Flying in the Face of COVID

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VIRUS OUTBREAK Flying in the face of COVID

Park visitors enjoy a ride in Kabul, Afghanistan, Eager Afghans set in July. Afghans have been permitted to frequent parks, swimming pools and gyms, virus fears to side shop in malls and celebrate marriages in wedding halls since mid-July. amid reopening RAHMAT GUL/AP BY RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan hen the local bowling alley reopened, Zohal Bayat was Weager to get back to the lanes. For four long months amid Afghanistan’s coronavirus, it and other recreational facilities had been closed. So that meant Bayat, a member of the country’s national women’s bowling team, had been unable to practice, On top of that, Bayat was at one point struck with COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. She spent more than 20 days in iso- lation, with fever, shortness of breath and coughing. Her father was infected as well, but now both are well. “I am so excited,” the 25-year- old Bayat said, as she practiced at the Friend’s Cafe, her favorite alley. Still, she only comes on week- days. Weekends are too crowded, as young people pack the place, which also features pool tables,

SEE FLYING ON PAGE 5 Trump tweets he will not allow Stars and Stripes to shut down

BY COREY DICKSTEIN ‘ Stars and Stripes The United States of America will NOT be cutting funding to @starsandstripes magazine under my watch. It will continue to be a wonderful source of information to our Great Military! WASHINGTON — President Donald ’ Trump vowed Friday not to allow the President Donald Trump Pentagon’s planned shutdown of Stars and Stripes, as senators this week implored Defense Secretary Mark Esper to continue be cutting funding to @starsandstripes Military!” by Sept. 15 for shuttering the news orga- funding the editorially independent news magazine under my watch,” Trump tweet- In a memo sent last month to Stars and nization by January and called for it to organization. ed Friday. “It will continue to be a won- Stripes leadership, Pentagon officials or- “The United States of America will NOT derful source of information to our Great dered the organization to submit a plan SEE TWEETS ON PAGE 5

MILITARY NATION MUSIC DOD restarts projects Biden chides Trump Killers frontman Flowers put on hold to fund over comments on broadens horizons while wall along border service, war dead on break from touring Page 4 Page 6 Page 12

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EXCHANGE RATES Market closes out worst week in months Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9122 Euro costs (Sept. 7) ...... $1.16 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.37 Dollar buys (Sept. 7) ...... €0.8228 Turkey (Lira) ...... 7.4496 Associated Press British pound (Sept. 7) ...... $1.30 (Military exchange rates are those late afternoon. The selling followed a Labor Japanese yen (Sept. 7) ...... 104.00 available to customers at military banking The two-day sell-off handed the Department report showing that South Korean won (Sept. 7) ...... 1,160.00 facilities in the country of issuance The stock market closed out Commercial rates for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the benchmark index its first weekly U.S. hiring slowed to 1.4 million its worst week in more than Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3767 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For loss after five weeks of gains. Ear- last month even as the nation’s British pound ...... $1.3290 nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., two months Friday as a second Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3046 purchasing British pounds in Germany), lier in the week, the S&P 500 was unemployment rate improved to China (Yuan) ...... 6.8425 check with your local military banking straight day of turbulent trading notching all-time highs and post- 8.4% from 10.2%. Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.2778 facility. Commercial rates are interbank ended with more losses. Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.8114 rates provided for reference when buying ing its biggest increases in nearly The VIX, a gauge of how much Euro ...... $1.1852/0.8438 currency. All figures are foreign currencies The S&P 500 fell 0.8% after two months. volatility investors expect in the Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7504 to one dollar, except for the British pound, clawing most of the way back There wasn’t a particular cata- market, has been rising. Yet, trad- Hungary (Forint) ...... 303.86 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.3729 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) from a 3.1% skid earlier in the lyst for continued selling in the ers were not shifting funds into Japan (Yen) ...... 106.21 day. Another slide in technol- high-flying tech sector, but ana- traditional safe-haven assets like Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3060 INTEREST RATES ogy stocks, which led the selling lysts noted that those stocks had U.S. government bonds and pre- Norway (Krone) ...... 8.8974 Philippines (Peso)...... 48.55 Prime rate ...... 3.25 a day earlier, pulled the market posted gigantic gains so far this cious metals, a sign that the sell- Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.76 Discount rate ...... 0.25 sharply lower for much of the Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7508 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.09 year that many thought were off was not necessarily a reaction Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3641 3-month bill ...... 0.12 day, though the selling eased by overdone. to jitters about the economy. South Korea (Won) ...... 1188.03 30-year bond ...... 1.47 WEATHER OUTLOOK SUNDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SUNDAY IN EUROPE MONDAY IN THE PACIFIC

Misawa 79/71 Kabul 88/61 Seoul 75/63 Baghdad 110/76 Kandahar 94/64 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 75/68 80/74 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 63/49 60/52 78/75 Iwakuni 82/79 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 95/90 Brussels 62/54 Guam 101/83 62/52 Ramstein 77/74 84/81 Lajes, 68/46 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 104/75 100/86 71/68 62/57 76/61 Aviano/ Vicenza 73/62

Naples 82/67 Okinawa Morón 83/70 98/63 Sigonella Rota 88/68 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 98/83 84/66 79/74 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 11 Comics/Crossword ...... 15 Gadgets & Technology ..16 Music ...... 12-13 Opinion ...... 17 Sports ...... 18-24 Travel ...... 14 Sunday, September 6, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MILITARY Microsoft reaffirmed as JEDI deal winner

Associated Press time to review how it evaluated project will store and process Amazon has asserted that we continue to ask ourselves is certain technical aspects of the vast amounts of classified data, the bidding was improperly in- whether the president of the Unit- WASHINGTON — The Pen- bids after the judge who is presid- allowing the U.S. military to im- fluenced by President Donald ed States should be allowed to use tagon on Friday reaffirmed ing over Amazon’s bid protest in prove communications with sol- Trump’s dislike of Amazon and the budget of the Department of Microsoft as winner of a cloud the U.S. Court of Federal Claims diers on the battlefield and use its chief executive officer, Jeff Defense to pursue his own per- computing contract potentially issued a preliminary injunction artificial intelligence to speed Bezos. Bezos owns The Washing- sonal and political ends?” worth $10 billion, although the on Feb. 13. The judge said that up its war planning and fighting ton Post, a news outlet often criti- In April, a government watch- start of work is delayed by a legal Amazon’s challenge likely had capabilities. cized by Trump. dog concluded that the contract- battle over rival Amazon’s claim merit in some respects. In a statement Friday, Ama- In its statement Friday, Ama- ing process was in line with legal that the bidding process was The contract was awarded to zon said the Pentagon’s further zon said its concerns about politi- and government purchasing flawed. Microsoft last October, prompt- review was not based on the rela- cal corruption have only grown. standards. The Defense Depart- “The department has complet- ing Amazon to cry foul. tive strengths of the two compa- “We strongly disagree with ment inspector general found ed its comprehensive re-evalua- Amazon Web Services, a mar- nies’ bids. the DoD’s flawed evaluation and no evidence of White House in- tion of the JEDI cloud proposals ket leader in providing cloud “That is exactly where we find believe it’s critical for our coun- terference in the contract award and determined that Microsoft’s computing services, had long ourselves today, with the DoD’s try that the government and its process. But the report said in- proposal continues to represent been considered a leading candi- re-evaluation nothing more than elected leaders administer pro- vestigators could not fully review the best value to the government,” date to run the Pentagon’s Joint an attempt to validate a flawed, curements objectively and in a that aspect of the matter because the Pentagon said. Enterprise Defense Infrastruc- biased, and politically corrupted manner that is free from political the White House would not allow The Pentagon had requested ture project, known as JEDI. The decision,” Amazon said. influence,” it said. “The question unfettered access to witnesses. Three senators call for Fort Hood review committee to testify

BY ROSE L. THAYER The senators also mentioned the Stars and Stripes death of Sgt. Elder Fernandes as reason for the public hearing. Fernandes AUSTIN, Texas — Three senators went missing from Fort Hood on Aug. wrote to the Senate Armed Services 17 after being released from the base Committee on Thursday to ask for a hospital. He was found dead about a public hearing focused on Fort Hood week later. Preliminary results from to better understand the reasons bean autopsy showed he died from hang- hind the disappearances and deaths ing himself. of several soldiers this year stationed Both soldiers might have expe- at the base. rienced sexual harassment while Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and the stationed at Fort Hood, based on in- two Democratic senators from Mas- formation provided by their families sachusetts, Elizabeth Warren and Ed and the units to which they were as- Markey, wrote to ask the independent signed. Guillen was from Texas and review committee created by Army Fernandes from Massachusetts. Secretary Ryan McCarthy to investi- Of the three senators calling for a gate the command climate and culture hearing, only Warren is a member of at Fort Hood testify on their findings the Senate Armed Services Commit- before the Senate committee. tee. She is also on the committee’s “We believe that a public hearing subpanel on personnel. that allows the committee to question “As parents and United States sena- the panel and Army leadership is an tors, we are heartbroken by the deaths appropriate and necessary step con- of Sgt. Fernandes, Spc. Guillen, and sistent with our oversight responsi- the other U.S. soldiers stationed at bilities,” the senators wrote. Fort Hood, and we are determined The independent committee, made to seek justice and answers for their up of five civilians, arrived at Fort families and to ensure the Army is Hood this week and is expected to implementing necessary reforms at spend about two weeks at the base to determine whether the command cli- Fort Hood, and that Congress is hold- mate and culture at the central Texas ing the Army accountable,” the sena- base and the surrounding community tors wrote. “Secretary McCarthy’s “reflects the Army’s values, including decision to establish an independent safety, respect, inclusiveness, and a review panel of highly qualified ex- commitment to diversity, and work- perts reflects the Army’s recognition places and communities free from that the status quo at Fort Hood is sexual harassment,” according to a unacceptable.” news release about the committee. The committee’s final report is due The committee also will review Oct. 30. Speaking at Fort Hood this historical data and statistics, poli- week, Gen. Michael Garrett, com- cies, regulations and procedures and mander of Army Forces Command, interview a “wide range of Fort Hood pledged to be as transparent as pos- personnel.” An evaluation of leaders’ sible regarding the report and the training, education, abilities and effec- choices about which of its recommen- tiveness is also part of their review. dations are implemented. Announced in July, the commit- Garrett also spoke directly to the deaths of Guillen and Fernandes dur- /U.S. Army tee’s formation followed calls from SYDNEY MARIETTE members of Congress, the veteran ing Wednesday’s visit to Fort Hood. community and Hispanic advocacy “Our Army will never forget their organizations following the disap- sacrifice, their service, or their Splish splash at the wash rack pearance and death of Spc. Vanessa deaths,” he said. “Through our pain, Guillen, who was killed in April by a we are taking actions to honor their Members of the 34th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade operate pressure washers at fellow soldier at Fort Hood. memory and reestablish trust that Kuwait Naval Base on Wednesday while cleaning dirt and debris from military vehicles before It is one of at least four other inves- was lost with them.” they are inspected by custom agents and shipped back to the United States. The wash rack tigations ongoing within the Army re- [email protected] routine signals that going home from deployment is right around the corner. lated to Guillen’s death. Twitter: @Rose_Lori PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, September 6, 2020 MILITARY DOD restarts projects defunded for border wall

BY PAUL SONNE In a fundraising message to The Washington Post supporters at the time, Gardner’s opponent, former governor John WASHINGTON — President Hickenlooper, said he was out- Donald Trump’s decision to use raged that the money was being Pentagon money to pay for his diverted. border wall created problems on “Those taxpayer funds were the campaign trail for Republi- appropriated to our military here can senators seeking reelection in in Colorado. The fact that Cory states that lost military construc- Gardner is standing by and letting tion projects to the president’s those resources go to President effort. Trump’s border wall is shame- But the Defense Department’s ful,” Hickenlooper wrote. move in recent months to restart The Defense Department re- many of those domestic projects stored funding for the Colorado has provided political cover to space control facility in April. several Republican incumbents Jerrod Dobkin, a spokesman facing tough reelections. for the Gardner campaign, ac- Defense Secretary Mark Esper cused Hickenlooper and his fel- announced in April that funding low Democrats of wanting to would be restored to 22 of the 34 reduce funding for the military. construction projects at domestic “The money for the project military bases that were defund- they reference was restored a ed last year. In a memo, Esper in- few months later and the project dicated that the Pentagon would should be breaking ground be- obtain the $545.5 million needed fore the end of the year,” Dobkin to revive the projects by divert- said in a statement. ing funds from projects overseas Hickenlooper said in a state- — many designed to shore up de- ment that Gardner was too weak fenses against Russia. to stand up to Trump. Some of the revived projects GEORGE F. J OZENS/U.S. Army “He chose Trump over our mil- are in states with two Democrats itary community, over the U.S. representing them in the Senate. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors place concrete in the foundation for the border barrier near constitution, and over Colorado,” But others are hot-button projects El Paso, Texas, on Aug. 19. To pay the wall, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency and Hickenlooper said. “That says in states such as North Carolina, took Pentagon funds without Congressional approval by pointing to a law that allows the DOD to pay for something about where Senator Colorado and Arizona, where Re- fencing in drug-smuggling corridors. Gardner’s priorities lie.” publican senators in competitive The Pentagon’s restoration of races had been taking heat over ham of South Carolina and Mitch billion in defunded construction Johnson Air Force Base, but funding has also helped other Re- their defunding. McConnell of Kentucky, the ma- projects remains frozen, includ- funding for the 2nd Radio Bat- publican senators. In a statement, the Defense De- jority leader, all of whom voted ing a slew in Europe that Presi- talion project at Camp Lejeune In Kentucky, McConnell’s partment said that it undertook a to uphold the declaration despite dent Barack Obama authorized to wasn’t replenished. home state, a middle school at “thorough, logical, and non-polit- having military construction build up NATO defenses against Andrew Romeo, a spokesman Fort Campbell that had been de- ical process to determine which projects slated to lose funding in Russia and the restoration of a for the Tillis campaign, blamed funded is now going forward. deferred military construction their states. National Guard base destroyed the Democrats for refusing to In Arizona, the Defense De- projects were executable in cal- The issue gained attention par- by Hurricane Maria in Puerto backfill the money that Trump partment restored funding for a endar year 2020,” and that those ticularly in North Carolina, where Rico. took from the North Carolina projects were funded. Tillis was accused of flip-flop- In North Carolina, the Pentagon projects. new vehicle maintenance facility “This process obviously did not ping after vowing to vote against initially defunded $80.3 million “Senator Tillis will do what- at Fort Huachuca, which is re- consider, nor was influenced by, the emergency declaration in a worth of approved construction ever it takes to protect the safety placing a building the Army has the political affiliation of Mem- Washington Post op-ed but then projects at military installations of North Carolinians by securing said was jeopardizing the safety bers of Congress in whose district voting twice to uphold it, and in to pay for the wall, though one our border and cracking down of personnel. McSally, a retired or state these projects reside,” the Colorado, where the Denver Post of the projects, a $32.9 million on illegal immigration, while Air Force fighter pilot, had been Defense Department said. rescinded its Cal Cunning- faulted by her Democratic oppo- During the 2016 campaign, endorsement ham has shown nent, astronaut Mark Kelly, for Trump regularly said Mexico of Gardner, ‘ This process obviously did not consider, nor was through his de- the defunding of the $30 million would pay for the wall, but after calling his sire to ‘enable project, and welcomed the resto- failing to obtain sufficient funds vote to uphold influenced by, the political affiliation of Members sanctuary cit- ration of the funds. from Congress, he resorted to the declara- of Congress in whose district or state these ies’ that he will In Alaska, the Pentagon re- taking money from the Pentagon tion a “failure projects reside. not,” Romeo stored funding for a $19 million budget without congressional ap- of leadership.” ’ said. combat arms range at Eielson Air proval. To do so, Trump declared Since then, Department of Defense statement Aaron Force Base. Two defunded proj- a national emergency and also the Pentagon Simpson, a ects worth $75 million to repair relied on an obscure counternar- has restored spokesman for boilers at the base were canceled cotics law that allows the Defense funding for Cunningham, in favor of a lower-cost solution. Department to pay for fencing in two of the three live projects at replacement of an elementary a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. The Pentagon didn’t restore funds drug-smuggling corridors. military bases in North Carolina school at Fort Bragg, had already Army Reserve, said the Demo- for an $8 million missile field The U.S. Court of Appeals for and for the only one affected in been slated for cancellation. cratic candidate was commit- project at Fort Greely, the site of the 9th Circuit ruled in June that Colorado, helping the senators An online video ad released ted to securing the border and U.S. missile defense systems. it was illegal for Trump to take at fend off attacks as they head into last fall by Tillis’s opponent, for- accused the Tillis campaign of Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, least some of the money from the difficult swing-state elections this mer North Carolina state senator pointing fingers to cover for the faced criticism over the defunded Pentagon, because the Constitu- November. Cal Cunningham, shows Trump senator’s votes. projects from his challenger, or- tion gives Congress the power of The Defense Department didn’t promising that Mexico would pay “It’s clear that, unlike Cal, thopedic surgeon Al Gross, who the purse. Still, border barrier restore funding for all the proj- for the wall and then cuts to the Senator Tillis doesn’t understand said in an online video in July construction using the funds has ects in states with critical Senate president’s decision to take $80 the role our military bases play in that Sullivan was “nowhere to continued, with 275 miles fin- races. Funding wasn’t restored million from North Carolina mili- keeping us safe at home,” Simp- be seen” on issues that matter to ished as of August. for one of the big projects in North tary construction projects to pay son said in a statement. “If he did, Alaska. Sullivan also voted to up- Last year, Trump’s moves Carolina, a $25.7 million complex for it instead. he wouldn’t have voted multiple hold the emergency declaration. began reverberating on the cam- for the Marine Corps 2nd Radio The ad ends with a clip from times to knowingly allow $80 mil- Mike Anderson, a spokesman paign trail. Battalion at Camp Lejeune. M S N B C ’s “ Mor n i n g Jo e” i n wh ich lion to be raided from North Caro- for Sullivan, said in a statement When the Senate voted for the The only project affected in Joe Scarborough asks Tillis why lina military bases and families.” that there was no stronger advo- second time on the emergency South Carolina, a new $10.75 mil- he didn’t stand up to Trump. In Colorado, the Democratic cate for the state’s military impor- declaration last September, the lion fire station at Marine Corps “He just stole $80 million from Senatorial Campaign Commit- tance than the senator, pointing Democratic Senatorial Campaign Air Station Beaufort, and two your state,” Scarborough says. tee placed an ad last fall striking to the housing of F-35 fighter jets Committee launched a digital ad projects worth $38.5 million in “How weak are you?” out at Gardner for voting twice in at Eielson and the expansion of campaign targeting Republican Texas also didn’t see their funds The Pentagon restored funding favor of Trump’s national emer- missile defense systems at Fort Sens. Cory Gardner of Colorado, replaced, leaving Graham and for two of the projects in North gency, as the president was tak- Greely. Anderson said the senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Cornyn more vulnerable to cam- Carolina, an ambulatory care ing $8 million from a planned “has secured and authorized over Martha McSally of Arizona, John paign trail attacks on the issue. center addition at Camp Lejeune space control facility at Peterson $1.6 billion in military spending Cornyn of Texas, Lindsey Gra- Most of the approximately $3.6 and a storage facility at Seymour Air Force Base. in Alaska.” Sunday, September 6, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 WAR/MILITARY Flying: Kabul copes with virus

FROM FRONT PAGE music and the cafe itself. “I will continue to exercise,” said Bayat, who also plays basketball. “But I am afraid of the second wave of the virus.” Desperate for relief from end- less war combined with the pandemic, Afghans are rushing back to public recreation as the government eases the lockdown it imposed to fight the coronavirus. Since mid-July, Afghans can once again frequent parks, swimming pools and gyms, shop in malls and celebrate marriages in wedding halls. Universities and private schools have reopened, and at government schools, the 11th and 12th grades have restarted.

Few wear masks or take other PHOTOS BY RAHMAT GUL/AP precaution — and authorities are left trying to remind the public A health worker checks the temperature of visitors at the entrance The restaurant at Kabul City Park is in the body of an old airliner. of the danger of a second wave of to Kabul City Park in the capital of Afghanistan. the pandemic. At the amusement park, with with thousands of people into a So far, the official figures have new graveyards have been made the capital’s City Park, where the its Ferris wheel and bumper cars, hall, presenting a significant risk not shown new cases spiking to take in the increased dead, he amusement park has reopened as workers clean the machines three of transmission of the virus. since the easing of the lockdown, said. well. The park restaurant is built to five times a day, its director Mohammad Nader Qarghayi, with a steady average of around There is no doubt the virus is out of an old passenger jet, and Habibullah Esmati said. Atten- director of the Kabul Wedding 50 to 70 a day the past month. Ac- still circulating. Haidari esti- children rush excitedly to sit in dance is down from before the Halls Association, insisted that cording to Health Ministry fig- mated that 53% of the capital’s the plane seats inside. pandemic, both because of coro- halls will reclose voluntarily if ures, Afghanistan has recorded population of more than 4 million Obaidullah Rasouly came on navirus worries and the security there are signs of a new spike in over 38,200 cases of the virus so people have been infected. a recent weekend with his two situation, he said. cases. far, including 1,409 deaths. Afghanistan’s fractured health kids, his first outing to the park He sees the reopening as a way “This is our country; we live But the real numbers are likely care system makes the virus even in months. He was happy to be to ease people’s stress from the here, and we service the people. far higher, and the depth of the more difficult to control. More there — but also worried. He outbreak. “If we can provide a The lives of our people are so tragedy is far greater than people than 2,700 medical workers, in- wore a mask while few others in place for entertainment, that is a much more important than our understand, said Mohammad cluding 40 at the Afghan-Japan the crowded park did. help to people,” he said. business,” he said. Yaqoub Haidari, the provincial hospital, one of two hospitals in “Unfortunately, our country did But what many Afghans have Still, at the other Cafes and governor for the capital Kabul Kabul that handle virus patients, not implement the lockdown ef- looked forward the most to re- blowing centers, university stu- and head of the committee to have contracted the virus, ac- fectively, and now that it has been opening are wedding halls. Mar- dents who had come to bowl had fight COVID-19. cording to the Health Ministry. lifted, people are failing to take riages were virtually put on hold mixed feelings. Several said they He told The Associated Press The ministry said 72 health care the appropriate precautions,” the during the lockdown because were happy to have the chance to that in Kabul alone, close to 8,000 workers have died across the 30-year-old said as his children wedding parties — whether at relax once more. people have died due to the virus. country. played on the slides. halls or at home — were banned. But if a second wave strikes, At the peak, his teams were deal- Still, after months of lock- It’s good to finally give people That pent-up demand means said 20-year-old Ahmad Sohail, ing with 200 to 700 deaths per down, Kabul’s residents have freedom of movement, he said. reopened wedding halls are now “reopening of recreational places, day, especially during the months been relieved to finally get out. “but they should use protective fully booked every night. That given the circumstances, could of May and June, and dozens of Thousands have been going to kits, or at least wear masks.” means gatherings that can pack be very dangerous.” Tweets: Stripes gains support from both parties in both houses of Congress

