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BY ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON — The United States plans to reduce its military force in Iraq from the current 5,200 to about 3,500 by November, U.S. officials said Friday. The cut would be in line with President Donald Trump’s repeated call to bring troops home and his reelec- tion campaign pledge to end what he calls “endless wars.” HURRICANE LAURA The plan to shrink the U.S. force in Iraq was first re- ‘ We look ported by the forward Wall Street Journal. Of- to the ficials who day when confirmed we don’t the plan spoke on condition Picking up have to of anonym- be there. ’ ity to discuss a matter not President yet publicly Donald Trump announced. American troops are in Iraq to train and advise Iraqi security forces bat- the pieces tling the Islamic State, but the relationship has been rocky at times in large part because of periodic attacks by Iran-backed militia groups that are not fully Weeks without power, water controlled by the Iraqi govern- ment. U.S. troops, after invading ahead as cleanup underway Iraq and toppling President Sad- dam Hussein in 2003, had with- BY STACEY PLAISANCE Above: A person drawn from the country only to AND MELINDA DESLATTE reacts to damage begin returning in 2014 after ISIS Associated Press from Hurricane militants swept across the Syrian Laura Friday, in border and took control of large LAKE CHARLES, La. Lake Charles, swaths of Iraqi territory. he destructive storm surge La. Left: Damage Trump met last week at the has receded, and the cleanup is seen Friday, White House with Iraqi Prime has begun from Hurricane in Pineville, La., Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi. Laura, but officials along this during Gov. John “We look forward to the day shattered stretch of Louisiana Bel Edwards’ when we don’t have to be there,” coast are warning return- aerial tour of Trump said then. “We were there Ting residents they will face weeks without and now we’re getting out. We’ll stricken areas in power or water amid the hot, stifling days of the northern part be leaving shortly and the re- late summer. of the state. lationship is very good. We’re making very big oil deals. Our oil SEE PIECES ON PAGE 8 AP photos SEE PULL ON PAGE 3

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Silence only sound as players take court for Grand Slam » Tennis, Back page PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, August 30, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER

EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9049 Euro costs (August 31) ...... $1.16 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.09 S&P on rise for 5th straight week Dollar buys (August 31) ...... €0.8198 Turkey (Lira) ...... 7.3343 British pound (August 31) ...... $1.30 (Military exchange rates are those Japanese yen (August 31) ...... 103.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (August 31) ....1,155.00 The Associated Press clawed back to a small gain for 28,653.87. Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3766 2020. The Nasdaq has left both The Nasdaq composite climbed Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For More gains for stocks Friday British pound ...... $1.3342 those indexes in the dust with 70.30, or 0.6%, to 11,695.63. nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., gave the S&P 500 its fifth straight Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3094 a jump of 30% so far this year, The Russell 2000 index rose China (Yuan) ...... 6.8654 purchasing British pounds in Germany), check with your local military banking winning week. That’s the lon- thanks to big gains for technology 13.78, or 0.9%, to 1,578.34. Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.2591 gest weekly winning streak for Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.8699 facility. Commercial rates are interbank stocks. A report on Friday showed For the week: Euro ...... $1.1890/0.8410 rates provided for reference when buying the benchmark index since De- that U.S. consumer spending The S&P 500 is up 110.85 Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7503 currency. All figures are foreign currencies cember, before the coronavirus Hungary (Forint) ...... 297.66 to one dollar, except for the British pound, grew more in July than econo- points, or 3.3%. Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.3616 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, pandemic swept the world and mists expected. The Dow is up 723.54 points, or Japan (Yen) ...... 105.43 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) sent economies tumbling into On Thursday: 2.6%. Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3055 Norway (Krone) ...... 8.8065 INTEREST RATES recession. The S&P 500 rose 23.46, or The Nasdaq is up 383.83 points, Philippines (Peso)...... 48.35 Prime rate ...... 3.25 The S&P 500 rose 0.7%, bring- 0.7%, to 3,508.01. or 3.4%. Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.69 Discount rate ...... 0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7503 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.09 ing its weekly gain to 3.3%. The The Dow Jones Industrial Av- The Russell 2000 is up 25.87 Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3582 3-month bill ...... 0.10 Dow Jones Industrial Average erage rallied 161.60, or 0.6%, to points, or 1.7%. South Korea (Won) ...... 1182.66 30-year bond ...... 1.51 WEATHER OUTLOOK SUNDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SUNDAY IN EUROPE MONDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY 22, of San Bernardino, Calif. 160th Special Operations Avia- of Coronado and San Diego. Stars and Stripes An element of U.S. Army Spe- tion Regiment, The San Diego The island is where eight Ma- cial Operations Command was Union-Tribune reported, citing a rines and a sailor with the 15th WASHINGTON— Two special conducting the training in the Defense Department official. The Marine Expeditionary Unit died operations soldiers were killed vicinity of Coronado, Calif., when 160th SOAR is headquartered out June 30 off its coast in an amphib- Thursday and three others in- the “aircraft incident” occurred, of Fort Campbell, Ky., and pro- ious assault vehicle accident as jured in a helicopter crash during a SOCOM spokesperson said in vides rotary wing support to spe- they were returning to their ship routine training off the California a statement. The area has been cial operations forces. after finishing training there. coast, officials said Friday. secured and an investigation into The defense official also told Their bodies were recovered WHITNEY HUGHES/U.S. Army On Saturday, the Army identi- the incident is underway. The San Diego Union-Tribune Aug. 7 and a memorial ceremony fied the dead soldiers as Staff Sgt. The helicopter was a Black that the helicopter crashed Thurs- was held Aug. 21 by their unit. An MH-60M Blackhawk flown Vincent P. Marketta, 33, of Brick, Hawk and the soldiers killed and day evening on San Clemente Is- [email protected] by the 160th Special Operations N.J., and Sgt. Tyler M. Shelton, injured were from the Army’s land, which is about 70 miles west @caitlinmkenney Aviation Regiment in 2019. New Air Force policy Pull: Pomepo allows troops to ask says US will to be near their kids help with shift

BY ROSE L. THAYER to Iraqi police Stars and Stripes ‘ This program truly AUSTIN, Texas — A noncom- shows how the Air FROM FRONT PAGE missioned officer became the Force cares for companies are making massive first member of the Air Force to deals. ... We’re going to be leaving receive a duty assignment based their airmen and and hopefully, we’re going to be on a new policy to consider child- leaving a country that can defend custody agreements. families. It provides itself.” Master Sgt. William Rotroff, an an opportunity for Last month, the top U.S. gen- F-35 integrated section chief with eral for the Middle East said the 756th Aircraft Maintenance airmen to continue he believed the U.S. will keep a Squadron at Luke Air Force Base, serving... and not smaller but enduring presence in Ariz., got approval for the move to the country. Marine Gen. Frank Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., to be have to choose McKenzie, commander of U.S. near his son, Chevvy, less than between their Central Command, said he be- 24 hours after he submitted the lieves the Iraqis welcome U.S. paperwork, according to a news career and their and coalition troops, especially release from the Air Force Per- children. in the ongoing fight to keep ISIS sonnel Center. ’ fighters from taking hold of the “It’s everything for my son to Cristi Bowes country again. have both of his parents,” Rotroff Air Force Personnel Center Secretary of State Mike Pom- said during a phone call from peo said as recently as this month Arizona, where he and his son that the administration intends to had enjoyed going camping, fish- the day after the policy went into get U.S. forces in Iraq to the low- est possible level as quickly as ing and riding bikes together. He effect, expecting a 30-day turn- possible, but he has not cited spe- hasn’t seen his son in more than around. The next day his com- cific numbers. four months and is finalizing his mander, Maj. Joseph Langan, William Rotroff Pompeo said after meeting last move in the next few weeks. delivered the good news. week with Iraq’s foreign minister The new policy went into ef- “One of the greatest parts about Master Sgt. William Rotroff, an F-35 integrated section chief with that Washington was committed fect Aug. 17 and gives parents the being a squadron commander is the 756th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, with his son, Chevvy, in to helping Iraq regain and main- ability to defer an assignment or that I have the ability and author- April in Jacksonville, Fla. Rotroff recently received the first approved be stationed near their children tain security. Armed groups are ity to fix many problems for my application for a court-ordered child custody assignment and is not under the full control of the with a court-ordered child-cus- Airmen relatively quickly,” Lan- scheduled to join his son in Florida this fall. Iraqi prime minister, Pompeo tody decree. Assignment authori- gan said in a statement. “Some- said, adding that those groups ties can now consider requests for times the problems are messy and evaluate the options and what you manning at current and gaining should be replaced by local police an assignment or deferment to a have complex solutions, but this can do. It definitely doesn’t hurt location will support reassign- as soon as possible and that the location near their children, even was one of the easiest and most to ask questions.” ment action, according to a news U.S. would help. if the co-parents are not married. satisfying wins I’ve had during Assignment teams received release. Service members are Tensions spiked between the Rotroff said he found himself in my time in command.” training on the new policy be- still required to fill valid man- U.S. and Iraq in January after a a unique position when orders for Nearly two weeks into effect, fore its implementation to ease ning requirements, perform the U.S. drone strike near the Bagh- an unaccompanied overseas as- 70 airmen have submitted pa- the process and provide quick duties in which they are trained, dad airport killed Iranian Gen. signment beginning in May were perwork to use to request an as- results, said Cristi Bowes, who and meet all permanent-change- Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi mi- delayed to July, then October signment or deferment under the leads military assignment policy litia leader Abu Mahdi al-Mu- station eligibility requirements and then canceled unexpectedly. new policy, said Traci Howells, and procedures at the Air Force handis. Angry Iraqi lawmakers, He’d already helped relocate his spokeswoman for the Air Force Personnel Center. without waivers. spurred on by Shiite political fac- ex-wife and their 4-year-old son Personnel Center. An approval “This program truly shows Rotroff said he expects to ar- tions, passed a nonbinding reso- from Luke to Florida, where she percentage for the program how the Air Force cares for their rive in Florida just in time for his lution to oust all U.S.-led coalition would have a stronger support wasn’t immediately available. airmen and families,” she said son’s fifth birthday and said that forces from the country. system in his absence. She said they’ve promoted the in a statement. “It provides an it would be a huge gift to both of In response to the Soleimani “I push through here, even with new policy to airmen through opportunity for airmen to con- them. killing, Iran on Jan. 8 launched a the situation at hand, but it does memorandums and the online tinue serving in the greatest Air “Everyone’s situation is dif- ballistic missile attack on al-Asad affect you,” he said of missing personnel management system. Force in the world and not have to ferent, everyone’s urgency is air base in Iraq, which resulted in Chevvy. “Especially the longer “I’ve been asked a lot of ques- choose between their career and different, but it’s a blessing this traumatic brain injuries to more the time goes by, I just want to tions about the program since their children.” program exists,” Rotroff said. than 100 American troops. Two come home to my child and spend people know I got the assign- The child-custody consider- months later, U.S. fighter jets “I’m thankful my son will be able time with him, educate him, have ment,” said Rotroff, who’d been at ation program is available to of- struck five sites in retaliation, fun with him. Memories are Luke for more than six years and ficer and enlisted Regular Air to have his mom and dad; his hap- targeting Iranian-backed Shiite everything and they don’t last was eligible to move stations. “I Force airmen on active duty for piness means the world to me.” militia members believed re- forever.” recommend they read the guide- those that meet the program eli- [email protected] sponsible for the January rocket He submitted his paperwork lines, understand them and try to gibility requirements and when Twitter: @Rose_Lori attack. PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, August 30, 2020 MILITARY GAO to review Army sexual harassment program

BY ROSE L. THAYER of command. month search, her remains were managing director for congres- was last seen in August 2019 Stars and Stripes Those allegations have led to at found in a shallow grave about 20 sional relations at the GAO, said and his remains were found in least four internal Army reviews miles from Fort Hood. the request was within the office’s Killeen in June. His death is The Government Accountabil- at Fort Hood. Demand for trans- Spc. Aaron Robinson, a fellow scope of authority. under investigation by homicide ity Office on Wednesday accept- parency grew as other veterans soldier whom the family said was The review won’t begin for a detectives with the Killeen Police ed a request from Sen. Tammy and service members shared sto- the person harassing Guillen, few months, however, when staff Department. Duckworth, D-Ill., to review the ries similar to Guillen’s using the was blamed for her death. He become available, said Chuck Sgt. Elder Fernandes went Army’s sexual harassment re- hashtag #IamVanessaGuillen. shot himself dead in Killeen, the Young, spokesman for the GAO. missing from the base Aug. 17 sponse program in the wake of “Sexual assault and harass- city outside of Fort Hood, when At that time, the office will deter- and was found dead eight days the disappearance and death of ment is a crisis in our nation’s confronted by local law enforce- mine the scope of what the review later in Temple, a city about 30 Spc. Vanessa Guillen, the sena- military that impacts the lives ment on the day Guillen’s body will cover and the time frame for miles east of Fort Hood. tor’s office announced Friday. of far too many women and men was found. completion. Foul play is not suspected in The review will look at the im- in uniform,” Duckworth said in Duckworth, a 23-year veteran Another group of lawmakers plementation and effectiveness of a statement. “The military’s in- of the Reserve and member of the wrote to the GAO on Friday ask- his death, according to Temple the Army’s Sexual Harassment/ ability to address this problem Senate Armed Services Commit- ing to review the Army’s missing police. Assault Response and Prevention fails survivors and harms our tee, first requested the GAO look persons policy, which also came Before his disappearance, Fer- program after Guillen’s family military’s readiness, recruitment into the SHARP program in July under scrutiny during Guillen’s nandes filed a report of abusive said the soldier had experienced and retention efforts.” along with the committee ranking disappearance and that of two sexual contact, according to his sexual harassment on base at Fort Guillen, a 20-year-old from member Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I. other soldiers from Fort Hood unit, the 1st Cavalry Division. Hood, Texas, but was too afraid to Houston, was last seen at work In a letter confirming the re- this year. [email protected] report the instances to her chain April 22. After a more than two- view, Orice Williams Brown, Pvt. Gregory Wedel-Morales Twitter: @Rose_Lori Man arrested in triple homicide near Fort Hood

BY ROSE L. THAYER ing to Morrow’s arrest affidavit. him. Police linked the gun to the Stars and Stripes But police found no evidence of shooting. shooting. About 12 minutes later, During initial questioning AUSTIN, Texas – A 21-year-old the Killeen Fire Department re- about the gun, Morrow said he man was arrested and charged sponded to a call about a water had stolen the backpack and gun with murder in a triple homicide leak at the complex and police re- from a park three days prior and, in Killeen that left an Army vet- turned with them. therefore, wasn’t in possession of eran, a Fort Hood soldier and his An officer discovered the it during the shooting, according pregnant girlfriend dead, local apartment door unlocked and to the affidavit. But police said police said Friday. found Allred sitting dead on the they interviewed a soldier who Barnard Lnell Morrow was ar- couch with a video game control- said Morrow had purchased the rested at about 6 a.m. Friday in ler in his lap. Cline was found in gun from him in July or August Newton, Miss., by officers with the bathroom and Delacruz in 2019. Video pulled from Morrow’s the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast a bedroom. All three had been Courtesy of Killeen Police Department Courtesy of Latrece Johnson cell phone showed him with the Regional Fugitive Task Force shot multiple times and were gun as early as November. without incident, according to the Morrow Delacruz pronounced dead at the scene. A A Bell County grand jury ap- Killeen Police Department. Mor- bullet had struck a water pipe, proved the charges against Mor- row was charged with the capital ment. Killeen has nearly 150,000 from Fort Hood following his causing the leak, according to the row on Aug. 20 and a justice of murder of multiple persons for residents and is located just out- death. affidavit. the peace recommended bond be the March 14 shooting that killed side the gates of Fort Hood in cen- Allred served as a combat en- In total, 17 9mm bullet casings Army Spc. Freddy Delacruz, 23, tral Texas. gineer from November 2017 until were found in the apartment, ac- set at $2 million. After Morrow’s Army veteran Shaquan Allred, Delacruz of Vidalia, Ga., en- January, when he left the Army cording to the affidavit. On March arrest Friday, he was transported 23, and Asia Cline, 20. tered the Army in November as a private, according to his of- 20, police pulled over a vehicle in to the Lauderdale County Jail and “The department wishes to ex- 2017 as a cavalry scout and was ficial service record. which Morrow was riding in the was awaiting extradition back to press its condolences to the family assigned to Fort Hood’s 1st Ar- Killeen police were called to the backseat and not wearing a seat Bell County, according to Killeen and friends of the victims of this mored Brigade Combat Team, Summerlyn Apartments at 4101 belt, which is illegal in Texas. A police. tragedy,” Killeen Police Chief 1st Cavalry Division since April E. Rancier Ave. at about 1:05 a.m. search of the vehicle uncovered [email protected] Charles Kimble said in a state- 2018, according to a news release for reports of shots fired, accord- the gun and police detained Twitter: @Rose_Lori USAF general apologizes to vet about new probe into old rape case

BY STEVE BEYNON “It is never our intent to put were able to eventually retrieve since her attacker was out of the tweet, which led to them showing Stars and Stripes survivors of crime through addi- the records of Wilken’s case, after military. He received an other- up at her door. tional trauma,” Brig. Gen. Terry investigators initially told her that than-honorable discharge after OSI has identified more than WASHINGTON – An Air Force Bullard, commander of the Air there were no records. an Article 32 hearing and served a dozen allegations of sexual as- general has issued an apology to a Force Office of Special Investiga- Wilken said there are situa- no time in jail. sault via social media, according veteran after she raised concerns tions, wrote in a letter to Wilken. tions when the military should On July 9, Wilken tweeted a to Linda Card, an OSI spokes- about how military investigators “OSI stands ready to listen to vic- reach out to survivors, especially news story about the killing of woman. However, the scope of the handled reexamining her 20- tims and survivors, provide them as the military reconciles with Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen at Air Force’s social media monitor- year-old rape case. a voice no matter how long ago sex crimes across the force. Fort Hood, Texas, by another sol- ing remains unclear as Card said Lisa Wilken, a former airman their sexual assault occurred, and The Defense Department’s fis- dier and how her death spurred she could not discuss tactics and and veterans advocate, said two to guarantee their opportunity to cal year 2019 report on sexual women across the military to procedures. military investigators showed receive support.” assault in the military said there share their stories of rape, sexual “Since the advent of social up at her Indiana home unan- Wilken, 49, served in the Air were 7,825 sexual assault reports assault and harassment. media platforms, OSI has recog- nounced three weeks ago after Force between 1994 and 1996. involving service members as “#IAmVanessaGuillen. They nized that both perpetrators of she recently tweeted about her She is the chairwoman of the AM- victims or subjects, a 3% increase wonder why we don’t tell! I told & crime and victims of crime can rape, which happened in 1994. VETS National Women Veterans compared to 2018. expected justice. I was so young and do have an online presence,” She said the surprise visit was Committee and testified before Wilken said the first contact & dumb. The prosecutor said to inappropriate, noting most rape a House Veterans’ Affairs Com- with an apparent victim should me ... Lisa, I can prove he raped Card said. “As a law enforcement survivors want to tell their stories mittee subpanel in 2013 about her be via phone or a letter. Bullard you, but the rape wasn’t violent organization, OSI has always paid on their terms, and it felt “big- attack, which led to two surgeries wrote in his letter that OSI is de- enough for him to get any real jail attention to public spaces wherein brotherish” that the military was and a medical discharge. She said termining ways to make contact time.” Government Property,” our Air Force and DoD commu- monitoring social media. she has a 90% service-connected with a victim that are “the least Wilken tweeted. nity may seek to report wrongdo- It’s possible other women could disability rating from the VA, intrusive,” and more informed The Air Force Office of Special ing or crime affecting our force. be uncomfortable telling their 50% of which is from post-trau- and supportive if in-person con- Investigations monitors social Social media represents one such stories knowing the Defense matic stress disorder as a result tact is the only avenue. media for anecdotes of potential public space.” Department is in the audience, of the attack. Wilken said there was noth- victims of sexual crimes, and [email protected] Wilken said. Bullard also said investigators ing to be done to revisit the case investigators spotted Wilken’s @StevenBeynon Sunday, August 30, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 MILITARY Top general: No role for military in election

