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Volume 79 Edition 213B ©SS 2021 CONTINGENCY EDITION SUNDAY,FEBRUARY 14, 2021 Free to Deployed Areas Marine Corps led military in hazing complaints

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — For the fifth year, the Marine Corps has had the most hazing complaints among the military services, ac- cording to a new Defense Depart- ment report. During fiscal year 2020, the mil- itary received 183 hazing com- plaints, with 152 from the Marine Corps — 83% of the total — ac- cording to the Annual Report for Hazing Prevention and Response in the Armed Forces, obtained this week by Stars and Stripes through the Pentagon. The report has not been publicly released. The report is submitted every January to Congress as required by the 2017 National Defense Au- Senate Television via AP thorization Act. The military ser- Bruce Castor, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, speaks after the Senate reached a deal to skip witness testimony during the vices submit data to the Pentagon second impeachment trial of Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Saturday. and cite improvements that have been made or policies they are un- dertaking to prevent hazing among their ranks. The reporting period for the FY2020 report was Wrapping things up between Oct. 1, 2019, and Sept. 30, 2020. The 183 military-wide com- Senate skips witnesses in Trump trial, moves toward vote plaints were a 15% decrease from FY2019, which had 216 com- Associated Press Capitol invasion behind them. Democrats, too, plaints. The DOD is hesitant to say WASHINGTON — House Democrats began have a motive to move on since the Senate how much the pandemic factored wrapping up their impeachment case against cannot move ahead on President Joe Biden’s into the decrease, according to the Donald Trump on Saturday after a chaotic agenda including COVID-19 relief while the report. morning in which they gave up a last-minute impeachment trail is in session. Of those 183 complaints, 52, or plan for witness testimony that could have While most Democrats were expected to 28.4%, were substantiated; 44, or significantly prolonged the trial and delayed a vote to convict the former president, acquittal 24%, were unsubstantiated; 77, or vote on whether the former president incited appeared likely with a two-thirds majority re- 42.1%, were still pending; and 10, the deadly Capitol insurrection. quired for conviction and the chamber split An unexpected vote in favor of hearing wit- 50-50 between the parties. Republican leader SEE COMPLAINTS ON PAGE 4 nesses threw the trial into confusion just as it Mitch McConnell said he would vote to acquit was on the verge of concluding. But both sides Trump, according to a person familiar with DID YOU KNOW? ultimately reached a deal to instead enter into his thinking. Closely watched, the GOP lead- the record a statement from a Republican er’s view could influence others in his party. The 183 military-wide hazing House lawmaker about a heated phone call on At issue at first on Saturday was whether to complaints were a 15% decrease the day of the riot between Trump and House subpoena Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler of from FY2019, which had 216 Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy that Demo- Washington state, one of 10 Republicans to complaints. The DOD is hesitant to crats say established Trump’s indifference to vote for Trump’s impeachment in the House. J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP say how much the pandemic fac- the violence. She said in a statement late Friday that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of tored into the decrease, according to Republicans are anxious to get the trial Kentucky said he would vote to aquit former the report. over with and discussion of Trump and the SEE SKIPS ON PAGE 7 President Donald Trump on Saturday. SOURCE: Stars and Stripes PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, February 14, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER S&P 500 closes wobbly week at record high EXCHANGE RATES Military rates So. 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DiGirolamo of Mary- — U.S. prosecutors have charged spond to a request for comment. gative Service says the woman's letting him return to the United land issued an order Thursday for the son of a civilian Navy staffer in Court documents only identify co-workers became worried when States to work on his clothing busi- him to be brought back to America Bahrain over her stabbing death his mother by the initials E.A., de- she didn't come to work Feb. 1. In- ness,” the agent's affidavit claims. to face trial on a murder charge. in the Mideast island kingdom. scribing her as a civilian Defense vestigators discovered her body He had allegedly used his moth- The U.S. Embassy in Bahrain Federal court documents accuse Department employee at Naval under a blanket in her apartment, er's credit card after the killing to and the Naval Criminal Investiga- Giovonni Z. Pope, 27, of stabbing Support Activity Bahrain, the repeatedly stabbed. purchase airfare back to the U.S. tive Service did not immediately his mother to death at her off-base home of the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet. Bahraini police later arrested to visit his girlfriend. respond to requests for comment apartment on Jan. 31. Contact de- She had worked there since Sep- Pope. He told Bahraini investiga- Bahrain had declined to prose- Saturday, nor did Bahrain’s Inte- tails for Pope could not be immedi- tember 2017. tors at one point that he killed his cute Pope if the U.S. tried him, the rior Ministry. McConville: Fort Hood conditions are still imperfect but improving BY ROSE L. THAYER base in April by a fellow soldier. giment, said he has heard from Stars and Stripes The report found leadership soldiers in his unit. It’s not just AUSTIN, Texas — Soldiers at failures created a lack of trust about preparing leaders to hold Fort Hood recommended to Army among soldiers and many times phone conversations with strang- Chief of Staff Gen. James McCon- base leaders lacked a “human ers, it’s also preparing them to talk ville on Wednesday that they touch” when speaking with the with soldiers about difficult topics would benefit from training on families of soldiers. such as racism and sexual assault. how to hold discussions about Much of Fort Hood’s approach “I think part of that, too, is arm- rooting out extremism in the to build trust has centered around ing the leaders to be able to talk ranks. leaders establishing better rela- with confidence on the matters,” The meeting was part of tionships with soldiers and their Bradley said during an interview McConville’s two-day trip to the families. Leaders must ensure prior to McConville’s visit. Texas base to hear feedback from each soldier has a “Golden Trian- For his part, Bradley said he is soldiers and leaders on progress gle” of support that includes their “constantly reiterating why it’s to improve the command climate direct leader, a trusted friend and important and getting people to be and culture at the base just two family. Leaders must contact the comfortable in having these con- months after the Fort Hood Inde- other members of the triangle “to versations.” pendent Review Committee re- humanize” soldiers, McConville Another soldier suggested to leased its report describing cul- said. McConville that the Army hire ci- tural and leadership problems, as Some noncommissioned offi- vilians to take over tasks like well as an environment “permis- cers suggested to McConville dur- guard duty and cleaning the bar- sive” of sexual harassment and as- ing his visit that they receive train- racks to allow soldiers more time sault. ing to prepare them to better dis- to train and focus. “Not everything is perfect, and cuss racism, sexism and suicide — “I’d like to do that, but some are they gave me very candid advice three corrosive issues that Army the type of things you expect sol- or requests of what they want to do senior leaders have targeted in diers to do,” McConville said. for all levels,” McConville said. their people-first approach. After hearing from soldiers, “Many were insightful on some of “We take for granted that all our McConville met with command- the things that we could do to do to NCOs and leaders know how to ers and command sergeants ma- make things better.” counsel and interact. In some jor on base to discuss the soldiers’ U.S. ARMY He said he felt there was a clear ways, we need to take some time feedback and offer his own. Lead- Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville spent two days this week change in attitude on how young teaching them how to do that,” ers have taken the report “very se- at Fort Hood, Texas, to hear from soldiers about the progress being enlisted soldiers view Fort Hood McConville said. “In some ways riously,” but there is still work to made to improve the command climate and culture on the base. since he last visited the base in by talking to the mother or spouse, be done, he said. September. it humanizes that relationship. “We all have some things that Within the next 60 days, De- certain “soldiers understand Former Army Secretary Ryan They can help you and you can we have to aggressively get after fense Secretary Lloyd Austin an- there’s no place for any type of ex- McCarthy appointed the five- help them.” in our force that hurt our soldiers nounced there will be a military- tremism in our force.” member committee to investigate This echoed concerns that Col. and have the potential to break wide stand down to combat some conditions at Fort Hood after Spc. Kevin Bradley, commander of trust with the American people,” of those issues. McConville said [email protected] Vanessa Guillen was killed on Fort Hood’s 3rd Cavalry Re- McConville said he told leaders. this will be an opportunity to make Twitter: @Rose_Lori Biden will try to close Guantanamo after ‘robust’ review BY BEN FOX nuary 2009. sought to close the detention cen- ment of people without charge. Guantanamo include five who Associated Press Psaki gave no timeline, telling ter, a notorious symbol of the U.S. The announcement of a closure were previously cleared for re- WASHINGTON — President reporters that the formal review fight against terrorism. Biden plan was not unexpected. Biden lease through an intensive review Joe Biden will seek to close the would be “robust” and would re- may have more leeway now that had said as a candidate he sup- process created under Obama as prison on the U.S. base at Guanta- quire the participation of officials there are only 40 prisoners left ported closing the detention cen- part of the effort to close the deten- namo Bay following a review from the Department of Defense, and Guantanamo draws much less ter. Defense Secretary Lloyd Aus- tion center and transfer the re- process, resuming a project begun the Justice Department and other public attention, though his an- tin said so as well in written testi- maining prisoners to facilities in under the Obama administration, agencies who have not yet been nouncement did draw some im- mony for his Senate confirmation. the U.S. the White House said Friday. appointed under the new adminis- mediate criticism. “Guantanamo has provided us There are 10 men facing trial by White House press secretary tration. The U.S. opened the detention the capability to conduct law of military commission. They in- Jen Psaki said it was the “inten- “There are many players from center in January 2002 to hold war detention in order to keep our clude five men charged with plan- tion” of the Biden administration different agencies who need to be people suspected of ties to al-Qai- enemies off the battlefield, but I ning and providing logistical sup- to close the detention facility, part of this policy discussion about da and the Taliban. It became a believe it is time for the detention port to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist something President Barack Oba- the steps forward,” she said. source of international criticism facility at Guantanamo to close,” attacks. The case has been bogged ma pledged to do within a year Obama ran into intense domes- over the mistreatment of prison- Austin said. down in pre-trial proceedings for shortly after he took office in Ja- tic political opposition when he ers and the prolonged imprison- The 40 remaining prisoners at years. 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BY COREY DICKSTEIN changing understanding of Lee Stars and Stripes and the Confederacy, which he WASHINGTON — The com- had revered growing up as a mission to rename military bases southerner. honoring Confederate leaders Bostick was chosen by Senate will include three retired gener- Armed Services Committee als, a retired admiral, a former Chairman Jack Reed, D-R.I. Bos- drill sergeant, a civilian defense tick retired from the Army in 2016 policy expert, a congressman and after leading the Army Corps of the secretary of the Smithsonian, Engineers. A 1978 graduate of Pentagon and congressional lead- West Point, Bostick also served as ers announced Friday. the director of Army Human Re- The commission is expected to Navy Adm. Michelle Howard Marine Gen. Robert B. Neller Army Brig. Gen. Ty Seidule sources, commanded its Recruit- begin work next month to build a ing Command and taught at his al- plan to rename 10 Army installa- thank them in advance for the ning and Fort Gordon in Georgia, first to lead a Navy battle group, ma mater. tions carrying the names of Con- wise counsel I am confident they Fort Bragg in North Carolina, commanding Expeditionary Bunch was chosen by House federate generals and to remove will provide.” Fort A.P. Hill, Fort Lee and Fort Strike Group Two in the Indian Armed Services Committee other names and symbols from The four will join four members Pickett in Virginia, Fort Rucker in Ocean in 2009. Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash. Defense Department properties named Friday by the chairmen Alabama, and Fort Hood in Tex- Neller retired as the Marine A historian, teacher and author, and assets honoring those who and ranking members of the as. Corps commandant in 2019 after he has led the Smithsonian since served the Confederate States of House and Senate Armed Servic- Congress charged the commis- 44 years in the service. Since his 2019, according to his official America, officials said. The group es Committees. They are retire sion with working with local com- retirement, Neller has been out- biography. was created by the fiscal year Army Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick; munities to establish new names spoken about race issues, penning Buchanan was selected by Sen. 2021 National Defense Authoriza- Lonnie G. Bunch II, the secretary for these installations. The panel a public letter in the wake of James Inhofe, R-Okla., the rank- tion Act, which became law Jan. 1 of the Smithsonian; Jerry Bucha- is to provide its findings and rec- Floyd’s death that read, in part: ing member on the Senate Armed after the Senate and House voted nan, a Tulsa, Okla., businessman, ommendations to Congress by Oc- “To the racists in America …You Services Committee. Buchanan is to override then-President Do- and Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga. tober 2022 and the Pentagon must are on the wrong side of history. I “a private business owner and nald Trump’s veto of the annual Congress mandated the com- implement the changes by Jan. 1, pity you.” civic leader” in Tulsa, according policy and spending bill. mission as Army and Pentagon 2024, according to the law. Schake is the director of foreign to Inhofe’s office. He served in the Defense Secretary Lloyd Aus- leaders during Trump’s adminis- The Army has the power to uni- and defense policy studies at the Army, including as a drill ser- tin on Friday named to the com- tration began looking at stripping laterally change the names of its right-leaning Washington think geant, and was assigned to Fort mission retired Navy Adm. Mi- bases of Confederate-linked installations, however Austin’s tank American Enterprise Insti- Dix, N.J., and Fort Polk. chelle Howard, retired Marine names amid a nationwide racial chief spokesman, John Kirby, told tute. She is also a former Penta- Scott was selected by Rep. Mike Gen. Bob Neller, retired Army reckoning after the Memorial Stars and Stripes that the defense gon and State Department offi- Rogers, R-Ala., the House Armed Brig. Gen. Ty Seidule, and Kori Day killing of George Floyd by secretary intends to allow the cial, and she has written exten- Services Committee’s ranking Schake, a civilian defense policy Minneapolis police. But Trump commission to lead the effort. sively about defense issues, in- member. Scott has served in Con- expert. rejected calls to rename the posts, Howard retired from the Navy cluding civil-military relations. gress since 2010, representing “Each of these individuals pos- and ultimately vetoed the NDAA, in 2017 after commanding U.S. Seidule retired from the Army Georgia’s 8th congressional dis- sesses unique and relevant expe- in part, over that objection. naval forces in Europe and Africa. in 2020 and led the history depart- trict, which includes Robins Air rience, in and out of government, The bases in question, all in for- She was the first Black female ment at the U.S. Military Acade- Force Base in the state’s center that I know will inform this im- mer Confederate states, were four-star officer in the U.S. mili- my at West Point for about 20 and Moody Air Force Base near portant effort,” Austin said in a named during the 1910s and 1940s tary history. She was also the Na- years, according to his biography. its southern border. statement. “I am enormously amid the south’s Jim Crow era. vy’s first Black woman to com- In January, he published a book grateful for their willingness to They are Camp Beauregard and mand a ship, the USS Rushmore entitled “Robert E. Lee and Me,” [email protected] serve the nation again, and I Fort Polk in Louisiana, Fort Ben- dock landing ship in 1999, and the which is described as a look at his Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Complaints: USMC official vows to focus on removing hazing

FROM PAGE 1 the fiscal year, according to the re- he sent a statement to Stars and reporting, tracking and analyzing complaints stand out, because or 5.5%, were dismissed, with- port. Stripes on Friday addressing complaints, with some providing most of the offenders were more drawn, referred to another agency The hazing complaints reflect a larger issues. more details than others. The Na- senior enlisted, in the ranks of E5 or resolved, according to the re- 19% decrease from FY2019, when Woodworth emphasized each vy, for instance, has been using a and E6, or staff sergeant to tech- port. the Marines had 188 reports. It commander’s responsibility for spreadsheet to document inci- nical sergeant. They also doubled The majority of accusers were was also the lowest number of ensuring that Marines work in a dents and prepare data for the an- the number of substantiated inci- in ranks E1 to E4, or private to cor- complaints for the service since place with “dignity, respect and nual report, but is looking to up- dents from two the previous year poral. About 69% of offenders in 2016, according to previous re- trust.” grade to a new system. The Air to four. the substantiated reports were al- porting. The other military servic- “By reporting, recording, and Force has its own software to The Navy had 12 complaints, the so ranks E1 to E4, and 24.5% were es consistently have single- or investigating hazing we intend to process and track complaints. The same number it had the previous noncommissioned officers at the double-digit numbers of com- demonstrate our focus on con- Army uses three case manage- year Eight complaints were sub- ranks E5 and E6, or sergeant to plaints. fronting the challenge and our ment systems and is looking for a stantiated, an increase from five staff sergeant. In the report, the Marine Corps commitment to eradicating it more standardized method, ac- the previous year; two were un- Physical contact was the most said its high number of complaints from our Corps,” he said. “Bottom cording to the report. substantiated; and two are pend- frequently reported allegation, was due to its case management line: We learned from past mis- The Army, despite being the ing. and there were also reports of ver- system, “the commandant’s in- takes, we find cases because we service with the most personnel, More than half of the 106 sub- bal, nonverbal and psychological creased emphasis on culture are actively looking for them as a hazing. In the 52 substantiated change, and the importance of re- service, and [we] have a well-de- had just seven hazing complaints stantiated offenders militarywide complaints military-wide, 106 of- porting problematic behaviors.” A veloped system for reporting/in- in FY2020, and none was substan- received more than one corrective fenders were associated with the similar reason was given in the vestigating.” tiated. Four were unsubstantiat- of disciplinary action, according hazings, according to the report. FY2017 report, when the service Their case tracking system is ed, two were pending and one was to the report. The most common The Marine Corps, which is the had 314 complaints, of which 146 called the Discrimination and referred to another agency, ac- actions taken by commands were smallest of the services and has a were substantiated. Sexual Harassment system, and it cording to the report. In FY2019, nonjudicial publishments, such as younger population, had 152 hazi- Brig. Gen. Jason Woodworth, is a secure database that provides the Army had 10 hazing com- reduction in pay grade or extra ng complaints in FY2020. Of the director of the Marine Corps’ oversight of “prohibited activities plaints — one substantiated. duty. Other administrative actions those, 40 were substantiated, 31 Manpower Plans and Policy Divi- and conduct” across the service The Air Force had 12 com- such as letters of reprimand were were unsubstantiated, eight were sion, was unable to comment on such as hazing and sexual harass- plaints, of which four were sub- also filed against offenders. None dismissed and 73 remained open, numbers since the report has not ment, according to the report. stantiated, seven were unsubstan- of the services reported repeat of- pending a resolution at the end of been released publicly. However, Each service has its own way of tiated, and one was withdrawn. Its fenders from the previous year. Sunday, February 14, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 VIRUS OUTBREAK Thousands more to deploy to support vaccination efforts

