to kick off Sunday but President Donald Trump first largest daily count since early was pushed back after a South said he was halting them follow- March and the third consecutive Korean Army officer who was ing his June 2018 summit with day with triple digit figures. supposed to participate tested North Korean leader Kim Jong MATTHEW KEELER/Stars and Stripes The drills, a linchpin of the al- positive for the virus Friday, the Un. liance between the two nations, Yonhap News Agency reported, South Korean police stand guard during a protest Friday outside Camp Humphreys, South Korea. already have been cut back since citing military officials. North Korea factor 2018 as part of U.S.-led efforts to Coronavirus concerns North Korea usually lashes out we do not publicly comment on can buy,” he said. “But if they facilitate nuclear talks with North against the joint exercises, which Korea. planned or executed training but are not trained in the art of fight- Both militaries have been hit it considers rehearsals for an in- rather view training as routine ing a war together under at least But this year, the pandemic by the virus. Some 80 South Ko- vasion, despite U.S. and South and continuously executed by all simulated battlefield conditions, also is limiting the number of rean soldiers have been infected Korean insistence that they are professional militaries to main- even an old and debilitated North American soldiers and evaluators since the initial outbreak began defensive in nature. tain trust, proficiency and readi- Korean conventional force could being brought to the peninsula in late February. The communist state responded create problems—and kill tens of from abroad, officials said. ness,” the public affairs office U.S. Forces Korea has had to last year’s drills with a series of said. thousands of allied personnel.” 152 confirmed cases, including missile and artillery tests as dip- However, analysts have raised The drills also will take place Maintaining readiness 128 service members and other lomatic efforts deadlocked over concerns that exercise cutbacks against the backdrop of tensions personnel who tested positive disagreements about the extent threaten the alliance’s military between the allies themselves, as The computer-simulated com- after traveling to the South from of sanctions relief in exchange for readiness at a critical time as the Seoul and Washington have been bined command post training abroad. steps toward disarmament. North has continued to develop its unable to reach a new defense drill will be held from Tuesday The influx prompted local au- USFK, which commands some weapons. cost-sharing agreement. through Aug. 28 “while ta king into thorities and activists in Gyeong- 28,500 American troops, said it The previous deal, known as the “I would argue that the joint consideration the COVID-19 situ- gi province, which includes the views “training as routine and Special Measures Agreement, ex- force on the Korean Peninsula ation,” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs main Army base Camp Hum- continuously executed by all pro- pired at the end of last year as the has already lost a small to me- of Staff said in a statement. phreys, to call for the exercise to fessional militaries to maintain South rejected Trump’s demand COVID-19 is the respira- be canceled. trust, proficiency and readiness.” dium-sized degree of operational for a multibillion-dollar increase. tory disease caused by the Dozens of protesters staged Gen. Robert Abrams, the USFK capability,” said Harry Kazianis, Some 28,500 American troops coronavirus. a demonstration outside Camp commander, and other officials senior director of Korean stud- are stationed in South Korea, “This drill will focus on main- Humphreys on Friday, prompt- have said American forces have ies at the Center for the National which technically remains at war taining the joint defense posture,” ing the garrison to close one of its adjusted to reductions with modi- Interest, a conservative Washing- with the North after their 1950-53 the JCS said. main gates for about three hours. fied training events to maintain ton, D.C.-based think tank. conflict ended in an armistice in- The allies also will do a practice “We want the two countries to fighting capabilities. “The U.S. and (South Korea) stead of a peace treaty. run of the future combined com- cease plans for the drill,” said An The command declined to com- can have all the F-35s, smart Stars and Stripes reporter Yoo Kyong mand structure after wartime Hye Young of the Korean Confed- ment on the upcoming exercise. weapons and top-tier command Chang contributed to this report. operational control, which is cur- eration of Trade Union, which or- “As a matter of USFK policy, and control systems that money [email protected] Dogfight: Aerial battle competition resembles virtual reality video game

FROM FRONT PAGE nent’s aircraft, reducing health points. The the Air Forces Weapons School at nearby to work on its own in combat. Dogfighting TV sports commentary desk. engagement ends when either one aircraft Nellis Air Force Base taking part. is also an “entry point” into the world of The competition is like an aerial dog- is out of health points or time expires. However, the coronavirus pandemic complex human-machine collaboration. fighting video game in which one player The first day of the competition will fea- forced the event online and all three days Prime viewing is scheduled 1:30-3:30 is a human and the other is an AI agent, ture each of the eight teams flying their will instead be livestreamed on multiple p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday, Col. Dan Javorsek, program manager in algorithms against five adversary AI al- channels as a ZoomGov webinar from the with remarks from Javorsek and other DARPA’s Strategic Technology Office, gorithms developed by the Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins laboratory in Laurel, Md., DARPA officials, recaps of the previous said Wednesday in an email to Stars and Applied Physics Laboratory, the statement where the pilot will be participating. days’ activities and scores, and the final Stripes. The human pilot will sit in an F-16 said. The goal of the competition is to dem- human versus AI dogfight. simulator wearing virtual reality goggles On the second day, the teams will fly onstrate advanced AI algorithms capable “Regardless of whether the human or to provide a realistic cockpit view for the against one another in a round-robin of performing “simulated within-visual- machine wins the final dogfight, the Alph- engagement. tournament before competing in a single range air combat maneuvering,” or dog- aDogfight Trials is all about increasing They will face off in a series of dogfights elimination tournament on day three. The fighting, the statement said. trust in AI,” Javorsek said in the state- with variable starting conditions to en- eventual champion will face the human F- The agency is looking for AI technology ment. “If the champion AI earns the re- sure an even contest, Javorsek said. Each 16 pilot. that can collaborate with humans, accord- spect of an F-16 pilot, we’ll have come one aircraft will start with a full set of health AlphaDogFight Trials was supposed to ing to a DARPA website dedicated to its Air step closer to achieving effective human- points. take place before a live audience at AF- Combat Evolution program. Setting a dog- machine teaming in air combat, which is During the dogfight, the pilots maneuver WERX, a research and development pro- fight as a problem challenges the designers the goal of the ACE program.” to place their weapons zone on the oppo- gram at Las Vegas, with fighter pilots from to produce something that can be trusted [email protected]

US military in Japan reports 7 new virus cases as Tokyo again sees triple digits

Stars and Stripes over the weekend. there since Aug. 9, according to infections were confirmed, a base Courtney, site of a recent cluster Tokyo recorded 260 coronavi- the Tokyo Metropolitan Govern- statement said. They will remain outbreak, a Marine statement TOKYO — For the first time in days, the number of new corona- rus cases on Sunday, according to ment. The record for new infec- isolated until they recover. said. virus cases reported by Japan’s a report by national broadcaster tions reported by the city on one Marine Corps Installations Pa- One of the new patients had capital dipped below 300 on Sun- NHK citing city officials. Most of day is 472 on Aug. 1. cific announced four new cases been identified as a close con- day, the final day of a long holiday the new patients are in their 20s On Saturday, the Navy an- on Okinawa over the weekend tact of someone infected in that weekend called Obon. and 30s. nounced that three people at — three on Saturday and one on cluster. The others work at the Meanwhile, U.S. military in- The city logged 385 new cases Sasebo Naval Base on Japan’s Ky- Sunday. Camp Courtney chow hall, which stallations across the country Saturday and 389 on Saturday, ushu island had tested positive. The infections reported Sat- was closed temporarily for deep announced seven new infections the highest number recorded All were in quarantine when their urday are associated with Camp cleaning. Monday, August 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK Military families living in Germany bumped from flights to Greece

BY KARIN ZEITVOGEL cases in the country, Ryanair weeks of strict lockdown helped Stars and Stripes staff told the Krauses. The family bring the virus under control. and around a dozen other Ameri- The Greek consulate in Berlin T ara Krause’s kids were “super- cans who were trying to travel referred Stars and Stripes to the excited” about the family’s trip to that day, including other airmen reopen.europa website, which Greece, the 35-year-old said, but and families, were told they “had says travel is allowed to Greece their excitement turned to disap- to have German residency cards” from all EU countries, with the pointment when ground staff at to travel to Greece, Krause said. exceptions of Bulgaria, Romania Frankfurt-Hahn airport barred “But that’s basically what our and Malta, which have high num- the U.S. military family from SOFA stamp is,” she said. bers of coronavirus cases. The traveling because of coronavirus Active-duty service mem- website does not mention travel- restrictions. bers assigned to Germany only ers’ nationalities, only where they “They told us, ‘No, you can’t need their military ID cards and are traveling from. fly,’ and they said it’s because NATO or travel orders to prove But a Greek government rule we’re American,” Krause told they reside legally in the coun- dated Aug. 11 says only EU na- Stars and Stripes last week. “One try, while their family members, tionals and citizens of European of my 9-year-old twins cried her- Defense Department civilians countries like Switzerland, Nor- self to sleep that night.” and contractors require a SOFA way, Iceland and Liechtenstein, MICHAEL KRAUSE Krause, her husband Michael, certificate in their passports as which have travel agreements Tara Krause, twins Penelope, left, and Susan, and 5-year-old Amelia a lieutenant colonel in the Air proof of residency, a document on with the EU, can enter Greece on pose outside their home near Ramstein Air Base in Germany before Force, and their three children Ramstein’s website says. unofficial travel. a road trip to Italy. Last week, low-cost airline Ryanair barred the were at the airport for their flight Ryanair said in a statement That rule, which has been in Krauses from flying to Greece from Frankfurt-Hahn airport, citing to Kefalonia, an island south of sent to Stars and Stripes that the effect since the country started Greek government restrictions on travelers coming from the U.S., Corfu in the Ionian Sea. Americans had been barred from reopening to tourists, has been even though the Krauses live in Germany. The Ramstein-based fam- traveling “as per the current applied haphazardly. ily presented staff at the check- Greek Govt restrictions regard- One American family posted on from boarding a Ryanair flight Neither the Bells nor the Kraus- in desk with the QR code they ing non-EU nationals.” Facebook that they had flown on to Greece from Baden-Baden es have been offered refunds by received after filling out an on- “As a result of COVID-19, Ryanair from another Frankfurt airport. Ryanair. line form required by the Greek Greece has a ban on non-essen- airport to Mykonos on Thursday. And a day after the Krauses, The Bells headed to the Nether- government for entry into the tial travel from the US,” the state- They had “no issues,” Destin Alisha Bell and her family were lands for their vacation. country, their passports, which ment said. The low-cost airline Beckworth said. At least eight told they couldn’t fly from Hahn The Krauses “didn’t unpack included Status of Forces Agree- did not reply to an email pointing other military families were on to Chania, on Crete. They, too, when we got back from Hahn,” ment stamps, a utility bill and out that the Americans’ travel the same flight. were told it was “because we were Tara Krause said. They ended up other paperwork to show they originated in Germany. Other military families told U.S. citizens,” Bell said. driving to northern Italy. lived in Germany, Krause said. Greece recently tightened re- Krause after she shared her fam- “I and other families who were “They looked at everything and strictions after a surge in coro- ily’s misadventure on Facebook being denied travel called the “I said to my family, ‘We’re said we needed proof that we’re navirus cases, which it blamed that they’d also recently traveled (Greek) Embassy and they said going somewhere,’ and my hus- legal residents,” she said. in large part on travelers com- to Greece with Ryanair, although we were allowed in the country,” band was like, ‘that’s fine, but Greece had changed its rules ing into the country. The popular not from Hahn airport. Bell said. “But one lady at Ry- we’re not flying.’” the night before because of the tourist destination reopened its But an American family from anair, the supervisor, said it was [email protected] rising number of coronavirus borders to visitors July 1 after Wiesbaden said they were barred Ryanair policy.” Twitter: @StripesZeit

Georgia governor allows limited local mask mandates

Associated Press cannot include a fine greater than $50 and cannot include prison ATLANTA — Georgia’s gover- time, the order says. If people are nor, who has opposed local mask not in compliance, local authori- mandates and even sued over ties must warn them “about the one in Atlanta, has signed a new executive order that allows local health risks posed by not wear- governments to enact mask re- ing a face mask or face covering” quirements to help fight the coro- prior to issuing a citation. navirus pandemic. “This order also protects Geor- As with previous orders, the gia businesses from government one issued Saturday says resi- overreach by restricting the ap- dents and visitors of the state are plication and enforcement of local “strongly encouraged” to wear masking requirements to public face coverings when they are out- property,” Gov. Brian Kemp said side of their homes, except when in a news release accompany- eating, drinking or exercising out- ing the order, which is in effect side. But unlike previous orders, through Aug. 31. Additionally, the this one allows local governments order extends shelter-in-place re- in counties that have reached a quirements for people who meet “threshold requirement” to re- certain criteria that result in quire the wearing of masks on “higher risk of severe illness.” government-owned property. It also continues to ban gath- A county meets that threshold erings larger than 50 people if requirement if it has had 100 or people are closer than 6 feet apart more confirmed cases of COVID- and imposes specific operating 19 per 100,000 people over the guidelines on bars, restaurants previous 14 days. Only two of and other businesses. Georgia’s 159 counties were Kemp, a Republican, last month below that threshold, according sued Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance to data from the state Department Bottoms, a Democrat, and the At- of Public Health. lanta City Council after Bottoms Local mask mandates cannot made statements that the gover- result in an fines, fees or penalties nor said some interpreted as or- against private businesses or or- ders for restaurants to close and ganizations, and penalties against ordered masks. Kemp dropped individuals for non-compliance the lawsuit Thursday. PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, August 17, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK USFK restrictions return as cases rise in S. Korea

