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Volume 79, No. 80 ©SS 2020 CONTINGENCY EDITION FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2020 stripes.com Free to Deployed Areas First Black service chief: ‘I’m simply in awe today’

BY COREY DICKSTEIN Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — Gen. Charles Brown was sworn in Thursday morning as the Air Force’s 22nd chief of staff, becoming the first Black military service chief in the 245 year history of the U.S. armed forces. The longtime fighter pilot known as “CQ” beamed as top Pentagon leaders praised his service that has taken him across the globe, commanding in re- cent years all U.S. air forces in the Middle East and the Pacific. He took over the service during a ceremony at Joint Base An- drews, Md., from another career Brown fighter pilot, as Gen. David Gold- fein retired after leading the service since July 2016. “I’m simply in awe today,” Brown said in brief remarks after assuming the role of the service’s top general. He acknowl- 75 years after bombing, Hiroshima mayor urges nuclear disarmament edged his selection made Thursday a “very historic day” in U.S. history as he thanked BY JAMES BOLINGER past African American military leaders AND HANA KUSUMOTO Inside: for paving his way, including the famed Stars and Stripes Tuskegee Airmen of World War II and Air Manhattan Project’s legacy of revolutionary Force Gen. Daniel “Chappie” James, who HIROSHIMA, Japan in 1975 became America’s first Black four- he mayor of the first city to discovery was not without cost to nation, Page 6 star general. be devastated by an atomic “I do not take this moment lightly,” he bomb urged the world’s na- global public to unite with the spirit of back significantly this year because of said. “It is due to their trials and tribula- tions, including Japan, to Hiroshima.” concerns over the coronavirus. tions in breaking barriers that I can ad- take nuclear disarmament The city was effectively leveled by The bell sounded seven times for the dress you today as the Air Force chief of T the attack on Aug. 6, 1945. Days later, a 324,129 lives lost either in the atomic more seriously as Hiroshima marked the staff.” attack’s 75th anniversary Thursday. second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, bombing or from its effects in the years In his remarks, Brown noted his promo- “I ask the Japanese government to leading to Japan’s surrender and the end since. The wavering tone swept across tion to lead the Air Force would never have heed the appeal of the hibakusha (atomic of World War II. the crowd of survivors, mourners who come had his father — a career Army of- bomb survivors) to sign, ratify and be- Matsui spoke during a ceremony at lost family in the attack, dignitaries, ficer — not talked him out of quitting the come a party to the Treaty on the Prohi- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park that media and Hiroshima residents who ROTC program at Texas Tech University bition of Nuclear Weapons,” Hiroshima paused for a tolling bell at 8:15 am., the gathered to mark the anniversary. after just one semester. Even after com- Mayor Kazumi Matsui told an audience precise moment 75 years earlier that “It was said that nothing will grow missioning into the service in 1994, Brown that included Prime Minster Shinzo a U.S. B-29 Superfortress dropped the here for 75 years, but 75 years later, said he only planned to serve four years. Abe. “As the only nation to suffer a nu- bomb, dubbed Little Boy, over the city But Brown fell in love with flying fighter clear attack, Japan must persuade the center. The annual ceremony was scaled SEE ACT ON PAGE 7 jets. During his career, he’s flown some 20 different airplanes and helicopters, pri- Five-year-old Saki Morioki prays as paper lanterns float along the Motoyasu River in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome, marily F-16 Fighting Falcons, including Thursday, in Hiroshima as Japan marked the 75th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. some 130 hours in combat, according to his EUGENE HOSHIKO/AP SEE FIRST ON PAGE 3 PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 7, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Nintendo profit zooms as world stuck at home Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9101 Euro costs (Aug. 7) ...... $1.16 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.09 Dollar buys (Aug. 7) ...... €0.8228 Turkey (Lira) ...... 7.2749 British pound (Aug. 7) ...... $1.28 Associated Press (Military exchange rates are those Especially popular was “Ani- ware games, were zooming amid Japanese yen (Aug. 7) ...... 103.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (Aug. 7) ...... 1,154.00 mal Crossing: New Horizons,” of the pandemic. 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T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup .. 14 Comics ...... 18 Crossword ...... 18 Faces ...... 15 Opinion ...... 16-17 Sports ...... 19-24 Friday, August 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MILITARY Esper: George Floyd death is ‘wake-up call’

BY COREY DICKSTEIN In June, as protests spread some of the military’s most senior service member. The 15-member still, the military services have Stars and Stripes across all 50 U.S. states over minority personnel — including board includes high-ranking and reported in recent months un- Floyd’s death and other cases of Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown, who mid-ranking officers and enlisted explained disparities such as WASHINGTON — Defense police brutality, Esper said he on Thursday became the Air troops with varying backgrounds. minority troops being promoted Secretary Mark Esper on was moved to look more deeply at Force chief of staff, the first-ever Esper said he expected the young- at a lower rate into senior ranks Wednesday called George Floyd’s race relations within the military, Black leader of a service branch. er members to provide fresh per- than their white colleagues and killing on Memorial Day by Min- where Black and other minority In a video in June, Brown talked spectives for the Pentagon. Blacks and other minorities fac- nesota police a “wake-up call” troops were speaking out about about the discrimination that he “We knew they would own ing a significantly higher likeli- to military leadership about the injustices that they felt they had had faced as a young fighter pilot, the future,” he said of including hood of facing punishment while racism and inequality minority faced. including disbelief among others troops in ranks as low as a Ma- in uniform. Americans face, including those In recent weeks, Esper and that he was a pilot because of his rine Corps captain and an Army The services have launched in- serving in the armed forces. other top Pentagon leaders have skin color. sergeant. “They really know they vestigations meant to determine “I don’t think what everybody the root causes of those issues, [in the Defense Department’s met with groups of service mem- Last month, Esper ordered the have to help lead us on this.” and Esper has charged the diver- leadership] appreciated, at least bers as they travel throughout the creation of two separate panels The second board — to be called me personally, is the depth of United States and abroad to dis- to study the military’s handling the Defense Advisory Committee sity panels to consider them as sentiment out there among our cuss race issues. Those meetings, of racial issues, its diversity and on Diversity and Inclusion in the well. service members of color, par- time and again, revealed minority equal opportunity for troops of all Armed Forces — will be made up “It is a profound issue,” Esper ticularly Black Americans, about service members faced discrimi- races and ethnicities. One panel, of outside experts and is intended said. “It’s critical because, first of how much [impact] the killing nation in their lives, he said. which began work last month, to stand permanently, charged all, it’s the right thing to do, but of George Floyd … had on them, “You get a true sense of what is made up of military officials with looking critically at the mil- secondly, it’s important to [com- and what they are experiencing they’ve experienced,” Esper said. tasked with quickly establishing itary’s race issues and regularly bat] readiness. If we’re going in the ranks, as well,” Esper told “Anecdotes, story after story, and recommendations for Esper to providing Pentagon leaders rec- to deploy and employ a ready, an audience for the annual Aspen … it’s all consistent. Everywhere I implement department-wide by ommendations for improvement. capable force, we have to have Security Forum, which is being go, regardless of service, regard- December. Esper said he expected the group Americans of all walks, of all col- conducted virtually this week less of location, same type of sto- The internal panel is led by Air to begin work in November. ors, ethnicities, etc., filling out due to coronavirus concerns. “We ries, same types of experiences.” Force Secretary Barbara Bar- Pentagon leaders, including the team and [being] part of the took it upon ourselves as a leader- Among the service members rett and Senior Enlisted Advisor Esper, have long said they were team.” ship team — we had to do better. who shared publicly issues that to the Chairman Ramon Colon- committed to racial and other [email protected] We must do better.” they have faced in uniform were Lopez, the military’s top enlisted equality within the military. But Twitter: @CDicksteinDC First: Goldfein praises his replacement, says future has ‘never looked brighter’

FROM FRONT PAGE of State from 2001 to 2005. service biography. Brown told airmen that they Brown has commanded a fight- can expect his full attention as he er squadron, the U.S. Air Force takes over the service in the midst Weapons School, two fighter of changes. Those include a shift wings, and served as an adviser in focus from counterterrorism to top Air Force uniformed and operations to large-scaled combat civilian leaders, according to his operations against military rivals bio. He also served as the No. 2 with similar weapons, such as fighter jets and anti-aircraft mis- general for U.S. Central Com- siles, as well as a renewed focus mand from July 2016 to July 2018 on improving racial equality in before taking command of U.S. ABBEY RIEVES/U.S. Air Force the service’s ranks. Pacific Air Forces, his most re- “No doubt there are challenges U.S. Air Force Capt. Adam Remme, 17th Medical Group pharmacy element chief, mandates prescription cent assignment. ahead that will be difficult but not refills during the preparations for the Ross Clinic pharmacy’s curbside reinstatement on Goodfellow Air Army Gen. Mark Milley, the Force Base, Texas, on May 6. impossible,” Brown said. “You chairman of the Joint Chief of can expect my leadership to be Staff, described the new Air framed by the same four tenets I Force leader as “a seasoned war- have used throughout my career: Thousands to pay new increased rior” who will advance the Air Execute at a high standard, be Force as a fighting force and as disciplined in execution, pay at- an institution that takes care of tention to details, and have fun.” Tricare enrollment fees in 2021 its people. [email protected] “In ‘CQ,’ we have all that is good Twitter: @CDicksteinDC BY STEVE BEYNON of Tricare, the health care pro- “In order to maintain health about America,” Milley said. “In Stars and Stripes gram for service members, retir- coverage unless waived by law, ‘CQ,’ we see that America can be ees, and their families. Tricare Select Group A retired a better place.” WASHINGTON — The De- Any service member who beneficiaries must take action Goldfein, too, noted Brown’s Corrections fense Department on Wednesday joined the military before Jan. 1, and pay their Tricare Select elevation to chief of staff was announced thousands of Tricare 2018, is in Select Group A. Select enrollment fees,” according to among the most historic in the An Aug. 6 story about beneficiaries will be required to Group B are those who enlisted a statement from the Defense service’s 73 years. two airmen who helped pay new enrollment fees in 2021. or commissioned after Jan. 1, Health Agency, which oversees “The future of our Air Force save a drowning toddler’s has never looked brighter” than Tricare Select Group A retirees 2018, and have already been pay- health care for the military. life in Germany should it does under Brown’s leadership, will be required to pay new fees ing enrollment fees. The Defense However, enrollment fees are have said that the child starting Jan. 1, 2021. An individ- he said. Health Agency said there are no waived for Chapter 61 retirees, was flown by helicopter to ual’s monthly enrollment fee will Though Brown became the changes to Group B. their family and survivors of de- a hospital in Saarbruecken, be $12.50 or $150 annually. ceased service members. Chap- first African American leader of a Beneficiaries will need to about 30 miles away. Monthly family fees will be contact their Tricare regional ter 61 refers to veterans who were military service, he is not the first An Aug. 6 story about $25 or $300 annually. There are contractors and set up their en- medically retired from military Black member of the Joint Chiefs Spc. Curtis Fort, 61, of 407,431 beneficiaries of Tricare rollment payments. The Tricare service with a rated disability of Staff. Retired Army Gen. Colin Select, according to 2019 data regions are: Humana Military in of 30% or greater, according to Powell served as the Joint Chiefs Roanoke, Va., should have from the Defense Department. the eastern United States, Health- the Army’s Human Resources chairman from 1989 to 1993, but said he was an elder at his The new fees were mandated Net Federal Services in the west, Command. he was never Army chief of staff. church and father of eight by the 2017 National Defense Au- and International SOS Govern- [email protected] Powell went on to serve as Presi- children. thorization Act’s reorganization ment Services overseas. Twitter: @StevenBeynon dent George W. Bush’s Secretary PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 7, 2020 MILITARY Special Forces colonel to face 5 counts of assault

BY COREY DICKSTEIN the Army as an engineering of- Stars and Stripes ficer in 1992, according to his Army biography. He later became WASHINGTON — The Army a Green Beret and has served has charged a Special Forces multiple tours in Afghanistan and colonel based at Fort Bragg, N.C., South America. He has spent time with multiple counts of sexual with the Army’s 7th Special Forc- assault in a court-martial sched- es Group at uled to take place in three weeks, Eglin Air according to the service’s public Force Base, court docket. Fla., and Col. Kevin Russell faces five the 82nd counts of violating Article 120 Airborne of the Uniform Code of Military Division at Justice, which covers allegations Fort Bragg, of rape and sexual assault, the among other Army docket shows. Russell was units. He CHRISTIAN LOPEZ/Stars and Stripes arraigned on the charges during also served a hearing at Fort Bragg in June a tour as the Navy spouse Bettie Annable poses with her children, from left, Liam, Ronan, Aurora and Audilyn, last and has pleaded not guilty, court Russell theater liai- month at the Ikego housing area near Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan . records show. His court-martial son element team chief for U.S. is scheduled for Aug. 25. Special Operations Command- Army officials on Wednesday Central, according to the Army. Navy families seek compensation said additional information about Most recently, Russell served as Russell’s case, including a charge the commander of U.S. Southern sheet, was not immediately avail- Command’s Task Force-Bravo, for extra time apart amid outbreak able. Lt. Col. Loren Bymer, a the military’s Honduras-based spokesman for U.S. Army Spe- unit of about 500 troops charged cial Operations Command, said with a range of operations in BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS vice members leave their home is hardship for families that officials were working to release Central and South America and Stars and Stripes bases for the deployment, accord- have additional separation due some documents with more in- the Caribbean region, including ing to the Defense Finance and to pre-deployment restriction of formation about the allegations quick response to natural disas- YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Accounting Service website. That movement, under the current in- against Russell. He did not say ters and other emergencies. Japan — The Navy’s coronavi- leaves a gap in coverage for those struction, family separation al- when such documents would be He is now serving an assign- rus precautions are increasing service members already sepa- lowance cannot be awarded in this made available. ment with Army Special Opera- the time sailors spend apart from rated but not yet deployed. circumstance because the statute their families, and some spouses Michael Waddington, listed tions Command, according to Task Neither does the statute ac- requires the ship to be away from say Congress should change the on the docket as Russell’s lead and Purpose, which first reported count for “bubble ship” port vis- the homeport to qualify for family Family Separation Allowance to defense attorney, did not im- the charges against Russell. its. That’s when deployed ships separation allowance,” he said. mediately return messages sent reflect that burden. make brief stops at their home- Navy spouse Danny Ku in Yo- Stars and Stripes reporter Caitlin To avoid bringing the virus Wednesday seeking comment on Kenney contributed to this story. ports but do not allow sailors to kosuka agrees the instruction the case. [email protected] onto its ships, the Navy in March disembark to keep them clear of should be changed. Russell was commissioned into Twitter: @CDicksteinDC began requiring sailors to leave the coronavirus. Under the cur- Family Separation Allowance their homes for at least 14 days of rent instruction, separation pay “has the word ‘separation,’ ” Ku restricted movement in barracks is halted when the ship is in its told Stars and Stripes. “When the before shipping out for sea duty. homeport, even when sailors can- spouse is taken away for quaran- For those on large ships, such as Mechanical failure, human not see their families. tine for the sake of the mission, it’s the 5,000-crew aircraft carriers, “The Reagan has returned already in line with that word. It the process is completed in phas- home twice since the initial de- seems to me that the definition of error cited in copter crash es and takes even longer. ployment date to pick up those that policy is outdated and should Though families are effectively be revised.” separated weeks or months be- who were quarantined and ev- Associated Press ing the routine maintenance test Willow Wegmann, whose hus- fore sailors actually go to sea, erybody was forced to remain on flight, and the pilot at the controls that ship, therefore making their band serves aboard the Reagan ST. PAUL, Minn. — Mechani- they are ineligible until the ship failed to execute an autorotative and also left for quarantine two cal failure and human error led leaves the pier for the Defense duty days seemingly everlasting descent and landing. months before deployment, said to the crash of a Black Hawk heli- Department’s $250-per-month and the longing for home even the extended separation has been copter that killed three Minneso- “It is critical for us to deter- Family Separation Allowance. deeper,” Annable wrote July 28 in ta National Guard members last mine what caused this tragic loss The allowance kicks in after 30 a letter to her congressman, Sen. difficult. December, according to a Guard of life — not so that we can place continuous days of deployment. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. “I truly feel “My spouse was pretty much summary released Wednesday. blame, but so that we can do ev- Bettie Annable is encouraging that because they were forced to on deployment [during quaran- According to the summary of erything possible to ensure noth- her fellow spouses to write Con- remain aboard while in port they tine] because I wasn’t seeing him results from a military investiga- ing like this ever happens again,” gress about the issue. Annable are entitled to their [Family Sep- and he was not coming home,” tive board, the crew was conduct- Brig. Gen. Sandy Best, interim last saw her husband, Petty Of- aration Allowance].” she said. ing a maximum power check on adjutant general of the Minnesota ficer 1st Class Ernest Annable, The separation allowance Wegmann said that “not having the number one engine near St. National Guard, said in a news when he left home April 8, exact- doesn’t have an explicit expense separation pay did not affect us Cloud. That engine failed dur- release. ly two months before his ship, the it’s meant to reimburse, but Bettie financially,” but it did for many of ing the check, and the number The UH-60L took off from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Rea- Annable said it helps her feed her her friends. two engine was in the idle set- St. Cloud Army Aviation Support gan, left its homeport, Yokosuka. four children while her husband’s Others, however, such as Yoko- ting, causing a dual engine-out Facility on Dec. 5 and went miss- “They’re using the homeport Basic Allowance for Subsistence, suka-based Navy spouse Victoria condition. ing for almost two hours. The scenario as a scapegoat,” Bettie which isn’t meant to cover de- Smith, told Stars and Stripes the The number one engine failed crashed helicopter was found in a Annable said in an interview last pendents’ meals, is cut while he’s extra pay is unwarranted. because the hydromechanical field about 16 miles southwest of month. “This scenario is new and underway. “I do not think that more money unit was incorrectly installed, St. Cloud. is pretty much uncharted waters The issue isn’t one the Navy can should be received,” she said in and inspection of the unit’s instal- The three Guard members who because they don’t have instruc- fix itself. Congress would have to a Facebook message on July 19. lation did not follow published died were Sgt. Kort M. Planten- tion, per se, as to separation pay change the statute behind the al- “My husband is on the Reagan. installation procedure, the sum- berg, 28, of Avon, Minn. ; Chief regarding quarantine.” lowance “to pay family separa- He and I knew what we signed up mary said. Warrant Officer 2 James A. Rog- The allowance, intended to tion in this circumstance,” Navy for. To serve our country. There The summary also said the ers Jr., 28, of Winsted, Minn.; and offset “added expenses incurred spokesman Cmdr. Dave Hecht is no better answer than that.” maintenance test pilot failed to Chief Warrant Officer 2 Charles because of an enforced family wrote in an email July 23. [email protected] respond to a critical situation dur- P. Nord, 30, of Perham, Minn . separation,” starts only after ser- “While we recognize that there Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Friday, August 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 EUROPE Esper: Romania, Baltics might get more US troops

BY JOHN VANDIVER move the 2nd Cavalry Regiment NOSHOBA DAVIS/U.S. Army Stars and Stripes from Vilseck, Germany, back to the U.S., the idea is to rotate forc- Soldiers with the 1st Cavalry Division clear an open engagement area during a Combined Arms Live Fire STUTTGART, Germany — Ro- es from that unit and others back Exercise in Galati, Romania, in February. mania could get a U.S. troop boost into Europe, Esper said. and so might the Baltics as part The 2nd Cavalry Regiment is to manage two brigade-size “Germany has to pay,” Trump ernment data have shown. of the plan to reduce force levels the only brigade-sized ground rotations. said on Fox News hours after the The drawdown plan, which in Germany, Defense Secretary unit left in Germany, and with Those come with a hefty price plan was unveiled. “Germany is would see units move to locations Mark Esper said. about 4,500 soldiers is the larg- tag and have been shown by stud- a wealthy country and they have in Belgium and Italy, could lead “We see putting more rota- est unit impacted by the plan ies to be more expensive than for- to pay and we’re not going to have to base closures in Germany. tional forces into the Black Sea outlined last week by Esper to cut ward-basing units. 52,000 troops in Germany where But for one base, it could have region, Romania in particular,” the number of U.S. troops in Ger- Moving troops out of Germany they make a fortune off of the Esper said Tuesday during a vir- many by around 12,000. will also be costly, Pentagon offi- troops. You know they built cities the opposite effect. tual talk with the Aspen Institute Ultimately, the goal is to have a cials have said. around our troops.” RAF Mildenhall in the United think tank. brigade-size force on rotation in President Donald Trump has The U.S. has 36,000 troops in Kingdom, which was set to close The Pentagon also wants to Europe to compensate for the re- called repeatedly for the U.S. to Germany. Adding 16,000 Ameri- once the 100th Air Refueling send more forces to the Baltic moval of 2nd Cavalry, Esper said. scale back its military presence in can civilians attached to the mili- Wing and the 352nd Special Op- states and Poland, he said. It could be a Stryker unit that is Germany, which Trump claimed tary brings the total to 52,000. erations Wing made long-delayed The U.S. military has invested rotated back to Europe, but tank is delinquent on its NATO spend- Together, those Americans moves to Germany, appears to heavily in Romania in recent brigades are also a possibility, he ing obligations. contribute about $3 billion annu- have been given a reprieve after years to support expanded troop said. While Esper said the troop ally to local German economies, Esper said leaving 2,500 Air rotations in places such as Mihail If the Pentagon also continues drawdown from Germany sought officials have said. Kogalniceanu Air Base and Cam- with its current strategy of rotat- to add “strategic flexibility” to Berlin has contributed $1 bil- Force troops at the base made pia Turzii Air Base, an emerging ing a U.S.-based armored brigade the U.S. military, Trump said it lion over the course of a decade “obvious strategic sense.” Air Force hub. to Europe every nine months, was about punishing Berlin for its to support the U.S. military pres- [email protected] As the Pentagon prepares to the Army would eventually have lack of spending on defense. ence in Germany, German gov- Twitter: @john_vandiver PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 7, 2020 HIROSHIMA AT 75 From the Manhattan Project, a legacy The nuclear age of discovery and a national burden

