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BY DAVID SHARP newest aircraft carrier had problems lays and cost billions of dollars. They fense analyst at the Lexington Institute. Associated Press with the system that launches aircraft. come as tensions are growing in the Adm. Mike Gilday, chief of naval oper- BATH, Maine — The Navy’s speedy On top of that, embarrassing photos of South China Sea, Russia’s navy is em- ations, insists the Navy is now on a “posi- littoral combat ships had propulsion fail- rusty ships online have underscored de- boldened, Iranian speedboats are ha- tive trajectory” but the Navy will have to ures. The gun on its stealthy destroyer is lays in maintaining warships, made rassing vessels in the Persian Gulf. rebuild confidence under congressional a dud because of expensive ammo. Its worse by the pandemic. “Are we ready to meet the threat from The Navy’s troubles have caused de- China? No,” said Loren Thompson, a de- SEE TROUBLED ON PAGE 5

The guided missile destroyer USS Stout shows rust as it returns to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., from a 210-day deployment on Oct. 12, 2020. JASON PASTRICK, U.S. NAVY/AP

General: As US scales back in Mideast, China could step in BY LOLITA C. BALDOR While traveling through the Middle East pivot to Asia means they will be left without RELATED Associated Press over the past week, Marine Gen. Frank the troops, ships, aircraft and other military RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — As the United McKenzie, who heads U.S. Central Com- aid they need to battle Iranian-backed mil- Space Command leader: States scales back its military presence mand, fielded a persistent question from the itants attacking their people. across the Middle East to focus on great pow- military and political leaders he met: Is the If the U.S. is slow to respond, they may Chinese are America’s er competition with China and Russia, it U.S. still committed to their country and the look elsewhere for help. risks giving those two countries a chance to region, and what more support can they get. “The Middle East writ broadly is an area primary challenge on fill the gap and expand their influence From the dusty battlefields in Syria to the of intense competition between the great surface, in space around the Gulf, the top U.S. commander for rocket-pummeled neighborhoods in Iraq the region said Sunday. and Saudi Arabia, they worry that America’s SEE MIDEAST ON PAGE 3 Page 3 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, May 25, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER Suez Canal’s claim over stuck ship referred by court EXCHANGE RATES Military rates South Korea (Won) 1125.49 Associated Press The appeals chamber of the Is- the canal about 3.7 miles north of Switzerland (Franc) .8959 Euro costs (May 25) $1.19 Thailand (Baht) 31.35 CAIRO — An Egyptian appeals mailia Economic Court referred the southern entrance, near the Dollar buys (May 25) 0.7976 Turkey (NewLira) 8.3921 British pound (May 25) $1.39 court said Sunday it lacks jurisdic- the case to a lower court to decide city of Suez. Japanese yen (May 25) 106.00 (Military exchange rates are those available tion to look into the Suez Canal Au- on the legality of the seizure of the Since it was freed, the Panama- South Korean won (May 25) 1100.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ thority’s demands to uphold finan- ship until the settlement of com- flagged vessel, which carries car- many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain(Dinar) .3770 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ cial claims that led to the seizure pensation claim between the Suez go between Asia and Europe, has Britain (Pound) 1.4163 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2053 your local military banking facility. Commercial of the cargo ship that blocked the Canal Authority and Shoei Kisen been ordered by authorities to re- China(Yuan) 6.4216 rates are interbank rates provided for reference Denmark (Krone) 6.0839 waterway in March. Kaisha Ltd., the ship’s Japanese main in a holding lake mid-canal Egypt (Pound) 15.6705 when buying currency. All figures are foreign The authority and the ship’s owner, according to Hazem Bara- as its owner and the canal author- Euro .8181 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7654 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ owner disputes who was at fault kat, a lawyer representing the ves- ity try to settle the compensation Hungary (Forint) 284.58 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.2526 when the Ever Given ran aground sel’s owner. dispute. Japan (Yen) 108.78 INTEREST RATES in the canal linking the Mediterra- The Ever Given was on its way The money would cover the sal- Kuwait(Dinar) .3007 Norway (Krone) 8.3440 Prime rate 3.25 nean Sea and the Red Sea and how to the Dutch port of Rotterdam on vage operation, costs of stalled ca- Philippines (Peso) 48.08 Interest Rates Discount rate 0.75 Poland (Zloty) 3.67 Federal funds market rate 0.09 much compensation should be March 23 when it slammed into nal traffic and lost transit fees for Saudi Arabia (Riyal) 3.7504 3­month bill 0.01 paid. the bank of a single-lane stretch of the week of theblocked the canal. Singapore (Dollar) 1.3285 30­year bond 2.33 WEATHER OUTLOOK TUESDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST TUESDAY IN EUROPE WEDNESDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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Naples 71/63 Okinawa Morón 80/77 89/60 Sigonella Rota 85/53 The weather is provided by the Djibouti 77/61 Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 94/76 73/65 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. TODAY IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 11 Classified ...... 13 Comics ...... 16 Crossword ...... 16 Faces ...... 17 Opinion ...... 14 Sports ...... 18-24 Tuesday, May 25, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 3 MILITARY General: ‘Our pacing threat is the Chinese’ In Tokyo, Space Command efforts to build their own space sta- tion. leader deems Beijing top A previous version of Space Command existed from 1985 to challenge on, above Earth 2002 when its personnel and mis- BY SETH ROBSON sions were absorbed by the North- Stars and Stripes ern Command and the Strategic YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Command. China is the primary challenge not “Those mission sets have come only on the surface but also for U.S. back to the Space Command,” said forces preparing to fight and win in Dickinson, who called on new IN- any future conflict in space, ac- DOPACOM chief Adm. John Aqui- cording to the chief of the U.S. lino on his way to Japan. Space Command. Space Command has an impor- “Our pacing threat is the Chi- tant role in a theater where the tyr- nese, so we are watching how they anny of distance is a factor, he said. are growing their space capabili- In Tokyo, on his first overseas ty,” Army Gen. James Dickinson, trip since the coronavirus pandem- who oversees the command based ic began, he met with Defense Min- at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., ister Nobuo Kishi, Minister of State said during a stop at the home of for Space Policy Shinji Inoue, Ja- U.S. Forces Japan in western To- pan Self-Defense Forces Joint kyo on Saturday. Staff leader Gen. Koji Yamazaki The Army’s senior air defense and Japan Air Self-Defense Force artillery officer has led the mili- chief Gen. Shunji Izutsu. tary’s 11th and newest combatant AKIFUMI ISHIKAWA/Stars and Stripes “It is quite an accomplishment to command since August when he Army Gen. James Dickinson, right, who oversees U.S. Space Command, reviews Japanese troops during a stand up a Space Operations took over from Gen. John Ray- visit to the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo on Friday. Squadron,” he said, referring to the mond, the Space Force’s chief of establishment of such a unit by Ja- space operations. istan in recent decades, or the Ha- less countered by effective inter- ations, Dickinson said. pan last May at Fuchu Air Base, a The Space Force, established in waii-based Indo-Pacific national opposition, according to China shot down one of its own few miles east of Yokota. December 2019, gets plenty of at- Command, responsible for an area the Union of Concerned Scientists. satellites in 2007. Since then “it has Dickinson, who also met U.S. tention but the Space Command, of operations that covers more than “Space is very important right continued to test kinetic counter- Forces Japan commander Lt. Gen. formed four months earlier, is the half of the globe, Dickinson said. now,” Dickinson said. “We are see- space systems nearly every year, Kevin Schneider in Tokyo, flew to organization that would oversee Space Command’s area of oper- ing what our competitors are doing sometimes disguised as” ballistic Okinawa on Saturday before head- any war in space, Dickinson said. ations is outer space, which ex- in space.” missile intercept tests, the con- ing to South Korea. There, he met “The Space Force is responsible tends from an altitude of 62 miles During any conflict the com- gressionally mandated U.S.-China on Monday with South Korean de- for organizing and equipping space above the ground to infinity, he mand would draw on the capabil- Economic and Security Review fense minister Suh Wook, U.S. forces. We are about warfighting,” added. ities of the Space Force and other Commission reported in Novem- Forces Korea commander Gen. he said of the difference between Global powers such as China, military branches, he said. ber 2019. Robert Abrams and the chairman the two organizations. Russia and the United States have Space Command makes sure “We are seeing the expansion of of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Space Command is the equiva- resisted positioning weapons in that service branches can commu- their space program and we are Staff, Gen. Won In-choul. lent of the Tampa, Fla.-based Cen- space or destroying the assets, like nicate and access global position- watching that very closely,” Dick- tral Command, which has man- satellites, of other nations, but the ing and navigation data they need inson said, noting the communists’ [email protected] aged the wars in Iraq and Afghan- weaponization of space is likely un- to support air, sea and land oper- recent retrieval of moon rocks and Twitter: @SethRobson1 Mideast: CENTCOM leader says Russia, China could exploit need for weapons FROM PAGE 1 cutting U.S. military support for believe the U.S. must be more to help them defend themselves. powers. And I think that as we ad- the Saudi-led offensive against Ira- “The United ready to counter threats to Taiwan McKenzie said his message to just our posture in the region, Rus- nian-back Houthi rebels in Yemen, and China’s development of mili- them was that the number of troops sia and China will be looking very and the Pentagon has moved ships, States is the tary outposts on manmade islands and weapons is not as important as closely to see if a vacuum opens forces and weapons systems out of in the South China Sea. the overall capability of the inte- that they can exploit,” McKenzie other Middle East countries. partner of choice. Military commanders caution grated U.S. and Saudi air and mis- told reporters traveling with him. At the same time, however, Bi- It’s only when that China’s growing assertiveness sile defense system arrayed “I think they see the United States den this month dispatched senior isn’t limited to Asia, noting that around the country. shifting posture to look at other administration officials to the Gulf that option is not Beijing is aggressively seeking And more broadly, he said, that parts of the world and they sense region to reassure nervous allies as footholds in Africa, South America strategy of doing more in the re- there may be an opportunity the U.S. looks to reopen talks with open are and the Middle East. gion with less military presence there.” Iran on the 2015 nuclear deal, “I agree completely that China may prevent China and Russia Speaking in his hotel room after which former President Donald countries going to needs to be the pacing threat we from cashing in on any U.S. void. meeting with Saudi officials, Trump scrapped three years ago. orient on,” McKenzie said in the in- “I’m not sure it’s actually going McKenzie said weapons sales The effort to restart talks with hedge and seek terview with reporters from The to turn out to be an opportunity for would be one need that Moscow Iran triggers worries in a number Associated Press and ABC News. them when it’s all said and done,” and Beijing could exploit. Russia, of Middle East nations who rely on other “At the same time, we are a global he said. he said, tries to sell air defense sys- the U.S. to maintain pressure on power and we need to have a global The troop numbers may not be tems and other weapons to whom- Tehran and its campaigns to fund opportunities.” outlook. And that means that you the same as the hundreds of thou- ever it can, and China has a long- and supply weapons to militant have the ability to consider the sands that were in the region five to term goal to expand its economic groups in the region. Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie globe as a whole.” seven years ago, he said, but the power and ultimately establish But there is ongoing discussion In meetings Sunday, Saudi lead- U.S. will have a presence in the re- military bases in the region. within the Pentagon about sending CENTCOM commander ers were “very concerned” about gion. In the few short months since more assets to the Pacific to fight a Gulf, providing security for the Af- the ongoing U.S. military posture “I think we’re going to play a ve- President Joe Biden took office, he rising China. And U.S. military ghanistan withdrawal. review, McKenzie said. The king- ry smart game ... to leverage what has ordered the full withdrawal of commanders around the globe, in- The Biden administration views dom is under almost daily bom- we have,” he said. “The United U.S. troops from Afghanistan and cluding McKenzie, may lose troops China’s rapidly expanding eco- bardment from Houthi rebels with States is the partner of choice. It’s begun to review America’s force and resources as a result. Those nomic influence and military a variety of ballistic missiles, only when that option is not open presence in Iraq, Syria and around could include warships such as the might as America’s primary long- cruise missiles and small drones. are countries going to hedge and the globe. His administration is aircraft carrier now sitting in the term security challenge. Officials And Saudi leaders rely on the U.S. seek other opportunities.” PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, May 25, 2021 MILITARY UFOs went from joke to concern in DC

BY MICHAEL S. ROSENWALD attraction of sorts for UFO hunters. “But I headline: “Establishment of Unidentified Reid, ran the Defense Department unit that The Washington Post wasn’t afraid of it. And I guess time has pro- Aerial Phenomena Task Force.” The mis- emerged from the secret meeting held in WASHINGTON — In 2007, Senate Ma- ven me right.” sion of the UAPTF, an acronym mouthful, the Capitol building. jority Leader Harry Reid called his col- That’s because official Washington is “is to detect, analyze and catalog UAPs that Elizondo recently appeared on “60 Min- leagues Ted Stevens and Daniel Inouye to a swirling with chatter — among top sen- could potentially pose a threat to U.S. na- utes,” saying, “I’m not telling you that, that specially secured room in the Capitol where ators, Pentagon insiders and former CIA di- tional security,” according to the Pentagon. it doesn’t sound wacky. What I’m telling highly classified information was dis- rectors — about UFOs. What was once a A few months later, as part of President you, it’s real. The question is, what is it? cussed. ticket to the political loony bin has leaped Donald Trump’s spending and pandemic What are its intentions? What are its capa- Stevens, a Republican from Alaska, and off Hollywood screens and out of science- relief package, the Senate Intelligence bilities?” Inouye, a Democrat from Hawaii, con- fiction novels and into the national conver- Committee, led by Sen. Mark Warner, D- In an interview with The Washington trolled funding for supersecret Pentagon sation. There are even new government Va., included a provision calling for the di- Post, Elizondo explained why the issue in operations. Reid wanted to put an idea on acronyms. rector of national intelligence to help pro- Washington had turned from farce to seri- their radar, one that needed to be kept hush- “This used to be a career-ending kind of duce an unclassified report on everything ous inquiry. hush not just for national security but be- thing,” said John Podesta, who generally government agencies know about UFOs, in- “We are now relying on military and in- cause it was, as Reid’s aides told him, kind kept his interest in UFOs to himself when he cluding scores of unusual sightings report- telligence-collection capabilities to collect of crazy. was President Bill Clinton’s chief of staff. ed by military pilots. the data and then try to interpret the data,” He wanted the Pentagon to investigate “You didn’t want to get caught talking about That report is due next month. he said. “This is not a conversation about UFOs. it, because you’d be accused of walking out Reid is retired but still talking about how Grandma saw some lights in the back- “Everyone told me this would cause me of an ‘X-Files’ episode.” UFOs to anyone who asks. The man at the yard and then people wind up scratching nothing but trouble,” said Reid, a Democrat But now there isn’t just talk. center of Washington chatter on the matter their heads wondering what it was.” who represented Nevada, home of the mil- Last summer, the Defense Department these days is Luis Elizondo, a former mil- The country cannot wait any longer to itary’s top-secret Area 51 test site, a central issued a news release with the following itary intelligence officer who, according to take the matter seriously, he said. Monumental effort: Plebes place cover after over 3 hours BY DANIELLE OHL classmates and threw a fist in the The (Annapolis, Md.) Capital air. ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Naval “We are the COVID class. Academy Class of 2024 almost set We’ve beat COVID! We beat anew record in their effort to scale Herndon! And we are plebes no the Herndon Monument — just more!” he shouted. maybe not the one they had hoped Of course, there were people for. who saw the writing on the very The now 4th class midshipmen greasy monument. Saturday recorded the second- Don Loren and Jim Ripley, of slowest Herndon Climb in Naval the Class of 1974, sat watching Academy history at 3 hours, 41 them trying and failing again and minutes exactly. again to hoist a classmate high As the plebes fought their way enough to end the climb. Loren /AP to the top of the 21-foot obelisk, and Ripley are “linked” to the PHOTOS BY JULIO CORTEZ slick with water and shortening, Class of 2024 through the acade- Plebes pile on while trying to reach the top of the Herndon Monument during the Herndon Monument the cannon signaling three and a my’s Link In The Chain program, Climb at the U.S. Naval Academy, on Saturday, in Annapolis, Md. half hours had passed boomed out which pairs classes decades apart over the Yard. Groans and chants for moral and developmental sup- of “we suck” rippled through the port. exhausted hoard, covered in Asked for their assessment, the grass, mud and sweat. But in the two agreed: organizational prob- final hour, the class hugged tightly lems. together around the gray granite, “They’re going to be at least two forming a more stable base than (hours),” Ripley said. the one they’d cobbled together Arlington, Texas, native Aubin over the previous three. Forty-one Hattendorf of 21st Company made minutes later, a skinny Tennes- it up to the second tier of the hu- sean named Michael Lancaster man ladder before she found her- scrambled atop the fleshy pyra- self pulled down. “It was very mid. slimy,” she said, with a hose Lancaster stretched, both hands spraying her, and hot as bodies gripping the midshipman’s cover, pressed together under the 88-de- Midshipman 4th Class Michael Lancaster, 19, center, of Signal Hill, A plebe holding a cover reaches but he couldn’t quite make it. gree sun. Sometimes, when she Tenn., celebrates with classmates inside a fountain after he placed a toward the top of the Herndon Shimmying to the right, his foot lost her footing, one of her class- cover on top of the Herndon Monument. Monument. found higher purchase atop anoth- mates got a foot in the face. er classmate. One shove, then an- Only vaccinated plebes partici- The COVID-19 pandemic can- Trials, happened to be Lancaster’s up. You’re the ace in the hole, he other. The cap stayed, freeing the pated in the Herndon Climb this celed last year’s Herndon Climb. 14th company. He admitted for said they told him. plebes from their fight just in time year, Naval Academy spokeswo- In 2019, the Class of 2022 took an most of the climb, he hung back. Lancaster waited until his class- to avoid breaking the Class of man Maddie Flayler said. And Su- hour and five minutes to complete “I was really scared,” he admit- mates formed a solid base. Then, 1998’s 4 hour, 5 minute and 17 sec- perintendent Vice Adm. Sean the challenge. ted. But Lancaster’s build, “kind they sent him up. ond all-time longest climb. Buck has previously said 99% of This year’s “Iron Company,” of skinny, kind of tall” by his de- “I just put it up there by the Ushered over to the gazebo, midshipmen chose to receive the the honor bestowed on the compa- scription, was an advantage. A grace of God and some good luck,” Lancaster faced his beaming coronavirus vaccine voluntarily. ny that performs best during Sea classmate encouraged him to go he said. Tuesday, May 25, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 MILITARY Landstuhl uses cryotherapy to treat allergies

BY JENNIFER H. SVAN ear, nose and throat clinic. Stars and Stripes “If you have a chronically runny The U.S. Army’s largest hospi- nose, it’s difficult to wear a mask,” tal overseas is offering a proce- Peck said. dure new to Germany that’s been Rhinitis can be caused by an al- shown to help allergy sufferers lergy to substances like pollen or and others with chronic rhinitis, triggered by something in the en- officials said. vironment, like dust or weather MARCY SANCHEZ/U.S. Army Doctors at Landstuhl Regional changes. Army Dr. (Lt. Col.) Jessica Peck performs an intranasal cryotherapy procedure at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center last month began “The nerve is kind of always Medical Center, on April 23. performing intranasal cryothera- overreactive and overstimulat- Using an endoscope with a cam- Tricare and is available by refer- has been on medication for more py, a technique that uses extreme ed,” she said. era, doctors guide a handheld de- ral to U.S. military personnel and than 20 years to treat nonallergic cold to freeze and disrupt in- The condition can worsen in vice with a long probe inside the adult family members. sinus problems. flamed nerve endings in the back spring and summer in Germany, nasal cavity, said Dr. Christopher “Because we move around so Bryant, 56, was Germany’s and of the nose associated with rhini- where about 20% of adults suffer Tonn, an Air Force major. much in the military … you find the hospital’s first patient to un- tis, or allergy-like symptoms that from seasonal allergies, Peck said. Tonn and Peck introduced the that there are things you are aller- dergo the procedure last month. last more than a month. The cryotherapy procedure is procedure to LRMC and helped gic to that you weren’t at your last “I immediately felt like I could The procedure has been availa- recommended for patients who train a German doctor who is duty station. That can make it breathe better,” she said. ble for about two years in the Unit- have post-nasal drip, congestion, teaching others. They have at least frustrating to keep your symp- Bryant said her only side effect ed States. But it only gained ap- nasal itching and other symptoms six procedures scheduled at toms under control as you move,” was a headache that lasted four or proval in Germany late last year. of rhinitis that last more than a LRMC in the next month. Peck said. five days. She no longer needs a The coronavirus pandemic under- month, she said, and where medi- The probe cools the target tissue Not being able to breathe daily nasal spray, her post-nasal scored the urgent need to help cation has been insufficient or in- with liquid nitrogen, a process through the nose can restrict drip is almost gone and she’s those suffering from allergies and effective. It can help patients re- that takes about 30 seconds and is physical activity, impair sleep and sleeping better, she said. allergy-like symptoms, said Army duce their medication and be- repeated in the other nostril, Tonn affect job performance, she said.