BY KIM GAMEL cases Sunday, the highest daily Stars and Stripes increase since early March. It was the third consecutive day ANDREW HARNIK/AP SEOUL, South Korea — As that the numbers reached triple Scott Atlas, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, left, and White House press secretary Kayleigh coronavirus cases spiked in digits, with 166 on Saturday and McEnany, center, arrive ahead of President Donald Trump for a news conference at the White House. South Korea, the U.S. military 103 on Friday, raising fears of an- said it would reimpose restric- other massive outbreak. tions nationwide effective Mon- Most of the infections were day, including health checks at linked to churches, a popular Trump makes call for new access gates, limited access to street market and other commu- base stores and minimum essen- nal areas in Seoul and surround- tial staffing at work. ing areas, but health authorities The reversal came Sunday as said it was becoming harder to South Korea’s number of con- White House doctor’s advice control the virus. firmed cases reached triple digits Concern was also high that BY JILL COLVIN dent and Drs. Anthony Fauci, the people can be isolated,” he wrote. for the third day in a row. more people may have contracted Associated Press nation’s top infectious diseases In television appearances, Atlas U.S. Forces Korea, which com- expert, and Deborah Birx, the has called on the nation to “get a mands some 28,500 troops, an- the virus during a rally that drew WASHINGTON — President task force’s coordinator. While grip” and argued that “there’s nounced Saturday that it was thousands of anti-government Donald Trump has found a new Birx remains closely involved in nothing wrong” with having low- raising the health protection level protesters in Seoul who ignored doctor for his coronavirus task the administration’s pandemic risk people get infected, as long to “Charlie” for Seoul and sur- official pleas to stay home. force — and this time there’s no response, both she and Fauci as the vulnerable are protected. rounding areas. USFK has reported that 153 af- daylight between them. have publicly contradicted the “It doesn’t matter if younger, The commander of Camp filiated personnel, including 105 Trump last week announced rosy picture the president has healthier people get infected. I Humphreys, the main Army gar- service members, have tested that Dr. Scott Atlas, a frequent positive for the virus — most as painted of a virus that has now don’t know how often that has to rison, said Sunday that was being guest on Fox News Channel, has part of a mandatory testing and killed more than 16 9,000 people be said. They have nearly zero extended for all bases on the di- joined the White House as a pan- quarantine process for travelers in the United States and infected risk of a problem from this,” he vided peninsula, beginning at 5 demic adviser. Atlas, the former arriving in the country. Only 24 millions nationwide. said in one appearance. “When a.m. Monday. chief of neuroradiology at Stan- of those, including two soldiers, Atlas, the sole doctor to share younger, healthier people get in- HPCON Charlie indicates an ford University Medical Center contracted the virus on the pen- the stage at Trump’s pandemic fected, that’s a good thing,” he area is experiencing sustained and a fellow at Stanford’s con- insula, with the most recent in briefings last week, has long ques- went on to say, “because that’s community transmission, accord- servative Hoover Institution, has mid-April. tioned policies that have been em- exactly the way that population ing to the Defense Department. no expertise in public health or USFK put Seoul and surround- braced by public health experts immunity develops.” “We’re absolutely going to min- infectious diseases. ing areas back off-limits on Sat- both in the U.S. and abroad. He While younger people are cer- imum essential manning only,” But he has long been a critic of urday, less than a week after the has called it a “good thing” for tainly at far lower risk of develop- Col. Michael Tremblay said in a coronavirus lockdowns and has brief Facebook live appearance. health alert level for the area younger, healthy people to be ex- ing serious complications from campaigned for kids to return to “We’re really hunkering down. dubbed “Area II+” had been posed to the virus, while falsely the virus, they can still spread it the classroom and for the return We’re minimizing our footprint lowered. claiming children are at near to others who may be more vul- of college sports, just like Trump. based on the numbers that are Many people already had trav- “zero risk.” nerable, even when they have “Scott is a very famous man going on in Seoul.” eled to the capital for the first In an April op-ed in The Hill no symptoms. And while their who’s also very highly respect- USFK has well-practiced mea- time in months to enjoy the week- newspaper, Atlas said lockdowns chances of dying are slim, some ed,” Trump told reporters as he sures to prevent the spread of end, only to have to return home. may have prevented the develop- do face severe complications, introduced the addition. “He has the virus that were first imposed “This means all USFK-affili- ment of “natural herd immunity. with one study finding that 35% of many great ideas and he thinks in late February as South Korea ated individuals can only travel “In the absence of immuniza- young adults had not returned to what we’ve done is really good.” was an early epicenter of the to Area II+ for official and nec- Atlas’ hiring comes amid ongo- tion, society needs circulation normal health two weeks to three pandemic. essary duties. All other travel ing tensions between the presi- of the virus, assuming high-risk weeks after testing positive. The military only recently requires an exception to policy eased restrictions when the daily memo,” signed by a colonel or count declined to 50 or less for a equivalent civilian supervi- protracted period, as the South sor, USFK spokesman Col. Lee ‘No way to spin that,’ Romney says of US was lauded for its strict testing Peters said Friday in a video and tracing procedures. announcement. On Monday, soldiers will return He urged people to adhere to deaths, blaming Trump administration to access gates to check tempera- measures aimed at preventing tures and survey people on their the spread of the virus, including BY DEREK HAWKINS that in a positive light,” Romney serious it could become,” he said, health and risk level, Tremblay wearing masks when it’s not pos- AND MARISA IATI added. referring to the disease caused said. sible to maintain a safe distance He also said the number of peo- The Washington Post At least 166,000 people nation- by the novel coronavirus. “The and washing hands frequently. ple allowed into the commissary wide have died of coronavirus- health impact of COVID-19 on our The Army’s Yongsan Garrison Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, of- and PX at a single time would be related complications — about country and our response to it was in Seoul also restored protective fered rare Republican criticism limited. 21% of the worldwide death toll. really very, very disappointing.” measures that had been lifted, in- of the Trump administration’s An additional 1,222 U.S. deaths This was not the first time “We want to protect our bubble,” coronavirus response Friday, cluding closing all but two entry were reported Friday and 1,218 Romney has accused the admin- he said, promising more details in saying the federal government coming hours. “We’re going back gates and resuming health checks were reported Saturday as of late istration of mismanaging the dismissed the virus’s threat and into a defensive position.” before entry. evening. pandemic. In mid-May, he criti- failed to protect Americans as in- Masks were already required While the overall number of fections spiraled out of control. Romney said the administra- cized the Trump administration’s in public facilities and whenever cases in South Korea, a nation “Short term, I think it’s fair tion did not “ring all the alarm early coronavirus testing rollout, it was impossible to maintain a of more than 51 million people, to say we really have not distin- bells” early on in the pandemic. saying the administration had safe distance on base. remained low compared to other guished ourselves in a positive He faulted officials for failing to “treaded water” during February Bars, clubs and other adult- countries, health authorities have way by how we responded to the put the federal government in and March and that its actions only establishments have also re- consistently warned that cluster crisis when it was upon us,” Rom- charge of distributing personal were “nothing to celebrate.” mained off-limits in all areas. infections and imported cases ney said in a video interview with protective equipment, manufac- President Donald Trump has No changes were immediately threaten to reverse the progress. the Sutherland Institute. “And the turing essential supplies and set- defended the response, noting at announced for Defense Depart- South Korea has reported proof of the pudding of that is sim- ting guidelines for businesses. a Thursday news conference that ment schools, which are due to 15,318 cases since Jan. 20, with ply that we have 5% of the world’s “From the outset, there was a the administration had tapped reopen Aug. 24 in South Korea. 305 deaths and 13,901 patients population but 25% of the world’s tendency on the part of the ad- manufacturers to increase pro- South Korea’s Centers for Dis- fully recovered. deaths due to COVID-19. ministration to dismiss COVID- duction of masks, ventilators and ease Control and Prevention [email protected] “And there’s no way to spin 19 as a threat, not to consider how other equipment. reported 279 new coronavirus Twitter: @kimgamel Monday, August 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Baby girl born in Dallas believed to be 1st to contract virus in womb From wire reports late grandstands and offer an entertaining diversion amid the FORT WORTH, Texas — Doc- disruptions of the coronavirus tors at Parkland Hospital in Dal- pandemic. las reported the first baby in the At Tropicana Field, home of U.S. known to have contracted the the Rays, those graphically gen- coronavirus while in the womb. erated fans are the creations of Baby Alexa Figueroa tested DME Visual, a Daytona Beach positive for COVID-19 less than wide-format printing company. 24 hours after being delivered The company already has pro- six weeks early by mother Wendy duced roughly 1,500 of the 18- Figueroa on May 2, according x-30-inch photo cutouts that the to Star-Telegram media partner Rays debuted at Tuesday’s home /AP WFAA-TV. AARON DOSTER game against the Boston Red Sox Doctors delivered the baby pre- in St. Petersburg. Reds’ mascot Mr. Red performs among fan cutouts during a baseball game between the Pittsburgh maturely after Wendy Figueroa And there are more on the way, Pirates and the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati on Friday. tested positive when she was 34 said Kevin Majeski, the compa- weeks pregnant. ny’s operations manager. grees or higher. navigate life in the United States. zation said in a letter to Nevada “We immediately separated “There are more coming this Dual-lens cameras have been And recently, efforts by the Natu- officials. baby from mother. Mom was week,” Majeski said. “We can installed at all arrival gates and ral Helpers have been crucial to HMSHost sent a letter to the wearing a mask during deliv- produce hundreds a day.” TSA checkpoints in the airport. helping these communities navi- Nevada Department of Employ- ery to reduce transmission,” Dr. The cutouts have become so When phase three is complet- gate life in a new country during ment, Training and Rehabilita- Mamarambath Jaleel, who runs popular among fans that the Rays ed, the cameras will be able to a pandemic. tion about the decisions last week. the Parkland Neonatal ICU, told extended the deadline for fans track travelers with high body The need for these resources The group also said that any work- WFAA. to purchase them an additional temperatures so contact tracers among the immigrant and refu- ers that were furloughed and not After baby Alexa tested posi- week, said Eric Weisberg, the can stop and screen them before gee communities has intensified scheduled to return to work by tive, doctors tested the placenta, team’s vice president of Market- they leave the airport, The Maui since the coronavirus pandemic Oct. 15 will also be let go. which also came back positive. ing & Creative Services. News reported. hit Central Indiana in March. Most of the layoffs are for those “Having the testing positive of Maui Airports District Manag- From conversations with those working as fast-food clerks, res- the placenta, the most likely ex- er Marvin Moniz says he expects families, Natural Helpers report- taurant hosts, baristas, bartend- planation was the transmission of Georgia phase three to be completed be- ed a 39% increase in food insecu- ers and servers. infection was when the baby was ATLANTA — A 15-year-old fore the end of the year. rity, and 29% of the people did not Food and retail outlets at the in the mother’s womb,” Jaleel boy in metro Atlanta has died know how to access healthcare, airport have been severely af- said. from complications caused by Indiana Immigrant Welcome Center in- fected by the pandemic, which A day or two later, Alexa devel- COVID-19, making him the sec- terim executive director Dana has greatly diminished air travel. oped a fever and required supple- ond-youngest individual to die INDIANAPOLIS — Carlos Harrison told IndyStar. Though some outlets at McCar- mental oxygen, Jaleel told WFAA. from the virus in Georgia, ac- Gomez was not able to work at ran have reopened with limited According to Jaleel, 128 pregnant cording to state health officials. his construction job for three New York hours, many of them remain women at Parkland have tested The Georgia Department of weeks after he tested positive for closed. positive for COVID-19. Six of the Public Health said the Gwinnett COVID-19 in April. NEW YORK — The annual light “HMSHost continues to see an babies later tested positive, but County teenager had no under- “I didn’t know what to do,” he display honoring victims of 9/11 unprecedented decline in traf- only Alexa got sick, Jaleel said. lying conditions, The Atlanta said, “so I went to the emergency is back on, officials announced fic in airports and on the mo- Wendy Figueroa was unable to Journal-Constitution reported room.” Saturday, saying New York health torways,” the company’s letter hold Alexa for three weeks after Saturday. Gomez, 44, who doesn’t have officials will supervise this year’s said. “The COVID-19 pandemic giving birth. Officials did not say when or health insurance, received a $900 tribute to ensure workers’ safety has devastated the travel and “I could not see my daughter. where the teenager contracted bill from his emergency visit to amid concerns related to the restaurant industries and, un- They took her from me. I could the virus. A spokeswoman for the the hospital that he was not able coronavirus pandemic. fortunately, HMSHost sits at the only see her from far away. I could Georgia Department of Public to pay. “This year it is especially im- crossroads of both. Never in the not hold her. I cried,” Figueroa Health said no additional details Once he recovered, and after portant that we all appreciate and history of aviation and the hospi- told WFAA. She cried for 20 would be released. a series of calls to friends and commemorate 9/11, the lives lost tality industry, have we experi- consecutive days waiting to hold Gwinnett County has had the others he knew, a group from his and the heroism displayed as New enced such catastrophic customer Alexa for the first time. While she second most infections in the church was able to help him fi- Yorkers are once again called traffic declines.” waited, Parkland officials set up state with more than 21,400 con- nancially, he said. Gomez, who is upon to face a common enemy,” an iPad on Alexa’s incubator dur- firmed cases. originally from Mexico, has lived Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a Pennsylvania ing the day so that Wendy could His death comes after many in Indianapolis for over a decade statement. watch her daughter. Georgia school districts reopened and told IndyStar this is the first The announcement came days PHILADELPHIA — The coro- “When I held my daughter for for in-person classes. Cherokee time he felt the need to ask for after the National September navirus pandemic has slammed the first time at that moment County has reported 80 new con- help. 11 Memorial & Museum can- the brakes on this year’s Philly nothing else mattered,” Figueroa firmed cases of the coronavirus That’s why he didn’t know celed the Tribute in Light over Naked Bike Ride. said. after only two weeks since school there were resources available to concerns the coronavirus might The annual event, which usu- Both mom and daughter districts reopened. School offi- help him. spread among crews creating ally draws thousands of nude eventually recovered from the cials say a total of 1,106 students “It’s tough and uncomfort- twin columns of light to represent cyclists for a trip around Phila- coronavirus. and employees have needed to able. And I can’t be afraid to go the World Trade Center in the delphia and its tourist sites, had Transmission between mother quarantine. to work,” he said. “I was able to Manhattan sky. been set for later this month. But and baby is rare, Parkland Health The youngest confirmed death recover so I hope that God helps Alice Greenwald, president organizers who had been gearing & Hospital System OB/GYN Dr. caused by COVID-19 in Georgia me and that I don’t have to go and CEO of the 9/11 Memorial up for it said the city’s COVID- Wilmer Moreno told KXAS-TV. was a 7-year-old boy from Sa- through that again.” & Museum, thanked former New 19 cases made them halt their vannah. Officials say he was not In Indianapolis, the Immigrant York City Mayor Mike Bloom- planning. Florida believed to have had any preex- Welcome Center developed a pro- berg, Cuomo and the Lower Man- “After much debate, we feel isting conditions either. gram 14 years ago set up to help hattan Development Corporation that cancelling this year’s event is DAYTONA BEACH — As empower immigrants like Gomez “for their assistance in offsetting the most responsible thing to do,” Major League Baseball adapts to Hawaii who might not know about re- the increased costs associated they said on their website. its pandemic-shortened 60-game sources available, or who might with the health and safety consid- But they had a message for season, a Daytona Beach busi- KAHULUI, Hawaii — Kahului not feel comfortable enough to erations around the tribute this would-be naked riders eager to ness has become ground zero for Airport on Maui has completed ask for help. year.” break free of their home lock- Tampa Bay Rays fans. its second phase of its thermal The organization’s Natural downs: They hope to be back rid- Well, two-dimensional versions screening project meant to combat Helpers program is made up of Nevada ing in 2021. of them, at least. the spread of the coronavirus. volunteers — many of them im- “We hope to see you next With no crowds allowed in ball- The screening uses thermal migrants themselves — helping LAS VEGAS — The food ser- year, hopefully under better and parks, the Rays and other teams imaging and facial recognition the immigrant and refugee com- vice provider at McCarran Inter- healthier circumstances,“ they have turned to selling oversized technology to pinpoint people munities in Marion County find national Airport in Las Vegas will said. “Keep up your (socially dis- cutouts of fan photos to popu- with a temperature of 100.4 de- the resources they need to better lay off 940 employees the organi- tant) riding and be safe.” PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, August 17, 2020 NATION Dems head to convention with spirit of unity

BY DAN BALZ win a general election than Sand- The Washington Post ers, who had harnessed the power of liberal activists enough to be The Democratic National Con- the front-runner for the nomina- vention will open Monday in a tion until a weakened Biden saw spirit of unity and shared pur- his candidacy resurrected by pose, with the party’s often-war- Black voters in the South Caro- ring moderate establishment and lina primary. galvanized liberal wings agreeing Since the unexpectedly rapid J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP for now to set aside their differ- conclusion to the primary battle, Letter carriers load mail trucks for deliveries at a U.S. Postal Service facility in McLean, Va., on July 31. ences to defeat President Donald Democrats have been sobered Trump in November and deliver toward unity by the arrival of the the White House to Joe Biden. coronavirus pandemic, Trump’s That’s not to say that divisions mismanagement of the crisis and and disagreements don’t exist. Postal Service warns states about the challenges all that presents They do and likely will be back to the country. They are aware if Biden wins, potentially compli- that, if Biden wins in November, cating his efforts to govern. Still, possible delay of mail-in ballots he and the party will inherit a set the overall mood on the eve of of emergencies unlike anything this year’s convention contrasts seen since the days of the Great BY BRIAN SLODYSKO have them counted. But that is not members of Congress from both with that of four years ago, when Depression or before. AND AMY BETH HANSON the intent, Postmaster General parties have voiced concerns that Hillary Clinton arrived in Phila- In that case, the party’s future Louis DeJoy said in his own let- curbside mailboxes, which is how delphia still dealing with the Associated Press could depend on how effectively a ter to Democratic congressional many will cast their ballots, have grievances of a long and rugged prospective Biden administration WASHINGTON — The U.S. leaders. abruptly been removed in some nominating contest against Sen. Postal Service is warning states The post office is merely “ask- states. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. harnesses the power of govern- coast to coast that it cannot guar- ing elected officials and voters At the same time that the need That Democrats today appear ment to deal with the pandemic antee all ballots cast by mail for to realistically consider how the for timely delivery of the mail is far more unified is testament in and the related economic emer- gency and also to address issues the November election will ar- mail works, and be mindful of peaking, service has been cur- part to the work of Biden, Sand- rive in time to be counted, even ers and their teams over the past of racial justice and reconcilia- our delivery standards, in order tailed amid cost-cutting and ef- tion that many in the party now if mailed by state deadlines, rais- to provide voters ample time to ficiency measures ordered by several months to avoid a repeat ing the possibility that millions of of the 2016 experience. But the see as more urgent than ever. cast ballots through the mail,” the DeJoy, the new postmaster voters could be disenfranchised. unity owes much more to the oc- For all those reasons, the ma- wrote DeJoy, a prominent Trump general, who is a former supply- Voters and lawmakers in sev- cupant of the White House, whom jority of Democrats believe it is political donor who was recently chain CEO. He has implemented eral states are also complaining many Democrats fear could in- in their interest to come together appointed. measures to eliminate overtime flict lasting damage to the coun- — at least until November. that some curbside mail collec- The back-and-forth comes amid pay and hold mail over if distribu- try and its democratic institutions The issue differences between tion boxes are being removed. a vigorous campaign by Trump to tion centers are running late. if he gains a second term. the energized liberal wing and Even as President Donald sow doubts about mail-in voting as The federal watchdog of the “Four years ago, you could more dominant centrist wing Trump rails against wide-scale he faces a difficult fight for reelec- Postal Service has opened an in- point to Donald Trump as the wolf have been harmonized ahead of voting by mail, the post office is tion against Democrat Joe Biden. quiry into operational changes at at the gate, but it was still theo- the convention through what Wil- bracing for an unprecedented Though Trump casts his own the agency that have delayed mail retical,” said Pete Buttigieg, the liam Galston of the Brookings number of mail-in ballots as a re- ballots by mail, he’s repeatedly deliveries across the country, a former South Bend, Ind., mayor Institution calls “pretty skillful sult of the coronavirus pandemic. criticized efforts to allow more spokeswoman said Friday. That who ran unsuccessfully against internal party management by The warning letters sent to people to do so, which he argues comes after Sen. Elizabeth War- Biden in the primaries. “Now the the Biden forces.” states raise the possibility that without evidence will lead to in- ren of Massachusetts, and eight wolf is through the gate, eating Meanwhile, the nomination of many Americans eligible for creased voter fraud that could other Democrats sent a letter re- the chickens.” Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., as mail-in ballots this fall will not cost him the election. Meanwhile, questing a review. For the Democratic rank-and- Biden’s running mate highlights file, the goal of preventing Trump but will far from satisfy the aspi- from winning a second term rations of women, minorities and overrides almost everything else more broadly a younger genera- between now and November. It tion of Democratic leaders to have Senate panel warns DOJ that Russia was that sentiment that ultimate- a larger voice in all deliberations. ly helped deliver the nomination Those who went through the to Biden. 2016 Democratic nominating pro- testimony may have been misleading The candidate, whose nomina- cess agree that the atmosphere tion will be made official Tuesday, inside the party today is far bet- The Washington Post sian lawyer were contradicted vestigators — a potential felony. was seen as better positioned to ter than it was four years ago. by the president’s former deputy The committee’s concerns were WASHINGTON — The Repub- campaign chairman Rick Gates detailed in a formal letter sent to lican and Democratic chairmen in interviews that were part of of the Senate Intelligence Com- the U.S. attorney’s office in the 71, had also been hospitalized in the criminal investigation led by Trump says his younger mittee notified federal prosecu- District of Columbia in June 2019, June. His illness was unrelated to special counsel Robert Mueller people familiar with the matter brother Robert has died the coronavirus, said people fa- tors last year of their suspicion III, these people said. Like oth- that several individuals, includ- said. Existence of the letter was WASHINGTON — President miliar with the situation. ers, they spoke on the condition first reported by the Los Angeles Robert Trump was one of four ing President Donald Trump’s Donald Trump’s younger brother, of anonymity to discuss what Times late Friday night. surviving children of real estate family members and confidants, remains a highly politicized and Robert S. Trump, died Saturday might have presented misleading The Senate Intelligence Com- after an unspecified illness. developer Fred Trump and had sensitive matter. been an executive at the Trump testimony in the panel’s investi- But the intelligence commit- mittee referred several indi- “He was not just my brother, he viduals’ testimony to the Justice was my best friend,” Trump said Organization. gation of Russian interference in tee, one person said, reserved its Department over the course of its in a brief statement. Trump paid tribute to his sib- the 2016 election, people familiar harshest allegations for the presi- The president visited his broth- ling in remarks at his Bedmin- with the matter said. dent’s former chief strategist, Ste- 3 ½-year probe, citing discrepan- er Friday in New York-Presby- ster, N. J., golf club Friday, as “a The list of individuals includ- phen Bannon, former campaign cies in their accounts, three offi- terian Hospital in Manhattan, really good guy that I love.” ed the president’s son, Donald co-chair Sam Clovis and private cials said. hours after it was reported that The president is expected to at- Trump Jr., and son-in-law, Jared security contractor Erik Prince, It is expected to release the the younger man had been hospi- tend his brother’s funeral. Kushner, whose accounts of their saying it had reason to believe all final volume of its findings as talized. Robert Trump, who was From wire reports pre-election meeting with a Rus- three had lied to congressional in- soon as this week. Monday, August 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP MAGA hat cake sparks protest at bakery

COLONIE — Protest- NY ers and counterpro- testers gathered at a New York bakery in response to an image of a cake made to resemble a Make America Great Again hat that was posted on social media in July. Employees at Coccadotts Cake Shop in Colonie were still work- ing as protesters chanted outside , the Times Union reported. Black Lives Matter protesters were outnumbered by the coun- terprotesters who came out in support of the bakery. There were more than 125 people outside the bakery, the newspaper reported. Retailer removes towel depicting Hindu deity

