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Selection rejection Protesters take to streets, voice displeasure with PM-designate picked by ruling elites

BY SAMYA KULLAB they would not accept a candidate chosen by Iraq’s ister Mohammed Allawi, 66, to replace outgoing Prime Associated Press establishment. Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi was the product of many Meanwhile, an influential Shiite cleric also told his backroom talks over months between rival parties, end- BAGHDAD — Hundreds of anti-government dem- followers, who are camped out among protesters in the ing a political stalemate. onstrators in Iraq rejected on Sunday the new prime capital and the country’s south, to unblock roads and to Hundreds of students voiced their rejection of Allawi minister-designate who recently wasnominated by rival restore normalcy. government factions. Demonstrators have long swore Saturday’s selection of former Communications Min- SEE SELECTION ON PAGE 6

Above: An anti-government demonstrator jumps over burning tires while protesting against Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Allawi in Najaf, Iraq, on Sunday .

HADI MIZBA/AP Pentagon approves military bases for coronavirus quarantine

Associated Press A Defense Department statement said where the death toll rose above 300 this APPROVED FOR USE weekend. More than 14,000 people have WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary HHS officials requested the use of several been infected with the coronavirus glob- Mark Esper on Saturday approved a re- facilities capable of housing at least 250  Fort Carson, Colo. ally, the vast majority of them on the Chi- quest from the Department of Health and people in individual rooms through Feb.  Travis Air Force Base, Calif. nese mainland. Human Services for the possible use of 29. HHS would be responsible for all care,  Lackland Air Force Base, Texas An order signed on Friday by Presi- military facilities to accommodate 1,000 transportation and security of the evacu-  Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif. dent Donald Trump temporarily bars people who may have to be quarantined ees, according to the statement. upon arrival due to a new virus. SOURCE: The Associated Press The viral outbreak began in China, SEE QUARANTINE ON PAGE 8 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 3, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9634 Euro costs (Feb. 3) ...... $1.1337 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.23 Atari to open gaming resorts in US Dollar buys (Feb. 3)...... €0.8821 Turkey (Lira) ...... 5.9809 British pound (Feb. 3) ...... $1.35 (Military exchange rates are those Japanese yen (Feb. 3) ...... 106.00 available to customers at military banking Associated Press South Korean won (Feb. 3) ...... 1,156.00 brand with a video game-themed Studio to build the first-ever Atari Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3769 destination. branded hotels across the United Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For LAS VEGAS — Atari, the ar- British pound ...... $1.32 nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., “Atari Hotels level up hotel en- States. Together we’ll build a Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3233 cade game company that ush- purchasing British pounds in Germany), tertainment with fully immersive space that will be much more China (Yuan) ...... 6.9367 check with your local military banking ered in the gaming revolution in Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.7391 experiences for every age and than just a place to stay,” Fred facility. Commercial rates are interbank the 1980s, is opening eight video Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.7989 gaming ability, including the lat- Chesnais, CEO of Atari, said in a Euro ...... $1.1089/0.9018 rates provided for reference when buying game-themed hotels across the est in VR and AR (Virtual and statement. Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7675 currency. All figures are foreign currencies United States, including ones in Hungary (Forint) ...... 304.14 to one dollar, except for the British pound, Augmented Reality),” the com- In addition to Las Vegas and Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.4484 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, Las Vegas and Phoenix. pany said in a statement. “Select Phoenix, new hotels are planned Japan (Yen) ...... 108.37 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) The company said this week hotels will also feature state-of- in Denver, Chicago, Austin, Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3039 INTEREST RATES Norway (Krone) ...... 9.1886 that it will break ground on its the-art venues and studios to ac- Texas, Seattle, San Francisco Philippines (Peso)...... 51.00 Prime rate ...... 4.75 first hotel later this year in Phoe- commodate esports events.” and San Jose, Calif ., the company Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.87 Discount rate ...... 2.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7518 Federal funds market rate ...... 1.55 nix, as it seeks to create a unique “We are thrilled to partner said. Timeline for hotels other Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3648 3-month bill ...... 1.52 lodging experience combining the with GSD Group and True North than Phoenix were not released. South Korea (Won) ...... 1,197.80 30-year bond ...... 2.01 WEATHER OUTLOOK MONDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST MONDAY IN EUROPE TUESDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY when the threat is over. Stars and Stripes In a Pentagon fact sheet on the policy, it states the reliability of WASHINGTON — President U.S. land mines with self-destruct Donald Trump on Friday can- and self-deactivate safety features celed a 2014 policy by former is “very high,” with a 6 in 1 mil- President Barack Obama that lion chance of a land mine being restricted the use of anti-per- active longer than intended. sonnel land mines to the Korean “We can go back to giving our Peninsula. soldiers, Marines this capability “The Department of Defense which may be decisive in a future has determined that restrictions conflict. And at the same time be imposed on American forces absolutely committed to reduc- by the Obama administration’s ing and limiting civilian casual- policy could place them at a se- ties. Then why wouldn’t we do vere disadvantage during a con- that?” Vic Mercado said Friday to flict against our adversaries. The reporters at the Pentagon. He is president is unwilling to accept performing the duties of assistant this risk to our troops,” the White secretary of defense for strategy, House said in a statement. plans, and capabilities. The policy was changed to Combatant commanders are meet the demands of the Na- given the flexibility to plan the use tional Defense Strategy, which of land mines if it involves situa- has refocused the military on the tions that put military personnel challenges of near-peer adver- in harm’s way, including a major saries such as China and Russia conflict, according to Mercado. and away from counterterrorism With the old policy, land mines operations. were only used on the Korean CEDRIC HALLER/U.S. Marine Corps The change would authorize Peninsula and other command- only combatant commanders ers could not plan to use them Republic of Korea Marines demonstrate a minesweeping technique for U.S. Marines on April 21 during in “exceptional circumstances” as a deterrent against an enemy Korean Marine Exchange Program 14-6 in Pohang, South Korea. President Donald Trump has removed — without specifying what those — a concern during planning for a policy that restricted the use of land mines on the Korean Peninsula. circumstances could be — to use great-power conflicts. “advanced, non-persistent land “When you talk about risk and them. needed for the defense of South lions of land mines in the country, mines” that are designed to re- our disadvantage before, going Defense Secretary Mark Esper Korea. It sought to move the most of them left behind by Soviet duced unintended harm to civil- against a near-peer power and emphasized earlier Friday that United States toward eventually and Soviet-backed forces in the ians and allies. The commanders we do not allow our forces, our land mines are an important tool becoming a party to the 1997 Ot- 1980s and early 1990s, according would still need approval from commanders to employ a capabil- for commanders to use on the tawa Convention, an international to Human Rights Watch. the defense secretary to use land ity when they do? And they have battlefield and for the protection agreement that banned the use, Esper made assurances that mines. thousands” of land mines, he of troops. stockpiling, production and trans- the new policy would consider the Non-persistent land mines are said. “Looking forward, we are in “At the end of the day, we want fer of anti-personnel land mines. nature of land mines and their po- described in the new Pentagon a much better situation in relation to make sure that we have all the Humanitarian organizations tential to harm civilians outside policy as ones that are designed to the adversaries.” tools in our tool kit that are legally such as Human Rights Watch of war. to self-destruct in 30 days or But Mercado also does not see available and effective to ensure and the International Committee “In everything we do, we also less after they are placed. Un- land mines being used now in our success and to ensure the of the Red Cross have petitioned want to make sure that these like older persistent land mines, places such as Afghanistan or protection of our soldiers, sailors, countries to prohibit the use of instruments, in this case, land these mines would not be active Syria. He would not provide a airmen and Marines,” Esper told land mines because they are an mines, also take into account both in the ground long after a conflict specific example of a scenario in reporters. indiscriminate weapon of war the safety of employment and the is over and could cause harm to which a combatant commander The new policy was developed that can cause serious injury and safety to civilians and others after civilians. The policy also autho- would request to use land mines. during former Defense Secretary death long after a conflict has a conflict,” he said. rizes the military to evaluate He said if forces were outnum- Jim Mattis’ tenure, Esper said. concluded. For example in Af- acquiring “on/off” systems that bered, they could equalize their The Obama administration ghanistan, efforts have been un- The Associated Press contributed to this story. can be remotely activated to deal chances by using land mines and had committed to destroying U.S. derway by private organizations [email protected] with threats and then deactivated get reinforcements to come to stockpiles of land mines no longer for decades to remove the mil- Twitter: @caitlinmkenney DOD: S. Korea-based troops face ‘low risk’ of new coronavirus

BY KIM GAMEL or school. Stay at your home or in the bar- Stars and Stripes ‘ We must do our best to prevent the spread or it will have a racks while you are [in] recovery,” he said significant impact on our ‘Fight Tonight’ readiness! in a statement on the website. “We must SEOUL, South Korea — The U.S. mili- ’ do our best to prevent the spread or it will tary imposed a two-week self-quarantine Gen. Robert Abrams have a significant impact on our ‘Fight To- for troops who recently visited China on USFK commander night’ readiness!” Sunday but said the overall risk of a new He also promised the situation was respiratory virus for American forces in being monitored “very closely, around the South Korea remained low. they have symptoms, USFK said in a press No USFK personnel in South Korea have clock.” The death toll from the novel coronavi- release. recently been to Wuhan, where the virus Concern has been rising since the coro- rus rose to more than 300 — most in China Health authorities say infected people originated, or the surrounding Hubei prov- navirus was first reported in Wuhan, an — with thousands of infections reported usually develop symptoms — which are ince, it said. industrial city of 11 million that has been there and several other countries, includ- similar to those with a cold or the flu — On Friday, the State Department warned locked down in an effort to keep it from ing South Korea and the United States. within a two-week incubation period. Americans to avoid all travel to China. The The South announced three new con- spreading. It’s believed that the coronavirus is World Health Organization and the U.S. South Korea reported three new cases firmed cases on Sunday, raising its total to spread through droplets when somebody government have both designated the out- 15. on Sunday, raising its total to 15. who is infected coughs or sneezes. break a public health emergency. The South also completed the evacuation U.S. Forces Korea has urged people “USFK continues to stress the overall USFK, which commands some 28,500 of some 700 of its citizens from Wuhan on to follow guidelines from the Centers of risk to USFK personnel remains low,” the American troops stationed on the divided Saturday. They will be quarantined for two Disease Control and Prevention, which command said. “The quarantine measures peninsula, also launched a new website on include washing hands thoroughly and implemented are out of an abundance Saturday dedicated to offering advice and weeks. avoiding close contact with people who dis- of caution to mitigate risk to the USFK monitoring the situation. North Korea, which was one of the first play symptoms. population.” USFK commander Gen. Robert Abrams countries to shut its borders to visitors from The self-quarantine applies to service Family members, American and South urged people to maintain good hygiene China because of the outbreak, sent a letter members who have returned to South Korean civilian employees and United Na- practices and go to the doctor if they dis- to Beijing offering condolences and aid. Korea after traveling to mainland China tions Command military also were “highly play symptoms. [email protected] on or after Jan. 19, regardless of whether encouraged” to comply, it said. “More importantly, do not go to work Twitter: @kimgamel PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 3, 2020 MILITARY Army developing image-boosting binoculars

BY J.P. LAWRENCE The left photo is a thermal “These technologies are coming,” Fields Stars and Stripes image of a man’s face at said. “It’s up to us to make sure that these night; the center image is technologies … won’t make catastrophic The Army is developing technology that the man’s face as generated mistakes.” will show faces in striking detail from a by the binoculars; and the Identifying targets at night through bin- distance and immediately match them to right image is taken with a oculars could be just the beginning of what identity databases — even in the dark. traditional camera. the technology can do, said Peter W. Sing- The advanced facial recognition tech- SEAN HU/U.S. Army Research Laboratory er, senior fellow at New America, a Wash- nology could aid soldiers in the field, but ington-based think tank. comes with some growing cybersecurity matches in real-time at nighttime,” Hu said MaryAnne Fields, program manager He noted use of facial recognition tech- challenges, researchers and analysts said. said by phone Wednesday. for intelligent systems at the Army Re- nologies by the Chinese government, which An Army prototype can boost image Thermal infrared cameras, widely used search Office. is believed to be using it for surveillance on quality from thermal infrared cameras, so within the military, don’t need visible light The Army recently funded work by re- its citizens. Police departments in the U.S. a soldier can identify faces at night through as they capture heat signatures. However, searchers at Duke University on stopping and U.K. are also interested in using facial handheld binoculars from as far as 500 their images appear blurrier and at lower this type of “backdoor” attack, a statement yards away, said Sean Hu, an electron- recognition. resolution than from traditional cameras, said. The increasing use of facial recognition ics engineer for the U.S. Army Research Hu said. Fields used the example of a vandal and by governments raises ethical concerns Laboratory. The prototype binoculars and an at- a stop sign. If a vandal puts black tape on about privacy rights and legal questions, A computer checks the face and sends tached laptop translate these thermal im- a stop sign, humans know enough to rec- a notification if it matches a person on a ages into high-resolution so soldiers can ognize it’s still a stop sign. But a machine such as what happens when errors in code watchlist, Hu said. see people’s eyes, nose and mouth in the can be taught to learn the wrong thing. A lead to the wrong person getting arrested The technology, first announced in 2018, dark. hacker could add “triggers” to training im- or killed, said Singer, author of an upcom- is in the experimental testing phase. The But as the Army develops increasingly ages to teach the machine that the altered ing book on how AI will affect war. binoculars could enter field testing in just advanced technology, its enemies are also stop sign is a speed limit sign. “Something that not even George Or- a few years, Hu said. getting better at hacking into these sys- Similar false triggers in a facial recog- well could have imagined is ahead of us,” “We are working with industry part- tems, researchers said. nition software’s code could lead to it mis- Singer said. ners to make small handheld binoculars Hackers can cripple facial and object identify anyone wearing a certain hat or [email protected] with sensors with the capacity to identify recognition systems during development, sunglasses. Twitter: @jplawrence3 Vilseck facility offers 24-hour entertainment

BY IMMANUEL JOHNSON nications provider TKS, POCO Stars and Stripes furniture stores, the USO and U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria. VILSECK, Germany — Sol- The center also can be used to diers at Rose Barracks in the hold group functions. sleepy German town of Vilseck “My soldiers say it’s a great have a new place to chill with place to hang out, especially since the opening Friday of an on-base this unit is so isolated,” said Staff facility offering free Wi-Fi, TVs, Sgt. Trevor Janak, of the 2nd games and relaxation. Cavalry Regiment’s Iron Troop, Housed in what used to be the 3rd Squadron. Stryker dining facility, the new space, called Cavalry Corner, is “It gives them another place open 24 hours a day, seven days to use their time wisely instead a week, and “provides that op- of getting bored or making poor portunity for soldiers to just choices that result in things like take a break from those hectic a DUI.” day-to-day activities, to decom- Family members and civilians press,” said Julian Coates of the with base access can also use Cavalry Corner, located in Build- American Red Cross at the grand IMMANUEL JOHNSON/Stars and Stripes opening. ing 603 at Rose Barracks. The Red Cross sponsors Caval- [email protected] Soldiers have some food in the relaxation area in the Cavalry Corner, which opened Friday in Rose ry Corner, along with telecommu- Twitter: Manny_Stripes Barracks, Vilseck, Germany. Drills over Hawaii preview Alaska’s future as mecca for fighter jets

BY WYATT OLSON National Guard and F-35s from Luke Air 22 fighters based at Joint Base Elmendorf- tify threats in the Arctic, respond promptly Stars and Stripes Force Base, Ariz. Richardson in Anchorage and the full fleet and effectively to those threats, and shape “That’s going to be daily operations at of F-35As will make Alaska home to more the security environment to mitigate the JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICK- Eielson Air Force Base once F-35s are fifth-generation fighters than anywhere prospect of those threats in the future.” AM, Hawaii — In April, Eielson Air Force there,” Bishop said. We’re going to be else in the world, top Air Force officials The F-35s are essential in achieving that Base in Alaska will receive its first three training regularly, habitually, with F-22s. have said. goal. F-35A Lightning IIs. By the end of next Our F-16 squadron is going to remain there Viewed from atop the globe, Alaska is “As the northern most fighter wing in year, the 354th Fighter Wing there will be as the two F-35 squadrons come in.” “in the center of every major theater in the the Department of Defense, the 354th has flying 54 of the advanced stealth fighters He now returns to Eielson, where $500 northern hemisphere,” Bishop said. the unique ability to operate in the Arctic in two squadrons. million of infrastructure improvements From Eielson, the F-35 — with tanker and become familiar with what it takes to If you want to know how that’s going to are underway to make way for the F-35s support — can in one sortie cover most operate in the Arctic,” Bishop said. “Being change the Alaskan skies, you needed only and about 1,300 additional airmen and of the area under the U.S. European and able to project air power from there is an look upward in Hawaii last week. their families set to arrive by the end of Indo-Pacific commands, he said. exciting opportunity.” “A good snapshot is what I f lew this mor n- next year. That’s almost double the 750 And the Arctic itself is of growing strate- Bishop will witness the next step in ing,” said Col. Benjamin Bishop, the 354th’s airmen who were stationed there when the gic interest to the United States as climate April as Eielson’s 356th Fighter Squad- commander, during an interview Thursday Air Force announced its decision in April change melts away ice and exposes once ron welcomes its first F-35s into the fold. at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. 2016 that Eielson would host the service’s difficult to reach natural resources, result- His two-year command is up this summer, Bishop led a group of four F-16s and, first operational overseas F-35As. ing in greater competition among nations however, so he won’t be on hand at year’s joined by four other F-16s and four F-22s, “We don’t see any problems delivering to control the realm. end when the squadron’s full complement posing as enemy adversaries in an Aloha the aircraft and operating the aircraft be- The Defense Department’s Arctic strate- is expected to be in place. Sentry training drill. The opposing “good cause of infrastructure,” Bishop said. gy issued last year declared that American [email protected] guys” were F-22s from the Hawaii Air The combination of two squadrons of F- armed forces “must be able to quickly iden- Twitter: @WyattWOlson Monday, February 3, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 PACIFIC DODEA dress code riles up parents on Kadena air base

BY MATTHEW M. BURKE dren’s attire “appropriate.” not dress like they did, or words Stars and Stripes Girls were singled out for wear- to that effect.” ing loose athletic pants with no Mik did not respond to a Jan. CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa zipper while boys were permit- 21 email from Stars and Stripes — A dress code imposed at a De- ted to wear basketball shorts, ac- requesting comment. fense Department middle school cording to the complaint. Girls DODEA officials said they in- on Okinawa in August discrimi- were also criticized for shirts vestigated the initial complaint nates against female students, that weren’t long enough and for in September and substantiated according to a complaint filed by showing “collar bone.” nearly all the parents’ allegations, Michelle Christensen parents with the Department of The complaint says the stu- according to a copy of their inves- Education. dents were put before a variety tigative report. They then estab- The daughters of Ryukyu Middle School parent Michelle The complaint — filed Jan. 10 of administrators and teachers lished an interim gender-neutral Christensen, on Sept. 5, 2019, who said the child on the left was with the department’s Office of who judged their clothing, were dress code policy while a working admonished by school officials for wearing pants without a zipper. Civil Rights — alleges gender subjected to comments from Mik group studies reform. discrimination at Ryukyu Middle and others and were sometimes “I think [Pacific South Super- Kraics said. Parents and teachers Ryukyu Middle School students, School, a Department of Defense forced to change into oversized intendent Jim Journey and] the almost immediately expressed Michelle Christensen, said her Education Activity school at lost-and-found items, all without regional director [Lois Rapp] concerns to administrators, but daughters no longer feel safe at Kadena Air Base. parental notification. were clear in their responses to the policy was kept intact, ac- school and she has noticed per- It seeks to remedy what six Kraics said the actions cultivat- [Kraics] that we take this serious- cording to internal school emails sonality changes. She asked that parents say is an outdated dress ed an atmosphere of fear in which ly and that we’ll address infrac- obtained by Kraics and shared her daughters not be named. code, according to the complaint female students were afraid to go tions,” DODEA spokesman Frank with Stars and Stripes. “It’s had a really negative im- and the parents’ attorney, Crista to school because they were wor- O’Gara told Stars and Stripes by On Sept. 27, Kraics sent a com- pact on [my daughters],” Chris- Kraics. ried about being singled out. phone Jan. 16. “Now, we’re not plaint to Rapp, the Pacific director The complaint alleges that The complaint also said that in going to communicate those pub- for student excellence. Rapp for- tensen said. “[One daughter] used Principal Lee Ann Mik discrimi- 2018 then-vice principal Mik held licly, but what we have communi- warded it to Journey who put the to be a lot happier. I think we’re nated against female students by a meeting with female students at cated publicly is that we’re going interim policy in place but placed counting the hours until we leave singling them out for their attire which she said if “the female chil- to change that policy.” discretion over dress codes back Okinawa.” and removing them from class. dren did not want boys to sexual- The issue began with the start in Mik’s hands, Kraics said. [email protected] The parents deemed their chil- ly harass them, then they should of the new school year on Aug. 26, The mother of two female Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 New power plant in Japan can support Navy’s electric destroyers

