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Volume 79 Edition 155B ©SS 2020 CONTINGENCY EDITION SUNDAY,NOVEMBER 22, 2020 Free to Deployed Areas V Corps takes up position at new Poland HQ

BY JOHN VANDIVER Stars and Stripes STUTTGART, Germany — The Army’s V Corps officially return- ed to Europe Friday with a cere- mony at the unit's new forward headquarters in Poznan, Poland, from where it will command mis- sions along NATO’s eastern flank. The first soldiers attached to the Poznan headquarters began arriv- ing last month after the Army re- activated the unit at Fort Knox, Ky. About 200 troops will eventu- ally be assigned to the forward ele- ment in Poland while an addition- al 400 will work from Kentucky. The activation of the Poznan mission came after Polish Presi- dent Andrzej Duda on Nov. 9 signed off on a security coopera- tion pact that paved the way for the unit to officially launch. U.S. Army Europe said in a statement this week that they ex- PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN/Stars and Stripes pect the new headquarters to be An Afghan security official patrols a section of road in the Shar-e-Now area of Kabul, which was hit by rockets on Saturday. fully operational by November 2021. “The mission of V Corps will in- clude command and control of as- signed and rotational units in sup- Rocket attack in Kabul kills 8 port of U.S. Army Europe and U.S. European Command,” USA- REUR said. “The Forward Head- quarters will be critical to accom- Explosions add to spate of violence across country amid plishing these responsibilities.” V Corps will play a key role in ongoing peace negotiations between Taliban, government upcoming U.S. European Com- BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN SEE POLAND ON PAGE 4 Stars and Stripes INSIDE KABUL, Afghanistan — At least eight peo- Experts to Biden: Freeze ple were killed and dozens wounded when rockets landed on various parts of the Afghan US troop levels until capital Saturday morning, a government offi- cial said. Taliban agrees to end war The attack followed two magnetic bomb Page 3 blasts in other parts of the city earlier in the day and add to a spate of violence that’s continued located. throughout the country despite ongoing peace One of the rockets landed on the Iranian Em- talks between the Taliban and the Afghan gov- bassy compound, but wounded no one, the em- ernment. bassy said in a statement. The sound of rocket fire followed by explo- Aliya Azizi, a resident of the Qala-e-Musa FACEBOOK/U.S. Army Europe sions could be heard shortly before 9 a.m. in neighborhood, said at least two rockets fell The U.S. Army's V Corps officially densely populated areas around Kabul’s heavi- near her house and shattered its windows. RAHMAT GUL/AP established their headquarters in ly fortified Green Zone, where the U.S. Embas- An Afghan man holds part of a mortar shell Poznan, Poland, on Friday. sy and NATO’s Afghanistan headquarters are SEE ATTACK ON PAGE 3 after Saturday's attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, November 22, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER US, Taiwan boost economic unity EXCHANGE RATES

Associated Press significant step that increases ties a free trade agreement. However, Military rates Poland (Zloty) 3.76 Saudi Arab (Riyal) 3.7504 TAIPEI, Taiwan — The U.S. between Washington and Taipei. Taiwan in August announced the Euro costs (Nov. 23) $1.16 Singapore (Dollar) 1.3429 Dollar buys (Nov. 23) 0.8211 So. Korea (Won) 1116.07 and Taiwan are stepping up coop- China, which views Taiwan as easing of restrictions on imports of British pound (Nov. 23) $1.30 Switzerlnd (Franc) .9103 eration in a newly created eco- its own territory to be reunited by American beef and pork, lowering Japanese yen (Nov. 23) 101.00 Thailand (Baht) 30.26 South Korean won (Nov. 23) 1085.00 nomic dialogue, in another move force if necessary, has criticized a trade barrier for U.S. businesses Turkey (NewLira) 7.6821 Commercial rates (Military exchange rates are those avail­ from the outgoing Trump admin- such steps as provocation. that is expected to pave the way Bahrain(Dinar) .3767 able to customers at military banking fa­ istration to increase official ex- “The U.S.-Taiwan economic for further trade negotiations. Britain (Pound) 1.3282 cilities in the country of issuance for Ja­ Canada (Dollar) 1.3052 pan, South Korea, Germany, the Nether­ changes with the self-ruled island. dialogue signifies that not only is U.S. trade with Taiwan totaled China(Yuan) 6.5628 lands and the United Kingdom. For nonlo­ The two sides signed a five-year the United States-Taiwan eco- an estimated $103.9 billion in 2019, Denmark (Krone) 6.2775 cal currency exchange rates (i.e., Egypt (Pound) 15.6010 purchasing British pounds in Germany), agreement establishing the U.S.- nomic relationship strong, but it according to the latest figures Euro .8425 check with your local military banking fa­ Taiwan Economic Prosperity continues to deepen and grow,” from the U.S. Trade Representa- Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7530 cility. Commercial rates are interbank Hungary (Forint) 302.89 rates provided for reference when buying Partnership Dialogue, which is said Brent Christensen, director tive’s office. Israel (Shekel) 3.3399 currency. All figures are foreign curren­ meant to be held annually. The of the American Institute in Tai- The U.S. has also started selling Japan (Yen) 103.78 cies to one dollar, except for the British Kuwait(Dinar) .3057 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ deal falls short of a long-desired pei, the de-facto embassy. advanced weaponry to Taiwan un- Norway (Krone) 8.9850 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­ Philppines (Peso) 48.23 bilateral trade agreement, but is a Taiwan and the U.S. do not have der the Trump administration. euro.) WEATHER OUTLOOK SUNDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SUNDAY IN EUROPE MONDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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WASHINGTON — The Penta- That agreement called for a gon should freeze troops levels in steady draw down of U.S. troops Afghanistan until the Taliban through May 2021 if the Taliban agrees to stop fighting the Afghan met certain conditions, including military or the United States risks not striking U.S. and NATO troops the country falling back into the and cutting ties to terrorist fundamentalists’ hands, a trio of groups, especially al-Qaida. While foreign policy experts told law- the Taliban has mostly ceased at- makers on Friday. tacking U.S. troops, officials have The experts told the House said, they have not cut ties with al- Armed Services Committee that Qaida. The U.N. said during the without continued U.S. military summer that evidence showed the support — especially air power — Taliban had likely strengthened the Afghan national security its relationship with the terrorist forces were unlikely to win the on- organization this year. going war with the Taliban, which Crocker urged the United States would likely return to power. The to employ “strategic patience” as hearing came just days after act- it dealt with the Taliban going for- ing Defense Secretary Christoph- ward. He and Jones said it was er Miller announced President critical the United States continue Donald Trump had ordered a to back the Afghan government drawdown of U.S. troops in Af- with military and financial aid un- ghanistan from about 5,000 to til a peace settlement was imple- 2,500 by Jan. 15 — five days before mented. President-elect Joe Biden is to be But Crocker said Trump’s latest inaugurated. / withdrawal order provided the “Absent a peace deal, the fur- Seth G. Jones, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think Taliban “all it needed to know” ther withdrawal of U.S. forces will tank, testifies Thursday at a House Armed Services Committee hearing. about America’s intentions in that likely continue to shift the balance country. Crocker helped establish of power on the ground in the mil- The hearing did not include offi- draw those troops entirely in ex- lic had long grown weary of the the U.S. embassy in Kabul in 2002 itary campaign in favor of the Tali- cials from the Pentagon or other change for negotiating conces- two-decade war. Rep. Bradley By- after the Taliban’s ouster follow- ban and other militant groups, in- federal agencies. sions from the Taliban precisely in rne, R-Ala., said his constituents ing the 9/11 terrorist attacks and cluding al-Qaida,” said Seth Despite nearly 20 years of U.S. order to increase our ability to get were tired of “nation-building in then served as ambassador to Af- Jones, a senior adviser at the Cen- training, the Afghan military is not such concessions,” he said. Afghanistan” but would probably ghanistan from 2011 to 2012. ter for Strategic and International strong enough to stand on its own Like the witnesses, most House support a small counterterrorism “The Taliban has no intention, Studies, a Washington think tank. against the Taliban, said Biddle, Armed Services Committee mem- force remaining there. and in their view no need, to make “The drawdown will have an im- who implored Trump to rescind bers who spoke Friday agreed One congressman argued the good on any of their commit- pact on the U.S.’s ability to train, his withdrawal order and allow some American troops should re- United States should end its role in ments” in the deal with the United advise and assist the Afghan na- Biden to begin his presidency with main in Afghanistan. Rep. Adam Afghanistan entirely. States, he said. “They’ll say what tional defense and security forces 5,000 troops in Afghanistan. Smith, D-Wash., chairman of the “To me the biggest loser in Af- we want to hear, but they know in the middle of the war against Biddle argued the troops re- committee, said he backed ghanistan is who stays the long- that we’re going home.” the Taliban, a group which we maining in the country were just Trump’s partial withdrawal but est,” said Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. The Biden administration, should all remember is an extre- as important to backing ongoing warned further cuts could be “This has been the longest war in Crocker said, should restructure mist organization committed to negotiations between the Afghan harmful, as terrorist groups there our nation’s history. Our country the agreement with the Taliban, establishing an Islamic emirate in government and the Taliban as to — primarily al-Qaida — aim to at- is weary of it, even if the House which he said “represented a very the country… Is that what we want boosting Afghan troops’ battle- tack the U.S. homeland. Armed Services Committee is bad U.S. concession” by striking to leave behind in Afghanistan?” field success. The presence of The prolonged American ef- not.” the accord without including the Jones testified Friday alongside American troops, he argued, was a forts in Afghanistan, Smith said, Trump had long vowed to end Afghan government in the proc- Ryan Crocker, who served as an “critical bargaining chip” in those have seen at least one success — U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, ess. ambassador to several nations for negotiations that have achieved the United States has not been but he will leave office having not “These were surrender talks,” former Presidents George W. little since beginning in Septem- struck again by a major foreign fulfilled that promise first made he said. “We are waving the white Bush and Barack Obama, and Ste- ber. terrorist attack since 9/11. Howev- during his 2016 presidential run. flag, basically saying to the Tali- phen Biddle, an international and “I believe our interests are best er, he added, “it has become clear He began downsizing the Ameri- ban, 'You win. We lose. Let’s dress public affairs professor at Colum- served by no further withdrawals [American troops] are not going to can force in Afghanistan from this up the best we can.' ” bia University and a senior fellow without a settlement to end the be able to impose peace on Af- about 14,000 toward his new goal at the Council on Foreign Rela- war,” Biddle said. ghanistan.” of 2,500 earlier this year after his [email protected] tions. “We should be prepared to with- Others noted the American pub- administration struck a unilateral Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Attack: Taliban quickly denied involvement in incident

FROM PAGE 1 The Taliban, who have pledged lence on Twitter, calling it “cow- level of vigilance. deal, all international forces could not to attack cities as part of a Feb- ardly.” “The security situation in Af- pull out of Afghanistan by May if “We were having breakfast and ruary deal with the U.S., quickly “Terrorizing and targeting the ghanistan is extremely unstable, certain conditions are met. suddenly there was some noise denied involvement and no other civilians must stop,” Abdullah and the threat to all U.S. citizens in Earlier this week, the Pentagon and then large explosions that group immediately claimed re- said. Afghanistan remains critical,” the announced it would reduce the shook the entire house.” Azizi told sponsibility. Earlier in the day, two separate security alert said. number of American troops in the Stars and Stripes, adding that the The attack included 23 rockets magnetic bombs exploded, with Saturday’s attacks came just country to 2,500 by mid-January, blasts injured some of her neigh- fired from two vehicles parked one in eastern Kabul killing a po- hours before Secretary of State despite previous military assess- bors. north of the city, Interior Ministry lice officer and wounding three Mike Pompeo was to hold sepa- ments that called for a larger foot- In the nearby area of Shar-e- spokesman Tariq Arian said. In others, Kabul police spokesman rate meetings with Taliban and print due to the situation on the Now, several businesses and a addition to the deaths, at least 31 Ferdous Faramarz said. Afghan government negotiators in ground. bakery van were destroyed, with people were wounded, Arian said. The U.S. Embassy in Kabul on Qatar amid stalled peace talks be- Zubair Babakarkhail contributed to this report. donuts and glass littering the Afghan peace negotiator Abdul- Saturday advised Americans in tween the sides. [email protected] street. lah Abdullah condemned the vio- Afghanistan to maintain a high Under February’s U.S.-Taliban Twitter: @pwwellman PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, November 22, 2020 MILITARY Ex-VA official: Fired for not following plan BY STEVE BEYNON attempting to get media to FOIA The case was unsubstantiated, ding, I’m not shaking my head. He or act maliciously in any way and Stars and Stripes emails between two female VA ex- bottom line.” goes, ‘I got you confirmed. And a the results of the IG report will WASHINGTON — The former ecutives. ... The fact he was trying Byrne said Thursday that Wil- good deputy protects his secreta- show that. deputy secretary of the Depart- to discredit female leaders was kie believed the sexual assault ry, does his dirty work for him. I “I would have never worked ment of Veterans Affairs said unacceptable,” Powers said. was a conspiracy by the Demo- need you to get this information with [Wilkie] if he’d done that,” Thursday that he was fired earlier In September 2019, Andrea crats to attack the VA. out.’” Powers said. “This is a bunch of this year because he would not go Goldstein, an adviser on female “He was wrapped around the Byrne served as acting deputy BS from a person that was fired along with a conspiracy to smear a veterans’ issues for the House axle that this was Takano and the secretary from August 2018 to and that vowed to get back at the woman who claimed she was sex- Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Dems, the evil Dems ... and September 2019. President Do- person that fired him.” ually assaulted, and because he and serves as a [Speaker of the House Nancy] Pe- nald Trump nominated him to It wasn’t just the refusal to take was seen as a political rival to VA Navy Reserve losi, that they were working with serve permanently and he was part in the fight against Goldstein Secretary Robert Wilkie. officer, said she this young lady to concoct some- confirmed with a 81-11 vote in the that got Byrne fired, he said. Jim Byrne, the VA’s former sec- was assaulted in thing to hurt him,” he said. Senate. Byrne served as deputy White House officials told him to ond-in-command, was ousted the VA hospital’s Byrne characterized Wilkie as secretary from September 2019 to be ready to take charge, as Trump from the agency in February. At cafeteria. A man becoming obsessed, saying the VA Feb. 3. was gearing up to fire Wilkie the time, there was no word from slammed his secretary would “go off the rails” “It caught me off guard,” he about a year ago, Byrne said. But the department on the circum- body against and he wanted to paint Goldstein said. “The fact that he thought I Trump’s staff talked him out of it, stances for his dismissal, other hers and made as a serial filer of complaints. would do that stuff. I had just got- Byrne he said. than Wilkie had lost confidence in sexually sug- Byrne also said Wilkie met with ten confirmed like a week before. Brian Morgenstern, the White him. gestive comments. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, to So I think he thought he had lev- House deputy press secretary, de- But Byrne said he had a good re- No charges were filed, partly confirm details that VA was trying erage on me or something like nied that allegation Friday, and he lationship with Wilkie until Byrne because security cameras did not to dish out about the House aide. that.” said Trump has never considered would not participate in an at- capture the attack, according to a Crenshaw, who served with Na- Byrne wasn’t the only one firing Wilkie and the secretary re- tempt by Wilkie to discredit the January report from VA’s inspec- vy SEAL Team 2, deployed along- charged with getting the story out. mains in the president’s good character of a House aide who tor general. However, the report side Goldstein in Afghanistan, and He said Wilkie enlisted multiple graces. said she was sexually assaulted in did not dismiss Goldstein’s claim he told Wilkie that the staffer members of his senior staff to at- Byrne’s firing a couple months 2019 at a VA hospital in Washing- and it spurred a public confronta- made six complaints related to tack Goldstein through the media. later was abrupt. ton. tion between the VA and House sexual harassment, Byrne said. The VA inspector general has “We had the morning staff “I’ve gotten crossways with Wil- Democrats. Crenshaw’s office did not return a been investigating allegations that kie over the [sexual assault] mat- In response to the assault claim request for comment. Wilkie conspired for months to un- meeting and at the end of the staff ter by refusing to trash this wom- and results from the report, Wilkie “I remember [Wilkie] taking dermine Goldstein’s credibility. It meeting, the head of [Human Re- an,” he said. wrote a letter to Rep. Mark Taka- me aside … He’s like, ‘This infor- was unclear Friday when the re- sources] walks in and [Wilkie] However, Pamela Powers, the no, D-Calif., chairman of the VA mation needs to get out publicly to sults of the investigation will be goes, ‘I’ve lost confidence in you. VA’s chief of staff, said Friday that committee, arguing that Takano people. The right people need to released. And I need to set your resignation Byrne was “fired for being incom- and his staff made “unsubstantiat- know this.’ And all I remember is “No veteran deserves the treat- effective immediately’,” Byrne petent” and she said he was poor ed” comments, suggesting Gold- going, ‘Oh my God ... I’m not doing ment that is described by the for- said. at managing the health records stein’s attack was fabricated. this.’” mer deputy secretary,” said Rep. Byrne is a Senate-confirmed modernization effort. The VA inspector general Byrne said Wilkie approached Phil Roe of Tennessee, the rank- deputy secretary. He said he told “He was driving a wedge be- quickly rebuked Wilkie, saying he him multiple times about getting ing Republican on the House VA Wilkie that he lacked the authority tween our vendor and our staff. mischaracterized the report’s information about Goldstein out to committee, said in a statement. to dismiss him. He said Wilkie told The program was not going in the findings. the public, which confused him “These allegations don’t resemble him that Mick Mulvaney, the right direction,” she said. “It’s a term that the IG uses, it’s because he rarely dealt with news the Secretary Wilkie that I know White House chief of staff at the Powers said Byrne was on thin aterm widely used in the [Defense reporters. and I hope that the IG will be able time, gave the approval. ice with Wilkie, but that came to a Department]. In this case, the “Wilkie ... goes, ‘She and Takano to shed light on their validity as “So one of the security guys [is] boiling point over his communica- case was not substantiated,” Pow- can’t get away with this.’ And he soon as possible so that we can standing right there,” Byrne said. tion with news reporters. ers said. “[Wilkie] said he wished goes, ‘I got you confirmed as my move forward.” “I go, ‘So you’re kicking me out of “The straw that broke the cam- he didn’t use that word because deputy,’” Byrne said. “And I’m Powers said Wilkie never the building, I guess.’ And he’s el’s back was that Jim Byrne was everybody took it out of context. ... just not even moving, like not nod- sought to dig up dirt on Goldstein like, ‘Yep.’” US contractor Poland: V Corps to play key role in jailed for stealing European drills

