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BY LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON — U.S. de- fense officials say they are wor- ried about an insider attack or other threat from service mem- bers involved in securing Presi- dent-elect Joe Biden’s inaugura- tion, prompting the FBI to vet all of the 25,000 National Guard troops coming into Washington for the event. The massive undertaking re- INSIDE flects the ex- traordinary se- Heavily curity concerns fortified that have gripped Wash- capitols ington following the deadly Jan. 6 around insurrection at the U.S. Capitol US see by pro-Trump protests rioters. And it Page 4 underscores fears that some of the very people assigned to protect the city over the next sev- eral days could present a threat INTEGRATING AI to the incoming president and other VIPs in attendance. Pentagon aims to spread artificial intelligence across military services Army Secretary Ryan McCar- thy told The Associated Press on Sunday that officials are con- BY GOPAL RATNAM Center in October, said the small office can be scious of the potential threat, and CQ-Roll Call more effective in seeding artificial intelligence he warned commanders to be on WASHINGTON technologies across the department by being a the lookout for any problems fter spending the past few years dem- “catalyst for success for others” rather than de- within their ranks as the inaugu- onstrating how artificial intelligence veloping those tools by itself. ration approaches. So far, howev- tools can boost U.S. military efforts, the “What we’re trying to do is generate scale er, he and other leaders say they office responsible for overseeing such across the department to transform the depart- A have seen no evidence of any programs at the Defense Department is shifting ment in three primary ways: transform the war- threats, and officials said the vet- its focus to helping military services and agencies fighting aspects of the department, transform the ting hadn’t flagged any issues figure out how to incorporate the technologies in support enterprises in the department … and then that they were aware of. their systems. transform the business practices,” Groen said in “We’re continually going Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, who be- through the process, and taking came director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence SEE SPREAD ON PAGE 3 second, third looks at every one of the individuals assigned to this Top: The PowerEgg X autonomous personal AI camera can beconfigured as a waterproof drone with operation,” McCarthy said in an pontoons. Right: Tech. Sgt. John Rodiguez patrols with a Ghost Robotics Vision 60 prototype during interview after he and other mil- the Advanced Battle Management System exercise on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Sept. 3, 2020. PHOTOS BY DAVID MCNEW/TNS, top, AND ZACHARY RUFUS/U.S. Air Force, right SEE ATTACK ON PAGE 4 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, January 19, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER China economy grows in 2020 EXCHANGE RATES Military rates So. Korea (Won) 1105.58 Associated Press ta showed Monday. 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BY ELTAF NAJAFIZADA U.S. reduced its troop levels from Bloomberg News 4,500 to 2,500 at President Donald The Taliban have called on Pres- Trump’s direction, despite opposi- ident-elect Joe Biden to honor a tion from both Republican and U.S. agreement to withdraw all Democratic lawmakers who’ve American forces from Afghanis- warned of the potential impact on tan by May in order to secure intra- counter-terrorism operations. Afghan peace talks and end the Naeem cheered the reduction on RAHMAT GUL/AP two-decade-long war. Twitter, saying the move was a Newly graduated Afghan National Army march during their graduation ceremony after a three­month “Steps must now be taken to end “good advancement.” training program at the Afghan Military Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. The Taliban have the war, not to prolong it, and the While it’s unclear whether Bi- urged President­elect Joe Biden to honor a U.S. agreement to withdraw all American forces from agreement was made for the pur- den will withdraw all U.S. troops by Afghanistan by May in order to secure peace talks. pose,” Mohammad Naeem, a se- the May deadline, his nominee for nior spokesman in the Taliban’s national security adviser, Jake Sul- Group, said the May 1 troop with- al troops or both,” Watkins said nalists, government employees political office in Doha, Qatar, said livan, told CNN early this month drawal deadline is the biggest Monday. and independent human rights ad- on Monday, referring to their ac- the new administration would sup- early challenge for the peace proc- Areduction in U.S. troops — who vocates. In the latest unclaimed cord with the U.S. signed last Feb- port “diplomacy” with the Taliban, ess and the most urgent decision provide air support to Afghan gun attack in the capital Kabul, two ruary that paves the way for a com- urging the insurgent group to cut for the incoming Biden team. forces — won’t affect the ability of female Supreme Court judges plete withdrawal of American ties with al-Qaida and other terror- “If the Biden administration ig- Afghan forces to push back against were killed on Sunday on their way troops by May in exchange for Ta- ist organizations, ensure a reduc- nores the deadline set down in the the Taliban, according to a spokes- to work, according to a statement liban security guarantees. “The tion in violence and participate in U.S.-Taliban agreement without man for the country’s National Se- from the country’s Presidential lack of complete implementation “good-faith negotiations” with the discussing and clearing a delay curity Council, Rahmatullah An- Palace. of the agreement can affect the on- Afghan government. with the insurgents, the Taliban dar. The new wave of violence has going process of negotiations,” he The Biden transition team de- will almost certainly respond by The Afghan government and Ta- created an unprecedented level of added. clined to weigh in. escalating their use of force — ei- liban resumed negotiations in fear and anxiety among Afghans The call from the insurgent Andrew Watkins, a senior ana- ther via attacks on population cen- early January under the shadow of and forced some prominent local group comes just days after the lyst with International Crisis ters, facilities housing internation- a series of targeted killings of jour- journalists to flee the country. Spread: DOD looks to use AI in combat, tracking natural disasters

FROM PAGE 1 panies lacking large financial capital can an interview. “Almost every process that we execute here bid on the programs and deliver “small ca- Groen is the second director of the center pabilities to us that we can then scale up that goes by the acronym JAIC, or “the in the Department of Defense I think and integrate” into large systems across jake” in Pentagon parlance, which was set the department, he said. up in 2018 by Congress. Its first director somebody would do well to sit back and think For a department where the time be- was Air Force Lt. Gen. John N.T. “Jack” tween conception of a weapon system and Shanahan, who retired last year. ‘how would an online company do that.’ ” its production can take decades, Trade- For fiscal 2021, the Pentagon sought a to- wind promises a timeline of months. On its tal of $841 million for artificial intelligence Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael Groen website, JAIC says a company getting a efforts across the department, of which director, Joint Artificial Intelligence Center contract award in January could deploy a JAIC’s request was $290.7 million. prototype in March, and deploy into full JAIC can help military services and that’ or ‘how would a web services compa- with locating fire outbreaks using special- production by June. agencies by using new authorities Con- ny do this,’ ” Groen said. “If we can start to ized maps sent to hand-held devices, Sha- Still, setbacks from contract disputes are gress gave the center in the 2021 Pentagon train people to think that way then I think nahan said in a previous interview after a legendary at the Pentagon. policy bill to enter into contracts with de- we’ll start to make some pretty significant series of wildfires in California and Oregon A $10 billion program to build a dedicat- velopers of artificial intelligence technolo- moves in bringing commercial technology in 2019. ed cloud server for the Pentagon so all the gies, Groen said. into the defense enterprise.” But working with private tech companies departments can access data from a central The new policy “makes it possible now Before JAIC was set up by Congress, the has posed hurdles for the Pentagon. After repository is now stuck in a legal dispute for us to bring in a broader base of tech Pentagon demonstrated the utility of artifi- dozens of Google engineers objected to the after Amazon last year challenged the Pen- community actors,” Groen said, leaning not cial intelligence tools in an experimental company working with the Pentagon on the tagon’s decision to pick Microsoft for the only on large defense contractors but also project in 2017 called Project Maven, which Maven project, the company pulled out of work. Amazon has alleged that President “small innovative companies that might not involved deploying machine-learning algo- its collaboration. Donald Trump’s “unapologetic bias” have had a chance” to engage with the Pen- rithms to sift through thousands of hours of Since then the tech industry and the Pen- against the company tainted the contract. tagon in the past, he said. surveillance drone video captured over Sy- tagon have had a rapprochement, and Government lawyers are trying to get the Congress also has asked JAIC to prepare ria and Iraq to identify patterns on the Groen said the friction with industry is “an- lawsuit dismissed. an inventory of all artificial intelligence ground and help pick targets. cient history at this point.” The Pentagon The delay is not affecting development of programs across the Pentagon, and the After it was set up, JAIC also demon- now has “relationships with all of the big artificial intelligence tools, Groen said. The agency is working on it, Groen said. strated the utility of artificial intelligence in players in the cloud space, and AI space,” Pentagon is using commercial cloud ser- Groen said JAIC faces the challenge of combating national security threats beyond he said. vices, and if and when the central cloud getting Pentagon agencies to embrace the Pentagon’s immediate purview. Shana- The new acquisition power Congress server becomes a reality, “we can move technologies and processes that are well es- han told CQ Roll Call that his office applied gave JAIC means the center can encourage from one commercial cloud to another,” he tablished in the private sector. computer vision tools to track natural di- small tech companies to bid on Pentagon said. “Almost every process that we execute sasters, including wildfires. projects, Groen said. Groen also said using commercial cloud here in the Department of Defense I think By flying drones equipped with full-mo- JAIC has started a program called Tra- providers does not pose any greater risk somebody would do well to sit back and tion video sensors over wildfire zones, the dewind to create a “marketplace for small than the Pentagon having its own cloud think ‘how would an online company do Pentagon was able to assist firefighters AI projects,” Groen said. Small tech com- servers. PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, January 19, 2021 MILITARY/NATION Small protests at heavily fortified US statehouses

Associated Press Martin Szelag, a 67-year-old semi- Small groups of right-wing pro- retired window salesman from testers — some of them carrying ri- Dearborn Heights. He wore a sign fles — gathered outside heavily for- around his neck that read, in part, tified statehouses around the coun- “We will support Joe Biden as our try Sunday, outnumbered by Na- President if you can convince us he CAROLYN KASTER/AP tional Guard troops and police won legally. Show us the proof! People evacuate from the West Front of the U.S. Capitol during a rehearsal of the 59th Presidential Inau­ brought in to prevent a repeat of the Then the healing can begin.” guration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Monday. violence that erupted at the U.S. As the day wore on with no blood- Capitol. As darkness fell, there shed around the United States, a were no reports of any clashes. sense of relief spread among offi- Security was stepped up in re- cials, though they were not ready to Rehearsal for inauguration cent days after the FBI warned of let their guard down. the potential for armed protests in The heavy law enforcement Washington and at all 50 state capi- presence may have kept turnout evacuated after fire at camp tol buildings ahead of President- down. In the past few days, some elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on extremists had warned others Associated Press not believed to be a threat to the tol. Those who had gathered for a Wednesday. against falling into what they called WASHINGTON — The U.S. inauguration. The evacuation of walk-through, including a mili- Crowds of only a dozen or two alaw enforcement trap. Capitol complex temporarily some participants and the lock- tary band, were directed to head demonstrated at some boarded-up, Washington State Patrol spokes- locked down Monday during a re- down were ordered by the acting indoors and moved in the direc- cordoned-off statehouses, while man Chris Loftis said he hoped the hearsal for President-elect Joe chief of Capitol Police out of an tion of a secure location inside the the streets in many other capital ci- apparently peaceful day reflected Biden’s inauguration after a fire abundance of caution, officials Capitol complex. ties remained empty. Some protes- some soul-searching among Amer- in a homeless encampment about said. District of Columbia fire- People involved in the rehears- ters said they were there to back icans. a mile away sent a plume of fighters responded and put out al said security officials yelled President Donald Trump. Others “I would love to say that it’s be- smoke into the air and caused se- the fire. “this is not a drill.” said they had instead come to voice cause we’ve all taken a sober look in curity concerns. Biden was not participating in The U.S. Secret Service, which their support for gun rights or de- the mirror and have decided that But law enforcement officials the rehearsal. is in charge of security for the in- cry government overreach. we are a more unified people than said that there was no threat to Participants were ushered auguration, said there was no “I don’t trust the results of the certain moments in time would in- the public and that the fire was from the West Front of the Capi- threat to the public. election,” said Michigan protester dicate,” he said. Attack: Pre-inauguration security training aims to counter any threats Seattle. to identify any potential threats. pared, and that they are rehearsing as FROM PAGE 1 Insider threats have been a persistent “If there’s any indication that any of our much as they can to be prepared for any itary leaders went through an exhaustive, law enforcement priority in the years after soldiers or airmen are expressing things contingency. three-hour security drill in preparation for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. But in most that are extremist views, it’s either handed The major security concern is an attack Wednesday’s inauguration. He said Guard cases, the threats are from homegrown in- over to law enforcement or dealt with the by armed groups of individuals, as well as members are also getting training on how surgents radicalized by al-Qaida, the Is- chain of command immediately,” he said. planted explosives and other devices. to identify potential insider threats. lamic State group or similar groups. In The insider threat, however, was just one McCarthy said intelligence reports suggest About 25,000 members of the National contrast, the threats against Biden’s inau- of the security concerns voiced by officials that groups are organizing armed rallies Guard are streaming into Washington guration have been fueled by supporters of on Sunday, as dozens of military, National leading up to Inauguration Day, and pos- from across the country — at least two- President Donald Trump, far-right mili- Guard, law enforcement and Washington, sibly after that. and-a-half times the number for previous tants, white supremacists and other radical D.C., officials and commanders went The bulk of the Guard members will be inaugurals. And while the military routine- groups. Many believe Trump’s baseless ac- through a security rehearsal in northern armed. And McCarthy said units are going ly reviews service members for extremist cusations that the election was stolen from Virginia. As many as three dozen leaders through repeated drills to practice when connections, the FBI screening is in addi- him, a claim that has been refuted by many lined tables that ringed a massive color- and how to use force and how to work tion to any previous monitoring. courts, the Justice Department and Repub- coded map of D.C. reflected onto the floor. quickly with law enforcement partners. Multiple officials said the process began lican officials in key battleground states. Behind them were dozens more National Law enforcement officers would make any as the first Guard troops began deploying The insurrection at the Capitol began af- Guard officers and staff, with their eyes arrests. to D.C. more than a week ago. And they ter Trump made incendiary remarks at the trained on additional maps and charts dis- He said Guard units are going through said it is slated to be complete by Wednes- Jan. 6 rally. According to McCarthy, ser- played on the wall. “constant mental repetitions of looking at day. Several officials discussed military vice members from across the military The Secret Service is in charge of event the map and talking through scenarios with planning on condition of anonymity. were at that rally, but it’s not clear how security, but there is a wide variety of mil- leaders so they understand their task and “The question is, is that all of them? Are many were there or who may have partici- itary and law enforcement personnel in- purpose, they know their routes, they know there others?” said McCarthy. “We need to pated in the breach at the Capitol. So far, volved, ranging from the National Guard where they’re friendly, adjacent units are, be conscious of it and we need to put all of only a few current active-duty or National and the FBI to Washington’s Metropolitan they have the appropriate frequencies to the mechanisms in place to thoroughly vet Guard members have been arrested in Police Department, U.S. Capitol Police and communicate with their law enforcement these men and women who would support connection with the Capitol assault, which U.S. Park Police. partners.” any operations like this.” left five people dead. The dead included a Commanders went over every aspect of The key goal, he said, is for America’s In a situation like this one, FBI vetting Capitol Police officer and a woman shot by the city’s complicated security lockdown, transfer of power to happen without inci- would involve running peoples’ names police as she climbed through a window in with McCarthy and others peppering them dent. through databases and watchlists main- a door near the House chamber. with questions about how the troops will “This is a national priority. We have to be tained by the bureau to see if anything Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, chief of the respond in any scenario and how well they successful as an institution,” said McCar- alarming comes up. That could include in- National Guard Bureau, has been meeting can communicate with the other enforce- thy. “We want to send the message to every- volvement in prior investigations or terror- with Guard troops as they arrive in D.C. ment agencies scattered around the city. one in the United States and for the rest of ism-related concerns, said David Gomez, a and as they gather downtown. He said he Hokanson said he believes his troops the world that we can do this safely and former FBI national security supervisor in believes there are good processes in place have been adequately equipped and pre- peacefully.” Tuesday, January 19, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 MIDEAST Israel to rein in groups over ‘apartheid’ use