BOSTON — Online MA home goods retailer Wayfair pulled a beach towel depicting the Hindu deity Lord Ganesha, according to a Hindu or- ganization that raised objections. Rajan Zed, president of Univer- sal Society of Hinduism, said in a statement that the Boston-based company had apologized and re- moved the towel from its website within an hour of the organiza- tion’s raising concerns. Zed called the “Hindu Elephant DAVE ZAJAC, (MERIDEN, CONN.) RECORD-JOURNAL/AP Beach Towel,” which retailed for about $26, “highly inappropriate” and thanked Wayfair for under- standing the Hindu community’s Giving them wings concerns. Pilot Mark Scott sits in an RV-12 plane built by Wilcox Technical High School students and members of the “Teens to Flight” program at County votes to keep Meriden Markham Airport in Meriden, Conn. The plane took more than four years to build. Confederate memorial Seattle Police located the stolen THE CENSUS dict earthquakes. It is designed police car 30 minutes later. The to quickly take data from seismic EASTON — A coun- suspect, an adult male in his 30s, sensors and send warnings to po- The number of gallons of spoiled milk dumped into cen- MD ty on Maryland’s was found several blocks away tentially affected areas if a quake tral Iowa’s Fourmile Creek by an employee of a Hy-Vee Eastern Shore voted to keep a and arrested for felony theft. of magnitude 4.5 or greater oc- memorial honoring Confederate store in Ankeny, Iowa, leading to a fish kill. Hy-Vee released curs and if the projected shaking soldiers, sparking a protest out- 800 a statement saying a store employee made an uninformed at a particular location is at a cer- side the meeting as activists said Man: State flag with decision instructing workers to dump the milk in the creek tain level of intensity. officials had used the coronavi- mosquito was a joke following a power outage, Des Moines television station KCCI reported. The gro- The MyShake technology was rus pandemic as an “excuse” to cery store said it would cover all costs related to cleanup. The Iowa Department developed by the University of shelve the issue. JACKSON — A Mis- of Natural Resources said it’s considering enforcement action, including restitution California, Berkeley, and re- The Talbot County Council sissippi man who sub- for the fish killed. MS leased in 2019. voted 3-2 to keep the memorial mitted a proposal to place a giant on the lawn of the Talbot County mosquito on the new state flag, a Courthouse, The Washington design that went viral on social form 80 hours of community sponding to a tractor-trailer fire, Dorms honoring white Post reported. Officials said they media, said he created it as a joke. service, and donate $100,000 to news outlets reported. A second supremacists renamed were only considering emergency Thomas Rosete, a deckhand on a federal fund used to provide re- tractor-trailer hit the three fire- legislation during the pandemic the Yazoo River, told the Clarion wards for tipsters in illegal wild- trucks from the Miller Ferry Fire BLACKSBURG — Vir- and said there had been limited Ledger he created the “mosquito life trade cases, according to the Department, pushing them into VA ginia Tech is renaming public input on the measure. flag,” which features a giant mos- U.S. Attorney’s Office. one another, patrol 1st Sgt. G.A. two of its dorms that honored men Talbot County Council Presi- quito surrounded by a circle of Gibbs also agreed to give up Barger said. who espoused white supremacist dent Corey W. Pack, a Republican, stars, to poke fun at a coworker a stuffed lion, two stuffed puf- According to Barger, the truck views. said the vote was “disappointing.” who had been against changing fins, a panther skin and a sawfish driver suffered second- and third- The buildings built in the 1960s He said 28 callers at a public hear- the flag. Working on the river, rostrum — the bill or beak of the degree burns and was taken to a will now instead be named for ing on the statue spoke against it he said he is very familiar with sawfish — which he owns, ac- Winston-Salem hospital. No fire- Black people who fought for the last month, while just four spoke Mississippi mosquitoes and it felt cording to the government. fighters were injured, according right to be on Tech’s campus, ac- in favor of keeping it. like a fitting way to represent the Gibbs, 44, a Cincinnati attor- to the trooper. cording to The Roanoke Times. state. ney, tried buying a tiger skin from “The previous names on these Car theft suspect found Lawmakers took a historic vote someone in the United Kingdom Alerts to notify Android two residence halls were incon- after stealing police car this year to take down the old state in 2018 but was told it was illegal, users of earthquakes sistent with the rich heritage and flag, which featured the Confed- prosecutors said. That person put increasingly diverse community erate battle flag, a symbol widely him in touch in 2019 with a seller that is Virginia Tech,” President RENTON — The condemned as racist. A nine-mem- in Minnesota, who turned out to SACRAMENTO — Renton Police Depart- California’s earthquake Tim Sands said in a statement. WA ber commission will recommend be an undercover U.S. Fish and CA Lee Hall will be renamed Hoge ment said one person was de- a replacement flag. Wildlife agent. early warnings will be a standard tained after a Renton police car feature on all Android phones, Hall in honor of William and Janie was stolen . bypassing the need for users to Hoge, who hosted Black students Renton police said officers saw Man pleads guilty to Driver injured, firetrucks download the state’s MyShake in their home in the 1950s, a time a potential auto theft suspect on buying tiger skin rug damaged in collision app in order to receive alerts, the when the university denied cam- foot at a car dealership. They at- Governor’s Office of Emergency pus housing to Black students. tempted to talk to the man but he COLUMBUS — An SALISBURY — A truck Services said. Barringer Hall will be renamed walked away. OH Ohio man who bought NC driver was injured and The state worked with the U.S. to honor Leslie Whitehurst Jr., a As officers were walking back a tiger skin rug in violation of the three firetrucks were damaged Geological Survey and Google, 1963 graduate who became the to their patrol cars, a witness federal endangered species act after a collision on Interstate 85 the maker of Android, to build the first Black student allowed to live called 911 to report the man had pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in North Carolina, the N.C. State quake alerts into all phones that on campus in 1961 and who in reached into the open window of charge, the government said. Highway Patrol said . run the commonplace operating 1970 became the first Black mem- one of the patrol cars, unlocked Ryan Gibbs of Cincinnati must The patrol said three firetrucks system. ber of Tech’s board of visitors. the door and drove away. serve a year on probation, per- were in the southbound lanes re- The technology does not pre- From wire reports PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, August 17, 2020 NATION Police move in after fights during Georgia protest

Associated Press ing and kicking each other and to reopen Sunday. throwing rocks. That’s when po- With police manning barriers STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. lice officers in riot gear moved in to keep people from entering the — After several hours of mostly peaceful demonstrations Satur- to disperse the crowds. park, demonstrators took to the day in an Atlanta suburb that By 2 p.m., almost all of the pro- streets of the adjoining city of is home to a giant Confederate testers had left the area. Stone Mountain, which on Friday memorial, large numbers of po- Right-wing groups led by an had advised people to stay away lice officers moved in to disperse Arkansas group called Confeder- all day and urged residents to the crowds when fights began to ate States III%, had applied for stay home and businesses to shut break out. a permit to hold a rally in Stone down. Several dozen right-wing dem- Mountain Park, where there’s a The predominantly Black onstrators, some waving the Con- giant sculpture of Confederate demonstrators on July 4 spoke federate battle flag and many leaders. The event was planned out against the huge sculpture wearing military gear, gathered as a response to a march in the depicting Gen. Robert E. Lee, in downtown Stone Mountain park by a Black militia group on Confederate President Jeffer- where they faced off against a July 4. son Davis and Gen. Thomas J. /AP few hundred counterprotest- JOHN BAZEMORE But the Stone Mountain Me- “Stonewall” Jackson. Carved into ers, many of whom wore shirts A woman is helped after being sprayed with an unknown agent morial Association denied the a granite mountain, the bas-relief or carried signs expressing sup- during a protest Saturday in Stone Mountain Village, Ga. permit on Aug. 4, citing a previ- sculpture is the largest Confeder- port for the Black Lives Matter ous violent clash between groups ate monument ever crafted. The movement. People in both groups lice presence and things were arguments. in April 2016, spokesman John 100 to 200 protesters, many of were carrying rifles. For several largely peaceful, aside from some But just before 1 p.m., fights Bankhead said. The park closed whom carried large rifles, were hours, there was little visible po- shoving, pushing and spirited broke out, with people punch- to visitors Saturday and was set peaceful. Far-right group, counterprotesters clash in Michigan

Associated Press Public Safety said a few people Boys had planned, according to that some of the Proud Boys also “The Proud Boys, they not only were arrested, but didn’t know local media reports. When the used pepper spray on people. have hatred for Jewish people KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Mem- bers of the far-right Proud Boys exactly how many. Proud Boys arrived, the confron- The male-only Proud Boys and Muslim people, but they’re group and counterprotesters “A fight occurred, people were tation ensued. Some fistfights oc- has been called extremist by the also very hateful of anybody who clashed violently Saturday after- fighting, and that’s when we curred before police arrived and Anti-Defamation League and doesn’t look like them or act like noon in western Michigan, result- stepped in,” Coakley said. ordered the crowds to disperse. A described as a hate group by the them,” said the Rev. Nathan Dan- ing in arrests, police said. Counterprotesters staged their reporter for MLive.com, who was Southern Poverty Law Center. nison, pastor of the First Congre- Assistant Chief Vernon Coakley own event in the area at the same detained by police while record- The Proud Boys dispute those gational Church, which hosted a of the Kalamazoo Department of time as the rally that the Proud ing live on Facebook, reported descriptions. vigil by counterprotesters. Portland police declare riot, push protest ers from building

Associated Press building, news outlets reported. to the streets!” with automatic weapons, but later shots at the garage. Police said in Protesters had thrown “soft- Saturday afternoon, a rally by said it was unclear what type of a statement that “a person alleg- PORTLAND, Ore. — A riot ball size” rocks, glass bottles and a small group of alt-right demon- weapons were involved. edly fired a gun.” Portland police was declared in Oregon’s biggest other objects at officers, police strators quickly devolved as they The group clashed with coun- Lt. Greg Pashley told The Orego- city as protesters demonstrated said on Twitter. The department traded paint balls and pepper terprotesters through downtown nian/OregonLive that the depart- outside a law enforcement build- also said security cameras had spray with counterprotesters. streets, and some counterprotest- ment would investigate. ing early Sunday, continuing a been spray painted and other About 30 people were partici- ers blocked the exit of a garage Earlier in the day, police said nightly ritual in Portland. vandalism occurred. pating in the Patriot Prayer rally where several Patriot Prayer they made four arrests overnight Officers used crowd control The actions came after what in front of the Multnomah County members had parked. as they dispersed a protest that munitions to disperse the gather- started as a peaceful protest, with Justice Center. KOIN-TV initially A KOIN photojournalist re- was headed toward the offices of ing outside the Penumbra Kelly demonstrators chanting “take it reported that several were armed ported hearing at least two gun- the police union. Monday, August 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 WORLD German police raids Telephone lines open target illegal gambling BERLIN — Hundreds of police officers searched shisha bars, tea between UAE, Israel houses and illegal gambling halls across western Germany early Sunday. The officers confiscated 34,000 BY JON GAMBRELL the Times of Israel, the Jerusalem euros (around $40,000) in cash, Associated Press Post and YNet, could be accessed 19 gambling machines and 6.6 without using means to bypass in- pounds of shisha tobacco, the Ger- DUBAI, United Arab Emirates ternet filtering in the Emirates. — Telephone service between the man news agency dpa reported. In the UAE, a federation of Eleven stores were shut down United Arab Emirates and Israel seven sheikhdoms on the Arabian began working Sunday as the two because of violations against Peninsula, a recorded message in coronavirus measures. countries open diplomatic ties, Arabic and English would typi- part of a deal brokered by the The interior minister of the cally play prior to Sunday saying western state of North Rhine- U.S. that required Israel to halt calls to +972 numbers could not its contentious plan to annex West Westphalia, where most of the be connected. The advent of in- Bank land sought by the Palestin- raids took place, said the police ternet calling allowed people to ians for a future state. actions were an important signal get around the ban, though these Associated Press journalists in to show that the state is imple- Jerusalem and Dubai were able to too were often interrupted. menting a zero-tolerance strategy The connection of phone ser- call each other from both landline against this kind of crime. vice represents the first concrete and cellular phones registered to “It’s about showing those, who sign of the deal between the Emi- Israel’s country code +972 from DED ALILTY/AP are destabilizing everyday life in ratis and Israelis. O B around 1:15 p.m. these cities, it’s over,” state inte- Israel and the United Arab Israeli Communications Min- The Tel Aviv City Hall is lit up with the flag of the United Arab rior minister Herbert Reul said. Emirates announced Thursday ister Yoaz Handel issued a state- Emirates as the UAE and Israel announced they would be “Here, the rule of states is valid, they are establishing full diplo- ment “congratulating the United establishing full diplomatic ties Thursday in Tel Aviv, Israel. not that of the family.” matic relations in the U.S.-bro- Arab Emirates on removing the The state s allege that many of kered accord. Palestinians. in such areas as tourism, direct blocks.” the illegal gambling halls are run The historic deal delivered The agreement will make the flights and embassies. “Many economic opportunities by immigrant families. a key foreign policy victory to UAE the third Arab country, after Early Sunday, the Emirates’ will open now, and these trust- Raids were conducted in the building steps are an important President Donald Trump as he Egypt and Jordan, to have full, state-run WAM news agency an- cities of Essen, Bochum, Herne, step toward advancing states’ in- seeks reelection and reflected a active diplomatic ties with Israel. nounced a UAE company had Witten, Gelsenkirchen, Dort- terests,” Handel said. changing Middle East in which The countries announced it in a signed an agreement with an Also Sunday, Israeli news web- shared concerns about archen- joint statement, saying deals be- Israeli company for research mund, Wuppertal and the county sites that had previously been emy Iran have largely overtaken tween Israel and the UAE were and study of the coronavirus of Mettmann, dpa reported. blocked by UAE authorities, like traditional Arab support for the expected in the coming weeks pandemic. From The Associated Press PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, August 17, 2020 FACES Chris Evans is Spicoli back virtually Cohen’s memoir photographed July 30 at his home in Boston for ‘Fast Times’ benefit during a remote about Trump Spicoli is making a virtual re- portrait session. turn to Ridgemont High to raise coming Sept. 8 MATT SAYLES, INVISION/AP money for a pair of nonprofit groups. From wire reports Sean Penn, a cast member in 1982’s “Fast Times at Ridgemont Michael Cohen’s memoir about High,” will be joined by Julia President Donald Trump will Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and be released Sept. 8 by Skyhorse other stars in a socially distanced Publishing, which confirmed the reading of the film’s script. news Aug. 13 to The Associated Penn is handing the role of Press. The book is called “Disloy- al: The True Story of the Former stoner Jeff Spicoli over to another Personal Attorney to President actor, with details about who’s Donald J. Trump.” playing what part to be unveiled “Disloyal’ is the most devastat- at the Aug. 20 event. ing business and political horror The reading will benefit CORE, story of the century,” according co-founded by Penn and now en- to a Skyhorse statement shared gaged in coronavirus testing and with the AP. “It is a story that you relief efforts, and the REFORM haven’t read in newspapers, or on Alliance, focusing on criminal social media, or watched on tele- justice reform and helping to pro- vision. These are accounts that tect inmates from COVID-19. only someone who worked for The fundraiser, produced by Trump around the clock for a de- comedian Dane Cook and an- cade — not a few months or even nounced Aug. 13 as an “unre- a couple of years — could know.” hearsed, anything-goes” reading, Earlier Aug. 13, Cohen had re- Shielding democracy also is set to include Morgan leased the book’s foreword, writ- Freeman, Henry Golding, Shia ing of his estranged former boss, LaBeouf and Matthew McCo- “He wouldn’t mind if I was dead.” ‘Captain America’ star Chris Evans hopes his new naughey. None of those actors, He did not list a publisher for the nor Roberts or Aniston, appeared book. in the original film. Cohen is completing the last website, app can help voters make educated choices The event will be available on two years of a three-year prison Facebook Live and TikTok via sentence at home after plead- CORE’s Facebook page, www. The site is divided into three sections. One in- ing guilty to campaign finance BY RYAN PEARSON facebook.com/CoreResponse. charges and lying to Congress. Associated Press cludes three Republicans and three Democrats answering questions about broad long-term is- Other news Chris Evans became the most politically sues like immigration, climate change, student Gomez, Blackpink prickly “Avenger” a few years back with wither- debt and gerrymandering. The second allows  Colombian superstar J Bal- team up for single ing tweets about President Donald Trump and politicians to upload solo messages about hot top- vin says he is recovering after his Republican supporters. ics like Trump’s executive orders or TikTok ban. battling the coronavirus. In a After a week of fevered specu- But the “Captain America” actor is staying And a “counterpoints” section highlights moder- pre-taped video that aired Aug. lation, pop star Selena Gomez has relatively quiet during this presidential cam- ated interparty debates: Should schools reopen 13 as Balvin accepted an award revealed herself as the mystery paign. He wants to amplify the voices of elected during the pandemic? Should the government at Premios Juventud 2020, the artist featured on Blackpink’s officials instead. performer revealed he contract- forthcoming single, arriving require mail-in voting? Last month, Evans launched a civic engage- The site is intended to educate, not advocate, ed COVID-19 and that it impact- Aug. 28. The K-pop girl group ment app and website called A Starting Point, ed him heavily. The 35-year-old recently unveiled the cover art Evans says. It’s built without incentives toward featuring short videos from both Republican and singer won five honors. for the track and hinted at a new extremes. There are no view counters, like or Democratic members of Congress and other U.S.  It’s baby No. 3 for John Leg- collaboration . dislike buttons, or comments sections. Videos in politicians sharing perspectives on policy issues. the “Starting Points” section are fact-checked by end and Chrissy Teigen. The “So SO excited to announce couple revealed they are expect- [Blackpink] and I have a new With regular visits to Capitol Hill, Evans built an outside group. ing in Legend’s new video for the song coming out!” Gomez said the site over the course of two years alongside Evans says he’s been pleased to see Republi- song “Wild,” which premiered Aug. 11, confirming the rumors tech entrepreneur Joe Kiani and actor-producer cans uploading more “daily points” videos to the Aug. 13. The video also features on Twitter and Instagram. Mark Kassen, a longtime friend. They hope to site than Democrats in recent weeks. their 4-year-old daughter Luna Earlier this year, the women keep it going long after the November election. As he prepares to potentially film a Netflix spy and 2-year-old son Miles. of Blackpink joined forces with “This was born out of the same reason I do movie in January, the self-described “news junk-  The author of the million- Lady Gaga for “Sour Candy,” a hit what I do on Twitter. You want to try and help. ie” says he’s tuned out the presidential campaign single off the latter’s 2020 album, You want to try and use the platform that you’ve temporarily to focus on A Starting Point. His so- selling self-help book “The Se- “Chromatica,” and teamed with been given the right way,” Evans said in an in- cial media is mostly benign these days. cret” is aiming even higher with Dua Lipa in 2018 for “Kiss and terview from his home in Boston. “And this felt “It’s a measure of efficacy. How can you be of her next work. Publisher Harp- Make Up.” like it could cast the widest net because it actu- most good, of most service?” Evans said. “This erOne says Rhonda Byrne’s “The Blackpink’s highly anticipated ally removed my personal politics and just tried site feels to me that it could have a broader im- Greatest Secret” is coming out debut album is set to arrive Oct. to offer information to people who may want to pact than anything I could do on my individual Nov. 24. 2. participate.” Twitter.” From The Associated Press ‘SNL’ fans hoping Maya Rudolph resumes political impression

