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VIRUS OUTBREAK US jobless claims drop under 1M but remain high

BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press WASHINGTON — The number of laid-off workers applying for unemployment aid fell below 1 million last week for the first time since the pandemic intensified five months ago, yet it remains at a high level. The pandemic keeps forcing layoffs just as the expiration of a $600-a-week federal jobless benefit has deepened the hardships for many. The number of weekly applications declined to 963,000, the second straight drop, from 1.2 million the previous week, the Labor Department said Thurs- day. The decline signaled that layoffs are slowing, although the latest figure far exceeds the pre- pandemic weekly record of just under 700,000. The pandemic, the shutdowns that are meant to fight it and the reluctance or inability of many Selective services people to shop, travel or eat out continue to weaken the economy and force companies to cut staff. Twenty-three states have paused or reversed their business re- openings. In a hopeful sign, the Differing values dictate how each branch promotes top officers, study finds rate of new confirmed viral cases has declined in the past couple BY NANCY MONTGOMERY similar backgrounds and experiences, the fluenced by an officer’s reputation among of weeks, though it remains far Stars and Stripes Rand Corp. study titled “Raise the Flag” Army senior leaders.” above the rates that prevailed That encourages promotion of an of- during May and June. found. arines tend to value discipline ficer that will be “an excellent planner of Fewer people are continuing to But each of the armed services trains over risk-tasking for their one- military operations but might not be highly receive state jobless aid. That fig- and promotes its top officers differently by star candidates, while the Navy adaptable and creative, particularly when ure dropped to 15.5 million from prizes technical expertise and rewarding different qualities, the study re- 16.1 million the previous week, M leased Monday said. facing challenges for which doctrine does relations with peers hold greater sway in not exist,” the study said. reflecting that some employers In the Army, where generals tend to come the Army, a Defense Department-commis- They might also be less likely to share in- are hiring or re-hiring. from infantry and armor branches, the ca- sioned report found. novative or controversial ideas to avoid poor reer path tends to be “tactically focused, SEE JOBLESS ON PAGE 9 General and flag officers in each service performance evaluations, the report found. all had some things in common — stellar command-centric, doctrine based, and, 963,000 evaluations, successful command tours, and especially for O-7 promotion decisions, in- SEE SELECTIVE ON PAGE 6 A flight cap with brigadier general rank rests on a desk during a promotion ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Fla., on June 8. Number of claims for unemployment A recent Rand Corp. study said the armed services train and promote their flag officers in different ways. aid in the U.S. last week, down BLAKE WILES/U.S. Air Force from 1.2 million the previous week. PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 14, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EUROPE GAS PRICES EXCHANGE RATES

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BY STEVE BEYNON Force has no records, there is no always notify the sexual assault Stars and Stripes evidence of the rape and the chain response team prior to making of command would not have that that first contact,” she said. “I WASHINGTON — A former stain on its record. do know speaking out about this airman and veterans advocate OSI did not respond to questions may stop them from behaving … says two military investigators on why military officials were in this manner again.” showed up at her Indiana home acting on Wilken’s tweet and why The Air Force investigators unannounced Monday after she investigators went to her home as drove more than two hours from recently tweeted about her rape, the first means of contact. Stars Grissom Air Reserve Base in In- which happened more than two and Stripes contacted one of the diana. She said she was not told decades ago. investigators that Wilken said which specific tweet spurred the “Just cold-calling a rape sur- came to her home, but he said visit. vivor, it’s totally fallible,” Lisa military rules forbid him to com- On July 9, she tweeted a news Wilken said. “… It almost felt like ment on a sensitive investigation. story about Spc. Vanessa Guillen’s an intimidation tactic.” Wilken said victims of sexual slaying, and how the tragic event Wilken, 49, served in the Air crimes can feel liberated talk- spurred women across the mili- Force between 1994 and 1996. ing about their attacks on social tary to share their stories of rape, She is the chairwoman of AM- media. If survivors believe the sexual assault and harassment. VETS National Women Veterans military is looming over their “#IAmVanessaGuillen. They Committee and testified before social media, and could come to wonder why we don’t tell! I told & a House Veterans’ Affairs Com- their homes with no warning, it expected justice. I was so young mittee subpanel in 2013 about her could be intimidating. & dumb. The prosecutor said to attack, which led to two surgeries “It came across as big broth- me ... and a medical discharge. er-ish,” Wilken said. “… I’m not “Lisa, I can prove he raped you, Agents with the Air Force Of- in uniform anymore, I can say but the rape wasn’t violent enough fice of Special Investigations whatever I want.” She added that for him to get any real jailtime.” told Wilken there was no record Courtesy of Lisa Wilken she felt pressured to talk to inves- Government Property,” Wilken of her rape when they showed tigators. “It should always be the tweeted. up Monday at her door, asking Lisa Wilken shows a copy of the book that contains the story of her survivor’s choice. They put me in She first spoke publicly about whether she wanted to file a re- attack to Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind. the position I had to talk … I just her rape in 2012 at a conference port now. Her recent tweet about want to make sure this doesn’t for female veterans in Indiana. her attack, they said, caught the tary. He received an other-than- the VA, 50% of which is from post- happen to anyone else.” In 2013, The Indianapolis Star branch’s attention. honorable discharge after an traumatic stress disorder as a re- She said that there are situa- reported a detailed account of the There should be plenty on file Article 32 hearing and served no sult of the attack, and there was tions when the military should fol- rape, the botched investigation about her case. She has her own time in jail. an initial investigation with OSI low up with survivors, or inquire and how her attacker essentially copies and showed them to inves- “I also don’t believe that the after the attack when she was 22. if veterans want to file reports walked away. The same story ap- tigators, who were surprised to United States Air Force will take Wilken said she is disturbed for long-ago attacks. But Wilken peared in USA Today. She testi- see them. accountability for their bad deci- that OSI has no records of the said the first contact should be a fied on Capitol Hill in 2013. She “I wanted to give those records sion in 2020 to cold-call a rape attack and didn’t track down her phone call or letter. also told her story in “Finding to show how stupid their visit was. survivor, essentially revictimiza- records from other sources, say- “I don’t believe they will use the Words: Stories and Poems of … It baffles me,” she said. tion, about a violent crime that ing if the Air Force lost them, the this as a teaching moment within Women Veterans,” a 2016 book She said there was nothing to happened in 1994.” Department of Veterans Affairs their Office of Special Investiga- about 10 female veterans. be done to revisit the case, since She said she has a 90% service- should have them. Wilken also tion to do their due diligence be- [email protected] her attacker was out of the mili- connected disability rating from raised concerns that if the Air fore contacting a victim, and to Twitter: @StevenBeynon Trump reportedly weighs replacing Esper after election

BY JENNIFER JACOBS and that the National Guard was est honor and privilege” to serve mer military leaders. years earlier surfaced. Bloomberg News better-suited to the task, people the nation. Esper, though, has shown more More recently, Trump’s nomi- familiar with the matter said. “He first swore an oath to the willingness than his predecessor nee for another top job at the WASHINGTON — President The pushback from Esper Constitution as a West Point cadet to work with Trump on issues Pentagon, Brig. Gen. Anthony Donald Trump has privately said followed over 38 years ago, and has done such as drawing down forces in Tata, foundered last month when that he intends to replace Secre- Trump’s so many times throughout his Syria, Afghanistan and Germany, his confirmation hearing was tary of Defense Mark Esper after threat to adult life, in both war and peace, sending U.S. troops to the border abruptly canceled and the White the November election, according send mili- in uniform and out of uniform,” with Mexico and shifting fund- House withdrew his nomination. to people familiar with internal tary forces Hoffman said. “He continues ing for military construction and Tata had been dogged by con- discussions. to cities and that same commitment to duty, weapons programs to help build a troversy over his past remarks, One person said Esper has states that honor, and country today, recog- border wall. including derogatory comments told people close to him that he failed to nizing that he serves the Nation Since taking office, Esper about Islam. intends to leave regardless of quell vio- and leads the men and women has also made himself and top Even if he stays in his role until the election’s outcome, meaning lence from of this Department as Secretary officials more available to the the next presidential inaugura- he could exit the administration the protests, of Defense at the pleasure of the media, a practice that had been tion on Jan. 20, 2021, Esper would about two months before Trump which were president.” limited under Trump’s first de- be one of the shortest-tenured does, if the president loses. sparked by Esper An official close to Esper, who fense secretary, Jim Mattis. Pen- secretaries of defense in decades. Trump has been frustrated the death of asked not to be identified, added tagon officials brief reporters on After Donald Rumsfeld and Rob- that Esper, who became secre- an unarmed Black man, George that Esper is committed to serv- a almost-weekly basis now and, ert Gates, combined, served more tary in July 2019, hasn’t done Floyd, in Minneapolis police ing as long as Trump wants him during the early stages of the than 10 years in the role, most more to publicly defend him on custody. to. COVID-19 pandemic, addressed Pentagon chiefs have lasted fewer key issues, including reports Asked at the time whether the John McEntee, head of Trump’s reporters multiple times per day than two years. that Russia paid Taliban fighters president still had confidence in presidential personnel office, on occasion. “bounties” for the killing of U.S. Esper, White House press secre- is helping strategize possible Trump — who has claimed he troops in Afghanistan. tary Kayleigh McEnany respond- changes, people familiar with the is “smarter” than his generals Trump was also angered that ed that “should the president lose matter said. — has had a tumultuous relation- Esper in June publicly opposed faith, we will all learn about that Before pushing back on deploy- ship with military leaders since Correction the idea of deploying active-duty in the future.” ing troops to cities with large- taking office. military to contain nationwide White House spokesman Judd scale protests, Esper and Gen. Mattis abruptly resigned in An Aug. 6 article about protests over racism. Deere said Wednesday: “We have Mark Milley, chairman of the December 2018 after the presi- historians’ thoughts about He confronted his defense sec- no personnel announcements at Joint Chiefs of Staff, had joined dent announced plans to with- the atomic bombings on retary June 3 at the White House this time nor would it be appro- Trump on a walk through a pub- draw troops from Syria with little Japan during World War after Esper held a news confer- priate to speculate about changes lic park in front of the White planning. II should have said the of- ence in which he said that using after the election or in a second House on June 1, after it had been Trump later nominated Patrick ficial historian of Los Ala- active-duty military forces to per- term.” cleared of peaceful protesters, a Shanahan, who withdrew from mos National Laboratory is form law enforcement within the Pentagon spokesman Jonathan move that provoked a bipartisan consideration in June 2019 after Alan Carr. U.S. is “a matter of last resort” Hoffman said it’s Esper’s “high- outcry in Congress and from for- news reports of a messy divorce PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 14, 2020 MIDEAST/MILITARY CENTCOM chief: Syrian camp might lead to ISIS 2.0

BY COREY DICKSTEIN October ordered a withdrawal of Stars and Stripes troops from Syria, but officials elected to retain a small presence WASHINGTON — The top centered on key oil fields con- U.S. general overseeing military trolled by the SDF. efforts across the Middle East “I don’t think we’re going to be said Wednesday that he worries in Syria forever,” McKenzie said a massive refugee camp in north- Wednesday. “I don’t know how ern Syria holding families of for- long we’re going to be in Syria. mer Islamic State fighters could That’s going be a breeding ground for future to be a po- terrorists, calling the issue one of litical deci- his chief concerns. U.S. MILITARY CENTRAL COMMAND/AP sion. Not Marine Gen. Kenneth McKen- a military zie urged partner nations to re- Iranian commandos fast-rope down from a helicopter onto the MV Wila oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman off decision to patriate their citizens, especially the coast of the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday . be made by children, held at the overcrowded a uniformed al-Hawl camp run by U.S.-backed officer.” Syrian Democratic Forces, where he fears horrid conditions put But, the US says Iran briefly seized oil them at risk for radicalization by general said, ISIS. if the refu- McKenzie He warned that without inter- gees at al- tanker near Strait of Hormuz vention and new de-radicaliza- Hawl are not tion efforts, the United States and moved to better conditions, the U.S. will find itself dragged into BY JON GAMBRELL operates. immediately clear what cargo it its allies would likely be fighting fighting the next phase of radical Associated Press The Iranian navy also handles carried. the children of al-Hawl on the ideology in the Middle East. all operations in the Gulf of Oman Private maritime intelli- battlefield in 10 to 15 years. The camp of 70,000 women and DUBAI, United Arab Emirates on the eastern side of the Strait of gence firm Dryad Global said “We’re going to do this all over — The Iranian navy boarded and children, he said, is “one of the Hormuz, through which 20% of it suspected two other ships had again,” McKenzie said Wednes- briefly seized a Liberian-flagged day, speaking at a virtual event worst places in the world.” all oil traded passes. Two other been harassed by Iran’s para- oil tanker near the strategic Strait hosted by the Washington think Most of those held at al-Hawl Iranian naval vessels took part in military Revolutionary Guard of Hormuz amid heightened ten- the seizure, CENTCOM said. tank U.S. Institute of Peace. “And are Iraqis and Syrians, according in the Persian Gulf over the last sions between Tehran and the U.S. military officials did not I would prefer to avoid that.” to the United Nations. week as well, based on the ships’ U.S., a U.S. military official said offer any reason for Iran seizing His comments come as the But thousands of the women Thursday. the vessel. Iranian state media behavior. fight against ISIS in Syria and and children held in the camp U.S. Central Command pub- and officials did not acknowledge As tensions between Iran and Iraq has largely been confined to traveled from other countries lished a black-and-white video the seizure or offer a reason for the U.S. heated up last year over a counterterrorist effort to root alongside ISIS fighters or to join showing what appeared to be spe- it. America’s unilateral withdraw out underground cells of its loy- the cause themselves. cial forces fast-roping down from Officials in the UAE, a U.S.-al- from its 2015 nuclear deal, tank- alists in those countries where it The U.N. estimates there are a helicopter onto the MT Wila, lied federation of seven sheikh- ers plying the waters of the Mid- once held a swath of land the size about 28,000 non-Syrian children whose last position appeared to doms on the Arabian Peninsula, east became targets, particularly of the United Kingdom. in the camp, including 20,000 McKenzie said the group re- from Iraq. be off the eastern coast of the did not respond to a request for near the strait, the Persian Gulf’s tains global influence through United Arab Emirates near the comment. Human Rights Watch estimat- narrow mouth. internet channels and likely still city of Khorfakkan. The Wila’s registered owner ed in April that at least 500 peo- Suspected limpet mine attacks seeks to recover land and estab- The Iranian navy held the ves- is a Liberian firm called Bandit ple, mostly children, died in the the U.S. blamed on Iran targeted lish a caliphate. sel for some five hours before re- Shipping Co., managed by Greek al-Hawl camp last year. several tankers. The war against ISIS will like- leasing it Wednesday, said a U.S. McKenzie on Wednesday said firm IMS SA, according to United Iran denied being involved, ly never come to a clean end, he military official who spoke to The Nations records. Bandit Shipping the U.S. military was prepared to though it did seize several said. Associated Press on condition of could not be reached, while IMS return those women and children tankers. But eventually, he believes, anonymity to discuss details not did not respond to requests for to their home countries, if they In July, a U.S.-sought oil tanker the problem of ISIS will be small would agree to take them. Most yet made public. comment. enough that local, U.S.-trained The Wila made no distress The Wila had been off Khor was “hijacked” off the coast of the European countries, and other in- United Arab Emirates after alleg- forces — the SDF in Syria and cluding Australia, have said they calls before, during and after the Al Zubair, Iraq, in early July be- Iraqi forces — can handle it with- edly smuggling Iranian crude oil. would not take back those who seizure, the official said. fore traveling to near Dubai and out the need for U.S. troops. The Iranian helicopter involved later Khorfakkan, where it’s been The vessel later ended up back in traveled to join ISIS. Currently, the U.S. retains “I’m happy to provide the re- appeared to be a Sikorsky SH-3 for around a month, according Iranian waters, suggesting Iran 5,200 troops in Iraq, where their Sea King, which only Iran’s navy to data firm Refinitiv. It wasn’t itself seized the vessel. sources to move them,” McKen- anti-ISIS mission has been com- zie said Wednesday. “I can move plicated by tensions with neigh- them anywhere in the world and boring Iran. very quickly in a safe and trans- Militias backed by Iran have parent manner.” routinely fired rockets and other He urged others to consider Move to digital customs forms put on hold weapons in recent months at lo- new methods to deradicalize chil- cations where American service dren of ISIS fighters and reintro- BY SETH ROBSON Facebook message Thursday. forms in March due to interna- members operate. duce them into society. Stars and Stripes Handwritten customs forms tional regulations but granted The two sides neared war in Without such measures, he will be accepted until further no- military post offices an extension, January after an American drone worried, those kids will likely YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan tice, the postmaster added. the service said on its website. killed one of Iran’s top military become the next generation of ji- — A change to electronic cus- Similar messages were posted Electronic customs forms can officials in Baghdad, and Teh- toms forms at U.S. post offices on hadist to take up arms against the on Facebook by post offices at be filled out on the website, which ran retaliated by firing ballistic overseas military bases that was U.S. and others. U.S. Army Garrison Japan and allows people to pay postage on- missiles into a base housing U.S. due to happen Thursday has been troops, injuring more than 100, “Bad things are going to happen Osan Air Base, South Korea, on line and print shipping labels at placed on hold. who suffered brain injuries in the if you keep people [at al-Hawl] — “The implementation of non- Thursday. home. barrage. bad things are going to happen in handwritten customs forms is now The Military Postal Service Post offices on bases in Eu- Pentagon officials have repeat- terms of radicalization,” he said. postponed due to [the U.S. Postal Agency could not be reached rope and the Pacific have been edly declined to say how many “Unless we solve that problem, we Service] discovering issues with Thursday for further information installing kiosks, which include a U.S. troops operate in Syria, but are setting a strategic barrier for the new process,” the postmaster on the scope of the delay. computer, printer and a scale, to at least several hundred remain in ourselves … in 15 or so years.” at Yokota, home of U.S. Forces The Postal Service began tran- help people submit the electronic the eastern part of that country. [email protected] Japan in western Tokyo, said in a sitioning to electronic customs forms. President Donald Trump last Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Friday, August 14, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 MILITARY Virus limits USAF exercise, but new squad flying high

BY WYATT OLSON tioned at Eielson and Elmendorf- Stars and Stripes Richardson are participating in the drills, with another 300 out- The coronavirus pandemic of-state personnel temporarily forced the postponement of the stationed at Eielson. first two phases of the Air Force’s It is the first Red Flag to focus Red Flag-Alaska exercise earlier training solely on F-35s and F-22s, this summer, but the crisis has so-called fifth-generation fighter turned out to be a bust-out occa- jets, which are defined by stealth, sion for the budding squadron of advanced avionics and a highly F-35 fighter jets at Eielson Air integrated computer systems for Force Base. battlespace awareness. The pandemic fortuitously Red Flag Alaska is a premiere thrust those F-35s into a central air combat training exercise for role during the two-week Red the Air Force, Christensen said. Flag 3, which ends Friday. It is always held at the vast Joint The 356th Fighter Squadron Pacific Alaska Range Complex, was reactivated last fall to be- which provides a realistic train- come the first F-35 squadron in ing environment. the Indo-Pacific theater. As of the Pilots have been flying about beginning of August, the squad- 50 sorties each day, he said. ron had received 11 F-35s, with “The whole purpose of Red AARON LARUE GUERRISKY/U.S. Air Force the final 13 scheduled to arrive Flag is to give pilots their first before the end of next year. taste of a combat-representative An F-35A Lightning II from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, takes off from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, on “Our plan was to begin doing mission,” he said. “When we do Aug. 3, during the Red Flag exercise. Red Flag training after we’ve daily training in a squadron, we gotten more airplanes and pilots, typically only train against maybe pate in Red Flag 3. very well,” Watkins said Tuesday it just means we have the capa- which would have been in Octo- one other adversary or within Every person arriving in Alas- regarding COVID-19, the disease bility of maneuvering our forces ber,” said Lt. Col. James Chris- the squadron. Occasionally, we’ll ka for the exercise was required caused by the virus. “Eielson around the [region] to get the tensen, commander of the 356th. have another unit come in.” to test negative for the virus with- continues to have no community force lay-down to be more dy- With coronavirus restrictions Red Flag “expands that play- in 72 hours of travel, said Lt. Col. spread. As well, we’ve had no namic and not so static. in place, however, the number of list” to include ground forces, Bettina Watkins, the 18th Aggres- cases of COVID within the visit- “It wasn’t intended this way, but units able to participate in Red surface-to-air missile threat sim- sor Squadron flight surgeon who ing community.” because of COVID, we have adapt- Flag 3 was limited, he said, and ulations, bombers, air refueling, oversaw most of the health pre- The effects of the pandemic on ed and then learned, one, how as a result, the 356th was invited reconnaissance and intelligence cautions. Those personnel were Red Flag also inadvertently dove- to execute a flag-level exercise, to fly in it. gathering, he said. tested again on arrival and then tailed with the U.S. Indo-Pacific even while trying to maintain all They have been joined by 12 F- “As that list gets bigger and big- placed on restricted movement. Command’s shift to “distributed of our public health precautions. 35s from Hill Air Force Base in ger and bigger, we are now repre- They could work for the first command and control,” whereby But, two, we’ve gotten to prac- Utah and 20 F-22 fighters from senting the way the United States 14 days, but were restricted from missions can be accomplished tice how we would execute if we Joint Base Elmendorf-Richard- Air Force would go to war, and leaving base or using base facili- without planners being centrally weren’t able to be all in the same son in Anchorage. Eighteen F-16s how we would integrate with our ties. Tents were erected as make- located, Christensen said. location and planning in the same from Eielson’s 18th Aggressor partners in the Pacific,” he said. shift dining halls for the visitors “We already knew we wanted rooms. So, we’ve learned lessons Squadron pose as the “bad guys” Australia, South Korea and so that they did not mix with the to look toward distributed opera- about integration.” in training scenarios. Japan all fly F-35s. Allied and Eielson community, she said. tions,” he said. “There’s a concept [email protected] Roughly 900 personnel sta- partner nations did not partici- “Thankfully, we have done of agile combat employment, and Twitter: @WyattWOlson Missouri-based bombers deploy to Diego Garcia for B-2 Spirit task force mission

Stars and Stripes ready to support the command, he said. Three B-2 Spirit stealth bomb- U.S. Strategic Command rou- ers are on the Indian Ocean island tinely conducts bomber task force of Diego Garcia for a bomber task operations across the globe. force mission, the Air Force an- The last B-2 Spirit task force in nounced Wednesday. the region took place in January The planes, from the 509th of last year, the Air Force said. Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air The 393rd Bomb Squadron, also Force Base, Mo., flew 29 hours from Whiteman, sent three of the to reach Naval Support Facility bombers and 200 airmen to Joint Diego Garcia on Wednesday, the Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, service said in a news release. “We are excited to return to Hawaii. this important location. [Diego During that deployment, the B- Garcia] puts the ‘INDO’ in IN- 2s flew 27 sorties for a total of 171 DOPACOM,” Lt. Col. Christopher hours in multiple local and long- Conant, the bomber task force duration missions, conducted commander, said in the release. hot-pit refueling training and ac- INDOPACOM is military short- complished eight integrated sor- hand for the U.S. Indo-Pacific ties with the Hawaii Air National Command. Guard’s 199th Fighter Squadron Despite a global pandemic, the F-22 Raptors, the service said. airmen with the task force are [email protected]

‘ We are excited to return to this important location. [Diego Garcia] puts the ‘INDO’ in INDOPACOM. ’ Lt. Col. Christopher Conant Bomber task force commander PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 14, 2020 MILITARY Tangle with Taliban earns troop Silver Star

BY COREY DICKSTEIN life-saving actions during that May 25, iban realized we were outside attempting attracted to him to join the Air Force and Stars and Stripes 2013, fight on his first of many combat de- to make entry,” Grimesey recalled. “That’s become a combat controller after gradu- ployments. During the ceremony Friday at when we started to exchange fire.” ating from Virginia Polytechnic Institute WASHINGTON — Concussed and pep- Pope Field in North Carolina, he will also A Taliban fighter leaned over the wall and State University in May 2008. pered with shrapnel from a rocket-pro- receive a Bronze Star Medal with “V” de- opening fire from 15 feet away, according “During college, I spent a lot of time pelled grenade blast, then-Senior Airman vice for valor for actions in a 2017 firefight to Grimesey’s Silver Star citation. The air- thinking about how can I make the single John Grimesey felt Taliban bullets whiz in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. man “leaned back and killed the insurgent greatest impact on the battlefield,” he said. by as he saw his Green Beret teammate in- Now the operations flight chief for the Air with his personal weapon,” it read. “I read about how there’s an Air Force spe- jured on the ground nearby. Force’s elite 21st Special Tactics Squadron Then the RPG hit the wall, sending cial operations community, and that really His ear still ringing, the Air Force com- at Pope Field, Grimesey said Thursday he Grimesey and the Green Beret airborne. appealed to me.” bat controller grabbed the wounded soldier still recalls that bloody incident almost Grimesey remembers trying desperate- Friday will not mark the first time by his body armor and dragged him 25 feet every single day. ly to figure out what was going on around Grimesey has stood at attention to receive to cover, turned his rifle on the Taliban Grimesey and the team of Green Be- him. The situation, he said, had grown dire. an award for battlefield heroics. He has re- attackers and got to work — directing air- rets he was attached to had just completed But after getting himself and his partner to ceived at least three — two Bronze Stars strikes from the F-16 fighters and AC-130 training a new group of Afghan local po- cover, he was able to direct the airstrikes with “V” device and an Air Force Com- gunships circling overhead. More than lice who had begun an operation to clear that ultimately allowed him and his team- mendation Medal with “V” device — as seven years after that battle in Afghani- a local village of Taliban fighters and take mates to enter the compound, save several well as a Purple Heart. But it might mark stan’s Ghazni province, Grimesey, now a control of its security. The Special Forces Afghan police lives and recover those who the last. He said he is in the process of master sergeant, will receive a Silver Star team and its Afghan special forces team- were killed. medically retiring from the service. on Friday for his heroic and lifesaving ac- mates expected light resistance from the The Air Force credited his action with tions that day. Taliban that day. saving dozens of lives and helping to kill 31 He said he will miss most of all the ser- “I am incredibly honored,” Grimesey That would not be the case. A group of Taliban fighters during the battle. vice members he has worked hand-in-hand said in a video conference Thursday. Taliban trainers were visiting the village “It is an event that left an impression on with for the last 12 years. “There are a number of men and women drawing in an unexpected force of 80 to me,” Grimesey said Thursday. “And while “I think back on my time in Air Force who have earned the Silver Star who have 100 fighters, Grimesey said. The enemy it was a harrowing experience, if you will, special tactics and all the incredibly tal- done things that are extraordinarily he- unexpectedly engaged the new local police I also look back on it with great pride. I be- ented and smart and motivated men and roic. ... To earn the same award as other officers, pinning them inside a compound. lieve I was able to … make a difference on women that I’ve had the opportunity to people who have done things so incredibly When Grimesey and the unnamed Green people’s lives and to help ensure the secu- work with and the missions that we have selfless is incredibly humbling, to be part Beret arrived to help their partner forces, rity of that local village — especially once successfully completed,” he said. “They of that elite fraternity.” they peeked around a compound wall and we were able to push the Taliban out and truly are working to make the world a bet- Grimesey’s Silver Star, the United States’ saw that many were already injured or, put the Afghan local police in.” ter and safer place.” third highest honor for combat valor, is an perhaps, killed. Grimesey said that opportunity to help [email protected] upgrade of an award he received for his “It was around that time that the Tal- make a difference on the battlefield is what Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Comrades mourn ‘respectful ’ Marine who died in Bahrain

BY CHAD GARLAND nal Investigative Ser- fied sergeant major tried to rattle Goldyn’s serving with the Naval Amphibious Force, Stars and Stripes vice were looking into bearing by arguing that his name should Task Force 51/5th MEB in Bahrain, the the circumstances be pronounced “Gol-dine.” He then chal- service said. A service member who died in Bahrain of Goldyn’s death, lenged the lance corporal to explain why The Manama-based unit is charged earlier this week was a noncommissioned it said in an earlier he believed it should be pronounced “Gol- with coordinating crisis and contingency officer that friends remembered as a model statement. den,” Antorbeza wrote. Marine. Goldyn, who worked “Without missing a beat, he looks at the response, security cooperation, and com- Sgt. Trevor Goldyn of the 5th Marine in communications, [sergeant major] with a straight face and mand and control of forces at sea and Expeditionary Brigade was found dead in joined the service in he says, ‘It’s because everything I do is ashore within U.S. Central Command’s a noncombat-related incident Tuesday, 1st June 2016. golden, SgtMaj,’ ” Antorbeza wrote. “I sat area of responsibility. Lt. John F. Coppola, a spokesman with Ma- On Facebook, Erik there proud to be his [sergeant] ... proud to The Defense Department was coordi- Goldyn rine Corps Forces Central Command, said Antorbeza posted see my Marine exude such confidence, and nating the return of Goldyn’s remains to in a statement. a photo of himself from a few years ago the best part was that he was right. Every- the U.S., the Marine Corps said. The incident remains under investiga- standing beside Goldyn, who’d apparent- thing he did was golden.” “The command continues to work closely tion, said the command, which is head- ly just been promoted to corporal. Along He was “hard working, respectful, with the family during this difficult time,” quartered at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. with the image, Antorbeza shared a story driven, and focused,” Antorbeza said, and It provided no further information in the from a promotion board he’d been on when those who served with him would mourn Coppola said. statement Wednesday. Goldyn stood before it as a lance corporal. his loss. [email protected] Both the Marines and the Naval Crimi- During the panel review, an unidenti- At the time of his death, Goldyn was Twitter: @chadgarland Selective: Rand study offers no suggested changes

FROM FRONT PAGE without being careless — though that said. The Marine career track is “highly may be “more true” of archetypes The study was designed to help the prescriptive and performance-based, with surface warfare and undersea Pentagon assess whether military and common experiences serve to backgrounds, the study said. leadership should change to better reinforce the Marine Corps’ egalitar- Admirals are more likely to “offer serve national security objectives. It was based on interviews with ian culture and create a highly cohe- fresh perspective and strategic advice” but also “prioritize maintain- military officers and subject-matter sive Marine Corps (general officer) ing good relations,” which might experts, analysis of available officer corps,” the study said. Its archetypi- mean hesitancy to provide contrarian biographies and personnel data from cal general might “equate effective advice. the Defense Manpower Data Center, leadership with understanding how to The Air Force identifies talent early among other factors. also be a good, disciplined follower — and emphasizes early promotions. It The study did not make recommen- of rules, and of other leaders,” “value also puts more importance on educa- dations on changes. But it concluded discipline over risk-taking,” and “be tion and joint experience than other that any adjustments could take “a averse to questioning assumptions services, the study said. generation or more” to take effect, underlying existing processes, strat- The archetype is a pilot and most in part because of the decades it nor- egies, and orders.” frequently a fighter pilot, the Rand mally takes to move up to flag and The Navy’s career development report found. They might be less com- general level. processes tend to emphasize self-re- fortable with “outside-the-box” ideas “Institutional traditions and cul- liance, technical expertise and “Dar- tures of each service are strong and and in leadership positions “that re- WILLIAM SYKES/U.S. Navy winian” competition, the study said. quire decisions without the benefit of entrenched, and therefore will evolve As a result, its flag officers are clear order and procedure.” They’re slowly,” it said. A rear admiral gets his star pinned to his uniform. A Rand Corp. study said the different armed services train often “less risk-averse in operational also more likely to rely less on hierar- [email protected] decisions” than in other services, chy in planning and operations, Rand Twitter: @montgomerynance and promote their flag officers in different ways. Friday, August 14, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK 30K in pre-training, deployment quarantine

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY go into an environment where, in weeks. That’s huge,” Hyten said. allowed to board their ship. The Hyten added that while there is Stars and Stripes order to stay safe and make sure Each service has instituted Navy has had sailors assigned to stress on the force, the morale “is we don’t infect large numbers, we quarantine for recruits attend- ships in port become infected, still positive.” WASHINGTON — Tens of put them in quarantine.” ing basic training and advanced and two serious outbreaks oc- As of Wednesday, the mili- thousands of service members Hyten spoke Wednesday dur- schooling. The Army is also re- curred on ships while they were tary has had 32,299 cases of the are in quarantine to prevent the ing a discussion at the Hudson In- quiring coronavirus testing and at sea, including the USS Theo- coronavirus, 520 hospitalizations spread of the coronavirus ahead stitute think tank in Washington. self-quarantine for soldiers and dore Roosevelt, which had over and four deaths, according to the of their training or deployment, His remarks were the first their families before overseas 1,100 sailors infected. Pentagon’s cumulative total case a senior military official said chart. The Army has had 11,140 Wednesday. time a senior military official has travel. Over 1,000 U.S. Marines The additional weeks for quar- “Today we have over 30,000 quantified the personnel impact in Darwin, Australia, have gone antine are more of a strain on the cases, the highest of any service. members of the military in a of the Pentagon’s effort to keep through two weeks of quarantine families of the service members, The Navy has had 7,568 cases and quarantine environment, be- the force safe from the coronavi- ahead of their training mission in according to Hyten. the Air Force has had 5,073 cases cause they’re getting ready to rus ahead of training or deploy- the country, with the last group of “If you’re deploying, you’re as of Wednesday. The National deploy, they’re getting ready to ment. He did not discuss how Marines finishing this week. going to be gone for six months, Guard, which is assisting states go on a ship, they’re getting ready many people are in quarantine The Navy has a policy to estab- nine months, 12 months. Well then with pandemic response, has to go into basic training,” said Air because of a positive test result lish a clean “bubble” around a you add two weeks on the front of had 4,223 cases, and the Marine Force Gen. John Hyten, the vice for the virus. ship while it operates at sea, forc- that and maybe two weeks on the Corps has had 3,991. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of “That’s like an entire Army ing sailors to quarantine and re- back of that, that adds again to [email protected] Staff. “They’re getting ready to Corps in quarantine for two ceive a negative test before being those capabilities,” he said. Twitter: @caitlinmkenney In Taiwan, Azar blasts China’s pandemic response

BY SETH ROBSON “My message and visit are fo- ing that Taiwan would have been Stars and Stripes cused on the deep partnership so generous to the United States and friendship between the U.S. and others in the world.” Health and Human Services and Taiwan,” he said. “It’s a vi- Azar’s visit, which included a Secretary Alex Azar, the most brant, democratic, transparent meeting Monday with Taiwanese senior U.S. official to visit Taiwan and open society [and] a model of President Tsai Ing-wen, is likely since 1979, blasted China’s han- health care transparency.” to rile China, which regards dling of the coronavirus pandem- That contrasts with the con- Taiwan as its territory. The U.S. ic during a media teleconference duct of China’s Communist Party, this week. under its One China policy recog- Azar said. The communist country’s lack nizes Beijing’s sovereignty over “China could have and should of transparency and failure to Taiwan but regards its future as have disclosed more information contain the virus within its bor- unsettled. ders contrasts with the way the more transparently and more Asked Wednesday about Azar’s United States and Taiwan are cooperatively regarding COVID- visit, Zhao said China opposes handling the disease, he told re- 19,” he said . “They should have official exchanges between the porters Wednesday. disclosed the rapid human-to- U.S. and Taiwan under any pre- In an open society, Azar said, human transmission of the dis- text. He warned Taiwan’s ruling public health authorities would ease that they knew about. They Democratic Progressive Party have shared information on the should have disclosed the asymp- that a “dead end will meet them” coronavirus with the public and tomatic carriage and transmis- if they behave as “self-important MICHAEL BALTZ/U.S. Army medical professionals. China has sion of the disease.” puppets with strings in foreign been accused of censoring whis- China’s Foreign Ministry hands.” Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar said Wednesday tleblowers like Li Wenliang, a spokesman, Lijian Zhao, told rein Taiwan that the island has been a model of compliance on porters Wednesday that the U.S. [email protected] physician who sought to raise the Twitter: @SethRobson1 information sharing with regard to the coronavirus pandemic. alarm after noticing the virus in is making China a scapegoat for a Wuhan hospital in mid-Decem- its own failure in handling the ber, according to the BBC. The pandemic. government eventually locked “Secretary Azar, I’m afraid, down the city and other parts of is directly responsible for the Hubei province for two months to unchecked spreading of the epi- slow the disease’s spread. demic in the U.S.,” Zhao said, The U.S. government was also according to a transcript of his criticized for lack of transparen- remarks. “We wonder why he cy after transferring the collec- is so blatant to even speak ill of tion of hospital virus data from China’s anti-epidemic efforts. If the Centers for Disease Control he entered a world competition and Prevention to a private tech- of ‘who performed the worst in nology firm in July. managing this epidemic,’ he will The U.S. has so far confirmed almost surely come out on top.” more than 5 million coronavirus Azar said Taiwan’s example cases and 162,000 deaths due to could serve in the World Health the coronavirus, according to the Organization, but China’s Com- CDC. Taiwan, home to nearly 24 munist Party has bullied and million people, has had 480 cases blocked Taiwan from having ob- and seven deaths. China has re- server status there. ported just over 89,000 infections and almost 5,000 deaths, accord- The Trump administration, ing to Johns Hopkins University. critical of the WHO’s handling of Taiwan, which had experience the pandemic, formally notified dealing with the Severe Acute the United Nations on July 6 of Respiratory Syndrome in 2003, its withdrawal from the organi- started screening arrivals from zation, although the move won’t mainland China early in the pan- happen until next year, The Asso- demic, set up a national command ciated Press reported July 8. center to handle its response and “Back in April, Taiwan donated has regularly disseminated infor- face masks and protective equip- mation about the virus to the pub- ment to the United States,” Azar lic, CNN reported last month. said. “They did so even at a time Taiwan has been a model when they were asking their own of compliance on information people to limit their use of face sharing, Azar told reporters coverings because of the short- Wednesday. age of supply. It was quite touch- PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 14, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK ‘Samaritan shoppers’ help those in quarantine

BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS ramen if I didn’t browbeat them Stars and Stripes into some fruit,” Pyle McMechan said jokingly. “As my husband YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, says, I would mother them to Japan — Single sailors and death if they would let me.” families stuck on 14-day quar- Now that his family has com- antines after coming to Japan pleted their quarantine, Cazares need not subsist on vending ma- said he hopes to help others in chine snacks in Yokosuka, thanks similar situations, a phenomenon to a volunteer program run by Duhon said she’s seen several the base’s Chapel of Hope and times. commissary. “What I found that was really U.S. Forces Japan since March cool is after they use the pro- has required all personnel and gram, they come back to pay it families arriving in Japan from forward,” Duhon said. “They stay another country to quarantine as in the group and they help the a precaution against spreading next set of people.” the coronavirus. For most, that Pyle McMechan said the pro- means their first two weeks in gram also offers volunteers a Japan are spent in a hotel room chance to get out of the house with no opportunity to leave, even and meet new people, some- for a trip to the commissary. thing made more difficult amid a That’s where volunteers from worldwide pandemic. Base com- Yokosuka’s Samaritan Shopper mander Capt. Rich Jarrett on Program step in. They take gro- Sunday restricted those attached cery lists from the quarantined to the base from participating in CAITLIN DOORNBOS/Stars and Stripes folks, shop for and deliver the nonessential activities off base groceries to their doorsteps, or- Samaritan Shopper Program volunteer Kim McCann checks a grocery list provided by a family in after seeing an uptick in corona- ganizer Mia Duhon said. The only quarantine at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, on Aug. 4. virus cases. thing the recipient is responsible The Samaritan Shopper Pro- for is providing credit card infor- comes from the biblical parable of Navy spouse Jeremy Cazares. stressful,” Cazares said, referring gram is unique to Yokosuka, mation to cashiers at checkout. the Good Samaritan, a man who His family of six requested two to the period the U.S. military Duhon said. Anyone with base ac- “Asking for help is very dif- stopped to help a beaten outcast shopping trips while staying in calls “restriction of movement.” cess and commissary privileges ficult, and these people have whom others had passed along a a base hotel room for two weeks Stuck in hotel rooms often at Yokosuka can get involved by reached out to us,” said Duhon, roadside. But while the program last month. without a kitchenette, the items joining the Facebook group, “Sa- who also works as the chapel’s is co-run through the chapel, “We try to eat fairly healthy, requested are typically things maritan Shopper Program.” Catholic religious education di- there is no religious requirement so having the Samaritans deliver one can heat up in a microwave, “I was so excited to find some- rector. “I want to just hug them to participating. food really provided an opportu- Pyle McMechan said. The aver- thing to do with my time that when they’re struggling.” “I would not consider myself a nity to eat healthy as opposed to age Samaritan grocery trip takes made me feel productive and Sailors’ commands are tasked religious person at all, actually,” ordering delivery for every meal about an hour, she said. helpful,” Pyle McMechan said. with providing for most needs, but said the program’s assistant coor- with the only options being fast Through the experience, Mc- “During this bizarre time in our Duhon said the shopper program, dinator, Megan Pyle McMechan. food,” he said. Mechan said she’s developed a shared experience, it is super which has filled more than 160 “I just believe in doing the right “What the Samaritans provide bond with some of the people nice to be able to help people in shopping requests since its start thing for our community and is nothing short of mental health she’s helped. such a welcoming way.” in May, helps fill in the gaps. those around us.” services, as being in ROM — es- “I think these young sailors [email protected] The name of the program The help is appreciated, said pecially with kids — can be very would survive on beef jerky and Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos US Forces Korea reports eight more cases of coronavirus