BY TIA GOLDENBERG lant tweeted late on Sunday that Associated Press he had instructed the ministry’s TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel’s director-general to “prevent the education minister says he is ban- entry of organizations calling Is- ning groups that call Israel an rael ‘an apartheid state’ or de- “apartheid state” from lecturing meaning Israeli soldiers from lec- MAJDI MOHAMMED/AP at schools — a move that targets turing at schools.” Israeli border police officers and Palestinians clash during a protest against the expansion of Israeli Jewish one of the country’s leading hu- “The Education Ministry under settlements near the West Bank town of Salfit, on Dec. 3. man rights groups after it began my leadership raised the banner describing both Israel and its con- of advancing Jewish, democratic different forms of Israeli control nouncement and that despite it, known to the Israeli public, and trol of the Palestinian territories and Zionist values and it is acting in the occupied West Bank, block- the group gave a lecture on the worldwide,” it said in a statement. as a single apartheid system. accordingly,” he said. It was not aded Gaza, annexed east Jerusa- subject via videocall to a school in Adalah, an Arab legal rights The explosive term, long seen immediately clear whether he had lem and within Israel itself, they the northern city of Haifa on Mon- group, said it had appealed to the as taboo and mostly used by the the authority to ban speakers from have fewer rights than Jews in the day. country’s attorney general to can- country’s harshest critics, is vehe- schools. entire area between the Mediter- “B’Tselem is determined to cel Galant’s directive, saying it mently rejected by Israel’s lead- In a report released last week, ranean Sea and the Jordan River. keep with its mission of docu- was made without the proper au- ers and many ordinary Israelis. the rights group B’Tselem said B’Tselem said it would not be menting reality, analyzing it, and thority and that it was intended to Education Minister Yoav Ga- that while Palestinians live under deterred by the minister’s an- making our findings publicly “silence legitimate voices.” Group: 25 executed in Israeli jets Saudi Arabia in 2020, hit Hamas targets after lowest in seven years rockets fired BY KAREEM FAHIM Iran. The Washington Post Crown Prince Mohammed bin Associated Press ISTANBUL — Saudi Arabia ex- Salman, who serves as the king- JERUSALEM — Israeli mili- ecuted 25 people in 2020, the low- dom’s day-to-day ruler, spoke tary aircraft struck targets in the est number put to death there in at publicly about abolishing the Gaza Strip early on Monday in re- least seven years, according to two death penalty for some crimes two sponse to two rockets fired from human rights organizations that years ago. In April, the govern- the Palestinian territory, the mil- track the use of the death penalty ment announced that minors itary said. in the kingdom. would no longer face the death In a statement, the military said The drop in executions ap- penalty in certain cases. fighter jets hit Hamas military tar- peared partly linked to coronavi- A Saudi official told The Wash- gets, including sites for digging rus lockdowns, as well as an “un- ington Post in August that the CLIFF OWEN/AP underground tunnels, some of official” moratorium on execu- kingdom was in the process of re- An honor guard member is covered by the flag of Saudi Arabia, in which stretch into Israel. There tions for some nonviolent offens- vising penalties for drug-related Washington, on March 22, 2018. were no immediate reports of in- es, the two organizations, crimes and that a decision to abol- juries from the airstrikes. Reprieve and the European Saudi ish capital punishment for such of- ernment has not announced any international image,” Maya Foa, There were also no reports of Organization for Human Rights, fenses was expected “very soon.” official change in penalties for Reprieve’s executive director, damage or injury from the rockets said in a joint statement released Nearly 40% of the roughly 800 exe- drug-related offenses and has yet said in the statement. “If Mo- launched. Monday. cutions carried out in the kingdom to publish a royal decree that hammed bin Salman is serious It was not immediately clear In previous years, Saudi Ara- over the past five years were for would formalize the moratorium about reform, Saudi Arabia who fired the rockets. Hamas bia’s frequent use of the death crimes such as drug trafficking, on child executions, according to should release the young men sen- maintains an unofficial cease-fire penalty had earned the kingdom according to Reprieve, which ad- Reprieve and ESOHR. tenced to death for childhood with Israel, but Israel holds the international criticism and noto- vocates for the abolition of capital “The apparent progress being crimes and publish laws protect- group responsible for any fire riety as a global leader in capital punishment. made in Saudi Arabia is clearly ing vulnerable drug mules from emanating from Gaza. punishment, along with China and But months later, the Saudi gov- driven by a desire to clean up its execution.” Hamas meanwhile accuses Is- rael of failing to honor its truce obligations, which include easing a crippling blockade on the Pales- Pakistani raid kills 2 suspected in troop attack tinian enclave, and allowing for large-scale infrastructure and Associated Press htunkhwa province. The military said it acted The North and South Waziristan districts job-creation projects. PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistani security on intelligence. served as the main base for local and foreign Israel and Hamas have fought forces raided a hideout Monday in a former in- The six soldiers were killed in a bomb attack militants until the military secured the regions three wars since the Islamic mil- surgent stronghold in the country’s northwest in the region three months ago. The military in 2015 with a series of operations. itant group seized power of the and killed two Taliban fighters, including one statement provided no further details. The Pakistani Taliban, also known as Teh- coastal enclave in 2007. While no suspected of involvement in an October attack Pakistani militants have in recent months reek-e-Taliban Pakistan, are a separate insur- major confrontation has occurred that killed six soldiers, the military said. stepped up attacks on troops in the former trib- gent group from the Afghan Taliban, although since 2014, there are often cross- A third suspect was arrested in the raid in al regions bordering Afghanistan, citing con- Pakistan’s militant groups are often interlin- border skirmishes and flare-ups the South Waziristan district of Khyber Pak- cerns that insurgents are regrouping there. ked with those across the border. between the sides. PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, January 19, 2021 NATION Trump set to offer clemency to over 100

The Washington Post In the past week, Trump has crowd, some members of which viser, who was charged last year fice. Aides have said the ability to WASHINGTON — President been consumed with the question eventually rioted. with defrauding donors to a pri- grant clemency is a perk of the job Donald Trump is preparing to of whether to issue preemptive Others think a self-pardon, nev- vate fundraising effort for con- Trump has particularly relished pardon or commute the sentences pardons to his adult children, top er attempted by a president, struction of a wall on the U.S.- because the Constitution hands of more than 100 people in his final aides and himself, said the people would be of dubious constitution- Mexico border, or his personal at- the power to the president alone. hours in office, decisions that are familiar with discussions. ality, anger Senate Republicans torney Rudy Giuliani, whose con- Trump has granted clemency to expected to be announced Mon- But it remains unclear whether preparing to serve as key jurors at sulting business has come under 94 people, including 49 he issued day or Tuesday, according to two he will make such a move. Al- Trump’s impeachment trial and scrutiny as part of an investigation in the week before Christmas — people familiar with the discus- though he has mused about the amount to an admission of guilt that led to charges against two of mostly to friends and political al- sions, who spoke on the condition possibility, no decisions have been that could be used against Trump his associates. lies. of anonymity to describe the reached, and some advisers have in potential civil litigation related The president has been be- They have included people who plans. warned against using his pardon to the Capitol attack. sieged by lobbyists and lawyers had been convicted in the special Trump met Sunday with his power to benefit himself. White House spokesman Judd for well-heeled clients who are counsel investigation that dom- son-in-law, Jared Kushner, Neither Trump nor his children Deere declined to comment, say- seeking to have their criminal con- inated his first two years in office, daughter Ivanka Trump and other have been charged with crimes, ing his office does not discuss par- victions wiped from their records, including his former campaign aides for a significant amount of and they are not known to be un- dons. as well as by advocates for crimi- chairman Paul Manafort and the day to review a long list of par- der federal investigation. People familiar with the discus- nal justice policy changes, who ar- longtime confidant Roger Stone. don requests and discuss linger- But the question of a presiden- sions said many of the pardons gue that their clients were wrong- Just before Thanksgiving, he par- ing questions about their appeals, tial self-pardon has become more and commutations Trump is ex- ly convicted or were given unfair doned Michael Flynn, who briefly according to the people briefed on urgent and controversial since the pected to issue in his final days sentences and deserve to be freed served as Trump’s first national the meeting. The president was Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol will be uncontroversial. from prison. security adviser and was later ac- personally engaged with the de- by the president’s supporters. But it remains unknown wheth- Trump has told advisers for cused of lying to the FBI during its tails of specific cases, one person Some aides think Trump could er he will grant clemency to Steve weeks that he wants to be liberal investigation of Russian interfe- said. face criminal liability for riling the Bannon, his former campaign ad- with pardons before leaving of- rence in Trump’s 2016 win. Pence thanks US troops at Fort Drum

Associated Press FORT DRUM, N.Y. — Vice President Mike Pence and his wife made their final of- ficial appearance together Sunday with a visit to Fort Drum, where they thanked the 10th Mountain Division and their families for their service. “I’m here to deliver a very simple mess- age to each and every one of you on behalf of your commander and chief, and every American,” Pence said. “Thank you for your service. And to the 1st Brigade combat team, welcome home.” The 1st Brigade re- cently returned from Afghanistan. Karen Pence, speaking before her hus- band took the podium, became emotional and briefly faltered as she addressed the troops. “It is such an honor to be with you — here I go — for our very last trip as vice president and second lady of the United States,” she said. The Pences thanked the sailors at Naval Air Station Lemoore in California on Satur- day. Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris will be sworn in as Pence’s successor on Wednesday. Her husband, Doug Emhoff, ADRIAN KRAUS/AP will become the nation’s first second gentle- Vice President Mike Pence, right, and second lady Karen Pence, left, acknowledge military personnel after addressing Army 10th man. Mountain Division soldiers, many of whom have recently returned from Afghanistan, at Fort Drum, N.Y., on Sunday. Trump farewell planned for morning of Biden inauguration Bloomberg News a.m. Eastern time at Joint Base Trump has decided to skip the A White House spokesman de- too difficult for outside guests to WASHINGTON — White Andrews, Md., just outside the na- Jan. 20 inauguration of his succes- clined to comment. access the campus. House officials are planning a tion’s capital, where the outgoing sor, Joe Biden, at the U.S. Capitol, Some White House aides will be Trump’s decision not to attend farewell ceremony for Donald president will make his departure becoming the first living U.S. on the South Lawn for the lift-off of the inauguration was announced Trump as he leaves Washington aboard Air Force One for Florida. president in more than a century the presidential helicopter with Jan. 8 by the president, two days on Wednesday morning for the Invitations have been circulated to choose not to attend the regular Trump aboard, though the attend- after a mob of his loyalists ran- last time as president, according to supporters, including former exchange of power. Trump will in- ance will be limited. Strict securi- sacked the Capitol in a riot that left to a copy of the invitation seen by administration officials and other stead be at his Mar-a-Lago resort ty measures throughout down- five people dead. An unpreceden- Bloomberg News. backers, asking them to arrive by as the incoming president is sworn town Washington and especially ted security cordon now encircles The event is scheduled for 8 7:15 a.m. in at noon that day. near the White House will make it the heart of the nation’s capital. Tuesday, January 19, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 NATION Branson’s Virgin Orbit rocket reaches space on 2nd attempt

Associated Press known as CubeSats developed solutely bonkers.” LOS ANGELES — Richard and built as part of a NASA edu- The rocket’s upper stage coast- Branson’s Virgin Orbit reached cational program involving U.S. ed for a period, reignited to circu- space on Sunday, eight months universities. larize the orbit and then deployed after the first demonstration The launch occurred after the the nine CubeSats. MATT HARTMAN/AP flight of its air-launched rocket Boeing 747-400 took off from Mo- The flight developments were Virgin Orbit Boeing 747­400 rocket launch platform, named Cosmic system failed, the company said. jave Air and Space Port in the announced on social media. The Girl, takes off from Mojave Air and Space Port on its second orbital A 70-foot-long LauncherOne desert north of Los Angeles and launch was not publicly live- launch demonstration in the Mojave Desert, north of Los Angeles. rocket was released from be- flew out over the Pacific Ocean to streamed. neath the wing of a Boeing 747 a drop point beyond the Channel Virgin Orbit, based in Long Competitor Rocket Lab, also Virgin Orbit touts the flexibil- carrier aircraft off the coast of Islands. Beach, Calif., is part of a wave of headquartered in Long Beach, ity of its capability to begin its Southern California, ignited mo- “According to telemetry, Laun- companies targeting the launch has deployed 96 payloads in 17 missions by using airports ments later and soared toward cherOne has reached orbit!” Vir- market for increasingly capable launches of its Electron rocket around the globe. space. gin Orbit tweeted later. “Every- small satellites, which may range from a site in New Zealand. An- Virgin Galactic expects to be- The two-stage rocket carried a one on the team who is not in mis- in sizes comparable to a toaster other of its rockets was nearing gin commercial operations this cluster of very small satellites sion control right now is going ab- on up to a home refrigerator. launch Sunday. year in southern New Mexico. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, January 19, 2021 NATION Biden aims for unity at daunting moment for US

