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The coronavirus outbreak widened its impact on the U.S. military as more troops in more countries were quarantined and the Army banned soldiers in Italy from moving to new assignments or attending training schools. On Friday, the Pentagon said a U.S. soldier as- INSIDE signed to Op- eration Inherent Spread Resolve in the of virus Middle East was isolated after pos- strands sible contact with someone infected cruise with COVID-19. In Norway, al- ships most two dozen Page 4 U.S. soldiers par- ticipating in a large exercise were isolated after possibly encountering a Norwe- gian service member who tested positive for the virus, the Marine Corps said Friday. In Italy, a U.S. sailor stationed at Naval Support Activity Naples RAHMAT GUL/AP tested positive for virus Fri- Blood and shoes are seen on the ground Saturday in the aftermath of Friday’s deadly attack on a memorial ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan. day, in the first confirmed case linked to a U.S. service member in Europe. In addition, the Army has banned soldiers based in Italy a from taking new assignments or Violence threatens Afghan deal attending military schools in the U.S. “Effective immediately, all PCSing soldiers and families on Taliban offensives provoke concern, confusion over terms orders from Italy will stop move- ment,” U.S. Army Garrison Italy commander Col. Dan Vogel said BY J.P. LAWRENCE ‘ Things have already “There definitely is ambiguity between Saturday in a Facebook video. Stars and Stripes the text of the agreement and what U.S. of- “They are delayed for the next 60 reached the point where ficials seem to be saying they expect from days or until further notice.” KABUL, Afghanistan — During the first the Taliban,” said Andrew Watkins, a senior Likewise, those who were to at- week of the U.S. peace deal with the Taliban, the U.S. is obliged to Afghanistan analyst at International Crisis tend professional military educa- the militant group resumed its offensives draw clear lines. Group, a nonprofit think tank based in Brus- tion in the U.S. will not be able to against Afghan troops, provoking an outcry ’ sels. “Things have already reached the point attend unless the course is for six among U.S. officials who say the violence is Andrew Watkins where the U.S. is obliged to draw clear lines.” months or longer. In those cases, a threat to the agreement and causing confu- senior Afghanistan analyst sion over its terms. at International Crisis Group SEE VIOLENCE ON PAGE 5 SEE IMPACT ON PAGE 3

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B Y WYATT OLSON Barbara Starr, Pentagon cor- Stars and Stripes respondent for CNN, tweeted Fri- day that, according to a defense A U.S. soldier assigned to Op- official she did not identify, the eration Inherent Resolve in the soldier had been to Italy on per- Middle East has been placed in sonal leave from Kuwait and was isolation after possible contact isolated upon returning to the with someone infected with the station. coronavirus, the Pentagon said Italy has taken the worst hit /U.S. Marine Corps Friday. DEVIN J. ANDREW from the virus in Europe, which The soldier’s isolation came as began first spreading in China in A U.S. Marine fires an M98A2 Javelin during an exercise in preparation for Exercise Cold Response 20 a “precautionary measure,” Navy January and has since infected near Setermoen, Norway, on March 3. Nearly two dozen U.S. soldiers in Norway have been quarantined Capt. Bill Urban, a spokesman for after testing positive for the coronavirus. U.S. Central Command, said in a people from around the world. statement. As of Friday, 148 people had died The soldier has undergone in Italy, the second-largest death 23 US soldiers quarantined after testing, which will be processed toll after China, where more than by Landstuhl Regional Medical 3,000 have perished. Center in Germany, Urban said. Italy has suspended all schools likely virus exposure in Norway In accordance with the guid- and universities after the virus ance issued by the U.S. Centers made its way to all 22 regions of for Disease Control and Preven- the country. B Y WYATT OLSON “We remain in close coordina- sleeping and ablution facilities,” tion for COVID-19, the disease The 31st Fighter Wing at Avia- caused by the virus, those the sol- no Air Base in Italy said Friday it Stars and Stripes tion with the Norwegian military said a Norwegian Armed Forces and public health authorities to statement issued Friday. “The dier had recent contact with have had placed 134 people in isolation Almost two dozen U.S. soldiers ensure the well-being of our per- person should be isolated until also been screened, Urban said. or self-quarantine who showed in Norway for a large-scale ex- sonnel and local population,” the she/he is no longer suspected to “We have no confirmed cases symptoms that could be caused ercise are in quarantine isola- Marine Corps said. be infected, or no longer a pos- of COVID-19 among our person- by the coronavirus. None had yet tion after possibly encountering Since the first coronavirus in- sible transmitter of the disease. nel,” he said. been tested. a Norwegian service member fections were found in China in Remember that being isolated is who tested positive for the coro- January, the disease it causes, psychologically challenging. Pro- navirus, the Marine Corps said COVID-19, has spread through vide the necessary welfare for the Friday. much of the world, with more than person isolated.” Impact: Added screening set up The U.S. soldiers are among 100,000 known infections and About 15,000 personnel are tak- the roughly 1,500 personnel from more than 3,400 deaths. Seven ing part in the large-scale tactical the U.S. Army, Air Force, Marine personnel affiliated with U.S. field training exercise, which is at basic training centers across US Corps and Navy in Norway par- Forces Korea have tested posi- intended to enhance cold-weath- ticipating in Exercise Cold Re- tive for the virus in South Korea, er warfighting capabilities. Other FROM FRONT PAGE Hecht, a spokesman for the Chief sponse 20, slated to run through while the 31st Fighter Wing at participating nations are the participants will travel to the U.S. of Naval Personnel. March 18. Aviano Air Base, Italy, has iso- United Kingdom, Netherlands, two weeks early and be quaran- Other Army basic training The Norwegian service mem- lated 134 people with symptoms Germany, France, Belgium, Den- centers conducting screenings ber and the 23 soldiers were typical of the virus. tined before attending the school. mark, Finland and Sweden. include Fort Benning, Ga.; Fort training at Skjold Garrison in the In statements issued this week Also Friday, military officials The U.S. sent about 3,000 fewer said recruits heading to basic Leonard Wood, Mo.; and Fort Troms region of Norway, the Ma- offering guidance on monitoring Sill, Okla., said Army Col. Rich troops than originally planned to training are being screened for rine Corps said in a statement. and controlling coronavirus dur- McNorton, a spokesman for U.S. Norway as the Pentagon shifted the virus. The soldiers, with the 500th ing Cold Response, the Norwegian Army Training and Doctrine personnel in the wake of recent “This additional screening as- Engineer Support Company, 15th Armed Services said that exer- Command. All recruiting stations sesses a trainee’s exposure to Engineer Battalion, based in cising units would be responsible tensions in the Middle East be- are also screening recruits who Grafenwoehr, Germany, have not for handling any suspected infec- tween America and Iran, the infected persons, international are within three days of being shown any signs or symptoms of tions because of limited capacity Barents Observer, an online travel and a medical screening shipped to basic training. the virus and were put in isolation at “patient holding facilities” at news site, reported this week, for [coronavirus] like symptoms,” The Air Force is also screening “as a precautionary measure,” Elvegardsmoen and Setermoen/ citing Norwegian Armed Forces said Leslie Ann Sully, a spokes- and taking temperatures of all the Marine Corps said. Skjold military camps. spokesman Lt. Col. Ivar Moen as woman for Fort Jackson, S.C., recruits at the Military Entrance The Marine Corps did not “Isolation means that the per- the source. where half the Army’s recruits go Processing Stations before they specify where the U.S. soldiers son is kept separated from other [email protected] through basic training. “Units are depart for basic training, accord- were being quarantined. personnel, including separate Twitter: @WyattWOlson conducting preparations in the ing to a statement from Air Edu- event a soldier, family member or cation and Training Command. civilian employee” is diagnosed As of Tuesday, Navy Recruit with the coronavirus. Training Command has not had EUCOM says US sailor in Italy infected The Army started screening any recruits that required fur- recruits Tuesday, and the Navy ther action. has been screening during the The Army has not had any re- Stars and Stripes have been exposed,” EUCOM Garrison Italy have closed schools initial processing of recruits cruits or trainees placed in quar- said in a statement on Saturday. through March 15. In the south, since January, said Cmdr. Dave antine, McNorton said. KAISERSLAUTERN, Germa- Personnel who the service schools on Navy bases in Sigonel- ny — U.S. European Command member said he has had close la and Naples — where EUCOM confirmed a U.S. sailor stationed contact with have been notified said the first positive case was Florida: 2 dead who tested positive for coronavirus at Naval Support Activity Na- already and are in self-isolation confirmed Friday — remained ples tested positive for the new in their residence, EUCOM said. open as of Thursday. MIAMI — Two people who confirmed the deaths on Twitter, coronavirus Friday, in the first In northern Italy, the 31st The Italian Civil Protection tested positive for coronavirus writing the people were in their confirmed case linked to a U.S. Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base Agency said Friday that the death have died in Florida, marking 70s and had traveled overseas. service member in Europe. toll from the virus hit 197 in Italy had 134 people in isolation or self- the first deaths on the East Coast This raises the U.S. death toll “Military health professionals and the total number of presump- attributed to the outbreak in the quarantine Friday and instructed to 16, including 13 in Washington are conducting a thorough con- everyone to keep their distance tive cases in the country reached U.S., health officials said Friday. state and one in California. tact investigation to determine from others as a precaution. 4,636. Helen Aguirre Ferre, a spokes- whether any other personnel may Both Aviano and U.S. Army [email protected] woman for Gov. Ron DeSantis, From the Associated Press PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, March 8, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Cruise ships stranded in bid to curb spread

BY JOE MCDONALD lenge to leaders already reeling AND ANGELA CHARLTON from American sanctions. More Associated Press than 1,000 infections were con- firmed overnight, bringing the BEIJING — The spreading new country’s total to 5,823 cases, in- virus — or fears of it — immobi- cluding 145 deaths. lized cruise ships or left them South Korea, the hardest-hit searching for ports on four con- country outside China, reported tinents Saturday as the bug that 448 new cases for a total of 7,041. has infected more than 100,000 The government reported four people shifted its travel patterns. new deaths for a total of 48. Iran declared a “sacred jihad” China now has more recov- against the virus after its case ered people than infected people. numbers spiked anew. Italy shut China reported 99 new cases on down its courts, and the Vatican Saturday, its first daily increase decided to livestream the pope’s of less than 100 since January. Sunday blessing. Cruise ships The government reported 28 new faced trouble in waters of the fatalities. United States, Malaysia, Egypt Western countries stepped up and Malta as those aboard got efforts to control the outbreak. tested or confined to cabins. In the U.S., the Centers for In China, the number of peo- Disease Control and Prevention ple recovering from COVID-19 is urging older adults and people mounted. But hopeful signs had with severe medical conditions not erased the scope of the recent such as heart, lung or kidney dis- crisis in the country where the ease to “stay home as much as new virus emerged late last year. possible” and avoid crowds. A hotel used for the medical Four U.S. universities said cam- observation of people who had puses would hold classes online contact with infected patients instead of in-person, after schools collapsed Saturday in southeast- in Asia and Europe did the same. ern China on Saturday, trapping Pope Francis will deliver his some 70 people, news reports CHINATOPIX/AP next two public blessings via said. There were no immediate video, rather than in person, to reports of deaths. Rescuers help a woman from the rubble of a collapsed hotel building in Quanzhou city in southeast prevent crowds from gathering. At least 23 people were rescued China’s Fujian province Saturday . The hotel was used for medical observation of people who had contact Austria confiscated 21,000 from the wreckage of the Xinjia with coronavirus patients, state media reported. disposable masks that a Turkish Express Hotel in Quanzhou, the Communist Party newspaper company smuggled aboard a tour People’s Daily and other outlets bus, seeking to profit from soaring reported. demand. Turkish police, mean- Western countries are increas- Scientists, experts say outbreak while, said Saturday they would ingly imitating China — which take legal action against social has suffered the vast majority of media accounts accused spread- infections — by imposing travel is pandemic; UN, WHO disagree ing false virus information. controls and shutting down pub- Nine countries that contribute lic events to contain it. troops and police to the U.N.’s BY MARIA CHENG demic as a situation in which a said Michael Osterholm, direc- 95,000-strong peacekeeping op- After the city of Venice can- Associated Press new virus is causing “sustained tor of the Center for Infectious celed its cherished Carnival and erations are delaying bringing in community-level outbreaks” in Disease Research and Policy at replacements for three months. governments warned citizens LONDON — As cases of at least two world regions. the University of Minnesota. Global markets are enjoying against travel to Italy, the epi- the coronavirus surge in Italy, Many experts say that thresh- Experts acknowledge that a weekend respite from market center of Europe’s outbreak, the Iran, South Korea, the U.S. and old has long been met: The declaring a pandemic is po- panic, but the world economy country is facing a possible reces- elsewhere, many scientists say virus that was first identified in litically fraught because it can faces mounting damage. sion. Hotel occupancy rates in the it’s plain that the world is in the China is now spreading freely rattle markets, lead to more China, the world’s biggest lagoon city are down to 1%-2%. grips of a pandemic — a serious in four regions, it has reached drastic travel and trade restric- “The surface of the Grand trader, reported Saturday its ex- global outbreak. every continent but Antarctica, tions and stigmatize people ports tumbled 17.2% from a year Canal is like glass because the The World Health Organiza- and its advance seems unavoid- coming from affected regions. boats that transport merchandise earlier in January and February. tion has so far resisted describ- able. The disease has managed WHO was previously criticized Imports sank 4%. Beijing’s deci- are not there. On the vaporetti ing the crisis as such, saying the to gain a foothold and multiply for labeling the 2009 swine flu (water buses), there are only five sion to keep factories and offices word “pandemic” might spook quickly even in countries with outbreak a pandemic. But ex- or six people,” Stefania Stea, vice empty as its outbreak advanced the world further and lead relatively strong public health perts said calling this crisis a president of the Venice hoteliers sent shock waves to the produc- some countries to lose hope of systems. pandemic could also spur coun- association, said. tion of the world’s smartphones, containing the virus. On Friday, the virus hit a new tries to prepare for the virus’s Cruise ships filled with passen- toys and other consumer goods. “Unless we’re convinced it’s milestone, infecting more than eventual arrival. gers confronted different virus- A total of 78 million migrant uncontrollable, why (would) 100,000 people worldwide, far WHO already declared the related problems. workers have since returned to we call it a pandemic?” WHO more than those sickened by virus a “global health emer- Officials in California were de- work, and Chinese manufactur- director-general Tedros Ad- SARS, MERS or Ebola in re- gency’ in late January, putting ciding Saturday where to dock the ers are reopening. But they aren’t hanom Ghebreyesus said this cent years. countries and humanitarian Grand Princess cruise ship, with expected to return to normal pro- week. “I think it’s pretty clear we’re organizations on notice and is- 3,500 people aboard, after 21 test- duction until at least April, and The U.N. health agency has in a pandemic and I don’t know suing a broad set of recommen- ed positive for the virus. There is most people in Wuhan still are previously described a pan- why WHO is resisting that,” dations to curb its spread. evidence the ship now idling off barred from leaving their homes. San Francisco was the breeding Off the California coast, pas- ground for a deadly cluster of 10 sengers on the Grand Princess cases during an earlier voyage. It was the second port to reject direction. New cases in Asia are North America; about 50 in Latin waited in their cabins for word on In Egypt, a cruise ship on the the ship after Phuket in Thailand. being imported from Italy. Global America and the Caribbean, and its fate. Nile with more than 150 aboard Now, it’s heading to Singapore. travel hubs like Dubai reported fewer than 50 cases reported so Steven Smith and his wife, Mi- was under quarantine in the And in Malta, which reported cases imported from multiple far in Africa. chele, a couple from Paradise, southern city of Luxor after 12 its first case of the virus Satur- continents. The virus is still much less California went on the cruise to tested positive for the virus. The day, the MSC Opera ship agreed The global death toll has widespread than annual flu celebrate their wedding anniver- passengers include American, not to enter the Mediterranean risen past 3,400, though most epidemics, which cause up to 5 sary. Crew members wearing French and Indian travelers. country’s port — even though people who have contracted the million severe cases around the masks and gloves have been de- Also Saturday, the port of Pen- there are no infections confirmed virus since December have now world and 290,000 to 650,000 livering food outside their doors, ang in Malaysia turned away the on board. recovered. deaths annually, according to the while the Smiths have been cruise ship Costa Fortuna with Transmission of the virus, As of Saturday, nearly 90,000 World Health Organization. watching television, reading and 2,000 aboard because there were which started as a one-way jour- cases have been reported in Asia; In Iran, fear over the virus and looking out the window. 64 passengers from Italy, the cen- ney outward from the Chinese city more than 7,000 in Europe; some the government’s waning cred- “Thank God, we have a win- ter of Europe’s epidemic. of Wuhan, is now going in every 5,000 in the Mideast; about 400 in ibility has become a major chal- dow!” Steven said. Sunday, March 8, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 MILITARY Amazon’s bid protest lawsuit over JEDI ‘likely to succeed’

BY AARON GREGG Federal Claims judge Patricia the mistake is likely to materi- “The decision disagreed with The Joint Enterprise Defense The Washington Post. Campbell-Smith views the evi- ally harm Amazon, an important a lone technical finding by the Infrastructure contract, better- dence presented on both sides. qualifier for government contract Department of Defense about known as ‘JEDI’, calls for a pow- WASHINGTON — A fed- In a blow to Microsoft and the bid protests. And she rejected ar- data storage under the evaluation erful cloud computing system eral judge has concluded that a Defense Department, Campbell- guments raised earlier by Micro- of one sub-element of one price through which military agencies bid protest lawsuit brought by Smith ordered the Pentagon to soft and the Defense Department scenario,” Shaw said in a state- can access data centers operated Amazon over President Donald that Amazon should have raised ment. “While important, there by a commercial tech company. Trump’s intervention in an im- halt work on JEDI last month. In an opinion explaining her reason- its concerns sooner. were six pricing scenarios, each Top defense officials have labeled portant Pentagon cloud comput- A Defense Department spokes- with multiple sub-elements, and ing, Campbell-Smith sided with it a crucial national security pri- ing contract “is likely to succeed man expressed disappointment eight technical factors, each with Amazon’s contention that the Pen- ority that will improve deployed on the merits” of one of its central in the ruling but declined to com- numerous subfactors evaluated troops’ access to technology and arguments, according to a court tagon had made a mistake in how ment on its specifics. during the procurement. The de- intelligence, and lay the ground- document made public Friday. it evaluated prices for competing “The Department is disap- cision does not find error in the work for the military’s adoption of The document provides the proposals from Amazon and Mi- pointed in the Court’s ruling,” Department of Defense’s evalua- first indication of how Court of crosoft. She also concluded that Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Rob- tion in any other area of the com- artificial intelligence. It has been ert Carver said in an email. “We plex and thorough process that delayed repeatedly since it was remain focused on getting this resulted in the award of the con- first announced in early 2018. critical capability into the hands tract to Microsoft.” Campbell-Smith has not yet Violence: Lawmakers question deal of our warfighters as quickly and Shaw further defended the De- ruled on Amazon’s contention efficiently as possible.” fense Department’s handling of that Trump interfered personally in the bidding process. Represen- VIOLENCE FROM PAGE 5 classified additions attached to Microsoft spokesman Frank JEDI, adding: “We have confi- tatives from Amazon did not im- the deal, which Secretary of State Shaw downplayed the ruling, say- dence in our technology, our bid, Just two days after signing the mediately respond to requests for Mike Pompeo and Defense Secre- ing it focused on a single techni- and the professional staff at the deal Feb. 29, the Taliban told its cal factor. Department of Defense.” comment on Friday’s ruling. fighters to resume attacks against tary Mark Esper have described the Afghan security forces, al- as implementing arrangements. though not against U.S. and for- Lawmakers such as Democrat- eign troops. These attacks broke ic Rep. Eliot Engel of New York a partial truce that stood before said the annexes should be de- the deal’s signing and prompted a classified and released to the pub- U.S. airstrike Wednesday to pro- lic. Congressional leaders viewed tect Afghan troops. the documents in a secure vault, U.S. officials say the Taliban and they do not contain sensitive were not living up to their end of information that would jeopar- the deal. dize national security, said Engel, “Taliban leadership promised chairman of the House Foreign the international community they Affairs Committee. would reduce violence and not in- “After 18 years of fighting the crease attacks,” Sonny Leggett, Taliban, the American people a spokesman for U.S. Forces-Af- deserve to see all aspects of the ghanistan , said on Twitter. Trump-Taliban deal,” Engel said However, this is not stated in the in a statement sent to Stars and agreement released to the public, Stripes. “I’m deeply concerned which says that a cease-fire is to that the administration might be be discussed in talks between the abusing classification to keep cer- Afghan government and the Tal- tain details out of public view.” iban, slated for March 10. Nearly two-dozen House Re- “Nothing that has happened in publicans, led by Wyoming Rep. recent days — the arguments over Liz Cheney, have also demanded the prisoner release, the Taliban clarity on the deal and have ex- assaults on Afghan forces, the US pressed misgivings. Cheney has strike on the Taliban — violates said the public deserves to “know the deal,” said Michael Kugel- precisely what deals have been man, deputy director of the Asia cut in our name with the terror- Program at the Wilson Center in ists who harbored those who at- Washington. tacked us on 9/11.” Because the text of the deal dif- Despite the outcry from Con- fers from the way U.S. officials gress, it’s unlikely lawmakers are describing it, there has been will push to revise the deal, as “some confusion about exactly both parties broadly favor ending what has been agreed,” said Jar- America’s longest war. rett Blanc, senior fellow at the “It’s not the best we could Carnegie Endowment for Inter- have hoped for, but this enables national Peace, a foreign policy the next critical round, which is think tank. intra-Afghan negotiations,” Scott U.S. officials have given the Worden, director of Afghanistan impression they “drove a hard and Central Asia programs at the bargain,” said Stephen Biddle, a U.S. Institute of Peace in Wash- senior defense fellow at the non- ington, said Friday. “This was the partisan think tank Council on price of admission to that.” Foreign Relations, “but being The biggest threats to the deal unhappy with the Taliban being would be if a Taliban attack kills more violent than we hoped they U.S. troops or if the hard-line would be is not consistent with Islamist group demands harsh any clause in the actual signed restrictions against women, said document.” Robin Raphel, who served as a Spokesmen for U.S. Forces-Af- U.S. diplomat to Afghanistan and ghanistan and the State Depart- Pakistan in the 1990s. ment declined to comment. Deadlines contained in the deal The public portions of the deal are likely to slip, experts say, and broadly outline each side’s com- even if the Taliban and Kabul mitments: If the Taliban keep come to the table for talks, those terrorists from operating in Af- negotiations could break down. ghanistan, stop attacking the U.S. “It’s gonna be a long, [wind- and its allies and hold peace talks ing], bumpy road — lots of twists with the Kabul government, the and turns, ups and downs,” Esper foreign forces will begin a phased said this week. withdrawal to leave the country Stars and Stripes reporter Caitlin Kenney in 14 months. contributed to this article. Less known is what’s in two [email protected] PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, March 8, 2020 NATION President names Biden uses Obama in Rep. Meadows his 6-state media buy