Associated Press the elections, by law U.S. courts and the Biden, Trump last month said it was too The attorney general and other Cabinet U.S. Congress are required to resolve any early to guarantee he’d accept the election members should be asked similar ques- WASHINGTON — The U.S. armed disputes, not the U.S. military. I foresee results. tions, she said. forces will have no role in carrying out the no role for the U.S. armed forces in this “I have to see. Look ... I have to see,” The speculation about the military get- election process or resolving a disputed process.” Trump said on ”Fox News Sunday.” “No, ting drawn into the election is fueled by vote, the top U.S. military officer has told Milley’s tone re- I’m not going to just say yes. I’m not going Trump’s inclination to use the military as Congress. flects the long-stand- to say no.” The Biden campaign at the time partisan props. He raised alarms — and The comments from Gen. Mark Milley, ing views of military responded that “the United States govern- met resistance from the Pentagon — when chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, un- leaders who insist that ment is perfectly capable of escorting tres- he threatened to use the Insurrection Act derscore the extraordinary political envi- the nation’s military passers out of the White House.” to use troops for law enforcement during ronment in America, where the president stays out of politics Trump later suggested that the election the protests after George Floyd’s death. has declared without evidence that the ex- and that troops are should be postponed, since the coronavi- Defense Secretary Mark Esper publicly pected surge in mail-in ballots will make sworn to protect the rus pandemic has made it likely it could said he opposed such a move — a stand the vote “inaccurate and fraudulent,” and country and uphold take days or weeks to count mail-in ballots. that enraged Trump and nearly cost Esper has suggested he might not accept the elec- the Constitution. But that idea was immediately slapped his job. tion results if he loses. Milley’s comments But the two Con- Milley down, including by top congressional Re- The questions were also sent last month were released Friday. gress members, Reps. publicans, since the election date can only to Esper, and the answers were due Thurs- Trump’s repeated complaints question- Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Mikie Sher- be changed by Congress. day. Esper is traveling in Asia this week, ing the election’s validity have triggered rill of New Jersey, said Friday that Trump’s Milley, known to be a student of military and Slotkin said he has not yet responded. unprecedented worries about the potential recent comments and his efforts to use the and constitutional history, anchored many Slotkin is a former CIA analyst and se- for chaos surrounding the election results. military to quell protests have fueled their of his responses in the nation’s founding nior Pentagon policy adviser and Sherrill Some have speculated that the military concerns. The two lawmakers released document. Asked if the military would served in the Navy for about 10 years. might be called upon to get involved, ei- Milley’s answers. refuse an order from the president if he This is the second time in recent months ther by Trump trying to use it to help his “These are just prudent questions to be was attempting to use military action for that Milley has made a public stand against reelection prospects or as, Democratic asking given the things that the president political gain rather than national security, military involvement in politics. In June he challenger Joe Biden has suggested, to has been saying publicly,” said Slotkin, Milley said, “I will not follow an unlawful used a speech at the National Defense Uni- remove Trump from the White House if pointing to Trump’s use of the military order.” versity to express regret for walking with he refuses to accept defeat. The military to clear protesters from Lafayette Square Sherrill, a former Navy helicopter pilot, Trump through Lafayette Square in what has adamantly sought to tamp down that and his suggestions that he may put law said, “this is personal for me.” turned out to be a photo op during public speculation and is zealously protective of enforcement at the polls to make sure vot- She said the questions reflect concerns protests after the death of George Floyd. its historically nonpartisan nature. ing is conducted professionally. Milley’s raised by her constituents and others He said photos of him there “sparked “I believe deeply in the principle of an answers, she said, “demonstrated that the around the country “as we see the presi- a national debate about the role of the apolitical U.S. military,” Milley said in chairman recognized the military’s role in dent refusing to say that he will accept military in civil society.” And he told the written responses to several questions our elections is to essentially stay out; that the defeat; as we see the president of the military audience, ”we must hold dear the posed by two Democratic members of the the military’s role in the peaceful transi- United States of America questioning our principle of an apolitical military that is so House Armed Services Committee. “In tion of power is to stay out.” democracy and or ability to run free and deeply rooted in the very essence of our the event of a dispute over some aspect of Faced with polls showing he is trailing fair elections.” republic.” Defense secretary’s visit to tiny Palau highlights US-China competition

Associated Press akin to the mostly non-shooting conflict that played out between WASHINGTON — No nation is the United States and the Soviet too small or too distant from Wash- Union until the collapse of Soviet ington, it seems, to be excluded communism in 1991. from the Trump administration’s In defiance of Beijing, tiny pro- campaign to counter China’s ef- forts to supplant America as the American Palau is one of only 15 dominant Pacific power. states with official diplomatic re- Evidence of this is Defense Sec- lations with Taiwan, the self-gov- retary Mark erning island that China claims Esper’s de- as its own territory. cision to “We are concerned about China fly nearly continuing to try to flip countries halfway that recognize Taiwan today to around the establish diplomatic relations world partly with China instead,” said Heino so he can Klinck, the deputy assistant sec- spend sev- retary of defense for East Asia. “We find that destabilizing, quite eral hours ITSUO INOUYE/AP in Palau, a frankly.” Pacific ar- The United States made that The Palau Capital building is seen in Melekeok, Palau, in 2009. Defense Secretary Mark Esper plans to Esper chipelago very switch itself when it rec- fly nearly halfway around the world this week to tiny Palau, which no Pentagon chief has ever visited. of barely ognized Beijing as the sole legal 20,000 people southeast of the government of China in 1979, Iraq and Afghanistan. Under rus pandemic and commercial Esper is making his first visit Philippines. although Washington maintains a 1994 Compact of Free Asso- trade, too, are sore spots. to the Asia-Pacific region since There is no suggestion of a di- unofficial relations with Taiwan ciation, Palauans are eligible to For its part, China sees U.S. the coronavirus pandemic forced rect Chinese military threat to and sells arms to Taiwan under serve in the U.S. military. policy as designed to limit its him to limit international travel Palau. Instead the island nation is the Taiwan Relations Act. The list of the Trump adminis- rise as an economic and military in March. an example of the sometimes-ob- More broadly, Klinck said in tration’s complaints about China power. Esper’s visit illustrates an im- scure battleground on which the an interview, Esper wants to re- is long and extends far beyond American and Chinese war- portant reason for the Pentagon’s United States and China are pur- inforce the U.S. commitment to Palau. Washington derides Chi- ships often jockey for position in interest in nurturing ties: Palau suing a “great power” competi- a long-term relationship with na’s militarization of the South the South China Sea. In July, the sits on a North Pacific pathway tion for global influence in an era Palau. China Sea, regards with suspi- Trump administration took the that links U.S. forces based in of a more inward-looking Wash- “A little country, maybe, but cion its expanding nuclear arse- diplomatic tussle to a new level by Hawaii and Guam to potential ington and an increasingly as- they punch above their weight nal, and has retaliated this year declaring illegitimate nearly all hotspots on the Asian continent. sertive and ambitious China. The when it comes to enlistment rates for its alleged use of diplomatic of China’s maritime claims in the Esper also will be visiting Guam. power struggle is intensifying in the U.S. military,” Klinck said, facilities in the United States to South China Sea, a broad decla- No U.S. defense secretary has on multiple fronts and is seen by adding that six Palauans have coordinate theft of economic and ration that favors the Philippines, ever visited Palau, according to some as an emerging “cold war” been killed in a U.S. uniform in scientific secrets. The coronavi- Vietnam, Taiwan and Brunei. the Pentagon historian’s office. PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, August 30, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP FDA, CDC credibility at risk after week of gaffes

Associated Press velop multiple vaccines against COVID-19. But public fears that WASHINGTON — The cred- a vaccine is unsafe or ineffective ibility of two of the nation’s lead- could be disastrous, derailing ing public health agencies was the effort to vaccinate millions of under fire this week after con- Americans. troversial decisions that outside The American Medical Asso- experts said smacked of political ciation urged the FDA to set up pressure from President Donald new processes to keep the medi- Trump as he attempts to move cal community in the loop on past the devastating toll of the vaccine developments, warning coronavirus ahead of the Novem- that public confidence is at stake. ber election. The group has also challenged The head of the Food and Drug the CDC to produce scientific Administration grossly misstat- data to back up its new testing ed, then corrected, claims about recommendation. the lifesaving power of a plasma therapy for COVID-19 authorized by his agency. Then the Centers Alabama for Disease Control and Preven- MONTGOMERY — The Uni- tion quietly updated its guidelines versity of Alabama reported to suggest fewer Americans need Friday that an additional 481 to get tested for coronavirus, students have tested positive for sparking outrage from scientists. COVID-19, bringing the total to Trump’s own factual mis- more than 1,000 infections since statements about COVID-19 are students returned to campus for well documented, but the back- the fall. to-back messaging blunders by The University of Alabama public health officials could cre- System released new numbers ate new damage, eroding pub- on its dashboard of cases for all lic trust in front-line agencies. three campuses. The additional That’s already raising concerns 481 cases on the Tuscaloosa about whether the administration campus were reported between AL DIAZ, MIAMI HERALD/AP will be forthcoming with critical Aug. 25 and Aug. 27. The univer- James Gardner, 77, goes home after battling COVID-19 for a month at Jackson South Medical Center on details about upcoming vaccines sity system said no students are Thursday in Miami. His family, including his adopted son Shaquille Gross, 7, arrived to take him home. needed to defeat the pandemic. hospitalized. “I do worry about the cred- “We are closely monitoring our The Florence Immigrant & coronavirus relief funds, authori- son instruction for the new year, ibility of the FDA and CDC, data daily, and we will continue to Refugee Rights Project, an ad- ties said. even if it’s just two to three days per especially at a time when the ca- adjust operations as the situation vocacy group that provides legal Jean Fleuridor, 41, of Weston, week. Researchers from Michigan pacity of the federal government warrants,” said UA System Chan- services, said the high number and Hasan Brown, 44, of Miami, State University reviewed plans to advance public health should cellor Finis St. John in a state- of infections underscores the made separate appearances in submitted by districts. be a priority for all policymak- ment accompanying the release need to release immigrants from Miami federal court on bank ers,” said Daniel Levinson, for- of the numbers. He said testing detention. fraud conspiracy charges, ac- Pennsylvania mer longtime inspector general for the virus was a “key pillar” of cording to court records. of the Department of Health and the university’s health and safety California According to a criminal com- HARRISBURG — Pennsylva- Human Services, which oversees plan. plaint, Fleuridor, Brown and nia state utility regulators have both the FDA and the CDC. St. John said every student on SACRAMENTO — With the their co-conspirators began a effectively extended a moratori- On Friday, FDA Commis- the three campuses has the option hope of preventing another virus scheme in 2017 to defraud a San um preventing utilities from ter- sioner Stephen Hahn removed of moving to fully online instruc- surge, California Gov. Gavin Antonio, Texas, bank using about minating service to non-paying a conservative public relations tion at any time, remaining either Newsom announced a new pro- 700 fake identities, in addition to customers for three more weeks official involved in the botched on campus or returning home to cess Friday for reopening busi- stolen identities, to create bank while the state fights the spread plasma announcement from her continue their course work. nesses that’s more gradual than accounts and shell companies. of the coronavirus. role heading the agency’s press the first attempt that eventually From April to July this year, The four-member panel of two Democrats and two Republicans office, according to a person fa- Arizona led him to close many businesses members of the group began postponed a vote on Thursday’s miliar with the matter, who spoke soon after they reopened. using those fake identities and ELOY — Immigration and agenda until Sept. 17, after dead- on condition of anonymity to de- “Simple, also slow,” is how the companies to fraudulently apply Customs Enforcement has re- locking twice on motions to lift the scribe private conversations. Democratic governor described for federal loans meant to help ported 233 more confirmed cases moratorium over the summer. The move came less than two the new rules, which take effect small businesses financially sur- weeks after the White House of COVID-19 at one of its facilities The Public Utility Commission in Arizona. Monday. vive the COVID-19 pandemic, slapped a moratorium on shut- tapped Emily Miller for the role. The four-tiered, color-coded prosecutors said. Miller previously worked as a The infections are at the La offs in March as Gov. Tom Wolf Palma Correctional Center in system ranks counties based on was in the midst of a cascade of reporter for the right-wing One the number of virus cases and in- Michigan America News Network and as a Eloy, which has so far seen a total shutdown orders to help stop the of 356 cases. No other facility fection rates. Businesses can add spread of the virus. staffer for Sen. Ted Cruz’s reelec- LANSING — Michigan on reported even close to as many more customers or open more In letters to the commission, tion campaign. She did not return Friday crossed the threshold of cases as La Palma did on Friday, services as their county moves Wolf, Attorney General Josh Sha- calls seeking comment Friday. 100,000 cases of the coronavirus with most detention centers see- into lower tiers. piro, Philadelphia Mayor Jim An FDA spokesperson said late ing single-digit increases. For example, counties in the confirmed since March. Kenney and consumer advocates Friday that Miller remains an ap- It’s unclear how many people most restrictive tier — purple — Deaths related to COVID-19 called on the commission to keep pointee within the agency. are detained at La Palma, but can only allow restaurant dining reached 6,446 after six more were the moratorium in place, warning Trump administration officials overall there are more than outside. But in lower red, orange recorded, the state health depart- that people are still being hit hard said Wednesday that the CDC 21,000 people being held in ICE and yellow tiers, they can serve ment said. economically by the fallout from testing guidance was revised by custody on civil immigration vio- people in indoor dining rooms at Dr. Dennis Cunningham at the virus. the White House virus task force lations nationwide. reduced capacity. McLaren Health Care said the One theme of their comments “to reflect current evidence,” but ICE spokeswoman Yasmeen When the new system takes ef- number of people who were in- is that the commission needs to did not detail what that was. The Pitts O’Keefe said in a statement fect, 38 of the state’s 58 counties, fected is likely higher than the construct a comprehensive plan new recommendations say it’s not that the agency recently expand- including Los Angeles and nearly confirmed cases of 100,699. He to protect consumers when the necessary for most people who ed virus testing at La Palma, test- every other large county, will noted that enough tests weren’t moratorium does lift. have been in close contact with ing 1,000 detainees. Most were begin at purple. Only three rural available in the early weeks of the “If the commission insists on infected people but don’t feel sick, asymptomatic. counties will begin in the yellow outbreak. lifting its moratorium, then at a to get tested. Outside experts said “U.S. Immigration and Cus- phase, the least restrictive. “We just haven’t had enough minimum I ask it to require utili- that flies in the face of the scien- toms Enforcement (ICE) is testing supplies to test every ties to offer customers some op- tific consensus that wide-scale firmly committed to the health, Florida asymptomatic person, either,” tions of financial relief, such as testing is needed to stamp out welfare and safety of detainees Cunningham added. late fee waivers, rate reductions, new infections. in our care, and this is one of the MIAMI — Two South Florida Meanwhile, the state Education flexible payment arrangements, The U.S. has invested billions agency’s highest priorities,” Pitts men used fake and stolen iden- Department said 86% of public and/or debt forgiveness,” Shapiro of dollars in efforts to quickly de- O’Keefe wrote. tities to steal over $3 million in school districts are offering in-per- wrote. Sunday, August 30, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 NATION Chadwick Boseman dies of colon cancer at 43

BY RYAN PEARSON vived by his wife and a parent and “This is a crushing blow” actor Associated Press had no children, Fioravante said. and director Jordan Peele said on Born in South Carolina, Bose- Twitter. LOS ANGELES — Chadwick man graduated from Howard Disney executive chairman Boseman, who played Black University and had small roles in Bob Iger called Boseman “an American icons Jackie Robinson television before his first star turn extraordinary talent, and one of and James Brown with searing in 2013. His striking portrayal of the most gentle and giving souls intensity before inspiring audi- the stoic baseball star Robinson I have ever met. He brought enor- ences worldwide as the regal opposite Harrison Ford in 2013’s mous strength, dignity and depth Black Panther in Marvel’s block- “42” drew attention in Hollywood to his groundbreaking role of buster movie franchise, died Fri- and made him a star. Black Panther.” day of cancer. He was 43. A year later, he wowed audi- “Captain America” actor Chris Boseman died at his home in ences as Brown in the biopic “Get Evans called Boseman “a true the Los Angeles area with his On Up.” original. He was a deeply com- wife and family by his side, his Boseman died on a day that mitted and constantly curious publicist Nicki Fioravante told Major League Baseball was cel- artist. He had so much amazing The Associated Press. ebrating Jackie Robinson day. work still left to create.” Boseman was diagnosed with “His transcendent performance His T’Challa character was colon cancer four years ago, his in ‘42’ will stand the test of time first introduced to the blockbust- VICTORIA WILL, INVISION/AP family said in a statement. and serve as a powerful vehicle to er Marvel movies in 2016’s “Cap- Actor Chadwick Boseman poses for a portrait in 2018, in New York “A true fighter, Chadwick tell Jackie’s story to audiences for tain America: Civil War,” and his to promote his film, “Black Panther.” persevered through it all, and generations to come,” the league “Wakanda Forever” salute rever- brought you many of the films wrote in a tweet. berated around the world after to showings and helped propel young, gifted and black,” and put you have come to love so much,” Expressions of shock and de- the release of “Black Panther” “Black Panther” to more than the moment in context. his family said. “From Marshall spair poured in late Friday from two years ago. $1.3 billion in global box office. “We know what it’s like to be to Da 5 Bloods, August Wilson’s fellow actors, athletes, musicians, “I don’t think the world was It is the only Marvel Studios film told there isn’t a screen for you to Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Hollywood titans, fans and poli- ready for a ‘Black Panther’ movie to receive a best picture Oscar be featured on, a stage for you to several more — all were filmed ticians. Viola Davis, who acted before this moment. Socially and nomination. be featured on. ... We know what’s during and between countless alongside Boseman in “Get On politically, it wasn’t ready for it,” At the 2019 Screen Actors like to be beneath and not above. surgeries and chemotherapy. It Up” and an upcoming August he told AP at the time. Guild Award, “Black Panther” And that is what we went to work was the honor of his career to Wilson adaptation, tweeted: The film’s vision of Afrofutur- won best ensemble, electrifying with every day,” said Boseman. bring King T’Challa to life in “Chadwick.....no words to ex- ism and the technologically ad- the room. Before an auditorium “We knew that we could create a Black Panther.” press my devastation of losing vanced civilization of Wakanda full of actors, Chadwick Bose- world that exemplified a world we Boseman had not spoken public- you. Your talent, your spirit, your resonated with audiences, some man stepped to the microphone. wanted to see. We knew that we ly about his diagnosis. He is sur- heart, your authenticity.” of whom wore African attire He quoted Nina Simone: “To be had something to give.” Weather helps Execution of ease fires as girl’s killer is many go home 5th this year Associated Press Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — California wild- TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A Kansas girl’s fires were slowly being corralled Friday as killer Friday became the fifth federal in- cooler, humid weather and reinforcements mate put to death this year, an execution aided firefighters and tens of thousands of that went forward only after a higher court people were allowed back home after days tossed a ruling that would have required of death and destruction. the government to get a prescription for In the past two days, evacuation orders the drug used to kill him. were lifted for at least 50,000 people in the Questions about whether the drug pen- San Francisco Bay Area and wine coun- tobarbital causes pain prior to death had try, officials with the state fire agency, Cal been a focus of appeals for Keith Nelson, Fire, said. 45, the second inmate executed this week In heavily damaged areas, crews were in the Trump administration’s resumption working to restore electricity and water so of federal executions this summer after a JANE TYSKA, BAY AREA NEWS GROUP/AP more people could return to their homes. 17-year hiatus. Around the state, hundreds of wildfires Artist Marcia Ritz, 77, pauses while looking through the rubble of her home at the Nelson, who displayed no outward signs — coming months earlier in the season Spanish Flat Mobile Villa trailer park in Lake Berryessa, Calif., on Thursday . of pain or distress during the execution, than expected — have killed at least seven was pronounced dead at a federal prison people, burned more than 2,000 square Interagency Fire Center. This is the first troops joined the fight. in Terre Haute, Ind., at 4:32 p.m. — about miles and pushed firefighter resources to active duty mobilization for wildfire sup- Evacuation orders for more than 20,000 nine minutes after the execution began. the breaking point. Two are among the port since 2018. people were lifted over the past 24 hours in There was silence from Nelson when a largest wildfires in recent state history. More than 5,900 square miles have San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties, where prison official looming over him asked if he In central California, a blaze burning in burned so far this year, and 105 large a massive blaze caused by lightning was had any last words to witnesses behind the Sequoia National Forest in Tulare County wildfires are burning across the western 27% surrounded, fire officials announced. execution-chamber glass. Those observers prompted officials to order people living United States. Three people reported missing in evacu- included the mother of 10-year-old Pamela in several small communities to imme- In California, about 170,000 people were ation zones had been found, but there was Butler. who Nelson raped and strangled diately evacuate Friday. Two fires in the under evacuation orders at the peak of the a new report of one missing person, Santa with a wire 21 years ago. area merged earlier this week and have fires. Cruz County sheriff’s Chief Deputy Chris Nelson didn’t utter a word, grunt or scorched 37 square miles . They were burn- But a heat wave eased this week, and Clark said. shake his head no. ing with no containment. in the past few days cooler, more humid The fire has burned at least 575 homes. Nelson showed no remorse during a Wildfires are so bad in the western Unit- weather patterns slowed the spread of But the tally could rise, and about 52,000 sentencing hearing statement and instead ed States that about 200 active duty U.S. three massive complexes of wildfires in people remained evacuated. Clark could “blistered the district court and the victim’s Army soldiers are being mobilized to help Northern California as aid poured in from not say exactly when they would be al- family with a profanity laden tirade,” the fight them, said officials with the National out of state and California National Guard lowed back home. 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals noted. PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, August 30, 2020 NATION Pieces: Louisiana begins arduous cleanup, recovery

FROM FRONT PAGE The U.S. toll from the Category 4 hurricane stood at 14 deaths, Fort Polk is with more than half of those killed by carbon monoxide poi- damaged by soning from the unsafe operation of generators. President Donald Trump hurricane planned to tour the damage in Louisiana and neighboring Texas BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY on Saturday. Stars and Stripes Across southwestern Louisi- ana, people were cleaning up WASHINGTON— Several from the hurricane that roared main buildings on Fort Polk, La., ashore early Thursday, packing have suffered damage and lost 150 mph winds. Many were de- power from Hurricane Laura ciding whether they wanted to after the historic storm swept return home to miserable condi- through the region Thursday. tions or wait until basic services The Main Post Chapel, which are finally restored. was being used as a shelter, suf- At First United Methodist fered damage, forcing people to Church in Lake Charles, a work move to another chapel on the crew was battling water that con- installation, according to Fort tinued to pour into the church Polk’s official Facebook page. building as it rained Friday. The post’s commissary was also “This roof blew off. There’s not able to open Friday due to a some of it over there,” said Mi- failed generator. chael Putman, owner of Putman A statement on the base Face- Restoration, pointing to part of book page said Fort Polk had the roof resting near the side of downed trees, power lines and the building. A pile of black gar- road flooding. bage bags sat outside the church, CHRIS GRANGER, THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, THE NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE/AP The Army post is located about filled with insulation and ceiling 70 miles north of Lake Charles, Roofers cut a pine tree into sections to clear it from the inside of a house Friday in Lake Charles, La. tile. which suffered extensive damage Putman lives in Shreveport, from the hurricane. A 14-year- recovery efforts. old girl from Leesville, the town which also got damage from the The Louisiana Department storm. But he said he drove down outside the gates of Fort Polk, of Health estimated that more to Lake Charles to help the min- was killed when a tree fell on her than 220,000 people were with- ister, who was his high school house, Louisiana Gov. John Bel out water. Restoration of those pastor. Edwards said Thursday. Nine services could take weeks or “We slept in our truck in the other storm-related deaths have months, and full rebuilding could parking lot last night,” he said. occurred in the state, according take years. Simply driving was a feat in to the state health department. Forty nursing homes were Lake Charles, a city of 80,000 Bayne-Jones Army Commu- residents hit head on. relying on generators, and as- nity Hospital on Fort Polk also Power lines and trees blocked sessments were underway to suffered damage and lost power paths or created one-lane roads, determine if more than 860 resi- from the hurricane, according leaving drivers to negotiate with dents in 11 facilities that had been to its Facebook official page. The oncoming traffic. Street signs evacuated could return. hospital will be open Monday for were snapped off their posts or The much weaker remnants of inpatient and emergency services dangling. No stoplights worked, the hurricane continued to move only. making it an exercise in trust across the Southern U.S., un- Ice was being provided to on- to share the road with other leashing heavy rain and isolated post residents Friday and one of motorists. tornadoes. North Carolina and the main gas stations has also /AP Mayor Nic Hunter cautioned Virginia could get the brunt of the GERALD HERBERT run out of fuel, according to Fort that there was no timetable for re- worst weather Saturday, forecast- Bob Prymaux, right, works with his son Robbie on a roof that was Polk’s Facebook page. storing electricity and that water- ers said. damaged by Hurricane Laura on Friday in Homewood, La. “More fuel is on the way, but treatment plants “took a beating,” When the storm moves back arrival time is unknown,” accord- leaving barely a trickle of water over the Atlantic Ocean, fore- now believe the surge was as high lawn of Stanley and Dominique ing to the post. coming out of most faucets. “If casters said it could become a as 15 feet. Hazelton, who rode out the storm As of Friday, the Louisiana Na- you come back to Lake Charles to tropical storm again and threaten Saturday marks the 15th anni- on a bathroom floor. A tree punc- tional Guard said they had evacu- stay, make sure you understand Newfoundland, Canada. versary of Katrina. tured the roof not far from where ated more than 2,000 people and the above reality and are pre- Louisiana Gov. John Bel Ed- Hurricane Laura also killed the couple was taking cover. 20 pets from Calcasieu Parish, pared to live in it for many days, wards called Laura the most nearly two dozen people in Haiti They regretted staying. where Lake Charles is located. probably weeks,” Hunter wrote powerful hurricane to strike the and the Dominican Republic en “There’s people without There are more than 6,200 Guard on Facebook. state, meaning it surpassed even route to the U.S. Gulf Coast. homes,” Stanley Hazelton said. troops supporting efforts in re- Caravans of utility trucks were Katrina, which was a Category 3 In Lake Charles, chainsaws “So it was dumb. We’ll never do sponse to Hurricane Laura. met Friday by thunderstorms in storm when it hit in 2005. buzzed and heavy machinery it again. We’ll never stay through [email protected] the sizzling heat, complicating He said Friday that officials hauled tree limbs in the front another hurricane again.” @caitlinmkenney Protests erupt at Portland police building and mayor’s condo