FROM FRONT PAGE closure. ganization, he wrote, has adapted The Senate-passed version tagon, to remove any uncertainty discontinue publishing “in all It also came as he fended off to the modern digital age and pro- of the NDAA did not authorize about what will happen when the forms” by Sept. 30, the end of fis- accusations first reported Thurs- vides “timely and accurate news funding for the news organiza- fiscal year ends on Sept. 30.” cal year 2020. That order rankled day by The Atlantic that he called for more than 1.3 million readers tion. The Senate Appropriations A Pentagon spokesman Friday some senators, who in recent American service members a day” in print and online. Committee has yet to consider its evening declined to comment, weeks implored Esper not to close killed in World War I “losers” “As a veteran who has served version of the annual appropria- referring questions to the White Stars and Stripes until Congress, and “suckers” during a 2018 trip overseas, I know the value that tions bill and it has not scheduled House. which ultimately sets the gov- to France, during which he can- the Stars and Stripes brings to its hearings to draft that legislation. Stars and Stripes first ap- celed a trip to a cemetery there readers,” wrote Graham, a for- Nine members of that commit- ernment’s budget, had finished peared during the Civil War, and for Marines. mer Air Force Reserve lawyer tee — the four Republicans and weighing the issue. it has been published continuous- Trump adamantly denied the who retired as a colonel. five Democrats — were among Esper proposed in his February ly since World War II. charge of disparaging military The Tuesday letter was signed the senators who signed the let- budget submission for fiscal year Though Stars and Stripes re- troops, telling reporters late by 15 senators — 11 Democrats ter to Esper. They wrote there 2021 to end the Defense Depart- tains its editorial independence Thursday that “there is nobody and four Republicans. remained “a real possibility” and is congressionally mandated ment’s funding of about $15.5 mil- that respects them more” than he Capitol Hill staffers said Fri- Congress would continue to fund lion to Stars and Stripes. He told to be governed by First Amend- does. The AP and Fox News were day that the Pentagon had not yet Stars and Stripes in 2021. ment principles, it is part of the reporters at the time that the sav- among news organizations to re- Ernie Gates, Stars and Stripes responded to either letter. Pentagon’s Defense Media Ac- ings would fund “higher-priority port they had confirmed some of House lawmakers already have ombudsman, said he was pleased tivity. It was that agency’s acting issues,” like purchasing modern the accusations raised in The At- approved two bills that would to see Trump pledge Friday to director, Col. Paul Haverstick, weapons. That funding accounts lantic story. provide funding for Stars and fund the news organization. But who sent the memo last month to for about half of Stars and Stripes’ Republican and Democratic Stripes in fiscal year 2021. The he said he also wants to hear from budget and is primarily used to senators on Tuesday wrote a let- bills now must be reconciled with Pentagon officials. He called on Stars and Stripes leadership that print and distribute the newspa- ter to Esper urging him to reverse the Senate. Congress to continue funding instructed the news organization per to troops scattered across the his decision not to fund Stars and House-passed versions of the Stripes when the two chambers to shut down. globe, including in warzones such Stripes next year and delay any fiscal year 2021 National De- craft their final fiscal year 2021 “Shutting it down would be as Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. orders to shutter the organization fense Authorization Act and the Pentagon bills. fatal interference and perma- Trump’s statement Friday until after Congress had fully Department of Defense Appro- “I’ve been saying that Secre- nent censorship of a unique First came as major news organiza- considered his proposal. priations Act with each including tary Esper should rescind the Amendment organization that tions — including USA Today, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a $15.5 million in funding for Stars shutdown order and commit to has served U.S. troops reliably The Associated Press, The New Trump ally and Air Force veter- and Stripes. The NDAA sets an- funding Stars and Stripes, so I’m for generations,” Gates said. “I’m York Times, The Washington an, sent a separate letter to Esper nual Pentagon policy and autho- glad to see the president making glad to have the president’s com- Post and The Wall Street Jour- on Aug 26, telling him there was rizes spending priorities while that commitment first,” Gates mitment that it won’t happen.” nal — published stories on Stars “strong support for Stars and the appropriations bill funds the said. “I hope to see details beyond [email protected] and Stripes’ apparent impending Stripes within Congress.” The or- department. the [Trump] tweet from the Pen- twitter: @CDicksteinDC PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, September 6, 2020 NATION Biden slams Trump over alleged comments

Associated Press Later, in a press briefing, Trump sug- ter. His allies quickly seized on the report- gested the source of the story was his for- ed comments in hopes they could drive WASHINGTON — Democratic presi- mer chief of staff, retired Marine Gen. a wedge between military families and dential nominee Joe Biden has declared John Kelly. “It could have been a guy like veterans and Trump. They also believe President Donald Trump “unfit” for the John Kelly,” Trump told reporters, saying the issue could help win over disaffected presidency, delivering an impassioned re- his former top aide “was unable to handle Republican voters who are fed up with action to a report that Trump — who never the pressure of this job.” Trump’s constant controversies. served in uniform — allegedly mocked Biden’s critique was personal. The for- In particular, Biden’s team believes his American war dead. mer vice president often speaks about his well-documented experience, both person- The president and his allies have dis- pride for his late son Beau’s service in the ally and politically, with military issues missed the report in The Atlantic as false. Delaware Army National Guard. As he could help him make inroads with a popu- The allegations, sourced anonymously, spoke, Biden grew angry, raising his voice lation that broadly supported Trump in the describe multiple offensive comments by CAROLYN KASTER/AP to rebut Trump’s alleged comments that 2016 election and could help sway the elec- the president toward fallen and captured Marines who died in battle were “suckers” tion this year in a number of close swing U.S. service members, including calling Democratic presidential candidate former for getting killed. states. Biden himself has not served in the World War I dead at an American military Vice President Joe Biden smiles as he “When my son was an assistant U.S. at- military. cemetery in France “losers” and “suckers” puts on his face mask after speaking to torney and he volunteered to go to Kosovo Military families were broadly support- in 2018. media in Wilmington, Del.,on Friday. when the war was going on, as a civilian, ive of Trump in the 2016 election, and a The reported comments, many of which he wasn’t a sucker,” Biden declared. Pew Research Center survey of veterans that he’s denigrated. ... Who the heck does were confirmed independently by The As- “When my son volunteered to join the conducted in June 2019 found overall that sociated Press, are shining a fresh light on he think he is?” United States military as the attorney gen- veterans were more supportive of Trump Trump’s previous public disparagement Trump, in the Oval Office, said no apol- eral, he went to Iraq for a year, won the than the general public, and that roughly of American troops and military families. ogy was necessary, because it was a “fake Bronze Star and other commendations, he 60% of the veterans polled identified as That opens a new political vulnerability for story.” wasn’t a sucker!” Republicans. the president less than two months from Trump was alleged to have made the Beau Biden died of cancer in 2015. On a call with reporters hosted by the Election Day. comments in November 2018, as he was set Returning to Washington from a Thurs- Biden campaign Friday, Illinois Sen. Voice cracking, Biden told reporters on to visit the Aisne-Marne American Cem- day visit to Pennsylvania, Trump told Tammy Duckworth lambasted Trump for Friday that “you know in your gut” Trump’s etery during a trip to France. The White reporters that the Atlantic report was “belittling the sacrifices of those who have comments, if true, are “deplorable.” House said the visit was scrubbed because “a disgraceful situation” by a “terrible shown more bravery than he’s capable of.” “I’ve just never been as disappointed, foggy weather made the helicopter trip magazine.” Duckworth, a retired Army National in my whole career, with a leader that from Paris too risky and a 90-minute drive “I would be willing to swear on anything Guard lieutenant colonel who lost both of I’ve worked with, president or otherwise,” was deemed infeasible. that I never said that about our fallen he- her legs in the Iraq War, has been a promi- Biden added. “If the article is true — and Speaking Friday in the Oval Office, roes,” Trump told the reporters, gathered nent critic of Trump’s handling of military it appears to be, based on other things Trump denied ever uttering such com- on the tarmac in the dark. “There is no- issues. Knocking Trump for allegedly in- he’s said — it is absolutely damning. It is ments: “It was a terrible thing that somebody that respects them more. No animal venting an injury to avoid serving in the a disgrace.” body could say the kind of things — and — nobody — what animal would say such Vietnam War, Duckworth said she’d “take He added that “the president should especially to me ’cause I’ve done more for a thing?” my wheelchair and my titanium legs over humbly apologize to every Gold Star moth- the military than almost anyone anybody Biden has framed the election from the Donald Trump’s supposed bone spurs any er and father, to every Blue Star family else.” start as a referendum on Trump’s charac- day.” Trump building ‘permission structure’ to win back voters

Associated Press erated this spring after the pan- nied the allegations and GOP al- demic arrived. Many suburban lies rushed to share stories of the NEW YORK — Showcasing voters and some seniors were Black Americans at the Republi- president’s caring attitude toward unhappy with Trump’s perceived can National Convention to allay the military. lack of empathy for those affected white voters’ fears that President House GOP leader Kevin Mc- by COVID-19 and those marching Donald Trump is a racist. Sharing Carthy recounted how the presi- touching stories about the pres- for racial justice after the death dent earlier this year cut short ident’s concern for the military. of George Floyd and other Black a rally in New Hampshire so Painting Democrat Joe Biden as Americans. he could meet families receiv- Much of the four-day Repub- an unacceptable alternative who ing fallen servicemen at Dover, lican convention was meant to threatens the American way of Delaware. repair the damage and soften life. “I watched the president walk It’s all part of the Trump cam- Trump’s rough edges. There were testimonials from female staffers out there, stand in the rain, ac- paign’s effort to construct a “per- cepting the bodies coming down mission structure” — a clunky vouching for Trump’s caring side, as well as from minority staffers, with the family,” McCarthy told catchphrase for creating an emo- The Associated Press in an inter- tional and psychological gateway elected officials and friends. view Friday. to help disenchanted voters feel The campaign would like to comfortable voting for the presi- improve Trump’s standing with Creating a permission struc- dent again despite their reserva- Black men, despite his reflex- ture for a voter to come home to tions about him personally. EVAN VUCCI/AP ive support for law enforcement Trump can be, at times, just as involved in the killing of Black much about making the other Both the GOP convention and President Donald Trump takes questions during a news conference men, as well as his at times racist the president’s recent “law and at the White House, on Friday, in Washington. candidate appear unacceptable order” mantra have been aimed rhetoric and the disproportionate as getting past reservations about loss of life to COVID-19 in com- squarely at former Trump sup- sexist or doesn’t care about av- able to do what’s going to be best the president. munities of color. porters who’ve grown unhappy erage people. But their message for the country,” Obama said Sabato said the campaign is with his inflammatory rhetoric But the campaign’s message on “trying to make Trump an ac- now is ‘Don’t look at what he said, then. “But it’s going to take some race was largely aimed at a dif- and handling of the coronavirus look at what he does.’” time.” ceptable alternative again as they pandemic. The goal is to human- ferent audience. The phrase “permission struc- Within months of Trump tak- drive up fears of Biden.” ize Trump and demonize Biden “It was beamed at the suburbs, Trump has made a ferocious ture” got a political cameo in ing office, aides noticed he was particularly college-educated so that these voters, particularly push to tear down Biden by as- 2013 when President Barack beginning to lose support among suburban women: They don’t women and suburbanites, feel serting he is in thrall to left-wing that they can vote for Trump Obama advanced his theory that women, particularly those in the want to vote for somebody viewed radical forces that the Republican again anyway. many congressional Republicans suburbs, who were turned off by as a racist,” said Larry Sabato, nominee has blamed for violence “Their new theme is that it’s agreed with his proposals but some of his callous behavior and director of the University of Vir- OK to support Trump even if you withheld their support because bellicose tweets. The suburbs, ginia’s Center for Politics. in cities like Portland, Ore , and don’t care for him,” said Alex of political considerations and the and female voters, largely broke A similar repair effort was Kenosha, Wis . Conant, a Republican strategist fear they would face challenges for Democrats during the 2018 launched this week after reports The Biden campaign has who advised Florida Sen. Marco in GOP primaries. midterm elections in which the emerged that Trump had repeat- notched some high-profile na- Rubio’s presidential bid four “We’re going to try to do ev- GOP suffered massive losses in edly disparaged American ser- tional security endorsements and years ago. “People don’t like him erything we can to create a per- House races. vice members who were killed believes it is currently winning because they think he is racist, mission structure for them to be The loss of support only accel- or captured. The president de- 9% of Trump’s 2016 voters. Sunday, September 6, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 NATION Racial tensions might be used in election meddling

BY MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press ‘ Race was a big piece of what they did in WASHINGTON — The ten- 2016, and given heightened racial tensions sions coursing through the United States over racism and policing this year, there’s no reason they wouldn’t are likely targets for adversaries be doing the same thing again. seeking to influence the Novem- ’ Sen. Angus King ber election, lawmakers and ex- I-Maine perts warn — and there are signs that Russia is again seeking to ex- ploit the divide. Earlier this year, Facebook, In- could again take hold. They fear provides important clues. stagram and Twitter pulled down the Trump administration’s deci- In 2016 the IRA had an “over- dozens of accounts with names sion to limit what it tells Congress whelming operational emphasis like “Blacks Facts Untold” that — and by extension the American on race” that was apparent in the had been followed or liked by people — about election threats online ads it purchased — more hundreds of thousands of people. will allow the propaganda to than two-thirds contained a term The accounts were fake, created spread. related to race. The company by an organization in Africa with “Race was a big piece of what targeted that content to “African- BRYNN ANDERSON/AP links to Russia’s Internet Re- they did in 2016, and given height- search Agency. ened racial tensions this year, Americans in key metropolitan Anna Hamilton, 43, poses with her sons, Henry, 6, left, and Adrian, areas with well-established black 7, in their home Aug. 24, in Decatur, Ga. Similarly, this week Facebook there’s no reason they wouldn’t be announced it had removed a net- doing the same thing again,” says communities and flashpoints in work of accounts linked to the Maine Sen. Angus King, an In- the Black Lives Matter move- IRA that had pushed out stories dependent who sits on the Senate ment,” according to a Senate Child care crisis pushes about race and other issues. The intelligence committee. He says Intelligence Committee report. network had tricked unwitting the information that is now being One of its top performing pages, American writers to post content limited “belongs to the American “Blactivist,” generated 11.2 mil- moms out of labor force to the pages. people.” lion engagements with Facebook It’s a troubling but familiar U.S. intelligence officials pub- users. Associated Press out of the industry have stalled in pattern from Russia, as the IRA licly stated that Russia is using a Congress. Bret Schafer, an expert on NEW YORK — Angela Wynn overwhelmingly focused on race variety of measures to denigrate In August, the federal jobs re- foreign disinformation with the had just launched her own project and the Black Lives Matter Move- Trump’s opponent, Democratic ports showed that women in their bipartisan group Alliance for management business, hitting a ment when targeting the U.S. in presidential candidate Joe Biden, prime-earning years — 25 to 54 2016. The goal, part of the Rus- ahead of the election. Trump re- Securing Democracy, said stok- career stride after years of strug- — were dropping out of the work gle that began with earning an sian playbook for decades, was sponded to that assessment by ing racial animosity is a Kremlin force more than other age groups. to sow chaos by posting content saying that “nobody has been strategy that goes back decades. undergraduate degree as a single About 77% of women in that age on both sides of the racial di- tougher on Russia than I have.” His group tracked a major uptick mother. group were working or looking Then the coronavirus pandemic vide. Indeed, “no single group of Election interference has al- in social media activity on racial for work in February, compared Americans was targeted by IRA ways been a sensitive subject for hit, forcing many schools to shift to 74.9% in August. The decline issues from Russian state-spon- information operatives more than Trump. The president has often online. The now-married mother is most pronounced among Black sored media and political figures African-Americans,” concluded dismissed the idea that Russia of five saw little choice but to give women of that age range, whose this summer, especially after the a report from the Senate intelli- interfered at all in 2016, and has up her newly minted business to participation rate is down 5 per- killing of George Floyd at the help three of her children cope gence committee. replaced many long-serving in- centage points since February, hands of Minneapolis police. with remote learning while her compared to 4 percentage points With the election just two telligence officials with his own husband, the primary breadwin- months away, some lawmakers appointees. “We have seen a constant mes- for Hispanic women and 2 per- saging theme being race and rac- ner, kept his job at a senior living centage points for white women. are worried that the Russian ef- The intelligence statement did ism in the U.S.,” Schafer said. center. Overall, the drop translates forts, now evolved and more so- not offer specifics about what tac- “To see all that come to frui- into 1.3 million women exiting phisticated than four years ago, tics Russia is using, but the past “They’re very good at it.” tion, I did it, but now it’s gone,” the labor force since February. said Wynn, who has always been “We think this reflects the the main caretaker for her chil- growing child care crisis,” BNP dren, ages 1, 5, 11, 12 and 18. “But Paribas economists Daniel Ahn my priority is my kids and their and Steven Weinberg wrote in Trump targets anti-racism training education is everything.” recent report. “It is hard to see Wynn’s story is becoming dis- this abating soon, and if anything tressingly common. Research is could become worse as we move talk as ‘anti-American propaganda’ increasingly pointing to a retreat into fall.” of working mothers from the Few families can afford for BY ZEKE MILLER ocratic nominee Joe Biden and others that there is U.S. labor force as the pandemic mothers not to work indefinitely: Associated Press “systemic racism” in policing and American culture leaves parents with few child care Mothers are now are the equal, that must be addressed. options and the added burden of primary, or sole earners in 40% WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has Vought’s memo cites “press reports” as contrib- navigating distance learning. of U.S. families, up from 11% in directed the Office of Management and Budget to uting to Trump’s decision, apparently referring to The trend threatens the finan- 1960, according to federal labor crack down on federal agencies’ anti-racism train- segments on Fox News and other outlets that have cial stability of families in the figures. Women also comprise ing sessions, calling them “divisive, anti-American stoked conservative outrage about the federal near-term. In the long-term, the propaganda.” nearly half the U.S. labor force, training. crisis could stall — if not reverse OMB director Russell Vought, in a letter Friday to making their inability to work a Vought’s memo says additional federal guidance — decades of hard-fought gains significant drag on the economy executive branch agencies, directed them to identi- on training sessions is forthcoming, maintaining by working women who are still and hindering any recovery from fy spending related to any training on “critical race that “The President, and his Administration, are far from achieving labor force the pandemic’s impact. theory,” “white privilege” or any other material that parity with men. Concerned about attrition and teaches or suggests that the United States or any fully committed to the fair and equal treatment of Thousands of school districts loss of productivity, some compa- race or ethnicity is “inherently racist or evil.” all individuals in the United States.” are starting the school year with nies are now rolling out generous The memo comes as the nation has faced a reck- “The President has a proven track record of stand- remote instruction, including benefits to help working parents oning this summer over racial injustice in policing for those whose voice has long been ignored and most of the largest ones. At least cope with school and day care ing and other spheres of American life. Trump has who have failed to benefit from all our country has half the country’s child care pro- closures because of the pandem- spent much of the summer defending the display of to offer, and he intends to continue to support all viders are closed and may not sur- ic. Microsoft is offering an extra the Confederate battle flag and monuments of Civil Americans, regardless of race, religion, or creed,” vive the crisis without financial 12 weeks of paid family leave for War rebels from protesters seeking their removal, he added. “The divisive, false, and demeaning pro- help to cope with implementing employees struggling with child in what he has called a “culture war” ahead of the paganda of the critical race theory movement is con- safety standards and reduced en- care issues. Google added 14 Nov. 3 election. trary to all we stand for as Americans and should rollment. Negotiations for a bail- more weeks. Meanwhile, he has rejected comments from Dem- have no place in the Federal government.” PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, September 6, 2020 NATION US Forest Service police dog Father says his survives second stabbing attack

Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A paralyzed son highly decorated U.S. Forest Ser- vice police dog suffered nine stab wounds during a marijuana raid in Northern California. But he survived after he was airlifted to a veterinary clinic, the agency is still optimistic said Friday. What’s more, it’s the second time the dog, an 11-year-old Bel- Associated Press gian Malinois named Ice, recovered after being seriously injured MADISON, Wis. — Jacob on the job. Blake’s father said Friday that Ice was wounded Aug. 27 in the his “happy-go-lucky” son is op- Klamath National Forest south of timistic for his future, although the Oregon border when he was he remains paralyzed from the released to catch a suspect who waist down after being shot seven had fled down a steep hill to es- times in the back by a Kenosha, cape the raid that unearthed more Wis., police officer. than 5,500 marijuana plants. He A clearly exhausted Jacob kept hold of the suspect even after Blake Sr., speaking by video chat KENOSHA COUNTY COURT/AP he was stabbed, while his handler, from a Milwaukee hotel, told The Jacob Blake answers questions Patrol Capt. Christopher Magal- Associated Press that the past during a hearing Friday in lon, made the arrest. two weeks have been “surreal” Magallon then gave his dog Kenosha, Wis. Blake, who and “like a dream” and he’s men- appeared remotely, waived his first aid while calling in a heli- tally worn out. He said he’s been copter, which flew Ice more than right to a preliminary hearing receiving death threats, which -- and then pleaded not guilty 70 miles to the Veterinary Spe- he said he couldn’t talk about in cialty Center in Medford, Ore. to three charges that were filed detail. against him back in July. The dog, which had been wearing “It’s been hard on everybody,” a protective vest, was released said Blake Sr., who drove from later that afternoon, and federal eled to Kenosha on Tuesday. He North Carolina to be with his hos- thanked law enforcement for prosecutors are still considering pitalized son. charges. their efforts in quelling violence Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old and met with people whose busi- “Thankfully, despite the attack, USDA FOREST SERVICE/AP Black man, was shot Aug. 23, no major areas were struck, and nesses were destroyed in fires, Ice, an 11-year-old Belgian Malinois, is seen the day after he setting off days of protests that but he did not meet with Blake’s Ice will quickly recover and re- made Wisconsin the epicenter of turn to service until his expect- suffered nine stab wounds during a marijuana raid in Northern family. California last month. the nation’s ongoing debate over Blake Sr. said Trump made ed retirement at the end of this police violence and racial injus- month,” Cody Wheeler, the Forest clear he has no interest in his fam- said. He received the 2016 Law then as a “Top Dog” award win- tice. Over three days, dozens of ily. He said meeting with Biden Services’ North Zone patrol com- fires were set and some Kenosha mander, said in a statement. Enforcement and Investigations ner in the international category and his wife was like speaking Director’s Award for Valor and by American Humane Hero Dogs, businesses destroyed. On Aug. with an uncle and aunt. Ice had multiple stab wounds 25, prosecutors say a 17-year-old Heroism after surviving the ear- appearing in a nationally tele- “He came in that room with that were more severe during a from Illinois shot and killed two similar raid in 2016, the agency lier assault. He was also honored vised award ceremony in 2017. sympathy, empathy, a caring na- demonstrators. His attorneys say ture,” Blake Sr. said. “It was not the teenager, who was patrolling an interview, it was not a political the streets with a rifle, was acting thing.” in self-defense. The Blake family told Biden Blake was released from inten- that they want all police to be George Washington professor’s sive care this week and “is doing required to have body cameras, a little bit better,” his father said. something the Kenosha officers Still, “from the waist down, no did not have. Blake Sr. said the racial hoax claim stokes anger movement,” Blake Sr. said. “He family also told the former vice can’t move.” president they want police trained Associated Press quently thought of confessing the deception, “but Blake Sr. told the AP he talks in de-escalation techniques. And my cowardice was always more powerful than my with his son about what he’ll be WASHINGTON — George Washington Univer- they want the officer who shot ethics.” able to do once he’s released from Blake to be fired. sity is investigating the case of a history professor Krug’s biography on the GW website lists impe- the hospital, rather than his limi- All three officers present when who allegedly admitted to fraudulently pretending rialism and colonialism and African-American his- tations if he remains paralyzed. Blake was shot are on administra- to be a Black woman for her entire career, and said tory among her areas of expertise. “We’ll go fishing together in tive leave during the investigation Friday that she will not be teaching her classes this Her writings center heavily on issues of African the chair,” he said. “I’ve got the by the Wisconsin Department of semester. culture and diaspora. perfect spot for us. Things of that Justice. In a blog post that has gained international atten- The post caused an immediate furor on social nature, things that have noth- The state agency said police tion, a writer claiming to be Jessica Krug, a GW as- media, with Black academics, writers and activists ing to do with the sickness or were sent to the scene after a sociate professor of history, writes that she is in fact recalling their interactions with Krug. anything.” woman reported her boyfriend a white Jewish woman from suburban Kansas City. Hari Ziyad, editor of the online publication Race- Five days after the shooting, was present and wasn’t supposed The writer claims she has lived most of her adult life Batr, which had published Krug’s writings, wrote on Blake Sr. followed through on to be on the premises. “under various assumed identities within a Black- Twitter that Krug had confirmed the details of the his plans to attend the March on Blake’s attorney Ben Crump ness that I had no right to claim: first North African blog post to him in a phone call Thursday morning. Washington commemoration in has said that Blake was trying to Blackness, then US rooted Blackness, then Carib- He described Krug as “someone I called a friend up the nation’s capital. His father break up a domestic dispute. bean rooted Bronx Blackness.” until this morning when she gave me a call admit- had marched with Martin Luther The Justice Department has Krug did not respond to a request on her blog page ting to everything written here.” King Jr., and Jacob Blake Sr. said said a knife was recovered from for comment. Ziyad wrote that Krug claimed to be Afro-Carib- he considered it his “duty” to still an SUV he was leaning into when In a statement released Friday night, Univer- bean from the Bronx. He said he had defended Krug attend the march even though his he was shot, but has not said sity Provost Brian Blake and Dean Paul Wahlbeck in the past against suspicious colleagues. In retro- son was hospitalized. whether he was holding it when wrote: “Dr. Krug will not be teaching her classes spect, he recalls clues to the deception including her Earlier this week, Blake Sr. said officers tried to arrest him. this semester. We are working on developing a num- “clearly inexpert salsa dancing” and “awful New another one of his sons had a ner- The man who made widely ber of options for students in those classes, which York accent.” vous breakdown and was admit- seen cellphone video of the shoot- will be communicated to affected students as soon In their letter Friday night, addressed to the “GW ted to the hospital. Two days after ing, 22-year-old Raysean White, as possible.” Community,” Blake and Wahlbeck said: “We want to that, members of the Blake family said he saw Blake scuffling with The blog post attributed to Klug expresses deep acknowledge the pain this situation has caused for met with Democratic presidential three officers and heard them remorse, calling the deception “the very epitome of many in our community and recognize that many candidate Joe Biden in Kenosha. yell, “Drop the knife! Drop the violence, of thievery and appropriation.” students, faculty, staff and alumni are hurting. ... Jacob Blake spoke to Biden by knife!” before gunfire erupted. The writer blames “unaddressed mental health Please know that we are taking this situation seri- phone from the hospital. He said he didn’t see a knife in demons” dating back to childhood and says she fre- ously and are here to support our community.” President Donald Trump trav- Blake’s hands. Sunday, September 6, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Judge orders US to stop practice of detaining migrant children in hotels