BY BILL BARROW as chief of staff Associated Press ATLANTA — Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is plowing Associated Press Pence to lead the whole-of-gov- $12 million into a six-state ad buy ernment effort more than a week WASHINGTON — In the midst ahead of the March 10 and March ago. of one of the most daunting crises 17 primaries, his largest single It was just one of a long series of of his administration, President advertising effort of the 2020 downgrades for Mulvaney, whose Donald Trump announced he campaign and a demonstration relationship with Trump began to had made a major staff overhaul, of his resurgent campaign’s new replacing his acting chief of staff sour not long after he was named financial footing. Mick Mulvaney with Republican to the position in December 2018. The former vice president is Rep. Mark Meadows. Indeed, Trump had been eyeing using two television and digital While much of the country was the change for many months, ac- ads, one a spot touting his rela- focused on the spreading corona- cording to people familiar with tionship with President Barack virus, Trump announced the sur- his thinking, but wanted to wait Obama, the other a new counter prise reshuffle by Friday night until after the impeachment saga to rival Bernie Sanders’ current tweet, saying Mulvaney would was over to make his move. ad campaign /AP become the U.S. special envoy for Meadows, the onetime leader PATRICK SEMANSKY hammering Northern Ireland. of the House Freedom Caucus, is President Donald Trump has named Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., Biden on his “I have long known and worked a longtime Trump confidant and seen here on Jan. 29, as his chief of staff, replacing Mick Mulvaney, Social Secu- with Mark, and the relationship sounding board, whose political who had been acting in the role. rity record. is a very good one,” he wrote, instincts Trump respects. He an- The pur- thanking Mulvaney — who never nounced last year that he would First elected in the post-Tea GOP tax cuts. But in many ways, chase, shook his “acting” title — “for not be seeking reelection for his Party wave of 2012, Meadows he remains his own counsel, with Biden’s first having served the Administra- North Carolina House seat, and quickly established himself as a a skill set and status that may since his tion so well.” said he expected to join Trump’s leader of a new generation of con- serve him well in Trump’s White command- team in some capacity, though it The long-rumored move comes servative Republicans on Capitol House. ing South was not clear in what role. as Trump has been pulling to- Hill. He served as chairman of Meadows has also made clear Carolina pri- He was officially offered the job Biden gether a team of loyalists and al- the unyielding Freedom Cau- to the White House and those mary victory Thursday, according to one of the and Super Tuesday surge gener- lies ahead of what is expected to cus, and his antics in the House close to the president that he has people familiar with the matter, ated an influx of donor support, be a bitter reelection fight. But helped spur Speaker John Boeh- no plans to try to rein in Trump, the timing — as his administra- who, like others, spoke on condi- underscores that both Biden and ner’s sudden retirement. as others — like Mulvaney’s pre- tion was already facing criticism tion of anonymity because they As Trump ascended in 2016, Sanders now have the wherewith- decessor, retired four-star Gen. over its handling of the outbreak were not authorized to discuss Meadows switched from his ear- al to fight it out on the airwaves John Kelly — have tried and — threatened to exacerbate con- the changes publicly. Mulvaney lier backing of Texas Sen. Ted as long as the nominating fight cerns about the government’s was informed Friday. Cruz and — urged on by his wife failed to do. continues. ability to protect the nation from a Some outside advisers had cau- — joined the Trump train. Since Meadows adopted the “Let A new Biden ad, “Always,” de- virus that has now infected more tioned Trump that making such then he has proven himself an un- Trump be Trump” mantra that fends against Sanders’ charac- than 100,000 people worldwide. a high-profile switch during the wavering Trump ally. had served others in Trump’s terization that Biden is a threat Meadows will be Trump’s fourth coronavirus crisis would rattle A skilled negotiator, Meadows orbit well and focused instead on to Social Security benefits, a con- chief of staff in as many years. markets craving stability, and his is seen as both a leader and an trying to boost staff morale and tention the Vermont senator has Mulvaney had been leading the decision to make the announce- outlier among Republicans on wooing lawmakers at the Camp made for months but ratcheted up administration’s interagency re- ment after Wall Street had closed Capitol Hill. Meadows was cen- David presidential retreat. But since Biden climbed past him in sponse to the virus until Trump Friday was partly informed by tral to talks on the failed effort to while he never irritated Trump the national delegate count after designated Vice President Mike those concerns, the people said. repeal Obamacare and pass the and outside allies, winning 10 out of 14 Super Tues- day states. “Joe Biden has always been a strong supporter of Social Secu- rity. Biden will increase Social VA proposes new rules for caregiver program Security benefits and protect it for generations to come,” a nar- rator intones, before turning the BY NIKKI WENTLING provides benefits such as month- by the summer the program will commanders, Dave Riley, who matter back on Sanders. “Nega- Stars and Stripes ly stipends, health insurance and be ready for the secretary to cer- lost all of his limbs to a bacterial tive ads will only help Donald medical training only to caregiv- tify,” Stone said. infection in 1997. Riley’s wife, Trump. It’s time we bring our WASHINGTON — The De- ers for veterans injured after the However, there could be more who is his caregiver, would not be partment of Veterans Affairs party together.” 9/11 terrorist attacks. delays depending on the feed- eligible under the current rules A Sanders ad airing in upcom- published new rules Friday for its The VA missed a deadline last back the VA receives about the because the infection occurred caregiver support program, put- ing primary states features Sen- fall to establish the information proposed rules published Friday, before 9/11 and because his dis- ate audio from a 1990s debate on ting the agency one step closer to technology needed to expand Stone said. ability resulted from an illness, expanding benefits to more vet- a balanced-budget amendment caregiver benefits to families of “This is a very complex regula- not an injury. eran caregivers after months of to the Constitution. Biden, then pre-9/11 veterans — a deadline tion of more than 200 pages, and “This regulation would finally delays. a Delaware senator, talks of his that had been extended from the we do expect a robust response,” remove any uncertainty and The proposed changes to the work on long-term budget deals previous year. The missed dead- he said. make them — and many others that could have curbed some en- program are outlined in a 200- like them — eligible for this criti- page document published in the line pushed back other target One major change in the pro- titlement spending. dates, delaying enrollment into posed rules is to include veterans cal support,” Whitehead said. The second Biden ad, “Ser- Federal Register on Friday. The DAV is reading through the rest public will have 60 days — until the program at least until this with any service-connected dis- vice,” features video of Obama of the changes in the proposed May 5 — to provide feedback. summer. ability as eligible for caregiver awarding Biden the Presidential rules before submitting feedback, Stephen Whitehead, national Richard Stone, executive in support, including illnesses and Medal of Freedom shortly before he said. commander of Disabled Ameri- charge of the Veterans Health disease. Currently, the program the pair ended their second terms The VA estimated the cost of can Veterans, said it was an Administration, told lawmakers specifies that only injured vet- in national office. “Joe’s candid, changing and expanding the pro- “important step to correct a long- last week that the IT system is erans are eligible. Confusion in honest counsel made me a bet- gram would total $755.5 million standing injustice.” “progressing well.” The 20,000 what constitutes an “injury” has ter president and a better com- The VA has struggled to comply families in the caregiver pro- led to inconsistencies about who from fiscal year 2020 to 2024. VA mander in chief,” Obama says in with a measure in the VA Mission gram have been moved onto the can be admitted, the VA said. Secretary Robert Wilkie request- the video, touting Biden’s various Act, approved in 2018, that or- system. Next, they’re working on Disabled American Veterans, ed $1.19 billion for the caregiver roles in his administration. “All dered the agency to expand ben- its ability to automatically pay which has long advocated to ex- support program in fiscal 2021 — of this makes him the finest vice efits to caregivers for veterans beneficiaries and take in new pand the program, praised that an increase of $485 million from president we have ever seen. The from the Gulf War and Vietnam applicants. change in particular. Whitehead the current fiscal year. best part is he’s nowhere close to War eras. The program currently “We are quite optimistic that noted one of the group’s past [email protected] finished.” Sunday, March 8, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 NATION President tours tornado damage in Putnam County

BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE surveying with Trump a street Associated Press where eight people were killed. The street was filled with de- COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — Pres- bris where houses once stood. ident Donald Trump on Friday Limbs were crudely snapped toured a neighborhood reduced from trees. A white laundry bas- to rubble by a tornado earlier this ket, chairs from a dining table, week and marveled at “the tre- cinder blocks and a step ladder mendous heart” he witnessed. He dotted the landscape. also offered a message for sur- Trump then met with survivors vivors and those who lost family and volunteers at a local church members: “We love them ; they’re filled with boxes of emergency special people,” he said. supplies, pallets of water and ta- Trump assumed the role of na- bles filled with clothes. tional consoler as he traveled to “When you have those who lost Tennessee. Trump surveyed dev- somebody, that’s a very tough astated communities in Putnam situation, ” Trump said during the County, where a tornado tore a 2- nearly 40-minute stop. “We are mile-long path, killing 18 people, with you all the way.” including five children under 13. He posed for pictures and shook Many more people were injured, hands with people before speak- some critically. ing to emergency personnel. Statewide, the death toll stood “Nobody’s seen what you had to at 24 from a pair of storms. go through,” Trump said. Trump was met upon his ar- Such trips have become famil- rival by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, ALEX BRANDON/AP iar for the president, who has vis- U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn and ited numerous scenes of disaster President Donald Trump, accompanied by from left, Tennessee first lady Maria Lee, Putnam County other top officials. and tragedy after hurricanes, Mayor Randy Porter, Cookeville Mayor Ricky Shelton and Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tenn., tour damage from a “It’s been a painful, tragic mass shootings and wildfires recent tornado, Friday. in Cookeville, Tenn. week for our state,” Lee said after during the past three years. North Nashville’s recovery uncertain in wake of storm

BY TRAVIS LOLLER pizza. said Reddy. Associated Press Meanwhile, hundreds of volun- Reddy said he is encouraged teers toting rakes and chainsaws that Gov. Bill Lee, who sup- NASHVILLE, Tenn. — On a were taking advantage of the ports rural development, visited frigid Friday morning in North daylight. They covered roofs with Tuesday morning. He is hoping Nashville, Ishvicka Howell stood tarps, sliced away at downed and the state government will come in her driveway and peered damaged trees, and piled debris through to help the program down the street at several utility curbside for public works trucks quickly rebuild and grow. trucks. to cart away. “If we want to produce top- “When I saw those blinking “This is a historic part of Nash- class research, we need good fa- lights, it was like Christmas, ” she ville. Some of these homes have cilities and good faculty,” Reddy said. been here 40 or 50 years, ” said said. “Those don’t come cheap.” Howell has been without Jonathan Williamson with the Over at the corner of 16th Ave. electricity since a tornado tore community group Friends and North and Knowles Street, one of through her neighborhood shortly Fam. “It’s beautiful to see every- the most heavily damaged resi- after midnight on Tuesday. one come out and work together dential blocks, new city council- “No power. No heat. We pio- to get things fixed.” man Brandon Taylor stopped to neering it,” Howell said. “Grilling North Nashville is home to sev- talk with Robert Sherrill of the it and boiling water on the grill. eral historically black colleges nonprofit Impact Youth Outreach. We’re in survival mode.” and universities. Fisk University Taylor said city leaders already The tornado that struck Nash- and Meharry Medical College MARK HUMPHREY/AP are discussing ways to help resi- ville wrecked several neighbor- were largely unscathed from the dents rebuild. hoods as it hopped across the city, A woman walks down a street lined with debris Friday in Nashville, storm. But Tennessee State Uni- smashing into the trendy Ger- Tenn. Residents and businesses face a huge cleanup effort after versity suffered the near total “We’re trying to build a plan to mantown and Five Points, where tornadoes hit the state Tuesday. destruction of its agricultural make sure the community comes two people died. research center. The loss is es- out of this whole,” he said. But North Nashville’s histori- rooting huge trees and toppling pastor of Ephesian Primitive timated at between $30 and $50 Sherrill grew up on 16th Ave. cally African American neigh- electrical poles. While many Baptist Church. million. North and has already seen how borhoods were already suffering parts of North Nashville had little But Hill said he was encour- College of Agriculture Dean much it has changed through gen- from decades of redlining and ne- storm damage, most residents aged by the outpouring of aid. Chandra Reddy said the school trification. He worries that any glect, isolated from more affluent were still without electricity Fri- His church, too, is without power. has never been funded on par help won’t come soon enough. neighborhoods by the interstates day. No lights. No heat. And no But outside in the parking lot, with the University of Tennessee. Paige Jack, with the group that cut through the heart of the way to store or cook food. donations of all sorts have been It’s only in the past few years that Friends and Fam, was handing city. More recently, they have Some are wondering if North pouring in to be scooped up by the state government has started out food nearby and was more op- begun to feel the pressure of gen- Nashville can recover from this grateful residents. It was a scene matching federal funding, and timistic. She thinks the volunteers trification as new residents and latest hit or if its African Ameri- repeated on nearly every corner the school has been working hard from other parts of the city and short-term renters search out af- can families will be permanently of the storm-damaged blocks on to build up the program. beyond will leave feeling more fordable areas near downtown. displaced. Friday. Volunteers manned fold- “This tornado is a double connected to North Nashville. And now this. The killer storm “We are worried because we ing tables with free water, batter- whammy for us. We were barely “It’s made people much more devastated whole blocks, tearing know developers are going to ies, diapers, trash bags, and hot putting something up there, and appreciative of our community,” off roofs, blowing down walls, up- come in,” said Cornelius A. Hill, food like barbecue, hot dogs and then this comes and wipes it out, ” she said. PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, March 8, 2020 NATION CIA, NSA spied on world, bickered with each other

BY GREG MILLER point,” the CIA history says. “One of doing business with a Western The Washington Post of the continuing irritants on the company. CIA side was this apparent lack The CIA controlled most as- U.S. spy agencies were on the of appreciation for traditional pects of the operation, though the verge of an espionage break- [agency] clandestine operational agency’s role was known only to through, closing in on the clan- procedures.” a handful of Crypto executives. destine purchase of a Swiss The account bears the clear It was up to the NSA to monitor company that could give Ameri- stamp of a record compiled by messages being relayed around can intelligence the ability to the CIA’s historical branch. But the world by Crypto’s far-flung crack much of the world’s en- the document, which was com- customers, then decipher the crypted communications. pleted around 2004, was drafted coded messages so they could be But the deal fell apart, done by an NSA historian and based to shared with U.S. officials at the in by one of many behind-the- a large degree on files and input White House, Pentagon and State scenes battles between the CIA from both agencies. The Post ob- Department. and the National Security Agency tained access to the CIA history The CIA and the NSA declined detailed in classified documents and a separate account drafted in to comment. tracing one of the most remark- 2008 by the German intelligence The operation’s peak years able intelligence operations in service, the BND, as part of a came after the CIA and BND pur- American history. reporting project with German chase. But the files show that the The terms of the transaction broadcaster ZDF and the Swiss deal was delayed for more than were all in place when the NSA news channel SRF. a decade by arguments between abruptly “opted out” of negotia- Current and former U.S. of- the U.S. spy services. tions to acquire the Swiss firm, ficials said many of the charac- Crypto’s founder, Swedish en- Crypto AG, in the late 1950s, ac- teristics attributed to the two gineer and entrepreneur Boris cording to the documents. NSA’s agencies still exist and that the Hagelin, had cooperated with last-minute balk is depicted as a institutional rivalry continues. U.S. spy agencies starting in the typically misguided move by a But the often dueling spy services early 1950s as part of a “gentle- code-breaking agency known for have had nearly 70 years to settle men’s agreement” in which he risk aversion, raising petty objec- into their distinct roles and man- restricted sales of his most so- tions and “dithering.” age ongoing frictions. phisticated encryption machines SUSAN BIDDLE/The Washington Post It took more than a dozen years “There was not a lot of love to keep them out of the hands of to put the transaction back on lost between CIA and NSA over Western adversaries. Former CIA director Stansfield Turner. track. The CIA and West German the years,” said Larry Pfeiffer, But Hagelin made clear early in intelligence went on to acquire who held senior positions at both that arrangement that he wished “numbed even NSA into rational tor register, sometimes in true Crypto AG in 1970 and used the agencies. Pfeiffer, who is now di- to retire and was open to selling behavior.” name,” according to the CIA his- company as an espionage plat- rector of the Hayden Center for his company to U.S. spy agencies. Friedman and the CIA thought tory, “and could be seen by fac- form targeting more than 100 Intelligence at George Mason He began formal negotiations in they had found a clear path to buy tory hands” touring the Crypto countries. University, said the frictions have 1957 with William Friedman, a out Hagelin in 1958 when the NSA compound. The cavalier approach The operation continued to be subsided in the post-9/11 period pioneer of American cryptology, “abruptly turned over all its files enabled Crypto employees, and, marred by frictions between the that triggered a major restructur- but Friedman “ran into immedi- to CIA and got out of the negoti- later, journalists, to identify United States’ preeminent but ing of the intelligence community ate opposition from NSA” after ating loop.” But the NSA raised NSA employees including Nora perpetually squabbling spy sib- and required extensive coopera- presenting the proposal to top new objections months later, and lings. Their rivalry is widely ac- Mackebee, a senior cryptanalyst, tion against terrorist networks. officials. the plans to buy Crypto were put knowledged in Washington and directly involved in meetings at But the two agencies still have The NSA cast doubt on the need off indefinitely. has been cited as a factor in intel- Crypto. sharp disagreements over their for such a deal, believing that it The collaboration smoothed ligence failures including the lack In the mid-1990s, the CIA respective roles in cyberespio- somewhat after that acquisition, a of warning before the terrorist at- could crack Hagelin’s machines launched an overhaul of the op- nage and other issues, Pfeiffer without company help, and re- deal that NSA acquiesced to after tacks of Sept. 11, 2001. a final flurry of protests, accord- eration’s security, cutting back But the classified history of said. “Their cultures can clash. garding many of the countries on agency interactions with com- The languages can be different.” buying the devices as “low pri- ing to the documents. the Crypto operation, which was Crypto became, in essence, pany executives, requiring “all written by the CIA’s Center for The CIA history describes the ority.” NSA officials also warned direct contacts …to be from pub- Crypto operation as “the intelli- that “there was a very high like- a subsidiary of the CIA. But the the Study of Intelligence, pro- two U.S. spy agencies continued lic telephones,” and scrubbing vides unusually direct insight into gence coup of the century,” a pro- lihood that the whole clandestine company documents, presumably gram that enabled American spy arrangement would be exposed, to square off over primacy and the nature of their antagonism influence — a dynamic quick- including visitor logs, of “incrimi- agencies to read the messages of and the thing would unravel.” and its consequences over years ly detected by their German nating information.” governments across the Middle Friedman found the CIA to be of unavoidable collaboration on counterparts. The NSA also rescued the oper- East, Africa and Latin America. far more enthusiastic and drafted high-stakes espionage. “Between the CIA and the NSA ation at a time when some at CIA Under CIA and BND control, a detailed plan designed to sur- The document contains the there were always disputes about began to raise doubts about its vi- Crytpo also sold rigged devices mount NSA objections. In one of names of dozens of CIA opera- which of these services had the ability. A decade after acquiring to friendly governments includ- the more pointed digs contained tives and NSA cryptologists, but say,” a senior BND official said in Crypto, one of the agency’s top ing Spain and Italy as well as the in the documents, the CIA history the agencies emerge as charac- that agency’s history of the opera- Vatican. The communist world notes that Friedman’s case was operatives in Germany warned ters themselves, with distinct in- tion. “CIA saw itself as the one in did not buy the machines, wary so convincing that it temporarily headquarters of a “downward stitutional personalities. charge and emphasized this by spiral” of risk and exposure as The CIA comes across as an having a CIA man posted at the foreign governments became overbearing elder, impatient operation in Munich,” the loca- more technology-savvy. with its more timid counterpart, tion of a CIA base for overseeing The program’s significance dismissive of its intermittent ob- Crypto. faded in recent years, as the jections. CIA officials “made the The CIA and the NSA also dis- spread of strong encryption soft- rules as they went along,” accord- agreed over issues of espionage ware online reduced the market ing to the history, “and were much tradecraft, although both were for dedicated machines from a more inclined to ask forgiveness prone to careless behavior that Swiss manufacturer. than permission.” risked exposure of the operation. The NSA was full of people CIA and NSA officials visited The CIA essentially dissolved who were technically brilliant but Crypto’s factory in Switzerland Crypto in 2018 in a series of trans- struggled to grasp the potential of several times in the 1970s, posing actions that divided up its assets. the operation, impeded efforts to as consultants working on a con- By then, the NSA had long since expand its scope and at times put tract with Motorola. They handed moved on to more important tar- the program’s secrecy in jeopar- out business cards “printed up by gets that focused on finding ways dy with sloppy tradecraft. the CIA cover staff” that carried to exploit the global reach of U.S. “NSA people traveled in true the name of a phony front com- technology giants including Mi- NSA.gov. name, and sent far more people pany. But the names on the cards crosoft and Google, according to to meetings than CIA felt was Employees from Arlington Hall Station are seen during a visit to the were real, rather than aliases. the trove of agency files exposed advisable from a security stand- site of the new National Security Agency during the 1950s. “They would sign the visi- by Edward Snowden. Sunday, March 8, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 NATION Simian standoff No agreement on herpes-infected monkeys in Florida