Associated Press Officers had extinguished the fire at the protests for three months since the police torney announced Thursday. police building and appeared to detain sev- killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The misdemeanor and felony charges PORTLAND, Ore. — Fires set outside a eral protesters. It was unclear how many The demonstrations, often violent, usu- include assaults on federal officers, arson law enforcement building that’s a frequent were arrested. ally target police buildings and federal site for protests in Portland, Ore., prompt- and damaging federal property. The commotion followed a sit-in in the buildings. Some protesters have called Earlier Friday, Wheeler had said he sent ed police to declare a riot early Saturday lobby of the Portland mayor’s condo build- for reductions in police budgets while the a letter to President Donald Trump declin- and detain several demonstrators. ing Friday night. Protesters have issued city’s mayor and some in the Black com- ing his offers to help the city manage the Witnesses also said a car drove near the demands, including police budget reduc- munity have decried the violence, saying demonstration at the Portland Police Asso- tions and Mayor Ted Wheeler’s resigna- it’s counterproductive. protests. In early July, Trump sent more ciation building and fired several gunshots tion, the Oregonian/OregonLive reported. Seventy-four people are now facing fed- federal agents to the city to protect the into the air. Video posted online showed A crowd of about 150 had gathered outside eral charges related to protests that have federal courthouse, but local officials said shell casings in the street. No injuries were the building. rocked the city for three months since their presence made things worse. The reported. Portland has been gripped by nightly George Floyd was killed, the local U.S. at- federal agents later pulled back. Sunday, August 30, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 NATION Families decry justice system at march in DC

Associated Press ing grew in size. They gathered following anoth- WASHINGTON — Standing on er shooting by a white police of- the steps of the Lincoln Memori- ficer of a Black man — this time, al, where the Rev. Martin Luther Jacob Blake, 29, in Kenosha, Wis., King Jr. famously laid out a vision last Sunday — sparking demon- for harmony between white and Black people 57 years ago, his son strations and violence that left issued a sobering reminder about two dead. As peaceful protests the persistence of police brutal- turned to arson and theft, nay- ity and racist violence targeting sayers of the Black Lives Matter movement issued calls for “law Black Americans. MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP “We must never forget the and order.” Marchers chant as they gather at Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House during the March on American nightmare of racist The Rev. Al Sharpton, whose Washington, on Friday, commemorating the 57th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have violence exemplified when Em- civil rights organization, the Na- A Dream” speech. mett Till was murdered on this tional Action Network, planned day in 1955, and the criminal jus- Friday’s commemoration, had a began. Many attendees wore T- tice system failed to convict his message for naysayers. shirts of the late Rep. John Lewis killers,” said Martin Luther King “Some say to me, ‘Rev. Al, y’all III, speaking to thousands who ought to denounce those that get who, until his death last month, gathered Friday to commemorate violent, those that are looting,’ ” was the last living speaker at the the 1963 March on Washington Sharpton said. “All of the families original March on Washington for for Jobs and Freedom. (of victims of police and vigilante Jobs and Freedom. That march “Sixty-five years later (after violence) have denounced looting. went on to become one of the Till’s murder), we still struggle What we haven’t heard is you de- most famous political rallies in for justice — demilitarizing the nounce shooting.” U.S. history, and one of the larg- police, dismantling mass incar- Sharpton asked, “We will speak est gatherings with over 200,000 ceration, and declaring as deter- against the looting, but when will people in attendance. minately as we can that Black you speak against wrong police Organizers said they intended lives matter,” King said. shooting?” to show the urgency for federal Even in the midst of the coro- Sharpton and King stood with policing reforms, to decry racial navirus pandemic, many felt relatives of an ever-expanding violence, and to demand voting compelled to join civil rights advo- roll call of victims: Blake, George rights protections ahead of the cates in Washington to highlight Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard November general election. A a scourge of police and vigilante Brooks, Ahmaud Arbery, Tray- handful of satellite marches were violence that gave way to what von Martin, and Eric Garner, held in South Carolina, Florida, among others. Nevada, Utah and Colorado. many feel is an overdue reckoning MICHAEL M. SANTIAGO, POOL/AP on racial injustice. Some stood in Arbery and Martin both were Following the rally, partici- sweltering temperatures in lines killed by men who pursued them People gather at the Lincoln Memorial as they listen to the Rev. Al pants marched to the Martin Lu- that stretched for several blocks, with guns and whose arrests were Sharpton speak during the March on Washington. ther King Jr. memorial in West as organizers took temperatures delayed until residents protested. Potomac Park, next to the Nation- as part of coronavirus protocols. “There are two systems of jus- system and a black system — the massive march audience and said al Mall, and then dispersed. Some Organizers reminded attendees tice in the United States,” said black system ain’t doing so well.” he wished his brother was there participants headed toward Black to practice social distancing and Jacob Blake Sr., the father of the “No justice, no peace!” he to see it. Lives Matter Plaza, right outside wear masks throughout the pro- man whose shooting by police in proclaimed. Friday’s march shaped up to be of the White House, which was gram, although distancing was Kenosha left him paralyzed from Philonise Floyd, the brother of the largest political gathering in renamed from Pennsylvania Av- hardly maintained as the gather- the waist down. “There’s a white George Floyd, stared out at the Washington since the pandemic enue during protests in June. Kenosha police union gives its version of Blake shooting

Associated Press waukee hospital. were dispatched there because of a com- was uncooperative. He said officers used a Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, plaint that Blake was attempting to steal Taser on Blake, but it did not incapacitate MADISON, Wis. — The Kenosha police who leads the state Justice Department, the caller’s keys and vehicle. Matthews him. union on Friday offered the most detailed said in a statement Friday evening that the said officers were aware that Blake had an “Blake forcefully fought with the offi- accounting to date on officers’ perspective agency is trying to conduct an impartial open warrant for felony sexual assault be- cers, including putting one of the officers of the moments leading up to police shoot- investigation and can neither confirm nor fore they arrived. in a headlock,” Matthews said. A second ing Jacob Blake seven times in the back, deny the union’s version of events. Blake was armed with a knife, but offi- stun from a Taser also did not stop him, he saying he had a knife and fought with offi- Ben Crump, an attorney for Blake’s fam- cers did not initially see it, Matthews said. said. cers, putting one of them in a headlock and ily, did not immediately respond to emails “The officers first saw him holding the As Blake opened the driver’s door of the shrugging off two attempts to stun him. seeking comment. He said earlier this week knife while they were on the passenger SUV, Sheskey pulled on Blake’s shirt and The statement from Brendan Matthews, that Blake was only trying to break up a side of the vehicle,” he said. then opened fire. Blake’s three children attorney for the Kenosha Professional Po- domestic dispute and did nothing to pro- The bystander who recorded the shoot- were in the backseat. lice Association, goes into more detail than voke police, adding that witnesses didn’t ing, Raysean White, 22, said he saw Blake “Based on the inability to gain compli- anything that has been released by the see him with a knife. Crump has called for scuffling with three officers and heard ance and control after using verbal, physi- Wisconsin Department of Justice, which is the arrest of the officer who shot Blake and them yell, “Drop the knife! Drop the cal and less-lethal means, the officers investigating. for the two other officers involved in the knife!” before gunfire erupted. He said he drew their firearms,” Matthews said. “Mr. The Sunday shooting of Blake, a Black shooting to be fired. didn’t see a knife in Blake’s hands. State in- Blake continued to ignore the officers’ man, put the nation’s spotlight on Wiscon- Cellphone video shows Kenosha Police vestigators have said only that officers saw commands, even with the threat of lethal sin and triggered a series of peaceful pro- Officer Rusten Sheskey and another officer a knife on the floor of the car. They have force now present.” tests and violence, including the killing of following Blake with their guns drawn as not said whether Blake threatened anyone The state Justice Department has re- two people by an armed civilian on Tues- he walks around the front of a parked SUV with it. leased almost no information about Shes- day. Blake is paralyzed from the shooting, as they responded to a domestic dispute. Matthews said officers made multiple key or the other two officers, Vincent his family said, and recovering in a Mil- According to Matthews, the officers requests to Blake to drop the knife, but he Arenas and Brittany Meronek. PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, August 30, 2020 WORLD UAE ruler formally ends boycott of Israel

Associated Press the decree formally ending the boycott in banking and finance. The decree formally eliminates a 1972 came on the orders of Sheikh Khalifa bin Dubai International Airport, home to the law on the UAE’s books since just after the DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Zayed Al Nahyan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi long-haul carrier Emirates, has been the country’s formation. That law mirrored ruler of the United Arab Emirates issued and the Emirates’ leader. world’s busiest for international travel for the widely held stance by Arab nations at a decree Saturday formally ending the WAM said the new decree allows Israe- years. The Dubai International Financial that time that recognition of Israel would country’s boycott of Israel amid a U.S.-bro- lis and Israeli firms to do business in the Center also hosts major firms who trade only come after the Palestinians had an in- kered deal to normalize relations between UAE, a federation of seven sheikhdoms on in the hours between Asian and European dependent state of their own. the two countries. the Arabian Peninsula. It also allows for markets. Dubai already has a major gold The UAE is becoming the third Arab The announcement now allows trade the purchase and trade of Israeli goods. market and growing diamond trade. nation after Egypt and Jordan to current- and commerce between the UAE, home to “The decree of the new law comes with- Emirati firms likely also want to access ly have diplomatic relations with Israel. oil-rich Abu Dhabi and skyscraper-stud- in the UAE’s efforts to expand diplomatic Israeli technological know-how. Some al- However, while widespread public distrust ded Dubai, and Israel, home to a thriving and commercial cooperation with Israel,” ready had even before the deal — with the of Israel persists in those nations, the UAE diamond trade, pharmaceutical companies WAM said. It lays out “a roadmap toward cybersecurity firm DarkMatter reportedly never fought a war against Israel, nor did it and tech start-ups. launching joint cooperation, leading to bi- hiring Israeli military-trained hackers. have a historic Jewish population. The announcement further cements lateral relations by stimulating econom- On Monday, the first direct commercial In recent years, the UAE has held quiet the Aug 13 deal opening up relations be- ic growth and promoting technological flight by Israel’s flagship carrier El Al is talks with Israel and allowed Israelis with tween the two nations, which required Is- innovation.” expected in Abu Dhabi, carrying U.S. and second passports into the country for trade rael to halt its contentious plan to annex Already, some Israeli firms had signed Israeli officials including President Don- and talks. Opening ties may also help the occupied West Bank land sought by the deals with Emirati counterparts. But the ald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Emirates access advanced American Palestinians. repeal of the law widens the likelihood of Telephone calls already can be made be- weaponry, like the F-35 fighter jet that The state-run WAM news agency said other joint ventures, such as in aviation or tween the nations. right now only Israel flies in the Mideast. Belarus leader cites alleged NATO threat to shore up his rule Associated Press opposition challenger in the vote, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who MINSK, Belarus — Belarus’ au- moved there after the vote, pres- thoritarian leader accused NATO sured by Belarusian authorities. on Friday of hatching aggres- Lukashenko said Belarus sive plans and threatened neigh- would strike back by halting im- bors Lithuania and Poland with ports via Lithuanian ports and counter-sanctions as he sought force its western neighbors to use to shore up his 26-year rule amid longer routes via the Baltics and weeks of demonstrations against the Black Sea in their trade with his reelection in a vote the opposi- Russia and China. tion says was rigged. “Let’s us see who will get President Alexander Lukashen- scared first, we will show them ko, who has ruled the 9.5-million sanctions,” he said. “I have or- nation in Eastern Europe with an dered the government to divert iron fist since 1994, blamed the all trade flows away from Lithu- West for fomenting demonstra- anian ports. They have grown /AP tions in Belarus in hopes of turn- spoiled, and now we will show SKYDRIVE, CARTIVATOR 2020 ing it into a “bridgehead against them their place.” A test flight of a manned ‘”flying car” is seen at Toyota Test Field in Toyota, central Japan. Russia.” He added that “they were doing “They want to topple this gov- transit via us, but now they will ernment and replace it with an- need to go over the Baltics or the other one that would ask a foreign Black Sea to trade with Russia.” Japan’s ‘flying car’ gets off the country to send troops in sup- Lithuanian Prime Minister port,” he said. “They want our Saulius Skvernelis responded in a market to sell their products.” Facebook statement, saying that NATO has rejected previ- ground, with a person aboard if Lukashenko fulfills his threat ous such claims by Lukashenko. it will mostly hurt Belarus and its Associated Press NATO Secretary-General Jens people. ful has succeeded with a person Robotics Institute at Carnegie on board,” he told The Associated Mellon University, who co-found- Stoltenberg said this week that the Lukashenko has repeatedly TOKYO — The decades-old Press. ed Near Earth Autonomy, near Belarusian leader tries to conjure sought to cast the protests that dream of zipping around in “I hope many people will want Pittsburgh, which is also working up the image of outside forces are demanding his resignation the sky as simply as driving on threatening Belarus as an excuse to ride it and feel safe.” on an eVTOL aircraft. as part of a Western plot against highways may be becoming less for his crackdown on the opposi- The machine so far can fly for “If they cost $10 million, no one Russia, in a bid to secure Mos- illusory. tion, which has seen hundreds of just five to 10 minutes but if that is going to buy them. If they fly cow’s support. Japan’s SkyDrive Inc., among protesters beaten by police. can become 30 minutes, it will for 5 minutes, no one is going to Russian President Vladimir the myriads of “flying car” proj- In addition, the idea that Belar- Putin warned Thursday that he have more potential, including buy them. If they fall out of the us’ ailing Soviet-style economy ects around the world, has car- exports to places like China, Fu- sky every so often, no one is going stands ready to send police into ried out a successful though would be seen as a beacon for Belarus if protests there turn vio- kuzawa said. to buy them,” Singh said in a tele- modest test flight with one person exporters seems to defy current lent but sees no such need yet. Unlike airplanes and helicop- phone interview. aboard. economic realities. Protests have The wave of protests that came ters, eVTOL, or “electric verti- The SkyDrive project began In a video shown to reporters on been fueled by growing weari- after election officials declared cal takeoff and landing,” vehicles humbly as a volunteer project ness about Lukashenko’s rule, his Lukashenko had won a sixth term Friday, a contraption that looked offer quick point-to-point person- called Cartivator in 2012, with cavalier dismissal of the corona- in a landslide in the Aug. 9 presi- like a slick motorcycle with pro- al travel, at least in principle. funding by top Japanese compa- virus pandemic and a bruising dential election has cast an un- pellers lifted several feet off the They could do away with the nies including automaker Toyota economic fallout from the out- precedented challenge to his rule. ground, and hovered in a netted hassle of airports and traffic jams Motor Corp., electronics company break in a country where living Both the European Union and the area for four minutes. and the cost of hiring pilots, they Panasonic Corp. and video-game standards were already sinking. United States have said the vote Tomohiro Fukuzawa, who could fly automatically. developer Bandai Namco. The 65-year-old Belarusian was neither free nor fair. heads the SkyDrive effort, said Battery sizes, air traffic control A demonstration flight three leader threatened to retaliate A fierce crackdown on peaceful he hopes “the flying car” can be and other infrastructure issues years ago went poorly. But it has against neighbors Poland and demonstrators in the days after made into a real-life product by are among the many potential improved and the project re- Lithuania, which pushed strongly the vote left nearly 7,000 people 2023, but he acknowledged that challenges to commercializing cently received another round of for the European Union’s sanc- detained, hundreds injured by making it safe was critical. them. funding, of $37 million, including tions against his government. police and at least three protest- “Of the world’s more than 100 “Many things have to happen,” from the Development Bank of Lithuania also hosted the main ers dead. flying car projects, only a hand- said Sanjiv Singh, professor at the Japan. Sunday, August 30, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Drive-thru betting to be THE CENSUS offered before derby The approxi- LEXINGTON — Peo- mate number KY ple wanting to place of bicycles 700 damaged or bets on the Kentucky Derby can make a wager in a drive-thru at destroyed in Keeneland, the Lexington track the collapse of a six-story brick building in St. Louis, Mo. According to the St. announced. Louis-Post Dispatch, the building was The Kentucky Derby and the part of the Lemp Brewery complex that Kentucky Oaks were postponed to was built more than 150 years ago. Sept. 4 and 5 this year at Churchill IThe St. Louis Bicycle Works nonprofit Downs in Louisville due to the was using the building to store some coronavirus pandemic. The races of the bikes it gives away to kids after will be run without fans. teaching them about bike safety and Keeneland said drive-thru maintenance. The complex’s owner, betting will be offered on all the Shashi Palamand, said that a con- races at Churchill Downs for trolled demolition of the building was to those two days. Patrons will com- start Monday. plete a health screening and tem- perature check at Gate 1. Disney patron accused ville’s City Hall complex has sev- eral new garden beds that have of threats over masks a variety of wildflowers used by pollinators. Numerous other ORLANDO — A man Georgia cities have the “Bee City FL hit a security guard in USA” designation, including At- the head and threatened to kill lanta and Decatur, according to him at Epcot theme park when the newspaper. he was asked to follow Disney World’s mask rules, sheriff’s of- Boat from 1800s to be ficials said. Enrico Toro, 35, was charged restored for display with misdemeanor battery, an Orange County Sheriff’s Office HARBOR SPRINGS arrest report said. MI — A rusted and dam- According to deputies, Toro, aged boat built in the late 1800s his wife and three children ar- by a northern Michigan inventor rived at Epcot’s security area is undergoing an extensive resto- wearing “improper masks,” the ration with the goal of putting the report said. revamped vessel on display in the Toro “began cussing .” The Lake Michigan resort community security guard reached for his of Harbor Springs. phone to notify a supervisor of The Harbor Springs Area His- the escalating situation when torical Society began restoring the Toro struck the guard’s head with Aha after city officials requested an “open hand,” the report said. the removal of the decaying boat “The male continued cussing near the city’s Department of at (the security guard) and began Public Works building. threatening that he knew where Inventor Ephraim Shay built he lived and was going to kill the vessel in 1891 after moving to him,” the report said. DON CAMPBELL, THE (BENTON HARBOR, MICH.) HERALD-PALLADIUM/AP the Harbor Springs area in 1888 . The all-steel Aha was a rarity be- Officials: Mountain lion cause most boats built during that killed pastured horse Ride along t i me were made of wood. Shay a lso developed a local railroad among HAILEY — Wildlife of- Michigan State Police Lt. Jeremy Carlisle rides with Taeshawn Palmer, 6, at the Benton Harbor Boys & his other projects, according to ID ficials in Idaho said a Girls Club Fettig Youth Campus in Benton Harbor, Mich., during the Bike with a Cop program. The event, the Petoskey News-Review. mountain lion attacked and killed hosted by the Benton Harbor Department of Public safety and Michigan State Police, featured ice cream a horse while it was pastured. provided by The Blue Roof Church and bike repairs by Cycle-Re-Cycle. Police: Meth found in Idaho Department of Fish and Game officers investigated and valued at $1,500 while the male is call. The officer called for backup in the images we have seen posted vehicle following chase confirmed the mare was killed valued at $500. and responded “incredibly well on social media,” Superintendent in a pasture in the Red Elephant Pearce’s Pet Place is described under the pressure knowing that Paul Garrison said in a statement MINOT — Police said Gulch region of Croy Canyon, just as a family-owned business he had been shot three times,” posted to the district’s website. ND they found a large west of Hailey. that sells reptiles, small mam- Velez said. Once the district wraps up its amount of methamphetamine in “They bite the back of the neck mals, birds, fish, insects and pet investigation, school officials will the vehicle of a Minot man who and just crush the spine,” depart- supplies. School investigating decide what action needs to be led officers on a high-speed chase ment Regional Communications post of swastika photo taken, Garrison said. in northwestern North Dakota. Manager Terry Thompson said. Suspects arrested after The pursuit started in Berthold “They do the same thing as they after the driver sped away from DALEVILLE— A cen- Club applies for city to would with a deer or an elk.” ambushing officers a traffic stop for a minor offense, tral Indiana school has Traps have been set to try and IN be named a ‘bee city’ according to police. LARGO — Police in launched an investigation after a find the mountain lion responsi- The chase ended about 15 miles ble for the attack, officials said. MD Maryland said that photo posted to social media ap- DAWSONVILLE — A away in Burlington, officials said. two men were charged with at- peared to show students forming GA Georgia city wants The driver and a female passen- Police seek information tempted murder after shooting the shape of a swastika on the recognition for its efforts to lure ger fled from the vehicle along a three police officers who were re- gymnasium floor, school officials bees. river bank. in theft of 2 gators sponding to a home-invasion call. said. The Atlanta Journal-Constitu- The 36-year-old woman was WBAL-TV reported that Ste- The photo shows nine students, tion reported that city officials found hiding in the brush and was ven Maurice Warren, 27, and most of whom are lying on their in Dawsonville are supporting an INDIANA — State po- arrested. While a large amount of lice were searching for Andre Smith, 47, were taken into backs on mats on the gym floor, effort to obtain the title, “Bee City PA methamphetamine was found in a pair of alligators stolen earlier custody . making the shape of a swastika. USA.” The Dawson County Wom- the vehicle, according to officials, this month from a pet store in Meanwhile, two of the officers One is standing in the middle. All en’s Club was set to submit an ap- Ward County Jail staff said they western Pennsylvania. who were shot were released have their arms raised in an ap- plication for the designation. saw the woman flushing drugs Police in Indiana County said from the hospital , according to parent Nazi salute. It recognizes a city’s work to the alligators — a 6-foot-long Prince George’s County Interim “Daleville Community Schools attract, protect and inspire the down a toilet, the Minot Daily female and a 4-foot-long male Police Chief Hector Velez. The will not tolerate acts of racism, appreciation of bees and other News reported. . — were taken from an outdoor third officer successfully under- bias, unlawful harassment, or pollinators. It is an initiative of The 40-year-old driver is enclosure at Pearce’s Pet Place in went surgery. discrimination of any kind and the Xerces Society, a nonprofit wanted for fleeing from law en- White Township. Velez said the two suspects we are profoundly disappointed that aims to protect invertebrates forcement, possession of meth- Police said the animals weren’t opened fire on the first officer and shocked by the apparent ac- and their habitats. amphetamine and other charges. for sale, but the female alligator is to respond to the home-invasion tions of the students as depicted The AJC reported that Dawson- From wire reports PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, August 30, 2020 MUSIC

