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BY COREY DICKSTEIN AND CAITLIN DOORNBOS Stars and Stripes he Pentagon on Friday unveiled a $715 billion budget request for fiscal year 2022, asking Congress for the Defense Department’s large- Tst-ever investment in developing next-gener- ation weaponry that top defense officials cite as neces- sary to maintain military advantages over China and Russia. President Joe Biden’s first Pentagon budget request places an emphasis on the future battlefield, with the Defense Department primarily focused on China, which seeks military parity with the United States in the coming years, said Army Gen. Mark Milley, the chair- man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The 2022 budget request represents an essentially flat budget, seeking an in- crease in funds of 1.6% more than the 2021 Pentagon budget, moving some money used for current readiness in recent years to prepare for a future fight.

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An Air Force cadet takes measurements on geometric and hypersonic research vehicles. The Pentagon’s budget proposal seeks more funding for hypersonic research and other technology. JOSHUA ARMSTRONG/U.S. Air Force

Buffalo Soldiers to be honored with West Point statue BY MICHAEL E. RUANE a smile. dry began slicing it apart with a razor and a The Washington Post So before he began to sculpt in clay, Dixon, pipe saw. LUBBOCK, Texas — Late into the night, 73, sat down in his converted firehouse here It was one of the final steps in the project to in his studio on Avenue X, surrounded by and began to sketch. He eliminated Mat- get a bronze version of the model ready for props and tools and diagrams of the human thews’ smile, and de-aged his face until he installation this summer at West Point. form, sculptor Eddie Dixon worked on the had the image of a serious-looking African There, it will honor the little-known unit of Buffalo Soldier’s face. American soldier in his prime. Black soldiers that taught horsemanship to It was the hardest part of the equestrian Dixon went on to complete his model of generations of white Army officers amid the statue he was making for the U.S. Military Matthews, believed to be the last known Buf- harsh racial oppression of the time. Academy at West Point. The only pictures he falo Soldier to serve at West Point. And one Portions of the model had to be cut apart to BRAD TOLLEFSON/For The Washington Post had of the late Sgt. Sanders H. Matthews Sr. day early this month, he paced his studio in a Eddie Dixon's completed statue of a were photos of him as an elderly man, or with dark baseball cap as an expert from a foun- SEE STATUE ON PAGE 7 Buffalo Soldier is shown in his studio. PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, May 30, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER US stocks cling to gains and end week higher EXCHANGE RATES Military rates South Korea (Won) 1115.45 Associated Press the index’s fourth straight month- benchmark 10-year Treasury. Switzerland (Franc) 0.9008 Euro costs (May 31) $1.19 Thailand (Baht) 31.26 Stocks capped a listless day of ly increase and follows a bumpy Typically, worries about rising in- Dollar buys (May 31) 0.8013 Turkey (NewLira) 8.5802 British pound (May 31) $1.38 trading on Wall Street with mod- few weeks in the markets as inves- flation fuel expectations of higher Japanese yen (May 31) 106.00 (Military exchange rates are those available est gains Friday and the S&P 500’s tors moved past a stellar corporate interest rates, which can cause South Korean won (May 31) 1089.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ first weekly gain in three weeks. earnings season and focused on bond yields to rise. many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain(Dinar) 0.3769 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ Gains in technology and health the tug-of-war between the eco- The S&P 500 rose 3.23 points to Britain (Pound) 1.4153 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2082 your local military banking facility. Commercial care companies outweighed a nomic recovery and rising infla- 4,204.11, its third straight gain. China(Yuan) 6.3714 rates are interbank rates provided for reference Denmark (Krone) 6.1134 slide in communications stocks, tion. The Dow Jones Industrial Aver- Egypt (Pound) 15.6602 when buying currency. All figures are foreign retailers and elsewhere in the Wall Street largely shrugged off age added 64.81 points, or 0.2%, to Euro 0.8220 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7617 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ market. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% a report indicating consumer 34,529.45. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Hungary (Forint) 286.20 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.2507 and notched a 1.2% gain for the spending increased last month, gained 12.46 points, or 0.1%, to Japan (Yen) 110.02 INTEREST RATES week. the latest economic snapshot to 13,748.74. Kuwait(Dinar) 0.3010 Norway (Krone) 8.3433 Prime rate 3.25 The benchmark index closed show inflation accelerating in the Smaller company stocks fell. Philippines (Peso) 47.80 Interest Rates Discount rate 0.75 Poland (Zloty) 3.69 Federal funds market rate 0.09 out the final day of trading in May U.S. economy. Treasury yields The Russell 2000 index lost 4.10 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) 3.7502 3­month bill 0.02 with a monthly gain of 0.5%. That’s fell, including the yield for the points, or 0.2%, to 2,268.97. Singapore (Dollar) 1.3239 30­year bond 2.29 WEATHER OUTLOOK SUNDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SUNDAY IN EUROPE MONDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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FROM PAGE 1 “It strikes an appropriate balance be- tween preserving present readiness and fu- ture modernization, but it is biased toward the future operating environment and read- iness,” Milley told House lawmakers during a hearing Thursday. “We are trying right now to put down payments on investments that are going to pay huge dividends 5, 10, 15 years from now for a future force that will be able to compete successfully with any ad- versary out there, to include China.” The 2022 budget request asks for more than $112 billion for research, development, testing and evaluation, a roughly 5% boost over the Pentagon’s 2021 RDT&E budget, which had been its largest-ever in that port- folio focused on future weaponry. That mon- ey will be spent largely on the development and procurement of hypersonic missiles, ar- tificial intelligence and autonomous capa- bilities, microelectronics, and space and cyber technology, which Milley and De- fense Secretary Lloyd Austin labeled criti- cal to future combat operations. The budget proposal would also provide U.S. troops and Defense Department civil- ian workers a 2.7% pay raise, earmark $617 million toward hardening military installa- tions against the impacts of climate change, spend some $500 million on coronavirus pandemic-related efforts, and set aside $30.7 million to identify and address extre- mism in the ranks. JOE GROMELSKI/Stars and Stripes The request is smaller than the initial esti- The Pentagon’s 2022 budget would provide a $172.9 billion budget for the Army, a $163.9 billion budget for the Navy, a $47.9 mated Pentagon budget request for 2022 billion budget for the Marine Corps, a $195.3 billion budget for the Air Force, and a $17.5 billion budget for the Space Force. drafted during former President Donald Trump’s administration, which would have Contingency Operations funds. The 2022 LCSs, all of which had yet to reach the Na- wireless networks. The budget proposal al- sought about $722 billion, matching calls budget proposal would roll those funds, vy’s fleet. so includes $10.4 billion for cyberspace ac- from Republicans for at least 3-5% yearly such as about $69 billion in OCO funding for The budget would fund a total force of tivities and $20.6 billion for space and space- growth in Defense Department funding. 2021, into the base budget request for the 2,145,900 troops across all the services, in- based systems. Liberal lawmakers, meanwhile, have called first time since 2002. cluding the National Guard and reservists, a On Thursday, Milley labeled the RDT&E on Biden to slash Pentagon funding to pay The change comes after Biden in April di- cut of about 5,300 troops. The largest cuts especially crucial to ensure China cannot for domestic programs, setting up a possible rected the full withdrawal of troops from Af- would come from Navy and Marine Corps, close the existing capabilities gap the Unit- funding showdown as Congress drafts its ghanistan by Sept. 11, a process military offi- which would lose 2,200 and 2,700 active-du- ed States has long held over other world version of the Pentagon’s next budget. cials said last week was already about 25% ty troops, respectively. The budget also calls powers. China — and Russia — is not yet on The top Republicans on the Senate and completed. Only a few thousand troops re- for 1,000 fewer active-duty soldiers and a cut par with U.S. military capabilities, the gen- House Armed Services Committees blasted main on the ground in Iraq and Syria, where of 800 active-duty airmen. The Space Force eral said, but it has invested heavily toward Biden’s proposal as “wholly inadequate,” they primarily serve to train local forces would grow by about 2,000 guardians. improving its capabilities in recent years. vowing they would fight to boost the Penta- fighting the remnants of Islamic State. In all, the 2022 budget would provide a “They are not our peer or our near-peer gon’s topline for 2022. Lawmakers for years have criticized OCO $172.9 billion budget for the Army, a $163.9 just yet, but they are rapidly growing and “It’s nowhere near enough to give our ser- money as a “slush fund” for Pentagon offi- billion budget for the Navy, a $47.9 billion their objective is by probably the mid-2030s, vice members the resources, equipment cials to skirt mandatory budget caps im- budget for the Marine Corps, a $195.3 billion for sure by the mid-century, to be equal to or and training they need,” Sen. Jim Inhofe, R- posed by Congress in the last decade. Those budget for the Air Force, and a $17.5 billion greater than the United States military,” Okla., and Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., wrote caps have since expired, giving Austin even budget for the Space Force. Milley said of China. “They are advancing in a joint statement. “A budget like this more leeway to make the change that he It would purchase 85 F-35 Joint Strike rapidly in space, cyber, and in maritime — sends China and our other potential adver- called “long overdue.” Fighter aircraft and 12 F-15EX fighter jets. both surface and subsurface — and air, so saries a bad signal — that we’re not willing to Among the initiatives once paid for with It would also buy eight new Navy ships: two they are very, very significant competitor to do what it takes to defend ourselves and our OCO funds, the Pentagon proposed more Virginia class attack submarines, two fleet the United States, but they are not yet our allies and partners.” than doubling its new Pacific Deterrence ocean tugs, an Arleigh Burke class guided- equal, but their intent is to be our equal.” Meanwhile, Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Md., Initiative to $5.1 billion in 2022. The PDI, missile destroyer, a Constellation-class Milley said Biden’s 2022 budget proposal a member of the House Armed Services which began in 2021 when Congress ap- guided-missile frigate, a John Lewis-class would allow the United States to retain its Committee and an Army veteran, defended proved $2.2 billion, is meant to directly replenishment oiler and an ocean surveil- military edge, assuming Congress contin- Biden’s budget request as “clear-eyed about check Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacif- lance ship. ued funding the Pentagon’s efforts to ad- the challenges facing our country” and ic region by working and training with allies In addition, it would boost spending on vance its weaponry. striking a good balance between Pentagon and forward deploying troops and weapons. Pentagon efforts to modernize its missile “If we do not put a lot of money towards and domestic spending. It is modeled off the Pentagon’s efforts to defense capabilities and nuclear weapons those [new technologies] and developing Austin told lawmakers on Thursday that thwart Russian aggression in Eastern Eu- by about $1.7 billion over 2021 levels, includ- them to a level of capability to deploy in our the budget released Friday “funds the right rope, known as the European Deterrence ing funding programs to upgrade all three force that will be at a significant disadvan- mix of capabilities” to ensure current oper- Initiative, which began in 2014. legs of the nuclear triad — the future nucle- tage to those countries that do develop ations around the world and prepare for po- As the U.S. military moves further away ar bomber, the B-21 Raider; the future Co- them,” he said. “China is investing heavily tential conflict with a near-peer or peer from active combat operations toward lumbia-class submarine, and the Ground in all of those capabilities, and we need to power in the coming years. working to deter the potential for high-level Based Strategic Deterrent, the proposed re- definitely do that. This budget does a lot of Austin said the Biden administration’s conflict, Austin’s budget calls for some older placement for the U.S. Cold War-era Min- that and it will have to be a sustained level of first budget is reflective of the current world weapons programs to be retired and for a uteman III intercontinental ballistic mis- effort over many years, but it’s critical to the for the U.S. military — in which fewer troops modest reduction in total troop strength. siles. defense of the United States that we invest in are serving in longstanding combat oper- Among those labeled for partial cuts total- The RDT&E funding would include $2.3 advanced technologies.” ations in places such as Afghanistan and ing about a $2.8 billion savings, according to billion “for various microelectronics efforts Iraq. To that end, Austin proposed ending the Pentagon, are the Air Force’s A-10 attack crucial to long-term national security,” $3.8 [email protected] Twitter: @CDicksteinDC the use of the Defense Department’s long- jet and the Navy’s littoral combat ship. The billion for hypersonics, $874 million for arti- [email protected] held wartime coffers, known as Overseas budget proposes cutting 42 A-10s and four ficial intelligence and $398 million for 5G Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, May 30, 2021 PENTAGON BUDGET Army budget proposal drops $3.6B in 2022

BY ROSE L. THAYER will fund a pay raise, retirement to the budget overview. It request- Stars and Stripes compensation reform and recruit- ed $249 million more than last The Army’s proposed spending ing and retention incentives. year for weapons and tracked plan for fiscal year 2022 is about Soldiers would see increases in combat vehicles, which includes $3.6 billion less than last year’s pay by 2.7%, basic allowance for upgrades for the Abrams main budget, though service officials housing by 3.1% and basic allow- battle tank, Bradley infantry fight- said Friday that the drop in funds ance for sustenance by 2.3%, ac- ing vehicle and Stryker combat will have no impact on their top cording to a presentation of the vehicle. priorities or quality-of-life servic- proposal from Maj. Gen. Paul The 15% reduction in the con- es for soldiers. Chamberlain, director of the Ar- struction budget in 2022 was a re- “This budget puts people first, my budget. The proposal also in- sult of a $351 million injection of maintains force readiness and creases funding for child care by funds last year for eight additional continues the irreversible mod- expanding access to the Army Fee projects, Chamberlain said. But ernization momentum to develop Assistance Program and contin- the spending request includes next-generation capabilities to ues efforts to attract and retain $100 million for barracks up- fight and win now and [in the fu- high-quality child care providers. grades and 31 construction pro- ture],” said Christopher Lowman, Army civilian workers also would jects across the Army. senior official performing the du- see a 2.7% pay raise. The proposal also provides $3.3 ties of the undersecretary of the Areas of the Army budget tak- million to hire case managers for Army. ing cuts include operations and ALEJANDRO PENA/U.S. Air Force the Exceptional Family Member At $172.9 billion, the Army was maintenance, procurement, re- Army 1st Sgt. Alex Tanner descends during airborne training at Joint Program, which helps families the only military service to release search, development, testing and Base Elmendorf­Richardson, Alaska, on Tuesday. At $172.9 billion, a smaller budget proposal Friday evaluation, military construction with special medical or education- the Army was the only service to release a smaller budget proposal. within the overall Defense De- and family housing construction. al needs, and others to focus on the partment spending request of Despite the cuts, Gen. Mark oversight of Army family housing other changes in U.S. Central tinue the development of the fu- $715 billion, which is an increase Milley, chairman of the Joint construction and repair. Command operations. At about ture of vertical-lift aircraft,” of 1.6% from last year. Defense of- Chiefs of Staff, told House law- Though money for family hous- $65 billion, the operations and Chamberlain said. He also credit- ficials attributed the Army’s makers Thursday that the Army ing construction decreases by $24 maintenance proposal funds 20 ed Army Futures Command for smaller budget, in part, to the re- budget properly funds its six mod- million, funds for family housing combat training center rotations reducing the time and costs of new duction of costs caused by the ernization priorities — long-range operations increases by nearly $19 and puts more emphasis on the warfighting capabilities. drawdown in Afghanistan. precision fires, next generation million. The request sits at $99 Arctic region. He said the Army eliminated or The Army also expects to have combat vehicle, future vertical million for construction and $391 The $12 billion request for re- reduced more than 240 programs 1,700 fewer soldiers in 2022, with lift, network, air and missile de- million for operations. search and development, down by and “freed up billions for modern- an end strength of 1,010,500 fense and soldier lethality. The Army’s operation and $4 billion, came in part from re- ization efforts.” troops. Yet, the service is request- The Army also looks to spend maintenance request is about ductions to the production quanti- ing an increase of $1.2 billion to less money buying aircraft, mis- $700 million less than 2021, due to ties of Blackhawk and Apache air- [email protected] support personnel. That money siles and ammunition, according the drawdown in Afghanistan and craft, allowing the Army to “con- Twitter: @Rose_Lori Air Force seeks to cut dozens of aircraft, invest in future BY COREY DICKSTEIN by retiring those aircraft to in- ons systems. The Air Force seeks Stars and Stripes crease Air Force research, devel- to buy 48 F-35A Joint Strike Fight- The Air Force seeks a slight opment, testing, and evaluation ers for $4.5 billion and 12 F-15EX funding boost in its $156.3 billion coffers, which would receive a Eagle II fighter jets next year for budget request for fiscal year 2022 $2.2 billion boost over 2021 levels $1.3 billion. The proposal would unveiled Friday, which officials to $28.8 billion in the budget pro- spend $2.4 billion to buy 14 KC-46 said made tough choices to divest posal. tankers. from workhorse aircraft to fund That RDT&E money is largely In addition to the cuts to aircraft the service’s future weapons pro- aimed at developing modern nu- and end strength, the budget pro- grams. clear and hypersonic weapons, posal would also slash flying hours The budget proposal seeks GREGORY BROOK/U.S. Air Force advanced command and control for Air Force pilots. The 2022 bud- about a 2.3% increase from 2021 A U.S. Air Force A­10 Thunderbolt II flies over Afghanistan in 2018. platforms, and the Air Force’s get request would fund 1.15 mil- levels, but it would cut some 200 Next Generation Air Dominance lion flying hours, down from 1.24 aircraft and about 800 active-duty ing force structure, continuous lance Target Attack Radar Sys- Program, which aims to look at the million in 2021. troops to boost spending on the de- combat operations and long-de- tem, or JSTARS, command and future of fighter jet and drone sys- Peccia said the flying hours velopment of critical new technol- ferred modernization,” Maj. Gen. control aircraft, 18 KC-135 Strato- tems. drop was largely determined by ogy, including hypersonic mis- James D. Peccia III, the Air tankers and 14 KC-10 tankers, and The budget includes $3 billion operational changes overseas, siles and next-generation nuclear Force’s deputy assistant secretary 20 RQ-4 Global Hawk intelli- for development of the B-21 nucle- where pilots are flying fewer com- weapons. The Air Force request for budget, said Friday at the Pen- gence, surveillance and recon- ar bomber, which the Air Force bat hours in places such as Iraq, was rolled out Friday alongside tagon. “It is essential to [cut] ag- naissance drones. hopes will make its first test flight Syria and Afghanistan, where all the Pentagon’s proposed $715 bil- ing, costly and less-than-capable The service said those divest- next year. U.S. forces are expected to leave lion fiscal year 2022 budget, which legacy systems, so we can deliver ments would save some $1.4 bil- It also includes $2.6 billion for by September. top officials said focused primar- and direct resources toward the lion. However, at least some of development of the Ground Based Those operational flying hours ily on ensuring the United States capabilities needed for future those cuts — including to the pop- Strategic Deterrent, a $1.1 billion accounted for about 75% of the retains its military advantage competition.” ular A-10s, C-130s and RQ-4s — boost for the program that the ser- hours cut. The rest, the general through the coming decades over The Air Force budget proposes are certain to be challenged by vice hopes will replace its Cold said, were cuts to peace-time — or an increasingly capable China. cutting 42 A-10 Thunderbolt II at- lawmakers, who have repeatedly War-era Minuteman III intercon- training — flight hours, which he “The Department of the Air tack jets, 48 F-15C/D Eagle and 47 stepped in to ensure such aircraft tinental ballistic missiles begin- called “a little bit more of a risk.” Force faces increasing budget F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets, remain in the Air Force inventory. ning in 2029. pressure based on growing costs 20 C-130 Hercules transport Peccia said Friday that the ser- The 2022 budget proposal also [email protected] of sustainment for current and ag- planes, four E-8 Joint Surveil- vice needed the money freed up purchases several current weap- Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Sunday, May 30, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 PENTAGON BUDGET Navy fleet won’t reach 300 under ’22 proposal

BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS At the same time, the service seeks to de- Stars and Stripes commission two Ticonderoga-class cruisers, WASHINGTON — The Navy will not re- a dock landing ship, four littoral combat ach 300 ships for another year despite contin- ships and 12 MK VI patrol boats from coastal ued pressure for a bigger fleet as service offi- riverine squadrons. cials make advanced capabilities such as un- Though the shipbuilding budget fell, the manned vessels and hypersonic weapons a service’s overall budget of nearly $163.9 bil- priority to remain competitive with China, lion would increase $965 million from 2021. according to its proposed budget for fiscal With a request of more than $22.6 billion year 2022. for research, testing, development and eval- The Navy does plan to procure eight new uation — up 12.4% from last year — the Na- warships in 2022, though overall shipbuild- vy’s budget follows the theme of the Penta- ing funds will drop by 3% from last year to gon’s overall budget strategy, calling for in- $22.6 billion. Still, the service will add two creased focus on innovation and investing in ships to its total from the 2021 budget, bring- next-generation weapons development. ALISON HUMMEL/U.S. Navy ing the fleet size to 296 — the same size it was One key area of research and development Sailors man the rails on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz Feb. 26. under the fiscal year 2020 budget. investment is in unmanned vessels, with “Eight ships a year is not going to get to a $375.6 million wanted for unmanned surface building the fleet comes as China has “rap- in a decade. Congress in its 2018 National De- 355-ship Navy,” Rear Adm. John Gumble- vessels and $290.6 million for unmanned un- idly grown its navy from 262 to 350 ships” fense Authorization Act required the Navy to ton, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy dersea vehicles. In the air, the unmanned and prepares to launch its third aircraft car- achieve a 355-ship fleet “as soon as practica- for budget, told reporters at the Pentagon on carrier-launched airborne surveillance and rier in 2023, the Navy said. ble.” Friday. “That said, we’re consistent with last strike program is funded at $268.8 million. “The department continues to innovate in “It’s all about not having a hollow force, year’s request of eight ships.” The Navy’s aircraft budget also took a hit, distributed maritime operations, enhanced making sure we’re ready today, modernizing The new ships include two Virginia-class, dipping more than 15% from last year’s bud- by investments in platforms, hypersonic for tomorrow and then the investment for the nuclear-powered attack submarines, two get to $16.5 billion. The request covers 107 weapons and unmanned capabilities,” Gum- future,” Gumbleton said. “And with this to- fleet ocean tugs, an Arleigh Burke-class de- aircraft, including 20 additional F-35C and 17 bleton said. pline allocated, this is the right blend to do stroyer, a Constellation-class frigate, a John F-35B Lightning IIs, five E-2D Advanced The proposal diverts from a January ship- that.” Lewis-class replenishment oiler, and an Hawkeyes and six KC-130J Hercules trans- building plan by former President Donald ocean surveillance ship, according to the pro- port aircraft. Trump’s administration, which called for a [email protected] posed budget. The move to prioritize other areas above 4.1% budget increase to reach 355 ships with- Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Space Force requests Marine Corps to cut 2,700 $2B increase to expand enlisted forces in its move to BY ROSE L. THAYER naval expeditionary warfare Stars and Stripes Space Force is requesting a $2 billion BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS budget increase to continue its growth in Stars and Stripes fiscal year 2022, with funding primarily go- WASHINGTON — The active-duty force ing to support the research and develop- of the Marine Corps would shrink by about ment of capabilities needed to deter threats 1.1% under its 2022 budget proposal as the in space and protect assets. service continues to redesign itself to meet The 2022 spending proposal for Space rising threats posed by China, according to Force, the military’s newest service branch budget materials released Friday. that is entering its second year of existence, While the service’s $47.9 billion proposed was presented Friday as part of the Air budget is up $2.8 billion from fiscal year Force budget request. 2021, it would cut 2,700 active-duty Marines U.S. Marine Corps The Air Force included $17.4 billion for as the service “is vigorously redesigning the The U.S. Marine Corps enlisted force is Space Force within its overall $173.7 billion force for naval expeditionary warfare in ac- set to drop from 159,716 troops to proposal for fiscal year 2022. That’s up MAURICIO CAMPINO/U.S. Air Force tively contested spaces,” according to the 156,650 in the new budget proposal. 13.1% from fiscal year 2021. The Air Force included $17.4 billion for budget documents. Similar to last year, about 65% of the bud- Space Force within its overall $173.7 The cuts would come entirely from enlist- To assist in the transition, the service is get, or $11.3 billion, will go to research, de- billion proposal for fiscal year 2022. ed forces, which are set to drop from 159,716 asking for $3 billion in procurements, velopment, testing and evaluation. Oper- troops to 156,650, according to the Marine which would include funds for ground- ations and management will get $3.4 billion, This would allow for enhanced on-orbit Corps. The service aims to add 366 officers based anti-ship missiles and high-mobility with the remaining $2.8 billion going to pro- management. in the new budget for a total of 21,850. artillery rocket system programs and the curement. Remaining funds support the acquisition “The reduction of active-duty end purchase of 613 joint light tactical vehicles With the research budget up $725 million of spacecraft and terminals, ground control strength is part of the larger effort to mod- and 92 amphibious combat vehicles, ac- this year, the service will invest in protect- systems, launch services, and related com- ernize the Marine Corps by divesting of leg- cording to the budget materials. ing space assets, fielding new capabilities, munications security and training products. acy capabilities, such as tanks, bridging and “We prioritize investments in force-de- protecting the joint force from adversary While the Defense Department has re- law enforcement, along with a reduction of sign programs that underwrite Marine use of space capabilities in conflict, and quested an overall reduction in troops, surge capacity, with the intent of investing Corps expeditionary nature and ability to building combat-effective digital service. Space Force is sthe only military branch in modernization,” the service said in the contribute as a part of a larger naval cam- About $132 million would go toward the proposing an increase in service members. budget materials. paign, including key efforts like long-range Next-Gen Overhead Persistent Infrared The service plans to grow from 6,434 The change aligns with the Force Design fires, sensors and network modernization,” missile warning system. guardians to 8,000 in 2022. 2030, a modernization effort announced in Rear Adm. John Gumbleton, deputy assist- With procurement funds, the Space Those additional troops could come from March 2020 that aims to transition the Ma- ant secretary of the Navy for budget, told re- Force would use $341 million to buy five the other service branches. rine Corps from a force focused on large- porters at the Pentagon on Friday. space launch vehicles. It would also pur- scale amphibious and sustained ashore op- chase two GPS III space vehicles and in- [email protected] erations to one optimized to support naval [email protected] crease technical support with $64 million. Twitter: @Rose_Lori expeditionary campaigns. Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, May 30, 2021 MILITARY Biden urges 10% boost to VA budget

BY NIKKI WENTLING funding to reduce veteran home- Stars and Stripes lessness. The additional money WASHINGTON — President would fund expanded case-man- Joe Biden on Friday proposed a agement services to help more $269.9 billion budget for the De- veterans gain permanent housing. partment of Veterans Affairs in It also includes $12.9 million for 2022, an increase of 10% from a new office within the VA: the Of- 2021. fice of Resolution Management, The proposed increase for the Diversity and Inclusion. The of- VA is part of a jump in nondefense fice will ensure “VA welcomes all spending that Biden will attempt our veterans, to include women, to push through Congress before those of color and whom are the end of the fiscal year on Sept. LGBTQ+,” the agency said in a re- 30. His overall budget proposal, lease Friday. the details of which were released There’s also a hefty increase for Friday, totals $6 trillion. the VA’s caregiver support pro- VA Secretary Denise McDo- gram. The program would receive nough said Biden’s budget shows $1.4 billion total, an increase of the high priority that he places on $350 million. the VA. Biden’s proposal for the VA con- “I think the president has put to- tinues a pattern of increases for gether a budget where he’s given the department that lasted us support that underscores to me throughout the administrations of the high priority that he and the former President Barack Obama vice president place in the veter- and former President Donald ans of this country,” McDonough JOE GROMELSKI/Stars and Stripes Trump. The agency’s budget has told reporters Thursday. The Department of Veterans Affairs budget request includes $18 billion to improve hospitals and clinics. increased consistently since the McDonough will be tasked with beginning of the Iraq and Afghan- defending the budget proposal on spending, which includes entitle- ans using private-sector doctors $260 million to help provide child istan wars in the early 2000s. Capitol Hill. He’s already faced ment programs, does not go through the VA’s new community care resources to veterans who In 2009, the VA operated on a to- questions from Republican law- through the congressional appro- care program. are parents. tal budget of $90 billion. Under makers about why the VA needs priations process. Mandatory The discretionary budget pro- The plan also calls for a signif- Trump, the agency’s yearly bud- another increase after receiving spending totals $152.7 billion for posal, which must be considered icant increase to the VA’s suicide get surpassed $240 billion, includ- $17 billion from the American 2022, an increase of $14.9 billion — by Congress, includes $117.2 bil- prevention efforts. The budget for ing mandatory and discretionary Rescue Plan earlier this year. or 10.8% — over 2021. McDonough lion — a 9% increase from 2021. these efforts would total $598 mil- spending. Biden’s budget for the VA is told lawmakers in April that the The request includes $18 billion to lion, about $285 million more than made up of mandatory and discre- increase in mandatory spending improve the infrastructure of VA in 2021. [email protected] tionary spending. Mandatory was largely due to a jump in veter- hospitals and clinics, as well as The VA would receive a boost in Twitter: @nikkiwentling

Disciplined midshipman Air Force to replace JSTARS units in Ga. graduates after deal set Associated Press the system has used large Boeing men at Robins to transition to four effective for decades, has become After a lawsuit settlement be- ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, 707 planes to gather battlefield in- new missions coming to the base, “old technology and we have to tween a midshipman facing ex- Ga. — The Air Force said it plans formation from the air for use by Roth said. They include the Ad- move to new technology to pro- pulsion and the head of the Naval to phase out its decadesold U.S. commanders. vanced Battle Management Sys- tect the United States.” Academy, he graduated Friday as JSTARS aircraft and radar sys- The Air Force plans to begin re- tem, an intelligence-gathering U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Georgia a member of the Class of 2021. tem used for battlefield surveil- tiring the JSTARS aircraft begin- network under development that Democrat, said the new missions It is unclear if Chase Standage, lance and replace it in central Ge- ning with four planes in fiscal allows real-time sharing of battle- will ensure Robins remains es- who was listed as a member of the orgia with new missions driven 2022, acting Air Force Secretary field information between satel- sential to national security. 14th company, commissioned. by upgraded technology. John P. Roth told a news confer- lites in space, military aircraft, “These upgrades will ensure The graduation program did dif- ence Friday. It will likely take at ground forces and commanders. that this base is strong for dec- The JSTARS mission is shared ferentiate between graduating by both active duty airmen and least five years to phase out the U.S. Rep. Austin Scott, a Geor- ades to come,” Ossoff said. and commissioning midshipmen. Georgia Air National Guard entire program, he said. gia Republican whose district in- “These are cutting edge capabil- But Standage did walk on the members at Robins Air Force The move will allow 2,000 ac- cludes Robins Air Force Base, ities. ... We’re glad they’re coming stage after his name was called to Base south of Macon. Since 1991, tive duty and National Guard air- said the JSTARS program, while to Georgia.” accept his diploma and shake Vice President Kamala Harris’ hand. Of the 1,084 graduates, nine are not commissioning, according to 2 charged in slaying of colonel, wife in Va. the Naval Academy. An additional Associated Press of the shooting as Army Col. Dr. tives. The chief declined to say ficials said. He had served in the two midshipmen will have a de- SPRINGFIELD, Va. — Fair- Edward McDaniel Jr., 55, and where. Army since 1995. layed commissioning. A midship- fax County Police have charged Army Retired Col. Brenda The killings were directly re- Brenda McDaniel served in man may graduate but not com- two men in the fatal shooting of McDaniel, 63. lated to an incident at the McDa- the Army from 1983 to 2009 and mission for various reasons, in- a military couple in the front “We’re here because two pil- niels’ home on Monday, Maj. Ed retired as a colonel, Army offi- cluding being medically unfit to yard of their Springfield home. lars of our community, of our O’Carroll said. Officers were cials said. serve in the military. Police announced the arrests country, really, were gunned called for an attempted burgla- Edward McDaniel’s mother, The Naval Academy did not of Ronnie Marshall, 20, and down viciously in their own ry when one of the suspects Felice McDaniel, told The comment on Standage’s status. D’Angelo Strand, 19, of Fort front yard,” Fairfax County Po- went to their house and there Washington Post that her son Standage’s tweets, which were Washington, Md., on Thursday lice Chief Kevin Davis said at a was a dispute, police said. The was scheduled to retire in No- all responses to other tweets, in- evening. They are charged with news conference Thursday. incident was under investiga- vember, but he planned to con- cluded saying Breonna Taylor two counts of second-degree News outlets report that Davis tion when the slayings occurred. tinue working as a doctor. “received justice” when she was murder and firearms violations said the motive was a dispute, Edward McDaniel was a doc- “They loved their country. killed by police and that “it only and are being held without but investigators are still trying tor of internal medicine at Fort They loved their service,” Fel- takes one drone strike” when re- bond. Court records do not list to determine what it was about. Belvoir Community Hospital, ice McDaniel said. “They loved sponding to a tweet about antifa. an attorney for either man. Marshall and Strand worked where he was also the director the people who were their pa- Police identified the victims with one of the couple’s rela- of executive medicine, Army of- tients.” From wire reports Sunday, May 30, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 MILITARY Statue: Sculptor perfects every detail on tribute