BY JOSEPH DITZLER Toxic chapter Stars and Stripes The uglier legacy left by the The bomb-bay doors on the B- Manhattan Project and the weap- 29 Superfortress Bockscar swung ons labs is written in starker open over Nagasaki, Japan, a little terms, including cleanup decrees, before noon on Aug. 9, 1945, and damage awards and the burden of at 11:58 a.m. one 10,800-pound nuclear weapons themselves. bomb fell away. As the Cold War ended, public Minutes later, a 5,300-pound attention came to bear on health sphere of high explosives im- risks to workers at Los Alamos ploded inside and other sites; the accumulation ANALYSIS the bomb cas- of toxic waste, documented or not; ing. The blast poor management; and a culture squeezed a soft- of secrecy. ball-sized, 13.6-pound plutonium The worst example, the Han- core to the size of a tennis ball, a ford Nuclear Reservation, is super-critical mass that started a what remains of the dirty work of chain reaction. bombmaking: 586 square miles The resulting nuclear explosion that include nine decommissioned killed approximately 39,000 peo- reactors that produced weapons- ple and injured another 25,000, grade plutonium and a “stagger- according to the online Atomic ing” amount of radioactive waste, Archive. It was the second use of according to the Northwest Power a nuclear weapon in war and the and Conservation Council. About first to employ a plutonium im- 53 million gallons of chemicals plosion device, still a mainstay of used to separate plutonium from nuclear weapons technology. uranium remains stored in 177 Scientists and engineers of the underground tanks, of which 70 are leaking and sending a radio- Manhattan Project, the top-se- Los Alamos National Laboratory cret World War II nuclear weap- active plume toward the nearby ons program, fused raw science Technical Area 3 is seen at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, N.M. Columbia River, according to the and practical engineering to cre- council. The site, one of the most ate the implosion bomb at Project basic science that yields amazing ect site, but it wasn’t the only one about $74 million, or $1.06 billion dangerous and polluted in the Y, the Los Alamos laboratory in discoveries. and it wasn’t even the first. That today, according to the Brookings U.S., includes 1,700 individual New Mexico. The Hanford Engi- “There’s a lot of impressive distinction belongs to Argonne Institution. waste sites and about 500 con- neer Works along the banks of the work going on at the lab outside of National Laboratory, on the out- The Energy Department in taminated buildings. Columbia River in central Wash- the nuclear weapons programs, skirts of Chicago, that grew out of fiscal year 2019 budgeted $2.9 At Los Alamos, self-appointed ington produced the plutonium. whether it’s on energy or on com- physicist Enrico Fermi’s search at billion for Los Alamos National watchdog Greg Mello, founder of The bomb was tested at an isolat- puting or on any number of sci- the University of Chicago for the Laboratory, of which 66%, or $1.9 the Los Alamos Study Group, has ed desert flat near Alamogordo, entific areas. They still maintain first sustained nuclear reaction. billion, was intended for weapons documented decades of worker N.M., known as Trinity Site. a high caliber of research in the “They were trying to figure programs. health problems, industrial ac- Trinity Site today is a once- national interest,” said Steven out what the critical mass is, how At its height during World War cidents and toxic waste. He also a-year tourist attraction. But 75 Aftergood, a freedom-of-infor- much uranium 235 fissile core II, Los Alamos employed about campaigns against a program un- years later, national laboratories mation advocate for the Federa- … do you actually need to start a 5,000 people. “Today there are derway to expand the lab to make at Los Alamos and Hanford, part tion of American Scientists. “I chain reaction,” said Robert Ros- over 12,000 people in the lab, just plutonium pits for a new genera- tion of nuclear warheads. of an extensive network that is wouldn’t want to overlook that.” ner, former Argonne lab director. the lab,” Rosner said during a “There’s been a pretty high cost the Manhattan Project legacy, On top of its work as a weapons Argonne is one of 10 national phone interview July 15. In addition to the raw and ap- across the warhead complex for are still in business. designer, Los Alamos National laboratories under the Depart- Laboratory, where the critical ment of Energy’s Office of Sci- plied sciences the labs produce, pursuing the nuclear arms race,” National franchise work of the Manhattan Project ence. While some, like Argonne, they preserve a model for inte- Mello said by phone July 28. took place, today engages in basic Hanford (today the Pacific grating scientists, engineers and Drawing on reports from the The two-year crash effort to research in myriad topics, from Northwest National Laboratory) other experts across a variety of Department of Labor and by in- build the bomb that encompassed black holes to cloud computing and Oak Ridge, have roots in the fields that is not widely practiced vestigative journalists, he esti- a handful of locations nationwide and climate change. The lab is Manhattan Project, they no lon- in the commercial world, Rosner mates the federal government said. has grown into 17 national labo- also using genomics to diagnose ger work primarily on weapons has paid out billions for 1,599 “Integrated teams are the ratories and dozens of affiliated cases of the coronavirus. development. The Pacific North- death claims at Los Alamos alone secret behind national labora- sites overseen by the Department When the Cold War ended, lab west lab, for example, played a from its beginnings through June of Energy on a budget this year of experts also turned their exper- tories,” he said. “Universities 2016. part in the detection of gravity traditionally cannot do this, and more than $34 billion. tise to helping the former So- “This is a technology that has waves in 2015. the reason is that we’re a silo. They continue to design new viet Union dismantle its nuclear had horrible effects,” Mello said. Argonne, originally known by We have a physics department, a weapons and maintain the na- weapons. its code name, the Metallurgical “Direct health effects, as well as, chemistry department — there’s I would say, effects on world poli- tion’s nuclear arsenal, but most Los Alamos laboratory may be Lab, became the home of the ci- a math department.” tics and on the shape of Ameri- of their work is geared toward the most famous Manhattan Proj- vilian nuclear power program, Academics find rewards in can democracy have been even Rosner said. It created the world’s their own disciplines, said Ros- worse.” very first power reactor, the Ex- ner, who is now a professor of Although a government pro- perimental Breeder Reactor, at astronomy and astrophysics at gram enacted in 2000 has paid Argonne West, now the Idaho Na- the University of Chicago. Most thousands of claims by workers tional Laboratory. physicists working at Los Alamos across the nuclear weapons com- Three national laboratories are astrophysicists, he said. plex for work-related illnesses, are still primarily devoted to “Astrophysicists are a good the link to some of those illnesses the work of nuclear weapons, in- example of that. Astronomers,” with weapons work is disputed by cluding their non-nuclear com- Rosner said. “They’re not think- some as tenuous, at best. ponents. Los Alamos, Lawrence ing about money; they’re think- However, some problems with Livermore National Laboratory ing about the universe, right? The the labs are indisputable. An era in Livermore, Calif., and Sandia Big Bang.” of mismanagement at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Albuquer- Few commercial enterprises gave rise in 2000 to the National que, N.M., fall under the authority can afford research and devel- Nuclear Security Administra- of the National Nuclear Security opment the way the labs do it, he tion, the new overseer within the Administration. said. The old Bell Laboratories, Energy Department. The state of before its break-up in 1982, pro- New Mexico has issued Los Ala- duced significant advances, such Model teamwork mos lab several cleanup decrees as the silicon chip. U.S. Department of Energy and federal audits have found The Manhattan Project em- “Ask yourself, does AT&T or mishandled or missing materials. The F Reactor plutonium production complex at Hanford, Wash., ployed as many as 130,000 people Verizon or all of the other what is is seen during the Manhattan Project era. The boxy building and cost nearly $2 billion, about used to be called Baby Bells, do A 2018 report by the Energy between the two water towers on the right is the plutonium $28.6 billion today. Work at Los they have big, basic research Department inspector general, production reactor. Alamos alone cost taxpayers labs?” he said. SEE NUCLEAR ON PAGE 7 Friday, August 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 HIROSHIMA AT 75 Nuclear: Stockpiles peaked in 1987

FROM PAGE 6 in 1963. The last U.S. nuclear test up with the U.S. hedge in testing for example, found discrepan- took place underground on Sept. data. cies in the way the Los Alamos 23, 1992. The Comprehensive Nu- He also believes in adhering lab handled beryllium, a toxic clear Test Ban Treaty has been to and renewing existing nuclear metallic element used in nuclear awaiting Senate ratification since nonproliferation treaties. reactors. 1997. “What has happened over the “Los Alamos sometimes has The U.S. instead tests its weap- last five years? We’re at the point problems accounting for nuclear ons using supercomputer simula- of almost undoing everything that materials,” Aftergood said. He di- tions fed by data collected from was done, something that took de- rects the Federation of American the real things. cades, you know, to put in place is Scientists’ Project on Govern- “I understand fully why we basically now almost completely ment Secrecy. “Every now and have atomic weapons, nuclear gone,” he said. then there’s either an espionage weapons. This is not a mystery Mello, an advocate for nuclear case or an episode of misplaced to me,” said Rosner, who is also a disarmament, agrees the U.S. classified records.” member of The Bulletin of Atom- seeking advantage by abrogating ic Scientists, another group that long-standing treaties “is a ter- Stockpile stewardship sprang from the original Man- rible idea, is stupid.” LEROY SANCHEZ/Los Alamos National Laboratory hattan Project scientists, and He said nuclear weapons are a Researchers inspect an astronomical simulation at the Los Alamos The worldwide nuclear stock- chairs its Science and Security national burden, and not just in Supercomputing Center in 2006. pile peaked at more than 70,000 Board. “And if you’d asked me terms of the health effects, toxic warheads around 1987, most of was it a good idea that we had the waste and expense surrounding become, given since we devoted acme of violence of this is nuclear them held by the former Soviet Manhattan Project my answer is: them, he said. and still devote a majority of our weapons.” Union, according to the federa- Hell, yes.” “We never became the kind discretionary income to military tion. Today that arsenal is less Discoveries in nuclear phys- of country that we might have [email protected] affairs,” Mello said, “and the Twitter @JosephDitzler than 20,000 warheads, including ics made the bomb inevitable, he those held by China, Pakistan, said. “It’s one of those things; the India, North Korea, the U.K., genie’s out of the bottle and here France and Israel. we are.” Part of the mission at weapons Unlike anti-weapons advocates, labs is “stockpile stewardship,” Rosner said he believes the U.S. ensuring in an age of nuclear will always have atomic weap- and thermonuclear test bans ons if potential adversaries have that aging weapons will work if them, too. However, he’s against deployed. actual atomic testing, a move that Tests above ground, underwa- would permit China, Russia and ter and in space were outlawed other nuclear powers to catch Act: Attendance at event down due to coronavirus

FROM FRONT PAGE calls for unity, perseverance and Hiroshima city is vibrant and full denuclearization, a goal espoused of greenery,” Shunsuke Omori, a by the Hiroshima bombing sur- sixth-grader from a local school, vivors. Several also spoke out said during the ceremony. against the rising trend toward Next to him, fellow sixth-grad- nationalism in many countries er Natsumi Nagakura, who goes around the world. to a different school, described Abe said efforts must be made modern-day Hiroshima, in which to remove distrust among coun- families laugh and children go to tries through coordination and school and play in city parks. talks that pursue common ground That normal life changed even as nations differ on nuclear again this spring, Omori said, disarmament. referencing the appearance of “As the only nation to have ex- the coronavirus, and with it, perienced nuclear devastation in social distancing, masks and the world during a war, it is our lockdowns. unchanging mission to step by “We realized that ordinary life step and steadily move forward is not always ordinary,” he said. the efforts by the international “Now we understand how fortu- community to realize the world nate we are to have [an ordinary without nuclear weapons,” he life].” said. About 800 people attended the The horrors and suffering it ceremony, less than 10% of the brought to the people Hiroshima average number of attendees, and Nagasaki should never be re- according to a report by public peated, Abe added. broadcaster NHK. The pandemic Hours before Thursday’s cer- also forestalled attendance by emony, people prayed at a ceno- some world leaders and forced taph holding the names of those those who did attend to stand who died. The names of 4,934 apart from one another and wear atomic bomb survivors, who died masks. this year, were added. The list in- However, some foreign leaders cludes 12 American prisoners of recorded messages for the com- war who died in Hiroshima when memoration that were played on the bomb was dropped. large screens before and during An inscription on the cenotaph the ceremony, including Secre- says: “Let all the souls here rest tary General of the United Na- in peace for we shall not repeat tions Antonio Guterres, Prime the mistake.” Minister of Sweden Stefan Löfven Stars and Stripes reporter Hana and President of Turkey Tayyip Kusumoto contributed to this report. Erdogan. [email protected] Twitter: @bolingerj2004 They offered condolences, re- [email protected] ferred to the pandemic and made Twitter: @HanaKusumoto PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 7, 2020 MILITARY Marines to end continuous rotations to Norway

BY JOHN VANDIVER readiness of Marine Corps forces and en- troop reduction, saying the U.S. and Nor- The Marines currently host large ex- Stars and Stripes able the U.S. to better align training with way would continue to collaborate and that ercises in Norway, most notably Cold Re- major Norwegian events, Rankine-Gallo- the Marines remained committed to joint sponse. That drill was supposed to involve STUTTGART, Germany — The Marine way said. training. 15,000 U.S. troops on top of the rotational Corps is ending continuous troop rotations “Effective October 2020, U.S. Marines The Marines’ current rotation will end force earlier this year, but was scaled back to Norway, where hundreds of Marines will shift to an episodic deployment model in late October, but they are expected to and eventually cance led because of the have been deployed for the past three in order to better synchronize their arc- take part in large numbers in cold weather coronavirus pandemic and security issues years, the Corps said Thursday. tic training with Norwegian forces and drills during the winter, Norway’s armed in other regions. Instead of having up to 700 troops at a to allow for increased operational flex- forces said in a statement. The Marine Corps also prepositions time in Norway on six-month rotations, ibility for the Marine Corps,” he said in a A thousand or more Marines could par- large stockpiles of weapons in Norwegian the Marines will conduct periodic training statement. ticipate in periodic training in Norway, the and exercises with the Norwegian armed The decision was made in collabora- statement said. caves, a practice that began in the 1980s at forces, a spokesman for U.S. Marine Corps tion with Norwegian officials and was Still, ending back-to-back troop rotations the height of the Cold War, when U.S., Brit- Forces Europe-Africa, said Maj. Adrian announced as the U.S. unveiled plans to re- would mean a loss of a relatively large and ish and other allied forces engaged in reg- J.T. Rankine-Galloway. duce forces in Germany by 12,000 troops. continuous Marine presence in the Arctic ular exercises with the Norwegian army. The change, which is set to take effect in Norway’s army chief, Maj. Gen. Lars at a time when the military is increasingly [email protected] the fall, would improve the overall combat Lervik, downplayed the significance of the focused on that region. Twitter: @john_vandiver 14 who witnessed 1945 surrender of Japan will attend 75th anniversary

BY WYATT OLSON Wildcat carrier-based fighter; Stars and Stripes and two PBY Catalina “flying boats,” which were routinely PEARL HARBOR VISITOR used during the war for search- CENTER, Hawaii — Fourteen and-rescue and anti-submarine U.S. veterans who witnessed reconnaissance. Japan surrender on Sept. 2, 1945, Thirty-three PBYs were de- are slated to attend a ceremony in stroyed during the 1941 surprise Hawaii next month commemo- attack on Hawaii, Lines said. rating the historic event’s 75th A B-25 bomber, which was the anniversary. aircraft used during the Doolittle That elite group will be among Raid on Tokyo in April 1942, will 52 World War II veterans who will also join the flyovers — although be the guests of honor aboard the it almost didn’t reach the Essex Battleship Missouri Memorial in in time for the sea journey, Lines WYATT OLSON/Stars and Stripes Pearl Harbor on Sept. 2. All are said. Members of the 75th World War II Commemoration Committee talk with reporters at the Pearl Harbor nearing or well past age 100. “That was the last aircraft to It was on the USS Missouri, Visitors Center, Hawaii, on Wednesday. be loaded,” she said. “It traveled while moored in Tokyo Bay, that all the way from Florida to San Japan officially surrendered, ans around Hawaii and the main- he said. “They’re making the cautions we take, this date of Sept. Diego to be loaded on the ship. It ending the world war that for land, several of them have already choice. They want to be here, and 2, 2020, is only going to be once.” had difficulties in flight and al- America began with the Dec. 7, passed,” Vericella said. we want to do it for them. What- most didn’t make it. It was seven [email protected] 1941, surprise attack on Hawaii. Twitter: @WyattWOlson days behind in its arrival in San “This truly is the last hurrah,” ever hoops we jump through, pre- “Fourteen of the veterans com- Diego.” ing were either actually on the These historic warbirds hold Battleship Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945, or in one of the aircraft or special significance to many ships surrounding the Missouri World War II veterans, Lines at the time of the signing of the said. instrument of surrender,” said “Sometimes it’s hard to be- Elissa Lines, executive director lieve that an aircraft can bring of the Pearl Harbor Aviation Mu- that kind of passion and emotion seum, during a news conference to the forefront,” she said. “See- Wednesday at the Pearl Harbor ing the aircraft again unleashes Visitor Center. memories that in many cases “It is particularly poignant that these veterans have never shared they are coming for this com- with anyone — stories of service, memoration,” she said. of battles, of camaraderie.” Planners said many of the Members of the 75th World events originally considered for War II Commemoration Commit- the event, to be held Aug. 29-Sept. tee have wrestled the past four 2, had to be dropped due to the months with how to proceed with coronavirus pandemic. the commemoration — or even As it stands, the celebration whether to postpone it, said Tony will focus on a series of flyovers Vericella, the committee’s execu- on Oahu of 14 World War II-era tive director. Events that had been warplanes and a two-hour cer- planned for Washington, D.C., for emony Sept. 2 to be livestreamed this past May marking the end from the fantail of the Missouri. of the war in Europe were post- The aerial parades are sched- poned until late September due to uled for the afternoons of Aug. 29 the pandemic. and 30 and immediately after the Vericella said a sense of ur- Sept. 2 ceremony. Routes will be gency led the committee to push announced later. ahead with the Sept. 2 ceremony, The 14 warbirds are now en albeit with safeguards in place to route to Hawaii aboard the USS lower the risk of the veterans and Essex, an amphibious assault their chaperones from being ex- ship. posed to the coronavirus. Among the planes coming are “During the last several months a P-51 fighter-bomber; an F4F of communicating with the veter- Friday, August 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK Tokyo, Okinawa remain near peak case numbers

BY JOSEPH DITZLER hospitalized, with three in criti- Stars and Stripes cal condition. The government is reporting a TOKYO — Japan’s capital on shortage of space to isolate any- Thursday passed its 10th con- one other than critical patients. secutive day logging more than The number of infected people 200 new coronavirus cases while with no or mild symptoms waiting Okinawa counted another 73, a for a hospital bed or hotel room continuing surge that began in grew Thursday to 303, according late July. to the prefecture. The U.S. military in Japan the The U.S. military on Thursday same day reported seven new reported one new case at Naval cases: four at Yokosuka Naval Hospital Okinawa and two at Base south of Tokyo and three on Kadena Air Base, according to Okinawa. announcements on their official The Tokyo Metropolitan Gov- Facebook pages. ernment reported 360 new cases, One of the Kadena cases was a according to public broadcaster person already quarantined after NHK, citing preliminary gov- contact with another infected ernment numbers. U.S. military personnel are prohibited from individual. The other case was visiting central parts of the city someone who reported coronavi- rus symptoms. That person’s con- due to the pandemic. KOJI SASAHARA/AP At Yokosuka, the new cases all tacts were traced and also placed appeared since Monday, accord- in quarantine, according to the People wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus hold a portable fan to ing to a base Facebook post. One air base’s Facebook post. avoid the heat in Tokyo on Wednesday. new case was identified through The naval hospital’s new case is testing by Japanese airport au- connected to three others report- the July Fourth weekend. have room to maneuver in case total of 389 confirmed cases, with thorities after the person arrived ed there Wednesday, according Elsewhere in the region, Naval of another outbreak, according to five deaths. from outside the country, accord- to a post by Marine Corps Instal- Base Guam and Andersen Air Grimes’ order and a post on the Grimes’ order stated that ing to the post. It did not identify lations Pacific. The hospital is at Force Base lowered their health Andersen base Facebook page. “phased restoration” of base ser- the person’s country of origin. the Marine Corps’ Camp Foster. protection conditions to reflect a The military on Guam has re- vices and facilities would take The three other cases are re- Neither the Marines, the moderate risk of coronavirus in- ported at least 49 virus cases place as conditions permit and cent arrivals who tested positive Navy nor the Air Force speci- fection, in military terms Health among service members, accord- would be announced on the base before being released from a 14- fied whether the new cases are Protection Condition-Bravo. ing to a statement Wednesday Facebook page. day quarantine. All four patients service members, civilian em- All safety measures are still in from the Guam governor’s office. Facilities and services on An- remain in isolation and are moni- ployees, contractors or family place at the naval base, includ- That number does not include dersen may also begin returning tored by health professionals, the members. ing social distancing and masks, the 1,150 sickened crew members to normal, although many by-now post stated. The base now has 10 The total cases among U.S. mil- according to an order signed of the aircraft carrier USS Theo- familiar public health restrictions active cases. itary on Okinawa is 298 since the Wednesday by base commander dore Roosevelt, which was docked remain in place, according to the Okinawa prefecture has count- pandemic began. Of those, 268 Capt. Jeffrey Grimes. there for two months during an air base’s Facebook page. ed 645 cases the past month, and are linked to a pair of cluster out- The lower risk level indicates outbreak that started in March. Stars and Stripes reporters Matthew 788 since the pandemic began. breaks at Marine Corps Air Sta- the rate of new coronavirus cases The Guam Department of M. Burke, Aya Ichihashi and Seth Robson contributed to this report. The prefecture’s website on tion Futenma and the Marines’ per day has been falling for two Health and Social Services on [email protected] Wednesday reported 174 patients Camp Hansen that began after weeks and that base hospitals Thursday reported a pandemic Twitter: @JosephDitzler USFK: 6 more Americans test positive on arrival