Q&A

decade ago, Katy learned from that growth and Perry could sing the have been living in the public, in the alphabet and top the spotlight for over 12 years, and have had moments that were really intense. music charts. For me, I don’t necessarily like to avoid Her name was synony- or ignore, I just like to come to terms. I’m mous with being No. 1 on the like, “Look, I needed that. That was a humbling Billboard chart, as the pop star logged hit after experience.” Obviously when you’re in it, you hate it. hit after hit with anthems like “Teenage Dream,” But I do believe that you have the choice when you can zoom out just a little bit from the situation and say, “OK, “Firework,” “Roar” and more. what am I getting from this? Where is the lesson? Where But as the saying goes, when you’re on top, the is the growth?” Not just like, “F-it all to hell, Joyce Ann, only way to go is down. Ten years after she just burn! Everything should just burn!” But where is the That was part of Perry’s experience roughly gratitude for this obstacle? three years ago when she released “Witness,” which You namedrop your parents on the song “Only rocketed to stardom with Love.” What was their reaction to that? had some success but didn’t dominate the charts I played it for my mom; she was very touched. This song like she’s used to doing. Though the fi rst single, really talks about if life were to hand you a curveball, and “Chained to the Rhythm,” became a Top 5 hit, ‘Teenage Dream,’ Katy Perry the weird thing is that I was putting the fi nishing touches the other singles fi zzled, and the star’s popularity on it, vocally, in my bedroom during that week of March dwindled as newcomers, mainly budding rap stars, 13 when everyone went into lockdown and everybody was, learns to let go of being No. 1 like, scrubbing their lemons and buying thousands of toilet took over the music scene. paper rolls. Nobody knew what the hell was going on, and “For me in 2017, 2018, I went through a reckoning BY MESFIN FEKADU Associated Press there’s so much intense feeling and emotion. of self and really re-prioritized what was important And I was almost fi nished with my record. This was and my association with validation, or my relation- the last song that I put on the record and it’s funny ’cause ship with validation. There was just a shift that talks about fi nding her smile again, wedding plan- it kind of paralleled the feeling at the time. “Holy crap, ning during the coronavirus pandemic and cel- life is handing me a curveball, and what is precious to happened in my life and my career. I wasn’t getting me anymore? What’s really important?” You start to go, as high on my own supply as I used to anymore,” ebrating the 10th anniversary of her epic “Teenage “Whoa, this is what’s important. Forget about all the B.S. Perry said. “It’s like I had been to the top of the Dream” album, which propelled her to international and even the career stuff. I gotta take care of my mom mountain. I’d seen the view. I had gotten too used to pop-star status. and my dad. I gotta take care of them.” And I think that it. So, of course, the universe decided to come and everybody kind of shifted gears a little bit. AP: What will fans hear on “Smile”? But this song is really about, like, at the end of it all ... say, ‘All right sweetie, let’s fi gure this one out.’ Perry: It’s a record full of hopefulness and resilience what are we gonna say? “Oh, I wished I worked one more “I defi nitely had to go on a real emotional, psy- and a little bit of joy and some fun. ... I think that it’s al- day.” Or are you just going to say, “I wish I had a little chological and spiritual journey during those years ways a good time to have a little hope injected, especially bit more love. I wish I connected with my brother or my these days. This record is really talking about my own to fi nd my smile, ’cause I lost it,” Perry continued. sister or my mom or my dad just a little bit more, or my experience in walking through hell and fi nding the light partner or my children or whomever.” You know? I just “That’s why the record is called ‘Smile.’ ” and coming out of that. So if anyone else is having that want a little bit more love. “Smile,” her fi fth major-label album, was released same journey and can be inspired by the positivity and It’s the 10-year anniversary of “Teenage Dream,” Friday, at a time that the 35-year-old — who is the hope inside of it, then I’m happy for it. which matched the record Michael Jackson’s “Bad” engaged to actor Orlando Bloom and on Thursday On the title track you sing: “Had a piece of humble set for most No. 1 singles from an album. How does pie / That ego check saved my life.” What made you gave birth to a baby girl — is thinking about life it feel when you think about that album and period of write that lyric? your life? differently. I mean, like, I am not invincible. I am not perfect. I In an interview with The Associated Press, Perry have fallen fl at on my face so many different times and CONTINUED ON PAGE 13

Katy Perry, photographed in Hollywood, Calif., in July, just released her latest album, “Smile.”

JAY L. CLENDENIN, LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS Sunday, August 30, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 MUSIC REVIEWS Katy Perry Josh Turner Troye Sivan Smile (Capitol Records) Country State of Mind In a Dream (Capitol) (MCA Nashville) Katy Perry has two Somewhere between a very personal projects From its title to its single and an album sits being released this songs and sounds, Josh the EP, and that’s how summer — the 12-track Turner’s “Country State we get our latest dose of album “Smile” and her of Mind” is a tribute to his Troye Sivan — his six- baby girl, who arrived idols and beyond, a com- track “In a Dream.” Thursday. Only one will pendium of some great It’s a perfectly timed really make people grin. country music. appetizer for an evolv- “Smile” comes three Turner is from the ing artist — a wistful and years after the dismal genre’s traditional side experimental musical release of “Witness,” a criminally underappreciated and his voice, naturally deep but capable of taking high postcard for an uneasy era. album that’s considered a commercial dud. fl ight, makes him an ideal performer for this collection. Sivan reunites with producer Oscar Görres, who That album contained the sociopolitical “Chained to Several tracks have guest performers, including two of worked on some songs from “Bloom,” Sivan’s last, mar- the Rhythm,” and the music fl irted with a more hip-hop Turner’s idols, John Anderson and Randy Travis. velous full-length album in 2018, including the awesome sound. Its underperformance — and some heartbreak, Allison Moorer joins Turner on Hank Williams’ “Alone track “My My My!” we assume — led to a period that Perry describes in the and Forsaken,” which has a stunning, near-traditional This time, Görres and Sivan stretch and play with song liner notes as “my own darkest times.” quality that derives from the purity of the melody and structure and length, an indication that perhaps Sivan is “Smile” is a course-correction back to pure pop, the timelessness of the lyrics. restless mining the same territory. Lyric-wise, he’s lost a with no featured artists and no political messages. It is Alan Jackson’s “Midnight in Montgomery” relates a little of his swagger, sounding more vulnerable. Perry’s “I’m so sorry” album, littered with references visit to Williams’ grave, complete with a sighting of the “Easy” has a ’80s, “Pretty in Pink” vibe with echoing to a chastened songwriter — “ego check,” “humble pie,” legend’s ghost. The title track, a big hit for Hank Wil- computer-altered vocals and spacy, thick slabs of synth. “better version” and “2.0.” Like the cover image, she’s liams Jr. in 1986, rounds out the Williams trilogy with The less-than-a-minute “could cry just thinkin about a sad clown. Chris Janson joining Turner. you” has Sivan’s vocals so distorted he sounds like he’s To be honest, there are only rare moments of levity. “Forever and Ever, Amen” is the best-known song on singing deep in a swimming pool. Perry is pregnant with her fi rst child with actor Or- the album. Travis only sings the closing “Amen” this The clear standout is the dreamy “Take Yourself lando Bloom, and one of the best lines on the album is, time, but it’s his fi rst recording since a 2013 stroke he’s Home,” the only song fi nished during the pandemic. It is “Look at me now / I’m in full bloom.” still recovering from, and it’s a deeply moving moment. stunning, hypnotic and sexy. It even has an anti-urban Most of the set is a bit of a bummer. Just the titles Kris Kristofferson duets on his “Why Me,” a nod to feel. “I’m tired of the city,” he sings. “If I’m gonna die, alone — “Never Really Over,” “Cry About It Later” and Turner’s gospel roots, and Anderson’s appearance on let’s die somewhere pretty.” “Teary Eyes” — are about mistakes, regret and lessons “I’ve Got It Made” gives the song a double dose of sub- Sivan’s voice gets drunken for “STUD,” a pleading learned. This isn’t an album of pop songs as much as a woofer-shaking vocals. song to a wannabe lover distorted by various effects. therapy session set to music. Maddie & Tae and Runaway June represent Nash- He looks back with “Rager teenager!” which reveals a “I’ve gone to sleep / Night after night punching a ville’s newer generations, with Maddie & Tae’s contribu- confessional side to the Australian singer-songwriter pillow,” she sings on “Resilient.” “I know the higher tions to Bruce Robison’s “Desperately,” a 2004 hit for and lyrics that call back to a pre-coronavirus era. “I just I climb / The harder the wind blows.” She’s even sad George Strait, especially poignant. wanna sing loud / I just wanna lose myself in the crowd.” when celebrating overcoming couples’ issues in “Cham- Johnny Cash’s gloomy “The Caretaker” is an apt The title track comes last, a sturdy and more con- pagne Problems.” epilogue, with Turner personalizing some of the aging ventional song offering a glimpse of an artist stuck in The fi reworks have vanished. There’s no eye of the cemetery custodian’s lines — “Who’s gonna cry / When heartbreak. “It’s all just feeling real now / So far away tiger anymore. Her dancing sharks have left the stage. old Josh dies?” but I still feel you everywhere.” The depressive mood only lifts with the electric Turner’s congenial style and the smart selection make Not too little, not too much. Sivan’s EP is the Gold- title song, clearly the best of a middling list of tunes. “Country State of Mind” a great introduction into the ilocks of quarantine. “Smile” is Perry at her most Perry: “Used to be dull / genre and a terrifi c reminder of some of its greatest — Mark Kennedy Now I sparkle,” she sings, fi nally with some bluster. songs. Associated Press There are misfi res, like “Tucked,” a Kylie Minogue — Pablo Gorondi rip-off, and “Harleys in Hawaii,” which is clumsy and Associated Press Deep Purple needy, despite a Charlie Puth writing assist. So “Smile” is something of a housekeeping album. Whoosh! (earMUSIC) Apologies to everyone — parents, fans, lovers, other Kolby Cooper women, old lovers. Here’s hoping motherhood gives Vol. 2 (Combustion Music) “Whoosh!” makes it three for three for the Perry a real reason to smile. pairing of Deep Purple — Mark Kennedy Kolby Cooper could add and producer Bob Ezrin, Associated Press a fresh voice to country radio — if he could only an album that at its nu- FROM PAGE 12 get past the censors. merous heights evokes the The 21-year-old fi re band’s most successful era I hope you can’t see the 10 years on my face. It’s breather from the piney of the early ’70s. amazing. In your twenties, you hear about people woods of East Texas offers With a stable lineup that are more mature than you saying time fl ies. It’s relief from the parade of for nearly 20 years, the starting to fl y. You are such a different person in your inauthentic junk laden hard rock pioneers’ new album is built on its best assets: twenties than you are in your thirties. And I love that with John Deere tractor Ian Gillan’s robust vocals, the sturdy foundation set record, and it means a lot. Every record has a special references that’s still way too pervasive these days. by the rhythm section of Ian Paice and Roger Glover, meaning for me. And I try and always approach writing He’s edgy, that’s for sure. Steve Morse’s inventive inventory of six-string tones and music from a super vulnerable, authentic open-book On “Vol. 2,” a new fi ve-song EP, Cooper doesn’t take phrasings, and Don Airey’s Hammond A-100. place, so that whoever wants to relate to it, can. I think long to start the beatdown. One of the songs, “2 Words,” First song and fi rst single “Throw My Bones” is a “Teenage Dream,” it really encapsulated this fantasti- begins with a 15-second banjo intro and then drops hard magnifi cent reintroduction after the three-year break cal view of love. It was nostalgic in some ways. into a breakup song as emphatic as any you will ever since the band’s previous studio effort, “Infi nite.” It was a special moment, and I can’t believe 10 years hear. And the two words it’s built around are enough to “Drop the Weapon,” a call for de-escalation and wise has passed. I’m kind of happy that “Smile” is coming take commercial radio off the table. choices; “We’re All the Same In the Dark,” a tongue-in- out around the same time. It’s like, “All right, let’s dip That’s probably OK with Cooper, who still lives in cheek, slightly desperate pick-up line; the decibel-de- into that energy.” Bradford, Texas, not far from Palestine, a little farther nouncing “No Need to Shout”; and the haunting “Step By Mariah Carey mentioned that being pregnant from Dallas. He has the look of a guy who might pump Step” all keep the needles in or near the red. made her voice stronger. Has being pregnant done your gas at one of those East Texas stations that still As for instrumental “And the Address,” is Deep Purple anything to your voice? hasn’t converted to pay-at-the-pump. really saying goodbye or is its place in the running order, It’s interesting having 45 extra pounds just kind of His music pulsates with the give-a-care vibe of some- and the mere fact that it was re-recorded, only a tease in like sitting on you; 30 of that is just right here on my one still kicking dust off his jeans. the way the Beatles fed the “Paul is dead” rumors with lung capacity. It’s not been too challenging, but I’ve Cooper’s fi rst EP, 2018’s “Vol. 1,” was followed by his clues in songs supposedly confi rming his premature defi nitely had to change a couple of keys. But I think only full-length album, “Good Ones Never Last,” which demise? After all, the group’s 2017-2019 tour was called that’s just because of the physical intensity of it. I’ve helped make him a word-of-mouth sensation. His previ- “The Long Goodbye,” but concerts are planned, post- been so active. I’ve been doing the most. I go to the ously best-known breakup song, “It Ain’t Me,” registered pandemic, behind this album, as well. opening of every Zoom link. I am a mom on the move. more than eight million Spotify streams. Written by the two members of Deep Purple’s tower- I am promoting. Do not say that I did not work hard! I Yes, breakup songs are a specialty. But Cooper, who ing “Mark II” lineup missing from the current roster, worked hard for this moment! I worked hard! Created a married early, says neither song is autobiographical. Ritchie Blackmore and the late Jon Lord, “And the life; I worked hard! I do my part! “I showed the song to my wife,” he says. “And she was Address” is the last song on the album, but for a bonus How is wedding planning going during the pan- like, ‘Oh sure, that’s a good song. But are we OK?’ ” track. It was also the fi rst tune on the band’s 1968 debut, demic? The answer was yes. And Cooper shows his range and “Shades of Deep Purple,” so is it just a coincidence, or We have ideas, but anyone that makes plans in 2020 depth on new song “Cannonball,” a ballad about commit- are they completing the circle and really drawing the is just a little LOL. There’s bigger things going on in the ment that’s original in its own way. shades on their career? world. I don’t want to say, “Oh, how sad is it that I had Versatile and fearless, Cooper is the kind of voice that Any band able to emulate its best years shouldn’t call to postpone or cancel or whatever.” It’s so many other could redeem country music — if only his songs can be it quits after an album as good as “Whoosh!” — unless horrible things going on. What we’re hoping for is just a cleared for airplay. Deep Purple wants to go out on a peak. safe, healthy baby. That’s the next thing on the calendar — Scott Stroud — Pablo Gorondi that we can look forward to. Associated Press Associated Press PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, August 30, 2020 MUSIC

Tim left, and Fred Williams react to the famous drum fill in Phil Collins’ 1981 song “In the Air Tonight” in a screenshot from YouTube. Subscriptions to the twins’ YouTube channel have skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interest in Collins’ song has surged, too — to the tune of a 1,500% increase in downloads, according to Billboard. Something ‘In the Air’ Meet Tim Williams, one of the YouTube twins who reignited interest in an old Phil Collins hit

BY MIKAEL WOOD brother heard what he just heard. “I ain’t classics they’re reacting to, you watch “I don’t even know who that is.” Los Angeles Times never seen nobody drop a beat three to have some of your assumptions con- They choose songs based on recommen- minutes in a song,” Fred says, but part of firmed. But you also hear new things dations that come in on Instagram and im Williams and his twin brother, what’s magical about the video is that you, through the ears of the brothers. Patreon and, of course, in the YouTube Fred, have rocketed to internet the viewer, have seen someone do that Have you ever stopped to consider, comments section. So do the videos truly celebrity over the past few weeks — this exact someone, in fact. as they do, how crucial “Jolene’s” zippy capture their first time hearing the songs? thanks to that most modern of T To watch the Williams twins experience tempo is to its sense of desperation? “Yes, for sure,” Tim said. cultural artifacts: the reaction video, in the surprise you know Collins has in store Tim said he and his brother — Fred is And do they ever do a second take? which the comedy or drama of someone’s — and then to watch it again (and again), older by 75 minutes — started doing reac- Maybe sharpen a funny comment from first encounter with a piece of art be- because they’re so insanely charming tion videos about a year ago as a way to comes itself a piece of art available to be — is to feel the past, pres- express their love of music. their first go-through? encountered by someone else. ent and future all jostling To watch the Although they began with “We just do it the first time.” In their most talked-about clip, which for space in the same hip-hop songs, they quickly Of the reaction to their reactions, Tim has been viewed more than 6.8 million moment. Williams twins realized that doing older said, “It’s been crazy,” and added that he’s times since they posted it on YouTube On their YouTube chan- experience the tunes from other genres been fielding calls from TV shows and in late July, the Williams brothers listen nel, TwinsthenewTrend surprise you know would help them stand “people hitting us up for deals or people intently to Phil Collins’ eerie 1981 hit “In — which Tim said grew out on the increasingly who just want to send us stuff.” He added the Air Tonight.” from 50,000 subscribers to Collins has in store crowded platform. that he and Tim have been approached to How could they, at 22, have missed this more than 400,000 in less — and then to “The norm, they just create their own show, although he was undeniable (and oft-sampled) pop classic? than a month — the broth- watch it again (and follow the trend and listen unclear for now what that might look like. “I think we were late bloomers of ev- ers offer their first-listen to whatever everybody else Then again, he added, graduating erything,” Tim said in a phone interview. analysis of dozens of songs, again), because listen to,” he said. “And old from YouTube doesn’t necessarily feel “That’s why we didn’t hear none of this including the Carpenters’ they’re so insanely music before I was born, like the goal. “This is my dream job,” he music.” “We’ve Only Just Begun,” charming — is it’s actually good, if you said. “I want to do YouTube forever.” At In the video, he and Fred are sitting in Aerosmith’s “Dream On” pay attention to it, because the moment, he’s attending to Twinsthe- Tim’s bedroom in their mother’s house and “Jolene” by Dolly Par- to feel the past, back then, you really had newTrend full time; the brothers even in Gary, Ind.; a 2Pac poster hangs on a ton, whose official Twitter present and future to use your voice and sing have merch for sale, including a hoodie wall behind them, while between them account recently shouted without AutoTune and that sells online for $47.99. (Fred is still looms a graphic of Collins’ stony visage as out the Williamses. all jostling for everything. working his day job as a barber — and, pictured on the cover of the singer’s “Face “No point in begging,” “Nowadays, you got com- space in the same yes, he cuts his brother’s hair.) Value” album. the tweet read. “Jolene moment. puters and all to do that.” “He look like he staring into my soul,” already stole these two.” The brothers, whose Asked if they’ve traveled to the show- Fred says. “I’m scared — I can’t look at Each of the videos — the grandfather was a pastor biz capitals of New York and Los Angeles, him.” “Jolene” clip has more than 3.7 million with his own church in Gary, grew up lis- Tim said he had no interest in getting on The emotional payoff comes when views — showcases the same warmth tening mostly to gospel music. They didn’t an airplane during the COVID-19 pan- the two flip out at the sound of Collins’ and curiosity that propelled “In the Air discover the titans of 1990s and 2000s rap demic that, not incidentally, has helped famously slow-to-arrive drum fill. Both Tonight” to trending-topic ubiquity. — 2Pac, 50 Cent, the Notorious B.I.G., Lil create a captive audience for his videos. brothers are knocked back in their swivel (Downloads for Collins’ original increased Wayne — until they were teenagers. “When corona over, we’ll most defi- chairs; Tim turns to Fred in disbelief, by more than 1,500% in the video’s wake, “But we never took the time to listen to nitely go,” he said. “But we just been here as though he needs to confirm that his according to Billboard.) If you know the old R&B, like Luther Vandross,” Tim said. in Indiana.” Sunday, August 30, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 CROSSWORD AND COMICS NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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“Gunston Street” is drawn by Basil Zaviski. Email him at [email protected], and online at gunstonstreet.com. PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, August 30, 2020 GADGETS & TECHNOLOGY GADGET WATCH Headphones designed for skiers