Associated Press The largest number of new cases, 215, came from Washing- HOUSTON — A federal judge ton County where the main Uni- ordered the Trump administra- versity of Arkansas campus is tion on Friday to stop detaining situated. A vast majority of those immigrant children in hotels were people aged 18 to 24. The before expelling them from the United States, saying the much- Fayetteville campus has reported criticized practice skirted nearly 400 active cases. “fundamental humanitarian protections.” Illinois U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee CHICAGO — The number of ruled that the use of hotels as diagnosed COVID-19 cases in Il- long-term detention spaces vio- linois shot up by nearly 5,400 but lates a two-decade-old settlement the state’s health department said governing the treatment of im- on Friday that the largest one-day migrant children in custody. She total since the pandemic began is ordered border agencies to stop /AP not a signal of a dramatic spike in BEN GARVER, THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE placing children in hotels by Sept. cases but the result of backlog of 15 and to remove children from Friends from Great Barrington, Mass., show support Friday as Jessie Hankey, a Marine Vietnam combat tests that officials discovered ear- hotels as soon as possible. veteran, returns from Hillcrest Rehabilitation Center after surviving 183 days with the COVID-19 virus. lier this week. Immigration agencies since The Illinois Department of March have expelled 148,000 the fall semester for violating ing those orders. partnership with the Lifeline pro- Public Health, in announcing the people crossing the U.S.-Mexico campus social distancing guide- There are nearly 11,000 chil- gram,” Young said, adding that 5,368 newly diagnosed cases, also border under an emergency dec- lines after they were discovered dren in what Texas calls “perma- Lifeline is a federal program that said that the number of tests had laration citing the pandemic. in the same hotel room. nent managing conservatorship.” lowers the monthly cost of phone The Trump administration says jumped by 149,273, a total that’s The students were given 24 The rate of children testing posi- and internet service. people crossing the border with- nearly three times greater than hours to leave the Boston cam- tive for COVID-19 in the seven The grants are intended to ad- out authorization threaten public the previous one-day record set pus and were ordered to undergo days before Aug. 28 was higher dress concerns about educational health and must quickly be forced on Aug. 22. COVID-19 tests, the university than the 12% among all Texans, equity as the state’s schools have out of the country. Advocates for Derek Lindblom, who heads said in a statement. It said any according to court-appointed shifted to remote learning to limit immigrants argue the admin- the state’s testing team, explained who test positive would be moved monitors. the spread of COVID-19. istration is using the pandemic that the state’s data processing into isolated wellness housing “I am concerned about that,” as a pretext to sidestep federal system started working “slower rather than sent home, to contain Jack said. West Virginia anti-trafficking laws and asylum than normal” on Tuesday and by the spread of the coronavirus. Jamie Masters, commissioner protections. the time the backlog was cleared Northeastern said the 11 people, of the Texas Department of Fam- CHARLESTON — A second To prevent them from being Thursday afternoon, two days whose names were not released, ily and State Health Services, told county in West Virginia is on allowed to stay in the U.S., the worth-of tests had accumulated. were part of an international ex- the judge that she was could not track to have schools go virtual- Trump administration has taken The health department also an- perience for first-year students. It explain the higher positivity rate. instruction only and cancel ex- at least 577 unaccompanied nounced Friday that another 29 said they were among more than “I can’t say why, except for kids tracurricular activities after an children to hotels since March, more coronavirus deaths, bring- 800 students housed in two-per- in closer proximity to each other? increase in coronavirus cases re- where they are detained and then ing the death toll for the state to son rooms at the Westin Hotel not I don’t know,” Masters said. ported on Friday, a day before the typically placed on deportation 8,143. far from the main campus. On Friday, Texas reported state will announce which public flights. Most of the children have “Northeastern and its com- more than 4,200 confirmed schools are allowed to reopen been placed in Hampton Inn & Louisiana munity of students, faculty and new coronavirus cases and 140 next week. Suites hotels — two in Texas, one staff take violations of health and more deaths. More than 13,000 Monongalia County is the sec- in Arizona. NEW ORLEANS — Amid posi- safety protocols very seriously,” people in Texas have died from ond county to turn red on the That’s instead of sending them tive trends in Louisiana’s COVID- said Madeleine Estabrook, the COVID-19. state’s color-coded map that to shelters operated by the De- 19 statistics, state athletic and university’s senior vice chancel- gauges whether schools are ready partment of Health and Human education officials are cautiously lor for student affairs. Utah for in-class teaching, sports and Services, where minors receive planning for high school football The university said students in other activities. It comes two days legal services, education, and the games to begin in October — and the program had been formally SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah after Gov. Jim Justice ordered the chance to be placed with relatives Gov. John Bel Edwards is ex- notified multiple times over the State Board of Education has county’s bars to close indefinitely living in the U.S. Those facilities pressing hope he will be able to past week that they needed to added $1 million to extend a com- after news of West Virginia Uni- are licensed by the states where ease some restrictions on busi- practice physical distancing, petitive grant program intended versity students packing bars in they are located. More than nesses next week. avoid crowds and wear masks to connect more households to Morgantown. 13,000 beds in HHS facilities are State officials, leaders of the when around others. the internet as more students Justice said that the map was currently empty. Louisiana High School Athletic Staff members discovered the are learning remotely during the to be next updated on Saturday Association and lawmakers dis- 11 jammed into the hotel room coronavirus pandemic. night to determine which coun- Arkansas cussed plans for resuming foot- Wednesday night, officials said. The board voted Thursday to ties can welcome back students ball Friday morning in Baton They said the students would not add funding from its state coro- for in-person classes on Tuesday. LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Rouge at a meeting of the House be reimbursed for tuition and fees navirus relief funds to extend the “We’re about ready to go back on Friday reported its greatest Education Committee. for the fall semester. grant program, bringing broad- to school. Unfortunately we’re one-day increase in new corona- Later, in New Orleans, Ed- band access or hotspots to fami- going to have some that we just virus cases as the University of wards made no commitments to Texas lies with K-12 students, KSL-TV can’t turn loose right yet, which is Arkansas moved to restrict cam- ease restrictions that have lim- reported. in the best interest of the school,” pus activities and large parties ited public gatherings and restau- AUSTIN — A federal judge Board Director of Strategic Justice said on Friday. off-campus as it struggles with a rant seating while shutting down in Texas said Friday that she Initiatives Sarah Young said the Six counties were marked as growing outbreak. bars since July. is “concerned” about the high funding would supplement $5 orange, meaning in-person class- The Department of Health But, noting that current restric- rate of coronavirus infections in million previously allocated to es are allowed but no sports. Over reported 1,094 new confirmed tions expire next Friday, he said the state’s troubled foster care the agency by the Utah Education a dozen were color-coded yellow, cases of the virus that causes he hopes he will be able to an- system. and Telehealth Network, increas- which allows for counties to fully COVID-19, bringing the state’s nounce that the state will be able Court-ordered monitors say the ing available funds to $6 million reopen schools if education lead- total since the pandemic began to move to less restrictive “Phase positive test rate was at 20% in for the 2020-2021 school year. ers take measures such as requir- to 64,175. The number of people 3” regulations. late August, The Dallas Morning Competitive grants would re- ing masks for some grades and who have died from COVID-19 “Obviously, I hope that we can. News reported. imburse school districts or char- limiting crowded activities. Most rose by 12 to 873. I hope the data supports that,” U.S. District Judge Janis Jack ter schools for costs associated of the state’s 55 counties were in The number of people hospital- Edwards said. ruled in 2015 that the state foster with bringing internet access “to the green, where disease trans- ized decreased by 24 to 401. care system was unconstitution- the household level,” Young said. mission is minimal. The true number of cases in Massachusetts ally broken and ordered sweep- “That’s going to look different Monroe County is the other Arkansas is likely higher because ing reforms, which have also been depending on the community. county to be labeled red, where many people have not been tested, BOSTON — Northeastern partially upheld on appeal. Jack Some of them are looking at mar- there are more than 25 confirmed and studies suggest people can be University said Friday it has dis- threatened Friday to hold state rying with their local provider to coronavirus cases per 100,000 infected and not feel sick. missed 11 freshman students for agencies in contempt for disobey- provide internet to the home in residents. PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, September 6, 2020 WORLD Serbia, Kosovo commit to closer economic ties

BY DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press ‘ The circle of peace and recognition of WASHINGTON — President Israeli is widening and is expected to add Donald Trump announced Fri- additional countries. day that Serbia and Kosovo have ’ normalized economic ties as part Benjamin Netanyahu of U.S.-brokered talks that in- Israeli Prime Minister clude Belgrade moving its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem, and Israel and Kosovo agreeing to mutual embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusa- A total of four countries now recognition. lem is a nod to both Israel and the recognize contested Jerusalem as After two days of meetings with United States. The Trump admin- Israel’s capital, including the U.S. Trump administration officials, istration recognized Jerusalem and Guatemala. The Palestinians Serbian President Aleksandar as Israel’s capital in late 2017 and claim east Jerusalem, occupied Vucic and Kosovo’s Prime Min- moved the U.S. embassy there in by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war, ister Avdullah Hoti agreed to co- May 2018. as their would-be capital. operate on a range of economic The administration has en- The gestures to Israel are part fronts to attract investment and couraged other countries to do of the Trump administration’s create jobs. The announcement provided Trump with a diplomatic the same but has been widely push to support the Jewish state, win ahead of the November presi- criticized by the Palestinians and which has included forceful de- dential election and furthers his many in Europe because the Is- nunciations of criticism of Is- administration’s push to improve raeli-Palestinian conflict remains rael at the United Nations and in Israel’s international standing. unresolved. Kosovo, a predomi- other international venues. Most “I’m pleased to announce a nantly Muslim country, has never recently, the administration bro- truly historic commitment,” before recognized Israel nor has kered a deal for Israel and the Trump said in the Oval Office, Israel recognized Kosovo. United Arab Emirates to normal- standing alongside the two lead- In a rare statement issued after ize relations. That was followed ers, who signed an economic the start of the Jewish sabbath, by the first commercial flight be- Israel Prime Minister Benjamin tween Israel and the UAE, with cooperation agreement. “Serbia /AP and Kosovo have each committed Netanyahu thanked the president neighboring Saudi Arabia and YUI MOK, PA to economic normalization.” of Serbia for moving the embassy Bahrain to allow such flights to “After a violent and tragic histo- to Jerusalem. He confirmed that pass through their airspace. Ad- ry and years of failed negotiations, Israel and Kosovo will establish ditional Arab states, including High-level protest my administration proposed a diplomatic relations and said Sudan, Bahrain and Oman, have new way of bridging the divide. By Kosovo also will open its embassy been identified as countries that Two protesters attached to bamboo and two sitting on the roof focusing on job creation and eco- in Jerusalem. may soon also normalize rela- of a van block the road, outside Broxbourne newsprinters, in nomic growth, the two countries “Kosovo will be the first ma- tions with Israel. Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, on Saturday. Police arrested were able to reach a major break- jority-Muslim country to open Vucic stressed that the eco- more than 70 environmental activists who blockaded two British through,” the president said. an embassy in Jerusalem,” Ne- nomic agreement does not include printing plants, disrupting the distribution of several national Trump said Serbia has com- tanyahu said. “As I’ve said in re- “mutual recognition” between newspapers. The group Extinction Rebellion said it was disrupting mitted to open a commercial of- cent days, the circle of peace and Serbia and Kosovo. But he hailed the newspapers “to expose the failure of these corporations to fice in Jerusalem this month and recognition of Israeli is widening the talks as a big victory for Ser- accurately report on the climate and ecological emergency, and their move its embassy there in July. and is expected to add additional bia and a step toward closer ties consistent manipulation of the truth to suit their own personal and Serbia’s decision to move its countries.” with the U.S. political agendas.” Indian, Chinese officials meet amid border tensions

Associated Press jnath Singh said that “the current the status quo were in violation of lines of a gathering of the defense Wei told Singh the sides should situation should be handled re- existing bilateral agreements, ac- chiefs of the Shanghai Coopera- “cool down” the situation and NEW DELHI — The defense sponsibly and neither side should cording to the statement. tion Organization. The body com- “maintain peace and tranquility,” ministers from India and China take any further action that could It was the first high-level direct prises China, India, Pakistan, the Chinese Ministry of Defense have met in the Russian capital either complicate the situation contact between the two sides Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, said on its website. However, it as the two sides try to lower ten- or escalate matters in the border since the standoff erupted months Tajikistan and Uzbekistan said responsibility for the tensions sions along their disputed border areas,” the Indian defense minis- ago in the Karakorum mountains. “Peace and security in the re- “lies completely with India.” in the eastern Ladakh region, try said in a statement. The foreign ministers and other gion demands a climate of trust, Both sides have pledged to where a June clash killed 20 In- Singh also said that amass- officials of the two countries have non-aggression, peaceful resolu- safeguard their territory but also dian soldiers. ing of large number of Chinese been speaking over the phone tion of differences and respect for try to end the standoff, which has At the meeting Friday with Chi- troops, their aggressive behavior since the standoff started in May. international rules,” Singh said at dramatically changed the India- na’s Gen. Wei Fenghe, India’s Ra- and attempts to unilaterally alter The ministers met on the side- the meeting. China relationship. Supporters: ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero denied access to lawyer

Associated Press government’s claim that it had talked to his sons Rwanda’s 1994 genocide in which some 800,000 about a potential visit as “not true.” Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed. JOHANNESBURG — Supporters of the man “Paul’s wife has called the jail and has not been Rwandan authorities have not responded to portrayed in “Hotel Rwanda” say Rwandan au- allowed to talk to him,” it added. questions about how and where Rusesabagina was thorities have denied a lawyer access to Paul The family has said they believe he was “kid- apprehended, and have not publicly shared any in- Rusesabagina nearly a week after the outspoken napped” during a visit to Dubai and that he would ternational arrest warrant. They have referred to government critic was paraded in handcuffs and never knowingly have boarded a plane for Rwan- “international cooperation” but given no details. accused of terrorism. da’s capital, Kigali. He has lived outside the East “There is a deliberate effort to sanitize and pres- In a statement early Saturday, the Hotel Rwanda African nation since 1996. ent Rusesabagina as a victim,” the state-run Rwan- Rusesabagina Foundation said Rusesabagina, a Rusesabagina was awarded the U.S. Presidential dan newspaper The New Times said in an editorial U.S. permanent resident and Belgian citizen, has Medal of Freedom in 2005 for saving the lives of Saturday that rejected allegations he was arrested Rusesabagina had no consular visits, and it rejected the Rwandan more than 1,200 people as a hotel manager during because of his criticism of the government. Sunday, September 6, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP State hits triple-digit temps 61 days in row

LAS VEGAS — Sep- NV tember has brought temporary relief from record high temperatures in Las Vegas, ending a 61-day triple-digit streak which ran from July 1 to Aug. 31, experts said. The streak was the second- longest in Las Vegas history, me- teorologist Trevor Boucher said, adding that a 66-day record was set in 1944. The streak ended after the Na- tional Weather Service reported the hottest August on record for Las Vegas, with a record-breaking average temperature of 95.6 degrees, the Las Vegas Review- Journal reported. Boucher said the heat is expected to return: “The record for Labor Day is a high of 108 degrees and a low of 83 degrees . This year, we’re expecting to pass the record on both ends.” J ob applicant at pizzeria steals tip jar with $220

NORTH CATASAU- PA QUA — After a man ran off with the tip jar at an eastern Pennsylvania pizza shop, inves- tigators didn’t have to do a lot of legwork to track him down, police said. A worker at Pizza D’Oro in North Catasauqua told authorities that Nicholas M. Mark, 22, ROBERT COHEN, ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH/AP came to the shop to apply for a job, but at one point snatched the tip jar off the counter and ran outside. The worker said he set off in Not too big for his britches pursuit, but the suspect produced a knife, so he backed off, authori- Rick Erwin, left, general manager of the City Museum in St. Louis, joins Bill Christman in unpacking the world’s largest underwear . Erwin ties said . traded Christman a tiny ferris wheel to get the popular attraction back inside the museum. The famous underwear, which measures 7 feet The suspect ran into the woods wide, hung in Beatnik Bob’s lounge for years before being claimed by Christman. near the parking lot with the jar, which authorities said contained Man shot, wounded after THE CENSUS Officials have been search- $220. ing for the cubs since the mother In the restaurant, his backpack football game brawl bear known as Mink was found was found containing multiple The approximate weight in pounds of marijuana dead. She had gained fame when items bearing his name as well as SUGAR HILL — A that was discovered in a cargo van during a traf- New Hampshire Gov. Chris Su- items associated with drugs, and GA man was shot and fic stop near Lexington in south-central Nebraska, nunu spared her life in 2017 and since he had applied for a job, the wounded during a shootout after 1,745 sheriff’s deputies said. A Dawson County sheriff’s when she traveled thousands of staff also had his name and phone a semi-professional football game deputy stopped a cargo van on suspicions of hav- miles in a looping route through numbers, authorities said. ended in a brawl in Georgia, au- ing a defect, the Lincoln Journal Star reported. A drug-sniffing dog indicated drugs Vermont and New Hampshire to thorities said. inside the van, which were hidden in cardboard boxes marked as coffee, officials return to her home territory after Graceland among sites The game, which was held at a said. In addition to the marijuana, the deputy also found 60 pounds of THC. being relocated near the Cana- defaced with graffiti park in Sugar Hill, was canceled dian border. following the fight, the Gwinnett Andrew Timmins, bear proj- County Police Department said The federal investigation was called by three women in the car, ect leader for New Hampshire’s MEMPHIS — Messag- in a news release. A shootout then TN es of Black Lives Mat- conducted with the cooperation who said they were being chased Fish and Game Department, said erupted in the parking lot and of Boston Police Commissioner by another vehicle and that some- the male cub was captured near ter and “Defund the Police” were bathroom areas of the park, po- spray painted on several tourist William Gross. The active offi- one was shooting at them. Route 10 in West Lebanon. lice said. cers have been suspended with- Troy Police Chief Randall Barr, The Kilham Bear Center in attractions in Tennessee , authori- The wounded man was shot in ties said. out pay, he said. who is not related to Henry Barr, Lyme will care for the 8-month- the leg and hospitalized with non- The scheme dated to May 2016, said both vehicles drove around old cub over the winter and re- The graffiti phrases were found life threatening injuries. outside Graceland, the Levitt authorities said. the police station and stopped in lease it in the spring. Shell Amphitheater in Overton the parking lot. The chief said Park and the “I Heart Memphis” 9 city officers charged Man shoots girlfriend in Henry Barr then got out and 4 seriously burned in mural in midtown Memphis, news with overtime fraud hand at police station fired a handgun at a woman in fire pit explosion outlets reported. the backseat whom he had been Besides “Defund the Police,” BOSTON — Nine cur- dating. TROY — An Alabama BRIDGEHAMPTON expletive-laced messages about rent and former Bos- The chief said an officer pulled MA man was so intent on — Four people suffered President Donald Trump and ton police officers who worked in AL into the parking lot just afterward, NY hurting a woman he had been serious burns when a fire pit ex- Memphis Mayor Jim Strick- the department’s evidence ware- and confronted Barr. The woman dating that he chased her car into ploded in the wealthy Hamptons land and demands to arrest the house were charged with collect- was taken to a hospital with a non- a police station parking lot, where area of New York’s Long Island, Louisville police officers who ing a total of more than $200,000 life-threatening injury. killed Breonna Taylor were also in overtime pay they were not en- he shot the woman in the hand be- police said. scrawled on the walls. titled to, federal prosecutors said. fore he was arrested, authorities Orphaned bear cub to The explosion happened at a Graceland spokesperson David The officers, six of them retired said. house in Bridgehampton, the Beckwith said the estate had no and three active, are each charged Police in the southeast Ala- winter in rehab center Southampton Town Police De- comment on the graffiti but Bill with conspiracy to commit theft bama city of Troy told news out- partment said in a news release. Stanley, Elvis’ stepbrother, told concerning programs receiving lets they arrested Henry Barr, LEBANON — One of A witness told the the East WMC-TV he was appalled by the federal funds and embezzlement 51, and charged him with three NH three black bear cubs Hampton Star that the explosion messages. from an agency receiving federal counts of attempted murder and orphaned by the recent death of occurred during an engagement Graceland visitors have been funds, according to a statement three counts of shooting into an their famous mother was cap- party. Police and fire marshals writing on the wall outside the es- from the U.S. attorney’s office in occupied vehicle. tured and will be taken to a reha- are investigating the cause. tate since Presley’s death in 1977. Boston. Troy police say they were bilitation center for the winter. From wire reports PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, September 6, 2020 MUSIC

Brandon Flowers and The Killers broaden their horizons

BY MIKAEL WOOD Los Angeles Times ecades later, Brandon Flowers can see that it was unusual: At an age when many of his adolescent friends were doing anything they could to rebel against their parents, the future Killers frontman was spending an increasing amount of time playing golf with his father. “Some of my most precious memories with him are on the course,” Dhe recalled recently, sounding a little wistful over the phone from his home in Park City, Utah. Flowers, 39, has been thinking about his dad as he’s started to play golf with his own sons — he and his wife, Tana, have three, ages 13, 11 and 9 — while the typically hard-touring Killers take an unexpected break from the road thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. “I’m making up for lost time with them,” he said. “I feel The Killers’ remaining full-time members, from guilty because I haven’t hated quarantine.” left: Brandon Flowers and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 Robert Ascroft Sunday, September 6, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 MUSIC REVIEWS

