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AFGHANISTAN US drone kills multiple suicide bombers Officials: Vehicle transporting ISIS-K extremists was blown up before strike against Kabul airport could be executed Associated Press INSIDE The strike came just two days before the as well as NATO and the European Union, KABUL, Afghanistan — A U.S. drone United States is set to conclude a massive saying they had received “assurances” strike blew up a vehicle carrying “multiple Biden meets privately airlift of tens of thousands of Afghan and from the Taliban that people with travel suicide bombers” from Afghanistan’s Is- foreign civilians and withdraw the last of its documents would still be able to leave the lamic State affiliate on Sunday before they with families of soldiers troops, ending America’s longest war with country freely. The Taliban have said they could attack the ongoing military evacua- the Taliban back in power. will allow normal travel after the U.S. with- tion at Kabul’s international airport, Amer- killed in suicide attack The U.S. State Department released a ican officials said. Page 5 statement signed by around 100 countries, SEE BOMBERS ON PAGE 4 Hurricane Ida hits Louisiana on Katrina’s anniversary BY KEVIN MCGILL AND JAY REEVES Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Ida blasted ashore along the Loui- siana coast on Sunday, with the eye of one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S. arriving near the barrier island of Grand Isle. The powerful Category 4 storm made landfall on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Loui- siana and Mississippi 16 years ear- lier, about 40 miles west of where Category 3 Katrina first struck land. Arriving with a barometric pressure of 930 millibars, Ida pre- liminarily goes down as tied for the fifth strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States based on wind speed. Based on central pressure it is tied for 9th strongest U.S. landfall. Ida rapidly intensified over- night as it moved through some of the warmest ocean water in the world in the northern Gulf of Mex- GERALD HERBERT/AP A man takes pictures of high waves along the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as Hurricane Ida approaches landfall, Sunday, in New Orleans. SEE ANNIVERSARY ON PAGE 10 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, August 30, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER US projects $3.12T deficit for 2021, down $555B EXCHANGE RATES Military rates South Korea (Won) 1,162.79 Associated Press And for the next decade, the ad- lion in spending on traditional in- Switzerland (Franc) .9115 Euro costs (Aug. 30) $1.15 Thailand (Baht) 32.53 WASHINGTON — The Biden ad- ministration never sees the annual frastructure projects such as roads Dollar buys (Aug. 30) 0.8288 Turkey (New Lira) 8.3485 British pound (Aug. 30) $1.34 ministration is forecasting that this deficits falling below $1 trillion. For and bridges and a $3.5 trillion mea- Japanese yen (Aug. 30) 107.00 (Military exchange rates are those available year’s budget deficit will be $555 bil- the 2022 budget year, which begins sure backed only by Democrats to South Korean won (Aug. 30) 1,142.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ lion lower than it estimated back in Oct. 1, the administration is project- offer preschool and junior college many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain (Dinar) .3771 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ May, helped by an economy that is ing a deficit of $1.54 trillion. education, expanded health care Britain (Pound) 1.3768 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2619 your local military banking facility. Commercial rebounding more quickly than had The non-partisan Congressional and climate change initiatives. China (Yuan) 6.4718 rates are interbank rates provided for reference Denmark (Krone) 6.3053 been expected. Budget Office forecasts a lower def- Even with the added infrastruc- Egypt (Pound) 15.6988 when buying currency. All figures are foreign But even with the improvement, icit of $1.15 trillion next year. ture and social spending, the Biden Euro .8479 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7874 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ the administration said Friday that The CBO forecasts are based on administration said Friday that it Hungary (Forint) 296.30 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.2198 it is forecasting a deficit of $3.12 tril- current law, however, and do not sees the deficits over the next dec- Japan (Yen) 109.84 INTEREST RATES lion for the budget year ending Sept. take into account what the impact ade coming in $684 billion below its Kuwait (Dinar) .3009 Norway (Krone) 8.7190 Prime rate 3.25 30. 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TODAY IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 11 Classified ...... 13 Comics ...... 16 Crossword ...... 16 Faces ...... 18 Opinion ...... 14 Sports ...... 19-24 Monday, August 30, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 3 PACIFIC US Forces Japan gets new commander

BY THERON GODBOLD country, and supports INDOPA- AND JOSEPH DITZLER COM, the combat command in the Stars and Stripes region. YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — As head of 5th Air Force, Rupp Lt. Gen. Kevin Schneider called also leads about 15,000 airmen at out China, North Korea and Rus- three U.S. air bases in Japan: Mis- sia as threats to regional security awa, Yokota and Kadena. Fifth Air as he handed the reins of U.S. Force provides a deterrent to Forces Japan to fellow Air Force would-be adversaries as well as officer Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp. airlift, combat and other aviation “Stakes are higher today than capabilities for the U.S. and Japa- they were in February of 2019 nese militaries. when I came into this job,” he said Rupp is a graduate of Southwest during a Friday ceremony that Texas State University and Em- drew top brass and diplomats as bry-Riddle Aeronautical Univer- guests. “Authoritarian regimes in sity. He comes to Tokyo from Joint Beijing, Pyongyang and Moscow Base Andrews, Md., where he continue to work to undermine commanded the Air Force Dis- peace and disrupt the security trict of Washington and the 320th that has enabled economies to Air Expeditionary Wing. flourish.” In his remarks, Rupp praised Schneider’s tenure was marked Schneider’s hard work benefiting by heightened tensions with China his commands, the Indo-Pacific in the western Pacific and a con- region and the world. Schneider, tinuing coronavirus pandemic he said, pushed the U.S.-Japan al- that began 18 months ago. He was liance to stay ahead of growing re- in charge at USFJ headquarters at gional threats while coping with Yokota in western Tokyo less than JUAN KING/Stars and Stripes the pandemic. a year when the virus appeared in Adm. John Aquilino, the head of Indo­Pacific Command, passes the guidon to the new commander of U.S. Rupp can look forward to an in- China. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force, Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Friday. creased tempo of maritime and During 2020, it played havoc aviation challenges from the Chi- with U.S. military bases in Japan, as “the most critical, the most con- including Adm. John Aquilino, rent, ready to respond at a mo- nese military and coast guard, prompting sporadic, temporary sequential and the most important commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific ment’s notice to any threat, crisis whose ships and planes add mus- lockdowns and restrictions on ev- alliance we have,” not just be- Command, and Gen. Kenneth or humanitarian disaster,” Rupp cle to its territorial claims in the erything from travel to shopping cause it benefits two nations, but Wilsbach, commander of Pacific said during his speech. region and challenge those of Ja- and dining. Hundreds of service because “it touches the region, Air Forces, who presided over the USFJ is a liaison with Japan for pan. members, civilian employees and and it touches the globe.” ceremonies; Japanese Defense the U.S. Navy, Air Force, Army The U.S. response comes in the family members were quarantin- From Tokyo, Schneider heads Minister Yasuhide Nakayama; and Marine Corps and also helps form of freedom-of-navigation pa- ed on any given day. to the Pentagon to serve as direc- Jan Adams and Julia Longbottom, manage the two nations’ military trols in the South China Sea by the In his final speech as USFJ com- tor of staff at Headquarters Air the Australian and British ambas- alliance. The U.S. has approxi- Navy, bomber task force exercises mander, Schneider never men- Force, where he will “synchronize sadors to Japan, respectively. mately 135,000 service members by the Air Force and island-hop- tioned the coronavirus or CO- and integrate policy, plans, posi- Attendees were masked but did in Japan, Schneider said. ping exercises by the Marine VID-19, the respiratory disease it tions, procedures and cross-func- not sit with space between them It has authority over basing is- Corps. causes. tional issues for headquarters during the ceremony at Yokota’s sues and the status of forces He focused on America’s adver- staff,” according to USFJ. Enlisted Club. agreement, which governs the le- [email protected] Twitter@godboldtheron saries and underlined the ties be- He handed the unit flags to “Our alliance, at all levels, en- gal rights and responsibilities of [email protected] tween Japan and the United States Rupp in front of about 100 people, sures we remain a credible deter- U.S. military personnel in the Twitter: @JosephDitzler No ‘unusual activity’ from North at end of US, S. Korea exercises BY DAVID CHOI tomary condition of anonymity Fri- mand’s policy of not commenting AND YOO KYONG CHANG day. on the drills, said the “U.S. alliance Stars and Stripes The official said the two coun- remains committed to providing a CAMP HUMPHREYS, South tries “successfully” finalized the credible military deterrence while Korea — U.S. and South Korean training “while … in difficult over- maintaining a robust combined de- forces completed a joint training all conditions, such as the CO- fense posture to protect [South Ko- exercise with little apparent notice VID-19 situation.” rea] against any adversary or from North Korea, which had com- Despite Pyongyang frequently threat.” plained the drills were a provoca- railing against such joint drills, In recent years, the U.S. and STARS AND STRIPES tion, a Defense Ministry official “there has been no unusual activity South Korea have dramatically South Korea and the United States concluded their Combined said Friday. from North Korea during the train- scaled back the number of troops Command Post Training, an 11­day computer­simulated military The two allies on Thursday con- ing,” the JCS official added. for the annual drills. The allies exercise, Thursday. cluded their Combined Command A separate Defense Ministry of- postponed their last computer-sim- Post Training, a computer-simulat- ficial confirmed the account to ulated drill in February 2020 due to Korean official Kim Yong Chol said calls on the inter-Korean military ed military exercise. A four-day Stars and Stripes and added that the coronavirus pandemic. the command-post exercise was an and joint liaison office hotlines Fri- preliminary crisis management North Korean troops have been Despite the allies dialing back “unfavorable prelude further be- day, according to the Defense and session was also conducted prior to conducting their own summer their drills, North Korea has sent clouding the future of the inter-Ko- Unification ministries. The North the drills. training. heated statements through its rean relations.” has been unresponsive to Seoul’s “South Korea and the U.S. ended Both U.S. and South Korean mil- state-run Korean Central News However, the U.S. views the attempts to communicate through the [command-post exercise] for itary officials declined to provide Agency in recent months. The re- drills as “purely defensive in na- the hotlines since Aug. 10. the second half of this year after details of the exercise, including gime routinely claims the drills are ture,” State Department spokes- achieving training goals,” a South the number of troops involved. a precursor to a hostile invasion of man Ned Price told reporters on [email protected] Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff official U.S. Forces Korea spokesman its country. Aug. 10. Twitter: @choibboy told Stars and Stripes on the cus- Col. Lee Peters, citing the com- Earlier this month, senior North North Korea did not respond to [email protected] PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, August 30, 2021 AFGHANISTAN Biden aide: US has ability to evacuate remaining citizens

BY LOLITA C. BALDOR sure that we have in place all of the Associated Press necessary tools and means to fa- WASHINGTON — The United cilitate the travel for those who States has the capacity to evacuate seek to leave Afghanistan” after the approximately 300 U.S. citi- Tuesday. zens remaining in Afghanistan There also are roughly 280 oth- who want to leave before Presi- ers who have said they are Amer- dent Joe Biden’s Tuesday dead- icans but who have told the State line, senior Biden administration Department they plan to remain officials said Sunday, as another in the country or are still undecid- U.S. drone strike against suspect- ed. ed Islamic State militants under- According to the latest totals, scored the grave threat in the about 114,000 people have been war’s final days. evacuated since the Taliban take- KHWAJA TAWFIQ SEDIQI/AP “This is the most dangerous over on Aug. 14, including approx- Afghan people are seen inside a house after a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday. time in an already extraordinarily imately 2,900 on military and coa- dangerous mission these last cou- lition flights during the 24 hours ple of days,” America’s top diplo- ending at 3 a.m. on Sunday. Bombers: mat, Secretary of State Antony Members of Congress criticized Rocket strikes neighborhood Blinken, said not long before con- the chaotic and violent evacua- firmation of that airstrike in Ka- tion. near Kabul airport, child reported dead bul, the capital. “We didn’t have to be in this The evacuation flow of Ameri- rush-rush circumstance with ter- FROM PAGE 1 “highly likely.” The State Depart- have sought to flee the country cans kept pace even as a new State rorists breathing down our neck,” drawal is completed on Tuesday ment called the threat “specific” since the Taliban’s rapid takeover Department security alert, issued said Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah. and they assume control of the air- and “credible.” earlier this month, fearing a re- hours before the military action, “But it’s really the responsibility port. The Sunni extremists of ISIS-K, turn to the harsh form of Islamic instructed people to leave the air- of the prior administration and At around the same time as the with links to the group’s more rule the group imposed on Af- port area immediately “due to a this administration that has drone strike, Afghan police said a well-known affiliate in Syria and ghanistan from 1996 until 2001. specific, credible threat.” caused this crisis to be upon us rocket hit a neighborhood near the Iraq, have carried out a series of Others fear revenge attacks or Biden’s national security advis- and has led to what is without airport, killing a child. Rashid, the attacks, mainly targeting Afghan- general instability. er, Jake Sullivan, said that for question a humanitarian and for- Kabul police chief, who goes by istan’s Shiite Muslim minority, in- The Taliban have pledged am- those U.S. citizens seeking imme- eign policy tragedy.” one name, confirmed the rocket cluding a 2020 assault on a mater- nesty for all Afghans, even those diately to leave Afghanistan by the Senate Republican leader attack, and video obtained by The nity hospital in Kabul that killed who worked with the U.S. and its looming deadline, “we have the Mitch McConnell of Kentucky Associated Press showed smoke women and newborns. allies, and say they want to restore capacity to have 300 Americans, said the U.S. policy in Afghanis- rising from a building around a The Taliban have fought against peace and security after decades which is roughly the number we tan, with 2,500 troops on the half a mile from the airport. the ISIS-K affiliate in the past and of war. But many Afghans distrust think are remaining, come to the ground, had been working. The Taliban described the have pledged to not allow Afghan- the group, and there have been re- airport and get on planes in the “We were, in effect, keeping the drone strike and the rocket attack istan to become a base for terror ports of summary executions and time that is remaining. We moved lid on, keeping terrorists from re- as separate incidents, but resi- attacks. The U.S.-led invasion in other human rights abuses in ar- out more than that number just constituting, and having a light dents of the Afghan capital heard 2001 came in response to the 9/11 eas under Taliban control. yesterday. So from our point of footprint in the country,” McCon- only one large blast. attacks, which al-Qaida planned The shooting of a folk singer in a view, there is an opportunity right nell said. Two American military offi- and executed while being shel- tense region north of Kabul was now for American citizens to U.S. officials said the American cials, who spoke on condition of tered by the Taliban. bound to contribute further to come, to be admitted to the airport drone strike hit a vehicle carrying anonymity to discuss military op- The Taliban increased security such fears. Fawad Andarabi’s and to be evacuated safely and ef- multiple Islamic State suicide erations, called the airstrike suc- around the airport after Thurs- family said the Taliban shot him fectively.” bombers heading for the Kabul cessful and said the vehicle car- day’s attack, clearing away the for no reason, just days after they Sullivan said the U.S. does not airport, causing secondary explo- ried multiple bombers. large crowds that had gathered had searched his home and drank currently plan to have an ongoing sions indicating the presence of a U.S. Navy Capt. Bill Urban, a outside the gates hoping to join the tea with him. embassy presence after the final substantial amount of explosive military spokesman, said the airlift. “He was innocent, a singer who U.S. troop withdrawal. material. strike was carried out in “self-de- Britain ended its evacuation only was entertaining people,” his But he pledged the U.S. “will A statement from U.S. Central fense.” He said the military was flights Saturday, and most U.S. al- son, Jawad, said. “They shot him make sure there is safe passage Command said the military was investigating whether there were lies concluded theirs earlier in the in the head on the farm.” for any American citizen, any le- confident it hit the intended tar- civilian casualties but that “we week. But U.S. military cargo The shooting happened in the gal permanent resident” after get, and there were no immediate have no indications at this time.” planes continued their runs into Andarabi Valley, for which the Tuesday, as well as for “those Af- indications of civilian casualties. “We are confident we success- the airport Sunday, ahead of a family is named, some 60 miles ghans who helped us.” It was the second airstrike in re- fully hit the target,” Urban said. Tuesday deadline set byBiden to north of Kabul, where the Taliban But untold numbers of vulnera- cent days the U.S. has conducted “Significant secondary explosions withdraw all American troops. battled local fighters even after ble Afghans, fearful of a return to against the militant group, which from the vehicle indicated the In interviews with Sunday talk seizing the capital. The Taliban the brutality of pre-2001 Taliban claimed responsibility for the sui- presence of a substantial amount shows, Secretary of State Antony say they have retaken the region, rule, are likely to be left behind. cide bombing Thursday at the Ka- of explosive material.” Blinken said the U.S. was working which is near mountainous Panj- Blinken said the U.S. was work- bul airport gate that killed 13 U.S. The strike came two days after with other countries to ensure that shir, the only one of Afghanistan’s ing with other countries in the re- service members, as well as an Islamic State suicide attack the airport functions normally af- 34 provinces not under Taliban gion to either keep the Kabul air- scores of Afghans struggling to get outside the airport killed at least ter the U.S. withdrawal and that control. port open after Tuesday or to reo- out of the country and escape the 169 Afghans and 13 U.S. service the Taliban allow people to travel Taliban spokesman Zabihullah pen it “in a timely fashion.” new Taliban rule. members. The U.S. carried out a freely. Mujahid said his group would in- He also said that while the air- The Pentagon said a U.S. drone drone strike elsewhere in the The Taliban have given similar vestigate the shooting, without port is critical, “there are other mission in eastern Afghanistan country Saturday that it said killed assurances in recent days, even as providing any further informa- ways to leave Afghanistan, includ- killed two members of ISIS-K’s two ISIS-K members. they have urged Afghans to re- tion. ing by road and many countries Afghanistan affiliate early Satur- President Joe Biden had vowed main and help rebuild the war- The Taliban banned music as border Afghanistan.” day local time in retaliation for the to keep up the airstrikes, saying ravaged country. un-Islamic when they last ruled The U.S., he said, is “making airport bombing. Saturday that another attack was Tens of thousands of Afghans the country. Monday, August 30, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 AFGHANISTAN Biden honors US troops killed in Afghanistan