FROM PAGE 1 The model was built on an inner make individual molds for the structure of carved foam, over 1,800 pounds of molten bronze that which Dixon spread a layer of light will go into the statue, said Tommy brown clay. Ladd, owner of Schaefer Art Buttons, buckles, and insignia Bronze Casting, the Arlington, were carefully made out of wax or Texas, foundry where the work resins. Chilton made the model of will be done. the flag, with a wave in it, out of If all goes as planned, the 10-foot- metal. He crafted the rider’s tall piece — depicting Matthews on sword, using picture-hanging wire horseback with a cavalry flag — to imitate decorations on the han- will be taken on a flatbed tractor dle. trailer to West Point in late August Dixon ordered old pieces of and unveiled in early September, equipment such as an Army hat, project organizers said. cavalry spurs and leather leggings The statue is a gift to the acade- from military suppliers so he could my from the Buffalo Soldiers Asso- copy them accurately in clay. PHOTOS BY BRAD TOLLEFSON/For The Washington Post ciation of West Point, which raised Pieces of automobile radiator In his studio in Lubbock, Texas, Eddie Dixon demonstrates how he adds details to the eyes of a sculpture. roughly $1 million for the project, hose were used to mimic saddle He designed a Buffalo Soldier for the U.S. Military Academy. said retired Army Maj. Gen. Fred straps. Gorden, who headed the fundrais- At one point, Dixon said, the stirrup from 1904. ing effort. West Point historians pointed out Chiefly members of the Black It will be erected on West Point’s that the style of bit in the horse’s 9th and 10th U.S. cavalry re- Buffalo Soldier Field, near where mouth predated the 1907 arrival of giments, the Buffalo Soldiers are the old stables once stood. the Buffalo Soldiers by four years. known for fighting Native Ameri- Most people have no idea that “I wanted to kick myself,” he cans in the American West in the Buffalo Soldiers were at West said. He knew the difference but late 1800s. Point, Gorden said. “They served ... had mistakenly focused on an im- The Cheyenne and Comanche quietly, confidently, skillfully,” he age he saw on a reenactor’s horse. named them for what they saw as a said. “They were standard-bear- He corrected the mistake. similarity of the soldiers’ hair and ers.” The leggings were made to look skin color to that of the American Dixon, the sculptor, and his as- like those worn in 1907, said David Bison, historians say. “They looked sistant, Ralph Chilton, have been M. Reel, director of the West Point like buffalo,” Dixon, who is Black, working on the piece since Janu- Museum, who assembled a team of said. ary, checking with West Point offi- historical advisers. The saddle had But starting in 1907, a detach- NATIONAL ARCHIVES, U.S. MILITARY /Handout cials to make sure they were get- to be the 1885 McClellan style, and ment of Buffalo Soldiers was post- Buffalo Soldiers at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., in ting the details right. the flag anchor in the rider’s right ed at segregated West Point to in- the 1940s. struct the cadets in the fine points of horsemanship — and to do me- of duty in Vietnam, and he wears a Buffalo Soldiers of West Point, said nial work across the campus. baseball cap that says “Agent Or- his granddaughter Aundrea Mat- The training had previously ange Health Club, Life Member.” thews, cultural arts director for the been done by a White cavalry out- An amiable man, he said he has academy’s Corps of Cadets and fit, which suffered from poor mo- made many Buffalo Soldier sculp- president of the Buffalo Soldiers rale, indiscipline and low reenlist- tures over the years for museums Association. ment rates. and other sites. And he feels an af- In 1973, the academy installed a The arrival of the Black soldiers finity. “Naturally, you would feel Buffalo Soldier memorial plaque solved the problem “pretty much an empathy toward soldiers, for on a rock on campus and renamed over night,” Army reports showed. the simple fact that I was one,” he asports field for the outfit. The ges- Buffalo Soldier morale, discipline said. ture appeared fitting for the time, and reenlistment rates were all “For this moment in time, people but almost 50 years later, the high, according to historian Brian will know about them,” he said. plaque seemed inadequate. G. Shellum. “They’ll know that these people ac- “It was obscure,” said Gorden, The Buffalo Soldiers served at tually existed. When I was coming who in the late 1980s was the first West Point until 1947; the next up ... we didn’t have any heroes. Black commandant of cadets at year, the Army was racially deseg- Our heroes were [people like] John West Point. “It was in a copse of regated, Shellum has said. Wayne. How could I relate to John trees. . . . It was not accessible. And Meanwhile, as Dixon watched Wayne?” there was nothing there to indicate Ladd dismantle the model in the The West Point sculpture is the that that rock was anything more old brick firehouse, the sculptor culmination of a project that was than a rock.” talked. started by Sanders Matthews be- Sanders Matthews wanted He quoted from a Carl Sandburg fore he died at age 95 in 2016. something better. And Dixon re- poem, discussed the ancient war- When his 23 years of service, ceived the assignment. rior queen Tomyris and related a most of it at West Point, ended in But Matthews did not know he folk tale told by his grandmother. 1962, he became the first African would be the model, his grand- He condemned the attitude of American police officer in nearby daughter said. President Woodrow Wilson toward Highland Falls, N.Y. He then re- “My grandfather was an icon African Americans, recounted the turned to West Point as a campus both at West Point and in the com- story of the World War I Black bus driver, according to the Buffa- munity,” she said. “Everybody aviator Eugene Bullard and told of lo Soldiers Association, an organi- knew [the statue had to depict] Tommy Ladd, owner of Schaefer Art Bronze Casting, uses playing his own failed attempt to avoid the zation he founded in 2008. him. He’s been the one leading the cards to mark the areas where the statue will be cut and molded. The draft during the Vietnam War. Matthews had long dreamed of a charge. . . . Even to the day he died statue is taken apart before being cast in bronze at the foundry. He wound up serving two tours suitable monument honoring the that has been . . . his battle cry.” PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, May 30, 2021 VIRUS OUTBREAK Biden touts vaccine progress, thanks troops Associated Press the move,” Biden said. He added, pressing Republican lawmakers ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Presi- “Americans of every party, race, to back a massive infrastructure dent Joe Biden started the Memo- creed have come together and bill to rebuild roadways and rial Day weekend by visiting a rolled up their sleeves — literally bridges, replace millions of lead rock climbing gym in northern — and done their part.” waterpipes and more — some- Virginia as the state lifted all CO- This year, the long holiday thing that the White House is VID-19 distancing and capacity weekend that marks the unofficial pitching as a salve for an economy restrictions at private businesses start to summer comes at a mo- as the U.S. turns the corner on the and much of the nation pushes to- ment when the federal govern- worst public health crisis in more ward a greater sense of normalcy. ment and state governments are than a century. Biden sought to use the stop on relaxing masking and social dis- "The American people are more Friday at Sportrock Climbing tancing rules now that a majority ready to come together, I believe, Centers — an 18,000-square-foot of Americans are vaccinated and than the Congress and the elected space of climbing and bouldering more people are looking to return people,” Biden said. walls, a gym, and yoga studios — to their pre-pandemic routines. Biden later traveled to Joint to celebrate progress made as the Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam Base Langley Eustis, in the state's country looks to turn the corner on lifted coronavirus-related restric- Tidewater region, to thank U.S. the coronavirus pandemic, which tions on capacity and social dis- troops for their service. After be- has killed more than 593,000 PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP tancing in the state on Friday. He ginning with an emotional re- Americans and 3.5 million people President Joe Biden speaks at Joint Base Langley­Eustis in Hampton, had already lifted Virginia’s in- membrance of his late son Beau, a worldwide. Va., on Friday. door mask mandate for fully vac- veteran, Biden acknowledged the The president, who later paid cinated people on May 15 for most unheralded sacrifices made by tribute to the armed forces with an ready received vaccinations get their shot. indoor settings, though businesses the service members and their address at an Air Force base else- —about 51% of Americans are now “All over the country we’ve can still require masks if they families. where in Virginia, used the day to fully vaccinated — and again gone from pain and stagnation of a want to. “You are the very best of what thank Americans who have al- urged Americans who haven't to long dark winter to an economy on The visit came as Biden is America has to offer," Biden said. Europe sees dramatic fall in cases of virus Associated Press any other region, while also re- ROME — When Italy won the porting about 44% of adults had Eurovision Song Contest with an received at least one dose of vac- over-the-top glam-rock perform- cine, according to the World ance, the victory signaled more Health Organization and Europe- than just a psychological boost for an Centre for Disease Prevention one of the countries hardest hit by and Control. COVID-19: Held before a live, in- Europe’s seven-day rolling av- door audience of 3,500, the annual erage for new cases per 100,000 kitsch fest confirmed that Europe people had been higher than any was returning to a semblance of other region from mid-October normalcy that was unthinkable through the beginning of Decem- even a few weeks ago. ber, ceding the unwanted top spot Coronavirus infections, hospi- to the Americas over the new year talizations and deaths are plum- before reclaiming it from early meting across the continent, after February through April, accord- Europe led the world in new cases ing to an Associated Press analy- last fall and winter in waves that sis of data from Johns Hopkins cost hundreds of thousands of University. lives, forced more rolling lock- Now, no European country is AP downs and overwhelmed inten- among the top 10 for new cases per A resident gets tested for coronavirus in the Liwan District in Guangzhou in southern China’s Guangdong sive care units. 100,000 people. And only Georgia, province on Wednesday. Now, vaccination rates are ac- Lithuania and Sweden are in the celerating across Europe, and top 20. with them, the promise of summer But the virus is spiking in South- Chinese city locks down neighborhood vacations on Ibiza, Crete or Corsi- east Asia and much of Latin Amer- ca. There are hopes for a rebirth of ica and hitting the Maldives and Associated Press authorities as saying. cases every day but says almost all a tourism industry that in Spain Seychelles particularly hard this BEIJING — The southern Chi- Saturday’s order to stay home are believed to be people who and Italy alone accounts for 13% of week. Dr. Michael Ryan, WHO’s nese city of Guangzhou shut down applied to residents of five streets were infected abroad. The main- gross domestic product but was chief of emergencies, warned that a neighborhood and ordered its in Liwan District in the city center. land’s official death toll stands at wiped out by the pandemic. with the global situation still residents to stay home Saturday Outdoor markets, child care 4,636 out of 91,061 confirmed “We don’t speak of 2020. We “fragile and volatile,” Europe is by for door-to-door coronavirus test- centers and entertainment venues cases. speak of from today onward,” said no means out of the woods. ing following an upsurge in infec- were closed. Indoor restaurant On Saturday, the National Guglielmo Miani, president of Mi- “Relaxing measures prema- tions that has rattled authorities. dining was prohibited. Grade Health Commission reported two lan’s Montenapoleone luxury turely has contributed to the surge Guangzhou, a business and in- schools were told to stop in-person new locally transmitted cases in shopping district, where Europe- we have seen throughout 2020 and dustrial center of 15 million people classes. Guangzhou and 14 in other parts of an and American tourists have during the first quarter of 2021,” north of Hong Hong, has reported People in parts of four nearby the country that it said came from started trickling back, wooed in he warned. “We must stay the 20 new infections over the past districts were ordered to limit out- abroad. part by in-person meetups with course while striving to increase week. The number is small com- door activity. Most of the latest infections in design teams and free breakfasts vaccination coverage.” pared with India’s thousands of The city government earlier or- Guangzhou are believed to be link- at iconic cafes. The hope is that The biggest concern for Europe daily cases but alarmed Chinese dered testing of hundreds of thou- ed to a 75-year-old woman who Asian tourists will follow next is the highly contagious variant authorities who believed they had sands of residents following the was found May 21 to have the vari- year. first detected in India, which has the disease under control. initial infections. The government ant first identified in India, state Europe saw the largest decline brought that country to its knees The spread of infections was said some 700,000 people had been media say. Most of the others at- in new COVID-19 infections and and found a growing foothold in “fast and strong,” the official Glob- tested by Wednesday. tended a dinner with her or live to- deaths this week compared with Britain. al Times newspaper cited health China reports a handful of new gether. Sunday, May 30, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION June election bill a test case for ending filibuster BY LISA MASCARO create a commission to investi- Associated Press gate the insurrection highlighted WASHINGTON — Pressure is how reluctant the GOP will be to mounting on Democrats to end cooperate. the practice of requiring 60 votes While some senators prefer to to move legislation through the stick to the long-standing rules, Senate if they hope to advance despite the often cumbersome President Joe Biden’s agenda. process, others say the time has Earlier Friday, Republicans come to lower the threshold to 51 blocked a bill that would have es- votes. The vice president of the tablished a commission to investi- party in the White House — cur- gate the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol in- rently Kamala Harris — is able to surrection. break a tie. Fresh off the defeat, Senate Ma- “I will tell you that when it jority Leader Chuck Schumer set comes to voting rights and democ- STEVE HELBER/AP up a June vote on another crucial racy, we have to defend the de- Virginia State Police K­9 officer Tyler Fridley works his dog Aries at headquarters in Richmond May 10. priority — an elections overhaul mocracy, not the Senate,” Sen. Ra- bill that confronts restrictive new phael Warnock, D-Ga., a leading voting laws emerging in several proponent of the elections and key states after Donald Trump’s voting rights bill, said ahead of Legalization of marijuana in Va. loss in the 2020 presidential elec- Friday’s vote. tion to Biden. Overhauling the filibuster prompting police K-9 retirements The ambitious elections bill has would require the support of a ma- been seen as a defining test case jority of senators, but not all Dem- BY DENISE LAVOIE ing cocaine, heroin and metham- Miller’s office retired one dog for changing the Senate filibuster ocrats are ready to do so. Two cen- Associated Press phetamines. Some departments and is now using a second dog for rules that require the 60-vote hur- trists, Sen. Joe Manchin of West RICHMOND, Va. — Asking are unable to afford up to $15,000 tracking and apprehension duties dle in the evenly split chamber. Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of dogs to follow their noses won’t to buy and train a new dog, so only, not for drug detection. His Democrats see the legislation as a Arizona, are holdouts against any work anymore in states that have they are disbanding their K-9 office also bought a new dog not vital step toward protecting voting efforts to alter the filibuster, pre- legalized marijuana. units. trained on the scent of marijuana; systems, but Republicans are un- ferring to stick with the current As Virginia prepares to legalize The dogs trained on multiple that dog will be used to detect oth- likely to give it much support. practice, which typically requires adult possession of up to an ounce drugs alert in the same way for all er drugs. Miller said he’d like to The stunning GOP rebuke of bipartisan compromise. of marijuana on July 1, drug-sniff- of them, so it’s impossible to tell purchase a second drug-sniffing the proposed bipartisan commis- The bill headed for a vote, the ing police dogs from around the whether they are indicating the dog, but isn’t sure when he will sion on the Capitol riot, on a 54-35 For the People Act, is vast, tack- state are being forced into early presence of marijuana or an illicit find the money in his budget. vote, accelerated the argument, ling a range of interrelated issues retirement, following a trend in drug. The dogs also cannot distin- Other states that legalized mar- showing Democrats — and per- that Democrats say will protect other states where legalization guish between a small, legal ijuana earlier have had to make haps the broader public — how in- the vote and curb special inter- has led to K-9s being put out to amount of marijuana or a larger, similar adjustments. tense partisan loyalties are likely ests. Republicans say it is too pasture earlier than planned. still-illegal amount of the drug. “The trend is everywhere,” to make it difficult for Biden’s par- broad of a federal reach into state In Virginia, the rush to take For police, that means they can said Don Slavik, executive direc- ty to strike bipartisan compromis- and local election systems. marijuana-detecting dogs out of no longer be used to establish tor of the United States Police Ca- es on elections reforms, infras- It would mandate early voting, service began even before law- probable cause for a search. nine Association. tructure or other parts of his agen- same-day registration and other makers voted last month to accel- “We won’t use our dogs trained “Once you train a behavior in a da. long-sought changes that Repub- erate the timetable for legaliza- in marijuana because that could dog, that never goes away. They “We have seen the limits of bi- licans reject. The measure would tion. A separate law that went into be a defense an attorney would don’t want any mistakes, so that is partisanship,” Schumer told re- also require dark money political effect in March prohibits police raise for a client, to say, ‘Which why they want to bring in new porters at a news conference after groups to disclose anonymous do- from stopping or searching any- odor did the K-9 alert on — was it dogs,” he said. the vote. “Everything’s on the ta- nors. A version has already been one based solely on the odor of marijuana or was it an illegal Cumberland County Sheriff ble.” approved in the House. marijuana. drug?” said Bedford County Sher- Darrell Hodges said his office re- The filibuster is a Senate proce- The Democrats see the sweep- Virginia state police are retir- iff Mike Miller. cently had to retire its drug-de- dural rule that requires a vote by ing elections overhaul, which ing 13 K-9s, while many smaller Using a dog that has been tecting K-9, a Belgian Malinois 60 of the 100 senators to cut off de- would establish numerous federal police departments and sheriff’s trained to detect all drugs except named Mambo. bate and advance a bill. With the standards for elections, as the on- offices are retiring one or two marijuana can help “guarantee “You work with them day in Senate divided 50-50, Democrats ly path to push back against a raft dogs. Most are in the process of he didn’t hit on marijuana, that he and day out, and they become would need the support of 10 Re- of legislation advanced by Repub- purchasing and training new dogs found heroin or something else,” part of you, and to just take it publicans to move most bills. The lican state lawmakers in state- to detect only illicit drugs, includ- Miller said. away is kind of tough,” he said. vote on advancing legislation to houses across the country. Texas sheriff’s office fires 11 after probe into inmate’s death Associated Press zalez said he was “very upset and A sheriff’s office internal affairs his jail cell and officers responded said Major Thomas Diaz, who led HOUSTON — Eleven employ- heartbroken” about what a three- investigation concluded Simmons to clean it. the internal affairs investigation. ees with a Texas sheriff’s office month investigation into the death had three fights with detention of- Later that night, a detention of- The officers who were fired or have been fired and six others sus- of 23-year-old Jaquaree Simmons ficers on Feb. 16 when the jail had ficer hit Simmons in the face after suspended were found to have vio- pended following the February found. Medical examiners had lost power and water pressure he had thrown his meal tray at the lated various policies, including death of an inmate who was hit ruled Simmons’ death a homicide during the state’s deadly winter officer and charged at him, ac- using excessive force, failing to multiple times in the head by de- from injuries to his head. storm. cording to authorities. When more document the use of force, not in- tention officers, authorities an- “We have a duty to protect those The first use of force against officers were called in to take him tervening when a fellow officer nounced Friday. in our care and that didn’t hap- Simmons took place that morning for a medical evaluation, they hit used force and making false state- Harris County Sheriff Ed Gon- pen,” Gonzalez said. after he had clogged the toilet of him multiple times in the head, ments to investigators, Diaz said. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, May 30, 2021 WORLD Philippines protests Chinese presence near island

BY JIM GOMEZ last two months. of nine mostly islets, reefs and more military barracks. The escalating feud between Associated Press The Department of Foreign Af- shoals occupied by Philippine Chinese officials have not pro- Manila and Beijing started after MANILA, Philippines — The fairs in Manila said Saturday it has forces in the disputed waters. The tested as loudly as before the Phi- more than 200 Chinese vessels Philippines has demanded that filed a diplomatic protest against Manila government lists Thitu lippine constructions amid cozier suspected by Philippine author- China withdraw its ships and fish- “the incessant deployment, pro- and outlying outcrops as part of a ties between Beijing and Manila ities to be operated by government ing vessels from the vicinity of a longed presence and illegal activ- town in western Palawan prov- under Philippine President Rodri- militias were spotted in early Philippine-occupied island in the ities of Chinese maritime assets ince. go Duterte. But on Thursday, Chi- March at Whitsun Reef. The Phi- South China Sea, where the Chi- and fishing vessels in the vicinity Aside from Filipino troops and nese Defense Ministry spokes- lippine defense chief and foreign nese military has asserted its sov- of the Pag-asa islands.” It used the police, a small fishing community man Tang Kefei said China was secretary demanded the vessels ereignty and vowed to “unswerv- Philippine name for Thitu, which can be found on Thitu. The gov- “resolutely opposed” to any Phi- leave, and Filipino officials later ingly safeguard” the disputed ter- China calls Zhongye Dao. ernment has constructed a beach lippine development on Thitu. deployed navy and coast guard ritory. The department demanded that ramp to allow the docking of navy “China’s military will unswerv- vessels to the area. China said it The exchange of protests by the China withdraw its vessels from and cargo ships and unloading of ingly safeguard national territory, owns the reef and the Chinese ves- Asian neighbors over the island, near the island, which it said “is an construction materials and heavy sovereignty and maritime rights, sels were sheltering there from internationally called Thitu, is the integral part of the Philippines equipment for new projects, in- while resolutely maintaining rough seas. latest flareup in a long simmering over which it has sovereignty and cluding the repair and lengthen- peace and stability in the South The Philippines has issued doz- territorial feud in the strategic wa- jurisdiction.” ing of a seawater-eroded airstrip, China Sea,” Tang said, without ens of diplomatic protests to China terway that has escalated in the The 92-acre island is the largest an ice plant for fishermen and elaborating at a monthly briefing. since then over the disputes. Ex-premier’s graft case a test of justice in Kuwait