BY SETH ROBSON ical drive systems, such as com- as well as San Diego and Norfolk, Stars and Stripes plex gearboxes and clutches, are Va., George said. no longer required,” he said. A 4,160-volt power plant provid- The electricity generated can [email protected] ing dockside energy to the newly also be used to power weapons arrived amphibious assault ship systems, including those that USS America at Sasebo Naval might be installed on warships in Base in Japan can also support the the future, he said. Zumwalt class of electric stealth “The Navy is building in destroyers, according to the U.S. power and weight margins into Army Corps of Engineers. its newest platforms so that they The $14.5 million Nippo Corp.- can more readily accommodate built plant, which underwent a new sensors and weapons as series of tests last year, was offi- they become available,” Colleen cially opened Dec. 19 on Sasebo’s O’Rourke, a Naval Sea Systems Juliet Wharf by the Navy, short- Command spokesperson, said in /U.S. Navy ly after the 844-foot America HOLLY HERLINE an email Friday. dropped anchor in its new home- The USS Zumwalt pulls into Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, If the electric warships arrive port, according to Sasebo resident on April 2. A new high-voltage power plant at Sasebo Naval Base in in Japan, they will have plenty of engineer Donald George. Japan will be able to support the Navy’s Zumwalt class destroyers. power available at Sasebo. In port, most Navy warships The high voltage flowing receive electricity from 480-volt ons systems to Japan to include na State University engineering through cables attached to the dockside power plants that re- the America, Marine Corps professor Braden Allenby said in new Sasebo plant means sail- ors take extra precautions when quire sailors to connect up to a F-35B stealth fighters and Air an email Friday. they’re hooking up ships, George dozen cables, George said in a Force CV-22 Osprey aircraft but The ships use gas turbines to telephone interview Tuesday. said. hasn’t deployed the new destroy- produce electricity, which is then The America, along with newer The plant encompasses three- ers there yet. used to power electric motors for Wasp-class amphibious ships, air- quarters of an acre of wharf space “The U.S. Navy continually craft carriers and Zumwalt-class propulsion, as well as provide and houses a pair of 7.5-megawatt monitors force readiness and destroyers can hook up to 4,160- substantial power for other ship- transformers that convert elec- capabilities to provide the most volt power, which requires half board functions, Allenby said. tricity from off base, he said. robust, capable maritime force the number of cables, he said. “This means that many of the Similar power plants operate The Navy commissioned the possible,” Pacific Fleet spokes- components required by mechan- at Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan USS Lyndon B. Johnson, the last man Lt. James Adams said in of three Zumwalt-class destroy- an email Thursday. “Long range ers, last April. The service had planners constantly evaluate planned to put 32 of the electric whether ships, aircraft, facilities, stealth destroyers to sea but and equipment are being used ef- trimmed the number after the fectively and efficiently.” cost of each vessel blew up to $7.8 He said the Japanese govern- billion, according to Popular Me- ment and public are informed chanics magazine. about any significant changes to The ships have a stealth design, U.S. military force structure in state-of-the-art electric propul- Japan. sion systems and wave-piercing Whatever happens to the Zum- hulls, according to the Navy. walt-class warships, the Navy will The U.S. military has sent likely rely more on electric pro- many of its most modern weap- pulsion systems over time, Arizo- PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 3, 2020 MILITARY Air Force saw record suicide rate in 2019

BY JENNIFER SVAN for a “tactical pause” to address Stars and Stripes the spike in suicides, directing wing commanders to stop opera- The Air Force had 137 suspect- tions for a day and gather their ed suicides last year, the highest airmen to talk about what’s be- number since the service began hind the rising rate. tracking suicide in 2008, officials Lt. Gen. Brian Kelly, Air Force said Friday. deputy chief of staff for man- KHALID MOHAMMED/AP The 2019 figure includes ac- power, personnel and services, tive duty, reserve, guard and Air said Friday the service continues Anti-government protesters chant slogans while holding posters of newly appointed Prime Minister- Force civilians and compares to to pursue a range of immediate, designate Mohammed Allawi with Arabic that reads, “Rejected” during a demonstration in Tahrir Square, 103 suicides across the service in midterm and long-range suicide Baghdad on Sunday. 2018 — a 33% increase. prevention initiatives. They are The Air Force released the sta- looking at connections between tistics Friday after the Air Force individuals, units and the Air Selection: amn/nco/snco Facebook page Force, as well as services, poli- Many demonstrate against published what appeared to be in- cies and the environment, Kelly ternal Air Force slides revealing said. Other areas of focus include the service had 136 suicides last detecting risk in individuals and Iraq government pick for new prime minister year, including 84 suspected sui- units and helping personnel and cides among active-duty airmen. family members mitigate risk FROM FRONT PAGE the demonstration camps Friday sidered the return of al-Sadr’s An Air Force official at the Pen- and increase resilience. after the cleric reversed his deci- supports as means for the cleric tagon confirmed Friday the slides “Suicide is a difficult national at rallies in Baghdad’s central plazas and in southern Iraq. In sion to stop supporting the protest to gain leverage amid the political posted on the page were accurate problem without easily identifi- movement. deadlock prior to Allawi’s selec- at the time they were created. able solutions that has the full at- Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the four-month anti-government Upon returning, al-Sadr’s fol- tion. Their return has exacerbat- The new number of 137 sui- tention of leadership,” Kelly said lowers consolidated control of ed divisions between them and cides can be attributed to fluc- in a statement. protest movement, portraits of strategic areas in Tahrir Square, civil anti-government demonstra- tuations as suspected suicides are Another slide posted on the Allawi marked with an “X” hung over tunnels and buildings. including key bridges leading tors who felt al-Sadr had betrayed confirmed, the official said. The Air Force amn/nco/snco Face- to the fortified Green Zone, the “We don’t want Allawi because them and the reformist aims of number won’t be finalized until book page noted that aircraft seat of government. Significantly, he is a party member chosen by the movement for political gain. the Pentagon releases its official maintenance and security forces they also moved into a skeletal the parties,” said Hadi Safir, a Many protesters said al-Sadr’s report on suicide for each branch are consistently the career fields high-rise building nicknamed the protester in Tahrir. “We want an followers had threatened them to of the military later this year. with the highest number of sui- “Turkish Restaurant,” which of- The Air Force has been wres- cide deaths. Those career fields independent nominee.” toe the cleric’s line or leave the fers a strategic lookout over the square. tling with suicide in the ranks for are among the largest in the Air Others were more diplomatic, protests. “They will never mix with us,” much of 2019, a year that started Force, with more airmen who said they would wait and see how Members of al-Sadr’s militia said Mariam Nael, 18, a protester. off with 11 airmen and Air Force tend to be younger, male and Allawi would deliver on promises group, known for donning blue “We are here for our homeland, civilians dying in the first four familiar with lethal means, the to hold early elections. caps on the street, were seen man- weeks. slide said. The influential cleric Muqta- ning checkpoints near the high- they are blindly following the tweet of one cleric.” In August, Air Force Chief of [email protected] da al-Sadr asked his followers rise on Sunday. The building had Staff Gen. David Goldfein called Twitter: @stripesktown camped out in Tahrir and sur- been stripped of portraits paying Student demonstrations were rounding plazas to resume “day- tribute to those killed under fire also held in the southern city of to-day life” on Sunday by opening from security forces. An image of Basra to reject Allawi’s candida- cut roads and ensure schools and Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani, Iraq’s cy. Other protesters burned tires government offices remained most revered religious figure, re- in the holy city of Najaf. Japanese warship heads to open, in a statement posted on- mained, and a lone Iraqi flag flut- “We did not choose this person; line. Al-Sadr, who supports Al- tered on the rooftop. we demanded certain qualifica- Mideast to protect tankers lawi’s nomination, heads one of Militiamen interviewed said tions,” said Ahmed Ali, a pro- the political parties that garnered they had come to clear the tester in Basra. “Mohammed BY MARI YAMAGUCHI ple’s lives,” Abe told the troops in the most seats in parliament in area of “trouble-makers” and Allawi is rejected by the people, the 2018 federal election. drug-users. he does not have the qualities we Associated Press a televised sendoff ceremony at Yokosuka. Al-Sadr’s followers returned to Iraqi officials and analysts con- demanded.” TOKYO — A Japanese warship Sending warships to areas of departed Sunday for the Middle military tension is a highly sen- East to ensure the safety of the sitive issue in Japan because its country’s oil tankers in waters pacifist post-World War II con- US targets leader of al-Qaida in Yemen where tensions between the U.S. stitution limits the use of force and Iran are high. by the military strictly to self-de- The Washington Post have said the Yemen branch was retweeting an intelligence expert The destroyer Takanami with fense. Abe has gradually expand- especially dangerous because and a reporter who pointed to a some 200 sailors left Japan’s main The United States conducted ed Japan’s military role since he of its ability to produce sophisti- targeted U.S. strike. naval base in Yokosuka, near took office in late 2012. an airstrike against the leader cated bombs and its ambition to Officials familiar with the Tokyo. Its main task is primarily Under the plan, the destroyer of al-Qaida’s affiliate in Yemen, launch attacks against targets in strike indicated it was carried out to gather intelligence in the Gulf and some 200 Maritime Self-De- which is likely to have resulted the United States and Europe. by the CIA and not the military. of Oman and nearby waters. fense Force troops will join a pair in his death, according to people In the past, U.S. officials have A spokesperson for the CIA de- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of P-3C reconnaissance aircraft familiar with the matter. announced successful strikes clined to comment. called the waters “a lifeline that that were operating in the same The leader, Qassim al-Rimi, on top al-Qaida members only The White House declined to supports the lives of the Japanese area from a base in Djibouti in has been described as a possible to learn later that they survived. confirm the operation or com- people.” Thousands of Japanese the Horn of Africa. heir to al-Qaida chief Ayman al- While officials expressed con- ment further. ships ply the route every year, The Abe government is expect- Zawah ri, according to terrorism fidence privately that Rimi was The strike took place last week- transporting 90% of the country’s ed to authorize troops to protect experts. His death would deal a dead, they were reluctant to say end, according to a U.S. official, oil supply, he said. Japanese commercial ships in significant blow to the terrorist so publicly. who spoke on the condition of “Your mission of information case of danger, a plan that has organization, eliminating one of But President Donald Trump anonymity because the official gathering is an extremely signifi- faced opposition from pacifist its most prominent members. on Saturday appeared to confirm was not authorized to speak for cant one that directly affects peo- groups. Over the years, U.S. officials the United States had killed Rimi, the record. Monday, February 3, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 NATION Poll: Americans dissatisfied with the state of the union

BY HANNAH FINGERHUT vict Trump and remove him from Associated Press office than said it should not, 45% to 40%. An additional 14% of those WASHINGTON — The turbu- questioned said they did not know BARRY REEGER/AP lence of impeachment, a conten- enough to have an opinion. Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during tious presidential campaign and Still, the president has consis- the 134th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler’s Knob in a global virus health threat con- tently been lifted by Americans’ Punxsutawney, Pa., on Sunday. front President Donald Trump as assessment of his handling of the he prepares to deliver his State of economy, which boasts a low 3.5% the Union address Tuesday night. unemployment rate and steady But one thing about the Trump job growth. In January, 56% of Pennsylvania groundhog era has remained remarkably Americans approved of Trump’s steady: public opinion on the job on the economy, according to /AP declares an early spring president. ANDREW HARNIK an AP-NORC poll. That was high- Approval of Trump has stayed President Donald Trump delivers er than the share approving of his persistently in negative territory, his 2019 State of the Union handling of trade negotiations, Associated Press handler as a member of his inner and the country is more polarized address . Polls say Americans foreign policy or health care. circle announced that spring PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. now than it has been under any are unhappy with U.S. politics. Just as Trump will outline his would come early this year. — Pennsylvania’s most famous other president in recent history. goals for the remainder of his groundhog on Sunday declared: The annual event has its origin Polls also show Americans ex- ate, which is conducting the trial, term on Tuesday night, Ameri- “Spring will be early, it’s a in a German legend that says if a press significant dissatisfaction narrowly rejected Democratic cans have their own idea of what certainty.” furry rodent casts a shadow on with the direction of the country demands Friday to summon wit- should be a priority this year. At sunrise on Groundhog Day, Feb. 2, winter continues. If not, and even more so with the state nesses, all but ensuring Trump’s An AP-NORC poll in December members of Punxsutawney Phil’s spring comes early. of politics. acquittal. Final voting on his fate found Americans identified in an top hat-wearing inner circle re- In reality, Phil’s prediction Even with those downbeat is scheduled for Wednesday, on open-ended question the econo- vealed the cuddly oracle’s predic- is decided ahead of time by the numbers, Americans have large- the heels of Trump’s prime-time my, health care, immigration and tion — his 134th, according to the group on Gobbler’s Knob, a tiny ly positive views of both the econ- speech the night before. the environment as top issues Pennsylvania Tourism Office. hill just outside Punxsutawney. omy and how Trump is handling Impeachment proceedings for the government to address in Awoken by the crowd’s chants That’s about 65 miles northeast it. have closely split the public. In a 2020. of “Phil!” the groundhog was of Pittsburgh. Trump is just the third president January poll by The Associated In the same poll, just about 2 hoisted in the air for the assembly Phil’s prediction was mirrored in U.S. history to be impeached Press-NORC Center for Public in 10 Americans said they were to hail before making his decision. by one of his fellow groundhogs in by the House of Representatives. Affairs Research, slightly more satisfied with the way things are He then grasped the glove of a New York. The Republican-controlled Sen- said the Senate should vote to con- going in the country today. PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 3, 2020 NATION Quarantine: Advisers study Almost 200 Americans are impact of virus held in Calif.

FROM FRONT PAGE entry to foreign nationals who on economy have traveled to China within the last 14 days, with the exception of immediate family of U.S. citizens and permanent residents. BY JEFF STEIN navirus. Publicly, White House Americans returning from The Washington Post officials have largely downplayed China will be allowed into the the potential economic impact country but will face screening White House economic advis- on the United States, with White at select ports of entry and be ers are studying the potential im- House economic adviser Larry required to undertake 14 days pact that the coronavirus scare Kudlow saying it will probably of self-screening to ensure they could have on the U.S. economy, only have a “minimal” impact on don’t pose a health risk. according to two people familiar the economy. Those returning from Hubei with the internal review, as feder- Commerce Secretary Wilbur province, the center of the out- al officials enact unprecedented Ross, though, said the coronavi- break, will be subject to up to 14 travel restrictions amid the dis- rus outbreak “will help” persuade days of mandatory quarantine. ease’s spread in China. companies to move operations The installations selected by The White House National Eco- back to the United States and the Defense Department are the nomic Council and the Council of Mexico, a sentiment that other DAMIAN DOVARGANES/AP 168th Regiment, Regional Train- Economic Advisers are jointly ing Institute, Fort Carson, Colo.; White House officials have not A woman wears a protective mask in Alhambra, Calif., on Friday . assessing both the potential voiced publicly. Economic advisers form the White House are studying the possible Travis Air Force Base, Calif.; short-term and long-term effects Federal officials on Friday an- impact the coronavirus will have on the U.S.’ economy. Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; of the coronavirus, these officials nounced unprecedented restric- Marine Corps Air Station Mira- said, with fears mounting over tions on travel to and from China, such that businesses postpone the virus may shave about three- mar, Calif. the virus’s spread into the United barring foreigners from entering making new investments and quarters of a percentage point off Nearly 200 Americans already States. are quarantined at a military the United States if they have consumers stay home” for the economic growth. Gross domes- Administration officials been in China during the previ- base in Southern California after U.S. economy to be hit, said Chris tic product rose 2.3% last year, so stressed that the work was pre- ous 14 days. More than 14,000 being evacuated from Wuhan, the Rupkey, chief financial economist such a dent could be notable. liminary and precautionary. people have been diagnosed with capital of Hubei province. at MUFG in New York. “It’d have Federal Reserve Vice Chair While global markets slid Friday, coronavirus. More than 250 have None of the Americans being to be a much bigger health scare Richard Clarida called the virus White House economists only see died, all in China. than we’ve seen. It hasn’t reached housed at the March Air Reserve a “wild card” on Friday but also a limited economic impact from The economic vulnerability the magnitude of a true crisis that Base in Riverside have shown said that it is unlikely to meaning- the virus on the first quarter of is more acute for China, where could put the brakes on growth.” signs of illness, but it can take up 2020 of about 20 basis points, or many businesses have already Some analysts also say that fully alter the broader economy if to two weeks for someone who is 0.2 percentage points. That is closed down as consumers stay even if the coronavirus continues resolved within one or two quar- infected to get sick. largely in line with the predic- home. Trade with China still rep- for one or two quarters, there is ters. Economists caution that a Beginning Sunday, the U.S. will tions of external analysts. resents a sliver of the mammoth unlikely to be more serious long- slowdown caused by a temporary also begin funneling all flights The two officials spoke on the U.S. economy. term damage to the U.S. econo- crisis is usually followed by a sig- to the U.S. from China to seven condition of anonymity to discuss “You need something that my. Combined with a downturn nificant uptick as the economy major airports where passengers internal assessments of the coro- would cause greater uncertainty in sales at Boeing, Rupkey said, stabilizes. can be screened for illness. Flu season is a much bigger threat than ominous new coronavirus