Associated Press Five were just 20, born not long DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Del. — President Joe Biden met in that spurred the United States to solemn privacy Sunday with the invade Afghanistan in order to top- families of the 13 U.S. troops killed ple al-Qaida and dismantle their in the suicide attack near the Kabul Taliban hosts who ruled the coun- airport and became the fourth try. commander in chief to bear wit- At their deaths, the 13 young ser- MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP ness as the remains of the fallen re- vice members were on the ground President Joe Biden watches as a Navy carry team moves the remains of Navy Corpsman Maxton W. turned to U.S. soil from Afghanis- for the U.S. coda to its longest war, Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio, Sunday at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of tan. assisting a chaotic evacuation of Defense, Soviak died in an attack at Afghanistan’s Kabul airport, along with 12 other service members. First lady Jill Biden joined the Americans and of Afghans who president at Dover Air Force Base helped the U.S. war effort and are tary aircraft and put on an awaiting commands of honor guards who cessors as presidents all attended to grieve with loved ones as the now fleeing the Taliban after their vehicle. carried the transfer cases, the hum such dignified transfers. It was Bi- “dignified transfer” of remains un- return to power. Family members of the fallen of- of the C-17 Globemaster II aircraft den’s first time taking part in the folded, a military ritual for those “The 13 service members that ten travel to Dover to be present for that transported the fallen, and the ritual as president killed in foreign combat. we lost were heroes who made the the return of the remains of their occasional sob of a grieving The 13 troops who died in Kabul The dead ranged in age from 20 ultimate sacrifice in service of our loved ones to American soil. Thurs- mourner. were the first U.S. service mem- to 31, and came from California highest American ideals and while day’s attack left so many casualties Biden was joined by several top bers killed in Afghanistan since and Massachusetts and states in saving the lives of others,” Biden that military officials said the aides, including Defense Secretary February 2020. That was when the between. They include a 20-year- said in a statement Saturday. Dover Fisher House, which the Lloyd Austin, chairman of the Joint Trump administration reached an old Marine from Wyoming who “Their bravery and selflessness Defense Department provides for Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, agreement with the Taliban that had been expecting his first child has enabled more than 117,000 peo- the families of the fallen, was not and Secretary of State Antony Blin- called for the militant group to halt in three weeks and a 22-year-old ple at risk to reach safety thus far.” large enough to accommodate all ken. Eleven of the fallen service attacks on Americans in exchange Navy corpsman who in his last Fac- Biden held his hand over his the grieving families, so some members’ families chose to allow for a U.S. commitment to remove eTime conversation with his moth- heart and appeared to shut his eyes loved ones stayed off base. their transfers to be open to media all American troops and contrac- er assured her that he would stay in prayer as each flag-draped The only sounds that were heard coverage. tors by May 2021. safe because “my guys got me.” transfer case was taken off a mili- on the flight line were the quiet Biden’s three most recent prede-

Ex-UK Marine leaves British military wraps Kabul with dogs, cats LONDON — A former U.K. up its airlift mission Royal Marine who waged a high- profile campaign to leave Afghan- Associated Press past two weeks, but that as many istan with almost 200 rescued LONDON — British Prime as 1,100 Afghans who were entit- dogs and cats has flown to safety Minister Boris Johnson on Sun- led to come to the U.K. have — with the animals, but without day praised the “colossal” effort been left behind. his charity’s Afghan staff, who to airlift civilians from Kabul, as Vice Admiral Ben Key, who were left behind in Kabul. U.K. troops and diplomats flew was in charge of the British op- A privately funded chartered home after the two-week mis- eration, said: “We tried our plane carrying Paul “Pen” Far- sion, ending 20 years of British best.” thing and his animals landed at military involvement in Afghan- But the government is under London’s Heathrow Airport on istan. pressure to explain why it didn’t Sunday after a saga that gripped In a video message, Johnson act more quickly once it became and divided Britain, raising diffi- praised the “colossal exertions” clear the U.S.-led military pres- cult questions about the relative of British troops engaged in “a ence in Afghanistan was ending. value placed on human and ani- mission unlike anything we’ve A former head of the British mal lives. seen in our lifetimes.” Army, retired Gen. Richard Farthing, who started the Now- But his government is facing Dannatt, said the government zad charity after serving with criticism for leaving behind was “asleep on watch” and had British forces in Afghanistan 15 hundreds, or even thousands, of been warned that former inter- SAC SAMANTHA HOLDEN, RAF/AP years ago, was eligible for evacua- vulnerable Afghans whom the preters and others who worked Military personnel and military working dogs disembark a RAF C­17 tion in Britain’s military airlift U.K. had promised to protect. with British forces were at risk. aircraft after landing at RAF Brize Norton Sunday in Oxfordshire, along with Afghan members of his The U.K. ambassador to Af- “This issue has been on poli- England. staff and their dependents. But he ghanistan, Laurie Bristow, was ticians’ desks for two to three refused to leave without the ani- among those who arrived at years and, certainly, it’s been table set by the United States, “If the new regime in Kabul mals. RAF Brize Norton northwest of there during the course of this which is ending its 20-year Af- wants diplomatic recognition, For days, Farthing used social London on Sunday, hours after year,” he told Times Radio. ghan involvement by Aug. 31. or to unlock the billions that are media and press interviews to the government announced that “We should have done better, “Though we now leave with currently frozen, they will have chronicle his attempts to depart all British personnel had left we could have done better. It ab- the United States, we will re- to ensure safe passage for those with his four-legged companions Kabul. More flights bringing solutely behooves us to find out main represented in the re- who wish to leave the country, to amid the chaotic exodus from Ka- back approximately 1,000 U.K. why the government didn’t gion,” Johnson said. “Together respect the rights of women and bul airport, as his supporters lob- troops from Kabul airport were spark up faster,” he added. with our allies in America and girls, to prevent Afghanistan bied the British government for due throughout the day. Johnson acknowledged that Europe and around the world, from, again, becoming an incu- help with a rescue effort dubbed Britain says it has evacuated Britain “would not have wished we will engage with the Taliban bator for global terror, because Operation Ark. more than 15,000 U.K. citizens to leave in this way,” but said it not on the basis of what they say that would be disastrous for Af- and vulnerable Afghans in the was tied to the departure time- but what they do. ghanistan.” From The Associated Press PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, August 30, 2021 AFGHANISTAN Evacuee: World has ‘abandoned’ new generation

BY ARITZ PARRA passports. Associated Press “When I boarded the plane, I MADRID — Until last week, was thinking that finally, thank Shabeer Ahmadi was busy cov- God I’m safe. But what happens ering the news in Afghanistan. to other people who remain in But after a hasty and excruciat- Afghanistan?” he wondered, ing decision to leave his Tali- speaking via video conference ban-controlled country for an from Huesca, where the group RAHMAT GUL/AP uncertain future in Spain, he’s was relocated on Thursday, Afghan people wait to receive the Indian version of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at a hospital in helplessly glued to news feeds one day after landing in Ma- Kabul in May. on his cellphone, following ev- drid. ery twist in the dramatic end of “There are people calling me the evacuation of Afghans from saying that there’s no salary by Taliban takeover could drive COVID-19 Kabul. the government or by the Tali- The 29-year-old journalist ban now. And banks are closed and nine close relatives man- and they cannot afford their crisis as vaccines plummet, UN warns aged to board one of the evac- families’ evacuation,” the jour- BY ERIN CUNNINGHAM and private laboratories last week the facilities are capable of uation planes and are now go- nalist said. The Washington Post compared to the week before. screening for new variants — but ing through the lengthy asylum He explained that as foreign As thousands of Afghans flee the According to UNICEF, 30,500 overseas testing confirmed the process while starting a new troops are pulling out of the Taliban takeover, thronging the people were vaccinated in 23 presence of more contagious virus life in a northern Spanish city. Hamid Karzai International Kabul airport and huddling in provinces. variants such as alpha and delta, But the future of thousands of Airport in Kabul, many of his camps, aid agencies are warning From Aug. 15-19, 30,500 people which has burned through unvac- Afghans who have not been acquaintances are looking for that the overcrowded conditions were reached with COVID-19 vac- cinated communities everywhere able to escape, including mem- alternatives to leave Afghanis- could bring a new surge in corona- cines in 23 provinces of a total of from India to Israel to Russia and bers of his own family, is now tan via Iran and Pakistan. virus cases. The turmoil, the Unit- 34. By comparison, from Aug. 8- the United States. the focus of his fears, Ahmadi The former correspondent ed Nations said this week, has al- 12, 134,600 people were reached Earlier this summer, in June said. thinks that the future of Af- ready hindered its ability to re- with COVID-19 vaccines in 30 and July, Afghanistan suffered its “There is a feeling of desper- ghanistan is bleak. He largely spond. provinces. worst pandemic surge yet, regis- ation in Afghanistan,” he said. blames the U.S. administration The compounding health and “Vaccination numbers have tering record numbers of cases “Imagine if you had made a of Joe Biden for pressing ahead security crises come as the coun- fallen off and we’re only docu- and deaths. building for 20 years now, that with the decision to pull out. try’s already struggling health menting a small number of cases Infections appeared to subside building is getting destroyed “Because it couldn’t nego- care system reels under the each day — the surveillance sys- in recent weeks, but now aid work- and you cannot go out from that tiate a good deal with the Tali- weight of conflict, supply shortag- tem to detect new cases has also ers are worried about a new spike building. It feels very bad. Our ban, the U.S. handed us over to es exacerbated by the chokepoint declined,” Rick Brennan, WHO in cases, citing a growing number education, our hopes for our- the Taliban, to a group that has at Kabul airport, widespread dis- emergency director for the East- of displaced people showing selves, for our children, for our ties to so many terrorist groups placement and a long-standing ern Mediterranean region, which symptoms of COVID-19. future, for our country is all de- around the world,” he said. lack of resources. includes Afghanistan, said in an “We are concerned that a new stroyed.” “They abandoned the new gen- Since the Taliban seized power interview Tuesday. spike among displaced people Tolo News, the private Af- eration of Afghanistan.” on Aug. 15, coronavirus testing Hundreds of thousands of peo- could lead to further transmission ghan outlet where Ahmadi He fears that “a very bloody and vaccinations have plummet- ple were displaced by the fighting across cities,” the WHO said. worked as deputy head of news, war” will break out between ed, while plans to boost oxygen between the Taliban and govern- “This will place an enormous bur- has been a target of the Tali- the Taliban and ISIS in the supply and ICU capacity at hospi- ment forces in recent weeks, den on the health system, which is ban. But it was not only him coming months and years, tals have also been paused, ac- Brennan said. struggling to cope with escalating who felt under threat in his im- drawing foreign extremist cording to the World Health Orga- “A lot of them have been gather- trauma and emergency cases.” mediate circle: Ahmadi’s fighters and leaving millions of nization’s representative in Af- ing in overcrowded settings,” he Now, aid agencies must navi- mother is an attorney, his fa- innocent lives caught in the ghanistan. said. “And clearly COVID is not gate Taliban rule. And there are ther was a journalist and his conflict. Immunizations fell 80% last the big priority for most Afghans questions about whether the brother, an engineer, worked That’s why leaving Afghanis- week in the days following the Ta- right now.” group will support widespread on hydropower generation, a tan, he said, “hurts every mo- liban victory, a spokesperson for Even before the militants’ light- coronavirus vaccinations after crucial infrastructure for the ment.” But he couldn’t work for UNICEF, the U.N. children’s ing return to national power, how- openly opposing some polio im- operation of the conflict-worn the future of his country while agency, said Wednesday. In the ever, Afghan authorities had munization campaigns in the past. country. his life was at stake, he added. week beginning Aug. 15, just struggled with the virus, ham- “Despite the Taliban’s history of Earlier this month, as the Ta- And yet, if things calm down to 30,500 people were vaccinated strung in part by a skeptical public disrupting public health and edu- liban’s siege closed on Kabul, a degree, if a government is across 23 provinces — down from and a health care system battered cation efforts, the group has taken the family started applying for formed that guarantees certain 134,600 people inoculated in all 34 by war. the threat of the COVID-19 pan- emergency visas to several conditions even while the Tali- provinces the week before, the Afghanistan has reported demic seriously,” Roshni Kapur, a countries. Spain was the first to ban remain in control, he’s agency said. 152,000 total cases and more than research analyst at the Institute of react, thanks to the mediation pondering returning home. In an email, the spokesperson 7,000 deaths since the pandemic South Asian Studies at the Nation- of a Spanish journalist whom “I always tell my friends that attributed the drop to people pri- began. But as recently as last al University of Singapore, wrote Ahmadi had befriended in Ka- any strong country is strong be- oritizing “their safety and security month, only 700,000 coronavirus in April. “It has emphasized the bul. cause of the people who work first,” but also warned that more tests had been administered for a provision of public health services Ahmad and his relatives for it, so we cannot leave our than 2 million coronavirus vaccine population of more than 40 million as part of a wider effort to reduce spent a challenging day amid country forever,” Ahmadi said. doses now in Afghanistan are set people, according to the U.N.’s Of- the spread of the virus and num- the crowds piling up outside “We are a generation that has to expire in the coming months. fice for the Coordination of Hu- ber of fatalities.” Kabul’s airport — and another not seen any single day without Less than 5% of Afghanistan’s manitarian Affairs. The WHO’s Brennan said that one inside, sleeping among war in Afghanistan, but if you population is fully vaccinated, the Thirty-five labs were open for his staff had “heard nothing yet hundreds on the ground — be- want our future generations to WHO said in a statement Tuesday. coronavirus testing in late July, that would suggest that they would fore the 10 were cleared to go, see such a day, we have to work The agency also tracked a 77% de- OCHA said, just as the Taliban stand in the way of any of our ma- despite some of them lacking for our country.” cline in virus testing in both public stepped up their offensive. None of jor health activities.” Monday, August 30, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 MILITARY Navy, Coast Guard send ships through Taiwan Strait

BY WYATT OLSON transit, the Navy said. The ship, al- Beijing held the drills in re- province that must ultimately be to ponder whether China is pre- Stars and Stripes so called a national security cut- sponse to what it described as unified politically with the main- paring for forcible reunification. A U.S. Navy guided-missile de- ter, is the Coast Guard’s largest “provocations” by the United land. During a virtual appearance at stroyer and Coast Guard cutter type of patrol cutter. States and Taiwan, according to Taiwan, a functioning democra- the Aspen Security Forum in Col- steamed through the Taiwan The news release described the an Associated Press report last cy, has garnered greater interna- orado on Aug. 5, Indo-Pacific Strait on Friday, continuing transit as “routine” and through week. tional attention in the past year as Command leader Adm. John monthly transits of warships international waters. Earlier this month, coast guard Beijing has squelched Hong Aquilino said the U.S. was capable through sensitive waters off Chi- “The ships’ lawful transit officers from the U.S. and Taiwan Kong’s semi-autonomy by impos- of defending Taiwan. na’s mainland, the Navy said in a through the Taiwan Strait demon- met to discuss increasing cooper- ing a national security law last “We are here to continue to op- news release. strates the U.S. commitment to a ation, the AP reported. The U.S. summer that has been used to si- erate to ensure peace and pros- The transit by the USS Kidd free and open Indo-Pacific,” the State Department also early this lence and imprison dissenters. perity through the region, and we marks the eighth time this year release said. month approved the sale of 40 Beijing had maintained for have to be in a position to ensure the Navy has sent a warship The passage follows a series of self-propelled howitzers to Tai- years that unification with Taiwan that status quo remains as it ap- through those waters. assault drills conducted last week wan. would be peaceful and mutual, but plies to Taiwan,” he said.

