China Changing World Order Tified the Danger and Tried to Turn the Ship to Avoid Collision, It Was Too Late, According to the Report

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Volume 79, No. 121 ©SS 2020 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2020 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas ANALYSIS Investigation findings echo Navy on fatal 2017 collision

BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS Stars and Stripes YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — More than three years after the USS Fitzgerald collision that killed seven sailors, the U.S. federal agency investigating the cause has released its findings, which echo the Navy’s conclu- sions from months after the 2017 accident. The National Transportation Safety Board report, released Thursday, declared watch-standing failures led to the guided-missile destroyer’s collision with the Philippine-flagged container ship ACX Crystal on June 17, 2017. According to the report, “[the] Fitzgerald’s bridge team’s failure to take early and substantial action to avoid collision as the give-way vessel in a crossing situation” was the probable cause of the collision. The Navy censured the Fitzger- ald’s then-commander and a tactical action officer after the accident. Neither was punished and both were allowed to retire. The Fitzgerald was about 60 nautical miles southwest of Yoko- suka, where it was homeported, when the collision happened. As the vessel approached the ACX Crystal, neither radioed the other, according to the NTSB report. By the time watch officers iden- China changing world order tified the danger and tried to turn the ship to avoid collision, it was too late, according to the report. Seven sailors died, three were se- International status quo entering uncharted waters riously injured and the Fitzgerald SEE FINDINGS ON PAGE 4 BY KEN MORITSUGU it is China’s turn to take the global stage. creasingly see its growing economic and Associated Press Seventy-five years after Japan’s surren- military prowess as a threat. In turn, China, DANGEROUS WATERS der in World War II, and 30 years after its again like Japan, feels the West is trying to BEIJING economic bubble popped, the emergence of limit its rise, fueling nationalistic sentiment wice in the 20th century, Japan among both its public and leaders. The Fitzgerald crash was the first a 21st century Asian power is shaking up challenged the West, first in a What’s changed, though, is the global of two deadly collisions the Navy military-led attempt to become the status quo. landscape — post-colonial to start, and suffered in 2017. The USS McCain an imperial power and then as As Japan did, China is butting heads with collided with another civilian ship T an industrial powerhouse. Now the established Western powers, which in- SEE ORDER ON PAGE 12 in August, claiming the lives of 10 sailors. The McCain returned to sea Chinese honor guard raise the Chinese flag during the commissioning ceremony of China’s Shandong aircraft carrier on Dec. 17, in October 2019. The Fitzgerald 2019. China’s emergence as a 21st century economic and military power is shaking up the international world order. returned to sea in February, after LI GANG, XIANHUA NEWS AGENCY/AP 2 ½ years of repair work. PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, September 7, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES TSA pilots ‘self-service’ ID checks at airport Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9122 Euro costs (Sept. 7) ...... $1.16 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.37 Dollar buys (Sept. 7) ...... €0.8228 Turkey (Lira) ...... 7.4496 British pound (Sept. 7) ...... $1.30 (Military exchange rates are those BY LORI ARATANI the pandemic, in which avoiding rapid testing and deployment Japanese yen (Sept. 7) ...... 104.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (Sept. 7) ...... 1,160.00 facilities in the country of issuance close encounters is becoming the of this touchless, self-service Commercial rates The Washington Post for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3767 norm, particularly in places such technology.” Netherlands and the United Kingdom. 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BY COREY DICKSTEIN members of the National Guard statement. Stars and Stripes and Reserve are eligible to par- It will also allow soldiers to ticipate in the program. About pay over time for the new green WASHINGTON — Most U.S. 474,000 troops are now enrolled uniforms, which will replace the troops can now receive up to in the uniform credit program, blue Army Service Uniform as $1,000 credit with no interest for according to the exchange soldiers’ standard office attire by one year on military uniform pur- statement. 2027. The blues will become the chases through the Army and Air Sailors and Coast Guard mem- Army’s uniform for more formal Force Exchange Service’s credit bers are eligible for a promotional settings, such as unit galas. program, officials announced 0% plan for purchasing uniforms The Army Greens are expected this week. on the Military Star card’s stan- to be available at most exchange The change marks the first dard credit line, which is separate stores within the continental major adjustment to the Military from its uniform credit line. United States by December and Star card, the exchange’s credit The credit increase on the mili- at Army posts across the globe by program since it was launched tary clothing plan is meant to give March, the exchange said. in 1979, and it comes as the Ar- troops new opportunities to build Some soldiers have already ad- Eric Pilgrim my’s new World War II-inspired credit and give them more flex- opted the new look, modeled after Army Green Service Uniform ibility to pay for their uniforms, the popular World War II uniform A Fort Knox, Ky., AAFES employee checks the fit of a recruiter’s hits shelves at exchange shops at said Air Force Chief Master Sgt. known as “pinks and greens.” Army Green Service Uniform coat July 8, prior to the Army issuing it some installations. The changes Kevin Osby, the senior enlisted Drill sergeants, recruiters, and to him. double the long-standing $500 leader for the exchange. general officers who deal with the credit limit on zero-interest uni- “The Military Star card offers public have been among the first standard uniform now costs “Ike” jacket, inspired by the form-purchasing plans and ex- this benefit as a service to the to receive the new uniforms. about $500, said Daniel Koglin, a cropped jacket made iconic by tends them from nine-month services, reflecting the Exchange By December, the Army ex- military clothing manager for the Gen. Dwight Eisenhower during payment plans to 12-month plans, Credit Program’s commitment pects to issue the Army Greens to Army and Air Force Exchange World War II. exchange officials said in a Tues- to ensuring the readiness and incoming recruits. Service. That does not include day statement. resiliency of warfighters across Early adopters of the new uni- any optional items available to [email protected] Soldiers, airmen, Marines and the globe,” Osby said in the form will pay more for it. The soldiers, including the so-called Twitter: @CDicksteinDC USMC base barbecue blamed for firefighting foam leak

BY MATTHEW M. BURKE cording to the statement. “There were no below the 0.05 micrograms per liter target about the barbecue. AND AYA ICHIHASHI drinking water sources impacted by the ef- value established by Japan for PFOS and “I am sure they came up with the pre- Stars and Stripes fects of this spill,” it stated. PFOA. vention plan not to repeat this incident U.S. military officials in Japan say the As a result of its review, Marine Corps again,” said a prefectural spokesman from CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — An outdoor foam used at Futenma contains PFOS and Installations Pacific held an all-hands the U.S. military matters section. “We will barbecue near the Marine Corps Air Sta- PFOA. seminar to teach Marines about the fire monitor to make sure they follow the new tion Futenma flight line triggered the re- PFOS, or perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, suppression system, improved the signage prevention protocol.” lease of 60,000 gallons of potentially toxic and PFOA, perfluorooctanoic acid, are regarding the system’s use and increased Japanese government representatives firefighting foam on April 10, according to known to cause tumors, increases in body restrictions on the use of open flames near often speak on condition of anonymity as a a Marine Corps review released Friday. and organ weight and death in animals. the flight line, the statement said. About 22,000 gallons of the aqueous foam requirement of their positions. The synthetic organic acids are also found Results of the investigation were shared were contained on base. The remainder An official from Okinawa prefectural in aircraft grease, water-repellant materi- with the Japanese and Okinawa prefectur- traveled off base through a storm drain and environmental section said Friday evening into a nearby stream and neighborhood. als, cleaning agents and other products. al governments as well as with the city of that the Defense Ministry would soon start Japanese government officials con- Japan set a combined safety threshold Ginowan. monitoring PFOS and PFOA levels in the demned the incident at the time. After- of 0.05 micrograms per liter for PFOS and The Marine statement indicated they Uchidomari River, into which base storm- ward, the Marines escorted Japanese PFOA on April 1. The threshold is not law, would replace the firefighting foam. water drains. environmental experts onto MCAS Futen- but a quality standard guideline. The Unit- Friday evening, the Okinawa Defense “We cannot say we are relieved because ma to obtain soil and water samples. ed States’ threshold is 0.07 micrograms Bureau, which represents Japan’s Defense there are other places around Futenma Marine Corps Installations Pacific an- per liter. Ministry on the island, referred Stars and where high amounts of PFOS and PFOA nounced the results of its probe in an With its statement, the Marines pro- Stripes to the Defense Ministry for com- were detected,” the spokesman said. “We emailed statement Friday evening. They vided a table of test results showing PFOS ment on the Marines’ statement. A minis- will keep asking Marine officials to allow provided no further information on the and PFOA levels at several locations. The try spokesperson could not be reached. us into the base to investigate the other lo- barbecue incident and did not return mes- results were derived from soil and water An Okinawa prefectural spokesman said cations where the high amount … has been sages seeking further comment Friday samples taken by the U.S. military and the island government is relieved the lev- detected.” evening. the Japanese and Okinawa prefectural els of PFOS and PFOA, cancer-causing [email protected] The Marines said their investigation governments. agents, reported by the Marines’ review of Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 found “no threat to human health from The Marines said the levels of contami- the spill were not “obscene.” He said the [email protected] either the storm water or soil levels,” ac- nation found in stormwater off base were prefecture would request further details Twitter: @AyaIchihashi

Correction Austal USA delivers 12th fast transport ship to Navy

The date after which BY CHRISTIAN LOPEZ Independence-class littoral com- that can successfully meet a wide in 2016 for the 11th and 12th fast packages found in the mail Stars and Stripes bat ships — USS Kansas City and range of missions,” Tim Roberts, transports, and $261.8 million in with handwriten customs USS Oakland. strategic and theater sealift pro- March 2019 for the 13th and 14th forms will be returned to The U.S. Navy accepted deliv- The Newport, 337-feet-long and gram manager, Program Execu- ships, according to Austal USA. sender was incorrect in a ery of its 12th Spearhead-class capable of an average of 35 knots tive Office, Ships, said in a Navy Austal is building the 13th fast story about new electronic expeditionary fast transport ship will be operated by Military Sea- release Thursday. transport ship, the USNS Apala- customs forms in some from shipbuilder Austal USA’s lift Command. The command pro- The Navy in 2008 awarded Aus- chicola, and construction on the Friday editions. The date shipyard in Mobile, Ala., on vides ocean transport and sealift tal USA, the American branch 14th, the USNS Cody, is expected should be Oct. 2, the Mili- Wednesday. to all U.S. military branches as of an Australian defense firm, a to begin before the end of the tary Postal Service Agency The USNS Newport is the third well as government agencies. $1.6 billion contract for 10 Spear- year. has said. Austal delivery to the fleet this “I’m proud to be a part of de- head-class vessels. Two more [email protected] year. Earlier, it handed over two livering this highly-capable ship contracts followed: $248.8 million Twitter: CLopez_Stripes PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, September 7, 2020 WAR/MILITARY Taliban members return to Doha for Afghan peace talks

BY KATHY GANNON war Afghanistan might look Associated Press like, how rights of women and minorities would be protected, ISLAMABAD — Taliban of- and how the tens of thousands of ficials said a senior delegation armed Taliban and government- returned early Saturday to Qatar, allied militias are disarmed and paving the way for the start of re-integrated. peace talks with the Afghan gov- “The Afghan people are ready ernment that are expected to take for a sustainable reduction in vio- place in the tiny Gulf state. lence and a political settlement The officials spoke on condi- that will end the war,” the State tion of anonymity because they PETER BURGHART/U.S. Navy Department statement said. were not authorized to speak to U.S. Security Adviser Robert The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald returns to Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, following a collision the media. with a merchant vessel on June 17, 2017. The delayed negotiations are O’Brien had a long call with Af- the second, critical part to a peace ghan President Ashraf Ghani deal the United States signed with last week. American officials NTSB report cites ‘ineffective the Taliban in February in Doha. have also pressed neighboring Findings: The Taliban delegation’s ar- Pakistan to get the Taliban to the rival in Qatar, where the group table. communication and cooperation’ in crash keeps its political office, came as Relentless delays over the ex- a top Afghan government body change of prisoners — 5,000 held blamed the militants for delays in by the Afghan government and 1,000 by the Taliban — have hin- FROM FRONT PAGE the probable cause of the colli- munication between the bridge starting talks. dered efforts to get intra-Afghan sion, the agency “does not assign and combat information center In a tweet on Saturday, the sustained $300 million worth of talks started. fault or blame for an accident or teams. spokesman for Kabul’s High damage. Council for National Reconcilia- In late August, a delegation led Contributing factors included incident.” Previously, the Navy said it The report also noted the ACX has already made such revisions tion, Faraidoon Khwazoon, said by the Taliban’s political office “ineffective communication and the government was ready to head and the chief negotiator of cooperation among the Fitzger- Crystal’s failure to detect the and has implemented 107 of 111 recommendations in its own start direct negotiations. the February deal with the U.S. , ald crew on the bridge and in the Fitzgerald early and “insufficient actions to avoid collision. post-collision report, including “The process of releasing the Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar combat information center, and “Assignment of fault or legal improved training and certifica- prisoners is over and there is no came to Pakistan. While little the Fitzgerald commanding offi- liability is not relevant to the tion standards, tightened surface excuse for delaying the talks, but was revealed about the details of cer’s insufficient planning for the NTSB’s statutory mission to im- warfare officer qualifications and the Taliban are still not ready to his meetings with Pakistani offi- hazards of the vessel’s intended prove transportation safety by changed sleep schedule policy take part in the talks,” he said, cials, it is believed he was pressed transit,” according to the report. investigating accidents and inci- to better complement circadian without further elaboration. to get started with intra-Afghan The report also pointed to the dents and issuing safety recom- rhythm. The remaining four rec- In a surprise late night Satur- talks. Navy’s “ineffective operations mendations,” the board said in its ommendations are expected to day tweet, Taliban spokesman With many of the Taliban lead- scheduling, crew training and fa- report. be implemented by the end of Zabihullah Mujahed announced a ership council living in Pakistan, tigue mitigation.” The transportation board’s December. shakeup in the Taliban negotiation Islamabad has been pressed by The findings mirror those of findings are also similar to those The Fitzgerald returned to sea team. The Taliban’s Chief Justice Washington to use its influence the Navy’s 2017 post-collision re- in a Japan Transport Safety in February, after about 2 ½ years Abdul Hakim has been named to push negotiations forward. port that called the accident pre- Board report released last year. of repair work. the lead negotiator replacing Sher Pakistani Prime Minister Imran ventable. That report identified The Japanese government or- The Fitzgerald crash was the Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, Khan has repeatedly said he the bridge team’s failure to “plan dered that investigation, which first of two deadly collisions that who will be deputy negotiator. wants peace talks started and for safety,” “adhere to sound nav- also did not assign blame, be- the Navy suffered in 2017. The The appointment of Hakim, who that a military solution for Af- igation practices,” “properly use cause the incident took place in USS McCain collided with an- is close to the Taliban leader Hi- ghanistan is an impossibility. batullah Akhunzada, brings the available navigation tools” and Japanese waters. other civilian ship in August, Pakistani officials reportedly Taliban’s negotiating team to 21. “respond deliberately and effec- The U.S. transportation board’s claiming the lives of 10 sailors. met a second time with Baradar There was no explanation for the tively” as contributing factors in report recommended revising The McCain returned to sea in on Friday before his return to October 2019. sudden changes. the collision. “fleetwide training and qualifi- Doha again pressing for a swift Until its deal with the U.S., the Though the NTSB report cation requirements for officers [email protected] start to Afghan peace talks, it is identified the Navy failings as of the deck” and improving com- Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Taliban refused to directly negoti- ate with the Afghan government. believed. The current Kabul negotiating U.S. and Afghan officials have team is a collection of govern- both said they want to see a re- ment and opposition officials. duction in violence in the conflict US Northern Command apologizes for The U.S. State Department going into talks with the Taliban, said in a statement Saturday that but the militant group maintains its envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, who that a cease-fire would only be on retweeting Trump campaign update brokered the February peace the agenda once talks begin. deal, left for Qatar on the previ- Washington’s February agree- Associated Press you tonight in Latrobe!” The organization was created ous day to press for an “immedi- ment with the Taliban was Northern Command spokes- after 9/11 to defend the country reached to allow the exit of Amer- COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. ate” start to negotiations between — The U.S. Northern Command woman Navy Capt. Pamela Kunze and coordinate Department of the warring Afghan sides. ican troops after nearly 20 years based in Colorado Springs has said the tweet was “inadvertently Defense civilian disaster response Washington has ramped up at war in keeping with a promise apologized for retweeting a post retweeted on the official U.S. efforts. It is based at Peterson Air pressure on Afghans on both President Donald Trump made by President Donald Trump that Northern Command Twitter ac- Force Base in Colorado Springs. sides of the conflict to open up during the 2016 U.S. election announced his campaign stop count” on Thursday by a new The Department of Defense al- negotiations over what a post- campaign. earlier this week in a western staff member and one of the ac- lows military members on active Pennsylvania city. count’s administrators, The Ga- duty to express their personal Before addressing supporters, zette reported. opinions on political candidates, Trump tweeted, “I’m going to The retweet was deleted after donate to campaigns, sign peti- ‘ The Afghan people are ready for a Latrobe, Pennsylvania, the home several minutes, Kunze said, tions and attend political events of the late, great Arnold Palmer apologizing on behalf of the mili- as spectators. But they are not sustainable reduction in violence and a — There was nobody like him. I tary organization. The Northern allowed to participate in any dis- got to know Arnold well, played Command is apolitical and non- cussion as an advocate or partake political settlement that will end the war. ’ golf with him, and miss him. See partisan, she said. in partisan activities. State Department statement Monday, September 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, September 7, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK ‘Small number’ of Reagan sailors test positive

BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS navirus made its way onto the carrier, The 7th Fleet has conducted five “safe itized the ship. More than 1,150 Roosevelt Stars and Stripes which has been at sea since June. Person- haven” liberty port visits for deployed sailors tested positive in that outbreak, one nel who deploy to the ship are required to ships this year as the Navy keeps ships at of whom died. YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — A undergo a two-week quarantine and test sea longer to avoid coronavirus exposure, The Reagan cases did not appear to slow “small number” of sailors aboard the air- negative for the coronavirus before board- according to the statement. the carrier, whose crewmembers took part craft carrier USS Ronald Reagan tested ing the vessel, according to Navy policy. “With the exception of a few manda- in a live-fire exercise on Thursday in the positive for the coronavirus while under- “An investigation is underway to deter- tory personnel to ensure the ship’s safe ar- Philippine Sea, according to Navy photo- way last week, 7th Fleet spokeswoman mine the source of infection,” Mommsen rival, there will be no interaction with any graphs posted online. Cmdr. Reann Mommsen confirmed on said. “The Reagan crew has worked ex- personnel outside the designated liberty “The ship is taking aggressive action Friday to Stars and Stripes. tremely hard to minimize the risk of in- areas,” the Navy said about the Reagan’s and applying all mitigations to protect the The sailors tested positive on Aug. 27, fection onboard since they deployed more visit. “For the docking process, all COVID health of our sailors and stop the spread received immediate medical treatment than three months ago.” mitigations will be in place to include so- and were taken off the ship, she said in an The aircraft carrier made a brief port cial distancing, masks, gloves and minimal of the virus in accordance with [Centers email. None were hospitalized. visit to Guam on Aug. 22-26, but crewmem- interactions.” for Disease Control and Prevention] and “There are currently no positive COVID bers were not allowed to leave designated A coronavirus outbreak on the USS The- Navy guidance as we continue to identify sailors aboard USS Ronald Reagan,” Mom- areas on the pier and a secured beach at odore Roosevelt in March sidelined the and eliminate any potential vectors of the msen said. COVID-19 is the respiratory Naval Base Guam to prevent exposure to aircraft carrier for more than a month in virus,” Mommsen said. disease caused by the coronavirus. the virus, according to a Navy statement Guam. Meanwhile, the Navy disembarked, [email protected] The Navy is investigating how the coro- from Aug. 21. isolated and tested crewmembers and san- Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Barbecues help Yokota’s new airmen get through coronavirus quarantine

BY SETH ROBSON The aerospace ground-equip- Stars and Stripes ment airman, who arrived in Japan after 18 months at Osan Air YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan Base, South Korea, said she was — Some summer barbecues at surprised when someone knocked the home of U.S. Forces Japan in on her door to invite her to lunch western Tokyo are a little out of after five days in quarantine. the ordinary this year. “It was nice to hear there The events for newly arrived was somewhere for us to go and airmen are choreographed af- get food and go outside and see fairs where the guests of honor what’s going on,” Williams said. don masks and keep their dis- “Being able to see the base and tance from the folks cooking their look around is really good.” food. The time alone hasn’t been too U.S. personnel arriving in hard, she said, adding that the Japan must spend 14 days in two-bedroom apartment where quarantine, which the military she is staying is bigger than her THERON GODBOLD/Stars and Stripes calls “restriction of movement” digs at Osan. During the time or ROM, that’s designed to stop alone she’s been studying Japa- Volunteers dish out some comfort food to a quarantined service member during a barbecue at Yokota Air them spreading the coronavirus nese and itching to get out and ex- Base, Japan, on Friday . to others at their new home. plore Japan and taste local food To make sure the experience such as ramen and sushi. Force is doing to support airmen the daylight is huge.” letters from schoolkids, a game doesn’t feel like a short stint in Master Sgt. Christopher Smith, in quarantine. The barbecues, which last involving chopsticks and beans, jail, the Air Force has come up 43, of Rochester, Minn., was at Barbecues help people with about 90 minutes and include a more homecooked food and a bag with all sorts of things to amuse the barbecue representing the physical, spiritual, relational and performance by members of the of Japanese treats, she said. quarantined single airmen, in- Yokota First Sergeants Council. emotional wellness, according Air Force Band of the Pacific- A few airmen who have had cluding fortnightly barbecues. “I’m here to check on these air- to the Air Force veteran and li- Asia, have been going since late birthdays in quarantine received Staff Sgt. Valesia Williams, 30, men who are in ROM,” he said. censed clinical social worker. May and have fed about 150 quar- cakes baked by Stevens. of Washington, D.C., was one of a “I’m seeing how their mental state “They take care of so many antined airmen so far. “Having been an airman myself few quarantined airmen chomp- is and making sure they’re being things in one session and they’re “We keep it short and sweet be- in rather austere settings, I think ing burgers Friday in a yard taken care of by their units.” fun,” Stevens said. “We can get cause we are trying to make sure they have got it pretty sweet,” she about 20 yards from where meat Yokota community support them outside … get them some we exercise all the proper safety said. “It is not so much the setting sizzled on grills and party music organizer Debbie Stevens, 60, fresh air and sunshine, get them measures,” Stevens said. as it is the human contact.” blared from a speaker outside a of Wyoming, said the barbecues a homecooked meal. For some of Other support for quarantined [email protected] tower block on Yokota. are just one of the things the Air them, just to be able to get out into airmen includes deliveries of Twitter: @SethRobson1