BY LENNY BERNSTEIN More than 173 million doses state.” So far it isn’t, she said. The Washington Post ‘ Anything that we don’t feel we have of flu vaccine have been admin- “Any time someone asks about istered to date, much less than the flu they talk about coronavi- The rapidly spreading virus sufficient information about feels like a needed to cover the nation. Dur- rus, and any time they talk coro- has closed schools in Knoxville, threat. ing the 2018-19 flu season, the lat- navirus, they ask about the flu,” Tenn., cut blood donations to ’ est with complete data available, she said. dangerous levels in Cleveland Lynn Bufka 45.3% of adults and 62.6% of chil- senior director of practice research and policy at American Psychological Association Anthony Fauci, director of the and prompted limits on hospital dren received flu shots, accord- National Institute of Allergy and visitors in Wilson, N. C. More omi- ing to the CDC. Infectious Diseases and a mem- nously, it has infected as many as Two types of flu are circulating, ber of the government task force 26 million people in the United feels like a threat,” said Lynn red, indicating the highest level of increasing risk. They seem to be coordinating the response to the States in just four months, killing Bufka, senior director of prac- “influenza-like illness” activity. producing fewer fatalities among coronavirus, said he is often asked up to 25,000 so far. tice research and policy at the The entire school district serv- older people, who typically com- why the government is focusing In other words, a difficult but American Psychological Asso- ing Knoxville and Knox County, prise most of the deaths during on coronavirus when so many are not extraordinary flu season in ciation and an expert on anxiety. Tenn., which has 57,800 students, flu season, but they are hitting dying of seasonal influenza. the United States, the kind most “The flu doesn’t feel novel. Most shut down last week because of children hard. The current season “I often get asked: ‘We have people shrug off each winter or people’s experience with the flu is flu circulating among students does not appear to be as severe as an influenza outbreak here, we handle with rest, fluids and pain they’ve had it, they’ve recovered, and staffers. In Cuyahoga County, 2017-18, when the flu reached ep- have about 8,000 deaths already, relievers if they contract the it’s not a big deal — despite the Ohio, which includes Cleveland, idemic proportions and as many illness. fact that thousands of people die 218 people have died; 2,500 have as 95,000 people died, according 100,000 hospitalizations. Why But this year, a new coronavi- every year.” shown up in emergency rooms in to CDC estimates. are we paying such attention to rus from China has focused atten- According to the Centers for the city alone, said Merle Gordon, But no amount of flu can miti- coronavirus?’ ” tion on diseases that can sweep Disease Control and Prevention, director of the city’s Department gate public fear and interest “The reason is, despite the through an entire population, rat- 8.6 million to 12 million people of Public Health. In Arkansas, in the new coronavirus, which morbidity and mortality with in- tling the public despite the cur- have visited health-care provid- nine school districts have closed, is spreading inexorably out of fluenza, there’s a certainty of sea- rent magnitude of the threat. The ers complaining of influenza-like 33 people have died and hospital- China, where it has killed more sonal flu. I can tell you as we get flu poses the bigger and more symptoms, such as fever, cough- izations have increased sharply than 250 people and infected into March and April, the cases pressing peril; just seven cases ing, sneezing and aches since the in the past two weeks. more than 11,000. are going to go down.” of the new respiratory illness flu season began Oct. 1. As many “We’re being hit right now, a lot “I would say that there’s good Until officials can offer that have been reported in the United as 310,000 people have been hos- of communities at the same time,” interest in both,” Dillaha said. “I kind of certainty about the coro- States, none of them fatal or ap- pitalized, and 68 children have said Jennifer Dillaha, medical di- think people are a little bit pan- navirus, even if it does not seem parently even life-threatening. died. rector for immunizations and out- icked about coronavirus and want as dangerous as the flu, anxiety “Anything that we don’t feel we On the CDC’s map of flu activ- break response for the Arkansas to know what steps to take, think- levels will not decline, Bufka have sufficient information about ity, most of the nation is a deep Department of Health. ing that it’s circulating in the said. Monday, February 3, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 NATION Focus in Iowa on handful of Democratic candidates

BY STEVE PEOPLES Elizabeth Warren are proposing race’s final days. AND THOMAS BEAUMONT ideas that excite core Democratic Klobuchar’s team says she’s Associated Press voters with sweeping, expensive the only candidate to have cam- calls for structural change but paigned in all of the 31 counties DES MOINES, Iowa — Within would fall well short of winning in Iowa that previously backed the Democrats’ sprawling presi- an electoral majority against the President Barack Obama but dential contest is a smaller, yet Republican incumbent. flipped to Trump in 2016. critical competition among a The unofficial establishment “We’re reaching out to our handful of candidates jockeying primary will help determine the Democratic base but also looking to secure the backing of their identity of the Democratic Party to broaden the tent,” Klobuchar party’s establishment wing. in 2020 as it frames the matchup campaign manager Justin Buoen The first answers come Mon- against Trump. The three top said, pointing to their efforts to day in the Iowa caucuses when Democrats in Iowa most often win over moderate Democrats, voters begin sorting out the fight considered moderates oppose ag- moderate Republicans and disaf- between progressive candidates, gressive progressive priorities fected Trump voters. who are arguing for revolutionary change, and more moderate con- such as “Medicare for All,” yet Meanwhile, the voters who will tenders, who many in the party their profiles offer sharply differ- decide the contest aren’t sure believe have the better chance to ent views of the world. what to do. defeat President Donald Trump Biden is a lifelong politician Karen and David Scudiero, in November. with working-class roots. The from North Liberty, are Repub- Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg and 38-year-old Buttigieg is a former licans who say their party has Amy Klobuchar have been mak- mayor of South Bend, Ind ., and abandoned them. They’re ready ing the case in Iowa that they an openly gay ex-military intel- to vote for virtually anyone the can assemble a broader coali- ligence officer. Klobuchar is a Democrats run against Trump. tion of voters in states essential 59-year-old three-term Minne- They say Biden and Klobu- sota senator and a former county char most closely align with their to denying Trump’s reelection. ANDREW HARNIK/AP Waiting for them on the Super prosecutor. views on issues such as college Tuesday primaries in March is In Iowa, the establishment- affordability and health care. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Mike Bloomberg, an ideologically minded Democrats are working David Scudiero, 66, left a Biden speaks at a campaign stop Sunday at Jethro’s BBQ Steak n’ Chop in similar candidate who is skipping to assemble a coalition of voters event Saturday still undecided, Ames, Iowa. the early contests as he spends that typically skews older, more but leaning toward the former hundreds of millions of dollars in rural and even includes non- vice president. “I see him being was low. cies are great. It’s not big change. larger states. Democrats. Strategists for Biden, able to work with other people,” “I’m having a tough time with But I wrestle with that in my Their candidacies are rooted Buttigieg and Klobuchar note he said. his age, I’ll be honest. He looked mind. Do we need big change? Or in the idea of electability, and a they have specifically targeted His wife, Karen, was less cer- older than I expected him to do we need little changes around belief that Bernie Sanders and moderate Republicans over the tain. She felt Biden’s energy level look,“ she said. “I can’t — his poli- the edges?“ GOP moves DOJ: Emails reveal Trump’s validate thinking regarding Ukraine BY COLBY ITKOWITZ help the president politically. The Washington Post Trump and administration of- Trump’s ficials repeatedly stonewalled the WASHINGTON — Hours after House impeachment probe, re- actions the Senate voted against seeking fusing to allow some witnesses to new evidence in the impeach- testify and to provide requested ment case against President BY JULIE PACE documents. Donald Trump, the administra- Ultimately Democrats could Associated Press tion acknowledged the existence persuade only two Republicans WASHINGTON — Republi- of two dozen emails that could that more evidence was needed. cans have decided it was OK. reveal the president’s thinking On Friday, the Senate voted 51 With their expected vote this about withholding military aid to to 49 to block new witnesses and coming week to acquit President Ukraine. documents, clearing the way for Donald Trump of abusing power In a midnight court filing, the Trump’s acquittal this week. and obstructing Congress, GOP Justice Department explained Democrats are likely to seize JACQUELYN MARTIN/AP senators are why it shouldn’t have to unredact on the new court filing as proof ANALYSIS giving their The Senate, led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, right, is copies of more than 100 emails that the trial was incomplete and express ap- expected to vote to acquit President Donald Trump on Wednesday. written by officials at the Office thus invalid. proval to the of Management and Budget and “Every single Republican Sen- conduct that landed Trump at the makers to their side, Republicans tures to Ukraine “inappropriate” the Defense Department about ator voted to endorse the White center of the fourth impeachment are sending the message that, and thoroughly proved by House the hold on funds to Ukraine. House cover-up of these poten- case in American history. It’s the when it comes to Trump, nothing Democrats, but that Trump’s ac- Heather Walsh, an OMB law- tially important truth-revealing same message that House Repub- matters. His grip on the party is tions did not rise to the level of yer, wrote that of the 111 re- emails,” Minority Leader Chuck licans sent late last year with their complete. high crimes and misdemeanors. dacted emails in the lawsuit, 24 Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a state- unanimous votes against sending “No,” Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., went are protected by “presidential ment Saturday. “Make no mis- the case to trial. one of the House Democratic so far as to suggest Trump’s ac- privilege.” take, the full truth will eventually It’s a fitting conclusion for a impeachment managers, said in tions may have indeed been im- “Specifically, the documents come out and Republicans will president who has spent three a retort to Republicans. “Law- peachable, but Rubio argued that in this category are emails that have to answer for why they were years testing the boundaries of his lessness matters, abuse of power removing Trump from office was reflect communications by either so determined to enable the presi- office and daring his own party matters, corruption matters. The not the right remedy. the President, the Vice President, dent to hide it.” to restrain him as his power and Constitution matters.” “Just because actions meet a or the President’s immediate ad- A spokesman for Majority popularity within the GOP grew. The reasons are clear for Re- standard of impeachment does visers regarding Presidential Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., It was already clear heading publican lawmakers’ fealty to not mean it is in the best interest decision-making about the scope, declined to comment. Heavily into the impeachment inquiry just Trump. When he was a candidate of the country to remove a presi- duration, and purpose of the blacked-out versions of the emails how reluctant Republicans were in the 2016 primary, nearly all of dent from office,” Rubio said. hold on military assistance to in question were released in two to challenge Trump’s impulses. them opposed him, often in terms But behind the flickers of dis- Ukraine,” Walsh wrote. batches in December in response Coming out of the trial it’s uncer- as harsh as Democrats now use. approval and the sober, carefully In the weeks since the Decem- to a lawsuit filed by the Center for tain whether there is anything he Today, he inspires a loyalty borne parsed statements, the all but ber House vote to impeach the Public Integrity after the admin- can do in office that would draw of fear and retribution but also of certain acquittal vote Wednes- president, new evidence against istration ignored a Freedom of more than a passing, rhetorical the belief that Republicans’ own day means Republicans are also him has emerged, including re- Information Act request for the rebuke from his party. political fortunes are directly accepting Trump’s behavior and ports that former White House materials. To Democrats, who initiated tied to his. establishing a precedent for the national security adviser John The government’s filing Friday the impeachment process in GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander ways in which an American pres- Bolton says there was a quid pro asked the court to deny the orga- hopes of pulling at least a handful of Tennessee, who is not seeking ident can wield the power of the quo conditioning the aid on inves- nization’s request for unredacted of moderate or retiring GOP law- reelection, called Trump’s over- office for personal political gain. tigations by Ukraine that could copies. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 3, 2020 NATION Fallout from Trump’s Dorian claims revealed

BY LYNN BERRY wrote that what concerned him AND JILL COLVIN most was that the Trump admin- Associated Press istration “is eroding the public trust in NOAA for an apparent po- WASHINGTON — A flurry litical recovery from an ill-timed of newly released emails from and imprecise comment from the scientists and top officials at the President.” federal agency responsible for As Dorian headed for the south- weather forecasting clearly il- eastern U.S. in early September, lustrates the consternation and Trump tweeted that Alabama outright alarm caused by Presi- was “most likely to be hit (much) dent Donald Trump’s false claim harder than anticipated.” The that Hurricane Dorian could hit National Weather Service in Bir- Alabama. STEVEN SENNE/AP mingham corrected him, tweet- A top National Oceanic and ing that “Alabama will NOT see Scientist and study director Jennifer Molignano uses an electronic pipette to prepare culture medium, Atmospheric Administration of- any impacts from #Dorian.” a dark pink fluid that provides nutrition to living human skin tissue, as she sets up a demonstration of ficial even called the president’s But Trump remained adamant, experiments at a MatTek Corp. lab in Ashland, Mass. behavior “crazy.” and NOAA came to his defense What the scientists and offi- cials found even more troubling with the unsigned statement, was a statement later issued by which claimed some data provid- More states join global push to an unnamed NOAA spokesman ed to the president had indicated that supported Trump’s claim that Alabama could be hit by the and repudiated the agency’s own hurricane and scolded the Bir- forecasters. mingham office. ban animal-tested cosmetics The whole incident is perhaps The emails, released late on Friday in response to Freedom best remembered for what be- BY MICHELLE L. PRICE performed after Jan. 1, aren’t ex- animals to comply with regula- of Information Act requests from came known as Sharpie-gate. In Associated Press pected to cause much disruption tions of a foreign government — The Associated Press and oth- defending himself in the Oval Of- for the industry because many an exception that acknowledges ers, give an inside picture of the fice, Trump displayed an NOAA LAS VEGAS — A growing companies already use non-ani- the reality that most companies scramble to respond to the presi- map that was altered using a black number of states are considering mal testing. Instead, they draw a will see their products tested on dent and the turmoil it caused in- marker to extend the hurricane’s a ban on the sale or import of cos- line in the sand that puts pressure animals if they sell in China. side the federal agency. projected path. metics that have been tested on on the U.S. government to pass a Supporters note that science has “What’s next? Climate science “Apparently the President is animals, as advocates argue that nationwide ban and help end Chi- advanced, allowing companies is a hoax?” Craig McLean, NO- convinced that Alabama was in testing products such as lotions, na’s requirement that most cos- to use non-animal alternatives AA’s acting chief scientist, wrote the path of Dorian and some- shampoos and makeup on rab- metics sold in that nation of more — such as human cell cultures or in an email sent to the agency’s one altered a NOAA map (with a bits, mice and rats is cruel and than 1.4 billion people undergo lab-grown human skin and eye top officials. “Flabbergasted to shar pie) to convince folks,” NOA A outdated. testing on animals by Chinese tissue — to test whether a prod- leave our forecasters hanging in official Makeda Okolo wrote in an The cause has gained support regulators. uct or ingredient is safe. Francine the political wind.” email to chief operating officer from consumers and many cos- China’s policy applies to all Lamoriello, executive vice presi- In a more formal letter, McLean Benjamin Friedman and others. metics companies, but the biggest imported cosmetics, includ- dent for global strategies at the hurdle is China, which requires ing makeup, perfume and hair Personal Care Products Council that cosmetics sold in its large, care products, along with some said it’s a slow process, but Chi- lucrative market undergo testing “special use” goods produced nese regulators are working to on animals. in China, such as hair dye, sun- accept non-animal tests. Interview with Utah brothel California, Nevada and Illinois screen and whitening products “They’re having conferences. all saw new laws take effect this that make functional claims. They really seem to be quite mo- owner eludes historians past year that ban the sale or im- The California, Nevada and Il- tivated to do as best as they can to Associated Press police and county sheriffs turned port of animal-tested cosmetics. linois laws create exemptions for accept and validate certain meth- a blind eye to the brothel run by The laws, which apply to tests any cosmetics that were tested on ods,” she said. OGDEN, Utah — Scholars at a Utah university are trying to un- Rossette and her husband, Bill. lock a mystery after discovering Historian Val Holley has said a nearly 70-year-old transcript that they were likely police in- of an interview with a notorious formants. Another theory holds Woman charged in Mar-a-Lago brothel owner that is written in that they paid a sheriff to look the a shorthand style that few people other way, Langsdon said. can read today. Rose, as she was known, pulled chase refuses to appear in court The interview was with madam down $30,000 a month in her Rossette Duccinni Davie, who ran prime and withstood several Associated Press the Rose Rooms brothel in Ogden prostitution charges before she endangering herself or deputies, operas and said on social media with her husband in the 1940s and local media reports. recently that she had a n unspeci- was ultimately done in by a fed- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. 1950s. Today, the location is home eral tax evasion charge, Langs- — A Connecticut opera singer Roemhild, 30, is charged with fied performance scheduled in to the nightclub Alleged, the Stan- two state counts of aggravated Palm Beach this past week. don said. charged with using an SUV to dard-Examiner reported. Now, Weber State is hoping assault on a law enforcement of- Marilyn Malcarne, a Connecti- The interview was hidden in- blast through barricades outside to find someone who can make ficer after Friday’s wild chase cut friend of the Roemhild fam- side a box of 1970s photos from of President Donald Trump’s sense of the lost interview notes. Florida estate, drawing law en- through Palm Beach and past the ily, told the South Florida Sun the newspaper, said Sarah Langs- Anyone who is interested in help- forcement gunfire, refused to president’s Mar-a-Lago club. She Sentinel that the woman’s alleged don, head of the Weber State Uni- appear in court on Saturday, de- is being held at the Palm Beach behavior is completely out of versity’s special collections. ing can call 801-626-6540. laying her initial appearance. County jail without bond. Offi- character and that she “wouldn’t “Anyone we’ve ever inter- “It’s probably been decades Palm Beach County Judge Ted cials have said Roemhild was “ob- hurt a soul.” viewed who was alive remembers since anyone has used (short- Booras said that Hannah Roem- viously impaired” and they do not “She’s incredibly talented,” her,” Langsdon said of Rossette. hand),” Langsdon said. “But if hild’s first hearing would be held believe she targeted the president Malcarne said. “She has really “She’s definitely a well-known we could find someone who can on Monday if she could be brought or Mar-a-Lago. Roemheld has ap- studied her opera singing and she figure in the history of Ogden.” decipher these notes, it could be from the jail to the court without peared in several Connecticut has an amazing voice.” It’s widely believed that city pretty fascinating.” Monday, February 3, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Video of card game at traffic light goes viral

CAPE CORAL — A FL video of three men play- ing cards at a folding table while waiting for the traffic light to change at a Florida intersection went viral. The TikTok video was posted with the caption “Florida back at it with the long lights.” The video had more than a million likes, and thousands commented on the card game. A young boy is seen in the video watching the card play- ers from the backseat of his car. The News-Press reported the video doesn’t specify what Flori- da city the men were in, but thou- sands took the opportunity to rant about the most hated local inter- sections in the comments. Man bribes postal workers to steal mail

NEWARK — A New NJ Jersey man bribed post- al service workers so they would steal checkbooks, credit cards and electronics from the mail, federal prosecutors said. Jabre Beauvoir, 21, of Elizabeth was charged with bribery and re- ceiving stolen mail. Last year, between May and September , Beauvoir offered bribes to postal workers to steal various items , prosecutors said. Text messages showed Beauvoir instructing the workers to look for certain types of mailings con- taining material to be stolen. First legal pot shop opens in Cape Cod JERRY LARSON, WACO (TEXAS) TRIBUNE-HERALD/AP