Stars and Stripes Four of the infected service Following the South Korean positive in their first test after ar- tracing was limited since all ar- members and the Defense De- government’s lead, USFK has riving. The other two tested posi- rivals to South Korea are quar- SEOUL, South Korea — Seven partment contractor arrived at implemented a strict testing and tive on the second test required to antined and the patients had no U.S. troops and a civilian contrac- Incheon International Airport two-week quarantine program exit quarantine, according to the contact with anybody on-base tor tested positive for the coro- on commercial flights on July 29, aimed at preventing the spread of press release. or in the local communities, it navirus after traveling to South July 30, Aug. 8 and Aug. 9, USFK the virus from other countries. All were transferred to iso- added. Korea from the United States, the said in a press release. All but 24 of the USFK cases lation facilities designated for military said Thursday. All transportation assets and The other three troops landed have been caught in that pro- coronavirus patients on Camp occupied quarantine rooms they The announcement raised to Monday at Osan Air Base on a cess, with the command report- Humphreys or Osan Air Base, had occupied also were thorough- 152 the total number of cases af- government-chartered flight ing its last local transmission in the military said. filiated with U.S. Forces Korea known as the Patriot Express, it mid-April. USFK health professionals ly cleaned, it said. since February. said. Six of the latest patients tested determined the need for contact www.stripes.com Tokyo sees surge amid long Obon weekend; US military reports 4 cases

BY JOSEPH DITZLER However, the Tokyo govern- Thursday evening. The other has according the Facebook post. Mi- riencing a second wave of corona- Stars and Stripes ment asked metro residents to been in isolation since July 27 due sawa has two active cases. virus infections, reported 97 new refrain from going outside the to contact tracing from another On Okinawa, the Marines re- cases on Thursday, Gov. Denny TOKYO – The U.S. military in prefecture during the four-day case. ported another new case Thurs- Tamaki said during a press con- Japan reported four new corona- weekend, NHK reported. The new patient at Misawa Air day stemming from a cluster ference. That’s the highest since virus cases Thursday while the U.S. military installations in Base is a person who has been outbreak at Camp Courtney, Ma- 159 cases were reported Sunday. nation’s capital continued to ex- the country announced four new in quarantine since arriving in rine Corps Installations Pacific The number of new cases dur- perience a surge in infections. cases. Two were identified as U.S. Japan on a government-char- announced on its Facebook page. ing the week ranged from 52 to Tokyo reported 206 new cases Army Japan “community mem- tered flight, according to a Face- The new case arose while the 65 per day. A state of emergency in the city on Thursday, the sec- bers” stationed in western Japan, book post by the air base. The individual was quarantined as a Tamaki declared on July 31 has ond consecutive day of more and the others are at Misawa Air U.S. military requires a two-week close contact of another infected been extended until Aug. 29. The than 200 infections, according to Base in northern Japan and Camp stay in isolation for new arrivals person, according to the post. infection rate on Okinawa is the public broadcaster NHK, citing Courtney on Okinawa. or travelers returning to Japan. The U.S. military in Japan typi- highest per capita in the country, the Tokyo Metropolitan Govern- One of the U.S. Army Japan They also must test negative be- cally does not identify the new he said. ment. Thursday was the first day patients has been quarantined fore leaving isolation. cases as service members, civil- Stars and Stripes reporter Aya of Obon, a traditional Buddhist since July 29, after a family mem- The case reported Thursday ian employees, contractors or Ichihashi contributed to this report. holiday that typically involves ber tested positive, according to a had no contact with anyone in the family members. [email protected] traveling to one’s hometown. statement issued by the command local community or on the base, Okinawa prefecture, also expe- Twitter: @JosephDitzler Friday, August 14, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK Jobless: Labor Department says 28.2M receiving benefits

FROM FRONT PAGE Last week, President Donald “Another larger-than-expected Trump issued an executive order decline in jobless claims suggests that would provide $300 a week that the jobs recovery is regain- in federal aid to the jobless to re- ing some momentum, but ... much place the expired $600-a-week labor market progress remains benefit. But experts say it would to be done,” said Lydia Bous- take weeks for the states to imple- sour, senior economist at Oxford ment that payment. Economics. In addition to people who ap- Thursday’s figures, Boussour plied last week for state benefits, added, underscore “the pain- nearly 489,000 others sought job- fully slow recovery in the labor less aid under a new program that market.” has made self-employed and gig Applications for unemploy- workers eligible for the first time. ment aid declined last week in That figure isn’t adjusted for 44 states; several others reported seasonal trends, so it’s reported small increases. Nevada said that separately. But including the gig jobless claims in that state rose and self-employed recipients, the 6,900 to more than 20,000. Kan- Labor Department says 28.2 mil- sas reported an increase of 2,400 lion people — roughly 18% of the to more than 11,000. U.S. workforce — are now receiv- For months, on top of their state ing some form of unemployment benefit, the unemployed had also benefits. been receiving the $600 a week For states to set up systems to in federal jobless aid. But the fed- distribute a new $300 federal jobless benefit, their labor depart- eral payment has expired, and RICK BOWMER/AP negotiations in Congress to ex- ments would need more guidance tend that benefit, likely at a lower from the federal government, A Utah Food Bank volunteer delivers food to people waiting in cars at the food bank’s mobile food pantry level of payment, have collapsed noted Michele Evermore, a se- Wednesday, in Salt Lake City. in rancor. nior researcher at the National The supplemental federal aid Employment Law Project. The their next steps, Evermore said. benefits. Washington state, for tour guides, averaging 10 tours a had enabled many jobless Ameri- money, which is supposed to come After the pandemic hit, Con- one, eventually called in Nation- day through culinary hot spots in cans to afford rent, food and utili- from a federal disaster relief gress approved a $2 trillion aid al Guard troops to help process South Beach and Little Havana. ties, and its expiration threatens fund, would likely require states package. Among other things, it applications. Yet with the risk of infection to weaken consumer spending to hire more people and possibly provided the $600-a-week benefit In the meantime, with con- still high and with scant customer and further slow the economy. contract with software vendors to and made self-employed and gig firmed virus cases still high, it’s demand, it’s been more than four Unemployment benefits have ac- establish a system to process the workers newly eligible for unem- not clear when business owners months since Miami Culinary counted for roughly 5% of nation- payments, Evermore said. ployment aid. will be able to reopen or will have Tours has taken out guests, and al income since April, a larger “I can’t imagine that this goes Both programs required the enough customers to rehire. Della, 46, says she doesn’t expect share than even Social Security. up in less than a month any- states to create new processing Grace Della is one of them. She to recall her employees anytime The loss of the $600 has shrunk where,” she said. systems while handling a crush of opened her food tour business in soon. benefits for the average recipient The disaster relief fund con- benefit applications. That influx Miami a decade ago with $300 She hopes to reopen later this by one-half to three-quarters. tains just $44 billion, which is resulted in huge backlogs and left from her mother. On weekends, month but isn’t sure she can, Michelle Meyer, an econo- only enough to provide benefits millions of the unemployed frus- she led the tours herself and even- given the state’s high level of con- mist at Bank of America Merrill for five to six weeks, analysts say. trated by their inability to access tually built up a business with 13 firmed infections. Lynch, says that the loss of the So far, only Ohio, South Carolina, additional aid will reduce Ameri- and West Virginia have said they cans’ incomes by $18 billion a will implement the program. week. Most other states have said they “That’s a big hit to purchasing need further guidance from the power,” she said. Labor Department to determine

Guam’s lieutenant governor joins governor among infected

Stars and Stripes the virus. She and her husband tested Guam’s lieutenant governor negative at the time but imme- tested positive for the coronavi- diately limited travel to essential rus Wednesday, just days after functions the U.S. territory’s leader, Gov. only, a state- Lou Leon Guerrero, announced ment said. her infection. She began After receiving a negative result to exhibit earlier in the week, Lt. Gov. Josh symptoms Tenorio said in a statement late Saturday Wednesday that he had continued and received to monitor himself for symptoms, a positive practice social distancing and test result wear a face mask. However, that that evening. afternoon he “began to exhibit Tenorio “I have mild symptoms, including a slight been in fever, chills, and a cough, and felt home quarantine since this week- it was necessary to test again.” end and will be isolated pending He received the positive result my recovery,” she added. Wednesday evening. Both Guerrero and Tenorio said Guerrero announced Monday they “remain in good health.” that she and her husband were The island has had 477 con- quarantined at home after receiv- firmed cases and five deaths as of ing positive results on Saturday. Thursday, according to the Guam Guerrero said she learned last week that she had come into con- Department of Health and Social tact with a close relative who had Services. Fifty-one U.S. service become infected with COVID-19, members have tested positive. the respiratory disease caused [email protected] PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 14, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Governor: New data shows Calif. is ‘turning the corner’

Associated Press positive this week are showing symptoms. Fifteen inmates and SAN FRANCISCO — Califor- seven staff members previous- nia is showing improvement in its ly tested positive at the prison, fight against the coronavirus pan- which houses about 1,880 men. demic, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Some inmates will remain Wednesday, citing a significantly locked in their cells because of lower number of confirmed new the new outbreak, while others cases as the state begins to clear will be relocated to the prison in backlogged cases from a data Lansing, where a medical unit failure. has been set up to handle COVID- The Democratic governor 19 cases. Lansing was the site said he also was encouraged by of an earlier outbreak in which a downward trend in the state’s more than 900 people became hospitalization rates which he infected. noted are down 21%, and ICU ad- The announcement came one missions, down 15% over the past day after the Sedgwick County 14 days. The number of newly Detention Facility confirmed 112 confirmed cases Wednesday, inmates and 11 staff members 5,433, was “another indication had tested positive. The jail in that we’re turning the corner on the state’s largest city of Wichita, this pandemic,“ he said. which has about 1,510 inmates, The latest figures represent a KRISTOPHER RADDER, THE BRATTLEBORO (VT.) REFORMER/AP is conducting widespread testing significant drop from the record this week. 12,807 new daily cases reported Katie Silegy gets her meal from the Taste of Thai food truck located at Mobil Station, in Brattleboro, Vt., statewide during the spike in in- on Wednesday . fections last month. Kentucky New cases of COVID-19 are response chief. Health Commissioner Dr. More than 10,600 people state- FRANKFORT — Gov. Andy wide have died, including 180 re- leveling off in Montana, but are Mark Levine said Wednesday the Beshear said Wednesday he not going down, and Gov. Steve South Carolina outbreak is considered over be- ported Wednesday, with the great wants to spare Kentucky from majority in Los Angeles County. Bullock urged residents to con- cause 28 days have passed since the risks of reopening schools too tinue to wear masks and follow COLUMBIA — South Car- any new infections connected to it Dr. Roger Lewis, director of the soon, defending his call for dis- olina’s top medical official Los Angeles County Department public health directives to help have been reported. tricts to delay the resumption of prevent the spread of the respira- overseeing the response to the “Now keep in mind this isn’t of Health Services, said there’s in-person classes and gain more coronavirus pandemic says new been “a clear decline” in hospi- tory virus. really a celebration,” Levine said time to get the coronavirus under “The way that we learn to live data shows mask ordinances are during an online briefing with talizations, meaning the rates of control. helping stem the spread of the transmission began to slow two to with this virus in our presence local officials. “The pandemic is To make his point, the Demo- illness. three weeks ago. Daily said cases is living in a way where we rec- far from over.” cratic governor pointed to a “We will be in a much better are back to where they were in ognize and acknowledge that The outbreak was first iden- Georgia school district that position in four to six weeks if May. significant risk is present, yet col- tified in June, primarily in the quarantined more than 900 stu- South Carolinians practice physi- “The consistent downtrend in lectively we’re acting to mitigate immigrant community in the dents and staff members be- cal distancing and use a mask,” new cases requiring hospitaliza- this risk,” Bullock said, and not densely packed city of Winooski. cause of possible exposure to the Dr. Linda Bell, South Carolina’s tion and the slight decrease in by “ignoring or denying or think- The outbreak included 117 in- coronavirus. state epidemiologist, said in a transmission rate is good news,” ing that it’ll somehow just magi- fections, 77 in Winooski, 22 in “I don’t believe that we gamble statement Wednesday. he said. “This is what prog- cally disappear one day.” Burlington and 18 in other towns or experiment with our kids,” “Together, we can completely ress looks like when we work Businesses that already rein Chittenden and Grand Isle Beshear told reporters. “And reverse our fortunes and create together.” ceived grants under the business counties. Two people were hospi- while we are all desperate to get safe environments for our busi- State officials are still work- stabilization program are eligible talized, but there were no deaths. our kids back (in school), I also for up to another $10,000, Bull- ness recovery, for our lifestyle ing to process the nearly 300,000 want it to work.” coronavirus test results lost be- ock said Wednesday. Those who recovery, and particularly for our Beshear urged patience as Ken- haven’t already applied are eli- students returning to school in a Washington cause of a data error. The state tucky posted a record high num- gible for up to $20,000. few short weeks, but we must act relies on timely statistics to de- ber of COVID-19 cases, though SEATTLE — The Seattle school termine whether schools and more aggressively, and now,” she board on Wednesday unanimous- the report was inflated by cases continued. businesses can reopen. Newsom from previous days that were Nevada ly voted to begin the academic said it will take a few more days For months, Bell has advocated year remotely. compiled after a recent computer LAS VEGAS — Nevada is before officials can assess the the wearing of face coverings to The plan for the state’s larg- glitch. But he acknowledged that reaching somber coronavirus overall infection rate. cut down on the transmission est school district passed with a the coronavirus “is as hot as a milestones, topping 58,000 con- While the virus’ spread ap- of the coronavirus, which as of wide-ranging amendment that firecracker in Kentucky.” firmed cases since the pandemic peared to be slowing, the eco- Wednesday had infected more directs the superintendent to ex- On Monday, Beshear recom- began and approaching 1,000 nomic effects are still raging. The mended that schools wait until than 102,000 people in the state, plore creating outdoor classes, deaths, state health officials ac- state has processed more than 9.7 Sept. 28 to resume in-person according to data released by the and also reinforces teaching of knowledged Wednesday. million claims for unemployment classes. Beshear, the father of two state Department of Health and Black studies and curricula de- Washoe County’s health dis- Environmental Control. There insurance since the pandemic children, has called it a tough but veloped by tribes, The Seattle trict officer in Reno also warned also have been 2,057 total deaths began. necessary step. Times reported. against complacency in the face linked to the virus, according to The state halted eviction and Even before his recommended Seattle Public Schools Super- of recent reductions in the spread the agency. foreclosure proceedings in April delay for in-person classes, many intendent Denise Juneau had of the virus. Gov. Henry McMaster has because of the pandemic. But Kentucky districts had already previously recommended a fully “We are in a precarious mo- stopped short of ordering a state- the Judicial Council of Califor- announced they would start the remote learning model for the ment right now,” Kevin Dick wide mask mandate, saying a nia will vote Thursday to resume new academic year with virtual start of the school year, which told reporters Wednesday. “It’s patchwork of municipal ordinanc- those proceedings starting Sept. instruction only. was endorsed by the principals important to remember this is a es covers many South Carolinians 1. Newsom said Wednesday the But not all schools are plan- labor union and teachers union. ning to follow the governor’s long-term effort. It’s not really and that a statewide policy would timing gives lawmakers a chance However, the district’s specific guidance. going to be over until we see a be unenforceable. to pass a law that would continue plans are far from set because eviction protections into 2021. vaccination.” According to health officials, Montana The confirmed cases reported nearly 40% of South Carolina Seattle Public Schools is still bar- Kansas day-to-day by the state Depart- residents, or about 2 million peo- gaining with the teachers union, HELENA — Montana’s gover- ment of Health and Human ple, live in areas with local mask the Seattle Education Associa- HUTCHINSON — A Kansas nor announced additional coro- Services brought the number to requirements, pointing toward tion. Those discussions will set prison has been locked down due navirus relief money for state 58,048, with at least 996 deaths. emergency management offi- the parameters for how teachers to a coronavirus outbreak affect- businesses as the pandemic In Las Vegas, the Southern cials’ online tool showing areas spend their time, and for the sup- ing nearly 100 inmates and staff stretches into its fifth month, a Nevada Health District has tal- covered under such policies. port, the district will provide to at the facility, the government an- mask mandate for schools in near- lied 50,081 confirmed cases and teachers and families in an online nounced Wednesday. ly half of the state’s counties and 842 deaths, or nearly 85% of the Vermont learning environment. Kansas Department of Correc- said the state will begin paying state’s fatalities. The negotiations will also play a tions Secretary Jeff Zmuda said the extra $400 in weekly unem- “Those numbers are telling and WINOOSKI — The Vermont key role in setting student sched- none of the 84 inmates and 10 ployment benefits that President they’re sobering as we look back Health Department says an out- ules and the school calendar, staff members at the Hutchinson Donald Trump announced over at these last four months,” said break of COVID-19 that began in which has a current start date of Correctional Facility who tested the weekend. Caleb Cage, the state’s COVID-19 the city of Winooski is over. Sept. 2. Friday, August 14, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 NATION Court says male-only draft is constitutional

Associated Press The case was argued in March and hearing before the full court or go to the “The Commission concluded that the was the result of a lawsuit by the National Supreme Court. time is right to extend Selective Service NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals Coalition for Men and two men challeng- The U.S. government stopped drafting court in New Orleans upheld the constitu- System registration to include men and ing the male-only draft. Their arguments young men into the military in 1973. But women, between the ages of 18 and 26. tionality of the all-male military draft sys- had been that the 1981 case was decided every male must still register for the draft This is a necessary and fair step, making tem Thursday, citing a 1981 U.S. Supreme at a time when women were largely absent when he turns 18. Court decision. from combat. Earlier this year — after the arguments it possible to draw on the talent of a unified The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in There was no dissent in Thursday’s rul- before the 5th Circuit — a federal commis- Nation in a time of national emergency,“ a New Orleans said “only the Supreme Court ing from a three-judge panel. sion recommended including women in the summary to the commission’s final report may revise its precedent.” Plaintiffs in the case could seek a re- military draft system. said. Portland protest clashes re-emerge Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Protesters and police clashed in downtown Portland in a demonstration that lasted into the predawn hours of Thursday, with some in the crowd setting a fire and exploding commercial grade fireworks outside a federal courthouse that’s been a target in months of conflict for Oregon’s largest city. Officers used tear gas to break up the crowd of several hundred people who gathered near the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Court- house, the neighboring Mult- nomah County Justice Center and a nearby police precinct station. Protests have been held nightly in the city since the police killing of George Floyd in May, who died after a white officer pressed a knee to his neck in Minneapolis. Protesters hurled rocks, bot- RINGO H.W. CHIU/AP tles and paint at officers during the demonstration that started A firefighter works against the Lake Hughes fire in Angeles National Forest on Wednesday north of Santa Clarita, Calif. Wednesday night and went into Thursday morning, Portland police said in a statement. One Crews battle massive fire north of Los Angeles officer suffered a hand wound described as serious, several other officers suffered non-specified Associated Press not burned since 1968, fire officials said. By approached that of wind-driven blazes that injuries and several people were Thursday morning, the flames had consumed usually erupt when gusty Santa Ana winds ar- detained, with one arrested on LOS ANGELES — Light winds and scat- nearly 16.5 square miles of timber and chap- rive later in the year, said county Deputy Fire suspicion of vandalizing a police tered thundershowers early Thursday helped arral shrubland. There was no containment of Chief David Richardson. vehicle, the statement said. calm the flames of a huge wildfire that the fire. Officials were preparing for the possibility The protests in Portland prompted evacuations north of Los Angeles, About 100 rural homes were evacuated in of extremely dangerous fires on Thursday as reached their apex last month and firefighters hoped to rein in the blaze be- the Lake Hughes area of the Angeles National heat increases and humidity levels drop, fire outside the federal courthouse, fore temperatures spike later in the day. Forest, some 60 miles north of downtown Los officials said in a statement. The area was ex- with demonstrators clashing An enormous plume of smoke was visible Angeles. pected to have temperatures in the mid-90s or nightly with federal agents dis- across much of Southern California after the Preliminary damage assessments found higher through the weekend. patched to the city to protect the fire broke out Wednesday afternoon in dense that at least three structures burned. It wasn’t Evacuation centers were designated for res- courthouse. The demonstrations forest land. immediately clear if they were houses. idents and animals, but because of COVID-19 had dwindled after a drawdown The blaze exploded in size within hours on The fire was being fed by tinder-dry brush concerns, people were told to stay in their cars of the agents, who were replaced brushy ridges, including some areas that had in steep terrain, but its ferocity on Wednesday in the parking lots of the centers. by Oregon state troopers. US seizes digital currency accounts used by militant groups abroad

Associated Press groups used the accounts to solicit dona- are perceived as hard to trace, and one equipment and develop fighters and plots, tions for their causes, including through of the groups explicitly encouraged dona- said Assistant Attorney General John De- WASHINGTON — The Justice Depart- a bogus scam that officials say purported tions by telling potential contributors that mers, the department’s top national secu- ment has seized millions of dollars from to sell protective gear for the coronavirus the money trail would be difficult for law rity official. cryptocurrency accounts that militant pandemic. enforcement to untangle, the department The department said it has seized about organizations abroad, including al-Qaida Officials described it as the largest-ever said. $2 million and is seeking for more, in ad- and Islamic State, relied on to raise money seizure of digital currency funds related to The legal action, including a forfeiture dition to more than 300 cryptocurrency for their operations, officials announced terrorism. complaint filed in Washington’s federal accounts and four websites. The money Thursday. Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin are fa- court, is meant to deprive the organiza- seized is expected to be given to a fund for The Trump administration said the vored for illicit transactions because they tions of fund needed to buy weapons and victims of terrorist attacks. PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 14, 2020 NATION Biden and Harris attack Trump at debut of VP pick

Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden and Kamala Harris pushed past their one-time political rival- ry to deliver an aggressive attack on the character and performance of President Donald Trump in their historic first appearance as running mates. JIM SLOSIAREK, THE (CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA) GAZETTE/AP The physical debut of the Dem- ocratic ticket on Wednesday was Iowa Department of Transportation workers help with tree debris removal as grain bins from the Archer without parallel in recent politi- Daniels Midland facility are seen severely damaged in Keystone, Iowa, on Wednesday. cal annals. The coronavirus pre- vented Biden and Harris from appearing before the large, ador- ing crowd that typically greets Iowa farmers assess losses after a presidential nominee and his CAROLYN KASTER/AP or her running mate. Instead, they spoke in a mostly empty Democratic presidential wind storm flattened cornfields high school gym where reporters candidate Joe Biden and his nearly outnumbered campaign running mate Sen. Kamala BY DAVID PITT corn crop this year of 15.3 billion and looked at more of it. That, of aides and the candidates’ family Harris, D-Calif., arrive to Associated Press bushels harvested from about 84 course, essentially has killed the members. speak at a news conference in million acres. Iowa was to pro- plant,” said Meaghan Anderson, While the pandemic made a Wilmington, Del., on Wednesday. DES MOINES, Iowa — Farm- vide about 18% of that production. an Iowa State University extension traditional campaign rollout im- ers across a wide swath of Iowa Iowa’s crop was valued at about agronomist who works with farm- possible, it gave Biden and Harris maybe, they’re seeing themselves are dealing with the heartbreak- $9.81 billion in 2019. ers in nine central Iowa counties. a setting to emphasize their criti- for the first time in a new way,” ing aftermath of a rare wind The Iowa Corn Growers As- Corn is flat on the ground in cism of Trump as unable to con- Biden said. storm that turned what was look- sociation said it is too soon to ac- numerous fields in the region, An- tend with the most severe public Harris, who is also of South ing like a record corn crop into curately describe how much of derson said. The corn stalks had health crisis in a century. Harris Asian descent, noted the “heroic deep losses for many. this year’s crop was lost. Iowa grown to full height and were in The storm, known as a dere- was particularly sharp in her con- and ambitious women before me, Secretary of Agriculture Mike the final stages of producing ears whose sacrifice, determination cho, slammed the Midwest with demnation of the administration. Naig said Tuesday that tens and filling them out with kernels. and resilience make my presence straight-line winds of up to 100 “The case against Donald of millions of bushels of grain Modern corn varieties can grow here today even possible.” miles per hour on Monday, gain- Trump and Mike Pence is open stored at farm cooperatives and up to 8 feet tall making them vul- For his part, Trump has ing strength as it plowed through and shut,” Harris said. “This privately on farms were damaged nerable to powerful straight-line struggled to land on a coherent Iowa farm fields, flattening corn virus has impacted almost every or destroyed. winds. country. But there’s a reason it message about the Biden-Har- and bursting grain bins still filled ris ticket, casting the Democrats with tens of millions of bushels of Western Iowa has been de- For plants that were bent, and has hit America worse than any clared an extreme drought zone stalks not broken, there’s some other advanced nation. It’s be- as simultaneously too liberal for last year’s harvest. and corn plants there were al- hope, with a significantly reduced cause of Trump’s failure to take it America and yet not progressive “It’s a problem of two years of ready weakened due to a lack of yield. But it will be difficult to seriously from the start.” enough for their party’s base. crops here. You’re still dealing moisture. Those fields are likely harvest. If the stalks snapped, the She added: “This is what hap- Trump has resorted to sexist and with what you grew last fall and pens when we elect a guy who just racist criticism, referring to Har- you’re trying to figure out how to a loss, Hart said. plant will die. Those fields will isn’t up for the job.” ris as “nasty.” prepare for what you’re growing According to a USDA report be chopped and used as livestock Harris is the first Black woman Biden bets that, on balance, this fall,” said Iowa State Univer- dated Aug. 1, farmers in much of feed. on a major party’s presidential Harris has broad appeal that will sity agriculture economist Chad central and eastern Iowa had been Iowa Corn Growers Associa- ticket, and she and Biden noted shore up any weaknesses with Hart. expecting near-record yields with tion CEO Craig Floss surveyed the historical significance. Black women, an anchor of the Farms in Illinois and Indiana healthy plants that could bounce the storm damage on his father’s “This morning, all across the Democratic Party, and other vot- also reported crop and property back. For now, much depends on farm east of Des Moines on nation, little girls woke up — es- ers of color, while juicing turnout damage, but not to the extent seen whether the plants snapped off or Wednesday. He found two ma- pecially little Black and brown among white liberals and coaxing in Iowa. were just bent over by wind. chine sheds destroyed and grain girls, who so often feel overlooked support from independents and Before the storm hit, the U.S. “There’s a lot more breakage or bins significantly damaged. The and undervalued in their com- Republican-leaning white voters Department of Agriculture had pinching of stalks than I thought corn was flattened and the family munities. But today, today, just who have soured on Trump. been expecting a record national there was now that I’ve been out home in need of repair. USPS funding threatened in effort to stop mail-in ballots

BY DEB RIECHMANN dicate Trump is in for a tough reelection have it.” House and congressional leaders far apart Associated Press fight against Democrat Joe Biden. Biden’s campaign jumped on Trump’s on the size, scope and approach for shor- The Republican president said on Fox comments, likening the president’s actions ing up households, reopening schools and WASHINGTON — President Donald Business Network that among the stick- to sabotage. launching a national strategy to contain Trump said Thursday that he opposes ad- ing points over a new virus relief pack- “The President of the United States is the coronavirus. ditional funding for the U.S. Postal Ser- age were Democrats’ demand for billions sabotaging a basic service that hundreds While there is some common ground vice, acknowledging that his position would of dollars to assist states in protecting the of millions of people rely upon, cutting a over $100 billion for schools and new funds starve the agency of money Democrats say election and to help postal workers process critical lifeline for rural economies and for for virus testing, Democrats also want it needs to process an anticipated surge mail-in ballots. delivery of medicines, because he wants to other emergency funds that Trump rein mail-in ballots during the coronavirus “They need that money in order to have deprive Americans of their fundamental jects, including to shore up the U.S. Postal pandemic. the post office work so it can take all of right to vote safely during the most cata- Service and election security ahead of the Trump also falsely stated that Demo- these millions and millions of ballots,” strophic public health crisis in over 100 November election. crats were pushing for universal mail-in Trump said on “Mornings with Maria,” years,” Biden spokesperson Andrew Bates “They want $3.5 billion for something voting and made the unfounded claim that adding, “If they don’t get those two items, said in a statement. that will turn out to be fraudulent. That’s mail-in voting would lead to massive voter that means you can’t have universal mail- Negotiations over a new virus relief election money, basically,” Trump said fraud in the November election. Polls in- in voting because they’re not equipped to package have all but ended, with the White during Thursday’s call-in interview. Friday, August 14, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 WORLD Trump says UAE to open diplomatic ties with Israel

Associated Press United Arab Emirates,” he said. Palestinians limited autonomy in independent Palestinian state is “a stabbing in the back of our The recognition grants a rare other areas. reached. people.” DUBAI, United Arab Emirates diplomatic win to Trump ahead For the UAE, home to skyscrap- “Israel got rewarded for not The joint statement from the — President Donald Trump said of the November election as his er-studded Dubai and the rolling, declaring openly what it’s been Thursday that the United Arab U.S., the UAE and Israel said del- efforts to see an end to the war oil-rich sand dunes of Abu Dhabi, doing to Palestine illegally & per- egations would meet in the com- Emirates and Israel have agreed in Afghanistan have yet to come it further burnishes its interna- sistently since the beginning of to establish full diplomatic ties as ing weeks to sign deals on direct to fruition while efforts to bring tional campaign to be seen as a the occupation,” senior Palestin- flights, security, telecommunica- part of a deal to halt the annexa- peace between Israel and the Pal- beacon of tolerance in the Middle ian official Hanan Ashrawi wrote tion of occupied land sought by tions, energy, tourism and health estinians have made no headway. East despite being governed by on Twitter. She also said the UAE care. The two countries also will the Palestinians for their future Israel and the UAE also have autocratic rulers. It also puts the has come forward with its “se- state. partner on fighting the coronavi- been among Trump’s closest for- UAE out first in a regional rec- cret dealings/normalization with rus pandemic. The announcement makes the eign allies. ognition race among neighboring Israel.” Among Arab nations, only UAE the first Gulf Arab state to For Israel, the announcement Gulf Arab states. “Please don’t do us a favor. We do so and only the third Arab na- comes after years of boasting by And for the Palestinians, who are nobody’s fig leaf!” she wrote. Egypt and Jordan have active tion to have active diplomatic ties Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin long have relied on Arab back- The official Palestinian broad- diplomatic ties with Israel. Egypt to Israel. Netanyahu that his government ing in their struggle for inde- caster Palestine TV reported that made a peace deal with Israel in Trump tweeted a statement enjoys closer ties to Arab nations pendence, the announcement Palestinian President Mahmoud 1979, followed by Jordan in 1994. from the countries, acknowledg- than publicly acknowledged. marked both a win and setback. Abbas called an urgent meeting The UAE is a U.S.-allied feder- ing the deal. He then told report- Netanyahu has sought to build While Thursday’s deal halts Is- of his top leadership to discuss ation of seven sheikhdoms on the ers in the Oval Office that it was settlements on lands sought by raeli annexation plans, the Pal- the agreement and determine a Arabian Peninsula. Formed in “a truly historic moment.” the Palestinians and embraced a estinians have repeatedly urged position on it. 1971, the country like other Arab “Now that the ice has been Trump proposal that would allow Arab governments not to normal- The militant group Hamas, nations at the time did not recog- broken I expect more Arab and him to annex large parts of the oc- ize relations with Israel until a which controls the Gaza Strip, nize Israel over its occupation of Muslim countries will follow the cupied West Bank while granting peace agreement establishing an called the deal by the Emiratis land home to the Palestinians. FBI to join investigation of explosion in Beirut

Associated Press increased powers because of the coronavirus outbreak. Some BEIRUT — Visiting U.S. pointed to the military crackdown Under Secretary for Political Af- on protesters last week, fearing fairs David Hale said the Federal the extended powers could lead to Bureau of Investigation will be silencing dissent. joining Lebanese and other inter- Parliament met outside its national investigators in the probe regular location to observe so- into the Beirut port blast that killed and wounded thousands. cial distancing amid a surge of Hale said during a visit to one coronavirus cases and because of of the impacted neighborhoods in nearby ongoing protests by those Beirut on Thursday that the FBI who want the entire political class will take part at the invitation of to step down. Lebanese authorities. The session opened with a mo- He said the participation in the ment of silence for those killed in probe is one of the ways the Unit- the blast. It then moved to discuss ed States is helping Lebanon in the resignation of nearly a dozen dealing with the aftermath of the lawmakers last week to protest drastic explosion. Hale arrived in the government’s handling of the Lebanon on Thursday and is due blast. A major Christian party to meet with Lebanese officials bloc is boycotting the session. for the next two days. It still was not known what Lebanon’s Parliament on caused the fire that ignited nearly Thursday approved a state of 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate emergency in Beirut in its first that were stored for years in Bei- session since the catastrophic rut’s port. But documents have Aug. 4 explosion, granting the emerged that show the country’s military sweeping powers amid top leadership and security offi- rising popular anger at official cials were aware of the stockpile. corruption and mismanagement It was not immediately clear if and political uncertainty. Parliament had technically ex- The government resigned after tended the government decision the blast that killed more than on the state of emergency for 15 170 people, injured at least 6,000 days or simply imposed it to take and wrecked the capital’s port effect starting Thursday, said and caused widespread damage rights lawyer Nizar Saghieh. across the capital. “There is incredible chaos,” The disaster has raised popular Saghieh said. He said the state of fury toward Lebanon’s leaders to emergency’s only justification is a new level as the country reels to extend the power of the state from an unprecedented economic and security agencies and “con- and financial crisis, along with trol the opposition.“ the coronavirus pandemic. “We were waiting for the army Before it resigned, the govern- to help in reconstruction, not be ment declared the state of emer- an extension of power,” he said. gency that gave the military the Lawmaker Simon Abi Ramieh power to declare curfews, prevent protested that Parliament was public gatherings and censor the convened to vote on the state of media, as well as refer civilians emergency while it was already in to military tribunals for alleged effect and called instead for form- security breaches. The action re- ing a parliamentary committee to quired approval by lawmakers, investigate the explosion. which they granted Thursday. “We are living in a state of in- The move has been criticized stitutional blunder,” he said. “We by rights groups and others who are in a place and the Lebanese have said the civilian govern- people are somewhere else … ment was already operating with The public wants to know the PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 14, 2020 WORLD In Slovenia visit, Pompeo pushes safe 5G, energy Associated Press ‘ BLED, Slovenia — U.S. Secre- The tide is turning tary of State Mike Pompeo visited against the Chinese Slovenia on Thursday to make the case for high-speed wireless net- Communist Party works that bar Chinese compa- and its efforts to nies like Huawei. On the second leg of a four-na- control information. ’ tion tour of central and eastern Mike Pompeo Europe, Pompeo met with Slo- U.S. secretary of state venian officials in the mountain SERGEI GRITS/AP lake town of Bled and signed a Belarusian women carry flowers on a rally in solidarity with protesters injured in the latest rallies against joint declaration on “5G Clean the results of the country’s presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, on Thursday. Network Security” that aims to sources. It has offered to sell U.S. keep untrusted telecommunica- fuel to Europe and has been pro- tions vendors out of Slovenia. moting nuclear energy. “Free nations must work to- Pompeo arrived in Slovenia Thousands in Belarus form gether to confront authoritarian from the Czech Republic, where threats,” he said. “It is absolutely he called upon the young democ- critical that every nation makes racies in the region to embrace ‘lines of solidarity’ in protest a good sovereign decision about hard-won freedoms and counter how the private information of its threats from Russia and particu- citizens is going to be handled.“ larly China, which he said is in Pompeo has led a U.S. cam- many ways more dangerous than BY YURAS KARMANAU official results that said Lukash- hospitalized. In Minsk and Ba- paign across Europe and else- the former Soviet Union. Associated Press enko won 80% of the vote and ranovichi, unidentified suspects where against Huawei and other his top opposition challenger got ran over traffic police with their “The CCP is already enmeshed MINSK, Belarus — Thousands only 10%. Police have broken up vehicles on Wednesday before Chinese companies that the in our economies, in our politics, of people swarmed the streets protests with stun grenades, tear being detained. Trump administration accuses in our societies in ways the Soviet of Belarus’ capital and other cit- gas, rubber bullets and severe The brutal suppression of proof sharing sensitive data and per- Union never was,” he told Czech ies Thursday to keep up their beatings . tests drew harsh criticism in the sonal information with China’s lawmakers, referring to the Chi- protests of election results that One protester died Monday in West. European Union foreign security apparatus . nese Communist Party. extended the 26-year rule of au- Minsk, and hundreds of others policy chief Josep Borrell said “Protecting communications Pompeo, however, said that thoritarian President Alexander were injured across the country. the 27-nation bloc would review networks from disruption or ma- “even more of a threat is the Lukashenko and a subsequent The authorities confirmed that a its relations with Belarus and nipulation, and ensuring the pri- Chinese Communist Party and police crackdown on peaceful detainee also died in the south- consider “measures against those vacy and individual liberties of its campaigns of coercion and demonstrations. eastern city of Gomel, but the cir- responsible for the observed vio- the citizens of the United States control.“ In several areas of Minsk, cumstances of his death weren’t lence, unjustified arrests and fal- and Slovenia are vital to ensuring “In your country alone,” he hundreds of women formed long immediately clear. sification of election results.” that our people are able to take said, “we see influence cam- “lines of solidarity.“ Many of The brutality and scope of U.S. Secretary of State Mike advantage of the tremendous eco- paigns against your politicians them were dressed in white and the police crackdown was re- Pompeo said the election wasn’t nomic opportunities 5G will en- and security forces, the theft of carried flowers and portraits of markable even for Lukashenko’s free or fair and urged the gov- able,” the declaration says. industrial data that you have cre- loved ones who have been de- iron-fisted rule. The 65-year-old ernment to refrain from violence Slovenia last month rolled out ated through your innovation and tained during protests that began former state farm director has against peaceful protesters. a nationwide commercial 5G net- creativity, and we’ve seen the shortly after Sunday’s vote that been in power since 1994 and was “I’m confident that that EU work with Swedish telecom giant use of economic leverage to stifle they said was rigged. nicknamed “Europe’s last dicta- and the United States fully share Ericsson, which U.S. officials fre- freedom itself.” The human chains grew quick- tor“ by the West for his suppres- the same concerns about what quently mention as a “trusted” Pompeo said they should con- ly, and by early afternoon filled sion of dissent. has taken place and what is tak- alternative to Huawei. tinue to resist Chinese attempts the main central squares and The Interior Ministry reported ing place in Belarus and I’m very “The tide is turning against the to assert economic and political avenues. Motorists honked in 700 new detentions late Wednes- hopeful that we can collectively Chinese Communist Party and leverage over them. He noted support. day and overnight, bring the total work in a way that gets a better its efforts to control information,” several recent developments In Minsk and other cities, hun- number of detainees to 6,700 outcome for the people of Belar- Pompeo said. in which China has threatened dreds of workers at industrial since Sunday. Belarus’ Investiga- us,” Pompeo said Thursday on a Besides the 5G declaration, Czech officials with retaliation plants also rallied against the po- tive Committee launched a crimi- visit to Slovenia. Pompeo discussed energy se- for showing support for Taiwan, lice violence, raising the prospect nal probe into the organization Police appeared to scale back curity with Slovenia’s president Tibet and Hong Kong. of massive strikes in a new chal- of mass rioting — a charge that their response on Wednesday. In and prime minister. The U.S. is China has accused the United lenge to the government. could carry prison terms of up to many parts of Minsk, the all-fe- keen to wean Europe from its de- States of “oppressing Chinese Nearly 7,000 people have been 15 years for those found guilty. male “lines of solidarity” stood pendence on Russian oil and gas companies” through its declara- detained and hundreds injured The ministry said 103 police unchallenged for some time be- and has launched numerous ini- tions about telecom equipment in a harsh clampdown by police officers have been injured since fore police dispersed some of tiatives throughout the continent suppliers Huawei and ZTE being on demonstrators protesting the Sunday and 28 of them were them without violence . to diversify European energy national security threats. Friday, August 14, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 PACIFIC 1M Japanese dead still missing from WWII