21st TSC soldiers have more flexibility for leave following rule change

BY JENNIFER H. SVAN leave, officials said. Gen. Christopher Mohan, Bailey assigned to, the updated guidance For Germany, that’s the Robert Stars and Stripes Under the new rule, which su- said. Most requests were denied, says. Koch Institute, he said. persedes a general order first is- he said. Soldiers with the 21st TSC are In its latest update issued KAISERSLAUTERN, Germa- sued in June, commanders at the Service members with the 21st assigned to U.S. Army Garrison Wednesday, the Germany pub- ny — Service members assigned rank of lieutenant colonel or high- TSC are still required to com- Rheinland-Pfalz, U.S. Army Gar- lic health agency said the whole to the Army’s 21st Theater Sus- er — essentially the first lieuten- plete a 14-day quarantine upon rison Benelux, Kosovo, Romania of Spain, including the Canary tainment Command in Europe no ant colonel in a soldier’s chain of return from a high-risk area, and Bulgaria. Islands, has been classified as longer need a two-star’s approval command — have the authority Bailey said. Official international travel to a risk area, as has Zadar county for leisure travel to coronavirus to approve leave requests, said But commanders at the battal- high-risk locations still requires in Croatia, joining Sibenik-Knin risk areas. Master Sgt. Dan Bailey, 21st TSC ion level can determine whether approval from Mohan, Bailey and Split-Dalmatia counties, The change, part of updated spokesman. they can afford to have a soldier said. which were added to RKI’s list travel guidance issued by the Prior to the rule change, which in quarantine or arrange for an For official travel, command- last month. Antwerp in Belgium command last month, allows re- was announced on Aug. 28, offi- alternate workplace or schedule ers use a U.S. European Com- has been removed from the list of quests for unofficial travel to be cial or unofficial travel to areas when they return, he said. mand map to determine if an at-risk areas, but Brussels is still handled by the service members’ at high risk for coronavirus re- Service members must get per- area is high-risk, while for unof- on it. units and gives 21st TSC soldiers quired an “exception to policy” mission for any overnight stays ficial travel, they use host nation [email protected] more choice in where they go on from 21st TSC commander Maj. outside of the country they are references, Bailey said. Twitter: @stripesktown Monday, September 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK US Army bans masks with valves for soldiers in S. Korea

BY KIM GAMEL “Neck gaiters and other cloth Stars and Stripes items, such as bandannas and scarves, are authorized as face SEOUL, South Korea — The masks along with masks without U.S. Army has banned masks valves,” it said in a post distrib- with valves for soldiers and other uted on social media. personnel in South Korea, join- “Face coverings or masks must ing a growing consensus that the cover both the mouth and nose high-tech face coverings may do and extend to the chin or below more harm than good in prevent- as well as to the sides of the face. ing the coronavirus’ spread. Stop the spread!” it added. The decision followed new Many commenters expressed guidance from the Centers for frustration about the decision, Disease Control and Prevention, noting that the high-tech masks which said last month that such had previously been recom- MATTHEW KEELER/Stars and Stripes masks “allow air to be exhaled mended as most effective against Tech. Sgt. Jessica Smith of the 51st Communications Squadron wears a valved face mask at Osan Air through a hole in the material, pollution. Base, South Korea, on Sept. 1. which can result in expelled re- Some also asked if refunds spiratory droplets that can reach would be provided since the Vog- said its standard return policy against high levels of pollution. the coronavirus because they put others.” masks sold at the post exchanges applies. USFK previously banned sol- people near the wearer at risk. South Korea’s Ministry of Food cost about $30. “Shoppers who have purchased diers from wearing masks while Research published last week and Drug Safety also recom- The Eighth Army said the ban in the scientific journal Physics mended against wearing masks applies to all personnel including a Vogmask with valves may re- in uniform but reversed that last of Fluids included dramatic vi- with valves. troops, civilians, contractors and turn their unused mask in its year to allow face coverings under sualizations showing that vented U.S. Forces Korea made it their family members. original packaging for a full re- certain conditions following com- masks and face shields allow large mandatory for people to wear “The U.S. CDC and Army Pub- fund,” said Army Staff Sgt. Mark plaints that more protection was plumes of particles to escape. masks when in public off-base, lic Health Command state the ex- Kauffman of the regional Army needed against poor air quality in “Masks with exhalation ports in accordance with rules set by halation valves allow unfiltered and Air Force Exchange’s public South Korea. local communities after another exhaled air and droplets to es- affairs office. As the coronavirus took hold include a one-way valve, which coronavirus outbreak began last cape the mask that may contain The Air Force has begun en- earlier this year, the policy restricts airflow when breathing month. viruses,” the public affairs office couraging people not to wear evolved to encourage face masks in, but allows free outflow of air,” On base, people must wear them said in response to questions from them based on the CDC recom- as one of the simplest and most the article said. “The inhaled air inside stores and other crowded Stars and Stripes. mendations but hasn’t issued a effective ways to save lives. gets filtered through the mask facilities, or anytime it’s not pos- Eighth Army said all unit and ban, according to the 51st Fighter Masks with valves, a common material; however, the exhaled sible to maintain a safe distance base facilities that require face Wing. site among construction workers, breath passes through the valve from other people, USFK said. coverings may restrict entry to Face masks have long been a may be more comfortable and unfiltered.” However, the Eighth Army those wearing masks with valves. controversial topic for the U.S. make it easier to breathe. Stars and Stripes reporters Yoo Kyong announced last Tuesday that The post exchange, which still military in South Korea, where However, recent studies have Chang and Matthew Keeler contributed to this report. masks with valves were no longer had valve masks on display at people commonly wore them even found that they are less effec- [email protected] authorized. Camp Humphreys last week, before the pandemic as protection tive at preventing the spread of Twitter: @kimgamel Yokota creates specialized medical squadrons to improve health care

BY ERICA EARL being missed.” align, with bases in the Pacific region ad- Stars and Stripes What used to be known as the Medical justing to their new structures by October. Operations Squadron is now the Health- Heath said that being among the last YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The med- care Operations Squadron. Its primary groups to make the changes allows her to ical group at the home of the 374th Airlift care providers will see DOD civilians, in- see how the transition took place elsewhere. Wing in western Tokyo is shuffling and cluding families and children. She said she would like to see Yokota do a reassigning health care providers as part The Aerospace Medicine Squadron is better job than its stateside counterparts of of a program designed to improve military now known as the Operational Medical notifying its clients of their new primary health care. Readiness Squadron, which serves active- care managers. The restructuring is part of a transition duty service members. Heath said preliminary arrangements announced by the 374th Medical Group on Heath said the patient administration of- were made to put members of squadrons Aug. 28. It creates two new medical squad- fice, also known as TOPA, is emailing ac- on Yokota under the same care provider. rons — one solely for active-duty troops tive-duty and civilian clients about changes There are some concerns over medical and another to treat family members and to their primary care team. Anyone want- facilities being able to absorb the patient Defense Department civilians. workload that could come with entire The tweaks were scheduled prior to the ing that information immediately can call squadrons under one care provider. coronavirus pandemic. the office directly. “Change can be difficult, and to have a For appointments, all patients may con- Heath said the 374th Medical Group is tinue to call the Yokota hospital central ap- seeking outpatient reactions and request- new [primary care manager], someone ERICA EARL/Stars and Stripes who knows your intimate concerns and pointment line. Some people may end up ing feedback during the transition. People The restructuring of military health health issues, can be challenging,” Lt. Col. with new providers, Heath said, but every- may contact the patient advocates in each care is part of a congressional mandate Kenisha Heath, the Healthcare Operations one who already qualified for health care of the hospital’s departments, fill out cus- to improve medical care across the Squadron commander, said Thursday. at Yokota remains eligible. tomer comment cards on site or complete Department of Defense. “We are at an unconventional time with The remodel stems from the fiscal year surveys after appointments. COVID-19, so the way we practice already 2017 National Defense Authorization Act. Heath said providers will eventually be had to modify.” COVID-19 is the respira- “Active duty can involve a litany of In a February report, “Restructuring and relocated inside the Yokota hospital to keep tory disease caused by the coronavirus. paperwork and evaluations,” she said. Realigning of Military Medical Treatment all care providers under each squadron in The restructuring of military health “Deployment health assessments and ad- Facilities,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper the same space. She said the timeline of care is part of a congressional mandate to ministrative paperwork should have its ordered the tweaks be implemented this this change is uncertain. improve medical care across the military. own space and time. When you have your year. “The purpose is not to separate patients, Prior to the pandemic, Heath said, provid- active-duty patients and your dependent Changes like those at Yokota are already but to get staff that should be working as a ers had up to 20 appointments per day and patients who have different types of ap- underway at bases in the United States. team together in one location,” she said. seeing both active-duty and civilian pa- pointments, you have to shift gears in a According to the report, overseas military [email protected] tients caused competing interests. way that can lead to mistakes or things health care facilities will be the last to re- Twitter: @ThisEarlGirl PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, September 7, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP As deaths slide, vigilance urged over long weekend

Associated Press The department also reported 5,840 active cases and that 57,968 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Flori- people have recovered. da officials continued urging vig- The number of newly con- ilance over the Labor Day holiday firmed cases on Saturday is a weekend, even as the coronavirus drop from the record 1,094 new pandemic continued on a down- cases reported Friday and comes ward trajectory Saturday with as health officials said they’re the fewest number of new deaths worried about the possibility of — about 60 — since mid-July. the outbreak growing during the Officials have been urging Labor Day weekend. Floridians to wear face masks and observe social distancing Illinois throughout the three-day holiday weekend, particularly at beaches CHICAGO — Illinois health and other public places. authorities reported 2,806 new On Saturday, the state re- confirmed cases of COVID-19 on ported nearly 3,800 news cases Saturday, one day after a recently RICK BOWMER/AP of COVID-19, pushing the total discovered backlog of tests added People gather during a “Trash Your Mask Protest” rally hosted by the Utah Business Revival at the Utah number of infections to nearly more than 5,000 cases to the State Capitol on Saturday in Salt Lake City. The rally was to support parents’ rights to refuse mandates. 644,000 since the outbreak began statewide totals. in the spring. An additional 23 deaths linked Kim Reynolds’ new round of bar with the most new cases — 134 as The 60 new deaths from the to COVID-19 were also reported Nebraska closures makes its way through of Saturday, The State reported. coronavirus brought the weekly Saturday. Illinois has reported OMAHA — The varsity and average of deaths — now at 102 248,177 cases and 8,166 deaths the courts. junior varsity football teams at — to its lowest since July 18. since the start of the pandemic. The Des Moines Register re- Texas Omaha Creighton Prep are in About 96% of people have reported that Polk County Judge a two-week quarantine after a AUSTIN — Health officials in A rizona covered. The state data showed William Kelly emphasized the player tested positive for the Texas on Saturday reported 4,456 health authorities received lab importance of public health Fri- coronavirus. new coronavirus cases in the state PHOENIX — A suburban results for a total of 61,935 tests day in his explanation of the and 177 additional deaths due to school district in metro Phoenix during the past 24 hours. ruling denying a temporary in- Creighton Prep said through COVID-19, the illness caused by has put off its plan to return its On Friday, state health officials junction to the bar owners in Polk a notice to parents and later in the virus. high school to in-person instruc- said the backlog included two and Dallas county. a news release Saturday that all tion from remote learning start- days worth of test results from Attorney Billy Mallory, who is activities for the varsity and JV There are a reported 635,315 ing Tuesday. Tuesday through Thursday. representing the bar owners, said teams are suspended for now, the total cases and 13,408 deaths, up Cactus Shadows High School he will appeal the denial while Omaha World-Herald reported. from 630,829 cases and 13,231 principal Tony Vining announced Indiana continuing to prepare for trial, The school said that all players deaths on Friday, according to he late Friday that Cave Creek Uni- where he will seek a permanent on those squads and their coaches Texas Department of State Health fied School District’s sole high SOUTH BEND — Some Indiana injunction. The suit alleges that had enough contact with the play- Services. The true number of school didn’t “have enough staff high school athletic programs are the closure of bars in Dallas and er to require a self-quarantine. cases in Texas is likely higher be- to safely open and will need to turning to pay-per-view broad- Polk counties is unconstitutional Freshman and reserve (sopho- cause many people haven’t been revert to our distance learning casts of their football games and and unfairly targets some busi- more) football teams, the school tested and studies have suggested model.” other fundraising efforts to help nesses, while others, like res- said, will not be affected. that people can be infected and Vining said in a statement that make up revenue they’ve lost due taurants and coffee shops, may The state’s online tracker shows not feel sick. remote learning would be pro- to a drop in fan attendance amid continue operating. that 35,661 have tested positive The health department report- vided Tuesday when the district the coronavirus pandemic. Reynolds’ office issued a state- for the virus and 404 have died ed 83,625 estimated active cases, from it. The 7-day rolling average would provide an update on “the Athletic directors have had ment Friday afternoon express- and that an estimated 538,282 of the positivity rate in Nebraska situation for the rest of the week to be resourceful while trying ing appreciation for “the court’s people have recovered. with our goal to open safely for has risen over the past two weeks to adhere to health department thoughtful order.” our students and staff as soon as guidelines and still provide a way from 8.64% on Aug. 21 to 11.18% Wisconsin possible.” for fans to view their athletic con- Missouri on Friday, according to data from Some Arizona schools have tests. Northern Indiana’s Misha- The COVID Tracking Project. MILWAUKEE — Health offi- reopened for in-person instruc- waka High School, for example, ST. LOUIS — Missouri added cials have directed the members tion, but J.O. Combs Unified in is charging fans $9.99 to view 77 coronavirus-related deaths to South Carolina of nine fraternities and sororities San Tan Valley, was thwarted last broadcasts of its football games, at the University of Wisconsin- its total Saturday, most of which COLUMBIA — New cases of month because numerous teach- with the school receiving 60% of Madison to quarantine them- occurred weeks or months ago. the coronavirus in South Caro- ers called in sick while voicing the revenue from each purchase. selves after 38 students tested The state’s Department of lina continue to increase as state concerns about the safety of re- The broadcasts, run by Mishawa- positive for COVID-19. Health and Senior Services health officials reported 918 more opening schools. ka students and faculty, had been blamed technical issues in a The orders from UW-Madison free to watch for the past three as of Saturday. tweet for the spike that brought The Department of Health and and Dane County health officials A rkansas years. the state’s total number of deaths affect 420 Greek life students, The football broadcasts are Environmental Control said al- LITTLE ROCK — There were since the pandemic began to most 15% of the those new cases who have been instructed to quar- produced by the school’s Misha- 1,639. The newly reported deaths antine for two weeks, the Milwau- a reported 515 new coronavirus waka Network and streamed on were in Richland County, as col- included five that occurred over kee Journal Sentinel reported. cases in Arkansas on Saturday the IHSAA Champions Network. lege students return to the Uni- the past 24 hours, with the bulk UW-Madison is also requiring and nine additional deaths due Concord High School and La- versity of South Carolina and occurring from June to August. COVID-19 tests for students who to COVID-19, the illness caused Porte High School are among the other campuses. DHEC also con- Health officials also reported live in the 38 Greek life houses. by the virus, according to the Ar- several dozen schools statewide firmed 32 new deaths related to The university did not say if the kansas Department of Health. that have partnered with the that the number of confirmed the virus. cases were linked to any parties There are a total of 64,690 total IHSAA Champions Network to cases had risen by 1,987 to According to data from the As- cases and 882 people have died, create pay-per-view broadcasts 92,202. sociated Press, the rolling aver- or large gatherings, though the the health department said, an of their home games. Amid the rise in cases, St. Louis age of daily new cases over the Madison city attorney’s office increase from 64,175 cases and Mayor Lyda Krewson announced past two weeks has increased by last month warned two fraterni- 873 deaths reported Friday. The Iowa Friday in a social media post that about 33%. ties that their gatherings violated true number of cases in Arkan- bars, restaurants and nightclubs Since March, the state has re- local public health orders. sas is likely higher because many DES MOINES — An Iowa judge must continue to restrict capacity corded more than 122,000 cases So far, 440 UW-Madison stu- people have not been tested, and has refused to allowed some Des to 50% and close no later than 11 of COVID-19 and at least 2,738 dents have tested positive for studies have suggested people Moines area bars to reopen while p.m. each night. The restrictions deaths. COVID-19, according to the can be infected and not feel sick. their lawsuit challenging Gov. were originally set to end Sept. 7. Richland County led the state university. Monday, September 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 NATION Census Bureau Harris’ mostly ordered to stop winding down virtual campaign operations BY MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. gets Wis. road test Census Bureau for now must stop following a plan that would have it winding down operations in BY KATHLEEN RONAYNE Democrats, who, unlike Republi- order to finish the 2020 census at Associated Press cans, are largely avoiding in-per- the end of September, according son gatherings and organizing SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Ka- to a federal judge’s order. digitally. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh mala Harris told a friendly crowd For Harris, that’s so far meant CAROLYN KASTER/AP of Hollywood donors on Thursday in San Jose late Saturday issued a mix of fundraising and organiz- Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., a temporary restraining order they’d be surprised by how many ing events, along with local press will travel to Milwaukee, Wis., on Monday for her first traditional against the Census Bureau and states she’s visiting daily, if only interviews and one speech aimed campaign trip. the Commerce Department, virtually. at President Donald Trump’s han- which oversees the agency. The Earlier in the week, she’d cam- dling of the coronavirus. Leaning order stops the Census Bureau paigned before supporters in into her role as the first Black with Black men, said Donna Bra- lumbia, S.C., said Friday it makes Minnesota, California and Con- woman on a major party’s presi- zile, a former head of the Demo- sense that Harris has been used from winding down operations necticut, and she was greeting dential ticket, Harris has spoken cratic National Committee, who mainly in a fundraising role thus until a court hearing is held on Missouri donors next. was on the first call, where singer with Black leaders and activists far but that voters wanted to see Sept. 17. Harris hasn’t been on a plane Bebe Winans serenaded Harris in events that aren’t open to the her more. The once-a-decade head count in more than a month. Three with his song “Born for This.“ press, but she did not travel with “The importance of on-the- of every U.S. resident helps deter- weeks after joining Joe Biden as “We had a wonderful time just Biden to Kenosha. ground exposure, people see- mine how $1.5 trillion in federal the Democratic vice presidential showering her with powerful en- funding is distributed and how nominee, the California senator is “She’s been on the road. She’s ergy for the battles ahead,“ Bra- ing you in the community, is so out herself,“ Biden said Friday. important,” said Benjamin, who many congressional seats each still campaigning largely in front zile said. state gets in a process known as of a computer screen to relatively “I talk with her almost every day. Brazile said it will be important initially supported Mike Bloom- apportionment. small audiences. I speak with her and we work for Harris to get out for non-vir- berg’s 2020 Democratic presi- The temporary restraining That’s about to change. On together and I have every con- tual events “where she can actu- dential bid before backing Biden. Monday, Harris will travel to Mil- fidence in her. There’s nothing ally see the pulse of people,“ but He joined Harris’s private call order was requested by a coalition waukee on her first traditional about not campaigning together, she said the digital organizing with Black male leaders, discuss- of cities, counties and civil rights groups that had sued the Census campaign trip. Biden’s campaign it’s about being able to cover more has created strong enthusiasm. ing issues like racial injustice and territory.” Bureau, demanding it restore its hasn’t yet said what she plans to Last week, Brazile joined a video economic inequality. He said he In private events over the past previous plan for finishing the do in the critical swing state. Her call with students from histori- expects there will be opportuni- two weeks, Harris has met with census at the end of October, in- trip to Wisconsin comes after cally black colleges and univer- ties for Harris to get out in swing Biden visited Kenosha this past Black leaders and activists to sities as they spoke about how to stead of using a revised plan to states like Wisconsin, Pennsylva- week to meet with the family of thank them for their support and boost Harris and hold campus end operations at the end of Sep- Jacob Blake, who was shot by po- motivate them as the campaign voter registration drives. nia, North Carolina, Florida and tember. The coalition had argued lice, and talk to the community enters the final stretch. Last Sat- “She did something to make Georgia. the earlier deadline would cause about racial justice and protests urday, Harris held one with Black the VP seem like a rock star and “It matters right now,“ he said. the Census Bureau to overlook in the city. women leaders who had urged people are just donating,“ Brazile “More and more citizen engage- minority communities in the The coronavirus pandemic has Biden to choose a Black woman said. ment by Sen. Harris is what peo- census, leading to an inaccurate radically altered campaigning for as his running mate and another Steve Benjamin, mayor of Co- ple want.” count. Because of the pandemic, the Census Bureau pushed back ending the count from the end of July to the end of October and asked Trump brings campaign Congress to extend the deadline for turning in the apportionment to battleground states of numbers from December, as required by law, into next spring. When the Republican-controlled Fla., N.C., this week Senate failed to take up the request, the bureau was forced to Associated Press ginning Oct. 1, the White House create a revised schedule that said, Trump asked Congress for had the census ending in Septem- WASHINGTON— President $250 million in annual funding ber, according to the statistical Donald Trump will highlight his to accelerate construction of in- agency. environmental agenda as he cam- frastructure for the Everglades In her order, Koh wrote that paigns in the battleground states as part of the South Florida Eco- previous court cases had conclud- of Florida and North Carolina on system Restoration. The project ed that it’s in the public interest Tuesday. aims to improve the Everglades that Congress be fairly appor- The White House says Trump by enhancing regional water tioned and that the federal funds will stop in Jupiter, Fla., on Tues- storage capacity and reducing be distributed using an accurate day to remind voters there of his harmful discharges from Lake census. PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP conservation and environmental Okeechobee. “Thus, the balance of the protection efforts in the Ever- The president will also hold a Protesters and supporters of President Donald Trump gather hardships and public interest tip glades region. campaign rally Tuesday in Win- Saturday outside Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va. before the sharply in Plaintiffs’ favor,“ Koh For the federal budget year be- ston-Salem, N.C . departure of Trump’s motorcade. said. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, September 7, 2020 NATION Portland protests hit its 100th day, no sign of ending

BY ANDREW SELSKY ber was injured, police said. A Associated Press person’s shoes caught fire after flames broke out in the street, PORTLAND, Ore. — Hundreds video showed. People were “en- of people gathered for rallies and gaging in tumultuous and violent marches against police violence conduct thereby intentionally or and racial injustice Saturday recklessly creating a grave risk night in Portland, Ore. , as often of causing public alarm,” the de- violent nightly demonstrations partment tweeted. “Fire bombs that have happened for 100 days were thrown at officers.” since George Floyd was killed Protesters, most wearing black, PAULA BRONSTEIN/AP showed no signs of ceasing. had gathered around sunset Sat- A protester screams at police as Portland protests continue, reaching 100 consecutive nights Saturday, Molotov cocktails thrown in the urday at a grassy park in the city. in Portland, Ore. street during a march sparked a Wooden shields were placed on large fire and prompted police to the grass for protesters to use as On the 100th day of protests in significant reduction to the local people gathered in a park just declare a riot. Video posted on- protection. Portland, demonstrators vowed police budget, with the money di- north of Portland in Vancouver, line appeared to show tear gas Demonstrations in Portland to keep coming into the streets. rected to other community needs. Wash., for a memorial service for being deployed to clear protest- started in late May after the po- Tupac Leahy, a 23-year-old He said the demonstrations would Aaron “Jay” Danielson, a supporters from what police said was an lice killing of Floyd in Minne- Black man from Portland, said continue for some time. unpermitted demonstration. Ar- apolis. During the clashes, some he had probably been out to pro- “I think it’s going to keep going er of a right-wing group called rests were made, but it wasn’t im- have broken windows, set small tests for about 70 of the 100 days on until the election,” Leahy said. Patriot Prayer, who was killed mediately clear how many. fires and pelted police with rocks of demonstrations. “I don’t see it slowing down.” Aug. 29. The suspect was shot and At least one community mem- and other objects. Leahy said he wanted to see a Earlier Saturday, hundreds of killed by police Thursday. More than 200 airlifted to safety from Calif. wildfire