Lt. Col. Jessica Peck, a facial plas- come more physically tolerant of said. Diana Bryant, an LRMC nurse [email protected] tic surgeon and chief of LRMC’s their environment. The procedure is covered by and spouse of an Air Force retiree, Twitter:@stripesktown Troubled: Lawmakers criticize delays, over budget costs of Navy fleet FROM PAGE 1 scrapping the first four of them. crews, their personnel, their fam- scrutiny as it prepares a new stra- The most expensive ship in Na- ilies,” said Matt Caris, a defense tegic plan that’ll include another vy history, meanwhile, is the new- analyst at Avascent, a consulting long-term investment: unmanned est aircraft carrier, the USS Ger- firm in Washington, who said in- vehicles. The Biden administra- ald Ford. It has had problems with vestments are needed in sailors, tion is readying a Navy budget the system that launches jets and maintenance and new ships. proposal this week to send to law- the elevators that move weapons, Maintaining the existing fleet is makers. among other things. It was sup- also going to mean upgrades to the The Navy fleet currently falls posed to cost $10.5 billion but the nation’s four public shipyards and shy of 300 ships, despite a stated price tag has risen to $13.3 billion hiring and training thousands of goal of 355 ships. The Chinese and “four weapons elevators are workers, said Democratic Rep. fleet now outnumbers the U.S. Na- still not finished and the reliability Jim Langevin of Rhode Island. vy. of key systems is low,” said Inhofe, “Deferred maintenance is nev- “The Chinese are closer to our a Republican from Oklahoma. er a good idea,” he said. goal than we are,” said Republi- These ship classes have taught Speaking at Navy shipbuilder can Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the Navy costly lessons. Costs on Bath Iron Works on a recent after- who sits on the Appropriation JARED MORNEAU, BATH IRON WORKS/AP the first ships in the classes were noon, Gilday insisted things are Committee and wants to boost Na- Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday tours General Dynamics 23% to 155% — or about $5 billion getting better. The length of time vy spending. Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, on May 10. — higher than original estimates, that ships were delayed has de- Democratic Sen. Jack Reed and according to the Congressional clined by 80% at public shipyards Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe, ginia, who described the Navy as was designed to get close to shore Budget Office. and 60% at private yards com- chairman and ranking member of “at one of those crossroads.” to bombard land targets. But its The Navy’s unceasing tempo pared to where things were 18 the Armed Services Committee, The Navy’s problem, as Thomp- 155mm advanced gun system is continues to cause stress on ships months ago, Gilday said. have criticized delays and cost son sees it, is that leaders rushed being scrapped because each and crew. Photos of the USS Stout, And those ships that suffered overruns on lead ships, and urged ambitious new ship classes to pro- rocket-propelled, GPS-guided an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, delays and cost overruns hold po- the Navy to ensure technology is duction and started construction shell costs nearly as much as a showed plentiful rust as it return- tential. The stealthy Zumwalt de- ready before putting it aboard. before designs were finalized and cruise missile. ed from a 210-day deployment last stroyer built at Bath Iron Works Members of Congress, who con- technology fully tested. Meanwhile, two versions of the fall to Norfolk Naval Station in Vir- will be the first naval vessel trol the purse strings, say the Navy “It tried too hard to leap ahead speedy littoral combat ship were ginia. The rust was cosmetic but equipped with hypersonic mis- must also spend billions of dollars technologically at the beginning of envisioned as chasing down pirate underscored the toll of deferred siles, he said. more in its public shipyards that the last decade,” Thompson said. ships off Somalia. One version had maintenance and long deploy- “I’m not saying that we’re satis- maintain the ships. “As a result, every vessel that it class-wide propulsion problems, ments on ships and sailors, who fied with where we are,” Gilday “The Navy has got to get their started had severe problems.” and both were criticized as too made no port calls during the pan- said. “What I will say is that I think derriere in gear,” said Rep. Rob For example, the electric-drive lightly armored for open ocean demic. that certainly the trends are head- Wittman, a Republican from Vir- Zumwalt, commissioned in 2016, combat. The Navy is already “It’s wearing out the Navy, the ed in the right direction.” PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, May 25, 2021 MILITARY USAF employee pleads guilty to $1.1M theft BY CHAD GARLAND Stars and Stripes “Eddie Johnson A former Air Force employee betrayed his who coordinated travel for mem- bers of Congress has pleaded position of trust for guilty in federal court to the theft of PHOTOS BY ERICA EARL/Stars and Stripes Pentagon funds through cash ad- his personal gain.” A Frisbee toss competitor takes his turn during the Kanto Plains Special Olympics at Yokota Air Base, vances on his government-issued Japan, on Saturday. travel card as part of a $1.1 million Jonathan F. Lenzner embezzlement scheme. acting U.S. attorney Eddie Ray Johnson Jr., 60, of Brandywine, Md., used his Citi- drew from noninterest-bearing Yokota hosts Tokyo area’s bank travel card over more than accounts in their own names at the three years to put cash advances Pentagon’s Bank of America into a Bank of America account at branch. Special Olympics for students the Pentagon, court documents Johnson was issued a govern- said. The scheme cost the Air ment credit card with a $50,000 BY ERICA EARL Force $26,500 in banking and ser- limit, court documents show. Stars and Stripes vice fees, they said. From March 2014 through Sep- YOKOTA AIR BASE — The Under a plea deal on May 14, tember 2017, he put some $1.13 Kanto Plains Special Olympics re- Johnson admitted to diverting at million in cash advances into the turned to the home of U.S. Forces least $774,000 of the stolen funds Bank of America account. Japan after skipping it last year for personal use, such as buying a Johnson then wrote checks to for the first time in 42 years be- baby grand piano, making loan himself and family members for cause of the coronavirus pandem- payments for a Harley Davidson “claimed reimbursements that ic. and taking family vacations. had not in fact been incurred,” a Students from Defense Depart- “Eddie Johnson betrayed his po- court document filed with John- ment and Japanese schools and sition of trust for his personal son’s plea agreement stated. For other programs competed Satur- gain,” Acting U.S. Attorney Jo- example, he would at times ask his day at Yokota High School in west- nathan F. Lenzner said in a state- wife to pay household expenses ern Tokyo in a daylong series of ment last week. “Corrupt public out of her bank account, which he events that included soccer, bas- Volunteers cheer on a competitor in the Kanto Plains Special employees rip off the taxpayers would then reimburse in cash. ketball, a 50-meter dash and a Olympics. and undermine everyone’s faith in A search of his home in Brandy- Frisbee toss. the government.” wine in 2019 recovered over Cynthia and Stacey Elliott, since 1980, because of the corona- to see her socialize with a diverse Johnson was an Air Force civil- $15,000 in cash, of which Johnson DOD civilian employees at Yoko- virus pandemic. This year, the group of kids. ian employee for 15 years until his said at least $4,000 were proceeds ta, have been taking their 15-year- commander of Yokota’s 374th Air- Arimoto said raising a child resignation in 2018. The theft oc- from his theft scheme. In all, his old daughter Daisy to Special lift Wing, Col. Andrew Campbell, with intellectual disabilities in a curred while he worked as a travel actions cost the government near- Olympics events since she was 6 said 170 athletes were invited to country that is very focused on coordinator in the Air Force Secre- ly $1.16 million. years old. the event. education can be difficult. tary’s Office of Legislative Liaison, Under the plea deal, he agreed to Daisy, a ninth-grader in Yokota Because of the ongoing pan- “The academics part is a chal- where he planned congressional a restitution order in the full High School’s special education demic, not all Japanese schools or lenge,” she said. “I worry that she travel and approved accounting amount, and that he would try to program, said her favorite events programs invited were able to at- might miss out on important sub- packages submitted by accompa- sell the piano prior to sentencing, are running and basketball. Sta- tend. jects that she cannot understand, nying Air Force personnel. which is scheduled for Sept. 3. cey Elliott said that while Daisy “I’m proud that we are able to but she can still focus on learning Employees of the office were Johnson faces up to 10 years. has speech delays, she is still able have the event amid this year’s life skills.” permitted to use travel cards to ob- to express that she wants, like pandemic challenges,” Campbell Vienna Arimoto, 11, is a member tain cash advances for official use, [email protected] most teenage girls, to spend time said during the opening ceremo- of Halau ‘O Kai Malino, a hula which they deposited and with- Twitter: @chadgarland with friends. ny. “It makes it all the more spe- dancing group at Yokota and in “Special needs peer groups are cial to be able to gather now as a the nearby cities of Tokorozawa, very important for children with community.” Musashimurayama and Tachika- special needs,” he said. “People This year was significant for the wa. New 101st Airborne command with children without any disabil- Special Olympics because it took Halau ‘O Kai Malino, the Tokyo- ities may take for granted one very place two months before the high- Yokota Lions Club, the Military sergeant major is first woman important thing, and that is the ly anticipated, rescheduled Tokyo Retiree Association, the Yokota ability to adapt into a peer group 2020 Olympic Games. But the mis- Spouses Club and the Japan- Associated Press 101st said in a news release. and spend effective time together. sion, not just the timing, makes the America Air Force Goodwill Asso- FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — The “Command Sgt. Maj. Knapp is That is not as easy for children Yokota event so important, Camp- ciation were some of the many first woman to become command the first leader in this historic divi- with a handicap.” bell said. sponsors for the event. sergeant major of a U.S. Army di- sion to have led both men and Approximately 95 children with “It’s a special event every year,” Fussa City Mayor Ikuo Kato at- vision will step into that role this women at every level, from team intellectual, physical and learning Campbell told Stars and Stripes on tended the opening ceremonies. week in Kentucky. leader to squad leader, all the way disabilities from 16 different Saturday. “It’s heartwarming to “I wish that all who prepared for Command Sgt. Maj. Veronica through brigade command ser- schools and community programs see it being carried on. I’m proud this event will reach their person- Knapp will assume responsibility geant major,” said Lt. Col. Kari came out to participate. Elemen- that we are able to invite these ath- al goals,” he said in his speech. “I as the senior enlisted adviser of McEwen, division public affairs tary, middle and high school stu- letes out here and safely give back hope athletes here may be future the 101st Airborne Division from officer. dents and families from Yokota, to our community.” Olympians to compete against the Command Sgt. Maj. Bryan Bark- The ceremony will be live- Yokosuka Naval Base and Camp Izumi Arimoto, a piano teacher, world.” er. streamed on the division Face- Zama joined the event. said she brought her daughter

The ceremony takes place book page at www.face- Last year, Yokota canceled the Vienna to the Special Olympics for [email protected] Thursday at Fort Campbell, the book.com/101st. Special Olympics, an annual event the second time because she likes Twitter: @ThisEarlGirl Tuesday, May 25, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK Iwakuni starts shots at shared fitness center

BY JONATHAN SNYDER Stars and Stripes MARINE CORPS AIR STA- TION IWAKUNI, Japan — The city of Iwakuni began its CO- VID-19 vaccination drive for Ja- panese citizens ages 65 and older recently at the fitness center it shares with the Marine Corps. Japan has been slow off the mark with its vaccination pro- gram. About 2% of the population had been fully vaccinated as of JONATHAN SNYDER / Stars and Stripes Sunday, according to the Johns A resident of Iwakuni, Japan, Hopkins Coronavirus Resource speaks with a medical worker Center. By contrast, about 40% of before his COVID­19 vaccination the U.S. population is fully vacci- Thursday at Atago Sports AKIFUMI ISHIKAWA/Stars and Stripes nated. Complex. A woman checks in last week at a COVID­19 vaccination site in Yokohama, Japan. “I’m displeased with the Japa- nese government since vaccina- January, Kataama said. The city tion in Japan is delayed compared delegation came by for a closer Okinawa surge continues; US military to the United States and England,” look at the base inoculation clinic. Iwao Tamura, 69, said Thursday “We invited the Mayor of Iwa- as he waited for his first dose of the kuni and representatives from his reports 6 new cases in Japan, S. Korea two-shot Pfizer-BioNTech vac- health office to the air station to BY JOSEPH DITZLER oping symptoms and the third had to NHK. cine at the Atago Sports Complex. see our inoculation efforts, and to Stars and Stripes contact with another recently in- Tokyo, Osaka and seven other Tamura, however, also said he share the lessons we learned with TOKYO — The U.S. military in fected person. prefectures are under public is pleased with how Iwakuni is our counterparts in the city,” Le- Japan and South Korea reported Okinawa prefecture on Sunday health emergencies until May 31 handling the inoculations. wis told Stars and Stripes in an six new cases of COVID-19 be- reported 231 newly infected peo- as a fourth wave of the coronavi- The city started its age 65-plus email Friday. “During the visit, tween Friday and 6 p.m. Monday. ple, a pandemic one-day high for rus unfolds across the country. vaccination drive Thursday at the our medical providers demon- A South Korean contractor at the prefecture, according to its Although Okinawa’s numbers sports complex, a joint-use facility strated our process of rapidly Camp Humphreys, the headquar- coronavirus tracking website. Ja- hit a new high over the weekend, developed by the Japanese gov- screening and inoculating person- ters for U.S. Forces Korea south of panese Prime Minister Yoshihide those in Osaka, which hit a record ernment and U.S. Forces Japan. nel.” Seoul, tested positive for the coro- Suge declared a state of emergen- high 1,260 newly infected people It’s accessible to Japanese citizens Fukuda said the visit would help navirus respiratory disease Fri- cy there starting Sunday until May 1, are subsiding. On Monday, and U.S. personnel alike. the city when preparing for mass day, according to a USFK news re- June 20, according to public the prefecture, the second-largest “The sports complex is one of vaccinations. lease. The contractor is now isolat- broadcaster NHK. metro area in Japan, reported 216 many venues where the group “The procedure and layout tak- ed at a Korean medical facility af- The Okinawa prefectural gov- new cases of COVID-19 and 35 vaccinations will be given in the en here will be very useful for in- ter having contact with another ernment is asking individuals deaths, according to NHK. city, but it will be the venue that fection control measures and an contractor who had developed traveling to Okinawa to have a Osaka reported 415 new cases will hold most days of the vaccina- effective way to move people COVID-19 symptoms. negative COVID-19 test within 72 Friday, 406 on Saturday and 274 tions,” Satoe Kataama, chief of the around when the city needs to set Camps Kinser and Hansen, hours of their arrival, according to on Sunday, according to its CO- city’s health promotion division, up a large vaccination venue, such both on Okinawa, each have one a Monday post on Yokota Air VID-19 data website. told Stars and Stripes by phone as a gymnasium,” he a said Jan. 28 new case of COVID-19, according Base’s Facebook page. Tokyo on Monday reported 340 May 14. after visiting the base, according to a Facebook post Monday by Ma- “This is not a requirement, but new infections, NHK reported. “The city expects to conduct to a statement on the city’s web- rine Corps Installations Pacific. travelers are advised to check Tokyo and Osaka, among other vaccinations for about 300 resi- site. Kadena Air Base, also on Ja- with their airlines prior to any cities, opened mass inoculation dents a day first and hopes to ex- The air station and the city joint- pan’s southern island prefecture, scheduled departures for any air- centers Monday to administer the pand to a maximum of about 500 ly operate and administer the Ata- had three people contract CO- line specific changes,” the mess- two-shot Moderna vaccine ap- residents at Atago,” she said. go Sports Complex as a city park. VID-19, according to a base Face- age said. proved Friday for distribution in Base commander Col. Lance book post on Friday. One was Okinawa expects bars and res- Japan, the broadcaster reported. Lewis suggested the sports com- identified while in quarantine af- taurants that serve alcohol to close plex as a vaccination site during a Stars and Stripes reporter Hana Kusumoto contributed to this report. ter traveling outside of Japan, the and shopping malls and sport [email protected] visit by Iwakuni Mayor Yoshihiko [email protected] second tested positive after devel- clubs to close at 8 p.m., according Twitter: @JosephDitzler Fukuda and other city officials in Twitter: @Jon_E_Snyder PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, May 25, 2021 VIRUS OUTBREAK India deaths pass 300K, 3rd-highest in world