BY MICHAEL CAVNA broke, immediately reacted with “ruh- in sketches that parodied the Democratic returns this fall. The series suspended The Washington Post roh” and “Oh, s---,” and added, about the presidential debates and town halls. The creating live shows in March due to the prospect of reprising her acclaimed turn: actress portrayed Harris as the fun aunt, pandemic and completed its 45th season in When Sarah Palin was named the Re- “That’s spicy.” (Through or law-and order “funt,” who will “give May with several all-digital episodes. publican vice-presidential candidate in a representative, Ru- you weed, but then arrest you for having “I love going to the show. Any excuse I 2008, “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne dolph declined further weed.” can get, I love.” Rudolph added during the Michaels noted that even his doorman comment.) In one Democratic debate last year, virtual panel. “I just didn’t really anticipate said: “What a gift — you’re going to have Rudolph was recently Harris addressed eventual presidential traveling during a pandemic, but if there’s so much fun with Tina Fey” portraying nominated for an Emmy nominee Joe Biden’s record on busing by anyone who can work it out, I’m sure Lorne Palin. for her portrayal, mak- saying: “You know, there was a little girl in has some kind of invisible helicopter that “SNL” may have just received another ing her only the second California who was part of the second class can get me there.” major comedy gift from the national politi- Rudolph “SNL” guest actress ever to integrate her public schools, and she was Harris’ nomination was historic for cal stage. to receive a nod specifi- bused to school every day. And that little making her the first woman of color on a On Aug. 11, as Kamala Harris was an- cally for portraying a politician. Fey won girl was me.” After Rudolph played Har- major ticket, and Rudolph has made a bit nounced as the vice presidential candidate the award in 2009 for playing Palin. (Ru- ris on “SNL” in September, the senator of showbiz history of her own. In 2012, Ru- on the Democratic ticket, many on social dolph will be up for three Emmys when the approvingly tweeted: “That girl played by dolph — an “SNL” cast member from 2000 media endorsed former “SNL” cast mem- awards are announced Sept. 20 — she was @MayaRudolph on @nbsnl? That girl was to 2007 — became “SNL’s” first actress of ber Maya Rudolph as their pick to return to also recognized for “The Good Place” and me.” color ever to receive a Emmy nom for a the show to portray the California senator. “Big Mouth.”) The next step is to see whether Michaels guest role. Even Rudolph, who was on a virtual En- Rudolph offered a memorable comic and Rudolph decide to answer the call of the “SNL” also has not announced who will tertainment Weekly panel when the news take on Harris three times last season, audience groundswell if and when “SNL” play Biden when the show returns. Monday, August 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, August 17, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Afghans are taking a risk for peace Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff BY ASHRAF GHANI We must all come together fighters, and refugees and returnees, who Special to The Washington Post will need to be immediately reintegrated EDITORIAL to achieve this vision. It into society. he Afghan people want peace. This will require a different The international community will play Terry Leonard, Editor has been our constant demand and an important role as facilitators and media- [email protected] foremost priority for four decades, kind of strength than war. tors of the talks, ensuring that momentum, Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor Tan entire lifetime for most of us. and a level playing field, are maintained. In June 2018, the Afghan government, and [email protected] Our international partners must also con- our people, took a risk for peace by initi- tinue to stand firm for the values and prin- Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content ating the country’s first cease-fire since paid for peace with intensified Taliban ciples in which we have all invested for 20 [email protected] 2001. It allowed us, for three days, to not violence. Over the past five months, while years. Managing Editor for Presentation only want peace but to live it. Over the past Sean Moores, Afghan security forces maintained a de- The Afghan National Defense and Secu- [email protected] two years, we have taken multiple risks in fensive posture, the Taliban and associated rity Forces have not only been sacrificing the pursuit of peace because we cannot af- terrorist groups (which the Taliban has yet Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital to preserve and protect our country, but ford to pay the costs of failure. to publicly renounce) killed or wounded [email protected] also in pursuit of counterterrorism objec- This month , we made the decision to 12,279 Afghan security forces and civil- take another risk for peace. After releas- ians, according to our own figures. tives that we share with the United States BUREAU STAFF ing 4,600 Taliban prisoners to facilitate We have paid with our lives — tens of and the international community. Our forc- certain conditions of the U.S.-Taliban deal thousands of Afghan lives, including even es took over full responsibility for combat Europe/Mideast operations from foreign troops in January Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief of Feb. 29, we were confronted with the our tiniest, most precious and innocent [email protected] difficult issue of releasing 400 remaining lives. 2015, and since then the Afghan govern- +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 prisoners convicted of serious crimes, in- We have paid the costs. There must ment has taken measures to substantially reduce the burden on U.S. taxpayers. We Pacific cluding the killing of Afghans and citizens now be a dividend of peace for the Afghan Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief of the international community. We were people. thank the United States and our interna- [email protected] assured that their release would fulfill the Now, despite the violence, Afghans are tional partners for their continued sup- +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 Taliban’s final demand before facing us at coming to the negotiating table with re- port of our security forces, which will be the negotiating table. newed momentum for peace, a stronger critical as we move forward with the peace Washington This was not a risk I could take alone, relationship between the government and process. Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief [email protected] constitutionally or morally, without con- citizens, a better sense of coordination We share a vision with the United States (+1)(202)886-0033 sulting the Afghan people. Earlier in the with our international partners, and unity and our international partners for the out- Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News month, 3,400 women and men from all among our political leaders. come of our talks with the Taliban: a sov- [email protected] provinces of Afghanistan and all strata of Assurances will no longer be enough to ereign, unified, democratic Afghanistan CIRCULATION society came together, in the presence of propel the peace process forward. It is now at peace with itself, the region and world, the country’s political leadership, at a con- time for the Taliban to sit across from the capable of preserving and expanding the Mideast sultative assembly known as a Loya Jirga, representatives of the Islamic Republic of gains of the past two decades. Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager to deliberate and debate. They decided to Afghanistan in earnest, in order to reach a We must all come together to achieve [email protected] approve the release of the prisoners, and political solution and to declare a compre- this vision. It will require a different kind [email protected] the next day I signed the order. It was the hensive cease-fire. We acknowledge the DSN (314)583-9111 of strength than war. It will require us to Afghan people’s latest, and boldest, risk for Taliban as part of our reality, and we are practice patience, make compromises and Europe peace. solidly committed to reaching a political pay further costs toward the price of peace. Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager In 2018, we knew peace would be costly, deal that accommodates this reality. The But to fail in our pursuit of a sustainable [email protected] but we did not know what those costs would Taliban must, in turn, acknowledge the [email protected] peace is not an option; it would demand a be. We do know now, and we have paid heav- changed reality of today’s Afghanistan. +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 far deadlier price — one that the Afghan ily. The cost of releasing these 5,000 pris- The Taliban must work with us to preserve Pacific oners meant, among other things, denying and expand the gains the Afghan people people, and our international partners, Mari Mori, [email protected] justice and healing for the families of those have made over the past 19 years, including cannot afford to pay. +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 they murdered. Since March, we have also for the benefit of the thousands of Taliban Ashraf Ghani is president of Afghanistan. CONTACT US Washington tel: (+1)202.886.0003 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 Why Putin is backing Belarus’ ungrateful despot

Reader letters BY ELI LAKE country’s command-and-control economy, coerced video of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, [email protected] Bloomberg Opinion which relied on the revenue generated by the leading opposition figure who stood for Additional contacts refining Russian crude and selling it on the election after her husband was arrested in stripes.com/contactus ussian President Vladimir European market. June, disqualifying him from the election. Putin knows how to troll. In the So what exactly is Putin up to? Lukash- Over the summer, she emerged as a popu- OMBUDSMAN midst of a democratic uprising enko, who has ruled Belarus for a quarter lar alternative to Lukashenko. Last week Ernie Gates Rin Belarus, in which thousands of a century, is in serious trouble. After he she was forced to flee to Lithuania in part of citizens have taken to the streets to re- claimed victory with 80% of the vote in the because she feared for the safety of her ject this month’s stolen election, Putin of- election, his country erupted in protest. The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow children. of news and information, reporting any attempts by the fered the nation’s struggling dictator his Demonstrations persist despite a nation- That said, it would be a mistake to end military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s congratulations. wide internet blackout. Why would Putin Western engagement in Belarus alto- independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns “I hope your state activity will facilitate and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for fair- throw his weight behind Lukashenko now? gether. The Senate is expected to confirm mutually beneficial Russian-Belarusan ness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman Daniel Fried, a former senior U.S. dip- soon the first U.S. ambassador to Belarus welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted relations in all areas, deepen cooperation lomat who is now a fellow at the Atlantic in more than a decade. Some lawmakers, by email at [email protected], or by phone at within the Union State, and build up inte- 202.886.0003. Council, says Putin’s embrace of Lukash- such as Sen. Chris Murphy, have argued gration processes,” he wrote in a congratu- enko reflects a deeper anxiety for Russia’s that sending her to Minsk now would be latory telegram to Alexander Lukashenko leader. After the democratic uprising that normalizing relations with a democrati- Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- last Monday. drove Ukrainian President Viktor Yanu- cally illegitimate dictator. Fried, however, days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday Putin likes autocrats, of course. But Lu- kovych into exile in 2014, Fried said, Putin through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and said it would be useful to have a powerful kashenko has gone out of his way to defy cannot abide “a second democratic revolt Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals advocate on the ground in Minsk for the postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send Putin in recent years. In April 2019, he ex- among the three Slavic nations.” address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, rights of the Belarusan people in the after- pelled the Russian ambassador to Belarus, In this respect, Putin’s desire to see the APO AP 96301-5002. math of the sham election. This newspaper is authorized by the Department of accusing him of treating his country as a uprising in Belarus fail is more important It’s unclear what will happen next — not Defense for members of the military services overseas. Russian province. 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Whatever Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official chan- the result, Belarusans have made it clear nels and use appropriated funds for distribution to remote his regime arrested 33 men he accused of them ideas about defying their own. locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. being Russian mercenaries fomenting dis- This dynamic also presents a challenge that they don’t want to be ruled by a mini- The appearance of advertising in this publication does cord ahead of this month’s election. for Western diplomacy. On the one hand, Putin. America and its allies should make not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense it clear that they are ready to help turn this or Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. What makes this a master troll, however, the instinct to sanction Lukashenko and Products or services advertised shall be made available for is Putin’s mention of “mutually beneficial his cronies is correct. Since 2015, the U.S. crisis into an opportunity for democratic purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, transition. religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical Russian-Belarusan relations.” Lukashen- has tried to reach out to Lukashenko, with handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor ko has publicly rejected the Kremlin’s pro- modest results. He has, for example, freed Eli Lake is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist of the purchaser, user or patron. posal for a closer union between the two political prisoners and courted Western covering national security and foreign policy. He Slavic states. This year, the two countries investment. was the senior national security correspondent © Stars and Stripes 2020 for The Daily Beast and covered national security failed to reach an agreement on crude oil But that Western engagement has not and intelligence for The Washington Times, The stripes.com exports to Belarus, dealing a blow to the produced tangible results. Just watch the New York Sun and UPI. Monday, August 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 OPINION Congress has taken a break, a luxury we don’t have

BY DANIELLE ALLEN a bonus pool for states that form compacts Special to The Washington Post to collaborate on scaled-up regional pur- chasing and investment in testing innova- ongress, I get it. You’re tired. You tion, as Maryland has recently done. wanted to go on recess. You’re Members of Congress need to get back talking about coming back in to work on a deal now and make a down CSeptember to finish your nego- payment on a full relief package by passing tiations when you have to pass a spending this legislation. bill. We’ve all had a habit of hoping for a sil- Well, we’re all tired — nurses and doc- ver bullet. Some thought summer would tors and other health care workers. Pub- bring relief; others focused on a vaccine. lic health officials. The nation’s slowly We do need a vaccine, but even in the best- growing contact-tracing team, now 50,000 case scenario, it’s not likely to be more strong. School principals and superinten- than 80% effective — more like a flu shot dents who are making the hardest deci- than the polio vaccine. Still others have sions of their lives. Kids who haven’t been lifted up therapies such as convalescent to a birthday party in five months and face plasma. Like a vaccine, this can contribute more school online. Epidemiologists and to changing this situation, but it can’t re- lab leaders who have been innovating their solve it on its own. hearts out. Mayors and parents and small- But there is only one real silver bullet. business owners and on and on and on. It’s called grit. This is a can-do country, None of us gets to take a break from the and our determination to beat the disease is stuff that’s wearing us out. I hope you’ve our ultimate weapon. We have to apply that noticed. grit by activating all modes of response. On Thursday, the Senate adjourned We need to chase down the virus and elimi- labs (Quest and LabCorp) and a handful We also have work to do organizing de- until Sept. 8. The House had already left nate it through testing and contact tracing. of testing platforms. But models now exist, mand. One of the hardest parts of fighting and isn’t expected back until Sept. 14. But We also need to weaken it, with improved for instance at the Broad Institute in Mas- COVID-19 is that data has to be integrated House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was therapies. And we need to build defenses sachusetts, for building testing labs with among health care systems, public health right when she said Wednesday that punt- against it with the vaccine and face masks nonproprietary tools. Also, genome se- systems, labs and providers of tests. To ing on negotiations until September is not and six-foot social distancing. quencing labs, such as Ginkgo Bioworks, control COVID-19 consistently, health of- OK because “people will die.” More than Defend against it, weaken it and take it have figured out how to build the systems ficials need to know where positive cases 163,000 people have died so far. In another out of circulation. We need all three things. of sample collection and data accessioning month, the toll will likely be at least 20,000 They all take hard work. are appearing. necessary for them to process tests. They higher. We are well on our way with vaccines States have been working hard to stabi- You have no right to take a break, Con- and therapeutic advances. Where we con- have received a contract from the National lize markets for testing and to implement gress. Our country has not yet controlled tinue to struggle most is in our approach to Institutes of Health testing “shark tank” public health systems capable of tracking the disease. diagnostic testing and tracing. program and are rapidly scaling up and, the disease and responding to hot spots. A bipartisan piece of legislation, the The Suppress Covid-19 Act sets a goal ultimately, these labs will have capacity This has involved intensive labor. State, Suppress Covid-19 Act, is teed up, ready to of suppressing the disease by supporting to operate at millions of tests a day. They local and tribal health officials are in the deliver the public health outcomes we all full diversification of our testing options. have already shared their lab and system process of converting public health infra- want and need. Bipartisan groups of law- This includes innovation; an expanded plans with public health officials around structure that might be analogized to a makers — in both the Senate and House testing market capable of supporting both the country. Additionally, the Biomedical network of country roads into a fully devel- — have introduced parallel legislation to scaled-up use of rapid point-of-care tests Advanced Research and Development Au- oped interstate highway system. invest $50 billion in testing and contact and much faster turnaround time on con- thority recently approved grants for inno- Their hard work is grit in action. Will tracing with the goal of achieving sup- ventional testing; and full implementation vative point-of-care tests with rapid results Congress match them? pression of COVID-19 cases to near-zero, of testing and tracing programs by states. on high-sensitivity tests. With all this, we Danielle Allen is a political theorist at Harvard so schools can open safely. The bill sends In diagnostic testing, we have been too can elevate our supply of tests to another University and a contributing columnist for The money to the states for this work, including dependent on the two main commercial level. Washington Post. The effort expended to win WWII then reshaped America

BY FRED ZILIAN es. There were 406,000 deaths — 292,000 became the world’s greatest power, soon Durfee High School, Fall River, Mass. The Newport (R.I.) Daily News battle deaths and 114,000 noncombat to be labeled a superpower, accentuated Torpedo Station was seeking workers. In deaths — and 672,000 wounded. by our vast production capabilities, our an interview for the Newport Daily News eventy-five years ago , Japan sur- Because of the opportunities and train- untouched homeland, and our monopoly in 2016, she related her story. “It was the rendered unconditionally to the ing available in the services, minorities of atomic weapons. While France and the war. They needed help.” Hired in June Allies, ending World War II. In enlisted in unusually high numbers, but United Kingdom were on the winning side, 1943, she had three different jobs before S1984, historian, actor and broad- prejudice and segregation remained high. they were devastated and exhausted from the war ended: nuts and bolts, explosives, caster Studs Terkel published an oral his- In the Army, Blacks were given generally six years of war. The Soviet Union, our and finally office work. tory of the war and titled it “The Good noncombat roles; in the Navy, they served other major ally, had lost 26 million mili- Every Friday night, she and her friends War,” winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1985. as cooks and servants. The American Red tary and civilians. would stay in Newport and go dancing at the It was indeed the last of America’s “good Cross kept plasma separated for Blacks and Close to home, long before the U.S. en- local USO club. Sailors were everywhere. wars”: clear provocation, clear enemies, whites, with a touch of irony as the process tered the war, the Naval War College was I am sure that one of the songs she danced clear battle lines, clear objectives, a uni- for storing plasma was invented by a Black preparing for it, specifically, how to wage to many times was “Moonlight Serenade,” fied nation, and — most important — a physician, Charles Drew. war against Japan. During the inter- a song released in 1939 that became the clear and satisfying victory. Despite these handicaps, more than one war period (1919-1941), naval officers signature song of the Glenn Miller Band. There was jubilation across America, million African American men and women war-gamed the many scenarios of such I stand at your gate and the song that I especially in midtown Manhattan in New served during the war. Included in these a war and refined the Navy’s war plan sing is of moonlight/I stand and I wait for York City, where police estimated that 2 were the Tuskegee airmen, the first Black against it — War Plan Orange. When war the touch of your hand in the June night/ million people celebrated. One of those military aviators in the Army Air Corps. came, the Navy was well-prepared for all The roses are sighing a moonlight ser- people was Middletown, R.I., native George Over two years, they flew over 15,000 sor- contingencies. enade ... Mendonsa, a sailor on leave. Amid all the ties in Europe and North Africa, earning After the war concluded, Adm. Chester In 1942, Glenn Miller, 38 years old, celebration and revelry, George suddenly over 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses. Nimitz said that every tactic used by Japan, chose to leave his successful civilian ca- grabbed and kissed a woman unknown to The war had tremendous impacts on our except for the kamikaze attacks, had been reer as bandleader and volunteer for mili- him, dental assistant Greta Zimmer Fried- country on many levels. Economically, the anticipated and planned for. tary service, eventually forming a 50-piece man, an iconic moment captured by pho- Gross National Product shot up from $91 Naval Station Newport, of course, was military band. On Dec. 15, 1944, Miller tographer George Eisenstaedt. billion annually to $166 billion. The war a very busy place during the war. About was flying from England to Paris when In an interview in 2012, George said: put a definitive end to the Great Depres- 150,000 sailors trained there. On Goat and his airplane disappeared over the English “The excitement of the war bein’ over, plus sion of the 1930s. New industries, such as Gould islands, thousands of torpedoes were Channel. I had a few drinks. So when I saw the nurse synthetic rubber, were created, and others, made by the Torpedo Station. At Melville He once said: “America means freedom I grabbed her, and I kissed her.” For her such as electronics, were greatly boosted. in Portsmouth, sailors — including future and there’s no expression of freedom quite part, Greta explained: “I did not see him The federal government became larger President John F. Kennedy — underwent so sincere as music.” approaching, and before I know it I was in and more complex, centralizing more PT boat training. this vice grip.” power and extending its reach into Ameri- In 1943, 15-year-old Nora Sliva, sister Fred Zilian, a retired Army officer, is an adjunct professor of history and politics at Salve Regina In human terms, over 16.1 million men can life, a process begun in World War I. of three brothers serving in the military, University in Newport and a regular Newport Daily and women served in the U.S. armed forc- Internationally, the United States now saw a notice on a school bulletin board at News columnist. PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, August 17, 2020 SCOREBOARD/UFC/SPORTS BRIEFS