BY AAMER MADHANI medic memoir, “Thanks, Obama: Associated Press My Hopey Changey White House President-elect Joe Biden will Years.” “But I also think it’s possi- take the stage for his inaugural ad- ble that the signature speeches of dress at perhaps the most difficult the Biden administration come at starting point for a president since less expected moments and that Franklin Roosevelt began his first would be par for the course.” term by assuring a nation scarred The inaugural address is as by the Great Depression that “we much a celebration of the peaceful have nothing to fear but fear it- handover of power as it is a set self.” piece for a new or reelected presi- But memorable turns of phrase dent to lay out a vision for the na- like Roosevelt’s are more the ex- tion. In recent memory, inaugural ception than the rule when it addresses have followed a predict- comes to inaugural addresses. able structure: The nation has Former President Barack Oba- challenges, but there is hope to ma in his memoir noted that singer solve the problems if the presi- Aretha Franklin’s showy hat and a dent’s agenda is embraced. glitch in Chief Justice John Ro- More important than flowery berts’ administration of the oath of oratory is substantively demon- office got more attention than his strating how Biden will take steps speech in the days following the to begin unifying a country that re- first Black president’s address, de- mains emotionally raw because of livered as the nation was mired in EVAN VUCCI/AP the pandemic and a divisive elec- recession and a growing malaise President­elect Joe Biden and his daughter Ashley Biden participate in a National Day of Service event at tion cycle that culminated with the over two intractable wars. Philabundance, a hunger relief organization, on Monday in Philadelphia. violent insurrection at the Capitol, Now, with the coronavirus rag- said Ari Fleischer, who served as ing, unemployment claims soar- er for Obama and assisted with his hear him talk about is ‘Here’s tion than any soaring oratory, in press secretary for President Ge- ing and partisan divisions sharp- two inaugural addresses. He add- where we are, here’s what we have the view of some Democratic allies orge W. Bush. ening, Biden faces a fraught mo- ed that Biden in many ways is “the to get done.’ I think that’s going to of the incoming president. “Don’t dwell on today’s difficul- ment as he prepares to deliver a perfect president for the moment, go a long way just to making people “It is entirely possible that this ties. Focus on tomorrow’s an- speech that aides say he wants to because he is not hyperbolic, he’s feel better.” inaugural is one we remember for swers,” Fleischer advised. “Soar- use to “call Americans to unity.” not a bomb thrower, he’s sur- With the current mood of the generations to come, because of ing oratory is just not Joe Biden. “The situation he faces is abso- rounded himself with policy country, Biden’s consistent focus the gravity of this moment” said The effectiveness of his speech is lutely brutal,” said Cody Keenan, wonks who already have all these on restoring “the soul of America” David Litt, who served as an Oba- going to be much more about what who served as a chief speechwrit- plans. I think what we are going to may be of greater value to the na- ma speechwriter and wrote the co- he says than how he says it.” Inaugural event to celebrate ‘resiliency’ of Black Americans BY KAT STAFFORD work across the nation galvanized voters blue for Biden, Rep. Cedric Richmond, verly, The O’Jays and Rapsody. Associated Press of color and led to historic turnout in key Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman The celebration also includes a Battle of DETROIT — The resiliency, culture battleground states. Rep. Joyce Beatty, Sen. Cory Booker and the Bands and features several HBCUs: and heroism of Black Americans and the “This programming will honor acts of Sen.-elect Rev. Raphael Warnock will also including Delaware State University, Ho- African Diaspora will be the central theme resilience, heroism and commitment to speak. ward University, the Texas Southern Uni- of a virtual event Tuesday evening that unity from the Black, Latino and AAPI The event will pay homage to the rich versity Debate Team, Florida A&M Uni- will celebrate the nation’s diversity ahead communities as the coalitions that make history of the nation’s historically Black versity Marching 100, Grambling State of President-elect Joe Biden’s inaugura- up our nation come together to celebrate a colleges and universities, as well as Black University World Famed Marching Band, tion. new chapter in our history,” said Presi- sororities and fraternities. Jackson State University Sonic Boom of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is dential Inaugural Committee CEO Tony Harris is the first HBCU graduate and the South, Louisiana Leadership Institute slated to speak at the event, “We Are Allen, who is also president of Delaware Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority member to be All-star Marching Band, South Carolina One,” which will also honor the historic State University. vice president. State University Marching 101, Southern nature of her being the first Black and Several of the nation’s top Black leaders The sorority’s international president University Human Jukebox Marching South Asian woman to become vice presi- will also deliver remarks, including House and CEO, Dr. Glenda Glover, and Howard Band and the Tennessee State University dent of the United States. Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, a close ally of University President Dr. Wayne Frederick Aristocrat of Bands. An event celebrating the contributions Biden whose endorsement in South Car- will deliver remarks. The event is part of five planned days of of Black Americans is fitting. Black voters olina widened Biden’s winning margin and The event will feature musical perform- programming under the inaugural’s theme nationwide helped deliver Biden’s presi- started his avalanche of March primary ances and appearances from activists and of “America United.” dency. From the start of Biden’s White victories. celebrities. It will be hosted by Terrence J It will air Tuesday from 8 p.m. to 9:30 House bid, Black voters have overwhelm- Stacey Abrams, whose voter registration and feature Leslie Jones, DJ D-Nice, and p.m. ET on social media and on select ingly supported him. Black-led organizing and education efforts helped flip Georgia Black cultural icons such as Frankie Be- channels. Man allegedly hid 3 months at Chicago airport due to coronavirus Associated Press hearing on Sunday, a judge ruled the area. The employees called police, “The court finds these facts and CHICAGO — A California man that the Orange, Calif., man could During the hearing, Assistant who took Singh into custody. circumstances quite shocking for who told police that the coronavi- be released if he paid $1,000, but States Attorney Kathleen Hager- Singh was “scared to go home due the alleged period of time that this rus pandemic left him afraid to fly said that Singh was prohibited ty said that Singh was spotted by to COVID,” Hagerty said, and told occurred,” the judge said. “Being has been arrested on charges that from setting foot in the airport. two United Airlines employees, authorities that he’d found the in a secured part of the airport un- he hid in a secured area at Chica- As of Monday morning, Singh who asked him for identification, badge and that other passengers der a fake ID badge allegedly, go’s O’Hare International Airport remained in the Cook County Jail. the Chicago Tribune reported. at the airport had given him food. based upon the need for airports for three months. Assistant Public Defender Singh lowered his mask and Before she granted Singh bail, to be absolutely secure so that Aditya Singh, 36, is charged Courtney Smallwood said that showed a badge that actually be- Cook County Judge Susana Ortiz people feel safe to travel, I do find with felony criminal trespass to a Singh does not have a criminal re- longed to an operations manager was clearly troubled that some- those alleged actions do make him restricted area of an airport and cord. She also said it was unclear at the airport who had reported it one could remain in a secured ar- a danger to the community.” misdemeanor theft after he was why Singh, who is unemployed, missing in late October, Hagerty ea for so long at the airport with- Singh is scheduled to return to arrested Saturday. At a court came to Chicago or if he has ties to said. out anyone noticing. court Jan. 27. Tuesday, January 19, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK Military nurses, tests coming to help Arizona city BY ANITA SNOW ico and California, seems to know Associated Press somebody who has tested posi- PHOENIX — Exhausted nurs- tive for COVID-19, with around es in rural Yuma, Ariz., regularly 33,000 cases reported since last send COVID-19 patients on a spring — a rate of about 14,000 long helicopter ride to Phoenix per 100,000 people. Maricopa when they don’t have enough County, the largest in Arizona CESAR NEYOY, THE YUMA SUN/AP staff. The so-called winter lettuce and home to Phoenix, has a rate Staff from Campesinos goes from house to house to offer free COVID­19 tests as part of the ASU and capital of the United States has of about 9,000 cases per 100,000 Equality Health Foundation pilot program in San Luis, Ariz., on Friday. Forty Army Reserve nurses arrived also lagged on coronavirus test- people. this month to help at Yuma Regional Medical Center through a Department of Defense support operation. ing in heavily Hispanic neighbor- Yuma County’s soaring num- hoods and just ran out of vac- bers come as Arizona’s CO- health care system. To ensure closest major hospitals, although among several hundred military cines. VID-19 diagnosis rate ranked the each nurse has no more than five a few have gone to Tucson in medical personnel dispatched But some support is coming worst in the U.S. over the past or six patients at a time, the 406- southern Arizona. since November to work along- from military nurses and a new week, at one in every 120 people. bed Yuma hospital has trans- Forty Army Reserve nurses ar- side civilian health care provid- wave of free tests for farmwork- Officials at Yuma Regional ferred COVID-19 patients to oth- rived this month to help at the ers treating COVID-19 patients ers and the elderly in Yuma Medical Center have said it’s er facilities, sometimes up to 10 a Yuma hospital for at least a on the Navajo Nation and in six County — the hardest-hit county been a struggle to maintain staff- day, said Deb Anders, chief nurs- month through a Department of states including Arizona and in one of the hardest-hit states. ing of 900 to 1,000 nurses while ing officer. Transfers are usually Defense COVID-19 support oper- New Mexico, according to the Almost everyone in Yuma competing for medical workers by helicopter to Phoenix, which ation in hard-hit parts of the U.S. U.S. Army North at Fort Sam County, near the borders of Mex- in an overwhelmed national is 180 miles away and has the West and Midwest. They are Houston in Texas. Brazil’s health agency approves use of 2 vaccines

Associated Press vaccine made by AstraZeneca vaccine called Sputnik V, submit- dent Jair Bolsonaro sought to The vaccination priority will RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s and partner Oxford University. ted by Brazilian company União cast doubt on the efficacy of the be health professionals on the health regulator on Sunday ap- “This is good news for Brazil, Química. Anvisa said it didn’t Sinovac shot backed by his politi- front line against coronavirus. proved the urgent use of coro- but 6 million doses are still very evaluate the application because cal rival, Sao Paulo state’s Gov. Vaccination by the federal gov- navirus vaccines made by Sino- few. It will not allow the entire it didn’t meet minimum require- João Doria. ernment will begin Wednesday, vac and AstraZeneca, enabling population at risk to be fully im- ments to start an analysis. “The rivalry between Brasilia Health Minister Eduardo Pazuel- Latin America’s largest nation to munized, nor is it clear how Vaccination in Brazil is begin- and the state governments pre- lo said Sunday. begin an immunization program quickly the country will obtain ning later than neighbors such as vented any cooperative work,” The Brazilian government is that’s been subject to delay and more vaccines,” said Ethel Ma- Argentina and Chile despite a ro- said Maurício Santoro, professor considering extending the time political disputes. ciel, an epidemiologist at the bust public health system and of political science at the Univer- between the application of the Brazil currently has 6 million Federal University of Espirito decades of experience with im- sity of the State of Rio de Janeiro. first and second doses of immu- doses of Sinovac’s CoronaVac Santo. munization campaigns. The proc- “The governor lost the leader- nizers to reach more people vaccine ready to distribute in the On Saturday night, the health ess to present and approve the ship position, but made Bolsona- quickly, Health Minister Eduar- next few days and is awaiting the regulator Anvisa rejected an ap- COVID-19 vaccines was fraught ro act more quickly to guarantee do Pazuello said in Manaus on arrival of 2 million doses of the plication for use of a Russian with conflict, as allies of Presi- the start of vaccination.” Monday.

WHO chief warns of ‘moral failure’ as rich countries dominate vaccines

The Washington Post countries,” he said, noting that there are concerns the vaccines many other countries. Commission, Ursula von der The head of the World Health while 39 million doses have been won’t be delivered. The British government has Leyen, said last week that Pfizer Organization warned Monday administered in more than 40 “Even as they speak the lan- vowed to vaccinate its four prior- had agreed to supply the EU with that the world is on the brink of a higher-income countries, one guage of equitable access, some ity groups — which include Na- 600 million doses this year. “catastrophic moral failure” if poor country has so far just given countries and companies continue tional Health Service workers and Those in Africa face a much wealthier nations don’t ensure the out 25 doses. to prioritize bilateral deals, going care home residents — by Feb. 15. longer wait for help, with the Afri- equitable distribution of vaccines While Tedros hailed the vaccine around Covax, driving up prices England’s Department of ca Centers for Disease Control to combat the coronavirus pan- rollout as a great scientific and attempting to jump to the Health and Social Care said Sun- and Prevention estimating that a demic. achievement, he noted that there front of the queue,” he said. day that an estimated 45% of peo- distribution program may not be- WHO Director General Tedros were lessons to be learned from He called on wealthier coun- ple over the age of 80 have now gin until April. Adhanonom Ghebreysus, who re- past global pandemics when vac- tries to hold off on vaccinating been vaccinated and that over 1 Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, deputy peatedly has warned richer coun- cines took a long time to reach de- their young and healthier adults million people within the age director of the Africa CDC, said tries against excluding poorer veloping countries. The current so that older people and front-line group had been invited to book last month that those in African ones by cutting bilateral deals crisis was a chance to “rewrite his- health workers in developing their vaccine appointments. nations were “often holding the with vaccine suppliers, took his tory,” by ensuring that vaccines countries could receive their dos- In Europe, several countries in- short end of the stick.” rhetoric up a notch in his opening are distributed fairly between es of the vaccine. cluding Sweden and Finland have India, which has the second- remarks at an executive board countries and to those who need His warning came as wealthier expressed concern and anger that highest coronavirus caseload in session. them the most. nations such as Britain scramble shipments of the Pfizer vaccine the world, is also beginning mass “I need to be blunt: The world is WHO has partnered with sever- to vaccinate the vulnerable amid a have been delayed, calling the set- vaccination efforts and hopes to on the brink of a catastrophic mor- al vaccine makers to provide 2 bil- fresh outbreak of the virus that ex- back — which the U.S. firm called immunize around 300 million peo- al failure — and the price of this lion doses to a consortium of low- perts say was triggered by a new a temporary delay — “unaccept- ple by the summer — despite con- failure will be paid with lives and income countries in an initiative and highly contagious variant able.” cerns that one of the vaccines may livelihoods in the world’s poorest dubbed Covax, but Tedros said which has since been identified in The president of the European not work. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, January 19, 2021 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Ga. to use federal aid to help college students pay bills

Associated Press rose to 33,392, while total cases re- ATLANTA — Some juniors and ached 2.94 million. seniors at Georgia’s public univer- Hospitalizations and intensive sities and colleges are in line for a care unit admissions remained on little financial boost to help them a slight downward trend, but offi- reach their degree. cials have warned that could re- Gov. Brian Kemp announced verse when the full impact from Thursday in his State of the State transmissions during Christmas speech that he would use $5 mil- and New Year’s Eve gatherings is lion in federal coronavirus relief felt. that he controls to provide small There have been about 500 grants to help students with unmet deaths and 40,000 new cases daily financial need pay their college for the past two weeks. bills. Because it’s federal money, the Colorado Republican governor won’t need DENVER — Colorado’s public legislative approval to spend it. health department sent notices Though Kemp said the money Sunday to hundreds of providers would provide a boost for up to directing them not to require gov- 10,000 students, other details re- ernment IDs or other documenta- main fuzzy. Kemp’s office didn’t tion for people getting inoculated answer questions on Friday about against the coronavirus. who exactly would be eligible, or The directive is aimed at ensur- for how much money. ing that non-citizens and others Completion grants have gotten a who might not have an ID are in- lot of attention in academic circles cluded in the vaccination drive. Ig- NAM Y. HUH/AP in recent years, with Atlanta’s Ge- noring it could cause medical fa- People sit outside a restaurant in a heated tent in Glenview, Ill., on Saturday. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker orgia State University a notable cilities and local health agencies to announced Friday that limited indoor service will be allowed for regions of the state that see their pioneer. Getting more students to lose access to vaccines, Scott COVID­19 metrics improve enough to move down to the state's Tier 1 mitigation level. finish college has also been a ma- Bookman, the Colorado Depart- jor push by outgoing University ment of Public Health and Envi- ple were allowed to get the vaccine state said 36 of Iowa’s 99 counties lag during the weekend, making System of Georgia Chancellor ronment’s COVID-19 incident at Saturday’s drive-thru event at had a positivity rate above 15%, Sunday’s figures less of an indica- Steve Wrigley. commander, warned in the letter the Division of Motor Vehicles in and another 46 counties reported tion of a broader trajectory of the to the state’s 459 providers. Dover. Carney’s office had billed positivity rates between 10% and virus in Ohio. Arkansas Bookman said requiring IDs the event as a “Phase 1A Vaccina- 15%. Ohio’s seven-day average posi- LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas on could also be a barrier for people tion Clinic” as “Delaware ‘sprints’ tive COVID-19 test rate fell to 11% Monday will expand its distribu- experiencing homelessness, who to vaccinate individuals in Phase Louisiana on Friday, the most recent day for tion of the COVID-19 vaccine to have a disability or are on the mar- 1A.” NEW ORLEANS — The father which data is available, according teachers and people aged 70 or ol- gins of society and unable to get an Officials have previously said of U.S. Rep. Garrett Graves, of to the state. More than 8.4 million der. Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who is ID. that phase 1B, targeting front-line Louisiana, has died of complica- COVID-19 tests have been admin- 70, is set to get his first dose of the Health care providers are now essential workers and people 65 tions from COVID-19. istered across the state. vaccine Monday afternoon. authorized to vaccinate members and older, was expected to begin Graves’ office announced the An additional 65 virus deaths On Sunday, Arkansas reported of the general public 70 and older. by the end of the month. Saturday afternoon death of John were reported Sunday, which is 976 new confirmed and probable They can ask a person’s name, Graves in a news release. Funeral less than the three-week average cases of the coronavirus, which date of birth and address, but offi- Iowa arrangements were pending. of 81 new deaths reported per day. Hutchinson said on Twitter is part cials recommend they operate on DES MOINES — The number of In a brief statement, Graves, a So far, the virus has killed 10,200 of “an improved trend.” an “honor system” with regard to people hospitalized with the coro- Baton Rouge area Republican, Ohioans since the pandemic be- Researchers at Johns Hopkins people’s ages rather than asking to navirus in Iowa has dipped below said his father’s death caught the gan in mid-March, state data University said that over the past see an ID. The state’s goal is to give 500 for the first time since Octo- family by surprise. shows. two weeks, the rolling average vaccines to 70% of residents 70 ber. “He has one of those awesome number of daily new cases in Ar- and older by the end of February. The Iowa Department of Public American Dream stories that in- South Carolina kansas has increased by 137, an in- Health said 474 people were being spired our entire family,” the con- MYRTLE BEACH — A former crease of 5.5%. Delaware treated for COVID-19 in hospitals gressman added. “His father died mayor of the South Carolina city of The Arkansas Department of DOVER — Delaware residents Saturday, down from 505 on Fri- when he was young, he worked Myrtle Beach has died of compli- Health on Sunday reported 18 new who are not currently eligible for day. The last time the number of multiple jobs to help the family, cations from COVID-19, the city deaths, bringing the state’s death the COVID-19 vaccine neverthe- people hospitalized was below 500 worked his way through college reported Sunday. toll to 4,311. less received it at a mass vaccina- was Oct. 18. and eventually owned his own The city’s website says John tion event attended by Gov. John The state reported 730 new business that trained so many en- Rhodes died Saturday night. California Carney, according to state offi- cases and two deaths Sunday to gineers across south Louisiana.” Rhodes served as mayor from LOS ANGELES — California is cials. give Iowa a total of 304,852 cases January 2006 through December closing in on 3 million coronavirus The Division of Public Health and 4,323 deaths since the pan- Ohio 2017. cases as the state tries to smooth said after Saturday’s vaccination demic began. COLUMBUS — Another 5,247 The news of his death comes as the rocky rollout of vaccines dur- event that screening would be Over the past week, Iowa has Ohioans tested positive for the cor- the health department in South ing a continuing spike in CO- “tightened” for vaccination events been reporting an average of onavirus as of Sunday, bringing Carolina reports 4,584 newly con- VID-19 deaths. on Sunday and Monday, and those 941.43 new cases per day. That is the statewide case total to 826,754. firmed cases and 76 new con- The state reported 432 deaths not in the state’s top-priority phase up from two weeks ago when the Sunday’s cases were lower than firmed deaths. Those figures, Sunday, a day after recording the 1A, which is limited to health care state was reporting a seven-day the three-week average of 7,439 posted Sunday, were current as of second-highest daily count of 669, workers and long-term care resi- rolling average of 883 new cases new cases reported per day, ac- midnight Friday. according to the Department of dents and staff, might be turned per day on Jan. 2. cording to the Ohio Department of The latest numbers push the to- Public Health. California’s death away. Iowa reported a 14-day positiv- Health. But newly reported cases, tal number of confirmed cases in toll since the start of the pandemic It’s unclear how ineligible peo- ity rate of 13% on Sunday. The deaths and hospitalizations often the state over 350,000. Tuesday, January 19, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 WORLD Russia ready to extend US arms deal fast