BY SHEIKH SAALIQ pandemic has swamped India’s Associated Press underfunded health care system NEW DELHI — India crossed after spreading quickly across the another grim milestone Monday country. with more than 300,000 people lost In the capital, New Delhi, resi- to the coronavirus, while a devas- dents have died at home with no tating surge of infections ap- oxygen as hospitals exhausted peared to be easing in big cities limited supplies. In Mumbai, CO- but was swamping the poorer VID-19 patients have died in countryside. crowded hospital corridors. In ru- The milestone, as recorded by ral villages, fever and breathless- India’s Health Ministry, comes as ness took people before they were slowed vaccine deliveries have even tested for the coronavirus. marred the country’s fight against While the megacities have seen the pandemic, forcing many to signs of improvement in recent miss their shots, and a rare but fa- days, the virus isn’t finished with tal fungal infection affecting CO- India by any means. It appears to VID-19 patients has further wor- have already taken a ghastly toll in ried doctors. the country’s vast rural areas, India’s death toll is the third- where a majority of the people live highest reported in the world after and where health care is limited. the United States and Brazil, ac- In recent weeks, hundreds of counting for 8.6% of the nearly bodies have washed up on the 34.7 million coronavirus fatalities banks of the Ganges River in Uttar globally, though the true numbers Pradesh state. Many others have are thought to be significantly been found buried in shallow greater. graves along its sandy banks. It The Health Ministry on Mon- has prompted concerns that day reported 4,454 new deaths in they’re the remains of COVID-19 the last 24 hours, bringing India’s victims. total fatalities to 303,720. It also India’s vaccination drive has al- reported 222,315 new infections, so slowed recently, and many which raised the overall total to states say they don’t have enough ANUPAM NATH/AP nearly 27 million since the pan- vaccines to administer. A relative in a protective suit performs last rituals near the body of a person who died of COVID­19 during demic began. Both are almost cer- The world’s largest vaccine- cremation in Gauhati, India, on Monday. tainly undercounts. producing nation has fully vacci- From the remote Himalayan nated just over 41.6 million people, istration at government-run vac- Average daily deaths and cases the highest number of COVID-19 villages in the north, through the or only 3.8% of its nearly 1.4 billion cination centers for those aged be- have slightly decreased in the past tests, with more than 2.1 million vast humid central plains and to people. On Monday, the federal tween 18 to 44 to “minimize vac- few weeks and the government samples tested in the previous 24 the sandy beaches in the south, the government enabled walk-in reg- cine wastage.” said Sunday that it is conducting hours. Guide disputes Nepal denials of Everest cases

BY BINAJ GURUBACHARYA “I think with He said it was obvious there was closed last year due to the camp, hoping for clear weather so Associated Press all the confirmed were many cases at the Everest pandemic. they can make a final push to the KATHMANDU, Nepal — A cor- cases we know base camp because he could visi- Nepalese officials could not im- summit before the climbing sea- onavirus outbreak on Mount Ev- now — con- bly see people were sick, and mediately be reached for com- son closes at the end of the month, erest has infected at least 100 firmed from could hear people coughing in ment Saturday. Other climbing Furtenbach said. climbers and support staff, an ex- (rescue) pilots, their tents. teams have not announced any Nepal is experiencing a virus pert mountaineering guide said, from insurance, A total of 408 foreign climbers COVID-19 infections among their surge, with record numbers of giving the first comprehensive es- from doctors, were issued permits to climb Ev- members or staff. Several clim- new infections and deaths. China Furtenbach timate amid official Nepalese de- from expedition erest this season, aided by several bers have reported testing posi- last week canceled climbing from nials that the disease has spread to leaders — I have the positive tests hundred Sherpas and support tive after they were brought down its side of Mount Everest due to the world’s highest peak. so we can prove this,” Furtenbach staff who've been stationed at base from the Everest base camp. fears the virus could be spread Lukas Furtenbach of Austria, told The Associated Press in Ne- camp since April. Furtenbach said most teams on from the Nepalese side. who last week became the only pal’s capital, Kathmandu. Nepalese mountaineering offi- the mountain were not carrying Nepal reported 8,607 new infec- prominent outfitter to halt his Ev- “We have at least 100 people cials have denied there are any ac- virus testing kits and that before tions and 177 deaths on Friday, erest expedition due to virus fears, minimum positive for COVID in tive cases this season among clim- his team pulled out, they had bringing the nation’s totals since said Saturday one of his foreign base camp, and then the numbers bers and support staff at all base helped conduct tests and had con- the pandemic began to more than guides and six Nepali Sherpa might be something like 150 or camps for the country's Hima- firmed two cases. 497,000 infections and 6,024 guides have tested positive. 200,” he said. layan mountains. Mountaineering Most teams are still at base deaths. Michigan governor apologizes for social distancing blunder Associated Press headed south as coronavirus cases dozen people, was to a local restaurant. As more people ar- LANSING — Michigan Gov. Gretchen surged in Michigan and residents were posted on social rived, the tables were pushed together. Whitmer apologized Sunday after appar- cautioned against traveling south for media by one of the Because we were all vaccinated, we ently violating state-mandated social dis- spring break. attendees, but later didn’t stop to think about it. In retrospect, tancing guidelines at an East Lansing bar A photo circulated on social media of deleted. I should have thought about it. I am hu- and grill. Whitmer with a large group of unmasked “Throughout the man. I made a mistake, and I apologize.” It was the latest pandemic-related mis- people at an East Lansing bar-restaurant, pandemic, I’ve been Michigan restaurants and bars remain step for the Democratic governor, who The Landshark Bar & Grill, the Detroit committed to follow- subject to capacity limits and social dis- Whitmer waited weeks to disclose partial details of Free Press reported Sunday. ing public health tancing requirements. Current orders re- a private jet trip she took to visit her fa- The Free Press reported that photo, protocols,” Whitmer said in a statement quire six people or fewer at tables and ther in Florida after two of her top aides which shows Whitmer seated with about a Sunday. “Yesterday, I went with friends distances of 6 feet between tables. Tuesday, May 25, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION Capitol riot defendants cite mob in defense Associated Press Authorities say Lyons claimed Christopher Grider said he he planned to attend only the came to Washington on Jan. 6 with Trump rally, where he heard no intention of rioting. But he got flash-bang devices going off in the caught up in the mob of angry sup- distance and saw people walking porters of then-President Donald toward him with red faces. They Trump as they surged into the say Lyons, nevertheless, soon U.S. Capitol, breaking through po- headed to the Capitol himself and lice barriers and smashing wound up inside. through doors. “Lyons claimed that there was It wasn’t his fault, he said, that very little he could do to escape he ended up inside the building the crowd because he weighed 140 with a yellow “Don’t Tread on pounds,” the FBI said. Me” flag around his neck as law- Debra Lieberman, a psycholo- makers ran for their lives. gy professor at the University of Grider, 39, a winery owner and Miami, said people in large former school teacher in Texas, is crowds make calculations on the among at least a dozen Capitol riot costs and benefits of their actions, defendants identified by The As- and with so many others around, sociated Press who have claimed they believe they can get away their presence in the building was with it. a result of being “caught up” in Those who went through barri- the hysteria of the crowd or that cades at the bottom of Capitol Hill they were pushed inside by sheer had to have made an explicit deci- force. sion to participate and can’t con- For some, blaming the mob is tend they were just swept up by part of an attempt to restore repu- JON ELSWICK/AP the crowd, she said. tations tarnished by their pres- The affidavit in support of the criminal complaint and arrest warrant for Christopher Ray Grinder. Saying you were “being swept ence at an event of such infamy. up is pushing the blame and cul- Others may try to broach the issue break a glass door to the House like, ‘The devil made me do it.’ tal witnesses to challenge the pro- pability aside,” Lieberman said. at trial or at least during sentenc- chamber, never planned to storm Come on.” fessor’s contention that intent “It’s a sneaky strategy.” ing in bids for leniency. the building, his lawyer has said in But there’s some precedent for wasn’t possible during the riot, ju- When U.S. District Judge Ke- Social scientists have long ob- filings and comments to reporters a version of the argument suc- rors acquitted the two men of at- tanji Brown Jackson ruled in Feb- served how individuals can act in after Grider was charged with vi- ceeding at trial. tempted murder, convicting them ruary that she would release Grid- ways they never would on their olent entry and disorderly con- Lawyers at the California trial of lesser chargers. er on bond pending trial, she own when they are in crowds of duct on Capitol grounds. of two African American men Many in law enforcement crit- didn’t speak directly to whether like-minded people who are “He would never have antici- charged with attempted murder icized the verdicts at the time, say- crowd dynamics might be rele- whipped into a frenzy. pated finding himself in the situa- in the beating of white truck driv- ing they sent the wrong message vant to his case. His legal team The insurrectionists descended tion, but for the president and the er Reginald Denny during Los that participation in crowd vio- hasn’t said it will attempt to make on the nation’s capital that day to rally and the way everything went Angeles riots in 1992 were allowed lence made someone less culpable that a feature of a trial defense. disrupt the certification of Joe Bi- down,” Brent Mayr told the Hous- to call psychiatry professor Ar- than if they had acted alone. But Jackson showed no sympa- den’s presidential victory. Many ton Chronicle. “We’ve heard ‘mob mando Morales to testify that a In federal court, such argu- thy for claims that Grider was attended a rally by Trump, who mentality’ — and he describes it to pervasive mob mentality meant ments are usually allowed only more of a bystander than anything was refusing to concede even a T.” Mayr more recently de- the men couldn’t have intended to during sentencing, but defendants else that day. though there was no evidence to clined to comment further. harm anyone. are already laying groundwork. Jackson noted Grider can be suggest the election had been Judges typically don’t let de- Denny was pulled out of his One rioter told investigators seen at the front of a crowd that rigged and his own administration fendants assert at trial that out- truck and severely beaten after that walking up the Capitol steps rushed toward House chamber said it wasn’t. side influences, be it drugs or peer four white Los Angeles officers was like “a funnel.” A second doors. While he didn’t smash the Hundreds of Trump supporters pressure, made them act as they were acquitted of most charges in claimed he couldn’t pull back door windows, he stood by while broke through police barricades did. Most judges would reject ef- the beating of Black motorist Rod- from the crowd, even though the others did and did not retreat, she and overwhelmed officers, vio- forts by rioters’ lawyers to use any ney King. FBI said video showed the man said. One rioter was fatally shot by lently shoving their way into the iteration of a blame-the-crowd de- Morales described to jurors made no attempt to turn around. police as she tried to climb building to chants of “Hang Mike fense, legal experts say. how individuals can become in- One defendant, Kevin James through one of the shattered win- Pence" and “Stop the Steal." Some “Even though I’m a criminal de- fected by a mass hysteria when in Lyons of Chicago, is accused of go- dows. came prepared with pepper fense attorney, it sounds like a angry throngs, losing their normal ing into House Speaker Nancy Pe- “Make no mistake, Mr. Grider, spray, baseball bats and other desperation move,” said Miami control and acting violently with- losi’s office during the riot and you did participate,” the judge weapons. More than 400 people lawyer Joel Hirschhorn, insisting out actual intent to commit a posting a photo on social media of said, addressing him directly. have been charged in the largest that would-be rioters who trav- crime. a plaque bearing Pelosi’s name. A “You did have a role in one of the prosecution in the Justice Depart- eled long distances to Washington “This can happen to the most caption with the photo read, most egregious assaults on our de- ment’s history. had to understand what they upstanding individuals,” he said. “WHOS HOUSE?!?!? OUR mocracy in the history of this Grider, accused of helping to might be getting into. “It’s sort of While prosecutors called rebut- HOUSE??” country.” National Guard mission to provide security ending at Capitol Associated Press and requested anonymity. Some Republican lawmakers the Capitol itself will be secured by of an investigative commission. WASHINGTON — Nearly five The Pentagon announced last have begun downplaying the event Capitol Police but that the complex Both measures face an uncertain months after being deployed to the week that an extension of the Guard despite the handful of deaths, inju- will remain closed to the general future in the evenly divided Senate. U.S. Capitol to help quell the Jan. 6 presence — 2,149 troops — had not ries to scores of police officers, hun- public because of the strain on the Minority Leader Mitch McCon- insurrection, National Guard been requested. dreds of arrests, damages to the police force. nell, R-Ky., has said he opposes the troops were set to leave and turn The planned departure came as building and shouted threats “God bless the National Guard,” commission proposal, which would over security of the area to Capitol Democrats and Republicans against lawmakers from many of Honore said. “They’ve done signif- need significant Republican sup- Police. sparred over how to fund fortifica- those who stormed the building. icant work.” port to advance under Senate rules. Guard troops, their mission end- tions of the Capitol and whether to Much of the violence was caught on The House on Thursday ap- Republican opponents say the com- ing Sunday, were expected to be form an independent bipartisan camera. proved — by a single vote largely mission would become a political leaving Monday, a person familiar commission to investigate the at- Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, along party lines — a $1.9 billion tool as midterm elections ap- with the plan told The Associated tack that sought to overturn former who oversaw a security review in measure to fortify the Capitol. The proach, though the proposal re- Press. The person was not autho- President Donald Trump’s loss to the wake of the rioting, told CBS’ next day, the House approved with quires its work to be concluded by rized to discuss the plan by name Democrat Joe Biden. “Face the Nation” on Sunday that 35 Republican votes the formation the end of this year. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, May 25, 2021 NATION Roof to argue to overturn death sentence Competency of SC man who Scarlett Wilson — who had also been pursuing the death penalty killed 9 at Bible study, acted — called the deal “an insurance as his own attorney, at issue policy for the federal conviction,” ensuring that Roof would spend BY MEG KINNARD the rest of his life in prison, should Associated Press the federal sentence not stand. COLUMBIA, S.C. — The man Wilson also said that she felt on federal death row for the racist more confident a federal death slayings of nine members of a sentence would be carried out un- Black South Carolina congrega- der the newly minted Trump ad- tion is making his appellate argu- ministration than it would have ment that his conviction and death been under a Democratic one. At sentence should be overturned. the time, there was anticipation Oral arguments in the case of that then-President Donald Dylann Roof are scheduled to be Trump might swiftly resume fed- held Tuesday before a three-judge eral executions, following cessa- panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court tion of the practice under several of Appeals, based in Richmond, several previous administrations. Va. Appellate Judge Jay Richard- Trump’s decision to reinstate son, who as an assistant U.S. Attor- federal executions didn’t come ney prosecuted Roof’s case, is not until 2020, however, when his Jus- part of the panel. tice Department ended a 17-year In 2017, Roof became the first hiatus, going on to oversee a total person in the U.S. sentenced to of 13 federal executions. Due to his death for a federal hate crime. Au- remaining appeals, Roof’s case thorities have said Roof opened was not eligible for execution at fire during the closing prayer of a The (Charleston, S.C.) Post And Courier/AP that time. 2015 Bible study session at Char- Dylann Roof enters a courtroom in Charleston, S.C., in April 2017. On Tuesday, Roof, on federal death Although President Joe Biden leston’s Mother Emanuel AME row for the slayings of nine members of a Black congregation during a Bible study session in 2015, is — who as a candidate said he’d Church, raining down dozens of making his appellate argument that his conviction and death sentence should be overturned. work to end federal executions — bullets on those assembled. Roof hasn’t spoken publicly about cap- was 21 years old at the time. to federal death row. Representing himself for sen- This, his attorneys wrote, re- ital punishment in office, White In a lengthy brief, Roof’s attor- U.S. District Judge Richard tencing, Roof successfully pre- sulted in “a complete breakdown” House press secretary Jen Psaki neys argue that an appellate court Gergel held two competency vented jurors from hearing miti- of any possible defense, with ju- said in March that he continues to should vacate Roof’s convictions hearings for Roof: one before the gating evidence about his mental rors being “left in the dark” about have “grave concerns” about it. and death sentence, or remand his start of his trial, and one before its health, “under the delusion,” his any details from Roof’s past that The president could instruct his case to court for a “proper compe- sentencing phase, to determine if attorneys wrote, that “he would be could have possibly been used to Justice Department not to carry tency evaluation.” Roof could act as his own attorney rescued from prison by white-na- mitigate the government’s “in- out executions during his presi- “The federal trial that resulted for that portion of the trial. His ap- tionalists — but only, bizarrely, if flammatory case for death.” dency. in his death-sentence departed so pellate team wrote that the court he kept his mental-impairments Following his federal trial, Roof If unsuccessful in his direct 4th far from the standard required errantly found Roof competent, out of the public record.” was given nine consecutive life Circuit appeal, Roof could file when the government seeks the despite the fact that “every de- In that part of the trial, the self- sentences after pleading guilty in what’s known as a 2255 appeal, or ultimate price that it cannot be af- fense expert agreed Roof suffered avowed white supremacist nei- 2017 to state murder charges, a request that the trial court re- firmed,” they wrote, arguing that a delusional belief he would be ther fought for his life nor ex- leaving him to await execution in a view the constitutionality of his their client’s mental illness should rescued by the victors of a race- plained his actions, saying only federal prison and sparing his vic- conviction and sentence. He could have prevented him from serving war, which prevented him from that “anyone who hates anything tims and their families the burden also petition the U.S. Supreme as his own attorney during a por- understanding the threat of exe- in their mind has a good reason for of a second trial. Court or seek a presidential par- tion of the trial, and also being sent cution was real.” it.” After that sentencing, Solicitor don. Suspect in 4 killings captured Police: 1 killed, several others hurt at illegal concert in SC in SC after week on the run Associated Press ey at the cost of a life,” Burgess said. COLUMBIA, S.C. — Thirteen The illegal concert was publi- Associated Press Investigators spotted wearing no shoes and all people were hurt and a 14-year-old cized with flyers that promised se- COLUMBIA, S.C. — A weeklong didn’t think Ter- black clothing. Hundreds of offi- girl killed after several people be- curity. Burgess said investigators manhunt for a suspect wanted in ry was getting cers surrounded the area in eastern gan shooting at an illegal concert in are still sorting out if that security the killings of four people ended any help, but Chester County as the sun rose South Carolina over the weekend, fired any shots. No arrests have without another shot fired on Mon- broke into vehi- Monday. authorities said. been made. day as hundreds of officers sur- cles or possibly The main highway through that Investigators said a fight started “Individuals were angry with rounded him in South Carolina, au- barns and sheds part of the county was closed to only just before the gunfire in a North each other and they didn’t care who thorities said. and lived off the one lane of traffic. Other roads were Charleston neighborhood around got hit,” was all Burgess would say Terry Tyler Terry was arrested around land. He man- closed, too. Deputies urged people 10:30 p.m. Saturday. They haven’t about the reason for the shootings. 10:30 a.m., and neither he nor the aged to steal a gun, water, shirt and to stay inside, lock their doors and figured out how many people were The concert and shooting hap- more than 300 officers searching shoes from an unlocked work truck call 911 for anything suspicious. shooting, North Charleston Police pened in a field near a small neigh- for him were hurt during his arrest, last week, authorities said. The woman driving Terry was Chief Reggie Burgess said. borhood with winding narrow the Chester County Sheriff’s Office Terry, 26, is charged with mur- arrested after wrecking the car. The name of the girl killed has not streets in North Charleston. Investi- posted on Twitter. der in a shooting in York in early Adrienne Simpson, 34, is charged been released, but Burgess prayed gators said police arrived three min- The manhunt finally ended after May, the killing in Great Falls of the along with Terry with killing Eu- with her family before talking to re- utes after being called and so many at least four confirmed sightings of estranged husband of the woman gene Simpson, from whom she had porters Sunday at the lot where cars and people were rushing out Terry since he ran from a wrecked who drove the car as he fired at offi- been separated for several years. someone had set up a small makesh- that they aren’t sure how many peo- car after firing on Chester County cers, and the deaths of two other An arrest warrant said she con- ift stage as well as a bar and food ta- ple were at the party. deputies on May 17. people in Missouri on May 15 dur- fessed that both she and Terry shot bles where drinks and snacks were The conditions of any of the other Deputies didn't immediately re- ing robberies in the St. Louis sub- the father of her children, and that being sold. victims were not released. lease any other details on Terry's urbs, authorities said. she helped dump his body in a “The whole purpose of it was “It’s a ridiculous time in our lives arrest. Sometime overnight, Terry was ditch. making money, but they made mon- and this world,” Burgess said. Tuesday, May 25, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Toddler accidentally shoots younger sister LAKELAND, Fla. — A FL 3-year-old boy acciden- tally shot his 2-year-old sister af- ter finding a gun that had been hidden between sofa cushions by a family friend, Florida authorities said. The girl was in “exceptionally” critical condition, said Polk Coun- ty Sheriff Grady Judd at a news conference. After the girl was shot, three men in the home at the time scooped up the children and jump- ed in a car to drive to a hospital. On their way, they got into a crash with another vehicle, causing sev- eral injuries. The girl and one of the adults was taken to the hospi- tal by a good Samaritan who had stopped to offer assistance after the crash, Judd said. Kevonte’ Wilson, 23, told inves- tigators he had placed the gun be- tween sofa cushions so that it would be hidden from the chil- dren. He was arrested on charges of failing to safely store a firearm, carrying a concealed firearm and possession of marijuana. He could face other counts, Judd said. Inmate had material that could make explosives