The Coast Guard’s Legend- by China in waters to the south- The Communist Party of China the turnabout in Hong Kong has [email protected] class cutter Munro also made the east and southwest of Taiwan. considers Taiwan a renegade led many international observers Twitter: @WyattWOlson US airlifts food, tents to quake-ravaged southern Haiti Associated Press dinating the delivery of aid. aid. As a a result, many Haitians JEREMIE, Haiti — U.S. mili- “They lost their gardens, they had grown increasingly impatient tary aircraft are now flying food, lost their animals,” Tiné said as with relief efforts. tarps and other material into he took a break from helping un- “We’re just trying to get as southern Haiti amid a shift in the load boxes of rice. “The moun- much material out to the most af- international relief effort to focus tains slid down and they lost ev- fected areas as fast as we can. If on helping people in the areas erything.” you do that, then the frustration hardest hit by the recent earth- At the request of the Haitian level goes down,” Callahan said quake to make it through hurri- government, getting as much over the roar of helicopters at the cane season. help to such people as fast as pos- Port-au-Prince airport, where Aircraft flying out of the cap- sible is now the focus of the $32 U.S. troops and civilian aid work- ital, Port-au-Prince, arrived million U.S. relief effort, said Tim ers labored to load aircraft with throughout the day Saturday in Callahan, a disaster response pallets in the hot sun. the mostly rural, mountainous team leader for the U.S. Agency That is where the U.S. military southern peninsula that was the for International Development. comes into play. Troops under the epicenter of the Aug. 14 earth- In the immediate aftermath of direction of Miami-based South- quake. In Jeremie, people waved the magnitude 7.2 earthquake, ern Command have so far deliv- and cheered as a Marine Corps which killed more than 2,200 peo- ered more than 265,000 pounds of unit from North Carolina de- ple and damaged or destroyed relief assistance. scended in a tilt-rotor Osprey more than 100,000 homes, the fo- Among those troops is the unit ALEX BRANDON/AP with pallets of rice, tarps and oth- cus was on search and rescue. from North Carolina, known as A Haitian aid worker tosses a hygiene kit while unloading a VM­22 er supplies. That was complicated by heavy the Fighting Griffins and based at Osprey on Saturday at Jeremie Airport in Jeremie, Haiti. Most of the material, however, rain from Tropical Storm Grace the New River Marine Corps Air wasn’t destined for Jeremie. It as well as earthquake damage to Station, which allowed Associat- trips across the mountainous One crew, which delivered was for distribution to remote roads and bridges, in an area ed Press journalists to come southern peninsula to deliver more than 8,500 pounds of goods mountain communities where where the infrastructure was in along as they delivered emergen- their loads. on Saturday alone, brought along landslides destroyed homes and bad shape to begin with. The cy supplies. It was an upbeat mission, with a Marine of Haitian descent from the small plots of the many sub- threat of gangs, in a country still Two crews took off from Naval the flight crew and pilots helping New York City as their interpret- sistence farmers in the area, said reeling from the July 7 assassina- Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Haitian aid workers unload er. “It really means a lot to me to Patrick Tiné of Haiti Bible Mis- tion of President Jovenel Moise, flew to Port-au-Prince to pick up the aircraft, then shaking hands do something like this,” said sion, one of several groups coor- also made it hard to distribute supplies, and then made multiple as they said their goodbyes. Lance Cpl. Lunel Najac. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, August 30, 2021 VIRUS OUTBREAK Unvaccinated troops at Yokota not allowed out

BY JOSEPH DITZLER less than the week prior. Lloyd Austin mandated all active- Stars and Stripes However, the number of se- duty service members get vacci- YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — verely ill in the capital is at the nated with the licensed version of Unvaccinated service members highest level of the pandemic and the Pfizer two-dose vaccine. The won’t be allowed off this U.S. in- fell by one on Sunday to 296, NHK U.S. Food and Drug Administra- stallation in western Tokyo until reported. tion granted full approval to the Sept. 9, according to an order Campbell’s order appears to be Pfizer vaccine on Monday, the from the base commander that the most stringent restriction on first coronavirus vaccine to attain took effect Friday. the movement of unvaccinated in- that level. The new policy also curtails ac- dividuals on any installation in Ja- The new restrictions were not tivities by unvaccinated individu- pan. Bases have permitted vacci- timed to encourage vaccinations, als on base, such as attendance at nated people greater latitude to according to Mott. group events and use of the gym. travel and engage in activities “However, we do assert that the Base commander Col. Andrew than unvaccinated members. vaccine is currently the most ef- Campbell imposed the order fol- But this order goes a step fur- fective way to mitigate the COVID lowing a risk assessment of ex- ther by restricting access to the threat,” she wrote. “It is our re- tremely high rates of COVID-19 in surrounding communities. sponsibility to protect the entire Japan, characterized by the delta Large events and social gather- community in which we serve.” variant, according to base spokes- ings, including non-mission-es- USFJ spokesman Maj. Tom woman Capt. Caitlin Mott. sential events at base clubs, Barger said Thursday the com- “The Delta variant is more con- award ceremonies and similar ac- mand has adequate supplies of U.S. AIR FORCE tagious than previous strains of tivities, are off-limits to unvacci- the Pfizer vaccine to meet imme- Col. Andrew Campbell, 374th Airlift Wing commander, receives the the virus with varying levels of se- nated individuals. The fitness diate demand. Moderna COVID­19 vaccine at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Jan. 12. verity,” she told Stars and Stripes center is also off-limits. Campbell’s order also stiffens in an email Friday. “This risk as- Campbell’s order also forbids the mask requirement on base, after arriving in Japan from the ing a medical screening and one sessment called for our action to unvaccinated visitors to the base, and requires everyone wear United States, the base an- during contact tracing. Three fell protect our community.” except those on official business masks in high-traffic, common- nounced on Friday. Another sev- ill with COVID-19 symptoms. Two Japan’s fifth wave of coronavi- or with permission from a spon- use areas “where co-mingling en were already quarantined as are base employees. rus is creating a record-breaking sor’s squadron commander or with non-familiar individuals … is close contacts. The remaining 14 Naval Air Facility Atsugi, caseload, though the number of equivalent authority. likely.” were identified by public health southwest of central Tokyo, had daily COVID-19 fatalities is about Mott did not comment directly The mask mandate does not ap- authorities. two people turn up positive, one a fifth of what it was during the on how the order would be en- ply to fully-vaccinated individu- Yokosuka Naval Base, the 7th after falling ill and the other after last extreme wave in January. forced. als at base indoor fitness facilities. Fleet’s homeport south of Tokyo, a pre-travel screening, according Nearly 43% of the population is “These measures were set forth U.S. installations in Japan re- said 12 individuals had contracted to a Friday news release. fully vaccinated. to protect our community both in- ported 78 new COVID-19 cases COVID-19 since Tuesday. Marine Corps Air Station Iwa- Tokyo reported another 3,081 side and outside the base,” she between Aug. 21 and Friday. Five were immunized, accord- kuni, near Hiroshima, had one in- people with the coronavirus Sun- said. “There is an individual re- Kadena Air Base on Okinawa ing to a base news release Friday. dividual test positive who was not day and 3,581 on Saturday, ac- sponsibility that we all have to reported 41 but provided no fur- Two developed COVID-19 symp- previously in restricted move- cording to public broadcaster minimize the spread and life- ther information. toms and three were discovered ment, the base announced Friday. NHK and the metropolitan gov- threatening effects of this virus.” Yokota reported 22 new infec- by contact tracing. ernment. For a fifth and sixth con- Campbell’s order comes just tions from the previous week. The remaining seven were not [email protected] secutive day, the caseload was days after Defense Secretary One individual tested positive immunized. Two turned up dur- Twitter: @JosephDitzler US military warns troops in S. Korea to ‘avoid the red’ BY DAVID CHOI tricts based on the rate of COVID-19 infec- Stars and Stripes tions while limiting trips to a few “hotspot” CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — areas. U.S. Forces Korea announced Friday it is Previously, USFK personnel were implementing “a new method” for mitigat- banned from traveling to wide-ranging ar- ing the coronavirus’ spread while allowing eas in the country, such as the greater Seoul service members to travel more freely area. Those who have not been fully vacci- across the peninsula. nated are still prohibited from visiting bars, USFK — the command responsible for clubs, bathhouses and off-post gyms — even about 28,500 U.S. troops in the country — is in districts with low incidence rates. regulating travel to roughly 230 South Ko- “Avoid the red,” USFK tweeted Friday, rean districts based on the number of CO- referring to its map indicating restricted VID-19 cases in each area. Troops are pro- districts in South Korea. “When in doubt, hibited from visiting districts with 50 or mask up.” more confirmed COVID-19 patients per The Korea Disease Control and Preven- 100,000 people over a seven-day period, ac- tion Agency reported 1,841 new coronavirus cording to a press release. cases Friday, down from a daily high of over Among the seven red-zoned areas is Pye- 2,220 cases earlier in August. ongtaek, home to a large concentration of Over 80% of USFK personnel are fully troops at Osan Air Base and Camp Hum- U.S. FORCES KOREA vaccinated, the command said in a state- phreys. The others are Gangnam and Yeo- “Avoid the red,” U.S. Forces Korea tweeted Friday, referring to its new map of ment Monday, adding that it “remains at a ngdeungpo in Seoul, Goesan, Uiseong, Ui- restricted districts in South Korea, which has Pyeongtaek, Goesan and Uiseong in red. high level of readiness” with less than 1% of ryeong and Yeoncheon. its active-duty troops currently infected Those who live or work in these areas can The command is expected to update its in- regulating travel on the peninsula during with COVID-19. travel freely within their district but are en- cidence rate map on Wednesday evenings. the pandemic, USFK spokesman Col. Lee couraged to “minimize activities to the The new policy, which took effect Satur- Peters said in a Facebook video Friday. It [email protected] greatest extent possible,” the release said. day, represents a more dynamic method of allows service members to freely visit dis- Twitter: @choibboy Monday, August 30, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK School mask debate moves to courts

Associated Press have pleaded with their communi- WASHINGTON — The rancor- ties to get inoculated to spare over- ous debate over whether returning burdened hospitals. students should wear masks in the They have also sounded the classroom has moved from school alarm about the growing toll of the boards to courtrooms. variant on children and young In at least 14 states, lawsuits have adults. been filed either for or against In Tennessee, for example, chil- masks in schools. In some cases, dren now make up 36% of the state’s normally rule-enforcing school ad- reported COVID-19 cases. Gov. Bill ministrators are finding them- Lee has not banned schools from re- selves fighting state leaders. quiring masks but has ordered that Legal experts say that while state any parent can opt out — and re- laws normally trump local control, mote education options are limited legal arguments from mask propo- this year. Few schools in the state nents have a good chance of coming have adopted mask mandates. out on top. But amid protests and South Carolina passed anti-mask even violence over masks around regulations and is now facing a fed- the United States, the court battle is eral lawsuit from the American Civ- just beginning. il Liberties Union. The ACLU ar- Mask rules in public schools vary gues that the state is putting stu- widely. Some states require them; dents with disabilities at greater others ban mandates. Many more risk in violation of federal law amid leave it up to individual districts. skyrocketing infections, particular- Big school districts that want to ly among younger children require masks are in court and bat- MARTA LAVANDIER/AP Susan Mizner, director of the tling governors in Florida, Texas Students sit in an algebra class at Barbara Coleman Senior High School on the first day of school in MiamiACLU’s Disability Rights Project, and Arizona. Worried parents are Lakes, Fla., on Monday, Aug. 23. said offering students with disabil- suing over similar legislative bans ities or medical conditions a remote on mandates in Utah, Iowa and ways. The Texas Supreme Court day and that parents should decide Clayton, a pediatrician and law pro- option is not a good alternative. South Carolina. blocked another school mask man- whether to put them on children, fessor at Vanderbilt Law School in Limiting medically fragile students Suits fighting mask require- date Thursday while a Florida who are generally less vulnerable to Nashville, Tenn. and those with disabilities to a re- ments have popped up in Missouri, judge allowed the rules to go for- the virus than are older adults. Nationwide, COVID-19 deaths mote-only education denies them Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky and ward Friday. But public health experts say are running at more than 1,200 a equal opportunity, she said. Montana. The federal Centers for Disease masks are a key coronavirus pre- day, the highest level since mid- “We understand people are At the heart of the debates are Control and Prevention is recom- vention tool that do not pose health March. New cases per day are ave- tired,” Mizner said. “We under- parents, scared or frustrated for mending universal mask wearing risks for children older than toddler raging over 156,000, turning the stand people are frustrated with the their children in an unprecedented in schools. Students age 12 and age, and are truly effective when clock back to the end of January. pandemic, we understand there is a time. The early court record is younger remain ineligible for CO- worn by a large number of people. The surge is largely fueled by the lot going on here. We just want them mixed, with victories for mask pro- VID-19 vaccines. “This idea of parental freedom to highly contagious delta variant to draw on their better selves to care ponents in Arkansas and Arizona Republican officials who restrict decide what’s best for their child is among people who are unvaccinat- about the kids in their communities followed by back-to-back decisions mask mandates argue there are not unlimited. It has never been un- ed. In areas where vaccination who are most at risk and really need in two big states going opposite downsides to kids being masked all limited in our system,” said Ellen rates are particularly low, doctors their help at protecting them.” Contact tracing takes back seat during latest surge Associated Press ing coronavirus cases. state budget that takes effect “A lot of times by the time of fessor of global health and infec- Health investigators across the Some states trimmed their con- Sept. 1 explicitly prohibiting cases are reported, transmission tious diseases at the Stanford United States are finding it nearly tact tracing teams this spring and funds being used for contact trac- has already occurred by the time University School of Medicine, impossible to keep up with the summer when virus numbers ing. That left it up to local health we reach that person,” state epi- said that while contact tracing deluge of new COVID-19 infec- were dropping, but are now officials, but they can’t keep up at demiologist Dr. Paul Byers said. can be time-intensive, especially tions and carry out contact trac- scrambling to train new investi- a time when Texas is averaging Since the pandemic began, if one person potentially exposed ing efforts that were once seen as gators. Others have triaged their more than 16,000 new cases a states have been relying on the a lot of people, “it does in the end a pillar of the nation’s pandemic teams to focus on the most vul- day. practice of contact tracing to prevent additional cases.” response. nerable, such as cases involving Mississippi has 150 staff work- track down, notify and monitor Maldonado said it’s a “staple of States are hiring new staff and schools or children too young to ing full time to identify people those who were exposed to some- public health” and can be the only seeking out volunteers to bolster be vaccinated. who have had close contact with one who tested positive for the way someone can find out a the ranks of contact tracers that Texas got out of the business an infected person, but they are coronavirus. stranger may have potentially ex- have been overwhelmed by surg- entirely, with the new two-year also swamped. Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, a pro- posed them to the disease. Analyzing how much impact Sturgis rally could have on caseload Associated Press tling pace — sixfold from the early state over the last two weeks, ac- rise when the rally started, and it’s and Policy. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Rumbles days of August. While it is not clear cording to Johns Hopkins research- difficult to measure just how much “This coronavirus forest fire will from the motorcycles and rock how much rallygoers spread the vi- ers. the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is to keep burning any human wood it shows of the Sturgis Motorcycle rus through secondary infections, The Black Hills region’s largest blame in a region where local fairs, can find,” he said. “It will find you, Rally have hardly cleared from the state health officials have so far re- hospital system, Monument Health, youth sports leagues and other gath- and it’s so infectious.” Black Hills of South Dakota, and the ported 63 cases among South Dako- warned Friday that it has seen hos- erings have resumed. Health officials in North Dakota, reports of COVID-19 infections ta residents who attended the event. pitalizations from the virus rise Meade County, however, could Wyoming, Minnesota and Wiscon- among rallygoers are already The epicenter of the rally, Meade from five to 78 this month. The hos- be a harbinger of things to come for sin all reported cases among people streaming in — 178 cases across five County, has become red-hot with pital was bracing for more CO- the Upper Midwest as infections who attended the rally, with North states, according to contact tracers. new cases, reaching a per capita VID-19 patients by converting ripple from those events, said Dr. Dakota also reporting two hospital- In the three weeks since the rally rate that is similar to the hardest-hit rooms to intensive care units and Michael Osterholm, director of the izations. Some health officials noted kicked off, coronavirus cases in Southern states. The county report- reassigning staff. University of Minnesota’s Center people could have caught the virus South Dakota have shot up at a star- ed the highest rate of cases in the Virus cases were already on the for Infectious Disease Research elsewhere. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, August 30, 2021 NATION Anniversary: Fast winds, rain batter La.