BY KIM GAMEL local community,” USFK said. Stars and Stripes Only two soldiers and 22 other people affiliated with USFK con- SEOUL, South Korea — Six tracted the virus while living in more Americans affiliated with South Korea, with the most re- the military tested positive for cent case reported April 14. the coronavirus after traveling The vast majority have been to South Korea, the military said troops moving to the divided pen- Thursday, raising its total num- insula for new assignments or re- ber of confirmed cases to 139. turning from trips abroad. Of those infected, five service “USFK remains at a high level members arrived at Osan Air of readiness with less than 1% of Base on a government-chartered its active duty service members flight from the United States on currently confirmed positive with July 20, Saturday and Tuesday, COVID-19,” it said, referring to U.S. Forces Korea said. the respiratory disease caused by The other was a Department of the virus. Defense civilian employee who Meanwhile, the overall num- arrived on a commercial flight at ber of infections in the South Incheon International Airport on remained relatively low, with 43 Saturday, according to the press new cases reported Thursday, release. including 23 domestic infections All six were transferred to iso- and 20 imported cases. lation facilities on Camp Hum- That raised the total in South phreys or Osan Air Base, and Korea to 14,499, with 302 deaths, affected transportation assets since its first case on Jan. 20, the and quarantine rooms were dis- Korea Centers for Disease Con- infected, the command said. trol and Prevention said. The need for cont act tracing The number of patients com- was considered limited because pletely recovered from the virus all passengers arriving in South rose to 13,501, according to the Korea undergo a strict testing and agency. South Korea has con- two-week quarantine process. ducted more than 1.6 million tests “None of the new arrivals have since Jan. 3, it said. interacted with anyone residing [email protected] within USFK installations or the Twitter: @kimgamel PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 7, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Over 1 million seek jobless aid after $600 checks end

BY PAUL WISEMAN ment benefits from their state. For Associated Press months, the unemployed had also been receiving the $600 a week in WASHINGTON — Nearly 1.2 federal jobless aid on top of their million laid-off Americans ap- state benefit. But the federal pay- plied for state unemployment ment expired last week. Congress benefits last week, evidence that is engaged in prolonged negotia- the coronavirus keeps forcing tions over renewing the federal companies to slash jobs just as a benefit, which would likely be ex- critical $600 weekly federal job- tended at a reduced level. less payment has expired. In the meantime, millions of The government’s report the unemployed suddenly have Thursday did offer a smidgen of less money to pay for essentials. CAROLYN KASTER/AP hopeful news: The number of job- Many of them are among the 23 less claims declined by 249,000 Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, center, and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, left, walk to million people nationwide who from the previous week, after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday . are at risk of being evicted from rising for two straight weeks, their homes, according to The and it was the lowest total since Aspen Institute, as moratoriums mid-March. enacted because of the coronavi- Still, claims remain at alarm- rus expire. Capitol negotiators are still ingly high levels: It is the 20th Last week, 656,000 more people straight week that at least 1 mil- applied for jobless aid under a pro- lion people have sought jobless aid. gram that has extended eligibility Before the pandemic hit hard in to self-employed and gig workers stuck trying on aid package March, the number of Americans for the first time. That figure isn’t seeking unemployment checks adjusted for seasonal trends, so BY ANDREW TAYLOR The unemployment insurance $100 billion for help to school sys- had never surpassed 700,000 in a it’s reported separately. Associated Press issue is perhaps the most impor- tems. The White House and its week, not even during the Great The Labor Department said tant to resolve, but some Senate GOP allies are pressing for more Recession of 2007- 09. Thursday that a total of 31.3 WASHINGTON — After more Republicans up for reelection money for schools that return stu- Rubeela Farooqi, chief U.S. million people are now receiv- than a week’s worth of meetings, this fall appear comfortable with dents to the classroom and want economist at High Frequency ing some form of unemployment at least some clarity is emerg- yielding on the question. to help private schools as well. Economics, called the drop in benefits, though the figure may ing in the bipartisan Washington Similarly, the White House has Very tricky talks remain, and Re- weekly claims “a move in the be inflated by double-counting by talks on a huge COVID-19 re- offered Democrats $150 billion in publicans are carping that Pelosi right direction.” But in a research some states. sponse bill. Negotiators are still new appropriations to help state is being too greedy. Meanwhile, note, she added: “Repeated shut- A study released Monday by stuck but still trying. and local governments alleviate schools are beginning to reopen downs for virus containment re- Cornell University found that 31% A combative meeting Wednes- revenue losses from the damage across the country. main a threat to the labor market, of those laid off or furloughed be- day involving top Capitol Hill the coronavirus has wrought on Senate Majority Leader Mitch which is already weak. The pos- cause of the pandemic had been Democrats, the postmaster gen- the economy. That matches the McConnell, R-Ky., continues to sibility of mounting layoffs that laid off a second time. An addi- eral and a souring tone from both amount appropriated after a huge insist that the legislation include could become permanent is high. tional 26% of people who were sides indicate that a long slog behind-the-scenes battle during s ome s or t of l i abi l it y sh ield a ga i n s t Without effective virus contain- called back to work reported remains Thursday and beyond. negotiations on the bipartisan lawsuits brought against busi- ment, the recovery remains at being told that they might lose risk from ongoing job losses that White House chief of staff Mark $2 trillion coronavirus bill that nesses, schools and universities, their jobs again. could further restrain incomes Meadows threatened that Presi- passed in March. Much of that and charities that operate during After the springtime lock- and spending.” dent Donald Trump is exploring original money is left over, and the pandemic. Pelosi is opposed downs, restaurants and bars had The pandemic, the lockdowns options to use executive author- all sides want greater flexibility for now, but Democrats — who begun to reopen. Yet many soon meant to contain it and the wari- ity to extend a partial eviction in using it, but Pelosi is demand- see it’s a key to any final agree- had to re-close as viral cases ness of many Americans to ven- surged, especially in the Sun Belt. ban and address unemployment ing far more — almost $1 tril- ment — aren’t ruling the idea out. ture back out to eat, shop or travel In Texas, for instance, just 26% benefits. lion — and key Republicans like But talks have yet to begin on the After some movement Tuesday have delivered a devastating blow of bars were closed on June 21. Susan Collins of Maine, Cory thorny topic, and there seems to to the economy despite the gov- in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Two weeks later, the figure had Gardner of Colorado and Mitt be suspicion among Republicans ernment’s emergency rescue ef- direction on aid to states and local shot up to 74%, though it has since Romney of Utah are pressing for that the White House negotiating forts. The nation’s gross domestic governments and unemployment come down slightly, according to more money as well. team isn’t as solidly behind the product, the broadest measure insurance benefits, Wednesday’s the data firm Womply. Pelosi and President Donald idea as McConnell is. of economic output, shrank at an In Florida, whose tourism in- session offered no breakthroughs Trump agree on another $1,200 The Postal Service is being annual rate of nearly 33% from dustry has been pummeled by or major progress, participants direct payment to most Ameri- run by Postmaster General Louis April through June. It was by far the pandemic, John Brenner lost said afterward. cans, making the idea all but DeJoy, a Trump ally under at- the worst quarterly fall on record, his position as a hotel manager. A “If we can reach a compromise certain to be included in the tack for management changes though the economy has rebound- 38-year-old from Plantation, Fla., on these big issues, I think every- final agreement, at a cost in the that have coincided with delays in ed somewhat since then. Brenner has now been out of work thing else will fall into place. If $300 billion range. Pelosi is also mail delivery. On Friday, the government is for four months. we can’t reach an agreement on pressing the case for a 15% in- Minority Leader Chuck Schum- expected to report a sizable job Florida’s weekly unemploy- these big issues, then I don’t see us crease in food stamp benefits that er, D-N.Y., said DeJoy had some gain for July — 1.6 million. Yet ment aid is capped at $275 a week, coming to an overall deal,” Trea- are especially important to key answers, but he and Pelosi were so deeply did employers slash so “I’m quite reliant on that extra sury Secretary Steven Mnuchin progressive constituencies, and still dissatisfied. payrolls after the pandemic para- $600,” Brenner said. said after the two-hour meeting. Democrats won’t allow $20 bil- “We are demanding that the lyzed the economy in March that “That extra $600 put me at just “And then we’ll have to look at the lion in aid to farmers without a regulations they put in place, even July’s expected gain would about what I was making when president taking actions under big trade-off on food aid. which cut employment and cut mean that barely 40% of the jobs I was working,” he said. “And his executive authority.” Democrats are also pressing for overtime, be rescinded, particu- lost to the coronavirus have been I’d much rather be working. I’m Pelosi is staking out a hard line help for renters and homeowners larly because of COVID, and be- recovered. going very stir-crazy.” on extending a $600-per-week having difficulty making hous- cause of the elections,” Schumer And the pace of hiring is clear- The stress, fear and sadness supplemental pandemic federal ing payments as well as help for said afterward. ly slowing. A resurgence of cases over prolonged unemployment, jobless benefit, which lapsed last front-line essential workers, but A recent Democratic offer in the South and the West has Brenner said, have diminished week. Republicans offered to ex- both sides support more funding called for $10 billion for over- spread elsewhere and upended everything from his diet to his tend the benefit into December for child care grants, community time and other costs, down from hopes for a speedy economic re- ability to sleep. He said he’s angry and cut it to $400, according to health centers and energy subsi- a bloated $25 billion plan in the covery as bars, restaurants and that the U.S. Senate has balked at aides confirming leaks reported dies for the poor. House-passed coronavirus bill. other businesses have had to extending the extra unemploy- in Politico. The aides were un- A cornerstone to any agree- Key Republicans whose rural delay or reverse plans to reopen ment aid at its current level. authorized to discuss the private ment, and one of the areas in constituents are especially reli- and rehire staff. “The anxiety the Senate is talks and spoke to The Associated which both sides are eager to ant on the post office support the All told, 16.1 million people are giving me isn’t helping much,” Press on condition of anonymity. display generosity, involves over idea. collecting traditional unemploy- Brenner said. Friday, August 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 NATION Minneapolis police proposal not on ballot

Associated Press them was flawed. Several said it said they plan to put an amend- said would take a more “holistic” time said they would recommend faced legal barriers, was created ment before voters in November approach, which wasn’t fully de- rejecting the amendment. MINNEAPOLIS — A Min- without input from key commu- 2021. fined. The proposal did allow for But the issue would likely have neapolis commission decided nity members who oppose it, and “It is not our legacy to use bu- armed officers — creating a di- gone to voters even if it was re- Wednesday to take more time that it gave too much power to the reaucratic processes to circum- vision of licensed peace officers, jected because the City Council to review a City Council amend- City Council. vent the people in an attempt who would have answered to the was required only to consult the ment to dismantle the Police De- “It’s appropriate to explore to ‘protect’ voters from them- new department’s director. commission and is not bound by partment in the wake of George transformational changes in the selves,” said Council Member “The council says ‘Trust us. their action. The lack of a final Floyd’s death, ending the possi- department, but it needs to be Jeremiah Ellison. “That is not We’ll figure it out after this is decision means the proposal bility of voters deciding the issue done thoughtfully,” said Commis- democracy. In a democracy, the approved. Trust us.’ Well I don’t, won’t clear deadlines to make the in November. sioner Peter Ginder, who voted in people decide. But I guess today and we shouldn’t,” said Barry ballot this November, but it could Members of the Charter Com- favor of taking more time. “That the Charter Commission decided Clegg, chairman of the Charter be on the ballot in 2021. mission expressed concern that hasn’t been done here.” otherwise.” Commission. “Charter change is “There is no democracy de- the process to change the city’s The five City Council members The proposed amendment fol- too important.” nied here. There is no denial of charter was being rushed after who authored the proposed char- lowed widespread criticism of law The 15-member commission, democratic rights. It’s a question Floyd died following an encounter ter amendment released a state- enforcement over Floyd’s death. made up of volunteers appointed of when, not if,” Commissioner with police. While several com- ment criticizing the decision, but It would have replaced the Police by a judge, voted 10-5 to take an- Gregory Abbott said. “We can fix missioners said changing the Po- said they will continue to work Department with a “Department other 90 days to review the pro- this. We can get police reform. lice Department was necessary, toward transforming the way the of Community Safety and Vio- posed amendment. Most of those We just need to find a different they said the amendment before city provides public safety. They lence Prevention” that backers who voted against taking the extra avenue to do it in.” Partially automated driving systems don’t always work, AAA says

Associated Press luride SUV and a 2020 Subaru Outback SUV. Their systems DETROIT — Two tests by AAA have names like Kia’s “Highway during the past two years show Driving Assist,” Subaru’s “Eye- that partially automated driving Sight,” Ford’s “Co-Pilot 360,” systems don’t always function Cadillac’s “Super Cruise,” and properly, so the auto club is rec- BMW’s “Active Driving Assistant ommending that car companies Professional.” limit their use. The results were similar to Researchers with AAA recent- those found in 2018 testing by ly tested systems from five manu- AAA of four other vehicles includ- facturers over a distance of 4,000 ing a 2017 Tesla Model S with the miles, and said they encountered company’s “Autopilot” system. problems every eight miles. Messages were left Wednesday Most of the issues involved sys- seeking comment from the five tems designed to keep vehicles automakers in this year’s test. in their lane, but the tests dis- Automakers generally say they covered that many had trouble tell drivers that their cars aren’t spotting simulated broken-down fully self-driving and that they vehicles in their path. About two- should always be alert and ready /AP ROBERT WILLETT, THE NEWS & OBSERVER thirds of the time the test vehicles to intervene. hit the broken-down car, at an av- Chardae Cooper, left, helps Asia Cooper looks for her belongings among debris after her mobile home AAA said most owners manu- erage speed of 25 mph, according was destroyed by a tornado spawned by Hurricane Isaias in Bertie County, N.C., on Wednesday . als explain that the systems to the study. have trouble spotting stationary It was AAA’s second round of objects. tests on the systems. Research- The most recent tests show ers said little had changed from a that the systems aren’t improving Death toll rises from storm test of four other vehicles in 2018, much, even as automakers move prompting the recommendation them into more mainstream mod- Associated Press Two people died when Isaias spun off a tornado that automakers stop including els. Brannon said that can be a that struck a North Carolina mobile home park. WINDSOR, N.C. — At least nine people, includ- the technology on more models. problem. Another person died in Pennsylvania when their “AAA has repeatedly found ing a 5-year-old girl with autism, were killed as People who bought systems vehicle was overtaken by water and swept down- that active driving assistance Tropical Storm Isaias battered the U.S. East Coast when they first came out general- stream. The 5-year-old girl had gone missing from systems do not perform consis- with rain and fierce winds after making landfall as ly were early adopters who know her Philadelphia-area home during the height of the tently, especially in real-world a hurricane in North Carolina. Millions of people more about technology, Brannon storm Tuesday and was found dead Wednesday. Au- scenarios,” said Greg Brannon, were without power on Wednesday after felled trees said. thorities said they believed she was swept away by AAA’s director of automotive en- But as the systems make their downed power lines. floodwaters in the creek behind her house. gineering. “Automakers need to The sound of generators and chainsaws punctu- way into more mainstream mod- Three others were killed by falling trees toppled work toward more dependable els, people who are less tech- ated the sunrise in New Jersey, where more than 1 by the storm in Maryland, Connecticut and New technology including improving savvy will be driving them, he million homes and businesses were without elec- York City, and another person died in Delaware lane keeping assistance.” said. tricity. NJ Transit train service remained suspend- when a tree branch fell on them, authorities said. Also the systems, which com- “People are really less familiar ed while crews cleared about 150 trees and repair A woman was found dead inside a New Hampshire bine control of acceleration, and less likely to really engage in signals and overhead wires. house Tuesday evening. braking and steering, often quit understanding how the systems Regional rail service was also suspended in Phila- Isaias sustained top winds of up to 65 mph more working with little notice to driv- work,” he said. “That just assume delphia after Isaias raised the Schuylkill River and than 18 hours after coming ashore, but it was down ers, AAA found. That could cause they do work. That could be a re- sent an unsecured construction barge into a bridge. to 40 mph max winds as of early Wednesday, ac- a dangerous situation if the driv- ally dangerous assumption.” Inspectors were checking for damage. Interstate cording to the National Hurricane Center. er isn’t fully engaged and has to Also, research has shown that 676, which crosses the bridge, was also closed in Isaias toggled between hurricane and tropical make an emergency decision. people become overly reliant both directions. storm strength as it churned toward the East Coast. AAA tested five vehicles at sev- on the technology, which could Patrick Foye, chairman of New York’s Metropoli- Fueled by warm ocean waters, the storm got a late eral research centers, with driv- be dangerous when the systems tan Transportation Authority, said more than 2,000 burst of strength as a rejuvenated hurricane with ers and instruments monitoring don’t work, he said. trees fell across the system’s train and bus network. top sustained winds of 85 mph before coming ashore their performance. Included this Also, there’s no standard- “This storm caused severe damage,” Foye said late Monday near Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. Its tropi- year were a 2019 BMW X7 SUV, ized way for the vehicles to no- Wednesday. “Not since Superstorm Sandy has our cal storm status was sustained, but weakened, as it a 2019 Cadillac CT6 sedan, a 2019 tify drivers that the systems are system experienced this type of wind.” headed north into Canada on Tuesday night. Ford Edge SUV, a 2020 Kia Tel- disengaging. PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 7, 2020 NATION/WORLD Lebanese vent fury at leaders over blast

Associated Press thousands have had to move in with rela- tives and friends after their homes were BEIRUT — Residents of Beirut vented damaged, further raising the risks of their fury at Lebanon’s leaders Thursday exposure. during a visit by French President Em- The head of Lebanon’s customs depart- manuel Macron, blaming them for the ment, meanwhile, confirmed in an inter- deadly explosion that ravaged the capi- tal. Shouting, “Revolution!” they crowded view with LBC TV on Wednesday that around the visiting leader who promised to officials had sent five or six letters over the press the politicians for reform. years to the judiciary, asking that the am- For many Lebanese, Tuesday’s giant monium nitrate be removed because of its blast was the last straw after years of cor- dangers. Badri Daher said all he could do ruption and mismanagement by a political was alert authorities to its presence, say- elite that has ruled for decades. ing even that was “extra work” for him and The blast, which killed more than 130 his predecessor. He said the port authority people, wounded thousands and left tens was responsible for the material, while his of thousands homeless, is believed to have job was to prevent smuggling and collect been caused when a fire touched off a duties. stockpile of 2,750 tons of highly explosive The judiciary and the port authority ammonium nitrate that authorities left sit- could not immediately be reached for com- ting in a warehouse for years — despite a ment. The government said Wednesday an customs official’s repeated warnings. investigation was underway and that port Macron visited the devastated port and officials have been placed under house toured a hard-hit neighborhood lined with arrest. heavily damaged buildings. A crowd gath- The ammonium nitrate, a highly explo- ered around him and shouted their anger, sive chemical used in fertilizers, had been chanting, “Revolution!” and “The people THIBAULT CAMUS, POOL/AP stored at the port since it was confiscated want to bring down the regime!” — slogans from a ship years earlier. Based on the A Lebanese soldier stands at the site of the explosion in Beirut’s port Thursday . used at mass protests last year. timeline and the size of the cargo, that ship Macron told them he would speak to could be the MV Rhosus. The ship was ini- Lebanon’s political leaders. Elsewhere, he said his visit was “an op- rebuilding. It’s unclear how much support tially seized in Beirut in 2013 when it en- “I will propose to them a new political portunity to have a frank and challenging the international community will offer tered the port due to technical problems, pact this afternoon,“ he said. “I will be dialogue with the Lebanese political pow- the notoriously corrupt and dysfunctional according to lawyers involved in the case. back on the first of September and if they ers and institutions.” France will work to government. It came from the nation of Georgia, and can’t do it, I will keep my responsibility to- coordinate aid, he said, but warned that “if Losses from the blast were estimated had been bound for Mozambique. ward you.” reforms are not made, Lebanon will con- by Beirut Gov. Marwan Abboud to be be- The stockpile is believed to have deto- He also promised that French aid would tinue to sink.” tween $10 billion to $15 billion, who said nated after a fire broke out nearby in what be given out with transparency and “will There have been widespread pledges of nearly 300,000 people are homeless. appeared to be a warehouse holding fire- not go into the hands of corruption.” France international aid to Lebanon, but the coun- The disaster may also have accelerated works. Daher, the customs official, said he once governed Lebanon as a protectorate try has been mired in a severe economic the country’s coronavirus outbreak, as did not know if there were fireworks near and maintains close ties. crisis and faces a daunting challenge in thousands flooded into hospitals. Tens of the site. NY’s attorney general Police: 3 teens inadvertently seeks to dissolve NRA jump wall into Mar-a-Lago Associated Press to help find them. Ogrodnick said they Associated Press James, a Democrat, argued that the or- never tried to get inside any of the resort’s ganization’s prominence and cozy political FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Three New York’s attorney general sued the buildings. relationships had lulled it into a sense of teenagers fleeing police while carrying a National Rifle Association on Thursday, He said the three said they didn’t own invincibility and enabled a culture where semiautomatic gun in a backpack jumped seeking to put the powerful gun advocacy the AK-47 but had found it. nonprofit rules were routinely flouted and a wall at President Donald Trump’s Mar- organization out of business over allega- The teens are charged with trespassing state and federal laws were violated. Even a-Lago resort, but probably didn’t know tions that high-ranking executives diverted that’s where they were, authorities said with a firearm, burglary with a firearm the NRA’s own bylaws and employee hand- millions of dollars for lavish personal trips, Wednesday. and resisting arrest without violence. They book were ignored, she said. no-show contracts for associates and other Palm Beach Police spokesman Michael are being held at a juvenile detention facil- “The NRA’s influence has been so pow- questionable expenditures. Ogrodnick said the 15-year-old boys were ity while prosecutors decide whether to erful that the organization went unchecked Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit, arrested shortly after they entered the charge them as adults. for decades while top executives funneled filed in state court in Manhattan after an grounds of the resort Friday and dumped Mar-a-Lago has been the scene of sev- millions into their own pockets,” James 18-month investigation, highlighted mis- the backpack, which contained a mini AK- eral intrusions since Trump became presi- spending and self-dealing allegations that said in a statement announcing the lawsuit. 47 with a loaded 14-round magazine. dent in 2017. have roiled the NRA and its longtime “The NRA is fraught with fraud and abuse, He said the three are lucky that neither On Jan. 5, just hours after Trump and leader, Wayne LaPierre, in recent years which is why, today, we seek to dissolve the the president nor any family members his family had left the club following a — from hair and makeup for his wife to a NRA, because no organization is above the were there, because Secret Service agents two-week vacation, a Florida man who $17 million post-employment contract for law.” might have shot them. The club is closed had been dishonorably discharged from himself. NRA President Carolyn Meadows said for the summer. the Marines for sex offenses was arrested Simultaneously, the Washington, D.C., the group was counter-suing the New York “They had no idea where they were,” after he got past two checkpoints. Authori- attorney general sued the NRA Founda- attorney general’s office, setting the stage Ogrodnick said. ties said Brandon M. Magnan had falsely tion, a charitable arm of the organization for a drawn-out legal battle that could last According to a police report, a Palm identified himself as part of the president’s designed to provide programs for firearm for years. “It’s a transparent attempt to Beach officer spotted the teens sitting in helicopter crew. safety, marksmanship and hunting safety, score political points and attack the lead- a parked car early Friday morning about In March 2019, Chinese national Yujing accusing it of diverting funds to the NRA ing voice in opposition to the leftist agen- 2 miles north of Mar-a-Lago. When he Zhang gained access to Mar-a-Lago while to help pay for lavish spending by its top da,” Meadows said in a statement. turned on his overhead lights, the car sped carrying a laptop, phones and other elec- executives. Though it is headquartered in Virginia, south toward Mar-a-Lago. tronic gear. That led to initial speculation The troubles, which James said were the NRA was chartered as a nonprofit in As they approached the club, the teens that the 33-year-old businesswoman from long cloaked by loyal lieutenants and a New York in 1871 and continues to be in- spotted a second officer who was conduct- Shanghai might be a spy, but she was never pass-through payment arrangement with corporated in the state. ing an unrelated traffic stop and abruptly charged with espionage. Text messages she a vendor, started to come to light as the The Washington, D.C., attorney general stopped the car, probably thinking it was a exchanged with a trip organizer indicated NRA’s deficit piled up and it struggled to has been investigating the NRA Founda- roadblock set up to catch them, Ogrodnick she was a fan of the president and wanted find its footing after a spate of mass shoot- tion for more than a year. It said its inves- said. to meet him or his family to discuss pos- ings eroded support for its pro-gun agen- tigation determined that low membership The three bolted, jumped Mar-a-La- sible deals. da. The organization went from a nearly and lavish spending left the NRA with go’s nearby wall and hid on the resort’s Zhang was found guilty of trespassing $28 million surplus in 2015 to a $36 million financial problems and so it exploited the grounds. Officers surrounded the club and lying to Secret Service agents and was deficit in 2018. foundation to remain afloat . and a helicopter and police dog were used sentenced in November to time served. Friday, August 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 7, 2020 AMERICAN ROUNDUP 2 arrested following fight that rolled SUV