BY HANNAH KNOWLES The Washington Post The monkeys — just six of them — ar- rived in the 1930s as tourist attractions, confined to an island in a Central Florida river. The problem: They could swim. The furry, pink-faced creatures native to Asia soon spread and multiplied in what is now Silver Springs State Park, captur- /TNS ing the hearts of visitors who traveled the PHOTOS BY DOUG ENGLE, STAR BANNER lush river in glass-bottom boats — and con- Kayakers get a glimpse of a monkey along the Silver River in Central Florida, where the rhesus macaques have stirred controversy. founding conservationists who want to rein them in. They’re adorable but undeniably inva- sive. Experts worry their growing ranks will hurt other species. And to top it off, many of the monkeys carry a form of her- pes virus. The debate about whether and how to control the 4,000-acre park’s rhesus ma- caques has reignited in recent weeks after a spate of far-flung monkey sight- ings brought alarm and blaring headlines: “They’re here!” one news station declared after the animals showed up as far as 100 miles north in Jacksonville. But park offi- cials are no longer trying to tamp the ma- caque population down. It’s a testament, researchers say, to the messy problem of managing an invasive species that has become a tourist highlight complete with its own urban legend (the Nick Bozman, owner of Slick Charters, often takes people on tours of the Silver River monkeys did not escape from the set of a to see the rhesus macaques. Tarzan movie). “People feel really emotionally connect- River’s monkeys have stopped. Instead of according to the CDC. The virus brings ed to these animals,” said Jane Anderson, trying to manage the population, officials symptoms much like the flu’s but can es- an assistant professor of research at the warn tourists to keep their distance. calate to brain damage or death in humans Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Insti- “We tell people not to approach them, not if untreated. Experts caution that such tute who has studied the monkeys’ growth to feed them, because we want people to human cases are rare, though. over the years. “And that makes it much A baby rhesus macaque peeks from stay safe,” said Craig Littauer, a park ser- Carli Segelson, a spokeswoman for the harder to convey that we need to imple- behind a tree trunk along the Silver River. vices specialist. He emphasized that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ment population management than [for] an monkeys are just one of a host of local wild Commission, told The Post in an email at animal that’s less cute and cuddly.” animals, from black bears to bobcats, that the time of the new monkey feeding ban The trapping and selling drew its own Rhesus macaques have been known to can act unpredictably. that the commission “supports active man- backlash, however, from animal rights wreak havoc on new habitats. In Puerto The Florida Park Service posts signs and agement” but did not give specifics. groups and others concerned for the mon- Rico, studies note, their introduction in fliers reminding people to “keep a safe dis- While she said the macaques have “bitten keys’ welfare. the 1960s destroyed seabird populations as tance” from wildlife, and staff may tempo- or scratched multiple people in Florida,” the monkeys devoured eggs. In the early “It is a tragedy that wild monkeys are rarily close areas where they spot monkeys authorities have yet to record an instance 2000s, the island territory’s Department of torn from their families and forest homes during morning “safety and maintenance of the monkeys passing their herpes B to Agriculture found that commercial farms and sold to research and testing labora- checks,” said Weesam Khoury, a spokes- humans in the wild. were losing millions of dollars because of tories,” one animal rights organization’s person for the Florida Department of En- The commission is “working with our macaques and another monkey species. spokesman said in 2013, calling on officials vironmental Protection. partners to explore possible options to re- Anderson estimates 550 to 600 ma- to catch and sterilize instead, as the Ocala It wasn’t always illegal to feed the ma- move the threat of free-roaming monkeys caques now living in North Central Florida Star-Banner reported. caques. That policy came in 2018, as state in Florida,” Segelson wrote back in 2018. and frets that more growth could bring se- But sterilization is expensive, research- authorities warned the monkey population But researchers say there has been no rious consequences for area birds such as ers say, and budgets are tight. Steven John- was spilling beyond the park, just a 20- movement since, and Segelson referred quails. son, an academic who advocates cutting the minute drive from the city of Ocala. questions about monkey removals to the The macaque population along Florida’s monkey population, acknowledges there is Monkey attacks — including one cap- state’s Department of Environmental Silver River had ballooned to nearly 400 no easy solution now that the macaques tured in a viral video — had raised con- Protection. by 1984, according to a paper by Anderson have made themselves at home. cerns about aggression toward visitors. A Still, the primates appear as alluring as and her colleagues. About a thousand of “What do you do with the monkeys?” the study published in a journal of the Centers ever to park patrons. the area’s monkeys were trapped and sold University of Florida associate professor for Disease Control and Prevention had “First thing everyone asks about is the for biomedical research over the next sev- told The Washington Post. “If you bring also fueled worries about herpes B, de- monkeys,” Nick Bozman, who transports eral decades, they write, as people grew them out alive, something has to be done scribing a “public health concern” while tourists on the river, told the Ocala Star- concerned they might be plundering birds’ with them.” concluding that up to 30% of Silver Spring Banner recently. “They are good for my nests and could pass their virus on to hu- Other less lovable , invasive Florida spe- State Park’s macaques shed the virus in business.” mans. The macaques’ herpes B has only cies, such as the Burmese python, are far their saliva, urine and feces. He knows there are costs, too. been transmitted to people in the lab — but easier to cull without raising a public out- People can get herpes B from an infect- “They are not supposed to be here,” in the rare cases that humans get the virus, cry, Johnson said. ed monkey via a scratch, bite or contact he told the paper. “It’s a double-edged it can be deadly. And so, since 2012, efforts to thin Silver with the monkey’s eyes, nose and mouth, sword.” PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, March 8, 2020 NATION Divers seek a sunken Southern cemetery An underwater black burial ground may have been found

BY PAUL GUZZO Tampa Bay Times ODESSA, Fla. — Archaeologists will soon start the search for Keystone Memo- rial Cemetery, believed to have been for- gotten 70 years ago among the 130 acres that today make up Bay Tree Farm. But remnants of the all-black burial ground may already have been found . Over the course of six hours, members of the team pulled three possible markers and pieces of three others from Lake Twitt in Odessa, near where the cemetery was established. Shown photos of the square and rectan- gular concrete blocks, Curtiss Wilson, 91, who grew up near the cemetery and now lives in East Tampa, said she remembers objects just like them from the cemetery. “They are cornerstones,” said Wilson, whose father Charlie Walker tended to the cemetery. “Those who could afford them put one in each corner of the grave.” Wilson, the retired founder of Wilson Funeral Home, was certain that a long rectangular block was a cornerstone. Square blocks and pieces of concrete look- like markers that would have been used PHOTOS BY CHRIS URSO, THE TAMPA (FLA.) TRIBUNE/AP but she could not be certain. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Dyheputy Alton Smith, walks from a lake with items that were recovered in Janurary at Bay Tree Farm But divers shouldn’t have expected to in Odessa, Fla. Members of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Department Underwater Recovery Team and University of Southern find traditional headstones, Wilson said. Florida searched a lake, pond and property for Keystone Memorial Cemetery. Families who buried loved ones at Key- stone cemetery couldn’t afford them and made do with what they had. ‘ If they keep looking, “Usually just those bricks of concrete,” Wilson said. “There were maybe a few per- they’ll find more than the manent headstones.” corner markers. Typically, names and dates of birth ’ and death were etched onto temporary Curtiss Wilson markers. daughter of former cemetery caretaker Wilson was upset to see her fears con- firmed — that someone would toss mark- ers into the lake and perhaps leave the were used for something else, though she bodies in the ground as though they meant could not say for what. nothing. “We need to put together a land use re- “How can anyone do anything like that?” cord of the property to find out,” she said. she said. “What type of person?” Such research, Kimmerle said, might Bay Tree Farm owner Carolyn Wilson, also explain why the dive team recovered who is no relation to Curtiss Wilson, was a handful of brick street pavers created by not surprised to see divers emerge with the the Georgia-based Rockmary company markers. She operates the farm for a dozen that closed shop in 1929. or so horses that have been put out to pas- “This land has a long history,” Kimmerle ture there. said. “We need to learn more.” “I expected this,” said Carolyn Wilson, a Smith, left, and Deputy Andrew Lynch display a sign found in the lake during a search. The Keystone cemetery was founded in developer and namesake of an art gallery the early 1900s by freed slave Tony Lewis. at the University of South Florida. where the cemetery might have been. deputy who leads the dive team. The next owner was David Allen — like She purchased the property in 1981 and Brian Boyle of Odessa, a history hob- Still, the three intact corner markers Lewis, a member of nearby Mt. Pleasant later heard there might have been a burial byist, put Carolyn Wilson in contact with hardly seemed the type of find that war- AME Church. In 1924, Allen sold the prop- ground somewhere on the property. She friends of his on the sheriff’s dive team. ranted the body of water’s former repu- erty that included the cemetery to William also heard that college fraternities used to The team is required to perform two tation among fraternities. They called it Twitt, the county tax assessor and lake’s send pledges to the lake at night in search training dives a month in bodies of water “Suicide Lake.” of grave markers. throughout Hillsborough County. Janu- But dive team member deputy Andrew namesake. Upon learning from the Tampa Bay ary’s dive was conducted at Lake Twitt, Lynch said the sea grass was nearly five In 1941, Twitt sold the land to Ernestine Times about interest in Keystone cem- owned by Carolyn Wilson, with the under- feet high in some areas and their feet sunk Woodard. She would later partner in the etery from descendants of those buried standing that the team would also look for six to seven inches into the earth in others. property with her brother Robert Woodard there, Carolyn Wilson reached out to USF remnants of the forgotten cemetery. So, other markers could have been too well Sr., later the mayor of Temple Terrace. for help. This dive enabled them to practice hidden to locate. Curtiss Wilson said Twitt allowed the The search for graves will be led by USF techniques employed for searching for They also limited their search to 10 feet church and community to continue using archaeologist Erin Kimmerle, who has evidence. around the dock located in the lake’s west- the land as a cemetery. The owners who gained notoriety for work including the They didn’t have to search long. ern area and near a clearing in the eastern followed, she said, put a stop to it. discovery of graves at the Arthur G. Doz- Within 15 minutes after entering the portion. The markers were found near the Those with family buried at the cem- ier School for Boys — a state-run reform water, while standing in waist-deep water dock. etery could not afford to move the bodies, school in Marianna that was shuttered in and shuffling their feet on the lake bottom, The dive team is willing to return at a she said, and at some point in the 1950s the 2011. divers found two markers next to a crum- later date for another training exercise in a markers disappeared. The Keystone cemetery search will be bling wooden dock. The third was found different area of the lake. Curtiss Wilson believes as many as 75 conducted with ground-penetrating radar. the next day. Archaeologist Kimmerle agreed the bodies are still there. Kimmerle has not yet announced when it It appears someone tossed the markers slabs of concrete resemble corner mark- “If they keep looking,” she said, “they’ll will start. First, she needs to better pinpoint from the dock, said Scott Jones, the master ers, but said it is also a possibility they find more than the corner markers.” Sunday, March 8, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 WORLD Tear gas launched by both sides in border standoff BY MYSTISLAV CHERNOV AND SUZAN FRASER Associated Press EDIRNE, Turkey — A group of migrants on Saturday tried to bring down a fence in a desperate attempt to bust through the border into Greece while others hurled rocks at Greek police. Greek au- thorities responded, firing volleys DARKO BANDIC/AP of tear gas at the youths. A migrant hods a baby stroller as he descends a slope in Edirne at the Turkish-Greek border Thursday. At least two migrants were in- jured in the latest clash between Greek police and migrants gath- ered on the Turkish side of a border crossing near the Greek Greek villagers enlisted to village of Kastanies. As in pre- vious confrontations this week. officers in Greece fired tear gas AP help police Turkish border to impede the crowd and Turkish police fired tear gas back at their Water from a Greek police Greek counterparts. water cannon hits migrants at Associated Press through holes cut in a border dis, head of the local restaurant Groups of mostly young men Kastanies on the Turkish-Greek fence or to cross the River Evros owners’ association, said his col- tied ropes onto the fence in an at- border Friday . AMORIO, Greece — Over the — Meric in Turkish — that de- leagues delivered food and water tempt to tear it down. Some shout- years, villagers who live near marcates most of the 132-mile to units stationed at four points on ed “Allah is Great” while others Turkey, saying it was using the Greece’s border with Turkey got border. the border. shouted “open the border.” migrants’ desperation “for politi- used to seeing small groups of “We were born here, we live “They also asked us for masks It was not immediately clear cal purposes.” people enter their country ille- here, we work here ; we know the and gloves, and we’ll try to find what caused the two migrants’ In a statement Saturday, the gally. The Greek residents often crossings better than anyone,” some,” he said. injuries. A Greek government of- Greek government said that offered the just-arrived newcom- said Panayiotis Ageladarakis, a Ageladarakis said all the mi- ficial said the tear gas and water around 600 people, aided by ers a bite to eat and directed them community leader in Amorio, a grants he encountered over the cannons were used for “deter- Turkish army and military po- to the nearest police or railway village that lies some 300 yards past few days were cooperative. rence” purposes. lice, threw tear gas at the Greek station. from the river banks. “These people are frightened. Thousands of migrants headed side of the border overnight. It But the warm welcomes wore Other villages also responded Nobody has caused any trouble,” for Turkey’s land border with also said there were several at- off. When Turkey started chan- to the call for volunteer trackers. he said. Greece after President Recep tempts to breach the border fence, neling thousands of people to Small groups of unarmed men But the village community Tayyip Erdogan’s government and fires were lit in an attempt to Greece, insisting that its ancient monitor known crossing points leader said that in his view, the said last week that it would no damage the barrier. regional rival and NATO ally re- after dark. people he encountered did not longer prevent migrants and ref- “Attempts at illegal entry into ceive them as refugees, the Greek “We sit at the crossings, and look like they were fleeing wars ugees from crossing over to Eu- Greek territory were prevented government sealed the border they come, ” Ageladarakis told in their own countries. ropean Union territory. Greece by Greek forces, which repaired and rushed police and military The Associated Press as he “There’s nobody coming from deployed riot police and border the fence and used sirens and reinforcements to help hold back drove a pickup truck with a fel- a war,” he said. “None of them guards to repel people trying to loudspeakers,” the statement the flood. low Greek border village resident are refugees. They’re all illegal enter the country from the sea or read. Greeks in the border region ral- along a rough track at night. “We migrants and that’s why they’re by land. Thousands of migrants have lied behind the expanding border keep them there most of the time, trying to get into Europe (this Erdogan plans to be in Brussels slept in makeshift camps near force, collecting provisions and call police and they come and ar- way).” on Monday for a one-day working the border since the Turkish gov- offering any possible contribu- rest them. Then, it’s a matter for Greek authorities said that out visit. A statement from his office ernment said they were free to tion to what is seen as a national the police. We aren’t interested in of the 252 people arrested for il- did not specify where he would go, waiting for the opportunity to effort to stop a Turkish-spurred where they take them. We just try legal entry over the past week as be during his visit or the reason cut over to Greece. Erdogan an- incursion. to help this effort taking place by of Friday, 64% were Afghans, 19% why he’s heading to the EU’s nounced last week that Turkey In several cases, authorities the army and the police.” Pakistanis, 5% Turks and 4% Syr- headquarters. would no longer be Europe’s gate- asked villagers familiar with Help for the border units also ians, while the others were from The announcement came hours keeper and its previously guard- the local terrain to help locate came from Evros businesses and Iraq, Iran, Morocco, Ethiopia, after EU foreign ministers meet- ed borders with Europe are now migrants who managed to slip store owners. Nikos Georgia- Bangladesh and Egypt. ing in Croatia on Friday criticized open.. Vatican suspends sex abuse fact-finding trip due to virus

Associated Press didn’t immediately return mes- crimes investigators, Archbishop to offer to resign for their roles in recently traveled to Italy,” he sages seeking comment. Charles Scicluna and Monsignor decades of covering up cases of noted. MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s The mission to Mexico, which Jordi Bertomeu, were to have priests who raped children. But Italy’s coronavirus emer- bishops said Friday the Vatican was announced Monday, was been in Mexico City from March After reading their report, had suspended a clerical sex gency has been underway for known to have alarmed some in 20-27 to meet with bishops, reli- Pope Francis asked for forgive- two weeks, and is focused on the abuse fact-finding and assistance the Mexican hierarchy, and abuse gious superiors and victims. No ness for having misunderstood mission to Mexico due to the northern Lombardy region, which survivors said they doubted the new date for their mission was the scope of abuse and cover-up has registered half of Italy’s 4,636 spreading coronavirus in Italy virus was the real reason it was announced. in the church, and he has since cases. The south-central Lazio re- and now the Vatican. scuttled. On Tuesday, the Vatican The two prelates were the same approved new measures to hold The Mexican Episcopal Confer- ambassador to Mexico, Archbish- Vatican officials who went to Chile bishops accountable for covering gion, where the Vatican city state ence said in a statement the Holy op Franco Coppola, revealed that in 2018 to investigate one case of up abuse. is located, has registered 54 posi- See had suspended all foreign ac- the Vatican had been investigat- abuse cover-up and returned to In comments to The Associated tive cases. Malta, the Mediterra- tivities after registering its first ing four Mexican bishops since Rome with testimony from more Press on Friday, Coppola said the nean island where Scicluna lives, positive test Thursday. The Vati- May for allegedly covering or than 60 victims that filled a 2,600- suspension was due to the “health hasn’t registered a single positive can announced no such ban pub- mishandling abuse cases. page dossier. Their investigation emergency in Italy.” case. There have been five posi- licly, and the Vatican spokesman The Vatican’s two leading sex led to every active Chilean bishop “All those infected in Mexico tive cases in Mexico. PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, March 8, 2020 MUSIC