ANAMOSA — Author- ALEXANDRA WIMLEY, PITTSBURGH POST­GAZETTE/AP IA ities found a household substance in an inmate’s cell at Anamosa State Penitentiary that Keeping a Promise could be used to make explosives. Atasia Little, 17, a Taylor Allderdice High School graduate who will be attending Lincoln University, and her mother, Tanisha Austin, talk in their The state Department of Cor- car before the “Promise Senior Signing Day” drive­in event to honor graduating high school seniors by Pittsburgh Promise on Saturday in rections said that the substance Pittsburgh, Pa. The Pittsburgh Promise provides scholarships up to $5,000 a year. Because of the COVID­19 pandemic, minimum GPA and was found in a cell at the prison attendance requirements for students in the Pittsburgh Public Schools class of 2021 were removed. where two employees were killed about two months ago, according niable. THE CENSUS Sept. 17. to the Des Moines Register. The exhibit includes plenty of Johnson used false names and Authorities said the substance relics, such as a spacesuit worn by The approximate number of people arrested at a Southern Cal- identities, such as posing as a U.S. isn’t dangerous by itself, but it Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin on 150 ifornia beach party Saturday after partygoers refused orders to Marine with a son whose mother could be used to create an explo- loan from NASA. disperse. The birthday party invitation went viral on TikTok and brought hun- had died, to strike up romantic re- sive substance if it was combined dreds of people to a raucous celebration, prompting police to declare an un- lationships with his victims and with additional materials. Couple accused of lawful assembly. Though Huntingdon Beach police issued a warning Saturday solicit money from them “for vari- Corrections Department Chief stealing from booster club after at least 400 people came to the location Friday evening, at least 1,000 ous pressing financial needs,” the of Staff Cord Overton said investi- people gathered by lifeguard towers and fire pits Saturday evening. The people court filing said. arrested were booked for vandalism, illegally firing fireworks, failing to disperse gators are looking into how the CHARLOTTE — A and violating curfews, said police spokeswoman Jennifer Carey. prisoner managed to get and hide NC North Carolina couple Police mark 2nd video the substance, as well as whether is accused of stealing $200,000 sighting of mountain lion any accomplices were involved. from a high school booster club in 2017, the Sharpers wrote more for 421 available opportunities, and using COVID-19-relief busi- than $100,000 in checks to them- department spokesman Robert WICHITA — Another New exhibit spotlights ness loans to cover their crime, selves for fraudulent reimburse- “Trey” Iles said. KS mountain lion sighting space exploration history federal authorities said. ments, wired booster club money Applications are on the depart- has been captured on a doorbell Anthony and Deana Sharper directly to their personal bank ac- ment website at la-web.s3licens- camera in the Wichita area, and TUCSON — A new ex- are both charged with wire fraud, counts and also used booster cred- ing.com. Kansas wildlife officials suspect AZ hibit at the Arizona His- which carries up to 20 years in it and debit cards to run up thou- it’s the same big cat caught on tory Museum in Tucson aims to prison and a $250,000 fine upon a sands of dollars in personal ex- Man admits to stealing camera last week sauntering make sure the state’s place in the conviction, The Charlotte Observ- penses across six states. $276K in dating scams through a Wichita alley. history of space flight is not forgot- er reported. Police in the Wichita suburb of ten. Anthony Sharper is also ac- Applications taken for RICHMOND — A Ma- Andover said the most recent vid- “Ready to Launch: Arizona’s cused of a range of additional public lands gator harvest VA ryland man pleaded eo showed the puma padding Place in Space” showcases how crimes, including making false guilty in Virginia to defrauding along a sidewalk in front of a house the Grand Canyon State helped statements to a financial institu- BATON ROUGE — The women whom he met through on- in Andover. That’s about 12 miles create a path to the stars. It will be tion and filing a false tax return. If LA Louisiana Department line dating websites, using phony away from the site in Wichita’s on display until Nov. 30 at the mu- convicted of all charges, he faces of Wildlife and Fisheries is taking identities to dupe them into send- Riverside neighborhood where a seum just west of the University of decades in prison and millions of lottery applications to harvest alli- ing him money. doorbell camera showed a cougar Arizona campus. dollars in penalties. gators on public lands. Applica- Eugene Johnson Jr., 39, of Leo- trotting through an alley May 10. Shannon Fleischman, head mu- The charges involve Charlotte’s tions are due by June 30 for hunts nardtown, Md., stole more than Kansas Department of Wildlife seum curator for the Arizona His- South Mecklenburg High School, from Aug. 25 through Oct. 30. $276,000 from at least eight wom- Research Biologist Matt Peek torical Society, oversaw the exhib- where Anthony Sharper Sr. was There are 431 opportunities on en, according to a court filing that confirmed that the cat in the latest it. She said people mostly think of club president and Deana Sharper 19 wildlife management areas, 28 accompanied his guilty plea to a video is a mountain lion and likely Houston or Cape Canaveral, Fla., served as concession stand and public lakes and one Army Corps mail fraud charge. the same one as spotted last week, when it comes to places in the school store coordinator, accord- of Engineers property. Each hun- Johnson faces a maximum sen- as it would be rare to have two pu- United States that foster space ex- ing to court documents. ter gets tags for three alligators. tence of 20 years in prison. U.S. mas sharing the same territory. ploration, but Arizona’s place in According to the indictment, Program managers reported District Judge Henry E. Hudson is the history of exploration is unde- over a three-year period starting that 2,278 people applied last year scheduled to sentence Johnson on From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, May 25, 2021 WORLD Italy probes why cable car brake failed in deadly crash Associated Press said. “Why that happened is natural- vannini visited the site Monday and STRESA, Italy — The investiga- ly under investigation.” announced a commission of inquiry tion into Italy’s cable car disaster Bossi spoke to reporters as the to investigate the “technical and or- that killed 14 people will focus on lone survivor of Sunday’s horrific ganizational causes” of the disaster, why the lead cable snapped and why tragedy, a 5-year-old Israeli boy liv- while prosecutors will focus on any the emergency brake didn’t engage ing in Italy, remained hospitalized in criminal blame. and prevent the cabin from careen- Turin in intensive care with multi- Giovannini told reporters in Stre- ing back down the mountain until it ple broken bones. sa, the lakefront town at the foot of ITALIAN VIGILI DEL FUOCO FIREFIGHTERS/AP pulled off the support line and The Israeli foreign ministry iden- the Mottarone peak, that the aim of Rescuers work near the wreckage of a cable car after it collapsed crashed to the ground, the lead pros- tified him as Eitan Biran. His par- the investigative commission would near the summit of the Stresa­Mottarone line in the Piedmont region ecutor said Monday. ents, younger brother and two be to “ensure this never happens of northern Italy on Sunday. Verbania Prosecutor Olimpia great-grandparents were among again.” Bossi outlined the contours of her in- the dead, the ministry said, correct- The transport ministry said a pre- check was performed in 2017 and mary cables of the lift: the cable that vestigation based on what she said ing an earlier statement that had in- liminary check of the cable line’s more inspections last year. pulls the cabin up the mountain, the was objective, empirical fact of what cluded Eitan among the victims. safety and maintenance record In November and December support cable that holds the car and occurred: “The brakes of the securi- Italian media identified all the show that the whole lift structure un- 2020, other checks were performed the rescue cables. In December an- ty system didn’t work. Otherwise other victims as residents of Italy. derwent a renovation in August on the cables themselves, including other visual check was performed, the cabin would have stopped,” she Transport Minister Enrico Gio- 2016, and that a full maintenance magnetic inspections on the pri- the ministry said. India’s national carrier says hack leaked passengers’ data Associated Press credit card details from the Atlanta-based SI- had compromised the data of some major many of them were its travelers. It said no NEW DELHI — Personal data of an un- TA Passenger Service System, Air India said global airlines as well. SITA at that time had password data was breached during the at- specified number of travelers has been com- in a statement Friday. said that Singapore Airlines, New Zealand Air tack and that the company was investigating. promised after a company that serves India’s It disclosed the scale of the breach nearly and Lufthansa were among those affected. The company said it recommended in an national carrier was hacked, Air India said. three months after it was first informed by the Air India said almost 4.5 million passen- email to its customers that they should The hackers were able to access 10 years’ IT provider. gers globally were affected in the “highly so- change their account passwords as a precau- worth of data, including names, passport and The breach that happened in late February phisticated” attack, but did not specify how tion. Tuesday, May 25, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 WORLD

EU urges probe after plane diverted to jail journalist Ousted Suu Kyi in court in person for 1st time BRUSSELS — Western leaders decried the diversion of a plane to Associated Press fendant on some of the same charges she said Min Min Soe said after the hearing. Belarus in order to arrest an oppo- BANGKOK — Myanmar’s ousted leader faces. Monday’s hearing concerned several of sition journalist as an act of piracy Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in court in per- Suu Kyi had been charged with several the six charges Suu Kyi faces. and terrorism. The European son Monday for the first time since the mil- criminal offenses, but her only previous These are two counts of violating the Nat- Union and others Monday de- itary arrested her when it seized power on court appearances had been by video link ural Disaster Management Law for violat- manded an investigation into the Feb. 1, Myanmar media reported. and she had not been allowed to meet in ing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions dur- dramatic forced landing of the One of her lawyers, Min Min Soe, told person with any of her lawyers. ing the 2020 election campaign, illegally Ryanair jet, which was traveling The Associated Press by phone that Suu Min Min Soe said Suu Kyi had a message importing walkie-talkies that were for her between two of the bloc’s member Kyi was able to meet with her defense team for Myanmar’s people to the effect that her bodyguards’ use, unlicensed use of the ra- nations. before her hearing began at a special court National League for Democracy party dios and spreading information that could The airline said Belarusian set up inside the city council building in would stand by them. cause public alarm or unrest. flight controllers told the crew Naypyitaw, the capital. The hearing’s pur- “The main thing (she said) is that she al- The most serious charge that Suu Kyi there was a bomb threat against pose was procedural. ways wishes good health and well-being for faces is breaching the colonial-era Official the plane as it crossed through the The lawyers also met with Win Myint, all the people, and she also said that since Secrets Act, which carries a penalty of up to country’s airspace and ordered it who was president in the government that the NLD was founded for the people, the 14 years’ imprisonment, but that is being to land in the capital of Minsk. Suu Kyi led as state counselor, and a de- NLD will exist as long as the people exist,” handled by a separate court. Raman Pratasevich, who ran a popular messaging app that played a key role in helping orga- nize massive protests against Be- Samoa in crisis as elected leader locked out of Parliament larus’ authoritarian president, was on board and he and his Rus- Associated Press the small Pacific and her supporters showed up at convene. And the constitution re- sian girlfriend were led off the WELLINGTON, New Zealand — nation since it parliament to form a new govern- quires that lawmakers meet within plane shortly after landing. Samoa was plunged into a constitu- elected its first fe- ment, but were not allowed inside. 45 days of an election, with Monday Western leaders forcefully con- tional crisis Monday when the wom- male leader. Not She and her FAST Party later marking the final day by that count. demned the move. A group of the an who won an election last month only is Samoa’s took oaths and appointed ministers But Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, chairs of the foreign affairs com- was locked out of Parliament, and peace and stabili- in a ceremony held under a tent in who was prime minister for 22 years mittees of several Western coun- the previous leader claimed he re- ty at stake, but al- front of the locked Parliament, ac- before his unexpected election loss, tries’ legislative bodies called it an mained in charge. so its relationship tions that opponents said were ille- doesn’t appear ready to give up Fiame act of piracy. The fast-moving events marked with China. gal. power. He was already one of the the latest twist in a bitter power On Monday morning, Prime Min- The nation’s Supreme Court had longest-serving leaders in the From The Associated Press struggle that has been playing out in ister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata’afa earlier ordered the Parliament to world. PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, May 25, 2021 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander McCarthy, McConnell don’t want Jan. 6 dissected BY DOYLE MCMANUS er remnant of backbone Republican leaders 2022. Los Angeles Times previously displayed and made support for “A lot of our members … want to be moving EDITORIAL t may seem impossible to imagine now, any investigation into whether Trump helped forward and not looking backward,” he said. Terry Leonard, Editor but there was a time not long ago when incite the riot look dangerous. “Anything that gets us rehashing the 2020 [email protected] Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell Especially to the ambitious. elections, I think, is a day lost on being able to were angry with Donald Trump. If Republicans win a majority in the House draw a contrast between us and the Demo- Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor I It was just after the invasion of the Capitol of Representatives in next year’s congression- crats’ very radical left-wing agenda.” [email protected] by a pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6. al election, as appears likely, McCarthy could In other words: Move along, folks, nothing Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content “The president bears responsibility,” be speaker of the House, something he has to see here. The invasion of the Capitol is an- [email protected] McCarthy, the Republican leader in the longed for. And if the GOP picks up just one cient history; let’s talk about how President Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation House, said back then. additional Senate seat, McConnell will regain Joe Biden is (to quote Kevin McCarthy) “gov- [email protected] “The mob was fed lies,” McConnell, the the powerful job of Senate majority leader. erning as a socialist.” Senate Republican leader, said. “They were It’s amazing how the prospect of power can Last week, the Democratic-led House voted Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital provoked by the president.” kill a politician’s fleeting impulse to claim the to authorize an independent commission, with [email protected] That was then; this is now. moral high ground. 35 Republicans breaking ranks — and defying Last week, McCarthy and McConnell A serious investigation of Jan. 6 is the right McCarthy — to vote yes. But the bill still needs BUREAU STAFF joined forces again — but this time it was in an thing to do for the country. If we don’t under- 60 votes in the evenly divided Senate, and effort to protect Trump from the indignity of stand how the insurgency happened, how can McConnell has planted himself firmly in the Europe/Mideast facing a bipartisan investigation into the we prevent it from happening again? But it way. Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] events of Jan. 6, including the former presi- could easily become a long, nationally tele- There will still be several investigations of +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 dent’s encouragement of the mob. vised embarrassment for the GOP — and a what happened on Jan. 6, even if McConnell Pacific What turned the GOP’s understandably fu- personal embarrassment for both McCarthy succeeds in blocking a commission. House Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief rious leaders of January into the meek, eva- and McConnell. and Senate committees are already examin- [email protected] sive men they are today? Afull-scale probe would have to call Trump ing the episode, and House Speaker Nancy Pe- +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 Donald Trump, of course. After a few as a witness. It would also have to summon his losi has the power to launch a special commit- Washington months of relative silence, the former presi- vice president, Mike Pence, who appealed in tee with a Democratic chair. Those panels Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief dent has reemerged as the GOP’s dominant vain for help as he hid from mobs chanting, may subpoena Trump, but he can be expected [email protected] national figure, mostly by attacking any dis- “Hang Mike Pence!” It would need to call to fight every summons, just as he did when he (+1)(202)886-0033 Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News sident Republican rash enough to defy him. McCarthy, who told other Republicans that was president, and legal challenges can delay [email protected] Last week, Trump denounced the idea of a when he asked Trump to intervene, the presi- testimony for months or years. If Republicans Jan. 6 commission as “a Democrat trap.” dent praised the rioters, saying, “I guess these win congressional majorities in 2022, the in- CIRCULATION And polling shows he’s got most GOP voters people are more upset about the election than vestigating committees may simply expire. firmly on his side. A University of Massachu- you are.” And it would call at least three Re- In any case, panels run by politicians with Mideast setts poll last month found that only 7% of Re- publican House members who were report- party labels rarely achieve as much legitima- Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager [email protected] publican voters blame the former president edly in contact with the extremists while they cy and credibility as an independent commis- [email protected] for the Jan. 6 riot. So who was at fault? An as- marched on the Capitol. None of that sounds sion. The best way to inform the public would DSN (314)583-9111 tounding 31% blame the Democratic Party, like a plus for the Republican cause. be a bipartisan panel, as free from politics as Europe and 22% blame the leftist antifa movement — But don’t take that from me; one of McCon- possible. Maybe that’s why Trump, McCarthy Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager testimony to the mind-bending effects of polit- nell’s lieutenants, Sen. John Thune, explained and McConnell are fighting against one. [email protected] ical polarization. candidly last week that an inquest would get in [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Those poll numbers have crushed whatev- the way of the GOP’s campaign message for Doyle McManus is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times. Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 The power in befriending someone you disagree with

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Carpe Diem 50 Hoodwink 51 Tram load 52 Logical 53 Crisp cookie Beetle Bailey Bizarro Tuesday, May 25, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 17 FACES Drake, Pink, The Weeknd win big at Billboard Music Awards