SIOUX FALLS — A SD Sioux Falls driver and a passenger have been arrest- ed following an argument that caused their vehicle to roll over with two others inside, including a 3-year-old. Sioux Falls police say a 19- year-old woman riding in the car grabbed the steering wheel dur- ing the fight about 2 a.m. Tues- day. That caused the 26-year-old man who was driving to lose con- trol and crash the SUV. Police spokesman Sam Clemens said the two got out of the vehicle and the woman started hitting the man, who walked away from the crash. Clemens said none of the four were seriously injured, the Argus Leader reported. Officials say the woman was arrested on a tentative charge of aggravated assault and several other counts. The driver, who was found several blocks away, was arrested on suspicion of driving drunk and hit-and-run. 4 charged with theft of guns on day of protest

OAKLAND — Four CA people have been charged with stealing at least 27 firearms from a San Francisco ROBERT F. B UKATY/AP Bay Area gun store on a night in May when thousands of people took to the streets to protest po- Perfect temperature for the beach lice brutality. Dashawn Taylor, Anthony As a precaution to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, beach attendant Danielle McClure takes the temperature of Colten Ryan before Craft Jr., Tyronza Hampton Jr. allowing him and his brother, Finn, left, to enter Maranacook Beach in Winthrop, Maine, on Wednesday. and a fourth person whose name is still sealed because they have skyline-defining tourist attrac- not been arrested were indicted Public school partners THE CENSUS tion, which closed in March, has Monday for the theft May 31 at with equine industry focused on air quality, sanitation Richardson Tactical in Hayward, The estimated total lost by victims of a tele- marketing scam for which a Mexican citizen and touchless procedures, The federal prosecutors said in a LEXINGTON — A was sentenced Tuesday in New Orleans. Jesus Seattle Times reported. statement. KY public school system “My office stands in support $10M Adrian Ledesma Bernal, 32, got 18 months in The Space Needle has installed in Kentucky has partnered with prison. He had pleaded guilty to one count of ultraviolet lights designed to kill of all Americans exercising their the state’s thoroughbred industry conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Authorities said he was part of a conspiracy to airborne viruses and bacteria, First Amendment rights to peace- to provide students with career bilk owners of time-share properties. The owners were contacted and told there a fresh air circulation system in able assembly and speech. But we opportunities, and experience were buyers for their properties and were charged money to facilitate the sale. the elevators and reverse-ATM will also investigate and seek jus- learning on farms. tice for those who use the cover of kiosks that will convert cash Nearly two dozen thorough- into card for a more touch-free lawful protests to break the law,“ bred businesses have pledged said Northern District U.S. Attor- experience. more than $300,000 for the three- Clinchfield sewer pump station phones, online payments and ney David Anderson. There has been no advertising year agreement announced Tues- in Marion when rainfall entered reservation systems to temporar- In a partially unsealed indict- for the reopening, but some peo- day, said Fayette County Public into the collection system Mon- ily shut down. The city’s system ment, the grand jury also charged ple have already started visiting. Schools Superintendent Manny day, the city said in a news re- servers and computers are still Taylor with possession of a stolen Caulk. The program targets lease. The untreated waste water being cleaned and rebuilt. Once firearm and Craft with being a Electric Daisy Carnival middle and high school students then spilled into an “unnamed finished, the relevant data will be felon in possession of a firearm. at the public school in Lexington, tributary of Lake James” in the restored into the system and oper- postponed until 2021 news outlets reported. Catawba River Basin, the release ations will resume. In the mean- Official: K-9 fatally shot “As our nation grapples with said . time, the city is using temporary LAS VEGAS — The by deputy during search the issue of racial and social jus- About 3,500 gallons of untreat- phone numbers and emails. NV Electric Daisy Carni- tice, our moral imperative in the ed water was discharged into the A preliminary investigation val in Las Vegas will not be hap- ATLANTA — A Geor- district is to provide access and Catawba River Basin from the shows the ransomware entered pening this year. GA gia county K-9 was opportunity for students who oth- same sewer pump in May, The the network through a phishing Organizers of the electronic fatally shot by a deputy after the erwise would not have those ad- McDowell News previously re- scam or by guessing passwords . dance music festival announced dog approached the investigator vantages,” Caulk added. ported. City officials had said that To combat future attacks, the Sunday that the event will be aggressively during a search for The instructions will be held spill was also caused by excessive city said it is installing crypto- pushed back to 2021. Typically a rape suspect, authorities said. at the Locust Trace AgriScience rain . safe backups, deploying addi- held in May at the Las Vegas The incident happened Tues- Center. Anne DeMott, the cen- tional cybersecurity systems and Motor Speedway, the festival was day afternoon as deputies from ter’s principal, told the Lexington City pays $45K ransom implementing regular vulner- postponed initially until Octo- the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Of- Herald-Leader the program will after cyberattack ability assessments. ber because of the coronavirus fice were attempting to serve an also include internships and ap- pandemic. arrest warrant at an apartment prenticeships opportunities. Insomniac CEO and Founder BOULDER — Lafay- Upgraded Space Needle complex in Atlanta, news outlets Pasquale Rotella says it’s now ette, Colo., officials reopens to visitors reported. CO slated for May 21-23 of next year. Officials: 3,700 gallons announced Tuesday the city’s The dog escaped from his Tickets for this year’s festival will computer systems were hacked SEATTLE — Seattle’s handler and advanced toward a of sewage spills be honored. Anyone who can’t and they were forced to pay a ran- Space Needle has re- deputy who was dressed in plain WA make the new dates can fill out MARION — Exces- som to regain access. opened to visitors after recently clothes, DeKalb County Chief an online form. sive rain from Tropical Lafayette officials said hackers completing $1 million in upgrades Deputy Randy Akies said in a NC More than 150,000 people at- Storm Isaias caused nearly 3,700 disabled the city’s network ser- intended to provide a safer expe- statement. That’s when the depu- tend each night of the carnival, ty fired at the K-9, who died at the gallons of sewage to spill into a vices and blocked its access until rience during the coronavirus which features more than 200 scene. The incident has been a river in North Carolina, officials the city paid a $45,000 fee, the pandemic. performers on eight stages. tragedy for the dog’s handler and said. Daily Camera reported. Chief Operating and Market- the sheriff’s office, Akies said. The discharge happened at the The attack caused city emails, ing Officer Karen Olson said the From wire reports Friday, August 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 15 FACES Viola Davis, LeBron James Recalling among AAFCA TV honorees Associated Press Viola Davis, Sterling K. Brown Natasha and LeBron James are among several honorees at the AAFCA Filming ‘Made in Italy’ stirs TV Honors this month. The African American Film up memories of late actress Critics Association announced the recipients of the second an- nual event on Wednesday. The for Liam Neeson and son virtual ceremony is scheduled to BY LINDSEY BAHR air on Aug. 22. Davis will be honored for best Associated Press actress for her role on ABC’s hen Liam Neeson sits down with “How to Get Away with Murder.” a script, he usually knows within Brown will receive best actor five pages whether he wants to recognition for his character on do it. He calls it his “cup of tea” NBC’s “This Is Us.” W IFC FILMS/AP test. If he finds himself eager to get one, it’s Kenya Barris will be presented not a good sign. Micheal Richardson, left, and his father Liam Neeson costar in “Made in Italy.” the TV Icon award for his con- But he found himself unable to break away tributions to television with his from James D’Arcy’s “Made in Italy,” about parallels were too uncanny to ignore. few of D’Arcy’s note sessions with Richard- creating of ABC’s “black-ish” and an artist and his estranged son who reunite “It seemed like my mom had a hand in it,” son. He was proud of his son for taking them “#blackAF” on Netflix. Rashi- to sell the family’s Italian home. It’s been Richardson said. in stride. da Jones will present him the nearly deserted since the death of the family Again, he insisted on auditioning. And Plus, Neeson said, “They were notes I award. matriarch, and the once memory-filled home soon enough, the two were in Tuscany shoot- agreed with.” “I Promise” will receive the has fallen into disrepair. The grief aspect hit ing the dramatic comedy, which comes out Natasha Richardson was on their minds AAFCA’s inaugural award for close to home for Neeson, who lost his wife, today on video on demand. during filming, but in different ways. Some- best short film. The documentary actress Natasha Richardson, after a skiing Richardson, who was born in Ireland and times it would be in a butterfly that flew series on Quibi chronicled the accident in 2009. grew up in New York, wasn’t what you might through set. Sometimes it would be in mining first year of James launching the “It made me a little scared, but I certainly call a “set kid,” but he would occasionally difficult emotions for a challenging scene. I Promise School in his hometown knew I had to do it,” Neeson said from his visit his parents’ rehearsals and shoots for “Sometimes it hurts and the pain is too of Akron, Ohio. home in upstate New York. He had another plays and movies. Not knowing the words, much, and your mind can go on autopilot thought, too: What if their son, Micheal Rich- he would ask if they were going to “an in or and you push away because it hurts. That’s ardson, could also play his son in the film? an out.” He remembers bits and pieces of essentially what (my character) Jack did. He D’Arcy, who wrote and would be directing, things, like visiting his mother’s rehearsals couldn’t remember a lot of things,” Richard- met with him and soon phoned Neeson say- for “Cabaret” and “A Streetcar Named De- son said. ing, “I think this is going to work.” sire,” or his father on the set of “The Phan- “The takeaway for me is nobody knows They had worked together before. Techni- tom Menace.” Neeson likes to tell a story how to grieve, but the best way to do it is by cally their first appearance was in the “An- about how the then-2-year-old Richardson, carrying your loved ones with you, not shut- chorman” sequel, where Richardson is one who had never seen a Star Wars film, ran up ting them out. And honoring them and doing of Neeson’s History Channel crew. And it and gave R2-D2 a bear hug. things in your life day to day that they would wouldn’t be the first time they’d played fam- But acting wasn’t an inevitability, even if be proud for you to do.” VIACOMCBS ENTERTAINMENT /AP ily, either. Richardson played the son in the it was always part of his life. It’s only been in Both hope the movie brings people a little 2019 film “Cold Pursuit” (which he insisted the past couple of years that he’s gotten se- bit of joy and escape to a scenic locale. Al- Comedy Central to on auditioning for). But this would be differ- rious about it. Neeson is supportive, too, but though it looks idyllic on screen, Neeson said reprise ‘Ren & Stimpy’ ent, and more personal. also had a ground rule for set. it was actually pouring rain for most of their Richardson, who changed his name a few “I said to him, ‘Look, Micheal, there’s only four and a half weeks there. The brazen humor of “The Ren years ago to honor his late mother, had decid- room on a set for one director. And that’s “We could have been in Belfast,” Neeson & Stimpy Show” will be revisited ed in the past few years to pursue the family James D’Arcy,” Neeson said. “‘If you want to said. “But the movie gods came to our aid and in a new Comedy Central version profession. On his mother’s side, it’s a dynas- talk about anything to do with the process of on the last few days we got that magnificent of the animated series. ty extending back to the 1700s. But he didn’t acting or whatever, let’s talk when we wrap Tuscan sunshine. You could see why Michel- The original program that want to simply rely on the family name. each day’s work. On set, you’re just another angelo, Leonardo and all the great Renais- was a hit for Nickelodeon will be After “Cold Pursuit,” he told himself to do actor to me, and I’ll treat you the same as sance painters fell in love with it, because it reimagined in partnership with things on his own, separately from his father. anybody else.’ ” truly was like a religious experience being in Nickelodeon Animation Studio, Then “Made in Italy” came along, and the Still, he couldn’t help but eavesdrop on a that geography and in that climate.” Comedy Central said Wednesday. On Comedy Central, the show will join other adult-animation se- ries including “South Park” and a ‘Coastal Elites’ created new challenges for Midler, Paulson revamped version of “Beavis and Butt-Head,” the channel said. A debut date was not Associated Press The work, originally conceived for New York’s Pub- announced. For Bette Midler and Sarah Paulson, making HBO’s lic Theater, offers “contemporary stories of characters “Coastal Elites” in pandemic-forced isolation proved an breaking down and breaking through as they grapple Other news unsettling challenge. with politics, culture, and the pandemic,” HBO said in a “It was just bizarre, completely bizarre, because it leads release.  A British coroner ruled you ... down all these rabbit holes of ‘What’s next? I mean, Midler said she welcomed the chance to take part in the Thursday that reality TV host what else could happen to me?’” Midler said during an on- project, but couldn’t ignore the oddity of making it. Paul- Caroline Flack killed herself line news conference Wednesday about the social satire, son agreed. while facing an assault trial she which debuts Sept. 12. The connection actors share on a set is what “I’m usu- feared would end her career and For Midler, the unusual working conditions reinforced ally the most interested in and inspired by,” Paulson said. bring unbearable media scru- how hard the pandemic has slammed the entertainment The timing also proved affecting. tiny. Flack, 40, the former host of Midler industry. Most TV and film production came to a stand- “Because it had happened deep enough into this time “Love Island,” was found dead at still in March and is trying to recover, including with so- (the pandemic), my paranoia level was high already. And her London apartment in Febru- cially distanced approaches to taping. there were all of a sudden seven people in my backyard, ary, weeks before she was due to “People used to say that showbiz was depression-proof,” and that was more people than I had seen in an area in sev- stand trial for allegedly assault- Midler said, with moviegoers keeping it afloat during the eral months,” Paulson said. “So it’s a little frightening.” ing her boyfriend. Great Depression of the 1930s. Turns out it’s not, she said, Midler said she did gain some emotional release from  Shirley Ann Grau, a Pulit- and “now we discovered that we’re all out of work!” making the series. In a series clip, her character vents zer Prize-winning fiction writer “Coastal Elites,” a series of monologues written by about politics with a New Yorker’s passion. whose stories and novels told Paul Rudnick (“Sister Act”) and directed by Jay Roach “I identified very, very strongly with the character. I felt of both the dark secrets and the (“Bombshell”), also stars Issa Rae, Dan Levy and Kait- almost as if Paul had written it for me, because he knows beauty of the Deep South, died lyn Dever. Crews taped the cast at home in early sum- how nuts I am on the subject of the current inhabitants of Monday in a New Orleans-area mer under quarantine guidelines aimed at controlling the the White House. So it was cathartic for me,” she said. But memory care facility of complica- coronavirus. Paulson not enough: “I’m still in a state of rage and anxiety.” tions from a stroke. She was 91. PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 7, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Only a safe, effective vaccine will get FDA’s OK Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY STEPHEN M. HAHN 19, specifically racial and ethnic minori- Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff Success will hinge, of Special to The Washington Post ties, elderly individuals, and people with course, on the data that other medical conditions. Only by gather- EDITORIAL ince the outbreak of the COVID-19 ing data on these populations can we gain a pandemic, developing a safe and ef- emerges from clinical full understanding of a vaccine candidate’s Terry Leonard, Editor fective vaccine has been an urgent trials. This testing by its safety and effectiveness. [email protected] Sworldwide priority: to save lives, I have been asked repeatedly whether Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor and to bolster the public’s confidence in re- very nature takes time. there has been any inappropriate pres- [email protected] turning to a semblance of normal life. sure on the FDA to make decisions that are At the Food and Drug Administration Managing Editor for Content not based on good data and good science. Tina Croley, and our parent agency, the Department of [email protected] I have repeatedly said that all FDA deci- Health and Human Services, we recognize ment, have been arranging for the stock- sions have been, and will continue to be, Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation the vital importance of vaccine develop- piling of vials and other equipment needed based solely on good science and data. The [email protected] ment. The framework in the United States for a national immunization program. public can count on that commitment. Success will hinge, of course, on the data Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital to support a COVID-19 vaccine is now in Once FDA scientists determine that a [email protected] place. Testing is underway, and manu- that emerges from clinical trials. 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behavior by some members was endanger- What newspapers ing the thousands of people who keep the Capitol complex running. In addition to the lawmakers and members of their staff who are saying at home have been infected, around 90 workers in support roles such as the Capitol Police The following editorial excerpts are se- lected from a cross section of newspapers and the Architect of the Capitol, are known throughout the United States. The editori- to have contracted the virus. als are provided by The Associated Press Many lawmakers are approaching the and other stateside syndicates. pandemic with appropriate seriousness: running skeleton crews in their offices, Trump looking out for himself, encouraging masks and following social distancing guidelines. not the vital Postal Service Others are not. Some are ignoring public Los Angeles Times health advice for political reasons, while To hobble the U.S. Postal Service under others seem to believe the virus cannot the guise of “treating it like a business” is touch them. Rep. Clay Higgins, Republi- to undermine public confidence in yet an- can of Louisiana, told CNN that wearing a other vital American institution at exactly mask was “part of the dehumanization of the time when confidence is most needed, the children of God.” as much of the nation prepares to vote by mail in the Nov. 3 election. ... This sort of denial leads to unneces- President Donald Trump has long railed sary tragedy, as was driven home by the against the Postal Service as a money-los- death of Herman Cain. The former pizza ing operation, and it’s quite true: Public magnate and Republican presidential can- mail delivery isn’t a profit-making busi- didate tested positive for the coronavirus ness. Nor should it be. It’s a government Foremost among the issues to be de- families, including canceling rents and nine days after attending President Donald service that should no more be expected cided by the Commission on Presidential mortgages, a moratorium on evictions/ Trump’s June 20 campaign rally in Tulsa, to produce profits than, say, the Food and Debates, the nonpartisan, nonprofit orga- foreclosures, providing direct cash as- Okla. — where he was shown in a number Drug Administration. nization that convenes the general-election sistance to those not able to work or who of photos sitting close to other attendees Trump also reportedly dislikes the Post- debates, is: Why have in-person audiences are unemployed, and other critical social without a mask. al Service because it delivers packages for in the first place? Even if the pandemic needs. Elected officials have a particular re- Amazon, which is owned by Jeff Bezos, weren’t making large indoor gatherings Moratorium on new charter or voucher sponsibility both to model responsible be- who also owns The Washington Post, which risky, audiences bring no value to the de- programs and standardized testing. havior during this pandemic and to take is critical of Trump in its coverage. That bates. In fact, they detract from the effort Massive infusion of federal money to extra precautions so they don’t become may be a stretch, or it may be right on the to get candidates to engage in a thoughtful support the reopening funded by taxing super spreaders. money; Trump has indeed criticized the exchange about their plans and policies. billionaires and Wall Street. The danger extends far beyond Capitol Postal Service for charging Amazon rates The debates during the last presidential The phrase for this is political extortion. Hill. Members of Congress have an essen- that he says are too low. election in 2016 reached a particular low Rather than work to open schools safely, tial and unusually public, mobile job. In Of more concern, though, is Trump’s with partisans of the candidates — Don- the unions are issuing ultimatums and any given week, hundreds of members jet constant harangue against voting by mail, ald Trump and Hillary Clinton — shout- threatening strikes until they are granted back and forth across the country, some to which he says — without evidence — is a ing out, clapping and generally disrupting their ideological wish list. Children, who coronavirus hot spots. Rep. Kay Granger hotbed of fraud. Many states plan to con- the events. Debate moderators tried hard would have to endure more lost instruc- duct their balloting by mail, so making — some were better than others — to re- tion, are their hostages. is currently self-quarantining after sitting sure the Postal Service has a hard time mind members of the audience they were The teachers unions have a cynical in- next to a non-masked Gohmert on a flight delivering election-related material in a there to watch and listen, but that didn’t terest in forcing their competitors to shut back to Washington from their home state timely fashion — or even appearing to do stop the outbursts. No surprise that Trump down. What a humiliation it would be if of Texas on July 26. Rep. Raul Grijalva, so — gives him ammunition to attack the delighted in the reality show cast given to charter and private schools reopen and Democrat of Arizona, has been self-quar- validity of election results that don’t go his the debate ... demonstrate that in-person education can antining as well, after chairing a hearing way. The public health issues posed by be done with the right risk mitigation. Or if on July 28 that Gohmert attended, at times In June, the all-Trump-appointed U.S. COVID-19 give the debate commission an parents unsatisfied with the public schools’ unmasked. On Saturday, Grijalva an- Postal Service Board of Governors selected opportunity to rethink the format so that response to the coronavirus decide a pri- nounced that he had tested positive for the major Republican Party fundraiser Louis the debates can become more useful. The vate school would be better for their child. virus. Who knows how many other people DeJoy to lead the agency as postmaster first televised presidential debate, between If there’s a silver lining here, it’s that Gohmert may have potentially exposed? general. In the weeks since, DeJoy has put John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon in Americans are getting a closer look at the In response to the Gohmert news, con- in place cost-cutting policies that he says 1960, took place in a television studio, not true, self-interested character of today’s gressional leaders reminded members of are meant to stem financial losses, but that a grand hall, and served its purpose. But teachers unions. They are allies of the po- the safety protocols already in place. The Democrats and other critics say may result tickets to attend the debates have become litical left. And they wield monopoly power House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, went fur- in post office closures and slower and less one more perk for big donors. Universities that they are now using to coerce parents ther, tightening the rules on mask wearing reliable delivery service just as the elec- had been willing to serve as hosts because and taxpayers to dance to their agenda if to require face coverings on the chamber tion approaches. ... they, too, could raise money from the pres- they want their children to learn. floor and inside the House office build- tige of holding such an event. The proper political response should be This country is already suffering from ings. (Mask wearing has been mandatory a series of self-inflicted wounds, the most Businesses, social organizations and to give taxpayer dollars to parents to decide in committee hearings since mid-June.) obvious of which is its inept handling of the other institutions have adjusted to the where and how to educate their children. If Those who fail to comply can be denied COVID-19 pandemic. What it needs now is pandemic with new approaches. The Com- parents want to use the money for private a shot of confidence in its most basic pro- mission on Presidential Debates should be schools that are open, or for new forms of entry or removed by security. cess, voting, to shore up the integrity of its equally nimble. home instruction, they should have that This is a welcome, if belated, step. But most basic value, democracy. That coin- right. No political force should have veto that may not be enough. For one thing, cides with the nation’s interest in keeping Teachers’ unions overstepped power over the education of America’s Gohmert’s experience has led to renewed the Postal Service intact and its service children. calls by members and staff workers to reliable. Unfortunately it does not coincide in response to the pandemic implement a testing regimen on the Hill. with the interests of the nation’s adversar- The Wall Street Journal Lawmakers have obligation to That’s an important next step. ies. Or its current president. For most Americans the coronavirus is a This spring, the House minority leader, scourge. But teachers unions seem to think staffers, nation to avoid virus Kevin McCarthy, looked into a prelimi- Audience-free presidential it’s also an opportunity — to squeeze more The New York Times nary testing plan. One suggestion from money from taxpayers and put their pri- Rep. Louie Gohmert, Republican of the experts he consulted was to focus on debates avoid distractions vate and public charter school competition Texas, is not the first member of Congress members and staff members scheduled The Washington Post out of business. That’s the only way to read to test positive for the coronavirus. At least to participate in hearings or other meet- The University of Notre Dame last week the extraordinary effort by national and 14 lawmakers, hailing from both parties ings requiring prolonged contact with oth- local union leaders to keep their members and both chambers, are known to have ei- pulled out of hosting the first presidential ers. Likewise, Hill employees who face a debate, scheduled for Sept. 29, citing “con- from returning to the classroom. ther tested or been presumed positive for higher risk of exposure probably ought to straints” brought on by the coronavirus Last week Randi Weingarten, leader the coronavirus. be prioritized. pandemic. It was the second school to pull of the powerful American Federation of But something about the diagnosis of the plug; the University of Michigan said it Teachers, declared support for “safety Gohmert, who has belligerently flouted More ambitious plans include testing couldn’t host the debate slated for Oct. 15 strikes” if local unions deem insufficient public health recommendations such members every week or two, before they because the challenge of trying to reopen the steps their school districts are taking to as mask wearing and social distancing, fly back to their home districts. the campus safely amid the COVID-19 mitigate COVID-19. And on Monday an al- prompted a convulsion of rage on Capitol Congress members are influential fig- outbreak made it “not feasible.” The two liance of teachers unions and progressive Hill. ures, and in this time of crisis they ought debates have been moved to other locales groups sponsored what they called a “na- From maintenance workers to legisla- to be leading by example. By taking steps — Cleveland and Miami, respectively — tional day of resistance” around the coun- tive aides, employees came forward with to protect themselves, their staff members but the decisions by these schools should try listing their demands before returning anonymous accounts of how the patchwork and their constituents, lawmakers can send serve as a reality check on how to conduct to the classroom. They include: of precautions — each lawmaker’s office a signal about the seriousness of this situa- the debates. Support for our communities and operates with its own rules — and cavalier tion to a confused and weary public. PAGE 18 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 7, 2020 Friday, August 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 19 SCOREBOARD/COLLEGE FOOTBALL