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(15) Riley Herbst, Toyota, 52, 38. 33. (29) Earl Bamber, Chevrolet, acci- title at UFC 252 8. (9) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 52, 37. dent, 41, 14. MLS 9. (17) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 52, 34. (13) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, EASTERN CONFERENCE 35. axle, 40, 6. Associated Press W L T Pts GF GA 10. (27) Myatt Snider, Chevrolet, 52, 35. (38) Harold Crooms, Toyota, brakes, Cormier was taken to the hos- Columbus 4 0 1 13 9 1 27. 36, 2. pital after the bout. There was Toronto FC 2 0 3 9 9 7 11. (8) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 52, 26. 36. (4) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 34, 1. LAS VEGAS — Stipe Mio- 12. (19) Josh Bilicki, Toyota, 52, 25. 37. (23) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, ac- no immediate word about his Orlando City 2 1 2 8 7 5 cic defeated Daniel Cormier by Philadelphia 2 1 2 8 7 7 13. (22) Tommy Joe Martins, Chevro- cident, 14, 1. condition. Montreal 2 2 1 7 8 8 let, 52, 24. 38. (5) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, suspen- unanimous decision in a five- New York 2 2 1 7 5 7 14. 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Miocic (20-3) swept the score- ers in UFC history. The amiable WESTERN CONFERENCE 18. Lap Leaders: A.Cindric 0-16; N.Gragson Cormier, who has found his niche W L T Pts GF GA 20. (33) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 52, 17. 17; C.Briscoe 18-31; J.Bilicki 32; C.Briscoe cards 49-46, 49-46 and 48-47 to Sporting KC 4 1 0 12 13 5 21. (21) Stephen Leicht, Toyota, 52, 16. 33-44; B.Currey 45; B.Jones 46-47; stake his claim as perhaps the as a successful broadcaster, had Minnesota United 3 0 2 11 12 6 22. (36) Matt Mills, Chevrolet, 52, 15. A.Cindric 48-52. Portland 3 1 1 10 8 7 greatest heavyweight in UFC vowed to retire after Saturday Los Angeles FC 2 0 3 9 15 10 history. and end a career in which 10 of Seattle 2 1 2 8 7 4 Golf San Jose 2 1 2 8 10 10 “I’m happy to cement my lega- his last 11 fights were fought with Colorado 2 2 1 7 8 9 a championship on the line. Vancouver 2 3 0 6 7 10 Chris Kirk 66-69-68—203 -7 cy,” Miocic said. Real Salt Lake 1 1 3 6 3 3 Wyndham Championship Patrick Rodgers 70-66-67—203 -7 Miocic tagged Cormier with a Cormier said he stood by his FC Dallas 1 1 1 4 4 3 PGA Tour Brian Harman 65-71-67—203 -7 decision to retire. He won the Houston 0 2 3 3 6 11 Saturday Michael Gligic 67-69-67—203 -7 vicious poke to his left eye late in LA Galaxy 0 3 2 2 5 11 At Sedgefield Country Club Vincent Whaley 71-66-66—203 -7 the third round that sent the chal- first fight between the two but Note: Three points for victory, one Greensboro, N.C. Brinson Paolini 71-66-66—203 -7 dropped two straight to Miocic. point for tie. Yardage: 7,131; Par: 70 lenger staggering to his corner. Wednesday, Aug. 12 Purse: $6.4 Million Cormier’s eye was about swollen “I’m not interested in fighting Nashville 1, FC Dallas 0 Third Round ASILSO Scottish Open for anything but titles and I don’t Sunday’s game Si Woo Kim 65-65-62—192 -18 LPGA Tour shut, but he gamely fought on the Nashville at FC Dallas Rob Oppenheim 66-66-62—194 -16 Saturday final two rounds in the main event imagine there’s going to be a Tuesday’s game Doc Redman 67-64-63—194 -16 At Renaissance Club of UFC 252 at the UFC APEX title in the future,” Cormier said. Vancouver at Toronto FC Billy Horschel 66-64-65—195 -15 North Berwick, Scotland Thursday’s games Jim Herman 66-69-61—196 -14 Purse: $1.5 million complex in Las Vegas “That will be it for me. I’ve had New York City FC at New York Mark Hubbard 67-65-64—196 -14 Yardage: 6,313; Par: 71 “I can’t see anything out of a long run, it’s been great, I just Chicago at Columbus Peter Malnati 68-65-64—197 -13 Third Round Friday’s games Webb Simpson 66-66-65—197 -13 Azahara Munoz 68-69-69—206 -7 my left eye,” Cormier said. “It’s fought my last fight for a heavy- D.C. United at Cincinnati Kevin Kisner 69-64-65—198 -12 Stacy Lewis 71-66-70—207 -6 weight championship and it was a Sporting Kansas City at Minnesota Tyler Duncan 68-64-66—198 -12 Jennifer Song 68-70-70—208 -5 black.” FC Dallas at Houston Zach Johnson 70-67-61—198 -12 Lydia Ko 70-72-67—209 -4 pretty good fight.” Philadelphia at New England Harold Varner III 62-69-67—198 -12 Miocic said he apologized to Vancouver at Toronto FC Talor Gooch 65-65-68—198 -12 Cheyenne Knight 72-68-69—209 -4 Cormier for the poke. UFC President Dana White had Saturday’s games Sungjae Im 69-64-66—199 -11 Yu Liu 71-70-69—210 -3 LA Galaxy at Los Angeles FC Russell Henley 68-68-63—199 -11 Amy Olson 68-71-71—210 -3 “I totally poked him in the eye, said Francis Ngannou was next in Nashville at Atlanta Jason Kokrak 69-63-67—199 -11 Danielle Kang 71-71-69—211 -2 my bad,” Miocic said. line for a heavyweight title shot. Orlando City at Miami Harris English 64-67-68—199 -11 Emily Kristine Pedersen 68-74-69—211 -2 Real Salt Lake at Colorado Sam Burns 67-68-65—200 -10 Minjee Lee 68-73-70—211 -2 Sunday, Aug. 23 Dylan Frittelli 69-65-66—200 -10 Seattle at Portland Patrick Reed 65-68-67—200 -10 Bridgestone Senior Roger Sloan 62-70-68—200 -10 Kristoffer Ventura 69-68-63—200 -10 Players Championship Briefl y Denny McCarthy 67-68-66—201 -9 Pro basketball Luke List 68-67-66—201 -9 Champions Tour Bud Cauley 66-68-67—201 -9 Saturday Jason Dufner 69-65-67—201 -9 At Firestone CC WNBA Cameron Davis 71-65-65—201 -9 Akron, Ohio Cindric wins Xfinity race Bo Hoag 66-68-67—201 -9 Purse: $3.0 Million EASTERN CONFERENCE Adam Schenk 67-67-67—201 -9 Yardage: 7,400; Par: 70 W L Pct GB Rafa Cabrera Bello 67-67-67—201 -9 Third Round Chicago 6 4 .600 — Tommy Fleetwood 69-64-68—201 -9 Jerry Kelly 68-70-70—208 -2 on road course at Daytona Connecticut 4 6 .400 2 Kramer Hickok 69-67-65—201 -9 Woody Austin 73-69-67—209 -1 Indiana 4 6 .400 2 Joaquin Niemann 70-66-65—201 -9 Scott Parel 71-71-67—209 -1 Washington 3 7 .300 3 Will Gordon 68-69-64—201 -9 Colin Montgomerie 72-69-68—209 -1 Atlanta 2 8 .200 4 Shane Lowry 68-63-70—201 -9 Miguel Angel Jimenez 68-74-69—211 +1 Associated Press to claim her 21st WTA title. The New York 1 9 .100 5 Chris Baker 71-63-68—202 -8 Ernie Els 71-73-68—212 +2 Kenny Perry 70-74-68—212 +2 second-ranked Romanian broke WESTERN CONFERENCE Paul Casey 67-66-69—202 -8 Brandt Snedeker 70-67-65—202 -8 Scott Dunlap 72-71-69—212 +2 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. W L Pct GB Mertens for a 6-5 lead in the final Andrew Landry 66-65-71—202 -8 Fred Couples 70-75-68—213 +3 — Austin Cindric threw a water Seattle 9 1 .900 — Ryan Armour 73-64-65—202 -8 Mike Weir 72-70-71—213 +3 set before converting her first Las Vegas 8 2 .800 1 Tom Hoge 62-68-72—202 -8 Robert Karlsson 70-71-72—213 +3 bottle at one competitor early and Minnesota 7 3 .700 2 match point to win her second Los Angeles 7 3 .700 2 escaped a wild melee that took out title this year . Phoenix 6 4 .600 3 several others late. Although not Dallas 3 7 .300 6 Deals In other tennis news: Saturday’s games as smooth a run as he’s grown ac-  Jennifer Brady won her first Las Vegas 88, Washington 73 to Aug. 13. customed to lately, he still ended WTA title at the Top Seed Open Los Angeles 90, Indiana 76 Saturday’s Transactions ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Selected the the day in a familiar spot: in vic- Minnesota 94, New York 64 BASEBALL contracts OF Dylan Carlson, 1B John No- in Lexington, Ky., overcoming Sunday’s games Major League Baseball gowski, RHP Seth Elledge and LHP Rob tory lane. a shaky serve and using a five- Dallas at Phoenix, 1 p.m. American League Kamisky from alternate training site. Cindric won the NASCAR Xfin- Seattle at Connecticut, 3 p.m. BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Activated RHP Recalled LHP Ricardo Sanchez from al- game run to seize control for a 6- Chicago at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Jorge Lopez from the IL. Placed OF Austin ternate training site. Placed LHP Austin ity Series race on the road course 3, 6-4 victory over Jil Teichmann Monday’s games Hays on the 10-day IL. Recalled OF Cedric Gomber on the IL. Added Jose Oquendo at Daytona International Speed- No games scheduled. Mullins from alternate training site. and Roberto Espinoza to the coaching in Sunday’s final. Tuesday’s games CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned LHP staff. way on Saturday, his fifth victory It was the the first professional Indiana at Connecticut Bernardo Flores Jr. to Schaumburg train- SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed RHP Kir- in the last six events. Las Vegas at Chicago ing site. by Yates on the 10-day IL. Recalled David tennis event in the United States New York at Seattle DETROIT TIGERS — Placed RHP Ivan Bednar from alternate training site. Cindric looked like the guy to since the onset of the coronavi- Wednesday’s games Nova on the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Placed beat early but had to escape a Atlanta at Washington Anthony Castro from alternate training RHP Stephen Strasburg on the 10-day rus pandemic, and no spectators Dallas at Minnesota site. IL. Recalled RHP Ryne Harper from alter- crazy restart late to stay in con- HOUSTON ASTROS — Activated RHP nate training site. were allowed. Phoenix at Los Angeles Joe Biagini from the IL. Optioned RHP FOOTBALL tention. He passed leader Bran- Brandon Bailey to alternate training site. National Football League don Jones shortly after taking the Placed OF Michael Brantley on the 10- GREEN BAY PACKERS — Claimed WR NCAA medical officer: Tennis day IL retroactive to August 12. Travis Fulgham off waivers from the De- green flag with five laps to go on LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Optioned troit Lions. Signed DL Kenny Clark to a Better tests needed LHP Ryan Buchter to alternate training contract extension. Released CB Marc- the 14-turn, 3.61-mile layout and site. Recalled C Anthony Bemboom from Antoine Dequoy, TE James Loonery and did what he’s done often in the Prague Open alternate training site. WR Darrell Stewart. The NCAA’s chief medical offi- Saturday SEATTLE MARINERS — Recalled LHP MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed RB last months and a half — take the cer says there is a narrow path to At TK Sparta Praha Taylor Guilbeau from alternate training Tony Brooks-James. Waived T Brady Ai- checkered flag. Prague site. Selected the contract of RHP Ljay ello. playing college sports during the Purse: $225,500 Newsome from alternate training site. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released coronavirus pandemic and if test- Surface: Red clay Placed LHP Nestor Cortes on the 10-day WR Quincy Adeboyejo. Women’s Singles IL. Designated RHP Bryan Shaw for as- SOCCER Halep defeats Mertens ing nationwide does not improve, Championship signment. National Women’s Soccer League it cannot be done. Simona Halep (1), Romania, def. Elise National League SKY BLUE FC — Loaned M Nahomi Ka- in Prague Open final Mertens (3), Belgium, 6-2, 7-5. ATLANTA BRAVES — Placed OF Ronald wasumi to INAC Kobe in Japan through Dr. Brian Hainline told CNN Women’s Doubles Acuna Jr. on the 10-day IL retroactive to December 31. PRAGUE — Top-seeded Si- late Saturday that “everything Championship Aug. 12. Recalled RHP Chad Sobotka from HOCKEY Lucie Hradecka and Kristyna Pliskova, alternate training site. National Hockey League mona Halep defeated third- would have to line up perfectly” Czech Republic, def. Raluca-Ioana Olaru LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Recalled C ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed F Lane and Monica Niculescu (4), Romania, 6-2, Keibert Ruiz from alternate training site. Pederson to a one-year, two-way con- seeded Elise Mertens 6-2, 7-5 in for college sports to be played this 6-2. Placed C Will Smith on the IL retroactive tract. the Prague Open final on Sunday fall. Monday, August 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 NHL Scoreboard

Stanley Cup playoffs Lightning 3, Blue Jackets 2 FIRST ROUND Tampa Bay 1 2 0—3 Best-of-seven; x-if necessary Columbus 0 1 1—2 EASTERN CONFERENCE First Period—1, Tampa Bay, Killorn 2 At Toronto (Cirelli, Bogosian), 15:48. (1) Philadelphia 1, (8) Montreal 1 Second Period—2, Columbus, Nash Philadelphia 2, Montreal 1 1 (Nyquist), 1:49. 3, Tampa Bay, Point 4 Montreal 5, Philadelphia 0 (Kucherov, McDonagh), 14:16. 4, Tampa Sunday: Game 3 (AFN-Sports2, 2 a.m. Bay, Hedman 1 (Paquette, Verhaeghe), Monday CET; 9 a.m. Monday JKT) 18:53. Tuesday, Aug. 18: Game 4 Third Period—5, Columbus, Robinson Wednesday, Aug. 19: Game 5 1 (Nash, Wennberg), 1:37. x-Friday, Aug. 21: Game 6 Shots on Goal—Tampa Bay 8-16-10— x-Sunday, Aug. 23: Game 7 34. Columbus 10-4-3—17. (2) Tampa Bay 2, (7) Columbus 1 Power-play opportunities—Tampa Tampa Bay 3, Columbus 2, 5OT Bay 0 of 1; Columbus 0 of 4. Columbus 3, Tampa Bay 1 Goalies—Tampa Bay, Vasilevskiy 4-2-0 Saturday: Tampa Bay 3, Columbus 2 (17 shots-15 saves). Columbus, Korpisalo Monday: Game 4 (AFN-Sports2, 9 p.m. 3-2-1 (34-31). Monday CET; 4 a.m. Tuesday JKT) A—0 (18,819). T—2:26. x-Wednesday, Aug. 19: Game 5 x-Friday, Aug. 21: Game 6 x-Saturday, Aug. 22: Game 7 Coyotes 4, Avalanche 2 (6) N.Y. Islanders 2, (3) Washington 0 Colorado 0 1 1—2 N.Y. Islanders 4, Washington 2 Arizona 1 1 2—4 N.Y. Islanders 5, Washington 2 First Period—1, Arizona, Stepan 1 Sunday: Game 3 (AFN-Atlantic, 6 p.m. (Keller, Hall), 6:29. Sunday CET; 1 a.m. Monday JKT) Second Period—2, Colorado, Bura- Tuesday, Aug. 18: Game 4 kovsky 3 (Girard), 13:12. 3, Arizona, Rich- x-Thursday, Aug. 20: Game 5 ardson 2 (Garland, Demers), 19:26. x-Saturday, Aug. 22: Game 6 Third Period—4, Arizona, Hall 2, 18:40 x-Sunday, Aug. 23: Game 7 (en). 5, Colorado, Rantanen 2 (MacKin- (4) Boston 2, (5) Carolina 1 non, Makar), 19:03. 6, Arizona, Crouse 2 Boston 4, Carolina 3, 2OT (Soderberg, Demers), 19:55 (en). Carolina 3, Boston 2 Shots on Goal—Colorado 20-16-15—51. Saturday: Boston 3, Carolina 2 Arizona 12-5-6—23. Monday: Game 4 (AFN-Sports2, 2 a.m. Power-play opportunities—Colorado Tuesday CET; 9 a.m. Tuesday JKT) 0 of 3; Arizona 0 of 3. CHRIS YOUNG, THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP x-Wednesday, Aug. 19: Game 5 Goalies—Colorado, Francouz 1-1-0 (21 x-Thursday, Aug. 20: Game 6 shots-19 saves). Arizona, Kuemper 4-3-0 x-Sunday, Aug. 23: Game 7 (51-49). The Bruins’ Sean Kuraly, left, scores his team’s second goal on Carolina Hurricanes goaltender WESTERN CONFERENCE A—0 (18,641). T—2:30. At Edmonton, Alberta Petr Mrazek during Saturday’s Eastern Conference Stanley Cup playoff game in Toronto. (1) Vegas 3, (8) Chicago 0 Vegas 4, Chicago 1 Bruins 3, Hurricanes 1 Vegas 4, Chicago 3, OT Boston 0 1 2—3 Saturday: Vegas 2, Chicago 1 Carolina 0 0 1—1 Roundup Sunday: Game 4 Second Period—1, Boston, Coyle 2 x-Tuesday, Aug. 18: Game 5 (Marchand, Krejci), 0:14 (pp). x-Thursday, Aug. 20: Game 6 Third Period—2, Boston, Kuraly 1 x-Saturday, Aug. 22: Game 7 (Coyle, McAvoy), 1:16 (sh). 3, Caro- (2) Colorado 2, (7) Arizona 1 lina, Niederreiter 1, 6:30 (pp). 4, Boston, Colorado 3, Arizona 0 Marchand 2 (Krejci), 19:29 (en). Colorado 3, Arizona 2 Shots on Goal—Boston 7-20-12—39. Saturday: Arizona 4, Colorado 2 Carolina 15-8-7—30. Bruins go up 2-1 on Hurricanes Monday: Game 4 (AFN-Sports2, 11:30 Power-play opportunities—Boston 1 p.m. Monday CET; 6:30 a.m. Tuesday of 5; Carolina 1 of 5. Associated Press JKT) Goalies—Boston, Halak 0-1-0 (30 Lightning 3, Blue Jackets 2: Conference. Wednesday, Aug. 19: Game 5 shots-29 saves). Carolina, Mrazek 2-0-1 At Toronto, Andrei Vasilevskiy With Games 3 and 4 on back- x-Friday, Aug. 21: Game 6 (38-36). TORONTO — Jaroslav Halak x-Sunday, Aug. 23: Game 7 0 (18,819). 2:35. made 16 saves and Tampa Bay to-back nights, Vegas coach Peter A— T— stopped 29 shots after goalie Tu- (6) Calgary 2, (3) Dallas 1 beat Columbus to take a 2-1 series DeBoer opted to start Fleury in- Calgary 3, Dallas 2 ukka Rask opted out of the NHL Dallas 5, Calgary 4 lead. stead of Robin Lehner, who is 4-0 Calgary 2, Dallas 0 playoffs and Charlie Coyle had a Alex Killorn, Brayden Point Sunday: Game 4 (AFN-Sports2, 8 p.m. goal and assist to help the Boston with a 2.39 goals-against average Sunday CET; 3 a.m. Monday JKT) and Victor Hedman scored, and this postseason. Tuesday, Aug. 18: Game 5 Bruins beat the Carolina Hur- x-Thursday, Aug. 20: Game 6 ricanes 3-1 on Saturday for a 2-1 the Lightning held off a late 6-on- Coyotes 4, Avalanche 2: At Ed- x-Saturday, Aug. 22: Game 7 5 push by the Blue Jackets. monton, Darcy Kuemper stopped (5) Vancouver 2, (4) St. Louis 0 series lead. Vancouver 5, St. Louis 2 Riley Nash and Eric Robinson 49 shots and Arizona beat Colo- Vancouver 4, St. Louis 3, OT Rask’s absence was announced Sunday: Game 3 (Joined in progress, Saturday morning and it did not scored for Columbus and Joonas rado to cut the Avalanche’s series AFN-Sports2, 5 a.m. Monday CET; Noon Korpisalo made 31 stops after pil- lead to 2-1. Monday JKT) seem to rattle the defending East- Monday: Game 4 (AFN-Sports2, 4:30 ern Conference champions later ing up 121 saves in the first two The Coyotes took the early lead a.m. Tuesday CET; 11:30 a.m. Tuesday games of the series, including a on Derek Stepan’s first-period JKT) in the day. x-Wednesday, Aug. 19: Game 5 Game 4 is Monday night, five-overtime loss Tuesday night. goal, then spent most of the day x-Friday, Aug. 21: Game 6 Tampa Bay outshot the Blue counterpunching against Colora- x-Sunday, Aug. 23: Game 7 when fifth-seeded Carolina may be without Andrei Svechnikov Jackets 34-17, including 16-4 in do’s relentless pressure. Saturday against fourth-seeded Boston. the second period. Andre Burakovsky tied it in the Golden Knights 2, The 20-year-old Russian forward Game 4 is Monday. second period during one Ava- Blackhawks 1 was injured late in the game when Golden Knights 2, Blackhawks lanche flurry, but Brad Richard- Vegas 1 1 0—2 his right leg buckled after get- 1: Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 26 son Richardson put Arizona up Chicago 0 0 1—1 ting tied up with Bruins defender shots and Vegas held off Chicago 2-1 in the closing seconds. First Period—1, Vegas, Karlsson 2 (Stone), 4:12 (sh). Zdeno Chara in front of the net. to take a 3-0 lead in the series at Kuemper took made a series Second Period—2, Vegas, Brown 1 Sean Kuraly and Brad March- Edmonton, Alberta. of difficult saves in the third pe- (Schmidt, Tuch), 15:23. NATHAN DENETTE, THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP Third Period—3, Chicago, Maatta 3 and added goals for Boston. William Karlsson and Pat- riod and Taylor Hall scored on an (Kane, Caggiula), 6:21. Lightning center Brayden Point, rick Brown scored for the Gold- empty net, seemingly sealing it. Shots on Goal—Vegas 6-12-8—26. Chi- Nino Niederreiter scored for the cago 9-7-11—27. center, celebrates his goal with Hurricanes. en Knights. Vegas is 6-0 in the Mikko Rantanen gave the Ava- Power-play opportunities—Vegas 0 of teammates Barclay Goodrow, postseason, having also won all lanche life, following Hall’s goal 3; Chicago 0 of 4. Boston was without star David Goalies—Vegas, Fleury 2-0-0 (27 left, and Erik Cernak as Blue Pastrnak for a second straight three of its round-robin games by scoring with 1:03 left. Lawson shots-26 saves). Chicago, Crawford 3-3-1 Jackets center Alexander (26-24). game due to an undisclosed in the preliminary round to take Crouse finally put it out of reach A—0 (18,641). T—2:20. Wennberg skates away. ailment. the No. 1 seed in the Western with an empty-net goal. PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, August 17, 2020 MLB SCOREBOARD