BY COREY DICKSTEIN tional Guard and Reserve forces. Stars and Stripes For now, Kirby said the Penta- WASHINGTON — The Penta- gon is trying to work ahead of FE- gon on Friday said it had alerted MA’s requests so it can deploy its thousands of active-duty troops to service members in a “phased and prepare to deploy to support coro- deliberate approach” in which navirus vaccination efforts they are ready as soon as they are throughout the United States. needed. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin “Even if they don’t have a loca- increased deployment authoriza- tion to go [to] … we can make sure tions this week from 1,100 troops to they are properly trained, we can CHARLES REX ARBOGAST/AP 4,700 to work at vaccination cen- make sure they are a properly re- Dr. Rita McGuire, an obstetrician and infection control specialist at Roseland Community Hospital in ters chosen by the Federal Emer- sourced,” he said. “And we can Chicago talks Jan. 29 with staff members about taking the COVID­19 vaccine. gency Management Agency, said make sure that the commands John Kirby, the Pentagon’s top they will be leaving have time to spokesman. The troops will be di- prepare for their departure to vided into 25 teams, which will in- make sure that any risks to mili- Black hospital confronts vaccine clude vaccinators, nurses, admin- tary treatment facility require- istrative troops and others needed ments are mitigated.” mistrust, hesistancy from within to help civilian officials run large, Austin has pledged the Penta- makeshift vaccinations sites. gon under his leadership would do By Lindsey Tanner that their development was unusu- lagged behind wealthier white Last week, Austin approved the as much as it could to aide other Associated Press ally quick but based on years of ones in getting COVID-19 testing deployment of the first five teams government agencies in the fight CHICAGO — In a makeshift vac- previous research and those used sites and recent city data shows of 222 troops each, but so far only against the coronavirus pandem- cination center at a safety-net Chi- in the U.S. have shown no signs of COVID-19 vaccinations in Black one of them has deployed. That ic, which has killed nearly 480,000 cago hospital, a patient services serious side effects in studies of and Latino residents are far behind team of soldiers from Fort Carson, Americans, according to Johns aide ushers an older woman with a tens of thousands of people. But a white residents. Colo., recently arrived in Los An- Hopkins University. The Penta- cane toward a curtained cubicle. history of abuses has contributed Without enough takers among geles, where it will begin work gon has said 21 service members “Here, have a seat right here,” to distrust of the medical establish- hospital workers, Roseland has of- Monday at a “mega vaccination have died of coronavirus-caused Trenese Bland says helpfully, pre- ment among some Black Ameri- fered some of its doses to city police site,” Kirby told reporters at the complications. paring the woman for a shot offer- cans. and bus drivers. Hospital repre- Pentagon. He expected the next Meanwhile, President Joe Bi- ing protection against the virus In a recent poll by The Associat- sentatives are scrambling for ways four teams — one each from the den has vowed to beef up the coun- that has ravaged their Black com- ed Press and NORC Center for to raise awareness and boost its Army, Air Force, Marine Corps try’s vaccination efforts, announc- munity. But the aide has doubts Public Affairs Research, 57% of vaccination rates — posters, stick- and Navy — to be identified and ing Thursday that his administra- about getting her own inoculation. Black Americans said they’d re- ers, education sessions. deployed by next week. tion had secured an additional 200 “It’s not something that I trust ceived at least one shot or planned They even brought in veteran The new authorizations will in- million doses of vaccines expected right now,” says Bland, 50, who to be vaccinated, compared with civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse clude 10 teams of 222 troops mod- to be available to Americans by worries about how quickly the CO- 68% of white Americans. Jackson recently to get his first eled after the group sent to Cali- summer. VID-19 vaccines were developed. Black Americans surveyed by shot on camera: “African Ameri- fornia and another 10 teams of 139 The United States is adminis- “It’s not something that I want in the National Foundation for Infec- cans have been first to be victims of service members each, Kirby tering about 1.6 million vaccine me.” tious Diseases cited reasons for the crisis, cannot be last to be seek- said. The smaller teams were ex- doses per day, according to the na- Just 37% of the 600 doctors, nurs- vaccination hesitancy that echo ing remedy,’’ Jackson said before pected to support smaller vacci- tional Centers for Disease Control es and support staff at Roseland those of Roseland employees. his inoculation. nation locations, he said. and Prevention. About 10.5% of Community Hospital have been The no-frills hospital, five stories Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, a Black FEMA is making the decisions the American population had re- vaccinated even though health of red brick, opened its doors near- U.S. government scientist who on which locations it wants to send ceived at least the first of two shots care workers are first in line. Many ly a century ago on Chicago’s far helped develop Moderna’s vac- the troops, Kirby said. FEMA has as of Thursday, the CDC said. holdouts come from the mostly South Side. Adjacent to a strip mall, cine, accompanied Jackson. She requested a total of 10,000 troops,

Black, working class neighbor- auto parts store and gas station, its acknowledged “centuries of medi- which Kirby said could eventually [email protected] hoods surrounding the hospital, ar- backyard is a residential street cal injustice” against Black Amer- be sourced via active-duty, Na- Twitter: @CDicksteinDC eas hard hit by the virus yet pockmarked by boarded-up frame icans but said COVID-19 vaccines plagued with vaccine reluctance. homes and three-flat apartment resulted from years of solid re- The irony hasn’t escaped orga- buildings. search. Trust in those vaccines, she nizers of a vaccination campaign at Doctors, nurses and staff are said, is needed to save lives. USS Wasp sailor dies of the 110-bed hospital, which until nearly all Black, as are the patients. Rhonda Jones, a 50-year-old recently was overflowing with cor- It would be hard to imagine that nurse at the hospital, has treated onavirus patients. If seeing CO- any are unaware of the staggering many patients with severe CO- COVID-19 complications VID-19 up close and personal isn’t health inequities that plague the VID-19, a relative died from it, and enough to persuade people to get city’s Black community and others her mother and a nephew were in- Stars and Stripes “We offer our condolences and vaccinated, what will? across the nation. fected and recovered, but she is A sailor assigned to a Norfolk, join the Sailor’s family, friends The resistance confounds Dr. Black people make up 30% of still holding out. Va.-based amphibious assault and shipmates in mourning the Tunji Ladipo, an emergency room Chicago’s population but, early in The vaccines “came out just too ship died Friday from coronavi- loss of this Sailor,” the statement physician who has seen the disease the pandemic, more than half the fast” and haven’t been adequately rus-related complications, ac- said. “Our thoughts and prayers devastate countless patients and COVID-19 deaths. That gap has tested, she said. She doesn’t rule cording to the Navy. are with them during this difficult their families, and frequently narrowed, though illness dispari- out getting vaccinated, but not any The USS Wasp sailor, whose time.” works side by side with unvacci- ties that explain that risk persist, time soon. name is being withheld until 24 As of Friday, 22 service mem- nated colleagues. including high rates of high blood “I always tell my patients, just hours after next-of-kin notifica- bers, including three other active- “Why people that work in the pressure, diabetes and obesity. because a doctor orders you medi- tion, was admitted to Sentara duty sailors, are named on the health care field would not trust the Black people are more likely to cation, you have to ask; you don’t Princess Anne Hospital in Virgin- Pentagon's list of those who have science? I don’t understand that,” have jobs that don’t provide health take it just because,” Jones said. ia Beach on Jan. 17 and trans- died due to the coronavirus. he said. insurance or the luxury of working “Nursing school teachers always ferred to Sentara Norfolk General

Health experts have under- safely at home in a pandemic. told us, when in doubt, check it Hospital on Jan. 29, a statement is- [email protected] scored the vaccines’ safety, noting South Side neighborhoods out.” sued Friday said. Twitter: @StarsAndStripes PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, February 14, 2021 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP CDC: Strong evidence in-person schooling can be done safely

Associated Press derided as an unreliable and un- The nation’s top public health fair system built on the backs of agency said Friday that in-person court defendants. schooling can resume safely with Take, for just one example, the masks, social distancing and other plight of Epilepsy Florida. The strategies, and vaccination of non-profit, which helps people af- teachers, while important, is not a fected by the seizure-inducing prerequisite for reopening. neurological disorder, gets money The Centers for Disease Control from a state trust fund that re- and Prevention released its long- ceives $5 for every seat belt infrac- awaited road map for getting stu- tion. dents back to classrooms in the Even before the pandemic, the middle of a pandemic that has group was already hurting be- killed nearly 480,000 people in the cause fewer people are getting U.S. But the agency's guidance is nicked for seat belt tickets these just that — it cannot force schools days, leading to a massive drop in to reopen, and CDC officials were revenue. careful to say they are not calling Now, as Florida budget officials for a mandate that all U.S. schools plan for deep revenue shortfalls GERALD HERBERT/AP be reopened. for the coming state fiscal year, People in Mardi Gras regalia gather outside a restaurant in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Friday . Officials said there is strong evi- groups such as Epilepsy Florida New Orleans’ annual pre­Lenten Mardi Gras celebration is muted this year because of the pandemic. dence now that schools can reo- are bracing for an uncertain 2021. pen, especially at lower grade lev- “We’ve been able to maintain Iowa say that studies show that the vac- events. The order continues to cap els. staff but we’ve been doing it by the cine may help reduce the severity indoor attendance at 35% of capac- Recommended measures in- skin of our teeth. It’s not just court DES MOINES— Iowa plans to of the illness. ity or 150 people, the governor clude hand washing, disinfection fines. Donations are down too,” withhold COVID-19 vaccines from said. of school facilities, diagnostic test- said Karen Basha Egozi, the presi- five counties this week because Pennsylvania Spectators were not permitted ing and contact tracing to find new dent and CEO of Epilepsy Florida. they did not use 80% of their alloca- After weeks of complaints about at school sporting events under a infections and separate infected “Extraordinary cuts would mean tions this past week, the state’s top Pennsylvania’s halting COVID-19 Murphy order from late last year. people from others in a school. It’s we probably need to cut back health official said Friday. vaccine rollout, the Health De- Murphy cited COVID-19 trends also more emphatic than past hours of staff to survive.” Kelly Garcia, interim director of partment on Friday ordered pro- heading in the right direction as guidance on the need to wear the Iowa Department of Public viders to get shots into arms more the reason for the change, which masks in school. California Health, did not name the five coun- quickly, offer more convenient took effect immediately. “We know that most clusters in SACRAMENTO — California ties while discussing the decision scheduling and make sure that The seven-day rolling average the school setting have occurred will soon expand its list of people with AARP members. scarce supplies are only going to of daily new cases in New Jersey when there are breaches in mask eligible for coronavirus vaccina- A new state rule requiring the eligible recipients. fell from 5,013 on Jan. 28 to 3,891 wearing,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, tions by another 4 million to 6 mil- use of at least 80% of a county's vac- The state also plans to dramat- new cases per day on Thursday. the CDC’s director, said in a call lion people by adding the severely cination allotment is designed to ically cut the number of providers with reporters. disabled and those with health reduce the amount of vaccine sit- that are administering the vaccine Minnesota The guidance was issued as conditions that put them at high ting in storage, The Des Moines so that more doses will go to those MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim President Joe Biden faces increas- risk for infection and death, state Register reported. that have proven adept at swiftly Walz on Friday said he would relax ing pressure to deliver on his Health Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly Garcia said the decision was not using their weekly allotments. several restrictions in place due to promise to get the majority of K-8 said Friday. intended to punish the counties Acting Health Secretary Alison the coronavirus as cases continue schools back to in-person teaching Among those who will become but to give them “a little bit of a Beam said the moves are intended to ebb and vaccination efforts in- by the end of his first 100 days in of- eligible on March 15 are people break to catch up.” to hold hospitals, pharmacies and crease, including raising the maxi- fice. He acknowledged that the with certain cancer, heart, lung The counties will be given their other providers accountable for mum occupancy in bars and res- goal was ambitious, but added, “It and kidney conditions, as well as full allocation the next week if they the vaccine doses they've been en- taurants and at private events and is also a goal we can meet if we fol- pregnant women, those with meet the 80% target, she said. trusted with, and to address wide- celebrations. low the science.” Down syndrome, organ transplant spread frustrations among Penn- Top capacity at bars and restau- Biden said schools will need recipients and the severely obese. Oregon sylvania residents about how diffi- rants and indoor entertainment more money to meet the CDC’s They join people 65 and over and PORTLAND — Four people in cult it can be to secure an appoint- venues rises to 250 people, with up standards and called on Congress those in high-risk job descriptions Oregon, who have been fully vac- ment. Pennsylvania is among the to 50 people allowed at private to pass his COVID-19 package who already were eligible under cinated with the COVID-19 vac- lowest-ranked states in how effi- events and celebrations. The gov- quickly to get $130 billion in aid to the state's plan. cine, have tested positive for the ciently it is vaccinating its popula- ernor's order doesn't change the schools. California has been plagued by coronavirus the health authority tion. limit on capacity by percentage, vaccine shortages and Ghaly reported Friday. Under the order, hospitals, meaning bars and restaurants still Florida couldn’t say how long it will take Oregon is among the first states pharmacies and other providers may not go above 50% of capacity. MIAMI — Average Floridians for the state to vaccinate the esti- nationwide to report “break- must administer at least 80% of The limit for indoor entertain- might not realize that every time mated 17 million to 19 million peo- through cases” — people who test their allotment of first doses of ment venues stays at 25%. Gyms they pay a court fine or fee, the ple who will be eligible for the vac- positive for coronavirus at least 14 vaccine within a week of getting and pools can also now have a max- money helps keep government op- cine once the new additions are days after receiving their second them, and offer live telephone op- imum of 250 people, although per- erations afloat. The revenue — es- made. dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. erators to assist people who don’t centage limits there also remain pecially from traffic tickets — “Without that crystal ball on the “(This is) not to be unexpected have the ability to schedule their unchanged at 25% of capacity. helps pay for everything from allocation it’s going to be really in a vaccine that while phenom- appointments online. Walz said during a news confer- wildlife and environmental con- hard to answer," he said. enal, with 95% percent effective- ence Friday that falling hospitali- servation, compensation for crime The nation's most populous state ness, still means 5% may still be in- New Jersey zations, lower test positivity rates victims and even treatments for can expect to receive more than 1 fected,” Patrick Allen, the director TRENTON— Parents can again and increased vaccination efforts people with brain and spinal inju- million doses each week at least for of the health authority, said Fri- attend their children's school across the state influenced his de- ries. the next few weeks, Ghaly said. day. sporting events in New Jersey. cision to lift some restrictions. The But as the pandemic has largely Each of the current vaccines — Officials say that two “break- Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy governor said input from small shuttered courts and led to fewer Pfizer and Moderna — require two through cases” are in Yamhill said Friday he was signing an ex- businesses affected by the restric- motorists getting tickets, revenue doses for full effectiveness. So it County and the other two are locat- ecutive order to permit up to two tions and the consistency of the da- across Florida has plummeted — takes 1 million shots to cover ed in Lane County. The four people parents or guardians to attend in- ta also played a role in dialing back exposing what critics have long 500,000 people. had mild or no symptoms. Officials door and outdoor school sporting restrictions. Sunday, February 14, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 NATION Skips: Senate flip-flops on calling witnesses

FROM PAGE 1 Trump rebuffed a plea from McCarthy to call off the rioters. Democrats consider it key cor- roborating evidence that con- firms the president’s “willful der- eliction of duty and desertion of duty as commander in chief.” The situation was resolved when Herrera Beutler’s state- ment on the call was read aloud into the record for senators to consider as evidence. As part of the deal, Democrats dropped their planned deposition and Re- publicans abandoned their threat to subpoena hundreds of their witnesses. The case then pro- ceeded to closing arguments. Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland had said that witnesses were necessary to determine Trump’s role in inciting the riot. There were 55 senators who vot- ed for his motion to consider wit- nesses, including Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alas- ka, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Mitt Romney of Utah. Once they did, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina changed his vote to join them on the 55-45 vote. Trump lawyers opposed calling witnesses, with attorney Michael van der Veen saying it would open the door to him calling as many as 100. He said the deposi- STEFANI REYNOLDS/AP tions could be done in his law of- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, left, arrives at the start of the fifth day of the second impeachment trial of former Presi­ fice in Philadelphia, prompting dent Donald Trump on Saturday at the Capitol in Washington. laughter from senators. “If you vote for witnesses,” Van viction. citer in chief” whose monthslong der Veen said, crossing his arms Trump is the only president to campaign against the election re- and then then raising them in the be twice impeached and the first sults was rooted in a “big lie” and air for emphasis, “do not hand- to face trial charges after leaving laid the groundwork for the riot, a cuff me by limiting the number of office. violent domestic attack on the witnesses that I can have.” Unlike last year’s impeach- Capitol unparalleled in history. Senators meeting as the court ment trial of Trump in the Uk- “Get real,” Raskin said at one of impeachment are restrained in raine affair, a complicated charge point. “We know that this is what taking up other business without of corruption and obstruction happened.” consent of the Republican minor- over his attempts to have the for- Six Republican senators who ity, which is unlikely. Rules re- eign ally dig up dirt on then-cam- joined Democrats in voting to quire senators to be present for paign rival Biden, this one take up the case are among those the proceedings and this past brought an emotional punch over most watched for their votes. week almost no other major items the unexpected vulnerability of Early signals came Friday dur- have been considered as the trial the U.S. tradition of peaceful ing questions for the lawyers. was underway. AL DRAGO/AP elections. The charge is singular, Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine The outcome of the raw and Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R­Wash., who was one of 10 GOP House incitement of insurrection. and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, emotional proceedings is expect- members who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump, is On Friday, Trump’s impeach- asked the first question. Two cen- ed to reflect a country divided urging people with knowledge of conversations Trump had during the ment lawyers accused Democrats trists known for independent over the former president and the Jan. 6 Capitol riot to come forward. of waging a campaign of “hatred” streaks, they leaned into a point future of his brand of politics. The against the former president as the prosecutors had made, asking verdict could influence not only gued that Trump’s rallying cry to videos — rioters calling out me- they wrapped up their defense. exactly when Trump learned of Trump’s political future but that go to the Capitol and “fight like nacingly for House Speaker Nan- His lawyers vigorously denied the breach of the Capitol and of the senators sworn to deliver hell” for his presidency just as cy Pelosi and Vice President that Trump had incited the riot what specific actions he took to impartial justice as jurors. Congress was convening Jan. 6 to Mike Pence, who was presiding and they played out-of-context end the rioting. “What’s important about this certify Biden’s election victory over the vote tally — did senators video clips showing Democrats, Democrats had argued that trial is that it’s really aimed to was part of an orchestrated pat- say they began to understand just some of them senators now serv- Trump did nothing as the mob some extent at Donald Trump, tern of violent rhetoric and false how perilously close the country ing as jurors, also telling support- rioted. but it’s more aimed at some presi- claims that unleashed the mob. came to chaos. Hundreds of riot- ers to “fight,”aiming to establish Another Republican who voted dent we don’t even know 20 years Five people died, including a riot- ers stormed into the building, tak- a parallel with Trump’s overheat- to launch the trial, Sen. Bill Cassi- from now,” said Sen. Angus King, er who was shot and a police offi- ing over the Senate. Some en- ed rhetoric. dy of Louisiana, asked about the independent from Maine. cer. gaged in hand-to-hand, bloody “This is ordinary political rhet- Trump’s tweet criticizing Pence The nearly weeklong trial has Trump’s lawyers countered in combat with police. oric,” said van der Veen. “Count- moments after the then-president delivered a grim and graphic nar- a short three hours Friday that Many Republicans represent- less politicians have spoken of was told by another senator that rative of the riot and its conse- Trump’s words were not intended ing states where the former presi- fighting for our principles.” Pence had just been evacuated. quences in ways that senators, to incite the violence and that im- dent remains popular doubt Democratic senators shook Van der Veen responded that at most of whom fled for their own peachment is nothing but a whether Trump was fully respon- their heads at what many called a “no point” was the president in- safety that day, acknowledge they “witch hunt” designed to prevent sible or if impeachment is the ap- false equivalency to their own fi- formed of any danger. Cassidy are still coming to grips with. him from serving in office again. propriate response. Democrats ery words. Impeachment manag- told reporters later it was not a House prosecutors have ar- Only by watching the graphic appear all but united toward con- ers say that Trump was the “in- very good answer. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, February 14, 2021 NATION Census delays release of redistricting data Associated Press reau’s chief of Decennial Commu- past decades when the data were fights over new maps drag into the strong schedule that reflects the The U.S. Census Bureau said nications and Stakeholder Rela- released to states on a flow basis, New Year, primaries may have to time we need,” said James White- Friday it won’t be delivering data tions, in a call with reporters. the 2020 redistricting data will be be delayed. horne, chief of the Redistricting used for redrawing congressional Styles had previously said the made available to the states all at In the end, though, experts said and Voting Rights Data office at and state legislative districts until redistricting data would be avail- once, according to the Census Bu- the elections will proceed as nor- the bureau. the end of September, causing able no earlier than the end of July reau. mal in November 2022. The big- “We are consistently aware of headaches for state lawmakers because of delays caused by the The delayed release creates a gest impact will be to compress the urgency and needs of the and redistricting commissions virus. Before the pandemic, the chain reaction in the political the window during which lawyers states for this data,” Whitehorne facing deadlines to redraw dis- deadline for finishing the redis- world. Several states will not get can challenge bad maps in court. said. tricts this year. tricting data had been March 31. the data until after their legal “It makes it significantly more Gail Gitcho, a spokeswoman for Officials at the statistical agen- The redistricting data includes deadlines for drawing new dis- likely that courts will bump up the National Republican Redis- cy blamed operational delays dur- counts of population by race, His- tricts, requiring them to either re- against election deadlines,” said tricting Trust, said the group’s at- ing the 2020 census caused by the panic origin, voting age and hous- write laws or ask courts to allow Michael Li of the Brennan Center torneys were reviewing the impli- pandemic. ing occupancy status at geograph- them a free pass due to the delay. for Justice. cations of the delay. “The biggest reason? CO- ic levels as small as neighbor- Candidates may not know yet Census Bureau officials are The once-a-decade census is VID-19. It’s something beyond the hoods, and they are used for draw- whether they will live in the dis- aware of the deadlines facing law- used to determine how many con- Census Bureau’s control,” said ing voting districts for Congress trict they want to run in by the fil- makers and redistricting commis- gressional seats and Electoral Col- Kathleen Styles, the Census Bu- and state legislatures. Unlike in ing deadline. In some cases, if sions nationwide, but “we have a lege votes each state gets. Months after Biden’s win, Arizona officials are still facing threats