PROVINCETOWN MA — Cape Cod has its Free bird first legal pot shop. Curaleaf opened a recreational Jesse Martin, 8, center, with Moody FFA, reacts as he lifts his chicken along with others for the judge at the McLennan County Jr. Livestock marijuana store in Province- Show in Waco, Texas. town after town officials granted the Wakefield-based company the bridge, The Boston Globe THE CENSUS grass. approval. reported. The illicit landscaping ap- There are more than 30 retail peared in early January, much marijuana shops open in Massa- Woman steals 3 vehicles, The approximate number of box turtles William T. Gangemi, 27, to the delight of some nearby chusetts, which legalized recre- of Freehold, N.J., smuggled out of Oklahoma. Gangemi pleaded residents. ational use of the drug in 2016. slams others in spree guilty last fall. He was sentenced to two years’ probation and They assumed it was a protest The first shops in the state didn’t 1K ordered to pay $250,000 in restitution to the Oklahoma Depart- aimed at drawing the city’s at- NEW YORK — A open until 2018, and Cape Cod ment of Wildlife Conservation and a $100,000 fine to the U.S. tention to all the road damage in woman went on a car- communities have been reluctant NY Fish and Wildlife Service. He admitted in a plea agreement that he bought the their historic neighborhood south jacking spree in Manhattan, to allow the shops to open there. turtles and then sold them for a profit. Federal law prohibits the sale or purchase of downtown. Peaceful pothole stealing three cars, flipping one One dispensary for medical of illegally collected wildlife with a market value over $350. protests have become popular on- over and crashing into 15 other marijuana patients operates in line in recent years. the region, but most towns spe- vehicles before being taken into cifically ban retail marijuana custody, New York City police historic nature. called “Saivodus striatus“ from Coyote that bit woman sales. Provincetown, at the tip of said. The Goshen Theater’s twin- the Late Mississippian period, the Cape, is one of just six on the Police said only minor injuries kling lights wouldn’t normally said John-Paul Hodnett, a paleon- didn’t have rabies peninsula to allow it. were reported, but the carjack- be allowed under Goshen’s zon- tologist and program coordinator ings snarled traffic on the heavily ing rules, but the city’s Board of at Dinosaur Park in Maryland . YELLOWSTONE NA- traveled FDR Drive. Civil engineers get Zoning Appeals voted to grant While shark teeth are one of WY TIONAL PARK — A Aludein Marks, 25, of the Bronx the theater a variance for its mar- the most common fossils on the coyote that bit a cross-country engaged atop bridge was charged with multiple counts quee, citing the 1907 theater’s planet, fossils of shark skeletons skier in Yellowstone National of robbery, grand larceny, driving Park didn’t have rabies, park of- PORTSMOUTH — A history. are uncommon because cartilage while intoxicated and operating a ficials said. pair of civil engineers does not typically survive fossil- NH motor vehicle while impaired by Rangers treated the unidenti- took their relationship to new ization, Hodnett said. drugs. Fossils of shark teeth, fied 43-year-old woman at the heights atop a New Hampshire She was finally arrested after Canyon Visitor Education Center bridge. skeletons discovered crashing into a barrier across Pranksters fill potholes for punctures and lacerations on Dan Del Tufo arranged to have from City Hall . the Memorial Bridge in Ports- MAMMOTH CAVE — with green turf her head and arm before she was mouth lifted to its maximum KY Paleontologists working taken to another medical facility, height, and that’s where he sur- Theater marquee lights at Mammoth Cave National Park TUCSON — Prank- park officials said. prised Julia Kallmerten with to continue blinking said they discovered shark fossils AZ sters apparently fed up The young coyote may have a marriage proposal — so she that include part of a shark head with potholes in southern Ari- been starving because it had por- could, in his words, “aggravate GOSHEN — Twinkling and dorsal fins. zona have filled them with bright cupine quills in its jaw and mouth, me for the rest of my life.” She IN light bulbs that give a The fossils were parts of the green turf toupees. Yellowstone wildlife biologist said yes. northern Indiana theater’s mar- head of a shark that lived about The Arizona Daily Star re- Doug Smith said in a statement . The couple met at the Univer- quee a dramatic appearance can 330 million years ago. The find in- ported 10 of the crumbling cra- He said coyote attacks in the park sity of New Hampshire, and both continue blinking thanks to a zon- cludes a lower jaw, skull cartilage ters in Tucson have been filled are rare. have worked on projects around ing board’s nod to the building’s and several teeth from a species with carefully cut patches of fake From wire reports PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 3, 2020 WORLD First coronavirus death reported in the Philippines

Associated Press Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte approved a ban on the BEIJING — The Philippines entry of all non-citizens from reported the first death outside China from the new coronavirus China. The U.S., Japan, Singapore on Sunday, as Chinese authorities and Australia have imposed simi- delayed the opening of schools lar restrictions despite criticism in the hardest-hit province and from China and an assessment tightened the quarantine by al- from the World Health Organi- lowing only one family member zation that such measures were MARK SCHIEFELBEIN/AP to venture out to buy supplies. hurting trade and travel. The Philippine Department The death toll in China rose by A woman’s eyeglasses are fogged up as she wears a face mask during a snowfall in Beijing, on Sunday. of Health said that a 44-year- 45 to 304, and the number of cases old Chinese man from Wuhan worldwide climbed past 14,550, pending flights to China mount- tal is set to open soon afterwards. tation, such steps could worsen a was hospitalized on Jan. 25 with according to China’s National ed, countries around the world Despite the drastic travel re- domestic economy already grow- a fever, cough and sore throat Health Commission and other na- continued evacuating their citi- strictions at home, China has ing at its lowest rate in decades. and died after developing severe tions. The vast majority of those zens and a 1,000-bed hospital chafed at those imposed by for- The number of confirmed pneumonia. The man’s 38-year- infected are in China; about 150 specially built to handle corona- eign governments, criticizing cases will keep growing because old female companion, also from cases have been reported in two virus patients in the epicenter Washington’s order barring entry thousands of specimens from sus- Wuhan, tested positive for the dozen other countries. The U.S. city of Wuhan is expected to open to most non-citizens who visited pected cases have yet to be tested, virus as well and remains hospi- has recorded eight cases. on Monday, just 10 days after con- China recently. Apart from dam- said the WHO representative in talized in isolation in Manila. The number of airlines sus- struction began. A second hospi- aging China’s international repu- Beijing, Gauden Galea. More homes Driver charged after 4 children lost to fires killed in Sydney in Australia Associated Press SYDNEY — An allegedly drunken driv- BY ROD MCGUIRK er has been charged with 20 offenses in- Associated Press cluding manslaughter after an SUV struck CANBERRA, Australia — Dozens of seven children on a Sydney sidewalk, kill- ing four and seriously injuring a fifth. homes were destroyed overnight in Aus- The children were walking to buy ice tralia’s southeast but the wildfire threat cream when they were struck on Saturday had diminished by Sunday across New evening by a vehicle driven by Samuel Da- South Wales state and around the national vidson, police said. RICK RYCROFT/AP capital Canberra, officials said. Three of the children killed were siblings Bega Valley Mayor Kristy McBain said Firefighters control a spot fire near Bredbo, south of the Australian capital, Canberra, and their brother was taken to a hospital in damage in her region 150 miles south of on Sunday. serious condition. The fourth child killed Canberra had yet to be assessed by the was the daughter of their father’s cousin. New South Wales Rural Fire Service. Allan said damage assessment teams had Residents close to the fire front were The father, Danny Abdallah, told report- “There have been additional homes lost yet to confirm media reports of homes lost warned on Sunday to remain vigilant. ers on Sunday that he was heartbroken. in the Bega Valley,” McBain said. near the village of Bumbalong, 57 miles “This morning the fire is still active. “I don’t know what to say. I’m numb,” “We’re talking probably dozens more. Abdallah said. “All I want to say is please, south of Canberra. There are still days and possibly weeks of We want to make sure we continue to sup- drivers, be careful.” A dangerous fire threatened southern firefighting ahead of us,” Australian Capi- port our community. This fire isn’t over Canberra and the nearby village of Thar- His children Antony, 13, Angelina, 12 and yet,” she added. wa. The fire had burnt 136,000 acres of tal Territory Chief Minister Andrew Barr Sienna, 9, were killed. Their 10-year-old She said the overnight fire brought loss- forest and farmland by Sunday, with a pe- told reporters. bother was in serious but stable condition. es of homes in the valley to more than 400 rimeter 92 miles long, the Australian Capi- He said a state of emergency for Canber- Abdallah and his wife Leila had had six in the current fire season. tal Territory Emergency Services Agency ra and its surrounds would remain in place children. He said his cousin lost an 11- Rural Fire Service spokesman Greg said. until at least Monday. year-old child, Veronique Sakr. Two other girls aged 10 and 13 suffered minor injuries, authorities said. Davidson was arrested at the scene on London police call stabbings ‘terrorism-related’ Saturday and remained in custody. Associated Press tweeted. “The incident has been declared “They kept telling him ‘Stop, stop’,” as terrorist-related.” Tahir said. “But he didn’t stop, and then I LONDON — Police shot and killed a Police said they received reports of the saw that they shot him three times. It was man in south London after he wounded at stabbings around 2 p.m. Multiple emer- horrible seeing it. least three people in “terrorism-related” gency medical vehicles quickly filled the “Police came to us and said, ‘You have stabbings Sunday, the city’s police depart- street as helicopters hovered overhead, ac- to leave the shop because he has a bomb in ment said. cording to video shared on social media. his bag,’ ” Tahir added. The attack in the Streatham neighbor- One of the three stabbing victims is The attack took place a little over two hood marked a departure from recent at- being treated for life-threatening injuries, months after two people were stabbed to Joel Carrett, AAP Image/AP tacks in the British capital that took place Met Police said. death near London Bridge by a man who near high-profile landmarks in central Witness Karker Tahir told Sky News had recently been released from the prison The victims’ mother Leila Geagea, right, London. that undercover police officers chased a where he was serving a 16-year sentence pauses Sunday near flowers placed at the “The circumstances are being as- man down the neighborhood’s main com- for plotting a terror attack. scene where seven children were hit by a sessed,” the Metropolitan Police force mercial street. car in the Sydney suburb of Oatlands. Monday, February 3, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 WORLD Efforts to control locust outbreak underway in Kenya