BY GREGG ELLMAN He and his wife are users of Tribune News Service Outdoor Tech’s wired Chips while skiing for music and utdoor Tech’s Chip hands-free calls, so they don’t series headphones have to dig out a smartphone claim to be perfect for buried in their ski jacket. Ogetting audio into the Late last season they switched ears of skiers. I’m not a skier, so to the Bluetooth Chips 2.0 for the I never tested the feature on the same great sound and conve- slopes. But after examining a few nience without dealing with the sets of the wireless headphones, wire. He confi rmed that the it’s clear that Outdoor Tech as chips fi t in the ear pocket of the mastered the technology. ski helmet and produce great The Chip 2.0 Universal sound with the ability to hear Bluetooth helmet headphones ambient sound. ($142.95) are designed to fi t Outdoor Tech takes it a step into any helmet that has audio- further with the Chips Ultra true compatible ear pads, essentially wireless headphones ($229.95), a giving you a helmet with built-in totally cable-free audio solution. audio. Each slick-looking Bluetooth KENT NISHIMURA, LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS But the fi rst feature I noticed 5.0 speaker is just a little smaller is that they have glove-friendly than the Chips 2.0, and fi ts into PopID CEO John Miller demonstrates how the PopPay payment facial recognition software works controls, which totally makes Aug. 5 at a payment register at Lemonade in Pasadena, Calif. helmets with audio-compatible sense. So even though it’s been ear pads. While the sound out well over 100 degrees where I of the Chips 2.0 was perfectly live, I got out my winter gloves acceptable, I thought the Chips to try Outdoor Tech’s patented Ultra gave me a little more bass. New contactless way to pay 2-button controls. Online: outdoortechnology.com The controls are standard for any wireless earbuds to Urbanistas, a Swedish lifestyle adjust volume, music selection audio company, has introduced and pause to answer calls, but the London ANC true wireless Using facial recognition as a form of payment — creepy or cool? how about doing it in freezing Bluetooth 5.0 earbuds, designed weather? Sure enough, it was for everyday use. BY SAM DEAN problems at once: slow lines and high fees from simple with my gloves on. To I’m in the midst of testing a confi rm the difference, I also Los Angeles Times payment processing and credit card companies. few different sets of earbuds, Those fees can run as high as 3 percent for each tried the controls on everyday and they all have great features. new way to pay has arrived in Los Ange- transaction — small change that adds up, consid- earbuds with my gloves, which After using the London earbuds les: your face. ering most restaurants run on 3-5 percent profi t were impossible to control. a few times, I was really im- As so-called contactless payments margins. Because PopID payments come directly Each earpiece has a 40 mm pressed by the sound, looks and A rise in popularity during the pandemic, from the users’ preloaded accounts, Miller said, driver to produce high-quality many other features. a Pasadena company called PopID is rolling out “there’s enough arbitrage built in that we can sound on or off the slopes. The As I said in reference to the left and right earpieces resemble the nation’s fi rst payment system based on facial lower the rates versus credit cards and Apple Chips headphones, blocking your mini hockey pucks — 2 inches recognition at a smattering of restaurants near its Pay” and still make money. surroundings isn’t always a good round by a half-inch thick — and headquarters, including mom-and-pop opera- But trust is hard to earn when it comes to facial thing. With the London’s built-in are connected to each other with tions such as Daddy’s Chicken Shack and regional recognition. Miller said the company is comply- active noise-canceling feature, a thin, tangle-free cable. For the chains such as Lemonade. ing with the strictest laws in the nation for face sounds of the outside world can The system is simple: A customer signs up on most part, they are mini speak- be turned on or off with the push data, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy ers stored in the helmet directly their phone, takes a selfi e and adds cash to their Act, and prioritizes customer consent for all uses of a button. Pop Pay account from a credit card or bank ac- against your ears. And unlike The in-ear-styled earbuds sit of personal information. earbuds, which go in your ears count. When it comes time to pay for their meal, Some privacy advocates see an important comfortably (multiple sizes of and block outside sounds, with ear tips are included) and come they look into the camera of a PopID tablet or distinction between government use of facial rec- this design, the Chips allow users with a USB-C wireless charg- kiosk (no smiling necessary), the cashier verifi es ognition technology and use by private businesses to hear surrounding ambient ing storage case with indicator their name, and money is withdrawn from the — as long as the businesses don’t end up giving noise on the slopes, which is a lights. You’ll get about fi ve hours account. their data to the government. great feature. before needing a charge, and the For customers, the experience is eerily seam- That scenario was vividly illustrated in July, For audio testing, I was able less, at least when it’s functioning properly. (The case is good for four additional when the digital rights group Electronic Frontier to rig them into my bike helmet charges. software struggles at recognizing faces with Foundation found that a San Francisco busi- with the help of some duct tape, While testing them, I played masks.) ness association gave the San Francisco Police and then off for my ride I went. around with a few apps to fi ne For restaurants, the service is fast and cheap, Department real-time access to a private network The audio was crystal clear and tune the sounds of my eclectic assuming customers sign up for it. Easier order- of cameras and cache of footage during the height the controls are perfect. Though playlist from the ’70s, ’80s and ing can speed up lines, and PopID is offering of the Floyd protests. If police combined access these are made for ski helmets ’90s, but always came back to lower fees to process each payment than other to surveillance footage with access to a database and designed to rest on your the default settings. That doesn’t payment processing or credit card companies. like PopID’s, protesters who used the payment ears, I actually preferred them mean you can’t make something PopID’s system is the fi rst to get up and run- service could be quickly identifi ed en masse. to the earbuds I regularly use, a little better; I just liked it right ning in the U.S., where facial recognition technol- Nathan Sheard, associate director of communi- which probably tune out my sur- out of the box. All of my music ogy is under intense scrutiny from regulators and ty organizing at EFF, said written, informed con- roundings too much. sounded strong and clear, fi lled privacy advocates. sent would be key to ethical use of the technology, After my unoffi cial experiment with the right amount of bass at Eight cities in the U.S., including San Francis- as well as a clear policy of pushing back when law with the headphones, I messaged any volume level. co, Oakland and Boston, have banned government enforcement comes knocking to request access to a good friend of mine who lives Online: urbanista.com; $149; use of the technology, arguing that the software the PopID database and informing the user if the and skis regularly in Park City, available in black, pink, white is both too powerful a surveillance tool and too company is ordered by a court to comply. Utah. and blue inaccurate when fi nding matches to be safely used Miller said that level of protection is baked into by police. PopID’s user agreement and basic structure. John Miller, the 42-year-old Pasadena entrepre- Customers choose to sign up for the system neur who founded and runs PopID, didn’t plan on and have to click a button or tell a cashier every Outdoor Tech’s wading into cutting-edge privacy issues when he time they use it, setting it apart from the kind of Chips Ultra wireless quit his nanotech job 10 years ago. He just wanted passive surveillance that most privacy advocates headphones have 40 to start a global cheeseburger chain. argue is ripe for abuse. PopID’s software also mm drivers and a “It didn’t take long to realize I’m not very good runs on stand-alone devices, which means com- built-in microphone for at it,” Miller said. CaliBurger opened its fi rst panies can’t simply connect their own security hands-free calls. location in Shanghai in 2012, advertising Double- cameras and start logging their employees’ every Outdoor Tech/TNS Doubles and Animal Style fries, only to get sued move in a searchable database. for trademark infringement by In-N-Out. The Most important, the agreement signed by users burger chain tweaked the formula and opened when joining the service makes clear that PopID dozens of franchises around the world, but seeing will share user data only when customers explic- the day-to-day diffi culties of running a restaurant itly tell it to, whether that means pushing a button reactivated Miller’s innovation circuits. to pay or signing up for a loyalty points system PopID was Miller’s solution to two restaurant with a given shop. Sunday, August 30, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 17 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Trump botched his speech and no one will care Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY JONATHAN BERNSTEIN means he swallows applause lines, has dif- planned to do in the second term, he ap- Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff Bloomberg Opinion ficulties with words, and loses contact with peared to ad-lib a claim that he had already both the live and the video audience. started doing it or had already done it. EDITORIAL omination speeches at normal Toward the end, Trump just gave up Of course, a lot of what Trump claimed conventions are easy. Joe Biden on the applause lines completely, rushing for first-term accomplishments was mas- Terry Leonard, Editor even showed that nomination through his callback to his 2016 speech sively exaggerated to begin with. [email protected] Nspeeches given remotely during a about making America proud and rich and No, Trump didn’t totally rebuild a deplet- Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor pandemic aren’t that hard. Donald Trump whatever again. ed military, even though he could argue he [email protected] flubbed his. And then there’s the poetry part — the increased spending. No, he didn’t have to To be clear: I doubt it will make any dif- stuff speechwriters add that’s supposed start from scratch and entirely defeat Is- Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content ference at all to the November results. No to soar. Obama and Ronald Reagan made lamic State, even though he could take [email protected] one remembers these things very long, and their careers out of bringing the poetry to credit for successfully continuing what Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation even bad reviews, if that’s what Trump life; Trump acts bored with it. 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OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Go to the American Forces Jarrod Dyson from Pittsburgh for future At Daytona International Speedway Purse: $9.5 million considerations. Designated OF Nicky Daytona Beach, Fla. Yardage: 7,366; Par: 70 Rory McIlroy doesn’t need fans to Network website for the most Lap length: 2.50 miles Delmonico for assignment. Optioned Second Round keep his head in the game at the up-to-date TV schedules. OF Luis Gonzalez and C Zack Collins to (Start position in parentheses) Patrick Cantlay 71-68—139 -1 training site. Activated INF Nick Madrigal 1. (9) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 100 laps, Rory McIlroy 70-69—139 -1 BMW Championship. Olympia myafn.net from 10-day IL. 58 points. Hideki Matsuyama 67-73—140 E DETROIT TIGERS — Activated OF Travis 2. (28) Gray Gaulding, Chevrolet, 100, Dustin Johnson 71-69—140 E Fields is so tough it won’t allow Demeritte. 0. Adam Scott 72-69—141 +1 anything but his full attention on KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Activated 3. (1) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 100, 43. Brendon Todd 73-68—141 +1 every shot. Pro soccer RHP Tyler Zuber from the bereavement 4. (10) Riley Herbst, Toyota, 100, 43. Louis Oosthuizen 72-69—141 +1 list. 5. (11) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 100, Tony Finau 70-71—141 +1 McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Recalled INF 36. Billy Horschel 70-71—141 +1 Jared Walsh and LHP Jose Quijada fron 6. (2) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 100, Mackenzie Hughes 69-73—142 +2 made their share of mistakes MLS alternate training site. Optioned LHP Pat- 49. Kevin Kisner 72-70—142 +2 Friday and shrugged them off EASTERN CONFERENCE rick Sandoval to alternate training site. 7. (8) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 100, Bubba Watson 72-70—142 +2 W L T Pts GF GA MINNESOTA TWINS — Activated LHP 36. Matthew Wolff 72-71—143 +3 because that’s bound to happen Toronto FC 5 0 3 18 14 7 Lewis Thorpe. Recalled RHP Juan Minaya 8. (3) Austin Cindric, Ford, 100, 39. Xander Schauffele 73-70—143 +3 on the toughest test the PGA Tour Columbus 5 1 1 16 12 2 from alternate training site. Designated 9. (20) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 100, Tyrrell Hatton 73-70—143 +3 Philadelphia 3 1 3 12 8 7 LHP Danny Coulombe for assignment. 28. Bryson DeChambeau 73-70—143 +3 has seen this year. Orlando City 3 2 2 11 12 9 NEW YORK YANKEES — Signed INF 10. (21) Jesse Little, Chevrolet, 100, 27. Alex Noren 72-71—143 +3 By the end of another steamy Montreal 3 3 1 10 10 9 Jordy Mercer to a major league contract 11. (30) Vinnie Miller, Toyota, 100, 26. Joaquin Niemann 72-71—143 +3 New York 3 3 1 10 6 8 and added him to active roster. Placed 12. (26) Colby Howard, Chevrolet, 100, Brendan Steele 72-71—143 +3 afternoon south of Chicago, they New England 2 1 4 10 6 5 OF Aaron Judge on 10-day IL. Activted 25. Lanto Griffin 70-73—143 +3 were the sole survivors to par. Atlanta 3 3 0 9 6 5 OF Estevan Florial. Released LHP Luis 13. (6) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 100, 26. Russell Henley 74-69—143 +3 Chicago 2 4 1 7 7 11 Avilan. 14. (18) Tommy Joe Martins, Chevro- Jim Herman 71-72—143 +3 One week after McIlroy admit- Cincinnati 2 4 1 7 6 12 SEATTLE MARINERS — Placed RHP let, 100, 23. Tom Hoge 71-73—144 +4 ted to going through the motions D.C. United 1 3 3 6 7 9 Matt Magill on 10-day IL. Recalled RHP 15. (34) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, Tyler Duncan 68-76—144 +4 New York City FC 2 5 0 6 3 7 Zac Grotz from alternate training site. accident, 99, 32. Viktor Hovland 71-73—144 +4 without spectators around to pro- Acquired LHP Nashville SC 1 4 1 4 3 8 TAMPA BAY RAYS — 16. (29) Matt Mills, Toyota, 99, 21. Abraham Ancer 70-74—144 +4 vide the cheers, he had a 1-under Cody Reed from Cincinnati in exchange 17. (35) Mike Harmon, Chevrolet, 99, Harry Higgs 70-74—144 +4 Inter Miami CF 1 5 0 3 6 10 for RHP Riley O’Brien. Placed OF Brett WESTERN CONFERENCE 20. Patrick Reed 73-71—144 +4 69 to share the 36-hole lead with Phillips on reserve/COVID-19 list. 18. (36) Timothy Viens, Chevrolet, 99, Carlos Ortiz 70-74—144 +4 W L T Pts GF GA TEXAS RANGERS — Placed INF/OF Cantlay. Sporting KC 5 2 0 15 17 11 0. Danny Lee 73-72—145 +5 Danny Santana on 10-day IL. Recalled 1B 19. (19) Myatt Snider, Chevrolet, 99, Gary Woodland 75-70—145 +5 Seattle 3 1 2 11 10 4 Ronald Guzman from alternate training It was plenty tough for Tiger Minnesota United 3 1 2 11 13 8 18. Corey Conners 76-69—145 +5 site. 20. (16) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, Michael Thompson 72-73—145 +5 Woods, whose PGA Tour season Portland 3 2 1 10 8 10 TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Activated 1B/ Los Angeles FC 2 1 3 9 15 12 98, 17. Brian Harman 72-73—145 +5 appears to be two rounds from DH Daniel Vogelbach and RHP Taijuan Sebastian Munoz 70-75—145 +5 Real Salt Lake 2 1 3 9 7 4 Walker. Optioned LHP Thomas Pannone, 21. (13) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, San Jose 2 1 2 8 10 10 98, 16. Jason Kokrak 74-71—145 +5 being over. RHP Sean Reid Foley and INF Brandon Matthew Fitzpatrick 70-75—145 +5 Colorado 2 3 1 7 9 13 Drury to alternate training site. 22. (31) Timmy Hill, Toyota, 97, 0. He didn’t have enough good Houston 1 2 4 7 11 13 23. (14) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 96, 15. Paul Casey 73-72—145 +5 National League Harris English 75-71—146 +6 shots to atone for his bad ones, Vancouver 2 6 0 6 7 16 CINCINNATI REDS — Recalled RHP Jose 24. (7) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 92, FC Dallas 1 1 3 6 4 3 De Leon from alternate training site. Ac- 14. and he had to make a 35-foot par LA Galaxy 1 3 2 5 7 11 tivated RHP Anthony DeSclafani from the 25. (25) Chad Finchum, Toyota, engine, NW Arkansas Championship Note: Three points for victory, one 88, 12. putt on his final hole to shoot 75, paternity list. Placed LHP Wade Miley on LPGA Tour point for tie. 10-day IL. Designated OF Phillip Ervin for 26. (15) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, ga- leaving him nine shots behind. Wednesday, Aug. 26 rage, 48, 18. Friday assignment. Invited non-roster RHP Jay At Pinnacle Country Club Woods was toward the bottom of Orlando City 3, Nashville 1 Jackson to spring training. 27. (12) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet, acci- Friday’s games dent, 47, 0. Rogers, Arkansas LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned Purse: $2.3 million the pack at a tournament where Toronto FC 1, Montreal 0 2B Gavin Lux to alternate training site. 28. (33) Joey Gase, Toyota, garage, 46, Saturday’s games 9. Yardage: 6,438; Par: 71 he needs to finish around fourth MIAMI MARLINS — Returned RHP Ster- a-amateur Orlando City at Atlanta ling Sharp to Washington Nationals. Ac- 29. (5) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, acci- to be among the top 30 who ad- D.C. United at Philadelphia dent, 46, 11. First Round tivated 1B Garrett Cooper and RHP Yimi Esther Lee 32-32—64 -7 Chicago at New York City FC Garcia fron 10-day IL. Placed 2B Logan 30. (17) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, acci- vance to the Tour Championship. Columbus at Cincinnati dent, 45, 7. Anna Nordqvist 34-30—64 -7 Forsythe on 60-day IL. Optioned RHP Jackie Stoelting 34-30—64 -7 New York at New England Jorge Guzman to alternate training site. 31. (4) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, acci- Minnesota at FC Dallas dent, 40, 10. Stephanie Meadow 33-32—65 -6 Haley wins Xfinity MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Designated Sei Young Kim 32-33—65 -6 Sporting Kansas City at Colorado RHP Justin Grimm for assignment. Re- 32. (23) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, acci- San Jose at LA Galaxy dent, 36, 5. Austin Ernst 33-32—65 -6 race at Daytona leased INF/OF Brock Holt. Placed C Man- Mina Harigae 32-33—65 -6 Real Salt Lake at Portland ny Pina on 10-day IL. Recalled C Jacob 33. (24) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, Sunday’s games Katherine Kirk 34-31—65 -6 Nottingham from alternate training site. accident, 24, 4. Maria Fernanda Torres 35-30—65 -6 Miami at Nashville NEW YORK METS — Recalled C Patrick 34. (27) Kody Vanderwal, Chevrolet, DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Los Angeles FC at Seattle Patrick Mazelka from alternate training Stacy Lewis 32-34—66 -5 accident, 24, 3. Angela Stanford 35-31—66 -5 Justin Haley and his Kaulig Rac- Tuesday’s games site. Designated OF Juan Lagares for as- 35. (37) John Jackson, Toyota, han- Montreal at Toronto FC signment. Activated INF Andres Gimenez Dana Finkelstein 33-33—66 -5 ing teammates had a meeting a dling, 14, 2. Jing Yan 33-33—66 -5 Wednesday’s games and OF Jake Marisnick from IL. Placed 36. (32) Caesar Bacarella, Chevrolet, couple of hours before the green Miami at Atlanta RHP Corey Oswalt on 10-day IL retroac- Lizette Salas 33-33—66 -5 accident, 12, 1. Isi Gabsa 34-33—67 -4 Chicago at Cincinnati tive to Aug. 26. Added INF Brett Baty to 37. (22) Joe Graf Jr, Chevrolet, acci- flag at Daytona International Philadelphia at Columbus 60-man roster and optioned to alternate In Gee Chun 35-32—67 -4 dent, 7, 1. Maria Fassi 35-32—67 -4 Speedway on Friday. The topic D.C. United at New York training site. Claimed OF Guillermo He- Race statistics Minnesota at Houston redia off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pi- Jenny Shin 34-33—67 -4 was working together. The con- Average speed of race winner: 122.034 Moriya Jutanugarn 34-33—67 -4 New York City FC at New England rates and optioned to alternate training mph. sensus was every man for himself Orlando City at Nashville site. Activated LHP David Peterson from Mi Hyang Lee 33-34—67 -4 Time of race: 2 hours, 2 minutes, 55 Inbee Park 34-33—67 -4 FC Dallas at Sporting Kansas City Il. Designated RHP Walker Lockett for as- seconds. at 10 laps to go. Seattle at Real Salt Lake Nelly Korda 36-31—67 -4 signment. Margin of victory: 0.253 seconds. LA Galaxy at Portland Linnea Strom 35-32—67 -4 Ross Chastain waited much PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Traded OF Caution flags: 8 for 28 laps. San Jose at Los Angeles FC Jodi Ewart Shadoff 36-31—67 -4 Jarrod Dyson to Chicago White Sox for Lead changes: 9 among 7 drivers. longer to make his move. Chas- future considerations. Optioned RHP Natalie Gulbis 35-33—68 -3 Lap leaders: C.Briscoe 0-22; J.Haley Kristy McPherson 35-33—68 -3 tain wrecked race leader and Friday Cody Ponce to alternate training site. 23-27; R.Chastain 28; J.Haley 29-31; T.Hill Recalled OF Jason Martin from alternate Pajaree Anannarukarn 33-35—68 -3 32-35; A.Allmendinger 36-53; R.Herbst 54- Andrea Lee 33-35—68 -3 Kaulig teammate AJ Allmend- Toronto FC 1, Impact 0 training site. 57; G.Gaulding 58-59; A.Allmendinger 60- ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Optioned RHP Nasa Hataoka 34-34—68 -3 inger on the final lap, allowing Toronto FC 0 1—1 99; J.Haley 100 Ally McDonald 34-34—68 -3 Seth Elledge to alternate training site. Leaders summary (Driver, times led, Haley to pick up a victory no one Montreal 0 0—0 SAN DIEGO PADRES — Optioned RHP Gaby Lopez 36-32—68 -3 Second half—1, Toronto FC, Pozuelo, 2 laps led): A.Allmendinger, 2 times for 58 Caroline Masson 36-32—68 -3 saw coming. David Bednar to alternate training site. laps; C.Briscoe, 1 time for 22 laps; J.Haley, (penalty kick), 50th minute. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Optioned Kristen Gillman 34-34—68 -3 Chastain made a move on the Goalies—Toronto FC, Quentin West- OF Luis Alexander to alternate training 3 times for 9 laps; R.Herbst, 1 time for 4 Kim Kaufman 35-33—68 -3 berg, Alex Bono; Montreal, Clement Diop, site. laps; T.Hill, 1 time for 4 laps; G.Gaulding, Ruixin Liu 35-33—68 -3 inside and clipped Allmendinger, 1 time for 2 laps; R.Chastain, 1 time for Evan Bush, Jonathan Sirois. FOOTBALL Ashleigh Buhai 35-33—68 -3 turning him sideways and col- Yellow Cards—Wanyama, Montreal, BUFFALO BILLS — Signed CB Brian Al- 1 lap. 57th; Camacho, Montreal, 68th; Pozuelo, len. Wins: C.Briscoe, 6; A.Cindric, 5; lecting both Chevrolets. Austin Toronto FC, 90th+3. CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed DE N.Gragson, 2; J.Haley, 2; H.Burton, 2; Austin Larkin and CB Jameson Houston. B.Jones, 2; J.Allgaier, 1; A.Allmendinger, Tennis Cindric also was involved. Waived DE DaVonte Lambert and CB Cole 1. Haley slipped through the Luke. Top 16 in points: 1. A.Cindric, 968; Pro basketball NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released 2. C.Briscoe, 910; 3. R.Chastain, 860; 4. Western & Southern Open smoke and took the checkered WR Will Hastings. N.Gragson, 842; 5. J.Haley, 757; 6. H.Burton, Friday flag — his latest shocker at the PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed WR 752; 7. J.Allgaier, 750; 8. M.Annett, 663; 9. WNBA Saeed Blacknall. B.Jones, 652; 10. R.Herbst, 582; 11. R.Sieg, At USTA Billie Jean King superspeedway. 526; 12. B.Brown, 472; 13. J.Clements, 440; National Tennis Center EASTERN CONFERENCE HOCKEY New York USA HOCKEY — Named David Las- 14. M.Snider, 414; 15. J.Williams, 386; 16. W L Pct GB sonde goaltending coach. J.Little, 384. Purse: $4,222,190 White Sox acquire Chicago 10 5 .667 — Surface: Hardcourt outdoor SOCCER NASCAR Driver Rating Formula Connecticut 6 9 .400 4 A maximum of 150 points can be at- Men’s Singles Indiana 5 9 .357 4½ Major League Soccer Semifinals Dyson from Pirates D.C. UNITED — Placed M Edison Flores tained in a race. Washington 4 10 .286 5½ The formula combines the following Milos Raonic, Canada, def. Stefanos Atlanta 3 12 .200 7 on injured list. Tsitsipas (4), Greece, 7-6 (5), 6-3. National Women’s Soccer League categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Fin- CHICAGO — The Chicago New York 2 12 .143 7½ ishes, Average Running Position While Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Ro- SKY BLUE FC — Signed M Jennifer Cud- berto Bautista-Agut (8), Spain, 4-6, 6-4, White Sox acquired speedy out- WESTERN CONFERENCE joe to multi-year contract. on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under W L Pct GB Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead- 7-6 (0). fielder Jarrod Dyson in a trade Seattle 12 3 .800 — ORLANDO PRIDE — Loaned M Emily van Egmond to West Ham United. Lap Finish. Women’s Singles Las Vegas 11 3 .786 ½ Semifinals with Pittsburgh on Friday and re- Los Angeles 11 3 .786 ½ Naomi Osaka (4), Japan, def. Elise instated Nick Madrigal from the Minnesota 10 4 .714 1½ Mertens (14), Belgium, 6-2, 7-6 (5). Phoenix 8 7 .533 4 Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, def. Jo- 10-day injured list. Dallas 5 10 .333 7 AP sportlight hanna Konta (8), Britain, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. Thursday’s games Men’s Doubles Dyson is batting just .157 (8- Chicago at Indiana, ppd Aug. 30 he rides John Henry to a nose victory Semifinals for-57) this season, but he swiped Dallas at New York, ppd 1979 — Kathy Horvath, five days past over The Bart in the inaugural Arlington Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, and Alex 30 bags last year. He won the Las Vegas at Seattle, ppd her 14th birthday, loses a first-round Million at Arlington Park. de Minaur, Australia, def. Austin Krajicek Friday’s games match to Diane Fromholtz, 7-6, 6-2, to 1987 — Ben Johnson of Canada sets and Steve Johnson, United States, 7-5, World Series in 2015 with Kansas Minnesota 88, Atlanta 79 become the youngest person to play a the world record in the 100 meters, bet- 6-4. Los Angeles 80, Connecticut 76 Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski, Brit- City and could serve as a valu- Phoenix 94, Washington 72 match at the U.S. Open. Later in the day, tering Calvin Smith’s 4-year-old mark of ain, def. Rajeev Ram, United States, and able pinch runner for Chicago as Saturday’s games John McEnroe defeats Ilie Nastase, 6- 9.93 by 0.10 seconds in the World Track Joe Salisbury (3), Britain, 7-5, 6-3. New York at Las Vegas 4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, in a match that features and Field Championships in Rome. John- Women’s Doubles it chases its first playoff appear- Seattle at Chicago Nastase being defaulted by chair umpire son later lost the record because of ste- Semifinals ance since 2008. Dallas at Indiana Frank Hammond. An 18-minute free-for- roid use. Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and Sunday’s games all ensues in which fans become un- 1991 — Mike Powell smashes Bob Demi Schuurs (3), Netherlands, def. An- The White Sox sent interna- Connecticut at Washington controllable and Nastase is reinstated Beamon’s world long jump record with a dreja Klepac, Slovenia, and Lucie Hra- tional signing bonus pool money Phoenix at Minnesota by tournament referee Mike Blanchard. leap of 29 feet, 4 ¼ inches, two inches be- decka (8), Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-1. Atlanta at Los Angeles Blanchard replaces Hammond in the yond the record, in the World Track and Xu Yifan, China, and Nicole Melichar to the last-place Pirates for the Monday’s games chair for the remainder of the match. Field Championships in Tokyo. The leap (2), United States, def. Viktoria Kuzmova, Chicago at Indiana 1981 — Bill Shoemaker becomes the also ends Carl Lewis’ 10-year, 65-meet Slovakia, and Iga Swiatek, Poland, 6-4, 36-year-old Dyson. Los Angeles at Minnesota first jockey to win a $1 million race when winning streak. 7-5. — Associated Press Sunday, August 30, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 19 NBA/NHL NBA scoreboard New commitments as playoffs resume Playoffs At Lake Buena Vista, Fla. FIRST ROUND BY BRIAN MAHONEY Best-of-seven; x-if necessary EASTERN CONFERENCE Associated Press Milwaukee 3, Orlando 1 Orlando 122, Milwaukee 110 LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — NBA players Milwaukee 111, Orlando 96 Milwaukee 121, Orlando 107 want change that makes their communities Milwaukee 121, Orlando 106 safer. They want people to vote — hopefully Wednesday: Game 5, ppd. Saturday: Game 5 in their home arenas. x-Monday: Game 6 And they want to keep playing basketball. x-TBD: Game 7 Toronto 4, Brooklyn 0 Teams returned to the court Friday after Toronto 134, Brooklyn 110 the NBA and the National Basketball Play- Toronto 104, Brooklyn 99 Toronto 117, Brooklyn 92 ers Association agreed on commitments that Toronto 150, Brooklyn 122 made players comfortable continuing. Boston 4, Philadelphia 0 Boston 109, Philadelphia 101 An emotional Chris Paul, the union presi- Boston 128, Philadelphia 101 dent, detailed the events of the previous two Boston 102, Philadelphia 94 Boston 110, Philadelphia 106 days, when players upset by the latest police Miami 4, Indiana 0 shooting of a Black man left them considering Miami 113 Indiana 101 Miami 109, Indiana 100 leaving the Disney campus and going home. Miami 124, Indiana 115 “We’re all hurt, we’re all tired of just seeing Miami 99, Indiana 87 the same thing over and over again and ev- WESTERN CONFERENCE L.A. Lakers 3, Portland 1 erybody just expects us to be OK just because Portland 100, L.A. Lakers 93 we get paid great money,” Paul said. “We’re L.A. Lakers 111, Portland 88 L.A. Lakers 116, Portland 108 human, we have real feelings and I’m glad L.A. Lakers 135 Portland 115 that we got a chance to get in a room and talk Wednesday: Game 5, ppd. Saturday: Game 5 with one another and not just cross paths and x-Monday: Game 6 say good luck in your game today.” x-TBD: Game 7 L.A. Clippers 3, Dallas 2 Play stopped Wednesday when the Bucks L.A. Clippers 118, Dallas 110 didn’t take the court for their playoff game Dallas 127, L.A. Clippers 114 against Orlando, showing their frustration L.A. Clippers 130, Dallas 122 ASHLEY LANDIS/AP Dallas 135, L.A. Clippers 133, OT with the police shooting of Jacob Blake in L.A. Clippers 154, Dallas 111 Thursday: Game 6, ppd. Wisconsin and acts of racial injustice. Black Lives Matter is displayed near the NBA logo in an empty basketball arena Friday in x-Saturday: Game 6 Games were postponed the last two days, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The NBA playoffs resumed Saturday after the league and the National x-TBD: Game 7 Utah 3, Denver 2 during which players met among themselves Basketball Players Association detailed the commitments that made players comfortable Denver 135, Utah 125, OT and with coaches and owners before an agree- continuing the postseason. Utah 124, Denver 105 Utah 124, Denver 87 ment to resume was reached. Utah 129, Denver 127 “The key to this thing is that I think we all were already on board. Houston’s Toyota Cen- nal justice reform. Denver 117, Utah 107 Thursday: Game 6, ppd. needed to take a breath,” Clippers coach Doc ter was locked in this week, Madison Square And the NBA and players will work with TV x-Sunday: Game 6 Rivers said. “We needed a moment to breathe. Garden and the arenas for the Clippers, Dal- networks to create advertising spots during x-TBD: Game 7 Houston 2, Oklahoma City 2 It’s not lost on me that George Floyd didn’t get las and Utah were added Friday and Rivers the remainder of the postseason to promote Houston 123, Oklahoma City 108 that moment. But we did and we took it. And said Miami is working hard to make its facil- greater engagement in the election process Houston 112, Oklahoma City 98 Oklahoma City 119, Houston 107, OT the players took it, and they got to refocus on ity available. and their communities. Oklahoma City 117, Houston 114 the things that they wanted to focus on out- All team owners who also control their Paul said he’d never seen anything like Wednesday: Game 5, ppd. Saturday: Game 5 side of their jobs.” arena property will work with local officials the events of the previous days during his x-Monday: Game 6 High on that list is voting, mentioned fre- to turn their buildings into a voting location 15 years in the league. He also spoke with x-TBD: Game 7 CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS quently in a joint statement by the league and for the 2020 general election to allow for safe, Blake’s father. (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) the NBPA. in-person voting. “We understand how strong our voice is, Eastern Conference Many within the league of primarily Black Paul pointed out that practice facilities how powerful our voice is and ultimately Toronto vs. Boston Thursday: Game 1, ppd. players have focused on the importance of would be helpful if arenas can’t be secured. we decided if we go away from this stage we Sunday: Game 1 voting, and the need for places in inner cit- The players and the league will also im- don’t necessarily have that same platform Monday, Aug. 31: Game 2 Wednesday, Sept. 2: Game 3 ies where minorities can do so safely. With no mediately establish a social justice coalition, so we stood in solidarity,” Paul said. “We’re Friday, Sept. 4: Game 4 NBA games to be played in November, arenas made up of players, coaches and owners, that going to continue to play but we’re also going x-Sunday, Sept. 6: Game 5 x-Tuesday, Sept. 8: Game 6 are an ideal place for it. will focus on issues such as voting access and to continue to make sure that our voices are x-TBD: Game 7 Atlanta, Detroit, Charlotte and Sacramento advocating for meaningful police and crimi- heard.” NHL scoreboard NHL players use pause to focus on concerns Stanley Cup playoffs BY JOHN WAWROW bubbles in Toronto and Edmon- white players. what’s right and be a good person CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) Associated Press ton, Alberta, and on the player- “It’s great that the NBA did in the world.” EASTERN CONFERENCE driven conversations that led to this and MLB and the WNBA, The day, however, couldn’t end At Toronto (6) N.Y. Islanders 1, (1) Philadelphia 1 Braydon Coburn was polite but the NHL joining North America’s they have a lot of Black players without a racial concern being N.Y. Islanders 4, Philadelphia 0 stern in declining to answer the other pro sports leagues in stop- in those leagues. But for all these raised: The NHL is investigating Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, OT Thursday: Game 3, ppd. question. ping play. athletes in here to take a stand whether former Florida Panthers Saturday: Game 3 A day after NHL players “I think the other leagues and say, ‘You know what? We see general manager Dale Tallon Monday: Game 4 (AFN-Sports2, 2:30 a.m. Monday CET; 9:30 a.m. Monday JKT) showed a united front, prompt- initiated this,” Coburn said, re- the problem, too, and we stand made racially insensitive com- Wednesday: Game 5 ing the league to postpone two x-Thursday, Sept. 3: Game 6 ferring to the NBA and other behind you,’ ” said Vegas forward ments before the team was elimi- x-Saturday, Sept. 5: Game 7 nights of playoff games to focus sports, which postponed games Ryan Reaves, who is Black. “I go nated by the New York Islanders (2) Tampa Bay 2, (4) Boston 1 on racial injustice concerns, the Boston 3, Tampa Bay 2 on Wednesday while the NHL to war with these guys, and I hate in Toronto earlier this month. Tampa Bay 4, Boston 3, OT veteran Tampa Bay Lightning de- continued to play. “I think for us, their guts on the ice, but I couldn’t Lightning coach Jon Cooper Tampa Bay 7, Boston 1 fenseman wasn’t deviating from Friday: Game 4, ppd. we’re at the table now, and that’s be more proud of these guys. The said he wasn’t aware of the al- Saturday: Game 4 the message. really the important thing.” statement they’ve made today is legations made against Tallon Monday: Game 5 (AFN-Sports2, 1 a.m. Tuesday CET; 8 a.m. Tuesday JKT) “Thanks for the question. I The NHL altered its schedule something that’s going to last.” when asked how far the NHL x-Tuesday: Game 6 appreciate that,” Coburn began with three games each set for Sat- Reaves was among many in still had to go in addressing racial x-Wednesday: Game 7 during the Lightning’s Zoom con- WESTERN CONFERENCE urday and Sunday. noting a two-day pause isn’t going concerns. At Edmonton, Alberta ference call Friday. “But for the While players and coaches to solve the issue of racism in the “I don’t know. Can we sit here (1) Las Vegas 1, (5) Vancouver 1 Las Vegas 5, Vancouver 0 most part, and especially today representing the four Eastern wake of the the police shooting and say is it just hockey?” Cooper Vancouver 5, Las Vegas 2 and yesterday, we kind of want to Conference teams spoke on video of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin last said. “To answer your question, Thursday: Game 3, ppd. Saturday: Game 3 make sure we keep our attention calls, the four West teams went weekend. And yet, the chance to is the league behind? No. The Sunday: Game 4 (AFN-Sports2, 5:30 a.m. and the conversation around the silent a day after making a power- spend two days to allow players league’s just learning like every- Monday CET; 12:30 p.m. Monday JKT) Tuesday, Sept. 1: Game 5 issues.” ful statement shortly after games to hold in-depth conversations on one else. The league’s in a better x-Thursday, Sept. 3: Game 6 Questions about lineup chang- were postponed. social justice was deemed an im- place today than it was a couple of x-Friday, Sept. 4: Game 7 (3) Dallas 2, (2) Colorado 1 es, power plays and competing on As five players, three of them portant start. months ago, and definitely than it Dallas 5, Colorado 3 consecutive nights were placed minorities, stepped in front of an “We all realize nothing is going was a couple of years ago. Dallas 5, Colorado 2 Colorado 6, Dallas 4 on pause along with Friday’s two array of microphones, dozens of to be fixed by tomorrow morn- “I’m telling you that the play- Friday: Game 4, ppd. scheduled games. others — all wearing masks — as- ing,” Tampa Bay defenseman ers behind me are all trying to Sunday: Game 4 (AFN-Sports2, 12 a.m. Monday CET; 7a.m. Monday JKT) The emphasis was instead on sembled in rows behind them in Luke Schenn said. “But this is a use this forum to be better,” he Monday: Game 5 x-Wednesday, Sept. 2: Game 6 more important societal matters a significant show of support in a situation where everyone needs said. “We’re standing united on x-Friday, Sept. 4: Game 7 taking place outside the playoff league predominantly made up of to learn and ask questions and do this front.” PAGE 20 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, August 30, 2020 MLB SCOREBOARD