BY VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Moscow is ready to do so without Associated Press any conditions. The Kremlin also MOSCOW — Moscow is ready has voiced readiness to prolong for a quick deal with the incom- the pact for a shorter term as ing administration of U.S. Presi- Trump’s administration had pon- dent-elect Joe Biden to extend dered. the last remaining arms control The talks on the treaty’s exten- pact, which expires in just over sion have been clouded by ten- two weeks, Russia’s top diplomat sions between Russia and the LEE JIN­MAN/AP said Monday. United States that have been Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae­yong, center, is questioned by reporters upon his arrival at Months of talks between Rus- fueled by the Ukrainian crisis, the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday. sia and President Donald Moscow’s meddling in the 2016 Trump’s administration on the U.S. presidential election and possible extension of the New other irritants. Sunday’s arrest of START treaty have failed to nar- Putin’s leading critic Alexei Na- S. Korean court gives Samsung row their differences. The pact is valny in Moscow after his return set to expire on Feb. 5. from Germany where he was re- Biden has spoken in favor of covering from a nerve agent poi- scion prison term over bribery the preservation of the New soning he blamed on the Kremlin BY KIM TONG-HYUNG ness activity.” cutors separately indicted Lee on START treaty, which was nego- would further cloud Russia-U.S. Associated Press Wearing a mask and black suit charges of stock price manipula- tiated during his tenure as U.S. ties. SEOUL, South Korea — Billio- and tie, Lee was taken into custo- tion, breach of trust and auditing vice president, and Russia has Biden’s pick for national secu- naire Samsung scion Lee Jae- dy following the ruling. He didn’t violations related to the 2015 said it’s open for its quick and rity adviser, Jake Sullivan, called yong was sent back to prison on answer questions by reporters merger. unconditional extension on Russian authorities to free Na- Monday after a South Korean upon his arrival at the court. It isn’t immediately clear what Russian Foreign Minister Ser- valny. “Mr. Navalny should be court handed him a two and a Injae Lee, an attorney who his prison term would mean for gey Lavrov said at a news confer- immediately released, and the half-year sentence for his involve- leads Lee Jae-yong’s defense Samsung. Samsung didn’t show ence Monday that Moscow is perpetrators of the outrageous at- ment in a 2016 corruption scandal team, expressed regret over the many signs of trouble during the ready to move quickly to keep the tack on his life must be held ac- that spurred massive protests and court’s decision, saying that the previous time Lee spent in jail in pact alive. countable,” Sullivan said in a ousted South Korea’s then-presi- “essence of the case is that a for- 2017 and 2018, and prison terms “The most important priority is tweet. dent. mer president abused power to have never really stopped South the absolutely abnormal situation New START was signed in In a much-anticipated retrial, infringe upon the freedom and Korean corporate leaders from in the sphere of arms control,” 2010 by President Barack Obama the Seoul High Court found Lee property rights of a private com- relaying their management deci- Lavrov said. “We have heard and Russian President Dmitry guilty of bribing then-President pany.” sions from behind bars. about the Biden administration’s Medvedev. It limits each country Park Geun-hye and her close con- He didn’t specifically say Lee, 52, was originally sen- intention to resume a dialogue on to no more than 1,550 deployed fidante to win government sup- whether there would be an ap- tenced in 2017 to five years in this issue and try to agree on the nuclear warheads and 700 de- port for a 2015 merger between peal. Samsung didn’t issue a prison for offering $7 million in New START treaty’s extension ployed missiles and bombers, two Samsung affiliates. The deal statement over the ruling. bribes to Park and her longtime before it expires on Feb. 5. We and envisages sweeping on-site helped strengthen his control Lee Jae-yong helms the Sam- friend Choi Soon-sil. But he was are waiting for specific propos- inspections to verify compliance. over the country’s largest busi- sung group in his capacity as vice freed after 11 months in February als, our stance is well-known and Arms control advocates have ness group. chairman of Samsung Electron- 2018 after the Seoul High Court it remains valid.” strongly called for its preserva- Lee’s lawyers had portrayed ics, one of the world’s largest reduced his term to 2 ½ years and New START envisages the pos- tion, warning that its expiration him as a victim of presidential makers of computer chips and suspended his sentence, over- sibility of its extension for anoth- would remove any checks on U.S. power abuse and described the smartphones. turning key convictions and re- er five years, and Russian Presi- and Russian nuclear forces, strik- 2015 deal as part of “normal busi- In September last year, prose- ducing the number of his bribes. dent Vladimir Putin has said that ing a blow to global stability. Japan to South Korea: Drop push for wartime compensation BY MARI YAMAGUCHI rect the violation of international law as South Korea’s Supreme Court in 2018 or- pan and the United States was “indispens- Associated Press soon as possible” and restore healthy rela- dered Japanese companies to provide repa- able for regional security,” including the TOKYO — Japan’s foreign minister ac- tions, Motegi said. rations to some South Koreans who were response to North Korea’s nuclear and mis- cused South Korea on Monday of worsen- The Seoul Central District Court ruled on forced to work in their factories during the sile programs. ing already strained ties by making “ille- Jan. 8 that the Japanese government must war. Japan, under a 1995 semi-governmental gal” demands for compensation for the sex- give $91,360 to each of 12 elderly women The dispute over forced labor escalated Asian Women’s Fund, offered payments ual abuse of Korean women and use of who filed lawsuits in 2013 over their war- into a trade dispute and prompted South and apology letters to certified victims of its forced laborers during World War II. time suffering as “comfort women.” Korea to threaten to scrap a 2016 military wartime sexual abuse from five countries, Toshimitsu Motegi, in a diplomatic pol- They were among tens of thousands of intelligence-sharing agreement with Ja- settling disputes with all but South Korea. icy speech in parliament, said a recent women across Japanese-occupied Asia and pan, a key component of their regional de- In 2015, the then-governments of South South Korean court ruling ordering Japan the Pacific who were sent to front-line Ja- fense cooperation with the United States. Korea and Japan reached what was sup- to compensate 12 South Korean women panese army brothels. Japan has protested the court rulings, posed to be a final and irreversible deal to who were sexually abused in Japanese mil- The ruling worsened tensions between saying all wartime compensation issues settle the issue with a new fund set up by itary brothels during the war was “an ab- the two countries, whose relations had al- were settled under a 1965 treaty normaliz- the Japanese government, but the current normal development absolutely unthink- ready plunged to the lowest level in dec- ing relations in which Japan provided $500 South Korean administration of President able under international law and bilateral ades over earlier South Korean rulings on million in economic assistance. Moon Jae-in dissolved it, saying the deal relations.” Japan’s actions during its 1910-1945 coloni- Motegi called South Korea “an important was reached without proper consultation “We strongly urge South Korea to cor- al rule of the Korean Peninsula. neighbor” and said its cooperation with Ja- with the victims. PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, January 19, 2021 WORLD 12 workers N. Korea assembly trapped in rubber stamps new China mine are alive development plans Associated Press BEIJING — Chinese state BY KIM TONG-HYUNG KCNA said six of the Cabinet’s media said 12 out of 22 workers Associated Press eight premiers were replaced. trapped for a week by an explo- SEOUL, South Korea — North North Korean premier Kim Tok sion in a gold mine are alive, as Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament Hun, who has led the Cabinet hundreds of rescuers seek to bring has passed decisions made by a since August after his predecessor them to safety. major ruling party meeting where was sacked, said during a speech KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY, KOREA NEWS SERVICE/AP The Xinhua News Agency said leader Kim Jong Un vowed to bol- at the assembly that “serious mis- Members of the Supreme People’s Assembly attend a meeting in Monday that a note passed ster his nuclear deterrent and es- takes” were observed while the Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sunday. through a rescue shaft Sunday tablished plans to salvage the Cabinet implemented the previ- night reported the fate of the other country’s battered economy. ous five-year development plan policy priorities set by Kim and Korea is fully capable of develop- 10 remains unknown. The North’s Korean Central that ended last year. the ruling party leadership. ing such systems. While the coun- The handwritten note said four News Agency said Monday that Reports and images from state During the party congress, Kim try is believed to have accumulat- of the workers were injured and members of the Supreme People’s media suggest Kim Jong Un didn’t called for accelerated national ef- ed dozens of nuclear weapons, that the condition of others was Assembly during Sunday’s meet- attend the assembly. State media forts to build a military arsenal outside estimates of the exact sta- deteriorating because of a lack of ing unanimously supported the also didn’t mention a reshuffling that could viably target Asian U.S. tus of its nuclear and missile pro- fresh air and an influx of water. development plans for the next of the State Affairs Commission, allies and the American home- gram vary widely. Managers of the operation were five years that were revealed dur- the government’s highest deci- land, and announced a long wish The North showcased some of detained after they failed to report ing the Workers’ Party congress sion-making body that Kim leads. list of new sophisticated assets, in- its most advanced strategic assets the accident for more than a day. that ended last week. Meetings of the Supreme Peo- cluding longer-range interconti- during a nighttime military pa- The mine in Qixia, a jurisdiction The assembly also approved a ple’s Assembly are usually brief, nental ballistic missiles, nuclear- rade on Thursday, including what under the city of Yantai in Shan- major reshuffle of the Cabinet, annual affairs that are intended to powered submarines, spy satel- appeared to be a new ballistic mis- dong province, had been under which Kim had criticized over approve budgets, formalize per- lites and tactical nuclear weapons. sile that is being developed to be construction at the time of the failures in economic policies. sonnel changes and rubber-stamp But it’s unclear whether North be fired from submarines. blast, which occurred Jan. 10. Tuesday, January 19, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, January 19, 2021 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Wife may have poisoned her husband’s coffee NEW YORK — A 70- NY year-old woman is ac- cused of lacing her husband’s cof- fee with ant and roach killer mul- tiple times, causing him to become sick. Suncha Tinevra was caught on home surveillance video Jan. 12 retrieving a bottle from beneath a sink and squeezing its white pow- dery contents into her husband’s coffee, Queens County District At- torney Melinda Katz said Satur- day. “The victim did become sick, but thankfully did not die,” Katz said in a news release. Tinevra allegedly spiked the husband’s coffee two or three times. She was arraigned Friday on charges of attempted assault, reckless endangerment and weapons possession, the prosecu- tor said. A not guilty plea was en- tered on her behalf. If convicted, STEPHEN PINGRY, TULSA (OKLA.) WORLD/AP she could face up to four years in prison. A warm welcome home Man charged with stealing ambulance LIFE Senior Services activities director Amberly Villegas talks with Geneva Boling at her house during a visit as part of the PACE program in Tulsa, Okla., on Wednesday. CAMBRIDGE — A MD Maryland man is fac- information on that person. THE CENSUS al authorities. ing charges after stealing an am- During the hearing, Assistant The plastic-wrapped bricks bulance, state police said. Public Defender Courtney Small- The amount of money a woman pleaded guilty to stealing were found inside several duffel Authorities said troopers were wood told Cook County Judge Su- $7M from the Pierce County Housing Authority in Washington bags during a routine X-ray in- contacted shortly after 8 p.m. Fri- sana Ortiz that Short was out on state on Friday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Cova Campbell put the money spection this week after a flight day regarding an unoccupied Dor- bond for an unrelated misde- into her own accounts between March 2016 and July 2019 when she was from the Virgin Islands landed in chester County Emergency Med- meanor battery case when the working as the organization’s finance director, The News Tribune reported. Miami, according to a criminal ical Services ambulance that was robberies occurred. According to the plea agreement, Campbell used the money to buy land in complaint filed by Homeland Se- stolen from outside the University Oklahoma, for improvements to her home in Lakewood, Wash., and for travel, curity Investigations. including trips to Las Vegas and the chartering of a private jet. of Maryland Shore Medical Cen- Arrest made in explosions The Miami Herald reported ter at Dorchester. Troopers spot- that damaged 3 homes Saturday that six people were ar- ted the ambulance traveling west ded and battled the blaze in 30 to mouth building. rested, including the four passen- on Route 50 in Cambridge. AURORA — Aurora 40 mph winds. The area was un- gers on the charter flight. Shakim Investigators said 52-year-old CO police say they have der a winter weather advisory and Deer dropped from a Mike and Teshawn Adams are of- Augustus Redditt, of Baltimore, arrested a man in connection with has seen dry conditions with no highway bridge onto truck ficers with the U.S. Virgin Islands activated the ambulance’s emer- explosions that damaged three snow. Police Department and have been gency equipment in an effort to homes since late last month. Several farms and ranches DURANT — The on the force since 2016, authorities move vehicles out of the way. Po- The Gazette of Colorado were evacuated due to smoke. MS Mississippi Highway said. lice said Redditt eventually lost Springs reported that a special Two firefighters were hurt and Patrol continued searching Fri- control of the ambulance near weapons and tactics team arrest- taken to a medical center for treat- day for people who tossed a deer Educator, wife charged Tarbutton Mill Road and crashed. ed Scott A. Campbell at his home ment. off a bridge over Interstate 55 and with faking child’s illness Redditt was treated for his inju- at about 11 p.m. Friday. Firefighters had stopped about onto an 18-wheeler. ries and charged with vehicle The first explosion, early on 80% of the blaze from spreading as It happened Wednesday night WETUMPKA — An theft, driving under the influence, Christmas Day, damaged two of Friday afternoon. No occupied in rural Holmes County, about 50 AL Alabama educator and drug possession and related traf- homes on East Mansfield Avenue residences have been lost, al- miles north of Jackson. The ani- his wife have been indicted on fic offenses. in southeast Aurora. The second though a ranch headquarters sus- mal’s body slid into the cab, but charges of falsely claiming their damaged a home on South Pagosa tained heavy damage, Lemmon the driver was not injured and did daughter had a terminal illness. Prosecutor: Woman robs circle on Jan. 7. Fire Department spokesman not wreck. Coosada Elementary School as- 4 stores in under an hour Campbell was being held in the Shane Penfield said. WLBT-TV reported that anoth- sistant principal Daniel Nix Tay- Arapahoe County Jail on a $1 mil- er driver told investigators she lor, 38, and Jessica Lane Taylor, CHICAGO — A woman lion bond Saturday and was College to ban smoking in saw two people dangle the deer 37, are charged with aggravated IL charged with robbing four scheduled to make an initial ap- March on all property over the bridge and then drop it. child abuse, the Montgomery Ad- convenience stores in Chicago in pearance Tuesday, according to A Highway Patrol spokesman vertiser reported. They were re- less than an hour was ordered online jail records. HANOVER — Dart- said Friday that it was not clear leased from the Elmore County held on $50,000 bond on Saturday. NH mouth College is going whether the deer was alive before Jail after posting bonds of $30,000 Jessica Short, 21, is charged Ranches evacuated as smoke-free starting March 18, it was dropped. It appeared to each. with two counts of aggravated rob- grass fire spreads banning tobacco products on all have been at least wounded, Prosecutor C.J. Robinson said bery and two counts of robbery af- college property and also public though. Video from the TV station the couple was accused of claim- ter she allegedly participated in LEMMON — A grass sidewalks near buildings. showed blood on the concrete rail- ing their daughter had cancer or the robberies of the four stores on SD fire in far southwest- The new policy will prohibit the ing at the top of the bridge. another terminal illness, which Thursday morning. Police said ern North Dakota has consumed use of tobacco or nicotine prod- prompted fundraisers in the com- Short, who allegedly drove an 20,000 acres, forcing farmers and ucts by students, staff, faculty or Cops charged after drugs munity. The child had to undergo SUV from robbery to robbery, was ranchers to evacuate and leaving visitors on any property owned, found inside luggage medical appointments and inva- also cited for driving without a li- two firefighters hurt. operated or occupied by the Ivy sive tests because of the claims, he cense. The Sioux Falls Argus Leader League college in Hanover. That MIAMI — More than said. Short, a resident of Belvidere, reported that firefighters respon- includes all indoor and outdoor FL 300 kilos of cocaine A statement from the school about 75 miles northwest of Chica- ded to the fire about 10 miles public and private spaces, frater- bricks were found during a bag- system said Taylor was placed on go, allegedly committed the rob- northwest of Lemmon in Adams nities and sororities, parking lots gage scan at a Miami airport. Two leave Thursday, a day after the ar- beries with an uncharged accom- County late Thursday afternoon. and Dartmouth-owned vehicles, of the men charged in the drug rest was reported. plice, according to the Chicago Nearly 20 departments from along with any public streets or bust are police officers in the U.S. Tribune. Police did not have any North and South Dakota respon- sidewalks within 20 feet of a Dart- Virgin Islands, according to feder- From The Associated Press Tuesday, January 19, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 15 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Biden should update Obama strategies Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY JACKSON DIEHL new nuclear arms race might take off, is tried out this doctrine on Myanmar (Burma) The Washington Post about to lapse because of Trump's foolish and Cuba, as well as Iran. oe Biden's national security team and unworkable demand that China be in- The results were pretty dismal. U.S. sanc- EDITORIAL has been getting plenty of advice cluded in any extension. And during tions were lifted and relations restored with Terry Leonard, Editor about Trump policies that it should Trump's four years of climate denialism, the Cuba's Castro regime and Myanmar's gen- [email protected] Jimmediately jettison on Wednesday catastrophic costs of warming have steadily erals, but neither substantially changed. or consider keeping. Yet given the large mounted — from record hurricanes in the The Burmese military allowed opposition Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor number of top Biden officials who are veter- Caribbean to spreading wildfires in the leader Aung San Suu Kyi to form a civilian [email protected] ans of Barack Obama's administration, West. government after an election, then launched Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content there's a more interesting question: Which The small army of die-hard Washington a genocidal campaign against the Rohingya [email protected] strategies from those eight years ought to be opponents to the Iran deal will have to ac- minority while she stood by — and cheered. relaunched — or discarded? count for the fact that Trump's alternative — Cuba released political prisoners, then rear- Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation [email protected] If personnel is policy, a full-on revival of rupture, followed by "maximum pressure" rested some of them; the heavy political re- Obamaism might seem likely. Secretary of — failed to induce the regime of Ali Khame- pression on the island has remained unal- Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital state nominee Antony Blinken and deputy nei to negotiate a better bargain, as Trump tered. [email protected] Wendy Sherman; national security adviser claimed he wanted, or to topple the regime, While he rightly argued that the Iran nu- nominee Jake Sullivan and deputy Jon Fin- as the aides who pushed the policy hoped. In- clear deal was itself worthwhile, Obama be- BUREAU STAFF er; director of national intelligence nominee stead, Iran has returned to enriching urani- lieved it could lead the regime to embrace "a Avril Haines and CIA director-designate um and other steps toward producing nucle- different path." It never came close to doing Europe/Mideast William Burns were all senior officials un- ar weapons, while its aggressions around the so, even before Trump's pressure campaign. Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] der Obama, while defense secretary nomi- Middle East are undiminished. For Biden's Obama veterans, the logical +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 nee Lloyd Austin headed the Pentagon's Meanwhile, the United States has been response to these failures would be a more Pacific Middle East command. Almost every other arming and defending Sunni Arab regimes realistic, hard-nosed appreciation of the Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief top official so far nominated for State De- that, when it comes to domestic oppression challenges posed by U.S. adversaries — in- [email protected] partment and Defense Department roles is and foreign aggression, are hard to distin- cluding China and Russia, as well as smaller +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 an Obama veteran. The group, along with Bi- guish from Shiite Iran — Saudi Arabia and fries such as Iran and Cuba. They must be Washington den himself, has already telegraphed some Egypt chief among them. Israel, whose de- dealt with where accords on arms or climate Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief immediate acts of restoration, including re- fense is usually cited as the prime reason for are in U.S. interests, but illusions about their [email protected] (+1)(202)886-0033 joining the Paris agreement on climate Trump's strategy, has shown that it is more regimes' potential for positive evolution Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News change that Obama helped to negotiate. than capable of defending itself against through U.S. suasion should be abandoned. [email protected] Next will come the resuscitation of the deal Iran's conventional threats, such as the mis- Blinken and Sullivan appear to get this. curbing Iran's nuclear program and the New siles the Revolutionary Guard has tried to The focus of the Biden administration's "en- CIRCULATION START agreement limiting U.S. and Rus- smuggle into Syria and Lebanon. gagement," they have said, should be other Mideast sian strategic arsenals — provided that Teh- Still, one piece of Obama's Iran policy democracies, which need to be bolstered, Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager ran and Moscow cooperate, as they probably proved unworkable — and it flows from one rallied and zeroed in on strategies that allow [email protected] will. of his larger errors. With scant experience in them to outcompete and outlast the dicta- [email protected] Those steps ought to be uncontroversial, foreign affairs before becoming president, tors. 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Eccentric, deadly Letter objects to book music producer deals for Trump cohorts More than 250 authors, editors, Spector dies at 81 agents, professors and others in the American literary community From wire reports signed an open letter last week op- Phil Spector, the eccentric and posing any publisher that signs revolutionary music producer book deals with President Donald who transformed rock music with Trump or members of his admin- his “Wall of Sound” method and istration. who later was convicted of mur- Former DC Comics president der, has died. He was 81. Paul Levitz, journalist Sarah California state prison officials Weinman and “Little Fires Every- said he died Jan. 16 of natural where” author Celeste Ng are causes at a hospital. among signatories to the letter, Spector was written by novelist Barry Lyga convicted of and titled “No Book Deals for murdering ac- Traitors.” tress Lana Clar- “We all love book publishing, kson in 2003 at but we have to be honest — our his castle-like country is where it is in part be- mansion on the cause publishing has chased the edge of Los An- money and notoriety of some pret- Spector geles. After a ty sketchy people, and has granted in 2009 trial in 2009, he Marvel Studios and Disney Plus those same people both the impri- was sentenced to Reality is not what it seems for two former Avengers (Paul Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen) in “WandaVision.”matur of respectability and a lot of 19 years to life. money through sweetheart book Clarkson, star of “Barbarian deals,” the letter read. “We affirm Queen” and other B-movies, was that participation in the adminis- found shot to death in the foyer of tration of Donald Trump must be Spector’s mansion. considered a uniquely mitigating Until the actress’ death, which Marvel’s power couple criterion for publishing houses Spector maintained was an “acci- when considering book deals. dental suicide,” few residents “Consequently, we believe: No even knew the mansion belonged ‘WandaVision’ on Disney Plus envisions mysterious, possibly participant in an administration to the reclusive producer, who that caged children, performed in- spent his remaining years in a alternate-reality reunion of The Avengers’ Vision, Scarlet Witch voluntary surgeries on captive prison hospital east of Stockton. women, and scoffed at science as Decades before, Spector had BY DAVID BETANCOURT the supporting variety in any seemingly there to help spoon- millions were infected with a been hailed as a visionary for The Washington Post Avengers movie get-together feed Wanda a reality that might deadly virus should be enriched channeling Wagnerian ambition “WandaVision” puts to rest any while big guns threw shields, not be real, judging from the blips by the almost rote largesse of a big into the three-minute song, creat- thoughts of the Marvel Studios hammers and fists. and VCR-like rewinds. But is book deal. And no one who incited, ing the “Wall of Sound” that machine losing steam during a A movie? Featuring these two? Agnes trapped in this potential al- suborned, instigated, or otherwise merged spirited vocal harmonies pandemic that has temporarily No one was really banging down ternate reality too? Or connected supported the January 6, 2021, with lavish orchestral arrange- shelved two of its 2020 superhero Marvel Studios president Kevin to the possibly devilish Marvel coup attempt should have their ments to produce such pop monu- films. Feige’s door for that. But a series? baddie pulling the strings? philosophies remunerated and ments as “Da Doo Ron Ron,” “Be The symphonic Marvel Studios With a splash of inspiration from Teyonah Parris’ Monica Ram- disseminated through our beloved My Baby” and “He’s a Rebel.” intro reels you in. But then the Tom King and Gabriel Hernandez beau, another neighbor who is publishing houses.” He was the rare self-conscious high-definition crispness and dig- Walta’s Eisner Award-winning more than she seems, is delightful, The letter invoked “Son of Sam” artist in rock’s early years and cul- ital sound begin to muffle a little “Vision” comic book series? Com- and in limited screen time makes laws, which prevent convicted tivated an image of mystery and bit, and for a few seconds its like bined with Feige’s mutant power it clear she has superhero poten- criminals from profiting from power with his dark shades and you’re watching a black-and- of making what you watch seem tial. book deals, and concluded: “We impassive expression. white TV. The first of many hid- brand-new even though you’ve al- So what weird MCU world is are tired of the industry we love The secret to his sound: an over- den messages in this new series on ready read all the comics? Now this? And an even bigger question enriching the monsters among us, dubbed onslaught of instruments, Disney Plus is abundantly clear: you’ve got our attention. is: Do Wanda and Vision even and we will do whatever is in our vocals and sound effects that You’re not at the movies. And Wanda and Vision are living the know where they really are? Or power to stop it.” changed the way pop records you’ve never seen Marvel Studios perfect life. A newlywed couple who they really are? were recorded. He called the re- like this before. settling into a neighborhood that’s It’s easy to miss the point of Other news sult, “Little symphonies for the “WandaVision” is the shouldn’t- more “Leave It to Beaver” than what “WandaVision” will eventu-
Dr. Dre was back at home kids.” be-possible, seemingly-alternate- Avengers Tower. There’s a come- ally become. At some point there Jan. 16 after being treated at a Los By his mid-20s his “little sym- reality reunion of two B-list Aven- dic feel that runs parallel to the is going to be action. And capes Angeles hospital for a reported phonies” had resulted in nearly gers in love. The pair was together show’s hidden superhero plot, en- flapping. And zapping and teleki- brain aneurysm. Peter Paterno, two dozen hit singles and made until death did them part in 2018’s hanced by an actual studio audi- nesis (well, actually Wanda uses an attorney for the music mogul, him a millionaire. “You’ve Lost “Avengers: Infinity War” when ence that was used while filming that to make dinner right away). said Dre was home but offered no That Lovin’ Feeling,” the operatic Vision fell to Thanos. in black and white. But the big surprise is that the se- other details. Righteous Brothers ballad which There aren’t too many Aven- Bettany shines as an android ries works so well as a comedy,
“Parasite” director Bong topped the charts in 1965, has been gers reunion options. Iron Man? with a heart. In the past, his im- even though the jokes are intend- Joon Ho has been appointed jury tabulated as the song most played Dead. Thor? Out of shape at the peccable robotic delivery of his ed to distract you the viewer, as president of the 2021 edition of the on radio and television — counting moment. Captain America? Old. lines always convinced you that well as our titular heroes. Venice International Film Festiv- the many cover versions — in the Black Widow? Also dead. And with he’s a machine and not a man. In addition to a streaming se- al, organizers announced Jan. 15. 20th century. a prequel in limbo. Hawkeye? His “WandaVision’s” delving into ries, we’re getting something else The 2020 Oscar winner will be- But thanks in part to the arrival Disney Plus show isn’t ready yet. comedy allows him more range we’ve never had in the MCU: a come the first Korean filmmaker of the Beatles, his chart success The Hulk? Always a costar. Nev- for those lines. true power couple. Yes, Tony to serve in the prestigious role for soon faded. When “River Deep — er the lead. Perhaps he’ll show up Want to know quickly how this Stark had Pepper. Steve Rogers the September event. Mountain High,” a 1966 release in the She-Hulk Disney Plus se- all turns out? No bingeing this one had Peggy. But love was always
Dustin Diamond, best known that featured Tina Turner, failed ries. — the first two episodes have been put on the side to save the day on as the geeky Samuel “Screech” to catch on, Spector shut down his That leaves us with Wanda (El- released, but from here on out, film, whereas here in “WandaVi- Powers on the 1990s sitcom record label and withdrew from izabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul they will appear on Disney Plus sion” these two super-powered “Saved by the Bell,” has been hos- the business for three years. He Bettany) to fill our post-“Aven- once a week. beings’ love is at the center of the pitalized with Stage 4 cancer in would go on to produce the Beatles gers: Endgame” void. Ironically, The TV-sitcom vibe also makes plot. Florida. A representative for Dia- and Lennon among others, but he they’re two of the most powerful way for wacky friends next door. The honeymoon is far from over mond told Entertainment Weekly was now serving the artists, in- Avengers around, but geek hierar- Kathryn Hahn’s Agnes is the nosy for Wanda and Vision, and for on Jan. 14 that Diamond, 44, is re- stead of the other way around. chy dictates their roles would be of yet helpful neighbor, always Marvel Studios. ceiving chemotherapy. Tuesday, January 19, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 SCOREBOARD/NHL