FROM PAGE 1 hurricane food — biscuits and a lot ico, its top winds grew by 45 mph of cinnamon rolls and brioche. to 150 mph in five hours. You want treats. And you want Hurricane force winds started bread.” to strike Grand Isle on Sunday Once conditions got too rough or morning. Before power was lost the inventory ran out, O’Mahony on the Louisiana barrier island, a and her husband planned to ride beachfront web camera showed out the storm in an apartment they the ocean steadily rising as grow- usually rent attached to the bak- ing waves churned and palm trees ery. whipped. More than 100,000 cus- In Port Fourchon, boats and hel- tomers had lost power in Louisia- icopters gathered to take workers na by noon and were without elec- and supplies to oil platforms in the GERALD HERBERT/AP tricity, according to PowerOut- ocean and the oil extracted starts A man takes photos on the edge of Lake Pontchartrain ahead of approaching Hurricane Ida in New age.US, which tracks outages na- it journey toward refineries. The Orleans, on Sunday. tionwide. port handles about a fifth of the na- Wind tore at awnings and water tion’s domestic oil and gas, offi- began spilling out of Lake Pon- cials said. chartrain in New Orleans. Offi- Along with the oil industry, Ida Ida similar to Katrina, but stronger, smaller cials there said Ida’s swift intensi- threatened a region already reel- fication from a few thunderstorms ing from a resurgence of CO- BY SETH BORENSTEIN Ida made landfall on the Ida is already a strong Cat- to massive hurricane over three VID-19 infections, due to low vac- Associated Press same calendar date, Aug. 29, egory 4 storm with 150 mph days left no time to organize a cination rates and the highly con- Hurricane Ida is looking as Katrina did 16 years ago, winds and forecast to hit 155 mandatory evacuation of its tagious delta variant. More than 2 eerily like a dangerous and striking the same general mph before landfall, “a 390,000 residents. million people live around New perhaps scarier sequel to part of Louisiana with about sneeze away from becoming Mayor LaToya Cantrell urged Orleans, Baton Rouge and the 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, the same wind speed, after the fifth Category 5 landfall residents to leave voluntarily. wetlands to the south. the costliest storm in Amer- rapidly strengthening by go- on the continental U.S.,” Those who stayed were warned to New Orleans hospitals planned ican history. But there’s a ing over a similar patch of McNoldy said. prepare for long power outages to ride out the storm with their few still-to-come twists that deep warm water that super- Katrina weakened quite a amid sweltering heat. beds nearly full, as similarly could make Ida nastier in charges hurricanes. bit before landfall, striking Nick Mosca was walking his dog stressed hospitals elsewhere had some ways, but not quite as What could be different is Louisiana as a Category 3 before the hurricane made land- little room for evacuated patients. horrific in others. crucial though: direction, storm with 127 mph winds. fall, like most of those who were And shelters for those fleeing “The main story with Ka- size and strength. Katrina hit Louisiana from out Sunday morning. their homes carried an added risk trina was storm surge dam- “Ida will most definitely be due south, while Ida is com- “I’d like to be better prepared. of becoming flashpoints for new age, and over a vast area. The stronger than Katrina, and ing to the same part of the There’s a few things I’m thinking infections. main story with Ida will be a by a pretty big margin,” said state from southeast. On Sun- we could have done. But this Forecasters warned winds combination of wind, storm University of Miami hurri- day, Ida’s hurricane-force storm came pretty quick, so you stronger than 115 mph were ex- surge, and fresh water flood- cane researcher Brian winds extended 37 miles only have the time you have,” pected soon in Houma, a city of ing damage,” said meteorol- McNoldy. “And, the worst of from the center, compared to Mosca said. 33,000 that supports oil platforms ogist Jeff Masters, who flew the storm will pass over New Katrina’s hurricane-force Cars were parked on the in the Gulf and Gulfport, Miss., to hurricane missions for the Orleans and Baton Rouge, winds that spread 98 miles median Sunday in New Orleans, the east of New Orleans was see- government and founded which got the weaker side of from the center when it made which is a few feet higher and can ing the ocean rise and heavy rains Weather Underground. Katrina.” landfall, McNoldy said. protect against potential flooding. bands. Most businesses were closed, but Gov. John Bel Edwards vowed Breads on Oak, located three Louisiana’s “resilient and tough blocks from the Mississippi River people” would weather the storm. President Joe Biden approved was blamed for 1,800 deaths as it trina. levee, was open and offering two- Edwards said Louisiana offi- emergency declarations for Loui- caused levee breaches and cata- Officials stressed that the levee for-one deals to get as much of cials were working to find hotel siana and Mississippi ahead of strophic flooding in New Orleans and drainage systems protecting their baked goods sold as possible. rooms for evacuees so that fewer Ida’s arrival. and demolished oceanfront New Orleans had been much im- “Everybody’s like, ‘Oooh, we had to stay in mass shelters. He Comparisons to the Aug. 29, homes in Mississippi. Ida’s hurri- proved since Katrina. But they need our hurricane pastries,’” co- noted that during last year’s hurri- 2005, landfall of Katrina weighed cane force winds stretched less cautioned flooding was still possi- owner Chamain O’Mahony said. cane season, Louisiana found heavily on residents bracing for than 40 miles from the storm’s ble, with up to 24 inches of rain “So everyone’s coming out for rooms for 20,000 people. Ida. A Category 3 storm, Katrina eye, or less than half the size of Ka- forecast in some areas. Marchers call on Congress to bolster voting rights

Associated Press sure on Democrats to rewrite procedural His son Martin Luther King III used the the entire nation,” said U.S. Rep. Sheila WASHINGTON — Thousands of voting rules that would allow Democrats to mus- occasion to call on the Senate to scrap the Jackson Lee, a Democrat from Houston. rights advocates rallied across the coun- cle the legislation through without Re- filibuster rule, which requires 60 votes Even as rally participants pushed for try Saturday to call for sweeping federal publican votes. But they were also aimed for most legislation, including the voting stronger protections, Republican law- laws that would wipe out voting restric- at coaxing President Joe Biden to become bills, to advance. makers in Texas were on the brink of tions advancing in some Republican-con- a more forceful advocate on the issue. “Our country is backsliding to the un- passing an overhaul of its voting laws, in- trolled states that could make it harder to “You said the night you won that Black conscionable days of Jim Crow. And some cluding restrictions on voting by mail, cast a ballot. America had your back, and that you were of our senators are saying, ‘Well, we can’t limits on when voters can cast ballots and Many activists view the fight over vot- going to have Black Americans’ backs,” overcome the filibuster,’” King told the other measures that Republicans say ing rules as the civil rights issue of the era. the Rev. Al Sharpton, who helped orga- crowd. “I say to you today: Get rid of the would improve the integrity of its elec- But frustrations have mounted for nize the national demonstrations, said at a filibuster. That is a monument to white su- tions. months because two expansive election rally in Washington. “Well, Mr. Presi- premacy we must tear down.” Texas would be the latest state to pass bills have stalled in the U.S. Senate, which dent, they’re stabbing us in the back.” At one point, nearly a dozen state law- new laws, following moves in other Re- is split evenly between Democrats and More than a thousand people turned out makers from Texas who had sought to publican-controlled states like Arizona, Republicans and the measures lack the in sweltering heat on the National Mall on block changes to their state’s elections Florida and Georgia to put in place simi- votes to overcome a GOP blockade. Saturday, the 58th anniversary of Martin laws, strolled onto the stage at the Nation- lar restrictions — efforts driven by for- The rallies, which were held in dozens Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” al Mall and were hailed as patriots. mer President Donald Trump’s false of cities, were intended to increase pres- speech. “Texas is the worst state to vote in, in claims that the 2020 election was stolen. Monday, August 30, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Cow spotted in car at McDonald’s drive-through MARSHFIELD — Spot- WI ted in a car at a McDo- nald’s drive-through in Wiscon- sin: A cow — all of it. Jessica Nelson of Mosinee pulled into the drive-through at a McDonald’s in Marshfield and said she looked up to see a cow in the backseat of a Buick sedan three cars ahead of her. She quickly picked up her phone and shot video of the bo- vine. She posted the video on her Facebook page with the caption “A WHOLE FREAKING COW!!! Tell me you live in Wisconsin without telling me you live in Wis- consin.” Nelson said that the family of the cow’s owner saw the post and contacted her. They said that the cow was actually a calf. She said the owner had just purchased it and two other calves — which were in the backseat as well but were lying down out of sight — at an auction. Police: ‘Historical’ human bone found at dog park ROCKY MOUNT — NC Police in Eastern North Carolina are investigating DAVID CRIGGER, BRISTOL (VA.) HERALD COURIER/AP after a “historical” human bone was found at a dog park. The Rocky Mount Police De- Setting up for the season partment said someone reported Workers with Bristol Sign Company, owner Joe Walden, top left, and Preston Whitlock, right in bucket, raise the final piece of the new Virginia finding the bone at the Best High Bearcats football team scoreboard into place at Gene Malcolm Stadium in Bristol, Va., on Thursday. Friend’s Dog Park and a “prelimi- nary investigation” revealed it was 8 was electrocuted while at- THE CENSUS be able to do something for our was human, news outlets report- tempting to remove a beehive at a family.” ed. home in St. Petersburg, officials The approximate amount stolen from the town of Peterbo- The odds of winning a Cash 5 “According to the anthropolo- said. $2M rough, N.H., by foreign thieves using fake emails. Town offi- jackpot are 1 in 962,598, according gist, due to the extensive weather- Jeffrey Johnston and another cials said the investigation began July 26 when they learned that the ConVal to the NC Education Lottery, ing of the human bone, it is histor- person went to the home of a fel- School District had not received its $1.2 million monthly transfer from the which is run by the state’s govern- ical, which means it is estimated to low churchmember, and used a town. On Aug. 18, they realized another $1.2 million meant to go to a general ment. be close to one hundred years bucket lift to get the hive. Johnston contractor working on a bridge construction project was similarly diverted. Offi- The Nash County couple went to old,” police said in the release. touched an electrical wire, and cials said investigators have identified email exchanges between the town’s Raleigh last week to claim their finance department staff and thieves posing as school district staff using forged “The Rocky Mount Police Depart- was pronounced dead at the prize. After taxes, the Cannons documents and email accounts. ment will continue to investigate scene, St. Petersburg police said. each got $352,830. the situation.” In a 2018 interview with the Tampa Bay Times, Johnston said cause. advisory, meaning Kilauea is Petroglyph defaced near Parents must pay $30K he averaged about 700 bee remov- News video showed the building showing heightened or escalating Moab in latest vandalism for discarding porn cache als a year. of Platinum Printing severely unrest with more potential for an “It was who he was, Jeffrey the damaged, with debris scattered eruption. SALT LAKE CITY — GRAND HAVEN — A bee guy,” his 25-year-old son Jer- around the building, including UT Another Utah petro- MI judge ordered a west- ick Johnston, told the newspaper. some dropped on at least one Couple split jackpot due glyph has been defaced in the lat- ern Michigan couple to pay “He probably answered his phone parked car. to 2 winning tickets est recent vandalism case of its $30,441 to their son for getting rid like that.” kind in the Moab area, authorities of his pornography collection. Scientists detect swarm RALEIGH — A North said. U.S. District Judge Paul Malo- Explosion blows roof off of earthquakes at volcano NC Carolina couple split a The vandalism appears to be the ney’s decision this week came print shop in suburb nearly $1 million lottery jackpot word petroglyphs followed by eight months after David Werk- HONOLULU — Geolo- thanks to two identical tickets, a “Taylor Trey Wes Travis Aug. 3, ing, 43, won a lawsuit against his CHANDLER — An ex- HI gists said they had de- sudden windfall the pair said they 2021” scratched into the red rock, parents. AZ plosion at a print shop tected a swarm of earthquakes at will put to good use. the Spectrum reported. He said they had no right to in a strip mall in a Phoenix suburb Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, though The North Carolina Education The Utah Bureau of Land Man- throw out his collection of films, blew off the roof and scattered de- it is not erupting. Lottery said Luther Cannon agement said that a concerned ci- magazines and other items. Werk- bris around the building. At least More than 140 earthquakes bought two tickets for Cash 5 jack- tizen found the defacing in Mill ing had lived at their Grand Haven four people were injured, Chan- were recorded. The largest was pot at a convenience store in Creek Canyon in Moab and sent a home for 10 months after a divorce dler Fire Department officials magnitude 3.3. Most were less Rocky Mount. He punched in his tip to the agency. before moving to Muncie, Ind. told local news outlets. than magnitude 1. numbers and gave one of the tick- An emergency treatment re- “Frankly, David, I did you a big The injured were inside the At the same time as the swarm, ets to his wife, Constance. moved or faded most of the words favor getting rid of all this stuff,” print shop and were taken to a hos- scientists recorded changes to the When they saw his numbers but it appears a few letters could his dad said in an email. pital for blast and burn injuries, ground surface of the volcano. won a $997,400 jackpot, Con- not be removed. with at least some in critical condi- That may indicate magma was stance Cannon said she started First-time vandals can face Beekeeper electrocuted tions, news outlets reported. moving beneath the south part of crying. fines of up to $20,000 and one year while removing a bee hive A Fire Department spokesman Kilauea’s caldera, the observatory “It’s just amazing that we won in prison under the Archaeologi- did not immediately respond to said. There’s been no evidence of this amount of money,” she said in cal Resources Protection Act. ST. PETERSBURG — A queries from The Associated lava at the surface. a statement issued by the NC Edu- FL 54-year-old man who Press and no information was im- The observatory changed its cation Lottery. “We can pay off had been a beekeeper since he mediately available on a possible volcano alert level to watch from our house and pay off our cars and From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, August 30, 2021 NATION Crews battle to save Lake Tahoe from fire

Associated Press weather concerns” in higher ele- SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. vations of the Northern Sierra, Cal — Firefighters faced a critical day Fire said. in efforts to prevent a massive Cal- The Caldor fire has destroyed ifornia wildfire from reaching the more than 600 structures since it Lake Tahoe resort region Satur- started on Aug. 14 in the Sierra Ne- day, hoping to take advantage of vada. It has proved so difficult to calmer winds before hot, heavy fight that fire managers this week gusts return. pushed back the projected date for The Caldor Fire churned full containment from early next through mountains just southwest week to Sept. 8. But even that esti- of the Tahoe Basin, cloaking much mate was tenuous. of the area in toxic smoke and The Department of Defense is sending tourists packing at a time sending 200 U.S. Army soldiers when summer vacations would be from Washington state and equip- in full swing ahead of the Labor ment including eight U.S. Air Day weekend. Force C-130 aircraft to help fire- A favorable turn in weather Sat- fighters in Northern California, urday afternoon allowed firefight- the U.S. Army North said in a ers to make progress and increase statement Saturday. The soldiers containment of the Caldor Fire to are expected to arrive in Califor-