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Go to the American Forces BY AARON BEARD such as buses or flights, lodging Md., for the first time in the his- matchups in Atlanta — North Car- Network website for the most Associated Press accommodations and the size of tory of the series on Sept. 5, along olina-Auburn, Virginia-Georgia up-to-date TV schedules. the travel party. That comes as with the cancellation of Notre and Florida State-West Virginia myafn.net Notre Dame opens its season the 15 teams travel within an ACC Dame’s games against Wisconsin, — but created a path to save tradi- as an Atlantic Coast Conference footprint spanning nearly the en- Stanford and Southern California tional rivalries with Southeastern football member against visiting tire Atlantic Seaboard from Mas- as the Big Ten and Pac-12 went to Conference schools such as Geor- Deals Duke on Sept. 12 and won’t face sachusetts to Florida, and moving league-only schedules. gia Tech-Georgia, Florida State- Navy for the first time in more west into Kentucky and Indiana. Now Notre Dame’s lone noncon- Florida, Clemson-South Carolina Wednesday’s transactions than nine decades as part of the Games within 250 miles of the ference game will be a previously and Louisville-Kentucky. ACC’s reconfigured schedule due school are considered reasonable scheduled visit from Western But the SEC went to a league- BASEBALL to the coronavirus pandemic. American League for bus travel while schools typi- Michigan on Sept. 19. only schedule a day later to elimi- BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Placed LHP The league on Thursday re- cally take charter flights when Notre Dame, a member in all nate those games, too. John Means on the bereavement list. Op- leased the schedule featuring the tioned OF DJ Stewart to alternate train- needed, according to information other league sports, already had UCF’s visit to Georgia Tech on ing site. Fighting Irish, who are giving the league provided by email to a scheduling agreement to annu- Sept. 19 stands as the most no- KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Placed RHP up their coveted football inde- Glenn Sparkman and OF Bubba Starling The Associated Press. The ACC ally play five or six games with table nonconference game on the on the 10-day IL. Recalled C Meibrys Vilo- pendence and competing for the ria and RHP Scott Blewett from alternate ACC title this season. The ACC “maxed out” on 17 scheduling op- ACC teams as an independent. schedule. The first game of the training site. Sent C Oscar Hernandez portunities to pair league schools The Irish were set to play five- season is UAB’s visit to Miami on outright to alternate training site. had announced plans last week LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Optioned for a 10-game league slate with within 250 miles of each other time reigning ACC champion Sept. 10 on a Thursday night, fol- RHP Kyle Keller to alternate training site. while the decision on whether to Clemson, Wake Forest, Pitts- lowed by VMI’s trip to Virginia a Reinstated RHP Julio Teheran from the one nonconference game and its 10-day IL. travel by bus or plane beyond that burgh, Duke, Georgia Tech and day later. NEW YORK YANKEES — Activated RHP championship game played either Luis Cessa from the 10-day IL. Dec. 12 or 19. distance is left to the member Louisville this year. Three teams — North Carolina TEXAS RANGERS — Traded RHP Ariel Those nonconference games schools. Notre Dame’s marquee match- State, Syracuse and Virginia Tech Jurado to New York Mets for cash consid- erations and player to be named later. are required to be played in the Until Thursday, league teams up at home with Dabo Swinney’s — host Liberty. Nine teams kept TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Placed OF member school’s home state, had been holding offseason work- Tigers remains in its originally one of their previously scheduled Derek Fisher on the 10-day IL. Recalled OF Billy McKinney from the Taxi Squad. while opponents must meet ACC outs or starting preseason prac- scheduled Nov. 7 slot, while the nonconference opponents at the National League medical protocol requirements tices without knowing for sure Fighting Irish added ACC match- originally planned venue, while ATLANTA BRAVES — Placed INF Ozzie Albies and INF Matt Adams on the 10- that include regular testing for who they would play or where in ups with Florida State, Boston Wake Forest flipped a season- day IL. Recalled C Alex Jackson from al- athletes, coaches and staff to try roughly a month. College, Syracuse and North opening trip to Old Dominion into ternate training site. Activated RF Nick Markakis from the restricted list. to control the potential spread of The Fighting Irish and Mid- Carolina — with that game com- an Oct. 9 home game with the COLORADO ROCKIES — Added C Brian coronavirus. shipmen were originally sched- ing on the road the day after Monarchs of Conference USA. Serven to the 60-man player pool and as- signed him to alternate training site. That report from ACC’s medical uled to play for the 94th straight Thanksgiving. Clemson and UNC have yet to LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Recalled 2B advisory group also recommends season in Dublin, Ireland. The The ACC’s home-state require- announce a nonconference op- Zach McKinstry from alternate training site. Optioned LHP Victor Gonzalez to al- schools evaluate travel policies for pandemic forced the relocation to ment for nonconference games ponent. Both of those games will ternate training site. games, including modes of travel Navy’s home field in Annapolis, nixed three notable early season come Sept. 19. NEW YORK METS — Acquired RHP Ariel Jurado in exchange for a player to be named later and cash considerations. Optioned RHP Ariel Jurado to alternate training site. Designated OF Ryan Cordell College: With no blanket rule from NCAA, schools, conferences maintain hope of playing for assignment. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Activated IF/ FROM BACK PAGE OF JT Riddle from the IL. Placed RHP Nick The NCAA has little, if any, control over the COVID-19’s impact on college sports, a sec- Burdi on the 45-day IL. highest tier of Division I football, where the ond players’ rights movement announced its ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Recalled RHP “You have to look at the huge variability Alex Reyes and LHP Genesis Cabrera around the country. When you look at what Big Ten competes with the other Power Five formation. from alternate training site. Selected the are the facts on the ground in Syracuse, New conferences, the Big 12, Atlantic Coast Confer- #BigTenUnited joined the “WeAreUnited” contracts of 2B Max Schrock and RHP Roel Ramirez from alternate training York, versus Miami, Florida, they’re very, ence, Southeastern Conference and Pac-12. group of Pac-12 players in making an orga- site. Placed IF Rangel Ravelo on the 10- very different. And those schools are going Those leagues along with the five other FBS nized call for more transparency, oversight day IL. Added C Jose Godoy to the Taxi Squad. to have to operate consistent with their local conferences have methodically put plans in and monitoring of COVID-19 testing and FOOTBALL municipal policies, their state policies, federal place to play a season that will be worth bil- standards. National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed S Ken- policies, and then also whatever they decide lions in revenue — most of it landing in the The Big Ten players focused solely on trell Brice and WR Andre Patton. collectively in the conference. Power Five. COVID-19 protocols and targeted the NCAA ATLANTA FALCONS — Activated QB Danny Etling, S Jaylinn Hawkins, DT Ty- “So it really isn’t the time where you can The commissioners of those conferences more than their conference. eler Davison and LB Foyesade Oluokun say we’re going to have one rule to govern all talked a lot about collaboration, but in the end The NCAA’s directive addressed some of from the reserve/COVID-19 list. Waived of football or all of any sport in that sense.” LB Ahmad Thomas and DB Rojesterman each league did what was in its best interest. the issues raised by both groups, including Farris. Instead of making a broad decision across The NCAA’s main role has been to provide retention of scholarships and eligibility if an BUFFALO BILLS — Activated CB Ike three divisions, the Board of Governors set Brown and S Siran Neal from the re- guidelines for how to attempt to mitigate the athlete opts out of the coming season because serve/COVID-19 list. Waived RB Antonio parameters for each to make its own call. risk of COVID-19 as athletes return to cam- of COVID-19 concerns. Williams, LB Mike Bell and DE Jonathan Within hours Woodard. pus, practice and ultimately competition. The NCAA is also setting up an email ad- CLEVELAND BROWNS — Placed G Col- of the board’s an- The NCAA cannot stop regular-season dress and phone hot line to allow athletes, par- by Gossett on the reserve/opt out list. nouncement, presi- competition. When the board considered pull- ents and others associated with college athletic Activated QB Garrett Gilbert from the ‘ This isn’t reserve/COVID-19 list. dents councils from ing the plug on fall championships last month, departments to report “alleged failures” of DETROIT LIONS — Activated WR Kenny about any one both Division II conference leaders throughout all of Divi- COVID-19 protocols and guidelines. Golladay from the reserve/COVID-19 list. and III canceled GREEN BAY PACKERS — Claimed FB person or any sion I pushed back. There was even discus- “When we as players are united, our voices John Lovett off of waivers from Kansas fall sports champi- sion among the most powerful conferences will be heard. These are important victories City. one group not onships and deter- MIAMI DOLPHINS — Placed DT Davon that they could stage their own championship but players still don’t have any uniform, en- Godchaux on the reserve/COVID-19 list. wanting to take mined they will not events without the NCAA. forceable COVID standards to keep players LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Released RB be made up in the The pandemic has exposed college sports’ safe,” Washington State defensive lineman Jeremy Hill. leadership. It’s spring. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Re-signed lack of clearly defined, top-down leadership, Dallas Hobbs said in a statement released by WR Isaiah Zuber. According to the about trying to though Emmert said the current problems #WeAreUnited. NEW YORK GIANTS — CB Sam Beal has board’s decision, at opted out of the 2020 season. wouldn’t be easier to solve with a different Emmert said the burgeoning player move- SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Claimed FS D.J. find the right least 50% of teams Reed of waivers from San Francisco. answer for competing in a fall structure. ments were not discussed by the board and TENNESSEE TITANS — Activated LB “We’re at a place where all of the answers neither group has communicated with the Jayon Brown from the PUP. sport in any division SOCCER our student- must conduct a reg- to all of the questions are complicated be- NCAA. Major League Scoocer cause they are very complicated questions,” “But that’s not to say that this wasn’t the NEW YORK RED BULLS — Transferred athletes ular season this fall M Dru Yearwood from Brentford F.C. for a championship Emmert said. “And so I guess I understand result of a lot of conversations with students,” National Women’s Soccer League and it’s people that say, ‘You know, somebody make Emmert said. ORLANDO PRIDE — Waived D Erin to be held. Greene. complicated. ’ The board em- a decision.’ And I would hope that those same Later in the day, the College Football Playoff COLLEGE people would recognize that I and my board put another piece to this jigsaw puzzle of sea- ARMY — Named Arlen Marshall assis- Mark Emmert phasized that all tant men’s hockey coach. NCAA president fall sports activity, are more than willing to make decisions. We son in place by announcing that the selection whether it be pre- did it in March (canceling the NCAA basket- of the four teams to compete for the national Pro soccer season practices, ball tournament). title would be delayed two weeks to Dec. 20. regular-season games or postseason national “This isn’t about any one person or any It was another sign of hope — coming not championship tournaments, must follow the one group not wanting to take leadership. It’s long after Louisville announced it had sus- MLS is Back tournament NCAA’s return-to-sport guidelines. about trying to find the right answer for our pended team activities in men’s and women’s Semifinals “What we did today with the board is we student-athletes and it’s complicated. And soccer, field hockey and volleyball after 29 Wednesday, Aug. 5 Portland 2, Philadelphia 1 said, look, you have to meet these kinds of anybody that doesn’t recognize that is not pay- athletes tested positive for COVID-19. Thursday, Aug. 6 ing attention.” “There is no guarantee,” Big Ten Commis- Orlando City vs. Minnesota United FC standards and you have to provide these kinds Final of opportunities and this kind of information Around the same time the NCAA made sioner Kevin Warren said on Big Ten Net- Tuesday, Aug. 11 Portland vs. Orlando-Minnesota win- to students to even move forward on this,” its announcement Wednesday regarding fall work, “that we’ll have fall sports or a football ner Emmert said. championships and other issues related to season.” PAGE 20 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 7, 2020 MLB SCOREBOARD