American League Friday Blue Jays 5, Orioles 4 (10) Indians 14, Cardinals 2 East Division Mets 6, Yankees 4 (7) Baltimore Toronto Cleveland St. Louis W L Pct GB ab r h bi ab r h bi First game ab r h bi ab r h bi Tampa Bay 22 11 .667 — Albrto 3b-2b 5 1 4 1 Biggio 2b 4 0 0 0 Hrnandez 2b 5 0 1 0 Wong 2b 5 0 0 0 New York 16 13 .552 4 New York New York ab r h bi ab r h bi Santander rf 5 0 0 0 Grichuk cf 5 1 2 2 Freeman 2b 1 0 1 0 DeJong ss 4 0 3 0 Toronto 16 14 .533 4½ Iglesias dh 5 1 2 0 Guerrero 1b 4 2 2 1 Ramirez 3b 4 3 2 0 Gldschmdt 1b 2 0 0 0 Baltimore 14 17 .452 7 McNeil 2b 4 0 0 0 Voit dh 4 2 3 0 Nunez 1b 3 1 1 1 Hrnandez rf 3 1 1 1 Lindor ss 4 3 2 0 Knizner c 1 0 0 0 Boston 10 22 .313 11½ Davis 3b 4 1 1 0 Frazier rf 2 2 2 3 Gimenez 3b 0 0 0 0 Gardner lf 2 0 1 0 Severino c 4 0 0 0 Gurriel lf 4 0 0 0 Chang ss 2 0 1 1 Miller dh-3b 3 0 2 0 Central Division Montcstle lf 4 0 2 2 Tellez dh 4 0 0 0 C.Sntana 1b 3 4 2 2 Crpnter 3b-1b 3 0 0 0 Chicago 20 12 .625 — Conforto rf 4 1 2 0 G.Sanchez c 3 0 0 0 Alonso 1b 4 1 1 3 Ford 1b 4 0 1 0 Williams lf 0 0 0 0 Shaw 3b 4 0 1 0 F.Reyes dh 4 3 3 5 Molina c 1 0 0 0 Cleveland 20 12 .625 — Valika 2b-ss 4 0 2 0 Jansen c 3 0 1 0 Leon ph-dh 2 0 1 0 Schrck 3b-p 2 0 0 0 Minnesota 20 12 .625 — Cano dh 3 0 1 0 Andujar 3b 3 0 0 0 Ramos c 3 0 0 0 Mercer ss 1 0 0 0 Velazquez ss 3 0 0 0 Vglbach ph 1 0 0 0 Naquin rf 5 1 1 2 O’Neill lf 3 1 0 0 Detroit 13 16 .448 5½ Ruiz ph-3b 1 1 0 0 McGuire c 0 1 0 0 Luplow lf 4 0 0 1 Fowler rf 2 1 1 2 Kansas City 12 20 .375 8 Smith lf 2 2 1 1 Florial cf 3 0 1 0 Nimmo lf 0 0 0 0 a-Hicks ph 1 0 0 0 Mullins cf 2 0 0 0 Panik ss 4 0 1 0 R.Perez c 5 0 3 1 Bader cf 1 0 0 0 West Division Marisnick cf 3 1 2 1 Estrda 2b-3b 3 0 0 0 Totals 36 4 11 4 Totals 36 5 8 4 DeShields cf 5 0 3 1 Crlson cf-rf 4 0 0 0 Oakland 22 10 .688 — Rosario ss 3 0 1 0 Wade ss-2b 3 0 0 0 Baltimore 000 002 010 1—4 Totals 44 14 20 13 Totals 31 2 6 2 Houston 17 14 .548 4½ Totals 30 6 9 5 Totals 29 4 8 3 Toronto 000 201 000 2—5 Cleveland 420 024 200—14 Texas 12 19 .387 9½ New York (N) 000 015 0—6 E—Biggio (3). DP—Baltimore 1, To- St. Louis 020 000 000— 2 Seattle 13 21 .382 10 New York (A) 220 000 0—4 ronto 2. LOB—Baltimore 6, Toronto 5. E—C.Santana (1), Molina (1). DP— Los Angeles 11 22 .333 11½ E—Andujar 2 (3). DP—New York (N) 0, 2B—Panik (1), Guerrero Jr. (8), Jansen (2). /AP Cleveland 2, St. Louis 1. LOB—Cleveland New York (A) 1. LOB—New York (N) 4, New HR—Nunez (7), Guerrero Jr. (5), Hernan- ALEX GALLARDO 12, St. Louis 8. 2B—F.Reyes (4), Lindor York (A) 9. 2B—Frazier (4), Voit (2), Ford dez (12), Grichuk (9). S—Mullins (2). (8), DeShields (1), Ramirez (7), Miller (4). National League (3). HR—Alonso (6), Smith (7), Marisnick IP H R ER BB SO The Mariners’ J.P. Crawford, HR—F.Reyes (7), C.Santana (4), Naquin East Division (1), Frazier (3). (1), Fowler (3). SF—Luplow (1). W L Pct GB IP H R ER BB SO Baltimore left, gets congratulations from Atlanta 18 13 .581 — Means 4 4 2 2 1 3 IP H R ER BB SO New York (N) 2 teammate Kyle Seager after Miami 14 13 .519 2 Tate 1 ⁄3 1 1 1 1 2 Cleveland Wacha 3 6 4 4 1 7 1 Scott 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 3 McKenzie 4 3 2 2 3 3 New York 15 16 .484 3 Lockett, W, 1-0 2 2 0 0 1 3 scoring during the sixth inning Philadelphia 13 14 .481 3 Castro 1 1 0 0 0 2 Hill, W, 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Betances, H, 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 Sulser L,1-3 1 ⁄3 1 2 1 0 1 Friday against the Angels in Washington 12 17 .414 5 Diaz, S, 2-5 1 0 0 0 0 3 Plutko, S, 1-1 4 2 0 0 3 2 Central Division Toronto Anaheim, Calif. St. Louis New York (A) 2 Chicago 18 13 .581 — Ryu 6 8 2 2 1 7 Ponce de Leon, L, 0-3 ⁄3 2 4 4 4 0 Montgomery 5 5 3 2 0 6 1 St. Louis 11 12 .478 3 Hatch H,3 1 0 0 0 1 1 Woodford 3 ⁄3 5 2 2 0 3 Green, L, 2-2, BS, 0-2 1 3 3 3 0 2 2 Cincinnati 14 17 .452 4 Romano BS,2-3 ⁄3 1 1 1 0 1 White Sox 6, Royals 5 Fernandez 1 6 6 6 2 1 Holder 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Milwaukee 14 17 .452 4 Bass 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 2 Montgomery pitched to 2 batters in Kansas City Chicago Schrock 1 0 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh 9 20 .310 8 Dolis W,1-1 1 1 1 0 0 1 Sanchez 2 4 2 2 1 1 the 6th. HBP—Lockett (Gardner), Mont- ab r h bi ab r h bi West Division gomery (Smith), Betances (Frazier). WP—Scott. T—3:19. Webb 1 3 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles 24 10 .706 — WP—Wacha, Montgomery. T—2:30. Mrrfeld cf-rf 5 1 1 1 Andrson ss 5 1 1 0 Fernandez pitched to 4 batters in the San Diego 20 14 .588 4 Dozier rf-1b 4 2 1 0 Jimenez lf 4 2 2 2 6th. HBP—Sanchez (Naquin). WP—Wood- Colorado 16 16 .500 7 Nationals 10, Red Sox 2 Soler dh 4 1 2 2 Dyson lf 0 0 0 0 ford. T—3:51. San Francisco 15 19 .441 9 Mets 4, Yankees 3 (7) O’Hearn 1b 2 0 1 1 Grandal c 5 1 2 1 Washington Boston Strling pr-cf 0 1 0 0 Abreu 1b 4 0 1 0 Arizona 14 19 .424 9½ Second game ab r h bi ab r h bi Thursday’s games Franco 3b 5 0 2 0 Encrncin dh 2 0 0 0 Padres 10, Rockies 4 New York New York Turner ss 5 1 3 3 Verdugo lf 5 1 1 0 Gordon lf 5 0 3 0 Moncada 3b 4 1 2 1 San Diego 10, Seattle 7, 7 innings, 1st ab r h bi ab r h bi San Diego Colorado game Difo ss 0 0 0 0 Devers 3b 4 0 1 1 Mondesi ss 5 0 0 0 Robert cf 4 1 2 1 Seattle 8, San Diego 3, 7 innings, 2nd Voit 1b 3 0 0 0 Nimmo cf 3 0 1 1 Soto dh 5 1 1 2 Martinez dh 4 0 0 0 Lopez 2b 2 0 0 0 Mendick 2b 4 0 1 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi game Frazier rf 3 0 0 0 Conforto rf 3 1 1 0 Kendrick 1b 4 1 2 1 Bogaerts ss 3 0 1 0 Gallagher c 3 0 0 0 Engel rf 2 0 0 0 Grisham cf 6 0 0 0 Tapia lf 5 0 2 0 Gardner lf 0 0 0 0 Davis 3b 3 0 0 0 Thames 1b 1 0 1 0 Lin ss 0 1 0 0 McBroom ph 1 0 1 0 Mazra ph-rf 1 0 0 1 Tatis Jr. ss 6 1 2 0 Story ss 4 1 1 0 Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 3, 8 innings, 1st Hicks cf 4 0 2 1 Smith lf 3 0 2 1 Viloria c 0 0 0 0 game Cabrera 3b 5 0 1 0 Mreland 1b 3 0 1 0 Machado 3b 4 2 3 1 Arenado 3b 4 0 3 0 G.Snchez dh 2 0 0 1 Cano dh 3 0 1 0 Garcia 2b 0 0 0 0 Plawecki 1b 1 0 1 0 Totals 36 5 11 4 Totals 35 6 11 6 Hosmer 1b 5 3 4 1 Blackmon rf 5 1 0 0 Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 0, 7 innings, 2nd Tachmn lf-rf 2 0 0 0 Alonso 1b 3 0 0 0 Kansas City 002 000 201—5 game Suzuki c 4 1 2 0 Vazquez c 4 0 1 0 Myers rf 5 3 4 2 Murphy 1b 3 1 1 0 Andujar 3b 3 0 0 0 McNeil 2b 2 0 1 0 Eaton rf 4 1 0 0 Pillar rf 4 0 1 1 Chicago 010 021 101—6 Crnenwrth 2b 3 1 0 1 Kemp dh 4 1 1 3 L.A. Dodgers 7, San Francisco 0, 7 in- Wade 2b 0 0 0 0 Hamilton pr 0 1 0 0 E—Abreu (4). DP—Kansas City 1, Chi- nings, 1st game Hrrisn 2b-3b 5 1 2 2 Bradley cf 4 0 1 0 France dh 4 0 3 4 McMahn 2b 3 0 0 0 Mercer ss 2 1 1 0 Guillrme ss 1 1 0 0 M.Taylor lf 3 2 1 1 Peraza 2b 4 0 2 0 cago 1. LOB—Kansas City 11, Chicago 9. Mateo lf 5 0 2 1 Hilliard cf 3 0 0 0 L.A. Dodgers 2, San Francisco 0, 7 in- Estrda 2b-3b 3 1 1 0 Rosario ph 1 1 1 2 2B—Franco 2 (11), Mendick (4), Abreu (9). nings, 2nd game Robles cf 4 2 3 0 Hedges c 4 0 1 0 Hmpsn ph-cf 1 0 0 0 Kratz c 3 1 1 1 A.Sanchez c 2 0 1 0 Totals 40 10 16 9 Totals 36 2 10 2 HR—Merrifield (6), Soler (8), Robert (8), Cincinnati 6, Milwaukee 1, 7 innings, Totals 25 3 5 3 Totals 24 4 8 4 Jimenez (11), Grandal (4). S—Lopez (2). Wolters c 2 0 0 0 Washington 005 101 030—10 E.Diaz ph-c 2 0 1 0 1st game New York (A) 003 000 0—3 IP H R ER BB SO Cincinnati 6, Milwaukee 0, 7 innings, New York (N) 100 010 2—4 Boston 001 000 001— 2 Totals 42 10 19 10 Totals 36 4 9 3 DP—Washington 1, Boston 2. LOB— Kansas City San Diego 000 134 020—10 2nd game DP—New York (A) 1, New York (N) 1. 2 Washington 6, Boston 8. 2B—Robles (4), Duffy 5 ⁄3 7 4 3 1 6 Colorado 400 000 000—4 Boston at Toronto, ppd. LOB—New York (A) 6, New York (N) 4. 1 Turner 2 (8), Suzuki (3), Thames (4), De- Hahn ⁄3 1 0 0 1 1 E—Hosmer (1). DP—San Diego 0, Col- Baltimore at Tampa Bay, ppd. 2B—Hicks (7), Conforto (6), Smith (11), 1 vers (8), Peraza (7). HR—Soto (9), Kend- Zuber ⁄3 1 1 1 1 1 orado 1. LOB—San Diego 10, Colorado Minnesota at Detroit, ppd. McNeil (5), Nimmo (6). HR—Rosario (3). 2 SB—Hamilton (3). rick (2), Harrison (2). Barlow ⁄3 1 0 0 1 1 9. 2B—Myers 2 (9), Hosmer (5), Tatis Jr. Oakland at Texas, ppd. Staumont 1 0 0 0 0 2 Colorado at Arizona, ppd. IP H R ER BB SO IP H R ER BB SO (6), France (4), Mateo (2). 3B—Tapia (2). Kennedy L,0-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 HR—Kemp (3). SF—Machado (1), Cronen- Miami at N.Y. Mets, ppd. New York (A) Washington Philadelphia at Washington, ppd. Chicago worth (1). Loaisiga 3 3 1 1 0 3 Scherzer, W, 3-1 6 6 1 1 0 11 Lopez 4 6 2 2 2 4 Friday’s games Ottavino 1 1 0 0 0 1 Finnegan 1 0 0 0 0 1 IP H R ER BB SO 1 Heuer 1 0 0 0 1 1 Toronto 5, Baltimore 4, 10 innings Braymer 1 ⁄3 4 1 1 1 1 1 Nelson, H, 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 Foster BS,0-1 1 ⁄3 2 2 2 2 0 San Diego Chicago White Sox 6, Kansas City 5 2 2 2 Cessa, H, 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Harper ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Marshall ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Davies W,5-2 5 ⁄3 5 4 0 2 6 L.A. Angels 3, Seattle 2 Chpman, L, 0-1, BS, 0-1 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 Boston Cordero H,5 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 Strahm 1 1 0 0 0 2 N.Y. Mets 6, N.Y. Yankees 4, 7 innings, 1 New York (N) Perez, L, 2-4 4 8 6 6 0 1 Colome W,1-0 1 ⁄3 1 1 0 1 1 Quantrill 1 2 0 0 1 0 1st game 1 Peterson 4 4 3 3 3 3 Stock 2 3 1 1 1 0 Kennedy pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. Hill ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 N.Y. Mets 4, N.Y. Yankees 3, 7 innings, Familia 1 1 0 0 2 2 WP—Lopez. T—3:59. Pagan 1 1 0 0 1 1 2nd game Springs 2 4 3 3 0 1 Brach 1 0 0 0 0 0 J.Taylor 1 1 0 0 1 0 Colorado Tampa Bay 2, Miami 0 Hughes, W, 1-1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 HBP—Springs (M.Taylor). WP—Scher- Freeland 4 ⁄3 11 4 4 0 2 Cincinnati 6, Chicago Cubs 5 Chapman pitched to 2 batters in the Rangers 6, Dodgers 2 1 Washington 10, Boston 2 zer(2). T—3:21. Hoffman L,2-1 1 ⁄3 3 3 3 0 1 7th. T—2:23. Los Angeles Texas 1 Milwaukee 9, Pittsburgh 1 Diehl ⁄3 1 1 1 1 0 Philadelphia 7, Atlanta 4, 11 innings Brewers 9, Pirates 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi Almonte 1 0 0 0 0 2 Texas 6, L.A. Dodgers 2 Reds 6, Cubs 5 Betts rf 4 0 1 0 Choo dh 5 2 2 2 Goudeau 2 4 2 2 0 0 Pittsburgh Milwaukee Seager dh 3 1 2 1 Solak 2b 4 0 2 2 Strahm pitched to 3 batters in the 7th, Cleveland 14, St. Louis 2 Chicago Cincinnati ab r h bi ab r h bi Turner 3b 4 0 1 1 Trevino c 3 0 0 1 Quantrill pitched to 5 batters in the 8th. San Diego 10, Colorado 4 ab r h bi ab r h bi Arizona 7, San Francisco 4 Gonzalez ss 3 0 0 0 Urias 3b 5 1 2 0 1-Beaty pr-1b 0 0 0 0 Gallo rf 1 0 0 0 HBP—Freeland (France), Almonte (Hedg- Happ cf 4 0 1 0 Akiyama cf 5 0 0 0 Bellinger cf 4 0 0 0 Frazier 3b 4 0 2 0 es). WP—Hoffman, Goudeau. T—3:29. Minnesota at Detroit, ppd., 1st game Rizzo 1b 4 1 1 1 Cstellnos rf 4 1 1 0 Osuna 3b 1 0 0 0 Hiura 2b 3 1 0 0 Pollock lf 4 0 1 0 Dietrich 1b 4 1 1 1 Minnesota at Detroit, ppd., 2nd game Baez ss 4 0 0 0 Winker lf 4 2 2 1 Frazier lf 4 0 0 0 Gyorko 1b 4 2 2 2 Taylor ss 4 0 0 0 Guzman 1b 0 0 0 0 Oakland at Houston, ppd. Schwarber lf 4 2 2 1 Suarez 3b 3 2 3 3 Newman 2b 3 0 0 0 Braun rf 4 1 1 3 Muncy 1b-3b 4 0 1 0 Knr-Flefa ss 4 1 2 0 Phillies 7, Braves 4 (11) Saturday’s games Contreras dh 4 1 1 2 Mostkas 1b 4 0 0 0 Bell 1b 3 0 2 0 Petrsn pr-lf 0 0 0 0 Smith c 4 1 1 0 Heineman lf 4 1 1 0 Minnesota at Detroit (2) Heyward rf 2 1 1 1 Davidson dh 4 0 1 1 Craig 1b 1 0 0 0 Garcia dh 3 1 0 0 K.Hrnandz 2b 2 0 0 0 Taveras cf 3 1 1 0 Atlanta Philadelphia Kansas City at Chicago White Sox Bote 3b 4 0 0 0 Galvis 2b 4 1 2 1 Reynolds dh 4 0 0 0 Mathis lf-rf 4 0 2 2 Pederson ph 1 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Oakland at Houston (2) Caratini c 4 0 0 0 Garcia ss 4 0 1 0 Polanco rf 4 0 0 0 Arcia ss 3 0 0 0 Totals 34 2 7 2 Totals 32 6 11 6 Acuna cf-rf 3 1 1 0 McCtchen lf 5 1 2 2 Baltimore at Toronto Kipnis 2b 2 0 0 0 Barnhart c 4 0 1 0 Riddle 3b-ss 3 1 1 1 Gamel cf 3 1 0 0 Los Angeles 000 000 200—2 Swanson ss 5 0 0 0 Hoskins 1b 5 0 0 0 Seattle at L.A. Angels Horner ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Stallings c 3 0 1 0 Nottnghm c 3 2 1 2 Texas 002 000 40x—6 Freeman 1b 5 1 2 0 Harper rf 4 0 0 0 N.Y. Mets at N.Y. Yankees Totals 33 5 6 5 Totals 36 6 11 6 Martin cf 2 0 0 0 E—May (1). DP—Los Angeles 1, Texas Ozuna dh 4 0 1 1 Realmuto c 5 2 1 0 Atlanta at Philadelphia Chicago 200 000 003—5 Totals 31 1 4 1 Totals 32 9 8 9 0. LOB—Los Angeles 8, Texas 7. 2B—Smith d’Arnaud c 4 0 1 0 Segra 2b-3b 4 1 1 2 Cleveland at St. Louis Cincinnati 010 220 01x—6 Pittsburgh 000 000 100—1 (3), Seager (7), Choo (3), Solak (7). HR— Mrkakis rf-lf 5 0 0 0 Gregrius ss 2 1 0 0 Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati (2) E—Bote (4), Moustakas (1). DP—Chi- Milwaukee 103 220 10x—9 Dietrich (2). SB—Taveras (1), Turner (1), Duvall lf 2 0 1 0 Gosselin dh 2 0 1 0 Tampa Bay at MiamI cago 0, Cincinnati 1. LOB—Chicago 3, E—Riddle (2). LOB—Pittsburgh 5, Mil- Kiner-Falefa (6). SF—Trevino (1). Incirte pr-cf 2 1 1 1 Wlker ph-dh 3 0 0 0 L.A. Dodgers at Texas Cincinnati 7. 2B—Suarez (3), Winker (6). waukee 4. 2B—Urias (2), Mathias (3). IP H R ER BB SO Riley 3b 5 1 2 1 Bohm 3b 4 0 0 0 Pittsburgh at Milwaukee HR—Rizzo (6), Schwarber (7), Contreras HR—Riddle (1), Gyorko 2 (5), Braun (2), Camargo 2b 3 0 0 0 Kngry pr-2b 1 1 1 3 (4), Heyward (3), Suarez (7), Winker (9), Los Angeles Washington at Boston Nottingham (1). May 6 5 2 2 2 3 Adams ph 1 0 0 0 Quinn cf 3 1 1 0 San Diego at Colorado Galvis (6). 1 IP H R ER BB SO McGee, L, 2-1 ⁄3 4 4 4 0 1 Hchavrria 2b 1 0 0 0 2 San Francisco at Arizona IP H R ER BB SO Floro ⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 Totals 40 4 9 3 Totals 38 7 7 7 Sunday’s games Pittsburgh Chicago Holland L,1-2 5 6 8 8 4 8 White 1 1 0 0 1 1 Atlanta 000 101 200 00—4 Minnesota (Hill 1-1) at Detroit (Turn- Hendricks L,3-4 6 10 5 5 0 6 2 Philadelphia 002 200 000 03—7 bull 3-2) Mears 1 ⁄3 2 1 1 0 3 Texas Winkler 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 Minor 6 4 0 0 3 6 E—O’Day (1), Gregorius 2 (5). DP—At- Kansas City (Bubic 0-4) at Chicago Howard ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan 1 1 1 1 0 0 Neverauskas 1 0 0 0 0 1 Rodriguez, BS, 0-1 1 3 2 2 0 2 lanta 1, Philadelphia 3. LOB—Atlanta 10, White Sox (TBD) Cincinnati J.Hernandez, W, 4-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Philadelphia 7. 2B—Freeman (11), Ozuna Oakland (TBD) at Houston (TBD) 2 Milwaukee Mahle W,1-1 6 ⁄3 2 2 2 2 11 Montero 1 0 0 0 0 2 (6), Acuna Jr. (6), Realmuto (4). HR—In- 1 Burnes W,1-0 6 3 0 0 1 10 Baltimore (TBD) at Toronto (Roark 2- Garrett H,3 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 2 T—3:10. ciarte (1), Riley (5), McCutchen (3), Se- 1 Phelps 1 1 1 1 0 3 1) Stephenson ⁄3 3 3 3 0 1 gura (4), Kingery (1). SB—Swanson (4), 2 Rasmussen 2 0 0 0 1 2 Seattle (Dunn 2-1) at L.A. Angels (Can- Iglesias S,4-5 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Quinn (6), Gregorius (2). S—Segura (1). HBP—Holland (Nottingham). T—2:55. ning 0-3) T—2:57. Diamondbacks 7, Giants 4 IP H R ER BB SO N.Y. Mets (TBD) at N.Y. Yankees (TBD) San Francisco Arizona Atlanta N.Y. Mets (TBD) at N.Y. Yankees (TBD) ab r h bi ab r h bi Chicago Cubs (TBD) at Cincinnati Rays 2, Marlins 0 Angels 3, Mariners 2 Erlin 4 4 4 4 2 3 (TBD) Seattle Los Angeles Ystrzmski cf-rf 3 0 1 0 Locastro rf 3 2 1 0 Jackson 1 1 0 0 0 0 Tampa Bay Miami Dickerson lf 4 0 0 0 K.Marte 2b 3 2 2 0 1 Tampa Bay (TBD) at Miami (TBD) O’Day ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi 2 Longoria 3b 4 1 2 1 S.Marte cf 4 1 2 2 Minter ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Washington (Voth 0-3) at Boston (God- Meadows lf 4 1 2 0 Berti cf 4 0 2 0 Crawford ss 3 1 1 0 D.Fltcher 2b 3 0 0 0 Belt 1b 3 1 1 0 Walker 1b 3 1 1 2 ley 0-3) Martin 1 0 0 0 0 2 Lowe rf-2b 5 0 1 0 Dickerson lf 4 0 0 0 Haggerty dh 4 0 1 1 Ohtani dh 3 1 1 0 Flores dh 4 1 1 1 D.Peralta lf 4 0 1 1 Smith 1 0 0 0 0 2 Pittsburgh (Brault 0-1) at Milwaukee Y.Diaz 3b 4 0 1 1 Andrson 3b 4 0 0 0 Lewis cf 4 0 1 0 Trout cf 3 1 2 1 Solano 2b 4 0 1 0 Escobar 3b 3 0 0 0 (Woodruff 2-2)d Greene 2 1 0 0 1 2 Renfroe pr-rf 0 0 0 0 Cooper dh 4 0 2 0 Seager 3b 4 1 1 0 Rendon 3b 3 0 0 0 Crawford ss 4 1 2 2 Ahmed ss 4 0 1 1 2 Melancon L,2-1 ⁄3 1 3 2 1 1 Cleveland (Civale 3-3) at St. Louis Choi 1b 4 0 1 0 Villar 2b 3 0 0 0 Nola c 3 0 0 0 Pujols 1b 3 1 1 1 Bart c 4 0 1 0 An.Young dh 2 0 0 0 (Wainwright 2-0) Adames ss 4 0 1 0 Alfaro c 3 0 0 0 Mrmlejos 1b 3 0 1 0 Walsh pr-1b 0 0 0 0 Rickard rf 2 0 0 0 Kelly c 4 1 1 0 Philadelphia 2 L.A. Dodgers(Gonsolin 0-0) at Texas Wendle 2b-3b 4 1 1 0 L.Diaz 1b 3 0 0 0 Lopes lf 4 0 1 1 Upton lf 4 0 3 1 Sandoval ph 1 0 0 0 Wheeler 5 ⁄3 6 2 1 1 3 1 (Gibson 1-3) Margot cf 3 0 2 0 Brinson rf 2 0 1 0 Long Jr. 2b 4 0 0 0 Goodwin lf 0 0 0 0 Duggar cf 1 0 0 0 Morgan BS,0-1 ⁄3 2 2 2 0 0 San Diego (Paddack 2-3) at Colorado Tsutsugo dh 3 0 0 0 Joyce ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Bishop rf 3 0 0 0 Adell rf 4 0 0 0 Totals 34 4 9 4 Totals 30 7 9 6 Hunter 1 0 0 0 1 1 (Castellani 1-1) Perez c 4 0 1 1 Rojas ss 3 0 0 0 Castro c 3 0 0 0 San Francisco 000 001 003—4 Neris 1 0 0 0 0 2 San Francisco (Cueto 2-0) at Arizona Totals 35 2 10 2 Totals 31 0 5 0 Simmons ss 3 0 1 0 Arizona 102 040 00x—7 Workman 1 1 0 0 1 1 (Clarke 1-0) Tampa Bay 000 000 011—2 Totals 32 2 6 2 Totals 29 3 8 3 E—Anderson (1). DP—San Francisco 1, Hembree 1 0 0 0 1 1 Atlanta (TBD) at Philadelphia (Arrieta Miami 000 000 000—0 Seattle 000 001 001—2 Arizona 2. LOB—San Francisco 5, Arizona Parker W,2-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2-3) DP—Tampa Bay 0, Miami 1. LOB—Tam- Los Angeles 000 002 01x—3 6. 2B—Flores (4), K.Marte (11), Kelly (2), HBP—O’Day (Gregorius). T—4:07. pa Bay 9, Miami 6. 2B—Brinson (2), Coo- DP—Seattle 1, Los Angeles 0. LOB—Se- Ahmed (6). 3B—Belt (1). HR—Longoria Calendar per (2). SB—Margot (4). attle 6, Los Angeles 8. 2B—Crawford (3), (4), Crawford (3). SF—Walker (2). IP H R ER BB SO Seager (10), Upton (1), Ohtani (6), Pujols IP H R ER BB SO This date in baseball Aug. 31 — Last day during the season Tampa Bay (4). HR—Trout (11). SB—Ohtani (4). San Francisco Aug. 30 2 2 to trade a player. Yarbrough 6 ⁄3 4 0 0 0 5 Anderson, L, 1-2 4 ⁄3 9 7 7 3 3 1905 — Ty Cobb made his major league 1 IP H R ER BB SO 1 Sept. 15 — Last day to be contracted Fairbanks, W, 4-1 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Baragar 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 debut, hitting a double off Jack Chesbro to an organization and be eligible for Castillo, S, 2-3 1 1 0 0 1 1 Seattle Selman 1 0 0 0 0 1 of the New York Highlanders in the Ti- postseason roster. Margevicius, L, 1-2 6 7 2 2 2 5 W.Peralta 1 0 0 0 0 1 gers’ 5-3 victory. Miami Y.Ramirez 1 0 0 0 2 2 Sept. 29-30 — Wild-card games. S.Sanchez 7 6 0 0 1 10 Arizona 1910 — Tom Hughes of the New York 2 Lail 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 Oct. 15 — International amateur sign- Bleier, L, 1-1 ⁄3 1 1 1 0 1 Gallen, W, 1-0 7 5 1 1 1 5 Yankees pitched a no-hitter for 9 ⁄3 in- 1 ing period closes, 5 p.m. EDT Boxberger ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Los Angeles Widener 2 4 3 3 0 1 nings before giving up a single to Harry 2 2 Oct. 20 — World Series starts. Smith ⁄3 2 1 1 1 0 Heaney, W, 2-2 7 ⁄3 4 1 1 2 10 HBP—Gallen (Yastrzemski), Anderson Niles of the Cleveland Indians. The Yan- 1 1 October TBA — Trading resumes, day Leibrandt ⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 Buttrey, S, 4-7 1 ⁄3 2 1 1 1 0 (K.Marte), Baragar (An.Young). WP—An- kees lost 5-0, with Hughes giving up sev- after World Series. HBP—Yarbrough (Alfaro). T—2:55. HBP—Lail 2 (Rendon,Pujols). T—2:50. derson. T—2:49. en hits in 11 innings. Sunday, August 30, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 21 MLB Mets sweep doubleheader with Yankees