BY MARI YAMAGUCHI fumi Hamai, a Teikyo University Associated Press historian and expert on the remains issue. TOKYO — Seventy-five years More than 240,000 Koreans after the end of World War II, fought for Japan during the coun- more than 1 million Japanese try’s 1910-1945 colonial rule of war dead are scattered through- the Korean Peninsula, including out Asia, where the legacy of Jap- 20,000 believed to have died out- anese aggression still hampers side of mainland Japan. Some of recovery efforts. their remains were most likely The missing Japanese make up brought back, unidentified and about half of the 2.4 million sol- mixed with the Japanese collect- diers who died overseas during ed during past missions before Japan’s military rampage across being placed in Chidorigafuchi. Asia in the early 20th century. Japan’s delayed and insuffi- They are on remote islands in cient remains collection under- the South Pacific. They are in scored the government’s failure northern China and Mongolia. to face up to its wartime past, They are in Russia. Hamai said. As the anniversary for the end “The government lacked re- of the Pacific War arrives Satur- spect for individual remains and day, there is little hope these re- their dignity,” he said. “Their mains will ever be recovered, let remains collection program was alone identified and returned to sloppy and carried out reluctantly grieving family members. at the request of veterans’ fami- Only about half a million are lies, while completely neglecting considered retrievable. The rest the Koreans and Taiwanese.” are lost in the sea or buried in About 700 remains of Koreans areas that can’t be reached behave been separately stored at a KYODO NEWS/AP cause of fighting or security or Tokyo Buddhist temple, Yutenji. political reasons, according to Ja- People gather for the cremation ceremony for Japanese war dead in World War II, in Papua province, Health and welfare ministry offi- pan’s Ministry of Health, Labor Indonesia, in March, 2013. cials say they are the only remains and Welfare, which is in charge of the former Korean soldiers that of support measures for bereaved testing. collection of random remains; mains; most are kept at Tokyo’s they are aware of. More than half families. After Japan’s disastrous re- most were unidentified and never Chidorigafuchi national cemetery of the 700 are from North Korea. Locating, identifying and find- treats in the Pacific in 1943, the returned to families. After collect- of unknown soldiers. Japan gained access to Rus- ing places to store the decades-old military started sending back ing the remains of about 10,000 They were never DNA tested or sia and Mongolia only starting in remains have been complicated empty boxes with stones to be- war dead, the welfare ministry in identified, and almost certainly 1991 when Japan was given a list as memories fade, artifacts and reaved families, without pro- 1962 tried to end the project but include a “significant number” of tens of thousands of imprisoned documents get lost and families viding details about the deaths. was forced to continue the effort of the remains of non-Japanese Japanese soldiers and maps of and relatives age. Japan insisted all war dead would following repeated requests by nationals, including Koreans and the mass graves where they were In 2016, Japan’s parliament be honored as gods at Yasukuni veterans and bereaved families. Taiwanese soldiers drafted and buried. About 600,000 were sent passed a law launching an eight- Shrine. The government mission has sent overseas to fight for the Jap- to former Soviet prisons, where year remains recovery initiative Similar practices were con- so far recovered just 340,000 re- anese Imperial Army, said Kazu- 55,000 died. through 2024. It promotes more tinued by postwar governments, DNA matching and cooperation which didn’t put an emphasis on with the U.S. Department of De- identifying individual remains to fense in case remains are found return to families, experts say. at U.S. military facilities on is- Japan sent its first overseas re- lands in the southern Pacific that mains collection mission in 1952 were former battlegrounds. after a seven-year U.S. occupa- It was not until 2003 that the tion ended. The efforts were un- Japanese government started welcome in many Asian countries DNA matching, but only at the re- that had suffered under Japanese quest of possible families. In July, wartime aggression. Japan set up a comprehensive re- The government in the 1950s mains information center at the dispatched missions to major for- ministry that would provide DNA mer battlegrounds for the “token” PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 14, 2020 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Man who broke into home shot with own gun

OMAHA — An Omaha NE man who allegedly broke into a home and tried to steal two dogs at gunpoint was shot with his own gun during a struggle over it. Omaha Police said the 29-year- old man was shot by a resident of a home in northeast Omaha shortly before midnight Tuesday as the resident took the gun away from the suspect. The man was found a short time later when he went to a hospital for treatment of the gunshot wound, and he was arrested after he was treated for the injury. Court records show that the wounded man is already awaiting trial on charges of robbery and criminal impersonation in two separate felony cases. Police: Man robbed of cash by his online date

BOSTON — Police MA say a rendezvous arranged on an online dating app ended poorly for a man in Boston after his date pulled a stun gun and robbed him. Authorities say the man met the woman at a local hotel Tues- day morning. He told officers the two spoke for about half an hour before his date took out a Taser ERIC GAY/AP stun gun. The woman then went through the man’s pockets, steal- ing about $100 in cash. The man notified hotel security Getting cleaned up for dinner after escaping the hotel room. Police say that when officers ar- A worker wearing a mask to combat the threat of COVID-19 cleans an outside dining area at San Antonio’s River Walk on Wednesday . rived, the woman initially denied having met the victim. A pink A woman spotted the long- THE CENSUS Jermane Hicks, the St. Louis Taser was located on the woman’s legged bird Tuesday morning in Post-Dispatch reported. luggage and she was arrested. a residential neighborhood near The amount of money Nevada state Police said Jackson shot Hicks Police identified the woman Paterson’s border with Totowa. officials gave final approval Tuesday as the two argued over street park- as Selena Rivera-Apodaca, 24, of Animal control officers snared to paying to a Las Vegas man who ing on the block where both men Kent, Wash. She is expected to be the emu, which is about 4-feet $2.25M spent more than 22 years in state lived. Hicks’ wife was inside their arraigned on a charge of armed tall. The emu was placed in a prison for a 1994 murder before he home at the time and saw Jackson robbery . large animal cart and was taken was determined to be innocent and released in 2017. DeMarlo Berry, 45, is the shoot her husband, investigators to a shelter, where officials ar- first person to receive a certificate of innocence and damages for wrongful impris- said, and went outside to confront Prison for man who ranged for the emu to be exam- onment under a new state law passed last year. His conviction in the killing of Las Jackson. Police said Jackson then claimed to be FBI agent ined by a veterinarian. Officials Vegas fast-food restaurant manager Charles Burkes was dismissed after a man fled, but later returned to the were not sure whether the bird already serving a life sentence for a separate murder confessed to killing Burkes. house. He is accused of barging had escaped from a farm or was through the front door and fir- PRESCOTT — A Cot- just running out in the wild. ing shots at Hicks’ wife inside the AZ tonwood man has been Chief Animal Control Officer home. Police said he missed and The Bismarck Tribune report- family, and generally must be sentenced to 1 ½ years in an Ari- John DeCando told NJ.com the exhausted all of the rounds in his ed the site includes a command euthanized.” zona prison after pleading guilty emu appeared healthy. He could gun before fleeing. bunker and 14 missile launch Proponents of the feeding ban to two counts of impersonating a not determine its age or sex, “but Jackson is being held without tubes. include the local Wyoming Game peace officer. I can tell you it needs a bath,” bail. Prosecutors said David Michael DeCando said. and Fish Department office and Getzen, 59, called the Yavapai City considers ban Audubon Society. Others joined Family rescues dog County jail last October claiming Auction for former on feeding feral cats by the national advocacy group to be an FBI agent. In the call, Alley Cat Allies oppose the idea. nearly 4 miles offshore Getzen said the detention facility missile site falls short Feeding bans are hard to en- CASPER — A Wyo- needed to “surrender” two sher- force and don’t stop feral cats FRANKFORT — A dog ming city is consider- iff’s deputies, authorities said. BISMARCK — An WY from reproducing, said Becky treading water nearly ing a ban on feeding feral cats, MI Getzen also was accused of ND auction for a former Robinson, founder of Alley Cat four miles offshore in Lake Mich- a proposal supported by animal threatening to shoot two county missile site in northeastern North Allies. The group has worked igan has been rescued by a family control officers and wildlife ad- Superior Court judges plus the Dakota fell short of the hoped-for with municipalities to implement out on a boating trip. vocates but opposed by others. sheriff and county attorney if the price Tuesday. trap-neuter-release programs fo- The family was boating from The Casper City Council plans jail didn’t release the individuals. Over 70 bidders were regis- cused on stopping feral cats from Grand Haven to Frankfort in a final vote on the proposed ban In another call, authorities said tered online to bid on the 50-acre, reproducing, Robinson said. northwestern Michigan on Fri- in the weeks ahead. Getzen claimed he had a warrant double-fenced, Cold War-era site day when Jeannie Wilcox said The animal shelter in Casper for the arrest of a deputy county near Fairdale. Leslie Volochenko, she saw a “red animal in the lake” took in over 1,500 cats and eu- Man killed in parking sheriff. Detectives identified Get- of Mandan, bought the property and started screaming, ‘dog in the thanized nearly 500 in 2019, the zen as the caller and he was ar- in 2012 and put it up for sale since tiff; neighbor charged water!’ ” They got the dog onto the Casper Star-Tribune reported. rested the next day. he hopes to move to Texas. boat’s swim platform and dried An estimated 25% of the cats ST. LOUIS — A St. Dave Keller of Pifer’s Auction & her off, Wilcox told WOOD-TV. taken in were feral, which can’t be Louis man has been Realty conducted the auction but MO The family had the dog scanned W ayward emu captured adopted and usually are killed. charged, accused of fatally shoot- said the highest bidder fell short for a microchip. The owners later “Feral cats plague our coming a neighbor during an argu- running through city of the nearly half-million-dollar were located and reunited with munity, defecating and urinating ment over street parking, then of price Volochenko hoped to get. their dog. PATERSON — A n emu Keller said they are negotiat- on private property, killing pro- trying to kill the victim’s wife. “I just hope that if this was my was taken to an animal ing with the highest bidder, who tected songbirds and spreading Troy Jackson Jr., 28, was NJ dog, somebody would do the same shelter after it was captured while is a man from North Dakota, and disease,” Metro Animal Services’ charged Monday with first-de- for me,” Wilcox said. running through the streets of a hope to have things figured out by 2019 annual report reads. “They gree murder, assault and other northern New Jersey city. the end of the week. cannot safely be placed with a counts for the June 16 killing of From wire reports Friday, August 14, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 Luke Bryan loves to tinker Music, Page 34

An examination of 20 years of reality dating shows reveals a deep impact on our culture — and not for the better

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Movies — 19-21 Video games — 22 Travel — 23-29 Health — 36 Crossword — 38 PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 14, 2020 WEEKEND: TECHNOLOGY & GADGETS Lowering expectations for GADGET WATCH higher education this fall Many students unhappy with colleges’ move to online classes

BY MAYA TRIBBITT to park at the college and turn their cars into Bloomberg makeshift study halls. “I don’t think it’s going to be as impactful olleges are rolling out new technology for as they think,” said Nicholas Silk, a senior at a mostly online semester that begins in Michigan. “Most people who live on or off campus August, but these efforts are unlikely to already have Wi-Fi in their residences. Plus, I Cimpress students paying tens of thou- don’t even have a car. I won’t be sitting outside of sands of dollars for in-person instruction. a building just to use campus Wi-Fi.” ANKER/TNS The University of Michigan will provide Michigan is also partnering with Zoom Video stronger Wi-Fi and new cloud storage accounts Communications Inc. and Canvas, a learning- Anker’s Soundcore Rave Neo offers great sound and a ring of LED to help students learn on campus while maintain- management system from Instructure Inc., to mood lights on the front. ing social distance. The University of Southern enable automated transcription during video California plans virtual 3-D labs for some science conferencing classes. This will help students fol- courses, while the University of California at low lectures more easily in real time and let them Little speaker pumps out big sound Berkeley is giving laptops, webcams and head- refer back to material after the class ends. phones to thousands of students in need. Schools are also using technology to keep less BY GREGG ELLMAN As the COVID-19 pandemic rages across the wealthy students connected. The University of USB-C and standard connec- U.S., many schools are making permanent plans California at Berkeley set aside more than $4 mil- Tribune News Service tions for power, charging exter- to conduct classes virtually this fall. Administra- nal USB devices, adding a USB lion to provide about 3,300 laptops, 800 Wi-Fi nker’s new Soundcore tors heeded complaints about lockdown learning storage device with content and a hotspots, webcams and headphones in August to Rave Neo isn’t your during the previous semester and are tapping 3.5 mm auxiliary port are on the those who qualify for a new Student Technology typical pocket-sized technology to try to improve the experience. Stu- back. These ports have a cover, Equity Program. Bluetooth 5.0 speaker. dents doubt e-learning will pass what is shaping The University of California at Irvine has sent A but when they are exposed, keep The sound is delivered by a the unit away from water. up to be the industry’s toughest test yet. almost 300 students laptops and Wi-Fi hotspots. 4-inch woofer and 2-inch tweeter You’ll get about 18 hours of “Online classes kinda suck, and there’s no Almost 40% of those who attend the college behind a black grill and didn’t playtime from the internal bat- technology that can fi x that,” said Annie Tsan, a qualify for Federal Pell grants that are given to disappoint in its debut right out tery (varies on volume level), and sophomore at the University of Massachusetts at low-income candidates. Tom Andriola, chief in- of the box. The sound is what I’d it charges back up in six hours. Amherst. formation offi cer for the University of California call big time with a perfect bass, Online: soundcore.com; $99.99 Without technological updates that make the System, hopes the effort brings “equity in terms with the speaker’s BassUp mode online classroom more accessible and enjoyable, of the ability to access the internet and to watch a turned on and high volume levels As laptops get smaller, one there’s no guarantee students will stay at their livestream lecture, or be able to access systems.” thing that’s commonly eliminat- institutions. Some are considering a gap semester (but not enough to annoy my However, schools are often chosen based on ed is the ethernet port along with or two, withholding tuition payments or transfer- neighbors.) physical resources, such as residence halls, switching to USB-C/Thunderbolt ring. This risks another blow to a higher eduction With the Soundcore app and research labs and media-production studios. For 3 connections from standard sector that was already struggling fi nancially students counting on these assets, faster Wi-Fi, a the Custom EQ, choose between three presets and a fully cus- USB-A. With the Plugable’s before the pandemic. free laptop and virtual reality may not be enough. 2.5Gbps ethernet adapter, con- “70% of our revenue comes from tuition, room Although some universities, like Princeton tomizable EQ profi le for perfect music to your ears. nectivity to either is no problem. and board,” said Zach Messitte, president of and Harvard, have provided tuition discounts, Going wireless is not always Ripon College in Wisconsin. “If 30% of our stu- many schools still expect students to pay the full The Rave Neo has a ring of LED mood lights on the front, desired, especially when wired dents decide not to come back, that’s just an enor- amount. Some schools, like USC, even announced connection speeds can be faster. mous revenue hit. This will impact the revenue of tuition increases before they released plans to go creating a nice visual experience and added fun in darker settings. One end has an ethernet port schools across the country.” online. and the other has a USB con- The University of Michigan’s new Wi-Fi shows A number of students are still deciding if it is They fl ash to the sound of the music and if you have synced nection cable with both USB-C the potential and the pitfalls of this technology worth it to attend classes at all this fall. “If I do and a standard USB 3.0 with an multiple speakers, the LEDs will push by colleges. There will be more bandwidth not have access to the resources that make USC, attached adapter. The stan- also sync. The light modes can and the Wi-Fi signal will be extended through USC, there is no reason as to why I should be dard USB-A adapter slips over also be controlled with the app. additional routers, so even without in-person paying full price to essentially now attend school the USB-C when needed and classes, Michigan hopes students will come to the in my living room,” said Casey Gardner, a senior More than 100 of the speakers remains attached when using a campus. One proposal even encourages students studying theater at the school. can be linked with the built-in USB-C connection. PartyCast Technology to sync The adapter is backward the music. The fi rst speaker con- compatible with compatibility nected becomes the primary and listed with Windows 10, 8.x, and controls the others. 7, macOS 10.7 and above, and Anker’s Flare 2 is also Party- Linux Kernel 3.2 and above. It Cast compatible, enabling it to be works plug-and-play on most of paired with the Rave Neo. today’s computers; a driver may When you do have two paired be needed with older operating and in True Wireless Stereo systems. mode, they give you stereo sound The pocket-sized adapter with music in the left and right supports speeds up to 2.5 times channels. faster than the 1Gbps standard The top panel has the controls when used with Cat 5e cabling. for the sound, including one Online: plugable.com; $54.99 for the BassUp mode. After hearing the added bass, I just left it on. It also lets you choose outdoor and indoor sound modes. Other controls are for your basic needs including music, Blue- tooth pairing, hands- free calls, light mode and the PartyCast mode. Two mobile devices can be iStock paired to a single speaker, but music can PLUGABLE/TNS Many colleges are switching to fully online teaching, offering access to a number of online teaching only be played from tools, expanded online storage and, in some cases, providing laptops, Wi-Fi hotspots and webcams. one at a time. Plugable’s ethernet adapter Friday, August 14, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 WEEKEND: MOVIES

ECHOES OF 2020

These ﬁ lms aim to entertain, Amy (Kate Lyn Sheil) can’t shake the belief but end up invoking the that the next day will be her last in “She Dies Tomorrow,” same kind of existential currently available to stream. dread as the coronavirus Neon

BY JULIE HINDS He’s relentless in the search for Detroit Free Press a vaccine, brushing off a plane crash as if it were a fl at tire. ear and uncertainty are For the ultimate in pandemic- as familiar in 2020 as fueled pandemonium, “Invasion Zoom meetings and so- of the Body Snatchers” (both the Fcial distancing. Still, you 1956 original and a 1978 remake) have to stay positive, establish reveals the hazards of trying to a healthy routine and fi nd ways stay safe while others are down- to cope with what can feel like playing a crisis. existential dread. An allegory for the 1950s Red That’s what makes an early Scare, it imagines a plague of scene from “She Dies Tomor- seed pods arriving from outer row,” available on streaming space. The pods grow exact cop- platforms and video on demand, ies of humans, only these doubles so scary. During a phone call, lack free will and emotions. a friend offers some advice to When one man (Kevin Mc- a young woman who’s feeling a Carthy in the ’56 version, Donald sense of claustrophobic doom: Sutherland in ’78) tries to expose “Go for a walk, or why don’t you the truth of what’s happening, try watching a movie?” he’s essentially deemed fake Both are common stress news. relievers for life in the COVID- Scary movies have always 19 pandemic. But be aware that been a place to work out some watching “She Dies Tomorrow” of our deepest fears — even for won’t distract you from what’s fi lmmakers. In the production happening. The gripping indie Netflix notes for “She Dies Tomorrow,” is about facing your dread when Sandra Bullock plays a woman trying to guide two small children (Julian Edwards, left, and Vivien Lyra Seimetz describes the origin of fearfulness itself becomes con- Blair, right) to safety in the post-apocalyptic thriller “Bird Box.” the story : tagious. “I was dealing with my own For at least six months now, personal anxiety and found (Kate Lyn Sheil), who guzzles with what it means to be ap- a strong told-you-so message movies have been providing I was spreading my panic to white wine after becoming con- proaching their fi nal day. about the costs of climate change coronavirus catharsis. Early this other people by talking about it vinced that she will die tomor- Should they drop the limits of and systemic inequality. year, “Contagion” (2011), a taut perhaps too excessively — while row. polite behavior and start saying Its scenario of an infertility drama starring Matt Damon, simultaneously watching a ton of Kate Winslet and Laurence Amy’s fear doesn’t appear to and doing things they otherwise pandemic, coupled with huge news and watching mass anxiety Fishburne, reached the hot zone be an offshoot of depression. She would self-censor? Is that a good migrations of refugees, is a spreading on the right and left of rental popularity with its caught it from another person, choice? It’s certainly an honest nightmarish take on a future politically,” she said. “All this fact-based vision of what would and she spreads it to anyone she one. with worsening income inequal- while remembering losing my happen if a virus spread across physically encounters. With the real-life pandemic ity, health care disparities and father and many friends, that we the world and claimed millions Super creepy and superbly un- continuing to surge and no immi- brutalization of asylum seekers. all die at some point. We don’t of lives. resolved, Seimetz’s new movie is nent end to it in sight, no wonder Even the formidable Clive know what to do but keep living, Just recently, “Host” arrived a meditation on facing mortality life is paralleling scary movies. Owen has a tough time shoulder- realizing the absurdity and trag- on the streaming site Shudder. that contains surprising splashes In “Bird Box” (2018), wearing this many problems at once. edy that with life comes death.” The horror fi lm, shot entirely on of dark humor. ing a mask (in this case, a “World War Z” (2013) is the Seimetz notes that the char- Zoom, takes place as a bunch of For instance, when Amy keeps blindfold) is the only weapon best recent spin on a zombie acters in her latest fi lm keep friends in lockdown gather on- lifting the needle of her record against mysterious creatures disaster. Its premise is that hu- saying that everyone is going to line for a seance that unleashes player to listen to Mozart’s that provoke lethal madness with mans gain incredible speed once die because they no longer can some serious nastiness. The gloomy “Requiem” over and a single glimpse. There’s even a they’re infected with a zombie avoid that fact: “It’s just most of concept plays off of quarantine over, it’s a pretty clear example relevant plot point over whether bug, making any effort to socially the time, you can push that truth tensions and brings new mean- of how not to wallow in misery. masks are necessary or just a distance from their biting range aside and be as shallow or oblivi- ing to experiencing a virtual If time is running short, why not response to a mass hysteria. extremely diffi cult. ous as you want to be.” meeting from hell. put on some vintage Go-Go’s or But rest assured that Sandra Yet “World War Z” is an oddly Terrifying stuff, right? Or “She Dies Tomorrow,” written Prince’s “1999”? Bullock’s character stays masked comforting action thriller, maybe maybe a timeless reminder and directed by Amy Seimetz, “She Dies Tomorrow” is and serves as the Dr. Fauci of the because it offers Brad Pitt racing that time is precious. If “She explores timeless themes that a moody, intense portrait of “Bird Box” universe. to the rescue (and he actually Dies Tomorrow” feels like 2020 just happen to correspond to the trapped characters — includ- There also are echoes of 2020 played Fauci on “Saturday Night condensed into one script, well, constant worry that has become ing a solitary scientist played by in “Children of Men” (2006), a Live”). there are worse ways to spend 2020’s mood board. wonderful Jane Adams (HBO’s classic dystopian fi lm from di- Pitt doesn’t survey the global 90 minutes than with a smart, The story centers on Amy “Hung”) — who must wrestle rector Alfonso Cuaron that sends crisis and say, “It is what it is.” thought-provoking movie. PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 14, 2020 WEEKEND: MOVIES

BY PETER SBLENDORIO out of the fi ctional country of New York Daily News Shlupsk by militant Cossacks and into a new life in New York City. eth Rogen thoroughly Herschel takes a job at a pickle Dual personalities enjoyed the challenge factory, but isn’t heard from for of playing the two a century after he becomes sub- main characters in merged in a tank full of pickle his latest movie, “An brine in a freak accident. Rogen relished playing two roles in ‘An American Pickle’ American Pickle.” Once he resurfaces at the SThe funnyman stars in the same age, Herschel unites with new comedy as both Herschel his only living relative, Ben, a Greenbaum — a Jewish immi- socially conscious app designer. grant from Eastern Europe who Herschel’s offensive, outdated wakes up 100 years after being viewpoints cause nothing but preserved in a pickle vat — and trouble for his great-grandson. Ben Greenbaum, his Brook- The fi lm, which is based on lyn-based great-grandson who a 2013 written serialization by struggles to teach his ancestor Simon Rich that ran in the New about modern times. Yorker, featured themes that “It was very complicated, Rogen was eager to dive into. but I was up for the challenge,” “This idea of what would our Rogen said of his dual roles. “I ancestors think of us? Would they knew what I was getting into. be proud of us? ... My grandpar- I’d directed things where people ents saw me become someone play two characters before, so I who starred in fi lms, and they understood how complicated and were not that impressed by it,” technical it could be. Rogen said. “They were very “I longed for it in some ways. Some of the movies we make are impressed by the fact that I could so loose that this idea of making afford a lot of napkins and paper something that was pretty regi- towels, so it just shows how this mented and had a pretty specifi c Depression-era mentality never blueprint it had to follow was left them. Like, being a movie actually appealing to me.” star was not an accomplishment, To make the movie, now avail- but never having to worry about able on the subscription stream- running out of napkins really ing service HBO Max, Rogen was.” and the fi lmmakers shot all of Rogen, whose other com- the scenes featuring the bearded edy credits include “Pineapple Herschel fi rst, with a stand-in Express” and “Superbad,” said sometimes fi lling in to give the there were multiple aspects of HBO MAX/AP actor someone to interact with. the new movie that he related to. Rogen, 38, then shaved, and “My family’s from Eastern Seth Rogen stars as Herschel Greenbaum — and his great-grandson — in “An American Pickle.” they went back and shot all of Europe,” Rogen said. “They Ben’s scenes. were driven out by people trying “When I’m acting, I’m gener- to kill Jewish people. The fi rst ally trying to serve the bigger 20 minutes of the movie prob- picture,” Rogen explained. “That ably very closely refl ect some ‘ It was very complicated, but I was up for the challenge. is how I approach it. I’m used to elements of my own history. having more than one job on a Ultimately, the themes of legacy I knew what I was getting into ... so I understood how movie, so it was not that weird, and tradition and the progressive complicated and technical it could be. honestly. I very much felt like I side of our instincts versus the ’ was just serving the story as best conservative side of our instincts, Seth Rogen I could as both characters.” and how family plays into that, The fi lm follows Herschel and all that was just stuff that I was his wife in 1919 as they’re driven very interested in exploring.” ‘An American Pickle’ is a quick, satisfying bite

BY KATIE WALSH pickle factory killing rats, where he falls Tribune News Service into the pickle vat and is sealed inside. A century later, a drone disturbs the vat The new Seth Rogen vehicle, “An Amer- and Herschel emerges, fully preserved, ican Pickle,” is a lot like the foodstuff for alive and sentient (just go with it). The which it’s named: a quick, tart, satisfying doctors fi nd his only living relative, great- bite, and of course, kosher. The fi lm her- grandson Ben Greenbaum (also Rogen), alds a return of sorts, or at least a nod to, a “freelance mobile app developer,” and classic American Jewish cinema (there’s wacky, time-traveling mishaps and misun- a nod to “Yentl”), the likes of which hasn’t derstandings ensue. been seen, it seems, in some time. Rich’s series “Sell Out” is a bit more The fi lm is the solo feature directo- barbed . In the script for “An American HBO MAX/AP rial debut of Brandon Trost, a prominent Pickle,” Rich extends a bit more charity Seth Rogen says it “was not that weird” to play both Ben Greenbaum, left, and cinematographer who has worked on to Ben, who is more hapless than feckless. Herschel Greenbaum in “An American Pickle.” many Rogen vehicles like “This Is the He leads a comfortable if unexamined End,” “Neighbors” and “The Interview.” life, fi lling his days with modern comforts, Herschel is overbearing and out of touch, er pat, and even earnest despite its wacky It’s written by Simon Rich, who adapted making an app called Boop Bop to tell you while the jealous and competitive Ben premise and the issues it skirts. With an the screenplay from his four-part humor if your kale chips are ethical. It’s all to dis- is eaten up by envy. Their interpersonal 88-minute run time, there’s just no time series “Sell Out,” which ran in The New tract from the deep sorrow of losing both feud escalates in a series of increasingly to treat the twists and turns with any level Yorker in 2013. But this is a Rogen fi lm his parents in a car accident, something outlandish (yet plausible) events. Anchor- of depth, and it avoids fully probing the through and through, offering the actor his great-grandfather wants to dive right ing this is a rather deft performance by topics like cancel culture and free speech the chance to inhabit two very different into, details and all. Rogen, who creates two distinct charac- with which it toys, avoiding the thornier roles, playing against himself. For Herschel, family, memory and areas. It gestures toward controversial ters. His Ben may not be that far off his Rogen is Herschel Greenbaum, a ditch- legacy is everything. On a quest to buy ideas, but it always swerves back to its usual, but with bouncing off his Herschel, digger from an Eastern European hovel back the land where Sarah is buried, in simple but profound message of together- called Shlupsk, who immigrates to Brook- the shadow of a Russian vodka billboard, and with almost no other signifi cant sup- ness and family, and the personal impor- lyn at the turn of the 20th century with his he starts the hottest new artisanal pickle porting actors, it’s an impressive turn tance of honoring tradition and memory. wife, Sarah (Sarah Snook), with dreams of venture in Williamsburg, with his all-nat- from Rogen, especially his facility with Running time: 1 hour, 28 minutes. Rated PG-13 for buying their own gravestones and one day ural brine and reusable jars. Everything Herschel’s accent. some language and rude humor. trying seltzer. Herschel goes to work in a old is new again, after all. Stubborn, loyal “An American Pickle” is swift and rath- Now available on streaming service HBO Max. Friday, August 14, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 WEEKEND: MOVIE REVIEWS Father-son drama ‘Made in Italy’ lacks bite

BY MICHAEL ORDONA fi lmmaking isn’t visceral. Los Angeles Times There’s little plot. The portraits aren’t drawn fi nely enough ith a gorgeous loca- for the fi lm to be an actual tion, pretty people character study; more like a col- and familiar story, lection of rough sketches. Jack W“Made in Italy” is has a wash of indistinct malaise. too gentle to make an impression. It’s hard to see why scrappy Jack (Micheal Richardson) is single mom Natalia (Valeria an English 20-something faced Bilello) is drawn to him. Neeson with losing his connection to an is, of course, a fi ne actor, but art gallery through divorce. He there aren’t enough colors on enlists his somewhat-famous the palette he has been given. painter father Robert (Liam The wonderful Lindsay Duncan Neeson) to renovate a grand likewise has little to work with house they own in Tuscany. Sell- as a hard-edged local real estate ing it should give Jack the means agent. to buy the gallery. But Jack and “Made in Italy” lacks bite and Robert are, if not estranged, the bitter taste of the medicine not close, and the house is full needed to cure real ills. Even of memories of Jack’s mother, the confrontations are genteel. Robert’s wife, who died when Precisely when the fi lm should Jack was 7. get its hands dirty, it all feels too Richardson is Neeson’s real- clean. life son, and, like the family in It’s the writing and directing the fi lm, the two actors suffered debut of veteran British actor the loss of Richardson’s mother James D’Arcy (probably best and Neeson’s wife (actress known to American audiences Natasha Richardson) in a tragic as Jarvis, the only character IFC FILMS/AP accident years ago. That might in the Marvel Cinematic Uni- lead one to expect a cinematic Liam Neeson, left, and Micheal Richardson play a father and son dealing with the loss of their wife and verse to originate on television, catharsis, but “Made in Italy” mother in “Made in Italy.” Neeson’s wife and Richardson’s mother, Natasha Richardson, died in 2009 in in “Agent Carter,” and move to hesitates to go there. a skiing accident. the big screen, in “Avengers: It’s full of missed opportunities Endgame”). Having gotten his and lacking in telling details. It’s in that Michael J. Fox starrer, the beauty of the world. Unlike aren’t exactly mouth-watering. feet wet, one hopes he’ll wade in a father-son drama, but perhaps the cynical city guy on a mission that 1991 charmer, we don’t get The lushness of the environs is deeper in his next excursion. its closest comp would be “Doc fi nds himself stuck in a beauti- enough of the local fl avor for the presented, literally, as a painter’s “Made in Italy” is rated R for brief Hollywood” because it’s also a ful small town where a beauti- taste to be distinctive. There are composition rather than expe- strong language. Running time: 94 lite, l-i-t-e, romantic comedy. As ful local gal makes him see detours into Tuscan cuisine that rienced by the characters. The minutes. Foxx leads high-octane thriller ‘Project Power’

BY ED SYMKUS about it with an air of grim determination. For The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.) Robin may appear to be in over her head, but there’s every reason to believe that ou don’t have to wait very long she’ll work things out. There will be oth- for things to get cooking in “Proj- ers around this trio of protagonists, some ect Power,” an engaging thriller of them helping, most of them getting in Yfrom “Nerve” directors Henry the way. Joost and Ariel Schulman. The movie is Case in point is when the fi lm cuts to about an illicit drug that can bring out the an armed robbery in progress, where innate superpower in each of us ... and Frank shows up to discover that there are how easy it would be to use that drug or already plenty of cops there, but they’ve those powers for all the wrong purposes. been ordered to stand down. So, he takes It starts with a late-night business things into his own hands, by swallowing meeting in New Orleans, presided over by one of those pills. a slick fellow talking to a group of young The fi rst question viewers will have: “entrepreneurs” who will distribute a new What’s Frank’s special power? A more product, which he calls Power. Then he important one: What’s the power of the holds up a small glowing vial. criminal he’s going after, who has also Six weeks later, it’s being distributed on downed a pill? Neither will be revealed dark streets, and it’s a hit — an expensive one: A $500 pill will unleash the power here, but the answers result in some crazy within you for fi ve minutes. Every pill is visual moments on the screen. the same, but everyone’s power is differ- Then, after fi ve minutes, everyone ent, and you won’t know what it is till you returns to normal. But all the while, the pop that pill. You could become really fast plot is thickening. The Major believes he’s closing in on a source. Frank’s police cap- or really strong. You could become invis- NETFLIX/AP ible. You could — watch out! — burst into tain boss (Courtney B. Vance) demands fl ames. Frank’s gun and badge when he fi nds that An ex-soldier (Jamie Foxx, right), a teen (Dominique Fishback) and a cop (Joseph An undercover cop named Frank Frank has been using the pills on duty Gordon-Levitt) collide in New Orleans as they hunt for the source behind a dangerous (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is on the streets, — even though it helped him get his man. new pill that grants users temporary superpowers in “Project Power.” trying to halt sales of the drug. A young Nameless men in dark suits are responsi- girl named Robin (Dominique Fishback) is ble for keeping cops away from criminals. side. But what makes it a lot of fun is that screenwriter Mattson Tomlin also wisely pushing it to make some cash, but also has Robin is proving to be more perceptive to it features some really appealing charac- provides moments where characters get a working relationship with Frank. A mys- what’s happening around her than anyone ters. Frank is using whatever methods are to just talk with each other about life’s terious fellow who calls himself The Major gave her credit for. necessary to do his job (and his power is challenges. (Jamie Foxx) is on a mission to fi nd the OK, so, the good guys are being hin- certainly an interesting one); in due time On top of all of that, along with the source of the drug, but doesn’t let on why. dered by the men in suits, the bad guys the Major makes it clear that his despera- requisite explosive climax, there are even It takes a while, but with a setup like are building up forces of more bad guys tion to get to the center of things is for a a couple of funny verbal nods to Clint that in the script, it’s not going to sur- — one of whom is “connected to every very good reason; Robin is a young girl Eastwood, courtesy of Gordon-Levitt. prise anybody that these three folks are cartel in South America” — and word has who’s growing up very quickly, and is en- Now, that’s a bonus. somehow going to come together. Frank gone out that whoever controls this drug joying the process. There’s also a plentiful “Project Power” is rated R for violence, bloody will do so with a streak of severity as well can topple governments. supply of humor, some of it used to buffer images, drug content and some language. as a twinkle in his eye. The Major will go That makes up part of the fi lm’s serious the mystery of those men in suits. And Running time: 111 minutes. PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 14, 2020 WEEKEND: VIDEO GAMES

With Origami King, Paper Mario series leaves RPG fans behind

BY GENE PARK The Washington Post et’s get this out of the way fi rst. The latest Paper Mario isn’t a role-playing game. It’s a puzzle adventure game. little use for it. L It’s not a game where you gain experience I can appreciate what this game is doing. points and gather loot for new gear. It doesn’t resemble Every fi ght feels like a little brain teaser in Final Fantasy. It’s a Toad joke book. between the set pieces for the joke-per-minute Seriously, the best part of Paper Mario: The Ori- comedy. It’s always engaging. You’re always gami King for Nintendo Switch is fi nding hundreds of keeping an eye on enemy placement, and just mushroom-headed Toad folk around the map. Once you in Super Mario RPG, as you did in the Super Nintendo era, timing button unearth them, they’re always and its Nintendo 64 and presses during your attacks for higher damage. ready with a quip or pun about GameCube sequels are now consid- The Paper Mario games (as well as the very-much- their current situation or the ered classics in the genre. Then with missed Mario and Luigi RPG series) were always immediate environment, or just a its next three sequels, they started known for incredibly earnest humor, told with wide-eyed fun non sequitur dreamed up by changing up the battle system, remov- wholesomeness. Olivia, the sister of the Origami King the talented English translators at ing experience points and levels, and antagonist, embodies this spirit. She’s your spirit guide Nintendo. messing with form. This departure is inten- through the adventure, and a player surrogate, comment- The worst part? Well it really tional, Nintendo told Video Games Chronicle in ing on every strange little nuance of Paper Mario’s two- depends on whether you wanted a recent interview. The idea, as with almost all dimensional existence. a Mario RPG adventure. If you of Nintendo’s titles, is to introduce the series to The aforementioned hidden Toad people aren’t the did, that’s the worst part, and new audiences. only ones that will give you the giggles. Everyone plays old-school Paper Mario fans are So in 2020 we have The Origami King. Its newest battle off Mario’s trademark silence, and Luigi plays the more begrudgingly used to it. I am one innovation comes in the form of a spinning board. Each competent yet hapless brother. There’s even a Koopa cult, of them. battle has you trying to align enemies in a straight line all capitalized on by an entrepreneurial Toad charging Mario has a long role-playing or grouped together to attack with a stomp or a hammer. them to worship a false idol. Bowser, Mario’s archnem- history. It started with the semi- That’s as far as the regular battles go for the entire game. esis, is always a delight once the roles are reversed and nal Super Nintendo release Super Mario RPG: Legend of There’s no leveling system or improving anything besides he becomes the forlorn victim. the Seven Stars, made by Final Fantasy designers back learning a few of the similar “spin” combinations to al- And the Paper universe has never looked better. While in 1996. It was one of the fi rst times those developers ex- ways ensure a win. Every enemy encounter pulls you out Nintendo isn’t as interested in snazzy graphics as other perimented with traditional role-playing battle mechan- of the story and drops you into an arena that looks like a console makers, its developers have a keen eye for detail. ics. It was focused on more engaged action (with timed mix between a board game and a roulette wheel. The paper materials, from Mario to the creepy origami button presses) and an easier diffi culty to ease in players The only real metric for success is the amount of coins enemies, have raised textures, giving them a handcrafted new to the genre. you have, which can go toward better shoes or hammers feel. You might want to push through just to explore the Super Mario RPG never returned. Instead, it turned (that eventually break), or to help you win fi ghts faster. larger worlds — navigating between islands and across a into the Paper Mario series by Nintendo studio Intelligent Coins fl ow in this game like they did in Luigi’s Mansion 3 purple-hazed desert in vehicles. Systems. It was modeled off the traditional foundations or New Super Mario Bros. 2. There’s a ton of money, and I say might, because Paper Mario: The Origami King didn’t motivate me. Despite the delights in between battles, like many other reviewers, I opted to try to skip every single one I could. They’re hard to avoid too, and many fi ghts might just pop out of nowhere, resembling the “random battle” systems of older RPG titles. If I’m trying to purposefully avoid engaging in a game’s central mechanic, that’s a sign that something failed. For me, the small clicks in my brain every time I fi nished a spinning puzzle just weren’t enough to feel rewarding or pleasurable. Combat felt like a chore. This is especially evident when Mario has to fi ght papier-mache enemies in real time, attacking with the hammer in the in-universe game world. In contrast with the rest of the game, these fi ghts are a small taste of the real-time action of Super Paper Mario. In these moments, I stay immersed in the pretty world, rather than being pulled onto a board game arena every few seconds. Your mileage may vary. The game can be very relaxing, and for you, that relaxation might not morph into mo- notony like it did for me. I highly recommend watching YouTube videos of the gameplay. See if it clicks for you, because the story, as usual, is probably worth exploring. In the meantime, people looking for a role-playing experience, like myself, will have to follow a different paper trail. Platform: Nintendo Switch Online: papermario.nintendo.com