FROM PAGE 1 from Afghan base mand exercises, including De- fender-Europe 21, which will take BY PHILLIP WALTER aiding and abetting the submis- place in the Balkan and Black Sea WELLMAN sion of false statements. regions in the spring, USAREUR Stars and Stripes The illegal activity occurred at said. KABUL, Afghanistan — An Kandahar Airfield in southern Af- The military announced in Feb- American contractor has been ghanistan and spanned several ruary that it was reforming V sentenced to 41 months in prison months in 2015, the Justice De- Corps to provide more support to for his involvement in a theft ring partment said in a statement. J.P. LAWRENCE/Stars and Stripes an expanding Army mission in at a military base in Kandahar, Af- During that time, Green nego- Larry J. Green, a U.S. military contractor, has been sentenced to 41 Europe. In September, the Army ghanistan. tiated the sale of items, such as months in prison and was ordered to pay nearly $180,000 in restitution selected Poznan, Poland as the Larry J. Green was also ordered generators and a truck, with a by a Virginia court on Nov. 19 for his involvement in a theft ring at a command post. to pay nearly $180,000 in restitu- third-country middleman who military base in Kandahar, Afghanistan. V Corps’ history in Europe dates tion by a Virginia court on Thurs- helped sell the goods to locals, the to 1918 when it was activated dur- day, the Justice Department said. statement said. the base to remove them. partment said. ing World War I. It was a fixture in Green in July pleaded guilty to To get items off the base, Green “The falsified documents were Quincy pleaded guilty to similar Germany throughout the Cold conspiring to defraud the U.S and told the court that he sought and used to deceive security officers charges on Oct. 13. Her sentencing War but was deactivated in 2013 as commit theft worth $300,000 received help from security offi- and gate guards and compro- is scheduled for February. part of the drawdown in Europe. while in working in Afghanistan. cial Varita Quincy, who created mised the security of U.S. military

He also pleaded guilty at the time fake documents that allowed un- and civilian personnel on the mil- [email protected] [email protected] to an additional charge of theft and known and unvetted Afghans on to itary installation,” the Justice De- Twitter: @pwwellman TWITTER: @JOHN_VANDIVER Sunday, November 22, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 VIRUS OUTBREAK DOD officials not quarantining after exposure The Washington Post thony Tata, who performs the du- tested positive for the virus after a Defense Department photo- onavirus. The Pentagon did not WASHINGTON — The acting ties of the undersecretary of de- meeting at the Pentagon. Gen. Ga- graphs of the event show Karoblis disclose their results in a state- Pentagon chief and several other fense, also has the virus. He will ry Thomas, the assistant comman- greeting other Pentagon officials, ment on Thursday night. senior defense officials who were isolate at home for the next 14 dant of the Marine Corps, also lat- including Tata, with elbow bumps. After meeting with Karoblis, exposed to the novel coronavirus days, Hoffman said. er tested positive after attending They sat at a large table with most Miller appeared in the Pentagon last week will not be quarantining, The Pentagon said others are the same meeting. people wearing masks, but Miller briefing room on Tuesday to an- citing ongoing testing and safety tested, and did not disclose any But CDC guidelines have not removed his, at least briefly. nounce troop reductions in both precautions that appear to have other positive tests. been uniformly enforced since Other photographs show social Iraq and Afghanistan. On been applied unevenly. Hoffman's statement said the then, according to photographs, distancing at times, and some Wednesday, he traveled to Fort The officials, including acting Pentagon recently "recommitted videos and other materials re- crowding at others. Bragg, N.C., and to the USS Gerald defense secretary Christopher to fastidiously following" guide- leased by the Defense Depart- They also depict Miller shaking R. Ford, an aircraft carrier in Nor- Miller, attended a meeting at the lines outlined by the Centers for ment. Karoblis's hand a second time in- folk, Va. The Pentagon tests peo- Pentagon on Nov. 13 with the Lith- Disease Control and Prevention, When Karoblis arrived at the side the Pentagon while both men ple making official trips before uanian defense minister, Raimun- including face coverings, social Pentagon, he reached out to shake wore masks. their departure. das Karoblis, whose embassy on distancing, contact tracing, hand Miller's hand, according to a re- Karoblis also met with Army Hoffman said the Pentagon is Thursday said he had tested posi- washing and virtual engage- port released by the Pentagon. Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Air continuing to conduct contact tive for the novel coronavirus, ac- ments. Miller greeted him with an elbow Force Secretary Barbara Barrett tracing of Defense Department cording to chief Pentagon spokes- Most of the Joint Chiefs of Staff bump "before committing to a on Nov. 13 and with Navy Secreta- employees who came in close con- man Jonathan Hoffman. quarantined early last month handshake," the report said. The ry Kenneth Braithwaite on Mon- tact with the Lithuanian delega- Additional tests on Thursday when Adm. Charles Ray, the vice CDC does not recommend hand- day, Hoffman said. All of them tion or to Tata, "and are taking ap- showed that retired Brig. Gen. An- commandant of the Coast Guard, shakes during the pandemic. have since been tested for the cor- propriate precautions." Air Force nurses deploying to assist North Dakota hospitals

BY ROSE L. THAYER North Dakota Gov. Doug Bur- pital staff. The staff has been Stars and Stripes gum said the state’s hospitals are struck by the depth and breadth of AUSTIN, Texas — About 60 Air projecting a surge in coronavirus the impact of coronavirus on the Force medical personnel will de- patients in the coming weeks and community, said Col. Martin ploy through the weekend to is grateful for the Defense Depart- O’Donnell, spokesman for Army North Dakota to support civilian ment’s resources to help save lies North. hospitals struggling to meet the in- and alleviate pressure. As troops arrive in North Dako- crease of coronavirus patients as “These dedicated Air Force ta, he said they will undergo a fa- the number of infected Americans personnel will help relieve the miliarization process and likely continue to rise nationwide. stress on North Dakota’s more begin working by the end of the The teams are made up primar- than 20,000 nurses who continue week. The hospitals gaining mili- ily of nurses, including critical- to work tirelessly to provide ex- tary support are Essentia Health- care nurses, and were requested ceptional care for patients under Fargo and Sanford Medical Cen- SAMANTHA HALL/Defense Department by the Federal Emergency Man- incredibly challenging condi- ter in Fargo, CHI St. Alexius Air Force Lt. Col. Charles “Brock” Miller, right, a medical doctor as­ agement Agency to help in North tions,” Burgum said. Health Medical Center and San- signed to the 59th Medical Wing at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Dakota, which has seen active While North Dakota has one of ford Medical Center in Bismarck, talks with a nurse at the University Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, cases nearly double in the last the country’s highest reports of Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, on Nov. 11. month to 9,915, according to state coronavirus cases per capita, it’s and Trinity Hospital-St Joseph’s health information updated not alone in its struggle to control in Minot. Base Langley-Eustis, Va.; Joint Elements of the U.S. Army Re- Thursday. the spread. The U.S. on Thursday “North Dakotans can expect the Base San Antonio-Lackland and serve’s 377th Theater Sustain- “Our actions demonstrate our reported 185,424 new cases, a re- same high-quality care we’ve pro- Randolph, Texas; Eglin Air Force ment Command from New Or- steadfast commitment to help cord since the pandemic began. vided in other cities across the Base, Fla.; Keesler Air Force leans, La., the 4th Expeditionary communities in need as part of the Earlier this month, about 60 Air U.S. as we continue to coordinate Base, Miss.; and Joint Base An- Sustainment Command from San whole-of-America response to the Force medical personnel de- alongside our local, state and fed- drews, Md. Antonio and the 1st Infantry Divi- [coronavirus] pandemic in sup- ployed to El Paso, Texas, where eral partners to respond to the Under the command of Army sion’s Sustainment Brigade from port of FEMA,” said Lt. Gen. Lau- they have embedded themselves pandemic and help save lives,” Ri- North, members of the Michigan Fort Riley, Kan., will also provide ra J. Richardson, commander of into area hospitals. Richardson chardson said. Army National Guard’s 46th Mil- support to the medical personnel. U.S. Army North, which is over- visited El Paso this week and Troops are coming from several itary Police Command will deploy seeing military operations in sup- heard that the military personnel locations, including Wright-Pat- to Bismarck to assist in the arrival [email protected] port of FEMA. brought a boost of energy for hos- terson Air Force Base, Ohio; Joint of the Air Force medical teams. Twitter: @Rose_Lori Guard member is 11th service member to die from coronavirus BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY Tuesday. The Pentagon reported neth Hara, the Hawaii adjutant gon. passed 73,000 coronavirus cases. Stars and Stripes their death Friday in their updat- general, said in the statement. The Guardsman’s death comes About 813 service members have WASHINGTON— A member of ed coronavirus case chart. The airman was not on an offi- three days after Sgt. 1st Class Cal- been hospitalized and 45,324 have the Hawaii Air National Guard is The individual was a part-time cial status when he or she died and vin Ogletree III, 45, an Army re- recovered, according to their on- the 11th service member to die reservist assigned to Joint Base the Hawaii National Guard is de- servist from Lakeland, Fla., died line case chart. from the coronavirus, just days af- Pearl Harbor Hickam and the air- ferring to the family to release the Nov. 12 due to complications from Cases and deaths from the coro- ter an Army reservist in Florida man’s death is the first among the name and information about the the virus. Since the pandemic be- navirus in the United States have also died from the illness, accord- Hawaii National Guard, accord- individual’s service, according to gan several months ago, six Army been surging in recent weeks. In ing to the Hawaii Defense Depart- ing to the release. Jeff Hickam, a spokesman for the Reserve members have died, as the last week, the country has ment. “Sadly, the Hawai’i National Hawaii Defense Department. well as three National Guard been averaging more than 160,000 The Guard member was a 52- Guard lost a member of our ‘ohana This is the third service mem- members and an active-duty sail- new cases a day, The New York year-old airman who died Nov. 15 and our heartfelt condolences and ber to die in November due to the or from the USS Theodore Roose- Times reported. after testing positive for the virus thoughts of Aloha are with the coronavirus. August was the last velt. earlier in the week, according to a family and friends during this ve- time that there were three mili- The Pentagon also reported Fri- [email protected] Hawaii state news release posted ry difficult time,” Maj. Gen. Ken- tary deaths reported by the Penta- day that the military has sur- @caitlinmkenney PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, November 22, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Trump's eldest son tests positive for coronavirus Associated Press He didn't identify the child who WASHINGTON — President was in quarantine. Donald Trump said Saturday his Newsom had a rapid test this eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., is week that was negative, and he doing “very well” in quarantine will get a regular test this week- after becoming infected with the end, Click said. coronavirus. Newsom said last month that his “My son Donald is doing very children had returned to their pri- well. Thank you!” the president vate school in Sacramento, spark- tweeted, following Friday’s dis- ing criticism even as millions of closure that the 42-year-old public school children continue to Trump scion had become one of study online or through other dis- the nearly 12 million Americans tance learning measures because infected by the virus. of COVID-19 concerns. More than 250,000 Americans Click said Newsom “has made have lost their lives to the virus, the safety of students and staff a the highest death toll of any coun- priority during the COVID-19 try. pandemic and has fought to en- Donald Trump Jr. learned of his sure that every child – whether in positive test result earlier this a classroom or at home – is learn- week, has had no symptoms and ing." was following all medically rec- RICH PEDRONCELLI / AP ommended guidelines for treating Oregon Ranim Abaad and Joey Bettencourt, right, have lunch at the RIND in Sacramento, Calif., on Friday. the illness, said a spokesperson, PORTLAND — The Oregon damages, attorney’s fees and in- seek a way to safely get out of the lators during a call Friday as the who was granted anonymity to Restaurant & Lodging Association terest. house without contracting CO- state's seven-day average for new discuss private medical informa- is seeking a court order from a fed- Island View says it lost $46.2 VID-19, but that has led to inexpe- hospitalizations and deaths jump- tion. eral judge to block Gov. Kate million in revenue when it was rienced hunters misidentifying ed to record highs. “Our hospitals President-elect Joe Biden made Brown’s “two-week freeze” that closed from March 16 until May 21 and killing moose and a grizzly are overwhelmed with coronavi- President Trump’s response to the bans dining in restaurants in re- under orders from the Mississippi bear, wildlife officials say. rus patients. Health care workers virus a top issue in the recently sponse to a spike in COVID-19 Gaming Commission. However, “Hunting is that outdoor activ- are burned out.” concluded race for the White cases. its policy only covers up to $10 mil- ity that follows all the COVID rec- In rural western Kansas, ten of House, though Trump has yet to The association, which repre- lion. ommendations and gets people the 25 beds at Kearny County's acknowledge the outcome. sents 10,000 food service and 2,000 Insurance companies argue the outside,” Idaho Department of critical access hospital are filled President Trump, first lady lodging businesses across the property must suffer actual phys- Fish and Game Enforcement with COVID-19 patients, and the Melania Trump and their son Bar- state, argues the new restrictions ical damage, as it would in a hurri- Chief Greg Wooten said Friday. number of people seeking testing ron have all recovered from their will cause devastating effects for cane, to recover losses under their “They're doing what they're being at the adjoining clinic has doubled coronavirus infections in October. its members and their employees, policies. asked to do. They just need to com- over the past week to about 80 per The president spent three days in The Oregonian/OregonLive re- ply with the (wildlife hunting) day, said Dr. Lane Olson, a family a military hospital, where he was ported. Kentucky laws.” practice physician who works treated with experimental drugs; The association and the public LOUISVILLE — Kentucky re- Wooten said the most shocking there. the first lady weathered her ill- policy group Restaurant Law Cen- ported 3,825 new confirmed coro- incident for him has been the ille- ness at the White House. ter filed the lawsuit in U.S. District navirus cases and 20 more virus- gal killing of three moose in Valley New York Donald Trump Jr.’s girlfriend, Court in Portland on Friday, two related deaths Friday, as new re- County over a two-week period NEW YORK — Renewing re- Kimberly Guilfoyle, tested posi- days after the governor’s new ex- strictions went into effect aiming this fall. Two appear to be hunters strictions on indoor dining in New tive for the coronavirus in July. ecutive order took effect. to slow the virus's spread. who thought the moose was some York City amid surging coronavi- Scores of people who work for The order expected to last at "Remember, your decisions are other animal. Wooten said the rus infections could deal a crip- or associate with the president least through Dec. 2 limits social going to be what determines how third appeared to be a case of pling financial blow to restaurants have also recovered from recent get-togethers to no more than six many people live or die. Do your someone shooting a large bull and and their workers and should infections, including White House people from no more than two part,” Gov. Andy Beshear said, just leaving it to rot. come with financial support, an chief of staff Mark Meadows, households and limits restaurants urging Kentuckians to follow the Idaho has also had at least two industry group said Friday. press secretary Kayleigh McEna- to take-out and delivery only. new requirements. federally protected grizzly bears The NYC Hospitality Alliance ny and former New Jersey Gov. The suit says the governor’s or- Starting Friday, private indoor shot and killed. In September, a made the plea as Mayor Bill de Chris Christie. der violates due process and equal gatherings are limited to two hunter in northern Idaho mistook Blasio said Friday that he expect- protection, and that Brown has ex- households, with a maximum of a grizzly bear for a black bear. The ed the state to impose restrictions ceeded her power in issuing it. eight people. For roughly three Califonia hunters reported the mistake to in the city around the first week of The association urges a judge to weeks, bars and restaurants must SACRAMENTO — One of Gov. Fish and Game. December that would limit res- grant a temporary injunction that close indoor dining, though they Gavin Newsom's children may taurants to outdoor dining. would bar the order’s enforce- are permitted to continue curb- have been exposed to the corona- Kansas The alliance had not seen any ment, in whole or in part, while the side pickup, delivery and outdoor virus at school and is in quaran- MISSION — Hospitals across contact tracing data showing that case is pending. dining services. tine, a spokesman said Friday. Kansas are buckling as coronavi- indoor dining, which resumed this Event venue capacity is limited The child began a 14-day quar- rus cases swell, leading many fall under tight restrictions, is to 25 people. Gym capacity is low- antine “from the date of exposure" Mississippi schools to scale back in-person causing recent infections, execu- ered to 33%, and group classes, after the family was told a class- GULFPORT — A Mississippi learning and one county to intensi- tive director Andrew Rigie said. team practices and competitions mate at the private school had Gulf Coast casino has become one fy plans for a possible field hospi- “(A)nd thus struggling small are prohibited. Beshear has also tested positive for COVID-19, of many businesses nationwide to tal. business owners and their em- encouraged houses of worship to Nathan Click said in an emailed sue its insurer for refusing to cov- The Kansas Department of ployees should not be the left hold- refrain from in-person services. statement. er business losses because of the Health and Environment added ing the bag as a default reaction About 1,550 virus patients are The rest of the governor’s fam- coronavirus pandemic. hospitalized in Kentucky, includ- 5,939 cases to the state’s pandemic without being justly compensat- ily is not quarantining because Island View Casino Resort in ing 366 in intensive care. The tally since Wednesday, bringing ed,” Rigie said in a statement. they weren't directly exposed. Gulfport contends in the federal statewide rate for positive tests is the total to 134,533. The state's sev- He called for the city, state and “The family has taken the po- lawsuit that its insurer owes it $10 9.15%, roughly double what is rec- en-day average of new cases now federal governments to provide fi- tential exposure seriously and is million for business losses caused ommended by public health ex- stands at 2,718, nearly four times nancial support for business own- following all state protocols,” by a 65-day COVID-19 shutdown perts. higher than it was a month ago. ers and workers. Click said. in the spring. “Case increases are the worst Restaurants were among the The governor, his wife and all Gulfside Casino Partnership, Idaho we have seen since the pandemic hardest-hit businesses when New four of their children have tested Island View’s owner, is also de- BOISE — Hunting license sales began,” Democratic Gov. Laura York City emerged as a pandemic negative for the virus, Click said. manding $90 million in punitive in Idaho are up as more residents Kelly told local officials and legis- hot spot in March. Sunday, November 22, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK Deaths in US reach highest level since May Associated Press restrictions already in place. The The surging coronavirus is tak- state’s attorney general, Ken Pax- ing an increasingly dire toll across ton, likened the county's chief ad- the U.S. just as a vaccine appears ministrator to a “tyrant” after close at hand, with the country Paxton won an appeals court rul- now averaging over 1,300 CO- ing blocking local leaders from VID-19 deaths per day — the high- shutting down gyms and other est level since the calamitous nonessential businesses. spring in and around New York Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, also a City. Republican, failed to persuade The overall U.S. death toll has leaders of the GOP-controlled leg- reached about 254,000, by far the islature to reject a bill that would most in the world. Confirmed in- limit his administration's power to fections have eclipsed more than deal with the crisis. 11.8 million, after the biggest one- At issue is a Senate bill that day gain on record Thursday — al- would ban the state health depart- most 188,000. And the number of ment from issuing mandatory people in the hospital with CO- quarantine orders enforced VID-19 hit another all-time high at against people who are not sick or more than 80,000. exposed to disease — such as the With health experts deeply order announced by the governor afraid Thanksgiving travel and Tuesday setting a 10 p.m. curfew. holiday gatherings next week will DeWine said he will veto the bill fuel the spread of the virus, many when it reaches his desk. Repub- states and cities are imposing licans in both the House and Sen- near-lockdowns or other restric- ate have enough votes to override tions. California ordered a 10 p.m.- the veto if they choose. to 5-a.m. curfew starting Satur- “This bill is a disaster,” DeWine day, covering 94% of the state’s 40 said Thursday. “This is not a bill million residents. that can become law.” The Texas border county of El In California, the curfew affects Paso, where more than 300 people 41 of the state's 58 counties. Its im- have died from COVID-19 since pact will depend heavily on volun- October, is advertising jobs for DAVID ZALUBOWSKI/AP tary compliance. Some county morgue workers capable of lifting Workers carry Christmas trees to the vehicle of a waiting customer for the upcoming holiday season sheriffs said they won’t enforce bodies weighing 175 pounds or outside the garden center of a Lowe's store late Friday in Castle Rock, Colo. rules for people not on essential more. Officials are offering more errands to stay home after 10 p.m. than $27 an hour for work de- at their highest level since late spokesman said Friday has no care workers and other high-risk The curfew is less strict than the scribed as not only physically ar- May, when the Northeast was symptoms and has been quaran- groups likely to get priority. near-total ban on nonessential duous but “emotionally taxing as emerging from the first wave of tining since learning of his diag- But it could take months before business and travel that Demo- well.” the crisis. They peaked at about nosis earlier this week. the vaccine becomes widely avail- cratic Gov. Gavin Newsom im- The county had already begun 2,200 a day in late April, when Amid the bleak new statistics, able. Pfizer has said the vaccine posed in March, which he credited paying jail inmates $2 an hour to New York City was the epicenter Pfizer said Friday it is asking U.S. appears 95% effective at prevent- with flattening the rate of CO- help move corpses and has or- and bodies were being loaded onto regulators to allow emergency use ing the disease. VID-19 cases. dered at least 10 refrigerated refrigerated trucks by forklift. of its COVID-19 vaccine, setting in In Texas, Republican Gov. Greg In Kansas, new cases have risen trucks as morgues run out of Among the newly infected was motion a process that could make Abbott has ruled out another shut- to an average of over 2,700 per room. President Donald Trump’s eldest the first, limited shots available as down and singled out El Paso day, nearly four times higher than COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are son, Donald Trump Jr., who a early as next month, with health county leaders for not enforcing a month ago. Biden wants Congress to pass virus aid in lame-duck session