American League Dodgers 7, Padres 6 Diamondbacks 14, Astros 7 Marlins 1, Orioles 0 (7) Phillies 11, Yankees 7 East Division Los Angeles San Diego Houston Arizona First Game First Game W L Pct GB ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi Miami Baltimore Philadelphia New York New York 9 2 .818 — Pollock dh 4 0 0 0 Tatis Jr. ss 4 2 2 2 Sprnger rf-cf 4 1 1 2 K.Marte 2b 5 2 3 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi Baltimore 5 6 .455 4 Muncy 1b 4 0 0 0 Grisham cf 4 0 1 0 Altuve 2b 5 0 0 0 Calhoun rf 5 2 2 3 Villar ss 3 0 1 0 Alberto 2b 3 0 0 0 McCtchen lf 3 2 0 0 LeMahieu 2b 3 1 3 0 Toronto 4 5 .444 4 Turner 3b 4 0 1 0 Pham lf 5 0 1 1 Bregman 3b 4 0 1 0 S.Marte cf 3 2 2 0 Berti rf-2b 3 0 0 0 Sntandr rf 3 0 0 0 Hoskins 1b 5 1 1 1 Estrada 2b 1 1 1 1 Gurriel 1b 3 1 1 1 Walker 1b 5 1 2 1 Tampa Bay 5 7 .417 4A Bellinger cf 4 0 0 0 Machdo 3b 4 1 0 0 Dickerson lf 1 0 0 0 Iglesias dh 2 0 0 0 Harper rf 3 2 1 2 Judge dh 4 1 1 3 Boston 4 8 .333 5A Seager ss 4 1 1 0 Crnnwth 1b 4 0 1 0 Correa ss 4 1 2 0 Escobar 3b 4 2 1 2 Haseley rf 1 0 1 0 Hicks cf 3 0 1 0 Toro dh 4 2 2 2 Peralta lf 4 2 2 4 Aguilar 1b 3 0 0 0 Nunez 3b 1 0 0 0 Central Division Taylor lf 4 2 2 0 Myers rf 4 2 2 1 Anderson 3b 3 1 1 1 Smith Jr. lf 2 0 0 0 Realmuto c 3 2 2 2 Torres ss 3 0 0 0 Minnesota 10 2 .833 — Pederson rf 3 3 2 5 Garcia dh 3 0 1 2 Tucker lf 3 1 1 2 Vogt c 4 1 2 1 Sgura ss-3b 4 2 1 0 Wade ss 1 0 1 0 Straw cf 3 0 0 0 Jay dh 5 1 1 0 Joyce dh 3 0 0 0 Hays cf 3 0 0 0 Chicago 7 5 .583 3 Betts rf 0 0 0 0 Alnt ph-dh 1 0 0 0 Cervelli c 3 0 0 0 Davis 1b 3 0 0 0 Kingery 2b 3 0 1 1 Ford 1b 4 0 0 0 Cleveland 7 6 .538 3A Smith c 3 1 1 1 Hedges c 2 0 1 0 Reddick ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Ahmed ss 4 1 1 2 Gosselin 3b 1 0 1 1 Andujar 3b 4 0 0 0 Mldnado c 2 1 0 0 Alvarez 2b 3 0 0 0 Sisco c 2 0 1 0 Detroit 5 5 .500 4 Hrnndez 2b 4 0 1 1 France ph 1 0 0 0 Sierra rf 0 0 0 0 Vlka pr-ss 1 0 1 0 Grgrus ph-ss 2 0 1 1 Tchman rf 2 1 1 0 Kansas City 3 10 .231 7A Mejia c 1 0 0 0 Stubbs ph 1 0 0 0 Quinn cf 4 1 1 1 Hgshioka c 3 1 2 0 Profar 2b 2 1 0 0 Totals 34 7 8 7 Totals 39 14 16 14 Harrison cf 3 0 0 0 Vlzquez ss 1 0 0 0 West Division Sevrno ph-c 2 0 1 0 Garlick dh 2 0 0 0 Gardner lf 3 2 2 2 Oakland 8 4 .667 — Totals 34 7 8 7 Totals 35 6 9 6 Houston 030 120 010—7 Bruce ph-dh 2 1 1 0 Los Angeles 020 023 000—7 Arizona 000 920 12x—14 Totals 25 1 2 1 Totals 23 0 3 0 Houston 6 5 .545 1A Miami 000 100 0—1 Totals 33 11 11 9 Totals 31 7 12 6 Seattle 5 8 .385 3A San Diego 000 022 011—6 DP—Houston 0, Arizona 1. LOB—Hous- Philadelphia 004 016 0—11 E—Hernandez (1). DP—Los Angeles ton 4, Arizona 6. 2B—Bregman (3), Correa Baltimore 000 000 0—0 Los Angeles 4 8 .333 4 1, San Diego 1. LOB—Los Angeles 2, San E—Cobb (0), Nunez (2). DP—Miami 1, New York 120 000 4—7 Texas 3 7 .300 4 (4), Walker (6), Vogt 2 (3), K.Marte (4), Jay E—Segura (1), LeMahieu (1), Higash- Diego 7. 2B—Turner (5), Hernandez (1), (1). 3B—Peralta (1). HR—Tucker (1), Toro Baltimore 0. LOB—Miami 7, Baltimore 6. Cronenworth (2), Garcia (1). 3B—Taylor 2B—Sisco (1). HR—Anderson (2). ioka (1). DP—Philadelphia 3, New York (1), Springer (3), Gurriel (2), Calhoun (2), 0. LOB—Philadelphia 8, New York 5. 2B— National League (1). HR—Pederson 2 (3), Tatis Jr. (4), My- Ahmed (1), Peralta (1), Escobar (1). IP H R ER BB SO ers (4). SB—Tatis Jr. (4), Grisham (3). Gosselin (1). HR—Harper (2), Realmuto East Division IP H R ER BB SO Miami (2), Gardner (3), Judge (7). IP H R ER BB SO W L Pct GB Hernandez 4 B 2 0 0 1 5 Houston B IP H R ER BB SO Miami 5 1 .833 — Los Angeles McCullers Jr., L, 1-1 3 C 7 8 8 0 1 Vincent, W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 A Stripling W,3-0 5 C 6 4 4 2 7 Bleier, H, 0 B 0 0 0 0 0 Philadelphia Atlanta 8 5 .615 B Rodriguez 1 5 3 3 1 0 Wheeler W,2-0 6 6 3 2 2 2 Washington 4 5 .444 2A McGee H,1 0 0 0 0 1 Bailey 2 B 2 1 1 1 0 Kintzler, S, 2-2 1 1 0 0 0 2 Treinen H,3 1 0 0 0 2 1 Davis B 4 4 4 0 0 Philadelphia 2 4 .333 3 Sanabria 1 2 2 2 2 1 Baltimore Kelley B 2 0 0 0 1 New York 5 8 .385 3A Ferguson H,3 1 1 1 1 0 2 Jansen S,4-4 1 2 1 1 1 1 Arizona Cobb, L, 1-1 5 2 1 1 3 7 Neris S,1-1 B 0 0 0 0 0 Central Division Castro 2 0 0 0 1 4 San Diego Ray, W, 1-2 5 6 6 6 2 6 New York Chicago 10 2 .833 — Ginkel 1 0 0 0 0 2 HBP—Hernandez 2 (Iglesias,Smith Jr.). A Richards L,0-1 5 5 4 4 1 4 Happ L,0-1 3 3 4 4 6 1 Milwaukee 4 5 .444 4 Guerra 1 0 0 0 0 1 WP—Bleier. T—2:19. St. Louis 2 3 .400 4A Patino 2 3 3 3 0 2 Holder 1 0 0 0 0 1 Strahm 1 0 0 0 0 0 Rondon 1 2 1 1 1 1 Nelson 1 C 7 7 6 1 0 Cincinnati 5 7 .417 5 Lopez 1 0 0 0 1 0 B Pittsburgh 2 10 .167 8 Guerra 1 0 0 0 1 1 Marlins 2, Orioles 1 (7) Cessa 1 1 0 0 0 1 T—3:11. Rodriguez pitched to 5 batters in the T—2:44. West Division 5th. HBP—McCullers Jr. (Escobar). WP— Second Game Colorado 8 3 .727 — Sanabria. T—3:14. Baltimore Miami Los Angeles 9 4 .692 — Athletics 6, Rangers 4 ab r h bi ab r h bi Yankees 3, Phillies 1 (7) San Diego 7 6 .538 2 Alberto 2b 4 0 0 0 Villar ss 2 1 1 0 San Francisco 6 7 .462 3 Texas Oakland Cubs 6, Royals 1 Second Game ab r h bi ab r h bi Santander rf 3 1 1 0 Berti 2b 3 1 1 0 New York Philadelphia Arizona 4 8 .333 4A Chicago Kansas City Iglesias dh 3 0 1 0 Dickrson lf 3 0 0 0 Wednesday’s games Choo lf 4 1 1 1 Semien ss 4 1 1 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Andrus ss 4 0 2 0 Laureano cf 3 1 1 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi Nunez 1b 3 0 1 0 Aguilar dh 2 0 0 1 Philadelphia 11, N.Y. Yankees 7, 7 in- Severino c 2 0 0 0 Andrson 1b 3 0 1 1 LMhu 2b-1b 4 0 0 0 Haseley cf 3 0 1 0 nings, 1st game Gallo rf 4 0 0 0 Olson 1b 3 2 2 3 Bryant 3b 5 2 2 0 Mrrifield cf 4 0 1 0 Judge rf 3 0 1 0 Hoskins dh 2 0 0 0 Frazier 1b 4 1 2 0 Chpman 3b 4 0 0 0 Rizzo 1b 4 2 2 0 Soler rf 4 0 0 0 Stewart lf 0 0 0 0 Joyce rf 2 0 0 0 N.Y. Yankees 3, Philadelphia 1, 7 in- Hays ph-cf 2 0 1 1 Harrison cf 0 0 0 0 Torres ss 3 0 0 0 Harper rf 2 0 0 0 Chirinos c 3 1 0 0 Canha dh 4 0 0 0 Baez ss 4 0 2 2 O’Hearn 1b 4 0 0 0 Stanton dh 3 1 1 0 Grgorius ss 3 0 0 0 nings, 2nd game Solak 2b 4 1 1 1 Grssman lf 3 0 0 0 Valaika 3b 2 0 0 0 Lavarnway c2 0 1 0 Miami 1, Baltimore 0, 7 innings, 1st game Contrras dh 4 0 1 1 Perez c 4 0 1 0 Voit 1b 3 1 2 1 Segura 3b 3 0 0 0 Kner-Flfa 3b 4 0 1 1 Piscotty rf 3 0 0 0 Schwrber lf 3 0 0 0 Gordon lf 3 0 0 0 Velzquez ss 2 0 0 0 Alvarez 3b 2 0 0 0 Miami 2, Baltimore 1, 7 innings, 2nd game Mullins cf-lf 2 0 0 0 Sierra cf-rf 2 0 0 0 Wade pr-2b 0 1 0 0 Bruce lf 2 0 0 0 Rfsnyder dh 3 0 0 1 Kemp 2b 4 1 2 0 Almora Jr. cf 0 0 0 0 McBrm dh 3 0 1 0 Tchman cf 3 0 1 1 McCtchn ph 1 0 0 0 Boston 5, Tampa Bay 0 Heineman cf 3 0 0 0 Allen c 3 1 1 2 Bote 2b 2 0 0 0 Mndesi ss 3 0 0 0 Holaday ph 1 0 0 0 Minnesota 5, Pittsburgh 2 Sanchez c 2 0 0 0 Kingery 2b 3 0 0 0 Totals 33 4 7 4 Totals 31 6 7 6 Happ ph-cf-lf 2 1 1 0 Franco 3b 3 1 1 0 Totals 24 1 4 1 Totals 21 2 4 2 Urshela 3b 3 0 2 1 Walker 1b 3 1 1 0 Cleveland 2, Cincinnati 0 Texas 100 300 000—4 Heyward rf 4 0 0 0 Lopez 2b 3 0 1 0 Baltimore 000 001 0—1 Toronto 2, Atlanta 1 Oakland 200 010 21x—6 Andujar lf 2 0 0 0 Knapp c 2 0 1 1 Hrner cf-2b 4 0 0 0 Miami 200 000 x—2 Gardner lf 1 0 0 0 Milwaukee 1, Chicago White Sox 0 LOB—Texas 4, Oakland 5. 2B—Andrus Caratini c 4 1 2 1 DP—Baltimore 0, Miami 1. LOB—Balti- Chicago Cubs 6, Kansas City 1 (2), Solak (1). HR—Choo (3), Olson 2 (3), Totals 27 3 7 3 Totals 24 1 3 1 Totals 36 6 10 4 Totals 31 1 5 0 more 6, Miami 3. 2B—Iglesias (6), Berti New York 010 000 2—3 Oakland 6, Texas 4 Laureano (3), Allen (1). SB—Andrus (2), Chicago 000 200 022—6 (1). SB—Villar (1). SF—Aguilar (1). Arizona 14, Houston 7 Kiner-Falefa (3). SF—Refsnyder (1). Philadelphia 010 000 0—1 Kansas City 001 000 000—1 IP H R ER BB SO DP—New York 0, Philadelphia 1. LOB— Seattle 7, L.A. Angels 6 IP H R ER BB SO E—Hoerner (2), Franco (2), Merrifield Baltimore New York 4, Philadelphia 4. 2B—Tauch- N.Y. Mets 3, Washington 1 (2). DP—Chicago 2, Kansas City 2. LOB— L.A. Dodgers 7, San Diego 6 Texas Wojciechowski, L, 0-2 5 4 2 2 1 4 man (1), Walker (1). HR—Voit (4). SB— Gibson 6 4 3 3 2 9 Chicago 5, Kansas City 4. 2B—Happ (3), Scott 1 0 0 0 0 0 Harper (1). Philadelphia at Miami, ppd. Gbaut, L, 0-1, BS, 0-1 1 2 2 2 0 3 Franco (5). SB—Contreras (1). San Francisco 4, Colorado 3 Farrell 1 1 1 1 1 2 Miami IP H R ER BB SO Thursday’s games IP H R ER BB SO Josh A.Smith 2 1 0 0 1 1 Oakland New York Detroit at St. Louis, ppd. B Chicago Sharp, H, 1 1 C 1 0 0 0 1 Loaisiga 2 B 3 1 1 1 3 Minnesota at Pittsburgh Manaea 3 6 4 4 1 5 Darvish, W, 2-1 7 5 1 1 1 4 Smith 3 B 0 0 0 0 4 Moran, W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 1 3 Avilan 1 0 0 0 0 2 Texas at Oakland C Jeffress, H, 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 Shafer, H, 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Green 2 B 0 0 0 0 2 McFarland, W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 1 Rea 1 0 0 0 0 2 B B L.A. Angels at Seattle Soria, S, 2-2 1 C 0 0 0 0 3 Tarpley, S, 1-1 1 1 0 0 1 0 Ottavino W,2-0 0 0 0 0 0 N.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia HBP—Farrell (Grossman). T—2:55. Kansas City Moran pitched to 3 batters in the 5th, Britton S,5-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati at Cleveland Bubic, L, 0-2 6 4 2 2 2 6 Shafer pitched to 4 batters in the 6th. Philadelphia Chicago Cubs at Kansas City Barlow 1 0 0 0 0 2 T—2:06. Nola 6 3 1 1 0 12 Houston at Arizona Giants 4, Rockies 3 Kennedy C 3 2 0 0 1 Hunter L,0-1 0 4 2 2 0 0 Toronto at Atlanta San Francisco Colorado Speier C 1 1 1 0 1 Morgan 1 0 0 0 0 1 Baltimore at Miami C Indians 2, Reds 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Newberry 2 1 0 0 1 Avilan pitched to 1 batter in the 4th, Milwaukee at Chicago White Sox WP—Darvish, Newberry. T—3:09. Cincinnati Cleveland Hunter pitched to 5 batters in the 7th. San Francisco at Colorado Ystrzmski cf 4 1 1 0 Dahl cf 3 1 0 1 Dickerson rf 4 0 0 0 Butera c 0 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi HBP—Loaisiga (Harper), Hunter (San- Friday’s games Akiyama lf 3 0 1 0 Hrnndez 2b 2 0 1 1 chez). T—2:38. Baltimore (TBD) at Washington (TBD) Slater rf 0 0 0 0 Story ss 4 0 0 0 Blue Jays 2, Braves 1 Solano 3b 4 1 1 0 Blackmn dh 4 0 1 1 Ervin ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Ramirez 3b 4 0 1 1 N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 0-0) at Tampa Toronto Atlanta Cstellnos rf 3 0 1 0 Lindor ss 4 0 1 0 Bay (Snell 0-0) Longoria 3b 0 0 0 0 Arenado 3b 4 1 1 1 Red Sox 5, Rays 0 Belt 1b 4 2 2 3 Murphy 1b 4 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Votto 1b 4 0 0 0 C.Sntana 1b 3 0 0 0 Detroit (TBD) at Pittsburgh (Brault 0-0) Bchtte ss 4 1 2 0 Acuna rf-cf 2 0 0 0 Suarez 3b 2 0 0 0 Reyes dh 4 0 0 0 Boston Tampa Bay Toronto (TBD) at Boston (Weber 0-2) Flores 2b 4 0 1 1 McMahn 2b 2 0 1 0 Dubon 2b 0 0 0 0 Tapia rf 2 0 0 0 Biggio 2b 4 0 1 1 Swansn ss 4 0 0 0 Winker dh 2 0 1 0 Zimmer rf 3 0 1 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Minnesota (TBD) at Kansas City (Junis Hrnandez rf 4 0 0 0 Ozuna dh 3 0 0 0 Davidson ph 1 0 0 0 Luplow lf 2 1 0 0 0-0) Sandoval dh 4 0 2 0 Kemp ph 1 0 0 0 Pillar cf-rf 5 0 0 0 Diaz 3b 4 0 2 0 Crwford ss 4 0 0 0 Hmpn lf-cf 1 0 0 0 Gurriel Jr. lf 3 0 0 0 d’Arnaud c 4 0 1 0 Senzel cf 2 0 0 0 Allen lf 0 0 0 0 Devers 3b 4 0 1 0 Mdows dh 4 0 0 0 Cleveland (Civale 1-1) at Chicago Guerrero 1b 4 1 1 0 Duvall lf 3 1 2 1 VanMeter 2b 2 0 0 0 Leon c 2 0 0 0 White Sox (Cease 1-1) Heineman c 3 0 0 0 Hillird lf-rf 3 1 1 0 Mrtinez dh 5 0 1 0 Mrtinez 1b 3 0 1 0 Grichuk dh 4 0 1 0 Riley 1b 2 0 0 0 Casali ph-c 2 0 0 0 Mercado cf 2 1 0 0 Bogaerts ss 4 1 2 0 Renfroe rf 1 0 0 0 L.A. Angels (TBD) at Texas (Lyles 0-1) Duggar lf 3 0 0 0 Wolters c 3 0 2 0 Jansen c 2 0 0 1 Frmn ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Totals 34 4 7 4 Totals 31 3 6 3 Galvis ss 2 0 0 0 Vazquez c 4 1 1 1 Brosseau lf 4 0 0 0 Houston (Greinke 0-0) at Oakland Drury 3b 3 0 0 0 Cmargo 3b 3 0 0 0 Barnhart c 2 0 0 0 San Francisco 000 301 000—4 Alford cf 3 0 0 0 Clberson 2b 2 0 0 0 Chavis 1b 4 2 3 2 Lowe 2b 4 0 1 0 (Bassitt 1-0) Colon ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Vrdugo rf-lf 3 1 1 2 Adames ss 4 0 0 0 Atlanta (Wright 0-1) at Philadelphia Colorado 101 000 100—3 Mrkakis ph 1 0 0 0 E—Solano (3), Murphy (1), Story (3). Hchavrra 2b 0 0 0 0 Totals 27 0 3 0 Totals 26 2 4 2 Peraza lf-2b 3 0 1 0 Zunino c 3 0 0 0 (Velasquez 0-0) Cincinnati 000 000 000—0 Arauz 2b 4 0 0 0 Krmaier cf 2 0 0 0 Miami (Alcantara 1-0) at N.Y. Mets DP—San Francisco 1, Colorado 2. LOB— Inciarte cf 2 0 0 0 San Francisco 3, Colorado 4. 2B—Belt (1), Schbr ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Cleveland 000 020 00x—2 Bradley cf 0 0 0 0 (Wacha 1-1) E—Leon (1). DP—Cincinnati 2, Cleve- Totals 36 5 10 5 Totals 29 0 4 0 Cincinnati (Bauer 1-0) at Milwaukee Yastrzemski (4). HR—Belt (1), Arenado Totals 31 2 5 2 Totals 28 1 3 1 (3). SB—Hilliard (1). SF—Dahl (1). Toronto 010 010 000—2 land 1. LOB—Cincinnati 7, Cleveland 6. Boston 000 203 000—5 (TBD) 2B—Akiyama (2). Tampa Bay 000 000 000—0 Chicago Cubs (TBD) at St. Louis (TBD) IP H R ER BB SO Atlanta 000 000 100—1 E—Riley (1). DP—Toronto 1, Atlanta 1. IP H R ER BB SO DP—Boston 2, Tampa Bay 1. LOB—Bos- Arizona (Weaver 0-2) at San Diego San Francisco LOB—Toronto 4, Atlanta 4. 2B—Guerrero ton 7, Tampa Bay 7. 2B—Martinez (7), (Davies 1-1) Webb W,1-0 5 4 2 1 0 4 Cincinnati Jr. (3). HR—Duvall (2). SB—Bichette (1). B Bogaerts (3), Diaz 2 (2), Martinez (2). San Francisco (TBD) at L.A. Dodgers Baragar H,1 1 0 0 0 0 0 SF—Jansen (1). Antone L,0-1 4 2 1 1 4 4 HR—Verdugo (1), Chavis (2). (Urias 1-0) Watson H,1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Lorenzen C 2 1 1 1 0 Colorado (Senzatela 2-0) at Seattle Rogers H,4 1 1 0 0 0 1 IP H R ER BB SO Sims 1 0 0 0 0 1 IP H R ER BB SO (Kikuchi 0-0) Gott S,3-3 1 0 0 0 1 1 Toronto Garrett 1 0 0 0 1 1 Boston Ryu W,1-1 5 1 0 0 3 8 Raley 1 0 0 0 0 1 Perez W,2-1 5 4 0 0 3 4 Colorado Hatch H,1 1 B 1 1 1 0 1 Gray L,0-1 6 5 4 3 0 2 Cleveland Brewer 1 0 0 0 1 2 Wednesday Borucki H,1 C 0 0 0 0 2 Brice 1 0 0 0 0 1 Kinley 1 0 0 0 0 1 Clevinger W,1-1 5 C 2 0 0 5 4 Romano H,3 1 0 0 0 0 1 B Barnes 1 0 0 0 0 1 Mariners 7, Angels 6 Bard 1 1 0 0 0 2 Bass S,2-2 1 1 0 0 1 0 Leone H,2 0 0 0 0 1 Perez H,1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Workman 1 0 0 0 1 3 Los Angeles Seattle Estevez 1 1 0 0 0 0 Webb pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. Atlanta Karinchak H,3 1 1 0 0 0 1 Tampa Bay ab r h bi ab r h bi Newcomb L,0-1 4 C 5 2 2 1 4 Yarbrough L,0-2 5 8 5 5 1 5 WP—Webb. T—2:48. B Hand S,4-4 1 0 0 0 1 2 Fletcher ss 4 1 1 1 Crawford ss 4 1 1 0 Tomlin 1 0 0 0 0 2 T—2:56. Kittredge 1 0 0 0 0 1 Trout cf 4 2 2 4 Moore lf 5 2 3 0 Greene 1 0 0 0 0 3 Alvarado 1 1 0 0 0 2 Rendon 3b 3 0 0 0 Lewis cf 4 1 2 1 Mets 3, Nationals 1 Martin 1 0 0 0 0 0 Castillo 1 1 0 0 0 1 Upton dh 3 0 0 0 Seager 3b 5 2 2 3 Minter 1 0 0 0 0 0 Twins 5, Pirates 2 Beeks 1 0 0 0 0 2 New York Washington WP—Ryu. T—3:00. La Stla ph-dh 1 0 0 0 Nola c 4 1 2 2 Minnesota Pittsburgh Yarbrough pitched to 5 batters in the Pujols 1b 4 0 0 0 Velbach dh 1 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi 6th. HBP—Yarbrough 2 (Devers,Verdugo). Ward lf 3 0 0 0 White 1b 4 0 1 1 Nimmo lf 2 2 0 0 Turner ss 4 0 0 0 T—3:05. Goodwin ph 1 0 0 0 Long Jr. 2b 4 0 1 0 Conforto rf 4 0 1 0 Eaton rf 4 1 1 0 Brewers 1, White Sox 0 Kepler rf 4 1 1 3 Frazier 2b 3 1 0 0 Adell rf 4 1 1 0 Smith rf 4 0 0 0 Alonso 1b 4 0 1 0 Castro 2b 4 0 0 0 Milwaukee Chicago J.Polanco ss 5 0 1 0 Newman ss 4 0 0 0 Stassi c 2 2 1 1 Do.Smith dh 3 0 1 2 Soto lf 4 0 2 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi Cruz dh 3 0 1 0 Bell 1b 4 1 3 2 Calendar Rengifo 2b 3 0 0 0 Davis 3b 3 1 1 0 Kndrick dh 3 0 0 0 Healy 1b 3 0 0 0 Robert cf 4 0 1 0 Rosario lf 4 0 0 0 Moran dh 4 0 0 0 Gimenez ss 4 0 1 0 Cabrera 3b 3 0 1 0 Cave cf 2 1 0 0 Reynolds lf 3 0 0 0 Aug. 20 — Active rosters reduced to 26 Totals 32 6 5 6 Totals 35 7 12 7 Smoak ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Moncada 3b 4 0 1 0 players. Los Angeles 001 002 030—6 Ramos c 3 0 1 0 Thames 1b 3 0 1 0 Hiura dh 4 0 1 0 Abreu 1b 3 0 0 0 Buxton cf 1 1 1 0 G.Plnco rf 3 0 0 0 Gullorme 2b 4 0 1 1 Suzuki c 3 0 0 0 Arraez 2b 4 0 1 0 Gnzalez 3b 3 0 1 0 Aug. 31 — Last day during the season Seattle 003 010 30x—7 A.Garcia cf 4 0 0 0 Grandal dh 4 0 1 0 to trade a player. E—Pujols (1). DP—Los Angeles 1, Se- Hamilton cf 4 0 0 0 Robles cf 3 0 0 0 Gyorko 3b 3 0 0 0 Jimenez lf 4 0 0 0 Garver c 3 1 0 0 Tucker cf 3 0 0 0 attle 0. LOB—Los Angeles 1, Seattle 9. Totals 31 3 7 3 Totals 31 1 5 1 Gonzalez 1b 4 1 2 2 Stallings c 2 0 0 0 Sept. 15 — Last day to be contracted Holt ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Mazara rf 1 0 0 0 to an organization and be eligible for 2B—Nola 2 (3), Moore (4), White (2). HR— New York 100 100 100—3 Gamel rf 3 0 0 0 McCann c 3 0 0 0 Adrianza 3b 3 0 0 0 a-Riddle ph 1 0 0 0 Stassi (3), Fletcher (2), Trout 2 (4), Seager Washington 100 000 000—1 Totals 33 5 7 5 Totals 30 2 4 2 postseason roster. Pina c 4 0 1 0 L.Garcia ss 3 0 0 0 Sept. 29-30 — Wild-card games. (2). SB—Crawford (3), Lewis (1), Seager DP—New York 0, Washington 2. LOB— Mathias lf 3 1 1 0 Mendick 2b 3 0 3 0 Minnesota 010 000 004—5 (2), Moore (2). New York 9, Washington 3. 2B—Do.Smith Pittsburgh 000 000 002—2 Oct. 15 — International amateur sign- Arcia ss 3 0 1 0 ing period closes, 5 p.m. EDT IP H R ER BB SO (1), Eaton (2), Soto (1). SB—Hamilton (1). Sogard 2b 3 0 1 1 E—Reynolds (1). DP—Minnesota 0, SF—Do.Smith (2). Totals 32 1 5 1 Totals 29 0 6 0 Pittsburgh 1. LOB—Minnesota 6, Pitts- Oct. 20 — World Series starts. Los Angeles burgh 2. 2B—Arraez (1), Buxton (1), Bell October TBA — Trading resumes, day C IP H R ER BB SO Milwaukee 001 000 000—1 Teheran, L, 0-1 2 2 2 2 2 2 Chicago 000 000 000—0 (1). HR—Kepler (4), Bell (2). after World Series. Buchter B 2 1 1 1 1 New York Deadline for teams DP—Milwaukee 3, Chicago 0. LOB—Mil- IP H R ER BB SO November TBA — Andriese 3 3 1 1 0 1 Porcello, W, 1-1 7 5 1 1 0 4 waukee 5, Chicago 5. 2B—Mendick (1). to make qualifying offers to their eligible N.Ramirez C 3 3 3 1 1 Lugo, S, 2-4 2 0 0 0 0 2 Minnesota former players who became free agents, IP H R ER BB SO Mayers B 1 0 0 0 0 Washington Dobnak, W, 2-1 6 3 0 0 0 1 fifth day after World Series. Robles C 1 0 0 1 0 Scherzer 1 1 1 1 1 1 Milwaukee Stashak, H, 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 November TBA — Deadline for free Milner B 0 0 0 0 0 Fedde, L, 0-1 3 3 1 1 3 1 Houser W,1-0 7 5 0 0 2 5 Duffey, H, 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 agents to accept qualifying offers, 15th Seattle Freeman 1 0 0 0 2 0 Phelps H,2 1 1 0 0 0 0 Alcala 1 1 2 2 1 2 day after World Series. Gonzales, W, 2-1 7 3 3 3 0 7 Suero 1 1 0 0 0 0 Hader S,2-2 1 0 0 0 0 1 Pittsburgh Dec. 2 — Last day for teams to offer Williams 1 2 3 3 0 1 Doolittle B 2 1 1 1 0 Chicago Williams, L, 0-3 7 3 1 1 1 5 2021 contracts to unsigned players on Edwards Jr., S, 1-1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Finnegan 1 C 0 0 0 0 1 Keuchel L,2-1 7 5 1 1 1 8 Hartlieb 1 B 2 2 2 3 0 their 40-man rosters. HBP—Williams 2 (Stassi,Rendon). Guerra 1 0 0 0 0 2 Heuer 2 0 0 0 0 3 Neverauskas C 2 2 2 0 2 Dec. 6 — Hall of Fame Golden Days Era WP—Williams. T—3:09. T—2:46. HBP—Houser (Mazara). T—2:21. HBP—Williams (Cave). T—2:52. committee vote announced, Dallas. Friday, August 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 21 MLB Roundup Undermanned Virus protocols Marlins sweep O’s, stay in first to be tightened Violators could be banned for rest of season Associated Press BY JAKE SEINER surgical masks or N95/KN95 BALTIMORE — Five pitchers combined on a four- respirators. hitter for Don Mattingly’s undermanned, gritty and Associated Press At hotels, teams have been in- first-place Miami Marlins, who beat the Baltimore NEW YORK — Major League structed to provide a large private Orioles 2-1 Wednesday night for a doubleheader Baseball is cracking down on room — a ballroom, for instance sweep. coronavirus safety protocols, — where staff and players can Brian Anderson homered in opener, and Miami mandating that players and staff get food and other amenities with won 1-0 despite getting only two hits. GREGORY BULL/AP wear face coverings at all times, enough space to keep their dis- The sweep kept the Marlins atop the NL East and The Dodgers’ Joc Pederson reacts after hitting a including in the dugouts and bull- tance. Players are discouraged earned Mattingly his 281st win as Miami’s manager, three-run home run during the sixth inning against pens, except for players on the tying Jack McKeon’s club record. from talking to each other or fac- the Padres. Pederson homered twice. field of play. ing each other if their mask is The Marlins won their third straight game since The league sent a memo to emerging from a coronavirus-prompted layoff that pulled down while eating. one behind Willie Mays on the career list. teams Wednesday outlining left them with a roster filled with callups, free agents If players want to leave the Marco Gonzales (2-1) gave up solo home runs to changes to its 2020 operations and rookies. Miami has allowed a total of one run and hotel, they must get approval Trout, Max Stassi and David Fletcher but was other- manual after outbreaks on the 10 hits in those three games at Camden Yards. first from the team’s compliance wise strong. The lefty didn’t walk a batter and struck Miami Marlins and St. Louis Car- officer. In the nightcap. Jon Berti hit an RBI double off out seven. dinals led to 21 postponements in Asher Wojciechowski (0-2) in the first inning and While in their home cities, play- Athletics 6, Rangers 4: Matt Olson homered twice, the first two weeks of a shortened ers and staff are banned from vis- scored on a fly ball by Jesus Aguilar. That proved to Ramon Laureano also went deep and host Oakland 60-game season. be enough. Josh A. Smith started, Brian Moran (1-0) iting bars, lounges, malls or other rallied to beat Texas. The memo, obtained by The places where groups of people are struck out three over one inning and Stephen Tarpley Austin Allen hit his first career homer, a go-ahead, Associated Press on Wednes- got four outs for his first save. gathered. two-run drive in the seventh inning. day night, says that repeated or In the opener, Anderson produced the game’s lone Clubs are being instructed to Shin-Soo Choo homered on the game’s first pitch flagrant violators of the proto- run with an opposite-field drive to right off Alex Cobb provided spaces for visiting play- for the second time in six days for the Rangers. cols could be banned from par- (1-1). ers that are covered and outdoors, Twins 5, Pirates 2: Minnesota’s Randy Dobnak ticipating in the 2020 season and Miami starter Elieser Hernandez gave up a one- and that home and visiting teams dominated in his homecoming, allowing three hits in postseason. out double to Chance Sisco in the fifth and Pedro Sev- must have access to areas where six innings. That includes those who don’t erino followed with a single before Nick Vincent (1-0) personnel can socially distance Dobnak, who grew up a half-hour south of PNC wear face coverings while watch- got Hanser Alberto to hit into a double play, ending during weather delays. Players Park in the Pittsburgh suburb of South Park, didn’t ing from the dugout. Although Baltmore’s only threat. are being told to use those outdoor walk a batter and struck out just one. such measures were suggested in Phillies 11-1, Yankees 7-3 : Mike Tauchman’s areas as much as possible, rather Marwin Gonzalez went 2-for-4 with two RBIs for MLB’s operations manual before tiebreaking double in the seventh inning sent visit- than linger in the clubhouse. the Twins. Wednesday, some players have ing New York over Philadelphia and a split of their Among other changes: teams Red Sox 5, Rays 0: Martin Perez pitched out of continued to not wear face masks, doubleheader. must limit the size of traveling trouble all night, and Alex Verdugo and Michael Cha- offer high fives, spit and violate parties to essential personnel, Bryce Harper and J.T. Realmuto homered to back vis homered to help visiting Boston stop a four-game Zack Wheeler (2-0) and lead the “visiting” Phillies the protocols in other ways dur- maintain unoccupied rows be- skid. ing games. tween passengers on team buses, to a victory over the Yankees in the opener, snap- Perez (2-1) allowed four hits and three walks, wig- ping New York’s seven-game winning streak despite Umpires are also being in- and distance seating on airplanes gling out of jams for five innings. Colten Brewer, structed to wear face masks at all while ensuring players do not Aaron Judge hitting his seventh homer in just the Austin Brice, Matt Barnes and Brandon Workman 10th game of the season. times, except when it would make change locations. completed a four-hitter. it unfeasible for them to do their MLB said in the memo it made Phillies ace Aaron Nola tied a career high with 12 Blue Jays 2, Braves 1: Hyun-Jin Ryu combined strikeouts in the nightcap, allowing one run on Luke jobs. many of the changes after evalu- with four relievers on a three-hitter and visiting To- Compliance officers have been ating results of its investigation Voit’s homer and three hits in six innings. Giancarlo ronto beat shorthanded Atlanta. Stanton and Voit greeted reliever Tommy Hunter (0- appointed for each team, and they into the Marlins outbreak. The Ryu (1-1) lasted only five innings but was dominant have been charged with enforcing league also said it is working with 1) with consecutive singles, and Tauchman lined a as he gave up only one hit, an infield single by Adam double to right-center for a 2-1 lead. protocols outlined in the opera- the union to review contact trac- Duvall in the second. tions manual in an effort to keep ing protocols, specifically the Mets 3, Nationals 1: Nationals starter Max Scher- The Braves were forced to recast their lineup after baseball’s season running. requirements for identified close zer exited because of a hamstring problem after placing Ozzie Albies and Matt Adams on the injured Players and staff must wear contacts. Close contacts do not laboring through just one inning, overshadowing list and giving Freddie Freeman a day off. face coverings at all times at team currently include passing interac- Juan Soto’s eventful 2020 debut for the World Series Diamondbacks 14, Astros 7: Kole Calhoun hit his hotels and in public places while tions or physical contact unlikely champs, and Rick Porcello collected his 150th career first career inside-the-park homer with the help of a on the road. On team buses and to pass secretions, such as elbow win. crazy bounce, David Peralta had four RBIs and host airplanes, personnel must wear bumps. Porcello (1-1) went seven innings, allowing one run Arizona used nine-run burst in the fourth inning to and five hits and retiring the last 10 batters he faced. beat Houston. Scherzer revealed afterward that he first felt some- Calhoun hit a pitch from Lance McCullers Jr. (1-1) thing wrong with the hamstring before his previous down the right-field line, and the ball hit the metal start, six days earlier against Toronto. But he pitched base of the fence in the corner, which sent it rico- anyway in that one and ended up throwing an MLB cheting past George Springer and down the warning season-high 112 pitches . track into right center. Dodgers 7, Padres 6: Joc Pederson had two hom- Giants 4, Rockies 3: Brandon Belt extended ers and five RBIs, left fielder Chris Taylor threw out his success against Colorado starter Jon Gray with Trent Grisham at the plate for the final out and visit- a three-run homer and a double, and visiting San ing Los Angeles beat San Diego. Francisco won despite Nolan Arenado homering in Kenley Jansen made it interesting in the ninth by his third straight game. allowing one run before the game ended on a double Cubs 6, Royals 1: Yu Darvish (2-1) pitched seven play. With runners on the corners, Manny Machado sharp innings and visiting Chicago earned its sixth lined out to Taylor, who threw out Grisham trying to straight victory. score the tying run. The Padres challenged but the Javier Baez drove in two runs for the Cubs, who play stood after review. handed Kansas City its sixth consecutive defeat. Kris Brewers 1, White Sox 0: Adrian Houser domi- Bryant and Anthony Rizzo each had two hits and nated over seven innings and visiting Milwaukee scored twice. snapped Chicago’s six-game winning streak. Indians 2, Reds 0: Mike Clevinger didn’t have his Milwaukee held struggling star Christian Yelich best stuff but did enough to pitch into the sixth inning out of the lineup, with the 2018 NL MVP and two- and lead host Cleveland as the Indians wait for man- time defending NL batting champion mired in a sea- ager Terry Francona’s return from a gastrointestinal son-opening 3-for-34 slump. problem. Mariners 7, Angels 6: Scorching slugger Kyle Sea- Clevinger (1-1) worked around five walks, includ- KATHY WILLENS/AP ger hit a three-run homer, rookie Kyle Lewis stayed ing three in the sixth. The right-hander’s strong start hot with an RBI single, and host Seattle overcame — he gave up just two hits — continued a pattern for The Red Sox celebrate a home run by Xander Bogaerts, far left, two home runs by Mike Trout. the Indians, who have had great pitching while their behind two masked coaches. The league is mandating that players Albert Pujols remained on 659 career home runs, offense remains in a team-wide funk. wear face coverings at all times, including in the dugouts. PAGE 22 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, August 7, 2020 NHL Roundup Blackhawks edge Oilers, take 2-1 series advantage