National League Diamondbacks 7, Padres 6 Orioles 7, Nationals 3 Phillies 6, Mets 2 Athletics 7, Giants 6 East Division San Diego Arizona Washington Baltimore New York Philadelphia Oakland San Francisco W L Pct GB ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi Miami 9 5 .643 — Pham lf 1 0 0 0 Calhoun rf 5 0 0 1 Turner ss 4 1 3 1 Alberto 2b 4 1 2 2 Nimmo cf 3 0 0 0 McCtchn lf 3 1 0 1 Semien ss 5 1 1 2 Slater dh 3 1 0 0 Atlanta 12 10 .545 1 Olivres lf-rf 4 1 1 0 K.Marte 2b 5 0 2 1 Eaton rf 4 1 1 0 Sntnder rf 3 1 1 0 Conforto rf 4 1 1 0 Hoskins 1b 3 1 1 3 Kemp 2b 4 1 3 0 Solano 2b 4 1 1 0 Philadelphia 7 9 .438 3 Mchado 3b 4 1 1 0 S.Marte cf 4 0 1 0 Soto lf 3 1 1 2 Iglesias ss 5 1 3 1 Davis 3b 3 0 1 0 Harper rf 3 0 1 1 Chpman 3b 5 0 0 0 Ystrz cf-lf 3 1 1 2 New York 9 13 .409 4 Tatis Jr. dh 4 3 2 3 Peralta lf 5 1 3 0 Cabrera 1b 4 0 0 0 Nunez 1b 5 0 1 0 Smith lf 4 1 2 2 Realmuto c 4 0 0 0 Olson 1b 4 1 1 1 Longoria 3b 4 1 1 0 Washington 7 11 .389 4 Hosmer 1b 5 1 2 2 Walker 1b 5 2 2 0 Thames dh 4 0 0 0 Severino c 4 0 1 2 Alonso 1b 4 0 0 0 Segura 2b 4 1 1 1 Barreto pr 0 1 0 0 Flores 1b 3 1 2 0 Central Division Myers rf 2 0 1 0 Escobar 3b 1 2 0 0 Garcia 2b 3 0 0 0 Valaika lf 4 0 1 0 Cano dh 4 0 0 0 Grgorius ss 4 1 3 0 Pinder lf 0 0 0 0 Belt 1b 1 0 0 0 Chicago 13 5 .722 — Garcia 2b 2 0 1 1 C.Kelly c 4 1 3 2 Kieboom 3b 3 0 0 0 Mullins pr-cf 0 0 0 0 Rosario ss 3 0 0 0 Gsselin dh 4 1 1 0 Canha cf-1b 5 1 3 3 Pence rf 4 0 0 0 St. Louis 4 3 .571 3½ Mateo pr 0 0 0 0 Varsho dh 4 0 1 0 Gomes c 3 0 1 0 Ruiz 3b 3 1 1 1 Gllorme 2b 3 0 1 0 Bohm 3b 2 1 0 0 Grsman lf-cf 4 0 0 0 Ruf lf 3 1 1 3 Milwaukee 9 10 .474 4½ Profar 2b-lf 5 0 2 0 Ahmed ss 4 1 2 3 Robles cf 3 0 0 0 Holaday dh 2 1 1 0 Nido c 3 0 1 0 Kingery cf 3 0 0 0 Piscotty rf 3 0 0 0 Crawford ss 1 0 0 0 Cincinnati 9 11 .450 5 Crnnwrth ss 2 0 0 0 Smth ph-dh 2 0 0 0 Totals 31 2 6 2 Totals 30 6 7 6 Machin dh 2 1 1 0 Tromp c 3 0 0 0 Pittsburgh 4 14 .222 9 Mejia c 4 0 0 0 Vlzquz cf-lf 4 2 2 1 New York 000 000 002—2 Davis ph-dh 1 0 0 0 Dckrsn ph 0 0 0 0 West Division Grisham cf 3 0 0 0 Totals 31 3 6 3 Totals 36 7 13 7 Philadelphia 010 050 00x—6 Totals 36 6 10 6 Totals 37 7 14 7 Washington 000 201 000—3 DP—New York 0, Philadelphia 2. LOB— Allen c 2 0 0 0 Dbon ss-cf 4 0 1 0 Los Angeles 15 7 .682 — Murphy ph-c 2 1 1 1 Colorado 12 8 .600 2 San Diego 100 000 023—6 Baltimore 220 101 01x—7 New York 4, Philadelphia 4. 2B—Smith Arizona 000 104 20x—7 E—Turner (4), Gomes (1). DP—Wash- (6), Hoskins (4), Harper (3), Gregorius Totals 37 7 10 7 Totals 33 6 7 5 San Diego 11 11 .500 4 Oakland 002 001 004—7 Arizona 10 11 .476 4½ E—Mejia (1). LOB—San Diego 9, Arizo- ington 1, Baltimore 2. LOB—Washington (2). HR—Smith (6), Segura (3). SB—Harp- na 10. 2B—Myers (6), Machado (4), Tatis 2, Baltimore 9. 2B—Iglesias (9), Severino er (3). S—Harper (1). San Francisco 000 300 300—6 San Francisco 8 14 .364 7 E—Semien (2), Chapman (3). DP—Oak- Jr. (5), Varsho (2), Walker (10), Ahmed (2). (3), Alberto (11). 3B—Velazquez (1). HR— IP H R ER BB SO HR—Tatis Jr. (9), Hosmer (3). SB—Peralta Soto (6), Turner (4), Ruiz (6). SF—Alberto land 2, San Francisco 0. LOB—Oakland New York 8, San Francisco 3. 2B—Canha (4), Kemp American League (1). (1). 1 Matz L,0-4 4 ⁄3 5 6 6 3 5 (1), Longoria (3). 3B—Yastrzemski (3). IP H R ER BB SO IP H R ER BB SO 2 East Division Familia 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 HR—Semien (2), Olson (8), Murphy (2), W L Pct GB San Diego Washington Brach 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 Canha (2), Ruf (1). SB—Dubon (1). New York 14 6 .700 — Quantrill 3 ⁄3 5 1 1 1 5 Corbin L,2-1 5 8 5 5 1 2 Betances 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 IP H R ER BB SO Baltimore 12 8 .600 2 Strahm 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 Guerra ⁄3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 Philadelphia Tampa Bay 12 9 .571 2½ Johnson L,1-1 ⁄3 3 4 4 1 1 Finnegan ⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 Oakland 2 Nola W,2-1 7 3 0 0 2 8 Toronto 7 9 .438 5 Stammen ⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 Bacus 1 1 0 0 0 2 Manaea 5 3 3 2 1 5 Rosso 2 3 2 2 0 2 2 Boston 6 15 .286 8½ Bednar 2 4 2 2 1 2 Suero 1 3 1 1 0 1 T—2:45. Smith 1 ⁄3 3 3 3 0 3 Central Division Arizona Baltimore Trivino 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 Minnesota 13 8 .619 — Al.Young 4 ⁄3 4 1 1 1 5 Wojciechowski W,1-2 5 5 3 3 1 2 McFarland, W, 2-0 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 Cleveland 12 9 .571 1 Ginkel ⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 Scott H,4 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 Brewers 6, Cubs 5 (10) Hendriks, S, 7-8 1 0 0 0 1 0 Detroit 9 9 .500 2½ Crichton W,1-0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Givens H,4 1 1 0 0 0 1 Milwaukee Chicago San Francisco 2 1 2 Chicago 10 11 .476 3 Widener ⁄3 1 2 2 3 1 Sulser S,5-7 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Gausman 5 ⁄3 5 3 3 3 11 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi Bradley S,5-6 1 ⁄3 5 3 3 0 1 Wojciechowski pitched to 1 batter in 1 Kansas City 9 12 .429 4 Narvaez c 5 0 0 0 Bryant 3b 5 0 1 0 Peralta ⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 West Division HBP—Strahm (S.Marte), Crichton the 6th, Givens pitched to 3 batters in the Rogers 1 1 0 0 0 1 (Grisham). T—3:23. 8th. WP—Corbin. T—3:10. Hiura dh 5 0 0 0 Rizzo 1b 5 1 3 2 Oakland 15 6 .714 — Yelich lf 4 2 1 0 Baez ss 5 0 0 0 Watson, H, 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 Texas 10 9 .526 4 Garcia cf 4 2 2 1 Schwrber lf 4 1 1 0 Gott, L, 1-1, BS, 4-5 ⁄3 3 4 4 1 0 1 Houston 10 10 .500 4½ Rangers 6, Rockies 4 Astros 2, Seattle 1 Smoak 1b 5 1 1 2 Almra Jr. cf 0 1 0 0 Selman ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Los Angeles 7 14 .333 8 Braun rf 3 1 2 0 Cntrras c 4 0 0 0 Trivino pitched to 3 batters in the 8th. Seattle 7 15 .318 8½ Texas Colorado Seattle Houston Gamel rf 1 0 0 0 Happ cf-lf 5 0 2 2 WP—Gausman. T—3:38. Saturday’s games ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi Sogard 3b 5 0 1 0 Hyward rf 3 0 1 0 St. Louis 5, Chicago White Sox 1, 7 in- Choo lf 5 0 3 2 Hmpson cf 5 0 1 0 Crawford ss 3 0 0 0 Springer cf 4 0 0 0 Urias 2b 4 0 3 2 Bote ph 1 0 0 0 nings, 1st game Kner-Flfa 3b 5 0 1 0 Story ss 5 0 3 0 Moore lf 4 0 0 0 Reddick rf 3 0 0 0 Arcia ss 5 0 0 1 Caratini dh 2 0 0 0 Yankees 11, Red Sox 5 Minnesota 4, Kansas City 2, 7 innings, Calhoun dh 4 0 1 0 Blckmn rf 4 1 1 0 Lewis cf 4 0 0 0 Brgman 3b 4 0 2 0 Suza ph-dh 2 1 1 1 Boston New York 1st game Hnmn pr-dh 1 1 0 0 Arenado 3b 3 0 0 1 Seager 3b 2 0 1 0 Alvarez dh 4 1 1 0 Kipnis 2b 3 1 1 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Gallo rf 3 1 1 0 Murphy 1b 4 0 1 0 Nola c 3 0 1 0 Gurriel 1b 3 1 2 1 Totals 41 6 10 6 Totals 39 5 10 5 St. Louis 6, Chicago White Sox 3, 7 in- Pillar rf 5 0 1 1 LeMhieu 2b 3 0 0 0 nings, 2nd game Solak cf 3 0 1 0 Kemp dh 3 1 0 0 Velbach dh 2 0 0 0 Correa ss 3 0 0 0 Milwaukee 000 301 000 2—6 Odor 2b 4 0 1 0 Tapia lf 3 1 0 0 Lopes ph-dh 1 0 0 0 Altuve 2b 3 0 1 1 Chicago 210 000 010 1—5 Devers 3b 5 1 2 0 Wade 2b 2 0 1 1 Kansas City 4, Minnesota 2, 7 innings, Martinez dh 4 0 2 2 Voit 1b 5 1 1 0 2nd game Dietrich 1b 4 1 1 3 McMhn 2b 4 1 2 1 Long Jr. 2b 3 0 0 0 Tucker lf 3 0 0 0 E—Kipnis (1). LOB—Milwaukee 10, Chi- Andrus ss 4 1 2 0 Wolters c 4 0 2 2 White 1b 2 1 1 1 Mldnado c 3 0 0 0 cago 9. 2B—Braun 2 (3), Smoak (5), Gar- Bogaerts ss 4 1 1 1 Ford dh 5 0 0 0 Cleveland 3, Detroit 1 Vazquez c 4 0 0 0 Urshela 3b 4 2 1 2 Houston 2, Seattle 1 Trevino c 4 2 2 0 Smith rf 3 0 0 0 cia (4), Happ 2 (6), Rizzo (1). HR—Rizzo Totals 37 6 13 5 Totals 35 4 10 4 Totals 27 1 3 1 Totals 30 2 6 2 (5), Souza Jr. (1). Verdugo lf 4 1 2 1 Estrd ph-3b 1 0 0 0 N.Y. Yankees 11, Boston 5 Chavis 1b 4 0 1 0 Torres ss 4 1 2 0 Baltimore 7, Washington 3 Texas 001 020 030—6 Seattle 000 000 010—1 IP H R ER BB SO Colorado 020 000 011—4 Houston 010 100 00x—2 Bradley Jr. cf 4 0 2 0 Tchman lf 3 3 1 0 Oakland 7, San Francisco 6 E—Odor (2), Trevino (1), Arenado (2). DP—Seattle 0, Houston 2. LOB—Seattle Milwaukee Peraza 2b 3 2 0 0 Sanchez c 3 2 1 2 Texas 6, Colorado 4 Houser 5 5 3 3 3 5 DP—Texas 2, Colorado 2. LOB—Texas 6, 2, Houston 5. 2B—Seager (7), Gurriel (6), 2 Kratz c 0 0 0 0 L.A. Dodgers 6, L.A. Angels 5, 10 in- Suter, H, 1 2 ⁄3 3 0 0 0 5 Colorado 7. 2B—Choo (2), Trevino (1), Bregman (7). HR—White (2), Gurriel (5). 1 Frazier rf 3 1 3 5 nings Knebel, BS, 0-2 ⁄3 1 1 1 1 0 Wolters (2), Story 2 (4), McMahon (3). IP H R ER BB SO Gardner cf 2 1 1 1 Milwaukee 6, Chicago Cubs 5, 10 in- 3B—Story (1), Blackmon (1). HR—Diet- Phelps, W, 2-1 1 1 0 0 0 1 Totals 37 5 11 5 Totals 35 11 11 11 nings rich (1). Seattle Claudio, S, 1-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 Boston 003 000 002—5 Philadelphia 6, N.Y. Mets 2 Margevicius, L, 0-1 6 4 2 2 0 3 IP H R ER BB SO Chicago New York 200 204 30x—11 Atlanta 2, Miami 1 Magill 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 Rea 3 ⁄3 4 3 3 0 0 E—Verdugo (3). LOB—Boston 6, New Arizona 7, San Diego 6 Texas Guilbeau 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 Tepera ⁄3 1 0 0 1 1 York 5. 2B—Devers (5), Frazier (3), Tauch- Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, ppd. Gibson, W, (1-2) 6 ⁄3 7 2 2 1 2 2 Houston Ryan 1 0 0 0 2 1 man (5), Gardner (2), Wade (1). 3B—Pil- Sunday’s games Hernandez, H, 4 1 ⁄3 2 1 1 0 0 Javier, W, 2-1 6 1 0 0 3 5 Sadler 1 1 1 1 1 1 Montero, S, 5-5 1 1 1 0 0 2 lar (1). HR—Bogaerts (4), Verdugo (5), Washington at Baltimore James, H, 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 Winkler 2 1 0 0 0 1 Urshela (4), Sanchez (4), Frazier (2). SB— Tampa Bay at Toronto (2) Colorado Raley, H, 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 Jeffress, L, 1-1 2 3 2 1 0 1 Gardner (2). SF—Gardner (1). Cleveland at Detroit Marquez, L, (2-3) 6 9 3 2 2 3 Pressly, S, 2-4 1 0 0 0 0 2 WP—Sadler. T—3:24. Kansas City at Minnesota Almonte 1 0 0 0 0 1 T—2:30. IP H R ER BB SO Seattle at Houston Estevez 1 4 3 3 0 1 Boston Cardinals 5, White Sox 1 (7) 1 St. Louis at Chicago White Sox Harvey 1 0 0 0 0 1 Eovaldi, L, 1-2 5 ⁄3 9 8 8 2 3 Indians 3, Tigers 1 2 Texas at Colorado WP—Estevez. T—3:22. First game Hembree ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Oakland at San Francisco Cleveland Detroit St. Louis Chicago Barnes 1 1 3 2 1 2 L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels Twins 4, Royals 2 (7) ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi Valdez 1 0 0 0 0 2 Boston at N.Y. Yankees Hernndz 2b 4 0 1 0 Gdrum ss 3 0 0 0 Wong 2b 3 1 0 0 Andrson ss 3 0 0 0 New York N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia First game Ramirez 3b 3 1 2 2 W.Cstro 3b 3 1 0 0 Edman ss 4 1 1 0 Mncada 3b 3 0 0 1 Paxton, W, 1-1 5 6 3 3 1 2 Atlanta at Miami Kansas City Minnesota Lindor ss 5 0 0 0 Cabrera dh 4 0 0 0 Gldchmdt 1b 4 0 1 0 Grandal c 2 0 0 0 Loaisiga, H, 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, ppd. ab r h bi ab r h bi C.Sntana 1b 4 0 1 1 Schoop 2b 3 0 1 0 O’Neill dh 3 1 1 0 Abreu 1b 2 0 0 0 Avilan 1 1 0 0 0 0 Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs Merrifield cf 3 0 0 0 Kepler rf 3 0 0 0 F.Ryes dh 3 0 0 0 Cndlario 1b 4 0 0 0 Crpenter 3b 3 1 0 1 Encrncn dh 3 0 0 0 Cessa 2 3 2 2 0 2 San Diego at Arizona Soler dh 3 0 0 0 Polanco ss 3 1 2 0 Naquin rf 4 0 0 0 Stewart lf 3 0 1 0 Carlson lf 3 0 0 0 Jimenez lf 3 0 0 0 HBP—Barnes (Sanchez). WP—Eovaldi, Monday’s games Perez c 3 0 1 0 Cruz dh 3 2 2 2 D.Santana lf 3 0 1 0 Jones ph 1 0 1 1 Fowler rf 3 1 2 2 Robert cf 2 0 1 0 Barnes. T—3:05. Boston (Perez 2-2) at N.Y. Yankees Dozier rf 3 0 1 0 Rosario lf 3 0 1 1 Zimmer lf 0 0 0 0 Maybin rf 4 0 0 0 Knizner c 3 0 2 1 Mazara rf 3 0 0 0 (TBD) McBrm 1b 3 1 1 0 Gnzlz 3b-1b 3 0 0 0 Leon c 3 1 1 0 Romine c 3 0 1 0 Bader cf 2 0 1 0 Mendick 2b 2 1 2 0 Toronto (TBD) at Baltimore (TBD) Franco 3b 3 1 2 2 Sano 1b 2 1 1 0 Mercado cf 3 1 0 0 V.Reyes cf 3 0 0 0 Totals 28 5 8 4 Totals 23 1 3 1 Leaders Totals 32 3 6 3 Totals 31 1 4 1 Detroit (TBD) at Chicago White Sox Gordon lf 3 0 0 0 Adrinza 3b 0 0 0 0 St. Louis 400 100 0—5 NATIONAL LEAGUE (Gonzalez 0-1) Mondesi ss 2 0 0 0 Arraez 2b 3 0 2 0 Cleveland 002 010 000—3 Chicago 001 000 0—1 Lopez 2b 2 0 0 0 Buxton cf 2 0 0 1 Detroit 000 000 001—1 BATTING—Blackmon, Colorado, .438; Kansas City (Bubic 0-2) at Minnesota E—Carpenter (1), Abreu (2). DP—St. Solano, San Francisco, .433; Winker, (TBD) Avila c 3 0 0 0 E—Ramirez (1), Leon (2), Garcia (1). Louis 2, Chicago 0. LOB—St. Louis 6, Chi- Totals 25 2 5 2 Totals 25 4 8 4 DP—Cleveland 1, Detroit 1. LOB—Cleve- cago 4. 2B—Knizner (1), Mendick (2), Cincinnati, .365; S.Marte, Arizona, .356; San Diego (Davies 2-2) at Texas (Minor B.Harper, Philadelphia, .346; D.Peralta, 0-3) Kansas City 000 020 0—2 land 10, Detroit 6. 2B—Ramirez (5), Leon Robert (6). Minnesota 002 110 x—4 (1), C.Santana (2), Schoop (2), Jones (6). Arizona, .338; Goldschmidt, St. Louis, Colorado (Freeland 2-0) at Houston SB—Ramirez 2 (3), Goodrum (2). IP H R ER BB SO .333; D.Murphy, Colorado, .333; Conforto, (Bielak 2-0) E—Merrifield (3). DP—Kansas City 0, Minnesota 1. LOB—Kansas City 2, Minne- IP H R ER BB SO St. Louis New York, .329; K.Marte, Arizona, .329. Oakland (TBD) at Arizona (Gallen 0-0) Wainwright, W, 2-0 5 2 1 1 3 3 RUNS—Yastrzemski, San Francisco, San Francisco (TBD) at L.A. Angels sota 5. 2B—McBroom (3), Cruz (4), Rosa- rio (3). HR—Franco (5), Cruz (6). Cleveland Gallegos 1 0 0 0 0 3 20; Blackmon, Colorado, 19; Story, Colo- (TBD) Bieber W,4-0 7 3 0 0 1 11 Gant 1 1 0 0 0 2 IP H R ER BB SO rado, 19; Tatis Jr., San Diego, 19; Bellinger, Seattle (Dunn 1-1) at L.A. Dodgers Wittgren H,3 1 0 0 0 0 1 Los Angeles, 16. Hand S,5-5 1 1 1 0 1 0 Chicago (TBD) Kansas City Giolito, L, 1-2 5 6 5 4 2 5 RBI—Tatis Jr., San Diego, 21; Realmu- St. Louis (TBD) at Chicago Cubs (TBD) Kennedy 2 1 0 0 1 3 Detroit Detwiler 1 1 0 0 0 0 to, Philadelphia, 20; Blackmon, Colorado, 2 2 N.Y. Mets (Gsellman 0-0) at Miami Speier L,0-1 ⁄3 1 1 1 0 1 Turnbull L,2-1 4 ⁄3 6 3 3 4 3 Ruiz 1 1 0 0 0 1 20; Castellanos, Cincinnati, 19; Betts, Los 2 1 (TBD) Zuber ⁄3 3 2 2 0 2 Schreiber 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 2 HBP—Giolito 2 (O’Neill,Carpenter). Angeles, 18. Washington (TBD) at Atlanta (TBD) Holland 1 ⁄3 2 1 1 0 1 Cisnero 1 0 0 0 2 1 T—2:19. HOME RUNS—Tatis Jr., San Diego, 9; Chicago Cubs (TBD) at St. Louis (TBD) Barlow 1 1 0 0 0 1 Garcia 1 0 0 0 2 1 Realmuto, Philadelphia, 8; Castellanos, Minnesota Garcia 1 0 0 0 0 0 Cardinals 6, White Sox 3 (7) Cincinnati, 8; Betts, Los Angeles, 8. Saturday Odorizzi 4 3 2 2 0 6 WP—Bieber(2). T—3:12. PITCHING—S.Gray, Cincinnati, 4-1; Duffey W,1-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Second game Fried, Atlanta, 3-0; Senzatela, Colorado, Dodgers 6,Angels 5 (10) Romo H,5 1 0 0 0 0 2 St. Louis Chicago 3-0; Hendricks, Chicago, 3-1; M.Kelly, Ari- Rogers S,5-6 1 2 0 0 0 1 Braves 2, Miami 1 Los Angeles Los Angeles ab r h bi ab r h bi zona, 3-1; Darvish, Chicago, 3-1; Stripling, Odorizzi pitched to 2 batters in the Atlanta Miami Los Angeles, 3-1; Peterson, New York, 3- ab r h bi ab r h bi 5th. T—2:30. Edman ss 2 1 0 0 Anderson ss 3 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Carpnter dh 4 1 1 1 Moncada 3b 2 0 0 0 1; 9 tied at 2-0. Betts rf 5 1 2 3 Fltcher ss 5 1 2 0 Swanson ss 3 0 1 0 Villar ss 4 0 1 0 Gdschdt 1b 4 2 2 2 Grandal dh 2 1 0 0 ERA—Lester, Chicago, 1.06; Fried, At- Seager ss 5 0 0 0 La Stella 1b 5 2 2 1 Royals 4, Twins 2 (7) d’Arnaud c 4 0 0 0 Aguilar 1b 4 0 1 0 O’Neill lf 4 1 2 2 Abreu 1b 3 0 0 0 lanta, 1.24; Lamet, San Diego, 1.59; Wain- Turner dh 4 0 1 0 Trout cf 4 1 1 3 Freeman 1b 4 0 1 0 Cervelli c 4 0 0 0 B.Miller 3b 3 0 1 1 Jimenez lf 3 1 2 2 wright, St. Louis, 1.64; M.Kelly, Arizona, Pollock cf 5 0 2 0 Rendon 3b 4 0 1 1 Second game Ozuna dh 3 1 1 1 Andrson dh 3 0 0 0 Carlson rf 3 0 1 0 McCann c 3 0 0 0 1.71; Darvish, Chicago, 1.88; S.Gray, Cin- Bellinger 1b 4 2 2 0 Ohtani dh 4 0 0 0 Kansas City Minnesota Duvall rf-lf 4 1 1 1 Frsythe 2b 4 0 0 0 Wieters c 3 0 0 0 Robert cf 3 1 1 1 cinnati, 2.05; Nola, Philadelphia, 2.05. Taylor lf-2b 4 2 1 0 Ward lf 4 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Camargo 3b 3 0 1 0 Brnson lf-rf 3 0 2 0 Schrock 2b 3 0 2 0 Mazara rf 2 0 0 0 AMERICAN LEAGUE Muncy 3b 3 1 1 3 Goodwin rf 4 0 0 0 Mrrifld cf-rf 4 1 3 4 Garver c 3 1 0 0 Riley lf 2 0 0 0 Diaz ph 1 0 1 0 Wong 2b 0 0 0 0 Encrncn ph 1 0 0 0 BATTING—LeMahieu, New York, .411; Hrnndez 2b 3 0 1 0 Stassi c 4 0 1 0 Soler rf 3 0 0 0 Polanco ss 2 0 1 0 Mrkkis ph-rf 2 0 1 0 Sierra pr 0 0 0 0 Bader cf 3 1 0 0 Mendick 2b 2 0 0 0 Bichette, Toronto, .361; Alberto, Balti- Pdrson ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Rengifo 2b 4 1 1 0 Starling cf 1 0 0 0 Cruz dh 3 1 1 1 Hchvrria 2b 4 0 1 0 Berti rf 1 0 0 0 Totals 29 6 9 6 Totals 24 3 3 3 more, .345; Cruz, Minnesota, .342; Lowe, A.Barnes c 5 0 1 0 Perez dh 4 0 0 0 Gnzalez 2b 2 0 0 1 Inciarte cf 3 0 0 0 Joyce ph-lf 2 0 0 0 St. Louis 000 140 1—6 Tampa Bay, .324; Lewis, Seattle, .316; Totals 39 6 11 6 Totals 38 5 8 5 Dozier lf 3 0 0 0 Sano 1b 3 0 0 0 Chicago 001 200 0—3 J.Jones, Detroit, .314; S.Perez, Kansas Los Angeles (N) 022 000 100 1—6 Alvarez 3b 3 0 0 0 O’Hearn 1b 1 0 0 0 Kepler rf 2 0 0 0 Harrison cf 2 1 1 1 E—Moncada (1). DP—St. Louis 0, Chi- City, .314; Pillar, Boston, .313; Solak, Tex- Los Angeles (A) 201 020 000 0—5 Franco 3b 3 0 0 0 Buxton cf 3 0 0 0 cago 1. LOB—St. Louis 6, Chicago 2. 2B— E—Hernandez (2). DP—Los Angeles Totals 32 2 7 2 Totals 31 1 6 1 as, .313. Lopez 2b 2 1 2 0 Cave lf 3 0 0 0 Atlanta 000 000 101—2 Carlson (1), O’Neill (1). HR—Goldschmidt RUNS—Alberto, Baltimore, 17; Lowe, (N) 1, Los Angeles (A) 1. LOB—Los Ange- Mondesi ss 3 1 1 0 Adrnza 3b 1 0 0 0 (2), O’Neill (3), Robert (3), Jimenez (6). les (N) 10, Los Angeles (A) 5. 2B—Taylor Miami 000 000 010—1 Tampa Bay, 17; Merrifield, Kansas City, Gallagher c 2 1 2 0 Rosario ph 1 0 0 0 E—Fried (1). DP—Atlanta 1, Miami 2. SF—B.Miller (1). 17; Cruz, Minnesota, 16; Judge, New York, (3), La Stella (6), Rendon (2). HR—Betts Totals 26 4 8 4 Totals 23 2 2 2 IP H R ER BB SO (8), Trout (9). SB—Bellinger (2), Trout (1), LOB—Atlanta 6, Miami 6. 2B—Freeman 16; Nunez, Baltimore, 16. Kansas City 010 300 0—4 (6), Hechavarria (1), Brinson (1), Villar RBI—Cruz, Minnesota, 21; Judge, New Pollock (2), Taylor (2). SF—Muncy (1). Minnesota 100 100 0—2 St. Louis (3). HR—Ozuna (5), Duvall (3), Harrison Woodford 3 1 1 1 0 3 York, 20; Santander, Baltimore, 20; Trout, IP H R ER BB SO E—O’Hearn (2). LOB—Kansas City 6, Minnesota 4. 2B—Merrifield (5). HR— (1). SB—Villar (6). Cabrera, W, 1-0 1 1 2 2 1 2 Los Angeles, 19; Lowe, Tampa Bay, 19. Los Angeles (N) Reyes, H, 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 HOME RUNS—Judge, New York, 9; 2 Merrifield (5), Cruz (6). SB—Mondesi (5). IP H R ER BB SO Buehler 4 ⁄3 6 5 4 1 5 Webb, H, 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Trout, Los Angeles, 9; Olson, Oakland, 8; 1 SF—Gonzalez (2). Ferguson 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Atlanta A.Miller, S, 1-1 1 1 0 0 0 2 T.Hernandez, Toronto, 7. 1 1 Graterol 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO Fried 6 ⁄3 4 0 0 3 7 2 Chicago PITCHING— Bieber, Cleveland, 4-0; 2 Greene, H, 3 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 McGee, W, 2-0 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Kansas City Foster 2 0 0 0 0 2 G.Cole, New York, 4-0; Lynn, Texas, 3-0; Jansen, S, 6-6 1 0 0 0 0 2 Duffy W,1-2 5 2 2 1 1 8 W.Smith, W, 1-0 1 1 1 1 0 1 Heuer 1 0 0 0 1 1 Maeda, Minnesota, 3-0; J.Hernandez, Los Angeles (A) Staumont H,4 1 0 0 0 0 2 Melancon, S, 4-4 1 1 0 0 0 1 Burdi, BS, 0-1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Texas, 3-0; Bundy, Los Angeles, 3-1; Dob- 2 2 Heaney 5 ⁄3 5 4 4 4 6 Rosenthal S,5-5 1 0 0 0 1 3 Miami Cordero, H, 4 ⁄3 1 2 2 0 0 nak, Minnesota, 3-1; Cease, Chicago, 3-1; 1 Mayers, H, 2 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Minnesota Castano 6 4 1 1 2 2 Marsahll, L, 0-1, 0 4 2 2 0 0 10 tied at 2-0. 1 Pena, BS, 0-1 1 3 1 1 0 1 Berrios L,1-3 4 5 4 4 4 7 Hoyt 1 0 0 0 1 1 Fry 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 2 ERA—Dobnak, Minnesota, 0.90; Lynn, 2 Robles ⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 Alcala 2 3 0 0 1 0 Boxberger 1 1 0 0 0 1 Cishek 1 2 1 1 0 0 Texas, 1.11; Plesac, Cleveland, 1.29; 1 Buttrey 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 1 1 Littell 1 0 0 0 0 2 Kintzler, L, 1-1 1 2 1 1 0 2 Marshall pitched to 4 batters in Bieber, Cleveland, 1.30; Bundy, Los Ange- Middleton, L, 0-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 HBP—Staumont (Polanco). WP—Duffy. Castano pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. the 5th. HBP—Cordero (Edman). WP— les, 1.57; Montas, Oakland, 1.57; F.Valdez, WP—Buehler. T—3:17. T—2:42. T—2:59. A.Miller, Cordero. T—2:30. Houston, 1.90; Bassitt, Oakland, 2.42. Monday, August 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 MLB Braves end skid behind Duvall’s HR in 9th