Associated Press bill and come up with a clear plan fore Congress adjourns for the WILMINGTON, Del. — Presi- to distribute millions of doses of a year. dent-elect Joe Biden is pushing prospective vaccine. That comes It added that the “package Congress to approve billions of as Biden is just days away from should include resources to fight dollars in emergency COVID-19 unveiling the first of his Cabinet the COVID-19 pandemic, relief for assistance before he takes office, picks, which are subject to Senate working families and small busi- saying in a meeting Friday with confirmation. nesses, support for state and local the top Democrats in the House “In my Oval Office, mi casa, you governments trying to keep fron- and Senate that such a package casa,” Biden, who sat with Schum- tline workers on the payroll, ex- should be approved during the er, Pelosi and Vice President-elect panded unemployment insur- ALEX BRANDON/AP lame-duck session. Kamala Harris, all wearing masks ance, and affordable health care President­elect Joe Biden, speaks during a meeting with Vice Biden held his first in-person and spaced out around a bank of for millions of families." President­elect Kamala Harris, Senate Minority Leader Chuck meeting since winning the presi- tables, said during the brief por- The sense of urgency in the Schumer of N.Y., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., on Friday dential election with House tion of the meeting journalists wit- meeting was echoed in comments in Wilmington, Del. Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate nessed. “I hope we’re going to earlier Friday by Biden transition Democratic leader Chuck Schum- spend a lot of time together.” aide Jen Psaki, who warned that can keep the government funded. “That didn’t happen, but hope- er, hosting them at his makeshift According to a readout of the “there's no more room for delay." But prospects for new virus aid fully it will,” she said. transition headquarters in a meeting later released by Biden's Pelosi said before meeting with this year remain uncertain. Pelosi Also Friday, McConnell, a Ken- downtown Wilmington, Del., thea- team, the group “agreed that Con- Biden and Schumer that she'd said talks with Senate Majority tucky Republican, proposed that ter. gress needed to pass a bipartisan make clear “the urgency of crush- Leader Mitch McConnell and Congress shift $455 billion of un- Biden’s new governing team is emergency aid package in the ing the virus,” and how to use the GOP leadership on Thursday did spent small-business lending facing intense pressure to ap- lame duck session," which is the lame-duck session to approve CO- not produce any consensus on an funds toward a new COVID-19 aid prove another coronavirus relief period after Election Day but be- VID-19 relief and legislation that aid package. package. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, November 22, 2020 NATION Officials push Biden for more diverse cabinet Associated Press was one of an army of activists WASHINGTON — Native who strapped on face masks and Americans are urging President- plastic face shields in 100-plus-de- elect Joe Biden to make history by gree heat to go door-to-door to get selecting one of their own to lead out the Mexican American vote. the powerful agency that oversees Intensive Mexican American or- the nation’s tribes, setting up one ganizing there helped flip that of several looming tests of Biden’s state to Democrats for the first pledge to have a Cabinet repre- time in 24 years. sentative of Americans. “We are at a point where there J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE / AP O.J. Semans is one of dozens of was no pathway to victory” for Rep. Deb Haaland, D­N.M., Native American Caucus co­chair, joined at right by Rep. Judy Chu, D­Calif., tribal officials and voting activists Democrats without support from chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, speaks to reporters, March 5, about the 2020 around the country pushing selec- voters of color, said Gomez, co-ex- Census on Capitol Hill. tion of Rep. Deb Haaland, a New ecutive director of the political Mexico Democrat and member of group Living United for Change in “I think Joe Biden has demon- the Pueblo of Laguna, to become Arizona. “Our terrain has forever strated he takes the concerns of the first Native American secreta- changed in this country in terms of African Americans seriously,” ry of interior. Tell Semans, a mem- the electoral map. said Clyburn, the highest-ranking ber of the Rosebud Sioux, that a “So we need to see that this ad- Black member of Congress. “I ex- well-regarded white lawmaker is ministration will be responsive,” pect him to be Lyndon Baines considered a front-runner for the she said. Johnson-like on civil rights.” job, and Semans chuckles. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., At the Department of Agricul- “Not if I trip him,” Semans says. co-chair of the Congressional Pro- ture and the Department of Hous- African Americans, Mexican gressive Caucus, said it was im- ing and Urban Development, Ohio Americans, Asian Americans, Na- portant that Biden’s Cabinet “re- Rep. Marcia Fudge and California tive Americans and other people flects the country, and particular- Rep. Karen Bass, respectively, of color played a crucial role in ly his base that supports him,” in- are being considered. Fudge, a helping Biden defeat President cluding women, racial and ethnic former chair of the Congressional Donald Trump. In return, they say minorities and other groups. Black Caucus, would be the first they want attention on problems The departments of defense, Black woman to lead agriculture, affecting their communities — state, treasury, interior, agricul- DAVID DERMER / AP which oversees farm policy and and want to see more people who ture, energy and health and hu- Vice President­elect Kamala Harris and Rep. Marcia Fudge, D­Ohio billions of dollars in farm and food look like them in positions of pow- man services and the Environ- wave to employees of Zanzibar Soul Fusion restaurant during a cam­ programs and runs the Supple- er. mental Protection Agency are paign event in Cleveland, on Oct. 24. mental Nutrition Assistance Pro- “It’s nice to know that a Native among Biden’s Cabinet-level gram — better known as food American is under considera- posts where women and people of people of color are sometimes but- played a critical role in reviving stamps — that feeds millions of tion,” said Haaland, who says she color are considered among the ting up against higher-profile the former vice president’s strug- low-income households. is concentrating on her congres- top contenders. As with interior, white candidates. gling campaign, said he is confi- Biden is moving quickly to fill sional work. “Sometimes we are where retiring New Mexico Sen. House Majority Whip Jim Cly- dent Biden’s Cabinet and White out his administration and could invisible.” Tom Udall is thought to be a lead- burn of South Carolina, whose House staff will reflect the na- name top leaders for his Cabinet In Arizona, Alejandra Gomez ing prospect, the candidacies of February endorsement of Biden tion’s diversity. as early as next week. Biden turns 78, set to become oldest US president Associated Press one of her signature flowers, an aide said. the mental acuity to lead the nation. Both term. WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe The age and health of both Biden and critics and some backers of Biden worried His physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, in a Biden turned 78 on Friday. In two months, President Donald Trump — less than four that he was sending the wrong message medical report released by the campaign he'll take the reins of a politically fractured years Biden’s junior — loomed throughout about his stamina by keeping a relatively last December, described Biden as nation facing the worst public health crisis a race that was decided by a younger and light public schedule while Trump barn- “healthy, vigorous ... fit to successfully ex- in a century, high unemployment and a more diverse electorate and at a moment stormed battleground states. Biden attri- ecute the duties of the Presidency, to in- reckoning on racial injustice. when the nation is facing no shortage of buted his light schedule to being cautious clude those as Chief Executive, Head of As he wrestles with those issues, Biden issues of consequence. during the coronavirus pandemic. State and Commander in Chief.” will be attempting to accomplish another Out of the gate, Biden will be keen to Some of Biden’s rivals in the Democratic In 1988, Biden suffered two life-threat- feat: demonstrating to Americans that age demonstrate he's got the vigor to serve. primary also made a case on age — while ening brain aneurysms, an experience that is but a number and he's up to the job. “It’s crucial that he and his staff put skipping Trump’s vitriol — by raising the he wrote in his memoir shaped him into Biden will be sworn in as the oldest pres- himself in the position early in his presi- question of whether someone of Biden’s the “kind of man I want to be.” O’Connor ident in the nation’s history, displacing Ro- dency where he can express what he wants and Trump’s generation was the right per- also noted in his report that Biden has an nald Reagan, who left the White House in with a crispness that's not always been his son to lead a nation dealing with issues like irregular heartbeat, but it has not required 1989 when he was 77 years and 349 days strength," said Ross Baker, a political sci- climate change and racial inequality. any medication or other treatment. He also old. entist at Rutgers University who has ad- Biden’s relatively advanced age also had his gallbladder removed in 2003. The president-elect spent his birthday in vised legislators from both parties. “He puts a greater premium on the quality of A September article by a group of re- Delaware at work on the government tran- has got to build up credibility with the his staff, Baker said. His choice of Sen. searchers in the Journal on Active Aging sition, including a meeting with Congress' American people that he’s physically and Kamala Harris, nearly 20 years younger concluded that both Biden and Trump are top two Democrats: House Speaker Nancy mentally up to the job.” than him, as his running mate effectively “super-agers” and are likely to outlive Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer. During Throughout the campaign, Trump, 74, acknowledged his age issue. Biden has de- their American contemporaries and main- the closed-door portion of the meeting, Pe- didn’t miss a chance to highlight Biden’s scribed himself as a transitional president tain their health beyond the end of the next losi presented Biden with a white orchid, gaffes and argue that the Democrat lacked but hasn’t ruled out running for a second presidential term. Sunday, November 22, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION Police reform activists cheer electoral successes

Associated Press Mitchell, a Movement for Black death at the hands of Minneapolis geles, requires at least 10% of the portionately so. And Black people NEW YORK — Almost six Lives strategist and national di- police in May thrust the defunding county’s budget to be earmarked are far more likely to be pulled months after the death of George rector of the Working Families demand before city councils, in- for community investments and over, searched and or killed by po- Floyd, criminal justice reform ad- Party. cluding those in Minneapolis, Mil- alternatives to incarceration, such lice, studies of criminal justice da- vocates are cheering the election The 2020 results were not all waukee and New York City. But as addiction treatment and other ta have repeatedly shown. of a handful of progressive prose- victories, however. Reformers al- defunding appears to be unpop- pretrial services. With Ferguson Uprising protes- cutors, the passage of ballot initia- so saw setbacks, including a blow ular when voters hear it discussed Across California, nearly 59% of ter Cori Bush of St. Louis and pro- tives designed to ease mass incar- to the movement to defund local in the abstract, said Alex Vitale, a voters approved Proposition 17, gressive activist Mondaire Jones ceration and the decriminaliza- police departments. Rep. James sociology professor at Brooklyn which restores voting rights to for- of New York headed to Congress, tion of drugs in several states. Clyburn, the House majority whip College in New York and author of merly incarcerated people who Cullors and other movement lead- Voters also sent Black Lives from South Carolina, and other “The End of Policing.” have yet to complete parole. ers believe they now have new Matter activists to Congress, re- Democrats blamed the defunding “In a whole bunch of places, “When our progressive vision champions for sweeping legisla- stored voting rights to former rhetoric for the party’s surprise when people were able to vote on was on the ballot, we won,” said tive justice reforms at the federal prisoners and scored other gains loss of seats in the House. Clyburn something concrete, it turned out Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of level. sought by the protests that filled warned that the idea could harm they were in favor of defunding BLM and executive director of the The BREATHE Act, a bill draft- American streets last summer. the larger BLM movement. the police, but just not in those BLM Global Network Foundation, ed by the policy table of the Move- Leaders in the movement want to Going into Election Day, most terms,” Vitale said. who is from Los Angeles. ment for Black Lives, would erase build on those successes in 2021. Democrats, including former Vice He pointed to a ballot measure The victories happened against federal funding for excess mili- The aim was to “build a multira- President Joe Biden, rejected the in Los Angeles County that reallo- a backdrop of mass incarceration tary equipment that has been fun- cial coalition that could translate idea of reducing police budgets to cates money to services to keep and police brutality that took dec- neled to local police departments, the movement power we saw in answer for systemic racism in the people out of jail. ades to construct: Almost 2.3 mil- among other aims. the streets into electoral might. justice system. Measure J, which was approved lion Americans are incarcerated, The bill has not yet been intro- And it worked,” said Maurice The protests sparked by Floyd's by nearly 57% of voters in Los An- Black and Latino people dispro- duced on Capitol Hill. FDA approves drug to help kids with premature aging disease Associated Press died in 2014 at age 17. She started growing a little The first drug was approved Just an estimated 400 people more — she’s now 3 feet, 7 inches Friday for a rare genetic disorder worldwide have progeria or its re- tall — and tests showed a slowing that stunts growth and causes rap- lated condition, including 20 in the of the hardening of her arteries. id aging in children, after studies U.S. The disorder causes stunted The 19-year-old Waldron back- showed it can extend their lives. growth, stiff joints, hair loss and packed in Europe alone last year Kids with the genetic disorder aged-looking skin. Children with after graduating from high school, progeria typically die in their the disease suffer strokes and where she ran track and cross early teens, usually from heart hardening of theirheart arteries, country. disease. But in testing, children and die at 14½ on average. “My physical health is pretty taking the drug Zokinvy lived 2½ The disorder is not inherited but good,” other than some joint stiff- years longer on average. due to a chance gene mutation that ness, said Waldron, a sophomore The Food and Drug Administra- causes a damaging buildup in creative writing student at Emer- tion approved the capsules for cells of a protein called progerin, son College in Boston. “It’s just progeria and a related condition. for which the disorder is named. something I live with.” Research on the treatment was The drug blocks production and She still takes the drug as part of mainly funded by the Progeria accumulation of the protein, slow- a long-term follow-up study. Research Foundation in Peabody, ing its damage and the premature “I am so excited” about its ap- Mass. with help from drug devel- aging. proval, she said. oper Eiger BioPharmaceuticals. Until testing began in 2007, doc- The FDA action was based on “This is just the first. We’ll find tors could only try to ease some two studies in which a total of 62 more and better treatments,” said symptoms. kids took the drug twice a day. Dr. Leslie Gordon, the founda- Meghan Waldron of Deerfield, Their outcomes were compared tion’s medical director. Mass. was diagnosed with proge- with 81 untreated children around Gordon, a pediatric disease re- ria by age 2. She wasn’t growing or the world, matched by age and searcher at Hasbro Children’s gaining weight and her hair was other characteristics. Hospital in Providence, R.I. creat- falling out. She was one of the first The participants were followed SUZANNE KREITER, THE BOSTON GLOBE/AP ed the foundation in 1999 with her children to get the drug. for up to 11 years, and those who Meghan Waldron, a freshman at Emerson College with progeria, sister and husband, soon after “Pretty soon,” she said, “there took the drug lived 2½ years long- walks down the street in Boston in 2019. their son Sam was diagnosed. He were obvious improvements.” er on average. Court: Tenn. can ban abortions based on Down Syndrome, race, gender