Associated Press Coyotes 4, Predators 1: Conor Garland and Taylor Hall EDMONTON, Alberta — Mat- each scored in the third period thew Highmore tied the score to lead Arizona past Nashville in with 5:47 left in the third period, Edmonton, Alberta. and Jonathan Toews got his sec- The Coyotes, seeded 11th in the FRANK GUNN, THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP ond of the game 4½ minutes later West in the NHL’s restart, can to give the Chicago Blackhawks a eliminate the sixth-seeded Pred- A shot by Montreal Canadiens center Phillip Danault hits the post behind Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oil- ators in Game 4 on Friday in this Matt Murray in Montreal’s 4-3 win Wednesday in Toronto. ers in Game 3 of their qualifying best-of-five qualifying series. round series Wednesday night. Christian Dvorak scored on “We stuck with it and I think it Arizona’s first shot of the game, Canadiens push Penguins to the brink was a great team effort,” Toews and the Coyotes scored three in said. the third for the victory, capped Associated Press assists for Montreal, Paul Byron with a win Friday in Game 4. On the winner, Oilers defense- by Carl Soderberg’s empty-netter man Ethan Bear errantly tipped added a goal and an assist, and Patric Hornqvist, Jason Zucker inside the final two minutes. TORONTO — Jeff Petry scored Jonathan Drouin also scored. Ben a Blackhawks shot off Toews Nashville thought it had a 2-1 5:33 into the third period as the and Teddy Blueger scored for and past Mikko Koskinen. It was Chariot also had had assists. fifth-seeded Pittsburgh, which lead 1:13 into the third period on a Montreal Canadiens rallied from Carey Price stopped 30 shots Toews’ fourth goal of the series. led 3-1 after Blueger’s goal 5:34 goal by Kyle Turris, but the Coy- two goals down and beat Pitts- for the Canadiens — the 12th Olli Maatta also scored for otes won their challenge of offside into the second. Matt Murray fin- Chicago, which trailed by a goal burgh 4-3 in Game 3 on Wednes- seed in the Eastern Conference with Predators center Matt Duch- ished with 27 saves. entering the third period. Corey day night, pushing the Penguins as part of the NHL’s 24-team re- ene found over the blue line on to the brink of elimination in the start to its pandemic-delayed sea- “We’ve just done it by working Crawford finished with 25 saves. review. Turris later hit the post best-of-five series. son. Montreal can advance to the hard,” Canadiens coach Claude “(There were) some great con- with 6:19 left. Shea Weber had a goal and two normal first round with 16 teams Julien said. tributions from all over our line- Garland put the Coyotes ahead up,” Toews added. “A one-goal to stay with his wrister from the lead is a tough lead to hang onto slot at 7:08 of the third. NHL scoreboard for that long. In that situation we Lightning 3, Bruins 2: Tyler can always simplify our game and Johnson scored the tiebreak- put pucks down in their zone ... ing goal with 87 seconds left and Stanley Cup qualifiers Wednesday Lightning 3, Bruins 2 and eventually things develop.” Tampa Bay handed Presidents’ Leon Draisaitl scored twice for (Best-of-five) Blackhawks 4, Oilers 3 Tampa Bay 2 0 1—3 Trophy-winning Boston its sec- x-if necessary Boston 0 1 1—2 Edmonton, and Connor McDavid EASTERN CONFERENCE Edmonton 1 2 0—3 ond straight loss in the NHL’s At Toronto Chicago 2 0 2—4 First Period—1, Tampa Bay, Point 1 got his fifth of the series to give playoff seeding round in Toronto. Carolina 3, N.Y. Rangers 0 First Period—1, Chicago, Maatta 2 (Palat, Kucherov), 7:33. 2, Tampa Bay, Kil- the Oilers a 3-2 lead with 8 sec- Carolina 3, N.Y. Rangers 2 (Kane, Highmore), 9:14. 2, Edmonton, lorn 1 (Johnson, Hedman), 10:32 (pp). Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 25 Carolina 4, N.Y. Rangers 1 Draisaitl 2 (Ennis), 9:42. 3, Chicago, Toews Second Period—3, Boston, McAvoy 1 onds left in the second period. shots for the Lightning, who im- Tuesday: Carolina 4, N.Y. Rangers 1 3 (Dach, DeBrincat), 19:55 (pp). (Krug, Bergeron), 16:43. Koskinen had 21 saves as Ed- N.Y. Islanders 2, Florida 1 Second Period—4, Edmonton, Draisaitl Third Period—4, Boston, Wagner 2 proved to 2-0 in the three-game N.Y. Islanders 2, Florida 1 3 (Benning), 4:07. 5, Edmonton, McDavid monton was pushed to the brink N.Y. Islanders 4, Florida 2 (Chara), 1:47. 5, Tampa Bay, Johnson 1 round-robin. Tampa Bay would 5 (Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl), 19:52 (pp). (Killorn, Gourde), 18:33. of elimination in the best-of-five Wednesday: Florida 3, N.Y. Islanders 2 Third Period—6, Chicago, Highmore earn the No. 1 seed in the East Friday: Florida vs. N.Y. Islanders 1 (Koekkoek, Maatta), 14:13. 7, Chicago, Shots on Goal—Tampa Bay 8-11-16— series. with a victory over Philadelphia x-Sunday: N.Y. Islanders vs. Florida Murphy 1 (Carpenter, Keith), 18:44. 35. Boston 9-9-9—27. “It’s obviously disappointing, Montreal 2, Pittsburgh 1 Shots on Goal—Edmonton 9-11-8—28. Power-play opportunities—Tampa on Saturday. Montreal 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Chicago 9-8-8—25. Bay 1 of 2; Boston 0 of 4. no question,” Draisaitl said. “I Pittsburgh 3, Montreal 1 Power-play opportunities—Edmonton Goalies—Tampa Bay, Vasilevskiy 1-0-0 Tuukka Rask made 32 saves for Wednesday: Montreal 4, Pittsburgh 3 1 of 3; Chicago 1 of 6. (27 shots-25 saves). Boston, Rask 0-0-0 think we have to be a little more the Bruins, who led the NHL with Friday: Montreal vs. Pittsburgh Goalies—Edmonton, Koskinen 1-1-0 x-Saturday: Pittsburgh vs. Montreal (35-32). disciplined .” 100 points in the pandemic-short- Columbus 1, Toronto 1 (25 shots-21 saves). Chicago, Crawford T—2:35. Panthers 3, Islanders 2: Mike Columbus 2, Toronto 0 2-1-0 (28-25). ened regular season but can now Toronto 3, Columbus 0 T—2:34. Hoffman and Brian Boyle scored finish no higher than the No. 3 Thursday: Columbus vs. Toronto Coyotes 4, Predators 1 2:07 apart in the opening minutes Friday: Columbus vs. Toronto Canadiens 4, Penguins 3 Nashville 0 1 0—1 seed in the Eastern Conference. x-Sunday: Toronto vs. Columbus of the third period, and Florida Avalanche 4, Stars 0: High- ROUND ROBIN Pittsburgh 2 1 0—3 Arizona 1 0 3—4 (determines playoff seeding) Montreal 1 2 1—4 First Period—1, Arizona, Dvorak 2 avoided a sweep by New York in scoring 21-year-old rookie de- Philadelphia 4, Boston 1 First Period—1, Montreal, Weber 1 (Hjalmarsson, Hall), 5:09. Toronto. fenseman Cale Makar connected Tampa Bay 3, Washington 2, SO (Byron, Lehkonen), 4:57. 2, Pittsburgh, Second Period—2, Nashville, Arvids- Wednesday: Tampa Bay 3, Boston 2 Hornqvist 1 (Malkin, Crosby), 8:40 (pp). son 2 (Johansen, Forsberg), 7:31. Erik Haula also scored and on an early power-play goal, 30- 3, Pittsburgh, Zucker 2 (Rust, Marino), Thursday: Philadelphia vs. Washington Third Period—3, Arizona, Garland 1 Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 20 year-old Pavel Francouz recorded Saturday: Washington vs. Boston 9:39 (pp). Sunday: Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia Second Period—4, Pittsburgh, Blueger (Keller, Stepan), 7:08. 4, Arizona, Hall 1 shots. The 10th-seeded Panthers a shutout in his postseason debut WESTERN CONFERENCE 1 (Aston-Reese, Tanev), 5:34. 5, Montreal, (Ekman-Larsson, Kessel), 15:38 (pp). 5, trail the best-of-five series 2-1 At Edmonton Drouin 1 (Weber, Chiarot), 10:13. 6, Mon- Arizona, Soderberg 1, 18:06 (en). and Colorado defeated Dallas in Chicago 2, Edmonton 1 treal, Byron 1 (Weber, Suzuki), 15:50. Shots on Goal—Nashville 19-5-16—40. with Game 4 on Friday. round-robin play in Edmonton. Chicago 6, Edmonton 4 Third Period—7, Montreal, Petry 2 Arizona 9-9-10—28. Edmonton 6, Chicago 3 (Chiarot, Danault), 5:33. Power-play opportunities—Nashville Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Joonas Donskoi, Vladislav Shots on Goal—Pittsburgh 14-11-8— Wednesday: Chicago 4, Edmonton 3 0 of 1; Arizona 1 of 2. Brock Nelson, with 1:27 remain- Namestnikov and Andre Bura- Friday: Chicago vs. Edmonton 33. Montreal 11-13-7—31. x-Saturday: Edmonton vs. Chicago Power-play opportunities—Pittsburgh Goalies—Nashville, Saros 1-2-0 (27 ing, scored for the Islanders, the kovsky also scored as the Ava- Calgary 2, Winnipeg 1 2 of 3; Montreal 0 of 5. shots-24 saves). Arizona, Kuemper 2-1-0 East’s seventh seed. Semyon Var- lanche improved to 2-0 in the Calgary 4, Winnipeg 1 Goalies—Pittsburgh, Murray 1-1-1 (31 (40-39). Winnipeg 3, Calgary 2 shots-27 saves). Montreal, Price 2-1-0 T—2:30. lamov stopped 19 shots and made three-game round that will de- Tuesday: Calgary 6, Winnipeg 2 (33-30). a costly error leading to Hoff- Thursday: Winnipeg vs. Calgary T—2:41. termine playoff seeding for the x-Saturday: Calgary vs. Winnipeg Panthers 3, Islanders 2 man’s go-ahead goal 41 seconds top four teams in the Western Arizona 2, Nashville 1 Avalanche 4, Stars 0 N.Y. Islanders 0 1 1—2 Arizona 4, Nashville 3 into the third period. Conference. The Stars have lost Nashville 4, Arizona 2 Colorado 2 1 1—4 Florida 0 1 2—3 With Varlamov penalized for both of their games and are likely Wednesday: Arizona 4, Nashville 1 Dallas 0 0 0—0 Second Period—1, Florida, Haula 1 Friday: Arizona vs. Nashville First Period—1, Colorado, Makar 1 (Hoffman, Dadonov), 4:02 (pp). 2, N.Y. Is- playing the puck inside the trap- to finish where they started as the x-Sunday: Nashville vs. Arizona (Kadri, Landeskog), 3:19 (pp). 2, Colo- landers, Pageau 2 (Beauvillier), 16:26. ezoid 7 seconds into the frame, fourth seed. Minnesota 1, Vancouver 1 rado, Donskoi 1 (Girard, Burakovsky), Third Period—3, Florida, Hoffman 2 Minnesota 3, Vancouver 0 15:29. (Barkov, Yandle), 0:41 (pp). 4, Florida, Florida defenseman Keith Yan- Donskoi scored 3 seconds after Tuesday: Vancouver 4, Minnesota 3 Second Period—3, Colorado, Namest- dle faked a shot, before feeding Thursday: Minnesota vs. Vancouver nikov 1 (Rantanen, MacKinnon), 17:30. Boyle 1, 2:48. 5, N.Y. Islanders, Nelson 1 a power play ended in the first pe- Friday: Minnesota vs. Vancouver Third Period—4, Colorado, Burakovsky (Toews, Pulock), 18:33. Hoffman, who blasted the puck in riod, and Burakovsky connected x-Sunday: Vancouver vs. Minnesota 1 (Donskoi, Girard), 1:31 (pp). Shots on Goal—N.Y. Islanders 8-4-10— from the right circle. early in the third period after ROUND ROBIN Shots on Goal—Colorado 14-13-13—40. 22. Florida 6-11-5—22. (determines playoff seeding) Dallas 13-8-6—27. Power-play opportunities—N.Y. Is- Boyle made it 3-1 when he cor- Mattias Janmark was called for Colorado 2, St. Louis 1 Power-play opportunities—Colorado landers 0 of 3; Florida 2 of 5. Las Vegas 5, Dallas 3 2 of 5; Dallas 0 of 2. ralled a loose puck inside the New tripping late in the second. Wednesday: Colorado 4, Dallas 0 Goalies—Colorado, Francouz 1-0-0 (27 Goalies—N.Y. Islanders, Varlamov 2-1- York zone and snapped a 40-foot- Anton Khudobin finished with Thursday: St. Louis vs. Las Vegas shots-27 saves). Dallas, Khudobin 0-1-0 0 (22 shots-19 saves). Florida, Bobrovsky Saturday: Colorado vs. Las Vegas (40-36). 1-2-0 (22-20). er inside the left post. 36 saves. x-Sunday: St. Louis vs. Dallas T—2:27. T—2:21. Friday, August 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 23 NBA Scoreboard