Associated Press attacks that have left his family PHOENIX — For months, the fearful. All were from Trump four elected Republicans and one supporters who questioned elec- Democrat on the board oversee- tion results that saw a Democrat ing Arizona’s most populous win Arizona for the first time county have been facing threats since 1996. and harassment for backing elec- “I think it’s wrong. It’s horri- tion results that saw Democrat ble,” Hickman said. Joe Biden win in the state. Republican Supervisor Bill That fury from some support- Gates, who spent 8 years on the ers of former President Donald Phoenix city council before join- Trump moved on this week to a ing the board in 2017, said the GOP state senator, who had to public vitriol against him and oth- change his phone number, flee his er board members started when house with his they imposed a mask mandate to wife and young slow the spread of the coronavi- son and get po- rus last June, then tapered off. VERONICA G. CARDENAS / AP lice protection. But after Trump’s Nov. 3 loss, it Migrants wait in line to get a meal in an encampment near the Gateway International Bridge in Matamoros, The focus on took off again with a vengeance. Mexio, in August 2019. Sen. Paul Boyer “It’s just awful. The lines are came after he gone. Nothing is out of bounds,” was the lone Re- Gates said, noting “horrific” publican who things written in response to his Biden to slowly allow 25,000 Boyer voted against a simple posting of a family Christ- measure to subject the GOP-dom- mas card on his social media. inated Maricopa County Board of “And really no one’s speaking people seeking asylum into US Supervisors to arrest for refusing out about it,” Gates said. “That’s Associated Press a Texas Democrat, said officials tration said was critical to revers- to honor a Senate subpoena. It re- what’s really hard. Where are the SAN DIEGO — The Biden ad- told him that they are Browns- ing a surge of asylum-seekers quired the county to hand over people speaking out about it, the ministration on Friday an- ville and El Paso in Texas, and that peaked in 2019. But the pol- ballots and vote-counting ma- other elected officials? The si- nounced plans for tens of thou- San Diego’s San Ysidro crossing. icy also exposed people to vio- chines to the Senate so they could lence is pretty deafening.” sands of people who are seeking The move is a major step to- lence in Mexican border cities triple-check the results. Hickman called out one GOP asylum and have been forced to ward dismantling one of former and made it extremely difficult County supervisor Clint Hick- senator, Kelly Townsend, for urg- wait in Mexico under a Trump- President Donald Trump’s most for them to find lawyers and com- man, a Republican who has en- ing the public to “do what you got- era policy to be allowed into the consequential policies to deter municate with courts about their dured protests outside his house ta do” after Boyer’s Monday vote. U.S. while their cases wind asylum-seekers from coming to cases. and graphic threats of violence Townsend later complained through immigration courts. the U.S. About 70,000 asylum- “As President Biden has made since after the November elec- about the AP’s coverage of that The first wave of an estimated seekers were enrolled in the pro- clear, the U.S. government is tion, has held his tongue. But with statement, saying she never sug- 25,000 asylum-seekers with ac- gram officially called Migrant committed to rebuilding a safe, the new attacks on Boyer, he says gested anyone act unlawfully and tive cases in the “Remain in Mex- Protection Protocols since it was orderly, and humane immigra- he’s had enough. was merely calling for people to ico” program will be allowed into introduced in January 2019. tion system,” Homeland Security “I’m talking now because create a coalition to try to force the United States on Feb. 19, au- On Biden’s first day in office, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas they’re doing it to a state senator supervisors to hand over the bal- thorities said. They plan to start the Homeland Security Depart- said. “This latest action is another who had no idea what he was lots. slowly, with two border crossings ment suspended the policy for step in our commitment to reform probably stepping into,” Hick- After the Jan. 6 insurrection at each processing up to 300 people new arrivals. Since then, some immigration policies that do not man said in an interview with The the U.S. Capitol, Hickman’s not a day and a third crossing taking asylum-seekers picked up at the align with our nation’s values.” Associated Press on Friday. buying it. fewer numbers. border have been released in the Asylum-seekers will be re- Hickman described hateful and “Any politician at the Senate President Joe Biden’s adminis- U.S. with notices to appear in leased with notices to appear in vicious threatening messages he’s that does not parse their words tration declined to publicly iden- court. court in cities close to or in their received, a phalanx of 90 people and tries to do word play doesn’t tify the three crossings out of fear Biden is quickly making good final destinations, typically with protesting within 15 feet of his work for me in this charged envi- it may encourage a rush of peo- on a campaign promise to end the family, administration officials home’s front door and continuous ronment,” Hickman said. ple, but U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, policy, which the Trump adminis- said. Sunday, February 14, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION Sign of inequality: Salaries recover but jobs don’t

Associated Press about the same. That’s less than half the WASHINGTON — In a stark sign of the economy-wide average of nearly $30 an economic inequality that has marked the hour. pandemic recession and recovery, Ameri- “It tells the story of an economy that has cans as a whole are now earning the same really tanked for the most vulnerable,” said amount in wages and salaries that they did Elise Gould, an economist at the liberal Ec- before the virus struck — even with nearly 9 onomic Policy Institute. “It’s shocking how million fewer people working. small a dent that has made in the aggre- The turnaround in total wages under- gate.” scores how disproportionately America’s The figures also underscore the unusual- job losses have afflicted workers in lower- ly accelerated nature of this recession. As a income occupations rather than in higher- whole, both the job losses that struck early paying industries, where employees have last spring and the initial rebound in hiring actually gained jobs as well as income since that followed have happened much faster early last year. than they did in previous recessions and re- In February 2020, Americans earned coveries. After the Great Recession, for ex- $9.66 trillion in wages and salaries, at a sea- NAM Y. HUH/AP ample, it took nearly 2½ years for wages sonally adjusted annual rate, according to A woman walks past a “Now Hiring” sign displayed at a CD One Price Cleaners Feb. 6 inand salaries to regain their pre-recession the Commerce Department data. By April, Schaumburg, Ill. levels. after the virus had flattened the U.S. econo- “This is one of the worst recessions we’ve my, that figure had shrunk by 10%. It then sharp drop in employment, said Michael “We’ve never seen anything like that be- ever had — compressed into one-tenth of gradually recovered before reaching $9.67 Feroli, an economist at JPMorgan Chase. fore,” said Richard Deitz, a senior econo- the time that a normal recession would trillion in December, the latest period for The figures document that the vanished mist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New take,” said Ernie Tedeschi, policy econo- which data is available. earnings from 8.9 million Americans who York, referring to the concentration of job mist at the investment bank Evercore ISI. Those dollar figures include only wages have lost jobs to the pandemic remain less losses. “It’s a totally different kind of down- “Hopefully, the recovery will continue to be and salaries that people earned from jobs. than the combined salaries of new hires and turn than we’ve experienced in modern compressed as well. That’s where the fears They don’t include money that tens of mil- the pay raises that the 150 million Ameri- times.” are and where the debate is.” lions of Americans have received from un- cans who have kept their jobs have re- Of the nearly 10 million jobs that have One reason why the job losses have had employment benefits or the Social Security ceived. been eliminated by the pandemic, 40% have relatively little impact on the nation’s total and other aid that goes to many other house- The job cuts resulting from the pandemic been in restaurants, bars, hotels, arts, and pay is that so many of the affected employ- holds. The figures also don’t include invest- recession have fallen heavily on lower-in- entertainment. Retailers have lost nearly ees worked part time. The average work ment income. come workers across the service sector — 400,000 jobs and many low-paying health week in the industry that includes hotels, A separate measure tracked by the Labor from restaurants and hotels to retail stores care workers, such as nursing home attend- restaurants and bars is just below 26 hours. Department shows the same result: Total and entertainment venues. By contrast, ants and home health care aides, have also That’s the shortest such figure among 13 labor income, excluding government work- tens of millions of higher-income Ameri- been laid off. major industries tracked by the govern- ers, was 0.6% higher in January than it was cans, especially those able to work from On average, restaurant workers make ment. The next shortest is retail, at about 31 a year earlier. home, have managed to keep or acquire just below $13 an hour, according to Labor hours. The average for all industries is That is “pretty remarkable,” given the jobs and continue to receive pay increases. Department data. Retail cashier pay is nearly 35 hours. ICE nearly released 3 sex abuse Part of Paul Newman camp for ill kids destroyed in fire convicts despite Biden directive Associated Press partments assisted in putting out Associated Press under the administrations of immigration agencies were given A fire on Friday evening de- the fire. AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Immi- Presidents Barack Obama and wide latitude on who to arrest, stroyed a large section of Paul Borgman also said it took about gration and Customs Enforce- Donald Trump, ICE would not detain, and deport. Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang 90 minutes to bring the fire under ment was prepared to release drop that many detainers from But people convicted of sex of- Camp for seriously ill children in control and firefighters were also three men convicted of sex of- the Texas prison system in a fenses against minors still qualify Connecticut. able to save the camp's infirmary. fenses against children, Texas of- year, Clark said. for enforcement. The memoran- Jimmy Canton, the chief execu- It was not immediately clear if ficials said, in an apparent mis- Most of the 26 were convicted dum defines public safety threats tive of the camp in Ashford, said it anyone was working at the camp at application by authorities of en- of drug charges or drunken-driv- as incarcerated people “who appears no one was injured in the the time of the fire and the origin forcement directives from Presi- ing offenses, according to state have been convicted of an ‘aggra- blaze, which was reported to fire of- and cause of the blaze were being dent Joe Biden’s administration. records obtained by The Associ- vated felony’” as defined by a ficials through an automatic fire investigated by federal, state and The three were not released af- ated Press. But two were convict- specific section of immigration alarm just before 5 p.m. He said local authorities. ter discussions in recent weeks ed of sexually assaulting a teen- law. That section begins: “The buildings housing the camp's store The camp, with extensive medi- between the state prison system ager and a third was convicted of term aggravated felony means ... and arts and crafts, woodshop and cal facilities on site, was founded by and immigration authorities. But indecency with a child. murder, rape, or sexual abuse of cooking programs were destroyed. Newman in 1988 in the woods of the process of keeping them in “Our concern is that you have a minor.” “Although the cause of the fire is eastern Connecticut, with a West- custody raised alarms that ICE individuals that have offenses in Steve Yale-Loehr, an immigra- unknown at this time, what is ern motif inspired by the late ac- was declining to detain convicts which we believe they would tion law professor at Cornell Uni- known is that The Hole in the Wall tor's movie “Butch Cassidy and the contrary to immigration law, offi- pose a public safety threat,” versity, said a conviction for sex- Gang Camp is a community devot- Sundance Kid.” cials said. Clark said. “And so dropping the ual abuse of a minor would nor- ed to hope and healing,” Canton It provides summer camping ex- ICE has dropped “detainer” re- detainer, in turn, is threatening mally qualify as an “aggravated said in a statement. “We will get periences adapted for children quests against 26 people in Texas public safety and we expressed felony,” and that “such individu- through this in the way that we al- with serious physical and medical in recent weeks, said Jason that to immigration officials.” als remain immigration enforce- ways have and always will — as a limitations, although its traditional Clark, chief of staff at the Texas On Biden’s first day in office, ment priorities.” family.” summer camp was canceled in Department of Criminal Justice. the Department of Homeland Se- ICE declined to comment Fri- Tom Borgman, the deputy chief 2020 because of the coronavirus Immigration authorities issue de- curity issued a memorandum di- day on whether it had initially of the Ashford Volunteer Fire De- pandemic. tainers to local or state law en- recting immigration agencies to dropped detainers on the men partment, said the fire destroyed The charity also runs outreach forcement agencies holding a focus their enforcement efforts convicted of sex crimes. In a two buildings, including a large programs for children in more than person who is potentially in the on three categories: threats to na- statement, the agency said it structure that was made to look like 40 hospitals, clinics and other set- U.S. illegally. When a person in tional security, threats to public “makes arrest and custody deter- the center of an old western town. tings in the Northeast, serving the U.S. illegally completes their safety, and immigrants who en- minations on a case-by-case ba- Different sections of the wood- more than 20,000 children each sentence for a crime, ICE can tered the U.S. illegally on or after sis, based on the totality of the frame building were constructed to year. seek to take them into immigra- Nov. 1. The memorandum was a circumstances and does so in look like separate buildings, hous- The camp is funded in part tion custody. departure from practice during compliance with federal law and ing different programs, he said. through proceeds from the sale of In previous years, including Trump’s administration in which agency policy.” He said at least six other local de- “Newman's Own” brand products. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, February 14, 2021 WORLD Myanmar sees 2nd week of mass protests