BY AMY KAUFMAN Taylor for 35 years. “In the Los Angeles Times years I was at VH1 and MTV, he never wanted to do a ‘Behind ven here, in the stillness the Music’ special — he could of the Berkshires forest, never be talked into it. So it was James Taylor grows interesting to me how fully com- Eanxious. He has to be mitted and into this he was once conscious of how he enters his we started going. He told me a days, since he most often experi- lot of stuff I never knew. And he’s ences stress during the fi rst six one of the only rock stars you’ll hours of being awake. ever meet who speaks in full “I was glad to get a chance to paragraphs.” see my shrink. I haven’t seen her Taylor decided to call the audio since before the break,” he says. memoir “Break Shot: My First “I think any attempt at mental 21 Years.” The title is a refer- health is an excellent idea. It’s a ence to the fi rst shot of a billiards little bit self-centered and navel- game, when the cue ball slams gazing, to a certain extent, to into the other balls, sending them focus on yourself to that degree. off into various directions. For But some of us need to become Taylor, that moment occurred conscious of what we’re doing when he left his Massachusetts that we need to stop doing.” boarding school, Milton Acad- It’s early January, and the emy, and went to McLean. But “it 71-year-old, who has just driven had been building,” he says, “to a the mile of his maple-lined entry real discontinuity”: His father’s after visiting with his thera- alcoholism had reached a critical pist, walks into TheBarn — his point. His parents’ marriage was recording studio, a building just coming to an end. The Vietnam a few paces from where he sleeps War was underway. John F. Ken- — and takes off his coat. He nedy and Martin Luther King keeps on his trademark newsboy Jr. had been assassinated. The cap while tending to the fi re in U.S. was living under the threat the wood-burning stove. of nuclear annihilation amid the It’s diffi cult to imagine a more Cuban Missile Crisis. tranquil environment. But in He was on the precipice of recent years, Taylor says, he has adulthood, but he didn’t have any found his anxiety becoming “a direction. Growing up, Taylor bear.” From the inception of his often felt crushed by the weight career, the musician has been of his family’s unspoken expecta- open about his mental health tions. His father was, as he puts struggles. In his senior year of it, “the ultimate academician” high school, he spent 10 months — a star student who went from at Boston’s McLean Hospital Harvard Medical School to head during his fi rst depressive epi- resident at Massachusetts Gen- sode. A couple of years later, he eral Hospital. When Taylor and checked into another residential his four siblings were still kids, treatment center in an attempt their father uprooted them from to kick his heroin addiction. It the Northeast to North Carolina, was there that he composed the where he would later become majority of his fi rst hit record, dean of the University of North 1970’s “Sweet Baby James” — a Carolina Medical School. story he shared whenever he But as he remembers in spoke about his songwriting. “Break Shot,” Taylor wasn’t get- Which is why, when Taylor has ting any clear instruction from been asked by publishers over his parents on how to achieve the years to write his memoirs, such success — about how to ‘Break Shot’ he has declined. Because he apply to college or pursue a fi nds it redundant to talk about career. He grapples with his re- his music — “it should be lis- lationship to his parents through- tened to, and it either connects out the audio memoir, which he James Taylor refl ects on the fi rst crazy 21 or it doesn’t” — he’s been more says he largely felt comfortable forthcoming about his personal making at all because his parents years of his life in new audiobook memoir struggles since he became fa- are no longer around. mous 50 years ago. “I wanted to be careful not to Then, last summer, Audible drag other people’s business into approached Taylor about col- the street — people who are my laborating on a project. Because contemporaries and my siblings he was preparing to release an — anyone who’s still alive,” he album of classic covers — explains. “American Standard,” which was Less than a month before the released Feb. 28 — his manager Jan. 31 release of the Audible thought that teaming up with project, Taylor is still uneasy the audio company might help to about the prospect of sharing it promote the new music. with the world. Because the fi nal Initially, Taylor envisioned touches had yet to be put on the creating something for Audible audio version of the story, his that would focus on his songwrit- representatives would allow The ing. He planned on selecting six Times to review only the manu- of his tunes and talking about the script of “Break Shot” — and to process of writing them, their read it on Taylor’s property. meaning and reception. The singer-songwriter says his But when he began talking hesitation came from a fear that to the project’s producer, Bill someone might “furiously read Flanagan — an author and it and mine it for its prurient television executive who oversaw or sensational aspects” before VH1’s “Storytellers” and CMT’s release. The abbreviated memoir “Crossroads” — a different idea does delve into his infamous emerged. drug use — he didn’t get sober “We talked on the phone about until his mid-30s — and in one the parameters — about 90 scene, he recalls how he acciden- minutes of James talking about tally gave John Lennon a dose of something — and the best idea methadone “too big to be taken that came up was his detailing by a civilian. ... I am sure glad I MYUNG J. CHUN, LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS the fi rst 21 years of his life,” says Flanagan, who has known CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 Sunday, March 8, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 MUSIC Nashville finds a playful side City known for country music now a hotbed of game soundtrack production

BY KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press ashville is already known as Music City, but a new wave of music being recorded there for video games, TV shows and movies could earn it a Nnew title as Soundtrack City. The city has a reputation for high- quality studio musicians that can play just about any genre, including country, pop, rock, gospel and more. Nashville musicians have also been behind the soundtracks for some of the biggest video game franchises including Madden, FIFA, Call of Duty and Star Wars. And more production companies have been bringing their fi lm and TV soundtrack recordings to Nashville, including Netfl ix, Showtime, Sony and Focus Features, thanks in part to an incentive program enacted into law last year. “Nashville has become one of the two or three major places to record in the world for fi lm, game and television,” said Steve Schnur, president of music for Electronic Arts, the popular video game company. Schnur’s background includes working MARK HUMPHREY/AP at MTV and record labels such as Arista and also working as a music supervisor Nick Spezia works in the control room during the recording of a video game soundtrack in Nashville. on fi lms prior to joining EA. He’s been a sort of Pied Piper for soundtrack record- integral to the gameplay in creating both video games are non-linear, meaning the Tennessee Entertainment Commission, ing in Nashville. “I’ve been preaching emotion and attachment to the characters player’s decisions can take the game in said that when Tennessee has to compete Nashville for quite some time and initially and storyline. Kris Bowers, the composer different directions, he had to compose with neighboring states like Georgia and it was met with a little cynicism,” he said. and pianist behind the Oscar-winning music in a totally different way than he Louisiana for fi lm and TV production, “Nashville? Don’t they make country fi lm “Green Book,” came to Ocean Way does for fi lms or TV. music production was their competitive records there?” Nashville Recording Studios to record the “For each of these different endings advantage. For a long time, EA recorded soundtrack for Madden NFL 20. or different iterations of the storyline, or Raines notes that Tennessee has the soundtracks for their games with orches- Bowers said he can still recall exactly the way that it branches out, there will be highest concentration of musicians in the tras in Los Angeles, London and eastern the music of the games he played as a a different piece of score,” Bowers said. country and is the second in the country Europe. That changed about seven years child, such as GoldenEye 007 on Nintendo “For myself, thinking as more of a fi lm for concentration of sound engineers. ago when Schnur came to Nashville to re- 64 or Super Smash Bros. and Zelda. composer, how do I make each branch feel About fi ve years ago, Raines said they cord music for a trailer for a game called “I think the music immediately con- similar, like they are related, but obvi- started seeing growth in the scoring Dragon’s Age Inquisition. nects you, especially when there are ously matching the emotional tone of the sector, so the state started working on an “It was like the world’s greatest band,” strong themes or these melodies that you story at that moment?” incentive program. Schnur said of the 60-member orchestra can’t forget. It’s the same thing as hear- That also means a lot more music to In just six months, they brought fi ve assembled for the recording. “It really ing a John Williams score. You hear it and record compared to a feature fi lm. Schnur new musical scoring projects to Tennes- supported what Nashville is: a collabora- you’re immediately transported to your said video game scores can range between see that likely would have gone to eastern tive place.” childhood,” Bowers said. an hour to 300 minutes of recorded music. Europe, with companies such as Netfl ix, Even more so, Nashville’s musicians Bowers also explained that because Bob Raines, executive director of the Showtime Networks, Focus Features, were both fast and accurate, even on Sony and EA, Raines said. complicated scores written by acclaimed “We have a legacy of music as a state composers such as Hans Zimmer, Lorne brand so it was easy to promote,” said Balfe, Jeff Russo and John Debney. Raines. “This is a fi rst-take town,” said Schnur. ‘ Schnur said now the problem isn’t “You go to Prague, you’re doing six or This is a fi rst-take town. You go to bringing projects to Nashville, it’s fi nding seven takes.” the studio space and time to record them. Now, Schnur estimates 90 to 95% of Prague, you’re doing six or seven takes. ’ “Nobody second guesses coming to EA’s scores are being recorded in Nash- Nashville,” said Schnur. “The only ques- ville, with the rest recorded in London. Steve Schnur tion now is there’s not enough space and The music of video games often is President of music for Electronic Arts we need more.”

FROM PAGE 12 Flanagan didn’t push for such detail, anyway, he says: early on, they were what I was playing,” he says. “Those didn’t kill John Lennon that day,” he says. “By 21, he’d spent time in a mental institution, got into songs were so smart and so capable and so well done that But, as promised, he never reveals much about his a motorcycle accident, got addicted to heroin, started as songs, they need to have a presence in the life of music. intimate relationships with other living public fi gures. playing music with the Beatles. I just felt there was so I think it’s good to reiterate them. Bill Evans played these He briefl y mentions taking up with Joni Mitchell, saying much good stuff that I was very, very happy with ending songs so beautifully. He threw them into a whole new only: “Our romance did not last that long, but our friend- it there.” light on the piano that inspired an entire generation of ship has sustained for 50 years.” And the only reference Taylor has found himself refl ecting more on his youth jazz players. I’m not saying that I’m as capable as he, but to his fi rst wife, Carly Simon, occurs as he is recalling as he ages. “It seems to be a time of summing up,” he the thing is, it’s worth doing if you bring something new his childhood summers on Martha’s Vineyard, where he says, “when there’s a fi nite amount of time that remains.” to it or see it in a new light.” says he fi rst met the Simon sisters who, at 14, were out of When he listens to music — which is, in fact, a rarity, In May, Taylor will embark on a 26-date U.S. tour with his league. He married Simon in 1972, a few years after because he prefers silence so he can “put something Jackson Browne to promote the new music. He is rarely “Break Shot” cuts off. together” in his head — he fi nds himself returning to fa- at home for more than a month, but tries to balance his “Maybe that’s why Bill suggested we do that early part vorites from his childhood. “American Standard,” which touring schedule just enough so that he doesn’t tire of it. (of my life), so as not to have to make decisions like that,” he began work on in 2018, includes 14 guitar-centric “In its season, there’s nothing like it,” he says of being Taylor says of excluding his romance with Simon from arrangements of songs he treasured as a boy: “The Sur- on the road. “I don’t know if I’ve got another studio album the story. “It’s hard to talk about, to tell half of a story like rey With the Fringe on Top” from “Oklahoma,” Henry in me of my own material. It’s hard to know what will that. To own the whole thing — I’m glad I didn’t have to Mancini’s “Moon River,” Rodgers and Hammerstein’s happen in the next 10 years. I’m still writing. I feel as talk about those intimate relationships with people who “You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught.” though I’ve done this all my life, and I just want to take it are still alive.” “Not only do these songs inform my music, but very as far as I can go.” PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, March 8, 2020 CROSSWORD AND COMICS NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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“Gunston Street” is drawn by Basil Zaviski. Email him at [email protected], and visit gunstonstreet.com. Sunday, March 8, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Man sold guns, parts stolen from ATF facility

JOHNSTOWN — A PA Pennsylvania man awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to charges that he bought and sold guns and gun parts that had been stolen from a federal disposal facility. Richard Adam Schreiber, 38, of Everett, pleaded guilty to five fed- eral counts related to the thefts by a contract security guard at the National Firearms and Am- munition Destruction Branch in Martinsburg, W. V. The former guard, Christopher Lee Yates, is serving a lengthy federal sentence. Yates told inves- tigators he would arrive at work early and take guns, gun parts and ammunition that had been seized during criminal investiga- tions or were retired by federal agencies, authorities said. Woman steals skeleton over offensive gesture

CUYAMUNGUE NM — A New Mexico woman is facing a larceny charge after authorities said she stole a neighbor’s anatomical skeleton model that allegedly was making an offensive gesture toward her. Diana Hogrebe of Cuyamun- DAVID ZALUBOWSKI gue, N.M. , told Santa Fe County /AP Sheriff’s deputies she was offend- ed by the way the skeleton’s hand Sand dune drop was posed — with the middle fin- ger pointed up. Hogrebe told the Santa Fe New A visitor uses a saucer to slide down a sand dune in White Sands National Park at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Mexican the episode was the cul- mination of a monthslong feud renovated the space on the island THE CENSUS Police seize $1.5M between her and neighbor Joseph in Maui County. worth of marijuana Downs, who she said has hassled “When we started renovating The number of warnings for using hand-held cellphones her family and other nearby it, we were amazed at the num- behind the wheel issued by Massachusetts State Police GREENSBORO — Au- residents. ber of people who were saying we the first week of the state’s new distracted driving law. NC thorities in North Caro- The skeleton has not been lo- could use a movie theater,” Brad 578 The law has a grace period until April 1, when violators lina said they’ve intercepted $1.5 cated, authorities said. Ellis said. get only a warning. After that date, people caught driving “So we got to thinking about it, while holding a phone in their hand face a fine of $100 for the first offense; a $250 million worth of marijuana that Deputies: Boy left alone researched and studied and de- fine for the second offense; and a $500 fine for subsequent offenses. Repeat viola- was passing through the state cided maybe this would work and tors also face car insurance premium surcharges. along an East Coast drug route. without water, food be a nice thing for the community The Guilford County Sheriff’s to do,” he said. Office said it seized 331 pounds PENSACOLA — A 39- of marijuana and 30 pounds of a FL year-old Florida woman arrested Mandy Rochelle, 31, on after agents saw him delivering Man charged in huge concentrated form of cannabis is charged with child neglect after one count of aggravated arson. a roughly 16-pound package of a boy was left alone in a dirty identity fraud scam The Jennings Fire Department marijuana using his postal deliv- known as “wax.” home without running water or responded to a call about a resi- ery truck. The sheriff’s office said that electricity for nine days, deputies PAWTUCKET — A dential fire. North Carolina was not the in- said. RI Rhode Island man has Investigators learned Rochelle 2 state troopers rescue tended destination of the drugs. Escambia County Sheriff’s been charged with operating a and her estranged husband, Wil- trucker before explosion The office said that the seizure deputies arrested Autumn Lee large-scale identity fraud scam, bert Rochelle Jr., 37, had argued disrupted the supply of drugs Beede. Investigators conducted according to state police. prior to the fire, but the husband along the East Coast. BRIDGEWATER a welfare check on Feb. 14 at a Samuel Mate, 35, of Pawtucket, had left the home before the blaze NJ TOWNSHIP — Two home in Cantonment, near Pen- was charged with five counts of began. Rochelle’s three children New Jersey state troopers pulled Student mixes up pepper sacola, an arrest report said. identity fraud and 22 counts of were in the home at the time of a trucker to safety just seconds spray for body spray A neighbor told deputies that wrongfully obtaining telecom- the fire, authorities said. before his burning tractor-trailer the child had been alone in the munication services. exploded. JACKSONVILLE — A home since Feb. 5, the Pensacola State police began investigating Ex-mail carrier charged Trooper Robert Tarleton had FL Florida middle school News Journal reported. A second a scam reported by the cable pro- stopped a vehicle when he saw the person told authorities the child vider, Cox Communications, in for selling pot on route student mistakenly released pep- truck become engulfed in flames had asked him for water and he 2018. Authorities said Mate stole per spray after grabbing what he HUNTINGTON — A after it hit a guardrail and bridge observed a home that wasn’t suit- several people’s identities and thought was a canister of body WV former U.S. Postal abutment, state police said. able for a child when he took bot- used them to open fraudulent ac- spray from another student, Service worker in West Virginia “He immediately returned the tles of water to the residence. counts with Cox Communications school district officials said. throughout Rhode Island. Mate has been sentenced to six months driver’s credentials and ran back The seventh-grade student has Couple plans to open allegedly received about $28,600 in prison for selling marijuana to his troop car to request for been issued a civil citation for through the scam. along his mail route, officials fire and emergency medical ser- the incident at Highlands Middle 1st theater in 12 years said . vices personnel to respond to the School in Jacksonville that sent Cops: Woman set fire to U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart said crash,” state police said. 41 students to hospitals for treat- WAILUKU — The Ha- Michael Morton, 55, pleaded Tarleton drove to the scene of ment of minor injuries, Principal HI guilty to selling marijuana while the crash, where State Police Lt. waiian island of Molokai home with kids inside Evan Daniels said in pre-record- could have its first movie theater working as a letter carrier in Edward Ryer, who was headed ed messages sent to parents. in 12 years if the project is ap- JENNINGS — A Loui- Huntington between 2015 and home from work, was trying to “Thinking it was body spray, proved by local regulators. LA siana woman is in cus- 2018. rescue the driver. The owners of the RWH Chen tody, accused of setting on fire Morton admitted to distribut- Police body camera video the student who took the canister Building in Kaunakakai plan to the house she was renting with ing around 175 pounds of mari- showed the two troopers worked actually sprayed himself as if he open a 48-seat theater, The Maui her three children inside. juana during the time frame, together to drag the trucker from were applying a body fragrance News reported The State Fire Marshal’s Of- Stuart said. the cab to safety seconds before it product,” Daniels said. Brad and Grace Ellis recently fice, in a news release, said agents Stuart said Morton was caught exploded. From wire reports PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, March 8, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Biden bolstered by foreign policy views Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff BY DANIEL W. DREZNER foreign policy establishment. values in a region that will determine the Special to The Washington Post Which means, as Biden’s fortunes have United States’ future. We need to sustain been resurrected, that it might be a good our ironclad commitment to Israel’s secu- EDITORIAL ecently I asked whether, late as it idea to look at any new foreign policy mus- rity. And we need to do more to integrate wa s , “ T h e P a r t y D e c ide s ” hy p ot h - Editor ings he has had. And hey, guess what, he our friends in Latin America and Africa Terry Leonard, esis could still explain the 2020 [email protected] has an essay in the latest issue of Foreign into the broader network of democracies Democratic primary. As it turns Affairs titled “Why America Must Lead , Senior Managing Editor R and to seize opportunities for cooperation Robert H. Reid out, the results from Super Tuesday were Again.” Is there anything new in it? in those regions.” [email protected] pretty conclusive. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I- Many of the themes in Biden’s Foreign Finally, and perhaps most refreshingly, Vt., won some states, including the largest Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content Affairs essay echo his big foreign policy Biden does not seem to be implacably hos- [email protected] prize of California, but a lot of his victory speech from last summer — notions like “a tile to trade expansion. Indeed, Biden actu- was due to mail-in votes before the party foreign policy for the middle class.” That Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation coalesced around former Vice President said, there are three overarching themes ally makes a case for more trade with the [email protected] Joe Biden. According to FiveThirtyEight, that Biden is emphasizing more in 2020. rest of the world: Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital Sanders still has an 8% chance of winning First, he’s borrowed from Sanders and “More than 95 percent of the world’s [email protected] the nomination; Biden, however, has a bet- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., in ground- population lives beyond our borders — we ter than 30% chance of doing the same. ing his foreign policy vision in his vision of want to tap those markets. We need to be One of the interesting data points from what ails the United States. For someone able to build the very best in the United BUREAU STAFF Super Tuesday is that, contrary to his like Sanders, that is economic inequality; States and sell the very best around the Europe/Mideast campaign’s expectations, Sanders failed to for Biden, it is illiberal democracy. A lot of world. That means taking down trade bar- Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief generate a surge of new young voters. To Biden’s concrete pledges — reversing the riers that penalize Americans and resisting [email protected] be sure, Sanders crushed Biden with the travel ban, increase the number of refu- a dangerous global slide toward protection- +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 under-30 demographic. As CNN’s Harry gees accepted in the United States — are, ism. That’s what happened a century ago, Pacific Enten noted, however, Biden thumped as he puts it, “a day-one down payment on after World War I — and it exacerbated the Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief Sanders among older voters, and a lot more our commitment to living up to democratic Great Depression and helped lead to World [email protected] of them bothered to vote. values at home.” War II.” +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 This is consistent with Bill Scher’s hy- The second difference is that Biden It is likely that Sanders will bash Biden pothesis, articulated in a 2017 Politico stressed the need for working with demo- Washington for liking trade deals, and it is possible that essay, that Biden would thrive as “the cratic allies throughout the essay on issues some union members might agree with Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief voice of anti-populism.” So far, the prima- [email protected] ranging from climate change to nuclear Sanders rather than the former vice presi- ry results have bolstered this argument. (+1)(202)886-0033 security: “Working cooperatively with dent. Michigan’s primary next week will Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News Biden is doing best with the backbone of other nations that share our values and be a proving ground for this argument. [email protected] the Democratic Party. goals does not make the United States a Nonetheless, as I have argued again and Scher further observed that an impor- chump. It makes us more secure and more CIRCULATION tant plank of Biden’s anti-populism was successful. We amplify our own strength, again, Biden’s foreign policy message is a an attack on President Donald Trump’s extend our presence around the globe, and pretty popular one, particularly with Dem- Mideast ocratic voters. For Sanders to come back, Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager foreign policy. I pointed out last summer magnify our impact while sharing global [email protected] that this was an unsexy but popular argu- responsibilities with willing partners. We he’ll need to hope that voters either do not [email protected] ment for Biden to make: “More than any need to fortify our collective capabilities care about foreign policy or that his more DSN (314)583-9111 other candidate in the 2020 race, Biden has with democratic friends beyond North progressive foreign policy platform starts Europe tapped into how most Americans want the America and Europe by reinvesting in our to attract new voters, and right quick. Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager U.S. government to pursue its national in- treaty alliances with Australia, Japan, and Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international [email protected] terest.” It certainly earned Biden an awful South Korea and deepening partnerships politics at the Fletcher School of Law and [email protected] lot of endorsements from the Democratic from India to Indonesia to advance shared Diplomacy at Tufts University. +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 Afghans had no input in deal that could seal their fate CONTACT US BY REP. TOM MALINOWSKI And yet the U.S.-Taliban deal released willing to keep some troops in Afghanistan Washington Special to The Washington Post on Feb. 29 says that “up to” 5,000 Taliban for as long as the Afghans want to partner tel: (+1)202.886.0003 fighters held by the Afghan government with us, as we have in Germany, South 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 s a Polish American, I grew up “will be released by March 10” — before Korea and elsewhere. Their mission could hearing the phrase “nothing about the start of intra-Afghan negotiations. If be limited to training the Afghan military, Reader letters us without us.” To Eastern Europe- [email protected] Ghani, who had no part in the making the not engaging in combat. But such a com- Aans, the vow is a painful reminder deal, does not release these prisoners, the mitment would show the Taliban that they Additional contacts of how Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill Trump administration will have given the can’t win by waiting us out. It would in- stripes.com/contactus and Franklin D. Roosevelt carved up their Taliban a pretext to say that the Afghan crease the possibility of a negotiated set- small countries after World War II, placing president is violating the agreement and tlement that preserves the gains Afghans OMBUDSMAN them, against their will, under Soviet dom- thus to refuse to talk with him. have made in democracy and women’s Ernie Gates ination. I never thought I’d see an Ameri- The rest of the announced deal is no bet- rights. Ironically, committing to stay could can leader do that to a nation again, until ter. It does not require the Taliban to stop make it easier to leave safely for good. I saw the Trump administration’s peace killing Afghan troops and civilians, only to The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow Keep in mind that the troops that Presi- of news and information, reporting any attempts by the deal with the Taliban. The deal could de- stop shooting at Americans as we leave the dent Donald Trump has promised to with- military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s cide Afghanistan’s fate, though the Afghan country. The deal does not commit the Tal- draw are probably not “coming home,” but independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns government and people were given no say iban to break fully with al-Qaida, only to and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for fair- staying in the region, ready to return if ness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman in its negotiation. prevent it from attacking the United States Afghanistan becomes a haven for terror- welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted In principle, there is nothing wrong with from Afghan soil. There is no mention of ists again. Going back under those circum- by email at [email protected], or by phone at the United States negotiating directly with 202.886.0003. preventing al-Qaida from attacking us stances would be much more dangerous the Taliban. A limited deal committing all from the parts of Pakistan where the Tal- than staying today.