Associated Press up in flames,” she told Fresno station ABC30. SHAVER LAKE, Calif. — More Crowds pack beaches In Southern California, a fire than 200 people were airlifted to in the foothills of Yucaipa east of as temperatures rise safety early Sunday after a fast- moving wildfire trapped them Los Angeles prompted evacua- LOS ANGELES — Cali- in a popular camping area in tion orders for eastern portions of fornia is sweltering under California’s Sierra National For- the city of 54,000 along with sev- a dangerous heat wave est, one several fires that broke eral mountain communities. The Labor Day weekend that out amid record-breaking, triple- California Department of For- was spreading triple-digit digit temperatures that baked the estry and Fire Protection, known temperatures over much of state. as Cal Fire, said the fire scorched the state, raising concerns The California Office of Emer- at least 4.2 square miles of brush about power outages and gency Services said Black Hawk and trees. the spread of the corona- and Chinook helicopters were In eastern San Diego County, virus as throngs of people used for the rescues that began the Valley Fire broke out Satur- packed beaches and moun- late Saturday and continued over- day afternoon and fire officials tains for relief. RINGO H.W. CHIU/AP night. At least two people were warned the blaze was burning Death Valley hit a record- severely injured and 10 more suf- Firefighters walk in line Saturday at a wildfire in Yucaipa, Calif. at a “dangerous rate of speed.” high temperature of 125 fered moderate injuries. By Sunday morning it had de- degrees Fahrenheit Satur- The wildfire, named the Creek reached 117 degrees. “Once the fire gets going, it stroyed at least 10 structures day, eclipsing the previous Fire, started Friday and by Sat- Tune said the campers were creates its own weather, adding after burning 6.25 square miles record of 119 Fahrenheit urday afternoon exploded to 56 told to shelter in place until fire wind to increase the spread,” and prompting evacuations near set in 2017, according to the square miles , jumped the San Joa- crews, aided by water-dropping Tune said. the remote community of Alpine National Weather Service. One death was reported quin River and cut off the only road aircraft, could gain access to the Ashley Wagner was among in the Cleveland National Forest. because of the heat. into the Mammoth Pool Camp- site. those rescued, along with two Pacific Gas & Electric, the Officials urged people to ground, national forest spokes- The lake 35 miles northeast of relatives and a friend. They were state’s largest utility, warned cus- conserve electricity to ease man Dan Tune said. At least 2,000 Fresno is surrounded by thick trapped in Logan’s Meadow be- tomers Saturday that it might cut strain on the state’s power structures were threatened in the pine forests and is a popular des- hind Wagner’s Store, a 63-year- power starting Tuesday because grid . area about 290 miles north of Los tination for boating and fishing. old business run by her aunt that of expected high winds and heat Angeles, where temperatures in Bone-dry conditions and the hot was destroyed. that could create even greater From The Associated Press the city’s San Fernando Valley weather fueled the flames. “My family’s history just went fire danger. Monday, September 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Police searching for man groping women

URBANA — Police in Ur- IL bana have been looking for a man who is allegedly grab- bing and slapping women’s but- tocks in public areas. The Urbana Police Depart- ment has been receiving groping reports since April 2019, unable to identify the offender, according to The News-Gazette. The reports stopped between Sept. 18 and March 25, but they picked back up with about 10 more since late March. Most of the reports appear to have come from near the Univer- sity of Illinois campus in “neigh- borhoods with a lot of foot traffic, densely populated with students,” Lt. Dave Smysor said. “It’s not a prank and not something we’re taking lightly,” Smy- sor said. Paddlewheels from 1819 sunken steamer found

COLCHESTER — The VT two paddlewheels from the second commercial steamboat that sailed Lake Champlain more than two centuries ago have been found on the bottom of the lake, officials said. The paddlewheels from the steamboat Phoenix were discovered recently off Colchester Shoal in separate dives by Gary DON PETERSEN, THE ROANOKE (VA.) TIMES/AP Lefebvre of Colchester using a remotely operated vehicle. The discovery was announced Un-bee-lievable by the Vermont Division for His- toric Preservation and the Lake Local beekeeper Tim Vermillion is surrounded by worker bees in his backyard as he inspects a hive for healthy honeybees and a queen bee Champlain Maritime Museum. for the coming fall season in Roanoke, Va. Backyard beekeeping is increasing in popularity across the nation even as honeybees and other The Phoenix was launched in bee species, crucial for pollinating crops are facing declines in population. 1815. It sailed a regular schedule between Whitehall, N. Y., and St. THE CENSUS Johns, Quebec, stopping at ports FBI: Coach posed as a Couple believed dead along the lake. girl to get explicit pics after blast, standoff The number of people accused of illegally trading shark fins Man, child, dog rescued TOPEKA — The FBI and drugs, according to an indictment. Federal authorities said HOQUIAM — Author- KS said an assistant boys that they have charged 12 people and seized nearly $8 million WA ities said a husband after 48 hours in ravine high school basketball coach in 12 in cash, jewels and precious metals after disrupting a criminal and wife are believed to be dead Topeka posed as a teenage girl on enterprise that dealt drugs and sold illegally harvested shark fins after a standoff with police ended to buyers overseas. U.S. Attorney Bobby Christine of Georgia’s Southern District MOUNT HOOD — A social media to get explicit photos in a gun battle and explosions at a said that what began five years ago as a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service investiga- OR man and his young from other teenagers. home near Hoquiam.. tion into illegal shark fin trading led to authorities “dismantling a major conspiracy” daughter, along with their dog, The Topeka Capital-Journal KOMO reported deputies re- also involved in illegal marijuana trafficking and money laundering. were rescued from a ravine reported that the FBI is seeking sponded to a 911 call about a do- where the man had been injured tips from anyone who may have mestic violence shooting. and stuck for more than 48 hours been contacted by Jeffrey Pierce, The Grays Harbor County without supplies, officials said. 40, on Instagram, Snapchat, Kik ing houses and entering camp- gular object with flat sides and a Undersheriff Brad Johansson Peter Munro, a 37-year-old and Grindr. The usernames he grounds, the Bozeman Daily curved top floating in the South said the 911 caller, a 47-year-old Chronicle reported . Canby resident, had gone to is alleged to have used included River, a tributary of the Chesa- woman, said her 18-year-old son “When garbage and other at- Kinzel Lake in the Mt. Hood Addie Strode, Kennedy and Jordy peake Bay near Annapolis. had been shot in the hand and her tractants are left unsecured National Forest to set up camp . Rey Rey. Department of Natural Resourc- 56-year-old husband had been and available to bears, human Munro’s wife, Camille Munro, ar- Pierce was suspended from es police were dispatched to the shot in the chest. safety becomes a huge concern, rived that evening, but found the his job at Seaman High School river, where a hydrographic opera- The son and another person camp empty. and bear mortalities are the un- tions team helped pull what turned fled from the residence to try and because of the investigation that fortunate result,” department She figured the rest of the fam- resulted in two federal counts of out to be a floating dock from the get help. ily had gone for a hike, but when southwest Montana Regional Su- water, according to the agency. After more than three hours producing child pornography and pervisor Mark Deleray said. no one returned by Wednesday one count of possessing it. of negotiations, a large explo- morning, she began searching The department decided to eu- sion erupted from the front of The Seaman Board of Educa- Authorities recover 26 and found their truck at a nearby thanize the bears over concerns the house followed by another tion voted to fire Pierce. trailhead. for human safety after consulting firearms during search large explosion. After the two Camille Munro called 911 and with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife explosions, authorities said the reported them missing. 2 bears killed after Service. TOPEKA — Local and husband started firing multiple The Clackamas County Sheriff’s entering campgrounds KS federal law enforce- rounds out the front of the home Office dispatched a search-and- ‘Casket’ seen in river ment authorities recovered 26 at the law enforcement officers. rescue team. People scoured the BOZEMAN — Wild- turns out to be dock firearms while executing a search Seven members of the crisis remote terrain overnight for any MT life officials in Mon- warrant at a Topeka house, police team responded by returning fire sign of the child and her father. tana said two grizzly bears were ANNAPOLIS — Po- said . at the suspect. No law enforce- Around 6 a.m. Thursday, teams killed last week after entering an MD lice in Maryland in- Topeka police said in a news ment officers were injured . found the lost hikers, along with occupied tent and a recreational vestigating reports of a casket release that Rodolfo V. Arzate, 42, As the house burned, multiple their dog Buck, in a ravine. Peter vehicle storage compartment photographed bobbing up and of Topeka was taken into custody. loud explosions came from the Munro was hurt and unable to near Yellowstone National Park. down in a river discovered the He was booked on suspicion of home. The suspect was not seen walk. They were found about The Montana Department of object was something far less criminal possession of a firearm, leaving the house and investigators 1,200 feet below where they had Fish, Wildlife and Parks respond- macabre. interference with a law enforce- believe he and his wife were still in begun hiking roughly two days ed to 15 reports of two bears A post to a local radio station’s ment officer and Topeka bench the house when it was on fire. before. getting into garbage, approach- Facebook page showed a rectan- warrants. From wire reports PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, September 7, 2020 WORLD 1 killed, 7 hurt in UK Order: China proves to be force to reckon with late-night stabbings LONDON — British police were hunting a male suspect on FROM FRONT PAGE Sunday after one man was killed one of nuclear-armed states, glob- and seven people injured in late- al institutions and much deeper night stabbings in a busy nightlife economic interdependence. district in the central English city China’s goals are similar to of Birmingham. Japan’s — to assert control in its Police said the victims seemed immediate neighborhood while to have been chosen at random in securing resources for its eco- attacks that took place over a two- nomic growth — but its means hour period. are different. Rather than impos- Chief Superintendent Steve ing direct control through armed Graham of West Midlands Police invasion, China is relying on said detectives were still investi- economic enticements, cultural gating the motive but “there is ab- solutely no suggestion at all that outreach and a gradual buildup this is terror-related.” of its military forces to boost its West Midlands Police said of- standing. ficers were called to reports of a “The means by which China stabbing shortly after midnight. would increase its power are That was soon followed by reports vastly different, as are the means of other stabbings across the city by which other countries might center. resist it,” said Jennifer Lind, One of the stabbing sites is in an Asia expert at Dartmouth the city’s Gay Village, but Gra- University. ham said there was no sugges- The rest of Asia is watching tion the crime was “motivated by with a mixture of opportunism hate.” He also said it did not ap- and trepidation, eager to ben- pear to be gang-related. efit from China’s trade and investment, wary of its size and 100K march to demand strength and its sprawling territorial claims. Much larger than NG HAN GUAN/AP Belarus leader resigns Japan, with 10 times the popula- Visitors pose for photos Sept. 20, 2019, near the Bund Bull, a version of the New York Charging Bull KYIV, Belarus — Tens of thou- tion, it is potentially better able to sometimes referred to as the Wall Street Bull, in Shanghai, the financial hub of China. sands of demonstrators marched go toe-to-toe with an established Sunday to the outskirts of the superpower. league of European colonial pow- ful and necessary but it is not a China. The Trump administra- presidential residence in the China’s Belt and Road Initiative ers by invading and occupying guide to the future.” tion is putting curbs on Chinese capital of Belarus, calling for the is building ports, railways and China and several Southeast Asian Again similar to Japan, China tech companies, from telecom country’s authoritarian leader to other infrastructure across not nations, often in brutal fashion. is accused of stealing technology giant Huawei to the highly popu- resign as protests against Presi- just Asia but also Africa and else- Japan formally surrendered 75 and falling short on promises to lar TikTok video app, and leaning dent Alexander Lukashenko en- where in the developing world. years ago this week onboard the open its own markets as it strives on its allies to do the same. tered their fifth week. Less welcome is China’s growing USS Missouri, its empire-build- to become a global competitor in But for many, breaking up with P rotests a lso took place in major presence in the South China Sea, ing ambitions in tatters after U.S. industries from electric cars to China’s efficient factories and cities throughout Belarus, said where it chases away the fishing atomic bombs leveled two cities, advanced medical equipment. huge consumer market would be Interior Ministry spokeswoman boats of its Southeast Asian neigh- ushering in the nuclear age. Chi- More fundamentally, China’s difficult and costly. Olga Chemodanova. Crowd sizes bors and has built artificial islands nese leaders marked the anni- ruling Communist Party fears China assembles most of the for those protests were not imme- to stake out its territorial claims. versary Thursday in a brief and that its one-party system will world’s smartphones, personal diately reported, but Ales Biali- Ramon Navaratnam lived solemn ceremony at a memorial never be accepted by the West, computers and other electronics . atski, head of the Viasna human through Japan’s World War II hall that remembers those who said Richard Heydarian, a Phil- Its growing market is critical to rights organization, said the dem- occupation of Malaysia as a boy. fought the Japanese. ippine analyst who has written foreign automakers and other in- onstration in Minsk attracted The veteran commentator ad- Rana Mitter, an Oxford Uni- extensively about the U.S.-China dustries when American and Eu- more than 100,000 people. vises working with China, not versity scholar and author of a rivalry in the Pacific. ropean demand is flat. The protests, unprecedented in against it. book on the Japanese invasion of That generates “the sense that “There was just no way that Belarus for their size and dura- “We must be able to win them China, cautions against compari- ... no matter what they do, the Japan could match the United tion, began after the Aug. 9 presi- over,” he said. “In other words sons between then and now. West will always see them as a States, even in the Pacific,” Hey- dential vote that election officials live peacefully with the dragon, “The age of classic empires is threat” and seek to contain or darian said. “Where China is said gave Lukashenko a sixth don’t antagonize it.” over,” he said. “Tomorrow’s dis- sabotage China’s rise, he said. quite different is that its sheer size term in office with 80% support. In a different era, when the sun putes will be about economics Economically, the U.S. and gives it increasing parity with the Protesters say the results were never set on the British Empire, and technology, both civilian and some others are pressing compa- United States in ways that Japan rigged. a rising Japan sought to join the military. Reading history is use- nies to reduce their reliance on never enjoyed.” From The Associated Press Monday, September 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 WORLD Japan hit with second typhoon

BY YURI KAGEYAMA Several rivers on the main nese, was packing sustained Associated Press southwestern island of Kyushu winds of up to 100 miles per were at risk of overflowing, of- hour after battering Okinawa TOKYO — The second pow- ficials said. Public broadcaster and the southern Kyushu island erful typhoon to slam Japan in NHK TV said evacuation warn- of Amami Oshima early Sunday. a week unleashed fierce winds ings were issued for more than Alerts for strong winds, waves, and rain on southern islands on 50,000 people in Okinawa and high tides, rainfall and lightning Sunday, blowing off rooftops and Kyushu, including Kagoshima were issued for Amami Oshima leaving homes without power and Nagasaki prefectures. alongside evacuation orders. as it edged northward into an News footage showed people There were no immediate re- area vulnerable to flooding and in Kyushu starting to gather at ports of any injuries in Okinawa, mudslides. gymnasiums, before winds gath- home to more than half of the Weather officials warned that er momentum in the evening. roughly 50,000 U.S. troops based the rainfall from what could be Social distancing will be in place in Japan under a bilateral treaty. a record storm would be fierce. to guard against the coronavirus Haishen was not only power- Warnings were issued days in pandemic, officials said. ful — equivalent to a Category 2 TAKUTO KANEKO, KYODO NEWS/AP advance for people to be ready to The Japan Meteorological hurricane — but also large in its take shelter and stock up on food Agency said Typhoon Haishen, reach, according to the meteoro- The windows of a hotel are seen taped in preparation for an and water. which means “sea god” in Chi- logical agency. approaching typhoon Sunday in Kagoshima city, southwestern Japan. Political protests in Hong Kong lead to about 290 arrests

Associated Press blamed an upsurge in coronavirus cases, cism of Beijing’s efforts to tighten control protesters in Kowloon’s Mong Kok neigh- but critics said her government worried over the former British colony. borhood, the South China Morning Post HONG KONG — About 290 people were On Sunday, one woman was arrested newspaper reported. arrested Sunday at protests against the the opposition would gain seats if voting went ahead on schedule. in the Kowloon district of Yau Ma Tei on In the Jordan neighborhood, protesters government’s decision to postpone elec- charges of assault and spreading pro-inde- raised a banner criticizing the election Anti-government protests have been tions for Hong Kong’s legislature, police pendence slogans, the police department delay, the Post said. said. held in Hong Kong almost every weekend said on its Facebook page. It said such slo- “I want my right to vote!” activist Leung The elections were to have taken place since June 2019. They erupted over a pro- gans are illegal under the newly enacted Kwok-hung, popularly known as Long Hair, Sunday but Chief Executive Carrie Lam on posed extradition law and spread to include National Security Act. was quoted as saying. The newspaper said July 31 postponed them for one year. Lam demands for greater democracy and criti- Also Sunday, police fired pepper balls at Leung was later arrested. PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, September 7, 2020 FACES

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Army service could be delayed for BTS BTS has built a global army of K-pop fans. For that, band members might Chart-topping pop not have to serve in a real one. Legislation proposed in South Korea would add entertainers who have made “great contributions” in BTS, on gaining respect in the US: ‘We definitely feel that’ popular culture to the list of men who can delay mandatory military service. That would almost certainly BY MESFIN FEKADU But getting their first chart-topping track think it’s really important to be familiar. So include BTS. The bill would ensure seemed inevitable for the K-pop boy band . first, we think ... that for many Americans Associated Press that the boy band can perform They’ve had four albums top Billboard’s 200 (they were) not familiar with (us) — we look with its current lineup for at least a Loud and happy screams erupt in unison albums chart, they’ve achieved Top 10 suc- different, we (sing) different, we got some few more years. The group’s oldest from the seven-member pop stars BTS when cesses on the Hot 100 with “Boy With Luv,” different choreography, music videos, like member, Kim Seok-jin, is 27 and they hear they have notched their first No. 1 “On” and “Fake Love,” and in just minutes everything, even lifestyle. But I think as time would normally be required to enter hit on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart. they’ve sold out U.S. football stadiums. goes by, we’re doing these shows and songs the military by the end of next year. “DREAM,” yells band member RM. And even at U.S. awards shows, they’ve and concerts and awards, I think quite a lot BTS grossed $170 million last “It still doesn’t feel real,” adds SUGA, gone from winning honors like “top social of people in the American music market is year, ranking it fifth among the speaking in Korean through a translator. artist” to being named best group and best getting, like, kind of close (to us),” he said. world’s top concert draws, according “We’re really happy.” pop act, beating out Maroon 5, Imagine Though “Dynamite” has charted new ter- “Dynamite,” the group’s first all-English Dragons, twenty one pilots, Jonas Brothers ritory for BTS, the song wasn’t even supposed to concert trade publication Pollstar. song, debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. music and others. At the MTV Video Music Awards to be released, RM explained. BTS had plans All male citizens aged 18 to 28 charts last week, making BTS the first Kore- on Aug. 30, they won all four prizes they were to tour, but that changed due to the coronavi- are required to serve in the military an pop act to top the chart. The upbeat song nominated for. rus: “The pandemic blew everything away.” for about two years . Current law al- supplanted “WAP,” the raunchy smash hit by When asked if BTS — who released their So they recorded “Dynamite” to give their lows waivers for some elite athletes Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion . debut single in 2013 — felt like they’ve begun die-hard fans “hope, positive energy,” RM and classical musicians, but doesn’t “Never expected it,” RM tells The Associ- to earn more respect from the U.S., RM said: said. include popular entertainers. ated Press of beating “WAP” for the top spot. “We definitely feel that.” “And we think that it really touched their Bloomberg “Never! It’s like the song of the year.” “I think in the perspective of culture, I hearts.” ‘The Batman’ filming shut down amid positive COVID test for star Pattinson