GOLF COLLEGE BASKETBALL NHL scoreboard Sony Open Sunday’s scores Central Division Sunday East PGA Tour Albany (NY) 83, NJIT 71 GP WLOT Pts GF GA At Waialae Country Club Army 76, Boston U. 65 Honolulu, Hawaii Bucknell 77, Lehigh 61 Tampa Bay 2 2 0 0 4 10 3 Purse: $6.6 million Colgate 96, Holy Cross 87 Nashville 2 2 0 0 4 8 3 Yardage: 7,044; Par: 70 Coppin St. 89, Morgan St. 79 Florida 1 1 0 0 2 5 2 Final Round Dayton 67, George Washington 54 Hofstra 68, Delaware 67 Detroit 2 1 1 0 2 4 5 Kevin Na $1,188,000 67-66-61-65—259-21 Lafayette 72, Loyola (Md.) 70 Carolina 2 1 1 0 2 5 4 Chris Kirk $587,400 65-65-65-65—260-20 Mass.-Lowell 77, Binghamton 67 Columbus 2 0 2 0 0 3 8 J. Niemann $587,400 62-69-63-66—260-20 Navy 71, American 59 Marc Leishman $277,750 66-65-65-65—261-19 New Hampshire 67, Stony Brook 64 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Norfolk St. 83, Delaware St. 79, OT Chicago 3 0 3 0 0 5 15 Webb Simpson $277,750 65-65-67-64—261-19 UMBC 57, Hartford 49 Brendan Steele $277,750 65-66-61-69—261-19 UMass 65, Fordham 46 East Division Daniel Berger $200,475 64-68-64-66—262-18 Vermont 88, Maine 60 Billy Horschel $200,475 65-66-66-65—262-18 W. Kentucky 69, Marshall 67 GP WLOT Pts GF GA Patton Kizzire $200,475 64-69-65-64—262-18 William & Mary 69, Drexel 64 Collin Morikawa $200,475 66-65-67-64—262-18 South Washington 3 2 0 1 5 11 9 Russell Henley $153,450 66-64-65-68—263-17 Northeastern 68, Coll. of Charleston 66 Philadelphia 2 2 0 0 4 11 5 Virginia Tech 64, Wake Forest 60 Matt Jones $153,450 69-67-63-64—263-17 New Jersey 2 1 0 1 3 4 4 Midwest Nick Taylor $153,450 66-62-68-67—263-17 Boston 2 1 0 1 3 4 4 Nick Hardy $113,850 69-63-66-66—264-16 Bradley 86, Evansville 55 GENE J. PUSKAR/AP N.Y. Rangers 2 1 1 0 2 5 4 Charley Hoffman $113,850 66-65-64-69—264-16 Chicago 88, N. Iowa 46 Indiana St. 74, Illinois St. 68 Pittsburgh 3 1 2 0 2 9 14 Peter Malnati $113,850 62-69-64-69—264-16 Pittsburgh Penguins' Jake Guentzel, left, puts a shot under the glove Iowa 96, Northwestern 73 N.Y. Islanders 2 1 1 0 2 4 5 Keith Mitchell $113,850 71-62-63-68—264-16 Missouri St. 94, Missouri S&T 49 hand of Washington Capitals goaltender Ilya Samsonov for the Purdue 80, Penn St. 72 Buffalo 2 0 2 0 0 5 8 Carlos Ortiz $113,850 66-67-67-64—264-16 game­winning goal in a 4­3 shootout win Sunday in Pittsburgh. Stewart Cink $78,210 67-63-65-70—265-15 Southwest North Division Kramer Hickok $78,210 67-68-65-65—265-15 Houston 75, UCF 58 Charles Howell III $78,210 67-68-66-64—265-15 Tulsa 58, Memphis 57 GP WLOT Pts GF GA M.. Hughes $78,210 65-69-65-66—265-15 Far West NHL ROUNDUP Toronto 3 2 1 0 4 11 11 Kyoung-Hoon Lee $78,210 69-66-66-64—265-15 CS Bakersfield 83, Hawaii 72 H. Matsuyama $78,210 66-65-66-68—265-15 Cal St.-Fullerton 85, CS Northridge 77 Montreal 2 1 0 1 3 9 6 Si Woo Kim $50,710 64-70-65-67—266-14 Idaho St. 57, Sacramento St. 56, OT Calgary 2 1 0 1 3 6 4 Robby Shelton $50,710 66-67-65-68—266-14 Nevada 79, Fresno St. 65 Winnipeg 1 1 0 0 2 4 3 Santa Clara 69, San Diego 63 Sepp Straka $50,710 69-66-66-65—266-14 Weber St. 94, Tarleton St. 79 Ottawa 2 1 1 0 2 7 6 Hudson Swafford $50,710 65-68-67-66—266-14 Sunday’s women’s scores Edmonton 3 1 2 0 2 9 12 Vaughn Taylor $50,710 64-66-68-68—266-14 Vancouver 3 1 2 0 2 7 11 Michael Thompson $50,710 66-68-66-66—266-14 East Guentzel’s winner Cameron Davis $43,230 68-66-67-66—267-13 Army 54, Boston U. 43 West Division Ryan Armour $34,577 69-66-65-68—268-12 Binghamton 67, Mass.-Lowell 63 GP WLOT Pts GF GA Harris English $34,577 70-64-67-67—268-12 Bucknell 80, Lehigh 66 Brice Garnett $34,577 66-68-67-67â268-12 Delaware 65, Hofstra 46 Holy Cross 63, Colgate 62 Vegas 2 2 0 0 4 7 3 Jim Herman $34,577 64-69-69-66—268-12 La Salle 67, Duquesne 63 Minnesota 2 2 0 0 4 8 6 Mark Hubbard $34,577 66-68-66-68—268-12 Maine 63, Albany (NY) 47 Arizona 2 1 0 1 3 8 7 Kevin Kisner $34,577 69-67-64-68—268-12 Marquette 72, St. John’s 61 lifts Penguins by St. Louis 2 1 1 0 2 4 9 Wesley Bryan $34,577 68-67-67-66—268-12 Morgan St. 72, Delaware St. 65 NJIT 65, Hartford 51 Harry Higgs $34,577 65-71-67-65—268-12 Colorado 2 1 1 0 2 9 4 Navy 70, American U. 67 San Jose 2 1 1 0 2 7 8 Pat Perez $34,577 68-65-69-66—268-12 Northwestern 67, Penn St. 50 Aaron Baddeley $24,090 64-68-65-72—269-11 Seton Hall 83, Butler 68 Los Angeles 2 0 0 2 2 6 8 Lanto Griffin $24,090 68-65-67-69—269-11 St. Peter’s 59, Rider 50 Anaheim 2 0 1 1 1 3 7 James Hahn $24,090 68-65-66-70—269-11 Stony Brook 64, New Hampshire 41 Syracuse 99, Miami 64 Caps in shootout Ryan Palmer $24,090 70-65-65-69—269-11 South Saturday’s games Adam Scott $24,090 69-64-70-66—269-11 New Jersey 2, Boston 1, OT Brendon Todd $24,090 70-64-66-69—269-11 Elon 77, James Madison 55 Florida 68, Auburn 54 Associated Press Arizona 5, San Jose 3 Austin Cook $16,903 68-66-68-68—270-10 Florida Gulf Coast 81, Bellarmine 52 the final 45 minutes after Wash- Montreal 5, Edmonton 1 Sergio Garcia $16,903 70-66-64-70—270-10 Furman 52, Chattanooga 46 ington did whatever it wanted Detroit 4, Carolina 2 Mike Weir $16,903 68-66-68-68—270-10 George Washington 67, George Mason Toronto 3, Ottawa 2 Scott Brown $16,903 70-66-67-67—270-10 47 PITTSBURGH — Casey DeS- while taking a 2-1 lead in the first. N.Y. Rangers 5, N.Y. Islanders 0 Georgia 73, Mississippi 57 Nashville 5, Columbus 2 Jim Furyk $16,903 69-66-68-67—270-10 Howard 60, Coppin St. 51 mith felt the puck at his feet, “I thought our guys played hard Minnesota 4, Los Angeles 3, OT Emiliano Grillo $16,903 66-70-67-67—270-10 Kentucky 80, Vanderbilt 73 looked down to confirm it was in- in the second and third against a Vegas 2, Anaheim 1, OT Nelson Ledesma $16,903 67-66-71-66—270-10 Liberty 77, North Alabama 60 Calgary 3, Vancouver 0 Brian Stuard $16,903 66-67-69-68—270-10 Louisville 84, Florida St. 56 deed the case then exhaled as his really good team,” Pittsburgh Martin Trainer $16,903 70-66-70-64—270-10 NC A&T 49, Norfolk St. 32 North Florida 67, Jacksonville 56 Pittsburgh Penguins teammates coach Mike Sullivan said. “We Sunday’s games Chris Baker $15,048 69-67-69-66—271 -9 Tennessee 82, Alabama 56 Pittsburgh 4, Washington 3, SO Brian Harman $15,048 66-69-67-69—271 -9 UCF 57, Cincinnati 41 poured over the bench in the mid- need to have that sort of effort, but Florida 5, Chicago 2 Sungjae Im $15,048 68-68-68-67—271 -9 W. Kentucky 69, Marshall 60 dle of an empty arena to congrat- also playing with a sense of pur- Dallas at Tampa Bay, ppd Satoshi Kodaira $15,048 69-66-69-67—271 -9 Wake Forest 67, Virginia Tech 64 William & Mary 69, Drexel 53 ulate their backup goaltender, the pose and I thought we did that in Monday’s games Jason Kokrak $15,048 62-71-66-72—271 -9 Midwest Columbus at Detroit Troy Merritt $15,048 66-67-70-68—271 -9 one hardly playing like a backup. the second and the third.” Boston at N.Y. Islanders Zach Johnson $14,454 71-65-68-68—272 -8 Fordham 72, Saint Louis 63 Winnipeg at Toronto Maryland 79, Wisconsin 70 Starting in place of a shaky Ovechkin scored his 707th ca- Anirban Lahiri $14,454 69-65-64-74—272 -8 Notre Dame 83, Boston College 73 Buffalo at Philadelphia Tristan Jarry, DeSmith turned reer goal in the first period to Carolina at Nashville Cameron Smith $14,454 67-66-68-71—272 -8 Southwest Michael Kim $14,124 67-69-69-68—273 -7 aside the 20 shots he faced in reg- move within one of Hall of Famer San Jose at St. Louis TCU 81, Kansas 78, OT Minnesota at Anaheim Sebastián Muñoz $14,124 66-70-68-69—273 -7 Texas A&M 69, Mississippi St. 41 ulation and overtime then stuffed Mike Gartner for seventh on the Montreal at Edmonton Ryosuke Kinoshita $13,728 68-68-69-69—274 -6 Texas Tech 74, Texas 66 Vancouver at Calgary Jamie Lovemark $13,728 68-68-71-67—274 -6 Far West Washington’s T.J. Oshie, Nicklas all-time list. Backstrom and Nic Arizona at Vegas Chez Reavie $13,728 68-68-69-69—274 -6 Arizona 67, Oregon St. 51 Backstrom, Evgeny Kuznetsov Dowd also scored for Washington, Tuesday’s games Robert Streb $13,728 69-66-72-67—274 -6 Colorado 77, Stanford 72, OT and Alex Ovechkin in the shootout which was looking to begin the Buffalo at Philadelphia K.J. Choi $13,398 67-65-69-74—275 -5 New Mexico 81, UNLV 73 Chicago at Florida Brian Gay $13,134 67-69-68-73—277 -3 S. Utah 80, Rio Grande 73 as the Penguins picked up their season 3-0 for the first time since New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers Jerry Kelly $13,134 68-68-69-75—280 E UC Riverside 54, Southern Cal 52 Washington at Pittsburgh UCLA 68, Washington St. 66, OT first win of the season with a 4-3 2011-12. Winnipeg at Ottawa victory on Sunday. Samsonov finished with 24 Columbus at Detroit Carolina at Nashville DEALS Given the start after Jarry al- saves and turned aside Sidney Colorado at Los Angeles lowed nine goals on 31 shots while Crosby, Kris Letang and Evgeni Sunday’s Transactions NASHVILLE PREDATORS —Reassigned F getting swept in Philadelphia last Malkin in the shootout, but let Mathieu Oliver to the taxi squad. BASKETBALL PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Signed G Zane week, DeSmith picked up his first Guentzel’s wrister slip between Panthers, who had three goals in National Basketball Association McIntyre, C Ryan Fitzgerald and LW Tan- WASHINGTON WIZARDS —Waived C An- ner MacMaster to minor league contracts. victory since March 14, 2019, his legs and the Penguins poured the third period to pull away in- zejs Pasecniks. ST. LOUIS BLUES —Placed D Robert Bor- when he denied Ovechkin after over the bench after a successful their delayed opener. They were HOCKEY tuzzo on injured reserve. Recalled D Niko National Hockey League Mikkola to the active roster. Reassigned D Jake Guentzel put Pittsburgh up return to PPG Paints Arena after to have played Dallas last week CALGARY FLAMES — Signed RW Brett Jake Walman and F Jake Neighbours to the in the fourth round of the shoo- 316 days away. twice, games that were called off Ritchie to a one-year, two-way contract. taxi squad. Placed RW Brett Ritchie on the reserve/ SAN JOSE SHARKS —Waived C Joel Kell- tout. “It’s the third game, you know, because of a COVID-19 outbreak COVID-19 list. man. Designated LW Jeffrey Viel and C Fre- derick Handemark for assignment to the DeSmith figured Ovechkin after months of time off without among the Stars. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Released D taxi squad. Reassigned Ds Nicolas Me- Nick Seeler. loche and Nikolai Knyzhov to the taxi would try to fire one past him hockey,” Ovechkin said. “It’s the As late as last Friday, it seemed DETROIT RED WINGS — Waived D Alex squad. Biega. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Designated D rather than deke his way to the third game and we played against as if Yandle was going to be EDMONTON OILERS — Designated LWs Luke Schenn and LW Pierre Engvall for as- net. DeSmith stayed upright as a really good team. ... Have to kind scratched from this game and Jujhar Khaira and Joakim Nygard for as- signment to the taxi squad. signment to the taxi squad. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS —Waived G Aa- Ovechkin closed in and felt the fa- of wake up and know exactly what break his string of playing in 866 LOS ANGELES KINGS —Optioned D Mark ron Dell and RW Jason Spezza. Alt to Ontario (AHL). to WINNIPEG JETS — Designated D Nelson miliar smack of rubber hitting you have to do.” consecutive regular-season MONTREAL CANADIENS — Designated D Nogier, D Ville Heinola and LW C.J. Suess him and not the net. Panthers 5, Blackhawks 2: games, the longest active streak in Alexander Romanov for assignment to the for assignment to the taxi squad. Promot- taxi squad. ed D Logan Stanley from taxi squad. “I saw the puck at my feet and I Keith Yandle got his 100th career the NHL. Instead, he extended his was ecstatic,” DeSmith said. goal, Chris Driedger made 23 streak to 867. COLLEGE HOCKEY Evan Rodrigues, Colton Sce- saves and Florida beat visiting “Getting a win is the biggest viour and Marcus Pettersson all Chicago. thing but my 100th goal, it took a Sunday’s scores Boston U. 4, UMass 2 scored their first goals of the sea- Eetu Luostarinen scored his long time to get it and I’m happy,” Boston College 5, Merrimack 3 EAST MIDWEST son for the Penguins, who rallied first NHL goal, and Aaron Ekblad, Yandle said. “For me it was just American International 1, Holy Cross 0 Wisconsin 5, Arizona St. 2 twice from one-goal deficits and Patric Hornqvist, and Jonathan being ready to go and scoring that Clarkston 2, St. Lawrence 1 Denver 4, North Dakota 1 Quinnipiac 3, Colgate 0 clamped down on the Capitals for Huberdeau also scored for the goal solidified that work.” PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, January 19, 2021 COLLEGE BASKETBALL/NBA