BY ISABEL DEBRE tention, Sheikh Jaber’s version of state custo- Associated Press dy was a special hospital wing decorated like a DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Where is palace with hotel service. A doctor at Kuwait’s Sheikh Jaber? Kuwait was abuzz with the state-run al-Amiri Hospital confirmed to The question as citizens on social media demand- Associated Press that Sheikh Jaber, who ed to know the whereabouts of their 79-year- skipped the last court session due to reported old former prime minister. He’d been ordered health problems, was receiving treatment detained pending trial in an unprecedented there. The doctor declined to give details and move last month over the alleged embezzle- spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of re- ment of millions of dollars from a military aid prisals, like most people interviewed. fund. “It wouldn’t be the first time,” a Kuwaiti an- When the scandal involving the sheikh and ti-corruption activist said. “We are waiting another royal family member erupted into and watching to see if this case ends up like the public view nearly two years ago, it unleashed rest.” arare wave of street protests. It prompted the The case of the missing military money is Cabinet’s resignation and forced a reckoning one of several scandals that have surfaced in in the Gulf Arab state about endemic corrup- Kuwait in recent years, damaging public con- tion that has entrapped ministers and stained fidence in its political establishment. Parlia- the country’s sprawling bureaucracy for gen- ment has since shot down a public debt law erations. AP that would raise billions of dollars for the gov- Activists believe corruption runs rampant Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheik Jaber Al Mubarak Al Sabah talks during a meeting in ernment to solve its worst liquidity crisis since through the region of oil-rich Gulf Arab Beijing in 2014. Kuwaitis on social media are demanding to know the whereabouts of the 1991 Gulf War, in part over corruption sheikhdoms, but public criminal cases their 79­year­old former prime minister who was detained in April. fears. against senior officials and royal family mem- Under pressure, the government created a bers remain rare, typically playing out behind Khalid al-Jarrah Al Sabah, detained last the case in earnest. Social media has been new Anti-Corruption Authority and a dozen palace doors. month in Kuwait’s Central Prison over their ablaze in rumors in recent weeks even after similar committees. The late emir, Sheikh Sa- That may be changing, however, with re- suspected misuse of the ministry’s funds. The the court accepted the defense team’s request bah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, vowed on state TV at cent explosive feuds over money laundering court also sent lower-ranking officials to jail to ban news and social media from publishing the time that “no one, no matter his position, in Kuwait, a major corruption sweep in Saudi pending trial and imposed a travel ban on details about the trial sessions. will escape punishment if convicted for public Arabia and the arrest of Qatar’s powerful fi- Sheikh Jaber, according to a statement widely Kuwaiti newspapers — still reporting de- fund-related crimes.” nance minister in an embezzlement probe published in Kuwaiti media. spite the court order — said the defense team Yet modest hopes for accountability have earlier this month. But Sheikh Jaber has not been spotted in maintained the former prime minister’s inno- dimmed, with various investigations stagnat- Now, Kuwait’s justice system is testing gov- public since the criminal prosecution began, cence during the most recent hearings. ing over the years. In the nation flush with pe- ernment pledges to hold ministers account- and speculation has swirled about his fate. Sheikh Jaber’s legal team did not respond to trodollars, critics describe a culture of corrup- able for $790 million gone missing from the Many doubt the former prime minister is, in repeated requests for comment amid the gag tion extending from everyday “wasta,” or po- Defense Ministry fund years ago. fact, languishing at the notorious prison on the rule. Kuwait’s Information Ministry declined litical connections, to bloated public works The ministerial court ordered two former dusty outskirts of Kuwait City riddled with re- to comment on the case, citing the court’s se- projects. Lawmakers have blamed that on ministers and royal family members, Sheikh ported coronavirus outbreaks. cret investigation. Kuwait falling behind neighbors like Dubai in Jaber al-Mubarak Al Sabah and his ally, for- That doubt reveals the deep-rooted distrust Soon, WhatsApp groups crackled with terms of development and foreign invest- mer Defense and Interior Minister Sheikh among Kuwaitis that authorities are pursuing leaks that while other officials remained in de- ment. Canadian lawmaker apologizes for urinating during virtual session

BY MURI ASSUNÇÃO Liberal Party, said in a statement tiac district in Quebec, added that he away from his role as parliamentary volving Amos’ naked body during a New York Daily News that the incident occurred Wednes- was “deeply embarrassed” by his secretary, and from his committee parliamentary video call made Oh, Canada. day. actions, as well as the “distress they duties “so I can seek assistance.” headlines around the world. A Canadian lawmaker has apol- “Last night, while attending may have caused anybody who wit- It’s unclear what type of assist- On April 14 he was caught naked ogized after he was caught urinating House of Commons proceedings nessed them.” ance Amos will seek. on camera after he “changed into during virtual parliamentary pro- virtually, in a non-public setting, I “While accidental and not visible According to Reuters, political work clothes after going for a jog.” ceedings — just weeks after he ap- urinated without realizing I was on to the public, this was completely reporters said on Twitter that Amos Ascreenshot of the incident went peared naked in another video con- camera,” he wrote in a statement unacceptable, and I apologize unre- was at his desk when he decided to viral and prompted Amos to issue ference. shared on his Twitter account servedly,” he wrote. urinate in a coffee cup, instead of an apology for his “honest mistake.” William Amos, a member of par- Thursday. The 46-year-old father of two also pausing or ending his call. “It won’t happen again,” he add- liament for Canada’s governing Amos, who represents the Pon- said that he would temporarily step Last month another incident in- ed. Sunday, May 30, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Yearbooks recalled after THE CENSUS student cited Hitler book The amount CAMBRIDGE — A $740K an Orlando, NY New York high school Fla.-based group of Romanian na- is recalling copies of its yearbook tionals stole from 636 churches — because a graduating senior listed 355 in Florida — by taking donation checks from mailboxes and cashing Adolf Hitler’s autobiography as them, the Florida Department of Law his favorite book within its pages. Enforcement said. Four members of Cambridge Junior-Senior High the group were arrested and author- School stopped distributing the ities are searching for two others. yearbook two days after it had Each was charged with conspiracy to started when it came to their at- commit racketeering, racketeering, tention that a student had cited grand theft, unlawful possession of “Mein Kampf” as his favorite personal identification information book, the Times Union reported. and money laundering. The school is asking students to return the about 40 copies of the who suffered facial injuries. yearbook already distributed. In Faculty, administration and a all, it cost more than $10,000 to school resource officer responded print 145 copies. Cambridge Su- but did not have time to prevent perintendent Douglas Silvernell the attack, the sheriff’s office said. said the school has asked the year- The group was stopped in the book company to work with them parking lot, authorities said. to find a remedy. Officials investigating Mountain climber alive, in endangered seal deaths critical condition after fall HONOLULU — Federal DENALI NATIONAL HI and state officials in Ha- AK PARK AND PRE- waii are investigating the suspi- SERVE — A Canadian climber cious deaths of two endangered was in critical condition after fall- monk seals on the island of Molo- ing nearly 1,000 feet while climb- kai. ing Denali, in Alaska, park offi- The seals were found dead on cials said. the west side of Molokai, the Ho- A statement from Denali Na- nolulu Star-Advertiser reported. tional Park and Preserve identi- Examinations revealed that fied the climber as Adam Rawski, both died as a result of human-in- 31, of Burnaby, British Columbia. flicted trauma, wildlife officials According to the statement, clim- said. bers at the 17,200-feet high camp on Denali saw an un-roped clim- Ex-officer charged with ber take a tumbling fall of nearly stealing and selling ammo 1,000 feet from Denali Pass, which is at 18,200 feet. GAFFNEY — A former The statement described Raw- SC police officer in South ski as “alive but unresponsive due Carolina stole ammunition from to multiple traumatic injuries.” his department and sold it to a gun The climber was taken to an An- range, state police said. chorage hospital in critical condi- Theodore Robert Martin, 33, tion, the statement said. was arrested and charged with breach of trust with fraudulent in- Man charged with killing tent and misconduct in office, ac- parakeet in pet shop cording to warrants from the State Law Enforcement Division. ALLEN PARK — A Martin took and sold less than MI man faces criminal $2,000 worth of ammunition from charges for allegedly stomping a the Gaffney Police Department’s parakeet to death inside a Detroit- DAVID ZALUBOWSKI/AP armory, according to the war- area pet shop. rants. Ali Chehade, 22, of Dearborn, was arraigned on third-degree Seeing history face­to­face Woman enters zoo's animal killing, the Wayne County People visit the Mount Rushmore National Monument in Keystone, S.D. The park grounds are open from monkey enclosure prosecutor’s office said. 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. Allen Park pet shop owner Mi- EL PASO — The El Pa- chael Simms said a man came in fire station and had its lights and Skydiver’s parachute Students, adult storm TX so Zoo planned to press upset and wanted a $30 refund for siren on as firefighters headed to a charges against a woman who was a parakeet. report of a house fire in North Phi- tangles in power lines classroom, attack teen caught on video trying to feed spi- In an encounter recorded on ladelphia, according to an emailed LAKE ELSINORE — A GREENSBORO — der monkeys after climbing into store surveillance video, the man police incident report. The truck CA Southern California NC Eight people stormed a their enclosure. grabbed the bird’s cardboard box, collided with a car and was pro- skydiver suffered minor injuries high school classroom and at- The exhibit is enclosed by a low threw it to floor and stomped on it pelled into the building at 7th when his parachute became tan- tacked a teen in an incident fence and has a moat as an added before leaving. Street and Girard Avenue, police gled in power lines, authorities thought to have stemmed from an barrier because spider monkeys said. said. earlier fight at a school bus stop, a can’t swim and are afraid of the wa- Firetruck crashes into WPVI-TV in Philadelphia re- The mishap in Lake Elsinore North Carolina sheriff’s office ter, according to the El Paso Times. building, leaving 5 injured ported four firefighters who were left the man dangling about 30 feet said. Zoo staff found out about the on the truck and a woman who had above the ground, Cal Fire/River- The Guilford County Sheriff’s trespass through a social media PHILADELPHIA — been in another car involved in the side County said. Office said a female student video that shows the woman at- PA Four firefighters and collision were treated for injuries, A Southern California Edison helped the group get inside South- tempting to feed two monkeys un- one civilian were injured when a according to Assistant Fire Chief crew was called in to help with the ern Guilford High School and lead derneath a waterfall. The zoo did Philadelphia Fire Department Charles Walker. Walker also said rescue and remove the parachute them to an upstairs classroom, not name the woman or detail the firetruck crashed into a building two of the firefighters had to be from the lines. news outlets reported. The sher- charges they plan to bring against after a collision with another vehi- pulled from the truck, and none of The skydiver was taken to a hos- iff’s office described the group as her. cle. the injuries appeared to be life- pital for treatment of lower ex- six students and two adults and The firetruck had left a nearby threatening. tremities injuries. say they assaulted the student, 14, From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, May 30, 2021 BOOKS

BY ASHLEY SPENCER ride about their own impressions Special to The Washington Post JESSE DITTMAR/For The Washington Post and, he somewhat sheepishly he evening began at admitted, he has not read any of Spago, as so many ’80s his peers’ memoirs. nights did for the young “Memory is a funny thing,” he Tand the fun and the noted. In Gilbert’s memoir, for famous. A cast of characters that instance, the “Little House on the included Rob Lowe; his then- Prairie” star wrote that the afore- girlfriend, Melissa Gilbert; and mentioned outing at Spago and Andrew McCarthy dined at the Sammy’s included Michael Jack- trendy West Hollywood eatery son at their dinner table and alongside Liza Minnelli before Minnelli and McCarthy publicly blindly following the chanteuse “making out” at the end of the to somewhere she called “Sam- night. Both of those points, ac- my’s.” cording to McCarthy’s rep in a “Sammy’s” turned out to be the follow-up email, are “absolutely Beverly Hills mansion of Sammy untrue.” Davis Jr., where the Rat Packer The paradox of both the “Brat” ushered members of the soon-to- book title and the label in gener- be-minted Brat Pack into his al, of course, is that the Brat Pack party pad for a night of billiards never really existed as a defin- and drinking that ended with itive group in the first place. In McCarthy struggling not to vomit 1985, New York Magazine writer all over Minnelli’s Rolls-Royce David Blum was tasked with on the drive writing a profile on McCarthy’s home. “St. Elmo’s Fire” co-star Emilio “I’ll never get Estevez. But after trailing him, that image out Lowe and Judd Nelson to a Hard of my mind Rock Cafe one night where the when the door stars chatted up women and opens and you reveled in their popularity, Blum look straight opted to publish a sweeping, ahead, and scathing commentary on this there’s nobody new generation of young celebri- there. Then you ties instead. He included every- look down, and there’s Sammy,” one from Tom Cruise to Nicolas McCarthy said. “Rob just looked Cage, basically anyone under 25 at me and goes, ‘Holy s—.’” who had appeared in a coming- Most of this fantastical order of of-age film with other under-25- events is recounted in McCar- year-olds. The cover line? “Holly- thy’s new memoir, but he de- wood’s Brat Pack.” lights in breathlessly telling it McCarthy, an introspective again at the mention of the in- East Coaster at heart who “was tergenerational outing. not aggressively showbiz ori- “Oh my God! It was one of the ented,” didn’t attend the docu- craziest — first, I’m sitting at mented raucous outing, and his dinner next to Liza. And then we only mention in the piece is a go to Sammy’s. I mean, how?” he single, anonymous quote from laughed. “I was a long way from one of his “St. Elmo’s Fire” New Jersey.” brethren, who quipped that Now he’s a long way from Confronting his past McCarthy “plays all his roles Sammy’s. Chatting via video with too much of the same in- from the sun-dappled kitchen of tensity. I don’t think he’ll make his lake house in upstate New Actor and director Andrew McCarthy ran from the Brat Pack, it.” York, McCarthy is embodying Looking back on the dynamic the role of middle-aged dad but now he’s ready to relive the ’80s with his new memoir with his male co-stars, McCarthy working from home in the pan- said, “I don’t know that I felt demic. He joins the call, then excluded by them. I just felt immediately pops on his reading the “Brat Pack” label and took ments letting him know that education — the latter obtained excluded from them. I think that glasses to text his teenage daugh- pains to distance himself from posters of his face once hung on during a stint at New York Uni- was more my own thing. They ter before we begin and scram- his time as an inadvertent mati- their bedroom walls or that they versity and by sneaking into any were perfectly fine and nice to bles to silence the bing of un- nee idol. While fans enveloped named their sons after his “Pret- Broadway show he could manage me.” Still, reading the printed related emails. themselves in the comforting ty in Pink” character, Blane.) — landing his first movie role at quote from one of them, he said, The face on the screen is still nostalgia of his ’80s films on “This was the definitive mo- age 20 in “Class,” in which he “hurt my feelings.” (He’s un- the same face that won the hearts VHS, DVD and now streaming, ment in my life, these couple of romanced a then-38 Jacqueline willing to guess which of the of viewers and Molly Ringwald McCarthy ignored the rearview. years, and I never looked at it,” Bisset, and how the chaotic dec- three said it: “I don’t care. Who in the 1986 teen classic “Pretty in He became an accomplished he said. “So, I thought I should ade unfolded from there. cares.”) Pink.” A few decades older, a few travel writer, published a travel look under that rock and see if I Through it all, McCarthy felt Adding insult to injury, he was decades wiser. His eyes don’t memoir and served as the editor actually had anything to learn like an outsider. He developed an cropped out of the cover photo, widen with boyish wonder as at large for National Geographic from it, and then, anything to aloof exterior and a general blasé which was a publicity still from often as they once did but rather Traveler. He wrote a young adult offer from it.” attitude toward the industry. He the movie. crinkle with intensity as he care- novel told through the eyes of a With “Brat: An ’80s Story,” out inadvertently blew opportunities “Initially, you look at the cover, fully unpacks his origin story. He teen girl. He pivoted to TV di- May 11, he offers not only a recol- and distanced himself from the and you go, ‘Wait, I should be in wanders down scholarly tan- recting, helming dozens of epi- lection of his experiences shoot- Hollywood scene. It was a revela- this!’ Then, you read the article gents, quoting Joan Didion and sodes of shows like “Orange Is ing films like “Pretty in Pink,” tion when, years later, Alec Bald- and go, ‘Thank God, I’m not in theories of enlightenment, punc- the New Black,” “The Blacklist,” “Mannequin,” “Weekend at Ber- win suggested during a podcast it,’” he said. “Then, two weeks tuating his thoughts with a fre- “The Sinner” and “Gossip Girl.” nie’s” and “St. Elmo’s Fire,” but appearance that maybe McCar- later, it doesn’t matter because quent, inconclusive refrain of Until, finally, the self-de- a broader exploration of the thy never wanted to be famous in ‘Pretty in Pink’ comes out and is “but anyway.” scribed “not a nostalgic person” tangled nature of success, fame, the first place. a huge hit, and you get swallowed The fact that we’re even hav- decided he should confront the his complicated relationship with Still, McCarthy maintains his up into it anyway.” ing this conversation represents decade that made him a house- his father and his personal de- book isn’t a definitive account of But by lumping the rising stars a marked shift for the 58-year- hold name among a certain group mons. Less sordid tell-all, more that heady time, but rather the together, Blum inadvertently old. of Gen X pop culture lovers. (On contemplative reflection. He way he remembers it. He chose dismantled the whole system. For decades, McCarthy McCarthy’s Instagram, fans in writes about his New Jersey to abstain from consulting with flinched at his association with their 40s and 50s still leave com- upbringing and his New York others who were along for the SEE BRAT PACK ON PAGE 13 Sunday, May 30, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 MUSIC/BOOKS Q&A Heart’s Nancy Wilson on Van Halen, 1st solo album

BY JOHN CARUCCI played me this beautiful piece of music on this Associated Press guitar, this acoustic. It just broke my heart. It was hen Nancy Wilson befriended Eddie so beautiful. Van Halen, she learned the famed How did “4 Edward” come about? musician never played acoustic gui- After he left us just recently, I was like, “Oh, I’m Wtar. So she gifted him one. making an album. I’m going to write an acoustic Wilson said Van Halen called her the next day to instrumental for Eddie.” It’s a minute-and-a-half say he stayed up all night and penned a song with it. that ends the record. But it’s my take on what his “It just broke my heart,” Wilson said. thing sounded kind of like with a bit of classical to After the guitar virtuoso succumbed to cancer start, a little bit of rock in the middle, and like a last year, Wilson thought it was fitting to honor him beautiful sort of sweet classical ending for him. on her new album. “4 Edward,” inspired by that What made this the right time for your first solo first song he played for her on acoustic guitar, is the album? closing track on Wilson’s first solo album “You and It’s been a long time since I was off the road. I’ve Me,” released May 7. been on the road since my early 20s. And so, you As for the album, the Heart guitarist and co- know, being on the road with Heart has been the founder had not considered doing a solo record in main job for decades in my life. And having had the the past but being stuck at home during the pan- shutdown happen, for me was actually such a bless- demic changed things. ing in disguise. “It was kind of a forced opportunity to actually do What’s the status of your day job, you know, in the solo record,” she said. Heart? While most of the songs on the album were writ- There’s an offer from Live Nation for a Heart ten by Wilson, she recorded a few covers, including tour, which would be 2022 most likely, probably not Simon and Garfunkel’s “The Boxer” and Bruce until the spring. So that offer is still on the table and Springsteen’s “The Rising.” The album also has I hope it stays there before everybody else, like, collaborators like former Van Halen singer Sammy sweeps it up before we can get it. ... I would love to Hagar, Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins and get back onstage with my sister because we’re a Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan. really good band together and we have some good In an interview with The Associated Press, the songs that people love. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer spoke about her solo You and (sister and Heart vocalist) Ann have album, her day job in Heart and her friendship with inspired girls around the world to play rock ’n’ roll. Van Halen. Remarks have been edited for clarity How did you become role models? and brevity. Nobody expected us to be out frontwomen rock- AP: Something special happened when you ing like that. We came from a military background, toured with Van Halen, right? so, you know, our dad retired as a major in the Wilson: I gave him his first acoustic (guitar). He Marine Corps and we traveled all the time, and we said, “You play great acoustic,” and I go, “Why were tight knit, and our mom was strong because don’t you play acoustic guitar?” He’s like, “I don’t he was gone. And she raised us like as a dad and a have one.” Well, so here it is. You do now. And I mom. And she got a lot of music under our skin as always love to tell the story because later, at the well. So, we just felt like, “Why can’t we be the Ricky Steel crack of dawn, he called my hotel room on the ac- Beatles?” Like, we love the Beatles, but not going to Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson, who had time on her hands when COVID tual analog hotel phone in the day and said, “Listen, marry the Beatles. We just wanted to be the Beat- forced the band off the road, recorded her first solo album. listen, listen. I wrote the song all night.” And he les. Brat Pack: McCarthy says he now has ‘affection’ for the label