From wire reports Studios, which have major movie preferred title and our original in- productions not only to complete but tentions for what became ‘The God- Warner Bros.’ much anticipated to launch, have been delaying release father: Part III,’ ” Coppola said in the revival “The Batman” was halted dates for films. release. “With these changes and the after the star of the production test- The death of a crew member after restored footage and sound, to me, it ed positive for COVID-19, making it a commercial shoot in Austin, Texas, is a more appropriate conclusion to JEOPARDY!/AP one of the highest profile sets to be last month has divided many in the ‘The Godfather’ and ‘The Godfather: hobbled by the health crisis. Ken Jennings, a 74-time champion, will serve as a film community over whether it is Part II.’ ” The Batman consulting producer on season 37 of “Jeopardy!” safe enough to resume filming. “The Godfather” came out in himself, Robert “The Batman” had been set for 1972, with “Part II” in 1974. “Part Pattinson, is the release on June 25, 2021, but that III” was released in 1990. ‘Jeopardy!’ back with role for Jennings person infected, has since been pushed back to Oct. according to a per- 1, 2021. Other news “Jeopardy!“ is returning for its 37th season, with great- son familiar with er social distance between Alex Trebek and the contes- the production who ‘Godfather: Part III’ Silento, the rapper known for tants, and a new role for all-time great contestant Ken was not authorized “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” was Jennings. to comment. to get new ending charged Sept. 3 with trying to hit two A redesigned set for the coronavirus era will allow for Vanity Fair first the contestants to be further apart and at a greater dis- Pattinson “The Godfather: Part III” will be people with a hatchet in their home. reported the actor rereleased in select theaters in De- Prosecutors allege that Silento, tance from Trebek, who has continued as host after a di- had tested positive. cember, Paramount announced in a whose legal name is Richard Lamar agnosis last year of pancreatic cancer. Filming, which had restarted in news release Sept. 3. Hawk, walked into an unlocked Trebek said last month that he’s responding exception- Britain on Sept. 1, is now paused, Retitled “The Godfather, Coda: stranger’s home in the Valley Vil- ally well to treatment for and expects to mark his two-year Warner Bros. confirmed. The Death of Michael Corleone,” lage area of Los Angeles and swung survival next February. The action movie is one of the big- this director’s cut has a new begin- a hatchet at the two people inside be- The casting of contestants was done entirely online for gest productions to get back to film- ning, ending and various other edits fore one of them disarmed him. The this season, which was shot without a studio audience. ing since a global shutdown of the courtesy of director Francis Ford rapper is charged with assault with Jennings, the record-setting contestant who won on 74 industry in March. “The Batman” Coppola alongside screenwriter and a deadly weapon and is being held in straight shows and took last year’s “Jeopardy! The Great- is the latest reboot of the DC Comics original “Godfather” author Mario jail on $105,000 bail, the Los Angeles est of All Time” title, is joining the series as a consulting character . Puzo. It will later be released on dig- County district attorney’s office said. producer. The hiatus shows the difficulties ital and DVD. The alleged attack occurred while he He’ll appear on-air with his own video categories, devel- Hollywood faces in trying to resume The new version “is an ac- was out on bail for another arrest in op projects and act as a public ambassador for the show. filming as the pandemic persists. knowledgment of Mario’s and my Orange County, authorities said. From The Associated Press Monday, September 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, September 7, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Russia using media to wage war in Belarus Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY ELI LAKE Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff manager. This is worth a lot.” arrests, which fueled unrest, and began a Bloomberg Opinion An early warning about the Russian strategy of targeted detentions of organiz- takeover of Belarusian state television ers and opposition leaders. EDITORIAL f you believe the message from the came from George Barros, who works for In an interview with reporters last week, Kremlin, Russia currently has no the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun Editor Terry Leonard, plans to send police or military forces the Study of War. Barros wrote on Aug. 20 said there was little doubt that Russia was [email protected] Iinto neighboring Belarus. But it has about new montage videos that depicted “exercising some level of influence” in Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor sent in some reinforcements — to the news the U.S. and NATO as fomenting unrest in Belarus, and said that publicly available [email protected] media, as part of a strategy that should Belarus, as well as slick propaganda vid- flight tracking data showed that “elite air- Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content stand as a warning to democracies around eos being released through Belarus’ inte- craft from the FSB intelligence service has [email protected] the world. rior ministry. State TV was engaged in an flown into Minsk on more than a couple of Of course, President Vladimir Putin re- effort to “humanize Belarusian officials,” occasions.” Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation cently mused , Russia may eventually need he told me in an interview, while portray- What all this means for the future of Be- [email protected] to intervene in Belarus militarily. But as ing protesters “as threatening the families larus is not good. If Lukashenko is able to Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital his spokesman put it last week: “At present and lives of security personnel.” retain power, he will have to reverse any [email protected] we see that the situation is under control.” This is the opposite of what was happen- policies or stances that sought or promoted Putin is trying to convey the impression ing in Belarus. The state began arresting greater independence from Moscow. What BUREAU STAFF that he is just a concerned neighbor in a thousands of protesters indiscriminately will happen to his opposition to an econom- crisis that has exploded in national unrest after the disputed election last month. The ic and political union between Belarus and Europe/Mideast since Belarusian President Alexander Lu- BBC has reported that some of those de- Russia? Will he still tout his anti-Russian Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief kashenko declared victory in a stolen elec- tained said they were tortured in jail. bona fides, as he did during the presiden- [email protected] tion last month. Russia, Putin wants the Russia’s assistance to Lukashenko did tial campaign, when Belarusian law en- +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 world to believe, is holding back. not end there, either. Barros and his col- forcement agencies arrested 33 Russian Pacific This perception is deceiving. In reality, league Mason Clark have also tracked mercenaries? Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief Russia is waging a kind of stealth interven- three flights in mid-August of govern- More broadly, Putin’s offensive in Belar- [email protected] tion in Belarus, the first part of which is ment-owned passenger jets from Moscow us is yet more evidence that Russia consid- +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 taking place in the media. Belarusian state to Minsk. The first such plane, they say, ers the media landscape a battlefield for its Washington television has replaced Belarusian journal- belonged to the FSB, the Russian Federal own brand of hybrid warfare. Sometimes, Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief ists with those from the Kremlin-financed Security Service. the war requires actual troops, as in 2014 [email protected] RT network, which Lukashenko confirmed There is no direct evidence that FSB in Ukraine. Other times, the goal is to sow (+1)(202)886-0033 last week in an interview. “You understand officers were on those flights. But Barros chaos and mistrust in democracy. This Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News [email protected] how important you were to us during this says there is circumstantial evidence that time, in Belarus, it appears that Russia is difficult period,” he told an RT correspon- the FSB is advising Lukashenko on how to trying to quell a democratic uprising with- CIRCULATION dent. “And what you demonstrated techni- disperse the protests. After that first flight out firing a single shot. cally, your IT specialists, and journalists, on Aug. 18, for example, the Belarusian Eli Lake is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist Mideast and correspondents, and so on ... and your security services ended a policy of mass covering national security and foreign policy . 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Japan must see borders and the U.S. seems consumed by Products or services advertised shall be made available for As one researcher puts it, the govern- itself as a sensible and reliable participant purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, internal divides, Abe’s very Japanese form religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical ment in Tokyo can nudge its companies in military partnerships aimed at deter- of assertiveness seems more irreplaceable handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor into “uncharacteristically rapid” decisions ring and managing China’s regional am- than ever. of the purchaser, user or patron. when it comes to overseas investment. bitions. Neighbors might respect Japan’s Japan’s pandemic stimulus package didn’t deep-rooted concerns about militarism. Mihir Sharma is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. © Stars and Stripes 2020 He was a columnist for the Indian Express and only include a subsidy for companies that But Asia cannot afford a Japan that turns the Business Standard, and he is the author of stripes.com considered reshoring their production; inward again. “Restart: The Last Chance for the Indian Economy.” Monday, September 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 OPINION My daughter blames herself when 1st grade crashes

BY JASON BURWEN Already, my 6-year-old has discovered Special to The Washington Post multitasking. Other parents share their growing frus- early 20 minutes into my daugh- tration. “My kid is looking at me and I don’t ter’s second day of school, her know what to do,” one says. It’s at that point first-grade class is still focused that our teacher explains that she hasn’t Non how to mute and unmute yet mastered the three different content during the videoconference. The teacher platforms herself; we’re all in this together. is making valiant attempts to keep 6- My daughter’s attention begins to flag: She year-olds engaged while guiding them drifts away from the camera, and at one — remotely, of course — through the very point I have to coax her out from under her kid-unfriendly user interface of Microsoft bed. Back at the computer, navigating one Teams. To break up the muting-unmuting of the new school platforms, she stumbles experiments, she calls on the students, one on an educational video featuring cartoon at a time, to say what their favorite animal characters. She clicks on it, because of is. course you click on cartoons. Now she is to- What turns into a nearly 10-minute ex- tally out of sync with the class. The teacher ercise occurs against a jarring sonic back- calls on her, but she can’t stop the video ground of crying babies, television shows in time to respond. The teacher moves on. and side conversations, as the muting woes Soon, the morning session ends. My daugh- persist. Throughout, my daughter is fidget- ter flips back to Microsoft Paint. ing, then flopping on her bed, then rolling After lunch, I relax the rule of staying around on the floor. Sitting in her bedroom on-camera to accommodate my daughter’s with her, I offer continuous, gentle remind- restlessness. At one point, during a math ers that she can move anywhere in her bed- exercise, she gets so bored that she tries to DELCIA LOPEZ, THE (MCALLEN, TEXAS) MONITOR/AP room that she wants, as long as she stays in leave her room. Only a break in the session front of her laptop’s webcam — which she Linda Davila-Macal, a seventh grade reading teacher at BL Garza Middle School in prevents me from barricading it from the keeps evading. Edinburg, Texas, works during her virtual classroom at her home on Aug. 31. inside. Afterward, there’s a group reading A low point comes a few minutes later of a book: Kids take turns enunciating, to when the teacher, heroically trying to teach and write via a video link — but also of detailed instructions on how to leave our the screen, passages about a fish that wants physical writing over the internet, asks navigating many kids through their first current videoconference and join the new to be an astronaut, and it goes relatively the students to put a sentence on paper. smoothly — until suddenly the screen goes My daughter is distracted and off-camera encounter with a computer. Like my wife, ones. The teacher offers these instructions I am extremely fortunate both to be em- twice. My daughter unplugs the laptop and dark. My daughter has found the power and doesn’t hear the request, so I coax her button. We restart and log back in. back to the screen to respond. She raises ployed and to be able to work from home. carries it to her bed where she can lie down But we wonder how we will manage our on her back, chin on her chest. A parent At the end of the day, our daughter tells her hand to ask the teacher what to do. us, “I’m the worst kid in the class.” My The class activity continues without any- jobs while also serving as technical assis- pipes up to say the new videoconferences wife and I cheerily remind her of all the one acknowledging her; we only see nine tants, schedulers and executive-function are locked. The teacher can’t unlock them; things she is doing well, empathize with of 16 video tiles, so perhaps my daughter’s coaches. I’m impatient with my daughter’s meanwhile, parents trickle back into the her tough feelings and encourage her to be raised hand is invisible to the teacher. flailing attention, but I realize that the real original videoconference, each announc- kind toward herself. Yet I can’t help worry- Frustrated, she unleashes a high-pitched targets of my ire are the compounding so- ing the same problem. ing: Will she internalize the combination of moan through gritted teeth. “Daddy, I’m cietal failures. It is aggravating to see a It’s clear that my wife and I will be help- frustration, boredom and parental anxiety doing awful,” she says. first-grader living with the consequences ing our daughter for many more days, as a story about herself? I reassure her that she is great and that of political mismanagement, and who as- and many more hours, than we expected. Other parents assure me that things will everything is new and hard. But we are sumes that she’s doing something wrong. Still, an hour into the day, my daughter get better, and a couple more days in, I do doing awful. The systematic failure by the This shouldn’t be her first lesson of first starts to impress me with her attention to see improvement. Still, this is going to be United States to manage the pandemic has grade. the screen. Well done, kiddo! Then a sys- finally brought us to this terrible moment If you haven’t seen virtual elementary tem alert chimes. I go over to look at the hard for some time. As my daughter strug- of remote “school.” Our elementary school school in action, you can’t grasp the mad- screen, which reveals that she has discov- gles, I will be doing my best to keep her has been dealt an unplayable hand, as in- dening technical hurdles. After the ani- ered Microsoft Paint and is experimenting from thinking that our collective failure is structors face the challenge not only of mal-naming exercise, the teacher splits with electronic doodling while the teacher her failure. teaching young children to read, do math the kids into two groups — which means talks. “I can still listen while I do this!” Jason Burwen is a father of two young children. GOP attempts to limit vote-by-mail put veterans at risk

BY SEN. TAMMY DUCKWORTH it so. For voters in the few states that con- ing overtime for postal employees, cutting to serious respiratory issues that, in turn, Special to Stars and Stripes duct their elections nearly entirely by mail, hours at post offices and shuttering mail make those suffering more susceptible to there is no real decision; they can safely, processing facilities, all of which would’ve COVID-19. hen you’re deployed to a war securely send in their ballots from home, made it unimaginably harder for Ameri- These are heroes who went to war to zone where even a fledgling without worrying about taking public tran- cans’ mail-in votes to get tallied this fall . protect our constitutional rights, including democracy is a dream thou- sit to polling places, getting too close to The glare of national scrutiny forced him our right to vote. Yet by refusing to expand Wsands are dying for, the sig- others or touching shared voting screens. to backtrack — although he’s still refus- vote-by-mail access, Trump is forcing nificance of being able to take part in your Yet in an obviously partisan ploy, the GOP ing to address the damage already done, them to wager their lives to participate in own country’s free, fair elections comes has been trying to stamp out any efforts including saying he has “no intention” of the very democracy they already risked into sharp relief. to expand that kind of no-excuse vote-by- reinstalling the mail-sorting machines everything to defend. Their health or their I still remember the afternoon I re- mail access to more Americans. that’ve been taken away under his watch. ballot; their peace of mind or their piece ceived my vote-by-mail ballot at my Army Led by President Donald Trump, Repub- We know what would happen if Trump of our democracy — that’s the choice the Helicopter Battalion Operations Center in licans have weaponized this pandemic to continues to get his way. We saw a preview president is giving them, all for the sake of Balad, Iraq. The election was 10 days be- continue their decades-long march to sup- of it in Wisconsin’s election in April, when his personal gain. fore an RPG exploded in the Black Hawk I press the ballot, knowing that fewer people only five of Milwaukee’s 180 polling plac- That’s a shameful, shameless strategy was flying, ending my time in combat — so will vote this fall if not given the option to es were open, forcing voters to risk their from a politician who himself voted by mail while I didn’t know it then, filling out that do so safely, with the belief that lower turn- health by waiting hours for their turn at the just weeks ago. No true leader would put ballot would be one of my last acts of civic out will help their candidates. And they’re ballot box. And since at least 40 states have our veterans’ health in unnecessary dan- duty in Iraq. What I did know, however, doing so despite research suggesting that election laws as bad or worse than Wiscon- ger. That’s just about the least presidential, was the pride I felt in that moment: Six voting by mail doesn’t give either party an sin’s, an untold number of Americans will and least American, thing I’ve ever heard. thousand miles away from my usual poll- advantage and polling showing that about be more likely to fall sick come November Our veterans deserve better. Because ing place, my unit and I were performing 65% of Americans support no-excuse mail- if Republican officials insist on putting po- while we will never be able to repay the the most American act possible. We were in voting as a safe alternative during this litical self-interest ahead of the health and debt we owe them, it’s on us to try — and making our voices heard, even if it was pandemic. constitutional rights of the people. allowing them to exercise a constitutional from half a world away. The Republican National Committee has This should not be anything close to a right they fought so hard to defend should It shouldn’t have been easier for troops sued states to try to keep them from ex- partisan issue. The people most hurt here be the bare minimum. That should be a to vote from Iraq in 2004 than it is for panding vote-by-mail. Trump has continu- will be the people most vulnerable to this given. That’s not only the right thing to do, veterans to vote in 2020 on U.S. soil. Nev- ally threatened states’ funding for pushing virus, which includes many of our veter- but the patriotic one as well, and every day ertheless, that’s the reality as millions of that expansion, suggesting it could lead to ans. Almost half of American Veterans that Republicans refuse to pass legislation veterans now face an impossible decision: cats and dogs getting ballots — ignoring are over age 65. Millions were exposed to ensuring they can do so is an insult to all whether to risk their lives to go to the ballot that he voted by mail in Florida’s primary Agent Orange in Vietnam, while countless those who’ve worn an American flag on box in the midst of a deadly pandemic. last month . Then most recently, Trump- more have been exposed to burn pits in Iraq their shoulder. But let’s be clear: That’s the reality only megadonor-turned-Postmaster General and Afghanistan in more recent conflicts Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat, represents because certain Republicans are making Louis DeJoy tried to please his boss by nix- — two types of exposure that we know lead Illinois in the U.S. Senate. PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, September 7, 2020 SCOREBOARD