sides to reducing violence as the United iban is also present. The second alternative: Decide that we Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- States withdrew some troops and the Tal- The deal includes no verification mea- truly no longer need to be in Afghanistan, days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday iban started talks with the Afghan gov- sures or agreed penalties for noncompli- whatever the consequences. If so, then we through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and ernment would have been a good thing: It ance. And it commits the United States Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals should just leave. Why give the Taliban the postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send would have tested the Taliban’s intentions to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan added gift of forcing the Afghan govern- address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, before committing to a full U.S. withdrawal within 14 months no matter what the ment to release their fighters, or of lifting APO AP 96301-5002. and preserved negotiating leverage for the Taliban does. If the Taliban refuses to United Nations sanctions against Taliban This newspaper is authorized by the Department of United States’ Afghan allies. Based on the Defense for members of the military services overseas. negotiate in good faith with the Afghan leaders, as the deal also promises? Why However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are unofficial, Trump administration’s briefings, that’s government, we still leave. If it continues also legitimize these terrorists with presi- and are not to be considered as the official views of, or what many of us in Congress believed was to murder Afghan civilians, we still leave. endorsed by, the U.S. government. As a DOD newspaper, dential phone calls? in the works. This virtually guarantees that the Taliban Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official chan- The worst option is to tell the American nels and use appropriated funds for distribution to remote On Feb. 15, during a meeting attended will continue to kill, not talk. people a fairy tale about peace, so that we locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. by more than a dozen members of Con- In short, this is not a peace agreement. The appearance of advertising in this publication does feel less guilty about leaving, or so Trump gress at the Munich Security Conference It is a fig leaf for withdrawal and for aban- not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense can brag that he made a deal. Let’s ac- or Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. in Germany, I asked Secretary of State doning our Afghan allies. Products or services advertised shall be made available for Mike Pompeo about a rumor that the deal I recognize that most Americans are cept responsibility for all we’ve done in purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, Afghanistan, for good and ill, and keep religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical might also commit the Afghan government tired of U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor to releasing Taliban prisoners — a huge after more than 18 years of war. I am, too. working with our allies there. Or let’s leave of the purchaser, user or patron. upfront concession that Afghan President But I see only two honest alternatives. and let the Afghans decide their future © Stars and Stripes 2020 Ashraf Ghani understandably did not want The first would be to do the one thing themselves. to make. Pompeo told us categorically that we’ve never tried: Stop setting deadlines Malinowski, a Democrat, represents New Jersey’s stripes.com the deal would say nothing about that. for departure and simply say that we’re 7th Congressional District in the House. Sunday, March 8, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 17 SCOREBOARD

Sports Tennis College baseball Deals Brock Stewart; LHPs Tyler Olson and Monterrey Open Friday’s scores Friday’s transactions C.D. Pelham; C Jhonny Pereda to minor on AFN Friday EAST BASEBALL league camp. At Club Sonoma Fairleigh Dickinson 3, UMBC 1 Major League Baseball COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned Monterrey, Mexico George Washington 2, Monmouth 0 OFFICE OF THE COMMISIONER — Sus- LHP Ben Bowden and INF Tyler Nevin to Purse: $251,750 Iona at Fordham, ppd. pended INF Domingo Leyba for 80 games Albuquerque (PCL). Optioned RHP An- Go to the American Forces Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Maryland 14, Bryant 3 following a positive for a performance- tonio Santos to Hartford. Reassigned Women’s Singles Penn St. 2, Navy 1, 11 innings enhancing substance under Major RHPs Tommy Doyle, Julian Fernandez, Network website for the most Quarterfinals Rider at Delaware, ppd. League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention Alexander Guillen, Tim Melville and Wes up-to-date TV schedules. Marie Bouzkova (9), Czech Republic, Stony Brook 3, CCSU 2 and Treatment Program. Parsons; LHP Ryan Rolison; INFs Colton def. Wang Yafan (8), China, 6-2, 7-5. Towson 6, Lafayette 5 American League Welker and Ryan Vilade; C Brian Serven Johanna Konta (2), Britain, def. Anas- Villanova 8, Bucknell 2 Optioned RHP to minor league camp. Signed RHPs Yen- myafn.net W. Michigan 8, Army 6 BALTIMORE ORIOLES — tasia Potapova, Russia, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-6 William & Mary 10, Merrimack 2 Dean Kremer and OF Ryan Mckenna to cy Almonte, Ryan Castellani, Jairo Diaz, (7). SOUTH Triple-A Norfolk (IL). Re-assigned RHP Chi Chi Gonzalez, Ashton Goudeau, Jeff Elina Svitolina (1), Ukraine, def. Leylah Akron at Marshall, ppd. Cristian Alvarado, Brady Rodgers and Hoffman, Tyler Kinley, Peter Lambert, College hockey Annie Fernandez, Canada, 6-4, 7-5. Alabama 2, Lipscomb 1, 13 innings Marcos Diplain; LHP Hunter Cervenka; C Justin Lawrence, Antonio Santos, Anto- Arantxa Rus, Netherlands, def. Rebec- Alabama A&M at Alcorn St., ppd. Martin Cervenka and Adley Rutschman nio Senzatela and Jesus Tinoco; LHPs ca Peterson (6), Sweden, 6-1, 6-1. Appalachian St. 8, Charleston Southern 4 to minor league camp Ben Bowden, Phillip Diehl and James Women’s Doubles Auburn 6, Chicago St. 0 CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to Pazos; C Dom Nunez; INF Josh Fuentes, Conference tournaments Semifinals Ball St. 10, Yale 4 terms with INF Yoan Moncada on a five- Garrett Hampson, Ryan McMahon, Tyler x-if necessary Wang Yafan, China, and Miyu Kato, Ja- Belmont at Morehead St., ppd. year contract. Optioned RHP Matt Foster Nevin and Brendan Rodgers; OF Yona- ATLANTIC HOCKEY ASSOCIATION pan, def. Storm Sanders and Ellen Perez Binghamton 8, VMI 2 to Charlotte Knights (IL). Optioned RHPs than Daza, Sam Hilliard and Raimel Tapia First Round (3), Australia, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 10-8. Bradley at Kentucky, ccd. Dane Dunning and Jimmy Lambert to Bir- to one-year contracts. (Best-of-three) Brown 19, Kennesaw St. 5 mingham Barons (SL). Reassigned RHPs LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned Campbell 13, Furman 1 Ryan Burr and Jonathan Stiever; LHP RHP Mitch White and LHP Victor Gonza- Friday, March 6 Lyon Open Central Michigan 12, North Florida 6 Holy Cross 2, Robert Morris 0 Hunter Schryver and INF Matt Skole to lez to minor league camp. Saturday Clemson 4, Boston College 3 minor league camp. MILWAUKE BREWERS — Agreed to Bentley 6, Canisius 1 Coastal Carolina 13, Middle Tennessee 6 Air Force 3, Mercy 1 At Palais des Sports Gerland DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned RHP terms with OF Christian Yelich on a nine- Lyon, France Coll. of Charleston 9, Evansville 5 Beau Burrows to Triple A Toledo (IL). Re- year contract. Saturday, March 7 Duke 2, Florida St. 1 Robert Morris vs. Holy Cross Purse: $251,750 assigned OF Jacob Robinson to minor NEW YORK METS — Optioned LHPs Surface: Hardcourt indoor E. Kentucky 14, Norfolk St. 2 league camp. Stephen Gonsalves and RHPs Jordan Bentley vs. Canisius East Carolina 14, Charlotte 4 Air Force vs. Mercy Women’s Singles HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned LHPs Humphreys and Franklyn Kilome to Elon 10, Illinois 6 Kent Emmanuel and Cionel Perez; RHP the Syracuse Mets (IL). Optioned LHP Sunday, March 8 Semifinals Fairfield 11, Harvard 2 x-Robert Morris vs. Holy Cross Anna-Lena Friedsam, Germany, def. FAU 4, Northeastern 2 Cristian Javier to minor league camp. Re- Thomas Szapucki to the Binghamton x-Bentley vs. Canisius Daria Kasatkina (7), Russia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. Florida 9, South Florida 1 assigned RHPs Riley Ferrell and Brendan Rumble Ponies (EL). Re-assigned RHPs x-Air Force vs. Mercy Sofia Kenin (1), United States, def. Ali- Florida Gulf Coast 4, Saint Joseph’s 3 McCurry; LHP Ryan Hartman to minor Matt Blackham, Stephen Nogosek, Nick BIG TEN CONFERENCE son van Uytvanck (5), Belgium, 7-6 (5), 6- Georgia 5, U Mass 0 league camp. Rumbelow and Francisco Rios; C Austin First Round 7 (2), 7-6 (2). Georgia Southern 8, Valparaiso 1 OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned Bossart and C David Rodriguez; OF Tim (Best-of-three) Women’s Doubles Georgia St. 6, North Alabama 5 RHPs Daniel Gossett, Grant Holmes, Tebow to minor league camp. Friday, March 6 Semifinals Georgia Tech 4, Virginia Tech 3 Daulton Jeffries and James Kaprielian SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Optioned Ohio St. 9, Wisconsin 1 Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove and Bibi- Hartford 2, The Citadel 0 to the Los Vegas Aviators (PCL). Reas- RHP Melvin Adon and Jandel Gustave; Michigan 3, Michigan St. 0 ane Schoofs, Netherlands, def. Viktoria High Point 11, James Madison 7 signed LHP Donnie Hart and RHPs Ben LHP Conner Menez and Sam Selman; Notre Dame 1, Minnesota 0 Kuzmova, Slovakia, and Marta Kostyuk, Ill.-Chicago 11, Georgetown 2 Bracewell, Parker Dunshee, Ian Gardeck, INF Chris Shaw, Kean Wong and Abiatal Saturday, March 7 Ukraine, 0-6, 6-2, 10-3. Illinois St. 8, VCU 5 Brian Howard and Zach Lee to their mi- Avelino to Triple-A Sacramento (PCL). Wisconsin at Ohio St. Jackson St. 7, Florida A&M 6 nor league camp. Re-assigned RHP Tyler Cyrto, Sean Hjelle, Michigan St. at Michigan Jacksonville St. at E. Illinois, ppd. SEATTLE MARINERS — Signed RHPs Jake Jewell, Luis Madero, Trey McNutt, Notre Dame at Minnesota Kent St. 3, Liberty 2 Austin Adams, Dan Altavilla, Gerson Bau- Raffi Vizcaino and Sam Wolf; LHP Sam Golf Lehigh 9, North Carolina A&T 3, 15 innings tista, Brandon Brennan, Nestor Cortes, Moll; C Ricardo Genoves; and OF Jamie Sunday, March 8 Longwood 7, Sacred Heart 5 x-Wisconsin at Ohio St. Justin Dunn, Matt Festa, Zac Grotz, Matt Westbrook to minor league camp. Louisville 4, Wake Forest 1 Magill, Yohan Ramirez, Erik Swanson, HOCKEY x-Michigan St. at Michigan LSU 11, Mass.-Lowell 2 x-Notre Dame at Minnesota Arnold Palmer Invitational Taylor Williams; LHPs Taylor Guilbeau, National Hockey League Memphis 4, UNC-Wilmington 0 Nick Margevicius, Justus Sheffield; INFs BUFFALO SABRES — Assigned G Jonas ECAC PGA Tour Mercer 6, West Virginia 0 First Round J.P. Crawford, Shed Long Jr., Tim Lopes, Johansson to the Rochester Americans Friday Miami 5, Pittsburgh 4, 11 innings Daniel Vogelbach, Sam Haggerty, Dono- (AHL). (Best-of-three) Mississippi 15, Princeton 0 Friday, March 6 At Bay Hill Club van Walton; OFs Braden Bishop, Jake NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned D Orlando, Fla. Mississippi St. 5, Quinnipiac 1 Harvard 5, St. Lawrence 3 NC Central 6, Youngstown St. 5 Fraley, Kyle Lewis, Dylan Moore; C Tom Josh Jacobs and F Jesper Boqvist to Bir- Princeton 4, Dartmouth 3, OT Purse: $9.3 million Nicholls St. 4, New Orleans 3 Murphy and Austin Nola to one-year con- mingham (AHL). Union 3, Yale 0 Yardage: 8,400; Par: 72 Northwestern 4, W. Carolina 0 tracts. Optioned RHP Art Warren to AAA American Hockey League Colgate 3, Brown 0 Second Round Northwestern St. 7, Abilene Christian 1 Tacoma Rainiers (PCL) and OF Jose Siri SAN DIEGO GULLS — Recalled D Ryan Saturday, March 7 Tyrrell Hatton 68-69—137 -7 Notre Dame 8, North Carolina 5 to AA Arkansas Travelers. Johnston from Idaho Steelheads (ECHL). St. Lawrence at Harvard Sung Kang 69-68—137 -7 Old Dominion 3, Rutgers 1 TEXAS RANGERS — Optioned RHP Ari- SOCCER Princeton at Dartmouth Danny Lee 71-67—138 -6 Penn 4, FIU 1 el Jurado to the Nashville Sounds (PCL). Men Union at Yale Harris English 69-70—139 -5 Radford 14, Canisius 6 Optioned RHPs Kyle Cody and Tyler Phil- Major League Soccer Brown at Colgate Sungjae Im 70-69—139 -5 Saint Louis 10, Bowling Green 5 lips, INF Anderson Tejada to the Frisco COLUMBUS CREW — Loaned D Axel Si- Sunday, March 8 Rory McIlroy 66-73—139 -5 Samford 12, Louisiana 4 Roughriders (Texas). Reassigned RHPs joberg to San Antonio FC (USL). x-St. Lawrence at Harvard Marc Leishman 71-69—140 -4 SE Missouri 16, UT Martin 6 Jason Bahr, Wei-Chieh Huang, Tim Dil- DC UNITED — Signed D Steven Birn- x-Princeton at Dartmouth Patrick Reed 70-70—140 -4 South Carolina 10, Cornell 2 lard, Arturo Reyes, Taylor Guerrieri and baum to a three-year contract exten- x-Union at Yale C. Bezuidenhout 68-72—140 -4 Southern Miss. 11, Ark. Little Rock 4 Ian Gibaut; LHP Kyle Bird and C Sam Huff sion. Sam Burns 68-72—140 -4 Toledo 13, UAB 4 to minor league camp. National Women’s Soccer League x-Brown at Colgate UCF 2, Butler 1 WESTERN COLLEGIATE Brendon Todd 68-72—140 -4 National League ORLANDO PRIDE — Signed M Emily van Tom Hoge 70-70—140 -4 UNC-Greensboro 10, Md.-Eastern Shore 2 CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned RHP Tyson Egmond; D Carson Pickett and Kristen HOCKEY ASSOCIATION Virginia 7, NC State 3 First Round Scottie Scheffler 67-74—141 -3 Miller and INF Robel Garcia to Triple-A Edmonds to one-year contract. Rickie Fowler 71-70—141 -3 W. Carolina 5, SC-Upstate 2 Iowa (PCL). Optioned LHP Justin Steele SKY BLUE — Named Rebecca Moros as (Best-of-three) W. Kentucky 8, Purdue 3 Friday, March 6 Scott Harrington 71-70—141 -3 and RHP Manuel Rodriguez to Double-A Assistant Coach; Don O’Leary as Goal- Collin Morikawa 70-71—141 -3 Winthrop 7, G. Mason 4, susp. 8th inning Tennessee. Assigned RHPs Jason Adam, keeper Coach and Philip Congleton as Minnesota St. 8, Alaska Anchorage 1 Wofford 4, La Salle 1 Bemidji St. 2, Lake Superior St. 0 Hideki Matsuyama 69-73—142 -2 Wright St. 5, Tennessee 4 Oscar De La Cruz, Caleb Simpson and High Performance . Michigan Tech 4, Northern Michigan 1 Graeme McDowell 68-74—142 -2 MIDWEST Bowling Green 4, Alaska 2 Stewart Cink 72-70—142 -2 Dayton 2, N. Kentucky 1, susp. 4th inning Saturday, March 7 Kevin Na 70-72—142 -2 E. Michigan at Cincinnati, ccd. Alaska Anchorage at Minnesota St. Danny Willett 71-71—142 -2 Ill.-Chicago 6, St. Bonaventure 1 Pro baseball Pro soccer Lake Superior St. at Bemidji St. Jimmy Walker 73-69—142 -2 Iowa 10, W. Michigan 0 Michigan Tech at Northern Michigan Matt Wallace 69-73—142 -2 Kansas 6, Indiana St. 1 Bowling Green at Alaska Keith Mitchell 68-75—143 -1 Michigan St. 1, Troy 0 Spring Training MLS Sunday, March 8 Dylan Frittelli 71-72—143 -1 Milwaukee at Miami (Ohio), ccd. Patrick Rodgers 73-70—143 -1 Minnesota 6, Utah 4 Friday’s games EASTERN CONFERENCE x-Alaska Anchorage at Minnesota St. W L T Pts GF GA x-Lake Superior St. at Bemidji St. Matt Jones 75-68—143 -1 Missouri 7, W. Illinois 3 Philadelphia 9, Detroit 0 Charley Hoffman 70-73—143 -1 Missouri St. 6, Maine 2 Atlanta 7, Boston 5 New York 1 0 0 3 3 2 x-Michigan Tech at Northern Michigan Montreal 1 0 0 3 2 1 x-Bowling Green at Alaska Adam Long 69-74—143 -1 Murray St. 4, Austin Peay 1 Minnesota 5, Tampa Bay 3 Troy Merritt 71-72—143 -1 Nebraska 5, Columbia 3 Pittsburgh 19, Toronto 13 Atlanta 1 0 0 3 2 1 Bud Cauley 71-72—143 -1 Nebraska-Omaha 1-7, Portland 0-5 Chicago White Sox 6, Chicago Cubs 3 Columbus 1 0 0 3 1 0 Friday’s scores Joel Dahmen 72-72—144 E Richmond 13, Purdue-Fort Wayne 4 Cincinnati 11, Oakland (ss) 5 Toronto FC 0 0 1 1 2 2 Orlando City 0 0 1 1 0 0 Rory Sabbatini 70-74—144 E S. Illinois 2, N. Illinois 1, 10 innings Kansas City (ss) 4, L.A. Angels (ss) 3 EAST Sacred Heart 1, Ball St. 0 Cincinnati 0 1 0 0 2 3 Maine 1, Providence 0 Bryson DeChambeau 73-71—144 E Oakland (ss) 7, Cleveland 6 Zac Blair 74-70—144 E San Diego at Indiana, ccd. Chicago 0 1 0 0 1 2 UMass Lowell 3, UConn 1 SIU-Edwardsville 4, Tennessee Tech 2 San Francisco 5, Milwaukee 5 New England 0 1 0 0 1 2 Boston College 2, New Hampshire 1 Harold Varner III 70-74—144 E Wichita St. 6, Louisiana Tech 2 Colorado 6, Arizona 6 D.C. United 0 1 0 0 1 2 Boston U. 3, Northeastern 0 SOUTHWEST Kansas City (ss) 4, L.A. Angels (ss) 4 New York City FC 0 1 0 0 0 1 MIDWEST Hoag Classic Cent. Arkansas 2, SE Louisiana 0 Houston 3, N.Y. Mets 2 Inter Miami CF 0 1 0 0 0 1 W. Michigan 5, Miami 2 Dallas Baptist 3, Oral Roberts 2 Baltimore 5, N.Y. Yankees 1 Philadelphia 0 1 0 0 0 2 Omaha 4, North Dakota 1 Champions Tour Gardner-Webb 6, Arkansas St. 4 Miami 7, Washington 3 WESTERN CONFERENCE Minn. Duluth 4, St. Cloud St. 1 Friday Grambling 14, Texas Southern 3 Seattle 9, L.A. Dodgers 3 W L T Pts GF GA WEST At Newport Beach Country Club Houston Baptist 7, Sam Houston St. 2 San Diego 4, Texas 3 Sporting KC 1 0 0 3 3 1 Denver 2, Colorado College 2, OT, Den- Newport Beach, Calif. Louisiana-Monroe 8, McNeese 2 Saturday’s games Minnesota United 1 0 0 3 3 1 ver scores in SO 1-0 Purse: $1.8 million Oklahoma St. 6, BYU 1 Minnesota vs. Detroit FC Dallas 1 0 0 3 2 0 Yardage: 7,075; Par: 70 Prairie View 6, Ark.-Pine Bluff 0 Toronto vs. Boston (ss) Colorado 1 0 0 3 2 1 First Round San Diego St. 5, Oklahoma 4 Seattle 1 0 0 3 2 1 David Morland IV 30-31—061 -10 South Alabama 13, Arkansas 6 Miami vs. Washington (ss) Houston vs. St. Louis Los Angeles FC 1 0 0 3 1 0 Pro football Ken Duke 29-34—063 -8 Stephen F. Austin 5, Lamar 0 San Jose 0 0 1 1 2 2 Scott McCarron 31-32—063 -8 Stetson 9, Ohio St. 1 Boston (ss) vs. Philadelphia LA Galaxy 0 0 1 1 1 1 David Toms 31-34—065 -6 Texas 6, Cal St.-Fullerton 1 Tampa Bay (ss) vs. Atlanta Houston 0 0 1 1 1 1 Billy Mayfair 32-34—066 -5 Texas A&M 8, New Mexico St. 3 Baltimore vs. Tampa Bay (ss) Real Salt Lake 0 0 1 1 0 0 XFL Miguel Angel Jimenez 32-34—066 -5 Texas St. 5, Bethune-Cookman 0 N.Y. Yankees vs. Pittsburgh Nashville SC 0 1 0 0 1 2 EASTERN CONFERENCE Chris DiMarco 31-35—066 -5 Texas Tech 7, Rice 1 Washington (ss) vs. N.Y. Mets Portland 0 1 0 0 1 3 Texas-Arlington 13, UTSA 7 Chicago White Sox vs. San Francisco W L Pct PF PA Steve Flesch 31-35—066 -5 Texas-Rio Grande Valley 11, NJIT 1 Vancouver 0 1 0 0 1 3 St. Louis 3 1 .750 91 62 Ken Tanigawa 32-34—066 -5 Tulane 16, Southern 2 Colorado vs. L.A. Dodgers Note: Three points for victory, one DC 2 2 .500 67 83 Ernie Els 33-33—066 -5 WEST Cincinnati (ss) vs. Kansas City point for tie. New York 2 2 .500 49 73 Scott Dunlap 34-33—067 -4 Air Force 15, S. Dakota St. 8 Chicago Cubs (ss) vs. Cleveland Saturday’s games Tampa Bay 1 3 .250 64 74 Jay Haas 33-34—067 -4 Arizona 7, Houston 1 Texas vs. Milwaukee Chicago at New England WESTERN CONFERENCE Woody Austin 33-34—067 -4 Arizona St. 4, Fresno St. 3 Arizona (ss) vs. L.A. Angels New York at Real Salt Lake W L Pct PF PA Fred Couples 34-33—067 -4 Cal Poly 2, Baylor 1, 11 innings Oakland vs. Seattle Montreal at FC Dallas Houston 4 0 1.000 126 88 David McKenzie 33-35—068 -3 CS Northridge 4, Gonzaga 3, 10 innings San Diego vs. Arizona (ss) Miami at D.C. United Dallas 2 2 .500 78 72 Robert Karlsson 35-33—068 -3 Grand Canyon 12, Pacific 1 Cincinnati (ss) vs. Chicago Cubs (ss) New York City FC at Toronto FC Cincinnati at Atlanta Los Angeles 1 3 .250 88 88 John Huston 37-31—068 -3 Hawaii 13, Oregon 5 Sunday’s games Seattle 1 3 .250 64 87 Jesper Parnevik 34-34—068 -3 Holy Cross 4, UC Riverside 3, 10 innings Minnesota at San Jose Minnesota vs. Boston Houston at Sporting Kansas City Sunday, March 1 Fred Funk 33-35—068 -3 Kansas St. 6, Stanford 1 Detroit vs. Washington Long Beach St. 8, Xavier 4, 11 innings Orlando City at Colorado Houston 27, Dallas 20 Marco Dawson 34-34—068 -3 Atlanta vs. N.Y. Yankees (ss) Tampa Bay 25, DC 0 Kenny Perry 34-34—068 -3 Loyola Marymount 7, San Jose St. 5 Vancouver at LA Galaxy N. Colorado 4, N. Dakota St. 2 Miami vs. St. Louis Columbus at Seattle Saturday’s games Larry Mize 34-35—069 -2 Pittsburgh vs. Tampa Bay Seattle at Houston Tim Herron 34-35—069 -2 Nevada 2, Cal Baptist 1 Sunday’s games N.Y. Yankees (ss) vs. Baltimore New York at Dallas Kent Jones 34-35—069 -2 New Mexico 12, Hofstra 11 Nashville at Portland Sunday’s games Kevin Sutherland 33-36—069 -2 Pepperdine 12, Michigan 2 Philadelphia vs. Toronto Philadelphia at Los Angeles FC St. Louis at DC Michael Allen 33-37—070 -1 Saint Mary’s 6, Seton Hall 2 Houston vs. N.Y. Mets Saturday, March 14 Tampa Bay at Los Angeles Glen Day 35-35—070 -1 San Francisco 4, California 1 Cincinnati (ss) vs. Chicago Cubs (ss) FC Dallas at New York City FC Santa Barbara 6, Oregon St. 0 L.A. Dodgers vs. Texa LA Galaxy at Miami Saturday, March 14 Jose Maria Olazabal 34-36—070 -1 Santa Clara 12, CS Bakersfield 5 Houston at New York Cliff Kresge 36-34—070 -1 Seattle vs. San Francisco Nashville at Toronto FC Seattle 11, Boise St. 5 Arizona vs. Chicago Cubs (ss) St. Louis at Tampa Bay Russ Cochran 33-37—070 -1 Southern Cal 2, TCU 1 Real Salt Lake at Columbus Sunday, March 15 Corey Pavin 35-35—070 -1 UC Davis 5, Mount St. Mary’s 2 Kansas City vs. Chicago White Sox (ss) D.C. United at Cincinnati Dallas at DC Lee Janzen 35-35—070 -1 UC Irvine 2, Sacramento St. 0 Milwaukee (ss) vs. Oakland Sporting Kansas City at Atlanta Los Angeles at Seattle Scott Parel 33-37—070 -1 UCLA 3, Vanderbilt 2 L.A. Angels (ss) vs. Cincinnati (ss) Colorado at Vancouver Saturday, March 21 Paul Broadhurst 33-37—070 -1 UNLV 6, St. John’s 1 L.A. Angels (ss) vs. Milwaukee (ss) San Jose at Philadelphia Dallas at Tampa Bay Stephen Ames 33-37—070 -1 Utah Valley 7, Washington 0 Chicago White Sox (ss) vs. San Diego Chicago at Orlando City Los Angeles at St. Louis Bernhard Langer 34-36—070 -1 Washington St. 6, Niagara 3 Cleveland vs. Colorado Seattle at Houston PAGE 18 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, March 8, 2020 SPORTS BRIEFS/COLLEGE BASKETBALL Briefl y College basketball scoreboard