Associated Press because it banned abortion as Tennessee abortion providers be- cisions about whether and when to save lives,” Lee said in a state- NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A feder- early as six weeks — making it one ing represented by reproductive continue or to end a pregnancy are ment. “Protecting our most vul- al appeals court ruled Friday that of the strictest in the country — rights groups, had argued the ban best made by the individual and nerable Tennesseans is worth the Tennessee can begin outlawing but it included several other anti- was improperly vague, but the their family.” fight.” abortions because of a prenatal di- abortion components. court disagreed. The Attorney General's office Immediately following the ap- agnosis of Down syndrome, as The law was blocked by a lower Currently, more than a dozen said in a statement that they “ap- peals court ruling, the plaintiffs' well as prohibit the procedure if federal court just hours after Lee states have similar bans in place. preciate the Sixth Circuit lifting attorneys filed a request in lower it's based on the race or gender of signed it into law. However, the “These bans are just another the lower court's injunction” and federal court for a temporary re- the fetus. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals' deci- way anti-abortion politicians are looked forward to continuing to straining order to block the reason Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill sion will allow the state to enforce attempting to limit the constitu- defend the statute. bans once again, but this time ar- Lee enacted the so-called “reason the reason bans while abortion tional right to abortion care and to “Our law prohibits abortion gued the law illegally prohibits a bans” earlier this year as part of a rights groups continue their court create stigma,” said Nancy North- based on the race, gender, or diag- patient from “obtaining constitu- sweeping anti-abortion measure. battle against that law. up, president and CEO of the Cen- nosis of Down syndrome of the tionally protected pre-viability The law gained national attention The plaintiffs, which include ter for Reproductive Rights. “De- child and the court’s decision will abortion care.” PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, November 22, 2020 WORLD Iran to allies: Don't provoke US while Trump still at helm Associated Press BAGHDAD — Iran has in- structed allies across the Middle East to be on high alert and avoid provoking tensions with the U.S. that could give an outgoing Trump administration cause to launch at- tacks in the U.S. president's final weeks in office, Iraqi officials have said. SEPAHNEWS/AP The request — delivered by a The Iranian Revolutionary Guard's warship, named after slain Guard naval commander Abdollah Roudaki, senior Iranian general to allies in sails into Iranian southern territorial waters Nov. 19. Baghdad this week — reflects the KHALID MOHAMMED / AP growing regional anxiety over A supporter of pro­Iranian mili­ President Donald Trump’s unpre- tiamen stands by a poster of Qais Revolutionary Guard launches dictable behavior and the uncer- al­Khazali, the leader of the mil­ tainty in the chaotic transition pe- itant Shiite group Asaib Ahl al­ riod until President-elect Joe Bi- Haq, during a sit­in in front of the warship amid tensions with US den takes over in two months. U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, in January. Iran’s allies have collectively Associated Press Guard routinely uses in the Per- Typically, the Guard covers the welcomed Trump’s election de- general nervousness about the un- TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's para- sian Gulf. Sailors manned deck- waters of the Persian Gulf, while feat. Under his presidency, ten- predictability of Trump’s actions. military Revolutionary Guard mounted machine guns. Iran's navy patrols the Gulf of sions with Iran escalated, reac- His firing of Defense Secretary said it launched a heavy warship The Guard said the ship has a Oman and beyond. hing a fever pitch at the beginning Mark Esper two days after the Thursday capable of carrying hel- length of 492 feet. By comparison, “Presence and assignments in of the year with the U.S. airstrike election triggered a flurry of spec- icopters, drones and missile a U.S. Nimitz-class aircraft carri- the Indian Ocean is our right,” that killed Iran’s top general, Qas- ulation about whether it was relat- launchers amid ongoing tensions er has a length of 1,092 feet. The Tangsiri said. sem Soleimani, at the Baghdad ed to a broader plan to strike with the U.S. Guard's ship does not have a run- The ship appears to be an an- airport. Iran launched a ballistic abroad. Photographs of the ship, named way but includes a landing pad for swer to U.S. Navy patrols in the re- missile attack in response to the Iraq, where the U.S.-Iran rival- after slain Guard naval command- a helicopter. gion by its Bahrain-based 5th fatal drone strike, targeting U.S. ry has chiefly played out, is seen as er Abdollah Roudaki, showed it The commander of the Guard’s Fleet. U.S. aircraft carriers rou- soldiers in Iraq and wounding doz- a potential arena. Frequent at- carrying truck-launched surface- navy, Adm. Ali Reza Tangsiri, tinely travel through Mideast wa- ens. tacks against the U.S. Embassy in to-surface missiles and anti-air- suggested his forces wanted to ters. Iran sees those missions, as Trump also unilaterally with- Baghdad in recent months led a craft missiles. It also carried four move beyond the waters of the well as Israel's expanding pres- drew America in 2018 from Iran’s frustrated Trump administration small fast boats, the kind the Gulf into deep-water patrolling. ence in the region, as a threat. nuclear deal with world powers, to threaten to close the mission, a meant to prevent it from develop- move that sparked a diplomatic ing nuclear weapons, and re-im- crisis and diplomatic back chan- posed punishing sanctions on nel messaging that led to an infor- Iran, crippling its economy. mal truce a few weeks ahead of the UN: Ethiopian refugees fleeing to Iran has since abandoned all U.S. election. limits on its uranium enrichment With two months to go until a Bi- Sudan from embattled Tigray region program, even as the deal’s other den administration takes over, international partners have tried Iranian Gen. Esmail Ghaani, head Associated Press ate a crisis response virtually “We took the baby and ran un- unsuccessfully to salvage them. of the Guard's expeditionary Quds NAIROBI, Kenya — The United from zero even as up to 5,000 refu- der the bombs,” Taharsta said. The incoming Biden administra- Force, delivered Tehran's request Nations refugee agency says gees continue to arrive every day. “People were hit by the bombs. tion has stated plans to rejoin or during a meeting with Iranian- about 32,000 people have fled Eth- “What definitely is clear is that We were covered in dust. We renegotiate the 2015 accord. backed Iraqi militia factions and iopia’s embattled Tigray region fighting is ongoing and it is spo- made it out; we had no food; we But there is growing concern Shiite politicians in Baghdad this into neighboring Sudan, and it is radic, you never know where it’s were hungry. People welcomed us over what Trump, who is refusing week, according to two senior Ira- preparing for up to 200,000 in the going to happen,” said Hameed here. We had no clothes; people to concede the election, might do qi Shiite politicians who attended next six months if necessary. Nuru, the Sudan country repre- who saw us threw clothes at us.” in the last days of his presidency the meetings in Baghdad. Axel Bisschop, the agency’s sentative for the World Food Pro- Their host, Um Al-Hassan Kha- — including a potential strike on The message: Stand down to representative in Sudan, told re- gram. “So it is this anticipation mis, confirmed it: “Every day I go America’s enemies abroad. On avoid giving Trump the opportu- porters Friday that “nobody at this and not knowing, which is causing to the camp and follow up, if there Thursday, an adviser to Iran’s su- nity to initiate a fresh tit-for-tat stage can say exactly how many a lot more fear and causing people is someone who needs items, and preme leader warned in an inter- round of violence. And to the Iraqi will come,” as deadly fighting con- now to cross.” try to provide them,” she said. view with The Associated Press Shiite paramilitaries: Be calm and tinues between the Ethiopian gov- He noted reports that some People left Ethiopia in a great that any American attack on Iran cease attacks for now against ernment and Tigray regional gov- fighters may have put down their hurry, the U.N. officials said, and could set off a “full-fledged war” American presence in Iraq. ernment forces. arms and joined the flow of people most arrived in Sudan with noth- in the region. However, if there was a U.S. ag- Another crisis is growing inside crossing, which could add to ten- ing. “We don’t welcome war. We are gression by the Trump adminis- the sealed-off Tigray region as sions. “It’s a mix of medical doctors, not after starting a war," said Hos- tration, Iran's response would “be food and other supplies run des- “This could unravel Ethiopia professionals, bankers, to farm- sein Dehghan, who served in in line with the type of strike,” one perately low. U.N. Secretary-Gen- and also Sudan,” the UNICEF ers,” Fadil said. Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary of the Iraqi politicians cited Ghaa- eral Antonio Guterres called for country representative in Sudan, Ethiopia’s government has Guard before becoming a defense ni as saying. the opening of humanitarian cor- Abdullah Fadil, said of the crisis. been fighting the Tigray regional minister under President Hassan But only hours after Ghaani de- ridors “and the truces that might “Soon we will be overwhelmed ... forces since a Nov. 4 attack on a Rouhani. livered Iran's message in Baghdad be necessary for humanitarian aid if this rate continues.” military base there. Each side re- The concern does not appear to — and while he was still in Iraq — to be delivered.” Children under 18 make up gards the other as illegal, the re- be rooted in anything concrete — a barrage of Katyusha rockets Guterres added: “This is a mat- about 45% of the refugees, he said. sult of a falling-out between Nobel Trump has, in fact, ordered a were fired at the Iraqi capital's ter of enormous concern to us.” In the swelling Um Rakouba Peace Prize-winning Prime Min- drawdown of U.S. troops in Iraq heavily fortified Green Zone, The Ethiopian refugees are ar- refugee camp, Taharsta Mahya ister Abiy Ahmed and the Tigray and Afghanistan to be completed landing a few hundred yards from riving in a very remote area of Su- and her family members found leaders who once dominated the by mid-January — but rather in the U.S. Embassy. dan, and humanitarians must cre- shelter with a local family. country’s ruling coalition. Sunday, November 22, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Robbers scared away by antique walking stick NILES — An 81-year-old IL former Marine from sub- urban Chicago used his grandfa- ther’s antique Irish walking stick to chase off three burglars and de- liver one a thump in the head for his trouble. Dan and Barbara Donovan told the Pioneer Press newspaper group that a man in a reflective vest and mask knocked on their door in Niles on Nov. 4 and said he was a utility worker who needed to check their fuse box due to a re- cent fire in the area. Barbara Donovan said while they were in the basement with the man, who was looking at their electric circuit panel, she heard squeaking floorboards upstairs realized something wasn’t right. When the couple reached the main floor, they found two other men inside, one holding a pillow- case from their bedroom. Donovan struck the man with the pillowcase in the back of the head with his grandfather’s shille- lagh — an antique Irish walking stick. The man held onto the pil- lowcase as he followed his two co- horts outside. DARYN SLOVER, (LEWISTON, MAINE) SUN JOURNAL/AP ‘Tiger King’ star accused of inhumane treatment Let's talk turkey MUSKOGEE — Net- Franny Lin finishes feeding the turkeys at Willow Pond Farm in Sabattus, Maine. Lin's summer apprenticeship on the farm is coming to an end OK flix’s “Tiger King” star and she will head back to Arlington, Mass., just before Thanksgiving. Farm owner, Jill Agnew, said that her farm­share holders are asking for Jeff Lowe has been accused of re- smaller turkeys this year because people are choosing to have small gatherings. curring inhumane treatment and improper handling of endangered ran inside. The co-worker then THE CENSUS new year as part of a commitment species of animals, according to a fired one round into the door. The to the health and safety of the Chi- civil complaint. other man was also armed and re- The approximate amount California could save by closing cago community, the attraction The U.S. Justice Department turned fire through the door. The $1B eight lockups due to the declining prison population. The Leg- announced. filed the complaint in federal dis- bullet hit the co-worker. islative Analyst’s Office report said the number of inmates, parolees and juve- “We are taking this action trict court in Muskogee, Okla., Police arrived on the scene and nile wards is a “major cost driver in spending on the state’s correctional sys- proactively for the positive influ- against Lowe, his wife Lauren found him outside and pro- tem.” However, the adult prison population has been declining because of the ence it may have for all,” said the Lowe, the Greater Wynnewood nounced him dead. early release of some prisoners and other actions linked to the COVID-19 pan- aquarium’s president and CEO, Exotic Animal Park he took over demic, the report said. The 35 state prisons now hold 21% fewer inmates than Bridget Coughlin. they did at the end of February, before the pandemic took hold. from founder Joe Exotic in 2016 Woman receives $17M The Shedd Aquarium is home to and Tiger King, LLC. after injured in Walmart 32,000 aquatic animals represent- After closing the Wynnewood garage and quickly consumed the collected from faculty, students ing 1,500 species of fishes, reptil- zoo, the Lowes agreed to pay more CHARLESTON — house next to it, Battalion Chief and parents for her own use. es, amphibians, invertebrates, than $100,00 in delinquent state WV The West Virginia Su- Scott Fitzpatrick said in a news re- birds and mammals from waters sales taxes from sales at the zoo. preme Court affirmed a nearly $17 lease. Four adults and three chil- Driver arrested after long around the globe. Then, the federal complaint alleg- million jury verdict for a woman dren managed to escape, fire offi- pursuit across counties es they created an illegal, unli- who was injured in 2019 when cials said. Company to pay $16M to censed wildlife park on a 33-acre staffers tried to detain a shoplifter Investigators believe the fire FARGO — A Fargo employees over breaks tract in Thackerville, Okla., in Walmart. was intentionally set, and police ND man is accused of named “Tiger King Park.” The court rejected the retail gi- arrested a 33-year-old man who leading authorities on a lengthy PORTLAND — Thou- The complaint accuses the Low- ant’s appeal. lived at the home but was found a pursuit. OR sands of Les Schwab es of violating the Endangered A lawyer for Diane Ankrom, 53, short distance away. Police said Clay County deputies chased Tire Centers employees in Oregon Species Act “by illegally taking, said employees were trying to de- the man faces several counts of ar- the vehicle into Cass County will receive $2,500 checks as part possessing, and transporting pro- tain a shoplifter when he ran into son. where they lost sight of the car. of a settlement over a lawsuit that tected animals,” according to a Ankrom’s shopping cart, which Cass County deputies later spot- said the chain hadn’t given work- Justice Department statement. was carrying her granddaughter. Ex-school district ted the car which fled at a high ers enough time for lunch. Ankrom fell to the ground with the secretary indicted in theft rate of speed on a gravel road, The suit alleged the Schwab em- Man accused of stalking cart falling on top of her. KFGO reported. ployees hadn’t received the full, co-worker shot and killed Ankrom’s lawyers said she has JOSEPH CITY — A A short time later, a North Da- 30-minute lunch breaks that Ore- had multiple surgeries and has AZ state grand jury has in- kota state trooper spotted the vehi- gon law requires for hourly em- LAS VEGAS — Au- been admitted to the hospital over dicted a former Joseph City Uni- cle and chased it on County Road ployees, The Oregonian/Oregon- NV thorities are investigat- 20 times. fied School District secretary who 15 just south of Horace. Live reported. ing after a man was killed in an ex- is accused of stealing more than Spike strips were used on the The Bend-based company con- change of gunfire outside a Las Residents escape burning $40,000 of district funds. roadway to stop the driver. He lost tinues to maintain that it provides Vegas home. house; man arrested In addition to her duties as at- control of his car, entered a ditch the requisite lunch breaks but A woman who lives in the home tendance secretary, Tonnie Rae and rolled over. agreed to pay $16 million to over told investigators she was afraid a OMAHA — Several Pugh was responsible for deposit- 3,700 employees to settle the case. male co-worker was following her NE people escaped harm ing funds raised through student Shedd Aquarium closing The two plaintiffs who brought and had another man walk her to when they managed to get out of a activities and those raised by aux- through end of year the case in 2017 will receive her door. burning Omaha house, and a man iliary operations like athletic $15,000 each. Twenty-five others According to Lt. Ray Spencer, was later arrested on suspicion of event ticket sales. CHICAGO — The Shedd who submitted declarations in the male co-worker showed up arson, fire officials said. Pugh is accused of using her po- IL Aquarium will voluntarily support of the lawsuit will receive and the woman and the other man The fire broke in a north Omaha sition to take cash payments she close to the public through the a $1,000, in addition to the $2,500. PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, November 22, 2020 MUSIC

Tough and tender He might look like a biker, but country star Chris Stapleton isn’t afraid to get into his feelings

BECKY FLUKE Chris Stapleton, who took the country­music world by storm with his quadruple­platinum debut in 2015, released his latest album, “Starting Over,” on Nov. 13.

BY MIKAEL WOOD Southern rock bands and writing tradition, though in truth that On “Starting Over,” released Los Angeles Times behind the scenes for other Nash- designation was always an awk- Nov. 13, you can hear him taking hris Stapleton didn’t take more than 10 or 15 minutes to ville acts — with his quadruple- ward fit for an expert craftsman advantage of that position to push write “Maggie’s Song,” a cut from the country star’s new platinum solo debut, “Traveller.” who’d written No. 1 singles for ever so slightly at the edges of his album about a “fuzzy black pup” that he and his wife, Mor- The LP, which like all of his Luke Bryan and Kenny Chesney. well-established identity. The Cgane, took home after finding the dog abandoned in a shop- music prominently features Mor- But as Universal Music Group album contains some of his har- ping cart in a PetSmart parking lot. gane on backing vocals, was Nashville President Cindy Mabe dest-rocking material, including “It’s all true stuff,” Stapleton said. “There’s no embellishment in it.” named album of the year by the points out, country music several cuts he created with help Yet recording the song was a different story. Country Music Association and changed in Stapleton’s wake. from his avowed guitar hero, Conceived as a tribute to Maggie after she died last year at age 14, won a Grammy for best country “Right after ‘Traveller,’ every Mike Campbell of Tom Petty’s the tender, loping “Maggie’s Song” climaxes on a rainy Monday album; his next two records, artist that came to town had a Heartbreakers. It has a song, morning when the dog wakes up and finds she can’t stand. The narra- 2017’s “From a Room: Volume 1” beard,” said Mabe, who oversees “Watch You Burn,” addressed to tor lies down next to her as she puts “her head on my hand like she’d and “Volume 2” — each full of Stapleton’s label, Mercury Nash- the perpetrator of the horrific done so many times,” and if you’re getting choked up just reading grown-up songs that move be- ville. “We’d been living in the mass shooting that killed 60 peo- those lyrics, you can imagine how Stapleton felt in the studio. yond infatuation to ponder what world of Ken and Barbie, and he ple at a Las Vegas country-music “That one was hard to sing,” he said, the memory sharp even now. happens when love endures — brought a realness that maybe festival in 2017 — a rare instance “I kept crying through a lot of it.” both entered the all-genre Bill- hadn’t been there before.” of the normally circumspect As delivered by this 42-year-old father of five, “Maggie’s Song” board 200 chart at No. 2. Today, country’s biggest young Stapleton stepping into the socio- vividly exemplifies the complex emotional character of Stapleton’s With as much Allman Brothers male stars are Luke Combs and political fray of modern Amer- best music. He’s burly but soft. Tough yet vulnerable. A protector of as George Jones in his blood, the Morgan Wallen — happily scruf- ican life. his loved ones and a man in perpetual search of shelter. bearded, scratchy-voiced Staple- fy everydudes whose music simi- Most gratifyingly, “Starting “I’m no authority on masculinity, but I don’t feel un-masculine or ton was viewed by many at the larly balances yearning and Over” showcases the extremes of embarrassed by having feelings,” he said. “In fact, I think it’s the most time as a welcome disruptor of a brawn. Which means that Staple- his remarkable vocal ability, as manly thing you can do. seemingly endless parade of ton, who was nominated for male in “Cold,” a stately, whisper-to-a- “And if somebody wants to say something to me about that,” he fresh-faced country bros dis- vocalist of the year for the sixth growl R&B ballad filled with said, chuckling again, “we can talk about it outside.” pensing glib hits about babes and time at the recent CMA Awards pained bent notes and lengthy Stapleton’s gentle-giant vibe helped bring him huge success when beer. Some even regarded him as (Combs won), is less a maverick he emerged in 2015 — after years spent playing in bluegrass and an inheritor of country’s outlaw now than a standard-bearer. SEE STAPLETON ON PAGE 13 Sunday, November 22, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 MUSIC REVIEWS