Sports Deals Pro soccer Saturday’s transactions CBs Terrell Bond, Khalil Dorsey, and Josh to ILR. MLS on AFN Nurse, C Trystan Colon-Castillo, DT Aaron NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released BASEBALL Crawford, G Will Holden, QB Tyler Hunt- WR Andre Baccellia, TE/DE Rashod Berry, EASTERN CONFERENCE Major League Baseball ley, WRs Jaylon Moore, and Jaleel Scott, DL Tashawn Bower, OL Ben Braden, DB W L T Pts GF GA American League LS Nick Moore, TEs Charles Scarff and Eli Myles Bryant, TE Jake Burt, TE Paul Butler, Columbus 6 1 2 20 13 2 BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned RHP Wolf, P Johnny Townsend, S Nigel Warrior, K Nick Folk, OL Tyler Gauthier, LB Terez Toronto FC 5 2 3 18 16 11 Go to the American Forces Evan Phillips and 2B Ramon Urias to al- ILB Kristian Welch, RB Ty’Son Williams. Hall, LB Scoota Harris, QB Brian Lewerke, Orlando City 4 2 4 16 17 12 ternate training site. Placed OF Anthony BUFFALO BILLS — Waived OTs Trey Ad- LB Cassh Maluia, RB Lamar Miller, DL Bill Philadelphia 4 2 3 15 12 9 Network website for the most Santander on 10-day IL. Recalled OF Ma- ams and Brandon Walton, OG Marquel Murray, TE Paul Quessenberry, K Justin Montreal 4 3 1 13 11 9 up-to-date TV schedules. son Williams and RHP David Hess from al- Harrell, S Josh Thomas, DE Bryan Cox, QB Rohrwasser, DB D’Angelo Ross, WR Devin New York City FC 4 5 0 12 8 8 ternate training site. Claimed RHP Carson Davis Webb, CB Btian Allen, DTs Tanzel Ross, RB J.J. Taylor, WR Jeff Thomas, DL New England 2 2 5 11 7 8 myafn.net Fulmer off waivers from the Pittsbutgh Smart, Vincent Taylor and Justin Zimmer, Nick Thurman, DL Xavier Williams and WR OT Victor Salako, WR Duke Williams, LB New York 3 4 2 11 7 10 Pirates. Added INF Rylan Bannon to the Isaiah Zuber. Atlanta 3 4 2 11 8 9 60-man player pool and will report to al- Andre Smith, TE Jason Croom, RB Chris- ternate training site. tian Wade, CB Cam Lewis, RB Antonio Wil- NEW YORK GIANTS — Released QBs D.C. United 2 4 3 9 9 13 BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned LHP Matt liams, TE Nate Becker, and DE Mike Love. Cooper Rush and Alex Tanney; WRs John- Cincinnati 2 4 3 9 6 12 Auto racing Hall to alternate training site. CAROLINA PANTHERS — Released DTs ny Holton, Alex Bachman, Derrick Dillon, Nashville SC 2 4 2 8 5 9 CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Placed LHP Myles Adams, Woodrow Hamilton and Austin Mack and Binjimen Victor; RB Tavi- Chicago 2 5 2 8 8 14 Jace Fry on 10-day IL. Transferred LHP Bruce Hector, DBs Quin Blanding, James- en Fester; TEs Eric tomlinson and Garrett Inter Miami CF 1 6 1 4 6 11 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 Aaron Bummer from 10-day IL to 60-day IL. on Houston, Natrell Jamerson and T.J. Dickerson; OLs Jon Halapio, Eric Smith, WESTERN CONFERENCE Selected the contract of RHP Alex McRae Green, RB Reggie Bonnafon, OT Branden Tyler Haycraft and Kyle Murphy; DLs Day- W L T Pts GF GA NASCAR-Xfinity from alternate training site. Bowden and Aaron Monterio, DTs Wood- lon Mack and Niko Lalos; LB Josiah Tau- Sporting KC 5 3 2 17 20 15 Saturday DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned INF Ser- row Hamilton and Bruce Hector, OG Mike aefa; DBs Grant Haley, Montre Hartage, Seattle 4 1 3 15 15 7 At Darlington Raceway gio Alcantara to alternate training site. Horton, WRs Ishmael Hyman, Marken Mi- Brandon Williams, Dravon Askew-Henry, Houston 3 2 4 13 16 14 Darlington, S.C. Placed 3B Niko Goodrum on 10-day IL ret- chel, Darrell Stewart and Cam Phillips, DE KeiVarae Russell, Jarren Williams and Los Angeles FC 3 2 3 12 21 16 Lap length: 1.37 miles roactive to Sept. 2. Austin Larkin, LBs James Onwualu and Prince Smith Jr and LS Carson Tinker. Minnesota United 3 3 2 11 14 14 (Start position in parentheses) HOUSTON ASTROS — Placed 2B Jose Al- Chris Orr, TEs Giovanni Ricci and Temar- NEW YORK JETS — Released LB James LA Galaxy 3 3 2 11 13 15 1. (8) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 147 laps, tuve on the IL retroactive to Sept. 4th. Ac- rick Hemingway, C Sam Tecklenburg and Burgess, OLs Jonotthan Harrison, Josh An- 54 points. Portland 3 3 2 11 14 17 tivated RHPs Jose Urquidy and Brad Pea- K/P Kaare Vedvik. drews, Jimmy Murray and Jared Hilbers, Real Salt Lake 2 1 5 11 13 10 2. (5) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 147, 51. cock from the IL. Recalled RHP Humberto CHICAGO BEARS — Released QB Tyler 3. (11) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 147, 41. CBs Lamar Jackson, Nate Hairston, Zane FC Dallas 2 1 4 10 8 5 Castellanon, Optioned LHP Cionel Perez Bray and K Cairo Santos. Waived injured Lewis and Javelin Guidry, TE Daniel Brown, Vancouver 3 6 0 9 10 18 4. (6) Riley Herbst, Toyota, 147, 34. to alternate training site. Transferred RHP LB Isaiah Irving. Waived WRs Rodney 5. (37) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 147, 0. S Matthias Farley, WRs Lawrence Cager, Colorado 2 3 3 9 11 15 Rogelio Armenteros from 10-day IL to the Adams, Reggie Davis and Thomas Ives, Donte Moncrief and Jehu Chesson and San Jose 2 3 3 9 14 19 6. (3) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 147, 37. 60-day IL. DTs Abdullah Andewrson and Trevon Mc- 7. (14) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, 147, QBs David Fales and Mark White. Waived Note: Three points for victory, one LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Recalled LHP Swain, DBs Xavier Crawford, Stephen Den- RB Josh Adams, LB James Burgess, WRs 36. mark and Kevin Toliver, OLs Dieter Eisel- point for tie. Dillon Peters from alternate training site, Lawrence Cager, George Campbell, D.J. 8. (7) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 147, Assigned LHP Ryan Buchter to alternate en, Sam Mustipher, Lachavious Simmons Saturday’s games 35. training site. and Badara Traore, TE Jesper Horsted, DE Montgomery and Josh Malone, DB Shy- Houston 2, Sporting Kansas City 1 9. (26) Austin Hill, Toyota, 147, 0. MINNESOTA TWINS — Recalled C Wil- LaCale London, LBs Ledarius Mack and heim Carter, OL Jared Hilbers, S Jackson Atlanta 1, Orlando City 1, tie 10. (20) Myatt Snider, Chevrolet, 147, lians Astudillo and OF LaMonte Wade Jr. Rashad Smith and RB Artavis Pierce. Bennett, TE Bronson Kaufusi, OLs Corbin Vancouver 3, Toronto FC 2 27. from alternate training site. Placed C Alex CINCINNATI BENGALS — Terminated Kaufusi and Brad Lundblade, TE Travis Colorado 1, San Jose 1, tie 11. (2) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 147, 41. Avila on the 10-day IL. Optioned RHP Sean contract of QB Brandon Allen and re- Ross, and QB Mike White. Placed CB Bryce Sunday’s games 12. (4) Austin Cindric, Ford, 147, 37. Poppen to alternate training site. leased to free agency. Waived DTs Free- Hall on NFI list. New York City FC at D.C. United 13. (1) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 147, 24. NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned RHPs dom Akinmoladun, Trey Dishon and Kahil PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Released CB Philadelphia at New York 14. (27) BJ McLeod, Toyota, 147, 23. Ben Heller, Deivi Garcia, Albert Abreu and McKenzie, DEs Amani Bledsoe and Kend- Rasul Douglas. Cincinnati at Columbus 15. (9) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 147, Miguel Yajure to alternate training site. all Futrell, QB Jake Dolegala, TEs Jordan PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Released LB New England at Chicago 22. Activated SS Gleyber Torres for 10-day Franks, Mason Schreck and Mitchell Wil- Tuzar Skipper, TE Kyle Markway, DT Cavon Nashville at Miami 16. (24) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 147, 21. IL. Optioned RHP Deivi Garcia to alter- cox, DE Kendall Futrell, LS Dan Godsil, Ss Walker, DL Henry Mondeaux and DB Tra- 17. (17) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, 147, Real Salt Lake at Minnesota nate training site. Released RHP Andonis Trayvon Henderson and Maurice Smith, jan Bandy. Portland at Seattle 20. Rosa. WRs Trenton Irwin, Stanley Morgan Da- 18. (10) Jesse Little, Chevrolet, 147, 19. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Signed Los Angeles FC at LA Galaxy SEATTLE MARINERS — Claimed RHP Markus Lodge and Scotty Washington, WR Keenan Allen to a four-year exten- Wednesday’s games 19. (18) Colby Howard, Chevrolet, 147, Casey Sadler off waivers from Chicago OT Josh Knipfel, CBs Torry McTyer and 18. sion. WaivedLB Asmar Bilal, RB Darius FC Dallas at Minnesota Cubs. Optioned OF Jake Fraley to alter- Winston Rose, C Frederick Mauigoa, HB Bradwell, CBs John Brannon, Kevin McGill Toronto FC at Montreal 20. (23) Chad Finchum, Toyota, 146, 17. nate training site. Jacques Patrick, LB Marcel Spears Jr.. 21. (25) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, and Donte Vaughn, LBs Cole Christiansen, Atlanta at Miami TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned RHP CLEVELAND BROWNS - Waived QBs Kev- Romeo Finley. Houston at Colorado 146, 16. Sean Reid-Foley to alternate training site. in Davidson and Garrett Gilbert, RBs Don- 22. (33) Matt Mills, Toyota, 146, 15. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Activated Los Angeles FC at Real Salt Lake Selected the contract of C Caleb Joseph. trell Hilliard and Benny LeMay, FB Johnny WR Deebo Samuel from NFI list. Released 23. (28) Joe Graf Jr, Chevrolet, 146, 14. Optioned C Reese McGuire to alternate Stanton, WRs Ja’Marcus Bradley, Damion Thursday, Sept. 10 24. (30) Bayley Currey, Chevrolet, 146, DLs Alex Barrett, Darrion Daniels, Dion San Jose at Seattle training site. Placed RHP Ken Giles on the Ratley and Taywan Taylor, Ts Brady Aiello Jordan and Cameron Malveaux, WRs 0. and Alex Taylor, C Jon Toth, Gs Michael 25. (29) Ryan Vargas, Chevrolet, 146, 12. 45-day IL. River Cracraft, Jauan Jennings, Shawn National League Dunn and Willie Wright, DEs Robert Mc- 26. (19) Tommy Joe Martins, Chevrolet, Cray and Chad Thomas, DT Daniel Ekuale, Poindexter and Kevin White, Ss Johna- 145, 15. ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Activated LHP Madison Bumgarner from 10-day LBs Willie Harvey and Montrel Meander, than Cyprien and Jared Mayden, LBs Evan Golf 27. (12) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, CBs A.J. Green, Robert Jackson and Dono- Foster and Joe Walker, OLs Hroniss, Jaryd 145, 10. IL. Optioned 2B Andy Young to alternate training site. van Olumga and Ss Elijah Benton and Ja- Jones-Smith, Dakoda Shepley and William 28. (32) Vinnie Miller, Toyota, 145, 9. vonte Moffatt. Sweet, TEs MarQueis Gray and Chase Har- 29. (34) Kody Vanderwal, Chevrolet, 145, ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned RHPs US Tour Championship Huascar Ynoa and Patrick Weigel to al- DALLAS COWBOYS — Waived DT Justin rell, CBs Tim Harris Jr., Dontae Johnson, 8. and Jamar Taylor, RB JaMycal Hasty and Saturday 30. (35) Dexter Bean, Chevrolet, 145, 7. ternate training site. Recalled RHP Chad Hamilton, DB Deante Burton, WR Tevin Sobotka from alternate training site. Jones, C Marcus Henry, CBs Saivon Smith FB Josh Hokit. East Lake Golf Club 31. (16) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 135, SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released WR 7. CHICAGO CUBS — Placed LHP Kwang and Chris Westry, LB Francis Bernard, DEs Atlanta 32. (13) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, Hyun Kim on 10-day IL. Activated LHP An- Ron’Dell Carter and Ladarius Hamilton, Paul Richardson. Waived OT Tommy Yardage 7,346; Par: 70 129, 7. drew Miller from 10-day IL. Recalled Nabil DB Luther Kirk, RB Sewo Olonilua and WR Champion, WR Aaron Fuller, DT Cedrick Second Round 33. (21) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet, oilleak, Crismatt from alternate training site. Re- Aaron Parker. Lattimore, CB Gavin Heslop, TE Tyler Dustin Johnson (-10) 67-70—137 -13 118, 0. called RHPs Tyson Miller and Adbert Alzo- DENVER BRONCOS — Waived Ts Quinn Mabry, S Chris Miller, DB Debione Renfro, Sungjae Im (-4) 68-64—132 -12 34. (22) David Starr, Chevrolet, acci- lay from alternate training site. Activated Bailey, Darrin Paulo, Jake Rodgers and QB Danny Etling, CB Ryan Neal, WR Lance Xander Schauffele (-3) 67-65—132 -11 dent, 108, 3. INF Kris Bryant and OF Steven Souza Jr. Hunter Watts, RBs LeVante Bellamy and Lenoir, DB Jatson Stanley, DT P.J. Johnson, Justin Thomas (-7) 66-71—137 -10 35. (36) Stephen Leicht, Toyota, suspen- from 10-day IL. Added INF/OF Jose Mar- Jeremy Cox, WRs Trinity Benson, Fred WR Cody Thompson, OT Chad Wheeler, Collin Morikawa (-5) 71-65—136 -9 sion, 11, 2. tinez, OF Cameron Mybin and LHP Josh Brown, Kendall Hinton, Cody White and WR Penny Hart, DT Demarcus Christmas, Tyrrell Hatton (-2) 67-66—133 -9 36. (31) Kyle Weatherman, Chevrolet, Osich to active roster. Optioned OF Albert Juwann Winfree, OLs Malik Carney, Tyler TE Stephen Sullivan, OLB Shaquem Grif- Jon Rahm (-8) 65-74—139 -9 Jones and Derrek Tuszka, Ss P.J. Locke, accident, 5, 1. Almora to alternate training site. Placed fin. Brendon Todd (-3) 67-68—135 -8 RHP Tyler Chatwood on 10-day IL. Desig- Douglas Coleman III and Alijah Holder, 37. (15) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, ac- TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Placed S Rory McIlroy (-3) 64-71—135 -8 cident, 2, 1. nated RHP Casey Sadler and OF Steven TE Troy Fumagalli, LBs Justin Hollins and Justin Evans on reserve/PUP list. Released Souza Jr. for assignment. Claimed 2B Ilde- Josh Watson, C Pat Morris. Sebastian Muir (-3) 71-65—136 -7 Race Statistics C A.Q. Shipley. Waived Gs Zach Bailey and Patrick Reed (-3) 71-66—137 -6 Average Speed of Race Winner: 101.642 maro Vargas off waivers from Minnesota DETROIT LIONS — Released WRs Chris Twins. Lacy, Tom Kennedy and Victor Bolden, DT Nick Leverett, RBs Raymond Calais and Lanto Griffin (-2) 67-69—136 -6 mph. Dare Ogunbowale, OLB Kahzin Daniels, Abraham Ancer (-1) 64-71—135 -6 Time of Race: 1 hour, 58 minutes, 32 CINCINNATI REDS — Optioned RHP Jose Kevin Strong, CB Dee Virgin, TE Matt Sokol, De Leon to alternate training site. RBs Jonathan Williams and Jason Hunt- ILBs Noah Dawkins and Chapelle Rus- Scottie Scheffler (-2) 71-66—137 -5 seconds. sell, Ss D’Cota Dixon and Javon Hagan, Cs Harris English (-4) 70-69—139 -5 Margin of Victory: 3.363 seconds. MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned INF Eddy ley, DL Frank Herron and QB David Blough, Alvarez to alternate training site. Placed Gs Oday Aboushi, Beau Benzchawel and Anthony Fabiano and Zach Shackelford, Webb Simpson (-6) 70-71—141 -5 Caution Flags: 7 for 37 laps. K Matt Gay, WRs Cyril Grayson, Bryant Lead Changes: 17 among 6 drivers. RHP Elieser Hernandez to 60-day IL. Acti- Kenny Wiggins, DE Will Clarke, Ss Jalen Cameron Smith (E) 68-68—136 -4 vated OF Harold Ramirez from 10-day IL. Elliott and Bobby Price, RB Wes Hills, DTs Mitchell, Josh Pearson and Spencer Sch- Hideki Matsuyama (-4) 70-70—140 -4 Lap Leaders: J.Haley 0-7; C.Briscoe nell, TE Tanner Hudson, CBs Herb Miller 8-12; R.Chastain 13-32; D.Hamlin 33-47; NEW YORK METS — Placed C Tomas Albert Huggins, Olive Sagapolu and Kevin Daniel Berger (-4) 69-71—140 -4 R.Chastain 48; C.Briscoe 49-50; R.Chastain Nido on 60-day IL. Released RHP Pedro Wilkins, TE Isaac Nauta, LB Anthony Pitt- and Mazzi Wilkins, DL Jeremiah Ledbetter Bryson DeChambeau (-4) 72-69—141 -3 51; C.Briscoe 52-82; D.Hamlin 83-91; Payno. Activated RHP Hunter Strickland man, P Arryn Siposs and LS Steve Wirtel. and Benning Potoa’e, G Nick Leverett, TE Tony Finau (-2) 68-71—139 -3 C.Briscoe 92-94; R.Chastain 95; C.Briscoe optioned to alternate training site. Waived T Dan Skipper. Placed DE Austin Codey McElroy and QB Reid Sinnett. Viktor Hovland (E) 69-69—138 -2 96-104; D.Hamlin 105-111; R.Chastain PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Optioned RHP Bryant on reserve/PUP list. Placed S Jay- TENNESSEE TITANS — Waived S Ibra- Kevin Na (-1) 69-70—139 -2 112; C.Briscoe 113-117; R.Sieg 118-126; Cody Ponce to alternate training site. ron Kearse on reserve/Suspended list. heim Campbell, OLBs Jamal Davis, Wyatt Kevin Kisner (-1) 72-68—140 -1 R.Chastain 127-145; B.Jones 146-147 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Signed RHP GREEN BAY PACKERS — Placed LB Cur- Ray and D’Andre Walker, WRs Rashard Da- Mackenzie Hughes (E) 70-69—139 -1 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Akeem Bostick to a minor league con- tis Bolton on reserve/PUP list. Placed G Si- vis, Mason Kinsey, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine Cameron Champ (E) 68-71—139 -1 mon and RB Patrick Taylor on reserve/NFI Laps Led): C.Briscoe, 6 times for 55 laps; tract. Recalled RHP Nabil Crismatt from and Kristian Wilkerson, CBs Kenneth Dur- Marc Leishman (-1) 66-75—141 E alternate training site. Activated LHP list. Waived DL Treyvon Hestor and CB Will R.Chastain, 6 times for 43 laps; D.Hamlin, 3 den, Kareem Orr and Tye Smith, LB Cale Joaquin Niemann (-2) 72-72—144 +2 times for 31 laps; R.Sieg, 1 time for 9 laps; Andrew Miller from 10-day IL. Placed LHP Sunderland. Released CBs DaShaun Amos Garrett, TE Tommy Hudson, DLs Joey Ivie Kwang Hyun Kim on 10-day IL retroactive and Stanford Samuels, LBs Krys Barnes, Ryan Palmer (-1) 72-72—144 +3 J.Haley, 1 time for 7 laps; B.Jones, 1 time and Teair Tart, OLs Brandon Kemp, Zac Billy Horschel (E) 70-73—143 +3 for 2 laps. to Sept. 2. Tipa Galeai, Greg Roberts, Delontae Scott Kerin and David Quessenberry, RBs Mar- Wins: C.Briscoe, 6; A.Cindric, 5; B.Jones, SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Recalled OF and Tim Williams, WRs Reggie Begelton, cus Marshall, Jeremy McNichols and Se- 3; N.Gragson, 2; H.Burton, 2; J.Haley, 2; Austin Slater from 10-day IL. Optioned OF Jake Kumerow, Darrius Shepherd and Ma- norise Perry, K Tucker McCann, DBs Doug J.Allgaier, 1; A.Allmendinger, 1. Steven Duggar to alternate training site. lik Turner, S Henry Black, Ts Cody Conway, WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Recalled John Leglue and Alex Light, RBs Damarea Middleton and Chris Milton and QB Trevor Pro basketball Top 16 in Points: 1. A.Cindric, 1005; Siemian. 2. C.Briscoe, 951; 3. R.Chastain, 911; 4. SS Carter Kieboom from alternate train- Crockett and Dexter Williams, C Jake Han- ing site. Designated 2B Wilmer Difo for son, G Zach Johnson, FB John Lovett and SOCCER N.Gragson, 878; 5. H.Burton, 789; 6. J.Haley, Major League Soccer 781; 7. J.Allgaier, 757; 8. B.Jones, 706; 9. assignment. Optioned RHP Wil Crowe to DL Willington Previlon. WNBA alternate training site. Agreed to a multi- HOUSTON TEXANS — Released DT NEW YORK RED BULLS — Named Brad- M.Annett, 698; 10. R.Herbst, 606; 11. R.Sieg, ley Carnell as interim head coach. EASTERN CONFERENCE 567; 12. B.Brown, 492; 13. J.Clements, 447; year contract with General Manager Mike Angelo Blackson, G/T Jerald Hawkins, Rizzo. C/G Greg Mancz, Ts Kyle Murphy and W L Pct GB 14. M.Snider, 441; 15. J.Williams, 408; 16. x-Chicago 11 8 .579 — J.Little, 403. FOOTBALL Brent Qvale, S Jaylen Watkins and LS Jon National Football League Weeks. Waived NT Auzoyah Alufohai, LBs Connecticut 9 10 .474 2 ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released S Davin Bellamy and Nate Hall, CB Anthony Cycling Washington 5 12 .294 5 Kentrell Brice, DLs Jonathan Bullard and Chesley, WRs Chad Hansen, Steven Mitch- Atlanta 5 14 .263 6 Trevon Coley, TE Dylan Cantrell, CBs Ken ell Jr., Tyler Simmons and Isaac Whitney, Indiana 5 14 .263 6 AP sportlight Crawley, Chris Jones and Jace Whittaker, RBs Karan Higdon Jr. and Scottie Phillips, Tour de France New York 2 16 .111 8½ RBs D.J. Foster and Jonathan Ward, OL G Cordel Iwuagwu, LS Anthony Kukwa, Ts WESTERN CONFERENCE Koda Martin, WRs Andre Patton, A.J. Rich- Rick Leonard and Elijah Nkansah, S Jona- Saturday W L Pct GB Sept. 7 8th Stage x-Seattle 15 3 .833 — 1970 — Jockey Willie Shoemaker ardson and JoJo Ward, LBs Reggie Walker than Owens and TE Jordan Thomas. and Evan Weaver. Waived WR Johnnie INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Waived CB A 142-kilometer (88-mile) ride from x-Las Vegas 14 4 .778 1 rides Dares J to a 1{-length victory at Cazeres to Loudenvielle x-Minnesota 13 5 .722 2 Del Mar to become the wininest jockey. Dixon. Andre Chachere, DT Kameron Cline, TE ATLANTA FALCONS — Waived DBs Del- Dominique Dafney, G Jake Eldrenkamp, 1. Nans Peters, France AG2R la Mon- x-Los Angeles 13 5 .722 2 Shoemaker’s win breaks the all-time re- diale, 4:02:12. x-Phoenix 12 7 .632 3½ cord of 6,033 set by Johnny Longden four rick Abrams, Jamal Carter, Chris Cooper WR Daurice Fountain, TE Farrod Green, anf Tyler Hall, DB Josh Hawkins, DT Hinwa DE Gerri Green, WR DeMichael Harris, T 2. Toms Skujins, Latvia, Trek-Segafre- Dallas 6 12 .333 9 years earlier. Allieu, Ts Ka’John Armstrong and Evin Ks- Brandon Hitner, WR Marcus Johnson, QB do, 00:47. x-clinched playoff spot 1975 — Spain’s Manuel Orantes upsets iezarczyk, QBs Kurt Benkery and Kyle Lau- Chad Kelly, K Chase McLaughlin, T Carter 3. Carlos Verona Quintanilla, Spain, Friday’s games Jimmy Connors 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 to win the letta, WRs Devin Gray, Juwan Green, Chris O’Donnell, C Javon Patterson, CBs Lafay- Movistar Team, same time. Washington 79, Chicago 69 U.S. Open men’s title. Rowland and Jalen McClesky, RBs Mikey ette Pitts, Jackson Porter, Travis Reed and 4. Ilnur Zakarin, Russia, CCC Team, Minnesota 88, Dallas 75 1980 — John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg Daniel and Craig Reynolds, DE Austin Ed- Tremon Smith, S Donald Rutledge, TE An- 01:09. Seattle 90, Los Angeles 89 of Sweden 7-6, 6-1, 6-7, 5-7, 6-4 to win his wards, Gs Justin Gooseberry and Sean drew Vollet, DT Chris Williams and DT Rob 5. Neilson Powless, United States, EF Saturday’s games second straight U.S. Open men’s title. Harlow, LB Ray Wilborn, TE Jared Pinkney, Windsor. Released TE Xavier Grimble and Pro Cycling, 01:41. Connecticut 96, Indiana 77 1991 — Seventeen-year-old Monica LB Edmond Robinson, DT Sailosi Latu. C Joey Hunt. Placed DE Kemoko Turay on Overall Standings Las Vegas 89, Atlanta 79 Seles beats 34-year-old Martina Navrati- Suspended CB Jordan Miller. Terminated the reserve/PUP list. (8 stages) Phoenix 83, New York 67 lova, 7-6 (1), 6-1, to win her first U.S. Open WR Laquon Treadwell, DB J.J. Wilcox. LOS ANGELES RAMS — Waived DTs Mar- 1. Adam Yates, Britain, Mitchelton- Sunday’s games women’s singles title. BALTIMORE RAVENS — Terminated quise Copeland and Michael Hoecht, DB Scott, 34:44:52. Dallas at Washington 1996 — Mike Tyson needs just 109 the contracts of TE Jerrell Adams, RB/RS Donte Deayon, LBs Clay Johnston, Natrez 2. Primoz Roglic, Slovenia, Team Jum- Seattle at Minnesota seconds to win the WBA heavyweight Kenjon Barner, G Parker Ehinger, S JOrdan Patrick, Christian Rozeboom and Justin bo-Visma, :03 seconds behind. Chicago at Los Angeles championship from Bruce Seldon in Las Richards. Waived OLBs Aaron Adeoye, Lawler (injured), QB Bryce Perkins. Added 3. Guillaume Martin, France, Cofidis Monday’s game Vegas. Chauncey Rivers and Marcus Willoughby, LB Travin Howard and A’Shawn Roginson :09. Connecticut at Phoenix Monday, September 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 US OPEN/KENTUCKY DERBY Scoreboard Williams tops Stephens after slow start US Open Saturday At USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center 23-time Grand Slam New York Purse: $21,656,000 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor champ rallies to win Men’s Singles Third Round Andrey Rublev (10), Russia, def. Salva- 10 of last 12 games tore Caruso, Italy, 6-0, 6-4, 6-0. Daniil Medvedev (3), Russia, def. Jef- frey John Wolf, United States, 6-3, 6-3, BY HOWARD FENDRICH 6-2. Matteo Berrettini (6), Italy, def. Casper Associated Press Ruud (30), Norway, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. Alex de Minaur (21), Australia, def. NEW YORK — In danger of Karen Khachanov (11), Russia, 6-4, 0-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. her earliest exit at the U.S. Open Vasek Pospisil, Canada, def. Roberto since her debut 22 years ago, Bautista-Agut (8), Spain, 7-5, 2-6, 4-6, 6- Serena Williams turned things 3, 6-2. Felix Auger-Aliassime (15), Canada, around and took over against def. Corentin Moutet, France, 6-1, 6-0, 6- Sloane Stephens. 4. Frances Tiafoe, United States, def. Williams emerged from the Marton Fucsovics, Hungary, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2. third-round matchup between Women’s Singles two Americans who are past Third Round Maria Sakkari (15), Greece, def. Aman- champions at Flushing Meadows da Anisimova (22), United States, 6-3, 6- — she’s won six of her 23 Grand 1. Elise Mertens (16), Belgium, def. Caty Slam singles titles at the place McNally, United States, 7-5, 6-1. — with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Karolina Muchova (20), Czech Repub- lic, def. Sorana Cirstea, Romania, 6-3, 2-6, 2017 titlist Stephens on Saturday. 7-6 (7). Afterward, Williams’ 3-year- Serena Williams (3), United States, old daughter, Olympia, wore a def. Sloane Stephens (26), United States, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2. mask and waved at Mom while sit- Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, def. ting on her father’s lap in a front- Donna Vekic (18), Croatia, 6-4, 6-1. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, def. Iga row seat. On her way to the locker Swiatek, Poland, 6-4, 6-2. room, Williams waved back. SETH WENIG/AP Alize Cornet, France, def. Madison “I hope,” Williams said, “that Keys (7), United States, 7-6 (4), 3-2, ret. Serena Williams serves to Sloane Stephens during the third round of the US Open on Saturday, in New Sofia Kenin (2), United States, def. Ons she saw her mama fighting.” Jabeur (27), Tunisia, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Williams did it, as she so often York. Williams defeated 2017 U.S. Open champion Stephens 2-6, 6-2, 6-2. Men’s Doubles Third Round does, with her best-in-the-game Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski, Brit- serve, hitting 12 aces at up to Murray, or smack her right thigh whole thing was flush with the of a neck injury. ain, def. Matwe Middelkoop, Nether- with her palm so loudly that it feel of a practice session, rather In men’s action, 2019 runner- lands, and Marcelo Demoliner, Brazil, 122 mph as it got really dialed in 6-3, 6-2. midway through the second set, echoed through a nearly empty than a high-stakes contest on a up Daniil Medvedev and another Bruno Soares, Brazil, and Mate Pavic, and an ability to re-calibrate her Arthur Ashe Stadium. Grand Slam stage. semifinalist from a year ago, No. Croatia, def. Jack Sock and Jack Withrow, “In that first set, I don’t think There were some other play- 6 Matteo Berrettini moved on, United States, 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-4. groundstrokes, so awry early, to Horia Tecau, Romania, and Jean-Ju- be superb down the stretch. she made any errors, honestly. ers on hand to watch, including as did No. 2 Dominic Thiem, No. lien Rojer, Netherlands, def. Robert Farah She was playing so clean. I said, 15th-seeded Maria Sakkari, who 10 Andrey Rublev, No. 15 Felix and Juan Sebastian Cabal (1), Colombia, “She served a lot better,” said 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Stephens, now 1-6 against Wil- ‘I don’t want to lose in straight sipped orange juice and ate lunch Auger-Aliassime, No. 21 Alex Rohan Bopanna, India, and Denis liams, although they hadn’t played sets,’” said Williams, whose only while on her player suite’s balco- de Minaur, American Frances Shapovalov, Canada, def. Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies (6), Germany, 4-6, 6-4, each other since 2015. “Obviously career U.S. Open loss before the ny. Sakkari had a vested interest: Tiafoe and Vasek Pospisil, who’s 6-3. she has one of the greatest serves fourth round came in the third She faces Williams for a berth in been in the news lately because Women’s Doubles against Irina Spirlea in 1998 at the quarterfinals. he teamed up with Novak Djokov- Third Round in the game. It’s really difficult to Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and read.” age 16. Other women into the fourth ic to set up a new association to Demi Schuurs (4), Netherlands, def. Alla Williams, who turns 39 in three round: No. 2 Sofia Kenin, No. 16 represent players. Kudryavtseva, Russia, and Oksana Ka- Williams collected 10 of the last lashnikova, Georgia, 6-2, 7-5. 12 games by lifting her level, to be weeks, said she told herself Satur- Elise Mertens, No. 20 Karolina Pospisil eliminated No. 8 Ro- Hayley Carter, United States, and Lui- sure. But it helped that Stephens day: “OK, Serena, just get a game. Muchova, Tsvetana Pironkova berto Bautista Agut 7-5, 2-6, 4-6, sa Stefani, Brazil, def. Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara (6), Japan, 6-4, 0-6, 6-4. went from playing nearly perfect- Get a game.” and Alize Cornet. Pironkova de- 6-3, 6-2, and next faced another Elise Mertens, Belgium, and Aryna Sa- ly to missing more and more. Fol- There were, of course, no fans feated No. 18 Donna Vekic 6-4, 6- five-set winner, de Minaur, who balenka (2), Belarus, def. Shelby Rogers and Jessica Pegula, United States, 6-3, lowing mistakes, Stephens would — banned because of the coro- 1. Cornet led 7-6 (4), 3-2 when No. defeated No. 11 Karen Khacha- 7-6 (5). look over at her coach, Kamau navirus pandemic — and so the 7 Madison Keys retired because nov 6-4, 0-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. Sixth: Hall of Fame trainer Baffert does it again with Authentic