Nets fire Atkinson Ohio Valley Conference VCU 58, Davidson 52 Friday’s men’s scores At Evansville, Ind. Fordham 54 Duquesne 47 morning after victory EAST Semifinals Semifinals Brown 64, Harvard 55 Friday, March 6 Saturday, March 7 NEW YORK — Kenny At- Canisius 67, Niagara 63 Belmont 60 E. Kentucky 50 Dayton vs. Saint Louis kinson won’t have the chance to Charleston (WV) 71, WV Wesleyan 59 Murray St. 73, Austin Peay 61 VCU vs. Fordham Fairfield 66, Manhattan 50 Championship Championship coach Kevin Durant and Kyrie Fairmont St. 77, Glenville St. 70 Saturday, March 7 Sunday, March 8 Irving together in Brooklyn. Penn 78, Cornell 64 Belmont vs, Murray St. Semifinal winners Princeton 81, Columbia 58 Patriot League Big East Conference The Nets surprisingly split with Richmond 73, Duquesne 62 At Higher-Seeded Schools At Chicago their coach Saturday, even as they Siena 86, Monmouth (NJ) 72 Semifinals First Round St. Peter’s 68, Iona 65 Sunday, March 8 Friday, March 6 Lafayette vs. Colgate Providence 49, Georgetown 46 remain on track for a second con- W. Virginia St. 67, Wheeling Jesuit 61 Boston U. vs. Bucknell No. 7 Villanova 64, Xavier 56, OT secutive playoff berth. West Liberty 100, Concord 85 Championship Quarterfinals Yale 72, Dartmouth 61 Wednesday, March 11 Saturday, March 7 The morning after Atkinson SOUTH Semifinal winners Marquette vs. Villanova guided the Nets to a 139-120 Albany St. (Ga.) 57, Morehouse 55 Southern Conference St. Johns vs. Creighton Davidson 75, VCU 65 At Asheville, N.C. DePaul vs. vs. Providence rout of San Antonio, the Nets an- Georgia Tech 65, Clemson 62 First Round Seton Hall vs. Butler nounced the decision to part with Miles 65, Clark Atlanta 59 Friday, March 6 Semifinals NC State 84, Wake Forest 64 VMI 96, Samford 78 Sunday, March 8 the fourth-year coach. MIDWEST Wofford 93, The Citadel 76 Marquette-Villanova winner vs. St. “After discussions with Kenny Akron 79, Kent St. 76 Quarterfinals Johns-Creighton winner Ball St. 75, N. Illinois 54 Saturday, March 7 DePaul-Providence winner vs. Seton about the progress of the season, Buffalo 88, Bowling Green 84 ETSU vs. VMI Hall-Butler winner we mutually agreed that a coach- Cent. Michigan 85, W. Michigan 68 Mercer vs. Western Carolina Championship Kentucky Wesleyan 81, Malone 79, OT Furman vs. Wofford Monday, March 9 ing change would be in the best Missouri Southern 96, Northeastern St. 60 UNC Greensboro vs. Chattanooga Semifinal winners ISAAC BREKKEN/AP interest of the team,” general Missouri Western 72, Washburn 70 Summit League Big Ten Conference Ohio 67, Miami (Ohio) 65 At Sioux Falls, S.D. At Indianapolis San Diego State’s Malachi Flynn, manager Sean Marks said in a S. Indiana 76, Bellarmine 73 First Round Quarterfinals statement. “This was an extreme- Toledo 79, E. Michigan 57 Saturday, March 7 Friday, March 6 left, shoots as Boise State’s Truman St. 85, Rockhurst 68 North Dakota St. vs. Denver Maryland 74, Purdue 62 Derrick Alston defends during ly difficult decision, however the South Dakota St. vs. Fort Wayne Indiana 78, Rutgers 60 Walsh 81, Findlay 72 the first half of Friday’s game in organization believes it is one that SOUTHWEST Sunday, March 8 Michigan 67, Northwestern 59 Angelo St. 97, Lubbock Christian 92, 2OT Oral Roberts vs. Nebraska-Omaha Ohio St. 87, Iowa 66 the Mountain West Conference is necessary at this time.” Henderson St. 89, Ark.-Monticello 83, OT South Dakota vs. North Dakota Semifinals Sun Belt Conference Saturday, March 7 tournament in Las Vegas. Assistant Jacque Vaughn will Oklahoma Baptist 94, East Central 90 Maryland vs. Indiana St, Edwards 60, Tarleton St. 52 First Round serve as coach for the rest of the Saturday, March 7 Michigan vs. Ohio St. Texas A&M Kingsville 71, Dallas Bap- Arkansas St. at Louisiana Championship season. He coached Orlando for tist 66 Coastal Carolina at UT Arlington Sunday, March 8 two-plus seasons, from 2012-15. West Texas A&M 85, Texas A&M Com- West Coast Conference Semifinal winners merce 72 At Las Vegas Horizon League The Nets are in seventh place FAR WEST Second Round At Indianapolis Alaska-Anchorage 86, Seattle Pacific 85 Semifinals Aztecs in the Eastern Conference. Atkin- Friday, March 6 Cal Poly-Pomona 78, CSU-Chico 53 San Francisco 82 Loyola Marymount 53 Monday, March 9 son was 118-190 in 3 ½ seasons of Colorado Mesa 86, Dixie St. 79 Pepperdine 84, Santa Clara 73 IUPUI vs. Cleveland St. his first NBA head coaching job. Colorado Mines 76, S.D. Mines 59 Quarterfinals Green Bay vs. N. Kentucky Point Loma 83, Chaminade 74 Saturday, March 7 Championship UC San Diego 86, Cal St.-East Bay 82 Pacific vs. San Francisco Tuesday, March 10 W. Washington 76, Alaska 64 Saint Mary’s (Cal) vs. Pepperdine Semifinal winners Women’s hockey worlds Ohio Valley Conference At Evansville, Ind. roll past canceled due to virus Men’s Friday’s women’s scores Semifinals conference tournaments EAST Friday, March 6 The women’s world hockey Harvard 63, Brown 59 UT-Martin 63, Eastern Illinois 52 America East Conference Penn 67, Cornell 46 Southeast Missouri 114, Belmont 99 championships in Canada were First Round Princeton 77, Columbia 52 Championship canceled Saturday because of the Saturday, March 7 Yale 60, Dartmouth 42 Saturday, March 7 New Hampshire at UMBC SOUTH UT-Martin vs. Southeast Missouri new coronavirus. UMass-Lowell at Hartford Samford 75, Furman 45 Pac-12 Conference Broncos Maine at Vermont UNC-Greensboro 75, Mercer 73, OT At Las Vegas International Ice Hockey Fed- Albany at Stony Brook MIDWEST Quarterfinals eration President Rene Fasel told Atlantic Sun Conference N. Iowa 91, Drake 78 Friday, March 6 Associated Press The Associated Press the decision Championship Providence 49, Georgetown 46 Arizona 89, California 73 Sunday, March 8 Villanova 64, Xavier 56, OT Oregon 79, Utah 58 was made by conference call. The Liberty vs. Lipscomb FAR WEST UCLA 73, Southern Cal 66 LAS VEGAS — San Diego two-week tournament was set to Big South Conference Idaho 61, Idaho St. 50 Stanford 68, Oregon St. 57 At Radford, Va. Montana St. 73, N. Colorado 63 Semifinals State has made a habit of getting open March 31, with venues in Semifinals Portland St. 91, Sacramento St. 68 Saturday, March 7 Oregon vs. Arizona knocked around early the last few Friday, March 6 S. Utah 84, Montana 81, OT Halifax and Truro, Nova Scotia. UCLA vs. Stanford Winthrop 78, Gardner-Webb 66 Weber St. 83, E. Washington 77, OT weeks. It also has made a habit of Fasel said by phone that con- Championship Hampton 86, Radford 78 Sunday, March 8 absorbing the early blows, landing cerns were raised regarding the Championship Women’s Semifinal winners some solid counter-punches and At Higher-Seeded Team Patriot League health of players and fans attend- Sunday, March 8 conference tournaments First Round ultimately scoring the knockout. ing the tournament in light of the Winthrop vs. Hampton America East Conference Saturday, March 7 The No. 5 Aztecs followed that Colonial Athletic Association Semifinals Army at Loyola Maryland global spread of the virus. Hockey At Washington Sunday, March 8 Navy at American same script once again Friday Canada was in the process of in- First Round UMass.-Lowell vs. Maine Quarterfinals night in the Mountain West Tour- Saturday, March 7 Binghampton vs. Stony Brook Monday, March 9 forming its officials and partners Drexel vs. UNC-Wilmington Championship Army-Loyola Maryland winner at nament semifinals against Boise of the cancellation. Elon vs. James Madison At Higher-Seeded Team Bucknell State, overcoming a 16-point Quarterfinals Friday, March 13 Navy-American winner at Boston U. Fasel noted the difficulties Sunday, March 8 Semifinal winners Lehigh at Colgate first-half deficit and cruising to some of the eight nations will en- Hofstra vs. Drexel-UNC-Wilmington American Athletic Conference Lafayette at Holy Cross an 81-68 victory. winner At Uncasville, Conn. Southeastern Conference counter in simply making travel College of Charleston vs. Delaware First Round At Greenville, S.C. Malachi Flynn, the Mountain plans, such as Japan, where al- William & Mary vs. Elon-James Madi- Friday, March 6 Quarterfinals West’s Player of the Year, had son winner Tulane 67, Tulsa 61 Friday, March 6 most all sports events and large Towson vs. Northeastern Temple 67, East Carolina 57 South Carolina 89, Georgia 56 22 points, five rebounds and five gatherings have been canceled. Horizon League Wichita St. 72, Houston 64 Arkansas 67, Texas A&M 66 assists, and KJ Feagin added 21 At Indianapolis Memphis 76, SMU 65 Mississippi St. 79, LSU 49 Semifinals Quarterfinals Kentucky 86, Tennessee 65 points and six rebounds for San Saturday, March 7 Semifinals Monday, March 9 South Florida vs. Tulane Diego State (30-1). The Aztecs Norway’s Kilde takes Ill.-Chicago vs. Wright St. Saturday, March 7 UConn vs. Temple South Carolina vs. Arkansas will face Utah State in the cham- men’s World Cup lead Green Bay vs. Northern Kentucky UCF vs. Wichita St. Mississippi St. vs. Kentucky Championship Cinncinnati vs. Memphis Championship pionship game. Tuesday, March 10 Semifinals Sunday, March 8 KVITFJELL, Norway — Alek- Semifinal winners Sunday, March 8 Semifinal winners The Aztecs are in the title game sander Aamodt Kilde seized the Missouri Valley Conference UConn-Temple winner vs. South Flori- Southern Conference for the third consecutive year, the At St. Louis da-Tulane winner At Asheville, N.C. lead in the overall Alpine World Drake 75, Illinois St. 65 Cinncinnati-Memphis winner vs. UCF- Semifinals sixth time in the last seven sea- Cup standings by finishing sec- Valparaiso 58, Evansville 55 Wichita State winner Friday, March 6 sons and the 10th time in the last Quarterfinals Championship Samford 75, Furman 45 ond in Saturday’s downhill won Friday, March 6 Monday, March 9 UNC-Greensboro 75, Mercer 73, OT 12. More importantly, they took by Matthias Mayer. Drake 77, N. Iowa 56 Semifinal winners Championship another step closer to locking Bradley 64, S. Illinois 59 Atlantic Coast Conference Sunday, March 8 Kilde picked up 80 World Cup Valparaiso 74, Loyola of Chicago 73, OT At Greensboro, N.C. Samford vs. UNC-Greensboro down a No. 1 seed in the NCAA points to take a lead of 54 over Missouri St. 78, Indiana St. 51 Quarterfinals Summit League Tournament for the first time in Semifinals Friday, March 6 At Sioux Falls, S.D. Alexis Pinturault, who was out- Saturday, March 7 Florida St. 76, Wake Forest 47 First Round school history. side the top-30 scoring places Drake vs. Bradley Louisville 71, Syracuse 46 Saturday, March 7 San Diego State, which trailed Valparaiso vs. Missouri St. NC State 57, Georgia Tech 48 South Dakota vs. Omaha in his first downhill start since Championship Boston College 84, Duke 77 South Dakota State vs. North Dakota at halftime in each of its previous 2013. Sunday, March 8 Semifinals Sunday, March 8 four games, actually jumped out Semifinal winners Saturday, March 7 Oral Roberts vs. Western Illinois The title race calls for different Mountain West Conference Louisville vs. Florida St. Denver vs. North Dakota State to a quick 9-2 lead after sinking tactics after Friday’s cancellation At Las Vegas NC State vs. Boston College West Coast Conference its first three three-point shots. Semifinals Championship At Las Vegas of the March 18-22 finals meeting Friday, March 6 Sunday, March 8 Second Round But the tide quickly turned from Semifinal winners Friday, March 6 at Cortina d’Ampezzo, in a north- San Diego St. 81, Boise St. 68 Atlantic Sun Conference Pacific 67, Santa Clara 49 there, as Boise State (20-12) ern Italy region affected by the Utah St. 89, Wyoming 82 First Round Pepperdine 87, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 72 scored 26 of the next 31 points, Championship Saturday, March 7 Third Round spreading coronavirus. Saturday, March 7 Lipscomb at Florida Gulf Coast Saturday, March 7 which was part of 35-12 run that Only three races are now left — San Diego St. vs. Utah St. Stetson at North Alabama Portland vs. Pacific gave the Broncos a 37-21 lead Northeast Conference Kennesaw St. at Liberty BYU vs. Pepperdine a super-G at Kvitfjell on Sunday, Semifinals North Florida at Jacksonville Semifinals with five minutes remaining in plus a giant slalom and slalom Saturday, March 7 Atlantic 10 Conference Monday, March 9 the half. Saint Francis (Pa.) at Sacred Heart At Dayton, Ohio Gonzaga vs. Portland-Pacific winner next weekend at Kranjska Gora, Robert Morris at LIU Brooklyn Quarterfinals San Diego vs. BYU-Pepperdine winner That’s when San Diego State Championship Friday, March 6 Championship Slovenia. Tuesday, March 10 Dayton 79, Richmond 68 Tuesday, March 10 woke up — on both ends of the — Associated Press Semifinal winners Saint Louis 65, UMass 52 Semifinal winners court. Sunday, March 8, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 19 MLB Extending the count Spring training rosters rife with aging players looking for opportunity