FROM PAGE 12 ing. None sparked their imagination until the duo In a way, though, Flowers has never not had of Jonathan Rado, of the SoCal psych-rock band his elders in mind. Since forming in Las Vegas Foxygen, and Shawn Everett, who’s worked with in 2001, the Killers — whose sixth studio album, the War on Drugs and Kacey Musgraves (and “Imploding the Mirage,” was released Aug. 21 who came recommended by Flowers’ pal Ariel — have openly emulated pioneering big-tent Rechtshaid). rock acts like U2 and Bruce Springsteen with “They were just super-spontaneous and up for music that combines roaring guitars (remember anything,” Vannucci said, which seemed “slightly those?) with driving tempos and sky-high melo- dangerous” after years of recording with many of dies. And they’ve collaborated with veterans the same folks. including Mark Knopfl er and Lou Reed. Everett said that because the Killers’ identity Now, in an era dominated by hip-hop, they’re is anchored in a feeling more than in a specifi c one of the few current bands still capable of sound — he likened it to “the surge of freedom fi lling arenas and stadiums: Had their tour not you get at the end of a long journey” — they been put off to 2021, the Killers would have hit could tinker liberally with textures and arrange- Bettye LaVette stadiums behind “Imploding the Mirage,” which ments, as in the funky “Fire In Bone.” features a guest spot by no less a dad-rock leg- The musicians tracked much of the album Blackbirds (Verve) end than Lindsey Buckingham. at a pair of storied LA studios, Vox and Sound The Killers City; Flowers took particular pleasure in cutting The wise intuition and emo- “My kids love them, and my wife loves them,” tional commitment of Bettye La- said the former Fleetwood Mac singer-guitar- Imploding the Mirage “Blowback,” which he called “maybe the most (Island Records) Heartbreakers of all our songs,” in the latter Vette’s interpretative skills fi nd ist, who contributes a searing, “Big Love”-style an ideal setting on “Blackbirds,” solo to the LP’s thrumming lead single, “Cau- room, a regular spot for Petty over the course of When you are The Killers his long career. Buckingham got involved after a collection of songs mostly as- tion.” “They’ve created something that’s fresh, and your usual guitarist has Flowers and Vannucci decided that, minus Keun- sociated with Black women, from that speaks to the young — or the young-ish,” he gone, no problem. You can ing, “Caution” needed some “magical guitar Nina Simone to Billie Holiday. added. “But there’s such a strong center to what turn to Lindsey Buckingham. juice,” as Vannucci put it. Supported by a quartet they’re doing. Their material is so well crafted The former Fleetwood Mac “I was kind of joking when I suggested him including producer-drummer that it cuts across a lot of generational lines.” guitarist steps in for a tune on — like, ‘Oh, you know who’d be great on this?’ ” Steve Jordan, keyboardist Leon The group’s most satisfying record since the new 10-song “Imploding the drummer recalled. To their surprise, Buck- Pendarvis, guitarist Smokey 2008’s “Day & Age,” “Imploding the Mirage” the Mirage,” another sign of ingham “drove down to Vox, and got his hands Hormel and bassist Tom Barney, reaches for the same go-for-broke quality — and the band’s clout. The album’s dirty with us,” Flowers said. LaVette’s customary transforma- the same iconographic lyrical splendor — that guests also include k.d. lang Both members admit they don’t love the tion of the source material inten- power Killers classics like “When You Were and Adam Granduciel of The situation with Keuning and Stoermer, who’ve sifi es its sentiments, whether of Young” and “Human.” In “Caution,” a No. 1 hit War on Drugs. described creative frustrations and exhaustion abandonment, yearning or sheer at alternative rock radio, Flowers demonstrates The absence of guitarist from touring in explaining why they’ve opted out brutality, as on “Strange Fruit” exactly none as he howls about a “featherweight and co-founder Dave Keun- of recording and performing with the Killers. Yet and its recurrent relevance. queen” with “Hollywood eyes” who “can go ing is felt, with keyboards and neither member has offi cially quit the band, and Blending soul, jazz and blues straight from zero to the Fourth of July.” drums stepping into the void. Flowers said he’s unlikely to force the issue. and recorded as if on an intimate Yet the album reveals new wrinkles too, Without Keuning’s jangle and “I have sort of a little-brother complex because stage, “Blackbirds” has substan- including a rhythmic fl exibility and a welcome riff shards, The Killers have everyone in the band is fi ve years older than tial emotional heft. feminine presence in the form of appearances a more poppy sound. me,” he said. “If somebody was taking their The nine-track album, which by k.d. lang and Weyes Blood. If 2017’s “Wonderful Won- stance and they were fi ve years younger than me, also features a string quartet on Asked if he surprised himself by making derful” was a meditation on would it be the same? I don’t know that it would several tunes, includes details something so vivid 16 years after the band’s the anxiety of masculinity, be.” that LaVette recognizes and em- debut album, Flowers said, “I can list the people the new album often explores Vannucci is a bit more generous. “I want to braces as connections to her life, who’ve made great records this far into their the lives of women, with leave room for them if they want to come back,” with the personal links boosting career — there aren’t that many. But there are two sharp portraits of tough he said. “And it’s looking like it’s headed that their resonance, even if they some, and that’s enough for me to pursue it.” survivors in “Blowback” and way, where they’ve had enough of a breather, and remain hidden from outsiders. The singer cited Leonard Cohen, Tom Petty and “Caution” — women whom they feel refreshed.” He’s hopeful the guitarist With its smooth electric piano Peter Gabriel, calling them “People that just Brandon Flowers sings each and bassist might rejoin the Killers in time for and biting guitar lines, “I Hold kept producing the goods.” come from “white trash.” next year’s dates — assuming those dates actu- No Grudge” sounds earthier, less He also said he’s found inspiration in a quote Many other songs are about ally happen, of course. grand than Simone’s version, but attributed to the South African golfer Gary loyally backing a partner. “I’ll Calling off their tour this summer took a sig- LaVette still gets the message Player. “He said, ‘The more I practice, the be there when water’s rising / nifi cant fi nancial toll on a band whose business across: “I’m the kind of person / luckier I get,’ ” Flowers said. Then he laughed in I’ll be your lifeguard,” Flow- relies in large part on selling concert tickets. It You might hurt once in a while / a gently snorting way that called to mind George ers sings on “Dying Breed.” was also an artistic disappointment: Flowers said Crawling ain’t my style.” McFly from “Back to the Future.” “I’ve always On “When the Dreams that since “Sam’s Town” — the 2006 album pil- “Drinking Again,” inspired got a sports analogy.” Run Dry,” he vows: “I’ll loried by many reviewers as an overblown mess by Dinah Washington’s take, is a The Killers put in the hours on the course this be on your side / When the — he’s often thought of the Killers as a band torch song that sets fi re to the un- time. Flowers and drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr. dreams run dry.” In “Light- that’s at its best onstage. derbrush and then descends even — the band’s two remaining permanent mem- ning Fields,” he sings, “Just “Because the album got trashed so badly, I deeper into despair and solitude. bers after guitarist Dave Keuning and bassist wanted to run my fastest / wanted a critic to be there every night, and I LaVette sings it like a premature Mark Stoermer both stepped away in recent And stand beside you.” The wanted to show them that these songs were bet- eulogy, its pain smashing hopes years from full-time membership — initially cover of the album depicts ter than what was being written,” he said. “And of reunion or reconciliation. got to work with producer Jacknife Lee, who’d a god tenderly supporting a I think that allowed our band to come to life in a “Blues for the Weepers,” based produced 2017’s so-so “Wonderful Wonderful.” goddess. new way.” here on Della Reese’s version, The music started coming as always, but it Jonathan Rado of Cali- Still, “I haven’t thought about winning the is a singer’s mission statement, felt “too much like familiar territory,” Vannucci fornia psychedelic-rock duo race” to get back on the road, said Flowers, who while “One More Song,” from said, “which wasn’t what we needed.” Keuning’s Foxygen and Shawn Everett fi gures real touring won’t resume until a vaccine longtime Leonard Cohen col- departure made them want to rejigger their — who worked on “Wonderful is widely available. When it does, the band plans laborator Sharon Robinson, is an approach, while Flowers’ move from Las Vegas Wonderful” as well as with to employ a third-party human-resources rep, end-is-near lament. to Utah had him pondering ideas of legacy and Kacey Musgraves and Ala- Vannucci said, to promptly fi eld allegations like The closer is Paul McCartney’s tradition, not to mention his conception of him- bama Shakes — have stepped the one made recently on social media by a for- “Blackbird.” It could be the self as a rock star. in to produce, and their infl u- mer Killers sound engineer who said other crew odd one out, but it’s one of the “It was kind of a crisis for me,” the frontman ence can best be heard on the members had discussed assaulting a woman album’s key moments, with La- said of leaving his hometown. “I felt like the funky “Fire in Bone.” backstage in 2009. (This month the band’s legal Vette making it autobiographical. mountains and the lights defi ned me, and so I Elsewhere, listeners may team said it had investigated the claim and “I took my broken wings / and felt like I was doing something dirty by leaving have fun fi nding the band’s found that the discussion of assault was likely taught my own self how to fl y, ” it.” Beyond the severing of a certain hyper- other infl uences. There’s an “attempt at a joke or a ‘hazing’ ” by a since- LaVette sings on top of gentle American aesthetic tie, he fretted over no longer a Tom Petty-ish sound dismissed crew member; Chez Cherrie, the acoustic guitar and bass and em- being able to take his sons to the restaurants he to “Blowback,” and “My engineer, responded by saying that such behavior pathetic strings, an intense and grew up eating in; he hated to think that future Own Soul’s Warning” has a “refl ects the larger issue in this industry — that memorable self-portrait. Flowerses wouldn’t learn to ride their bikes in Springsteen vibe. But there’s ‘hazing’ towards the only women on the techni- LaVette’s talents have been the park where he taught his kids (and where his no mistaking that classic cal crew was normal, expected, accepted and not mostly hidden from wider view dad taught him). Killers mix of soaring vocals, questioned by anyone, including myself.”) for decades until a resurgence Yet Las Vegas was “basically a haunted place sonic bombast and sly humor Until then, Flowers the proud family man will this century that seems to have for my wife,” he said, referring obliquely to an in such songs as “My God” be at home in Utah doing “typical dad” stuff brought her as much fulfi llment unhappy family background. “Getting her out of and the title track. It’s a with his sons, he said, which in addition to golf as joy and awe to her listeners. there has been great for her,” added the singer, solid album from a band still includes another activity that reminds the singer “Blackbirds” is one of who was raised in the Mormon church. “It’s exploring. of his own childhood. LaVette’s best, a fantastically become a huge blessing for my family.” — Mark Kennedy “I remember my dad bringing home a stack of selected and performed collec- Flowers wanted to get his arms around all Associated Press targets during Desert Storm with Saddam Hus- tion of deep and throbbing heart this in the Killers’ music. So he and Vannucci sein’s face on them, and we’d shoot BB guns,” and soul. tried starting over with a series of producers in he said. “The kids, they love that story. Now we — Pablo Gorondi a process the drummer compared to speed-dat- shoot Red Bull cans and Perrier bottles.” Associated Press PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, September 6, 2020 TRAVEL No cruises? Time to get creative Travelers stuck at home fi nd innovative ways to re-create onboard vacation life

BY KARA NEWMAN was a honeymoon to follow her virtual Special to The Washington Post wedding, which took place in April via Zoom. In lieu of a planned trip to Hawaii ruising enthusiasts Jen and and weary of sheltering in place during Jonathan Sternfeld found an a lengthy Arizona heat wave, the couple unusual coping mechanism dur- road-tripped to a rental house in Ana- Cing the coronavirus pandemic: heim, Calif. Their stay included a fancy a fake cruise. Each day, the couple from “Captain’s Table” dinner of truffl ed pota- Schenectady, N.Y., would draw up a cruise toes and steak. They broke out the formal “schedule” full of meals and activities to wear and toasted with champagne. look forward to, including cocktails on “It was like a three-hour reprieve from the “Sunset Deck” (their front porch), everything crushing around us,” Dwivedi tiki Tuesdays, movie nights and elabo- says. “Even a small escape — the energy rate “chef’s table” menus. As they posted that goes into making it special or differ- photos of their “cruise” on social media, ent is what we need right now.” more and more friends — including me And that escape had to take the form — began to follow along. of a cruise, she insists. It represented the “All of us were collectively missing wedding proposal, which took place on a cruising,” recalls Jen Sternfeld, who has sunset “booze cruise” in Hawaii, as well been on 29 real-life cruises. (No. 30, a voy- as the scuttled honeymoon plans. “The age to Spain and Portugal, was postponed ocean is really special for us. There’s to 2021.) Inspired by friends posting something renewing about it,” she says. nostalgic throwback photos of previous A sense of humor also goes a long way cruises, “I just said we could do a virtual on virtual cruisers. After her planned solo cruise by taking pictures at home.” cruise to the Caribbean in March was As travel plans remain on pause for canceled, Larysa Bolde, an X-ray techni- most Americans amid measures to stem cian and chiropractic assistant in Sterling the spread of the coronavirus, cruises Heights, Mich., was — like many — in- seem particularly fraught. In July, the spired by a viral video posted on Twitter Centers for Disease Control and Pre- of a septuagenarian Australian couple vention extended a “No Sail Order” for staging their own faux voyage, wearing cruise ships through at least the month white bathrobes, clinking wine glasses Jonathan Sternfeld of September. Some cruise lines, such as and propping up their bare feet in front of Cunard, have opted to pause cruises until a fl at-screen TV showing a video of a roll- Jen Sternfeld enjoys a glass of rose wine on the “promenade.” at least November. ing seascape. So what’s an avid cruiser to do? Create “I said, let’s see if we can take this fantasy cruises from the safety of home. one step further,” she recalls. “Instead Setting up a virtual cruise Digital resources for these fanciful dis- of just one picture, build a whole story.” tractions abound, many supplied by cruise She channeled her disappointment into a ship companies anxious to help keep fu- running thread on Cruise Critic, a cruise Decide where to go: Selecting an imagined ture vacation bookings front of mind. Via reviews site. While this is just one of many destination can help inspire meal plans or Facebook, cruise line Royal Caribbean threads on the site dedicated to fantasy daily activities. Kirti Dwivedi, for example, offers trivia games, Spotify playlists and cruises, ranging from long, melancholy brought in fresh tropical fruit and coconut ocean-themed “interactive quest” games missives to sci-fi (one posted under the sorbet to evoke sense memories of Hawaii and for kids. Holland America launched a pseudonym twangster involves a “Star “make it different from our everyday life.” HAL@Home video series with concerts Trek”-style transporter to zip between Take advantage of resources: There’s no and cooking demos, while Silversea’s You- continents), this one is lighthearted, a shortage of ways to inform and entertain a vir- Tube channel provides cocktail recipes. brief journey amid mangled towel animals tual journey. Jen Sternfeld, for example, turned The robust “Virtual of the Seas” itiner- and lounging pets in sunglasses. to scrapbooks from previous trips, which aries posted by Royal Caribbean, which “It was just pure enjoyment for me, included daily program guides. Cookbooks, started in March as the lockdown began, the entertainment factor,” Bolde says. cocktail books and online bartending tools helped inspire Jen Sternfeld, a private And during the worst homebound days provided recipe inspiration. chef, to fl ex her cooking skills at home. of the pandemic, unable to work, unable Share with your community: Everyone While others whipped up Dalgona cof- to travel, she found that the camaraderie interviewed for this article described feedback fee or baked sourdough loaves, she began from other people was a comfort. from others as the most rewarding aspect of a to prepare and photograph multicourse “The virtual cruise helped me,” she faux journey. “Pictures are key,” Larysa Bolde “chef’s table” meals and colorful tropical says. “It was just the feedback, they were advises. “You can write as much as you want, drinks, the latter often presented in souve- telling me how clever I was. I enjoyed it. but it’s the pictures that draw people in.” nir glasses collected on previous cruises. Some days you’re just feeling down ... (but Have fun: This is uncharted territory, so Every week or two, the “cruise” and its it made me realize), life isn’t so bad right make it yours. “There’s no rules,” Dwivedi destination changed. Italian dishes served now.” says. “You create the experience you want to. ” on the “Costa” line, for example, motivat- While cruise No. 1 is a wrap, Bolde is Eliot Bolde Bolde sums it up, “Get creative, get silly, don’t ed Sternfeld to use the different types of planning cruise No. 2, which is to take Larysa Bolde enjoys an adult beverage take yourself too seriously.” pasta she’d stocked up on for quarantine. place during a lakeside visit. in the hot tub on the “cruise ship” at — Kara Newman Her attention to detail soon expanded “Eventually, the real cruises will come her home. to include drawing up a detailed “cruise back,” she says. “In the meantime, we’ll map” of their home and a daily itinerary, live vicariously through our imagination.” all posted on Facebook. However, even the sharpest imagina- “My husband was working from home; tions can bump up against limits. we had no time constraints,” she notes. After seven “sailings” taken over the “I’d change clothes and take a picture of course of nine weeks, “I ran out of steam myself against some wall in the house. in terms of the activities,” Sternfeld la- There’s a cruise tradition of taking photos ments. The names of the fi nal cruises against the grand staircase in the atrium. refl ected her waning fervor: “Cruise of ... I put on a gown and took a stairway the Whatever,” followed by “Tired of the picture.” Seas.” So did the name of a dining room Friends began to follow along and com- that specialized in seafood dishes: “Cap- ment on a daily basis. “We were more tain Apathy’s.” connected that way,” Sternfeld says. Just like their real-life counterparts, Jen Sternfeld For Kirti Dwivedi, a Phoenix-based virtual cruises aren’t meant to last for- marketing consultant, a virtual cruise ever. Sharks in the “water” can be seen from the deck of the Sternfelds’ at-home “cruise.” Sunday, September 6, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 CROSSWORD AND COMICS NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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“Gunston Street” is drawn by Basil Zaviski. Email him at [email protected], and online at gunstonstreet.com. PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, September 6, 2020 GADGETS & TECHNOLOGY Energetic solution Scientists have ﬁ gured out a way to store electricity in common bricks

BY ANASTASIA GORELOVA for nighttime use. And, as stor- St. Louis Post-Dispatch age technology exists now, it is bulky and expensive. ashington University If D’Arcy’s plan works, bricks scientists in St. Louis would become batteries, power- have fi gured out how ing up homes and even entire Wto transform a simple communities, with each house red brick into a power source for sharing excess energy with electronic devices. neighbors. The amount of energy the Last month , the journal Nature bricks can store is small now Communications published a — not enough to power up a paper by D’Arcy and his team CHRISTIAN GOODEN, ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH/TNS laptop. But researchers see a with early results, showing that A used brick battery charged one year ago still hold enough power for an LED light to glow for a few time when just a few bricks could they can make a brick store seconds after a jolt, as demonstrated at Washington University in St. Louis. store enough energy to feed an enough electrical energy to entire home. power up an LED light. 6% iron oxide. D’Arcy fi gured bricks — unlike renewable bat- But D’Arcy better likes the “We have demonstrated an D’Arcy came to Washington out that was enough to sustain a teries, which can be recharged idea of having two bricks do the idea that no one had thought of U. six years ago from the Mas- specifi c chemical reaction that perhaps 100 times — can be work of a thousand. — that materials that we use for sachusetts Institute of Technol- would transform the inside of the recharged up to 10,000 times, “At that point, it is a company building a house can have dual ogy. His lab now studies the brick. and last at least 30 years. that can actually create jobs in function,” said chemistry profes- use of “green” chemistry — an He and his team put a brick Others in the fi eld say D’Arcy’s America. And that’s where we’re sor Julio D’Arcy, who is leading approach that reuses waste prod- into an oven heated to 320 de- work holds promise. going with it,” said D’Arcy. “We the research. “That future can ucts — to engineer new materials grees, and fi lled the oven with “I think the study is good and know that this is the beginning of be a reality, and we can make it that conduct electricity. two gases: vaporized hydro- very creative,” said Shoji Hall, something, and it can be incor- happen.” The idea to convert bricks chloric acid, to free up reactive assistant professor of materials porated into our homes exactly If successful, D’Arcy’s bricks into units of energy storage ions of iron from rust, and a gas science and engineering at Johns where we need the energy.” could provide a solution to one came organically, D’Arcy said. known as EDOT, which reacts Hopkins University. “It never oc- In St. Louis — a city that of the most vexing problems in “Every time I drive to work, I’m with the iron ions. curred to me that something like stands on the richest clay depos- the world of renewable power surrounded by bricks,” he said. The product of that chemical bricks could be used as templates its in the United States — the generation today: How to store “When we started looking at na- reaction coated the brick’s inter- to make energy storage materi- sentiment hits close. unused energy as it is being ture for inspiration, it was star- nal pores with a net of minuscule als.” “This is a project that stems created so businesses and hom- ing me in the face every day.” fi bers — fi bers that conduct D’Arcy’s team still has a lot to from home,” D’Arcy said. “These eowners can use it later. Solar A key to the breakthrough? electricity. do. It is now working to increase are the bricks that were pro- panels, for instance, work well Iron oxide, commonly known as At the end of the conversion the amount of energy a brick can duced from the mud here in Mis- when it’s sunny. But they can’t be rust — the pigment that gives a process, the bricks change color. store by tinkering with chemi- souri, baked here in Missouri, a building’s sole energy source, red brick its signature color. If they come out blue, D’Arcy cals infused into it. and sold here at Home Depot. because most homes and offi ces A regular brick from a local knows they’ve done their job. The more bricks put together, “It is an homage to St. Louis in aren’t equipped to store energy hardware store contains about D’Arcy theorizes that his the more energy can be stored. many ways.” GADGET WATCH A pen and paper planner for the digital age