Associated Press widen such efforts across East Kenya’s agriculture minister Africa. has acknowledged that authorities NASUULU CONSERVANCY, A fast response is crucial. Ex- weren’t prepared for the scope of Kenya — As locusts by the billions perts warn that if left unchecked, the infestation this year. That’s — yes, billions — descend on parts not surprising, considering it’s of Kenya in the worst outbreak in the number of locusts could grow 70 years, small planes are flying by 500 times by June, when drier been decades since the country’s low over affected areas to spray weather will help bring the out- last comparable outbreak, U.N. pesticides in what experts call break under control. officials say. the only effective control. The finger-length locusts swept Until the drier weather in June, It is challenging work, espe- into Kenya from Somalia and more rain across the region will cially in remote areas where Ethiopia after unusually heavy bring fresh vegetation to fuel fur- mobile phone signals are absent rains in recent months, deci- ther waves of locust breeding. and ground crews cannot quick- mating crops in some areas and One field in Kenya on Saturday ly communicate coordinates to threatening millions of vulner- appeared to be full of mating flight teams. able people with a hunger crisis. bright yellow locusts. The ground crews are in “the Somalia’s agriculture ministry “They are trying to mate and most woeful terrains,” Marcus on Sunday called the outbreak a reproduce, so we need more help Dunn, a pilot and the director at national emergency and major and we are racing against time,” Farmland Aviation, said Satur- threat to the country’s fragile said Salat Tutana, the chief agri- day. “If there is no network, then food security, saying the “un- culture officer in Isiolo county. the fellow on a boda boda (motor- commonly large” locust swarms “So far we have decimated cycle), he has to rush off now and are consuming huge amounts of around five swarms in Samburu go and get a network.” crops. and Isiolo (counties) but we keep Just five planes are currently In swarms the size of major cit- on receiving more swarms every spraying as Kenyan and other ies, the locusts also have affected week, and that is a lot in terms of authorities try to stop the locusts parts of Sudan, Djibouti and Er- the ecosystem,” he said. “They BEN CURTIS/AP from spreading to neighboring itrea, whose agriculture ministry are destroying the environment.” Uganda and South Sudan. The says both the military and gen- Within hours, the locusts can Ranger Gabriel Lesoipa is surrounded by desert locusts as he and a United Nations has said $76 mil- eral public have been deployed to strip a pasture of much of its ground team relay the coordinates of the swarm to a plane spraying lion is needed immediately to combat them. vegetation. pesticides Saturday in Nasuulu Conservancy, northern Kenya. PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 3, 2020 FACES ‘The Crown’ names next and last queen “The Crown,” Netfl ix’s hit drama series about the British royal family, will end earlier than expected and has revealed its next and last queen. Creator and showrunner Peter Morgan had said he expected to cre- ate six seasons, but now thinks fi ve is the “perfect time and place to stop.” Imelda Staunton has been tapped to be the last actress to play Queen Elizabeth II. She will take the crown in the fi fth season from Olivia Col- man, who succeeded Claire Foy. “Imelda is an astonishing talent and will be a fantastic successor,” Mor- gan said in a statement Friday. Staunton is an Olivier Award- winner whose fi lms include “Vera Drake,” “Nanny McPhee” and “Har- ry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” She played Lady Maud Bagshaw in the “Downton Abbey” movie. “The Crown” has won a Golden Globe for best TV drama and both Foy and Colman won best actress Globes in the royal role. Season three arrived on Netfl ix in December. Sandler signs on to make 4 more films for Netflix Netflix announced Friday that Adam Sandler and his Happy Madi- son Productions reached a deal to make four more films for the streaming giant. He’s had five films with the studio along with the stand- up special “Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh.” Netflix leader Ted Sarandos said the company is excited to extend its partnership with Sandler, because Inspired again audiences “love his stories and his humor.” The company said his 2019 comedy “Murder Mystery” starring CHRIS PIZZELLO/AP him and Jennifer Aniston was the most popular film on Netflix in the Singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor celebrates her comeback from vocal cord surgery on her new album, “Treat Myself.” U.S. last year and one of the most popular in eight other countries. Meghan Trainor puts pain behind her, changes it up on new album ‘Queen of Suspense’ Clark dies at 92 BY MARK KENNEDY “When I try to write, I try to give all my This time, some of the producers include Mary Higgins Clark, the tireless Associated Press influences in that. I always want to make up Mike Sabath, Eddie Benjamin, King Henry, and long-reigning “Queen of Sus- a pretend genre — six different genres in Ojivolta, Zach Skelton, Sigala, Tyler John- pense“ whose tales of women beat- our years ago, Meghan Trainor one song,” she says. son and Andrew Wells, purposely trying to ing the odds made her one of the won the Grammy Award for best Tommy Bruce, her manager, has watched lift up emerging talent. She also shared the world’s most popular writers, died new artist. On the first anniver- as Trainor over the past three years has ex- microphone with Minaj, Nicole Scherzinger, Friday at age 92. sary of that win she was literally plored whatever musical inspiration strikes, AJ Mitchell, Lennon Stella, Sasha Sloan and Her publisher, Simon & Schuster, speechless — under the knife for not caring about labels or charts. F Sabath. announced that she died of natural vocal surgery. “She is such a wildly talented artist, from “We felt like finally we have an album full causes in Naples, Fla. It was her second time in the operating musicianship to songwriting to producing, of hit singles and I’m so confident in every room for vocal cord work and it led to weeks Widowed in her late 30s with five and she has this ability to move between song. We kept writing and saying, ‘May the of silence, anxiety and depression. The “All children, she became a perennial genre and style with such ease,” he says. best song win,’ ” she says. “Now we have About That Bass” singer worried she’d best-seller, writing or co-writing “A Listen very carefully to Trainor’s new this album that we’re finally ready to show never be able to perform again. Stranger Is Watching,“ “Daddy’s album and you’ll discover it’s very much the world.” “I went to a dark place. And I climbed out Little Girl“ and more than 50 other a family affair. Her brothers — Justin and Many of the songs have Trainor’s trade- of it and I conquered it and I was really proud favorites. Sales topped 100 million Ryan — have writing credits and sing back- mark messages of empowerment. “Love copies. of myself,” she tells The Associated Press ground. Her parents — Gary and Kelli — yourself,” she sings in “Babygirl.” On “Wor- “My therapist was like, ‘You should treat supply background vocals and claps. Even kin’ On It,” she admits to fighting thoughts yourself after what you went through.’ ” her husband, actor Daryl Sabara, sings on Other news of self-loathing: “I should give myself way So that’s why Trainor’s third album is nine tracks. Andy Gill, more love.” And on “No Excuses,” she de- Guitarist who sup- called “Treat Myself,” a 15-track collection “He’s my No. 1 fan, like legitimately,“ she plied the scratching, seething sound that sees the singer-songwriter stretch past says of Sabara. “He plays my music all the mands respect: “I don’t disrespect you, don’t you disrespect me.” that fueled the highly influential her signature doo-wop pop sound to em- time. I hear him blasting it in the car and British post-punk band Gang of “It’s really hard to write a self-love, em- brace hip-hop and electronic elements. when he’s in the shower. It’s just the best to Four, died Saturday after a brief powering anthem without being cheesy,” she There’s the Sia-like “Wave,” the slinky feel so loved and supported like that by your respiratory illness, according to a club banger “Please To Meet Ya” with Nicki husband.” says. “That’s something that the world loves statement from the band. He was 64. Minaj and soaring ballads like “After You” For this album, Trainor sought out new and needs. I know I need it, and it’s some- Gill, along with original bandmates alongside familiar retro and ’60s-inspired producers, which resulted in stretching her thing I want to hear on the radio. So those Jon King, Hugo Burnham and Dave tunes like “No Excuses” and “Evil Twin.” sound. She had success with Ricky Reed on are my favorite songs to write because I’m Allen released in 1979 one of the “I’ve always been writing songs in many the last album, “Thank You,” but says she working on it every single day — my con- most seminal albums of the punk genres,” she says. Her dad introduced her felt too safe doing it again. fidence and my self love. I know somebody era, “Entertainment!” Gill was also to gospel, soul and funk, like Ray Charles “I’m a creature of habit. When I found else needs it, too.” a respected record producer, nota- and Stevie Wonder. Mom leaned toward the someone who understood how I worked, I The album also has a few inside jokes. It bly working with the Red Hot Chili pop of Madonna and ABBA. A Trinidadian thought, ‘This is great. Let’s do this forever.’ gives her a kick that the title “Treat Myself” Peppers on their self-titled debut in uncle turned her on to soca music. She her- So for this album, I really wanted to get out is her initials backward. And she has a call- 1984. Other bands he produced in- self grew up with Britney Spears and the there and meet as many songwriters and back to her first big hit in “Genetics” when clude The Jesus Lizard, the Stran- Backstreet Boys. producers as I could.” she sings “How you get dat bass?” glers and Killing Joke. Monday, February 3, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 3, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Human reclamation through bricklaying Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff BY GEORGE F. WILL To a person from a inmates return to communities where they Washington Post Writers Group had barely been connected to its constitu- fractured family, a job says: tive units — families, schools and civic, EDITORIAL PITTSBURGH Someone objectively values religious and commercial institutions. Re- n the 1940s, Steve Shelton’s grand- integration — acquiring residences, driv- Terry Leonard, Editor father dressed up — white shirt, tie, [email protected] you — enough to pay you er’s licenses, bus passes, bank accounts, fedora — to take the streetcar to the health care, child care, employment — can , Senior Managing Editor to spend eight hours a day Robert H. Reid steel mill where he would change into be bewildering, demoralizing and exhaust- [email protected] I work clothes, and would shower before adding value to a project. ing. Some of TIP’s trainees are “couch Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content dressing up to return home. “There was,” surfing” — moving from one residence to [email protected] Shelton says, “such dignity in the trades another, night by night. All receive finan- back then.” cial counseling. And there are driving les- Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation There still is at the Trade Institute of [email protected] upsides — has a floor covered with bricks, sons in the factory’s parking lot. Pittsburgh that Shelton launched. There, cinder blocks, tubs of mortar and people But every morning at 8 a.m. — not 8:01, Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital in what used to be a Westinghouse Elec- trying to get the hang of building things, because, Shelton says, in construction time [email protected] tric factory, some men, many in their 30s and get on the bottom rung of the ladder of is money — the trainees sit in the “grati- looking for their first legal jobs, and a few upward mobility. tude circle.” There, each says something BUREAU STAFF women learn to wield trowels and mortar, Things were made in the factory in the for which he or she is thankful. They all thereby deriving from bricklaying (and 1920s when Pittsburgh, then America’s can mention this: 10 weeks — 340 hours — Europe/Mideast welding, carpentry and painting) a dignity 9th most populous city (in 1920 it was just of free training. And a job on the horizon, Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief they did not feel when they grew up on this ahead of Los Angeles) made the nation’s sometimes a union job at $22.58 an hour. [email protected] city’s meanest streets, or when, for 85% of +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 steel ligaments. In 2020, builders are To a person from a fractured family, a them, their incarcerations ended. made in the factory. Pittsburgh, now 66th job says: Someone objectively values you Pacific Shelton, 59, was 12 when he first was in population, has put aside smokestacks — enough to pay you to spend eight hours Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief taken to a construction site. “I just wanted and remade itself around technology and a day adding value to a project. To a per- [email protected] +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 to build stuff,” so after enjoying two things health care. 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To a person whose education con- [email protected] trunk of my car.” Eventually, however, he Shelton’s $1.4 million annual budget, ferred only rudimentary skills, a job says: (+1)(202)886-0033 Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News wondered: “Where are all the young guys?” from private and public sources, enables You have risen from among the unskilled [email protected] He saw: “Everyone was being pushed to him and his staff “to take someone from to the rank of craftsman. college.” He thought: “Having guys 55 or nothing to a living wage in 10 weeks.” An expert bricklayer’s virtuosity with a CIRCULATION 60 years old on top of scaffolding, laying Cameron Meadows, TIP’s assistant ma- trowel and mortar — Shelton’s is magical bricks, is not sustainable.” sonry instructor, served 10 years for shoot- — as he or she manipulates bricks with mo- Mideast He knew there were guys like him “who Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager ing someone in a bar fight, long before TIP tions so fluid that the bricks seem weight- [email protected] want to work with their hands.” Many changed his life. 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Sports College basketball Men’s Top 25 Fared Purchase 106, OldWestbury 91 Cent. Missouri 59, Washburn 56 Penn 66, Dartmouth 33 on AFN Ramapo 78, Rowan 66 Chicago 62, Bradley 51 Princeton 60, Harvard 46 Saturday Robert Morris 64, CCSU 57 Cincinnati 64, Houston 62 Quinnipiac 67, Iona 63 1. Baylor (19-1) beat TCU 68-52. Next: Rutgers-Camden 79, Kean 75 Concordia (Ill.) 89, Milwaukee Engi- Rhode Island 47, George Mason 42 at Kansas State, Monday. S. Maine 72, Keene St. 63 neering 81, OT Rider 48, Monmouth (NJ) 25 2. Gonzaga (23-1) beat San Francis- S. New Hampshire 74, Pace 68 Concordia (Neb.) 75, Chestnut Hill 74 Robert Morris 80, CCSU 42 Go to the American Forces co 83-79. Next: vs. Loyola Marymount, SUNY Maritime 81, Farmingdale St. 73 Concordia (Wis.) 79, Rockford 78 Siena 72, Canisius 43 Thursday. SUNY-IT 85, Cazenovia 71 Dayton 70, Fordham 56 St. Francis (Pa.) 64, Bryant 58 Network website for the most 3. Kansas (18-3) beat Texas Tech 78-75. Sacred Heart 83, St. Francis (NY) 76 DePauw 71, Oberlin 62 St. Francis Brooklyn 71, Sacred Heart up-to-date TV schedules. Next: vs. Texas, Monday. Sage 73, Hartwick 63 Denison 63, Kenyon 62 70 4. San Diego State (23-0) beat Utah Saint Louis 78, Saint Joseph’s 73 E. Michigan 61, Toledo 57 Stony Brook 66, UMBC 49 myafn.net State 80-68. Next: at Air Force, Saturday. Salem St. 82, Fitchburg St. 64 Eureka 93, Westminster (Mo.) 74 Vermont 52, Albany (NY) 36 5. Florida State (18-3) beat Virginia Salisbury 84, St. Mary’s (Md.) 80 Ferris St. 93, Wayne St. (Mich.) 67 Yale 74, Cornell 67 Tech 74-63. Next: vs. North Carolina, Seton Hill 73, Clarion 67 Findlay 91, Walsh 86 SOUTH Monday. Shaw 86, Lincoln (Pa.) 80 Greenville 155, Fontbonne 149, OT Appalachian St. 83, Georgia Southern 6. Louisville (19-3) beat N.C. State 77- Springfield 90, Clark 71 Heidelberg 89, Wilmington (Ohio) 73 75 Golf 57. Next: vs. Wake Forest, Wednesday. St. Anselm 97, S. Connecticut 82 Hillsdale 75, Malone 68 Arkansas St. 54, Louisiana-Monroe 53 7. Dayton (20-2) beat Fordham 70-56. St. Bonaventure 74, George Mason 65 Hiram 73, Ohio Wesleyan 63 Bethune-Cookman 78, Florida A&M 57 Next: vs. Saint Louis, Saturday. St. Francis (Pa.) 84, Bryant 64 Ill.-Chicago 64, Cleveland St. 62 Campbell 80, SC-Upstate 72 Phoenix Open 8. Villanova (17-4) lost to Creighton 76- St. John Fisher 106, Alfred 101 Illinois Tech 77, Edgewood 70 Cent. Arkansas 51, Northwestern St. 44 Saturday 61. Next: at No. 16 Butler, Wednesday. St. Joseph’s (NY) 80, Sarah Lawrence Indiana St. 78, Missouri St. 68 9. Duke (18-3) beat Syracuse 97-88. 68 John Carroll 67, Marietta 54 Charlotte 63, Southern Miss. 59 At TPC Scottsdale Chattanooga 91, ETSU 82 Scottsdale, Ariz. Next: at Boston College, Tuesday. St. Thomas Aquinas 95, Mercy 80 Kansas 78, Texas Tech 75 Lake Erie 71, Kentucky Wesleyan 62 Coastal Carolina 87, Georgia St. 45 Purse: $7.3 million 10. Seton Hall (16-5) lost to Xavier 74- Staten Island 96, Medgar Evers 95 Stevens Tech 77, Delaware Valley 54 Lake Forest 65, Knox 60 E. Illinois 76, Austin Peay 47 Yardage: 7,261; Par: 71 62. Next: at Georgetown, Wednesday. 11. Oregon (18-5) lost to Stanford 70- Stonehill 92, St. Rose 71 Lawrence 82, Monmouth (Ill.) 77 Florida Gulf Coast 74, Liberty 65 Third Round 60. Next: at Oregon State, Saturday. Stony Brook 74, UMBC 63 Manchester 61, Hanover 51 Gardner-Webb 67, Charleston South- Tony Finau 69-66-62—197 -16 12. West Virginia (17-4) beat Kan- Susquehanna 78, Goucher 57 Marquette 76, DePaul 72 ern 45 Webb Simpson 71-63-64—198 -15 sas State 66-57. Next: vs. Iowa State, Swarthmore 74, Gettysburg 70 Michigan 69, Rutgers 63 Hampton 76, UNC-Asheville 66 Hudson Swafford 66-67-66—199 -14 Wednesday. Temple 76, East Carolina 64 Minn. St. (Moorhead) 85, Concordia High Point 94, Winthrop 61 J.B. Holmes 64-65-70—199 -14 13. Kentucky (16-5) lost to No. 17 Au- Ursinus 69, McDaniel 51 (St.P.) 72 Houston 66, Tulane 60 Xander Schauffele 67-67-66—200 -13 burn 75-66. Next: vs. Mississippi State, Utica 83, Elmira 66 Missouri-St. Louis 77, McKendree 68 Jackson St. 90, MVSU 61 Adam Long 66-68-66—200 -13 Tuesday. Vermont 86, Albany (NY) 75 Mount Union 75, Ohio Northern 63 Jacksonville 67, North Alabama 56 Scott Piercy 67-65-68—200 -13 14. Michigan State (16-6) lost to Wis- W. New England 81, Salve Regina 79 Muskingum 83, Baldwin Wallace 73 Jacksonville St. 60, Belmont 41 Mark Hubbard 69-68-64—201 -12 consin 64-63. Next: vs. No. 24 Penn State, Washington (Md.) 55, Franklin & Mar- N. Dakota St. 71, Fort Wayne 60 Lamar 87, McNeese St. 69 Byeong Hun An 65-66-70—201 -12 Tuesday. shall 43 N. Illinois 70, Miami (Ohio) 55 Memphis 63, Tulsa 44 Nate Lashley 66-67-69—202 -11 15. Maryland (17-4) did not play. Next: West Virginia 66, Kansas St. 57 N. Iowa 80, Evansville 68 Middle Tennessee 69, UTSA 48 John Huh 71-66-66—203 -10 vs. No. 25 Rutgers, Tuesday. Westfield St. 86, Framingham St. 73 NW Missouri St. 84, Cent. Oklahoma 79 Morgan St. 68, Howard 52 Max Homa 72-67-64—203 -10 16. Butler (17-5) lost to Providence 65- Wittenberg 77, Allegheny 75 Northwood (Mich.) 76, N. Michigan 64 Murray St. 74, SIU-Edwardsville 60 Luke List 70-69-64—203 -10 61. Next: vs. No. 8 Villanova, Wednesday. Worcester Tech 86, Wheaton 73 Notre Dame 80, Georgia Tech 72 N. Kentucky 63, Green Bay 43 Tom Hoge 65-71-67—203 -10 17. Auburn (19-2) beat No. 13 Kentucky Xavier 74, Seton Hall 62 Ohio St. 68, Indiana 59 NC A&T 53, Norfolk St. 39 Jon Rahm 67-68-68—203 -10 75-66. Next: at Arkansas, Tuesday. Yale 86, Cornell 71 Olivet 73, Hope 67 NC Central 90, SC State 49 Collin Morikawa 69-67-68—204 -9 18. Iowa (15-6) did not play. Next: vs. York (Pa.) 62, S. Virginia 57 Oral Roberts 86, Denver 77 North Florida 57, Kennesaw St. 33 Bubba Watson 69-66-69—204 -9 No. 19 Illinois, Sunday. SOUTH Penn St. 76, Nebraska 64 Old Dominion 77, Louisiana Tech 61 Branden Grace 67-67-70—204 -9 19. Illinois (16-5) did not play. Next: at Alabama St. 52, Prairie View 49 Pittsburg St. 64, Northeastern St. 59 Prairie View 62, Alabama St. 59 Wyndham Clark 61-69-74—204 -9 Providence 65, Butler 61 Radford 65, Presbyterian 39 No. 18 Iowa, Sunday. Albany St. (Ga.) 72, Savannah St. 57 SE Louisiana 73, New Orleans 57 Billy Horschel 63-68-73—204 -9 20. Colorado (17-5) beat Southern Cal Anderson (SC) 75, Carson-Newman 72 Purdue 61, Northwestern 58 Ripon 104, Grinnell 71 SE Missouri 60, E. Kentucky 44 Russell Knox 71-67-67—205 -8 78-57. Next: vs. California, Thursday. Arkansas 82, Alabama 78 Samford 56, UNC-Greensboro 42 Matt Kuchar 68-70-67—205 -8 21. Houston (17-5) lost to Cincinnati Auburn 75, Kentucky 66 Rockhurst 70, Quincy 68, OT Rose Hulman 85, Mount St. Joseph 78 Southern U. 74, Alcorn St. 57 Harris English 65-72-68—205 -8 64-62. Next: vs. Tulane, Thursday. Augusta 74, Columbus St. 64 Stetson 48, Lipscomb 34 Justin Thomas 68-68-69—205 -8 22. LSU (17-4) beat Mississippi 73-63. Austin Peay 68, E. Illinois 64 S. Dakota St. 71, W. Illinois 61 S. Illinois 79, Drake 72 Tennessee Tech 88, Tennessee St. 47 James Hahn 69-67-69—205 -8 Next: at Vanderbilt, Wednesday. Barry 96, Eckerd 93, OT Texas Southern 65, Alabama A&M 58 23. Wichita State (17-3) lost to Tulsa Belmont 78, Jacksonville St. 64 S. Indiana 83, Lindenwood (Mo.) 74 Brandon Hagy 67-69-69—205 -8 Saginaw Valley St. 73, Mich. Tech 69 Troy 85, South Alabama 68 Keith Mitchell 68-67-70—205 -8 54-51. Next: vs. Cincinnati, Thursday. Benedict 83, Clark Atlanta 70 UAB 63, UTEP 51 24. Penn State (16-5) beat Nebraska Boston College 71, North Carolina 70 Southwest Baptist 93, Missouri S&T 76 Harry Higgs 70-68-68—206 -7 St. Thomas (Minn.) 106, Gustavus UALR 59, Louisiana-Lafayette 44 Sungjae Im 66-72-68—206 -7 76-64. Next: at No. 14 Michigan State, Cent. Arkansas 79, Northwestern St. 71 Adolphus 67 UCF 67, SMU 57 Gary Woodland 70-67-69—206 -7 Tuesday. Covenant 72, Greensboro 62 Tiffin 77, Ohio Dominican 74 UT Martin 82, Morehead St. 64 Brian Harman 71-68-67—206 -7 25. Rutgers (16-6) lost to Michigan 69- Davidson 85, UMass 50 Transylvania 83, Defiance 67 W. Carolina 51, Mercer 40 Danny Lee 68-69-69—206 -7 63. Next: at No. 15 Maryland, Tuesday. E. Kentucky 70, SE Missouri 57 Valparaiso 80, Illinois St. 70 W. Kentucky 71, FIU 51 Daniel Berger 69-71-66—206 -7 E. Mennonite 70, Randolph 63 Wabash 68, Wooster 67 Wofford 66, Furman 62 Patrick Rodgers 67-69-70—206 -7 Saturday’s men’s scores ETSU 82, UNC-Greensboro 65 Wis. Lutheran 82, Dominican 72 MIDWEST Hideki Matsuyama 67-74-65—206 -7 Elon 74, Northeastern 69 Wisconsin 64, Michigan St. 63 Akron 88, E. Michigan 81 Kevin Tway 72-67-68—207 -6 EAST Emmanuel 93, Mount Olive 91, OT Youngstown St. 91, IUPUI 76 Ball St. 68, W. Michigan 65 Bud Cauley 65-72-70—207 -6 Adelphi 77, Bentley 75 FAU 91, Marshall 73 SOUTHWEST Cent. Michigan 92, Ohio 90 Doc Redman 69-67-71—207 -6 American International 85, St. Mi- FIU 81, W. Kentucky 76 Abilene Christian 72, Incarnate Word Cleveland St. 83, Ill.-Chicago 43 Carlos Ortiz 71-69-67—207 -6 chael’s 75 Ferrum 73, Bridgewater (Va.) 65 58 IUPUI 77, Youngstown St. 69 Rickie Fowler 74-65-69—208 -5 Army 80, Lehigh 79 Flagler 79, Georgia College 58 Ark.-Fort Smith 78, Okla. Christian 52 Miami (Ohio) 80, Bowling Green 59 Sung Kang 67-72-69—208 -5 Assumption 95, Le Moyne 61 Florida 61, Vanderbilt 55 Baylor 68, TCU 52 Milwaukee 77, Wright St. 67 Keegan Bradley 67-70-71—208 -5 Babson 96, Coast Guard 84 Florida A&M 73, Bethune-Cookman 67 Coastal Carolina 83, Arkansas St. 77 N. Illinois 64, Buffalo 63 Adam Hadwin 69-67-72—208 -5 Boston U. 77, Bucknell 57 Florida Southern 82, Embry-Riddle 77 Dallas 67, Colorado 64 North Dakota 63, Fort Wayne 49 Charley Hoffman 71-70-67—208 -5 Bowdoin 78, Bates 73 Florida St. 74, Virginia Tech 63 Grambling St. 49, Ark.-Pine Bluff 47 Oakland 65, Detroit 60 Bowie St. 86, Virginia St. 81, 2OT Francis Marion 83, Georgia South- Houston Baptist 82, Texas A&M-CC 77 Toledo 69, Kent St. 60 Bridgeport 92, Queens (NY) 65 western 75 Middle Tennessee 83, UTSA 80 UMKC 73, Chicago St. 57 Morocco Champions Brown 72, Columbia 66 Georgia 63, Texas A&M 48 Oklahoma 82, Oklahoma St. 69 W. Illinois 86, N. Dakota St. 79 Cabrini 87, Neumann 76 Hampden-Sydney 61, Shenandoah 56 Saturday Rice 84, North Texas 75 Wichita St. 57, East Carolina 55 Cairn 87, City Colllege (NY) 52 Hampton 87, Presbyterian 81, OT SMU 82, Tulane 67 SOUTHWEST At Samanah Golf Club California (Pa.) 98, Slippery Rock 70 Hofstra 83, William & Mary 60 Marrakech, Morocco SW Oklahoma 85, Ark.-Monticello 84 Ark.-Pine Bluff 84, Grambling St. 79 Centenary (NJ) 85, Rosemont 73 Jackson St. 85, MVSU 65 Stephen F. Austin 81, Sam Houston St. Incarnate Word 71, Abilene Christian 70 Purse: $2 million Christopher Newport 81, Mary Wash- Jacksonville 85, North Alabama 83 76 Yardage: 7,369; Par: 72 Rice 67, North Texas 52 ington 68 James Madison 83, UNC-Wilmington 66 Texas 72, Iowa St. 68 S. Dakota St. 76, Oral Roberts 61 Final Cobleskill 86, KC 56 King (Tenn.) 93, Barton 87 Texas St. 71, Louisiana-Lafayette 66 Brett Quigley, $320,000 69-66-66—201 -15 Sam Houston St. 63, Stephen F. Austin Colby Sawyer 77, Anna Maria 76 LSU 73, Mississippi 63 Texas-Arlington 68, La.-Monroe 54 55 Stephen Ames, $176,000 63-69-70—202 -14 Colgate 73, Holy Cross 64 Lagrange 103, Berea 97 Tulsa 54, Wichita St. 51 Doug Barron, $131,000 71-66-68—205 -11 TCU 65, Kansas St. 61 Coll. of Charleston 79, Towson 70 Lamar 96, McNeese St. 91 UAB 69, UTEP 55 Texas A&M-CC 75, Houston Baptist 65 Scott Parel, $131,000 68-68-69—205 -11 Cortland 100, Buffalo St. 73 Lees-Mcrae 92, Belmont Abbey 87 UALR 93, Appalachian St. 86 Texas State 72, Texas-Arlington 55 Woody Austin, $82,867 69-71-66—206 -10 Creighton 76, Villanova 61 Liberty 61, Florida Gulf Coast 46 FAR WEST Texas Tech 109, Oklahoma St. 79 J.M. Olazabel, $82,867 67-68-71—206 -10 DeSales 84, Kings (Pa.) 60 Longwood 84, Gardner-Webb 81, OT Academy of Art 76, Hawaii Hilo 66 FAR WEST Bernhard Langer, $82,867 67-68-71—206 -10 Delaware 80, Drexel 72 Louisiana College 85, Belhaven 66 Arizona 66, Washington St. 49 Boise St. 83, Nevada 72 Rod Pampling, $60,000 68-68-71—207 -9 Delaware St. 77, Coppin St. 68 Louisiana Tech 76, Old Dominion 73 Arizona St. 87, Washington 83 Cal Poly 52, CS Northridge 41 Kevin Sutherland, $60,000 68-70-69—207 -9 Dominican (NY) 83, Holy Family 50 Louisville 77, NC State 57 BYU 81, Saint Mary’s (Cal.) 79 Fresno St. 84, New Mexico 78 Paul Broadhurst, $48,000 71-70-67—208 -8 Drew 80, Juniata 66 Mars Hill 75, Coker 74 Boise St. 73, Nevada 64 Gonzaga 59, BYU 44 Stephen Leaney, $48,000 70-68-70—208 -8 Duke 97, Syracuse 88 Maryville (Tenn.) 79, Huntingdon 67 Cal Baptist 72, Seattle 65 Grand Canyon 60, New Mexico St. 49 Duffy Waldorf, $48,000 72-68-68—208 -8 Eastern 73, Wilkes 70, OT Memphis 70, UConn 63 Cal Poly-Pomona 82, Sonoma St. 52 Hawaii 68, Long Beach St. 44 Darren Clarke, $37,050 71-68-70—209 -7 Elizabethtown 70, Scranton 68 Mercer 76, The Citadel 71 California 69, Oregon St. 67 Idaho St. 73, S. Utah 54 C. Montgomerie, $37,050 67-69-73—209 -7 Elms 74, Eastern Nazarene 69 Mississippi St. 86, Tennessee 73 Colorado 78, Southern Cal 57 Montana St. 66, Montana 61 Mark O’Meara, $37,050 71-68-70—209 -7 Emerson 86, MIT 57 Morehead St. 85, UT Martin 77 Colorado St. 95, UNLV 77 N. Arizona 71, Idaho 70 Tom Pernice Jr., $37,050 68-71-70—209 -7 Emmanuel 95, Regis 79 Murray St. 74, SIU-Edwardsville 55 E. Washington 59, Sacramento St. 54 N. Colorado 69, Weber St. 65 Retief Goosen, $30,000 67-73-70—210 -6 FDU-Florham 79, Misericordia 62 NC A&T 74, Norfolk St. 68 Fresno Pacific 69, Dominican (Cal) 66 Oregon 101, Colorado 53 Kent Jones, $30,000 69-69-72—210 -6 Fairleigh Dickinson 85, Mount St. NC Central 73, SC State 56 Fresno St. 82, New Mexico 77 Oregon St. 77, Utah 65 Scott McCarron, $30,000 71-65-74—210 -6 Mary’s 75 New Orleans 84, SE Louisiana 73 Gonzaga 83, San Francisco 79 Pacific 87, Loyola Marymount 70 Marco Dawson, $24,000 72-68-71—211 -5 Franciscan 54, Penn St. Behrend 52 North Florida 86, Kennesaw St. 45 Montana 78, Montana St. 64 Pepperdine 73, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 64 Larry Mize, $24,000 71-69-71—211 -5 Gallaudet 70, Penn St.-Abington 53 Pfeiffer 110, NC Wesleyan 98 N. Arizona 77, Idaho 72 Rio Grande 66, CS Bakersfield 52 Tommy Tolles, $24,000 73-70-68—211 -5 Gannon 64, Pitt.-Johnstown 58 Radford 77, Charleston Southern 74, N. Colorado 70, Weber St. 52 Sacramento St. 74, E. Washington 67 Kirk Triplett, $24,000 70-67-74—211 -5 Goldey-Beacom 94, Bloomfield 67 OT NW Nazarene 81, Simon Fraser 77 San Diego 62, Portland 58 Billy Andrade, $18,286 69-72-71—212 -4 Gordon 83, Endicott 77 Randolph Macon 79, Emory & Henry 54 New Mexico St. 72, Grand Canyon 52 San Diego St. 59, Utah St. 51 M.A. Jimenez, $18,286 70-72-70—212 -4 Grove City 75, Bethany (WV) 66 Richmond 76, George Washington 54 Pacific 66, San Diego 58 San Francisco 72, Santa Clara 66 Sandy Lyle, $18,286 71-69-72—212 -4 Hartford 55, Maine 49 Rollins 87, Tampa 74 Pepperdine 68, Loyola Marymount 67, Seattle 83, California Baptist 49 Roger Chapman, $18,286 70-68-74—212 -4 Haverford 86, Dickinson 75 SC-Upstate 91, Campbell 74 OT UC Davis 66, UC Santa Barbara 63 Jerry Kelly, $18,286 69-70-73—212 -4 Husson 70, Thomas (Maine) 61 S. Alabama 79, Georgia Southern 69 S. Utah 80, Idaho St. 75 UC Irvine 77, UC Riverside 53 Jesper Parnevik, $18,286 70-69-73—212 -4 Jefferson 79, Caldwell 70, OT South Carolina 76, Missouri 54 San Diego St. 80, Utah St. 68 UNLV 56, Colorado St. 52 Ken Tanigawa, $18,286 68-70-74—212 -4 John Jay 67, Baruch 51 South Florida 64, UCF 48 Santa Clara 85, Portland 61 Wyoming 80, San Jose St. 45 Johns Hopkins 82, Muhlenberg 73 Southern Miss. 74, Charlotte 68, OT Stanford 70, Oregon 60 OTHER Keystone 96, Bryn Athyn 81 Southern U. 93, Alcorn St. 82 Texas Rio Grande Valley 70, CS Bakers- LIU 68, Merrimack 60 Saudi International La Roche 82, D’Youville 75 Southern Wesleyan 83, Limestone 63 field 59 Lafayette 82, American 70 Stetson 55, Lipscomb 53 UC Davis 66, Cal Poly 51 Sunday UC Irvine 91, Cal St.-Fullerton 61 Royal Greens Golf & CC Lancaster Bible 75, Penn St.-Berks 69 Tennessee St. 72, Tennessee Tech 67 Lasell 88, Rivier 80 Texas Southern 82, Alabama A&M 73 UC Santa Barbara 87, Long Beach St. 62 Economic City, Saudi Arabia Deals Lebanon Valley 87, ALVR 83, 2OT Troy 84, Georgia St. 78 UMKC 69, Chicago St. 51 Purse: $3.5 million Loyola (Md.) 79, Navy 73 Tusculum 75, Newberry 66 W. New Mexico 81, E. New Mexico 76 Yardage: 7,010; Par: 70 Maine-Presque Isle 98, Lyndon St. 97 Va. Wesleyan 78, Lynchburg 59 Western St. (Col.) 81, Regis 77 Saturday’s transactions Final Mass.-Lowell 77, New Hampshire 75 W. Carolina 64, Chattanooga 61 Wyoming 71, San Jose St. 66 G. McDowell, N. Ireland 64-68-66-70—268 Merchant Marine 77, Mount St. Wake Forest 56, Clemson 44 BASEBALL D. Johnson, United States 67-68-68-67—270 Vincemt 67 Washington & Lee 90, Guilford 61 Saturday’s women’s scores National League Thomas Pieters, Belgium 70-67-69-65—271 Mercyhurst 68, Indiana (Pa.) 62 West Alabama 78, West Florida 43 CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms P. Mickelson, United States 66-70-68-67—271 Merrimack 70, LIU 59 West Georgia 81, Christian Brothers 74 EAST with RHP Jeremy Jeffress on a one-year Gavin Green, Malaysia 64-67-70-70—271 Middlebury 77, Connecticut College 61 William Peace 89, Brevard 77 Boston U. 52, Bucknell 48 contract. Sergio Garcia, Spain 69-68-70-66—273 Moravian 59, Catholic 56 Wingate 80, Lenoir-Rhyne 75 Colgate 71, Holy Cross 60 MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Signed 3B Abraham Ancer, Mexico 69-70-67-67—273 Morgan St. 89, Howard 83 Winthrop 104, UNC-Asheville 71 Columbia 74, Brown 60 Andres Blanco and RHP Mike Morin to Ross Fisher, England 66-68-71-68—273 Mount Aloysius 75, Alfred St. 71 Wofford 80, Samford 56 Delaware St. 72, Coppin St. 55 minor league contracts. Thomas Detry, Belgium 73-66-65-69—273 NYIT 72, Molloy 70, OT MIDWEST Florida St. 66, Pittsburgh 41 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Designated Victor Dubuisson, France 69-65-65-74—273 Nazareth 87, Houghton 77 Albion 75, Calvin 66 Fordham 62, La Salle 45 RHP Trevor Kelley for assignment. D. Burmester, South Africa 71-68-68-67—274 New Haven 78, Franklin Pierce 73 Alma 83, Adrian 72 Lafayette 67, American U. 52 HOCKEY Matthieu Pavon, France 68-71-67-68—274 Nyack 85, Sciences (Pa.) 74 Anderson (Ind.) 85, Earlham 80 Lehigh 94, Army 65 National Hockey League Pablo Larrazabal, Spain 69-68-74-64—275 Penn 54, Dartmouth 46 Ashland 81, Lake Superior St. 66 Loyola (Md.) 50, Navy 44 ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled D Kyle Martin Kaymer, Germany 73-64-73-65—275 Penn St.-Altoona 98, Medaille 80 Ball St. 65, Ohio 54 Maine 69, Hartford 52 Capobianco from Tucson (AHL). Shane Lowry, Ireland 69-67-70-69—275 Penn St.-Harrisburg 99, Penn College Bellarmine 77, Lewis 60 Manhattan 68, St. Peter’s 64 DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned G Ashun Wu, China 71-66-68-70—275 81 Beloit 73, Illinois College 70 Marist 82, Niagara 57 Calvin Pickard to Grand Rapids (AHL). Jack Senior, England 71-69-71-65—276 Pitt.-Greensburg 92, Pitt.-Bradford 72 Bemidji St. 78, SW Minnesota 64 Marshall 85, FAU 75 SOCCER J. Vegas, Venezuela 65-71-71-69—276 Plymouth St. 66, W. Connecticut 58 Blackburn 74, Principia 60 Mass.-Lowell 66, New Hampshire 53 Major League Soccer Ian Poulter, England 72-68-65-71—276 Post (Conn.) 90, Wilmington (DC) 63 Bluffton 67, Franklin 53 Mount St. Mary’s 69, Fairleigh Dickin- CINCINNATI — Loaned D Hassan Ndam B. Koepka, United States 70-69-65-72—276 Princeton 70, Harvard 69 Cent. Michigan 85, W. Michigan 78 son 61 to The Miami FC (USL Championship). PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 3, 2020 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Top 25 roundup Doughty carries Auburn No. 17 Tigers down No. 13 Kentucky in tourney rematch