19%, up from 12% the day before, NOAH BERGER/AP nia in early September after a said Capt. Stephen Horner, a Cal Smoke from the Caldor Fire fills the sky above Lake Tahoe’s Zephyr Cove in Douglas County, Nev., on weeklong training. The C-130s Fire spokesman for the Caldor Friday. have been converted into airtank- Fire. The fire so far has burned ers that can dump thousands of about 149,000 acres, or 233 square operations known as “backfiring,” Wind gusts were forecast for make more progress over the gallons of water on the flames. miles. where firefighters get ahead of the early Saturday up to 35 mph, but weekend because of favorable In California, 14 large fires are “It’s going to be a very pivotal blaze and burn up fuel so the fire they tapered off with slower, wind conditions,” Herrera said. being fought by more than 15,200 day for us,” Horner said. has nothing to ignite, Horner said. weaker winds expected through But the slower winds were only firefighters. Fires have destroyed The fire’s eastern edge was “They did backfiring operations the rest of the weekend, Cal Fire expected to last two days. around 2,000 structures and about 7 or 8 miles from the city of that were nothing short of amaz- incident spokesman Henry Her- A Fire Weather Watch was is- forced thousands to evacuate this South Lake Tahoe and did not ad- ing last night in that area,” Horner rera said. sued for Monday and Tuesday year while blanketing large vance much overnight thanks to said. “We anticipate being able to that will lead to “elevated fire swaths of the West in smoke. SpaceX sends ants, Tesla using avocados, robot arm automated off to space station system hits police car BY MARCIA DUNN are flying up seeds from mouse- Associated Press ear cress, a small flowering weed Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A used in genetic research. Sam- ORLANDO, Fla. — A Tesla us- SpaceX shipment of ants, avoca- ples of concrete, solar cells and ing its partially automated driving dos and a human-sized robotic other materials also will be sub- system slammed into a Florida arm rocketed toward the Inter- jected to weightlessness. Highway Patrol cruiser Saturday national Space Station on Sun- A Japanese start-up compa- on an interstate near downtown day. ny’s experimental robotic arm, Orlando and narrowly missed its The delivery — due to arrive meanwhile, will attempt to screw driver, who had pulled over to as- Monday — is the company’s 23rd items together in its orbital debut sist a disabled vehicle. for NASA in just under a decade. and perform other mundane Earlier this month, the U.S. gov- A recycled Falcon rocket blast- chores normally done by astro- ernment opened a formal investi- ed into the predawn sky from nauts. The first tests will be done gation into Tesla’s Autopilot driv- NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. inside the space station. Future ing system after a series of similar After hoisting the Dragon cap- models of Gitai Inc.’s robot will collisions with parked emergency sule, the first-stage booster land- venture out into the vacuum of vehicles. ed upright on SpaceX’s newest space to practice satellite and The trooper whose cruiser was ocean platform, named “A Short- other repair jobs, said chief tech- hit shortly before 5 a.m. Saturday fall of Gravitas.” SpaceX founder nology officer Toyotaka Kozuki. had activated his emergency Elon Musk continued his tradi- As early as 2025, a squad of lights and was on the way to the tion of naming the booster-recov- these arms could help build lunar disabled vehicle when the Tesla ery vessels in tribute to the late bases and mine the moon for pre- hit the cruiser’s left side and then science fiction writer Iain Banks cious resources, he added. collided with the other vehicle, and his Culture series. SpaceX had to leave some ex- highway patrol spokeswoman Lt. The Dragon is carrying more periments behind because of de- Kim Montes told The Orlando than 4,800 pounds of supplies lays resulting from COVID-19. Sentinel. and experiments, and fresh food It was the second launch at- The report said the 27-year-old including avocados, lemons and tempt; Saturday’s try was foiled man in the Tesla and the driver of even ice cream for the space sta- by stormy weather. the disabled vehicle suffered mi- tion’s seven astronauts. NASA turned to SpaceX and nor injuries and the trooper was The Girl Scouts are sending up other U.S. companies to deliver MALCOLM DENEMARK, FLORIDA TODAY/AP unhurt. ants, brine shrimp and plants as cargo and crews to the space sta- The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a resupply mission for Tesla did not immediately re- test subjects, while University of tion, once the space shuttle pro- NASA to the International Space Station from Pad 39A at Kennedy spond to an email sent to its press Wisconsin-Madison scientists gram ended in 2011. Space Center, seen from Merritt Island, Fla., on Sunday. address. Monday, August 30, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 WORLD Israel strikes Hamas Mexican troops stop migrants heading north targets in Gaza Strip Associated Press gration agent kick a migrant who MEXICO CITY — Several was already immobilized and on Associated Press Bennett said he “achieved all hundred migrants, including the ground. JERUSALEM — Israeli the objectives for the trip” to many children, headed north The Collective of Monitoring planes struck Hamas militant Washington, including strategic from Mexico’s border with Guate- and Documentation of Human targets in the Gaza Strip early cooperation in preventing Iran mala on Saturday hoping to reach Rights of the Southeast, which is a Sunday, hours after violent from obtaining nuclear weap- the U.S., but Mexican security coalition of groups that work with clashes between Palestinian ons. forces dispersed the group sever- migrants, said some people were protesters and troops along the On Saturday, hundreds of Ha- al hours later. injured though it gave no num- border. mas-backed activists staged a About 300 Haitians, Cubans bers. The Israeli military said in a nighttime protest along the Is- and Central Americans set out on The flow of migrants from Cen- statement that planes bombed a raeli border, throwing explo- foot from the town of Tapachula, tral America has increased since Hamas militant facility in the sives toward Israeli forces who EVAN VUCCI / AP and a few hundred more migrants the beginning of the year and in Gaza Strip in response to the responded with live fire. Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Naftali joined in as the walk progressed. recent days despair had grown es- launching of incendiary bal- health officials said three people Bennett speaks during a meeting After about eight hours, they pecially among the Haitian com- loons into southern Israel and were injured by Israeli fire. Ad- with President Joe Biden in the passed through an immigration munity stranded in Tapachula. violent protests staged for a sec- ditional protests were planned Oval Office on Friday in checkpoint without problems, but This week they began to demon- ond consecutive week. through the week. Washington. then National Guard troops in riot strate seeking to speed up their Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Organizers said the protests gear blocked their way as a heavy immigration procedures and Bennett spoke to reporters in are meant to increase pressure The blockade restricts the rain fell. Some of the migrants threatened to leave in a caravan if Washington before he boarded a on Israel to lift its blockade of movement of goods and people were arrested while others elud- Mexican officials did not pay at- flight to Israel, wrapping up a the Palestinian territory. Israel in and out of Gaza and has rav- ed capture and kept heading tention to them. state visit that culminated with a and Egypt have maintained the aged the territory’s economy. Is- north. By Saturday night they The group that started out Sat- face-to-face meeting with Presi- blockade since Hamas, a group rael has tightened the closure were arriving in the town of urday was the biggest one this dent Joe Biden. It was the first sworn to Israel’s destruction, since an 11-day war in May, de- Huixtla, said Rev. Heyman Vaz- year and recalled the caravans since Bennett took office in seized control of Gaza in a 2007 manding the return of the re- quez, a priest who works with mi- that occurred in Mexico before June. coup after winning Palestinian mains of two dead soldiers and grants. the pandemic and the big forma- “We will operate in Gaza ac- elections. Israel and Hamas freedom for two Israeli civilians Immigration agents also helped tion that tried to leave Honduras cording to our interests,” he said have fought four wars since, the believed to be in Hamas captiv- break up the group. An Associat- in January but that was blocked in Hebrew on the tarmac. most recent in May. ity. ed Press journalist saw one immi- from crossing Guatemala. PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, August 30, 2021 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander John Rodriguez, Europe chief of staff US must clear up confusion on booster shots Lt. Col. Michael Kerschbaum, Pacific commander BY KAVITA PATEL cies, which receive vaccine supplies directly history is a predictor, we will weather the in- Michael Ryan, Pacific chief of staff Special to The Washington Post from the federal government, also heard evitable confusion. But in the interest of not al- linicians across the country are about booster distribution at the same time as lowing a single dose to go to waste, here are managing three outbreaks simul- the general public. two actions that could ameliorate the damage: EDITORIAL taneously. The first, of course, is We need guidance on vaccine allocation First, we need a national vaccine registry. the surge in COVID-19 cases due to and suggestions for prioritization if supply be- We can allow patients to opt out, but we should Terry Leonard, Editor C [email protected] more transmissible variants. The second is comes an issue. Should we prioritize people have one interoperable system that can track rapidly spreading lies and misinformation by age or comorbidity? Planning for the fall doses and administration. In a manner simi- Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor about vaccines on social media. And the third should start now. For example, our current lar to the Obama administration’s actions to [email protected] outbreak has emerged only recently: the notification system for patients is designed to make electronic health records “speak” to Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation chaos and confusion surrounding the admin- send a reminder for second doses, but we are each other, the Biden administration must [email protected] istration of booster shots. not configured for third doses or boosters. implement a uniform electronic vaccine data Whereas physicians have become adept at Someone walking in to get a booster when it is standard that functionally enables the mea- BUREAU STAFF responding to the first two outbreaks, the available will likely receive a text to schedule ningful exchange of data related to vaccine third has the potential to paralyze vaccination a second shot in three or four weeks. administration. This might require new in- Europe/Mideast efforts. To mitigate this, we need a centralized Keep in mind that physicians will have to centives as well as assurances that a national Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief information system to verify vaccination ad- coordinate booster shots on top of all the other registry will be private, secure and work [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 ministration and clear guidance ahead on tasks essential to addressing the pandemic. across multiple settings. If possible, I would how to prioritize doses. And we need it before Critical populations remain under-vaccinat- love to see this linked to the adverse effect re- Pacific Sept. 20, when boosters are expected to start ed, especially people of color and pregnant porting system for vaccines, which has suf- Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief becoming available to Americans. women. 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If administering booster shots fer transparent clinical guidance around Management System with most states adopt- disrupts these efforts, it could worsen dispar- booster prioritization and simple checklists Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief [email protected] ing their own with no cross-communication. ities. for busy clinicians that keep focus on the goal (+1)(202)886-0033 As a result, I have no way to access the record The last time I witnessed so much confu- of getting as many people vaccinated while Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News of administration of a vaccine given in anoth- sion in the health care industry was in 1999, not wasting precious doses or administering [email protected] er clinic or pharmacy and must rely on pa- when I was a medical student and we were all doses earlier than recommended. tients’ paper cards — or worse, their memory trying to figure out what would happen on The Food and Drug Administration ap- CIRCULATION if they don’t still have their cards — to deter- Jan. 1, 2000, when all computer systems were proval of the first mRNA vaccine in history is Mideast mine exactly when they last received a shot so anticipated to fail. Luckily, none of that ever nothing short of a miracle. But unlike most in- Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager as to administer their booster shot eight came to pass. We were also fortunate enough novations in medicine, which can take 20 [email protected] months later, as recommended. to have well-paid consultants who were able years to diffuse into daily practice, we have [email protected] Behind the scenes, clinics and pharmacies to put bright neon stickers on every surface precious little time to waste and too much to DSN (314)583-9111 are trying to understand and anticipate how imaginable marking everything as “Y2K lose. Europe booster operations will proceed. Many were compliant.” Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager caught by surprise when the Biden adminis- This time around, we don’t have the highly Kavita Patel, a primary care physician, is a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution. She was director of policy for the [email protected] tration announced the Sept. 20 date. The na- paid consultants or shiny stickers. And the im- Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement in [email protected] tion’s community health centers and pharma- pending day of chaos on Sept. 20 is very real. If the Obama administration. +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090

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Candorville 39 Stir up 41 Strand 43 Spike’s warning 44 Kin of IMHO 46 Merits 50 News reporter Logan 53 Trim the grass 55 “Cold As Ever” rapper Carpe Diem 56 “Superfood” berry 57 Granada gold 58 Flimsy Beetle Bailey Bizarro Monday, August 30, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 17 PAGE 18 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, August 30, 2021 FACES

Dan + Shay, Combs revered at ACM Honors Associated Press Dan + Shay, Luke Combs, Rascal Flatts and more country artists were celebrated alongside prominent songwriters, pro- ducers and industry leaders at the Acade- my of Country Music Honors awards show. In front of a limited crowd at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Wednesday, artists paid tribute to other writers, bands and even a documentarian for their work in the genre of country music. “Without the songwriters in this town, we would have none of this. We have none of the shows, none of the record sales,” said Dan Smyers of the Grammy-winning duo Dan + Shay, who were given the Jim Reeves International Award. Combs’ rise to stardom in the past few years has been unprecedented. He is the first artist to have his first 11 singles hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. Coun- try singer Ashley McBryde tore through a rowdy version of his song “She Got the Best of Me,” before presenting him with the Gene Weed Milestone Award. TNS Carly Pearce, Alan Jackson and Lee Ann Danyel Smith, shown with Estelle in 2014, says her “Black Girl Songbook” podcast is an offshoot of a book she is publishing in 2022. Womack sang tributes to country icon Lo- retta Lynn, who received the Poets Award. Lynn, who spoke in an audio message, called it greatest award she could get. PBS filmmaker Ken Burns accepted the Notes from a music insider Tex Ritter Film Award for his multipart se- ries in 2019 called “Country Music.” Country group Rascal Flatts were honor- ed with the Cliffie Stone Icon Award. The Hit podcast explores the ‘underwritten history’ of Black women in pop trio announced their retirement in 2020 af- ter two decades together. BY MIKAEL WOOD Smith delivers her tales — about the first time she met Whitney “20 years fly by like that. It’s fleeting,” Los Angeles Times Houston, for instance, or her belief that Lauryn Hill’s “Lost Ones” said Joe Don Rooney, guitarist and singer anyel Smith has a rule — or at least she used to — about is the greatest diss record of all time — with a careful rhythm and for Rascal Flatts. “We have been blessed.” her bedroom: “No work shall take place in here,” she confiding tone that draw you close, as though a friend is imparting says. “This is the serene area.” some precious information; the effect humanizes her subjects even Other news D Yet when Smith, a veteran music journalist who’s as Smith seeks to give their artistry the serious consideration she ■ Michael Nader, who carved a career served as editor in chief of Vibe and Billboard, began recording her says they’re overdue. out of playing a dashing soap opera hus- podcast “Black Girl Songbook” at home in the early days of the pan- Growing up reading profiles of rock stars in Rolling Stone and band, died Monday of cancer at his North- demic, her producers quickly decided that the acoustics at her din- GQ, she felt she got to know the likes of Paul McCartney and Phil ern California home. He was 76. Nader be- ing table weren’t cutting it. “So then I tried the bedroom and they Collins. “But it hasn’t been like that so much for Black women,” she came a star on the primetime soap “Dynas- were like, ‘Oh my God, it sounds so good!’ Now I have a mike and all adds. “I’m trying to give Black stories that kind of detail.” ty,” playing the third husband of Joan Col- the engineering doodads in here.” She laughs. “We make it work.” Ahead on Season 2, which launched with an episode on the late lins’ Alexis Colby, before moving on to “Black Girl Songbook,” whose second season premiered Aug. 25 Aaliyah, she wants to feature more music in the show — because ABC’s daytime drama “All My Children.” via The Ringer and Spotify, exudes the intimacy of its location. A she’s on Spotify, she can play complete tracks — and to spotlight ■ Stephen B. Oates, an award-winning loving celebration of “the underwritten history of Black women in artists “who don’t read as super-popular but in reality have tribes of Civil War historian who wrote biographies music,” as Smith puts it, the podcast grew out of her work on a book super-fans.” She also plans to tell more juicy first-person stories of Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King set for release in February 2022 titled “Shine Bright.” about her interactions with stars and the machinery that surrounds Jr., Clara Barton, William Faulkner and Season 1 featured the host in conversation with artists such as them. others, died Aug. 27 at his home in Amherst, H.E.R. and Estelle, but also in a kind of conversation with herself as “We’re trained as journalists not to step to the front,” Smith says. Mass. He was 85. Oates was a key consult- she recounted her personal experiences as both a fan and an indus- “The saying is, ‘Save it for the memoir.’ Well, I saved it, and it is ant on filmmaker Ken Burns’ 1990 docu- try insider. jam-packed.” mentary series “The Civil War.” JoJo Siwa to be part of first same-sex couple on ‘Dancing with the Stars’

BY BETH HARRIS “I think it breaks a wall that’s never little different,” she said. “I want to make it OK for the peo- Associated Press been broken down before,” she told an on- ple who come after me.” Pop star JoJo Siwa will compete as part of the first same- line gathering of the Television Critics As- Siwa first gained fame on a dance competition show pro- sex pairing on “Dancing with the Stars” for the show’s up- sociation. “It’s normal for a girl to dance duced by Abby Lee Miller of “Dance Moms.” coming 30th season. with a guy, and I think that’s really cool, Lee won the all-around competition at the Tokyo Olym- Olympic gymnastics champion Suni Lee also is joining but it’s really special that now not only do I pics, as well as a silver and a bronze medal. The 18-year-old the cast, the rest of which will be announced on Sept. 8. ABC get to share with the world that you get to from Minnesota will juggle online classes from Auburn said Aug. 26 that the celebrities will find out which pro love who you love, but also you get to University while participating on the Los Angeles-based Siwa dancer they’ll partner with on the season premiere Sept. 20. dance with who you want to dance with.” show. Siwa, an 18-year-old who has said she identifies as gay Siwa noted that among the things to be worked out with “I can express myself, which I’m excited for, because in and queer, said the same-sex pairing signals to viewers that her partner are who leads, how do they dress and what gymnastics you can’t really do that, especially when you’re it’s OK to be your true self. She named Lindsay Arnold, Jen- shoes do they wear. training for so much and it’s just a very intense kind of envi- na Johnson and Britt Stewart as among the show’s regular “It’s going to give so much to people out there, people of ronment,” Lee said. “I’m excited to kind of let loose and just pros she’d like to be paired with. the LGBTQ community, everyone, people who feel just a have fun.” Monday, August 30, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 SCOREBOARD/US OPEN