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Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander The future of the GOP? Look at Sturgis. Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff BY CATHERINE MCNICOL STOCK Modern Republican politics, white imaginings. It was quite nearby: the The Hartford (Conn.) Courant even Trump-era politics, northernmost region of the South. EDITORIAL The South’s constitutive impact on the erhaps no sight could be stranger can’t fully explain the rally’s West explains the panoply of Confederate- Terry Leonard, Editor during a pandemic than 250,000 themed items at the rally: flags, posters, [email protected] maskless motorcycle riders roar- larger cultural significance. bikinis, tattoos and Southern rock bands. ing into Sturgis, S.D., last month, Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor P It suggests too that the nearly all-white de- [email protected] ready to crowd into stores, concerts, strip mographic is not an oversight but part of clubs and bars. the recipe for the rally’s success. So is the Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content Stranger still, however, is the fact that, South Dakota Motorcycle Hall of Fame, performance of violent anti-feminism re- [email protected] although some local residents pleaded William Janklow. Along with promoting flected in the ability for riders to “conceal Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation for the rally to be canceled, city officials the rally, Janklow’s legacy includes say- carry,” the prevalence of sex trafficking [email protected] couldn’t do it. Riders had pledged to come ing that the way to stop the leaders of the and flood of near-pornographic and de- to Sturgis whether they canceled the American Indian Movement was “to put a grading images on social media. Managing Editor for Digital Joe Gromelski, rally or not. “You can’t cancel what you gun to their heads and pull the trigger.” In Some riders argue that Sturgis is not [email protected] don’t own,” promoter Randy Peterson ex- 2008, Republican presidential candidate “real life” but a weeklong bacchanal. As plained, implying that the rally belonged John McCain campaigned on the rally’s social historians have long noted, however, BUREAU STAFF to its participants more than to any author- main stage. In 2018, former Republican the liberating atmosphere of events like ity. On Fox News, South Dakota Gov. Kristi vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin this can reveal something profoundly real: Europe/Mideast rode a Harley in the rally’s charity event. Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief Noem encouraged attendance in the name what revelers wish they could say and do [email protected] of “citizens’ freedom” and reminded view- But modern Republican politics, even wherever they are. +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 ers that the rally brings in revenue — lots Trump-era politics, can’t fully explain the In anticipation of a Joe Biden victory this rally’s larger cultural significance — why Pacific of it. fall, pundits have been full of ideas for a Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief In truth, the rally should have seemed the riders believed, for example, that it be- post-Trump GOP. In The New York Times, [email protected] anything but strange, given its association longed to them, not the city or state. These columnist David Brooks proposed that, if +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 with right-wing populist politics. As a vet- deeper meanings lie within the history of the GOP can reject racism and get over eran political reporter told me in 2017, “I the American West as a whole. The Sturgis its “anti-government zombie Reaganism,” Washington rally occupies land stolen from indigenous Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief am not sure everyone (at the 2016 rally) it can thrive. Washington Post columnist [email protected] supported [President Donald] Trump, people in 1877 when the discovery of gold Jennifer Rubin replied: “The technical (+1)(202)886-0033 but they sure as hell didn’t support [Hill- and the racist ideal of “manifest destiny” term for that” is “the Democratic Party.” Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News ary] Clinton.” In fact, the conservative accelerated the assault on Native lives and The view from Sturgis suggests, how- [email protected] politics of the rally and its attendees goes culture. ever, that whatever the future for Trump, CIRCULATION much farther back than Trump’s election One of the rally’s most iconic locations, hoping for fundamental change on the and demonstrates that rather than invent- Bear Butte, is also among the most sacred right is a waste of time. Mideast ing them, Trump merely benefited from to the Lakota. This is not a coincidence. As The GOP can’t cancel what it doesn’t Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager his unapologetic reproduction of the cul- Boston College’s Heather Cox Richardson own. For decades and perhaps years to [email protected] argued in “How the South Won the Civil come, Sturgis is the center of the GOP. [email protected] tural ideals long on display in Sturgis and DSN (314)583-9111 throughout the United States. War,” during Reconstruction, the West Catherine McNicol Stock is the Barbara Zaccheo South Dakota’s right-wing populist polit- became a new location for structures and Kohn ’72 Professor of History and American Europe ical history began in the 1970s with a local representations of white nationalism. The Studies at Connecticut College. She is the Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager author of “Rural Radicals: Righteous Rage in [email protected] version of Trump: attorney general, two- West then as now was never really the the American Grain” and “Nuclear Country: The [email protected] term governor and future member of the “far” west, never the mythic democracy of Origins of the Rural New Right.” +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 Judicial implications are why Flynn case still matters CONTACT US BY RANDALL D. 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He may hold his or Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. petition the U.S. Court of Appeals for the This sunlight is what the Justice Depart- Products or services advertised shall be made available for D.C. Circuit for a writ of mandamus — ba- ment and Flynn have desperately sought nose and grant the motion — but he doesn’t purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, have to pretend it doesn’t stink. And he religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical sically an order requiring Sullivan to dis- to avoid. The government actually argued handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor miss the case without a hearing. And in yet in the appeals court that an order to dis- doesn’t have to make the judiciary a silent, of the purchaser, user or patron. another remarkable development, a three- miss the case was necessary to prevent the powerless accomplice to this abuse of the © Stars and Stripes 2020 judge panel agreed and ordered Sullivan to harm to the government that would result justice system. do so. But last week, the full court sensibly if required to explain itself. This is a theme Randall D. Eliason teaches white-collar criminal stripes.com reversed that decision, noting that it had with this administration: It stonewalls con- law at George Washington University’s law school. PAGE 18 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, September 6, 2020 SCOREBOARD/SPORTS BRIEFS Briefl y Sports Deals Jose Castillo from the 10-day IL to the 45- Friday’s transactions day IL. Placed RHP Luis Perdomo on the on AFN BASEBALL 10-day IL. Selected the contract of C Luis Major League Baseball Campusano from alternate training site. American League WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Recalled BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Placed RHP RHP Will Crowe from alternate training Rahm shoots 65 Go to the American Forces Alex Cobb on the 10-day IL. Recalled Ra- site. mon Urias from alternate training site. FOOTBALL Network website for the most Assigned OF Mason Williams outright to National Football League up-to-date TV schedules. alternate training site. Assigned LHP Zac ARIZONA CARDINALS — Waived DL Lowther to alternate training site. Se- Miles Brown, WR Hakeem Butler, P Ryan myafn.net lected the contract of RHP Branden Kline Winslow and OL Sam Jones. Waived OL from alternate training site. Brett Toth with an injury designation. BOSTON RED SOX — Recalled LHP Matt BUFFALO BILLS — Placed FB Patrick Hall from alternate training site. DiMarco on injured reserve. Waived LBs to catch Johnson Pro basketball DETROIT TIGERS — Recalled SS Sergio Vosean Joseph and Corey Thompson. Alcantara from alternate training site. Activated TE Tommy Sweeney from the HOUSTON ASTROS — Recalled RHP PUP list. Wire reports wrote in the post. “Now back to Chris Devenski from the 10-day IL. Op- CAROLINA PANTHERS — Waived WR WNBA tioned RHP Joe Biagini to alternate train- the work ...” Tommylee Lewis from inured reserve ATLANTA — Five days later, EASTERN CONFERENCE ing site. with a settlement. Houston traded up to select W L Pct GB MINNESOTA TWINS — Selected the CINCINNATI BENGALS — Traded LB Dustin Johnson and Jon Rahm contract of OF Brent Rooker from alter- Watson with the 12th overall x-Chicago 11 8 .579 — Austin Calitro to Denver for DL Christian are still going at it. They dressed Connecticut 8 10 .444 2½ nate training site. Placed RF Max Kepler Covington. pick in the 2017 draft. He has ap- Washington 5 12 .294 5 on the 10-day IL. Recalled C Willians CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed T about the same Friday in the Tour Atlanta 5 13 .278 5½ Astudillo from alternate training site. Brady Aiello. peared in 38 games with 37 starts NEW YORK YANKEES — Recalled RHP Championship, matched birdies Indiana 5 13 .278 5½ DALLAS COWBOYS — Released OL in his first three seasons with the New York 2 15 .118 8 Deivi Garcia from alternate training site. Cody Wichmann. Waived RB Darius An- on five holes and wound up tied WESTERN CONFERENCE Placed 3B Gio Urshela and RHP Jonathan derson, TE Cole Hikutini and DE Joe Jack- Texans . Loasiga on the 10-day IL. Recalled 3B for the lead at East Lake. W L Pct GB son. Waived OT Wyatt Miller from injured The 24-year-old threw for x-Seattle 15 3 .833 — Miguel Andujar and RHP Miguel Yajure reserve with a settlement. That required Rahm getting x-Las Vegas 13 4 .765 1½ from alternate training site. Selected the DENVER BRONCOS — Traded DL Chris- 3,852 yards and 26 touchdowns x-Minnesota 13 5 .722 2 contract of RHP Clarke Schmidt from al- tian Covington to Cincinnati for LB Aus- the better of Johnson again. ternate training site. Optioned RHP Ben last season when he led the Tex- x-Los Angeles 13 5 .722 2 tin Calitro. Released LB Todd Davis. Rahm, whose 65-foot birdie x-Phoenix 11 7 .611 4 Heller to alternate training site. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Released ans to the divisional round of the Dallas 6 12 .333 9 SEATTLE MARINERS — Activated 3B DE Caraun Reid. Placed RB Ryquell Arm- putt beat Johnson in a playoff at Dylan Moore from the 10-day IL. playoffs. Watson has thrown for x-clinched playoff spot stead on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Olympia Fields last week, had a Thursday’s games TAMPA BAY RAYS — Activated RHP KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Waived LB Em- 9,716 yards and 71 touchdowns Atlanta 62, New York 56 Nick Anderson from the 10-day IL. Trans- manuel Smith from injured reserve with 5-under 65 that allowed him to Las Vegas 93, Connecticut 78 ferred LHP Jose Alvarado from the 10- a settlement. and rushed for 1,233 yards and 14 day IL to the 60-day IL. Activated RF Brett make up the two-shot deficit at Phoenix 105, Indiana 81 LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Released S scores in his three-year career. Friday’s games Phillips from the 60-day IL. Optioned LHP the start of the round that was Ryan Sherriff to alternate training site. Damarious Randall. Washington 79, Chicago 69 Waived Ks Lir- TEXAS RANGERS — Selected the con- LOS ANGELES RAMS — Minnesota 88, Dallas 75 im Hajrullahu and Austin MacGinnis, DBs awarded Johnson as the No. 1 Seattle 90, Los Angeles 89 tract of LHP John King from alternate Rookie Peters wins Tour training site. Designated INF Yadiel Ri- Adonis Alexander, Jake Gervase, Juju seed in the FedEx Cup. Saturday’s games Hughes, Dayan Lake and Tyrique Mc- Connecticut at Indiana vera for assignment. Johnson did his part with a 67, stage in Pyrenees TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Recalled RHP Ghee, LBs Daniel Bituli and Derrick Mon- Las Vegas at Atlanta crief, TE Kendall Blanton, C Cohl Cabral, losing a three-shot edge early New York at Phoenix Sean Reid-Foley from alternate training site. Gs Jamil Demby and Jeremiah Kolone, RB LOUDENVIELLE, France — Sunday’s games John Kelly and WRs Earnest Edwards, J.J. with back-to-back bogeys to end Dallas at Washington National League On a day of mixed feelings for the ATLANTA BRAVES — Recalled RHP Pat- Koski and Easop Winston. the front nine, and then missing Seattle at Minnesota NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Placed DT Chicago at Los Angeles rick Weigel from alternate training site. a birdie putt from just over 4 feet home nation, rookie Nans Peters CINCINNATI REDS — Recalled RHP Jose Michael Barnett on injured reserve. Monday’s game NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed DB Logan on the final hole that would have won the eighth stage of the Tour Connecticut at Phoenix De Leon from alternate training site. COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed RHP Ryan. Placed WR David Sills on injured given him the lead. de France following a long break- Jon Gray on the 10-day IL retroactive to reserve. Sept. 2. Recalled RHP Jose Mujica from NEW YORK JETS — Released LB James “The only birdie we didn’t away in the Pyrenees, while fel- Auto racing alternate training site. Burgess. share was mine on 16. Besides low Frenchman Thibaut Pinot MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned RHP PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Waived CBs Robert Dugger to alternate training site. Trevor Williams and Michel Jacquet, DE that, we birdied every single hole saw his hopes of winning the race Activated RHP Ryne Stanek from the 10- Matt Leo, TE Caleb Wilson, S Grayland vanish. Southern 500 lineup day IL. Arnold and DT T.Y. McGill. Signed CB Craig together, which is kind of unique, Sunday, Sept. 6 MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Activated 3B James to one-year contract extension. right?” Rahm said. Peters was part of a group of At Darlington Raceway Jedd Gyorko from bereavement list. Op- PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Waived WR They were at 13-under par 13 riders who broke away Sat- Darlington, S.C. tioned RHP Justin Topa, INF Gabe Holt, OF Anthony Johnson from injured reserve Lap length: 1.366 miles Carlos Rodriguez and RHPs Bowden Fran- with a settlement. based on their starting positions urday in the early stages of the (Car number in parentheses) cis and Phil Bickford to alternate training SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Released 187.5-mile stage featuring three 1. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet. site. Activated 1B Daniel Vogelbach. CB Jamar Taylor. Waived DE Jonathan in the FedEx Cup finale. 2. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota. NEW YORK METS — Selected the con- Kongbo from injured reserve with a set- It was the second straight year punishing ascents to the town of 3. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet. tract of RHP Erasmo Ramirez from alter- tlement. Loudenvielle. 4. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet. nate training site. Designated OF Billy TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Waived K under this format the FedEx Cup 5. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford. Hamilton for assignment. Matt Gay. Waived RB Dare Ogunbowale. leader, who starts at 10 under with Peters and Ilnur Zakarin moved 6. (19) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Recalled RHP WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM — Re- away from their breakaway com- 7. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford. Cody Ponce from alternate training site. leased RB Adrian Peterson. a two-shot lead, ended the open- 8. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Activated SOCCER ing round in a tie for the lead. panions in the grueling Port de 9. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford. C Matt Wieters from the 10-day IL. Op- Major League Soccer 10. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford. tioned C Andrew Knizner to alternate NEW YORK RED BULLS — Announced “Technically, it is a continua- Bales climb. The Frenchman 11. (21) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford. training site. Assigned RHP Jesus Cruz to head coach Chris Armas and assistant tion,” Rahm said. “I kind of stole then used his downhill abilities to 12. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet. alternate training site. coach CJ Brown will be leaving coaching 13. (22) Joey Logano, Ford. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Transferred LHP staff. that tournament last week from drop his Russian rival in the de- 14. (41) Cole Custer, Ford. him and he started with a two- scent and never looked back. 15. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota. 16. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet. Pro soccer AP sportlight shot lead. So hopefully, I can steal 17. (43) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet. this one, as well.” 18. (38) John Hunter Nemechek, Ford. Brazil women’s soccer 19. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford. 20. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford. MLS Sept. 6 team to get equal pay 21. (95) Christopher Bell, Toyota. 1920 — Jack Dempsey knocks out Billy Watson agrees to 22. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet. EASTERN CONFERENCE Miske in the third round to retain the The head of Brazil’s soccer fed- 23. (15) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet. W L T Pts GF GA world heavyweight title. extension with Texans 24. (8) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet. Columbus 6 1 2 20 13 2 1920 — Bill Tilden wins his first of sev- eration announced that its wom- 25. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet. Toronto FC 5 1 3 18 14 8 en U.S. Open men’s singles titles, defeat- en’s national team was getting the 26. (42) Matt Kenseth, Chevrolet. Orlando City 4 2 3 15 16 11 ing Bill Johnston, 6-1, 1-6, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3, at HOUSTON — Deshaun Watson 27. (32) Corey LaJoie, Ford. Philadelphia 4 2 3 15 12 9 the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, has agreed to a four-year, $160 same pay as its men’s team. 28. (96) Daniel Suarez, Toyota. Montreal 4 3 1 13 11 9 N.Y. That change in policy actually 29. (47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet. New York City FC 4 5 0 12 8 8 1975 — Chris Evert wins her first of six million contract extension with 30. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota. New England 2 2 5 11 7 8 singles titles in the U.S. Open with a 5-7, the Houston Texans. dates to March, when the women’s 31. (6) Ryan Newman, Ford. New York 3 4 2 11 7 10 6-4, 6-2, victory over Evonne Goolagong. 32. (00) Quin Houff, Chevrolet. Atlanta 3 4 1 10 7 8 In the men’s semifinals, Manuel Orantes Watson announced the signing team competed in the inaugural 33. (66) Timmy Hill, Toyota. D.C. United 2 4 3 9 9 13 performs one of the great comebacks in on Twitter on Saturday. Tournoi de France, Brazilian 34. (77) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet. Cincinnati 2 4 3 9 6 12 tennis history, saving five match points 35. (37) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet. Nashville SC 2 4 2 8 5 9 to defeat Guillermo Vilas, 4-6, 1-6, 6-2, 7- “As a child growing up in Geor- Football Confederation (CBF) 36. (53) James Davison, Ford. Chicago 2 5 2 8 8 14 5, 6-4, after trailing two-sets-to-love and gia, it was always my dream to President Rogerio Caboclo said at 37. (27) JJ Yeley, Ford. Inter Miami CF 1 6 1 4 6 11 0-5 in the fourth set. 38. (53) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet. WESTERN CONFERENCE 1993 — Helena Sukova of the Czech play in the NFL,” Watson wrote a news conference Wednesday. 39. (51) Joey Gase, Ford. W L T Pts GF GA Republic beats Martina Navratilova 7-5, “Since March of this year, CBF Sporting KC 5 2 2 17 19 13 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals of the in the post. “Today, I couldn’t be Seattle 4 1 3 15 15 7 U.S. Open. Navratilova’s loss leaves the more honored and humbled to has made an equal value in terms Los Angeles FC 3 2 3 12 21 16 United States without a women’s quar- of prizes and daily rates between Golf Minnesota United 3 3 2 11 14 14 terfinalist for the first time in the tourna- sign a long-term deal in Houston, LA Galaxy 3 3 2 11 13 15 ment’s history, dating to 1887. the city that I’ve grown to love so men’s and women’s football,” Portland 3 3 2 11 14 17 1995 — Cal Ripken plays in his 2,131st much and now call my home.” Caboclo said in Portuguese. “That Tour Championship Real Salt Lake 2 1 5 11 13 10 consecutive major league game to sur- FC Dallas 2 1 4 10 8 5 pass Lou Gehrig’s 56-year record. Ripken The deal makes Watson the sec- is, the [women’s] players earn the PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoffs Houston 2 2 4 10 14 13 receives a 22-minute standing ovation Friday Colorado 2 3 2 8 10 14 and later hits a homer in Baltimore’s 4-2 ond-highest paid quarterback in same thing as the [men’s] players At East Lake Golf Club San Jose 2 3 2 8 13 18 win over California. the league, behind Kansas City’s during the call-ups. What they re- Atlanta Vancouver 2 6 0 6 7 16 2014 — Japan’s Kei Nishikori becomes Yardage 7,346; Par: 70 Note: Three points for victory, one the first man from Asia to reach a Grand Patrick Mahomes, who signed ceive . . . women also receive.” Purse: $60 million point for tie. Slam final, stunning top-ranked Novak a 10-year deal worth up to $503 Caboclo added that the policy First Round Saturday’s games Djokovic in four sets at the U.S. Open. Dustin Johnson (-10) 35-32—67 -13 Sporting Kansas City at Houston Sept. 7 million in July. will apply to next year’s Summer Jon Rahm (-8) 34-31—65 -13 Atlanta at Orlando City 1892 — Jim Corbett knocks out John L. In his post Watson thanked Tex- Olympics and that “[what] men Justin Thomas (-7) 33-33—66 -11 Toronto FC at Vancouver Sullivan in the 21st round in New Orleans Rory McIlroy (-3) 34-30—64 -9 Colorado at San Jose to win the first world heavyweight title ans coach and general manager will receive at the next World Abraham Ancer (-1) 31-33—64 -7 Sunday’s games fought with gloves under the Marquis of Bill O’Brien and many members Cup will be proportionally equal Xander Schauffele (-3) 34-33—67 -6 New York City FC at D.C. United Queensberry rules. Brendon Todd (-3) 33-34—67 -6 Philadelphia at New York 1941 — Bobby Riggs beats Frank Ko- of the team’s staff as well as his to what is proposed by FIFA.” Sungjae Im (-4) 32-36—68 -6 Cincinnati at Columbus vacs in four sets to win the men’s title in mother and other family mem- Brazil joins Australia, Norway Webb Simpson (-6) 38-32—70 -6 New England at Chicago the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association cham- Marc Leishman (-1) 32-34—66 -5 Nashville at Miami pionships. Sarah Palfrey Cooke wins the bers before sending a message to and New Zealand in taking major Tyrrell Hatton (-2) 31-36—67 -5 Real Salt Lake at Minnesota women’s title with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Texans fans. steps toward pay equity. The Lanto Griffin (-2) 35-32—67 -5 Portland at Seattle Pauline Betz. Daniel Berger (-4) 35-34—69 -5 Los Angeles FC at LA Galaxy 1953 — Maureen Connolly becomes “I promise to do everything I United States women’s national Tony Finau (-2) 34-34—68 -4 Wednesday’s games the first woman to complete the Grand team, on the other hand, is con- Hideki Matsuyama (-4) 37-33—70 -4 FC Dallas at Minnesota Slam when she beats Doris Hart, 6-2, 6- can to not only bring a champi- Harris English (-4) 35-35—70 -4 Toronto FC at Montreal 4, in the U.S. Open women’s singles final. onship to this great city but also tinuing to wage a lengthy legal Collin Morikawa (-5) 33-38—71 -4 Atlanta at Miami Tony Trabert wins his first U.S. men’s Cameron Champ (E) 33-35—68 -2 Houston at Colorado singles title with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 win over leave a legacy of helping posi- battle over that issue with the U. Cameron Smith (E) 35-33—68 -2 Los Angeles FC at Real Salt Lake Vic Seixas. tively impact this community,” he S. Soccer Federation. Sunday, September 6, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 19 NHL PLAYOFFS Scoreboard Stars’ Benn finally in third round Stanley Cup Playoffs CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS Best-of-seven Seedings in parentheses EASTERN CONFERENCE At Toronto (1) Philadelphia 3, (6) N.Y. Islanders 3 Dallas advances with N.Y. Islanders 4, Philadelphia 0 Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, OT N.Y. Islanders 3, Philadelphia 1 N.Y. Islanders 3, Philadelphia 2 OT win over Colorado Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, OT Philadelphia 5, N.Y. Islanders 4, 2OT Saturday: Game 7 (2) Tampa Bay 4, (4) Boston 1 BY STEPHEN HAWKINS Boston 3, Tampa Bay 2 Associated Press Tampa Bay 4, Boston 3, OT Tampa Bay 7, Boston 1 Tampa Bay 3, Boston 1 Jamie Benn has played in more postseason Tampa Bay 3, Boston 2, 2OT WESTERN CONFERENCE games for the Dallas Stars than anyone. Their At Edmonton, Alberta captain has finally made it out of the second (1) Vegas 4, (5) Vancouver 3 Vegas 5, Vancouver 0 round. Vancouver 5, Vegas 2 “Obviously we were in the exact same situ- Vegas 3, Vancouver 0 Vegas 5, Vancouver 3 ation last year and came out on the wrong end Vancouver 2, Vegas 1 of it,” Benn said. “It’s nice to get that win and Vancouver 4, Vegas 0 Friday: Vegas 3, Vancouver 0 move on.” (3) Dallas 4, (2) Colorado 3 Dallas 5,Colorado 3 On to the Western Conference finals for the Dallas 5, Colorado 2 first time since 2008, which was two years be- Colorado 6, Dallas 4 Dallas 5, Colorado 4 fore Benn’s NHL debut. Colorado 6, Dallas 3 General manager Jim Nill signed playoff Colorado 4, Dallas 1 Friday: Dallas 5, Colorado 4, OT veterans Joe Pavelski and Corey Perry in free agency last summer, putting them on a roster Friday with Benn and Tyler Seguin. But the Stars Stars 5, Avalanche 4 (OT) had an unlikely hero in their 5-4 overtime win Dallas 1 1 2 1—5 over Colorado in Game 7 on Friday. Colorado 2 1 1 0—4 First Period—1, Dallas, Radulov 6 (Pav- Rookie forward Joel Kiviranta, in his only elski, Heiskanen), 2:39 (pp). 2, Colorado, game against the Avalanche, completed a hat Namestnikov 3 (Cole, Kadri), 3:48. 3, Col- orado, Burakovsky 7, 9:43. trick with his series-clinching goal 7:24 into Second Period—4, Dallas, Kiviranta 1 JASON FRANSON, THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP (Gurianov, Klingberg), 3:06. 5, Colorado, overtime of what was Benn’s 48th career play- Kadri 9 (Rantanen, Burakovsky), 5:45 off game over four different postseasons. Ki- (pp). The Dallas Stars’ Blake Comeau, left, Jamie Oleksiak, second from left, Joel Kiviranta, Third Period—6, Dallas, Radulov 7 viranta’s second goal tied the game at 4 with third from left, and Andrej Sekera celebrate the series-winning goal against the Colorado (Klingberg, Benn), 11:28 (pp). 7, Colora- 3:30 left in regulation, only 10 seconds after do, Namestnikov 4 (Zadorov, Compher), Avalanche during overtime of Friday’s second-round game in Edmonton, Alberta. 16:20. 8, Dallas, Kiviranta 2 (Hintz, Heis- Colorado had gone ahead for the third time. kanen), 16:30. “I’m not the smartest guy in the world. But Overtime—9, Dallas, Kiviranta 3 (Olek- first Game 7 overtime winner since moving to “Unreal feeling,” Stars defenseman John siak, Sekera), 7:24. there’s a pretty good chance he’ll be in our Dallas more than a quarter-century ago. Klingberg said after Game 7 against the Avs. Shots on Goal—Dallas 15-11-8-1—35. Colorado 15-16-9-4—44. lineup in the next game,” interim head coach “We learned from last year in that double- “We’ve seen a lot of goals scored. It’s been Power-play opportunities—Dallas 2 of Rick Bowness said of Kiviranta, who had one 2; Colorado 1 of 4. overtime loss to St. Louis,” Bowness said. a weird series for us. It’s been up and down Goalies—Dallas, Khudobin 8-5-0 (44 goal in 11 games during the regular season. “You just hang in there. You battle moment throughout the whole series. That’s what it is shots-40 saves). Colorado, Hutchinson “I’ll talk to him ... and let him know that, yeah, 2-0-1 (35-30). to moment, shift to shift, and you see what in playoffs. You’ve got to keep your emotions T—2:55. you’re playing next game.” happens.” intact, not get too high, not get too low. ... We’re That will be Sunday night in the confer- The Stars and Knights split their two games going to feel good about ourselves here.” Golden Knights 3, Canucks 0 ence final opener against top-seeded Vegas, during the regular season, both in Dallas. The Stars, who had at least five goals only Vancouver 0 0 0—0 Vegas 0 0 3—3 which like Dallas had a 3-1 series lead before Vegas won 5-3 a month ago in round-robin play five times in 69 regular-season games, scored Third Period—1, Vegas, Theodore getting pushed to seven games in the second among the top four seeds when Western Con- exactly five goals in each of their four wins 6 (Smith), 13:52 (pp). 2, Vegas, Tuch 8 (Stastny), 17:54 (en). 3, Vegas, Stastny 2 round. The Golden Knights beat Vancouver ference teams resumed play in Edmonton. over Colorado. They also had at least five (Roy, Marchessault), 19:54 (en). 3-0 on Friday night, on the same ice in Ed- Vegas is already in the Western final for the goals in three of their first-round wins against Shots on Goal—Vancouver 2-4-9—15. Vegas 11-10-15—36. monton where the Stars had advanced only a second time in the franchise’s three-season Calgary. Power-play opportunities—Vancouver few hours earlier. history. This is only the second time the Stars Before the season had been paused more 0 of 4; Vegas 1 of 3. Goalies—Vancouver, Demko 2-1-0 (34 A year after losing Game 7 of their semifi- have gotten this far since their back-to-back than 4 ½ months prior to that because of the shots-33 saves). Vegas, Lehner 8-4-0 (15- 15). nal series in double overtime to eventual Stan- Stanley Cup Final appearances in 1999 and coronavirus pandemic, Dallas had lost six T—2:28. ley Cup champion St. Louis, the Stars got their 2000 — they won their only title in 1999. games in a row. Golden Knights solve Demko, move on