BY MESFIN FEKADU Associated Press It was a family affair at the Billboard Mu- sic Awards: Pink twirled in the air in a pow- erful performance with her daughter, and KEVIN WOLF/AP Drake was named artist of the decade, ac- Honorees, from left, choreographer and cepting the honor beside his 3-year-old son. actress Debbie Allen; singer­songwriter Drake, who extended his record as the and activist Joan Baez; actor Dick Van most decorated winner in the history of the Dyke; country singer­songwriter Garth awards show to 29 wins Sunday, was sur- Brooks; and violinist Midori pose for rounded by family and photos at the 43nd Annual Kennedy friends who presented Center Honors on May 21 in Washington. him with the Artist of the Decade Award. He walk- ed onstage outside the Mi- Slimmed-down crosoft Theater in Los An- geles with his son Adonis holding his hand. Kennedy Center “I wanna dedicate this Drake award to my friends, to my tribute still big longtime collaborators ... to my beautiful family, and to you,” he said, looking to Ado- for honorees nis and picking him up to kiss him. NBC/AP Drake placed his first song on the Bill- The Weeknd accepts the top artist award during the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday Associated Press board Hot 100 in 2009, and since has logged night in Los Angeles. The artist, overlooked by the Grammys, won 10 awards. This year’s Kennedy Center Honors may the most songs ever on the chart, with 232 be a slimmed-down affair as the nation entrees. He’s also logged a record 45 Top 10 emerges from the coronavirus pandemic — hits on the Hot 100 and a record 22 No. 1s on Winners in top categories but honoree Dick Van Dyke still says it’s the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart. “the capper on my career.” Pink received the Icon Award and was Top artist: The Weeknd The 43rd class of honorees also includes joined onstage by her 9-year-old daughter Top Hot 100 song: The Weeknd, “Blinding country music legend Garth Brooks, dancer — showing off their powerful gymnastic Lights” and choreographer Debbie Allen, singer- skills as they spun in the air in a jaw-drop- Top Billboard 200 album: Pop Smoke, “Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon.” songwriter Joan Baez and violinist Midori. ping performance. Known for her signature Top female artist: Taylor Swift They were honored May 21 at a medallion aerial and acrobatic moves, Pink was Top male artist: The Weeknd ceremony that had been delayed from De- matched by Willow Sage Hart as “Cover Me Top new artist: Pop Smoke cember 2020. In Sunshine,” Pink’s song featuring vocals Top collaboration: Gabby Barrett featuring All the honorees called the lifetime artis- from her daughter, played in the back- Charlie Puth, “I Hope” tic achievement award a unique honor, ground. Top duo/group: BTS even for an accomplished artist. Pink’s performance was one of several Top R&B artist: The Weeknd Brooks joked: “I don’t mind being the pre-taped moments at the show, which Top rap artist: Pop Smoke weak link on the chain. I’m in the chain!” aired on NBC and was hosted by Nick Jonas. CHRIS PIZZELLO, INVISION/AP Top country artist: Morgan Wallen Normally the medallion ceremony is held Live performances were held outdoors, in Icon award recipient Pink and her Top rock artist: Machine Gun Kelly at the State Department, but this year it was front of audience members wearing masks. daughter Willow perform together on a Top Latin artist: Bad Bunny moved to the Kennedy Center’s opera The Weeknd was on hand to accept the trapeze during a prerecorded segment. Top dance/electronic artist: Lady Gaga house, with about 120 people spread out at most wins of the night — 10. He walked into Top Christian artist: Elevation Worship Top gospel artist: Kanye West tables on the stage and backstage area look- the show with 16 nominations, winning hon- three honors, including top country artist Top social artist: BTS ing out at the empty rows of seats. Singer ors like top artist, top male artist, top Hot and top country album for “Dangerous: The Top streaming songs artist: Drake Gloria Estefan hosted the ceremony and 100 song for “Blinding Lights” and top R&B Double Album.” Top song sales artist: BTS cellist Yo Yo Ma performed; both are previ- album for “After Hours.” Wallen was nominated for six awards, Top radio songs artist: The Weeknd ous Kennedy Center Honors recipients. “I wanna take this opportunity to thank and Billboard Awards producer dick clark Top Billboard 200 artist: Taylor Swift The recipients received short tributes you, my parents,” he said. “I am the man I productions said it couldn’t prevent Wallen Top Hot 100 artist: The Weeknd and spoke after getting the iconic medallion am today because of you. And thank you to from earning nominations or winning, be- Artist of the Decade Award: Drake placed around their necks. Several of the my fans, of course. I do not take this for cause finalists are based on album and dig- Icon Award: Pink artists said they hoped their modified cere- granted.” ital sales, streaming, radio airplay and so- Change Maker Award: Trae Tha Truth mony would be one of a series of bench- Morgan Wallen, who was caught on cam- cial engagement. The producers did ban From The Associated Press marks in the country’s cultural reopening. era using a racial slur earlier this year, won Wallen from performing or attending. Midori said it made her happy, “coming out of these very dark times, to be able to see the arts coming back.” Instead of the usual several-hour black- Rock band Maneskin wins Eurovision for Italy tie event, followed by dinner, this year’s fes- tivities ran just 90 minutes with a limited Associated Press Rotterdam’s Ahoy arena with its regime of Actor Danny Masterson must audience. The musical performances and A four-piece band of Italian rockers won testing and strict hygiene protocols was tributes — traditionally the centerpiece of the Eurovision Song Contest in the early seen as a step toward a post-COVID-19 re- stand trial on 3 rape charges the event — were split into two other nights; hours of Sunday, giving one of the countries turn to live entertainment. After three days of testimony from three one took place May 20 and the second, May hit hardest in Europe by the coronavirus Italy, the bookmakers’ favorite, trailed women who said “That ‘70s Show” actor 22. pandemic reason to cheer. Switzerland, France and Malta after the na- Danny Masterson raped them nearly 20 Kennedy Center President Deborah Rut- Maneskin’s win was only Italy’s third vic- tional juries delivered their votes but were years ago, a judge on May 21 found that he ter told reporters they “had been filming tory in the immensely popular contest and propelled to victory by votes from the view- must stand trial on three counts of rape by tributes all over campus.” the first since Toto Cutugno took the honor ing public. force or fear, charges that could get him up All the events will be edited into a televi- in 1990. A crowd of 3,500 fans, who all tested neg- to 45 years in prison. Masterson, 45, has sion special, which will be broadcast states- The music festival was canceled last year ative for the coronavirus, watched the final- pleaded not guilty. He was told to return to ide on CBS on June 6. amid the pandemic, but this year’s event in ists perform live. court for a new arraignment on June 7. 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PRO BASKETBALL AUTO RACING DEALS BRIEFLY WNBA EchoPark Texas Grand Prix Sunday’s Transactions CHICAGO CUBS —Sent RHP Alec Mills to Iowa (Triple-A West) for a rehab assign- NASCAR Cup Series  Eastern Conference BASEBALL ment. Sunday Sent RHP To- Japan opens mass Major League Baseball LOS ANGELES DODGERS — WLPct GB At Circuits of the Americas ny Gonsolin to Oklahoma City (Triple-A Austin, Texas. American League East) for a rehab assignment. Recalled vaccine centers Connecticut 5 0 1.000 — Lap length: 3.41 miles BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Recalled LHP RHP Phil Bickford from Oklahoma City. (Start position in parentheses) Brandon Waddell from Norfolk (Triple-A New York 4 1 .800 1 Placed RHP Jimmy Nelson on the 10-day IL, Japan mobilized military doc- 1. (8) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 54 laps, 49 East). Optioned RHP Travis Lakins to Nor- retroactive to May 21. Chicago 2 1 .667 2 points. folk. Sent RHP Hunter Harvey to Norfolk for MIAMI MARLINS — Placed INF Isan Diaz tors and nurses to give shots to el- Atlanta 1 2 .333 3 2. (2) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 54, 47. a rehab assignment. on the 10-day IL. Recalled INF Jose Devers 3. (6) Joey Logano, Ford, 54, 44. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Selected the derly people in Tokyo and Osaka Washington 1 3 .250 3½ from Jacksonville (Triple-A East). 4. (20) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 54, 36. contract of 2B Owen Miller from Columbus PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Designated on Monday as the government Indiana 1 4 .200 4 5. (7) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 54, 0. (Triple-A East) and signed him to a one- RHP Ramon Rosso for assignment. Op- 6. (27) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 54, 37. year contract. Transferred C Roberto Pe- tioned RHP Brady Lail to Lehigh Valley (Tri- desperately tries to accelerate its Western Conference 7. (23) Michael McDowell, Ford, 54, 39. rez from the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL. ple-A East). 8. (12) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 54, 30. HOUSTON ASTROS — Sent LHP Blake ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Placed RHP vaccination rollout and curb coro- WLPct GB 9. (1) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 54, 36. Taylor to Sugar Land (Triple-A West) for a Miles Mikolas on the 10-day IL. Recalled navirus infections just two months 10. (4) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 54, 39. rehab assignment. RHP Junior Fernandez from Memphis (Tri- Seattle 3 1 .750 — 11. (5) William Byron, Chevrolet, 54, 26. MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed RHP Kenta ple-A East). before hosting the Olympics. Las Vegas 2 2 .500 1 12. (16) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 54, 25. Maeda on the 10-day IL. Recalled INF Nick SAN DIEGO PADRES — Activated RF Wil 13. (28) Chris Buescher, Ford, 54, 29. Gordon from St. Paul (Triple-A East). Myers from the 10-day IL. Transferred RHP Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga Phoenix 2 2 .500 1 14. (19) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 54, 23. SEATTLE MARINERS —Claimed RHP Bra- Keone Kela from the 10-day IL to the 60- is determined to hold the Olym- Dallas 1 1 .500 1 15. (36) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, 54, 26. dy Lail of waivers from Philadelphia. Re- 16. (29) Erik Jones, Chevrolet, 54, 21. day IL. Optioned RF Brian O’Grady to El Pa- Minnesota 0 3 .000 2½ called RHP Wyatt Mills from Tacoma (Tri- so (Triple-A West). pics in Tokyo after a one-year de- 17. (9) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 54, 20. ple-A West). Placed RHP Kendall Grave- Los Angeles 0 2 .000 2 18. (37) Anthony Alfredo, Ford, 54, 19. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS —Recalled LHP man on the 10-day IL. Sent 1B Jose Marmo- Sam Selman from Sacramento (Triple-A lay and has made an ambitious 19. (24) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 54, 18. lejos outright to Tacoma. Saturday’s game 20. (25) Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet, 54, 23. West). Placed RHP Matt Wisler on the be- pledge to finish vaccinating the TAMPA BAY RAYS —Optioned RHP Brent reavement list. Seattle 100, Dallas 97, OT 21. (33) Ty Dillon, Toyota, 54, 0. 22. (22) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, Honeywell Jr. to Durham (Triple-A East). WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Recalled country’s 36 million elderly peo- Sunday’s games 54, 15. Activated RHP Michael Wacha from the RHP Kyle McGowin from Rochester (Tri- 10-day IL. ple-A East). Placed RHP Will Harris and OF ple by the end of July, despite Indiana 89, Washington 77 23. (21) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 54, 15. 24. (34) Ryan Newman, Ford, 54, 13. TORONTO BLUE JAYS —Sent RHP Patrick Victor Robles (retroactive to May 20) on skepticism it’s possible. Worries New York 93, Chicago 85 Murphy to Dunedin (Low-A Southeast) for the 10-day IL. Connecticut 72, Las Vegas 65 25. (3) Austin Cindric, Ford, 54, 0. 26. (26) Aric Almirola, Ford, 54, 11. a rehab assignment. HOCKEY about public safety while many Monday’s game 27. (13) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 54, 18. National League National Hockey League Japanese remain unvaccinated Dallas at New York 28. (38) Garrett Smithley, Ford, 54, 0. ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Activated NHL — Fined Montreal D Shea Weber 29. (32) James Davison, Chevrolet, 54, 8. RHP Taylor Widener from the 10-day IL. $5,000 for cross-checking Toronto F have prompted growing protests Tuesday’s games 30. (31) Josh Bilicki, Ford, 54, 7. Optioned 2B Josh VanMeter to Reno (Tri- Wayne Simmonds during a May 22 game Washington at Indiana 31. (39) Kyle Tilley, Ford, 54, 6. ple-A West). at Toronto. and calls for canceling the games, Atlanta at Chicago 32. (35) Cody Ware, Chevrolet, 53, 0. ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned RHP TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING —Signed F Max- set to start on July 23. Connecticut at Seattle 33. (15) Daniel Suarez, Chevrolet, 46, 4. Bryse Wilson to Gwinnett (Triple A East). im Cajkovic to a three-year, entry-level 34. (40) Quin Houff, Chevrolet, garage, Recalled RHP Jay Flaa from Gwinnett. contract. Suga’s government has repeat- Wednesday’s game 38, 3. Las Vegas at Phoenix 35. (17) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, acci- edly expanded the area and dura- Thursday’s game dent, 24, 2. 36. (14) Cole Custer, Ford, accident, 24, 1. GOLF tion of a largely voluntary request- Dallas at Atlanta 37. (11) Kevin Harvick, Ford, accident, 19, based virus state of emergency 1. Austin Ernst, $4,556 72-70-73-70—285 +1 38. (10) Christopher Bell, Toyota, acci- Pure Silk Championship since late April and has made its Jasmine Suwannapura, $4,556 69-74-67-75—285 +1 PRO SOCCER dent, 18, 1. LPGA Tour virus-fighting measures stricter. 39. (18) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, acci- Sunday Stephanie Meadow, $4,556 72-69-68-76—285 +1 dent, 18, 1. At Kingsmill Resort ­ River Course Andrea Lee, $3,568 70-73-75-68—286 +2 Currently, Tokyo and nine other MLS 40. (30) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, garage, Williamsburg, Va. Paula Reto, $3,568 73-72-72-69—286 +2 12, 0. Purse: $1.3 million Caroline Inglis, $3,568 69-74-73-70—286 +2 areas that are home to 40% of the Yardage: 6,588; Par: 71 Louise Ridderstrom, $3,568 69-72-74-71—286 +2 country’s population are under Eastern Conference F1 Monaco Grand Prix Final Round Lauren Coughlin, $3,568 70-74-70-72—286 +2 the emergency and a further ex- WLTPts GF GA Wei-Ling Hsu, $195,000 66-72-65-68—271-13 Janie Jackson, $3,568 73-70-71-72—286 +2 Sunday M. Jutanugarn, $117,862 71-67-65-70—273-11 Sarah Jane Smith, $3,568 70-73-71-72—286 +2 tension is deemed unavoidable. New England 4 1 2 14 10 7 At Circuit de Monaco Jessica Korda, $85,500 70-67-67-70—274-10 Lee Lopez, $3,568 75-68-70-73—286 +2 Monte Carlo, Monaco. Orlando City 3 0 3 12 7 2 Sarah Kemp, $66,141 69-67-69-70—275 -9 Dana Finkelstein, $3,568 71-72-70-73—286 +2 Lap length: 3.00 kilometers W. Meechai, $48,397 70-68-69-69—276 -8 NBA forming NBA Africa Philadelphia 3 2 2 11 6 5 (Start position in parentheses) Jennifer Song, $3,568 70-69-70-77—286 +2 Nashville 2 0 4 10 7 4 1. (2) Max Verstappen, Netherlands, Red Lizette Salas, 48,397 73-68-64-71—276 -8 Maia Schechter, $2,872 72-72-74-69—287 +3 Sei Young Kim, $32,372 67-71-70-69—277 -7 as business venture Atlanta 2 1 3 9 7 5 Bull Racing, 78 laps, 1:38:56.820, 25 points. Matilda Castren, $2,872 74-70-72-71—287 +3 2. (4) Carlos Sainz Jr, Spain, Ferrari, 78, Elizabeth Szokol, $32,372 68-72-67-70—277 -7 Dani Holmqvist, $2,872 69-72-75-71—287 +3 NYC FC 2 2 2 8 11 6 +8.968 seconds, 18. The NBA announced Monday L. Stephenson, $32,372 71-68-67-71—277 -7 Amy Olson, $2,872 69-72-75-71—287 +3 CF Montréal 2 3 2 8 9 9 3. (5) Lando Norris, Great Britain, McLa- B. M. Henderson, $24,305 70-70-71-67—278 -6 that it has formed NBA Africa, ren, 78, +19.427, 15. Gemma Dryburgh, $2,872 73-72-67-75—287 +3 Columbus 2 2 2 8 5 5 4. (9) Sergio Perez, Mexico, Red Bull Rac- Mina Harigae, $24,305 69-72-69-68—278 -6 Nicole Broch Larsen, $2,872 70-72-70-75—287 +3 which will oversee all league busi- Inter Miami CF 2 3 2 8 8 10 ing, 78, +20.490, 12. P. Anannarukarn, $24,305 71-69-68-70—278 -6 Jaye Marie Green, $2,614 73-71-76-68—288 +4 ness on the continent, including New York 2 4 0 6 8 9 5. (8) Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Aston Albane Valenzuela, $20,520 71-70-70-68—279 -5 Jane Park, $2,614 74-71-72-71—288 +4 Martin, 78, +52.591, 10. D.C. United 2 5 0 6 5 11 Ally Ewing, $20,520 73-68-69-69—279 -5 Jacqui Concolino, $2,517 72-71-75-71—289 +5 the Basketball Africa League. 6. (6) Pierre Gasly, France, Alphatauri, Kristy McPherson, $18,713 69-74-69-68—280 -4 Toronto FC 1 3 2 5 7 10 78, +53.896, 8. Brittany Lang, $2,517 70-72-70-77—289 +5 At least five former NBA play- Pornanong Phatlum, $14,985 74-71-69-67—281 -3 Chicago 1 4 1 4 4 10 7. (7) Lewis Hamilton, Great Britain, Mer- Vicky Hurst, $2,517 71-69-72-77—289 +5 cedes, 78, +1:08.231, 7. Muni He, $14,985 71-74-67-69—281 -3 ers — Junior Bridgeman, Grant Cincinnati 1 3 1 4 6 14 Tiffany Joh, $2,362 68-77-74-71—290 +6 8. (13) Lance Stroll, Canada, Aston Mar- Megan Khan, $14,985 68-71-73-69—281 -3 Kendall Dye, $2,362 73-72-72-73—290 +6 Hill, Joakim Noah, Congo native tin, 77, +1 lap, 4. Haeji Kang, $14,985 70-68-73-70—281 -3 Western Conference 9. (11) Esteban Ocon, France, Alpine, 77, Kelly Tan, $2,362 67-77-72-74—290 +6 Dikembe Mutombo and South Su- +1 lap, 2. Ana Belac, $14,985 70-67-74-70—281 -3 Katelyn Dambaugh, $2,362 69-73-74-74—290 +6 WLTPts GF GA 10. (10) Antonio Giovinazzi, Italy, Alfa Ro- Anne van Dam, $14,985 71-69-70-71—281 -3 Emma Talley, $2,362 71-69-76-74—290 +6 dan native Luol Deng — are inves- meo Racing, 77, +1 lap, 1. Perrine Delacour, $14,985 70-71-67-73—281 -3 Brittany Altomare, $2,362 70-74-71-75—290 +6 tors in the venture. NBA Commis- Seattle 5 0 2 17 14 3 11. (14) Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Alfa Ro- Ruixin Liu, $14,985 67-73-67-74—281 -3 Daniela Darquea, $2,362 70-74-70-76—290 +6 Sporting KC 4 2 1 13 12 8 meo Racing, 77, +1 lap. Ryann O'Toole, $14,985 68-72-66-75—281 -3 sioner Adam Silver and Deputy 12. (12) Daniel Ricciardo, Australia, Lauren Kim, $2,243 73-72-75-71—291 +7 LA Galaxy 4 2 0 12 10 11 McLaren, 77, +1 lap. Nelly Korda, $11,207 70-70-76-66—282 -2 Commissioner Mark Tatum will Houston 3 2 2 11 9 9 13. (17) Fernando Alonso, Spain, Alpine, Marissa Steen, $11,207 70-72-71-69—282 -2 be on the board of directors. Colorado 3 2 1 10 9 8 77, +1 lap. Jodi Ewart Shadoff, $11,207 69-72-71-70—282 -2 Oldest major winners 14. (15) George Russell, Great Britain, Katherine Kirk, $11,207 69-70-72-71—282 -2 Silver said the current enter- Portland 3 3 0 9 9 8 Williams, 77, +1 lap. Luna Sobron Galmes, $11,207 67-73-70-72—282 -2 Phil Mickelson, 2021 PGA Champion- 15. (18) Nicholas Latifi, Canada, Wil- prise value of NBA Africa is San Jose 3 4 0 9 11 11 Giulia Molinaro, $11,207 73-70-63-76—282 -2 ship, 50 years, 11 months, 7 days. Real Salt Lake 2 1 2 8 8 6 liams, 77, +1 lap. 16. (16) Yuki Tsunoda, Japan, Alphatauri, Na Yeon Choi, $8,469 71-74-72-66—283 -1 Julius Boros, 1968 PGA Championship, “nearly $1 billion,” though Los Angeles 2 2 2 8 7 7 77, +1 lap. Brianna Do, $8,469 75-70-70-68—283 -1 48, 4, 18. amounts of the league and individ- Vancouver 2 4 1 7 6 9 17. (19) Nikita Mazepin, Russia, Haas F1 Dottie Ardina, $8,469 72-73-68-70—283 -1 Tom Morris Sr., 1867 The Open Cham- Team, 75, +3 laps. Alena Sharp, $8,469 72-73-67-71—283 -1 pionship, 46, 3, 10. ual investments were not dis- Austin FC 2 4 0 6 5 8 18. (20) Mick Schumacher, Germany, Min Lee, $8,469 69-71-72-71—283 -1 Jack Nicklaus, 1986 The Masters, 46, 2, closed. Minnesota 2 4 0 6 5 10 Haas F1 Team, 75, +3 laps. 23. FC Dallas 1 2 3 6 8 8 19. (3) Valtteri Bottas, Finland, Mer- Lindy Duncan, $8,469 72-69-69-73—283 -1 cedes, did not finish, 29. Stacy Lewis, $8,469 68-69-73-73—283 -1 Jerry Barber, 1961 PGA Championship, 45, 3, 6. NOTE: Three points for victory, one point 20. (1) Charles Leclerc, Monaco, Ferrari, Hinako Shibuno, $8,469 70-75-64-74—283 -1 Former MSU basketball for tie. Did not start. Lexi Thompson 73-72-70-69—284 E Hale Irwin, 1990 U.S. Open, 45, 14. star arrested in shooting Saturday’s games Mo Martin, $5,980 71-72-71-70—284 E Lee Trevino, 1984 PGA Championship, Driver Standings 44, 8, 18. Cincinnati 2, CF Montréal 1 Ssu-Chia Cheng, $5,980 72-70-70-72—284 E A former Michigan State Uni- Portland 3, LA Galaxy 0 1. Lewis Hamilton, Great Britain, Mer- Min Seo Kwak, $5,980 70-70-72-72—284 E Roberto De Vicenzo, 1967 The Open Chicago 1, Miami 0 cedes, 94 points. Bianca Pagdanganan, $5,980 73-71-67-73—284 E Championship, 44, 3, 1. versity basketball star was arrest- 2. Max Verstappen, Netherlands, Red Orlando City 1, Toronto FC 0 Jennifer Chang, $5,980 72-70-69-73—284 E Harry Vardon, 1914 The Open Cham- ed Monday in the fatal shooting of Bull Racing, 80. pionship, 44, 1, 10. Columbus 2, New York City FC 1 Jiwon Jeon, $5,980 67-73-71-73—284 E New England 3, New York 1 3. Valtteri Bottas, Finland, Mercedes, 47. a 66-year-old man in Detroit, po- 4. Lando Norris, Great Britain, McLaren, Jenny Coleman, $5,980 72-70-68-74—284 E Raymond Floyd, 1986 U.S. Open Cham- Real Salt Lake 2, FC Dallas 2, tie pionship, 43, 9, 11. Houston 2, Vancouver 1 41. Lindsey Weaver, $5,980 73-69-66-76—284 E lice said. Sporting Kansas City 3, San Jose 1 5. Charles Leclerc, Monaco, Ferrari, 40. Kyung Kim, $4,556 74-70-73-68—285 +1 Ted Ray, 1920 U.S. Open Championship, Keith Appling, 29, was arrested Los Angeles FC 2, Colorado 1 6. Sergio Perez, Mexico, Red Bull Racing, 43, 4, 16. 32. Pernilla Lindberg, $4,556 71-73-71-70—285 +1 in Chelsea, 60 miles west of De- Sunday’s games 7. Daniel Ricciardo, Australia, McLaren, 24. TENNIS troit. A gun was recovered, police Atlanta 1, Seattle 1, tie 8. Carlos Sainz Jr, Spain, Ferrari, 20. Philadelphia 1, D.C. United 0 9. Esteban Ocon, France, Alpine, 10. said. Nashville 1, Austin FC 0 10. Pierre Gasly, France, Alphatauri, 8. WTA Strasbourg United States, and Luisa Stefani (3), Brazil, Police said he’s accused of 11. Lance Stroll, Canada, Aston Martin, 5. 6-4, 7-5. Saturday, May 29 12. Fernando Alonso, Spain, Alpine, 5. shooting the man Saturday night CF Montréal at Chicago 13. Yuki Tsunoda, Japan, Alphatauri, 2. Monday At Strasbourg Tennis Club Lyon Open Orlando City at New York Sunday during an argument. New England at Cincinnati Strasbourg, France Purse: Euro 189,708 At Parc de la Tete d’Or Appling, a prep star at Detroit Toronto FC at Columbus Lyon, France Nashville at Atlanta Manufacturers Standings Surface: Red clay Women’s Singles Purse: Euro 419,470 Pershing, played for Michigan New York City FC at Los Angeles FC 1. Mercedes, 141. Surface: Red clay San Jose at LA Galaxy Round of 32 State from 2010 to 2014. He also 2. Red Bull Racing, 112. Barbora Krejcikova (5), Czech Republic, Men’s Singles D.C. United at Miami 3. McLaren, 65. Championship Houston at Sporting Kansas City def. Oceane Dodin, France, 6-3, 3-0, ret. played basketball overseas and 4. Ferrari, 60. Caroline Garcia, France, def. Zarina Di- Stefanos Tsitsipas (2), Greece, def. Cam- FC Dallas at Colorado 5. Alpine, 15. eron Norrie, Britain, 6-3, 6-3. had two brief contracts with the Minnesota at Real Salt Lake yas, Kazakhstan, 7-5, 6-2. 6. Alphatauri, 10. Women’s Doubles Men’s Doubles 7. Aston Martin, 5. Championship NBA’s Orlando Magic. Sunday, May 30 Round of 16 8. Alfa Romeo Racing, 0. Nicole Melichar, United States, and Vi- Hugo Nys, Monaco, and Tim Puetz (4), Portland at Philadelphia 9. Williams, 0. vian Heisen, Germany, def. Hayley Carter, Germany, def. Nicolas Mahut and Pierre- Austin FC at Seattle 10. Haas F1 Team, 0. Hugues Herbert (1), France, 6-4, 5-7, 10-8. Associated Press Tuesday, May 25, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 NHL PLAYOFFS