Paper Mario: The Origami King delivers a comedy- ﬁ lled journey packed with puzzles, strategic ring-based battles, quirky characters and stunning visuals. Nintendo photos Friday, August 14, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 WEEKEND: QUICK TRIPS Europe Chatty paintings at the Chiericati Reopened Vicenza museum’s works tell stories of local history, citizens

BY NANCY MONTGOMERY alongside the museum’s more fa- Stars and Stripes mous works by Tiepolo, Piazzet- ta, Ricci and Pittoni, are those by very picture tells a local painters such as Francesco story, and in Vicenza’s Maffei, who was born in Vicenza civic museum, they’re and died of the plague in Padova Enot all pretty. Little girls in 1660. are fated to an arranged mar- One gallery is dedicated to riage or the nunnery. A young paintings celebrating Vicenza’s man is shot with arrows then various podestas, or chief mag- clubbed to death. Another is istrates, during the city’s golden turned into a stag and killed by century of “maximum splendor,” PHOTOS BY NANCY MONTGOMERY/Stars and Stripes his own hounds. according to the museum, which But there’s sweetness, too, in provides English translations for Local painter Francesco Maffei in 1655 painted this highly symbolic work of one of the city’s podestas, the Palazzo Chiericati’s current all its explanatory signs. or chief magistrates, during Vicenza’s golden age and it is part of a new exhibition at Palazzo Chiericati collection of paintings, which The golden era began after in Vicenza. The female fi gures represent faith, virtue and abundance. The cherub represents Vicenza. explores the history of art, the Vicenza was annexed to the city and its local artists through Venetian Republic in 1404, the the medieval and early modern signs say, providing security and ON THE QT centuries. wealth and art leading to the The holy family looks happy glories of Palladio’s grand build- when they’re young. And if ings, such as the palazzo itself, DIRECTIONS you’ve ever considered what the built beginning in 1550. ideal guardian angel might be The paintings are also chatty Palazzo Chiericati, Piazza like, look no further than “The if you understand the language. Giacomo Matteotti, 37/39, Guardian Angel,” painted in Podesta Alvise Fosarini, in a 36100 Vicenza 1629. He’s your big, handsome 1655 painting by Maffei, is shar- best friend and he’s probably taking the space with not just any TIMES ing you to a baseball game. young women but with Faith, 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Sun- It had been more than a year Obedience, Virtue and Abun- days through Saturdays; since I visited the museum, dance. closed Mondays which was then exhibiting 18th- When you’ve had your fi ll of century Venetian art and a huge religious, mythological and civic COSTS collection of tiny tin soldiers. notables of centuries past, you It closed for months during can head up to the attic and to Museum entry is 7 euros the coronavirus lockdown and the swinging ’60s. That’s where for adults, 5 euros for reopened with paintings and the collection of international children older than 6. Free new rules in place. No more jetsetter, art patron and Vicenza with military ID the fi rst than 40 people can enter the native Giuseppe Roi’s books, Sunday of the month. huge palazzo at the same time. engravings and sketches by the The hot summer day I went, likes of Picasso and John Singer INFORMATION I encountered only four other Sargent is housed. A marquis, Prospero Fontana is thought to have painted this image of Mary and people in the cool, quiet galler- Roi palled around with people Phone: +39 0444222811 a merry baby Jesus on display at the Palazzo Chiericati in Vicenza in ies, not including the guards, like Princess Margaret and Website: museicivicivicen- about 1539. The older gentleman is Joseph while the older lady is who strictly enforce the mask Anthony Snowden, and there are za.it/en/mcp/index.php Saint Elizabeth, mother of a very young John the Baptist. “Only Saint mandate. A temperature check is photos to prove it. — Nancy Montgomery John, with his hands joined, kneeling in adoration, is aware of the also mandatory. [email protected] identity and destiny of the newborn,’’ according to museum notes. In the current exhibition, Twitter:@montgomerynance

The Palazzo Chiericati in Vicenza on its top ﬂ oor houses the donated The Palazzo Chiericati serves as Vicenza’s municipal art museum, with several ﬂ oors of paintings and books, engravings and sketches of Giuseppe Roi, a wealthy Vicenzan sculptures from the early Middle Ages to the Baroque period. The palazzo was designed by Andreas and art patron. Included in the collection is this 1984 note from the Palladio, the famous Renaissance architect and its construction began in 1550. Queen Mother Elizabeth, thanking Roi for a book. PAGE 24 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 14, 2020 WEEKEND: TRAVEL Europe Nimes a treasure of ancient Roman relics

As we’ve had to postpone our travels a church, to a city hall, to a people’s art because of the pandemic, I believe a gallery after the Revolution, and fi nally as weekly dose of travel dreaming can be the monument travelers see today. good medicine. Here’s a reminder of the Nimes also had an impressive amphi- fun that awaits us in Europe at the other theater for entertaining residents. Today, end of this crisis. this arena — one of the best-preserved of the Roman world — is a superb example ost travelers to southern of Roman engineering, with its perfectly France’s Provence region will symmetrical oval visit Arles and Avignon, but shape, seating for Mignore nearby Nimes. While 24,000 spectators, those two towns have name recognition 60 passageways to /Ricksteves.com and greater touristic appeal, Nimes (pro- prevent bottlenecks, DOMINIC ARIZONA BONUCCELLI nounced “neem”) feels richer and more and system of under- The magnifi cent Pont du Gard aqueduct was built around 19 B.C. to provide a reliable authentic. A visit to this thriving town re- ground rooms and a water supply to the city of Nimes, which was then part of the Roman Empire. wards you with impressive Roman monu- lift used to hoist ani- ments and peaceful, pedestrian-polished mals up to the fl oor for a 30-mile-long aqueduct. While most of canoe in the river and stay into the eve- streets that feel like a secret between its gladiator games. Tour- the aqueduct is on or below ground, one ning, when a light show is projected on the well-heeled residents. ing the place provides stretch is especially impressive: the Pont monument. Born a Celtic city around 500 B.C., Rick Steves an interesting history du Gard. About 30 minutes northeast of While Nimes is most notable for its Nimes joined the Roman Empire in the lesson, and climbing Nimes, this bridge stretches over the Gar- Roman sights, the city offers other things fi rst century B.C. Emperor Augustus to the top offers the rare opportunity to don River and is one of the most remark- to enjoy, such as the carefully preserved made it a regional capital whose impor- enjoy city views from the nosebleed seats able surviving Roman ruins anywhere. old center and thriving market hall. tance merited fi ne architecture, one of of a Roman arena. Throughout the ancient world, aque- Another fi ne activity is strolling the the longest protective walls in the Roman Facing the arena is the Roman World ducts heralded the greatness of Rome. Jardin de la Fontaine, a lavish park fi lled world and a 30-mile-long aqueduct to Museum (Musee de la Romanite), with Each time I visit, I’m impressed anew with Baroque sculptures and an ornate bring water to its growing population. its high-tech interactive stations that help by the skill of ancient Roman engineers. network of canals and paths. Finished just The core of Roman Nimes was a temple show off 5,000 artifacts from Roman This structure, built with perfectly cut 50 years after the construction of Ver- called Maison Carree (“Square House,” Nimes (plus a few from pre-Roman and stones fi tted together without mortar, was sailles, the Jardin de la Fontaine has spe- named before they had a word for rect- medieval times). A highlight is its rich designed to slope ever so slightly — less cial signifi cance to the French, as these angle). The temple rivals Rome’s Pan- collection of Latin-inscribed stones and than an inch every hundred yards — to let were the fi rst grand gardens not meant for theon as the most complete and splendid mosaics — some of which were discovered water fl ow effortlessly into Nimes. a king, but for the public. building that survives from the Roman when digging the garage for the site. Exhibits at the Pont du Gard museum Empire. Maison Carree survived in part As one of ancient Europe’s privileged show the immensity of the undertaking. Rick Steves (ricksteves.com) writes European travel guidebooks and hosts travel shows on pub- because it’s been in constant use for the cities, Nimes needed a reliable water sup- Summers are a great time to visit, as you lic television and public radio. Email him at rick@ past thousand years — from a temple to ply. So in about 19 B.C., the Romans built can enjoy a picnic by the water, swim or ricksteves.com and follow his blog on Facebook. Continent’s cabbage creations exalt the humble vegetable

taple foods might not be particularly glamorous, batch, the better. Other ingredients widely used in the but they are the fuel that keep us going. And one preparation of Bigos include onion and dried mushrooms, veg that’s been powering European endeavors for and its spice profi le contains allspice, juniper berries, Smillennia is the humble cabbage. Easy to grow mustard seeds, nutmeg and thyme. Its rustic image is even in cooler climates, packed with vitamins and miner- enhanced when it’s served from a bowl of hollowed-out als, rich in fi ber and highly versatile, its appearance in bread. For an added touch of authenticity, pair it with a cuisine through the ages and throughout the continent glass of chilled Zubrowka, bison grass-fl avored vodka. is hardly surprising. It is known that early, non-headed Frommer’s travel guides suggest sampling this authen- varieties were domesticated by the Celts of central and tic dish at one of the three Krakow locations of Chlopskie Eastern Europe. The ancient Greeks Jadlo. This chain restaurant specializing in Polish peas- and Romans wrote about cabbage in ant cuisine, known for its rustic decor, generous portions their texts and touted its medicinal and reasonable prices, is popular with locals and tourists. properties. Three branches of this restaurant can be found in War- Tourist itineraries based on good saw, too . Online: chlopskiejadlo.pl eating are nothing new, and nowa- Choucroute garni: Informally referred to as the days, there’s an understanding that national dish of the French region of Alsace, the cab- sampling foods from street stalls, iStock bage here is a fi rst cousin to German sauerkraut. This everyday cafes and even student fermented cabbage cooked in wine and seasoned with canteens is just as valid a part of the Bigos, Poland’s version of hunter’s stew, combines peppercorns, juniper berries and caraway is served pip- travel experience as dining in the chopped meats, sauerkraut and shredded cabbage. ing hot alongside boiled potatoes and various meats. And Karen Bradbury fi nest of establishments. An explora- don’t forget the mustard! One traditional recipe calls for tion of Europe based on everyday Bamberg and its environs to experience the pointy- the incorporation of three varieties of sausage: the Mor- meals that incorporate cabbage, whether pickled, stewed, headed Spitzwirsing variety, revered for its tenderness teau, Strasbourg and Frankfurt. The dish goes down well steamed or sauteed, could keep a traveler occupied for of leaf and slightly spicy aroma. Here, it’s traditionally in winter, and scarfi ng a portion before it grows cold is a months. Here we serve up fi ve simple but delicious dishes prepared in a thick roux, lending it an almost porridge- tasty topper to a visit to a Christmas market. starring the ever-tasty cabbage to tempt your palate. like consistency. Roast pork or goose are traditional main For a hearty meal and half-timbered charm, make Bubble and Squeak: This oh-so-British dish of po- dishes served alongside this tasty side. way to the Maison des Tanneurs in Strasbourg. Where tatoes, cabbage and other veg is commonly eaten for Many of Bamberg’s legendary brew-restaurants tanners once labored over their stinky trade, the tantaliz- breakfast. Typically made out of the leftovers from a Sun- serve their own variations of Wirsing, but a solid option ing scent of choucroute now fi lls the air. This traditional day roast dinner, the dish takes its name from the sounds would always be the more than 475-year-old Brauerei- restaurant on the banks of the river serves choucroute it makes during the frying process, not those your body gaststaette Spezial, whose delights include the city’s alongside sausages, guineau fowl or fi sh. Online: maison- makes post-consumption. trademark smoke beer. For a taste of a true Franconian des-tanneurs.com Although it should be available at most greasy-spoon classic, opt for a Schweineschaufela, or roasted pork Golubtsi: These stuffed cabbage rolls stuffed with a cafes worth their salt, Taste Atlas recommends trying shoulder, served alongside potato dumplings and savoy mixture of minced beef, pork and rice are a beloved treat it at Maria’s Market Cafe, a traditional cafe at London’s cabbage. The restaurant is located at Obere Koenig- in several countries, including Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Borough Market. Owner and manager Maria Moruzzi ’s strasse 10, 96052 Bamberg, Germany. Online: brauerei- Poland, Lithuania and beyond. Their name, which trans- hearty breakfasts and strong tea are particularly sooth- spezial.de lates to little pigeons, refl ects the dish’s migration from ing to those who’ve overindulged the night before. Find Bigos: This hearty stew of Poland, translated to French haute cuisine to a true people’s dish. The main her at The Market Porter, 9 Stoney St, London SE1 9AA. hunter’s stew in English, is a mix of chopped meats, sau- difference across regions is the type of sauce in which Online: tinyurl.com/y6nq85xc erkraut and shredded fresh cabbage. Virtually any kind they’re served. Sour cream and tomato are popular varia- Wirsing: Savoy cabbage is a specialty of Upper Fran- of meat or cold cuts from chicken to kiełbasa may be used tions. Buckwheat groats or millet may also stand in for conia, in the German state of Bavaria. Head to beer-mad in its preparation, and the more types of meats in a single the rice. Friday, August 14, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 25 WEEKEND: FOOD & DINING Europe Let someone else do the cooking Tuck in for the rare treat of a hearty breakfast at ZeitLos in Rodenbach

BY JENNIFER H. SVAN Stars and Stripes eitLos cafe and bistro in the small village AFTER of Rodenbach near HOURS ZRamstein Air Base may very well be the “perfect little GERMANY hideaway,” to quote a phrase from one of the restaurant’s Facebook reviews. For those with a sweet tooth, The cafe is tucked away in the cafe has a rotating selection a cozy stone courtyard with a of cakes. I chose a slice with working fountain next to a phar- coconut cream and chocolate macy, just off the village’s main topping over the cheesecake and street. If you know where the mandarin cream cakes. Italian pizza and gelato shop is, The only disappointment was the cafe is only a few steps away the cappuccino, which didn’t across the street. live up to the rich coffee drinks Another bonus: The restau- I recently enjoyed in the Nether- rant serves breakfast, a rarity in lands. Perhaps a regular cup of these parts if you’re looking for coffee would have been just ﬁ ne. something other than fast food or Lunch options vary weekly. doughy bakery shop staples. During the week I was there, I enjoyed sitting in the shade they included a salad with tur- under a wide umbrella in the key; an omelet with vegetables morning, excited by the prospect and a salad; a sausage salad of eating breakfast cooked by with bread; and cream schnitzel someone else. with French fries, among other The omelet I ordered with choices. The special for dessert tomatoes, cheese and bell pep- that week was vanilla ice cream pers did not disappoint. Though with raspberries. Previous I would have preferred the bell specials have included cheese pepper cooked more, the omelet spaetzle and ﬂ ammkuchen. The was hearty with just the right weekly specials are posted on the ZEITLOS amount of cheese. The large roll cafe’s Facebook page. that accompanied it was fresh Paninis and snacks such as a Location: Fuchsstrasse 1, and soft, made even better with a soft pretzel with butter are regu- 67688 Rodenbach slathering of butter. lar, non-breakfast menu items. Hours: Tuesday to Friday, The other omelet choice was The cafe also has some indoor 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; on Sun- ham and cheese. Other breakfast seating. Service seems to be days, the restaurant opens options were the typical Ger- friendly and quick. The cafe also at 2 p.m. for cake and coffee man smorgasbord of a meat and welcomes pets. after group events; closed Monday and Saturday. Res- cheese platter, served with bread [email protected] and a hardboiled egg. Twitter: @stripesktown ervations not required. Dress: Casual English menu: No, just German Prices: Different lunch specials every week; breakfast served from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Breakfast and most lunch entrees under 10 euros per person. Information: Phone: (+49) (0) 6374 92 80 914; web: facebook.com/ZeitLos- Rodenbach

— Jennifer H. Svan

Clockwise from top: Omelets are a hearty breakfast choice at ZeitLos Cafe and Bistro in Rodenbach, Germany. The restaurant offers breakfast, lunch, coffee drinks and a variety of homemade cakes. Outdoor seating is in a cozy courtyard away from the village’s main street. Umbrellas over the tables provide ample shade from the sun. This coconut cream cake with chocolate topping is one example of the various selections of homemade cakes.

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BY MICHAEL ABRAMS Stars and Stripes he town of Draguignan in southeastern France is a little off the beaten track. T While it is in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur region — think St. Tropez and other popular Riviera destinations — hordes of tourists don’t make their way there. What brings most Americans to Draguignan is the Rhone American Cemetery, the ﬁ nal resting place for 861 service members, most of whom lost their lives in Operation Dra- goon, the 1944 invasion of southern France. The cemetery is a peaceful spot of green covered with rows and rows of Latin crosses and Stars of David, marking the graves. Like other cemeteries administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission, it features a chapel, a Wall of the Missing with the names of 294 service members who were not found engraved on it, and a map of military operations that took place in the town. A giant angel of peace holding a small boy adorns the facade of the chapel, overlooking the neat rows of graves. The cemetery and last year’s 75th anniversary of the World War II operation were what brought me There’s more to this city in Provence to Draguignan, but being there for a couple of days, I seized the opportunity to explore the rest of the than the American military cemetery town with its distinct Provencal feel — blue skies, warm weather, olive trees, old stone buildings and, of PHOTOS BY MICHAEL ABRAMS/Stars and Stripes course, nearby vineyards. The Tour de l’Horloge, Draguignan’s medieval clock tower, sits on top of a hill in a pleasant park in the Var department of southern France. Strolling through the old town, with its warren of pedestrian lanes lined with shops, bars and cafes, I stumbled across the colorful Rue de Trans, where around 90 residents painted the pavement in 2018. From there, I followed signs and headed for the Tour de l’Horloge, Draguignan’s old clock tower. It sits in a peaceful park among the olive trees, at the top of a hill, offering a good view of the town below. The Saint-Sauveur chapel, built in the 12th and 13th centuries, is nearby. The next day, I headed out to see A visitor pays respect to some of the 861 troops something much older than the interred at the Rhone American Cemetery. chapel or the clock tower, which was rebuilt in the 1660s. One of the largest megalithic IF YOU GO tombs in Provence, the Pierre de la Fee dolmen, or single-chamber tomb DIRECTIONS hewn out of local sandstone, sits on the outskirts of town. It dates back to Draguignan is in southeastern France, north of about 2,500 B.C. the Riviera off the A8 autoroute. From Germany, The walk to the dolmen didn’t head toward Lyon, then Marseille, and then take look far on paper, and although I Old colorful buildings found throughout Draguignan add to the town’s charm . the A8 toward Nice, exiting at Le Muy. From had water, I wilted in the Proven- Italy, head to Genoa, then take E80 to the French cal sun before I found the ancient border and the A8 to Le Muy. ediﬁ ce. The Pierre de la Fee consists There are signs in Draguignan for the Rhone of three supporting stones, on top American Cemetery. Its GPS coordinates are N43 of which there’s a ceiling slab that’s 32.1683 E6 28.3783 said to weigh about 20 tons. As hot as I was, it was worth the FOOD walk. How often do you stand face to There are plenty of restaurants in Draguignan, face with something that old, that’s covering all price ranges. It is a good place to try such a feat of engineering? French, and especially Provencal, cuisine. Two While Draguignan doesn’t have a places I liked were Les 1000 Colonnes on the lot of other tourist attractions, there Place aux Herbes and La Table de Martine on the is also the Municipal Art and History Place du Marche. Museum (newly reopened after reno- vations) and an artillery museum. Worth mentioning also — because INFORMATION of the shade — is the Jardin Angles, For info on the cemetery, go to www.abmc.gov. a leafy park on the edge of the old The town’s website (in French only) is ville-dragu- town. ignan.fr, but it has very little tourist information. But one of the nicest things about — Michael Abrams Draguignan is that you can end your day there with a nice glass of wine and a delicious French meal. More images of Draguignan — from an ancient megalithic tomb to quirky murals to a cat — [email protected] are online at stripes.com/go/draguignan Twitter: @stripes_photog Around 90 Draguignan residents painted the Rue de Trans, shown in 2018. Friday, August 14, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 27 WEEKEND: TRAVEL When the road calls Vacation-ready families are teaming up, traveling in pods

BY DANIELLE BRAFF because it’s diffi cult to make a Special to The Washington Post travel pod work. “The premise involves only oshni Ricchetti’s fam- traveling with people you’ve ily of fi ve was going quarantined with, but, by this stir-crazy inside their point, most people have broken Roshni Ricchetti RRiver Forest, Ill., home, a stay-at-home quarantine, and where they had sheltered in have interacted with other people Members of the Ricchetti family pose with friends in front of the Joy of Music statue in Holland, Mich. place since March. in some fashion,” Miller said. They were ready for a vaca- “The concept sounds great on Communication is important Valerie Smith, a senior man- “My advice would be to make tion, and the children were paper, but there’s a number of because everyone’s risk level and ager of software engineering, sure everyone is on the same desperate to socialize. So the areas where you’d interact with outside engagement can change, followed those rules when form- page with respect to expectations Ricchettis found another family others and the general public, McLaren said. For example, if a ing her travel pod. She selected a and level of risk,” Smith said. “As that had similarly-aged children making the pod concept not 14-day quarantine was planned family of three to join her family long as that’s in place, it’s smooth who were interested in renting as sterile as one would think it but someone accidentally had because they were practicing a sailing.” a home together on Lake Michi- would be.” close contact with someone else similar level of social distancing. Until the vacation ends, at gan. during that period, then the They all wear masks and order least. When they returned home, “We had been friends with ‘ vacation pod may need to be can- groceries online, and have not the Ricchetti family extended them, but honestly we weren’t We were in isolation celed or may need to take further had contact with many people. their pod behavior and allowed super close beforehand,” Ric- and going stir-crazy. ’ precautions such as using masks, Two weeks before the beach their children to continue to be chetti said. “We just fi gured we Rebekah Wells she said. trip they planned, Smith said, bubbled together, following the got along, shared a similar risk Planning is key: Everyone they ceased contact with every- same quarantine rules. tolerance for COVID, and our has a different comfort level of one else to be extra safe. They But because the kids are in dif- kids would get along.” Ideally, Miller said, those how much interaction they will chose to vacation at the Outer ferent school grades, their bubble Forget intergenerational travel forming travel pods would have want, so it’s best to poll all group Banks in North Carolina, where will end once school starts. or big family reunions this sum- been strictly quarantining with members and go with the most it’s easy to maintain distance. “We are trying to plan one mer. Because of the pandemic, those in their pod, and they conservative — that is, the most People can remain 50 feet away more last-hurrah August trip families are traveling with their would head to a home rental isolated or sanitary — so every- from others at all times if they before then, though,” Ricchetti pods: the same people they’ve for their travel pod vacation, one feels protected, Miller said. want, Smith said. said. chosen to isolate with for the past followed by camping and RVs, few months. Don’t have a pod? in that order. The challenge Many families — such as the with RVs is that because they’re Ricchettis — are forming them constantly on the go, there’s the specifi cally for travel. potential for a lot of interaction This was the case for the Wells with fuel stations, grocery stores, family, who live and work full- etc. time in their RV. “By renting a home, it’s one of “We were in isolation and the least exposed options, since going stir-crazy,” said Rebekah you can essentially make one trip Wells, who posts about her to stock up and last for however travels on Instagram. During long a supply you buy,” Miller the quarantine she met other said. RV residents through Xscapers, Also key is deciding whom a group for working-age RVers. you’ll travel with, and ensur- She and her husband formed a ing that everyone quarantines “quaranteam” with three other on their own for the two weeks couples in their 30s and 40s leading up to the trip to prevent whom she now describes as her anyone from spreading the virus. “family.” Getting tested is certainly a They’ve traveled together in worthwhile item on the checklist their own RVs, staying in Ari- as well, Miller said. zona, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. The fewer people in the The members of her quaranteam vacation pod, the better, said were all in isolation for several Zoe McLaren, a health policy weeks before they began travel- researcher at the School of ing together, so they didn’t feel Public Policy at the University of the need to get tested. They also Maryland. Make sure the people camp far from other people, you choose have already been so they were pretty isolated ... observing similar social distanc- within their pod. ing rules, as habits are hard to “We believe this is one of the change. safest ways to travel and to get to “If families are adopting new experience the outdoors, while behaviors just for the vacation, still being connected to a com- they may be less likely to be able munity of friends,” said Wells, to follow them,” McLaren said. who is in West Glacier, Mont. Every additional person adds While travel pods are fashion- risk and increases the amount able in theory, they aren’t wide- of communication needed to set spread, said Alex Miller, founder guidelines for the pod — and if and chief executive of Upgraded one person in the vacation pod Points, a travel site that pro- becomes infected, the virus vides analysis, data, reviews could spread to all the pod mem- and guides to travelers. That’s bers easily. 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Industry changes likely to include Cruising toward delays, no buffets BY BRAD JAPHE a strange new era Special to The Washington Post nce upon a time the American cruise industry Owas projected to rake in $31.5 billion worth of revenue in 2020 — more than double what it netted a decade ago. Indeed, the period between 2010 and 2019 must have felt like a fairy tale for commercial sea- faring: an era of unprecedented growth. Then came the pandemic. On March 14, the CDC iStock issued its fi rst industry-wide no-sail order. Embarkation tests, delays No buffets, more entertainment “Many of the policies and protocols we’re It barred any new pas- [already used to] seeing will be implement- Lines reopening throughout Europe are The days of self-service dining are over, at sengers from boarding ed onboard and ashore,” McDaniel says. providing some indication to new protocols. least for now. In its place, a contactless com- “Things like social distancing, occupancy ships in U.S. waters and Later this month, MSC Cruises is planning a missary empowered by smartphone technol- limits, increased sanitizing, etc.” has since been extended limited restart of its Mediterranean itinerar- ogy. QR codes on tables can be scanned to ies. In a recent news conference, chief execu- pull up digital du jour menus on a personal Nevertheless, undeterred fans through the end of Sep- tive Gianni Onorato detailed a staggered device, according to McDaniel. You will Even given the inherent risks, and the approach to passenger boarding. tember. If you’ve made make your selections and savor your meal unsettling headlines, the most recent survey “We have equipped all the cruise terminals in a room that is kept well below capacity, as of Cruise Critic readers — conducted during any maritime plans where there is embarkation of guests with will be standard operating procedure in all the last week of July and the fi rst fi ve days immediately thereafter, medical stations,” he says. “Guests will be communal gathering spaces. Mask usage will of August — reveals that 73% are willing to swab-tested through these medical stations. prepare to chart a new probably be enforced in most indoor environ- book a future cruise. Nearly a third of them Once they’ve completed the swab, they can ments, except within your cabin and while course. It will almost proceed for check-in.” are actively looking. Joan Blum is one of you are eating or drinking. certainly be further The entire process could take up to 90 them. Over the past eight years, she and her And when you’re in the mood for a show, husband have reached 43 countries by ship. prolonged. The cruise minutes as passengers wait to receive results. Though, as testing capabilities become more expect more options on offer throughout the “Planning cruise trips is a great joy in industry itself has can- advanced, there is hope the delay could be day. Costa Cruises, an Italian brand owned my life,” she admits, undeterred by the celed U.S. cruises past reduced by the time the American no-sail by Carnival Corp., issued a press statement harrowing circumstances of their last order is lifted. outlining its path back to sea. In it are details journey. Aboard the ill-fated MS Zaandam, the order’s date, until at Nonetheless, you’ll have to allow signifi - for modifi ed entertainment programming “to they ended up quarantined off the coast of least Oct. 31. cantly more time for embarkation — even allow more shows during the day for smaller Florida. “The cruise line did a wonderful Yet at some point in as most ships probably will be capping their groups of people.” job in taking care of their passengers under manifest to 70% of capacity. Social distancing extremely diffi cult conditions. There were the future, cruising will guidelines will elongate queues, as will man- Tightly controlled tours many very sick passengers and crew.” Ulti- probably become popular datory temperature checks along the way. Traditionally, whenever a cruise liner mately four passengers died of the disease. It again — even if it won’t “Cruise lines already have a health comes to shore along its journey, it’s an open fueled nightmarish international headlines. questionnaire that all guests fi ll out prior to invitation for tourists to freely explore the But rather than reconsidering cruise vaca- exist exactly as travel- boarding,” explains Colleen McDaniel, editor port of call. But you can now anticipate such tions altogether, Blum is merely shifting how ers remember. Like so in chief of Cruise Critic, the top-traffi cked excursions to be far more restrictive and she cruises, eschewing the open ocean in many other aspects of review site for the industry. “But it’s safe to regimented. favor of river rides. She has one in the works assume that process will be far more exten- MSC, for its part, is tightly controlling with Viking River Cruise next September life, it will fall under that sive than we’ve seen in the past.” these tours. They’re allowing tours only in through the French countryside. “The ships ominous umbrella of “the Travelers can also expect to be equipped designated groups, face masks mandated, are small — approximately 100 passengers with an electronic wristband. This is noth- led by local guides in full personal protec- — and sailing on a river is comforting, being new normal.” ing new for regulars, as the gadget has been tive equipment. Independent sightseeing will you can always see land and villages along Here’s how to navigate widely used in the industry for years to be strictly forbidden, mitigating the risk of the shore,” she points out. “I really don’t the uncertain waters enable room entry and facilitate on-board disease transmission between ship and shore. know what the cruise lines are going to do purchases. Now it will be retrofi tted to serve Still, despite the physical constraints, the in the future, but I think they might have to ahead, with insight from the vital function of contact tracing in the jaunt won’t feel too foreign to travelers at this reconsider ‘Bigger, bigger and even bigger!’ the experts. event of an infection. point. That is just not going to work.” Friday, August 14, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 29 WEEKEND: TRAVEL Tips for packing during the pandemic Coronavirus precautions add new rules, considerations to fl ight preparation

BY NATALIE B. COMPTON safer,” she says. The Washington Post While they recommend carry-on bags, health experts aren’t strongly warning efore the pandemic, packing for against checking luggage at this time. a fl ight had a lot to do with your “In general, as the [Centers for Disease travel style and destination. A Control and Prevention] suggests, it looks carry-on bag for a beach vacation B like it’s harder to get this disease from might include a sun hat and a beach read. surfaces than from face-to-face interac- You could count on business travelers to wear noise-canceling headphones and pull tions, so luggage handling is probably a out laptops right after takeoff. lower-risk aspect of travel,” Bhadelia says. Now, packing considerations should Her recommendation to travelers start with coronavirus precautions. checking a bag is to wipe down hard-case With the number of coronavirus cases luggage with disinfecting wipes after continuing to climb, public health experts picking it up in baggage claim. and the State Department are discourag- ing nonessential travel. Carry PPE and disinfectants “I would really encourage people to Bhadelia says what’s more important think about whether or not they need to than your luggage situation is to wear be fl ying right now,” says Brian Garibaldi, your mask, avoid full fl ights and maintain medical director of the Johns Hopkins good hand hygiene. Those precautions can Biocontainment Unit. “There are very be made possible with smart packing. few states in the country right now where You don’t have to go as far as wearing a infections are low enough that I feel com- hazmat suit on a plane — in fact, experts fortable getting on a plane.” warn against the practice — but you But Americans are on the move. The do need to wear a mask now that major number of people passing through airport airlines and some airports are mandating security checkpoints has been rising the procedure. And while masks are man- steadily since April, and the Transporta- datory, face shields are optional on most tion Security Administration reported airlines. For some travelers, particularly daily fi gures exceeding 700,000 many those that are high-risk, Beatty says it’s times throughout July. not an unreasonable precaution. If you are traveling in the near future, And while once considered extreme be- here are some things to keep in mind fore the pandemic, cleaning your airplane while you pack. seat area is strongly recommended by Opt for carrying on a bag health experts, so stock your carry-on bag with the right personal protective equip- Health experts recommend using ment and disinfectants. carry-on luggage instead of checking a “Wipe down the headrest, the tray bag during the pandemic. [table] in front of you, possibly even some Garibaldi says risks are highest for contracting or spreading the coronavirus of the reading material,” Beatty says. when you’re in enclosed spaces with other “You could also utilize those wipes to people. One perk of carrying on a bag is clean the buttons on the entertainment that you can avoid lingering around a po- equipment.” tentially crowded luggage carousel when Pack your own refreshments you land. “If you have your bag with you, you’re Airlines have been changing their food going to minimize the amount of time you and drink policies throughout the pan- have to spend waiting for your bag on the demic, so pack your own refreshments in other end,” he said. case they’re not available onboard. But Norman Beatty, assistant professor because you need to pull your mask down of medicine in the University of Florida to eat or drink, Garibaldi says to limit division of infectious disease and global your in-fl ight intake. medicine, says a traveler’s decision should “I would do my very best to try to avoid be made based on whether they need to eating or drinking on the plane unless I check a bag, however, “it would theoreti- actually have to,” he says. iStock cally be safer to carry on your luggage; Garibaldi acknowledges there are Present-day pandemic packing preparations include personal protective equipment. that way it would be less direct contact exceptions to that advice, such as diabetic with others who may be infected.” travelers who need to eat periodically Nahid Bhadelia, the medical director of or someone who needs to stay hydrated ‘ the Special Pathogens Unit at the Boston because of medication, “but I wouldn’t be If you carry the bag, you have a better sense of University School of Medicine, echoed the planning on a three-course meal during a where it’s been and who has touched it, so one could advice in an email. fl ight.” “If you carry the bag, you have a bet- And Beatty says that if you do eat or say that’s slightly safer. ’ ter sense of where it’s been and who has drink on the plane, make sure to sanitize Nahid Bhadelia touched it, so one could say that’s slightly your hands both before and after. 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A look at America’s enduring relationship with dating shows

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BY EMILY YAHR phenomenon, but rather the origin story for a people: Contestants who loved the experience The Washington Post new genre, the “reality dating show.” and those who regret everything. Produc- Since then, millions upon millions of people f you are looking for the exact mo- ers who are proud of the content they made have spent many hours of their lives en- ment when American culture went and others who could never stomach to work off the rails that it has never man- raptured by these shows, which continue to in the genre again. Reality TV experts who aged to climb back on, may we offer proliferate with no sign of slowing down, like appreciate the escapism and entertainment a singular scene on television from an invasive species that has become part of value, but also lament the negative infl uence Feb. 15, 2000: a man in a tuxedo, our natural environment. How did this hap- of these shows, from perpetuating damaging pen? And what has 20 years of watching these bent down on one knee, proposing stereotypes to fueling the lack of representa- spectacles — singles hooking up, couples toI a total stranger in a wedding gown. She tion on our screens. breaking up and aspiring Instagram infl uenc- tearfully accepts while four other women, Sometimes, these series are surprisingly ers melting down, all in the name of fi nding also wearing wedding dresses, shuffl e off the hopeful. But mostly, they are disturbing. stage. “love” — done to us? Deeply disturbing. But no matter how many The nearly 23 million viewers who tuned To fi nd out, we chose one reality dating into “Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Mil- show that debuted every year from 2000 people decry that the shows are fake and/or lionaire?” were simultaneously riveted and through 2020 — shows that were particularly feel like the downfall of society, the impact horrifi ed. But most importantly, there were 23 popular, controversial, infl uential or taught us has been extremely real. million of them. This would not be a one-time something unexpected. We talked to dozens of CONTINUED ON PAGE 31 Friday, August 14, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 31 WEEKEND: TELEVISION