Associated Press said. Theodore scored a power-play goal on San Jose in that game. a wrist shot from the blue line that slipped “Now that you bring that up, five-min- EDMONTON, Alberta — The Vegas through traffic and past Demko, who had ute major, right? Penalty killing in a Game Golden Knights were having enough prob- made 98 consecutive saves. Alex Tuch and 7. That’s familiar, I’m sure,” DeBoer said lems solving Thatcher Demko. Then came another big obstacle — a major penalty Paul Stastny added empty-net goals. when asked about the long Vancouver that brought back memories of the team’s “That’s a good hockey team. They beat power play. “PK was great. Robin Lehner collapse in last year’s postseason. us tonight and deserved to win,” Canucks was great.” “You’ve got to think it crossed our coach Travis Green said. “Our goalie gave Vegas outshot the Canucks 36-14 in this mind a little bit,” Vegas forward Jonathan us a chance to win.” game and 127-54 over the final three. It Marchessault said. “Every team, we’re The Vegas goalie was pretty good too. was barely enough. The Golden Knights going to face adversity — a hot goalie, or a Robin Lehner tied a record with his third will face Dallas for a berth in the Stanley five-minute major or something like that, shutout of the series, and his sensational Cup final. It would be the second trip to the but our team was able to kill it off.” glove save on Brock Boeser in the second final in the three-year history of the Vegas The Golden Knights withstood a major period kept the game scoreless. franchise. penalty and ejection to Ryan Reaves in the Vancouver missed an opportunity when The Golden Knights outshot Vancouver second period, and Shea Theodore finally it failed to convert on an extended power 91-40 in Games 5 and 6 but managed only put the puck past Demko in the third, lift- play after Reaves was ejected with 3:30 re- one goal in that span. It was all Vegas again ing Vegas to a 3-0 win over the Vancouver maining in the second. He received a major at the start of Game 7, but the Canucks Canucks on Friday night in Game 7 of the penalty for a hit to the head of Tyler Motte, withstood the initial push and made it to second-round series. but that power play — which extended into the first intermission in a scoreless tie. Theodore’s goal with 6:08 remaining was the third period — was fruitless. Nicolas Roy beat Demko to the glove side the first in 138:40 for the Golden Knights The call on Reaves was less controver- with about 12 minutes to go, but the shot hit against Demko, the rookie goalie who had sial than the penalty that sank Vegas last the post. Then Vegas easily killed off an- JASON FRANSON, THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP brought Vancouver back from a 3-1 deficit season. In Game 7 of a first-round series other Vancouver power play as it became Vegas Golden Knights goalie Robin in the series and held off Vegas for most of against San Jose, the Golden Knights were increasingly clear that the first goal would Lehner tied a record with his third this game, too. up 3-0 when Cody Eakin was given a major probably decide it. shutout of the series during Friday’s “There was times it felt like we could penalty for cross-checking. The Sharks Vancouver’s J.T. Miller was called for Game 7 victory over Vancouver in have played for six hours and not scored on scored four quick goals and eventually won hooking with 6:13 remaining, and Vegas Edmonton, Alberta. him,” Golden Knights coach Peter DeBoer in overtime. DeBoer was actually coaching needed only a few seconds to score. PAGE 20 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, September 6, 2020 MLB SCOREBOARD

American League Twins 3, Tigers 2 (8) Nationals 10, Braves 9 (7) IP H R ER BB SO Cubs 4, Cardinals 1 New York East Division Second game Second game King 4 4 3 3 2 3 St. Louis Chicago W L Pct GB Minnesota Detroit Washington Atlanta Heller 1 1 1 1 1 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Tampa Bay 27 12 .692 — ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi Britton 1 1 0 0 2 0 Wong 2b 3 0 0 0 Schwrber lf 5 0 0 0 New York 21 17 .553 5½ Polanco ss 4 1 4 1 Reyes cf-lf 4 1 2 0 Edman rf 4 0 0 0 Bryant 3b 4 1 1 0 Toronto 21 17 .553 5½ Robles cf 4 1 0 0 Acuna Jr. cf 4 1 1 1 Chapman 1 0 0 0 1 2 Sano 1b 4 0 0 0 Schoop 2b 4 1 1 1 Turner ss 5 1 1 1 Swanson ss 3 1 0 0 Holder, W, 2-0 1 0 0 0 1 1 Gldschmdt 1b 3 0 0 0 Rizzo 1b 2 1 0 0 Baltimore 17 21 .447 9½ Cruz dh 4 0 2 0 Cabrera dh 4 0 2 1 Miller dh 3 0 0 0 Baez ss 4 1 1 0 Boston 13 27 .325 14½ Cabrera dh 3 1 1 1 Freeman 1b 3 2 2 4 Green, S, 1-3 1 1 1 0 0 0 Rooker rf 3 0 1 1 Cndlario 1b 2 0 0 0 Suzuki c 3 2 1 0 Ozuna lf 3 1 1 1 DeJong ss 3 0 0 0 Heyward rf 3 0 1 0 Central Division Astdillo ph-c 1 1 0 0 Castro ss 4 0 1 0 Baltimore Molina c 3 0 1 0 Cntreras dh 4 1 3 4 Thames 1b 4 2 2 2 d’Arnaud c 2 1 1 2 1 Chicago 24 15 .615 — Rosario lf 4 0 1 0 Stewart lf 2 0 0 0 Eshelman 2 ⁄3 3 4 2 3 1 Carpenter 3b 3 1 1 1 Caratini c 3 0 0 0 Harrison lf 0 1 0 0 Mrkakis dh 3 0 0 0 2 Cleveland 23 15 .605 ½ Kline 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 1 3 Gonzalez 2b 4 0 2 1 D.Hill cf 1 0 0 0 Difo 3b 0 1 0 1 Riley 3b 4 1 1 1 O’Neill lf 3 0 0 0 Maybin cf 4 0 2 0 Minnesota 24 16 .600 ½ Buxton cf 4 0 1 0 Bonifacio rf 3 0 0 0 Phillips 1 1 0 0 0 1 Carlson cf 3 0 0 0 Kipnis 2b 2 0 0 0 Detroit 17 19 .472 5½ Adrianza 3b 3 1 0 0 Greiner c 3 0 0 0 Garcia 2b 3 1 2 0 Duvall rf 4 1 1 0 Tate 1 0 0 0 0 1 Martinez ph 1 0 0 0 Kansas City 14 25 .359 10 Avila c 0 0 0 0 Paredes 3b 3 0 0 0 Taylor rf 4 0 2 3 Camargo 2b 4 1 1 0 Harvey 1 2 0 0 0 1 Hoerner 2b 1 0 1 0 West Division Jeffers ph-c 2 0 0 0 Holt 3b-lf 3 0 1 1 Totals 28 1 2 1 Totals 33 4 9 4 Oakland 22 13 .629 — Scott 1 0 0 0 1 0 Donldson ph 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 10 10 9 Totals 30 9 8 9 Lakins Sr., L, 2-2 1 2 2 1 1 0 St. Louis 000 001 000—1 Houston 21 16 .568 2 Cave pr-rf 0 0 0 0 Washington 115 001 2—10 Chicago 201 001 00x—4 Seattle 16 22 .421 7½ HBP—King (Iglesias). WP—Scott. T— Totals 33 3 11 3 Totals 30 2 6 2 Atlanta 120 400 2— 9 3:37. E—Webb (1). DP—St. Louis 1, Chicago Los Angeles 14 25 .359 10 Minnesota 001 000 11—3 E—Garcia (4), Turner (5). DP—Wash- 1. LOB—St. Louis 1, Chicago 9. 2B—Bryant Texas 13 24 .351 10 Detroit 002 000 00—2 ington 1, Atlanta 0. LOB—Washington (4). HR—Carpenter (2), Contreras (5). E—D.Hill (1). DP—Minnesota 0, De- 7, Atlanta 6. 2B—Suzuki (5), Taylor (3), Orioles 6, Yankees 3 (7) IP H R ER BB SO National League troit 2. LOB—Minnesota 9, Detroit 7. 3B— Thames (5), Ozuna (9), Freeman (12). Second game St. Louis Schoop (1). SB—Candelario (1), Polanco HR—Turner (9), Riley (7), Acuna Jr. (8), 2 East Division New York Baltimore Flaherty L,2-1 2 ⁄3 4 3 3 2 4 W L Pct GB (2). Freeman (6), d’Arnaud (5). SF—Cabrera (3), Difo (1). ab r h bi ab r h bi Woodford 3 3 1 1 0 0 Atlanta 23 15 .605 — IP H R ER BB SO Webb 1 0 0 0 0 1 Hicks cf 4 0 0 0 Mullins cf 4 0 1 0 1 Philadelphia 19 15 .559 2 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Reyes 1 ⁄3 2 0 0 1 1 Miami 16 17 .485 4½ Voit dh 4 0 0 0 Stewart rf 1 1 0 0 Wisler 2 0 0 0 1 3 Washington Chicago New York 17 22 .436 6½ 2 1 Gardner lf 2 1 0 0 Nunez dh 4 0 0 0 Poppen ⁄3 3 2 2 0 0 Crowe 2 ⁄3 4 3 3 4 3 Darvish W,7-1 7 1 1 1 0 11 Washington 13 24 .351 9½ 1 2 Frazier rf 3 0 0 0 Severino c 4 2 2 0 Thielbar 2 ⁄3 3 0 0 1 2 Finnegan ⁄3 1 2 1 0 0 Wick H,4 1 1 0 0 0 2 Central Division Clippard 1 0 0 0 0 1 Ford 1b 3 0 0 0 Mntcastle lf 3 2 3 3 Chicago 23 15 .605 — Rainey, BS, 0-1 1 1 2 2 1 3 Andujar 3b 2 1 1 0 Ruiz 3b 3 1 1 1 Jeffress S,5-6 1 0 0 0 1 1 Romo, W, 1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Suero, W, 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Woodford pitched to 4 batters in the Milwaukee 18 19 .486 4½ May, S, 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 3 Kratz c 3 0 2 2 Valaika 2b 3 0 1 2 St. Louis 14 15 .483 4½ Harris, H, 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 Wade ss 2 1 1 0 Herrera 1b 2 0 0 0 6th, Webb pitched to 3 batters in the Detroit 7th. HBP—Flaherty (Rizzo). WP—Webb. Cincinnati 17 22 .436 6½ Hudson, S, 7-10 1 1 2 2 1 1 LeMhu ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Velzquez ss 2 0 0 0 Alexander 4 7 1 1 0 4 T—3:05. Pittsburgh 12 25 .324 10½ Atlanta Estrda 2b-ss 2 0 0 1 Garcia 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 West Division Ynoa 2 ⁄3 5 6 6 1 3 Totals 26 3 4 3 Totals 26 6 8 6 Los Angeles 30 10 .750 — Farmer, H, 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Soto, BS, 2-3 0 1 1 1 2 0 Jackson 1 ⁄3 2 1 1 0 1 New York 001 200 0—3 Rays 5, Marlins 4 San Diego 24 16 .600 6 Dayton 1 0 0 0 1 0 Baltimore 020 040 x—6 Colorado 18 20 .474 11 Cisnero 1 0 0 0 0 2 Miami Tampa Bay Jimenez, L, 1-3 1 1 1 0 0 0 Smith, L, 2-1 1 1 1 1 0 2 E—Garcia (1), Severino (3), Ruiz (3). San Francisco 18 21 .462 11½ 2 ab r h bi ab r h bi Soto pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. Weigel ⁄3 2 2 2 3 0 DP—New York 1, Baltimore 0. LOB—New Arizona 15 24 .385 14½ 1 WP—Soto. T—2:57. Culberson ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 York 5, Baltimore 7. 2B—Valaika (3). Berti 2b 4 0 1 2 Choi 1b 4 0 0 0 Friday’s games Marte cf 4 0 1 0 B.Lowe 2b 4 0 0 0 Minnesota 2, Detroit 0, 7 innings, 1st HBP—Ynoa 2 (Robles,Harrison). WP— HR—Mountcastle (3). SB—Mullins (4), Rainey, Weigel. T—3:12. Cooper 1b 4 0 0 0 Wendle 3b 3 1 2 0 game Reds 4, Pirates 2 (7) Velazquez (4). Aguilar dh 4 1 1 1 Meadows lf 3 1 1 0 Minnesota 3, Detroit 2, 8 innings, 2nd IP H R ER BB SO B.Andrsn 3b 4 0 0 0 Adames ss 4 0 0 0 game First game Blue Jays 8, Red Sox 7 (7) Rojas ss 3 0 0 0 Tsutsgo dh 2 2 2 1 Cincinnati Pittsburgh New York Toronto 8, Boston 7, 7 innings, 1st game 2 Chisholm pr 0 0 0 0 Phllps pr-dh 0 0 0 0 First game Garcia, L, 0-1 4 ⁄3 5 4 4 2 6 Boston 3, Toronto 2, 7 innings, 2nd game ab r h bi ab r h bi 1 Dickerson lf 4 1 1 1 Margot rf 3 0 0 0 Schmidt 1 ⁄3 3 2 2 1 1 N.Y. Yankees 6, Baltimore 5, 7 innings, Votto 1b 3 1 1 0 Gonzalez ss 4 1 1 0 Toronto Boston Alfaro c 4 1 1 0 Kiermaer cf 3 1 0 1 1st game Castllanos rf 4 2 2 1 Newman 2b 4 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Baltimore Brinson rf 2 1 2 0 Perez c 4 0 1 3 Baltimore 6, N.Y. Yankees 3, 7 innings, Davidson dh 3 0 0 0 Reynolds lf 3 1 0 0 Biggio 2b 4 1 1 0 Verdugo rf 3 0 2 0 Lopez, W, 1-0 5 3 3 0 1 2 Joyce ph-rf 2 0 1 0 2nd game Mstkas ph-dh 1 0 1 0 Moran dh 3 0 2 1 Grichuk cf 4 1 2 2 Devers 3b 3 0 0 0 Valdez, S, 1-1 2 1 0 0 1 3 Totals 35 4 8 4 Totals 30 5 6 5 Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 2, 7 innings, Suarez 3b 3 0 0 1 Polanco rf 3 0 2 1 Tellez 1b 3 0 2 1 Bogaerts ss 4 0 0 0 HBP—Garcia (Herrera), Lopez (Es- Miami 001 120 000—4 1st game Winker lf 3 0 1 1 Bell 1b 3 0 0 0 Hrnandez rf 3 0 0 0 Martinez dh 4 0 0 0 trada), Schmidt (Stewart). WP—Lopez. Tampa Bay 010 400 00x—5 Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 3, 7 innings, Akiyama lf 0 0 0 0 Hayes 3b 2 0 1 0 T—2:31. E—Hoyt (1), Adames (7). DP—Miami 0, 2nd game Guerrero dh 4 1 1 0 Plawecki c 4 2 2 0 Aquino cf 1 1 1 0 Tucker cf 3 0 1 0 Villar pr-dh 0 0 0 0 Bradley cf 4 1 1 0 Tampa Bay 1. LOB—Miami 6, Tampa Bay Atlanta 7, Washington 1, 7 innings, 1st Godwn ph-cf 1 0 0 0 Stallings c 2 0 0 0 7. 2B—Berti (4), Joyce (4), Perez (1). HR— game Gurriel Jr. lf 3 1 0 0 Munoz lf 3 3 3 3 Casali c 2 0 0 0 Frazier ph 1 0 1 0 Shaw 3b 4 2 3 1 Chavis 1b 3 0 2 1 Diamondbacks 6, Giants 5 Dickerson (5), Aguilar (5), Tsutsugo (6). Washington 10, Atlanta 9, 7 innings, Garcia ss 3 0 1 1 SB—Wendle (3), Margot (6), Phillips (1). 2nd game Panik ss 2 1 1 1 Peraza 2b 3 1 1 2 Arizona San Francisco Farmer 2b 3 0 0 0 Jansen c 3 1 1 2 IP H R ER BB SO Chicago White Sox 7, Kansas City 4 Totals 27 4 7 4 Totals 28 2 8 2 ab r h bi ab r h bi Seattle 6, Texas 3 Cincinnati 012 010 0—4 Totals 30 8 11 7 Totals 31 7 11 6 Locastro lf 4 0 0 0 Ystrzmski rf 3 0 1 0 Miami L.A. Angels 6, Houston 5, 11 innings Toronto 031 013 0—8 Marte cf 5 1 4 2 Dickerson lf 4 2 2 0 Lopez L,3-3 4 5 5 5 2 6 Pittsburgh 002 000 0—2 2 Tampa Bay 5, Miami 4 E—Farmer (1), Bell (3). DP—Cincinnati Boston 020 023 0—7 Walker 1b 3 1 1 0 Longoria 3b 5 0 0 0 Vesia ⁄3 1 0 0 2 1 1 Milwaukee 7, Cleveland 1 1, Pittsburgh 1. LOB—Cincinnati 7, Pitts- E—Verdugo (4). DP—Toronto 1, Boston Escobar 3b 5 1 1 0 Belt 1b 4 1 2 2 Vincent 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 3 Philadelphia 5, N.Y. Mets 3 burgh 7. 2B—Moustakas (2), Polanco 2 2. LOB—Toronto 5, Boston 5. 2B—Grichuk Calhoun rf 4 0 0 1 Flores dh 3 1 1 0 Bleier 1 0 0 0 0 1 Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis 1 (5), Gonzalez (8). HR—Castellanos (11). (7), Shaw (4), Plawecki (4), Chavis (2), Hoyt 1 0 0 0 2 2 San Diego 7, Oakland 0 Ahmed ss 4 1 3 1 Robrtson pr 0 0 0 0 SF—Suarez (1). Peraza (8), Munoz (2). HR—Shaw (4), Jan- Rojas dh 4 1 1 0 Solano 2b 4 0 1 1 Tampa Bay L.A. Dodgers 10, Colorado 6 sen (3), Munoz (1). SF—Tellez (2). Fleming W,3-0 5 7 4 4 0 2 Arizona 6, San Francisco 5 IP H R ER BB SO An.Young 2b 4 0 0 0 Crawford ss 5 0 1 1 IP H R ER BB SO Varsho c 4 1 2 2 Bart c 4 1 2 0 Thompson H,4 1 0 0 0 0 3 Saturday’s games Cincinnati Fairbanks H,5 1 1 0 0 1 1 Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Castillo W,1-5 6 7 2 2 2 8 Toronto Duggar pr 0 0 0 0 1 Tromp c 0 0 0 0 Castillo H,3 1 0 0 0 0 1 Houston at L.A. Angels Iglesias S,5-6 1 1 0 0 0 1 Roark 4 ⁄3 7 4 4 1 6 N.Anderson S,4-4 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 Dubon cf 4 0 2 1 Detroit at Minnesota Pittsburgh Merryweather ⁄3 4 3 3 0 1 T—2:57. Toronto at Boston 2 Totals 37 6 12 6 Totals 36 5 12 5 Brault L,0-2 4 ⁄3 6 4 3 2 6 Cole W,2-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore 1 Neverauskas 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 Bass S,5-6 1 0 0 0 0 1 Arizona 101 220 000—6 Texas at Seattle Bashlor 1 1 0 0 0 1 San Francisco 101 110 100—5 Phillies 5, Mets 3 L.A. Angels at Houston Boston HBP—Brault (Aquino). WP—Neveraus- Godley L,0-4 3 5 4 4 1 4 E—Escobar (3). DP—Arizona 4, San Philadelphia New York San Diego at Oakland kas, Bashlor. T—2:31. Francisco 0. LOB—Arizona 8, San Fran- St. Louis at Chicago Cubs Springs 2 2 1 1 0 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi 2 cisco 11. 2B—Ahmed (7), Marte 2 (13), Es- Miami at Tampa Bay Walden ⁄3 3 3 0 1 1 McCutchn lf 5 1 1 0 Nimmo cf 3 1 1 0 1 cobar (3), Belt (9), Dickerson (5), Dubon Stock 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 1 1 Cincinnati at Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Reds 3 (7) (3), Flores (6). HR—Marte (2), Belt (6). Hoskins 1b 4 1 1 0 Conforto rf 3 1 1 2 Milwaukee at Cleveland WP—Roark, Cole, Springs. T—2:42. Gregorius ss 5 1 1 1 Davis 3b 4 0 2 0 Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets Second game SF—Calhoun (1). S—Locastro (1). Realmuto c 4 0 0 0 Smith 1b 4 0 2 1 Washington at Atlanta Pittsburgh Cincinnati Red Sox 3, Blue Jays 2 (7) IP H R ER BB SO Segura 2b 3 1 1 0 Cano 2b 4 0 0 0 Chicago Cubs at St. Louis ab r h bi ab r h bi Arizona Bruce dh 3 0 1 1 Alonso dh 4 0 1 0 Colorado at L.A. Dodgers Newman ss 4 1 1 0 Votto 1b 2 1 0 0 Second game Clarke 3 6 3 3 3 2 Bohm 3b 4 0 0 0 McNeil lf 4 0 0 0 Arizona at San Francisco Frazier 2b 1 0 1 0 Cstllanos rf 3 0 0 0 Boston Toronto Bergen W,1-0 1 0 0 0 1 1 Gosselin rf 2 1 1 0 Ramos c 3 0 0 0 Sunday’s games Reynolds lf 3 0 1 0 Winker dh 3 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Haseley rf 0 0 0 1 Guillrme ph 1 0 0 0 N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 1-1) at Baltimore Lopez H,1 1 2 1 1 0 1 Moran 1b 3 1 0 0 Suarez 3b 2 1 1 2 Verdugo dh 4 0 0 0 Biggio 2b 4 0 1 0 Guerra H,2 1 1 0 0 1 1 Quinn cf 4 0 1 1 Gimenez ss 4 1 2 0 (Wojciechowski 1-3) Polanco rf 3 0 0 0 Mostkas 2b 3 1 2 1 Totals 34 5 7 4 Totals 34 3 9 3 Toronto (TBD) at Boston (TBD) Bell dh 3 0 0 0 Goodwin cf 2 0 0 0 Munoz rf 4 1 3 0 Grichuk cf 3 1 1 0 Rondon H,4 1 1 1 1 0 1 Philadelphia 011 000 120—5 Chicago White Sox (Keuchel 5-2) at Hayes 3b 3 1 2 0 Davidsn ph 1 0 0 0 Devers 3b 3 1 0 0 Tellez 1b 2 1 1 1 Crichton H,2 1 2 0 0 0 0 New York 000 020 010—3 Kansas City (Keller 3-1) Alford cf 3 1 1 2 Farmer lf 0 0 0 0 Vazquez c 2 1 1 0 Espnl pr-3b 0 0 0 0 Ginkel S,1-2 1 0 0 0 1 1 E—Smith (2). DP—Philadelphia 1, New Detroit (Mize 0-1) at Minnesota (Hill Murphy c 3 0 0 0 Akiyma lf-cf 3 0 1 0 Chavis 2b 3 0 1 1 Hrnandz dh 3 0 0 0 San Francisco York 0. LOB—Philadelphia 7, New York 6. 1-1) Garcia ss 3 0 0 0 Bradley Jr. cf 2 0 1 0 Villar ss 3 0 1 1 Anderson L,1-3 4 7 4 4 1 2 2B—Gosselin (4). HR—Conforto (7). SB— Dalbec 1b 3 0 0 0 Gurriel Jr. lf 2 0 1 0 1 Houston (Valdez 3-2) at L.A. Angels Barnhart c 3 0 0 0 Coonrod ⁄3 2 2 2 1 0 Segura (2), Quinn 2 (8). (Barria 0-0) Lin lf 3 0 1 1 Fisher rf 2 0 0 0 1 Totals 26 4 6 2 Totals 25 3 4 3 Suarez 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO Texas (Lyles 1-3) at Seattle (Dunn 2-1) Arauz ss 3 0 0 0 Shaw 3b-1b 3 0 1 0 1 Pittsburgh 000 310 0—4 Gott ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Miami (Rogers 1-0) at Tampa Bay Philadelphia Cincinnati 200 100 0—3 McGuire c 2 0 0 0 Selman 2 0 0 0 0 1 (Glasnow 2-1) E—Votto (5). DP—Pittsburgh 0, Cincin- Guerrero ph 1 0 0 0 Arrieta W,3-4 7 7 2 2 1 7 W.Peralta 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 Milwaukee (Anderson 2-2) at Cleve- nati 2. LOB—Pittsburgh 3, Cincinnati 3. Totals 27 3 7 2 Totals 25 2 6 2 Neris H,3 ⁄3 2 1 1 1 1 Clarke pitched to 2 batters in the 4th. 2 land (Bieber 6-0) 2B—Akiyama (4). 3B—Hayes (1), Alford Hunter H,6 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Boston 011 010 0—3 HBP—Crichton (Yastrzemski). T—3:32. Philadelphia (Nola 4-2) at N.Y. Mets (1). HR—Suarez (9), Moustakas (3). Toronto 000 101 0—2 Workman S,5-6 1 0 0 0 0 1 (deGrom 2-1) IP H R ER BB SO E—McGuire (3). DP—Boston 2, Toronto New York Washington (Corbin 2-3) at Atlanta 1. LOB—Boston 7, Toronto 5. 2B—Lin (1), Porcello 6 3 2 2 2 6 Pittsburgh Angels 6, Astros 5 (11) 1 (Tomlin 1-2) Munoz (3), Grichuk (8). HR—Tellez (7). Hughes L,1-2 1 ⁄3 4 3 3 2 2 2 Cincinnati (TBD) at Pittsburgh (Kuhl Ponce 4 3 3 3 1 4 Houston Los Angeles Brach 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 3 1-1) Howard, W, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO 2 ab r h bi ab r h bi HBP—Brach (Haseley). T—3:11. Arizona (Young 1-2) at San Francisco Stratton, H, 3 ⁄3 0 0 0 1 2 1 Boston Springer cf 5 1 2 0 Simmons ss 5 1 2 1 (Cueto 2-0) Turley, H, 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Mazza 4 3 1 1 1 2 Reddick rf 6 0 1 1 Trout cf 3 2 2 2 San Diego (Richards 1-2) at Oakland Rodriguez, S, 3-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 Taylor W,1-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Mariners 6, Rangers 3 (Fiers 4-1) Brantley dh 4 1 2 0 Rendon 3b 4 1 0 0 Cincinnati Leyer H,1 1 2 1 1 2 3 Straw pr-dh 1 1 0 0 Ohtani dh 5 0 1 1 Texas Seattle St. Louis (Kim 2-0) at Chicago Cubs Bauer, L, 3-3 6 6 4 1 2 7 Barnes S,4-6 1 1 0 0 0 1 (Lester 2-1) Sims 1 0 0 0 0 2 Gurriel 1b 5 1 2 0 Ward rf-lf 4 0 1 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Colorado (Castellani 1-2) at L.A. Dodg- Toronto Tucker lf 5 0 2 2 Walsh 1b 3 1 1 2 Taveras cf 4 1 1 0 Crawford ss 5 1 1 3 WP—Bauer. T—2:25. 1 ers (Urias 3-0) Stripling L,0-1 4 ⁄3 6 3 2 2 4 Correa ss 5 0 2 1 Barreto lf 4 0 0 0 Knr-Falfa 3b 4 0 2 0 Moore 2b 5 0 2 0 2 Reid-Foley 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 2 4 Toro 3b 4 0 0 0 Adell rf 1 0 0 0 Solak 2b 3 0 0 1 Lewis cf 4 0 0 0 Friday Braves 7, Nationals 1 (7) Font 1 1 0 0 0 0 Diaz 2b 5 0 1 0 Rengifo 2b 2 1 0 0 Gallo rf 4 0 1 1 Seager 3b 1 2 0 0 First game T—2:49. Maldonado c 5 1 1 0 Briceno c 3 0 0 0 Trevino c 4 1 1 1 France dh 3 1 1 1 Twins 2, Tigers 0 (7) Washington Atlanta Stubbs pr-c 0 0 0 0 Pujols ph 1 0 0 0 Choo dh 3 0 0 0 Marmljos lf 4 0 1 0 First game ab r h bi ab r h bi Yankees 6, Orioles 5 (9) Bemboom c 0 0 0 0 Andrus ss 3 0 0 0 Gordon lf 0 0 0 0 Detroit Minnesota Totals 45 5 13 4 Totals 35 6 7 6 Guzman 1b 3 0 0 0 Ev.White 1b 2 1 2 2 Robles cf 4 0 3 0 Acuna Jr. cf 3 3 2 3 First game ab r h bi ab r h bi Turner ss 4 0 2 0 Swanson ss 4 1 2 3 Houston 000 200 003 00—5 El.White lf 2 1 0 0 Torrens c 3 0 0 0 New York Baltimore Los Angeles 301 001 000 01—6 Haggerty rf 3 1 0 0 Reyes cf 3 0 1 0 Polanco ss 3 1 1 1 Kendrick dh 3 0 0 0 Freeman 1b 4 0 1 0 Schoop 2b 3 0 1 0 Donldsn 3b 2 1 1 1 Cabrera 1b 3 1 1 0 Ozuna dh 3 0 2 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi E—Briceno (1). DP—Houston 1, Los Totals 30 3 5 3 Totals 30 6 7 6 Cabrera dh 3 0 1 0 Cruz dh 3 0 1 0 Gomes c 2 0 1 1 Markakis rf 3 0 0 0 LeMhiu 3b-2b 5 1 2 0 Mullins cf 3 1 1 1 Angeles 1. LOB—Houston 12, Los Angeles Texas 000 010 002—3 Candlario 1b 3 0 1 0 Sano 1b 3 0 0 0 Harrison lf 2 0 1 0 Riley 3b 3 0 1 0 Voit dh 3 1 1 0 Severino ph 0 0 0 0 14. 2B—Gurriel (12), Correa (7), Tucker 2 Seattle 010 200 03x—6 Castro ss 3 0 0 0 Gonzalez rf 2 0 0 0 Taylor rf 3 0 0 0 Duvall lf 3 1 1 0 Andjr pr-dh-3b 1 1 1 1 Urias ss-2b 0 0 0 0 (8), Diaz (1), Springer (5). HR—Trout (14), E—Cody (1). DP—Texas 1, Seattle 1. Stewart lf 2 0 1 0 Adrianza 2b 2 0 0 0 Garcia 2b 3 0 0 0 Flowers c 3 1 1 0 Gardner cf 4 0 2 2 Santnder rf 4 0 0 0 Walsh (1). SB—Straw (6). SF—Walsh (1). LOB—Texas 2, Seattle 8. 2B—Ev.White (6), Bonifacio ph 1 0 0 0 Rooker lf 1 0 0 0 Difo 3b 3 0 0 0 Hchvrria 2b 3 1 1 0 Frazier rf 4 0 2 1 Lakins Sr. p 0 1 0 0 S—Rengifo (1). Moore (6). HR—Trevino (2), Crawford (2). Demeritte rf 2 0 0 0 Buxton cf 0 0 0 0 Totals 27 1 8 1 Totals 29 7 11 6 Ford 1b 5 0 0 0 Iglsas dh-ss 4 0 1 0 IP H R ER BB SO SB—Moore (7). SF—Solak (1). Romine c 2 0 0 0 Cave cf-lf 2 0 0 0 Washington 000 100 0—1 Sanchez c 4 1 1 1 Nunez 1b 5 1 1 1 IP H R ER BB SO Paredes 3b 2 0 0 0 Jeffers c 2 0 1 0 Atlanta 102 202 x—7 Tauchman lf 1 0 0 1 Sisco c 2 0 1 0 Houston Totals 24 0 5 0 Totals 20 2 4 2 E—Taylor (1), Flowers (0). DP—Wash- McCullers Jr. 0 2 3 3 3 0 Texas Estrda 2b-ss 4 0 0 0 Holady ph-c 2 0 0 0 1 Detroit 000 000 0—0 ington 0, Atlanta 1. LOB—Washington 7, Garcia 4 ⁄3 1 1 1 3 2 Cody L,0-1 3 1 1 0 2 2 Wade ss 3 1 0 0 Albrto 2b-3b 3 1 1 0 1 Minnesota 200 000 x—2 Atlanta 6. 2B—Harrison (2), Duvall (4), Perez 1 ⁄3 3 1 1 1 2 King 2 3 2 2 1 1 Hicks ph 1 0 0 0 Stewart lf 1 0 0 0 1 Benjamin 1 0 0 0 2 1 DP—Detroit 2, Minnesota 2. LOB—De- Ozuna (8). 3B—Cabrera (2). HR—Acuna Holder p 0 1 0 0 Vlika ph-2b-rf 2 0 0 0 Scrubb 2 ⁄3 0 0 0 3 3 troit 4, Minnesota 2. HR—Polanco (4), Jr. 2 (7), Swanson (6). SF—Gomes (1). Pressly 1 0 0 0 1 2 Herget 1 1 0 0 1 0 Green p 0 0 0 0 Ruiz 3b 2 1 1 2 1 Hearn 1 2 3 3 1 2 Donaldson (2). IP H R ER BB SO Mntcstle ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Raley L,0-1 1 ⁄3 1 1 0 0 1 IP H R ER BB SO Washington Vlzquz ss-cf 3 0 1 0 Los Angeles Seattle 2 Kikuchi W,2-2 6 2 1 1 0 7 Detroit Voth, L, 0-5 4 ⁄3 7 5 5 2 5 Hrrera ph-cf 1 0 0 0 Bundy 7 6 2 2 1 8 1 2 Boyd, L, 1-5 6 4 2 2 0 8 Bacus 1 ⁄3 4 2 2 0 1 Totals 35 6 9 6 Totals 33 5 7 4 Mayers H,4 ⁄3 3 0 0 0 2 Graveman H,1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 Misiewicz H,5 1 0 0 0 0 1 Minnesota Atlanta New York 013 000 002—6 Bard H,1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 1 Hirano 1 3 2 2 1 0 Dobnak, W, 6-2 5 4 0 0 1 4 Milone 4 6 1 1 0 3 Baltimore 100 210 001—5 Buttrey H,2 ⁄3 3 3 3 0 0 2 HBP—King (Seager). WP—Hearn. T— Duffey, H, 9 1 0 0 0 0 2 O’Day, W, 3-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 E—Nunez (3). DP—New York 1, Balti- Andriese W,2-2 2 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 3 Rogers, S, 8-10 1 1 0 0 0 1 Greene 1 0 0 0 1 1 more 2. LOB—New York 10, Baltimore 11. McCullers Jr. pitched to 5 batters in 2:56. HBP—Boyd 2 (Rooker,Donaldson). Minter 1 1 0 0 0 1 HR—Sanchez (7), Mullins (2), Ruiz (7), the 1st. HBP—Bundy (Toro), Raley (Sim- WP—Boyd, Rogers. T—1:45. T—2:30. Nunez (10). SB—Wade (2), Alberto (2). mons). WP—Scrubb. T—4:27. SEE SCOREBOARD ON PAGE 21 Sunday, September 6, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 21 MLB Darvish, Cubs down Cardinals