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MLS BMW Championship Saturday’s transactions Wawa 250 Players Eastern Conference BASEBALL PGA Tour Major League Baseball NASCAR Xfinity Series Saturday Saturday WLTPts GF GA American League At Caves Valley Golf Club At Daytona International Speedway don’t need Owings Mills, Md. BOSTON RED SOX — Signed RHP Michael Daytona Beach, Fla. New England 15 4 4 49 44 28 Feliz to a minor league contract. Yardage: 7,542; Par: 72 Lap length: 2.50 miles Orlando City 9 4 8 35 30 24 CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned RHP (Start position in parentheses) Purse: $9.5 Million James Karinchak to Columbus (Triple-A Nashville 8 2 11 35 34 20 Third round East). Activated 1B Bobby Bradley from 1. (9) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 100 laps, 58 vaccines NYC FC 10 6 4 34 36 19 Bryson DeChambeau 68-60-67—195 -21 the 10-day IL. points. Philadelphia 8 6 8 32 28 23 Patrick Cantlay 66-63-66—195 -21 DETROIT TIGERS — Reinstated RHP José 2. (1) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 100, 53. Sungjae Im 67-65-66—198 -18 Ureña from the 10-day IL. Designated LHP 3. (4) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 100, 43. CF Montréal 8 7 7 31 30 27 4. (13) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 100, 51. Abraham Ancer 66-67-66—199 -17 Ian Krol for assignment. Placed RHP Eras- D.C. United 9 10 3 30 35 32 mo Ramírez on waivers. 5. (21) Daniel Hemric, Toyota, 100, 36. Rory McIlroy 64-70-65—199 -17 to play LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Selected the 6. (15) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 100, 0. Columbus 7 9 6 27 25 29 Sam Burns 64-70-65—199 -17 contract of RHP Kyle Tyler and agreed to 7. (2) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, 100, 39. Atlanta 6 7 9 27 25 28 Sergio Garcia 65-67-67—199 -17 terms on a major league contract. Op- 8. (23) Myatt Snider, Chevrolet, 100, 29. BY HOWARD FENDRICH Chicago 6 11 5 23 24 33 Jon Rahm 64-66-70—200 -16 tioned RHP Cooper Criswell to Salt Lake 9. (5) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 100, 29. (Triple-A West). Sent RHP Aaron Slegers 10. (6) Riley Herbst, Ford, 100, 34. Associated Press Inter Miami CF 6 9 5 23 21 31 Hudson Swafford 67-66-68—201 -15 outright to Salt Lake after he cleared waiv- 11. (7) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet, 100, 31. New York 6 10 4 22 23 25 Dustin Johnson 67-70-65—202 -14 ers. 12. (22) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 100, 26. NEW YORK — When Andy Cincinnati 3 9 8 17 21 37 Erik van Rooyen 67-68-67—202 -14 MINNESOTA TWINS — Sent RHP Derek 13. (34) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, 100, 24. Murray sat in the U.S. Open’s main K.H. Lee 69-69-66—204 -12 Law to St. Paul (Triple-A East) on a rehab 14. (32) David Starr, Toyota, 100, 23. Toronto FC 3 13 6 15 26 47 assignment. Alex Noren 71-66-67—204 -12 15. (35) Jason White, Toyota, 100, 22. interview room for a pre-tourna- SEATTLE MARINERS — Selected the con- 16. (11) Ryan Sieg, Ford, 100, 21. Western Conference tract of RHP Jimmy Yacabonis from Taco- 17. (17) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 100, 20. ment news conference Saturday, The Ally Challenge ma (Triple-A West) and agreed to terms on WLTPts GF GA 18. (12) Tommy Joe Martins, Chevrolet, a major league contract. Recalled RHP 100, 19. the moderator informed the 2012 Wyatt Mills from Tacoma. Placed OF Jake Seattle 12 3 6 42 35 17 PGA Tour Champions 19. (37) Chase Briscoe, Toyota, 100, 0. champion he was allowed to re- Saturday Fraley and LHP Anthony Misiewicz on the 20. (27) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, Sporting KC 11 4 7 40 37 22 At Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club 10-day IL. Transferred INF Shed Long Jr. 100, 17. move the sort of light blue medical Colorado 11 4 5 38 30 20 Grand Blanc, Mich. from the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL. Sent 21. (26) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 100, RHP Keynan Middleton outright to Taco- mask that has become so ubiqui- LA Galaxy 11 8 3 36 35 35 Yardage: 6,740; Par: 72 16. Purse: $2 Million ma. 22. (18) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet, 100, tous during the coronavirus pan- Minn. United 8 6 7 31 24 24 Secoind round TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned RHP Chris 0. Mazza to Durham (Triple-A East). 23. (29) Blaine Perkins, Chevrolet, 100, 14. demic. Real Salt Lake 7 7 6 27 30 23 Doug Barron 66-64—130 -14 TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Sent RHP Julian Bernhard Langer 64-66—130 -14 24. (8) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 100, San Jose 6 7 8 26 24 29 Merryweather to Buffalo (Triple-A East) 13. Unlike the nine players who met Portland 7 10 3 24 27 39 Joe Durant 65-66—131 -13 on a rehab assignment. 25. (30) Mason Massey, Toyota, 100, 12. National League with the media in that spot a day LAFC 6 9 6 24 28 31 Thongchai Jaidee 67-65—132 -12 26. (33) Colby Howard, Chevrolet, 100, 11. Marco Dawson 64-69—133 -11 CHICAGO CUBS — Placed INF David Bote 27. (24) Ryan Vargas, Chevrolet, 100, 10. earlier, Murray chose to keep his Vancouver 5 7 8 23 23 30 on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Aug 27. Re- Steven Alker 69-65—134 -10 28. (10) Jade Buford, Chevrolet, 100, 9. FC Dallas 5 9 7 22 25 30 called INF Alfonso Rivas and RHP Scott Ef- 29. (40) Timothy Viens, Chevrolet, 100, 0. mask on. And unlike roughly half Stephen Leaney 70-65—135 -9 fross from Iowa (Triple-A East. Designated Austin FC 5 11 4 19 17 24 30. (19) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 100, 7. the other men and women who will Jeff Maggert 69-66—135 -9 RHPs Jake Jewell and Ryan Meisinger for 31. (25) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 100, 6. Houston 3 9 10 19 24 34 Woody Austin 66-69—135 -9 assignment. 32. (28) Kyle Weatherman, Chevrolet, 98, be taking the court when the year’s CINCINNATI REDS — Optioned SS Jose 5. Note: Three points for victory, one point Barrero to Louisville (Triple-A East). for tie. 33. (16) Matt Mills, Toyota, 98, 4. last Grand Slam tournament be- Placed 3B Asdrubal Cabrera on the active 34. (31) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, 97, 5. Friday’s games TENNIS roster. gins Monday, Murray has been LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Recalled RHP 35. (39) Joe Graf Jr, Chevrolet, accident, Columbus 3, Cincinnati 2 Edwin Uceta from Oklahoma City (Triple-A 88, 2. vaccinated against COVID-19. CF Montréal 3, Toronto FC 1 36. (36) Caesar Bacarella, Chevrolet, ac- West). Optioned RHP Andre Jackson. He wishes more tennis pros Miami 0, Orlando City 0, tie Chicago Open PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Designated OF cident, 82, 4. Saturday’s games Saturday Gregory Polanco for assignment. Recalled 37. (20) Colin Garrett, Toyota, accident, were. It sets up a couple of con- At Chicago 71, 1. Nashville 2, Atlanta 0 INF Cole Tucker Indianapolis (Triple-A Purse: $235,238 East). Reinstated LHP Sam Howard from 38. (38) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, engine, trasts at Flushing Meadows when Chicago 1, New York 0 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor 71, 0. LA Galaxy 3, Los Angeles FC 3, tie the IL. Placed LHP Dillon Peters on the 10- Women’s Singles day IL. 39. (14) Austin Cindric, Ford, accident, it comes to a hot-button issue New York City FC 2, New England 0 Championship 27, 1. D.C. United 3, Philadelphia 1 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Sent RHP Dako- across society these days, espe- ta Hudson to the Florida Complex League 40. (3) Brandon Jones, Toyota, engine, Colorado 1, Sporting Kansas City 1, tie Elina Svitolina (1), Ukraine, def. Alize 17, 1. Minnesota 2, Houston 1 Cornet (9), France, 7-5, 6-4. Palm Beach Cardinals (FCL) on a rehab as- cially as cases connected to the signment. Sunday’s games Winston-Salem Open WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Sent C Alex Race Statistics delta variant increase. Saturday Avila to the Florida Complex League Na- FC Dallas at Austin FC tionals (FCL) on a rehab assignment. Average Speed of Race Winner: 121.737 For one thing, players and their Real Salt Lake at Vancouver At Winston-Salem, N.C. Portland at Seattle mph. Purse: $717,955 BASKETBALL Time of Race: 2 hours, 3 minutes, 12 sec- team members do not need to be NWSL Surface: Hardcourt outdoor National Basketball Association onds. vaccinated, but the spectators who Men’s Singles CHICAGO BULLS — Acquired F Derrick Margin of Victory: 0.023 seconds. Championship Jones Jr. from Portland along with a draft WLTPts GF GA Caution Flags: 7 for 29 laps. have paid to watch them — and at Ilya Ivashka, Belarus, def. Mikael Ymer, consideration. Acquired a draft consider- Lead Changes: 17 among 8 drivers. Sweden, 6-0, 6-2. ation from Portland. some courts can get close enough Portland 10 3 2 32 23 9 Lap Leaders: A.Allmendinger 0-3; CLEVELAND CAVALIERS — Acquired F N.Gragson 4; A.Allmendinger 5-13; N.Grag- to the action to offer high-fives — North Carolina 8 4 3 27 22 9 Cleveland Championships Lauri Markkanen from Chicago Bulls. son 14-16; A.Allmendinger 17-26; J.Haley Chicago 7 7 3 24 19 22 At Cleveland MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Waived G Rajon 27-30; B.Brown 31-34; R.Herbst 35-43; now must be able to show they Purse: $235,238 Rondo. B.Brown 44-45; A.Allmendinger 46-49; Washington 6 5 4 22 19 18 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS — Acquired F have had at least one shot. Larry Nance from Cleveland. B.Brown 50-52; S.Mayer 53; J.Burton 54-61; Reign FC 7 7 1 22 20 17 Women’s Singles C.Bell 62-65; N.Gragson 66-77; C.Bell 78-96; Plus, among the players, there Gotham FC 5 4 6 21 17 14 Championship FOOTBALL A.Allmendinger 97-99; J.Haley 100 National Football League Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Orlando 5 5 6 21 19 19 Anett Kontaveit (2), Estonia, def. Irina- are those, such as No. 1-ranked No- Camelia Begu, Romania, 7-6 (5), 6-4. NFL — Suspended New York Giants LB Laps Led): A.Allmendinger, 5 times for 29 Houston 5 6 3 18 17 20 vak Djokovic, who frame the deci- Women’s Doubles Ryan Anderson without pay for the first six laps; C.Bell, 2 times for 23 laps; N.Gragson, Louisville 4 7 4 16 13 22 Championship games of the regular season for violating 3 times for 16 laps; R.Herbst, 1 time for 9 the NFL Policy and Program on Perform- laps; B.Brown, 3 times for 9 laps; J.Burton, sion about whether to get a shot as Kansas City 2 11 4 10 9 28 Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara (1), ance Enhancing Substances. 1 time for 8 laps; J.Haley, 2 times for 5 laps; a purely personal choice. And Note: Three points for victory, one point Japan, def. Sania Mirza, India, and Christi- CAROLINA PANTHERS — Released S S.Mayer, 1 time for 1 lap. for tie. na McHale, United States, 7-5, 6-3. Doug Middleton, T Martez Ivy, LBs Paddy Wins: A.Cindric, 5; A.Allmendinger, 3; there are those, such as Murray, Saturday’s game Fisher and Jonathan Celestin, RB Darious T.Gibbs, 3; J.Allgaier, 2; J.Haley, 1; J.Burton, Clark, K Joey Slye and WR Ishmael Hyman. 1; M.Snider, 1; J.Berry, 1. who explain it as being not just Chicago 3, Kansas City 0 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Claimed TE Ka- Top 16 in Points: 1. A.Allmendinger, 925; about protecting oneself but also Sunday’s games YOUTH BASEBALL hale Warring off waivers from New En- 2. A.Cindric, 908; 3. J.Allgaier, 800; 4. gland. D.Hemric, 779; 5. H.Burton, 755; 6. J.Haley, about helping others. North Carolina at Washington JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed WR Orlando at Gotham FC Little League World Series 742; 7. J.Burton, 716; 8. N.Gragson, 713; 9. Devin Smith and OL Jermaine Eluemunor. B.Jones, 567; 10. J.Clements, 558; 11. “I feel like I’m enjoying kind of a Louisville at Houston At Williamsport, Pa. Traded QB Gardner Minshew II to Philadel- Portland at Reign FC R.Herbst, 554; 12. M.Snider, 515; 13. M.An- fairly normal life, whereas for the Saturday’s games phia. nett, 486; 14. T.Gibbs, 447; 15. R.Sieg, 445; Tom Seaver Championship MIAMI DOLPHINS — Placed LB Vince Bie- 16. B.Brown, 443. players that haven’t, it’s different. Ohio 5, South Dakota 2 gel on injured reserve. Acquired OG Greg PRO BASKETBALL Mancz from Baltimore. I’m sure they’ll be frustrated with Hank Aaron Championship MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Waived C Cohl Cabral, DT Zeandae Johnson and RB Ito that. Ultimately, I guess the reason WNBA Michigan 2, Hawaii 1 Smith. NASCAR Driver Rating Formula PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Released QB why all of us are getting vaccinated EASTERN CONFERENCE Sunday’s games A maximum of 150 points can be at- Nick Mullens. tained in a race. is to look out for the wider public. Third Place SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed WR Riv- WLPct GB The formula combines the following cat- South Dakota vs. Hawaii er Cracraft to a one-year contract. Waived egories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, We have a responsibility as play- WR Richie James. x-Connecticut 20 6 .769 — Average Running Position While on Lead ers that are traveling across the Championship TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Placed DL Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Chicago 13 12 .520 6½ Ohio vs. Michigan Ndamukong Suh on the reserve/COVID-19 Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. world to look out for everyone else, New York 11 16 .407 9½ list. TENNESSEE TITANS — Announced head as well,” Murray said. “I’m happy Washington 10 15 .400 9½ coach Mike Vrabel, WR coach Rob Moore Atlanta 6 19 .240 13½ COLLEGE FOOTBALL and OL assistant coach Jason Houghtaling PRO FOOTBALL that I’m vaccinated. I’m hoping Indiana 5 19 .208 14 will miss tonight’s game following NFL CO- VID-19 protocols. Placed WR Racey that more players choose to have it Saturday’s scores McMath on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Re- NFL preseason in the coming months.” WESTERN CONFERENCE leased OT Paul Adams with an injury set- SOUTH tlement. An ATP spokesman said Satur- WLPct GB HOCKEY Friday's games NC Central 23, Alcorn St. 14 day that just above 50% of male x-Las Vegas 19 7 .731 — National Hockey League Indianapolis 27, Detroit 17 MIDWEST CAROLINA HURRICANES — Signed C x-Seattle 18 9 .667 1½ Carolina 34, Pittsburgh 9 players are vaccinated and the Illinois 30, Nebraska 22 Jesperi Kotkaniemi to a one-year offer Philadelphia 31, N.Y. Jets 31 Minnesota 15 9 .625 3 Indiana St. 26, E. Illinois 21 sheet. Kansas City 28, Minnesota 25 men’s tour “continues to strongly Phoenix 15 10 .600 3½ Kentucky St. 20, Central St. (Ohio) 6 Saturday's games recommend vaccination to play- Dallas 11 15 .423 8 FAR WEST Arizona at New Orleans, canc. ers.” A WTA spokeswoman said Los Angeles 10 16 .385 9 Fresno St. 45, UConn 0 AP SPORTLIGHT San Jose St. 45, S. Utah 14 Buffalo 19, Green Bay 0 Baltimore 37, Washington 3 nearly half of female players are Friday’s games UCLA 44, Hawaii 10 Aug. 30 UTEP 30, New Mexico St. 3 Chicago 27, Tennessee 24 vaccinated and the women’s tour Phoenix 80, New York 64 1987 — Ben Johnson of Canada sets the Tampa Bay 23, Houston 16 Chicago 73, Seattle 69 Sunday’s games world record in the 100 meters bettering Denver 17, L.A. Rams 12 “strongly believes in, and encour- FAR WEST Seattle 27, L.A. Chargers 0 Saturday’s games Calvin Smith’s 4-year-old mark of 9.93 by ages everyone to get, a vaccine,” 0.10 seconds in the World Track and Field UTEP (0-0) at New Mexico St. (0-0) Sunday's games Las Vegas 87, Indiana 71 S. Utah (0-0) at San Jose St. (0-0) Championships in Rome. Johnson later with a goal of raising numbers “in Connecticut 76, Los Angeles 61 lost the record because of steroid use. Jacksonville at Dallas Washington 76, Dallas 75 Wednesday’s game 2006 — Curt Schilling becomes the 14th Las Vegas at San Francisco excess of 85% by the end of the SOUTH Sunday’s game pitcher in major league history to reach Miami at Cincinnati year,” while not currently requir- UAB (0-0) vs. Jacksonville St. (0-0) at 3,000 strikeouts when he fans Oakland’s New England at N.Y. Giants Chicago at Seattle Montgomery, Ala. Nick Swisher in the first inning. Cleveland at Atlanta ing athletes to get the shots. PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, August 30, 2021 MLB