Associated Press 15 points for the host Jayhawks reer-high 27 points and had 15 re- (18-3, 7-1 Big 12). bounds, helping the host Cardinal AUBURN, Ala. — Samir TJ Holyfield led the Red Raid- rally in the second half to beat the Doughty scored 23 points while ers (13-8, 4-4) with 19 points. Ducks. making 14 of 15 free throws and No. 4 San Diego State 80, Utah No. 12 West Virginia 66, No. 17 Auburn finished strong for State 68: With Kawhi Leonard Kansas State 57: Derek Culver a 75-66 defeat of No. 13 Kentucky watching from one baseline, Matt had 19 points and 14 rebounds to on Saturday. Isaac Okoro made a key three- Mitchell scored 24 of his season- give coach Bob Huggins another pointer and scored 14 points for high 28 points in the second half milestone win. Huggins earned the Tigers (19-2, 6-2 Southeastern — including three straight three- his 877th career win to move Conference), who dominated the pointers — to help rally the host past Kentucky’s Adolph Rupp final four minutes. Aztecs. into seventh place in Division I. It wasn’t as big as their 77-71 San Diego State (23-0, 12-0 The Mountaineers (17-4, 5-3 Big overtime victory over the Wildcats Mountain West) retired Leonard’s 12) bounced back from a loss at (16-5, 6-2) that vaulted Auburn to jersey at halftime. Texas Tech on Wednesday, im- its first Final Four last season, but No. 5 Florida State 74, Vir- proved to 11-0 at home and ended it moved the Tigers into a tie for ginia Tech 63: Devin Vassell a three-game losing streak to the second place in the SEC. tied an ACC record by shooting 7- Wildcats. “It has to take us from good to for- 7 from three-point range and Wisconsin 64, No. 14 Michi- very good,“ Auburn coach Bruce scored 27 points to lift the visiting gan State 63: Nate Reuvers Pearl said. “Kentucky’s the best Seminoles. scored 15 points, D’Mitrik Trice team we’ve played, so I thought No. 6 Louisville 77, North Car- had 14 and Aleem Ford added 13 we stepped up and responded. olina State 57: Ryan McMahon to help the host Badgers edge the “Now the question is can we made seven three-pointers and Spartans. build on it?“ scored a season-high 23 points for Providence 65, No. 16 Butler No. 1 Baylor 68, TCU 52: the visiting Cardinals. 61: Luwane Pipkins scored 22 No. 7 Dayton 70, Fordham 56: points and made six consecutive MaCio Teague scored 19 points JULIE BENNETT/AP with five three-pointers and the Trey Landers matched his season free throws in the final minute for host Bears set a program record high with 18 points, Obi Toppin the visiting Friars (12-10, 5-4 Big Auburn forward Isaac Okoro, left, shoots past Kentucky forward with their 18th win in a row. also had 18 and the host Flyers East), who snapped a three-game Keion Brooks Jr. during the No. 17 Tigers’ 75-66 defeat of the No. Teague made consecutive got its 16th straight win over the losing streak. 13 Wildcats on Saturday in Auburn, Ala. three-pointers in a 36-second Rams. No. 20 Colorado 78, Southern span to cap a 14-0 run in the first No. 9 Duke 97, Syracuse 88: California 57: Tyler Bey scored ference) extended their winning 14 points, Lamar Stevens and half that put the Bears (19-1, 8-0 Vernon Carey Jr. had 26 points 16 points and the Buffaloes (17-5, streak to 10 games. Myreon Jones had 13 apiece, and Big 12) ahead to stay. and a season-high 17 rebounds 6-3 Pac-12) won on the road. Tulsa 54, No. 23 Wichita State the visiting Nittany Lions (16-5, 6- No. 2 Gonzaga 83, San Fran- for the 10th double-double of his Cincinnati 64, No. 21 Hous- 51: Elijah Joiner caught an in- 4 Big Ten) State pulled away early cisco 79: Corey Kispert’s three- freshman season and the Blue ton 62: Keith Williams scored bound pass with 3.3 seconds left in the second half. point play with 1:33 left put his Devils on on the road. 10 of his 12 points in the second and raced from one key to the Michigan 69, No. 25 Rutgers team ahead for good and he added Xavier 74, No. 10 Seton Hall half and the host Bearcats rallied next, connecting on a three-point- 63: Brandon Johns Jr. scored a jumper with 34 seconds remain- 62: Tyrique Jones had 19 points from a 15-point deficit in the sec- er as time expired to give the host a career-high 20 points and the ing, helping the Bulldogs (23-1, 9- and 18 rebounds, and the Muske- ond half. Hurricane a victory . visiting Wolvernines won at New 0 WCC) win on the road to extend teers opened a big lead early and No. 22 Lsu 73, Mississippi Hundreds of fans in the near- York’s Madison Square Garden for their winning streak to 15 games. ended the host Pirates’ 10-game 63: Javonte Smart scored 13 of sellout crowd of 8,089 stormed the the 10th straight time. Jon Teske No. 3 Kansas 78, Texas Tech winning streak. his season-high 21 points in the court in a wild celebration. added 14 points as Michigan (13- 75: Devon Dotson scored 21 Stanford 70, No. 11 Oregon last 16 minutes and the host Ti- No. 24 Penn State 76, Ne- 8, 4-6 Big Ten) improved to 12-0 points and Marcus Garrett added 60: : Oscar da Silva scored a ca- gers (17-4, 8-0 Southeastern Con- braska 64: Myles Dread scored against the Scarlet Knights, Creighton Service academies dominates Funk’s career-high 33 Villanova lifts Army past Lehigh Associated Press who have lost six in a row. Fenton BY AARON BRACY had 18 points and Jordan Cohen BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Tommy Associated Press added 13. Fenton made six of the Funk scored a career-high 33 Lehigh’s 10 three-pointers. PHILADELPHIA — Creigh- points and Army held off Lehigh ton did what no other Big East Army shot 52% from the floor 80-79 on Saturday night for its (30-for-58). team has been able to do in nearly sixth straight win. two years — beat Villanova on its Loyola (Md.) 79, Navy 73: An- Reed Fenton made a three- drew Kostecka had 21 points as home court. pointer and Nic Lynch added a Denzel Mahoney had 21 points the host Greyhounds snapped an pair of free throws during a 5-0 and Mitch Ballock had nine of eight-game losing streak. MATT SLOCUM/AP spurt for the Mountain Hawks his 15 points in the second half Jaylin Andrews had 16 points that cappped the scoring with 53 to help the Bluejays top the No. 8 Creighton’s Christian Bishop, right, tries to get a shot past for Loyola (10-13, 2-8 Patriot Wildcats 76-61 on Saturday. Villanova’s Jermaine Samuels during the Bluejays’ 76-61 win in seconds left. Lehigh had the final League). Isaiah Hart added 14 Ty-Shon Alexander added 16 Philadelphia on Saturday. possession with 15 seconds to points and Santi Aldama scored points and Marcus Zegarowski play but missed two shots. 11. Kostecka hit 13 of 14 foul scored 13 for Creighton (17-5, 6-3 “I’m really proud of my team,” “Creighton deserves a lot of Funk made seven of nine shots. He added seven rebounds. Big East), which has won four in Bluejays coach Greg McDermott credit,” Villanova coach Jay three-pointers and had seven The Midshipmen stayed within a row and avenged a 64-59 home said. “There’s nobody we respect Wright said. “They came in here assists. Matt Wilson added 21 10 points throughout the final 13 defeat to Villanova on Jan. 7. more than Villanova. It’s a heck and played a better basketball points and nine rebounds for the minutes, once closing the gap to It was the Wildcats’ first home of a win for our program.” game. We weren’t that bad; they Black Knights (11-10, 6-4 Patriot thee points — 70-67 — when Cam loss in the Big East since St. Collin Gillespie and Justin just played a better all-around League). Davis hit a three-pointer with John’s defeated them on Feb. 7, Moore each had 18 points for the game. They did a great job defen- Lynch scored a career-best 25 1:42 remaining . Davis had 25 2018, snapping a 16-game home Wildcats (17-4, 7-2), who had won sively, hit big shots and handled points and had 13 rebounds to lead points and Evan Wieck scored 21 conference winning streak. seven in a row. our pressure.” the Mountain Hawks (5-17, 2-8), for Navy (12-9, 6-4). Monday, February 3, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 AUSTRALIAN OPEN/HIGH SCHOOL DODEA Europe marksmanship Panthers’ depth tops Ploechinger’s title