FROM PAGE 12 Chris Stapleton runs as gritty as they are fluid. “I love Chris the way I love Starting Over (Mercury Records Nashville) Grande explores Otis Redding and Donny Hatha- To say Chris Stapleton is one of country way,” said Pink, who drafted music’s best singers is to sell him short. He’s Stapleton for a romantic duet on one of the world’s finest singers of any genre, intimate ‘Positions’ her 2019 album “Hurts 2B Hu- period. man” — just one of several pop- On his new album, “Starting Over,” the Ken- BY MIKAEL WOOD star collaborations (along with tucky native ranges around in style with the Los Angeles Times songs by Justin Timberlake and confidence of a man who deserves the widest possible audience. His Ed Sheeran) that Stapleton has voice is pleading and impassioned and sounds phenomenal whether taying at home for been approached to do in recent he’s wailing the blues or gently covering the Guy Clark classic, “Old months on end doesn’t years. Friends,” one of two Clark compositions here. appear to have been a “His soul has been around a lot It doesn’t hurt that Stapleton’s working again with Dave Cobb, a Sdisappointment for Ar- longer than he has,” Pink added, producer who seems incapable of musical missteps himself. Other iana Grande. before mimicking one of the collaborators include pedal steel virtuoso Paul Franklin as well as In song after song on her very singer’s key riffs from his slow- Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell of the Heartbreakers, Tom Pet- horny new album, “Positions,” rolling rendition of the country ty’s legendary band. the 27-year-old pop star exults in classic “Tennessee Whiskey.” Stapleton doesn’t need much help showing off his rock ’n’ roll the intimate possibilities of a Asked how he developed the chops. He snarls and growls his way through “Arkansas,” a song that quiet night (or 200) in quaran- privacy as the hottest of con- technique required to expand his could become the state’s next anthem, and “Watch You Burn,” an tine. “We got all we need right cepts. natural gift, Stapleton, who grew angry diatribe about domestic terrorism sung to the Las Vegas shoo- here,” she assures a lover in And yet Grande knows that the up in small-town Kentucky, said ter and other perpetrators of mass violence. It ends with a roaring “West Side,” and she’s not re- outright raunchiness of some of he never took vocal lessons but musical manifestation of what eternal damnation must sound like. ferring to an embarrassment of her new material, especially in sang along carefully as a teenag- A singer this good can sometimes make unfortunate song choices streaming services. the year of “WAP,” is sure to rev er to songs by Luther Vandross, and get away with it, but there is no weak cut on this album. On Singing about sex is nothing the celebrity-industrial complex, Mariah Carey and Bell Biv De- “Cold” and “Whiskey Sunrise,” Stapleton shows his ability to live novel, of course — not for pop stoking curiosity about her rela- Voe. Stapleton was speaking over inside a heartache that few singers can match. On a ballad called stars in general nor specifically tionship with Dalton Gomez, the the phone from outside a record- “Nashville, TN,” he bids a poignant, emotional goodbye to Music City. for Grande, whose former boy- wonderfully named Los Angeles ing studio in Nashville — he’d The common element throughout is soulful, honest singing. friend Mac Miller was rapping real-estate agent about whom she driven into town from his ranch “Starting Over” is the title song, but Stapleton needs no restart about putting on a movie only to evidently wrote these songs. outside Franklin, Tenn., where musically. He keeps building on all the good work he’s done before, ignore it on Grande’s 2013 debut. Before the heavy breathing he can’t get a strong cell signal — delivering songs that keep soaring higher — and in this case, one of (That the movie in question was begins, “Positions” opens with and suddenly paused as a loud the year’s finest albums. “Bruce Almighty” shows how “Shut Up,” a jewel box of orches- whistle sounded in the back- — Scott Stroud long Grande, a onetime Nickel- tral pop in which she tells off ground. Associated Press odeon performer, has been a people too concerned with how “Sorry, there was a train going member of pop’s ruling class.) she spends her time. “You know by,” he said after a few seconds. Benmont Tench.) Among the Van Halen, who died of cancer On “Positions,” though, the you sound so dumb,” she trills in “How country is that?” tunes they finished together was last month.) bedroom setting registers as sweet multi-tracked harmony — Stapleton completed “Starting “Arkansas,” about a real-life road Stapleton’s date for that long- more than a fulfillment of her a telling product of an age when Over” before the COVID-19 pan- trip through the Ozark Moun- ago Bon Jovi show was his dad, obligation to titillate; inspired or the only thing worse than too demic; in fact, he began work on tains that Stapleton and his bass and decades later he’s just as not by the reality of lockdown, much attention is none at all. the album two years ago with player took after his wife pre- tight with his own brood of four her focus feels like an inward Though Grande’s subject mat- sessions near Muscle Shoals, Ala. sented him with an Irish-green sons and a daughter between the turn after the years of intense ter shifts after “Shut Up,” the (where Aretha Franklin, whom Porsche 911 for his birthday. ages of 1 and 11. In “Starting public scrutiny documented on song’s Disney-like strings carry Stapleton called “the greatest “We were trying to make a Over’s” stirring closer, titled Grande’s two previous LPs: through the rest of “Positions,” singer that ever lived,” famously movie of the idea,” said Camp- “Nashville, TN,” he reflects on 2018’s “Sweetener,” which fol- which is brighter and sprightlier worked) and at Nashville’s Com- bell, a longtime fan of what he his decision to move from the lowed the horrific terrorist than the comparatively bleary pass Sound studio, a favorite spot called “traveling songs” such as city to the country to secure bombing of a concert of hers in “Thank U, Next.” of the late Waylon Jennings also “I’ve Been Everywhere,” made some privacy for his family. Manchester, England, and last Her singing too strikes a known as Hillbilly Central. popular in the early ’60s by Hank He and Morgane wrote the year’s Grammy-nominated throwback note, with less of the Eventually, the singer returned Snow. song in 2015 after his star-mak- “Thank U, Next,” which grappled almost-rapping she was doing in to his usual haunt, Nashville’s “He names every city in the ing performance with Timber- with Miller’s sudden death and songs like the trappy “7 Rings” historic RCA Studio A, where he f------country in that song,” lake on that year’s CMA Awards with her breakup with the come- and more of the fluid R&B melis- and his longtime producer, Dave Campbell said with a laugh, and made a tourist attraction of their dian Pete Davidson. ma she inherited from Mariah Cobb, made Stapleton’s previous so Stapleton in “Arkansas” home. Sex as represented on her Carey. albums. Does he harbor any shouts out Fayetteville, Little “All of a sudden there’s a bus sixth full-length is an act of ten- Prudes can take comfort in the superstitions about re-creating Rock and West Memphis as he with people from four states derness and enveloping — and fact that Grande’s sexual liber- the circumstances of success, as recounts “burn(ing) through away showing up in my driveway also of monogamy. “Boy, I’m ation hasn’t come at the expense a ballplayer might by refusing to one-light towns like a scalded while I’m trying to play ball with trying to meet your mama on a of her winningly earnest theater- shave or combing his hair during dog” over his and Campbell’s my kids,” he said. Sunday / Then make a lot of love kid eccentricities.“Off the Ta- a championship series? roaring guitars. “I’m not complaining, but I’d on a Monday,” Grande sings in ble,” a sharply detailed slow jam “Well, if not shaving or comb- With its heavy twang and snar- spent 37 years not living in that the title track, while “Obvious” featuring the Weeknd, has ing your hair is superstitious, ling tempo, “Arkansas” can space. I had to get away from the insists, “Ain’t no price on my Grande cycling through the ques- then I’ve been superstitious for evoke the rootsier hair metal of anxiety of that bus rolling up loyalty.” tions she asks herself between a years,” he replied. Then he ac- the late ‘80s — think Poison or twice a day.” In many of the songs, Grande breakup and a makeup: “Am I knowledged that he hauls around Cinderella — a comparison that As with virtually every other describes home as a kind of co- too cold? Am I not nice?” (Other an old dining-room chair from led Stapleton to reveal that the working musician, COVID forced coon for two: a place to play guests on the album include Doja his parents’ house that he likes to first concert he ever saw was by Stapleton to call off a 2020 tour of video games at 2 a.m., (“Six Thir- Cat, who joins Grande for the sit in every time he records. And Bon Jovi on its tour behind 1988’s arenas and amphitheaters, in his ty”) or the sanctuary in “Nasty” club jam “Motive,” and Ty Dolla he’s got a lucky Fender Jazz- “New Jersey.” case directly after opening night best enjoyed after she and her Sign, who lends his gritty croon master guitar. And a pocketknife “A lot of that stuff, it’s become in Texas on March 11 — the same guy “get all the homies to to “Safety Net.”) of his father’s that he always a kind of caricature, or we’ve evening the NBA suspended its bounce” (so that they might “Positions” closes with one of carries in his pocket. relegated it to that,” he said. “But season in a dramatic acknowl- “switch from the bed to the its strongest tracks in “POV,” a “Besides all that, though — there was a lot of great music edgment of the threat of the coro- couch”). pretty, pillowy ballad in which nah, no superstitions,” he said. back then” — even if he remem- navirus. For someone so skilled at using Grande longs to see herself Stapleton introduced a new bered stepping outside during Yet the singer, whose team has social media to cultivate fans’ through her lover’s eyes. element into his process by trav- Skid Row’s opening set because consulted with Major League interest in her personal life, it’s “I want to trust me the way you eling to Los Angeles to write with the band was too loud. (Interest- Baseball regarding safety proto- striking — and more than a little trust me,” she sings, and there’s Campbell, whom he was thrilled ing factoid: Stapleton, a reliably cols for rescheduled dates set to moving — to hear her dreaming something vaguely Prince-like to meet when Stapleton opened combustible live draw, said he’d resume in April, hasn’t regretted of seclusion. It connects “Posi- about that setup. It’s a welcome for Petty and the Heartbreakers agreed to open for Van Halen on the time he’s been able to spend tions” to this year’s pre-COVID frisson on an album about hu- at Chicago’s Wrigley Field in a proposed 2019 tour that ended at home. “Changes” by Grande’s old pal manity’s oldest pastime — and a 2017. (The album also features up not happening due to con- “It’s been good — self-reflec- Justin Bieber, on which another reminder that every couple is a the Heartbreakers’ keyboardist, cerns over the health of Eddie tive,” he said. young tabloid mainstay remakes world unto itself. PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, November 22, 2020 BOOKS Add variety to dinner: No takeout needed English chef Jamie Oliver says his latest cookbook, ‘7 Ways,’ is his most reader-focused one yet

BY MARK KENNEDY Associated Press amie Oliver knows one of the big- gest obstacles home cooks face isn’t the drudgery of shopping, the chore Jof chopping or the mess of washing up. It’s delivery apps. What he calls the Uber-ization of the food industry has led to tired families just ordering dinner for delivery or pickup. “It’s never been easier to fix that urge for food at the click of a button,” he said. Oliver is hoping to inspire home cooks with his 24th book, “7 Ways,” which he calls his most reader-focused cookbook yet. He promises maximum flavor for minimum ef- fort. “If I can write a recipe that’s delicious and gives you lots of choice and excitement and I know you’ve probably got the ingre- dients in your fridge already, that has to be pretty powerful,” the English chef said. The book comes during the global pan- by many consumers who said they were demic, and Oliver hopes it offers belea- stuck in food ruts. guered home cooks more options. “I’m trying to represent different cook- He notes that sales of cooking utensils ing methods, different costs and different and baking products have soared. color, different flavor profiles,” he said. “If you cook from scratch yourself, the “One of my jobs in this book was to try and chances of you saving money is huge,” he help celebrate the ingredient, but break the said. “Even cheap takeaways are pretty ex- monotony of the same old dish every week.” pensive when you’re buying it for four peo- The data showed some interesting ple.” things, like that sweet potato and avocado To write the book, Oliver pored over were more popular than initially thought. reams of data to find the 3,000 most com- More avocados were sold in the UK than or- mon food items. anges last year, and Oliver does more than He boiled down the list to 18 key — or he- slice them into a salad: He makes an avoca- ro — ingredients, including chicken breast, do hollandaise, an avocado tempura and “One of my jobs in this book was to try and help celebrate the ingredient, but break the monotony of the same old dish every week.” Jamie Oliver British celebrity chef salmon, shrimp and potatoes. bakes avocados with shrimp. He then developed seven new recipes to He also tackles a notoriously difficult highlight each of the 18 heroes. For the vegetable — the eggplant, or aubergine in salmon, there’s tacos and a po’ boy. For Britain. It takes center stage as one of the 18 eggs, he’s got an Indian-inspired frittata heroes, alongside beef and chicken. INVISION/AP and eggy crumpets. For mushrooms, “We kind of worked out what to do with Jamie Oliver’s latest book is “7 Ways: Easy Ideas for Every Day of the Week.” there’s a risotto, a soup and a beef stir-fry. potatoes in lots of wonderful ways. We nev- He also looked at the most popular take- er really found out what the bloody hell to do Here is one of Jamie Oliver’s recipes avocado and finely slice. Trim and finely out dishes and tried to replicate their taste. with aubergines,” he said. “What I tried to from “7 Ways”: slice the scallions. He calls them “fakeaways” and there’s doz- do in that chapter is look at how you can Carefully cut the skin off the salmon and ens of recipes — including sweet and sour cook them so the skin is crispy and the flesh CRISPY SALMON TACOS place it in a non-stick frying pan on medi- pork, spicy shrimp noodles and a sausage is creamy, how you can steam them or use Start to finish: 20 minutes. um-high heat to crisp up both sides. pizza. them in a ragu or use it to layer up beautiful Serves: 2 Pat the Cajun seasoning all over the “I’ll try and write a recipe that can lure things.” Ingredients salmon fillets, then fry for 5 minutes, turn- you into having a go. And ultimately, that’s One thing that Oliver has gradually 5 ½ ounce ripe mixed-color ing to get them golden on each of their sides. what it’s all about: trying to keep cooking warmed up to is including some pre-made cherry tomatoes Once the skin is crispy, move it to sit on top skills alive,” he said. ingredients, like jarred pesto or curry paste, 1 small ripe mango of the salmon. Oliver has become a household name for and sometimes leaning on frozen vegeta- ½ small ripe avocado Meanwhile, use tongs to toast the tortil- promoting sustainable and healthy foods bles. 2 scallions las directly over the flames of your gas stove since starring in BBC’s “The Naked Chef,” “I never would’ve done it seven years 2 x 4 ½ ounce salmon fillets, skin-on, scaled, for 15 seconds or use a hot pan. Sprinkle the ago. I’ve had to get over myself,” he said, in which he stripped food down to its essen- pin-boned mango, avocado and scallions over the tor- laughing. “There’s a bit of ego in cooking as tials, using simple ingredients and tech- 2 heaping teaspoons of Cajun seasoning tillas, then flake in the salmon and crack up well. I try and control mine.” niques. He later became familiar to North 4 small tortillas and add the crispy skin. Oliver is a realist: “I wish I lived in a American audiences with Food Network 2 limes Toss the tomatoes and the juice of 1 lime world where everyone had the time to make shows like “Jamie at Home.” Directions in the residual heat of the pan for 30 sec- their own paste,” he said. Then added: “You onds, then spoon over the tortillas. In “7 Ways,” Oliver has capped the num- Quarter the cherry tomatoes. Pit, peel ber of ingredients home cooks need for each know, frozen peas are way better than fresh and roughly chop the mango. Scoop out the Serve with lime wedges, for squeezing dish at eight, and tried new ideas, informed peas nine times out of 10.” over. Sunday, November 22, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 15 CROSSWORD AND COMICS NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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W O N K I E D U L E E C N E R E H D A O L I S L E T A P N A O L O R C I M PAGE 16 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, November 22, 2020 GADGETS & TECHNOLOGY Do you hear that? Futuristic ‘sound beaming’ technology has arrived

BY LOUISE DIXON sending audio via ultrasonic waves to Associated Press create sound pockets by the user’s ears. magine a world where you move Sound can be heard in stereo or a spatial around in your own personal sound 3-D mode that creates 360-degree sound bubble. You listen to your favorite around the listener, the company said. Itunes, play loud computer games, The demo includes nature video clips of watch a movie or get navigation directions swans on a lake, bees buzzing and a bab- in your car — all without disturbing those bling brook, where the listener feels com- around you. pletely transported into the scene. That’s the possibility presented by But even CEO Christophe Ramstein “sound beaming,” a new futuristic audio finds it hard to put the concept into words. technology from Noveto Systems, an Is- “The brain doesn’t understand what it raeli company. On Nov. 13, it debuted a doesn’t know,” he said. desktop device that beams sound directly In a Noveto demonstration conducted NOVETO SYSTEMS/AP to a listener without the need for head- via Zoom from Tel Aviv, SoundBeamer The SoundBeamer directs music and sounds straight into your head without the need phones. Product Manager Ayana Wallwater was for headphones. Three­dimensional sound feels like it's inside your ears, and all around. The company provided The Associated unable to hear the sound of gunshots on a Press with an exclusive demo of the desk- gaming demo. “It follows you wherever you go. So it’s While the concept of sound beaming is top prototype of its SoundBeamer 1.0 be- That’s the point. But she does get to personally for you — follows you, plays not new, Noveto was the first to launch the fore the launch. enjoy the reactions of people trying the what you want inside your head.” technology, and their SoundBeamer 1.0 The listening sensation is straight out of software for the first time. “This is what we dream of,” she adds. desktop device will be the first branded a sci-fi movie. The 3-D sound is so close it “Most people just say, ‘Wow, I really “A world where we get the sound you consumer product. feels like it’s inside your ears while also in don’t believe it,’ ” she said. want. You don’t need to disturb others and Ramstein said a “smaller, sexier” ver- front, above and behind them. “You don’t believe it because it sounds others don’t get disturbed by your sound. sion of the prototype will be ready for Noveto expects the device will have like a speaker, but no one else can hear it But you can still interact with them.” consumer release in time for Christmas plenty of practical uses, from allowing ... it’s supporting you, and you’re in the After his first listening experience, 2021. office workers to listen to music or confer- middle of everything. It’s happening Ramstein asked himself how it was differ- “You know, I was trying to think how we ence calls without interrupting colleagues around you.” ent from other audio devices. compare sound beaming with any other to letting someone play a game, movie or By changing a setting, the sound can “I was thinking, ‘Yeah, but is it the same inventions in history. And I think the only music without disturbing their significant follow a listener around when they move with headphones?’ No, because I have the one that came to mind is. the first time I others. their head. It’s also possible to move out of freedom and it’s like I have the freedom of tried the iPod I was like, ‘Oh, my God. The lack of headphones means it’s pos- the beam’s path and hear nothing at all, doing what I want to do. And I have these What’s that?’ I think sound beaming is sible to hear other sounds in the room which creates a surreal experience. sounds playing in my head as there would something that is as disruptive as that. clearly. “You don’t need to tell the device where be something happening here, which is There’s something to be said about it The technology uses a 3-D sensing mod- you are. It’s not streaming to one exact difficult to explain because we have no doesn’t exist before. There’s the freedom ule and locates and tracks the ear position place,” Wallwater said. reference for that.” of using it. And it’s really amazing.” GADGETS Enjoy hours of screen-free fun

BY GREGG ELLMAN you need the companion app and then you’ll wonder how Tribune News Service (iOS/Android) to choose a game. you ever lived without it. It is refreshing to use a new Game choices include music That might be a slight exag- piece of technology that doesn’t (use Jogoball like an instrument geration, but the Curve Riser require staring at a screen. When to make music), active (endu- premium metal stand is an I read about a new handheld rance workouts), mind (trivia) outstanding addition to any game that asked what’s small, and social games. Once a game is work station and helps declut- round, and packed with 1,000 chosen, an announcer introduces ter every desk. It’s marketed hours of fun for all ages and does the game and instructions. for Apple iMacs, but will work not have a screen, it got my at- To play, toss it between play- just fine with any display Mac tention. The answer is Jogoball, ers, roll or tap it — just make it or PC, TV, or anything needi- which was easy to figure out move to activate any of six built- ng a little lift. Once it’s in since the email was from Jogo- in axis of motion detection sen- place and your display is on ball and parent company Yogibo. sors inside the durable device. A top, the valuable desktop real Yogibo is a company known for protective blue Hugibo silicone estate it was taking up is now lifestyle furniture and accesso- skin covering keeps it safe. back, and with a little extra. YOGIBO/TNS ries with comfort and relaxation, LED lights on the Jogoball Keeping a display on top also open shelf where all the ports The Jogoball has a Bluetooth supplying sensory and health blink at different times based on provides a much better viewing need a short connection. speaker and a gaming console benefits. The new line of fun the game being played. Inside is height with a 4.25-inch rise, re- Under the shelf, the base of the built in with 15 games that pro­ technology starts with the Jogo- a rechargeable battery, and a sulting in a more healthy neck Curve Riser curves in to sit on a vide more than 1,000 hours of ball. micro USB cable is included for and back and an eye-friendly flat surface and offers more content. Jogoball is subscription-free charging and loading free up- ergonomic viewing height. You storage space. and recommended for ages 8 to dates and new content. also get a storage shelf for hard The overall dimensions of the advance is helpful to measure 98. The baseball-sized handheld Replacement silicone charac- drives, hubs, cables, etc. sharp-looking Curve Riser with a your area before purchasing. smiling character gadget has a ter sleeve covers are available Small monitor-free computers, matte black finish are 4.2 inches Changing the height of a mon- Bluetooth speaker and built-in for purchase ($29) to change the such as a Mac Mini, can fit in the high, 12.52 inches wide and 9.65 itor can be very beneficial but gaming console with 15 games look of the Jogoball. center shelf with an easy, open inches deep. The shelf height is can also work in reverse if the with more than 1,000 hours of Online: yogibo.com; $119 air-flowing ventilated area. Con- 1.75 inches. Displays with round angle isn’t comfortable. If it fits, content, so no two games are the Twelve South’s Curve Riser is necting cables is simple since the or square bases up to 10 inches the Curve Riser is a great choice. same. a desktop accessory you won’t monitor is right there and can be wide are supported. Onilne: twelvesouth.com; Since it doesn’t have a screen, think you need until you use it, run out of the back end of the Knowing these dimensions in $79.99 Sunday, November 22, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 17 TRAVEL

WHITETAIL MOUNTAIN RESORT Instructors and members of last season’s Women of Whitetail program, which provides female­only instruction at Pennsylvania’s Whitetail Resort. Finding encouragement on the slopes In female-only ski classes, women push each other to tackle new challenges