FROM PAGE 12 OK to talk about it again, but year-old son, Sam (with ex-wife played Ringwald’s on-screen son they shouldn’t be messed with, The actors weren’t all palling there’s no talk of getting the band Carol Schneider), co-stars on in the 2018 indie flick “All These and I’m not so precious that I’m around en masse before (some, back together for that greatest Netflix’s “Dead to Me,” and his Small Moments.” When he was like, no, I wouldn’t touch that,” like Demi Moore and Estevez, hits tour.” 14-year-old daughter, Willow cast, McCarthy asked him who he said. “They mean more to did date each other), and as soon Label or not, the effects of (with wife Dolores Rice), played else was in the movie. Sam’s other people than they do to me.” as the magazine hit stands, most fame were immediate and pro- the titular role in Broadway’s response: “‘Somebody named McCarthy has spent a lot of scattered in fear of being forever found. While filming “Pretty in “Matilda” musical. Molly something.’” time thinking about exactly why tied to the perceived slur. Pink,” McCarthy recalls in the “The last thing I ever wanted, I To younger generations, in that is. After a draft or two of his “The minute that term was book, co-star James Spader took always said, was for my children general, the term “Brat Pack” memoir, he ultimately settled on invented, those movies stopped him to a strip club where a danc- to become actors,” he said with a now conjures a hazy vibe of ’80s this: It’s not really about him or happening because actors stop- er named Glitter altered her sigh. “Life is cruel to parents, high-schoolers and John Hughes. his characters or the movies or ped wanting to be in a movie with usual routine to include the isn’t it?” The sordid minutia of the New the Brat Pack at all. He, the not- anyone contemporary,” McCar- theme song from “St. Elmo’s Still, McCarthy’s kids (he and York Magazine or any negative nostalgic person, is a mere avatar thy said. Fire” and proceeded to date Rice are also parents to son Row- stereotypes that surrounded it for everyone else’s nostalgia. Estevez shirked from doing a McCarthy for a brief time. an, 7) have little interest in their are all mostly forgotten. “What they’re talking about is film about the men who created “I’m suddenly catnip where a dad’s contributions to cinematic Even McCarthy has made their own youth. What I repre- the Woodstock music festival week before, I would not have history. A viewing of “Weekend peace with the label that will sent, really, to so many people is after learning McCarthy would been looked at twice. That’s a at Bernie’s” merited a “Dad, follow him forever. More than their own (coming-of-age) mo- be involved. And McCarthy weird adjustment,” he said. that’s the stupidest movie I’ve peace, he insisted. He has “affec- ment,” he said. “And to be able to hasn’t spoken to most of his for- “Fame cellularly changes people. ever seen” reaction from Sam, tion” for it. “It’s a great term, serve that function for people, to mer co-stars in decades. It changed who I became.” while Willow only made it you’ve got to admit,” he said. “It’s be the avatar of that, is actually a “There were so few of us that And despite McCarthy’s ada- through the “Pretty in Pink” caught on for a reason.” He’s also great gift. That’s what I came to that happened to, and it hap- mant belief that “no one should trailer before declaring, “I am not opposed to seeing his films realize. It’s not a prison. It’s not a pened to us in a big way. I’ve be famous before they’re 30,” not watching that movie. I do not rebooted or sequeled and would box. It’s not a stigma. It’s all never talked to any of them about two of his children have also want to see you kissing some- consider reprising his old roles. those things, but it’s also this it,” he said. “I hope we’d all be pursued acting careers. His 19- body.” Coincidentally, Sam also “They’re not so sacred that blessing in a way.” PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, May 30, 2021 MUSIC Gen Z gem Rodrigo delivers flawless, Swiftian pop on debut album

BY MIKAEL WOOD Los Angeles Times hatever you think of Olivia Rodrigo — whatever you could say (or tweet) about the 18-year-old singer-songwriter shaping up to be pop’s breakout star of 2021 — trust that Rodrigo has already thought it. W She knows she’s “obsessive,” as she puts it in one song from her wily and affecting debut album, “Sour”; she knows she’s “too emotional,” as she puts it in another. And though she also knows she “thinks too much ’bout kids who don’t know me,” she simply can’t help it: “I hate the way I’m perceived,” Rodrigo admits in a voice proudly defined by SoCal vocal fry — a pretty striking confession given that it comes barely a minute into an LP whose whole job is to introduce her. Hot on the heels of “Drivers License,” Rodrigo’s gloriously melodramatic power ballad that came out of nowhere to spend eight weeks atop Billboard’s Hot 100, “Sour” might be the most self-aware pop record in recent memory. Again and again across these 11 songs, Rodrigo measures her values and desires against those of others; she describes how her experience of a relationship differed from an ex’s and wonders why she’s not as psyched about being young as older people keep telling her she should be. “I’m so sick of 17 / Where’s my f— teenage dream?” she snarls over crunching guitars on “Brutal” — just one perfect Insta- gram caption on an album full of them. This preoccupation with perception and identity makes sense for a member of Gen Z who grew up amid social media where even noncelebrities have to learn to navigate an endless projec- tion of selves. Over a creeping bass line in “Jealousy, Jealousy,” she admits to wanting to “throw my phone across the room Olivia Rodrigo ’cause all I see are girls too good to be true.” Sour (Geffen) Yet for Rodrigo, it’s also an occupational hazard. Before “Drivers License” instantly ignited her musical career, the Temecula, Calif., native with Filipino family roots was best known for her starring role on the deeply self-referential Disney+ show “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series,” on which she plays a girl who has a starring role in a production of a high school musical adapted from the original 2006 Disney Channel movie. More complicated still, Rodrigo supposedly wrote “Drivers Li- cense” after breaking up with one of her castmates — an actor whose onscreen character had earlier inspired real-life Rodrigo to write a song for her charac- ter to sing (after writing it!) on the show. Does all this make it sound as though “Sour,” which she made almost en- tirely with writer-producer Daniel Nigro, should come with a flow chart? You don’t need to know anything about Rodrigo’s life to enjoy the record, which uses shapely melodies and crafty textures to deliver stories about the emotional trials of late teenhood. Strip away the complex intertextual stuff Rodrigo learned to do by watching her avowed hero Taylor Swift, and “Sour” argues that even heartbreak is a welcome sensation after more than a year of soul-dead- ening Zoom life. “Maybe in some masochistic way, I kind of find it all exciting,” she says of a boy’s mixed messages in “1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back,” which takes enough inspiration from Swift’s song “New Year’s Day” that the superstar is credited as a co-writer. Yet fully appreciating Rodrigo’s skill requires paying close atten- tion; she sings like an actor and writes like a screenwriter, which sets her apart in a post-Taylor pop scene that’s gotten quickly crowded with the whispery likes of Billie Eilish, Tate McRae and Gracie Abrams. The referents are hipper than with previous Disney stars looking to break out of the Mouse House, and the language is coarser with F-bombs dropping every few tunes. There’s nothing offhand about these songs, though; each has been worked to a kind of exquisitely scuffed polish that suits the album’s hall-of-mirrors vibe. Rodrigo ends “Sour” by turning her gaze outward in the hymn-ish “Hope Ur OK,” which tells of two childhood friends who struggled with bigoted, unloving parents when they were young. She’s not sure where they ended up, she tells us, softly and breathily now, as though she’s looking back through the eyes of an old woman. But of course, she’s not. “Nothing’s forever / Nothing’s as good as it seems,” she sings — another illusion inside and out.