‘Who Wants to ‘The Bachelor’ (ABC) ‘A Shot at Love With Marry a Multi- If watching “The Bache- Tila Tequila’ (MTV) Millionaire?’ (Fox) lor” makes you feel ill, that’s Years before Tila Te- fi tting: Creator Mike Fleiss told Vanity Fair that quila was kicked off “Celebrity Big Brother” a vision for the show appeared in his head when As the legend goes, the idea for “Who Wants for writing a blog post that sympathized with he had a 104-degree temperature. Yet no matter to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?” originated Adolf Hitler, and before she revealed herself at a wedding attended by TV producer Mike how degrading it is to watch dozens of adults as a born-again Christian whose old self was Darnell, who was thinking about how to repli- fi ght to marry a person they have known for ap- “dead,” the model and cate the success of rival network ABC’s “Who proximately two months, this 18-year franchise singer was deemed “the Wants to Be a Millionaire?” game show. He remains unstoppable. It’s one of the few shows Madonna of Myspace” realized he could zero in on two of America’s that still command a live TV viewing audience, biggest anxieties: love and money. and has launched a cottage industry of Insta- with 2 million online “I kept thinking: Why is this show working? gram infl uencers. friends. Thus, she was Because winning money is a huge American More than any other dating show, experts say, the perfect fi t as MTV’s dream,” Darnell said, according to TV report- the longevity of “The Bachelor” explains why “bisexual bachelorette” er Bill Carter’s book “Desperate Networks.” this genre persists: It expertly taps into the very on a show in which 16 straight men and 16 lesbi- “And I’m sitting here watching another huge real need for love and how to fi nd it. Even if you Matt James American dream, which is getting married. know that producers edit any kind of drama they ans competed to date her. What’s bigger than that? Getting married to a want, and contestants only are there to (shudder) (She later said she was wealthy man.” “build their brand,” viewers subconsciously soak in lessons about relationships. never actually bisexual Tequila The unapologetically misogynistic concept “We would be lying if we didn’t tell ourselves that watching these shows ... and just “gay for pay.”) enraged critics, who likened the spectacle to affects us in how we think about dating,” said Natasha Scott, co-host of the pod- Sherri Williams, an assistant professor of prostitution. That outrage, according to mul- cast “2 Black Girls, 1 Rose.” She pointed to “Bachelorette” star Hannah Brown race, media and communication at American tiple accounts, was pretty much the reaction being “gaslit” by manipulative suitor Luke Parker, a story that “resonated with University, remembers that instead of the show producers — which included future “Bache- a lot of young women across America.” offering visibility for bisexual people, it “just lor” creator Mike Fleiss — hoped for. (Darnell This makes the embarrassing record of diversity on the franchise — which ended up showing more about the patriarchy declined to comment.) The special was a mas- only recently cast Matt James as the fi rst Black “Bachelor” after fan pressure than anything else.” The male contestants were sive hit. The groom, real estate developer Rick — even more disappointing. hypermasculine, she recalls, making it seem Rockwell, and the bride, emergency room like those qualities could override any desire nurse Darva Conger, set sail on a Caribbean that Tila Tequila might have for a woman. honeymoon. Producers started plotting follow- The danger of this type of programming, up specials. ‘Joe Millionaire’ (Fox) she said, is that many people want to write off Then everything imploded. The Smoking The age of misinformation got a head reality dating shows as garbage, when in fact Gun revealed that nine years prior, Rockwell start in 2003 when 20 women were told “all of these shows show where we are as a so- had a restraining order fi led against him by they were competing for the love of Evan Marriott, heir to ciety — what we value and what we believe.” an ex-girlfriend, who alleged physical abuse. a $50 million fortune — who was actually a construction (Rockwell denied this.) Conger told media worker making $19,000 a year. Around 40 million people outlets she realized when she “won” that tuned into the fi nale, eager to see Marriott reveal the truth going on the show was a huge mistake, and and if a woman would run away screaming from a poor ‘Farmer Wants cried herself to sleep every night. The mar- person. a Wife’ (CW) riage was annulled and producers launched In the end, it was basically fi ne (Marriott and winner Just like “The Simple an investigation into the negligent background Zora Andrich were awarded a $1 million check to split for Marriott Life” before it, producers fi gured they could check. Behind the scenes, Carter reported, Fox their troubles and broke up shortly after), but the premise get mileage out of throwing “big city” women executives were mortifi ed and furious, and the set a precedent for TV creators: People would believe what you told them to into small-town life. (Contestant Josie Gold- president declared his network was done with believe, leading to other bleak attempts such as “I Wanna Marry Harry.” berg said she was told she was cast in the such exploitative trash. “Jewish American Princess” role.) Female However, the seeds were planted: People participants competed in various obstacles really would sign up to humiliate themselves ‘Playing It Straight’ (Fox) — milking a goat, corralling chickens — and on a national platform to try to fi nd their tried to win over a hunky single farmer. soul mate. Viewers, apparently, would watch. Describing this show in 2020 will only result in one reac- The concept seemed bizarre to contestant Weeks into the controversy, the press couldn’t tion: shock that it aired on TV. Five straight men and nine gay Krista Krogman, but after she was approached stop talking about it. men pretending to be straight competed for one woman’s affection. In the end, if the woman chose a straight man to date, they would each receive $500,000. If she by a casting director at a Miami nightclub, she chose a gay man, he would win $1 million and she would win nothing. fi gured she would give it a shot. “It’s a once-in- The series originated in the U.K. before it was sold to Fox, and executive pro- a-lifetime thing; let’s just see what happens,” ‘Temptation Island’ ducer Adam Wood said they envisioned it as a “slightly absurd” twist on “The she said she thought at the time. “It’s fun, excit- (Fox) Bachelor.” Obviously, it did not go over well in America and was canceled after ing; something different.” In the end, not many When Mandy Lauder- three episodes. people watched, though it didn’t stop other at- dale was a 22-year-old model and agreed to tempts outside New York or Los Angeles, from participate in a “dating documentary” with “Sweet Home Alabama” to “Alaskan Women her boyfriend, she was unaware of the show’s Looking for Love.” (MTV) true premise, even when they were required ‘Next’ to undergo all manner of doctor visits. “ ‘Next’ was literally Tinder before Tinder. But instead of “We should have known with the STD tests swiping left, you got kicked off a bus.” ‘Megan Wants a That explanation from D Renard Young, president and executive producer that something was up,” she said. Millionaire’ (VH1) In fact, none of the participating couples at That Rockz! content studio, makes perfect sense to any millennial who came knew they would be fl own to Belize to an home from school and watched people reject each other on MTV. A guy or girl In one of the darkest island full of hot single people who — thanks would go on individual dates with a group of suitors sitting on a bus. At any reality TV stories, this VH1 series was pulled to psychological background checks — pro- point, if they didn’t like how the date was going, they could yell “NEXT!” and off the air after three episodes when one of ducers knew would be especially alluring to the next person would walk out of the bus and take their shot. the contestants, Ryan Jenkins, was named each person. The couples were split up and While it featured a diverse group of daters (and was one of the fi rst dating the suspect in the murder of his ex-wife; days offered these “temptations.” On top of shock shows to cast LGBTQ contestants), Young also called it “popcorn voyeurism at later, he was found dead by apparent suicide. value, the show was also billed as a, um, help- its best.” People were instantly “next-ed” for a variety of reasons: too boring, VH1 quickly canceled the show and one of ful way to test if partners were meant to be not tall enough, hideous shirt. It was a haunting preview of life on dating apps its spinoffs, “I Love Money 3,” which fea- together. (Contestants Kaya Wittenburg and and normalized the idea of nixing a potential partner instantaneously. tured Jenkins. It turned out Jenkins had a Valerie Penso-Cuculich, who were together prior record of domestic violence, which the on the show, said people earnestly told them production company missed in its background check. The situation was “the worst thing to afterward that watching them successfully get (VH1) through “Temptation Island” inspired them ‘Flavor of Love’ ever happen to me in my career,” executive to save their own relationships. They broke up Relaxing in a limo with his signature giant clock hanging producer Mark Cronin told Entertainment three years later.) around his neck, Public Enemy rapper Flavor Flav explained Weekly in a deep dive about the horrify- Unexpectedly, the series, another one from why he agreed to star on a reality dating show. “I’ve got fame and fortune, I’ve ing situation. The whole genre got a serious Darnell, was a cynical, teachable moment got real valuable works of art, I’ve got a mad domestic staff, I’ve got a nice big wake-up call about the critical importance of about what audiences want. Carter reported mansion,” he told the cameras during the premiere. “But none of these things properly vetting contestants. that Fox executives, scarred from “Mil- mean nothing without a woman to spend it with.” Megan Hauserman, the star of the show lionaire,” found out during fi lming that one As “Flavor of Love” skyrocketed in the ratings, and was one of the rare shows and a Playboy model who also starred in VH1 couple, Taheed Watson and Ytossie Patterson, that didn’t have a majority-white cast, many slammed it for traffi cking in ste- shows including “Rock of Love With Bret had a child, which was against the rules of reotypes about Black women. Contestants were shown screaming, fi ghting and Michaels” and “Rock of Love: Charm School,” casting. But this time, Carter wrote, they real- performing demeaning challenges. Some said the series positioned Flav and the was cast as the lead of her own fi nd-a-husband ized if they simply incorporated the contro- cast’s antics as a modern-day minstrel show. show when she told producers that she didn’t versy, it could work for them, so they fi lmed a Nicole “Hoopz” Alexander, who won the fi rst season, said in an interview that want a job but rather yearned to be a trophy producer informing the unhappy couple they she didn’t listen to the criticism. And although fi lming the show was surreal wife. After the show was scrapped, she said, were kicked off the show. If there was any (“When you’re inside something, going through the experience, you don’t under- her TV career disappeared — no one wanted to doubt about leaning into drama, it was cleared stand it”), it changed her life. She was glad to see a dating show that fi nally had touch anyone remotely associated with Jenkins. up when that episode was a ratings bonanz a. a diverse cast. CONTINUED ON PAGE 32 PAGE 32 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 14, 2020 WEEKEND: TELEVISION FROM PAGE 31 ‘Everlasting’ via ‘Relation- ‘Donald J. Trump Presents: The Ultimate Merger’ ‘UnREAL’ (Lifetime) Shipped’ (TV One) Yes, obviously “Un- (Facebook Watch) It wasn’t just an “Apprentice” reunion when Omarosa Manigault REAL” was a scripted drama that went Is there anything more dystopian than Newman joined President Donald Trump’s administration in 2017 . Back in the day, behind the scenes of a fi ctional dating clicking on a button and controlling the they extended their lucrative partnership to “The Ultimate Merger,” featuring 12 men show, “Everlasting.” Yet it was jarring fate of another person? Probably not, and vying for Omarosa. “I’d love to have you meet some guy. Is there anybody that can to see “Everlasting” producers pull out it was clearly only a matter of time before tame you?” Trump, an executive producer, asked in the premiere as she laughed. every sick, dirty trick to manipulate cast dating shows tried this out. BuzzFeed Executive producer D Renard Young said that though he fi gured people would tune members into having mental breakdowns made the attempt with “RelationShipped” in because Omarosa was so polarizing, he was surprised by the high ratings. He knew — especially when you consider that coon the Facebook Watch platform, where her earlier persona as the villain on “The Apprentice” was criticized as perpetuating creator Sarah Gertrude Shapiro worked viewers could choose the star of the show the “angry Black woman” stereotype, which they worked hard to avoid. for three years on “The Bachelor,” so she and future contestants — so basically not “ We didn’t manipulate situations in the edit to portray stereotypes that continue to was drawing real-life inspiration from too different from fans voicing opinions plague Black women,” he said. “We allowed Omarosa the space to express her full somewhere. (Shapiro told the New Yorker on celebrity relationships in comments range of emotions.” that her “Bachelor” bosses would order her to make contestants cry on camera or sections, but with actual consequences. she would be fi red.) Producer Shelly said that contestants The drama series took a nosedive after “didn’t take it too seriously” since the ‘Love in ‘Ready for Love’ the fi rst season, partially due to a much- viewers made a lot of decisions but that it created a social experiment — not even the Wild’ (NBC) (NBC) criticized police brutality storyline in which a white producer called the cops so much with drama, but more so with You know how you Ben Patton knew the how everyday humans would react to an drill; he had even once declined a chance on the show’s fi rst Black star. And plenty can get a glimpse of someone’s true per- of people were unnerved by what they incredibly surreal situation being foisted sonality by how they react when they get to be considered for “The Bachelor.” But upon them. a producer for “Ready for Love” made an saw with an apparent peek behind the lost while driving? That was the basic idea curtain. behind “Love in the Wild,” except instead intriguing sales pitch: Patton would be of a wrong turn on the highway, producers one of three bachelors, with zero pressure to get engaged, and women would be cho- ‘The Proposal’ matched up random single people, sent (ABC) them to navigate a Costa Rican jungle, sen by professional matchmakers. Patton ‘Catching Kelce’ considered this. He had been out of the (E!) and had them forge through quicksand or While “The Bache- brave crocodile-infested rivers. dating world while working abroad. So, he thought, why not? lor” and “Bachelorette” remain a main- “We wanted to see, if people had to Maya Benberry didn’t pack too many “Ready for Love” only lasted a few stay, as well as spinoffs such as “Bachelor work together, would it bring them close episodes, and drew unfavorable “Hunger clothes when she was cast on a mysteri- in Paradise” and “The Bachelor Sum- together quickly?” said executive producer Games” comparisons as women were ous athlete’s dating show. “I just really mer Games,” one fl op showed that fans Tom Shelly, who also worked on “Survi- “presented” to the men onstage with a honestly went into it like, ‘I’m a Black girl, wouldn’t watch everything from creator vor.” “We were really hoping to get real live audience. Patton said even though this is probably a white guy, and I’m prob- Mike Fleiss. (He declined to comment for relationships out of it.” he didn’t fi nd his future wife (he and the ably only going to be there like a week or this story.) “The Proposal” was essentially Turns out when you base the premise woman he chose broke up), it gave him a two,’ ” she told The Washington Post. a pageant similar to “Who Wants to Marry on that type of psychology, it actually new understanding of why people reveal The series wound up starring some- a Multi-Millionaire?,” which didn’t grab works? Five out of the 20 couples over two so much of themselves on TV. times controversial NFL star Travis this decade’s audience. Plus, it was yet an- seasons wound up married — an impres- Kelce, whose goofy nature off the fi eld other lesson in faulty background checks: sive batting average for a genre that has a made him a natural for this kind of role. The network had to pull an episode when low success rate. Benberry couldn’t believe it when she and one of the contestants was accused of past ‘Married at First Kelce clicked and he chose her at the end. sexual assault as the show started airing. Sight’ (FYI/Lifetime) However, when fi lming was over, Ben- berry said Kelce told her the producers ‘The Choice’ (Fox) When “Married at wanted to redo the storyline to make her ‘Love Island’ (CBS) “The Choice” was First Sight” started casting, producers the villain, because they liked the idea of like “The Voice” weren’t sure anyone would sign up. After the villain winning the show. The U.K. viewing except for dating instead of singing: A all, you had to agree to be set up with a The result was a nightmare: She was audience went bananas group of celebrities, for some reason, stranger by a panel of experts and then portrayed in a “negative, villainous, angry over this controversial show — producers signed up to sit on swivel chairs and listen instantly marry whomever they chose. Black woman type of way,” she said, and sequestered hot singles in a Mallorca villa Buyers were hugely skeptical, but eventu- to men or women describe themselves. If received racist comments and death and let chaos ensue — after it debuted in ally it landed on the FYI cable channel. they liked what they heard in these “blind threats online — an issue that remains 2015. Naturally, America wanted a piece. auditions,” they turned around. The show The debut sparked even more stunned Set in Fiji, the CBS version didn’t garner reactions and mockery as viewers tried to a disturbingly common experience for was truly as ridiculous as it sounded, and anywhere close to the amount of attention process what they were seeing. reality contestants of color. She and Kelce shocked us because it showed that famous it did in the U.K., but it pleased the network Yet, once again — you may be sensing broke up; she didn’t feel like he, the net- enough that it ordered another season, folks who had many other means of dating a theme here — everyone underestimated work or producers supported her. (Kelce — including Joe Jonas, Carmen Electra people’s desire to fi nd a partner, especially and the producers did not respond to a re- presumably to capture young viewers. and Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino when 14 years of reality dating shows had quest for comment; no one who worked at Kate Casey, host of the “Reality Life — still turned to TV. The “dating show” desensitized them. Fast forward, and the E! when the show aired could be reached With Kate Casey” podcast, said a major remained a powerful platform. series — a bona fi de hit which has since for comment.) reason these shows catch on is because Of course, no one took it too seriously. moved to Lifetime and is about to launch In editing her as the villain, Benberry of the communal viewing experience, At the beginning of each episode, pro- its 11th season — has produced nine mar- said, they also didn’t show Kelce express- especially on a series like “Love Island” ducers aired a recap of what happened ried couples. “It’s a show that celebrates ing how much he liked her. That way “the that airs daily. “I think you can’t forget when a celebrity went on a date with the love, at its core, and people who are willing audience would think that I wasn’t going that it’s also just a supremely satisfying person of their choosing. Results varied to do one of the craziest things you can to win, and that I was just some evil, bitter television-watching experience,” she said. from “texting ever since” to “better off as imagine doing, legally, in hopes of fi nding girl, when in reality I wasn’t. So that was “You can chat with your friends and make friends” to “promised to keep in touch” love,” said Chris Coelen, chief executive of unfortunate. I felt like it kind of made the fun of [contestants] or root for them. It’s a (we know what that means). production company Kinetic Content. experience, for me, not as fun.” fantastic escape from our crazy world.”

‘Love Is Blind’ (Netfl ix) “Love Is Blind” offers After years of drilling unattainable beauty norms into our heads, a hilarious sampling of Hollywood has occasionally tried to backtrack and teach us that attraction can be more than a physical connection. so many beloved and Netfl ix’s hit “Love Is Blind” starts out with people dating in pods where they can’t see tawdry reality shows. each other, focusing on emotional connection before the physical. Netflix Creator Chris Coelen said he saw criticism along the lines of “this show is the fi nal nail in the fi nal coffi n of humanity.” A review from the Guardian said as much, adding it was “absurd, revolting, endearing, toxic and wholesome by turns — and addictive as hell throughout.” “Sure, I guess you can look at it that way,” Coelen said. “But to me, that’s not why I created it or why it resonated. I think it resonated because it’s relatable. We all want to feel like, hey, we should be loved for who we are.” Williams, the American University professor, said she sees the “Love Is Blind” popularity as a sign that while audiences will never tire of these shows, they will get oversaturated with endless “Bachelor” variations that showcase women seeking fairy- tale fantasies that do not exist. But she sees potential with series such as MTV’s “Are You the One?,” which featured a sexually fl uid cast; or “Labor of Love,” which starred a woman in her 40s who wanted to have a baby, with or without a husband. “As we see this genre aging more, people are running out of ideas,” she said. “But the ones that are more real and more inclusive are starting to germinate and really rise to the top.” Friday, August 14, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 33 WEEKEND: ENTERTAINMENT & DVD NEW ON DVD

“Sometimes Always Never”: Emotionally distant but idiosyn- Cloak-and-dagger craft cratic Alan (Bill Nighy) embarks on an awkward, long car ride with his son Peter (Sam Riley). When they arrive at their ac- commodations, Alan makes a bet Actress discusses Audible Original role, real-life parallels with a fellow guest (Tim McIn- nerny) over a game of Scrabble. BY JAMI GANZ targets of the paparazzi. No After walloping the irate guest, New York Daily News one’s particularly interested the guest’s wife (Jenny Agutter) in what we’re doing because reveals they’re both on edge, n the 1970s, hackers re- we’re very boring, but I have only staying there to visit the ally had to work at their to say, now that I’m on Twit- morgue the following morning cloak-and-dagger craft. ter and I have a social media to see if a recently found body is I Though a 17-year-old presence, I’m absolutely that of their missing son. in July allegedly managed thinking about that. It just And as it turns out, Alan and to “mastermind” a Twitter never occurred to me that they Peter are there for the same rea- takeover, affecting the ac- were thinking about that in the son. Alan’s missing son, Michael, counts of the most powerful 1970s.” left in anger during a game of people in the world, back in the Both Dorothea and her Scrabble, and Peter resents day, the only option was good husband Cal (Christian Slater) being the son who stayed behind. old-fashioned Watergate-style find themselves at odds with Nighy and Riley keep their wiretapping. each other and, in terms of grieving characters restrained, And that freaked out actress Emma, “are not really there but with pain visible just beyond Carrie Coon. for emotional support. And the surface. Alan’s quirks are en- The “Leftovers” actress Emma’s generation is expected dearing, though the fi lm’s quirky stars in the Audible Original to toughen up.” editing and overall aesthetic “Phreaks,” which is out now To create the effect of heavy, doesn’t quite fi t the tone or the and centers on a blind teen- laborious breathing that af- weight. Still, the fi lm succeeds ager, Emma Gable, played by flicts Dorothea, burdened with in showing the family’s love Bree Klauser, and her cohort festering health problems, the language: Words stick in their of wiretappers who hack a “Fargo” star said she got cre- throats, maybe, but they fl ow out phone system in the 1970s to ative and used some “uncon- onto the board game. find a sense of community. ventional” methods. Also available on DVD: “I was really struck by the “Not only can I be cast “Batwoman: The Complete material because I had never against type, but I can also First Season”: Kate Kane (Ruby heard of this before. I didn’t do whatever I need to do in Rose) takes over Gotham’s vigi- realize that it was possible to the room to sound like I need lante duties years after Batman’s hack into the phone system,” to sound,” the “Sinner” star disappearance in this CW series. the 39-year-old, who plays said. “And that means I can “Blue Bloods: The Tenth Emma’s mother Dorothea, do pushups, and at one point Season”: The CBS series stars told the Daily News in a phone I was picking up and slinging Tom Selleck as the patriarch of a interview. this coffee table around to get family of police offi cers. The isolation Emma and her the feeling of effort and heavy “Cursed Films”: The docu- fellow blind hackers contend breathing.” mentary series goes behind the with on a daily basis leaves She added that she needed to scenes of the tragedies of iconic them “reaching for community focus on how to play an older horror movies including “The and trying to figure out how woman, and acknowledged Exorcist,” “The Crow” and more. to connect with people when with a laugh, “I wouldn’t be “Deathstroke: Knights & sort of your immediate life cast as Dorothea in television.” Dragons”: This animated web isn’t as satisfying,” the Emmy Despite recording the role series follows Deathstroke’s nominee said — something alone in New York last Septem- (Michael Chiklis) quest for she finds particularly relatable ber, months before the pan- atonement and to take down in today’s pandemic-stricken demic struck, the actors were the evil Jackal (Chris Jai Alex). world. all able to establish a convinc- Other vocal talents include Sasha It isn’t just seclusion that ing rapport, thanks to Matt Alexander and Asher Bishop. rings true, but the technology Derby’s script. “Emperor”: An enslaved man at the heart of the story. As for Dorothea and Emma’s on the run, Shields “Emperor” “It’s just incredible to relate relationship, the former “feels Green (Dayo Okeniyi), raids to right now,” Coon said, point- that it is her responsibility to Harpers Ferry, W.Va., with the ing to debates over TikTok make sure her daughter can help of abolitionist John Brown and internet activism. “This go out into the world and stay (James Cromwell). is not new, though. The way alive,” explained Coon, noting “Military Wives”: A group every time a new technology Dorothea feels society was of women married to troops in comes along, there’s someone “not set up for her daughter.” Afghanistan start a choir on to exploit it, use it in a new A mother herself, Coon their base. Stars Kristin Scott way, change it, change it and says it’s dramatic irony that Thomas, Sharon Horgan and manipulate it. And it’s just Dorothea “doesn’t realize some Emma Lowndes. interesting to examine that of the things she has given her “Open 24 Hours”: A woman through history. daughter.” recovering from a relationship “I think I was already a little “Any parent would be with a serial killer (Vanessa spooked because of real-world concerned about making sure Grasse) faces terrors at her new examples about how people, their child has the capacity to gas station convenience store job. especially public figures, can (live in the world), not because “Prevenge”: A pregnant be compromised through their their child is damaged or woman (Alice Lowe) suspects technology,” Coon said of her flawed, but because the world her baby is leading her on a views prior to the project. “My is not set up to appreciate the homicidal rampage to avenge her husband (Pulitzer Prize win- child as the whole person that husband’s death. “S.W.A.T.”: Shemar Moore ner Tracy Letts) and I are not the mother sees,” she said. stars in the CBS series center- ing on a Los Angeles lieutenant ‘ who struggles with the confl icts It’s just incredible to relate to right now. between his job and his roots. This is not new, though. The way every time a “The Terror: Infamy: The new technology comes along, there’s someone Complete Second Season”: The AMC horror anthology series to exploit it, use it in a new way, change it, YOUNGRAE KIM, CHICAGO TRIBUNE/TNS takes place in a Japanese intern- change it and manipulate it. And it’s just ment camp. Stars include Derek Carrie Coon poses for a photo at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. Mio, Kiki Sukezane and George interesting to examine that through history. ’ Coon stars in the Audible Original “Phreaks” as Dorothea Gable, Takei. Carrie Coon whose blind daughter Emma fi nds community and belonging among a — Katie Foran-McHale/TNS actress group of hackers who wiretap a phone system in the 1970s. PAGE 34 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 14, 2020 WEEKEND: MUSIC

Q&A: LUKE BRYAN ‘There’ll always be people who say I ruined country music’

BY MIKAEL WOOD LOS ANGELES TIMES his wasn’t Luke Bryan’s first rodeo. “Am I too backlit? Hold on,” the country star said as he picked up a video call at his home in Nashville. Dressed in a golf shirt and ball cap, sunglasses dangling from a cord around his neck, he stood and moved to a different part of Tthe window-lined room. “The problem is, if I do it this way, some of my awards get in the frame,” he said, gesturing to a wall hung with gold and platinum plaques. “And I don’t want you to think I’m so ... egotistical that I have to do Zoom calls with awards in ’em.” Bryan, 44, got accustomed to the finer points of remote technology while shooting the latest season of “American Idol,” which suddenly became an at-home production in April thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the Leesburg, Ga., native is putting his knowledge to use again as he talks up his seventh studio album, “Born Here Live Here Die Here,” his first since he joined “Idol” as a judge (alongside Katy Perry and Lionel Richie) in 2018. His latest, “Born Here Live Here Die Here,” lives up to its title with down-home tunes about small-town Southern life. But in songs like “What She Wants Tonight,” which rides a sleek R&B groove, the album also continues the sly expansion of country music that Bryan — perhaps the smiliest avatar of the party-hearty bro-country movement of the early 2010s — helped set into motion nearly a decade ago with “Country Girl (Shake It for Me),” his hip-hop-inflected 2011 smash. “Thirty years ago, when you listened to Randy Travis and all that, everybody was walking down the same street. Now the street is a lot wider,” he said, with room for the adventurous likes of Sam Hunt and Lil Nas X. And despite all those accolades — he’s scored more than two dozen No. 1 singles, including the new album’s blithely unburdened “One Margarita,” and been named the Country Music Association’s entertainer of the year twice — Bryan insists he’s still interested in change.

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Lori McKenna FROM PAGE 34 country. But has country gotten better at allow- “I remember being in college and alumni coming in actual Black voices? The Balladeer I do see it getting better. I watched Darius (CN Records/Thirty Tigers) ing and going, ‘Y’all don’t party like we used to party,’ ” he said. “I was like, ‘God, man, you sound (Rucker)’s interview (with the “Today” show) on On “When You’re My Age,” like a ding-dong.’ ” race, and I have sat up at night after hearing from one of the best cuts from her Like countless other musicians, Bryan was African American audience members who say fi ne new album “The Balladeer,” supposed to take his latest work on the road in they’ve felt uncomfortable at my shows through singer-songwriter Lori McKenna 2020, hitting arenas and amphitheaters as well as the years. It’s a delicate conversation, and do I think we may take a little longer in country to readily concedes that these are the open-air spaces he’s played for years on what have it? Probably. But it’s the conversation we’re challenging times. he calls his Farm Tour. With those plans called having more and more. “When you’re my age,” she off because of the pandemic, he recently used his tour bus for a fly-fishing trip with his two sons Chris Janson and Chase Rice both faced writes, “I hope the world is widespread criticism recently after they played kinder than it seems to be right and his nephew, whom Bryan and his wife began raising after the deaths of the singer’s sister and concerts with little apparent concern for social now / And I hope the front page distancing. But an act on your level has to think isn’t just a reminder, of how we brother-in-law. It doesn’t hurt that she’s “We had a big time,” he said of the trip, still more rigorously about how to return to the keep letting each other down.” working again with Nashville’s road. That’s about as political as looking a little sunburned, as he sipped a beer. current go-to producer of award- Another silver lining of an age with no shows: You don’t want to be the sacrificial lamb. If I’ve the two-time Grammy winner is made decisions on not doing shows, it’s because winning work, Dave Cobb. “I’ve gotten to sleep next to my wife a hell of a lot likely to get. It also might be the let’s see what we’re truly dealing with. We’re still He helps elevate her journey this year — though I’m not sure my wife is enjoy- one element that sets this album learning what this virus is every day. through familiar themes — life ing that.” fi rmly in 2020. Have you heard good ideas about how it advice, vivid memories, connec- Do you think of yourself as someone who might be done? McKenna, who lives in her nations to people she loves — on an shaped modern country music? It’s all out of whack. I’ve got these Farm Tour tive Massachusetts but plies her acoustic foundation that’s elegant Let me paint the picture: I’m a small-town kid, shows, where say you got a 10-by-10-square-mile trade in Nashville, is wiser and but never overcooked. and somehow I listened to Alan Jackson, N.W.A, field, and you put a huge stage in it and you tell more fi rmly established in who McKenna’s songwriting, the Beastie Boys, Garth Brooks and Heavy D & everybody to stay 6 feet apart and wear a mask. she is. But the consistent level of though, is clearly the featured the Boyz. I think my generation, as far as being I’m like, “We could make this happen where if high-quality songcraft she’s es- attraction. a country kid, was one of the first to have these somebody called bull — on us, we could techni- tablished over three consecutive — Scott Stroud forms of music really start integrating. cally go spray-paint 6-foot circumferences.” But I albums now is remarkable. Associated Press So the evolution was inevitable. But some- can’t imagine that germs aren’t getting spread. body still had to make the music. Has doing “American Idol” changed the way And “Country Girl (Shake It for Me)” was born you think about your music? Alanis Morissette strictly for that reason. I would go play college When these kids come in and they’re singing bars, honky-tonks — a thousand people danc- Billie Eilish and Bishop Briggs, I’ll get home and Such Pretty Forks in the Road ing, partying their ass off, spraying beer. And (Epiphany Music) go do some research. But because I’ve been on the second I got offstage, the DJ would play the “American Idol,” should I have this whole eclec- The piano is back. The voice is biggest hip-hop songs in the world, and every- tic, artistic view and try to go beyond...? Maybe back. The angst is back. body wearing cowboy hats and cowboy boots and there’s a song out there that’ll do that one of these A genre onto herself, Alanis Wranglers with dip rings, they were all out there days. And I have some material on this album Morissette comes out in force grinding and humping one another. And nobody that has more of an artistic approach to it. Some with her ninth studio album ever had a problem with it. So “Country Girl people might not think that. I mean, “One Mar- “Such Pretty Forks In the Road,” (Shake It for Me)” kind of does all that. So does garita” is as simple as you can get. But I knew the where she untangles some of “That’s My Kind of Night.” It’s almost like a touch second I heard it that a lot of people were really of a hip-hop song with a guy with a real country the thornier moments of her life gonna have fun and dance because that’s what it voice singing it. since we’ve last heard from her made me want to do. Which now is practically unavoidable. in 2012. Postpartum depression, “One Margarita” obviously has its fans. But But I didn’t know I was gonna open up another check. Management embezzle- a ballad with a twist of register there’s a view that now is not the time for a avenue. And you know what? There’ll always be song so frivolous. ment, check. Music industry that rocks your rocks off. “Rea- people who say I ruined country music. But I was Listen, I’ve been doing this a long time, and you fatigue, check. Joy of mother- sons I Drink” has that Billy Joel driving home from downtown Nashville yesterday just gotta go with your gut. I don’t second-guess hood, check. lilt but more acerbic lyrics about and I heard Kane Brown on pop radio with Swae the timing. I chose to just put out a fun song, and Morissette’s creative compan- surviving in the music industry Lee and Khalid. I’m like, “That’s interesting.” ion, the piano, takes us on a jour- I look forward to when I can perform it live. If for so long, while the harried and What would be unexpected from Luke Bryan you’re a fan of mine and you don’t like the song, ney that’s sometimes dramatic, troubled piano on “Reckoning” now? don’t write me off for the rest of your life. Wait sometimes somber, sometimes channels empowering anger. I’m really into (the TV Western series) “Yellow- around till I put something out that’s more what playful, sometimes wistful. “Diagnosis” hits a nerve with its stone,” and the music in “Yellowstone,” it’s Texas you want to hear from me. That’s what I used to But it’s the electric guitar riffs raw lyrics about struggling with music, cowboy music. I’m obviously not a cowboy, do with all my heroes. When George Strait put that add a sheen of nostalgia; postnatal depression. but it makes me wonder how I could do a really out a song that I didn’t care for, I didn’t have a “Ablaze” and “Sandbox Love” Despite its unassuming musi- retro-sounding cowboy song that isn’t just drums, platform to tell the world. I just chose not to freak have that sound that perfectly cality, the 11-track “Such Pretty bass, guitar and steel guitar. Or when I listen to out about that particular song. encapsulates a CW show from Forks in the Road” dazzles with the Weeknd, that sounds like Duran Duran to me What’s going through your mind when you the mid-aughts. its simple comfort charms. — totally an ’80s synthesizer. I’m always won- sing “Build Me a Daddy,” which is about a little “Smiling” puts the rictus on — Cristina Jaleru dering, “What’s a fun little sound people haven’t kid whose father was a soldier who died? the church organ and pulls off Associated Press heard me do?” It’s heavy. Through the years I’ve met several Ideologically, the country audience can be Navy SEAL buddies, and I just happened to be perceived by outsiders as a monolith. Do you around one of these buddies when I got the mix The Psychedelic Furs see more diversity of thought than is often of that song in. Navy SEALS, these guys are recognized? programmed to not show emotion. And I played Made of Rain (Cooking Vinyl) Here’s what I know about the country audi- him this song and it truly broke him up. I think ence: When you lay the right song on them, they Twenty-nine years is a long about that. all get it the same way. But the stereotype where time between drinks, and yet Your nephew lost his dad. Do you connect everybody’s like, “Oh, write a song about guns the song to events in your own life? it seems as if no time, tide or and America and the troops and veterans, and it’ll trend has passed between the Oh, totally. Loss is loss. You know, “Build Me a be a hit” — I don’t view the country audience like Daddy,” I didn’t go in there and do 25 vocal takes last Psychedelic Furs album, that. on it. I think I did four, and there were even some 1991’s “World Outside,” and their Do you feel free to speak your mind about that my engineer was like, “Man, we really can dreamy new “Made of Rain.” contentious issues? use 95% of this vocal.” That tells me I’ve con- The tense charm that made the I’m always gonna walk a smart line, but I’m not nected emotionally with the song; I’m really just Furs great then — in hits such as scared. Look at “Most People Are Good,” a song channeling it. “Pretty in Pink,” “Heaven” and I had a couple years ago. It touched on “Love who In “Born Here Live Here Die Here,” you’re “Love My Way” — is still with you love,” and that can be taken a lot of ways. I clearly singing about people you’ve known, them, even during the heaviest icily epic (“Ash Wednesday”) had a lot of people ask me, “Well, does that mean people you grew up around — moments of “Rain.” and sometimes gracefully folksy you want to plant a flag and support the gay and But I’m the one that left. As they have since their start, (“Wrong Train”). lesbian community?” I’m like, “I’m not saying I’m Right. What’s your point of view in that song? just after British punk’s first For all the familiarity, there’s gonna go fly that flag — but I’m not saying I’m If you really want to break it down, I guess I gleaming, brothers Richard invention here, too, in “Rain’s” not, either.” could be called a hypocrite. But I think about and Tim Butler and crew craft opening cut, “The Boy Who That sounds pretty diplomatic. all my friends back home; I watch them living a spidery, Bowie-like web filled Invented Rock & Roll.” It’s an As you get a higher profile, you do watch your their life, enjoying the rivers and the lake and the with raspy vocals, hypnotic oddly hacking cough filled with words carefully. And that’s frustrating too. You woods. They ask me, “What’s Manhattan like? saxophones, rangy guitars and wonky sax, distorted guitars and oughta be able to say a lot of stuff, and if one thing What’s LA like?” But they don’t want any part of Richard Butler’s drearily roman- singer-songwriter Richard But- is misconstrued, you oughta be able to say, “I that — they just want to hear about it from me. tic lyrics. Sometimes the effect ler at his most vexingly poetic. didn’t mean it that way,” apologize and move on. Whether they want to call me out for leaving, I’m is acidic and psychedelic (“Come — A.D. Amorosi Because of the way you grew up, you’ve not really worried about that. I’m more concerned All Ye Faithful”), sometimes it’s The Philadelphia Inquirer naturally brought elements of Black music into with them going, “That song is who I am.” PAGE 36 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 14, 2020 WEEKEND: HEALTH AND FITNESS

MARLENE CIMONS Special to The Washington Post andemic-weary Americans have begun walking and hiking in Precent months to get out of the house while avoiding infection with the novel coronavirus. At the same time, resource-strapped local health departments have been forced to divert money and people to coronavirus-related activities, unwillingly creating openings for outside exercisers to get sick in other ways. Although woods and trails provide some distance from people, they are home to other dangers — such as ticks that carry bacteria-causing Lyme disease or mosquitoes that transmit West Nile virus — especially now, when bugs are proliferating. These and other insects can pass along potentially serious diseases with a single bite. Health departments have been spending their budgets and deploying personnel on coronavirus efforts, which hurts their ability to focus on programs that control mosquitoes and ticks, says Chelsea Gridley-Smith, director of environmental health for the National Association of County and City Health Offi cials. “Many of the impacted local programs are having staff pulled away to focus on COVID-19,” she says, referring to the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. “For example, these include training people as contact trac- ers and doing lab testing for COVID-19 instead of for arbovi- ruses,” which are those carried by mosquitoes and ticks. As a result, existing services iStock are strained or on hold, she says. In Georgia, for example, the vector surveillance program is scheduled to end this month if you are feeling sick, you really because of a lack of funding, and need to go to the doctor.” its full-time epidemiologist will Ticks and mosquitoes are move from vector control to the more than a nuisance. coronavirus. Tick-borne diseases hit a re- In Ohio, laboratories have Threatened by a cord high in the United States in been “completely devoted to 2017 with nearly 60,000 reported COVID-19 since the fi rst week of cases, including 42,743 cases of March,” she says. Cutbacks have Lyme disease, according to the hurt surveillance — tracking the Centers for Disease Control and bugs and testing them for infec- Prevention. Cases decreased in tious organisms — as well as different kind of bug 2018, but are still much higher control activities, such as using than they were in the early pesticides . 2000s, the CDC says. Michael Yabsley, a professor in Lyme disease, fi rst identi- the University of Georgia’s Col- You can avoid COVID-19 in the woods, but fi ed in the 1970s in Old Lyme, lege of Veterinary Medicine who Conn. — hence the name — is studies vector-borne pathogens caused by a bacterium, Borrelia and infectious wildlife diseases, ticks, mosquitoes carry serious diseases too burgdorferi, which is transmit- has launched an online public ted to humans by blacklegged survey to determine whether ticks. The disease can cause the pandemic has driven more from his three children during has always been — perhaps even hands?’ It’s a different checklist.” unrelenting misery if not treated people outside, affecting their the initial weeks after the shut- more so — which is to cover Also, people are more reluc- promptly with antibiotics. Symp- exposure to ticks and tick-borne down. He believes it is because up, use repellent, eliminate any tant to go to the doctor or hospital toms start with fever, headache, diseases. He hopes to eventually he sent them out into the woods standing water where mosqui- these days, fearful of becoming fatigue and a characteristic publish his fi ndings in several to play once home schooling toes breed and be sure to keep infected with the coronavirus. bull’s eye rash. Untreated, Lyme open-access journals. was fi nished for the day — and up with pets’ preventive medica- But if they don’t seek early disease can spread to the joints, “The survey actually grew because he and his wife needed tions, experts say. treatment for insect-related ail- the heart and nervous system, out of some neighborhood chat, time to get their own work done. “People are living in a smaller ments, they could suffer chronic, producing long-lasting, debilitat- which was pretty cool, and my “This made me think it may radius than before and tired of irreversible health consequenc- ing symptoms. observation that so many folks be something happening in other being stuck at home,” says Sadie es. Mosquitoes are among the were using our neighborhood places,” he says. Jane Ryan, associate professor “If you let it go too long, there most lethal animals in the world, trails for the fi rst time,” he says. The survey is ongoing, but of medical geography at the Uni- is a much greater chance of get- causing millions of deaths every “Many of them were not really he says the responses so far versity of Florida. “More of them ting long-term chronic effects year from such infectious dis- ‘outdoor folks,’ and had limited suggest that there is an increase are going outdoors and getting of Lyme, and that’s a big issue,” eases as malaria, dengue, Zika, — or no — knowledge about in people using natural spaces, exposure that they ordinarily says Erika Machtinger, assistant chikungunya, yellow fever and ticks. And when I asked them especially among children. wouldn’t get. When they leave professor of veterinary ento- at least a dozen more. Climate about why they were now fi nding “We will have to see how that their house, they aren’t think- mology at Pennsylvania State change is enabling them to the trails and natural areas, it correlates with increased tick ing long sleeves, long pants, ‘tip University. “Also, keep in mind survive through warmer win- was related to a need to escape exposure, but it seems to be the and toss’ [fl ipping containers of that some COVID symptoms ters and fl ourish. In the United the confi nes of their home.” trend, he says. standing water] or bug spray. mimic Lyme — such as feeling States, West Nile virus is the He also realized that he had The usual protection advice They are thinking: ‘Do I have my tired, headaches, body aches, leading cause of mosquito-borne removed more ticks than usual is just as important today as it mask?’ ‘When did I last wash my nonspecifi c malaise, fever — so disease, according to the CDC. Friday, August 14, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 37 WEEKEND: FAMILY

THE MEAT AND Home-school daze POTATOES OF LIFE Lisa Smith Molinari Experts offer tips for parents adopting their own curricula