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First-round playoffs (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Bruins’ top guys finish off Caps Carolina 2, Nashville 2 Carolina 5, Nashville 2 Carolina 3, Nashville 0 Nashville 5, Carolina 4, 2OT BY STEPHEN WHYNO Sunday: Nashville 4, Carolina 3, 2OT Tuesday: at Carolina Associated Press Thursday: at Nashville x-Saturday, May 29: at Carolina WASHINGTON — David Pastrnak couldn’t Tampa Bay 3, Florida 1 control his excitement with the opportunity to Tampa Bay 5, Florida 4 help the Boston Bruins advance in the playoffs, Tampa Bay 3, Florida 1 Florida 6, Tampa Bay 5, OT and captain Patrice Bergeron approached the Saturday: Tampa Bay 6, Florida 2 Monday: at Florida clinching game as if it was the reason he played x-Wednesday: at Tampa Bay hockey. x-Friday: at Florida Boston 4, Washington 1 It showed. Washington 3, Boston 2, OT With Pastrnak, Bergeron and goaltender Tu- Boston 4, Washington 3, OT Boston 3, Washington 2, 2OT ukka Rask leading the way, the Bruins eliminat- Boston 4, Washington 1 ed the Washington Capitals in five games with a Sunday: Boston 3, Washington 1 3-1 victory Sunday night. Pastrnak dazzled with Pittsburgh 2, N.Y. Islanders 2 N.Y. Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT a highlight-reel goal, Bergeron scored twice at Pittsburgh 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 timely moments and Rask made 40 saves to set Pittsburgh 5, N.Y. Islanders 4 Saturday: N.Y. Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 1 up a second-round showdown against either the Monday: at Pittsburgh Wednesday: at N.Y. Islanders Pittsburgh Penguins or New York Islanders. x-Friday: at Pittsburgh “These games are fun,” Pastrnak said. “The Montreal 1, Toronto 1 feeling you get with the guys after the game in Montreal 2, Toronto 1 Saturday: Toronto 5, Montreal 1 the locker room and the happiness like little Monday: at Montreal Tuesday: at Montreal kids, it’s something that you play the game for.” Thursday: at Toronto Chants of “TUUKK!” emanated from a large x-Saturday, May 29: at Montreal x-Monday, May 31: at Toronto group of black and gold-clad Boston fans who NICK WASS/AP Winnipeg 3, Edmonton 0 were part of the limited-capacity sellout crowd The Bruins’ David Pastrnak, left, celebrates his goal with David Krejci during the second Winnipeg 4, Edmonton 1 Winnipeg 1, Edmonton 0, OT of 5,333. Those were occasionally interrupted period in Game 5 of the first­round playoff series against the Capitals, Sunday in Washington. Sunday: Winnipeg 5, Edmonton 4, OT by “We want the Cup!” — the trophy the Bruins Monday: at Winnipeg x-Wednesday: at Edmonton last won a decade ago after a 39-year title when Zdeno Chara left to sign with Washington, onds into the third period. That ended an even- x-Friday: at Winnipeg x-Sunday, May 30: at Edmonton drought. beat Ilya Samsonov with a stoppable shot in the strength goal drought of 147:44, but wasn’t Vegas 3, Minnesota 1 They’re 12 wins away, thanks to their best second and stunted a comeback bid with an un- enough to rally the Capitals, who outshot the Minnesota 1, Vegas 0, OT players dominating in Game 5. assisted goal in the third. Bruins 41-19 and had a would-be goal by Lars Vegas 3, Minnesota 1 Vegas 5, Minnesota 2 “Let’s face it: Our top guys came through,” “That’s why you play the game: it’s the adren- Eller with 5:37 remaining waved off for goalten- Saturday: Vegas 4, Minnesota 0 Monday: at Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. aline and the feeling that you get,” said Berge- der interference. x-Wednesday: at Minnesota Pastrnak made it look easy putting the puck ron, who has 24 points in potential clinching “I felt good the whole series,” Rask said. x-Friday: at Vegas behind his back and through his legs, assisted games throughout his career. “It’s always spe- “This game today was probably the most chanc- Colorado 4, St. Louis 0 Colorado 4, St. Louis 1 on Bergeron’s first goal and was part of an effort cial. It’s always fun to be a part of it.” es and shots they had the whole series. That’s Colorado 6, St. Louis 3 in front of Rask that kept most of the Capitals’ The only shot that beat Rask was Conor She- one of the reasons that it looked like I was in the Colorado 5, St. Louis 1 Sunday: Colorado 5, St. Louis 2 shots to the outside. Bergeron, who got the “C” ary hammering home his own rebound 11 sec- zone.”