FROM BACK PAGE In the winner’s circle, the long ribbons socially distanced in the infield winner’s hanging off the garland of red roses kept circle. “Johnny V. gave him an incredible hitting Authentic’s hind leg, agitating him, ride.” and in turn he knocked the white-haired Baffert tied Ben Jones (1938-52) for the trainer to the ground. most wins by a trainer. His other victo- “He spun around and he was like a bowl- ries came in 1997, 1998, 2002, 2015 with ing ball. He just spun us all around,” Baf- eventual Triple Crown winner Justify and fert said. “The turf course is pretty soft 2018. here, so it wasn’t too bad. I was probably “Bob, he’s got the magic touch,” said more embarrassed than anything.” Jack Knowlton of Sackatoga Stable, owner It’s been that kind of year for Baffert. of Tiz the Law. “He had this horse ready at The Hall of Fame trainer was loaded with the right time and he beat us.” promising 3-year-olds early on. Then Nadal Sent off at 3-5 as the biggest Derby fa- got hurt and had to be retired and Charla- vorite in 31 years and part of a smaller tan went on the shelf with a minor injury. field than usual, Tiz the Law settled into Authentic had issues, so Baffert gave him fourth while Authentic ran unopposed in an extended break. front. With a quarter-mile to go, Tiz the In between, Charlatan and another of Law pulled alongside Authentic and the Baffert’s horses had positive drug tests in two hit the top of the stretch together. Arkansas. Baffert is appealing his result- Under Manny Franco, Tiz the Law brief- ing 15-day suspension. The trainer mourn- ly struck his head in front only to have Au- ed the death of Arrogate, North America’s thentic fight right back and spurt clear of all-time earnings leader, this summer. the Belmont winner, who came in 4-for-4 “It’s been a roller-coaster year, but thank- this year. fully it’s the love of the horses that keeps JEFF ROBERSON/AP “Yes! Yes!” Baffert shouted in the pad- me going,” said Baffert, his voice break- dock, where he watched on the video John Velazquez, alongside trainer Bob Baffert, left, holds the trophy after riding ing. “They’re the best therapy a human screen. Authentic to victory in the 146th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. can have. I love being around them.” PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, September 7, 2020 MLB SCOREBOARD

San Francisco E—Joseph (1), Bogaerts (2), Taylor (1). American League Indians 4, Brewers 3 Reds 6, Pirates 2 Cahill 2C 2 1 1 2 2 DP—Toronto 1, Boston 1. LOB—Toronto East Division Milwaukee Cleveland Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baragar W,4-1 1B 1 0 0 0 1 13, Boston 8. 2B—Fisher (2), Shaw 2 (6), W L Pct GB ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi Coonrod H,3 1 0 0 0 0 2 Panik (4), Verdugo (14), Devers (10). HR— Tampa Bay 27 13 .675 — Gamel cf 3 0 0 0 Hrnandz 2b 5 1 3 2 Votto 1b 5 1 1 0 Gonzalez 3b 4 1 3 0 Garcia H,3 1B 1 0 0 0 2 Hernandez (14), Guerrero Jr. (6), Marti- New York 21 18 .538 5A Taylor ph-cf 1 0 1 0 Ramirez 3b 4 1 2 2 Castllanos rf 4 0 0 0 Frazier 2b 5 0 1 0 Gott H,3 C 1 1 1 0 0 nez (4), Bradley Jr. (5), Dalbec (2), Devers Toronto 21 18 .538 5A Hiura 2b 3 2 1 1 Lindor ss 2 0 0 0 Winker dh 3 1 0 0 Reynolds lf 4 0 0 0 Rogers H,8 C 1 1 1 2 0 (7), Bogaerts (9). Baltimore 18 21 .462 8A Selman H,1 B 0 0 0 0 1 Yelich lf 5 0 2 0 Santana 1b 4 0 0 0 Suarez 3b 4 3 3 5 Moran dh 4 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO Boston 14 27 .341 13A Braun rf 4 0 1 0 Reyes dh 3 0 0 0 Moustkas 2b 4 0 0 0 Polanco rf 3 0 0 1 Watson S,1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Central Division Vogelbch dh 3 0 1 1 Naquin rf 3 0 0 0 Farmer 2b 0 0 0 0 Bell 1b 2 0 0 0 WP—Cahill. T—3:06. Toronto Chicago 25 15 .625 — Mathias dh 1 0 0 0 Naylor lf 3 0 0 0 Goodwin cf 4 0 1 0 Newman ss 4 0 1 0 Anderson 4 9 6 6 1 3 Cleveland 24 15 .615 A Arcia ss 4 1 2 1 Leon c 4 0 0 0 Akiyama lf 2 0 0 0 Alford cf 0 0 0 0 Twins 4, Tigers 3 Yamaguchi 3 4 1 1 0 1 Minnesota 25 16 .610 A Narvaez c 3 0 1 0 Mercado cf 2 2 1 0 Garcia ss 4 0 0 0 Tucker cf 3 0 1 0 Kay, H, 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 Detroit 17 20 .459 6A Urias 3b 4 0 0 0 Barnhart c 3 1 1 1 Stallings c 4 1 1 1 Detroit Minnesota Bass, L, 2-3, BS, 5-7 B 1 2 1 1 0 Kansas City 14 26 .350 11 Peterson 1b 4 0 0 0 Totals 33 6 6 6 Totals 33 2 7 2 ab r h bi ab r h bi West Division Boston Totals 35 3 9 3 Totals 30 4 6 4 Cincinnati 004 001 010—6 Reyes cf-lf 4 1 2 1 Polanco ss 4 0 0 0 Weber 5 5 2 2 1 2 Oakland 23 13 .639 — Milwaukee 000 101 010—3 Pittsburgh 001 100 000—2 Schoop 2b 3 1 0 0 Donldsn 3b 2 0 0 0 Houston 21 18 .538 3A Taylor 1 3 3 3 1 0 Cleveland 000 030 001—4 E—Farmer (2), Garcia (1), Bell (4). DP— Cabrera dh 4 1 1 0 Adrianza pr 0 1 0 0 Valdez, BS, 0-1 C 4 3 3 2 0 Seattle 17 22 .436 7A E—Narvaez (3), Leon 2 (4). DP—Mil- Cincinnati 2, Pittsburgh 0. LOB—Cincin- A Candlario 1b 4 0 1 1 Cruz dh 4 1 1 0 Stock B 1 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles 16 25 .390 9 waukee 0, Cleveland 1. LOB—Milwaukee nati 4, Pittsburgh 11. 2B—Votto (5), Gon- Castro ss 4 0 2 0 Rooker rf 2 0 1 0 Texas 13 25 .342 11 Kickham, W, 1-0 2 3 0 0 2 4 11, Cleveland 9. 2B—Vogelbach (1), Tay- zalez (9). HR—Barnhart (3), Suarez 3 (12), Bonifacio rf 4 0 1 1 Cave pr-rf 2 1 0 0 lor (1), Hernandez (14), Mercado (1). Stallings (2). SB—Goodwin 2 (2), Akiyama Yamaguchi pitched to 1 batter in the Stewart lf 3 0 0 0 Sano 1b 4 1 3 2 8th. T—3:41. National League 3B—Braun (1). HR—Hiura (11), Arcia (3), (4). SF—Polanco (2). D.Hill pr-cf 1 0 0 0 Rosario lf 4 0 0 0 East Division Ramirez (9). SB—Peterson (1), Ramirez IP H R ER BB SO Romine c 3 0 0 0 Buxton cf 4 0 1 1 (9), Lindor (3), Mercado (2). W L Pct GB Cincinnati Paredes 3b 3 0 0 0 Gonzalez 2b 2 0 0 0 Nationals 10, Braves 4 IP H R ER BB SO Jeffers c 2 0 0 0 Atlanta 23 16 .590 — DeSclafani 4 6 2 2 3 2 Washington Atlanta Philadelphia 19 16 .543 2 C Wade Jr. ph 1 0 1 0 Milwaukee Lorenzen 1 1 0 0 2 2 ab r h bi ab r h bi Miami 17 17 .500 3A Woodruff 4B 4 3 3 3 7 Garrett, W, 1-0 1 B 0 0 0 0 Astudillo c 0 0 0 0 New York 18 22 .450 5A Peralta 1C 0 0 0 3 4 3 Totals 33 3 7 3 Totals 31 4 7 3 Robles cf 5 2 3 1 Acuna Jr. cf 3 1 1 1 Washington 14 24 .368 8A Williams 2 0 0 0 0 4 Sims 1 0 0 0 1 1 Detroit 100 000 200—3 Turner ss 4 2 2 0 Swanson ss 4 0 0 0 Central Division Hader, L, 0-1 0 2 1 1 0 0 Bradley 1 0 0 0 0 0 Minnesota 000 010 102—4 Kendrick dh 5 0 1 2 Freeman 1b 3 0 0 0 Chicago 23 17 .575 — DP—Detroit 2, Minnesota 1. LOB—De- Hrrisn pr-dh 0 1 0 0 Ozuna dh 3 1 1 0 Cleveland Pittsburgh St. Louis 16 15 .516 2A troit 4, Minnesota 4. HR—Reyes (4), Sano Cabrera 1b 4 0 0 0 d’Arnaud c 4 1 2 2 Civale 6 5 2 2 3 6 Williams, L, 1-6 6 5 5 5 3 6 (9). Milwaukee 18 20 .474 4 Quantrill, H, 1 C 1 0 0 0 1 Holland 2 1 1 1 0 3 Suzuki c 4 1 1 2 Markakis rf 4 0 0 0 Cincinnati 18 22 .450 5 Wittgren, BS, 0-1 1B 1 1 1 0 2 Crick 1 0 0 0 1 1 IP H R ER BB SO Kieboom 3b 4 2 1 1 Riley 3b 4 0 0 0 Pittsburgh 12 26 .316 10 Hand, W, 1-1 1 2 0 0 0 2 DeSclafani pitched to 1 batter in the Detroit Holt lf 5 2 4 1 Duvall lf 4 1 2 1 West Division Hader pitched to 2 batters in the 9th. 5th. T—3:23. Skubal 6 2 1 1 2 6 Taylor rf 5 0 0 0 Camargo 2b 4 0 0 0 Los Angeles 30 11 .732 — Jimenez, H, 2 C 1 1 1 0 2 Garcia 2b 5 0 2 3 HBP—Civale (Hiura), Quantrill (Hiura). B San Diego 24 17 .585 6 WP—Hader. T—3:21. Soto, H, 4 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 41 10 14 10 Totals 33 4 6 4 Colorado 19 20 .487 10 Mets 5, Phillies 1 Farmer, H, 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 Washington 200 012 005—10 San Francisco 19 21 .475 10A Cisnero, L, A, BS, 0-1 C 3 2 2 1 1 A Philadelphia New York Atlanta 102 100 000— 4 Arizona 15 25 .375 14 Mariners 5, Rangers 3 Minnesota Friday’s games ab r h bi ab r h bi E—Camargo (1). DP—Washington 0, Texas Seattle McCtchen dh 4 0 1 0 Nimmo cf 4 1 0 0 Maeda 6 2 3 3 1 8 Atlanta 1. LOB—Washington 9, Atlanta Minnesota 2, Detroit 0, 1st game Clippard 1 3 0 0 0 1 Toronto 8, Boston 7, 1st game ab r h bi ab r h bi Hoskins 1b 5 1 1 1 Conforto rf 4 0 2 1 7. 2B—Holt 2 (2), Kendrick (4), Suzuki (6), Taveras cf 3 0 1 0 Crawford ss 5 1 1 0 Harper rf 2 0 0 0 Davis dh 2 0 1 0 Alcala, W, 2-1 2 2 0 0 0 3 Garcia (4), Duvall (5). HR—Acuna Jr. (9), Minnesota 3, Detroit 2, 8 innings, 2nd Maeda pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. game Kin-Falfa 3b 4 0 1 0 Moore lf 4 1 1 0 Quinn cf 0 0 0 0 Smith 1b 4 0 1 1 d’Arnaud (6), Duvall (9). SB—Turner (5), N.Y. Yankees 6, Baltimore 5, 1st game Solak 2b 4 1 2 0 Lewis cf 4 0 1 1 Gosslin ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Cano 2b 4 0 0 0 T—2:52. Robles (2). Tampa Bay 5, Miami 4 Trevino dh 4 0 0 0 Seager 3b 1 1 1 0 Realmuto c 4 0 2 0 Guillrme 2b 0 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO Milwaukee 7, Cleveland 1 Choo rf 4 1 4 1 France 2b 3 1 2 1 Bruce lf 3 0 0 0 Frazier 3b 3 1 0 0 Rockeis 5, Dodgers 2 Boston 3, Toronto 2, 2nd game Heineman 1b 3 0 0 1 Marmljs dh 4 0 1 1 Gregorius ss 1 0 0 0 McNeil lf 4 1 2 0 Washington Chicago White Sox 7, Kansas City 4 Dietrich ph 1 0 0 0 Strg Grdn dh 0 1 0 0 Segura ss-2b 4 0 2 0 Gimenez ss 2 2 2 2 Colorado Los Angeles Fedde 3 6 4 4 4 2 Baltimore 6, N.Y. Yankees 3, 2nd game El.White lf 3 0 0 0 Ev.White 1b 4 0 1 1 Bohm 3b 4 0 1 0 Chirinos c 4 0 1 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi McGowin, W, 1-0 2B 0 0 0 1 4 Seattle 6, Texas 3 Guzman ph 1 0 0 0 Ervin rf 4 0 1 1 Walker 2b-lf 4 0 0 0 Tapia lf 4 1 2 0 Betts rf 3 1 2 1 Suero, H, 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 San Diego 7, Oakland 0 Mathis c 3 0 0 0 Torrens c 4 0 1 0 Haseley cf-rf 2 0 0 0 Story ss 4 1 1 0 Seager ss 4 0 1 1 Doolittle, H, 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 L.A. Angels 6, Houston 5, 11 innings Gallo ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 34 1 7 1 Totals 31 5 9 5 Arenado 3b 4 1 1 1 Muncy 1b 4 0 0 0 Harper 1 0 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 2, 1st game Tejeda ss 3 1 2 1 Philadelphia 100 000 000—1 Blackmon dh 4 2 2 1 Bellinger cf 3 0 0 0 Atlanta Atlanta 7, Washington 1, 1st game Totals 34 3 10 3 Totals 33 5 10 5 New York 002 111 00x—5 Pillar cf 3 0 0 0 Pederson dh 4 0 0 0 Fried 5 5 3 3 3 4 Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 3, 2nd game Texas 000 100 101—3 E—Nimmo (1). DP—Philadelphia 1, Murphy 1b 3 0 0 0 Pollock lf 4 0 1 0 Philadelphia 5, N.Y. Mets 3 Matzek, L, 3-3, BS, 0-2 1 3 2 2 1 2 Seattle 002 000 03x—5 New York 1. LOB—Philadelphia 10, New Fuentes ph-1b 1 0 1 2 Lux 2b 3 1 1 0 Dayton 2 1 0 0 0 3 Washington 10, Atlanta 9, 2nd game DP—Texas 0, Seattle 1. LOB—Texas 5, York 8. 2B—Segura (2), McNeil 2 (11), Hampson 2b 4 0 0 0 Rios 3b 4 0 0 0 Sobotka C 5 5 5 0 1 Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis 1 Seattle 9. 2B—Ervin (1). HR—Tejeda (2), Chirinos (1), Davis (4). HR—Hoskins (8). Hilliard rf 4 0 0 0 Barnes c 3 0 1 0 Jackson B 0 0 0 0 0 L.A. Dodgers 10, Colorado 6 Choo (5). SB—Choo (6), Solak (4), Tejeda SB—Gimenez (7). SF—Gimenez (1). Wolters c 2 0 0 0 Arizona 6, San Francisco 5 HBP—Fried (Robles). WP—Sobotka(2). (2), Taveras (2). IP H R ER BB SO Kemp ph 1 0 0 0 Saturday’s games IP H R ER BB SO Butera c 0 0 0 0 T—3:31. Oakland 8, San Diego 4 Philadelphia Totals 34 5 7 4 Totals 32 2 6 2 Miami 7, Tampa Bay 3 Texas Howard, L, A 4 4 3 3 1 3 Gibson 4C 6 2 2 3 4 C Colorado 010 100 003—5 Angels 7, Astros 6 Minnesota 4, Detroit 3 B Suarez 1 2 2 2 2 0 Los Angeles 000 020 000—2 L.A. Angels 10, Houston 9, 1st game Martin 1 0 0 0 0 1 Hale 2B 3 0 0 0 1 Rodriguez C 0 0 0 0 0 E—Marquez (1), Betts (2). DP—Colora- Los Angeles Houston Chicago White Sox 5, Kansas City 3 B New York do 1, Los Angeles 0. LOB—Colorado 3, Los ab r h bi ab r h bi Baltimore 6, N.Y. Yankees 1 Hernandez L,5-1 1 4 3 3 0 0 Lugo, W, 2-2 5 4 1 1 2 8 Angeles 6. 2B—Blackmon (9), Tapia (3), Rengifo 2b 4 1 1 0 Springer cf 4 2 2 3 Cleveland 4, Milwaukee 3 Seattle Familia, H, 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 Sheffield 7 8 2 2 1 6 Fuentes (3), Lux (2), Seager (10), Barnes Upton lf 3 2 1 0 Diaz 2b 4 0 0 0 Boston 9, Toronto 8 Wilson 1 1 0 0 0 1 (3). HR—Blackmon (5). Seattle 5, Texas 3 Gerber W,1-0 1 1 0 0 0 1 Trout dh 2 2 1 0 Brantley dh 3 0 0 0 Castro 1 1 0 0 0 0 Rendon 3b 4 1 1 3 Gurriel 1b 3 0 0 0 L.A. Angels 7, Houston 6, 2nd game Ramirez S,2-2 1 1 1 1 0 1 Diaz 1 0 0 0 2 3 IP H R ER BB SO St. Louis 4, Chicago Cubs 2, 1st game HBP—Gibson (Seager), Hernandez HBP—Howard (Frazier), Suarez (Da- Colorado Pujols 1b 3 1 2 3 Tucker lf 3 1 1 0 N.Y. Mets 5, Philadelphia 1 (Seager). T—3:04. vis). T—3:08. Marquez 7 5 2 2 3 5 Adell cf 4 0 1 0 Correa ss 3 1 1 0 Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 2 Almonte W,2-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Ward rf 2 0 0 0 Reddick rf 3 1 1 3 Washington 10, Atlanta 4 Cardinals 5, Cubs 1 Bard S,5-5 1 1 0 0 0 2 Barreto ss 3 0 0 1 Mayfield 3b 3 1 1 0 St. Louis 5, Chicago Cubs 1, 2nd game White Sox 5, Royals 3 Briceno c 2 0 1 0 Stubbs c 2 0 0 0 Colorado 5, L.A. Dodgers 2 Chicago St. Louis Los Angeles Chicago Kansas City Ohtani ph 1 0 0 0 Toro ph 1 0 0 0 San Francisco 4, Arizona 3 ab r h bi ab r h bi Gonsolin 6 3 2 1 0 8 ab r h bi ab r h bi V.Gonzalez 1C 0 0 0 0 3 Bemboom c 0 0 0 0 Sunday’s games Happ cf 3 0 0 0 Wong 2b 3 0 0 0 B Totals 28 7 8 7 Totals 29 6 6 6 N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore Anderson ss 3 2 2 1 Mrrifld 2b-cf 4 0 0 0 Treinen L,3-2 3 3 3 0 1 Bote 1b 3 0 0 1 Edman 3b 3 1 1 0 Wood 1 1 0 0 1 2 Los Angeles 000 220 3—7 Miami at Tampa Bay Schwarber lf 2 0 0 0 Gldshmdt 1b 2 0 1 0 Grandal 1b 4 1 2 2 Dozier rf 3 0 1 0 Milwaukee at Cleveland Abreu dh 4 1 1 2 Soler dh 1 0 0 0 T—2:45. Houston 130 020 0—6 Baez ss 3 0 0 0 B.Miller dh 3 0 1 1 E—Upton (2), Adell (3), Barreto (1). Toronto at Boston Martinez dh 3 0 0 0 DeJong ss 3 1 1 1 Jimenez lf 4 0 0 0 McBrm dh 3 0 0 0 Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Dyson lf 0 0 0 0 O’Hearn 1b 4 1 1 0 DP—Los Angeles 0, Houston 1. LOB—Los Heyward rf 2 0 1 0 Thomas rf 2 1 0 0 Athletics 8, Padres 4 Angeles 5, Houston 2. 2B—Trout (6). HR— Detroit at Minnesota Caratini c 2 0 0 0 O’Neill lf 3 2 2 2 Moncada 3b 4 0 0 0 Franco 3b 4 1 2 1 Houston at L.A. Angels Hoerner 3b 3 1 1 0 Wieters c 2 0 0 0 Robert cf 4 0 0 0 Gordon lf 4 0 0 0 San Diego Oakland Rendon (7), Springer 2 (7), Reddick (3). San Diego at Oakland Kipnis 2b 1 0 1 0 Bader cf 1 0 0 1 McCann c 4 1 0 0 Mondesi ss 4 0 1 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi SB—Tucker (5). Texas at Seattle Maybin ph 1 0 0 0 Engel rf 3 0 0 0 Starling cf 2 1 1 1 Tatis Jr. ss 4 0 1 0 Laureano cf 5 1 1 2 IP H R ER BB SO Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets Totals 23 1 3 1 Totals 22 5 6 5 Madrigal 2b 3 0 0 0 Viloria c 0 0 0 0 Machado 3b 4 0 2 1 La Stella 2b 4 1 2 1 Washington at Atlanta Gallagher c 2 0 0 0 Los Angeles Chicago 000 010 0—1 Hosmer 1b 4 0 0 1 Kemp pr-2b 0 0 0 0 Peters 1C 3 4 3 0 2 Cincinnati at Pittsburgh St. Louis 031 100 x—5 Lopez ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Moreland 1b 1 0 0 0 Chpman 3b 5 0 0 0 Bedrosian 2B 0 0 0 0 2 Arizona at San Francisco DP—Chicago 1, St. Louis 1. LOB—Chi- Totals 33 5 5 5 Totals 32 3 6 3 Nola c 4 1 2 1 Canha dh 1 2 0 0 Barnes 1 2 2 2 0 0 St. Louis at Chicago Cubs cago 7, St. Louis 2. 2B—Kipnis (5), O’Neill Chicago 200 030 000—5 Myers rf 4 1 1 0 Olson 1b 4 0 3 2 Colorado at L.A. Dodgers (4). HR—DeJong (3), O’Neill (4). SF—Bad- Kansas City 001 000 200—3 Crnenwrth 2b 4 0 1 1 Grossman lf 4 0 0 0 Ramirez W,1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Monday’s games er (1). E—Franco (5). LOB—Chicago 2, Kan- Mateo dh 4 0 0 0 Piscotty rf 3 2 2 1 Buttrey S,5-8 1 0 0 0 0 1 Detroit at Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO sas City 4. 2B—Anderson (9), Franco (14). Profar lf 4 1 1 0 Machin ss 4 0 1 0 Houston Texas at Seattle HR—Abreu (13), Grandal (5), Starling (1). C Chicago Grisham cf 4 1 3 0 Heim c 4 2 2 2 Urquidy 3 4 2 2 3 2 Tampa Bay at Washington IP H R ER BB SO Totals 37 4 11 4 Totals 34 8 11 8 Peacock 1B 2 2 2 0 2 Kansas City at Cleveland Rea, L, 1-1 2 5 4 4 2 3 N.Y. Yankees at Toronto Underwood Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 1 Chicago San Diego 001 000 021—4 Castllnos L,0-1 BS,0-1 2 2 3 3 1 4 Houston at Oakland T.Miller 3 1 1 1 0 0 Giolito W,4-2 6 5 3 3 0 9 Oakland 220 003 10x—8 HBP—Peacock (Upton). T—2:44. C E—Myers (1), Chapman (5). DP—San Miami at Atlanta St. Louis Detwiler H,1 1 0 0 1 0 Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets C Cordero H,7 B 0 0 0 0 0 Diego 1, Oakland 0. LOB—San Diego 8, Gomber 2 1 0 0 3 5 Oakland 7. 2B—Nola (2), Myers (10), Tatis Angels 10, Astros 9 St. Louis at Chicago Cubs Helsley, W, 1-0 1B 1 1 1 1 0 Heuer H,2 1 0 0 0 1 1 Arizona at San Francisco C Colome S,9-10 1 0 0 0 0 1 Jr. (10), La Stella (1). 3B—Olson (1). HR— Houston Los Angeles Cabrera 0 0 0 2 1 Nola (1), Laureano (5). SB—Piscotty (3), Colorado at San Diego Gant, H, 4 1B 1 0 0 0 2 ab r h bi ab r h bi Kansas City Hosmer (3). SF—Machado (3). A.Miller 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bubic L,0-5 7 4 5 2 1 4 Springer dh 3 2 1 0 Simmons ss 4 1 2 1 Saturday Rea pitched to 3 batters in the 3rd. Staumont 1 1 0 0 0 1 IP H R ER BB SO Straw cf 4 2 2 1 Walsh 1b 4 0 0 0 WP—Cabrera(2). T—2:16. Barlow 1 0 0 0 0 2 San Diego Brantley lf 3 1 1 1 Trout cf 3 4 3 2 Orioles 6, Yankees 1 Giolito pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. Paddack, L, 3-4 4C 7 4 4 1 6 Gurriel 1b 4 1 1 2 Ohtani dh 3 1 1 1 New York Baltimore Cardinals 4, Cubs 2 T—3:10. Strahm 1 1 2 2 1 1 Tucker rf 4 1 3 3 Upton lf 4 2 3 3 Patino 1B 3 2 2 1 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi St. Louis Chicago Correa ss 4 1 2 0 Barreto 3b 4 0 1 0 Rosenthal 1 0 0 0 1 2 Maldonado c 4 0 1 2 Adell rf 4 1 2 3 Hicks cf 3 0 0 0 Alberto 2b 4 1 1 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Giants 4, Diamondbacks 3 Voit 1b 4 0 0 0 Sisco dh 3 0 0 0 Oakland Toro 3b 4 0 0 0 Bemboom c 2 1 0 0 Torres ss 3 0 1 0 Iglesias ss 3 1 1 0 Wong 2b 4 2 2 0 Happ cf 4 2 2 2 Arizona San Francisco Manaea, W, 3-2 5 4 1 1 1 5 Mayfield 2b 3 1 1 0 Rengifo 2b 3 0 1 0 Frazier rf 4 1 2 1 Severino c 3 1 0 0 Edman rf-3b 3 1 1 1 Bryant 3b 4 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Petit, H, 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 Gldshmdt 1b 2 0 0 0 Rizzo 1b 4 0 0 0 Totals 33 9 12 9 Totals 31 10 13 10 Sanchez dh 4 0 0 0 Mntcastle lf 4 1 1 2 Calhoun rf 2 1 0 0 Slater dh 5 0 0 0 Diekman 1 1 0 0 0 2 Houston 013 020 3—9 Andujar lf 3 0 0 0 Ruiz 3b 4 0 1 2 B.Miller dh 3 0 0 0 Baez ss 3 0 1 0 Marte 2b 4 1 0 0 Flores 2b 4 0 2 0 Soria 1 3 2 2 0 3 DeJong ss 3 0 1 2 Schwrber dh 2 0 1 0 Los Angeles 102 121 3—10 Higashioka c 4 0 2 0 Valaika 1b 3 0 0 0 Walker 1b 3 0 1 1 Solano 2b 0 0 0 0 Hendriks 1 2 1 1 0 2 E—Rengifo (3). LOB—Houston 5, Los Estrada 3b 4 0 1 0 Stewart rf 3 2 2 2 Molina c 3 0 0 0 Contreras c 2 0 0 0 D.Peralta lf 3 0 1 0 Ystrzmski rf 4 0 1 0 Strahm pitched to 4 batters in the 6th. Carpenter 3b 2 0 0 1 Heyward rf 3 0 1 0 Angeles 5. 2B—Straw (4), Correa (8), Wade 2b 2 0 0 0 Velzquez cf 0 0 0 0 Locstro pr-lf 0 0 0 0 Longria 3b 4 1 1 1 HBP—Paddack (Canha). T—3:00. Trout 2 (5), Simmons 2 (3), Upton 2 (3). LeMahieu ph 1 0 0 0 Willms cf-rf 3 0 0 0 Bader cf 0 0 0 0 Souza Jr. lf 2 0 0 0 Escobar 3b 4 0 2 1 Ruf lf 1 1 1 1 Carlson lf 3 0 0 0 Caratini ph 1 0 0 0 Rojas dh 3 0 0 0 Dickrson lf 2 0 0 0 3B—Springer (1). HR—Tucker (7), Trout Totals 32 1 6 1 Totals 30 6 6 6 (15), Adell (3), Upton (5). SB—Ohtani (6). New York 000 000 010—1 Thomas cf-rf 3 1 1 0 Hoerner 2b 3 0 1 0 Ahmed ss 4 0 0 0 Belt 1b 2 1 0 0 Red Sox 9, Blue Jays 8 Baltimore 000 005 10x—6 Totals 26 4 5 4 Totals 28 2 6 2 Varsho cf 4 1 1 1 Robrtson ss 3 0 0 0 Toronto Boston IP H R ER BB SO St. Louis 002 200 0—4 E—Estrada (1). DP—New York 1, Bal- Kelly c 4 0 1 0 Bart c 4 1 2 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi Houston timore 0. LOB—New York 10, Baltimore Chicago 100 010 0—2 Dubon cf 4 0 2 1 C E—Edman (5), Bryant (3). LOB—St. Villar ss 6 0 1 0 Verdugo rf 5 1 2 0 Bielak 3 7 4 4 0 5 3. 2B—Torres (3), Iglesias (13), Ruiz (4). Totals 31 3 6 3 Totals 33 4 9 4 Grichuk cf 6 1 2 0 Devers 3b 5 1 2 3 Devenski 1B 2 2 2 0 1 Louis 8, Chicago 7. 2B—Thomas (2). HR— Arizona 100 000 110—3 HR—Frazier (5), Stewart 2 (2). Tellez dh 5 2 3 0 Bogaerts ss 5 1 1 1 Sneed C 2 1 1 1 0 Happ 2 (12). SF—Edman (1). San Francisco 020 002 00x—4 IP H R ER BB SO Hernandz rf 5 3 3 2 Martinez dh 3 1 2 1 Taylor B 0 2 2 2 0 IP H R ER BB SO DP—Arizona 0, San Francisco 1. LOB— New York Shaw 3b 5 0 2 1 Peraza pr 0 0 0 0 Paredes L,1-2 BS,0-1 B 2 1 1 0 1 Cole L,4-3 6 4 5 1 2 10 St. Louis Arizona 6, San Francisco 9. 2B—Walker (13), Flores (7). 3B—Bart (1), Dubon (1). Grrero Jr. 1b 3 2 1 3 Vazquez c 5 2 3 0 Los Angeles Yajure 2 2 1 1 0 2 Wainwright W,4-0 6B 6 2 2 1 6 Panik 2b 5 0 2 1 Munoz lf 5 0 1 1 Gallegos S,3-3 C 0 0 0 0 1 HR—Varsho (1), Longoria (5), Ruf (2). Canning 4 4 4 4 2 4 Baltimore SB—Rojas (0). SF—Walker (2). Jansen c 3 0 0 0 Brdley Jr. cf 3 1 1 2 Bard C 2 2 2 0 0 B b-Biggio ph 0 0 0 0 Chavis 2b 4 0 1 0 Akin 5 3 0 0 4 8 Chicago Quijada B 2 0 0 0 1 Tate W,1-0 1B 0 0 0 1 2 Alzolay L,0-1 2C 2 2 2 5 4 IP H R ER BB SO Joseph c 0 0 0 0 Dalbec 1b 4 2 2 1 Fry 2 3 1 1 0 2 Tepera 1B 3 2 2 1 2 Arizona Fisher lf 1 0 1 0 Mayers 1 0 0 0 0 0 Valdez B 0 0 0 0 0 Adam 2 0 0 0 0 2 Bumgarner L,0-3 4 3 2 2 2 2 Gurriel Jr. lf 3 0 1 1 Pena W,3-0 1 4 3 3 0 1 Fry pitched to 4 batters in the 9th. Winkler 1 0 0 0 0 2 Mella 1 2 0 0 0 0 Totals 42 8 16 8 Totals 39 9 15 9 T—3:01. HBP—Tate (Wade), Yajure (Sisco). T— HBP—Wainwright (Contreras). T— Mantiply C 0 1 1 1 1 Toronto 010 103 300—8 2:47. 2:40. Lewicki 2B 4 1 1 1 5 Boston 040 200 102—9 SEE SCOREBOARD ON PAGE 21 Monday, September 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 MLB Roundup Trout hits 300th HR, Angels sweep Astros