BY JAKE SEINER Associated Press NEW YORK — Dominic Smith wept on Wednesday night, disheartened and drained by another long 24 hours as a Black man in America. A day later, he said he felt uplifted after teammates joined him in a memorable protest. Back in his comfort zone Friday, the New York Mets outfielder took a starring role in a Subway Series instant classic. No place the earnest, jovial — and sweet- swinging — Smith would rather be. “Baseball is my safe haven,” he said. “This is where I get away from all the stresses of my life.” Smith hit the go-ahead home run in his first game since tearfully pleading for help combating racial inequality, Pete Alonso also connected and the Mets beat the crosstown Yankees 6-4 in the opener of a doubleheader. Pinch-hitter Amed Rosario then hit a walk-off, two-run homer to lift the Mets to PHOTOS BY JOHN MINCHILLO/AP a 4-3 victory in the nightcap — a bizarre scene in the Bronx, where the Yankees bat- Above: The Mets’ Amed Rosario hits a walk-off home run off Yankees closer Aroldis ted first as the visiting team in the makeup Chapman in the seventh inning of the second game of a doubleheader Friday in New of a game postponed last weekend. York. Left: The Mets’ Dominic Smith celebrates after hitting a go-ahead solo home run “We all were extremely happy to just be off Yankees reliever Chad Green in the sixth inning of the first game. back on the field and be back playing base- ball,” Smith said. “You could just see how for the second game only. open the inning, and Hamilton promptly guys feel extremely emotional about what Inspired by the emotional comments stole second despite being picked off by the happened for me and for my community from the usually upbeat Smith, the Mets All-Star left-hander. and stuff like that. staged a walkout protest against racial in- Rosario then cranked his third home run “You could definitely feel (us being) justice with the Miami Marlins on Thurs- of the season into the left-field seats, set- closer knit over the last 24 hours. I think day night. ting off the second rowdy celebration in the really, yesterday was obviously bigger Then they went wild on the bench as visiting dugout as the Mets swept the Yan- than baseball, but it’s going to bring this Smith rounded the bases, Alonso pounding kees in a doubleheader for the first time. team together.” on the dugout railing and hollering to his “I forgot that we were the home team The sweep sent the Yankees to their sev- close friend. and that that was the end of the game,” enth straight loss, their worst skid since “With what he’s lived in the last two days Rosario said through a translator. “As I 2017. emotionally, and what we lived, too, sup- rounded the bases, I saw the players com- Smith, a 25-year-old Black man, cried porting him as well, it was pretty special ing out of the dugout and I was like, ‘Wow, Wednesday night reflecting on a recent for sure,” Mets manager Luis Rojas said. we just won the game.’ ” shooting by police of a Black man in Wis- “We’re here to pick each other up,” Smith The teams are set to play five games in consin. Back on the baseball field, he and added. three days to make up for games at Citi the Mets were all smiles after his decisive Rosario, batting for Luis Guillorme, con- Field postponed last weekend after two solo shot against Chad Green in the sixth nected off closer Aroldis Chapman (0-1) members of the Mets tested positive for the inning on what was Jackie Robinson Day with pinch-runner Billy Hamilton at sec- coronavirus. Two of them, including Fri- around the majors. Both teams wore No. 42 ond base. Chapman walked Jeff McNeil to day’s late game, will be Mets home games. Roundup Scherzer strikes out 11 as Nationals cruise past Red Sox