Associated Press the arrests of politicians and ac- YANGON, Myanmar — Mass tivists, and in areas outside Yan- street demonstrations in Myan- gon have become more aggres- mar entered their second week sive in trying to break up pro- Saturday with neither protesters tests. nor the military government they According to the independent seek to unseat showing any signs Assistance Association for Politi- of backing off from confronta- cal Prisoners, at least 326 people tions. have been detained since the Protesters in Yangon, the coun- coup, of which 303 remain in cus- try’s biggest city, again congre- tody. gated at Hleden intersection, a There have been many reports key crossroads from which over the past three nights of raids groups fanned out to other points, during a curfew in which securi- including the embassies of the ty personnel have tried to seize United States and China. They people from their homes. marched despite an order ban- In several cases, neighbors and ning gatherings of five or more other people have rushed to the people. scene in such numbers that secu- The U.S., especially after the rity forces have abandoned their announcement by President Joe attempts to haul in their targets. Biden of sanctions against the Videos of such raids have been military regime, is regarded as widely posted on social media. an ally in the protesters’ struggle The prisoners’ association also against the Feb. 1 coup. China is said that riot police fired rubber detested as an ally of the ruling bullets, injuring five students, generals, whose support is cru- and took away another nine in a cial to them keeping their grip on protest Friday in the southern power. city of Mawlamyine. PATRICK POST/AP Demonstrations also resumed “Family members are left with Dozens of skaters took to the frozen surface of Amsterdam's historic Prinsengracht canal in Amsterdam, in the second biggest city, Man- no knowledge of the charges, lo- Netherlands, on Saturday, as the deep freeze gripping Europe briefly made it possible to skate on a small dalay, with lawyers making up cation or condition of their loved section of the canal for the first time since 2018. one large contingent. ones,” it said in a statement. The military ousted the coun- “These are not isolated incidents try’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and nighttime raids are targeting and her government and prevent- dissenting voices. It is happening Dutch get their skates on ed recently elected lawmakers across the country.” from opening a new session of Detainees have included politi- Associated Press wheels. dogs took to the ice. Parliament. Suu Kyi and other cal leaders, government officials, AMSTERDAM — Dozens of “Fantastic, and especially now- The country’s skating associ- senior members of her govern- civil servants, activists and stu- skaters took to the frozen surface adays it’s a once-every-so-many- ation and local authorities called ment and party remain in deten- dent leaders. Medical personnel of Amsterdam’s historic Prinsen- years experience, so when you on people to go to ice close to their tion. have been singled out because gracht canal Saturday as the deep get the chance, do it,” said Marc homes to avoid overcrowding at The junta led by Senior Gen. their community initiated the civ- freeze gripping Europe briefly Burkett as he laced up his skates popular lakes that would prevent Min Aung Hlaing said it was il disobedience campaign against made it possible to skate on a before taking to the canal. social distancing amid the coun- forced to act because Suu Kyi’s the military takeover and re- small section of the canal for the It was the first time since 2018 try’s tough coronavirus lock- government failed to properly in- mains in its vanguard. first time since 2018. that skating was possible on the down. vestigate allegations of fraud in The U.N.’s top human rights People skated and walked on a canal. But many people still sought to last year’s election, which her body on Friday passed a consen- small stretch of ice between two Elsewhere in the country the drive to their favorite skating lo- National League for Democracy sus resolution urging the military bridges close to the landmark ice was safer. People flocked to cation. Car parks at the pictur- party won in a landslide. The to immediately release Suu Kyi Westerkerk before growing frozen lakes and canals to enjoy esque Kinderdijk windmills were election commission said there is and other civilian government cracks in the ice forced all but the the conditions before a thaw fore- full by 7:30 a.m., local broadcast- no evidence to support the mil- leaders while watering down a most daring off the ice. One man cast to begin in coming days. Par- er Rijnmond reported. itary’s claims. draft text amid pressure led by even slithered across the ice on a ents pulled children in sleds, “Kinderdijk is full,” the local Authorities have stepped up China and Russia. skateboard deck without the youngsters played hockey, even municipality tweeted. Fuel tanker blast causes massive fire at Afghan-Iran border Associated Press the blast. Wahid Qatali, Herat’s provincial wounded or getting close to the site of the Two explosions at the border crossing HERAT, Afghanistan — A fuel tanker ex- governor, said Afghan first responders did blast, said Mohammad Rafiq Shirzy, were powerful enough to be spotted from ploded Saturday at the Islam Qala crossing not have the means to put out the huge fire spokesman for the regional hospital in Her- space by NASA satellites. One blast erupted in Afghanistan’s western Herat province on and had requested support from Iran in the at’s provincial capital, also named Herat. around 1:10 p.m. Afghan time, the next the Iranian border, injuring at least seven form of fire-fighting aircraft. Seven people injured by the fire have around a half hour later at 1:42 p.m. people and causing a massive fire that con- “For the time being, we can’t even talk been admitted to the hospital so far, he said. The fire continued to burn after nightfall, sumed more than 500 trucks carrying natu- about the casualties,” Qatali told The Asso- Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency and forced Afghanistan to shut down its ral gas and fuel, according to Afghan offi- ciated Press. quoted truck drivers as saying more than electrical supply from Iran, leaving Herat in cials and Iranian state media. The intensity of the flames meant ambu- 500 trucks carrying natural gas and fuel the dark, said Wahidullah Tawhidi, spokes- It wasn’t immediately clear what caused lances were having trouble reaching the have burned. man for the Ministry of Power Supply. Sunday, February 14, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Man killed at gun range tried to steal firearm LAS VEGAS — A man NV killed by gunfire from a Las Vegas police officer and three shooting range employees tried to steal a gun inside the facil- ity before attacking and wounding the officer’s patrol partner with a screwdriver in the parking lot, a police official said. Marvin Payton Jr., 27, was shot 14 times and died outside Range 702, Assistant Clark County Sher- iff Brett Zimmerman told report- ers . Police were called after a gun owner taking a class reported that Payton tried to steal his gun from a bag, Zimmerman said. Several employees accompa- nied Payton outside, where video shows Payton wielding the screw- driver and swinging at the offi- cers, striking one. The injured of- ficer was treated at a hospital and is recovering from stab wounds and a broken facial bone. Shopper allegedly slapped worker over mask policy PARKER — Police CO near Denver were RUSS DILLINGHAM, (LEWISTON, MAINE) SUN JOURNAL/AP looking for a woman who is ac- cused of slapping a worker while shopping at a supermarket after Roses are not always red they said the shopper refused sev- Bill Baker puts together an arrangement of a dozen red roses at Dube’s Flower Shop as the Lewiston, Maine, store and other flower shops eral times to wear a mask. across the world fill orders for Valentine’s Day. Police in Parker, about 20 miles southeast of Denver, said the many to be charged in what inves- THE CENSUS pened when he was still employed shopper fled the King Soopers tigators allege was a wide-ranging but off-duty. store after the alleged assault on scheme involving multiple DNR The number of seconds by which Hobbs Kessler, a student Meridian Police spokeswoman Feb. 3, but released surveillance employees and caviar processors. 0.15 at Skyline High School in Ann Arbor, Mich., beat the previ- Stephany Galbreaith said the in- video in hopes of identifying her. The DNR and the U.S. Fish and ous record for the fastest indoor mile by a high school runner, according to vestigation began late last year af- The video shows the unmasked Wildlife Service began a joint in- USA Track and Field. Kessler finished in 3:57.66 at the American Track ter someone contacted the depart- woman turning to talk to someone vestigation in 2017 into allegations League meet in Fayetteville, Ark., USATF said. The previous record of 3:57.81 ment about a series of alleged out of the camera’s view as she that DNR workers had been ille- was set by Drew Hunter in 2016. Kessler finished third in the race behind rapes that happened in 2008. Gal- shops and then pushing a cart gally selling or trading sturgeon former Olympian Nick Willis and winner Takieddine Hedeilli of Texas Tech. braith said the reported rapes all down an aisle. caviar in violation of state and fed- involved the same victim, who The woman then turns again to eral law. school threats in one north Florida cago police said. was incapacitated during the as- speak as another woman wearing county. Vincent Richardson, 26, was ar- saults. an apron walks toward her. The Minor uses flare to start Flagler County Sheriff’s offi- rested and charged with felony Boise police spokeswoman Ha- shopper then appears to raise her fire at Walmart store cials say the boy is charged with a impersonation of a police officer. ley Williams said Scott Wayne hand to the other woman’s face false report concerning the use of He is accused of pretending to be McMikle, 58, who turned himself before they walk together out of MONTGOMERY — A firearms in a violent manner. a Chicago police sergeant Jan. 14, in, worked for the Boise Police the camera’s view. AL minor has been charged According to the sheriff’s office, Jan. 27 and Feb. 3. Department for more than three Police said the shopper refused with using a flare to start a fire in- the boy was singing a violent song Richardson was also arrested in decades, starting in 1983 and re- to comply with the store’s mask side an Alabama Walmart store, involving the use of guns and 2009 at age 14 after being so con- tiring as a corporal in 2015. policy. according to authorities. shooting people in the Bunnell vincing as a police officer he was The minor, who was not identi- Elementary School classroom assigned a radio and went on pa- Troopers bust sports Biologist charged with fied because he is underage, was Feb. 3. His teacher told him the trol with a real officer. cars racing at high lying about caviar scheme charged with first-degree arson in song and behavior were unaccept- In 2013 at age 19, Richardson speeds connection with the fire at the able in the classroom. The boy pretended he was an officer and MADISON— Prosecu- Montgomery store, the city’s fire- then began searching for guns on was arrested when he tried to buy TACOMA — Author- WI tors charged the Wis- rescue agency said. his iPad, investigators said. police equipment. And in 2015 at WA ities say the drivers of consin Department of Natural Re- Crews responded to the blaze The next day, the boy took his age 21, Richardson was arrested three sports cars — a Lamborghi- sources’ top sturgeon expert with and were able to extinguish the iPad, pointed it at the teacher and after police stopped his car while ni, a BMW and a Porsche — were obstructing an investigation into flames with minor damage to the said, “I am going to shoot you up!” investigating a call of shots fired. cited in Pierce County for reck- allegations that his employees building, news outlets reported. while making gun noises, sheriff’s He was wearing a bulletproof vest less driving for racing at speeds have been funneling the valuable No one was injured. officials said. He then did it a sec- and had a police duty belt, scan- topping 100 mph. fish’s eggs to a network of caviar Authorities identified the minor ond time while leaving the class- ner, BB gun and stun gun in his The three were racing on east- processors under the guise of a after he was captured in security room and maintaining eye contact possession. He received 18-month bound Highway 16 when they flew scientific study. video walking around the store with the teacher. sentences for impersonating an past troopers who were staged in Ryan Koenigs faces one count with a group of other juveniles. officer after each offense. the area. KOMO reported the of obstructing a conservation war- Teen police impersonator drivers were eventually stopped den, which is a misdemeanor pun- Boy, 11, threatens to arrested again as adult Former police officer on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. ishable by up to nine months in shoot teacher charged with rapes All three were cited for reckless jail and $10,000 in fines. DNR spo- CHICAGO — A man ar- driving and had their vehicles keswoman Sarah Hoye said Koe- BUNNELL — A boy, 11, IL rested three times for im- BOISE — A former towed to the Washington State Pa- nigs was placed on administrative FL who threatened to shoot personating a Chicago police offi- ID Boise Police officer has trol’s impound lot. leave but declined further com- his teacher is the fourth student cer, including once at age 14, was been charged with nine counts of ment. He could be the first of arrested recently for making arrested again for the crime, Chi- rape that prosecutors allege hap- From wire reports PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, February 14, 2021 MUSIC

BY MIKAEL WOOD Los Angeles Times he first time Weezer stayed off the road for as long as it has during the COVID-19 pandemic, LOOKING the triggering catastrophe was the less-than- enthused reaction to 1996’s “Pinkerton.” Today that album is universally regarded as Tan emo classic. But at the time of its release, two years after the Los Angeles band’s hit self-titled debut known as the Blue Album, fans and critics jeered Weezer’s shift from clever, streamlined power-pop to a messier, noisier sound built around frontman Rivers Cuomo’s psychosex- INWARD ual confessions. “Those were the earliest Amazon customer reviews I remember seeing,” the singer says. “A lot of people were repelled.” The cool reception drove Cuomo from performing, and when Weezer returned in 2001 it was with another punchy self-titled record, this one called the Green Album, that set the template for the next two decades of the group’s AGAIN career: polished rock-candy production, hooks within hooks and lyrics longer on jokes and wordplay than on self-revelation. Now, 25 years after “Pinkerton” — and as the band’s involuntary break from touring enters its 12th month — It’s not ‘Pinkerton,’ Weezer is finally revisiting the introspective terrain of its beloved cult fave with “OK Human.” The new album sets Cuomo’s inner thoughts against lush but faintly haunting orchestral arrangements. but Weezer frontman “It’s really trying to capture the anxieties of my every- day existence,” he says, drawing a distinction between his approach here and the various narrative devices (includ- Rivers Cuomo gets pretty ing cut-up poetry and characters’ voices) he used in re- cent years. Unlike “Pinkerton,” though, “OK Human” didn’t come emo on ‘OK Human’ from a place of emotional trauma. In fact, Cuomo, 50, is Atlantic Records thriving in quarantine. Weezer revisits the introspective “I’m perfectly happy to stay at home,” he says. “It terrain of beloved cult favorite means I don’t have to come up with excuses for not going album “Pinkerton” on its latest, out.” “OK Human.” It’s early December, and Cuomo and I are sitting 6 or 7 feet apart in a Zen-garden situation behind his home in Santa Monica, Calif. A sliding glass door opens into the plant-filled studio where he’s been livestreaming lately on Zoom and Instagram — intimate virtual gigs, including one a few months ago in which he crushed Whitney Hous- ton’s “All at Once” — that he says represent some of the finest performances of his life. Cuomo was wearing a mask when I arrived, but as we sat down he took it off, revealing a neatly trimmed mus- tache with heavy ’70s-dad vibes. (His turtleneck sweater and corduroy trousers strengthen the effect.)

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Rivers Cuomo performs with Weezer on Sept. 28, 2019, at the Rock in Rio festival in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. LEO CORREA/AP Sunday, February 14, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 MUSIC Inward: Weezer dials down crunchy guitars on ‘OK Human’

FROM PAGE 12 more real. But he also has a twin- “I don’t love shaving,” he says, kle in his eye as he says that his “so whenever I don’t have to — managers have been working on like when there are no shows — a a cross-promotional gambit with beard happens.” The mustache the folks at iRobot. started as a goof, but he gets a “To have our voices coming kick out of it every time he catch- out of a robot vacuum somehow es himself in the mirror. promoting an album called ‘OK With his extra time, Cuomo has Human’” — the title riffs on gotten into web programming; he Radiohead’s technophobic “OK recently developed an online Computer” — “to me that feels store for his website where he’s less like brand integration than a selling downloads of old demos. work of art unto itself,” he says. The site is almost comically util- Cuomo’s feelings have evolved itarian in appearance — “ama- over time (and as bands have teurish,” he admits with a laugh. stopped making serious money “I don’t really care what it looks from record sales). So too has the like. I’m interested in just mak- level of control he feels he needs ing stuff work.” to exert over the recording of any Among his other pandemic new Weezer album. activities: He plays ping-pong On the Blue Album, he recalls, with his wife, Kyoko, whom he he battled with the LP’s pro- married in 2006 and with whom ducer, the late Ric Ocasek of the he shares a 13-year-old daughter Cars, about where microphones and 9-year-old son. Kyoko is “a should be placed in the studio to serious ping-pong-ist,” he says — record Wilson’s drums. But for she played on her school team TIMOTHY NORRIS FOR LIVE NATION/TNS “OK Human” he was happy to growing up in Japan. “She beats From left: Patrick Wilson, Scott Shriner, Rivers Cuomo and Brian Bell of Weezer perform at the Whisky a entrust much of the process to me every time, but the tension is Go­Go on Sept. 10, 2019, in West Hollywood, Calif. The band has an ambitious release schedule for Sinclair, who he says “is very incredible.” They play every 2021. They just dropped a new album, “OK Human,” with “Van Weezer” to follow later this year. careful to limit my power over night after dinner, he says, then the final outcome, which I think adds of his marriage: “We’ve tracks his follower count on so- Newman,” the wistful 1970 LP on example,” he says. “It’s super- is really smart.” gotten super-close — closer than cial media; “Aloo Gobi” wonders which Harry Nilsson performs disillusioning, but I think it dem- He’s similarly que-sera-sera in ever.” whether a couple’s routine is tunes by Randy Newman. onstrates that a song can be both regards to the Hella Mega Tour, The only thing Cuomo seems getting dull — “What’s playing at Cuomo wasn’t familiar with the totally personal and have a writ- a rock roadshow starring Green troubled by is that he’ll have to the Aero? / Some French noir album — he grew up idolizing erly twist that deceives the listen- Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer leave home in a few weeks for his flick” — while “La Brea Tar Pits” Kiss and Van Halen — but loved er in their interest.” that was supposed to play stadi- annual 10-day silent-meditation has a caveman calling for help as it as soon as he heard it. “I’m so In “Playing My Piano,” the ums across the U.S. and Europe retreat. First exposed to the prac- he sinks into the ooze of that L.A. jealous of that guy’s voice,” he narrator sings about resenting last summer before COVID shut tice as a kid growing up on an landmark. says of Nilsson, who died in 1994. Zoom interviews because they down live music. At the moment ashram in Connecticut, he’s been “I know there’s a lot of conjec- “It seems like he can open his cut into the time he has to make the rescheduled tour is set to kick committed to meditating daily ture about peeling the layers of mouth and sing anything, and music; in Cuomo’s mind, though, off June 9 in Vienna, which given since 2003. Although he says it’s irony away from Weezer — that just the sound of his breath going the interviews actually represent the bumpy vaccine rollout essential to his creativity, the it’s like an onion,” says drummer through his vocal cords is beauti- the music that’s distracting him “seems like kind of a long shot,” extended stretch of silence is Pat Wilson. (Weezer’s other ful. from the programming he says Cuomo says. something he likes having done members are guitarist Brian Bell “Right away, I was like, ‘Oh he’d rather be doing. “Either way, I don’t care,” he more than he likes doing. and bassist Scott Shriner.) Over my God, I’m so excited to do “Here Comes the Rain” is adds. “I don’t mind staying home “Sometimes I’ll look forward to the years, Cuomo has pulled all this.’” another: a seeming account of more.” it if life is really chaotic,” he says, kinds of left-field stunts to keep That all-in attitude is typical of self-encouragement that Cuomo Besides, he’s got plenty to keep to which you have to ask: 2020 things interesting — sometimes Cuomo. Yet what’s interesting wrote for his friend Sam Harris, him busy, including a movie didn’t qualify? He shrugs as he to widespread scorn, as when he about his obsessions — and what the button-pushing author and musical he’s working on about takes a swig of electrolyte water. drafted Lil Wayne for an iffy sets him apart from any number podcast host, as Harris was get- the life of the Buddha — it’s “Life right here is pretty guest verse in 2009, and some- of ’90s-rock veterans — is the ting beaten up online for some called, uh, “Buddha Superstar” peaceful,” he says. times to surreal acclaim, as when ease with which he moves be- outrageous statement or another. — and two more Weezer albums So why explore his deepest the group topped Billboard’s tween them; for him, no creative “I felt like I have more experi- after “Van Weezer.” The first, misgivings? Cuomo says the idea alternative chart in 2018 with a tactic ever serves as repudiation ence dealing with the internet tentatively titled “Happy Chill,” came from his producer, Jake straight-faced cover of Toto’s of another. and trolls because all that arose is in the style of the band’s mel- Sinclair, who previously oversaw “Africa.” Indeed, “OK Human” is just right when we were making our low 2001 single “Island in the another self-titled “Weezer LP” “But what I hope people hear one of two albums Weezer plans most controversial records,” Sun”; the other evokes Franz (2016’s so-called “White Album”) in this album — especially the to put out this year. The other, Cuomo says, thinking back to Ferdinand or the Clash, Cuomo and has also worked with Panic! diehard people who love ‘Pinker- “Van Weezer,” is a detailed hom- 2009’s “Raditude,” for which he says — “dance music, but it feels at the Disco and 5 Seconds of ton’ — is Rivers speaking age to the ’80s metal of Cuomo’s recruited pop studio pros such as like a band.” Summer — popular young mod- through his lyrics and the mu- adolescence, loaded with the Dr. Luke and Polow da Don. Looking even further, he’s ern-rock acts operating in a lane sic,” Wilson continues. “To me, various peacocking techniques — “I wanted to explain to Sam beginning to imagine his first Weezer helped create. there’s a direct line between the “palm muting, whammy bars, how to not get sucked into it.” real solo record, which he de- “Jake loves to think of me as two records. This one is like a artificial harmonics, two-handed The song’s original chorus, he scribes with two unexpected this tortured artist,” Cuomo says. portrait of Weezer as a middle- tapping,” per the singer’s run- claims: “Don’t go on Reddit.” words: “Barry” and “Manilow.” The frontman isn’t sure he aged man. down — that Weezer consciously Then there’s the new album’s Singing “All at Once” and agrees with that assessment: “I “Which is a terrible selling rejected as it set out in the “Grapes of Wrath,” in which another great Houston oldie, think everybody has some of that point,” he adds with a laugh. dressed-down age of grunge. Cuomo sings about blissfully “Didn’t We Almost Have It All,” in them. So I was just channeling To frame these age-appropri- “Back then, we weren’t exactly falling asleep to the sound of an on Instagram in recent months that.” ate musings, Weezer dialed down sure who we were, but we knew audiobook — only he doesn’t say got him wondering why nobody The anxieties he probes on the crunchy electric guitars of who we weren’t,” Cuomo says. “audiobook” but specifically does songs like that anymore: “OK Human” aren’t the same as hits like “Buddy Holly” and “Be- The showy “Van Weezer,” set for name-checks Audible in a bit of complex, grand-scaled ballads on “Pinkerton,” which toggles verly Hills” and hired a 38-piece release in May, is an eager ex- product placement that would’ve that avoid neat four-chord pro- between Cuomo’s carnal appe- orchestra — another idea that periment: “Let’s bring those horrified any self-respecting ’90s gressions to summon a real sense tites and the guilt he feels about came from Sinclair, who says he things back again and see if we kid. of romantic abandon. using his rock stardom to satisfy envisioned “something like ‘Elea- can still be Weezer.” “It never occurred to me that “And that’s when I thought of them. Here he worries about the nor Rigby’ meets ‘Rhapsody in As earnest as it is, “OK Hu- that’s a weird thing to say,” Cuo- Barry Manilow,” he says. “I effects of his daughter’s screen Blue.’” The producer guided man” bears traces of Cuomo’s mo insists, and of course it’s true always loved Barry Manilow. I’d time and laments how closely he Cuomo toward “Nilsson Sings slipperiness. “I’ll give you an that the lyric’s precision makes it love to do what he does.” PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, February 14, 2021 LIFESTYLE Unleashing jitters With a few tips and some tasty treats, owners don’t have to fear taking their pandemic puppies to the dog park for the first time BY BETH HARPAZ Dog park jitters Darris Cooper, Petco’s national Associated Press dog training manager, says a ike a lot of new dog Stephanie Holmes admitted to “smelly yet tasty treat” should be owners, Adriana Maga- being “a little nervous” on a used “like a magnet.“ Put it near rin recently got a puppy recent day in Prospect Park in your dog’s nose, walk away, then Lto help brighten up Brooklyn, N.Y. It was her first call the dog with a “repetitive pandemic life. time taking her 7-month-old dog, noise,” like a whistle, smooch, or “You can only read so many Stella, to the park’s early morn- click, along with encouraging Harvest, a longtime reveler to Prospect Park’s Long Meadow, plays books; you can only listen to so ing off-leash dog run, which words like “Good boy!” or “Good off­leash Jan. 31 during designated free­roaming hours. many podcasts,” she said. these days attracts dozens of girl!” When the dog comes, give Buddy, her husky, is “a trou- pandemic puppies. the treat. ‘Hey, wait — we were playing — owner recovers your first ball. blemaker, but he gets me up in Stella did just fine with all Practice rewarding your dog I was fine!’” Even better: “Toss balls for nu- the morning and gets me out- comers, human and canine, but for coming when called several Steele says learning dog body merous dogs. The dogs will be side.” Tom Huang, owner of Rose, a times a day, and “you should language is helpful, too. He rec- happy and the other owners will But Buddy’s first trip to a dog gray-and-white pit bull, sympa- have a solid recall in about three ommends the ispeakdog.org likely be thrilled!” park in Houston, where Magarin thized about the dog park jitters. weeks,” said Tim Steele, a certi- website and the new book “Dog- Alternatively, if another pooch lives, was more than she bar- “It can be hard to get their fied dog trainer who runs the gie Language” by Lili Chin (Ha- is spoiling your game, put the gained for. He was “doing great” attention if they’re in the mix,” Behavior Matters Academy in chette). ball away and try again later. hanging out with other dogs — he said. Sacramento, Calif. Aggression is uncommon in until he followed them to a pond Josslyn Shapiro had a strategy And make it fun: “Clap your most dogs, according to Cooper, What the veterans say and fell in. He got out fine, she for getting her lab puppy Appa to hands, use happy talk, get on but “if your dog lunges, snaps or Dog parks aren’t just places to said, laughing, though he “looked listen: “If I bring chicken, he’s your knees,” he said. It’s also bites another dog or person,” get tire out energetic puppies, says like a little rat.” OK.” important to “slowly increase the help from a trainer with the right Matt Kelliher of Minneapolis, Dog parks are full these days level of difficulty by calling when experience. To avoid problems in owner of a 5-year-old mutt of pandemic puppies and new Use treats like a magnet they are mildly distracted.” older dogs, Cooper says it helps named Beckett. He advises new owners learning the ropes. Fortu- High-motivation treats like to socialize puppies young, add- owners to think of them as places nately, with treats and a watchful chicken are exactly what trainers Playing or fighting? ing that they “do best playing in for “actively training your dog to eye, you can take the anxiety out recommend for teaching dogs to It’s normal for puppies to pairs.” be respectful, to listen, and prac- of dog park visits in no time. come when called. wrestle. But when is rough play Sometimes owners fret when tice recall,” preferably with “a too much? one dog mounts another, but pocketful of treats.” If your pup is “cowering, lip- experts say that’s normal dog He’s also not a fan of small, licking, hunched over with the play and not always sexual in fenced-in spaces: “Dogs need tail tucked,” or, conversely, nature. (In fact, dogs sometimes room to roam and scents to “overly stimulated” and unable mount dogs of the same gender.) chase. I would recommend find- to settle down, “it’s best to end Of course, be careful if your dog ing the biggest dog park you the interaction,” advises Cooper. isn’t spayed or neutered to avoid can.” You can also try a “consent situations that could lead to un- Ted Hausman, who’s been test,” says Steele. If you think a wanted pregnancies. bringing his dog Harvest to dog is being too rough, gently Brooklyn’s Prospect Park for pull the dog out and see whether Bring me the ball years, says he’s glad to see the the other dog moves away. If so, It’s fun playing fetch, but what newcomers. the aggressor “was indeed being happens if another dog takes “It’s nice people are experi- a bit too rough and the other dog your ball? One strategy, Steele encing the joy of dog ownership,”