Associated Press down the first-base line and just beat Castro’s throw, before the ANAHEIM, Calif. — Anthony Twins spilled out onto the field in Rendon hit a three-run homer in celebration. the seventh inning, Albert Pujols Giants 4, Diamondbacks 3: drove in three runs and the Los Evan Longoria and Darin Ruf Angeles Angels rallied for a 7-6 launched back-to-back home runs victory over the Houston Astros to in the second inning, and the Gi- sweep Saturday’s doubleheader. ants spoiled Madison Bumgar- It was not a walk-off win for ner’s return to San Francisco by the Angels, though. They were topping Arizona. the visiting team in the nightcap Bumgarner (0-4) came off the because it was a makeup of the injured list to make his first start Aug. 26 game in Houston that was in nearly a month after recover- postponed due to Tropical Storm ing from a mid-back strain. The Laura. left-hander allowed two earned Mike Trout became the Angels’ runs on three hits in four innings career home run leader with No. in his first appearance against his 300 in the first game and Jo Adell former team. celebrated with a game-winning, Bumgarner spent his first 11 two-run single in the seventh in- seasons with the Giants, winning ning to give Los Angeles a 10-9 three championships and the 2014 win. World Series MVP. The Angels have won a season- Rockies 5, Dodgers 2: Nolan high four straight following their Arenado drove in the tiebreaking first doubleheader sweep since run in the ninth inning, pinch-

2015. JAE C. HONG/AP hitter Josh Fuentes added a two- “It seems like when we get run double and visiting Colorado down we are fighting back. We’re The Angels’ Mike Trout, right, celebrates his two-run home run with Andrelton Simmons, left, and snapped Los Angeles’ six-game not giving up and it has been good Shohei Ohtani during the third inning of the first game of a doubleheader against the Astros, Saturday. winning streak. to see,” Trout said. Charlie Blackmon homered, Rendon hitting homers to sink save. visiting Cincinnati to the victory. wright (4-0) pitched into the sev- doubled and scored two runs as the Astros is nothing new. He had Los Angeles trailed 6-4 in the Suarez hit a three-run shot enth inning to lead the Cardinals. Colorado won for just the second a three-run shot for the Washing- seventh. Justin Upton led off with deep down the left-field line to St. Louis pulled within 2 ½ time in its last 19 games at Dodg- ton Nationals in Game 6 of last a single and Trout drew a walk cap a four-run third inning. He games of the NL Central-leading er Stadium. year’s World Series and then a to set the stage for Rendon, who added solo homers in the sixth Cubs. Mookie Betts had two hits for solo drive in the deciding game to drove a changeup from Castella- and eighth innings, giving him 12 Austin Gomber started the sec- the major league-leading Dodg- nos (0-1) down the left-field line this season — he hit 49 last year. ond game for the Cardinals and ers (30-11), who lost for only the start the Nationals’ comeback. 2 Rendon did admit there was for his seventh of the season. Athletics 8, Padres 4: Ramon struck out five in 2 ⁄3 scoreless in- fourth time in 23 games. George Springer hit two home Laureano homered to help Sean nings. Ryan Helsley (1-0) allowed Nationals 10, Braves 4: Victor some brief confusion after his 1 latest homer because the Angels runs and Josh Reddick also went Manaea win his third straight one run in 1 ⁄3 innings. John Gant Robles drove in the go-ahead run deep for the Astros, who have start, and host Oakland snapped got four outs and Andrew Miller were the visitors. Houston pitcher with his third hit, a bunt single in dropped three straight after win- a three-game losing streak. got the final three. Humberto Castellanos started to the sixth inning, and Brock Holt ning 15 of 21. Matt Olson hit a two-run tri- The Cardinals, batting last in walk off the mound before realiz- had four hits as visiting Washing- Indians 4, Brewers 3: Milwau- ple and new addition Tommy La the nightcap after an earlier post- ing the game wasn’t over. ton leaned on its bullpen to beat kee closer Josh Hader allowed Stella had an RBI double for the ponement in St. Louis, jumped “Everyone assumes it was the Atlanta. his first hit of the season, and A’s, pounded 7-0 on Friday night on top 3-0 in the second against last inning and that was the first The Braves led 4-3 before then gave up Cesar Hernandez’s as they returned to the field fol- Colin Rea (1-1). DeJong led off Washington scored twice in the thought that crossed our mind. As game-winning single in the bot- lowing four postponed games with a homer. Following a walk, I was rounding the bases, I real- sixth. Luis Garcia’s run-scoring tom of the ninth inning. because of Daniel Mengden’s O’Neill hit a two-run shot. single tied the game before Ro- ized it is not over yet,” Rendon Oscar Mercado, who scored on positive coronavirus test. In the opener, Wainwright im- said. bles placed a bunt single between Hernandez’s liner through a five- Mets 5, Phillies 1: Seth Lugo proved to 4-0 for the first time in first baseman Freddie Freeman Noe Ramirez (1-0) worked a man infield, led off the ninth with got hoat New York’s rotation his career and DeJong drove in scoreless sixth to get the win and and reliever Tyler Matzek (3-3), a double, ending Hader’s major its first win in more than three two runs. Giovanny Gallegos got driving in Holt from third with Ty Buttrey retired the side in league-record streak of 12 hitless weeks, and Philadelphia star his third save. the go-ahead run. order in the seventh for his fifth appearances to start the season. Bryce Harper screamed in an Ian Happ homered twice for Red Sox 9, Blue Jays 8: Xan- Hader (0-1) did not retire a bat- umpire’s face after being ejected the Cubs, but the rest of the line- der Bogaerts hit a tying homer Scoreboard ter, leaving him tied with Hal Ne- for arguing over a foul ball. up came up empty. in the ninth inning and catcher whouser and Brad Clontz for the In his third start since mov- Marlins 7, Rays 3: Sandy Christian Vazquez manufactured record of 35 consecutive hitless ing out of the bullpen, Lugo (2-2) Alcantara pitched six effective the winning run with his legs, ral- FROM PAGE 20 at-bats to open a year. pitched five innings of one-run innings and Corey Dickerson lying host Boston past Toronto. Orioles 6, Yankees 1: New York ball and tied a career high with homered, sending visiting Miami Bogaerts’ leadoff shot against Marlins 7,Rays 3 ace Gerrit Cole had a dominating eight strikeouts. to the victory. Anthony Bass (2-3) made it 8- Miami Tampa Bay start go awry during a nightmar- Andres Gimenez had two RBIs The Marlins improved to 15-8 all before Vazquez reached on ab r h bi ab r h bi ish sixth inning against host Bal- as New York snapped a six-game on the road. Miami had lost nine a fielder’s choice with one out. Berti 2b 5 0 0 0 Wendle ss 5 0 0 0 timore, who got a slump-breaking skid against Philadelphia. in a row to the Rays. Marte cf 5 0 0 0 B.Lowe 2b 3 0 0 0 Vazquez stole second and ad- Aguilar 1b 2 3 1 0 Choi 1b 2 0 1 0 homer from DJ Stewart. White Sox 5, Royals 3: Jose Blake Snell (3-1) allowed four vanced to third on Caleb Joseph’s B.Andrsn 3b 5 1 1 0 Brosseau 1b 1 0 0 0 Cole (4-3) lost a third straight Abreu hit his 13th homer for vis- earned runs in five innings for Brinson rf 4 1 2 0 Meadows lf 3 0 0 0 throwing error. Ramirez lf 3 1 1 1 Phillips cf 1 0 0 0 start for the first time since July iting Chicago in the first inning, the Rays, who are 21-5 in their Yairo Munoz hit a dribbler to Joyce lf 1 0 1 2 N.Lowe 3b 4 0 0 0 30-Aug. 10, 2018, with Houston. and Yasmani Grandal added a last 26 games. Dickerson dh 4 1 1 2 Renfroe rf 3 1 0 0 third, but Travis Shaw’s throw Alfaro c 4 0 0 0 Tsutsugo dh 2 2 0 0 Prior to this skid, the right-hand- two-run shot. Twins 4, Tigers 3: Miguel Sano to the plate was off target and Rojas ss 2 0 1 0 Kiermaier cf 2 0 0 0 Arzrna ph-lf 2 0 2 0 er had reeled off 20 straight regu- Abreu, who leads the majors led host Minnesota’s rally against Vazquez slid in safely. Perez c 4 0 3 3 lar-season victories. with 40 RBIs in 40 games, ex- the Detroit bullpen with a home Mariners 5, Rangers 3: Jose Totals 35 7 8 5 Totals 32 3 6 3 Miami 000 410 200—7 Stewart was 0-for-17 this sea- tended his hitting streak to 19 run and the tying single in the Marmolejos hit a tiebreaking Tampa Bay 000 010 002—3 son before leading off the sixth games. ninth inning, before Byron Bux- single in the eighth inning after E—B.Lowe (2). DP—Miami 1, Tampa Bay 0. LOB—Miami 6, Tampa Bay 7. 2B— with a drive over the right-field Chicago ace Lucas Giolito (4- ton beat out an infield single for twice leaving the bases loaded B.Anderson (5), Brinson (3), Perez 2 (3), wall. A throwing error by third 2) allowed three runs in six-plus the game-winning RBI. during host Seattle’s victory over Choi (10). HR—Dickerson (6). IP H R ER BB SO baseman Thairo Estrada pre- innings. Sano — who homered in the Texas. Miami ceded two walks and a two-run Cardinals 4, Cubs 2; Cardi- seventh off Joe Jimenez — singled It was 2-all in the eighth before Alcantara, W, 2-1 6 3 1 1 3 8 single by Mountcastle, and Rio nals 5, Cubs 1: Tyler O’Neill to drive in Josh Donaldson, who the Mariners scored three times Bleier 1 1 0 0 0 1 Leibrandt 1C 2 2 2 2 1 Ruiz capped the uprising with a and Paul DeJong homered, five walked to start the ninth against off reliever Jonathan Hernan- Kintzler, S, 9-9 B 0 0 0 0 0 two-run double. St. Louis pitchers combined on Jose Cisnero (1-2). With two outs dez (5-1) before making an out. Tampa Bay Reds 6, Pirates 2: Eugenio Su- a three-hitter and the Cardinals and two strikes, Buxton hit a Snell, L, 3-1 5 6 5 4 3 8 Evan White had a run-scoring Slegers 2 2 2 2 2 2 arez hit three homers in a game beat host Chicago to sweep a slow grounder to shortstop Willi single and Phillip Ervin added an Reed C 0 0 0 0 0 Loup 1B 0 0 0 0 0 for the first time in his career, doubleheader. Castro. One of the fastest play- RBI double in his first game for T—3:16. driving in five runs and powering In the opener, Adam Wain- ers in baseball, Buxton blazed Seattle. PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, September 7, 2020 NHL PLAYOFFS/NFL/COLLEGE FOOTBALL In final cutdown, QBs sent packing