BY WILL GRAVES Associated Press BRADENTON, Fla. arrod Dyson kept waiting for the phone to ring. As December faded and the hot stove cooled, one thought kept running through the free agent outfielder’s mind. J“You mean to tell me I can’t help nobody win?” said Dyson, who stole 30 bases for Arizona in 2019 before hitting the open market last fall. Dyson’s won plenty. He offers the World Series ring he earned while playing for the Kansas City Roy- als in 2015 as proof. He appeared in 130 games at age 34 last season for a Dia- AP photos mondbacks team that Hunter Pence, above, is back with the hung around the play- Giants this season at 36, giving the off picture until the young club a veteran presence in the final week of the sea- outfield and clubhouse in a season of big son. He’s been part changes ahead. Pence could be reunited of rebuilding projects with former teammate Pablo Sandoval, and raucous October Dyson left, a non roster spring training invitee celebrations. Now in who is looking to prove he still belongs in the final innings of a the big leagues at 33. decade-long career, he wouldn’t mind an- other shot at a playoff run. York Yankees as they came within one Yet the only palatable job offer Dyson re- game of a trip to the World Series. The ceived came from Pittsburgh. The Pirates near miss stoked the fire to keep pushing. are in need of a stopgap in center field after Detroit isn’t New York. And the $1.5 dealing Gold Glover Starling Marte to Ari- million salary — which could rise to more zona last month. So Dyson signed for one than $2 million with performance bonuses year and $2 million. Sure he considered — isn’t near the $9 million he made in 2017. holding out for a chance to catch on with Such are certain economic realities that a team that’s not hitting reset following a exist for players in their 30s that didn’t a last-place finish in the NL Central in 2019. half generation ago. He needed a gig. Pittsburgh offered him While Dyson, Kemp, Maybin and oth- one that pays a healthy wage. Things could ers may still be able to make an impact, be worse. A lot worse. are they three or four times more valuable “Everybody wants to be with a winning than a decade younger player still on their team but at the same time, you’ve got to get rookie deal? To teams on a budget, maybe in where you fit in,” Dyson said. “I can’t be not. It’s a reality that hit Dyson as he sat sitting at home waiting on a playoff team to love is no labor at all. I’m having a blast. It top players in the game, maybe a bag away call me. The Pirates gave me an opportu- home relentlessly checking his phone. was a joy.” from being a 40 (home run)-40 (steal) guy. “The game is tough right now, especially nity. I’m going to take advantage of it.” At least Pence has a guaranteed roster Matt has done a lot of things in the game. for older guys,” Dyson said. “We’ve got to Dyson is hardly alone. Scan down (way spot. Sandoval and Kemp, not so much. That’s one of the things he brings to the be solid out there. You’ve got to stand out. down in some cases) spring training ros- Both players headed to their respective table.” Other than that, you’re going to find it dif- ters and you’ll find names that look out of camps as non-roster invitees, baseball code None of that will matter, however, unless ficult to get a job. We’re going to grind to place, All-Stars, postseason heroes and for “show us you’ve still got it.” Kemp, a Kemp rakes this spring. For a player with stay in uniform.” established veterans just trying to stave three-time All-Star, insists he still does. If 12 years service time who is financially off the next phase of their lives on teams it has to be with the perennially irrelevant set for the rest of his life, catching on with And teach while they do it. Maybin un- where expectations (and in most cases, Marlins, so be it. a team that struggles to bring fans to the derstands what it’s like to be a rising pros- payroll) are modest. “This is a redemption year,” Kemp said. ballpark and win in equal measure might pect on a team spinning its wheels. He’s Matt Kemp in Miami. Cameron Maybin “I had 40 at-bats last year. I was an All-Star seem like an unnecessary hassle. In a way, hopeful he can help this group of Tigers in Detroit. Hunter Pence and Pablo Sando- in 2018. Seriously, I can still play.” though, Kemp figures he’s just paying it avoid the mistakes he made. val back in San Francisco, where the Gi- The 35-year-old Kemp believes he’s still forward. “ I’ve realized that for me, in my situa- ants are in the midst of a massive youth got at least three or four more seasons left. When he broke into the league in 2007, tion, being a guy who’s had to work, the suc- movement that likely won’t be completed The addition of a 26th roster spot this sea- veterans like Juan Pierre, Marlon Ander- cess comes from having to fail a little bit,” until well after they’re both long gone. son may turn out to be the lifeline players son, Tori Hunter and Junior Spivey showed Maybin said. “Having to grow through it, Pence has made more than $125 mil- of his generation need. In a league that’s him the ropes. They shaped him into a star. it makes it a little bit sweeter. Hopefully, I lion during a career that includes winning getting ever younger, having one slot slat- He’s here to do the same. can share some of that.” a pair of World Series with the Giants in ed for someone with an impressive résumé “Its just you wanting to help younger And who knows? Maybe the old guys get 2012 and 2014. That didn’t stop him from and the consummate swag that goes with it guys be their best selves,” Kemp said. hot. Maybe they stay healthy. Maybe their spending the offseason giving his eclectic could prove to be valuable. “That’s going to be my job.” impact in the clubhouse they’re currently swing a massive overhaul last spring in “We need leadership with our young One the well-traveled Maybin will be in helps set the stage for an improbable hopes of finding something better suited guys,” said Marlins manager Don Matting- doing during his third stint with the Ti- run. Or maybe they find themselves dealt for the bat speed of a guy on the back half ly, whose relationship with Kemp dates to gers. He’s played for eight teams across to a contender over the summer. of his 30s. 2008, when both were with the Los Ange- 13 seasons and seen just about everything. “It’s kind of messed up, the direction it’s “It takes time but it wasn’t necessarily les Dodgers. “Matt was second in the MVP He was part of the now infamous Houston going,” Dyson said. “But you’ve got to wear hard,” Pence said. “Because when you’re (in 2011). A lot of us thought he should have team that won it all in 2017. Four months it on the chin, bro, keep your head up, go doing something you love to do a labor of won the MVP that year. He was one of the ago, he was in the playoffs with the New out there and continue to play.” PAGE 20 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, March 8, 2020 NHL Roundup 11-time Stanley Cup champion Devils stop ‘Pocket Rocket’ Blues’ streak Richard dead Associated Press MONTREAL — Henri Richard, the speedy and durable center who won a re- at 8 games cord 11 Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens, died Friday. He was 84. Associated Press The Canadiens announced the death of the Hall of Famer on Twitter, calling him NEWARK, N.J. — The St. Louis Blues’ eight- “one of the organization’s greatest legends game winning streak came to an end at the and ambassadors.” Richard had Alzheim- hands of a team very few would have expected er’s disease. to beat them. He was better known as the younger The New Jersey Devils ended more than six brother of superstar Maurice “Rocket” years of frustration against the Blues by stun- Richard and was nicknamed the Pocket ning the defending Stanley Cup champions 4-2 JOHN MINCHILLO/AP Rocket for his 5-foot-7, 160-pound frame. on Friday night. “Henri Richard Devils center Kevin Rooney, right, puts the puck into the net against St. Louis And it was a stunner in all aspects. was one of the true Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington, left, during the second period. The goal was Dakota Mermis scored his first NHL goal. giants of the game,” disallowed for interference, but that didn’t stop New Jersey from stunning the Fellow defenseman Connor Carrick got his NHL Commissioner defending Stanley Cup champions 4-2 Friday in Newark. first of the season. Cast-aside goaltender Cory Gary Bettman said, Schneider made 31 saves and added an assist lauding him as an “in- Red Wings 2, Blackhawks 1: Tyler Bertuzzi in posting his first win at home in more than Scoreboard comparable winner, and Robby Fabbri scored and host Detroit beat a year and helping New Jersey end a 12-game leader, gentleman.” Chicago. skid against the Blues, dating to January 2014. Prime Minister Jonathan Bernier stopped 32 shots for the Red “They beat us pretty badly the last few Justin Trudeau also Wings, They have an NHL-low 37 points and Eastern Conference years since I’ve been here, so it’s nice to take paid tribute to Rich- trail the rest of the league by 20-plus points. Atlantic Division one from them and I thought we played well,” GP W L OT Pts GF GA ard on Twitter. Patrick Kane scored his 31st goal with 1:05 said Schneider, who was banished to the AHL Boston 68 43 13 12 98 222 169 “A legend on and off left in the second period to pull Chicago within Tampa Bay 67 42 20 5 89 235 185 Richard in November after a bad start. “I don’t think Toronto 69 35 25 9 79 236 226 the ice, in Montreal we snuck one out or got lucky, but we matched a goal. Corey Crawford had 23 saves for the Florida 67 33 26 8 74 225 226 and beyond, Henri Blackhawks. Montreal 69 31 29 9 71 209 213 them play for play and I thought we were with Buffalo 67 29 30 8 66 191 212 Richard was one of the fiercest competi- them right until the end.” The Blackhawks had won four straight, Ottawa 68 24 32 12 60 185 234 tors in hockey history. And as an 11-time one shy of their season high, to improve their Detroit 69 16 48 5 37 138 258 The Blues, who started their winning streak Metropolitan Division Stanley Cup champion, he set a record that with a shutout of New Jersey on Feb. 18, didn’t chances of closing strong enough to earn a wild Washington 67 40 20 7 87 233 210 Philadelphia 67 40 20 7 87 229 193 no one has matched. Rest in peace, Pocket go easy. They closed their deficit to 3-2 on a goal card in the playoffs. Pittsburgh 66 39 21 6 84 215 183 Rocket,” Trudeau tweeted. Detroit ended its fifth six-game losing streak Columbus 68 32 21 15 79 177 182 by Jaden Schwartz with 3:11 and were in it until N.Y. Islanders 66 35 23 8 78 186 185 Known for his tenacity and playmak- Joey Anderson iced the game with an empty- this season. N.Y. Rangers 67 36 27 4 76 224 211 ing, Richard was captain of the Canadiens Flames 3, Coyotes 2: Johnny Gaudreau, T.J. Carolina 65 35 25 5 75 208 187 net goal with 57 seconds to play. New Jersey 67 27 28 12 66 181 221 from 1971 until his retirement in 1975. He “We played some real good hockey,” Blues Brodie and Mikael Backlund scored, Matthew succeeded the legendary Jean Beliveau, coach Craig Berube said. “We won eight games Tkachuk assisted on all of the goals and Cal- Western Conference with whom he shares the record of playing in a row and just wound up just not playing gary beat visiting Arizona. Central Division 20 seasons for the NHL club. The Flames are 6-3-1 in their last 10. They GP W L OT Pts GF GA good enough tonight. You are not always going St. Louis 68 40 18 10 90 218 189 Henri Richard played 1,256 regular- to have your best game, night in and night out. moved within three points of Pacific Division- Colorado 67 40 19 8 88 229 183 season games, another Canadiens record. leading Vegas and a point behind second-place Dallas 67 37 22 8 82 178 172 This tonight, I thought they were a lot better Winnipeg 69 35 28 6 76 208 199 He scored 358 goals and had 1,046 points, than us. So they deserved to win.” Edmonton. Minnesota 67 34 26 7 75 212 209 third in team history behind Guy Lafleur Cam Talbot made 32 saves to win in his 300th Nashville 67 33 26 8 74 210 215 Vince Dunn also scored for the Blues and Chicago 68 31 29 8 70 206 214 (1,246) and Beliveau (1,219). He added 129 Jordan Binnington had 28 saves in losing for NHL start. Pacific Division points in 180 playoff games. Vegas 69 37 24 8 82 219 206 the first time in seven starts. Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist and Carl Edmonton 68 36 24 8 80 217 209 His 11 Stanley Cups, one more than Be- The Devils won despite having what would Soderberg also scored for Arizona. Calgary 69 36 26 7 79 207 210 liveau and former Canadiens captain Yvon Vancouver 67 35 26 6 76 222 211 have been a third second-period goal nullified Ducks 2, Maple Leafs 1: Carter Rowney Arizona 69 33 28 8 74 193 183 Cournoyer, is unlikely to be surpassed. because Kevin Rooney’s skate prevented Bin- and Adam Henrique scored, John Gibson and Anaheim 68 28 32 8 64 176 215 San Jose 67 29 34 4 62 176 214 Seven were won when the NHL had only nington from using his pads to stop a shot. Ryan Miller combined to stop 30 shots and host Los Angeles 67 26 35 6 58 165 206 six teams. Mermis, who was recalled from Binghamton Anaheim beat Toronto. Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in “Obviously, his record of 11 Stanley Cup last month, broke a 1-all tie with a remarkable Gibson made 26 saves before coming off with each division and two wild cards per wins will never be beaten,” Hall of Famer shot. He got the puck backing up in the left circle 9:40 remaining in the game after Henrique’s conference advance to playoffs. Thursday’s games Serge Savard said of his teammate of eight and wristed a shot past a seemingly screened goal. Gibson appeared to be injured while mak- Philadelphia 4, Carolina 1 seasons. “Even though he played in the Binnington that found the top right corner of ing a save on a shot by John Tavares. Pittsburgh 4, Buffalo 2 Tampa Bay 4, Montreal 0 shadow of his brother and of the other big the net at 6:50. Playing in his 18th career game, Miller stopped four shots in relief. It was the N.Y. Rangers 6, Washington 5, OT stars who made their mark with the Cana- 778th appearance of his career, moving him Ottawa 4, N.Y. Islanders 3 he laughed about it on the bench. Boston 2, Florida 1, OT diens — who are all in the Hall of Fame, “It was incredible, there’s so much adrena- into second place for NHL games played by Nashville 2, Dallas 0 by the way — (Richard) found the way to U.S.-born goaltenders. The Ducks have won Chicago 4, Edmonton 3 line in that moment that you skate forever after Minnesota 3, San Jose 2 leave his own mark.” that,” Mermis said. “You start to enjoy it and two straight and four of their last six. Los Angeles 1, Toronto 0, SO Richard twice led the NHL in assists, William Nylander scored with three minutes Friday’s games it’s such a surreal moment but it’s really good New Jersey 4, St. Louis 2 with 52 in 1957-58 and 50 in 1962-63. He to get that one.” remaining in the game for Toronto, snapping a Detroit 2, Chicago 1 had nine 20-goal seasons, including a high Winnipeg 4, Vegas 0 Carrick, who was playing in his 27th game Leafs’ scoring drought of 144 minutes, 33 sec- Calgary 3, Arizona 2 of 30 in 1959-60. He won the Bill Master- this season, upped the lead to 3-1 with a wrist onds. Jack Campbell made 29 saves as Toronto Anaheim 2, Toronto 1 ton Trophy for sportsmanship and perse- Vancouver 6, Colorado 3 shot from the point at 17:58 that Binnington has lost its last three. Saturday’s games verance in 1974 and was selected to four also didn’t see. Canucks 6, Avalanche 3: Zack MacEwen Carolina at N.Y. Islanders league All-Star teams. Washington at Pittsburgh Schneider, who was also recalled from Bing- scored two goals and hostVancouver beat Colo- Nashville at Dallas The Canadiens retired his No. 16 on hamton last month and got an assist on Mermis’ rado to snap a four-game losing streak. Minnesota at Los Angeles Dec. 10, 1975, and he was inducted into the Buffalo at Philadelphia goal, stopped nine shots in the final 20 minutes J.T. Miller and Antoine Roussel each had a Montreal at Florida Hockey Hall of Fame in 1979. to improve to 3-0-1 since returning. goal and an assist for Vancouver. Troy Stecher New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers Maurice Richard, who was 15 years Ottawa at San Jose “They’ve got good players,” Blues defense- added a goal and Tanner Pearson scored into Tampa Bay at Boston older, retired after the 1960 season. Henri man Alex Pietrangelo said. “They have young an an empty net. Columbus at Edmonton stayed on and won four more Cups over a Sunday’s games players, they are hungry guys. We knew they Erik Johnson and Gabriel Landeskog each Carolina at Pittsburgh five-year span from 1965 to 1969. A high- were going to play us hard.” had a goal and an assist for the Avalanche, who Tampa Bay at Detroit light was in 1966, when Richard’s only goal Vegas at Calgary Jesper Bratt had given the Devils the lead lost in regulation for the first time in 10 games St. Louis at Chicago in the final was the Cup winner in overtime 8:38 after the opening faceoff. He swooped (7-1-2). Valeri Nichushkin added a goal and Na- Minnesota at Anaheim Colorado at San Jose in Detroit. around defenseman Colton Parayko and beat than MacKinnon had two assists. Columbus at Vancouver In 1971, he did it again, scoring the se- Vancouver goaltender Thatcher Demko, Monday’s games Binnington with a forehand for his fifth goal in Washington at Buffalo ries-deciding goal in the third period of eight games. making his fifth start for the injured Jacob Arizona at Winnipeg Game 7 in Chicago. Two years later, in Florida at St. Louis Dunn tied it with a power-play goal on a Markstrom, stopped 29 shots. Avalanche goalie Vegas at Edmonton 1973, Richard won his 11th Cup, his only rebound. Pavel Francouz made 19 saves. Colorado at Los Angeles one as captain of the Canadiens. Sunday, March 8, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 21 NHL Around the league Struggling coaches stay positive Rebuilding teams know there are no quick fixes