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Garza, No. 5 Iowa Atlantic Division WLPct GB Boston 8 4 .667 — rout Northwestern Philadelphia 9 5 .643 — Brooklyn 8 6 .571 1 New York 6 8 .429 3 Associated Press and nine rebounds and the host Toronto 4 8 .333 4 Cougars routed the Knights. Southeast Division EVANSTON, Ill. — Luka Garza Houston (11-1, 6-1 American WLPct GB had 17 points and 10 rebounds in Athletic Conference) has won four Orlando 6 7 .462 — just 24 minutes, and No. 5 Iowa straight after a loss to Tulsa. Charlotte 6 8 .429 ½ rolled to a 96-73 victory over Jamille Reynolds scored 14 Atlanta 5 7 .417 ½ Northwestern on Sunday. points for UCF (3-5, 1-4). Miami 4 7 .364 1 Washington 3 8 .273 2 Joe Wieskamp had 16 points and No. 20 Virginia Tech 64, Wake RICH PEDRONCELLI / AP CJ Fredrick added 13 as the Haw- Forest 60: Tyrece Radford Central Division New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson, right, dunks over keyes (12-2, 6-1 in the Big Ten) scored 20 points to help the Hokies WLPct GB Sacramento Kings forward Chimezie Metu. Williamson had 31 points won their fifth straight. Iowa and hold onto a road win. Milwaukee 9 4 .692 — in the Pelicans’ 128­123 win Sunday in Sacramento, Calif. Michigan are tied for the confer- Radford made 6 of 7 shots, then Indiana 8 5 .615 1 ence lead. went 6-for-6 at the foul line in the Cleveland 6 7 .462 3 Chicago 5 8 .385 4 NBA ROUNDUP Garza, who entered averaging final 45.4 seconds for Virginia Detroit 3 9 .250 5½ 27.6 points, sat out the final 12 Tech (11-2, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Con- minutes because of the lopsided ference). Western Conference score. He was 7-for-12 from the Ismael Massoud had 12 points Southwest Division field and scored all of his points in for the Demon Deacons (3-5, 0-5). WLPct GB the first half. Army 76, Boston University San Antonio 7 6 .538 — Williamson helps “Luka was not quite as dom- 65: Lonnie Grayson had 21 points Dallas 6 6 .500 ½ inant as he always is,” Wieskamp as the Black Knights defeated the Memphis 6 6 .500 ½ said. “But he was getting double- Terriers. New Orleans 5 7 .417 1½ teamed and he was finding open Josh Caldwell had 17 points for Houston 4 7 .364 2 guys. Teams have to respect Luka Army (8-3, 4-2 Patriot League), Northwest Division spoil Fox’s big in the post. If they double team which earned its fourth straight WLPct GB him, we have a lot of guys open.” road victory. Tucker Blackwell Utah 9 4 .692 — Pete Nance had 16 points and added 12 points. Jalen Rucker had Portland 8 5 .615 1 Boo Buie added 12 for the Wild- 11 points. Oklahoma City 6 6 .500 2½ cats (6-6, 3-5), who dropped their Javante McCoy had 21 points Denver 6 7 .462 3 night for Kings Minnesota 3 8 .273 5 fifth in a row. for Boston University (1-5, 1-5), “We knew what we were facing. which has now lost five games in a Pacific Division Associated Press their first-round playoff series last They’re truly one of the elite row. Sukhmail Mathon added 14 WLPct GB season that the Nuggets won in teams,” Northwestern coach points. Walter Whyte had 13 L.A. Lakers 11 3 .786 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Zion seven games. Chris Collins said. “If you’re going points and 10 rebounds. L.A. Clippers 10 4 .714 1 Williamson had 31 points and six Rudy Gobert had 15 points and Phoenix 7 4 .636 2½ to win, you have to play well on Army defeated Boston Univer- Golden State 6 6 .500 4 rebounds, Steven Adams made 13 rebounds as Mitchell struggled both ends and we fell short of sity 79-59 on Saturday. Sacramento 5 9 .357 6 two free throws with 17.9 seconds with his shot, going 7-for-20 from that.” Navy 71, American 59: Greg Saturday’s games left, and the New Orleans Pelicans the field. But Mitchell hit a clutch The Wildcats got off to a solid Summers had a career-high 21 San Antonio 103, Houston 91 overcame a 43-point performance fadeaway with 1:01 remaining, Brooklyn 122, Orlando 115 start and led 29-28 with just under points as the host Midshipmen Toronto 116, Charlotte 113 by Sacramento’s De’Aaron Fox to and had seven assists to help the eight minutes left in the first half won their eighth straight game. Memphis 106, Philadelphia 104 beat the Kings 128-123 on Sunday Detroit 120, Miami 100 Jazz win their fifth straight. on the strength of four threes by Tyler Nelson had 12 points for Portland 112, Atlanta 106 night. Nikola Jokic had 35 points, 14 Indiana at Phoenix, ppd Buie. Navy (9-1, 6-0 Patriot League). Pa- Brandon Ingram scored 22 rebounds and nine assists for Den- Iowa then took control with 13 trick Dorsey added 11 points. Aus- Sunday’s games points, Eric Bledsoe added 21 and New York 105, Boston 75 ver. Jamal Murray added 30 straight points, six by Jack Nunge. tin Inge had 10 points and five Chicago 117, Dallas 101 Adams had 12 points and 15 re- points. Utah 109, Denver 105 The Hawkeyes led 49-37 at the steals. New Orleans 128, Sacramento 123 bounds to help the Pelicans end a Bulls 117, Mavericks 101: break and opened the second half The Midshipmen forced a sea- L.A. Clippers 129, Indiana 96 five-game losing streak. The Cleveland at Washington, ppd Lauri Markkanen had 29 points with a 13-2 run for a 62-39 advan- son-high 21 turnovers. Philadelphia at Oklahoma City, ppd Kings have lost eight of 10. and 10 rebounds, and Garrett tage. Johnny O’Neil had 17 points and Monday’s games Limited to 14 points in a 38-point Temple scored 15 of his season- No. 11 Houston 75, UCF 58: seven rebounds for the Eagles Orlando at New York loss to the Los Angeles Clippers Cleveland at Washington high 21 points in the second quar- Quentin Grimes scored 18 points, (0-2, 0-2). Stacy Beckton Jr. added two nights earlier, Fox had a ca- Minnesota at Atlanta ter to help visiting Chicago end a Justin Gorham added 15 points 12 points. Detroit at Miami reer-high point total and 13 assists. San Antonio at Portland four-game losing streak. Phoenix at Memphis Knicks 105, Celtics 75:Julius Dallas at Toronto Dallas star Luka Doncic passed Randle had 20 points with 12 re- Milwaukee at Brooklyn Michael Jordan on the career list Houston at Chicago bounds, and RJ Barrett added 19 Golden State at L.A. Lakers with his 29th triple-double, finish- points and 11 rebounds and New Tuesday’s games ing with 36 points, 16 rebounds New Orleans at Utah York won at Boston to end a five- and 15 assists, including a behind- Oklahoma City at DenverNBA game losing streak. Jaylen Brown scored 25 points the-back pass to Willie Cauley- NBA leaders for the Celtics, who had the best Stein for a dunk. Doncic is tied with Grant Hill for 15th place. Through Jan. 17 record in the Eastern Conference Clippers 129, Pacers 96:Mar- Scoring after winning five in a row but suf- GFG FT PTS AVG fered their biggest blowout and cus Morris scored a season-high Beal, WAS 10 121 83 349 34.9 lowest-scoring output of the sea- 20 points and host Los Angeles Durant, BKN 10 103 72 307 30.7 son. All-Star Kemba Walker made beat Indiana for its first four-game Curry, GS 12 110 71 341 28.4 winning streak of the season. Doncic, DAL 11 112 62 311 28.3 his season debut after missing the Lillard, POR 13 109 92 359 27.6 first 11 games with a left knee in- With sharpshooter Lou Wil- LaVine, CHI 13 119 68 350 26.9 jury but left in the third quarter liams sidelined, Morris came off Tatum, BOS 10 101 32 269 26.9 with a rib injury. Fellow Boston the bench to hit four three-point- McCollum, POR 13 123 38 347 26.7 Antetokounmpo, MIL 12 116 69 319 26.6 All-Star Jayson Tatum missed his ers, tying his season high. Fellow Brown, BOS 12 118 44 309 25.8 second straight game because of reserve Luke Kennard added sea- Embiid, PHI 11 90 82 275 25.0 COVID-19. son highs of 20 points and five Jokic, DEN 13 121 66 325 25.0 NAM Y. HUH / AP Jazz 109, Nuggets 105:Jordan three-pointers. Paul George also Grant, DET 12 103 58 297 24.8 Iowa guard/forward Joe Wieskamp, center, goes up for a shot against George, LAC 13 105 60 323 24.8 Clarkson scored 23 points, Dono- had 20 points. Kawhi Leonard had Northwestern Sunday in Evanston, Ill. He had 16 points in a 96­73 Leonard, LAC 12 106 57 292 24.3 van Mitchell added 18 and Utah 17 points, seven rebounds and five win for the Hawkeyes. James, LAL 14 122 59 337 24.1 won at Denver in a rematch of assists for the Clippers. Tuesday, January 19, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 SPORTS BRIEFS/NFL