BY REBECCA GALE Vermont and Jackson Hole in Wyoming. then I did one,” she said, “and I could not Special to The Washington Post Now comes 2020, and a ski season like no get over the difference in women skiing ast winter, Kelly Beeland joined other. Among the safety measures being with only women.” Her female students the growing number of female adopted by many U.S. resorts is the mod- encouraged one another in tackling new skiers who have discovered the ification of group ski instruction. Decisions skiing challenges, Blakeslee said. She also Lbenefits of honing their skills in are still being made, but so far Whitetail found that they opened up to one another, the company of other women. For six and Vail canceled large group lessons, with conversations on the lifts flowing weeks, Beeland and about two dozen other though group lessons of up to six adults will easily between banal topics and serious students — some novices, some black dia- be available, and other resorts in the chain ones. mond skiers — participated in Women of were expected to follow. Snowbird was still “Skiing is a risk sport. In an environment Whitetail (WOW), a ski instruction pro- planning to hold its three-day women’s for risky learning, you have to be vulner- gram at Pennsylvania’s Whitetail Resort. camps this year and its Wednesday morn- able, you have to risk making a mistake in Not coincidentally, the start time for the DINA TILGHMAN ing women’s group beginning in January. public,” said Blakeslee, who has been ski- resort’s weekend course was 30 minutes Dina Cappiello Tilghman and her son Luke, When Whitetail announced the cancella- ing for nearly 60 years and was on the after drop-off time at its ski school for 7, ride the chairlift last season. He was in tion in October, the participants immedi- National Alpine Team for the Professional children. the Whitetail Resort’s kid ski program; ately began lobbying the resort to reconsid- Ski Instructors of America and American Beeland, 46, a stay-at-home mom from she was in the Women of Whitetail cohort. er. Association of Snowboard Instructors Alexandria, Va., wanted to improve her “Women of Whitetail was an outlet for (PSIA-AASI) from 1996 to 2000. “I found own skiing so she could keep up with Sam, me last year, and I was looking forward to that women were more comfortable doing now 11, and Brynn, 9, when the family en-specific ski programs. it being even more of one this year because that in an all-female setting.” traveled from the East Coast to the more Nationally, the number of women partic- of the challenges COVID has placed on One frustration for Blakeslee, who challenging skiing of Snowmass, Colo. ipating in downhill skiing is growing, and working women and working mothers,” serves as a regional examiner for PSIA- Though she hadn’t been seeking women- resorts have taken notice. Between 2009 wrote editorial director Dina Cappiello AASI, is the lack of women in the ski in- only classes, she found them an ideal fit, and 2017, the number of women in skiing Tilghman, of Silver Spring, Md., in an struction world, particularly at the upper because “I think women and men approach increased by 7.2 percent — to 4.7 million — email. Cappiello, 46, credits the program levels. The higher the certification level, learning things differently,” she said. while the percentage of men in skiing de- with giving her the confidence to ski with “the more male-dominated it becomes,” Emily Spiker, the program manager of creased by 13.3 percent to 6.9 million, ac- her sons, Eli, 10, and Luke, 8, after tearing she said. “If so many women are coming Women of Whitetail, concurs. “Learning cording to data from Snowsports Industri- her ACL while skiing in high school. into the ski world, why don’t we have more with other women creates a more support- es America (SIA). “Looking at the long, dark winter ahead, instructors for them?” ive group and makes skiing less intimi- Getting more women on the slopes is also especially after what we have all been Last year, PSIA-AASI created a task dating,” she said. The resort’s only female good for business: Industry surveys in- through this year, skiing together week in force to create opportunities for women in instructor with Level 3 certification, Spiker dicate that women are often the primary and week out is perhaps one of the safest snowsport leadership positions. Its find- has been skiing for 50 years and teaching it decision-maker on family vacations, and family activities to do this year,” Cappiello ings, released last month, spotlighted some for 20. She estimates that about 70 percent SIA estimates that women control between wrote. of the issues holding female instructors of the Women of Whitetail participants are 70 and 80 percent of all ski-related con- A resort spokesperson said that although back: feeling that they do not belong and moms with a child in the ski school pro- sumer spending. As part of the outreach to Whitetail’s adult group lesson programs have few opportunities for mentorship; gram or on the race team. Like Beeland, women, Vail Resorts, which owns White- are paused — it will still offer a modified ill-suited equipment (many women per- their goals are modest: improve their ski- tail, Roundtop and Liberty in Pennsylva- kids’ program — individuals at Vail resorts form better on lighter, more nimble skis ing, keep up with their kids and make the nia, began offering women-only lessons at can create their own groups of up to six designed for people with a lower center of entire experience of spending the day at most of its 37 ski resorts. people for private lessons, which could be a gravity); and issues with child care. Whitetail more fun overall. For example, it started its Women Ulti- workaround for interested women. The task force recommended including Launched 15 years ago, Women of mate 4 ski lessons at four of its Colorado Though WOW and similar programs women in all levels of the ski experience, Whitetail has grown so much in recent resorts — Vail, Breckenridge, Beaver clearly fill a need, the notion of women- from leadership to product design to train- years that the instructors added a second Creek and Keystone — in the 2014-2015 only classes initially met some resistance ing ski school instructors. As the industry session in the 2018-2019 season to meet the season. — even from female ski professionals. pivots to develop more offerings geared demand. The popular program reflects a Other resorts that have provided wom- Mermer Blakeslee, an instructor at Wind- toward female skiers, neither Blakeslee larger industry effort to appeal to women en-specific instruction include Snowbird in ham Mountain in New York, balked at the nor Spiker believes the temporary cessa- — especially moms like Beeland, whose Utah, Whistler Blackcomb in British Co- idea when she was approached about tion of women’s programs will affect their kids are already skiing — by creating wom- lumbia, Telluride in Colorado, Killington in teaching a women-only ski seminar. “And continued growth. PAGE 18 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, November 22, 2020 Sunday, November 22, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Fitness critical to US military readiness Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY JAMES “SPIDER” MARKS The importance of regular exercise as a ters adjusted to operate at reduced capac- Special to Stars and Stripes health tool cannot be underestimated — ity; members and employees practice social EDITORIAL As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to whether you aspire to join the military or distancing; employees wear facemasks; Terry Leonard, Editor take office in January, he is rightfully steer- not. Exercise produces numerous physical equipment is frequently sanitized; and [email protected] ing the bulk of his efforts toward the ongo- and mental health benefits and as we learn locker rooms are closed. In fact, a recent ing COVID-19 pandemic. However, despite more about COVID-19, it becomes even study by the International Health, Racquet Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor our internal battle against this relenting vi- more important. Research demonstrates & Sportsclub Association found that of [email protected] rus, global events continue to swirl around that COVID-19 causes severe symptoms Americans who returned to their fitness Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content us and will test the new president and his and a higher risk of being hospitalized for centers, nearly 90% were confident in the [email protected] administration. In order to meet those chal- those who suffer from chronic conditions new safety precautions. lenges, we need to ensure our military force like obesity, hypertension and diabetes. Our policymakers must take all of this in- Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation [email protected] is at its peak strength and that starts at the With over 70% of Americans being consid- to consideration as they make decisions af- ground level with recruiting men and wom- ered overweight or obese, there was bound fecting fitness centers. Indeed, Citadel Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital en who can withstand the physical rigor re- to be a devastating impact on the country. Health, Exercise, and Sport Science profes- [email protected] quired of all branches of the armed servic- Exercise can help alleviate these con- sor Dr. Daniel Bornstein, who led the study, es. cerns. Regular physical activity, even less encouraged states to implement policies BUREAU STAFF Unfortunately, there has been an alarm- than the suggested 150 minutes of moderate that support a physically active lifestyle, ing trend of young adults who fail to phys- to vigorous activity per week, helps prevent stating, “If such actions were taken, phys- Europe/Mideast ically qualify for military service. In a study chronic conditions, maintain healthy ical fitness levels among residents of these Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] of 10 Southern states, the Citadel found that weight, boosts the immune system and re- states would rise and each state’s dispro- +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 27% of potential enlistees between the ages duces symptoms of stress and anxiety. And portionate burden on military readiness Pacific of 17 and 24 are too obese to qualify. Fur- research confirms physical activity serves and public health could be minimized.” Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief thermore, an astounding 47% of men and as a protective barrier against COVID-19. Access to fitness centers is not only im- [email protected] 59% of women fail the entry-level training For Americans — including potential portant for America’s physical and mental +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 test required by the Army. Lt. Gen. Mark military recruits — to avail themselves of health, but for our national security. Our Washington Hertling, former commander of U.S. Army these benefits, they need access to afforda- armed forces are already struggling with Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief Europe and member of then-President Ba- ble fitness. This is where fitness centers recruitment and we cannot afford to lose [email protected] (+1)(202)886-0033 rack Obama’s task force on physical fitness, across the country can play an important current potential recruits over lack of phys- Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News weighed in on the broader impact of the re- role by providing the safest environment ical readiness. [email protected] sults, noting the study “provides critical in- possible so that everyone can continue im- sight into the real national security issues proving their overall health. CIRCULATION posed by recruits who are less physically fit Fitness centers have made it clear they and less prepared for military service than want to be a part of the solution and are James “Spider” Marks, a retired U.S. Army major general, is Mideast advising fitness centers to mitigate the transmission of Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager they have ever been in our history.” committed to their members’ safety. Cen- COVID-19. [email protected] [email protected] DSN (314)583-9111 Europe Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager Where the GOP and the Framers disagree [email protected] [email protected] BY GEORGE F. WILL mandates an “actual Enumeration” of “per- the enumeration of “the whole number of +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 The Washington Post sons” other than “Indians not taxed.” The persons,” elsewhere uses the term “citi- Pacific WASHINGTON — This nation’s empiri- second (in the 14th Amendment) says seats zens.” So, by “persons” the amendment’s Mari Mori, [email protected] cal and inquisitive Founders considered in- in the House of Representatives shall be ap- authors denoted a broader category. 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Today, the census provides an Levinson of the University of Texas, dem- son[s]” the Fifth Amendment’s Due Proc- Reader letters ocean of information indispensable to un- onstrates that neither provision allows the ess Clause protects (”No person” shall be [email protected] derstanding this complex society. And it de- exclusion of unauthorized immigrants. “deprived of life, liberty, or property, with- Additional contacts termines the disbursement of $1.5 trillion The Framers understood “persons” out due process of law”) includes aliens in stripes.com/contactus annually from the federal government. broadly, with the sole exception of Indians the U.S. population. And unlike foreign dip- On Nov. 30, the Supreme Court will hear not taxed because they were considered lomats or tourists, the United States is the OMBUDSMAN arguments in a census-related case con- noncitizens with an allegiance to distinct usual residence of unauthorized immi- cerning a question of large philosophic in- political communities: their tribes. The grants. Ernie Gates terest and practical consequences: Was it Framers would not have expressly exclud- The 1787 Constitutional Convention’s The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow constitutional — 22 states, 15 cities and ed Indians not taxed if “persons” excluded Committee of Style replaced “inhabitants” of news and information, reporting any attempts by the military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s counties and other entities say no — for the foreigners or others with an allegiance to a with “persons,” so supporters of excluding independence. 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As a DOD newspa- are subject to removal from the country. congressional apportionment count would 10 years, and more than 20% for more than per, Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official Foreign tourists should not be counted, and include the more than half the adult popula- 20 years. channels and use appropriated funds for distribution to remote locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. military personnel stationed abroad should tion that was not entitled to vote because of Republicans would benefit from not The appearance of advertising in this publication does be, because the former are not, and the lat- gender, or property requirements. counting illegal immigrants for purposes of not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense or Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. ter are, members of the political communi- Members of Congress, Somin and Levin- apportionment. Republicans generally say, Products or services advertised shall be made available for purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, ty. son argue, have always been thought to rep- however, that the Constitution should be religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical This argument, though interesting for a resent the interests of many persons — in construed according to the text’s original handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor of the purchaser, user or patron. political philosophy seminar, is insufficient 1790, at most 70% of white men, and few oth- meaning. Forced to choose between power © Stars and Stripes 2020 for the Supreme Court, which must con- ers, could vote — “to whom they were not and principle, well . . . strue the two constitutional provisions con- directly accountable at the ballot box.” .com stripes cerning apportionment. One (in Article I) The 14th Amendment, which stipulates George F. 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NFL (not injury related). LIMITED: WR Calvin Ri- — DOLPHINS: QUESTIONABLE: G Solomon Friday's transactions O'Brien from Chattanooga (SL) and RHP dley (foot), T John Wetzel (ankle), WR Ola- Kindley (foot), LB Kyle Van Noy (hip). FULL: Jared Solomon from Daytona (FSL). BASEBALL AMERICAN CONFERENCE mide Zaccheaus (knee). FULL: T Matt Gono RB Matt Breida (hamstring), S Kavon Fra- COLORADO ROCKIES — Selected the (illness), TE Jaeden Graham (knee, toe), T zier (shoulder), CB Byron Jones (achilles), Major League Baseball contracts of LHP Helcris Olivarez from East Kaleb McGary (knee). SAINTS: OUT: TE DE Shaq Lawson (shoulder), CB Jamal Per- American League Grand Junction, LHP Lucas Gilbreath from Josh Hill (concussion), RB Dwayne Wash- ry (foot), TE Durham Smythe (knee), QB BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Selected the Lancaster, OF Bret Boswell from Albuquer- WLTPct PF PA ington (back). QUESTIONABLE: CB Mar- Tua Tagovailoa (foot). BRONCOS: OUT: LB contracts of INF Rylan Bannon, RHP Mike que and 3B Colton Welker from Hartford. shon Lattimore (abdomen). FULL: DT Mal- Joseph Jones (calf). QUESTIONABLE: CB Baumann, OF Yusniel Diaz, LHP Zac Low- Designated RHPs Ashton Goudeau and Je- Buffalo 7 3 0 .700 272 265 com Brown (calf), DE Cameron Jordan Bryce Callahan (illness), TE Noah Fant ther, RHP Isaac Mattson and LHP Alexan- sus Tinoco for assignment. (back), RB Alvin Kamara (foot), T Ryan (ribs), G Graham Glasgow (calf), QB Drew — Selected the Miami 6 3 0 .667 251 182 der Wells from Bowie (EL). Designated INF LOS ANGELES DODGERS Ramczyk (knee), WR Tre'Quan Smith (con- Lock (ribs), T Jake Rodgers (shoulder), DT Renato Nunez for assignment. contracts of RHPs Gerardo Carrillo, Andre New England 4 5 0 .444 189 211 cussion). DeShawn Williams (ankle). FULL: T Calvin BOSTON RED SOX — Named Will Venable Jackson and Edwin Uceta and OF Zach N.Y. Jets 0 9 0 .000 121 268 CINCINNATI BENGALS at WASHINGTON Anderson (ankle), CB A.J. Bouye (hip), T bench coach, Jason Varitek game plan- Reks from Oklahoma City. FOOTBALL TEAM — BENGALS: OUT: RB Joe Demar Dotson (groin, hand), TE Noah Fant ning coordinator, Ramon Vazquez quality MIAMI MARLINS — Selected the con- South Mixon (foot). QUESTIONABLE: DT Margus (ribs), WR Jerry Jeudy (ankle), LB Josey control coach/interpreter, Kevin Walker tracts of RF Jerar Encanarcion from Jupiter Hunt (illness), T Fred Johnson (illness), G Jewell (quadricep), S Trey Marshall (el- bullpen coach, Dave Bush pitching coach, and SS Jose Devers from Clinton. WLTPct PF PA Alex Redmond (biceps), WR Mike Thomas bow). Tim Hyers hitting coach, Peter Fatse as- MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Selected the (hamstring), DT Xavier Williams (back). NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS at HOUSTON sistant hitting coach, Tom Goodwin first contracts of RHP Dylan File, C Mario Feli- Indianapolis 6 3 0 .667 242 177 FULL: CB Mackensie Alexander (concus- TEXANS — PATRIOTS: QUESTIONABLE: LB base coach and Carlos Febles third base ciano and RHP Alec Bettinger from San An- Tennessee 6 3 0 .667 249 235 sion), DT Geno Atkins (not injury related), Ja'Whaun Bentley (groin), DT Adam Butler coach. Selected the contracts of C/INF tonio (PCL). S Jessie Bates (not injury related), CB Tony (shoulder), K Nick Folk (back), CB Stephon NEW YORK METS — Signed RHP Sam Houston 2 7 0 .222 200 252 Conner Wong and RHP Eduard Bazardo Brown (foot), DT Mike Daniels (not injury Gilmore (knee), DT Lawrence Guy (shoul- from Class AAA Pawtucket (IL), 3B Hudson McWilliams to a one-year contract. Jacksonville 1 8 0 .111 199 271 related), WR A.J. Green (not injury relat- der, elbow, knee), LB Terez Hall (shoul- Potts and RHPs Bryan Mata and Connor PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Named Caleb ed), T Bobby Hart (knee), WR Tee Higgins der), RB Damien Harris (ankle, chest), WR Seabold from Class AA Portland (EL), OF Cotham pitching coach. Selected the con- North (illness), LB Germaine Pratt (not injury re- N'Keal Harry (shoulder), TE Ryan Izzo Jeosson Rosario from Class A Salem (CL), tracts of OF Simon Muzziotti, RHP Francis- WLTPct PF PA lated), CB LeShaun Sims (concussion), T (hamstring, hand), G Shaquille Mason LHP Jat Groome from Class A Greenville co Morales, SS Nick Maton, LHPS Kyle Do- Jonah Williams (stinger). WASHINGTON: (calf), DE John Simon (elbow), WR Matt (SAL). Designated LHP Matt Hall and RHP hy, Bailey Falter and Damon Jones from Pittsburgh 9 0 0 1.000 271 171 OUT: DE Ryan Anderson (knee), S Desha- Slater (knee), T Joe Thuney (ankle), DE Ryan Weber for assignment. LHP Kyle Hart Lehigh Valley (IL). zor Everett (ankle), T Cornelius Lucas (an- Deatrich Wise (knee, hand), T Isaiah Wynn was assigned outright to Pawtucket (IL). PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Selected the Baltimore 6 3 0 .667 244 165 kle), LB Jared Norris (hamstring). QUES- (ankle). TEXANS: OUT: S Michael Thomas CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Selected the contracts of 2B Rodolfo from Bradenton Cleveland 6 3 0 .667 216 244 TIONABLE: K Dustin Hopkins (right groin), (shoulder). QUESTIONABLE: P Bryan Anger contracts of INFs Jake Burger and Gavin (FSL)and RHP Max Kranick from Altoona WR Dontrelle Inman (hamstring), LS Nick (right quadricep), RB Cullen Gillaspia (EL). Designated RHP Trevor Williams and Cincinnati 2 6 1 .278 204 250 Sheets and RHP Tyler Johnson from Bir- Sundberg (illness), WR Isaiah Wright (ill- (back), G Senio Kelemete (concussion), LB mingham (SL). Claimed RHP Emilio Vargas 3B Jose Osuna for assignment. West ness). FULL: K Dustin Hopkins (right Jacob Martin (not injury related), DE Char- off waivers from Arizona. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Selected the con- groin), WR Dontrelle Inman (hamstring), les Omenihu (hamstring), WR Kenny Stills CLEVELAND INDIANS — Selected the tracts of RHP Reggie Lawson from Amaril- WLTPct PF PA LS Nick Sundberg (illness). (back), T Laremy Tunsil (illness). FULL: RB contracts of SS Gabriel Arias, SS Ernie lo, 2B Tucupita Marcano and RHP Mason DALLAS COWBOYS at MINNESOTA VIK- Duke Johnson (illness). Clement, 3B Nolan Jones and RHP Eli Mor- Thompson from Lake Elsinore. Designated Kansas City 8 1 0 .889 286 183 INGS — COWBOYS: OUT: C Tyler Biadasz NEW YORK JETS at LOS ANGELES CHAR- gan from Akron (EL). Selected the contract Luis Perdomo for assignment. Las Vegas 6 3 0 .667 255 241 (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: DE Randy GERS — JETS: DOUBTFUL: LB Blake Cash- of RHP Carlos Vargas from Mahoning Val- SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Selected the Gregory (illness), DE Demarcus Lawrence man (hamstrings), QB Sam Darnold (right ley (NY-PL). contracts of OF Alexander Canario from Denver 3 6 0 .333 186 254 (illness). FULL: QB Andy Dalton (concus- shoulder). QUESTIONABLE: CB Blessuan DETROIT TIGERS — Selected the con- Salem-Keizer, RHP Kervin Castro from Au- L.A. Chargers 2 7 0 .222 226 245 sion), RB Ezekiel Elliott (hamstring), G Austin (neck), K Sam Ficken (right groin). tracts of RHPs Alex Faedo, Alex Lange and gusta, RHP Camilo Doval from San Jose Zack Martin (calf), LB Joe Thomas (wrist). FULL: DE Henry Anderson (knee, ankle), T Matt Manning, and LHP Joey Wentz from and RHP Gregory Santos from Augusta. NATIONAL CONFERENCE VIKINGS: OUT: G Ezra Cleveland (ankle). Mekhi Becton (chest), RB Frank Gore (not Erie (EL). Designated C Aramis Garcia, INF/OF Chris QUESTIONABLE: CB Cameron Dantzler injury related), LB Patrick Onwuasor HOUSTON ASTROS — Announced an Shaw and RHP Jordan Humphreys for as- East (concussion), TE Irv Smith (groin). FULL: C (hamstring), WR Breshad Perriman agreement with MLB and City of Sugar signment. Garrett Bradbury (shoulder), CB Cameron (shoulder), WR Vyncint Smith (groin), DT Land to move their Class AAA (PCL) fran- WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Selected WLTPct PF PA Dantzler (concussion), DT Hercules Ma- Quinnen Williams (hamstring). CHAR- chise from Round Rock to Sugarland, Tex- the contracts of INF Yasel Antuna and RHP ta'afa (ankle), DE Ifeadi Odenigbo (shoul- GERS: QUESTIONABLE: LS Cole Mazza (ill- as. Selected the contracts of RHP Tyler Joan Adon. Philadelphia 3 5 1 .389 203 232 der). ness), QB Tyrod Taylor (ribs). FULL: DE Ivey From Corpus Christi, INF Freudis Nova N.Y. Giants 3 7 0 .300 195 236 DETROIT LIONS at CAROLINA PANTHERS Joey Bosa (concussion), T Bryan Bulaga from Quad Cities, RHP Jairo Solis From BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Dallas 2 7 0 .222 204 290 — LIONS: OUT: WR Danny Amendola (hip), (back), G Dan Feeney (knee), CB Casey Quad Cities, RHP Peter Solomon from WR Kenny Golladay (hip), RB D'Andre Hayward (ankle), QB Tyrod Taylor (ribs). Fayetteville and RHP Forrest Whitley from OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Acquired Washington 2 7 0 .222 180 218 Swift (concussion). QUESTIONABLE: DE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES at CLEVELAND Round Rock. Traded LHP Brandon Bailey to the draft rights to F Aleksej Pokuevski, F Austin Bryant (thigh), LB Jarrad Davis BROWNS — EAGLES: OUT: S Rudy Ford James Johnson and a 2024 second-round South Cincinnati for cash considerations. Ac- (knee), DE Da'Shawn Hand (groin), S Will (hamstring). LIMITED: T Lane Johnson quired LHP Brooks Raley from Cincinnati. draft pick from Minnesota in exchange for WLTPct PF PA Harris (groin), QB Matthew Stafford (right (neck). FULL: LB Shaun Bradley (illness), KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Selected the G Ricky Rubio and the draft rights to F Ja- thumb), T Halapoulivaati Vaitai (foot). DT Fletcher Cox (not injury related), WR contracts of LHPs Daniel Tillo and Angel den McDaniels to Minnesota and the draft New Orleans 7 2 0 .778 271 213 LIMITED: LB Christian Jones (knee). FULL: John Hightower (illness), T Jason Peters Zerpa, C Sebastian Rivero and OF Khalil rights to G Immanuel Quickley to New WR Jamal Agnew (ribs), TE T.J. Hockenson (not injury related), Isaac Seumalo (knee). Lee. Designated RHP Glenn Sparkman and York. Tampa Bay 7 3 0 .700 296 226 (toe), WR Marvin Jones (knee), S Jayron BROWNS: QUESTIONABLE: G Wyatt Teller LHP Gabe Speier for assignment. Assigned MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES — Ac- Atlanta 3 6 0 .333 243 251 Kearse (ankle), DT Nicholas Williams (calf), LB Mack Wilson (hip). LIMITED: DT RHP Chance Adams outright to Omaha quired G Ricky Rubio and the draft rights Carolina 3 7 0 .300 233 272 (shoulder). PANTHERS: OUT: RB Christian Sheldon Richardson (knee), G Wyatt Teller (PCL). to F Jaden McDaniels from Oklahoma in McCaffrey (shoulder). DOUBTFUL: CB (calf), C J.C. Tretter (not injury related, LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Selected the exchange for the draft rights to F Aleksej North Donte Jackson (toe), G John Miller (knee, knee), LB Mack Wilson (hip). FULL: G Joel contracts ofOF Brandon Marsh and RHP Pokuevski, F James Johnson and a 2024 ankle), T Russell Okung (calf). QUESTION- Bitonio (elbow), LS Charley Hughlett (not Chris Rodriguez. second-round draft pick. WLTPct PF PA ABLE: QB Teddy Bridgewater (knee), CB injury related), CB Kevin Johnson (finger), MINNESOTA TWINS — Selected the con- NEW YORK KNICKS — Acquired the draft Rasul Douglas (ankle), S Sam Franklin (an- WR Jarvis Landry (hip), LB Jacob Phillips tracts of RHP Jordan Balazovic, RHP Bailey rights to G Immanuel Quickley from Okla- Green Bay 7 2 0 .778 277 224 kle), DE Yetur Gross-Matos (shoulder), DE (knee), LB Sione Takitaki (hand). Ober and C Ben Rortvedt from Pensacola homa. Marquis Haynes (shoulder), TE Chris Man- PITTSBURGH STEELERS at JACKSON- (SL). Chicago 5 5 0 .500 191 209 FOOTBALL hertz (shoulder), LB Tahir Whitehead (rib). VILLE JAGUARS — STEELERS: OUT: RB Trey NEW YORK YANKEES — Selected the con- Detroit 4 5 0 .444 227 267 FULL: RB Mike Davis (thumb), S Sam Fran- Edmunds (hamstring), LB Jayrone Elliott tracts of RHP Yoendrys Gomez, INF Os- National Football League Minnesota 4 5 0 .444 236 247 klin (ankle). (illness), RB Jaylen Samuels (quadricep). wald Peraza from Charleston (SAL). RHP BALTIMORE RAVENS — Placed QB Trace GREEN BAY PACKERS at INDIANAPOLIS FULL: DE Isaiah Buggs (ankle), G David De- Roansy Contreras, and RHP Alexander Viz- McSorley on the reserve/COVID-19 list. West COLTS — PACKERS: OUT: RB Tyler Ervin Castro (not injury related), CB Mike Hilton caino from Tampa (FSL). CAROLINA PANTHERS — Released WR (wrist, ribs). DOUBTFUL: DE Montravius (shoulder), RB Anthony McFarland (ill- OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Selected the Shelton Gibson from the practice squad. WLTPct PF PA Adams (toe). QUESTIONABLE: CB Ka'dar ness), C Maurkice Pouncey (not injury re- contracts of RHPs Miguel Romero from CHICAGO BEARS — Activated OL Lacha- Hollman (quadricep), WR Allen Lazard lated), QB Ben Roethlisberger (not injury vious Simmons form the reserve/CO- Seattle 7 3 0 .700 318 287 Class AAA Las Vegas (PCL), Wandisson (core), S Will Redmond (shoulder), WR related), WR JuJu Smith-Schuster (not in- Charles from Class AA Midland (TL) and OF VID-19 list. L.A. Rams 6 3 0 .667 216 168 Darrius Shepherd (shoulder), WR Equani- jury related), DE Stephon Tuitt (not injury Greg Deichmann from Class A Stockton CINCINNATI BENGALS — Activated G/OL Fred Johnson and DT/DE Margus Hunt Arizona 6 4 0 .600 287 238 meous St. Brown (knee). FULL: CB Jaire related), T Alejandro Villanueva (not inju- (CL). Signed RHP Trey Supak to a minor Alexander (concussion, hand), T David ry related). JAGUARS: OUT: TE James league contract. from the reserve/COVID-19 list. Placed WR San Francisco 4 6 0 .400 238 234 Bakhtiari (chest), CB Kevin King (quadri- O'Shaughnessy (knee), WR Laviska She- SEATTLE MARINIERS — Selected the Stanley Morgan on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Thursday's game cep), TE Marcedes Lewis (knee), P J.K. nault (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: WR contracts of RHPs, Sam Delaplane from Scott (back), S Vernon Scott (shoulder), Collin Johnson (hamstring), CB Sidney Tacoma(PCL), Wyatt Mills from Arkansas CLEVELAND BROWNS — Placed DE Myles Seattle 28, Arizona 21 WR Darrius Shepherd (shoulder), TE Rob- Jones (achilles), QB Gardner Minshew (TL), RHP Juan Then from West Virginia Garrett on the reserve/COVID-19 list. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Placed DL Den- Sunday's games ert Tonyan (ankle), T Billy Turner (calf), G (right thumb). FULL: LB Dakota Allen (an- (SAL) and OF Taylor Trammell from Arkan- Rick Wagner (knee). COLTS: QUESTIONA- kle), DE Josh Allen (hip), TE Tyler Eifert sas (TL). ico Autry on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Atlanta at New Orleans BLE: E Jack Doyle (concussion), CB Isaiah (shoulder), CB D.J. Hayden (hamstring), C TAMPA BAY RAYS — Selected the con- LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Activated S La- Cincinnati at Washington. Rodgers (knee), T Braden Smith (thumb), Brandon Linder (back), RB Devine Ozigbo tracts of OF Josh Lowe and INF Taylor marcus Joyner from the reserve/COVID-19 Detroit at Carolina TE Noah Togiai (knee), DE Kemoko Turay (hamstring), T Cam Robinson (shoulder), Wells fro m Durham (IL) and RHP Drew list. New England at Houston (ankle). DNP: TE Mo Alie-Cox (knee), S Ju- RB James Robinson (shoulder). Strotman from Charlotte (IL). Designated NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Placed QB Philadelphia at Cleveland lian Blackmon (pelvis, knee), T Anthony TENNESSEE TITANS at BALTIMORE RAV- INF Brady O'Grady and OF Hunter Renfroe Drew Brees on injured reserve. Pittsburgh at Jacksonville Castonzo (not injury related), WR T.Y. Hil- ENS — TITANS: OUT: LB Jadeveon Clowney for assignment. NEW YORK GIANTS — Placed WR Dante Tennessee at Baltimore ton (not injury related). FULL: TE Trey Bur- (knee), WR Adam Humphries (concus- TEXAS RANGERS — Selected the con- Pettis on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Miami at Denver ton (not injury related), TE Jack Doyle sion), CB Adoree' Jackson (knee), DT Lar- tracts of RHPs A.J. Alexy from Nashville NEW YORK JETS — Signed OL Conor N.Y. Jets at L.A. Chargers (concussion), DE Justin Houston (not inju- rell Murchison (rib), TE MyCole Pruitt (PCL) and Yerry Rodriguez from Hickory McDermott to a one-year contract exten- Dallas at Minnesota ry related), DT Tyquan Lewis (not injury re- (knee), G Rodger Saffold (ankle). QUES- (SAL) and C David Garcia from Spokane sion. Green Bay at Indianapolis lated), CB Kenny Moore (ribs), DE Al-Qua- TIONABLE: C Ben Jones (knee), CB Kareem (NWL). PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Activated G Is- Kansas City at Las Vegas din Muhammad (not injury related), DT Orr (groin). FULL: WR A.J. Brown (knee), TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Selected the sac Seumalo from injured reserve. Open: Buffalo, Chicago, N.Y. Giants, San Grover Stewart (not injury related), S Kha- WR Corey Davis (not injury related), CB contracts of C Riley Adams and RHP Ty SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Placed WR Francisco ri Willis (ribs). Chris Jackson (illness), T Dennis Kelly Tice from New Hampshire (EL), INF Otto Brandon Aiyuk, TE Daniel Helm and T Trent Monday's game KANSAS CITY CHIEFS at LAS VEGAS (knee), RB Senorise Perry (knee), S Kenny Lopez and C Gabriel Moreno from Lansing Williams on the reserve/COVID-19 list. RAIDERS — CHIEFS: OUT: DE Taco Charlton Vaccaro (neck). RAVENS: DOUBTFUL: DT (ML) and OF Josh Palacios from Buffalo TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Placed RB L.A. Rams at Tampa Bay (ankle), T Mitchell Schwartz (back). QUES- Calais Campbell (calf), DT Brandon Wil- T.J. Logan on the reserve/COVID-19 list. TIONABLE: T Mike Remmers (rib), WR liams (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: LB L.J. Fort (IL). Thursday, Nov. 26 HOCKEY Sammy Watkins (hamstring, calf). FULL: (finger), CB Jimmy Smith (ankle). DNP: DE National League Houston at Detroit RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire (illness), CB Derek Wolfe (not injury related). National Hockey League Washington at Dallas ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Claimed OTTAWA SENATORS — Signed F Egor So- Rashad Fenton (ankle), T Eric Fisher RHP Rogelio Armenteros off waivers from Baltimore at Pittsburgh (shoulder), CB Antonio Hamilton (hamstr- MONDAY kolov to a three-year, entry level contract. LOS ANGELES RAMS at TAMPA BAY BUC- Houston. Assigned INF Domingo Leyba ing), DT Chris Jones (groin), CB Thakarius outright to Reno (PCL). Designated RHP SOCCER NFL injury report Keyes (illness), DT Derrick Nnadi (ankle), C CANEERS — RAMS: No Data Reported. BUCCANEERS: No Data Reported. Joel Payamps and RHP Junior Guerra for Major League Soccer NEW YORK — The National Football Austin Reiter (knee), T Mike Remmers assignment. Selected the contracts of (rib), DT Khalen Saunders (elbow), RB Dar- AUSTIN FC — Named Nolan Sheldon and League injury report, as provided by the RHP J.B. Bukauskas, RHP Matt Peacock, OF Rodrigo Rios assistant coaches. league (DNP: did not practice; LIMITED: rel Williams (illness). RAIDERS: QUESTION- GOLF Stuart Fairchild and SS Geraldo Perdomd ABLE: DT Maurice Hurst (ankle), RB Jalen limited participation; FULL: Full participa- from Jackson (SL). Selected the contract TENNIS tion): Richard (chest). RB Alec Ingold (ribs), T RSM Classic of RHP Luis Frias from Kane County (ML). Sam Young (knee, back). FULL: S Erik Har- SUNDAY PGA Tour ATLANTA BRAVES — Claimed 2b Jack ris (ribs), T Kolton Miller (ankle), LB Nicho- Mayfield off waivers from Houston. ATP World Tour Finals las Morrow (knee), DE Carl Nassib (ankle, Friday ATLANTA FALCONS at NEW ORLEANS CHICAGO CUBS — Selected the con- SAINTS — FALCONS: DNP: G James Carpen- knee), CB Keisean Nixon (groin), TE Darren At Seaside Island Resort Friday tracts of RHP Cory Abbott and RHP Keegan At The O2 Arena ter (not injury related), RB Todd Gurley Waller (back). Seaside Island, Ga. Thompson from Class A Myrtle Beach (CL) MIAMI DOLPHINS at DENVER BRONCOS Purse: $6.6 million London and INF Christopher Morel from Class A Purse: $5,700,000 Seaside GC (SS) South Bend (ML). PRO SOCCER Yardage:; 7,005; Par:; 70 Surface: Hardcourt indoor CINCINNATI REDS — Selected the con- Men's Singles Plantation GC (PL) tracts of RHP Vladimir Gutierrez, RHP Riley Yardage:; 7,060; Par:; 72 Group 1 MLS playoffs Tuesday, Nov. 24 Second Round COLLEGE FOOTBALL Novak Djokovic, Serbia, def. Alexander Toronto vs. Nashville Robert Streb 65-63—128 -14 Zverev, Germany, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Play-in Philadelphia vs. New England Daniil Medvedev, Russia, vs. Diego Eastern Conference Camilo Villegas 64-66—130 -12 Friday's scores Schwartzman, Argentina, 6-3, 6-3. Western Conference Friday, Nov. 20 Bronson Burgoon 68-63—131 -11 New England 2, Montreal 1 Saturday, Nov. 22 SOUTH Men's Doubles Sporting Kansas City vs. San Jose Patton Kizzire 65-66—131 -11 Group 1 Nashville 3, Inter Miami 0 FAU 24, UMass 2 Minnesota United vs. Colorado Harris English 66-66—132 -10 Bruno Soares, Brazil, and Mate Pavic, First Round Louisville 30, Syracuse 0 Croatia, def. Michael Venus, New Zealand, Portland vs. Dallas Kyle Stanley 67-65—132 -10 Eastern Conference MIDWEST and John Peers, Australia, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 10-8. Saturday, Nov. 21 Tuesday, Nov. 24 Zach Johnson 66-67—133 -9 Jurgen Melzer, Austria, and Edouard Minnesota 34, Purdue 31 Orlando City vs. New York City FC Seattle vs. Los Angeles FC Bernd Wiesberger 66-68—134 -8 Roger-Vasselin, France, def. Marcel Gra- Columbus vs. New York FAR WEST nollers, Spain, and Horacio Zeballos, Ar- Emiliano Grillo 66-68—134 -8 gentina, 6-6, ret. Air Force 28, New Mexico 0 Sunday, November 22, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 COLLEGE FOOTBALL/NBA/MLS Fox staying with Kings on 5-year max extension