BY JOE REEDY Associated Press uffalo’s Ralph Krueger, Anaheim’s Dallas Ea- kins and Los Angeles’ JOHN WOODS, THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP BTodd McLellan had The Jets’ Mathieu Perreault no illusions about quick fixes in celebrates his goal against the their first seasons. But in a league Vegas Golden Knights during the that has seen plenty of coaching second period of Friday’s game changes the past couple of sea- in Winnipeg, Manitoba. sons, all three have remained consistent in their message since training camp in September. “We have not discussed in our Winnipeg room anything beyond what we can take care of today. We’ve done this since September and shuts out we’re going to continue to do it, so, really, those are big-picture discussions,” Krueger said. When it comes to this season, Knights the Sabres, Ducks and Kings will not make the playoffs. Los Ange- Associated Press les and Anaheim once again are in a battle for the bottom of the WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Con- Western Conference, but have nor Hellebuyck made 29 saves for shown strides in implementing his league-leading sixth shutout more up-tempo styles of play. of the season, leading the Winni- Of the three teams, the Sabres peg Jets to a 4-0 victory over the have shown signs of the most im- ROSS D. FRANKLIN/AP Vegas Golden Knights on Friday provement, despite losing their night. Buffalo Sabres goaltender Jonas Johansson top gives up a goal to the Coyotes’ Clayton Keller, as last four. After winning 10 straight Patrik Laine and Nikolaj Ehlers Coyotes left wing Taylor Hall watches during the third period on Feb. 29 in Glendale, Ariz. to match a franchise record in each had a goal and an assist, Kyle Nov. 2018, Buffalo proceeded to Connor got his team-leading 36th toughest rebuilding job of all. The win just 16 of its remaining 57 goal and Mathieu Perreault also Kings are hampered by veterans games (16-33-8), leading to Phil scored for the Jets. with large contracts while trying Hellebuyck was sharp, turning Housley being fired. to slowly work in younger players. the Golden Knights away on sev- General manager Jason Bot- McLellan has liked that the vet- eral good chances while tying his terill then went outside the box erans have bought in to a quicker career high for shutouts, set dur- in hiring Krueger. The 60-year- pace of play, especially on the ing the 2017-18 season. He also old had extensive coaching ex- power play, but has stressed that was helped by three shots hitting perience in North America and the last quarter of the season will posts. abroad but had been out of hockey be an evaluation period . “It’s a great milestone, but it’s for five years, serving as a direc- “This is the group that is going a testament to the guys in front of tor and president of Southampton to move the needle, as we talked me and how well we’ve been play- of the English Premier League. about. Individually and collec- ing,” Hellebuyck said. “When we Krueger has brought in a phi- tively. It’s time to dig in,” he said. bring it, we know we can shut losophy of wanting his team to “The people that are in that locker teams down. I thought tonight “play connected,” meaning all room right now, the older players was a good game.” five skaters working as one. It’s and veterans, we’ve addressed all It was the second game of a an attacking approach that em- of them and are aware what their three-game homestand for the phasizes always moving the puck roles could be and how hard they Jets, who have won five straight toward the opponent. have to play in practice so every- at home to improve to 19-14-3 at “It’s not like last year,” forward body else can keep their eyes on Bell MTS Place this season. Jack Eichel said. “We’ve been them. Then there are the follow- “That felt like a typical Win- through these times where we ers. The leaders and the followers nipeg game,” Hellebuyck said. take a couple of hits at this time have to do it all together.” “When our crowd gets into it of year ... and then all of a sudden like that, it’s so easy to get some the wheels fall off. That’s not hap- Edmonton connection momentum and really carry and pening here.” push our pace on them. I’m just Eakins was promoted to Ana- McLellan, Kreuger and Eak- having a lot of fun and taking heim’s top bench spot after four ins share one thing in common every moment in like it might not seasons with its San Diego AHL — they all coached Edmonton. MICHAEL OWEN BAKER/AP happen again. So, I’m enjoying affiliate. He has characterized Of the five teams with first-year it.” the organization’s philosophy as Los Angeles Kings head coach Todd McLellan has the toughest coaches, the Oilers are the only Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 20 transitioning instead of rebuild- rebuilding job of all. The Kings are hampered by veterans with large one that may make the playoffs, shots in the loss. ing, equating it to the process contracts while trying to slowly work in younger players. as Dave Tippett has them second “It’s hard to create despera- Boston went through a couple of in the Pacific Division. tion,” Vegas coach Peter DeBoer years ago. more goals that might now show “That’s how we’re going to have Joel Quenneville has had Flor- said. “That’s a desperate team While Eakins has been pleased up in highlights. to keep committing to getting ida in postseason contention for over there. You look at the stand- with his team’s effort and being “It doesn’t have to be a clean pucks into the zone in front of the most of the season, but the Pan- ings, they need every single point. more aggressive on the fore- shot on the net. If you watch the net. The biggest thing is to not be thers are five points out of a wild- I don’t know if we feel maybe we check, the main thing he has been highlights every night, there are frustrated by it, dig in and stay card spot. don’t, which would be a mistake stressing the past couple weeks is a whole lot of dirty goals being after it.” AP hockey writer John Wawrow con- on our part.” trying to rush the net and getting scored everywhere,” he said. McLellan has always had the tributed to this story. PAGE 22 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, March 8, 2020 NBA League to teams: Plan for empty arenas James says he won’t play without the fans

BY BRIAN MAHONEY Associated Press NEW YORK — The NBA wants its teams to prepare to play games without fans if necessary because of the coronavirus crisis, but LeBron James already says he won’t play basketball in an empty arena. The league circulated a memo to its teams Friday telling them to prepare in case it becomes necessary to play games without fans or media, as sports leagues in Europe have already done. The memo detailed potential actions that teams might need to take “if it were to become neces- sary to play a game with only essential staff present.” But when James was asked about that possibility after he scored 37 points in his Los Angeles Lakers’ 113-103 win over the league-leading Milwaukee Bucks on Fri- day night, the NBA’s leading active scorer was definitive. “We play games without the fans? Nah, that’s impossible,” James said. “I ain’t playing if I ain’t got the fans in the crowd. That’s who I play for. I play for my team- mates, and I play for the fans. That’s what it’s all about. So if I show up to an arena and there ain’t no fans in there, I ain’t play- ing. They can do what they want to do.” The memo, obtained by The Associated MARK J. TERRILL/AP Press, says teams should identify which team and arena people would be neces- Jack Ancone uses a sanitizing station prior to a game between the Clippers and the Philadelphia 76ers on March 1 in Los Angeles. sary to conduct games, and be able to com- municate quickly with non-essential staff, Contents of the memo were first report- risks of getting the virus — among them, held without fans because of the coronavi- as well as ticket holders and corporate ed by The Athletic. not taking items such as pens, markers, rus, though an NCAA COVID-19 advisory partners. The letter also says teams should plan balls and jerseys from autograph seekers. panel said it is “not recommending can- Teams should also be prepared “for the for scenarios in which media could attend An NCAA Division III men’s basketball cellation or public spacing of athletic and possibility of implementing temperature games under revised media policies. tournament game on the campus of Johns related events scheduled to occur in public checks on players, team staff, referees, and The league had already sent a memo to Hopkins University in Baltimore was spaces across the United States.” anyone else who is essential to conducting teams this week offering 10 recommenda- played in an empty gym Friday in what was AP sports writer Greg Beacham in Los Angeles such a game in the team’s arena.” tions to players with hopes of decreasing believed to be the first U.S. sports event contributed to this report. Clash: Lakers wrap up playoff berth

FROM BACK PAGE fourth quarter after two fairly quiet periods, but “We know who we are, and this is great competi- Milwaukee just couldn’t catch up to the Lakers in tion,” James said. “To have the opportunity to com- the waning minutes of one of the NBA’s marquee pete at a high level, that’s fun and exciting. But we regular-season matchups. know what we’re capable of.” “They were just better,” Milwaukee coach Mike The victory even had a symbolic meaning for Budenholzer said. “They’re a very good team.” James and the Lakers: They formally clinched their first playoff spot since 2013, ending the longest He’s OK drought in franchise history. Antetokounmpo had a scary fall late in the game “I came here to put this franchise back where it when he came down on a prone Avery Bradley. The needed to be,” James said. “The league is not what it MVP walked it off and stayed in the game, but ap- is if the Lakers are not winning.” peared to be limping off the court late. Afterward, James has transformed himself into the NBA’s as- Giannis repeatedly insisted his knee is “good.” sists leader this season to get the most out of Davis, but he did it without losing any of his own scoring acumen. The Lakers depend on his steady excel- Milestone bucket lence on both ends, and he has rarely been better The Lakers took the lead for good on James’ three- this season than he was against the Bucks. pointer with 8:59 left in the third quarter. James “What was more impressive to me was his defense scored his 34,000th career point during the game, on Giannis,” Lakers coach Frank Vogel said. “For joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone as him to take on that assignment and still do what he the only players to hit the mark. did offensively, just an incredible performance.” Antetokounmpo had 32 points and 11 rebounds for Shooting blanks the Bucks, who have lost two of three games for the first time since October. Donte DiVincenzo scored Khris Middleton scored 12 points on 5-for-19 17 points for Milwaukee, which has still won seven shooting for the Bucks. The 21-points-per-game of nine overall. scorer went 2-for-10 on three-pointers and made “We definitely did not play smart,” Antetok- three turnovers. “I just didn’t shoot the ball well, MARK J. TERRILL/AP ounmpo said. “We put them at the line so easily. and I didn’t make the best decisions late in the ball- Lakers forward Anthony Davis, left, shoots as Milwaukee Bucks We’ve just got to do better. Obviously we’re going to game,” he said. “Still got to shoot, no matter what forward Giannis Antetokounmpo defends during the first half of learn a lot from this game.” the situation is. The next one’s not going to go in if Friday’s game in Los Angeles. Davis finished with 30 points. Antetokounmpo finished strong with a 12-point you don’t shoot it.” Sunday, March 8, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 23 NBA Scoreboard Ingram delivers late in Pelicans’ victory Eastern Conference Atlantic Division W L Pct GB x-Toronto 44 18 .710 — All-Star forward scores five Boston 42 20 .677 2 Philadelphia 38 25 .603 6½ points in final 62 seconds Brooklyn 28 34 .452 16 New York 19 44 .302 25½ Southeast Division Associated Press Miami 40 23 .635 — Orlando 28 35 .444 12 Washington 23 39 .371 16½ NEW ORLEANS — Brandon Charlotte 21 41 .339 18½ Atlanta 19 45 .297 21½ Ingram overcame a poor shoot- Central Division ing performance that included x-Milwaukee 53 10 .841 — Indiana 38 25 .603 15 missing 15 of his first 17 shots by Chicago 21 42 .333 32 scoring five points in the final 62 Detroit 20 43 .317 33 Cleveland 17 45 .274 35½ seconds to help the New Orleans Pelicans hold off the Miami Heat Western Conference 110-104 on Friday night. Southwest Division Mired in perhaps the worst W L Pct GB Houston 39 22 .639 — shooting night of his career, In- Dallas 39 25 .609 1½ gram hit a 21-foot jumper and Memphis 31 32 .492 9 New Orleans 27 36 .429 13 then a three-pointer from the San Antonio 26 35 .426 13 right wing in a 74-second span in Northwest Division Denver 42 20 .677 — the final three minutes. Utah 40 22 .645 2 “I feel like I went 0-for-20 and Oklahoma City 39 24 .619 3½ Portland 28 36 .438 15 then I knocked down those two Minnesota 19 43 .306 23 Pacific Division crucial shots,” said Ingram, who x-L.A. Lakers 48 13 .787 — finished with 12 points, admitting L.A. Clippers 43 19 .694 5½ Sacramento 27 35 .435 21½ it was a challenge to maintain his Phoenix 25 38 .397 24 confidence. “At the same time, Golden State 14 49 .222 35 Thursday’s games you know your teammates are Denver 114, Charlotte 112 counting on you coming down the L.A. Clippers 120, Houston 105 Philadelphia 125, Sacramento 108 stretch. You just got to figure out Toronto 121, Golden State 113 a way to make it happen.” Friday’s games Washington 118, Atlanta 112 The Pelicans, who led by as Brooklyn 139, San Antonio 120 many as 15 points in the fourth Oklahoma City 126, New York 103 Indiana 108, Chicago 102 quarter, snapped a three-game Utah 99, Boston 94 losing streak. Miami had its four- RUSTY COSTANZA/AP Orlando 132, Minnesota 118 Dallas 121, Memphis 96 game winning streak halted. Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram, right, knocks the ball away from Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler on New Orleans 110, Miami 104 Phoenix 127, Portland 117 While Ingram finished 4-for- Friday in New Orleans. The Pelicans won 110-104 to snap a three-game skid. L.A. Lakers 113, Milwaukee 103 20 shooting, Jrue Holiday led the Saturday’s games Houston at Charlotte Pelicans with 20 points, and Josh we needed him most, he came up Potential scrimmages: Alvin Utah at Detroit Hart came off the bench to finish DID YOU KNOW ? with two big scores.” Gentry said he can understand Denver at Cleveland Atlanta at Memphis with 19 points and 12 rebounds. Miami got a game-high 26 why the NBA might be consider- Philadelphia at Golden State Zion Williamson added 17 Heat rookie Duncan Robinson Sacramento at Portland points from Jimmy Butler and 24 ing playing games with no specta- Sunday’s games points and Lonzo Ball added 16, has made 233 three-pointers this from rookie Duncan Robinson, tors in the arena if the fallout from Chicago at Brooklyn including four straight when the season, the most by an undrafted who had eight three-pointers. the coronavirus epidemic gets L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers Pelicans’ fourth-quarter lead was New Orleans at Minnesota player during a single season in Butler kept the Heat within worse. “I’ll give you an example Milwaukee at Phoenix slipping away. Ball also had nine Oklahoma City at Boston NBA history. striking distance early in the — I went five places today to buy Indiana at Dallas rebounds and eight assists. Miami at Washington Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry SOURCE: Associated Press game with 15 first-half points. hand sanitizer, and there’s none in Orlando at Houston Detroit at New York said he had no hesitation going to “We just clearly weren’t sharp,” the whole town ,” he said. “I think San Antonio at Cleveland Ingram in the closing minutes. stretch,” Gentry said. “He had a Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said. people are scared. It wouldn’t Toronto at Sacramento Monday’s games “He didn’t shoot a great per- lot of shots that were question- “We were playing from a hole and surprise me if that did happen... Charlotte at Atlanta then we weren’t able to get over it’s one of those situations where Milwaukee at Denver centage, but it doesn’t matter if able from a foul standpoint. He Toronto at Utah you make the big shots down the just continued to play, and when the hump.” we all got to be careful.” Roundup Dominant Sabonis helps Pacers hang on against Bulls

Associated Press Mavericks 121, Grizzlies 96: Kristaps Nets 139, Spurs 120: Caris LeVert Porzingis had 26 points and 11 rebounds had 27 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists CHICAGO — Domantas Sabonis domi- and Luka Doncic added 21 points as host and host Brooklyn pounded San Antonio in nated with 24 points and 12 rebounds, and Dallas beat Memphis. Gregg Popovich’s return from a one-game the Indiana Pacers hung on to beat the Chi- It was Porzingis’ fifth straight game with cago Bulls 108-102 on Friday night. absence. at least 20 points and 10 rebounds for the LeVert, who had a career-high 51 points The Pacers led by as much as 23 in the Mavericks, who quickly built on a 12-point third quarter and withstood a big push in in a victory at Boston on Tuesday, recorded halftime lead, dominated the third quar- his first career triple-double. the fourth to win for the fifth time in six ter 34-16 and improved to 14 games over games. They also moved back into a tie Magic 132, Timberwolves 118: Nikola .500 for the first time this season. Seventh Vucevic had 28 points and 12 rebounds, with Philadelphia for fifth place in the in the Western Conference, they remain a Eastern Conference, even though they and Markell Fultz added 24 points for visit- half-game behind Oklahoma City. ing Orlando, which snapped a three-game were missing two of their top three scorers Josh Jackson led the Grizzlies, eighth skid by shooting a season-best 60.7% from with T.J. Warren (sore left leg) and Mal- in the West, with 16 points off the bench. the floor . colm Brogdon (sore left hip) sidelined. Memphis, which failed to move over .500 Jazz 99, Celtics 94: Mike Conley made “We’re a very talented group, and our for the first time since Feb. 20, came off six three-pointers and scored 25 points, depth is one of our strengths,” said Victor the first back-to-back 39-point road wins Oladipo, who scored 16 in 26 minutes after in NBA history. Jordan Clarkson added 17 and Utah beat missing two games with a sore right knee. Suns 127, Trail Blazers 117: Aron host Boston for its fourth consecutive “It’s no surprise to me that guys stepped up Baynes scored a career-high 37 points victory. and played well tonight. ” on a career-best nine three-pointers, Thunder 126, Knicks 103: Danilo Gal- Sabonis came through in a big way and Dario Saric added 24 points and Phoenix linari scored 22 points in 27 minutes and tied Troy Murphy’s club record with his snapped a four-game skid by beating visit- led five teammates in double figures as 49th double-double this season. ing Portland. visiting Oklahoma City routed New York. TERRENCE ANTONIO JAMES, CHICAGO TRIBUNE/TNS The Pacers won their ninth straight over Baynes was 9-for-14 from long distance Wizards 118, Hawks 112: Bradley the Bulls, who lost for the 12th time in 14 The Pacers’ Domantas Sabonis matched to tie a single-game franchise record, and Beal scored 35 points and host Washington games despite rookie Coby White scoring Troy Murphy’s club record with his 49th was 12-for-23 overall. He also had 16 re- held off Atlanta, which was without scor- 26 points and Shaquille Harrison setting a double-double of the season in a 108- bounds. Phoenix never trailed and made ing leader Trae Young because of flu-like career high with 25. 102 win over the Chicago Bulls on Friday. 19 three-pointers. symptoms. S TARS AND STRIPES Sunday, March 8, 2020 Aiming for No. 1 seed Aztecs advance to Mountain West SPORTS title game » College basketball, Page 18

NBA SHOWDOWN Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, left, and Lakers forward LeBron James square off during Friday’s game in Los Angeles.

PHOTOS BY MARK J. TERRILL / AP

LeBron, Lakers outduel Giannis, Bucks in clash of top two teams

BY GREG BEACHAM Game captain, and the Lakers beat Milwaukee 113- Associated Press 103 in a clash of the NBA’s conference leaders. Anthony Davis scored 14 of his 30 points in the LOS ANGELES fourth quarter as the Lakers (48-13) split their sea- eBron James has repeatedly insisted he son series with the league-leading Bucks (53-10). doesn’t care about winning another MVP Los Angeles was carried to its 10th win in 11 games award. He knows almost nobody outside overall by James, who scored 14 points in the third L the Los Angeles Lakers’ locker room thinks quarter and then kept LA ahead down the stretch. he’ll beat Giannis Antetokounmpo for the honor. James also frequently guarded Antetokounmpo When the reigning MVP brought his Milwaukee during the middle quarters with consistent success. Bucks to Staples Center on Friday night, James’ James capped his night with a one-handed spinning brilliant performance still demonstrated the debate dunk with 27 seconds left, sparking the last of many shouldn’t be over just yet. “M-V-P!” chants for him at Staples Center. James had 37 points, eight rebounds and seven as- sists to win his showdown with his fellow All-Star SEE CLASH ON PAGE 22

Inside: Ingram’s late heroics help Pelicans halt skid, Page 23 The Bucks’ Donte DiVincenzo, left, shoots sround Lakers guard Avery Bradley during the second half. DiVincenzo scored 17 points.

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