Associated Press the field, Nationals manager Washington. “It allowed us to Reds 6, Cubs 5: Eugenio Su- and Cleveland routed host St. Davey Martinez said. “We’ll take a step back and realize why arez and Jesse Winker homered, Louis. BOSTON — Juan Soto grew see. He’ll be back out there we’re all here. There’s a reason helping host Cincinnati to its Padres 10, Rockies 4: Eric up in the Dominican Republic tomorrow.” we play together ... because oth- third consecutive victory. Hosmer and Wil Myers each con- watching Manny Ramirez play ers made the sacrifices.” Phillies 7, Braves 4: Scott left field in Boston, and the Na- A day after both teams’ games tributed four hits as part of San were postponed in the sport’s ra- Trea Turner and Victor Ro- Kingery hit a three-run homer Diego’s 19-hit attack, Ty France tionals slugger was looking for- bles had three hits apiece for off Mark Melancon with two outs ward to playing in the shadow cial justice awakening, they re- had four RBIs, and visiting San turned for Jackie Robinson Day, Washington . in the 11th inning and host Phila- Diego overcame an early four- of the Green Monster in his first Rangers 6, Dodgers 2: Derek delphia won its fourth straight. visit to Fenway Park. lining up along the baselines run deficit. before the game to listen to a re- Dietrich led off his team’s sev- Brewers 9, Pirates 1: Jedd Gy- Angels 3, Mariners 2: At Ana- Instead, Soto was in the lineup enth inning with a tiebreaking orko homered twice and Corbin corded speech from the player heim, Calif., Mike Trout hom- at designated hitter and had to home run and Texas beat visit- Burnes struck out 10 in six in- who broke baseball’s color barri- ered, Justin Upton delivered the settle for imitating Ramirez at ing Los Angeles. nings to lead host Milwaukee. the plate. er. Boston’s Jackie Bradley Jr. — Rays 2, Marlins 0: At Miami, White Sox 6, Royals 5: Yas- tiebreaking RBI single in the Soto and Howie Kendrick hit the only Black player on the last Ryan Yarbrough and two reliev- mani Grandal hit his third career sixth inning to help Los Angeles back-to-back homers in Wash- team in the majors to integrate ers combined on a five-hitter, game-ending home run in the win back-to-back games for only ington’s five-run third inning, — knelt for the national anthem, and AL East-leading Tampa Bay ninth after a defensive miscue the second time all season. and Max Scherzer struck out 11 with teammate Alex Verdugo won its third game in a row. as Chicago beat visiting Kansas Diamondbacks 7, Giants 4: to lead the Nationals to a 10-2 taking a knee beside him. Blue Jays 5, Orioles 4 (10): At City. Zac Gallen earned his first win victory over the Red Sox on Fri- “I think it was a great day for Buffalo, N.Y., Randal Grichuk hit Indians 14, Cardinals 2: Fran- of the season, Starling Marte had day night. us to come back and play, and a two-run homer with two outs in mil Reyes homered and drove in two hits and two RBIs and host “Juan is a big Manny fan. He represent him well,” said Josh the 10th inning, lifting Toronto to five runs, Carlos Santana hit a Arizona snapped an eight-game was disappointed” he didn’t play Harrison, who also homered for the win. home run and scored four times losing streak. PAGE 22 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, August 30, 2020 NFL Breakout season? These second-year players worth watching

BY JOSH DUBOW ago, Williams had 32 catches for Associated Press 428 yards and three TDs before a knee injury ended his season ohnathan Abram’s physi- after eight games. Williams was cal play and loud talking tied for the NFL lead among rook- made him a player Jon ies in catches and ranked fourth JGruden felt would be a in yards receiving at the time of tone-setter for the Raiders de- his injury but he’s recovered now. fense last season. There should be plenty of oppor- Instead, the rookie safety in- tunities in Miami, especially after jured his shoulder in the season Allen Hurns and Albert Wilson opener and didn’t play again last both opted out this season. season. Now Abram is one of sev- eral second-year players poised Buffalo DT Ed Oliver for a breakout season in 2020. “You saw once he got on the field The No. 9 overall pick had five how much the energy changes on sacks as part of one of the NFL’s defense and stingiest defenses last season. But how he’s real- Oliver has the potential to be a ‘ To have ly an enforcer game-breaker and could emerge him out out there,” as one of the top pass-rushing Gruden said. DON WRIGHT/AP interior defensive linemen this there for “So, to have season. a yearlong him out there Pittsburgh Steelers wide for a year- receiver Diontae Johnson Arizona CB basis, I long basis, I showed flashes of brilliance last feel like feel like that season as a rookie, making 59 Byron Murphy catches for 680 yards and five really gives The top pick in the second that really touchdowns. the defense round struggled as a rookie, al- gives the a change of as a rookie with 59 catches for lowing the most TD passes (nine) defense a attitude.” of any player in 2019, according There were 680 yards and five TDs despite change of substandard quarterback play to SportsInfo Solutions. Murphy plenty of could have less pressure this attitude. rookies who from Mason Rudolph and Devlin ’ Hodges. With a healthy Ben Ro- season with Patrick Peterson ex- Jon Gruden made an im- pected to play all year after being mediate im- ethlisberger this season, Johnson Raiders coach could be the latest star receiver in suspended the first six games a on S Johnathan pact last year year ago. The Cardinals had been with defen- Pittsburgh drafted after the first Abram, who round. hoping to move Murphy into the played in only sive end Nick slot this season but might have one game last Bosa helping to keep him outside after Robert DANIEL GLUSKOTER, ABOVE, AND WILFREDO LEE, BELOW/AP season the San Fran- New England LB Alford went down with a sea- cisco 49ers Chase Winovich son-ending injury for the second Above: Oakland Raiders safety Johnathan Abram injured his shoulder make it to the Super Bowl, quar- straight year. during the season opener last year and didn’t play again. He’s being The third-round pick last year looked at by head coach Jon Gruden as a tone-setter. terback Kyler Murray reviving a AP pro football writer Teresa Walker dormant offense in Arizona and was only a part-time player as a in Nashville, Tenn., contributed to this Below: Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Ed Oliver, right, had five sacks receiver A.J. Brown helping Ten- rookie, getting on the field for report. in his rookie season, but has the potential to be a game-changer. nessee reach the AFC title game. less than one-third of the defen- Others played smaller roles, sive snaps. But he produced in whether it was because of inju- that limited time with 5 ½ sacks ries, adjusting to the pro game and 26 quarterback pressures on or other factors. While Abram’s 203 pass rush opportunities, ac- season was cut short because of cording to SportsInfo Solutions. an injury, Tennessee first-round With Dont’a Hightower having defensive tackle Jeffrey Simmons opted out this season, and Jamie started late because of one. Collins and Kyle Van Noy leav- The 6-foot-4 lineman was ex- ing in free agency, Winovich will pected to be a top-10 draft pick in have to carry a much bigger load 2019 before tearing his left ACL in year two. in February, which dropped him to No. 19 overall and the Titans. Green Bay TE Simmons recovered in time to Jace Sternberger play nine games of the regular season and three playoff games. The third-round pick missed Simmons had two sacks even as more than half of his rookie he felt unable to cut or bend as he season with an ankle injury and knows he can when fully healthy. didn’t catch a single pass in the “We all got a glimpse of that regular season. He did catch a last year when he came in TD pass in the NFC title game and wrecked shop,” teammate against San Francisco but will DaQuan Jones said. “I’m just ex- be counted on to contribute much cited for him to come out there more this season after Jimmy fully healthy and do what he does Graham left in free agency. With best, be a big, dominant player.” questions at wide receiver behind Davante Adams, quarterback Pittsburgh WR Aaron Rodgers needs another dependable option in the passing Diontae Johnson game and Sternberger could pro- When the Steelers traded away vide just that. star receiver Antonio Brown last offseason, they used one of the Miami WR two draft picks they got from Preston Williams the Raiders on Johnson in the third round. He showed flashes After going undrafted a year Sunday, August 30, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 23 NFL/US OPEN Silence: Players won’t derive energy from fans

FROM BACK PAGE own out there. No teammates and And, of course, the fans them- no coach standing right there on selves don’t get to go — while the sideline to suggest a quick ad- those watching on TV will find it justment or draw up a play. oddly quiet after points and see “Tennis is such a mental sport, large swaths of cloth stretched and I guess it makes it way more over empty seats. difficult without fans, because I “I absolutely love playing for just imagine playing in the fifth people. I absolutely love when set on Arthur Ashe, night session, people come and enjoy a perfor- way past midnight — and in a mance that myself and my oppo- normal year, you get so much en- nent are able to put on for them,” ergy from the fans. They give you said Johanna Konta, a British so much, all this atmosphere,” player seeded ninth in New York. said Dominic Thiem, an Austrian “But obviously that’s not the real- seeded No. 2 in New York behind ity we have right now.” Novak Djokovic and a three- She and others got a chance time runner-up at Grand Slam to sample the silence during the tournaments. Western & Southern Open, a “And now, in an empty stadi- PHOTOS BY DAVID ZALUBOWSKI/AP tournament normally played in um, maybe your coach and your Ohio but moved to the U.S. Open’s team is there. These are the only Denver Broncos running back Melvin Gordon, left, takes part in drills with running back LeVante Bellamy site this year because of the people,” Thiem said. “That makes during practice Friday in Englewood, Colo. Gordon is from Kenosha, Wis., where protests are taking pandemic. it, I guess, very, very lonely. Very, place in the wake of the shooting of Black resident Jacob Blake. One benefit players noticed in very tough. And that’s going to the week before the U.S. Open: be a very interesting thing to no packs of people to deal with experience.” while navigating the tournament It’ll be particularly unusual at grounds. Flushing Meadows, famous for Kenosha unrest personal its boisterous crowds who tend to On court, it was lonely. “You can hear yourself make much more noise than their breathe,” said Kristina Mlad- counterparts at the All England enovic, a four-time Grand Slam Club or Roland Garros. doubles champion from France. Especially during the New York to new Denver RB Gordon “But this is better than nothing — night sessions, where the social- than being home on the couch.” izing and imbibing take things to After winning the first sanc- a whole other level. BY ARNIE STAPLETON tioned ATP men’s match since “There’s a hush when you walk Associated Press March at the Western & Southern out on Centre Court at Wimble- Open, Felix Auger-Aliassime jok- don. When you walk out at the ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The latest flashpoints ingly sent a ball toward his coach U.S. Open, there’s an explosion,” in the racial justice movement hit home for Melvin in the stands, the way players will said Chris Evert, who won six of Gordon and the rest of his new teammates. offer a souvenir to spectators. her 18 Grand Slam singles titles The veteran running back who joined the Den- “To have nobody, to have no in New York. ver Broncos in free agency this spring is a native crowd, it feels weird,” said Auger- “It’s going to be challenging, of Kenosha, Wis., where a Black man was shot in Aliassime, a Canadian seeded mentally, for the players. The ones the back seven times by police last weekend and a 15th for the U.S. Open. “I’m not that can focus, compartmentalize white teenager shot two protesters in the unrest that a fan of it.” — just manage to remember that followed. In team sports in empty are- they are playing a Grand Slam “It was just sad to see, just do so much for the nas, such as Major League and the importance of it — will community and to see on TV what’s going on, it was Baseball or the NBA, someone handle it a little bit easier than just heartbreaking,” Gordon said Friday when the wearing the same uniform can those that are a little all over the Broncos returned to practice a day after joining offer a pat on the back or words of place,” Evert said. “Either way, eight other NFL teams in cancelling their workout encouragement. hopefully it’s a once-in-a-lifetime in light of the shooting of Jacob Blake. In tennis, players are on their thing.” “And seeing people from my community getting shot in the street and then the kid getting offered water (by police officers) before or after, I don’t care when it was, it was just sad to see, man,” Gordon said. Broncos safety Justin Simmons said Gordon’s Safety Justin Simmons, who spoke out during heart-felt speech in front of the team on Thursday peaceful protests in Colorado and Florida follow- really resonated with his new teammates. ing the George Floyd killing in Minneapolis in June, said Gordon’s heart-felt speech before the justice or police brutality. team on Thursday really resonated with his new “This is a problem that’s recurring weeks after teammates. weeks on end and we’re kind of just doing the bare “He said maybe two words and he got choked up minimum,” Simmons said. “And I get frustrated and emotional and the atmosphere in that room just thinking about it because I feel like the NFL — and changed,” Simmons said. the Broncos and Colorado — we hold such big plat- Gordon said it wasn’t easy to open up in front of forms and we have such power that we can really his new team, which he joined in free agency after make great change.” four seasons with the division rival Chargers. Simmons pointed to a players-supported bill in “Yeah, it was tough, just still trying to get a feel the state Legislature this summer that called for for everyone on the team,” Gordon said. “It’s just mandatory body cameras on police officers, among tough in general being a man and having to stand up other reforms, suggesting it’s something every state in front of a group of men and show emotion, show should adopt. weakness in a sense. No man likes to do that. But Simmons and Gordon said they hope the league any time Kenosha was brought up, I just get emo- follows in the footsteps of the NBA, which on Friday tional about it and I just had to get it off my chest. issued a joint statement with its players saying they “Everybody from top down in this organization, were committed to establishing a social justice co- from the higher ups, to players, to coaches, every- alition, using arenas as voting locations in Novem- body was supportive. We all spoke on it and they ber and working with network partners to create EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ/AP were very encouraging and I couldn’t thank them advertising spots for the playoffs promoting greater more for that.” civic engagement in national and local elections. Russia’s Daniil Medvedev returns a shot to Spain’s Rafael Nadal Simmons wondered if the NFL and its players “We have all the examples out there to follow — during the 2019 men’s singles final at the U.S. Open in New York. would do more than sit out practice in protest if a with the NBA leading the way. So, just take note,” This year, Medvedev won’t enjoy the wildly positive support he got player’s family was directly impacted by racial in- Gordon said. from fans while pushing Nadal to five sets. S TARS AND STRIPES Sunday, August 30, 2020 Hitting home Kenosha shooting was in hometown SPORTS of Broncos’ Gordon » NFL, Page 23

There will be neither boos nor cheers at the U.S. Open, because spectators were banned from attending. US OPEN SoundPHOTOS BY FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP of silence

Faced with the reality of COVID-19, Grand Slam being played sans fans ‘ BY HOWARD FENDRICH of several measures meant to protect players You Associated Press and others on-site from getting — or spreading can hear — the coronavirus. ne of the enduring images of the “It’s going to be really sad without the New yourself 2019 U.S. Open simply will not breathe. — could not — happen at the 2020 York crowd,” Medvedev said. “It’s going to be But this is U.S. Open: Eventual runner-up really strange, of course, for us.” Daniil Medvedev’s heel turn, goad- For everyone, really, changing the very fab- better than O ric of the event. nothing — ing and taunting the folks in the stands jeering him. Players can’t get a welcome boost of energy than being By the end of the tournament, the charis- or, conversely, don’t need to fret about having home matic Medvedev had won them over, receiving people rooting against them — or simply the wildly positive support in 23,771-capacity Ar- pressure of performing in front of thousands. on the Coaches will find it easier to shout something couch. thur Ashe Stadium while pushing Rafael Nadal ’ to five sets in a rollicking final. to a player or, conversely, won’t be bothered by Japan’s Naomi Osaka arrives for her match with Belgium’s Elise Mertens Kristina Neither those early boos nor late cheers will kibitzing from a few rows away. Mladenovic Chair umpires won’t need to plead, “Quiet, wearing a mask and a Black Lives Matter Four-time be heard this year at Flushing Meadows, where shirt during the semifinals of the Western the American Grand Slam tournament begins please!” or delay starting the serve clock until Grand Slam after post-point noise dies down. & Southern Open, which is taking place doubles champion Monday. All spectators were banned from the in Flushing Meadows, N.Y., the site of the from France Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, one SEE SILENCE ON PAGE 23 upcoming U.S. Open.

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