Eastern Conference Thunder 105, Lakers 86 Atlantic Division OKLAHOMA CITY — Gallinari 5-13 7-7 W L Pct GB 19, Gilgeous-Alexander 3-11 6-6 13, Ad- x-Toronto 49 18 .731 — ams 7-10 4-7 18, Dort 4-11 6-6 14, Paul 8- x-Boston 45 23 .662 4A 12 4-4 21, Burton 0-0 0-0 0, Diallo 3-4 1-2 7, x-Philadelphia 41 27 .603 8A Nader 2-5 2-2 7, Noel 0-1 0-0 0, Roberson Brooklyn 32 36 .471 17A 2-4 0-0 4, Bazley 0-7 2-2 2, Hall 0-1 0-0 0. New York 21 45 .318 27A Totals 34-79 32-36 105. Southeast Division L.A. LAKERS — Davis 3-11 3-4 9, James x-Miami 43 25 .632 — 7-19 5-8 19, McGee 3-4 0-2 6, Caldwell- Orlando 32 37 .464 11A Pope 2-5 0-0 5, Green 3-8 1-2 9, Antetok- Charlotte 23 42 .354 18A ounmpo 0-0 0-0 0, Dudley 0-1 0-0 0, Kuzma Washington 24 44 .353 19 3-7 2-2 10, Morris 2-6 1-2 5, Smith 0-3 0-0 0, Atlanta 20 47 .299 22A Caruso 2-6 3-4 7, Cook 1-5 0-0 2, Waiters Central Division 5-13 4-5 14. Totals 31-88 19-29 86. y-Milwaukee 54 14 .794 — Oklahoma City 26 26 29 24—105 x-Indiana 42 26 .618 12 L.A. Lakers 18 27 21 20—86 Chicago 22 43 .338 30A Three-Point Goals—Oklahoma City 5- Detroit 20 46 .303 33 24 (Gallinari 2-5, Nader 1-3, Paul 1-3, Gil- Cleveland 19 46 .292 33A geous-Alexander 1-4, Bazley 0-4, Dort 0- 4), L.A. Lakers 5-37 (Kuzma 2-5, Green 2-7, Western Conference Caldwell-Pope 1-3, Cook 0-2, Morris 0-2, Smith 0-2, Caruso 0-3, Davis 0-3, Wait- Southwest Division ers 0-4, James 0-5). Fouled Out—Okla- W L Pct GB homa City 1 (Noel), L.A. Lakers None. x-Houston 42 25 .627 — Rebounds—Oklahoma City 52 (Adams, x-Dallas 41 29 .586 2A Gallinari, Gilgeous-Alexander, Paul 7), Memphis 32 37 .464 11 L.A. Lakers 46 (James 11). Assists—Okla- San Antonio 29 38 .433 13 homa City 17 (Paul 6), L.A. Lakers 17 (Da- New Orleans 29 38 .433 13 vis 5). Total Fouls—Oklahoma City 23, Northwest Division L.A. Lakers 24. A—0 (1,200) x-Denver 45 23 .662 — x-Utah 43 25 .632 2 x-Oklahoma City 42 25 .627 2A 76ers 107, Wizards 98 Portland 31 38 .449 14A PHILADELPHIA — Harris 8-18 0-0 17, Minnesota 19 45 .297 24 Simmons 2-10 4-8 8, Embiid 11-20 8-9 30, Pacific Division Milton 4-7 3-4 14, Richardson 5-9 2-2 15, z-L.A. Lakers 51 16 .761 — Horford 1-3 0-0 2, Korkmaz 3-6 2-4 10, x-L.A. Clippers 45 22 .672 6 Thybulle 1-4 0-0 2, Burks 3-5 1-2 9. Totals Phoenix 29 39 .426 22A 38-82 20-29 107. Sacramento 28 39 .418 23 WASHINGTON — Bonga 3-5 0-0 6, Golden State 15 50 .231 35 Hachimura 2-11 3-5 8, Bryant 8-17 2-3 19, Tuesday’s games Brown Jr. 7-16 3-3 17, Smith 5-14 2-2 12, Brooklyn 119, Milwaukee 116 Wagner 2-6 0-0 5, Schofield 1-1 0-0 3, Pas- Dallas 114, Sacramento 110, OT ecniks 0-0 0-0 0, Napier 3-4 2-2 9, Robin- Phoenix 117, L.A. Clippers 115 son 5-11 7-9 19. Totals 36-85 19-24 98. Indiana 120, Orlando 109 Philadelphia 26 28 23 30—107 Miami 112, Boston 106 Washington 20 27 27 24—98 Portland 110, Houston 102 Three-Point Goals—Philadelphia 11- ASHLEY LANDIS/AP Wednesday’s games 29 (Milton 3-5, Richardson 3-6, Burks Utah 124, Memphis 115 2-2, Korkmaz 2-5, Harris 1-5, Embiid 0-2, Philadelphia center Joel Embiid (21) grabs a rebound during the first half Wednesday, in Lake Buena Denver 132, San Antonio 126 Thybulle 0-2), Washington 7-21 (Robin- Philadelphia 107, Washington 98 son 2-4, Napier 1-2, Wagner 1-3, Bryant Vista, Fla. Embiid had 30 points and 11 boards in the 76ers’ 107-98 win over the Washington Wizards. Oklahoma City 105, L.A. Lakers 86 1-5, Brown Jr. 0-3). Fouled Out—Phila- Toronto 109, Orlando 99 delphia 1 (Embiid), Washington None. Boston 149, Brooklyn 115 Rebounds—Philadelphia 41 (Embiid 11), Thursday’s games Washington 48 (Bryant 10). Assists—Phil- Roundup New Orleans at Sacramento adelphia 27 (Horford 5), Washington 17 Indiana at Phoenix (Smith 6). Total Fouls—Philadelphia 21, Miami at Milwaukee Washington 26. L.A. Clippers at Dallas Portland at Denver L.A. Lakers at Houston Nuggets 132, Spurs 126 Friday’s games DENVER — Millsap 2-6 2-2 7, Porter Jr. Utah at San Antonio 11-19 3-4 30, Jokic 10-17 2-2 25, Craig 3-8 Oklahoma City at Memphis Embiid, Sixers survive against 2-2 8, Morris 8-13 2-2 19, Dozier 4-8 3-4 12, Sacramento at Brooklyn Grant 8-14 4-5 22, Plumlee 2-2 0-0 4, Dan- Orlando at Philadelphia iels 2-4 0-0 5. Totals 50-91 18-21 132. Washington at New Orleans SAN ANTONIO — DeRozan 5-11 8-9 Boston at Toronto 18, Walker IV 4-7 0-0 9, Poeltl 1-5 0-0 2, Saturday’s games D.Murray 2-8 0-0 4, White 6-15 7-8 23, Eu- L.A. Clippers at Portland banks 6-8 0-0 12, Gay 9-18 4-6 24, Johnson Utah at Denver 7-10 4-4 20, Mills 6-10 0-0 14, Weather- Wiz after Simmons hurts knee L.A. Lakers at Indiana spoon 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 46-93 23-27 126. Phoenix at Miami Denver 32 30 27 43—132 Associated Press ings this season. Oklahoma City Mike Conley had 23 points Milwaukee at Dallas San Antonio 28 37 24 37—126 pulled even with Houston for the and seven assists against his for- Three-Point Goals—Denver 14-36 (Por- LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. Wednesday ter Jr. 5-9, Jokic 3-5, Grant 2-6, Millsap fifth seed in the Western Con- mer team for the Jazz (43-25), 1-2, Daniels 1-3, Dozier 1-3, Morris 1-4, — Joel Embiid had 30 points ference playoff picture with five who improved to 2-2 in the seed- Celtics 149, Nets 115 Craig 0-4), San Antonio 11-30 (White 4-10, and 11 rebounds, and the Phila- BROOKLYN — Harris 6-14 1-2 14, Thom- Johnson 2-2, Mills 2-5, Gay 2-6, Walker IV games left. ing round and nudged ahead of as 0-4 0-0 0, Allen 5-8 1-1 11, Johnson 3-8 1-3, D.Murray 0-2, DeRozan 0-2). Fouled delphia 76ers held on to beat the Out—None. Rebounds—Denver 46 (Por- LeBron James had 19 points Houston (42-25) for the fourth 0-0 7, LeVert 6-14 1-3 13, Anderson 2-5 1- Washington Wizards 107-98 on 1 6, Hall 4-4 3-3 11, Kurucs 3-3 1-2 9, Lu- ter Jr. 15), San Antonio 35 (Poeltl 7). As- and 11 rebounds for the Lakers sists—Denver 31 (Jokic 11), San Antonio spot in the Western Conference wawu-Cabarrot 1-5 2-2 4, Musa 4-8 5-5 13, Wednesday despite losing two- (51-16), who had another possi- Temple 0-2 0-0 0, Chiozza 3-8 0-0 7, Martin 29 (DeRozan 8). Total Fouls—Denver 21, time All-Star Ben Simmons to a standings. 8-12 2-2 20. Totals 45-95 17-21 115. San Antonio 20. bly concerning offensive perfor- Jonas Valanciunas had 21 BOSTON — Hayward 5-15 7-8 18, Ta- knee injury in the third quarter. mance while dropping to 2-2 in tum 7-11 0-0 19, Theis 4-8 1-2 10, Brown Jazz 124, Grizzlies 115 There was no immediate word points and 14 rebounds, and Ja 7-13 2-3 21, Smart 2-5 6-6 12, Green 4-6 0- MEMPHIS — Anderson 5-9 2-2 12, the bubble. Los Angeles, which Morant added 20 points and nine 0 8, Langford 1-3 2-2 4, Ojeleye 3-5 0-0 9, Clarke 3-7 0-0 6, Valanciunas 8-17 5-6 21, from the 76ers on the extent of has already clinched the top seed Williams 1-1 0-0 3, Williams III 7-7 4-4 18, Brooks 7-17 8-10 23, Morant 8-15 2-5 20, Simmons’ injury, which occurred assists for Memphis (32-37). Kanter 3-3 1-1 7, Edwards 2-4 1-3 7, Wana- Tolliver 2-2 0-0 6, Dieng 1-4 0-0 2, Allen 7- in the West and the Pacific Divi- But the Grizzlies have lost five maker 4-7 5-6 13. Totals 50-88 29-35 149. 10 0-0 20, Konchar 0-0 0-0 0, Melton 2-10 as he landed awkwardly after sion title, never held a lead for the Brooklyn 25 27 25 38—115 1-2 5. Totals 43-91 18-25 115. grabbing an offensive rebound. straight overall since March, and Boston 34 37 35 43—149 UTAH — Ingles 7-13 5-5 25, O’Neale 4-8 first time all season. Portland (31-38) leads a pack 3-Point Goals—Brooklyn 8-32 (Kurucs 4-4 15, Gobert 5-9 11-12 21, Conley 6-13 7- At the next break in the action The Lakers went a season- 2-2, Martin 2-4, Johnson 1-3, Anderson 1- 7 23, Mitchell 7-18 1-1 18, Bradley 2-2 0-0 he walked gingerly to the locker of four teams now within three 4, Chiozza 1-4, Harris 1-5, Thomas 0-2, Le- 4, Morgan 0-0 0-0 0, Niang 1-5 0-0 3, Tuck- worst 5-for-37 on three-pointers games of the eighth seed. Vert 0-3, Luwawu-Cabarrot 0-3), Boston er 0-1 1-2 1, Clarkson 6-14 1-2 14, Mudiay room and did not return. and made only 35% of their shots 20-39 (Tatum 5-8, Brown 5-9, Ojeleye 3-5, 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 38-84 30-33 124. Raptors 109, Magic 99: Fred Edwards 2-3, Smart 2-3, Theis 1-3, Hay- He was shown leaving the lock- overall. Los Angeles dropped two Memphis 31 24 33 27—115 VanVleet had 21 points and 10 as- ward 1-4). Fouled Out—Brooklyn None, Utah 25 39 25 35—124 er room in street clothes late in games behind Milwaukee for the Boston 1 (Ojeleye). Rebounds—Brooklyn Three-Point Goals—Memphis 11- sists, and Toronto held on to beat 34 (Allen 8), Boston 43 (Hayward 7). As- the fourth quarter. NBA’s best overall record . 29 (Allen 6-8, Tolliver 2-2, Morant 2-3, Orlando. sists—Brooklyn 23 (Allen, Martin 4), Bos- Brooks 1-5, Anderson 0-2, Valanciunas Tobias Harris added 17 points Nuggets 132, Spurs 126: Mi- ton 29 (Smart 6). Total Fouls—Brooklyn 0-3, Melton 0-4), Utah 18-45 (Ingles 6- The Raptors (49-18) have won 22, Boston 23. A—0 (8,000) for the 76ers, who pulled within chael Porter Jr. had 30 points and 11, Conley 4-9, Mitchell 3-7, O’Neale 3-7, their last seven dating back to be- Clarkson 1-4, Niang 1-5). Fouled Out— a game of the Pacers for fifth 15 rebounds, and Denver rallied Raptors 109, Magic 99 Memphis 1 (Brooks), Utah None. Re- fore the hiatus and three straight bounds—Memphis 41 (Valanciunas 14), place in the Eastern Conference in the fourth quarter to beat San TORONTO — Anunoby 5-7 2-2 12, Utah 46 (Gobert 16). Assists—Memphis standings. Antonio. games since the restart. Siakam 5-12 3-4 15, Gasol 5-8 1-2 13, Lowry 21 (Morant 9), Utah 25 (Conley 7). Total The Magic (32-37) missed an 2-9 2-3 8, VanVleet 8-13 3-4 21, Hollis-Jef- Fouls—Memphis 28, Utah 23. Thomas Bryant had 19 points Two days after posting a ca- ferson 2-5 3-4 7, Boucher 0-0 0-0 0, Ibaka opportunity to clinch a playoff 5-11 0-3 11, Miller 0-0 2-2 2, S.Johnson 0-0 and 10 rebounds for the fast-fad- reer-high 37 points in Denver’s 2-2 2, Davis 1-3 2-3 4, Powell 5-10 1-1 14, Leaders ing Wizards, who have gone 0-4 win over Oklahoma City, Porter spot following Washington’s loss Thomas 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-78 21-30 109. Scoring since the restart and are on the to Philadelphia. ORLANDO — Ennis III 4-12 0-0 8, Gor- G FG FT PTS AVG stayed hot, scoring 10 of the Nug- don 3-9 3-6 9, Vucevic 4-10 3-4 12, Augus- Harden, HOU 61 603 619 2096 34.4 brink of being eliminated from gets’ first 16 points against San Celtics 149, Nets 115: Jaylen tin 3-9 1-2 9, Fournier 4-11 6-7 15, Birch Beal, WAS 57 593 385 1741 30.5 Brown stayed hot with 21 points 1-1 0-0 2, Clark 4-6 0-0 10, Iwundu 4-6 1-2 Anttoknmpo, MIL 57 623 361 1690 29.6 playoff contention. Antonio. 11, Ross 6-14 0-0 15, Fultz 2-9 4-5 8. Totals Young, ATL 60 546 481 1778 29.6 Thunder 105, Lakers 86: San Antonio, which started the on five three-pointers, and Bos- 35-87 18-26 99. Lillard, POR 58 531 389 1677 28.9 ton rolled past Brooklyn with- Toronto 26 29 23 31—109 Rebounds Chris Paul had 21 points, seven day two games behind Memphis Orlando 11 24 33 31—99 G OFF DEF TOT AVG rebounds and six assists in Okla- for the final playoff spot in the out All-Star point guard Kemba Three-Point Goals—Toronto 12-33 Drummond, CLE 57 250 614 864 15.2 (Powell 3-6, Gasol 2-3, VanVleet 2-5, Whiteside, POR 61 244 625 869 14.2 homa City’s victory over poor- West, dropped to 2-2 since the Walker. Lowry 2-7, Siakam 2-7, Ibaka 1-3, Davis Anttoknmpo, MIL 57 130 653 783 13.7 shooting Los Angeles. restart. Jayson Tatum added 19 points, 0-2), Orlando 11-41 (Ross 3-11, Iwundu Gobert, UTA 62 211 639 850 13.7 2-3, Clark 2-4, Augustin 2-6, Vucevic 1-3, Sabonis, IND 62 189 582 771 12.4 Danilo Gallinari scored 19 Jazz 124, Grizzlies 115: Joe and Gordon Hayward and Rob- Fournier 1-5, Gordon 0-2, Ennis III 0-6). Assists points and Steven Adams had Ingles scored 12 of his 25 points ert Williams each had 18 for the Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Toronto G AST AVG 44 (Ibaka, Lowry 9), Orlando 43 (Gordon James, LAL 60 636 10.6 18 for the Thunder (42-25), who in the fourth quarter, and Utah Celtics, who posted a season high 11). Assists—Toronto 25 (Lowry, VanVleet Young, ATL 60 560 9.3 10), Orlando 26 (Gordon 5). Total Fouls— Rubio, PHX 57 507 8.9 never trailed in their first win kept Memphis winless in the in points and improved to 2-2 at Toronto 21, Orlando 26. A—0 (1,200) Doncic, DAL 54 470 8.7 over the Lakers in four meet- NBA bubble. Disney World. S TARS AND STRIPES Friday, August 7, 2020 Sixers survive Philadelphia closes in on 5th seed SPORTS despite losing Simmons » NBA, Page 23

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Making the tough calls Signs ominous and hopeful as college sports hang in the balance

BY RALPH D. RUSSO navirus pandemic. sports such as soccer and lower-division A Connecticut football Associated Press Then the Big Ten unveiled the confer- football. helmet sits on the sideline ence-only schedule it devised to with- NCAA President Mark Emmert told during a game in East The announcements came within 40 stand COVID-19 disruptions, with football The Associated Press that whether col- Hartford, Conn., in 2017. minutes of each other Wednesday morn- games slated to kick off in a month. lege sports, and more specifically major UConn on Wednesday ing, one bleak, the other providing a glim- Those two decisions epitomized the college football, can play through the pan- canceled its 2020-2021 football season, becoming mer of hope for a college football season current state of college sports and help demic is likely to be determined not by the the first FBS program that is looking iffy at best right now. explain why the NCAA Board of Gover- association or even conferences. First, Connecticut canceled what was nors on Wednesday directed each division to suspend football “It’s actually going to have to be each because of the coronavirus supposed to be its first season as a major of the association to decide independently institution,” Emmert said. college football independent because it by Aug. 21 whether it will be able to safe- pandemic. could not endure the strains of the coro- ly conduct championship events in fall SEE COLLEGE ON PAGE 19 AP

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