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BY DAVID MCHUGH hydrogen vehicles by 2025. He pre- Daimler Truck will face scrutiny from Associated Press dicted that the cost of such vehicles investors and analysts as it strives both he world’s biggest truck- would fall to parity with diesels some- to improve profits from its current maker is charting an ambi- time after 2025 for battery vehicles and offerings and to invest in new tech- tious zero-emission future after 2027 for hydrogen fuel-cell nologies expected to dominate the Tand says it’s not that far off trucks. future. — despite a current lack of support A key obstacle remains infrastruc- While battery cars and trucks are infrastructure and higher costs. ture for fueling and charging, which is already on the road, the application of Daimler AG’s truck and bus division “in its infancy and developing at differ- hydrogen fuel cells to power large says it plans to shift most of its vehicle ent speeds around the world,” he said. numbers of vehicles remains farther development resources to zero-emis- Nonetheless, the company’s roadmap off. In fuel cells, hydrogen reacts with sion vehicles by 2025 and predicts that foresees up to 60% of sales as battery oxygen to produce electricity and wa- battery and hydrogen-powered trucks or hydrogen vehicles by 2030. ter. ANKER/TNS could be competitive with diesels on The company unveiled a plan to Yet the company is betting heavily cost later this decade. partner with energy company Shell to on hydrogen despite the challenges. Daimler Truck CEO Martin Daum set up a 1,200-kilometer hydrogen Daum, the Daimler Truck CEO, pre- last week underlined the company’s big fueling corridor linking Rotterdam in dicted that electrical grids won’t be plans for hydrogen, even though the the Netherlands and Hamburg and able to support an all-battery fleet of Webcam puts your technology is not as close to practical Cologne in Germany by 2025. Shell trucks as zero-emission cars and trucks use as batteries and costs remain high. would build 150 hydrogen stations become more numerous. best face forward for Daimler Truck, with brands in- along it by 2030. Rotterdam and Ham- “Both technologies will be needed, cluding Freightliner and Mercedes- burg are major commercial ports. and we intend to lead the industry in next Zoom conference Benz, outlined its strategy for a wide- Putting more zero-local emission both,” he said. ranging transition away from internal vehicles on the road is part of Europe’s The company foresees the use of BY GREGG ELLMAN combustion vehicles after it is spun off plan to drastically reduce emissions of hydrogen for long-haul routes while Tribune News Service as an independent company later this carbon dioxide, the primary green- arguing that battery-powered trucks When the pandemic started, many of us were hit with year from Daimler AG. The restructur- house gas blamed for global warming are more efficient for shorter-range video conferencing responsibilities with very little notice. ing would create separate companies and climate change. The European deliveries. Daimler Truck is testing a But it's been more than a year now, and there’s no excuse for the truck business and Daimler’s Union aims to sharply reduce its emis- hydrogen-powered long-haul truck, the for bad lighting, bad color and an out-of-focus subject. Mercedes-Benz luxury car division. sions of greenhouse gases by 2050 to a GenH2, and has battery trucks oper- After trying out the new Zoom-certified Anker Power- Chief Technology Officer Andreas level that can be absorbed through ating in customer test programs, with Conf C300 smart full HD webcam, I was sold. Gorbach said the company would artificial or natural means, such as mass production expected in 2022 for It’s convenient to use the webcam built into your com- spend the “vast majority” of vehicle oceans, soil and forests. Freightliners’ eCascadia and 2021 for puter, but when you see those results compared to the development money on battery and As a publicly owned company, the Mercedes-Benz eActros. Anker C300, you’ll never go back to built-in again. It fixes all the issues mentioned above and more. Not only is the camera smart, it’s easy to set up for conferencing and streaming with a near-perfect image. The PowerConf 300 has a 2 MP CMOS sensor, produc- ing a video image with a maximum resolution of 1080p and a frame rate of 60fps. One area in particular where the web camera really shined was with color. I put it to the test using different color combinations, and it came through like a champ with true-to-life colors. It automatically balanced any hue to give it a natural look and most importantly, whites were white. The auto low-light correction took care of any lighting imbalance, and heavily backlit situations were also corrected. Inside the PowerConf C300 is an Al chip, which keeps everything in focus by automatically and instantly ad- justing the field of view depending on the number of peo- ple in your meeting. It recognizes faces and tracks move- ment to keep the focus from any angle. The focus is done within 0.35 seconds. And while maintaining the color, I’ve always felt that audio is often more important than the video, and with the ultra-sensitive dual microphones the audio was crystal clear — at least according to my testing subjects on the other end. Active Noise Cancellation keeps the audio on the needed subjects while helping to eliminate back- ground noises. The PowerConf 300 measures 3.9-by-1.18-by-1.18 inch- es, has a 115-degree field of view, and is plug and play, connecting with the included USB-C cable. It can be mounted at multiple angles up to 300 degrees and comes tripod-ready with a ¼-inch screw mount. A nice feature is the privacy cover, which snaps on and slides over the lens to officially end the video portion of the meeting. Unplugging it will be the safest route to end the video and audio. With Anker Work software and the Anker Work app, BRITTA PEDERSEN/AP there are customized modes to change the frame rate A prototype of a truck for the future electric technology strategy of the Daimler company is presented during a news setting and other functionality. Live streaming can be conference Sept. 20 in Berlin, Germany. Daimler Truck AG, maker of brands including Freightliner and Mercedes done at either 60fps or 30fps. Benz, is unveiling plans for hydrogen and battery trucks in a zero­emissions, software­driven future. 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Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander In warfare, tech means the future is now BY DAVID IGNATIUS Uruzgan province when he couldn’t target a der Protection for monitoring U.S. frontiers. Washington Post Writers Group hostile building because he didn’t know if ci- Anduril was founded in 2017 by Palmer EDITORIAL WASHINGTON vilians were inside. Tseng knew that AI could Luckey, a California entrepreneur who cre- Terry Leonard, Editor e’re standing outside an empty solve this problem. He got a degree from ated Oculus Rift, the VR system that’s cred- [email protected] brick warehouse in Alexan- Harvard Business School, grew his compa- ited with revolutionizing that display tech- dria, Va., but it could just as ny, and hired Ambridge, a former Air Force nology. Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor easily be a hidden command special tactics officer, and others. Brose, who spent years campaigning for [email protected] W center for hostile forces in Iraq, Afghanistan Shield AI’s systems are now deployed in military reform as staff director of the Senate Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content or some battlefield of the future. Our chal- combat locations abroad. The real break- Armed Services Committee for the late Sen. [email protected] lenge is: How are we going find out who’s in- through is that its AI brain is at the “edge,” in John McCain, R-Ariz., is now “walking the Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation side without exposing ourselves to gunfire? the quadcopter itself. It doesn’t have to com- talk” at Anduril. The key advantage of the au- [email protected] An operator named Jack Ambridge re- municate with a server back at headquarters tonomous AI systems, he explains, is that moves a small quadcopter drone, less than a — a link that would probably be jammed in a “rather than lots of humans operating one Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital foot square, from his backpack and soon its ti- real conflict. system, we have one human operating many [email protected] ny rotors are buzzing. “Nova 1,” as the drone Let’s take another real-world military systems.” In other words, rather than having is called, ascends to the nearest open window problem: force protection and perimeter de- a big, vulnerable aircraft carrier, we have BUREAU STAFF and surveys the warehouse, room by room, fense. Soldiers regularly get killed manning swarms of hard-to-target drones. using artificial intelligence software called checkpoints and scouting potential threats For a final real-world problem, think about Europe/Mideast Hivemind that’s embedded in the drone. It “outside the wire.” I recently watched a dem- a Marine Corps squad out in the desert. It’s a Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] doesn’t need to connect with a server at head- onstration of a high-tech solution to that one, tiny unit, just 12 Marines and a squad leader. +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 quarters; it’s fully autonomous. too. But a new Defense Advanced Research Pro- Pacific The tiny drone emerges from the building We’re in an office building in downtown jects Agency program called Squad X is ex- Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief several minutes later with a detailed map of Washington, D.C., but it could be a command perimenting with ways to use autonomous [email protected] the structure and imaging that shows it’s post anywhere. We’re worried about the se- ground and air vehicles to augment the +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 empty. Mission accomplished — a job that, in curity of potentially hostile territory. Chris- team’s situational awareness, reach and im- Washington areal-life combat situation, could get soldiers tian Brose, the chief strategy officer of a star- pact. Defense giant Lockheed Martin is Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief killed. tup called Anduril Industries, hands me prime contractor for the program, and a com- [email protected] Welcome to the rapidly advancing world of some virtual reality goggles. In their 3-D im- pany called BAE Systems is creating an AI (+1)(202)886-0033 Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News autonomous weapons — the cheap, highly ef- ages, I can see the terrain, in real time, system to fuse data from the sensors and al- [email protected] fective systems that are revolutionizing mil- through the fusion of different sensors low quicker, better decisions by the squad on itaries around the world. These new un- mounted on autonomous systems in the tar- the ground. (Disclosure: My wife, a BAE Sys- CIRCULATION manned platforms can make U.S. forces get zone. tems software engineer, was part of the much safer, at far lower cost than aircraft Ifocus on a suspicious object and query the Squad X project.) Mideast carriers and fighter jets. But beware: They’re AI-enabled operating system, called Lattice: Wars of the future may look like video Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager [email protected] being deployed by our potential adversaries Where was that object 30 minutes ago? Two games, as operators control faraway swarms [email protected] faster than the Pentagon can keep up, and hours ago? Based on AI predictions, where is of autonomous systems, but the lethality on DSN (314)583-9111 they increase the risk of conflict by making it it going next? The system shows me, with ear- the ground will be devastating. 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MLS Friday’s Transactions Indy 500 lineup Charles Schwab Challenge Paul Stankowski 72-69—141 +1 IndyCar Tim Petrovic 72-69—141 +1 BASEBALL PGA Tour Eastern Conference After Sunday qualifying; race Sunday Miguel Angel Jiménez 68-73—141 +1 Major League Baseball At Indianapolis Motor Speedway Friday WLTPts GF GA American League Indianapolis. At Colonial Country Club Bob Sowards 67-75—142 +2 BALTIMORE ORIOLES —Recalled INF Tyl- Lap length: 2.5 miles Fort Worth, Texas Rich Beem 73-69—142 +2 New England 4 1 2 14 10 7 er Nevin from Norfolk (Triple-A East). Op- Yardage: 7,209; Par: 70 (Car number in parentheses) Glen Day 73-69—142 +2 Orlando City 3 0 3 12 7 2 tioned LHP Brandon Waddell to Norfolk. 1. (9) Scott Dixon, D/H/F, 02:35.3837 Purse: $7.5 Million BOSTON RED SOX —Recalled RHP Colten (231.685 mph). Second Round Woody Austin 73-69—142 +2 Philadelphia 3 2 2 11 6 5 Brewer from Worcester (Triple-A East). 2. (26) Colton Herta, D/H/F, 02:35.4034 Jordan Spieth 63-66—129 -11 Stephen Ames 73-70—143 +3 Nashville 2 0 4 10 7 4 CLEVELAND INDIANS — Recalled RHP Eli (231.655). Morgan from Columbus (Triple-A East). Jason Kokrak 65-65—130 -10 Jim Furyk 71-72—143 +3 Atlanta 2 1 3 9 7 5 3. (21) Rinus Veekay, D/C/F, 02:35.5000 Placed CF Jordan Luplow on the 10-day IL. (231.511). Sebastián Muñoz 67-65—132 -8 Michael Allen 71-72—143 +3 NYC FC 2 2 2 8 11 6 HOUSTON ASTROS — Activated INF 4. (20) Ed Carpenter, D/C/F, 02:35.5047 Sergio Garcia 63-69—132 -8 Darren Clarke 75-68—143 +3 CF Montréal 2 3 2 8 9 9 Abraham Toro from the minor league IL (231.504). and assigned him to Sugar Land (Triple-A Patton Kizzire 67-65—132 -8 Billy Andrade 71-72—143 +3 Columbus 2 2 2 8 5 5 5. (48) Tony Kanaan, D/H/F, 02:35.8229 West). Activated LHP Framber Valdez (231.032). Maverick McNealy 70-63—133 -7 Ernie Els 73-70—143 +3 Inter Miami CF 2 3 2 8 8 10 from the 10-day IL. Placed LHP Kent Ema- 6. (10) Alex Palou, D/H/F, 02:36.1039 Charley Hoffman 71-62—133 -7 Doug Barron 72-71—143 +3 New York 2 4 0 6 8 9 nuel (retroactive to May 26), OF Michael (230.616). Brantley (retroactive to May 25) and C Ja- Adam Hadwin 66-67—133 -7 Tom Pernice Jr. 71-72—143 +3 D.C. United 2 5 0 6 5 11 7. (28) Ryan Hunter-Reay, D/H/F, son Catro (retroactive to May 25) on the 02:36.1827 (230.499). Erik Compton 65-68—133 -7 Fred Funk 71-72—143 +3 Toronto FC 1 3 2 5 7 10 10-day IL. Recalled INF Robel Garcia and C 8. (06) Helio Castroneves, D/H/F, Kramer Hickok 66-68—134 -6 Duffy Waldorf 71-72—143 +3 Chicago 1 4 1 4 4 10 Garrett Stubbs from Sugar Land. 02:36.2804 (230.355). KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Activated 3B 9. (8) Marcus Ericsson, D/H/F, 02:36.3054 Brian Harman 69-66—135 -5 Lee Janzen 70-73—143 +3 Cincinnati 1 3 1 4 6 14 Hunter Dozier from the 10-day IL. Optioned (230.318). Robert Streb 67-68—135 -5 Willie Wood 73-71—144 +4 1B Ryan O’Hearn to Omaha (Triple-A East). 10. (27) Alexander Rossi, D/H/F, Collin Morikawa 69-66—135 -5 Western Conference Recalled RHP Carlos Hernandez from 02:35.8132 (231.046). Cameron Beckman 74-70—144 +4 Omaha. Placed RHP Josh Staumont on the Kevin Streelman 69-66—135 -5 Joe Durant 74-70—144 +4 WLTPts GF GA 11. (18) Ed Jones, D/H/F, 02:35.8148 10-day IL, retroactive to May 27. (231.044). Vincent Whaley 69-66—135 -5 Jeff Sluman 74-70—144 +4 LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Optioned RHP Seattle 5 0 2 17 14 3 12. (5) Pato O'Ward, D/C/F, 02:35.9360 Talor Gooch 67-69—136 -4 Aaron Slegers Salt Lake (Triple-A West). (230.864). Bernhard Langer 72-72—144 +4 Sporting KC 4 2 1 13 12 8 Placed INF Jose Iglesias on the 10-day IL, 13. (51) Pietro Fittipaldi, D/H/F, Tony Finau 69-67—136 -4 Tom Gillis 74-70—144 +4 LA Galaxy 4 2 0 12 10 11 retroactive to May 26. Recalled LHP Jose 02:35.9481 (230.846). Kevin Kisner 69-67—136 -4 Brandt Jobe 71-73—144 +4 Suarez and C Anthony Bemboom from Salt Houston 3 2 2 11 9 9 14. (7) Felix Rosenqvist, D/C/F, Lake. 02:36.0168 (230.744). Brandt Snedeker 66-70—136 -4 Markus Brier 70-74—144 +4 Colorado 3 2 1 10 9 8 MINNESOTA TWINS — Sent RHP Shaun 15. (30) Takuma Sato, D/H/F, 02:36.0417 Justin Rose 68-68—136 -4 Joakim Haeggman 70-74—144 +4 Anderson to St. Paul (Triple-A East) for a Portland 3 3 0 9 9 8 (230.708). Daniel Berger 68-68—136 -4 Olin Browne 73-71—144 +4 rehab assignment. 16. (29) James Hinchcliffe, D/H/F, San Jose 3 4 0 9 11 11 NEW YORK YANKEES — Activated OF 02:36.1395 (230.563). Brendon Todd 72-64—136 -4 John Huston 69-75—144 +4 Real Salt Lake 2 1 2 8 8 6 Giancarlo Stanton from the 10-day IL. Op- 17. (3) Scott McLaughlin, D/C/F, Kyle Stanley 69-67—136 -4 Larry Mize 69-75—144 +4 Los Angeles 2 2 2 8 7 7 tioned RHP Nick Nelson and CF Estevan 02:36.1435 (230.557). Cameron Tringale 67-69—136 -4 Florial to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Triple-A 18. (15) Graham Rahal, D/H/F, 02:36.1680 Rod Pampling 74-71—145 +5 Vancouver 2 4 1 7 6 9 East). (230.521). Rory Sabbatini 69-68—137 -3 Marco Dawson 71-74—145 +5 Austin FC 2 4 0 6 5 8 OAKLAND ATHLETICS —Placed LHP Rey- 19. (47) Conor Daly, D/C/F, 02:36.2314 Brice Garnett 70-67—137 -3 Frank Bensel, Jr. 78-67—145 +5 Minnesota 2 4 0 6 5 10 min Guduan on the 10-day IL, retroactive (230.427). John Augenstein 69-68—137 -3 to May 26. Recalled RHP Jordan Weems 20. (60) Jack Harvey, D/H/F, 02:36.3922 Dicky Pride 73-72—145 +5 FC Dallas 1 2 3 6 8 8 from Las Vegas (Triple-A East). Activated (230.191). Corey Conners 70-67—137 -3 Dudley Hart 74-71—145 +5 Note: Three points for victory, one point LHP A.J. Puk from the 10-day IL and op- 21. (2) Josef Newgarden, D/C/F, Nick Taylor 71-66—137 -3 Scott McCarron 71-74—145 +5 tioned him to Las Vegas. for tie. 02:36.4735 (230.071). Danny Lee 72-66—138 -2 SEATTLE MARINERS — Sent 2B Shed 22. (1) JR Hildebrand, D/C/F, 02:36.5354 Mark O'Meara 76-69—145 +5 Saturday’s games Long Jr. to Tacoma for a rehab assign- (229.980). Adam Long 70-68—138 -2 Vijay Singh 71-74—145 +5 Montréal at Chicago ment. 23. (45) Santino Ferrucci, D/H/F, Justin Thomas 72-66—138 -2 David Toms 73-72—145 +5 TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned RHP 02:36.5563 (229.949). Orlando City at New York Nate Lashley 70-68—138 -2 Matt Gogel 74-72—146 +6 New England at Cincinnati Jeremy Beasley to Buffalo (Triple-A East). 24. (86) Juan Pablo Montoya, D/C/F, Toronto FC at Columbus National League 02:36.5961 (229.891). Byeong Hun An 67-71—138 -2 Tim Herron 77-69—146 +6 Nashville at Atlanta ATLANTA BRAVES — Placed LF Marcell 25. (98) Marco Andretti, D/H/F, Harold Varner III 74-64—138 -2 Billy Mayfair 72-74—146 +6 Ozuna on the 10-day IL, retroactive to May 02:36.6089 (229.872). New York City FC at Los Angeles FC C.T. Pan 71-67—138 -2 San Jose at LA Galaxy 26. Recalled 1B Johan Camargo from Gwin- 26. (22) Simon Pagenaud, D/C/F, Kirk Triplett 71-75—146 +6 D.C. United at Miami nett (Triple-A East). 02:36.6732 (229.778). Jason Dufner 72-66—138 -2 Shane Bertsch 74-72—146 +6 Houston at Sporting Kansas City CHICAGO CUBS — Signed SS Tyler La- 27. (14) Sebastien Bourdais, D/C/F, Kevin Na 73-65—138 -2 dendorf to a minor league contract. 02:36.6964 (229.744). Chad Sorensen 76-70—146 +6 FC Dallas at Colorado Joaquin Niemann 69-69—138 -2 Minnesota at Real Salt Lake CINCINNATI REDS — Optioned RHPs Art 28. (25) Stefan Wilson, D/H/F, 02:36.7166 Robert Karlsson 71-75—146 +6 Warren and Ashton Goudeau to Louisville (229.714). Ian Poulter 68-70—138 -2 Shaun Micheel 69-77—146 +6 Sunday’s games (Triple-A East). Recalled RHP Vladimir Gu- 29. (59) Max Chilton, D/C/F, 02:36.9195 Emiliano Grillo 70-68—138 -2 Tom Lehman 71-75—146 +6 Portland at Philadelphia tierrez from Louisville. (229.417). Austin FC at Seattle COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned LHP 30. (4) Dalton Kellett, D/C/F, 02:37.6717 Doug Ghim 68-71—139 -1 Jay Haas 76-70—146 +6 Lucas Gilbreath to Albuquerque (Triple-A (228.323). Rafa Cabrera Bello 73-66—139 -1 Scott Verplank 72-74—146 +6 31. (24) Sage Karam, D/C/F, 02:37.0982 NWSL West). Gary Woodland 70-69—139 -1 MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned 1B Lewin (229.156). Craig Bowden 75-72—147 +7 WLTPts GF GA Diaz to Jacksonville (Triple-A East). Select- 32. (12) Will Power, D/C/F, 02:37.2905 Carlos Ortiz 70-69—139 -1 Frank Lickliter II 77-70—147 +7 ed the contract of SS Luis Marte from Jack- (228.876). Troy Merritt 68-71—139 -1 Mark Mielke 73-74—147 +7 Orlando 2 0 1 7 5 3 sonville. Placed SS Miguel Rojas on the 10- 33. (16) Simona de Silvestro, D/C/F, day IL. Activated CF Starling Marte from 02:37.6504 (228.353). Billy Horschel 71-68—139 -1 Neil Thompson 75-72—147 +7 North Carolina 1 1 1 4 6 2 the 10-day IL. Sung Kang 74-65—139 -1 Paul Eales 74-73—147 +7 Reign FC 1 0 1 4 2 1 N.C. Education Lottery 200 MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Sent RHP Josh Adam Schenk 73-67—140 E Paul McGinley 78-69—147 +7 Gotham FC 1 0 1 4 1 0 Lindblom outright to Nashville (Triple-A NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck  East). Friday Doc Redman 68-72—140 E Scott Parel 74-73—147 +7 Washington 1 1 1 4 3 4 NEW YORK METS — Optioned LHP Tho- At Charlotte Motor Speedway Scott Stallings 72-68—140 E Alan Morin 73-74—147 +7 Chicago 1 1 1 4 2 5 mas Szapucki to Syracuse (Triple-A East). Concord, N.C. Ryan Palmer 74-66—140 E Gus Ulrich 71-76—147 +7 Louisville 1 1 1 4 2 5 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Optioned RHP Lap length: 1.50 miles Junior Fernandez to Memphis (Triple-A (Start position in parentheses) Wyndham Clark 70-70—140 E Mark Brooks 71-76—147 +7 Portland 1 2 0 3 7 4 East). Recalled RHP Johan Oviedo from 1. (4) John H. Nemechek, Toyota, 134 Tyler McCumber 69-71—140 E James Deiters 74-74—148 +8 Kansas City 0 1 2 2 2 4 Memphis. laps, 49 points. Camilo Villegas 69-71—140 E Ken Duke 71-77—148 +8 Houston 0 2 1 1 3 5 SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed C Austin 2. (9) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, 134, 39. Nola on the 10-day IL, retroactive to May 3. (5) Ben Rhodes, Toyota, 134, 36. Chris Kirk 71-69—140 E Ken Tanigawa 73-75—148 +8 Note: Three points for victory, one point 25. Selected the contract of 1B Webster Ri- 4. (11) Stewart Friesen, Toyota, 134, 36. J.J. Henry 69-71—140 E for tie. Paul Goydos 74-74—148 +8 vas from El Paso (Triple-A West) and 5. (1) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 134, 41. Pat Perez 70-70—140 E Wednesday’s games signed him to a one-year contract. Trans- 6. (23) Chandler Smith, Toyota, 134, 31. ferred RHP Dan Altavilla from the 10-day IL 7. (31) Ty Majeski, Toyota, 134, 38. Zach Johnson 72-68—140 E Orlando 2, Portland 1 PRO BASKETBALL to the 60-day IL. Optioned RF Brian O’Grady 8. (15) Derek Kraus, Toyota, 134, 40. Richy Werenski 68-72—140 E Chicago 2, Kansas City 0 to El Paso. Recalled LHP Nick Ramirez from 9. (3) Austin Hill, Toyota, 134, 44. Washington 2, Houston 1 El Paso. 10. (6) Zane Smith, Chevrolet, 134, 43. Cam Davis 70-70—140 E WNBA Friday’s game WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Optioned 11. (22) Christian Eckes, Toyota, 134, 26. Will Zalatoris 69-71—140 E RHP Kyle McGowin to Rochester (Triple-A 12. (16) Ryan Truex, Chevrolet, 134, 31. Eastern Conference North Carolina 5, Louisville 0 Matt Wallace 71-70—141 +1 East). 13. (12) Hailie Deegan, Ford, 133, 25. WLPct GB Saturday’s game FOOTBALL 14. (8) Grant Enfinger, Chevrolet, 133, 25. Mark Hubbard 74-67—141 +1 Chicago at Houston National Football League 15. (20) Jack Wood, Chevrolet, 133, 22. Jhonattan Vegas 73-68—141 +1 Connecticut 6 1 .857 — 16. (7) Tyler Ankrum, Chevrolet, 133, 26. BUFFALO BILLS — Signed LS Reid Fergu- Matt Kuchar 74-67—141 +1 New York 5 1 .833 ½ Sunday’s games son to a three-year contract extension. 17. (13) Austin Wayne Self, Chevrolet, Abraham Ancer 70-71—141 +1 Portland at Gotham FC SOCCER 133, 20. Atlanta 3 2 .600 2 Kansas City at Orlando Major League Soccer 18. (18) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, 133, 19. Hudson Swafford 71-70—141 +1 Chicago 2 3 .400 3 19. (19) Bayley Currey, Chevrolet, 133, 18. Washington at Reign FC MLS —Fined Inter Miami CF $2 million for Andrew Landry 71-70—141 +1 Washington 2 4 .333 3½ violating MLS’ salary budget and roster 20. (17) Drew Dollar, Toyota, 133, 17. TENNIS guidelines during the 2020 season. Fined 21. (36) Dawson Cram, Chevrolet, 133, 16. Robby Shelton 70-71—141 +1 Indiana 1 6 .143 5 and suspended (through the end of the 22. (25) Tanner Gray, Ford, 133, 15. Lucas Glover 74-67—141 +1 2022 MLS season) Paul McDonough, Inter 23. (21) Kris Wright, Chevrolet, 132, 14. Brian Stuard 68-73—141 +1 Western Conference Strasbourg Open Miami’s COO and Sporting Director at the 24. (32) Danny Bohn, Toyota, 131, 13. time of the violations. 25. (27) Cory Roper, Ford, 129, 12. Xinjun Zhang 71-70—141 +1 WLPct GB Friday ATLANTA UNITED FC — Waived D Jack 26. (35) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 128, 11. Henrik Norlander 69-72—141 +1 At Strasbourg Tennis Club 27. (30) Cj McLaughlin, Toyota, 127, 10. Gurr. Mutually parted ways with vice pres- D.A. Points 74-67—141 +1 Seattle 5 1 .833 — Strasbourg, France ident of soccer operations Paul McDo- 28. (34) Akinori Ogata, Chevrolet, 125, 9. Las Vegas 4 2 .667 1 Purse: Euro 189,708 nough. 29. (33) Keith McGee, Chevrolet, 123, 8. Surface: Red clay COLUMBUS CREW — Loaned F Miguel 30. (10) Matt Crafton, Toyota, engine, KitchenAid Championship Phoenix 2 3 .400 2½ Women’s Singles Berry to San Diego (USL Championship). 114, 15. Los Angeles 1 2 .333 2½ 31. (14) Johnny Sauter, Toyota, accident, PGA Champions Tour Quarterfinals D.C. UNITED —Loaned D Jacob Greene to Friday Dallas 1 3 .250 3 Sorana Cirstea, Romania, def. Bianca Loudoun (USL Championship). 111, 6. 32. (38) Trey Hutchens III, Chevrolet, ac- Southern Hills Country Club Minnesota 0 4 .000 4 Andreescu (1), Canada, walkover. CF MONTREAL —Exercised its option on Tulsa, Okla. Women’s Singles cident, 108, 5. coach Wilfried Nancy’s contract through Purse: $3.5 million Semifinals 2022. 33. (37) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Ford, suspen- Thursday’s games Sorana Cirstea, Romania, def. Magda Li- sion, 71, 4. Yardage: 6,968; Par: 70 NASHVILLE SC —Loaned D Jack Maher to Atlanta 101, Dallas 95 nette (8), Poland, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. San Diego (USL Championship). 34. (26) Chase Purdy, Chevrolet, garage, Second Round Suspended (18 golfers 59, 3. DNF) Barbora Krejcikova (5), Czech Republic, USL CHAMPIONSHIP Friday’s games def. Jule Niemeier, Germany, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4. SAN DIEGO LOYAL SC — Acquired F Mi- 35. (2) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, acci- Mike Weir 68-65—133 -7 Women’s Doubles guel Ibarra, pending league and federa- dent, 55, 12. Rocco Mediate 68-69—137 -3 Connecticut 86, Washington 81 36. (28) Bret Holmes, Chevrolet, acci- Los Angeles 76, Chicago 61 Semifinals tion approval. Steve Stricker 69-68—137 -3 Alexa Guarachi Mathison, Chile, and De- COLLEGE dent, 49, 1. Seattle 82, Minnesota 72 sirae Krawczyk (1), United States, def. Ni- BUFFALO — Named Mark Alnutt vice 37. (24) Tate Fogleman, Chevrolet, rear- Alex Cejka 67-70—137 -3 Las Vegas 113, Indiana 77 gear, 38, 1. cole Melichar, United States, and Vivian president and director of athletics K.J. Choi 68-70—138 -2 Saturday’s games Heisen, Germany, 6-4, 6-4. through May 2026. 38. (29) Timothy Peters, Chevrolet, ga- rage, 13, 1. Stephen Leaney 70-69—139 -1 Atlanta at New York Kenny Perry 69-71—140 E Phoenix at Dallas PRO BASEBALL Race Statistics Gene Sauers 69-71—140 E Sunday’s games Average Speed of Race Winner: 114.335 Wes Short, Jr. 70-70—140 E mph. Indiana at Las Vegas Time of Race:1 hour, 45 minutes, 29 sec- Brett Quigley 69-71—140 E Los Angeles at Chicago MLB Calendar July 13 — All-Star Game, Denver. Connecticut at Minnesota July 25 — Hall of Fame induction, Coo- onds. Thongchai Jaidee 70-71—141 +1 Margin of Victory: 0.419 seconds. June 2­3 — Owners meeting, New York. perstown, N.Y. Jerry Kelly 75-66—141 +1 Monday’s games July 11­13 — Amateur draft, Denver. Dec. 6­9 — Winter meetings Caution Flags: 5 for 31 laps. Lead Changes: 12 among 9 drivers. Retief Goosen 69-72—141 +1 No games scheduled. PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, May 30, 2021 AUTO RACING/TENNIS/SPORTS BRIEFS