BY STEVEN WINE when Duvall lunged at an outside Associated Press pitch from Brandon Kintzler (1-1) and pulled it down the line. MIAMI — Max Fried hit the Marcell Ozuna produced the corners, and Adam Duvall hit the game’s first run when he led off foul pole. the seventh with his fifth homer The combination helped the off Daniel Castano, making only Atlanta Braves break a four- his second major league start. game losing streak by beating Fried, who allowed four hits the first-place Miami Marlins 2-1 and struck out seven, again Saturday. pitched like an ace for the injury- 1 Fried pitched 6 /3 shutout in- plagued Braves. nings, lowering his ERA to 1.24. “He’s like all good pitchers Duvall broke a tie by golfing his — they have a plan for every ball 100th career homer, which car- they throw,” manager Brian Snit- omed off the left-field pole with ker said. “I feel so good with him one out in the ninth. on the mound. It’s fun to watch. “With the skid we had going, He has a chance to be really good it was good to scrape that out,” for a long time.” Duvall said. “I’d like to start hit- The left-hander allowed at ting them a little bit straighter. least one runner in each of the That was like a 9-iron draw. I just first three innings, but then had a caught enough there.” stretch where he struck out six of Fried was in line for his fourth seven batters. victory until Monte Harrison hit “I just wanted to go out there his first major league homer lead- and keep it simple, eat as many ing off the eighth against Will innings as I could and hopefully Smith for a 1-all tie. start a nice little winning streak,” “It’s a great moment, but we Fried said. didn’t win the game,” Harrison The Braves’ other starters are LYNNE SLADKY/AP said, “so it doesn’t really mean 0-8, but thanks to Fried, Atlanta much to me right now.” trails Miami by only one game in Atlanta Braves’ Adam Duvall reacts after scoring on his ninth-inning solo home run during the Braves’ The Braves regained the lead the NL East. 2-1 win Saturday at Miami. Roundup Beliebers: Indians top Tigers for 19th straight time

Associated Press seventh before the bullpen squan- which ensured its third straight dered it again. series win. DETROIT — Shane Bieber Twins 4-2, Royals 1-4: Whit Brewers 6, Cubs 5 (10): Avi- struck out 11 in seven scoreless Merrifield had three hits, includ- sail Garcia doubled home the innings, and the Cleveland Indi- ing a three-run homer, to back go-ahead run in the 10th inning ans beat the Detroit Tiger 3-1 on Danny Duffy’s strong start as and visiting Milwaukee handed Saturday. Kansas City took the second game Chicago its first two-game los- It was the Indians’ 19th straight win over the Tigers, the longest of a doubleheader and earned a ing streak this season. Garcia streak against one opponent split with host Minnesota. doubled to deep right off Jeremy since the Baltimore Orioles beat Duffy (1-2) allowed two runs — Jeffress (1-1) to score automatic the Kansas City Royals 23 times one earned — on two hits in five runner Christian Yelich from in a row in 1969. innings. He struck out eight for second base to start the 10th. Luis Bieber (4-0) allowed three hits the Royals, who have won six of Urias reached on an infield single and a walk and lowered his ERA their past eight games, including for an additional run. to 1.30 in five starts this season. a home sweep of the Twins last Cardinals 5-6, White Sox 1- He fanned the side in the third week. Trevor Rosenthal issued 3: Paul Goldschmidt and Tyler and fourth and added two more in a leadoff walk in the seventh but O’Neill homered, and visiting St. the fifth. struck out the next three batters Louis completed a doubleheader PAUL SANCYA/AP Nick Wittgren pitched a perfect for his fifth save. sweep in the Cardinals’ long- eighth. JaCoby Jones made it 3- Cleveland Indians pitcher Shane Bieber had 11 strikeouts and Nelson Cruz homered in both awaited return from a coronavi- 1 with a pinch-hit double in the allowed three hits over seven scoreless innings in a 3-1 defeat of games of the doubleheader and rus outbreak. ninth before Brad Hand finished the Detroit Tigers on Saturday in Detroit. He improved to 4-0. now has 407 career home runs, Playing for the first time since for his fifth save. tying Duke Snider for 56th on the July 29, St. Louis used solid per- Spencer Turnbull (2-1) gave up Gurriel homered and host Hous- streak that includes four victories all-time list. Cruz had a pair of formances by Dexter Fowler and three runs on six hits and four ton edged Seattle for its third against the Nationals. hits in the first game. Adam Wainwright to post a victo- 2 walks in 4 /3 innings. straight win. Corbin (2-1) was roughed up by Diamondbacks 7, Padres 6: ry in Game 1. Then it battered the Dodgers 6, Angels 5 (10): Javier (2-1) struck out five and the Orioles, who built a 4-0 lead Speedy San Diego pinch run- White Sox’s bullpen in the second Chris Taylor scored on Max walked three. He retired 10 of the in the second inning and held on. ner Jorge Mateo was thrown out seven-inning game. Muncy’s sacrifice fly in the 10th first 12 batters before Kyle Sea- He allowed five runs and eight at the plate trying to score from The reigning NL Central inning, and the Dodgers rallied ger walked and a single by Austin hits with just two strikeouts in first base on a single to end the champions improved to 4-3 with to beat the host Angels for their Nola accounted for the Mariners’ five innings. game and Arizona held off the the sweep. Every other team in season-high fourth consecutive only hit off the rookie in the fifth. Juan Soto and Trea Turner host Padres. the majors had played at least 13 victory. Gurriel extended the Astros’ homered for Washington, which San Diego nearly completed a games coming into the day. Mookie Betts hit a tying homer lead to 2-0 in the fourth with a closed to 5-3 in the sixth but late rally after trailing 7-1. The Phillies 6, Mets 2: Rhys in the seventh and drove in three solo home run. Jose Altuve gave couldn’t complete the comeback. Padres scored twice in the eighth, Hoskins hit a three-RBI double, runs for the NL West-leading the team a 1-0 lead in the second Athletics 7, Giants 6: Mark then scored three times in the Jean Segura hit a solo homer and Dodgers, who also got three RBIs on an RBI groundout, scoring Canha hit a go-ahead, three-run ninth. Aaron Nola tossed seven score- from Muncy while improving to Yordan Alvarez. homer with two outs in the ninth Rangers 6, Rockies 4: Kyle less innings to lead host Philadel- 9-2 on the road this season. Orioles 7, Nationals 3: Balti- inning and Oakland rallied late Gibson pitched into the seventh phia past New York for the second Mike Trout homered and drove more struck early against lefty for the second straight game, slug- inning for his first win with Texas straight game. in three runs for the Angels, who Patrick Corbin and got a home ging to a win at San Francisco. and newly signed Derek Dietrich Hoskins broke the game open have lost three straight and six of run from Rio Ruiz in a victory Marcus Semien hit a two-run hit a two-out, three-run home run in the fifth with a shot to right- eight after dropping the first two over visiting Washington. homer and Matt Olson also con- in the eighth as the visiting Rang- center off Steven Matz (0-4) that in the Freeway Series. Light-hitting Andrew Velazquez nected for the A’s, who won for ers won their fourth straight. cleared the bases and gave the Astros 2, Mariners 1: Rookie had two hits, scored twice and the 12th time in 14 games. Shinn-Soo Choo had three hits Phillies a 5-0 lead. Nola (2-1) Cristian Javier allowed one hit drove in a run for Baltimore, Darin Ruf put the Giants ahead and two RBIs and Jose Trevino tossed three-hit ball and struck over six shutout innings, Yuli which has won seven of eight — a 6-3 with a three-run shot in the also had three hits for Texas, out eight over his seven innings. PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, August 17, 2020 NBA PLAYOFFS Eastern Conference matchups No. 1 Bucks (56-17) vs. No. 3 Celtics (48-24) vs. No. 8 Magic (33-40) No. 6 76ers (43-30) Season series: Bucks, 4-0 Season series: 76ers, 3-1. Story line: Here they go again — reigning MVP Story line: Pay no attention to that season Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks have the series result. It came with Ben Simmons and Joel best record in the NBA for the second consecu- Embiid playing. Simmons is out with a knee injury tive season and enter the first round against an and Embiid hasn’t looked right for much of his opponent that they dominated in four meetings. time at Disney, so these are not the same 76ers Out of the 192 minutes of basketball between the that the Celtics saw in the regular season. But it is clubs this season, the Magic led for 11 of them. a rivalry matchup . The Magic know they have nothing to lose. Key matchup: Jayson Tatum vs. Tobias Har- Key matchup: Antetokounmpo vs. Nikola ris. Tatum is becoming an absolute star in this Vucevic. The MVP won’t be guarded 1-on-1 by league, standing out on a Boston roster that al- Vucevic often, if at all, but Orlando’s best rim pro- ready has plenty of talent. But Harris is strong, tector is going to have to do quite a job against the smart on the defensive end is going to have to NBA’s leader in points in the paint if the Magic are take on more of a leadership role with Simmons going to make this interesting. out and Embiid clearly laboring. Prediction: Bucks in 5. Prediction: Celtics in 5. No. 2 Raptors (53-19) vs. No. 4 Pacers (45-28) vs. No. 7 Nets (35-37) No. 5 Heat (44-29) Season series: Raptors, 3-1. Season series: Heat, 3-1 Story line: The defending NBA champion Story line: These teams met in three con-