BRIEFLY Chiefs’ Reid: QB Mahomes Coronavirus concerns force another NBA postponement ‘doing good’ after concussion BY DAVE SKRETTA Associated Press delivered a 65 to finish one shot Associated Press Another NBA game was called behind. The birdie on the final KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick off Sunday because of coronavirus hole gave him enough points to re- Mahomes had enough wits about concerns, and the Memphis Griz- gain full status. him after a concussion knocked zlies said center Jonas Valanciu- “It totally changes everything the star quarterback from the Kan- nas will not play Monday because being able to be back to picking sas City Chiefs’ divisional-round of the league’s health and safety my schedule like I’m used to over playoff win over the Cleveland protocols. the last number of years,” Kirk Browns to get a rather clever hash- The NBA said the Philadelphia said. “To go into a week and say tag trending on Twitter. at Oklahoma City game, sched- I’ve got to finish top three to keep “HenneThingIsPossible,” it uled for Sunday night, could not be going and do is silly. I’m thankful read. played because the 76ers did not God put me in a great situation, It was a reference to his backup, “have the league-required eight and you never know what’s going Chad Henne, who came on when available players to proceed” be- to happen.” Mahomes got hurt midway cause of contact tracing. Louisville moves to No. 1 through the third quarter Sunday. It was the 13th game called off Henne pulled off two edge-of-your since Jan. 10 because of virus is- in women’s Top 25 poll seat plays in the closing minutes, sues, a span in which the NBA and For the first time in school histo- scrambling for 13 yards on third- the National Basketball Players ry, coach Jeff Walz has Louisville and-14 before a fourth-down com- Association have stiffened proto- at No. 1 in The Associated Press pletion to Tyreek Hill, which al- cols and even added testing with women’s college basketball poll. lowed the Chiefs to run out the hopes of keeping the season going The Cardinals moved to the top clock and preserve a 22-17 victory. without much in the way of addi- spot on Monday, a day after previ- Now, the question is whether CHARLIE RIEDEL / AP tional problems. ous No. 1 Stanford lost to Colorado. Mahomes will be cleared to play Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) is helped off “Nobody is complaining,” De- Louisville received 20 first-place the Buffalo Bills in the AFC title the field after getting injured during the second half Sunday. troit coach Dwane Casey said. votes from a 29-member national game on Sunday. “It’s different. We have to go with media panel. Its first game as No. 1 “He’s doing great right now, his leg buckled and Mahomes wishes for Mahomes to return next the flow. We trust and believe in will be against Syracuse on Thurs- which is a real positive as we look at nearly went down again. It took the week. the NBA, that they’re doing what’s day. this. He passed all the deals he training staff to help him get to the “All good brother!” Mahomes right for us and our families.” That 76ers-Thunder determi- Hockey worlds pulled needed to pass and we’ll see where blue tent on the sideline, and he said. it goes from here,” Chiefs coach emerged from that a few minutes Wilson also defended his reputa- nation was made about 90 minutes from Belarus before the planned start time. The Andy Reid said after the game. “I later and jogged to the locker room. tion, claiming he’s “never been a 76ers played in Memphis on Sat- The hockey world champion- just talked to him and he’s doing In a matter of minutes, he had dirty player in my life. I just try my urday night, losing 106-104 in a ships were pulled from Belarus on good. We’ll see how he is tomor- been ruled out with a concussion. best to play fast and make plays.” game where Valanciunas played Monday following pressure from row, but right now he’s feeling “You never want to say someone Mayfield was also concerned 20 minutes. opposition groups and a threat- good.” purposely tries to take you out of about Mahomes. ened boycott by sponsors. The In- Mahomes had been shredding the game, but after the initial hit, “Those hits are scary,” he said. Na comes from 3 shots ternational Ice Hockey Federa- the Browns most of the cold, windy they were fired up, saying, ‘That’s “You never want to see that, espe- back, wins Sony Open tion cited safety concerns and said afternoon. He completed 21 of 30 what we do. That’s what we do,’ ” cially with obviously me being ex- The spoils at the Sony Open be- it will seek a new country to co- passes for 255 yards with touch- said Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, tremely familiar with Pat. Hope- longed to Kevin Na, a winner for host the tournament with Latvia downs on the ground and through who could be seen heatedly dis- fully, he is OK.” the fourth straight season after or host it on its own. the air, helping the Chiefs take a cussing the play with Browns pass Mahomes already had been hob- coming from three shots behind Soccer star Messi faces 19-3 lead at halftime. rusher Myles Garrett on a couple bling after he appeared to tweak with six holes to play for a one-shot They still led 19-10 after Baker of occasions. his ankle early in the game. victory with a birdie on the final long suspension Mayfield’s touchdown pass to Jar- “I don’t ever want him to feel like “I think when anybody goes hole. The consolation prize be- After losing the Spanish Super vis Landry early in the third quar- my guys or my team is out there down, the team tries their best to longed to Chris Kirk, and it felt Cup final, Barcelona is also in dan- ter, and were on the move again trying to injure someone or put rally around that particular play- like a win. ger of losing Lionel Messi for an near midfield. But on third-and-1, them out the game,” Garrett ex- er,” Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu Kirk stepped away in May 2019 extended period after he hit an op- the Chiefs decided to run an option plained. “We’re trying to put some said. “Today was Patrick Ma- because of alcoholism and depres- ponent toward the end of the play toward their sideline and Ma- bruises on you and we’re trying to homes. I think the whole stadium sion, a decision he feels saved match. Messi could be suspended homes elected to keep the ball, hurt you, but we’re never trying to knew he was out of the game. But himself, his family and his career. for up to 12 games for the red card ducking for the first-down yardage injure someone or take them out on definitely, it was all about team. He was playing the final event of a he received in the final minutes of just as Browns linebacker Mack purpose.” Any time you get some motivation medical extension the PGA Tour his team’s 3-2 loss to Athletic Bil- Wilson got him around the head. Following the game, Wilson to pull it through, you have to take awarded him for lost time, and he bao in Seville on Sunday. When he tried getting to his feet, went on Twitter and sent his best advantage of those moments.” Enticing: Mahomes’ status won’t be clear until later in week