BY JENNIFER DAY Chicago Tribune This Little Piggy amilies will be getting yet another taste of home needs a hot shower schooling this fall, as many school districts opt for ’ve been preparing to be a grandmother since my F own children were babies. I didn’t sell their out- some degree of remote learning due to risks posed by the COVID-19 grown baby things at garage sales. I squirreled pandemic. Ieverything away “for our grandchildren, someday.” But others are thinking about During multiple military PCS moves, our poor moving untethering from traditional schools crews lugged boxes of blankets, books, bonnets and boo- altogether, adopting their own, more ties from house to house, only to be stored in the attic. fl exible curricula that can be better I just can’t help myself. I envision bouncing a grand- adapted to their schedules and their baby on my lap, blowing raspberries on his or her perfect children’s needs. little feet. Adorable! Indeed, interest in home school- Admittedly, I have a starry-eyed vision of my perfect ing — which fi rst gained traction future grandchildren, but I wasn’t always enamored with among religious families over the my own children’s lower extremities. Our three kids’ past few decades — has spiked since formerly kissable baby tootsies eventually became purely the pandemic began. Taking re- functional body parts, requiring good personal hygiene sponsibility for your children’s edu- to ward off potent foot odor, locker room fungus, plantar cation, however, can seem daunting. warts and a most foul substance known as “toe jam.” That repulsive combination of sock fuzz, sweat and We spoke with some experts for iStock their tips on how to home-school dead skin cells brings to mind one summer, when our this fall. Home schooling for the fi rst time can seem daunting, especially for family packed into our mid-sized SUV for a 12-hour car Mentally prepare yourself. Even working parents, but there are plenty of online resources that can help. trip from Florida to Maryland. before you start digging into the “What’s that smell?” I asked about a half hour into the trip. My keen olfactory nerves were picking up a repug- logistics of setting up your home whose children were resisting math, Particularly for history and science nant aroma that might only be re-created by locking a school, pause to consider your goals. so she set up a cozy tea party during assignments, Bogart said, identify bowl of beet pickled eggs in the back seat of a 1974 Gal- Every parent is going to have a dif- their workbook time, and she found an area of curiosity and plan a axie 500 over a long hot weekend in August. ferent philosophy about what a child they didn’t want to leave the table at project around it. Allow your child The smell grew in strength, and soon our daughters, should learn, but avoid setting rigid the end of the lesson. to choose books appropriate to their Anna and Lilly, were pinching their noses shut. We pulled expectations. Establish a routine — one that’s grade level, but aligned with their It’s better to focus on helping chil- over to locate the source of the odor. We searched for much shorter than the average passions. a carton of curdled milk in the trunk. We looked for a dren develop strong learning habits school day. You don’t have to su- As a practical measure, if you’re and practices than specifi c content, rancid tuna sub under the seats. We opened the glove box pervise 20 to 30 children the way a teaching more than one child, get half expecting to fi nd a dirty diaper. We looked to see if a said Nichole Pinkard, associate schoolteacher does, so your home them to agree on topics, and teach stowaway squirrel was decomposing under the hood. professor of learning sciences at schooling shouldn’t take as many history and science as a group as Finally, our noses guided us to the third row of seats, Northwestern University. hours of the day. Even for older much as possible. For skill-driven where our then-teenage son, Hayden, sat obliviously “Make sure learning becomes children, who may need more rigor- subjects, such as math and writing, listening to his iPod, his huge fl ip-fl opped feet tapping to fun; learning becomes part of the ous instruction, Knick said much choose the same textbook style for the beat of the music. lifestyle,” Pinkard said. “Make it a of the work is self-directed. For her all children and purchase curricula Hovering my nostrils carefully over his hairy toe family thing.” two children, who are now in the based on their appropriate grade knuckles, I took a big sniff. Find an online community for 7th and 10th grades, she lays out the levels. “Found it!” I yelled, and stumbled faintly back to the support. Home-schooling groups week’s assignments on Sunday eve- Seek out creative and affordable trunk to fi nd a fresh pair of socks and some emergency have proliferated on Facebook — ning with a 4 p.m. Friday deadline, options for curricula. A substantial talcum powder so we could survive the rest of the trip. often organized around geographic allowing them to set their own pace market exists for selling home- Now that our kids are all in their twenties, we have location, religion or identity. Find for the week. school supplies and curricula, but become experts at “sniff and tell” during family holidays one that aligns with your family’s For working parents, Bogart said Bernard suggests parents tap into and movie nights. The culprit of phantom foot odor knows goals and values to access advice, she advises they set aside morn- their local public library and other what to do — freshen up lest you ruin the family fun. resources and encouragement. ings for instruction, if possible, and free or affordable resources, such as What I’m too afraid to tell our children is that foot Pinkard recommended Surviving save some of their own work for local cultural institutions, park dis- odor and toe jam are child’s play. The real trouble hap- Homeschool, which was launched in the times when their children are tricts and websites such as Starfall. pens about two decades after raging teenage hormones March to help families thrust into asleep. Start the day by asking your com. Also call on extended family quiet down. Middle-aged feet are a veritable three-ring home schooling as a result of the children to identify one immer- and friends to help. circus, featuring cracked and callused heels, curled and pandemic. sive activity they really want to do Develop a plan for socialization. thickened nails, burgeoning bunions and their dwarfed Recognize that your home is not — whether that’s a self-directed art How do you maintain safety during sidekicks, “bunionettes.” Add a painful corn or two, and a school — and play to its strengths. project or maybe a computer game the pandemic while allowing your you’ve got a real freak show. Don’t get hung up on converting — and schedule that to coincide children to develop meaningful so- How does one go from playing “This Little Piggy” with your dining room into a Pinterest- with any time you need to block off cial relationships? This is something smooth, perfect baby toes, to middle age, when the Five worthy schoolroom. Jennifer Knick, for your own work. each family will need to determine Piggies are old, knobbed and hardened? After 40 or 50 author of The Organized Home- If you have older children, enlist for itself, but it’s important to years of going to Market, big toe Piggy decided to take a schooler blog, said her family had a them in helping the younger ones consider this upfront and plan for detour and is pointing in the wrong direction. The Pig- dedicated room one year out of the while you’re working, Bernard said. some level of interaction, whether gies Who Stayed Home and Ate Roast Beef fared rela- 10 they’ve been home schooling, but That could mean having the older that’s developing learning pods with tively well in their snug sedentary routine, but the Piggy they never ended up using it. ones read with younger children or like-minded families in your area Who Had None collapsed from severe starvation. The Surviving Homeschool founder make them a sandwich. It helps to who are taking similar preventative Little Piggy on the end isn’t crying “Wee! Wee! Wee!” DeLise Bernard agreed, adding that build agency. measures; participating in remote anymore. Years of being last in line left him curled in a it’s key to be organized, so you’re Whatever your schedule, plan learning, either through a school fetal position, hiding under the adjacent toes. not scrambling every day or con- breaks throughout the day and district or other online educational We middle-aged folks make a vain attempt to stave off stantly fi elding questions from your remain fl exible, said Terri Sabol, providers; Zoom playdates; or allow- the aging of our feet, investing hundreds of dollars an- kids about where to fi nd supplies. Northwestern University assistant ing more screen time for older kids nually in pedicures, polish and exfoliating devices such Another tip: Use the comforts professor of human development to text. as “The Pedi Egg” (which, by the way, doubles as a nifty of home to enhance your child’s and social policy. “Parents should be out in front parmesan cheese grater). educational experience, said Julie “Be kind to yourself,” she said. of this and thinking about social- Unfortunately, nature dictates that our feet get kind Bogart, author of “The Brave “That’s what good teachers do, ization,” Sabol said. “We all know of ugly no matter what we do. So while I dream of the Learner: Finding Everyday Magic right? Good teachers can read the education is more than learning perfect padded soles of my future grandbabies, I will in Homeschool, Learning and Life.” room and switch things up.” ABCs.” keep my tootsies clean and trimmed without getting too It could be as simple as giving a Indulge your children’s curios- Also consider: Learning pods carried away. kid a clipboard so he can write an ity as you plan your curriculum. can offer parents educational and After all, there’s no sense in putting lipstick on your assignment while petting the cat, Consider this an opportunity to emotional support, allowing them to Piggies. or offering a snack to fuel a child tailor your children’s education to divvy up instruction based on their Read more of Lisa Smith Molinari’s columns at: through the last few pages of her their interests, and use it to inspire own areas of expertise or schedul- themeatandpotatoesoflife.com book. Bogart recalled one mom them to develop a love of learning. ing availability. 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“Gunston Street” is drawn by Basil Zaviski. Email him at [email protected], and online at gunstonstreet.com. Friday, August 14, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 39 FACES Broadway musical ‘Diana’ creates version for Netflix

Associated Press Netflix has several live-capture Broadway shows in its library — The Broadway musical “Diana” like Bruce Springsteen’s one-man isn’t waiting for theaters to re- musical and Kerry Washington’s open in New York to offer its show “American Son” — but the cam- to a live audience — it’s going to eras usually came in to film at the Netflix. In an unconventional step, the end of the live show’s run, or the cast and crew will reunite in an release was made after the show’s empty theater to perform the conclusion. musical for cameras and put the “Diana,” which tells the story finished product on the digital of the late Diana Spencer, started platform for broadcast next year, previews on Broadway in early before the show welcomes a live March but never officially opened audience again. at the Longacre Theatre before “We speak for the entire com- the pandemic wiped out all live pany when we say that we couldn’t theater. Producers said Wednes- be more excited to finally be able day that the show’s new opening to share our show with theater night will be May 25, 2021. lovers everywhere. Though there Data has indicated that instead VICTORIA WILL, INVISION/AP is no substitute for the live the- of cannibalizing fans, broadcasts Mickey Guyton tells her story in “Bridges,” a six-song EP set to be released Sept. 11. ater, we are honored to be a part of theatrical shows actually may of the quality entertainment that whet an audience’s appetite. A Netflix provides its subscribers recent survey by ticketing app worldwide,” the show’s producers TodayTix found that more than said in a statement Wednesday. a third of respondents who hadn’t Producers have worked out seen “Hamilton” live were more Casting aside self-doubt safety protocols with Actors’ Eq- likely to buy a ticket after seeing uity Association, the labor union the recent broadcast on Disney+. representing actors and stage “Diana” is the tragic and yet managers. The provisions include inspiring story of a young woman Mickey Guyton speaks her truth, claims space in country music initial and recurring testing for learning to break free of the con- Equity members, an isolation fines of the British royal family. It BY KRISTIN M. HALL hair and green or blue or brown eyes, it wouldn’t plan for the actors and stage man- has songs by Bon Jovi keyboard- Associated Press even be a question,” said Guyton. agers, and changes to ensure ven- ist David Bryan and a story by Guyton was lauded in 2015 for her debut single, tilation in the back of the theater, playwright Joe DiPietro. Jeanna ickey Guyton is turning a mirror on “Better Than You Left Me,” which country radio among other requirements. De Waal plays the title role. country music by speaking her truth seemed eager to adopt at the onset but peaked only and reclaiming both her career and at No. 34. Like many women in country music, her Midentity. songs lingered on the low end of the country radio Delivering a one-two punch of important songs charts even as bro country lookalikes zoomed to AMC to offer 15-cent movie tickets this year leading up to her first new EP in five the top. years, Guyton is not holding back her powerful After a couple of years of struggle, Guyton want- AMC Theatres, the nation’s “Justin Bieber: Seasons,” “Late voice any longer. Guyton has re-introduced herself ed to walk away. But supporters like Cindy Mabe, largest movie theater chain, will Night with Seth Meyers,” “The after years of internal doubt and feeling unable to president of Universal Music Group Nashville, reopen in the U.S. on Aug. 20 with Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Mrs. be herself as a Black woman in a genre dominated wouldn’t let her. retro ticket prices of 15 cents per America,” “One Day at a Time,” by white men. “Her truth has come over time because she fig- movie. “Outlander,” “Ozark” and “Queer “I was trying to write everybody else’s song and ured out who she was,” said Mabe. “I don’t know of AMC Entertainment, which Eye.” everybody else’s story when I had a unique story of a more fearless artist than Mickey Guyton.” owns the chain, said Thursday my own,” said Guyton, 37. Mabe asked her to sing “What Are You Gonna that it expects to open the doors Neil Young disconnects The six-song EP called “Bridges,” coming out on Tell Her?” at the label’s annual showcase for coun- to more than 100 cinemas — or Sept. 11, contains “What Are You Gonna Tell Her,” try radio programmers in February. Her pointed about a sixth of its nationwide lo- from Facebook, Google a pointed critique of the barriers that women face, questions about the inequalities that women face cations — on Aug. 20 with throw- and “Black Like Me,” revealing her own early ex- In the midst of his battle against was not lost on the room full of radio gatekeep- back pricing for a day. President Trump, Neil Young has periences with racism. Other songs like “Heaven ers whose stations keep women’s voices to a bare AMC theaters have reopened in Down Here” and “Bridges” show her attempting decided to take on a couple of minimum. numerous international countries other sizable entities — Facebook to bridge the cultural and ideological divide. “When I got up and they said my name to walk but have remained shuttered in Her musical career plans this year were thrown and Google. on the stage, I said, ‘Oh, curse word. This could be the U.S. since March. The chain The Rock and Roll Hall of off course due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the end of my career,’ ” Guyton said with a laugh. touted the reopening as “Movies she kept marching forward anyway. Parts of the Famer, who lived in the Bay Area Instead, the entire audience gave her a standing in 2020 at 1920 Prices.” for decades before departing for album were recorded or written from her home ovation as Guyton fought back tears. During its opening-day pro- in Los Angeles, where she’s been isolating with Southern California a few years Guyton wrote “Black Like Me” before the deaths motion, AMC will show catalog back, has announced he’ll be her husband, with remote help from her producer this year of George Floyd, Ahmaud Aubrey and films, including “Ghostbusters,” Karen Kosowski in Nashville. Guyton set up a DIY spending thousands of dollars Breonna Taylor that sparked worldwide protests “Black Panther,” “Back to the Fu- to disconnect his popular Neil vocal studio and started learning audio recording against racism. When she released it on Black Out ture” and “Grease.” Those older software. Young Archives music site from Tuesday, she braced for the impact. films will continue to play after- the two online giants. “We worked out a flow where she can just sit “In the country music industry, we’re about ward for $5. back and sing and I can produce her over Zoom Young’s beef with Facebook peace, love and harmony, and we don’t want to ruf- AMC and other chains have as if she was in the vocal booth next to me,” said has been going on for quite some fle any feathers. We want everybody to feel com- said they will operate at reduced Kosowski, who also co-wrote two of the songs on time, with the rocker working fortable,” Guyton said. “I’ve been in a lot of rooms capacity to facilitate social dis- on trying to “disengage (the ar- the EP with Guyton. tancing, along with increased Guyton’s impressive vocals don’t need much where everybody else is comfortable and I’m very chives) from the corrupt social uncomfortable.” theater cleaning and required platform” for several months, ac- adornment, but Guyton pushed herself on the title mask wearing. track, “Bridges,” a gospel influenced song about She recalled being at post-Grammy Awards cording to an email sent out from finding common ground instead of divisiveness. label party and meeting a high-powered male ex- Young’s Archives. “When she sang the vocal on ‘Bridges,’ her ecutive from a streaming service. She was hoping Parton, Bieber among It’s unclear exactly why Young husband, Grant, ran into the room from the other for streaming support for “Black Like Me,” and in- virtual TV festival stars now also wants to disassociate room, going, ‘What is happening in here? That’s stinctively tried to put her best foot forward. from the Google platform and sounds amazing!’ ” said Kosowski. “I perked up, batted my eyelashes, and did the Dolly Parton, Cate Blanchett thus eliminate both Google Although she stands on the shoulders of other thing to get my opportunity and I walked away and Justin Bieber are part of the (and Facebook) logins from his Black female country artists like Linda Martell, completely disgusted with myself,” Guyton re- virtual edition of the Paley Cen- website. The Pointer Sisters and Rissi Palmer, Guyton called. “And I was like, ‘What am I doing? Why do I ter’s annual festival celebrating has had to chart her own path in country music. need to perk up and bat my eyelashes to get a song TV programs and their makers. Other news called ‘Black Like Me’ played?’ ” PaleyFest LA, responding to The Texas-born singer fell in love with country Sarah Cooper music from an early age and learned about Dolly Guyton has already seen the effect that “Black pandemic restrictions, taped so- , whose lip- Parton from her grandmother. But after being Like Me” has had on social media, watching peo- cially distanced discussions with sync parodies of President Donald signed to Capitol Record Nashville in 2011, she’s ple all over the world sing along with and identify stars and producers that began Trump are an online sensation, is had to constantly stand up to questions about her with the lyrics “If you think we live in the land of streaming free this week on the coming to Netflix with a variety authenticity. the free/You should try to be black like me.” Paley Center’s YouTube channel. special. “Everything’s Fine” will “That was such a frustrating thing for me to have “Country music is three chords and the truth. The showcased series includes debut this fall. to deal with, because if I were white with blonde This is my truth,” said Guyton. “Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings,” Compiled from wire reports PAGE 40 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 14, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Harris is a party-friendly pick, perfect for Biden Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY DAVID BYLER wastes on a bizarre tweet or a bad news cording to the plurality of Democrats, the Pacific Chief of Staff Joshua M. Lashbrook, The Washington Post conference is one that Biden wins. Harris ideal age for a president. She’s in a sweet is a good pick because she won’t disrupt spot where she’s old enough to have suffi- EDITORIAL emocratic presidential nominee that pattern. The national media already cient experience and young enough to allay Joe Biden is an intensely risk- knows who she is and vetted her during health concerns. Terry Leonard, Editor averse politician. In his nearly the 2020 presidential primary. She has Just as importantly, Harris brings racial [email protected] D50 years in public life, he has shown that she’s a talented speaker, and diversity. 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And in the 2020 primary, it would with someone like Sen. Elizabeth largely embraced the nationwide protests he refused to advocate for Medicare-for- Warren, D-Mass. Trump tried this ap- against racism and police brutality. By Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital all, support reparations for slavery or take proach after the announcement Tuesday, picking Harris, Biden has acknowledged [email protected] other stances that could damage him in the labeling Harris “just about the most liberal the importance of those movements, and general election. person in the U.S. Senate,” and observing, of his own reliance on Black voters. If he In his vice-presidential search, Biden had picked a different candidate, he might BUREAU STAFF “I would have thought that Biden would again took the safe route. Sen. Kamala have alienated his allies and stirred up have tried to stay away from that a little Europe/Mideast Harris, D-Calif. — his newly announced dissension only weeks before early voting bit.” But it’s going to be hard to make that Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief running mate — is a historic choice as a begins. [email protected] Black and Asian American woman, but stick. Harris is far less liberal than Warren At the same time, there’s no clear re- +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 she’s also a small-c conservative pick. Har- or Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. gional or swing-state advantage from Pacific ris isn’t apt to cause any problems for Biden In short, there’s no reason to think Har- picking Harris. Democrats already have Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief on the campaign trail, and her presence on ris would spoil Biden’s eight-point lead California firmly in the bag. 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Sports Deals on AFN Wednesday’s transactions BASEBALL Big 12 to have fall sports American League BOSTON RED SOX — Placed OF Andrew Benintendi on the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP Go to the American Forces Ryan Weber from alternate training site. BY DAVE SKRETTA TAMPA BAY RAYS — Recalled RHP Network website for the most Aaron Slegers from alternate training Associated Press up-to-date TV schedules. site. Placed RHP Andrew Kittridge on the 60-day IL. Invited C Kevan Smith to spring Baylor coach Dave Aranda myafn.net training then sent outright to alternate training site. could see a weight being lifted TEXAS RANGERS — Recalled RHP Jim- off the shoulders of his players my Herget from alternate training site. Invited RHPs Cole Winn and Ricky Vanas- during a meeting Tuesday night, Pro soccer co to spring training at alternate training site. Placed RHP Nick Goody on IL. when word began to filter out that National League the Big 12 Conference would at- MLS ATLANTA BRAVES — Traded 1B Yonder tempt to play football this fall. EASTERN CONFERENCE Alonso to the San Diego Padres for cash W L T Pts GF GA considerations. “You could just see the joy,” Columbus 4 0 1 13 9 1 CINCINNATI REDS — Activated LHP Aranda said. “Everyone was Toronto FC 2 0 3 9 9 7 Wade Miley from the 10-day IL. Optioned Orlando City 2 1 2 8 7 5 RHP Joel Kuhnel to alternate training smiling. Guys were cracking Philadelphia 2 1 2 8 7 7 site. jokes, were excited.” Montreal 2 2 1 7 8 8 LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Recalled New York 2 2 1 7 5 7 RHP Tony Gonsolin from alternate train- Months of uncertainty had fi- ing site. Optioned LHP Adam Kolarek to Atlanta 2 3 0 6 4 5 nally given the Bears and their New England 1 1 3 6 4 4 alternate training site. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Recalled conference rivals the slightest Cincinnati 2 3 0 6 6 9 RHP Trevor Cahill and RHP Dereck Ro- D.C. United 1 2 2 5 6 7 driguez from alternate training site. bit of clarity. If all goes accord- Chicago 1 3 1 4 4 8 Optioned RHP Rico Garcia and LGP Con- Nashville SC 1 2 0 3 2 3 ner Menez to alternate training site and ing to plan, they will take the New York City FC 1 4 0 3 2 6 added to taxi squad. Designated RHP An- field for a nonconference game Inter Miami CF 0 5 0 0 3 8 drew Triggs for assignment. WESTERN CONFERENCE BASKETBALL next month, then begin a round- W L T Pts GF GA NBA — Suspended Milwaukee F Gi- robin league schedule on Sept. 26 Sporting Kc 4 1 0 12 13 5 annis Antetokounmpo one game without Minnesota United 3 0 2 11 12 6 with the intention of crowning a pay for headbutting an opponent in an /AP Portland 3 1 1 10 8 7 Aug. 11 game against Washington. Big 12 champion on Dec. 12 near ORLIN WAGNER Los Angeles FC 2 0 3 9 15 10 FOOTBALL Seattle 2 1 2 8 7 4 National Football League Dallas. Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby says it’s uncertain whether the San Jose 2 1 2 8 10 10 ATLANTA FALCONS — Waived OT That doesn’t mean they will Colorado 2 2 1 7 8 9 Hunter Atkinson. College Football Playoff will still take place this year, with two of the Vancouver 2 3 0 6 7 10 BALTIMORE RAVENS — Signed RB Ken- be competing for a national title, Power Five conferences opting to shoot for a spring season. Real Salt Lake 1 1 3 6 3 3 jon Barner. FC Dallas 1 1 1 4 4 3 BUFFALO BILLS — Signed HC Sean Mc- though. The Atlantic Coast and Houston 0 2 3 3 6 11 Dermott to a multi-year contract exten- Southeastern conferences have isn’t any obvious reason why it Fall sports will begin after LA Galaxy 0 3 2 2 5 11 sion. Activated WR Cole Beasley from Note: Three points for victory, one the non-football injury list. so far joined the Big 12 in playing couldn’t work to continue to try Sept. 1 with football playing a point for tie. CHICAGO BEARS — Signed DB Marqui this fall, but the Big Ten, Pac-12 to play a postseason, but you’re schedule in which each team can MLS is Back tournament Christian. Semifinals CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed DT and many smaller conferences looking at a December-January play one nonconference game Wednesday, Aug. 5 Mike Daniels to a one-year contract. are trying for the spring. time frame right in the heart of before league play begins a few Portland 2, Philadelphia 1 Waived DT Tyler Clark and DT Jeffery Thursday, Aug. 6 Whatley. So will there be two national the virus season. I just think it’s weeks later. Orlando City 3, Minnesota 1 CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed DE champions, like there sometimes too early. We’re going to have to The schools will all play Final Geoge Obinna. Waived DT Jeffery What- Tuesday, Aug. 11 ley. were when poll voters declared be patient.“ each other to give them 10 total Portland 2, Orlando City 1 DENVER BRONCOS — Signed OT Demar who was best? Will an autumn Regular season Dotson. Patience is something the games. Wednesday’s game GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed WR champion play a spring cham- league has been preaching since All athletes will be subject to Nashville 1, FC Dallas 0 Malik Turner. Waived S Frankie Griffin. Sunday’s game INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Activated WR pion? Will this year, like so many March, when the coronavirus three tests per week — likely Nashville at FC Dallas T.Y. Hilton from the nonfootball injury things around the world, simply pandemic began shutting down Sunday, Wednesday and Friday Thursday, Aug. 20 list. Waived WR Malik Henry. New York City FC at New York JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Activated be one to forget? sports in the U.S. as it turned the — in “high contact” sports such Chicago at Columbus TE James from the PUP list. Signed DE Those are among the questions world upside down. as football, volleyball and soccer. Friday, Aug. 21 Josh Mauro. Waived WR C.J. Board. D.C. United at Cincinnati LOS ANGELES RAMS — Waived CB Le- that still must be answered. The Big 12’s board of directors Should an athlete test positive, Sporting Kansas City at Minnesota vonta Taylor. “We have a College Football have been speaking on an almost- they would be subject to echocar- FC Dallas at Houston MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed DT Bran- Philadelphia at New England din Bryant. Claimed CB Breon Borders off Playoff call next week and we’ll daily basis with infectious disease diograms, a cardiac MRI, blood Saturday, Aug. 22 waivers from Pittsburgh. obviously talk about this. It’s experts, scientists and physicians tests and other examinations be- LA Galaxy at Los Angeles FC NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed OL Nashville at Atlanta Tyler Gauthier. going to be a while into the season while getting the input of coach- fore they are cleared to return. Orlando City at Miami NEW YORK GIANTS — Waived LB Mark Real Salt Lake at Colorado McLaurin and TE Kyle Markaway. before all that is resolved,” Big 12 es, administrators and athletes. Nonconference opponents also Sunday, Aug. 23 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed OT commissioner Bob Bowlsby said It came up with a plan it believes must adhere to Big 12 standards Seattle at Portland William Sweet. Monday, Aug. 24 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Waived CB Ke- Wednesday. “There probably will work. the week before competition. Columbus at New York City FC mah Siverand. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Waived WR Travis Jonsen. TENNESSEE TITANS — Placed OLB Reg- Tennis gie Gilbert on the injured/reserve list. HOCKEY National Hockey League Prague Open NHL — Announced that Rod MLS players booed for kneeling Brind’Amour has been find $25,000 for Thursday comments made following the game At TK Sparta Praha against the Boston Bruins. BY ANNE M. PETERSON Prague SOCCER Purse: $225,500 National Women’s Soccer League Associated Press Surface: Red clay ORLANDO PRIDE — Loaned M Camila Women’s Singles Martins Pereira to SE Palmeiras. Round of 16 There was a smattering of Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, def. Ta- mara Zidansek, Slovenia, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (2), boos when players from FC Dal- 6-2. Pro basketball las and Nashville SC collectively Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spain, def. Laura Siegemund, Germany, 6-2, 6-3. took a knee during the national Magdalena Frech, Poland, def. Arantxa anthem before their MLS game Rus, Netherlands, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. WNBA Women’s Doubles EASTERN CONFERENCE on Wednesday night in Frisco, Quarterfinals W L Pct GB Texas. Lucie Hradecka and Kristyna Pliskova, Chicago 6 3 .667 — Czech Republic, def. Renata Voracova, Indiana 3 5 .375 2½ Dallas defender Reggie Cannon Czech Republic, and Cornelia Lister, Swe- Washington 3 5 .375 2½ said he was disgusted by the boos den, 6-3, 6-4. Connecticut 3 6 .333 3 Raluca-Ioana Olaru and Monica Atlanta 2 7 .222 4 at Toyota Stadium when players Niculescu (4), Romania, def. Lidziya Ma- New York 1 7 .125 4½ and officials knelt to call attention rozava, Belarus, and Yana Sizikova, Rus- WESTERN CONFERENCE sia, 6-2, 6-1. W L Pct GB to racial injustice. He said team- Seattle 8 1 .889 — mate Ryan Hollingshead turned Las Vegas 6 2 .750 1½ Minnesota 6 2 .750 1½ to him afterward and said he was AP sportlight Los Angeles 5 3 .625 2½ Phoenix 5 4 .556 3 sorry. Dallas 3 6 .333 5 “You can’t even have support /AP Aug. 14 Tuesday’s games SMILEY N. POOL, THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS 1903 — Jim Jeffries knocks out Jim Cor- Las Vegas 98, Indiana 79 from your own fans in your own bett in the 10th round to retain his world Minnesota 68, Washington 48 stadium. It’s baffling to me,” FC Dallas, left, and Nashville SC players kneel during the national heavyweight title in San Francisco. Los Angeles 93, New York 78 1977 — Lanny Wadkins beats Gene Lit- Wednesday’s games Cannon said. “As a team we try to anthem Wednesday at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. tler on the third hole of sudden death to Connecticut 70, Dallas 66 give the best possible product on take the PGA championship. Chicago 89, Phoenix 71 1977 — The New York Cosmos, led by Seattle 100, Atlanta 63 the field and these last six months tournament in Florida over the clude fans if local jurisdictions Pele, play before a record crowd of 77,961 Thursday’s games have been absolute hell for us. past month, Dallas and Nash- allow it. Just over 5,000 were at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, Indiana at New York N.J., the most to see a soccer game in the Los Angeles at Washington Absolute hell.” ville were forced to withdraw be- allowed to attend the match at United States. The Cosmos beat the Fort Minnesota at Las Vegas Dallas and Nashville had not fore the start because of positive Toyota Stadium, although the Lauderdale Strikers 8-3 in a NASL quar- Friday’s games terfinal playoff game. Connecticut at Chicago played a game since the season COVID-19 tests among players crowd that showed up appeared 1994 — Nick Price wins the PGA Cham- Seattle at Dallas was suspended on March 12 be- from both teams. smaller. pionship in record fashion. Price finished Atlanta at Phoenix at 11-under 269 for 72 holes, six strokes Saturday’s games cause of the coronavirus. While The teams met as MLS restarts Nashville won the game, 1-0. ahead of Corey Pavin. It is the lowest Washington at Las Vegas stroke total in an American major cham- Los Angeles at Indiana Major League Soccer’s other the regular season in local mar- The two teams meet again on pionship. New York at Minnesota teams played in the MLS is Back kets. Some of the games will in- Sunday. PAGE 48 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 14, 2020 INDY 500 ‘Greatest spectacle’ goes on amid virus

INDIANAPOLIS worked hard to build a company here was always going that’s got a solid base and that’s to be an Indianapolis why we bought the track. There 500 this year — with full are always speed bumps you deal Tattendance, limited at- with in business and this is one tendance or, where Indianapolis that is unexpected, but all four Motor Speedway finally landed, wheels are still on the car.” with no fans at all. Plans call for as normal an Indy The race is simply too impor- 500 as possible. Both the national tant to become yet another 2020 anthem and “Back Home Again cancellation, even if it means in Indiana” will be live, and a fly- closing the gates for the first time over is in the works. in 104 years. Penske hasn’t said who will The garages opened Wednes- give the command to start the en- day for the “Greatest Spectacle in gines, an honor traditionallly held Racing,” an event long woven into by either the late Tony Hulman or the nation’s fabric “the family” since 1946, the first as a Memorial Day Indy 500 held after Hulman res- weekend celebra- cued a speedway abandoned dur- tion. There have ing the war. been only two paus- There are 33 driver confirma- es in race history, tions so at this point no “Bump during World War Day” dramatics are expected. I in 1917 and 1918, There isn’t cash during a pan- then from 1942-45 demic for teams to field addition- during World War al entries and drivers on the open II. market can’t find the funding to The pandemic buy a ride. pushed the race off Fernando Alonso, the two- its traditional date to Aug. 23, and time Formula One champion new owner Roger Penske and the who missed the race last year speedway staff will do their very in a botched effort by McLaren, /AP best to honor the tradition of the DARRON CUMMINGS completed his deal to try again treasured event. Canada’s James Hinchcliffe climbs into his car Wednesday during practice for the Indianapolis 500. before the pandemic. Same with Penske earlier said he would three-time Indy 500 winner Helio pull the plug on the race if fans being a a source of pride for the make your best decision on the February when he pledged an Castroneves, who has a deal with could not attend, and he tried, all state of Indiana. information you have.” additional $2 million to make a Penske, and former winner Tony the way until last week, to open “There was no way we were not The financial numbers have $15 million pot. Penske is un- Kanaan, who isn’t racing full- the gates to his new showplace. going to run the race. That was got to be horrific for Penske, who doubtedly bleeding money from time this year and is hopeful There was an 88-page plan along never going to be an option,” Pen- in January bought IMS from the the purchase, which makes him the Indy 500 will remain on his with confidence the Indy 500 ske said. Hulman-George family that had responsible for both the race and schedule in 2021 as he moves to- could safely socially distance When he said he wouldn’t hold owned the national landmark with helping IndyCar team own- ward semi-retirement. 25% attendance at the sprawl- the race without spectators, the since 1945. Penske’s businesses ers survive. Had those drivers not closed ing speedway with more than pandemic looked different in In- are private companies, so what- The Indy 500 is certain to be a deals to race this year before the 250,000 seats. diana and surrounding Marion ever losses he’s taken are not massive money loser for Penske, pandemic, three of the biggest Ultimately, the coronavirus was County. public. It’s believed he paid about who remains pragmatic about the names in the Indy 500 could have deemed too dangerous for Penske “The numbers started to go the $300 million for the speedway, losses. been sidelined by funding issues. to expose himself, the speedway wrong way,” Penske said. “I think the IndyCar Series and the Indy “This isn’t a 2020 investment Pippa Mann couldn’t secure fi- or the community that has sup- the world has changed, the state 500, and he’s spent another $15 and then we are getting out. Our nancing and the Indy 500 won’t ported the Indy 500 since 1911. has changed, the city has changed, million on capital improvements. family can own this for the next have a female driver in the field The race itself? It is critical to Marion County has changed from He’s cut the purse in half for 75 years,“ Penske said. “The fi- for the first time since 1999. the survival of IndyCar beyond when I said that. Typically you the Indy 500, a reversal from nancial impact is what it is. I’ve At least there will be a race. Drivers get on track at empty speedway

BY JENNA FRYER exciting and wonderful as it always is, but typically in an empty venue learning as Associated Press the vibe is just different.” much as they can about a car without dis- The daily buildup to the Indy 500 — tractions. The Indy 500 has never been this INDIANAPOLIS — Graham Rahal stopped only twice before, for World War I way — fans came even during the Great walked through Gasoline Alley tapping and World War II — has always been part Depression — and Hunter-Reay found the away on his phone, no fear of bumping into of the allure of the event. Indiana residents feeling “very strange.” anyone as he took a break during the first come from all over the state from the open- “This is a race without spectators, be- day of Indianapolis 500 practice. ing day of practice and the crowd contin- cause we’re going to have our fans watch- Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a ghost ues to swell until race day, when at least ing the race, but without spectators, town. The coronavirus pandemic forced 300,000 pour into the venue. without energy, it’s just completely differ- the speedway to proceed with “The Great- The parties have been canceled and the ent,” Hunter-Reay said. “I guess we all est Spectacle in Racing” without specta- drivers are adjusting to the 2020 version of have to look at the big picture and swallow tors and their absence was clearly noticed. normal. that pill right now.” Students on field trips weren’t roaming For Scott Dixon, it meant he didn’t need As the pristine IMS grounds sat empty, freely through Pagoda Plaza. No souve- to make sure his pocket was full of Sharp- the cars sailed around the oval for the first nirs for sale through the midway. Bronze ies to sign autographs as he made the walk time since Roger Penske purchased the Badge Holders couldn’t even come to the to pit lane. Tony Kanaan did not hear a speedway in January. Penske made his track, let alone wait for their favorite driv- roar from the crowd as the popular Bra- way up and down pit lane early in the day ers outside the garage stalls. The grand- zilian typically does as he climbs into his greeting teams and surveying the scene stands sat empty. And, Chuckie Lynn, the car. Will Power walked around the facility and Honda drivers set the pace in the first longtime IMS fixture who sells the India- without any interruptions. full practice session. napolis Star while riding a bicycle through “It’s a real pity, man. Just shows you James Hinchcliffe and Marco Andretti the paddock, was nowhere to be found. how much the fans mean to this place,” were atop the leaderboard for Andretti The show is going on at Indianapolis, but Power said. “They make the atmosphere Autosport, followed by Scott Dixon of Chip it certainly isn’t the same. and without them, it’s just kind of dead. It’s Ganassi Racing and then Hunter-Reay, an- DARRON CUMMINGS/AP “It’s just weird to be able to walk liter- easier to focus, but you would much rather other Andretti driver. ally through here and not get stopped 100 have fans here. It’s part of the Indy 500 Fernando Alonso, making his third at- Graham Rahal talks on his phone during times and sign a bunch of autographs,” experience.” tempt to close out motorsports’ version of Wednesday’s practice session for the said Rahal. “You can literally just stroll Ryan Hunter-Reay said it felt more like the Triple Crown, was the fastest driver in Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor through here. This thing can still be just as a test day at a race track, when teams are a Chevrolet at fifth. Speedway in Indianapolis. Friday, August 14, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 49 NHL Scoreboard