ASHLEY LANDIS/AP Raptors lost Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard, lost secutive postseasons during Miami’s Big 3 era, starter Danny Green, and put together the best with the Heat winning them all in 2012, 2013 and Dallas forward Luka Doncic, left, who led the league in triple-doubles with 17, will regular-season record in franchise history any- 2014 to thwart an Indiana squad that was one make his NBA postseason debut when the Mavericks face off with the No. 2 Clippers. way. The Nets are missing Kevin Durant, (who got of the best in the league at that time and never hurt against the Raptors in last year’s finals with broke through. Not having Domantas Sabonis will Golden State), Kyrie Irving and plenty of others, yet be a tough break for Indiana at both ends, and have played extremely hard for Jacque Vaughn. In Miami has as good a corps of 3-point shooters as the last eight regular-season meetings between anyone in the league. And without Sabonis, the Playoff indoctrination these two teams (dating back to last season), the chore of guarding All-Star Heat center Bam Ade- Toronto Raptors are 6-2 with six of those games bayo falls almost solely to Myles Turner now. being decided by 10 points or less . Key matchup: Jimmy Butler vs. TJ Warren. Key matchup: Kyle Lowry vs. Caris LeVert. It’s not solely because of their little war of words Mavs’ Doncic to get his first taste of NBA’s postseason Lowry is as good a defensive player as there is back in January, either. Butler’s first postseason in the NBA and will be one of the Raptors tasked series with the Heat is a chance for him to put his BY TIM REYNOLDS respect for Doncic. with not letting LeVert get on a big scoring roll. The stamp on things. Warren has a big opportunity at Associated Press “Luka is going to be a handful,” Clippers Nets will be playing a loose brand of basketball, Disney — more shots, mainly — and largely has guard Lou Williams said. “Dallas plays ex- knowing that almost nobody would expect them taken advantage of it at this point. LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Luka tremely hard. We just saw these guys last to win the series. Prediction: Heat in 6. Doncic would like to clear up a bit of a mis- week. Well-coached team. When they’re on Prediction: Raptors in 5. — Associated Press conception: He has playoff experience. the court, they’re all going to play hard. ... Then again, he also knows what awaits It will be highly entertaining, a lot of tal- now is different. ented guys on the floor.” Western Conference matchups For the first time since 1990, the Dallas The Clippers have some of the best Mavericks are going to the playoffs without defensive players in the NBA: Leonard, No. 1 Lakers (52-19) vs. No. 3 Nuggets (46-27) vs. Dirk Nowitzki on the roster. The German Paul George and Patrick Beverley among great retired after last season, officially them. No. 8 Blazers (36-39) No. 6 Jazz (44-28) passing the torch as leader of the Mavs to Doncic’s offensive gifts — and there Season series: Lakers, 2-1. Season series: Nuggets, 3-0. Doncic — the Slovene who nearly averaged are many — are obviously a major factor Story line: With LeBron James leading the Story line: The Northwest Division rivals a 30-point triple-double in just his second why Dallas scores with such ease. Carlisle league in assists in his second season in Los An- seem evenly matched, as seen when they played NBA season. played with Larry Bird. He coached Jason geles and Anthony Davis the beneficiary of many a double-overtime thriller during the seeding So, no, he hasn’t seen what the NBA Kidd. He knows elite passing and orches- of them in his first, the Lakers rolled to the best games that the Nuggets won 134-132. Denver’s playoffs are like. There’s also no reason to trating when he sees it, and he’s not afraid record in the West and their first playoff appear- three victories were by a total of 11 points, includ- think Doncic isn’t ready for this stage. to put Doncic in their class. ance since 2013. They finally learned their oppo- ing a dramatic double OT victory in Jamal Murray’s “Yes, it is the playoffs, but I have been “He knows where everybody is, not only “bubble” debut and the famous “We all we got” nent Saturday when Portland beat Memphis to in the playoffs before, just in Europe,” said on offense, but defense,” Carlisle said. game when Denver won in Salt Lake City despite the 21-year-old Doncic, who was still a “That’s the sign of, you know, a savant-type win the NBA’s first play-in spot. suiting up just seven players. teenager when he led Real Madrid to the guy. ... Larry Bird, he could see everything Key matchup: James or Davis vs. Carmelo Key matchup: Nikola Jokic vs. Rudy Gobert. EuroLeague title and was basically con- like that. Jason Kidd, he could see every- Anthony. Anthony hit some clutch shots during the Jokic is perhaps the best all-around center in the sidered the best player in that league two thing like that. Luka’s in that same mold. restart and has a chance to win a playoff series NBA and Gobert, the two-time Defensive Player years ago. “It is not the same level, but it is He’s just got a different body type, got a for the first time since 2013. of the Year, remains a stopper in the middle. But the same emotions. I am excited for sure.” different kind of game, but when he draws But he’ll have to show he can defend a likely with Jokic able to handle the ball so well and shoot Doncic finished the season averaging the attention, you know somebody’s going first team All-NBA selection to stay on the floor, a from so far, he is a tough cover for traditional big 28.8 points, 9.4 rebounds and 8.8 assists. to get a wide-open shot.” lot to ask at 36. men, used to playing in the paint. The only other players who posted those Case in point: The Pass. Prediction: Lakers in 6. Prediction: Nuggets in 7. numbers for a full season are Oscar Rob- That’s all that needs to be said in the ertson, who did it four times, and Russell NBA’s restart bubble, just “the pass,” and No. 2 Clippers (49-23) vs. No. 4 Rockets (44-28) vs. Westbrook. it’s pretty clear which one is being refer- He led the NBA with 17 triple-doubles. enced. Doncic turned in one of the quint- No. 7 Mavs (43-32) No. 5 Thunder (44-28) He was an All-Star for the first of what essential moments of the seeding games Season series: Clippers, 3-0. Season series: Thunder, 2-1. will likely be many times. He was one of when he offered a perfect bounce pass to Story line: Kawhi Leonard carried Toronto to Story line: The trade of Russell Westbrook to two players — reigning MVP Giannis An- Maxi Kleber for a dunk in overtime of a its first NBA title last year and will look to bring Los Houston last summer for Chris Paul and multiple tetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks was close game against the Milwaukee Bucks. Angeles its first now, backed by fellow superstar first-round picks was thought to signal a rebuild in the only other — to have season-highs of at Doncic fired the bounce pass between his Paul George and perhaps the league’s deepest Oklahoma City. Instead, Paul had a terrific season least 20 rebounds and 15 assists. legs, and if that wasn’t enough, he threaded roster. in leading the Thunder to the same record as the “He’s a phenomenal player and he’s get- it between two of the Bucks’ best defenders Rockets, who don’t know when Westbrook will be The Clippers will be tested defensively by Luka ting better,” Dallas coach Rick Carlisle — Eric Bledsoe and defensive player of the available because of a right quadriceps injury. Doncic, Kristaps Porzingis and a dangerous Dal- said. “Like, by the hour. By the day.” year candidate Giannis Antetokounmpo. Key matchup: Westbrook vs. Paul. It’s was Doncic’s first playoff series won’t be any “That’s just who he is,” Mavs forward las offense. Paul’s injury in the 2018 Western Conference cakewalk. The seventh-seeded Mavericks Kristaps Porzingis said. “He can make Key matchup: Leonard, George and Pat- finals against Golden State that helped cost the open the Western Conference postseason those incredible plays.” rick Beverley vs. Doncic. Doncic led the NBA in Rockets a chance to reach the NBA Finals. Now against the second-seeded Los Angeles And now Doncic gets the chance to make triple-doubles this season so he can hurt teams Houston has to hope Westbrook not only returns Clippers, a team that features reigning Fi- those plays on the NBA’s best stage: The in a number of ways. But the Clippers can rotate soon, but also with the explosiveness that made nals MVP Kawhi Leonard. playoffs. multiple defenders in hopes of slowing down the him a perennial All-Star. The Clippers have legitimate title aspi- “He’s wired for big moments,” Carlisle point guard. Prediction: Rockets in 7. rations — but they also speak with obvious said. “He’ll be fine.” Prediction: Clippers in 5. — Associated Press Monday, August 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 NBA PLAYOFFS Scoreboard Blazers make playoffs, oust Grizzlies NBA Playoffs All games in Orlando, Fla. FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7); x-if necessary) Eastern Conference Portland wins play-in Milwaukee vs. Orlando Lillard Bubble MVP, Tuesday: Milwaukee vs. Orlando Williams top coach Thursday: Milwaukee vs. Orlando game, will face Lakers Saturday: Milwaukee vs. Orlando LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. Monday: Milwaukee vs. Orlando Associated Press x-Wednesday: Milwaukee vs. Orlando — Portland’s Damian Lillard has x-Friday: Milwaukee vs. Orlando been unanimously selected as x-Sunday: Milwaukee vs. Orlando LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. Toronto vs. Brooklyn — A fourth consecutive down-to- the top player of the NBA’s seed- Monday: Toronto vs. Brooklyn ing games at Walt Disney World, Wednesday: Toronto vs. Brooklyn the-wire finish, a fourth consecu- Friday: Toronto vs. Brooklyn tive win for the Portland Trail after averaging a league-best Sunday: Toronto vs. Brooklyn Blazers. 37.6 points in the eight games. x-Tuesday: Toronto vs. Brooklyn Phoenix’s Monty Williams, x-Thursday: Toronto vs. Brooklyn They needed all that just to get x-Saturday: Toronto vs. Brooklyn into the playoffs. who led the Suns to a perfect Boston vs. Philadelphia Damian Lillard scored 31 8-0 record in the bubble, was Monday: Boston vs. Philadelphia chosen as the top coach of the Wednesday: Boston vs. Philadelphia points, CJ McCollum had 14 of Friday: Boston vs. Philadelphia his 29 in the fourth quarter — in- seeding-game schedule. Sunday: Boston vs. Philadelphia Joining Lillard on the first team x-Tuesday: Boston vs. Philadelphia cluding a pair of big jumpers over x-Thursday: Boston vs. Philadelphia Ja Morant late — and the Blazers for games played at Disney be- x-Saturday: Boston vs. Philadelphia clinched the NBA’s final play- tween July 30 and Friday’s end Miami vs. Indiana of the seeding-game season was Tuesday: Miami vs. Indiana off spot by beating the Memphis Thursday: Miami vs. Indiana Grizzlies 126-122 on Saturday. Phoenix’s Devin Booker, Indiana’s Saturday: Miami vs. Indiana T.J. Warren, Dallas’ Luka Doncic Monday: Miami vs. Indiana Portland’s reward: a matchup x-Wednesday: Miami vs. Indiana with the top-seeded Los Angeles and Houston’s James Harden. x-Friday: Miami vs. Indiana Lakers, starting Tuesday. Jusuf Booker was second in the x-Sunday: Miami vs. Indiana Bubble MVP race, with Warren Western Conference Nurkic had 22 points and 21 re- L.A. Lakers vs. Portland bounds for the winners, who got third. Tuesday: L.A. Lakers vs. Portland Second-team selections were Thursday: L.A. Lakers vs. Portland 21 points from Carmelo Anthony. Saturday: L.A. Lakers vs. Portland “What we’ve done in these Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetok- Monday: L.A. Lakers vs. Portland two weeks is really special,” ounmpo, the Los Angeles Clip- x-Wednesday: L.A. Lakers vs. Port- pers’ Kawhi Leonard, Brooklyn’s land Blazers coach Terry Stotts said. x-Friday: L.A. Lakers vs. Portland “I couldn’t be more proud of a Caris LeVert, Denver’s Michael x-Sunday: L.A. Lakers vs. Portland group of guys because we were Porter Jr. and Dallas’ Kristaps L.A. Clippers vs. Dallas Porzingis. Monday: L.A. Clippers vs. Dallas up against it every game, nine Wednesday: L.A. Clippers vs. Dallas straight games where our season — Associated Press Friday: L.A. Clippers vs. Dallas x-Sunday: L.A. Clippers vs. Dallas was basically in the balance. ... x-Tuesday: L.A. Clippers vs. Dallas They found a way.” x-Thursday: L.A. Clippers vs. Dallas Morant scored 35 for Memphis, in the locker room was, ‘We’ve got x-Saturday: L.A. Clippers vs. Dallas Denver vs. Utah which got a 22-point, 16-rebound a lot of work to do.’ ” Monday: Denver vs Utah day from Jonas Valanciunas and Nurkic, playing with a heavy Wednesday: Denver vs Utah Friday: Denver vs Utah 20 points apiece from Dillon heart because of his grandmoth- Sunday: Denver vs Utah Brooks and Brandon Clarke. er’s death, grabbed an offensive KEVIN C. COX/AP x-Tuesday: Denver vs Utah It was the start, and the end, of rebound and wound up convert- x-Thursday: Denver vs Utah x-Saturday: Denver vs Utah the Western Conference play-in Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard was unanimously selected as the ing a three-point play with 2:39 Oklahoma City vs. Houston series — a wrinkle the NBA added top player of the NBA’s seeding games after averaging a league-best left to put Portland on top for Tuesday: Oklahoma City vs. Houston to the restarted season because 37.6 points in the eight games. Lillard had 31 points in Portland’s Thursday: Oklahoma City vs. Houston good. Saturday: Oklahoma City vs. Houston the coronavirus pandemic meant 126-122 play-in win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday. McCollum — playing with Monday: Oklahoma City vs. Houston no team would play its allotted 82 a fracture in his back — con- x-Wednesday: Oklahoma City vs. Houston games. Portland finished eighth ble — pull games out at the end. and live well during the summer, nected on a three-pointer and x-Friday: Oklahoma City vs. Houston in the West, Memphis was ninth, The Blazers’ last four wins have despite a tough loss, knowing that another long jumper late, both x-Sunday: Oklahoma City vs. Houston and the Grizzlies needed to sweep come by a combined 11 points. we put in so much work and we times guarded by Morant, to en- Saturday a two-game matchup to advance. So they go on, and Memphis were that close to getting into the sure Portland kept the lead, and They had a chance, up eight in goes home — knowing its poten- playoffs,” Memphis coach Taylor Anthony’s three-pointer with 20.2 Blazers 126, Grizzlies 122 the final quarter, before Portland tial is very real. Jenkins said. “These guys, the seconds left was the last big shot MEMPHIS — Anderson 4-6 1-1 10, Toll- iver 2-4 2-2 7, Valanciunas 8-16 6-6 22, did what Portland does in the bub- “I’m going to be able to sleep first words they said when we got the Blazers needed. Brooks 7-18 2-3 20, Morant 13-28 6-8 35, Clarke 8-11 0-0 20, Dieng 1-2 0-0 2, Allen 1-3 1-2 3, Melton 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 45-92 18-22 122. PORTLAND — Anthony 5-15 10-10 21, Chasing: Lowry, Raptors not content with one title Collins 1-2 0-0 3, Nurkic 8-14 4-9 22, Lil- lard 6-15 14-14 31, McCollum 11-19 4-4 29, Gabriel 1-3 0-0 3, Trent Jr. 3-6 1-2 8, He- FROM BACK PAGE zonja 1-4 2-2 5, Whiteside 2-6 0-0 4. Totals ‘ We’re the same exact team. ... We’re just trying to win 38-84 35-41 126. NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard and fellow Memphis 19 33 42 28—122 starter Danny Green in free agency last sum- Portland 31 27 31 37—126 every single game. That’s what we’ve always done. Three-Point Goals—Memphis 14-25 mer — to the best regular-season record in Kyle’ Lowry (Brooks 4-5, Clarke 4-5, Morant 3-6, Toll- their franchise’s history. It’s something few iver 1-2, Valanciunas 0-4), Portland 15-40 Toronto Raptors point guard (Lillard 5-14, McCollum 3-7, Nurkic 2-3, would have thought was possible given that Collins 1-2, Trent Jr. 1-3, Hezonja 1-4, sort of roster turnover. He was an All-Star Anthony 1-6). Fouled Out—Memphis 1 for the sixth consecutive season. He earned (Tolliver), Portland None. Rebounds— Memphis 49 (Valanciunas 17), Portland All-NBA and All-Defensive Team votes; the smaller than the average NBA player — led He’s the point guard, the quarterback, the 39 (Nurkic 21). Assists—Memphis 30 (An- league has yet to announce the makeup of the league in charges drawn. He takes them coach on the floor, the locker-room voice derson 9), Portland 20 (Lillard 10). Total Fouls—Memphis 25, Portland 19. those squads. in preseason games. He takes them in scrim- when one is required. He also is the face of the Lowry averaged 19.7 points, 7.5 assists and mages. He takes them in All-Star Games. franchise, the player who has been through Leaders 5.0 rebounds per game this season. The only Raptors coach Nick Nurse still cringes a the ups and downs in Toronto — from annual Scoring other players in NBA history, at his age or little when Lowry tries things like stepping playoff disappointments to an epic champion- G FG FT PTS AVG in front of James, the Los Angeles Lakers’ ship parade. Harden, HOU 61 603 619 2096 34.4 older, to do that over a full year are LeBron Beal, WAS 57 593 385 1741 30.5 James and Larry Bird. 6-8, 270-pound freight train, but after being Nurse said the Raptors never were swayed Antetokounmpo, MIL 57 623 361 1690 29.6 “He’s got the ultimate respect from me and around him for seven years, knows those hab- by preseason notions that, with Leonard gone, Young, ATL 60 546 481 1778 29.6 Lillard, POR 58 531 389 1677 28.9 our franchise, to keep on competing every sin- its won’t be broken now. the champions would fall off the cliff of NBA Rebounds gle year and then finally get over the moun- “He knows how to do it just right,” Nurse relevance. He didn’t have to worry about it, G OFF DEF TOT AVG Drummond, CLE 57 250 614 864 15.2 taintop last year,” Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said. “He usually bounces up.” either; the Raptors were 17-5 last year with- Whiteside, POR 61 244 625 869 14.2 said. “I think he’s a big winner in this league. It’s just one of the many ways that Lowry out Leonard, and Nurse knew that Lowry Antetokounmpo, MIL 57 130 653 783 13.7 sets the example for the Raptors. He’s far from wouldn’t allow the room to slip. Gobert, UTA 62 211 639 850 13.7 He competes so hard ... diving around, taking Sabonis, IND 62 189 582 771 12.4 charges, throwing his body into the fray, all of their lone star: Pascal Siakam is an All-Star The roster is different, sure, but the mission Assists it to try to help his team win.” and rising name in the league, Marc Gasol is the same. G AST AVG James, LAL 60 636 10.6 The numbers prove all that. is the veteran big man who fits perfectly in “We’re the same exact team,” Lowry said. Young, ATL 60 560 9.3 For the second time in three years, Lowry Toronto’s scheme, Fred VanVleet the super- “We play hard. We go out there and we defend. Rubio, PHX 57 507 8.9 Doncic, DAL 54 470 8.7 — listed at 6-foot-1 and 196 pounds, which tough wing. We’ve got pros. We’re just trying to win every Simmons, PHI 54 442 8.2 means he’s half a foot shorter and 30 pounds But Lowry runs the show. single game. That’s what we’ve always done.” S TARS AND STRIPES Monday, August 17, 2020 F3HIJKLM Breaking it down Eastern, Western conference SPORTS playoff matchups » Page 22

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BY TIM REYNOLDS one day. He’ll be a candidate for the Basketball Hall of once again. Associated Press Fame a few years after retiring. “That feeling is unmatched,” Lowry said. “Other than It begs the question: What’s left? my children being born, I don’t think I’ve had a feeling LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. Lowry’s answer is succinct: More. like that, ever. And that’s the motivation to keep doing yle Lowry spent 13 years chasing an NBA Getting that first NBA title last season finally satis- that.” championship before finally getting the fied one quest for the Raptors’ point guard — but also He’s shown all season that the fire is real, too. ring. His career is closer to the end than whetted his appetite for another one. So now the defend- Now 34 years old, Lowry led the Raptors — who lost the beginning. He’s made his money. His ing champions are returning to the NBA playoffs, with K jersey will sway from rafters in Toronto their on-court leader determined to win the whole thing SEE CHASING ON PAGE 23 Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry secured his place in franchise history last season when he helped lead the team to its first NBA championship in his 13th professional season. Now 34 years old, and without the help of superstar forward and 2019 Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard, Lowry has the Raptors poised to contend for another title.

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