Open-wheel BRIEFS racing has 3 Hendrick drivers starting in top 4 spots healed from Hendrick Motorsports’ quest to pass Petty Enterprises as the NASCAR Cup Series race team bitter split with the most wins all-time got off to a good start on Saturday as Kyle BY MICHAEL MAROT Larson captured the pole for the Associated Press Coca-Cola 600 in Concord, N.C., INDIANAPOLIS — Michael with two of his teammates starting Andretti hears the line repeatedly. in the row behind him. Yes, he’s led more Indianapolis Ricky Stenhouse will start sec- 500 laps than any driver who nev- ond on Sunday, followed by Hen- er reached victory lane. He also drick teammates Chase Elliott knows it’s a title that could have and William Byron. Chevrolets been avoided if the Championship dominated qualifying by taking Auto Racing Teams series and the six of the top seven spots for NAS- Indy Racing League hadn’t parted CAR’s longest race, a grueling ways in 1996, splitting American 400-lap marathon at Charlotte open-wheel racing in two. Motor Speedway. For Andretti, it came with a Car owner Rick Hendrick’s oth- heavy price. He missed five 500s er driver, Alex Bowman, will start in the prime of his career — five GREGORIO BORGIA/AP seventh. chances to end the dreaded An- When the French Open starts, some expect a changing of the guard in men’s tennis. Greece’s Stefanos Hendrick Motorsports is tied dretti curse. And he, like so many Tsitsipas, above, and Alexander Zverev are among the 20­somethings considered contenders. with Petty Enterprises with 268 other drivers, had no choice. The Cup Series wins. big teams and big sponsors all Larson captured his first pole went to CART and the top drivers since June 2019 at Sonoma with a followed in a bitter, 12-year di- lap of 180.282 mph, narrowly edg- vorce that nearly ruined the sport. French Open may be set ing Stenhouse in the one-lap qual- “I felt cheated,” Andretti said. ifying by .07 seconds. “I lost five years of winning the Spieth leads Schwab by race in my prime. It’s a disap- pointing feeling.” 4, Mickelson misses cut Today, the remnants of those for changing of the guard Jordan Spieth has started play- forgettable days barely make a ing well again just about every- ripple in Gasoline Alley. BY HOWARD FENDRICH where he goes. He has always felt Friendly drivers revel in laugh- Associated Press comfortable close to home at Colo- ter and jokes. Series officials are orgive Novak Djokovic if he’s just a little bit nial in Fort Worth, Texas. trying to grow the sport. The con- tired of hearing about, and being asked to ad- PGA champion Phil Mickelson troversial rule that guaranteed dress, how much longer he, Rafael Nadal and was headed home to California af- IRL regulars 25 of the 33 starting FRoger Federer can stay at the top of tennis. ter he bogeyed two of his last three spots in the 500 ended long ago, Or, put another way, whether a younger generation holes, missing the cut at the Char- and Tony George, who was at the of men finally is poised to consistently win Grand Slam les Schwab Challenge by one forefront of the split as speedway titles. stroke. president, is no longer associated “I mean, I said it a thousand times. I don’t know how Spieth was bogey-free again with IndyCar. His family sold In- many times people want me to repeat it. Of course the Friday, with a 4-under 66 to take dianapolis Motor Speedway and ‘Next Gen’” — a marketing slogan pushed by the ATP the lead after the second round at the series to Roger Penske in Ja- — “is there, is coming, whatever. But here we are, still 11-under 129 at Hogan's Alley. The nuary 2020. George did not re- winning the biggest tournaments and Slams. I don’t Dallas native was one shot ahead spond to an interview request. know what to tell you other than that,” Djokovic said. DARKO VOJINOVIC/AP of Jason Kokrak, who had his sec- But the survivors, like Andretti “I’m not focused on the ‘Next Gen,’ even though I Novak Djokovic of Serbia could face Roger Federer ond consecutive round of 65. and Tony Kanaan, will never for- know ... it creates a story. People like to talk about it. int the quarterfinals and Rafael Nadal in the “I’m in a good spot at a familiar get the tension or ill will that led to Fine. The guys are there. They are already establishing semifinals as all three are on the same side of the place,” Spieth said. the schism that lasted until 2008. themselves in the Top 5, Top 10 of the world. Nothing bracket for the French Open. Mickelson, who turns 51 on George was at the heart of it, start- new,” he continued, then noted with pride: “But we are June 16, became the oldest winner ing the upstart IRL to battle the still there.” derer, or Nadal vs. Federer. of a golf major at the PGA Cham- more established CART teams When the French Open begins in Paris on Sunday, it That can’t happen at Roland Garros because they are pionship last weekend. But Lefty with their better-known drivers. will feel in some ways like order restored after the 2020 in the same half of the bracket for the first time at a finished 2 over at Colonial after his edition was altered in two significant ways because of Grand Slam tournament. No. 1 Djokovic could face No. second-round 69, which included the coronavirus pandemic: Only 1,000 spectators were 8 Federer in the quarterfinals; one of them could meet three birdies in a four-hole stretch let into Roland Garros per day, and competition started No. 3 Nadal in the semifinals. to end his front nine. in September instead of May. Back in its rightful spot on The other half includes No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas and Weir leads Senior PGA by the calendar — well, delayed by a week because of CO- No. 6 Alexander Zverev, who are among the 20-some- VID-19 concerns, but close enough — and with about thing men considered contenders to grab a first major 4 strokes 5,300 fans allowed in each of the first 10 days, then trophy, along with No. 2 Daniil Medvedev (although Mike Weir opened a four-stroke 10,000 or more each of the last five days, could the clay- even he would acknowledge not in Paris, where he is lead Friday in the Senior PGA court championship serve as the setting for a symbolic 0-4 so far) and No. 7 Andrey Rublev. Championship with a 5-under 65 changing of the guard? Things look quite different in the women’s game, on a tough Southern Hills layout in “A lot of people underestimate the time and the era where the question is which player might extend the Tulsa, Okla., that baffled most of we are playing in, with by far the three best players in recent run of success of the younger set in women’s ten- the players. the history of the game,” said Dominic Thiem, whose nis. Iga Swiatek, for example, won last year’s French That moved the Canadian to 7 U.S. Open title last September makes him the only first- Open at age 19 (she turns 20 on Monday). Other rela- under through 36 holes, with Steve time major men’s champion since 2014. tively recent Slam champs include Ash Barty, 25, Sofia Stricker (68), Rocco Mediate (69) A glimpse at the dominance: Kenin, 22, and Bianca Andreescu, 20. and John Riegger at 3 under. Rieg- MICHAEL CONROY/AP ■ 15 of the past 16 Grand Slam tournaments were And then there is someone like Coco Gauff, still just ger had three holes left when play Car owner Michael Andretti won by the Big Three; 17, who keeps moving up the WTA rankings. She, like was called because of darkness at missed five the Indy 500 for five ■ Starting with the 2005 French Open, they collect- 19-year-old Jannik Sinner in the men’s game, is seen as 8:31 p.m. Weir completed his seasons in his prime thanks to ed 54 of the past 63 major titles; part of a group of possible future stars, ready to step round just minutes earlier the split in open­wheel racing ■ In that same span, 23 Slam finals involved one of forth as Serena Williams, who is 39, and the top men that began 25 years ago. these matchups: Djokovic vs. Nadal, Djokovic vs. Fe- move on. Associated Press Sunday, May 30, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 MLB

Scoreboard ROUNDUP

American League

East Division WLPct GB Grossman’s HR rallies Tigers in 10th Tampa Bay 32 20 .615 _ Boston 31 20 .608 ½ New York 29 22 .569 2½ Toronto 26 24 .520 5 Two-run shot lifts Baltimore 17 33 .340 14 Central Division Detroit past Yankees WLPct GB Associated Press Chicago 29 20 .592 _ DETROIT — Robbie Gross­ Cleveland 27 22 .551 2 man hit a two­run homer in the Kansas City 24 25 .490 5 bottom of the 10th inning to give Minnesota 20 30 .400 9½ Detroit 20 31 .392 10 the Detroit Tigers a 3­2 victory over the New York Yankees on West Division Friday night. WLPct GB The Yankees took the lead in Oakland 31 22 .585 _ the top of the inning when auto­ Houston 27 23 .540 2½ Seattle 25 27 .481 5½ matic runner Aaron Judge came Los Angeles 22 29 .431 8 home from third on a passed ball. Texas 22 31 .415 9 Justin Wilson (1­1) retired the National League first two Detroit batters in the East Division bottom half, but on a full count, WLPct GB Grossman sent a high drive that cleared the fence in left field. New York 24 20 .545 _ Philadelphia 25 26 .490 2½ Rougned Odor homered and Atlanta 24 25 .490 2½ had four hits for the Yankees, Miami 24 27 .471 3½ who dropped a bizarre game that Washington 21 25 .457 4 also included a three­ball walk Central Division for New York hitter Gio Urshela. WLPct GB Bryan Garcia (1­1) won in relief St. Louis 29 22 .569 _ for Detroit. Chicago 28 22 .560 ½ Each starting pitcher — Gerrit Milwaukee 25 25 .500 3½ Cole for New York and Casey CARLOS OSORIO/AP Cincinnati 22 27 .449 6 Pittsburgh 18 31 .367 10 Mize for Detroit — was a former The Tigers’ Robbie Grossman is greeted by Jeimer Candelario, left, and Miguel Cabrera after Grossman’s West Division No. 1 overall draft pick. Mize, the two­run walk­off home run in the 10th inning of 3­2 win over the New York Yankees in Detroit. WLPct GB top pick in the 2018 draft, allowed a run and five hits in five innings. help Oakland to its third straight Jarlin Garcia got his first save After a delay of 1 hour, 25 min­ San Diego 33 19 .635 _ Los Angeles 31 20 .608 1½ He struck out seven with no win. since he was a Marlins minor utes, the game was called, with San Francisco 31 20 .608 1½ walks. Ohtani (1­1) allowed three leaguer in 2011. Ottavino getting his second save. Colorado 19 32 .373 13½ Cole was picked first overall by earned runs and three hits but Buster Posey hit a three­run Royals 8, Twins 3: Whit Merri­ Arizona 18 34 .346 15 Pittsburgh in 2011. He allowed a had control problems late. He homer in the eighth that gave the field had two hits and three RBIs, Friday’s games run and six hits in six innings. walked four and hit Mark Canha Giants a 5­2 lead. Kris Bubic had another strong Boston 5, Miami 2, 6 innings Toronto 11, Cleveland 2, 7 innings Athletics 3, Angels 1:Jed Low­ with a pitch. Cubs 1, Reds 0: David Bote start and Kansas City won at Min­ Detroit 3, N.Y. Yankees 2, 10 innings rie scored the tiebreaking run in Giants 8, Dodgers 5: Left fiel­ homered, Adbert Alzolay wrig­ nesota. Kansas City 8, Minnesota 3 Oakland 3, L.A. Angels 1 the seventh inning after left fiel­ der Mike Tauchman reached gled out of several jams while Merrifield had a two­run dou­ San Diego 10, Houston 3, 11 innings Seattle 3, Texas 2 der Justin Upton bobbled Matt over the wall to rob Albert Pujols pitching into the sixth inning and ble in a five­run seventh inning as Baltimore at Chicago White Sox, ppd. Chapman’s single, Bob Melvin of a walk­off home run in the bot­ host Chicago beat Cincinnati. the Royals’ offense broke out af­ Chicago Cubs 1, Cincinnati 0 St. Louis 8, Arizona 6 tied the Oakland record for man­ tom of the ninth inning as San Bote homered leading off the ter scoring five total runs during San Francisco 8, L.A. Dodgers 5, 10 in- nings agerial wins and the host Athlet­ Francisco broke through in the fifth to spoil Reds starter Vladi­ a three­game series at Tampa Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, ppd. Colorado at Pittsburgh, ppd. ics beat Shohei Ohtani and Los 10th to win at Los Angeles. mir Gutiérrez’s major league de­ Bay. Milwaukee at Washington, ppd. Angeles. Dodgers pinch­hitter Austin but. The Cubs managed just three Mariners 3, Rangers 2: Kyle Saturday’s games Ohtani walked Lowrie on four Barnes hit a three­run homer hits and won for the 10th time in Lewis doubled and scored Seat­ Baltimore at Chicago White Sox. Kansas City at Minnesota pitches leading off the seventh with two outs in the ninth to make 12 games. tle’s first run, then hit a two­run L.A. Angels at Oakland and then walked Mitch More­ it 5­all. Alzolay (3­4) threw 103 pitches opposite­field homer an inning Miami at Boston 2 N.Y. Yankees at Detroit land. Chapman followed with a LaMonte Wade Jr. hit a go­ in 5 ⁄3 innings and gave up five later that proved to be the differ­ San Diego at Houston Toronto at Cleveland soft single to left that Upton ahead single in 10th off Kenley hits, struck out six and walked ence to send visiting Texas to its Baltimore at Chicago White Sox struggled to pick up, allowing Jansen (0­2). Evan Longoria add­ three. Craig Kimbrel earned his 10th straight road loss. Texas at Seattle Philadelphia at Tampa Bay Lowrie to score easily. Seth ed a two­run double. 12th save in 14 chances. The Mariners have followed up Colorado at Pittsburgh Milwaukee at Washington Brown added an RBI single. Tyler Rogers (1­0) got the win Blue Jays 11, Indians 2 (7):Hy­ a six­game losing streak by win­ Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs Colorado at Pittsburgh Elvis Andrus had two hits to despite giving up Barnes’ homer. un Jin Ryu regained his control ning four of five. Atlanta at N.Y. Mets after a rough first inning battling Padres 10, Astros 3 (11):Fer­ Milwaukee at Washington San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers strong winds and Lourdes Gur­ nando Tatis Jr. and Tommy Pham St. Louis at Arizona riel Jr. and Joe Panik drove in homered, then each had an RBI in Sunday’s games three runs apiece, leading Toron­ a seven­run 11th inning that sent Miami (Alcantara 2-4) at Boston (Rodrí- guez 5-3) to to a win at Cleveland in a game San Diego to a win at Houston. N.Y. Yankees (TBD) at Detroit (Skubal 1-7) called in the bottom of the sev­ The Padres improved to an Philadelphia (Eflin 2-4) at Tampa Bay enth. MLB­best 7­0 in interleague play (TBD) Toronto (Matz 6-2) at Cleveland (Civale The game was played in winds this season. The Astros have lost 7-1) Baltimore (Akin 0-0) at Chicago White gusting to 45 mph throughout, five of six overall. Sox (Giolito 4-4) and a steady, blowing rain made Cardinals 8, Diamondbacks 6: Kansas City (Keller 4-4) at Minnesota (Shoemaker 2-5) conditions miserable. Tyler O’Neill hit a two­run homer San Diego (Snell 1-1) at Houston (Greinke 4-2) Red Sox 5, Marlins 2 (5½ in­ for the second straight night, No­ L.A. Angels (Quintana 0-3) at Oakland (Irvin 3-6) nings): Alex Verdugo hit a three­ lan Arenado added a solo shot and Texas (Yang 0-2) at Seattle (Kikuchi 2-3) run homer, J.D. Martinez drove visiting St. Louis dealt Arizona its Colorado (Freeland 0-0) at Pittsburgh (TBD) in two runs with a double and host 12th straight loss. Milwaukee (Woodruff 3-2) at Washing- ton (Corbin 3-3) Boston beat Miami in a game The Cardinals never trailed, Cincinnati (Mahle 3-2) at Chicago Cubs called after 5½ innings because jumping to a 4­0 lead in the first. (Arrieta 5-4) San Francisco (Gausman 5-0) at L.A. of rain. Paul Goldschmidt had a sacrifice Dodgers (Kershaw 7-3) MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/AP St. Louis (Kim 1-2) at Arizona (Martin Adam Ottavino slogged fly, Yadier Molina added an RBI 0-2) The San Francisco Giants’ Buster Posey follows through on his through a soggy top of the sixth double and O’Neill’s homer easily Atlanta (Fried 2-2) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 3-2) three­run home run during a 8­5 win Friday at Los Angeles. before umpires suspended play. cleared the left field wall. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, May 30, 2021 NHL PLAYOFFS Janmark has hat trick in Vegas’ Game 7 victory