BY JAY COHEN homer. He also had a big two-run any Cy Young talk. Associated Press single on the ninth pitch of his at- “I didn’t want to think about bat against Jack Flaherty in the that,” he said. “If I start thinking CHICAGO — While his man- first. that, I will fail.” ager is running out of things to Darvish (7-1) was working on Rowan Wick worked the eighth, say about him, Yu Darvish knows a perfect game before Matt Car- and Jeremy Jeffress finished the exactly how good he has been this penter opened the sixth with his two-hitter for his fifth save. year. second homer, a drive to the bas- Flaherty (2-1) got off to a tough Asked to compare his recent ket in right-center on the ninth start and never quite recovered, roll to any previous point in his ca- pitch of the at-bat. The Japanese allowing four hits and walking reer, Darvish responded: “Three 2 right-hander then retired his last two in 2 ⁄3 innings. times better than before.” six batters, striking out three Chicago forced the ace right- No kidding. more to give him 11 on the night. hander to throw 43 pitches in the Darvish pitched seven dazzling “You’re seeing a guy that’s been first. Jason Heyward’s eight-pitch innings in his seventh consecutive win, and the Chicago Cubs as good as anybody in this league walk with two outs loaded the beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 all year and you’re seeing why,” bases for Contreras, who drove in on Friday night in the opener of a St. Louis manager Mike Shildt Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo big five-game series. said. “A lot of different pitches, a with a single to center. “The way he commands the lot of pitches on the plate, under “I just wasn’t very good,” Fla- strike zone with his secondary the zone. Everything looks pretty herty said. “I didn’t execute very pitches is some of the best I’ve much the same, a differential in well. Didn’t execute my slider, ever seen,” manager David Ross speed and he had a good fastball didn’t execute my fastball, didn’t said. as well. He’s a tough guy to time execute my curveball, didn’t ex- Led by Darvish and Willson up. He was tough.” ecute at all.” Contreras, Chicago won for the With less than a month left in Contreras added another two- fourth time in five games and the pandemic-delayed season, the out RBI single in the third, mak- strengthened its grip on the top 34-year-old Darvish looks like a ing it 3-0 and chasing Flaherty. spot in the NL Central. St. Louis leading candidate for what would “Whenever you have a good dropped into a virtual tie with be his first Cy Young Award. He at-bat like that in the first at-bat, Milwaukee for second, 4 ½ games improved to 11-5 with a 2.26 ERA obviously in DHing, that makes NAM Y. HUH/AP back of the Cubs. in his last 21 starts dating to last you feel great,” Contreras said. Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish throws against the St. Louis Cardinals Contreras had three hits and season, with 181 strikeouts and “It makes you have so much con- during the first inning in Chicago on Friday. The Cubs won 4-1, giving four RBIs, including a leadoff just 15 walks. fidence for the second and third Darvish his seventh consecutive victory. drive in the sixth for his fifth But Darvish isn’t interested in at-bats.”