ROUNDUP Avalanche complete dominant sweep of Blues

Associated Press goals and six assists in recording a Granlund each had two assists for ST. LOUIS — Philipp Grubauer point in every game of the series. Nashville. made 18 saves and Gabriel Landes- “You break down each game and Brock McGinn had his first two- kog scored the go-ahead goal in the I think the score hasn’t really been game game in the postseason, and second period as the Colorado Ava- indicative of the way the series has Vincent Trocheck had a goal for lanche completed a four-game been,” Landeskog said. ”It’s been Carolina. Jordan Martinook added sweep of the St. Louis Blues with a really tight, it’s hard checking and two assists. Nedeljkovic finished 5-2 win Sunday in Game 4 of the it hasn’t been easy. Coming in here with 39 saves. West Division series. in a tough building to play in and Jets 5, Oilers 4 (OT): Nikolaj Eh- Brandon Saad, Mikko Rantanen, take two in a row against a desper- lers scored his second goal of the Nathan MacKinnon and Valeri Ni- ate team, it’s not easy to do.” game at 9:13 in overtime, complet- chushkin also scored for Colorado, Landeskog said the Avalanche ing a massive rally for host Winni- which recorded its first series used a pre-series boast from St. peg, which erased a three-goal def- sweep since beating Vancouver in Louis captain Ryan O’Reilly as mo- icit in the third period to beat Ed- the 2001 Western Conference tivation. O’Reilly claimed the monton and take a 3-0 lead in the quarterfinal round. Blues were going to win the series. opening-round playoff series. The Avalanche outscored the “Yeah, it did,” Landeskog said. Mathieu Perreault, Blake Blues 20-7 and trailed for only 7:12 “It was a hard fought series.” Wheeler and Josh Morrissey over the four games. Grubauer Predators 4, Hurricanes 3 scored for Winnipeg in a stretch of stopped 103 of 110 shots over the (2OT): Luke Kunin scored his sec- 3:03 of the third to tie it and force four games. ond goal at 16:10 of the second over- overtime. The Jets can sweep the “I thought we got a little better as time and host Nashville beat Car- series Monday night with Game 4 the series went along,” Colorado JEFF ROBERSON/AP olina to tie the first-round series in Edmonton. coach Jared Bednar said. “It was a Colorado Avalanche’s Mikko Rantanen, left, celebrates after scoring 2-2. Leon Draisaitl had two goals and full 60-minute effort. The first as St. Louis Blues’ Colton Parayko skates in the background during Kunin broke his stick and went an assist for Edmonton, Zack Kas- three games we had some lapses in the third period in Game 4 of the first­round playoff series on Sunday. to the bench for another. He then sian and Jujhar Khaira also scored, our game, some things that I didn’t skated up and beat Alex Nedeljkov- and Connor McDavid had three as- like. Tonight, I liked a lot.” Samuel Girard at 14:53 of the sec- out giving them any sort of momen- ic from the inside edge of the left sists in the game played in front of Vladimir Tarasenko scored ond period to break a 1-1 tie. tum.” circle off a pass from Mikael Gran- no fans at Bell MTS Place, where twice for St. Louis, which was “To come in here in a tough Saad scored on a shot from the lund. the Oilers went 4-1 in the regular swept for the first time since losing building to play and take two in a high slot off a pass from Cale Ma- Goalie Juuse Saros made a fran- season. to the Los Angeles Kings in the sec- row against a desperate team, it’s kar just over three minutes earlier. chise-record 58 saves. Ryan Jo- Connor Hellebuyck made 44 ond round in 2012. not easy to do,” Landeskog said. Grubauer got an assist on the play. hansen and Nick Cousins scored, saves for the Jets. Mike Smith stop- Landeskog tipped in a shot from “I’m happy that we got it done with- Landeskog finished with two and Mattias Ekholm and Mikael ped 32 shots for the Oilers. PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, May 25, 2021 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Champ: Mickelson has won majors in three decades Scoreboard Sunday At Kiawah Island Ocean Course FROM PAGE 24 Kiawah Island, S.C. most heartbreaking, 59-year-old Purse: $8.1 million Yardage: 7,876; Par: 72 Tom Watson at the 2009 British Final Round Open. Phil Mickelson, $2,160,000 70-69-70-73—282 -6 Brooks Koepka, $1,056,000 69-71-70-74—284 -4 Mickelson, too, has had as many Louis Oosthuizen, $1,056,000 71-68-72-73—284 -4 close calls as major victories — Paul Casey, $462,250 71-71-73-71—286 -2 Padraig Harrington, $462,250 71-73-73-69—286 -2 most of them at the U.S. Open, Harry Higgs, $462,250 72-71-73-70—286 -2 where he’s been runner-up six Shane Lowry, $462,250 73-71-73-69—286 -2 times. Winged Foot — where he Abraham Ancer, $263,000 74-72-76-65—287 -1 Tony Finau, $263,000 74-72-70-71—287 -1 gave away a one-shot lead on the Rickie Fowler, $263,000 71-76-69-71—287 -1 72nd hole in 2006 — wasn’t the Collin Morikawa, $263,000 70-75-74-68—287 -1 Jon Rahm, $263,000 72-75-72-68—287 -1 first, or the last. Justin Rose, $263,000 72-75-73-67—287 -1 But now, the two biggest stars of Scottie Scheffler, $263,000 72-74-71-70—287 -1 their generation have a signature Kevin Streelman, $263,000 70-72-70-75—287 -1 Will Zalatoris, $263,000 71-74-72-70—287 -1 late-career win. Tiger Woods Keegan Bradley, $168,000 69-75-72-72—288 E overcame four back surgeries, Corey Conners, $168,000 67-75-73-73—288 E Charley Hoffman, $168,000 73-70-73-72—288 E turmoil in his personal life and 11 Sungjae Im, $168,000 70-72-73-73—288 E years of frustration in major Patrick Reed, $168,000 74-75-69-70—288 E championships to win the Masters Aaron Wise, $168,000 69-79-72-68—288 E Chan Kim, $103,814 75-74-73-67—289 +1 two years ago at age 43. Martin Laird, $103,814 70-73-74-72—289 +1 Mickelson — happy at home Hideki Matsuyama, $103,814 73-68-76-72—289 +1 Jason Scrivener, $103,814 73-75-72-69—289 +1 and injury-free — merely Patrick Cantlay, $103,814 73-73-70-73—289 +1 stretched the limits of what’s pos- Matt Fitzpatrick, $103,814 73-71-72-73—289 +1 sible after a half-century on Billy Horschel, $103,814 77-72-68-72—289 +1 C. Bezuidenhout, $59,750 71-70-72-77—290 +2 Earth. Stewart Cink, $59,750 71-76-74-69—290 +2 “There’s no reason why I or Viktor Hovland, $59,750 69-75-75-71—290 +2 Matt Jones, $59,750 73-75-74-68—290 +2 anybody else can’t do it at a later J. Niemann, $59,750 71-72-71-76—290 +2 age. It just takes a little more MATT YORK/AP Ian Poulter, $59,750 74-70-73-73—290 +2 Webb Simpson, $59,750 75-74-69-72—290 +2 work,” Mickelson said. Phil Mickelson tries to get through the crowd Sunday in Kiawah Island, S.C. Mickelson closed with a 1­ Jordan Spieth, $59,750 73-75-68-74—290 +2 Nine days earlier, Mickelson ac- over 73 for a two­shot win over Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen at the PGA Championship. B. DeChambeau, $42,000 72-71-71-77—291 +3 cepted a special exemption to play Branden Grace, $42,000 70-71-72-78—291 +3 Emiliano Grillo, $42,000 77-72-72-70—291 +3 in the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines in Mickelson and Koepka hit shots well over half of adults at least when he was still a junior at Arizo- Tyrrell Hatton, $42,000 71-75-73-72—291 +3 his hometown of San Diego. Now that were both spectacular and partially vaccinated. na State and Koepka was 8 months Richy Werenski, $42,000 71-72-73-75—291 +3 Gary Woodland, $42,000 70-72-72-77—291 +3 he’s assured at least five more shocking, sometimes on the same Masks were rare among the old. Ben Cook, $31,300 72-77-69-74—292 +4 cracks at the lone major that has hole. crowd, which the PGA of America Mickelson joined Woods — who Jason Day, $31,300 74-75-72-71—292 +4 eluded him. The victory makes Between them, Mickelson and said was limited to 10,000 people a sent a tweet of congratulations — Talor Gooch, $31,300 71-78-70-73—292 +4 Steve Stricker, $31,300 76-71-70-75—292 +4 him exempt at the U.S. Open Koepka made 16 pars, 10 bogeys, day. Fans pressed five-deep among the 10 players who’ve won Daniel van Tonder, $31,300 75-70-74-73—292 +4 through 2025. nine birdies and one double bo- against the ropes, stumbled atop majors in three decades. Byeong Hun An, $24,950 73-75-77-68—293 +5 Sam Horsfield, $24,950 69-80-73-71—293 +5 Already a Hall of Famer, Mick- gey. Five of the first 10 holes had steep dunes and clambered into Lefty spent very little time talk- Jason Kokrak, $24,950 71-72-73-77—293 +5 elson joined Nick Faldo and Lee swings of two shots or more — and trees on the sprawling Ocean ing to reporters before Sunday’s R. MacIntyre, $24,950 75-73-72-73—293 +5 Trevino as six-time major win- that didn’t include the par-3 fifth, Course. post-tournament news conference Rory McIlroy, $24,950 75-72-74-72—293 +5 H. Varner III, $24,950 73-76-71-73—293 +5 ners. Only 11 players have won when Mickelson holed out from a Golf, which surged in populari- and refused to discuss what a win Joel Dahmen, $22,475 74-73-70-77—294 +6 more. If he somehow won another waste bunker with Koepka safely ty last year as a sport with built-in would mean to him. Instead, he Alex Noren, $22,475 77-72-70-75—294 +6 Carlos Ortiz, $22,475 73-74-71-76—294 +6 in his 50s, he’d match Arnold on the green. social distancing, returned to pounded extra balls on the driving Matt Wallace, $22,475 73-73-77-71—294 +6 Palmer, Bobby Jones, Gene Sara- Even with three bogeys in a something approaching normal, range — even on Sunday, he was Dean Burmester, $21,400 74-74-74-73—295 +7 zen, Sam Snead and Harry Var- five-hole stretch on the back nine, with fans celebrating an extraor- rehearsing swing positions in be- Cam Davis, $21,400 69-78-76-72—295 +7 Denny McCarthy, $21,400 73-76-72-74—295 +7 don. Mickelson hit enough good shots dinary champion. tween shots — and spent time Cameron Smith, $21,400 72-73-73-77—295 +7 “I don’t know how to describe to avoid bigger numbers and hold “It was like the Phil that I re- meditating to recapture the men- Robert Streb, $21,400 77-72-74-72—295 +7 Harris English, $20,200 75-74-75-72—296 +8 the feeling of excitement and ful- off Koepka. Then came the bed- member watching just when I tal sharpness he said he’d lost ear- Adam Hadwin, $20,200 77-71-76-72—296 +8 fillment and accomplishment to lam on 18, where Mickelson and turned pro and it was great to see,” lier this year. Garrick Higgo, $20,200 73-76-78-69—296 +8 do something when — you know, Koepka fought their way through Oosthuizen said. This was Mickelson’s first ma- Tom Hoge, $20,200 74-75-74-73—296 +8 Henrik Stenson, $20,200 73-76-76-71—296 +8 of this magnitude when very few the crowd to get to the green. The records Mickelson shat- jor win with his brother, Tim, as Jimmy Walker, $20,200 73-74-75-74—296 +8 people thought that I could,” There were no fans at last year’s tered were numerous. Julius Bo- his caddie. Could there be more? Danny Willett, $20,200 77-71-74-74—296 +8 Russell Henley, $19,350 78-70-74-75—297 +9 Mickelson said. three major championships. Pa- ros for 53 years held the distinc- “It’s very possible that this is the Lucas Herbert, $19,350 76-72-77-72—297 +9 The record will show Mickelson trons returned to the Masters last tion of golf’s oldest major cham- last tournament I ever win. Like if Tom Lewis, $19,350 71-74-76-76—297 +9 closed with a 1-over 73 for a two- month to cheer Hideki Matsuya- pion. He was 48 when he won the I’m being realistic,” Mickelson Lee Westwood, $19,350 73-72-75-77—297 +9 Daniel Berger, $19,050 79-69-74-76—298+10 shot win over Brooks Koepka (73) ma’s breakthrough win. But this 1968 PGA Championship. said. “But it’s also very possible Wyndham Clark, $19,050 75-74-72-77—298+10 and Louis Oosthuizen (74). That was golf’s rowdiest gallery since Mickelson became the first that I may have had a little bit of a Brendan Steele, $18,900 75-74-77-73—299+11 Brad Marek, $18,800 73-73-78-76—300+12 doesn’t begin to describe the wild before the COVID-19 pandemic, player in PGA Tour history to win breakthrough in some of my focus Rasmus Hojgaard, $18,700 71-76-79-75—301+13 fluctuations of Sunday on the me- and it came at a time when the vi- tournaments 30 years apart. The and maybe I go on a little bit of a Bubba Watson, $18,600 72-73-77-80—302+14 nacing Ocean Course, where rus is receding in the U.S., with first of his 45 titles was in 1991, run.” Brian Gay, $18,500 77-71-80-78—306+18 Tuesday, May 25, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 MLB

Scoreboard ROUNDUP

American League East Division WLPct GB Boston 29 19 .604 _ Lux, Urías pace red-hot Dodgers Tampa Bay 29 19 .604 _ New York 28 19 .596 ½ Toronto 23 22 .511 4½ Baltimore 17 29 .370 11 L.A. routs San Francisco Central Division for 8th consecutive win WLPct GB Chicago 26 19 .578 _ Associated Press Cleveland 24 20 .545 1½ Kansas City 22 23 .489 4 SAN FRANCISCO — Julio Urías Detroit 18 28 .391 8½ has shared his thoughts on how Minnesota 17 29 .370 9½ hard it is to hit at the major league West Division level. He certainly kept the Giants WLPct GB off balance from the mound and Oakland 28 20 .583 _ did some rare damage in the bat- Houston 26 21 .553 1½ ter’s box with a pair of key swings. Texas 22 27 .449 6½ “That was really fun,” he said. Seattle 21 26 .447 6½ Los Angeles 20 27 .426 7½ Gavin Lux launched a grand National League slam, Urías drove in three runs to help back his pitching gem, and East Division the Los Angeles Dodgers pounded WLPct GB the Giants 11-5 on Sunday for their New York 21 19 .525 _ eighth straight win and a weekend Atlanta 23 24 .489 1½ Philadelphia 23 24 .489 1½ sweep of rival San Francisco. Miami 22 24 .478 2 Urías didn’t allow a baserunner Washington 20 23 .465 2½ until Mike Tauchman’s one-out in- Central Division field single in the sixth, then Aus- WLPct GB tin Slater hit a two-run homer one St. Louis 26 20 .565 _ out later as the Giants made things Chicago 24 22 .522 2 a little interesting after falling be- Milwaukee 23 23 .500 3 hind 11-0. Cincinnati 20 25 .444 5½ Pittsburgh 18 28 .391 8 “It would have been something West Division really incredible to hang your hat JEFF CHIU/AP WLPct GB on,” Urías said of joining the no-hit crew of 2021. San Diego 30 17 .638 _ Los Angeles Dodgers’ Gavin Lux rounds the bases after hitting his second career grand slam against the Los Angeles 29 18 .617 1 Urías (7-1) struck out 10 over six San Francisco Giants during the third inning of the Dodgers’ 11­5 win Sunday in San Francisco. San Francisco 28 19 .596 2 stellar innings to beat San Francis- Colorado 18 29 .383 12 co for the first time in 10 career run rally in the sixth. victory over Houston and a sweep East-leading New York (21-19), Arizona 18 30 .375 12½ starts and 16 appearances after Rays 6, Blue Jays 4: Austin of their in-state rivals. which has been riddled by injuries Sunday’s games Tampa Bay 6, Toronto 4 three no-decisions in 2020. He hit a Meadows, Manuel Margot and It was the second game-ending and finished 3-6 on a three-city Washington 6, Baltimore 5 two-run double in the second and Mike Brosseau drew consecutive hit in the 10th in the three-game se- Southern swing. Philadelphia 6, Boston 2 N.Y. Yankees 5, Chicago White Sox 4 an RBI single in the Dodgers’ sev- bases-loaded walks with two outs ries for García after a three-run Nationals 6, Orioles 5: Kyle Minnesota 8, Cleveland 5, 10 innings Kansas City 3, Detroit 2 en-run third that chased starter in the ninth inning in Dunedin, homer in the opener. He also went Schwarber homered in the first in- Texas 3, Houston 2, 10 innings Anthony DeSclafani (4-2) after 54 Fla., and Tampa Bay rallied for its deep twice during Saturday’s 8-4 ning, and host Washington com- San Diego 9, Seattle 2 L.A. Angels 6, Oakland 5 pitches. 10th straight win. victory. pleted a three-game sweep. Miami 5, N.Y. Mets 1 Atlanta 7, Pittsburgh 1 With two hits on the day, Urías The Rays trailed 4-2 going into Phillies 6, Red Sox 2: Zack Trea Turner had two hits for the Milwaukee 9, Cincinnati 4 Colorado 4, Arizona 3 has already set a career high with the ninth, but took advantage of Wheeler struck out a career high- Nationals, and his fourth-inning L.A. Dodgers 11, San Francisco 5 four this season. He delivered his five walks by relievers Tyler Chat- tying 12, and host Philadelphia sacrifice fly broke a 4-all tie. Alex Chicago Cubs 2, St. Louis 1, 10 innings Monday’s games third double-digit strikeout game wood (0-1) and Travis Bergen to stopped a four-game skid. Avila doubled twice and scored the Tampa Bay at Toronto of the year, didn’t walk a batter and send Toronto to its fifth straight Brad Miller hit a three-run go-ahead run. Cleveland at Detroit Baltimore at Minnesota gave up three hits and two runs in loss. homer as the Phillies averted a Twins 8, Indians 5 (10): Kyle St. Louis at Chicago White Sox Seattle at Oakland all. Yankees 5, White Sox 4:Aaron sweep and snapped Boston’s four- Garlick hit a three-run homer in Philadelphia at Miami “Julio, he’s a veteran big league Judge walked against Liam Hen- game win streak. the 10th inning off James Karin- Colorado at N.Y. Mets San Diego at Milwaukee pitcher now — and there’s no more driks with the bases loaded in the Angels 6, Athletics 5: Justin chak, lifting Minnesota to a victory Tuesday’s games project, there’s no more prospect,” ninth inning, and host New York Upton hit a tiebreaking sacrifice at Cleveland. Toronto (Matz 5-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Kluber 4-2) Dodgers manager Dave Roberts overcame Aroldis Chapman’s first fly in the eighth inning, and host Garlick entered the game in Atlanta (Morton 2-2) at Boston (Ri- chards 4-2) said. blown save on the way to its sixth Los Angeles avoided a sweep. right field in the seventh as a re- Cleveland (Civale 6-1) at Detroit (Skubal 1-6) Lux hit his second career slam straight win. The Angels won for just the sec- placement for Max Kepler, who Kansas City (Keller 3-4) at Tampa Bay (Hill 3-1) after his first came Tuesday Jameson Taillon completed a ond time in seven games since hit his 13th career homer at Pro- Baltimore (Kremer 0-4) at Minnesota (Berríos 4-2) against Arizona. Max Muncy had a historic scoreless turn through the three-time AL MVP Mike Trout gressive Field in the fourth, also a L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 6-3) at Houston (Greinke 4-1) full-count homer in the fourth, go- Yankees’ rotation. But pinch-hit- went on the injured list with a calf three-run shot. St. Louis (Kim 1-1) at Chicago White Sox ing deep for a second straight day. ter Andrew Vaughn sprinted strain. They trailed 4-1 after five Royals 3, Tigers 2:Carlos San- (Giolito 3-4) Texas (TBD) at L.A. Angels (Heaney 1-3) Padres 9, Mariners 2:Fernan- around the bases after tying it at 4 innings. tana hit a two-run homer in the Seattle (Gilbert 0-2) at Oakland (Irvin 3-5) Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 4-4) at Pittsburgh do Tatis Jr. homered twice, includ- with his one-out homer in the Braves 7, Pirates 1: Austin Ri- ninth inning to lift host Kansas (Cahill 1-5) Philadelphia (Velasquez 1-0) at Miami ing a 447-foot grand slam, and host ninth. ley drove in five runs while hitting City to the victory. (Alcantara 2-3) San Diego beat Seattle to sweep a Brewers 9, Reds 4: Christian two of host Atlanta’s three homers. Rockies 4, Diamondbacks 3: Cincinnati (Mahle 2-2) at Washington (Scherzer 4-2) nine-game homestand. Yelich hit his first homer of the Dansby Swanson added a two- Trevor Story hit a leadoff homer in Colorado (González 2-2) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 3-2) The 22-year-old Tatis sent Petco season and Kolten Wong had three run homer. The Braves hit 15 the bottom of the ninth inning, giv- San Diego (Musgrove 4-4) at Milwaukee (Burnes 2-3) Park into a frenzy on a sunny after- hits, powering Milwaukee to the homers, adding to their major ing host Colorado the win. San Francisco (Gausman 4-0) at Arizona noon when he drove a 1-0 pitch win at Cincinnati. league lead, while winning three of Cubs 2, Cardinals 1 (10):Jávier (Martin 0-1) Wednesday’s games from Robert Dugger to the base of Yelich, who has been hampered four games against Pittsburgh. Báez hit a two-run homer in the Baltimore at Minnesota the batter’s eye in straightaway by back trouble for much of the Marlins 5, Mets 1: Rookie Cody 10th to break a scoreless tie and St. Louis at Chicago White Sox Seattle at Oakland center field with one out in the sev- season, hit a solo drive in the ninth Poteet pitched seven scoreless in- propel Chicago to a win at St. Texas at L.A. Angels Toronto at N.Y. Yankees enth. It was his 13th homer this against Brad Brach. The 2018 NL nings, retiring his last 14 batters, Louis. Atlanta at Boston season and his second career MVP finished with two hits and and collected his first major Báez hit the second pitch he saw Cleveland at Detroit Kansas City at Tampa Bay grand slam. two RBIs. league hit and RBI during host from Alex Reyes (2-1) 417 feet for L.A. Dodgers at Houston Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Tatis also hit a 441-foot home Rangers 3, Astros 2 (10): Ado- Miami’s five-run second inning. his 11th home run of the season. It Philadelphia at Miami Cincinnati at Washington run into Petco Park’s second deck lis García’s infield single scored The Marlins took the rubber was just the second earned run al- Colorado at N.Y. Mets leading off the second and singled automatic runner Nick Solak in the game of the three-game series to lowed by Reyes in 25 innings this San Diego at Milwaukee San Francisco at Arizona in the go-ahead run during a three- 10th inning, giving host Texas a close to within two games of NL season. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, May 25, 2021 AUTO RACING