Associated Press On the first night of free agency, De'Aaron Fox was the first huge winner. Huge, as in $163 million — or even more. Fox and the Sacramento Kings agreed on a max deal Friday night, agent Chris Gaston said. It's a five- year pact that will pay Fox $163 million, and that figure could rise to nearly $200 million if Fox makes an All-NBA team or re- RICH PEDRONCELLI/AP ceives other league honors. Sacramento guard De'Aaron Fox Fox's extension will kick in for agreed to a five­year, $163 mil­ the 2021-22 season and start at lion deal with the Kings Friday. $28.1 million. Free agency opened in the NBA person with knowledge of the deal on Friday at 6 p.m. EST. No deals told AP. can be signed until 12:01 p.m. Sun- Miami: The Heat got quick day, and many of the biggest avail- agreements from point guard Go- DAVID ZALUBOWSKI/AP able names — such as the Lakers’ ran Dragic and center Meyers Le- Falcons defensive back David Eure, right, celebrates with teammate Corvan Taylor after Taylor interceptedAnthony Davis and Fred VanV- onard on two-year deals, the sec- New Mexico quarterback Trae Hall during Friday's 28­0 win at Air Force Academy, Colo. leet, who has seen his star rise me- ond year in both cases being team teorically with the Toronto Rap- options. Dragic will make about tors — did not make immediate $18 million next season, Leonard decisions. about $9 million. Air Force blanks New Mexico A breakdown of moves Friday: Minnesota: The Timberwolves Atlanta: Danilo Gallinari — one reached a $60 million agreement of the top wings on the free-agent with restricted free agent shooting Associated Press game while New Mexico punted pleted 4 of 5 passes for 66 yards. market — agreed to a three-year guard Malik Beasley that’s for AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. on three of its first four — along Air Force (2-2, 1-2 Mountain contract worth $61.5 million, a three years plus a team option for — Brad Roberts rushed for 177 with a fumble. The Falcons fum- West) secured its first shutout in a person with knowledge told AP. a fourth year, a person with yards and three touchdowns, Haa- bled it on three straight drives in conference game since the 2011 ESPN and the Atlanta Journal- knowledge of the deal confirmed ziq Daniels added 56 yards rush- the second half, but New Mexico season — also against New Mex- Constitution first reported the to AP. ing and a score, and Air Force followed each with a missed field ico. agreement. New York: Alec Burks is the overcame three second-half turn- goal. Trae Hall was 23-for-42 for 221 Brooklyn: Joe Harris has first free agent addition under overs to beat New Mexico 28-0 on Roberts, in his second game yards and an interception for New agreed to re-sign with the Nets, Knicks President Leon Rose. Friday night. with Air Force, had scoring runs Mexico (0-4, 0-4). The Lobos mis- keeping one of the NBA’s best The swingman agreed to a $6 Air Force scored a touchdown of 5, 12 and 44 yards. Daniels sed field goals of 37, 40, 50 and 51 shooters in Brooklyn. million, one-year deal, first re- on its first three possession of the scored from the 4, and also com- yards. Priority Sports, which repre- ported by ESPN and confirmed by sents Harris, announced the deal his agent. on Twitter. ESPN reported that Orlando: A person with knowl- Harris would get $75 million over edge of the negotiations said the MLS PLAYOFFS ROUNDUP four years. Magic and guard Dwayne Bacon Dallas: The Mavericks and agreed on a one-year deal for Trey Burke have agreed on a $10 about $2.5 million this coming sea- million, three-year contract to son. The Magic hold a team option Nashville tops Inter Miami in bring the guard back after he for 2021-22, the person who spoke played well in the NBA bubble. to AP said. Denver: Facundo Campazzo Philadelphia: Veteran center all-expansion play-in game agreed to a two-year deal with the Dwight Howard is going to join the Denver Nuggets on Friday’s open- 76ers on a one-year deal worth the Associated Press ing day of free agency, according veteran's minimum of $2.6 mil- NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Randall to a person with direct knowledge lion, agent Charles Briscoe told Leal and Hany Mukhtar scored 10 of the deal. AP. minutes apart in the first half and Detroit: Jerami Grant is headed Portland: Derrick Jones Jr., the Nashville beat Inter Miami 3-0 on to Detroit on a three-year, $60 mil- league's reigning Slam Dunk Friday night in an all-expansion lion deal, player representative champion, agreed to a two-year play-in round game. Mike Kneisley of The Neustadt deal with the Trail Blazers. Nashville advanced to face To- Group said. Jones Jr. was a major part of ronto FC, last year’s runner-up, on The Pistons received commit- Miami's rotation for the last two Tuesday night in East Hartford, ments Friday night from centers seasons, and averaged a career- Conn. Mason Plumlee and Jahlil Okafor, best 8.5 points per game for the Leal scored the club’s first play- people familiar with those deals Heat this past year. off goal in the 14th minute with a told AP. Utah: Jordan Clarkson is stay- shot from distance. Mukhtar sent L.A. Clippers:Marcus Morris is ing and Derrick Favors is coming Miami goalkeeper John McCar- staying with the Clippers on a back, according to people with di- thy diving the wrong way on a pen- four-year deal, a person with rect knowledge of the transac- alty kick in the 24th. knowledge told AP. ESPN, which tions. Dax McCarty, who played in his MARK HUMPHREY/AP first reported the agreement, said Clarkson agreed to a four-year, 24 MLS playoff games, made it 3-0 Nashville SC's Brian Anunga heads the ball during the second half of it was a $64 million contract. $52 million deal; Favors returns in the 57th. the club's 3­0 shutout of Inter Miami on Friday in Nashville, Tenn. Also Friday, Patrick Patterson on a deal that will pay him nearly Revolution 2, Impact 1:Gusta- will return on a one-year contract, $30 million for three seasons. vo Bou scored on a long shot in the playoffs for the first time in six first goal of the season in the 38th AP was told. Washington: Davis Bertans is 95th minute to lift New England seasons. It will face the top-seeded minute to open the scoring for L.A. Lakers: The defending staying with the Wizards on a five- past Montreal in Foxborough, Philadelphia Union on the road New England. Romell Quioto tied NBA champions are adding Sixth year deal worth $80 million, a per- Mass. Tuesday night in the first round. it in the 61st minute, heading in a Man of the Year Montrezl Harrell son with knowledge of the details New England advanced in the Carles Gil volleyed home his free kick. as a free agent from the Clippers, a told AP. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, November 22, 2020 NFL Jaguars meeting former teammates down stretch