ROUNDUP Scoreboard

American League East Division A’s halt Yankees’ streak at 13 WLPct GB Tampa Bay 81 48 .628 _ New York 76 53 .589 5 Associated Press Boston 75 56 .573 7 OAKLAND, Calif. — Fresh off Toronto 67 61 .523 13½ their first loss in more than two Baltimore 40 88 .313 40½ Central Division weeks, Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees immediately WLPct GB looked forward. Chicago 75 56 .573 _ The Yankees’ longest winning Cleveland 63 64 .496 10 Detroit 62 68 .477 12½ streak in nearly 60 years ended at Kansas City 59 70 .457 15 13 games Saturday when Frankie Minnesota 57 72 .442 17 Montas pitched seven shutout in- West Division nings and the Oakland Athletics WLPct GB held on for a 3-2 victory. Houston 77 52 .597 _ Judge hit a two-run homer in Oakland 71 59 .546 6½ the ninth inning, but that’s all New Seattle 69 61 .531 8½ Los Angeles 64 67 .489 14 York managed against Montas Texas 44 85 .341 33 and the A’s bullpen. National League “A loss is a loss. It’s time to start East Division another streak, that’s all,” Judge said. “We didn’t get the job done, WLPct GB so it’s time to turn the page. (The Atlanta 69 59 .539 _ streak) showed what we’re capa- Philadelphia 65 64 .504 4½ New York 62 67 .481 7½ ble of. This team is capable of a lot Washington 55 73 .430 14 of great things.” Miami 54 76 .415 16 Judge has homered six times in Central Division 15 games. His power surge helped WLPct GB the Yankees boost their playoff Milwaukee 78 52 .600 _ position and put pressure on AL Cincinnati 71 60 .542 7½ East-leading Tampa Bay. St. Louis 66 62 .516 11 Chicago 57 74 .435 21½ JEFF CHIU/AP Matt Chapman homered for the Pittsburgh 47 83 .362 31 A’s, who had lost six straight and The Yankees’ Anthony Rizzo reacts after striking out against the Athletics during the sixth inning in West Division Oakland, Calif., on Saturday. Oakland ended New York’s winning streak at 13 games. 10 of 12 before handing the charg- WLPct GB ing Yankees their first loss since San Francisco 84 45 .651 _ Aug. 12 in Chicago against the to pull within one game of Cincin- homer in a five-run first inning (2-7) into the seats in right field for Los Angeles 82 48 .631 2½ White Sox. nati for the NL’s second wild-card against Vladimir Gutiérrez (9-5). his 24th home run of the season San Diego 69 62 .527 16 Montas (10-9) was crisp all af- spot after the Reds lost at Miami. Cubs 7, White Sox 0: Patrick Blue Jays 3, Tigers 2 (10):Co- Colorado 59 70 .457 25 ternoon, allowing just two hits. He San Diego (69-62) has lost five of Wisdom backed Alec Mills with rey Dickerson’s third opposite- Arizona 44 87 .336 41 struck out six and walked one for six and 13 of 16. two more homers and the Cubs field single of the game scored Friday’s games Tampa Bay 6, Baltimore 3 his first win since July 29. Dodgers 5, Rockies 2: Will beat the White Sox for the first Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the 10th Detroit 2, Toronto 1 Boston 4, Cleveland 3 “Against that lineup, win-streak Smith snapped a tie with a bases- time this season. inning and gave visiting Toronto a Houston 5, Texas 4 going and the way they’re going, I loaded, two-run single in the Rafael Ortega connected for a win over Detroit. Minnesota 2, Milwaukee 0 Chicago White Sox 17, Chicago Cubs 13 don’t know how you can pitch any eighth inning and host Los An- grand slam against Lance Lynn as Blue Jays catcher Alejandro San Diego 5, L.A. Angels 0 N.Y. Yankees 8, Oakland 2 better than that,” A’s manager geles rallied to beat Colorado. the fourth-place Cubs improved to Kirk hit a 412-foot homer with two Kansas City 8, Seattle 7, 12 innings Bob Melvin said. “(Montas) had Six Dodgers pitchers combined 6-19 in August. out in the sixth. Cincinnati 6, Miami 0 Washington 2, N.Y. Mets 1 an edge from the very beginning. to limit the Rockies to three hits. Wisdom hit solo drives in the Astros 5, Rangers 2: Yordan Atlanta 6, San Francisco 5 St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 3 A much-needed outing. Fantastic, Kenley Jansen retired the side in fourth and fifth innings. He also Álvarez homered for the fifth time Philadelphia 7, Arizona 6, 11 innings maybe to an extent as good an out- the ninth to earn his 29th save, giv- went deep twice Friday and be- in eight games, Carlos Correa also Colorado 4, L.A. Dodgers 2 Saturday’s games ing as he’s had all year.” ing him 341 in his career and tying came the first rookie in franchise went deep and AL West-leading Oakland 3, N.Y. Yankees 2 Giants 5, Braves 0: Logan him with Rollie Fingers for 14th on history to post consecutive multi- visiting Houston beat rookie-la- Kansas City 4, Seattle 2 Boston 5, Cleveland 3, 10 innings Webb threw seven strong innings the all-time list. homer games, according to the den Texas for its fourth straight Toronto 3, Detroit 2, 10 innings Houston 5, Texas 2 to win his seventh consecutive de- Mets 5, Nationals 3: Michael Elias Sports Bureau. win. Chicago Cubs 7, Chicago White Sox 0 cision, Tommy La Stella and Mike Conforto hit a go-ahead, three-run Twins 6, Brewers 4:Miguel Sa- Framber Valdez (9-4) struck Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 3 Minnesota 6, Milwaukee 4 Yastrzemski each homered and drive in the seventh inning for his nó drove in a pair of runs and host out seven and walked one in seven L.A. Angels 10, San Diego 2 Philadelphia 7, Arizona 0 drove in two runs, and visiting San first career pinch-hit homer and Minnesota outlasted the rain and innings. Miami 6, Cincinnati 1 Francisco beat Atlanta in a match- host New York beat Washington. Milwaukee. All-Star outfielder Adolis Gar- N.Y. Mets 5, Washington 3 San Francisco 5, Atlanta 0 up of NL division leaders. Conforto helped end New After Minnesota saw its 4-0 lead cía, one of six rookies in the start- St. Louis 13, Pittsburgh 0 L.A. Dodgers 5, Colorado 2 Webb (8-3) allowed five hits York’s four-game skid and stop- disappear, the Twins went back ing lineup for the last-place Rang- Sunday’s games with one walk and six strikeouts. ped a 3-for-19 slump by connect- up 5-4 in the sixth inning when An- ers, hit his 28th homer in the sixth. Tampa Bay at Baltimore Boston at Cleveland Yastrzemski matched his ca- ing with the first pitch he got from drelton Simmons hit into a double They lost their fifth game in a row. Toronto at Detroit reer high by hitting his 21st homer Mason Thompson. play that drove in Sanó. Josh Do- Rays 4, Orioles 3: Randy Aro- Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox Milwaukee at Minnesota off Richard Rodriguez. Kevin Pillar homered twice for naldson had an RBI double in the zarena hit a go-ahead, two-run Houston at Texas Kansas City at Seattle Angels 10, Padres 2: Jared the Mets. seventh. homer in the eighth inning and N.Y. Yankees at Oakland Walsh homered and drove in three Phillies 7, Diamondbacks 0: Royals 4, Mariners 2:Salvador visiting Tampa Bays beat Balti- Arizona at Philadelphia St. Louis at Pittsburgh runs, Justin Upton got his 1,000th Didi Gregorius hit three doubles, Perez homered for the third more for the 11th straight game. Cincinnati at Miami Washington at N.Y. Mets RBI and host Los Angeles Kyle Gibson pitched six sharp in- straight game, lining a two-run The Rays trailed 3-2 in the San Francisco at Atlanta snapped its three-game skid with nings and host Philadelphia shot off the top of the fence for his eighth before reliever Cole Sulser Colorado at L.A. Dodgers a win over San Diego. blanked Arizona. 37th of the season to lead visiting (3-3) walked Kevin Kiermaier on Monday’s games Minnesota (Ober 1-2) at Detroit (TBD) Shohei Ohtani stole second to Jean Segura (three hits, two Kansas City over Seattle. five pitches and then allowed the Baltimore (TBD) at Toronto (Ray 9-5) Boston (Pivetta 9-6) at Tampa Bay (Pati- became the first player in team RBIs) and Odúbel Herrera home- Whit Merrifield also homered two-run shot by Arozarena. ño 3-3) Cardinals 13, Pirates 0: Colorado (Márquez 11-9) at Texas (TBD) history with 40 homers and 20 red for the Phillies. Eight of Phila- for Kansas City, which won its Adam N.Y. Yankees (Kluber 4-3) at L.A. Angels steals in a season for the Angels, delphia’s 12 hits went for extra third straight over Seattle. Wainwright baffled Pittsburgh, (TBD) Houston (Garcia 10-6) at Seattle (Flexen who won for only the second time bases. Red Sox 5, Indians 3 (10):J.D. allowing three hits in seven in- 11-5) St. Louis (Lester 4-6) at Cincinnati (Cas- in eight games. Marlins 6, Reds 1: Sandy Al- Martinez hit a three-run homer in nings as visiting St. Louis cruised tillo 7-13) Jack Mayfield also had a two- cantara had a career-high 12 the 10th inning and visiting Boston to a win. Philadelphia (Wheeler 10-9) at Washing- ton (Gray 0-1) run homer for the Halos. strikeouts in seven innings to help beat Cleveland. Edmundo Sosa tripled twice Colorado (Márquez 11-9) at Texas (TBD) San Diego (TBD) at Arizona (Gilbert 1-1) Eric Hosmer and Austin Nola host Miami beat Cincinnati for the Martinez, who broke out of an 0- and drove in five runs against Milwaukee (Burnes 8-4) at San Francis- had RBI singles in the fourth for first time in six meetings this year. for-20 slump with three hits, drove Pittsburgh starter Steven Brault co (Cueto 7-6) Atlanta (Smyly 9-3) at L.A. Dodgers the Padres, who blew their chance Jesús Sánchez hit a three-run a 2-1 pitch from Nick Wittgren (0-3). (Buehler 13-2) Monday, August 30, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 AUTO RACING Blaney wins, Reddick earns playoff berth BY MARK LONG 25 laps remaining at Speedway Associated Press Park in Jacksonville on Dec. 1, DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — For 1963. But Buck Baker, who actual- all the potential outcomes that ly finished second, was declared could have occurred at Daytona the winner of the Jacksonville 200 International Speedway on Satur- and received the trophy in victory day night, the NASCAR Cup Se- lane. ries regular-season finale was Race officials discovered hours somewhat predictable. later that Scott was the actual win- Ryan Blaney ended up in victo- ner and had lapped the entire field ry lane for the second straight twice. But he was not credited week. Kyle Larson, the most dom- with the victory for another two inant driver all year, took home years, and his family has long the regular-season trophy. Tyler pushed for a proper celebration. Reddick ended up with the 16th NASCAR obliged on the eve of and final playoff spot. And the what would have been Scott’s race ended in overtime with a fi- 100th birthday. ery crash that involved nearly half the field. “It’s Daytona. For me, it was no Scoreboard different than any other race here,” said 2017 series champion Coke Zero Sugar 400 NASCAR Cup Series Martin Truex Jr., who finished Saturday 30th. “I’m glad we’re done; I’m At Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla. glad we’re out of here.” Lap length: 2.50 miles He was hardly alone. Drivers (Start position in parentheses) ripped the revamped aerodynam- JOHN CHILTON/AP 1. (6) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 165 laps, 45 points. ics package and bemoaned the Chase Briscoe (14), Kyle Larson (5), Kevin Harvick (4), Austin Dillon (3), Daniel Suarez (99) and Corey 2. (20) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 165, 37. 3. (23) Ryan Newman, Ford, 165, 34. usual aggressive driving that LaJoie (7) crash in Turn 3 on the final lap of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona International 4. (24) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, 165, 35. caused three wrecks in the final 20 Speedway, Saturday. 5. (17) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 165, 39. 6. (28) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 165, 0. laps. 7. (15) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 165, 30. 8. (5) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 165, 39. Reddick got caught up in the “Yeah, we’ve got good momen- five-time winner this season. The best third but frustrated he had no 9. (30) BJ McLeod, Ford, 165, 0. first one but rebounded to finish tum,” Blaney said. “We’d like to race for the regular-season cham- help from any Toyotas at the end 10. (36) Josh Bilicki, Ford, 165, 27. 11. (21) Erik Jones, Chevrolet, 165, 26. sixth. He needed only to beat Ri- make it three in a row, we’ll see.” pionship and its playoff points was of the race. Hamlin, his team own- 12. (8) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 165, 25. 13. (3) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 165, 33. chard Childress Racing teammate The regular-season finale had between Larson and Denny Ham- er at 23XI Racing, was the closest 14. (19) Aric Almirola, Ford, 165, 23. Austin Dillon and hope for a re- fairly low stakes since 15 of the 16 lin, who entered Daytona trailing Toyota driver to Wallace at the fin- 15. (11) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 165, 22. 16. (33) Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet, acci- peat winner to earn his first play- playoff slots were claimed before- Larson by 28 points. ish — way back in 14th. dent, 164, 25. 17. (27) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, acci- off berth. hand. It meant only a first-time Hamlin held the regular-season “I’m a little frustrated, I’m the dent, 164, 34. 18. (29) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, acci- Reddick and Dillon were both in race winner could edge Reddick lead for 22 weeks until Larson one who gets called out for not dent, 164, 26. contention to make a desperate, or Dillon for the final spot. claimed it two races ago at Indi- working with teammates and I’m 19. (26) Daniel Suarez, Chevrolet, acci- dent, 164, 18. last-gasp push for the win in the Neither had a smooth night: anapolis. Larson overcame a 166- the one that gets left hanging,” 20. (1) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, accident, 164, 23. two-lap overtime sprint to the fin- Reddick’s car suffered crash dam- point deficit to Hamlin to earn the Wallace said. “There’s a reason 21. (16) Chase Briscoe, Ford, accident, ish. But Blaney, who was second age in an earlier incident and Dil- title. why Ford’s in victory lane, cause 164, 16. 22. (12) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, on the restart, cleared traffic lon was first flagged for speeding “What an awesome year he’s they always work together.” 164, 19. 23. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 164, 27. thanks partly to a bump from Co- on pit road and also battled voltage had,” said team owner Rick Hen- Michael McDowell, the sur- 24. (25) Cole Custer, Ford, 164, 13. rey LaJoie and was well ahead of issues in his Chevrolet. drick, who gave Larson a job this prise Daytona 500 winner, blew an 25. (9) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 164, 12. 26. (32) Anthony Alfredo, Ford, 163, 11. the pack when a crash ended the “I don’t know how to smile at season after he missed most of engine under caution Saturday 27. (40) David Starr, Toyota, 163, 0. 28. (31) Cody Ware, Chevrolet, 163, 0. race. this point. It was a lot tonight,” 2020 while suspended for using a and was done after 23 laps. He 29. (7) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 163, 14. Daniel Suarez, one of 10 drivers Reddick said. “I’m excited to be racial slur. clinched a spot in the playoffs with 30. (34) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 163, 0. in the front pack trying to win the past it.” Chris Buescher finished sec- his Daytona 500 victory, but 31. (37) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 162, 0. 32. (14) Christopher Bell, Toyota, acci- race to earn the automatic playoff Dillon had still rallied to fourth ond, one spot short of earning the McDowell has no momentum af- dent, 157, 7. 33. (10) Brad Keselowski, Ford, accident, berth, turned Kevin Harvick to on the final restart but was collect- automatic berth into the playoffs ter finishing 20th or worse for the 156, 4. trigger the multi-car melee. Sua- ed in the race-ending crash. he was seeking. But it was a 1-2 fin- seventh consecutive race. 34. (4) Kyle Busch, Toyota, accident, 156, 14. rez seemed to be pushed into Har- “We gave it all we could and ish for Ford. NASCAR presented Wendell 35. (38) Kaz Grala, Chevrolet, accident, 156, 0. vick from behind by Kurt Busch. fought until the end,” Dillon said. “To miss that playoff spot by Scott’s family a custom trophy 36. (39) Landon Cassill, Toyota, accident, Blaney, the winner in Michigan “We’ll finish hard this year and one spot, that’s a tough ending to a commemorating his historic 1963 146, 0. 37. (2) William Byron, Chevrolet, acci- last week, heads into next week’s build on next year.” day,” Buescher said. “I’m sure I’ll victory before the race. Scott is the dent, 146, 9. 38. (35) Quin Houff, Chevrolet, 136, 1. playoff opener at Darlington The only other competition at play it back and find something only Black driver to win a race at 39. (18) Michael McDowell, Ford, engine, Raceway with three victories this Daytona was for the regular-sea- else different.” NASCAR’s top level. 23, 1. 40. (13) Chris Buescher, Ford, disquali- season in his Team Penske Ford. son title, which went to Larson, a Bubba Wallace was a season- Scott passed Richard Petty with fied, 165, 1. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, August 30, 2021 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Prime: Sanders wants to take Jackson State, HBCUs to the ‘next level’