BY GREGORY BROOME trenched among the sport’s top Stars and Stripes performers as a sophomore and has spent the following years mak- KAISERSLAUTERN, Ger- ing incremental improvements. many — The formula that has “I’m pretty happy with it. I’m carried Stuttgart to DODEA Eu- satisfied,” Ploechinger said of rope’s most dominant champion- her prep career. “I think I’ve pro- ship streak served it well again. gressed into a good, stable posi- The Panthers and their peren- tion where I am now.” nially unparalleled depth claimed Ploechinger’s winning score a seventh straight European wasn’t quite enough to topple her marksmanship title Saturday former team. Stuttgart boasts a at Kaiserslautern High School, program so deep that its junior overcoming a host Raiders team varsity group famously ranks as helmed by a familiar face. the second-best team in DODEA Isabelle Ploechinger, a former Europe, producing a level of in- member of Stuttgart’s dynasty ternal competition that is at least and now Kaiserslautern’s senior as intense as anything the Pan- captain, claimed the top indi- thers see on a Saturday, even the vidual prize with a score of 580 final Saturday of the season. LEE JIN-MAN/AP points, three ahead of defending Tortorelli summarized the dy- Novak Djokovic celebrates after defeating Dominic Thiem in the final of the Australian Open on Sunday. champion Maria Tortorelli of namic of simultaneous competi- Stuttgart and Raiders teammate tion and cooperation. Juliana Hosey. “It pushes us to do our best and Ploechinger said she was ini- stay on varsity,” Tortorelli said. tially thrown off by the champi- “We work together to help the onship event’s schedule, which others to do their best.” she said was rushed compared to Stuttgart executed that strat- Djokovic rallies for eighth the average regular-season meet. egy to perfection Saturday as But by the end of the standing freshman Kate Swett helped portion, the second of the meet’s the Panthers secure the victory. three shooting positions, Ploech- Swett, shooting in the day’s third inger was fully adjusted and on and final wave of competitors her way to victory. Australian title, 17th Slam and with the team outcome still “I was finally relaxed and used in doubt, turned in a score of 569 to it,” said Ploechinger, who re- BY HOWARD FENDRICH showed that he can’t ever be counted out. that earned her eighth place in- corded a meet-high 192 points Associated Press It did not come easily this time for Djokovic, a 32- dividually and clinched the Pan- from the challenging standing year-old from Serbia. He lost six games in a row in position. “I was like, ‘You know thers’ latest triumph. MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic was one stretch to Thiem, who plays a similar baseline what, whatever happens happens. The Panthers’ roster of return- looking weary and worn down. He felt dizzy and game and eliminated Nadal in the quarterfinals. ing and improving talent makes trailed Dominic Thiem in the Australian Open final There’s no use panicking about Djokovic was down two sets to one. He was visited it.’ ” another championship a strong — miscues mounting, deficit growing. by a doctor and trainer in the third set and, desper- possibility next year, even in the Djokovic did what he does, though. He refused to The win brings an end to a sto- ate to hydrate, guzzled bottles of water and energy ried DODEA Europe marksman- absence of departing head coach lose, waited for a chance to pounce and found his drink. He lectured the chair umpire about time Raul Pinon, who plans to contin- best tennis when absolutely necessary. Even threw ship career for Ploechinger, who violations. split her four high-school years ue his marksmanship coaching in a wrinkle, serve-and-volleying twice when facing This was not the dominant Djokovic who made a between the Panthers and Raid- career stateside. break point. hard-to-believe total of nine unforced errors during ers. The senior was already en- [email protected] Regaining his stamina and strokes, and showing his straight-set triumph over Nadal in the final a some gutsy creativity, Djokovic came back to edge year ago. Djokovic eclipsed that total in the first set Thiem 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 Sunday night for an alone Sunday and finished with 57. eighth Australian Open title, second in a row, and It was a physical test offering plenty of entertain- 17th Grand Slam trophy overall. ing exchanges, with 61 points lasting at least nine “I was on the brink of losing that match. ... I didn’t shots apiece. feel that great,” said Djokovic, who was seen mul- “Very demanding,” Thiem said. tiple times by a doctor. “Of course,” he said, “I just feel a lot of emptiness “My energy,” he explained, “completely right now.” collapsed.” At two key moments, Djokovic abandoned his Nonetheless, Djokovic improved his combined re- usual grind-points-out script and went on the attack, cord in semifinals and finals at Melbourne Park to rushing to the net after a serve when facing a break 16-0 and assured himself of returning to No. 1 in the point — first, at 2-1 in the fourth set, then again at rankings, replacing Rafael Nadal. 2-1 in the fifth. No other man in the history of tennis has won this Paid off both times. hard-court tournament more than six times. Only “Not characteristic of me,” Djokovic said. “Kind Roger Federer, with 20, and Nadal, with 19, have of all-or-nothing.” won more men’s Grand Slam singles trophies than Suddenly making a charge as his less-experienced Djokovic. foe faltered, Djokovic broke to lead 5-3 in the fourth “Amazing achievement. Unreal what you’re doing set, helped by a sloppy volley into the net tape, a dou- throughout all these years,” said the fifth-seeded ble-fault and a bad forehand by Thiem. Thiem, who is 0-3 in major finals. “You and also two Eventually, Djokovic would get to clutch the silver other guys, I think you brought men’s tennis to a Australian Open trophy he also won in 2008, 2011- complete new level.” 13, 2015-16 and 2019. Both finalists spoke about the devastating wild- He adds that haul to his five titles from Wimble- fires that have killed dozens of people and millions don, three from the U.S. Open and one from the of animals around Australia. Djokovic also men- French Open. tioned the recent deaths of NBA star Kobe Bryant Thiem, an Austrian who is 26, was the runner-up and one of his daughters in a helicopter crash. to Nadal at Roland Garros each of the past two years Addressing Thiem, Djokovic said: “It wasn’t and was again trying to become the first man born meant to be tonight. Tough luck. .. You were very in the 1990s to win a major singles title. close to win it and you definitely have a lot more Instead, the Big Three have won 13 consecutive time in your career. I am sure you will definitely get Slams and 56 of the last 67. one of the Grand Slam trophies. More than one.” “It’s unique in sports history that the three best A little more than six months after saving a pair players — by far — are playing in the same era,” of championship points against Federer en route to Thiem said. “That’s what makes it very, very diffi- winning a five-set Wimbledon final, Djokovic again cult for other players to break through.” PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 3, 2020 NBA Roundup Scoreboard

Eastern Conference Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 35 14 .714 — Blazers’ Lillard lights up Jazz in win Boston 33 15 .688 1½ Philadelphia 31 19 .620 4½ Brooklyn 21 27 .438 13½ New York 14 36 .280 21½ Southeast Division Portland guard has 6th straight game with Miami 33 15 .688 — Orlando 21 28 .429 12½ Washington 17 31 .354 16 at least 6 three-pointers in 51-point effort Charlotte 16 33 .327 17½ Atlanta 13 37 .260 21 Central Division Associated Press Celtics 116, 76ers 95: Jaylen Milwaukee 41 7 .854 — Indiana 31 18 .633 10½ Brown had 32 points and nine re- PORTLAND, Ore. — Damian Chicago 19 32 .373 23½ bounds, and Jayson Tatum scored Detroit 17 33 .340 25 Lillard’s hot streak continued Cleveland 13 37 .260 29 nine of his 25 points in a 99-sec- with 51 points, including nine ond span that gave host Boston Western Conference three-pointers, and 12 assists, the lead for good. Southwest Division and the Portland Trail Blazers Playing without injured point W L Pct GB defeated the Utah Jazz 124-107 on Houston 30 18 .625 — guard Kemba Walker, the Celt- Dallas 30 19 .612 ½ Saturday. ics beat Philadelphia for the Memphis 24 25 .490 6½ It was Lillard’s NBA-record San Antonio 22 26 .458 8 first time this season, avoiding a New Orleans 20 29 .408 10½ sixth straight game with at least sweep by the team right behind Northwest Division six three-pointers. Denver 34 15 .694 — them in the Atlantic Division. It Utah 32 17 .653 2 Lillard has scored 40 or more Oklahoma City 30 20 .600 4½ was Boston’s sixth win in its last Portland 23 27 .460 11½ points in five of his last six games, seven games. Minnesota 15 33 .313 18½ averaging 48.8 points over the Pacific Division Ben Simmons scored 23 and L.A. Lakers 37 11 .771 — span. It was his fourth straight ex-Celtic Al Horford had nine L.A. Clippers 34 15 .694 3½ double-double, a career best. Phoenix 20 28 .417 17 points and nine rebounds for the Sacramento 18 31 .367 19½ Hassan Whiteside added 17 Sixers, who lost for the third time Golden State 11 39 .220 27 points and 21 rebounds for the Friday’s games in five games. Toronto 105, Detroit 92 Blazers, who won their fourth Warriors 131, Cavaliers 112: Brooklyn 133, Chicago 118 straight to match their season Houston 128, Dallas 121 At Cleveland, Glenn Robinson New Orleans 139, Memphis 111 high. Donovan Mitchell led the III scored 22 points, Draymond Denver 127, Milwaukee 115 Oklahoma City 111, Phoenix 107 Jazz with 25 points. Green tied a career high with 16 Portland 127, L.A. Lakers 119 Clippers 118, Timberwolves Saturday’s games assists and Golden State domi- L.A. Clippers 118, Minnesota 106 106: Kawhi Leonard scored nated the second half, winning Miami 102, Orlando 89 31 points, his ninth straight New York 92, Indiana 85 a matchup between teams at the Washington 113, Brooklyn 107 game with at least that many, bottom of the NBA standings. Golden State 131, Cleveland 112 and the host Clippers beat the Dallas 123, Atlanta 100 The Warriors (11-39) have Boston 116, Philadelphia 95 Timberwolves. the NBA’s worst record while San Antonio 114, Charlotte 90 Karl-Anthony Towns countered L.A. Lakers 129, Sacramento 113 the Cavs (13-37) have the sec- Portland 124, Utah 107 with 32 points and 12 rebounds ond-worst record in the Eastern Sunday’s games for Minnesota, his fourth con- Denver at Detroit Conference. New Orleans at Houston secutive game with 30 or more The matchup bore little resem- Phoenix at Milwaukee Chicago at Toronto points, but it wasn’t enough to blance to when the teams met in Monday’s games keep his team from losing its 11th the NBA Finals every year from Dallas at Indiana Golden State at Washington in a row, matching the team’s skid 2015-18. Golden State won three New York at Cleveland from December. times while the Cleveland broke Orlando at Charlotte Boston at Atlanta Paul George added 21 points the city’s 52-year championship Philadelphia at Miami in 26 minutes and Lou Williams drought in 2016. Phoenix at Brooklyn STEVE DYKES/AP Detroit at Memphis had 17 for Los Angeles, which has Mavericks 123, Hawks 100: Minnesota at Sacramento won seven of nine. San Antonio at L.A. Clippers Jalen Brunson scored 27 points Portland guard Damian Lillard, right, hits a shot over Utah Jazz Tuesday’s games Lakers 129, Kings 113: in his ninth start of the season, guard Joe Ingles during the Trail Blazers’ 124-107 win Saturday in Milwaukee at New Orleans LeBron James had another tri- Charlotte at Houston Dorian Finney-Smith added 22 Portland. Lillard is averaging 48.8 points in his past six games. Portland at Denver ple-double despite an off-night points and Maxi Kleber 18 as host San Antonio at L.A. Lakers shooting, Anthony Davis scored Dallas beat Atlanta in a game Spurs 114, Hornets 90: win in Orlando. Meyers Leonard Leaders 21 points and Los Angeles won at between teams with depleted DeMar DeRozan had 24 points had 18 points and 14 rebounds for Sacramento for its first win since Scoring rosters. and San Antonio overcame a 19- the Heat before going to the bench G FG FT PTS AVG the death of Kobe Bryant. Harden, HOU 45 462 472 1604 35.6 Brunson scored 19 points in point deficit to beat Charlotte with five fouls with 5:49 left in the James had 15 points, 11 assists the first half, nearly surpassing Antetoknmpo, MIL 44 488 274 1320 30.0 in its final home game before a game. Herro and Leonard com- Young, ATL 44 407 330 1295 29.4 and 10 rebounds while helping his previous season high of 21. Lillard, POR 47 433 332 1381 29.4 nearly month-long road trip. bined for 10-of-19 shooting from Doncic, DAL 43 408 296 1238 28.8 the Lakers end a two-game skid. He scored 13 in the second quar- Beal, WAS 40 389 267 1148 28.7 James shot 6 of 15 and missed ter as the Mavericks took control. The Spurs outscored the Hor- three-point range. Leonard, LAC 36 346 223 987 27.4 nets 50-15 during a stretch bridg- Knicks 92, Pacers 85: Marcus Booker, PHX 45 418 295 1218 27.1 three of four three-pointers but Finney-Smith matched his sea- Davis, LAL 40 371 282 1069 26.7 made up for it with his 11th triple- ing the third and fourth quarters Morris scored 28 points to lead Westbrook, HOU 41 416 213 1085 26.5 son best. James, LAL 45 434 172 1134 25.2 double of the season and the 92nd Dallas was missing its top two to win their second straight after New York to a win at Indiana. LaVine, CHI 51 443 239 1279 25.1 losing three in a row. Julius Randle had 16 points Ingram, NOP 44 374 238 1094 24.9 of his career. scorers, Luka Doncic (sprained Mitchell, UTA 47 426 192 1156 24.6 Avery Bradley added 19 points, right ankle) and Kristaps Porz- Heat 102, Magic 89: Jimmy and a season-best 18 rebounds, Siakam, TOR 38 337 148 906 23.8 Butler scored 24 points and rook- and Taj Gibson added 10 points DeRozan, SAS 47 401 273 1083 23.0 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored ingis (recovering from a left knee Wiggins, MIN 39 335 137 894 22.9 15 and Rajon Rondo had 13 points injury), for the first time in the ie Tyler Herro came off the bench and seven rebounds to lead the Walker, BOS 42 311 160 926 22.0 McCollum, POR 45 387 79 971 21.6 and eight assists. same game. with 23 to lead Miami to a 102-89 Knicks. Tatum, BOS 43 339 143 923 21.5 Rebounds G OFF DEF TOT AVG Drummond, DET 46 208 513 721 15.7 Gobert, UTA 46 169 500 669 14.5 Whiteside, POR 45 180 447 627 13.9 Nets’ Irving injures knee in loss to Wizards Capela, HOU 39 168 369 537 13.8 Antetoknmpo, MIL 44 105 467 572 13.0 Sabonis, IND 45 151 424 575 12.8 Associated Press Wizards’ Bradley Beal got tangled up on a ACL making sure it was fine. But it was just a Vucevic, ORL 37 100 308 408 11.0 held ball. weird, weird, weird, weird fall. Just felt a lot Adebayo, MIA 47 119 369 488 10.4 WASHINGTON — Kyrie Irving limped off Thompson, CLE 47 195 293 488 10.4 Irving was on the floor for several minutes, of stretching and tension afterwards and just Valanciunas, MEM 46 129 336 465 10.1 the court after hurting his right knee, his lat- Assists holding his right knee. After coming to his a bad fall.” G AST AVG est injury coming just 24 hours after his best James, LAL 45 482 10.7 feet and remaining on the court for a jump Irving said the injury was freakish. Young, ATL 44 406 9.2 performance of the season. ball — in which he didn’t jump — Irving left “Brad’s momentum just carried him under- Rubio, PHX 41 359 8.8 A night after scoring a season-high 54 Doncic, DAL 43 373 8.7 the floor with a sprained right knee and a sea- neath me,” Irving said. Simmons, PHI 47 390 8.3 points, Irving was forced to leave in the fourth son-low 11 points. Irving was just 5-for-12 from the field. Lillard, POR 47 368 7.8 quarter of the Brooklyn Nets’ 113-107 loss to Graham, CHA 48 367 7.6 He’ll get an MRI on Sunday. X-rays were “We did a good job with our game plan of Westbrook, HOU 41 303 7.4 the Washington Wizards on Saturday. negative. making Kyrie a little frustrated, blitzing him,” Brogdon, IND 34 250 7.4 Lowry, TOR 38 277 7.3 Irving, who missed nearly two months with “I’ve done some pretty decent things to my Beal said. “Kind of getting the ball out of his FG Percentage a shoulder injury earlier in his first season knee in the past,” Irving said. “Just want to hands.” FG FGA PCT Gobert, UTA 278 402 .692 with the Nets, has a history of injuries to his make sure my ACL, my MCL, and my PCL, Irving missed Sunday’s game against Holmes, SAC 204 309 .660 left knee. This mishap occurred with 5:31 re- Allen, BKN 208 321 .648 just make sure that our medical staff did their the Knicks after learning of Kobe Bryant’s Capela, HOU 244 388 .629 maining in the fourth quarter as he and the check. The most important thing was just my death. Clarke, MEM 214 342 .626 Monday, February 3, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 NHL Roundup Eichel’s OT goal propels Sabres past Blue Jackets