Associated Press ex-Michigan star has played in as many games (three) as he’s The theory that NFL teams had major knee surgeries, each would go with three quarterbacks of which required a clean-up to start the pandemic-impacted procedure. season took a hit Saturday. “If you’ve been through an ACL Lots of third-stringers were you know how hard one is. When sent packing as the 32 teams got you go through three, it means a down to the 53-man limit. The lot to get that recognition from season opens Thursday night with your comrades, your teachers, Houston at Super Bowl champion your coaches,” Butt said recently. Kansas City. “But for me, I’m healthy. It’s part Perhaps most noteworthy was of my story but I’m out there, I’m Miami releasing Josh Rosen, a out there playing ball, I’m not first-round selection by Arizona looking back.” in 2018 who was dealt to the Dol- Other quarterbacks released phins last year after the Cardi- were veteran Mike Glennon nals took Kyler Murray with the and Josh Dobbs of the Jaguars, top overall selection. Rosen was David Blough of the Lions, who behind veteran Ryan Fitzpatrick lost all five of his starts subbing and first-rounder Tua Tagovailoa for the injured Matthew Staf- on the depth chart. ford in 2019; Paxton Lynch of “The most important thing the Steelers; Cooper Rush and FRANK GUNN, THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP is to kind of move forward and Alex Tanney of the Giants; Kurt Islanders celebrate after defeating the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 7 on Saturday night in the Eastern not look back,” Dolphins coach Benkert and Kyle Lauletta of the Conference semifinals in Toronto. New York advances to play Tampa Bay. Brian Flores said. “You don’t hit Falcons; Chad Kelly of the Colts; on every play, on every trade, on and David Fales and Mike White every draft pick. Show me a team of the Jets, who said veteran Joe that has hit on every one. I’ll ap- Flacco passed his physical after plaud that team.” neck surgery. Isles romp to East finals Miami also traded for versatile Making the Giants was Mr. Ir- rookie Lynn Bowden Jr. It also relevant. Georgia linebacker Tae got a sixth-round draft pick from Crowder, the final player taken the Raiders for a fourth-round in April’s draft, is on the roster. New York blanks Flyers in Game 7, advances NHL scoreboard choice. Bowden can play running Miami kept Malcolm Perry, a star back or receiver, and also played QB at Navy and now a wideout. to conference finals for first time since 1993 quarterback at Kentucky. One NFL star quarterback got Stanley Cup Playoffs Alex Smith made Washington’s much richer. The Texans and 53-man roster, another significant Associated Press the memories of past Islanders CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS Deshaun Watson reached agree- Best-of-seven step in his remarkable comeback playoff losses, including the sting ment on a four-year, $160 million TORONTO — Coach Barry Seedings in parentheses 22 months since severely break- of losing Game 7 to Washington EASTERN CONFERENCE contract that ranks only behind Trotz has spent the past two sea- At Toronto ing his right leg and then having in the opening round of the 2015 the 10-year, $503 million deal for sons attempting to instill a team- (6) N.Y. Islanders 4 (1) Philadelphia 3 medical complications. Coach playoffs. N.Y. Islanders 4, Philadelphia 0 Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes. first, all-in identity with the New Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, OT Ron Rivera said there’s no plan Coincidentally, those two will “I’m sure everybody remem- N.Y. Islanders 3, Philadelphia 1 York Islanders. to put Smith on injured reserve bers that day. It wasn’t our best N.Y. Islanders 3, Philadelphia 2 face off in the season opener on No more was that evident than Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, OT in the coming days. Smith might Thursday night. Saturday night, when the Island- game, and it’s always tough los- Philadelphia 5, N.Y. Islanders 4, 2OT ing a Game 7,” Nelson said. “And Saturday: N.Y. Islanders 4, Philadel- even be Dwayne Haskins’ back- “As a child growing up in Geor- ers handily confronted their big- phia 0 up in the season opener Sept. 13 gia, it was always my dream to gest test of the year — decades getting this one tonight definitely (2) Tampa Bay 4, (4) Boston 1 feels good.” Boston 3, Tampa Bay 2 against the Philadelphia Eagles. play in the NFL,” Watson wrote perhaps — in beating the Phila- Tampa Bay 4, Boston 3, OT Another heartwarming story: The Flyers ran out of gas, with Tampa Bay 7, Boston 1 on social media. “Today, I couldn’t delphia Flyers 4-0 in Game 7 of Tampa Bay 3, Boston 1 Star-crossed tight end Jake Butt be more honored and humbled to the second round series. coach Alain Vigneault pulling Tampa Bay 3, Boston 2, 2OT Carter Hart for an extra attacker WESTERN CONFERENCE made the Broncos after over- sign a long-term deal in Houston, The Islanders advanced to the At Edmonton, Alberta coming his sixth knee operation. the city that I’ve grown to love so Eastern Conference finals for the with seven minutes remaining, (1) Vegas 4, (5) Vancouver 3 which led to Anthony Beauvillier Vegas 5, Vancouver 0 In three seasons in Denver, the much and now call my home.” first time since 1993, where they’ll Vancouver 5, Vegas 2 face the Tampa Bay Lightning. sealing the win with an empty Vegas 3, Vancouver 0 netter. Vegas 5, Vancouver 3 The win came courtesy of a Vancouver 2, Vegas 1 backup goalie, Thomas Greiss, Hart stopped 22 shots. Vancouver 4, Vegas 0 “After they scored that first Vegas 3, Vancouver 0 stopping 16 shots for his first (3) Dallas 4, (2) Colorado 3 McCoy runs for 3 TDs playoff career shutout in his first goal, we just never had that same Dallas 5,Colorado 3 Dallas 5, Colorado 2 Game 7. Brock Nelson scored a bounce or the same pop,” Vi- Colorado 6, Dallas 4 goal and set up two others. And gneault said. “We weren’t good Dallas 5, Colorado 4 Colorado 6, Dallas 3 as Army wins opener defensemen Scott Mayfield, with enough tonight. That’s why we Colorado 4, Dallas 1 his first career playoff goal, and lost.” Dallas 5, Colorado 4, OT Flyers forward Sean Couturier CONFERENCE FINALS Associated Press age of 5.5 yards per carry on 62 late-season trade addition Andy Best-of-seven returned after missing Game 6, attempts. Greene, spurred the victory by Seedings in parentheses WEST POINT, N.Y. — Sandon and revealed he had a sprained At Edmonton, Alberta The shutout was the first since scoring 3:46 apart in the first EASTERN CONFERENCE McCoy ran for three first-half period. knee ligament. (2) Tampa Bay vs. (6) N.Y. Islanders a 21-0 win at Air Force in 2017 “We didn’t create enough. we Monday: Game 1. (AFN-Atlantic, 2 a.m. touchdowns and Army opened its and the largest shutout win over “We didn’t get small by the Tuesday CET; 9 a.m. Tuesday JKT) season with a 42-0 victory over moment. We got big by the mo- didn’t win enough 1 on 1 battles to Rest of series TBD an FBS team since a 47-0 victory WESTERN CONFERENCE Middle Tennessee on Saturday. ment,” said Trotz, who landed in get our chances,” said Couturier, over Wake Forest in 1963. (1) Las Vegas vs. (3) Dallas McCoy scored on runs of 1, New York after leading the Wash- who hit the post in the opening Sunday: Game 1. Middle Tennessee quarterback Rest of series TBD ington Capitals to a Stanley Cup minute. “It wasn’t good enough.” 2 and 4 yards, twice finishing Asher O’Hara, who rushed for championship in 2018. Defense became an issue for Saturday drives that began after Blue Raid- 1,058 yards last season, ran for “I liked the fact that we recog- Philadelphia. After allowing just Islanders 4, Flyers 0 ers turnovers. just 37 yards on 10 carries and nine goals through the first seven Quarterback Christian Ander- nized when we’re at our best. And N.Y. Islanders 2 1 1—4 was 9-for-14 passing for 46 yards when we’re at our best, there’s playoff games, they closed giving Philadelphia 0 0 0—0 son added a 24-yard run up the and two interceptions before always a sharp focus,” he added. up 31 in their last nine. First Period—1, N.Y. Islanders, May- middle in the third quarter and being replaced. field 1 (Eberle, Toews), 9:27. 2, N.Y. Island- “It’s the commitment. If you need The Islanders became the ers, Greene 2 (Nelson, Brassard), 13:12. Anthony Adkins’ 22-yard run Army limited fan attendance to block a shot, you block a shot. third team of the second round of Second Period—3, N.Y. Islanders, Nel- completed a 99-yard drive for to the academy’s approximately son 7 (Bailey, Pulock), 11:26. Don’t go halfway in, be all in.” the playoffs to win Game 7 after Third Period—4, N.Y. Islanders, Beau- the Black Knights’ final score in 4,300 cadets who were spread out It was a game in which the Is- squandering a 3-1 series lead. villier 8 (Bailey, Nelson), 13:42 (en). the fourth quarter. Army’s lon- over Michie Stadium, which has Shots on Goal—N.Y. Islanders 10-9- landers outshot the the Flyers The Dallas Stars and Vegas Gold- 7—26. Philadelphia 6-3-7—16. gest touchdown came on a 43- a capacity of 38,000. As the acad- en Knights advanced to the meet Power-play opportunities—N.Y. Is- yard interception return by Jon emy is under federal jurisdiction, 26-16, and showed resilience in landers 0 of 4; Philadelphia 0 of 2. bouncing back after losing the in the Western Conference finals Goalies—N.Y. Islanders, Greiss 2-0-1 Rhattigan. they were not limited by New (16 shots-16 saves). Philadelphia, Hart past two games in overtime. after each won Game 7 of their 9-5-0 (25-22). Army’s triple-option offense York state Covid-19 restrictions For Nelson, the win helped ease series on Friday night. T—2:23. rushed for 340 yards on an aver- regarding crowds. Monday, September 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 NBA PLAYOFFS Scoreboard Raptors even series with Celtics at 2-2 Playoffs All games in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS Associated Press (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) Eastern Conference Miami 3, Milwaukee 0 LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. Miami 115, Milwaukee 104 — No need for any big shots this Miami 116, Milwaukee 114 Miami 115, Milwaukee 100 time. Not the way the Toronto Sunday: Game 4 Raptors just kept getting stops. x-Tuesday: Game 5 (AFN-Sports, 12:30 a.m. Wednesday CET; 7:30 a.m. Wednes- Pascal Siakam had 23 points day JKT) and 11 rebounds, Kyle Lowry x-Thursday, Sept. 10: Game 6 x-Saturday, Sept. 12: Game 7 added 22 points and 11 boards Boston 2, Toronto 2 and the Raptors evened the East- Boston 112, Toronto 94 Boston 102, Toronto 99 ern Conference semifinal at two Toronto 104, Boston 103 games apiece, beating the Boston Saturday: Toronto 100, Boston 93 Monday: Game 5 (AFN-Sports, 12:30 Celtics 100-93 on Saturday. a.m. Tuesday CET; 7:30 a.m. Tuesday JKT) Two days after winning Game Wednesday, Sept. 9: Game 6 x-Friday, Sept. 11: Game 7 3 on OG Anunoby’s three-pointer Western Conference as time expired, the Raptors shut Houston 1, L.A. Lakers 0 Houston 112, L.A. Lakers 97 down most of Boston’s perimeter Sunday: Game 2 shooters and Jaylen Brown in Tuesday: Game 3 (AFN-Sports, 3 a.m. Wednesday CET; 10 a.m. Wednesday JKT) particular. Thursday, Sept. 10: Game 4 x-Saturday, Sept. 12: Game 5 Serge Ibaka had 18 points off x-Monday, Sept. 14: Game 6 the bench on 7-of-9 shooting and x-Wednesday, Sept. 16: Game 7 L.A. Clippers 1, Denver 1 Fred VanVleet finished with 17 Thursday: L.A. Clippers 120, Denver 97 points, six rebounds and six as- Saturday: Denver 110, L.A. Clippers 101 sists. The Raptors shot only 39.5% Monday: Game 3 (AFN-Sports, 3 a.m. but believe they’ll eventually put Tuesday CET; 10 a.m. Tuesday JKT) Wednesday, Sept. 9: Game 4 their offense and defense togeth- Friday, Sept. 11: Game 5 er on the same night. x-Sunday, Sept. 13: Game 6 x-Tuesday, Sept. 15: Game 7 “I think we can always get to another level. I feel like we can Saturday always do that and obviously ev- MARK J. TERRILL/AP Nuggets 110, Clippers 101 eryone clicking at the right time, DENVER — Grant 1-9 3-4 5, Millsap 5-11 and once we have that we’re a Toronto’s Pascal Siakam drives past the Boston Celtics’ Robert Williams III during the first half on 1-1 13, Jokic 10-17 2-2 26, Harris 4-8 1-2 Saturday, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Siakam had 23 points and 11 rebounds in the Raptors’ 100-93 win. 13, Murray 10-21 4-5 27, Craig 1-4 1-2 3, pretty special team,” Siakam Porter Jr. 5-10 0-0 11, Plumlee 1-2 0-0 2, said. Morris 4-9 1-1 10. Totals 41-91 13-17 110. L.A. CLIPPERS — Leonard 4-17 5-7 13, Jayson Tatum had 24 points The Celtics were 7-for-35 (20%) said. “We’re just trying to con- The Celtics were a half-sec- Morris Sr. 3-9 3-4 11, Zubac 6-8 3-4 15, and 10 rebounds for the Celtics. from three-point range. Brown tain those guys: Tatum, Brown, ond from taking a 3-0 lead, from Beverley 1-2 0-0 2, George 7-19 4-5 22, Mann 0-0 0-0 0, Green 4-6 0-0 10, Harrell They won their first six postsea- missed his first nine attempts Walker even Smart. We’ve just which no NBA team has recov- 3-6 4-8 10, Jackson 1-3 0-0 3, Shamet 1- son games before dropping the behind the arc and finished 2-for- got to continue to make it tough ered, after Daniel Theis’ bas- 2 0-0 2, Williams 6-16 1-1 13. Totals 36-88 20-29 101. last two. Kemba Walker had 15 11, and 4-for-18 overall. Tatum, on those guys.” ket gave them a two-point lead Denver 44 28 17 21—110 points and eight assists. Walker and Marcus Smart were The Raptors got their own Thursday. But Anunoby’s three L.A. Clippers 25 31 21 24—101 “Obviously, we didn’t play all 1-for-6 on three-pointers. shooting untracked late in the got the defending NBA champi- Three-Point Goals—Denver 15-40 (Jokic 4-5, Harris 4-7, Murray 3-8, Mill- that well, I didn’t play that well,” “I think we made it a little bit third quarter to open the first ons, who overcame a 2-0 deficit sap 2-5, Morris 1-3, Porter Jr. 1-5, Craig Brown said. “We’ve got to bounce tougher for them tonight but sizable lead by either team and in the Eastern Conference finals, 0-2, Grant 0-5), L.A. Clippers 9-32 (George 4-10, Green 2-3, Morris Sr. 2-5, Jackson back and be ready to fight. That’s they still had a lot of shots that Boston couldn’t hit nearly enough on the way to what they hope will 1-3, Leonard 0-3, Williams 0-6). Fouled what it comes down to.” they were able to get off,” Lowry shots to put much of a dent in it. be a similar recovery. Out—None. Rebounds—Denver 45 (Jokic 18), L.A. Clippers 52 (Green 11). Assists— Denver 18 (Murray 6), L.A. Clippers 20 (Leonard 8). Total Fouls—Denver 23, L.A. Clippers 17. Raptors 100, Celtics 93 Nuggets have way with Clippers in Game 2 TORONTO — Anunoby 3-7 3-4 11, Siakam 10-23 1-2 23, Gasol 2-5 0-1 4, Low- Associated Press ry 5-16 8-8 22, VanVleet 6-19 0-1 17, Ibaka 7-9 0-0 18, Powell 1-6 3-3 5, Thomas 0-1 LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — It only took 0-0 0. Totals 34-86 15-19 100. BOSTON — Brown 4-18 4-4 14, Tatum a few plays for Denver coach Michael Malone 10-18 3-5 24, Theis 4-7 0-2 8, Smart 2-8 3-5 to like what he was seeing Saturday night. The 8, Walker 4-9 6-7 15, Ojeleye 2-4 2-2 7, Wil- liams 1-2 2-2 4, Williams III 3-4 0-0 6, Wa- Nuggets were physical on both ends, getting namaker 3-5 0-0 7. Totals 33-75 20-27 93. whatever they wanted offensively and setting Toronto 31 18 32 19—100 Boston 27 22 24 20—93 a tone defensively. Three-Point Goals—Toronto 17-44 “We were a noticeably different team,” (VanVleet 5-11, Ibaka 4-4, Lowry 4-10, Anunoby 2-4, Siakam 2-13), Boston 7-35 Malone said. (Brown 2-11, Wanamaker 1-2, Ojeleye 1-3, It led to a noticeably different result, too. Smart 1-6, Tatum 1-6, Walker 1-6). Fouled Out—Toronto 1 (Gasol), Boston None. Re- Blown out in Game 1, the Nuggets led wire- bounds—Toronto 41 (Lowry, Siakam 11), to-wire in Game 2 of their Western Confer- Boston 45 (Tatum 10). Assists—Toronto 23 (Lowry 7), Boston 18 (Walker 8). Total ence semifinal series with the Los Angeles Fouls—Toronto 21, Boston 20. Clippers. Jamal Murray scored 27 points, Postseason leaders Nikola Jokic had 26 points and 18 rebounds Scoring and the Nuggets prevailed 110-101 to knot the G FG FT PTS AVG series at a game apiece. Mitchell, UTA 7 83 55 254 36.3 Doncic, DAL 6 64 42 186 31.0 Gary Harris and Paul Millsap each added Harden, HOU 8 78 60 244 30.5 13 points for Denver, which lost by 23 in the Embiid, PHI 4 34 48 120 30.0 Leonard, LAC 8 86 56 239 29.9 series opener. Davis, LAL 6 61 44 174 29.0 “We were tired,” Murray said about the Murray, DEN 9 98 27 260 28.9 Vucevic, ORL 5 56 10 140 28.0 Game 1 performance. “We came out sloppy, Antetokounmpo, MIL 8 82 45 221 27.6 we came out exhausted, we didn’t make shots James, LAL 6 55 32 157 26.2 Rebounds and it showed.” G OFF DEF TOT AVG That wasn’t the case Saturday. Murray and Antetokounmpo, MIL 8 26 94 120 15.0 Allen, BKN 4 17 42 59 14.8 Jokic were a combined 20 for 38 from the MARK J. TERRILL/AP Adebayo, MIA 7 23 64 87 12.4 Embiid, PHI 4 11 38 49 12.2 floor, 7-for-13 from three-point range. Adams, OKC 7 34 47 81 11.6 Paul George scored 22 points for the Clip- Denver’s Nikola Jokic, right, grabs a rebound in front of the Los Angeles Clippers’ Ivica Gobert, UTA 7 24 56 80 11.4 Vucevic, ORL 5 9 46 55 11.0 pers, who got 15 from Ivica Zubac and en- Zubac during the second half of the Nuggets 110-101 semifinal playoff Game 2 victory. Turner, IND 4 11 32 43 10.8 dured a rare off night offensively from Kawhi Nurkic, POR 5 14 38 52 10.4 Davis, LAL 6 17 44 61 10.2 Leonard. The two-time NBA Finals MVP had tonight on both ends, they played well and as five in the fourth quarter, but no closer. Assists 13 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, but they won the game.” Murray and Harris made three-pointers on G AST AVG Brogdon, IND 4 40 10.0 shot only 4-for-17. It was Leonard’s lowest-scoring playoff consecutive possessions down the stretch James, LAL 6 58 9.7 Leonard had scored at least 20 points in 27 game since he had 13 for San Antonio on April to help keep the Nuggets on top, and Patrick LeVert, BKN 4 38 9.5 Doncic, DAL 6 52 8.7 of his last 28 playoff games — and had at least 19, 2016. against Memphis, 52 postseason ap- Beverley getting ejected with a pair of techni- Harden, HOU 8 61 7.6 29 in all seven playoff games this season. pearances ago. cals with 1:04 left helped seal matters. VanVleet, TOR 8 58 7.3 Antetokounmpo, MIL 8 51 6.4 “We dug ourselves in a 20-point hole early,” “A few easy ones didn’t fall early, and that “Honestly, I thought they just played more Murray, DEN 9 56 6.2 Lowry, TOR 8 49 6.1 Leonard said. “We can’t do that ... but give the was it from there,” Leonard said. aggressive,” Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. Augustin, ORL 5 30 6.0 Nuggets credit. They came in very aggressive The Clippers trailed by 23 and got as close “They got into us the entire game.” S TARS AND STRIPES Monday, September 7, 2020 F3HIJKLM Passing the test Islanders advance to ﬁ rst conference SPORTS ﬁ nals since 1993 » NHL, Page 22

KENTUCKY DERBY

Baffert gets record-tying sixth victory

BY BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. ob Baffert endured the lowest of lows and highest of highs within minutes in the Kentucky Derby. He was bummed before Bthe horses left the paddock after Thou- sand Words reared up and fell on its side, getting disqualified and injuring Baffert’s assistant trainer. That emo- tion was quickly replaced by Authen- tic’s front-running victory that gave Baffert a record- tying sixth Derby ‘ He’s got win. the magic Then Baffert touch. found himself down ’ again, literally, get- Jack Knowlton ting knocked to the owner of grass by a skittish Derby favorite Authentic in the Tiz the Law, on winner’s circle. Authentic trainer “This is the cra- Bob Baffert ziest year ever,” he said. Authentic kicked away from heavy favorite Tiz the Law in the stretch on Saturday, winning the 146th Derby by 1 1 ⁄4 lengths without the usual crowd of 150,000 on hand at Churchill Downs for the first time because of the coro- 1 navirus pandemic. The bay colt ran 1 ⁄4 miles in 2:00.61 under John Velazquez, who won his third Derby. “I’ve had some great Derby rides, but what that guy did,” Baffert said, gesturing toward Velazquez, who stood

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Jockey John Velazquez riding Authentic, right, holds off heavy favorite Tiz the Law down the stretch Saturday at Churchill Downs, in Louisville, Ky. to win the 146th Kentucky Derby by 1 ¼ lengths.

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