BY MARK LONG “He’s been an awesome addi- Associated Press tion to us and really has been a sig- Calais Campbell JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The nificant component to why we’ve The “Mayor of Sacksonville” Jacksonville Jaguars are seeing been able to play good defense. It was dumped as part of a salary cap former teammates nearly every was evident in recent weeks, par- purge in March. Baltimore gave week, so many down the stretch ticularly in run defense, when we up a fifth-round selection to get a that it could be considered a Re- did not have him.” veteran leader — the NFL’s reign- venge Tour. But don’t expect Alualu to make ing Walter Payton Man of the Year It started last Sunday, when vet- much of facing the team that let — and a defensive stalwart who eran tight end Marcedes Lewis, him go in 2017, after paying him started every game in three sea- receiver Allen Lazard, running more than $28 million. sons with the Jags. Campbell has back Tyler Ervin and offensive co- “That’s not his agenda. He’s not 24 tackles, including four sacks, ordinator Nathaniel Hackett petty in any way,” Tomlin said. and six pass breakups for one of faced their former team for the Others might be. the Jaguars the league’s best defenses. first time since leaving Jackson- will face seven more former regu- ville. The Packers won 24-20. lar over its next five games: Nick Foles Next up: Pittsburgh defensive Foles also was part of the salary end Tyson Alualu, a first-round Ronnie Harrison dump and will return to Jackson- draft pick in 2010 who returns to Harrison returns to Jackson- ville in Week 16. Chicago gave up a Jacksonville on Sunday. ville on Nov. 29. The Jaguars trad- compensatory fourth to get Foles, Alualu spent seven years with ed the 2018 third-round pick to who started the past seven games the Jaguars (1-8) after then-gener- Cleveland a little more than a for the Bears. The trade allowed al manager Gene Smith surpris- week before the opener, parting Jacksonville to recoup some of the ingly chose him with the 10th over- ways because veteran Josh Jones $50.125 million it guaranteed the all pick. Alualu’s productivity nev- beat Harrison out in training 2018 Super Bowl MVP as part of a er matched his draft position, al- camp. The Browns gave up a fifth- four-year contract in 2019. though his durability was another rounder in 2021 to land Harrison, story. who has started four straight John DeFilippo The 6-foot-3, 300-pound Hawai- games and totaled 27 tackles and DeFilippo and Foles were a WADE PAYNE / AP ian didn’t miss a game because of five pass breakups. package deal. Jaguars coach Doug Pittsburgh Steelers inside linebacker Vince Williams, left, celebrates injury during his time in Jackson- Marrone brought “Flip” on as of- with nose tackle Tyson Alualu after Williams sacked Tennessee Titans ville; he was a healthy scratch for Yannick Ngakoue fensive coordinator two months quarterback Ryan Tannehill, bottom, for a 3­yard loss during the sec­ the first two weeks in 2016. Ngakoue was initially sched- before free agency, likely to help ond half on Oct. 25 in Nashville, Tenn. He’s been equally stout for the uled to face Jacksonville in Min- lure Foles in free agency. When unbeaten Steelers (9-0). nesota on Dec. 6, but he will have Foles failed, Marrone fired DeFi- later, a cost-cutting move that second-round pick leave in free “Man, I can’t say enough about to wait two weeks after getting lippo after just one season. He helped create enough salary cap agency after he missed most of Tyson. His play is really consis- traded to Baltimore. The Jaguars landed in Chicago as quarter- space to sign Foles. He has started 2017 with a knee injury. They’ve tent and very productive,” Pitts- got a second-rounder and a condi- backs coach, reuniting with Foles. every game for the Bears this sea- spent nearly $32 million trying to burgh coach Mike Tomlin said. tional fifth for Ngakoue, who is son. replace him with Marqise Lee, “Just his leadership, his quiet second in franchise history with Tashaun Gipson Donte Moncrief and Chris Conley. leadership, how he goes about his 37½ sacks. He has ripped Jack- Gipson was an integral part of Allen Robinson “It’s funny because those are business, how he lives his life, is a sonville repeatedly, including get- Jacksonville’s defense that led it Robinson is, without question, people I talk to almost every day, shining example for young play- ting in a Twitter spat with minor- to the AFC championship game in the best receiver Jacksonville has every other day, weekly,” Jaguars ers. ity owner Tony Khan in April. 2018. He was sent packing a year drafted. The Jaguars let the 2014 receiver Keelan Cole said. Kamara-Jones matchup highlights Saints-Falcons BY BRETT MARTEL Morris said. “Covering Kamara is matchup, and he’s one of them,” Associated Press always going to be a big challenge Saints coach Sean Payton said of METAIRIE, La. — Alvin Kam- for him. It’s also going to be a big Jones. "Just watching the games ara's next chance to build on his challenge for Kamara. ... It’s al- last year, I mean, five, six, seven prolific, workhorse of a season ways a five-star matchup. Get different times, there’s that one on comes against a Falcons defense your popcorn and get ready.” one. ... I think that that’s a credit to that hopes it has an answer to the Kamara, now in his fourth year both players. Obviously, (Jones) Saints' dynamic running back. as a pro, ranks second in the NFL can move and he’s athletic, and so Atlanta’s Deion “Debo” Jones in yards from scrimmage with it is a matchup, especially on third — who happens to be a New Or- 1,134, and touchdowns with 11 down.” leans native and former LSU through nine games — an average Kamara was scheduled to speak standout — has been tough on the of 126 yards and more than one TD with reporters Wednesday, but Saints in the past and is among the per game. that was postponed after he did few linebackers who has the com- The Kamara-Jones matchup not participate fully in practice. bination of strength and quickness has occurred four times since He was listed on New Orleans'' in- to give Kamara a long day. Kamara entered the league in jury report as limited by a foot in- Or a short one, as in 2017, when 2017, when he was the NFL Offen- jury. Jones also did not meet with Jones ended Kamara's game five sive Rookie of the Year. Jones mis- reporters. minutes into the first quarter with sed both 2018 games against New Because of Brees' rib injury last a hard, high tackle that dropped BUTCH DILL / AP Orleans because of injury. weekend, former Tampa Bay the running back for a 4-yard loss New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara crosses the goal line Kamara has yet to reach 100 quarterback Jameis Winston is on a screen pass. The Falcons won untouched for his second touchdown during a game against the San yards from scrimmage — or score expected to start for the Saints and that game, 20-17, and Jones Francisco 49ers on Nov. 15 in New Orleans. a touchdown — against Atlanta share snaps with change-of-pace clinched the victory with a late in- when Jones has played. option QB Taysom Hill. Jones in- terception of Drew Brees in the “Debo is always called upon big up big for us, taking on a big as- “There’s a handful of lineback- tercepted Winston and returned it end zone. in these games. Deion Jones steps signment," Atlanta coach Raheem ers that’ll draw that (one-on-one) for a touchdown last season. Sunday, November 22, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 NFL Comfort: Newton says lack of continuity hurt

FROM PAGE 24 in Sunday's 23-17 win over the ton said. “The pre-snap produc- Ravens. tion wasn’t happening fast enough He not only led his team with for me in games. Did it happen in five catches for 59 yards, but also practice? Yeah, but still not fast showed off his skills as a former enough. Even still now I can get high school quarterback, throw- better. So each day, each week is ing a 24-yard, go-ahead touch- an opportunity for me to really down pass to Rex Burkhead in the hone in on this offense and just do second quarter. my job. That’s what it really boils It's the fulfillment of the “star” down to.” potential Newton says he saw in Newton remains adamant that the then-16-year-old when his struggles aren’t tied to any lin- Meyers participated in the 7-on-7 gering effects from COVID-19. He tournaments Newton’s foundation instead believes the lost continuity sponsored for players outside of was the biggest factor in his Atlanta. Alums of those camps in- throwing seven interceptions in clude Texans quarterback Desh- TYLER KAUFMAN / AP his first five games, and virtually aun Watson as well college play- New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, bottom, is sacked by San Francisco 49ers defensive end being reduced to a running back in ers such as Auburn quarterback Kentavius Street during the first half of last week's game in New Orleans. the offense. Bo Nix, Georgia receiver George “It showed, coming back pretty Pickens and Oklahoma receiver much dry,” he said. “Identifying, Jadon Haselwood. NFL BRIEFS communicating with the offensive It’s that same potential that line, with the receivers, with the prompted Newton to pull Meyers running backs — it’s my job to do aside for a pep talk prior to the Pa- so. Coming back, I just felt behind. triots' Week 6 matchup with Den- The production here of late is ver. Meyers was inactive for that nothing to blame; more or less game and had caught only one QB Brees to miss next than me just taking ownership and pass in his first three appearances responsibility that I've just got to of the season. be better.” Newton told him not to be dis- Since New England’s 33-6 loss couraged and reminded him of to San Francisco in Week 7, New- how far he’d come. Over the past three games for Saints ton hasn’t thrown an interception. three games Meyers has respon- His quarterback rating has also ded with a team-high 23 recep- Associated Press increased from a season-low 39.7 tions. NEW ORLEANS — The Saints placed quarterback against the 49ers to a season-best “It’s good to be out there, be able Drew Brees on injured reserve Friday, meaning he'll 114.3 rating last week against Bal- to play, and show what I can do,” miss at least three games with rib injuries. timore. Meyers said. “Hopefully, every- Brees was unable to finish last Sunday's game after It’s been a remarkable resur- body trusts me, trusts to keep absorbing a heavy hit on a sack attempt by 287-pound gence considering Newton has throwing me the ball and making San Francisco defensive tackle Kentavius Street, managed to do it without veteran those plays. I’m definitely trying who was penalized for roughing on the play. receiver Julian Edelman, who has to build off this momentum and Street landed on the right side of Brees' torso as the been on injured reserve since Oct. hoping to get better every week.” two went to the ground, and Brees was diagnosed 31. Stepping up to fill the void have He said Newton's past mentor- Monday with rib fractures and a collapsed lung. been Meyers and Harris. ship and leadership this season Brees, 41, has played efficiently this season for Harris has rushed for more than have parallels. New Orleans, completing 73.5% of his passes for 100 yards twice over the past three “Even when people hated on 2,196 yards and 18 touchdowns with three intercep- games, including a career-high him and talked bad about him, he tions in eight-and-a-half games. 121 yards against the Ravens. still came in every day and per- An injured reserve designation previously would DAVID RICHARD / AP Meyers was instrumental in the formed,” Meyers said. “It just end a players' season with fewer than eight games re- Cleveland will be without defensive end Myles Gar­ Patriots’ win over the Jets on Nov. showed who he was, his personal- maining, but this year the NFL has adopted more rett, left, for Sunday's game against Philadelphia. 9, catching a career-high 12 passes ity. Honestly, it’s great. He’s a guy flexible roster rules because of the coronavirus pan- Garrett tested positive for COVID­19. for 169 yards to help them snap a who gives a lot of us hope. Come in demic. four-game skid. The 2019 undraft- and be ourselves, but still perform Brees already was not expected to play this week. extension worth about $21 million, a signal that New ed rookie was at it again last week like we know we can.” New Orleans' other two quarterbacks are Jameis Orleans considered him a legitimate candidate to Winston and Taysom Hill, who have been splitting step in when Brees retires. time working with first-team receivers during peri- ods of practice open to reporters. Browns lose Garrett to COVID-19 Sean Payton declined after practice Friday to pub- CLEVELAND — Myles Garrett has been slowed licly name a starter for Sundays' home game against down just when the Browns need him most. Atlanta, but also said he had made a decision. Cleveland's dynamic star defensive end and the After Brees left last Sunday's victory over the NFL's leader in sacks will miss Sunday's game 49ers, Winston took most of the snaps, going 6-for-10 against Philadelphia — and maybe more — after test- for 63 yards. He did not throw for a touchdown and ing positive for COVID-19, dealing the Browns a ma- was nearly intercepted when safety Jimmie Ward jor blow as they try to end an 18-year playoff drought. dropped a pass over the middle. “He is a good player,” Browns coach Kevin Stefan- But Hill, who has played throughout the season as a ski said Friday. “We know that. We do not want to be change-of-pace, option quarterback, and also has without him, but we are.” served in a utility role on special teams and as a tight The Browns (6-3) won't have Garrett against the end, is reportedly Payton's choice to take the first Eagles and there's no predicting when he'll be back. snaps against the Falcons. According to league rules, a player who tests positive Hill has attempted just five passes this season, but for coronavirus can’t return to the team until at least has completed four of them for 86 yards. He has not 10 days after the onset of symptoms, plus at least 24 CHARLES KRUPA / AP thrown a touchdown pass or interception this season. hours after symptoms have passed. New England Patriots running back Damien Harris, center, runs past Hill has been with New Orleans since his rookie Garrett stayed home from practice on Wednesday Baltimore Ravens linebacker Patrick Queen, left, and cornerback season in 2017 and this offseason signed a two-year and Thursday because he was showing symptoms. Marlon Humphrey last weekend in Foxborough, Mass. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, November 22, 2020 SPORTS

ELISE AMENDOLA / AP Patriots quarterback Cam Newton believes lost continuity, not lingering effects from COVID­19, was the biggest factor in his throwing seven interceptions in his first five games.

NFL Comfort level Pats' Newton feels more settled

BY KYLE HIGHTOWER Currently sitting at third in the AFC East and in Associated Press 10th place in the conference, it will take more than a FOXBOROUGH, Mass. couple of wins to get New England back into the play- am Newton was adamant at the trade dead- off conversation, with matchups with the Cardinals, line that the answers to the Patriots turning Rams, Dolphins and Bills — all owning winning re- things around were already within their cords — still on tap. But the best news for their pro- Clocker room. Over the past two weeks his spects is Newton says he’s experiencing a comfort teammates have done their best to fulfill their quar- level under center he hasn’t felt since before he test- terback's prophecy. ed positive for the coronavirus in early October. From Jakobi Meyers becoming Newton’s new go- “Ever since coming back from corona, to be honest to receiver to Damien Harris fortifying the running with you, I felt stagnant in my thought process,” New- CHARLES KRUPA / AP game, the Patriots’ offensive production is trending Jakobi Meyers, front, has become Newton's go­to receiver since Julian upward. SEE COMFORT ON PAGE 23 Edelman went on injured reserve on Oct. 31.

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