FROM PAGE 24 Week 6. Saints have been eliminated with a home play- Playoffs glance Mahomes’ status won’t be known until much “It’s great for our team,” Brady said. “We off loss. Wild-card Playoffs later in the week. He threw a TD pass and ran worked hard to get to this point. Two road play- Kansas City raced out to a 19-3 halftime lead Saturday, Jan. 9 Buffalo 27, Indianapolis 24 for another score in the first half before getting off wins is pretty sweet. behind Mahomes and held on for the win Los Angeles Rams 30, Seattle 20 Tampa Bay 31, Washington 23 hurt on a quarterback option midway through “We’ve got to go beat a great football team thanks to Henne and the defense. Sunday, Jan. 10 the third quarter. we know pretty well. Aaron’s playing incred- Mathieu intercepted Baker Mayfield in the Baltimore 20, Tennessee 13 New Orleans 21, Chicago 9 Brady threw two TD passes and relied on his ible, and we’re going to have to play great to third quarter and the Chiefs made a third- Cleveland 48 Pittsburgh 37 Divisional Playoffs defense to make it to his 14th conference title beat them.” down stop late in the fourth quarter on Cleve- Saturday’s games game and first since joining Tampa Bay (13-5) In the Bucs' 30-20 win over the Saints, Brady land’s last drive. Green Bay 32, Los Angeles Rams 18 Buffalo 17, Baltimore 3 in the offseason. threw short TD passes to Mike Evans and Leo- Henne and the Chiefs then ran out the clock. Sunday’s games Kansas City 22, Cleveland 17 Brady will be the fourth quarterback to start nard Fournette, and ran for another score fol- Henne converted a third-down pass to Darrel Tampa Bay 30, New Orleans 20 in conference title games in both the NFC and lowing three of the four turnovers by the Saints Williams and then scrambled 13 yards on Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 24 AFC with his boyhood hero Joe Montana the (13-5) as the Bucs avenged two regular-season third-and-14 to set up the biggest play of the AFC Buffalo at Kansas City most recent to do it. losses to New Orleans. game with a little over a minute to play. NFC The Bucs will visit Green Bay on Sunday to Drew Brees threw three interceptions in Instead of playing it safe and punting, Reid Tampa Bay at Green Bay Super Bowl take on Rodgers and the Packers (14-3). Tampa what could be his final game before a possible called a pass play and Henne completed a 5- Sunday, Feb. 7 Bay won the regular-season matchup 38-10 in retirement. This is the third straight season the yarder to Hill to ice the game. At Tampa, Fla. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, January 19, 2021 NFL PLAYOFFS Brady, Bucs defense get better of Saints Tampa Bay turns three turnovers into touchdowns BRYNN ANDERSON/AP Saints quarterback Drew Brees gestures to his family and fans after BY BRETT MARTEL Sunday’s divisional round playoff loss to Tampa Bay in New Orleans. Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Tom Bra- dy's best game in three tries against New Orleans kept the Buc- Brees exits, maybe caneers moving on in the NFL playoffs, and has Saints quarter- back Drew Brees headed home — for good, on bad note perhaps for good. Brady and the Bucs' offense BY BRETT MARTEL said. “I’ve always tried to play this turned three of four Saints turn- Associated Press game with a great respect and a overs into touchdowns and Tampa NEW ORLEANS — Nearly two great reverence for it, and I appre- Bay beat New Orleans 30-20 in the BRETT DUKE/AP hours after the New Orleans ciate all that this game has given to divisional round of the playoffs Buccaneers linebacker Devin White, right, intercepts a pass in front of Saints’ season had ended, Drew me. Sunday night. Saints running back Alvin Kamara during the second half on Sunday. Brees stood on the Superdome “There are obviously so many Two of those touchdowns came field in street clothes, throwing incredible memories and so many on short passes to Mike Evans and too good and they're going to cap- New Orleans 40. passes to his children while his incredible relationships that have Leonard Fournette. And after li- italize on that, which they did.” “It wasn’t nothing Brees did. It wife, Brittany, captured images of come as a result of playing this nebacker Devin White snagged Brady finished 18-for-33 for 199 was everything our defense did,” those moments with her cell game,” Brees continued. “You find the second of thee interceptions yards in what often resembled White said. “Our mindset the phone. out so much about yourself and you thrown by Brees, Brady drove the more of a defensive struggle. Un- whole week was they won the first Brees routinely throws the ball have to fight through so much Bucs to the 1, from where he like his previous two meetings two rounds, we had to win round around with his kids after home when you play this game. And I’d scored himself with 4:57 left to vir- with the Saints — both losses — he three.” games, but after a 30-20 playoff say this season I probably had to tually ensure his 14th trip to a con- was not intercepted and largely Five plays later, Brady hit Four- loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers fight through more than I’ve ever ference championship game — his avoided pressure, taking only one nette over the middle for a 6-yard on Sunday night, he lingered long- had to in any other season in my ca- first in the NFC. sack. score. er than usual — and there was no reer, from injury to all the COVID That game will take place in “Really just locking in and play- telling whether that familiar post- stuff, to just crazy circumstances. Green Bay next week, where the ing a lot better than we did the first Buccaneers 30, Saints 20 game scene would play out again. And it was worth every moment of 43-year-old Brady will try to ad- two times we played them,” he Tampa Bay 0 13 7 10 — 30 Two days after Brees’ 42nd it. Absolutely.” vance to his 10th Super Bowl in a said. "We had a bunch of turnovers birthday, his 20th NFL season end- Brees said the way this season New Orleans 6 7 7 0 — 20 showdown with Packers All-Pro last time. This time they turned it ed with statistically his worst play- ended “won’t have anything to do” First Quarter QB Aaron Rodgers. over and that’s usually the story of NO—FG Lutz 23, 11:30. off performance. with his decision on whether to re- “We worked hard to get to this football games.” NO—FG Lutz 42, 4:39. Brees threw three intercep- tire. point. Two road playoff wins is After Brees' third interception Second Quarter tions, his most in 18 postseason ap- As for what will go into the deci- TB—FG Succop 26, 12:57. pretty sweet,” Brady said. “We’ve on a tipped pass late in the fourth TB—Evans 3 pass from Brady (Succop pearances. His 134 yards passing sion, Brees said, “I’ll keep that to got to go beat a great football team quarter, the Bucs were able to kick), 11:16. were a career-playoff low. And be- myself right now.” NO—T.Smith 56 pass from Winston (Lutz we know pretty well. Aaron’s play- close out the game with Brady, in kick), 8:08. cause of COVID-19 restrictions, Saints coach Sean Payton ing incredible.” his first season with Tampa Bay TB—FG Succop 37, :00. there were fewer than 4,000 fans in seemed to be taking his cue from Meanwhile, the Brees era in (13-5) after 20 with New England, Third Quarter the 73,000-seat Superdome to bid Brees when he, too, sidestepped a NO—T.Smith 16 pass from Brees (Lutz New Orleans could be over after taking a knee. kick), 9:43. him farewell — if indeed it was his question about what his decade- TB—Fournette 6 pass from Brady (Suc- 15 seasons. “Obviously they beat us twice in cop kick), 2:22. final game in a Saints uniform. and-a-half relationship with Brees Brees, under contract for one the regular season,” Bucs left Fourth Quarter For now, Brees won’t say. But has meant to him. more year, declined to say wheth- tackle Donovan Smith said. "We TB—FG Succop 36, 9:52. he’s also said nothing that would “That’s probably for another er he's retiring. After he'd changed came around in Round 3 with the TB—Brady 1 run (Succop kick), 4:57. lead one to believe he’s prepared to press conference,” Payton said. in the locker room, he walked back knockout. TB NO play next season, his last under “Obviously he’s been tremendous onto the field and watched his four “We've been building. You got First downs 20 20 contract. for this team, this city. I could go on children play, at one point sharing to get hot at the right time.” Total Net Yards 316 294 “I’ll answer this question one and on, but let’s wait and answer a long embrace with his wife. Rushes-yards 35-127 25-104 time and that is that I”m going to that at the right time.” Passing 189 190 “I appreciate all that this game Theiving Bucs Punt Returns 1-13 3-61 give myself an opportunity to think Other teammates didn’t wait, has given to me,” Brees said. The Saints led 6-3 when Brees, Kickoff Returns 0-0 0-0 about the season, think about a lot though. “There are obviously so many in- while trying to flee pressure, un- Interceptions Ret. 3-65 0-0 of things just like I did last year and “He’s been everything you could credible memories." derthrew Michael Thomas and Comp-Att-Int 18-33-0 20-35-3 make a decision,” Brees said. imagine a leader could be,” said Sacked-Yards Lost 1-10 0-0 If it was his last game, it won't be was intercepted by Sean Murphy- Punts 4-45.8 2-47.0 That decision for the all-time Saints defensive end Cameron one he'll want to remember. The Bunting, who raced 36 yards along Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1 leader in yards passing will come Jordan, Brees’ teammate since NFL's all-time leader in comple- the sideline to the Saints 3. Brady Penalties-Yards 7-62 5-34 after a fourth straight season that 2011. “He’s the first one in, the last tions and yards passing was 19- hit Evans one play later to put the Time of Possession 31:31 28:29 saw the Saints (13-5) win 11 or more one out. Every stereotypical lead- for-34 for 134 yards, one touch- Buccaneers up 10-6. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS games and go to the playoffs, only ership core value you think of, RUSHING—Tampa Bay, Fournette 17-63, down and three interceptions. Brees’ 16-yard pass to Tre-Quan Jones 13-62, Brady 5-2. New Orleans, Kam- to come up short of the Super Bowl. Drew has.” “A couple of them I probably Smith put the Saints ahead 20-13, ara 18-85, Montgomery 4-14, Brees 2-3, This season, Brees missed four Veteran linebacker Demario Washington 1-2. shouldn't have thrown and maybe and New Orleans appeared PASSING—Tampa Bay, Brady 18-33-0- games with multiple broken ribs Davis said playing with Brees has 199. New Orleans, Brees 19-34-3-134, Win- forced it,” Brees said. “That's what primed to build on that lead when ston 1-1-0-56. and a punctured lung, but came meant “everything” to him. this game came down to is those Brees found Jared Cook across the RECEIVING—Tampa Bay, Fournette 5-44, back in time to see New Orleans “He’s a great teammate, a great Brate 4-50, Godwin 4-34, Miller 1-29, John- turnovers because all of those 50. But Bucs safety Antoine Win- son 1-15, Gronkowski 1-14, Brown 1-10, through to its fourth straight NFC leader, a great man, a great hus- Evans 1-3. New Orleans, Sanders 6-48, gave them the ball deep in our ter- field Jr. stripped Cook from be- Cook 5-28, Smith 3-85, Kamara 3-20, Mont- South crown. band and a great father,” Davis ritory, and you can't do that with hind and White snagged the loose gomery 1-13, Harris 1-(minus 1), J.Hill 1- “I would never regret it. Never. added. “He’s just an example for (minus 3). (Tampa Bay's) offense. They're ball, returning it 18 yards to the MISSED FIELD GOALS—None. No complaints, no regrets,” Brees all us to try to emulate.” Tuesday, January 19, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 NFL PLAYOFFS Browns’ comeback try comes up short

BY TOM WITHERS Associated Press “It came down Just like so many painful playoff losses in their past, the Browns to us on defense came up achingly short — inches from a game-swinging play, inch- and we let it es from a last chance. Cleveland’s turnaround season slip.” ended Sunday in heartbreak. “For now,” said quarterback Myles Garrett Baker Mayfield. “It’s definitely Browns defensive end going to sting.” Unable to take advantage of gle week, and it just was not Kansas City superstar Patrick enough today.” Mahomes being out with a concus- While the last sequence was es- sion, the Browns let backup quar- pecially hard to stomach, the terback Chad Henne make two Browns missed a huge chance late huge plays in the final two minutes in the first half that would have and lost 22-17 in the divisional ripped momentum away from round. Mahomes and Kansas City (15-2). CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP After trailing 19-3, Cleveland With Cleveland trailing 16-3 Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Chad Henne celebrates during the second half of his team’s 22­17 (12-6) fought back and was in posi- with 1:42 left before halftime, divisional round playoff defeat of the Cleveland Browns Sunday in Kansas City. tion to maybe end the Super Bowl Mayfield completed a 25-yard champions’ one-year reign. But pass to wide receiver Rashard the Browns couldn’t stop Henne Higgins, who caught it while from scrambling for 13 yards on a stumbling near the Chiefs’ 5-yard third-and-14, then completing a line but managed to keep moving Mahomes goes down, but short pass on fourth down to Ty- toward the goal line. reek Hill with 1:14 left to push the Higgins launched himself to- Chiefs into the AFC championship ward the corner pylon, extended game for the third straight year. his arms and got blasted from the “It came down to us on defense side — and in the helmet — by li- Chiefs, Henne stop Browns and we let it slip,” said Cleveland nebacker Daniel Sorensen, who star defensive end Myles Garrett, dislodged the ball, which rolled BY DAVE SKRETTA the game. He ran for the first and who played most of the game with out of the end zone for a touch- Associated Press let Travis Kelce turn a 20-yard an oblique injury. “We had two op- back. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The 3 catch for the other, making him portunities. We didn’t make it hap- So instead of cutting Kansas Kansas City Chiefs had lost Pa- the first player since the 49ers’ This is the third consecutive year that pen. It was right in front of us and City’s lead to six, the Browns were trick Mahomes to a concussion the Kansas City Chiefs will play in the Steve Young in 1995 with three we just didn’t get it done.” back on defense and Mahomes and were in danger of losing the AFC championship game. straight playoff games with TDs So close. So Browns. quickly drove the Chiefs for a field game. on the ground and through the air. While this postseason loss won’t goal to take a 16-point halftime Then their defense and Chad SOURCE: Associated Press be stamped with a nickname like lead. Henne — their defense and Chad Chiefs 22, Browns 17 “The Drive” or “The Fumble” — Stefanski praised Higgins’ te- Henne?! — along with a gutsy call all did a great job with the spot, Cleveland 3 0 7 7 — 17 the most notable playoff misses nacity on the play, but said the re- by Andy Reid kept their hopes of a with the calls, everything — they Kansas City 6 13 3 0 — 22 for a franchise finally back on its ceiver made a mistake in reaching Super Bowl repeat alive, holding were spot-on. It was a great job.” First Quarter feet — it was nearly as painful for out and leaving the ball exposed. off the Cleveland Browns 22-17 on Mahomes hadn’t played in 21 KC—Mahomes 1 run (kick failed), 9:11. Cleveland and its fans. “I will never ever doubt Rash- Sunday to advance to their third days, since the Chiefs clinched the Cle—FG Parkey 46, 2:41. “It hurts,” said first-year coach ard Higgins’ effort or our guys’ ef- straight AFC championship game. AFC’s top seed in Week 16, but he Second Quarter Kevin Stefsanksi, who missed the fort,” Stefanski said. “Our rule With their star quarterback re- hardly missed a beat before leav- KC—Kelce 20 pass from Mahomes (Butk- er kick), 13:48. team’s wild-card win last week in there is not to reach the ball out duced to a spectator, the oft-for- ing midway through the third KC—FG Butker 50, 3:09. Pittsburgh with COVID-19. when it is first-and-goal, and he gotten bunch opposite Mahomes’ quarter. He finished 21 of 30 for KC—FG Butker 28, :02. Third Quarter “There is a finality to this one knows that. Again, appreciate his high-powered offense forced the 255 yards and a TD, and ran for Cle—Landry 4 pass from Mayfield (Par- when you do not get it done in the effort. He battled like he always Browns to punt in the waning min- another score. key kick), 9:29. playoffs, and that really hurts. I does, but we have to fight that urge utes. Then, his 35-year-old backup “It stings,” Browns coach Kevin KC—FG Butker 33, 4:24. Fourth Quarter because it is such a big loss if it appreciate how our guys battled. showed some moxie with a 13- Stefanski said. “We came here to Cle—Hunt 3 run (Parkey kick), 11:07. They fought like they do every sin- does end up being a touchback.” yard third-down scramble and au- win and didn’t get the job done. dacious fourth-down completion There is a finality to that.” Cle KC to Tyreek Hill — when go-for- Baker Mayfield threw for 204 First downs 21 24 broke Reid decided to go for it — yards with a touchdown and a pick Total Net Yards 308 438 Rushes-yards 22-112 24-123 that gave the Chiefs (15-2) a first for the Browns (12-6), who were Passing 196 315 down with just over a minute left coming off their first playoff win Punt Returns 0-0 1-8 and allowed them to run out the since the 1994 season. But their in- Kickoff Returns 2-37 0-0 clock. ability to drive for the winning Interceptions Ret. 1-0 1-17 Comp-Att-Int 23-37-1 27-38-1 “That’s why we love Big Red. touchdown — they punted with Sacked-Yards Lost 1-8 1-6 He’s always on time,” Chiefs safe- 4:23 left in the game — and defen- Punts 2-47.5 0-0.0 ty Tyrann Mathieu said. “He’s like sive letdown kept them from win- Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 our spirit warrior out here behind ning two playoff games in a season Penalties-Yards 3-25 7-55 the scenes.” for the first time since 1950. Time of Possession 29:23 30:37 Or, as Mahomes wrote on Twit- “It came down to us on defense INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Cleveland, Chubb 13-69, Hunt ter after the win: “#HenneThin- and we let it slip,” Browns pass 6-32, Mayfield 3-11. Kansas City, Williams gIsPossible.” rusher Myles Garrett said. “We 13-78, Mahomes 3-14, Henne 2-12, Hill 3-9, Bell 2-6, Hardman 1-4. “We go through all those Satur- had two opportunities. We didn’t PASSING—Cleveland, Mayfield 23-37-1- 204. Kansas City, Mahomes 21-30-0-255, day night with the quarterbacks, make it happen. It was right in Henne 6-8-1-66. those situations: ‘Fourth-and-1 to front of us and we just — this time RECEIVING—Cleveland, Landry 7-20, Higgins 5-88, Njoku 4-59, Hooper 2-16, win the game, what do you want?’” we didn’t get it done.” Chubb 2-4, Peoples-Jones 1-23, Hunt 1-2, Mayfield 1-(minus 8). Kansas City, Hill 8- CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP said Reid, who never once thought Mahomes completed 11 of his 110, Kelce 8-109, Hardman 4-58, Williams 4- Cleveland Browns cornerback M.J. Stewart Jr. (36) reacts on the field about punting on fourth down. first 12 passes and led the Chiefs to 16, Pringle 2-14, Robinson 1-14. MISSED FIELD GOALS—Kansas City, after his team's 22­17 loss Sunday at Kansas City. “My coaches were on board, they back-to-back touchdowns to start Butker 33. 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NFL PLAYOFFS Tantalizing matchups Victories by Bucs, Chiefs set up enticing final four

BY JOSH DUBOW Backup Chad Henne converted team has ever done that and the Associated Press a fourth-and-1 pass to Tyreek Hill only one to do it in the NFC was om Brady will take on to seal the win for Kansas City af- Reid’s Philadelphia Eagles in the Aaron Rodgers in a ter Mahomes had been knocked 2002-04 seasons. matchup of quarter- out of the game. Kansas City (15-2) will host the back legends in the “We’re one team. We’re one Buffalo Bills (15-3) next Sunday NFC title game. heartbeat. We play for one anoth- with a return trip to the Super TThe AFC championship could er and that’s really always the Bowl on the line for the Chiefs. feature two of the top young QBs if thought,” defensive back Tyrann Kansas City won the regular-sea- Patrick Mahomes is healthy Mathieu said. “Any time any of son matchup 26-17 in Buffalo in enough to start for Kansas City our teammates go down, we al- Week 6. against Buffalo’s Josh Allen. ways feel the need to kind of step it “Great team. Big-time quarter- An enticing final four in the NFL up a notch and take care of what back. Playmakers all over the was set up Sunday when Brady’s we need to take care of.” place,” Mathieu said of the Bills. Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Coach Andy Reid’s gutsy call “A really, really good defense, so New Orleans Saints 30-20 after the helped make sure the Chiefs we’re going to have our hands full Chiefs held on for a 22-17 win over would become the first team to next week.” Cleveland after Mahomes left host the AFC championship game with a concussion. for the third straight year. No AFC SEE ENTICING ON PAGE 21

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Top: Tampa Bay quarterback Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes in the Bucs’ 30­20 win over the Saints in New Orleans on Sunday. Right: Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes is helped to his feet after being injured during the Chiefs’ 22­17 victory over the Cleveland Browns, Sunday, in Kansas City. PHOTOS BY BUTCH DILL, TOP, AND CHARLIE RIEDEL, RIGHT/AP

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