INDIANAPOLIS 500 Scoreboard NASCAR CUP SERIES

Indianapolis 500 After Sunday qualifying; race Sunday Elliott wins At Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis. Lap length: 2.5 miles Dixon slams brakes (Car number in parentheses) shortened 1. (9) Scott Dixon, D/H/F, 02:35.3837 (231.685 mph). 2. (26) Colton Herta, D/H/F, 02:35.4034 (231.655). 3. (21) Rinus Veekay, D/C/F, 02:35.5000 Cup debut (231.511). 4. (20) Ed Carpenter, D/C/F, 02:35.5047 on youth movement (231.504). 5. (48) Tony Kanaan, D/H/F, 02:35.8229 in Austin (231.032). 6. (10) Alex Palou, D/H/F, 02:36.1039 (230.616). BY JIM VERTUNO Final driver on track edges budding stars VeeKay, Herta for pole 7. (28) Ryan Hunter-Reay, D/H/F, Associated Press 02:36.1827 (230.499). BY JENNA FRYER 8. (06) Helio Castroneves, D/H/F, AUSTIN, Texas — Chase Elliott 02:36.2804 (230.355). Associated Press 9. (8) Marcus Ericsson, D/H/F, 02:36.3054 managed the slipping and sliding, (230.318). INDIANAPOLIS — Scott Dixon 10. (27) Alexander Rossi, D/H/F, the standing water and the poor saw his team tinkering with his 02:35.8132 (231.046). visibility that made it hard for 11. (18) Ed Jones, D/H/F, 02:35.8148 race car but asked no questions. (231.044). drivers to see just a few feet in 12. (5) Pato O'Ward, D/C/F, 02:35.9360 When his three teammates made (230.864). front of them. their Indianapolis 500 qualifying 13. (51) Pietro Fittipaldi, D/H/F, And when NASCAR's debut at 02:35.9481 (230.846). attempts, he didn't want to hear 14. (7) Felix Rosenqvist, D/C/F, the Circuit of the Americas ended 02:36.0168 (230.744). their feedback. 15. (30) Takuma Sato, D/H/F, 02:36.0417 early because of poor racing con- (230.708). The six-time IndyCar cham- 16. (29) James Hinchcliffe, D/H/F, ditions in the rain, Elliott had pion and greatest driver of his 02:36.1395 (230.563). earned not just his first victory of 17. (3) Scott McLaughlin, D/C/F, generation wanted to be left alone 02:36.1435 (230.557). the season, but also historic ones 18. (15) Graham Rahal, D/H/F, 02:36.1680 to prepare for his own gutsy run (230.521). for Hendrick Motorsports and around Indianapolis Motor 19. (47) Conor Daly, D/C/F, 02:36.2314 Chevrolet. (230.427). Speedway. Two of IndyCar's bud- 20. (60) Jack Harvey, D/H/F, 02:36.3922 Elliott's Texas Grand Prix vic- (230.191). ding young stars sat atop the lead- 21. (2) Josef Newgarden, D/C/F, tory after 54 of the expected 68 erboard in Sunday qualifying and 02:36.4735 (230.071). laps was win No. 800 for Chevro- 22. (1) JR Hildebrand, D/C/F, 02:36.5354 “The Iceman” was determined to (229.980). let and No. 268 for Hendrick Mo- 23. (45) Santino Ferrucci, D/H/F, push them aside. 02:36.5563 (229.949). torsports, which tied Petty Enter- Dixon did just that and 24. (86) Juan Pablo Montoya, D/C/F, prises for most victories. 02:36.5961 (229.891). slammed the brakes on IndyCar's 25. (98) Marco Andretti, D/H/F, “I never thought we’d win this 02:36.6089 (229.872). current youth movement by win- 26. (22) Simon Pagenaud, D/C/F, many races,” said team owner 02:36.6732 (229.778). ning his fourth Indianapolis 500 27. (14) Sebastien Bourdais, D/C/F, Rick Hendrick, whose team had pole by a mere 0.03 seconds, or 02:36.6964 (229.744). also earned win Nos. 400, 500, 600 28. (25) Stefan Wilson, D/H/F, 02:36.7166 roughly six feet over the 10-mile (229.714). and 700 for Chevrolet. He called it 29. (59) Max Chilton, D/C/F, 02:36.9195 qualifying run. (229.417). “an honor” to tie Petty. “It was pretty hairy, glad it’s 30. (4) Dalton Kellett, D/C/F, 02:37.6717 Sunday's race will be notable (228.323). over. It was definitely pretty MICHAEL CONROY/AP 31. (24) Sage Karam, D/C/F, 02:37.0982 for ending defending Cup cham- (229.156). tense,” Dixon said. “I could see Scott Dixon celebrates after winning the pole during qualifications for 32. (12) Will Power, D/C/F, 02:37.2905 pion Elliott's winless drought, and the mechanics working on the car the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Sunday. Dixon (228.876). for putting the drivers through a 33. (16) Simona de Silvestro, D/C/F, as we rolled through, adjusting was the last driver on the track and won by 0.03 seconds. 02:37.6504 (228.353). soggy and occasionally muddy the wings. I asked them not to tell mess before it was ended under me. It’s definitely a roller coaster ECR and Herta runs. I was defi- ers — proving veteran experience the second red flag of the after- of emotions for everybody and I’m nitely pretty nervous,” Dixon still matters at Indianapolis Motor noon as the rain only got worse. actually really relieved that that’s said. "You’re just trying to stay as Speedway. Elliott’s teammate, Kyle Lar- all over.” calm as possible. For me, I think “It’s very weird that the guy son, and Team Penske’s Joey Lo- Dixon was the final driver on probably for all of us, the best sit- starting ahead of me was wearing gano rounded out the top three. the track in the Fast Nine portion uation for us is actually just being diapers when I started my first In- “It's not the ideal way to win, of qualifying that sets the first in the car and doing what we real- dy 500,” Kanaan said of VeeKay, but we’ll take it,” said Elliott, who three rows for next Sunday's race. ly enjoy, what we love. who becomes the youngest front- said he also had several close Chip Ganassi Racing has been “The nerves are all about just row starter in 105 runnings of the calls in the tricky conditions. “If consistently strong all week at In- that competition level is just race. they say race, we're going to go. If dy and all four of its cars were part through the roof right now.” In a 75-minute shootout for the they make the call to say its not of the Fast Nine competing for the Dixon's average four-lap speed final three spots in the field held doable, or not smart, that's what pole. of 231.685 mph knocked Herta to right before the Fast Nine session, we'll do.” The Ganassi group liked its second after Herta's 231.665 put Sage Karam, Will Power and Si- Elliott earned his sixth career chances and Dixon was comfort- him on top of the leaderboard for mona de Silvestro made the race. road course victory, and has won able going out last. But then Rinus roughly 10 minutes. VeeKay at DARRON CUMMINGS/AP Power was wide open around five of the past six road races in VeeKay and Ed Carpenter, the on- 231.511 earned the final spot on Simona De Silvestro waves to the track, unwilling to let off the the Cup Series. ly two Chevrolet drivers compet- the front row. fans during qualifications for the gas, even when he brushed his car The race call was a disappoint- ing against seven Honda teams in Dixon turns 41 in July — the Indianapolis 500. against the wall. ing finish to the series’ first run at the Fast Nine, posted a pair of combined age of the two drivers One of the greatest qualifiers in a track built for Formula One, and monster laps and VeeKay landed starting next to him in the Indy team owner Carpenter qualified IndyCar history, with 62 career organizers will have to decide if a spot on the front row. 500. third and fourth and sat atop the poles, and the 2018 Indianapolis they want to make the Austin Next came Colton Herta, the 21- “It’s a whole new generation,” leaderboard until Herta and Dix- 500 winner was one of five drivers track a regular stop. year-old American who just last VeeKay said. on made the final two runs of the fighting for a spot in the final row. The rain started on the opening week earned a contract extension Herta, who is rapidly becoming day. Power desperately tried to avoid lap. The trickiest section to drive at Andretti Autosport. Herta held a star in the series, didn't com- “If I was a fan, I’d be really ex- becoming the first Team Penske was the long, high-speed straight it wide open to bump VeeKay, the plain about being bumped by Dix- cited with that Fast Nine qualify- driver sent home from the Indy as the drivers risked hydroplan- 20-year-old Dutchman who last on. ing. Guys just kept going faster ev- 500 since 1995. ing or not being able to see week scored his first career Indy- “I just can’t wait for next Sun- ery single run,” said Herta, who “This really gives you respect,” through the spray kicked up by Car win, from the pole. day, we’ve got a good race car,” then muttered a curse word when Power said. “Definitely lose a lit- the cars around them. Dixon, the 2008 Indy 500 win- Herta said. “Second place is not he learned his starting position tle bit of sleep over that one, just The worst crash came when ner who also has three runner-up too bad of a place to start.” earned him an 8 a.m. Monday knowing you have to execute.” Cole Custer, seeking a visible rac- finishes that includes last year's Honda rolled into the Fast Nine photo shoot for the front-row qual- Karam was fastest in the shoo- ing line, smashed into the back of race, suddenly wished it wasn't up qualifying session with seven ifiers. tout, followed by Power and de Martin Truex Jr. — who had just to him to beat the kids. drivers compared to two for rival The first three rows account for Silvestro. Charlie Kimball and hit Michael McDowell — and “I’d prefer going last, for sure. Chevrolet. But the Chevy power six Indy 500 wins and eight series R.C. Enerson were knocked from Custer’s front end briefly burst But then I didn’t after I saw the seems just fine as VeeKay and championships among four driv- the 33-car field. into a fireball on lap 25. Tuesday, May 25, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 NBA PLAYOFFS Grizzlies Scoreboard Playoffs Play­in stun Jazz Play­in First Round Eastern Conference Tuesday, May 18 Indiana 144, Charlotte 117 in opener Boston 118, Washington 100 Western Conference Wednesday, May 19 BY JOHN COON Memphis 100, San Antonio 96 Associated Press L.A. Lakers 103, Golden State 100 Play­in Second Round SALT LAKE CITY — The Eastern Conference Thursday, May 20 Memphis Grizzlies have not com- Washington 142, Indiana 115 Western Conference pletely consigned their grit-and- Friday, May 21 grind days to the past. Memphis 117, Golden State 112 (OT) First Round The eighth-seeded Grizzlies (Best­of­seven) beat top-seeded Utah 112-109 on x­if necessary Eastern Conference Sunday night in the opening game Philadelphia 1,Washington 0 Sunday: Philadelphia 125, Washington of their first-round playoff series 118 by relying on hard-nosed physical Wednesday: at Philadelphia Saturday: at Washington defense to keep the Jazz off bal- Monday, May 31: at Washington x­Wednesday, June 2: at Philadelphia ance on offense much of the game. x­Friday, June 4: at Washington Game 2 of the series is on x­Sunday, June 6: at Philadelphia Brooklyn 1, Boston 0 Wednesday. Brooklyn 104, Boston 93 Tuesday: at Brooklyn Utah never found a rhythm Friday: at Boston from the perimeter, shooting just Sunday, May 30: at Boston x­Tuesday, June 1: at Brooklyn 12-for-47 from long distance. De- ROSS D. FRANKLIN/AP x­Thursday, June 3: at Boston x­Saturday, June 5: at Brooklyn fensively, the Jazz couldn’t stop Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker (1) dunks as he drives past Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis. Milwaukee 1, Miami 0 Dillon Brooks for long stretches. Booker led the Suns with 34 points in their Game 1 playoff defeat of the Lakers on Sunday in Phoenix. Milwaukee 109, Miami 107 (OT) Monday: at Milwaukee Brooks had 31 points and seven Thursday: at Miami Saturday: at Miami rebounds to lead Memphis. He set x­Tuesday, June 1: at Milwaukee a single-game franchise scoring x­Thursday, June 3: at Miami x­Saturday, June 5: at Milwaukee record for a Grizzlies player mak- Atlanta 1, New York 0 ing a playoff debut, surpassing the Sunday:  Atlanta 107, New York 105 Booker, Suns down Lakers Wednesday: at New York 24 points scored by Marc Gasol Friday: at Atlanta Sunday, May 30: at Atlanta against San Antonio on April 17, BY DAVID BRANDT against LeBron James and Los Angeles. They helped x­Wednesday, June 2: at New York Associated Press x­Friday, June 4: at Atlanta 2011. the Suns offset a tough game for Paul, who didn’t look x­Sunday, June 6: at New York “He brings a lot of energy to the PHOENIX — All-Star guard Chris Paul was gri- healthy after a right shoulder injury in the second Western Conference Memphis 1, Utah 0 floor,” guard Ja Morant said. “As macing in pain early in the fourth quarter, playing quarter. Sunday: Memphis 112, Utah 109 Wednesday: at Utah soon as we get here in the locker essentially with one shoulder. Cameron Payne had Phoenix led 86-70 early in the fourth, but the Lak- Saturday: at Memphis room, he’s already active and loud just been ejected. Players had to be separated and ers quickly cut it to 86-77 with 9:02 left. Monday, May 31: at Memphis x­Wednesday, June 2: at Utah and carries it onto the floor for us emotions were heated. That’s about the time things got a little rowdy. x­Friday, June 4: at Memphis x­Sunday, June 6: at Utah during the game. We just continue Phoenix coach Monty Williams had warned his L.A.’s Alex Caruso and Payne got into an altercation Phoenix 1, L.A. Lakers 0 to play off of him. I think everybo- young Suns there would be moments like this in the near the sideline after Payne knocked Caruso to the Sunday: Phoenix 99, L.A. Lakers 90 Tuesday: at Phoenix dy on this team gets a lot of energy NBA playoffs, especially against the defending ground. The Lakers’ Montrezl Harrell jumped into Thursday: at L.A. Lakers Sunday, May 30: at L.A. Lakers from him, just seeing how active champion Los Angels Lakers. the fray and both teams had to be separated. Caruso x­Tuesday, June 1: at Phoenix he is on the floor.” It’s safe to say they passed the first test. and Harrell were each given a technical foul, and x­Thursday, June 3: at L.A. Lakers x­Saturday, June 5: at Phoenix Morant added 26 points. Jonas Devin Booker scored 34 points, Deandre Ayton Payne was given two technicals and ejected. Portland 1, Denver 0 Portland 123, Denver 109 Valanciunas chipped in 15 points had 21 points and 16 rebounds and the Suns won their Added Bridges: “Times get tough, we don’t sepa- Monday: at Denver and 12 rebounds, and Kyle Ander- first playoff game in 11 years, beating the Lakers 99- rate. We’re going to fight through it together.” Thursday: at Portland Saturday: at Portland son added 14 points. 90 on Sunday. For Booker, his long awaited appear- Booker kept making shots and Ayton was a force on x­Tuesday, June 1: at Denver x­Thursday, June 3: at Portland Bojan Bogdanovic scored 20 of ance in the postseason lived up to the hype. the glass, finishing with eight offense rebounds and x­Saturday, June 5: at Denver his 29 points in the fourth quarter “The intensity’s different, the physicality is differ- shooting 10 of 11 from the field. Los Angeles never got Dallas 1, L.A. Clippers 0 Dallas 113, L.A. Clippers 103 to lead Utah. Mike Conley had 22 ent,” Booker said. “And it’s only one game.” within striking distance in the final minutes. Tuesday: at L.A. Clippers Friday: at Dallas points, 11 assists, and six re- It was the first playoff appearance for several “(Booker) is a scoring machine, puts a lot of pres- Sunday, May 30: at Dallas bounds. Rudy Gobert added 15 re- Phoenix players, including Booker, Ayton and Mikal sure on our defense to cover him in a lot of ways,” x­Wednesday, June 2: at L.A. Clippers x­Friday, June 4: at Dallas bounds and 11 points. Bridges, but they didn’t look like postseason rookies Lakers coach Frank Vogel said. x­Sunday, June 6: at L.A. Clippers Harris scores 37, leads Young leads Hawks past Sixers past Wizards Knicks in Game 1 thriller Associated Press crowd — featuring a rowdy Spike Associated Press own Big Three worthy of winning NEW YORK — Trae Young Lee, just like those days — that PHILADELPHIA — Tobias a championship. He scored 37 made a runner in the lane with 0.9 cursed his name repeatedly when Harris picked a pair of Philadel- points, carrying Philadelphia’s of- seconds left to lift the Atlanta Hawks he made a shot or drew a foul. phia’s deep reserves to knock him fense when it sagged early, and to a 107-105 defeat of the New York “He’s small but he’s a tough kid around and toughen his game on the 76ers survived the sub.-500 Knicks in a thrilling postseason re- and he’s not afraid,” Hawks coach the low post. The trio talked Washington Wizards in a 125-118 turn for both teams. Nate McMillan said. smack, and their post-practice Game 1 victory on Sunday. Young finished with 32 points, 10 He got the final word when he workout sessions resembled a Harris scored 28 points in the assists and seven rebounds. He frus- drove right through the Knicks’ de- kind of bully ball for most of the first half, making a case that Philly trated the Knicks with his ability to fense and floated in his shot from last three months, all so Harris has — with All-Stars Joel Embiid draw fouls and made all nine free right of the basket, then put his fin- was better equipped for the post- and Simmons — three big stars MATT SLOCUM/AP throws when he did. He was the tar- gers to his lips to tell the crowd to season grind. that could rival the superstar trio 76ers forward Tobias Harris get of the fans for most of the night. quiet down. “I know the people who watch, of Kevin Durant-James Harden- reacts to his three­pointer during “I’ve always looked at it that I’m “This is a coming-out party for the people who see, my team- Kyrie Irving in Brooklyn. his team’s 125­118 Game 1 win doing something right if I’m affect- him and he’s ready to do it,” team- mates, they respect that,” Harris Embiid finished with 30 points. Sunday over the visiting Wizards. ing them with my play that much mate Lou Williams said. said. Game 2 is Wednesday in Philadel- that they hate me that much,” he Bogdan Bogdanovic added 18 And the payoff? phia. dley Beal scored 33 points and said. “I’m obviously doing some- points for Atlanta in its first postsea- “You have a night like this,” The Sixers needed Harris’ out- Russell Westbrook had 16 — but thing right and just got to let my play son game since 2017. Harris said. burst to offset an upset-minded neither sensational scorer took do the talking.” Alec Burks scored 27 points for Harris showed why the top- Wizards team that was within five over in long enough stretches He looked like Reggie Miller in New York, which is back in the play- seeded 76ers might have their points with 45 seconds left. Bra- needed for an upset. the 1990s, feeding off a New York offs for the first time since 2013. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, May 25, 2021 Hot start SPORTS Suns top Lakers in series opener ›› NBA Playoffs, Page 23

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

The people’s champ 50-year-old Mickelson makes history at raucous PGA Championship

BY BEN NUCKOLS Island landed only a few yards off the fairway, but it still “It’s an incredible experience. I’ve never had something Associated Press nestled among the people — the gallery packed tightly be- like that,” Mickelson said. “It was a little bit unnerving, but KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Standing on the 18th tee with a tween the ropes and a row of hospitality tents — screaming it was exceptionally awesome, too.” two-shot lead in a championship he refused to imagine him- the name of their aging hero. Golf can be cruel to veteran, sentimental favorites. Ben self winning, Phil Mickelson took one last violent swing After Mickelson’s approach shot settled on the green, as- Hogan at the 1955 U.S. Open. Greg Norman at the 1996 Mas- with a driver — the club that betrayed him 15 years earlier suring the 50-year-old of becoming the oldest major cham- ters and the British Open a dozen years later. And, perhaps in the U.S. Open. pion in history, the crowd swallowed him up entirely. His tee shot Sunday in the PGA Championship at Kiawah Phil Mickelson, the people’s champion. SEE CHAMP ON PAGE 20

Above: Phil Mickelson celebrates on the 18th green of the Ocean Course after winning the PGA Championship on Sunday in Kiawah Island, S.C. CHRIS CARLSON/AP

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