Associated Press Maple Leafs 2, Senators 1 (OT): Mitch Marner scored on BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jack Eichel a power play at 3:54 of over- scored 36 seconds into overtime, time, leading host Toronto over and the Buffalo Sabres stopped Ottawa. the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 in Jason Spezza scored in reg- overtime. ulation for the Maple Leafs, Eichel controlled the puck in who got 24 saves from Michael making his way up the ice from Hutchinson. his own zone. He then circled Flyers 6, Avalanche 3: Kevin from the left side to the right cir- JEFF MCINTOSH, THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP Hayes and Joel Farabee scored cle and snapped a shot past Ma- two goals each and seldom-used Edmonton Oilers winger Patrick Russell, right, fights with Calgary Flames defender Noah Hanifin during tiss Kivlenieks. reserve goaltender Alex Lyon the third period of the Oilers’ 8-3 win Saturday in Calgary, Alberta. Evan Rodrigues also scored for made 28 saves to earn his first Buffalo, which stopped a three- win in nearly two years as host game slide. Carter Hutton made Scoreboard 22 saves for his irst win since a Philadelphia beat Colorado. 4-3 overtime victory against San Sean Couturier assisted on Oilers rout Flames three of the Flyers goals, includ- Jose on Oct. 22. Eastern Conference Oliver Bjorkstrand scored for ing when he capitalized on a sloppy Avalanche turnover eight Atlantic Division Columbus, which was coming off GP W L OT Pts GF GA a nine-day break and had won minutes into the third period, as goalies go at it Boston 53 31 10 12 74 177 137 stole a pass, and fed Farabee for a Tampa Bay 52 32 15 5 69 188 145 six in a row. It was his fifth goal Toronto 52 28 17 7 63 188 171 in three games since missing 13 goal that would eventually count Associated Press Mikko Koskinen played the Florida 50 28 17 5 61 183 167 Montreal 53 24 22 7 55 164 162 with a rib injury. as the winner. final 20:24 in net for Edmonton Buffalo 52 23 22 7 53 150 161 Golden Knights 3, Preda- CALGARY, Alberta — Edmon- Canadiens 4, Panthers 0: Jeff and stopped all eight shots he Ottawa 52 18 24 10 46 142 176 tors 0: ton used a fast start and strong Detroit 53 12 37 4 28 111 204 Petry had four assists, Carey Chandler Stephenson, faced. Metropolitan Division finish to get past Calgary. Price made 29 saves and host Nicolas Roy and Reilly Smith “They’ve kind of took it to us Washington 52 35 12 5 75 190 154 Connor McDavid scored twice Pittsburgh 51 32 14 5 69 172 139 Montreal snapped Florida’s six- scored, Marc-Andre Fleury the last three times we’ve played N.Y. Islanders 50 29 15 6 64 146 136 made 19 saves and Vegas won at to lead the Oilers to an 8-3 vic- Columbus 52 27 16 9 63 139 132 game win streak. them,” said Smith, who signed tory over the Flames on Saturday Philadelphia 52 28 17 7 63 167 157 Nick Suzuki, Artturi Lehkonen, Nashville. with the Oilers on July 1 after Carolina 51 29 19 3 61 162 136 The Golden Knights have won night in a game that featured a N.Y. Rangers 50 25 21 4 54 163 161 Tomas Tatar and Brendan Gal- goalie fight. playing the previous two sea- New Jersey 51 18 24 9 45 137 185 lagher scored for the Canadiens, two straight, including at Caroli- Edmonton jumped out to an sons with Calgary. “I feel like Western Conference who improved to 6-2-0 in their na on Friday night. Vegas held the early 2-0 lead and extended it we hadn’t played our best game last eight games. Predators to their lowest shots on against Calgary yet. Tonight was Central Division to three before Calgary rallied GP W L OT Pts GF GA Canucks 4, Islanders 3 (OT): goal total of the season at 19 and a lot better.” St. Louis 53 31 14 8 70 168 150 ended Nashville’s winning streak in the second period. The Oilers Colorado 50 28 16 6 62 182 149 Quinn Hughes scored twice, in- then reeled off four unanswered Buddy Robinson, Elias Lind- Dallas 51 29 18 4 62 134 129 cluding his eighth of the season at two-games. holm and Matthew Tkachuk Chicago 52 25 21 6 56 158 163 Bruins 6, Wild 1: NHL scoring goals and earned their first win Winnipeg 53 26 23 4 56 158 164 42 seconds into overtime, and vis- over the Flames in four tries this scored for the Flames, while Nashville 51 24 20 7 55 169 171 iting Vancouver earned its fifth leader David Pastrnak matched Mark Giordano had two assists. Minnesota 51 23 22 6 52 157 172 his career high with his 38th goal, season. Pacific Division consecutive victory. “When we start better, we start “We allowed their best play- Vancouver 52 30 18 4 64 174 155 J.T. Miller and Tim Schaller Torey Krug scored twice and Bos- ers to really feel it tonight and Edmonton 52 28 18 6 62 170 162 ton had three power-play goals in on time,” Edmonton forward Vegas 54 27 20 7 61 168 162 also scored for the Canucks, and Leon Draisaitl, who chipped in that was the difference,” Gior- Calgary 53 27 20 6 60 146 163 Jacob Markstrom had 34 saves. the second period to surge to a Arizona 54 26 21 7 59 152 148 four assists. “We’ve lost a few dano said. “When they’re getting San Jose 53 22 27 4 48 136 177 Pacific Division-leading Van- win at Minnesota. chances, they’re a really dan- Anaheim 52 21 26 5 47 134 161 couver improved to 14-3-0 since Brad Marchand had a goal games against them this season Los Angeles 53 19 29 5 43 131 167 so we wanted to come out strong gerous team and we didn’t do a Note: Two points for a win, one point Dec. 19. and an assist for the Bruins, who good enough job of eliminating for overtime loss. Top three teams in improved to 7-2-1 in their last 10 and come out fast.” each division and two wild cards per Jets 5, Blues 2: Jack Roslovic Draisaitl also took the time odd-man rushes and zone time. It conference advance to playoffs. had two goals and an assist to lead games. Anders Bjork and Jake felt like they had a lot of space out Saturday’s games DeBrusk also scored, and Jaro- to share his thoughts on David Buffalo 2, Columbus 1, OT host Winnipeg over St. Louis. Rittich’s stick-flip celebration fol- there tonight.” Vancouver 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, OT The Jets snapped a five-game slav Halak had 25 saves. Rittich started in net for Cal- Montreal 4, Florida 0 Blackhawks 3, Coyotes 2 (SO): lowing his shootout-winning save Winnipeg 5, St. Louis 2 losing streak and are 12-12-2 at against the NHL’s leading scorer gary, but was pulled 3:18 into the Philadelphia 6, Colorado 3 home this season. Patrick Kane scored in the over- second period after allowing four N.Y. Rangers 1, Detroit 0 when the Oilers and Calgary met Dallas 3, New Jersey 2, OT Connor Hellebuyck was out- time shootout and ran his points last Wednesday. goals on 17 shots. Talbot made Toronto 2, Ottawa 1, OT standing in net for Winnipeg, streak to 12 games, and Corey Vegas 3, Nashville 0 “It’s just disrespectful,“ Drai- 21 saves in a relief appearance Boston 6, Minnesota 1 stopping 38 shots. Jordan Bin- Crawford stopped both shootout saitl said. “We hit two posts and before being ejected from the Chicago 3, Arizona 2, SO nington made 28 saves for the attempts he faced, leading Chi- Edmonton 8, Calgary 3 he’s celebrating like they just won game for the secondary fight with Tampa Bay 3, San Jose 0 Central Division-leading Blues. cago to a win at Arizona. the Stanley Cup. Just show some Smith. Rittich then went back in Anaheim 3, Los Angeles 1 Rangers 1, Red Wings 0: Brandon Saad scored twice in Sunday’s games respect, that’s my opinion.” net and made nine more saves. Pittsburgh at Washington Henrik Lundqvist made 33 saves regulation and the Blackhawks Edmonton opened the scoring Columbus at Montreal won their first game out of the Mike Smith, who spent the last Vancouver at Carolina for his first shutout of the season two seasons as Rittich’s team- 29 seconds into the game when Monday’s games and Mika Zibanejad scored in the break and sixth of their last Yamamoto picked up a rebound Dallas at N.Y. Rangers seven. mate on the Flames, acknowl- Florida at Toronto first period, giving New York a edged Calgary’s netminder took and slid a shot past a sprawling Philadelphia at Detroit win at Detroit. Ducks 3, Kings 1: Ryan Miller Tuesday’s games things too far. Rittich. Colorado at Buffalo The Rangers also beat the Red made 46 saves and Anaheim won “What goes around comes Just 36 seconds later, Kassian Dallas at N.Y. Islanders Wings at home on Friday night at Los Angeles. Florida at Columbus around,” Smith said. took a pass from Josh Archibald Los Angeles at Washington and have won six of nine games. It is the 42nd time in Miller’s Zack Kassian, Ryan Nugent- and lifted a shot into the top-right Montreal at New Jersey Stars 3, Devils 2 (OT): Joe Pav- 17-year career that he has made Vancouver at Boston Hopkins, Caleb Jones, Sam Gag- corner. The Flames had a great Vegas at Tampa Bay elski scored 1:39 into overtime to more than 40 saves in a game ner and Gaetan Haas also scored, chance to score a short time later Anaheim at Ottawa lift Dallas over New Jersey. Lightning 3, Sharks 0: Ni- Carolina at St. Louis while Smith made 15 saves to re- when Smith ventured behind his Chicago at Minnesota Mattias Janmark broke into kita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos cord the win before being ejected net to play the puck, but had to Nashville at Winnipeg the Devils zone and took the ini- and Ondrej Palat scored, Curtis Edmonton at Arizona with 24 seconds left in the second scramble to get back into position San Jose at Calgary tial shot, and Pavelski knocked McElhinney recorded his first Wednesday’s games period for a secondary fight with before he extended his stick and Toronto at N.Y. Rangers the rebound past goalie Louis shutout of the season and Tampa Flames netminder Cam Talbot. stopped Johnny Gaudreau. Boston at Chicago Domingue. Bay won at San Jose. PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 3, 2020 NFL Safeties 1st: Polamalu, Atwater lead class James, Hutchinson, Bruce also elected Saturday into Pro Football Hall of Fame

BY EDDIE PELLS Associated Press MIAMI — He grew his hair so long, it flowed out of his helmet and obscured the name on the back of his jersey. Didn’t matter. Everyone knew where to find Troy Polamalu on Sundays. The Steelers great earned a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame along with an- other hard-hitting safety, Steve Atwater of Denver. Also voted in Saturday were re- ceiver Isaac Bruce, running back Edgerrin BARRY SWEET/AP TOM GANMAN/AP James and guard Steve Hutchinson. Safety Steve Atwater, right, shown in 2006 with the Denver St. Louis Rams, wide receiver Isaac Bruce, shown in 2006, had Polamalu said he went six or seven years, Broncos, was a two-time All-Pro and won two Super Bowls. the second-most receiving yards when he retired in 2009 . maybe longer, without cutting his hair dur- ing the prime of a career that lasted from Seahawks. 2003-14. “Started With Gold Teeth, Ended With But as much as for the hair, he earned a Gold Jacket,” James posted on social the nickname “Tasmanian Devil” for how media after receiving the word. he changed the way people thought about the safety position. Compact and fleet at James finished with more than 3,300 5-foot-10 and 200 pounds, Polamalu bolt- yards receiving and more than 12,000 ed around the field, and made plays from yards rushing. He won the NFL rushing practically anywhere. No quarterback, title in 1999 and 2000, no small thing given runner or receiver was safe. Manning was revving up his career at the Selected in his first year of eligibility, time. James joins Colts wideout Marvin Polamalu was a four-time All-Pro, was Harrison in the hall, which will give Man- voted to eight Pro Bowls and finished with ning more company next year when he’ll two Super Bowl rings in three trips. His be a shoo-in to join them on his first ballot. rambling, cross-the-field fourth-quarter Bruce was a headliner in “The Greatest pick-six against Joe Flacco in the 2008 Show on Turf,” the pass-happy attack run AFC title game cemented the win and was by Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner a highlight of what might have been his when the Rams were in St. Louis. This was best season; he had seven interceptions Bruce’s sixth season of eligibility and his that year and the Steelers won the Super fourth time as a finalist. Bowl. His 15,208 yards receiving over 16 sea- Polamalu will go in the same year as sons were second in the NFL record book Pittsburgh coach Bill Cowher and defen- when he retired in 2009. But he was never sive back Donnie Shell, each of whom were selected an AP All-Pro, and some critics voted in as part of the hall’s special centen- dismissed his stats as being more a sign of nial class designed to celebrate the NFL“s 100th year. his longevity and the passing era he played “It’s a huge blessing to go in with Coach in than any mark of true greatness. Cowher and a tremendous honor to go in There were no seniors announced Satur- with Donnie Shell because the Steelers’ day, as they were folded into the centennial defenses in the ‘70s laid our foundation,” class. Others going in with that class, which Polamalu said. was announced last month: Harold Car- Though game-changing safeties were JOHN FROSCHAUER/AP michael, Alex Karras, Jim Covert, Bobby nothing new to the league, Polamalu could Dillon, Cliff Harris, Winston Hill, Duke Offensive guard Steve Hutchinson, shown in 2006, was a five-time All-Pro player who line up near the linebackers, or the de- Slater, Mac Speedie, Ed Sprinkle, along played for three teams in a 12-year career. fensive linemen, or deep in the backfield, with coaches Cowher and Jimmy Johnson, and wreck a game plan from any of those NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, the spots. home grown Broncos defender to join the late NFL Films exec Steve Sabol and long- “He’s waking people up to the impact a hall. time GM George Young. safety can have in today’s game,” another Atwater said when he got the much-an- safety, John Lynch, said in an interview ticipated knock on his hotel door “it was while Polamalu was in his prime. pretty obvious it wasn’t the maid so I was Lynch, in Miami this week for the Super pretty excited. I’m extremely honored to Bowl as GM of the 49ers, was also among go in with all these men.” the 15 finalists whose resumes were de- A two-time All-Pro who won two Super bated and discussed throughout the day Bowls, Atwater prowled the backfield by the panel of four dozen voters. But he and delivered vicious hits to anyone com- did not make the cut. Neither did Tony Bo- ing across. One irony of Atwater’s late- selli, the dominant Jaguars offensive line- recognized greatness is that many of his man whose career lasted only 91 games whiplash-inducing hits would be illegal in because of shoulder injuries. The Jaguars today’s NFL. are still without a player in the hall. Though receivers were mostly at risk, it An offensive lineman did make it, though. was his shoulder-to-shoulder disintegra- It was Steve Hutchinson, who played guard tion of 250-pound Chiefs running back for the Seahawks, Vikings and Titans over Christian Okoye, “The Nigerian Night- a 12-year career. He’d been a finalist in all mare,” while mic’d up on “Monday Night three years since becoming eligible and Football” in 1990 that truly put Atwater on broke through in this, a class that didn’t the map. include any slam dunks — or a single quar- James was a bastion of versatility and terback among the list of finalists. durability. A flashy first-round draft pick ED ZURGA/AP “I’ve written the speech the past few out of Miami, James made a name for him- GENE J. PUSKAR/AP Running back Edgerrin James, shown in years in the shower and it’ll really be self with his ability to carve out room on the 2000 with the Indianapolis Colts, finished about the people who helped me get here,” ground while playing in Peyton Manning’s Shown in 2013, Pittsburgh Steelers with more than 3,300 yards receiving Hutchinson said. offense with the Colts from 1999-2005. safety Troy Polamalu was a four-time and more than 12,000 yards rushing and Atwater made it — in his 16th year of James also played three seasons with All-Pro, was voted to eight Pro Bowls and two NFL rushing titles. eligibility, no less. — and became the first the Cardinals and a half-year with the finished with two Super Bowl titles. Monday, February 3, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 NFL Unanimous: Ravens were big winners

FROM BACK PAGE Brady was also an unanimous MVP in 2010. And like Brady, Jackson’s special season did not include a championship. “I’m still young,“ Jackson said. “I’ve still got a lot of work to do. I’m not really trying to dwell on what I just did. If I win a Super Bowl, you’ll probably see a lot more emotion.” The Ravens were big winners at NFL Honors on Saturday. John Harbaugh won coaching honors, and his offensive coordinator, Greg Roman, took best assistant coach honors. Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill won Comeback Player of the Year by one vote over the 49ers’ Jimmy Garop- polo, while New Orleans Saints DEVON RAVINE, NORTHWEST FLORIDA DAILY NEWS/AP wide reciev- er Michael In this undated photo, Ed Hubbard, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., talks Thomas took about what it was like to be a prisoner of war at the infamous Hanoi top offen- Hilton prison during the Vietnam War. With a special invitation from sive player Commissioner Roger Goodell, the 81-year-old Chiefs fan was in honors, Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday night to see Kansas City take on the while New San Francisco 49ers in its first Super Bowl appearance in 50 years. England’s Stephon Gilmore grabbed the defen- Chiefs fan goes Tannehill sive player award. Rookie honors went to 49ers edge rusher Nick Bosa and Cardi- nals quarterback Kyler Murray, AP photos the top overall pick in last April’s from POW to VIP draft. Above: Baltimore Ravens Edge rusher Calais Campbell quarterback Lamar Jackson of the Jacksonville Jaguars won speaks after winning the AP After missing Kasas City’s 1970 Super Bowl the Walter Payton Man of the Most Valuable Player award Year Award. on Saturday in Miami. Left: victory, Vietnam veteran to be honored guest Thomas is only the second wide Associated Press 2019 NFL receiver to win Offensive Player Defensive Player of the Year, BY DAVE SKRETTA can see it live.” of the Year. He is in good compa- cornerback Stephon Gilmore Associated Press With a big smile, Hubbard re- ny: The other receiver to take the of the New England Patriots. plied: “It would be the greatest honor was Hall of Famer Jerry MIAMI — Edward Lee Hub- day of my life.” Rice in 1987 and 1993. Bosa, the second overall draft bard had no idea his beloved Kan- He’s had plenty of good ones While Rice holds virtually all of choice behind Murray, was such sas City Chiefs were playing in since that fateful July day in the significant NFL receiving re- a force on the edge of the 49ers’ the Super Bowl the previous time 1966. cords, Thomas has one that made line that he even received votes they made it to the big stage, nor Hubbard joined the Air Force a huge difference with the voters. for the All-Pro team at a very did he learn that they had won the Reserves in 1955 at the age of 17. Thomas caught a league-record competitive position. 1970 championship until three Six years later, Hubbard went on 149 passes for 1,725 yards and Bosa’s nine sacks were the years after the fact. active duty and entered the avia- nine touchdowns. He also played Hubbard instead was a prison- fourth most for a 49ers rookie. He tion program at James Connally five games without regular quar- er of war in a 6-by-6 prison cell. was third in the NFL with 68 pres- Air Force Base in Texas, where terback Drew Brees, yet made 42 The Kansas City, Mo., native sures, according to SportsInfo he was commissioned and re- catches in those outings. Solutions, trailing only Cameron had been flying a mission over ceived his wings. “It was just consistency and “That’s tough being on an island, Jordan and Danielle Hunter, and North Vietnam when he was shot He had flown 25 missions dur- following our leader, Drew Brees. tough playing a lot of man-to-man his 16 tackles for loss tied him for down by two surface-to-air mis- ing the Vietnam War without a He’s been a tremendous example coverage each and every week, fifth in the league. siles. After running through the major incident. It was the 26th but I feel like I did that every jungle for a number of hours, the for everyone across the league,“ Murray joined other No. 1 over- that changed his life. week.“ first lieutenant was captured by Thomas said. “I don’t take that for all selections such as Earl Camp- When he was finally released on For leading the Ravens to the Viet Cong soldiers and put in a granted. I take notes on how he bell and Cam Newton as offensive March 4, 1973, along with many NFL’s best record, including a 12- prison camp, where he subsisted prepares. ... Honestly, it’s hard for rookie winner. The fast, elusive others from his camp, Hubbard game winning streak to end the on 300 calories a day for what returned home to Kansas City. He me to even pat myself on the back and creative quarterback is the regular season, Harbaugh joined wound up being 2,420 days. learned the Chiefs had won the without patting the people around sixth man to do that double; New- brother Jim (2011) as Coach of When NFL officials heard his Super Bowl after the 1969 season, me on the back, because they’ve ton is the most recent, in 2011, the Year. story, they decided to make sure and then-coach Hank Stram even helped me tremendously.“ one year after Sam Bradford did “I joke with the players all the Hubbard wouldn’t miss the Chiefs gave him a tour of the stadium, Gilmore is the first cornerback it. The others were running backs in their return. So with a special which had broken ground in 1968 in a decade to win Defensive time, you know, we’re robbing Campbell (1978), Billy Sims invitation from Commissioner and opened the previous year. Player of the Year. the same train,“ he said. “This is (1980) and George Rogers (1981). Roger Goodell, the 81-year-old “When I got home that eve- Considered one of the game’s a blessing. This is a privilege to Murray started all 16 games, Hubbard was in Hard Rock Sta- ning,” Hubbard told Goodell, “my best cover cornerbacks, the All- be part of this whole thing. You going 5-10-1 with 20 touchdown dium on Sunday night to watch son was asking me — he was only Pro made his eighth pro season get a chance to coach players like passes and 12 interceptions. He Kansas City play the San Fran- 10 years old. And he asked, ‘Who his best with a career-high six in- Mark Ingram, Lamar Jackson, ran for 544 yards and four more cisco 49ers in its first Super Bowl did you meet today?’ And I said terceptions that tied for the NFL Ronnie Stanley — all the guys we scores. appearance in 50 years. Curley Culp, Otis Taylor, all the lead. Gilmore was a key member have, it’s just something you can’t “I think everybody sets out “We are inspired by your great ones. My son knew all of of the league’s stingiest defense in take for granted.“ with individual goals and I knew story and service and sacrifice,” those guys.” 2019; New England allowed 225 Tannehill noted that being if I played well enough — that’s Goodell told him in a video. “I Hubbard remained in the Air points in winning an 11th straight chosen the comeback player is a not obviously the goal — but it read all about what you went Force until 1990, when he re- AFC East title. mixed blessing. was to do my part on the field,” through, the 6 ½ years is incred- tired to Fort Walton Beach on the “Each and every week, I feel “It’s an honor you never want to Murray said. ible, and we just don’t want you to Florida Panhandle with the rank like I’m going against the best be up for, but it’s an honor to be “Lead my guys to wins and try miss the Kansas City Chiefs play- of colonel. receivers every game, and I was recognized, and you had to over- to play as best as I can while being ing in the next Super Bowl. We But on Sunday night, he was in able to shut them down as much come a lot of adversity,“ he said. in the position to do so, and I had a would like you to be here so you Miami for the Super Bowl. as I can,“ Gilmore explained. “To get this point, it’s special.“ lot of help around me.” S TARS AND STRIPES Monday, February 3, 2020 F3HIJKLM Djokovic rallies to 17th Slam Top-seed outlasts No. 5 Thiem to win SPORTS record 8th Aussie Open title » Page 19

NFL No doubt about it Ravens QB Jackson unanimous choice for Most Valuable Player

BY BARRY WILNER Associated Press MIAMI amar Jackson’s stunning season not only earned him The Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award, but he won it L unanimously. That’s right: The second-year quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens joins Tom Brady as the only play- ers to receive every vote for MVP. Jackson drew all 50 votes from a nationwide panel of media members who regu- larly cover the league. Bal- timore’s All-Pro set an NFL ‘ Do you. record for yards rushing by a quarterback (1,206) and Stay focused led an offense that compiled because you more yards on the ground want to be (3,296) than any in league history. The Ravens won great, and their final 12 games of the you’re going regular season to finish at 14- 2, the league’s best mark. to be great. Jackson had a powerful Just do you. ’ message for kids who have Lamar Jackson been told they should change Ravens QB, positions on the field and who NFL MVP face criticism and doubters. “Make those people eat their words,” he said. “It feels good when you can make those people eat their words because they’re so negative. How are you going to wake up and be so neg- ative about somebody who’s not negative toward you or don’t do anything wrong? Don’t worry about what they say. Do you. Stay focused because you want to be great, and you’re going to be great. Just do you.”

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RB James, LIONEL HAHN, ABACA PRESS/TNS Page 22 Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, pictured, joined New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (2010) as the only players to be unanimously voted the Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player.

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