Stanley Cup playoffs Shots on Goal—Arizona 3-4-7—14. Col- orado 13-15-12—40. FIRST ROUND Power-play opportunities—Arizona 0 Bergeron lifts Bruins Best-of-seven; x-if necessary of 2; Colorado 2 of 2. EASTERN CONFERENCE Goalies—Arizona, Kuemper 3-2-0 (40 At Toronto shots-37 saves). Colorado, Grubauer 2- (1) Philadelphia 1, (8) Montreal 0 0-1 (14-14). Wednesday: Philadelphia 2, Montreal 1 Friday: Game 2 (AFN-Sports, 9 p.m. Fri- day CET; 4 a.m. Saturday JKT) Bruins 4, Hurricanes 3 (2OT) Sunday: Game 3 Carolina 1 1 1 0—3 Tuesday, Aug. 18: Game 4 Boston 1 1 1 0—4 x-Wednesday, Aug. 19: Game 5 First Period—1, Carolina, Edmundson over Hurricanes in 2OT x-Friday, Aug. 21: Game 6 1 (Aho, Teravainen), 13:02. 2, Boston, Pas- Associated Press x-Sunday, Aug. 23: Game 7 trnak 1 (Bergeron, Marchand), 17:45. (2) Tampa Bay 1, (7) Columbus 0 Second Period—3, Boston, Coyle 1, Tuesday: Tampa Bay 3, Columbus 2, 5OT 4:38. 4, Carolina, McGinn 1, 4:59 (sh). TORONTO — After being told Thursday: Game 2 Third Period—5, Boston, Krejci 1 (Kase, Saturday: Game 3 McAvoy), 0:59. 6, Carolina, Fleury 1 (Tro- to come back the next morning Monday: Game 4 (AFN-Sports2, 9 p.m. check), 9:49. because another game lasted five Monday CET; 4 a.m. Tuesday JKT) Second Overtime—7, Boston, Bergeron x-Wednesday, Aug. 19: Game 5 1 (Marchand, Pastrnak), 1:13. overtimes, the Boston Bruins x-Friday, Aug. 21: Game 6 Shots on Goal—Carolina 4-5-12-6-1— didn’t want to repeat history so x-Saturday, Aug. 22: Game 7 28. Boston 9-12-7-11-1—40. (6) N.Y. Islanders 1, (3) Washington 0 Power-play opportunities—Carolina 0 quickly. Wednesday: N.Y. Islanders 4, Wash- ington 2 of 3; Boston 0 of 4. “We talked about trying to end Goalies—Carolina, Mrazek 2-0-1 (40 Friday: Game 2 (AFN-Sports2, 2 a.m. this before the fifth overtime,” Saturday CET; 9 a.m. Saturday JKT) shots-36 saves). Boston, Rask 1-2-0 (28- Sunday: Game 3 25). Patrice Bergeron said. Tuesday, Aug. 18: Game 4 x-Thursday, Aug. 20: Game 5 Islanders 4, Capitals 2 Bergeron accomplished that by x-Saturday, Aug. 22: Game 6 scoring early in double overtime, x-Sunday, Aug. 23: Game 7 N.Y. Islanders 0 1 3—4 (4) Boston 1, (5) Carolina 0 Washington 0 2 0—2 and the Bruins beat the Carolina Wednesday: Boston 4, Carolina 3 (2OT) Second Period—1, Washington, Os- Hurricanes 4-3 Wednesday in Thursday: Game 2 hie 2 (Kuznetsov, Carlson), 5:27 (pp). 2, Saturday: Game 3 (AFN-Sports2, 6 p.m. Washington, Oshie 3 (Wilson, Carlson), Game 1 of their first-round series Saturday CET; 1 a.m. Sunday JKT) 11:18 (pp). 3, N.Y. Islanders, Eberle 3 (Bar- Monday: Game 4 zal), 18:57. that was postponed 15 hours to a x-Wednesday, Aug. 19: Game 5 Third Period—4, N.Y. Islanders, Lee 1 rare late-morning start. x-Thursday, Aug. 20: Game 6 (Pulock, Nelson), 0:51. 5, N.Y. Islanders, x-Sunday, Aug. 23: Game 7 Bailey 1 (Nelson), 6:52 (sh). 6, N.Y. Island- The game scheduled for 8 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE ers, Beauvillier 4 (Bailey, Barzal), 11:55. Tuesday night began the next At Edmonton, Alberta Shots on Goal—N.Y. Islanders 2-11- (1) Vegas 1, (8) Chicago 0 14—27. Washington 7-9-10—26. morning at 11 after the Columbus Tuesday: Vegas 4, Chicago 1 Power-play opportunities—N.Y. Is- Thursday: Game 2 landers 0 of 4; Washington 2 of 7. Blue Jackets-Tampa Bay Light- Saturday: Game 3 (AFN-Atlantic, 2 Goalies—N.Y. Islanders, Varlamov 3-1- ning series opener became the a.m. Sunday CET; 9 a.m. Sunday JKT) 0 (26 shots-24 saves). Washington, Holt- Sunday: Game 4 by 1-1-1 (27-23). fourth-longest playoff game in x-Tuesday, Aug. 18: Game 5 NHL history. Playing all Eastern x-Thursday, Aug. 20: Game 6 Flyers 2, Canadiens 1 x-Saturday, Aug. 22: Game 7 Conference games at Toronto’s (2) Colorado 1, (7) Arizona 0 Montreal 0 1 0—1 Scotiabank Arena had this poten- Wednesday: Colorado 3, Arizona 0 Philadelphia 1 1 0—2 Friday: Game 2 (AFN-Sports, 8 p.m. Fri- First Period—1, Philadelphia, Provorov tial for games going long messing day CET; 3 a.m. Saturday JKT) 1 (Konecny, Giroux), 8:54 (pp). with the schedule. Saturday: Game 3 Second Period—2, Montreal, Weber 3 Monday: Game 4 (Drouin, Gallagher), 14:38 (pp). 3, Phila- “We knew it was a possibility,” x-Wednesday, Aug. 19: Game 5 delphia, Farabee 2 (Sanheim), 14:54. x-Friday, Aug. 21: Game 6 Shots on Goal—Montreal 5-17-6—28. said Bergeron, whose four playoff x-Sunday, Aug. 23: Game 7 Philadelphia 11-7-13—31. OT goals are the second-most be- (6) Calgary 1, (3) Dallas 0 Power-play opportunities—Montreal Tuesday: Calgary 3, Dallas 2 1 of 1; Philadelphia 1 of 3. hind Patrick Kane among active Thursday: Game 2 Goalies—Montreal, Price 3-2-0 (31 players. “You didn’t expect five Friday: Game 3 shots-29 saves). Philadelphia, Hart 3-0-0 Sunday: Game 4 (AFN-Sports2, 8 p.m. (28-27). overtimes, but that being said, we Sunday CET; 3 a.m. Monday JKT) x-Tuesday, Aug. 18: Game 5 knew it’s part of having a tourna- x-Thursday, Aug. 20: Game 6 Canucks 5, Blues 2 ment like this in one rink and be x-Saturday, Aug. 22: Game 7 (5) Vancouver 1, (4) St. Louis 0 Vancouver 1 1 3—5 ready for the unexpected.” Wednesday: Vancouver 5, St. Louis 2 St. Louis 1 1 0—2 Friday: Game 2 (AFN-Sports2, 12:30 a.m. First Period—1, Vancouver, Horvat 3 Much has changed since these Saturday CET; 7:30 a.m. Saturday JKT) (Hughes, Miller), 4:29 (pp). 2, St. Louis, teams met in the 2019 Eastern Sunday: Game 3 Perron 3 (Schenn, Pietrangelo), 16:37 (pp). Conference finals, but Boston Monday: Game 4 /AP x-Wednesday, Aug. 19: Game 5 Second Period—3, Vancouver, Petters- continued its dominance more NATHAN DENETTE, THE CANADIAN PRESS x-Friday, Aug. 21: Game 6 son 2, 8:37 (pp). 4, St. Louis, Schwartz 1, x-Sunday, Aug. 23: Game 7 9:49. than a year after sweeping Caro- Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron, top, celebrates with Third Period—5, Vancouver, Stecher Wednesday 1 (Pearson, Boeser), 5:37. 6, Vancouver, lina. The Bruins showed quick teammates after scoring the game-winning goal against the Carolina Horvat 4 (Pearson), 8:01. 7, Vancouver, recovery from losing all three of Hurricanes during the second overtime Wednesday in Toronto. Avalanche 3, Coyotes 0 Miller 2 (Tanev, Boeser), 19:20 (pp). Shots on Goal—Vancouver 9-8-5—22. their round-robin seeding games Arizona 0 0 0—0 St. Louis 12-10-9—31. and handed the Hurricanes their the things we’re known for and shifts here and there. They played Colorado 0 0 3—3 Power-play opportunities—Vancouver Third Period—1, Colorado, Kadri 2 (Ma- 3 of 6; St. Louis 1 of 3. first loss since hockey returned. what makes us a great team,” a good game. We have to be bet- kar, MacKinnon), 13:05 (pp). 2, Colorado, Goalies—Vancouver, Markstrom 4-1-0 Compher 2 (Donskoi, Johnson), 13:15. 3, (31 shots-29 saves). St. Louis, Binnington “As a group, we didn’t love our Carolina captain Jordan Staal ter, obviously, if we want to beat Colorado, Rantanen 1, 14:28. 0-3-0 (22-17). effort. and we didn’t do some of said. “I thought there was some the best.” Roundup Canucks roll past Blues in series opener

Associated Press goals late was a huge clutch for us. scored 16 seconds after Montreal tied it, “And I couldn’t be happier for Troy to get and Philadelphia won Game 1 of their first- EDMONTON, Alberta — Bo Horvat that one. I think I can speak for everybody round playoff series. scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks beat the defending Stanley Cup champion (on that).” Ivan Provorov also scored for the Flyers. St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Wednesday in the Islanders 4, Capitals 2: At Toronto, Josh Shea Weber scored for the Canadiens, and opening game of their best-of-seven first- Bailey scored a short-handed goal 6:52 into Carey Price stopped 29 shots. round series. the third period and New York overcame Montreal, the final club in the NHL’s J.T. Miller, Elias Pettersson and Troy a two-goal deficit to beat Washington in a 24-team restart, stunned the Pittsburgh Stecher also scored for Vancouver. hard-hitting opener to the first-round play- Penguins — who had the NHL’s seventh- David Perron and Jaden Schwartz off series. best record when the schedule was halted scored for St. Louis. Jordan Eberle and Anders Lee scored because of the COVID-19 pandemic — 3-1 Game 2 is set for Friday night. 1:54 apart spanning the second intermis- in the best-of-five qualifying round to book Horvat has four goals in return-to- sion. Semyon Varlamov stopped 24 shots a place in the 16-slot playoff bracket. play action while rookie teammate Quinn and Anthony Beauvillier sealed it by scor- Avalanche 3, Coyotes 0: At Edmonton, Hughes logged an assist to reach seven ing with 8:05 remaining in a game the Alberta, Nazem Kadri and J.T. Compher points (one goal, six helpers) in five Islanders overcame their own lack of disci- scored 10 seconds apart in the third peri- games. pline in allowing the Capitals seven power- od, Philipp Grubauer stopped 14 shots and Horvat said the Canucks were ready to play opportunities. Colorado opened the playoffs with a vic- JASON FRANSON, THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP match the Blues’ intensity. T.J. Oshie scored on consecutive power- tory over Arizona. The Vancouver Canucks’ Brock Boeser, “They won the Cup for a reason, so we play opportunities five minutes apart in The Avalanche dominated the Coyotes front, and the St. Louis Blues’ Marco were ready for it,” Horvat said. “I thought the second period for Washington. through the first two periods, outshooting Scandella vie for the puck during the first we showed some good things tonight, some Flyers 2, Canadiens 1: At Toronto, them 29-7, yet couldn’t get anything past period Wednesday in Edmonton, Alberta. push-back and obviously scoring those big Carter Hart made 27 saves, Joel Farabee goalie Darcy Kuemper. PAGE 50 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 14, 2020 MLB SCOREBOARD

American League Astros 5, Giants 1 Cubs 7, Cleveland 2 Yankees 6, Braves 3 Oakland 8, Angels 4 East Division San Francisco Houston Chicago Cleveland Atlanta New York Oakland Los Angeles W L Pct GB ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi New York 12 6 .667 — Ystrzmski cf 4 1 3 0 Springer dh 4 1 1 0 Swanson ss 5 1 3 0 LeMahieu 2b5 2 4 1 Semien ss 4 1 1 1 Fletcher ss 4 1 1 0 A Hendricks p 0 0 0 0 Hrnandz 2b 5 1 1 0 Tampa Bay 11 8 .579 1 Dickerson lf 3 0 1 1 Reddick rf 3 0 1 0 Bryant lf 5 1 1 1 Ramirez 3b 2 0 1 1 d’Arnaud c 5 0 1 1 Voit 1b 5 0 2 1 Laureano cf 5 0 1 2 La Stella 2b 4 0 1 1 Baltimore 9 7 .563 2 Ruf ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Bregman 3b 3 0 2 1 Almora Jr. cf 0 0 0 0 Lindor ss 4 0 1 1 Freeman 1b 3 0 0 0 Hicks cf 3 1 1 1 Olson 1b 5 1 1 1 Trout cf 2 1 1 2 Toronto 6 9 .400 4A Flores dh 4 0 0 0 Gurriel 1b 4 0 0 0 Rizzo 1b 4 2 2 1 C.Santna 1b 4 0 0 0 Ozuna dh 4 0 0 0 Urshela 3b 3 0 0 0 Chapman 3b 5 0 2 1 Rendon 3b 4 1 1 1 Boston 6 12 .333 6 Belt 1b 4 0 1 0 Correa ss 3 1 1 0 Duvall lf 5 0 1 0 Torres ss 3 0 1 1 Baez ss 4 1 1 0 Reyes dh 4 0 3 0 Canha dh 5 1 1 0 Ohtani dh 3 0 0 0 Central Division Longoria 3b 4 0 0 0 Tucker lf 4 1 1 0 Markakis rf 4 1 2 0 Ford dh 5 0 0 0 Grossman lf 3 2 1 2 Pujols 1b 4 0 0 0 Minnesota 12 7 .632 — Pence rf 4 0 0 0 Toro 2b 3 1 1 0 Contreras c 3 0 0 0 Freeman lf 4 0 0 0 Camargo 2b 4 1 2 2 Sanchez c 5 1 1 1 Piscotty rf 3 1 1 1 Castro c 4 0 0 0 Detroit 9 7 .563 1A Crawford ss 4 0 1 0 Maldnado c 4 1 1 3 Souza Jr. ph 1 0 0 0 Naquin rf 4 1 1 0 Riley 3b 4 0 1 0 Frazier rf 4 2 3 1 Kemp 2b 2 0 0 0 Adell rf 3 0 0 0 Chicago 10 9 .526 2 Heineman c 3 0 1 0 Straw cf 3 0 1 0 Winkler p 0 0 0 0 Leon c 2 0 1 0 Inciarte cf 4 0 1 0 Tauchmn rf 0 0 0 0 Pinder ph-2b 2 1 0 0 Goodwin lf 3 1 1 0 Cleveland 10 9 .526 2 Dubon 2b 3 0 0 0 Wick p 0 0 0 0 D.Santna ph 1 0 0 0 Gardner lf 3 0 0 0 Murphy c 2 1 1 0 Kansas City 8 11 .421 4 Totals 34 1 7 1 Totals 31 5 9 4 Schwrber ph 1 0 0 0 Zimmer cf 3 0 0 0 Totals 38 3 11 3 Totals 36 6 12 6 Totals 36 8 9 8 Totals 31 4 5 4 West Division San Francisco 100 000 000—1 Jeffress p 0 0 0 0 Atlanta 020 000 001—3 Oakland 120 110 030—8 Oakland 13 6 .684 — Houston 000 014 00x—5 Happ cf-lf 3 2 0 0 New York 020 220 00x—6 Los Angeles 102 001 000—4 Texas 8 9 .471 4 DP—San Francisco 1, Houston 0. LOB— Heyward rf 2 1 1 2 E—Inciarte (1). LOB—Atlanta 11, New LOB—Oakland 7, Los Angeles 3. 2B— Houston 8 10 .444 4A San Francisco 7, Houston 8. 3B—Yastr- Bote 3b 4 0 1 2 York 13. 2B—Markakis (2), Swanson (5), Canha (3), Chapman 2 (5), Semien (2), Los Angeles 7 12 .368 6 zemski (2). HR—Maldonado (2). Caratini dh-c 3 0 1 0 Voit (1), Hicks (4), Frazier (1). 3B—LeMa- Goodwin (3). HR—Olson (6), Grossman Seattle 7 13 .350 6A IP H R ER BB SO Kipnis 2b 3 0 1 1 hieu (1). HR—Camargo (3), Sanchez (2), (3), Piscotty (2), Trout (8), Rendon (4). San Francisco Totals 33 7 8 7 Totals 33 2 8 2 Frazier (1). SB—LeMahieu (1). SB—Grossman (4). SF—Trout (2). Cahill 1C 0 0 0 4 2 Chicago 001 031 011—7 IP H R ER BB SO IP H R ER BB SO National League S.Anderson B 0 0 0 0 0 Cleveland 000 010 100—2 Atlanta Oakland East Division Rodriguez BS,0-1 2B 3 1 1 2 1 DP—Chicago 1, Cleveland 0. LOB—Chi- C Ynoa 1 4 2 2 3 0 Bassitt, W, 2-0 5C 5 4 4 0 4 W L Pct GB Baragar L,2-1 4 4 4 0 0 cago 9, Cleveland 8. 2B—Kipnis (3), Hey- Matzek L,2-1 2B 3 2 2 1 2 C Selman 1 2 0 0 0 1 Diekman, H, 5 0 0 0 1 2 Miami 8 4 .667 — ward (1), Ramirez (3). HR—Rizzo (4), Tomlin 1B 4 2 2 1 3 Petit, H, 5 C 0 0 0 0 0 Atlanta 11 9 .550 1 Garcia 1 0 0 0 0 1 O’Day B 0 0 0 0 1 Peralta 1 0 0 0 0 2 Bryant (2). SB—Baez (1), Heyward (1). Soria 1 0 0 0 1 1 Washington 6 8 .429 3 SF—Heyward (1), Ramirez (1). Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 Hendriks 1 0 0 0 0 2 A Houston Minter 1 1 0 0 0 2 New York 8 11 .421 3 Los Angeles Philadelphia 5 8 .385 3A Greinke W,1-0 6B 7 1 1 1 7 IP H R ER BB SO Greene 1 0 0 0 1 0 C Canning, L, 0-3 4 6 4 4 0 2 Central Division Raley H,1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Chicago New York Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 0 Barnes 1 2 1 1 0 1 Chicago 12 3 .800 — Hendricks W,3-1 6 7 1 1 0 5 Tanaka 4 5 2 2 2 3 Buchter C 0 0 0 1 1 St. Louis 2 3 .400 5 WP—Baragar, Greinke(2). T—3:25. Winkler C 0 1 1 2 1 Loaisiga W,2-0 2 3 0 0 0 3 B B Ramirez 0 0 0 1 0 Cincinnati 8 10 .444 5A Wick H,1 1 1 0 0 0 3 Green H,4 1 0 0 0 0 1 Pena 1B 0 1 1 1 1 Milwaukee 7 9 .438 5A Rays 9, Red Sox 5 Jeffress 1 0 0 0 0 1 Avilan C 1 0 0 0 0 Middleton B 0 2 2 2 0 Pittsburgh 3 13 .188 9A Ottavino B 0 0 0 0 1 Buttrey B 1 0 0 1 0 Tampa Bay Boston Cleveland B West Division Carrasco L,2-2 4B 4 3 3 5 7 Holder 2 1 1 0 0 Robles 1 0 0 0 0 3 ab r h bi ab r h bi Britton S,7-7 C 0 0 0 1 0 Colorado 12 6 .667 — Perez 1B 1 1 1 1 0 T—3:20. Los Angeles 12 7 .632 A Meadows dh 4 3 2 1 Pillar rf 5 1 4 0 Ynoa pitched to 4 batters in the 2nd, Lowe rf-2b 5 3 3 2 Devers 3b 3 0 0 0 Cimber 1 1 1 1 0 0 San Diego 11 8 .579 1A B Loaisiga pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. A Diaz 3b 5 0 3 1 Arauz 3b 2 1 1 1 Karinchak 1 1 1 1 2 4 HBP—Greene (Urshela). T—3:40. Diamondbacks 13, Rockies 7 Arizona 8 11 .421 4 Wittgren 1 1 1 1 1 2 San Francisco 8 12 .400 5 Margot pr-lf 0 0 0 0 Mrtinez dh 4 1 1 4 Choi 1b 4 1 1 0 Bgaerts ss 2 0 1 0 Cimber pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. Arizona Colorado Wednesday’s games Mets 11, Nationals 6 ab r h bi ab r h bi Chicago White Sox 7, Detroit 5 Wndle 2b-3b 5 0 1 1 Lin ss 2 0 1 0 HBP—Jeffress (Zimmer). WP—Carrasco. Tsutsugo lf 4 1 1 2 Vazquez c 4 0 0 0 T—3:32. Washington New York Calhoun rf 6 2 3 1 Hmpsn cf-2b 6 1 4 0 Oakland 8, L.A. Angels 4 K.Marte 2b 4 2 2 1 Story ss 6 1 3 1 Renfroe rf 0 0 0 0 Chavis 1b 4 0 1 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Chicago Cubs 7, Cleveland 2 Adames ss 4 1 1 1 Verdugo lf 4 0 1 0 S.Marte cf 5 2 3 4 Blckmon dh 4 0 0 0 Minnesota 12, Milwaukee 2 Kiermaier cf 4 0 3 0 Brdley Jr. cf 4 1 1 0 Marlins 14, Blue Jays 11 (10) Turner ss 5 1 1 0 Nimmo cf 5 2 3 1 Peralta lf 5 1 2 3 Arenado 3b 5 2 3 3 Kansas City 5, Cincinnati 4 Perez c 4 0 0 0 Peraza 2b 4 1 1 0 Eaton rf 3 1 1 0 Hamilton cf 0 0 0 0 Walker dh 5 0 3 0 Dahl lf 4 0 0 0 Miami Toronto Castro 2b 4 1 2 1 Davis 3b 5 0 0 0 Tampa Bay 9, Boston 5 Totals 39 9 15 8 Totals 38 5 12 5 Escobar 3b 5 1 1 1 Owings 2b 1 0 0 0 Baltimore 5, Philadelphia 4 ab r h bi ab r h bi Soto lf 4 2 3 4 McNeil lf 5 0 0 0 Vogt c 5 1 1 0 Hilliard cf 3 1 1 0 Tampa Bay 132 200 001—9 Kendrick dh 4 0 2 0 Conforto rf 3 3 2 2 Houston 5, San Francisco 1 Boston 000 000 050—5 Villar ss 4 0 2 1 Biggio 2b 5 0 0 0 Lamb 1b 5 1 0 0 Tapia rf 3 1 2 0 N.Y. Yankees 6, Atlanta 3 DP—Tampa Bay 1, Boston 3. LOB—Tam- Aguilar 1b 6 0 3 4 Bichette ss 5 3 5 1 Cabrera 3b 4 0 0 0 Alonso 1b 4 3 3 3 Ahmed ss 4 3 3 2 McMhon 1b 5 1 2 3 Miami 14, Toronto 11, 10 innings pa Bay 5, Boston 6. 2B—Choi (5), Lowe (6). Dickerson dh 5 2 1 0 Shaw 3b-1b 5 2 2 3 Thames 1b 4 0 0 0 D.Smith dh 4 2 2 3 E.Diaz c 5 0 1 0 Texas 7, Seattle 4 HR—Adames (1), Lowe (4), Tsutsugo (2), Joyce lf 4 2 2 0 Hrnandez rf 6 1 1 2 Suzuki c 4 1 1 1 Gimenez ss 5 0 1 1 Totals 44 13 18 12 Totals 42 7 16 7 Robles cf 1 0 0 0 Ramos c 4 0 1 1 Arizona 13, Colorado 7 Meadows (1), Martinez (1). SB—Chavis (1). Brinson ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Gurriel Jr. lf 6 0 1 0 Arizona 100 130 800—13 N.Y. Mets 11, Washington 6 Taylor ph-cf 2 0 0 0 Guillrme 2b 2 1 1 0 Colorado 010 310 020— 7 IP H R ER BB SO B.Andrsn 3b 6 1 1 3 Guerrero 1b 5 1 2 1 Totals 35 6 10 6 Totals 37 11 13 11 L.A. Dodgers 6, San Diego 0 Tampa Bay Cervelli c 3 2 1 0 Alford pr 0 0 0 0 E—McMahon (3). DP—Arizona 1, Colo- Pittsburgh at St. Louis, ppd. Washington 300 001 011— 6 rado 2. LOB—Arizona 6, Colorado 13. 2B— Snell, W, 1-0 5 4 0 0 0 6 Harrison pr 0 0 0 0 Drury 3b 0 0 0 0 New York 401 005 01x—11 Thursday’s games Slegers 2 7 5 5 0 1 Lavarnway c 0 0 0 0 Grichuk cf 4 1 2 0 Vogt (4), Walker (9), Peralta (3), Ahmed DP—Washington 0, New York 2. LOB— (1), Story 2 (2), Arenado (2). 3B—Hamp- St. Louis at Detroit 2, ppd. Anderson, H, 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 Alvarez 2b 4 3 1 1 Tellez dh 5 2 3 2 Washington 4, New York 8. 2B—Turner Baltimore at Philadelphia Fairbanks 1 0 0 0 0 1 Berti rf 5 2 2 0 Jansen c 5 1 2 2 son (2). HR—S.Marte (2), Arenado 2 (6), (3), Alonso 2 (3), Do.Smith (4), Conforto McMahon (2). Tampa Bay at Boston Boston Sierra cf 5 2 1 2 (4). HR—Soto 2 (4), Castro (2), Suzuki (1), Washington at N.Y. Mets Godley, L, 0-2 3 10 8 8 2 3 Totals 43 14 14 11 Totals 46 11 18 11 Nimmo (3), Alonso (3), Do.Smith (3). SB— IP H R ER BB SO Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Weber 6 5 1 1 0 4 Miami 305 030 000 3—14 Gimenez (4), Guillorme (1). Arizona Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs Slegers pitched to 6 batters in the 8th, Toronto 002 222 120 0—11 Weaver 3B 6 4 4 1 3 San Diego at L.A. Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO Godley pitched to 3 batters in the 4th. E—Guerrero Jr. 2 (2), Dolis (1). DP—Mi- Clarke 1C 4 1 1 1 1 Friday’s games WP—Snell. T—2:58. Washington Crichton C 1 0 0 1 1 Baltimore (Wojciechowski 0-2) at ami 2, Toronto 0. LOB—Miami 7, Toronto Sanchez L,0-3 2C 6 5 5 2 2 10. 2B—Tellez 2 (3). HR—B.Anderson (4), C Chafin, W, 1-1 1 1 0 0 0 2 Washington (Strasburg 0-0) Freeman 0 0 0 1 0 Rondon B 2 2 2 0 0 Washington (TBD) at Baltimore (TBD) White Sox 7, Tigers 5 Hernandez (5), Tellez (2), Shaw 2 (2), Finnegan 1C 0 0 0 1 2 Jansen (2), Guerrero Jr. (2), Bichette (4). Harper 1 4 5 5 1 2 Guerra 1 1 0 0 1 2 Tampa Bay (TBD) at Toronto (Roark Chicago Detroit Bradley 1 1 0 0 0 1 1-1) ab r h bi ab r h bi SB—Bichette 2 (4), Villar (3), Biggio (3), Fedde 2 3 1 1 0 1 Cervelli (1), Berti (3). S—Villar (1). New York Colorado Boston (Eovaldi 1-1) at N.Y. Yankees Anderson ss 5 3 4 1 Goodrum ss 5 0 0 0 Senzatela 6 9 5 5 0 4 (Cole 3-0) E.Jimenez lf 5 1 2 1 Schoop 2b 4 1 2 1 IP H R ER BB SO Gsellman 2 4 3 3 0 1 Shreve 1 1 0 0 0 0 Kinley, L, 0-1 0 4 5 5 1 0 Cleveland (Civale 1-2) at Detroit (Nova Engel pr-lf 0 0 0 0 Cabrera dh 4 0 1 0 Miami Almonte 1 3 3 0 0 0 1-0) Abreu 1b 4 1 0 1 Stewart lf 3 0 0 0 B Familia W,1-0 2 1 0 0 1 4 Yamamoto 3 7 4 4 2 5 Wilson H,5 1 1 1 1 0 1 Harvey 1 2 0 0 0 0 Kansas City (Junis 0-0) at Minnesota Encrncion dh 5 1 0 0 Dmrtte pr-rf 0 0 0 0 Vincent 1C 2 2 2 0 0 Pazos 1 0 0 0 1 0 McCann c 3 0 2 0 Cndlario 1b 4 1 1 0 Betances 1 0 0 0 0 3 (Odorizzi 0-0) Morin B 0 0 0 0 0 Chafin pitched to 3 batters in the 7th, St. Louis (Wainwright 1-0) at Chicago Robert cf 5 1 1 3 Reyes rf-lf 4 1 0 0 Dr.Smith 1 2 1 1 0 1 Moran B 3 2 2 1 1 Brach 1 1 1 1 0 1 Kinley pitched to 5 batters in the 7th. White Sox (TBD) Mazara rf 3 0 1 1 H.Castro cf 4 0 1 0 C HBP—Guerra (Dahl). WP—Kinley. T—3:56. Texas (Lynn 2-0) at Colorado (Castel- Mendick 2b 4 0 0 0 Greiner c 3 1 1 2 Hoyt, H, 3 2 1 1 0 1 HBP—Sanchez (Conforto), Familia Goins 3b 4 0 0 0 Jones ph 1 0 0 0 Tarpley, H, 1 C 1 0 0 0 1 (Robles). T—3:19. lani 0-0) C Seattle (Kikuchi 0-1) at Houston (Val- W.Castro 3b 4 1 3 2 Boxberger, BS, 0-1 2 2 2 0 1 Rangers 7, Mariners 4 Kintzler, W, 1-0 1B 1 0 0 0 1 dez 0-2) Totals 38 7 10 7 Totals 36 5 9 5 Orioles 5, Phillies 4 Seattle Texas L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 1-1) at L.A. An- Chicago 201 040 000—7 Smith, S, 1-1 1 0 0 0 1 2 Detroit 100 400 000—5 Baltimore Philadelphia ab r h bi ab r h bi gels (Sandoval 0-1) Toronto Crawford ss 4 0 2 0 Choo dh 3 1 2 1 Oakland (Montas 2-1) at San Francis- DP—Chicago 1, Detroit 0. LOB—Chi- Pearson 2B 5 7 4 4 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi cago 8, Detroit 5. 2B—Robert (5), Mazara Alberto 2b 4 0 1 0 McCtchen lf 4 0 2 0 Moore 1b-lf 3 0 0 0 Knr-Falfa 3b 3 1 1 0 co (Cueto 1-0) Waguespack 2B 5 4 2 1 3 Lewis cf 4 0 0 1 Calhoun lf 5 0 2 3 N.Y. Mets (deGrom 2-0) at Philadelphia (2), H.Castro (1), Candelario (2), Greiner B Santander rf 5 1 2 1 Walker 2b 0 0 0 0 (1). 3B—Anderson (1). HR—Anderson (2), Yamaguchi 2 0 0 0 0 4 Seager 3b 4 0 0 0 Hnmn pr-cf 0 0 0 0 (Velasquez 0-0) Borucki 1 0 0 0 0 2 Iglesias ss 5 0 1 0 Hoskins 1b 4 1 0 0 E.Jimenez (5), Schoop (4), W.Castro (1). Ruiz 3b 5 1 1 1 Harper rf 4 1 2 0 Nola c 5 1 2 1 Gallo rf 4 0 0 0 Atlanta (Wright 0-2) at Miami (Lopez SB—Reyes (4). Romano 1 1 0 0 0 2 Long Jr. 2b 3 1 1 0 Solak cf-lf 5 0 1 0 1-1) C Nunez dh 4 1 1 0 Realmuto dh 5 0 1 1 IP H R ER BB SO Dolis, L, 0-1 3 3 2 1 0 Smith Jr. lf 3 1 2 0 Segura 3b 3 1 1 0 Vogelbch dh 3 1 1 2 Dietrich 2b 3 2 3 0 Pittsburgh (Kuhl 0-0) at Cincinnati Chicago Font B 0 0 0 0 1 Lopes lf 3 1 1 0 Andrus ss 4 1 1 0 (Gray 3-1) Velazqz pr-lf 0 0 0 0 Grgorius ss 2 1 1 1 Cease, W, 3-1 6 7 5 1 0 5 T—4:20. Hays cf 4 0 0 0 Gosselin 2b 3 0 0 0 White 1b 1 0 0 0 Refsnder 1b 3 0 0 0 Milwaukee (Woodruff 1-1) at Chicago Cordero, H, 3 C 2 0 0 0 1 C.Davis 1b 4 0 1 0 Bruce ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Smith rf 4 0 1 0 Frzier ph-1b 0 1 0 0 Cubs (Chatwood 2-1) Marshall, H, 4 1B 0 0 0 1 2 Sisco c 4 1 2 3 Knapp c 4 0 3 2 Mathis c 4 1 1 1 San Diego (Lamet 2-0) at Arizona (Kel- Colome, S, 5-5 1 0 0 0 0 1 Royals 5, Reds 4 Quinn cf 4 0 0 0 Totals 34 4 8 4 Totals 34 7 11 5 ly 2-1) Detroit Kansas City Cincinnati Totals 38 5 11 5 Totals 34 4 10 4 Seattle 040 000 000—4 C Boyd, L, 0-2 4 7 7 7 3 5 ab r h bi ab r h bi Baltimore 001 210 100—5 Texas 000 001 15x—7 Schreiber 1B 1 0 0 0 2 E—Crawford (2). DP—Seattle 1, Texas Wednesday Merrifield cf 3 1 1 1 Akiyama lf 3 0 1 0 Philadelphia 012 000 010—4 Garcia 1 1 0 0 0 1 E—C.Davis (1), Morgan (0). DP—Balti- 0. LOB—Seattle 10, Texas 10. 2B—Nola (5), Dodgers 6, Padres 0 Cisnero 1 0 0 0 0 2 Soler dh 5 0 0 0 Castllnos rf 4 0 0 0 more 3, Philadelphia 0. LOB—Baltimore 8, Dietrich (1), Andrus (4). HR—Nola (2), Vo- Soto 1 1 0 0 1 3 Perez c 5 2 3 3 Votto 1b 2 0 0 0 Philadelphia 9. 2B—Santander (5), Nunez gelbach (2). SB—Moore (4), Dietrich (1), San Diego Los Angeles WP—Cease. T—3:12. Dozier rf 2 0 0 0 Jankwski pr 0 0 0 0 (5), Smith Jr. (2), Knapp (1). HR—Santand- Choo (2). SF—Lewis (1), Choo (1). ab r h bi ab r h bi McBroom lf 3 0 1 0 Colon 2b 1 0 0 0 er (3), Ruiz (3), Sisco (1). SB—Quinn (0), IP H R ER BB SO Tatis Jr. ss 4 0 0 0 Pederson lf 4 0 0 0 Phillips lf 0 0 0 0 Suarez 3b 4 0 0 0 Twins 12, Brewers 2 Harper (1). SF—Gregorius (1). Seattle Grisham cf 4 0 2 0 Betts rf 4 1 1 0 Gordon ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Winker dh 3 1 2 1 Minnesota Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO Walker 6 6 1 0 1 5 Machado 3b 4 0 1 0 Bellinger dh 4 1 1 1 Franco 3b 3 0 0 0 Senzel cf 3 1 0 0 Gerber, H, 1 C 0 1 1 1 0 Pham lf 4 0 1 0 Turner 3b 4 1 2 3 ab r h bi ab r h bi O’Hearn 1b 3 0 0 1 Galvis ss 4 1 2 2 Baltimore LeBlanc 3B 6 3 3 3 2 Misiewicz, H, 3 B 1 0 0 0 1 Crnnwrth 1b 3 0 0 0 Mncy 2b-1b 4 0 0 0 Garver c 6 2 3 0 Sogrd ss-3b 4 1 1 0 Mondesi ss 3 1 0 0 Farmer 2b 1 0 0 0 C Polanco ss 4 2 1 1 Hiura 2b 4 1 1 0 Armstrong, W, 1-0 1C 0 0 0 1 2 Swnsn, L, 0-1, BS, 0-1 3 5 5 0 1 France ph 0 0 0 0 Pollock cf 2 1 0 0 Lopez 2b 2 1 0 0 VnMtr 2b-1b 1 1 1 1 Williams B 1 0 0 1 0 Myers rf 2 0 1 0 Taylor ss 3 1 1 0 Adrianza ss 1 0 0 0 Yelich lf 2 0 1 0 Lakins Sr., H, 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Lorenzen pr 0 0 0 0 Givens, H, 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 Garcia dh 3 0 0 0 Rios 1b 3 0 2 1 Cruz dh 3 0 1 2 Urias ss 2 0 2 2 Texas Barnhart c 4 0 0 0 Castro, H, 2 1 3 1 1 0 2 Lyles 5 6 4 4 4 4 Olivares ph 1 0 0 0 Hernndz 2b 0 0 0 0 Avila ph-dh 1 0 0 0 Garcia cf 2 0 0 0 3-Ervin pr 0 0 0 0 Rosario lf 5 1 1 1 Arcia cf 2 0 0 0 Sulser, S, 3-5 1 0 0 0 0 2 Martin 1 0 0 0 1 0 Mejia c 2 0 0 0 Smith c 1 0 0 0 Totals 30 5 5 5 Totals 30 4 6 4 Hosmer ph 1 0 0 0 Barnes c 2 1 1 1 Gonzalez 3b 4 0 2 2 Smoak 1b 4 0 2 0 Philadelphia Gibaut 1 1 0 0 0 0 Sano 1b 3 2 1 1 Braun dh 4 0 0 0 Kansas City 101 111 000—5 Eflin, L, 0-0 6 7 4 4 1 10 Hernandez, W, 3-0 1 1 0 0 0 1 Hedges c 1 0 0 0 Cincinnati 000 000 400—4 C Montero, S, 4-4 1 0 0 0 0 1 Profar 2b 3 0 1 0 Cave rf 5 1 1 1 Gamel rf 4 0 0 0 Morgan 3 1 1 0 1 Buxton cf 5 2 3 2 Narvaez c 3 0 0 0 DP—Kansas City 3, Cincinnati 1. LOB— Parker 1B 1 0 0 0 3 HBP—Lyles (Moore), Walker (Diet- Totals 32 0 6 0 Totals 31 6 8 6 Arraez 2b 4 2 2 1 Holt 3b-lf 3 0 0 0 Kansas City 9, Cincinnati 8. 2B—Merri- rich), Swanson 2 (Frazier,Kiner-Falefa). San Diego 000 000 000—0 Rosso 1 0 0 0 1 1 Totals 41 12 15 11 Totals 34 2 7 2 field (4), Perez (6). HR—Perez (4), Winker T—3:28. WP—Williams. T—3:09. Los Angeles 000 020 04x—6 Minnesota 051 141 000—12 (3), Galvis (3), VanMeter (1). SB—Winker E—Profar (1). DP—San Diego 2, Los An- Milwaukee 000 002 000— 2 (1). SF—Merrifield (1), O’Hearn (1). geles 1. LOB—San Diego 9, Los Angeles 3. AL leaders NL leaders LOB—Minnesota 10, Milwaukee 6. 2B— IP H R ER BB SO 2B—Grisham (3), Bellinger (2). HR—Turn- Cave (1), Gonzalez (1), Hiura (1), Smoak BATTING—LeMahieu, New York, .431; BATTING—Blackmon, Colorado, .472; er (2). (2). HR—Sano (4), Buxton 2 (5). SF—Gon- Kansas City Bichette, Toronto, .352; Alberto, Balti- Solano, San Francisco, .458; S.Marte, IP H R ER BB SO zalez (1). Keller, W, 2-0 6 2 0 0 3 3 more, .342; Lewis, Seattle, .338; Correa, Arizona, .369; D.Murphy, Colorado, .358; San Diego IP H R ER BB SO Kennedy 0 2 3 3 1 0 Houston, .333; Cruz, Minnesota, .329; B.Harper, Philadelphia, .341; Kendrick, Minnesota Barlow, H, 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 S.Perez, Kansas City, .329; Trout, Los An- Washington, .341; K.Marte, Arizona, .338. Davies L,2-2 7 4 2 2 2 5 C Stammen 1 4 4 4 0 1 Maeda, W, 3-0 6 5 2 2 1 5 Staumont, H, 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 geles, .328; Pillar, Boston, .327. RUNS—Story, Colorado, 19; Blackmon, Thielbar B 0 0 0 0 1 Rosenthal, S, 4-4 1 0 0 0 3 0 RUNS—Judge, New York, 16; Merri- Colorado, 18; Yastrzemski, San Francisco, Los Angeles Thorpe 2 2 0 0 0 2 field, Kansas City, 16; Crawford, Seattle, 18; F.Freeman, Atlanta, 16; Tatis Jr., San Gonsolin 4C 3 0 0 1 8 Cincinnati Milwaukee C 15; Nunez, Baltimore, 15; Alberto, Balti- Diego, 16; Swanson, Atlanta, 15; Castella- Treinen W,1-1 1B 0 0 0 0 3 C Miley, L, 0-2 1 2 1 1 2 2 Lauer, L, 0-1 3 9 7 7 2 2 B more, 14; LeMahieu, New York, 14; Rosa- nos, Cincinnati, 14; Nimmo, New York, 14; Baez H,3 1 0 0 0 2 0 Grimm C 3 4 4 3 0 Mahle 3 2 3 3 3 6 rio, Minnesota, 14; 7 tied at 13. Grisham, San Diego, 13; B.Harper, Phila- Graterol H,3 1 1 0 0 0 1 Yardley 1C 1 1 1 1 1 Antone 2 1 1 1 1 4 RBI—Judge, New York, 20; Cruz, Min- delphia, 13; S.Marte, Arizona, 13. Alexander 0 2 0 0 1 0 Knebel 1 1 0 0 0 2 Garrett 1 0 0 0 1 0 nesota, 18; Seager, Seattle, 18; Rosario, RBI—Blackmon, Colorado, 20; Tatis Jr., Jansen 1 0 0 0 0 2 Suter 1 0 0 0 0 1 Jones 1 0 0 0 1 1 Minnesota, 17; Trout, Los Angeles, 16; San Diego, 18; Castellanos, Cincinnati, Baez pitched to 1 batter in the 8th, Al- Gyorko 1 1 0 0 0 0 Kennedy pitched to 3 batters in the Santander, Baltimore, 16; Chapman, 16; Solano, San Francisco, 15; J.Turner, exander pitched to 3 batters in the 9th. HBP—Lauer (Cruz). WP—Lauer. T— 7th. HBP—Mahle (Mondesi), Keller Oakland, 15; Olson, Oakland, 14; Lewis, Los Angeles, 15; D.Peralta, Arizona, 14; T—2:52. 3:08. (Farmer). WP—Mahle(2). T—3:40. Seattle, 14; 6 tied at 13. Swanson, Atlanta, 14 Friday, August 14, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 51 MLB Cubs, off to best start in 50 years, down Indians