PHOTOS BY JOHN MINCHILLO/AP needed a break. But if the ‘vic- says: Bring an extra ball, so you he said. “It’s a good silver lining Moose, a Great Dane, visits Long Meadow during off­leash hours. tim’ dog follows, they’re saying, can keep playing while the other to the pandemic.”

Dogs play around a social distancing sign during off­leash morning hours Jan. 31 at the Long Meadow in Prospect Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Go to any dog park right now and you’ll probably find lively pandemic puppies, along with new owners learning the ins and outs of off­leash play and discovering the joys of dog ownership. Sunday, February 14, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 15 CROSSWORD AND COMICS

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T N U R G I W I K O T U A E N I P O S E T A M R A J A O S E P L I V I C PAGE 16 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, February 14, 2021 GADGETS & TECHNOLOGY Work from home, send a hologram 3D collaborations from afar could become a common post-pandemic office reality BY DALVIN BROWN work with than tiles of faces on a The Washington Post computer screen. On the fringe t’s a pressing question that for years, workplace holograms has yet to be answered: would enable employees to vir- Once the pandemic passes, tually re-create in-person meet- Iwhat will the return to ings whether they’re at home or work look like for millions of in the office. Americans? “As you look to that hybrid Some tech companies have model, companies are going to said people can continue to work have to innovate around that from home indefinitely. Surveys interplay between the remote suggest that most others are employee experience and in- contemplating hybrid work- office employee experience,” spaces where staffers rotate said Lisa Walker, the vice presi- between working remotely and dent of brand at Fuze, a tele- coming into the office. The pos- conferencing service. “The tech- ARHT MEDIA/The Washington Post sible post-coronavirus situation nologies that can solve for that ARHT Media brings holographic speakers from Australia, Greece and Germany together on one stage. has some companies envisioning are going to pop.” a future where people can collab- A January workplace survey most people to afford. Compa- On the remote side, a presen- actually there. orate in more interactive and by PWC found that most exec- nies, on the other hand, have ter would stand in front of a The digital clones could sur- engaging ways, whether they’re utives and employees expect a larger budgets. And now soft- green screen, looking at a shot of face in a variety of ways. on-site or at home. One novel hybrid workplace reality to kick ware advancements are unlock- the audience on a monitor. Mean- If they’re using a smartphone approach is to use 3D holograms. off in the second quarter of this ing ways to use laptops, comput- while, cameras capture the camera, you could video-chat Last month, Canada-based year. A separate survey by the ers and smartphones to engage speaker from all angles. At the with a colleague on a computer ARHT Media launched HoloPod, National Association for Business with and stream holograms emit- worksite, someone could roll the and use your mouse to zoom in or a 3-D display system that beams Economics found that only 11 ted elsewhere. HoloPod out of a closet, turn on a pan around their virtual room. If presenters into meetings and percent of the employees are In December, ARHT media computer and connect to a live you’re both wearing VR head- conferences they otherwise expected to return to their pre- showed what a hologram-enabled stream. sets, you could beam yourselves wouldn’t be able to attend. That pandemic working arrange- conference could look like as it ARHT’s software strings it all into a virtual office or bring them same month, the 3D graphics ments. Corporate travel is ex- beamed an executive from Los together and will enable presen- into your living room to collab- company Imverse was recog- pected to remain slashed. Angeles to Singapore to speak at ters to respond in almost real orate. nized at the global tech confer- Holograms might not be the an innovation summit. The event time. People would then see the It would take a trio of cameras ence CES for software that en- next big thing, but start-ups in brought together a “small group” illusion of the presenter project- to enable 360-degree virtual ables hologram collaboration the 3-D space are positioning of attendees and was broadcast ed onto a reflective mesh. views of your whole body, while within virtual meeting rooms. their offerings just in case. live to a larger audience online. In video demonstrations, the eight cameras would enable your Last year, Spatial enabled ho- The three-dimensional light Traditionally, setting up high- $20,000 suite of hologram tech- hologram to emit from TVs such lographic-style virtual meetings projections have primarily been definition holograms requires a nology lacks some clarity. You as Sony’s latest $5,000 spatial on Oculus Quest. seen re-creating musicians on- team of projection technicians. can look at it and tell it’s not a reality display. Others are racing to develop stage in recent years. Companies However, ARHT’s HoloPod was real person. Still, the company Imverse, which joined Micro- similar Web conferencing capa- have wanted to bring them into designed to be a quick-setup, enables people to engage with soft’s start-ups program last bilities under the notion that homes, but the projection hard- plug-and-play system that’s sim- life-size, three-dimensional rep- year, says it will launch its col- holograms are more engaging to ware is still too expensive for pler to deploy. resentations of people who aren’t laboration service later in 2021. A home security camera with good value, plenty of features BY GREGG ELLMAN for general settings. Once it’s set up, the camera can be Tribune News Service viewed and controlled worldwide. 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Ezviz app (iOS and Android). It must be connected to AC My dogs are typically my test model for security cam- power (adapter included), so keep that in mind when eras and the C4W caught them consistently, even though choosing a location along with the reach of your existing they were set up with dog treats. The specific areas worked 2.4GHz Wi-Fi. well and the nighttime alarm with the flashing light and The camera has dual antennas for a reliable and stable EZVIZ/TNS siren stopped them in their tracks. Wi-Fi connection. A 2.8mm wide angle lens can be con- The Ezviz C4W smart Wi­Fi camera offers plenty of handy The night vision, like any camera, shouldn’t be posi- trolled with the app for panning, zooming up to 8x and features and can be used either outdoors or indoors. tioned directly into light. Using it in a typical backyard with taking still images. Video recordings are done in 1080p minimal lighting, night vision worked well. A lot depends full-HD resolution, so the image is crystal clear. Services is available. Any of the three can be used; it’s your on the settings chosen with recording zones, alerts, strobe The recordings can be stored on microSD memory cards choice, or have the data saved to all three for added backup. light and siren. The C4W night vision system is rated to (not included) up to 256GB. An Ezviz NVR can be used for For the most part, the app, which can accommodate capture images at night up to 98 feet away. storage and a paid subscription for encrypted CloudPlay multiple Ezviz cameras, runs the show during setup and Online: ezvizlife.com; $79.99 Sunday, February 14, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 17 BOOKS Better spin on 2020 Essays in ‘The New Possible’ explore how to view year as laying the foundation for the rebirth, not death, of society