BY W.G. RAMIREZ couver in Edmonton last year. It Minnesota dropped to 3-1 all-time Associated Press was also the first time the Knights in a seventh game. Home teams in LAS VEGAS — Mattias Jan- clinched a playoff series at home. Game 7s are 105-74, excluding mark had scored just one goal Marc-Andre Fleury, playing in last season’s playoff bubble in since being acquired by Vegas at his eighth career Game 7, made 19 Canada. the trade deadline from Chicago. saves to earn his 85th playoff vic- Zach Parise and Kirill Kaprizov He tripled that Friday night tory in front of an announced scored for the Wild. Cam Talbot with his first career hat trick in crowd of 12,156. Fleury is three made 29 saves. what might have been the most playoff wins shy of tying Billy “We hope that they’re proud of important home playoff game in Smith and Ed Belfour for fourth in each other and proud of them- the Golden Knights’ four-year his- NHL history. selves of how they conducted tory, a 6-2 victory over the Minne- “It was a ton of fun,” said themselves this year,” Minnesota sota Wild in Game 7 of their open- Hague, the only Vegas skater in coach Dean Evason said. “You get ing-round series. the lineup who hadn’t played in a to a Game 7 and one team wins “It’s what every player dreams Game 7. “The building was rock- and one team loses. Our effort was of, to score in a Game 7,” Janmark ing, which is always awesome. there. We competed our butts off.” said. “To win a Game 7 and to But it was on another level to- After playing aggressively score a hat trick, it’s hard to be- night. A little nervous at the start. through the first two periods,Ve- lieve that it’s going to happen to Boy, was that a fun game.” gas played low-risk hockey in the you, but today, bounces were go- The Knights, who squandered a third while keeping the Wild at ing in. 3-1 series lead for the third bay until Janmark scored his sec- “It’s a dream come true, for straight season, head to Denver ond after Nicolas Roy stripped sure.” for Sunday’s second-round open- Ryan Suter behind the net. Roy Nic Hague, Max Pacioretty and er against the Colorado Ava- fed Janmark, who snapped the Zach Whitecloud also scored for lanche. The Avalanche won the puck over Talbot’s far shoulder. JOE BUGLEWICZ/AP Vegas, which hosted a Game 7 for regular-season series, 4-3-1. Janmark’s empty-netter with a lit- Vegas center Mattias Janmark thanks fans after the Golden Knights the first time after losing in San Peter DeBoer improved to 6-0 tle more than three minutes left defeated the Minnesota Wild 6­2 in Game 7 of their first­round playoff Jose in 2018 and defeating Van- when coaching in Game 7s, while put the game out of reach. series Friday in Las Vegas. Janmark scored a hat trick. Smart: Deadline trades paying off in playoffs Scoreboard First round FROM PAGE 24 calm and composure.” “If we didn’t have (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) The Bruins can also play with Carolina 4, Nashville 2 more confidence thanks to Hall, a Palmieri or a Carolina 5, Nashville 2 Carolina 3, Nashville 0 who gives them secondary skill Nashville 5, Carolina 4, 2OT behind the “Perfection Line” of Zajac, we’d be in Nashville 4, Carolina 3, 2OT Carolina 3, Nashville 2, OT Brad Marchand, Patrice Berge- one (a hole) a Carolina 4, Nashville 3, OT ron and David Pastrnak. Hall has Tampa Bay 4, Florida 2 slid in on David Krejci’s left wing Tampa Bay 5, Florida 4 little bit.” Tampa Bay 3, Florida 1 perfectly. Florida 6, Tampa Bay 5, OT Tampa Bay 6, Florida 2 “Since they got Taylor Hall it’s Barry Trotz Florida 4, Tampa Bay 1 really put everybody on the right Tampa Bay 4, Florida 0 Islanders coach Boston 4, Washington 1 seat on the bus, I think, for their Washington 3, Boston 2, OT team,” Islanders coach Barry ter you get just because you start Boston 4, Washington 3, OT Boston 3, Washington 2, 2OT Trotz said Friday. “It has given to understand guys’ tendencies Boston 4, Washington 1 them (a) second line that is a and understand where they’re go- Boston 3, Washington 1 threat, and night in and night out it ing to be on the ice,” said forward N.Y. Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 2 Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT can be a gamechanger at times for Blake Coleman, who was one of Pittsburgh 2, islanders 1 Pittsburgh 5, islanders 4 them.” the Lightning’s 2020 deadline Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 1 Much like Carter was a differ- FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP pickups. “Savvy’s a guy that we Islanders 3, Pittsburgh 2, 2OT Islanders 5, Pittsburgh 3 ence-maker with four goals for the New York Islanders trade deadline acquisition Kyle Palmieri scored love having in our room and an- Toronto 3, Montreal 2 Penguins, Islanders star Mathew the first­round Game 1 OT winner and a key goal in the clincher. other guy that I expect to get bet- Montreal 2, Toronto 1 Toronto 5, Montreal 1 Barzal called Hall a “game-break- ter and better as we go.” Toronto 2, Montreal 1 er” New York must keep an eye The Bruins would be in trouble the past two seasons gave them “a Not every trade worked out as Toronto 4, Montreal 0 Montreal 4, Toronto 3, OT on. The same goes on the other without Reilly after losing defen- firsthand look of him and what he planned: Anthony Mantha was in- Saturday: Toronto at Montreal side for Palmieri, who scored the semen Jeremy Lauzon, Jakub can do.” The same goes for Toron- effective for the Capitals, and Sam x-Monday: Montreal at Toronto first-round Game 1 overtime win- Zboril and Kevan Miller to injury. to getting ex-Blue Jackets captain Bennett had as many suspensions Winnipeg 4, Edmonton 0 Winnipeg 4, Edmonton 1 ner and added a key goal in the se- Reilly called it “some kind of Nick Foligno, whose absence after as goals for the Panthers. And Winnipeg 1, Edmonton 0, OT Winnipeg 5, Edmonton 4, OT ries clincher. tough luck” — but it’s also a play- the first two games against Mon- some deals long before the dead- Winnipeg 4, Edmonton 3, 3OT Zajac, the other player the Is- off lesson that a contender can’t treal has hurt. line worked out OK, like Winnipeg Vegas 4, Minnesota 3 landers got from the Devils for a have too many defensemen. Savard didn’t play a leading role adding Pierre-Luc Dubois, who Minnesota 1, Vegas 0, OT Vegas 3, Minnesota 1 first-round pick, had been a The Lightning figured that out in the Lightning getting past Flor- was a big part of a sweep of Ed- Vegas 5, Minnesota 2 Vegas 4, Minnesota 0 healthy scratch until an injury on the way to hoisting the Cup last ida. But Daneyko said Savard is monton. Minnesota 4, Vegas 2 opened the door for him to play year, filtering players in and out “going to have a bigger impact as “To try to get to know the sys- Minnesota 3, Vegas 0 Friday: Vegas 6, Minnesota 2 Game 5 against Pittsburgh. Of amid injuries. They paid the price these playoffs go along because of tems, watch the team play, I think Colorado 4, St. Louis 0 course he picked up an assist on of a first-round pick this year to his size, because of his experi- it was really important to get that Colorado 4, St. Louis 1 the winning goal. get rugged, big-minute defense- ence.” Tampa Bay is counting on time,” Dubois said. “I think it was Colorado 6, St. Louis 3 Colorado 5, St. Louis 1 “If we didn’t have a Palmieri or man David Savard from Colum- that in a bid to repeat. really helpful for me to be here at Colorado 5, St. Louis 2 a Zajac, we’d be in one (a hole) a bus at the deadline. “It’s just one of those things that that time and not necessarily two, Second Round little bit,” Trotz said. “We’d be get- Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper the more you play with a new three weeks, a month before the (Best-of-seven) Boston vs. N.Y. Islanders ting deep into our depth.” said facing Savard in the playoffs group of faces, the better and bet- playoffs started.” Saturday: N.Y. Islanders at Boston Sunday, May 30, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 NBA PLAYOFFS

Clippers spoil Mavericks’ party to get back in series BY SCHYUYLER DIXON Associated Press Scoreboard DALLAS — Don’t count out Ka- whi Leonard, Paul George and the Playoffs Los Angeles Clippers just yet. Play­in Not even a raucous party atmo- Play­in First Round Eastern Conference sphere and big early Dallas lead in Tuesday, May 18 Indiana 144, Charlotte 117 Luka Doncic’s home playoff debut Boston 118, Washington 100 could keep the Clippers from get- Western Conference Wednesday, May 19 ting back in a first-round series af- Memphis 100, San Antonio 96 L.A. Lakers 103, Golden State 100 ter a two-game flop in LA. Play­in Second Round Leonard scored 36 points and Eastern Conference Thursday, May 20 George had 22 of his 29 points in the Washington 142, Indiana 115 first half to help Los Angeles recov- Western Conference Friday, May 21 er from another slow start in a 118- Memphis 117, Golden State 112 (OT) First Round 108 victory Friday night. Dallas (Best­of­seven) takes a 2-1 series lead into Game 4 x­if necessary Eastern Conference on Sunday night. Philadelphia 2,Washington 0 “It’s just adversity,” said George, Philadelphia 125, Washington 118 Philadelphia 120, Washington 95 who combined with Leonard to Saturday: at Washington Monday: at Washington make 24 of 35 shots as LA finished x­Wednesday, June 2: at Philadelphia ELISE AMENDOLA/AP at 58%. “You’ve got to deal with ad- x­Friday, June 4: at Washington x­Sunday, June 6: at Philadelphia Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum drives to the basket past the Brooklyn Nets’ Blake Griffin, right. versity. We didn’t get down on our- Brooklyn 2, Boston 1 Brooklyn 104, Boston 93 Tatum had 50 points as the Celtics took a 125­110 win at home in Game 3 of a first­round playoff series. selves. We just stayed positive. We Brooklyn 130, Boston 108 rallied. We toughed it out. We just Friday: Boston 125, Brooklyn 119 Sunday: at Boston stuck to our principles, kept play- Tuesday, June 1: at Brooklyn x­Thursday, June 3: at Boston ing.” x­Saturday, June 5: at Brooklyn Doncic fed the frenzy of 17,705 Milwaukee 3, Miami 0 Milwaukee 109, Miami 107 (OT) Tatum lifts Celtics past Nets fans, more than three times the size Milwaukee 132, Miami 98 Milwaukee 113, Miami 84 of any crowd in a season that start- Saturday: at Miami BY KEN POWTAK sphere with the fans booing and Thomas, Ray Allen, Sam Jones and ed with an empty arena, by making x­Tuesday, June 1: at Milwaukee Associated Press x­Thursday, June 3: at Miami chanting at Kyrie Irving every Bob Cousy as Boston players with his first four shots, three of them x­Saturday, June 5: at Milwaukee Atlanta 2, New York 1 BOSTON — Bottled up in Brook- time he was involved in something, 50 points in a playoff game. three-pointers, on his way to a play- Atlanta 107, New York 105 lyn, Jayson Tatum came home and Tatum became the sixth player in “He was just locked in mental- off career-high 44 points as the New York 101, Atlanta 92 Friday: Atlanta 105, New York 94 showed off an array of drives, step- franchise history to score 50 points ly,” teammate Marcus Smart said. Mavs took a 30-11 lead. Sunday: at Atlanta back jumpers and three-pointers. in a playoff game. “We’re going up against a jugger- The Clippers’ 14-0 run erased Wednesday, June 2: at New York x­Friday, June 4: at Atlanta When Tatum was done, he had “We had a lot of guys step up to- naut of a team. Like I said before, most of the deficit before the end of x­Sunday, June 6: at New York Western Conference one of the best playoff games in night around Jayson being spe- the world knows it and we know it. the first quarter, and George gave Memphis 1, Utah 1 Celtics history — and the Nets had cial,” Celtics coach Brad Stevens It’s not going to be easy. You can’t his team its first lead on a three- Memphis 112, Utah 109 Utah 141, Memphis 129 themselves a series. said. lay down, you can’t take a step pointer in the second quarter as it Saturday: at Memphis Monday: at Memphis Tatum scored a playoff career- After scoring 50 points in Bos- back. You have to be able to press answered two losses at home to x­Wednesday, June 2: at Utah high 50 points to carry Boston to a ton’s play-in tournament victory, forward and that’s what we did to- start the series. x­Friday, June 4: at Memphis x­Sunday, June 6: at Utah 125-119 victory on Friday night that Tatum struggled in the two games night.” “Just stay the course,” Los An- L.A. Lakers 2, Phoenix 1 Phoenix 99, L.A. Lakers 90 cut Brooklyn’s lead to 2-1. in Brooklyn but steadied the Cel- It was Irving’s first game in front geles coach Tyronn Lue said. L.A. Lakers 109, Phoenix 102 “It’s just one of those nights.” Ta- tics in Game 3 after the Nets shot of the Celtics’ fans since he left via “They came out, the crowd was L.A. Lakers 109, Phoenix 95 Sunday: at L.A. Lakers tum said. “A tough shooting night out to a quick 15-point lead. free agency in 2019. electric. The fans gave them a lot of Tuesday, June 1: at Phoenix x­Thursday, June 3: at L.A. Lakers the first game and I didn’t get to “There’s nothing like playing at James Harden led Brooklyn juice early. Let’s just stick with the x­Saturday, June 5: at Phoenix play much the last game because I home in front of your home with 41 points, Kevin Durant had game plan. Luka’s going to hit some Portland 2, Denver 1 Portland 123, Denver 109 got poked in the eye.” crowd,” he said. 39 and Irving finished with 16 on 6- shots early, which he always does.” Denver 128, Portland 109 Denver 120, Portland 115 In an emotionally charged atmo- He joined John Havlicek, Isaiah for-17 shooting. The Clippers ended a five-game Saturday: at Portland postseason losing streak going back Tuesday, June 1: at Denver x­Thursday, June 3: at Portland to last year’s Florida playoff bub- x­Saturday, June 5: at Denver ble, when they beat Dallas in six Dallas 2, L.A. Clippers 1 Young delivers, Hawks Dallas 113, L.A. Clippers 103 games in the first round before Dallas 127, L.A. Clippers 121 Friday: L.A. Clippers 118, Dallas 108 blowing a 3-1 lead in the second Sunday: at Dallas take 2-1 lead over Knicks round against Denver. Wednesday, June 2: at L.A. Clippers x­Friday, June 4: at Dallas BY PAUL NEWBERRY This one was tight through much Leonard made his first eight x­Sunday, June 6: at L.A. Clippers Associated Press of the first half, but the Hawks shots — three of them on the 14-0 ATLANTA — Trae Young want- closed the second quarter on a run that quieted the crowd — and ed to make a big impression in his Young-powered, 22-5 run that sent George scored 22 points before Morris turned to talk to the Dal- first trip to the playoffs. the arena into an uproar. halftime on 10-for-13 shooting. las players a little more with each It’s going just as he planned. “He doesn’t really have a weak- By then, most of the fans were fi- make, finally getting a technical on Shaking off an ugly spitting inci- ness,” Atlanta interim coach Nate nally sitting after most of them the third one after giving LA a 112- dent at Madison Square Garden, McMillan said. “He takes what the stood, and screamed, the entire 100 lead with less than four minutes Young dazzled in the first home defense gives him. He does a good first quarter. The Clippers answer- remaining. He fouled out moments playoff game of his career, scoring job finding the open man when the ed any effort by the Mavericks to later but had already done his dam- 21 points and dishing out 14 assists defense collapses in the paint. BRYNN ANDERSON/AP whip them back into a frenzy late in age with nine of his 15 points in the to lead the Atlanta Hawks to a 105- When they don’t, he’s attacking and Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young the first game resembling a full fourth. 94 victory over the New York finishing at the rim.” celebrates after scoring against American Airlines Center since “They had a great night and we Knicks in Game 3 of their opening- In Game 1, Young hit the winning the New York Knicks. He had 21 March 11, 2020, the night the coro- did not,” Mavs coach Rick Carlisle round series Friday night. basket to silence the crowd at Madi- points and 14 assists in a navirus shut down the NBA. said. “The crowd was great. They “I feel like I’ve prepared my son Square Garden’s first playoff 105­94 win Friday in Atlanta. “I wish we could give them a were into it. We’ve got to get them whole life for these days, these mo- contest since 2013.. He shined again win,” said Doncic, who had nine re- more into it by finding ways to get ments,” he said. during the spurt that essentially de- scooting around the court, creating bounds and nine assists. “But we’ll more stops and rebounds.” Spurred on by a raucous crowd of cided the most lopsided game of the for teammates. try again Sunday, and hopefully The first home playoff game for 15,743, by far the largest of the sea- series, having a hand in 18 of the 22 “It feels great,” Young said “This with the same energy.” the Mavericks in five years was al- son in Atlanta, the Hawks pulled points. is my first experience at home in Marcus Morris hit three corner so the first at American Airlines ahead 2-1 in the best-of-seven se- Young scored five points himself, the playoffs. I’m looking forward to 3s in front of the Dallas bench in the Center for everyone on their roster ries. hitting a three and a step-back having a lot more of these.” fourth quarter to help the Clippers except Dwight Powell, who played Game 4 is Sunday in Atlanta. jumper, but spent most of his time The Hawks led 58-44 at the half. stay comfortably in front. just three minutes late. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, May 30, 2021 Tatum’s turn SPORTS Celtics’ star scores 50 in Game 3 win over Nets ›› NBA playoffs, Page 23

NHL PLAYOFFS Smart moves Deadline acquisitions proving to be postseason difference-makers

BY STEPHEN WHYNO Associated Press ust when the New York Islanders got finished with Jeff Carter lighting it up against them with Pittsburgh, they face another significant trade deadline pickup in Taylor JHall and the Boston Bruins. The Islanders might not even be in the second round if not for a trade to get Kyle Palmieri and Travis Zajac from New Jersey. The Bruins also needed Mike Reilly arguably as much as Hall in the first round after their blue line was hit with injuries. From Hall and Reilly to Palmieri and Zajac and David Sa- vard with the Tampa Bay Lightning, trade deadline acquisi- tions big and small are already paying major dividends in the NHL playoffs. As Stanley Cup-winning defenseman Ken Daneyko pointed out, “Obviously you hope for this when you make deadline acquisitions.” “Sometimes you try and do too much, sometimes you’re trying not to step on anyone’s toes,” said Winnipeg’s Paul Stastny, who was a deadline addition for the Jets in 2018. “You were brought in here for a reason, and it’s not to change the game. Sometimes it’s tough because you know some guys might get moved around the lineup a little bit, but you try not to worry about that.” Daneyko, now an NHL Network analyst, called Hall a “perfect fit” with the Bruins. Hall, the 2018 Hart Trophy winner as league MVP, scored two goals in five games of the first round against Washington — the same number he had in 37 games with lowly Buffalo before the trade to Boston. One of those goals tied the score with 2:49 left in Game 2, which showed the Bruins how Hall could perform in important moments after never winning a seven-game series previously in his NHL career. “A lot of things in life are about adjustments,” Hall said. “In the playoffs, you have to play hard, you have to play physical, you have to do all those things, but you also have to make plays and you also have to play with

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