Associated Press By the numbers CLEVELAND — Bell bottoms were in style and Nixon was in the White House the last time the Chicago Cubs started a season this hot. 12-3 Their rookie manager isn’t taking any credit for the fast start. “I mean, I’ve got a good team,” The Cubs’ record after 15 David Ross said. “That’s what it is. We’ve got good players.” games, their best record Kyle Hendricks pitched six since they had the same strong innings in his first ap- start in 1970. pearance against Cleveland since Game 7 of the 2016 World Series and Anthony Rizzo homered, leading the Cubs to a 7-2 win over 84-78 the Indians on Wednesday night to match their best start in 50 years. The Cubs’ overall record in Hendricks (3-1) didn’t have much trouble with the slumping 1970. After a 12-3 start, Indians, who came in batting a they went 72-75 the rest of major league-worst .192. He al- the way to finish second in lowed one run and seven hits — the NL East that year. threw 18 straight strikes in one juncture — and handled everyone in Cleveland’s lineup but Franmil SOURCE: Baseball-reference.com Reyes, who got three hits. The Cubs are 12-3 in their first fifth after a shaky, seven-walk 1 3 season under Ross, matching TONY DEJAK/AP outing over 4 / innings. The the club’s start after 15 games in right-hander struggled with his 1970. Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks allowed one run and seven hits over six innings in a 7-2 control from the outset, but he Since taking over, Ross has win Wednesday in Cleveland. The Cubs are off to a 12-3 start. was able to work around two, preached about being positive two-walk innings without giving and energetic and the constant ment we’re dealing with now. I’ve interleague set. where we are right now,” he said. up any runs. chatter coming Chicago’s dug- got really good players, man. Hendricks hadn’t faced the In- “You never know why things “He was really yanking a lot of out is evidence his players are “I just put them in the lineup dians since Nov. 2, 2016, when he click at a certain time. I think we fastballs to the lefties and away listening. and I start trying to cheerlead started the dramatic finale as the missed baseball so much being to the righties,” manager Terry “There is nothing to complain them on. They’re really good.” Cubs beat the Indians in extra in- out for so long that it just gave us Francona said. “Shoot, he was about because the talent’s there, Rizzo homered in the third off nings to clinch their first Series that little breather, and guys are probably in the fourth inning the character’s there, the com- Carlos Carrasco (2-2), David Bote title since 1908. The right-hander really just excited to be around and his strike-to-ball was even. mitment, the focus, the energy, drove in two runs and Kris Bry- is as efficient now as he was four each other and excited to be play- There were a lot of walks. He was the work,” Ross said. “It’s not ant connected for a 430-foot shot years ago. ing the game again.” pitching out of danger the entire easy, especially in the environ- as the Cubs swept the two-game “I’m just happy that we are Carrasco was pulled in the time.” It’s different now that Marlins can go home again

BY STEVEN WINE day against the Atlanta Braves. added when the outbreak hit. The Associated Press “We talked going into the the newcomers, mostly journeymen season about how it was going and second-tier prospects, have MIAMI — Marlins Park will to be different,” Mattingly said, tried to bond with the holdover have a new look for its 2020 sea- “but I didn’t envision this. We’ve players in accelerated fashion, all son debut Friday, thanks to cozier been tested early.” while everyone observes social dimensions and a switch to artifi- Largely because of the out- distancing and wears a masks. cial turf. break, the “You see a lot of guys you Also, there will be a first-place Marlins played with and against along team in the home dugout. have made And that Marlins’ roster looks 58 roster the way,” Smith said. “Now we’re a lot different than it did when moves since teammates, and we just roll with they were last in Miami, before the season it.” departing for a season-opening began July Many of the reinforcements three-game trip. That was more 24. Only 13 are placeholders until the infect- than three weeks ago. players on ed Marlins are cleared to return, “You feel like you’ve got a quick the open- which could start to happen soon. trip,” manager Don Mattingly ing day ros- Miami is especially thin in pitch- said. “You pack hardly nothing, ter remain ing, with three starters and eight Mattingly and the next thing you know, a active. Yet members of the opening-day bull- month later, you’ve got to pay rent Miami is 8-4 pen on the injured list. again.” for a one-game lead over second- “We did a nice job of surviving The Marlins’ 23-day road place Atlanta in the NL East. to this point,” Mattingly said. It’s heady stuff for a franchise odessey was necessitated by a Now his makeshift roster can that before this season had never coronavirus outbreak that intake a bow at Marlins Park, al- fected at least 18 of their players been in first place after June 30. though the stands will be even during the opening weekend in Now, thanks to a season short- NICK WASS/AP more empty than usual. Philadelphia. Their season was ened by the pandemic, the Mar- Miami Marlins relief pitcher Brandon Kintzler delivers a pitch during suspended for a week and the lins are in the thick of the playoff There are other changes, with the ninth inning of an Aug. 6 game against the Baltimore Orioles, in schedule scrambled, including race with a shot at their first post- the pitcher-friendly park slightly Baltimore. Marlins Park will have a new look for its season debut. the postponement of eight games season berth since 2003. less so after an offseason recon- at Marlins Park. “Every win feels like it’s worth figuration. The distances to the an 8-0 lead but became the first can get them — 14-11 or 1-0, it With the revised schedule, three,” closer Brandon Kintzler fence have been shortened from they’ve played two “home” games said. National League team to allow doesn’t matter,” said Josh A. 407 to 400 feet in center field and on the road. Three weeks into That was especially true in the seven homers and still win, beat- Smith, who pitched a scoreless from 399 to 387 in right-center. MLB’s 60-game season, Miami Marlins’ most recent game before ing the Buffalo Blue Jays 14-11. 10th inning for the save. The Marlins also installed artifi- will finally play in Miami on Fri- an off day Thursday. They blew “We’ll take them any way we Smith is one of 18 players cial turf . PAGE 52 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 14, 2020 NBA Roundup Scoreboard

Eastern Conference Clippers 124, Nuggets 111 W L Pct GB L.A. CLIPPERS — Leonard 9-16 7-8 26, z-Milwaukee 56 16 .778 — Morris Sr. 3-10 0-0 7, Zubac 7-9 1-2 15, Clippers defeat Nuggets, y-Toronto 52 19 .732 3½ George 9-20 5-7 27, Jackson 4-8 0-0 10, x-Boston 48 23 .676 7½ Coffey 1-1 0-0 3, Mann 0-0 0-0 0, Patterson y-Miami 44 28 .611 12 3-4 0-0 8, Green 1-2 0-0 3, Noah 0-0 0-0 0, x-Indiana 44 28 .611 12 McGruder 1-2 0-0 2, Williams 8-13 5-6 23. x-Philadelphia 42 30 .583 14 Totals 46-85 18-23 124. x-Brooklyn 35 36 .493 20½ DENVER — Millsap 2-6 1-2 5, Porter Jr. x-Orlando 32 40 .444 24 4-10 3-4 11, Jokic 7-11 2-4 17, Craig 4-8 0-1 Charlotte 23 42 .354 29½ 10, Murray 3-8 2-2 10, Bates-Diop 3-4 0-0 wrap up No. 2 seed in West Chicago 22 43 .338 30½ 6, Bol 3-4 0-0 7, Dozier 3-10 0-0 6, Grant Washington 24 47 .338 31½ 9-14 3-4 25, Vonleh 0-0 1-2 1, Plumlee 2-4 New York 21 45 .318 32 0-0 4, Daniels 1-2 0-0 3, Morris 2-6 0-0 6. Detroit 20 46 .303 33 Totals 43-87 12-19 111. Associated Press Atlanta 20 47 .299 33½ L.A. Clippers 26 24 40 34—124 Cleveland 19 46 .292 33½ Denver 25 33 34 19—111 LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. Three-Point Goals—L.A. Clippers 14-37 — Paul George scored 27 points, Western Conference (George 4-9, Patterson 2-3, Jackson 2-6, Williams 2-6, Leonard 1-4, Morris Sr. 1-7), Kawhi Leonard had 26 and the W L Pct GB Denver 13-35 (Grant 4-7, Morris 2-3, Craig z-L.A. Lakers 52 18 .743 — 2-4, Murray 2-7, Bol 1-2, Daniels 1-2, Jokic Los Angeles Clippers wrapped x-L.A. Clippers 48 23 .676 4½ 1-4, Porter Jr. 0-4). Fouled Out—None. up the second seed in the Western y-Denver 46 26 .639 7 Rebounds—L.A. Clippers 40 (Zubac 12), x-Oklahoma City 44 27 .620 8½ Denver 42 (Jokic 7). Assists—L.A. Clip- Conference playoffs with a 124- y-Houston 44 27 .620 8½ pers 29 (Williams 7), Denver 33 (Jokic 13). 111 victory over the third-seeded x-Utah 43 28 .606 9½ Total Fouls—L.A. Clippers 25, Denver 19. x-Dallas 43 31 .581 11 Denver Nuggets on Wednesday Portland 34 39 .466 19½ night. Memphis 33 39 .458 20 Thunder 116, Heat 115 Phoenix 33 39 .458 20 MIAMI — Butler 2-3 3-5 7, Crowder 1-4 The Clippers will face seventh- San Antonio 32 38 .457 20 0-0 3, Adebayo 3-5 0-0 6, Dragic 7-12 1-2 seeded Dallas when the playoffs Sacramento 30 41 .423 22½ 16, Robinson 6-8 2-2 19, Hill 4-10 0-0 10, New Orleans 30 41 .423 22½ Silva 3-5 2-2 8, Leonard 0-4 0-0 0, Olynyk get going next week. Minnesota 19 45 .297 30 4-6 0-0 9, Iguodala 0-4 0-0 0, Jones Jr. 2-2 Los Angeles took control with Golden State 15 50 .231 34½ 0-0 4, Herro 9-16 9-9 30, Vincent 1-7 0-0 3. x-clinched playoff spot Totals 42-86 17-20 115. 13 straight points midway through y-clinched division OKLAHOMA CITY — Gallinari 2-10 10- the third quarter and barely let z-clinched conference 10 14, Gilgeous-Alexander 6-9 4-4 18, Ad- Tuesday’s games ams 4-7 0-2 8, Dort 0-1 2-2 2, Paul 4-12 4-4 the Nuggets get back in it. Brooklyn 108, Orlando 96 12, Diallo 4-9 2-4 11, Ferguson 1-5 0-0 3, San Antonio 123, Houston 105 George and Leonard were big Nader 5-9 0-0 13, Noel 1-1 0-0 2, Roberson Phoenix 130, Philadelphia 117 2-3 0-0 6, Muscala 2-5 0-0 6, Bazley 8-14 0- reasons why. George made two Boston 122, Memphis 107 1 21, Hall 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 39-89 22-27 116. Portland 134, Dallas 131 Miami 42 24 34 15—115 three-pointers midway through Sacramento 112, New Orleans 106 the period, and Leonard sprinted Milwaukee 126, Washington 113 Oklahoma City 29 33 20 34—116 Wednesday’s games Three-Point Goals—Miami 14-42 (Rob- to midcourt while on defense, Indiana 108, Houston 104 inson 5-7, Herro 3-6, Hill 2-6, Olynyk 1-3, Toronto 125, Philadelphia 121 Crowder 1-4, Dragic 1-4, Vincent 1-5, picked off a pass at mid-court and Oklahoma City 116, Miami 115 Iguodala 0-2, Leonard 0-4), Oklahoma glided in for a basket. L.A. Clippers 124, Denver 111 City 16-42 (Bazley 5-8, Nader 3-6, Gil- Thursday’s games geous-Alexander 2-3, Roberson 2-3, Mus- The Clippers took the lead for Washington at Boston cala 2-4, Diallo 1-2, Ferguson 1-3, Hall 0-3, good with 10 minutes left on Lou Sacramento at L.A. Lakers Paul 0-3, Gallinari 0-6). Fouled Out—None. Dallas at Phoenix Rebounds—Miami 40 (Herro 6), Oklaho- Williams’ jumper and steadily Milwaukee at Memphis ma City 50 (Bazley 9). Assists—Miami 24 built the advantage to double San Antonio at Utah (Dragic 6), Oklahoma City 20 (Ferguson New Orleans at Orlando 5). Total Fouls—Miami 23, Oklahoma City digits on the way to their second Portland at Brooklyn 19. straight win over the Northwest KIM KLEMENT/AP Friday’s games Denver at Toronto Pacers 108, Rockets 104 Division champions. Miami at Indiana Williams was the third Los An- Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard, with ball, is defended Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers INDIANA — J.Holiday 6-10 2-2 18, by Denver Nuggets forward Paul Millsap, front, and guard Jamal Philadelphia at Houston Sampson 3-3 3-3 9, Turner 5-14 8-10 18, geles player with 20-plus points, Saturday’s games A.Holiday 1-11 0-0 2, Oladipo 7-26 0-0 16, Murray on Wednesday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. No games scheduled Bitadze 2-6 0-0 4, Johnson 1-3 0-0 2, Mc- finishing with 23. Dermott 6-7 1-1 16, McConnell 3-9 0-0 6, Jerami Grant, who missed Sumner 6-11 3-6 17. Totals 40-100 17-22 Harden had 11 of the Rockets’ Joel Embiid had ended his night, Wednesday Denver’s last game due to injury, 108. 14 points during the surge. But to improve to 6-1 in the restart. Raptors 125, 76ers 121 HOUSTON — Gordon 5-15 2-2 13, Tuck- led the Nuggets with 25 points. It er 1-6 0-0 3, Covington 3-8 2-2 11, Harden after Victor Oladipo missed a Kyle Lowry and Chris Bouch- TORONTO — Powell 5-10 4-5 17, Siakam 13-21 12-14 45, McLemore 2-9 1-2 7, Car- was the third time in the past four three-pointer, Turner tipped out er each scored 19 points for the 5-14 3-7 15, Gasol 4-8 1-1 11, Lowry 6-11 roll 0-2 3-4 3, Green 5-12 4-4 14, Clemons games Grant, who came in aver- 6-9 19, VanVleet 3-11 3-3 10, Hollis-Jeffer- 1-1 0-0 3, Frazier 1-3 0-0 2, Rivers 1-9 0-0 3. son 2-3 3-4 8, Watson 1-1 2-2 4, Boucher aging less than 12 points a game, the rebound to Justin Holiday Raptors. Totals 32-86 24-28 104. with six seconds left. Holiday hit Thunder 115, Heat 115: Mike 7-12 1-2 19, Hernandez 2-3 1-3 6, Johnson Indiana 29 22 28 29—108 went for 20 or more points. 2-4 1-2 5, Miller 0-0 0-0 0, Davis 1-6 2-2 5, Houston 33 17 27 27—104 two foul shots to finish off Indi- Muscala made a three-pointer Thomas 2-7 0-0 6. Totals 40-90 27-40 125. Three-Point Goals—Indiana 11-31 Pacers 108, Rockets 104: PHILADELPHIA — Harris 8-13 5-8 22, (J.Holiday 4-8, McDermott 3-3, Sumner Myles Turner had 18 points, re- ana’s first victory over Houston with 5.2 seconds and Oklahoma Horford 3-6 1-2 9, Embiid 1-4 3-4 5, Milton 2-3, Oladipo 2-12, A.Holiday 0-3), Hous- since February 2017. City overcame a 22-point defi- 2-9 2-2 8, Richardson 3-8 3-3 10, Korkmaz ton 16-57 (Harden 7-14, Covington 3-8, serve Edmond Sumner added a 5-10 6-6 21, Scott 4-5 2-3 12, Shayok 1-3 McLemore 2-8, Tucker 1-4, Rivers 1-5, season-high 17 and Indiana held Raptors 125, 76ers 121: cit in the fourth quarter to beat 1-2 3, Thybulle 4-7 0-0 10, Pelle 2-4 0-0 4, Gordon 1-9, Carroll 0-2, Frazier 0-2, Green Stanley Johnson scored the tie- Miami. Neto 6-15 3-3 17. Totals 39-84 26-33 121. 0-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Indi- off a late rally by and James Toronto 25 30 35 35—125 ana 54 (Turner 12), Houston 49 (Harden Harden and his teammates to breaking basket in the lane with In a game largely played by re- Philadelphia 32 30 26 33—121 17). Assists—Indiana 25 (McConnell 7), 4.9 seconds remaining, giving To- serves in the second half, Muscala Three-Point Goals—Toronto 18-43 Houston 20 (Harden 9). Total Fouls—Indi- break a five-game losing streak (Boucher 4-6, Powell 3-6, Gasol 2-4, ana 25, Houston 20. to Houston. ronto a victory over Philadelphia hit two three-pointers in the final Thomas 2-5, Siakam 2-6, Hollis-Jefferson 1-2, VanVleet 1-3, Lowry 1-4, Davis 1-5), It looked as if the Pacers had that made a winner of Adrian 35 seconds for his only points of Philadelphia 17-40 (Korkmaz 5-9, Scott Leaders locked up the win when they went Griffin. the game. 2-3, Thybulle 2-4, Horford 2-5, Milton 2- Scoring 6, Neto 2-6, Richardson 1-3, Harris 1-4). G FG FT PTS AVG up 104-90 with 5:05 remaining. Raptors coach Nick Nurse let Darius Bazley scored 21 points Fouled Out—Toronto 1 (Davis), Phila- Harden, HOU 61 603 619 2096 34.4 That’s when Harden got Houston his assistant coach run the team and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander delphia 1 (Pelle). Rebounds—Toronto Beal, WAS 57 593 385 1741 30.5 47 (Boucher, Siakam 9), Philadelphia 47 Anttoknmpo, MIL 57 623 361 1690 29.6 going, cutting it to 106-104 with a and they responded with a late added 18 for the Thunder. They (Embiid 9). Assists—Toronto 28 (VanV- Young, ATL 60 546 481 1778 29.6 leet 6), Philadelphia 27 (Harris, Horford, Lillard, POR 58 531 389 1677 28.9 driving basket with 27 seconds to run from the bottom of their outscored the Heat 34-15 in the Milton, Neto 5). Total Fouls—Toronto 23, Doncic, DAL 54 512 369 1549 28.7 go. bench, long after Philadelphia’s fourth quarter. Philadelphia 29. Westbrook, HOU 53 568 269 1456 27.5 NBA sees seven of the eight first-round matchups set

Associated Press on Wednesday include the second-seeded teams meet again Friday then face off in The other East matchups were known Los Angeles Clippers against No. 7 Dallas, Game 1 to begin a best-of-seven series previously: No. 1 Milwaukee plays No. LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The NBA and No. 3 Denver against No. 6 Utah. early next week. That means, for just the 8 Orlando, and No. 2 Toronto plays No. 7 playoff bracket is nearly set. In the East, Miami and Indiana will second time since 2011, teams that end the Brooklyn. Wednesday’s results filled in five of what meet in the first round — after the clubs regular season against one another will In the West, Houston and Oklahoma City were the six unknown matchups for Round close the regular season on Friday against open the postseason against one another. will be in the 4-5 matchup and Utah will be 1 of the postseason, which starts next week one another to decide which team will be The last time it happened was 2016, when the No. 6 seed. The Jazz were locked into at Walt Disney World. seeded No. 4 and which will be No. 5. Cleveland faced Detroit. that slot by the Thunder defeating Miami, In the Western Conference: Houston and Indiana’s win over Houston on Wednes- “It’s good to know that we play them,” and Denver became the No. 3 seed when it Oklahoma City will meet in the first round, day set what had been the last two unknown Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “Just lost to the Clippers. meaning Rockets guard Russell West- series in the East bracket. No. 3 Boston need to figure out what uniform we’re The full list of matchups won’t be known brook and Thunder guard Chris Paul get will play No. 6 Philadelphia in a meeting wearing.” until at least Saturday, when the West play- the chance to face their former teams. between longtime rivals, and the Pacers That will be decided Friday, when home- in series begins with Portland, Memphis, “It’ll be interesting,” Paul said. “Two are now locked into an East opening series uniform advantage gets decided. Phoenix and San Antonio bidding for those teams that know a lot about each other. against the Heat — with the potential of “We’ve got to match Miami’s energy,” two spots. The winner of that series will We’ll prepare, get ready and we’ll see those teams playing nine times in a span Indiana’s Edmond Sumner said. “That’s take on the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers what’s what.” of 10 games. a team that’s going to play hard for 48 in the first round, the only matchup that’s Other West matchups that got clinched Miami beat Indiana on Monday. The minutes.” yet to be determined. Friday, August 14, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 53 NFL Break-in workouts could mean breakout year

Rams WRs Woods, Kupp tried clandestine training to help them adjust to new workload

BY GREG BEACHAM with a laugh. Associated Press Woods and Kupp are one of the NFL’s most prolific and most re- LOS ANGELES liable pass-catching duos of the obert Woods spent his past three seasons, but the steady workdays during this receivers are about to get atten- bizarre NFL offseason tion that often missed them. Rsneaking over fences With their crisp route-run- and through unlocked doors onto ning, sure hands and consistent the fields and tracks of various play, Woods and Kupp both had at Los Angeles-area high schools. least 90 catches and 1,100 yards “You might see a gate open, receiving last season, relentless- so you hop on the track and get ly racking up numbers in coach your work in,” Woods said. “The Sean McVay’s offense. next day you may see somebody After running back Todd Gur- watching you on the track and ley’s release and receiver Bran- they’ll say, ‘Hey, what are you din Cooks’ departure in a trade doing out here?’ and then find by the cost-cutting Rams during ways to get you off the track. Next the offseason, Woods and Kupp thing you know, you’re shooting are likely to shoulder extra work texts around trying to find anoth- and responsibility in the fall. er available track.” They’re approaching it with the Woods did some of that sneaky same workmanlike attitude that work with Cooper Kupp, his fellow got them to where they are. 1,000-yard receiver with the Los “I think we’re not like the Angeles Rams. These COVID- flashiest group of receivers,” said clandestine workouts with Jared Woods, the first Rams receiver to /AP Goff and other Rams were both post back-to-back 1,000-yard sea- JAE C. HONG unusual and entertaining. sons since Torry Holt in 2007. Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp, left, celebrates his touchdown with wide receiver Robert “The regimen really consisted “But we’re just up there with Woods during a 2017 game against the Indianapolis Colts in Los Angeles. Kupp and Woods spent the of getting kicked off just about production — up there with the offseason getting kicked off high school football fields while trying some COVID-clandestine workouts. every field here in Thousand best, if not the best,” Woods Oaks, which was fun,” Kupp said. added. “That’s the biggest goal at this point, we’re getting to the product Van Jefferson in the sec- the Thousand Oaks area and “If I jumped the fence, I wasn’t of our whole receiving corps, not point where you don’t really have ond round, proving that this fran- participated in some of those not- supposed to be out there, prob- only to do what we did last year, to talk to each other,” said Goff, chise definitely loves a certain so-secret Rams workouts, pick- ably. I just feel like as long as I’m but to be even more dominant in who has been McVay’s quarter- type of receiver. ing the veteran wideouts’ brains not putting anyone in danger, I the passing game and the run- back for all four years. “You kind Jefferson’s smooth speed, for info. McVay is pleased to see was going to ... ask for forgiveness ning game, to make bigger plays. of just look at each other and precise route-running and sure Woods and Kupp stepping up to instead of permission.” You know, we break a few tackles, you know what each other are hands led to innumerable pre- take a new level of responsibility Being star receivers for the but we want to break them all.” thinking.” draft comparisons to none other in his offense. Rams didn’t help much in the They also don’t have to do an Woods and Kupp will have help, than Woods and Kupp. General “Watching those two and their time of coronavirus, not when the enormous amount of learning this too. Josh Reynolds is back after manager Les Snead touted the communication amongst one an- team’s training complex was off year: The 28-year-old Woods and three seasons spent largely as the comparison moments after draft- other or with Jared, it’s really im- limits and high schools weren’t the 27-year-old Kupp are heading Rams’ fourth receiver, although ing Jefferson, who had described pressive,” McVay said. “In some interested in knowingly hosting into their fourth seasons in coach he stepped up when Kupp went both veterans as role models for instances, it’s good as a coach celebrity workouts. Sean McVay’s offense, and that down with a season-ending knee his NFL career even before he where you can just step back and “It worked for Day One, but it familiarity makes everything injury in 2018, eventually making knew he would be playing along- let them take that autonomy and went above to somebody, and they easier. three catches in the Super Bowl. side them. ownership, because it’s certainly got us kicked off,” Woods said “We’ve got such a good rapport The Rams also drafted Florida Jefferson showed up early in earned.” Chiefs receivers showcase speed with a race

BY DAVE SKRETTA keep them from racing anymore. I’d rather of Hardman and Hill in particular to stop Associated Press them just run down the sidelines scoring on a dime, change directions and immedi- touchdowns during the game week.” ately accelerate to full speed is uncanny. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mecole Hard- All of the Chiefs’ wide receivers did Those also happen to be traits that al- man is probably faster than 99% of players plenty of that last year. lowed Edwards-Helaire to become a first- in the NFL. Hill caught seven touchdown passes round draft pick. Tyreek Hill happens to be in the 1%. last season. Hardman had six. Another Most draftniks thought the Chiefs would The two Chiefs wide receivers have member of the dynamic group, Demarcus select a defensive player in the first round, traded barbs about their speed since Hard- Robinson, hauled in four TD catches and but they instead made the talented running man was chosen in the second round of last Watkins finished with three. back out of LSU their choice. They were en- year’s draft. Hardman and Hill both have On one of Hardman’s touchdown recep- amored by his blocking in the pass game, world-class speed — that much was never tions, an 83-yard catch in Week 3, he hit his ability to catch passes out of the back- in question — but just who was the fastest DOUG BENC/AP a top speed of 21.74 mph that put the play field and, yes, his speed and elusiveness man in Kansas City wasn’t settled until the among the fastest all season, according — and it wound up being a decision that Chiefs receivers Mecole Hardman, left, two lined up in the team’s indoor facility to NFL Next Gen Stats. Watkins hit 21.33 carried even more importance when Super and Tyreek Hill, right, are two of the this past week. fastest receivers in the league. mph on a 38-yard TD catch in Week 1. Bowl star Damien Williams decided to opt Hill won easily. Hardman copped to it on Hill didn’t quite reach those speeds last out because of coronavirus concerns. social media with a sad-face emoji. season, mostly because he’s often so far “It’s something that I was born with,” “Every day we find ways to better our- players in a league that has grown increas- ahead of defenders by the end zone that Edwards-Helaire said of his unique ath- selves,” Hill said in a social media posting. ingly dependent on speed. he’s able to throttle back a bit. But gaze letic ability. “I feel like that was a gift I had “Really enjoyed the competition level and “The Tyreek and Mecole race, I mean, back at previous seasons and the two-time (and) you always try to make yourself bet- the way we push each other. It’s all love.” both the guys are super fast. I’m just lucky All-Pro regularly has some of the fastest ter, find a way to make it elite, as some guys The real winners, though, are probably to have both of them,” Chiefs quarterback single plays in the NFL. In fact, he had the would say. I wanted to work on it, being the Super Bowl champs. Throw in veter- Patrick Mahomes said during a break from two fastest during the 2016 season, at one quicker and faster than the next person is an Sammy Watkins, rookie running back training camp meetings and workouts this point hitting 23.24 mph. always the name of the game. It’s the way I Clyde Edwards-Helaire and even tight end week. It’s not just straight-line speed, either. make my game in, being quick and fast in Travis Kelce, and the Chiefs just might “Tyreek got the first one,“ Mahomes There is a significant difference between small areas. It’s the way I run the ball. It’s have the fleetest group of skill position said with a smile, “but I’m going to try to being fast and playing fast. And the ability the way I got to the Kansas City Chiefs.” PAGE 54 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 14, 2020 NFL Stars out to show there’s more in the tank

BY ARNIE STAPLETON Associated Press ENGLEWOOD, Colo. on Miller is determined to show 2019 was an oddity, not an omen. Miller’s performance last season Vwas nothing to scoff at considering he had eight sacks and made his eighth Pro Bowl. But his five-year run as an All- Pro first- or second-team selection came to an end and the Denver Broncos’ playoff drought persisted. “I didn’t play to the ‘Sack Master’s’ standards,” Miller said. “My coaches felt like there was more for me to give. Most of all, I feel like I can give more and I can be more. I don’t feel like I’m finished yet.” Neither does Tom Brady nor JuJu Smith- Schuster nor Baker Mayfield, among the other big names looking for big bounce- backs in 2020. Miller, the biggest NFL star to contract COVID-19, made the most of his home gym after recovering from the virus, hitting the weights hard and sharing videos and photos of his bulging muscles and extreme workouts on social media. “I didn’t take any days off, I didn’t go on any vacations and I didn’t do anything but work out,” Miller said. It shows. But it isn’t just his buffed body that’s turning heads at team headquarters. Coaches and teammates also see a more serious, cerebral Miller. “I do sense that he’s got a hunger to his JACK DEMPSEY/AP game and to his attitude that I don’t think he’s had the last few years,” coach Vic Fan- Denver Broncos outside linebacker Von Miller is determined to show a so-so 2019 was an oddity, not an omen. gio said. “We do sprints and he’s always out front,” Joining Miller on a comeback campaign safety Justin Simmons said. in Denver this season is Chubb, Miller’s “He’s been the most motivated I’ve pass-rushing partner who blew out a knee seen,” linebacker Bradley Chubb agreed. in September. “He’s going to have a monster year.” Chubb expects to be ready to go on open- Miller said he realized he wasn’t tapping ing night Sept. 14. his full leadership potential when he read “I’m easing back into practice and get- “The Mamba Mentality” following Kobe ting my flow back to where it was,” Chubb Bryant’s death and again when he watched said. “I feel like I’ll be good for Week 1, for the Michael Jordan documentary “The sure.” Last Dance.” “It’s never too late to change,” Miller Tom Brady said. “I might be 31 years old and in Year 10, but it’s never too late to change. I’ve (and Rob Gronkowski) identified the leader that I was before Like Miller, Brady put up decent num- wasn’t getting it done. ... I have to change. I bers in 2019, but he sputtered down the have to be like those guys.” stretch along with the rest of the Patriots, who followed their 8-0 start with a 4-5 finish, capped by their home loss to Ten- nessee in the playoffs. That was Brady’s farewell to New England after two decades and six rings. Grownkowski came out of retirement to join Brady in Tampa, where the Bucs are sure they’ll end their 12-year playoff drought. JuJu Smith-Schuster MARK ZALESKI/AP (and Ben Roethlisberger) Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, left, had only 42 catches for 552 yards and three touchdowns last season, after having 111 catches for 1,426 Smith-Schuster paid the price after Ro- yards and seven touchdowns in 2018, when Ben Roethlisberger was healthy. esthlisberger suffered a season-ending elbow injury in Week 2. After catching 111 intercepted a whopping 20 times last year should help settle Mayfield, who had 21 passes for 1,426 yards and seven TDs in in L.A. to go with his 23 TD tosses. That interceptions in 2019 to go with 22 touch- 2018, Smith-Schuster had 42 catches for followed an effective two-year stretch down passes. 552 yards and three TDs. Big Ben is back in which Rivers averaged 30 touchdown and so is James Washington (16.7 yards throws and 11 interceptions. Khalil Mack (and the Bears) per catch). Pittsburgh also drafted Notre Dame’s big receiver Chase Claypool. That Odell Beckham Jr. The league’s highest-paid defender fol- should open things up for Smith-Schuster lowed his smashing debut season in Chi- underneath to return to his 2018 form. (and Baker Mayfield) cago with a rather pedestrian 2019 that Mayfield followed a 27-TD rookie season saw him tally 8 ½ sacks, his fewest since T.Y. Hilton (and Philip Rivers) with a step back under Freddie Kitchens, his rookie season in 2014. Although he had DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD, TAMPA BAY TIMES/AP Like Schuster, Hilton was adversely af- and Beckham was never himself as he the same number of tackles — 47 — as Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback fected by injuries and spotty quarterback played through a sports hernia. Beckham is he did in 2018, Mack’s 14 QB hits ranked Tom Brady, right, went 4-5 down the play last year when he set career lows healthy again following offseason surgery 46th in the NFL and his eight tackles for stretch last season with the New England with 45 receptions for 501 yards. Now he and seems a better fit in new coach Kevin loss ranked 61st, numbers not befitting his Patriots. has Rivers throwing to him. Rivers was Stefanski’s play-action system, which also $141 million contract. Friday, August 14, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 55 NFL Health: Early results from testing promising

FROM BACK PAGE of this aggressive virus-proof- DID YOU KNOW ? ing around team facilities. NFL Network reported that, of 109,075 In addition to a questionnaire, coronavirus tests conducted on nasal swab, and temperature players, coaches and team em- check, players and staff add ployees through Tuesday, the rate another level of high-tech of positive tests has been 0.46% protection: smart watch-sized overall and 0.81% for players. proximity trackers, which produce Since training camps began audible and visual warnings to three weeks ago, 108 players help maximize distancing and keep have been placed on COVID-19 employees not required to interact reserve lists by their respective with players apart from those teams — according to an Associ- who must. The trackers can also ated Press review of the league’s daily transaction logs — and 81 of provide instant reports for contact those players were subsequent- tracing in case of a positive test. ly returned to active status on SOURCE: Associated Press the roster. There are more than 2,600 players currently employed a smart watch, produces audible across the 32 clubs. and visual warnings to help max- Landing on the COVID-19 re- imize social distancing and keep JOHN BAZEMORE/AP serve list does not mean a player employees not required to inter- Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn talks to players during training camp Thursday, in Flowery Branch, Ga. has the virus. The category was act with players apart from those created for a player who either who must. The tracker can also tests positive for COVID-19 or provide instant reports for con- who has been quarantined after tact tracing in case of a positive having been in close contact with test. The devices are worn during an infected person or persons. practice but turned in at the end By agreement between the NFL League, union agree to of the work day before employees and the NFL Players Association, depart the building. clubs are not permitted to dis- “It’s weird when someone tells close whether a player is positive you you’ve been too close for too for COVID-19 or simply in pre- long,” Kansas City Chiefs quar- ventative quarantine. terback Patrick Mahomes said, extend daily virus testing Wearing masks, of course, is a “but it’s necessary. We’re going to vital part of the equation. try to do our part for the commu- After leaving the testing trailer BY JOSH DUBOW nity and make sure we can keep and entering the building, players Associated Press playing the game we love.” and staffers must pass the tem- The NFL extended daily coro- perature check. The tablet-like As far as the tall task of making navirus testing for players and device won’t even perform the it through a full season, well, the staff until further notice even thermal scan if the person is not fiercely competitive nature of its though the positive test rate from wearing a face covering. participants ought to work in pro the first two weeks of camp has “It’s an adjustment. You used to football’s favor. check phone, key, wallet. Now it’s “It’s going to come down to been less than 1 percent. phone, key, wallet, mask, proxim- whoever handles the situation Under the original agreement ity locator,” Vikings linebacker the best. That’s who’s going to be between the league and the NFL Eric Kendricks said. “But they at the top at the end, and I feel Players Association, players and explained to us the ... reason be- like we’re taking all the right staff needed three negative tests hind the madness.” steps,” Green Bay Packers de- in a four-day period before they Passing the symptom question- fensive tackle Kenny Clark said. could report to the facility and naire and the temperature check, “You walk in here, you get tested, then daily testing for the next two with the nasal swab performed in there’s sanitizers everywhere. weeks. between, then takes the employee You know, the masks, everything If the positive rate from that to another level of high-tech: the that we’re doing, they’re serious first stretch of daily testing was proximity tracker. about getting us ready to be able below 5 percent, the plan had The device, which resembles to play and keeping us healthy.” been to shift to testing every other day. TED S. WARREN/AP But the league and the union decided Wednesday to extend A Seattle Seahawks staff member wears a mask while loading footballs into a throwing machine Wednesday in Renton, Wash. that period as they use more Source: 49ers, Kittle agree on extension rapid onsite testing and as con- positives for all staff upon arrival more than two weeks, Sills said tact increases when padded prac- was at 1.7% he has no reports of any player All-Pro tight end George Kittle has reportedly agreed to a fi ve-year, tices start around the league next Since then, the league has having serious complications. $75 million extension with the San Francisco 49ers that is the rich- week. est contract ever at the position. conducted 109,075 tests through Sills said the league is moni- “I think the bottom line is we’re Tuesday with 0.46% of all tests toring any heart problems for NFL Network fi rst reported the terms and continuing to learn a great deal says the deal includes an $18 million signing coming up as positive and 0.81% players who test positive. There from our testing results,” said of players testing positive. have been reports of several col- bonus. Dr. Allen Sills, the league’s chief Locking up Kittle, one of the NFL’s biggest “I think we were pleasantly lege football players contracting medical officer. “I think that surprised at how few positive tests myocarditis, inflammation of the bargains after being drafted in the fi fth round given the protocol changes that in 2017, was a high priority this offseason for we had,” Sills said of the initial heart muscle, after getting coro- we recently made, as well as the results. “I think since that time, navirus. The protocols the NFL the Niners. use of this additional point of care Kittle has been the most productive tight that positivity rate that I gave you has with the union already re- technology and the recognition reflects the fact that our teams quire heart tests for players who end in NFL history through his fi rst three sea- that we’re about to go into more sons with 197 catches for 2,664 yards. But have done, and our players, staff have tested positive before they of team-based activity during and coaches have done, a terrific are allowed to return. he is almost equally as skilled as a blocker in training camp, that we and the job of staying uninfected.” “I think they’re important the run game where he is a key piece in coach Kittle Players Association together felt Sills said some of those positive and ongoing conversations when Kyle Shanahan’s dynamic offense. it was prudent to extend the daily tests could be false positives or players have tested positive about The Niners averaged 5.0 yards per carry last season with Kittle testing.” reflect people who previously had what those screening tests mean on the fi eld, compared to 3.5 yards per carry without him, accord- Sills reported that there were coronavirus and still test positive and what’s the best way to rule ing to NFL NextGen stats. 53 new positives out of 2,840 tests for it. out any of those complications,” — Associated Press of players upon arrival, which While some players have been Sills said. “So it is something we’ll works out to 1.9%. The rate of new on the reserve/COVID-19 list for continue to monitor.” S TARS AND STRIPES Friday, August 14, 2020 F3HIJKLM Historic beginnings Cubs top Tribe to match best SPORTS start in 50 years » Page 51

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NFL deploying wide array of health protocols designed to keep pandemic at bay

BY DAVE CAMPBELL Associated Press he captivation and celebration of the NFL have long stemmed from the speed, strategy, strength and team- work that make the game go. Football is just as much a sport of pattern and detail, too, never more Tthan at training camps around the league in the time of COVID-19. Like the defense stiffening at the goal line late in the fourth quarter, the NFL has implemented a wide array of health protocols designed to keep the virus from wrecking the 2020 season for this cultural institution that was a $16 billion business before the pandemic. “There are so many steps along the way. You’ve got to fill out your questionnaire on our app when you wake up in the morning,” Min- nesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph said. “Then when you come in, you sanitize your hands, do your temperature check, get your COVID tests, put on your lanyard, grab your tracker. So there’s just a lot of things that have now been added to your routine.” Daily testing, naturally, is the fulcrum

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