BY MICHAEL LIEDTKE reshape technology, the economy, the Associated Press environment, the food supply, government n pop culture, 2020 has been under- and community in hopes that people can standably reviled as the “hell year.” eventually look back at 2020 as a reawak- It tormented us with a lethal pan- ening, and not a death rattle. STEVE HUMPHREYS, INM/AP JOHN CRESTON DUBOIS/AP TOM ZASADZINSKI/AP Idemic spiraling out of control, thou- “People can tell our systems are broken, Justin Rosenstein, Tristan Harris and Philip Clayton have essays in “The New Possible.” sands of shuttered businesses, violent and not just in a subtle way, not just like protests over racial injustice, raging wild- we need to tweak a few things or throw a The book is backed by One Project, a have trapped the entire global psyche fires and political extremism and lies that few bad apples out,” said Justin Rosen- nonprofit group Rosenstein started as part inside this Vegas-style dopamine machine underpinned January’s harrowing coup stein, a former Google and Facebook engi- of his effort to improve the way we live that has become the host of our democrat- attempt at the U.S. neer who contributed an essay on building and work. He also was a protagonist in ic conversations.” Capitol. a “democratic economy.” “The rules of the “The Social Dilemma,” a Netflix docu- “The New Possible” aims to spur But what if all system are rigged against us. They are not mentary about the dark side of social change through 28 essays divided into 10 that tumult actual- designed to serve the interests of human- media released four months before the categories — Earth, Us, Change, Wealth, ly laid the founda- ity; they are not designed to serve the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Work, Food, Education, Love, Community tion for societal interests of nature.” Another “Social Dilemma” standout, and Tomorrow. revival? That’s the Rosenstein was one of the driving forces former Google engineer Tristan Harris, The contributors quickly embraced the premise offered behind the book. Some critics may see him founded the Center for Humane Tech- idea last spring, said Philip Clayton, one of by an eclectic as part of the problem, given that he in- nology in 2018 to nudge the industry away the book’s editors and president of the group of writers, vented the Facebook “Like” button that from building services and devices de- Institute for Ecological Civilization. In the academics, scien- helped propel the success of a social net- signed to attract and hold onto our atten- eight months since work on the essays tists, environ- work that has become a massive funnel of tion. He considers his essay a kind of se- began, Clayton believes the sequence of mentalists and misinformation that has become a source quel to the Netflix documentary and its events that bookended the Nov. 3 election technology engi- of consternation and regret for him and warning about how Facebook and Twitter have turned “The New Possible” into a neers in “The New Possible,” a collection other one-time Facebook backers like can tear people apart instead of bringing Kairos book, referring to the ancient of essays that explore what and how the investor Roger McNamee. them together. Greek word for an opportune time in his- world might rebuild from the rubble of the “It is very tempting to hate the players “We have been screaming at the top of tory. past year. rather than look at the game and realize our lungs about this train running off the “This is the one of the few moments in The group behind the book doesn’t lack it’s the problem,” Rosenstein said. “We cliff for a long time and then it culminated life,” Clayton said, “when the world points for ambition. People from science fiction have new technology that can enable us to in Jan. 6,” Harris told the AP, referring to to you and says, ‘Are you going to make novelist Kim Stanley Robinson to Budd- harness our collective intelligence in ways the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol incited that inner change, or are you not going to hist monk Jack Kornfield suggest ways to that has never been possible before.” by former President Donald Trump. “We transform?’” Hawke’s new novel tale of actor rising above narcissism BY RON CHARLES This recycled gossip is tiresome, holds the reins of our sympathy, atizes the themes of the story, Maybe, he hopes, acting well The Washington Post but what’s most irritating about which may explain Hawke’s propelling it forward even while onstage will serve as a prelude to Finally, a novel about the tra- “A Bright Ray of Darkness” is decision to narrate this story in William wallows in self-pity. acting better in real life. vails of a successful white guy! that it’s really good. If you can the first person. As much as “A Bright Ray of Darkness” is William is not the best Shak- What could pull the heartstrings ignore the author’s motive for everybody around William re- clearly the work of an author espeare actor in this production, of our afflicted nation tighter creating such a sensitive and gards him as a royal ass, we — who knows every aspect of the and “A Bright Ray of Darkness” than a story of brief, emotional endearing cad, you’ll find here a his intimate confessors — know profession from the inside: the is not a naked act of wish-fulfill- setback suffered by a handsome novel that explores the demands that he’s a hopeless romantic, tedious rehearsals, the clash of ment by its author. It’s a slippery movie star? of acting and the delusions of hurt and confused, baffled that personalities, the real-not-real hybrid: self-flagellation and Ethan Hawke has got a lot of manhood with tremendous verve love can turn sour so quickly. intimacy of a love scene, the charm offensive. Hawke’s young nerve. But he’s also got a lot of and insight. Now at the ripe old age of 32, possibility of injury during a protagonist can be a fool, but he’s talent. The actor and director, “A Bright Ray of Darkness” William must pull himself togeth- sword fight. Hawke is a genius at wildly energetic. He throws him- who made his screen debut at 15, opens during a storm of negative er, stop crying and grow up. conjuring the hush of the audi- self into the part of Hotspur with has published media coverage that erupts when Even harder, he’ll have to do torium, the thrill of live actors, such unbridled enthusiasm that several books the young heartthrob, William that personal reconstruction the magical sense of a perform- he just about ruins his voice. during his ac- Harding, is spotted cavorting while making his debut appear- ance moving through time. Amid Recognizing the elements of claimed Holly- with a woman — not his rock star ance on Broadway. Before his the endless pandemic lockdown, his life that were always just wood career, wife — in Cape Town, South marriage publicly exploded, he’d reading this novel with its spirit- puffs of fantasy is an excruciat- and he recently Africa. signed on to play Hotspur in a ed scene-by-scene reenactments ing process — harder than get- produced and Even the taxi driver who picks lavish production of Shakes- is the closest I’ve gotten to live ting stabbed to death eight times starred in a him up at the JFK airport is peare’s “Henry IV.” The one theater in 10 months. a week. spectacular TV furious. movie star amid a cast of cele- But performing alongside “My mad hopefulness was part adaptation of James McBride’s “People of your kind, they brated stage actors, William is stage legends — some gracious, of my illness,” he says in a mo- “The Good Lord Bird.” make me feel upset,” the driver intimidated by the legitimate some not — is a challenge for ment of illumination. But what’s But Hawke is also known as fumes. “You have everything, but talent around him and deter- William, this young movie star the cure for such intoxicating the man who cheated on Uma ... that is not enough.” mined not to stick out as dopey who’s used to everybody fawning romanticism? Does anybody Thurman and offered loutish When William arrives at his eye-candy for Broadway tourists. over him. Fortunately, the play is survive stardom with their hu- excuses about the sexual needs New York hotel, the front desk Drawing on his experience also an opportunity to climb out manity intact? of great men like Martin Luther greets him: “Wow, look who it is, playing Hotspur at Lincoln Cen- of himself and be someone else at I want to be immune to King Jr., John F. Kennedy and Hester Prynne herself.” Slinking ter in 2003, Hawke creates spec- the very moment he really needs Hawke’s charms, but I admit it: him. off to his room amid the ruins of tacular performances — on and that. He’s written a witty, wise and Now, some 15 years after all his “collapsing life,” William offstage — by King Henry, “My life as a performer is at heartfelt novel about a spoiled that cosmic embarrassment, knows he’s an international pa- Prince Hal, Falstaff and the the absolute core of my sense of young man growing up and be- Hawke has published a novel riah, the poster man-child for whole cast of brittle egos conniv- self-worth,” William says. “In- coming, haltingly, a better per- called “A Bright Ray of Dark- infidelity. ing for the director’s love and the side the play it felt possible that I son. “A Bright Ray of Darkness” ness.” It’s about a young movie William is determined to tell audience’s attention. Shaping the was not a person defined by his is a deeply hopeful story about star who got caught cheating on the truth and shame the devil, novel around this production adultery, or his unloving parents, the possibility of rising above his stunningly gorgeous wife. but the teller of the tale always gives a frame that literally dram- or his lies, his failure as a father.” one’s narcissism. Bravo. PAGE 18 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, February 14, 2021 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander See complete picture in vaccine, food bank lines Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY FERNANDA SANTOS States and the largest city in a state where, the idea after a mother of 10 children with a Special To The Washington Post pre-pandemic, 1 in 5 children went to bed husband on death row told him that she for- resident Joe Biden and Vice Presi- without knowing where their next meal aged for food for her family in the waste bins EDITORIAL dent Kamala Harris paid a virtual would come from. The number is undoubt- behind a local supermarket. The parish Terry Leonard, Editor visit to Arizona’s only 24/7 corona- edly higher now. Even the most conservative council of St. Mary’s Church helped him get [email protected] Pvirus vaccination site last week. estimate by Feeding America, a national net- started. Broadcast live on the White House’s You- work of 200 food banks, says more than 1 mil- Until the pandemic, Brown said, St. Ma- Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor Tube channel from a Phoenix suburb, the lion children in the United States could have ry’s had never distributed 10 million pounds [email protected] tour crowned the state as one that’s getting joined the ranks of the hungry in the past of food in a month. But that has been the Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content things right. It also provided an up-close year. (Official statistics for 2020 are not yet monthly average since the pandemic hit. [email protected] view of an impressive undertaking: hun- available.) The boxes contain a mix of food donated by dreds of volunteers guiding thousands of ve- Eight vehicles at a time roll into the St. Ma- grocery stores, farmers, families and the Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation [email protected] hicles into 10 vaccination pods that altogeth- ry’s Food Bank parking lot every morning, federal government that is kept in storage in er give out up to 9,000 daily shots, with room trunks ajar, windows shut. Armed with a130,000-square-foot warehouse. On the day Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital for more. iPads, client-services representatives log I visited, the warehouse had about 7 million [email protected] About 10 miles away, a more modest but each driver’s information into a state data- pounds of food — amounting, these days, to similarly meaningful drive-through oper- base to keep track of who is receiving the less than a month’s supply. BUREAU STAFF ation was wrapping up for the day at St. Ma- food and how often they’re coming by to get It will be many months, at least, before this ry’s Food Bank. That’s where, every week- it. mammoth but largely offstage effort sees the Europe/Mideast day morning, as many as 1,000 motorists pick Members of the Arizona National Guard demand subside. Meanwhile, the line of cars Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] up boxes full of canned soup and beans; pasta load the boxes into the trunks. A block away, will keep forming early every weekday, with +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 and peanut butter; eggs, milk and cheese; 50 volunteers pack one box after the next; be- drivers quietly awaiting boxes of groceries Pacific frozen pork loin and sausages; and fresh veg- fore the pandemic hit, there would have been that they hope will feed their families for a Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief etables and fruits to feed themselves and about 300 volunteers. “We have a huge num- few weeks. [email protected] their families. The number of families ber of people who used to volunteer with us Arizona deserves to take a victory lap for +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 served nearly tripled at the beginning of the and are now coming by to get food from us,” its relative success at getting an around-the- Washington pandemic and remains 30% higher than it Jerry Brown, spokesman for the food bank, clock coronavirus vaccination site up and Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief was this time last year, with no end in sight. told me. running so efficiently. But let’s not forget [email protected] (+1)(202)886-0033 Unlike the drive-through vaccination line, Michele Eaves knows many of them. She that the social unraveling caused by the pan- Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News the drive-through food bank line is one that started as a St. Mary’s volunteer in 2009, demic will persist well after the pandemic [email protected] nobody is eager to join. 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COLLEGE BASKETBALL AUTO RACING DEALS BRIEFLY Friday’s men’s scores Daytona 500 lineup 11. (3) Grant Enfinger, Toyota, 101, 36. Friday's transactions 12. (27) Kris Wright, Chevrolet, 101, 25. BASEBALL Rhodes wins Truck Series EAST NASCAR Cup Series 13. (24) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 101, 24. Major League Baseball Buffalo 86, W. Michigan 54 After Saturday qualifying; race Sunday 14. (13) David Gilliland, Ford, 101, 26. American League At Daytona International Speedway 15. (14) Matt Crafton, Toyota, 101, 22. Canisius 74, Quinnipiac 67 — Agreed to terms opener at Daytona Daytona Beach, Fla. 16. (8) Zane Smith, Chevrolet, 101, 21. BOSTON RED SOX Iona 85, Manhattan 67 with LHP Martin Perez on a one-year con- Marshall 107, Middle Tennessee 79 Lap length: 2.50 miles 17. (32) Danny Bohn, Toyota, 101, 20. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — 18. (16) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet, 101, tract. Designated RHP Chris Mazza for as- Mass.-Lowell 79, Albany (NY) 71 (Car number in parentheses) signment. Agreed to terms with RHPs Matt Merrimack 72, CCSU 52 1. (48) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, .000 19. Ben Rhodes raced to his first ca- 19. (28) Bryan Dauzat, Chevrolet, 101, 18. Carasiti, Durbin Feltman, Frank German, Mount St. Mary’s 64, LIU 46 mph. Daniel Gossett, Zac Grotz, Kaleb Ort, An- reer victory at Daytona Interna- Robert Morris 88, Oakland 82, 2OT 2. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet, .000. 20. (35) Jason White, Chevrolet, 101, 17. 21. (19) Austin Wayne Self, Chevrolet, drew Politi, Thad Ward, Ryan Weber, and St. Francis (Pa.) 80, St. Francis (NY) 66 3. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford, .000. Josh Winckowski, LHPs Matt Hall and Kyle tional Speedway with a last-cor- 4. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, .000. 100, 16. SOUTH 22. (18) Austin Hill, Toyota, 99, 19. Hart, Cs Kole Cottam, Chris Herrmann, and ner pass Friday night in the NAS- 5. (20) Christopher Bell, Toyota, .000. Austin Rei, INFs Triston Casas, Chad De La Barton 94, Erskine 79 23. (5) Raphael Lessard, Chevrolet, 99, 6. (23) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, .000. Guerra, Jeter Downs, and Nick Yorke, OFs CAR Truck Series opener. Bellarmine 66, North Alabama 64 7. (6) Ryan Newman, Ford, .000. 33. Campbell 64, SC-Upstate 49 8. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford, .000. 24. (9) Hailie Deegan, Ford, 98, 13. Jarren Duran, Michael Gettys, and Yairo Rhodes was tailing Cory Roper Charleston Southern 69, High Point 68 9. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, .000. 25. (15) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet, 96, 12. Muñoz on minor league contracts. Chowan 98, King (Tenn.) 85 10. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, .000. 26. (10) Timothy Peters, Chevrolet, ga- DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with when he slowed to hook up with Clemson 74, Georgia Tech 72 11. (37) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, .000. rage, 95, 15. OF Nomar Mazara on a one-year contract. teammate Matt Crafton for a push. Delta St. 90, Union (Tenn.) 72 12. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, .000. 27. (1) Johnny Sauter, Toyota, garage, 94, Designated RHP John Schreiber for as- Hampton 62, Presbyterian 57 13. (5) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, .000. 24. signment. Crafton threw a block and darted Jacksonville 66, Lipscomb 60 14. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford, .000. 28. (11) Tyler Ankrum, Chevrolet, acci- MINNESOTA TWINS — Agreed to terms Liberty 73, North Florida 61 15. (99) Daniel Suarez, Chevrolet, .000. dent, 94, 10. with RHP Alex Colome on a one-year con- to the top, creating momentum Longwood 78, Gardner-Webb 71 16. (7) Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet, .000. 29. (4) Chase Purdy, Chevrolet, electri- tract. Waived LHP Brandon Waddell. Des- that helped Rhodes pull even with Louisiana Tech 70, UAB 58 17. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford, .000. cal, 91, 8. ignated RHP Ian Hamilton for release or Mount Olive 80, Belmont Abbey 64 18. (36) David Ragan, Ford, .000. 30. (30) Tate Fogleman, Chevrolet, ga- assignment. Claimed OF Kyle Garlick from Roper. Murray St. 80, SE Missouri 60 19. (77) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, .000. rage, 73, 7. Philadelphia waivers. North Greenville 90, Southern Wesleyan 20. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, .000. 31. (21) Todd Gilliland, Ford, accident, 71, NEW YORK YANKEES — Released RHP Multiple trucks crashed behind 87, 2OT 21. (47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, 6. Ben Heller. North Texas 65, Southern Miss. 49 .000. 32. (29) Stewart Friesen, Toyota, acci- OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Acquired LHP the leaders and Rhodes edged Stetson 74, Kennesaw St. 61 22. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford, .000. dent, 71, 7. Adam Kolarek and minor league OF Cody ahead on the outside. Jordan An- UCF 53, Tulane 49 23. (21) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, .000. 33. (33) Derek Kraus, Toyota, garage, 56, Thomas from the Los Angeles Dodgers in VCU 67, St. Bonaventure 64 24. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, .000. 4. exchange for INF Sheldon Neuse and mi- derson ducked low around Valdosta St. 91, Auburn-Montgomery 87 25. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, .000. 34. (34) Gus Dean, Chevrolet, accident, 1, nor league RHP Gus Varland. W. Kentucky 77, Rice 71 26. (19) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, .000. 3. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Agreed to terms Rhodes and fell 0.036 behind West Florida 85, Montevallo 75 27. (41) Cole Custer, Ford, .000. 35. (22) Tanner Gray, Ford, garage, 0, 2. with RHPs Stetson Allie, Louis Head, Joey catching Rhodes. West Georgia 64, Lee 63 28. (53) Joey Gase, Ford, .000. 36. (36) James Buescher, Chevrolet, acci- Krehbiel and Hunter Strickland and LHP Winthrop 55, Radford 47 29. (8) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, .000. dent, 0, 1. Brian Moran on minor league contracts. Anderson was second at Dayto- 30. (14) Chase Briscoe, Ford, .000. MIDWEST Race Statistics TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with 31. (43) Erik Jones, Chevrolet, .000. C/1B John Hicks, INF Brock Holt and LHP na for the second consecutive Akron 83, Miami (Ohio) 76 32. (15) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, .000. Average Speed of Race Winner: 107.785 Hyeon-jong Yang on minor league con- year. He drove through the field Augustana (SD) 67, Sioux Falls 65 33. (00) Quin Houff, Chevrolet, .000. mph. tracts. Bemidji St. 96, Minn. Duluth 77 34. (42) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, .000. Time of Race: 2 hours, 20 minutes, 33 TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms from 12th to nearly winning the Cincinnati 71, Temple 69 35. (51) Cody Ware, Ford, .000. seconds. with INF Joe Panik on a minor league con- Davenport 73, Michigan Tech 58 36. (38) Anthony Alfredo, Ford, .000. Margin of Victory: 0.036 seconds. tract. race on the final lap. Detroit 89, Cleveland St. 83 37. (52) Josh Bilicki, Ford, .000. Caution Flags: 10 for 43 laps. National League The race was sent to overtime Grand Valley St. 81, N. Michigan 75, OT 38. (78) BJ McLeod, Ford, .000. Lead Changes: 31 among 12 drivers. CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with Green Bay 86, N. Kentucky 82, OT 39. (33) Austin Cindric, Ford, .000. Lap Leaders: J.Sauter 0-12; R.Lessard 13- when Timothy Peters triggered a 23; G.Enfinger 24-26; J.Nemechek 27; R.Les- RHP Shelby Miller, LHP Adam Morgan and IUPUI 89, Ill.-Chicago 69 40. (16) Kaz Grala, Chevrolet, .000. C Jose Lobation on a minor league con- Illinois 77, Nebraska 72, OT sard 28; J.Nemechek 29-38; B.Rhodes 39; multi-truck crash with six to go. Failed to Qualify J.Nemechek 40-42; G.Enfinger 43-46; tracts. Lake Superior St. 80, Northwood (Mich.) MIAMI MARLINS — Acquired RHP Dylan 60 41. (96) Ty Dillon, Toyota, .000. T.Ankrum 47-48; D.Gilliland 49; T.Ankrum Rhodes led David Gilliland at the 42. (13) Garrett Smithley, Ford, .000. 50; D.Gilliland 51-52; T.Ankrum 53-55; D.Gil- Floro from Los Angeles Dodgers in ex- Minn. St. (Moorhead) 82, Mary 71 change for LHP Alex Vesia and RHP Kyle start of the two-lap sprint to the Northern St. 87, Minot St. 77 43. (66) Timmy Hill, Ford, .000. liland 56-57; G.Enfinger 58; D.Gilliland 59- Purdue-Northwest 84, Ashland 80 44. (62) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, .000. 61; B.Moffitt 62; B.Dauzat 63-64; C.Smith Hurt. finish, but the running order shuf- St. Cloud St. 74, Minn.-Crookston 70 65-78; G.Enfinger 79-80; C.Smith 81-85; NEW YORK METS — Traded C Ali Sanchez Upper Iowa 96, Minnesota St. 94 NextEra Energy 250 T.Peters 86; B.Rhodes 87; T.Peters 88; to St. Louis in exchange for an undisclosed fled before Rhodes finally took the B.Rhodes 89; T.Peters 90; C.Smith 91-93; cash consideration. W. Illinois 75, Denver 69 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series checkered flag. Wayne St. (Neb.) 82, SW Minnesota 54 G.Enfinger 94-96; B.Rhodes 97-99; S.Creed SAN DIEGO PADRES — Agreed to terms Winona St. 76, Concordia (St.P.) 62 Friday 100; B.Rhodes 101 with RHPs Nick Burdi, Nabil Crismatt, Hailie Deegan, promoted to her Wis.-Parkside 68, Wayne St. (Mich.) 64 At Daytona International Speedway Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Parker Markel, Aaron Northcraft, Jacob Wright St. 92, Milwaukee 81 Daytona Beach, United States. Laps Led): C.Smith, 3 times for 22 laps; Rhame, Pedro Avila, Miguel Diaz and first full season in a national sea- Youngstown St. 84, Fort Wayne 70 Lap length: 2.50 miles J.Nemechek, 3 times for 14 laps; G.Enfin- Chase Johnson, LHPs Nick Ramirez, James (Start position in parentheses) ger, 5 times for 13 laps; R.Lessard, 2 times Reeves, Daniel Camarena and Brady Feigl, son, spun in her debut for David SOUTHWEST 1. (23) Ben Rhodes, Toyota, 101 laps, 51 for 12 laps; J.Sauter, 1 time for 12 laps; INFs Pedro Florimón, Gosuke Katoh, Nick Gilliland Racing. She took a long Arkansas St. 73, UALR 62 points. D.Gilliland, 4 times for 8 laps; B.Rhodes, 5 Tanielu and Ivan Castillo, C Webster Rivas Ouachita Baptist 81, Arkansas Tech 59 2. (20) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet, 101, times for 7 laps; T.Ankrum, 3 times for 6 on minor league contracts. slide down the apron until she fi- S. Arkansas 79, Harding 62 0. laps; T.Peters, 3 times for 3 laps; B.Dauzat, BASKETBALL Texas-Tyler 96, Ark.-Fort Smith 91, 2OT 3. (31) Cory Roper, Ford, 101, 34. 1 time for 2 laps; S.Creed, 1 time for 1 lap; National Basketball Association nally smacked into the wall. The UTEP 75, FIU 59 4. (25) Ryan Truex, Chevrolet, 101, 33. B.Moffitt, 1 time for 1 lap. HOUSTON ROCKETS — Waived G Brodric hood of her Ford scrunched as the UTSA 84, FAU 80 5. (12) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, 101, Wins: B.Rhodes, 1. Thomas. 32. Top 16 in Points: 1. B.Rhodes, 51; 2. FOOTBALL force into the energy-absorbing FAR WEST 6. (2) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, 101, 47. S.Creed, 47; 3. J.Nemechek, 47; 4. C.Smith, National Football League barrier caused the wall to swell. Adams St. 69, Westminster (Utah) 65 7. (7) John H. Nemechek, Toyota, 101, 47. 37; 5. G.Enfinger, 36; 6. C.Roper, 34; 7. ARIZONA CARDINALS — Named Devin Biola 81, Azusa Pacific 71 8. (26) Codie Rohrbaugh, Chevrolet, 101, R.Truex, 33; 8. R.Lessard, 33; 9. C.Hocevar, Fitzsimmons assistant special team Deegan finished 24th out of 36 CS Bakersfield 76, UC San Diego 71 29. 32; 10. C.Rohrbaugh, 29; 11. D.Dollar, 27; 12. coach. Colorado Mines 67, Fort Lewis 63 9. (6) Chandler Smith, Toyota, 101, 37. D.Gilliland, 26; 13. K.Wright, 25; 14. S.Boyd, ATLANTA FALCONS — Named Chis Olsen trucks. Point Loma 76, Concordia (Cal.) 71 10. (17) Drew Dollar, Toyota, 101, 27. 24; 15. J.Sauter, 24; 16. M.Crafton, 22. director of football administration. Portland St. 99, Simpson (Cal.) 66 CAROLINA PANTHERS — Released DT Seattle 83, New Mexico St. 72 COLLEGE HOCKEY GOLF Woodrow Hamilton. Waived S Natrell Ja- Source: Cubs, RHP UC Davis 68, Long Beach St. 66 merson. UC Riverside 86, UC Irvine 65 Friday’s scores AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am CINCINNATI BENGALS — Named Justin Arrieta agree to reunion UMKC 62, Omaha 52 Hill running back coach, promoted Troy Utah Valley St. 87, Dixie St. 72 PGA Tour EAST Walters to wide receivers coach and Brad CHICAGO — Jake Arrieta is re- Friday Kragthorpe to assistant wide receiver Friday’s women’s scores Providence 4, UConn 0 At Pebble Beach Golf Links coach. turning to the Chicago Cubs, Quinnipiac 2, Colgate 2, OT Pebble Beach, Calif. HOUSTON TEXANS — Released DE J.J. EAST Army 3, Bentley, OT Purse: $7.8 million Watt. agreeing to a $6 million, one-year Boston U. 1, Vermont 0 Pebble Beach Course KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed WRs Geh- Delaware 68, Drexel 60 Northeeastern 6, New Hampshire 2 Yardage:; 6,958; Par:; 71 contract on Friday. Fordham 51, Saint Joseph’s 36 rig Dieter and Dalton Schoen to reserve/ Boston College 7, UMass Lowell 1 Spyglass Hill Course futures contracts. Arrieta can earn $1 million in George Washington 63, Duquesne 45 Caninius 5, RIT 3 Yardage:; 6,858; Par:; 72 Quinnipiac 67, Fairfield 55 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Released OL performance bonuses, according UConn 64, Georgetown 40 MIDWEST Second Round Nick Easton and TEs Jason Vander Laan Jordan Spieth 65-67—132 -12 and Cole Wick. to a person familiar with the situa- SOUTH W. Michigan 4, Minnesota-Duluth 0 Daniel Berger 67-66—133 -11 NEW YORK GIANTS — Waived WR Da'Ma- Miami 3, St. Cloud St. 2 ri Scott and DB Shakial Taylor. tion who confirmed the deal on FAU 72, UTSA 59 Lake Superior St. 2, Bowling Green 1, OT Henrik Norlander 64-70—134 -10 High Point 103, Radford 73 Patrick Cantlay 62-73—135 -9 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Re-signed WR Michigan Tech 3, Ferris St. 0 River Cracraft to a new contract. condition of anonymity because it La Salle 55, Davidson 46 Minnesota 3, Notre Dame 0 Tom Lewis 66-69—135 -9 Longwood 94, Charleston Southern 48 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed RB is pending a physical. Omaha 7, Colorado College 1 Paul Casey 68-67—135 -9 C.J. Prosise, DT Sam Renner and C Donell Louisiana Tech 75, UAB 51 Minnesota St. 5, Ala.-Huntsville 0 Murray St. 81, SE Missouri 79 Russell Knox 66-70—136 -8 Stanley to reserve/futures contracts. The 34-year-old Arrieta won the N. Michigan 5, Bemidji St. 1 HOCKEY St. Bonaventure 72, George Mason 62 North Dakota 3, Denver 0 Brian Stuard 66-71—137 -7 NL Cy Young Award with Chicago UT Martin 56, Austin Peay 51 Maverick McNealy 68-69—137 -7 National Hockey League UTEP 76, FIU 64 Cameron Percy 67-70—137 -7 DALLAS STARS — Reassigned Fs Ty Del- in 2015 and helped the Cubs win Wright St. 66, N. Kentucky 50 AP SPORTLIGHT Nate Laley 65-72—137 -7 landrea and Nick Caamano to the minor the 2016 World Series for their MIDWEST Feb. 14 league taxi squad. Loaned F Rhett Gardner Tom Hoge 67-70—137 -7 to the Texas Stars (AHL). California Baptist 82, Rio Grande 61 1934 — The Toronto Maple Leafs beat Akay Bhatia 64-73—137 -7 SOCCER first championship since 1908. He Cleveland St. 68, Fort Wayne 45 the NHL All-Stars 7-3. The game is played Jason Day 69-69—138 -6 Major League Soccer went 68-31 with a 2.73 ERA in 128 Dayton 72, Richmond 54 as a benefit for fomer Toronto player Ace Will Gordon 66-73—139 -5 ATLANTA UNITED FC — Signed D/MF Drake 83, S. Illinois 54 starts over five years in his first Bailey. Bailey suffered a skull fracture ear- Patton Kizzire 69-70—139 -5 Santiago Sosa via transfer from Club At- Green Bay 80, Ill.-Chicago 56 lier in the season from a hit by Boston’s Ed- Jason Dufner 68-71—139 -5 letico River Plate to a multi-year contract stint with the team. IUPUI 72, Youngstown St. 65 die Shore. pending receipt of his International Trans- Loyola of Chicago 67, Evansville 49 1936 — Maribel Vinson wins her eighth Matt Jones 67-72—139 -5 fer Certificate (ITC). While the reunion is a feel-good Missouri St. 69, Illinois St. 52 U.S. figure skating singles championship John Senden 70-69—139 -5 FC DALLAS — Loaned D Justin Che to FC N. Iowa 73, Bradley 72 and Robin Lee wins his second consecu- Cameron Tringale 67-72—139 -5 Bayern Munich II. story for the reigning NL Central Oakland 83, Milwaukee 82, OT tive men’s title. Scott Brown 69-70—139 -5 INTER MIAMI CF — Signed 2021 MLS Su- champions after a tough winter, Saint Louis 66, VCU 50 1951 — Sugar Ray Robinson wins the perdraft pick W Josh Penn to a first team UMKC 69, Nebraska-Omaha 59 middleweight title with a technical knock- Max Homa 69-70—139 -5 Arrieta hasn’t experienced the W. Illinois 85, Denver 68 Francesco Molinari 69-70—139 -5 contract. out in the 13th round over Jake LaMotta in — Acquired D Malte Chicago. Vincent Whaley 68-71—139 -5 NEW YORK CITY FC SOUTHWEST Amundson from Danish club Vejie BK same level of success since he left 1953 — Bill Chambers of William & Mary Scott Stallings 69-71—140 -4 North Texas 76, Southern Miss. 55 grabs 51 rebounds in a 105-84 victory over pending receipt of a P-1 visa and an Inter- Chicago after the 2017 season. Vaughn Taylor 67-73—140 -4 national Transfer Certificate (ITC). Rice 64, W. Kentucky 55 Virginia. The 6-foot-4 right-hander Texas State 66, Texas-Arlington 45 1966 — Philadelphia’s Wilt Chamberlain Troy Merritt 71-69—140 -4 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC — Named UALR 70, Arkansas St. 63 scores 41 points in a 149-123 win over De- Nick Taylor 69-71—140 -4 Nikos Overheul director of recruitment. signed a $75 million, three-year troit to become the NBA’s all-time scoring Jim Furyk 71-69—140 -4 COLLEGE FAR WEST leader, passing Bob Pettit (20,880 points). Kyle Stanley 70-70—140 -4 DUKE UNIVERSITY — Named Tyler Rost contract with Philadelphia in free and Chris O'Neill to the baseball staff. Ele- Arizona 60, Washington St. 51 1975 — Julius Erving of the New York Bronson Burgoon 68-72—140 -4 CS Bakersfield 62, UC San Diego 38 Nets scores 63 points in a 176-166 quadru- vated Chris Gordon to pitching coach. agency and went 22-23 with a 4.36 Cal Poly 70, Cal St.-Fullerton 65, OT ple overtime loss to the San Diego Con- Mark Hubbard 66-74—140 -4 UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE — Named Dr. ERA in 64 starts with the Phillies. Colorado 66, Southern Cal 56 quistadors. Erving sets an ABA record by Branden Grace 71-69—140 -4 Monica Lebron deputy administrative di- Hawaii 72, UC Santa Barbara 62 shooting 25-for-46 from the field and the Hank Lebioda 70-70—140 -4 rector for championship resources, Cam- He had a 4-4 record and a 5.08 New Mexico St. 64, Seattle 49 342 points are an ABA record. Sebastian Cappelen 75-65—140 -4 eron Walker deputy administrator for ERA in nine starts last year during UC Davis 67, Long Beach St. 52 1988 — Bobby Allison outduels his 26- Ben Taylor 68-72—140 -4 competitive excellence, Marcus Hillard UCLA 69, Utah 58 year-old son Davey to win the Daytona 500 associate administrative director/chief of the pandemic-shortened season. Utah Valley 63, Grand Canyon 51 and becomes the first 50-year-old to win Peter Uihlein 69-72—141 -3 staff and Amy Sterk assistant associate Washington 50, Arizona St. 35 NASCAR’s premier event. Kevin Streelman 69-72—141 -3 director for executive operations. — Associated Press PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, February 14, 2021 NHL/FOOTBALL