FROM PAGE 20 Padres 7, Athletics 0 San Diego Oakland Roundup Brewers 7, Indians 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi Milwaukee Cleveland Tatis Jr. ss 5 2 2 3 Laureano cf 3 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Machado 3b 5 1 2 1 La Stella 2b 4 0 0 0 Gamel cf-rf 5 1 3 0 Hrnandz 2b 4 0 1 0 Garcia 3b 0 0 0 0 Chpman 3b 4 0 0 0 Hiura 2b 4 2 2 3 Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 0 Hosmer 1b 5 0 1 1 Canha dh 4 0 1 0 Nola c 5 0 1 0 Olson 1b 1 0 0 0 O’s end 19-game skid vs. Yankees Yelich lf 4 1 0 1 Lindor ss 4 0 0 0 Gyorko 1b 3 1 1 0 Santana 1b 4 0 0 0 Myers rf 5 1 1 0 Grossman lf 4 0 1 0 Taylor pr-cf 1 0 0 0 Reyes dh 2 0 0 0 Crnenwrth 2b 4 0 0 0 Piscotty rf 3 0 0 0 Associated Press Vogelbch dh 3 0 2 0 Naquin rf 3 1 1 0 Campsno dh 3 2 1 1 Machin ss 3 0 1 0 Braun ph-dh 2 0 1 1 Naylor lf 3 0 1 0 Profar lf 4 0 0 0 Murphy c 3 0 1 0 Arcia ss 5 0 0 0 Hedges c 3 0 0 0 Grisham cf 4 1 3 1 BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Peterson rf 2 0 0 0 DeShilds cf 2 0 0 0 Totals 40 7 11 7 Totals 29 0 4 0 Mathas ph-1b 2 0 0 0 Mercado cf 1 0 1 0 San Diego 000 040 210—7 Orioles ended their 19-game los- Urias 3b 3 1 2 1 Oakland 000 000 000—0 ing streak against the New York Nottinghm c 3 1 1 0 E—Wendelken (2), Machin (1). DP— Totals 37 7 12 6 Totals 30 1 4 0 San Diego 1, Oakland 0. LOB—San Diego Yankees, using a strong offen- Milwaukee 000 100 420—7 7, Oakland 6. 2B—Grisham (7), Tatis Jr. sive performance by rookie Ryan Cleveland 000 010 000—1 (9), Nola (1), Grossman (10). HR—Tatis Jr. E—Nottingham (1), Santana (2). DP— (14), Machado (12), Campusano (1). Mountcastle in a 6-3 victory Fri- Milwaukee 1, Cleveland 2. LOB—Milwau- IP H R ER BB SO day for a doubleheader split. kee 9, Cleveland 4. 2B—Hiura (3), Hernan- dez (13). HR—Hiura (10). SB—DeShields San Diego In the opener, Miguel Andujar (2). Davies W,6-2 7 4 0 0 4 5 Guerra 1 0 0 0 0 0 singled in the tiebreaking run in IP H R ER BB SO Stammen 1 0 0 0 0 0 the ninth inning and Clint Frazier Milwaukee Oakland added an RBI single to give New Burnes W,2-0 6 3 1 0 2 7 2 Luzardo L,2-2 4 ⁄3 6 4 4 0 4 Suter 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 Wendelken 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 York a 6-5 win. Gary Sanchez Claudio 1 0 0 0 0 0 Minor 1 2 2 2 0 0 homered and Brett Gardner drove Cleveland McFarland 1 2 1 1 0 1 Carrasco 6 6 1 1 3 7 Weems 1 1 0 0 0 1 in two runs for the Yankees. 1 Maton L,2-1 ⁄3 2 3 3 1 1 HBP—Luzardo (Campusano). WP— 2 Dodgers 10, Rockies 6: AJ O.Perez ⁄3 1 1 0 1 0 Weems. T—2:41. Karinchak 1 3 2 2 1 2 Pollock, Joc Pederson and Mook- Cimber 1 0 0 0 0 0 Burnes pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Dodgers 10, Rockies 6 ie Betts homered in the eighth WP—Karinchak. T—2:55. inning, and host Los Angeles Colorado Los Angeles NICK WASS/AP ab r h bi ab r h bi shrugged off Kevin Pillar’s dra- White Sox 7, Royals 4 Tapia dh 4 1 1 1 Betts rf 5 2 3 2 matic grand slam moments ear- The Orioles’ Rio Ruiz slides home to score on a double by Chicago Kansas City Story ss 5 0 0 0 Seager dh 4 0 2 2 Arenado 3b 3 1 0 0 Muncy 3b 5 1 1 1 lier to win its sixth straight. Pat Valaika during the fifth inning of the second game of a ab r h bi ab r h bi Blackmon rf 3 1 1 0 Bellinger 1b 4 1 2 0 Blue Jays 8-2, Red Sox 7-3: doubleheader against the New York Yankees, Friday, in Baltimore. Anderson ss 4 2 2 1 Merrfield rf 5 0 1 0 Pillar cf 4 1 1 4 Pollock cf 4 1 2 2 Moncada 3b 3 1 1 0 Dozier 1b 5 0 0 0 Murphy 1b 3 0 1 0 Pederson lf 4 1 1 1 Yairo Munoz had three hits and Abreu 1b 5 0 2 2 Soler dh 5 0 0 0 b-Kemp ph 1 0 0 0 Taylor ss 4 1 1 0 Boston salvaged a spit of their a three-run double and AL East- to split a doubleheader. Encrncion dh 3 1 0 1 Franco 3b 4 2 1 0 Butera c 0 0 0 0 Smith c 4 1 2 2 Robert cf 4 1 1 0 Gordon lf 2 2 1 0 Hampson 2b 4 0 2 0 Lux 2b 3 2 1 0 doubleheader as the “road” team leading Tampa Bay beat Miami. Diamondbacks 6, Giants 5: Jimenez lf 5 1 3 1 Olivares cf 5 0 2 2 Hilliard lf 4 1 1 1 at Fenway Park to end a five- Braves 7-9, Nationals 1-10: Ketel Marte homered, doubled McCann c 5 0 1 0 Lopez 2b 4 0 1 0 Wolters c 2 0 0 0 Mazara rf 5 1 2 0 McBrom ph 1 0 0 0 Fuentes ph 0 1 0 0 game losing streak. Trea Turner gave Washington twice and singled as Arizona beat Madrigal 2b 4 0 2 1 Mondesi ss 4 0 3 2 Viloria c 2 0 0 0 McMahon 1b 1 0 0 0 Phillies 5, Mets 3: Jake Arrie- the lead with a sixth-inning home host San Francisco to snap a five- Totals 34 6 7 6 Totals 37 10 15 10 O’Hearn ph 0 0 0 0 ta bounced back from the short- run off Will Smith and the visit- game losing streak. Gallagher c 0 0 0 0 Colorado 100 010 040— 6 Totals 38 7 14 6 Totals 37 4 9 4 Los Angeles 100 001 35x—10 est start of his career by pitching ing Nationals held on in the sev- Mariners 6, Rangers 3: Yusei Chicago 110 112 100—7 E—Hampson (2), Pillar (1), Lux (1). Kansas City 010 200 001—4 DP—Colorado 2, Los Angeles 1. LOB—Col- seven solid innings to lead visit- enth to split a doubleheader. Kikuchi struck out seven, J.P. E—Olivares (1), Viloria (1). DP—Chi- orado 5, Los Angeles 5. HR—Tapia (1), ing Philadelphia past New York Angels 6, Astros 5 (11): Mike Crawford hit a three-run homer cago 0, Kansas City 1. LOB—Chicago 10, Hilliard (6), Pillar (1), Muncy (10), Smith Kansas City 12. 2B—Abreu (12), Jimenez (5), Pollock (8), Pederson (6), Betts (13). for its fifth straight win. Trout tied host Los Angeles’ fran- and Seattle beat visiting Texas. (7). SB—Mondesi 2 (10), Anderson (4). SB—Bellinger (4), Lux (1). SF—Seager Padres 7, Athletics 0: Fer- chise record for career home runs Brewers 7, Indians 1: Corbin (1). SF—Encarnacion (1), Anderson (1). nando Tatis Jr. and Manny Mach- in the first inning and scored the Burnes pitched six strong in- IP H R ER BB SO IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Colorado ado hit back-to-back homers in winning run in the 11th. nings, Keston Hiura hit an RBI 2 1 Dunning 4 ⁄3 5 3 3 4 4 Senzatela 5 ⁄3 7 2 2 0 3 the seventh inning, and San Diego Twins 2-3, Tigers 0-2: Mar- double in visiting Milwaukee’s 1 2 Heuer, W, 2-0 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Givens ⁄3 2 2 2 0 1 Marshall 1 0 0 0 0 1 Kinley 1 0 1 1 1 0 pounded host Oakland as the Ath- win Gonzalez singled home Wil- four-run seventh inning and the 2 Estevez, L, 1-1, BS, 1-3 1 Foster ⁄3 2 0 0 0 0 ⁄3 4 4 4 0 0 2 letics returned to the field from a lians Astudillo in the eighth, and Brewers scored three times on 1 Hoffman ⁄3 2 1 1 0 1 Colome, S, 8-9 1 ⁄3 2 1 1 2 1 four-game postponement follow- host Minnesota rallied to beat De- two weak infield grounders. Kansas City Los Angeles 2 2 Singer, L, 1-4 5 ⁄3 10 5 5 1 5 May 5 ⁄3 3 2 2 1 5 ing a positive coronavirus test. troit for a doubleheader sweep. White Sox 7, Royals 3: Jose 1 1 Hahn ⁄3 1 1 1 1 0 Kolarek 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 2 Rays 5, Marlins 4: At St. Pe- Reds 4-3, Pirates 2-4: Pitts- Abreu extended his hitting streak Zimmer 1 2 1 1 0 1 Graterol, H, 6 ⁄3 0 2 2 1 0 1 Holland 1 1 0 0 0 2 Ferguson, W, 2-0 ⁄3 2 2 2 0 1 tersburg, Fla., rookie left-hander burgh took advantage of an un- to 18 games with a two-run dou- Newberry 1 0 0 0 1 1 Jansen 1 1 0 0 0 1 HBP—Singer (Moncada). WP—Dun- HBP—Graterol (Fuentes), Jansen Josh Fleming won his third con- characteristic performance by ble, and Chicago beat host Kan- ning, Singer(2), Holland. T—3:42. (Tapia). WP—Kinley, May. T—3:30. secutive start, Michael Perez had visiting Cincinnati’s Trevor Bauer sas City. PAGE 22 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, September 6, 2020 NBA PLAYOFFS Rockets cruise past Lakers in Game 1 Scoreboard Playoffs All games in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. BY BRIAN MAHONEY CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) Associated Press Eastern Conference Miami 3, Milwaukee 0 Miami 115, Milwaukee 104 LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Hous- Miami 116, Milwaukee 114 ton Rockets may play small, but they don’t use Friday: Miami 115, Milwaukee 100 Sunday: Game 4 (AFN-Sports, 9:30 p.m. size to determine toughness. Sunday CET; 4:30 a.m. Monday JKT) And in Game 1, their style caused big prob- x-Tuesday: Game 5 x-Thursday, Sept. 10: Game 6 lems for the Los Angeles Lakers. x-Saturday, Sept. 12: Game 7 James Harden scored 36 points and the Boston 2, Toronto 1 Boston 112, Toronto 94 Rockets ran away from the Lakers 112-97 on Boston 102, Toronto 99 Friday night, the second straight round the Toronto 104, Boston 103 Saturday: Game 4 No. 1 seed in the Western Conference lost its Monday: Game 5 (AFN-Sports, 12:30 opener. a.m. Tuesday CET; 7:30 a.m. Tuesday JKT) x-Wednesday, Sept. 9: Game 6 “It doesn’t matter how tall you are. If you x-Friday, Sept. 11: Game 7 have the heart and you’re a competitor you Western Conference Houston 1, L.A. Lakers 0 can be out there on the court,” Harden said. Friday: Houston 112, L.A. Lakers 97 Sunday: Game 2 (AFN-Sports, 2:30 a.m. Russell Westbrook added 24 points, nine re- Monday CET; 9:30 a.m. Monday JKT) bounds and six assists, and Eric Gordon had Tuesday: Game 3 Thursday, Sept. 10: Game 4 23 points for the Rockets, the No. 4 seed who x-Saturday, Sept. 12: Game 5 had just one day of rest after needing seven x-Monday, Sept. 14: Game 6 x-Wednesday, Sept. 16: Game 7 games to win their first-round series. L.A. Clippers 1, Denver 0 They sure didn’t look tired, flying around Thursday: L.A. Clippers 120, Denver 97 Saturday: Game 2 the court all night to make up for the size Monday: Game 3 (AFN-Sports, 3 a.m. disadvantage they face with their small-ball Tuesday CET; 10 a.m. Tuesday JKT) Wednesday, Sept. 9: Game 4 style. They forced 17 turnovers that led to 27 x-Friday, Sept. 11: Game 5 points and played the much bigger Lakers x-Sunday, Sept. 13: Game 6 even on the backboards. x-Tuesday, Sept. 15: Game 7 “We’re small out there so we’ve got to be Friday scrappy,” Westbrook said. “We’ve got to play Rockets 112, Lakers 97 hard.” HOUSTON — Gordon 7-14 6-6 23, Tuck- er 2-7 0-0 6, Covington 2-3 0-0 6, Harden The Lakers never led after the first quar- MARK J. TERRILL/AP 12-20 9-12 36, Westbrook 10-24 3-6 24, ter and the Rockets blew it open by starting J.Green 3-5 0-0 7, House Jr. 0-3 0-0 0, Fra- the fourth with a 16-3 run, turning a six-point The Rockets’ Russell Westbrook, right, passes over the Lakers’ Markieff Morris during the zier 0-0 0-0 0, McLemore 0-1 0-0 0, Rivers second half of Friday’s conference semifinal playoff in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. 3-4 2-3 10. Totals 39-81 20-27 112. advantage into a 101-82 cushion on Harden’s L.A. LAKERS — Davis 10-16 4-4 25, James 7-15 4-5 20, McGee 2-2 0-0 4, basket with 7:15 to play. Caldwell-Pope 2-8 0-0 5, D.Green 4-12 0-0 Anthony Davis had 25 points and 14 re- a victory over the Lakers in Los Angeles and mitted to finishing the season following the 10, Dudley 0-0 0-0 0, Kuzma 3-9 1-2 8, Mor- proved again why it they think it can work. Milwaukee Bucks’ decision not to play a game ris 0-1 0-0 0, Howard 0-1 1-2 1, Caruso 4-7 bounds for the Lakers. LeBron James had 20 4-4 14, Rondo 3-9 0-0 8, Waiters 0-3 2-2 2. points, eight rebounds and seven assists. They were constantly on the move defen- as a statement against racial injustice. Totals 35-83 16-19 97. sively, deflecting passes and corralling loose They didn’t appear to have any rust at the Houston 29 34 22 27—112 He compared the Rockets to the speedy St. L.A. Lakers 28 27 24 18— 97 Louis Rams’ Super Bowl championship team balls. start, breaking to a 7-0 lead. But the rest of Three-Point Goals—Houston 14-39 It’s the kind of plays they have to make the first quarter was tight from there, Hous- (Harden 3-6, Gordon 3-8, Covington 2-3, of two decades ago, nicknamed the “Greatest Rivers 2-3, Tucker 2-7, J.Green 1-3, West- Show on Turf.” while starting a lineup that has nobody taller ton leading 29-28 after Rajon Rondo’s final brook 1-5, House Jr. 0-3), L.A. Lakers than 6-foot-8 Robert Covington. They opened shot came after the buzzer. The Lakers never 11-38 (Caruso 2-5, Rondo 2-5, D.Green “There’s no way you can simulate their 2-7, James 2-7, Davis 1-2, Kuzma 1-4, speed,” James said. “So getting out on the the game with the 6-3 Gordon guarding the led again. Caldwell-Pope 1-5, Waiters 0-2). Fouled 6-8 James and Harden defending 7-footer Ja- “The Game 7 versus a team with rest — I’ve Out—None. Rebounds—Houston 41 floor and having a Game 1 gives you a good (Tucker, Westbrook 9), L.A. Lakers 41 feel for it.” Vale McGee. always felt that the team that played a Game (Davis 14). Assists—Houston 19 (West- brook 6), L.A. Lakers 18 (James 7). Total Game 2 is Sunday. The Lakers were playing for only the second 7 has a slight advantage,” Lakers coach Frank Fouls—Houston 19, L.A. Lakers 20. The Rockets committed to playing small time in 11 days. They beat Portland in Game 4 Vogel said. “But you can’t look at that as any in February, believing they weren’t built to of their series on Aug. 24, but then didn’t play type of excuse. We’re not an excuse team. Heat 115, Bucks 100 again until five nights later after the playoffs We’ve got to come out and compete to win a MILWAUKEE — G.Antetokounmpo 7-21 7- compete with the best of the West playing 12 21, Middleton 7-16 2-2 18, B.Lopez 8-17 conventionally. They debuted their style with were delayed as players and the NBA com- game. This one’s behind us. We lost it.” 3-3 22, Bledsoe 2-9 3-4 8, Matthews 2-3 0-0 6, Korver 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 1-4 0-0 2, Con- naughton 0-0 0-0 0, DiVincenzo 4-8 0-0 10, G.Hill 6-9 0-0 13. Totals 37-88 15-21 100. MIAMI — Butler 7-13 14-19 30, Crowder Heat put top-seeded Bucks on brink of elimination 5-11 2-2 17, Adebayo 7-8 6-7 20, Dragic 6- 15 0-0 15, Robinson 2-8 0-0 6, Leonard 0-2 0-0 0, Iguodala 2-2 0-0 6, Jones Jr. 2-2 0-0 6, Herro 3-11 5-6 13, Nunn 1-6 0-0 2, Vin- BY TIM REYNOLDS 0-for-10 from three-point range cent 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-78 27-34 115. Milwaukee 30 27 30 13—100 Associated Press and got outscored 17-13 by Butler Miami 29 21 25 40—115 alone. Three-Point Goals—Milwaukee 11-37 LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (B.Lopez 3-9, Matthews 2-3, DiVincenzo “They made every play,” Bucks 2-4, Middleton 2-6, Bledsoe 1-3, G.Hill — Jimmy Butler sent the ball out coach Mike Budenholzer said. 1-3, G.Antetokounmpo 0-7), Miami 18- to Jae Crowder, then started cele- 47 (Crowder 5-11, Dragic 3-7, Iguodala “And we didn’t make enough, 2-2, Jones Jr. 2-2, Butler 2-5, Herro 2-6, brating before his teammate even obviously.” Robinson 2-8, Leonard 0-2, Nunn 0-4). Fouled Out—Milwaukee 1 (Middleton), took the shot. Milwaukee led 87-75 going into Miami None. Rebounds—Milwaukee He knew what was about to 44 (G.Antetokounmpo 16), Miami 49 the final quarter, up 12 with 12 (Adebayo 16). Assists—Milwaukee 23 happen. minutes to go in a game that the (G.Antetokounmpo 9), Miami 27 (Butler The Miami Heat did it again — Bucks knew they almost certain- 6). Total Fouls—Milwaukee 22, Miami 19. and have the Milwaukee Bucks, ly had to win to keep any realistic Postseason leaders the No. 1 overall seed in the NBA hopes of winning a championship Scoring playoffs, on the brink of leaving G FG FT PTS AVG alive. Mitchell, UTA 7 83 55 254 36.3 the bubble weeks earlier than Miami had other ideas. Leonard, LAC 7 82 51 226 32.3 they anticipated. Doncic, DAL 6 64 42 186 31.0 Tip-ins Harden, HOU 8 78 60 244 30.5 Butler scored 17 of his 30 Embiid, PHI 4 34 48 120 30.0 points in the fourth quarter, the Bucks: Milwaukee fell to 0-7 Murray, DEN 8 88 23 233 29.1 Davis, LAL 6 61 44 174 29.0 Heat outscored the Bucks 40-13 against Miami in playoff games. Vucevic, ORL 5 56 10 140 28.0 in those final 12 minutes — the ... Antetokounmpo’s struggles Antetokounmpo, MIL 8 82 45 221 27.6 Rebounds biggest fourth-quarter margin in from the line continued, with G OFF DEF TOT AVG MARK J. TERRILL/AP him going 3-for-8 in the first half Antetokounmpo, MIL 8 26 94 120 15.0 NBA playoff history — and topped Allen, BKN 4 17 42 59 14.8 Milwaukee 115-100 to take a 3-0 The Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo falls during the first half of — dropping him to 19 for his last Adebayo, MIA 7 23 64 87 12.4 42 in the playoffs. He was 4-for-4 Embiid, PHI 4 11 38 49 12.2 lead in the Eastern Conference Friday’s 115-100 Game 3 loss to the Miami Heat. Antetokounmpo Adams, OKC 7 34 47 81 11.6 semifinal series. finished with 21 points, 16 rebounds and nine assists. after halftime. Gobert, UTA 7 24 56 80 11.4 Vucevic, ORL 5 9 46 55 11.0 “No, I’m not surprised,” But- Heat: With Kelly Olynyk Turner, IND 4 11 32 43 10.8 ler said. “I think everybody else Bam Adebayo had 20 points and an ankle in the first quarter and (bruised knee) out, Meyers Nurkic, POR 5 14 38 52 10.4 Assists in the world might be. But not us 16 rebounds, and Crowder had 17 appeared to labor at times. Leonard got his first minutes G AST AVG here.” points to help the Heat improve He said he was fine afterward. of the playoffs. Leonard started Brogdon, IND 4 40 10.0 James, LAL 6 58 9.7 No team in NBA history has to 7-0 in this postseason. Brook The Bucks’ spirit, that has to for much of the season before a LeVert, BKN 4 38 9.5 ever won after trailing 3-0. Lopez scored 22 points for Mil- be hurting. They led by 14 late in nasty ankle sprain in early Feb- Doncic, DAL 6 52 8.7 Harden, HOU 8 61 7.6 “It can be us,” reigning MVP waukee, which got 21 points, 16 the third, and by 12 going into the ruary; Friday marked just his VanVleet, TOR 7 52 7.4 Antetokounmpo, MIL 8 51 6.4 Giannis Antetokounmpo said. “It rebounds and nine assists from fourth. Then, disaster: Milwau- third appearance in the last seven Murray, DEN 8 50 6.3 can definitely be us.” Antetokounmpo — who twisted kee shot 6-for-23 from the field, months. Augustin, ORL 5 30 6.0 Sunday, September 6, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 23 AUTO RACING/US OPEN Osaka overcomes test Advances to fourth round after three-set victory

BY HOWARD FENDRICH Associated Press NEW YORK — Naomi Osaka spiked her racket after one er- rant forehand late in the second set at the U.S. Open, then flung it the length of the baseline after a missed backhand return ceded that tiebreaker. Sometimes, that’s the sort of reaction it takes to right things for Osaka. And, perhaps surprising- ly, she needed whatever push she could get in Friday’s third-round match. Facing an opponent competing in just her second major tournament, two-time Grand Slam champion Osaka eventually fig- ured out a way to turn a tight one into a runaway and beat 18-year- TERRY RENNA/AP old Marta Kostyuk 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6- SETH WENIG/AP Kyle Busch raises the trophy after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup 2 by claiming the final five games Series race and season title on Nov. 22, 2015. Busch benefited at Flushing Meadows. Japan’s Naomi Osaka returns a shot to Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk from a waiver that season when he missed 11 races with a broken “While I was playing, honestly, during the third round of the US Open on Friday in New York. leg and a broken ankle. He won four times to make the playoffs. I was cursing myself out,” Osaka said during an on-court inter- included No. 5 Alexander Zverev, view, “so you wouldn’t want to US Open results No. 7 David Goffin, No. 12 Denis know what I was saying.” Shapovalov — who won a five- Net: Drivers responsible After taking things out on her setter over No. 19 Taylor Fritz — racket, Osaka sat with a white Friday Jordan Thompson and Alejandro towel draped over head during a At USTA Billie Jean King Davidovich Fokina. changeover. National Tennis Center The day ended with a meltdown for their own COVID tests New York “It’s what I do in times of ex- Purse: $21,656,000 by No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas, who Surface: Hardcourt outdoor treme anger and frustration,” she Men’s Singles wasted six match points in the FROM BACK PAGE trying to create an environment said. Third Round fourth set and fell to Borna Coric Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Spain, 10-race playoff series, so missing to be as safe as possible.” Still, she improved to 7-0 since def. Cameron Norrie, Britain, 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4). It was NASCAR until 2004 crowned its tennis resumed after a hiatus of 6-2, 6-1. the second straight match that a race could end a driver’s cham- David Goffin (7), Belgium, def. Filip pionship chances. champion on a season-long points more than five months because of Krajinovic (26), Serbia, 6-1, 7-6 (5), 6-4. the 27th-seeded Coric went five system that penalized drivers the coronavirus pandemic. Pablo Carreno Busta (20), Spain, def. sets and more than four hours for “If a driver tests positive, that Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, 6-4, 6-3, 6- driver needs to have two nega- for missing races. It forced com- That’s impressive, to be sure, 2. a win. petitors to drive injured — Ricky but still a long way from what top- Jordan Thompson, Australia, def. Down 5-1 in the fourth set, he tive tests in a 24-hour period, or Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 7-5, 6-4, a 10-day period. We are not going Rudd once infamously taped his ranked Novak Djokovic has done 6-1. broke Tsitsipas three straight eyelids open to drive and Dale in 2020. He is 26-0 this season — Denis Shapovalov (12), Canada, def. to change those rules,” said NAS- Taylor Fritz (19), United States, 3-6, 6-3, times, fighting off six break CAR President Steve Phelps. Earnhardt Jr. hid concussions and his winning streak dating to 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2. points. — and the waiver system was ul- Alexander Zverev (5), Germany, def. As one of the first major sports late last year is now at 29 matches Adrian Mannarino (32), France, 6-7 (4), “It was just pure luck,” Coric to resume competition during timately implemented. — after a 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 victory over 6-4, 6-2, 6-2. said. The waiver helped reigning Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Jan- the pandemic, NASCAR put in No. 28 seed Jan-Lennard Struff Lennard Struff (28), Germany, 6-3, 6-3, Zverev’s four-set win over No. Cup Series champion Kyle Busch 6-1. place guidelines designed to limit on Friday night. 32 Adrian Mannarino began in his first title campaign when Djokovic’s bid for a fourth Women’s Singles both exposure to the virus and its Third Round more than 2 ½ hours later than he missed 11 races during the championship in New York and Petra Martic (8), Croatia, def. Varvara planned in Louis Armstrong Sta- spread. Infield access has been Gracheva, Russia, 6-3, 6-3. 2015 regular season with a bro- 18th Grand Slam title overall — dium after the state of New York closed to all but essential person- Yulia Putintseva (23), Kazakhstan, def. ken leg and broken ankle. He won Roger Federer, with 20, and Ra- Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, 3-6, 6-2, got involved in whether Mannari- nel and events have been held 6-1. four times to race his way into fael Nadal, with 19, are the only no should be allowed to continue with both limited spectators and Angelique Kerber (17), Germany, def. the playoffs and then claimed the men with more, and neither en- Ann Li, United States, 6-3, 6-4. to participate at all. empty grandstands. Naomi Osaka (4), Japan, def. Marta title. tered this tournament — will con- Kostyuk, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2. Mannarino is part of a group NASCAR does not test for the A serious injury would obvious- tinue in the fourth round against Jennifer Brady (28), United States, def. of seven players who were placed coronavirus and is trusting its Caroline Garcia (32), France, 6-3, 6-3. ly take a driver out of contention. 20th-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta Anett Kontaveit (14), Estonia, def. under extra restrictions dur- participants. But the coronavirus is not as clear on Sunday. Magda Linette (24), Poland, 6-3, 6-2. ing the tournament — including “If you look at the success that Shelby Rogers, United States, def. cut and drivers could theoreti- Another past U.S. Open cham- Madison Brengle, United States, 6-2, 6-4. being tested every day for the we’ve had to date, the protocols Petra Kvitova (6), Czech Republic, def. cally not be tested to protect their pion moving into the fourth round Jessica Pegula, United States, 6-4, 6-3. coronavirus — because contact are working very well,” Phelps season. Johnson was not suffering Friday was 2016 titlist Angelique Men’s Doubles tracing determined they poten- said. “Is everything perfect and Third Round symptoms but was tested after his Kerber, who defeated 20-year-old Rajeev Ram, United States, and Joe tially could have been exposed to foolproof? It’s not. But for us, wife received a positive test; Dil- American Ann Li 6-3, 6-4. Ker- Salisbury (3), Britain, def. Ryan Harrison COVID-19 by Benoit Paire, the we’ve been pleased with how it’s and Christian Harrison, United States, 6- lon was experiencing mild symp- ber’s next opponent is another 2, 6-4. only entrant to test positive. gone thus far.” toms. Both were cleared to return American, 28th-seeded Jennifer Mackenzie McDonald and Christopher Mannarino said he found out Eubanks, United States, def. Philipp Os- Harvick won the regular-sea- in under a week. Brady, a 6-3, 6-3 winner against wald, Austria, and Marcus Daniell, New about a half-hour before finally son title and is the top seed in the “I’ve talked to both of them that Caroline Garcia. Zealand, 7-6 (5), 6-3. heading to the court to play that Nikola Mektic, Croatia, and Wesley playoffs with seven victories. The had it and (they’ve) probably had In the previous round, Gar- Koolhof (8), Netherlands, def. Simone he was cleared. pandemic has already led to radi- Bolelli, Italy, and Maximo Gonzalez, Ar- worse hangovers,” Bowyer said. cia upset top-seeded Karolina gentina, 6-4, 6-3. With shadows creeping across cal changes in his lifestyle that Joey Logano dismissed the idea Pliskova. Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen, Bel- the Arthur Ashe Stadium court have been bolstered now that the gium, def. Michael Venus, New Zealand, of deliberately not being tested Next up for Osaka will be big and John Peers, Australia, 6-4, 6-4. in the early afternoon, the 137th- postseason is here. out of fear of missing a race. hitter Anett Kontaveit, an Esto- Women’s Doubles ranked Kostyuk certainly had He kept his 8-year-old son home Third Round “Our safety needs to be the nian seeded 14th. She had a much Veronika Kudermetova and Anna Blink- her chances to pull off a signifi- from school this semester and the utmost concern, not just for our- easier time in a 6-3, 6-2 win over ova, Russia, def. Anna-Lena Friedsam, cant surprise. Germany, and Katerina Siniakova (8), Harvick family has eliminated all selves, but in a selfless way we No. 24 Magda Linette. Czech Republic, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. The key moment: Kostyuk held social events. They don’t even go need to be smart about testing,” In the day’s last women’s match, Asia Muhammad and Taylor Townsend, five break points that could have United States, def. Andreja Klepac, Slove- to the grocery store, he said. Logano said. “We also need to two-time Wimbledon champion nia, and Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, given her a 3-1 lead in the final “I travel by myself. I drive in be smart about who we see and Petra Kvitova beat 63rd-ranked 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-0. set. Vera Zvonareva, Russia, and Laura the rental car by myself. I go to the how we do things. As the world is American Jessica Pegula 6-4, 6- Siegemund, Germany, def. Victoria Aza- “A turning point,” Osaka would motorhome by myself. I get back starting to open up slowly, I think 3. She’ll face another American, renka, Belarus, and Sofia Kenin (7), Unit- say later. ed States, 7-6 (4), 6-3. in the rental car and I go home,” for these 10 weeks I probably still 93rd-ranked Shelby Rogers, in Xu Yifan, China, and Nicole Melichar She fended off every one of (3), United States, def. Caty McNally and Harvick said. “It’s touched pretty need to be smart about it because the next round. Coco Gauff, United States, 7-6 (4), 7-6 those and held to 2-all, beginning much every portion of our life, my season is on the line.” Men reaching the fourth round (2). her match-closing run. S TARS AND STRIPES Sunday, September 6, 2020 In a deep hole Top-seeded Bucks ﬁ nd themselves SPORTS with 3-0 deﬁ cit » NBA playoffs, Page 22

Crew members are visible under a COVID-19 AUTO RACING alert sign at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa.

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Points leader Kevin Harvick TERRY RENNA/AP As playoffs begin, a positive COVID-19 test could wipe out a driver’s championship bid

BY JENNA FRYER ‘ Associated Press I’m probably not going to go to college and hit up CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NAS- a keg stand. If you have COVID, you can’t race. It’s CAR has decided it will not grant not a judgment call. COVID-19 relief during the play- ’ offs, meaning a positive coronavi- Clint Bowyer rus test could be the end a driver’s NASCAR Driver championship bid. The playoffs begin Sunday at Darlington Raceway in South Car- reasons. The waiver maintains playoff eli- also return from missing a race, win an olina without a safety net for the 16 gibility, if the driver qualifies, but no points event during that round and earn an auto- participants during the pandemic. are awarded while sidelined. A waiver dur- matic advancement into the next round. It’s up to each driver to protect ing the playoffs would allow the driver to Jimmie Johnson and Austin Dillon both themselves from COVID-19, un- return once medically cleared, but they missed one race during the season follow- derstanding there is no cushion for would have lost valuable points needed to ing a positive COVID-19 test and earned missing a race. advance into the next round. zero points. Dillon won a race — worth an “I’m probably not going to go to There are scenarios in which missing automatic berth in the playoffs — but the college and hit up a keg stand,” Clint a race would not cripple a driver’s title seven-time champion Johnson went win- Bowyer said. “If you have COVID, you chances. Kevin Harvick, for example, ac- less and missed the cut by six points. can’t race. It’s not a judgment call.” cumulated enough bonus points during NASCAR made no changes for the NASCAR at its discretion grants waiv- the regular season to ensure he should ad- ers for illness, emergency or personal vance for several rounds. A driver could SEE NET ON PAGE 23

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