FROM PAGE 24 Just thankful.” “Definitely (can learn from Sa- His association with Aflac in- ban), just being on the set, seeing cludes a $75,000 donation to the how he handles the staff, see how Jackson State’s athletic depart- he handles himself, seeing the ment along with the company be- football side of it,” said Sanders, ing a support partner of Sanders’ who was brought on board at Jack- football camp. The supplemental son State, located in Mississippi, insurance provider has been a last September. long-time supporter of HBCUs, The first step in turning around including a $1 million commit- a Tigers team that competes in the ment to the Morehouse School of Southwestern Athletic Confer- Medicine and donations to HBCU- ence was introducing a new mind- focused college football events. set. So far, so good. They went 4-3 “Oftentimes, all these kids need in a spring campaign. is that push and exposure and This fall, a bigger test. His team that’s what we’re trying to bring opens with Florida A&M on Sept. 5 simultaneously,” Sanders said. “I in the Orange Blossom Classic. It know it’s going to happen.” will be shown on ESPN2, one of Sanders is plenty busy these NATI HARNIK/AP eight times Jackson State is sched- days getting ready for the season. As college athletes like Minnesota running back Mohamed Ibrahim (24) begin making money from the use uled to appear on an ESPN net- He’s out the door around 5:15 a.m. of their names, images and likenesses, there are concerns over how the new rules will affect team unity. work. each morning and to work by 5:40, “I have so much hope,” said where he works out on the ellipti- Sanders, a Hall of Famer and two- cal machine followed crunches time Super Bowl champion. “I’m (he does 2,400 crunches a week). Coaches worry cash may optimistic all the time and I look Then, it’s breakfast with the team for the good in everything and ev- — he sits at a different table each erybody.” day — meetings, practice, more The charismatic Sanders has meetings and a re-watch of prac- leaned on his ties to help orches- tice film. clash with team chemistry trate change. The football uni- After lunch, there are inter- forms for the Tigers were provid- views with the media, a team BY PAT EATON-ROBB tant intangles in sports: team some love because without them I Associated Press ed by Under Armour, while Sand- walkthrough, more meetings, din- chemistry. wouldn’t be able to profit off of my ers said Walmart assisted with a ner and finally home around 9 Balancing inequity created by “It’s not going to be all about the name and stuff like that, so I’m go- new turf field. p.m. athletes’ new college income could team or your university anymore,” ing to find a way.” “That was like Santa Claus com- “That’s my day,” Sanders said prove difficult said Stacy Warner, a sports man- That level is sharing is one thing, ing to town,” Sanders said of the with a laugh. “My niece and neph- Ohio State freshman Jack Saw- agement professor at East Caroli- but some schools have already set uniforms, which he proudly dis- ew came up to spend some time yer already has a new truck thanks na. “People are going to want the up group licensing deals that played in various blue, white and with me last week and I brought to an endorsement deal under new ball more. People are going to want should benefit every participating red combinations in a YouTube them with me every day. They rules that allow him to profit from to make those big plays to get their athlete in the program. Ohio State post. “The new field? Now we don’t said, ‘Uncle Deion, we leave when the use of his name, image or like- names in the paper and get on a Ryan Day wondered last month have to drive 15 minutes just to it’s dark and we come home when ness. highlight reel somewhere, because whether other revenue sharing ar- practice because the field was un- it’s dark.’ I said, ‘Welcome to my If any of the defensive end’s they see the dollar signs for doing rangements might be set up in the playable. All of those things are life.’ They’re like, ‘We didn’t even teammates are jealous of Sawyer’s that.” future. wonderful. It’s really appreciated. get to swim.’” relationship with actor Mark Wahl- Hall of Fame basketball coach Nebraska center Cam Jurgens berg’s auto dealership, they are so Geno Auriemma of UConn, whose said most players understand that far keeping it to themselves. team includes Paige Bueckers, the higher profile athletes are going to “I think it’s great that guys are biggest star in women’s college make the most money and he has able now to go out, get these deals basketball, warns that NIL will not no problem with that. But Jurgens and get these things that they be equitable. He said he’s happy noted that it’s not just the big wouldn’t have been without NIL,” that athletes like his sophomore names who can cash in; the Ne- said offensive lineman Luke Wy- guard, who already has trade- braska native has begun marketing pler, using the now-familiar abbre- marked the name “Paige Buckets,” products under the brand name viation for the new form of athlete can make money while in school. “Beef Jurgy.” Fellow linemen at compensation. “Even like Jack’s “But don’t be complaining when both Notre Dame and Wisconsin truck and all those kind of things, I your favorite team falls apart be- have deals with local barbeque res- think those are great. I think that cause five guys are transferring, taurants. only promotes that it’s Buckeye because they don’t like the fact that “Do you think people in the NFL Nation that these people around five other guys are getting a lot of are upset that Patrick Mahomes is Columbus will help you and try to money,” he said. getting paid so much money in en- give you things and try to make you Less than two months into the dorsements?” Jurgens asked. “I better.” NIL era, some players say they are think they’re happy that he’s on The money has been flowing aware of the potential for divisive- their team and he’s playing football since the NCAA lifted its ban on ness and are are actively working for them and they’re a winning NIL money July 1. Many deals are to combat it. team.” modest but some athletes have in- Minnesota quarterback Tanner That may hold true in Connecti- ked deals with substantial money; Morgan and running back Mo- cut as well. If Bueckers is the only Alabama quarterback Bryce hamed Ibrahim said they are do- Husky who ends up cashing in, her Young has a deal approaching sev- nating money from an autograph teammates say they are fine with en figures, according to his own session to their offensive line. that. coach. “Everybody loves the star play- “It doesn’t matter if I’m making There is some concern the sud- er, everybody loves the wide re- $2 and Paige is making a million,” MICKEY WELSH/TNS den wealth might widen the divide ceiver, quarterbacks and running said guard Evina Westbrook. “OK, Jackson State head coach Deion Sanders talks with the umpire during between the haves and have nots backs and stuff like that,” Ibrahim dinner is on you. That’s how I see a game against Alabama State, in Montgomery, Ala., on March 20. and disrupt one of the most impor- said. “I just want to show them it.” Monday, August 30, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 COLLEGE FOOTBALL/NFL Ravens lose Dobbins, blow out Washington Associated Press LANDOVER, Md. — J.K. Dob- bins going down with an injury overshadowed the Baltimore Rav- ens making a little preseason his- tory. Dobbins injured his left knee, Lamar Jackson made his 2021 pre- season debut and Tyler Huntley scored five touchdowns to help the Ravens rout Washington 37-3 Sat- urday to win their NFL-best 20th consecutive exhibition game. Dobbins’ uncertain status is the biggest lingering effect for Balti- CAROLYN KASTER/AP more with the regular season on Baltimore Ravens running back the horizon. J.K. Dobbins is taken off the field Coach John Harbaugh said after suffering an injury Saturday. Dobbins would undergo tests Sun- day but declined to express how Jackson played only one series concerned he was about the inju- after sitting out Baltimore’s first ry. The second-year back was two preseason games. The 2019 again expected to split carries MVP was 3-for-4 for 29 yards and CHARLES REX ARBOGAST/AP with Gus Edwards in a run-heavy was sacked twice on a drive that Illinois running back Mike Epstein, center, is tackled by Nebraska defensive linemen during the first half ofoffense, and Baltimore may now ended with a missed field goal. Saturday's season­opeing game in Champaign, Ill. The Illini won 30­22. need to get something out of Ty- “(It was good) to get my feet wet ’Son Williams. before the regular season and feel “Hopefully we don’t miss him,” the contact — real contact,” Jack- Jackson said. “That’s a tremen- son said. “Guys in practice are not Illinois fends off Nebraska dous back. We have Gus, we got hitting me or anything like that, so Ty, but hopefully he’s good.” it was great to get my feet wet.” in season-opening victory Fields makes 1st start, BY TERRY TOWERY he just projected a serious, very Frosty hot seat Bears hold off Titans Associated Press direct kind of personality. He Nebraska coach Scott Frost was Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Under a walks like a quarterback and he being crucified on social media by at Princeton, finished with three new coach, with fans packed into talks like a quarterback. When I furious Huskers NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Justin TDs and 104 yards receiving, the stands for the first time since see our players rallying around a fans before the Fields is right where the Chicago catching all five passes thrown to 2019 and its backup quarterback quarterback like that, well, you end of the first Bears hoped he would be at the end him. His first TD came from Fields at the helm, Illinois beat Nebraska know you’ve got something.” quarter. Frost is of the preseason. in his first start with the other two 30-22 on Saturday to kick off the Multi-faceted attack starting his All coach Matt Nagy will say is from Foles in the second half. 2021 college football season. fourth year with that they feel good with where the “Big picture, we love where he’s The Big Ten conference win The Illini rushing attack was led the program Bears are with their quarterbacks, at,” Nagy said of Fields. “He’s didn’t come without a price for the by Mike Epstein, who rushed for currently under a group that includes Andy Dalton done everything we’ve asked him Illini. 75 yards on 16 carries, including a NCAA investiga- set to start the opener and veteran to do.” Illinois starting quarterback 45-yard run in the first quarter. Frost tion. The univer- Nick Foles along with the 11th The rookie out of Ohio State fin- Brandon Peters left the game Huskers quarterback Adrian sity announced overall pick in Fields. ished 7-for-10 for 54 yards. holding his left (non-throwing) Martinez was impressive, racking Aug. 18 the NCAA is looking into Foles threw a 54-yard touch- Tennessee (2-1) had a couple of shoulder after being sacked hard up 232 passing yards on 16 com- the football program amid allega- down pass to Jesper Horsted with late chances to tie or win. The Ti- near the end of the first quarter. pletions. He had one passing tions Cornhuskers staff impro- 6:51 left, and the Bears held off the tans turned it over on downs with He was 3-of-4 passing for 35 touchdown and one rushing perly used analysts and consult- Tennessee Titans 27-24 to wrap 1:32 left, and the game ended with yards. He did not return and was touchdown. Martinez was Nebras- ants with Frost's knowledge and the preseason Saturday night. them stuck inside their 20 after a replaced by Artur Sitkowski, a ka’s leading rusher, with 111 yards even moved workouts off campus Horsted, a tight end who played run play. sophomore transfer from Rutg- on 17 carries and one touchdown. last year when such activities ers. Gabe Ervin Jr. carried the ball were banned during the pandem- Peters’ status wasn’t clear fol- 12 times for 19 yards and Markese ic. lowing Saturday’s game. Stepp had three carries for 10 Frost is now a dismal 12-21 dur- “No injury updates yet,” first- yards and a touchdown for the ing his tenure at Nebraska. year Illinois coach Bret Bielema Huskers. said. “But as you could see, it was Illinois scored on a defensive The takeaway Brandon’s non-throwing arm, so gem late in the first half when The early changes Bielema has there’s that.” Keith Randolph Jr. sacked Marti- brought to the Illinois program Sitkowski engineered several nez and knocked the ball loose paid off handsomely in a key early long scoring drives using a bal- near midfield. Calvin Hart Jr. conference win. Despite losing its anced attack under Bielema’s new scooped it up and scampered 41 starting quarterback, the offense system, which he worked to per- yards for an Illini touchdown with looked smooth all afternoon and fection during a successful tenure less than a minute in the half. the defense held when it needed at Wisconsin. Hart Jr. was injured late in the to. This was a win in more ways Sitkowski was 12-for-15 passing game and was helped off the field than just on the scoreboard for for 124 yards, two touchdowns and with what appeared to be a left leg Bielema and his coaching staff. no interceptions. injury. Martinez played exceptionally Illinois led 16-9 at the break and well, and provided nearly all of ‘Got something’ took a 23-9 lead midway through the Huskers’ bright spots on of- MARK ZALESKI/AP “I can’t say enough about Art,” the third quarter on a 2-yard fense. With Frost on the hot seat Chicago Bears tight end Jesper Horsted makes a one­handed catch as Bielema said of his backup quar- touchdown pass from Sitkowski to already, Saturday could prove a he scores a touchdown against the Tennessee Titans in the second terback. “You know, from day one tight end Luke Ford. costly loss. half of Saturday’s preseason game in Nashville, Tenn. 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COLLEGE FOOTBALL Second­year Jackson State coach Deion Sanders’ team opens with Florida A&M on Sept. 5 in the Orange Blos­ som Classic, one of eight games on Jackson State’s schedule that will be tele­ vised on an ESPN network. ROGELIO V. SOLIS/AP

Ready for Prime Time Jackson State head coach and NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders eager to raise profile of HBCUs

BY PAT GRAHAM “We’re going to fight and do our darndest to Sanders took full advantage of his time on the Associated Press start changing the landscape of HBCU football,” commercial set with Saban, the architect behind oach Prime, aka Deion Sanders, “We’re going to Sanders said in an interview with The Associat- six national championship teams with the Crim- sauntered into the office of Nick Sa- ed Press. “Then, consequently, we can go to the son Tide. Sanders even brought some of his staff ban with a marching band following fight and do our next step and the next level. The fight is not going with him. In between commercial takes, they his lead. darndest to start to be easy. Getting the players to commit to a his- talked X’s and O’s. “Coach Prime, what, no smoke torically Black college is not easy because you’ve “Nick Saban to a coach is like heaven,” said mCachine?” the Alabama coach quizzically asked. got to level the playing field. Sanders, who partnered with Aflac in an effort to changing the Yep, that happened — in a scene for an Aflac “You’re competing against a Power Five that help close support gaps for HBCUs. “That’s like commercial featuring the two high-profile col- landscape of has 100 times more resources than we do, and the a basketball player meeting (Michael) Jordan.” lege head coaches. exposure,” said Sanders, whose upcoming do- It’s not the first time he’s chatted with Saban. It’s the sort of splash Sanders hopes to make HBCU football,” cuseries “Coach Prime” was to debut Sunday on They also got acquainted when Saban was this fall in his second season at Jackson State. Barstool Sports. “So it’s not a level playing field recruiting one of Sanders’ sons, two of whom are With that, another objective: Raising the profile Deion Sanders whatsoever. But with the type of person that’s currently on the Tigers roster. of schools such as Jackson State and other histor- Jackson State head coach coming to these historical Black colleges, I think ically Black colleges and universities. we can.” SEE PRIME ON PAGE 22

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