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East Division GP WLOT Pts GF GA Blues Boston 13 10 1 2 22 40 26 Philadelphia 13 8 3 2 18 46 41 Washington 12 6 3 3 15 44 45 N.Y. Islanders 12 5 4 3 13 28 31 break Pittsburgh 12 6 5 1 13 37 44 N.Y. Rangers 13 4 6 3 11 31 34 New Jersey 9 4 3 2 10 23 26 Buffalo 10 4 4 2 10 30 32 through Central Division GP WLOT Pts GF GA Associated Press Tampa Bay 12 9 2 1 19 44 25 GLENDALE, Ariz. — Jordan Florida 11 8 1 2 18 37 30 Kyrou hustled to track down a Columbus 15 7 5 3 17 45 50 puck to prevent an icing, spun and Carolina 11 8 3 0 16 39 30 took it up the boards. The St. Louis Chicago 15 6 5 4 16 44 47 Dallas 11 5 3 3 13 37 30 center stopped in his tracks to lose Nashville 14 6 8 0 12 34 48 a defender and found Justin Faulk Detroit 15 3 10 2 8 29 49 in the slot. West Division Faulk buried the shot, giving the GP WLOT Pts GF GA Blues the kind of goal they needed St. Louis 14 8 4 2 18 47 44 after a frustrating start to a unique Vegas 11 8 2 1 17 37 27 series against the Coyotes. Colorado 11 7 3 1 15 38 24 Faulk had two goals and an as- Anaheim 15 6 6 3 15 30 39 Arizona 13 6 6 1 13 35 37 sist, Jordan Binnington stopped 24 LISA MARIE PANE/AP Minnesota 11 6 5 0 12 30 30 shots and the Blues ended a three- San Jose 12 5 6 1 11 34 46 Kennesaw State head coach Brian Bohannon watches his team warm up before a game on Oct. 10, 2015 game losing streak to the Coyotes Los Angeles 13 4 6 3 11 40 44 in Kennesaw, Ga. Kennesaw state postponed its season until the spring because of COVID­19. with a 4-1 victory Friday night. North Division “It’s good by Kyrou to negate the GP WLOT Pts GF GA COMMENTARY icing, made a great play to Faulker and Faulker put it in the net,” Bin- Toronto 14 11 2 1 23 52 36 Montreal 14 8 4 2 18 50 38 nington said. “That was big, for Edmonton 16 9 7 0 18 55 52 sure. It’s good to see us close out Winnipeg 13 8 4 1 17 46 36 the game there.” Calgary 13 7 5 1 15 39 34 Vancouver 17 6 11 0 12 51 66 There are ways for fans The quirks of a pandemic-al- Ottawa 15 2 12 1 5 32 63 tered season have pitted the Blues Thursday’s games and Coyotes against each other for Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, SO seven straight games, a first in Columbus 6, Chicago 5 Edmonton 3, Montreal 0 NHL or NBA regular-season histo- Nashville 3, Detroit 2 Carolina 5, Dallas 3 ry. Anaheim 1, Vegas 0 to get their football fix Arizona won three of the first Los Angeles 6, San Jose 2 Florida 5, Tampa Bay 2 four, all in St. Louis. The Blues won Winnipeg 5, Ottawa 1 BY PAUL NEWBERRY played a game since December of Calgary 3, Vancouver 1 Associated Press the first of three in the desert be- New Jersey at Philadelphia, ppd. “It’s a unique 2019. To run out of the tunnel hind Faulk’s big night, Kyrou’s Washington at Buffalo, ppd. ATLANTA — Are you ready for again to play football is going to be St. Louis at Minnesota, ppd. hustle and some spectacular saves Arizona at Colorado, ppd. some (more) football? time, to say the exciting for me and the kids.” by Binnington. Friday’s games You see, there’s no reason to OK, so it’s not quite the level of Boston 1, N.Y. Rangers 0 least. We’ve not Ivan Barbashev and Brayden St. Louis 4, Arizona 1 take a break from the gridiron just the Alabama Crimson Tide, who Schenn scored empty-net goals to Saturday’s games because the NFL season is over. claimed another big boys’ national seal it. Washington at Buffalo, ppd. A host of second-division col- played a game title back in early January, but the Ottawa at Winnipeg “We played a pretty good game Vegas at San Jose lege teams are practicing for their FCS provides an exciting brand of the last one and knew we needed to Boston at N.Y. Islanders winter/spring season — snow- since December football for those willing to look Montreal at Toronto come in here tonight and play 60 New Jersey at Philadelphia, ppd. covered fields and all — after sit- beyond the marquee names. Tampa Bay at Florida minutes,” Faulk said. “Sometimes Carolina at Dallas ting out the fall because of the cor- of 2019.” If nothing else, this is a unique it takes a late goal like that to get Columbus at Chicago onavirus pandemic. showcase for schools usually rele- Detroit at Nashville Brian Bohannon over the hump.” St. Louis at Arizona And if you’re really looking for gated to playing in the enormous Calgary at Vancouver Kennesaw State coach The Coyotes played well deep Minnesota at Los Angeles, ppd. something different: a fan-con- shadow of the Football Bowl Sub- into the third period, giving them- Sunday’s games trolled league is launching this division. selves a shot at their first four- Washington at Pittsburgh weekend, a sort of video game Football. “But that’s just me being “We have a great opportunity Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, ppd. game winning streak of the season. Colorado at Vegas meets professional wrestling me. I’ve always been one to go off this spring to really highlight and Acouple of breakdowns on Faulk’s Monday’s games meets arena football that allows script.” shine the spotlight on our pro- second goal put them behind, and St. Louis at Arizona viewers to call plays for none oth- We’ll pass on the chance to take grams,” says Kyle Kallander, Columbus at Carolina the two empty-netters put it out of Florida at Tampa Bay er than Johnny Manziel. a cheap shot at Manziel going way commissioner of the Big South N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo reach. New Jersey at Boston, ppd. That should be at least as enter- off script in his attempts to be- Conference. “This country loves Johan Larsson scored his first Ottawa at Toronto taining as watching Tom Brady come a professional athlete — a football. There’s going to be a lot of Chicago at Detroit goal with Arizona, and Darcy Nashville at Dallas wobble off the boat after Tampa pursuit he now says is firmly in his attention on FCS football this Winnipeg at Edmonton Kuemper stopped 23 shots. Calgary at Vancouver Bay’s aquatic Super Bowl parade. rearview mirror. spring. This is a chance for us to Bruins 1, Rangers 0: Jaroslav Anaheim at San Jose “If the fans call it, I’m gonna roll Besides, do you remember all really make our mark.” Halak made 21 saves for his 51st Tuesday’s games with it,” says Manziel, the former those college teams that passed on Of course, it comes with some N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo shutout, Nick Ritchie scored in the Washington at Pittsburgh Heisman Trophy winner and first- the chance to play in the fall be- enormous challenges. New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers second period and visiting Boston Nashville at Dallas round NFL Draft pick whose cause of the pandemic? For one thing, the pandemic still beat New York for its fifth straight Colorado at Vegas downward spiral of a career has Well, they’re preparing to final- looms large. Though the number Minnesota at Los Angeles victory. left him content to assume a sort of ly take the field. of new cases has taken a steep East-leading Boston extended Scoring leaders player-coach role in the upstart The Football Championship drop in recent days, COVID-19 is its points streak to 10 games (9-0-1) Through Friday Fan Controlled Football league. Subdivision will begin its abbre- still killing thousands of Ameri- in a physical, tight-checking tussle GP GAPTS Manziel smiles as he adds a viated season Saturday, with cans each day, with the death toll that included several fights. On Connor McDavid, EDM 16 9 19 28 quick caveat. teams playing anywhere from likely to reach a half-million by Wednesday night, Boston beat Leon Draisaitl, EDM 16 8 18 26 “Now, if a quarterback run four to eight regular-season the time some teams are playing New York 3-2 in overtime. Mitchell Marner, TOR 14 6 15 21 comes in, and I feel like I need a games. their opening games. Igor Shesterkin stopped 29 shots Patrick Kane, CHI 15 7 13 20 breather, I may have to pick a play “It’s a unique time, to say the It makes you wonder if the FCS James van Riemsdyk, PHI 13 7 11 18 but the Rangers were blanked for Quinn Hughes, VAN 17 1 16 17 off the top of my head that looks a least,” says Brian Bohannon, would’ve been better off just going the second time in three games Anze Kopitar, LA 13 4 13 17 little different,” says the Quarter- coach of suburban Atlanta’s Ken- through with its season back in the and dropped their third in a row. Mark Scheifele, WPG 13 5 12 17 back Formerly Known As Johnny nesaw State Owls. “We’ve not fall. Sunday, February 14, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 NFL/AUSTRALIAN OPEN

Jags, accused racist strength coach Doyle part ways

Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars and embat- tled strength coach Chris Doyle parted ways Friday night, a few hours after a respected diversity group blasted the team and called the recent hiring “simply unac- ceptable.” Coach Urban Meyer said Doyle resigned and he accepted. “Chris did not want to be a dis- traction to what we are building Doyle in Jacksonville,” Meyer said in a statement. “We are responsible for all aspects of our program and, in retrospect, should have given greater consideration to how his appointment may have affected all involved. We wish him the best as he moves forward.” ANDY BROWNBILL/AP The Fritz Pollard Alliance, Russia’s Daniil Medvedev hits a backhand return to Serbia’s Filip Krajinovic during their third­round match Saturday at the Australian Open in whose mission is to increase di- Melbourne, Australia. versity in the NFL, ripped Jack- sonville’s leadership, specifically Meyer, and said racist allegations at Iowa should have disqualified No. 4 Medvedev advances with 5-set victory Doyle as a coaching candidate. “At a time when the NFL has Associated Press Australian Open scoreboard and without any competitive failed to solve its problem with ra- MELBOURNE, Australia — matches in 2021. cial hiring practices, it is simply Daniil Medvedev finally worked “Today is better, yeah,” Nadal Kazakhstan, def. Robert Farah and Juan unacceptable to welcome Chris out how to a win a five-setter. All Saturday Sebastian Cabal (1), Colombia, 6-4, 6-4. said of his back soreness. “First Doyle into the ranks of NFL coach- by himself. At Melbourne Park Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Filip Polasek (9), day I feel an improvement, and Melbourne, Australia Slovakia, def. Dominic Inglot and Luke es,” the alliance said in a state- The fourth-seeded Medvedev Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Bambridge, Britain, 6-4, 7-5. that’s the most important thing ment Friday. “Doyle’s departure (seedings in parentheses) John Millman, Australia, and Thiago was 0-6 in Grand Slam matches Men’s Singles Monteiro, Brazil, def. Ken Skupski and Neal for me today.” from the University of Iowa re- Third Round Skupski (16), Britain, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4. that went to five sets, and his Aus- Rajeev Ram, United States, and Joe Sa- Nadal hasn’t dropped a set in flected a tenure riddled with poor tralian Open third-round match Mackenzie McDonald, United States, lisbury (5), Britain, def. Aisam-ul-Haq Qu- three matches, something that he def. Lloyd Harris, South Africa, 7-6 (7), 6-1, reshi, Pakistan, and Tomislav Brkic, Bos- judgment and mistreatment of against No. 28-seeded Filip Kra- 6-4. nia-Herzegovina, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. hopes “will help (him) for what’s Casper Ruud (24), Norway, def. Radu Al- Black players. His conduct should Philipp Oswald, Austria, and Marcus Da- jinovic looked like it was going all bot, Moldova, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. niell, New Zealand, def. Tennys Sandgren, coming.” Daniil Medvedev (4), Russia, def. Filip be as disqualifying for the NFL as the way. Krajinovic (28), Serbia, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, United States, and Dominik Koepfer, Ger- In his immediate future is No. it was for University of Iowa. 6-0. many, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 6-2. After some angry outbursts Stefanos Tsitsipas (5), Greece, def. Mi- Nicholas Monroe and Frances Tiafoe, 16 Fabio Fognini, who had a “Urban Meyer’s statement, from an increasingly animated kael Ymer, Sweden, 6-4, 6-1, 6-1. United States, def. Vasek Pospisil and De- straight-set win over Australia’s Andrey Rublev (7), Russia, def. Feliciano nis Shapovalov, Canada, 2-6, 7-6 (9), 6-2. ‘I’ve known Chris for close to 20 and chatty Medvedev directed at Lopez, Spain, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3. Horia Tecau, Romania, and Marcelo Me- last hope in the men’s draw, 21st- Matteo Berrettini (9), Italy, def. Karen lo (7), Brazil, def. Daniel Evans, Britain, and years,’ reflects the good ol’ boy his box in an otherwise empty Radu Albot, Moldova, 6-1, 7-6 (2). seeded Alex de Minaur. Khachanov (19), Russia, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5), 7-6 Women’s Doubles network that is precisely the rea- Rod Laver Arena — fans have (5). Two women with titles already Fabio Fognini (16), Italy, def. Alex de Mi- Second Round son there is such a disparity in em- been banned as a COVID-19 pre- naur (21), Australia, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. Bernarda Pera, United States, and Rosa- this year are through to the Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Cameron lie van Der Hoek, Netherlands, def. Arant- ployment opportunities for Black caution — his coach, Gilles Cer- Norrie, Britain, 7-5, 6-2, 7-5. xa Rus, Netherlands, and Tamara Zidan- Round of 16. coaches.” Women’s Singles sek, Slovenia, 6-4, 6-4. Top-ranked Ash Barty, who vara, got up and left. Third Round Jasmine Paolini, Italy, and Aliona Bolso- Meyer defended the hiring of “He said just before leaving Elina Svitolina (5), Ukraine, def. Yulia Pu- va Zadoinov, Spain, def. Kirsten Flipkens, won the Yarra Valley Classic last Belgium, and Andreja Klepac (14), Sloven- Doyle on Thursday, saying he tintseva (26), Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-0. that he’s sure I’m going to win the Karolina Muchova (25), Czech Republic, ia, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-5. week for a title in her first tourna- “vetted him thoroughly along with match. He’s going to leave me def. Karolina Pliskova (6), Czech Republic, Vera Zvonareva, Russia, and Laura Sie- ment back from almost 12 months 7-5, 7-5. gemund (16), Germany, def. Kateryna our general manager and owner.” alone to be more calm,” Medve- Jessica Pegula, United States, def. Kristi- Bondarenko and Nadiia Kichenok, Uk- on the sidelines, beat Ekaterina na Mladenovic, France, 6-2, 6-1. raine, 6-4, 6-2. Iowa agreed to pay Doyle $1.1 dev explained in his on-court TV Jennifer Brady (22), United States, def. Lyudmyla Kichenok, Ukraine, and Jelena Alexandrova of Russia 6-2, 6-4. Ostapenko (13), Latvia, def. Raluca-Ioana million in a resignation agreement interview after Saturday’s 6-3, Kaja Juvan, Slovenia, 6-1, 6-3. Barty next faces American Donna Vekic (28), Croatia, def. Kaia Ka- Olaru and Cristina-Andreea Mitu, Roma- last June after more than a dozen 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-0 win. “It was a nepi, Estonia, 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-4. nia, 6-1, 1-6, 6-1. Shelby Rogers, who beat No. 21 Elise Mertens (18), Belgium, def. Belinda Nicole Melichar, United States, and Demi former players said he bullied and good thing to do. Luckily, I won.” Bencic (11), Switzerland, 6-2, 6-1. Schuurs (4), Netherlands, def. Vera Lapko, Anett Kontaveit 6-4, 6-3. discriminated against them. Ashleigh Barty (1), Australia, def. Ekate- Belarus, and Marketa Vondrousova, Czech Some pundits, including John rina Alexandrova (29), Russia, 6-2, 6-4. Republic, 6-2, 6-4. Elise Mertens, a 2018 Austra- Doyle denied the allegations. An McEnroe, are tipping the 25- Shelby Rogers, United States, def. Anett Darija Jurak, Croatia, and Nina Stojanov- lian Open semifinalist who won Kontaveit (21), Estonia, 6-4, 6-3. ic, Serbia, def. Barbora Strycova, Czech investigation by an outside law year-old Russian to make his ma- Men’s Doubles Republic, and Hsieh Su-wei (1), Taiwan, 7-6 the Gippsland Trophy tuneup First Round (5), 3-6, 7-5. firm later found that the pro- jor breakthrough in Australia. Alexa Guarachi Mathison, Chile, and De- tournament last week, had a 6-2, Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis, sirae Krawczyk (9), United States, def. Ari- gram’s rules “perpetuated racial Medvedev, on a 17-match win- Australia, def. Julian Knowle, Austria, and na Rodionova and Storm Sanders, Austra- 6-1 victory over 11th-seeded Be- Lloyd Harris, South Africa, 6-2, 6-4. and culture biases and diminished ning streak that includes titles at Second Round lia, 6-1, 5-7, 7-5. linda Bencic. She’ll take a seven- the value of cultural diversity,” the 2020 season-ending ATP Fi- Andrey Golubev and Alexander Bublik, match winning streak into her and allowed coaches to demean nals, said while that’s nice to next match against Karolina Mu- players without consequence. hear, he’s got a long way to go. Russia last week. No. 2-ranked ry over No. 69-ranked Cameron chova in the fourth round. A lawyer for 13 Black ex-Iowa He’ll have to face unseeded Rafael Nadal, a 20-time major Norrie, reaching the fourth No. 25-seeded Muchova rallied football players has filed a lawsuit American Mackenzie McDonald winner, is also in his half of the round at Melbourne Park for the from a 5-0 second-set deficit in alleging his clients suffered racial in the next round. After that draw. 14th time in 16 trips. near silence, which only made discrimination under longtime could be a quarterfinal against Nadal extended his winning He is chasing a men’s record the turnaround seem more bi- coach Kirk Ferentz. Doyle is No. 7 Andrey Rublev, who helped streak against fellow left-hand- 21st major title but entered the zarre as she beat No. 6 Karolina among the defendants. him win the ATP Cup title for ers to 16 with a 7-5, 6-2, 7-5 victo- tournament with back stiffness Pliskova 7-5, 7-5. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, February 14, 2021 NBA/COLLEGE BASKETBALL

NBA scoreboard Dosunmu leads Eastern Conference No. 6 Illini past Atlantic Division WLPct GB Nebraska in OT Philadelphia 18 8 .692 — Associated Press Brooklyn 15 12 .556 3½ LINCOLN, Neb. — Illinois’ Ayo Boston 13 12 .520 4½ Toronto 12 14 .462 6 Dosunmu had a conversation with New York 12 15 .444 6½ himself after he missed a free Southeast Division throw and Nebraska hit a three- WLPct GB pointer to take a five-point lead with under four minutes left in Charlotte 13 14 .481 — Miami 11 14 .440 1 regulation. Atlanta 11 14 .440 1 “I told myself it was time to lock Orlando 10 17 .370 3 in,” he said. “Trust in yourself. Be- Washington 6 17 .261 5 lieve your instincts. You got this. Central Division Let’s try to will my team to victo- WLPct GB ry.” Milwaukee 16 10 .615 — Dosunmu did just that Friday Indiana 13 13 .500 3 night. Chicago 10 15 .400 5½ The star guard scored the last 10 Cleveland 10 17 .370 6½ Detroit 7 19 .269 9 points in regulation for Illinois and Western Conference the first five in overtime, allowing Southwest Division the sixth-ranked Fighting Illini to WLPct GB turn back Nebraska’s upset bid TONY GUTIERREZ/AP 77-72. San Antonio 15 11 .577 — The New Orleans Pelicans’ JJ Redick, left, and Josh Hart defend against the Mavericks’ Luka Doncic duringDallas 13 14 .481 2½ Dosunmu, who had 22 of his 31 Friday's game in Dallas. Doncic scored a career­high 46 points in the Mavs’ 143­130 victory. Memphis 10 11 .476 2½ points after halftime, tied it at 66 New Orleans 11 14 .440 3½ with his driving layup with 20 sec- NBA ROUNDUP Houston 11 14 .440 3½ onds left in regulation. Nebraska’s Northwest Division Trey McGowens failed to get a WLPct GB shot off at the buzzer, and Dosun- Utah 21 5 .808 — mu opened overtime with a layup Portland 15 10 .600 5½ and three-pointer to send Illinois Denver 14 11 .560 6½ Doncic scores career-high Oklahoma City 10 15 .400 10½ to its fifth consecutive victory. Minnesota 6 20 .231 15 “We escaped in a very ugly fash- Pacific Division ion,” coach Brad Underwood said. WLPct GB “Nobody at the end of the year is going to draw pictures of this one, 46 points in Mavericks’ win L.A. Lakers 21 6 .778 — L.A. Clippers 19 8 .704 2 but it’s a W. We’ve got to learn Associated Press ry. City. Phoenix 15 9 .625 4½ from it. I want to give Nebraska a DALLAS — Luka Doncic scored Joe Ingles tied his career high Justin Jackson led Oklahoma Golden State 14 12 .538 6½ ton of credit because they played Sacramento 12 13 .480 8 a career-high 46 points, Kristaps with 27 points, Donovan Mitchell City with 20 points. great.” Porzingis added 36 and the Dallas had 26 and Jordan Clarkson 25 to Trail Blazers 129, Cavaliers Thursday’s games Kofi Cockburn added 21 points Boston 120, Toronto 106 Mavericks overcame Zion Wil- help Utah win for the 17th time in 110: Gary Trent Jr. had 26 points Miami 101, Houston 94 and 13 rebounds for his 14th dou- Indiana 111, Detroit 95 liamson’s career-best 36 points in 18 games and improve to an NBA- and host Portland handed Cleve- Golden State 111, Orlando 105 ble-double of the season for the Il- a143-130 victory over the New Or- best 21-5. land its sixth straight loss. Portland 118, Philadelphia 114 lini (14-5, 10-3), who have their leans Pelicans on Friday night. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored Carmelo Anthony added 23 Friday’s games best Big Ten record after 13 games Charlotte 120, Minnesota 114 Williamson set a New Orleans 27 of his 29 points in the second points, and Enes Kanter had 21 New York 109, Washington 91 since the 2004-05 season. San Antonio 125, Atlanta 114 Lat Mayen had 16 points, in- franchise record by making all 10 half, but Milwaukee dropped its points and 13 rebounds for Por- Dallas 143, New Orleans 130 of his shots in the first half and fin- second straight after a five-game tland. The Trail Blazers have won L.A. Clippers 125, Chicago 106 cluding a couple of late three- Detroit 108, Boston 102 ished 14-for-15. His only miss was winning streak. Antetokounmpo five of their last six. Denver 97, Oklahoma City 95 pointers, and Teddy Allen and Utah 129, Milwaukee 115 a wide-open three early in the sec- had a season-high 47 points Hornets 120, Timberwolves Orlando 123, Sacramento 112 McGowens scored 15 apiece for ond half. Wednesday in a loss to Phoenix. 114: Terry Rozier scored 41 points Portland 129, Cleveland 110 the Cornhuskers. Nebraska (4-12, L.A. Lakers 115, Memphis 105 0-9) lost its 26th straight against Brandon Ingram scored 30 Pistons 108, Celtics 102:Sad- and rookie LaMelo Ball had 20 Saturday’s games points for the Pelicans in what was diq Bey scored 30 points, hitting points and 11 rebounds in Char- Philadelphia at Phoenix Big Ten opponents. Indiana at Atlanta “The biggest thing we need to supposed to be the second meeting his seventh three-pointer with 39 lotte’s victory over visiting Minne- Houston at New York with Dallas this season. The first, seconds to play after his team cut a sota. Brooklyn at Golden State take out of this is to know we can Miami at Utah scheduled for Jan. 11, was post- 13-point fourth-quarter lead to Charlotte improved to 13-14, play with anybody and battle a Sunday’s games poned because of COVID-19 is- three, and visiting Detroit held on opening a five-game homestand Boston at Washington team that’s going to be a national sues. to beat Boston. with its third victory in four games. Minnesota at Toronto championship contender,” coach New Orleans at Detroit Lakers 115, Grizzlies 105:An- Jayson Tatum had 33 points, 11 Minnesota has lost four straight to San Antonio at Charlotte Fred Hoiberg said. “That’s a huge Portland at Dallas thony Davis scored 35 points, Le- rebounds and seven assists for the fall to 6-20. Milwaukee at Oklahoma City step in the right direction.” Bron James had 28 points, nine re- Celtics. Jaylen Brown added 27 Knicks 109, Wizards 91: Julius Orlando at Phoenix Cleveland at L.A. Clippers bounds and eight assists and Los points. Randle had 24 points and 18 re- L.A. Lakers at Denver Angeles rallied to beat visiting Clippers 125, Bulls 106: Ka- bounds and New York cruised past Memphis at Sacramento Monday’s games Memphis for its seventh consecu- whi Leonard scored 33 points, Lou cold-shooting host Washington. Chicago at Indiana tive victory. Williams and Marcus Morris Russell Westbrook had 23 Houston at Washington Atlanta at New York Kyle Kuzma had 20 points and came up big in the fourth quarter, points, 10 rebounds and nine as- Philadelphia at Utah Brooklyn at Sacramento 10 rebounds for the defending and Los Angeles beat host Chica- sists for the Wizards. They lacked Cleveland at Golden State NBA champions. Davis finished go. a reliable second option with NBA Miami at L.A. Clippers Leaders two points shy of his season high in The Bulls cooled off after setting scoring leader Bradley Beal sit- his return from a two-game ab- a franchise-record with 25 three- ting out to rest for the first time this Scoring sence with an Achilles injury. pointers in a win over New Orleans season. GFG FT PTS AVG Ja Morant had 22 points and 10 on Wednesday, making 12 of 32. Magic 123, Kings 112: Nikola Beal, WAS 21 241 155 689 32.8 assists, and Jonas Valanciunas Zach LaVine, coming off a season- Vucevic scored 42 points and Curry, GS 25 245 130 741 29.6 had 22 points and eight rebounds high 46-point outing, scored 26 matched his career high of six Rebounds in the Grizzlies’ fifth loss in six points. He also had nine rebounds three-pointers in Orlando’s victo- GOFF DEFTOT AVG games. Memphis opened the game and six assists. ry over host Sacramento. Capela, ATL 21 98 200 298 14.2 FRANCIS GARDLER/AP Drummond, CLE 24 100 232 332 13.8 with a 22-2 run. Nuggets 97, Thunder 95:Niko- Spurs 125, Hawks 114:DeMar Illinois’ Ayo Dosunmu, left, Jazz 129, Bucks 115: Rudy la Jokic finished an assist shy of a DeRozan scored 23 points and vis- Assists scored 22 of his 31 points after Gobert had 27 points and 12 re- triple-double, scoring 22 points iting San Antonio beat Atlanta. GAST AVG halftime to lead the sixth­ranked bounds and host Utah beat Mil- and grabbing 13 rebounds to help Trae Young led Atlanta with 25 Harden, BKN 21 230 11.0 Fighting Illini over host Nebraska waukee for its sixth straight victo- Denver beat visiting Oklahoma points. Young, ATL 22 208 9.5 77­72 in overtime on Friday. Sunday, February 14, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 AUTO RACING Three: It’s still unclear who has the fastest cars

FROM PAGE 24 NASCAR’s top level and gained a With only three practice ses- national platform last season for sions and the 150-mile Duel qual- his outspokenness on social jus- ifying races, there is no clear indi- tice issues. cation who has cars capable of He landed multiple sponsors winning the Daytona 500. through his activism and Wallace Hendrick Motorsports swept brought that funding to Michael the front row in qualifying with Jordan and Hamlin for the launch Alex Bowman and William Byron, of 23XI Racing. Jordan and Wal- but Byron crashed in the qualify- lace are the only Black majority ing race and will fall to the back in owner and driver combination in a backup car at the start of the 500. the sport, and this team has the Bowman had an engine problem sponsorship and support that that will cost him the pole if the could finally give Wallace a motor needs to be replaced. chance at his first Cup Series vic- Chase Elliott is the reigning se- tory. ries champion but hasn’t had Wallace expects Jordan to de- enough time to show if he’s a con- mand results. tender for his first Daytona 500 “He wants winning race cars, CHRIS O'MEARA/AP victory. It’s also unclear how Kyle he wants a winning race driver Race fans pass the time before Friday's truck race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Daytona is used to shirtless fansLarson, new to the Hendrick sta- and he took an opportunity to in- partying in the infield. But what about maskless ones? NASCAR will have to figure out how to police up to ble this season after last year’s vest in me and he has seen some- 30,000 fans who may have little interest in sticking to the pandemic guidelines. NASCAR suspension for using a thing that sparked his interest,” racial slur, is adapting to his new Wallace said. “We’re just going to team. go out and do what I know how to Kevin Harvick is looking to re- do, not change up anything, not try bound after falling short of the se- too hard because of MJ or because ries title in last year’s nine-win of Denny or because of the oppor- Pandemic party season. He tweeted “She’s bad tunity.” fast” about his Ford, though it was Pitbull is another celebrity new Stewart-Haas Racing teammate to NASCAR team ownership. The Aric Almirola who won the first entertainer signed on with Justin NASCAR fans power through at Daytona qualifying race and said his car is Marks to field Trackhouse Racing strong for Sunday. this year for Daniel Suarez, the on- BY DAN GELSTON Yet in a week where Victoria's Fellow Ford drivers and Team ly full-time Mexican driver in Associated Press state government imposed a five- Penske teammates Joey Logano NASCAR. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — 30,000 day lockdown — stripping the and Ryan Blaney both seemed Pitbull views his newest en- Sam Maxwell and his band of Cle- Australian Open of fans while play able to run with Almirola. deavor as an opportunity to pro- Number of fans NASCAR is allowing veland bros packed up their 1997 for Sunday's Daytona 500. In normal continues — Florida is going for Austin Dillon won the second mote multiple initiatives, most im- Four Winds motorhome with years, more than 100,000 fans would two: The Super Bowl hosted duel, setting him up for a possible portantly his message of unity. 105,000 miles on it, headed south attend the race. 25,000 fans last week in Tampa, second Daytona 500 victory on the “If there’s anything we need in in the thick of the pandemic and about 150 miles west of Daytona, 20th anniversary of Dale Earn- these times right now it is some- SOURCE: Associated Press pinned their hopes on a party. and viral videos showed throngs of hardt’s death. Dillon drives Earn- thing that unites people, not di- Traveling on a budget, the down and busted out the Fireball. mostly mask-less fans and packed hardt’s famed No. 3 on grandfa- vides people,” Pitbull said. “It’s friends like to hit a premier sport- In the middle of a pandemic that sports bars as the hometown Buc- ther Richard Childress’ team and about utilizing the culture, creat- ing event each year, and this week has killed more than 470,000 peo- caneers won it all. understands how emotional a vic- ing the culture through NASCAR —thanks only to interest spiked by ple in the U.S., the carousing was NASCAR went down this road tory would be in that Chevrolet. to bring people together.” playing FanDuel — parked in the more casual than crazy this week last season when Bristol had about “It would be amazing and huge Live Fast Racing, the third new infield grass at Daytona Interna- at Daytona as race day ap- 22,000 fans for its All-Star race last for the company, RCR and all the 3 team and one co-owned by former tional Speedway. They came to proached. The roughly 30,000 fans July. Daytona is bigger, even with fans out there,” Dillon said. driver Matt Tifft and B.J. McLeod, soak in the Daytona 500 atmo- inside the sprawling facility that social distancing in place for the Dillon beat Bubba Wallace to will make its debut in the 500 with sphere, or whatever they found usually packs more than 100,000 grandstands, a mandatory mask win his qualifying race in a dra- McLeod as the driver. Derrike among the campers killing time are expected to make Sunday's order and no access to garages or matic finish that showed Wallace Cope, the 1990 Daytona 500 win- with games of cornhole and flip Daytona 500 the largest-attended pit row. Asked for comment, the might finally have the equipment ner, is back for what he says will cup. single sporting event in the nation Florida Department of Health in he needs to be competitive. Wal- be his final race and even at 62 be- “We’re still going to have a party since the coronavirus shut down Volusia County said “event plan- lace is the only Black racer at lieves he’s got a shot. one way or the other,” Maxwell much of the sports world 11 ners implemented several strate- said. “Whether there’s 100 people months ago. gies to maintain healthy environ- or just the four of us, we’re still go- Mask wearing? Not so much, ments" and noted access to the in- ing to have fun.” and there’s more space between field was “limited to camping cus- The diehard Browns fans stock cars pack racing on the su- tomers and essential staff.” brought the party to them. They perspeedway than there is be- Those campers are having a hit a thrift store, plunking down tween most campers. ball. Even if Tent City — famous $25 for a ratty sofa — perfect to ab- “I’m not really too concerned for its raucous parties — has been sorb spilled PBR — and even about it,” Maxwell said. reimagined as a “Turn 3 drive-in” plucked a keyboard out of a dump- The track made all the usual setup for the RV crowd. ster. window-dressing moves to prove Mark Minadeo of Boca Raton They blew up red balloons and safety is a priority, with temper- was attending his ninth Daytona tied them to a sign: “Moms Drink 4 ature checks, distanced seating, 500 and bought a motorhome for Free!!!” Their plan to liven up the cashless concessions and adher- Speedweeks. bash was overheard by a neigh- ence to CDC guidelines. Speed- “This is ridiculous,” he said of bor, who pressed her face against weeks, the runup to the big race, is the view. “It’s completely empty. a window screen and asked if actually sponsored by a health A lot of people don’t know what’s there was an age limit for the care system headquartered in going on. As you’re walking RALPH FRESO/AP moms. Florida and COVID-19 testing in- around as you ask people who Pitbull performs prior to a NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix At Daytona, in both speed and formation sits above a link to offi- work at the track, they’re like, Raceway on March 8. New NASCAR team Trackhouse Racing has celebrations, there are no limits. cial travel packages on the track’s ‘Yeah, you can go over there and brought Pitbull on as an ownership partner for an organization making So one of the gang waved her website. watch the race.’ ” its debut at the Daytona 500. 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Three in a row? Hamlin goes for unprecedented feat in Daytona 500 BY JENNA FRYER tona 500s, a feat that would forever dull the Associated Press disappointment of his championship fail- DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. ures. enny Hamlin, considered “This is something that no one’s ever perhaps the best NASCAR done before,” Hamlin said. “Other guys driver without a Cup Series have won championships, obviously. I championship, can look past would want to do something no one else has that hole on his record. He done.” Dinstead points to a pair of Southern 500 tro- Hamlin is the 8-1 betting favorite but the phies, a Bristol night race victory, three Daytona 500 can be a crapshoot, particular- road course wins, six at Pocono and the big ly in NASCAR’s condensed new schedule daddy of them all, the Daytona 500. forced by the pandemic. Speedweeks at Hamlin has won NASCAR’s crown jewel, Daytona International Speedway for dec- the one race that can define a driver’s ca- ades spanned nearly two weeks but this reer, three different times and the last two year was cut to just six days. years. On Sunday, he will attempt to be- come the first to win three consecutive Day- SEE THREE ON PAGE 23

Top: Ty Dillon, left, Bubba Wallace, center, and Denny Hamlin talk on pit road Tuesday before the NASCAR Clash at Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Right: Austin Dillon will try to win the Daytona 500 for the second time in his career, driving Dale Earnhardt’s famed No. 3 on the 20th anniversary of his death.

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